"id","text","label" 186087,"Memorable for a peculiar malaise that renders its tension flaccid and , by extension , its surprises limp and its resolutions ritual",0 158811,"falters , however",0 215968,"the young woman 's infirmity and her naive dreams",0 39404,"total success",1 197694,"echoes",1 221205,", Queen is campy fun like the Vincent Price horror classics of the '60s .",1 199039,"flattening its momentum with about an hour",0 95846,"the great minds",1 185642,"Kung Pow seems like some futile concoction that was developed hastily after Oedekerk and",0 106668,"Imagine Kevin Smith , the blasphemous bad boy of suburban Jersey , if he were stripped of most of his budget and all of his sense of humor",0 98281,"to say that it does n't follow the stale , standard , connect-the-dots storyline which has become commonplace in movies that explore the seamy underbelly of the criminal world",1 40638,"A charming , quirky and leisurely paced Scottish comedy --",1 98568,"touched by an unprecedented tragedy",0 238635,"when it comes to truncheoning --",0 28515,"and artfully",1 170262,"runs the gamut from stale parody to raunchy sex gags to formula romantic comedy .",0 225269,"Oddly compelling",1 236857,"the fact that virtually no one is bound to show up at theatres for it",0 225284,"Oh , and more entertaining , too .",1 98964,"undercuts",0 53148,"intensifying",1 23511,", but its macabre , self-deprecating sense of humor makes up for a lot .",1 216641,"through , however , having sucked dry the undead action flick formula , Blade II mutates into a gross-out monster movie with effects that are more silly than scary .",0 50577,"crowd-pleasing",1 94579,"that buoy the film , and at times , elevate it to a superior crime movie",1 7710,"is essentially a subculture , with its own rules regarding love and family , governance and hierarchy",1 16250,"is by no means his best work",0 83791,"is a gorgeous and deceptively minimalist cinematic tone poem",1 143510,"Adam Sandler 's cartoon about Hanukkah is numbingly bad ,",0 161212,"hipness",1 110895,"Visually breathtaking , viscerally exciting , and dramatically moving , it 's the very definition of epic adventure .",1 24277,"A bowel-curdling , heart-stopping recipe for terror .",1 65409,"Every moment crackles with tension , and by the end of the flick , you 're on the edge of your seat .",1 187071,"Sade achieves the near-impossible :",1 233550,"lost in the translation this time",0 214254,"the cast members , who seem bound and determined to duplicate Bela Lugosi 's now-cliched vampire accent",0 59073,"thought the relationships were wonderful , the comedy was funny , and the love ` real ' .",1 134436,"that it stinks",0 1788,"multi-dimensional",1 71680,"a flood of emotion",1 152365,"a rosily myopic view",1 187789,"The Full Monty was a freshman fluke",0 145856,"Hollywood hoo-ha",0 11569,"the life of wladyslaw szpilman , who is not only a pianist , but a good human being",1 221653,", though , this is a refreshingly novel ride .",1 29090,"are utterly convincing",1 129576,"one of those rare docs that paints a grand picture of an era and makes the journey feel like a party",1 121873,"has turned his franchise into the movie version of an adolescent dirty-joke book done up in post-Tarantino pop-culture riffs",0 65392,"Everett remains a perfect Wildean actor , and a relaxed Firth displays impeccable comic skill .",1 57416,"strike a nerve with anyone who 's ever had family trauma",1 109291,"Swept Away",1 144984,"Dridi tells us nothing about El Gallo other than what emerges through his music .",0 147786,"Not every animated film from Disney will become a classic , but forgive me if I 've come to expect more from this studio than some 79-minute after-school '' cartoon '' .",0 119244,"equally derisive",0 224354,"It looks like an action movie , but",0 155860,"ca n't recommend anything but a rental for The Tuxedo",0 114417,"any of the signposts , as if",0 116281,"bug-eyed mugging",0 220259,"you appreciate original romantic comedies like Punch-Drunk Love",1 83899,"is a stunning film , a one-of-a-kind tour de force .",1 85144,"it threatens to get bogged down in earnest dramaturgy",0 203119,"is more like something from a bad Clive Barker movie",0 41961,"gambol fluidly",1 97913,"to be compelling , amusing and unsettling at the same time",1 118079,"derivative and hammily acted .",0 37299,"starts out as competent but unremarkable ... and gradually grows into something of considerable power .",1 205184,"literally stops on a dime in the tries-so-hard-to-be-cool '' Clockstoppers",0 231697,"here relies less on forced air than on Petter Næss ' delicate , clever direction ... and a wonderful , imaginative script by Axel Hellstenius .",1 225364,"Overwrought",0 146144,"I watched the brainless insanity of No Such Thing with mounting disbelief .",0 16849,"or bored or frustrated by the film",0 58595,"the politics involved in the creation of an extraordinary piece of music",1 15589,"done with a lot of careful period attention as well as some very welcome wit",1 94299,"tender sermon",1 78408,"does a solid job of slowly ,",1 44889,"Chaplin and Kidman , who are capable of anteing up some movie star charisma when they need it to sell us on this twisted love story , but who can also negotiate the movie 's darker turns",1 1377,"is better",1 183926,"Fiction",1 99954,"where a masterpiece should be",1 107365,"LaBute ca n't avoid a fatal mistake in the modern era :",0 89615,"one of the most appealing movies ever made about an otherwise appalling , and downright creepy , subject -- a teenage boy in love with his stepmother",1 188970,"This franchise has not spawned a single good film . The crap continues .",0 86774,"many conclusive answers in the film",1 83879,"is a smart movie that knows its classical music , knows its Freud and knows its Sade .",1 36207,"provides an honest look at a community striving to anchor itself in new grounds",1 114131,"an ordeal than an amusement",0 237284,"the trip there is a great deal of fun .",1 31410,"extraordinarily well-acted",1 98648,"transfixes the audience .",1 30796,"directed the stage version of Elling , and gets fine performances from his two leads who originated the characters on stage .",1 32625,"hollow despair",0 216596,"three narcissists",0 13659,", this is a refreshingly novel ride",1 175973,"to be stuck with for two hours",0 80671,"from the pitch-perfect Forster to the always hilarious Meara and Levy , Like Mike shoots and scores , doing its namesake proud",1 16610,"move anyone who ever shook , rattled , or rolled",1 62351,", this is the movie for you",1 195064,"but none of which amounts to much of a story",0 218255,"unsatisfying muddle",0 62362,", those farts got to my inner nine-year-old",1 73938,"an unabashedly romantic picture",1 238468,"watch Robert DeNiro belt out `` When you 're a Jet",1 162593,"is a dumb action movie",0 77104,"complex , laden with plenty of baggage and",0 175920,"to be as ill-starred as you might expect",0 141971,", Freundlich has made just another safe movie",1 24326,"A deviant topical comedy",1 231270,"good action , good acting , good dialogue ,",1 200392,"handled well",1 166195,"more irritating cartoons",0 90658,"pretty much delivers on that promise .",1 89083,"of the smarter offerings the horror genre",1 232311,"is a kickass , dense sci-fi action thriller hybrid that delivers and then some",1 45803,"It haunts you , you ca n't forget it , you admire its conception and are able to resolve some of the confusions you had while watching it .",1 201054,"here is how so many talented people were convinced to waste their time",0 238099,"transcend any awards it bags",1 93179,"something that really matters",1 185181,"It 's not too much of anything .",0 138773,"unspeakably ,",0 108257,"Our culture is headed down the toilet with the ferocity of a frozen burrito after an all-night tequila bender -- and I know this because I 've seen ` jackass : the movie .",0 103728,"A movie of riveting power and sadness .",1 181052,", they mock the kind of folks they do n't understand , ones they figure the power-lunchers do n't care to understand , either .",0 186289,"Needs more impressionistic cinematography and exhilarating point-of-view shots and fewer slow-motion ` grandeur ' shots and quick-cut edits that often detract from the athleticism",0 158988,"felt sad for Lise not so much because of what happens as because she was captured by this movie when she obviously belongs in something lighter and sunnier , by Rohmer",0 185193,"It 's provocative stuff ,",1 138220,"touching and tender",1 30186,"cinematic innovation",1 222294,"An enjoyable comedy",1 23542,", but you will quickly recognize him . And that 's a big part of why we go to the movies .",1 157597,"distinctive or",1 12241,"though clearly well-intentioned , this cross-cultural soap opera is painfully formulaic and stilted",0 46618,"Red Dragon rates as an exceptional thriller .",1 173059,"that is splendidly mummified and thoroughly",1 187037,"Rumor , a muddled drama about coming to terms with death , feels impersonal , almost generic .",0 199909,"getting there is not even half the interest",0 14489,"The animated subplot keenly depicts the inner struggles of our adolescent heroes - insecure , uncontrolled , and intense .",1 53639,"is strong as always",1 53264,"is a compliment to Kuras and Miller . If I had been thinking about the visual medium , they would have been doing something wrong .",1 29053,"are magnificent",1 112745,"a solid base",1 29580,"between a minute-by-minute account of the British court 's extradition chess game and the regime 's talking-head survivors",1 134710,"the Israeli\/Palestinian conflict as",0 14746,"a great way for the American people",1 23497,", but it 's definitely -- defiantly -- ya ya , what with all of those terrific songs and spirited performances .",1 77754,"dazzling thing to behold -- as long as you 're wearing the somewhat cumbersome 3D goggles the theater",1 96939,"the unexplainable pain",0 96358,"the people who live in them , who have carved their own comfortable niche in the world and have been kind enough to share it",1 28444,"and Gibson , stepping in for Bruce Willis , is the perfect actor to take us on the trip .",1 176884,"trite psychological thriller",0 105628,"Engages us",1 64980,"Definitely worth 95 minutes of your time",1 72626,"a tale worth catching",1 189895,"Yes , Spirited Away is a triumph of imagination ,",1 207111,"no unforgettably stupid stunts or uproariously",0 161071,"heinous crime",0 159075,"fighting whom here ? Ah , yes , that would be me : fighting off the urge to doze",0 156031,"car chase",1 72750,"a very entertaining , thought-provoking film with a simple message",1 109085,"Sometimes we feel as if the film careens from one colorful event to another without respite ,",0 12211,"this stuck pig of a movie",0 131103,"really cool bit",1 57106,"so larger than life",1 163899,"it remains inextricably stuck in an emotionally unavailable rut .",0 43167,"'s a pleasure when you do n't have to endure intermissions",1 66212,"I was impressed by how many tit-for-tat retaliatory responses the filmmakers allow before pulling the plug on the conspirators and averting an American-Russian Armageddon .",1 197905,"enough , but nothing new",0 29499,"been making for the last several years",1 195997,"comic elements",1 17609,"the overpraised Elizabeth",0 107080,"It works its magic with such exuberance and passion that the film 's length becomes a part of its fun .",1 33721,"it thinks the gamble is worth the promise",1 83678,"irritates",0 72927,"about as unsettling to watch as an exploratory medical procedure or an autopsy",0 218585,"visually atrocious ,",0 136848,"thinking about going to see this movie is hereby given fair warning",0 33922,"just when you think it ca n't get any more gay , in pops Nathan Lane .",0 78825,"elevate ''",1 49360,"astonishing grandeur",1 120445,"for lameness",0 10941,"taken seriously",1 151891,"a hokey piece",0 186815,"Purports to be a Hollywood satire",0 234852,"paced at a speed that is slow to those of us in middle age",0 55555,"of the cinema world 's great visual stylists",1 201824,"in and of himself funny",1 102100,"( Jaglom 's ) better efforts",1 63209,"A moving and stark reminder that the casualties of war reach much further than we imagine .",1 102643,", it 's waltzed itself into the art film pantheon .",1 100159,"whose cumulative effect is chilling",1 68889,"Some people march to the beat of a different drum , and if you ever wondered what kind of houses those people live in , this documentary takes a look at 5 alternative housing options .",1 23574,", daring , inventive and refreshingly unusual",1 143960,"At times , the suspense is palpable , but by the end there 's a sense that the crux of the mystery hinges on a technicality that strains credulity and leaves the viewer haunted by the waste of potential .",0 9666,"peppered with witty dialogue and inventive moments .",1 169016,"pointless and",0 148725,"Some decent actors",1 42667,"sparklingly inventive and artful , always fast and",1 51492,"faithful portraiture",1 148641,"Slick piece",1 96933,"the ultimate movie experience",1 234725,"one of Mr. Chabrol 's subtlest works ,",1 9877,"provide an emotional edge",1 104299,"An enjoyable above average summer diversion",1 128045,"no trouble sitting for Blade II",1 96985,"the victims",0 140773,"you leaving the theater with a smile on your face",1 13553,", but it 's a compelling story , mainly because of the way it 's told by the people who were there .",1 129557,"one of the more daring and surprising American movies of the year",1 170585,"seemed like a decent endeavor",1 114185,"an unusual , thoughtful bio-drama",1 178869,"would be more at home on the small screen but for its stellar cast",1 15464,"complexity",1 152480,"a soulless hunk of exploitative garbage",0 112622,"a rich historical subject",1 70190,"This enthralling documentary",1 143884,"As ` chick flicks ' go",0 186440,"Not exaggerated enough to be a parody of gross-out flicks , college flicks , or even flicks in general",0 153635,"another bummer",0 209959,"putrid writing , direction and timing with a smile that says , ` If I stay positive , maybe I can channel one of my greatest pictures , Drunken Master .",0 46061,"MacDowell , whose wifty Southern charm has anchored lighter affairs ... brings an absolutely riveting conviction to her role .",1 44454,"An absurdist comedy about alienation , separation and loss",1 21743,"positive",1 53480,"is good enough",1 17197,"show how its done",1 150384,"To be oblivious to the existence of this film would be very sweet indeed .",0 183735,"Even Murphy 's expert comic timing and",1 56518,"remarkably unpretentious",1 71779,"a guilty-pleasure",1 99163,"upbeat",1 154723,"be enjoying this",1 187365,"Smaller numbered kidlets will enjoy .",1 237647,"throwback to long gone bottom-of-the-bill fare like The Ghost and Mr. Chicken .",0 42476,"powerful enough",1 70716,"We Were Soldiers",1 190540,"a few modest laughs",1 29617,"bittersweet and lyrical mix",1 97519,"this smart",1 232410,"is bad .",0 102103,"( Jeff 's ) gorgeous",1 220485,"'' has n't much more to serve than silly fluff",0 234743,"one part romance novel ,",1 71028,"Witty , vibrant , and intelligent",1 103666,"A journey spanning nearly three decades of bittersweet camaraderie and history , in which we feel that we truly know what makes Holly and Marina tick , and our hearts go out to them as both continue to negotiate their imperfect , love-hate relationship",1 186382,"No film could possibly be more contemptuous of the single female population .",0 155640,"but not particularly funny --",0 110427,"This amiable picture talks tough , but it 's all bluster -- in the end it 's as sweet as Greenfingers",1 41493,"a witness to several Greek-American weddings -- but , happily ,",1 63495,"A thought-provoking and often-funny drama about isolation",1 30355,"considerable appeal",1 103319,"4Ever has the same sledgehammer appeal as Pokemon videos , but it breathes more on the big screen and induces headaches more slowly",0 211057,"seem too long",0 87584,"much colorful",1 36118,"pray for an even more interesting , less symmetrical , less obviously cross-shaped creation",0 69606,"The first Tunisian film I have ever seen , and it 's also probably the most good-hearted yet sensual entertainment I 'm likely to see all year",1 75100,"awe and affection -- and a strange urge to get on a board and , uh , shred , dude",1 140382,"wonderfully sympathetic",1 175607,"those movies where you walk out of the theater not feeling",0 72065,"a nice , light treat",1 52564,"her face and her body language to bring us Morvern 's soul",1 16546,"maverick",1 52017,"funny and poignant",1 167887,"of unintentional howlers and numerous yawns",0 93073,"some delightful work on indie projects",1 198745,"feels limited by its short running time",0 135437,"the funniest moments in this oddly sweet comedy about jokester highway patrolmen",1 105212,"Constantly touching",1 137820,"to say about the ways in which extravagant chance can distort our perspective and throw us off the path of good sense",1 9466,"on their parents ' anguish",0 45203,"Executed with such gentle but insistent sincerity , with such good humor and",1 48436,"a terrific screenplay and",1 20937,"infuriating flaws",0 192111,"airhead movie business",0 235605,"sensitive to a reductionist view of their Lord as a luv-spreading Dr. Feelgood or omnipotent slacker",0 148141,"Portentous and pretentious",0 22439,"this lavish three-year-old production",1 35057,"obvious affection",1 144958,"Down video",1 235822,"slow -- very ,",0 37796,"that explores the fascinating connections between women , water , nature , and sexuality",1 199650,"from unlikable characters and a self-conscious sense",0 183912,"Felinni would know what to make of this Italian freakshow",0 236261,"tedious it makes the silly spy vs. spy film The Sum of All Fears , starring Ben Affleck , seem downright Hitchcockian",0 177046,"ugly knot",0 99108,"unrelieved by any comedy",0 134447,"that leaps over national boundaries and celebrates universal human nature",1 126382,"loses its fire midway , nearly flickering out by its perfunctory conclusion .",0 198937,"finds a consistent tone and lacks bite , degenerating into a pious , preachy soap opera",0 158809,"falseness",0 151850,"a grim future that does n't come close to the level of intelligence and visual splendour that can be seen in other films",0 21244,"long running time",0 212138,"some of the dramatic conviction that underlies the best of comedies",1 124922,"it at least calls attention to a problem Hollywood too long has ignored",1 193972,"baked cardboard",0 115644,"beat . Ben Kingsley",1 66515,"It 's about as convincing as any other Arnie musclefest , but has a little too much resonance with real world events and ultimately comes off as insultingly simplistic .",0 233824,"meets Goodfellas in this easily skippable hayseeds-vs .",0 147696,"Nights feels more like a quickie TV special than a feature film ...",0 125527,"just the sort of disposable , kitchen-sink homage that illustrates why the whole is so often less than the sum of its parts in today 's Hollywood",0 184081,"Further sad evidence that Tom Tykwer , director of the resonant and sense-spinning Run Lola Run , has turned out to be a one-trick pony -- a maker of softheaded metaphysical claptrap",0 124037,"is fantastic .",1 113270,"accumulated enjoyment",1 195680,"chopsocky",0 2888,"though it draws several decent laughs , it 's low-cal woody at best",0 15326,"but most powerful of all",1 223336,"Fat Waste",0 167304,"of a movie that might have been titled ` The Loud and the Ludicrous '",0 129966,"pale , dark beauty",1 31532,"favorite",1 137163,"thought it was going to be",1 75208,"be a straightforward bio",1 180092,"'ve seen in a while , a meander through worn-out material",0 232333,"is a phlegmatic bore , so tedious it makes the silly spy vs. spy film The Sum of All Fears , starring Ben Affleck , seem downright Hitchcockian .",0 62178,", reflective and beautifully",1 132058,"self-consciously poetic",1 60817,"'s a fine , old-fashioned-movie movie , which is to say it 's unburdened by pretensions to great artistic significance",1 18377,", but because it is so accessible that it makes complex politics understandable to viewers looking for nothing but energetic entertainment",1 887,"engage",1 141972,", Frida gets the job done .",1 183901,"Feels less like a change in ( Herzog 's ) personal policy than a half-hearted fluke .",0 78425,"does its best to work us over , with second helpings of love , romance , tragedy , false dawns , real dawns , comic relief , two separate crises during marriage ceremonies , and the lush scenery of the Cotswolds",1 110718,"Too slow for a younger crowd",0 148787,"Spanish inquisitions about her '' madness '' so much that I became mad that I wasted 123 minutes and $ 9 .",0 143440,"A woozy , roisterous ,",0 136331,"the story 's more cerebral , and likable , plot elements",1 190037,"` realistic '",1 112744,"a solid , unassuming drama .",1 218290,"up as the worst kind of hubristic folly",0 149177,"The Wild Wild West",1 593,"benefits greatly",1 157554,"disconnects every 10 seconds",0 180636,", few films have been this odd , inexplicable and unpleasant .",0 176291,"to one mind-numbingly lengthy riff on poo and pee jokes",0 28635,"and have a few laughs while the little ones get a fuzzy treat",1 11861,"the script is a dim-witted pairing of teen-speak and animal gibberish",0 194358,"been grossly underestimated",0 205917,"may be his way of saying that piffle is all that the airhead movie business deserves from him right now",0 211048,"seem to be in two different movies",0 194300,"becomes a hopeless , unsatisfying muddle",0 94828,"that rare animal known as ' a perfect family film",1 111695,"a complete waste",0 54077,"keeps the intensity of the film high ,",1 122053,"he refuses to give us real situations and characters",0 215658,"the speculative effort is hampered by Taylor 's cartoonish performance and the film 's ill-considered notion that Hitler 's destiny was shaped by the most random of chances",0 18563,": It 's a slow slog to get there .",0 192940,"any way of gripping what its point is , or even its attitude toward its subject",0 19892,"and the film uses humour to make its points about acceptance and growth .",1 212385,"sporadic bursts of liveliness , some so-so slapstick and a few ear-pleasing songs on its soundtrack",1 228657,"and small delights",1 193678,"asks the question how much souvlaki can you take before indigestion sets in .",0 127288,"more complex",1 92953,"so intimate",1 13544,", beautiful people",1 126498,"luminous interviews",1 194698,"blame all men for war , '' ( the warden 's daughter ) tells her father . The movie is about as deep as that sentiment .",0 156332,"clear passion",1 130184,"phenomenal ,",1 38808,"their eccentricities",1 203563,"is the kind of movie where the big scene is a man shot out of a cannon into a vat of ice cream",0 157133,"dazed and enervated , drenched-in-the",0 228963,"as long on the irrelevant as on the engaging , which gradually turns What Time Is It There ?",0 112746,"a solid base hit .",1 152498,"a standard of quality",1 197837,"encumbers itself with complications",0 74772,"as solid and as perfect as his outstanding performance as Bond in Die Another Day",1 202867,"is disposable",0 124460,"is rather like being trapped while some weird relative trots out the video he took of the family vacation to Stonehenge . Before long , you 're desperate for the evening to end .",0 177641,"was chuckling at all the wrong times",0 151022,"With virtually no interesting elements for an audience to focus on",0 51374,"everything meshes in this elegant entertainment",1 214552,"the fantastic Kathy Bates",1 111522,"a bad premise , just a bad movie",0 192950,"anyone who has reached puberty actually finding the characters in Slackers or their antics amusing , let alone funny",0 95035,"the Holocaust",0 217650,"too often , the viewer is left puzzled by the mechanics of the delivery",0 221239,", `` Orange County '' is a refreshing change",1 20756,"have to watch them because you ca n't wait to see what they do next",1 205329,"look at the French Revolution through the eyes of aristocrats .",1 20934,"indomitable",1 221848,"... this story gets sillier , not scarier , as it goes along ...",0 485,"as for children , they wo n't enjoy the movie at all",0 163536,"is truly going to inspire me",1 24803,"Beautifully observed , miraculously unsentimental comedy-drama .",1 175145,"then disappointingly moves the story into the realm of an improbable thriller",0 58925,"these characters love each other",1 4335,"abomination",0 86955,"maybe even its inventiveness",1 21112,"it is nonetheless -- and likely inadvertently -- a timely and invaluable implicit reminder of the role that U . S .",1 74112,"another day of Brit cinema",0 71744,"a good race",1 233134,"its conclusion , when we hear the ultimate fate of these girls and realize , much to our dismay , that this really did happen",1 140233,"with stunning architecture",1 145169,"Even in terms of the low-grade cheese standards on which it operates , it never quite makes the grade as tawdry trash .",0 204890,"lethargically paced parable of renewal .",0 105446,"Director Lee has a true cinematic knack",1 45473,"Hell House ,",0 141762,"( Director ) Byler may yet have a great movie in him ,",1 18297,"'s nothing fresh about Wannabes , which was written by Mr . DeMeo , who produced and directed the film with Charles A . Addessi , much of the time",0 187890,"The Tuxedo '' should have been the vehicle for Chan that '' The Mask '' was for Jim Carrey . Alas",0 179437,"'re going to feel like you were n't invited to the party .",0 24549,"After making several adaptations of other writers ' work , Armenian-Canadian director Atom Egoyan broached an original treatment of a deeply personal subject .",1 217207,"to match that movie 's intermittent moments of inspiration",1 170963,"should have called it Gutterball",0 207336,"obvious and lengthy",0 195392,"can not overcome the sense that Pumpkin is a mere plot pawn for two directors with far less endearing disabilities .",0 44224,"A rich tale of our times , very well told with an appropriate minimum of means .",1 176312,"to pop up in a cinematic year already littered with celluloid garbage",0 107463,"Like being able to hit on a 15-year old when you 're over 100",0 5470,"catches you up in something bigger than yourself",1 100685,"with universal appeal",1 229803,"cheapening it",0 103004,", we do n't get Williams ' usual tear and a smile , just sneers and bile , and the spectacle is nothing short of refreshing .",1 115689,"become annoying and artificial",0 171329,"smacks of purely commercial motivation , with no great love for the original",0 118034,"delivers few moments of inspiration amid the bland animation and simplistic story",0 85375,"its relaxed ,",1 80783,"funniest motion",1 42691,"steeped themselves in the majesty of Tolkien 's writing",1 29987,"can enjoy it anyway .",1 28677,"and it 's directed by ... Neil LaBute . Hmm .",0 84510,"is one of the rarest kinds of films : a family-oriented non-Disney film that is actually funny without hitting below the belt",1 116311,"but a little too smugly",0 129880,"overproduced",0 174244,"the marquee , that we just ca n't get no satisfaction",0 44376,"Ah yes",1 168299,"only reiterates the old Hollywood saw",0 81297,"got some pretentious eye-rolling moments",0 72022,"a mournful undercurrent",0 236894,"the film is an agonizing bore except when the fantastic Kathy Bates turns up",0 192304,"almost every possible way -- from the writing and direction to the soggy performances -- tossed off",0 22693,"viewers looking for nothing",0 27431,"a clever , charming tale",1 217704,"totally exemplify",1 66570,"It 's incredible the number of stories the Holocaust has generated . Just when you think that every possible angle has been exhausted by documentarians , another new film emerges with yet another remarkable yet shockingly little-known perspective .",1 113081,"a-knocking",1 225386,"Pair that with really poor comedic writing ...",0 8711,"materials is as much fun as it must have been for them to make it",1 56287,"pummel us with phony imagery or music",0 26553,"Sensitive , insightful and beautifully rendered film . One of the best of the year .",1 16172,"intelligent psychological drama",1 64848,"Coy but exhilarating",1 9574,"overwrought , melodramatic bodice-ripper .",0 60026,"well-directed and",1 155716,"by a story that is all too predictable",0 4217,"a thrill ride . this is a more fascinating look at the future than '' bladerunner ''",1 216418,"this junk",0 218352,"uselessly",0 197948,"entertaining as the final hour",1 228164,"a smart , solid , kinetically-charged spy flick worthy",1 123924,"is an ungainly movie , ill-fitting , with its elbows sticking out where the knees should be .",0 30304,"competent but unremarkable",1 200582,"has merit",1 227758,"a bad mannered , ugly and destructive little \*\*\*\*",0 88199,"of French cinema 's master craftsmen",1 94582,"that can be appreciated equally as an abstract Frank Tashlin comedy and as a playful recapitulation of the artist 's career",1 209390,"plays like an unbalanced mixture of graphic combat footage and almost saccharine domestic interludes that are pure Hollywood .",0 203234,"is no foundation for it",0 211779,"slick and manufactured to claim street credibility .",1 9530,"oodles of vulgar highlights",0 1309,"incredibly",1 177886,"well-crafted family film",1 41075,"Makes S&M seem very romantic , and",1 118643,"down by hit-and-miss topical humour",0 39101,"to Hornby 's drop-dead confessional tone",1 59257,"to have earned a 50-year friendship",1 124591,"is technically sophisticated in the worst way",0 234998,"pointed personalities , courage , tragedy and the little guys",1 211238,"sentimental ooze",0 81372,"great submarine stories",1 12093,"there is enough secondary action to keep things moving along at a brisk , amusing pace",1 124702,"is the stuff that Disney movies are made of",1 149797,"The sad thing",0 117611,"courage and dedication",1 9505,"one saving",1 230997,"freshened up by the dunce of a Screenwriting",0 122967,"in constant fits of laughter",1 54646,"masterfully calibrated",1 211604,"silly and overwrought",0 225287,"Oh come on .",0 53116,"inspire a few younger moviegoers",1 238317,"very colorful",1 70746,"Well-done supernatural thriller",1 202979,"is hardly journalism at all",0 147416,"Men in Black II , '' has all the earmarks of a sequel",1 5582,"cleansing",1 29153,"as a stylish and energetic one-shot",1 157976,"drifts so inexorably into cliches about tortured ( and torturing ) artists and consuming but impossible love that you ca n't help but become more disappointed as each overwrought new sequence plods",0 27625,"a little convenient",0 182427,"An inept , tedious spoof of '70s kung fu pictures , it contains almost enough chuckles for a three-minute sketch , and no more .",0 9257,"of e . t . just as i hoped i would -- with moist eyes",1 94728,"that is the recording industry in the current climate of mergers and downsizing",1 67586,"Monsoon Wedding ) to lament the loss of culture",0 231419,"has become the master of innuendo",1 85995,"light ( yet unsentimental )",1 120952,"gave us ''",1 169860,"reek of a script rewrite designed to garner the film a '' cooler '' PG-13 rating",0 198952,"finest non-Bondish performance",1 194794,"boils down to a transparently hypocritical work that feels as though it 's trying to set the women 's liberation movement back 20 years",0 34278,"made the other three great , scary times at the movies",1 219746,"with guns , expensive cars , lots of naked women and Rocawear clothing",1 37614,"tantalizes",1 114713,"are well done and perfectly",1 200345,"had since '' Ca n't Stop The Music . '' It may as well be called '' Jar-Jar Binks : The Movie . '' It 's that painful",0 203851,"it can only be seen as propaganda",0 86556,"make for a winning , heartwarming yarn .",1 178809,"works on no level whatsoever for me .",0 192034,"after 90 minutes of playing opposite each other Bullock and Grant still look ill at ease sharing the same scene",0 40406,"you 'll be glad you went along for the ride",1 63500,"A thoughtful and surprisingly affecting portrait of a screwed-up man who dared to mess with some powerful people ,",1 103059,", you will have completely forgotten the movie by the time you get back to your car in the parking lot .",0 161405,"honestly , I do n't see the point . It 's a visual Rorschach test",0 179110,"you can see the filmmakers ' puppet strings",0 78452,"does n't have much panache , but with material this rich it does n't need it",1 113577,"all bluster",0 14365,"Painful to watch",0 78760,"eerily",1 158102,"earns it a place alongside those other two recent Dumas botch-jobs ,",0 29527,"being captivated by it",1 171618,"some ways is a rather indulgent piece",1 72512,"a stand in favor of tradition and warmth",1 118999,"emotional investment",1 40907,"Flavorful and",1 159927,"generate much suspense",1 165356,"low-grade cheese standards",0 156244,"children should enjoy",1 205728,"makes the silly , over-the-top coda especially disappointing",0 176538,"to waste the talents of Robert Forster , Anne Meara , Eugene Levy , and Reginald VelJohnson all in the same movie",0 32671,"how people from such diverse cultures share the same human and spiritual needs",1 135645,"the level of marginal competence",0 184646,"I did n't laugh . I did n't smile .",0 195277,"ca n't remember the last time I saw an audience laugh so much during a movie",1 45885,"Jeffrey Tambor 's",1 216835,"to appearing in this junk that 's TV sitcom material at best",0 163615,"it 's about teenagers , than it was written by teenagers",0 108861,"Sets animation back 30 years , musicals back 40 years and Judaism back at least 50 .",0 102165,"( and not-so-hot )",0 156355,"cliche-bound epic-horror yarn",0 65953,"Haynes makes us see familiar issues , like racism and homophobia , in a fresh way .",1 84507,"is one film that 's truly deserving of its Oscar nomination .",1 36434,"refreshingly incisive",1 171308,"slow and unwieldy",0 177024,"two personas interesting or worth",1 14535,"This is a startling film that gives you a fascinating , albeit depressing view of Iranian rural life close to the Iraqi border .",1 180554,", but I believe a movie can be mindless without being the peak of all things insipid .",0 216081,"then proceeds to flop",0 46856,"Succeeds",1 123944,"is as stimulating & heart-rate-raising as any James Bond thriller",1 177113,"under or barrel",1 220234,"you 're going to feel like you were n't invited to the party .",0 140918,"'' Extreme Ops '' was obviously made for the '' XXX '' crowd , people who enjoy mindless action without the benefit of decent acting , writing , and direction .",0 23491,", but his smart , edgy voice and waddling profile ( emphasized here ) accent the humor of Wilson 's plight , and that saves his pathos from drippiness .",1 160639,"has all the qualities of a modern situation comedy",1 181166,"- , Irish",1 221049,"( A ) mess",0 40675,"A masterpiece four years in the making",1 63325,"A return to pure Disney",1 28516,"and as detailed as a photograph",1 160178,"go very right ,",1 27543,"a future cult classic",1 211037,"seem motivated by nothing short of dull , brain-deadening hangover .",0 47483,"Tsai has a well-deserved reputation as one of the cinema world 's great visual stylists , and in this film , every shot enhances the excellent performances",1 26601,"Smith 's point is simple and obvious -- people 's homes are extensions of themselves , and particularly eccentric people have particularly eccentric living spaces -- but his subjects are charmers .",1 153856,"are its star , its attitude and its obliviousness",0 70123,"There are n't many conclusive answers in the film , but there is an interesting story of pointed personalities , courage , tragedy and the little guys vs . the big guys .",1 224501,"Just one problem :",0 102685,", its through-line of family and community is heartening in the same way that each season marks a new start .",1 116343,"but unmemorable",0 82866,"in a sick , twisted sort of way",0 16454,"like a magnet",1 3127,"whereas the extremely competent hitman films such as pulp fiction and get shorty resonate a sardonic verve to their caustic purpose for existing , who is cletis tout ? is an inexpressible and drab wannabe looking for that exact niche",0 62773,"A Walk to Remember is an inspirational love story , capturing the innocence and idealism of that first encounter .",1 203887,"it either moderately amusing or just plain irrelevant",0 18003,"welcome pinch",1 159533,"for warmed-over melodrama",0 15545,"directs the traffic well , gets a nice wintry look from his locations , absorbs us with the movie 's spycraft and uses Damon 's ability to be focused and sincere",1 45834,"It seems like I have been waiting my whole life for this movie and now I ca n't wait for the sequel .",1 207196,"not in a good way",0 110757,"Trouble Every Day is a plodding mess .",0 202177,"incredibly irritating",0 4442,"after-hours",0 85460,"its visual merits",1 16863,"originality .",1 62156,", potent exploration",1 224957,"Mr. Polanski is in his element here : alone , abandoned , but still consoled by his art , which is more than he has ever revealed before about the source of his spiritual survival .",1 76946,"comedic bliss",1 148104,"Pinocchio he directed , cowrote and starred in borders on the grotesque",0 68372,"Red Dragon is less baroque and showy than Hannibal , and less emotionally affecting than Silence . But , like Silence , it 's a movie that gets under your skin .",1 129297,"offers not even a hint of joy , preferring to focus on the humiliation of Martin as he defecates in bed and urinates on the plants at his own birthday party",0 182020,"A sour attempt at making a Farrelly Brothers-style , down-and-dirty laugher for the female set .",0 86964,"meandering ending",0 131955,"seem appealing",1 60220,"will do so in a way that does n't make you feel like a sucker",1 118648,"down the story 's more cerebral , and likable , plot elements",1 26517,"Sandler",1 53961,"its own droll and",0 141145,"'s a pretty mediocre family film .",0 196501,"cry for your money back",0 138913,"vampire fun",1 64119,"Assured",1 93109,"some of the back-story is a little tired",0 107908,"My Wife 's plotting is nothing special : it 's the delivery that matters here",1 182370,"An artful yet depressing film that makes a melodramatic mountain out of the molehill of a missing bike",0 71275,"a beautiful , aching sadness",1 69986,"The success of Undercover Brother is found in its ability to spoof both black and white stereotypes equally .",1 204731,"laudable in themselves",1 38142,"the droll scene-stealing wit and wolfish pessimism of Anna Chancellor that makes this '' Two Weddings and a Funeral '' fun",1 157795,"does n't think much of its characters , its protagonist , or of us .",0 208914,"overcome the film 's manipulative sentimentality and annoying stereotypes",0 212914,"summer-camp talent show",0 175065,"the wrong times",0 175026,"the whole central section is one big chase that seems to have no goal and no urgency . It 's just filler",0 65496,"Feardotcom 's thrills are all cheap",0 73334,"agreeably startling",1 74419,"are so well tuned that the film comes off winningly , even though it 's never as solid as you want it to be",1 66106,"I 'll stay with the stage versions , however , which bite cleaner , and deeper .",0 7893,"it 's rare to find a film to which the adjective ` gentle ' applies , but the word perfectly describes pauline & paulette .",1 171365,"smug and self-congratulatory",0 188512,"The pace of the film is very slow ( for obvious reasons ) and",0 98958,"under the sweet , melancholy spell of this unique director 's previous films",1 181333,"... presents classic moral-condundrum drama : What would you have done to survive ? The problem with the film is whether these ambitions , laudable in themselves , justify a theatrical simulation of the death camp of Auschwitz II-Birkenau .",0 178953,"wrench my eyes out of my head",0 238680,"whiny pouty-lipped poof",0 82703,"immensely ambitious ,",1 43180,"'s a technically superb film , shining with all the usual Spielberg flair , expertly utilizing the talents of his top-notch creative team .",1 190520,"a feel-bad ending",0 139430,"weave a protective cocoon around his own ego",0 227773,"a big middle-fingered ``",0 30680,"deliver",1 72272,"a renowned Indian film culture that allows Americans to finally revel in its splendor",1 42666,"sparklingly inventive and artful , always fast",1 197591,"dull , spiritless , silly and monotonous",0 31157,"entertain anyway",1 43443,") homage to such films as '' All That Heaven Allows '' and '' Imitation of Life '' transcends them . Simply put",1 139107,"volatile performance",1 31443,"fairly self-aware in its dumbness",0 13797,"A sad , superior human comedy played out on the back roads of life .",1 44261,"A solid and refined piece",1 39599,"understands the power of the implicit and the virtues of simplicity and economy",1 337,"admirably ambitious but self-indulgent",1 112975,"a very tasteful rock and",1 75682,"big summer movies",1 15553,"distinguished and distinctive",1 169664,"rather listless amble",0 149050,"Thank God It 's Friday ''",1 151800,"a gift",1 42670,"speaks volumes about the ability of the human spirit",1 18858,"Even with all those rough edges safely sanded down , the American Insomnia is still pretty darned good .",1 84517,"is one of those films that aims to confuse",0 47180,"The movie occasionally threatens to become didactic",0 57709,"that 's entertainingly",1 130153,"perform",1 72374,"a sharp script",1 26830,"The filmmakers skillfully evoke the sense of menace that nature holds for many urban dwellers .",1 157856,"done anything remotely intelligent",0 31438,"failed",0 168548,"overproduced and generally disappointing",0 72217,"a rather unbelievable love interest",0 184413,"High drama ,",1 199655,"frustration from those",0 151832,"a great cast and a great idea",1 180400,", I suspect , would have a hard time sitting through this one .",0 105645,"Entertaining despite its one-joke premise with the thesis that women from Venus and men from Mars can indeed get together",1 137158,"though well dressed and well made",1 143276,"A ponderous meditation",1 1037,"fresh",1 149393,"The film does n't have enough innovation or pizazz to attract teenagers ,",0 190343,"a complete mess",0 59786,"used a little trimming -- 10 or 15 minutes could be cut and no one would notice -- but it 's a pleasurable trifle . The only pain you 'll feel as the credits roll is your stomach grumbling for some tasty grub",1 214703,"the franchise 's best years",1 83752,"is a clever and cutting , quick and dirty look at modern living and movie life .",1 133601,"suffers from a laconic pace and a lack of traditional action",0 120638,"fresh .",1 190699,"a great team",1 201094,"highbrow , low-key , 102-minute infomercial",0 115218,"at the very special type of badness that is Deuces Wild",0 2042,"pinocchio",1 150958,"Will only satisfy those who ca n't tell the difference between the good , the bad and the ugly .",0 12435,"to the integrity and vision of the band",1 31641,"find himself or herself smiling at one time or another",1 139664,"which they have been patiently waiting for",1 234814,"outshined",0 238676,"while that is a cliche",0 229149,"be as pretentious",0 228381,"admittedly limited extent",0 6344,"explore religion that it 's disappointing to see one reduce it to an idea that fits in a sampler",0 97126,"their lamentations are pretty much self-centered",0 218389,"utterly painful to watch",0 40201,"with enough amusing banter -- blessedly curse-free -- to keep both kids and parents entertained",1 23451,", as a visual treat , the film is almost unsurpassed .",1 157980,"drive anyone much over age 4 screaming from the theater",0 103320,"4Ever has the same sledgehammer appeal as Pokemon videos , but it breathes more on the big screen and induces headaches more slowly .",1 99395,"victorious revolutionaries",1 55159,"object to the idea of a Vietnam picture",0 192207,"all the complexity and",1 174738,"the set design and interiors of the haunted vessel are more than effectively creepy and moodily lit",1 89419,"on its visual merits .",1 116890,"chase to end all chases",1 47750,"Zhang 's last film",0 122336,"his impressions of life and loss and time and art with us",1 124419,"is one-sided ,",0 203017,"is its reliance on formula",0 188120,"The explosion essentially ruined -- or , rather , overpowered -- the fiction of the movie for me .",0 237853,"to include every top-notch British actor who did not appear in Gosford Park ( as well as one , Ms. Mirren , who did )",0 194371,"been much better",0 18393,", composing a sorrowful and hilarious tone poem about alienated labor , or an absurdist workplace sitcom",1 197323,"does n't have the necessary self-control to guide a loose , poorly structured film through the pitfalls of incoherence and redundancy .",0 156141,"chaotic , the photography grainy and badly focused",0 61921,", glaring and unforgettable .",1 170364,"satisfy those who ca n't tell the difference between the good , the bad and the ugly",0 168341,"opera-ish story",0 182377,"An awful movie that will only satisfy the most emotionally malleable of filmgoers .",0 167874,"of those movies where you walk out of the theater not feeling",0 66078,"Humorous and",1 134774,"the Vertical Limit of surfing movies -",1 84138,"is doing something of a public service -- shedding light on a group of extremely talented musicians who might otherwise go unnoticed and underappreciated by music fans",1 119831,"fearlessly gets under the skin of the people involved",1 35660,"on the gorgeous , ramshackle landscape of the filmmaker 's motherland",1 212678,"strives to be intimate and socially encompassing but",1 15735,"fans the embers of a dormant national grief and curiosity that has calcified into chronic cynicism and fear .",0 96074,"the lustrous polished visuals rich in color and creativity and , of course ,",1 118036,"delivers one of the saddest action hero performances ever witnessed",0 39466,"true fans of the Stevenson 's novel",1 151657,"a dull , pretentious version of Jesus ' Son",0 115074,"as visually bland",0 177936,"were put to sleep by the movie and had a nightmare",0 61043,"'s fun ,",1 207877,"of my greatest pictures , Drunken Master",1 175432,"this is a throwaway movie that wo n't stand the test of time",0 210302,"refuses to let Slackers be seen as just another teen movie , which means he can be forgiven for frequently pandering to fans of the gross-out comedy",0 228572,"an exceedingly clever piece of cinema .",1 134461,"that make it well worth watching",1 215218,"the obligatory moments of sentimental ooze",0 221024,"'s worth the concentration .",1 222817,"But then again , I hate myself most mornings .",0 114059,"an idea of the film 's creepy , scary effectiveness",1 128820,"of nature and family warmth",1 230347,"does mark Ms. Bullock 's best work in some time",1 91962,"scathing and joyous .",1 166978,"not quite enough",0 10326,"see one reduce it to an idea that fits in a sampler",0 70792,"What 's the Russian word for Wow ! ? '",1 151831,"a great cast and",1 195278,"ca n't rescue Brown Sugar from the curse of blandness",0 197273,"does an established filmmaker so ardently waste viewers ' time with a gobbler like this",0 176685,"too self-conscious",0 143208,"A misogynistic piece of filth that attempts to pass itself off as hip , young adult entertainment",0 150431,"Too close to Phantom Menace for comfort .",0 56724,"scalds like acid",0 115825,"being good",1 121949,"have finally aged past his prime ... and , perhaps more than he realizes",0 176663,"too much obvious padding",0 76937,"come to expect , including the assumption that '' crazy '' people are innocent , childlike and inherently funny",1 16545,"masterful film",1 187945,"The animation is competent",1 193448,"as entertainment",1 195370,"can drive right by it without noticing anything special , save for a few comic turns , intended and otherwise .",0 43781,", very well told with an appropriate minimum of means .",1 212734,"stunning visuals",1 197656,"ear-pleasing",1 48458,"a troubling interpretation of Ecclesiastes .",0 174480,"the overall blandness",0 212700,"strong-minded",1 131604,"rock-solid little genre picture",1 60528,"you 're a fan of the series you 'll love it and probably want to see it twice .",1 113641,"all the earmarks of French cinema at its best",1 6489,"filmmakers david weissman and bill weber benefit enormously from the cockettes ' camera craziness -- not only did they film performances",1 143283,"A ragbag of promising ideas and failed narrative , of good acting and plain old bad filmmaking",0 162932,"is idiotic and absurdly sentimental",0 20640,"genuine pathos",1 27199,"What it lacks in originality",0 169503,"put a little too much heart",0 184885,"In all the annals of the movies , few films have been this odd , inexplicable and unpleasant .",0 48318,"a real treat",1 232401,"is as blasphemous and nonsensical as a Luis Buñuel film",0 239027,"would make it a great piece to watch with kids and use to introduce video as art",1 83299,"inertia to arrest development in a dead-end existence",0 24400,"A perverse little truffle , dainty psychological terror on the outside with a creamy filling of familial jealousy and unrepentant domestic psychopathy .",1 18089,"with a real flair for epic landscapes and adventure",1 188707,"The story is bogus",0 216190,"these guys ' superhuman capacity",1 100312,"will wear you out and make you misty even when you do n't",1 48824,"almost unbearable portrait",0 233731,"many clichés",0 68371,"Red Dragon is less baroque and showy than Hannibal , and less emotionally affecting than Silence . But , like Silence , it 's a movie that gets under your skin",1 18577,"A film of precious increments",1 10063,"reign of fire may be little more than another platter of reheated aliens ,",0 151951,"a lesser Harrison Ford movie - Six Days",0 92149,"seeming at once both refreshingly different and reassuringly familiar",1 190935,"a mere plot pawn",0 167029,"nothing fresh or",0 54040,"just a simple fable done in an artless sytle",0 105198,"Connoisseurs of Chinese film will be pleased to discover that Tian 's meticulous talent has not withered during his enforced hiatus .",1 210422,"repetitive and designed to fill time , providing no real sense of suspense",0 128423,"of a brutal mid",0 124566,"is something that is so meditative and lyrical about Babak Payami 's boldly quirky Iranian drama Secret Ballot ... a charming and evoking little ditty that manages to show the gentle and humane side of Middle Eastern world politics",1 192536,"an equally miserable film",0 213200,"tasty morsels",1 163570,"is well told",1 234623,"offbeat humor , amusing characters , and a happy ending",1 217994,"two fatal ailments",0 193952,"bad plot",0 187838,"The Mothman Prophecies , which is mostly a bore",0 136947,"this generation 's Animal House",1 155774,"by some very stoned college students",0 63436,"A stylish but steady , and ultimately very satisfying , piece of character-driven storytelling .",1 230618,"eventually the content is n't nearly as captivating as the rowdy participants think it is .",0 160138,"glacier-paced direction",0 58724,"the slow parade",0 38771,"the weaknesses",0 208466,"on offal like this",0 165498,"make a lifeless movie",0 53322,"is a really special walk in the woods",1 159143,"find it migraine-inducing , despite Moore 's attempts at whimsy and spoon feeding",0 181184,"-- all are irrelevant to the experience of seeing The Scorpion King .",0 71514,"a deceptively casual ode",1 72747,"a very distinctive sensibility ,",1 91383,"rejection by one 's mother",0 40666,"A journey through memory , a celebration of living , and a sobering rumination",1 195260,"ca n't even",0 227037,"What Eric Schaeffer has accomplished with Never Again",1 50934,"documents a culture in the throes of rapid change",1 173637,"the classic Disney adaptation of J . M . Barrie 's Peter Pan",1 225281,"Often lingers just as long on the irrelevant as on the engaging , which gradually turns What Time Is It There ?",0 107337,"Knockaround",1 164482,"know you 're in trouble .",0 124330,"is no rest period , no timeout",1 143936,"Aspires for the piquant but only really achieves a sort of ridiculous sourness .",0 147809,"Nothing debases a concept comedy quite like the grinding of bad ideas ,",0 146162,"IHOPs do n't pile on this much syrup .",0 173307,"the 1934 Victor Fleming classic",1 208110,"of the most poorly staged and lit action in memory",0 206438,"more psychotic than romantic",0 59167,"to amuse even the most resolutely unreligious parents who escort their little ones to megaplex screenings",1 164212,"jams too many prefabricated story elements into the running time",0 229998,"could have used a little trimming",0 196266,"could easily mistake it for a sketchy work-in-progress that was inexplicably rushed to the megaplexes before its time",0 96596,"the roots of the skateboarding boom",1 202530,"is Great",1 49529,"be liberating",1 32779,"impossibly",0 194494,"being the ultra-violent gangster wannabe",0 40014,"while at the same time being a most touching reconsideration of the familiar masterpiece",1 142480,", the film is less poetic than simply pretentious .",0 92799,"sleepless",0 45391,"Good car chases , great fight scenes , and",1 21181,"keep the film entertaining even if none of it makes a lick of sense",1 108809,"Schrader examines Crane 's decline with unblinking candor .",1 174620,"the rather clumsy original was railing against",0 203242,"is not a bad film .",1 53213,"introduces viewers to a good charitable enterprise and some interesting real people",1 116689,"car chases , this movie is a phlegmatic bore , so tedious it makes the silly spy vs . spy film The Sum of All Fears , starring Ben Affleck",1 98350,"to the actress , and to her inventive director",1 21175,"just the right amount of charisma and menace",1 228230,"a tuba-playing dwarf rolled down a hill in a trash can",0 24401,"A picture that extols the virtues of comradeship and community in a spunky , spirited fashion .",1 52963,"in no small part thanks to Lau",1 188177,"The film does n't show enough of the creative process or even of what was created for the non-fan to figure out what makes Wilco a big deal .",0 235481,"scenes all end in someone screaming .",0 75293,"be more complex than your average film",1 123829,"is a smart , romantic drama that dares to depict the French Revolution from the aristocrats ' perspective",1 176597,"too cerebral for its own good -- or , at any rate , too cerebral for its racy subject matter",0 132786,"so sloppy ,",0 51871,"found The Ring moderately absorbing , largely for its elegantly colorful look and sound .",1 72308,"a role of almost Bergmanesque intensity",1 6580,"for all the writhing and wailing , tears , rage and opium overdoses ,",0 100466,"with better characters , some genuine quirkiness and at least a measure of style",1 167354,"of an unnecessary and clumsy last scene",0 177561,"waits grimly for the next shock without developing much attachment to the characters",0 9711,"pig",0 153175,"allowed to use the word '' new '' in its title , because there 's not an original character , siuation or joke in the entire movie",0 5755,"correctly",1 2533,"the audience laughs out loud",1 205381,"looks great , has solid acting and a neat premise .",1 114092,"an interesting exercise by talented writer\/director Anderson",1 173797,"the embarrassing script",0 187752,"The Armenian genocide",0 67545,"Michael Moore 's Bowling for Columbine rekindles the muckraking , soul-searching spirit of the ` Are we a sick society ? ' journalism of the 1960s .",1 217892,"trying to be other films",0 221330,", eventually the content is n't nearly as captivating as the rowdy participants think it is .",0 13027,"while i ca n't say it 's on par with the first one ,",0 232742,"is so huge that a column of words can not adequately describe co-writer\/director Peter Jackson 's expanded vision of J.R.R. Tolkien 's Middle-earth",1 234494,"of serious subject matter and dark , funny humor",1 53141,"intelligent script",1 138962,"very choppy and monosyllabic",0 15629,"effective and claustrophobic thriller",1 106632,"If you answered yes , by all means enjoy The New Guy",1 14425,"She must have a very strong back .",1 205931,"may find it uninteresting",0 42152,"is a heart-wrenching showcase",1 183737,"Even Murphy 's expert comic timing and famed charisma ca n't rescue this effort .",0 184434,"Hitler 's",0 153861,"are just too many characters saying too many clever things and getting into too many pointless situations . Where 's the movie here ?",0 159238,"flick , primarily because it is dull",0 47261,"The special effects and many scenes of weightlessness",1 217995,"two fatal ailments --",0 85182,"its New England characters , most of whom wander about in thick clouds of denial",0 143011,"A bloated gasbag thesis",0 142058,", ` Swimfan ' left me with a very bad feeling .",0 83235,"in-depth portrait",1 16754,"of laughs",1 154516,"awkward silence",0 11759,"the preposterous hairpiece worn by lai 's villainous father to the endless action sequences",0 149061,"That is De Niro 's best film since Meet the Parents",1 44620,"Australia : Land Beyond Time is an enjoyable Big Movie primarily because Australia is a weirdly beautiful place .",1 181862,"A movie version of a paint-by-numbers picture . We can tell what it is supposed to be , but",0 224473,"John McTiernan 's botched remake may be subtler than Norman Jewison 's 1975 ultraviolent futuristic corporate-sports saga .",0 232863,"is undoubtedly one of the finest films of the year .",1 174525,"the picture failed to capture me .",0 71916,"a lot going for it , not least the brilliant performances by Testud ...",1 95320,"the classics '' Wait Until Dark ''",1 153649,"another stale , kill-by-numbers flick",0 41865,"epic landscapes and",1 224213,"It 's not just a feel-good movie , it 's a feel movie .",1 116073,"boasts dry humor and jarring shocks , plus moments of breathtaking mystery",1 56807,"seems thirsty for reflection , itself taking on adolescent qualities .",0 177267,"unsympathetic hero",0 17077,"refreshingly novel ride",1 77260,"conspicuous success",1 134793,"the absence of narrative continuity",0 222082,"A sense of real magic , perhaps .",1 146298,"In exactly 89 minutes , most of which passed as slowly as if I 'd been sitting naked on an igloo",0 119301,"estranged gay and lesbian children",1 235413,"rushed ,",0 186471,"Nothing but an episode of Smackdown ! in period costume and with a bigger budget",0 23885,", thanks to some clever writing and sprightly acting",1 152826,"absurdist wit",1 9782,"political blair witch , a monstrous murk that haunts us precisely because it can never be seen",0 61013,"'s enough cool fun here to warm the hearts of animation enthusiasts of all ages .",1 18053,"will almost certainly be fascinated",1 3699,"a cousin to blade runner than like a bottom-feeder sequel in the escape from new york series",1 179866,"'s no disguising this as one of the worst films of the summer . Or for the year , for that matter .",0 80389,"for the whole family",1 20725,"has brilliantly updated his source and grasped its essence , composing a sorrowful and hilarious tone poem about alienated labor , or an absurdist workplace sitcom .",1 44618,"Audrey Tatou has a knack for picking roles that magnify her outrageous charm , and in this literate French comedy , she 's as morning-glory exuberant as she was in Amélie .",1 120866,"funny and fun",1 64081,"As banal as the telling may be",0 185249,"It appears to have been made by people to whom the idea of narrative logic or cohesion is an entirely foreign concept .",0 147256,"Louiso lets the movie dawdle in classic disaffected-indie-film mode , and brother Hoffman 's script stumbles over a late-inning twist that just does n't make sense .",0 111950,"a fragment of an underdone potato",0 63415,"A stirring , funny",1 155754,"by its fussy script and uptight characters",0 123860,"is about as interesting",0 33835,"its purest form",1 40139,"will want to check",1 152409,"a series of beginnings and middles that never take off",0 202557,"is a confusing melange of tones and styles , one moment a romantic trifle and the next a turgid drama",0 65278,"Either a fascinating study of the relationship between mothers and their children or a disturbing story about sociopaths and their marks",1 60252,"will play equally well on both the standard and giant screens",1 22380,"the virtues of the IMAX format",1 192337,"also seems to play on a 10-year delay",0 19489,"a film that dazzles the eye , challenges the brain",1 195435,"capped with pointless extremes",0 118621,"done-to-death material",0 24278,"A breezy , diverting , conventional , well-acted tale",1 21002,"is a wonderful film with a bravura lead performance by Bruce Campbell that does n't deserve to leave the building until everyone is aware of it .",1 115424,"bask in your own cleverness",1 171688,"somewhat well-acted ,",1 55703,"old-fashioned Hollywood magic",1 167970,"often appear to be reading the lines and",0 196893,"devolves into a laugh-free lecture",0 30536,"cultural fable",1 143164,"A little too pat for its own good .",0 168668,"part because the consciously dumbed-down approach wears thin",0 196512,"cultural intrigue",1 24032,"-- a film to be savored .",1 155181,"between sucking face and literally sucking face",0 224338,"It is supremely unfunny and unentertaining to watch middle-age",0 11081,"that is surprisingly enjoyable",1 213967,"that you had already seen that movie",0 133588,"sucks . '",0 190433,"a decent TV outing",1 96999,"the visceral sensation",1 170927,"shot that misfires .",0 56202,"privileged moments and memorable performances",1 233123,"its amiable jerking",0 106430,"I can imagine this movie as a b & w British comedy , circa 1960 , with Peter Sellers , Kenneth Williams , et al . , but at this time , with this cast , this movie is hopeless .",0 198327,"expands the horizons of boredom to the point of collapse , turning into a black hole of dullness , from which no interesting concept can escape .",0 143176,"A long-winded , predictable scenario",0 215682,"the story and the somewhat predictable plot",0 103493,"A compelling , gut-clutching piece",1 138147,"too sappy",0 68207,"Photographed with melancholy richness and eloquently performed yet also decidedly uncinematic",1 231073,"fun meeting a brand-new Pokemon called Celebi",1 83763,"is a disarmingly lived-in movie",1 200226,"greatest plays",1 135333,"the film is a hilarious adventure",1 236903,"the film never recovers from the clumsy cliché of the ugly American abroad , and the too-frosty exterior Ms. Paltrow employs to authenticate her British persona is another liability",0 45282,"For movie lovers as well as opera lovers",1 58215,"the difficult process of adapting to loss",0 237155,"the poor acting by the ensemble cast , the flat dialogue by Vincent R. Nebrida or the gutless direction by Laurice Guillen",0 125229,"its digs at modern society are all things we 've seen before .",0 138536,"unamusing",0 146282,"In Alcatraz ' ... a cinematic corpse that never springs to life",0 77531,"created such a vibrant , colorful world",1 23699,", is the one established by Warner Bros . giant Chuck Jones , who died a matter of weeks before the movie 's release .",1 235744,"silly -- and gross --",0 78294,"disquieting triumph",1 39180,"to entertain !",1 37453,"such monastic devotion you 're not sure if you should applaud or look into having him committed",1 41110,"Not a cozy or ingratiating work , but it 's challenging , sometimes clever , and always interesting , and those are reasons enough to see it",1 236681,"the ` true story ' by which All the Queen 's Men is allegedly `` inspired '' was a lot funnier and more deftly enacted than what 's been cobbled together onscreen",0 176632,"too lame to work or be cool at others",0 238142,"trying to dupe the viewer into taking it all as Very Important simply because the movie is ugly to look at and not a Hollywood product",0 113819,"amiable but unfocused",0 186472,"Nothing but an episode of Smackdown ! in period costume and with a bigger budget .",0 27375,"a big part",1 32348,"hastier productions",0 14562,"Tok and O orchestrate a buoyant , darkly funny dance of death .",1 202600,"is a matter of plumbing arrangements and mind games , of no erotic or sensuous charge",0 194782,"bogs down in rhetoric and cliché .",0 30293,"compelling Spanish film",1 67040,"Kissing Jessica Stein injects freshness and spirit into the romantic comedy genre , which has been held hostage by generic scripts that seek to remake Sleepless in Seattle again and again .",1 4781,"are all too abundant when human hatred spews forth unchecked",0 178503,"with a hit-to-miss ratio that does n't exactly favour the audience",0 142678,", young science fiction fans will stomp away in disgust .",0 45129,"Efficient , suitably anonymous chiller .",1 133897,"tasty and",1 215072,"the most frantic , virulent and foul-natured",0 106814,"It 's a rollicking adventure for you and all your mateys , regardless of their ages .",1 42638,"since , well ,",1 222992,"Congrats Disney on a job",1 27971,"a work of incendiary genius , steering clear of knee-jerk reactions and quick solutions",1 202776,"is bad",0 28494,"and action\/effects on the spectacular scale",1 231875,"if it had just gone that one step further",0 222690,"Brown Sugar '' admirably aspires to be more than another `` Best Man '' clone by weaving a theme throughout this funny film .",1 237452,"they do n't fit well together and neither is well told .",0 79115,"entertaining from start to finish , featuring a fall from grace that still leaves shockwaves",1 182904,"Bread , My Sweet has so many flaws it would be easy for critics to shred it . It may even fall into the category of Films You Love to Hate . I admit it",0 5907,"derived from a lobotomy",0 75608,"better at fingering problems than finding solutions .",0 214438,"the disappointingly generic nature of the entire effort",0 121759,"has found with an devastating , eloquent clarity",1 29268,"astonishing delicacy and force",1 188701,"The story , touching though it is , does not quite have enough emotional resonance or variety of incident to sustain a feature ,",0 93761,"succeeds primarily with her typical blend of unsettling atmospherics",1 159956,"genuine promise",1 235316,"remarkable piece",1 119642,"fails to gel together",0 175728,"throws in too many conflicts to keep the story compelling",0 142770,"... a hokey piece of nonsense that tries too hard to be emotional .",0 51115,"elegantly",1 81877,"have found a cult favorite to enjoy for a lifetime",1 235380,"ripe recipe , inspiring ingredients",1 112944,"a true study , a film with a questioning heart",1 224391,"It squanders Chan 's uniqueness : it could even be said to squander Jennifer Love Hewitt !",0 100777,"wonderful .",1 20311,"creamy depth , and ultimate theme",1 42557,"reveals unexpected depths",1 101374,"'d expect to see on Showtime 's ` Red Shoe Diaries",1 209838,"proves that it 's easier to change the sheets than to change hackneyed concepts when it comes to dreaming up romantic comedies",0 142066,", after-school special",0 69790,"The one-liners are snappy , the situations volatile and the comic opportunities richly rewarded .",1 150169,"This dramatically shaky contest of wills only reiterates the old Hollywood saw : Evil is interesting and good is boring",0 113430,"adorably whimsical comedy",1 81476,"gutsy and perfectly",1 197417,"done , so primitive in technique , that it ca n't really be called animation",0 184187,"Godard uses his characters -- if that 's not too glorified a term -- as art things",0 81755,"has proved its creative mettle",1 155011,"before going on to other films that actually tell a story worth caring about",0 219760,"with its leaden acting , dull exposition and telegraphed ` surprises",0 139767,"who is drawn into the exotic world of belly dancing",1 82179,"highly pleasurable",1 111552,"a big , juicy role",1 160889,"have no goal and no urgency . It 's just filler",0 123659,"irk",0 64863,"Crazy as Hell marks an encouraging new direction for La Salle .",1 183181,"Competently",1 66364,"In its understanding , often funny way",1 103729,"A movie of technical skill and rare depth",1 163579,"is why anybody picked it up . Wiser souls would have tactfully pretended not to see it and left it lying there",0 200609,"has neither the charisma nor the natural affability that has made Tucker a star",0 5711,"considerable punch",1 101226,"your Ice-T 's from your Cool-J 's to realize that as far as these shootings are concerned , something is rotten in the state of California",0 231809,"how long will filmmakers copy the `` Saving Private Ryan '' battle scenes before realizing Steven Spielberg",0 235746,"silly -- and gross -- but it 's rarely as moronic as some campus gross-out films .",0 216898,"to be startled when you 're almost dozing",0 177453,"very slow",0 111469,"a 95-minute commercial for NBA properties",0 154810,"be sent to and buried on Pluto",0 56587,"revealing the human complexities",1 54686,"may strain adult credibility",0 9072,"no quarter",0 11802,"the reality of its characters to go over the edge . a touch of humor or an unexpected plot twist always pulls it back",1 158992,"felt tired and drained",0 74886,"astonishingly",1 218120,"undercut by its awkward structure and a final veering toward melodrama .",0 82655,"if you believe that the shocking conclusion is too much of a plunge or",0 187722,"Terminally bland ,",1 104356,"An odd , haphazard , and inconsequential romantic comedy",0 61435,"( Gosling 's ) combination of explosive physical energy and convincing intelligence helps create a complex , unpredictable character .",1 200444,"hard to understand why anyone in his right mind would even think to make the attraction a movie .",0 191379,"a stab at soccer hooliganism",0 231880,"if the concept is a poor one , there 's no saving the movie",0 224812,"Moonlight Mile '' rise above its heart-on-its-sleeve writing",1 212639,"strangely hollow at its emotional core",0 178007,"what worked last time , repeats it and adds more characters",1 119499,"exercise in style and mystification .",1 203394,"is simply not enough of interest onscreen",0 905,"entertainment",1 84419,"is n't a retooled genre piece , the tale of a guy and his gun ,",1 43954,": The Widowmaker is derivative , overlong , and bombastic -- yet surprisingly entertaining .",1 110837,"Uplifting ,",1 78369,"do n't work in concert",0 156946,"crass marketing",0 93620,"strikingly devious",1 62929,"A delightful entree",1 162770,"is an unpleasantly shallow and immature character with whom to spend 110 claustrophobic minutes",0 53722,"it 's a work of enthralling drama",1 166536,"myself confused when it came time to get to the heart of the movie",0 187384,"So bland and utterly forgettable",0 211761,"slapped together",0 89287,"often exciting",1 84267,"is greatness here .",1 31517,"fast enough to cover its clunky dialogue and lapses in logic",0 60785,"'s Quaid who anchors the film with his effortless performance and that trademark grin of his -- so perfect for a ballplayer",1 116030,"bland hotels",0 29416,"be left with the sensation of having just witnessed a great performance",1 232624,"is nicely shot , well-edited and features a standout performance by Diane Lane",1 160373,"groan-inducing",0 188636,"The script , the gags , the characters are all direct-to-video stuff ,",0 228157,"a simple `` Goddammit",0 194534,"best forgotten",0 56134,"powerful acting clinic",1 84350,"is less about a superficial midlife crisis than it is about the need to stay in touch with your own skin , at 18 or 80 .",1 199885,"gets over its own investment in conventional arrangements",0 15782,"first , quiet cadences",1 102593,", inspirational drama",1 232689,"is one of the rare directors who feels acting is the heart and soul of cinema",1 8458,"like idiots",0 138877,"uses some of the figures from the real-life story to portray themselves in the film .",1 87962,"non-firsthand experience",0 130351,"plummets into a comedy graveyard before Janice comes racing to the rescue in the final reel",1 131126,"reassures us",1 179786,"'s hilarious",1 56360,"quite tasty and inviting all the same",1 187632,"Sunk by way too much indulgence of scene-chewing , teeth-gnashing actorliness",0 32449,"heartwarming",1 140290,"with unblinking candor",1 141147,"'s a rather listless amble down the middle of the road , where the thematic ironies are too obvious and the sexual politics too smug",0 174529,"the picture fails to generate much suspense , nor does it ask searching enough questions to justify its pretensions",0 208595,"one level",1 57548,"sweeping",1 93224,"soulful and",1 181034,", then it 's the perfect cure for insomnia .",0 83687,"is , also , frequently hilarious .",1 163711,"it 's unfortunate for the viewer that the thoughts and reflections coming through are torpid and banal",0 73397,"all give life to these broken characters who are trying to make their way through this tragedy",1 214589,"the film falters",0 60207,"wildly unsentimental but",0 23752,", like Beau Travil and Nenette et Boni , could prepare us for this gory , perverted , sex-soaked riff on the cannibal genre",1 179449,"'re looking for a tale of Brits behaving badly , watch Snatch again .",1 185160,"It 's not a bad plot : but , unfortunately , the movie is nowhere near as refined as all the classic dramas it borrows from",0 182748,"Been there , done that , liked it much better the first time around - when it was called The Professional .",0 69619,"The fun of the movie",1 69116,"Takashi Miike keeps pushing the envelope : Ichi the Killer",1 206932,"never overcomes its questionable satirical ambivalence",0 82915,"in chilling style",1 40865,"Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood may not be exactly divine , but it 's definitely -- defiantly -- ya ya , what with all of those terrific songs and spirited performances",1 20718,"has an avalanche of eye-popping visual effects",1 151210,"` God help us , but Capra and Cooper are rolling over in their graves . '",0 3437,"( the kid 's ) just too bratty for sympathy , and as the film grows to its finale ,",0 229683,"can not be faulted .",1 56020,"phony imagery or music",0 4077,"a remarkable film that explores the monster 's psychology not in order to excuse him but rather to demonstrate that his pathology evolved from human impulses that grew hideously twisted",1 120512,"for the most creative mayhem in a brief amount of time",1 226205,"The best movie of its kind since ` Brazil .",1 87262,"more fascinating -- being real --",1 6409,"far more satisfying",1 163540,"is ultimately a pointless endeavor",0 74520,"arthouse . The power of this script , and the performances that come with it ,",1 209320,"plain irrelevant",0 65933,"Hashiguchi covers this territory with wit and originality , suggesting that with his fourth feature -- the first to be released in the U . S . --",1 170095,"revered TV show",1 9535,"opium",0 124753,"is very choppy and monosyllabic despite the fact that it is being dubbed",0 131753,"savagely hilarious",1 63818,"Amy and Matthew have a bit of a phony relationship ,",0 4261,"a universal product code instead of a title",0 79371,"evocative imagery",1 8187,"janice beard falters in its recycled aspects , implausibility , and sags in pace",0 139496,"were all comedy",1 27463,"a cruelly hilarious vein of black comedy in the situation with his cast of non-actors and a gritty , no-budget approach",1 222665,"Bowling for Columbine '' remains a disquieting and thought-provoking film ...",1 179613,"'s already done way too often",0 58058,"the best ensemble casts of the year",1 234595,"of very bad Scouse accents",0 32586,"his smart , edgy voice and waddling profile ( emphasized here ) accent the humor of Wilson 's plight",1 156334,"clear the filmmakers were n't sure where they wanted their story to go",0 63363,"A shimmeringly lovely coming-of-age portrait , shot in artful , watery tones of blue , green and brown .",1 179636,"'s as if Allen , at 66 , has stopped challenging himself",0 139658,"which makes its message resonate .",1 37043,"smart and satisfying",1 236392,"that `` The Mask '' was for Jim Carrey",1 183879,"Far-fetched premise , convoluted plot , and",0 128188,"notwithstanding some of the writers ' sporadic dips",0 138954,"very , very good",1 200264,"grows boring despite the scenery .",0 74709,"as if we 're seeing something purer than the real thing",1 192647,"an unbalanced mixture of graphic combat footage",0 106265,"Hollywood , success",1 16535,"making it rousing , invigorating fun lacking any MTV puffery",1 43122,"'re all in this together",1 104202,"America 's skin-deep notions",1 51499,"familiar , fairly uneventful and boasting no real surprises -- but still quite tasty and inviting all the same",1 57144,"solid build-up",1 163157,"is not a porno , though it is as tedious as one .",0 202651,"is a step down for director Gary Fleder .",0 187075,"Sadly , as Blood Work proves , that was a long , long time ago .",0 106038,"Goodfellas and at least a half dozen other trouble-in-the-ghetto flicks",0 105454,"Director Roger Kumble offers just enough sweet and traditional romantic comedy to counter the crudity .",1 94633,"that elevate '' Glory '' above most of its ilk",1 69719,"The most wondrous love story in years , it is a great film .",1 132636,"slow to those of us in middle age",0 232354,"is a shapeless inconsequential move relying on the viewer to do most of the work .",0 183195,"Contrived , maudlin and cliche-ridden",0 141609,"'s something deeply creepy about Never Again",0 187526,"Squandering his opportunity to make absurdist observations , Burns gets caught up in the rush of slapstick thoroughfare .",0 212394,"spout hilarious dialogue about following your dream and ` just letting the mountain tell you what to do",1 1751,"mopes through a dreary tract of virtually plotless meanderings",0 194377,"been picked not for their acting chops , but for their looks",0 45262,"First World",1 131991,"seems a bit on the skinny side",0 161854,"in disgust",0 172357,"surprise to see a world-class filmmaker like Zhang Yimou behind the camera for a yarn that 's ultimately rather inconsequential",0 56920,"shining with all the usual Spielberg flair , expertly",1 7654,"is a gory slash-fest",0 160693,"has lost its edge",0 33994,"laugh-filled",1 187074,"Sadly , ` Garth ' has n't progressed as nicely as ` Wayne . '",0 206553,"mostly fool 's gold",0 59213,"to consider the unthinkable , the unacceptable , the unmentionable",0 115206,"at the film 's nightmare versions of everyday sex-in-the-city misadventures",0 206643,"movies with giant plot holes",0 115704,"becomes just another voyeuristic spectacle",0 196227,"convinced that this Mean Machine was a decent TV outing that just does n't have big screen magic",0 213477,"that 's conspicuously missing from the Girls ' big-screen blowout",0 171143,"sinister inspiration",1 203685,"is weighed down by supporting characters who are either too goodly , wise and knowing or downright comically evil",0 181250,". It ends up being neither , and fails at both endeavors .",0 212004,"so short could be so flabby",0 24133,"... ambition is in short supply in the cinema , and Egoyan tackles his themes and explores his characters ' crises with seriousness and compassion .",1 135607,"the kind of parent who enjoys intentionally introducing your kids to films which will cause loads of irreparable damage that years and years of costly analysis could never fix",0 186452,"Not only does the thoroughly formulaic film represent totally exemplify middle-of-the-road mainstream",0 86325,"loss and loneliness",0 116207,"brightly colored dreams",1 232569,"is n't a new idea",0 139508,"were n't as beautifully shaped and as delicately calibrated in tone",0 180654,", haphazard theatrical release",0 11059,"that extra",1 142444,", soulless and ugly movies like this are the result . Let your silly childhood nostalgia slumber unmolested .",0 1456,"it 's surprisingly bland despite the heavy doses of weird performances and direction .",0 84813,"is warm , inviting , and surprising",1 99055,"uniquely sensual",1 131717,"said to squander Jennifer Love Hewitt",0 85201,"its bold presentation",1 145799,"Hey Arnold ! The Movie could have been made 40 years ago , and parents ' appreciation of it may depend on whether they consider that a good thing .",0 153035,"albeit a visually compelling one ,",1 188386,"The movie 's major and most devastating flaw is its reliance on formula , though",0 99859,"what an idea , what a thrill ride . This is a more fascinating look at the future than '' Bladerunner '' and one of the most high-concept sci fi adventures attempted for the screen",1 207135,"nonconformist values , What to Do in Case of Fire ? lazily and glumly settles into a most traditional , reserved kind of filmmaking .",0 18192,"( unfortunately R-rated )",0 44693,"Bennett 's naturalistic performance speaks volumes more truth than any ` reality ' show , and",1 155987,"can something so gross",0 144071,"Bears is bad . Not ` terrible filmmaking ' bad , but more like , ' I once had a nightmare like this , and it 's now coming true ' bad .",0 230942,"for the `` XXX '' crowd , people who enjoy mindless action without the benefit of decent acting , writing , and direction",0 119460,"exasperated by a noticeable lack of pace . Or both",0 36007,"physically spectacular qualities",1 191195,"a rejected X-Files episode",0 111379,"Zhuangzhuang creates delicate balance of style , text , and subtext that 's so simple and precise that anything discordant would topple the balance , but",1 179091,"you actually buy into",1 179611,"'s almost as if it 's an elaborate dare more than a full-blooded film .",0 90568,"powerful documentary",1 235899,"some ingenious plot devices and some",1 91012,"quintessential Bollywood . Except it 's much , much better",1 224517,"Kapur modernizes A.E.W. Mason 's story to suit the sensibilities of a young American , a decision that plucks `` The Four Feathers '' bare .",0 70205,"This is DiCaprio 's best performance in anything ever , and easily the most watchable film of the year .",1 53129,"inspiring and pure",1 185086,"It 's clear why Deuces Wild , which was shot two years ago , has been gathering dust on MGM 's shelf .",0 124719,"is too crazy to be interesting",0 111661,"a coherent rhythm going",1 77953,"delivers fascinating psychological fare",1 160647,"has become valedictorian at the School for Soft Landings and Easy Ways Out",0 212444,"stale copy",0 12222,"thoroughly unpleasant",0 11045,"that cold-hearted",0 232112,"insightful moments .",1 238183,"unbearably lame .",0 96357,"the people laughing in the crowd",1 90555,"power to deform families , then tear them apart",0 221590,", the more outrageous bits achieve a shock-you-into-laughter intensity of almost Dadaist proportions .",1 3978,"a model of what films like this should be like",1 38121,"the depths",1 88197,"of France 's most inventive directors",1 84515,"is one of those all-star reunions",1 61868,", dishonorable history",0 103762,"A pathetically inane and unimaginative cross between XXX and Vertical Limit .",0 76332,"can enjoy much of Jonah simply , and gratefully , as laugh-out-loud lunacy with a pronounced Monty Pythonesque flavor .",1 52312,"guts and",0 146045,"I do n't see the point .",0 117505,"contrived to be as naturally charming as it needs to be",1 222915,"Charlotte Sometimes is a brilliant movie .",1 150474,"Too slow , too long",0 174391,"the nervy originality of its groundbreaking small-screen progenitor",1 18469,", the American Insomnia is still pretty darned good .",1 139464,"well integrated",1 77254,"consistently sensitive and often exciting",1 74019,"and church meetings",1 126786,"many good ideas",1 225526,"Psychologically savvy .",1 167658,"of promising ideas and failed narrative , of good acting and plain old bad filmmaking",0 140000,"winning portrayal",1 199767,"generate a lot of energy",1 41206,"Solid , lump-in-the-throat family entertainment that derives its power by sticking to the facts",1 106945,"It 's rare to find a film to which the adjective ` gentle ' applies , but",1 128762,"of laughs . It just does n't have much else ... especially",0 151052,"Worth seeing once",1 47453,"Top-notch",1 135100,"the dignity of an action hero motivated by something more than franchise possibilities",1 229006,"as two-day old porridge",0 766,"dazzles the eye , challenges the brain",1 5874,"deft",1 28400,"an outrageous central gimmick that could have been a reject from Monty Python 's Meaning of Life",0 73870,"an interesting controversy",1 239031,"would n't exist without the precedent of Yiddish theater , whose jolly , fun-for-fun 's - sake communal spirit goes to the essence of Broadway",1 221707,", you might imagine that most every aggrieved father cliché has been unturned .",0 99717,"we all ca n't stand",0 43531,", brilliant and macabre",1 57036,"skillfully through the plot 's hot brine --",1 136072,"the product",1 101492,"'s `",1 152539,"a stupefying",0 123454,"insultingly unbelievable final act",0 157550,"disconcertingly slack",0 97287,"they show a remarkable ability to document both sides of this emotional car-wreck .",1 176671,"too obviously hateful to be classified otherwise",0 133024,"sophisticated in the worst way",0 47920,"a dangerously seductive performance",1 135962,"the passions that sometimes fuel our best achievements and other times",1 122111,"heavy-handed symbolism , dime-store psychology and",0 16008,"help heal",1 138392,"truly magical",1 59727,"unmentionable",0 39098,"to Dennis Quaid , in fighting trim shape as an athlete as well as an actor",1 232590,"is n't quite one of the worst movies of the year",0 73366,"akin to a Reader 's Digest condensed version of the source material",0 229804,"cheats on itself and retreats to comfortable territory",0 135368,"the film unfolds with all the mounting tension of an expert thriller , until the tragedy beneath it all gradually reveals itself .",1 238106,"treats his audience the same way that Jim Brown treats his women -- as dumb , credulous , unassuming , subordinate subjects",0 65264,"Eight Legged Freaks is clever and funny , is amused by its special effects , and leaves you feeling like you 've seen a movie instead of an endless trailer .",1 194756,"blustery movie",0 26565,"Shakespeare",0 121072,"gets full mileage out",1 234212,"nothing but boilerplate clichés from start to finish",0 229118,"barely enough to sustain an interstitial program on the Discovery Channel",0 88050,"nothing but net",1 47728,"You 'll forget about it by Monday , though",0 37599,"tale to make it far more satisfying than almost any horror film in recent memory",1 41574,"are as intelligent",1 104518,"As the Mediterranean sparkles , ` Swept Away ' sinks .",0 201675,"impersonal and",0 21394,"n't put down",1 185515,"Julia Roberts hands out awards -- with phony humility barely camouflaging grotesque narcissism",0 163420,"is that he obviously does n't have his heart in it .",0 108402,"PlayStation cocktail",0 68679,"See it",1 157665,"do n't really care too much about this love story . In that setting , their struggle is simply too ludicrous and borderline insulting",0 30014,"candid and often fascinating documentary",1 50274,"comes away exhilarated",1 2188,"sad to say -- it accurately reflects the rage and alienation that fuels the self-destructiveness of many young people .",0 230151,"demonstrates a wry understanding of the quirks of fame .",1 221790,"... a spoof comedy that carries its share of laughs -- sometimes a chuckle , sometimes a guffaw and , to my great pleasure , the occasional belly laugh .",1 116411,"by extension , accomplishments",1 228236,"a very very strong `` B +",1 26730,"The Hours makes you examine your own life in much the same way its characters do",1 142675,", you realize that it is made up of three episodes of a rejected TV show .",0 49635,"begins with promise , but runs aground after being snared in its own tangled plot .",0 147385,"May reawaken discussion of the Kennedy assassination but this fictional film looks made for cable rather than for the big screen .",0 117119,"cluelessness",0 222005,"A fun",1 133701,"surrealist flourishes",1 24498,"A very funny",1 85538,"juiced with enough energy and excitement for at least three films .",1 181467,"90-minute dud",0 12984,"when it 's released , and will not be remembered long afterwards",0 10572,"so well",1 108093,"Oddly",0 77113,"complex than your average film",1 6493,"filmmakers david weissman and bill weber benefit enormously from the cockettes ' camera craziness -- not only did they film performances , but they did the same at home .",1 119321,"even as it points out how inseparable the two are",1 239224,"your reward will be a thoughtful , emotional movie experience .",1 230219,"dig deep to sink this low",0 149489,"The issue of faith is not explored very deeply",0 68038,"Originality ai n't on the menu",0 74134,"anti-Semitism and neo-fascism",0 187970,"The band performances featured in Drumline are red hot ... ( but ) from a mere story point of view , the film 's ice cold",0 23884,", than Leigh has created a masterful piece of artistry right here",1 44230,"A sensitive , modest comic tragedy",1 134465,"that makes as much of a mess as this one",0 50534,"crafted meditation",1 156444,"coarse and stupid gross-out",0 134312,"that even the most jaded cinema audiences will leave the auditorium feeling dizzy , confused , and totally disorientated . Not to mention absolutely refreshed",1 181147,", you 're going to feel like you were n't invited to the party .",0 222393,"Another one of those estrogen overdose movies like `` Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood , '' except that the writing , acting and character development are a lot better .",1 21005,"is also , believe it or not , immensely entertaining , a David and Goliath story that 's still very much playing itself out",1 232964,"it 's pleasant enough and",1 4804,"are reasons enough to see it",1 161296,"his piece of puffery with a sour cliche and heavy doses of mean-spiritedness",0 44795,"Building slowly and subtly , the film , sporting a breezy spontaneity and realistically drawn characterizations , develops into a significant character study that is both moving and wise",1 83377,"innocent , childlike",1 173103,"that keep getting thrown in people 's faces to the fact Amber is such a joke",0 120994,"genial-rogue shtick",0 199893,"gets sillier , not scarier , as it goes along",0 160556,"hard to imagine a more generic effort in the genre",0 231511,"has value can not be denied .",1 104434,"Any",1 65402,"Every individual will see the movie through the prism of his or her own beliefs and prejudices , but the one thing most will take away is the sense that peace is possible .",1 56626,"riveted to our seats",1 125301,"its mean-spirited second half",0 121131,"give a pretty good overall picture of the situation",1 27090,"Two Weddings and a Funeral '' fun",1 42779,"that long-held illusions are indeed reality , and",1 134139,"that 's alternately melancholic , hopeful and strangely funny",1 101158,"you misty even when you do n't",1 15127,"are enough moments of heartbreaking honesty to keep one glued to the screen",1 153516,"an unseemly pleasure",1 141161,"'s a tad slow",0 104632,"Barney 's",1 172066,"straight-to-video",0 20821,"hit-or-miss aesthetic",0 229463,"breathes surprising new life into the familiar by amalgamating genres and adding true human complexity to its not-so-stock characters . '",1 32782,"impressive control",1 125262,"its greatest play",1 143163,"A lackluster , unessential sequel to the classic Disney adaptation of J . M . Barrie 's Peter Pan .",0 2593,"the eyes of some children who remain curious about each other against all odds",1 238125,"true pleasure .",1 113440,"adventure story and history lesson",1 70711,"We 've seen it all before in one form or another",0 71008,"With lesser talents , High Crimes would be entertaining , but forgettable . With Freeman and Judd , I 'll at least remember their characters .",1 236521,"that presents an audacious tour of the past and takes within its warm",1 82888,"in all , an interesting look at the life of the campaign-trail press , especially ones that do n't really care for the candidate",1 72445,"a smartly directed , grown-up film of ideas",1 158910,"feel like you 've seen this movie a thousand times before",0 68592,"Satin Rouge is not a new , or inventive , journey",0 192785,"and undemanding armchair tourists",0 180522,", artistic and muted , almost to the point of suffocation .",0 85601,"keep our interest",1 55018,"need a playful respite",1 173898,"the film ca n't help but go soft and stinky",0 24613,"An enchanting film that presents an audacious tour of the past and takes within its warm embrace the bounties of cultural artifacts inside St . Petersburg",1 129033,"of the glum , numb experience of watching O Fantasma",0 222320,"An uncluttered , resonant gem that relays its universal points without lectures or confrontations . '",1 209317,"plain boring",1 63098,"A hallmark film in an increasingly important film industry and worth the look .",1 182840,"Blessed with a searing lead performance by Ryan Gosling ( Murder by Numbers ) , the movie is powerful and provocative",1 26227,"Not only are the special effects and narrative flow much improved , and Daniel Radcliffe more emotionally assertive this time around as Harry , but the film conjures the magic of author J . K . Rowling 's books .",1 77728,"darned assured",1 219038,"went undercover as women in a German factory during World War II ? Um , no .",0 232144,"intermittently good",1 63541,"A very charming and funny movie .",1 150364,"Though it goes further than both , anyone who has seen The Hunger or Cat People will find little new here , but a tasty performance from Vincent Gallo lifts this tale of cannibal lust above the ordinary .",1 85153,"it was worth your seven bucks",1 152208,"a pedestrian , flat drama that screams out ` amateur ' in almost every frame",0 114680,"are strong",1 154883,"because of its bad-luck timing",0 194892,"bottom-of-the-bill fare",0 233573,"love the robust middle of this picture",1 135950,"the pantheon of wreckage that includes Battlefield Earth and Showgirls",0 51460,"eye and ear candy",1 93868,"super heroes",1 119547,"exploitative for the art houses and",0 62421,", wildly gruesome",0 227429,"`` Ballistic : Ecks vs. Sever '' seems as safe as a children 's film .",0 221394,", it 's Black Hawk Down with more heart .",1 182960,"Burns ' fifth beer-soaked film feels in almost every possible way -- from the writing and direction to the soggy performances -- tossed off .",0 107263,"Just too silly and sophomoric to ensnare its target audience .",0 82240,"his contradictory , self-hating , self-destructive ways",0 120979,"generate suspense",1 231786,"hoping for a stiff wind",0 202214,"inexcusable dumb",0 47092,"The filmmakers want nothing else than to show us a good time",1 116928,"cheesier to cheesiest",0 176639,"too many clever things",0 35152,"of a subculture that is at once exhilarating , silly , perverse , hopeful and always fun",1 148965,"Swept Under the Rug",0 155984,"can see where this dumbed-down concoction is going .",0 150069,"There 's something not entirely convincing about The Quiet American . And that holds true for both the movie and the title character played by Brendan Fraser .",0 196617,"deals with hot-button issues in a comedic context",1 53269,"is a dazzling , remarkably unpretentious reminder of what ( Evans ) had , lost , and got back .",1 77611,"crucial to the genre and another first-rate performance",1 59552,"truly cinematic in scope",1 71411,"a clever exercise",1 108677,"Rollerball left us cold",0 94100,"take his smooth , shrewd , powerful act abroad",1 26976,"This ecologically minded , wildlife friendly film",1 188535,"The picture emerges as a surprisingly anemic disappointment .",0 220338,"you to scratch a hole in your head",0 195385,"can just follow the same blueprint from hundreds of other films , sell it to the highest bidder and walk away without anyone truly knowing your identity",0 139468,"well to cram earplugs",0 67414,"Many went to see the attraction for the sole reason that it was hot outside and there was air conditioning inside , and I do n't think that A . C . will help this movie one bit .",0 205063,"like having two guys yelling in your face for two hours",0 21346,"more like it",1 78455,"does n't make the movie any less entertaining",1 149535,"The low-budget Full Frontal was one of the year 's murkiest , intentionally obscure and self-indulgent pictures , and Solaris is its big-budget brother .",0 198648,"feel funny and light",1 214625,"the film settles too easily along the contours of expectation",0 67550,"Michael Moore has perfected the art of highly entertaining , self-aggrandizing , politically motivated documentary-making",1 215456,"the quaking essence of passion , grief and fear",1 46131,"Me '' feels capable of charming the masses with star power , a pop-induced score and sentimental moments that have become a Spielberg trademark .",1 19877,"and relatively sincere",1 190623,"a frustrating patchwork :",0 170228,"ruinous remake",0 9808,"precisely",1 158336,"entertainment for trolls",0 178330,"wildly implausible and strangely conventional",0 58229,"the director runs with it and presents it with an unforgettable visual panache",1 87012,"memorable and resourceful",1 204620,"labored writing and slack direction",0 100589,"with purpose and finesse",1 131217,"refreshes",1 118520,"does n't care about cleverness , wit or any other kind of intelligent humor .",0 9640,"past the fantastical aspects and harsh",0 38430,"the most enjoyable",1 214960,"the light , comic side of the issue",1 230376,"does succeed by following a feel-good formula with a winning style , and by offering its target audience of urban kids some welcome role models and optimism .",1 170058,"respectable but uninspired thriller",0 103495,"A compelling , gut-clutching piece of advocacy cinema that carries you along in a torrent of emotion as it explores the awful complications of one terrifying day .",1 161133,"her welcome in her most charmless performance",0 37501,"surpassed",1 193430,"as contrived and artificial",0 99018,"unexpectedly sweet",1 120834,"fun and reminiscent",1 98189,"to make it worth watching",1 121419,"greatest date movies",1 191186,"a reasonable degree",1 139149,"walking around a foreign city with stunning architecture",1 24573,"Almost every scene in this film is a gem that could stand alone , a perfectly realized observation of mood , behavior and intent .",1 187649,"Swiftly deteriorates into a terribly obvious melodrama and rough-hewn vanity project for lead actress Andie MacDowell .",0 70540,"Uncle Ralph . It 's a great performance and a reminder of Dickens ' grandeur",1 109750,"The entire movie is so formulaic and forgettable that it 's hardly over before it begins to fade from memory .",0 185227,"It 's the funniest American comedy since Graffiti Bridge .",1 78915,"emotionally and spiritually compelling journey",1 231491,"has the outdated swagger of a shameless ` 70s blaxploitation shuck-and-jive sitcom .",0 218417,"vapid vehicle",0 49498,"be an unendurable viewing experience for this ultra-provincial New Yorker",0 31744,"for anyone who appreciates intelligent , stylish moviemaking",1 49175,"are no special effects , and no Hollywood endings .",0 40843,"Dazzling and sugar-sweet , a blast of shallow magnificence that only sex , scandal , and a chorus line of dangerous damsels can deliver",1 66663,"It 's still Adam Sandler , and it 's not Little Nicky . And for many of us , that 's good enough .",1 110295,"There 's already been too many of these films",0 149059,"That Zhang would make such a strainingly cute film -- with a blind orphan at its center , no less -- indicates where his ambitions have wandered .",1 149318,"The doofus-on - the-loose banter of Welcome to Collinwood has a cocky , after-hours loopiness to it . And as with most late-night bull sessions , eventually the content is n't nearly as captivating as the rowdy participants think it is .",0 230994,"fresh again",1 33637,"it deserves a wide audience .",1 136111,"the rare sequel that 's better than its predecessor",1 142335,", lifeless , and amateurishly",0 133181,"squanders Chan 's uniqueness",0 169263,"pretty miserable",0 133765,"sweet without the decay factor",1 213706,"that it becomes a chore to sit through -- despite some first-rate performances by its lead",0 207723,"of fart jokes , masturbation jokes , and racist Japanese jokes",0 46221,"Moretti 's compelling anatomy of grief and the difficult process of adapting to loss .",0 43516,", and gently tedious in its comedy",1 190643,"a glimmer",1 179104,"you can do something fun tonight",1 103744,"A muddle splashed with bloody beauty as vivid as any Scorsese has ever given us .",1 8248,"just how well",1 216740,"tired ,",0 158805,"falls victim to relying on the very digital technology that he fervently scorns , creating a meandering , inarticulate and ultimately disappointing film .",0 31599,"fights",0 56831,"selfish",0 122590,"hugely entertaining",1 130128,"perfect movie",1 10009,"rather quickly , the film falls into a soothing formula of brotherly conflict and reconciliation",1 92411,"sexy slip",1 62424,", with 20 times the creativity but without any more substance ... indulgently entertaining but could have and should have been deeper .",1 186344,"Nicolas Cage is n't the first actor to lead a group of talented friends astray , and this movie wo n't create a ruffle in what is already an erratic career .",0 71984,"a minor miracle of self-expression",1 119894,"feels as if everyone making it lost their movie mojo",0 73793,"an extraordinary film ,",1 183637,"Eddie Murphy and Owen Wilson have a cute partnership in I Spy , but the movie around them is so often nearly nothing that their charm does n't do a load of good .",0 102860,", the Cosby-Seinfeld encounter alone confirms the serious weight behind this superficially loose , larky documentary .",0 43063,"' begins and ends with scenes so terrifying I 'm still stunned . And I 've decided to leave a light on every night from now on .",1 196300,"could have used my two hours better watching Being John Malkovich again",0 60283,"winning piece",1 146001,"I ca n't quite recommend it -- it 's too patched together --",0 4291,"a visual tour-de-force and a story that is unlike any",1 211836,"smacks of exhibitionism more than it does cathartic truth telling .",0 52257,"great monster movie",1 99805,"well-contructed",1 33221,"is a film that should be seen by all , especially those who are n't aware of , or have forgotten about the unmentioned victims of war",1 232853,"is too savvy a filmmaker to let this morph into a typical romantic triangle .",1 12589,"tsai ming-liang 's ghosts are painfully aware of their not-being .",0 40710,"A splendid entertainment , young in spirit but accomplished in all aspects with the fullness of spirit and sense",1 110660,"To build a feel-good fantasy around a vain dictator-madman is off-putting , to say the least , not to mention inappropriate and wildly undeserved .",0 98539,"top-notch cast",1 46183,"Miller . If I had been thinking about the visual medium , they would have been doing something wrong",0 238637,"when it reminds you how pertinent its dynamics remain",1 82499,"how they make their choices , and",1 234786,"original and , instead , rehash old",0 131444,"restrained and",0 27697,"a narrative film",1 229312,"been through the corporate stand-up-comedy mill",0 210024,"quite one of the worst movies of the year . It 's just merely very bad",0 198966,"firmly believe that a good video game movie is going to show up soon .",1 57360,"stimulating eye and ear candy",1 203677,"is way too stagy",0 121134,"give a second look if we passed them on the street",1 83173,"in these characters ' foibles a timeless and unique perspective",1 174168,"the kind of dramatic unity that transports you",1 109055,"Some of the characters die and others do n't , and the film pretends that those living have learned some sort of lesson",0 203274,"is offset by the sheer ugliness of everything else",0 172832,"that 's hardly any fun to watch",0 73876,"an interesting slice of history",1 123910,"is an engaging nostalgia piece",1 215062,"the more lascivious-minded might be disappointed in the relative modesty of a movie that sports a ` topless tutorial service",0 33363,"is even more magical than the first and simply the best family film of the year",1 3319,"'s challenging , sometimes clever , and always interesting",1 161678,"impeccable acting ... and a script that takes some rather unexpected ( even , at times , preposterous ) turns",1 36480,"remake of '' Big Deal on Madonna Street '' that 's a sly , amusing , laugh-filled little gem in which the ultimate '' Bellini '' begins to look like a '' real Kaputschnik . ''",1 212875,"suffers from a paunchy midsection , several plodding action sequences and a wickedly undramatic central theme .",0 79675,"far tamer",0 235500,"second , what 's with all the shooting ?",0 210828,"say about a balding 50-year-old actor playing an innocent boy carved from a log",0 202551,"is a bowser .",0 187630,"Summer X Games",1 24294,"A charming , quirky and leisurely paced Scottish comedy -- except with an outrageous central gimmick that could have been a reject from Monty Python 's Meaning of Life .",1 33036,"indicates real talent .",1 98967,"undercuts the joie de vivre even as he creates it",1 38973,"this one is a feast",1 216681,"throwback to long gone bottom-of-the-bill fare like The Ghost and Mr . Chicken .",0 103423,"A bit too eager to please .",0 1833,"nightmarish",0 160336,"great eye",1 232345,"is a remarkable piece of filmmaking ...",1 204353,"its virtues are small and easily overshadowed by its predictability",0 164701,"leaves viewers feeling compromised ,",0 110968,"We 've liked Klein 's other work but Rollerball left us cold .",0 19090,"Minority Report delivers all that and a whole lot more",1 230309,"do n't think I laughed out loud once .",0 138397,"trust laughs",1 89335,"old-fashioned-movie movie",1 127654,"mugs mercilessly",0 39968,"what summer screen escapism used to be in the decades when it was geared more to grownups",1 92881,"smart , solid , kinetically-charged",1 191966,"add up to a biting satire that has no teeth .",0 29712,"bounces ) all over the stage , dancing , running , sweating , mopping his face and generally displaying the wacky talent that brought him fame in the first place",1 29553,"best acting",1 138174,"toolbags botching a routine assignment in a Western backwater",0 215802,"the travails of metropolitan life ! Alas",0 12256,"threatens",0 204690,"large human tragedy",0 210588,"rival the filmmaker 's period pieces",1 2331,"so laddish and juvenile , only teenage boys could possibly find it funny",0 182742,"Becomes the last thing you would expect from a film with this title or indeed from any Plympton film : boring",0 90807,"provide its keenest pleasures",1 123049,"in memory",1 8813,"miss",0 127503,"mostly believable",1 38508,"the outside with a creamy filling of familial jealousy and unrepentant domestic psychopathy",0 237583,"this time , the old MIB label stands for Milder Is n't Better .",0 162628,"is a lumbering load of hokum but",0 139916,"will guarantee to have you leaving the theater with a smile on your face",1 40595,"( Hawn 's character ) is so bluntly written , without a trace of sentimentality ,",0 223876,"I wish I could say `` Thank God It 's Friday '' , but the truth of the matter is I was glad when it was over",0 220849,"'s indicative of how uncompelling the movie is unless it happens to cover your particular area of interest",0 228180,"a stale , overused cocktail using the same olives since 1962 as garnish",0 43022,"with Stevenson 's tale as well as",1 99667,"watch these two together again in a New York minute",1 115734,"been made under the influence of Rohypnol",0 5850,"davis has energy ,",1 147903,"Once the audience figure out what 's being said",0 207672,"of cookie-cutter action scenes",0 27014,"This time out , ( Sade ) is an unsettlingly familiar figure -- in turns loyal and deceitful , responsible and reckless , idealistically selfless and coldly self-interested .",0 202539,"is a Mormon family movie , and a sappy , preachy one at that",0 126528,"made a movie that is n't just offensive",0 3908,"a light , fun cheese puff",1 127225,"moments of inspired humour",1 32982,"in this regard , On Guard delivers .",1 88586,"of film about growing up that we do n't see often enough these days",1 61173,"'s not much to Fatale , outside of its stylish surprises",0 29877,"but true fans of the Stevenson 's novel will likely prefer Disney 's more faithful 1950 live-action swashbuckling classic .",0 218556,"virtually joyless",0 214027,"the DV revolution has cheapened the artistry of making a film",0 174996,"the waste of potential",0 172572,"tasty performance",1 99391,"vibrant and intoxicating fashion",1 62706,"300 hundred years of Russian cultural identity and a stunning technical achievement",1 80805,"funny and human and",1 223328,"Family togetherness takes a back seat to inter-family rivalry and workplace ambition ... whole subplots have no explanation or even plot relevance",0 196342,"counterparts well ...",1 13505,", Swimming takes its time to tell its story , casts mostly little-known performers in key roles , and introduces some intriguing ambiguity .",1 109447,"The Master of Disguise represents Adam Sandler 's latest attempt to dumb down the universe .",0 31579,"fetishized every bizarre old-movie idiosyncrasy with such monastic devotion you 're not sure if you should applaud or look into having him committed",1 19948,"are equally -- and admirably -- uncommercial",1 194337,"been a hoot in a bad-movie way if the laborious pacing and endless exposition had been tightened",0 94470,"that 's actually sort of amazing",1 182558,"Arnold is not , nor will he be , back",0 91482,"reminds us of our own responsibility",1 145010,"Dylan Thomas alive to witness first-time director",1 70390,"Thumbs up to Paxton for not falling into the Hollywood trap and making a vanity project with nothing new to offer",1 188125,"The feature-length stretch ... strains the show 's concept",0 60845,"'s a powerful though flawed movie , guaranteed to put a lump in your throat while reaffirming Washington as possibly the best actor working in movies today",1 197265,"does a disservice",0 128205,"nutty , consistently funny . And educational !",1 154085,"as a new art form",1 40115,"will find What Time Is It There ? well worth the time",1 3315,"'s an emotion closer to pity",0 131052,"readily dismissed as the tiresome rant of an aging filmmaker still thumbing his nose at convention",0 166581,"nearly as good as any of its influences",1 92889,"smart new comedy",1 74125,"another retelling of Alexandre Dumas ' classic . Why ?",0 161944,"in part because the consciously dumbed-down approach wears thin",0 44996,"Daniel Radcliffe more emotionally assertive this time around",1 216034,"their parents , wise folks that they are , read books",1 167827,"of the sad decline of British comedies",0 74401,"are simply dazzling",1 22545,"to say why either is impossible -- which forces us to confront what 's possible and what we might do to make it so",1 90786,"proves himself a deft pace master and stylist .",1 194830,"boredom to the point of collapse , turning into a black hole of dullness ,",0 73515,"also a -- dare I say it twice --",0 41087,"Morton is a great actress portraying a complex character , but",1 163898,"it remains depressingly prosaic and dull",0 84974,"it also has many of the things that made the first one charming",1 172946,"that both movies expect us to root for convicted violent felons over those assigned to protect us from same",0 123077,"in rapt attention",1 30811,"director Jackson strikes a rewarding balance between emotion on the human scale and action\/effects on the spectacular scale .",1 227853,"a cute alien creature",1 2752,"the strange horror of life",0 75359,"beautiful and mysterious",1 188995,"This is an exercise not in biography but in hero worship .",0 34527,"modern Beijing culture",1 133299,"still does n't quite know how to fill a frame . Like the Hanks character",0 182843,"Blood Work is for you .",1 122826,"improved upon the first and",1 35788,"orgasm",1 196660,"decrepit",0 71885,"a light , yet engrossing piece . Lux , now in her eighties ,",1 37149,"some unexpected zigs and zags help .",1 219788,"with no reason for being",0 137955,"to the power of women to heal",1 64803,"Contradicts everything",1 198833,"fill The Hot Chick , the latest gimmick from this unimaginative comedian .",0 225357,"Ourside the theatre Roger might be intolerable company , but inside it he 's well worth spending some time with .",1 79030,"enjoy a couple of great actors hamming it up",1 207947,"of real pleasure",1 43740,", they 'll be treated to an impressive and highly entertaining celebration of its sounds .",1 62574,"... director John Schultz colors the picture in some evocative shades .",1 236364,"that 's enough .",0 152038,"a martial arts adventure told by a lobotomized Woody Allen",0 42736,"takes a very open-minded approach to this sensitive material",1 202793,"is betrayed by the surprisingly shoddy makeup work",0 123766,"is a good indication of how serious-minded the film is",1 76162,"by corrupt and hedonistic weasels",0 99131,"unsteady",0 218176,"unfocused screenplay",0 223804,"I had to look away -",0 206479,"more time appears to have gone into recruiting the right bands for the playlist and the costuming of the stars than into the script , which has a handful of smart jokes and not much else .",0 24289,"A carefully structured",1 56000,"perpetual sense",1 180686,", in the hands of a brutally honest individual like Prophet Jack ,",1 24669,"An uneven but intriguing drama that is part homage and part remake of the Italian masterpiece .",1 235873,"so sloppily written and cast that you can not believe anyone more central to the creation of Bugsy than the caterer",0 4274,"a very well-made , funny and entertaining",1 49936,"by a master",1 38170,"the era is recreated with obvious affection , scored to perfection with some tasty boogaloo beats",1 195413,"can tell almost immediately that Welcome to Collinwood is n't going to jell",0 130662,"probably one of the best since The Last Waltz",1 75336,"be the performances of their careers",1 191216,"a retread story , bad writing , and the same old silliness",0 229483,"bubbles up out of John C. Walsh 's Pipe Dream is the distinct and very welcome sense of watching intelligent people making a movie",1 142491,", the film trails off into inconsequentiality .",0 172673,"terrible movie",0 132382,"shouts classic French nuance .",1 153051,"all could have stopped watching long ago .",0 50460,"convincing dialogue",1 28186,"all adds up to good fun .",1 120715,"from films crammed with movie references",0 11380,"the film 's strength is n't in its details ,",1 146741,"It showcases Carvey 's talent for voices , but not nearly enough and not without taxing every drop of one 's patience to get to the good stuff .",0 30112,"charm to make it memorable",1 143399,"A tough go , but Leigh 's depth and rigor , and his skill at inspiring accomplished portrayals that are all the more impressive for their lack of showiness , offsets to a notable degree the film 's often-mined and despairing milieu .",1 62087,", marked by acute writing and a host of splendid performances .",1 167873,"of those crass",0 99723,"we delight in the images",1 169866,"refuses to offer much accompanying sustenance in the way of characterization , humor or plain old popcorn fun",0 212543,"stay positive",1 149589,"The movie has a script ( by Paul Pender ) made of wood , and it 's relentlessly folksy , a procession of stagy set pieces stacked with binary oppositions .",0 108959,"Simone '' is a fun and funky look into an artificial creation in a world that thrives on artificiality",1 27783,"a rewarding balance between emotion",1 96367,"the perfect starting point",1 179709,"'s difficult to imagine that a more confused , less interesting and more sloppily made film could possibly come down the road in 2002",0 79003,"engaging manner and flamboyant style",1 107482,"Like the excruciating End of Days , Collateral Damage presents Schwarzenegger as a tragic figure , but sympathy really belongs with any viewer forced to watch him try out so many complicated facial expressions",0 107873,"Much credit",1 99602,"was , by its moods , and by its subtly transformed star",1 230679,"expect light romantic comedy , good gosh",1 132960,"something provocative",1 189667,"Whether it 's the worst movie of 2002 , I ca n't say for sure : Memories of Rollerball have faded , and I skipped Country Bears . But this new jangle of noise , mayhem and stupidity must be a serious contender for the title .",0 43169,"'s a quirky , off-beat project ...",1 236448,"that has finally found the right vent ( accurate",1 20424,"drugs and winds up",0 229085,"avoid this like the dreaded King Brown snake",0 127083,"might soon be looking for a sign . An EXIT sign , that is",0 197365,"does n't sustain interest beyond the first half-hour",0 19914,"anxious to ride the Hogwarts Express toward a new year of magic and mischief",1 15864,"genuine tenderness",1 188894,"There is no psychology here , and no real narrative logic -- just a series of carefully choreographed atrocities , which become strangely impersonal and abstract .",0 162603,"is a film tailor-made for those who when they were in high school would choose the Cliff-Notes over reading a full-length classic",0 23765,", major kudos go to Leigh for actually casting people who look working-class .",1 219195,"where Human Nature should be ingratiating , it 's just grating",0 208494,"on the engaging",1 7264,"i 'm giving it thumbs down due to the endlessly repetitive scenes of embarrassment . there",0 6480,"fill the after-school slot at shopping mall theaters across the country",0 233530,"look really slick",1 96005,"the last days",0 80885,"generally smart",1 151543,"a confused mediocrity",0 171687,"somewhat well-acted",1 34303,"make it mostly worth the trip .",1 85542,"jumps off the page , and for the memorable character creations",1 232379,"is almost certainly going to go down as the worst -- and only -- killer website movie of this or any other year",0 189258,"Trailer trash cinema so uncool the only thing missing is the '' Gadzooks ! ''",0 96274,"the obviousness",0 155504,"bringing it back another day as punishment for paying money to see the last James Bond movie",0 157562,"disguise the emptiness",0 114408,"any kind of masterpiece . It is , however , a completely honest , open-hearted",1 3122,"whenever the film 's lamer instincts are in the saddle",0 111979,"a funny yet dark and seedy clash",1 23411,", and it 's therapeutic to laugh along with them .",1 146533,"It 's leaden and predictable , and laughs are lacking .",0 60184,"wholly",1 149845,"The soul-searching deliberateness of the film , although leavened nicely with dry absurdist wit",1 236411,"that celebrates radical , nonconformist values , What to Do in Case of Fire ?",1 30402,"convey grief and hope",1 33291,"is adorned with some awesome action photography and surfing",1 42708,"style and",1 203139,"is n't a '' Friday '' worth waiting for",0 75239,"be careful what",0 61446,"( Has ) an immediacy and an intimacy that sucks you in and dares you not to believe it 's all true .",1 45177,"Even if you do n't think ( Kissinger 's ) any more guilty of criminal activity than most contemporary statesmen , he 'd sure make a courtroom trial great fun to watch .",1 14323,"Nair does capture the complexity of a big family and its trials and tribulations ...",1 190797,"a lackluster script",0 83391,"insane liberties",0 37653,"television screen",1 48472,"a visceral sense of its characters ' lives",1 198159,"every bad action-movie line",0 123758,"is a genial romance that maintains a surprisingly buoyant tone throughout , notwithstanding some of the writers ' sporadic dips into pop Freudianism",1 202745,"is apparently as invulnerable as its trademark villain",1 136459,"the trifecta of badness",0 135642,"the legendary wit 's classic mistaken identity farce into brutally labored and unfunny hokum",0 191974,"addictive",1 219142,"what to make of this Italian freakshow",0 34360,"manipulate its audience",0 4397,"adam sandler 's heart may be in the right place , but he needs to pull his head out of his butt",0 32228,"gut-bustingly",1 135112,"the documentary gives an especially poignant portrait of her friendship with the never flagging legal investigator David Presson .",1 126038,"like a '' Big Chill '' reunion of the Baader-Meinhof Gang , only these guys are more harmless pranksters than political activists",1 221499,", pranks , pratfalls , dares , injuries , etc.",0 28563,"and darkly funny",1 179124,"you enjoy really bad movies",0 151509,"a cold , bliss-less work that groans along thinking itself some important comment on how life throws us some beguiling curves",0 64816,"Coppola , along with his sister , Sofia , is a real filmmaker . It must be in the genes",1 21954,"sharp as ever",1 63420,"A strangely stirring experience that finds warmth in the coldest environment and makes each crumb of emotional comfort feel like a 10-course banquet .",1 28588,"and energetic",1 159574,"forgettably pleasant from start to finish",1 197111,"disrespected",0 124523,"is so fascinating",1 116322,"but every bit as filling as the treat of the title",1 37395,"structured and exquisitely",1 77734,"date-night diversion",1 24317,"A delectable and intriguing thriller filled with surprises , Read My Lips is an original . This is a story of two misfits who do n't stand a chance alone",1 44017,"A compelling yarn , but not quite a",1 205850,"marks to take on any life of its own",0 84346,"is left with the inescapable conclusion that Hitchens ' obsession with Kissinger is , at bottom , a sophisticated flower child 's desire to purge the world of the tooth and claw of human power",1 61600,", Diesel is that rare creature -- an action hero with table manners , and one who proves that elegance is more than tattoo deep .",1 131145,"recognise any of the signposts , as if discovering a way through to the bitter end",0 25086,"De Oliveira creates an emotionally rich , poetically plump and visually fulsome , but never showy , film whose bittersweet themes are reinforced and brilliantly personified by Michel Piccoli .",1 163622,"it 's almost worth seeing because it 's so bad",0 116025,"bland Hollywood romance",0 18265,"'s a beaut",1 24986,"Christmas card",1 164014,"its crass marketing",0 195868,"cold vengefulness",0 11225,"the casting of raymond j . barry as the ` assassin ' greatly enhances the quality of neil burger 's impressive fake documentary .",1 223123,"Despite the surface attractions -- Conrad L. Hall 's cinematography will likely be nominated for an Oscar next year -- there 's something impressive and yet lacking about everything .",1 104284,"An energizing ,",1 152109,"a movie as artificial and soulless as The Country Bears",0 179903,"'s not the worst comedy of the year",1 139544,"what good the execution of a mentally challenged woman could possibly do",0 153053,"all credibility flies out the window .",0 124867,"it 's shot on digital video , whose tiny camera enables Shafer to navigate spaces both large ... and small ... with considerable aplomb",1 188689,"The soupy end result",0 40594,"( Director Peter ) Jackson and",1 109736,"The effort is sincere and the results are honest ,",1 186535,"One Hour Photo lives down to its title .",0 184689,"I liked the movie , but",1 127344,"more plot",1 104495,"As if Drop Dead Gorgeous was n't enough , this equally derisive clunker is fixated on the spectacle of small-town competition .",0 225217,"Nothing overly original , mind you , but solidly entertaining .",1 107787,"Miyazaki 's nonstop images are so stunning , and his imagination so vivid",1 82051,"heartwarming yarn",1 126136,"like the similarly ill-timed Antitrust",0 206909,"neither reaches into the deepest recesses of the character to unearth the quaking essence of passion , grief and fear",0 184311,"Harris 's strong effort",1 33520,"is the perfect actor to take us on the trip",1 155986,"can smell the grease on the plot",0 104231,"An Inuit masterpiece that will give you goosebumps as its uncanny tale of love , communal discord , and justice",1 45394,"Good film",1 142765,"... ` Some Body ' will appeal to No One .",0 206495,"most convincing emotional gravity from a scene where Santa gives gifts to grownups",1 11742,"the picture emerges as a surprisingly anemic disappointment",0 59686,"unexplainable",0 28227,"almost redundant to say so",0 121443,"gritty realism and magic realism",1 22172,"that does n't demand a dumb , distracted audience",0 57714,"that 's steeped in mystery and a ravishing , baroque beauty",1 75322,"be something to behold",1 177231,"unmoved by this film , which is immaculately produced",0 69459,"The directing and story are disjointed , flaws that have to be laid squarely on Taylor 's doorstep . But",0 221282,", but forgettable",0 80924,"genuinely enthusiastic",1 45770,"It 's usually a bad sign when directors abandon their scripts and go where the moment takes them , but Olympia , Wash . , based filmmakers Anne de Marcken and Marilyn Freeman did just that and it 's what makes their project so interesting .",1 101614,"'s an excellent 90-minute film",1 69876,"The riveting performances by the incredibly flexible cast make Love a joy to behold .",1 150036,"There 's an audience for it",1 31922,"from their record label , proving that one man 's ruin may be another 's fortune",1 70090,"There 's nothing like love to give a movie a B-12 shot",1 145202,"Every nanosecond of the The New Guy reminds you that you could be doing something else far more pleasurable . Something like scrubbing the toilet . Or emptying rat traps . Or doing last year 's taxes with your ex-wife",0 220732,"'s a treat -- a delightful , witty , improbable romantic comedy with a zippy jazzy score",1 61072,"'s happening but you 'll be blissfully exhausted",1 41017,"It is a kickass , dense sci-fi action thriller hybrid that delivers and",1 60535,"you 're in luck .",1 124823,"it 's clear that Washington most certainly has a new career ahead of him",1 236161,"super-stupid",0 148739,"Some of Seagal 's action pictures are guilty pleasures , but this one is so formulaic that it seems to be on auto-pilot .",0 153913,"are nowhere near gripping enough",0 201799,"in a rain coat shopping for cheap porn",0 173336,"the CGI Scooby might well be the worst special-effects creation of the year",0 45701,"It 's a charming and often affecting journey .",1 30087,"chamber",0 231160,"gets the once-over once again in Gangster No. 1 , but falls apart long before the end .",0 163355,"is so ripe the film ca n't help but go soft and stinky",0 173949,"the filmmakers ' paws , sad to say , were all over this",0 144664,"Criminal conspiracies and true romances move so easily across racial and cultural lines in the film that it makes My Big Fat Greek Wedding look like an apartheid drama .",1 98304,"to show for their labor , living harmoniously , joined in song",1 94432,"than special effects",1 52911,"in as much humor as pathos",1 169010,"plus the script by Working Girl scribe Kevin Wade is workmanlike in the extreme .",0 69364,"The Sweetest Thing , a romantic comedy with outrageous tendencies , may be a mess in a lot of ways . But it does have one saving grace . A lot of its gags and observations reflect a woman 's point-of-view .",1 184742,"I was trying to decide what annoyed me most about God is Great",0 69115,"Takashi Miike keeps pushing the envelope :",1 85933,"less-is-more",0 138312,"tremendous skill",1 75557,"belly laughs",1 226775,"Together ( Time Out and Human Resources ) establish Mr. Cantet as France 's foremost cinematic poet of the workplace",1 97962,"to break free of her old life",1 81501,"half a parsec ( a nose ) ahead of Generations",1 45711,"It 's a demented kitsch mess ( although the smeary digital video does match the muddled narrative ) , but it 's savvy about celebrity and has more guts and energy than much of what will open this year .",1 207291,"nuanced portrait",1 12480,"too abundant",0 178345,"will be a good ( successful ) rental .",1 95811,"the gift of tears",1 112804,"a string of ensemble cast romances recently",1 16516,"made for : Strap on a pair of 3-D goggles , shut out the real world , and take a vicarious voyage to the last frontier -- space",1 132265,"she is unable to save the movie",0 177115,"under the strain of its plot contrivances and its need to reassure",0 127818,"neatly and effectively captures the debilitating grief",1 17161,"seemed to have no problem flaunting her natural gifts .",1 60188,"whom political expedience became a deadly foreign policy",0 133378,"strangely sinister happy ending",1 69678,"The lightest , most breezy movie Steven Spielberg",1 239160,"you have left the theatre",0 28269,"amazing and incendiary movie",1 778,"definitely in the guilty pleasure b-movie category",1 220902,"'s no disguising this as one of the worst films of the summer .",0 227889,"a fat man 's navel",0 20510,"examines a footnote to history seldom brought to light on the screen , and keeps you guessing from first frame to last .",1 186166,"More successful at relating history than in creating an emotionally complex , dramatically satisfying heroine",0 34181,"local commerce",1 8374,"lazy",0 143783,"An unpredictable blend of gal-pal smart talk , romantic comedy and dark tragedy",1 104279,"An empty exercise , a florid but ultimately vapid crime melodrama with lots of surface flash but little emotional resonance .",0 17872,"top actors",1 36677,"say about what is important in life and why",1 218571,"vision is beginning to feel",1 94925,"that trademark grin of his",1 105614,"Elling never gets too cloying thanks to the actors ' perfect comic timing and sweet , genuine chemistry .",1 30635,"deeply emotional",1 105690,"Even when he 's not at his most critically insightful",1 93162,"something of Bubba Ho-Tep 's clearly evident quality may end up languishing on a shelf somewhere",1 61733,", almost mystical work",1 209832,"proves once again that a man in drag is not in and of himself funny",0 83194,"in this marvelous film",1 223312,"Extremely bad .",0 75384,"because , unlike so many other Hollywood movies of its ilk , it offers hope",1 155028,"began as an intriguing look at youth fizzles into a dull , ridiculous attempt at heart-tugging",0 161623,"if your film becomes boring , and your dialogue is n't smart , then you need to use more poetic license",0 115686,"become a major-league leading lady",1 183515,"Do n't Ask still finds a few chuckles",1 88961,"of the avant-garde fused with their humor",1 18090,"with a real subject in an always surprising way",1 101726,"'s just too bad the screenwriters eventually shoot themselves in the feet with cop flick cliches like an oily arms dealer , squad car pile-ups and the requisite screaming captain",0 42132,"intriguing and",1 5932,"detailing a chapter in the life of the celebrated irish playwright , poet and drinker",1 39781,"very tragic",0 31540,"fearless in picking apart human foibles , not afraid to lay her life bare in front of an audience .",1 92798,"sleekness",1 229762,"cast of solid female talent who build a seamless ensemble .",1 109257,"Suffers from a lack of clarity and audacity that a subject as monstrous and pathetic as Dahmer demands .",0 23396,", and finely directed",1 44142,"A lean , deftly shot ,",1 184641,"I did n't find much fascination in the swinging . What they 're doing is a matter of plumbing arrangements and mind games , of no erotic or sensuous charge .",0 54130,"knucklehead",0 214964,"the limitations of his skill and",0 34832,"narcotizing bland ( sinister , though not nearly so sinister as the biennial Disney girl movie ) machinations",0 181984,"A singularly off-putting romantic comedy .",0 82972,"in its bold presentation",1 32469,"help clear up the case",1 38637,"the skin of a man who has just lost his wife",0 208917,"overcome the triviality of the story",1 34251,"low-tech",0 23814,", pencil-thin story",0 110915,"Waldo Salt Screenwriting award",1 54967,"murderer",0 93451,"starting with Spielberg and going right through the ranks of the players -- on-camera and off -- that he brings together",1 150682,"Wait for video",0 14135,"In its ragged , cheap and unassuming way",0 159430,"for horror movie fanatics",1 44819,"By no means a slam-dunk and sure to ultimately disappoint the action fans who will be moved to the edge of their seats by the dynamic first act",0 126672,"makes as much of a mess as this one",0 139534,"what a banal bore the preachy Circuit turns out to be",0 209507,"poo-poo",0 151428,"a bunch of talented thesps slumming it",0 232651,"is not more lucratively engaged in the shameless self-caricature of ` Analyze This ' ( 1999 ) and ` Analyze That , ' promised ( or threatened ) for later this year",0 57665,"terrific screenplay",1 89603,"one of the best love stories of any stripe",1 134831,"the apparent skills of its makers and the talents of its actors",1 182027,"A stupid , derivative horror film that substitutes extreme",0 186285,"Nearly every attempt at humor",1 180811,", meandering , loud , painful , obnoxious",0 93777,"such a companionable couple",1 214308,"the cliched dialogue",0 5061,"be the year 's best and most unpredictable comedy",1 107418,"Leigh is n't breaking new ground , but he knows how a daily grind can kill love",1 213131,"takes a really long , slow and dreary time to dope out what TUCK EVERLASTING is about . So here it is",0 34717,"much closer to Hornby 's drop-dead confessional tone than the film version of High Fidelity did",1 84288,"is his best film",1 137146,"though , there is a really cool bit -- the movie 's conception of a future-world holographic librarian ( Orlando Jones ) who knows everything and answers all questions , is visually smart , cleverly written , and nicely realized .",1 171802,"spiritual inquiry",1 63139,"A little uneven to be the cat 's meow",0 36382,"really peeved",0 100397,"with a deft sense of humor about itself , a playful spirit and a game cast",1 103832,"A real audience-pleaser that will strike a chord with anyone who 's ever waited in a doctor 's office , emergency room , hospital bed or insurance company office .",1 112427,"a nomination for a best-foreign-film Oscar :",1 233146,"its energy ca n't compare to the wit , humor and snappy dialogue of the original",0 188269,"The high-concept scenario soon proves preposterous , the acting is robotically italicized , and truth-in-advertising hounds take note :",0 123643,"invaluable historical document thanks",1 146094,"I like the creepy ideas",1 45525,"Holy mad maniac",0 182846,"Bloodwork is n't a terrible movie , just a stultifyingly obvious one -- an unrewarding collar for a murder mystery .",0 69615,"The fluid motion is astounding on any number of levels -- including the physical demands made on Büttner -- and",1 5399,"ca n't say it 's on par with the first one",0 23348,", a blast of shallow magnificence that only sex , scandal , and a chorus line of dangerous damsels can deliver .",1 232177,"into the familiar by amalgamating genres and adding true human",1 97479,"this natural grain",1 156299,"cinematic sleeping pill",0 43348,"'s the perfect star vehicle for Grant ,",1 234827,"over-the-top , and amateurish .",0 217349,"to sit through than this hastily dubbed disaster",0 197347,"does n't quite do justice to the awfulness of the movie , for that comes through all too painfully in the execution .",0 129672,"oozes craft",1 18150,"yet lacerating",0 21867,"revenge thriller",1 224168,"It 's drab .",0 165779,"me to care about what happened in 1915 Armenia ? No . And that is where Ararat went astray",0 184433,"His Secret Life enters the land of unintentional melodrama and tiresome love triangles",0 62095,", mesmerizing",1 191825,"absorbing documentary",1 101653,"'s changed the male academic from a lower-class Brit to an American , a choice that upsets the novel 's exquisite balance and shreds the fabric of the film",0 199114,"fondness for fancy split-screen , stuttering editing and pompous references to Wittgenstein and Kirkegaard",0 83212,"in watching the resourceful Molly stay a step ahead of her pursuers",1 72763,"a vibrant , colorful world",1 207453,"of Martha Stewart decorating program run amok",0 65503,"Features one of the most affecting depictions of a love affair",1 155396,"boring and sad",0 15743,"fascinated",1 45816,"It is most remarkable not because of its epic scope , but because of the startling intimacy it achieves despite that breadth .",1 180733,", it could have been a thinking man 's monster movie",0 71244,"a Reader 's Digest condensed version",0 219915,"wives are worse",0 21766,"pretty good time",1 61342,"'s updating works surprisingly well .",1 238734,"why it fails is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma .",0 130743,"proves you wrong on both counts",0 9202,"observant , often touching",1 18592,"A tender and touching drama , based on the true story of a troubled African-American 's quest to come to terms with his origins ,",1 143192,"A mawkish self-parody that plays like some weird Masterpiece Theater sketch with neither a point of view nor a compelling reason for being",0 106457,"I had a dream that a smart comedy would come along to rescue me from a summer of teen-driven , toilet-humor codswallop , and its name was Earnest .",1 176611,"too effective in creating an atmosphere of dust-caked stagnation",0 179801,"'s just another cartoon with an unstoppable superman .",0 68035,"Ong 's promising debut is a warm and well-told tale of one recent Chinese immigrant 's experiences in New York City .",1 215976,"the zip is gone",0 172144,"stuck in an emotionally unavailable rut",0 99758,"weaving a theme",1 187064,"Sad nonsense , this .",0 38436,"the most important stories",1 141121,"'s a film with an idea buried somewhere inside its fabric , but never clearly seen or felt .",0 69257,"The Bard as black comedy -- Willie would have loved it .",1 179621,"'s amusing enough while you watch it , offering fine acting moments and pungent insights into modern L . A .",1 22690,"vex nearly everyone",0 83454,"intelligent , realistic portrayal",1 135007,"the cheesiest",0 100490,"with enough energy and excitement",1 71613,"a feast for the eyes",1 54452,"lyrical tale probes the ambiguous welcome extended by Iran to the Afghani refugees who streamed across its borders , desperate for work and food",1 233330,"layered richness",1 175369,"this dud",0 205326,"look at that clever angle ! Wow , a jump cut !",1 191604,"a wacky , screwball comedy",1 152333,"a real director and",1 33275,"is a terrific flick replete with dazzling camera-work , dancing and music",1 73273,"affair ,",0 69058,"Sure , it 's contrived and predictable ,",0 128438,"of a frustrating misfire",0 63240,"A piquant meditation",1 75659,"beyond the crime-land action genre",1 110008,"The movie keeps coming back to the achingly unfunny Phonce and his several silly subplots .",0 167064,"numerous yawns",0 221431,", it is nonetheless -- and likely inadvertently -- a timely and invaluable implicit reminder of the role that U.S. foreign policy has played in the rise of Castro .",1 107895,"Murphy do the genial-rogue shtick to death , but because the plot is equally hackneyed",0 166478,"muddled and offensive cautionary tale",0 225942,"Stale and clichéd to a fault",0 110971,"We never truly come to care about the main characters and whether or not they 'll wind up together ,",0 22595,"tremendous",1 140673,"you 'll have an idea of the film 's creepy , scary effectiveness .",1 94544,"that affirms the nourishing aspects of love and companionship",1 209092,"particularly memorable effect",1 74602,"as a pale successor",0 19514,"a high-energy movie",1 88153,"of Afghan tragedies",0 63358,"A sharp and quick documentary that is funny and pithy , while illuminating an era of theatrical comedy that , while past , really is n't .",1 34083,"like a Lifetime special -- pleasant , sweet and forgettable",1 220799,"'s emotionally engrossing , too ,",1 180735,", it does a disservice to the audience and to the genre .",0 189045,"This low-rent -- and even lower-wit -- rip-off",0 117190,"come out feeling strangely unsatisfied .",0 9071,"no picnic",0 234733,"one of the hapless victims of the arrogant",0 227423,"`` Bad '' is the operative word for `` Bad Company , ''",0 103997,"A vivid , sometimes surreal ,",1 73910,"an oddly fascinating depiction of an architect of pop culture",1 197590,"dull , somnambulant exercise",0 125503,"just does n't have much else ... especially",0 124347,"is not only a love song to the movies",1 231908,"imaginative as in the original",1 117257,"comes together to create a very compelling , sensitive , intelligent and almost cohesive piece of film entertainment",1 127569,"movie love",1 26108,"More than makes up for its mawkish posing by offering rousing spates of genuine feeling .",1 39221,"to keep their hopes alive in 1975",1 96508,"the quality that keeps Dickens evergreen : the exuberant openness with which he expresses our most basic emotions",1 156557,"comes across more as a sketch for a full-length comedy",0 38852,"then gets terrific performances from them all .",1 75752,"blockbusters as Patriot Games can still turn out a small , personal film with an emotional wallop",1 228720,"any summer blockbuster",1 83730,"is OK for a movie to be something of a sitcom apparatus",1 212693,"strong and funny ,",1 73024,"about which you can actually feel good",1 130918,"quirky , slightly strange French films",1 191114,"a poor fit",0 160295,"gotten respectful critical praise",1 137892,"to take this film at face value and enjoy its slightly humorous and tender story",1 53210,"intriguing movie experiences",1 50612,"damn weird",0 210784,"satisfactory .",1 9280,"of hope",1 71147,"You may be captivated , as I was , by its moods , and by its subtly transformed star , and still wonder why Paul Thomas Anderson ever had the inclination to make the most sincere and artful movie in which Adam Sandler will probably ever appear .",1 188973,"This insufferable movie is meant to make you think about existential suffering . Instead",0 197276,"does has some entertainment value - how much depends on how well you like Chris Rock",1 135985,"the performances elicit more of a sense of deja vu than awe",0 23059,"'s a much more emotional journey than what Shyamalan has given us in his past two movies",1 3007,"twisted",0 108079,"Nothing here seems as funny as it did in Analyze This , not even Joe Viterelli as De Niro 's right-hand goombah .",0 130330,"plodding picture",0 43356,"'s too long and too convoluted",0 216149,"there is n't much to it .",0 41806,"distinguished and",1 128615,"of director Abel Ferrara",1 46497,"Perfectly",1 27652,"a low-down version of the American dream .",0 87443,"most oddly honest Hollywood document",1 23039,"'s a beautifully accomplished lyrical meditation on a bunch of despondent and vulnerable characters living in the renown Chelsea Hotel ...",1 10286,"schaeffer has to find some hook on which to hang his persistently useless movies",0 190818,"a lighthearted comedy",1 205423,"losing its focus , point and purpose in a mess of mixed messages , over-blown drama and Bruce Willis",0 64784,"Confessions is n't always coherent , but it 's sharply comic and surprisingly touching , so hold the gong",1 143708,"An ambitious , serious film that manages to do virtually everything wrong : sitting through it is something akin to an act of cinematic penance",0 173573,"the bottom rung of the series ' entries",0 200702,"hastily written",0 114999,"as one of the cleverest , most deceptively amusing comedies of the year",1 203697,"is why film criticism can be considered work .",0 70640,"Visually striking",1 185860,"Long on twinkly-eyed close-ups and short on shame .",0 48903,"an assurance worthy of international acclaim",1 207257,"nothing left to work with , sort of like Michael Jackson 's nose",0 151576,"a dark mood that makes the film seem like something to endure instead of enjoy",0 171383,"snoozy charm",1 205759,"making the proceedings more bizarre than actually amusing",0 157165,"decent acting",1 148237,"Ram Dass : Fierce Grace does n't organize it with any particular insight",0 72112,"a perfect performance that captures the innocence and budding demons within a wallflower",1 127896,"never quite emerges from the shadow of Ellis ' book .",0 78275,"disjointed , flaws that have to be laid squarely on Taylor 's doorstep",0 221346,", from its promenade of barely clad bodies in Myrtle Beach , S.C. , to the adrenaline jolt of a sudden lunch rush at the diner",1 217842,"true light",1 206077,"messy ,",0 117300,"committed to growth in his ninth decade",1 82514,"however well intentioned",0 97028,"the well-wrought story",1 115968,"beyond the end zone",1 39289,"to shattering and featuring some of the year 's best acting",1 182366,"An annoying orgy of excess and exploitation that has no point and goes nowhere .",0 227447,"`` Brown Sugar '' admirably aspires to be more than another `` Best Man '' clone by weaving a theme throughout this funny film .",1 19889,"and tantalizing",1 235067,"probably will enjoy themselves .",1 210725,"sad but",0 132417,"shows Holmes has the screen presence to become a major-league leading lady , ( but ) the movie itself is an underachiever , a psychological mystery that takes its sweet time building to a climax that 's scarcely a surprise by the time it arrives",1 167108,"obsolete",0 153361,"an earnest debut",1 190747,"a hell",0 188100,"The entire point of a shaggy dog story , of course , is that it goes nowhere ,",0 81587,"harmoniously",1 49835,"bring a fresh , quirky charm",1 160405,"grungy video",0 34392,"master 's",1 48730,"aground",0 154699,"be cleverer , better written and",0 48748,"alike to go see this unique and entertaining twist on the classic whale 's tale",1 153631,"another anemic and formulaic Lethal Weapon-derived buddy-cop movie , trying to pass off its lack of imagination as hip knowingness",0 160269,"good scenes",1 79425,"excites the imagination",1 107366,"LaBute ca n't avoid a fatal mistake in the modern era : He 's changed the male academic from a lower-class Brit to an American , a choice that upsets the novel 's exquisite balance and shreds the fabric of the film",0 23130,"'s gone too commercial since his two Oscar nominated films in 2000",0 6126,"easily accessible stories",1 192231,"all the right parts",1 113403,"admire these people 's dedication to their cause",1 23090,"'s an intriguing look at two performers who put themselves out there because they love what they do",1 181647,"A fake street drama",0 226288,"The first five minutes will have you talking 'til the end of the year !",1 95266,"the cartoon 's more obvious strength",1 32513,"hint",1 206350,"more chaotic than entertaining",0 139659,"which may be why it works as well as it does",1 21918,"see this movie -- for its historical significance alone",1 171782,"spends too much time wallowing in Bibi 's generic angst",0 142427,", she 's really done it this time . That chirpy songbird Britney Spears has popped up with more mindless drivel .",0 188671,"The sight of the name Bruce Willis brings to mind images of a violent battlefield action picture , but the film has a lot more on its mind -- maybe too much",1 142517,", the picture failed to capture me .",0 94084,"tackling serious themes",1 221684,", with less of Mr. Eyre 's uninspired dramatics",0 58199,"the delicious pulpiness of its lurid fiction",1 83253,"incompetent cops",0 130295,"plays like a badly edited , 91-minute trailer ( and ) the director ca n't seem to get a coherent rhythm going . In fact , it does n't even seem like she tried",0 70110,"There are laughs aplenty",1 59059,"those reputedly '' unfilmable '' novels that has bucked the odds to emerge as an exquisite motion picture in its own right",1 106750,"Instead of a witty expose on the banality and hypocrisy of too much kid-vid , we get an ugly , mean-spirited lashing out by an adult who 's apparently been forced by his kids to watch too many Barney videos .",0 125064,"it never seems fresh and vital .",0 157100,"dampens her diva persona enough to spark genuine chemistry",1 107488,"Likely to have decades of life",1 30159,"choking on its own conceit",0 113573,"all awkward , static",0 224299,"It forces you to watch people doing unpleasant things to each other and themselves , and",0 133820,"take on the upscale lifestyle",1 31791,"for the ages",1 133491,"style and wit",1 188703,"The story , touching though it is , does not quite have enough emotional resonance or variety of incident to sustain a feature , and even at 85 minutes it feels a bit long",0 100586,"with plenty of entertainment value",1 64329,"Best enjoyed as a work of fiction inspired by real-life events . Those seeking a definitive account of Eisenstein 's life would do better elsewhere .",0 142442,", somnolent show",0 51650,"film a must for everyone from junior scientists",1 88513,"of deep feeling",1 120183,"fit all of Pootie Tang in between its punchlines",0 42338,"makes the film a fuller experience ,",1 229937,"complexity to its not-so-stock characters",1 74223,"appealing character quirks to forgive that still serious problem",1 5801,"creepy",0 95683,"the film succeeds as an emotionally accessible , almost mystical work",1 27089,"Turns potentially forgettable formula into something strangely diverting .",1 199610,"from taking John Carpenter 's Ghosts of Mars and eliminating the beheadings",0 107225,"Journalistically dubious ,",0 197312,"does n't give us a reason to be in the theater beyond Wilde 's wit and the actors ' performances",0 91236,"really good",1 214247,"the capable cast",1 225257,"Obvious politics and rudimentary animation reduce the chances that the appeal of Hey Arnold !",0 38336,"the inanity -- and the Cold War datedness --",0 222034,"A lackluster , unessential sequel to the classic Disney adaptation of J.M. Barrie 's Peter Pan .",0 56799,"seems positively",1 73733,"an eerily suspenseful , deeply absorbing piece that works as a treatise on spirituality as well as a solid sci-fi thriller .",1 89929,"overflows with wisdom and emotion .",1 111881,"a feel-good movie can still show real heart",1 9146,"not only a pianist , but a good human being",1 159262,"flounders in its quest for Deeper Meaning",0 70906,"While the humor is recognizably Plympton , he has actually bothered to construct a real story this time .",1 30104,"characters and WWF mentality",0 118262,"directed , highly professional film that 's old-fashioned in all the best possible ways .",1 101854,"'s pretentious in a way that verges on the amateurish",0 70625,"Vietnam War",0 37441,"successfully showcases the passions of both the director and novelist Byatt .",1 2126,"really dumb but",0 188101,"The entire point of a shaggy dog story , of course , is that it goes nowhere , and",0 147927,"One problem with the movie , directed by Joel Schumacher",0 76258,"ca n't quite maintain its initial momentum ,",0 237177,"the rat-a-tat energy of `` His Girl Friday , '' maintaining a light touch while tackling serious themes",1 183349,"Depressingly",0 38493,"the old story seem new",1 235749,"silly showdown",0 163352,"is so pat it makes your teeth hurt .",0 168909,"plastered with one Hollywood cliche after another , most of which involve precocious kids getting the better of obnoxious adults",0 159851,"funny nor provocative",0 30563,"dainty psychological",1 49941,"by a talented director",1 223844,"I skipped Country Bears",0 203472,"is still top-heavy with blazing guns , cheatfully filmed martial arts , disintegrating bloodsucker computer effects and jagged camera moves that serve no other purpose than to call attention to themselves",0 144630,"Could as easily have been called ` Under Siege 3 : In Alcatraz ' ... a cinematic corpse that never springs to life",0 101841,"'s often handled in fast-edit , hopped-up fashion",0 61458,"( It 's ) what punk rock music used to be , and",1 81775,"has some quietly moving moments and an intelligent subtlety",1 133678,"surprising discovery",1 222786,"But mostly it 's a work that , with humor , warmth , and intelligence , captures a life interestingly lived .",1 54604,"manages to string together enough charming moments to work .",1 137363,"to address his own World War II experience in his signature style",1 163031,"is missing from it all is a moral . What is the filmmakers ' point ? Why did they deem it necessary to document all this emotional misery",0 215479,"the resourceful amnesiac",0 200629,"has settled for a lugubrious romance",0 207656,"of clever moments and biting dialogue",1 160594,"has a bundle in common with them",0 155034,"beginning to wear a bit thin",0 195282,"ca n't save it",0 26589,"Sits uneasily as a horror picture ... but finds surprising depth in its look at the binds of a small family .",1 228430,"all as Very Important",1 126662,"makes Sex With Strangers , which opens today in the New York metropolitan area , so distasteful",0 78179,"director D . J . Caruso 's grimy visual veneer and",0 137012,"this oddly sweet comedy",1 89351,"on Dave Barry 's popular book of the same name",1 84902,"it 's hard to figure the depth of these two literary figures , and even the times in which they lived . But they fascinate in their recklessness .",1 166852,"no pleasure",0 165063,"literacy",1 107641,"Matches neorealism 's",1 99423,"views youthful affluence not as a lost ideal but a starting point",1 191380,"a stab at soccer hooliganism ,",1 183203,"Control-Alt-Delete Simone as quickly as possible",0 182199,"After an hour and a half of wondering -- sometimes amusedly , sometimes impatiently -- just what this strenuously unconventional movie is supposed to be , you discover that the answer is as conventional as can be .",0 92768,"skillfully assembled ,",1 7050,"have you impatiently",0 189602,"What should have been a painless time-killer becomes instead a grating endurance test .",0 86845,"marvelously compelling is present Brown as a catalyst for the struggle of black manhood in restrictive and chaotic America ... sketchy but nevertheless gripping portrait of Jim Brown , a celebrated wonder in the spotlight",1 229002,"as tiresome as 9",0 120598,"found his groove these days",1 186994,"Robinson complex founders on its own preciousness -- and squanders its beautiful women",0 193953,"bad singer-turned actors",0 234443,"of its kind since ` Brazil",1 206865,"need of a scented bath",0 15769,"filled with a sense of pure wonderment and excitement not often seen in today 's cinema du sarcasm",1 78057,"despite its rough edges and a tendency to sag in certain places , is wry and engrossing .",1 46357,"Not only a reminder of how they used to make movies , but also how they sometimes still can be made .",1 42800,"the death penalty ,",0 228989,"as the slight , pale Mr. Broomfield continues to force himself on people and into situations that would make lesser men run for cover",1 9806,"precious",1 38434,"the most honest films",1 60798,"'s a cool event for the whole family . Maybe not a classic , but a movie the kids will want to see over and over again",1 144097,"Began life as a computer game , then morphed into a movie -- a bad one ,",0 53761,"it 's still a good yarn -- which is nothing to sneeze at these days .",1 108713,"Rymer does n't trust laughs -- and does n't conjure proper respect for followers of the whole dead-undead genre , who deserve more from a vampire pic than a few shrieky special effects .",0 115701,"becomes an overwhelming pleasure",1 34708,"moving and invigorating",1 89102,"of the victorious revolutionaries",1 185200,"It 's rare that a movie can be as intelligent as this one is in every regard except its storyline : everything that 's good is ultimately scuttled by a plot that 's just too boring and obvious",0 68413,"Returning director Rob Minkoff ... and screenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin",1 66128,"I admire the closing scenes of the film , which seem to ask whether our civilization offers a cure for Vincent 's complaint .",1 163051,"is mostly a lump of run-of-the-mill profanity sprinkled with a few remarks so geared toward engendering audience sympathy that you might think he was running for office -- or trying to win over a probation officer .",0 188566,"The pretensions -- and disposable story -- sink the movie . And Diesel is n't the actor to save it",0 193473,"as if a bored Cage spent the duration of the film 's shooting schedule waiting to scream",0 125413,"its visual panache",1 67443,"Martin 's deterioration and Barbara 's sadness -- and , occasionally",1 125425,"its zeal to spread propaganda",0 140505,"worthy and devastating",1 224182,"It 's hard to imagine anybody ever being `` in the mood '' to view a movie as harrowing and painful as The Grey Zone , but",0 181287,"... ` The Country Bears ' should never have been brought out of hibernation .",0 187480,"Soulless and",0 64037,"Argentine retread",0 226432,"The power of this script , and",1 199847,"get through this interminable , shapeless documentary about the swinging subculture",0 159823,"fun ( and scary )",1 230277,"ditched the saccharine sentimentality of Bicentennial Man",1 111091,"Where Janice Beard falters in its recycled aspects , implausibility , and sags in pace , it rises in its courageousness , and comedic employment .",1 184503,"How I Killed My Father is one of those art house films that makes you feel like you 're watching an iceberg melt -- only",0 221644,", this movie is a phlegmatic bore , so tedious it makes the silly spy vs. spy film The Sum of All Fears , starring Ben Affleck , seem downright Hitchcockian .",0 154952,"been better off dead",0 217941,"turns a potentially interesting idea into an excruciating film school experience that plays better only for the film 's publicists or for people who take as many drugs as the film 's characters",0 220053,"would be a shame if this was your introduction to one of the greatest plays of the last 100 years",0 219092,"what 's missing from this material is any depth of feeling",0 26315,"Oscar winner",1 148638,"Slapstick buffoonery can tickle many a preschooler 's fancy , but when it costs a family of four about $ 40 to see a film in theaters , why spend money on a dog like this when you can rent a pedigree instead ?",0 198404,"extreme humor",1 168656,"parents ' appreciation",1 110149,"The script falls back on too many tried-and-true shenanigans that hardly distinguish it from the next teen comedy .",0 8120,"its recycled aspects , implausibility ,",0 205113,"like their characters",1 16235,"is a triumph for its maverick director .",1 173914,"the film is more worshipful than your random E ! True Hollywood Story .",0 124880,"it 's the very definition of epic adventure .",1 123765,"is a good and ambitious film .",1 203060,"is less compelling than the circumstances of its making",0 32636,"honest look",1 52964,"in perfect balance",1 194582,"better to wait for the video .",0 208309,"offers little insight",0 157815,"does paint some memorable images ... ,",1 144160,"Birot 's directorial debut ( she co-wrote the script with Christophe Honoré ) is n't so much bad as it is bland .",0 193943,"bad improvisation exercise",0 227156,"Why anyone who is not a character in this movie should care is beyond me .",0 205090,"like sitting in a downtown café , overhearing a bunch of typical late-twenty-somethings natter on about nothing , and desperately wishing you could change tables",0 108648,"Road to Perdition does display greatness , and it 's worth seeing . But it also comes with the laziness and arrogance of a thing that already knows it 's won",1 238728,"whose pieces do not fit",0 112181,"a lack",0 197043,"directs with such patronising reverence",1 49512,"be cutting-edge indie filmmaking",1 63575,"A winning and wildly fascinating work",1 6019,"do n't really care too much about this love story . in that setting",0 41009,"It 's traditional moviemaking all the way ,",1 109352,"Tarkovsky 's mostly male , mostly patriarchal debating societies",0 113735,"almost unimaginable horror",0 143664,"Although based on a real-life person , John , in the movie , is a rather dull person to be stuck with for two hours .",0 77841,"deeply watchable",1 56960,"shows a remarkable gift for storytelling with this moving , effective little film",1 28098,"action thriller hybrid",1 56276,"pulls us",1 185669,"Lacks the visual flair and bouncing bravado that characterizes better hip-hop clips and is content to recycle images and characters that were already tired 10 years ago",0 1603,"like it",1 220661,"'s Something About Mary and both American Pie movies",1 205587,"made her an interesting character to begin with",1 173168,"that profound , at least",1 39166,"to deliver up the man in a way to arouse further curiosity in even the most unknowing viewer",1 86465,"made infinitely more wrenching by the performances of real-life spouses Seldahl and Wollter",1 89256,"offers a great deal of insight into the female condition",1 80099,"flawless amounts",1 115978,"big letdown",0 75496,"befuddled",0 159309,"follows the formula , but throws in too many conflicts to keep the story compelling .",0 126130,"like shooting fish in a barrel",0 98799,"turns out to be a sweet and enjoyable fantasy",1 38846,"thematically instructive",1 218902,"way to go before it reaches the level of crudity in the latest Austin Powers extravaganza",0 81526,"hand it to director George Clooney for biting off such a big job the first time out",1 102257,", Haynes ( like Sirk , but differently ) has transformed the rhetoric of Hollywood melodrama into something provocative , rich , and strange .",1 133304,"still fun and enjoyable and",1 117136,"cold blanket",0 122128,"helm a more traditionally plotted popcorn thriller while surrendering little of his intellectual rigor or creative composure",1 99244,"uses the last act to reel in the audience since its poignancy hooks us completely .",1 189166,"Thumbs Friggin ' Down",0 220925,"'s not that funny --",0 46726,"Sharp edges and a deep vein of sadness",1 112062,"a great job",1 111226,"Witless",0 171886,"stalk",0 149364,"The fight scenes are fun",1 180177,"( Lin Chung 's ) voice is rather unexceptional ,",0 93044,"solid , kinetically-charged",1 227928,"a glorified episode of `` 7th Heaven",0 109848,"The film was n't preachy",1 227258,"York intelligentsia",1 180598,", desiccated talent",0 120514,"for the most part he makes sure The Salton Sea works the way a good noir should , keeping it tight and nasty",1 26312,"Oscar",1 193443,"as dumb , credulous , unassuming , subordinate subjects .",0 209953,"put you to sleep",0 37152,"someone you want to see again",1 118266,"directed and convincingly acted .",1 202834,"is constructed around a core of flimsy -- or , worse yet , nonexistent -- ideas",0 74404,"are simply dazzling , particularly Balk , who 's finally been given a part worthy of her considerable talents .",1 143116,"A gimmick in search of a movie : how to get Carvey into as many silly costumes and deliver as many silly voices as possible , plot mechanics be damned .",0 178712,"without chills",0 31440,"fails",0 78952,"endear itself",1 124397,"is one of Mr . Chabrol 's subtlest works , but also one of his most uncanny",1 149935,"The title 's lameness should clue you in on how bad the movie is .",0 197041,"directs The Pianist like a surgeon mends a broken heart : very meticulously but without any passion .",0 197596,"dull effects",0 227605,"`` The Adventures of Pluto Nash '' is a big time stinker .",0 190229,"a brilliant college student -- where 's Pauly Shore as the rocket scientist ?",1 87987,"not a bad way",1 193349,"as a castrated",0 118496,"does a splendid job of racial profiling Hollywood style -- casting excellent Latin actors of all ages -- a trend long overdue",1 175140,"then , I 'd recommend waiting for DVD and just skipping straight to her scenes",0 47231,"The quirky drama touches the heart and the funnybone thanks to the energetic and always surprising performance by Rachel Griffiths .",1 23405,", and ignorance",0 203834,"it also has humor and heart and very talented young actors",1 207705,"of empathy",0 59278,"to let the earnestness of its execution and skill of its cast take you down a familiar road with a few twists .",1 44241,"A sharp , amusing study",1 99873,"what is essentially a whip-crack of a buddy movie that ends with a whimper",0 89042,"of the masterful British actor Ian Holm",1 13554,", but it 's done with a lot of careful period attention as well as some very welcome wit .",1 144325,"By the time the plot grinds itself out in increasingly incoherent fashion , you might be wishing for a watch that makes time go faster rather than the other way around .",0 105395,"Despite terrific special effects and funnier gags , Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets finds a way to make J . K . Rowling 's marvelous series into a deadly bore .",0 9040,"never worry",1 7879,"it 's not helpful to listen to extremist name-calling , regardless of whether you think kissinger was a calculating fiend or just a slippery self-promoter",0 30758,"devastating horror",0 89289,"often funny",1 74220,"appeal to women looking for a howlingly trashy time",1 232111,"insightful moments",1 105205,"Consider this review life-affirming",1 23214,"( Binoche and Magimel ) are being charming or angst-ridden",1 84387,"is more accurately Chabrolian .",1 197140,"disturbance or detached pleasure",0 232966,"it 's pleasant enough and its ecological , pro-wildlife sentiments are certainly welcome .",1 22186,"that it 's hard to know what to praise first",1 179828,"'s little to recommend Snow Dogs , unless one considers cliched dialogue and perverse escapism a source of high hilarity .",0 161002,"he should not be forgiven . Why he was given free reign over this project -- he wrote , directed , starred and produced --",0 71324,"a breadth of vision and",1 73699,"an attention",1 83900,"is a stunning new young talent in one of Chabrol 's most intense psychological mysteries",1 30545,"current technique to the service of a vision of the past that is faithful to both architectural glories and commanding open spaces of the city as it was more than two centuries ago",1 119580,"exquisite balance",1 179858,"'s neither original nor terribly funny",0 48174,"a majestic achievement , an epic of astonishing grandeur and",1 9424,"offers big , fat , dumb",0 221746,"-- full of life and small delights --",1 52901,"in an evocative , accurate observation of a distinctive milieu",1 62455,", you wo n't feel like it 's wasted yours",1 40774,"Anna Battista , an Italian superstar",1 19606,"a tongue-in-cheek attitude",1 112402,"a nationwide blight",0 55892,"overdose movies like '' Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood , '' except that the writing , acting and character development are a lot better",1 232208,"is , by conventional standards , a fairly terrible movie",0 134141,"that 's barely shocking , barely interesting and most of all , barely anything",0 108869,"Several uninteresting , unlikeable people do bad things to and with each other in '' Unfaithful . '' Why anyone who is not a character in this movie should care is beyond me",0 225956,"Stay clear of reminding yourself that it 's a `` true story '' and you 're likely to have one helluva time at the movies",1 187651,"Swimfan , like Fatal Attraction",1 76674,"chilling movie",1 212008,"so slick and watered-down it almost loses what made you love it",0 25688,"Inside the film 's conflict-powered plot there is a decent moral trying to get out",1 11366,"the film 's best trick",1 77223,"conquer all kinds of obstacles ,",1 53050,"include the complexity of the Catholic doctrine",1 44500,"An impeccable study",1 143418,"A very long movie , dull in stretches ,",0 31943,"full of sharp , smart satire",1 42793,"the audacity , at the",1 236140,"suffocating and sometimes almost senseless",0 77832,"deeply felt and vividly detailed story about newcomers in a strange new world .",1 66678,"It 's the type of film about growing up that we do n't see often enough these days : realistic , urgent",1 62372,", touching",1 202158,"incoherence and redundancy",0 119677,"faith , love and power",1 189372,"Unspeakable",0 169385,"prospective tourists might want to consider a different destination -- some jolly country embroiled in a bloody civil war , perhaps .",0 188742,"The three leads produce adequate performances , but",1 18991,"It 's a terrific American sports movie",1 1178,"help but engage an audience",1 121240,"go over the top and movies that do n't care about being stupid",0 197193,"do n't care to understand",0 133068,"spaghetti western",0 148159,"Pretentious editing ruins a potentially terrific flick",0 17040,"reached the absolute top of the game",1 200000,"glossy melodrama",0 148132,"Poor editing",0 137516,"to create something original",1 109928,"The lack of naturalness makes everything seem self-consciously poetic and forced",0 177026,"two recent Dumas botch-jobs",0 100409,"with a light ( yet unsentimental ) touch",1 178185,"whiney",0 71518,"a deeper story",1 7625,"invented to describe exactly how bad it is",0 228474,"also comes with the laziness and arrogance of a thing that already knows it 's won .",0 53445,"is definitely worth seeing .",1 192469,"an aimless hodgepodge",0 87967,"nonetheless appreciates the art",1 114802,"as a classic movie franchise ? Let 's hope not",0 4892,"as social expos , skins has its heart in the right place ,",1 216461,"this particular , anciently demanding métier",1 150264,"This limp gender-bender-baller from a first-time director and rookie screenwriter steals wholesale from that 1982 's Tootsie , forgetting only to retain a single laugh .",0 40256,"with some serious sparkles .",1 82033,"heard before",1 119619,"fabuleux",1 36309,"quite sure what the point is",0 62380,", twisted sort",0 36164,"prime",1 142504,", the movie is busy contriving false , sitcom-worthy solutions to their problems .",0 42157,"is a small treasure ,",1 73409,"all its problems",0 107863,"Ms . Griffiths",1 57122,"so real",1 180968,", the film ends with a large human tragedy . Alas , getting there is not even half the interest .",0 153015,"agonizing contrivances",0 132825,"sob-story trappings",0 64305,"Because the genre is well established , what makes the movie fresh is smart writing , skewed characters , and the title performance by Kieran Culkin .",1 158551,"everything 's in place but something 's just a little off-kilter",0 212010,"so stylized as to be drained of human emotion",0 119420,"everything seem self-consciously poetic and forced",0 191858,"accepting a 50-year-old in the role is creepy in a Michael Jackson sort of way .",0 132278,"sheer joy and pride",1 220002,"works up a few scares",1 138372,"true to its source material",1 1797,"must-see viewing for anyone involved in the high-tech industry",1 56628,"riveting World",1 216208,"they 're doing is a matter of plumbing arrangements and mind games , of no erotic or sensuous charge .",0 183500,"Distances you",0 112371,"a movie make",1 39915,"weeping",0 219933,"woefully dull",0 221784,"... a sour little movie at its core : an exploration of the emptiness that underlay the relentless gaiety of the 1920",0 59352,"to stand-up comedy after the wrap of his legendary sitcom",1 202618,"is a movie that starts out like Heathers , then becomes Bring it On , then becomes unwatchable",0 213028,"sustain interest for the full 90 minutes , especially with the weak payoff",0 235618,"serious subject matter and",1 73774,"an exciting plot",1 84084,"is brilliant ,",1 66267,"If villainous vampires are your cup of blood , Blade 2 is definitely a cut above the rest .",1 201927,"in mind an ( emotionally at least ) adolescent audience demanding regular shocks and bouts of barely defensible sexual violence to keep it interested",0 76225,"by the off-the-wall dialogue , visual playfulness and the outlandishness of the idea itself",1 192893,"any doubt that Peter O'Fallon did n't have an original bone in his body",0 72122,"a philosophical visual coming right",1 183577,"Donovan ... squanders his main asset , Jackie Chan ,",0 150318,"This time Kaufman 's imagination has failed him .",0 204477,"just sits there like a side dish no one ordered .",0 102701,", like Bartleby , is something of a stiff -- an extra-dry office comedy that seems twice as long as its 83 minutes .",0 36104,"potent allegorical",1 119639,"failed jokes , twitchy acting , and general boorishness",0 210387,"remembered as one of ( Witherspoon 's ) better films",1 114031,"an excuse to get to the closing bout ... by which time it 's impossible to care who wins",0 169588,"racial insensitivity",0 130992,"rant",0 210261,"recycle images and characters that were already tired 10 years ago",0 238027,"to what is almost certainly going to go down as the worst -- and only -- killer website movie of this or any other year",0 224245,"It 's still terrible !",0 174843,"the sulking , moody male hustler",0 103218,"... gives his best screen performance with an oddly winning portrayal of one of life 's ultimate losers .",1 226478,"The second coming of Harry Potter is a film far superior to its predecessor .",1 237872,"to long for the end credits",0 181478,": very small children who will be delighted simply to spend more time with familiar cartoon characters .",1 200307,"gutter romancer 's",0 140671,"you 'll find yourself remembering this refreshing visit to a Sunshine State .",1 176356,"to resolve to be a total winner",1 171355,"smoothes",1 146240,"If you collected all the moments of coherent dialogue , they still would n't add up to the time required to boil a four - minute egg .",0 90391,"please audiences who like movies that demand four hankies",1 211458,"shot but dull and ankle-deep ` epic . '",0 24424,"A psychologically rich and suspenseful moral thriller with a stellar performance by Al Pacino .",1 57273,"spirited and touching occasion",1 90185,"perfect as his outstanding performance as Bond in Die",1 212206,"something hip and transgressive was being attempted here that stubbornly refused to gel",0 137935,"to the familiar topic of office politics",1 13322,"yet another self-consciously overwritten story about a rag-tag bunch of would-be characters that team up for a ca n't - miss heist -- only to have it all go wrong .",0 77623,"cultivated",1 158289,"enjoying this",1 78467,"does n't sustain its initial promise with a jarring , new-agey tone creeping into the second half",0 234150,"no saving the movie",0 6989,"has energy",1 79672,"far more energy",1 103006,", we had no trouble sitting for Blade II .",1 162287,"insult the intelligence of everyone",0 72725,"a true talent",1 129110,"of the saddest action hero performances ever witnessed",0 66072,"Hugely entertaining from start to finish , featuring a fall from grace that still leaves shockwaves , it will gratify anyone who has ever suspected Hollywood of being overrun by corrupt and hedonistic weasels .",1 220560,"'ll be as bored watching Morvern Callar as the characters are in it",0 106698,"In his latest effort , Storytelling , Solondz has finally made a movie that is n't just offensive -- it also happens to be good .",1 223440,"Full of flatulence jokes and mild sexual references , Kung Pow",0 209807,"promising cast",1 93438,"stark , straightforward and deadly",1 12226,"those in the know about rubbo 's dumbed-down tactics",0 129008,"of the darkest variety",0 163382,"is spiked with unintentional laughter that , unfortunately , occurs too infrequently to make the film even a guilty pleasure .",0 237274,"the tone for a summer of good stuff",1 105489,"Do n't wait to see this terrific film with your kids -- if you do n't have kids borrow some .",1 223928,"If the first Men in Black was money , the second is small change .",0 157749,"does n't contain half the excitement of Balto , or quarter the fun of Toy Story 2 .",0 161274,"his grave , along with my stomach",0 206150,"might want to think twice before booking passage",0 109186,"Steven Seagal",1 50640,"darker turns",0 23455,", as visually dexterous as it is at times imaginatively overwhelming .",1 28,"'s all pretty",1 206461,"more than a run-of-the-mill action",1 109003,"Sly , sophisticated and surprising",1 186537,"One big blustery movie where nothing really happens .",0 238266,"uphill or something",1 173177,"that screams out ` amateur ' in almost every frame",0 79874,"fills the eyes",1 154488,"avoid imprisonment with the dull , nerdy folks that inhabit Cherish",0 40224,"with its characters ' choices , good and ill",1 90588,"precarious",0 95638,"the film acquires an undeniable entertainment value as the slight",1 197164,"do anything as stomach-turning as the way Adam Sandler 's new movie rapes , pillages and incinerates Frank Capra 's classic",0 64620,"Cantet beautifully illuminates what it means sometimes to be inside looking out , and at other times outside looking in .",1 224225,"It 's packed with adventure and a worthwhile environmental message",1 157306,"described as lukewarm . Maybe",0 83801,"is a hoot",1 38989,"this time there 's some mold on the gold .",0 83995,"is an exercise in chilling style , and Twohy films the sub , inside and out , with an eye on preserving a sense of mystery",1 46161,"Methodical , measured , and gently tedious in its comedy , Secret Ballot is a purposefully reductive movie -- which may be why it 's so successful at lodging itself in the brain .",1 232957,"it 's not that , it 's the tension that keeps you in your seat",1 135774,"the most positive comment we can make",1 25650,"If director Michael Dowse only superficially understands his characters , he does n't hold them in contempt .",0 51552,"fascination , and",1 177195,"unfunny when it tries to makes us laugh and desperately unsuspenseful when it tries to make us jump out of our seats .",0 205229,"little more than preliminary notes for a science-fiction horror film",0 85763,"largest-ever historical canvas",1 236731,"the auditorium feeling dizzy , confused , and totally disorientated",0 84972,"it allows the mind to enter and accept another world",1 179692,"'s deep-sixed by a compulsion to catalog every bodily fluids gag in There 's Something About Mary and devise a parallel clone-gag",0 150044,"There 's more scatological action in 8 Crazy Nights than a proctologist is apt to encounter in an entire career .",0 138578,"unconditional love and compassion garnered from years of seeing it all , a condition only the old are privy to , and ... often misconstrued as weakness",1 56469,"refreshingly literary",1 155374,"boost Stallone 's career",1 153898,"are n't many laughs in this interesting study of the cultural mores of Georgian Jews in Tel Aviv .",0 27495,"a fan",1 35709,"one time",1 81281,"gorgeous and deceptively minimalist",1 90434,"poetry and politics , obvious at times but evocative and heartfelt",1 118658,"downright movie penance",0 121411,"great films",1 170151,"ripping people off",0 30528,"crushingly depressing",0 157507,"director Roger Kumble seems to have dumped a whole lot of plot in favor of ... outrageous gags .",0 177473,"victims of the arrogant '' if we put together a wry white man and a chatty black man and give them guns , the movie will be funny",0 234533,"of the delusional personality type",0 164922,"like a quickie TV special than a feature film",0 238679,"while you watch it , offering fine acting moments and pungent insights into modern L.A. 's show-biz and media",1 44661,"Based on a devilishly witty script by Heather McGowan and Niels Mueller , the film gets great laughs , but never at the expense of its characters",1 169636,"ranks with the worst",0 24624,"An epic of grandeur and scale that 's been decades gone from the popcorn pushing sound stages of Hollywood .",1 71760,"a great party",1 21998,"so accessible that it makes complex politics understandable to viewers looking for nothing but energetic entertainment",1 113983,"an eloquent , deeply felt meditation",1 233071,"it might just be the movie you 're looking for .",1 222125,"A well-executed spy-thriller .",1 163237,"is played with exasperating blandness by Laura Regan .",0 31025,"effortless , pleasurable , featherweight charm",1 96368,"the perfect starting point for a national conversation about guns , violence , and fear",1 175483,"this movie brainless",0 23927,", they easily fill their scenes and , fine judges both , never overcook the hysteria .",1 21383,"n't call The Good Girl a date movie ( an anti-date movie is more like it )",0 125408,"its unsettling force",1 126478,"lowered your entertainment standards",0 80091,"flawed but engrossing",1 93273,"special effect",1 80555,"frightening war scenes",0 143606,"All in all , there 's only one thing to root for : expulsion for everyone .",0 87884,"nit-picky",0 119214,"entirely stale",0 165304,"lots of ham , lots of cheese , with a sickly sweet coating to disguise its excrescence until just after ( or during ) consumption of its second half .",0 134386,"that is often quite rich and exciting",1 163222,"is overshadowed by the uberviolence of the Clericks as this becomes just another kung-fu sci-fi movie with silly action sequences .",0 72181,"a probing examination",1 138349,"triumphant",1 37739,"that 's not always a bad thing",1 59881,"violent and",0 175247,"they still would n't add up to the time required to boil a four - minute egg .",0 182984,"Cage 's best acting",1 82511,"how well it holds up in an era in which computer-generated images are the norm",1 9575,"overwrought existentialism",0 20442,"emotional , though still positive , wrench",1 93297,"spellbinding fun and",1 22710,"want the T-shirt",1 70886,"While dutifully pulling on heartstrings , directors Dean Deblois and Chris Sanders valiantly keep punching up the mix .",1 170352,"sappy and , worse , runs away from its own provocative theme .",0 224261,"It 's too harsh to work as a piece of storytelling , but",0 229938,"complexity to its not-so-stock characters .",1 80820,"funny in the middle of sad in the middle of hopeful",1 13652,", the picture hosts a parka-wrapped dose of heart .",1 178772,"wooden delivery",0 51114,"elegant entertainment",1 80803,"funny and , in the end , very touching",1 143337,"A shambles of a movie -- visually unattractive , unbearably loud and utterly silly ... its hilarity is completely unintentional .",0 221920,"A '' range",1 217737,"traffics in tired stereotypes and encumbers itself with complications",0 9764,"poetry in motion captured on film .",1 143567,"Ahola is simply not an actor . And",0 213472,"that 's amusing enough while you watch it , offering fine acting moments and pungent insights into modern L . A .",1 233552,"lots of boring talking heads , etc.",0 115478,"be called the best Korean film of 2002",1 196446,"crisp framing ,",1 112376,"a movie that grips and holds you in rapt attention from",1 37353,"stimulates the higher brain functions as well as the libido .",1 195834,"clumsy dialogue , heavy-handed phoney-feeling sentiment",0 81416,"grossest movie",0 215897,"the whole thing succeeded only in making me groggy .",0 86415,"lumpen",0 202556,"is a complete mess",0 173148,"that none of the excellent cast are given air to breathe",0 68393,"Remove Spider-Man the movie from its red herring surroundings and it 's apparent that this is one summer film that satisfies .",1 188583,"The problem with the mayhem in Formula 51",0 232654,"is not real",0 146420,"It 's a loathsome movie , it really is and",0 85889,"legal battle",0 142948,": It 's careful , conscientious and makes no major mistakes .",1 73763,"an epic , but also",1 196373,"crapulence",0 219337,"who does n't think about percentages all day long",1 138479,"two-dimensional offerings",0 206403,"more interested in entertaining itself",0 168678,"part of an insider clique , which tends to breed formulaic films rather than fresh ones",0 215569,"the screenwriter responsible for one of the worst movies of one year directs an equally miserable film the following year",0 103888,"A small movie with a big heart",1 77871,"deft and subtle poetry",1 5540,"childhood innocence",1 45744,"It 's not a great monster movie .",0 182913,"British comedy .",1 121879,"has you fixating on a far corner of the screen at times because your nerves just ca n't take it any more",0 77926,"delightfully compatible",1 173219,"that the ` true story ' by which All the Queen 's Men is allegedly '' inspired '' was a lot funnier",0 112818,"a stunning , Taxi Driver-esque portrayal of a man teetering on the edge of sanity",1 99763,"weird , wonderful",1 168066,"on cable",0 214173,"the barriers finally prove to be too great",0 18021,"what spectacular sizzle it is !",1 50829,"dig on David Mamet 's mind tricks ...",1 33773,"its exacting author might admire",1 43997,"A celebration of quirkiness , eccentricity , and certain individuals ' tendency to let it all hang out , and damn the consequences",1 54830,"more often than not hits the bullseye",1 26657,"Stupid Fun",1 158994,"felt tired and drained and wanted to lie on my own deathbed for a while",0 22058,"still love the old stuff",1 114412,"any of the character dramas , which never reach satisfying conclusions",0 37168,"sometimes gross",0 183706,"Enthusiastically taking up the current teen movie concern with bodily functions",0 151931,"a large dose of painkillers",0 144910,"Do n't be fooled by the impressive cast list",0 147977,"Outrageousness is all Plympton seemed to be going for this time . We miss the quirky amazement that used to come along for an integral part of the ride .",0 16786,"of the greatest family-oriented , fantasy-adventure movies ever .",1 218384,"utterly forgettable",0 56501,"relegated to the background -- a welcome step forward from the Sally Jesse Raphael atmosphere of films like Philadelphia and American Beauty",1 114090,"an intense experience",1 137001,"this movie is a phlegmatic bore , so tedious it makes the silly spy vs . spy film The Sum of All Fears",0 131386,"requires gargantuan leaps of faith just to watch it",0 80042,"fit in any modern action movie",1 101852,"'s pleasant enough",1 162801,"is because so many of us keep going and then , out of embarrassment or stupidity , not warning anyone",0 33734,"it worthwhile",1 106343,"Hugh Grant 's act is so consuming that sometimes it 's difficult to tell who the other actors in the movie are .",1 138559,"uncanny skill in getting under the skin of her characters",1 58967,"this Cinderella story does n't have a single surprise up its sleeve . But it does somehow manage to get you under its spell",1 12629,"ultimately the project comes across as clinical , detached , uninvolving , possibly prompting audience members to wonder , ` what 's the point ? '",0 194626,"beyond-lame",0 103685,"A lovably old-school Hollywood confection",1 10550,"so excellent",1 199687,"funniest American comedy",1 98915,"uncanny ability to right itself precisely when you think it 's in danger of going wrong",1 32057,"girl-woman",1 26811,"The film delivers not just the full assault of Reno 's immense wit and insight , but a time travel back to what it felt like during those unforgettably uncertain days .",1 32687,"human foibles , not afraid to lay her life bare in front of an audience .",1 50623,"dangerously seductive",1 3664,"a cockamamie tone poem pitched precipitously between swoony lyricism and violent catastrophe ... the most aggressively nerve-wracking and screamingly neurotic romantic comedy in cinema history",0 130097,"pegged into the groove of a New York dating comedy with ` issues ' to simplify",1 215820,"the uncanny , inevitable and seemingly shrewd facade of movie-biz farce",0 100253,"will gratify anyone who has ever suspected Hollywood of being overrun by corrupt and hedonistic weasels .",1 135653,"the light-footed enchantment the material needs",1 62911,"A dazzling thing to behold -- as long as you 're wearing the somewhat cumbersome 3D goggles the theater",1 24744,"At nearly three hours , the whole of Safe Conduct is less than the sum of its parts .",0 221050,"( A ) mess .",0 159675,"fritters away its potentially interesting subject matter via a banal script",0 59511,"transform Caviezel",1 203167,"is n't complex enough to hold our interest .",0 111793,"a dime",1 233185,"its tidal wave of imagery",1 175726,"thrown into a pot of boiling water",0 67837,"No worse",0 8895,"movie '' is a sweet treasure and something well",1 131074,"real-life story",1 196783,"depressing story",0 66556,"It 's funny , touching , dramatically forceful , and beautifully shot .",1 217931,"turned out to be a one-trick pony",0 11790,"the quiet american is n't a bad film",1 108364,"Pete 's screenplay manages to find that real natural , even-flowing tone that few movies are able to accomplish .",1 68572,"Salma goes native and she 's never been better in this colorful bio-pic of a Mexican icon",1 174805,"the stalker does n't do much stalking",0 177218,"unjustified fashion",0 110270,"Their parents would do well to cram earplugs in their ears and put pillowcases over their heads for 87 minutes .",0 86727,"manages , with terrific flair , to keep the extremes of screwball farce and blood-curdling family intensity on one continuum",1 152800,"about tortured ( and torturing ) artists and consuming but impossible love that you ca n't help but become more disappointed as each overwrought new sequence plods",0 135498,"the heart soar .",1 39700,"up to the task",1 142103,", but certainly to people with a curiosity about",1 66673,"It 's that rare family movie -- genuine and sweet without relying on animation or dumb humor .",1 54414,"loved every minute of this film",1 223014,"Corny , schmaltzy and predictable , but still manages to be kind of heartwarming , nonetheless .",1 223516,"Goodfellas in this easily skippable hayseeds-vs",0 21480,"of Middle American musical torpor and the desperate struggle",0 176176,"to have saved the film is with the aid of those wisecracking Mystery Science Theater 3000 guys",1 102146,"( Time Out and Human Resources ) establish Mr . Cantet as France 's foremost cinematic poet of the workplace .",1 53418,"is balanced by a rich visual clarity and deeply",1 59480,"touching occasion",1 138631,"understand why this did n't connect with me would require another viewing",0 130224,"piece of dreck is shockingly bad and absolutely unnecessary .",0 181581,"A crass and insulting homage to great films like Some Like It Hot and the John Wayne classics .",0 22105,"superlative performances",1 166268,"more than fitfully entertaining",1 68789,"Sillier , cuter",1 197613,"dumb high school comedy",0 57464,"succeed merrily",1 118879,"easy to love Robin Tunney",1 20053,"back around on itself in the kind of elegant symmetry that 's rare in film today",1 62330,", this clever and very satisfying picture is more accurately Chabrolian .",1 123700,"is Holofcener 's deep , uncompromising curtsy to women she knows , and very likely is . When all is said and done , she loves them to pieces -- and so , I trust",1 78914,"emotionally and spiritually compelling",1 216625,"thriller as lazy as it is interminable",0 97208,"there are those who just want the Ball and Chain",1 172892,"that I 'm actually having a hard time believing people were paid to make it",0 218635,"walked out muttering words like '' horrible '' and '' terrible , '' but had so much fun dissing the film that they did n't mind the ticket cost . In this case zero",0 92255,"self-inflicted retaliation",0 229294,"been better off as a documentary , with less of Mr. Eyre 's uninspired dramatics and more of his sense of observation and outrage",0 161600,"if you 'll excuse a little critical heresy ,",0 101617,"'s an exhilarating place to visit , this laboratory of laughter .",1 66821,"Its rawness and vitality give it considerable punch .",1 73727,"an easy movie to watch",1 189016,"This is not one of the movies you 'd want to watch if you only had a week to live .",0 135794,"the movie 's contrived , lame screenplay and",0 154946,"been an impacting film",1 51560,"fast , frenetic , funny , even punny 6",1 202620,"is a negligible work of manipulation , an exploitation piece doing its usual worst to guilt-trip parents",0 121457,"grow increasingly disturbed",0 214799,"the horrifying historical reality",0 142400,", pretentious mess .",0 196841,"desperately wishing you could change tables",0 54775,"modern moviemaking",1 126096,"like cold porridge with only the odd enjoyably chewy lump",0 103646,"A high-spirited buddy movie",1 149182,"The acting by the over-25s lacks spark , with Csokas particularly unconnected .",0 5996,"disposable",0 198903,"find in this dreary mess",0 170154,"rise above its disgusting source material",1 70875,"While Parker and co-writer Catherine di Napoli are faithful to Melville 's plotline , they and a fully engaged supporting cast ... have made the old boy 's characters more quick-witted than any English Lit",1 236115,"succeeds due to its rapid-fire delivery and enough inspired levity that it ca n't be dismissed as mindless .",1 68257,"Pray has really done his subject justice .",1 98562,"totally weirded - out by the notion of cinema",0 155978,"can say",0 54374,"looks even better",1 204990,"like Scorsese 's Mean Streets redone by someone who ignored it in favor of old ` juvenile delinquent ' paperbacks with titles like Leather Warriors and Switchblade Sexpot",0 113895,"an admirable ,",1 51296,"epic cinema",1 203448,"is so self-pitying",0 142808,"... the chemistry or lack thereof between Newton and Wahlberg could turn an Imax theater into a 9 '' black and white portable TV .",0 68933,"Spectacularly beautiful , not to mention mysterious , sensual , emotionally intense , and replete with virtuoso throat-singing .",1 188436,"The movie is like a year late for tapping into our reality tv obsession , and even tardier for exploiting the novelty of the '' webcast . ''",0 222795,"But one thing 's for sure : It never comes close to being either funny or scary",0 133802,"take a look",1 59676,"unerring professionalism",1 147001,"Kennedy ? Moot",0 230409,"dramatic interest",1 149892,"The stripped-down approach does give the film a certain timeless quality ,",1 47928,"a dazzling , remarkably unpretentious reminder",1 130323,"plenty of nudity",1 120861,"funny . And for all the",1 157418,"didactic and dull documentary glorifying software",0 225155,"No aspirations to social import inform the movie version .",0 58831,"the way it accumulates power and depth",1 113000,"a waste",0 44491,"An exquisitely",1 109816,"The film itself is about something very interesting and odd that would probably work better as a real documentary without the insinuation of mediocre acting or a fairly trite narrative .",0 176993,"turns out to be a pretty fair description of how you feel while you 're watching this ultra-manipulative thriller .",0 7342,"if you 're in the right b-movie frame of mind , it may just scare the pants off you .",1 118814,"dying fall",0 104574,"At once emotional and richly analytical",1 27486,"a disreputable air about the whole thing",0 36912,"shooting star",1 26089,"Mixes",1 40210,"with his affection for Astoria and its people",1 196936,"dies .",0 77123,"comprise a powerful and reasonably fulfilling gestalt",1 130088,"peels layers",1 167360,"of archival foot-age with its less-than-objective stance",0 209166,"peculiar malaise",0 132351,"should have been the be-all-end-all of the modern-office anomie films .",0 156292,"cinematic high crime , one that brings military courtroom dramas down very ,",0 139400,"we have given up to acquire the fast-paced contemporary society",1 226013,"Surprisingly insightful",1 210881,"schizo",0 221207,", Red Dragon satisfies -- from its ripe recipe , inspiring ingredients , certified cuisine and palatable presentation .",1 57193,"some will object to the idea of a Vietnam picture with such a rah-rah , patriotic tone",0 33013,"incarnates the prophetic book in a way even its exacting author might admire .",1 177197,"ungainly , comedy-deficient , B-movie rush job",0 21021,"is full of necessary discussion points",1 169327,"produce promotes is beyond us .",1 223665,"His last movie was poetically romantic and full of indelible images , but his latest has nothing going for it",0 57636,"teeming that even cranky adults may rediscover the quivering kid inside",1 53554,"is not the director at his most sparkling",0 205513,"lowly studio hack",0 211474,"should be doing a lot of things , but does n't",0 96427,"the point is , you 'll laugh",1 62552,"... a gleefully grungy , hilariously wicked black comedy ...",1 144135,"Better at putting you to sleep than a sound machine .",0 98644,"transcends the normal divisions between fiction and nonfiction film",1 136109,"the rare common-man artist who 's wise enough to recognize that there are few things in this world more complex -- and , as it turns out , more fragile -- than happiness",1 145833,"Hit and miss as far as the comedy goes and",0 218212,"uninvolving storytelling",0 238407,"wants them to be part of the action , the wallpaper of his chosen reality",1 218566,"virulent and foul-natured",0 7629,"involvement",1 137159,"thought . Better",1 33224,"is a future cult classic",1 211960,"so many merchandised-to-the-max movies of this type",0 7191,"his slasher video",0 68027,"One of those terrific documentaries that collect a bunch of people who are enthusiastic about something and then figures out how to make us share their enthusiasm .",1 239186,"you should never , ever , leave a large dog alone with a toddler",0 113661,"all the period 's volatile romantic lives",1 215840,"the vagueness",0 24468,"A splendid entertainment , young in spirit but accomplished in all aspects with the fullness of spirit and sense of ease that comes only with experience .",1 212533,"static set ups , not much camera movement",0 96921,"the two and",1 161925,"in matters of the heart",1 237266,"the tinny self-righteousness",0 179871,"'s no real reason to see it",0 189195,"To work , love stories require the full emotional involvement and support of a viewer",0 6060,"done , running off the limited chemistry created by ralph fiennes and jennifer lopez",0 75248,"be considered career-best performances",1 133953,"tell it 's not all new",0 124555,"is so warm and fuzzy you might be able to forgive its mean-spirited second half",1 117727,"crisp , unaffected style",1 222257,"Almost everything else is wan .",0 205464,"lousy one",0 196172,"continues to improve",1 5589,"clever and unflinching in its comic barbs , slap her is a small but rewarding comedy that takes aim at contemporary southern adolescence and never lets up",1 89201,"of what passes for sex in the movies look like cheap hysterics",0 77070,"compelling allegory",1 81644,"has a way of seeping into your consciousness ,",1 188910,"They 're going through the motions ,",0 86760,"managing to steal a movie not only from charismatic rising star Jake Gyllenhaal but also from accomplished Oscar winners Susan Sarandon , Dustin Hoffman and Holly Hunter , yet newcomer Ellen Pompeo pulls off the feat with aplomb",1 44583,"As giddy and whimsical and relevant today as it was 270 years ago .",1 27693,"a much more emotional journey",1 147184,"Like watching a dress rehearsal the week before the show goes up : everything 's in place but something 's just a little off-kilter .",0 146277,"Impostor has a handful of thrilling moments and a couple of good performances , but",1 46771,"Southern charm",1 210605,"role , or edit , or score , or anything , really",1 203973,"it might have held my attention ,",0 226259,"The film 's unhurried pace is actually one of its strengths .",1 137039,"this rude and crude film does deliver a few gut-busting laughs",1 104319,"An extremely unpleasant film .",0 127898,"never quite justifies its own existence .",0 228439,"all over this `` un-bear-able '' project",0 136993,"this masterful",1 196256,"could be both an asset and a detriment . Those who trek to the ` plex predisposed to like it probably will enjoy themselves . But ticket-buyers with great expectations will wind up as glum as Mr . De Niro",0 236897,"the film itself is ultimately quite unengaging .",0 235789,"sit through its tidal wave of imagery and not get this vision at all",0 7701,"is deeply concerned with morality",1 97361,"this bittersweet , uncommonly sincere movie that portrays the frank humanity of ... emotional recovery",1 28053,"above the norm",1 216968,"to do , too little time to do it in",0 65817,"Good performances and",1 217156,"to lead a group of talented friends astray",0 207760,"of having been slimed in the name of High Art",0 158750,"fails on its own , but",0 163557,"is very clever",1 64493,"Brings to a spectacular completion one of the most complex , generous and subversive artworks of the last decade",1 51185,"endlessly inventive , fiercely competitive",1 14815,"a refreshingly different slice of Asian cinema",1 139476,"well-crafted psychological study",1 176607,"too dull",0 224023,"In its own way , Joshua is as blasphemous and nonsensical as a Luis Buñuel film without the latter 's attendant intelligence , poetry , passion , and genius .",0 167655,"of pretentiously awful student films",0 4774,"aptly named , this shimmering , beautifully costumed and filmed production does n't work for me .",0 235553,"seems far more interested in gross-out humor than in showing us well-thought stunts or a car chase that we have n't seen 10ꯠ times .",0 53066,"inept school productions ,",0 81091,"gives a performance that is masterly",1 126610,"make an alluring backdrop for this sensuous and spirited tale of a prim widow who finds an unlikely release in belly-dancing clubs .",1 136204,"the scientific over the spectacular ( visually speaking )",1 144649,"Credibility levels are low",0 14467,"Strap on a pair of 3-D goggles , shut out the real world , and take a vicarious voyage to the last frontier --",1 84760,"is there a deeper , more direct connection between these women , one that spans time and reveals meaning ? You bet there is and it 's what makes this rather convoluted journey worth taking .",1 188657,"The secrets of time travel will have been discovered , indulged in and rejected as boring before I see this piece of crap again .",0 44569,"As a tolerable diversion , the film suffices :",0 159289,"focuses on Joan 's raging hormones and sledgehammers the audience with Spanish inquisitions about her '' madness '' so much that I became mad that I wasted 123 minutes and $ 9 . 50 on this 21st century torture device",0 215082,"the most plain , unimaginative romantic comedies I",0 112179,"a knack for casting , often resurrecting performers who rarely work in movies now ... and drawing flavorful performances from bland actors",1 174108,"the ineffectual Broomfield",0 20619,"from perfection",1 224301,"It forces you to watch people doing unpleasant things to each other and themselves , and it maintains a cool distance from its material that is deliberately unsettling .",0 215321,"the payoff for the audience , as well as the characters ,",1 198602,"faster and deeper",1 204912,"lies a plot cobbled together from largely flat and uncreative moments",0 84079,"is breathtaking",1 19826,"and exactly as thought-provoking",1 99548,"want to be jolted out of their gourd",1 194120,"be ethereal",1 227161,"Wilde 's droll whimsy helps `` Being Earnest '' overcome its weaknesses",1 33528,"is to show us not only what that mind looks like , but how the creative process itself operates",1 61803,", but I suspect it might deliver again and again .",1 110154,"The setting is so cool that it chills the characters , reducing our emotional stake in the outcome of '' Intacto 's '' dangerous and seductively stylish game .",1 81913,"have put together a bold biographical fantasia .",1 58308,"the film grounded in an undeniable social realism",1 46226,"Morton uses her face and her body language to bring us Morvern 's soul , even though the character is almost completely deadpan .",1 11796,"the real deal",1 119581,"exquisitely performed",1 223152,"Director Nalin Pan does n't do much to weigh any arguments one way or the other .",0 158112,"easy swipe to take",0 100352,"wish had been developed with more care",0 222028,"A jaw-droppingly beautiful work that upends nearly every cliché",1 157435,"difficult to get beyond the overall blandness of American Chai",0 142065,", after-hours loopiness to it .",0 235865,"so much passion",1 106882,"It 's hard to imagine acting that could be any flatter",0 25734,"It 's a pleasure to see Seinfeld griping about the biz with buddies Chris Rock , Garry Shandling and Colin Quinn .",1 64106,"As tricky and satisfying as any of David Mamet 's airless cinematic shell games .",1 33396,"is inspiring , especially for aging hippies ( this one included ) .",1 167603,"of misogyny",0 37360,"stock redneck",1 16272,"is like when he 's not giving the same 15-cent stump speech",0 179412,"'m not sure which is worse : the poor acting by the ensemble cast , the flat dialogue by Vincent R . Nebrida or the gutless direction by Laurice Guillen .",0 69691,"The members manage to pronounce KOK exactly as you think they might , thus giving the cast ample opportunity to use that term as often as possible . It 's very Beavis and Butthead , yet always seems to elicit a chuckle .",1 97554,"thoroughly winning flight of revisionist fancy",1 219790,"with nothing but a Savage Garden music video on his resume",0 59246,"to get in the way",0 166696,"never springs to life",0 59100,"thrills the eye",1 45730,"It 's an offbeat treat that pokes fun at the democratic exercise while also examining its significance for those who take part .",1 212601,"stop buying tickets",0 39283,"to see it at the first opportunity",1 186714,"Plays like the old disease-of-the-week small-screen melodramas .",0 121840,"has something fascinating",1 202809,"is careless and unfocused",0 64357,"Big Trouble could be considered a funny little film .",1 166764,"no atmosphere , no tension -- nothing but Costner , flailing away",0 40698,"A romantic comedy , yes ,",1 196817,"deserves a better vehicle",0 60145,"who are n't interested in rap , as it cuts to the heart of American society in an unnerving way",0 136959,"this is a highly ambitious and personal project for Egoyan",1 60493,"wound-licking",0 124019,"is enough to give you brain strain",0 133223,"stands as one of the great films about movie love .",1 176991,"turns out to be a cheap knockoff",0 180589,", contrived plotting , stereotyped characters and Woo 's over-the-top instincts as a director undermine the moral dilemma at the movie 's heart .",0 69601,"The first Bond movie in ages that is n't fake fun .",1 204334,"its surprises",1 4265,"a variety of quirky characters and an engaging story",1 32681,"huge fan",1 192461,"an admirable rigor",1 147628,"Needed a little less bling-bling and a lot more romance",0 217844,"truly annoying",0 129167,"of this worn-out , pandering palaver",0 89215,"of you-are-there immediacy",1 137004,"this movie is hopeless",0 175523,"this reason and this reason only -- the power of its own steadfast , hoity-toity convictions --",0 227104,"Where 's the movie here ?",0 124120,"is hindered by uneven dialogue and plot lapses .",0 226930,"Wait for video -- and then do n't rent it",0 146155,"I would if this latest and laziest imaginable of all vintage-TV spinoffs were capable of engendering an emotional response of any kind",0 34141,"literary lyricism and profound common sense .",1 149839,"The so-inept - it 's - surreal dubbing ( featuring the voices of Glenn Close , Regis Philbin and Breckin Meyer ) brings back memories of cheesy old Godzilla flicks .",0 89589,"one of French cinema 's master craftsmen",1 234109,"next : ``",0 81938,"have to see this",1 166915,"none of the visual wit of the previous pictures",0 106664,"Imagine ( if possible ) a Pasolini film without passion or politics , or an Almodovar movie without beauty or humor , and you have some idea of the glum , numb experience of watching O Fantasma",0 22805,"will probably feel emotionally cheated by the film 's tart , sugar-free wit .",0 226613,"They are what makes it worth the trip to the theatre .",1 113378,"acute enough to make everyone who has been there squirm with recognition",1 233651,"make you reach for the tissues",1 171649,"something from a Halloween that died",0 78270,"dishes out a ton of laughs that everyone can enjoy .",1 59753,"up being both revelatory and narcissistic , achieving some honest insight into relationships that most high-concept films candy-coat with pat storylines , precious circumstances and beautiful stars",1 91555,"respects the material",1 5903,"derivative",1 143329,"A series of immaculately composed shots of Patch Adams quietly freaking out does not make for much of a movie .",0 224620,"Like Schindler 's List",1 69221,"That rare movie that works on any number of levels --",1 10833,"suffocated at conception by its munchausen-by-proxy mum",0 230201,"did n't convince me that Calvin Jr. 's Barbershop represents some sort of beacon of hope in the middle of Chicago 's South Side .",0 18575,"A deceivingly simple film , one that grows in power in retrospect .",1 85941,"let Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin do what he does best",1 29547,"bend current technique to the service of a vision of the past that is faithful to both architectural glories and commanding open spaces of the city as it was more than two centuries ago",1 206961,"new movie rapes",0 19362,"This examination of aquatic life off the shores of the Baja California peninsula of Mexico offers an engrossing way to demonstrate the virtues of the IMAX format .",1 160776,"hated every minute of it",0 34471,"mesmerizing , an eye-opening tour of modern Beijing culture in a journey of rebellion , retreat into oblivion and return .",1 15608,"dulled",0 28402,"an uncompromising attempt by one artist to think about another",1 132188,"sets this romantic comedy apart",1 54895,"most sparkling",1 236851,"the excitement of such '50s flicks",1 42582,"scored to perfection",1 161585,"if predictable time-travel fable",0 182339,"An acceptable way to pass a little over an hour with moviegoers ages 8-10 ,",1 173476,"the antiseptic , preprogrammed feel",0 149760,"The premise is in extremely bad taste ,",0 42296,"lo que es el cine",0 23830,", quieter observations",1 82480,"how families can offer either despair or consolation",1 152371,"a routine slasher film that was probably more fun to make than it is to sit through",0 182376,"An awful movie that",0 104239,"An action\/thriller of the finest kind , evoking memories of Day of the Jackal , The French Connection , and Heat .",1 146418,"It 's a loathsome movie ,",0 232482,"is hardly a perverse , dangerous libertine and agitator -- which would have made for better drama .",0 107947,"National Lampoon 's Van Wilder may aim to be the next Animal House",1 75358,"beautiful , timeless and universal tale",1 163799,"it gets so tangled up in The Twist that it chokes the energy right out of the very audience it seeks to frighten .",0 171305,"slow , drab , and bordering on melodramatic",0 110947,"Watching Harris ham it up while physically and emotionally disintegrating over the course of the movie has a certain poignancy in light of his recent death",1 33594,"it 's extremely well played and often very funny",1 183219,"Cox offers plenty of glimpses at existing photos , but there are no movies of Nijinsky , so instead the director treats us to an aimless hodgepodge .",0 55518,"of sweet romance",1 123202,"in the way that makes you ache with sadness ( the way Chekhov is funny ) , profound without ever being self-important , warm without ever succumbing to sentimentality",1 209271,"picture postcard perfect , too neat and new pin-like",0 49604,"been better , but it coulda",0 188654,"The scriptwriters are no less a menace to society than the film 's characters .",0 238124,"true love",1 231016,"from any movie with a `` 2 ''",0 194480,"being funny simply by structuring the scenes as if they were jokes",0 85278,"its hard to imagine having more fun watching a documentary ...",1 10552,"so few movies explore religion that it 's disappointing to see one reduce it to an idea that fits in a sampler",0 99284,"valiantly keep punching up the mix .",1 111998,"a genre-curling crime story",1 74277,"are a couple of things that elevate '' Glory '' above most of its ilk , most notably the mere presence of Duvall .",1 60033,"well-honed",1 146451,"It 's as if you 're watching a movie that was made in 1978 but not released then because it was so weak , and it has been unearthed and released now , when it has become even weaker .",0 205747,"making it par for the course for Disney sequels",0 19617,"a very cliched drum at times",0 147420,"Men in Black II , '' has all the earmarks of a sequel . The story is less vibrant , the jokes are a little lukewarm , but",0 66506,"It 's a solid movie about people whose lives are anything but .",1 127136,"misanthropy",0 181899,"A potentially good comic premise and",1 84667,"is such high-wattage brainpower coupled with pitch-perfect acting and an exquisite , unfakable sense of cinema",1 61455,"( It 's ) a clever thriller with enough unexpected twists to keep our interest .",1 119135,"enjoyment to be had from films crammed with movie references",1 218019,"two things drag it down to mediocrity -- director Clare Peploe 's misunderstanding of Marivaux 's rhythms , and Mira Sorvino 's limitations as a classical actress",0 73821,"an impeccable sense",1 181684,"A film really has to be exceptional to justify a three hour running time , and this is n't .",0 87474,"most severe",0 28697,"and lyric moments that linger like snapshots of memory",1 102854,", tender and heart-wrenching",1 148561,"Shot like a postcard and overacted with all the boozy self-indulgence that brings out the worst in otherwise talented actors",0 21018,"is designed to make viewers of all ages",1 115270,"authentic feel",1 63019,"A fine effort ,",1 34880,"neither as romantic nor as thrilling as it should be .",0 84909,"it 's informative and breathtakingly spectacular",1 110862,"Ver Wiel 's desperate attempt at wit",0 69135,"Takes a simple premise and carries it to unexpected heights .",1 188831,"There 's no real reason to see it , and",0 211193,"self-defeatingly decorous",0 218179,"unforgettably stupid stunts",0 48964,"an intensely lived time ,",1 131425,"resorting to camp or parody",0 116581,"can do no wrong with Jason X",1 3992,"a more fascinating",1 149922,"The thriller side",1 181471,": Does n't live up to the exalted tagline - there 's definite room for improvement .",0 192108,"air ball",0 160811,"have been an important documentary about stand-up comedy",1 110738,"Touches smartly and wistfully on a number of themes , not least the notion that the marginal members of society ... might benefit from a helping hand and a friendly kick in the pants .",1 94592,"that comes along only occasionally , one so unconventional , gutsy and perfectly",1 5224,"bored and ... decided to make a dull , pretentious version of jesus ' son",0 45337,"Funny , somber , absurd , and , finally , achingly sad ,",1 157751,"does n't do a very good job conveying the issue at hand",0 179016,"yawn-provoking dullness",0 233808,"meandering , Norton has to recite bland police procedural details , Fiennes wanders around in an attempt to seem weird and distanced ,",0 167730,"of tedious adolescent melodramatics",0 91465,"remarkably well",1 105825,"For a guy who has waited three years with breathless anticipation for a new Hal Hartley movie to pore over , No Such Thing is a big letdown .",0 184882,"In addition to sporting one of the worst titles in recent cinematic history",0 30125,"check",1 57173,"some movie star charisma",1 160259,"good inside dope",1 42538,"relax and",1 132847,"solid , satisfying",1 17349,"succeed by following a feel-good formula with a winning style",1 188279,"The holes in this film remain agape -- holes punched through by an inconsistent , meandering , and sometimes dry plot",0 66962,"Judith and Zaza 's extended bedroom sequence ... is so intimate and sensual and funny and psychologically self-revealing that it makes most of what passes for sex in the movies look like cheap hysterics .",1 26124,"Much monkeyfun",1 63350,"A sentimental but entirely irresistible portrait of three aging sisters",1 96179,"the most oddly honest Hollywood document of all",1 156908,"count to five ( the film 's target market ? )",0 117687,"created a substantive movie out of several cliched movie structures : the road movie , the coming-of-age movie , and the teenage sex comedy .",1 102817,", serves as a paper skeleton for some very good acting , dialogue , comedy , direction and especially charm .",1 222554,"Be patient with the lovely Hush",1 176686,"too self-important and plodding",0 143519,"Adams just copies",0 222063,"A movie that successfully crushes a best selling novel into a timeframe that mandates that you avoid the Godzilla sized soda .",1 58088,"the books are better .",0 230852,"flat as thinking man",0 233905,"modest masterpiece .",1 193439,"as docile , mostly wordless ethnographic extras",0 226582,"There are n't too many films that can be as simultaneously funny , offbeat and heartwarming ( without a thick shmear of the goo , at least ) , but `` Elling '' manages to do all three quite well , making it one of the year 's most enjoyable releases .",1 209195,"perform entertaining tricks",1 3575,"a beautifully",1 49671,"bends technical know-how",1 122917,"in a trash can",0 206014,"mediocre end",0 105421,"Dickens ' wonderfully sprawling soap opera ,",1 90300,"piercing and feisty",1 234775,"opera that leaves no heartstring untugged and no liberal cause unplundered",1 75288,"be looking at his 12th Oscar nomination by proving that he 's now , more than ever , choosing his roles with the precision of the insurance actuary",1 179803,"'s just merely very bad",0 182201,"After several scenes of this tacky nonsense , you 'll be wistful for the testosterone-charged wizardry of Jerry Bruckheimer productions , especially because Half Past Dead is like The Rock on a Wal-Mart budget .",0 230481,"elaborate continuation",1 42123,"insightful and",1 177536,"volatile and overlong W magazine fashion",0 161064,"heavy-handed that they instead pummel the audience",0 90002,"packed with moments out of an Alice",1 62046,", it manages to maintain both a level of sophisticated intrigue and human-scale characters that suck the audience in .",1 227412,"`` Abandon '' will leave you wanting to abandon the theater .",0 17399,"tempt those willing to probe its inscrutable mysteries",1 230015,"covers this territory with wit and originality , suggesting that with his fourth feature",1 104706,"Berling and Béart ... continue to impress ,",1 202084,"in this pretentious mess",0 224664,"Lovely and poignant",1 184423,"Highly uneven and inconsistent",0 29687,"both colorful pop junk and the classics",1 178719,"without style",0 210012,"quite a nosedive",0 86670,"makes up for it with a pleasing verisimilitude .",1 41805,"displays a rare gift",1 6664,"frequent laughter",1 29428,"be seen by all , especially those who are n't aware of",1 8626,"make you feel that you never want to see another car chase , explosion or gunfight again",0 91219,"realistic portrayal",1 101792,"'s not bad prose",1 224758,"Me no lika da accents so good , but I thoroughly enjoyed the love story .",1 16071,"huge charm factor",1 40238,"with obvious affection , scored to perfection with some tasty boogaloo beats",1 164804,"lets the movie dawdle in classic disaffected-indie-film mode",0 104291,"An engrossing Iranian film about two itinerant teachers and some lost and desolate people they encounter in a place where war has savaged the lives and liberties of the poor and the dispossessed .",1 66603,"It 's not going to be everyone 's bag of popcorn ,",0 2509,"that it brings tears to your eyes",1 139603,"when she should be building suspense",0 228162,"a sly , amusing , laugh-filled little gem in which the ultimate `` Bellini '' begins to look like a `` real Kaputschnik",1 190599,"a flat script and a low budget",0 58948,"think ( Kissinger 's ) any more guilty of criminal activity than most contemporary statesmen",0 51097,"eats , meddles , argues , laughs , kibbitzes and fights",1 173194,"that sink it faster than a leaky freighter",0 218949,"we would pay a considerable ransom not to be looking at",0 214447,"the dramatic conviction that underlies the best of comedies",1 230704,"fails on its own , but makes you second-guess your affection for the original",0 45715,"It 's a much more emotional journey than what Shyamalan has given us in his past two movies , and",1 204631,"lack of thematic resonance",0 50555,"creeped me",0 113844,"amusement",1 86503,"mainstream American movies tend to exploit the familiar",0 94155,"takes hold",1 226808,"Translation : ` We do n't need to try very hard . '",0 82163,"high style",1 2956,"to see them , finally , as artists",1 102325,", Showtime eventually folds under its own thinness .",0 70882,"While The Last Metro ) was more melodramatic , confined to a single theater company and its strategies and deceptions , while Tavernier is more concerned with the entire period of history .",1 38429,"the most cynical curmudgeon",1 34234,"love the way that it took chances and really asks you to take these great leaps of faith and pays off .",1 15794,"flow of friendship",1 43101,"'ll be treated to an impressive and highly entertaining celebration of its sounds",1 44276,"A story about intelligent high school students that deals with first love sweetly but also seriously . It is also beautifully acted .",1 238194,"uncool the only thing missing is the `` Gadzooks ! ''",0 232690,"is one of the rare directors who feels acting is the heart and soul of cinema .",1 71277,"a beautiful canvas",1 223112,"Designed to provide a mix of smiles and tears , `` Crossroads '' instead provokes a handful of unintentional howlers and numerous yawns .",0 233034,"it is a good and ambitious film",1 70218,"This is a story that zings all the way through with originality , humour and pathos .",1 16056,"horrifying documents of lynchings",0 190850,"a load of good",1 18218,"is ) why we go to the cinema : to be fed through the eye , the heart , the mind .",1 153395,"an extremely personal work",1 77090,"complaints I might have",0 185026,"It 's a long way from Orwell 's dark , intelligent warning cry ( 1984 ) to the empty stud knockabout of Equilibrium , and what once was conviction is now affectation",1 28638,"and he has drawn excellent performances from his cast .",1 68251,"Pow",1 75495,"before the plot kicks into gear",1 147746,"None of this violates the letter of Behan 's book , but missing is its spirit , its ribald , full-throated humor .",0 179149,"you mentally add Showtime to the pile of Hollywood dreck that represents nothing more than the art of the deal",0 1317,"infuses the film",1 183381,"Despite its visual virtuosity , ` Naqoyqatsi ' is banal in its message and the choice of material to convey it .",0 212285,"spat out from the Tinseltown assembly line .",0 216886,"to be intimate and socially encompassing",1 61473,"( Moore 's ) better at fingering problems than finding solutions . But though he only scratches the surface , at least he provides a strong itch to explore more .",1 2444,"surprisingly bland",0 31868,"frighteningly capable debut",1 91824,"rueful , wry humor",1 5525,"cheesy",0 170762,"set new standards for thrills , suspense ,",1 214225,"the broiling sun",0 12762,"velocity represents everything wrong with '' independent film '' as a commodified , sold-out concept on the american filmmaking scene .",0 39909,"weaves a carefully balanced scenario that is controlled by neither character , is weirdly sympathetic to both and manages to be tender and darkly comic",1 219091,"what 's missing from this material",0 195620,"charms are immediately apparent",1 72089,"a painful elegy and",0 222075,"A rewarding work of art for only the most patient and challenge-hungry moviegoers",1 18935,"Hollywood action epics .",1 124639,"is that rare combination of bad writing , bad direction and bad acting -- the trifecta of badness",0 106599,"If the material is slight and admittedly manipulative , Jacquot preserves Tosca 's intoxicating ardor through his use of the camera .",1 60595,"you wo n't feel cheated by the high infidelity of Unfaithful .",1 78129,"different , unusual , even nutty",1 61715,", XXX is a blast of adrenalin , rated EEE for excitement .",1 149136,"The Ring makes its stupidity more than obvious .",0 147568,"Murder and mayhem of this sort quickly becomes monotonous .",0 124958,"it does in Trouble Every Day",1 213811,"that quickly wears out its limited welcome",0 216953,"to create characters who are sweet and believable , and are defeated by a screenplay that forces them into bizarre , implausible behavior",0 84337,"is just as good , if not better than much of what 's on Saturday morning TV especially the pseudo-educational stuff we all ca n't stand",1 50079,"cause Tom Green a grimace",0 154682,"be an intelligent film about young women",1 135243,"the familiar topic of office politics",1 239145,"you could be doing something else far more pleasurable",0 166658,"neither star appears very excited at rehashing what was basically a one-joke picture",0 20675,"got oodles of style and substance",1 138042,"toilet",0 112174,"a killer who does n't know the meaning of the word ` quit . '",0 34640,"most important",1 78407,"does a solid job of slowly",1 210227,"reasonably creative",1 222942,"Christmas perennial",1 70575,"Unlike most anime , whose most ardent fans outside Japan seem to be introverted young men with fantasy fetishes , Metropolis never seems hopelessly juvenile .",1 59187,"to be moved by this drama",1 62469,"-- and at times , All My Loved Ones more than flirts with kitsch -- the tale commands attention .",1 107568,"MY LITTLE EYE is the best little '' horror '' movie",1 226645,"This is a film about the irksome , tiresome nature of complacency that remains utterly satisfied to remain the same throughout .",0 76379,"can wreak havoc in other cultures",0 135471,"the grandeur of the best Next Generation episodes",1 105407,"Devotees of Star Trek II : The Wrath of Khan will feel a nagging sense of deja vu",0 72098,"a party worth attending",1 110460,"This humbling little film , fueled by the light comedic work of Zhao Benshan and the delicate ways of Dong Jie ,",1 9927,"put together by some cynical creeps at revolution studios and",0 93434,"star-power potential",1 43172,"'s a satisfying summer blockbuster and worth a look",1 178744,"wo n't need a magic watch to stop time",0 190132,"a bad name",0 191320,"a shameless '70s blaxploitation shuck-and-jive sitcom",0 8952,"murky",0 103981,"A virtual roller-coaster ride of glamour and sleaze",1 129762,"otherwise good",1 114826,"as a pink slip",0 132637,"slow to those of us in middle age and",0 33149,"into place in a way that makes your spine tingle with revelation and excitement",1 32296,"has created a masterful piece of artistry right here",1 28750,"and profound common sense",1 183312,"DeNiro 's once promising career and the once grand Long Beach boardwalk",0 165637,"manages just to be depressing , as the lead actor phones in his autobiographical performance .",0 179896,"'s not one decent performance from the cast and not one clever line of dialogue .",0 179123,"you doze off thirty minutes into the film",0 168626,"painfully undistinguished",0 226820,"Truly terrible",0 150524,"Try this obscenely bad dark comedy , so crass that it makes Edward Burns ' Sidewalks of New York look like Oscar Wilde",0 197330,"does n't know it 's a comedy .",0 181172,"- good camp",1 70741,"Weird , vulgar comedy that 's definitely an acquired taste",0 15014,"and claustrophobic",0 65338,"Escapes the precious trappings of most romantic comedies , infusing into the story very real",1 179748,"'s film ' in the worst sense of the expression",0 220037,"worth the price of admission ? Absolutely not . It sucked . Would I see it again ?",0 67964,"Often overwrought and",0 142321,", it would have been groundbreaking .",1 110273,"There 's a delightfully quirky movie to be made from curling",1 36476,"relying on technology-of-the-moment technique or pretentious dialogue",0 3510,"77 minutes of pokemon may not last 4ever , it",0 45383,"Gives you the steady pulse of life in a beautiful city viewed through the eyes of a character who , in spite of tragic loss and increasing decrepitude , knows in his bones that he is one of the luckiest men alive .",1 31164,"entertaining with its unconventionally wacky",1 109936,"The lively appeal of The Last Kiss",1 19384,"Tsai Ming-liang has taken his trademark style and refined it to a crystalline point .",1 68669,"Secret Ballot is a comedy , both gentle and biting",1 83962,"is all about a wild-and-woolly , wall-to-wall good time",1 147183,"Like watching a dress rehearsal the week before the show goes up",0 13125,"with a white-empowered police force",0 84264,"is great fun , full of the kind of energy it 's documenting .",1 196303,"could have written a more credible script , though with the same number of continuity errors",0 35890,"packed with fleet turns of plot and a feast of visual amazement",1 94618,"that director M . Night Shyamalan can weave an eerie spell",1 230452,"dumb drug jokes and predictable slapstick",0 232565,"is much too conventional -- lots of boring talking heads , etc. -- to do the subject matter justice",0 28190,"all astounding",1 153244,"ambitious adaptation and elaborate production",1 218267,"until it 's time for an absurd finale of twisted metal",1 182002,"A sluggish pace and lack of genuine narrative hem the movie in every bit as much as life hems in the spirits of these young women .",0 149502,"The lack of opposing viewpoints",0 116213,"brilliant touches",1 203695,"is why I have given it a one-star rating .",0 155834,"ca n't act a lick .",0 200080,"going to make his debut as a film director",1 164889,"like a beached grouper",0 196699,"degrades its characters , its stars and its audience .",0 205399,"loose-jointed structure",0 14805,"a pleasure",1 73034,"above the globe in dazzling panoramic shots that make the most of the large-screen format , before swooping down on a string of exotic locales , scooping the whole world up in a joyous communal festival of rhythm",1 93940,"surprisingly romantic",1 161386,"holds even less when it turns into an elegiacally soggy Saving Private Ryanovich",0 222741,"But fans should have fun meeting a brand-new Pokemon called Celebi .",1 131730,"sandbox",1 188187,"The film has a nearly terminal case of the cutes , and it 's neither as funny nor as charming as it thinks it is",0 2183,"sad ,",0 158446,"even the bull gets recycled .",1 68647,"Scott Baio is turning in some delightful work on indie projects .",1 206129,"might have been saved if the director , Tom Dey , had spliced together bits and pieces of Midnight Run and 48 Hours ( and , for that matter , Shrek ) .",0 199598,"from movies with giant plot holes",0 73709,"an autopsy , the movie",0 72157,"a powerful 1957 drama",1 68857,"Snowball 's cynicism to cut through the sugar coating .",0 216460,"this painfully forced , false and fabricated",0 238797,"will shock many with its unblinking frankness",1 103992,"A visually flashy but narratively opaque and emotionally vapid",0 62890,"A creepy , intermittently powerful study of a self-destructive man ... about as unsettling to watch as an exploratory medical procedure or an autopsy .",1 141529,"'s only so much anyone can do with a florid , overplotted , Anne Rice rock 'n' roll vampire novel before the built-in silliness of the whole affair defeats them .",0 118917,"effort to see an artist , still committed to growth in his ninth decade , change while remaining true to his principles",1 13294,"writhing",0 37118,"solid performances",1 215011,"the match that should be used to burn every print of the film",0 38760,"the violence",0 161671,"impact rather than stunning",1 146388,"It 's Splash without the jokes .",0 218432,"vaunted empathy",1 55292,"of an intensely lived time , filled with nervous energy , moral ambiguity and great uncertainties",1 61307,"'s the Russian word for Wow ! ?",1 35689,"one of San Francisco 's most vital , if least widely recognized , creative fountainheads",1 164719,"left with a sour taste in one 's mouth , and little else",0 182349,"An allegory concerning the chronically mixed signals African American professionals get about overachieving could be intriguing , but the supernatural trappings only obscure the message .",0 225950,"Starts slowly , but Adrien Brody -- in the title role -- helps make the film 's conclusion powerful and satisfying",1 69083,"Sweet Home Alabama is n't going to win any Academy Awards , but this date-night diversion will definitely win some hearts .",1 185572,"Kapur fails to give his audience a single character worth rooting for ( or worth rooting against , for that matter ) .",0 163575,"is what we call the ` wow ' factor .",1 222372,"And that 's a big part of why we go to the movies .",1 195984,"comes through all too painfully in the execution",0 223208,"E.T. is carried less by wow factors than by its funny , moving yarn that holds up well after two decades .",1 209993,"quick-buck sequel",0 165217,"look remarkably clean for a guy who has been mass-murdering since 1978 but has never been seen doing laundry",1 80249,"for brief nudity and a grisly corpse",0 164686,"leave frowns on more than a few faces",0 706,"clearly well-meaning",1 131367,"replaced by romance-novel platitudes",0 97865,"to a superior crime movie",1 124879,"it 's the delivery that matters here",1 33901,"just a twisty double-cross you can smell a mile away",0 47990,"a fairly irresistible package",1 544,"baran is shockingly devoid of your typical majid majidi shoe-loving , crippled children",0 60143,"who , in spite of tragic loss and increasing decrepitude , knows in his bones that he is one of the luckiest men alive",1 16049,"honestly",1 227761,"a bad run",0 234801,"our dismay",0 10665,"spends too much time",0 202968,"is grossly contradictory",0 115678,"because we 've seen ( Eddie ) Murphy do the genial-rogue shtick to death , but because the plot is equally hackneyed",0 151763,"a frat boy 's idea",0 154846,"be very sweet",1 172412,"swap one mundane story after another",0 102621,", it 's far from being this generation 's Animal House .",0 198177,"every family",1 99134,"unsubtle and",0 75786,"bold biographical fantasia",1 111057,"What we get ... is Caddyshack crossed with the Loyal Order of Raccoons",1 2457,"sweetness",1 31552,"feeds our senses with the chilling sights and sounds from within the camp to create a completely numbing experience",1 37406,"stunning lyrical work",1 175229,"they are not executed with anything more than perfunctory skill",0 89945,"overrun with movies dominated by CGI aliens and super heroes",0 197479,"drag the movie",0 38810,"their familiarity",1 18389,", but what art direction !",1 106715,"In the name of an allegedly inspiring and easily marketable flick",1 229851,"clichés and borrowed images",0 2443,"surprisingly",1 71407,"a clear-eyed take on the economics of dealing and the pathology of ghetto fabulousness",1 162288,"insult the intelligence of everyone in the audience",0 135493,"the hardy spirit of Cuban music",1 88687,"of its Oscar nomination",1 153259,"amped-up",1 172326,"superior movie",1 119342,"even lazier and far less enjoyable",0 15542,"dilutes the potency of otherwise respectable action . Still , this flick is fun , and host to some truly excellent sequences",1 6001,"distract you",0 206185,"mind-numbingly , indescribably bad movie",0 100886,"worry about being subjected to farts , urine , feces , semen , or any of the other foul substances",0 31018,"effectively translates Naipaul 's lively mix of characters from the page to screen .",1 226816,"Troubling and powerful",1 51862,"form that can comfortably sit among Jean-Luc Godard 's finest work",1 211419,"shine through the gloomy film noir veil",1 150266,"This long and relentlessly saccharine film is a clear case of preaching to the converted .",0 248,"a retread of material already thoroughly plumbed by martin scorsese .",0 229236,"beat and supercharged cartoon warfare .",1 58753,"the stories are quietly moving .",1 146080,"I just did n't care as much for the story",0 116551,"can act",1 155270,"bizarre , funny , tragic - like love",1 33485,"is so refreshing to see Robin Williams turn 180 degrees from the string of insultingly innocuous and sappy fiascoes he 's been making for the last several years .",1 188272,"The histrionic muse",0 232418,"is best for the stunning star turn by Djeinaba Diop Gai",1 151493,"a cliche-riddled but self-serious spy thriller",0 89596,"one of its strengths . Entirely appropriately ,",1 189127,"Though Jones and Snipes are enthralling , the movie bogs down in rhetoric and cliché .",0 83659,"involved .",1 112114,"a heroine",1 84335,"is its utter sincerity .",1 100770,"won -- and wins still",1 79074,"enough cool fun here to warm the hearts of animation enthusiasts of all ages",1 70406,"Toes the fine line between cheese and earnestness remarkably well",1 72289,"a rich stew of longing",1 104233,"An achingly enthralling premise",1 124218,"is likely to cause massive cardiac arrest if taken in large doses .",0 236567,"that ultimately defeated the film ... It was the unfulfilling , incongruous , `` wait a second",0 93031,"sociopath who 's the scariest of sadists .",0 159414,"for easy smiles",1 141289,"'s difficult not to cuss him out severely for bungling the big stuff",0 223229,"Eight Legged Freaks ?",0 153593,"and stiff-upper-lip laboriousness",0 48356,"a satisfying summer blockbuster and",1 237300,"the unfulfilling , incongruous",0 39984,"when cartoons were cinema 's most idiosyncratic form instead of one of its most predictable",0 100461,"with an undeniable energy",1 233906,"moldy-oldie , not-nearly - as-nasty - as-it",0 230118,"deeper and more engaging .",1 63124,"A journey that is as difficult for the audience to take as it is for the protagonist -- yet it 's potentially just as rewarding",1 140820,"you will have completely forgotten the movie by the time you get back to your car in the parking lot .",0 229145,"be as bored watching Morvern Callar as the characters are in it",0 111990,"a genial romance",1 158713,"eyeballs",1 66136,"I am not generally a huge fan of cartoons derived from TV shows , but Hey Arnold ! The Movie is clever , offbeat and even gritty enough to overcome my resistance .",1 20614,"from a strong performance from Zhao",1 96008,"the latest eccentric",1 103213,"... does n't deserve the energy it takes to describe how bad it is .",0 160109,"gives none to the audience",0 165812,"meant well in its horse tale about freedom ,",1 33441,"is not only than a frighteningly capable debut and genre piece , but also a snapshot of a dangerous political situation on the verge of coming to a head",1 117670,"crazy confluence",0 182851,"Blue Crush is as predictable as the tides",0 150823,"What could and should have been biting and droll is instead a tepid waste of time and talent .",0 105693,"Even with all its botches , Enigma offers all the pleasure of a handsome and well-made entertainment .",1 177373,"utter turkey",0 154514,"awkward and indigestible movie",0 117000,"circa",1 237424,"there is no real reason to see it .",0 227466,"`` Ecks vs. Sever '' or `` xXx ''",0 126529,"made a movie that will leave you wondering about the characters ' lives after the clever credits roll",1 61259,"'s so much to look at in Metropolis you hate to tear your eyes away from the images long enough to read the subtitles .",1 15707,"excitement",1 185815,"Limps along on a squirm-inducing fish-out-of-water formula that goes nowhere and goes there very , very slowly .",0 102533,", fun , curiously adolescent movie",1 120390,"for an older one",1 194603,"between farcical and loathsome .",0 18444,", once you get through the accents , All or Nothing becomes an emotional , though still positive , wrench of a sit .",1 34084,"like a breath of fresh air",1 31315,"evokes strong emotions",1 61729,", achingly human",1 238100,"transforms its wearer",1 154456,"audience-abuse",0 227088,"When it 's not wallowing in hormonal melodrama , `` Real Women Have Curves '' is a sweet , honest , and enjoyable comedy-drama about a young woman who wants many things in life , but fears she 'll become her mother before she gets to fulfill her dreams .",1 12446,"to those without much interest in the elizabethans ( as well as rank frustration from those in the know about rubbo 's dumbed-down tactics )",0 199384,"for two movies",1 190184,"a bit heavy handed with his message at times",0 115892,"best possible senses",1 84449,"is n't the most edgy piece of Disney animation to hit the silver screen , then this first film to use a watercolor background since '' Dumbo '' certainly ranks as the most original in years .",1 87662,"must go to Grant , who has n't lost a bit of the dry humor that first made audiences on both sides of the Atlantic love him",1 73748,"an engaging , wide-eyed actress whose teeth are a little too big for her mouth",0 41140,"One of the greatest family-oriented , fantasy-adventure movies",1 182166,"Action - mechanical .",0 141717,"'ve already seen the prequel to The Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal",0 69643,"The huskies are beautiful , the border collie is funny",1 71620,"a feel movie",1 26799,"The film 's real appeal wo n't be to Clooney fans or adventure buffs , but to moviegoers who enjoy thinking about compelling questions with no easy answers .",1 222218,"Ahola is simply not an actor",0 126684,"makes it seem , is not a hobby that attracts the young and fit . Or intelligent",0 131708,"safely recommended as a video\/DVD babysitter",1 149956,"The twist that ends the movie is the one with the most emotional resonance , but twists are getting irritating , and this is the kind of material where the filmmakers should be very careful about raising eyebrows",0 170463,"screaming and exaggerated facial expressions",0 204865,"less concerned with cultural and political issues than doting on its eccentric characters",0 117751,"cruelty and suffering",0 85264,"its flawed , crazy people",0 35581,"often fascinating",1 226635,"This dubious product of a college-spawned ( Colgate U. ) comedy ensemble known as Broken Lizard plays like a mix of Cheech and Chong and CHiPs .",0 28524,"and because the owners seem fully aware of the uses and abuses of fame , it 's a pleasure to enjoy their eccentricities .",1 13134,"with honesty that is tragically rare in the depiction of young women in film",1 189738,"Will no doubt delight Plympton 's legion of fans :",1 31392,"exquisitely",1 224133,"It 's a smart , solid , kinetically-charged spy flick worthy of a couple hours of summertime and a bucket of popcorn .",1 206369,"more disposable than Hanna-Barbera 's half-hour cartoons",0 60010,"welcome relief",1 205643,"make a convincing case for the relevance of these two 20th-century footnotes",1 25436,"Gorgeous",1 147616,"Nair stuffs the film with dancing , henna , ornamentation , and group song , but her narrative clichés and telegraphed episodes smell of old soap opera .",0 229787,"certainly hard to hate",1 207511,"of a been-there , done-that sameness",0 210215,"really stupid",0 151877,"a hectic soap",0 69737,"The movie is ... very funny as you peek at it through the fingers in front of your eyes .",1 203069,"is like a year late for tapping into our reality tv obsession , and even tardier for exploiting the novelty of the '' webcast . ''",0 6461,"feels like just one more in the long line of films this year about",0 43539,", but it 's the kind of motion picture that wo n't make much of a splash when it 's released , and will not be remembered long afterwards",0 155540,"bubbly",1 110115,"The rare Imax movie that you 'll wish was longer than an hour .",1 228981,"as simultaneously funny , offbeat and heartwarming",1 197655,"each watered down the version of the one before",0 195471,"carefully choreographed atrocities , which become strangely impersonal and abstract",0 194683,"bitter taste",0 198945,"fine music",1 14698,"a clever and captivating romantic comedy with a welcome pinch of tartness",1 39302,"to stand out",1 158236,"ends on the protagonist 's death bed and does n't get much livelier in the three hours in between",0 52235,"grandiloquent",1 164914,"like a mix of Cheech and Chong",1 223065,"David Spade as Citizen Kane ?",0 43041,"wraps back around",1 60460,"wondrously",1 18509,", you have to watch them because you ca n't wait to see what they do next .",1 78581,"dramatic and emotional",1 179451,"'re merely signposts marking the slow , lingering death of imagination",0 189044,"This little film is so slovenly done , so primitive in technique , that it ca n't really be called animation .",0 109739,"The effort is sincere and the results are honest , but the film is so bleak that it 's hardly watchable .",0 137274,"timid parsing",0 61911,", frightening war scenes",0 33593,"it 's easily his finest American film ... comes close to recapturing the brilliance of his Hong Kong films .",1 144745,"Deadeningly dull , mired in convoluted melodrama ,",0 144202,"Bond 's tired formula",0 175905,"to be a freak show , too mercenary and obvious to be cerebral , too dull and pretentious to be engaging",0 110196,"The talk-heavy film",0 206033,"melodramatic movie",1 63715,"All three actresses are simply dazzling , particularly Balk , who 's finally been given a part worthy of her considerable talents .",1 209625,"preachy-keen",1 189568,"What a stiflingly unfunny and unoriginal mess this",0 151841,"a greater intelligence",1 110045,"The one not-so-small problem with Expecting is that the entire exercise has no real point .",0 181860,"A movie version of a paint-by-numbers picture . We can tell what it is supposed to be",0 145866,"Hollywood sellouts",0 139268,"was rather clever",1 217464,"to the point of suffocation",0 93417,"stand tall with Pryor , Carlin and Murphy",1 77792,"deception",0 67022,"Kids will love its fantasy and adventure , and grownups should appreciate its whimsical humor .",1 63385,"A small movie with a big impact .",1 126164,"likely to cause massive cardiac arrest if taken in large doses",0 188446,"The movie is so resolutely cobbled together out of older movies that it even uses a totally unnecessary prologue , just because it seems obligatory .",0 65948,"Hawn and Sarandon form an acting bond that makes The Banger Sisters a fascinating character study with laughs to spare .",1 79108,"enters a realm where few non-porn films venture , and comes across as darkly funny , energetic , and surprisingly gentle .",1 80898,"genre gem",1 226510,"The talents of the actors helps `` Moonlight Mile '' rise above its heart-on-its-sleeve writing .",1 194437,"begging for attention , giving audiences no reason to truly care for its decrepit freaks beyond the promise of a reprieve from their incessant whining",0 150643,"Very special effects , brilliantly bold colors and",1 176712,"took three minutes of dialogue , 30 seconds of plot and turned them into a 90-minute movie that feels five hours long",0 50599,"cunning",1 64668,"Changing Lanes is an anomaly for a Hollywood movie : it 's a well-written and occasionally challenging social drama that actually has something interesting to say .",1 207963,"of scene-chewing , teeth-gnashing actorliness",0 124532,"is so insanely dysfunctional",0 105840,"For all the dolorous trim",1 38684,"the stupid cliches",0 37729,"that 's a sly , amusing , laugh-filled little gem in which the ultimate '' Bellini '' begins to look like a '' real Kaputschnik",1 91384,"rejects patent solutions to dramatize life 's messiness from inside out , in all its strange quirks",1 147857,"Oedekerk wrote Patch Adams , for which he should not be forgiven . Why he was given free reign over this project -- he wrote , directed , starred and produced -- is beyond me .",0 5770,"could nap for an hour and not miss a thing",0 140535,"would do well to cram earplugs in their ears and put pillowcases over their heads for 87 minutes .",0 173197,"that snake-down-the-throat business",1 218866,"watching an iceberg melt -- only",0 108560,"Read My Lips is to be viewed and treasured for its extraordinary intelligence and originality as well as its lyrical variations on the game of love .",1 192632,"an overall sense of brusqueness",0 77878,"deftly executed",1 199415,"forgets about her other obligations , leading to a tragedy which is somehow guessable from the first few minutes , maybe because it echoes the by now intolerable morbidity of so many recent movies",0 40270,"with the disorienting unreality of the seemingly broken-down fourth wall of the movie screen",0 197052,"disappointment coming",0 162717,"is all the more annoying since it 's been packaged and sold back to us by Hollywood .",0 125123,"it unexpectedly rewarding",1 42721,"surprised me",1 11301,"the doofus-on - the-loose banter of welcome to collinwood has a cocky , after-hours loopiness to it . and as with most late-night bull sessions , eventually the content is n't nearly as captivating as the rowdy participants think it is .",0 22538,"to praise first",1 6175,"emblematic of the witless ageism afflicting films",0 177452,"very sincere work",1 235361,"return to the more traditional action genre",1 217633,"too much ai n't - she-cute baggage into her lead role as a troubled and determined homicide cop to quite pull off the heavy stuff",0 17217,"skilled",1 39449,"tremendously sad",0 197844,"endearing about it .",1 19321,"The people in Dogtown and Z-Boys are so funny , aggressive and alive",1 107435,"Like Brosnan 's performance",1 32490,"high literary aspirations",1 53331,"is a snow emergency .",0 233586,"lower I.Q.",0 203266,"is nothing redeeming about this movie .",0 150498,"Trekkie loyalty",1 92739,"sits in the place where a masterpiece should be .",1 231353,"had to endure last summer",0 222759,"But it 's also disappointing to a certain degree .",0 132393,"show off his talent by surrounding himself with untalented people",0 81427,"grownups should appreciate its whimsical humor",1 159370,"for a set . Reign of Fire has the disadvantage of also looking cheap",0 200387,"handheld Blair Witch video-cam footage . Of all the Halloween 's , this is the most visually unappealing",0 30691,"delivers a solid mixture of sweetness and laughs .",1 18127,"worth recommending because of two marvelous performances by Michael Caine and Brendan Fraser",1 162989,"is laugh-out-loud ludicrous .",1 142645,", with all of the pitfalls of such you 'd expect .",0 162084,"in which it studiously avoids provoking thought",0 149606,"The movie is too cute to take itself too seriously ,",0 151050,"Worst",0 180901,", romantic comedy with a fresh point of view just does n't figure in the present Hollywood program .",0 114666,"are reflected in almost every scene .",1 103624,"A good music documentary",1 63704,"All leather pants & augmented boobs , Hawn is hilarious as she tries to resuscitate the fun-loving libertine lost somewhere inside the conservative , handbag-clutching Sarandon .",1 147805,"Not sweet enough to liven up its predictable story and will leave even fans of hip-hop sorely disappointed .",0 6839,"good movie . good actress . but if you expect light romantic comedy , good gosh , will you be shocked .",1 188769,"The whole thing comes off like a particularly amateurish episode of Bewitched that takes place during Spring Break .",0 42787,"the acting is fresh and unselfconscious ,",1 37166,"sometimes bad choices",0 140767,"you have some idea of the glum , numb experience of watching O Fantasma",0 195391,"can not overcome the sense that Pumpkin is a mere plot pawn for two directors with far less endearing disabilities",0 199333,"for the film 's publicists or for people who take as many drugs as the film 's characters",0 66327,"Implicitly",1 7958,"it is notable for its stylistic austerity and forcefulness",1 77748,"dazzling .",1 69730,"The movie does its best to work us over , with second helpings of love , romance , tragedy , false dawns , real dawns , comic relief , two separate crises during marriage ceremonies , and the lush scenery of the Cotswolds .",1 97933,"to be released in IMAX format",1 206221,"misanthropic stuff",0 26964,"This Nickleby thing might have more homosexual undertones than an Eddie Murphy film .",0 35225,"of emotional truth",1 34718,"much existential",1 234134,"no lika",0 143620,"All the Queen 's Men is finally just one long drag .",0 52327,"had so much fun in two decades",1 90949,"puts Wang at the forefront of China 's Sixth Generation of film makers .",1 118891,"eclipses",1 195637,"check your brain",0 48923,"an enjoyable and frankly told tale",1 84022,"is an undeniably intriguing film from an adventurous young talent who finds his inspiration on the fringes of the American underground .",1 76813,"clever ways",1 227155,"Why `` they '' were here and what `` they '' wanted and quite honestly , I did n't care .",0 33060,"inhospitability",0 71278,"a beautiful film",1 237534,"this is that sort of thing all over again .",0 232331,"is a perfect family film to take everyone to since there 's no new `` A Christmas Carol '' out in the theaters this year .",1 101875,"'s serious , poetic , earnest and -- sadly -- dull",0 186884,"Releasing a film with the word ` dog ' in its title in January lends itself to easy jokes and insults ,",0 187739,"That such a horrible movie could have sprung from such a great one",0 232481,"is hardly a perverse , dangerous libertine and agitator -- which would have made for better drama",0 22478,"to Wilde 's own vision of a pure comedy with absolutely no meaning , and no desire",0 1306,"inane",0 230314,"do no wrong with Jason X.",1 37307,"stays afloat thanks to its hallucinatory production design .",1 112072,"a grouchy ayatollah in a cold mosque",0 78476,"does n't try to surprise us with plot twists , but rather seems to enjoy its own transparency",1 224737,"Martha could have used a little trimming",0 172074,"strained caper movies that 's hardly any fun to watch and begins to vaporize from your memory minutes after it ends .",0 120639,"fresh and dramatically substantial",1 88906,"of strictly A-list players",1 68729,"Shattering , devastating documentary on two maladjusted teens in a downward narcotized spiral . Extraordinary debut from Josh Koury .",1 25161,"Dolgin and Franco fashion a fascinating portrait of a Vietnamese-born youngster who eagerly and easily assimilated as an all-American girl with a brand new name in southern Tennessee .",1 129326,"oftentimes funny , yet ultimately cowardly",0 31680,"first-timer",1 206090,"middle and lurches between not-very-funny comedy , unconvincing dramatics",0 43698,", smart and complicated",1 83958,"is adequate",1 193778,"at most",1 198755,"feels secondhand , familiar -- and not in a good way .",0 21619,"on melodrama . But it 's emotionally engrossing , too , thanks to strong , credible performances from the whole cast .",1 132881,"some fine acting",1 202113,"in which the kids in the house will be gored",0 128149,"not-so-funny gags , scattered moments of lazy humor",0 205333,"look classy in a '60s - homage pokepie hat , but as a character he 's dry , dry , dry",0 110515,"This kind of hands-on storytelling",1 93614,"strikes a very resonant chord",1 116451,"by talented writer\/director Anderson",1 102848,", sum up the strange horror of life in the new millennium",1 175049,"the worst in otherwise talented actors",0 67804,"New York locales and sharp writing",1 108009,"No better or worse than ` Truth or Consequences , N . M . ' or any other interchangeable actioner with imbecilic Mafia toolbags botching a routine assignment in a Western backwater .",0 189458,"Watchable up until the point where the situations and the dialogue spin hopelessly out of control -- that is to say",0 164202,"itself some important comment on how life throws us some beguiling curves",1 100296,"will probably never achieve the popularity of My Big Fat Greek Wedding",0 146121,"I still ca n't relate to Stuart : He 's a mouse , for cryin ' out loud , and all he does is milk it with despondent eyes and whine that nobody treats him human enough",0 6732,"gasp-inducing",0 118506,"does have a few cute moments",1 99078,"unlimited access",1 232535,"is little else to recommend `` Never Again",0 122132,"help sustain it",1 135479,"the greatest date movies in years",1 82478,"how a skillful filmmaker can impart a message without bludgeoning the audience over the head .",1 112266,"a lovingly rendered coffee table book",1 31866,"frightening and disturbing",0 170618,"seems to be made for a different film altogether",0 161221,"his American wife\/colleague ,",1 149554,"The messages of compassion and mercy are clearly , squarely and specifically expounded via computer animated Old Testament tale of Jonah and the Whale . Determined to be fun , and bouncy , with energetic musicals , the humor did n't quite engage this adult .",1 184849,"If you recognize Zeus ( the dog from Snatch ) it will make you wish you were at home watching that movie instead of in the theater watching this one .",0 197106,"dispense the same advice to film directors",1 133674,"surprised at how much we care about the story",1 170938,"should be mentioned that the set design and interiors of the haunted vessel are more than effectively creepy and moodily lit",1 140386,"wondering about the characters ' lives after the clever credits roll",1 133999,"terrific role",1 174328,"the movie . Sorry , Charlie",0 23977,", well , Performance",1 77005,"comic slugfest",1 135308,"the film , flaws and",0 10176,"riveting memories",1 156241,"children and ostensible adults",0 206156,"mild-mannered , been-there material",0 236352,"that 's a big part of why we go to the movies .",1 22233,"the appropriately brief 40-minute running time",1 80952,"get on a board and , uh , shred ,",0 134241,"that are powerful and moving without stooping to base melodrama",1 83366,"injects freshness and spirit",1 110714,"Too ordinary",0 189059,"This movie plays like an extended dialogue exercise in Retard 101 .",0 213883,"that the movie does not do them justice",0 106927,"It 's not hateful . It 's simply stupid , irrelevant and deeply , truly , bottomlessly cynical .",0 159770,"from this latest entry in the increasingly threadbare gross-out comedy cycle",0 73246,"adorns his family-film plot with an elegance and maturity that even most contemporary adult movies are lacking",1 192101,"aimless hodgepodge",0 7614,"intrigue",1 92224,"seldom hammy",1 171338,"smart and sassy",1 187905,"The abiding impression , despite the mild hallucinogenic buzz , is of overwhelming waste --",0 218070,"unbalanced mixture",0 164551,"lacks wit , feeling and believability to compensate for its incessant coarseness and banality",0 48421,"a sweetness , clarity and emotional openness",1 175430,"this is a dull , dour documentary on what ought to be a joyful or at least fascinating subject",0 10788,"structured less as a documentary and more as a found relic",1 8556,"loses its creepy menace",0 131836,"scores points for style",1 77473,"courageous Molly Craig",1 81255,"good-time shenanigans",1 160719,"has nothing fresh or very exciting",0 117238,"comes off as a kingdom more mild than wild .",0 62251,", taut , piercing and feisty",1 67699,"Much of All About Lily Chou-Chou is mesmerizing :",1 222766,"But it 's worth the concentration .",1 37041,"smart , edgy",1 147870,"Offers very little genuine romance and even fewer laughs ...",0 42606,"seems like a minor miracle",1 78713,"earnest dramaturgy",1 100428,"with a serious minded patience , respect and affection",1 8058,"its goodwill",1 205679,"make the film more silly than scary ,",0 177125,"underestimate just how dangerous entertainments like it can be",0 12553,"treachery",0 209023,"painfully unfunny",0 153994,"are weird resonances between actor and role",0 135971,"the peculiar American style of justice",1 4875,"as if to prove a female director can make a movie with no soft edges ,",1 223772,"I could have looked into my future and saw how bad this movie was",0 42897,"timely and",1 147632,"Needless to say , the dramatics that follow are utter hooey .",0 204494,"justifying the hype that surrounded its debut at the Sundance Film Festival",1 92475,"she of the impossibly long limbs and sweetly conspiratorial smile",1 203166,"is n't complex enough to hold our interest",0 49500,"be another winning star vehicle",1 221293,", but the film conjures the magic of author J.K. Rowling 's books .",1 237152,"the plot at all times",1 178835,"worst instincts",0 85174,"itch to explore more",1 45905,"Jones ... does offer a brutal form of charisma .",1 102589,", inflammatory film",0 82549,"humanism",1 166923,"nonsense but nothing more",0 19912,"antithesis",0 194699,"bland , obnoxious 88-minute infomercial",0 143371,"A story which fails to rise above its disgusting source material .",0 157696,"do with these characters except have them run through dark tunnels , fight off various anonymous attackers , and evade elaborate surveillance technologies",0 142175,", flat and boring",0 85243,"its exquisite acting ,",1 134787,"the ` ick ' in ` classic",0 125037,"it is unwavering and arresting",1 50747,"delivers its share of laughs",1 46044,"Lookin ' for sin , American-style ? Try Hell House , which documents the cautionary Christian spook-a-rama of the same name .",1 29790,"but The Bourne Identity proves that a fresh take is always possible .",1 180688,", inane images keep popping past your head",0 236951,"the giant Achilles ' heel in `` Stuart Little 2 ``",0 212094,"some entertainment value - how much depends on how well you like Chris Rock",1 130393,"poking their genitals into fruit pies",0 216911,"to blacken that organ with cold vengefulness",0 5495,"chaotic",0 75143,"balanced or fair",1 168078,"on his pretty-boy laurels",0 187289,"Shreve 's novel proved too difficult a text to ` lick , ' despite the efforts of a first-rate cast .",0 178777,"woozy",0 52699,"holds you",1 239227,"your standard Hollywood bio-pic",0 59181,"to be fondly remembered in the endlessly challenging maze of moviegoing",1 79519,"extravagant",1 69234,"The 1960s rebellion was misdirected : you ca n't fight your culture",0 1486,"it races to the finish line",1 8162,"jackson tries to keep the plates spinning as best he can , but all the bouncing back and forth ca n't help but become a bit tedious -- even with the breathtaking landscapes and villainous varmints there to distract you from the ricocheting",0 35015,"noticeable lack",0 15398,"charismatic , qualities essential to both movie stars and social anarchists",1 70263,"This is the kind of subject matter that could so easily have been fumbled by a lesser filmmaker",1 226644,"This is a children 's film in the truest sense .",1 184136,"Get out your pooper-scoopers",0 58597,"the power and grace",1 213304,"tepid and choppy recycling",0 16481,"logistical feat",0 163107,"is n't so much bad as it is bland",0 56608,"rich veins of funny stuff in this movie",1 207164,"nor terribly funny",0 50004,"can comfortably sit among Jean-Luc Godard 's finest work",1 104234,"An achingly enthralling premise ,",1 145418,"For all its impressive craftsmanship , and despite an overbearing series of third-act crescendos",1 203366,"is required to supply too much of the energy in a film that is , overall , far too staid for its subject matter",0 220155,"writing . Even kids deserve better",0 94021,"sweet and enjoyable",1 116337,"but quietly effective",1 218031,"ugly , irritating",0 115372,"banality and hypocrisy",0 70334,"Those prone to indignation need not apply :",0 886,"energy",1 206641,"movies of the year",1 40688,"A psychological thriller with a smart script and an obsessive-compulsive 's attention",1 155880,"calculated to cash in on the popularity of its stars",0 22450,"those rough edges",0 134495,"that offers no easy , comfortable resolution",0 105409,"Devotees of Star Trek II : The Wrath of Khan will feel a nagging sense of deja vu , and",1 191629,"a wholly unnecessary pre-credit sequence designed to give some of the characters a ` back story",0 171504,"so-inept",0 92886,"smart and newfangled",1 173738,"the director just ends up exposing his own obsession .",0 218115,"under-inspired , overblown enterprise",0 19533,"a mind set for goofy comedy",1 124872,"it 's still a guilty pleasure to watch .",1 25934,"Leave",0 180813,", memories and one fantastic visual trope",1 101557,"'s a very valuable film ...",1 33322,"is as powerful a set of evidence as you 'll ever find of why art matters , and how it can resonate far beyond museum walls and through to the most painfully marginal lives",1 229495,"burnt out on It 's a Wonderful Life marathons and bored with A Christmas Carol",0 105920,"Full of detail",1 65044,"Devos and Cassel have tremendous chemistry -- their sexual and romantic tension , while never really vocalized , is palpable",1 42303,"looks to be having so much fun with the slapstick antics and silly street patois , tossing around obscure expressions like Bellini and Mullinski",1 124258,"is more likely to induce sleep than fright",0 182423,"An incredibly irritating comedy about thoroughly vacuous people ... manages to embody the worst excesses of nouvelle vague without any of its sense of fun or energy .",0 232998,"it ca n't get any more gay",0 189752,"Wimps out by going for that PG-13 rating",0 131158,"recommended -- as visually bland as a dentist 's waiting room , complete with soothing Muzak and a cushion of predictable narrative rhythms",0 120821,"fully ` rendered '",1 142429,", shorn of social insight , intellectual pretension and cinematic interest .",0 102488,", do n't bother .",0 57663,"terrific insider",1 57790,"that exquisitely blends music , dance , song , and high drama",1 29651,"boasts both a heart and a mind",1 89267,"offers hope",1 200860,"have poignancy jostling against farce , thoughtful dialogue elbowed aside by one-liners , and a visual style that incorporates rotoscope animation for no apparent reason except , maybe , that it looks neat .",0 1501,"its flaws",0 210920,"scratching your head in amazement over the fact",0 227489,"`` Frailty '' starts out like a typical Bible killer story , but it turns out to be significantly different ( and better ) than most films with this theme",1 153951,"are sunk by the film 's primitive approach to the mechanics of comedy",0 111495,"a Pandora 's Box of special effects that run the gamut from cheesy to cheesier to cheesiest",0 128776,"of love and humility",1 155670,"buying into sham truths and routine '' indie '' filmmaking , Freundlich has made just another safe movie . It 's not horrible , just horribly mediocre .",0 31107,"engulfing you in its world and allying you with its characters ' choices , good and ill , that its shortcomings are remembered only as an afterthought",1 112505,"a powerful sequel and",1 231024,"from its promenade of barely clad bodies in Myrtle Beach , S.C. , to the adrenaline jolt of a sudden lunch rush at the diner",1 4467,"al",1 192625,"an opera movie for the buffs",1 27406,"a carefully balanced scenario",1 235426,"sabotages the movie 's strengths at almost every juncture .",0 149511,"The last 20 minutes are somewhat redeeming ,",1 20259,"clumsy",0 62936,"A delightful surprise",1 37303,"static to the point of resembling a stage play",0 223578,"Harmless",1 147472,"Molested",0 15302,"buoyant , darkly funny dance",1 160261,"good jokes",1 218509,"very well done",1 208960,"overworked",0 6037,"does n't merit it",0 96796,"the stuff of high romance , brought off with considerable wit",1 62981,"A fascinating documentary about the long and eventful spiritual journey of the guru who helped",1 124916,"it also comes with the laziness and arrogance of a thing that already knows it 's won",0 9313,"of motion picture that wo n't make much of a splash when it 's released , and will not be remembered long afterwards",0 198207,"every single scene",1 202674,"is able to overcome the triviality of the story",1 2350,"some good , organic character work , lots of obvious political insights and",1 170712,"send the viewers home",0 183460,"Director Tom Shadyac and star Kevin Costner glumly mishandle the story 's promising premise of a physician who needs to heal himself .",0 38905,"think I 've been as entranced and appalled by an Asian film since Shinya Tsukamoto 's Iron Man",1 849,"dramatic",1 112457,"a part of its fun",1 68853,"Snide and Prejudice .",0 47504,"Undiscovered",1 165866,"mess .",0 9848,"progress",1 32736,"if it is indeed a duty of art to reflect life , than Leigh has created a masterful piece of artistry right here .",1 94030,"sweet-and-sour insider movie that film buffs will eat up like so much gelati",1 70013,"The universal theme of becoming a better person through love has never been filmed more irresistibly than in ` Baran . '",1 152557,"a sugar high gone awry",0 112760,"a speedy swan dive",0 108776,"Savvy director Robert J . Siegel and his co-writers keep the story subtle and us in suspense .",1 48014,"a fascinating little thriller that would have been perfect for an old '' Twilight Zone '' episode",1 27542,"a fuller experience",1 71748,"a goofy pleasure",1 235869,"so sit back , relax and have a few",1 112786,"a stirring time at this beautifully drawn movie",1 218027,"typical late-twenty-somethings natter on about nothing",0 2543,"the book 's irreverent energy",1 187259,"Sheridan has settled for a lugubrious romance",0 21053,"is shapelessly gratifying , the kind of movie that invites you to pick apart its faults even as you have to admit that somehow it hit you where you live",1 117859,"dark , disturbing , painful to watch , yet",0 202845,"is cruel , misanthropic stuff with only weak claims to surrealism and black comedy .",0 69067,"Susan Sarandon , Dustin Hoffman and Holly Hunter ,",1 41522,"affecting ,",1 238497,"we 're meant to buy that this doting mother would shun her kids , travel to one of the most dangerous parts of the world , don fatigues and become G.I. Jane .",0 141629,"'s still quite bad",0 222413,"Apparently kissing leads to suicide attempts and tragic deaths .",0 118522,"does n't cut it",0 180457,", The Sum of All Fears generates little narrative momentum , and invites unflattering comparisons to other installments in the Ryan series .",0 119848,"featuring reams of flatly delivered dialogue and a heroine who comes across as both shallow and dim-witted .",0 154492,"avoid the Deconstructionist theorizing of French philosopher Jacques Derrida in college",0 73075,"accomplished Oscar winners",1 11834,"the riveting performances by the incredibly flexible cast",1 84321,"is infused with the sensibility of a video director",1 79885,"film grows on you . And how",1 155638,"but not much fun to watch .",0 36471,"religious bigotry",0 159800,"full of holes and completely lacking in chills . Ignore the reputation , and ignore the film",0 67241,"Like The Full Monty , this is sure to raise audience 's spirits and leave them singing long after the credits roll .",1 207724,"of favorites",1 106425,"I ca n't wait to see what the director does next",1 79995,"finest films",1 10766,"strangely",0 130137,"perfectly competent",1 214428,"the director 's experiment",1 179637,"'s as if Allen , at 66 , has stopped challenging himself .",0 9518,"only at the prospect of beck 's next project . let 's see , a haunted house , a haunted ship , what 's next ... ghost blimp",0 109680,"The creative animation work may not look as fully ` rendered ' as Pixar 's industry standard , but it uses lighting effects and innovative backgrounds to an equally impressive degree .",1 75747,"blithe exchanges",1 129339,"old gags",0 15937,"gutsy",1 45628,"If you 're willing to have fun with it",1 74144,"any '' Jackass '' fan could want",1 18233,"too slowly paced to be a thriller . ( But it 's ) worth recommending because of two marvelous performances by Michael Caine and Brendan Fraser",0 130791,"pudo haber resultado su premisa , pues el resultado es francamente aburrido y",0 206101,"might as well have come from a Xerox machine rather than ( writer-director ) Franc . Reyes ' word processor",0 92874,"smart , funny look",1 162531,"is , regrettably ,",0 180692,", indescribably bad movie",0 208439,"on foreign shores",1 74690,"as good as The Full Monty , but a really strong second effort",1 73219,"adds substantial depth to this shocking testament to anti-Semitism and neo-fascism .",1 83960,"is akin to a Reader 's Digest condensed version of the source material",0 49757,"bleak and desperate",0 65295,"Elvira fans",1 10187,"robert de niro for the tv-cops comedy showtime",1 184212,"Gorgeous to look at but insufferably tedious and turgid ...",0 195321,"callow pretension",0 168426,"ought to pick up the durable best seller Smart Women , Foolish Choices for advice",0 170010,"repulsively",0 11388,"the film does n't really care about the thousands of americans who die hideously , it",0 113928,"an alluring backdrop",1 57725,"that I found it intriguing , bizarre , Dogma-like in spots - and quite truthful , in its way",1 69681,"The lightest , most breezy movie Steven Spielberg has made in more than a decade . And the positive change in tone here seems to have recharged him",1 57896,"that the film makes the viewer feel like the movie 's various victimized audience members after a while , but it also happens to be the movie 's most admirable quality",1 121403,"greasy little vidgame pit",0 237918,"to recommend SECRETARY , based on the wonderful acting clinic put on by Spader and Gyllenhaal",1 48851,"among the best films of the year .",1 103867,"A seriously bad film",0 21268,"magical quality",1 48381,"a solid build-up , a terrific climax ,",1 128698,"of his first film , The Full Monty ,",0 213272,"telling the story , which is paper-thin and decidedly unoriginal",0 71331,"a buddy movie",1 40071,"whole thing",1 9761,"poetry in girls",1 226408,"The overall fabric is hypnotic , and Mr. Mattei fosters moments of spontaneous intimacy .",1 81688,"has created a predictably efficient piece of business notable largely for its overwhelming creepiness , for an eagerness to create images you wish you had n't seen , which , in this day and age , is of course the point .",1 141827,"( Two ) fairly dull --",0 23409,", and it 's a story that we as Americans , and human beings , should know",1 69585,"The film runs on a little longer than it needs to --",0 14915,"against progress . In Fessenden 's horror trilogy , this theme has proved important to him and is especially so in the finale",1 226199,"The beautiful images and solemn words can not disguise the slack complacency of ( Godard 's ) vision , any more than the gorgeous piano and strings on the soundtrack can drown out the tinny self-righteousness of his voice .",0 102807,", romance , tragedy , bravery , political intrigue",1 145417,"For all its impressive craftsmanship",1 164979,"like rancid crème brûlée",0 110,"a Saturday night",1 179039,"yikes ,",0 120297,"focuses too much on Max when he should be filling the screen with this tortured , dull artist and monster-in-the -",0 97140,"their own rhythm",1 43307,"'s plenty to enjoy --",1 132329,"shot on digital video , whose tiny camera enables Shafer to navigate spaces both large ... and small ... with considerable aplomb",1 178906,"would if this latest and laziest imaginable of all vintage-TV spinoffs were capable of engendering an emotional response of any kind",0 174079,"the herd",0 68130,"Passions , obsessions , and loneliest dark spots are pushed to their most virtuous limits , lending the narrative an unusually surreal tone .",1 220188,"year late for tapping into our reality tv",0 14324,"Narc",0 219156,"when a documentary fails to live up to -- or offer any new insight into -- its chosen topic",0 53893,"its Oscar-sweeping franchise predecessor",1 230298,"do n't even care that there 's no plot in this Antonio Banderas-Lucy Liu faceoff",1 113458,"affirming and",1 140775,"you like an extreme action-packed film with a hint of humor",1 190447,"a depressing experience",0 124913,"it all . Jackass is a vulgar and cheap-looking version of Candid Camera staged for the Marquis de Sade set",0 8602,"maggie gyllenhaal is a delight",1 192643,"an ultra-loud blast of pointless mayhem",0 189034,"This is the kind of movie that you only need to watch for about thirty seconds before you say to yourself , ` Ah , yes , here we have a bad , bad , bad movie . '",0 133256,"starts with a legend and ends with a story that is so far-fetched it would be impossible to believe if it were n't true",1 64390,"Blessed",1 141598,"'s so preposterous",0 60449,"wondered what an ending without the input of studio executives or test audiences would look like",0 160627,"has all of Dean 's mannerisms and self-indulgence , but none of his sweetness and vulnerability",0 61388,"'ve marveled at Disney 's rendering of water , snow , flames and shadows in a hand-drawn animated world . Prepare to marvel again",1 210097,"rather routine",0 54658,"may be awesome to consider",1 53750,"it 's great cinematic polemic",1 168966,"pleasurable . Something like scrubbing the toilet",0 201603,"if you give a filmmaker an unlimited amount of phony blood",0 95999,"the lack of linearity is the point of emotional and moral departure for protagonist Alice",0 77365,"convincing one",1 15102,"and well-meaning",1 5852,"davis has energy , but she does n't bother to make her heroine 's book sound convincing , the gender-war ideas original , or the comic scenes fly",0 230250,"disapproval",0 179766,"'s hard to believe that something so short could be so flabby",0 83365,"inject some real vitality and even art into a pulpy concept that , in many other hands would be completely forgettable",1 76216,"by the dispassionate Gantz brothers as ordinary , pasty lumpen",0 179884,"'s not as pathetic as The Animal .",0 132742,"so insanely stupid , so awful in so many ways",0 204951,"likable , but just as often it 's meandering , low on energy , and too eager to be quirky at moments when a little old-fashioned storytelling would come in handy .",0 64448,"Brash , intelligent",1 96843,"the talk alone is enough to keep us",1 86044,"like a lazy summer afternoon",1 124132,"is impossible to find the film anything but",0 225430,"Perhaps it 's cliche to call the film ` refreshing , ' but it is",1 171807,"spit out the screenplay",0 143737,"An incoherent jumble of a film that 's rarely as entertaining as it could have been .",0 68988,"Stanley Kwan has directed not only one of the best gay love stories ever made , but one of the best love stories of any stripe .",1 110279,"There 's a great deal of corny dialogue and preposterous moments . And",0 101592,"'s also nice to see a movie with its heart so thoroughly",1 162514,"is ) so stoked to make an important film about human infidelity and happenstance that he tosses a kitchen sink onto a story already overladen with plot conceits",0 116078,"bogged down by hit-and-miss topical humour",0 99074,"unlike those in Moulin Rouge , are crisp and purposeful without overdoing it",1 154095,"as a seemingly brainless",0 132989,"sometimes funny",1 235841,"sneering humor",1 119137,"enjoys the Friday series",1 189298,"Twenty years later , Reggio still knows how to make a point with poetic imagery , but his ability to startle has been stifled by the very prevalence of the fast-forward technology that he so stringently takes to task",1 215724,"the supposed injustices of the artistic world-at-large",0 124106,"is heartening in the same way that each season marks a new start .",1 141604,"'s so unmemorable",0 111016,"What 's surprising about this traditional thriller , moderately successful but not completely satisfying , is exactly how genteel and unsurprising the execution turns out to be .",1 59041,"this unique and entertaining twist",1 11835,"the riveting performances by the incredibly flexible cast make love a joy to behold",1 83857,"is a rich stew of longing .",1 210229,"reasonably entertained",1 27250,"Without resorting to hyperbole",1 40729,"A very witty take on change , risk and romance , and the film uses humour to make its points about acceptance and growth",1 26052,"Marvelous",1 154703,"be cleverer , better written and of considerable more interest than the finished film , that 's a bad sign . A very bad sign",0 14900,"acknowledges and celebrates their cheesiness as the reason why people get a kick out of watching them today",1 124416,"is one word that best describes this film : honest",1 132103,"sensitivity and skill",1 140460,"works the way a good noir should",1 197759,"embarrassed to be part of",0 33139,"into genuine artistic befuddlement",1 102909,", the subject matter is so fascinating that you wo n't care .",1 91882,"salute writer-director Haneke",1 22440,"this lavish three-year-old production has enough grandeur and scale to satisfy as grown-up escapism .",1 102207,") meandering and pointless French coming-of-age import from writer-director Anne-Sophie Birot",0 177053,"ultimately add up to nothing more than jerking the audience 's chain .",0 89729,"opens with maggots crawling on a dead dog",0 98283,"to seduce and conquer",1 80899,"genre-busting",1 90755,"propels her into the upper echelons of the directing world",1 179053,"you 'll probably like Rollerball .",0 159802,"full of itself",0 38226,"the film on his broad , handsome shoulders",1 50022,"can relate to the search for inner peace by dramatically depicting the lives of others onstage",1 163360,"is so slick , superficial and trend-hoppy , that it 's easy to imagine that a new software program spit out the screenplay .",0 204936,"lift ( this ) thrill-kill cat-and-mouser ... above its paint-by-numbers plot",0 45109,"E . T . just as I hoped I would --",1 10051,"reflect",1 179398,"'ll wait in vain for a movie to happen .",0 168508,"overall limp ,",0 145358,"First good , then bothersome .",0 77977,"demonstrates a breadth of vision and an attention to detail that propels her into the upper echelons of the directing world .",1 106336,"However stale the material , Lawrence 's delivery remains perfect : his great gift is that he can actually trick you into thinking some of this worn-out , pandering palaver is actually funny",1 176584,"too amateurish and awkward",0 95705,"the fine line between cheese",0 58776,"the the wisdom and humor",1 72866,"a young artist 's thoughtful consideration of fatherhood",1 223157,"Disappointing in comparison to other recent war movies ...",0 40472,"you will quickly recognize him . And that 's a big part of why we go to the movies",1 43955,": a film that deftly balances action and reflection as it lets you grasp and feel the passion others have for their work .",1 149564,"The movie 's biggest offense is its complete and utter lack of tension .",0 152276,"a prize winner",1 54956,"muckraking job",0 199,"a moody , multi-dimensional love story and sci-fi mystery",1 190068,"a Farrelly Brothers-style , down-and-dirty laugher",1 54553,"makes compelling , provocative and prescient viewing",1 213080,"tacky and",0 554,"be impossible to sit through",0 186416,"None of this sounds promising and",0 40199,"with enjoyably complex characters who are never what they first appear",1 150469,"Too silly to be frightening , too stolid to be funny , it projects the same lazy affability as its nominal star , David Arquette .",0 168942,"plays like Solaris , but with guns and jokes .",1 105367,"Delight your senses and crash this wedding",1 200185,"grand fart",0 19671,"add up to mesmerize you",1 107571,"MacDowell ... gives give a solid , anguished performance that eclipses nearly everything else she 's ever done .",1 11908,"the story , like ravel 's bolero ,",0 15896,"going to make a splash even greater than Arnold Schwarzenegger , Jean-Claud Van Damme or Steven Segal",1 168161,"on what ought to be a joyful or at least fascinating subject",0 233167,"its ripe recipe , inspiring ingredients",1 145398,"Foolish",0 88515,"of deft and subtle poetry",1 174011,"the fun of Toy Story 2",1 9953,"quickly snowballs out of",0 203572,"is the picture of health with boundless energy until a few days before she dies . This is absolutely and completely ridiculous and an insult to every family whose mother has suffered through the horrible pains of a death by cancer .",0 228563,"an engaging fantasy of flavours and emotions , one part romance novel , one part recipe book",1 185877,"Loud , silly , stupid and pointless",0 93594,"strategies",1 163296,"is sadly a tough sit , with an undeveloped narrative and enough flashbacks and heavy-handed metaphors to choke a horse -- or at least slow him down to a canter .",0 221459,", like Silence , it 's a movie that gets under your skin .",1 58311,"the film is not entirely successful",0 192791,"and whirling fight sequences",1 90617,"prepared to cling to the edge of your seat",1 10464,"silliness",0 228084,"a pleasant distraction , a Friday night diversion , an excuse to eat popcorn",1 90198,"perfected the art of highly entertaining , self-aggrandizing , politically motivated documentary-making",1 207683,"of cute and cloying material",1 202370,"interview subjects who will construct a portrait of Castro so predominantly charitable it can only be seen as propaganda",0 51563,"fast-paced comedy",1 223573,"Happily for Mr. Chin -- though unhappily for his subjects -- the invisible hand of the marketplace wrote a script that no human screenwriter could have hoped to match .",1 105626,"Ends up offering nothing more than the latest Schwarzenegger or Stallone flick would .",0 139366,"we 're not supposed to take it seriously",0 72391,"a side dish of asparagus . If you 're not a fan , it might be like trying to eat Brussels sprouts",0 27734,"a plot full of twists upon knots",1 158850,"far less funny than the original , Killers From Space",0 105686,"Even though the film does n't manage to hit all of its marks",0 81864,"have carved their own comfortable niche in the world",1 91180,"real Americans",1 47294,"The weight of the piece , the unerring professionalism of the chilly production , and the fascination embedded in the lurid topic",1 2412,"strange",0 160819,"have been called ` Under Siege 3",0 97418,"this gentle , mesmerizing portrait of a man coming to terms with time",1 154541,"bad bear suits",0 112245,"a lot of charm",1 109973,"The most ingenious film",1 47079,"The film is visually dazzling , the depicted events dramatic , funny and poignant",1 140666,"you 'll enjoy The Hot Chick .",1 162110,"include extraordinary strength and laser-beam eyes , which unfortunately do n't enable them to discern flimsy screenplays",0 130310,"plays out like a flimsy excuse to give Blade fans another look at Wesley Snipes ' iconic hero doing battle with dozens of bad guys -- at once .",0 218943,"we really have n't had a good cheesy B-movie playing in theaters since ... well ... since last week 's Reign of Fire",0 127646,"muddled and",0 119238,"epilogue that leaks suspension of disbelief like a sieve , Die Another Day is as stimulating & heart-rate-raising as any James Bond thriller .",1 211692,"sit open-mouthed before the screen , not screaming but yawning",0 105121,"City by the Sea swings from one approach to the other , but in the end , it stays in formula -- which is a waste of De Niro , McDormand and the other good actors in the cast .",0 132923,"some worthwhile themes",1 47304,"The work of a filmmaker who has secrets buried at the heart of his story and knows how to take time revealing them . Strange occurrences build in the mind of the viewer and take on extreme urgency .",1 146236,"If you 've ever entertained the notion of doing what the title of this film implies , what Sex With Strangers actually shows may put you off the idea forever .",0 138987,"very goofy museum exhibit",1 158958,"feels like a low-budget TV pilot that could not find a buyer to play it on the tube .",0 12084,"then just fell",0 112037,"a good laugh",1 39134,"to be seen by anyone with even a passing interest in the events shaping the world beyond their own horizons",1 12855,"was immensely enjoyable",1 108872,"Sex With Strangers is fascinating ...",1 209180,"people who have never picked a lock do so easily after a few tries and become expert fighters after a few weeks",0 169625,"random and",1 63828,"An ambitious movie",1 228204,"a sweet little girl",1 144441,"China . He has not learnt that storytelling is what the movies are about",0 100293,"will prefer this new version",1 68782,"Shyamalan takes a potentially trite and overused concept ( aliens come to Earth ) and infuses it into a rustic , realistic , and altogether creepy tale of hidden invasion .",1 220528,"'' reach the emotion or timelessness of Disney 's great past , or even that of more recent successes such as `` Mulan '' or `` Tarzan",1 192921,"any real emotional impact",0 138248,"tragic deaths",0 230206,"did n't hate this one",1 148686,"So what is the point ?",0 66641,"It 's plotless , shapeless -- and yet , it must be admitted , not entirely humorless . Indeed , the more outrageous bits achieve a shock-you-into-laughter intensity of almost Dadaist proportions .",1 78495,"does such high-profile talent serve such literate material",1 106521,"I suspect that there are more interesting ways of dealing with the subject .",0 230311,"do n't think that A.C. will help this movie one bit",0 194292,"become very involved",1 182475,"Anne Geddes , John Grisham , and Thomas Kincaid",0 110106,"The problems and characters it reveals are universal and involving",1 112635,"a rollicking adventure for you and all your mateys , regardless of their ages",1 218047,"ultimately insignificant",0 55266,"of a man for whom political expedience became a deadly foreign policy",0 206063,"merely serves up a predictable , maudlin story that swipes heavily from Bambi and The Lion King",0 23819,", perverse , hopeful and always fun",1 163770,"it does not achieve the kind of dramatic unity that transports you .",0 37576,"taken as a stylish and energetic one-shot , The Queen of the Damned can not be said to suck",1 192560,"an extended dialogue exercise in Retard 101",0 177946,"what 's missing from Blackboards -- the sense of something bigger , some ultimate point",0 101282,"youthful affluence",1 115816,"behold in its sparkling beauty",1 76781,"classy , sprightly spin",1 143049,"A clutchy , indulgent and pretentious travelogue and diatribe against ... well , just stuff . Watching Scarlet Diva , one is poised for titillation , raw insight or both . Instead , we just get messy anger , a movie as personal therapy .",0 110621,"Throw Smoochy from the train !",0 100191,"whose teeth are a little too big for her mouth",0 11043,"that catches you up in something bigger than yourself",1 31507,"fashion a fascinating portrait of a Vietnamese-born youngster who eagerly and easily assimilated as an all-American girl with a brand new name in southern Tennessee .",1 11624,"the most aggressively nerve-wracking and screamingly neurotic",0 89301,"often surprising",1 98084,"to give them a good time",1 91899,"sassy",1 83318,"infectiously",1 117498,"contribute to a mood that 's sustained through the surprisingly somber conclusion",1 141602,"'s so underwritten that you ca n't figure out just where the other characters , including Ana 's father and grandfather , come down on the issue of Ana 's future .",0 45797,"It haunts , horrifies , startles and fascinates :",1 103442,"A breathtaking adventure for all ages , Spirit",1 154638,"be America 's Sweetheart",1 220762,"'s an enthusiastic charm in Fire that makes the formula fresh again",1 156220,"cheerful , built to inspire the young people , set to an unending soundtrack of beach party pop numbers and aside from its remarkable camerawork and awesome scenery",1 163335,"is so dumb and so exploitative in its violence that , ironically , it becomes everything that the rather clumsy original was railing against .",0 69556,"The film is about the relationships rather than about the outcome . And it sees those relationships , including that between the son and his wife , and the wife and the father , and between the two brothers , with incredible subtlety and acumen .",1 227937,"a good script , good dialogue , funny even for adults",1 54788,"monumental",1 19653,"absolutely no meaning , and no desire",0 45622,"If you 're hard up for raunchy college humor",1 221238,", `` Minority Report '' astounds .",1 64990,"Delivers",1 231882,"if the enticing prospect of a lot of nubile young actors in a film about campus depravity did n't fade amid the deliberate , tiresome ugliness",0 9837,"pro-serb",1 159791,"full admission",0 116679,"captures both the beauty of the land and the people",1 42295,"lively and",1 191065,"a particularly good film",1 137450,"to be universal in its themes of loyalty , courage and dedication to a common goal , never",1 206875,"need to try very hard",0 198905,"find it either moderately amusing or just plain irrelevant",0 73883,"an intimate feeling",1 84262,"is gratefully received",1 234232,"observant of his characters",1 147071,"Lame",0 202670,"is a wish a studio 's wallet makes",1 42167,"is as powerful",1 196317,"could n't help but feel the wasted potential of this slapstick comedy",0 819,"dismiss",0 143085,"A dumb movie with dumb characters doing dumb things and you have to be really dumb not to see where this is going .",0 155487,"brilliantly played",1 233284,"lacks in thematic coherence",0 204335,"its surprises limp",0 21768,"prevents the proceedings from feeling repetitious , as does the appropriately brief 40-minute running time",1 229911,"comes along to remind us of how very bad a motion picture can truly be",0 101338,"'' dangerous",0 164769,"less simplistic , obvious , clumsily plotted and shallowly characterized",0 87152,"miraculous as its DreamWorks makers",1 72772,"a visually masterful work of quiet power",1 61758,", and not strictly in the knowledge imparted",1 138087,"too fancy , not too filling",0 135208,"the exotic world",1 127984,"no doubt , it 's the worst movie I 've seen this summer",0 184568,"I 'm all for the mentally challenged getting their fair shot in the movie business , but surely it does n't have to be as a collection of keening and self-mutilating sideshow geeks",0 56082,"plying into your subconscious like the nightmare you had a week ago that wo n't go away",1 234626,"offers chills",1 227046,"What an embarrassment .",0 201670,"impenetrable and",0 41126,"Notting Hill , Four Weddings And A Funeral , Bridget Jones ' Diary or",1 128861,"of pure movie",1 222556,"Be prepared to cling to the edge of your seat , tense with suspense",1 78484,"does not really",0 57051,"slide down the slippery slope of dishonesty",0 182535,"Appropriately cynical social commentary",1 205143,"limited and so embellished by editing that there 's really not much of a sense of action or",0 27700,"a nearly impeccable cinematic experience",1 137858,"to sit through it again",0 212366,"splatter",0 26900,"The second chapter of the Harry Potter series is even more magical than the first and simply the best family film of the year .",1 26990,"This is cool , slick stuff , ready to quench the thirst of an audience that misses the summer blockbusters .",1 47042,"The film 's sense of imagery gives it a terrible strength , but it 's propelled by the acting",1 175953,"to be neither funny nor provocative - only dull",0 170395,"say the ingredients do n't quite add up to a meal",0 195272,"ca n't really call it a work of art",0 204679,"lame kiddie flick",0 148534,"Shamelessly sappy and , worse , runs away from its own provocative theme .",0 185020,"It 's a hellish , numbing experience to watch , and",0 107301,"Kids who are into this Thornberry stuff will probably be in wedgie heaven . Anyone else who may , for whatever reason , be thinking about going to see this movie is hereby given fair warning .",0 129506,"one 's imagination will lead when given the opportunity",1 80669,"from the people laughing in the crowd",1 11760,"the problem",0 50724,"delicious colors",1 94144,"takes a walking-dead , cop-flick subgenre and beats new life into it .",1 123687,"is , quite pointedly ,",1 154305,"asking too much",0 228906,"as a conversation starter",1 161381,"hold a candle to the original",1 77529,"created a provocative , absorbing drama that reveals the curse of a self-hatred instilled by rigid social mores",1 122227,"highly ambitious and personal",1 42111,"incarnates the prophetic book in a way",1 189538,"What 's most offensive",0 209469,"pointless , meandering",0 229219,"be seen at the very least for its spasms of absurdist humor",1 63567,"A wild comedy that could only spring from the demented mind of the writer of Being John Malkovich",1 234128,"no earthly reason other than money why this distinguished actor would stoop so low",0 119902,"feels draggy",0 173906,"the film flounders when it comes to giving them something to do",0 124746,"is unashamedly pro-Serbian and makes little attempt to give voice to the other side .",0 27452,"a confidence",1 5390,"by trying to distract us with the solution to another",0 235134,"put on a show",1 185661,"Lacks dramatic punch and depth .",0 125372,"its story is only surface deep",0 5468,"catches you",1 192935,"any storytelling flow",0 204035,"it thinks it is and its comedy is generally mean-spirited",1 90567,"powerful and universal",1 204839,"leftovers",1 45954,"Kirsten Dunst 's remarkable performance",1 214713,"the gabbiest giant-screen movie",0 128498,"of a young woman who knows how to hold the screen",1 62520,". It cooks Conduct in a low , smoky and inviting sizzle .",1 6818,"go wrong",0 16641,"neither as funny",0 219907,"witless mess",0 29680,"both adults and kids",1 206112,"might be seduced . If you do n't laugh , flee",1 83240,"inclination to make the most sincere and artful movie in which Adam Sandler will probably ever appear",1 106703,"In my opinion , Analyze That is not as funny or entertaining as Analyze This ,",0 232702,"is paced at a speed that is slow to those of us in middle age and deathly slow to any teen",0 185104,"It 's difficult to feel anything much while watching this movie , beyond mild disturbance or detached pleasure at the acting .",0 220082,"would have just gone more over-the-top instead of trying to have it both ways",0 63364,"A shiver-inducing",1 66530,"It 's an interesting effort ( particularly for JFK conspiracy nuts ) ,",1 55149,"now and then without in any way demeaning its subjects",1 72130,"a piece of handiwork that shows its indie tatters and self-conscious seams in places , but has some quietly moving moments and an intelligent subtlety",1 135348,"the film is so bleak that it 's hardly watchable",0 75656,"beyond being a Sandra Bullock vehicle or a standard romantic comedy",1 67108,"Lagaan really is enormously good fun .",1 42872,"the year 's most accomplished and",1 131907,"see a better thriller",0 45772,"It 's witty and inventive , too , and",1 174666,"the rut dug by the last one",0 95219,"the biggest names in Japanese anime",1 128212,"o matter how much good will the actors generate",1 43843,". The charming result is Festival in Cannes .",1 84076,"is both stimulating and demanding",1 73700,"an attention to detail",1 203750,"it 's because there 's no discernible feeling beneath the chest hair",0 217904,"trying to set the women 's liberation movement back 20 years",0 27936,"a vision",1 39310,"to tears by a couple of scenes",1 111028,"What little grace ( Rifkin 's ) tale of precarious skid-row dignity achieves",0 175358,"this cross-cultural soap opera is painfully formulaic and stilted .",0 156258,"chokes",0 181223,"-- the only good thing --",0 111027,"What lifts the film high above run-of-the-filth gangster flicks is its refusal to recognise any of the signposts , as if discovering a way through to the bitter end without a map .",1 202123,"inadequately motivated",0 59649,"underestimated charm",1 128551,"of being too dense & about nothing at all",0 76704,"choosing his roles with the precision of the insurance actuary",1 143140,"A hamfisted romantic comedy",0 203495,"is supposed to be the star of the story , but comes across as pretty dull and wooden .",0 25090,"Death",0 73042,"absolute delight",1 99058,"universal appeal",1 218469,"very handsomely produced",1 61360,"'s weird , wonderful , and not necessarily for kids",1 4245,"a triumph , however , it is not",0 214840,"the improperly hammy performance from poor Stephen Rea",0 15652,"enough of plucky British eccentrics",0 97841,"to Shyamalan 's gifts , which are such that we 'll keep watching the skies for his next project",1 109594,"The best comedy concert movie I 've seen since Cho 's previous concert comedy film , I 'm the One That I Want , in 2000 .",1 51996,"fundamental choices",1 88821,"of persistence that is sure to win viewers ' hearts",1 131269,"relieved that his latest feature , R Xmas , marks a modest if encouraging return to form",1 39408,"touch with the reality of the grim situation",0 202766,"is as predictable as the tides",0 125724,"lame screenplay",0 172929,"that are damned in Queen of the Damned",0 215187,"the need for national health insurance",1 220425,"zany '",1 193795,"at soccer hooliganism",0 31837,"fountainheads",1 121984,"have some fairly pretty pictures",1 77976,"demonstrates a breadth of vision and an attention to detail that propels her into the upper echelons of the directing world",1 129876,"overlong and not well-acted , but credit writer-producer-director",0 141253,"'s badly acted , blandly directed , and could have been scripted by someone who just graduated from elementary school .",0 80716,"full , chilling advantage",1 42831,"the kind of intimate and character-driven film",1 76185,"by letting you share her one-room world for a while",1 50865,"director to watch",1 199454,"found writer-director Mitch Davis 's wall of kitsch hard going",0 70858,"Whenever it threatens to get bogged down in earnest dramaturgy , a stirring visual sequence like a surge through swirling rapids or a leap from pinnacle to pinnacle rouses us . If horses could fly , this is surely what they 'd look like .",1 112743,"a solid , unassuming drama",1 8258,"just one that could easily wait for your pay per view dollar",0 174885,"the thin characterizations ,",0 133417,"stripped of most of his budget and all of his sense of humor",0 35291,"of intimate and character-driven film that Bille August does best",1 132770,"so muddled and derivative that few will bother thinking it all through",0 64236,"Baran is shockingly devoid of your typical Majid Majidi shoe-loving , crippled children .",0 32042,"gets uniformly engaging performances from his largely amateur cast .",1 118717,"dreadful day",0 234901,"peace is possible",1 177838,"weigh down the plot so heavily that they drain all the film of its energy and needlessly strain credibility",0 49726,"big , brassy , disturbing , unusual and highly successful",1 173372,"the Halloween series has lost its edge",0 35929,"patronized",0 234957,"plain silly .",0 63544,"A very well-meaning movie ,",1 213952,"that worked five years ago but has since lost its fizz",0 100051,"who 's being conned right up to the finale",1 54428,"low-budget",0 170667,"seen this movie a thousand times before",0 168624,"painfully leaden",0 10820,"such a high-energy movie",1 224600,"Less than fresh .",0 186371,"No big whoop , nothing new to see",0 85796,"laugh-out-loud way",1 3712,"a cutesy romantic tale with a twist .",1 80667,"from the margin that gives viewers a chance to learn , to grow , to travel",1 77805,"decided to let Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin do what he does best , and fashion a story around him",1 185840,"Little more than a super-sized infomercial for the cable-sports channel and its Summer X Games",0 70111,"There are laughs aplenty ,",1 224637,"Like puppies with broken legs \/ And butterflies that die \/ And movies starring pop queens",0 167629,"of originality , cleverness or even visible effort",1 9628,"passable entertainment",0 7543,"inside unnecessary films",0 181613,"A disappointment for a movie that should have been the ultimate IMAX trip",0 110177,"The story is virtually impossible to follow here ,",0 78809,"elegant and sly",1 42054,"has twists worthy of David Mamet and",1 102517,", far more meaningful story",1 155889,"call it ABC Kiarostami . For AIDS and Africa are nothing more than part of the scenery",0 107213,"Jonah 's despair -- in all its agonizing , Catch-22 glory --",1 174671,"the sad state of his recent career",0 204718,"last-minute action",1 221983,"A depressing confirmation of everything those of us who do n't object to the description `` unelected '' have suspected all along : George W. Bush is an incurious , uncharismatic , overgrown frat boy with a mean streak a mile wide",0 28148,"affair",0 117832,"damn unpleasant",0 107663,"May not be a breakthrough in filmmaking , but it is unwavering and arresting",1 192820,"annoying score",0 25328,"For its seriousness , high literary aspirations and stunning acting",1 181079,", too mediocre to love .",0 148538,"Shatner is probably the funniest person in the film , which gives you an idea just how bad it was .",0 182953,"Buckaroo",1 87431,"most humane and important",1 226071,"That 's fun for kids of any age .",1 53255,"is a big deal , indeed -- at least the third-best , and maybe even a notch above the previous runner-up , Nicholas Meyer 's Star Trek VI : The Undiscovered Country .",1 153167,"alleged youthful fire",1 170695,"self-regarding sentimentality",0 224612,"Light , silly , photographed with colour and depth , and rather a good time .",1 93936,"surprisingly funny movie",1 121356,"gory mayhem ''",0 114989,"as much of a mess as this one",0 127810,"nearly incoherent",0 107454,"Like a precious and finely cut diamond",1 191451,"a surgeon mends a broken heart : very meticulously but without any passion",0 158920,"feel uneasy , even queasy",0 149733,"The plot grinds on with yawn-provoking dullness .",0 31684,"five contemporary individuals",1 70825,"What makes the film special",1 11220,"the canadian 's inane ramblings",0 149671,"The only thing to fear about '' Fear Dot Com ''",0 137234,"throwaway",0 185763,"Like a grinning Jack O ' Lantern , its apparent glee is derived from a lobotomy , having had all its vital essence scooped out and discarded .",0 225226,"Notorious C.H.O. still feels like a promising work-in-progress",1 65575,"For Martin is made infinitely more wrenching by the performances of real-life spouses Seldahl and Wollter",1 40751,"An endearingly offbeat romantic comedy with a great meet-cute gimmick",1 232923,"it 's a sit down and ponder affair",1 127700,"musty memories of half-dimensional characters",0 199918,"girls , right down the reality drain",0 226487,"The story 's pathetic and the gags are puerile . .",0 166575,"nauseatingly",0 200127,"good time . Feel free to go get",1 88133,"odd but ultimately satisfying blend",1 100232,"will be an enjoyable choice for younger kids",1 90060,"part biography , part entertainment and",1 231035,"from reporting on the number of tumbleweeds blowing through the empty theatres",0 35496,"of the smarter , savvier spoofs to come along in some time",1 75594,"best performance",1 72794,"a warm and charming package that you 'll feel too happy to argue much",1 16541,"marks a cinematic milestone .",1 44246,"A simple , but gritty and well-acted ensemble drama that encompasses a potent metaphor for a country still dealing with its fascist past",1 115082,"as well as it does because of the performances",1 195354,"can be expected from a college comedy that 's target audience has n't graduated from junior high school ?",0 39865,"was made without much thought",0 134142,"that 's because Panic Room is interested in nothing more than sucking you in ... and making you sweat .",1 190759,"a ho-hum affair ,",0 211117,"seems to have in mind an ( emotionally at least ) adolescent audience demanding regular shocks and bouts of barely defensible sexual violence to keep it interested .",0 23219,"( D ) oes n't bother being as cloying or preachy as equivalent evangelical Christian movies",1 9861,"proof once again that if the filmmakers just follow the books , they ca n't go wrong .",1 154194,"as innovative , nor the story as imaginative",0 54309,"lively , convincing dialogue",1 119465,"excellent cast",1 198534,"fantastic Kathy Bates",1 202785,"is banal in its message and the choice of material to convey it .",0 146334,"Instead of hiding Pinocchio from critics , Miramax should have hidden it from everyone .",0 210312,"rehashes several old themes",0 5125,"better acting and a hilarious kenneth branagh .",1 119048,"end on a positive ( if tragic ) note",1 68007,"One of the funniest motion pictures of the year ,",1 79712,"fashioned an absorbing look",1 226016,"Swept Away '",1 206338,"more accurately , it 's moving",1 120924,"gap",0 10444,"showtime is closer to slowtime",0 50308,"commended for its straight-ahead approach",1 116499,"ca n't disguise the fact that it 's inauthentic at its core and that its story just is n't worth telling .",0 92179,"seen and debated with appropriate ferocity and thoughtfulness",1 237327,"the whole package",1 73509,"along with his sister , Sofia , is a real filmmaker .",1 123834,"is a success",1 218661,"want to smash its face in",0 157209,"deeply unpleasant experience",0 139516,"were stripped of most of his budget and all of his sense of humor",0 123609,"into the trap of pretention",0 114105,"an observant , unfussily poetic meditation",1 229277,"becomes long and tedious like a classroom play in a college history course",0 103422,"A bit too eager to please",0 77279,"constructs a hilarious ode to middle America and middle age with this unlikely odyssey",1 104734,"Big Bad Love",1 36219,"psychological thriller",1 198946,"fine music never heard",0 19510,"a great Bond movie",1 125922,"less of a trifle",1 235968,"spent the duration of the film 's shooting schedule waiting to scream :",0 3535,"` difficult",0 152947,"add up to nothing more than jerking the audience 's chain",0 105397,"Despite the fact that this film was n't as bad as I thought it was going to be , it 's still not a good movie",0 210063,"rank frustration from those",0 62557,"... a rich and intelligent film that uses its pulpy core conceit to probe questions of attraction and interdependence and",1 154210,"as little",0 98857,"two surefire , beloved genres",1 140316,"without fully understanding what it was that made the story relevant in the first place",0 165555,"makes My Big Fat Greek Wedding look like an apartheid drama",0 18758,"But it 's emotionally engrossing",1 118674,"drag queen ,",0 103765,"A penetrating glimpse",1 16501,"loved it ! Gollum 's ` performance ' is incredible",1 86227,"long after this film has ended",1 157910,"downright despicable",0 29636,"blisteringly defined , that every other character seems overlooked",0 233925,"more entertaining ,",1 29962,"ca n't get any more gay , in pops Nathan Lane",0 13402,"! Gollum 's ` performance ' is incredible",1 47859,"a certain charm",1 48329,"a remarkable gift",1 112258,"a lousy script",0 211519,"should never appear together on a marquee , especially when the payoff is an unschooled comedy like Stealing Harvard , which fails to keep 80 minutes from seeming like 800",0 231404,"has about 3\/4th the fun of its spry 2001 predecessor -- but it 's a rushed , slapdash , sequel-for-the-sake - of-a-sequel with less than half the plot and ingenuity .",0 64300,"Because the film deliberately lacks irony , it has a genuine dramatic impact :",1 53272,"is a director to watch",1 56980,"significantly different ( and better )",1 97668,"three-dimensional characters",1 93847,"suited",1 150467,"Too restrained to be a freak show , too mercenary and obvious to be cerebral , too dull and pretentious to be engaging ... The Isle defies an easy categorization .",0 174115,"the ingredients are there .",1 188102,"The entire point of a shaggy dog story , of course , is that it goes nowhere , and this is classic nowheresville in every sense",0 23195,"'s worth seeing just on the basis of the wisdom , and at times , the startling optimism , of the children .",1 79779,"feels a bit anachronistic . Still",0 214771,"the hell cares",0 149663,"The only thing '' swept away '' is the one hour and thirty-three minutes spent watching this waste of time .",0 82524,"huge-screen format to make an old-fashioned nature film that educates viewers with words and pictures while entertaining them",1 119731,"family , forgiveness and love",1 35833,"out there because they love what they do",1 235867,"so much phone in his performance as",0 192537,"an equally miserable film the following year",0 85371,"its recent predecessor miserably",0 126548,"made me want to scream",0 108465,"Precocious",0 154575,"badly art-directed",0 13512,", a great actress tearing into a landmark role ,",1 6651,"four-star",1 184351,"Hate it",0 115054,"as the treat of the title",1 163133,"is no insight into the anguish of Heidi 's life",0 132338,"should be filling the screen with this tortured , dull artist and monster-in-the",0 13437,"'s a great deal of sizzle and very little steak .",0 104824,"Both a successful adaptation and an enjoyable film in its own right",1 101858,"'s pretty stupid . I had more fun with Ben Stiller 's Zoolander , which I thought was rather clever . But there 's plenty to offend everyone ...",0 70807,"What a concept , what an idea , what a thrill ride . This is a more fascinating look at the future than '' Bladerunner '' and one of the most high-concept sci fi adventures attempted for the screen .",1 229802,"cheapening",0 1116,"got some good , organic character work , lots of obvious political insights and little room for engaging , imaginative filmmaking in its nearly 2 1/2 - hour , dissipated length .",1 101498,"'s a delightfully quirky movie to be made from curling",1 39182,"to entertain the preschool set while embracing a wholesome attitude",1 166854,"no pleasure in watching a child suffer .",0 163294,"is sadly a tough sit ,",0 138701,"unimaginative and derivative",0 101593,"'s also nice to see a movie with its heart so thoroughly ,",1 163625,"it 's also rarely coherent .",0 46535,"Polanski is saying what he has long wanted to say , confronting the roots of his own preoccupations and obsessions",1 224807,"Mocking them now",0 14710,"a distinguished and distinctive effort",1 224108,"It 's Pauly Shore awful .",0 136862,"thinly-conceived movie .",0 20646,"get up and dance",1 3646,"a child 's interest and an adult 's patience",0 162655,"is a perfect metaphor for the movie itself , which contains few laughs and not much drama",0 63588,"A wonderfully speculative character",1 42862,"the sort of delicate , articulate character - and",1 62571,"... and excellent use of music by India 's popular Gulzar and Jagjit Singh",1 94731,"that it 's implosion",0 99702,"way original",1 163665,"it 's more like entertainment for trolls",0 46449,"Oscar Wilde 's masterpiece ,",1 70908,"While the now 72-year-old Robert Evans been slowed down by a stroke , he has at least one more story to tell : his own .",1 147264,"Lovely and Amazing , '",1 77411,"could be looking at his 12th Oscar nomination by proving that he 's now , more than ever , choosing his roles with the precision of the insurance actuary .",1 194344,"been all but decommissioned",0 73076,"accomplished Oscar winners Susan Sarandon , Dustin Hoffman and Holly Hunter , yet newcomer Ellen Pompeo pulls off the feat with aplomb",1 228112,"a reductionist view of their Lord as a luv-spreading Dr. Feelgood or omnipotent slacker",0 89353,"on It 's a Wonderful Life marathons and bored with A Christmas Carol , it might just be the movie you 're looking for .",1 179818,"'s kind of sad that so many people put so much time and energy into this turkey .",0 32166,"gradually and artfully",1 121848,"has the charisma of a young woman who knows how to hold the screen",1 125805,"laughs and not the last time",1 227390,"` it 's better to go in knowing full well what 's going to happen , but willing to let the earnestness of its execution and skill of its cast take you down a familiar road with a few twists .",1 212979,"surprising us by trying something new",1 98748,"try to balance pointed , often incisive satire and unabashed sweetness , with results that are sometimes bracing , sometimes baffling and quite often , and in unexpected ways , touching .",1 111243,"Woody Allen has really found his groove these days . The problem is that it is one that allows him to churn out one mediocre movie after another .",0 107240,"Just a Kiss is a just a waste .",0 71535,"a delicious crime drama on par with the slickest of Mamet",1 5917,"deserves a medal",1 61875,", dumb",0 132292,"shining a not particularly flattering spotlight on America 's skin-deep notions of pulchritude",0 85351,"its playwriting 101 premise",1 123116,"in that it is does not rely on dumb gags , anatomical humor , or character cliches",1 38873,"these are performances to enjoy in a memorable ensemble piece",1 82879,"in a world of meaningless activity",0 76992,"comfortable niche",1 173511,"the badly dated cutesy-pie mystery scenario",0 150730,"Watching it is rather like an overlong visit from a large group of your relatives . As your relatives swap one mundane story after another , you begin to wonder if they are ever going to depart .",0 153807,"are at least 10 complete misses , many coming from the amazingly lifelike Tara Reid , whose acting skills are comparable to a cardboard cutout .",0 37230,"spirited performances",1 60360,"with love for the movies of the 1960s",1 194842,"boring talking heads",0 155020,"before the daddy of all slashers arrives , still with the boiler suit and white mask , which look remarkably clean for a guy who has been mass-murdering since 1978 but has never been seen doing laundry",0 209781,"profoundly stupid",0 201349,"horribly depressing",0 192634,"an overexposed waste",0 212203,"something hip",1 182867,"Boll uses a lot of quick cutting and blurry step-printing to goose things up ,",1 2910,"to a biting satire that has no teeth",0 37191,"space adventure",1 85650,"kid-empowerment",1 125118,"it transporting is that it 's also one of the smartest",1 23025,"'s ( Ricci 's ) best",1 158376,"erase the fact that The Believer feels like a 12-Step Program for the Jewish Nazi",0 50756,"demanding",0 97158,"their super-dooper-adorability intact",1 129251,"off-kilter dialogue",0 221076,"( Reno ) lets her radical flag fly , taking angry potshots at George W. Bush , Henry Kissinger , Larry King , et al.",0 38054,"the camp to create a completely numbing experience",0 176648,"too many problems",0 193244,"are your cup of tea , then pay your $ 8 and get ready for the big shear",0 70223,"This is a very funny , heartwarming film . It has fun with the quirks of family life , but",1 177139,"undermines its message of Christian love and compassion",0 178642,"with sci-fi video game graphics and Disney-fied adolescent angst",0 177047,"ugly movies",0 110627,"Tian 's meticulous talent has not withered during his enforced hiatus",1 30136,"cheery , down-to-earth",1 166938,"not as innovative , nor the story as imaginative",0 19136,"Nicely",1 137437,"to be said for a studio-produced film that never bothers to hand viewers a suitcase full of easy answers",1 237866,"to let the earnestness of its execution and skill of its cast take you down a familiar road with a few twists",1 135504,"the hero 's odyssey",1 70289,"This odd , distant Portuguese import more or less",0 187634,"Super Troopers suffers because it does n't have enough vices to merit its 103-minute length .",0 148722,"Some actors steal scenes . Tom Green just gives them a bad odor . This self-infatuated goofball is far from the only thing wrong with the clumsy comedy Stealing Harvard , but",0 56503,"relentless , polished wit",1 154281,"as threatening as the Snuggle Fabric Softener bear",0 83826,"is a no-bull throwback to 1970s action films",1 152603,"a throwaway movie",0 39908,"weaves a carefully balanced scenario that is controlled by neither character",1 66528,"It 's an experience in understanding a unique culture that is presented with universal appeal .",1 47506,"Undisputed",1 54158,"laugh-a-minute crowd pleaser",1 104523,"As warm as it is wise",1 209583,"postcard perfect ,",1 42676,"stand up and",1 3915,"a literate presentation that wonderfully",1 31093,"engaged in a ferocious debate for years to come",0 229686,"can not disguise the slack complacency of ( Godard 's ) vision , any more than the gorgeous piano and strings on the soundtrack can drown out the tinny self-righteousness of his voice",0 77586,"crippled children",0 174371,"the movie with a shred of plausibility ,",1 235167,"racist humour",0 22926,"you to pick apart its faults even as you have to admit that somehow it hit you where you live",1 124071,"is funny -- not '' ha ha '' funny , '' dead circus performer '' funny . And for all the wrong reasons besides",0 98413,"to top form",1 164762,"less sensational",0 84433,"is n't blind to the silliness , but also captures moments of spontaneous creativity and authentic co-operative interaction",1 82854,"in a joyous communal festival of rhythm",1 238256,"until the silly showdown ending that forces the viewer to totally suspend disbelief",0 159665,"freshened up by the dunce of a Screenwriting 101 class ... Designed to provide a mix of smiles and tears , '' Crossroads '' instead provokes a handful of unintentional howlers and numerous yawns",0 189714,"While you have to admit it 's semi-amusing to watch Robert DeNiro belt out '' When you 're a Jet , you 're a Jet all the way",1 195122,"by a charm that 's conspicuously missing from the Girls ' big-screen blowout",0 207615,"of anyone who has reached puberty actually finding the characters in Slackers or their antics amusing , let alone funny",0 120707,"from bland actors",0 200006,"glum as Mr . De Niro",0 93064,"some buoyant human moments",1 170384,"saw Knockaround Guys yesterday",1 25434,"Good movie . Good actress . But if you expect light romantic comedy , good gosh , will you be shocked .",1 197894,"enjoy themselves",1 22590,"transcends ethnic boundaries",1 48103,"a haunting dramatization of a couple 's moral ascension",1 178688,"with too many characters and events , all intertwined and far too complicated to keep track of",0 122564,"how thoroughly unrewarding all of this",0 205876,"masters of both",1 61248,"'s sharply comic and surprisingly touching , so hold the gong",1 32118,"gone from the popcorn pushing sound stages of Hollywood .",1 11348,"the fantastic kathy",1 53373,"is almost in a class with that of Wilde himself .",1 182034,"A summary of the plot does n't quite do justice to the awfulness of the movie , for that comes through all too painfully in the execution .",0 63450,"A sun-drenched masterpiece , part parlor game , part psychological case study",1 124941,"it could become a cult classic",1 229593,"by the better film 's ability to make its subject interesting to those who are n't part of its supposed target audience",1 128050,"no wrong",1 30373,"contemplative film",0 234144,"no points for originality , wit , or intelligence",0 75601,"best war movies",1 65399,"Every individual will see the movie through the prism of his or her own beliefs and prejudices",1 234740,"one of those reputedly `` unfilmable '' novels that has bucked the odds to emerge as an exquisite motion picture in its own right",1 148685,"So unremittingly awful that labeling it a dog probably constitutes cruelty to canines .",0 47326,"There is nothing outstanding about this film ,",0 189746,"Will warm your heart without making you feel guilty about it .",1 172601,"tedium",0 204411,"juicy writer",1 43274,"'s lots of cool stuff packed into ESPN 's Ultimate X .",1 80111,"fleet-footed and pleasingly upbeat",1 157808,"does not work",0 133363,"straight-ahead thriller",1 221033,"'ve got seven days left to live",0 134979,"the character dramas , which never reach satisfying conclusions",0 43395,"( Chaiken 's ) talent lies in an evocative , accurate observation of a distinctive milieu",1 31398,"extend your arms",1 48454,"a triumph of emotionally and narratively complex filmmaking",1 73455,"all the way to the credits",1 26481,"Roland 's",1 193270,"arrangements and mind games , of no erotic or sensuous charge",0 34974,"not fully aware is being examined",0 99149,"unusual but pleasantly haunting debut",1 53734,"it 's brilliant",1 14585,"Unlike most teen flicks",1 54866,"most colorful and controversial",1 211965,"so many red herrings ,",0 26801,"The film 's sharp , often mischievous sense of humor",1 154259,"as the film goes on , the joke wears thin",0 167255,"of Todd Farmer 's screenplay , which is a simple retread of the 1979 Alien , with a plucky heroine battling a monster loose in a spaceship",0 229707,"can prevent its tragic waste of life",0 35667,"on the spectacular scale",1 118012,"delights for adults as there are for children and dog lovers",1 56068,"plenty to enjoy",1 98512,"too late",0 138969,"very compelling , sensitive , intelligent and almost cohesive",1 63457,"A superlative B movie -- funny , sexy , and rousing .",1 227204,"Without any redeeming value whatsoever",0 224992,"Mr. Tsai is a very original artist in his medium",1 127600,"moving , and adventurous",1 86963,"meandering",0 53396,"is an unconventional storyteller , capable of finding beauty in the most depressing places",1 175022,"the whiney characters bugged me",0 110693,"Tom Hanks was just an ordinary big-screen star",0 110227,"The underworld urban angst is derivative of Martin Scorsese 's Taxi Driver and Goodfellas , but this film speaks for itself",1 221245,", `` dead circus performer '' funny",0 201115,"himself funny",1 150483,"Too stupid to be satire , too obviously hateful to be classified otherwise , Frank Novak 's irritating slice of lumpen life is as reliably soul-killing as its title is nearly meaningless .",0 147252,"Louiso lets the movie dawdle in classic disaffected-indie-film mode",0 26228,"Not only is Undercover Brother as funny , if not more so , than both Austin Powers films",1 108116,"Often demented in a good way ,",1 138812,"up walking out not only satisfied but also somewhat touched",1 194131,"be forgiven for frequently pandering to fans of the gross-out comedy",0 104976,"Campbell Scott finds the ideal outlet for his flick-knife diction in the role of Roger Swanson .",1 61826,", charming and quirky",1 118668,"drab .",0 121865,"has the stomach-knotting suspense of a legal thriller , while the testimony of witnesses lends the film a resonant undertone of tragedy .",1 127642,"much tongue in cheek in the film",1 218363,"uses quick-cuts , ( very ) large shadows and wide-angle shots taken from a distance to hide the liberal use of a body double ( for Seagal )",0 229397,"bibbidy-bobbidi-bland",0 17357,"superstar",1 186686,"Phoned-in business",0 161870,"in her most charmless",0 43712,", the film 's final scene is soaringly , transparently moving .",1 53776,"it 's what makes their project so interesting",1 149933,"The title 's",1 205,"a movie that ends up slapping its target audience in the face by shooting itself in the foot",0 198437,"failing , ultimately",0 59098,"thrilling combination",1 65809,"Gondry 's direction is adequate ... but what gives Human Nature its unique feel is Kaufman 's script .",1 112300,"a masterpiece --",1 203358,"is remarkably fuddled about motives and context , which drains it of the dramatic substance that would shake us in our boots ( or cinema seats ) .",0 43209,"'s as morning-glory exuberant",1 235320,"remember that life 's ultimately a gamble and last orders are to be embraced",1 176701,"too-facile coincidence",0 144732,"De Niro may enjoy the same free ride from critics afforded to Clint Eastwood in the lazy Bloodwork . But like Bruce Springsteen 's gone-to-pot Asbury Park , New Jersey , this sad-sack waste of a movie is a City of ruins .",0 232703,"is paced at a speed that is slow to those of us in middle age and deathly slow to any teen .",0 170398,"say whether The Tuxedo is more boring or embarrassing",0 160012,"get to the good stuff",0 203756,"it 's exploitive without being insightful .",0 103026,", with humor , warmth , and intelligence , captures a life interestingly lived",1 56803,"seems so real because it does not attempt to filter out the complexity",1 75574,"benefits from having a real writer plot out all of the characters ' moves and overlapping story .",1 221692,", you 're desperate for the evening to end .",0 53622,"is slightly less successful than the first",0 17260,"some intriguing ambiguity",1 12349,"to duck the very issues it raises",0 83795,"is a great yarn",1 155951,"can locate a genuinely honest moment in their movie",1 110429,"This cloying , voices-from-the-other-side story",0 30371,"contemplative",1 49223,"artful , intelligent film",1 156915,"courage '' pinned to its huckster lapel while a yellow streak a mile wide decorates its back",0 24950,"Casey Kasem-furnished voice",1 137589,"to find an old flame",1 62582,"... have made the old boy 's characters more quick-witted than any English Lit",1 235640,"shabby script",0 223148,"Director Claude Chabrol has become the master of innuendo .",1 224216,"It 's not life-affirming -- its vulgar and mean , but",0 71032,"Witty and often surprising , a dark little morality tale disguised as a romantic comedy .",1 86214,"loneliest dark spots",0 145720,"Harrison 's Flowers puts its heart in the right place , but its brains are in no particular place at all .",1 161632,"ill-advised meddling",0 164812,"liberal cause",1 3854,"a gracious , eloquent film that by its end offers a ray of hope to the refugees able to look ahead and resist living in a past forever",1 153800,"are as cute as all get-out",1 12285,"titillating",1 1959,"one pine for the day when godard can no longer handle the rigors of filmmaking",0 94389,"than anything seen on Jerry Springer",0 138371,"true to his principles",1 181611,"A dim-witted and lazy spin-off of the Animal Planet documentary series , Crocodile Hunter",0 100195,"why did n't Hollywood think of this sooner ?",1 34247,"loving little film",1 151807,"a glossy coat of action movie excess while remaining heartless",0 223269,"Even the hastily and amateurishly",0 229119,"barely makes sense , with its unbelievable naïveté and arbitrary flashbacks .",0 105668,"Evans ' career",1 210470,"resembles an outline for a '70s exploitation picture than the finished product .",0 182522,"Anyone who wants to start writing screenplays",1 151355,"a baffling casual approach",0 134314,"that evoke childish night terrors",0 79960,"find that it goes by quickly , because it has some of the funniest jokes of any movie this year , including those intended for adults",1 166642,"needs to do his or her own Hamlet . For Benigni it was n't Shakespeare whom he wanted to define his career with but Pinocchio . It might as well have been Problem Child IV .",0 143760,"An ultra-low-budget indie debut that smacks more of good intentions than talent .",0 188779,"The worst film",0 184800,"If ever a concept came handed down from the movie gods on a silver platter , this is it . If ever such a dependable concept was botched in execution , this is it .",0 148110,"Places a slightly believable love triangle in a difficult-to-swallow setting , and then disappointingly moves the story into the realm of an improbable thriller",0 188948,"This Sade is hardly a perverse , dangerous libertine and agitator -- which would have made for better drama . He 's just a sad aristocrat in tattered finery , and",0 98471,"together with efficiency and an affection for the period",1 80714,"fulfills one facet of its mission",1 144975,"Dragonfly has no atmosphere , no tension -- nothing but Costner , flailing away . It 's a buggy drag .",0 143444,"A woozy , roisterous , exhausting mess , and the off-beat casting of its two leads",0 166198,"more light",0 109370,"Terminally brain dead production .",0 106597,"If the film 's vision of sport as a secular religion is a bit cloying , its through-line of family and community is heartening in the same way that each season marks a new start .",1 70789,"What 's most refreshing about Real Women Have Curves is its unforced comedy-drama and its relaxed , natural-seeming actors .",1 156369,"cliched to hardened indie-heads",0 147935,"One-sided documentary offers simplistic explanations to a very complex situation ... Stylistically , the movie is a disaster",0 7184,"his problematic",0 202647,"is a smorgasbord of soliloquies about nothing delivered by the former Mr . Drew Barrymore",0 220714,"'s a part of us that can not help be entertained by the sight of someone getting away with something .",1 77591,"crisp storytelling",1 151597,"a deficit of flim-flam",0 207016,"no chemistry",0 203860,"it completely contradicts everything Kieslowski 's work aspired to , including the condition of art",0 209099,"partly satisfying",1 27300,"You have to pay attention to follow all the stories , but they 're each interesting .",1 41778,"deny the possibility of hope",0 154517,"awkward structure",0 26439,"Reggio 's images and Glass ' evocative music ...",1 61299,"'s that good .",1 23351,", a few too many weeping",0 97191,"therapy ' I need from movie comedies -- offbeat humor , amusing characters , and a happy ending",1 200636,"has so many flaws",0 138259,"transcendent performance",1 8542,"look as if it were being shown on the projection television screen of a sports bar",0 148886,"Strong setup and ambitious goals fade as the film descends into unsophisticated scare tactics and B-film thuggery .",0 56296,"purely enjoyable",1 25248,"Escapism in its purest form .",1 109252,"Such master screenwriting comes courtesy of John Pogue , the Yale grad who previously gave us '' The Skulls '' and last year 's '' Rollerball . '' Enough said",1 219237,"which , as you watch them clumsily mugging their way through Snow Dogs , seems inconceivable",0 72782,"a voice for a pop-cyber culture",1 53099,"input",1 149151,"The Sum of All Fears is almost impossible to follow -- and",0 156502,"colorful , dramatized PBS program",1 213810,"that provide its thrills and extreme emotions lose their luster when flattened onscreen",0 135896,"the oddest and most inexplicable sequels",0 89306,"often-cute",1 53485,"is hard to forget",1 48778,"all the usual Spielberg flair",1 231638,"he should not be forgiven",0 218923,"we associate with Cage 's best acting",1 122446,"hoary dialogue , fluxing accents , and -- worst of all -- silly-looking Morlocks",0 68286,"Provides the kind of ` laugh therapy ' I need from movie comedies -- offbeat humor , amusing characters , and a happy ending .",1 213556,"that a movie can be as intelligent as this one is in every regard except its storyline",0 86660,"makes these lives count .",1 130893,"questionable",0 196523,"cut their losses",0 199006,"fizzle",0 125717,"lactating hippie",0 187529,"Staggers between flaccid satire and what is supposed to be madcap farce .",0 89641,"one that families looking for a clean , kid-friendly outing should investigate",1 39615,"uneven but intriguing",1 157095,"damn moldy values",0 98970,"undercuts the joie de vivre even as he creates it , giving the movie a mournful undercurrent that places the good-time shenanigans in welcome perspective .",1 132857,"solidly entertaining and moving family drama",1 191063,"a particularly amateurish episode",0 112632,"a rollicking adventure",1 209084,"particularly amateurish episode",0 233077,"it overstays its natural running time",0 133640,"superficially loose , larky documentary",0 198104,"even more unmentionable subjects seem like mere splashing around in the muck",0 139904,"will filmmakers copy the '' Saving Private Ryan '' battle scenes before realizing Steven Spielberg got it right the first time",0 204161,"its crapulence",0 157907,"downing",0 200939,"he just slopped 'em together here",0 65172,"Dover Kosashvili 's outstanding feature debut",1 18667,"An intelligent fiction about learning through cultural clash .",1 165105,"little screen time and even",0 141775,"( I ) f you 've been to more than one indie flick in your life , chances are you 've already seen this kind of thing .",0 169657,"rather inconsequential",0 130513,"powerful look",1 128079,"nonsensical and",0 97356,"this ambitious comic escapade",1 11936,"the suckers",0 156644,"completes a Good Will Hunting trilogy that was never planned",0 177759,"waterlogged equivalent",0 7286,"i like it . there",1 191816,"abridged edition",1 193579,"as such the film has a difficult time shaking its Blair Witch Project real-time roots",0 78805,"elegant , witty and beneath",1 79433,"executed it takes your breath away .",1 177236,"unpersuasive",0 206471,"more than four",1 7756,"is no picnic",0 54391,"love , longing , and",1 47155,"The minor figures surrounding ( Bobby ) ... form a gritty urban mosaic",1 199282,"for personality . It does n't really know or care about the characters , and uses them as markers for a series of preordained events",0 51080,"easy to swallow thanks to remarkable performances by Ferrera and Ontiveros",1 36234,"purest",1 96182,"the most original fantasy film",1 165979,"milking a played-out idea -- a straight guy has to dress up in drag -- that shockingly manages to be even worse than its title",0 114478,"appalling ,",0 107613,"Manages to delight without much of a story .",1 24651,"An intelligent , moving and invigorating film",1 69522,"The film 's messages of tolerance and diversity are n't particularly original , but one ca n't help but be drawn in by the sympathetic characters",1 136426,"the top Japanese animations",1 137514,"to create an underplayed melodrama about family dynamics and dysfunction that harks back to the spare , unchecked heartache of Yasujiro Ozu",0 157747,"does n't compare to the brilliant original",0 111248,"Working from a surprisingly sensitive script co-written by Gianni Romoli ... Ozpetek avoids most of the pitfalls you 'd expect in such a potentially sudsy set-up",1 114537,"are all aliens , too . '' Congrats Disney on a job well done",1 27956,"a wickedly eccentric enchantment",1 32447,"heartfelt family drama .",1 236782,"the clumsy cliché of the ugly American",0 211053,"seem to have been picked not for their acting chops , but for their looks and appeal to the pre-teen crowd .",0 210901,"sci-fi drama that takes itself all too seriously",0 52320,"had , lost , and got back",1 13223,"wladyslaw szpilman , who is not only a pianist , but a good human being",1 40333,"wonderfully respectful of its past",1 120190,"fits into a genre that has been overexposed , redolent of a thousand cliches , and yet remains uniquely itself , vibrant with originality .",1 80780,"funniest and most accurate",1 17409,"than his earlier English-language movie , the overpraised Elizabeth",0 211995,"so predominantly charitable it can only be seen as propaganda",0 90189,"perfect festival film",1 123715,"is a celebration of feminine energy , a tribute to the power of women to heal .",1 60287,"winning tone",1 121826,"has plenty of laughs . It just does n't have much else ... especially in a moral sense",1 124703,"is the stuff that Disney movies are made of .",1 5246,"both traditional",1 82050,"heartwarming without stooping to gooeyness",1 175536,"this sappy ethnic sleeper proves that not only blockbusters pollute the summer movie pool .",0 89534,"once playful and haunting",1 79153,"environmental pollution ever made",0 87496,"most virtuous limits",1 181543,"A bland , obnoxious 88-minute infomercial",0 214794,"the home video market",0 13325,"yet curiously tepid and choppy",0 164616,"laugh because he acts so goofy all the time",1 195775,"cliched dialogue",0 25377,"Fun",1 75602,"best way",1 74209,"aplenty",1 232794,"is that they 're stuck with a script that prevents them from firing on all cylinders .",0 15665,"entertainment and education",1 222827,"But though he only scratches the surface , at least he provides a strong itch to explore more .",1 209718,"pretty .",1 173939,"the filmed reading of a script in need of polishing",0 153080,"all of Dean 's mannerisms and self-indulgence ,",0 176829,"treats him human enough",1 96657,"the sensational true-crime",1 222896,"Celebrity cameos do not automatically equal laughs .",0 38059,"the cast and director Stephen Herek 's polished direction pour delightfully piquant wine from aged bottles .",1 33244,"is a nearly impeccable cinematic experience -- and a wonderful all-ages triumph besides --",1 86619,"makes The Banger Sisters a fascinating character study with laughs to spare",1 58380,"the high infidelity",0 224406,"It would be disingenuous to call Reno a great film , but",0 11509,"the humor aspects of ` jason x ' were far more entertaining than i had expected",1 177446,"very little genuine romance",0 85559,"just becomes sad",0 141648,"'s the kind of movie that ends up festooning U . S . art house screens for no reason other than the fact that it 's in French ( well , mostly ) with English subtitles and is magically ` significant ' because of that .",0 101519,"'s a lot of tooth in Roger Dodger",1 94927,"that trademark grin of his -- so perfect for a ballplayer",1 72460,"a solid ,",1 172264,"sucks the humanity from the film , leaving behind an horrific but weirdly unemotional spectacle .",0 89785,"other hallmarks of his personal cinema painted on their largest-ever historical canvas",1 100900,"worthy of a couple hours of summertime and a bucket of popcorn . Nothing overly original",1 29995,"can only qualify as a terrible tragedy",0 33359,"is definitely one for the masses",1 70844,"When a movie has stuck around for this long",1 35593,"ol' urban legend stuff",1 173225,"that the fans of the first Men in Black have come away hating the second one .",0 182182,"Adroit but finally",1 142771,"... a plotline that 's as lumpy as two-day old porridge ... the filmmakers ' paws , sad to say , were all over this '' un-bear-able '' project !",0 152219,"a perversely cheerful Marcus Miller accordion\/harmonica\/banjo abomination",0 176997,"turns out to be cleverer , better written and of considerable more interest than the finished film , that 's a bad sign . A very bad sign .",0 132776,"so perfect",1 123750,"is a fudged opportunity of gigantic proportions -- a lunar mission with no signs of life",0 40639,"A charming , quirky and leisurely paced Scottish comedy -- except with an outrageous central gimmick that could have been a reject from Monty Python 's Meaning of Life",1 44822,"By not averting his eyes , Solondz forces us to consider the unthinkable , the unacceptable , the unmentionable .",1 8596,"made every effort to disguise it as an unimaginative screenwriter 's invention",0 22863,"wordplay and clever plot contrivances",1 144893,"Disney sentimentality mixed in for good measure",1 148239,"Rambles on in a disjointed , substandard fashion from one",0 69672,"The leanest and meanest of Solondz 's misanthropic comedies",1 76699,"choose to interpret the film 's end as hopeful or optimistic",1 61283,"'s stylishly directed with verve",1 235914,"some weird relative trots out the video he took of the family vacation to Stonehenge",0 212919,"superficial and unrealized",0 222847,"By and large this is Mr. Kilmer 's movie , and it 's his strongest performance since The Doors",1 217260,"to ponder how a whole segment of pop-music history has been allowed to get wet , fuzzy and sticky",0 207799,"of inept filmmaking",0 123897,"is amiss in the world .",0 225854,"Soderbergh 's best films , `` Erin Brockovich , '' `` Out of Sight '' and `` Ocean 's Eleven , ''",1 76923,"come during that final , beautiful scene",1 175584,"this when you can rent a pedigree instead",0 152688,"a wooden delivery",0 25871,"Johnny Dankworth 's best soundtrack in years",1 198514,"familiar situations and repetitive scenes",0 183390,"Despite the opulent lushness of every scene",1 158816,"fame and fortune",1 199211,"for attention it nearly breaks its little neck trying to perform entertaining tricks",0 124052,"is flawed , compromised and sad",0 27258,"Woo 's fights have a distinct flair . His warriors collide in balletic explosion that implies an underlying order throughout the chaos .",1 213275,"tells a moldy-oldie , not-nearly - as-nasty - as-it - thinks-it-is joke . Over and over again .",0 45705,"It 's a coming-of-age story we 've all seen bits of in other films -- but it 's rarely been told with such affecting grace and cultural specificity",1 171980,"sticks rigidly to the paradigm , rarely permitting its characters more than two obvious dimensions and repeatedly placing them in contrived , well-worn situations",0 25503,"Hawn 's",1 77956,"delivers real bump-in - the-night chills",1 159846,"funny as aggressively sitcom-cute",1 74343,"are head and shoulders above much of the director 's previous popcorn work .",1 9089,"no sugar-coating or interludes of lightness",1 90623,"presented with universal appeal",1 19373,"Though this film can be clumsy",0 190892,"a low-budget series on a UHF channel",0 95327,"the cliches with considerable dash",0 39479,"trumpets",1 78138,"difficult but worthy",1 145032,"Eastwood is an icon of moviemaking , one of the best actors , directors and producers around , responsible for some excellent work .",1 41146,"Only an epic documentary could get it all down ,",1 140090,"with a touch of silliness and a little bloodshed",1 124064,"is funny , scary and sad .",1 12191,"this romantic\/comedy",1 104472,"As an actor 's showcase",1 41596,"as lively and",1 38185,"the familiar masterpiece",1 36830,"seriousness and compassion",1 21453,"not the least of which is Amy 's self-absorbed personality --",0 39763,"very difficult",0 164653,"lead nowhere",0 5654,"comes off as a two-way time-switching myopic mystery that stalls in its lackluster gear of emotional blandness",0 72587,"a sturdiness and solidity that we 've long associated with Washington",1 173220,"that the appeal of Hey Arnold ! The Movie will reach far beyond its core demographic",1 39043,"thrilling enough to make it abundantly clear that this movie phenomenon has once again reinvented itself for a new generation",1 182964,"By halfway through this picture I was beginning to hate it , and , of course",0 36485,"remarkably varying",1 184785,"If Hill is n't quite his generation 's Don Siegel ( or Robert Aldrich ) , it 's because there 's no discernible feeling beneath the chest hair :",0 220968,"'s so fun about this silly , outrageous , ingenious thriller",1 43777,", uplifting and funny",1 106061,"Graphic sex may be what 's attracting audiences to Unfaithful , but gripping performances by Lane and Gere are what will keep them awake",1 13526,", and enough beauty to make it unforgettable",1 114098,"an intriguing story of maternal instincts and",1 25483,"Harsh , effective documentary on life in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories .",1 80906,"gentle , touching",1 181019,", the script gives him little to effectively probe Lear 's soul-stripping breakdown .",0 39826,"walking out halfway through",0 111997,"a genre that has been overexposed , redolent of a thousand cliches , and yet remains uniquely itself , vibrant with originality",1 142250,", it 's a humorless , disjointed mess .",0 180484,", after being an object of intense scrutiny for 104 minutes , remains a complete blank",0 114138,"an otherwise good movie marred beyond redemption by a disastrous ending",0 166122,"moral schizophrenia",0 108612,"Resident Evil is n't a product of its cinematic predecessors so much as an MTV , sugar hysteria , and PlayStation cocktail .",0 3638,"a cheap",0 8266,"just too bratty for sympathy , and as the film",0 46839,"Strikes Back ... a majestic achievement , an epic of astonishing grandeur and surprising emotional depth",1 222998,"Consider it ` perfection .",1 238550,"well-executed spy-thriller .",1 133749,"sweet , funny",1 71231,"a Japan bustling",1 159819,"fully developed story",1 116641,"candid ,",1 134528,"that rarity among sequels",1 226490,"The story ... is inspiring , ironic , and revelatory of just how ridiculous and money-oriented the record industry really is .",1 162969,"is just repulsive .",0 62954,"A distinguished and thoughtful film , marked by acute writing and a host of splendid performances .",1 83534,"into a smart new comedy",1 39313,"to tell a simple story , perhaps the simplest story of all , in a way that seems compelling and even original",1 188741,"The three leads produce adequate performances ,",1 56064,"pleaser",1 49606,"been doing something wrong",0 21506,"of dynamite at the very end",1 132003,"seems embarrassed by his own invention and tries to rush through the intermediary passages , apparently hoping that the audience will not notice the glaring triteness of the plot device",0 3374,"'s still pretty tasty",1 87565,"moving and stark",1 21461,"nothing fresh about Wannabes , which was written by Mr . DeMeo , who produced and directed the film with Charles A . Addessi , much of the time",0 106645,"If you like an extreme action-packed film with a hint of humor , then Triple X marks the spot .",1 64133,"Astonishingly skillful and moving ... it could become a historically significant work as well as a masterfully made one .",1 149495,"The jokes are sophomoric , stereotypes are sprinkled everywhere and the acting ranges from bad to bodacious .",0 234649,"older men drink to excess , piss on trees , b.s. one another and put on a show in drag",0 127620,"much more watchable",1 29281,"at its best",1 8744,"media-soaked",0 104235,"An achingly enthralling premise , the film",1 183570,"Dong never pushes for insights beyond the superficial tensions of the dynamic he 's dissecting , and the film settles too easily along the contours of expectation",0 159964,"genuine wit",1 63047,"A flick about our infantilized culture that is n't entirely infantile .",1 15849,"frustrates",0 230107,"decent sense",1 198950,"fine work",1 98051,"to figure the depth of these two literary figures , and even the times in which they lived",1 53348,"is a verbal duel between two gifted performers",1 90923,"purpose and finesse",1 233055,"it is were it not for the striking , quietly vulnerable personality of Ms. Ambrose",1 237847,"to hope for any chance of enjoying this film",0 5645,"comedic grand",1 116659,"capitalize on the popularity of Vin Diesel , Seth Green and Barry Pepper .",1 33554,"is well shot and very tragic , and one to ponder after the credits roll .",1 153865,"are left with something like two ships passing in the night rather than any insights into gay love",0 87742,"nearly impossible to care about",0 2726,"the smeary digital video",0 223363,"Fifty years after the fact , the world 's political situation seems little different , and ( director Phillip ) Noyce brings out the allegory with remarkable skill .",1 72254,"a reluctant , irresponsible man and",0 197824,"empty , purposeless",0 7396,"impressive",1 163870,"it merely lacks everything except good intentions",0 118516,"does n't always succeed in its quest to be taken seriously",0 92470,"she deftly spins the multiple stories in a vibrant and intoxicating fashion",1 153584,"and pee jokes",0 234774,"open-hearted film",1 28534,"and challenges its audience",1 53384,"is an amusing joy ride",1 157700,"do you spell cliché",0 170827,"shameless and",0 225742,"Sex ironically has little to do with the story , which becomes something about how lame it is to try and evade your responsibilities and that you should never , ever , leave a large dog alone with a toddler .",0 17629,"the regular minefield of coming-of-age cliches with potent doses of honesty and sensitivity",1 227120,"While Guzmán frustratingly refuses to give Pinochet 's crimes a political context",0 106478,"I have to admit I walked out of Runteldat . I did go back and check out the last 10 minutes ,",0 120885,"funny popcorn",1 218175,"unfocused and tediously exasperating",0 42642,"sizzle and",1 227126,"While it 's genuinely cool to hear characters talk about early rap records ( Sugar Hill Gang , etc. ) , the constant referencing of hip-hop arcana can alienate even the savviest audiences .",0 186545,"One gets the impression the creators of Do n't Ask Do n't Tell laughed a hell of a lot at their own jokes . Too bad none of it is funny .",0 144091,"Before long , the film starts playing like General Hospital crossed with a Saturday Night Live spoof of Dog Day Afternoon .",0 130415,"poorly dubbed dialogue and murky cinematography",0 203282,"is one big , dumb action movie . Stress ` dumb . '",0 50331,"compelling look",1 97947,"to be transported into the life of Wladyslaw Szpilman , who is not only a pianist , but a good human being",1 231503,"has thrown every suspenseful cliché in the book at this nonsensical story",0 137864,"to soothe and break your heart with a single stroke",1 148477,"Seems like something American and European gay movies were doing 20 years ago .",0 176447,"to take my own life",0 203332,"is precious little of either .",0 128490,"of a truly magical movie",1 123115,"in that greasy little vidgame pit in the theater lobby",0 143948,"At once half-baked and overheated .",0 162121,"inconclusive",0 67169,"Lee 's achievement",1 225941,"Stale and",0 72166,"a powerful though flawed movie , guaranteed to put a lump in your throat while reaffirming Washington as possibly the best actor working in movies today",1 68133,"Patriot Games can still turn out a small , personal film with an emotional wallop",1 32080,"gives this coming-of-age story restraint as well as warmth .",1 207103,"no rooting interest",0 119652,"fails to unlock the full potential of what is in many ways a fresh and dramatically substantial spin on the genre",0 21798,"raise this far above the level of the usual maudlin disease movie",1 147630,"Needless",0 172926,"that an American movie might demand",1 238251,"untidily honest",1 154596,"balance out the violence",0 165169,"long and relentlessly saccharine film",0 67489,"May take its sweet time to get wherever it 's going , but if you have the patience for it , you wo n't feel like it 's wasted yours .",1 16303,"it 's a far more thoughtful film than any slice of Hugh Grant whimsy .",1 165187,"long-winded",0 1159,"has waited three years with breathless anticipation for a new hal hartley movie to pore over",1 13695,"-LRB- Drumline -RRB- is entertaining for what it does , and admirable for what it does n't do .",1 31263,"even the claustrophobic on-board quarters seem fun .",1 24691,"Anna Chancellor that makes this '' Two Weddings and a Funeral '' fun",1 124843,"it 's kind of insulting , both to men and women .",0 5325,"builds gradually until you feel fully embraced by this gentle comedy",1 169043,"pollute the summer movie pool",0 100735,"without the balm of right-thinking ideology , either liberal or conservative . Mr . Scorsese 's bravery and integrity in advancing this vision can hardly be underestimated",1 62877,"A completely spooky piece of business that gets under your skin and , some plot blips aside ,",1 149823,"The script is n't very good : not even someone as gifted as Hoffman ( the actor ) can make it work .",0 149440,"The film tries too hard to be funny and tries too hard to be hip . The end result is a film that 's neither .",0 57104,"so in control of both his medium and his message",1 2152,"resist his pleas to spare wildlife and",0 79621,"families looking for a clean , kid-friendly outing should investigate",1 87414,"most edgy piece",1 236349,"thanks to the presence of ` the King , ' it also rocks .",1 21123,"it pays a price for its intricate intellectual gamesmanship .",0 16230,"is a sophisticated , funny and good-natured treat , slight but a pleasure",1 101737,"'s like an all-star salute",1 100058,"who anchors the film with his effortless performance and that trademark grin of his -- so perfect for a ballplayer",1 84451,"is n't very interesting",0 12615,"ugly , pointless",0 164046,"its heart in the right place",1 232711,"is pure ' 87 , with a halfhearted twist on its cautionary message : Fatal Attraction = do n't have an affair with a nutjob : Unfaithful = do n't if you 're married to one .",0 113968,"an attempt to make the film relevant today , without fully understanding what it was that made the story relevant in the first place",0 94036,"swept away by the sheer beauty of his images",1 70466,"Tres Greek writer and star Nia Vardalos has crafted here a worldly-wise and very funny script .",1 210209,"really long , slow and dreary time",0 81896,"have much panache , but with material this rich it does n't need it",1 192526,"an enjoyable level",1 73293,"affords to watch Jackson , who also served as executive producer , take his smooth , shrewd , powerful act abroad",1 13425,"'ll still feel something .",1 127500,"most unpleasant details",0 84281,"is heartfelt and hilarious in ways you ca n't fake .",1 36548,"reveals his characters in a way that intrigues and even fascinates us",1 173019,"that has just enough charm and good acting to make it interesting , but is",1 112185,"a laconic pace",0 171736,"soulless hunk",0 50635,"dark humor , gorgeous exterior photography , and a stable-full of solid performances",1 31144,"enough to make it abundantly clear that this movie phenomenon has once again reinvented itself for a new generation",1 169536,"pyrotechnics its punchy style promises",1 77073,"compelling character",1 24376,"A love for films shines through each frame and the era is recreated with obvious affection , scored to perfection with some tasty boogaloo beats .",1 69081,"Sweet Home Alabama is n't going to win any Academy Awards , but",1 52922,"in form",1 226443,"The problem , it is with most of these things , is the script .",0 41819,"doing little",0 19516,"a hit-or-miss aesthetic that hits often enough to keep the film entertaining even if none of it makes a lick of sense",1 22155,"that 's hard to beat",1 119079,"energy and geniality to please not only the fanatical adherents on either side , but also people who know nothing about the subject and think they 're not interested .",1 144042,"Barry 's dead-eyed , perfectly chilled delivery",1 114347,"another iteration of what 's become one of the movies ' creepiest conventions , in which the developmentally disabled are portrayed with almost supernatural powers to humble , teach and ultimately redeem their mentally '' superior '' friends , family ...",0 170148,"ripe for the Jerry Springer crowd",0 104273,"An elegant work ,",1 63698,"All in all , a great party",1 199340,"for the greatness",1 133775,"sword-and-sorcery plot",1 54574,"makes up for in compassion",1 125582,"kept much of the plot but jettisoned the stuff that would make this a moving experience for people who have n't read the book",0 6849,"gore",0 78279,"disoriented but occasionally",0 175119,"their screen time is sabotaged by the story 's inability to create interest",0 146364,"Irwin is a man with enough charisma and audacity to carry a dozen films ,",1 14169,"It does succeed by following a feel-good formula with a winning style",1 153528,"an unusually vivid set of characters worthy of its strong cast",1 139074,"viscerally exciting , and dramatically moving",1 194980,"brought me uncomfortably close to losing my lunch .",0 108396,"Pinochet 's victims",0 64130,"Astonishingly skillful and moving",1 218863,"watching Slim travel incognito in a ridiculous wig no respectable Halloween costume shop would ever try to sell",0 196447,"crisp framing , edgy camera work",1 82026,"headed east , Far East , in retelling a historically significant , and personal , episode detailing how one international city welcomed tens of thousands of German Jewish refugees while the world 's democracie",1 32940,"in the interests of doing them good",1 9765,"poetry in motion captured on film . while it can be a bit repetitive",1 146502,"It 's hard to like a film about a guy who is utterly unlikeable , and Shiner , starring Michael Caine as an aging British boxing promoter desperate for a taste of fame and fortune , is certainly that .",0 168637,"pale Xerox of other , better crime movies .",0 23853,", self-deprecating sense",0 10175,"riveting",1 69654,"The journey to the secret 's eventual discovery",1 218971,"wears out its welcome as tryingly as the title character .",0 75125,"bad day",0 221860,"10 or 15 minutes could be cut and no one would notice --",0 53326,"is a refreshingly forthright one",1 123586,"into the art film pantheon",1 83817,"is a masterpiece of nuance and characterization , marred only by an inexplicable , utterly distracting blunder at the very end .",1 166267,"more than effectively",1 33848,"its seriousness , high literary aspirations and stunning acting",1 31052,"embraces the time-honored truth that the most powerful thing in life is",1 82400,"holiday carol",1 3910,"a lightweight",0 233924,"more enjoyable than I expected",1 228240,"a weak or careless performance amongst them",0 224953,"Mr. Polanski creates images even more haunting than those in Mr. Spielberg 's 1993 classic .",1 27018,"This version incarnates the prophetic book in a way even its exacting author might admire .",1 1048,"funny",1 192133,"all I sort of loved the people onscreen ,",1 220779,"'s because relatively nothing happens .",0 12422,"to sort the bad guys from the good , which is its essential problem",0 153517,"an unsettling sight",0 56271,"pulled from a tear-stained vintage Shirley Temple script",1 1157,"has no teeth",0 124990,"it has made its way into your very bloodstream",1 87378,"most anime , whose most ardent fans outside Japan seem to be introverted young men with fantasy fetishes",0 176631,"too interested in jerking off in all its Byzantine incarnations to bother pleasuring its audience",0 183540,"Does n't deliver a great story , nor",0 111438,"` gentle '",1 78803,"elegance and maturity",1 118038,"delivers the goods",1 69919,"The stars may be college kids , but the subject matter is as adult as you can get :",1 212715,"stubbornly refused to gel",0 108969,"Simultaneously heartbreakingly beautiful and exquisitely sad",1 79413,"excels because , unlike so many other Hollywood movies of its ilk , it offers hope",1 98581,"touching British comedy",1 111317,"You 'll feel like you ate a Reeses without the peanut butter",0 202149,"including a knockout of a closing line )",1 221552,", that 'll be much funnier than anything in the film ...",0 257,"a sardonic verve to their caustic purpose for existing , who is cletis tout",0 77455,"could n't stand to hear",0 128991,"of the best since The Last Waltz",1 14513,"The tenderness",1 16899,"overpraised",0 113570,"all aliens , too . '' Congrats Disney on a job well done",1 193368,"as a hole in the head",0 129758,"otherwise bleak",0 152146,"a music video rather than a full-length movie",0 173279,"that will do little to advance the Linux cause",0 196786,"depth or complexity",0 56574,"restoring the luster of the National Lampoon film franchise , too long reduced to direct-to-video irrelevancy",1 161360,"hitting your head",0 56675,"rush",0 201929,"in more abundant supply in this woefully hackneyed movie , directed by Scott Kalvert , about street gangs and turf wars in 1958 Brooklyn -- stale cliches , gratuitous violence , or empty machismo",0 71584,"a dramatic slap",0 89599,"one of the all-time great apocalypse movies",1 231934,"in 2002 , such revelations wilt .",0 207807,"of its assigned marks to take on any life of its own",0 191037,"a new kind of high",1 237079,"the movie dragged on",0 54464,"made all the more poignant by the incessant use of cell phones",0 60330,"with an astoundingly rich film",1 156474,"cold and dreary weather",0 38240,"the filmmaker in the tall grass , true to himself",1 191506,"a terrible movie , just a stultifyingly obvious one -- an unrewarding collar for a murder mystery",0 137411,"to be dismissed",0 96901,"the tortured and self-conscious material",0 17279,"somewhat crudely constructed but gripping , questing look at a person",1 59748,"until it 's undone by the sogginess of its contemporary characters , and actors",0 76442,"care less",0 215206,"the nicest thing I can say is that I ca n't remember a single name responsible for it",0 21108,"it is a good Bond movie , which still makes it much better than your typical Bond knock-offs",1 132486,"silly-looking",0 194821,"bore except when the fantastic Kathy Bates turns up . Bravado Kathy !",1 119911,"feels less like bad cinema than like being stuck in a dark pit having a nightmare about bad cinema",0 104586,"Austin Powers in Goldmember '' has the right stuff for silly summer entertainment and has enough laughs to sustain interest to the end .",1 9982,"ragbag",0 66154,"I found it weirdly appealing",1 147232,"Looks and feels like a low-budget hybrid of Scarface or Carlito 's Way .",0 149133,"The Piano Teacher is the sort of movie that discourages American audiences from ever wanting to see another foreign film .",0 75917,"breathe out of every frame .",1 103752,"A not-so-Divine Secrets",0 121923,"have been one of the more daring and surprising American movies of the year",1 117815,"cuts corners .",0 53201,"intricately constructed",1 104357,"An odd , haphazard , and inconsequential romantic comedy .",0 199077,"flourishes -- artsy fantasy sequences --",1 191606,"a way that 's too loud , too goofy and too short of an attention span",0 160875,"have made this a superior movie",1 118646,"down on their working-class subjects",0 54487,"magnify her outrageous charm",1 233376,"letdown .",0 127226,"mongrel",0 221913,": Nemesis meekly goes where nearly every Star Trek movie has gone before .",0 125993,"light and sugary that were it a Macy 's Thanksgiving Day Parade balloon",0 187052,"SC2 is an autopilot Hollywood concoction lacking in imagination and authentic Christmas spirit ,",0 40024,"white-trash",0 128053,"noble end",0 138129,"too many tried-and-true shenanigans that hardly distinguish it from the next teen comedy",0 70113,"There are laughs aplenty , and , as a bonus ,",1 50746,"delivers its diversions",1 193186,"are so generic",0 14760,"a last-minute happy ending that 's even less plausible than the rest of the picture",0 178491,"with a curiosity about",1 87895,"no entertainment value",0 51792,"for her characters",1 63399,"A sobering and powerful documentary about the most severe kind of personal loss :",1 97204,"there 's stuff here to like",1 79886,"film grows on you . And how .",1 71928,"a love story and",1 216192,"these people mattered",1 194188,"be remembered as one of ( Witherspoon 's ) better films",1 216957,"to decide what annoyed me most about God is Great",0 148801,"Splash without the jokes",0 139235,"was aiming for , it certainly got lost in the '' soon-to-be-forgettable '' section of the quirky rip-off prison romp pile . It 's petty thievery like this that puts flimsy flicks like this behind bars",0 22607,"truly inhabited a character",1 115837,"being too bleak , too pessimistic and too unflinching for its own good",0 106345,"Hugh Grant , who has a good line in charm",1 133564,"such a mechanical endeavor (",1 166039,"miss the quirky amazement that used to come along for an integral part of the ride .",0 231624,"he communicates a great deal in his performance",1 8571,"love a joy to behold",1 118067,"deplorable",0 57148,"solid pedigree",1 24337,"A fast , funny , highly enjoyable movie .",1 17949,"us to confront the reality of sexual aberration",1 206352,"more chillingly effective",1 18422,", intimate and the dialogue is realistic and greatly moving . The scope of the Silberstein family is large and we grow attached to their lives , full of strength , warmth and vitality .",1 73848,"an inexplicable nightmare",0 140656,"yielded such a flat , plodding picture",0 32323,"has once again reinvented itself for a new generation",1 91238,"really is enormously good fun .",1 188036,"The cinematic equivalent of patronizing a bar favored by pretentious , untalented artistes who enjoy moaning about their cruel fate .",0 225541,"Purports to be a Hollywood satire but winds up as the kind of film that should be the target of something deeper and more engaging .",0 19503,"a glossy , glib charm",1 203051,"is lackluster at best",0 133519,"substantive movie",1 94282,"tells a story whose restatement is validated by the changing composition of the nation .",1 25428,"Good Stupid Fun",1 162868,"is emotionally diluted by focusing on the story 's least interesting subject",0 75300,"be one of the most appealing movies ever made about an otherwise appalling , and downright creepy , subject -- a teenage boy in love with his stepmother",1 47285,"The vivid lead performances sustain interest and empathy",1 131965,"seem heroic deserves a look .",1 28873,"and through to the most painfully marginal lives",0 4182,"a sweet treasure and",1 153630,"another anemic and formulaic Lethal Weapon-derived buddy-cop movie ,",0 72968,"about passion",1 13704,"-RRB- why we go to the cinema : to be fed through the eye , the heart , the mind",1 6628,"for wow !",1 26295,"One of the best films of the year with its exploration of the obstacles to happiness",1 44962,"Cool ? This movie is a snow emergency .",1 172007,"stinks so badly of hard-sell image-mongering",0 160434,"had , in fact , been fleshed out a little more instead of going for easy smiles",0 158970,"feels more like a quickie TV special than a feature film",0 166699,"never takes hold",0 177169,"unessential sequel",0 113414,"adolescent dirty-joke book",0 183630,"Eddie Murphy a movie star and the man has n't aged a day .",1 82174,"highlighted by Kwan 's unique directing style",1 72232,"a real writer plot",1 119159,"enough substance",1 61014,"'s entertaining enough and worth a look",1 153392,"an extended cheap",0 140916,"'' Analyze That '' is one of those crass , contrived sequels that not only fails on its own , but makes you second-guess your affection for the original .",0 176348,"to reduce everything he touches to a shrill , didactic cartoon",0 185919,"Lynch , Jeunet , and von Trier",1 221754,"-- that the ` true story ' by which All the Queen 's Men is allegedly `` inspired '' was a lot funnier and more deftly enacted than what 's been cobbled together onscreen .",0 229283,"becoming a Christmas perennial",1 203556,"is the gabbiest giant-screen movie ever , bogging down in a barrage of hype",0 67995,"One of the best films of the year with its exquisite acting , inventive screenplay , mesmerizing music , and many inimitable scenes of tenderness , loss , discontent , and yearning",1 102877,", the film is a hilarious adventure and I shamelessly enjoyed it .",1 226374,"The movie is well shot and very tragic",1 600,"between the artificial structure",0 220513,"'' is the phenomenal , water-born cinematography by David Hennings",1 42311,"loyal and",1 33912,"just how exciting and satisfying",1 146931,"Judd 's characters ought to pick up the durable best seller Smart Women , Foolish Choices for advice .",0 41281,"The perfect film for those who like sick comedies that can be snide",1 97844,"to The Chateau , a sense of light-heartedness , that makes it attractive throughout",1 165751,"may find it migraine-inducing , despite Moore 's attempts at whimsy and spoon feeding .",0 221313,", delivery and payoff",1 4882,"as it is exotic",1 220954,"'s rarely as moronic as some campus gross-out films",0 68384,"Reign of Fire is hardly the most original fantasy film ever made -- beyond Road Warrior , it owes enormous debts to Aliens and every previous dragon drama -- but that barely makes it any less entertaining .",1 42904,"to listen to new sides of a previous reality ,",1 132362,"should not get the first and last look at one of the most triumphant performances of Vanessa Redgrave 's career",1 138383,"truly distinctive and a deeply pertinent",1 124864,"it 's probably not accurate to call it a movie",0 200055,"goes nowhere .",0 110607,"Though the aboriginal aspect lends the ending an extraordinary poignancy , and the story itself could be played out in any working class community in the nation .",1 7139,"highly recommended",1 130291,"plays like a badly edited , 91-minute trailer ( and )",0 28338,"an engaging look",1 29539,"believe much of it",1 6439,"feature-length",1 39618,"unexpected depths as an actor",1 177593,"want to string the bastard up",0 97773,"timely , tongue-in-cheek",1 156424,"clumsy and rushed",0 187179,"Seeing as the film lacks momentum and its position remains mostly undeterminable",0 193240,"are wasted in it",0 95403,"the crisp clarity of a fall dawn",1 199065,"flimsy -- or , worse yet , nonexistent -- ideas",0 230665,"exhilaratingly",1 58571,"the perfect kind",1 224282,"It does n't believe in itself , it has no sense of humor ... it 's just plain bored .",0 33572,"it 's a worthy companion to the many fine , focused films emerging from that most surprising of nations .",1 67790,"Nettelbeck ... has a pleasing way with a metaphor .",1 141561,"'s rendering of Puccini 's tale of devotion",1 56795,"seems better , not just bigger",1 101992,"'s well worth a rental .",1 45645,"Immersing us in the endlessly inventive , fiercely competitive world of hip-hop DJs , the project is sensational and revelatory , even if scratching makes you itch .",1 3870,"a half-hearted fluke",0 182116,"A wordy wisp of a comedy",0 232094,"inferior level",0 16978,"possible for a sequel",1 209309,"place most of the psychological and philosophical material in italics",0 52063,"gentle laughs and equally gentle sentiments on the button",1 17916,"undeniably fascinating and playful fellow",1 56969,"shows how deeply felt emotions can draw people together across the walls that might otherwise separate them",1 55255,"of a culture in conflict",0 189502,"Weighted down with slow , uninvolving storytelling and flat acting",0 152100,"a movie -- visually unattractive , unbearably loud and utterly silly",0 29555,"best earlier work",1 56297,"purely enjoyable that you might not even notice it",1 216141,"there are too many bona fide groaners among too few laughs",0 141947,", Bartleby performs neither one very well .",0 114172,"an uninspired philosophical epiphany",0 44260,"A solid , spooky entertainment worthy of the price of a ticket .",1 27216,"Whether seen on a 10-inch television screen or at your local multiplex , the edge-of-your-seat , educational antics of Steve Irwin are priceless entertainment .",1 60670,"'' is never lethargic",1 56207,"probes the cross-cultural differences between Gauls and Yanks .",1 166940,"not badly art-directed",1 200239,"groggy",0 37388,"string",1 203766,"it 's just a kids ' flick .",0 196316,"could n't help but",0 40147,"wins you over",1 26208,"Nolan bravely treads where few American films dare to delve -- into the world of ambivalence and ambiguity ...",1 48681,"adept",1 100298,"will stand in future years as an eloquent memorial to the World Trade Center tragedy",1 100272,"will leave you wanting more , not to mention leaving you with some laughs and a smile on your face",1 63708,"All right , so it 's not a brilliant piece of filmmaking , but it is a funny ( sometimes hilarious ) comedy with a deft sense of humor about itself , a playful spirit and a game cast .",1 115,"a big letdown",0 21667,"our hearts for acceptance",1 203084,"is loopy and ludicrous ... that it could have been a hoot in a bad-movie way if the laborious pacing and endless exposition had been tightened",0 159406,"for comfort",1 150349,"Though Perry and Hurley make inspiring efforts to breathe life into the disjointed , haphazard script by Jay Scherick and David Ronn",1 137384,"to appreciate the wonderful cinematography and naturalistic acting",1 4732,"another platter of reheated aliens",0 141164,"'s a trifle of a movie",0 15460,"compelling story",1 185758,"Like a comedian who starts off promisingly but then proceeds to flop",0 11331,"the endlessly repetitive scenes of embarrassment",0 91313,"record the lives of women torn apart by a legacy of abuse",0 115294,"awful acts",0 14770,"a lively script , sharp acting and partially animated interludes make Just a Kiss seem minty fresh .",1 173908,"the film has not a trace of humanity or empathy",0 47516,"Uses high comedy to evoke surprising poignance",1 58196,"the delicate performances by Sven Wollter and Viveka Seldahl",1 34064,"light-hearted comedy was his forte",1 187438,"Some stunning visuals",1 95333,"the climactic hourlong cricket match",1 99377,"very welcome",1 200018,"go before it reaches the level of crudity in the latest Austin Powers extravaganza",0 164227,"join the pantheon of great monster\/science fiction flicks",1 89684,"only comes to no good",0 16831,"on surprises",1 139576,"what you 'd expect from a guy",1 130925,"quirky characters , odd situations , and off-kilter dialogue at us",1 167110,"obsolete , if irritating , notion",0 19656,"absurdist",0 137557,"to enjoy the perfectly pitched web of tension that Chabrol spins",1 34757,"music to paint a picture of a subculture that is at once exhilarating , silly , perverse , hopeful and always fun",1 55520,"of technology around a gripping story",1 196175,"continues to systematically destroy everything we hold dear about cinema , only now it 's begun to split up so that it can do even more damage .",0 145675,"Had anyone here done anything remotely intelligent",0 19271,"Still pretentious and filled with subtext , but entertaining enough at ` face value ' to recommend to anyone looking for something different .",1 145298,"Faultlessly",1 195194,"by poor casting",0 116212,"brilliant motion picture",1 119564,"explores the friendship between five Filipino-Americans and their frantic efforts to find love .",1 43025,"with wry humor and genuine pathos ,",1 61725,", abandoned , but still consoled by his art , which is more than he has ever revealed before about the source of his spiritual survival",1 48407,"a sudden lunch rush",1 212188,"something I would rather live in denial about",0 218878,"watching the proverbial paint dry would be a welcome improvement",0 189339,"Uneven performances and",0 76964,"comes along only occasionally , one so unconventional ,",1 113812,"ambitious and moving",1 12053,"the year 's best",1 77996,"depends on how well flatulence gags fit into your holiday concept",0 225471,"Poetic ,",1 186370,"No big whoop ,",0 152609,"a tone-deaf singer at a benefit concert",0 212748,"stupid and pointless",0 154957,"been called The Hills Have Antlers and played for about three weeks in drive-ins",0 177698,"was witty . Mocking them now is an exercise in pointlessness .",0 43186,"'s a work by an artist so in control of both his medium and his message that he can improvise like a jazzman .",1 193861,"authentic account of a historical event",1 238977,"works , it 's thanks to Huston 's revelatory performance .",1 110244,"The warnings",0 177900,"well-worn situations",0 222225,"Alas , getting there is not even half the interest .",0 69710,"The most brilliant and brutal UK crime film since Jack Carter went back to Newcastle , the first half of Gangster No . 1 drips with style and , at times , blood .",1 27901,"a time travel back to what it felt like during those unforgettably uncertain days",1 186819,"Purposefully shocking in its eroticized gore , if unintentionally dull in its lack of poetic frissons .",0 53564,"is one of the luckiest men alive",1 107788,"Miyazaki 's nonstop images are so stunning , and his imagination so vivid ,",1 152376,"a sad trust",0 141621,"'s something with potential here",1 25475,"Happily for Mr . Chin -- though unhappily for his subjects -- the invisible hand of the marketplace wrote a script that no human screenwriter could have hoped to match .",1 175637,"thought my own watch had stopped keeping time as I slogged my way through Clockstoppers .",0 11062,"that extra little something that makes it worth checking out at theaters",1 72347,"a self-hatred instilled",0 180037,"'s the perfect cure for insomnia",0 4692,"an unexpected plot twist always pulls it back",1 95570,"the extravagant confidence of the exiled aristocracy",1 230164,"describe it is as a cross between Paul Thomas Anderson 's Magnolia and David Lynch 's Mulholland Dr.",1 114635,"are not to be dismissed .",1 216916,"to bore",0 112386,"a moving experience",1 233044,"it is impossible to look away",1 196828,"designed to fill time",0 37821,"that is as bold as anything the cinema",1 236353,"that 's a liability .",0 134373,"that is a self-glorified Martin Lawrence lovefest .",0 151358,"a banal script",0 194330,"been , pardon the pun , sucked out",0 213536,"that Kate is n't very bright , but that she has n't been worth caring about and that maybe she , Janine and Molly -- an all-woman dysfunctional family -- deserve one another",0 191435,"a successful one",1 78957,"endearing and easy",1 74045,"and often contradictory",0 133774,"sword-and-sorcery",0 87651,"musical number",1 55670,"off-beat",0 105094,"Chris Columbus ' sequel is faster , livelier and a good deal funnier than his original .",1 85305,"its low groan-to-guffaw ratio",0 184995,"It 's Pauly Shore awful . Do n't say you were n't warned",0 223447,"Funny and , at times , poignant , the film from director George Hickenlooper all takes place in Pasadena , `` a city where people still read . ''",1 82039,"heart-felt drama",1 59431,"told fairly well and scored to perfection",1 84514,"is one of the year 's best films .",1 51582,"feel the love",1 27696,"a nail-biting thriller",1 30309,"completely numbing",0 90403,"pleasure to watch",1 138878,"uses very little dialogue",0 218050,"ultimately pointless",0 102910,", the update is dreary and sluggish .",0 166660,"neither the actors nor director Reginald Hudlin can make it more than fitfully entertaining .",0 50445,"control of both his medium and his message",1 172054,"story which fails to rise above its disgusting source material .",0 33492,"is still a nice little picture , made by bright and friendly souls with a lot of good cheer",1 235651,"sharp comedy ,",1 217366,"to split up so that it can do even more damage",0 38089,"the clear-eyed boldness and quiet irony with which actor and director take on life 's urgent questions",1 114057,"an honorable",1 124885,"it 's unnerving suspense",1 162660,"is a primer on what happens when lack of know-how mixes with lack of give-a-damn .",0 7864,"it 's good-natured and sometimes quite funny",1 181463,"90 minutes of playing opposite each other Bullock and Grant still",0 168420,"ought to be a directing license , so that Ed Burns can have his revoked",0 41322,"This is a raw and disturbing tale that took five years to make , and the trio 's absorbing narrative is a heart-wrenching showcase indeed",1 38538,"the pity",0 119248,"equally impressive degree",1 118887,"ebullient Tunisian film",1 230501,"embrace the bounties of cultural artifacts inside St. Petersburg 's Hermitage Museum .",1 19475,"a crystalline point",1 103501,"A compelling story of musical passion against governmental odds",1 143872,"Arnold 's",1 157217,"defensive driving : It 's careful , conscientious and makes no major mistakes .",1 46692,"Schütte 's dramatic snapshot",1 160263,"good nature",1 71380,"a charmer",1 168597,"own worst instincts in under 90 minutes",0 85209,"its characters and communicates something",1 211004,"see what he could make with a decent budget",1 222286,"An easy watch",1 103962,"A triumph ,",1 143324,"A sequence of ridiculous shoot - 'em -",0 211599,"silly , Nickelodeon-esque kiddie flick",0 60996,"'s definitely an improvement on the first Blade ,",1 116355,"buzz and whir : very little",0 106152,"Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets finds a way to make J . K . Rowling 's marvelous series into a deadly bore .",0 7762,"is nothing if not sincere",1 23486,", but also to show acting range that may surprise some who thought light-hearted comedy was his forte",1 179679,"'s coherent , well shot , and tartly acted",1 100730,"without resorting to camp as Nicholas ' wounded and wounding Uncle Ralph . It 's a great performance and a reminder of Dickens ' grandeur",1 208964,"overwrought emotion",0 4210,"a thoughtful , reverent portrait of what",1 211277,"serves as auto-critique , and its clumsiness as its own most damning censure .",0 4655,"an excellent",1 129693,"oppressively heavy",0 162821,"is certainly well-meaning",1 171843,"sprinkled with a few remarks so geared toward engendering audience sympathy that you might think he was running for office -- or trying to win over a probation officer",0 237420,"there is an interesting story of pointed personalities , courage , tragedy and the little guys vs. the big guys",1 163426,"is that it comes across rather too plainly as allegory",0 190335,"a comedic moment",1 213446,"than to change hackneyed concepts when it comes to dreaming up romantic comedies",0 156191,"charmless nonsense ensues",0 95427,"the dark areas of parent-child relationships",0 48124,"a kids-and-family-oriented cable channel",1 63268,"A polished and vastly entertaining caper film that puts the sting back into the con .",1 43535,", but also intriguing and honorable ,",1 229919,"comes off as a two-way time-switching myopic mystery that stalls in its lackluster gear of emotional blandness .",0 187924,"The action here is unusually tame , the characters are too simplistic to maintain interest ,",0 209040,"paper-thin , and their personalities undergo radical changes when it suits the script",0 34178,"loathe",0 104142,"All the more disquieting for its relatively gore-free allusions to the serial murders ,",0 148414,"Schaeffer 's quiver of ineptitudes",0 104685,"Below is well below expectations .",0 118138,"desperate for the evening to end",0 84158,"is energized by Volletta Wallace 's maternal fury , her fearlessness",1 127382,"more watchable",1 115578,"be so stupid",0 100492,"with enough unexpected twists",1 146681,"It feels like an after-school special gussied up with some fancy special effects , and watching its rote plot points connect is about as exciting as gazing at an egg timer for 93 minutes .",0 119121,"enjoy more because you 're one of the lucky few who sought it out",1 156030,"capturing the climate of the times and , perhaps unwittingly , relating it to what is happening in America in 2002",1 152857,"accurately accounting a terrible true story",1 236015,"stale and uninspired .",0 81360,"great documentaries",1 62067,", kid-friendly outing",1 221119,") lets her radical flag fly , taking angry potshots at George W. Bush , Henry Kissinger , Larry King , et al.",0 146921,"Jones helps breathe some life into the insubstantial plot",1 179893,"'s not nearly enough",0 138763,"unrewarding all of this",0 72662,"a three-dimensional , average , middle-aged woman 's experience",1 71356,"a cast that seems to include every top-notch British actor who did not appear in Gosford Park ( as well as one , Ms . Mirren , who did )",1 5950,"did n't he just do it , instead of using bad sci-fi as window dressing",0 50531,"crafted and",1 172574,"tawdry trash",0 156127,"certainly was n't feeling any of it",0 189990,"` Santa Clause 2 ' is wondrously creative .",1 230274,"distinct parallels between this story and the 1971 musical `` Bedknobs and Broomsticks , '' which also dealt with British children rediscovering the power of fantasy during wartime",1 121180,"gives an especially poignant portrait of her friendship",1 2866,"this love",1 200958,"he wants you to feel something",1 230119,"deeply out of place",0 227457,"`` Collateral Damage '' goes by the numbers and reps decent action entertainment -- until the silly showdown ending that forces the viewer to totally suspend disbelief",0 49993,"calls our attention to the inherent conflict between commerce and creativity .",1 72248,"a refreshingly smart and newfangled variation",1 62327,", this Dumas adaptation entertains",1 152962,"admiring",1 112683,"a sharp movie",1 70732,"Wedding feels a bit anachronistic . Still , not every low-budget movie must be quirky or bleak , and",0 92847,"slow down , shake off your tensions and take this picture at its own breezy , distracted rhythms",1 233438,"like a wet stick of dynamite",0 154301,"aside from scoring points with drag gags",0 217052,"to get by on humor that is not even as daring as John Ritter 's glory days on Three 's Company",0 106547,"IMAX in short",1 192380,"amnesiac",0 218759,"was made with careful attention to detail and is well-acted by James Spader and Maggie Gyllenhaal",1 87511,"mournful",0 146599,"It 's painful .",0 119335,"even if you 've never heard of Chaplin , you 'll still be glued to the screen .",1 118491,"documented the cruelty and suffering he has found with an devastating , eloquent clarity",1 141067,"'re watching a soap opera rather than a chronicle of the ups and downs that accompany lifelong friendships",0 191307,"a serious drama",1 12419,"to showcase",1 33949,"know if it 's possible to make a narrative film about September 11th , though I 'm sure some will try",1 89714,"open windows",1 92430,"shakes you vigorously",1 48419,"a sweet and modest and",1 54496,"majestic achievement",1 121276,"gone , replaced by the forced funniness found in the dullest kiddie flicks",0 95825,"the glorious chicanery and self-delusion of this most American of businesses",1 120630,"frantic efforts",0 33533,"is typical Miike : fast , furious and full of off-the-cuff imaginative flourishes .",1 53321,"is a real treat .",1 82263,"his greatest triumph",1 40255,"with some serious sparkles",1 2843,"this every-joke-has - been-told-a - thousand-times - before movie",0 219004,"well-acted , but",1 138074,"too crude to serve the work especially well",0 162861,"is directed by Wally Wolodarsky from a script by Joe Jarvis and Greg Coolidge . These are names to remember , in order to avoid them in the future .",0 22405,"there 's no scene that screams '' bathroom break ! ''",1 204840,"leftovers that are n't so substantial or fresh",0 231154,"gets the details right , from its promenade of barely clad bodies in Myrtle Beach , S.C. , to the adrenaline jolt of a sudden lunch rush at the diner .",1 118355,"dismiss --",0 133685,"surprising highs , sorrowful lows and hidden impulsive niches ... gorgeous , passionate , and at times uncommonly moving",1 196894,"devolves into a laugh-free lecture .",0 220763,"'s an observant , unfussily poetic meditation about identity and alienation .",1 84243,"is given life when A Selection appears in its final form ( in '' Last Dance ''",1 128221,"observant .",1 167153,"of 49-year-old Roberto Benigni playing the wooden boy Pinocchio is scary enough",0 188577,"The problem with movies about angels",0 81366,"great help from Kevin Kline",1 179083,"you 've lost weight",1 220988,"'s the inimitable Diaz , holding it all together .",1 14763,"a legend",1 189296,"Twenty years later , Reggio still knows how to make a point with poetic imagery ,",1 30731,"despair",0 107802,"Moore wonderfully",1 76098,"but you 'll be blissfully exhausted",1 6206,"energizes",1 214594,"the film gets added disdain for the fact that it is nearly impossible to look at or understand .",0 152212,"a perfect metaphor for the movie itself , which contains few laughs and not much drama",0 127443,"most inexplicable sequels",0 43129,"'re hard up for raunchy college humor",0 120843,"funnier gags",1 43627,", it 's still a good yarn -- which is nothing to sneeze at these days .",1 65522,"Few films have captured the chaos of an urban conflagration with such fury , and",1 105506,"Dog Soldiers does n't transcend genre",0 189545,"What 's next ? Rob Schneider , Dana Carvey and Sarah Michelle Gellar in The Philadelphia Story ? David Spade as Citizen Kane ?",0 180582,", cliche-ridden",0 12184,"this ready-made midnight movie probably wo n't stand the cold light of day , but",0 127903,"never rises above superficiality .",0 126158,"liked it just enough",1 48628,"acidity",0 78345,"do n't : chimps , lots of chimps , all blown up to the size of a house .",0 210369,"remains a loosely tied series of vignettes which only prove that ` zany ' does n't necessarily mean ` funny .",0 94462,"thanks to Kline 's superbly nuanced performance , that pondering is highly pleasurable",1 65045,"Devos and Cassel have tremendous chemistry -- their sexual and romantic tension , while never really vocalized , is palpable .",1 105006,"Caruso sometimes descends into sub-Tarantino cuteness ... but for the most part he makes sure The Salton Sea works the way a good noir should , keeping it tight and nasty .",1 198574,"farm melodrama .",0 39073,"thyself '",0 218065,"unable to reproduce the special spark between the characters that made the first film such a delight",0 201007,"held my attention",1 57706,"that 's always fun to watch",1 120590,"formulaic and forgettable",0 31058,"emerging from that most surprising of nations",1 17064,"recommending because of two marvelous performances by Michael Caine and Brendan Fraser",1 194541,"best you can with a stuttering script",0 153529,"an unwieldy mess",0 151412,"a bright , chipper style",1 230661,"excuse to eat popcorn",0 90652,"pretty good execution",1 28846,"and the era is recreated with obvious affection , scored to perfection with some tasty boogaloo beats .",1 158991,"felt sad for Lise not so much because of what happens as because she was captured by this movie when she obviously belongs in something lighter and sunnier , by Rohmer , for example .",0 232284,"is a film that defies categorisation .",1 236759,"the buoyant energy level",1 72244,"a recommendation",1 7140,"highly recommended viewing",1 159576,"forgetting only",0 238829,"wish the movie were less simplistic , obvious , clumsily plotted and shallowly characterized",0 119942,"felt fantasy of a director 's travel",1 226342,"The movie 's downfall is to substitute plot for personality .",0 217057,"to get through this interminable , shapeless documentary about the swinging subculture",0 77357,"convince us of that all on their own",1 186998,"Rock 's stand-up magic wanes . Hopkins , squarely fills the screen",0 40334,"wonderfully respectful of its past and thrilling enough to make it abundantly clear that this movie phenomenon has once again reinvented itself for a new generation",1 226473,"The script ?",0 109268,"Sullivan and his son",1 201767,"in a '60s",1 162077,"in watching a child suffer",0 174611,"the quality of the manipulative engineering . Average , at best , I 'm afraid",0 13464,"'s merely a blandly cinematic surgical examination of what makes a joke a joke",0 166032,"miss Wilde 's still-contemporary play",1 11884,"the smartest",1 142471,", the dragons are okay , not much fire in the script .",0 124770,"is worth searching out",1 72841,"a wonderful subject for the camera",1 185838,"Little more than a stylish exercise in revisionism whose point",0 168758,"peace-and-love",1 38312,"the heat that ignites this gripping tale , and the humor and humanity that root it in feeling",1 174559,"the poor woman",0 130702,"prolific director",1 123446,"instead to theaters . It 's hard to imagine acting that could be any flatter",0 2552,"the cannibal genre",0 86925,"may never again be able to look at a red felt Sharpie pen without disgust , a thrill , or the giggles .",1 165778,"me feel uneasy , even queasy , because ( Solondz 's ) cool compassion",0 219487,"will be put to sleep or bewildered by the artsy and often pointless visuals .",0 197087,"disingenuous ,",0 57919,"that will stimulate hours of post viewing discussion , if only to be reminded of who did what to whom and why",1 124312,"is nearly incoherent",0 87533,"movie comedies -- offbeat humor , amusing characters",1 168160,"on what happens when lack of know-how mixes with lack of give-a-damn",0 57620,"tear their eyes away",1 90313,"pitch-perfect Forster",1 187820,"The Kid Stays in the Picture '' is a great story , terrifically told by the man who wrote it but this Cliff Notes edition is a cheat .",1 51167,"employ their quirky and fearless ability to look American angst in the eye and end up laughing",1 103591,"A forceful drama",1 115691,"become dullingly repetitive",0 137100,"thornier",0 65570,"Fontaine masterfully creates a portrait of two strong men in conflict , inextricably entwined through family history , each seeing himself in the other , neither liking what he sees .",1 10906,"swoony",0 64688,"Cherish '' certainly is n't dull",1 162747,"is an arthritic attempt at directing by Callie Khouri . I had to look away",0 24502,"A warm , funny , engaging film .",1 164454,"knees in the crotch , elbows in the face and spit in the eye",0 82905,"in answering them",1 122594,"hugely imaginative and successful casting",1 123857,"is a whole lot of nada .",0 230057,"cuisine and palatable presentation",1 132097,"sense-of-humour failure",0 191952,"actually exploiting it yourself",0 68780,"Shyamalan 's gifts ,",1 95188,"the best movies of the year",1 102153,"( Washington 's ) strong hand",1 19919,"anyone in search of a Jules and Jim for the new millennium",1 231063,"full of life and small delights --",1 134401,"that it 's also one of the smartest",1 84361,"is like seeing a series of perfect black pearls clicking together to form a string .",1 235098,"provides a grim , upsetting glimpse at the lives of some of the 1.2 million Palestinians who live in the crowded cities and refugee camps of Gaza",1 174339,"the movie feeling depressed by the shallow , selfish , greedy characters",0 162996,"is less like a children 's movie than a recruitment film for future Hollywood sellouts .",0 188680,"The slapstick is labored , and the bigger setpieces flat",0 117406,"condescension from every pore .",0 116627,"can see mediocre cresting on the next wave",0 142377,", ops , no matter how you spell it , it 's still a mistake to go see it .",0 56169,"presents a fascinating glimpse of urban life and the class warfare that embroils two young men",1 167034,"nothing more than an obsolete , if irritating , notion of class",0 214762,"the handicapped than a nice Belgian waffle",0 36380,"really makes it special",1 38864,"there 's no mistaking the filmmaker in the tall grass , true to himself .",1 176682,"too random and inconclusive",0 223326,"Family togetherness takes a back seat to inter-family rivalry and workplace ambition",0 51232,"enjoyable Big Movie",1 150194,"This formulaic chiller",0 191470,"a talent",1 67605,"Mordantly funny and intimately knowing",1 178735,"witty designs",1 204170,"its demented premise",0 15056,"and keenly observed",1 32652,"horizons",1 228562,"an engaging fantasy",1 23493,", but is relatively slow to come to the point .",0 221977,"A dark comedy that goes for sick and demented humor simply to do so .",0 184303,"Hardly a nuanced portrait",0 212409,"squanders its beautiful women",0 9908,"pumpkin sits in a patch somewhere between mirthless todd solondzian satire and callow student film .",0 215722,"the supernatural trappings only obscure the message",0 80302,"for kids , Spirit",1 96399,"the pictures do the punching",1 164773,"less than saintly tones",0 83387,"inoffensive and actually rather sweet",1 60543,"you 've got to admire ... the intensity with which he 's willing to express his convictions",1 200280,"guide a loose , poorly structured film through the pitfalls of incoherence and redundancy",0 18149,"yet just as determined",1 60130,"while it forces you to ponder anew what a movie can be",1 98137,"to its full potential",1 16213,"is a blast of educational energy , as bouncy animation and catchy songs escort you through the entire 85 minutes .",1 196183,"contrived ,",0 182634,"At every opportunity to do something clever , the film goes right over the edge and kills every sense of believability",0 156418,"clueless and",0 42273,"leave the building",0 117015,"clashing cultures and",0 69648,"The immersive powers of the giant screen and its hyper-realistic images",1 235786,"sit through its tidal wave of imagery",1 19965,"are sure to please anyone in search of a Jules and Jim for the new millennium .",1 160596,"has a bundle in common with them , as the film diffuses every opportunity for a breakthrough",0 223581,"Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is deja vu all over again",0 185019,"It 's a hellish , numbing experience to watch ,",0 16062,"hosts a parka-wrapped dose of heart",1 146021,"I can take infantile humor ... but",0 226602,"There may have been a good film in `` Trouble Every Day , ''",0 47926,"a day at the beach -- with air conditioning and popcorn",1 34912,"nicely nuanced narrative",1 17707,"there 's still a lot of life in Hong Kong cinema",1 125807,"laugther",1 142231,", in reality , it 's churning ground that has long passed the point of being fertile",0 202823,"is clever enough ,",1 12909,"weak",0 26023,"Maggie Gyllenhaal is a delight",1 17333,"striking",1 13762,"A cop story that understands the medium amazingly well .",1 71284,"a believable mother\/daughter pair",1 163205,"is one big chase that seems to have no goal and no urgency . It 's just filler",0 232251,"is a bright , light modern day family parable that wears its heart on its sleeve for all to see",1 175353,"this clunker has somehow managed to pose as an actual feature movie , the kind that charges full admission and gets hyped on TV and purports to amuse small children and ostensible adults .",0 43264,"'s hope for popular cinema",1 23126,"'s frustrating and still oddly likable",1 199051,"fleetingly interesting",1 154185,"as if you 're watching a movie that was made in 1978 but not released then because it was so weak , and it has been unearthed and released now , when it has become even weaker",0 14369,"Pay Nine Bucks for This",0 33708,"it so lovingly and films it so beautifully",1 217619,"too many scenarios in which the hero might have an opportunity to triumphantly sermonize",0 224847,"Moving and vibrant .",1 200202,"grayish",0 189155,"Thriller directorial debut for Traffic scribe Gaghan has all the right parts ,",1 120498,"for the better",1 48735,"aims to be funny , uplifting and moving , sometimes all at once . The extent to which it succeeds is impressive",1 35548,"of war",0 40671,"A masterful film from a master filmmaker",1 116317,"but completely",1 101714,"'s insecure in Lovely and Amazing ,",1 153907,"are not entertaining",0 201480,"hypocritical",0 144914,"Do n't even bother to rent this on video",0 66424,"Inventive , fun , intoxicatingly sexy , violent , self-indulgent and maddening .",1 203835,"it also represents glossy Hollywood at its laziest .",0 187026,"Routine",0 201617,"ignored it in favor of old ` juvenile delinquent ' paperbacks with titles like Leather Warriors and Switchblade Sexpot",0 219607,"wise men",1 33595,"it 's extremely well played and often very funny .",1 129898,"overwhelm everything else",0 81831,"have I seen a film so willing to champion the fallibility of the human heart",1 165563,"makes absolutely no sense",0 236530,"that sequels can never capture the magic of the original",0 25860,"Jim Brown : All American at long last gives its subject a movie worthy of his talents",1 164447,"kinda dumb . And second , what 's with all the shooting",0 89648,"one that will have you at the edge of your seat for long stretches . '",1 77441,"could have turned this into an Argentine retread of '' Iris '' or '' American Beauty , '' but instead pulls a little from each film and creates something more beautiful than either of those films .",1 188175,"The film does n't really care about the thousands of Americans who die hideously",0 141334,"'s fun , but a psychological mess , with Austin Powers bumping his head on the way out of the closet",0 24335,"A dream cast of solid female talent who build a seamless ensemble . There is n't a weak or careless performance amongst them .",1 2428,"such aching beauty",1 32423,"he never reduces the situation to simple melodrama .",1 92404,"sexy , funny and touching",1 48342,"a riveting , pulse intensifying escapist adventure",1 104464,"As a remake , it 's a pale imitation",0 27978,"a worthy addition to the growing canon of post-Saving Private Ryan tributes to the greatest generation",1 69594,"The filmmakers ' eye for detail and",1 175493,"this musty adaptation is all the more annoying since it 's been packaged and sold back to us by Hollywood .",0 132253,"she 's already comfortable enough in her own skin to be proud of her Rubenesque physique",1 2985,"tout",1 196357,"covers just about every cliche in the compendium about crass , jaded movie types and the phony baloney movie biz .",0 71795,"a happy ending is no cinematic sin",1 193103,"are jarring and deeply out of place in what could",0 113757,"also comes with the laziness and arrogance of a thing that already knows it 's won",0 152341,"a really bad community theater production",0 171990,"still ca n't relate to Stuart",0 35509,"of the virtues of",1 194558,"better described as a ghost story gone badly awry .",0 228011,"a mere excuse for the wan , thinly sketched story",0 153371,"an embarrassment",0 210785,"satisfactory . The art demands live viewing . The innate theatrics that provide its thrills and extreme emotions lose their luster when flattened onscreen",1 209369,"playing fair with the audience . Are we dealing with dreams , visions or being told what actually happened as if it were the third ending of Clue ?",0 237470,"things that elevate `` Glory '' above most of its ilk , most notably the mere presence of Duvall",1 42064,"he does make for excellent company ,",1 41607,"at once exhilarating , silly ,",1 148449,"Scores no points for originality , wit , or intelligence . It 's a cookie-cutter movie , a cut-and-paste job .",0 93069,"some cute moments , funny scenes , and",1 127341,"more of an ordeal than an amusement",0 121460,"growing old .",1 174952,"the unwatchable Soapdish",0 237203,"the scripters do n't deserve any Oscars",0 9110,"nostalgic spy-movie",1 203928,"it is disposable .",0 219751,"with his inescapable past and uncertain future in a very shapable but largely unfulfilling present",0 28132,"adored by the movie-going public",1 43438,"( and sometimes illegal",0 148529,"Shaky close-ups of turkey-on-rolls , stubbly chins , liver spots , red noses and the filmmakers new bobbed",0 161309,"his self-regarding sentimentality",0 233560,"love , family",1 202385,"into a dreary , humorless soap opera",0 218664,"want to think twice before booking passage",0 20945,"intellectual gamesmanship",1 183368,"Despite Juliet Stevenon 's attempt to bring cohesion to Pamela 's emotional roller coaster life",0 57256,"spectacular spectacle",1 109403,"The 50-something lovebirds are too immature and unappealing to care about .",0 54479,"magic takes over the film",1 55499,"of sand to the fierce grandeur of its sweeping battle scenes",1 6673,"frida is n't that much different from many a hollywood romance . what sets it apart is the vision that taymor , the avant garde director of broadway 's the lion king and the film titus , brings",1 198685,"feel the screenwriter at every moment ` Tap , tap , tap ,",1 189363,"Unless there are zoning ordinances to protect your community from the dullest science fiction",0 220748,"'s already been too many of these films ...",0 174820,"the story as imaginative",1 19640,"about alienated labor , or an absurdist workplace sitcom",0 234662,"on `` stupid",0 1598,"likability",1 92974,"so much like a young Robert DeNiro",1 130119,"peppering the pages with memorable zingers",1 66507,"It 's a square , sentimental drama that satisfies , as comfort food often can .",1 170619,"seems to be no clear path as to where the story 's going , or how long it 's going to take to get there",0 133738,"sustain interest to the end",1 9677,"perfectly pleasant if",1 238175,"ugly and destructive little \*\*\*\*",0 53443,"is definitely worth",1 123475,"intelligent , and humanly funny film",1 209124,"passionate enthusiasms",1 13267,"wow , so who knew charles dickens could be so light-hearted ?",1 32693,"humor and a few fanciful touches",1 209346,"play off each other virtually to a stand-off ,",0 108968,"Simultaneously heartbreakingly beautiful and",1 165418,"made by people who have never sung those blues .",0 13321,"yet another self-consciously overwritten story about a rag-tag bunch of would-be characters that team up for a ca n't - miss heist -- only to have it all go wrong",0 79427,"excites the imagination and tickles the funny bone",1 100301,"will talk about for hours",1 157864,"done it this time . That chirpy songbird Britney Spears has popped up with more mindless drivel",0 174001,"the frenzied comic moments never click",0 186597,"Only masochistic moviegoers need apply .",0 224184,"It 's hard to imagine anybody ever being `` in the mood '' to view a movie as harrowing and painful as The Grey Zone , but it 's equally hard to imagine anybody being able to tear their eyes away from the screen once it 's started .",1 203068,"is like a year late for tapping into our reality tv obsession , and even tardier for exploiting the novelty of the '' webcast .",0 132172,"set out to lampoon , anyway",1 188161,"The film boasts at least a few good ideas and features some decent performances",1 165857,"merely lacks everything except good intentions",0 232452,"is entertaining .",1 85160,"it will be , and in that sense is a movie that deserves recommendation",1 223831,"I like Frank the Pug , though .",1 4211,"a thoughtful , reverent portrait of what is essentially a subculture , with its own rules regarding love and family , governance and hierarchy",1 26744,"The Rookie is a nearly impeccable cinematic experience -- and a wonderful all-ages triumph besides --",1 220106,"would not improve much after a therapeutic zap of shock treatment .",0 113151,"about hatred",1 80332,"for self-deprecating comedy",1 216491,"this story is really all about",1 57420,"string together enough charming moments to work",1 211598,"sillier , not scarier",0 4644,"an entertaining and informative documentary",1 134448,"that likely",1 182045,"A supernatural mystery that does n't know whether it wants to be a suspenseful horror movie or a weepy melodrama",0 16587,"more disturbing than originally intended --",0 39469,"true film addict",1 195825,"cloying messages and irksome characters",0 82379,"hits home",1 2546,"the book 's irreverent energy , and scotches most",0 119483,"exciting , clever",1 38560,"the power of this movie",1 44599,"As unseemly",0 111983,"a future-world holographic librarian ( Orlando Jones ) who knows everything and answers all questions , is visually smart , cleverly written , and nicely realized",1 29602,"big middle-fingered",0 76219,"by the end of the flick , you 're on the edge of your seat",1 107024,"It is very difficult to care about the character , and that is the central flaw of the film",0 67607,"More concerned with overall feelings , broader ideas , and open-ended questions than concrete story and definitive answers",0 142343,", maybe he should just stick with Austin and Dr Evil .",0 37806,"that has to be seen to be believed",1 156365,"cliched and contrived that it makes your least favorite James Bond movie seem as cleverly plotted as The Usual Suspects",0 154929,"becomes too heavy for the plot",0 173084,"that it is n't very good",0 218695,"warmed-over Cold War paranoia",0 207871,"of monster truck-loving good ol' boys and peroxide blond honeys whose worldly knowledge comes from TV reruns and supermarket tabloids",0 51230,"enjoyable 100",1 105836,"For all its visual panache and compelling supporting characters",1 130027,"passing twinkle",0 169693,"raw insight or",1 45717,"It 's a quirky , off-beat project ...",1 135080,"the dark visions already relayed by superb",1 222436,"As a science fiction movie , `` Minority Report '' astounds .",1 233269,"know whether it wants to be a suspenseful horror movie or a weepy melodrama .",0 90427,"plunging deeper",1 166946,"not entirely convincing about The Quiet American",0 59528,"tremendously moving",1 228640,"and completely ridiculous",0 51788,"for fans who ca n't stop loving anime , and the fanatical excess built into it",1 58604,"the powerful",1 121553,"hairline ,",1 36691,"scathing",0 8801,"mirthless todd solondzian satire and",0 84132,"is definitely its screenplay , both for the rhapsodic dialogue that jumps off the page , and for the memorable character creations .",1 4859,"as awful",0 10279,"scare",0 74650,"as brave and challenging as you could possibly expect these days from American cinema",1 160726,"has popped up with more mindless drivel",0 172666,"terminally depressed , mostly inarticulate ,",0 133698,"surprisingly sweet and gentle comedy",1 132810,"so watchable",1 124543,"is so often less than the sum of its parts in today 's Hollywood",0 193974,"balance all the formulaic equations in the long-winded heist comedy",0 11652,"the movie 's accumulated force still feels like an ugly knot tightening in your stomach . but is that knot from dramatic tension or a symptom of artistic malnutrition ?",0 105747,"Exploitative and largely devoid of the depth or sophistication that would make watching such a graphic treatment of the crimes bearable",0 229765,"catapulting",1 234895,"paved with good intentions leads to the video store",0 172164,"stunts together and not quite enough characterization",0 15596,"dramatic gut-wrenching impact",1 118083,"derivative elements into something that is often quite rich and exciting ,",1 43689,", schmaltzy and predictable , but still manages to be kind of heartwarming , nonetheless . It 's the perfect kind of film to see when you do n't want to use your brain . At all .",0 17418,"that George Lucas has long forgotten",0 13535,", and take a vicarious voyage to the last frontier",1 178663,"with the candy-like taste of it fading faster than 25-cent bubble gum , I realized this is a throwaway movie that wo n't stand the test of time . It 's a trifle .",0 69443,"The combination of lightness and strictness in this instance",1 132250,"sharp movie",1 178208,"who ca n't come up with legitimate funny",0 75559,"belongs on the big screen",1 99649,"wasted",0 3273,"'d have a 90-minute , four-star movie . as it is , it 's too long and unfocused",0 164009,"its charm quickly fades",0 114921,"as history",1 130538,"predictable plotting and tiresome histrionics",0 32223,"grows into something of considerable power",1 112306,"a meaty subject",1 99081,"unmistakable , easy joie",1 194837,"boring and obvious",0 77110,"complex portrait of a modern Israel that is rarely seen on-screen",1 141194,"'s all very cute , though not terribly funny if you 're more than six years old .",0 5269,"bratty for sympathy , and",0 177955,"what a gnat is to a racehorse",0 204484,"just the right tone",1 45011,"Dazzles with its fully-written characters , its determined stylishness ( which always relates to characters and story ) and Johnny Dankworth 's best soundtrack in years",1 123669,"irritating display",0 140940,"'' loses its overall sense of mystery and becomes a TV episode rather than a documentary that you actually buy into",0 144070,"Bears is bad . Not ` terrible filmmaking ' bad , but more like , ' I once had a nightmare like this , and it 's now coming true ' bad",0 154536,"bad , he 's really bad , and Femme Fatale ranks with the worst",0 128566,"of breathtaking , awe-inspiring visual poetry",1 224552,"LaBute masterfully balances both Traditional or Modern stories together in a manner that one never overwhelms the other .",1 20885,"in Talk to Her , the women are down for the count",0 52670,"his unemployment",0 34244,"lovely performances by Buy and Accorsi",1 108160,"One of the film 's most effective aspects",1 227036,"What 's worse is that Pelosi knows it .",0 46749,"Smart , provocative and blisteringly funny .",1 83196,"in this properly intense , claustrophobic tale of obsessive love",1 217510,"to waste their time",0 90514,"pornography or documentary",0 39545,"ugly and diverse forms",0 196837,"desperately looks elsewhere , seizing on George 's haplessness and Lucy 's personality tics .",0 7037,"have made every effort to disguise it as an unimaginative screenwriter 's invention",0 179967,"'s routine is offensive , puerile and unimaginatively foul-mouthed if it was at least funny",0 82049,"heartwarming scene the impressively discreet filmmakers may have expected to record with their mini DV",1 122895,"in a heartwarming , nonjudgmental kind of way --",1 44140,"A knowing sense of humor and a lot of warmth ignite Son of the Bride .",1 191817,"abrupt drop",0 223278,"Eventually , it wins you over .",1 69205,"That ` Alabama ' manages to be pleasant in spite of its predictability",1 212298,"spectacularly ugly-looking broad",0 215250,"the only belly laughs come from the selection of outtakes",0 121786,"has made a movie that will leave you wondering about the characters ' lives after the clever credits roll",1 26282,"On this tricky topic , Tadpole is very much a step in the right direction , with its blend of frankness , civility and compassion .",1 178118,"where the thematic ironies are too obvious and the sexual politics too smug",0 231277,"good intentions leads to the video store",0 78828,"elevate '' Glory '' above most of its ilk",1 192756,"and pat storytelling",0 144744,"Deadeningly dull , mired in convoluted melodrama",0 130674,"problems with this film that even 3 Oscar winners ca n't overcome",0 196665,"deepest recesses",0 24165,"... takes the beauty of baseball and melds it with a story that could touch anyone regardless of their familiarity with the sport",1 41920,"fetishized every bizarre old-movie idiosyncrasy",1 58373,"the heart of American society in an unnerving way",1 185024,"It 's a long way from Orwell 's dark , intelligent warning cry ( 1984 ) to the empty stud knockabout of Equilibrium ,",0 61295,"'s technically sumptuous but also almost wildly alive .",1 192308,"almost generic",0 71803,"a head-turner -- thoughtfully written ,",1 58504,"the most depressing places",0 111076,"When all is said and done , she loves them to pieces",1 19002,"It could change America , not only because it is full of necessary discussion points , but because it is so accessible that it makes complex politics understandable to viewers looking for nothing but energetic entertainment .",1 71069,"Worth catching for Griffiths ' warm and winning central performance .",1 142968,"? That 's the only sane rationale I can think of for Swimfan 's existence .",0 232679,"is one for the ages .",1 124652,"is the Vertical Limit of surfing movies - memorable stunts with lots of downtime in between .",1 175168,"there 's nothing here you have n't seen before .",0 145421,"For all its surface frenzy , High Crimes should be charged with loitering -- so much on view , so little to offer .",0 94080,"tackles its relatively serious subject with an open mind and considerable good cheer , and",1 91350,"reflects their earnestness -- which makes for a terrifying film",1 221248,", a movie like Ballistic : Ecks Vs. Sever is more of an ordeal than an amusement .",0 131330,"remind us of how very bad a motion picture can truly be . Frank McKlusky C . I",0 50748,"delivers its share of laughs and",1 176444,"to take itself far more seriously",0 38870,"there is something worth seeing",1 94107,"take notice",1 21767,"prevents the proceedings from feeling repetitious",1 123322,"indie of the year ,",1 233231,"just so the documentary will be over",0 229165,"be cleverer , better written and of considerable more interest than the finished film",0 180362,", Comedian runs out of steam after a half hour .",0 113675,"all this exoticism might sound to the typical Pax",1 215424,"the proceedings more bizarre than actually amusing",0 135587,"the intrigue of academic skullduggery and politics",1 218443,"vehicle that even he seems embarrassed to be part of .",1 151477,"a cinematic disaster",0 187134,"Scherfig , who has had a successful career in TV , tackles more than she can handle .",0 224248,"It 's sweet and fluffy at the time ,",1 101983,"'s unlikely we 'll see a better thriller this year .",1 96577,"the rhapsodic dialogue that jumps off the page , and for the memorable character creations",1 198925,"find yourself wishing that you and they were in another movie",0 109153,"Star Trek : Nemesis is even more suggestive of a 65th class reunion mixer where only eight surviving members show up",0 80423,"forced to follow",0 75429,"becomes a simplistic story about a dysfunctional parent-child relationship",0 239228,"your typical ` fish out of water ' story",0 227759,"a bad movie ,",0 89149,"of those exceedingly rare films in which the talk alone is enough to keep us",1 65384,"Even when there are lulls , the emotions seem authentic , and the picture is so lovely toward the end ...",1 107780,"Miss Congeniality",1 183778,"Every visual joke is milked",0 79048,"enjoyed .",1 196131,"consistently amusing but not as outrageous or funny",1 33740,"its ample charms should win over the most hard-hearted cynics .",1 146682,"It follows the basic plot trajectory of nearly every Schwarzenegger film",0 87060,"merges his collaborators ' symbolic images with his words , insinuating , for example , that in Hollywood , only God speaks to the press",1 197571,"drunken driver",0 219179,"when the explosions start , they fall to pieces",0 25143,"Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood is nurturing , in a gauzy , dithering way .",1 211964,"so many red herrings",0 112244,"a lot of bullets . Some of the characters die and others do n't , and the film pretends that those living have learned some sort of lesson",0 216523,"this woefully hackneyed movie ,",0 73976,"an unusually surreal tone",1 109532,"The acting is fine",1 31764,"for his characters",1 20441,"emotional , though still positive ,",1 144823,"Detox is ultimately a pointless endeavor .",0 147899,"Once one experiences Mr . Haneke 's own sadistic tendencies toward his audience",0 173630,"the cinematography is cloudy",0 143389,"A technical triumph and an extraordinary",1 154665,"be a sudsy tub of supernatural hokum",0 61287,"'s surprisingly decent",1 168760,"pedestrian , flat drama",0 192151,"all excited about a chocolate eclair",1 117290,"commands interest almost solely as an exercise in gorgeous visuals . That 's not vintage Spielberg and that , finally , is minimally satisfying",0 94710,"that is as difficult for the audience to take as it",0 229351,"belittle a cinema classic",0 93957,"surrounds herself with a company of strictly A-list players",1 200107,"good clean fun",1 121741,"has delivered a solidly entertaining and moving family drama .",1 11391,"the film in a coma",0 73519,"also captures moments of spontaneous creativity and authentic co-operative interaction",1 134106,"than recommended -- as visually bland as a dentist 's waiting room , complete with soothing Muzak and a cushion of predictable narrative rhythms",1 154690,"be as ill-starred",0 53683,"is too insistent",0 98030,"to entertain all ages",1 121083,"gets royally screwed and comes back for more",0 142027,", Pumpkin is far more offensive than it is funny",0 17205,"significant without being overstated",1 15271,"bleakly amusing about how we go about our lives",1 114833,"as a reverie about memory and regret",1 18293,"'s not just another connect-the-dots , spy-on-the-run picture",1 99111,"unrepentantly trashy take on Rice 's second installment of her Vampire Chronicles .",0 20016,"as thought-provoking",1 103659,"A huge box-office hit in Korea",1 93395,"staggeringly compelling character",1 213938,"that we associate with Cage 's best acting",1 53068,"inept school productions , but even Oliver Parker 's movie adaptation",0 155850,"ca n't hide the musty scent of Todd Farmer 's screenplay , which is a simple retread of the 1979 Alien , with a plucky heroine battling a monster loose in a spaceship",0 23736,", its determined stylishness",1 147794,"Not only is it hokey , manipulative and as bland as Wonder Bread dipped in milk , but it also does the absolute last thing we need Hollywood doing to us : It preaches .",0 11555,"the know about rubbo 's dumbed-down tactics",0 90150,"peek at it through the fingers in front of your eyes",1 142203,", headbangingly noisy .",0 231779,"hoped I would -- with moist eyes",1 76426,"captures the unsettled tenor of that post 9-11 period far better",1 78793,"either needs more substance to fill the time or some judicious editing",0 152296,"a psychiatrist who predictably finds it difficult to sustain interest in his profession after the family tragedy . Too predictably , in fact",0 180452,", Stealing Harvard is a smorgasbord of soliloquies about nothing delivered by the former Mr . Drew Barrymore .",0 56638,"roles that magnify her outrageous charm",1 85560,"just ca n't tear himself away from the characters",1 70647,"Vividly demonstrates that the director of such Hollywood blockbusters as Patriot Games can still turn out a small , personal film with an emotional wallop .",1 116637,"can watch , giggle and get an adrenaline boost without feeling like you 've completely lowered your entertainment standards",1 79132,"enthusiastically",1 32918,"in subtle plot maneuvers",1 126194,"listless , witless , and",0 180859,", often awkwardly directed and suffers from the addition of a wholly unnecessary pre-credit sequence designed to give some of the characters a ` back story",0 236740,"the best espionage picture to come out in weeks",1 14664,"a Kiss seem minty fresh",1 58033,"the background -- a welcome step",1 53630,"is so rich with period minutiae it 's like dying and going to celluloid heaven .",1 102189,"( the film ) works",1 12525,"tosses around some intriguing questions about the difference between human and android life",1 175683,"thrilling , touching or , yikes , uproarious",1 172501,"takes few chances and manages to insult the intelligence of everyone in the audience",0 54275,"liked it much more if Harry & Tonto never existed",0 216063,"thematically and stylistically",1 236536,"that somehow manages to bring together Kevin Pollak , former wrestler Chyna and Dolly Parton",0 114056,"an honest attempt to get at something",1 157200,"deep to sink this low . Fortunately for all involved",0 102988,", unfussily poetic",1 104817,"Borstal Boy represents the worst kind of filmmaking , the kind that pretends to be passionate and truthful but is really frustratingly timid and soggy .",0 30688,"delivers a performance of striking skill and depth",1 157300,"deriding James Bond for being a clichéd , doddering , misogynistic boy 's club",0 134903,"the best ` old neighborhood ' project",1 15495,"cute",1 102001,"'s worth , with fantasy mixing with reality and actors playing more than one role just to add to the confusion",0 33093,"intelligent , moving and invigorating",1 195245,"by way too much indulgence of scene-chewing , teeth-gnashing actorliness",0 79428,"exciting moviemaking",1 28610,"and flair",1 154165,"as flippant or slick as it thinks it is",0 69511,"The film 's constant mood of melancholy and its unhurried narrative are masterfully controlled . But",1 84159,"is enjoyable family fare",1 211448,"short of both adventure and song",0 232968,"it 's quite fun in places .",1 84898,"it 's hard not to be carried away",1 37150,"some who thought light-hearted comedy was his forte",1 166209,"more offensive",0 74600,"as a noble teacher who embraces a strict moral code",1 62179,", relatively lightweight commercial fare such as Notting Hill to commercial fare with real thematic heft .",1 64473,"Brilliantly written and well-acted",1 193550,"as original",1 170582,"seem weird and distanced",0 170687,"self-infatuated",0 177370,"utter hooey",0 100216,"wild comedy",1 93163,"something of a public service",1 193046,"are becoming irritating .",0 196600,"de Broca has little enthusiasm for such antique pulp",0 90443,"point the way for adventurous Indian filmmakers toward a crossover",1 187238,"Shanghai Ghetto should be applauded for finding a new angle on a tireless story , but you might want to think twice before booking passage",1 127321,"more interesting -- and",1 32697,"humorous",1 185067,"It 's as if a bored Cage spent the duration of the film 's shooting schedule waiting to scream : ''",0 3739,"a dull",0 114452,"anybody who has ever seen an independent film can report that it is instead a cheap cliché",0 47422,"Though it 's not very well shot or composed or edited , the score is too insistent and the dialogue is frequently overwrought and crudely literal",0 200754,"have been a sketch on Saturday Night Live",1 78878,"emerges a radiant character portrait",1 94137,"takes a slightly dark look at relationships ,",1 98130,"to infuse the rocky path to sibling reconciliation with flashes of warmth and gentle humor",1 214869,"the intensity that made her an interesting character to begin with",1 194017,"basic flaws",0 13098,"williams plays sy , another of his open-faced , smiling madmen , like the killer in insomnia . he does this so well you do n't have the slightest difficulty accepting him in the role",1 81348,"gratuitous cinematic distractions",1 77941,"delivering Oscar-caliber performances",1 110382,"There may have been a good film in '' Trouble Every Day , ''",1 127618,"much more successful",1 15019,"and distinctive",1 74081,"angry and",0 165351,"low-budget production",0 145393,"Flotsam in the sea of moviemaking , not big enough for us to worry about it causing significant harm and not smelly enough to bother despising .",0 89610,"one of the great minds of our times interesting and accessible",1 116794,"central flaw",0 199626,"from the fact that the film idiotically uses the website feardotcom . com or the improperly hammy performance from poor Stephen Rea",0 188530,"The pairing does sound promising in theory ... but their lack of chemistry makes Eddie Murphy and Robert DeNiro in Showtime look like old , familiar vaudeville partners .",0 206685,"much of it is good for a laugh . The problem with '' XXX '' is that its own action is n't very effective",0 85823,"layered , well-developed characters and some surprises",1 178172,"while lulling us into torpor with his cultivated allergy",0 116288,"builds gradually until you feel fully embraced by this gentle comedy .",1 27869,"a stunning lyrical work",1 62499,"-- the first to be released in the U . S .",1 153260,"amped-up Tony Hawk-style stunts",1 56542,"report that the children of varying ages in my audience never coughed , fidgeted or romped up and down the aisles for bathroom breaks",1 24243,": It extends a warm invitation into an unfamiliar world , then illuminates it fully and allows the larger implications of the journey to sink in unobtrusively .",1 145433,"For each chuckle there are at least 10 complete misses , many coming from the amazingly lifelike Tara Reid , whose acting skills are comparable to a cardboard cutout .",0 124257,"is more in love with strangeness than excellence .",1 232688,"is one of the hapless victims of the arrogant `` if we put together a wry white man and a chatty black man and give them guns , the movie will be funny '' syndrome .",0 178921,"would recommend Big Bad Love only to Winger fans who have missed her since 1995 's Forget Paris .",0 72434,"a smart , nuanced look at de Sade",1 140064,"with a hard-to-swallow premise",0 58540,"the nonconformist in us",1 160062,"getting myself wrapped up in the visuals and eccentricities of many of the characters",1 202947,"is genial but never inspired , and little about it will stay with you",0 142126,", comedy-deficient , B-movie",0 134541,"that revives the free-wheeling noir spirit of old French cinema",1 112242,"a lot more",1 69984,"The success",1 27916,"a troubling interpretation of Ecclesiastes . A rewarding work of art for only the most patient and challenge-hungry moviegoers",0 47589,"What Eric Schaeffer has accomplished with Never Again may not , strictly speaking , qualify as revolutionary . But it 's defiantly and delightfully against the grain .",1 145224,"Excellent acting and direction .",1 59677,"uneven tone",0 142039,", Storytelling never quite gets over its rather lopsided conception",0 205208,"little enthusiasm for such antique pulp",0 101149,"you love the music , and",1 232779,"is that it 's too close to real life to make sense .",0 104340,"An inelegant combination of two unrelated shorts that falls far short of the director 's previous work in terms of both thematic content and narrative strength",0 141276,"'s churning ground that has long passed the point of being fertile",0 14850,"a technical , logistical feat",1 114878,"as both shallow and dim-witted",0 146085,"I kept thinking over and over again , ' I should be enjoying this . ' But I was n't .",0 97641,"thoughtful and surprisingly affecting",1 72871,"a zany mix of Saturday Night Live-style parody , '70s Blaxploitation films and goofball action comedy gone wild",1 226815,"Troubling and",0 24111,"... ( but ) Lohman 's moist",0 80818,"funny in its observation of just how much more grueling and time-consuming the illusion of work is than actual work",1 197399,"doggie",1 122496,"hope Britney wo n't do it one more time , as far as",0 83655,"invokes the percussion rhythm , the brass soul and the sense of fierce competition that helps make great marching bands half the fun of college football games",1 41143,"One of the greatest romantic comedies of the past decade",1 177230,"unmoved",0 232643,"is not a classical dramatic animated feature , nor a hip , contemporary , in-jokey one",0 101281,"youthful , out-to-change-the-world aggressiveness",1 119100,"engaging nostalgia piece",1 214290,"the charms",1 106841,"It 's an exhilarating place to visit , this laboratory of laughter .",1 32975,"in this checklist of teamwork cliches",0 92449,"share his story so compellingly with us is a minor miracle",1 41629,"be right at home",1 52407,"has its faults",0 117302,"common sense flies out the window , along with the hail of bullets , none of which ever seem to hit Sascha .",0 28374,"an interest",1 51988,"fun lite",1 109215,"Stonehenge . Before long , you 're desperate for the evening to end",0 129584,"one relentlessly depressing situation after another for its entire running time",0 56316,"put my finger on that elusive '' missing thing",0 29042,"are good sparring partners",1 121430,"gripping , amusing , tender and heart-wrenching",1 7642,"is a contrivance ,",0 16834,"on the bigger-than-life screen",1 225624,"Rifkin no doubt fancies himself something of a Hubert Selby Jr. , but there is n't an ounce of honest poetry in his entire script :",0 171564,"some charming chemistry",1 146499,"It 's hard to like a film about a guy who is utterly unlikeable ,",0 81030,"girls , who learns that believing in something does matter",1 73242,"adorable",1 212469,"standoffish to everyone else , and smugly suggests a superior moral tone is more important than filmmaking skill",0 2372,"spend their time in the theater thinking up grocery lists and ways to tell their kids how not to act like pinocchio .",0 225962,"Stealing Harvard ca n't even do that much .",0 147213,"Little Nicky bad",0 174484,"the overcooked , ham-fisted direction , which has all the actors reaching for the back row",0 113063,"a wry and sometime bitter movie about love",1 185403,"Its screenplay serves as auto-critique , and its clumsiness as its own most damning censure .",0 131007,"rare sequel",1 144296,"Burdette 's collage-form scenario tends to over-romanticize the spiritual desolation of the struggling artiste .",0 12113,"this : you 're never quite sure where self-promotion ends and the truth begins .",0 196381,"crass , jaded movie types",0 116484,"by writer-director Kurt Wimmer",1 22673,"valedictory",1 76077,"but could have and should have been deeper",0 6670,"fresh air now and then",1 185667,"Lacks the spirit of the previous two , and makes all those jokes about hos and even more unmentionable subjects seem like mere splashing around in the muck",0 34381,"marks the outstanding feature debut of writer-director Eric Byler , who understands the power of the implicit and the virtues of simplicity and economy",1 181470,"99-minute",1 198678,"feel the screenwriter at every moment",1 23175,"'s the chemistry between the women and the droll scene-stealing wit and wolfish pessimism of Anna Chancellor that makes this '' Two Weddings and a Funeral '' fun .",1 34663,"most transporting or gripping film",1 70130,"There are times when you wish that the movie had worked a little harder to conceal its contrivances ,",0 208909,"overblown climax",0 100960,"wrapped up in the characters",1 173930,"the film starts playing like General Hospital crossed with a Saturday Night Live spoof of Dog Day Afternoon .",0 32188,"great one",1 38949,"this intelligent and restrained coming-of-age drama",1 81987,"he expresses our most basic emotions",1 53273,"is a fabric of complex ideas here , and feelings that profoundly deepen them",1 123993,"is different from others in its genre in that it is does not rely on dumb gags , anatomical humor , or character cliches",1 87909,"no lika da accents so good , but I thoroughly enjoyed the love story",1 43404,"( Grant 's ) bumbling magic takes over the film ,",1 102911,", the visuals and enveloping sounds of Blue Crush make this surprisingly decent flick worth a summertime look-see .",1 16336,"it faded from my memory",0 7248,"hunk",1 3621,"a calculating fiend or",0 99045,"unique and inherent",1 181285,"... The movie , shot on digital videotape rather than film , is frequently indecipherable .",0 135959,"the parents -- and particularly the fateful fathers --",1 199873,"gets bogged down over 140 minutes .",0 23618,", exuberant",1 148963,"Sweet Home Alabama is taking another bummer of a wrong turn .",0 85695,"know what 's happening but you 'll be blissfully exhausted",1 107047,"It may not be particularly innovative , but the film 's crisp , unaffected style and air of gentle longing make it unexpectedly rewarding .",1 72199,"a quest story as grand as The Lord of the Rings",1 189271,"Troll",0 20143,"brilliantly",1 203507,"is that I ca n't remember a single name responsible for it",0 146262,"Imagine if you will a Tony Hawk skating video interspliced with footage from Behind Enemy Lines and set to Jersey shore techno",0 108200,"One of those movies that make us pause and think of what we have given up to acquire the fast-paced contemporary society .",1 153997,"are wincing back in repugnance",0 12337,"to death",0 34565,"more faithful 1950 live-action swashbuckling classic",1 52761,"how we all need a playful respite from the grind to refresh our souls",1 222570,"Before long , you 're desperate for the evening to end .",0 223691,"Hopkins looks like a drag queen",0 180639,", fitfully amusing , but ultimately so weightless that a decent draft in the auditorium might blow it off the screen .",0 66607,"It 's not just a feel-good movie",1 104194,"Although shot with little style , Skins is heartfelt and achingly real .",1 126065,"like a rash",0 181068,", this nasty comedy pokes fun at the same easy targets as other rowdy raunch-fests -- farts , boobs , unmentionables -- without much success .",0 94106,"take movies by storm",1 148681,"So stupid ,",0 77594,"crisper and punchier",1 208879,"outweigh the positives",0 147798,"Not really bad so much as distasteful : We need kidnapping suspense dramas right now like we need doomsday thrillers .",0 222170,"Absolutely not .",0 159062,"fifty minutes of tedious adolescent melodramatics",0 222084,"A serious movie with serious ideas .",1 202129,"inane images keep popping past your head",0 12941,"what 's missing in murder by numbers is any real psychological grounding for the teens ' deviant behavior . being latently gay and liking to read",0 232093,"infantile , redundant , sloppy",0 149703,"The pacing is glacial , the screenplay is stiff as a board , and things heat up only in the movie 's final scenes",0 193659,"as you discount its ability to bore",0 238384,"want my money back .",0 220314,"you realize there 's no place for this story to go but down",1 215761,"the theater wondering why these people mattered",0 102867,", the essence of a great one is in there somewhere .",1 196649,"decidedly mixed bag",0 110435,"This dreadfully earnest inversion of the Concubine love triangle eschews the previous film 's historical panorama and roiling pathos for bug-eyed mugging and gay-niche condescension .",0 71954,"a masterfully made one",1 169260,"pretty good in the first few minutes",1 139418,"weak and strong",1 157853,"done a great disservice by a lack of critical distance and a sad trust in liberal arts college bumper sticker platitudes .",0 52596,"high-profile",1 72494,"a spiritual aspect",1 53158,"interesting as a character study is the fact that the story is told from Paul 's perspective",1 110171,"The story gives ample opportunity for large-scale action and suspense , which director Shekhar Kapur supplies with tremendous skill .",1 143006,"A bit of an unwieldy mess",0 93873,"super-simple animation",1 132437,"shrewd and effective film",1 35487,"of the opening credits to Elmer Bernstein 's perfectly melodic score",1 38776,"the whole of Safe Conduct",1 106525,"I thought was rather clever .",1 228762,"are a few modest laughs , but certainly no",0 223837,"I loved it !",1 84988,"it brings to the fore for the gifted but no-nonsense human beings they are and for the still-inestimable contribution they have made to our shared history",1 24808,"Beijing culture",1 143719,"An average B-movie with no aspirations to be anything more .",0 45908,"Jones ... makes a great impression as the writer-director of this little $ 1 . 8 million charmer , which may not be cutting-edge indie filmmaking but has a huge heart .",1 43,"'s like a poem",1 40846,"Despite what anyone believes about the goal of its makers , the show ... represents a spectacular piece of theater ,",1 34878,"neighborhood",1 198849,"film ' in the worst sense of the expression",0 9126,"not entirely wholesome",0 192095,"aimless for much of its running time",0 118813,"dying and loving",1 206263,"mixed messages ,",0 143102,"A frantic search for laughs , with a hit-to-miss ratio that does n't exactly favour the audience",0 177929,"were less simplistic , obvious , clumsily plotted and shallowly characterized .",0 57389,"straight-ahead",1 47182,"The movie occasionally threatens to become didactic , but",0 67592,"Moonlight Mile does n't quite go the distance",0 54418,"loved in 1994 , except that it looks even better",1 176048,"to come up with an irritatingly unimaginative retread concept",0 40391,"ya , what with all of those terrific songs and spirited performances",1 213140,"takes every potential laugh and stiletto-stomps the life out of it",0 206748,"muy loco",0 70715,"We 've seen it all before in one form or another , but director Hoffman , with great help from Kevin Kline , makes us care about this latest reincarnation of the world 's greatest teacher .",1 97639,"thoughtful , subjective filmmaking",1 236447,"that has bucked the odds to emerge as an exquisite motion picture in its own right",1 34349,"manages to capture a cruelly hilarious vein of black comedy in the situation with his cast of non-actors and a gritty , no-budget approach",1 74792,"as the enigmatic Mika and Anna Mouglalis is a stunning new young talent in one of Chabrol 's most intense psychological mysteries",1 128253,"odd purity",1 212432,"staged like '' Rosemary 's Baby , '' but is not as well-conceived as either of those films .",0 218467,"very good movie",1 54752,"minor work",0 84486,"is not nearly as dreadful as expected . In fact , it 's quite fun in places",1 37736,"that 's enough",0 32135,"good sense",1 121113,"giggly",1 41617,"balance sweetness",1 68859,"So vivid",1 119160,"enough substance in the story to actually give them life",1 216270,"things insipid",0 188871,"There are many definitions of ` time waster '",0 85516,"joy to watch , even when her material is not first-rate",1 82528,"hugely enjoyable in its own right though not really faithful",1 95342,"the color palette , with lots of somber blues and pinks , is dreamy and evocative",1 125494,"just about more stately than any contemporary movie this year ... a true study , a film with a questioning heart and",1 27919,"a two-actor master class",1 8383,"leaves vague impressions and a nasty aftertaste but little clear memory of its operational mechanics",0 4348,"about rubbo 's dumbed-down tactics",0 98514,"too much of a plunge",0 18413,", glib charm",1 125571,"keeps coming back to the achingly unfunny Phonce and his several silly subplots .",0 211687,"sit and stare and turn away from one another instead of talking and it 's all about the silences and if you 're into that , have at it",0 25874,"Jose Campanella delivers a loosely autobiographical story brushed with sentimentality but brimming with gentle humor , bittersweet pathos , and lyric moments that linger like snapshots of memory .",1 140366,"won my heart",1 58537,"the nightmare you had a week ago that wo n't go away",0 176169,"to have a lock on the title of ugliest movie of the year",0 65655,"Frequent flurries of creative belly laughs",1 13878,"B-movie",0 172040,"stops being clever and devolves into flashy , vaguely silly overkill .",0 98747,"try to balance pointed , often incisive satire and unabashed sweetness , with results that are sometimes bracing , sometimes baffling and quite often , and in unexpected ways , touching",1 205975,"me realize that we really have n't had a good cheesy B-movie playing in theaters since ... well ... since last week 's Reign of Fire",0 94707,"that is actually funny without hitting below the belt",1 228434,"all his disparate Manhattan denizens -- especially the a \*\* holes",0 224373,"It may scream low budget , but this charmer has a spirit that can not be denied",1 76996,"comic barbs",1 76814,"clever ways of capturing inner-city life during the Reagan years",1 13377,"you wo n't get through this frankly fantastical by-the-numbers b-flick with just a suspension of disbelief . rather",0 61136,"'s never as solid as you want it to be",0 174772,"the smug self-satisfaction",0 32053,"gifted",1 80879,"gender-bending comedy",1 218625,"walk away without anyone truly knowing your identity",0 173209,"that suffers because of its many excesses",0 162123,"inconsistencies that pose the question",0 93648,"strongest film",1 142145,", disjointed mess",0 101680,"'s enough to watch Huppert scheming , with her small , intelligent eyes as steady as any noir villain , and to enjoy the perfectly pitched web of tension that Chabrol spins .",1 23054,"'s a good film -- not a classic , but odd , entertaining and authentic .",1 77309,"contentious configurations",0 26539,"Search",0 195323,"callow rich boy",0 135162,"the end an honorable",1 203165,"is n't as weird as it ought to be .",0 181801,"A loud , brash and mainly unfunny high school comedy .",0 105613,"Elling builds gradually until you feel fully embraced by this gentle comedy .",1 124511,"is so bleak",0 97192,"therapy ' I need from movie comedies -- offbeat humor , amusing characters , and a happy ending .",1 101749,"'s marvelous series into a deadly bore",0 43124,"'re as happy listening to movies as you are watching them , and the slow parade of human frailty fascinates you",1 23991,", who carries the film on his broad , handsome shoulders",1 124283,"is n't just offensive",0 39941,"well-oiled machine ,",1 122028,"he can cross swords with the best of them and helm a more traditionally plotted popcorn thriller while surrendering little of his intellectual rigor or creative composure",1 75952,"bring out joys in our lives",1 180900,", revolting",0 173977,"the first film in a long time that made me want to bolt the theater in the first 10 minutes",0 106003,"Glazed with a tawdry B-movie scum .",0 192064,"again that the era of the intelligent , well-made B movie is long gone",0 84977,"it also treats the subject with fondness and respect",1 16514,"lynchings",0 103496,"A compelling French psychological drama",1 141436,"'s nice to watch a movie that has n't been focus-grouped into tedium",1 75286,"be like to be smack in the middle of a war zone armed with nothing but a camera",1 121539,"had no effect and",0 2022,"perfect",1 30472,"create engaging characterizations in Imamura 's lively and enjoyable cultural mix",1 109955,"The modern master",1 175925,"to be cleverer , better written and of considerable more interest than the finished film , that 's a bad sign . A very bad sign",0 116517,"ca n't shake the thought that Undercover Brother missed an opportunity to strongly present some profound social commentary",0 197633,"dutiful precision",1 233400,"like E.T. the first time I saw it as a young boy",1 140116,"with any viewer forced to watch him try out so many complicated facial expressions",0 5883,"delivers not just the full assault of reno 's immense wit and insight , but a time travel",1 148187,"Pryor Lite , with half the demons , half the daring , much less talent , many fewer laughs .",0 4252,"a twist",1 84750,"is the recording industry in the current climate of mergers and downsizing",0 77539,"creates a portrait of two strong men in conflict , inextricably entwined through family history , each seeing himself in the other , neither liking what he sees",1 143462,"Aaliyah rarely dampens her diva persona enough to spark genuine chemistry with Townsend . When she speaks , her creepy Egyptian demigod voice is as computer processed and overproduced as it was in her music .",0 80869,"gawky actor",0 203291,"is one of the year 's worst cinematic tragedies",0 113816,"ambitious and personal",1 12121,"this crude , this fast-paced and this insane",0 65185,"Driven by a fantastic dual performance from Ian Holm",1 8968,"my precious new star wars movie",1 118082,"derivative elements into something that is often quite rich and exciting",1 150034,"There 's a solid woman - finding-herself story somewhere in here , but you 'd have to dig pretty deep to uncover it",0 49131,"are an actor who can relate to the search for inner peace by dramatically depicting the lives of others onstage",1 42312,"loyal and deceitful ,",1 103432,"A bold ( and lovely ) experiment that will",1 135602,"the kind of movie during which you want to bang your head on the seat in front of you , at its cluelessness , at its idiocy , at its utterly misplaced earnestness",0 208665,"one-note performance",0 237799,"to eat popcorn",1 201088,"high-strung",0 40121,"will go happily along for the ride .",1 220928,"'s not thirsty , consuming passion which drives this movie",1 108350,"Peppered with witty dialogue and inventive moments .",1 126380,"loses its fire midway ,",0 236382,"that Jim Brown treats his women -- as dumb , credulous , unassuming , subordinate subjects",0 74684,"as fascinating",1 168511,"overbearing and",0 172037,"stopped keeping time as I slogged my way through Clockstoppers",0 118018,"deliver remarkable performances",1 235656,"sharper",1 171988,"stiff-upper-lip laboriousness",0 158669,"exploitative , thoroughly unpleasant",0 89553,"one bad dude . When you 've got the wildly popular Vin Diesel in the equation",1 50027,"can withstand not only inept school productions , but even Oliver Parker 's movie adaptation",0 89052,"of the most creative , energetic and original comedies to hit the screen in years",1 130094,"peevish and gimmicky",0 113830,"among the cinema 's memorable women",1 57183,"some of the unsung heroes of 20th century",1 188035,"The cinematic equivalent of patronizing a bar",0 14769,"a lively script , sharp acting and partially animated interludes make Just a Kiss seem minty fresh",1 52514,"he 's willing to express his convictions",1 216690,"thrown-together",0 157020,"critics have come to term an '' ambitious failure",0 158571,"exactly kiddie-friendly",1 72416,"a skillfully assembled , highly polished and professional adaptation",1 11615,"the misanthropic",0 177156,"undone by Howard 's self-conscious attempts",0 165293,"lost its edge",0 74620,"as a work of fiction inspired by real-life events . Those seeking a definitive account of Eisenstein 's life would do better elsewhere",0 104989,"Captures all the longing , anguish and ache , the confusing sexual messages and the wish to be a part of that elusive adult world",1 126235,"little melodramatic",0 214757,"the gutless direction",0 196265,"could dredge up",0 169015,"point at things that explode into flame",0 147510,"Most of the supporting characters in Eastwood films are weak , as are most of the subplots . This one 's weaker than most .",0 156429,"clunk-on-the-head that suggests the overtime someone put in to come up with an irritatingly unimaginative retread concept",0 81208,"going to love The Piano Teacher",1 181985,"A sleek advert",1 86859,"masterpeice",1 87497,"most watchable",1 100860,"works so well",1 123646,"inventive action sequences",1 8401,"legally blonde and sweet home abomination , i mean , alabama",0 124830,"it 's funny",1 9859,"prompting audience members to wonder , ` what 's the point ? '",0 196152,"consummate",1 125885,"leaving the theater",0 96045,"the lively intelligence of the artists and",1 18184,"( But it 's ) worth recommending because of two marvelous performances by Michael Caine and Brendan Fraser",1 223671,"Hmmm ... might I suggest that the wayward wooden one end it all by stuffing himself into an electric pencil sharpener ?",0 14084,"Holocaust films",0 41891,"extends a warm invitation",1 128359,"of Ms . Ambrose",1 178781,"wore out its welcome well before the end credits rolled about 45 minutes in .",0 139932,"will most likely doze off during this one",0 70312,"This rush to profits",0 168473,"outtakes in which most of the characters forget their lines",0 130758,"provides an invaluable service by sparking debate",1 140376,"wonderfully funny",1 48619,"achieves its main strategic objective : dramatizing the human cost of the conflict that came to define a generation .",1 148953,"Sustains its dreamlike glide through a succession of cheesy coincidences and voluptuous cheap effects",0 218068,"unaware that it 's the butt of its own joke .",0 50086,"celebrate",1 163756,"it defeats his larger purpose",0 24481,"A subtle and well-crafted",1 207803,"of intelligence or invention",1 187472,"Sorority Boys is a bowser .",0 69141,"Takes you by the face , strokes your cheeks and coos beseechingly at you",1 208631,"one of those films that requires the enemy to never shoot straight",0 134503,"that paints a grand picture of an era and makes the journey feel like a party",1 91610,"reveals a music scene that transcends culture and race",1 177045,"ugly chapter",0 22200,"that somehow it hit you where you live",1 12401,"to pile too many '' serious issues '' on its plate at times",0 198368,"exploiting",0 125296,"its make-believe promise of life that soars above the material realm",1 145787,"Herzog is obviously looking for a moral to his fable , but the notion that a strong , unified showing among Germany and Eastern European Jews might have changed 20th-Century history is undermined by Ahola 's inadequate performance",0 46884,"Taymor , the avant garde director of Broadway 's The Lion King and the film Titus , brings",1 130368,"pointed , often tender , examination",1 195758,"clever concept",1 175455,"this leaky script",0 191703,"about a family of sour immortals",0 176769,"toward the end , less like a movie",0 41246,"The Powers team has fashioned a comedy with more laughs than many , no question . But",1 213785,"that no wise men will be following after it",0 12959,"what emerges is an unsettling picture of childhood innocence combined with indoctrinated prejudice . promises is a compelling piece that demonstrates just how well children can be trained to live out and carry on their parents ' anguish .",1 131040,"reach satisfying conclusions",1 20422,"dreamlike visuals",1 36204,"proves that a fresh take is always possible",1 24440,"A refreshingly honest and ultimately touching tale",1 115327,"bad animation and mindless violence",0 190638,"a ghost story gone badly awry",0 177073,"un-bear-able ''",0 152652,"a video installation in a museum , where viewers would be free to leave .",0 206266,"mixed messages , over-blown drama and Bruce Willis",0 207208,"not remotely incisive enough",0 134840,"the art of getting laid in this prickly indie comedy of manners and misanthropy",1 193173,"are really surprising",1 150268,"This loud and thoroughly obnoxious comedy about a pair of squabbling working-class spouses",0 87389,"most breezy movie Steven Spielberg",1 33402,"is less than the sum of its parts",0 183157,"Collapses after 30 minutes into a slap-happy series of adolescent violence .",0 173075,"that it defeats his larger purpose",0 58192,"the deeply appealing veteran Bouquet and",1 211470,"should be able to find better entertainment",0 149395,"The film does n't have enough innovation or pizazz to attract teenagers , and it lacks the novel charm that made Spy Kids a surprising winner with both adults and younger audiences",0 142963,"? A romance ?",1 101078,"you 've seen a movie instead of an endless trailer",1 34696,"movie worthy",1 209632,"precious than perspicacious",1 143474,"About as cutting-edge",1 89763,"original talent",1 41361,"Vardalos ' humor ,",1 215828,"the unfortunate trump card being the dreary mid-section of the film",0 65813,"Gong Li and a vivid personality",1 1801,"must-see viewing for anyone involved in the high-tech industry . others may find it migraine-inducing , despite moore 's attempts at whimsy and spoon feeding .",0 157170,"decent acting , writing , and direction",1 25663,"If you can stomach the rough content , it 's worth checking out for the performances alone .",1 123471,"intelligence and intensity",1 159944,"genocide",0 120298,"focuses too much on Max when he should be filling the screen with this tortured , dull artist and monster-in-the - making",0 47252,"The solid filmmaking",1 109823,"The film may not hit as hard as some of the better drug-related pictures ,",0 187551,"Starts promisingly but disintegrates into a dreary , humorless soap opera .",0 220770,"'s as if a bored Cage spent the duration of the film 's shooting schedule waiting to scream : `` Got AIDS yet",0 179538,"'s a little violence and lots of sex in a bid to hold our attention",0 160023,"gets ever so wrong",0 201623,"ill-considered",0 48322,"a refreshing departure",1 180292,"( or worth rooting against , for that matter )",0 99575,"warm , enveloping affection",1 126310,"look at the list of movies starring Ice-T in a major role",0 120608,"found this a remarkable and novel concept",1 228558,"an embarrassment , a monotonous , disjointed jumble of borrowed plot points and",0 218030,"ugliness",0 206165,"mildly unimpressive to despairingly awful",0 162264,"instead go rent '' Shakes The Clown '' , a much funnier film with a similar theme and an equally great Robin Williams performance .",0 71711,"a funny , puzzling movie",1 28193,"all down",1 125530,"just two of the elements that will grab you",1 158609,"exciting scenes",1 190536,"a few good ideas",1 3512,"77 minutes of pokemon may not last 4ever , it just seems like it does",0 146567,"It 's not that Kung Pow is n't funny some of the time -- it just is n't any funnier than bad martial arts movies are all by themselves , without all Oedekerk 's impish augmentation .",0 91136,"raunch",0 193168,"are quite funny ,",1 22978,"'' is an earnest",1 110259,"The wonderful combination of the sweetness and the extraordinary technical accomplishments of the first film are maintained , but its overall impact falls a little flat with a storyline that never quite delivers the original magic",0 132514,"simply wanted to update her beloved genre for the thousands of Indians who fancy themselves too sophisticated for the cheese-laced spectacles that pack 'em in on the subcontinent",0 63622,"About One Thing '' is an intelligent flick that examines many different ideas from happiness to guilt in an intriguing bit of storytelling",1 48904,"an astoundingly rich film",1 17846,"to the movies to have fun",1 160346,"greedy",0 62413,", what makes the movie fresh",1 56175,"pretty Irish settings",1 193420,"as boring",0 44144,"A lean , deftly shot , well-acted , weirdly retro thriller that recalls a raft of '60s and '70s European-set spy pictures .",1 19571,"a seemingly serene marriage",1 141271,"'s both sitcomishly predictable and cloying in its attempts to be poignant .",0 37732,"that 's at once surreal and disturbingly familiar",1 29068,"are performances to enjoy in a memorable ensemble piece",1 236659,"the Russian word for Wow !? '",1 46115,"Maud and Roland 's search for an unknowable past makes for a haunting literary detective story , but LaBute pulls off a neater trick in Possession :",1 293,"a visual delight and",1 204558,"kill Michael Myers for good",1 207059,"no more challenging than your average television biopic",0 148315,"Roberto Benigni 's Pinocchio is an astonishingly bad film .",0 151698,"a few cute ideas",1 31940,"full of memorable performances from top",1 44068,"A fascinating documentary that provides a rounded and revealing overview of this ancient holistic healing system",1 128642,"of epic adventure",1 51627,"fierce grandeur",1 145919,"Human Nature talks the talk , but it fails to walk the silly walk that distinguishes the merely quirky from the surreal .",0 167518,"of holes and completely lacking in chills .",0 131636,"romp pile",0 124820,"it 's awfully entertaining to watch .",1 222622,"Big mistake .",0 230766,"feels like an ugly knot tightening in your stomach .",0 130374,"pointless , tasteless and idiotic",0 99764,"weird , wonderful , and not necessarily for kids",1 27279,"Writer\/director Joe Carnahan 's grimy crime drama",0 102845,", stupid",0 101943,"'s telling that his funniest moment comes when he falls about ten feet onto his head",1 198596,"fast fade",0 157472,"directed , cowrote and starred in borders on the grotesque",0 82277,"his lesser works outshine the best some directors",1 81486,"had gone in for pastel landscapes .",1 149396,"The film does n't have enough innovation or pizazz to attract teenagers , and it lacks the novel charm that made Spy Kids a surprising winner with both adults and younger audiences .",0 177901,"well-worn video box cover",0 185174,"It 's not the worst comedy of the year , but",0 9747,"plays like some weird masterpiece theater sketch with neither a point",0 235548,"seems altogether too slight to be called any kind of masterpiece .",0 171800,"spirit and talent",1 230762,"feels capable of charming the masses with star power , a pop-induced score and sentimental moments that have become a Spielberg trademark .",1 29017,"appropriate",1 87263,"more fascinating -- being real -- than anything seen on Jerry Springer",1 43785,", well-acted , bald",1 89075,"of the rarest kinds of films",1 113372,"actually makes the heart soar . Yes , soar",1 24497,"A triumph , relentless and beautiful in its downbeat darkness .",1 59696,"unforced naturalism",1 10791,"stuck with a script that prevents them from firing on all cylinders",0 120881,"funny or",1 110117,"The re - enactments , however fascinating they may be as history , are too crude to serve the work especially well .",0 145650,"Green 's half-hearted movie career",0 108369,"Peter Jackson and company once again dazzle and delight us ,",1 200603,"has n't progressed as nicely as ` Wayne . '",0 40217,"with honest performances and realistic interaction between the characters , this is a coming-of-age story with a twist .",1 153348,"an astonishingly bad film",0 49229,"artless sytle",0 195688,"chronically",0 133271,"steeped in fairy tales and other childish things",0 109224,"Straightforward and old-fashioned in the best possible senses of both those words , Possession is a movie that puts itself squarely in the service of the lovers who inhabit it .",1 131219,"refreshes the mind and spirit along",1 141211,"'s also heavy-handed and devotes too much time to bigoted views .",0 186587,"One sloughs one 's way through the mire of this alleged psychological thriller in search of purpose or even a plot .",0 202125,"inadvertent ones",0 15309,"but Morvern Callar grows less compelling the farther it meanders from its shocking start .",0 16293,"is what IMAX was made for : Strap on a pair of 3-D goggles , shut out the real world , and take a vicarious voyage to the last frontier -- space .",1 187165,"Screenwriter Chris ver Weil 's directing debut is good-natured and never dull , but",1 206225,"miscalculates badly by forcing the star to play second fiddle to the dull effects that allow the suit to come to life",0 148447,"Scores no points",0 57411,"stress-reducing",1 16239,"is an effective and claustrophobic thriller",1 14892,"absorbs us with the movie 's spycraft",1 27871,"a stylish and energetic one-shot",1 146687,"It gets old quickly . Watch Barbershop again if you 're in need of a Cube fix --",0 198272,"exceptionally good",1 211095,"seems more tacky and reprehensible , manipulating our collective fear without bestowing the subject with the intelligence or sincerity it unequivocally deserves",0 36930,"should transcend any awards it bags . This is one for the ages",1 199238,"for granted in most films are mishandled here",0 121795,"has moments of inspired humour",1 132642,"slow-moving Swedish film",0 230654,"exceeds expectations .",1 12638,"unchecked",0 49687,"best straight-up",1 63691,"All comedy",1 224053,"Inconsequential road-and-buddy pic .",0 58923,"there is truth here",1 238871,"with a zippy jazzy score",1 201608,"if you shoot something on crummy-looking videotape , it must be labelled ` hip ' , ` innovative ' and ` realistic '",0 30654,"deft staging and the director 's well-known narrative gamesmanship",1 212136,"some of the camera work is interesting",1 54107,"kitsch mess",0 62945,"A different movie -- sometimes tedious -- by a director many viewers would like to skip but film buffs should get to know .",1 59884,"visceral sense",1 224019,"In his debut as a director , Washington has a sure hand .",1 37162,"something truly new",1 5407,"callow student film",0 51489,"fairly well",1 182988,"Call me a cold-hearted curmudgeon for not being able to enjoy a mindless action movie",0 236012,"staggered from the theater and blacked out in the lobby",0 40614,", but odd",0 53344,"is a thought-provoking , haunting film that allows the seeds of the imagination to germinate .",1 130586,"pretends to be passionate and truthful but is really frustratingly timid and soggy",0 32859,"in fighting trim shape as an athlete as well as an actor",1 149717,"The performances are so leaden , Michael Rymer 's direction is so bloodless and the dialogue is so corny that the audience laughs out loud .",0 121846,"has tackled a meaty subject and drawn engaging characters while peppering the pages with memorable zingers .",1 114953,"as it is spooky and subtly in love with myth",1 61197,"'s one bad dude . When you 've got the wildly popular Vin Diesel in the equation",1 217445,"to the growing , moldering pile of , well , extreme stunt",0 99458,"visual delight",1 148357,"Ryanovich",1 233642,"make several runs to the concession stand and\/or restroom and not",0 59340,"to see when you do n't want to use your brain . At all",0 231356,"half-assed film .",0 80102,"flaws , but also",0 36944,"showing impressive control , both visually and in the writing",1 70236,"This is lightweight filmmaking , to be sure , but it 's pleasant enough -- and oozing with attractive men .",1 141507,"'s now coming true ' bad",0 69240,"The AAA of action , XXX is a blast of adrenalin , rated EEE for excitement . And Vin Diesel is the man",1 216341,"this alarming production",0 92135,"seem authentic",1 47625,"While not for every taste",0 201918,"in its yearning for the days",0 220629,"'re gonna like this movie .",1 7804,"is the kathie lee gifford of film directors",0 76261,"ca n't quite maintain its initial momentum , but remains sporadically funny throughout .",1 232630,"is no pleasure in watching a child suffer",0 25179,"Earns its laughs from stock redneck ` types ' and from the many , many moments when we recognize even without the Elizabethan prose , the play behind the thing",1 187817,"The Kid Stays in the Picture '' is a great story , terrifically told by the man who wrote it",1 193797,"at that clever angle ! Wow",1 180921,", so dumb",0 90262,"photographed and staged by Mendes with a series of riveting set pieces",1 190954,"a minimalist Beauty and",1 114997,"as naturally charming as it needs to be",1 149485,"The intent is almost exactly the same ( as The Full Monty ) . All that 's missing is the spontaneity , originality and delight",0 10562,"so little",0 176825,"treated with a baffling casual approach",0 141606,"'s some centered storytelling to go along with all the weird stuff",0 124527,"is so formulaic and forgettable that it 's hardly over before it begins to fade from memory .",0 180524,", as if it were an extended short , albeit one made by the smartest kids in class .",1 103847,"A remarkably insightful",1 36001,"philosophical depth",1 96069,"the lush scenery",1 143218,"A modest and messy metaphysical thriller offering more questions than answers .",0 160402,"grows tiresome",0 190919,"a meaty plot and well-developed characters",1 37882,"that revels in the true potential of the medium",1 101087,"you believe that the shocking conclusion is too much of a plunge",0 107379,"Lan Yu seems altogether too slight to be called any kind of masterpiece . It is , however , a completely honest , open-hearted film that should appeal to anyone willing to succumb to it .",1 140582,"woven of romance , dancing , singing , and unforgettable characters",1 44239,"A sexy , peculiar and always entertaining costume drama set in Renaissance Spain , and the fact that it 's based on true events",1 125454,"jaw-dropping action sequences , striking villains , a gorgeous color palette , astounding technology , stirring music and",1 110561,"This tale has been told and retold : the races and rackets change , but the song remains the same .",0 238200,"under-rehearsed and lifeless",0 55856,"otherwise excellent",1 43236,"'s energetic and satisfying if not deep and psychological .",1 161993,"in the cinematic equivalent of tabloid journalism",0 233699,"makes up for in heart what it lacks in outright newness",1 30771,"did n't know",0 216152,"there is not even half the interest",0 142238,", inoffensive screaming and exaggerated facial expressions",0 62819,"A burst of color , music , and dance that only the most practiced curmudgeon could fail to crack a smile at",1 225524,"Psychologically revealing .",1 31693,"flawless",1 210956,"scuttled",0 59912,"waiting my whole life for this movie",1 146015,"I can only imagine one thing worse than Kevin Spacey trying on an Irish accent , and",0 128824,"of neurasthenic regret",1 130748,"provide much more insight than the inside column of a torn book jacket",0 148654,"Sluggishly",0 43681,", pulse intensifying escapist adventure",1 66744,"It may also be the best sex comedy about environmental pollution ever made .",1 13818,"A truly moving experience",1 211780,"slick production values",1 7391,"impostor deviously",0 46427,"One of the most significant moviegoing pleasures of the year",1 18551,"... the gentle melding of drama and comedy makes '' What Time Is It There ? '' something the true film buff will enjoy .",1 22515,"to know what to praise first",1 53534,"is n't that much different from many a Hollywood romance . What sets it apart is the vision that Taymor , the avant garde director of Broadway 's The Lion King and the film Titus , brings",1 8336,"lacks juice and delight",0 89539,"once the falcon arrives in the skies above Manhattan , the adventure is on red alert",1 61998,", it 's a film that affirms the nourishing aspects of love and companionship .",1 23073,"'s a work of incendiary genius , steering clear of knee-jerk reactions and quick solutions",1 106465,"I have a confession to make : I did n't particularly like E . T . the first time I saw it as a young boy . That is because - damn it ! - I also wanted a little alien as a friend",1 151348,"a bad taste",0 106226,"Hey , Happy ! is many things -- stoner midnight flick , sci-fi deconstruction , gay fantasia -- but above all it 's a love story as sanguine as its title",1 9723,"pitched precipitously between swoony lyricism and violent catastrophe",0 163367,"is so trite",0 158835,"fantastic sets , extras ,",1 98364,"to the enduring strengths of women",1 166506,"musty adaptation",0 228252,"a wonderful , imaginative script",1 29270,"at Oscar time",1 196135,"consistently surprising ,",1 172678,"terribly funny",1 221305,", colour and cringe",0 105393,"Despite suffering a sense-of-humour failure , The Man Who Wrote Rocky does not deserve to go down with a ship as leaky as this .",0 149090,"The Four Feathers lacks",0 64309,"Becomes a fascinating study of isolation and frustration that successfully recreates both the physical setting and emotional tensions of the Papin sisters .",1 151993,"a long time that made me want to bolt the theater in the first 10 minutes",0 230712,"falls flat as thinking man",0 225825,"Snow Dogs finds its humour in a black man getting humiliated by a pack of dogs who are smarter than him",0 103084,"-- as well its delightful cast --",1 215503,"the right opening premise",1 62410,", well-developed characters",1 28727,"and one to ponder after the credits roll",1 188547,"The plot is paper-thin and the characters are n't interesting enough to watch them go about their daily activities for two whole hours .",0 13650,", the movie works .",1 137350,"to a series of standup routines in which Wilson and Murphy show how funny they could have been in a more ambitious movie",1 86567,"make it as much fun as reading an oversized picture book before bedtime .",1 180723,", it 's not as pathetic as The Animal .",0 63836,"An average kid-empowerment fantasy with slightly above-average brains",1 189491,"We never feel anything for these characters ,",0 52009,"funny , fast and loose , accessible to the uninitiated , and full",1 198560,"far too sentimental",0 173541,"the better of obnoxious adults",0 133753,"sweet , funny , charming , and",1 58943,"they succeed",1 106386,"I 'm not a fan of the phrase ` life affirming ' because it usually means ` schmaltzy , ' but Real Women Have Curves truly is life affirming",1 23369,", amusing , laugh-filled little gem",1 203607,"is too amateurishly square to make the most of its own ironic implications",0 217114,"to inject farcical raunch",0 181919,"A prolonged extrusion of psychopathic pulp",0 236484,"that it risks monotony",0 166362,"mostly routine",0 143720,"An awkward and indigestible movie",0 230020,"crafted , and well executed",1 81691,"has created such a vibrant , colorful world",1 28926,"anger",0 48796,"allow the filmmakers to present the biblical message of forgiveness without it ever becoming preachy or syrupy",1 127188,"moderately successful but",1 62775,"A beautiful , entertaining two hours . You get the idea , though , that Kapur intended the film to be more than that .",1 127715,"my mind",1 190408,"a cruel deception carried out by men of marginal intelligence , with reactionary ideas about women and a total lack of empathy",0 217500,"to understand why anyone in his right mind would even think to make the attraction a movie .",0 210478,"resolutely avoids all the comic possibilities of its situation , and becomes one more dumb high school comedy about sex gags and prom dates .",0 239201,"you took Orwell , Bradbury , Kafka , George Lucas and the Wachowski Brothers and threw them into a blender",1 237342,"the world 's best actors",1 226958,"Watch Barbershop again if you 're in need of a Cube fix -- this is n't worth sitting through .",0 75396,"because it made him feel powerful",1 218160,"undone by his pretensions",0 143095,"A film that suffers because of its many excesses .",0 143613,"All that ( Powerpuff Girls ) charm is present in the movie",1 79134,"enthusiastically invokes the percussion rhythm , the brass soul and the sense of fierce competition that helps make great marching bands half the fun of college football games .",1 13107,"winds up a bolly-holly masala mess",0 30984,"earnest , intimate film",1 138471,"two unrelated shorts that falls far short",0 157904,"downer than your end-of-year 401 ( k ) statement .",0 106731,"In visual fertility Treasure Planet rivals the top Japanese animations of recent vintage .",1 104314,"An exhausting family drama about a porcelain empire and",0 179579,"'s a terrible movie in every regard , and utterly painful to watch",0 166185,"more good-natured",1 99049,"unique director 's",1 172065,"straight to a Mystery Science Theater 3000 video",0 224540,"Kouyate elicits strong performances from his cast , and he delivers a powerful commentary on how governments lie , no matter who runs them .",1 160471,"half the excitement of Balto , or quarter the fun of Toy Story 2",0 11770,"the problem with antwone fisher is that it has a screenplay written by antwone fisher based on the book by antwone fisher .",0 46645,"Rock solid family fun",1 194249,"beautifully costumed",1 183519,"Do n't hate El Crimen del Padre Amaro because it 's anti-Catholic . Hate it because it 's lousy .",0 160609,"has a handful of thrilling moments and a couple of good performances",1 153099,"all right . Extremely dumb . Extremely confusing",0 206771,"my two hours better watching",0 205112,"like the worst kind of Hollywood heart-string plucking",0 63186,"A mix of gritty realism , crisp storytelling and radiant compassion that effortlessly draws you in",1 198561,"far too staid",0 125720,"laid back",1 125595,"kiddie entertainment , sophisticated wit and",1 219795,"with phony humility barely camouflaging grotesque narcissism",0 87413,"most edgy",1 213317,"terrible , banal dialogue : convenient , hole-ridden plotting",0 188883,"There are plenty of scenes in Frida that do work , but rarely do they involve the title character herself .",1 13504,", Russian Ark marks a cinematic milestone .",1 34024,"leisurely",1 228377,"admit I walked out of Runteldat",0 196450,"crisp framing , edgy camera work , and wholesale ineptitude",0 178730,"witless attempt at mating",0 40890,"Enjoy it",1 53763,"it 's still damn funny stuff",1 25698,"Interacting eyeball-to-eyeball and toe-to-toe , Hopkins and Norton are a winning combination",1 62927,"A delightful , if minor , pastry of a movie",1 55676,"offer a brutal form of charisma",1 60673,"'' make this a charmer .",1 102904,", the picture feels as if everyone making it lost their movie mojo .",0 202313,"intelligent , well-made B movie",1 105227,"Cool gadgets and creatures",1 215349,"the picture 's cleverness is ironically muted by the very people who are intended to make it shine .",0 94864,"that shows what great cinema can really do",1 38874,"these are performances to enjoy in a memorable ensemble piece .",1 23498,", but it 's easily his finest American film ... comes close to recapturing the brilliance of his Hong Kong films .",1 194321,"becomes unwatchable",0 17772,"thunderous",1 217160,"to lessen the overall impact the movie could have had",0 99328,"very capable",1 172260,"sucks the humanity",0 230248,"director Robert J. Siegel allows the characters to inhabit their world without cleaving to a narrative arc .",1 210443,"represents glossy Hollywood at its laziest",0 32382,"have so steeped themselves in the majesty of Tolkien 's writing that every frame produces new joys , whether you 're a fan of the books or not .",1 231917,"immensely appealing couple",1 49631,"begins with promise ,",1 141287,"'s critic-proof , simply because it aims so low",0 204143,"its characters tissue-thin",0 175744,"tie up loose ends with more bows than you 'll find on a French poodle",0 162515,"is ) so stoked to make an important film about human infidelity and happenstance that he tosses a kitchen sink onto a story already overladen with plot conceits .",0 70811,"What does n't this film have that an impressionable kid could n't stand to hear ?",1 237970,"to take everyone to since there 's no new `` A Christmas Carol '' out in the theaters this year",0 70083,"There 's none of the happily-ever - after spangle of Monsoon Wedding in Late Marriage -- and that 's part of what makes Dover Kosashvili 's outstanding feature debut so potent",1 7346,"if you 're not a prepubescent girl , you 'll be laughing at britney spears ' movie-starring debut whenever it does n't have you impatiently squinting at your watch",0 79031,"enjoy for a lifetime",1 172993,"that ends well",1 179974,"'s simply unbearable",0 212125,"some kind of goofy grandeur",1 200222,"great team",1 203963,"it makes me wonder if Lawrence hates criticism so much that he refuses to evaluate his own work .",0 17116,"ripe , enrapturing beauty",1 1204,"his zeal",1 180588,", contrived , overblown , and entirely implausible",0 216124,"there , done that ... a thousand times already",0 63107,"A headline-fresh thriller set among orthodox Jews on the West Bank , Joseph Cedar 's Time Of Favor manages not only to find a compelling dramatic means of addressing a complex situation",1 207605,"of an energetic , extreme-sports adventure",1 63121,"A journey that is as difficult for the audience to take as it",0 77614,"cruel story",0 226126,"The Master of Disguise is funny --",1 84947,"it 's such a warm and charming package that you 'll feel too happy to argue much",1 226555,"Their film falters , however , in its adherence to the Disney philosophy of required poignancy , a salute that I 'd hoped the movie would avoid .",0 77429,"could have easily become a cold , calculated exercise in postmodern pastiche winds up a powerful and deeply moving example of melodramatic moviemaking",1 84330,"is its surreal sense of humor and technological finish",1 64536,"Bullock 's memorable first interrogation of Gosling",1 58070,"the best play of the 19th century . It 's so good that its relentless , polished wit can withstand not only inept school productions , but even Oliver Parker 's movie adaptation",1 202463,"involve a dentist drill",0 13158,"with neither a point",0 231530,"have a bright sheen .",1 233884,"mind-numbingly bad .",0 82763,"impress about E . T",1 226507,"The subtle strength of `` Elling ''",1 9839,"problem",0 103273,"1937 breakthrough",1 51561,"fast and",1 40708,"A sly game of cat and mouse that 's intense and thrilling at times",1 31234,"even better",1 181998,"A slow-moving police-procedural thriller that",0 239093,"you 'll ever see and dissolves into a routine courtroom drama , better suited for a movie titled `` Glory : A Soldier 's Story . ''",0 120862,"funny . And for all the wrong reasons",0 149860,"The story has its redundancies ,",0 27603,"a joyful effusion",1 59345,"to show us a good time",1 60002,"weirdly beautiful",1 88366,"of a sports extravaganza",1 221353,", great to look at , and funny",1 232347,"is a remarkable piece of filmmaking ... because you get it .",1 202504,"is , for about ten minutes . After that it becomes long and tedious like a classroom",0 219238,"which , while it may not rival the filmmaker 's period pieces , is still very much worth seeing",1 56605,"rich detail condensed",1 136814,"they used to anymore",1 36041,"pleasurably jacked-up piece",1 225484,"Polished , well-structured film .",1 225229,"Notwithstanding my problem with the movie 's final half hour",0 19214,"Remarkably accessible and affecting",1 222051,"A meatier",1 103602,"A fun family movie",1 148995,"Tadpole is emblematic of the witless ageism afflicting films",0 27900,"a tight plot with an easy pace and a focus on character drama over crime-film complications",1 238187,"uncluttered , resonant gem",1 195839,"clunky TV-movie",0 14440,"Somewhere short of Tremors on the modern B-scene : neither as funny nor as clever , though",0 221306,", confused , and totally disorientated",0 30972,"dyspeptic",1 92505,"shines bright on this frozen tundra soap opera that breathes extraordinary life into the private existence of the Inuit people .",1 89200,"of what makes Dover Kosashvili 's outstanding feature debut so potent",1 20172,"but his words and images do n't have to add up to mesmerize you .",1 99373,"very top",1 222330,"An uninspired preachy and clichéd war",0 6441,"feel fully embraced by this gentle comedy",1 226318,"The leads are natural and lovely , the pace is serene , the humor wry and sprightly .",1 58003,"the adrenaline jolt of a sudden lunch rush at the diner",1 171330,"smacks of purely commercial motivation , with no great love for the original .",0 152225,"a place alongside those other two recent Dumas botch-jobs",0 205878,"masturbation jokes",0 42310,"loving what you 're seeing , or",1 145732,"Has a customarily jovial air but a deficit of flim-flam inventiveness .",0 52089,"get made-up and",1 204218,"its lack of logic and misuse of two fine actors , Morgan Freeman and Ashley Judd",0 233671,"makes a tragic error by going on for too long , trying to mirror every subsequent event in Chinese history : war , revolution , Communism , etc. .",0 99050,"unique feel",1 215346,"the perverse pleasure of watching Disney scrape the bottom of its own cracker barrel",0 144183,"Blimp",0 78025,"deserved all the hearts it won -- and wins still , 20 years later",1 69716,"The most compelling performance of the year adds substantial depth to this shocking testament to anti-Semitism and neo-fascism .",1 170623,"seems to be part of an insider clique , which tends to breed formulaic films rather than fresh ones .",0 165657,"mannerisms and self-indulgence",1 48467,"a veritable source of sincere passion that this Hollywood contrivance orbits around",1 125659,"knows how to hold the screen",1 96251,"the new populist comedies that underscore the importance of family tradition and familial community",1 72132,"a place alongside the other Hannibal movies",1 233194,"itself is ultimately quite unengaging .",0 187142,"Schnieder",1 128529,"of an historical episode that , in the simple telling , proves simultaneously harrowing and uplifting",1 100693,"with wisdom and emotion",1 153909,"are not executed with anything more than perfunctory skill",0 168559,"oversize medium",1 153100,"all right . Extremely dumb . Extremely confusing .",0 197462,"down-and-dirty laugher",1 159608,"found its audience , probably because it 's extremely hard to relate to any of the characters .",0 235821,"slow -- very",0 140491,"worth checking out at theaters",1 231245,"goes by the numbers and reps decent action entertainment",1 43967,"A backstage must-see for true fans of comedy .",1 158232,"endorses They simply because this movie makes his own look much better by comparison",0 229612,"ca n't even do that much .",0 71132,"You could hate it for the same reason .",0 111935,"a florid but ultimately vapid crime melodrama",0 165218,"look smart and sassy",1 31531,"favored for decades",1 127112,"mind and spirit",1 92175,"seen a film so willing to champion the fallibility of the human heart",1 83262,"increasingly amused",1 151879,"a heretofore unfathomable question",0 176621,"too gory to be a comedy and too silly to be an effective horror film",0 149694,"The overall feel of the film is pretty cheesy , but there 's still a real sense that the Star Trek tradition has been honored as best it can , given the embarrassing script and weak direction .",0 76547,"cerebral",1 178716,"without following up on a deeper level",0 68702,"Sensitive ensemble performances and",1 64331,"Best of all is Garcia , who perfectly portrays the desperation of a very insecure man .",1 158091,"earnest and well-meaning , and so stocked with talent ,",1 51797,"for its extraordinary themes",1 171733,"soulless and ugly movies",0 58491,"the mixture , the intoxicating masala ,",1 6171,"embellishing",1 17536,"the fare is fair , even coming from the drive-thru",1 11653,"the movie 's downfall",0 86069,"like it was worth your seven bucks",1 101825,"'s not vintage Spielberg",0 221129,", Ballistic : Ecks vs. Sever is a dumb action movie .",0 188232,"The filmmakers know how to please the eye , but it is not always the prettiest pictures that tell the best story",1 52323,"had family trauma",0 59928,"want you to enjoy yourselves without feeling conned .",1 21591,"offbeat romantic comedy",1 231234,"go home '' when talking to Americans",0 109849,"The film was n't preachy ,",1 237699,"to The Others without becoming a postmodern joke , made creepy by its `` men in a sardine can '' warped logic",0 84919,"it 's much , much better",1 62271,", the film does pack some serious suspense .",1 199832,"get into heaven by sending the audience straight to hell",0 71747,"a goofy energy",1 58021,"the artist as an endlessly inquisitive old man",1 90611,"predictably formulaic",0 30988,"easily his finest American film",1 67742,"Nachtwey clears the cynicism right out of you . He makes you realize that deep inside righteousness can be found a tough beauty .",1 175490,"this much syrup",0 222461,"As it is , it 's too long and unfocused .",0 52886,"in a delightful blend of sweet romance",1 14647,"You 'd think by now America would have had enough of plucky British eccentrics with hearts of gold . Yet the act is still charming here .",1 21754,"powerful narrative",1 29282,"at its best .",1 102607,", is repellantly out of control .",0 200019,"go but down",0 202565,"is a dud",0 34866,"need a 77-minute film to tell us exactly why a romantic relationship between a 15-year-old boy and a 40-year-old woman does n't work ?",0 83841,"is a pretty good job",1 197249,"do you make a movie with depth about a man who lacked any ? On the evidence before us , the answer is clear : Not easily and , in the end , not well enough .",0 218855,"watch them go about their daily activities for two whole hours",0 116498,"ca n't disguise the fact that it 's inauthentic at its core and that its story just is n't worth telling",0 187708,"Tedious Norwegian offering which somehow snagged an Oscar nomination",0 40861,"Disturbing and",0 41204,"So many documentaries like this presuppose religious bigotry or zealous nuttiness of its antagonists , but Family Fundamentals displays a rare gift for unflinching impartiality",1 100822,"worked wonders",1 207265,"nothing really happens .",0 79485,"explosive physical energy and convincing intelligence",1 150928,"While the film misfires at every level , the biggest downside is the paucity of laughter in what 's supposed to be a comedy .",0 168801,"performed a difficult task indeed",1 178534,"with an excruciating dollop of Disney sentimentality mixed in for good measure",0 134574,"that tears welled up in my eyes both times",1 31563,"feels empty and unsatisfying , like swallowing a Communion wafer without the wine .",0 102968,", though many of the actors throw off a spark or two when they first appear , they ca n't generate enough heat in this cold vacuum of a comedy to start a reaction .",0 221001,"'s the sweet Cinderella story that `` Pretty Woman '' wanted to be .",1 85523,"joyous romp of a film .",1 200854,"have no idea what in creation is going on",0 120606,"found the perfect material with which to address his own World War II experience in his signature style",1 168841,"persistently useless movies",0 45587,"I liked About Schmidt a lot , but I have a feeling that I would have liked it much more if Harry & Tonto never existed .",1 23691,", insightful and beautifully rendered film . One of the best of the year .",1 191258,"a sad aristocrat in tattered finery",0 56887,"shaping the world",1 159797,"full of bad jokes , howling cliches and by-the-numbers action",0 197219,"do n't seem to have much emotional impact on the characters",0 48860,"amusing study",1 115313,"back to a time when movies had more to do with imagination than market research .",1 68263,"Pretty good little movie .",1 144476,"Choppy editing and too many repetitive scenes spoil what could have been an important documentary about stand-up comedy .",0 91447,"remarkable because it",1 130574,"presents us with an action movie that actually has a brain .",1 19793,"and a glossy , glib charm that 's hard to beat",1 229597,"by the man who wrote it but this Cliff Notes edition is a cheat",0 234285,"of Mr. Chabrol 's subtlest works",1 89119,"of theater history",1 126388,"lost , leaving the character of Critical Jim two-dimensional and pointless",0 154783,"be not much more than a shaggy human tale",0 134140,"that 's as fresh-faced as its young-guns cast",1 17375,"syncopated style",1 88095,"objectivity and refusal",0 222800,"But that 's just the problem with it - the director has n't added enough of his own ingredients",0 84375,"is meaningful or memorable",1 52747,"how deeply felt emotions can draw people together across the walls that might otherwise separate them",1 197288,"does n't allow an earnest moment to pass without reminding audiences that it 's only a movie .",0 202172,"increasingly implausible as it",0 199605,"from sharing the awe in which it holds itself",0 44063,"A fantastically vital movie that manages to invest real humor , sensuality , and sympathy into a story about two adolescent boys .",1 231883,"if the essence of magic is its make-believe promise of life that soars above the material realm , this is the opposite of a truly magical movie .",1 30133,"cheerfully inconsequential",1 191086,"a personal low for everyone",0 39903,"weak or careless",0 215846,"the very basic dictums",0 83532,"into a rustic , realistic , and altogether creepy tale of hidden invasion",1 128778,"of loving",1 137962,"to the spare , unchecked heartache of Yasujiro Ozu",1 42313,"loyal and deceitful , responsible and reckless",1 42058,"have so much",1 21930,"sensual",1 158993,"felt tired and drained and",0 26030,"Majidi 's poetic love story is a ravishing consciousness-raiser , if a bit draggy at times .",1 44908,"Cho 's latest comic set",1 166627,"needed to balance out the violence",0 6938,"handled correctly , wilde 's play is a masterpiece of elegant wit and artifice . here ,",1 65696,"Fulford-Wierzbicki ... deftly captures the wise-beyond-her-years teen .",1 81296,"got just enough charm and appealing character quirks to forgive that still serious problem",1 71078,"Wow fans",1 23744,", landmark movie",1 122020,"he 'll go to weave a protective cocoon around his own ego",0 153655,"anti-Darwinian",0 227361,"` Drumline ' shows a level of young , Black manhood that is funny , touching , smart and complicated .",1 89594,"one of its strengths .",1 63498,"A thoughtful and surprisingly affecting portrait",1 186868,"Reeboir varies between a sweet smile and an angry bark , while Said attempts to wear down possible pupils through repetition . It has no affect on the Kurds , but it wore me down",0 9522,"only half-hearted in its spy mechanics",0 36954,"shy of overkill , though viewers may be more exhausted than the athletes onscreen",0 79365,"everything its fans are hoping it will be , and in that sense is a movie that deserves recommendation",1 7049,"have you forever on the verge of either cracking up or throwing up",0 233125,"its attitude and its obliviousness",0 35908,"particularly eccentric",1 7918,"it ca n't escape its past , and it does n't want to",0 112281,"a major work",1 228270,"about 3\/4th the fun of its spry 2001 predecessor -- but it 's a rushed , slapdash , sequel-for-the-sake - of-a-sequel with less than half the plot and ingenuity",0 42882,"thinking about compelling questions",1 63214,"A moving essay about the specter of death , especially suicide",1 20163,"but Seldahl and Wollter 's sterling performances raise this far above the level of the usual maudlin disease movie .",1 24297,"A charming romantic comedy that is by far the lightest Dogme film and among the most enjoyable .",1 217998,"two fine actors",1 211149,"seen as hip ,",1 19409,"Weber and Weissman demonstrate with such insight and celebratory verve",1 194212,"be thinking of 51 ways to leave this loser",0 90205,"perfectly serviceable",1 180719,", it 's hard to shake the feeling that it was intended to be a different kind of film .",0 75315,"be shallow",0 23398,", and has managed elements such as sound and cinematography with skill",1 189479,"We do n't even like their characters .",0 142655,", you 'll be laughing at Britney Spears ' movie-starring debut whenever it does n't have you impatiently squinting at your watch .",0 110982,"Weighty and ponderous but every bit as filling as the treat of the title",1 217613,"too many contrivances",0 39210,"to hit theaters since Field of Dreams",1 118568,"does n't work as either .",0 230386,"done before but never so vividly",1 223818,"I have returned from the beyond to warn you : this movie is 90 minutes long , and life is too short .",0 44213,"A quiet treasure --",1 132416,"shows Holmes has the screen presence to become a major-league leading lady , ( but ) the movie itself is an underachiever , a psychological mystery that takes its sweet time building to a climax that 's scarcely a surprise by the time",0 23425,", and she is backed by a likable cast .",1 69497,"The evocative imagery and",1 185264,"It dabbles all around , never gaining much momentum .",0 54413,"loved Cool",1 127906,"never settles into the light-footed enchantment the material needs",0 26060,"Maud and Roland 's search for an unknowable past makes for a haunting literary detective story , but LaBute pulls off a neater trick in Possession",1 137416,"to be had from films crammed with movie references",0 153135,"all the more impressive for their lack of showiness",1 75182,"batch",1 40300,"within scams within scams",0 149741,"The plot is so predictable and sentimental that viewers are likely to lose interest before Sandrine and",0 237068,"the most inventive",1 222266,"Although it includes a fair share of dumb drug jokes and predictable slapstick , `` Orange County '' is far funnier than it would seem to have any right to be .",1 184477,"Holofcener 's film offers just enough insight to keep it from being simpleminded , and",1 123067,"in perfectly executed and wonderfully sympathetic characters , who are alternately touching and funny",1 188303,"The kind of movie that leaves vague impressions and a nasty aftertaste but little clear memory of its operational mechanics",0 104266,"An awkwardly garish showcase",0 69562,"The film is filled with humorous observations about the general absurdity of modern life as seen through the eyes outsiders ,",1 65540,"Filmmakers David Weissman and Bill Weber",1 55146,"novels to the big screen",1 100263,"will have you at the edge of your seat for long stretches",1 226407,"The overall fabric is hypnotic , and Mr. Mattei fosters moments of spontaneous intimacy",1 93184,"something wholly original",1 119643,"fails to gel together .",0 91865,"sad without being shrill",1 174387,"the narrator stops yammering",0 76195,"by on Angelina Jolie 's surprising flair for self-deprecating comedy",1 66151,"I feel better already .",1 130612,"pretty unbelievable",0 132916,"some very good comedic songs",1 15268,"blandly cinematic surgical examination",0 24503,"A warm but realistic meditation",1 31973,"furious and full",1 226375,"The movie is well shot and very tragic ,",1 3741,"a dull , pretentious",0 175565,"this three-hour endurance test built around an hour 's worth of actual material",0 172823,"that 's a bad sign",0 197303,"does n't even in passing mention political prisoners , poverty and the boat loads of people who try to escape the country",0 125793,"laugh once ( maybe twice )",1 205428,"loss and denial and life-at-arm 's -",0 42158,"is a vivid , vibrant individual and the movie 's focus",1 126899,"may just scare the pants off you .",1 238480,"watched the far superior Nurse Betty or Sunset Boulevard",0 42854,"the ride ( bumps and all ) , creamy depth , and",1 188597,"The punch lines that miss , unfortunately , outnumber the hits by three-to-one . But",0 119802,"fast-edit , hopped-up fashion",1 134134,"that '' they wanted to see something that did n't talk down to them . ''",1 220450,"$ 1.8 million charmer",1 135601,"the kind of lush , all-enveloping movie experience",1 81745,"has no respect for laws , political correctness or common decency",0 147296,"Made me feel uneasy , even queasy , because ( Solondz 's ) cool compassion",0 184790,"If I stay positive",1 180345,", Austin Powers in Goldmember has some unnecessary parts and is kinda wrong in places .",0 107705,"Medem may have disrobed most of the cast , leaving their bodies exposed , but the plot remains as guarded as a virgin with a chastity belt . That 's why Sex and Lucia is so alluring .",1 184909,"In the end , Tuck Everlasting falls victim to that everlasting conundrum experienced by every human who ever lived : too much to do , too little time to do it in .",0 172913,"that The Truth About Charlie gets increasingly tiresome",0 237649,"thrown every suspenseful cliché in the book at this nonsensical story",0 27815,"a showcase",1 5566,"city by the sea would slip under the waves",0 200402,"handsomely produced",1 47095,"The filmmakers want nothing else than to show us a good time , and in their cheap , B movie way , they succeed",1 212729,"stultifying",0 61658,", Mr . Rose 's updating works surprisingly well .",1 226597,"There is n't a weak or careless performance amongst them .",1 236927,"the first half of Gangster No. 1 drips with style",1 201334,"hope of a good movie ye who enter here",1 43802,", you ca n't forget it , you admire its conception and are able to resolve some of the confusions you had while watching it",1 94676,"that good",1 44088,"A gently funny , sweetly adventurous film that makes you feel genuinely good",1 141458,"'s not as obnoxious as Tom Green 's Freddie Got Fingered",0 24657,"An intriguing cinematic omnibus and round-robin that occasionally is more interesting in concept than in execution .",1 237210,"the shameless self-caricature of ` Analyze This ' ( 1999 )",0 79702,"fascinating experiment",1 154181,"as if it could fool us into thinking that we 're not watching a double",0 113085,"ability to pull together easily accessible stories",1 37389,"striving",1 84593,"is serene , the humor wry and sprightly",1 31005,"edge-of-your-seat",1 114765,"artificiality",0 60391,"with such operatic grandeur",1 162438,"intoxicating atmosphere",1 196120,"consider what New Best Friend does not have , beginning with the minor omission of a screenplay",0 234033,"my problem with the movie 's final half hour",0 115648,"beat the odds and the human spirit triumphs",1 27003,"This riveting World War II moral suspense story deals with the shadow side of American culture : racial prejudice in its ugly and diverse forms .",0 12927,"well-meaning to a fault ,",1 24427,"A quietly reflective and melancholy New Zealand film",1 190419,"a cut-and-paste",0 223430,"Frida is n't that much different from many a Hollywood romance .",0 199505,"fresh point",1 135300,"the film 's problems",0 46663,"S1M0NE 's satire is not subtle ,",0 65639,"French cinema 's master craftsmen",1 216258,"they wo n't enjoy the movie at all .",0 229300,"been just another bad movie",0 151450,"a cartoon monster",0 106807,"It 's a good film",1 29028,"are all spot on , especially Lee Ross 's turn as Ken",1 129107,"of the rich and sudden wisdom , the film",1 162677,"is a throwaway , junk-food movie whose rap soundtrack was better tended to than the film itself",0 101972,"'s touching and tender and",1 235157,"quite able",1 1119,"greatly",1 47517,"Uses high comedy to evoke surprising poignance .",1 238246,"unrealistic",0 65905,"Happy",1 143892,"As a kind of colorful , dramatized PBS program , Frida gets the job done . But , for that , why not watch a documentary",0 112234,"a loose collection of not-so-funny gags , scattered moments of lazy humor",0 181133,", worse yet , nonexistent --",0 110989,"Welsh whimsy",1 101031,"yet newcomer Ellen Pompeo pulls off the feat with aplomb",1 188321,"The logic of it all will be Greek to anyone not predisposed to the movie 's rude and crude humor .",0 171820,"spontaneity , originality and delight",1 236848,"the enticing prospect of a lot of nubile young actors in a film about campus depravity",1 148446,"Scooby Dumb",0 35979,"perhaps because he 's been stirred by the powerful work of his co-stars",1 151521,"a comedy that 's not very funny and an action movie that is not very thrilling ( and an uneasy alliance , at that )",0 206518,"most improbable feat ? It did n't go straight to video",0 119,"a brilliant",1 119862,"feel like mopping up",0 162617,"is a good name for a movie this delibrately obtuse and unapproachable . A waste of good performances .",0 206359,"more confused , less interesting and more sloppily",0 185803,"Lilia herself . She 's a cipher , played by an actress who smiles and frowns but does n't reveal an inner life",0 232527,"is like a beautiful food entrée that is n't heated properly , so that it ends up a bit cold and relatively flavorless .",0 205474,"love with its overinflated mythology that it no longer recognizes the needs of moviegoers for real characters and compelling plots .",0 99243,"uses the last act to reel in the audience since its poignancy hooks us completely",1 183200,"Control-Alt-Delete",0 14606,"Waydowntown is by no means a perfect film , but its boasts a huge charm factor and smacks of originality .",1 65632,"Fred Schepisi 's tale of four Englishmen facing the prospect of their own mortality views youthful affluence not as a lost ideal but a starting point .",1 57922,"that works",1 100456,"with an intelligent , life-affirming script",1 25653,"If it tried to do anything more",0 169813,"recite poetry in voice-over",0 25025,"Cool",1 50201,"clashing with each other",0 203286,"is one more celluloid testimonial to the cruelties experienced by Southern blacks as distilled through a Caucasian perspective",0 207157,"nonsense , this",0 124581,"is struck less by its lavish grandeur than by its intimacy and precision",1 89568,"one film that 's truly deserving of its Oscar nomination",1 188708,"The story is bogus and",0 238722,"who wrote it but this Cliff Notes edition is a cheat",0 173967,"the finished film , that 's a bad sign",0 198761,"felt disrespected .",0 132236,"shallow and art-conscious",0 123706,"is a VH1 Behind the Music special that has something a little more special behind it : music that did n't sell many records but helped change a nation",1 215812,"the twist endings were actually surprising ? When the violence actually shocked ? When the heroes were actually under 40",1 49762,"blisteringly funny",1 125894,"left on a remote shelf indefinitely",0 171078,"silly . Unfortunately",0 220861,"'s kinda dumb",0 126637,"make the movie or the discussion any less enjoyable",1 230876,"focuses on Joan 's raging hormones and sledgehammers the audience with Spanish inquisitions about her `` madness ''",0 226983,"We 've seen the hippie-turned-yuppie plot before , but",0 202341,"interesting and likable",1 227007,"Well , it probably wo n't have you swinging from the trees hooting it 's praises , but",0 172716,"than a lot of the crap",0 39712,"urban legend stuff",1 126624,"make it unexpectedly rewarding",1 2153,"resist his pleas to spare wildlife and respect their environs",1 189019,"This is rote drivel aimed at Mom and Dad 's wallet .",0 177716,"watch a solid tale about a universally interesting soul",1 224144,"It 's about following your dreams , no matter what your parents think .",1 23495,", but it 's assured , wonderfully respectful of its past and thrilling enough to make it abundantly clear that this movie phenomenon has once again reinvented itself for a new generation .",1 155657,"but with a revelatory performance",1 216743,"tired , unnecessary retread",0 76447,"career-defining revelation",1 226655,"This is an interesting movie ! ''",1 81991,"he has at least one more story to tell : his own .",1 227770,"a beautiful food entrée",1 212080,"some blondes , ( Diggs ) should be probing why a guy with his talent ended up in a movie this bad .",0 208045,"of the biggest disappointments of the year",0 188594,"The punch lines",1 84314,"is in its examination of America 's culture of fear as a root cause of gun violence .",1 18240,"'' Goddammit",0 91194,"real masterpiece",1 39033,"thought it could have been more .",0 195833,"clumsy dialogue ,",0 184435,"Hitler 's destiny",0 110339,"There 's undeniable enjoyment to be had from films crammed with movie references ,",1 195658,"childlike dimness",0 92854,"sly female empowerment movie",1 221991,"A fascinating glimpse",1 135923,"the optimism of a group of people who are struggling to give themselves a better lot in life than the ones",1 169801,"recent Hollywood trip tripe",0 85476,"jarring , new-agey tone",1 158130,"egotistical endeavor",0 99019,"unexpectedly sweet story",1 177290,"unwrapped it early",1 29641,"blockbusters",1 219308,"whiny , pathetic , starving and untalented artistes",0 101484,"'s Quinn ( is ) a leather clad grunge-pirate with a hairdo like Gandalf in a wind-tunnel and a simply astounding cor-blimey-luv-a-duck cockney accent .",0 105231,"Cool gadgets and creatures keep this fresh . Not as good as the original , but what is",1 192722,"and crude humor",0 230675,"exit the theater",0 136927,"this fascinating -- and timely -- content comes wrapped",1 156050,"careful , conscientious",1 222004,"A fine effort , an interesting topic , some intriguing characters and a sad ending",1 31663,"finest",1 138152,"too shallow for an older one",0 165749,"may find hard to follow",0 67211,"Life on the rez is no picnic :",0 124025,"is even lazier and far less enjoyable",0 203295,"is one of those films that requires the enemy to never shoot straight .",0 69089,"Swimming is above all about a young woman 's face , and by casting an actress whose face projects that woman 's doubts and yearnings , it succeeds .",1 225438,"Personal Velocity has a no-frills docu-Dogma plainness",0 212911,"summer fluff",0 163334,"is so dumb and so exploitative in its violence that , ironically , it becomes everything that the rather clumsy original was railing against",0 145990,"I Spy at a video store near you",1 104408,"Animated drivel",0 117587,"could pass for a thirteen-year-old 's book report on the totalitarian themes of 1984 and Farenheit 451",0 173915,"the film is n't as flippant or slick as it thinks it is",0 123919,"is an ode to unconditional love and compassion garnered from years of seeing it all , a condition only the old are privy to , and ... often misconstrued as weakness .",1 175133,"them to discern flimsy screenplays",0 30466,"crafts quite moving scenes throughout his resolutely dramatic variation on the novel",1 99267,"utilized the scintillating force of its actors to draw out the menace of its sparse dialogue",1 21357,"most thought-provoking film",1 33451,"is one of the best examples of artful Large Format filmmaking you are likely to see anytime soon .",1 86667,"makes up for in heart what it lacks in outright newness . Plus , like I already mentioned",1 226544,"The whole film has this sneaky feel to it -- as if the director is trying to dupe the viewer into taking it all as Very Important simply because the movie is ugly to look at and not a Hollywood product .",0 66732,"It is a strength of a documentary to disregard available bias , especially as temptingly easy as it would have been with this premise .",1 138262,"transcends the boy-meets-girl posturing of typical love stories",1 6069,"draggin ' about",0 27235,"Will amuse and provoke adventurous adults in specialty venues .",1 151991,"a long soap opera",0 82693,"imagine anyone managing to steal a movie not only from charismatic rising star Jake Gyllenhaal but also from accomplished Oscar winners Susan Sarandon , Dustin Hoffman and Holly Hunter , yet newcomer Ellen Pompeo pulls off the feat with aplomb",1 178537,"with an undeveloped narrative and enough flashbacks and heavy-handed metaphors to choke a horse -- or at least slow him down to a canter",0 95921,"the importance of the man and the code merge",1 2647,"the miracle of shainberg 's film",1 123827,"is a shrewd and effective film from a director who understands how to create and sustain a mood .",1 118027,"delivers a game performance",1 175005,"the way it fritters away its potentially interesting subject matter via a banal script , unimpressive acting and indifferent direction",0 199821,"get by on humor that is not even as daring as John Ritter 's glory days on Three 's Company",0 110272,"Their work is fantastic .",1 136527,"the viewer 's patience with slow pacing and",0 79175,"errs on the shrill side , tempered by a soft southern gentility that speaks of beauty , grace and a closet full of skeletons .",1 151598,"a delicate , surgical touch",1 148849,"Starts out with tremendous promise , introducing an intriguing and alluring premise , only to fall prey to a boatload of screenwriting cliches that sink it faster than a leaky freighter .",0 12377,"to its gasp-inducing ending",1 116399,"by an Angel simplicity",1 129599,"one that attempts and often achieves a level of connection and concern",1 226097,"The Château is never quite able to overcome the cultural moat surrounding its ludicrous and contrived plot . '",0 63568,"A wild comedy that could only spring from the demented mind of the writer of Being John Malkovich .",1 181841,"A movie like The Guys is why film criticism can be considered work .",0 27357,"a Triumph",1 29070,"are priceless entertainment .",1 97268,"they do best - being teenagers",1 36023,"place in Pasadena , '' a city where people still read",0 55510,"of spontaneity in its execution and a dearth of real poignancy",1 40244,"with revelation and excitement",1 224397,"It wears its heart on the sleeve of its gaudy Hawaiian shirt .",0 34761,"muy entretenida",1 15374,"captures the maddening and magnetic ebb and flow of friendship",1 198627,"feat ? It did n't go straight to video",0 51241,"enlightening , insightful and entertaining",1 74342,"are head and shoulders above much of the director 's previous popcorn work",1 229741,"care whether that cold-hearted snake Petrovich ( that would be Reno ) gets his comeuppance",0 95395,"the credit for the film 's winning tone",1 85971,"life and beauty",1 206506,"most excruciating 86 minutes one",0 185061,"It 's as if Solondz had two ideas for two movies , could n't really figure out how to flesh either out ,",0 212933,"supermarket tabloids",0 94156,"takes hold .",1 60805,"'s a familiar story , but one that is presented with great sympathy and intelligence",1 144313,"But they do n't fit well together and neither is well told",0 77481,"covers this territory with wit and originality",1 158355,"episodes smell of old soap opera",0 230443,"dumb , credulous , unassuming , subordinate",0 136456,"the treat",1 16281,"is so incisive , so bleakly amusing about how we go about our lives",1 178355,"will change titles or distributors again before the closing credits roll",0 213753,"that made the first film such a delight",1 165291,"lost in the intricate connections and multiple timelines of its story",0 106749,"Instead of a witty expose on the banality and hypocrisy of too much kid-vid",0 142991,"A baffling misfire",0 218536,"viewers out in the cold and",0 18262,"'re in a mind set for goofy comedy",1 213978,"the , yes , snail-like pacing and lack of thematic resonance",0 169424,"provoked me to take my own life",0 77095,"completely empty entertainment",0 17970,"viewers willing to take a chance will be rewarded with two of the year 's most accomplished and riveting film performances",1 51658,"film that makes me miss Hitchcock , but also",1 157313,"deserve the trash that we get",0 40645,"A comprehensive and provocative film -- one that pushes the boundaries of biography , and challenges its audience",1 20626,"fun film",1 183579,"Donovan ... squanders his main asset , Jackie Chan , and fumbles the vital action sequences",0 71437,"a compelling dramatic means of addressing a complex situation",1 193230,"are typical Sandler fare",0 92823,"slightly naughty , just-above-average off - Broadway play",1 21912,"screams '' bathroom break",0 58319,"the film that makes it a suitable entry into the fest circuit",1 28215,"all-American",1 61566,") matured quite a bit with Spider-Man , even though it 's one of the most plain white toast comic book films",1 76950,"comedy genre",1 3333,"'s just one that could easily wait for your pay per view dollar",0 231069,"fun , and host to some truly excellent sequences",1 108417,"Plotless",0 205255,"live up to material",1 102826,", singing , and unforgettable characters",1 102954,", this movie is hopeless",0 20176,"but it exudes a kind of nostalgic spy-movie charm and , at the same time , is so fresh and free of the usual thriller nonsense that it all seems to be happening for the first time .",1 41761,"dancing and fabulous music",1 27190,"What Jackson has accomplished here",1 96563,"the relationship between reluctant",1 139142,"waking coma",0 103991,"A visual spectacle full of stunning images and effects .",1 217687,"top-heavy",0 77024,"commands attention .",1 7906,"it all go wrong",0 24505,"A warm but realistic meditation on friendship , family and affection .",1 44628,"Awesome",1 216856,"to be a one-trick pony",0 213678,"that is dark",0 160709,"has no atmosphere , no tension -- nothing but Costner , flailing away",0 111539,"a beauty to behold",1 220441,"zoning ordinances to protect your community from the dullest science fiction",0 196235,"cookie-cutter action scenes",0 42879,"think and talk about their goals",1 35539,"of two young men in the prime of their talent",1 43780,", very enjoyable ...",1 20165,"but also surprisingly funny",1 199798,"gentle , endearing",1 129284,"offers an unexpected window into the complexities of the Middle East struggle and into the humanity of its people",1 55637,"of those reputedly '' unfilmable '' novels that has bucked the odds to emerge as an exquisite motion picture in its own right",1 125362,"its sensitive handling of some delicate subject matter",1 23106,"'s been stirred by the powerful work of his co-stars",1 186619,"Orwell 's dark , intelligent warning cry",0 228873,"arrive early",1 62049,", it might just be the movie you 're looking for",1 54663,"may have been born to make",1 218222,"unlikable , uninteresting , unfunny",0 237920,"to regain his life , his dignity and his music",0 132609,"slightly humorous and tender",1 135400,"the flamboyant mannerisms",1 218713,"was a fad that had long since vanished .",0 79541,"fabulously funny",1 78297,"distanced us",0 129669,"oo many of these gross out scenes ...",0 221703,", you have a problem .",0 208265,"off-handed",0 117593,"could rent the original and get the same love story and parable",0 122120,"heightened , well-shaped dramas",1 132594,"sleaziness",0 100258,"will have found a cult favorite to enjoy for a lifetime .",1 145918,"Human Nature talks the talk , but it fails to walk the silly walk that distinguishes the merely quirky from the surreal",0 83909,"is a touching reflection on aging , suffering and the prospect of death .",1 81900,"have no interest in the gang-infested , East-vs . - West Coast rap wars",0 71758,"a great deal of thought",1 70471,"Triple X",1 211517,"should n't the reality seem at least passably real",0 236460,"that is n't heated properly , so that it ends up",0 123859,"is a work of outstanding originality",1 191031,"a neat twist , subtly rendered ,",1 49829,"brilliantly constructed work .",1 221449,", it would be rendered tedious by Avary 's failure to construct a story with even a trace of dramatic interest .",0 116562,"can be safely recommended as a video\/DVD babysitter .",1 118514,"does little that is actually funny with the material",0 211496,"should go for movie theaters",1 201169,"his encounters reveal nothing about who he is or who he was before",0 215266,"the opulent lushness",1 71026,"Witty ,",1 213959,"that you 'll be as bored watching Morvern Callar as the characters are in it . If you go , pack your knitting needles",0 10883,"sweet home alabama is n't going to win any academy awards ,",0 79128,"enthusiasm ,",1 46169,"Meyjes ' provocative film might be called an example of the haphazardness of evil .",1 32468,"help but warmly extend your arms and yell ` Safe",1 169943,"remaining heartless",0 104959,"Caddyshack",1 223998,"Important",1 35969,"perfectly melodic",1 15227,"because of the way it 's told by the people who were there",1 103000,", wait until you 've seen him eight stories tall .",1 220599,"'ll still have a good time .",1 189793,"With miscast leads , banal dialogue and an absurdly overblown climax",0 44036,"A delightful stimulus",1 68919,"Sparkling , often hilarious romantic jealousy comedy",1 39332,"to the most painfully marginal lives",0 22764,"where the crew wonder if they 're ghosts imagining themselves as alive . It 's a sly wink to The Others without becoming a postmodern joke",1 5240,"both a successful adaptation and an enjoyable film",1 197799,"emotionally predictable or bland",0 14754,"a huge charm factor",1 135447,"the general 's",1 42469,"poignant ,",1 4308,"a white-empowered police force",0 73055,"absurdities and",0 132856,"solidly entertaining and moving",1 166407,"moviegoers lured to the mediocrity that is Kung Pow : Enter the Fist",0 92843,"slow down",0 49908,"but because of the startling intimacy",1 87330,"more straightforward , dramatic treatment",1 57526,"surprisingly entertaining",1 153040,"alienate even the savviest audiences",0 12788,"villainous",0 161348,"hit-to-miss",0 211116,"seems to have in mind an ( emotionally at least ) adolescent audience demanding regular shocks and bouts of barely defensible sexual violence to keep it interested",0 175585,"this world needs less of",0 211336,"shabby digital photography",0 6801,"gives it that extra little something that makes it worth checking out at theaters ,",1 69087,"Sweetly sexy , funny and touching .",1 133207,"stand as intellectual masterpieces next to The Scorpion King",1 21272,"major way",1 69134,"Takes a simple premise and carries it to unexpected heights",1 14343,"Not for everyone , but for those with whom it will connect , it 's a nice departure from standard moviegoing fare .",1 111978,"a funny yet dark and",1 126443,"love it ... hell",1 218162,"undramatic",0 50378,"confined",0 139620,"where big stars and high production values are standard procedure",1 32189,"great one-liners",1 202576,"is a frustrating patchwork : an uneasy marriage of Louis Begley 's source novel ( About Schmidt ) and an old Payne screenplay",0 197862,"ends up being neither , and fails at both endeavors",0 66551,"It 's fairly solid -- not to mention well edited so that it certainly does n't feel like a film that strays past the two and a half mark .",1 5267,"bratty for sympathy",0 121306,"good intentions leads to the video store ''",0 39385,"too many weeping",0 135610,"the kind of soft-core twaddle",0 75707,"biting and witty feature",1 138245,"tragic )",0 165794,"mean-spiritedness",0 92101,"see the movie",1 22948,"'' Auto Focus '' works as an unusual biopic and document of male swingers in the Playboy era",1 78013,"desarrollarse como un gran drama , tampoco es tan superficial como muchas cintas que pecan de pretenciosas y que resultan totalmente banales",1 71875,"a legacy",1 84206,"is first-rate , especially Sorvino .",1 145100,"Enough trivializes an important crisis",0 776,"definitely",1 155886,"caliber and the message of providing solace through deception",1 105722,"Evokes the 19th century with a subtlety that is an object lesson in period filmmaking",1 23107,"'s best in more than a decade",1 181988,"A sleep-inducing thriller",0 68672,"Secretary is not a movie about fetishism . It is a movie about passion .",1 44201,"A pleasant enough romance with intellectual underpinnings , the kind of movie that entertains even as it turns maddeningly predictable .",1 112355,"a mostly magnificent directorial career",1 115160,"at every turn of Elizabeth Berkley 's flopping dolphin-gasm",0 130376,"pointless meditation on losers in a gone-to-seed hotel",0 86590,"make the stones weep -- as shameful as it",0 58350,"the great Daniel Auteuil , '' Sade ''",1 59095,"three terrific performances",1 23252,"( Witherspoon 's ) charisma",1 187706,"Teddy Bears ' Picnic ranks among the most pitiful directing",0 57069,"small part thanks",1 24471,"A startling and fresh examination",1 109789,"The film fearlessly gets under the skin of the people involved ... This makes it not only a detailed historical document , but an engaging and moving portrait of a subculture .",1 230742,"favour of an altogether darker side",1 99479,"visually stunning rumination",1 150335,"Those who managed to avoid the Deconstructionist theorizing of French philosopher Jacques Derrida in college can now take an 85-minute brush-up course with the documentary Derrida . Or , you can do something fun tonight",0 180679,", if disingenuous ,",0 77393,"corny visual puns",0 57889,"that takes nearly three hours to unspool",0 156110,"celebratory to soppy",0 12331,"to cliches and pat storytelling",0 191991,"admirable storyteller",1 209576,"post-September 11 , '' The Sum Of All Fears '' seems more tacky and reprehensible , manipulating our collective fear without bestowing the subject with the intelligence or sincerity it unequivocally deserves .",0 53858,"it seems most likely that Broomfield 's interviewees , or even himself , will not be for much longer",0 14496,"The film makes a strong case for the importance of the musicians in creating the Motown sound .",1 40739,"About nowhere kids who appropriated turfs as they found them and become self-made celebrity athletes -- a low-down version of the American dream",1 61607,", Empire still has enough moments to keep it entertaining .",1 169483,"pure PR hype",0 98379,"to the most enchanting film of the year",1 55694,"often unsettling",0 122234,"highly watchable",1 81421,"grow into a movie career",1 178498,"with a general air of misogyny",0 17239,"so honest and keenly observed",1 84566,"is rather the way it introduces you to new , fervently held ideas and fanciful thinkers .",1 187504,"Spirit is a visual treat , and it takes chances that are bold by studio standards ,",1 84932,"it 's pleasant enough -- and oozing with attractive men",1 108749,"Sandra Bullock and",0 77752,"dazzling panoramic shots that make the most of the large-screen format , before swooping down on a string of exotic locales , scooping the whole world up in a joyous communal festival of rhythm",1 181749,"A horrible , 99-minute",0 497,"as rebellious",0 235575,"seems to include every top-notch British actor who did not appear in Gosford Park ( as well as one , Ms. Mirren , who did )",1 214903,"the kind of under-inspired , overblown enterprise that gives Hollywood sequels a bad name",0 142139,", delicious",1 81885,"have infused Frida with a visual style unique and inherent to the titular character 's paintings and in the process created a masterful work of art of their own .",1 57789,"that exquisitely blends music , dance , song , and",1 162912,"is genuine sweep or feeling or even a character worth caring about .",0 136474,"the typical Hollywood disregard for historical truth and realism is at work here",0 19999,"as it is unapologetically dumb",0 115086,"as wonderful on the big screen",1 39249,"to paint a picture of a subculture that is at once exhilarating , silly , perverse , hopeful and always fun",1 90349,"played and smartly directed .",1 186275,"Naqoyqatsi ' is banal in its message and the choice of material to convey it .",0 185087,"It 's coherent , well shot , and tartly acted",1 78626,"dreamy",1 136596,"the word -- neither is incompetent , incoherent or just plain crap",0 102225,", Broomfield has compelling new material but he does n't unveil it until the end , after endless scenes of him wheedling reluctant witnesses and pointing his camera through the smeared windshield of his rental car .",0 29408,"be glad you went along for the ride",1 16268,"is its low-key quality and genuine tenderness",1 73135,"acted offbeat thriller",1 24772,"Awkward but sincere and , ultimately , it wins you over .",1 162689,"is a triple-espresso endurance challenge",0 157830,"dogs",1 205419,"loses himself to the film 's circular structure to ever offer any insightful discourse on , well , Love in the Time of Money .",0 205911,"may as well be called '' Jar-Jar Binks",0 208611,"one of cinema 's directorial giants",1 178363,"will do it for you",1 179535,"'s a hellish",0 118076,"deranged immediacy",1 63422,"A strong and confident work which works so well for the first 89 minutes , but ends so horrendously confusing",0 89761,"original little film",1 144964,"Downright transparent",0 66201,"I say , entertaining",1 211480,"should be probing why a guy with his talent ended up in a movie this bad .",0 52517,"he can outgag any of those young whippersnappers making moving pictures today",1 132873,"some episodes that rival vintage Looney Tunes for the most creative mayhem in a brief amount of time",1 197351,"does n't really believe in it",0 27397,"a brief shooting star of love",1 52167,"go see this delightful comedy",1 191099,"a plot as musty as one of the Golden Eagle 's carpets",0 188243,"The following things are not at all entertaining : The bad sound , the lack of climax and , worst of all , watching Seinfeld ( who is also one of the film 's producers ) do everything he can to look like a good guy",0 15290,"bracing",1 194587,"better-focused",1 33501,"is suffused with complexity",1 92890,"smart to vary the pitch of his movie , balancing deafening battle scenes with quieter domestic scenes of women back home receiving War Department telegrams",1 225601,"Reno ) lets her radical flag fly , taking angry potshots at George W. Bush , Henry Kissinger , Larry King , et al.",0 16469,"literate and smart",1 24226,"800-page",1 235661,"she 's appealingly manic and energetic .",1 187319,"Sinks into the usual cafeteria goulash",0 26820,"The film is just a big , gorgeous , mind-blowing , breath-taking mess .",1 85543,"junior-high",1 199434,"formula payback and",0 143706,"An ambitious , serious film that manages to do virtually everything wrong",0 108156,"One of the best of a growing strain of daring films",1 220735,"'s a very very strong `` B + . ''",1 66416,"Interview with the Assassin draws its considerable power from simplicity .",1 47909,"a crack ensemble",1 178163,"which unfortunately do n't enable them to discern flimsy screenplays",0 42529,"reflecting the character 's instability",1 18453,", risk and romance",1 182453,"An unremittingly ugly movie",0 181835,"A modestly comic , modestly action-oriented World War II adventure that",1 217083,"to have cared much about any aspect of it , from its cheesy screenplay to the grayish quality of its lighting to its last-minute , haphazard theatrical release",0 218760,"was making no sense at all",0 145448,"For this reason and this reason only -- the power of its own steadfast , hoity-toity convictions --",0 102939,", this Nicholas Nickleby finds itself in reduced circumstances -- and , also like its hero , it remains brightly optimistic , coming through in the end .",1 164890,"like a bottom-feeder sequel in the Escape From New York series",0 11124,"that stretches the running time about 10 minutes past a child 's interest and an adult 's patience .",0 165343,"loving the friends you",1 97698,"through horror and hellish conditions",0 78393,"does Dickens as it should be done cinematically",1 133179,"squandering a topnotch foursome of actors",0 176396,"to show some presence and star quality",1 84071,"is born to play Shaggy",1 48275,"a place and time that will never happen again",1 228080,"a pleasant distraction",1 206232,"miserable and smug . This is one of the biggest disappointments of the year .",0 19973,"arousing good time",1 232392,"is an intelligent flick that examines many different ideas from happiness to guilt in an intriguing bit of storytelling .",1 32989,"in unobtrusively",1 215018,"the mayhem in Formula 51",0 126826,"martial arts",1 156916,"courage to knock on that door",1 6550,"fondness",1 107506,"Little is done to support the premise other than fling gags at it to see which ones shtick .",0 135367,"the film to drag on for nearly three hours",0 112783,"a sterling ensemble cast",1 184616,"I ca n't remember the last time I saw an audience laugh so much during a movie",1 69041,"Sugar '' admirably",1 27191,"What Jackson has accomplished here is amazing on a technical level .",1 41403,"You might not buy the ideas . But you 'll definitely want the T-shirt",1 70835,"What saves it ... and makes it one of the better video-game-based flicks , is that the film acknowledges upfront that the plot makes no sense , such that the lack of linearity is the point of emotional and moral departure for protagonist Alice .",1 203217,"is never especially clever and often",0 176949,"turkey rotting",0 64284,"Beautifully crafted and cooly unsettling",1 141480,"'s not nearly as good as any of its influences .",0 119777,"far superior film",1 59956,"watch Arnold and his buddy Gerald bounce off a quirky cast of characters",1 179183,"you will a Tony Hawk skating video interspliced with footage from Behind Enemy Lines and set to Jersey shore techno",0 183042,"Certainly not a good movie , but it was n't horrible either .",0 196277,"could have -- should have -- been allowed",0 232323,"is a movie that is what it is : a pleasant distraction , a Friday night diversion , an excuse to eat popcorn .",1 232110,"inside it he 's well worth spending some time with",1 184068,"From the choppy editing to the annoying score to ` special effects ' by way of replacing objects in a character 's hands below the camera line , '' Besotted '' is misbegotten",0 33644,"it enough to recommend",1 3146,"whimsy and spoon feeding",0 23355,", a perfectly realized observation of mood , behavior and intent",1 101691,"'s funny . It wears its heart on the sleeve of its gaudy Hawaiian shirt",1 142095,", beautifully produced film",1 90642,"pretension about the film , which very simply sets out to entertain and ends up delivering in good measure",1 37065,"so amusingly contrived and outlandish in its coincidences",1 184660,"I firmly believe that a good video game movie is going to show up soon . I also believe that Resident Evil is not it .",0 173161,"that plays like some weird Masterpiece Theater sketch with neither",0 60487,"would have liked it much more if Harry & Tonto never existed",0 231259,"going to go down as the worst -- and only -- killer website movie of this or any other year",0 48837,"also shows how deeply felt emotions can draw people together across the walls that might otherwise separate them",1 163268,"is really funny",1 142179,", for a movie that tries to be smart , it 's kinda dumb . And second , what 's with all the shooting ?",0 215462,"the really bad Blair Witch Project",0 143858,"Apparently kissing leads to suicide attempts and tragic deaths . Marisa Tomei is good , but Just A Kiss is just a mess .",0 39651,"unlike other Dumas adaptations",1 77498,"crafted film",1 75749,"bloated plot",0 165183,"long-dreaded",0 149064,"That sure is pathetic",0 81090,"gives The Lady and the Duke something of a theatrical air",1 60828,"'s a lot richer than the ones Hollywood action screenwriters usually come up with on their own",1 200598,"has n't much more to serve than silly fluff . Nor is it",0 177688,"was subtle and mystifying in the novella",1 43068,"'' Birthday Girl '' is an actor 's movie first and foremost .",1 95840,"the grandness of romance",1 162836,"is completely lacking in charm and charisma , and is unable to project either Esther 's initial anomie or her eventual awakening .",0 166156,"more collection of penis , breast and flatulence gags in search of a story . Or a profit . Or some damn thing",0 16586,"more disturbing than originally intended",0 118866,"easily marketable",1 57124,"so successful at lodging itself in the brain",1 62579,"... had this much imagination and nerve",1 178822,"worry about what classic Oliver Parker intends to mangle next time",0 173698,"the crux of the mystery hinges on a technicality that strains credulity and leaves the viewer haunted by the waste of potential",0 1714,"may not",0 69453,"The difference between Cho and most comics is that her confidence in her material is merited .",1 176522,"to this supposedly evenhanded presentation",0 220326,"you should be able to find better entertainment .",0 111160,"Will certainly appeal to Asian cult cinema fans and Asiaphiles interested to see what all the fuss is about .",1 228934,"as being 51 times stronger than coke",0 27961,"a winner for Lil Bow Wow , who can now add movies to the list of things he does well",1 66474,"It 's a fairy tale that comes from a renowned Indian film culture that allows Americans to finally revel in its splendor .",1 145503,"Friday After Next has the same problem that Next Friday did -- it 's called Where 's Chris Tucker When You Need Him ?",0 235057,"prevent its tragic waste of life",0 128247,"odd , haphazard , and inconsequential romantic",0 69872,"The rich performances by Friel -- and especially Williams , an American actress who becomes fully English --",1 220387,"your face for two hours",0 6230,"entertaining enough , but nothing new",0 41843,"emotionally rich ,",1 53152,"interest and empathy",1 55771,"one for you",1 2391,"stands a good chance of being the big hit franklin",1 19262,"Star Wars is back in a major way .",1 99338,"very entertaining , thought-provoking film",1 189842,"Worthless , from its pseudo-rock-video opening",0 39395,"took chances and really asks you to take these great leaps of faith and pays off",1 192148,"all end",1 81989,"he gives the story some soul",1 236884,"the film does not make this statement in an easily accessible way",0 182109,"A woefully dull , redundant concept that bears more than a whiff of exploitation , despite Iwai 's vaunted empathy .",0 119122,"enjoy the big screen",1 235423,"s personal revelations regarding what the shop means in the big picture , iconic characters gambol fluidly through the story , with charming results .",1 108967,"Simultaneously heartbreakingly beautiful",1 128536,"of animated filmmaking since old Walt",1 31506,"fashion a fascinating portrait of a Vietnamese-born youngster who eagerly and easily assimilated as an all-American girl with a brand new name in southern Tennessee",1 214907,"the laborious pacing",0 122739,"if you 're just in the mood for a fun -- but bad -- movie",0 59532,"trial great fun",1 42706,"struck a responsive chord",1 13023,"while certainly more naturalistic than its australian counterpart , amari 's film falls short in building the drama of lilia 's journey",0 15433,"close look",1 62979,"A fascinating case study of flower-power liberation -- and the price that was paid for it",1 183876,"Far-fetched premise ,",0 84539,"is philosophy , illustrated through everyday events",1 179380,"'ll find in this dreary mess .",0 203804,"it 's surprisingly harmless",1 78917,"emotionally belittle a cinema",0 137843,"to seem as long as the two year affair which is its subject",0 115857,"belongs to Nicholson . Gone are the flamboyant mannerisms that are the trademark of several of his performances . As Schmidt , Nicholson walks with a slow , deliberate gait , chooses his words carefully and subdues his natural exuberance",1 183352,"Depressingly thin and exhaustingly contrived",0 83834,"is a pan-American movie , with moments of genuine insight into the urban heart .",1 149916,"The techno tux is good for a few laughs , as are Chan and Hewitt ,",1 196377,"crash-and-bash",0 221750,"-- is a crime that should be punishable by chainsaw .",0 40123,"will inspire the affection of even those unlucky people who never owned a cassette of Def Leppard 's Pyromania",1 228605,"an intermingling of naiveté and sophistication",1 225967,"Steers turns in a snappy screenplay that curls at the edges : it 's so clever you want to hate it",1 61947,", his most personal work yet",1 221382,", insightful and beautifully rendered film .",1 11662,"the movie , despite its rough edges and a tendency to sag in certain places ,",0 174965,"the vampires",1 116357,"buzz and whir : very little of it actually clicks .",0 52854,"impossible to look away . Ah yes",1 133734,"suspenseful and ultimately unpredictable",1 71501,"a cut above the rest",1 70941,"Wickedly funny ,",1 227580,"`` Shakes The Clown '' , a much funnier film with a similar theme",1 65137,"Does an impressive job of relating the complicated history of the war and",1 19057,"Longley has constructed a remarkably coherent , horrifically vivid snapshot of those turbulent days .",1 3985,"a modest pleasure that",1 46818,"Stevens has a flair for dialogue comedy , the film operates nicely off the element of surprise , and",1 53457,"is enough originality in ` Life ' to distance it from the pack of paint-by-number romantic comedies that so often end up on cinema screens .",1 19032,"Just what makes us happy",1 220767,"'s appealingly manic and energetic .",1 114136,"an original idea for a teen movie",1 3721,"a didactic and dull documentary",0 179606,"'s all surface psychodramatics",0 197053,"disappointments",0 233215,"just did n't care as much for the story .",0 50250,"come away with a greater knowledge of the facts of Cuban music",1 188632,"The script 's judgment and sense of weight is way , way off .",0 134252,"that begins with the everyday lives of naval personnel in San Diego and ends with scenes so true and heartbreaking that tears welled up in my eyes both times I",1 211608,"silly fluff . Nor",0 185052,"It 's all surface psychodramatics .",0 151422,"a buggy drag",0 71362,"a catalyst for the struggle of black manhood in restrictive and chaotic America ... sketchy but nevertheless gripping portrait of Jim Brown , a celebrated wonder in the spotlight",1 113167,"about its ideas and",0 160365,"grinds itself out",0 49910,"but it 's a pleasurable trifle .",1 24643,"An infectious cultural fable with a tasty balance of family drama and frenetic comedy .",1 33574,"it 's also one of the smarter , savvier spoofs to come along in some time",1 62577,"... fuses the events of her life with the imagery in her paintings so vividly that the artist 's work may take on a striking new significance for anyone who sees the film .",1 125529,"just two",1 56548,"repressed teenage memories",0 213309,"terminally cute drama",1 164144,"its remarkable camerawork and awesome scenery",1 150799,"What 's missing",0 152694,"a worthy substitute",1 122516,"horror\/action hybrid",1 131833,"scorcher",1 179827,"'s little to recommend Snow Dogs , unless one considers cliched dialogue and perverse escapism a source of high hilarity",0 147800,"Not since Freddy Got Fingered has a major release been so painful to sit through .",0 228184,"a story of dramatic enlightenment",1 44736,"Bleakly funny , its characters all the more touching for refusing to pity or memorialize themselves .",1 124125,"is how a rich historical subject , combined with so much first-rate talent ... could have yielded such a flat , plodding picture .",0 108452,"Possession is a movie that puts itself squarely in the service of the lovers who inhabit it .",1 122918,"in a trash can ?",0 161913,"in jerking off in all its Byzantine incarnations to bother pleasuring its audience",0 227980,"a leap from pinnacle to pinnacle",1 230200,"did n't convince me that Calvin Jr. 's Barbershop represents some sort of beacon of hope in the middle of Chicago 's South Side",0 190678,"a grating , mannered onscreen presence ,",0 237515,"this distinguished actor",1 200459,"has ( its ) moments",1 127005,"memorable zingers",1 238599,"what is really an amusing concept",1 164145,"its ribald , full-throated humor",1 33532,"is typical Miike : fast , furious and full of off-the-cuff imaginative flourishes",1 43674,", overmanipulative Hollywood practices",0 81264,"goofiness",1 46851,"Stuffed to the brim with ideas",1 129962,"paints a grand picture of an era and makes the journey feel like a party",1 163476,"is the same as what Christmas-tree flocking in a spray can is to actual snow : a poor -- if durable -- imitation",0 221400,", it 's a pale imitation .",0 116565,"can both maintain and dismantle the facades that his genre and his character construct is a wonderous accomplishment of veracity and narrative grace",1 103758,"A passionately inquisitive film",1 56553,"resemble their celebrity parents",1 173236,"that the thoughts and reflections coming through are torpid and banal",0 109232,"Stripped almost entirely",0 143705,"An ambitious , serious film",1 36188,"profound , real-life moments",1 94278,"tell a story about the Vietnam War before the pathology set in",1 11410,"the film sometimes flags ... but there is enough secondary action to keep things moving along at a brisk , amusing pace",1 158395,"essentially unpersuasive",0 25376,"Full of profound , real-life moments that anyone can relate to , it deserves a wide audience .",1 83683,"irritates and saddens me that Martin Lawrence 's latest vehicle can explode obnoxiously into 2 , 500 screens while something of Bubba Ho-Tep 's clearly evident quality may end up languishing on a shelf somewhere .",0 40368,"worthwhile tutorial",1 175988,"to being nothing more than a formulaic chase in the dark",0 35970,"perfectly melodic score",1 62860,"A coming-of-age movie",1 173057,"that is really funny",1 114536,"are ably intercut and involving",1 222486,"Aside from the fact that the film idiotically uses the website feardotcom.com or the improperly hammy performance from poor Stephen Rea , the film gets added disdain for the fact that it is nearly impossible to look at or understand .",0 133323,"stirs us as well",1 116295,"built for controversy .",0 172557,"talky films",0 60921,"'s almost impossible not to be swept away by the sheer beauty of his images .",1 124308,"is n't the word -- neither is incompetent , incoherent or just plain crap",0 220383,"your disgust and your indifference",0 172858,"that , hampered by an undeveloped script",0 185909,"Lurid and less than lucid work",0 41248,"The additional storyline is interesting and entertaining ,",1 151107,"You 'll have more fun setting fire to yourself in the parking lot . You 'll be more entertained getting hit by a bus .",0 92664,"silly but strangely believable",1 225358,"Out of Sight",1 233672,"makes absolutely no sense .",0 141200,"'s also an abundance of hackneyed dialogue and more silly satanic business than you can shake a severed limb at",0 45811,"It is amusing , and",1 74573,"as a chance to revitalize what is and always has been remarkable about clung-to traditions",1 35416,"of teamwork cliches",0 146332,"Instead of contriving a climactic hero 's death for the beloved-major - character-who-shall - remain-nameless , why not invite some genuine spontaneity into the film by having the evil aliens ' laser guns actually hit something for once ?",0 164619,"laughable as a consequence",0 39802,"visual poetry that will , hopefully , be remembered as one of the most important stories to be told in Australia 's film history",1 142336,", like Max Rothman 's future , does not work .",0 41624,"be in the decades",1 105508,"Dog Soldiers does n't transcend genre -- it embraces it , energizes it and takes big bloody chomps out of it",1 90791,"proves itself a more streamlined and thought out encounter than the original could ever have hoped to be",1 102386,", and of telling a fascinating character 's story",1 100943,"would say , yes , ` It 's like having an old friend for dinner ' .",1 149377,"The film 's few ideas are stretched to the point of evaporation : the whole central section is one big chase that seems to have no goal and no urgency . It 's just filler",0 34796,"n't help being captivated by it",1 233709,"making Kahlo 's art a living , breathing part of the movie , often",1 108108,"Offers laughs and insight into one of the toughest ages a kid can go through .",1 222059,"A morose little soap opera about three vapid , insensitive people who take",0 208962,"overwrought Taiwanese soaper",0 208628,"one of those ` alternate reality '",0 55251,"of a chafing inner loneliness and desperate grandiosity that tend to characterize puberty",0 132158,"set in Newfoundland that cleverly captures the dry wit that 's so prevalent on The Rock",1 166845,"no other explanation . Hilariously inept and ridiculous",0 41150,"Painful to watch , but",0 42466,"please anyone",1 229020,"aspires to be more than another `` Best Man '' clone by weaving a theme throughout this funny film .",1 211602,"silly Hollywood action film",0 206148,"might try paying less attention to the miniseries and more attention to the film it is about",0 101827,"'s nothing interesting in Unfaithful",0 78424,"does its best",1 201616,"ignored it in favor of old ` juvenile delinquent ' paperbacks with titles",0 13228,"wo n't stand the cold light of day",0 74526,"articulates the tangled feelings of particular New Yorkers deeply touched by an unprecedented tragedy",1 222932,"Choose your reaction : A. ) That sure is funny !",1 177099,"unconvincing",0 157763,"does n't give us a character worth giving a damn about .",0 18220,"it 's too slowly paced to be a thriller . ( But it 's ) worth recommending because of two marvelous performances by Michael Caine and Brendan Fraser",0 66481,"It 's a great performance and a reminder of Dickens ' grandeur",1 140856,"your idea of a good time",1 115801,"begins to yield some interesting results .",1 212468,"standoffish to everyone else",0 17232,"so again-courage , self-sacrifice and patience",1 64372,"Blade 2",1 124475,"is repulsive and depressing .",0 231111,"genial is the conceit , this is one of those rare pictures that you root for throughout ,",1 213204,"tattered and ugly past",0 193413,"as bad at it is cruel",0 185927,"Lyne 's stolid remake of '' Lolita ''",0 110502,"This is one of those war movies that focuses on human interaction rather than battle and action sequences ...",1 98072,"to fulfill its own ambitious goals",1 228802,"are incredibly captivating and insanely funny , thanks in part to interesting cinematic devices ( cool visual backmasking ) , a solid cast , and some wickedly sick and twisted humor",1 35726,"only qualify as a terrible tragedy",0 31453,"familial jealousy and unrepentant domestic psychopathy",0 197287,"does n't allow an earnest moment to pass without reminding audiences that it 's only a movie",0 40812,"Chalk it up to my adoration for both De Niro and Murphy , but I had a pretty good time with this movie - despite its myriad flaws",1 116688,"capturing the understated comedic agony of an ever-ruminating , genteel yet decadent aristocracy that can no longer pay its bills",1 205980,"me wonder if Lawrence hates criticism so much that he refuses to evaluate his own work",0 141096,"'s a bit of thematic meat on the bones of Queen of the Damned",1 79364,"everything is delivered with such conviction that it 's hard not to be carried away",1 13622,", provocative , insistently humanizing",1 44965,"Coppola 's directorial debut is an incredibly layered and stylistic film that , despite a fairly slow paced , almost humdrum approach to character development , still manages at least a decent attempt at meaningful cinema .",1 139732,"who can out-bad-act the other",0 58410,"the impatient",0 171113,"simply unpleasant",0 138647,"unembarrassing but unmemorable",0 129259,"offensive and nothing at all like real life",0 190587,"a fine idea",1 131356,"reparto o lo interesante que pudo haber resultado su premisa , pues el resultado es francamente aburrido y",0 218798,"was trying to decide what annoyed me most about God is Great",0 219863,"with too much exploitation and too little art",0 11392,"the film is a contrivance , as artificial as the video games japanese teens play in a nightclub sequence",0 80237,"for all of us",1 181476,": an atrociously , mind-numbingly , indescribably bad movie .",0 73553,"always looks good",1 195445,"car to drive through",1 94686,"that have reinvigorated the romance genre",1 41168,"Reign of Fire may be little more than another platter of reheated Aliens ,",0 219469,"will be Greek to anyone not predisposed to the movie 's rude and crude humor",0 52862,"improvise like a jazzman",1 63581,"A winning comedy with its wry observations about long-lived friendships and the ways in which we all lose track of ourselves by trying to please others .",1 150251,"This is the kind of movie that gets a quick release before real contenders arrive in September .",0 165949,"might want to hang onto that ski mask , as robbery may be the only way to pay for his next project .",0 18527,"-- you wo n't want to miss .",1 210769,"sanitised and",0 29879,"but unquestionably alive",1 92410,"sexy razzle-dazzle",1 140629,"y la cinta lo comprueba",1 227748,"a `` SNL '' has-been",0 126971,"meaty subject",1 137468,"to bring any edge or personality to The Rising Place that would set it apart from other Deep South stories",1 166573,"naughty fun",1 40026,"who 's in virtually every scene",1 82158,"high concept vehicle",1 92842,"slow , painful healing process",0 64937,"Dave Barry 's",1 96755,"the still-inestimable contribution they have made to our shared history",1 162002,"in the end , might be all the more infuriating",0 4139,"a sports movie with action that 's exciting on the field and a story you",1 207178,"not all that good . Bacon keeps things interesting , but do n't go out of your way to pay full price",0 12518,"too weak a recipe",0 63745,"Although Olivier Assayas ' elegantly appointed period drama seems , at times , padded with incident in the way of a too-conscientious adaptation",0 40906,"Fisher has bared his soul and confronted his own shortcomings here in a way ... that feels very human and very true to life",1 209931,"pushing the jokes at the expense of character",0 54710,"memory , trust and loyalty",1 1546,"kicks off with an inauspicious premise , mopes through a dreary tract of virtually plotless meanderings and",0 205060,"like crap",0 119370,"eventually arrives at its heart , as simple self-reflection meditation .",1 118153,"destined to fill the after-school slot at shopping mall theaters across the country .",1 157454,"dilutes the pleasure of watching them",0 180642,", flat dialogue",0 123835,"is a success .",1 158120,"editing ruins",0 104782,"Blind Date , only less",0 99565,"wanting more answers as the credits",0 53698,"is warmly affecting and so",1 145182,"Even the finest chef ca n't make a hotdog into anything more than a hotdog , and Robert De Niro ca n't make this movie anything more than a trashy cop buddy comedy .",0 24688,"Angel",1 35561,"of yourself",1 54216,"letting its imagery speak for it while it forces you to ponder anew what a movie can be .",1 224205,"It 's more enjoyable than I expected , though",1 188437,"The movie is n't painfully bad , something to be ` fully experienced '",0 63617,"Able to provide insight into a fascinating part of theater history",1 95802,"the genre and another first-rate performance",1 94191,"talented enough and",1 160427,"hack-artist trick to give us the ooky-spookies",0 75788,"bold colors",1 176427,"to suicide attempts and tragic deaths . Marisa Tomei is good",1 60915,"'s all stitched together with energy , intelligence and verve , enhanced by a surplus of vintage archive footage .",1 218237,"unmotivated",0 39542,"typically solid",1 127452,"most jaded cinema audiences",0 146948,"Just another disjointed ,",0 33286,"is absorbing as well as thought-provoking",1 118007,"delightfully cheeky",1 64496,"Brings together some of the biggest names in Japanese anime , with impressive results",1 185169,"It 's not original enough .",0 195153,"by characters so unsympathetic",0 173815,"the entertainment bull 's - eye",1 135877,"the nifty",1 134327,"that forgets about unfolding a coherent , believable story in its zeal to spread propaganda",0 200304,"gutless",0 121362,"got lost in the '' soon-to-be-forgettable '' section of the quirky rip-off prison romp pile .",0 192022,"advised to take the warning literally , and log on to something more user-friendly",0 220365,"young man 's",1 4571,"americans who die hideously",0 200703,"hate El Crimen del Padre Amaro because it 's anti-Catholic .",0 190429,"a dearth of vitality",0 157580,"disloyal",0 138684,"unfunny and unentertaining",0 147591,"My god , I 'm behaving like an idiot ! '' Yes , you are , Ben Kingsley .",0 210652,"routine crime",0 202910,"is expressly for idiots who do n't care what kind of sewage they shovel into their mental gullets to simulate sustenance .",0 153728,"anything fresh",1 86715,"manage to be spectacularly outrageous .",1 22644,"unforgettable , deeply absorbing",1 96083,"the making of melodrama",0 192002,"adolescence difficult to wade through",0 23936,", this is a terrific flick replete with dazzling camera-work , dancing and music .",1 79938,"finally returns De Palma to his pulpy thrillers of the early '80s",1 211460,"shot on digital videotape rather than film",0 123291,"incompetent , incoherent or",0 151122,"You can see the would-be surprises coming a mile away , and the execution of these twists is delivered with a hammer . Thumbs down",0 125375,"its stupidities wind up sticking in one 's mind a lot more than the cool bits .",0 27270,"Works because",1 42546,"remembers the '60s or",1 235707,"should not consider this a diss .",1 21618,"on melodrama . But it 's emotionally engrossing , too , thanks to strong , credible performances from the whole cast",1 234084,"neither as romantic nor as thrilling as it should be",0 147806,"Nothing about it",0 119923,"feels like just one more",1 23288,", Andrew Niccol 's brilliant anti-Hollywood satire ,",1 212148,"some of today 's hottest and hippest acts from the world of television , music and stand-up comedy",1 210774,"sappy as Big Daddy",0 190686,"a great hook , some clever bits",1 139965,"will warm your heart",1 130255,"place and personal identity",1 45032,"Definitely funny stuff ,",1 85113,"it one of the best war movies ever made",1 91005,"quietly moving",1 190337,"a comedy as I 've seen in a while , a meander through worn-out material",0 203283,"is one big excuse to play one lewd scene after another . About half of them are funny , a few are sexy and none are useful in telling the story , which is paper-thin and decidedly unoriginal",0 27598,"a jaded critic smacks into something truly new .",1 40240,"with plenty of slapstick humor for the kids , lots of in-jokes for the adults and heart enough for everyone",1 47060,"The film is a contrivance , as artificial as the video games Japanese teens play in a nightclub sequence ,",0 68150,"Payami graphically illustrates the problems of fledgling democracies , but also the strength and sense of freedom the Iranian people already possess , with or without access to the ballot box .",1 186303,"Nelson 's intentions are good , but",1 137694,"to keep this from being a complete waste of time",0 142031,", Rohmer 's talky films fascinate me",1 32445,"heartfelt",1 68621,"Schnitzler does a fine job contrasting the sleekness of the film 's present with the playful paranoia of the film 's past .",1 128987,"of the best Next Generation episodes",1 27212,"Whether Kiss is a future cult classic or destined to be completely forgotten",0 42704,"strikes a rewarding balance between emotion",1 194266,"because of its music or comic antics , but through the perverse pleasure of watching Disney scrape the bottom of its own cracker barrel",0 125598,"kids = misery",0 18588,"A savvy exploration of paranoia and insecurity in America 's culture of fear .",1 154653,"be a fascinating , involving character study",1 189604,"What starts off as a satisfying kids flck becomes increasingly implausible as it races through contrived plot points .",0 202342,"interesting character",1 127979,"no clear-cut hero and no all-out villain",0 97275,"they float within the seas of their personalities .",1 60348,"with ghost imagery that shows just enough to keep us on our toes",1 178930,"would tax Einstein 's brain",0 233370,"less-than-thrilling thriller .",0 143774,"An uneven look into a grim future that does n't come close to the level of intelligence and visual splendour that can be seen in other films",0 57886,"that so often end up on cinema screens",1 35568,"offbeat , sometimes gross and surprisingly appealing animated film",1 24850,"Bloody",0 53741,"it 's cliche to call the film ` refreshing , ' but it is . `",1 198592,"fascinating subject",1 81152,"glows",1 100635,"with the best of them",1 69624,"The genius of the work",1 127911,"never veers from its comic course",1 51130,"embark a major career",1 24280,"A breezy , diverting , conventional , well-acted tale of two men locked in an ongoing game of cat-and-cat .",1 202280,"inspiring or insightful",1 122115,"heavyweights Joel Silver and Robert Zemeckis agreed to produce this",1 31088,"endlessly fascinating , landmark movie",1 53884,"it works superbly here",1 165771,"may yet have a great movie in him",1 189141,"Though the film is static , its writer-director 's heart is in the right place , his plea for democracy and civic action laudable .",1 26051,"Marvel version",1 195287,"ca n't support the epic treatment",0 91678,"ride for the kiddies , with enough eye candy and cheeky wit to keep parents away from the concession stand",1 114582,"are flat",0 190607,"a florid biopic about mad queens , obsessive relationships , and rampant adultery so dull",0 184597,"I almost expected there to be a collection taken for the comedian at the end of the show .",0 63577,"A winning comedy",1 223035,"Cuba Gooding Jr. valiantly mugs his way through Snow Dogs , but even his boisterous energy fails to spark this leaden comedy",0 111724,"a core",1 135816,"the movie itself seems to have been made under the influence of Rohypnol",0 142624,", well , it 's also rarely coherent .",0 232431,"is carried less by wow factors than by its funny , moving yarn that holds up well after two decades .",1 99759,"weaving a theme throughout this funny film",1 112943,"a true study ,",1 217031,"to find an enthusiastic audience among American action-adventure buffs , but the film 's interests",0 44635,"Awesome creatures , breathtaking scenery , and epic battle scenes add up to another ` spectacular spectacle . '",1 80796,"funny , rather chaotic",1 196637,"decent TV outing",1 67875,"Not a bad choice",1 158917,"feel sorry for Madonna .",0 36744,"see it at the first opportunity",1 204438,"just as expectant of an adoring , wide-smiling reception",1 74403,"are simply dazzling , particularly Balk , who 's finally been given a part worthy of her considerable talents",1 148270,"Remember when Bond had more glamour than clamor ? No more .",0 191508,"a terribly obvious melodrama and rough-hewn vanity project",0 27643,"a lot of energy into his nicely nuanced narrative",1 76449,"carefully nuanced",1 43518,", and to the conflicted complexity of his characters",1 177386,"valid points",1 84042,"is as uncompromising as it is nonjudgmental , and makes clear that a prostitute can be as lonely and needy as any of the clients",1 163926,"it takes a sudden turn and devolves into a bizarre sort of romantic comedy",0 2425,"such a speedy swan",1 136000,"the picture itself is somewhat problematic",0 150107,"There is n't nearly enough fun here , despite the presence of some appealing ingredients .",0 67952,"Offers a guilt-free trip into feel-good territory .",1 208692,"only mildly funny",1 146701,"It is also , at times , curiously moving .",1 15523,"demonstrate that there 's still a lot of life in Hong Kong cinema",1 230599,"even more haunting than those in Mr. Spielberg 's 1993 classic",1 61227,"'s quite fun in places",1 93937,"surprisingly gentle",1 26293,"One of the best examples of how to treat a subject , you 're not fully aware is being examined , much like a photo of yourself you did n't know",1 145123,"Essentially a collection of bits -- and they 're all naughty .",1 237666,"time-it-is tedious",0 179408,"'m not sure which is worse : the poor acting by the ensemble cast",0 163429,"is that it jams too many prefabricated story elements into the running time",0 37872,"that only sex , scandal , and a chorus line of dangerous damsels can deliver",1 57002,"simple and innocent a movie",1 62060,", it ultimately comes off as a pale successor .",0 121587,"handled with intelligence and care",1 230652,"exceedingly pleasant",1 55550,"of the best of the Disney comedies",1 185118,"It 's hard to care about a film that proposes as epic tragedy the plight of a callow rich boy who is forced to choose between his beautiful , self-satisfied 22-year-old girlfriend and an equally beautiful , self-satisfied 18-year-old mistress .",0 44094,"A genuinely moving and wisely unsentimental drama .",1 49573,"beautiful stars",1 125144,"it will remind them that Hong Kong action cinema is still alive and kicking .",1 191885,"achieves ultimate insignificance",0 188782,"Their contrast",1 84301,"is impressive for the sights and sounds of the wondrous beats the world has to offer .",1 29299,"at once surreal and disturbingly familiar",1 3792,"a fine-looking film",1 35707,"one that pushes the boundaries of biography , and challenges its audience",1 98544,"tormented by his heritage , using his storytelling ability to honor the many faceless victims",1 77916,"delightful little film",1 66272,"If you 're in the mood for a melodrama narrated by talking fish",0 159398,"for bungling the big stuff",0 113033,"a wonderful account to work from",1 236924,"the first 2\/3 of the film are incredibly captivating and insanely funny , thanks in part to interesting cinematic devices ( cool visual backmasking ) , a solid cast , and some wickedly sick and twisted humor ...",1 231188,"give a spark to `` Chasing Amy '' and `` Changing Lanes '' falls flat as thinking man CIA agent Jack Ryan in this summer 's new action film , ``",0 98073,"to fully endear itself to American art house audiences",1 53740,"it 's cliche to call the film ` refreshing , ' but it is .",1 202826,"is clumsy",0 87717,"natural acting and a look at '' the real Americans '' make this a charmer .",1 212962,"sure there 's a teenage boy out there somewhere who 's dying for this kind of entertainment",0 206205,"minor-league",0 18990,"It 's a sly wink to The Others without becoming a postmodern joke",1 207417,"of Direct-to-Video Nash",0 140736,"you could shake a stick at",1 121291,"good actors ,",1 175504,"this one is so formulaic that it seems to be on auto-pilot",0 91045,"quite the career peak",1 185271,"It does n't offer audiences any way of gripping what its point is , or even its attitude toward its subject .",0 101378,"'d rather watch a rerun of The Powerpuff Girls",0 24186,"13-year-old girl",1 193197,"are spectacular",1 110448,"This gorgeous epic",1 66487,"It 's a movie that accomplishes so much that one viewing ca n't possibly be enough .",1 27511,"a few laughs while the little ones get a fuzzy treat",1 11815,"the refugees able to look ahead and resist living in a past",1 29837,"but it is surely no classic , like the novel upon which it is based .",0 55399,"of imperfection",0 225472,"Poetic , heartbreaking",1 229918,"comes from the brave , uninhibited performances by its lead actors .",1 93986,"suspense on different levels",1 180981,", the film ratchets up the stirring soundtrack , throws in a fish-out-of-water gag and lets the cliched dialogue rip . Or else a doggie winks .",0 37387,"striking skill and depth",1 163658,"it 's just plain bored",0 9128,"not even the hanson brothers can save it",0 165145,"loathsome movie",0 116696,"care about cleverness , wit or any other kind of intelligent humor",1 6085,"drivel",0 40919,"Funny and",1 42829,"the kind of detachment",0 156897,"could roll over and take a nap",0 52781,"humor and a heartfelt conviction to tell a story about discovering your destination in life",1 75925,"breathtakingly spectacular",1 200115,"good guy",1 42228,"is well plotted , visually striking and",1 111662,"a cold blanket",0 207143,"none of the crackle of '' Fatal Attraction '' , '' 9 1/2 Weeks ''",0 51853,"forces you to ponder anew what a movie can be",1 173127,"that makes you wonder about changing the director and writer 's diapers",0 145578,"Given how heavy-handed and portent-heavy it is , this could be the worst thing Soderbergh has ever done .",0 52424,"has several strong performances .",1 64382,"Blade II merges bits and pieces from fighting games , wire fu , horror movies , mystery , James Bond , wrestling , sci-fi and anime into one big bloody stew .",1 59593,"twists the best of technology around a gripping story",1 35679,"one for the ages",1 70869,"While Bollywood\/Hollywood will undoubtedly provide its keenest pleasures to those familiar with Bombay musicals",1 225311,"One of the best rock documentaries ever .",1 45654,"In all",1 114296,"anger and",0 228263,"a zippy jazzy score",1 52830,"imaginative kid 's movie",1 188488,"The only fun part of the movie is playing the obvious game",0 119329,"even his boisterous energy fails to spark this leaden comedy",0 231358,"hamstrung by a badly handled screenplay of what is really an amusing concept -- a high-tech tux that transforms its wearer into a superman",0 124314,"is nearly incoherent , an excuse to get to the closing bout ... by which time it 's impossible to care who wins",0 81332,"grand-scale",1 216332,"this Halloween is a gory slash-fest . It ca n't escape its past , and it does n't want to",1 174375,"the movie with a shred of plausibility , not an event that is believable , not a confrontation that is not staged , not a moment that is not false",0 94745,"that it transcends the normal divisions between fiction and nonfiction film",1 134658,"the ( opening ) dance guarantees Karmen 's enthronement among the cinema 's memorable women .",1 35446,"of the director 's previous Full Frontal",1 182809,"Birot creates a drama with such a well-defined sense of place and age -- as in , 15 years old -- that the torments and angst become almost as operatic to us as they are to her characters .",1 161070,"heinous",0 28641,"and heart enough for everyone",1 26382,"Pray 's film",1 171370,"snake-down-the-throat business",0 86510,"maintain both a level of sophisticated intrigue and human-scale characters that suck the audience in",1 65181,"Dream",1 83819,"is a more fascinating look at the future than '' Bladerunner '' and one",1 19814,"and clever plot contrivances",1 118269,"directed with sensitivity and skill",1 118451,"do n't gel",0 110580,"Those moviegoers who would automatically bypass a hip-hop documentary should give '' Scratch '' a second look .",1 83540,"into an evanescent , seamless and sumptuous stream of consciousness",1 208644,"one that 's been told by countless filmmakers about Italian - , Chinese - , Irish - , Latin -",1 87345,"more than exposes the roots of the skateboarding boom that would become '' the punk kids ' revolution . ''",1 156226,"cheese and underarm noises",0 109276,"Supposedly , Pokemon ca n't be killed , but Pokemon 4Ever practically assures that the pocket monster movie franchise is nearly ready to keel over",0 44986,"Cusack 's just brilliant in this .",1 100202,"wicked black comedy",1 147115,"Leigh 's depth and rigor ,",1 121378,"graceless , hackneyed",0 218974,"wears you down like a dinner guest showing off his doctorate",0 106410,"I 've yet to find an actual Vietnam War combat movie actually produced by either the North or South Vietnamese , but at least now we 've got something pretty damn close",1 161398,"home on the small screen",0 84849,"it 's a feel movie . You feel good",1 184418,"Highlander",1 67908,"Not quite as miraculous as its DreamWorks makers would have you believe , but it more than adequately fills the eyes and stirs the emotions",1 70209,"This is SO De Palma . If you love him , you 'll like it . If you do n't ... well , skip to another review .",1 117385,"compressed characterisations",0 137835,"to see this terrific film with your kids -- if you do n't have kids borrow some",1 82201,"hindered",0 73059,"abysmal",0 66248,"If anything , the film is doing something of a public service -- shedding light on a group of extremely talented musicians who might otherwise go unnoticed and underappreciated by music fans .",1 226520,"The threat implied in the title Pokémon 4ever is terrifying -- like locusts in a horde these things will keep coming",0 15136,"are so outlandish that they border on being cartoonlike",0 130557,"prescribed",1 111554,"a big time stinker",0 85551,"just as endearing and easy to watch",1 187193,"Seems like someone going through the motions .",0 61183,"'s nothing wrong with that",1 9562,"overly complicated",0 143133,"A great ensemble cast",1 66691,"It 's virtually impossible to like any of these despicable characters .",0 98723,"truly larger-than-life",1 165279,"loses its overall sense of mystery and",0 50967,"does n't pummel us with phony imagery or music",1 110483,"This is a nervy , risky film , and",1 102007,"'s worth the concentration",1 216524,"this woefully hackneyed movie , directed by Scott Kalvert",0 146469,"It 's difficult to say whether The Tuxedo is more boring or embarrassing",0 23982,", what with all of those terrific songs and spirited performances",1 236147,"suggests a director fighting against the urge to sensationalize his material .",1 12985,"when the fantastic kathy bates turns up",1 221159,", I enjoyed it just as much !",1 218208,"uninspired story",0 176199,"to immerse you in sheer , unrelenting wretchedness",0 114587,"are fun and reminiscent of combat scenes from the Star Wars series",1 221072,"( Less a movie than )",0 190998,"a movie that , quite simply , should n't have been made",0 228957,"as if they were jokes : a setup , delivery and payoff",1 232222,"is Holofcener 's deep , uncompromising curtsy to women she knows , and very likely is",1 173452,"the absolute last thing we need Hollywood doing to us",0 161141,"here he has constructed a film so labyrinthine that it defeats his larger purpose",0 21349,"most oppressive",0 222432,"As a girl-meets-girl romantic comedy , Kissing Jessica Steinis quirky , charming and often hilarious .",1 103719,"A mischievous visual style and oodles of charm",1 145206,"Every so often a movie comes along that confirms one 's worse fears about civilization as we know it . The New Guy is one of them .",0 219873,"without any of its satirical",0 11638,"the most opaque , self-indulgent and just plain",0 53426,"is both inspiring and pure joy .",1 36281,"quiet treasure",1 184291,"Hanna-Barbera charm",1 225783,"Shrewd but pointless .",0 182342,"An acceptable way to pass a little over an hour with moviegoers ages 8-10 , but it 's unlikely to inspire anything more than a visit to McDonald 's , let alone some savvy street activism .",0 78435,"does n't completely",0 42562,"richly imagined and",1 198088,"even in those moments where it 's supposed to feel funny and light",0 93167,"something of a triumph",1 117262,"comfortable enough",1 174589,"the problems of the characters never become important to us , and the story never takes hold",0 107404,"Lawrence 's over-indulgent tirade",0 3006,"turns the goose-pimple genre on its empty head and fills it with spirit , purpose and emotionally bruised characters who add up to more than body count",1 212837,"such a talented director as Chen Kaige",1 202547,"is a bit like getting all excited about a chocolate eclair and then biting into it and finding the filling missing .",0 19895,"and the music is simply sublime .",1 40610,", and",1 47921,"a daring if overlong examination",1 50733,"delightfully so",1 48040,"a film that takes nearly three hours to unspool",0 74522,"articulate , grown-up voice",1 169863,"refreshingly naive point",1 157624,"do draw easy chuckles but lead nowhere",0 151634,"a documentary -- just not this one",0 147923,"One of those strained caper movies that 's hardly any fun to watch and begins to vaporize from your memory minutes after it ends .",0 162586,"is a desperate miscalculation",0 181619,"A distinctly minor effort that will be seen to better advantage on cable , especially considering its barely",0 228488,"although this idea is `` new '' the results are tired",0 148911,"Suffers from rambling , repetitive dialogue and the visual",0 50538,"crappola radar",0 29453,"beautiful to behold",1 223471,"Generic thriller junk .",0 24113,"... ( the film ) addresses in a fascinating , intelligent manner the intermingling of race , politics and local commerce .",1 5503,"charged",1 130696,"profound without ever being self-important",1 125291,"its luckiest viewers will be seated next to one of those ignorant",0 203843,"it be nice if all guys got a taste of what it 's like on the other side of the bra ?",1 224973,"Mr. Scorsese 's bravery and integrity in advancing this vision",1 55649,"of warmth",1 212309,"spend their time in the theater thinking up grocery lists and ways to tell their kids how not to act like Pinocchio . As for children",0 27287,"Yakusho and Shimizu ... create engaging characterizations in Imamura 's lively and enjoyable cultural mix .",1 40649,"A deliciously mordant , bitter black comedy",1 24911,"But it offers plenty to ponder and chew on as its unusual relationship slowly unfolds .",1 73043,"absolutely , inescapably gorgeous ,",1 159545,"force the movie off track in its final half hour",0 76900,"colors the picture in some evocative shades .",1 231810,"how long will filmmakers copy the `` Saving Private Ryan '' battle scenes before realizing Steven Spielberg got it right the first time",0 40152,"wisdom that comes with experience .",1 125115,"it to be better and more successful than it is",1 75981,"bristles with passion and energy",1 60401,"with the consequences of words and with the complicated emotions fueling terrorist acts",0 141093,"'s a bad thing when a movie has about as much substance as its end credits blooper reel",0 75471,"been kind enough to share it",1 14537,"This is the best American movie about troubled teens since 1998 's Whatever .",1 136215,"the screenwriters eventually shoot themselves in the feet with cop flick cliches like an oily arms dealer , squad car pile-ups and the requisite screaming captain",0 52978,"in tatters",0 28274,"ambition is in short supply in the cinema",0 11094,"that knot from dramatic tension or a symptom of artistic malnutrition",0 87639,"muscles and a lot more smarts , but just as endearing and easy to watch",1 77641,"culture-clash comedy",1 54135,"lack of spontaneity in its execution and a dearth of real poignancy",0 231553,"have been better off as a documentary , with less of Mr. Eyre 's uninspired dramatics and more of his sense of observation and outrage .",0 184807,"If routine action and jokes like this are your cup of tea , then pay your $ 8 and get ready for the big shear . This is one baaaaaaaaad movie .",0 173931,"the film suffers from a lack of humor ( something needed to balance out the violence ) ...",0 210230,"reasonably good",1 164442,"kind of dark comedy requires a delicate , surgical touch",1 123515,"interesting technical exercise",1 132145,"serves as a paper skeleton for some very good acting , dialogue ,",1 171730,"soul-killing",0 229514,"but it makes for one of the most purely enjoyable and satisfying evenings at the movies I 've had in a while .",1 215360,"the pitfalls of incoherence and redundancy",0 1300,"in the theater thinking up grocery lists and ways to tell their kids how not to act like pinocchio .",0 141587,"'s so crammed with scenes and vistas and pretty moments that it 's left a few crucial things out , like character development and coherence .",0 174185,"the kind that charges full admission and gets",1 437,"are far worse",0 43440,"( cinematically unique )",1 177349,"uses clips from Brian De Palma 's Scarface . That 's a cheat",0 189179,"To and Wai Ka Fai are ) sure to find an enthusiastic audience among American action-adventure buffs , but the film 's interests",0 103421,"A big-budget\/all-star movie as unblinkingly pure as The Hours is a distinct rarity , and an event .",1 82184,"hilarious !",1 235248,"recommend SECRETARY",1 176097,"to elevate it beyond its formula to the level of classic romantic comedy to which it aspires",1 86618,"makes The Banger Sisters a fascinating character study with laughs",1 67649,"Mostly honest , this somber picture reveals itself slowly , intelligently , artfully .",1 188193,"The film is all over the place , really . It dabbles all around , never gaining much momentum .",0 181122,", where exciting , inane images keep popping past your head and the same illogical things keep happening over and over again .",0 62984,"A fascinating literary mystery story with multiple",1 11772,"the project comes across as clinical , detached , uninvolving , possibly prompting audience members to wonder , ` what 's the point ? '",0 128516,"of an adolescent dirty-joke book done up in post-Tarantino pop-culture riffs",0 123960,"is certainly amusing",1 81371,"great pleasure",1 210696,"runs out of steam after a half hour",0 50740,"delivers a monologue that manages to incorporate both the horror and the absurdity of the situation in a well-balanced fashion",1 164539,"lacks the brawn -- and the brains -- of the 1970s original",0 217421,"to the annoying score",0 32631,"honest about Alzheimer 's disease",1 158069,"dust-caked stagnation",0 102509,", even in all its director 's cut glory , he 's made a film that 's barely shocking , barely interesting and most of all , barely anything",0 159142,"find hard to follow",0 194986,"brought to humdrum life by some Freudian puppet",0 110774,"Tsai Ming-liang 's witty , wistful new film ,",1 221298,", by more objective measurements it 's still quite bad .",0 41438,"a great humanitarian and",1 223792,"I enjoyed it enough to recommend",1 81346,"gratify anyone who has ever suspected Hollywood of being overrun by corrupt and hedonistic weasels",1 155844,"ca n't figure out just where the other characters , including Ana 's father and grandfather , come down on the issue of Ana 's future",0 164623,"laughing at Britney Spears ' movie-starring debut whenever it does n't have you impatiently squinting at your watch",0 197618,"dumbed-down version",0 123849,"is a variant of the nincompoop Benigni persona , here a more annoying , though less angry version of the irresponsible Sandlerian manchild , undercut by the voice of the star of Road Trip .",0 70972,"With Brooms and what is kind of special",1 19841,"and hilarious",1 10802,"stuttering editing and pompous references to wittgenstein and kirkegaard",0 1446,"it 's rare to find a film that dazzles the eye , challenges the brain , and satisfies our lust for fast-paced action ,",1 110547,"This rich , bittersweet Israeli documentary ,",1 134825,"the anthropomorphic animal characters are beautifully realized through clever makeup design , leaving one to hope that the eventual DVD release will offer subtitles and the original Italian-language soundtrack",1 109477,"The Road to Perdition leads to a satisfying destination",1 54898,"most vital work",1 199280,"for overstimulated minds",0 58797,"the unerring professionalism of the chilly production , and",1 109577,"The artwork is spectacular and unlike most animaton from Japan , the characters move with grace and panache",1 73197,"added clout",1 105007,"Caruso takes an atypically hypnotic approach to a world that 's often handled in fast-edit , hopped-up fashion",1 188900,"These are textbook lives of quiet desperation .",0 160553,"hard to burn out of your brain",0 126885,"may be relieved that his latest feature , R Xmas , marks a modest if encouraging return to form",1 1365,"is a movie you 've seen many times before , repackaged as new material because there is a latino in the lead",0 98457,"to work us over , with second helpings of love , romance , tragedy , false dawns , real dawns , comic relief , two separate crises during marriage ceremonies , and the lush scenery of the Cotswolds",1 234163,"none of the crackle of `` Fatal Attraction '' , `` 9 1\/2 Weeks '' ,",0 132348,"should have been a more compelling excuse to pair Susan Sarandon and Goldie Hawn",0 58227,"the director , Frank Novak , that keeps the film grounded in an undeniable social realism",1 230019,"crafted , and well",1 84887,"it 's encouraging to see a three-dimensional , average , middle-aged woman 's experience of self-discovery handled with such sensitivity",1 117759,"crystallize key plot moments",1 218186,"unfortunately also",0 37842,"that it took chances and really asks you to take these great leaps of faith and pays off",1 219208,"where it 's on slippery footing",0 30605,"de lo que es el cine de entretenimiento puro y sin complejos",1 71075,"Woven together handsomely , recalling sixties ' rockumentary milestones from Lonely Boy to Do n't Look Back .",1 207092,"no psychology here , and no real narrative logic -- just a series of carefully choreographed atrocities , which become strangely impersonal and abstract",0 24402,"A pleasant",1 212445,"stale retread",0 31275,"eventful",1 88536,"of dumb drug jokes and predictable slapstick , '' Orange County",0 188969,"This franchise has not spawned a single good film .",0 238874,"with all the dysfunctional family dynamics one could wish for",1 139062,"vintage Spielberg",1 162743,"is an almost poignant dimension to the way that every major stunt Seagal 's character ... performs is shot from behind , as if it could fool us into thinking that we 're not watching a double .",0 202466,"involved talent",1 81658,"has an infectious enthusiasm",1 21084,"it 's emotionally engrossing",1 96558,"the refreshingly unhibited enthusiasm",1 50430,"consuming self-absorption",0 158762,"fails to portray its literarily talented and notorious subject as anything much more than a dirty old man",0 144715,"De Niro 's best film",1 120187,"fit smoothly",1 238724,"whole package",1 196885,"deviant behaviour .",0 204015,"it slow , predictable and not very amusing",0 197391,"does the thoroughly formulaic film",0 9936,"puts an exclamation point on the fact that this is n't something to be taken seriously",0 132346,"should have a stirring time at this beautifully drawn movie .",1 6807,"glacier-paced",0 192405,"amusing , but ultimately so",1 117654,"cram earplugs",0 236832,"the edge of your seat , tense with suspense",1 50868,"directs a crack ensemble cast , bringing screenwriter Tony Gayton 's narcotics noir to life",1 100075,"who could too easily become comic relief in any other film",1 42378,"mostly intelligent , engrossing",1 388,"an aspiring writer",1 228920,"as a writer , Mr. Montias is n't nearly as good to his crew as he is as a director or actor .",0 126433,"love and familial",1 100171,"whose legacy had begun to bronze",1 82660,"if you find comfort in familiarity",1 173204,"that storytelling is what the movies are about",1 171679,"sometimes interesting",1 52508,"having much that is fresh to say about growing up Catholic or , really , anything",1 139763,"who is a welcome relief from the usual two-dimensional offerings",1 79947,"find comfort in familiarity",1 70296,"This odd , poetic road movie , spiked by jolts of pop music , pretty much takes place in Morton 's ever-watchful gaze --",1 132428,"shows that some studios firmly believe that people have lost the ability to think and will forgive any shoddy product as long as there 's a little girl-on-girl action .",0 93204,"somewhat less than it might have been",0 152220,"a physique to match",1 20136,"bravura",1 98708,"triumphantly returns to narrative filmmaking with a visually masterful work of quiet power .",1 195912,"come from a Xerox machine rather than ( writer-director ) Franc . Reyes ' word processor",0 35265,"of having just witnessed a great performance",1 43642,", it ultimately delivers",1 126747,"manages to convince almost everyone that it was put on the screen , just for them",1 202382,"into Rules expecting a slice of American Pie hijinks starring the kid from Dawson 's Creek",0 177081,"unavailable",0 219214,"where nothing really happens .",0 103464,"A chance to see three splendid actors turn a larky chase movie into an emotionally satisfying exploration of the very human need to be somebody , and to belong to somebody .",1 115401,"barely shocking , barely interesting and most of all , barely anything",0 55367,"of good-natured fun found in films like Tremors",1 231703,"highly intriguing thriller",1 224693,"Made me unintentionally famous -- as the queasy-stomached critic who staggered from the theater and blacked out in the lobby .",0 853,"draws several decent laughs",1 68377,"Reign of Fire . Great dragons",1 223449,"Funny and touching .",1 33283,"is a wonderful movie",1 161932,"in need of polishing",0 149925,"The thriller side of this movie is falling flat , as the stalker does n't do much stalking ,",0 16932,"perfectly captures the hotel lobbies , two-lane highways , and roadside cafes that permeate Vincent 's days",1 144221,"Both stars manage to be funny ,",1 77199,"conjured up more coming-of-age stories than seem possible",1 41827,"draws our attention like a magnet ,",1 183837,"Fails so fundamentally on every conventional level that it achieves some kind of goofy grandeur",0 187840,"The Mothman Prophecies , which is mostly a bore , seems to exist only for its climactic setpiece .",0 38190,"the fantasy cinema can be when it 's approached with imagination and flair",1 12463,"to work , love stories require the full emotional involvement and support of a viewer . that is made almost impossible by events that set the plot in motion .",0 153613,"anemic and formulaic Lethal Weapon-derived buddy-cop movie",0 23720,", it deserves a wide audience .",1 162402,"into predictably treacherous situations",0 147803,"Not sweet enough to liven up its predictable story and will leave even fans",0 65501,"Features",1 147141,"Let 's hope -- shall we ? -- that the ` true story ' by which All the Queen 's Men is allegedly '' inspired '' was a lot funnier and more deftly enacted than what 's been cobbled together onscreen .",0 219860,"with too many contrivances and goofy situations",0 1580,"leaden",0 22387,"the year 's most thought-provoking film . But it pays a price for its intricate intellectual gamesmanship .",1 105675,"Even better than the first one !",1 149614,"The movie is virtually without context -- journalistic or historical . What 's worse is that Pelosi knows it .",0 60787,"'s Unforgiven which also utilized the scintillating force of its actors to draw out the menace of its sparse dialogue",1 179834,"'s low on both suspense and payoff",0 83122,"in the most blithe exchanges gives the film its lingering tug",1 202772,"is authentic",1 66975,"K-19 : The Widowmaker is a great yarn .",1 24407,"A pleasant ramble through the sort of idoosyncratic terrain that Errol Morris has often dealt with ... it does possess a loose , lackadaisical charm .",1 141256,"'s basically an overlong episode of Tales from the Crypt .",0 196156,"contains almost enough chuckles for a three-minute sketch , and no more .",0 1238,"human resources was a good , straightforward tale",1 200737,"have all the suspense of a 20-car pileup ,",0 10537,"smarter and subtler",1 138381,"truly distinctive",1 23122,"'s fascinating to see how Bettany and McDowell play off each other .",1 23575,", deeply emotional eyes shine through this bogus veneer ...",1 150448,"Too loud , too long",0 99483,"vivid , convincing performances",1 40047,"who enjoy thinking about compelling questions with no easy answers",1 171534,"soggy Paris",0 207860,"of masters of both",1 182337,"An acceptable way to pass a little over an hour with moviegoers ages",1 80101,"flaws ,",0 51026,"draw people together across the walls that might otherwise separate them",1 3362,"'s painful to watch witherspoon 's talents wasting away inside unnecessary films like legally blonde and sweet home abomination , i mean , alabama",0 189583,"What is sorely missing",0 133348,"story , character and comedy bits are too ragged to ever fit smoothly together",0 176112,"to explain without blowing whatever tension there is , although it 's more comedy than suspense De Palma creates",1 145447,"For the most part , the ingredients are there . But an unwillingness to explore beyond the surfaces of her characters prevents Nettelbeck 's film from coming together .",0 83074,"in the best way",1 16190,"into the neurotic mindset of all comics -- even those who have reached the absolute top of the game",1 56697,"sand to the fierce grandeur of its sweeping battle scenes",1 33164,"into the stronger of the two films",1 121302,"good for this sucker",1 221624,", there is no real reason to see it .",0 159634,"frantic search",0 25690,"Inside the film 's conflict-powered plot there is a decent moral trying to get out , but it 's not that , it 's the tension that keeps you in your seat . Affleck and Jackson are good sparring partners .",1 146017,"I can only imagine one thing worse than Kevin Spacey trying on an Irish accent , and that 's sultry Linda Fiorentino doing the same thing .",0 43682,", purpose and emotionally bruised characters",1 47908,"a courtroom trial great fun",1 75777,"boarders from Venice Beach that was a deserved co-winner of the Audience Award for documentaries at the Sundance Film Festival",1 158211,"encounters a substantial arc of change that does n't produce any real transformation",0 66413,"Interesting",1 160397,"grow wearisome amid leaden pacing and indifferent craftsmanship ( most notably wretched sound design )",0 131998,"seems aware of his own coolness",1 158649,"expect more from this studio than some 79-minute after-school '' cartoon",0 106826,"It 's about issues most adults have to face in marriage and I think that 's what I liked about it -- the real issues tucked between the silly and crude storyline",1 214222,"the bottom tier of blaxploitation flicks",0 18500,", which transcends ethnic boundaries",1 110823,"Unfortunately , Kapur modernizes A . E . W . Mason 's story to suit the sensibilities of a young American , a decision that plucks '' The Four Feathers '' bare .",0 180226,"( The kid 's ) just too bratty for sympathy , and as the film grows to its finale , his little changes ring hollow",0 69262,"The Bourne Identity should n't be half as entertaining as it is , but director Doug Liman and his colleagues have managed to pack it with enough action to satisfy the boom-bam crowd without a huge sacrifice of character and mood",1 170952,"should clue you in on how bad the movie is .",0 101363,"'d be hard pressed to think of a film more cloyingly sappy than Evelyn this year .",0 83915,"is a trove of delights .",1 77795,"deceptively buoyant",1 217640,"too much of the energy",0 85139,"it takes its techniques into such fresh territory that the film never feels derivative",1 216144,"there done that",0 222172,"Absorbing character study by André Turpin .",1 8493,"liking",1 127429,"most exciting action films",1 132178,"sets a new benchmark for lameness",0 95203,"the best war movies",1 56832,"selfish , wound-licking , bar-scrapping doggedness",0 206483,"more ways",1 68818,"Skins has a desolate air , but Eyre , a Native American raised by white parents , manages to infuse the rocky path to sibling reconciliation with flashes of warmth and gentle humor .",1 68966,"Sprecher and her screenwriting partner and sister , Karen Sprecher , do n't seem ever to run out of ideas",1 143117,"A gob",0 22641,"unexpected downer",0 220008,"worn a bit thin over the years",0 29724,"bravely treads where few American films dare to delve -- into the world of ambivalence and ambiguity",1 57876,"that relays its universal points without lectures or confrontations",1 234073,"need the lesson in repugnance .",0 134172,"that , come to think of it , the day-old shelf would be a more appropriate location to store it",0 30850,"distant , even sterile , yet compulsively watchable",1 1555,"kind",1 87391,"most brilliant and brutal",1 177217,"unjustified",0 57786,"that exquisitely blends music , dance ,",1 30113,"charm to spare",1 178734,"witty . Mocking them now is an exercise in pointlessness",0 192112,"alarming",0 49742,"bitterly",0 176657,"too much about this love story . In that setting , their struggle is simply too ludicrous and borderline insulting",0 42216,"is so intriguing",1 139912,"will forgive the flaws and love the film",1 166723,"new with the old story",0 108822,"Screenwriting award",1 200567,"has its moments , but ultimately",1 218557,"virtually no aftertaste",0 23095,"'s as close as anyone has dared to come",1 120582,"formula -- which is a waste of De Niro , McDormand and the other good actors in the cast",0 57246,"speak to the ways in which need , history and presumption tangle , and sometimes",1 93584,"strangely draws the audience into the unexplainable pain and eccentricities that are attached to the concept of loss",1 33158,"into the familiar by amalgamating genres and adding true human complexity to its not-so-stock characters",1 53550,"is not show-stoppingly hilarious , but scathingly witty",1 45080,"Disney comedies",1 212989,"surprisingly similar",0 55549,"of the best movies as monumental ` picture shows",1 90546,"potential success",1 69099,"THE GUYS taps into some powerful emotions",1 63943,"An overly melodramatic but somewhat insightful French coming-of-age film",1 238814,"willing to let the earnestness of its execution and skill of its cast take you down a familiar road with a few twists",1 228006,"a mask , Splat-Man",0 156427,"clumsy plotting",0 192663,"an unschooled comedy like Stealing Harvard , which fails to keep 80 minutes from seeming like 800",0 185203,"It 's refreshing that someone understands the need for the bad boy",1 64487,"Brings awareness to an issue",1 226337,"The most memorable moment was when Green threw medical equipment at a window : not because it was particularly funny , but because I had a serious urge to grab the old lady at the end of my aisle 's walker and toss it at the screen in frustration .",0 27690,"a movie with no soft edges",1 167092,"obscenely",0 121336,"goosebumps as its uncanny tale of love , communal discord , and justice",1 237092,"the movie work -- to an admittedly limited extent -- is the commitment of two genuinely engaging performers",1 79669,"far less sophisticated",0 153359,"an average comedic dateflick but not a waste of time",0 200569,"has its share of belly laughs ( including a knockout of a closing line )",1 114813,"as a friend",1 96418,"the pleasures of a slightly naughty , just-above-average off - Broadway play",1 159624,"foundering performance",0 180257,"( and unintentionally",0 162729,"is almost exactly the same ( as The Full Monty ) .",0 69238,"The AAA of action , XXX is a blast of adrenalin , rated EEE for excitement .",1 230117,"deeper and more engaging",1 145157,"Even horror fans",1 213910,"that this Mean Machine was a decent TV outing that just does n't have big screen magic",0 208546,"once overly old-fashioned",0 53545,"is no doubt that Krawczyk deserves a huge amount of the credit for the film 's thoroughly winning tone",1 166480,"muddy",0 224728,"Many went to see the attraction for the sole reason that it was hot outside and there was air conditioning inside , and I do n't think that A.C. will help this movie one bit",0 61762,", and room noise",1 145441,"For most movies , 84 minutes is short , but this one feels like a life sentence .",0 98285,"to see Samira Makhmalbaf as a very distinctive sensibility , working to develop her own film language with conspicuous success",1 123272,"inane and awful",0 103486,"A colorful , joyous celebration of life",1 204658,"lacks it",0 181137,", you 'd have a hard time believing it was just coincidence .",0 65382,"Even when there are lulls , the emotions seem authentic , and",1 173266,"that viewers may be hard pressed to retain their lunch",0 29787,"but I liked its heart and its spirit .",1 199770,"generates by orchestrating a finale that is impenetrable and dull",0 17402,"tenderness",1 178680,"with the timeless source material",1 153125,"all the excitement",1 144977,"Drags",0 77537,"creates a portrait of two strong men in conflict , inextricably entwined through family history",1 44288,"A subject like this should inspire reaction in its audience : The Pianist does not .",0 184820,"If there was ever a movie where the upbeat ending feels like a copout , this is the one .",0 66209,"I truly enjoyed most of Mostly Martha while I ne",1 49576,"beautifully to filming the teeming life on the reefs , making this gorgeous film a must for everyone from junior scientists to grown-up fish lovers",1 49443,"awed",1 233910,"money why this distinguished actor would stoop so low",0 110072,"The performances are strong , though the subject matter demands acting that borders on hammy at times .",1 192742,"and mainly unfunny",0 15367,"can get past the fantastical aspects and harsh realities of '' The Isle '' you 'll get a sock-you-in-the-eye flick that is a visual tour-de-force and a story that is unlike any",1 231286,"got lost in the `` soon-to-be-forgettable '' section of the quirky rip-off prison romp pile",0 26299,"One of the most significant moviegoing pleasures of the year .",1 83974,"is always watchable",1 128624,"of dramatic enlightenment , the screenplay by Billy Ray and Terry George",1 7256,"i 'm afraid you wo n't get through this frankly fantastical by-the-numbers b-flick with just a suspension of disbelief . rather , you 'll have to wrestle disbelief to the ground and then apply the chloroform-soaked handkerchief .",0 85821,"layered , well-developed characters",1 190917,"a meaty plot",1 168708,"pass off its lack of imagination as hip knowingness",0 176343,"to recognize that this story is too goofy ... even for Disney",0 43596,", here 's one for you .",1 119755,"fantastic moments and scenes",1 143735,"An incoherent jumble",0 17988,"watching Huppert , a great actress tearing into a landmark role , is riveting .",1 151415,"a bright sheen .",1 48461,"a twisted sense",1 170835,"share little screen time and even less chemistry .",0 22393,"their gross outs , bawdy comedy and head games",0 36192,"profound self-evaluation message",1 146367,"Irwin is a man with enough charisma and audacity to carry a dozen films , but this particular result is ultimately held back from being something greater .",0 196709,"delightful hand shadows",1 53665,"is the sheer , selfish , wound-licking , bar-scrapping doggedness of Leon 's struggle to face and transmute his demons that makes the movie a spirited and touching occasion , despite its patchy construction",1 84331,"is its surreal sense of humor and technological finish .",1 147010,"Kevin Costner rests on his pretty-boy laurels",0 17892,"truly moving experience",1 3051,"virtually plotless",0 7759,"is notable for its stylistic austerity and forcefulness",1 22853,"wo n't want to miss",1 197059,"discerned here that producers would be well to heed",0 143509,"Adam Sandler 's cartoon about Hanukkah is numbingly bad",0 2404,"steals so freely from other movies and combines enough disparate types of films",0 170286,"sad sitcom",0 43550,", but the film conjures the magic of author J . K . Rowling 's books",1 98288,"to see a romance this smart",1 200908,"he 's dry",0 164325,"just is n't much to laugh at",0 166060,"missing here",0 179395,"'ll trudge out of the theater feeling as though you rode the Zipper after eating a corn dog and an extra-large cotton candy",1 209969,"puzzle his most ardent fans .",0 35039,"nurturing , in a gauzy , dithering way",1 138811,"up walking out not only satisfied but",1 114495,"appealing veneer",1 167193,"of Fuhrman 's destructive escapism",0 166924,"nonsense ensues",0 228487,"although this idea is `` new ''",0 161485,"how to do",1 49112,"appreciated",1 230717,"family film to take everyone to since there 's no new `` A Christmas Carol '' out in the theaters this year",1 217868,"trusting",1 48920,"an enjoyable 100 minutes",1 27179,"Well-written",1 184336,"Has none of the crackle of '' Fatal Attraction '' , '' 9 1/2 Weeks '' , or even '' Indecent Proposal '' ,",0 168502,"over-romanticize the spiritual desolation of the struggling artiste",0 210551,"ridiculous wig",0 95783,"the funniest jokes",1 132096,"sense-of-humour",1 68601,"Saturday Night Live-style parody , '70s Blaxploitation films and goofball action comedy",1 3472,"... a hollow joke told by a cinematic gymnast having too much fun embellishing the misanthropic tale to actually engage it .",0 225563,"ROCKS",1 198112,"even that 's too committed . He gets his secretary to fax it",0 89263,"offers an exploration that is more accurate than anything I have seen in an American film .",1 200709,"hates criticism so much that he refuses to evaluate his own work",0 217789,"tries to be ethereal , but",0 68172,"Performances",1 106642,"If you go into the theater expecting a scary , action-packed chiller",1 153094,"all pretense of creating historical context and waltzes off into a hectic soap about the ups and downs of the heavy breathing between the two artists",0 222241,"All the characters are stereotypes ,",0 138917,"vapid",0 62978,"A fascinating case study of flower-power liberation -- and",1 50256,"come readily",1 28701,"and manages to be tender and darkly comic",1 55696,"often very funny collegiate gross-out comedy",1 158185,"emotionally desiccated",0 80773,"fun-loving",1 116016,"bittersweet dialogue that cuts to the chase of the modern girl 's dilemma .",1 164714,"left me with a very bad feeling",0 99534,"wall-to-wall good time",1 100913,"would do better elsewhere",0 147698,"Nights feels more like a quickie TV special than a feature film ... It 's not even a TV special you 'd bother watching past the second commercial break .",0 155935,"can believe this load of junk",0 150999,"With Spy Kids 2 : The Island of Lost Dreams writer\/director\/producer Robert Rodriguez has cobbled together a film that feels like a sugar high gone awry .",0 170599,"seems a prostituted muse",0 211596,"silences",0 53064,"inept",0 21074,"is undeniable , if not a pleasure in its own right .",1 181844,"A movie that 's held captive by mediocrity . Not bad ,",0 115649,"beaten",0 202940,"is funny , not actually exploiting it yourself",1 64587,"C . H . O . Cho proves she has the stuff to stand tall with Pryor , Carlin and Murphy .",1 138368,"true inspiration",1 130705,"prolonged and boring",0 48046,"a fine little amuse-bouche to keep your appetite whetted",1 56918,"shining with all the usual Spielberg flair",1 199360,"for the stunning star",1 173513,"the badly dated cutesy-pie mystery scenario and the newfangled Hollywood post-production effects",0 178793,"worked last time , repeats it and adds more characters",1 104418,"Another in a long line of ultra-violent war movies , this one is not quite what it could have been as a film , but",0 90042,"parable that loves its characters and communicates something rather beautiful about human nature",1 41425,"a compelling journey ...",1 49906,"but also nicely done",1 35867,"overt self-awareness",1 178722,"without the benefit of decent acting , writing , and direction",0 88249,"of New York locales and sharp writing",1 186430,"Not a schlocky creature feature but something far more stylish and cerebral -- and , hence , more chillingly effective .",1 197562,"drowns in sap .",0 130613,"pretty watchable",1 165598,"makes the film seem like something to endure instead of enjoy",0 52001,"funniest and most likeable movie in years",1 197374,"does n't understand the difference between dumb fun and just plain dumb",0 187620,"Suffers from a decided lack",0 212818,"succumbs to cliches and pat storytelling",0 196109,"confines himself to shtick and sentimentality -- the one bald and the other sloppy .",0 41585,"are so funny",1 107812,"More sophisticated and literate than such pictures usually are ...",1 215813,"the twisted humor and eye-popping visuals",1 45876,"James Horner 's rousing score",1 83076,"in the business",1 44077,"A first-class road movie that proves you can run away from home , but your ego and all your problems go with you .",1 170713,"send this ill-conceived folly",0 136933,"this film , which may be why it works as well as it does",1 164445,"kinda dumb .",0 185192,"It 's provocative stuff",1 164118,"its power is undercut by its own head-banging obviousness .",0 96077,"the magnificent swooping aerial shots are breathtaking",1 116650,"capability to soothe and break your heart with a single stroke",1 237571,"this sad-sack waste of a movie is a City of ruins .",0 133720,"surviving invaders seeking an existent anti-virus . If only there were one for this kind of movie",0 161668,"imminently",1 121054,"get the first and last look at one of the most triumphant performances of Vanessa Redgrave 's career",1 136994,"this modest little number",1 90880,"pulls the rug out from under you",1 3690,"a competent , unpretentious",1 235728,"shows -- reality shows for God 's sake",0 43511,", and among the best films of the year .",1 233035,"it is a gripping , tidy little movie that takes Mr. Hill higher than he 's been in a while .",1 94218,"tasteful",1 212361,"spits out",0 136445,"the tragedy beneath it",1 153301,"an admirable ambition",1 71053,"Wonderland adventure , a stalker thriller , and a condensed season of TV 's Big Brother",1 174350,"the movie is such a blip on the year 's radar screen that it 's tempting just to go with it for the ride .",0 21293,"manages to outshine the role and successfully plays the foil to Willis 's world-weary colonel .",1 215686,"the story is far-flung , illogical , and plain stupid .",0 134427,"that it is instead a cheap cliché",0 8555,"loses his faith",0 223425,"Frankly , it 's pretty stupid .",0 198454,"fails to keep it up and settles into clichés",0 78445,"does n't flinch from its unsettling prognosis , namely , that the legacy of war is a kind of perpetual pain",1 99936,"when the bullets start to fly , your first instinct is to duck",1 71619,"a feature that concentrates on people , a project in which the script and characters hold sway",1 20229,"can testify to the comparative accuracy of Ms . Vardalos ' memories and insights",1 228177,"a spoof comedy",1 5067,"beautiful",1 87349,"more than make up for its logical loopholes , which fly by so fast there 's no time to think about them anyway",1 41569,"are all spot on",1 81233,"good match",1 92892,"smarter and more diabolical",1 72023,"a mournful undercurrent that places the good-time shenanigans in welcome perspective",1 135580,"the intellectual and emotional pedigree of your date and a giant step backward for a director I admire",0 180340,", All About the Benjamins evokes the bottom tier of blaxploitation flicks from the 1970s .",0 236397,"that a good video game movie is going to show up soon",1 13501,", Oscar-nominated documentary",1 190205,"a bonus feature",1 115590,"be surefire casting . The catch is that they 're stuck with a script that prevents them from firing on all cylinders",0 110380,"There may have been a good film in '' Trouble Every Day",1 106621,"If you 're looking for an intelligent movie in which you can release your pent up anger , ENOUGH is just the ticket you need .",1 201881,"in gross-out humor",1 151227,"` You 're from two different worlds ' and ` Tonight the maid is a lie and this",1 58847,"the wholesome twist",1 70324,"This starts off with a 1950 's Doris Day feel and it gets very ugly",0 87658,"must be quirky or bleak",0 203189,"is n't quite",0 197923,"enough to give the film the substance it so desperately needs",0 40428,"you be shocked",1 68226,"Playfully profound ... and crazier than Michael Jackson on the top floor of a skyscraper nursery surrounded by open windows .",1 45220,"Far From Heaven is a dazzling conceptual feat ,",1 3610,"a brilliant , honest",1 70287,"This new movie version of the Alexandre Dumas classic is the stuff of high romance , brought off with considerable wit .",1 58811,"the urbane sweetness",1 9062,"nincompoop",0 21524,"of it as a sort of comfort food for the mind",1 142630,", well-written television series where you 've missed the first half-dozen episodes and probably wo n't see the next six .",0 138270,"translate well to film",1 188236,"The first hour is tedious though Ford and Neeson capably hold our interest , but its just not a thrilling movie .",0 232463,"is exceedingly pleasant , designed not to offend",1 130196,"phlegmatic bore",0 175232,"they could achieve an air of frantic spontaneity by simply tossing in lots of characters doing silly stuff and stirring the pot",0 207256,"nothing in the movie makes a convincing case that one woman 's broken heart outweighs all the loss we witness",0 9826,"pretension , in its own way , is a form of bravery . for this reason and this reason only -- the power of its own steadfast , hoity-toity convictions -- chelsea walls deserves a medal",1 212764,"stylized with a touch of John Woo bullet ballet",1 145053,"Egoyan 's work often elegantly considers various levels of reality and uses shifting points of view",1 198010,"especially clever",1 111910,"a film in which the talent is undeniable",1 121315,"good noir",1 121400,"grave for youngsters",0 104386,"An uplifting",1 125691,"lack the nerve ...",0 83977,"is always welcome .",1 162444,"intrepid hero ? Ridiculous .",0 90263,"photographed and staged by Mendes with a series of riveting set pieces the likes of which mainstream audiences have rarely seen",1 143415,"A very long movie",0 34775,"n't above a little broad comedy and a few unabashedly sentimental tears",1 19308,"The film 's greatest asset",1 35368,"of precinct cliches",0 210647,"rousing success",1 148116,"Plays as hollow catharsis , with lots of tears but very little in the way of insights .",0 162254,"inspired me to think of its inhabitants as anything more than markers in a screenplay .",0 201091,"high-strung but flaccid drama",0 60903,"'s affecting , amusing , sad and reflective",1 156537,"come up with an irritatingly unimaginative retread concept",0 172580,"taxing every drop of one 's patience to get to the good stuff",0 77067,"compelling , amusing and unsettling",1 31015,"effective performances",1 195057,"but its just not a thrilling movie",0 122222,"high-octane thriller",1 58228,"the director at his most sparkling",1 19741,"an astute appraisal of Middle American musical torpor and the desperate struggle to escape it",1 64176,"Audiard successfully maintains suspense on different levels throughout a film that is both gripping and compelling .",1 37076,"so intriguing that you find yourself staring hypnotically at her , trying to understand her and wondering if she 'll crack",1 120790,"frustrating ` tweener '",0 139085,"visual virtues",1 120085,"final surprising shots",1 171729,"sort out the mess in our heads and deconstruct where it all went wrong",0 183861,"Fans of so-bad-they 're",0 37195,"sparklingly",1 225615,"Rewarding",1 25670,"Imamura 's lively and enjoyable cultural mix",1 217412,"to the Big Boys in New York and L . A . To that end",1 217918,"turn away from one",0 129205,"of unparalleled proportions , writer-director Parker",1 6731,"garde",0 2385,"sprung to life",1 104298,"An engrossing story that combines psychological drama , sociological reflection , and high-octane thriller .",1 31980,"futile lifestyle",0 189251,"Totally overwrought",0 50463,"cool . Paul Bettany playing Malcolm McDowell ? Cool",1 182026,"A stupid , derivative horror film",0 197605,"dullest science fiction",0 83827,"is a no-bull throwback to 1970s action films .",1 88248,"of Nazi politics and aesthetics",0 100064,"who are nearly impossible to care about",0 231519,"hate myself most mornings",0 134368,"that interweaves individual stories",1 94785,"that memorable , but as downtown",1 91449,"remarkable procession",1 179846,"'s mindless junk like this that makes you appreciate original romantic comedies like Punch-Drunk Love .",0 217845,"truly annoying pitch",0 234206,"not-at-all-good",0 123173,"in the murk of its own making",0 76410,"capture the novel 's deeper intimate resonances",1 67629,"Morgen and Nanette Burstein",1 163885,"it offers few surprises and finds its stars slumming in territory",0 16522,"mainly because of the way it 's told by the people who were there",1 112250,"a lot of stamina and vitality",1 212293,"special spark",1 32974,"in this animated sweet film",1 4579,"amounts to being lectured to by tech-geeks ,",0 134253,"that beneath the familiar , funny surface",1 141475,"'s not merely unwatchable , but also unlistenable .",0 118061,"depends largely on your appetite for canned corn",0 232622,"is nicely shot , well-edited",1 54839,"more than a few moments that are insightful enough to be fondly remembered in the endlessly challenging maze of moviegoing",1 115101,"asks its audience -- in a heartwarming , nonjudgmental kind of way -- to consider what we value in our daily lives",1 33794,"its macabre , self-deprecating sense",0 27588,"a hint",1 8999,"nasty aftertaste",0 10240,"saddled with an unwieldy cast of characters and angles , but the payoff is powerful and revelatory .",1 96234,"the muckraking , soul-searching spirit",1 90638,"pressed through Kafka 's meat grinder and into Buñuel 's casings",0 150704,"Was Going To Be Really Awful",0 31884,"from being the funniest movie of the year",1 43623,", it 's energetic and satisfying if not deep and psychological .",1 179231,"your mouth full of rotten pulp and living worms",0 204203,"its gender politics , genre thrills",1 101995,"'s wise enough to recognize that there are few things in this world more complex -- and , as it turns out , more fragile -- than happiness",1 128191,"now it is a copy of a copy of a copy",0 201447,"humor and heart",1 58060,"the best in recent memory",1 98572,"touching ,",1 234909,"people thought I was too hard on `` The Mothman Prophecies ''",0 105999,"Glass 's dirgelike score becomes a fang-baring lullaby",0 212843,"such an excellent job",1 132429,"shows uncanny skill in getting under the skin of her characters",1 67413,"Many went to see the attraction for the sole reason that it was hot outside and there was air conditioning inside , and I do n't think that A . C . will help this movie one bit",0 3014,"ugly ideas instead of ugly behavior",0 143143,"A harmless and mildly amusing family",1 4686,"an ugly knot tightening in your stomach . but is that knot from dramatic tension or a symptom of artistic malnutrition",0 197166,"do as best you can with a stuttering script .",0 125266,"its heartfelt concern about North Korea 's recent past and South Korea 's future",1 181346,"... the whole thing succeeded only in making me groggy .",0 152490,"a spark of new inspiration in it ,",1 79910,"filmed Tosca that you want .",1 31785,"for the David Mamet enthusiast",1 224253,"It 's the chemistry between the women and the droll scene-stealing wit and wolfish pessimism of Anna Chancellor that makes this `` Two Weddings and a Funeral '' fun .",1 51519,"fans who ca n't stop loving anime ,",1 193961,"badder",0 181073,", those rejected must have been astronomically bad",0 186244,"Murder by Numbers fits the profile too closely .",0 53132,"instead of dead brilliant",1 57768,"that delivers a surprising",1 12323,"to be uplifting but not overly sentimental",1 77928,"deliver a riveting and surprisingly romantic ride",1 59121,"tidy little movie",1 8214,"jostling against farce , thoughtful dialogue elbowed aside by one-liners , and a visual style that incorporates rotoscope animation for no apparent reason except ,",0 180464,", Welcome to Collinwood never catches fire .",0 24888,"Brilliant",1 28967,"any awards",1 120744,"from stark desert",1 34637,"most honest films",1 106177,"Has nothing good to speak about other than the fact that it is relatively short , tries its best to hide the fact that Seagal 's overweight and out of shape .",0 60578,"you look at this and its like you 're going from one room to the next and none of them have any relation to the other",0 18580,"A hip ride into hyper-time",1 157877,"dot com is so rambling and disconnected it never builds any suspense",0 138263,"transcends the boy-meets-girl posturing of typical love stories .",1 42525,"recognize it",1 137745,"to nail the spirit-crushing ennui of denuded urban living without giving in to it",1 69761,"The movie should jolt you out of your seat a couple of times , give you a few laughs , and leave you feeling like it was worth your seven bucks , even though it does turn out to be a bit of a cheat in the end .",1 19401,"Visits spy-movie territory like a novel you ca n't put down , examines a footnote to history seldom brought to light on the screen , and keeps you guessing from first frame to last .",1 178618,"with no discernible craft and monstrously sanctimonious",0 214753,"the guise of a dark and quirky comedy",0 207151,"none of them memorable",0 17540,"the film 's almost anthropologically detailed realization",1 227216,"Woo has as much right to make a huge action sequence as any director , but how long will filmmakers copy the `` Saving Private Ryan '' battle scenes before realizing Steven Spielberg got it right the first time ?",0 89096,"of the ultimate Scorsese film",1 215713,"the substance it so desperately needs",0 67776,"Narc is a no-bull throwback to 1970s action films .",1 63954,"An undeniably moving film to experience",1 75232,"be captivated ,",1 197870,"ends up seeming goofy",0 141997,", I realized this is a throwaway movie that wo n't stand the test of time . It 's a trifle .",0 150715,"Waste of Time",0 109480,"The Salton Sea has moments of inspired humour , though every scrap is of the darkest variety .",1 165035,"limping",0 116027,"bland animation",0 177724,"watched the brainless insanity of No Such Thing with mounting disbelief",0 137621,"to give it a marginal thumbs up",1 142654,", you 'd think filmmaker Simon Wells would have more reverence for the material . But this costly dud is a far cry from either the book or the beloved film .",0 141474,"'s not merely unwatchable , but also unlistenable",0 48997,"an uneasy mix of sensual delights and simmering violence",1 189476,"We ca n't accuse Kung Pow for misfiring , since it is exactly what it wants to be : an atrociously , mind-numbingly , indescribably bad movie . Unfortunately , we 'd prefer a simple misfire .",0 39889,"we expect from military epics",1 139325,"watching it leaves you giddy . Half Past Dead is just such an achievement",1 75580,"besides its terrific performances",1 40932,"Harsh , effective documentary on life",1 12974,"what remains is a variant of the nincompoop benigni persona , here a more annoying , though less angry version of the irresponsible sandlerian manchild , undercut by the voice of the star of road trip .",0 124060,"is full of unhappy ,",0 9075,"no quarter to anyone seeking to pull a cohesive story out of its 2 1\/2",0 12548,"transported into the life of wladyslaw szpilman , who is not only a pianist , but a good human being",1 108626,"Rich in atmosphere of the post-war art world , it manages to instruct without reeking of research library dust .",1 16082,"iconic characters",1 30657,"delectable",1 37672,"terrific character study",1 180481,", accepting a 50-year-old in the role is creepy in a Michael Jackson sort of way .",0 93904,"sure mainstream audiences will be baffled",0 102130,"( Sam 's ) self-flagellation is more depressing than entertaining .",0 120800,"fueled by the light comedic work of Zhao Benshan and the delicate ways of Dong Jie",1 137765,"to perform",1 200246,"gross-out quota",0 55650,"of watching De Niro and Crystal having fun",1 189810,"Without any redeeming value whatsoever .",0 78529,"done his subject justice",1 186509,"Of The Damned is a pointless , meandering celebration of the goth-vampire , tortured woe-is-me lifestyle .",0 149525,"The longer the movie goes , the worse it gets",0 197411,"doltish",0 34334,"makes your spine tingle with revelation and excitement",1 68555,"Sad to say --",0 180941,", such as skateboarder Tony Hawk or BMX rider Mat Hoffman , are about a half dozen young Turks angling to see how many times they can work the words '' radical '' or '' suck '' into a sentence .",0 102885,", the film retains ambiguities that make it well worth watching .",1 84976,"it also leaves you intriguingly contemplative .",1 79794,"felt with a sardonic jolt",0 98793,"turns into an engrossing thriller almost in spite of itself",1 81166,"go down in the annals of cinema",1 140186,"with more heart .",1 92348,"sets out to entertain",1 149804,"The screenplay sabotages the movie 's strengths at almost every juncture .",0 53718,"it 's a fantastic movie",1 77424,"could hate it for the same reason .",0 232045,"in the pulsating thick of a truly frightening situation",1 202655,"is a subzero version of Monsters , Inc . , without the latter 's imagination , visual charm or texture",0 59284,"to make fun of these curious owners of architectural oddities . Instead , he shows them the respect they are due",1 120205,"flaccid",0 13218,"witty dialogue and inventive",1 223092,"Degenerates into hogwash .",0 35963,"perfect .",1 80546,"freshness and modesty",1 191376,"a squirm-inducing fish-out-of-water formula",0 121860,"has the same sledgehammer appeal as Pokemon videos",0 84737,"is the kind of quirkily appealing minor movie she might not make for a while",1 124874,"it 's still not a good movie",0 17488,"the best film of the year so far",1 203219,"is never especially clever and often is rather pretentious .",0 135720,"the misfortune of being released a few decades too late",0 134986,"the characters are intriguing and realistic",1 64481,"Bring tissues",1 170603,"seems just a long , convoluted ploy",0 207348,"occasional smiles",1 165348,"low-budget and",0 81535,"handled affair , a film about human darkness but etched with a light ( yet unsentimental ) touch",1 92674,"simple tale",1 83902,"is a superior horror flick .",1 222045,"A low-budget affair , Tadpole was shot on digital video , and the images often look smeary and blurry , to the point of distraction .",0 111388,"Zoe Clarke-Williams 's lackluster thriller '' New Best Friend '' , who needs enemies",0 51408,"exceptionally well-written , well-edited , well-directed , well-acted , bald rip-off",1 94494,"that 's the mark of a documentary that works",1 142571,", this might have made a decent children 's movie -- if only Benigni had n't insisted on casting himself in the title role .",0 92483,"shedding light on a group of extremely talented musicians who might otherwise go unnoticed and underappreciated by music fans",1 116479,"by uneven dialogue and plot lapses",0 203280,"is one big , dumb action movie . Stress ` dumb",0 157643,"do n't add up to a whole lot of sense",0 98403,"to think about the ways we consume pop culture",1 119112,"enjoy The Hot Chick",1 153389,"an excruciating dollop of Disney sentimentality mixed in for good measure",0 61592,", Blue Crush thrillingly uses modern technology to take the viewer inside the wave . By the end you ca n't help but feel ` stoked . '",1 188992,"This is a third-person story now , told by Hollywood , and much more ordinary for it .",0 132487,"silly-looking Morlocks",0 110385,"There may have been a good film in '' Trouble Every Day , '' but it is not what is on the screen .",0 26214,"Not as distinctive",0 52731,"hoping ''",1 149273,"The characters are paper thin and the plot is so cliched and contrived that it makes your least favorite James Bond movie seem as cleverly plotted as The Usual Suspects .",0 206006,"meaty plot",1 201135,"his ability to startle",1 13828,"Absorbing and disturbing -- perhaps more disturbing than originally intended -- but a little clarity",1 1665,"mainstream matinee-style",1 193156,"are paper-thin , and their personalities undergo radical changes when it suits the script",0 229322,"before she dies",0 40314,"witty follow-up",1 102780,", poorly dubbed dialogue and murky cinematography",0 226669,"This is no `` Waterboy ! ''",0 163221,"is overshadowed by the uberviolence of the Clericks as this becomes just another kung-fu sci-fi movie with silly action sequences",0 72033,"a movie instead of an endless trailer",0 177287,"unwise amalgam",0 181311,"... if it had been only half-an-hour long or a TV special , the humor would have been fast and furious -- at ninety minutes , it drags .",0 154147,"as clinical , detached , uninvolving , possibly prompting audience members to wonder , ` What 's the point ? '",0 91599,"returns as a visionary with a tale full of nuance and character dimension",1 98579,"touching , raucously amusing , uncomfortable , and , yes ,",1 79726,"faults are easy to forgive because the intentions are lofty",1 17813,"to look at while you wait for the story to get going",0 230784,"festooning U.S. art house screens for no reason other than the fact that it 's in French ( well , mostly ) with English subtitles",0 180873,", pathetic , starving and untalented",0 198060,"even Elizabeth Hurley seem graceless and ugly",0 103544,"A fanciful drama about Napoleon 's last years and his surprising discovery of love and humility",1 171245,"slavishly copies",0 84224,"is funny , harmless and as substantial as a tub of popcorn",1 198474,"fake , dishonest , entertaining and , ultimately , more perceptive moment",0 182266,"Almost as offensive as '' Freddy Got Fingered . ''",0 15171,"at first , quiet cadences of pure finesse",1 84401,"is more than merely a Holocaust movie",1 46781,"Spielberg flair",1 203204,"is n't tough to take as long as you 've paid a matinee price",0 144131,"Best Picture '",1 72298,"a ripper of a yarn and I for one enjoyed the thrill of the chill",1 225721,"Secretary '' is owned by its costars , Spader and Gyllenhaal .",1 4010,"a nasty aftertaste but little clear",0 96867,"the things that made the original Men in Black such a pleasure",1 207678,"of credible gender-provoking philosophy",1 162903,"is forced and heavy-handed , and occasionally simply unpleasant .",0 180728,", it also represents glossy Hollywood at its laziest .",0 189047,"This low-rent -- and even lower-wit -- rip-off of the Farrelly brothers ' oeuvre gets way too mushy -- and in a relatively short amount of time .",0 161595,"if the writers mistakenly thought they could achieve an air of frantic spontaneity by simply tossing in lots of characters doing silly stuff and stirring the pot",0 143809,"Anemic",0 209254,"phoney-feeling sentiment",0 36417,"redundant",0 193929,"bad Clive Barker movie",0 24880,"Branagh , in his most forceful non-Shakespeare screen performance , grounds even the softest moments in the angry revolt of his wit",1 127178,"mixed-up films",0 213803,"that plays better only for the film 's publicists or for people who take as many drugs as the film 's characters",0 220805,"'s endearing to hear Madame D. refer to her husband as ` Jackie ' -- and he does make for excellent company ,",1 214461,"the dutiful precision of a tax accountant",0 23044,"'s a brave attempt to tap into the heartbeat of the world , a salute to the universal language of rhythm and a zippy sampling of sounds",1 230929,"for most of the characters",1 63180,"A minor film with major pleasures from Portuguese master Manoel de Oliviera",1 204430,"just another revenge film",0 197338,"does n't mean you have to check your brain at the door",0 120812,"full of life , hand gestures , and some",1 220834,"'s hard to pity the ` plain ' girl who becomes a ravishing waif after applying a smear of lip-gloss .",0 155159,"better than The Phantom Menace",1 133991,"terrible story",0 202942,"is generally amusing from time",1 11230,"the celebrated irish playwright ,",1 72825,"a wild ride that relies on more than special effects",1 109130,"Splendidly",1 108166,"One of the most exciting action films to come out of China in recent years",1 176346,"to recommend this film because for every thing it does right there 's at least one and",1 181599,"A depraved , incoherent , instantly disposable piece of hackery .",0 167682,"of satisfying entertainment",1 94481,"that 's just plain awful but still",0 69339,"The Paradiso 's rusted-out ruin and ultimate collapse during the film 's final ( restored ) third ... emotionally belittle a cinema classic . Sometimes shorter",0 40764,"An intelligent fiction about learning through cultural clash",1 98596,"tough , funny , rather chaotic show",1 157154,"dearly-loved",1 226341,"The movie 's accumulated force",1 28331,"an elaborate haunted house",1 156730,"consider that a good thing",1 134591,"that the rest is n't more compelling",0 135878,"the nightmare of war",0 114540,"are all in the performances , from Foreman 's barking-mad Taylor to Thewlis 's smoothly sinister Freddie and Bettany\/McDowell 's hard-eyed gangster",1 51352,"even viewers who are n't interested in rap , as it cuts to the heart of American society in an unnerving way",1 170912,"shot , expertly cast ,",1 54832,"more satisfying than the teary-eyed original",1 13510,", a challenge and a punishment .",0 153147,"all this emotional misery",0 181063,", this is the most visually unappealing",0 48379,"a solid build-up ,",1 153628,"another Winter Sleepers",0 132320,"short of its aspiration to be a true ` epic '",0 75876,"bounds along with the rat-a-tat energy of '' His Girl Friday",1 236281,"terrifically told by the man who wrote it but this Cliff Notes edition is a cheat",0 163178,"is nothing but familiar territory .",0 44616,"Audrey Tatou has a knack for picking roles that magnify her outrageous charm , and",1 51975,"fulfill your wildest fantasies about being a different kind of time traveler ,",1 233973,"most purely enjoyable and satisfying",1 191607,"a weak script",0 185349,"It sounds like another clever if pointless excursion into the abyss , and",0 205809,"many can aspire but none can equal",1 114079,"an in-your-face family drama and black comedy that is filled with raw emotions conveying despair and love",1 106934,"It 's not particularly well made",0 110157,"The sheer dumbness of the plot ( other than its one good idea ) and the movie 's inescapable air of sleaziness",0 14720,"a feel-good formula",1 80867,"gasp , shudder and even tremble without losing his machismo",1 24663,"An irresistible combination of a rousing good story set on a truly grand scale .",1 25437,"Got",1 120535,"for those moviegoers who complain that ` they do n't make movies like they used to anymore",0 81525,"hand it to director George Clooney",1 212546,"stench",0 147892,"On the whole , the movie lacks wit , feeling and believability to compensate for its incessant coarseness and banality .",0 237505,"this bad on purpose",0 71814,"a high concept vehicle for two bright stars of the moment who can rise to fans ' lofty expectations",1 126075,"like a travel-agency video",0 223444,"Fun and nimble",1 173445,"the ` true story ' by which All the Queen 's Men is allegedly '' inspired '' was a lot funnier",0 126916,"may prove to be ( Tsai 's ) masterpiece .",1 135141,"the elements that will grab you",1 35698,"one of the most ingenious and entertaining thrillers I 've seen in quite a long time .",1 41851,"enjoyed Time of Favor",1 196200,"contrived plotting , stereotyped characters and Woo 's over-the-top instincts as a director",0 233553,"lots of boring talking heads , etc. --",0 119279,"especially poignant portrait",1 205137,"liking Showgirls",1 18626,"All or Nothing becomes an emotional , though still positive , wrench of a sit",1 79749,"feel better already .",1 162784,"is as computer processed and overproduced as it was in her music .",0 156363,"cliched and",0 203098,"is merely a charmless witch",0 82856,"in a light-hearted way the romantic problems",1 180290,"( or role , or edit , or score , or anything , really",0 67953,"Offers a persuasive",1 193288,"artificial structure",0 59261,"to hit theaters since Beauty and the Beast 11 years ago",1 99750,"weary",0 68759,"Shiri is an action film that delivers on the promise of excitement , but it also has a strong dramatic and emotional pull that gradually sneaks up on the audience",1 188781,"The worst film of the year .",0 79105,"enters a realm where few non-porn films venture ,",1 220903,"'s no emotional pulse to Solaris",0 196794,"derivative to stand on its own as the psychological thriller it purports to be",0 104508,"As quiet , patient and tenacious as Mr . Lopez himself , who approaches his difficult , endless work with remarkable serenity and discipline .",1 39294,"to sink in unobtrusively",0 35396,"of shallow magnificence",1 149153,"The Sum of All Fears is almost impossible to follow -- and there 's something cringe-inducing about seeing an American football stadium nuked as pop entertainment .",0 96359,"the people who loved the 1989 Paradiso will prefer this new version",1 136145,"the reunion",1 23567,", coupled with some ingenious plot devices and some lavishly built settings . .",1 195281,"ca n't rescue this effort .",0 129066,"of the most important and exhilarating forms of animated filmmaking since old Walt",1 233434,"like a classroom play in a college history course",0 103805,"A powerful , inflammatory film about religion that dares to question an ancient faith , and about hatred that offers no easy , comfortable resolution .",1 18227,"the ( unfortunately R-rated )",0 13440,"'s a lovers-on-the-run crime flick",1 86472,"made off with your wallet",0 101201,"you wish that the movie had worked a little harder to conceal its contrivances",0 183440,"Director George Hickenlooper has had some success with documentaries",1 199759,"geared toward maximum comfort and familiarity",1 34998,"not stereotyped",1 222175,"Absurdities and clichés",0 100888,"worth a recommendation",1 98045,"to fall closer in quality to Silence than to the abysmal Hannibal",1 47283,"The vitality of the actors keeps the intensity of the film high , even as the strafings blend together .",1 39963,"what may be his most demented film to date",0 37526,"surviving footage of Burstein and his family performing , historical archives , and telling stills",1 197530,"dreary tract",0 17072,"refreshing Korean film",1 109091,"Somewhere in the middle , the film compels , as Demme experiments he harvests a few movie moment gems ,",1 24727,"As shaky as the plot is , Kaufman 's script is still memorable for some great one-liners .",1 78087,"devastatingly",0 63084,"A gorgeously strange movie , Heaven is deeply concerned with morality",1 120128,"finds itself in reduced circumstances",0 53483,"is great summer fun to watch Arnold and his buddy Gerald bounce off a quirky cast of characters",1 186549,"One long",0 82330,"his strongest performance since The Doors",1 192558,"an exploitation piece doing its usual worst to guilt-trip parents",0 43994,"A cartoon that 's truly cinematic in scope , and a story that 's compelling and heartfelt -- even if the heart belongs to a big",1 96648,"the script and characters hold sway",1 201313,"homogenized and a bit contrived",0 105345,"De Niro , McDormand and the other good actors",1 54882,"most intriguing explorations",1 230455,"dupe",0 5512,"charm",1 118821,"dystopia",1 26437,"Reggio 's continual visual barrage is absorbing as well as thought-provoking .",1 92432,"shaking your head",0 120559,"foreign culture only",0 4385,"actual passion",1 179414,"'m not sure which will take longer to heal : the welt on Johnny Knoxville 's stomach from a riot-control projectile or my own tortured psyche .",0 141764,"( Director ) Byler may yet have a great movie in him , but Charlotte Sometimes is only half of one",0 14236,"Like most Bond outings in recent years , some of the stunts are so outlandish that they border on being cartoonlike . A heavy reliance on CGI technology is beginning to creep into the series .",0 68751,"Shiner",1 226265,"The film grows on you .",1 48101,"a harrowing drama that tries to tell of the unspeakable",1 192105,"aims for the toilet and scores a direct hit",0 39850,"warm with the cozy feeling of relaxing around old friends",1 58712,"the sight of this grandiloquent quartet lolling in pretty Irish settings is a pleasant enough thing , ` tis",1 50729,"delightful coming-of-age story .",1 75962,"bringing you right inside the massive waves that lifts Blue Crush into one of the summer 's most pleasurable movies",1 214526,"the execution is pretty weary",0 54268,"like watching a nightmare made flesh",0 27731,"a picture of a subculture that is at once exhilarating , silly , perverse , hopeful and always fun",1 70367,"Though it runs 163 minutes",0 60689,"'d rather listen to old Tori Amos records",0 165800,"meandering , inarticulate and ultimately disappointing",0 225752,"Shadyac shoots his film like an M. Night Shyamalan movie , and he frequently maintains the same snail 's pace : he just forgot to add any genuine tension .",0 171900,"standard , stiff TV-style animation and",0 154294,"as yet another example of the sad decline of British comedies",0 163054,"is much like the ethos of a stream of consciousness , although , it 's unfortunate for the viewer that the thoughts and reflections coming through are torpid and banal",0 203333,"is predictable at every turn",0 98223,"to perfect use in the breathtakingly beautiful outer-space documentary Space Station 3D",1 212266,"sounds like another clever if pointless excursion into the abyss",0 189451,"Was that movie nothing more than a tepid exercise in trotting out a formula that worked five years ago but has since lost its fizz",0 57887,"that tackles any number of fascinating issues",1 211271,"serves as a rather thin moral",0 159781,"frustrating than a modem that disconnects every 10 seconds",0 186834,"Quentin Tarantino 's climactic shootout",1 75542,"believable mother\/daughter pair",1 168042,"on a dog like this when you can rent a pedigree instead",0 35898,"paint a picture of a subculture that is at once exhilarating , silly , perverse , hopeful and always fun",1 207875,"of moviegoers for real characters and compelling plots",1 229645,"can be distinguished from a mediocre one by the better film 's ability to make its subject interesting to those who are n't part of its supposed target audience",1 110379,"There is something that is so meditative and lyrical about Babak Payami 's boldly quirky Iranian drama Secret Ballot ... a charming and evoking little ditty that manages to show the gentle and humane side of Middle Eastern world politics",1 113725,"almost saves the movie .",0 168175,"one 's worse fears about civilization",0 235528,"see this movie , even though everyone in my group extemporaneously shouted",1 231209,"gives the lie to many clichés and",0 233888,"mishmash .",0 192863,"another silly Hollywood action film , one among a multitude of simple-minded ,",0 128462,"of a mystery",1 148416,"Schaeffer has to find some hook on which to hang his persistently useless movies ,",0 140377,"wonderfully funny moments",1 223890,"Idiotic and ugly .",0 19628,"a wonderful film with a bravura lead performance by Bruce Campbell that does n't deserve to leave the building until everyone is aware of it",1 34512,"mirth",1 87308,"more powerful",1 182184,"Adroit but finally a trifle flat , Mad Love does n't galvanize its outrage the way , say",0 105680,"Even if the Naipaul original remains the real masterpiece",1 193450,"as exciting to watch as two last-place basketball",0 83647,"invigorating about it is that it does n't give a damn",1 83197,"in this remarkable and memorable film",1 101808,"'s not only dull",0 183448,"Director Kevin Bray excels",1 221368,", i.e. Peploe 's , it 's simply unbearable",0 98827,"two bright stars of the moment who can rise to fans ' lofty expectations",1 214573,"the film 's predictable denouement",0 147941,"Oops , she 's really done it this time . That chirpy songbird Britney Spears has popped up with more mindless drivel .",0 121674,"has a tired , talky feel .",0 163019,"is magically",1 134422,"that it feels almost anachronistic",0 155220,"big laughs",1 172276,"suffers from a lack of humor ( something needed to balance out the violence ) ...",0 83455,"intelligent and deeply",1 163915,"it should have gone straight to a Mystery Science Theater 3000 video",0 61663,", Nolan 's penetrating undercurrent of cerebral and cinemantic flair lends ( it ) stimulating depth .",1 14974,"an issue movie that 's so honest and keenly observed that it does n't feel like one .",1 80493,"found a cult favorite to enjoy for a lifetime",1 212620,"storytelling skills",1 163023,"is majorly ham-fisted , from the repetitive manifestos that keep getting thrown in people 's faces to the fact Amber is such a joke",0 183589,"Dull , a road-trip movie that 's surprisingly short of both adventure and song",0 172665,"terminally depressed , mostly inarticulate",0 215353,"the pieces do n't quite fit together",0 52544,"hedonistic creativity",1 81793,"has the grace to call for prevention rather than to place blame , making it one of the best war movies ever made",1 160376,"groans along thinking itself some important comment on how life throws us some beguiling curves",0 104198,"Although the sequel has all the outward elements of the original , the first film 's lovely flakiness is gone , replaced by the forced funniness found in the dullest kiddie flicks .",0 125968,"life , hand gestures , and",0 64135,"At 78 minutes it just zings along with vibrance and warmth .",1 32393,"having just witnessed a great performance",1 32566,"his own shortcomings here in a way",0 129376,"on an emotional level , funnier , and on the whole less detached",1 212019,"so-called ` comedy '",0 147790,"Not once does it come close to being exciting .",0 160084,"give many ministers and Bible-study groups hours of material to discuss",0 118111,"deserves more than a passing twinkle",1 125315,"its one good idea",1 2348,"some good , organic character work ,",1 212274,"sour attempt",0 40327,"wonder about big questions with sincerity and devotion",1 214439,"the disjointed",0 85495,"jolt you out of your seat a couple of times ,",1 150829,"What is 100 % missing here",0 203221,"is never satisfactory . The art demands live viewing . The innate theatrics that provide its thrills and extreme emotions lose their luster when flattened onscreen",0 170741,"seriously dumb characters ,",0 106468,"I have a new favorite musical --",1 25707,"Is Beautiful",1 44864,"Catholic doctrine",1 72376,"a sharp script and strong performances",1 18396,", credible performances",1 90850,"psychopathic",0 160272,"good sources ,",1 190010,"` dumb",0 12730,"using bad sci-fi as window dressing",0 104387,"An uplifting ,",1 90396,"pleasing at its best moments",1 236583,"that wears its heart on its sleeve for all to see",1 48616,"achieves its main strategic objective",1 149098,"The Hours wins ` Best Picture '",1 133815,"take it seriously",1 163317,"is so bad",0 47043,"The film 's sense of imagery gives it a terrible strength , but it 's propelled by the acting .",1 129914,"own floundering way",0 128416,"of a Golden Book sprung to life",1 134981,"the character of Critical Jim two-dimensional and pointless",0 190883,"a lousy one",0 173788,"the eccentric and the strange . The fact that it is n't very good",0 144082,"Beck seems to be under the illusion that he 's shooting the latest System of a Down video .",0 32291,"has been transformed into the stronger of the two films by the thinnest of margins .",1 170856,"she must be a failure at life , because she 's driven by ambition and Does n't Know How to Have Fun",0 90609,"predictably efficient",1 164953,"like it 's going to be great",1 111623,"a cheap , ludicrous attempt at serious horror",0 126439,"love it ,",1 190594,"a fish-out-of-water gag",0 156476,"cold and wet like I was out in the Seattle drizzle without rainwear",0 89620,"one of the rarest kinds of films",1 87393,"most brilliant work",1 33026,"incredibly clever and superbly paced caper",1 51204,"engage anyone with a passing interest in the skate\/surf culture , the L . A . beach scene and the imaginative ( and sometimes illegal ) ways kids can make a playground out of the refuse of adults",1 52555,"helped especially by the cool presence of Jean Reno .",1 21230,"liked",1 20381,"did n't stop me from enjoying much of it",1 64278,"Beautiful to watch and",1 145036,"Eastwood is an icon of moviemaking , one of the best actors , directors and producers around , responsible for some excellent work . But even a hero can stumble sometimes .",1 28989,"anyone who appreciates intelligent , stylish moviemaking",1 226,"a perfect",1 144575,"Completely creatively stillborn and",0 164850,"likableness",1 49958,"by the dynamic first act",1 133682,"surprising highs , sorrowful lows and",1 151207,"` Frankly , my dear , I do n't give a damn , ' have never been more appropriate .",0 75926,"breezy , distracted rhythms",0 194022,"bastards ,",0 231544,"have an intermittently good time",1 190714,"a group of talented friends",1 43619,", it 's a lyrical endeavour .",1 111122,"While the frequent allusions to gurus and doshas will strike some Westerners as verging on mumbo-jumbo ... broad streaks of common sense emerge with unimpeachable clarity .",1 57462,"subtle , and resonant",1 160893,"have pulled off four similar kidnappings before",0 40549,"'s a good film --",1 163198,"is often preachy and",0 97766,"time-consuming",0 189348,"Unfortunately , a cast of competent performers from movies , television and the theater are cast adrift in various New York City locations with no unifying rhythm or visual style .",0 231320,"growing old",0 188021,"The characters are so generic",0 194826,"boredom to the point",0 43371,"'s witty and inventive",1 14953,"among Willams ' best screen",1 105440,"Director Carl Franklin , so crisp and economical in One False Move , bogs down in genre cliches here .",1 19594,"a sucker for a good old fashion romance and someone who shamelessly loves to eat , then Mostly Martha",1 6749,"gentle humor ,",1 225239,"Noyce 's greatest mistake",0 62001,", it 's a taunt - a call for justice for two crimes from which many of us have not yet recovered .",0 84552,"is presented with great sympathy and intelligence",1 75728,"blasts",1 149438,"The film takes too long getting to the good stuff",0 163490,"is the spontaneity , originality and delight",1 162927,"is hitting your head on the theater seat in front of you when you doze off thirty minutes into the film",0 163188,"is obscured by the majority of the film that shows a stationary camera on a subject that could be mistaken for giving a public oration , rather than contributing to a film 's narrative",0 203483,"is superficial",0 177093,"unclean",0 64973,"Deep intelligence and a warm , enveloping affection",1 70163,"They just do n't work in concert",0 131980,"seem to be surefire casting . The catch is that they 're stuck with a script that prevents them from firing on all cylinders",0 161924,"in manipulation and mayhem",0 96510,"the quirky",1 26992,"This is n't a narrative film -- I do n't know if it 's possible to make a narrative film about September 11th , though I 'm sure some will try -- but it 's as close as anyone has dared to come .",1 45241,"Few films capture so perfectly the hopes and dreams of little boys on baseball fields as well as the grown men who sit in the stands .",1 14775,"a lot of careful period attention as well as some very welcome wit",1 53663,"is the same movie you probably loved in 1994 , except that it looks even better",1 126070,"like a spectator and not a participant",0 111126,"While the performances are often engaging , this loose collection of largely improvised numbers would probably have worked better as a one-hour TV documentary .",0 32845,"in bone-crushing screwups",0 32279,"has a wickedly eccentric enchantment to it .",1 32637,"honest performances",1 73198,"added clout to this doc",1 58959,"thirsty",0 232918,"it 's a lousy one at that .",0 143,"a decent popcorn adventure",1 164264,"jump cuts , fast editing",0 105082,"Chin 's film serves up with style and empathy",1 180146,"( Green is ) the comedy equivalent of Saddam Hussein , and I 'm just about ready to go to the U . N . and ask permission for a preemptive strike .",0 147781,"Not counting a few gross-out comedies I 've been trying to forget , this is the first film in a long time that made me want to bolt the theater in the first 10 minutes .",0 187326,"Skip this turd",0 165334,"loveless",0 179589,"'s absolutely amazing",1 54170,"laying out some of the major issues that we encounter as we journey through life",1 217435,"to the empty stud knockabout of Equilibrium",0 89550,"one arresting image",1 110997,"Were it not for a sentimental resolution that explains way more about Cal than does the movie or the character any good",0 27711,"a nonstop parade",1 106939,"It 's not so much a movie as a joint promotion for the National Basketball Association and teenaged rap and adolescent poster-boy Lil ' Bow Wow .",0 92883,"smart and dark",1 59759,"upsetting",0 149156,"The Time Machine '' is a movie that has no interest in itself . It does n't believe in itself ,",0 116578,"can depress you about life itself .",0 125242,"its excellent storytelling",1 211803,"sloppiness",0 225616,"Rewarding .",1 37085,"so single-mindedly daring",1 146508,"It 's harmless , diverting fluff . But",1 19380,"Trouble",0 208030,"of the 37-minute Santa vs . the Snowman",0 179479,"'s Barbershop",1 140381,"wonderfully sprawling soap opera",1 33261,"is a sensitive , extraordinarily well-acted drama .",1 74169,"any number of metaphorical readings",1 114654,"are portrayed with almost supernatural powers to humble , teach and ultimately redeem their mentally '' superior '' friends , family ...",1 162507,"irritating character late",0 70265,"This is the kind of subject matter that could so easily have been fumbled by a lesser filmmaker , but",1 135572,"the insinuation of mediocre acting or a fairly trite narrative",0 224702,"Make Chan 's action sequences boring .",0 52140,"gives Dahmer a consideration that the murderer never game his victims",0 230199,"did n't care as much for the story .",0 138635,"understands the workings of its spirit",1 175666,"three minutes of dialogue , 30 seconds of plot",0 106977,"It 's uninteresting",0 189883,"Written , flatly , by David Kendall",0 176168,"to hate",0 174828,"the story simply putters along looking for astute observations and coming up blank .",0 38475,"the noble characters he has played in the past",1 32437,"heart-rending in an honest and unaffected ( and gentle ) way",1 127485,"most pleasurable expressions of pure movie",1 197828,"empty stud knockabout",0 100699,"within a wallflower",1 36631,"ruin",0 133120,"spirited film",1 61303,"'s that rare family movie -- genuine and sweet without relying on animation or dumb humor",1 15961,"has more literally showed that the road to hell is paved with good intentions .",1 237714,"to a tight , brisk 85-minute screwball thriller",1 188322,"The lousy John Q",0 82986,"in its own way , Rabbit-Proof Fence is a quest story as grand as The Lord of the Rings",1 32264,"hard to resist",1 210904,"sci-fi film which suffers from a lackluster screenplay",0 225477,"Poignant and funny .",1 235819,"sloppily written",0 179318,"'' The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys '' has flaws , but it also has humor and heart and very talented young actors",1 144380,"Carvey 's Saturday Night Live-honed mimicry rises above the level of embarrassment",0 153254,"amid leaden pacing and indifferent craftsmanship ( most notably wretched sound design )",0 59048,"thoroughly enjoyed themselves",1 222775,"But it is entertaining on an inferior level .",1 32220,"grown up",1 185630,"Knockaround Guys plays like a student film by two guys who desperately want to be Quentin Tarantino when they grow up . But",0 197770,"emerges as a surprisingly anemic disappointment .",0 140219,"with so many distracting special effects and visual party tricks",0 50324,"compelling anatomy of grief and the difficult process of adapting to loss",1 133115,"spicy footnote",1 92618,"shows us a slice of life that 's very different from our own and yet instantly recognizable .",1 232128,"intelligentsia",1 82770,"impressive in IMAX dimensions",1 118078,"derivative and hammily",0 207657,"of cliches that shoplifts shamelessly from farewell-to-innocence movies like The Wanderers and A Bronx Tale without cribbing any of their intelligence",0 216076,"then biting into it and finding the filling missing",0 76333,"can explode obnoxiously into 2 , 500 screens while something of Bubba Ho-Tep 's clearly evident quality may end up languishing on a shelf somewhere",0 99783,"welcomes a dash of the avant-garde fused with their humor",1 5238,"both a successful adaptation",1 131532,"rich promise",1 110439,"This film biggest",1 77064,"compassion , sacrifice , and Christian love",1 149238,"The best way to hope for any chance of enjoying this film is by lowering your expectations .",0 230819,"filmmaking without the balm of right-thinking ideology , either liberal or conservative",1 217154,"to laugh at how bad",0 167087,"obnoxious adults",0 151717,"a film is created SOLELY because it 's a marketable product",0 64820,"Coral Reef Adventure is a heavyweight film that fights a good fight on behalf of the world 's endangered reefs --",1 81436,"guaranteed to put a lump in your throat while reaffirming Washington as possibly the best actor working in movies today",1 82756,"impossible to care about",0 146544,"It 's mildly amusing , but I certainly ca n't recommend it .",0 35370,"of profound , real-life moments",1 222440,"As a vehicle to savour Binoche 's skill",1 194270,"because there 's no rooting interest",0 24617,"An endlessly fascinating , landmark movie that is as bold as anything the cinema has seen in years .",1 232840,"is to substitute plot for personality .",0 183331,"Definitely in the guilty pleasure B-movie category",1 238503,"we `` do n't care about the truth",0 211676,"sinks further and further into comedy futility",0 109820,"The film makes strong arguments regarding the social status of America 's indigenous people , but really only exists to try to eke out an emotional tug of the heart , one which it fails to get",0 228914,"as a soufflé gone wrong",0 36761,"seems appropriate",1 71558,"a director enjoying himself immensely",1 24717,"As a singular character study , it 's perfect . It 's also the year 's sweetest movie .",1 229662,"can feel your veins cringing from the workout .",0 30008,"can still feel director Denis Villeneuve 's beating heart and the fondness he has for his characters .",1 190232,"a brilliant director and charismatic star",1 58676,"the scenes of torture and self-mutilation",0 115931,"betters it",1 194076,"be an attempt at hardass American",0 100902,"worthy of her considerable talents",1 79263,"even the corniest",0 152967,"adolescent melodramatics",0 48661,"action-filled crime story",1 176720,"torpid and",0 64616,"Cannon 's confidence",1 232408,"is awful",0 116113,"bore most audiences into their own brightly colored dreams .",0 33216,"is a fascinating document of an event that has to be seen to be believed",1 32002,"generally sad existence",0 39614,"unequivocally qualify as art",1 21046,"is of the sweet , gentle and occasionally cloying kind that has become an Iranian specialty",1 121787,"has made a movie that will leave you wondering about the characters ' lives after the clever credits roll .",1 133692,"surprisingly flat",0 116511,"ca n't rescue Adrian Lyne 's Unfaithful from its sleazy moralizing .",0 185146,"It 's like a drive-by . You can drive right by it without noticing anything special , save for a few comic turns , intended and otherwise .",0 81351,"great , fiery passion",1 11390,"the film does n't really care about the thousands of americans who die hideously , it cares about how ryan meets his future wife and makes his start at the cia .",0 25172,"Droll caper-comedy remake of '' Big Deal on Madonna Street '' that 's a sly , amusing , laugh-filled little gem in which the ultimate '' Bellini '' begins to look like a '' real Kaputschnik . ''",1 68519,"Rubbo runs through a remarkable amount of material in the film 's short 90 minutes .",1 121423,"greatly impressed by the skill of the actors involved in the enterprise",1 27852,"a star vehicle",1 211487,"should definitely get top billing . Robert John Burke as The Monster horns in",1 232275,"is a far cry from either the book or the beloved film .",0 226811,"Treasure Planet maintains a brisk pace as it races through the familiar story .",1 225812,"Slap her - she 's not funny",0 62922,"A deftly entertaining film , smartly played and smartly directed .",1 206473,"more than it does cathartic truth telling",0 204400,"joyless ,",0 34298,"make in the interests of doing them good .",1 80047,"fit the incredible storyline to a T .",1 177176,"unfocused and underdeveloped",0 49074,"anticipated",1 142784,"... has virtually no script at all ...",0 228073,"a perverse , dangerous libertine and agitator --",0 237664,"time to let your hair down -- Greek style",1 168062,"on becoming boring and predictable",0 104661,"Beautifully shot against the frozen winter landscapes of Grenoble and Geneva , the film unfolds with all the mounting tension of an expert thriller , until the tragedy beneath it all gradually reveals itself .",1 190830,"a little less charm",0 187043,"Ryan Gosling ( Murder by Numbers ) , the movie is powerful and provocative",1 157539,"disappointingly thin",0 209750,"pro-Serb propaganda",1 75112,"back and forth ca n't help but become a bit tedious --",0 209204,"perhaps the budget of Sommers 's title-bout features",1 147350,"Marries the amateurishness of The Blair Witch Project with the illogic of Series 7",0 124240,"is masterful . This makes Minority Report necessary viewing for sci-fi fans ,",1 189340,"Uneven performances and a spotty script",0 53316,"is a rambling examination of American gun culture that uses his usual modus operandi of crucifixion through juxtaposition",0 213136,"takes an astonishingly condescending attitude toward women",0 49126,"are a lot better",1 139872,"will assuredly have their funny bones tickled",1 237911,"to put my finger on that elusive `` missing thing",0 81347,"gratitude",1 13768,"A fascinating and fun film",1 136241,"the serious weight",1 25609,"I 'm not quite sure what the point is ...",0 33844,"its septuagenarian star is young enough to be the nonagenarian filmmaker 's son , more incredible",1 89822,"our moral hackles",0 67324,"Love a joy",1 149152,"The Sum of All Fears is almost impossible to follow -- and there 's something cringe-inducing about seeing an American football stadium nuked as pop entertainment",0 215856,"the violence is at once luridly graphic and laughably unconvincing",0 228542,"an appealing couple --",1 213241,"teens are looking for something to make them laugh",1 67678,"Mr . Polanski is in his element here : alone , abandoned , but still consoled by his art , which is more than he has ever revealed before about the source of his spiritual survival .",1 216839,"to ask people to sit still for two hours and change watching such a character , especially when rendered in as flat and impassive a manner as Phoenix 's",0 23851,", scored to perfection with some tasty boogaloo beats",1 103669,"A lack of thesis",0 29729,"breath-taking",1 172229,"successful )",1 118549,"does n't necessarily equate to being good , no matter how admirably the filmmakers have gone for broke",0 150740,"We hate ( Madonna ) within the film 's first five minutes ,",0 120868,"funny and weird",1 99524,"wacky sight gags , outlandish color schemes , and corny visual puns",0 104617,"Bad in such a bizarre way",0 137979,"to think of a film more cloyingly sappy than Evelyn this year",0 54665,"may inspire a few younger moviegoers to read Stevenson 's book , which is a treasure in and of itself .",1 108791,"Scherfig 's light-hearted profile of emotional desperation is achingly honest and delightfully cheeky .",1 28398,"an otherwise intense , twist-and-turn thriller that certainly should n't hurt talented young Gaghan 's resume .",1 137641,"to have decades of life",1 66174,"I know I should n't have laughed , but hey , those farts got to my inner nine-year-old",1 137510,"to cover up the yawning chasm where the plot should be",0 131334,"reminds at every turn of Elizabeth Berkley 's flopping dolphin-gasm",0 77935,"delivered in grand passion by the members of the various households .",1 102071,"( Carvey 's ) characters are both overplayed and exaggerated , but then again , subtlety has never been his trademark .",0 174275,"the miserable standards",0 232062,"in the utter cuteness of Stuart and Margolo",1 129620,"one-of-a-kind work",1 232836,"is to be cherished",1 217265,"to protect your community from the dullest science fiction",0 163957,"it was too overbearing",0 166345,"most repellent things",0 107302,"Kieran Culkin a pitch-perfect Holden",1 4926,"assaultive",0 8010,"its charming",1 39003,"this wonderful portrait of a conflicted soldier",1 132085,"sensational , real-life 19th-Century crime",1 217871,"truth-in-advertising hounds",0 154333,"astonishingly bad",0 41088,"Morton is a great actress portraying a complex character , but Morvern Callar grows less compelling the farther it meanders from its shocking start",1 92462,"sharply comic and",1 60241,"will just as likely make you weep",1 33685,"it memorable",1 32436,"heart-rending",1 4702,"an unimaginative screenwriter 's invention",0 231013,"from a sharper , cleaner script",1 223351,"Feel free to go get popcorn whenever he 's not onscreen .",0 109613,"The big ending surprise almost saves the movie .",1 234757,"one-sided ,",0 18126,"worst film comedies",0 197971,"entirely witless and",0 174433,"the old MIB label stands for Milder Is n't Better",0 121014,"gentle , unforced intimacy",1 81042,"give all three stories life",1 208430,"on crossing-over mumbo jumbo , manipulative sentimentality , and sappy dialogue",0 37590,"takes us on a roller-coaster ride from innocence to experience without even a hint of that typical kiddie-flick sentimentality",1 190167,"a better satiric target",0 205155,"lines that feel like long soliloquies",0 210669,"ruins itself with too many contrivances and goofy situations",0 109519,"The Wild Thornberrys Movie is pleasant enough",1 61215,"'s pretty enjoyable",1 39932,"well-acted , and finely directed",1 92545,"shot in artful , watery tones of blue , green and brown .",1 94497,"that 's truly deserving of its Oscar nomination",1 227683,"`` men in a sardine can '' warped",0 23368,", always fast and furious",1 152674,"a weak movie",0 44395,"All That Heaven Allows '' and '' Imitation of Life '' transcends them .",1 99787,"well established",1 11559,"the lady and the duke is a smart , romantic drama that dares to depict the french revolution from the aristocrats ' perspective",1 152433,"a shrill , didactic cartoon",0 125917,"less charming than listening to a four-year-old",0 75748,"blithe rebel fantasy",1 185833,"Lisa Rinzler 's cinematography may be lovely ,",1 160551,"hard to believe that a life like this can sound so dull",0 29130,"as Cho appears to have settled comfortably into her skin",1 31554,"feel director Denis Villeneuve 's beating heart and the fondness he has for his characters",1 142023,", No Such Thing is Hartley 's least accessible screed yet .",0 39834,"want to slap them",0 61816,", but with material this rich it does n't need it",1 227864,"a delightful comedy",1 16240,"is an effective and claustrophobic thriller .",1 56748,"scored and powered by a set of heartfelt performances",1 167665,"of rabbits . Brimful .",1 156700,"confuses",0 70411,"Together writer-director Danny Verete 's three tales comprise a powerful and reasonably fulfilling gestalt .",1 136436,"the tortured husband",0 127879,"never feels draggy",1 187854,"The Rules of Attraction gets us too drunk on the party favors to sober us up with the transparent attempts at moralizing .",0 115761,"befallen",0 4625,"an ebullient affection for industrial-model meat freezers",0 15461,"completely joyful",1 235658,"sharper , cleaner camera lens",1 38910,"thinking about compelling questions with no easy answers",1 95544,"the enigmatic Mika and Anna Mouglalis is a stunning new young talent in one of Chabrol 's most intense psychological mysteries",1 92405,"sexy , funny and touching .",1 201900,"in imagination and authentic Christmas spirit",1 64843,"Could use a little more humanity , but it never lacks in eye-popping visuals",1 21532,"of necessary discussion points",1 230441,"dullest Irish pub scenes",0 184304,"Hardly a nuanced portrait of a young woman 's breakdown , the film",0 126666,"makes a depleted yesterday feel very much like a brand-new tomorrow",1 105030,"Chamber of Secrets will find millions of eager fans . But if the essence of magic is its make-believe promise of life that soars above the material realm , this is the opposite of a truly magical movie",0 33853,"its shortcomings are remembered only as an afterthought",1 220933,"'s nothing fresh about Wannabes , which was written by Mr. DeMeo , who produced and directed the film with Charles A. Addessi , much of the time",0 153914,"are nowhere near gripping enough .",0 25774,"It dares to be a little different",1 133707,"surrounding himself with untalented people",0 136800,"they grow up and you can wait till then",0 8559,"lost his touch ,",0 123302,"increasingly far-fetched",0 108031,"None of this is very original , and",0 212018,"so-bad-they",0 188435,"The movie is like Scorsese 's Mean Streets redone by someone who ignored it in favor of old ` juvenile delinquent ' paperbacks with titles like Leather Warriors and Switchblade Sexpot .",0 28598,"and explores his characters ' crises with seriousness and compassion",1 23533,", but those who loved Cool as Ice have at last found a worthy follow-up .",1 126429,"love a Disney pic with as little cleavage as this one has , and",1 50944,"does full honor to Miyazaki 's teeming and often unsettling landscape , and to the conflicted complexity of his characters",1 32852,"in depth it makes up for with its heart",1 231910,"imagine anybody ever being `` in the mood '' to view a movie as harrowing and painful as The Grey Zone",0 238242,"unnerving to see Recoing 's bizzarre reaction to his unemployment",0 90074,"part of what makes Dover Kosashvili 's outstanding feature debut so potent",1 183113,"City by the Sea is a gritty police thriller with all the dysfunctional family dynamics one could wish for . But how it washed out despite all of that is the project 's prime mystery .",0 214484,"the emotional tumult",0 97686,"through Kafka 's meat grinder",0 51261,"enriched by a sharp eye for manners and mores",1 190286,"a chocolate",1 224608,"Let 's see , a haunted house , a haunted ship , what 's next ... Ghost Blimp ?",0 148621,"Sit through this one , and you wo n't need a magic watch to stop time : your DVD player will do it for you .",0 168013,"old soap opera",0 28123,"adds up to good fun .",1 85554,"just as many scenes that are lean and tough enough to fit in any modern action movie",1 36360,"real appeal",1 232034,"in the heart-pounding suspense of a stylish psychological thriller",1 63265,"A poignant lyricism runs through Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress that transforms this story about love and culture into a cinematic poem .",1 212808,"subzero",0 127210,"modest , straight-ahead standards",1 139456,"well , it 's probably not accurate to call it a movie",0 34474,"messenger",1 133641,"superhero",1 87062,"mesmerize , astonish and entertain",1 187916,"The acting is amateurish , the cinematography is atrocious , the direction is clumsy , the writing is insipid and the violence is at once luridly graphic and laughably unconvincing",0 180602,", did the screenwriters just do a cut-and-paste of every bad action-movie line in history ?",0 221087,"( The film 's ) taste for `` shock humor '' will wear thin on all but those weaned on the comedy of Tom Green and the Farrelly Brothers .",0 165249,"looks like it was produced in 1954 , shelved for 48 years , and repackaged for a 2002 audience",0 93863,"sun-drenched masterpiece",1 79515,"extraordinary dramatic experience .",1 198034,"essentially ruined -- or ,",0 168876,"pictures whose promising , if rather precious , premise is undercut by amateurish execution .",0 143972,"Audiences can be expected to suspend their disbelief only so far -- and that does not include the 5 o'clock shadow on the tall wooden kid as he skips off to school .",0 106389,"I 'm not exactly sure what -- and has all the dramatic weight of a raindrop",0 132769,"so much more",1 58168,"the courage of New York 's finest and a nicely understated expression of the grief",1 18107,"with self-loathing",0 175609,"those other two recent Dumas botch-jobs",0 236984,"the humor did n't quite engage this adult .",0 197920,"enough to become comparatively sane and healthy",1 26271,"Often moving",1 155001,"been to produce something that makes Fatal Attraction look like a classic by comparison",0 25312,"Fire",0 119011,"emotionally scattered film whose hero gives his heart only to the dog",0 224123,"It 's a glorious spectacle like those D.W. Griffith made in the early days of silent film .",1 163228,"is perfect casting for the role",1 147061,"Laconic and",0 6862,"got to be a more graceful way of portraying the devastation of this disease",0 110531,"This misty-eyed Southern nostalgia piece , in treading the line between sappy and sanguine , winds up mired in tear-drenched quicksand .",0 232404,"is as predictable as the tides .",0 98726,"truly wonderful tale",1 60693,"'d watch these two together again in a New York minute .",1 86329,"lost ideal",0 217492,"to transcend its clever concept",1 228758,"are a couple of things that elevate `` Glory '' above most of its ilk , most notably the mere presence of Duvall",1 148884,"Strong setup and",1 143701,"Amoses and Andys for a new generation",0 36114,"powerful work",1 18541,"... a polished and relatively sincere piece of escapism .",1 208562,"one baaaaaaaaad movie",0 101512,"'s a heck of a ride . Samuel L . Jackson is one of the best actors there is",1 61666,", Paid in Full has clever ways of capturing inner-city life during the Reagan years .",1 48090,"a greater sense",1 235075,"progresses in such a low-key manner that it risks monotony",0 136402,"the third Revenge of the Nerds sequel",0 42924,"tries to balance sweetness with coarseness ,",1 205197,"little atmosphere is generated by the shadowy lighting",0 163203,"is on the border of bemused contempt",0 120189,"fits into a genre that has been overexposed , redolent of a thousand cliches , and yet remains uniquely itself , vibrant with originality",1 66271,"If you 're content with a clever pseudo-bio that manages to have a good time as it doles out pieces of the famous director 's life , Eisenstein delivers .",1 145481,"Freddy Gets Molested",0 199996,"glory days",1 189867,"Writer-director Randall Wallace has bitten off more than he or anyone else could chew ,",0 172914,"that Three Seasons achieved but loses its way in rhetorical excess and blatant sentimentality",0 187393,"So verbally flatfooted",0 94713,"that is funny and pithy , while illuminating an era of theatrical comedy that , while past ,",1 222450,"As comedic spotlights go , Notorious C.H.O. hits all the verbal marks it should .",1 119459,"exasperated",0 177187,"unfunny , but downright repellent",0 91078,"ranks as the most original in years",1 100901,"worthy of a place alongside the other Hannibal movies ?",1 70055,"The year 2002 has conjured up more coming-of-age stories than seem possible , but Take Care of My Cat emerges as the very best of them .",1 80033,"first-rate",1 94822,"that proceeds",1 228363,"actually means to face your fears",1 192335,"also looked like crap , so crap is what I was expecting .",0 20191,"but when it 's good , it 's good and horrid .",1 167296,"of a lesser Harrison Ford movie - Six Days , Seven Nights , maybe , or that dreadful Sabrina remake",0 4567,"american art house",1 198933,"finds a consistent tone and",1 43624,", it 's enough to make you wish Jacquot had left well enough alone and just filmed the opera without all these distortions of perspective .",0 80254,"for conveying the way tiny acts of kindness make ordinary life survivable",1 188565,"The pretensions -- and disposable story -- sink the movie . And",0 152485,"a sour taste in one 's mouth ,",0 177748,"watching this film nearly provoked me to take my own life .",0 232831,"is thinking that we needed sweeping , dramatic , Hollywood moments to keep us",0 221791,"... a true delight .",1 120375,"for a story",1 107455,"Like a precious and finely cut diamond , magnificent to behold in its sparkling beauty yet in reality it 's one tough rock .",1 199154,"for a bad film",0 11332,"the entirety",1 183256,"DOA dud from frame one",0 124601,"is that Caruso takes an atypically hypnotic approach to a world that 's often handled in fast-edit , hopped-up fashion",1 111184,"With McConaughey in an entirely irony-free zone and Bale reduced mainly to batting his sensitive eyelids , there 's not enough intelligence , wit or innovation on the screen to attract and sustain an older crowd .",0 69266,"The Cat 's Meow",1 9276,"of her vampire",0 12263,"thrills",1 216070,"then backed off when the producers saw the grosses for Spy Kids",0 198694,"feeling guilty for it",0 192866,"another smash",1 177323,"urge to doze",0 124848,"it 's more than a worthwhile effort",1 125405,"its unerring respect for them",1 200683,"has the thrown-together feel of a summer-camp talent show : hastily written , underrehearsed , arbitrarily plotted and filled with crude humor and vulgar innuendo .",0 6564,"for a pretty unpleasant viewing experience",0 210510,"retro-refitting exercise",0 196530,"cute and cloying",1 103087,"-- but bad --",0 6281,"even like",1 71401,"a classic genre",1 2994,"truly awful and heartbreaking subject matter",0 87802,"never feels derivative",1 44827,"Byler reveals his characters in a way that intrigues and even fascinates us , and",1 177457,"very stylish but",1 102966,", though , it is only mildly amusing when it could have been so much more",0 220207,"you 'd expect -- but nothing more",0 170453,"scored by a perversely cheerful Marcus Miller accordion\/harmonica\/banjo abomination",0 41200,"Smith profiles five extraordinary American homes , and",1 19743,"an avalanche of eye-popping visual effects",1 238541,"weird \/ Thinking about all the bad things in the world \/ Like puppies with broken legs \/ And butterflies that die \/ And movies starring pop queens",0 107634,"Maryam is a small film , but it offers large rewards .",1 56430,"reality and disillusionment",1 54356,"look at morality , family , and social expectation through the prism of that omnibus tradition called marriage",1 112491,"a positive ( if tragic ) note",1 234177,"not a classic , but a movie the kids will want to see over and over again .",1 32168,"gradually grows into something of considerable power",1 3227,"you are n't very bright",0 233673,"makes all the difference .",1 221635,", this fourth animated movie in four years wo n't convert you -- or even keep your eyes open .",0 99224,"use in the breathtakingly beautiful outer-space documentary Space Station 3D",1 101142,"you know it 's going to be a trip .",1 233583,"lovely comedic moments",1 138667,"unfocused , excruciatingly tedious",0 210898,"schticky Chris Rock and stolid Anthony Hopkins , who seem barely in the same movie",0 41678,"bumps and",1 48867,"an English-language copy of the film that inspired it",1 1474,"it interesting trying to find out",1 147409,"Mediocre fable from Burkina Faso .",0 45009,"Davis ... gets vivid performances from her cast and pulls off some deft Ally McBeal-style fantasy sequences .",1 206186,"mind-numbingly stilted",0 163024,"is majorly ham-fisted , from the repetitive manifestos that keep getting thrown in people 's faces to the fact Amber is such a joke .",0 7080,"heavy on religious symbols but wafer-thin",0 23446,", and you 'll be glad you went along for the ride .",1 14603,"Watching Haneke 's film is , aptly enough , a challenge and a punishment . But watching Huppert , a great actress tearing into a landmark role , is riveting .",1 133700,"surrealist",0 102289,", Knockaround Guys rarely seems interested in kicking around a raison d'etre that 's as fresh-faced as its young-guns cast .",0 73630,"an American actress who becomes fully English",1 44634,"Awesome creatures , breathtaking scenery , and epic battle scenes",1 85783,"later , violent jealousy",0 175846,"to a joke about Hawn 's breasts , which constantly threaten to upstage the woman sporting them",0 129821,"outwardly sexist or mean-spirited",0 66523,"It 's an ambitious film",1 52473,"have been perfect for an old '' Twilight Zone '' episode",1 81107,"gives the film its lingering tug",1 46220,"More timely than its director could ever have dreamed , this quietly lyrical tale probes the ambiguous welcome extended by Iran to the Afghani refugees who streamed across its borders , desperate for work and food .",1 151192,"` A ' for creativity",1 98182,"to maintain both a level of sophisticated intrigue and human-scale characters that suck the audience in",1 76801,"clever ,",1 226291,"The first shocking thing about Sorority Boys is that it 's actually watchable .",1 175578,"this was god awful",0 165884,"metaphysical thriller offering",1 184242,"Green ruins every single scene he 's in , and the film , while it 's not completely wreaked , is seriously compromised by that",0 62708,"300 years of Russian history and culture",1 75335,"be the movie you 're looking for",1 110331,"There 's real visual charge to the filmmaking , and",1 129712,"orgy",0 74509,"art-house gay porn film",0 218143,"understand that the idea of exploiting molestation for laughs is funny , not actually exploiting it yourself",0 238072,"too much meandering , Norton has to recite bland police procedural details , Fiennes wanders around in an attempt to seem weird and distanced , Hopkins looks like a drag queen",0 203761,"it 's hard to shake the feeling that it was intended to be a different kind of film .",0 52617,"his ` angels of light",1 42632,"shut up",0 161887,"in increasingly incoherent fashion",0 35153,"of a superior cast playing smart people amid a compelling plot",1 225407,"Pascale Bailly 's rom-com provides Amélie 's Audrey Tautou with another fabuleux destin -- i.e. , a banal spiritual quest .",0 185475,"Jim Carrey",1 3143,"whimsy",1 12310,"to avoid solving one problem by trying to distract us with the solution to another",0 224254,"It 's the kind of movie that ends up festooning U.S. art house screens for no reason other than the fact that it 's in French ( well , mostly ) with English subtitles and is magically ` significant ' because of that .",0 92535,"short on plot",0 140721,"you can do no wrong with Jason X .",1 116017,"bittersweet film",1 40205,"with gentle humor",1 163366,"is so stale , in fact , that its most vibrant scene is one that uses clips from Brian De Palma 's Scarface . That 's a cheat .",0 204381,"ivans xtc . is a mess .",0 159029,"few laughs and not much drama",0 94717,"that is more complex and honest than anything represented in a Hollywood film",1 226679,"This method almost never fails him , and it works superbly here .",1 142140,", determined",1 11400,"the film is powerful , accessible and funny . you wo n't miss its messages ,",1 165569,"makes facile points and engages in the cinematic equivalent of tabloid journalism .",0 179764,"'s got to be a more graceful way of portraying the devastation of this disease .",0 151627,"a disjointed , substandard fashion from one",0 2754,"the summer award",1 205462,"lousy direction",0 191166,"a rather bland affair .",0 115397,"barely shocking , barely interesting and most",0 18400,", deeply thought-provoking look",1 114637,"are now two signs that M . Night Shyamalan 's debut feature sucked up all he has to give to the mystic genres of cinema : Unbreakable and Signs",0 224773,"Men in Black II achieves ultimate insignificance -- it 's the sci-fi comedy spectacle as Whiffle-Ball epic .",0 53745,"it 's energetic and satisfying if not deep and psychological .",1 18458,", sophisticated entertainment",1 124931,"it can impart an almost visceral sense of dislocation and change .",1 154661,"be a passable date film",1 214184,"the best ,",1 198411,"extremely languorous rhythms",0 85860,"leave you with a smile on your face and a grumble in your stomach",1 51260,"enriched by a sharp eye",1 143526,"Admirable , certainly ,",1 158802,"falls short of its Ideal predecessor largely due to Parker 's ill-advised meddling with the timeless source material .",0 156472,"cold , grey , antiseptic and emotionally desiccated",0 149610,"The movie is undone by a filmmaking methodology that 's just experimental enough to alienate the mainstream audience while ringing cliched to hardened indie-heads .",0 31076,"emphasizes the spare precision of the narratives",1 131459,"resurrecting performers who rarely work in movies now ... and drawing flavorful performances from bland actors",1 103971,"A very pretty after-school special . It 's an effort to watch this movie ,",0 123756,"is a general air of exuberance in All About The Benjamins that 's hard to resist",1 120532,"for this sensuous and spirited tale of a prim widow who finds an unlikely release in belly-dancing clubs",1 129575,"one of those movies barely registering a blip on the radar screen of 2002",0 7845,"it 's a brilliant , honest performance by nicholson ,",1 104657,"Beautifully directed and convincingly acted .",1 205132,"likely to drown a viewer in boredom than to send any shivers down his spine",0 146555,"It 's not just the vampires that are damned in Queen of the Damned --",0 177104,"undeniably interesting",1 102683,", it would fit Chan like a $ 99 bargain-basement special .",0 120371,"for a riveting movie experience",1 41191,"Sharp , lively , funny and ultimately sobering film",1 194151,"be intimate and socially encompassing",1 177374,"utterly diabolical as this",1 181231,". .",1 223753,"I am not generally a huge fan of cartoons derived from TV shows , but Hey Arnold !",1 181085,", unaware that it 's the butt of its own joke .",0 26822,"The film is painfully authentic , and the performances of the young players are utterly convincing .",1 186219,"Mr . Wollter and Ms . Seldhal give strong and convincing performances ,",1 26686,"Sweet Home Alabama hits the mark with critics who escaped from a small town life .",1 104924,"Buy popcorn . Take nothing seriously and enjoy the ride .",1 130185,"phenomenal , especially",1 203593,"is throwing up his hands in surrender , is firing his R&D people , and has decided he will just screen The Master of Disguise 24/7 .",0 159892,"gargantuan aura",1 197675,"easy , seductive pacing",1 78920,"emotionally intense",1 148436,"Schwartzman , who 's shot himself in the foot",0 191631,"a wildly uneven hit-and-miss enterprise",0 122158,"her fans will assuredly have their funny bones tickled",1 223095,"Delight your senses and crash this wedding !",1 103435,"A boring , pretentious muddle that uses a sensational , real-life 19th-Century crime as a metaphor for",0 126822,"marks the spot .",1 183206,"Costner 's",1 199073,"flog the dead horse of surprise as if it were an obligation . How about surprising us by trying something new",0 162873,"is evidence that the Farrelly Bros . -- Peter and Bobby -- and their brand of screen comedy are wheezing to an end , along with Green 's half-hearted movie career",0 62344,", this is even better than The Fellowship . There are scenes of cinematic perfection that steal your heart away .",1 226244,"The faithful will enjoy this sometimes wry adaptation of V.S. Naipaul 's novel ,",1 94292,"tenacious",1 143333,"A shambles",0 190500,"a fairly weak retooling",0 147575,"Murphy 's well-honed prima donna",1 223579,"Harmless fun .",1 183155,"Collapses after 30 minutes into a slap-happy series",0 187576,"Steven Spielberg has dreamed up such blatant and sickening product placement in a movie .",0 178052,"when it takes itself too seriously",0 103747,"A muddled limp biscuit of a movie , a vampire soap opera that does n't make much sense even on its own terms .",0 38427,"the most compelling variations on In the Company of Men",1 150207,"This ill-fitting Tuxedo",0 235153,"quirky , fun , popcorn movies",1 62544,"... Despite lagging near the finish line , the movie runs a good race",1 12322,"to be transported into the life of wladyslaw szpilman , who is not only a pianist , but a good human being",1 82848,"in a dysfunctional family",0 152424,"a shameless sham , calculated to cash in on the popularity of its stars",0 23487,", but as the film proves , that 's not always a bad thing .",1 145333,"Fessenden has nurtured his metaphors at the expense of his narrative , but he does display an original talent",1 153523,"an unsympathetic hero",0 5266,"bratty for",0 31799,"for the man 's greatness",1 21834,"reflecting the character 's instability with a metaphorical visual style and an unnerving , heartbeat-like score",1 154936,"been 13 months and 295 preview screenings",1 207558,"of a picture that was n't all that great to begin with",0 4918,"as you watch the movie , you 're too interested to care",1 51507,"family fun",1 27771,"a refreshing change",1 171961,"steals wholesale from that 1982 's Tootsie , forgetting only to retain a single laugh .",0 117096,"close to hitting a comedic or satirical target",1 107769,"Miller has crafted an intriguing story of maternal instincts and misguided acts of affection .",1 83059,"in terms of its style , the movie is in a class by itself",1 51326,"establishes Sen as a filmmaker of considerable potential",1 181312,"... if this sappy script was the best the contest received , those rejected must have been astronomically bad .",0 154833,"be the worst thing to come out of National Lampoon since Class Reunion",0 208720,"onto a cross-country road trip of the Homeric kind",1 28031,"about seeing the same ideas repeated in films over and over again",0 151501,"a clunker as he delivers a long , low-heat chase ,",0 133533,"succeed in producing that most frightening of all movies -- a mediocre horror film too bad to be good and too good to be bad",1 92140,"seem odd bedfellows",0 176975,"turned me ( horrors ! ) into Scrooge",0 200707,"hate to like it .",0 38265,"the funniest movie of the year",1 65069,"Diggs and Lathan are among the chief reasons Brown Sugar is such a sweet and sexy film .",1 74688,"as good , if not better",1 232198,"irredeemably awful .",0 232135,"interesting cinematic devices ( cool visual backmasking )",1 170158,"road-trip drek",0 50842,"dimming",0 213724,"that it makes you forgive every fake , dishonest , entertaining and , ultimately , more perceptive moment in Bridget Jones 's Diary",1 237086,"the movie were less simplistic , obvious , clumsily plotted and shallowly characterized",0 68794,"Simple , poignant and leavened",1 161338,"historical .",1 178431,"winds up accomplishing neither in full , and leaves us feeling touched and amused by several moments and ideas ,",1 155059,"being an unusual sci-fi character study to a chase flick that detracts from its ending",0 67030,"Kilmer 's absorbing performance increase the gravitational pull considerably",1 101668,"'s difficult to shrug off the annoyance of that chatty fish",0 76039,"buoy the film , and at times , elevate it to a superior crime movie",1 95303,"the characters make Italian for Beginners worth the journey",1 12204,"this smart-aleck",0 59666,"understated piece of filmmaking",1 88916,"of suspense , intriguing characters and bizarre bank robberies , plus a heavy dose of father-and-son dynamics",1 62267,", the film ( at 80 minutes ) is actually quite entertaining .",1 233745,"marks him as one of the most interesting writer\/directors working today .",1 109604,"The best movie in many a moon about the passions that sometimes fuel our best achievements and other times leave us stranded with nothing more than our lesser appetites .",1 12772,"very thrilling",1 63603,"A-list",1 215445,"the proverbial paint dry",0 42243,"its low-key quality and",0 73688,"an articulate , grown-up voice",1 74877,"assured direction and complete lack of modern day irony",1 8019,"its courage ,",1 92897,"smartly emphasizes the well-wrought story and omits needless chase scenes and swordfights as the revenge unfolds .",1 210076,"rape and suspected murder",1 119033,"enactments , however fascinating they may be as history , are too crude to serve the work especially well .",0 154212,"as little wit , interest , and professionalism",0 133177,"squander Jennifer Love Hewitt",0 169411,"provide scant reason to care in this crude '70s throwback .",0 225877,"Some of it is clever",1 60439,"wo n't feel cheated by the high infidelity of Unfaithful .",1 85403,"its sparse dialogue",0 103573,"A film neither bitter nor sweet , neither romantic nor comedic",0 11254,"the comedy makes social commentary more palatable",1 100990,"writing strength",1 66289,"If you can tolerate the redneck-versus-blueblood cliches that the film trades in",0 151621,"a disappointingly thin slice of lower-class London life : despite the title",0 2098,"provides a very moving and revelatory footnote to the holocaust .",1 108665,"Robinson 's web of suspense matches the page-turning frenzy that Clancy creates .",1 143184,"A lousy movie",0 94739,"that it does n't give a damn",0 47678,"Worth watching for Dong Jie 's performance -- and",1 150230,"This is an egotistical endeavor from the daughter of horror director Dario Argento ( a producer here ) , but her raw performance and utter fearlessness make it strangely magnetic .",1 28778,"and sappy fiascoes he 's been making for the last several years",0 67899,"Not only better",1 100430,"with a shocking lack of irony",0 85423,"its success",1 215308,"the paper-thin characterizations and",0 29773,"buena",1 43031,"work its magic",1 174825,"the story itself is uninteresting , and the songs are painfully undistinguished : They Might Be Giants ' So to Be One of Us may be the most tuneless tune ever composed .",0 142388,", period-perfect biopic hammers",1 29411,"be his most demented film to date",0 234831,"overdose movies like `` Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood , ''",0 104280,"An energetic and engaging film",1 119167,"enough to let you bask in your own cleverness as you figure it out",1 223142,"Director Andrew Niccol ... demonstrates a wry understanding of the quirks of fame .",1 120289,"focus on the hero 's odyssey from cowering poverty to courage and happiness",1 121777,"has its audience giddy with the delight of discovery",1 178585,"with his fake backdrops and stately pacing",0 61098,"'s inoffensive and actually rather sweet",1 13412,"'' exceeds expectations . Good fun , good action , good acting , good dialogue , good pace",1 179377,"'ll cry for your money back",0 104050,"About Schmidt belongs to Nicholson . Gone are the flamboyant mannerisms that are the trademark of several of his performances . As Schmidt , Nicholson walks with a slow , deliberate gait , chooses his words carefully and subdues his natural exuberance .",1 123457,"integrates thoughtfulness and pasta-fagioli comedy",1 125826,"lazy but enjoyable",1 200674,"has the right approach and the right opening premise",1 224818,"More mature than Fatal Attraction",1 185210,"It 's so tedious that it makes you forgive every fake , dishonest , entertaining and , ultimately , more perceptive moment in Bridget Jones 's Diary .",0 44188,"A must-see for the David Mamet enthusiast and for anyone who appreciates intelligent , stylish moviemaking",1 121755,"has finally , to some extent , warmed up to him",1 89300,"often surprises you with unexpected comedy",1 100482,"with disorienting force",0 18187,"( Schweiger is ) talented and terribly charismatic , qualities essential to both movie stars and social anarchists .",1 92528,"shoots and scores",1 188967,"This film was made by and for those folks who collect the serial killer cards and are fascinated by the mere suggestion of serial killers . For the rest of us , sitting through Dahmer 's two hours amounts to little more than punishment .",0 124374,"is nothing short of a travesty of a transvestite comedy .",0 44764,"Both heartbreaking and heartwarming ... just a simple fable done in an artless sytle , but it 's tremendously moving",1 72916,"about a superficial midlife crisis",0 27354,"a Lifetime special -- pleasant , sweet and forgettable",1 216786,"to Pamela 's emotional roller coaster life",1 5651,"comes across as clinical , detached , uninvolving , possibly prompting audience members to wonder , ` what 's the point ? '",0 227285,"You do n't know whether to admire the film 's stately nature and call it classicism or be exasperated by a noticeable lack of pace .",0 59186,"to be liberating",1 354,"alienation",0 148530,"Shaky close-ups of turkey-on-rolls , stubbly chins , liver spots , red noses and the filmmakers new bobbed do draw easy chuckles but lead nowhere .",0 186009,"Mariah Carey gives us another peek at some of the magic we saw in Glitter here in Wisegirls .",1 25930,"Lauren Ambrose comes alive under the attention from two strangers in town",1 144640,"Coupling disgracefully written dialogue with flailing bodily movements that substitute for acting",0 195923,"come off as pantomimesque sterotypes .",0 148502,"Sets up a nice concept for its fiftysomething leading ladies",1 61973,", insightfully human",1 130715,"propaganda film",0 193323,"as I laughed throughout the movie",1 194084,"be as bored watching Morvern Callar as the characters are in it .",0 47949,"a delightfully dour ,",1 17457,"the -LRB- unfortunately R-rated -RRB- Paid",0 23225,"( Fessenden ) is much more into ambiguity and creating mood than he is for on screen thrills",1 64311,"Begins like a docu-drama but builds its multi-character story with a flourish .",1 25059,"Damned",0 224842,"Movies like High Crimes flog the dead horse of surprise as if it were an obligation .",0 192609,"an intriguing curiosity",1 142503,", the movie is a disaster",0 143022,"A broad , melodramatic estrogen opera that",0 224291,"It does succeed by following a feel-good formula with a winning style , and by offering its target audience of urban kids some welcome role models and optimism .",1 30109,"charitable",1 105608,"Elegantly produced and expressively performed",1 111454,"` they do n't make movies like they used to anymore",0 34821,"n't work",1 8568,"love 's",1 237707,"to `` interesting ''",1 43760,", tidy little movie",1 141382,"'s just a silly black genre spoof .",0 191074,"a paunchy midsection , several plodding action sequences and",0 50869,"directs a crack ensemble cast , bringing screenwriter Tony Gayton 's narcotics noir to life .",1 13668,", unique in its deceptive grimness ,",1 26609,"So unassuming and pure of heart , you ca n't help but warmly extend your arms and yell ` Safe ! '",1 8970,"my precious new star wars movie is a lumbering , wheezy drag ...",0 170703,"selling his film short",0 144769,"Denis O'Neill 's script avoids the prime sports cliche , a last-second goal to win the championship",1 219738,"with fantasies , daydreams , memories and one fantastic visual trope",1 94531,"that Rohmer still has a sense of his audience",1 232297,"is a gorgeous film - vivid with color , music and life .",1 119397,"every member",1 224038,"In the not-too-distant future , movies like Ghost Ship will be used as analgesic balm for overstimulated minds .",0 167291,"of a good story",1 89078,"of the rotting underbelly of Middle America",0 103236,"... plays like a badly edited , 91-minute trailer ( and ) the director ca n't seem to get a coherent rhythm going . In fact , it does n't even seem like she tried .",0 199654,"frustratingly unconvincing",0 105242,"Could n't someone take Rob Schneider and have him switch bodies with a funny person ?",0 49723,"big , brassy , disturbing ,",0 75706,"bites off more than it can chew by linking the massacre",0 172699,"than Malle 's dud",1 71591,"a fair share",1 167299,"of a movie , full of images and events ,",1 129560,"one of the most interesting writer\/directors working today",1 126344,"looks and feels tired",0 13763,"A disturbing and frighteningly evocative assembly",1 154688,"be as bad as its trailers ?",0 150535,"Two big things are missing -- anything approaching a visceral kick , and anything approaching even a vague reason to sit through it all .",0 83783,"is a funny , puzzling movie ambiguous enough to be engaging and oddly moving",1 1256,"if you enjoy being rewarded by a script that assumes you are n't very bright , then",0 224334,"It is n't scary .",0 23017,"'re not nearly moved to tears by a couple of scenes",0 119514,"exists , and does so with an artistry that also smacks of revelation",1 203195,"is n't quite out of ripe",0 33276,"is a terrific flick replete with dazzling camera-work , dancing and music .",1 44149,"A literary detective story is still a detective story and aficionados of the whodunit wo n't be disappointed .",1 93436,"star-studded",1 28644,"and hell",0 51037,"driven by a natural sense for what works",1 48546,"about equal amounts of naiveté , passion and talent",1 142001,", I was looking for something hard with which to bludgeon myself unconscious .",0 31182,"epic documentary",1 142147,", do n't settle for this Imposter .",0 209793,"projects onto the screen -- loud , violent and mindless",0 66244,"If a big musical number like ` Praise the Lord , He 's the God of Second Chances ' does n't put you off , this will be an enjoyable choice for younger kids .",1 5083,"becoming",1 98131,"to inject some real vitality and even art into a pulpy concept that , in many other hands would be completely forgettable",1 26231,"Not so much a movie as a picture book for the big screen . This is n't my favorite in the series , still",0 234459,"of making Kahlo 's art a living , breathing part of the movie , often catapulting the artist into her own work",1 43302,"'s only in fairy tales",0 226436,"The premise itself is just SOOOOO tired .",0 70374,"Though writer\/director Bart Freundlich 's film ultimately becomes a simplistic story about a dysfunctional parent-child relationship , it has some special qualities and the soulful gravity of Crudup 's anchoring performance .",1 91930,"savor the pleasure of his sounds and images",1 18505,", you 'll appreciate much of Vardalos ' humor , which transcends ethnic boundaries .",1 11150,"that you never want to see another car chase , explosion or gunfight again",0 168877,"pile on this much syrup",0 88084,"nurtures the multi-layers of its characters",1 171193,"skeeved",0 165376,"lulling us into torpor",0 124585,"is supremely unfunny and unentertaining to watch middle-age and older men drink to excess , piss on trees , b . s . one another and put on a show in drag",0 142673,", you might enjoy yourself",1 39778,"very solid , very watchable",1 95298,"the characters , who are so believable that you feel what they feel",1 78035,"deserving of its Oscar nomination",1 214628,"the film that surprises or delights",1 83882,"is a solid action pic that returns the martial arts master to top form",1 237161,"the predictable parent",0 53704,"is what George Orwell might have imagined had today 's mood-altering drug therapy been envisioned by chemists in 1949 .",1 28347,"an even more interesting , less symmetrical , less obviously cross-shaped creation",1 199682,"fun part",1 177280,"unusually vivid",1 153443,"an interesting racial tension",1 53257,"is a brilliant movie . It is about irrational , unexplainable life and it seems so real because it does not attempt to filter out the complexity",1 74586,"as a feast of bleakness",0 144932,"Does little more than play an innocuous game of fill-in - the-blanks with a tragic past .",0 6955,"happening for the first time",1 151184,"\ \/ But Daphne , you 're too Buff \ \/ Fred thinks he 's tough \ \/ And Velma - wow , you 've lost weight",0 94535,"that The Accidental Spy is a solid action pic that returns the martial arts master to top form",1 138597,"under the waves . He drags it back",1 173218,"that the Star Trek tradition has been honored as best it can",1 12735,"vague impressions and a nasty aftertaste but little clear memory of its operational mechanics",0 52707,"homages to a classic low-budget film noir movie",1 225765,"Short and sweet , but also more than anything else slight ... Tadpole pulls back from the consequences of its own actions and revelations .",1 6871,"grandkids",1 91663,"rich in emotional texture",1 29457,"beautifully mounted",1 224912,"Mr. Goyer 's loose , unaccountable direction is technically sophisticated in the worst way .",0 204520,"keep you reasonably entertained",1 115290,"awakens",1 189832,"Works better in the conception than it does in the execution",0 179087,"you 've seen many times before , repackaged as new material because there is a Latino in the lead .",0 111121,"While the frequent allusions to gurus and doshas will strike some Westerners as verging on mumbo-jumbo",0 159765,"from the slowest person in the audience -- just pure slapstick with lots of inane , inoffensive screaming and exaggerated facial expressions",0 31023,"effort to watch",0 88104,"observed character piece .",1 15485,"creep",0 54055,"just kind of sits there and",0 197865,"ends up doing very little with its imaginative premise .",0 177804,"we put together a wry white man and a chatty black man and give them guns , the movie",0 138213,"totally lacking",0 106340,"Hugely accomplished slice of Hitchcockian suspense .",1 181011,", the only way for a reasonably intelligent person to get through The Country Bears is to ponder how a whole segment of pop-music history has been allowed to get wet , fuzzy and sticky .",0 25271,"Exquisitely acted and masterfully if preciously interwoven ... ( the film ) addresses in a fascinating , intelligent manner the intermingling of race , politics and local commerce .",1 233549,"lost in the `` soon-to-be-forgettable '' section of the quirky rip-off prison romp pile",0 22793,"whole-heartedly",1 106055,"Grant is certainly amusing , but the very hollowness of the character he plays keeps him at arms length",0 64241,"Barbershop is tuned in to its community .",1 204811,"leaves a bitter taste",0 164326,"just is n't very funny .",0 145804,"Hey Arnold ! The Movie is what happens when you blow up small potatoes to 10 times their natural size , and it ai n't pretty .",0 130296,"plays like a badly edited , 91-minute trailer ( and ) the director ca n't seem to get a coherent rhythm going . In fact , it does n't even seem like she tried .",0 146178,"If Kaufman kept Cameron Diaz a prisoner in a cage with her ape , in his latest , he 'd have them mate .",0 205685,"make them laugh",1 107261,"Just too silly and",0 196349,"court maneuvers",1 213495,"that 's still too burdened by the actor",0 158781,"faking some pretty cool stunts but a complete failure at trying to create some pretty cool characters .",0 30206,"clear of reminding yourself that it 's a '' true story '' and you 're likely to have one helluva time at the movies .",1 25729,"It 's a good film -- not a classic , but odd , entertaining and authentic .",1 23403,", and how it can resonate far beyond museum walls and through to the most painfully marginal lives",1 78525,"done cinematically",1 204050,"it wants to be a black comedy , drama , melodrama or some combination of the three",0 55170,"occasionally very enjoyable children 's entertainment .",1 116044,"blasphemous bad",0 31432,"faced by five contemporary individuals ... a psychological masterpiece .",1 186517,"Oleander 's uninspired story",0 110717,"Too silly to take seriously .",0 222344,"And Lee seems just as expectant of an adoring , wide-smiling reception .",1 81960,"haywire",0 170615,"seems ripe for a documentary -- just not this one .",0 147711,"No aspirations to social import",0 21163,"jealousy",0 133591,"sudsy",0 30629,"deep emotionally",1 53820,"it intriguing , bizarre , Dogma-like in spots - and quite truthful ,",1 166600,"necessary to document all this emotional misery",0 195610,"characters who are either too goodly , wise and knowing or downright comically evil",0 14818,"a resolutely realistic path in this uncompromising insight",1 179583,"'s a werewolf itself by avoiding eye contact and walking slowly away . It 's fun",1 220961,"'s replaced by some dramatic scenes that are jarring and deeply out of place in what could have ( and probably should have ) been a lighthearted comedy .",0 32638,"honest performances and realistic interaction between the characters",1 143750,"An overblown clunker full of bad jokes , howling cliches and by-the-numbers action sequences .",0 144022,"Bad beyond belief",0 86581,"make the most of the large-screen format",1 164731,"legitimate",1 78400,"does a fine job contrasting the sleekness of the film 's present with the playful paranoia of the film 's past .",1 36595,"rivals Shakespeare for intrigue , treachery and murder",1 41922,"fiction for grown-ups ,",1 201109,"hilarious dialogue",1 90157,"penetrating , impenetrable",1 36777,"segues from Oscar winner to Oscar-winning potential with a smooth sleight of hand",1 201038,"her personal odyssey trumps the carnage that claims so many lives around her",1 11408,"the film sometimes flags ...",0 22734,"weakened by a miscast leading lady",0 171858,"squashed",0 108931,"Sia",1 137629,"to go out of his way to turn the legendary wit 's classic mistaken identity farce into brutally labored and unfunny hokum",0 97414,"this gender-bending comedy",1 29762,"broken-down",0 150891,"When the painted backdrops in a movie are more alive than its characters",0 18890,"George Clooney proves he 's quite a talented director and Sam Rockwell shows us",1 128711,"of holiday cheer",1 167176,"of Chick Flick Hell",0 113795,"always appears questionable",0 52362,"hardhearted Scrooge",0 20673,"goofy comedy",1 210531,"revolting",0 144507,"City by the Sea is the cinematic equivalent of defensive driving : It 's careful , conscientious and makes no major mistakes . But what saves lives on the freeway does not necessarily make for persuasive viewing .",0 78788,"eighties",1 157809,"does not work .",0 26678,"Susan",1 58730,"the sogginess of its contemporary characters ,",0 164446,"kinda dumb . And",0 165113,"little to love about this English trifle",0 106002,"Glazed with a tawdry B-movie scum",0 91405,"released in IMAX format",1 62565,"... a vivid , thoughtful , unapologetically raw coming-of-age tale full of sex , drugs and rock 'n' roll .",1 29083,"are the special effects and narrative flow much improved , and Daniel Radcliffe more emotionally assertive this time around as Harry , but the film conjures the magic of author J . K . Rowling 's books .",1 125502,"just does n't cut it",0 3838,"a gorgeously strange",1 121662,"has a laundry list of minor shortcomings",0 133488,"style and empathy",1 46552,"Predictable storyline and by-the-book scripting",0 95649,"the film has -- ironically - distanced us from the characters",0 118721,"dream of",1 63035,"A first-class , thoroughly involving B movie that effectively combines two surefire , beloved genres --",1 200623,"has one very funny joke and a few other decent ones",1 224736,"Marisa Tomei is good , but Just A Kiss is just a mess .",0 142420,", self-indulgent and remarkably ugly to look at , it 's ... like a series of pretentiously awful student films strung together into one feature-length horror .",0 162632,"is a misfire",0 99127,"unsettling to watch as an exploratory medical procedure or an autopsy",0 94192,"talented enough and charismatic enough to make us care about Zelda 's ultimate fate",1 98028,"to enjoy its own transparency",1 210896,"schticky Chris Rock and stolid Anthony Hopkins",1 138782,"untalented people",0 158302,"enough charm and good",1 13610,", its vistas are incredibly beautiful to look at .",1 84142,"is driven by appealing leads",1 80494,"found a tough beauty",1 102156,"( Washington 's ) strong hand , keen eye , sweet spirit and good taste are reflected in almost every scene .",1 215013,"the material is so second-rate",0 8110,"its quest for deeper meaning",1 113390,"addressing the turn of the 20th century into the 21st",1 236738,"the believability of the entire scenario",1 236668,"the TV movie-esque , affected child acting to the dullest Irish pub scenes ever filmed",0 1742,"miracle",1 93690,"stylish but steady , and ultimately very satisfying ,",1 96536,"the real horror may be waiting for us at home",0 107044,"It may not be particularly innovative ,",0 160049,"gets the once-over once again in Gangster No . 1 , but falls apart long before the end .",0 123257,"in which this fascinating -- and timely -- content comes wrapped",1 146275,"Impostor has a handful of thrilling moments and a couple of good performances",1 101809,"'s not only dull because we 've seen ( Eddie ) Murphy do the genial-rogue shtick to death , but because the plot is equally hackneyed",0 189336,"Uncertainty Principle",0 178031,"when filmmakers throw a few big-name actors and cameos at a hokey script",0 84652,"is still good fun",1 11680,"the movie rising above similar fare",1 118363,"disorientated",0 201592,"if this was your introduction to one of the greatest plays of the last 100 years",1 112939,"a true ` epic '",1 72155,"a potentially trite and overused concept",0 235916,"somehow manages to bring together Kevin Pollak , former wrestler Chyna and Dolly Parton",1 135408,"the forced funniness found in the dullest kiddie flicks",0 4886,"as nudity , profanity and violence",0 26412,"Rampling gives a performance that could not be improved upon .",1 61199,"'s one of the most plain white toast comic book films",0 131211,"references to faith and rainbows to plant smile-button faces on that segment of the populace that made A Walk to Remember a niche hit",1 89926,"overdoing it",0 73590,"among the chief reasons Brown Sugar is such a sweet and sexy film",1 123301,"increasingly diverse French director",1 186757,"Predictable and cloying",0 200182,"graceless and ugly",0 48102,"a haunting dramatization",1 142294,", it drowns out the lousy dialogue .",0 3945,"a magnificent landscape",1 231478,"has some entertainment value - how much depends on how well you like Chris Rock .",1 60814,"'s a film that affirms the nourishing aspects of love and companionship .",1 152136,"a movie without an apparent audience",0 81064,"give what can easily be considered career-best performances",1 33142,"into his nicely nuanced narrative",1 236683,"the `` A '' range ,",1 173941,"the filmmaker 's bottomless pit of self-absorption",0 91934,"savvy , compelling",1 25712,"Is it a total success ? No . Is it something any true film addict will want to check out ? You bet .",1 150371,"Thought Was Going To Be Really Awful",0 174584,"the problematic third act",0 171293,"slightly unfulfilled",0 157572,"disjointed , haphazard script",0 28385,"an inviting piece of film .",1 3944,"a magnificent",1 93010,"soap-opera",0 108301,"Parts of the film feel a bit too much like an infomercial for Ram Dass 's latest book aimed at the boomer demographic . But",0 103843,"A remarkable movie with an unsatisfying ending , which is just the point",1 165686,"marginalization",0 204630,"lack depth or complexity , with the ironic exception of Scooter .",0 14941,"also extremely effective",1 178844,"worthy environmentalism",1 126073,"like a student film",0 129281,"offers all the pleasure of a handsome and well-made entertainment",1 50373,"confident , richly",1 126837,"masterful . This makes Minority Report necessary viewing for sci-fi fans",1 4594,"an absurdly overblown",0 94706,"that is able to visualize schizophrenia but is still confident enough to step back and look at the sick character with a sane eye",1 85416,"its stylish surprises",1 138001,"to video",1 162618,"is a great subject for a movie",1 124584,"is supremely unfunny and unentertaining",0 10249,"sags",0 199555,"from a flat script and a low budget",0 42849,"the power of the implicit and",1 89796,"otherwise appalling , and",0 130762,"providing an experience that is richer than anticipated",1 42289,"like the new footage and",1 226336,"The most memorable moment",1 63897,"An extremely funny , ultimately heartbreaking",1 143902,"As elegantly crafted as it often is , Anderson 's movie is essentially a one-trick pony that , hampered by an undeveloped script , ultimately pulls up lame .",0 119292,"establishes a realistic atmosphere that involves us in the unfolding crisis",1 18468,", that the compact 86 minutes breezes by",1 4763,"appears to have blown his entire budget on soundtrack rights and",0 13557,", but its boasts a huge charm factor and smacks of originality .",1 25327,"For all its serious sense of purpose ... ( it ) finds a way to lay bare the tragedies of its setting with a good deal of warmth and humor .",1 111203,"With its parade of almost perpetually wasted characters ... Margarita feels like a hazy high that takes too long to shake .",0 134579,"that the entire exercise has no real point",0 63777,"Ambitious",1 143798,"Analyze That '' is one of those crass",0 183624,"Eckstraordinarily lame and Severely",0 1715,"may not be pleased",0 185269,"It desperately wants to be a wacky , screwball comedy , but the most screwy thing here is how so many talented people were convinced to waste their time .",0 213291,"tendency to slip into hokum . A Rumor of Angels does n't just slip",0 38632,"the simplicity of the storytelling and the authenticity of the performances",1 104714,"Best Friend ''",1 18972,"Intriguing and beautiful film , but those of you who read the book are likely to be disappointed .",1 84452,"is n't very interesting actually",0 101074,"you 've got the wildly popular Vin Diesel in the equation",1 84244,"is given life when A Selection appears in its final form ( in '' Last Dance '' )",1 163260,"is rather like viewing a long soap opera in which only the first episode was any good",0 113747,"already knows it 's won",1 78287,"displays something more important",1 219664,"with a large human tragedy . Alas , getting there is not even half the interest",0 111303,"Yes , I suppose it 's lovely that Cal works out his issues with his dad and comes to terms with his picture-perfect life -- but World Traveler gave me no reason to care , so I did n't .",0 232292,"is a good name for a movie",1 116772,"caught in a heady whirl of New Age-inspired good intentions",1 228417,"aims to be funny , uplifting and moving , sometimes",1 186402,"No one involved , save Dash , shows the slightest aptitude for acting",0 226241,"The extent to which it succeeds is impressive .",1 6322,"exciting on the field and a story you",1 93687,"stylish but steady ,",1 114709,"are very , very good reasons",1 127283,"more closely resembles this year 's version of Tomcats",1 4063,"a ragbag",0 77538,"creates a portrait of two strong men in conflict , inextricably entwined through family history ,",1 218232,"unlikely to be appreciated by anyone outside the under-10 set",0 1298,"in the right place",1 6169,"else about the film tanks",0 30127,"check it out and form their own opinion",1 52109,"gets the details right , from its promenade of barely clad bodies in Myrtle Beach , S . C . , to the adrenaline jolt of a sudden lunch rush at the diner",1 27019,"This warm and gentle romantic comedy",1 76210,"by taking your expectations and twisting them just a bit",1 6733,"gator-bashing",0 158550,"everything 's in place but",1 20141,"breezily apolitical",1 149211,"The advantage of a postapocalyptic setting is that it can be made on the cheap . Any rock pile will do for a set . Reign of Fire has the disadvantage of also looking cheap .",0 4316,"a worse",0 205537,"luridly graphic and",0 22811,"winning performances and a glossy , glib charm that 's hard to beat",1 197510,"draws on an elegant visual sense and a talent",1 110207,"The things this movie tries to get the audience to buy just",0 29949,"by the simplicity of the storytelling and the authenticity of the performances",1 66361,"In his debut as a director , Washington has a sure hand . His work with actors is particularly impressive .",1 101655,"'s characteristically startling visual style and an almost palpable sense of intensity .",1 164910,"like a low-budget TV pilot that could not find a buyer to play it on the tube",0 160311,"grapple with hazy motivations that never come into focus",0 156283,"cinematic corpse",0 36622,"rough content",0 138278,"trapped and",0 168356,"opts for a routine slasher film that was probably more fun to make than it is to sit through",0 235895,"some damn thing .",0 128485,"of a thriller gets the job done . It 's a scorcher .",1 11931,"the subgenre 's most enabling",1 232884,"is what it is -- a nice , harmless date film ...",1 163954,"it was so weak ,",0 31860,"friendly film",1 227570,"`` SNL '' has-been",0 225082,"My response to the film is best described as lukewarm .",0 68828,"Slow",0 213679,"that is definitely meaningless , vapid and devoid of substance",0 11667,"the movie is a little tired ;",0 95321,"the cleverness",1 212665,"stretched beyond its limits to fill an almost feature-length film .",0 236008,"staged like `` Rosemary 's Baby , '' but is not as well-conceived as either of those films .",0 83753,"is a comedy , both gentle and biting",1 164756,"less like storytelling than something",0 207737,"of folks they do n't understand , ones they figure the power-lunchers do n't care to understand , either",0 59338,"to see it twice",1 152207,"a pedestrian , flat drama",0 162908,"is fuhgeddaboutit .",0 147863,"Offensive in the way it exploits the hot-button issue of domestic abuse for cheap thrills and",0 216398,"this interminable , shapeless documentary about the swinging subculture",0 225542,"Puts a human face",1 54630,"mar an otherwise excellent film . A powerful performance from Mel Gibson and a brutal 90-minute battle sequence that does everything but issue you a dog-tag and an M-16 .",1 97536,"this unique director 's previous films",1 150579,"Unfortunately , Heartbreak Hospital wants to convey the same kind of haughtiness in its own sketchy material but this territory has already been explored previously with better aplomb and sardonic wit .",0 37100,"soccer action",1 69300,"The Hours , a delicately crafted film , is an impressive achievement in spite of a river of sadness that pours into every frame .",1 173278,"that will be hard to burn out of your brain",0 180858,", offering fine acting moments and pungent",1 141310,"'s enough to make one pine for the day when Godard can no longer handle the rigors of filmmaking",0 13374,"you think kissinger was a calculating fiend or just a slippery self-promoter",0 156821,"convoluted melodrama",0 38923,"this animated sweet film",1 86126,"line between passion and pretence .",1 23193,"'s worth checking out for the performances alone .",1 141269,"'s both sitcomishly predictable and cloying in its attempts",0 158608,"exciting as gazing at an egg timer for 93 minutes",0 38963,"this motion picture in such a way that even the most cynical curmudgeon with find himself or herself smiling at one time or another",1 180081,"'ve got a huge mess",0 8560,"lost his touch , bringing off a superb performance in an admittedly middling film",0 114494,"appealing characters",1 140877,"zero",0 129074,"of the most splendid",1 137029,"this refreshing visit",1 128154,"note that this film , like the similarly ill-timed Antitrust , is easily as bad at a fraction the budget",0 93112,"some of the funniest jokes of any movie",1 190706,"a gripping thriller",1 43306,"'s plenty to enjoy",1 114782,"as Disney 's 1937 breakthrough",1 205042,"like a surgeon mends a broken heart : very meticulously but without any passion",0 137107,"thoroughly unrewarding all of this",0 3774,"a few nice twists in a standard plot",1 187184,"Seemingly disgusted with the lazy material and the finished product 's unshapely look",0 238668,"which is best for the stunning star turn by Djeinaba Diop Gai",1 56747,"scored and powered",1 217062,"to give the film the substance it so desperately needs",0 152044,"a meandering , inarticulate and ultimately disappointing film",0 50536,"cranky adults",0 42830,"the kind of elegant symmetry",1 79400,"exceedingly rare",1 72601,"a successful example of the lovable-loser protagonist",1 218280,"unusually tame",0 161554,"idiotic and absurdly sentimental",0 97769,"timeless and unique",1 161888,"in insipid vulgarity",0 48299,"a purposefully reductive movie",1 124747,"is uncompromising , difficult and unbearably beautiful",1 8332,"lack substance",0 99492,"vividly captures the way young Japanese live now , chafing against their culture 's manic mix of millennial brusqueness and undying , traditional politesse .",1 229413,"blacked out",0 150984,"Windtalkers had had more faith in the dramatic potential of this true story . This would have been better than the fiction it has concocted ,",0 149864,"The story is -- forgive me -- a little thin",0 56383,"rare drama",1 33864,"its truths with spellbinding imagery and the entrancing music of Philip Glass",1 13236,"wonder , ` what 's the point ? '",0 200916,"he ca n't disguise that he 's spiffing up leftovers that are n't so substantial or fresh",0 169867,"refuses to offer much accompanying sustenance in the way of characterization , humor or plain old popcorn fun .",0 180492,", alone , should scare any sane person away .",0 61697,", Sweet Home Alabama is n't as funny as you 'd hoped . For a film that 's being advertised as a comedy",0 97720,"through the wall",1 125492,"just about more stately than any contemporary movie this year ...",1 43538,", but it 's great cinematic polemic",1 94013,"sweet , and intermittently hilarious",1 119017,"emphasizing",1 94627,"that does the nearly impossible",1 189497,"Weighted down",0 195083,"but undernourished and plodding .",0 3210,"worse",0 17884,"tries to balance sweetness with coarseness , while it paints a sad picture of the singles scene",1 50971,"does not alienate either gender in the audience",1 68626,"Scooby -- you 'll love this movie .",1 27552,"a girl-power movie that does n't feel it has to prove anything",1 230287,"do all three quite well , making it one of the year 's most enjoyable releases",1 48819,"almost in a class with that of Wilde",1 166169,"more disappointed as each overwrought new sequence plods",0 204586,"knockout",1 85053,"it is a great film .",1 6814,"go hand in hand",1 185401,"Its premise is smart , but the execution is pretty weary .",0 29374,"bags . This is one for the ages",1 228151,"a sharper , cleaner script",1 112260,"a lousy script , inept direction , pathetic acting , poorly dubbed dialogue and murky cinematography",0 189677,"While Hollywood Ending has its share of belly laughs ( including a knockout of a closing line ) , the movie winds up feeling like a great missed opportunity .",0 72446,"a smartly written motion picture",1 108188,"One of these days Hollywood will come up with an original idea for a teen movie , but",0 93654,"struggles of the working class to life",1 235331,"reminds you that you could be doing something else far more pleasurable .",0 131094,"realizing Steven Spielberg got it right",1 222366,"And it marks him as one of the most interesting writer\/directors working today .",1 105411,"Devotees of Star Trek II : The Wrath of Khan will feel a nagging sense of deja vu , and the grandeur of the best Next Generation episodes is lacking .",0 9611,"partly synthetic",0 108194,"One of those films that started with a great premise and then just fell apart",0 103041,", you 'll enjoy this movie .",1 40060,"who still retains a soft spot for precollegiate humor",1 79658,"fantastic dual performance",1 160634,"has all the elements necessary to be a fascinating , involving character study ,",1 196602,"dead bodies",0 132235,"shallow and",0 173956,"the filmmakers to force-feed James Bond",0 225195,"Not everything in this ambitious comic escapade works , but Coppola , along with his sister , Sofia , is a real filmmaker .",1 119796,"fascinating look",1 177836,"weigh down the plot so heavily that they drain all the film of its energy",0 66181,"I like this movie a lot .",1 36060,"poignant Japanese film",1 211001,"see this piece of crap",0 109882,"The hackneyed story about an affluent damsel in distress who decides to fight her bully of a husband is simply too overdone .",0 169502,"pussy-ass world",0 14528,"This delicately observed story",1 155552,"bugged me",0 162888,"is far more offensive than it is funny",0 213542,"that Pollyana would reach for a barf bag",0 219372,"who sees this mishmash",0 188614,"The rollerball sequences feel sanitised and stagey .",0 44453,"An absurdist comedy",1 112600,"a remake by the numbers , linking a halfwit plot to a series of standup routines in which Wilson and Murphy show how funny they could have been in a more ambitious movie",0 7643,"is a contrivance , as artificial as the video games japanese teens play in a nightclub sequence",0 34848,"nearly moved to tears by a couple of scenes",1 206648,"much about any aspect of it , from its cheesy screenplay",0 71400,"a class with Spike Lee 's masterful",1 68932,"Spectacularly beautiful",1 235516,"see a movie that takes such a speedy swan dive from `` promising '' to `` interesting '' to `` familiar ''",0 27296,"You do n't have to know about music to appreciate the film 's easygoing blend of comedy and romance .",1 87828,"new , or inventive , journey",1 137674,"to imagine any recent film , independent or otherwise , that makes as much of a mess as this one",0 37482,"superior cast",1 27707,"a nice little picture",1 97144,"their perceptiveness about their own situations",1 14432,"Solid",1 236449,"that have already been through the corporate stand-up-comedy mill",0 24408,"A pleasant romantic comedy .",1 211830,"smack of a Hallmark Hall of Fame",0 203700,"is without doubt an artist of uncompromising vision , but that vision is beginning to feel , if not morally bankrupt , at least terribly monotonous",0 192366,"ambitious `",1 25643,"Ice Cube holds the film together with an engaging and warm performance ...",1 100792,"wonders , enhancing the cultural and economic subtext , bringing richer meaning to the story 's morals .",1 9596,"pallid horror",0 172977,"that discourages American audiences from ever wanting to see another foreign film",0 94532,"that Secret Ballot is a comedy , both gentle and biting",1 102732,", my 6-year-old nephew said , '' I guess I come from a broken family , and my uncles are all aliens , too . '' Congrats Disney on a job well done , I enjoyed it just as much !",1 226067,"Thanks largely to Williams , all the interesting developments are processed in 60 minutes -- the rest is just an overexposed waste of film",0 79202,"especially well-executed television movie",1 128215,"object lesson",1 101725,"'s just not very smart .",0 107994,"Nicole Holofcener 's Lovely and Amazing , from her own screenplay , jumps to the head of the class of women 's films that manage to avoid the ghetto of sentimental chick-flicks by treating female follies with a satirical style .",1 63706,"All of it works smoothly under the direction of Spielberg , who does a convincing impersonation here of a director enjoying himself immensely .",1 167953,"offers little",0 89302,"often unexpected",1 53552,"is not show-stoppingly hilarious , but scathingly witty nonetheless .",1 24053,"-- but it 's rarely been told with such affecting grace and cultural specificity .",1 154694,"be both repulsively sadistic and mundane",0 27187,"What 's surprising about Full Frontal is that despite its overt self-awareness , parts of the movie still manage to break past the artifice and thoroughly engage you .",1 125865,"leave the auditorium feeling dizzy , confused , and totally disorientated .",0 16859,"orchestrates the transformation of the chilly , neurotic , and self-absorbed Martha as her heart begins to open",1 113052,"a world that 's often handled in fast-edit , hopped-up fashion",1 84698,"is that her confidence in her material is merited .",1 53606,"is sensational and revelatory",1 189574,"What could have been a pointed little chiller about the frightening seductiveness of new technology",1 63884,"An entertaining mix of period drama and flat-out farce that should please history fans",1 42692,"steeped themselves in the majesty of Tolkien 's writing that every frame produces new joys",1 131319,"remarkably alluring",1 213525,"that I think is supposed to be an attempt at hardass American but sometimes just lapses into unhidden British",0 77322,"contradictory , self-hating , self-destructive ways",0 28290,"ample",1 203582,"is this film 's chief draw",1 78618,"draws you",1 10841,"super",1 43716,", the film does n't end up having much that is fresh to say about growing up Catholic or , really , anything .",0 141053,"'re often undone by Howard 's self-conscious attempts to find a ` literary ' filmmaking style to match his subject",0 29708,"bother being as cloying or preachy as equivalent evangelical Christian movies",0 97470,"this movie , but what it needs",0 209239,"persuades you , with every scene",1 104310,"An erotic thriller that",1 183742,"Even as I valiantly struggled to remain interested , or at least conscious , I could feel my eyelids ... getting ... very ... heavy ...",0 157173,"decent endeavor",1 2052,"pleasant",1 213233,"teen-oriented variation on a theme that the playwright Craig Lucas explored with infinitely more grace and eloquence in his Prelude to a Kiss .",0 137194,"thriller ''",1 62234,", standard Disney animated fare , with enough creative energy and wit to entertain all ages .",1 139600,"when one has nothing else to watch",0 17017,"qualities essential to both movie",1 119776,"far superior",1 197359,"does n't show enough of the creative process or even of what was created for the non-fan to figure out what makes Wilco a big deal .",0 24637,"An incredibly clever and superbly paced caper",1 125821,"lazier",0 23316,", McGrath crafts quite moving scenes throughout his resolutely dramatic variation on the novel .",1 233106,"it were that grand a failure",0 104412,"Another Best of the Year selection",1 190187,"a bitter pill",0 101051,"you 're an agnostic carnivore",0 129501,"once emotional and richly analytical",1 128858,"of puerile",0 18988,"It 's a slow slog to get there",0 68337,"Rarely , indeed almost never , is such high-wattage brainpower coupled with pitch-perfect acting and an exquisite , unfakable sense of cinema .",1 26851,"The long-range appeal of '' Minority Report '' should transcend any awards it bags . This is one for the ages .",1 224380,"It might be tempting to regard Mr. Andrew and his collaborators as oddballs , but Mr. Earnhart 's quizzical , charming movie allows us to see them , finally , as artists .",1 229848,"clichéd and shallow cautionary tale",0 140312,"without ever being self-important",1 146787,"Its lack of quality",0 185050,"It 's all arty and jazzy and people sit and stare and turn away from one another instead of talking and it 's all about the silences and if you 're into that , have at it .",0 64291,"Beautifully reclaiming the story of Carmen and recreating it an in an African idiom",1 149012,"Taken purely as an exercise in style , this oppressively gloomy techno-horror clambake is impossible to ignore . But as a movie , it 's a humorless , disjointed mess .",0 232205,"is ) the comedy equivalent of Saddam Hussein , and I 'm just about ready to go to the U.N. and ask permission for a preemptive strike",0 228686,"another gross-out college comedy --",0 82272,"his inspiration",1 24830,"Biggie and Tupac is so single-mindedly daring",1 52962,"in mystery and a ravishing , baroque beauty",1 238490,"watching it leaves you giddy",1 169118,"possibly the weakest movie ( Woody Allen )",0 67385,"Man '' clone by weaving a theme throughout this funny film",1 44797,"Bullock 's best work",1 46814,"Stevens ' vibrant creative instincts",1 221250,", accompanying the stunt-hungry dimwits in a random series of collected gags , pranks , pratfalls , dares , injuries , etc. .",0 42233,"its American counterpart , ''",1 194163,"be madcap farce",0 117355,"completely delightful",1 195005,"bump in the night and nobody cares",0 220771,"'s as if a bored Cage spent the duration of the film 's shooting schedule waiting to scream : `` Got AIDS yet ?",0 87618,"much to recommend the film",1 124608,"is that Rob Schneider actually turns in a pretty convincing performance as a prissy teenage girl",1 107014,"It is life affirming and heartbreaking , sweet without the decay factor , funny and sad .",1 30681,"deliver the delicious guilty pleasure of the better film versions",1 45340,"Further",1 197741,"eloquence",1 158073,"dysfunctional and destructive",0 124494,"is simply too overdone",0 67819,"Nicholson 's understated performance is wonderful . As Warren he stumbles in search of all the emotions and life experiences he 's neglected over the years .",1 186451,"Not only does LeBlanc make one spectacularly ugly-looking broad , but he appears miserable throughout as he swaggers through his scenes .",0 105502,"Does n't do more than expand a TV show to movie length . However , it 's pleasant enough and its ecological , pro-wildlife sentiments are certainly welcome",1 232933,"it 's as though clips from The Pink Panther Strikes Again and\/or Sailor Moon have been spliced in .",0 149799,"The sad thing about Knockaround Guys is its lame aspiration for grasping the coolness vibes when in fact the film is n't as flippant or slick as it thinks it is .",0 33697,"it offers plenty to ponder and chew on as its unusual relationship slowly unfolds .",1 215491,"the revelation fails to justify the build-up .",0 3682,"a commodified , sold-out concept",0 21869,"rhythmic",1 82690,"imaginative teacher",1 115568,"be said of the picture",0 158432,"even he is overwhelmed by predictability",0 140540,"would have a good time here",1 147651,"Never engaging , utterly predictable and completely void",0 39204,"to heal using creative , natural and ancient antidotes",1 189264,"Treasure Planet is truly gorgeous to behold",1 60390,"with such good humor",1 61137,"'s never been better in this colorful bio-pic of a Mexican icon",1 221842,"... the good and different idea ( of middle-aged romance ) is not handled well and , except for the fine star performances , there is little else to recommend `` Never Again . ''",0 231505,"has to be a few advantages to never growing old",1 164523,"lacking the spark of imagination that might have made it an exhilarating",0 137296,"to A Better Tomorrow",1 154089,"as a promising meditation on one of America 's most durable obsessions",1 56939,"should please fans of Chris Fuhrman 's posthumously published cult novel",1 8812,"misogyny",0 178475,"with Steven Seagal",1 203653,"is unsettling , from the preposterous hairpiece worn by Lai 's villainous father to the endless action sequences",0 193486,"as if the movie is more interested in entertaining itself than in amusing us",0 142276,", it 's often overwritten , with a surfeit of weighty revelations , flowery dialogue , and nostalgia for the past and roads not taken .",0 47300,"The whole is quite entertaining , but despite its virtues , there is an unsettled feeling to the film",0 158124,"effective in creating an atmosphere of dust-caked stagnation",0 54058,"just may inspire a few younger moviegoers to read Stevenson 's book , which is a treasure in and of itself .",1 182454,"An unremittingly ugly movie to look at , listen to , and think about",0 182394,"An enigmatic film",1 224577,"Lazy , miserable and smug .",0 211990,"so poorly plotted and scripted .",0 119489,"excruciating End",0 6151,"either cracking up",1 66177,"I like about Men With Brooms and what is kind of special",1 171154,"sinuously plotted",0 193745,"at how hope can breed a certain kind of madness -- and strength",1 83947,"is about the need to stay in touch with your own skin , at 18 or 80",1 235189,"rather like being trapped while some weird relative trots out the video he took of the family vacation to Stonehenge",0 144465,"Chokes on its own depiction of upper-crust decorum",0 163725,"it almost stops the blood flow to your brain",0 170328,"same snail 's",0 69055,"Superbly photographed and staged by Mendes with a series of riveting set pieces the likes of which mainstream audiences have rarely seen .",1 60909,"'s all entertaining enough",1 216158,"there is plenty of room for editing , and a much shorter cut surely would have resulted in a smoother , more focused narrative without sacrificing any of the cultural intrigue .",0 80741,"full-bodied performance gives this aging series a much needed kick ,",1 186663,"Pauly Shore awful . Do n't say you were n't warned",0 174697,"the same teenage American road-trip drek",0 188008,"The characterizations and dialogue lack depth or complexity , with the ironic exception of Scooter .",0 32377,"have one helluva time at the movies",1 231734,"his latest has nothing going for it",0 120295,"focuses on the anguish that can develop when one mulls leaving the familiar to traverse uncharted ground .",1 129186,"of too much kid-vid",0 223716,"Humorous and heartfelt , Douglas McGrath 's version of ` Nicholas Nickleby '",1 155976,"can render it anything but laughable .",0 140593,"wreckage",0 130763,"providing some good old fashioned spooks",1 184843,"If you enjoy being rewarded by a script that assumes you are n't very bright",0 178135,"which constantly threaten to upstage the woman sporting them",0 37407,"stunning piece",1 226048,"Tavernier 's film bounds along with the rat-a-tat energy of `` His Girl Friday , '' maintaining a light touch while tackling serious themes .",1 166645,"neglects",0 5169,"bizarre",0 68292,"Pure",1 158748,"fails on its own",0 83223,"in which he would cut out figures from drawings and photographs and paste them together",1 113289,"achieves the remarkable feat of squandering a topnotch foursome of actors ... by shoving them into every clichéd white-trash situation imaginable .",0 232890,"is why Anthony Hopkins is in it .",0 134844,"the attempt to complicate the story",0 199791,"genial but never inspired , and little",0 93815,"sucks",0 95324,"the cleverness , the weirdness and",1 28546,"and commanding open spaces of the city",1 193863,"authentic account of a historical event that 's far too tragic to merit such superficial treatment .",0 212690,"strong and convincing",1 234812,"out-shock , out-outrage or out-depress its potential audience",0 118671,"drag on",0 150419,"Tonga people",0 218099,"under a rock",0 15853,"fun to see Goodall and her chimpanzees on the bigger-than-life screen",1 16324,"it 's so clever you want to hate it . But he somehow pulls it off",1 202562,"is a disaster ,",0 85450,"its unforced comedy-drama",1 205278,"logic and misuse",0 187135,"Schiffer",1 133784,"tabloid",0 210320,"rejigger Fatal Attraction into a high school setting",0 64335,"Better than the tepid Star Trek",1 22884,"wraps back around on itself in the kind of elegant symmetry that 's rare in film today , but be warned",1 4458,"ah",1 168082,"on inanely for two hours",0 27754,"a quiet , pure , elliptical film",1 154674,"be all the more infuriating",0 25101,"Denzel Washington delivers a lean and engaging work .",1 48213,"a movie that understands characters must come first",1 195053,"but it was n't horrible either",1 57796,"that has bucked the odds",1 122923,"in a way that verges on the amateurish",0 86908,"may find themselves stifling a yawn or two during the first hour",0 219287,"while it evaporates like so much crypt mist in the brain",0 205609,"made with careful attention to detail",1 107583,"Madonna 's",0 8065,"its intelligence",1 134994,"the charismatic Jackie Chan to even younger audiences",1 121722,"has come to New York City to replace past tragedy with the American Dream",1 34239,"loved Cool as Ice",1 138779,"unsympathetic",0 218826,"wastes an exceptionally good idea .",0 184814,"If there 's a heaven for bad movies , Deuces Wild is on its way .",0 86747,"manages to entertain on a guilty-pleasure , so-bad-it 's - funny level",1 88788,"of obstacles",1 45375,"Girls Ca n't Swim represents an engaging and intimate first feature by a talented director to watch ,",1 53215,"inventive , consistently intelligent",1 202296,"insufferable ball",0 136744,"there 's the inimitable Diaz , holding it all together",1 141622,"'s sort of bogus",0 199497,"frequently pandering to fans of the gross-out comedy",0 220681,"'s a cool event for the whole family",1 89816,"our hero must ride roughshod over incompetent cops to get his man",1 171829,"spout dialog that consists mostly of platitudes",0 148256,"Redgrave 's noblest efforts",1 229428,"blushing to gushing -- Imamura squirts the screen in ` Warm Water Under a Red Bridge '",1 201207,"his movie veers like a drunken driver through heavy traffic",0 91174,"ready-made midnight movie",1 35619,"on a truly grand scale",1 155435,"bounces all over the map",0 171390,"so badly made on every level",0 127589,"moviegoers not already clad in basic black",0 205637,"make Green Dragon seem more like medicine than entertainment .",0 44517,"An interesting story with a pertinent ( cinematically unique ) message , told fairly well and scored to perfection , I found myself struggling to put my finger on that elusive '' missing thing . ''",1 48515,"a worthy entry",1 103227,"... it 's as comprehensible as any Dummies guide , something even non-techies can enjoy .",1 173446,"the ` wow ' factor",0 153009,"ages-old slapstick and unfunny tricks",0 53367,"is all but washed away by sumptuous ocean visuals and the cinematic stylings of director John Stockwell",1 218202,"unimaginative screenwriter 's",0 210379,"remarkably fuddled about motives and context , which drains it of the dramatic substance that would shake us in our boots ( or cinema seats )",0 74054,"and satirical touches",1 143803,"And forget about any attempt at a plot !",0 172048,"story . You 've seen them a million times . Just one problem : Fish out of water usually die .",0 36317,"racism",0 91613,"reveals itself",1 56995,"similarly morose and humorless",0 152032,"a man with enough charisma and audacity to carry a dozen films",1 16627,"n't been dulled by slasher films and gorefests",0 51146,"emerges as his most vital work since GoodFellas .",1 208907,"overblown and",0 100420,"with a philosophical visual coming right",1 130597,"pretty and gifted , it really won my heart",1 209932,"pushing the jokes at the expense of character until things fall apart",0 26620,"Sound the trumpets : For the first time since Desperately Seeking Susan , Madonna does n't suck as an actress .",1 215880,"the weak payoff",0 136924,"this excursion into the epicenter of percolating mental instability is not easily dismissed or forgotten .",1 143969,"Audiences can be expected to suspend their disbelief only so far --",0 136992,"this man so watchable is a tribute not only to his craft , but to his legend",1 60300,"with '' The Bourne Identity '' we return to the more traditional action genre .",1 4013,"a nice",1 120145,"finish , like a wet burlap sack of gloom",0 82421,"honored screen veteran",1 92988,"so spot on",1 20199,"by a miscast leading lady",0 43739,", there is no doubt that Krawczyk deserves a huge amount of the credit for the film 's thoroughly winning tone .",1 136354,"the style and flash of the double-cross that made Mamet 's '' House of Games '' and last fall 's '' Heist '' so much fun",1 31521,"fatality",0 12132,"this film is full of rabbits . brimful . but like most rabbits , it seems to lack substance .",0 208328,"often unfunny",0 214482,"the emotional resonance",1 176759,"tough for them to really care",0 227813,"a classic text since Roland Joffé and Demi Moore",1 108050,"Not a strike",1 28367,"an honestly nice little film",1 31543,"feasting on the gorgeous , ramshackle landscape of the filmmaker 's motherland",1 53706,"is what has happened already to so many silent movies , newsreels and the like . The unexpected thing is that its dying , in this shower of black-and-white psychedelia , is quite beautiful .",1 108480,"Producer John Penotti surveyed high school students ... and came back with the astonishing revelation that '' they wanted to see something that did n't talk down to them . '' Ignoring that , he made Swimfan anyway",0 152573,"a task he is not nearly up to",0 124685,"is the needlessly poor quality of its archival prints and film footage . The images lack contrast , are murky and are frequently too dark to be decipherable",0 47118,"The humor and humanity of Monsoon Wedding",1 85016,"it does so without compromising that complexity .",1 118270,"directed with sensitivity and skill by Dana Janklowicz-Mann",1 26217,"Not as distinctive or even as humorous as its needs",0 132439,"shrewd enough to activate girlish tear ducts does n't mean it 's good enough for our girls",0 27505,"a feast",1 172900,"that Jennifer Lopez has shown poor judgment in planning to marry Ben Affleck",0 73358,"aimlessness",0 82633,"if only because it accepts nasty behavior and severe flaws as part of the human condition",0 116642,"candid , archly funny",1 136076,"the product of loving , well integrated homage and more like a mere excuse for the wan , thinly sketched story . Killing time , that 's all that 's going on here",0 182265,"Almost as offensive as '' Freddy",0 29386,"barely stays afloat",0 34227,"love , betrayal , revenge and above all , faith",1 27473,"a daring work of genius",1 177734,"watching a dress rehearsal",0 75919,"breathes extraordinary life into the private existence of the Inuit people",1 121726,"has crafted an intriguing story of maternal instincts and misguided acts of affection .",1 77890,"dehumanizing and ego-destroying",0 45648,"Imperfect ? Yes , but also intriguing and honorable , a worthwhile addition to a distinguished film legacy .",1 185361,"It takes a really long , slow and dreary time to dope out what TUCK EVERLASTING is about . So here it is : It 's about a family of sour immortals .",0 155587,"buried somewhere inside its fabric , but never clearly seen or felt",0 20989,"is a gem . His characters are engaging , intimate and the dialogue is realistic and greatly moving . The scope of the Silberstein family is large and we grow attached to their lives , full of strength , warmth and vitality .",1 20653,"given a loving screen transferral",1 26489,"Rowling 's phenomenal fantasy",1 49900,"buoyant , expressive flow",1 105563,"E . T . remains the most wondrous of all Hollywood fantasies -- and the apex of Steven Spielberg 's misunderstood career .",1 194526,"best Irish sense",1 238926,"without being forceful , sad without being shrill",1 206468,"more than a whiff",1 121918,"have been better off staying on the festival circuit",0 32688,"human nature",1 172433,"swings annoyingly between vertigo and opacity",0 96491,"the promise of excitement",1 71709,"a funny ( sometimes hilarious ) comedy",1 25775,"It dares to be a little different , and that shading is what makes it worthwhile .",1 114392,"any art-house moviegoer is likely to find compelling",1 63423,"A strong and confident work which works so well for the first 89 minutes , but ends so horrendously confusing in the final two",1 191394,"a stiff wind to blow it uphill or something",0 74453,"are tops , with the two leads delivering Oscar-caliber performances .",1 220318,"you rode the Zipper after eating a corn dog and an extra-large cotton candy",1 138030,"to work in the same vein as the brilliance of Animal House",1 17973,"visual tour-de-force",1 229636,"campy fun",1 137488,"to churn out one mediocre movie after another",0 31708,"focused films emerging from that most surprising of nations",1 172715,"than a leaky freighter",0 55850,"other thrillers",1 94904,"that the journey is such a mesmerizing one",1 206958,"new friends",1 191245,"a routine shocker",0 230264,"disjointed jumble of borrowed plot points",0 138325,"tried-and-true",1 57869,"that quickly snowballs out of control , while focusing on the what much more than the why",0 77353,"conveying the way tiny acts of kindness make ordinary life survivable",1 207339,"obvious directing",0 205606,"made watchable by a bravura performance",1 60635,"' A fresh-faced , big-hearted and frequently funny thrill ride for the kiddies , with enough eye candy and cheeky wit to keep parents away from the concession stand . '",1 53124,"inspires",1 181536,"A bittersweet contemporary comedy",0 185241,"It all starts to smack of a Hallmark Hall of Fame , with a few four letter words thrown in that are generally not heard on television .",0 110176,"The story is virtually impossible to follow here",0 157402,"did n't believe for a moment in these villains or their plot .",1 230300,"do n't get paid enough to sit through crap like this .",0 233033,"it is a failure .",0 59430,"told fairly well and",1 124821,"it 's better than one might expect when you look at the list of movies starring Ice-T in a major role .",1 71364,"a celebrated wonder in the spotlight",1 87735,"nearly as graphic but much more powerful ,",1 121050,"get lost in the murk of its own making",0 161592,"if the concept is a poor one , there 's no saving the movie . Sorry , Charlie",0 157771,"does n't help that the director and cinematographer Stephen Kazmierski shoot on grungy video , giving the whole thing a dirty , tasteless feel",0 1035,"freely",1 188841,"There 's nothing exactly wrong here",1 227073,"What you would end up with if you took Orwell , Bradbury , Kafka , George Lucas and the Wachowski Brothers and threw them into a blender .",1 6007,"disturbing . disgusting . without any redeeming",0 127177,"mixed-up",1 79985,"fine , focused piece",1 32051,"giddily",1 53401,"is analytical",1 96288,"the old boy 's characters more quick-witted than any English Lit",1 119078,"energy and geniality to please not only the fanatical adherents on either side , but also people who know nothing about the subject and think they",1 174916,"the title of ugliest movie of the year",0 135321,"the film does n't manage to hit all of its marks",0 26977,"This ecologically minded , wildlife friendly film teaches good ethics while entertaining with its unconventionally wacky but loving family",1 198115,"even the filmmakers did n't know what kind of movie they were making",0 112252,"a lot of tooth in Roger Dodger",1 200065,"goes overboard with a loony melodramatic denouement in which a high school swimming pool substitutes for a bathtub .",0 85507,"jolts the laughs from the audience --",1 107762,"Mike White 's deft combination of serious subject matter and dark , funny humor make '' ''",1 179378,"'ll cry for your money back .",0 11712,"the pacing is deadly , the narration helps little",0 71730,"a gleefully grungy , hilariously wicked black comedy ...",1 52778,"humdrum",0 124227,"is long on",1 152011,"a low-budget hybrid of Scarface or Carlito 's Way",0 159966,"genuinely funny moments",1 51160,"emphasizes the isolation of these characters by confining color to Liyan 's backyard",1 188250,"The gifted Crudup has the perfect face to play a handsome blank yearning to find himself ,",1 22977,"'' is a refreshing change",1 226248,"The film 's ) taste for `` shock humor '' will wear thin on all",0 13367,"you feel that you never want to see another car chase , explosion or gunfight again",0 186433,"Not even Steven Spielberg has dreamed up such blatant and sickening product placement in a movie .",0 124082,"is gone , replaced by the forced funniness found in the dullest kiddie flicks",0 103818,"A quasi-documentary by French filmmaker Karim Dridi that celebrates the hardy spirit of Cuban music .",1 114683,"are strong , though the subject matter demands acting that borders on hammy at times .",1 234247,"odoriferous thing",0 71537,"a delightful lark",1 71046,"Wonderful fencing scenes and an exciting plot make this an eminently engrossing film .",1 24881,"Branagh , in his most forceful non-Shakespeare screen performance , grounds even the softest moments in the angry revolt of his wit .",1 165660,"many characters saying too many clever things and getting into too many pointless situations",0 219772,"with loosely connected characters and plots that never quite gel",0 185464,"Jesse Helms ' anti- Castro rhetoric",0 214758,"the guy-in-a-dress genre",1 77771,"deadpan cool , wry humor and just the measure",1 186247,"Murphy and Owen Wilson",0 219350,"who ignored it in favor of old ` juvenile delinquent ' paperbacks with titles like Leather Warriors and Switchblade Sexpot",0 192189,"all seemed wasted like DeNiro 's once promising career and the once grand Long Beach boardwalk .",0 52144,"gives a star performance that is nothing short of mesmerizing",1 184571,"I 'm giving it thumbs down due to the endlessly repetitive scenes of embarrassment .",0 74192,"anything Sandler",1 150125,"There is very little dread or apprehension , and though I like the creepy ideas , they are not executed with anything more than perfunctory skill",0 105685,"Even more baffling is that it 's funny",1 103588,"A film with almost as many delights for adults as there are for children and dog lovers .",1 13298,"writhing under dialogue like ` you 're from two different worlds ' and ` tonight the maid is a lie and this , this",0 73526,"also one of the most curiously depressing",0 107633,"Maryam is a small film , but it offers large rewards",1 161848,"in crude humor",0 130655,"privy to",1 145870,"Hollywood-action cliches",0 164647,"lazy exercise",0 77271,"constantly pulling the rug from underneath us , seeing things from new sides , plunging deeper , getting more intense",1 206920,"never comes together",0 188574,"The problem with The Bread , My Sweet is that it 's far too sentimental .",0 26225,"Not far beneath the surface , this reconfigured tale asks disturbing questions about those things we expect from military epics .",1 63970,"An unsettling , memorable cinematic experience",1 59802,"uses humor and a heartfelt conviction to tell a story about discovering your destination in life",1 117839,"damning and damned compelling .",1 233624,"make a delightful comedy centering on food",1 152070,"a mix of smiles and tears",1 129631,"only defies credibility",0 205099,"like the imaginary sport it projects onto the screen -- loud , violent and mindless",0 239035,"would recommend Big Bad Love only to Winger fans who have missed her since 1995 's Forget Paris",0 112222,"a long , unfunny one",0 89053,"of the most curiously depressing",0 125376,"its sunny disposition",1 202413,"into forced fuzziness",1 199245,"for insomnia",1 147914,"One of the more irritating cartoons",0 128727,"of intellectual lector in contemplation of the auteur 's professional injuries",1 230456,"dupe the viewer",0 98120,"to hit the silver screen , then this first film to use a watercolor background since '' Dumbo '' certainly ranks as the most original in years",1 142516,", the picture does have about a matinee admission 's worth of funny to keep it afloat .",1 189487,"We get the comedy we settle for .",0 76775,"classic satire",1 198458,"fails to make the most out of the intriguing premise .",0 67705,"Much of it is funny",1 109708,"The director and her capable cast appear to be caught in a heady whirl of New Age-inspired good intentions",1 208678,"only belly laughs",1 146097,"I loved looking at this movie . I just did n't care as much for the story .",1 225214,"Nothing overly original",0 145186,"Even those of a single digit age",0 221367,", humor and snappy dialogue",1 146343,"Intended to be a comedy about relationships , this wretched work falls flat in just about every conceivable area .",0 81927,"have that kind of impact on me these days",1 149670,"The only thing that could possibly make them less interesting than they already are is for them to get full montied into a scrappy , jovial team .",0 111081,"When compared to the usual , more somber festival entries , Davis ' highly personal brand of romantic comedy is a tart , smart breath of fresh air that stands out from the pack even if the picture itself is somewhat problematic .",1 213192,"target audience has n't graduated from junior high school",0 114077,"an impressive style",1 238901,"with remarkable skill",1 41756,"crush it",0 54264,"like the nightmare you had a week ago that wo n't go away",0 187389,"So muddled , repetitive and ragged",0 54515,"make fun of these curious owners of architectural oddities . Instead , he shows them the respect they are due",1 56289,"pumps a lot of energy into his nicely nuanced narrative and",1 16154,"infectious",1 69129,"Takes a fresh and absorbing look",1 169874,"regurgitated",0 29658,"bold and subversive film",1 152028,"a major problem",0 139632,"whether or not",0 8703,"marvelous ,",1 39553,"ultimately tragic",0 44466,"An edgy thriller that delivers a surprising punch .",1 224697,"Mafia , rap stars and hood rats butt their ugly heads in a regurgitation of cinematic violence that gives brutal birth to an unlikely , but likable , hero . '",1 66405,"Insomnia is one of the year 's best films and Pacino gives one of his most daring , and complicated , performances .",1 79292,"eventually gets around to its real emotional business , striking deep chords of sadness .",1 53432,"is clearly a good thing",1 50709,"defiantly and delightfully against the grain",1 397,"an eventual cult classic",1 47317,"There are some wonderfully fresh moments that smooth the moral stiffness with human kindness and hopefulness .",1 53094,"innocent yet fervid",1 220956,"'s really an exercise in gross romanticization of the delusional personality type",0 186441,"Not exaggerated enough to be a parody of gross-out flicks , college flicks , or even flicks in general . It merely indulges in the worst elements of all of them .",0 151529,"a compelling single feature",1 59859,"very well shot or",1 143992,"B-film thuggery",0 126520,"made No Such Thing",0 112474,"a phlegmatic bore , so tedious it makes the silly spy vs . spy film The Sum of All Fears",0 66538,"It 's another retelling of Alexandre Dumas ' classic . Why ? Who knows , but",0 199043,"flavor and spice",1 58043,"the beach",1 28339,"an engaging look at the controversial eponymous and fiercely atheistic hero",1 158071,"dynamic duo",1 207301,"numbing experience to watch",0 14619,"Whether you 're moved and love it , or bored or frustrated by the film , you 'll still feel something .",1 225706,"Scooby Dooby Doo \/ And Shaggy too \/ You both look and sound great .",1 103853,"A searing , epic treatment of a nationwide blight that seems to be",1 20167,"but because it is so accessible that it makes complex politics understandable to viewers looking for nothing but energetic entertainment",1 178925,"would send this ill-conceived folly to sleep with the fishes .",0 216759,"tiresome nature",0 130308,"plays out like a flimsy excuse",0 10934,"take before indigestion sets in",0 205494,"low-brow humor , gratuitous violence",0 233892,"missing a beat",0 33271,"is a surprisingly engaging film",1 29780,"but , more to the point , the issues are subtly presented , managing to walk a fine line with regard to the question of Joan 's madness .",1 216453,"this new jangle of noise , mayhem and stupidity",0 201448,"humor and heart and",1 12708,"uplifting",1 38264,"the funniest movie",1 218055,"ultimately undo him",0 145644,"Great story ,",1 194488,"being neither",0 51694,"find Morrison 's iconoclastic uses of technology to be liberating",1 86219,"lonely and needy",0 101623,"'s as comprehensible as any Dummies guide , something even non-techies can enjoy",1 202914,"is extremely straight and mind-numbingly stilted , its episodic pacing keeping the film from developing any storytelling flow .",0 216660,"through the horrible pains of a death",0 155875,"ca n't wait to see end .",1 225980,"Strange occurrences build in the mind of the viewer and take on extreme urgency .",1 72447,"a smile",1 217003,"to every family whose mother has suffered through the horrible pains of a death by cancer",0 208074,"of the film 's shooting schedule waiting to scream",0 733,"could be a movie that ends up slapping its target audience in the face by shooting itself in the foot",0 91230,"really , really good things",1 208870,"outdated swagger",0 71607,"a fascinating study",1 95127,"the animé tradition and its defining philosophical conscience",1 5607,"close to pro-serb propaganda",0 58746,"the star-making machinery",1 46312,"New York 's finest and a nicely understated expression of the grief",1 198518,"family dynamics",1 50167,"chronicles Seinfeld 's return to stand-up comedy after the wrap of his legendary sitcom ,",1 230534,"enjoy the big screen postcard that is a self-glorified Martin Lawrence lovefest",0 95821,"the girls ' amusing personalities",1 165450,"made piece of unwatchable drivel .",0 203177,"is n't much to it .",0 189289,"True to its title , it traps audiences in a series of relentlessly nasty situations that we would pay a considerable ransom not to be looking at .",0 127159,"misses a major opportunity to be truly revelatory about his psyche",0 182289,"Although purportedly a study in modern alienation , it 's really little more than a particularly slanted , gay s/m fantasy , enervating and deadeningly drawn-out .",0 39975,"what with all of those terrific songs and spirited performances",1 169871,"regret to report that these ops are just not extreme enough",0 18982,"Is n't it great ?",1 143364,"A sour , nasty offering",0 38645,"the sometimes bad choices",0 178550,"with celluloid garbage",0 1762,"more worshipful",1 43640,", it still manages to string together enough charming moments to work .",1 3229,"you do n't try to look too deep into the story",0 126398,"lost the ability to think",0 71281,"a beautiful film for people who like their romances to have that French realism",1 171415,"so frequently that it now seems pedestrian",0 198285,"excitement in manufactured high drama",0 6577,"for all of its insights into the dream world of teen life , and its electronic expression through cyber culture , the film gives no quarter to anyone seeking to pull a cohesive story out of its 2 1\/2 - hour running time",0 215951,"the writing is indifferent",0 164783,"lesser Harrison Ford movie",0 205145,"limited by its short running time",0 185437,"Janey",1 6075,"dramatic substance",1 139175,"want to look it up",1 7284,"i like it",1 79666,"far funnier",1 156088,"casually into the absurd",0 135478,"the greatest date movies",1 33264,"is a simple and heart-warming story , full of mirth that should charm all but the most cynical",1 108580,"Reggio and Glass put on an intoxicating show .",1 230851,"fizzles like a wet stick of dynamite at the very end",0 106881,"It 's got the brawn , but not the brains .",0 226251,"The film 's ending has a `` What was it all for",0 149250,"The cartoon that is n't really good enough to be on afternoon TV is now a movie that is n't really good enough to be in theaters .",0 136292,"the soullessness",0 45774,"It celebrates the group 's playful spark of nonconformity , glancing vividly back at what Hibiscus grandly called his ` angels of light . '",1 31395,"exquisitely polished and upholstered",1 52267,"greater beause director",1 114020,"an especially poignant portrait",1 89605,"one of the better video-game-based flicks ,",1 84989,"it can chew by linking the massacre",0 19547,"a poignant and powerful narrative that reveals that reading writing and arithmetic are not the only subjects to learn in life .",1 60192,"whose compelling characters and intelligent script",1 69772,"The new Insomnia is a surprisingly faithful remake of its chilly predecessor , and when it does elect to head off in its own direction , it employs changes that fit it well rather than ones that were imposed for the sake of commercial sensibilities .",1 24410,"A pleasurably jacked-up piece of action moviemaking .",1 39995,"when they have unearthed a rare gem",1 40029,"who appreciates intelligent , stylish moviemaking",1 164911,"like a low-budget hybrid of Scarface or Carlito 's Way",0 118587,"does strong , measured work .",1 140068,"with a humanistic message",1 2321,"so corny",0 7484,"in the long , dishonorable history of quickie teen-pop exploitation ,",0 81605,"has a film used Manhattan 's architecture in such a gloriously goofy way .",1 87503,"mostly due to its superior cast",1 139470,"well worth watching",1 121081,"gets royally screwed",0 89343,"ominous mood and tension",0 228776,"are both excellent , in the kind of low-key way that allows us to forget that they are actually movie folk",1 222816,"But the talented cast alone will keep you watching , as will the fight scenes .",1 108450,"Pootie Tang with a budget",0 77740,"dawns , comic relief",1 78016,"described as ` Belgium 's national treasure",1 218981,"weepy melodrama",0 121075,"gets harder and harder to understand her choices",0 165267,"lose interest before Sandrine",0 89532,"once in a while a film",1 187235,"Shanghai Ghetto should be applauded for finding a new angle on a tireless story",1 86620,"makes a feature debut that is fully formed and remarkably assured",1 41021,"It is ridiculous , of course ... but it is also refreshing , disarming , and just outright enjoyable despite its ridiculousness",1 124901,"it . No , I love it ... hell",1 146053,"I feel sorry for Madonna .",0 73306,"after the death of a child",0 22455,"though still positive ,",1 220803,"'s endearing",1 217108,"to imagine that a more confused , less interesting and more sloppily made film could possibly come down the road in 2002",0 58727,"the smarter ,",1 9751,"pleasurable",1 32176,"great , scary",1 136448,"the training and dedication",1 84004,"is an impressive achievement in spite of a river of sadness that pours into every frame",1 31873,"from Hollywood",0 92808,"slight but",0 189606,"What the audience feels is exhaustion , from watching a movie that is dark ( dark green , to be exact ) , sour , bloody and mean .",0 90956,"puts a suspenseful spin on standard horror flick formula",1 58399,"the hype",0 142384,", out of embarrassment or stupidity",0 165538,"make them less interesting than they already are",0 67288,"Little Mermaid",1 130401,"politically charged",1 222500,"At least one scene is so disgusting that viewers may be hard pressed to retain their lunch .",0 91231,"really , really good things can come in enormous packages",1 28529,"and brilliant documentary",1 64485,"Brings an irresistible blend of warmth and humor and a consistent embracing humanity in the face of life 's harshness .",1 58775,"the term epic cinema",1 174766,"the slowest person in the audience",0 2307,"slapping its target audience in the face by shooting itself in the foot",0 235953,"sparking debate and",1 65780,"Give credit to everyone",1 223639,"Hey , Happy !",1 151791,"a garbled exercise",0 4240,"a triumph",1 124552,"is so thoughtlessly assembled",0 51250,"enough originality in ` Life ' to distance it from the pack of paint-by-number romantic comedies that so often end up on cinema screens",1 23496,", but it 's challenging , sometimes clever , and always interesting",1 178836,"worst special-effects creation",0 24343,"A film that is a portrait of grace in an imperfect world .",1 10000,"rarely does a film so graceless and devoid of merit",0 177981,"what is the point ?",0 195860,"cohesive story",1 177061,"ultimately pulls up lame",0 210983,"see coming a mile away",0 124660,"is the best kind of documentary , one that makes a depleted yesterday feel very much like a brand-new tomorrow .",1 41619,"be a cut above the norm",1 189075,"This rather unfocused , all-over-the-map movie would be a lot better if it pared down its plots and characters to a few rather than dozens ... or if it were subtler ... or if it had a sense of humor .",0 136625,"the worthy successor",1 90030,"paints a specifically urban sense of disassociation here",1 138348,"trite , predictable rehash",0 12405,"to prove a female director can make a movie with no soft edges",1 222321,"An uncomfortable movie",0 205308,"longing ? In truth , it has all the heart of a porno flick ( but none of the sheer lust )",0 37467,"summer screen escapism",1 140070,"with a lousy script , inept direction , pathetic acting , poorly dubbed dialogue and murky cinematography",0 1792,"multi-dimensional love story and sci-fi",1 168606,"pacing and lack",0 189468,"Watching junk like this",0 239129,"you avoid the Godzilla",0 144942,"Does n't offer much besides glib soullessness , raunchy language and a series of brutal set pieces ... that raise the bar on stylized screen violence .",0 60431,"witty , trenchant ,",1 108471,"Predecessors The Mummy and The Mummy Returns stand as intellectual masterpieces next to The Scorpion King .",0 150343,"Though Ganesh is successful in a midlevel sort of way",1 215114,"the movie 's wildly careening tone and an extremely flat lead performance do little to salvage this filmmaker 's flailing reputation .",0 37663,"tells it so lovingly and films it so beautifully that I could n't help being captivated by it .",1 171565,"some charming chemistry between Kate and Jed",1 147553,"Much-anticipated",1 237237,"the story has the sizzle of old news that has finally found the right vent ( accurate ?",1 211646,"since Sept . 11 )",1 166352,"most tuneless",0 23081,"'s also , clearly , great fun",1 60797,"'s a charismatic charmer likely to seduce and conquer .",1 236091,"students that deals with first love sweetly but also seriously .",1 41329,"This is pretty dicey material . But",0 29775,"bumpy",0 35257,"of genuine feeling",1 77172,"confidently orchestrated",1 160746,"has taken promising material for a black comedy and turned it instead into a somber chamber drama .",0 214547,"the extremely competent hitman films such as Pulp Fiction and Get Shorty",1 74455,"are undeniably touched",1 50520,"cover its clunky dialogue and lapses",0 32107,"go see it",1 191519,"a therapeutic zap of shock treatment",1 85333,"its originality",1 50423,"consistency",1 178273,"whom he wanted to define his career with but Pinocchio . It might as well have been Problem Child IV",0 137605,"to fully exploit the script 's potential for sick humor",1 84511,"is one of the rarest kinds of films : a family-oriented non-Disney film that is actually funny without hitting below the belt .",1 84028,"is anything but languorous",1 110663,"To call this one an eventual cult classic would be an understatement ,",1 95156,"the audience other than to sit back and enjoy a couple of great actors hamming it up",1 94031,"sweet-tempered",1 53725,"it 's an entertaining and informative documentary .",1 202183,"indescribably bad movie",0 112149,"a huge action sequence",1 173723,"the dialogue sounds like horrible poetry .",0 225168,"No.",0 134235,"that also asks its audience -- in a heartwarming , nonjudgmental kind of way -- to consider what we value in our daily lives",1 77211,"connect and express their love",1 26237,"Nothing 's at stake , just a twisty double-cross you can smell a mile away -- still , the derivative Nine Queens is lots of fun .",1 10111,"renowned",1 46299,"Nair does n't treat the issues lightly . She allows each character to confront their problems openly and honestly .",1 3858,"a great one",1 115667,"because of its heightened , well-shaped dramas",1 192037,"after a couple of aborted attempts",0 229174,"be entertained by the sight of someone getting away with something",1 164717,"left slightly unfulfilled",0 9114,"not a cozy or ingratiating work , but it 's challenging , sometimes clever , and always interesting",1 158650,"expect more from this studio than some 79-minute after-school '' cartoon ''",0 115619,"be wacky without clobbering the audience over the head",1 2643,"the messy emotions raging throughout this three-hour effort",0 139110,"voyeuristic spectacle",1 88731,"of light-heartedness , that makes it attractive throughout",1 50885,"disdain",0 7689,"is an ungainly movie , ill-fitting , with its elbows sticking out where the knees should be",0 131089,"realized through clever makeup design ,",1 66410,"Intelligent",1 223297,"Except it 's much , much better .",1 33353,"is cool , slick stuff , ready to quench the thirst of an audience that misses the summer blockbusters",1 125066,"it offers flickering reminders of the ties that bind us",1 226355,"The movie barely makes sense , with its unbelievable naïveté and arbitrary flashbacks .",0 50433,"contemplation",1 145775,"Heaven '' appalling",0 125875,"leaves little doubt that Kidman has become one of our best actors",1 51772,"for a film that takes nearly three hours to unspool",0 60023,"well-detailed",1 125180,"its audience giddy",1 40494,"young women of any size receive",1 149575,"The movie fails to portray its literarily talented and notorious subject as anything much more than a dirty old man .",0 33008,"incandescent tones and stupendous performances",1 233102,"it was n't the subject matter that ultimately defeated the film ... It was the unfulfilling , incongruous , `` wait a second , did I miss something ? ''",0 47057,"The film has a terrific look and Salma Hayek has a feel for the character at all stages of her life .",1 18606,"A well-made and often lovely depiction of the mysteries of friendship",1 141510,"'s often faintly amusing",1 131760,"saw at childhood , and captures them by freeing them from artefact",1 113086,"ability to think",1 182890,"Bravado Kathy",1 162642,"is a movie that also does it by the numbers",1 116635,"can truly be",1 114852,"as an exercise in gorgeous visuals",1 60877,"'s a tour de force , written and directed so quietly that it 's implosion rather than explosion you fear",0 219203,"where exciting",1 124409,"is one of those rare pictures that you root for throughout",1 155352,"bogs down in a mess of purposeless violence .",0 130529,"preachy fable",0 199876,"gets caught up in the rush of slapstick thoroughfare .",0 42658,"some truly unique character studies and",1 40704,"A slick ,",1 102871,", the film does hold up pretty well .",1 219280,"which will take longer to heal : the welt on Johnny Knoxville 's stomach from a riot-control projectile or my own tortured psyche",0 30075,"central gimmick",0 145021,"Each story on its own could have been expanded and worked into a compelling single feature , but in its current incarnation , Storytelling never quite gets over its rather lopsided conception",0 152346,"a recruitment film for future Hollywood sellouts",0 158259,"endure instead of",0 111377,"Zhuangzhuang creates delicate balance of style , text , and subtext that 's so simple and precise that anything discordant would topple the balance",1 158286,"enjoyable thanks",1 192107,"aims to shock",1 230529,"engaging performers",1 216698,"throws away the goodwill the first half of his movie generates by orchestrating a finale that is impenetrable and dull .",0 161258,"his fictional Yvan 's neuroses are aggravating enough to exhaust the patience of even the most understanding spouse",0 44880,"Challenging , intermittently engrossing and unflaggingly creative . But it 's too long and too convoluted and",0 66133,"I am not generally a huge fan of cartoons derived from TV shows ,",0 72988,"about the inability of dreams and aspirations",0 63642,"Adams , with four scriptwriters , takes care with the characters , who are so believable that you feel what they feel .",1 116111,"bore most audiences",0 171952,"stay in the shadow of its two older , more accessible Qatsi siblings",0 92871,"smart , compelling drama",1 57788,"that exquisitely blends music , dance , song ,",1 78534,"dope",1 126685,"makes it seem , is not a hobby that attracts the young and fit . Or intelligent .",0 219,"a particularly nightmarish",0 79975,"finds his inspiration on the fringes of the American underground",1 39811,"visualmente espectacular y muy entretenida",1 33814,"its own conceit",0 104388,"An uplifting , largely bogus story",1 173530,"the best actors ,",1 12249,"though perhaps it 's an emotion closer to pity",0 39296,"to some clever writing and sprightly acting",1 163451,"is the director 's common but unexplored fascination with the frustrated maniac",0 15789,"flaunting her natural gifts",1 48166,"a magnificent drama",1 24474,"A study in shades of gray",1 148451,"Scorsese at his best makes gangster films that are equally lovely but also relentlessly brutal and brutally intelligent",1 36227,"pulls us into its world",1 83175,"in thick clouds of denial",0 65483,"Fatale , outside of its stylish surprises",1 75437,"becomes compulsively watchable in a guilty-pleasure , daytime-drama sort of fashion",1 227346,"\/ You both look and sound great .",1 6185,"emerges as a surprisingly anemic disappointment",0 69771,"The new Insomnia is a surprisingly faithful remake of its chilly predecessor , and when it does elect to head off in its own direction , it employs changes that fit it well rather than ones that were imposed for the sake of commercial sensibilities",1 212485,"stare and sniffle , respectively , as Ledger attempts , in vain , to prove that movie-star intensity can overcome bad hair design",0 133867,"taking them to surprising highs , sorrowful lows and hidden impulsive niches ... gorgeous , passionate , and at times uncommonly moving",1 2787,"their heroic capacity for good",1 35621,"on adultery",0 139507,"were more repulsive than the first 30 or 40 minutes",0 85873,"leaves you intriguingly contemplative",1 10228,"runs to ` difficult ' films",0 236441,"that gives brutal birth to an unlikely , but likable , hero",1 46369,"Nothing 's at stake , just a twisty double-cross you can smell a mile away --",0 41138,"One Hour Photo is an intriguing snapshot of one man and his delusions : it 's just too bad it does n't have more flashes of insight",1 223849,"I still want my money back .",0 37158,"something of considerable power",1 52211,"good-looking",1 20678,"grab your children by the imagination and amaze them and amuse them",1 128117,"not particularly flattering spotlight",0 29199,"as intelligent",1 120996,"genitals",1 5545,"chills and sustained",1 87546,"movie version",1 150475,"Too slow , too long and",0 193351,"as a children 's party clown gets violently gang-raped",0 7112,"her relentless vim and winsome facial symmetry",1 43471,", Lathan and Diggs are charming and have chemistry both as friends and lovers .",1 77763,"dead mother",0 50698,"deep-seated , emotional",1 51207,"engaging and intimate",1 195216,"by the intentionally low standards of frat-boy humor",0 63866,"An engaging , formulaic sports drama that carries a charge of genuine excitement",1 74031,"and flat-out farce",0 89362,"on a board",1 71777,"a guiltless film for nice evening out .",1 164541,"lacks the kind of dynamic",0 43593,", he showcases Davies as a young woman of great charm , generosity and diplomacy",1 206322,"monumental achievement",1 74575,"as a comedy",1 214126,"the airhead movie business deserves from him right now",0 185696,"Lawrence desperately looks elsewhere , seizing on George 's haplessness and Lucy 's personality tics .",0 157326,"despairing milieu",0 57925,"that would make it the darling of many a kids-and-family-oriented cable channel",1 25778,"It extends a warm invitation into an unfamiliar world , then illuminates it fully and allows the larger implications of the journey to sink in unobtrusively .",1 21105,"it great",1 25087,"Dead",0 61304,"'s that rare family movie -- genuine and sweet without relying on animation or dumb humor .",1 206378,"more engaged and honest treatment",1 226301,"The heat of the moment",1 24555,"Ahhhh ... revenge is sweet !",1 211488,"should definitely get top billing . Robert John Burke as The Monster horns in and",1 187004,"Rodan is out of his league",0 164685,"leave frowns",0 34307,"make us laugh",1 130420,"poorly written",0 60467,"works because its flabbergasting principals , 14-year-old Robert MacNaughton , 6-year-old Drew Barrymore and 10-year-old Henry Thomas , convince us of the existence of the wise , wizened visitor from a faraway planet",1 135461,"the glorious , gaudy benefit of much stock footage of Those Days",1 67633,"Morton deserves an Oscar nomination .",1 72488,"a sparkling newcomer who instantly transform themselves into a believable mother\/daughter pair",1 31390,"expressive",1 70164,"They works spectacularly well ... A shiver-inducing , nerve-rattling ride .",1 236255,"tapping into our reality tv obsession , and even tardier",0 48059,"a genuinely spooky premise and an above-average cast , actor Bill Paxton 's directing debut",1 190301,"a cinematic postcard that 's superficial and unrealized",0 217332,"to shout insults at the screen",0 56264,"psychological -- with a highly satisfying quotient of Friday-night excitement and Milla",1 16261,"is incredible",1 20230,"can testify to the comparative accuracy of Ms . Vardalos ' memories and insights .",1 41299,"There 's a disreputable air about the whole thing , and",0 202669,"is a visual treat",1 12799,"visually seductive",1 181616,"A disaster of a drama",0 183397,"Deuces Wild , which was shot two years ago , has been gathering dust on MGM 's shelf",0 155724,"by an astonishing voice cast ( excepting Love Hewitt ) , an interesting racial tension , and a storyline",1 108420,"Plotless collection of moronic stunts is by far the worst movie of the year .",0 124023,"is essentially devoid of interesting characters or even a halfway intriguing plot",0 102642,", it 's the worst movie I 've seen this summer",0 196941,"difficult to discern if this is a crazy work of disturbed genius or merely 90 minutes of post-adolescent Electra rebellion",0 81162,"go around , with music and laughter",1 159070,"fighting each other",0 94334,"terrific job",1 102962,", this thriller is too loud and thoroughly overbearing",0 195517,"casual moviegoer",1 17105,"rewarded with two of the year 's most accomplished and riveting film performances",1 193115,"are many definitions of ` time waster '",0 39342,"to the universal language of rhythm",1 71104,"Yiddish theater , whose jolly , fun-for-fun 's - sake communal spirit goes to the essence of Broadway .",1 234178,"not a must-own",0 106159,"Has all the hallmarks of a movie designed strictly for children 's home video , a market so insatiable it absorbs all manner of lame entertainment , as long as 3-year-olds find it diverting .",0 14126,"Illuminating",1 204085,"it will stay with you",1 130562,"present some profound social commentary",1 83172,"in them , who have carved their own comfortable niche in the world",1 53293,"is a gripping , tidy little movie that takes Mr . Hill higher than he 's been in a while",1 221291,", but thanks to some lovely comedic moments and several fine performances",1 229160,"be called `` Jar-Jar Binks : The Movie",0 2398,"stay afloat",1 2620,"the hills",1 89663,"one would be hard-pressed to find a movie with a bigger , fatter heart than Barbershop .",1 127492,"most savagely hilarious social critics",1 2305,"slapping its target audience",0 71534,"a delicious crime drama on par",1 137081,"this trite , predictable rehash",0 41341,"This romantic thriller is steeped in the atmosphere of wartime England , and",1 77980,"demonstrates that the director of such Hollywood blockbusters as Patriot Games can still turn out a small , personal film with an emotional wallop",1 177573,"wallowing in its characters ' frustrations",0 123537,"into a battle of wills that is impossible to care about and is n't very funny",0 117719,"cresting",1 127004,"memorable women",1 31114,"enjoy thinking about compelling questions with no easy answers",1 212359,"spiteful",0 149747,"The plot is very clever ,",1 87719,"natural and lovely",1 96506,"the pushiness and decibel volume",0 197879,"energetic stunt sequences",1 1375,"is best",1 222265,"Although it includes a fair share of dumb drug jokes and predictable slapstick",0 142518,", the picture failed to capture me . I found it slow , drab , and bordering on melodramatic .",0 229916,"comes from the brave , uninhibited performances",1 96501,"the pungent bite",0 233588,"lucratively engaged in the shameless self-caricature of ` Analyze This ' ( 1999 ) and ` Analyze That , ' promised ( or threatened ) for later this year",0 234525,"of the arrogant",0 88976,"of the biggest names in Japanese anime , with impressive results",1 12345,"to disguise it as an unimaginative screenwriter 's invention",0 152107,"a movie about goodness is not the same thing as a good movie",0 203154,"is n't a very",0 205034,"like a particularly amateurish episode of Bewitched that takes place during Spring Break",0 143212,"A mixed bag",1 238548,"well worthwhile",1 31726,"for Sandler 's many talents",1 224562,"Lan Yu seems altogether too slight to be called any kind of masterpiece .",0 198244,"exalted",1 99450,"visceral and dangerously honest revelations about the men and machines behind the curtains of our planet",1 124351,"is not really a film as much as it is a loose collection of not-so-funny gags , scattered moments of lazy humor",0 129886,"overstating",0 63959,"An unexpectedly sweet story",1 50497,"could n't have done any better in bringing the story of Spider-Man to the big screen",1 12739,"value whatsoever",0 138739,"unlock the full potential of what is in many ways a fresh and dramatically substantial spin on the genre",1 14049,"Gloriously",1 180685,", implausible",0 146950,"Just another disjointed , fairly predictable psychological thriller .",0 45921,"Just about the surest bet for an all-around good time at the movies this summer",1 67783,"Nazi",0 83970,"is also a pointed political allegory .",0 4643,"an entertaining and informative",1 198854,"film is yet to be made",0 92898,"smartly played and smartly directed .",1 8513,"literally bruising jokes . every five minutes",0 177731,"watching a child suffer",0 205619,"magnificent Jackie Chan",1 111583,"a breathtakingly assured and stylish work of spare dialogue and acute expressiveness",1 72108,"a perceptive study of two families in crisis -- and of two girls whose friendship is severely tested by bad luck and their own immaturity",1 66643,"It 's pretty linear and only makeup-deep ,",0 128604,"of dazzling entertainment",1 192576,"an imitation movie",0 219404,"wholly unnecessary addition",0 133428,"strong piece",1 147656,"Never quite transcends jokester status",0 51118,"elevated by the wholesome twist of a pesky mother",1 224563,"Large budget notwithstanding , the movie is such a blip on the year 's radar screen that it 's tempting just to go with it for the ride .",1 50323,"compelling anatomy of grief and",1 111710,"a condition only the old are privy to",1 24673,"And if you 're not nearly moved to tears by a couple of scenes",1 168479,"over age 4 screaming from the theater",0 31773,"for more tissues and those",1 99843,"what 's best about Drumline is its energy",1 63496,"A thought-provoking and often-funny drama about isolation .",1 149990,"The whole thing plays out with the drowsy heaviness of synchronized swimmer wearing a wool wetsuit .",0 62090,", meditative",1 164372,"keep a more general audience even vaguely interested in his bratty character",0 25719,"It 's ( Ricci 's ) best work yet , this girl-woman who sincerely believes she can thwart the world 's misery with blind good will .",1 25549,"Hilarious",1 188821,"There 's an epic here ,",1 51990,"fun to watch",1 94336,"terrifically entertaining",1 126432,"love and compassion garnered from years of seeing it all , a condition only the old are privy to , and ... often misconstrued as weakness",1 112861,"a tapestry woven of romance , dancing , singing , and unforgettable characters",1 53493,"is hypnotic",1 133106,"spend years trying to comprehend it",0 94919,"that this is one summer film that satisfies",1 192106,"aims for the toilet and scores a direct hit .",0 204300,"its questionable satirical ambivalence",0 167715,"of standard , stiff TV-style animation and snazzy-looking digital effects that do little to disguise the fact that the characters barely move",0 154704,"be cliches whose lives are never fully explored",0 39456,"trim shape as an athlete as well as an actor",1 51164,"emphasizes the spare precision of the narratives and helps to give them an atavistic power ,",1 228701,"answered yes , by all means",1 101146,"you like peace",1 186768,"Press the delete key",0 143791,"An unsuccessful attempt at a movie of ideas",0 221963,"A coming-of-age film that avoids the cartoonish clichés and sneering humor of the genre as it provides a fresh view of an old type --",1 11199,"the bad",0 221918,": the problem is he has no character , loveable or otherwise .",0 219680,"with a treasure chest of material",1 86837,"marvelous documentary touches -- ever so gracefully --",1 73353,"aimed mainly at little kids but with plenty of entertainment value",1 89507,"on this frozen tundra soap opera that breathes extraordinary life into the private existence of the Inuit people",1 179899,"'s not original enough .",0 42688,"stays in your head and",1 48596,"acceptable",1 205223,"little more than a particularly slanted , gay s/m fantasy ,",0 216845,"to barely feature length",0 33120,"intimate and character-driven film",1 228258,"a worthwhile environmental message",1 237563,"this one makes up for in heart what it lacks in outright newness .",1 133442,"struck me as unusually and unimpressively fussy and pretentious .",0 21807,"rare in film today",1 233346,"leave the auditorium feeling dizzy , confused , and totally disorientated",0 82188,"hilarious and sad",1 222064,"A muted freak-out",0 18790,"Clever",1 57160,"some contrived banter , cliches and",0 138524,"umpteenth",1 68071,"P . T . Anderson understands the grandness of romance and how love is the great equalizer that can calm us of our daily ills and bring out joys in our lives that we never knew were possible",1 154277,"as this becomes just another kung-fu sci-fi movie with silly action sequences",0 128759,"of kiddie entertainment , sophisticated wit and symbolic graphic design",1 100390,"with a clever pseudo-bio that manages to have a good time as it doles out pieces of the famous director 's life",1 3923,"a lobotomy",0 168246,"one that never materializes",0 45825,"It makes you believe the cast and crew thoroughly enjoyed themselves and believed in their small-budget film .",1 194984,"brought something fresher to the proceedings",1 182849,"Blue Crush delivers what it promises , just not well enough to recommend it .",0 109554,"The animated sequences are well done and perfectly constructed to convey a sense of childhood imagination",1 80267,"for extreme unease",0 3756,"a faulty premise ,",0 154551,"bad joke",0 107110,"Its use of the thriller form to examine the labyrinthine ways in which people 's lives cross and change , buffeted by events seemingly out of their control ,",1 225506,"Prepare to marvel again .",1 154795,"be profound , and hyper-cliched where it should be sincere",0 169930,"relic from a bygone era , and its convolutions ...",0 74626,"as an abstract Frank Tashlin comedy and as a playful recapitulation of the artist 's career",1 13740,"4 friends",1 38099,"the controversial eponymous and fiercely atheistic hero",1 5280,"bring",1 152823,"absolutely no sense . Its underlying mythology is a hodgepodge of inconsistencies that pose the question : Since when did dumb entertainment have to be this dumb",0 217798,"tries to shift the tone to a thriller 's rush",1 145410,"For a film about two mismatched buddies , Crystal and De Niro share little screen time and even less chemistry .",0 184842,"If you do n't laugh , flee",0 127145,"misfire that even Tunney ca n't save",0 16278,"is riveting",1 140901,"' cheats on itself and retreats to comfortable territory . Too bad .",0 105123,"Claire is a terrific role for someone like Judd , who really ought to be playing villains .",1 179886,"'s not enough substance",0 54582,"makes you feel genuinely good",1 80611,"from each film",1 188442,"The movie is silly beyond comprehension ,",1 96554,"the recording sessions are intriguing , and -- on the way to striking a blow for artistic integrity --",1 97902,"to be a hip-hop fan to appreciate Scratch",1 91356,"refreshing and comical",1 84554,"is pretty cute",1 233645,"make the thing look really slick",1 109644,"The cast ... keeps this pretty watchable , and casting Mick Jagger as director of the escort service was inspired .",1 218009,"two hours feel like four",0 210759,"same old crap",0 15765,"few and far between",0 148387,"Santa weigh down the plot so heavily that they drain all the film of its energy and needlessly strain credibility",0 46980,"The best animated",1 147638,"Nelson 's brutally unsentimental approach ... sucks the humanity from the film , leaving behind an horrific but weirdly unemotional spectacle .",0 3961,"a mawkish self-parody",0 27836,"a smooth sleight",1 165177,"long slog",0 18206,"R-rated )",1 122998,"in getting under the skin of her characters",1 22980,"'' should come with the warning '' For serious film buffs only",0 53720,"it 's a memorable performance in a big , brassy , disturbing , unusual and highly successful film",1 132914,"some very good acting , dialogue",1 55268,"of a peculiar premise with promise",1 78498,"does the nearly impossible",1 149889,"The streets , shot by cinematographer Michael Ballhaus , may be as authentic as they are mean , but it is nearly impossible to care about what happens on them .",0 178808,"works on no level whatsoever for me",0 211252,"serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer boring",0 134637,"that works effortlessly at delivering genuine , acerbic laughs",1 48334,"a reminder of the power of film",1 25733,"It 's a nicely detailed world of pawns , bishops and kings , of wagers in dingy backrooms or pristine forests .",1 180336,", 102-minute infomercial",0 149267,"The character is too forced and overwritten to be funny or believable much of the time , and Clayburgh does n't always improve the over-the-top mix .",0 21329,"might not buy the ideas .",0 205708,"makes even Elizabeth Hurley seem graceless and ugly .",0 111035,"What might have been readily dismissed as the tiresome rant of an aging filmmaker still thumbing his nose at convention takes a surprising , subtle turn at the midway point .",0 30668,"delicious guilty pleasure",1 175564,"this three-hour endurance test",0 91680,"ride for the kiddies , with enough eye candy and cheeky wit to keep parents away from the concession stand . '",1 204607,"know why Steven Seagal is considered a star , nor why he keeps being cast in action films when none of them are ever any good or",0 215954,"the writing is indifferent , and Jordan Brady 's direction is prosaic",0 41590,"arouse further curiosity",1 193328,"as Ledger attempts , in vain , to prove that movie-star intensity can overcome bad hair design",0 147640,"Nemesis meekly goes where nearly every Star Trek movie has gone before",0 226475,"The script by Vincent R. Nebrida ... tries to cram too many ingredients into one small pot .",0 103868,"A seriously bad film with seriously",0 175708,"through vulgarities in a sequel you can refuse",0 116599,"can impart an almost visceral sense of dislocation and change .",1 76735,"cinematic intoxication , a wildly inventive mixture of comedy and melodrama , tastelessness and",1 12228,"those movies that catches you up in something bigger than yourself",1 113606,"all mixed up together like a term paper from a kid who ca n't quite distinguish one sci-fi work from another",0 93066,"some cute moments ,",1 3748,"a fairy tale that comes from a renowned indian film culture that allows americans to finally revel in its splendor",1 84730,"is the great equalizer that can calm us of our daily ills and bring out joys in our lives that we never knew",1 5666,"comparative",1 164301,"just did n't mean much to me and played too skewed to ever get a hold on",0 148673,"So lazy and slipshod",0 123718,"is a cinephile 's feast , an invitation to countless interpretations",1 199189,"for a stiff wind to blow it uphill or something",0 203029,"is just as boring and as obvious",0 88966,"of the best films of the year with its exquisite acting , inventive screenplay , mesmerizing music , and many inimitable scenes",1 87566,"moving and stark reminder",1 169878,"rehash old jokes and leave",0 30147,"child abuse",0 206334,"more a cinematic collage",0 206514,"most horrific movie",0 119988,"few movies have ever approached",1 4611,"an agonizing bore except when the fantastic kathy bates turns up",0 136699,"thematically complex",1 151046,"Woody Allen movie ever . He has a great cast and a great idea .",1 123277,"inauthentic",0 46892,"Thanks to confident filmmaking and a pair of fascinating performances",1 48902,"an assurance worthy",1 31895,"from his largely amateur cast",0 175061,"the writers mistakenly thought they could achieve an air of frantic spontaneity by simply tossing in lots of characters doing silly stuff and stirring the pot",0 80821,"funny level",1 9464,"on the verge of either cracking up or throwing up",0 9560,"overflowing",1 41432,"a gem . His characters are engaging ,",1 198508,"familiar and predictable , and",0 100795,"wondrous love story",1 45447,"Has a certain ghoulish fascination , and generates a fair amount of B-movie excitement",1 116194,"breathtakingly assured and stylish work",1 51781,"for an all-around good time at the movies this summer",1 58203,"the democratic exercise while also examining its significance for those who take part",1 137853,"to show the gentle and humane side of Middle Eastern world politics",1 72609,"a supremely kittenish performance",1 129583,"one relentlessly depressing situation",0 62612,"... while Dark Water is n't a complete wash ( no pun intended ) , watched side-by-side with Ringu , it ultimately comes off as a pale successor .",0 9891,"psychologically rich",1 146629,"It 's too interested in jerking off in all its Byzantine incarnations to bother pleasuring its audience .",0 42979,"weaves a carefully balanced scenario that is controlled by neither character , is weirdly sympathetic to both and",1 178768,"wonderful time",1 237474,"think , zzzzzzzzz",0 214655,"the fine work done by most of the rest of her cast",1 123779,"is a lumbering , wheezy drag ...",0 185070,"It 's as if a bored Cage spent the duration of the film 's shooting schedule waiting to scream : '' Got AIDS yet ? ''",0 33480,"is so bluntly written , without a trace of sentimentality",0 27422,"a cheerfully inconsequential diversion .",1 86529,"make Italian for Beginners worth the journey",1 165092,"little less bling-bling and a lot more",0 180204,"( Soderbergh ) tends to place most of the psychological and philosophical material in italics rather than trust an audience 's intelligence",0 184611,"I ca n't recommend it . But",0 5873,"deeply concerned with morality",1 77765,"dead-end existence",0 167561,"of its own world",1 17682,"the worst film comedies",0 216350,"this bad",0 106455,"I had a dream that a smart comedy would come along to rescue me from a summer of teen-driven , toilet-humor codswallop , and",1 26714,"The Bourne Identity proves that a fresh take is always possible .",1 76446,"career-defining",1 182575,"As David Letterman and The Onion have proven , the worst of tragedies can be fertile sources of humor , but Lawrence has only a fleeting grasp of how to develop them .",0 134283,"that defies classification and is as thought-provoking as it",1 199227,"for each others ' affections",1 15016,"and contradictions",0 77224,"conquer all kinds of obstacles , whether they be of nature , of man or of one another",1 83345,"infuses the movie with much of its slender , glinting charm",1 214190,"the best the contest received",1 100688,"with vibrance and warmth",1 188848,"There 's some good material in their story about a retail clerk wanting more out of life ,",1 88767,"of modern life",1 179632,"'s an unhappy situation all around .",0 4107,"a slightly naughty , just-above-average off - broadway",1 107200,"John Malkovich 's reedy consigliere",1 31422,"exude a chemistry and comfort level that 's both saucy and endearing .",1 210491,"restate",0 28226,"allying you with its characters ' choices , good and ill , that its shortcomings are remembered only as an afterthought",1 145809,"Hilariously",1 201688,"impressed with its own solemn insights",1 182321,"Amid the cliché and foreshadowing",0 126701,"makes sure The Salton Sea works the way a good noir should ,",1 143073,"A dreary , incoherent , self-indulgent mess of a movie in which a bunch of pompous windbags drone on inanely for two hours",0 191895,"acted -- and far less crass - than some other recent efforts",1 97163,"their super-powers , their super-simple animation and their super-dooper-adorability intact",1 197042,"directs an equally miserable film the following year",0 121193,"gives his heart",1 189364,"Unless there are zoning ordinances to protect your community from the dullest science fiction , Impostor is opening today at a theater near you .",0 199640,"from the world of television , music and stand-up comedy",1 138350,"triumphant ,",1 163057,"is n't a redeeming moment",0 64805,"Contradicts everything we 've come to expect from movies nowadays . Instead of simply handling conventional material in a conventional way , Secretary takes the most unexpected material and handles it in the most unexpected way .",1 67322,"Love -- very much a Hong Kong movie",1 126574,"mainstream foreign mush",0 58013,"the ambiguous welcome extended by Iran to the Afghani refugees who streamed across its borders , desperate for work and food",1 163197,"is often preachy",0 98621,"trademark grin",1 226200,"The best Disney movie",1 160604,"has a glossy coat of action movie excess while remaining heartless at its core",0 159795,"full effect the energetic cast",1 203193,"is n't quite one of the worst movies of the year . It 's just merely very bad",0 35958,"people together in a sweet and charming way , if a little convenient",1 207685,"of cutesy romance , dark satire and murder mystery",1 120301,"folds under its own thinness",0 156590,"coming from the amazingly lifelike Tara Reid , whose acting skills are comparable to a cardboard cutout",0 71127,"You can almost see Mendes and company getting together before a single frame had been shot and collectively vowing , ` This is going to be something really good . ' And it is .",1 61358,"'s virtually impossible to like any of these despicable characters .",0 215563,"the screenplay or something",1 4045,"a pretty unpleasant viewing experience",0 76553,"certain sexiness",1 24557,"Al Pacino",1 164646,"lazy and slipshod",0 105670,"Evelyn comes from the heart .",1 96982,"the very top rank of French filmmakers",1 202737,"is an insultingly inept and artificial examination of grief and its impacts upon the relationships of the survivors .",0 33902,"just about everything right",1 221422,", it does n't even seem like she tried .",0 209118,"passe",0 4302,"a well-made thriller",1 154663,"be a prize winner",1 154444,"attempts to do too many things in this story about ethics , payola , vice , murder , kids ' TV and revenge",0 67732,"My Big Fat Greek Wedding is not only the best date movie of the year , it 's also a -- dare I say it twice -- delightfully charming -- and totally American , I might add -- slice of comedic bliss .",1 63448,"A sun-drenched masterpiece , part parlor game",1 171531,"soggy , cliche-bound epic-horror yarn",0 76503,"cat-and-mouse , three-dimensional characters and",1 157274,"denied her own athleticism by lighting that emphasizes every line and sag .",0 200438,"hard to pity the ` plain ' girl who becomes a ravishing waif after applying a smear of lip-gloss . Rather , pity anyone who sees this mishmash",0 218204,"unimaginatively foul-mouthed",0 38582,"the prophetic book in a way even its exacting author might admire",1 69769,"The new Insomnia is a surprisingly faithful remake of its chilly predecessor ,",1 39688,"up for as loosey-goosey , experimental entertainment . Still",1 22386,"the year 's most thought-provoking film .",1 133754,"sweet , funny , charming , and completely delightful",1 201166,"his drug",0 179580,"'s a terrible movie in every regard , and utterly painful to watch .",0 216748,"tired old setting",0 214646,"the final effect is like having two guys yelling in your face for two hours .",0 201273,"ho-hum affair",0 104832,"Both lead performances are Oscar-size . Quaid is utterly fearless as the tortured husband living a painful lie",1 214358,"the conventional science-fiction elements of bug-eyed monsters and futuristic women in skimpy clothes",0 232342,"is a refreshing absence of cynicism in Stuart Little 2",1 55155,"numerous flashbacks",0 16265,"is intensely personal and yet -- unlike Quills -- deftly shows us the temper of the times .",1 77336,"conventional , but well-crafted",1 190632,"a future they wo n't much care about",0 145419,"For all its impressive craftsmanship , and despite an overbearing series of third-act crescendos , Lily Chou-Chou never really builds up a head of emotional steam .",0 217717,"touts his drug as being 51 times stronger than coke . If you 're looking for a tale of Brits behaving badly , watch Snatch again . It 's 51 times better than this",0 12777,"very well-made , funny and",1 135183,"the entire exercise has no real point",0 7456,"in narcissism and self-congratulation",0 45562,"I ca n't say that I liked Homeboy : it 'd be more accurate to say that I found it intriguing , bizarre , Dogma-like in spots - and quite truthful , in its way",0 80787,"funny , harmless",1 170263,"rush job",0 221758,"-- unless prewarned --",0 53632,"is soaringly , transparently moving .",1 65825,"Gooding is the energetic frontman , and it 's hard to resist his enthusiasm , even if the filmmakers come up with nothing original in the way of slapstick sequences",1 158042,"dullards .",0 31233,"even all that dumb",0 50040,"captivatingly",1 75978,"brisk 85-minute screwball thriller",1 41847,"engages your brain",1 137839,"to see where one 's imagination will lead when given the opportunity",1 174208,"the lesson , in the end , is nothing new",0 74330,"are faithful to Melville 's plotline , they",1 74523,"articulates",1 214319,"the college-friends genre ( The Big Chill ) together with the contrivances and overwrought emotion of soap",0 36534,"responsible",1 75976,"brisk , reverent , and subtly different",1 238506,"we are on the backs of our parents",0 224553,"Lacking gravitas , MacDowell is a placeholder for grief , and ergo this sloppy drama is an empty vessel",0 238515,"we had to endure last summer",0 223089,"Defies logic ,",0 100484,"with efficiency and an affection for the period",1 84663,"is such a perfect medium for children",1 171307,"slow , soggy , soporific , visually dank crime melodrama\/character study",0 176718,"torn away from the compelling historical tale to a less-compelling soap opera",0 191570,"a triumph of imagination",1 33096,"intelligent , stylish",1 205914,"may be convinced that he has something significant to say",0 217091,"to have seen before , but beneath the exotic surface ( and exotic dancing ) it 's surprisingly old-fashioned",1 50325,"compelling and brilliantly",1 204565,"kills every sense of believability",0 72267,"a remarkably faithful one",1 182451,"An unholy mess , driven by the pathetic idea that if you shoot something on crummy-looking videotape , it must be labelled ` hip ' , ` innovative ' and ` realistic '",0 103459,"A brutally dry satire of Middle American numbness .",0 210846,"saying nothing about Kennedy 's assassination and revealing nothing about the pathology it pretends to investigate",0 155863,"ca n't save itself from being unoriginal , unfunny and unrecommendable",0 52484,"have earned a 50-year friendship",1 113158,"about identity and alienation",0 70588,"Using an endearing cast , writer\/director Dover Kosashvili takes a slightly dark look at relationships , both sexual and kindred .",1 43463,", French director Anne Fontaine delivers an inspired portrait of male-ridden angst and the emotional blockage that accompanies this human condition",1 211330,"sex on screen been so aggressively anti-erotic",0 103610,"A gangster movie with the capacity",1 180751,", it must have read ` seeking anyone with acting ambition but no sense of pride or shame . '",0 167,"a fine little",1 41606,"at once exhilarating , silly",1 12781,"victim",0 145260,"Fails to bring as much to the table .",0 72742,"a vanity project",0 196368,"crap is what I was expecting",0 211505,"should have been the ultimate IMAX trip",1 97918,"to be exploring the idea of why human beings long for what they do n't have , and how this gets us in trouble .",1 164767,"less simplistic , obvious , clumsily plotted",0 104195,"Although tender and touching",1 204948,"lightweight meaning",0 112066,"a greater attention",1 138159,"too steeped in fairy tales and other childish things",0 190451,"a detriment",1 183994,"For this sort of thing to work , we need agile performers ,",0 180453,", Sterile And Lacking",0 120027,"filled with raw emotions conveying despair and love",1 35489,"of the original American road movies , feasting on the gorgeous , ramshackle landscape of the filmmaker 's motherland",1 142171,", except to show fisticuffs in this sort of stop-go slow motion that makes the gang rumbles look like they 're being streamed",0 1068,"genuine depth",1 229023,"assume he had a bad run in the market or a costly divorce , because there is no earthly reason other than money why this distinguished actor would stoop so low .",0 232533,"is like watching an Alfred Hitchcock movie after drinking twelve beers .",0 70194,"This film can only point the way -- but thank goodness for this signpost .",1 191139,"a pretty listless collection of kid-movie clichés",0 162431,"into this hard and bitter place",0 14206,"Karmen moves like rhythm",1 146520,"It 's just disappointingly superficial --",0 153271,"an Angel school of non-God spiritual-uplift movies",1 25519,"Hell House",0 179362,"'d probably turn it off , convinced that you had already seen that movie .",0 209200,"performances of ( Jack Nicholson 's ) career",1 8286,"keening and self-mutilating sideshow",0 112526,"a pretty woman",1 52889,"in a mask , Splat-Man ! Good old-fashioned slash-and-hack",1 54139,"language to bring us Morvern 's soul",1 23944,", those reaching for more tissues and those begging for mercy",0 149737,"The plot has a number of holes , and at times it 's simply baffling",0 81623,"has a no-frills docu-Dogma plainness",0 109565,"The art direction and costumes are gorgeous and finely detailed ,",1 87094,"might be like trying to eat Brussels sprouts",0 117642,"crafted a complicated hero who is a welcome relief from the usual two-dimensional offerings",1 216399,"this is a Mormon family movie , and a sappy , preachy one at that",0 23621,", family and affection",0 66397,"Insanely hilarious !",1 47364,"This is a good script , good dialogue , funny even for adults . The characters are interesting and often very creatively constructed from figure to backstory .",1 47054,"The film has a terrific look",1 128258,"oddly humorous",1 232503,"is inspiring , ironic , and revelatory of just how ridiculous and money-oriented the record industry really is .",1 9116,"not a cozy or ingratiating work , but it 's challenging , sometimes clever , and always interesting , and",1 115980,"big round eyes and",1 122171,"her share of the holiday box office pie",1 197099,"dismiss BarberShop out of hand",0 86320,"loses its soul to Screenwriting For Dummies conformity",0 48366,"a shame",0 28630,"and hard to resist",1 208472,"on screen been so aggressively anti-erotic",0 41234,"Tautou remains captivating throughout Michele 's religious and romantic quests ,",1 216742,"tired , unnecessary",0 42225,"is uniformly excellent and",1 36468,"relies on predictable plot contrivances",0 123541,"into a deadly bore",0 23928,", they invariably shake up the formula and make it more interesting .",1 52436,"has the punch of a good sitcom",1 60967,"'s been hyped to be because it plays everything too safe",0 134150,"that 's likely to irk viewers",0 188747,"The trailer is a riot . The movie is a dud .",0 192985,"appear together on a marquee , especially when the payoff is an unschooled comedy like Stealing Harvard , which fails to keep 80 minutes from seeming like 800",0 40159,"with Weaver 's sensitive reactions to make this a two-actor master class",1 187947,"The animation is competent , and",1 169019,"pointlessness",0 17430,"that gives you a fascinating , albeit depressing view of Iranian rural life close to the Iraqi border",1 137518,"to cut repeatedly to the flashback of the original rape",0 205051,"like an extended dialogue exercise in Retard 101",0 60799,"'s a cool event for the whole family . Maybe not a classic , but a movie the kids will want to see over and over again .",1 136881,"this ` we 're - doing-it-for - the-cash ' sequel",0 150711,"Wasabi is slight fare indeed , with the entire project having the feel of something tossed off quickly ( like one of Hubert 's punches ) , but",0 126457,"lovely and lovable",1 89145,"of this stylish film that is able to visualize schizophrenia but is still confident enough to step back and look at the sick character with a sane eye",1 229640,"can almost see Mendes and company getting together before a single frame had been shot and collectively vowing , ` This is going to be something really good",1 190831,"a little less product",0 159257,"flop",0 74782,"as temptingly easy",1 143321,"A sequel that 's much too big for its britches .",0 110942,"Watching Austin Powers in Goldmember is like binging on cotton candy . It 's sweet and fluffy at the time , but it may leave you feeling a little sticky and unsatisfied .",0 130299,"plays like a student film",0 4843,"as a well-made evocation of a subculture",1 171882,"stale gags",0 138254,"trailer-trash style . Entertaining but like shooting fish in a barrel .",0 101727,"'s just too bad the screenwriters eventually shoot themselves in the feet with cop flick cliches like an oily arms dealer , squad car pile-ups and the requisite screaming captain .",0 121889,"hated myself in the morning .",0 211659,"singing and finger",1 9996,"rare to find a film to which the adjective ` gentle ' applies",1 218954,"weak payoff",0 171076,"silly , self-indulgent filmmaker",0 37512,"surprisingly deep",1 65317,"Enjoyably fast-moving , hard-hitting documentary .",1 200704,"hate the feeling of having been slimed in the name of High Art",0 584,"before long , the film starts playing like general hospital crossed with a Saturday night live spoof of dog day afternoon",0 106850,"It 's dark but has wonderfully funny moments : you care about the characters : and",1 21655,"oppressive",0 233204,"jolly , fun-for-fun 's - sake communal spirit goes to the essence of Broadway",1 165188,"long-winded and",0 37573,"take these great leaps of faith",1 130183,"petty thievery",0 134356,"that his funniest moment comes when he falls about ten feet onto his head",1 121570,"halfwit",0 139975,"wills that is impossible to care about and is n't very funny",0 228915,"as a stylish and energetic one-shot , The Queen of the Damned",1 148899,"Succumbs to the same kind of maudlin , sentimental mysticism that mars the Touched by an Angel school of non-God spiritual-uplift movies",0 11633,"the most ingenious and entertaining",1 228521,"an `` ambitious failure",0 154221,"as naturally",1 80295,"for its sheer audacity and openness",1 180068,"'s very little",0 140257,"with the excitement of the festival in Cannes",1 62802,"A bonanza of wacky sight gags , outlandish color schemes , and corny visual puns that can be appreciated equally as an abstract Frank Tashlin comedy and as a playful recapitulation of the artist 's career",1 121335,"goosebumps",1 143965,"Attempts by this ensemble film to impart a message are so heavy-handed that they instead pummel the audience .",0 228655,"and precious commodity",1 212797,"substitute plot for personality . It does n't really know or care about the characters , and uses them as markers for a series of preordained events",0 188572,"The problem is that for the most part , the film is deadly dull .",0 171964,"step wrong",0 232165,"into an insular world that gives the lie to many clichés and showcases a group of dedicated artists",1 160684,"has leukemia looked so shimmering and benign",0 9938,"qualities",1 195469,"carefully choreographed atrocities",0 110624,"Throws in enough clever and unexpected twists to make the formula feel fresh .",1 52350,"hard to forget",1 119933,"feels painfully redundant and inauthentic .",0 167602,"of millions of vibrant flowers",1 127456,"most moronic screenplays",0 24791,"Barlow",0 193149,"are nowhere near",0 221942,"A battle between bug-eye theatre and dead-eye matinee .",0 110597,"Though in some ways similar to Catherine Breillat 's Fat Girl , Rain is the far superior film .",1 40215,"with honest performances and realistic interaction between the characters",1 158352,"epic-horror",1 107425,"Less-than-compelling",0 63261,"A poignant comedy",1 59560,"truthful . Mr . Koshashvili is a director to watch",1 101613,"'s an entertaining movie",1 139166,"wannabe film --",0 74402,"are simply dazzling ,",1 118684,"drama , romance , tragedy , bravery , political intrigue , partisans and",1 132997,"somewhat flawed ,",0 101513,"'s a howler",1 146058,"I found myself finally unmoved by this film , which is immaculately produced and has serious things to say",0 204259,"its own action is n't very effective",0 101339,"'' funny",1 130924,"quirky characters , odd situations , and",1 144642,"Course",1 118450,"do n't even care that there 's no plot in this Antonio Banderas-Lucy Liu faceoff . It 's still terrible !",0 218560,"virtually nothing to show",0 43164,"'s a lyrical endeavour .",1 139090,"visually flashy but narratively opaque and emotionally vapid",0 130134,"perfectly bland",0 204646,"lackluster screenplay",0 26101,"Monty Python 's",1 188796,"There 's a little violence and lots of sex in a bid to hold our attention , but it grows monotonous after a while , as do Joan and Philip 's repetitive arguments , schemes and treachery .",0 72263,"a remarkably cohesive whole ,",1 24291,"A celebration",1 54069,"keep the proceedings as funny for grown-ups as for rugrats",1 116201,"bright , intelligent , and humanly funny film .",1 236516,"that other Imax films do n't : chimps , lots of chimps , all blown up to the size of a house",0 104347,"An intimate contemplation",1 76924,"come from the script 's insistence",0 45745,"It 's not a great monster movie . But",0 22017,"some truly unique character studies and a cross-section of Americana",1 224158,"It 's an effort to watch this movie , but",1 177003,"turns so unforgivably trite in its last 10 minutes that anyone without a fortified sweet tooth will likely go into sugar shock .",0 84000,"is an imaginative filmmaker who can see the forest for the trees",1 3842,"a gorgeously strange movie , heaven is deeply concerned with morality",1 232859,"is trying to dupe the viewer into taking it all as Very Important simply because the movie is ugly to look at and not a Hollywood product",0 141645,"'s the CliffsNotes with pages missing",0 133722,"suspect that there are more interesting ways of dealing with the subject",0 6896,"guilt",0 121703,"has become one of our best actors",1 200283,"guilt-trip",0 141708,"'s worth the price of admission for the ridicule factor alone",1 4208,"a thoughtful , reverent",1 111165,"Williams ' usual tear and a smile , just sneers and bile",0 210980,"see a flick about telemarketers",0 23109,"'s both a necessary political work and a fascinating documentary",1 177119,"undercut by amateurish execution",0 25514,"He simply presents his point of view that Ayurveda works .",1 153482,"an overlong episode",0 106313,"Hope keeps arising that the movie will live up to the apparent skills of its makers and the talents of its actors , but it does n't",0 63994,"Aniston has at last decisively broken with her Friends image in an independent film of satiric fire and emotional turmoil .",1 194319,"becomes predictably conventional",0 223719,"Huppert ... is magnificent",1 167053,"nude groupies",0 216170,"there was ever a movie where the upbeat ending feels like a copout",0 170520,"see a devastating comic impersonation",0 228940,"as cutting , as witty",1 201430,"hugely overwritten",0 185246,"It all unfolds predictably , and the adventures that happen along the way seem repetitive and designed to fill time , providing no real sense of suspense .",0 70144,"There is no substitute for on-screen chemistry",1 100399,"with a few lingering animated thoughts",1 95387,"the courage of its convictions and excellent performances on its side",1 213941,"that we would pay a considerable ransom not to be looking at",0 63152,"A lot of fun , with an undeniable energy sparked by two actresses in their 50s working at the peak of their powers .",1 112693,"a showdown",1 192542,"an established filmmaker",1 15250,"best film",1 90582,"praises",1 26850,"The long-range appeal of '' Minority Report ''",1 106506,"I never thought I 'd say this , but I 'd much rather watch teens poking their genitals into fruit pies",0 169093,"pose as an actual feature movie , the kind that charges full admission and gets hyped on TV and purports to amuse small children and ostensible adults",0 93129,"some special qualities",1 34281,"made without much thought",0 66902,"Jennifer Lopez 's most aggressive and most sincere attempt",1 72087,"a one-of-a-kind tour de force",1 222939,"Christians sensitive to a reductionist view of their Lord as a luv-spreading Dr. Feelgood or omnipotent slacker",0 146734,"It preaches",0 76746,"cinematography to the outstanding soundtrack",1 203035,"is just as obvious as telling a country skunk that he has severe body odor",0 7549,"insightfully written , delicately performed",1 228581,"an immensely appealing couple",1 75799,"bone-chilling",1 237132,"the outcome of `` Intacto 's '' dangerous and seductively stylish game",1 160248,"good bits",1 225604,"Replacing John Carpenter 's stylish tracking shots is degraded , handheld Blair Witch video-cam footage .",0 177459,"very stylish but ultimately extremely silly",1 150189,"This film is full of rabbits . Brimful . But like most rabbits , it seems to lack substance",0 109307,"Symbolically , Warm Water Under a Red Bridge is a celebration of feminine energy , a tribute to the power of women to heal .",1 116313,"but a stumblebum of a movie",0 40916,"Frida 's artistic brilliance is undeniable -- it 's among the most breathtakingly designed films I 've ever seen",1 53562,"is one of 2002 's involvingly adult surprises .",1 113041,"a work of entertainment",1 221251,", actor Raymond J. Barry is perfectly creepy and believable .",1 34484,"might have more homosexual undertones than an Eddie Murphy film .",0 139944,"will probably like it .",1 109517,"The Wild Thornberrys Movie does n't offer much more than the series",0 17000,"provides an amazing performance that dwarfs everything else in the film",1 92076,"see a feature that concentrates on people , a project in which the script and characters hold sway",1 8132,"its scenes and sensibility",1 211670,"singularly off-putting romantic comedy .",0 202318,"intended for the home video market",0 32333,"has surpassed himself with the magic he 's spun with the Hollywood empress of Ms . Leoni 's Ellie",1 204585,"knockoff .",0 103844,"A remarkable movie with an unsatisfying ending , which is just the point .",1 58219,"the dimming",0 94485,"that 's packed with just as much intelligence as action",1 29966,"ca n't miss it .",1 32544,"his distinctive ` blundering ' style into something that could really help clear up the case",0 180975,", the film is -- to its own detriment -- much more a cinematic collage than a polemical tract .",0 137352,"to a woman whose passion for this region and its inhabitants still shines in her quiet blue eyes",1 177296,"unwrapped it early , took out all the good stuff , and left behind the crap ( literally ) .",0 34643,"most impossibly dry account",0 131547,"ride through nighttime Manhattan , a loquacious videologue of the modern male and the lengths to which he 'll go to weave a protective cocoon around his own ego",1 191244,"a routine crime thriller remarkable only for its lack of logic and misuse of two fine actors , Morgan Freeman and Ashley Judd .",0 54807,"morally",1 124926,"it begins to seem as long as the two year affair which is its subject",0 221458,", like I already mentioned ... it 's Robert Duvall !",1 97608,"though flawed",0 108183,"One of the year 's best films",1 16581,"misogynistic",0 184414,"High drama , Disney-style",1 106288,"Hollywood war-movie stuff",0 205097,"like the happy music",1 22730,"we grow attached to their lives , full of strength , warmth and vitality .",1 153077,"all its impressive craftsmanship",1 59816,"utterly charming",1 90612,"prefer this new version",1 48245,"a non-threatening multi-character piece",1 180472,", ` Naqoyqatsi ' is banal in its message and the choice of material to convey it .",0 183916,"Fessenden continues to do interesting work , and",1 181114,", we need agile performers",0 93350,"sporadically funny",1 31512,"fashions the sort of delicate , articulate character - and - relationship study he 's favored for decades .",1 14228,"Life",1 159316,"fool us into thinking that we 're not watching a double",0 194801,"bombastic and ultimately empty World War II action",0 155960,"can not be enjoyed , even on the level that one enjoys a bad slasher flick , primarily because it is dull . Yes , dull",0 50283,"comes off as a touching , transcendent love story .",1 162684,"is a totally formulaic movie",0 137087,"this wild Welsh whimsy",1 221965,"A coming-of-age film that avoids the cartoonish clichés and sneering humor of the genre as it provides a fresh view of an old type -- the uncertain girl on the brink of womanhood .",1 103631,"A gripping documentary",1 134815,"the all-too-familiar dramatic arc of the Holocaust escape story",0 70445,"Transcends its agenda to deliver awe-inspiring , at times sublime , visuals",1 228060,"a non-stop funny feast of warmth , colour and cringe",1 216739,"timelessness",1 203547,"is the edge of wild , lunatic invention that we associate with Cage 's best acting",1 212151,"some outrageously creative action",1 117503,"contrived and exploitative for the art houses and too cynical , small and decadent for the malls .",0 68507,"Romantic comedy and Dogme 95 filmmaking may seem odd bedfellows , but they turn out to be delightfully compatible here",1 45700,"It 's a bit disappointing that it only manages to be decent instead of dead brilliant .",0 75132,"bad luck and their own immaturity",0 115804,"begins with the everyday lives of naval personnel in San Diego and ends with scenes so true and heartbreaking that tears welled up in my eyes both times",1 57321,"stays close to the ground",1 111964,"a fudged opportunity of gigantic proportions",0 90447,"pointed personalities",1 72114,"a perfect show of respect to just one of those underrated professionals who deserve but rarely receive it",1 184553,"Hypnotically dull ,",0 80553,"frighten and",0 21560,"of the greatest romantic comedies of the past decade .",1 165517,"make it tough for them to really care",0 166311,"most hopelessly monotonous",0 229301,"been lost in the translation this time",0 74593,"as a high concept vehicle for two bright stars of the moment who can rise to fans ' lofty expectations , the movie passes inspection",1 153110,"all the boozy self-indulgence that brings out the worst in otherwise talented actors",0 163112,"is n't very funny .",0 108919,"Shot largely in small rooms , the film has a gentle , unforced intimacy that never becomes claustrophobic .",1 171408,"so enamored of her own creation",0 24265,"A big , gorgeous , sprawling swashbuckler",1 125456,"jell into charm",1 221767,"... In this incarnation its fizz is infectious .",1 164837,"lifts this tale of cannibal lust above the ordinary",1 224930,"Mr. Koshashvili is a director to watch .",1 179976,"'s so devoid of joy and energy",0 21201,"lavish",1 32811,"in a culture",1 119087,"engage children",1 208935,"overly convenient",0 162508,"irritating slice",0 185285,"It has more in common with a fireworks display than a movie , which normally is expected to have characters and a storyline .",0 181951,"A relentless , bombastic and ultimately empty World War II action flick .",0 58096,"the cast and crew thoroughly enjoyed themselves and believed in their small-budget film",1 77493,"crafted , engaging filmmaking that should attract upscale audiences hungry for quality and a nostalgic , twisty yarn that will keep them guessing .",1 186129,"Miike ... a cult hero .",1 202272,"inspire anything more than a visit to McDonald 's , let alone",0 59282,"to loss",0 83189,"in this fascinating portrait of a modern Lothario",1 221447,", it still seems endless .",0 988,"find it migraine-inducing",0 110173,"The story is smart and entirely charming in intent and execution .",1 171674,"something tossed off quickly ( like one of Hubert 's punches )",0 99237,"uses modern technology to take the viewer inside the wave",1 67506,"Mel Gibson can gasp , shudder and even tremble without losing his machismo",1 189848,"Would 've been nice if the screenwriters had trusted audiences to understand a complex story , and left off the film 's predictable denouement . Then Nadia 's birthday might not have been such a bad day after all .",0 110294,"There 's absolutely no reason why Blue Crush , a late-summer surfer girl entry , should be as entertaining as it is",1 25634,"I love the way that it took chances and really asks you to take these great leaps of faith and pays off .",1 85104,"it more than makes up for in drama , suspense , revenge , and romance .",1 182023,"A spooky yarn of demonic doings on the high seas that works better the less the brain is engaged .",0 142380,", or anywhere else , did director Ron Underwood manage to blow $ 100 million on this ?",0 113016,"a welcome relief from the usual two-dimensional offerings",1 33493,"is still memorable for some great one-liners",1 4377,"accuracy",1 38211,"the film a fuller experience",1 58064,"the best of technology around a gripping story",1 52732,"hoping '' Ecks vs . Sever '' or '' xXx",0 161656,"imagine the life of Harry Potter as a martial arts adventure told by a lobotomized Woody Allen",0 172137,"strung together into one feature-length horror",0 18397,", cultural backgrounds and rhythmic ability want to get up and dance .",1 85324,"its oh-so-Hollywood rejiggering",1 17870,"took off",1 123274,"inappropriate",0 98067,"to forgive that still serious problem",0 211379,"sharp focus",1 226929,"Wait for video -- and then",0 62294,", the movie benefits from having a real writer plot out all of the characters ' moves and overlapping story .",1 54263,"like the movie 's various victimized audience members after a while",0 112197,"a legal thriller",1 231555,"have been just another bad movie",0 192651,"an uneasy marriage",0 7094,"her confidence in her material is merited",1 12144,"this harrowing journey into combat hell",0 90379,"plays up the cartoon 's more obvious strength of snazziness while neglecting its less conspicuous writing strength .",1 70389,"Thumbs up to Paxton",1 225695,"Scarcely worth a mention apart from reporting on the number of tumbleweeds blowing through the empty theatres graced with its company .",0 93052,"solid performances and eerie atmosphere",1 128134,"not to mention dragged down by a leaden closing act",0 168424,"ought to be a whole lot scarier than they are in this tepid genre offering .",0 105654,"Eric Rohmer 's economical antidote to the bloated costume drama",1 212218,"something to be fully forgotten",0 171391,"so badly made on every level that I 'm actually having a hard time believing people were paid to make it",0 219074,"were paying dues for good books unread",0 91200,"real turns",1 167885,"of ugliest movie of the year",0 87994,"not all that bad of a movie",1 227011,"Well-made",1 2252,"sex-soaked",0 128673,"of genuine depth",1 123524,"intermittently wise",1 108357,"Performances are potent ,",1 103043,", you 'll find yourself remembering this refreshing visit to a Sunshine State .",1 39331,"to the max",1 190467,"a distinctly musty odour , its expiry date long gone",0 180426,", Mr . Shyamalan is undone by his pretensions .",0 179006,"wrote Patch Adams , for which he should not be forgiven . Why he was given free reign over this project -- he wrote , directed , starred and produced -- is beyond me",0 138102,"too heady for children , and too preachy",0 97768,"timeless and",1 118948,"elements of romance , tragedy and even silent-movie comedy",1 199463,"fragmentary narrative style",0 107843,"Mr . Hundert",1 182160,"According to Wendigo , ` nature ' loves the members of the upper class almost as much as they love themselves .",1 36304,"quite moving scenes",1 100125,"who play their roles with vibrant charm",1 198736,"feels like a ruse , a tactic to cover up the fact that the picture is constructed around a core of flimsy -- or , worse yet , nonexistent -- ideas",0 50970,"does n't waste a moment",1 217647,"too neat and new pin-like",0 111994,"a genre -- the gangster\/crime comedy -- that wore out its welcome with audiences several years ago",0 191947,"acts light on great scares and a good surprise ending .",1 92840,"slovenly life in this self-deprecating , biting and witty feature written by Charlie Kaufman and his twin brother , Donald , and directed by Spike Jonze",1 235330,"reminds you that you could be doing something else far more pleasurable",0 155977,"can rent a pedigree instead",0 32081,"gives us a hero whose suffering and triumphs we can share",1 8061,"its heart",1 63409,"A special kind",1 154954,"been biting and droll",0 63404,"A solid , psychological action film from Hong Kong .",1 28981,"any youngster who loves horses",1 107296,"Kids should have a stirring time at this beautifully drawn movie .",1 185307,"It looks good ,",1 172670,"terms of the low-grade cheese standards on which it operates",0 183470,"Directors Harry Gantz and Joe Gantz have chosen a fascinating subject matter , but the couples exposing themselves are n't all that interesting",0 72517,"a stark portrait",1 88842,"of quiet power",1 163623,"it 's also cold , grey , antiseptic and emotionally desiccated .",0 192467,"an advantage",1 64292,"Beautifully reclaiming the story of Carmen and recreating it an in an African idiom .",1 7802,"is that they 're stuck with a script that prevents them from firing on all cylinders",0 118392,"distinguish one sci-fi work",1 229163,"be careful what you wish for ''",0 19550,"a polished and relatively sincere piece",1 92951,"so intensely feminine that it serves as the antidote ( and cannier doppelganger ) to Diesel 's XXX flex-a-thon .",1 206242,"misogyny and unprovoked",0 2120,"rare to see a movie that takes such a speedy swan dive from '' promising '' to '' interesting '' to '' familiar '' before landing squarely on '' stupid ''",0 9022,"neat",1 44130,"A highly spirited , imaginative kid 's movie that broaches neo-Augustinian theology : Is God stuck in Heaven because He 's afraid of His best-known creation ?",1 155794,"by the majority of the film that shows a stationary camera on a subject that could be mistaken for giving a public oration , rather than contributing to a film 's narrative",0 181612,"A dim-witted and lazy spin-off of the Animal Planet documentary series , Crocodile Hunter is entertainment opportunism at its most glaring .",0 74449,"are too strange and dysfunctional , Tom included , to ever get under the skin",0 124605,"is that Hollywood expects people to pay to see it .",0 214545,"the extensive use of stock footage quickly becomes a tiresome cliché",0 20896,"in gorgeous places",1 150267,"This loud and thoroughly obnoxious comedy",0 38592,"the richness",1 213762,"that malarkey",0 218647,"wannabe-hip crime comedy",0 147985,"Overall the film feels like a low-budget TV pilot that could not find a buyer to play it on the tube .",0 34948,"nor as thrilling as it should be .",0 57279,"spontaneous intimacy",1 179328,"'' is somewhat entertaining",1 163353,"is so predictable and sentimental that viewers are likely to lose interest before Sandrine",0 163308,"is silly . Unfortunately",0 136968,"this is n't even a movie we can enjoy as mild escapism : it is one in which fear and frustration are provoked to intolerable levels .",0 33089,"insultingly",0 36961,"sights",0 39860,"was a good , straightforward tale , but Time Out is better . It 's haunting .",1 234181,"not as aggressively impressive as its American counterpart",0 103952,"A tone of rueful compassion ... reverberates throughout this film , whose meaning and impact is sadly heightened by current world events",1 52927,"in general and theatrical phenomenon of Hell Houses in particular",1 161525,"humor to lighten things up",1 42729,"take a vicarious voyage",1 181917,"A profoundly stupid affair , populating its hackneyed and meanspirited storyline with cardboard characters and performers who value cash above credibility .",0 47238,"The reason to see '' Sade ''",1 25747,"It 's fairly self-aware in its dumbness .",0 29314,"at the who 's who casting and the sheer insanity of it all",0 20247,"choose to see it",1 68652,"Scratch ' is a pretty decent little documentary",1 63659,"After an uncertain start",0 32171,"grand , uncomplicated fashion",1 27358,"a Triumph , however , it is not",0 193324,"as I valiantly struggled to remain interested , or at least conscious",0 38426,"the most compelling variations",1 22400,"then fizzles like a wet stick of dynamite at the very end .",0 156399,"clocks in at 80 minutes , but feels twice as long",0 200514,"has been gathering dust on MGM 's shelf",0 65911,"Hard , endearing , caring , warm . Bring tissues .",1 45382,"Gives you the steady pulse of life in a beautiful city viewed through the eyes of a character who , in spite of tragic loss and increasing decrepitude , knows in his bones that he is one of the luckiest men alive",1 37175,"sophisticated , challenging filmmaking",1 89881,"outside his grasp",0 156092,"catches dramatic fire .",1 55937,"party-hearty",1 140221,"with some fine acting",1 95525,"the emotional heart",1 91508,"repellent to fully endear itself to American art house audiences , but it is notable for its stylistic austerity and forcefulness .",1 151917,"a junior varsity Short Cuts by way of Very Bad Things",0 15670,"epic quality",1 236226,"take centre screen , so that the human story is pushed to one side",0 51901,"freshness",1 59574,"turn this fairly parochial melodrama into something really rather special .",1 17455,"that you 'd be happy to listen to them reading the phone book",1 198692,"feel-bad ending",0 80931,"geriatric Dirty Harry ,",0 149231,"The backyard battles you staged with your green plastic army men were more exciting and almost certainly made more sense .",0 98184,"to make an old-fashioned nature film that educates viewers with words and pictures while entertaining them",1 89333,"old-fashioned themes",1 179565,"'s a real shame that so much of the movie -- again , as in The Animal -- is a slapdash mess .",0 30590,"darn good , despite its smarty-pants aura .",1 159646,"free ticket",1 18431,", its ribald humor and touching nostalgia are sure to please anyone in search of a Jules and Jim for the new millennium .",1 28223,"allowed to play out as a clever , charming tale -- as pleasantly in its own way as its self-dramatizing characters",1 188285,"The innate",0 187479,"Soulless",0 101748,"'s made a film that 's barely shocking , barely interesting and most of all , barely anything",0 67932,"O Fantasma is boldly , confidently orchestrated , aesthetically and sexually , and its impact is deeply and rightly disturbing .",1 142668,", you have to gloss over the no sense ending .",0 200719,"have a case of masochism and an hour and a half to blow",0 36376,"really asks you to take these great leaps of faith and pays off",1 212589,"stitched together from stock situations and characters from other movies",0 70563,"Unfolds in a low-key , organic way that encourages you to accept it as life and go with its flow",1 52649,"his own idiosyncratic strain",0 105057,"Cheap ,",0 149878,"The story is naturally poignant , but first-time screenwriter Paul Pender overloads it with sugary bits of business .",0 115809,"beguiling serenity and poise",1 237201,"the script assumes that not only would subtlety be lost on the target audience , but that it 's also too stupid to realize that they 've already seen this exact same movie a hundred times",0 159841,"funny ( enough ) or",1 224761,"Medem may have disrobed most of the cast , leaving their bodies exposed , but the plot remains as guarded as a virgin with a chastity belt",0 44127,"A heartening tale of small victories and enduring hope .",1 66301,"If you have n't seen the film lately , you may be surprised at the variety of tones in Spielberg 's work .",1 230066,"cut to a new scene , which also appears to be the end",0 22337,"the rare director who does not want to invite viewers to gawk at or applaud his special effects",1 235515,"see a movie that takes such a speedy swan dive from `` promising '' to `` interesting ''",1 31518,"fast-moving",1 69256,"The Bard as black comedy -- Willie would have loved it",1 78865,"embodies the transformation of his character completely",1 221428,", it is a failure .",0 50643,"darling",1 28479,"and a few unabashedly sentimental tears",1 225224,"Notorious C.H.O. has oodles of vulgar highlights .",0 149740,"The plot is so predictable and sentimental that viewers are likely to lose interest before Sandrine",0 175923,"to be cerebral , too dull and pretentious to be engaging",0 236186,"surveyed high school students ... and came back with the astonishing revelation that `` they wanted to see something that did n't talk down to them . ''",1 225389,"Pair that with really poor comedic writing ... and you 've got a huge mess .",0 130309,"plays out like a flimsy excuse to give Blade fans another look at Wesley Snipes ' iconic hero doing battle with dozens of bad guys -- at once",0 95847,"the great minds of our times",1 112131,"a hint of joy , preferring to focus on the humiliation of Martin as he defecates in bed",0 213695,"that it 's hard to take her spiritual quest at all seriously",0 185185,"It 's obvious ( Je-Gyu is ) trying for poetry : what he gets instead has all the lyricism of a limerick scrawled in a public restroom",0 184538,"Human Nature is a goofball movie , in the way that Malkovich was , but it tries too hard",0 15602,"drive to show how its done",1 74121,"another remarkable yet shockingly little-known perspective",1 26817,"The film is beautifully mounted",1 235054,"pretend the whole thing never existed",0 43612,", intelligent film",1 146060,"I found myself finally unmoved by this film , which is immaculately produced and has serious things to say , is that it comes across rather too plainly as allegory .",0 48929,"an epic tale",1 48271,"a pesky mother",0 68349,"Ratliff 's two previous titles , Plutonium Circus and Purgatory County show his penchant for wry , contentious configurations , and this film is part of that delicate canon",1 221601,", the old MIB label stands for Milder Is n't Better .",0 136921,"this exciting new filmmaker has brought to the screen",1 156584,"comic-strip characters",0 204595,"know if it wants to be a retro-refitting exercise in campy recall for older fans or a silly , Nickelodeon-esque kiddie flick",0 11140,"that tries to fuse the two ` woods ' but winds up a bolly-holly masala mess",0 205189,"little action , almost",0 111406,"` Christian Bale 's Quinn ( is ) a leather clad grunge-pirate with a hairdo like Gandalf in a wind-tunnel and a simply astounding cor-blimey-luv-a-duck cockney accent . '",0 93385,"squirming",0 88616,"of hard-bitten , cynical journalists",0 36043,"pleasure to see Seinfeld griping about the biz with buddies Chris Rock , Garry Shandling and Colin Quinn",1 105822,"First and foremost ... the reason to go see '' Blue Crush '' is the phenomenal , water-born cinematography by David Hennings .",1 194710,"blatant and sickening product placement",0 126746,"manages sweetness largely without stickiness .",1 138055,"too bad the screenwriters eventually shoot themselves in the feet with cop flick cliches like an oily arms dealer , squad car pile-ups and the requisite screaming captain",0 33376,"is fresh and unselfconscious",1 184322,"Has all the complexity and realistic human behavior of an episode of General Hospital",0 66031,"Hollywood pipeline",0 164114,"its plot contrivances",0 33515,"is the kind of movie that used to be right at home at the Saturday matinee",1 32425,"he reasonably should be",1 111527,"a banal spiritual quest",0 25980,"Like Mike is a winner for kids , and no doubt a winner for Lil Bow Wow , who can now add movies to the list of things he does well .",1 226449,"The problem with movies about angels is they have a tendency to slip into hokum .",0 218483,"very meticulously but without any passion",0 90501,"populated by characters who are nearly impossible to care about",0 197142,"disturbing disregard",0 227446,"`` Bowling for Columbine '' remains a disquieting and thought-provoking film ...",1 192142,"all bluster and cliché",0 200579,"has little wit and no surprises .",0 148815,"Springer crowd",0 236243,"takes such a speedy swan dive from `` promising ''",0 106026,"Goldmember ''",1 40400,"yet another studio horror franchise mucking up its storyline with glitches casual fans could correct in their sleep",0 126785,"many fans",1 75576,"benefits from serendipity but",1 196433,"crematorium",0 186790,"Project Greenlight '' winner",1 180796,", luridly coloured , uni-dimensional nonsense machine",0 56976,"sickly sweet gender normative narrative",1 133610,"suggest that the wayward wooden one end it all by stuffing himself into an electric pencil sharpener",0 176651,"too many repetitive",0 223494,"Give credit to everyone from Robinson down to the key grip that this bold move works",1 188862,"There are a few chuckles , but not a single gag sequence that really scores",0 15307,"bust your gut",1 53721,"it 's a pleasurable trifle",1 134899,"the best Next Generation episodes",1 144728,"De Niro looks bored , Murphy recycles Murphy , and you mentally add Showtime to the pile of Hollywood dreck that represents nothing more than the art of the deal .",0 190926,"a mediocre screenplay",0 175910,"to be a sudsy tub of supernatural hokum , not even Ms .",0 84553,"is presented with universal appeal",1 119609,"extremely unpleasant film",0 19356,"This bold and lyrical first feature from Raja Amari",1 129860,"overcome the obstacles of a predictable outcome and a screenplay that glosses over Rafael 's evolution .",1 119693,"falls a little flat with a storyline that never quite delivers the original magic",0 74662,"as darkly funny , energetic",1 205361,"looking down at your watch and",0 32134,"good page-turner",1 228676,"annoying demeanour",0 209752,"probably limited to LDS Church members and undemanding armchair tourists",0 238942,"wo n't convert you -- or even keep your eyes open",0 25958,"Leoni",1 23114,"'s easily his finest American film",1 74935,"at leading lives of sexy intrigue",1 115049,"as the recent Argentine film Son of the Bride reminded us that a feel-good movie can still show real heart",1 169546,"questionable in-the-ring match-up",0 167395,"of characterization , humor or plain old popcorn fun",1 162441,"intrepid hero",1 152298,"a psychological mess ,",0 89896,"over the bombastic self-glorification of other feel-good fiascos like Antwone Fisher or The Emperor 's Club any time",1 34875,"neglected",0 67929,"O Fantasma is boldly , confidently orchestrated , aesthetically and sexually ,",1 110078,"The philosophical musings of the dialogue jar against the tawdry soap opera antics of the film 's action",0 223654,"Hilariously inept and ridiculous",0 132301,"shockingly bad and",0 105224,"Continually challenges perceptions of guilt and innocence , of good guys and bad , and asks us whether a noble end can justify evil means .",1 48549,"about friendship , love , memory , trust and loyalty",1 82867,"in a slap-happy mood",1 60148,"who ca n't stop loving anime",1 141732,"'ve heard that the fans of the first Men in Black have come away hating the second one .",0 179572,"'s a shame that the storyline and its underlying themes ... finally seem so impersonal or even shallow .",0 117696,"creates images even more haunting than those in Mr . Spielberg 's 1993 classic",1 124854,"it 's not much more watchable than a Mexican soap opera",0 44121,"A gripping movie , played with performances that are all understated and touching",1 133281,"stick to his day job",0 176576,"tone-deaf singer",0 39375,"told with such affecting grace and cultural specificity",1 134816,"the amateurish",0 122763,"illustrates the ability of the human spirit to overcome adversity",1 41893,"extends a warm invitation into an unfamiliar world , then illuminates it fully",1 194953,"brilliant director",1 34961,"not as aggressively impressive as its American counterpart , '' In the Bedroom",0 194463,"behind the project",1 113516,"aged past his prime",0 233334,"lazily and glumly settles into a most traditional , reserved kind of filmmaking .",0 135835,"the moviemaking process",1 235695,"should give `` Scratch '' a second look .",1 218538,"viewers out in the cold and undermines some phenomenal performances .",0 5389,"by this gentle comedy",1 3192,"with the sleeper movie of the summer award",1 145458,"Ford effortlessly filled with authority",1 447,"are obviously pretty clever",1 179071,"you 're talking about a slapstick comedy , that 's a pretty big problem",0 23704,", it 's a work of incendiary genius , steering clear of knee-jerk reactions and quick solutions .",1 41025,"It uses an old-time formula , it 's not terribly original",0 63083,"A gorgeously strange movie , Heaven",1 60367,"with pat storylines , precious circumstances and beautiful stars",1 213494,"that 's something I would rather live in denial about",0 158736,"fail miserably",0 190549,"a few tasty morsels under your belt",1 214614,"the film itself is small and shriveled",0 228546,"an asset and",1 125482,"juicy role",1 237553,"this movie is 90 minutes long , and",0 236885,"the film does not make this statement in an easily accessible way ,",0 224505,"Just send it to Cranky .",0 216585,"threadbare comic setups",0 7341,"if you 're in the right b-movie frame of mind , it may just scare the pants off you",1 182039,"A superfluous sequel ... plagued by that old familiar feeling of ` let 's get this thing over with ' : Everyone has shown up at the appointed time and place",0 144217,"Borrows from so many literary and cinematic sources that this future world feels absolutely deja vu .",0 232844,"is too calm and thoughtful for agitprop ,",0 199155,"for a barf bag",0 93396,"staggeringly unoriginal terms",0 19917,"any of these performances as award-worthy",1 189809,"With the dog days of August upon us , think of this dog of a movie as the cinematic equivalent of high humidity .",0 82045,"heartfelt and hilarious",1 222269,"Although very much like the first movie based on J.K. Rowling 's phenomenal fantasy best sellers , this second go-round possesses a quite pleasing , headlong thrust and a likably delinquent attitude .",1 4065,"a ragbag of cliches .",0 162719,"is all too familiar",0 95935,"the innocence",1 175883,"to attempt to pass this stinker off as a scary movie",0 85693,"know that I 'll never listen to Marvin Gaye or the Supremes the same way again",1 10627,"something must have been lost in the translation",0 1155,"has never",0 105059,"Cheap , vulgar dialogue and a plot that crawls along at a snail 's pace .",0 1437,"it 's frustrating to see these guys -- who are obviously pretty clever -- waste their talent on parodies of things they probably thought were funniest when they were high .",0 149867,"The story is -- forgive me -- a little thin , and the filmmaking clumsy and rushed",0 139473,"well-acted and thought-provoking",1 45621,"If you 're as happy listening to movies as you are watching them , and the slow parade of human frailty fascinates you , then you 're at the right film .",1 188873,"There are many definitions of ` time waster ' but this movie must surely be one of them",0 46550,"Predictable storyline",0 45252,"Films about loss , grief and recovery are pretty valuable these days",1 10430,"show that hinges on the subgenre 's most enabling victim ... and an ebullient affection for industrial-model meat freezers",0 234837,"overstays",0 222319,"An uncluttered , resonant gem",1 189964,"` Butterfingered ' is the word for the big-fisted direction of Jez Butterworth , who manages to blast even the smallest sensitivities from the romance with his clamorous approach .",0 42574,"rousing , invigorating",1 29285,"at last found a worthy follow-up",1 172810,"than this mess",0 84035,"is as difficult for the audience",0 111764,"a deadly bore",0 153911,"are nothing more than part of the scenery",0 15964,"has nothing but love for its posse of trailer park denizens .",1 148616,"Sit through this one ,",1 161131,"her story has nothing fresh or very exciting about it",0 120609,"found with an devastating , eloquent clarity",1 118077,"derisive",0 135826,"the movie stirs us as well .",1 91783,"romp that has something to say .",1 43796,", wound-licking , bar-scrapping doggedness",0 40769,"An unbelievably fun film just a leading man away from perfection",1 151340,"a bad odor",0 86380,"love the players it brings to the fore for the gifted but no-nonsense human beings they are and for the still-inestimable contribution they have made to our shared history",1 114906,"as fresh-faced as its young-guns cast",1 24831,"Biggie and Tupac is so single-mindedly daring , it puts far more polished documentaries to shame .",1 38204,"the film 's otherworldly quality",1 137408,"to be consumed and forgotten",0 202644,"is a shaky , uncertain film that nevertheless touches a few raw nerves .",0 53919,"its elegantly colorful look and sound",1 39220,"to keep it interesting",1 28834,"and that they know their roles so well",1 22112,"sustains throughout is daring , inventive and impressive .",1 127030,"mess that it feels less like bad cinema than like being stuck in a dark pit having a nightmare about bad cinema .",0 166404,"movie that tries to fuse the two ` woods ' but winds up a Bolly-Holly masala mess .",0 196311,"could n't find stardom if MapQuest emailed him point-to-point driving directions",0 238486,"watching Huppert , a great actress tearing into a landmark role ,",1 215069,"the most entertaining moments",1 195486,"carries a little too much ai n't - she-cute baggage into her lead role as a troubled and determined homicide cop to quite pull off the heavy stuff .",0 72659,"a thoughtful what-if for the heart as well as the mind",1 15396,"charisma that you 'd be happy to listen to them reading the phone book",1 106219,"Herzog simply runs out of ideas",0 85746,"lament the loss of culture",0 201717,"in Black II achieves ultimate insignificance",0 197460,"down to whether you can tolerate Leon Barlow . I ca n't",0 177155,"undisputed worst boxing movie",0 233975,"most repugnant",0 24008,", yes , but one with characters who think and talk about their goals , and are working on hard decisions .",1 130324,"plenty to offend everyone",0 49645,"being a true adaptation of her book",1 230078,"dampened through",0 28625,"and gentle",1 142479,", the film is about as interesting as an insurance commercial .",0 93170,"something rare and riveting",1 12369,"to hang a soap opera on",0 102468,", cry and realize , ` It 's never too late to believe in your dreams . '",1 172223,"subversive little indie film",1 53762,"it 's still a rollicking good time for the most part",1 179141,"you instantly know whodunit",0 207768,"of high humidity",1 26952,"There has always been something likable about the Marquis de Sade .",1 231011,"from `` promising ''",1 86103,"like trying to eat Brussels sprouts",0 14125,"If your senses have n't been dulled by slasher films and gorefests , if you 're a connoisseur of psychological horror , this is your ticket .",1 221779,"... a light , yet engrossing piece .",1 18433,", longing and love",1 4546,"always entertaining , and smartly written",1 129983,"parental units",1 218824,"waster '",0 225273,"Of The Bride 's humour is born out of an engaging storyline , which also is n't embarrassed to make you reach for the tissues .",1 23695,", intimate film",1 230840,"first-class , natural acting",1 173244,"that they 're watching a 76-minute commercial",0 9845,"profound",1 14232,"Like",1 101834,"'s nothing remotely triumphant about this motion picture .",0 116299,"bullets . Some of the characters die and others do n't , and the film pretends that those living have learned some sort of lesson",0 198017,"especially unfortunate in light of the fine work done by most of the rest of her cast",0 39368,"toe-tapping music to paint a picture of a subculture that is at once exhilarating , silly , perverse , hopeful and always fun",1 123982,"is definitely a director to watch",1 129312,"often heartbreaking",0 62644,"13 Conversations may be a bit too enigmatic and overly ambitious to be fully successful , but Sprecher and her screenwriting partner and sister , Karen Sprecher , do n't seem ever to run out of ideas",1 33442,"is not only than a frighteningly capable debut and genre piece , but also a snapshot of a dangerous political situation on the verge of coming to a head .",1 74446,"are to be embraced .",1 142438,", somebody unwrapped it early , took out all the good stuff , and left behind the crap ( literally ) .",0 125236,"its ecological , pro-wildlife sentiments are certainly welcome",1 189118,"Those who trek to the ` plex predisposed to like it probably will enjoy themselves . But ticket-buyers with great expectations will wind up as glum as Mr . De Niro",0 225810,"Slap her",0 146026,"I certainly ca n't recommend it",0 97328,"think you 've figured out Bielinsky 's great game , that 's when you 're in the most trouble",1 50472,"corny conventions",0 239080,"yet engrossing piece",1 199461,"fourth-rate",0 223249,"Especially give credit to Affleck .",1 230272,"distinct flair",1 42198,"is not just the spice ,",1 49550,"be the definition of a ` bad ' police shooting",0 72966,"about openness , particularly the",1 88963,"of the best",1 98949,"undeniably subversive and involving in its bold presentation",1 92060,"seduce and",1 134188,"that Celebi could take me back to a time before I saw this movie",0 218139,"underrehearsed",0 129014,"of the elements that will grab you",1 148742,"Some of their jokes work",1 34327,"makes up for in intelligence and B-grade stylishness .",1 67463,"Maryam is more timely now than ever .",1 52102,"gets onto the screen just about as much of the novella as one could reasonably expect",1 55288,"of an almost sure-fire prescription for a critical and commercial disaster",0 25097,"Dense with characters and contains some thrilling moments",1 199857,"get your money back",0 92667,"similarly themed",1 185143,"It 's kind of sad that so many people put so much time and energy into this turkey .",0 64387,"Blanchett and Ribisi compellingly tap into a spiritual aspect of their characters ' suffering",1 215679,"the story 's promising premise",1 228997,"as though clips from The Pink Panther Strikes Again and\/or Sailor Moon have been spliced in",0 108831,"Seagal ran out of movies years ago , and this is just the proof",0 32020,"get THIS",1 226895,"Utter mush ... conceited pap .",0 61920,", ghastly",0 22106,"supportive",1 86375,"love stories you will ever see .",1 211701,"sit through a crummy , wannabe-hip crime comedy that refers incessantly to old movies , when you could just rent those movies instead , let alone seek out a respectable new one",0 126596,"major-league",1 187761,"The Burning Sensation",1 6451,"feeling this movie until it veered off too far into the exxon zone , and left me behind at the station looking for a return ticket to realism",0 36000,"phenomenon",1 185632,"Knockaround Guys plays like a student film by two guys who desperately want to be Quentin Tarantino when they grow up . But they lack their idol 's energy and passion for detail .",0 154440,"attempt by the filmmakers to force-feed James Bond into the mindless XXX mold and throw 40 years of cinematic history down the toilet in favor of bright flashes and loud bangs",0 149132,"The Piano Teacher is anything but fun .",0 184645,"I did n't laugh .",0 25261,"Everything you loved about it in 1982 is still there , for everybody who wants to be a kid again , or show it to their own kids .",1 109830,"The film occasionally tries the viewer 's patience with slow pacing and a main character who sometimes defies sympathy , but it ultimately satisfies with its moving story",1 110390,"There must be an audience that enjoys the Friday series , but I would n't be interested in knowing any of them personally .",0 225694,"Scarcely worth a mention apart from reporting on the number of tumbleweeds blowing through the empty theatres",0 111884,"a few advantages",1 132725,"so far-fetched it would be impossible to believe if it were n't true",0 200813,"have forgotten everything he ever knew about generating suspense",0 5669,"compassionately explores the seemingly irreconcilable situation between conservative christian parents and their estranged gay and lesbian children",1 153889,"are more than effectively",1 211685,"sit and stare and turn away from one another instead of talking",0 198647,"feel anything much while watching this movie , beyond mild disturbance or detached pleasure at the acting",0 123708,"is a big , juicy role",1 224720,"Manipulative claptrap , a period-piece movie-of-the-week , plain old blarney ...",0 4534,"along with green 's half-hearted movie career",0 29463,"because it 's realistic about all kinds of love",1 46365,"Not the kind of film that will appeal to a mainstream American audience ,",0 37516,"surprisingly sincere",1 4796,"are just enough twists in the tale to make it far more satisfying than almost any horror film in recent memory",1 26795,"The film 's 45-minute running time stops shy of overkill , though viewers may be more exhausted than the athletes onscreen .",0 152000,"a lot less sensational than it wants to be",0 194784,"bogus spiritualism",0 152031,"a man with enough charisma and audacity",1 224272,"It ca n't escape its past , and it does n't want to",0 136323,"the start -- and , refreshingly ,",1 91826,"ruin and ultimate collapse",0 32309,"has fun being grown up .",1 20719,"has an avalanche of eye-popping visual effects .",1 108045,"Norton is magnetic as Graham .",1 128233,"occasional charms",1 62393,", unrepentantly trashy take on Rice 's second installment of her Vampire Chronicles .",0 234404,"of dedicated artists",1 175486,"this movie is one long chick-flick slog .",0 219532,"will likely set the cause of woman warriors back decades",0 13787,"A pleasant enough movie",1 192579,"an inconclusive ending",0 42943,"uneasily as a horror picture ...",0 186890,"Reno ) lets her radical flag fly , taking angry potshots at George W . Bush , Henry Kissinger , Larry King , et al .",0 49773,"bodily function jokes",0 162990,"is leaning forward while wearing low-cut gowns , not making snappy comebacks",0 120388,"for an intelligent movie in which you can release your pent up anger",1 71971,"a memorable directorial debut from King Hunk",1 110939,"Watching Austin Powers in Goldmember is like binging on cotton candy . It 's sweet and fluffy at the time ,",1 73108,"acknowledges the silent screams of workaday inertia but",1 227784,"a bit too much like an infomercial for Ram Dass 's latest book aimed at the boomer",0 100786,"wonderfully speculative",1 168865,"picked it up . Wiser souls would have tactfully pretended not to see it and left it lying there",0 230820,"finally has failed him .",0 130413,"poorly acted , brain-slappingly bad , Harvard Man is ludicrous enough that it could become a cult classic .",0 112531,"a problem Hollywood too long has ignored",0 154776,"be more at home on the small screen but for its stellar cast",0 45766,"It 's usually a bad sign when directors abandon their scripts and go where the moment takes them",0 105450,"Director Lee has a true cinematic knack , but it 's also nice to see a movie with its heart so thoroughly , unabashedly on its sleeve .",1 70958,"Williams plays Sy , another of his open-faced , smiling madmen , like the killer in Insomnia . He does this so well",1 101963,"'s the worst movie I 've seen this summer",0 90944,"put to perfect use in the breathtakingly beautiful outer-space documentary Space Station 3D",1 202877,"is engaging enough to keep you from shifting in your chair too often",1 90518,"portrays the frank humanity of ... emotional recovery",1 132850,"solid base",1 133395,"stretched out to feature length",0 144326,"By turns numbingly dull-witted and disquietingly creepy .",0 163908,"it should be profound , and hyper-cliched where it should be sincere",0 121922,"have been more enjoyable had the balance shifted in favor of water-bound action over the land-based ` drama",0 25744,"It 's both a necessary political work and a fascinating documentary ...",1 77079,"compelling story to tell",1 167809,"of the movie feeling depressed by the shallow , selfish , greedy characters",0 37020,"sleepy afternoon rental",1 85733,"lacks the utter authority of a genre gem",0 73939,"an unabashedly romantic picture of a nation whose songs spring directly from the lives of the people",1 57252,"special walk",1 107060,"It should have stayed there .",0 127080,"might not give a second look if we passed them on the street",0 101716,"'s insecure in Lovely and Amazing , a poignant and wryly amusing film about mothers , daughters and their relationships .",1 33548,"is weirdly sympathetic to both",1 194305,"becomes a sprawl of uncoordinated vectors",0 174324,"the movie 's strengths at almost every juncture .",1 225452,"Petter Næss ' delicate , clever direction",1 129981,"paraphrase a line from another Dickens ' novel",1 236660,"the Russos show genuine promise as comic filmmakers",1 19569,"a rousing treatise of sensual empowerment",1 42659,"some unexpected zigs and",1 232686,"is one of the hapless victims of the arrogant",0 91848,"rustic , realistic , and altogether creepy",1 232877,"is were it not for the striking , quietly vulnerable personality of Ms. Ambrose",1 84574,"is refreshingly undogmatic about its characters .",1 51579,"feel optimistic that there 's hope for popular cinema yet",1 71481,"a cross",1 80420,"force himself on people and into situations that would make lesser men run for cover",1 227832,"a compelling journey ... and `` His Best Friend Remembers ''",1 147456,"Minority Report is exactly what the title indicates , a report .",1 235733,"shun her kids , travel to one of the most dangerous parts of the world , don fatigues and become G.I. Jane",0 105735,"Exhilarating , funny and fun",1 99126,"unsettling subject matter",0 69707,"The most amazing super-sized dosage of goofball stunts any '' Jackass '' fan could want .",1 25138,"Disturbing and brilliant documentary",1 52641,"his martial artistry",1 76091,"but strangely believable",1 144573,"Complete lack of originality , cleverness or even visible effort",0 225453,"Petter Næss ' delicate , clever direction ...",1 4048,"a promising , unusual",1 142541,", there 's little to love about this English trifle .",0 102558,", heartfelt , mesmerizing King Lear",1 140075,"with a sense of his reserved but existential poignancy",1 32101,"glorious groove",1 53219,"inventiveness",1 230734,"fascinating than the results",1 172827,"that 's about as overbearing and over-the-top as the family it",0 134514,"that plays like a loosely-connected string of acting-workshop exercises",0 109417,"The Four Feathers is definitely horse feathers",0 149715,"The performances are so leaden , Michael Rymer 's direction is so bloodless and",0 176578,"tongue uncomfortably",0 12372,"to have blown his entire budget on soundtrack rights",0 115777,"before it begins to fade from memory",0 116129,"both innocent and jaded",1 231562,"have been written using Mad-libs",0 231255,"going on for too long , trying to mirror every subsequent event in Chinese history : war , revolution , Communism , etc.",0 53233,"irresistible package",1 235262,"recycles every cliché about gays in what is essentially an extended soap opera .",0 181124,", while it may not rival the filmmaker 's period pieces , is still very much worth seeing",1 111611,"a certain poignancy",1 11278,"the death",0 98504,"too enigmatic",0 163291,"is sabotaged by ticking time bombs and other Hollywood-action cliches",0 157354,"detached , uninvolving , possibly prompting audience members to wonder , ` What 's the point ? '",0 11679,"the movie occasionally threatens to become didactic , but it 's too grounded in the reality of its characters to go over the edge . a touch of humor or an unexpected plot twist always pulls it back .",1 46384,"Old people will love this movie , and",1 32052,"giddily entertaining",1 120878,"funny moments",1 100595,"with really solid performances by Ving Rhames and Wesley Snipes .",1 14860,"a welcome return",1 178300,"whose target demographic is likely still in the single digits",0 179895,"'s not one decent performance from the cast and not one clever line of dialogue",0 48890,"an amazing job",1 73450,"all the stomach-turning violence , colorful New York gang lore",0 100724,"without oppressive",1 32375,"have n't seen on the big screen before",1 59042,"this unique and entertaining twist on the classic whale 's tale",1 52595,"high-concept films",1 17789,"to be the 21st Century 's new '' Conan '' and that he 's going to make a splash even greater than Arnold Schwarzenegger , Jean-Claud Van Damme or Steven Segal",1 198918,"find something new to add to the canon of Chan . Make Chan 's action sequences boring",0 18311,"'s still worth a look",1 83934,"is a winning comedy that excites the imagination and tickles the funny bone .",1 40888,"Emerges as something rare , an issue movie that 's so honest and keenly observed that it does n't feel like one",1 224748,"Maybe he was reading the minds of the audience .",1 13766,"A droll , well-acted , character-driven comedy",1 182743,"Becomes the last thing you would expect from a film with this title or indeed from any Plympton film : boring .",0 200573,"has little insight",0 40178,"with a tasty balance of family drama and frenetic comedy .",1 33125,"intimate film",1 234039,"naiveté and",0 224749,"Maybe it 's the star power of the cast or the redundant messages , but something aboul `` Full Frontal '' seems , well , contrived",0 105797,"Ferrara 's",1 194916,"branched out into their own pseudo-witty copycat interpretations",0 183241,"Cruel and",0 149574,"The movie fails to live up to the sum of its parts .",0 27644,"a lot of fun with the material",1 231551,"have been benefited from a sharper , cleaner script before it went in front of the camera",1 84647,"is still a cinematic touchstone .",1 178054,"when it takes itself too seriously and when it depends too heavily on its otherwise talented cast",0 198236,"evokes the bottom tier of blaxploitation flicks from the 1970s .",0 990,"find it migraine-inducing , despite moore 's attempts at whimsy and spoon feeding",0 76135,"by a legacy of abuse",0 132922,"some weird relative trots out the video he took of the family vacation to Stonehenge . Before long , you 're desperate for the evening to end",0 200306,"gutter",0 43864,"... gets vivid performances from her cast and pulls off some deft Ally McBeal-style fantasy sequences .",1 16408,"joyful",1 57570,"tailored an epic tale into a lean , economical movie",1 121991,"have the best of both worlds",1 137329,"to a Sunshine State",1 190511,"a fascinating curiosity piece -- fascinating",1 63069,"A generous , inspiring film",1 175579,"this waste",0 112097,"a heartwarming , nonjudgmental kind",1 15637,"engaging overview",1 121837,"has some of the best special effects",1 49155,"are funny",1 235137,"put on your own Mystery Science Theatre 3000 tribute to what is almost certainly going to go down as the worst -- and only -- killer website movie of this or any other year",0 143134,"A great ensemble cast ca n't lift this heartfelt enterprise out of the familiar .",0 185660,"Lacks dramatic punch and depth",0 173611,"the characters ' moves are often more predictable than their consequences",0 122102,"heartwarmingly",1 68566,"Safe Conduct is anything but languorous .",1 226814,"Troubling",0 124549,"is so prolonged and boring",0 33182,"inventive photography and cutting , and wall-to-wall toe-tapping music to paint a picture of a subculture that is at once exhilarating , silly , perverse , hopeful and always fun",1 2081,"pretty",1 34606,"more to grownups",1 141578,"'s slow and unwieldy and takes a long time to reach its destination",0 143781,"An unintentionally surreal kid 's picture ... in which actors in bad bear suits enact a sort of inter-species parody of a VH1 Behind the Music episode .",0 101659,"'s clear that Washington most certainly has a new career ahead of him",1 106195,"He 's the scariest guy you 'll see all summer .",1 42045,"has delivered an undoubted stylistic tour-de-force , and",1 21576,"of the usual maudlin",0 167284,"of a clunker as he delivers a long , low-heat chase , interrupted by a middling car chase",0 40090,"wickedly satisfying",1 213918,"that throws a bunch of hot-button items in the viewer 's face and asks to be seen as hip , winking social commentary",1 27553,"a glorious groove",1 9047,"new ways of describing badness need to be invented to describe exactly how bad it is",0 29992,"can now add movies to the list of things he does well",1 165406,"mad that I wasted 123 minutes and $ 9 .",0 113984,"an eloquent , deeply felt meditation on the nature of compassion",1 23,"'s a pale imitation",0 12023,"the way the roundelay of partners functions , and the interplay within partnerships and among partnerships and the general air of gator-bashing are consistently delightful .",1 204530,"keeps it fast -- zippy",1 92139,"seem like they were lifted from Terry Gilliam 's subconscious , pressed through Kafka 's meat grinder and into Buñuel 's casings",0 187066,"Sad nonsense , this . But not without cheesy fun factor",0 45258,"Finally , the French-produced '' Read My Lips '' is a movie that understands characters must come first .",1 145788,"Herzog is obviously looking for a moral to his fable , but the notion that a strong , unified showing among Germany and Eastern European Jews might have changed 20th-Century history is undermined by Ahola 's inadequate performance .",0 237719,"to admit that I am baffled by Jason X.",0 116823,"change a nation",1 184795,"If The Last Man were the last movie left on earth , there would be a toss-up between presiding over the end of cinema as we know it and another night of delightful hand shadows .",0 21110,"it is enlightening to listen to new sides of a previous reality , and to visit with some of the people who were able to make an impact in the theater world",1 10162,"ridiculous and money-oriented",0 69609,"The first five minutes will have you talking 'til the end of the year",1 152645,"a very good job conveying the issue at hand",1 217855,"trump",1 221675,", what an idea , what a thrill ride .",1 25619,"I complain all the time about seeing the same ideas repeated in films over and over again",0 64594,"Cage makes an unusual but pleasantly haunting debut behind the camera .",1 178441,"wins ` Best Picture '",1 163689,"it 's sort of bogus",0 108186,"One of these days Hollywood will come up with an original idea for a teen movie",0 138783,"until it veered off too far into the Exxon zone , and left me behind at the station looking for a return ticket to realism",0 207,"a movie you 've seen many times",0 17314,"static",0 97040,"the wildly popular Vin Diesel",1 150453,"Too many improbabilities and",0 15963,"has nothing but love for its posse of trailer park denizens",1 220774,"'s as lumpy as two-day old porridge ...",0 32591,"his subjects are charmers .",1 180206,"( Soderbergh ) tends to place most of the psychological and philosophical material in italics rather than trust an audience 's intelligence , and",0 4144,"a stellar",1 181251,". It merely indulges in the worst elements of all of them .",0 138139,"too overdone",0 112223,"a long , unfunny one at that",0 149691,"The overall feel of the film is pretty cheesy , but there 's still a real sense that the Star Trek tradition has been honored as best it can",0 99278,"utterly static picture",0 159512,"for the viewer who has to contend with unpleasant characters , hit-and-miss performances and awkwardly staged scenes",0 48563,"about the artistic instinct that pushes a majority-oriented director like Steven Spielberg to follow A . I . with this challenging report so liable to unnerve the majority",1 206510,"most generic",0 187691,"Tartakovsky 's team has some freakish powers of visual charm",1 28203,"all seen bits of in other films",0 83610,"intrepid in exploring an attraction that crosses sexual identity",1 70068,"There 's a spontaneity to The Chateau , a sense of light-heartedness , that makes it attractive throughout .",1 178338,"will always be remembered for the 9-11 terrorist attacks . After seeing the film , I can tell you that there 's no other reason why anyone should bother remembering it",0 219998,"works its way up",1 144238,"Boyd weighs it down with too many characters and events , all intertwined and far too complicated to keep track of",0 173771,"the dull , nerdy folks that inhabit Cherish",0 73801,"an honesty and dignity",1 105186,"Confuses its message with an ultimate desire to please",0 93149,"something about watching a squad of psychopathic underdogs whale the tar out of unsuspecting lawmen that reaches across time and distance",1 81773,"has some problems",0 103583,"A film that should be relegated to a dark video store corner",0 157297,"derails",0 216405,"this is a frustrating patchwork : an uneasy marriage of Louis Begley 's source novel ( About Schmidt ) and an old Payne screenplay .",0 132796,"so stupid",0 184352,"Hate it because it 's lousy",0 13607,", it never took off and always seemed static .",0 213281,"tells its story in a flat manner and leaves you with the impression that you should have gotten more out of it than you did .",0 193498,"as inspiring",1 149985,"The whole damn thing is ripe for the Jerry Springer crowd .",0 49911,"but it 's great cinematic polemic",1 14764,"a legend who may have nothing left to prove",1 194275,"become , to judge from In Praise of Love , the sort of bitter old crank who sits behind his light meter and harangues the supposed injustices of the artistic world-at-large",0 210187,"really , really stupid",0 238466,"wasted 123 minutes and $ 9.50 on this 21st century",0 20914,"in the kind of elegant symmetry that 's rare in film today",1 192320,"alone , should scare any sane person away .",0 180827,", more inadvertent ones and stunningly trite",0 10789,"struggle",0 228782,"are both superb , while Huppert ... is magnificent",1 53318,"is a rare treat that shows the promise of digital filmmaking",1 194107,"be crossed off the list of ideas for the inevitable future sequels ( hey , do n't shoot the messenger )",0 104141,"All the more disquieting for its relatively gore-free allusions to the serial murders",0 149344,"The enormous comic potential of an oafish idiot impersonating an aristocrat remains sadly unrealized .",0 78020,"deserve but rarely receive it",0 216419,"this junk that 's TV sitcom material at best",0 237980,"to the classic Disney adaptation",1 124020,"is entry number twenty the worst of the Brosnan bunch",0 115865,"beneath otherwise tender movements",1 133426,"strong finish",1 15097,"and undoubtedly delighted",1 234235,"obvious copy",0 108431,"Pluto Nash '' is a big time stinker",0 57863,"that presents a fascinating glimpse of urban life and the class warfare that embroils two young men",1 188695,"The story 's pathetic and",0 129276,"offers a desperately ingratiating performance",0 1945,"on its own ,",1 41918,"feels very human and very true",1 80046,"fit the incredible storyline to a T",1 154702,"be cleverer , better written and of considerable more interest than the finished film , that 's a bad sign .",0 187088,"Sandler running on empty , repeating what he 's already done way too often",0 231781,"hopefully it 'll be at the dollar theatres by the time Christmas rolls around",0 231565,"have come to term an `` ambitious failure",0 197853,"endless rain is offset by the sheer ugliness of everything else",0 46548,"Preaches to two completely different choirs at the same time , which is a pretty amazing accomplishment .",1 42044,"has delivered an undoubted stylistic tour-de-force ,",1 47009,"The emotions are raw and will strike a nerve with anyone who 's ever had family trauma .",1 53840,"it is to be Ya-Ya",1 20464,"enlightening",1 1104,"gorgeous scenes ,",1 193607,"as the scruffy sands of its titular community",0 92002,"score points for political correctness",1 13493,", Dong provides perspective with his intelligent grasp of human foibles and contradictions .",1 40651,"A droll , well-acted , character-driven comedy with unexpected deposits of feeling",1 155845,"ca n't get no satisfaction",0 104114,"Alexander Payne 's ode to the Everyman",1 172495,"takes a strange kind of laziness to waste the talents of Robert Forster , Anne Meara , Eugene Levy , and Reginald VelJohnson all in the same movie",0 179643,"'s at once laughable and compulsively watchable",1 209499,"pomposity and pretentiousness",0 226098,"The Château would have been benefited from a sharper , cleaner script before it went in front of the camera .",0 79767,"feel too happy to argue much",1 16696,"of '' The Isle '' you 'll get a sock-you-in-the-eye flick that is a visual tour-de-force and a story that is unlike any",1 150620,"Van Wilder does n't bring anything new to the proverbial table , but",0 93212,"sophisticated and unsentimental treatment",1 121039,"get an ugly , mean-spirited lashing out by an adult who 's apparently been forced by his kids to watch too many Barney videos",0 169959,"remarkably ugly to look at",0 126918,"may put off insiders and outsiders alike .",0 119924,"feels like just one more in the long line of films",0 120626,"frame one",1 194251,"beautifully shot , but",1 130742,"proves that he can cross swords with the best of them and helm a more traditionally plotted popcorn thriller while surrendering little of his intellectual rigor or creative composure .",1 16669,"no picture",0 53121,"inspired levity",1 196130,"consistently amusing but",1 153344,"an astonishing voice cast ( excepting Love Hewitt ) , an interesting racial tension",1 229244,"became mad",0 199678,"fun friendly demeanor",1 164312,"just feels generic , derivative and",0 188286,"The innate theatrics that provide its thrills and extreme emotions lose their luster when flattened onscreen",0 234384,"of boring talking heads , etc.",0 44520,"An inventive ,",1 236773,"the charisma of Hugh Grant and Sandra Bullock",1 789,"demented",0 168757,"pays for being dishonest .",0 196594,"dates",1 115377,"bang your head on the seat in front of you , at its cluelessness ,",0 204124,"its awkward structure and",0 22704,"vivid , vibrant individual",1 67232,"Like Mike is n't going to make box office money that makes Michael Jordan jealous , but it has some cute moments , funny scenes , and hits the target audience ( young Bow Wow fans ) - with nothing but net .",1 192353,"always the prettiest pictures that tell the best story",1 184683,"I like all four of the lead actors a lot and they manage to squeeze a few laughs out of the material , but",1 103215,"... epilogue that leaks suspension of disbelief like a sieve , Die Another Day is as stimulating & heart-rate-raising as any James Bond thriller .",0 150499,"Tries so hard to be quirky and funny that the strain is all too evident",0 3964,"a mawkish self-parody that plays like some weird masterpiece theater sketch with neither a point of view nor a compelling reason for being",0 134468,"that makes you ache with sadness ( the way Chekhov is funny ) , profound without ever being self-important , warm without ever succumbing to sentimentality",1 23151,"'s often infuriatingly glib and posturing",0 114865,"as bad",0 185252,"It briefly flirts with player masochism ,",0 58588,"the places , and the people ,",1 106988,"It certainly wo n't win any awards in the plot department but it sets out with no pretensions and delivers big time",1 174367,"the movie were less simplistic , obvious , clumsily plotted and shallowly characterized . But",0 111703,"a complicated hero who is a welcome relief from the usual two-dimensional offerings",1 190125,"a bad blend",0 204551,"kiddie-oriented stinker",0 213808,"that presents an interesting , even sexy premise",1 56351,"quirky drama",1 179523,"'s a fairly impressive debut from the director , Charles Stone III .",1 176907,"truly entertaining",1 235373,"ride the big metaphorical wave that is life -- wherever it takes you",1 134440,"that its luckiest viewers will be seated next to one of those ignorant",1 124483,"is shockingly bad and absolutely unnecessary .",0 51870,"found The Ring moderately absorbing , largely for its elegantly colorful look and sound",1 100276,"will likely enjoy this monster",1 147795,"Not only unfunny , but downright repellent",0 135476,"the great films",1 101337,"'' certainly delivers the goods .",1 14047,"George Lucas has long forgotten",0 33200,"is , in many ways , an admirable achievement .",1 87311,"more quick-witted than any English Lit",1 133587,"sucks .",0 173050,"that is n't really good enough to be in theaters",0 194729,"blinding embarrassment",0 73037,"above-average brains",1 221141,", Hart 's War , like the St. Louis Rams in the Super Bowl , waits until after halftime to get started .",0 78311,"distinguished and thoughtful",1 15137,"are transparently obvious",0 238155,"turns out to be cleverer , better written and of considerable more interest than the finished film",0 148852,"Static , repetitive , muddy and blurry",0 231082,"funnier than anything",1 203692,"is whether these ambitions , laudable in themselves , justify a theatrical simulation of the death camp of Auschwitz II-Birkenau",0 199688,"funniest idea",1 16563,"merely a blandly cinematic surgical examination of what makes a joke a joke",0 51323,"essentially an exceptionally well-written , well-edited , well-directed , well-acted , bald rip-off of Aliens",1 65475,"Fast and funny , an action cartoon that 's suspenseful enough for older kids but not too scary for the school-age crowd .",1 125044,"it looks pretty",1 155561,"built his career",1 99789,"well executed . If you 're paying attention , the '' big twists ''",1 98132,"to interpret the film 's end as hopeful or optimistic",1 126670,"makes an amazing breakthrough in her first starring role and eats up the screen",1 202409,"into comedy futility",0 232846,"is too calm and thoughtful for agitprop , and the thinness of its characterizations",0 22430,"this crowd-pleaser 's fresh dialogue , energetic music ,",1 31803,"for the patronized Iranian lad",1 42356,"memory , a celebration of living",1 92976,"so much to look",1 191608,"a weak script that ca n't support the epic treatment",0 53596,"is quite beautiful",1 52377,"has a very human face",1 238220,"unholy hokum .",0 98299,"to share his story so compellingly with us is a minor miracle",1 214180,"the believability of the entire scenario .",1 208115,"of the movies you 'd want to watch if you only had a week to live",1 105150,"Cloaks a familiar anti-feminist equation ( career - kids = misery ) in tiresome romantic-comedy duds .",0 13025,"while focusing on the what much more than the why .",0 35034,"numbing",0 193614,"as the way Adam Sandler 's new movie rapes",0 49313,"as one of the year 's most intriguing movie experiences",1 230400,"dragged on",0 61311,"'s the brilliant surfing photography bringing you right inside the massive waves that lifts Blue Crush into one of the summer 's most pleasurable movies .",1 29264,"assured , wonderfully respectful of its past and thrilling enough to make it abundantly clear that this movie phenomenon has once again reinvented itself for a new generation",1 193840,"attempts to fashion a Brazil-like , hyper-real satire",0 75463,"been exhausted by documentarians",0 45336,"Funny , somber , absurd , and , finally , achingly sad",1 202949,"is getting old",0 129285,"offers an unexpected window into the complexities of the Middle East struggle and into the humanity of its people .",1 180548,", bombastic and ultimately empty World War II action",0 236506,"that not only would subtlety be lost on the target audience",0 109535,"The acting is fine but the script is about as interesting as a recording of conversations at the Wal-Mart checkout line .",0 4788,"are immaculate ,",1 56385,"rare drama that offers a thoughtful and rewarding glimpse into the sort of heartache everyone has felt , or will feel someday",1 89139,"of this emotional car-wreck",0 45809,"It is amusing",1 128649,"of extravagant",1 110388,"There must be an audience that enjoys the Friday series , but",1 142623,", we need every bit of sympathy the cons can muster : this time , there is n't much .",0 123681,"is , however ,",1 198739,"feels like a teenybopper Ed Wood film , replete with the pubescent scandalous innuendo and the high-strung but flaccid drama .",0 152204,"a patient predator",0 111825,"a dream image of the West to savor whenever the film 's lamer instincts are in the saddle",1 132458,"sickening , sidesplitting",0 194685,"bizarre , implausible",0 225596,"Remember it .",1 163835,"it is kind of enjoyable thanks mainly to Belushi 's easy-going likableness .",1 83618,"intriguing bit",1 78967,"ends up delivering in good measure",1 56434,"really is a shame that more wo n't get an opportunity to embrace small , sweet ` Evelyn",1 160257,"good hair and humping",1 197264,"does LeBlanc make one spectacularly ugly-looking broad , but he appears miserable throughout as he swaggers through his scenes .",0 143748,"An overblown clunker",0 70992,"With an expressive face reminiscent of Gong Li and a vivid personality like Zhang Ziyi 's , Dong stakes out the emotional heart of Happy .",1 82393,"holds a certain charm",1 185133,"It 's in the action scenes that things fall apart .",0 38656,"the special effects and narrative flow",1 204861,"less capable",0 125110,"it surrenders to a formulaic bang-bang , shoot-em-up scene at the conclusion",0 123438,"inspired humour",1 100626,"with such sensitivity",1 122037,"he feels like a spectator and not a participant",0 103600,"A frustrating ` tweener ' -- too slick ,",0 124724,"is too heady for children , and too preachy for adults .",0 98934,"uncompromising knowledge",1 236592,"that you 'll be as bored watching Morvern Callar as the characters are in it",0 186487,"Novak contemplates a heartland so overwhelmed by its lack of purpose that it seeks excitement in manufactured high drama .",0 182052,"A terrible movie",0 126755,"manages to generate the belly laughs of lowbrow comedy without sacrificing its high-minded appeal .",1 181641,"A dull , somnambulant exercise",0 62114,", not as gloriously flippant as Lock , Stock and Two Smoking Barrels",0 61629,", I 'd rather listen to old Tori Amos records",0 19942,"are also tempered with elements which prove the direct antithesis of what it gets right",1 41142,"One of the greatest romantic comedies",1 8415,"lie",0 169890,"rejected",0 165694,"married women",1 8450,"like a human volcano or an overflowing septic tank",0 72014,"a more rigid , Blair Witch-style commitment to its mockumentary format , or",0 67986,"One Hour Photo is a sobering meditation on why we take pictures .",1 230106,"decent action entertainment",1 214677,"the first two are ruined by amateurish writing and acting , while the third feels limited by its short running time",0 3582,"a big-budget ,",1 132930,"someone who surely read The Catcher in the Rye but clearly suffers from dyslexia",0 225002,"Mr. Wollter and Ms. Seldhal give strong and convincing performances",1 139495,"were afraid to show this movie to reviewers before its opening , afraid of the bad reviews they thought they 'd earn .",0 195273,"ca n't recommend it .",0 189368,"Unlike Trey Parker , Sandler does n't understand that the idea of exploiting molestation for laughs is funny , not actually exploiting it yourself .",0 44117,"A grimly competent and stolid and earnest military courtroom drama .",1 91242,"really solid Woody Allen film",1 94316,"tensions",0 211870,"smiling for the camera",1 205195,"little action , almost no suspense or believable tension , one-dimensional characters up the wazoo and sets that can only be described as sci-fi generic .",0 42128,"interesting and",1 65818,"Good performances and a realistic , non-exploitive approach",1 89348,"on Angelina Jolie 's surprising flair for self-deprecating comedy",1 79274,"even touching story .",1 89616,"one of the most curiously depressing",0 3063,"waited three years with breathless anticipation for a new hal hartley movie",1 195231,"by the smartest kids in class",1 103931,"A subtle , poignant picture",1 110188,"The story that emerges has elements of romance , tragedy and even silent-movie comedy .",1 110130,"The rest of the film ... is dudsville",0 106978,"It 's unlikely we 'll see a better thriller this year .",1 33692,"it moves fast enough to cover its clunky dialogue and lapses in logic .",0 60837,"'s a movie that accomplishes so much that one viewing ca n't possibly be enough",1 69189,"Texan director George Ratliff had unlimited access to families and church meetings , and he delivers fascinating psychological fare .",1 161523,"humor , passion , and",1 179213,"your film becomes boring ,",0 30122,"charms",1 74225,"appealing enough to probably have a good shot at a Hollywood career , if they want one",1 94016,"sweet , even delectable",1 191211,"a retread story",0 150860,"When ( De Palma 's ) bad , he 's really bad , and Femme Fatale ranks with the worst",0 121625,"hard-to-swallow",0 129280,"offers a glimpse of the Solomonic decision facing Jewish parents in those turbulent times : to save their children and yet to lose them .",1 35298,"of its excessive moral baggage thanks to two appealing lead performances .",1 142574,", this musty adaptation is all the more annoying since it 's been packaged and sold back to us by Hollywood .",0 65413,"Evokes the frustration , the awkwardness and the euphoria of growing up ,",1 179943,"'s pretty but dumb .",0 204917,"lies somewhere in the story of Matthew Shepard , but that film is yet to be made",1 133757,"sweet .",1 140040,"with ` issues '",0 16316,"it 's just because this past year has seen the release of some of the worst film comedies in decades",0 228012,"a message that cautions children about disturbing the world 's delicate ecological balance",1 151722,"a film that 's rarely as entertaining as it could have been",0 173910,"the film is about as interesting as an insurance commercial .",0 46999,"The charming result is Festival in Cannes .",1 104309,"An erotic thriller",1 57330,"steal",0 133479,"stupid sequel",0 128875,"of renegade-cop tales",1 188234,"The filmmakers needed more emphasis on the storytelling and less on the glamorous machine that thrusts the audience into a future they wo n't much care about .",0 145454,"Forced , familiar",0 87765,"needed .",1 225613,"Return to Never Land is much more P.C. than the original version ( no more racist portraits of Indians , for instance ) , but the excitement is missing .",0 112291,"a man whose achievements -- and complexities -- reached far beyond the end zone",1 98860,"two young women whose lives were as claustrophic , suffocating and chilly as the attics to which they were inevitably consigned",0 171731,"soul-killing as its title is nearly meaningless",0 100203,"wickedly funny",1 187534,"Starts as a tart little lemon drop of a movie and",1 161573,"if it had , in fact , been fleshed out a little more instead of going for easy smiles",0 166389,"movie excess while remaining heartless",0 218980,"weepy Southern bore-athon .",0 52191,"good , hard-edged stuff , violent and a bit exploitative but also nicely done , morally alert and street-smart",1 143240,"A movie that 's about as overbearing and over-the-top as the family it",0 152597,"a thousand years old , but why did it have to seem like it took another thousand to tell it to us ?",0 43989,"A captivatingly quirky hybrid of character portrait , romantic comedy and beat-the-clock thriller .",1 139838,"why any actor of talent would ever work in a McCulloch production again if they looked at how this movie turned out",0 149532,"The low-budget Full Frontal was one of the year 's murkiest , intentionally obscure and self-indulgent pictures ,",0 83788,"is a good one",1 21509,"of elegant symmetry that 's rare in film today",1 114076,"an impressive roster of stars and direction from Kathryn Bigelow",1 132852,"solid formula",1 202660,"is a such a brainless flibbertigibbet",0 78439,"does n't connect in a neat way , but",0 102678,", it still feels somewhat unfinished .",0 136577,"the whole slo-mo , double-pistoled , ballistic-pyrotechnic Hong Kong action",0 143173,"A long slog for anyone but the most committed Pokemon fan .",0 238391,"want to take a reality check before you pay the full ticket price to see `` Simone , '' and consider a DVD rental instead",0 52389,"has been made with an enormous amount of affection",1 99239,"uses the huge-screen format to make an old-fashioned nature film that educates viewers with words and pictures while entertaining them",1 139440,"weighs no more than a glass of flat champagne .",0 96597,"the roots of the skateboarding boom that would become '' the punk kids ' revolution",1 138049,"told with humor and poignancy",1 215883,"the website feardotcom . com or the improperly hammy performance from poor Stephen Rea",0 167138,"occurs too infrequently to make the film even a guilty pleasure",0 39292,"to show us not only what that mind looks like , but how the creative process itself operates",1 115475,"be both hugely entertaining and uplifting",1 232960,"it 's not very interesting .",0 36666,"saucy",1 167979,"often hackneyed or just plain",0 183149,"Cold , pretentious ,",0 153489,"an overly sillified plot",0 225270,"Oddly compelling .",1 213828,"that should be the target of something deeper and more engaging . Oh , and more entertaining , too",0 230263,"disjointed jumble",0 159813,"full-length classic",1 132396,"show the gentle and humane side of Middle Eastern world politics",1 69659,"The journey to the secret 's eventual discovery is a separate adventure , and thrill enough .",1 225165,"No surprises .",0 4706,"an unwieldy",1 205495,"low-brow humor , gratuitous violence and",0 214391,"the curse of blandness",0 11224,"the casting of raymond j . barry as the ` assassin ' greatly enhances the quality of neil burger 's impressive fake documentary",1 39936,"well-known narrative gamesmanship",1 18481,", there 's much truth",1 90106,"passive-aggressive",0 36139,"predictably heartwarming tale",1 33048,"influence",1 131555,"right questions",1 86642,"makes it a party worth attending .",1 223302,"Execrable",0 35026,"now it is time for their first public recital .",1 66602,"It 's not going to be everyone 's bag of popcorn",0 13781,"A masterful film from a master filmmaker , unique in its deceptive grimness ,",1 236987,"the imagery in this chiaroscuro of madness and light",1 134108,"than seeing an otherwise good movie marred beyond redemption by a disastrous ending",0 219240,"which also seems to play on a 10-year delay",0 91898,"sardonic jolt",0 112381,"a movie that will make you laugh",1 164300,"just did n't care as much for the story",0 35733,"only the most patient and challenge-hungry moviegoers",0 225323,"One-of-a-kind near-masterpiece .",1 104338,"An inelegant combination of two unrelated shorts that falls far short of the director 's previous work",0 84495,"is notable for its sheer audacity and openness .",1 38077,"the choking sense",0 6102,"due to the endlessly repetitive scenes of embarrassment",0 172131,"strongly mediocre",0 177653,"was glad when it was over",0 149638,"The new faces are interesting ,",1 155285,"blah",0 46215,"More romantic , more emotional",1 5571,"claims to sort the bad guys from the good , which is its essential problem",0 220769,"'s as good as you remember",1 78989,"engages less for its story of actorly existential despair than for its boundary-hopping formal innovations and glimpse into another kind of Chinese ` cultural revolution .",1 219054,"were fulfilling a gross-out quota for an anticipated audience demographic instead of shaping the material to fit the story",0 185452,"Jaw-droppingly",1 23478,", but Family Fundamentals displays a rare gift for unflinching impartiality .",1 184493,"Hossein",1 45184,"Every dance becomes about seduction , where backstabbing and betrayals are celebrated ,",1 91784,"romp that will have viewers guessing just who 's being conned right up to the finale",1 54664,"may inspire a few younger moviegoers to read Stevenson 's book , which is a treasure in and of itself",1 114051,"an extraordinary poignancy , and the story",1 217193,"to make of this Italian freakshow",0 54472,"made such a strong impression in his underwear",1 64573,"By and large this is Mr . Kilmer 's movie , and it 's his strongest performance since The Doors",1 182047,"A sustained fest of self-congratulation between actor and director that leaves scant place for the viewer .",0 53557,"is nothing short of mesmerizing",1 228341,"accused of being a bit undisciplined",0 82376,"hits and generally sustains a higher plateau with Bullock 's memorable first interrogation of Gosling .",1 219707,"with bogus profundities",0 74357,"are lean and tough enough to fit in any modern action movie",1 212594,"stodgy , soap opera-ish dialogue",0 55548,"of the best ensemble casts of the year",1 16976,"portraying a complex character",1 59507,"transcends our preconceived vision of the Holy Land and its inhabitants ,",1 109920,"The kind of primal storytelling that George Lucas can only dream of",1 81219,"good B movies ( The Mask , The Blob )",1 174950,"the undisputed worst boxing movie",0 99598,"warmth to go around , with music and laughter and",1 153551,"and adroit perspective shifts",1 181040,", there are side stories aplenty -- none of them memorable .",0 184004,"Ford and Neeson capably hold our interest , but its just not a thrilling movie",0 90138,"pays earnest homage to turntablists",1 169626,"random and inconclusive",0 54212,"lethargically paced",0 125175,"its atmosphere is intriguing",1 81167,"go down in the annals of cinema as one of the great submarine stories",1 132576,"skilled actors",1 84190,"is extremely thorough",1 193348,"as a call for pity and sympathy",0 56781,"see when you do n't want to use your brain .",0 134304,"that eclipses nearly everything else she 's ever done",1 53616,"is sentimental but feels free to offend , is analytical and then surrenders to the illogic of its characters",0 61182,"'s nothing more satisfying during a summer of event movies than a spy thriller like The Bourne Identity that 's packed with just as much intelligence as action .",1 99124,"unsettling psychodrama that takes full , chilling advantage of its rough-around-the-edges , low-budget constraints",1 72563,"a strong dramatic and emotional pull that gradually sneaks up on the audience",1 187278,"Shows that Jackie Chan is getting older , and that 's something I would rather live in denial about",0 53539,"is never dull",1 135372,"the film would be a total washout .",0 116495,"ca n't begin to tell you how tedious , how resolutely unamusing , how thoroughly unrewarding all of this is , and what a reckless squandering of four fine acting talents",0 22744,"were able to make an impact in the theater world",1 102627,", it 's not too bad .",1 109441,"The Man Who Wrote Rocky does not deserve to go down with a ship as leaky as this .",0 190776,"a humorous , all-too-human look",1 162470,"invest their hard-earned bucks into a movie which obviously did n't invest much into itself either",0 118380,"distasteful and downright creepy",0 166288,"morphed into a movie -- a bad one",0 236574,"that virtually no one is bound to show up at theatres for it",0 164068,"its lame aspiration for grasping the coolness vibes when in fact the film is n't as flippant or slick as it thinks it is",0 158969,"feels more like a cinematic experiment than a full-blown movie .",0 62015,", it 's nowhere near as good as the original .",0 18651,"An absorbing trip into the minds and motivations of people under stress as well as a keen , unsentimental look at variations on the theme of motherhood .",1 153440,"an intense political and psychological thriller",1 96164,"the most complex , generous and subversive artworks of the last decade",1 217249,"to pity the ` plain ' girl who becomes a ravishing waif after applying a smear of lip-gloss . Rather , pity anyone who sees this mishmash",0 18087,"with a flattering sense of mystery and quietness",1 99143,"untrained in acting",0 124812,"it 's also nice to see a movie with its heart so thoroughly , unabashedly on its sleeve",1 220514,"'' it 's equally distasteful to watch him sing the lyrics to `` Tonight . ''",0 52714,"hooked on the delicious pulpiness of its lurid fiction",1 204670,"lacks the wit necessary to fully exploit the comic elements of the premise , making the proceedings more bizarre than actually amusing",0 165861,"merely unwatchable , but",0 193904,"awkward version",0 194320,"becomes predictably conventional .",0 30931,"domestic psychopathy",0 83376,"innocent ,",1 150895,"Whenever its story is n't bogged down by idiocy involving the CIA and a lost U . S . satellite",0 78437,"does n't connect in a neat way",0 207323,"obscenity is at hand",0 169345,"profane and exploitative",0 187982,"The biggest problem I have",0 123211,"in their own idiosyncratic way , sum up the strange horror of life in the new millennium",1 18996,"It 's one of the saddest films I have ever seen that still manages to be uplifting but not overly sentimental .",1 127266,"more and more abhorrent",0 67007,"Kiarostami has crafted a deceptively casual ode to children and managed to convey a tiny sense of hope .",1 169422,"provocative title",1 174292,"the most conservative protagonist",0 64785,"Confessions is n't always coherent , but it 's sharply comic and surprisingly touching , so hold the gong .",1 115114,"assembles a fascinating profile of a deeply humanistic artist who , in spite of all that he 's witnessed , remains surprisingly idealistic",1 189204,"Tolstoy groupies out there ? It 's dark and tragic",0 48893,"an appealing blend",1 209540,"populating its hackneyed and meanspirited storyline with cardboard characters and performers who value cash above credibility .",0 208854,"out of a cellular phone commercial",0 147225,"Long Time Dead ? Not nearly long enough",0 146553,"It 's not horrible , just horribly mediocre .",0 228130,"a résumé loaded with credits like `` Girl in Bar # 3",0 39851,"warmly",1 219995,"works , including its somewhat convenient ending",1 183896,"Features nonsensical and laughable plotting , wooden performances",0 232438,"is dazzling",1 38114,"the death report comes to share airtime alongside the farm report",1 12162,"this is one of the year 's best films .",1 672,"can no longer handle the rigors of filmmaking",0 1206,"hit",1 150826,"What happened with Pluto Nash ? How did it ever get made ?",0 5189,"blessed with a searing lead performance by ryan gosling ( murder by numbers ) , the movie is powerful and",1 132919,"some visual virtues",1 156662,"computer-generated cold fish",0 238810,"will you feel after an 88-minute rip-off of The Rock with action confined to slo-mo gun firing and random glass-shattering ?",0 163321,"is so bad .",0 92628,"shrewdly",1 117370,"complex than its sunny disposition",1 33850,"its setting with a good deal of warmth and humor",1 40017,"while entertaining with its unconventionally wacky but loving family",1 228747,"appreciates the art and reveals a music scene that transcends culture and race",1 197660,"earlier copycat Under Siege",0 101438,"'re desperate for the evening to end",0 228000,"a lower I.Q.",0 224884,"Mr. Day-Lewis roars with leonine power",1 87184,"modest , crowd-pleasing goals",1 201466,"hurts to watch",0 98418,"to truly capture the terrifying angst of the modern working man without turning the film into a cheap thriller , a dumb comedy or a sappy",1 131194,"reducing our emotional stake",1 73478,"allowing us to remember that life 's ultimately a gamble and last orders are to be embraced .",1 24616,"An endlessly fascinating , landmark movie that is as bold as anything the cinema",1 57024,"single-minded as John Carpenter 's original",0 107074,"It uses some of the figures from the real-life story to portray themselves in the film . The result is a powerful , naturally dramatic piece of low-budget filmmaking .",1 151689,"a few big laughs",1 39788,"viciously honest",1 8327,"lack contrast",0 141618,"'s something not entirely convincing about The Quiet American",0 195424,"can work the words '' radical '' or '' suck",0 198798,"few seconds",1 200642,"has some unnecessary parts and is kinda wrong in places",0 208877,"outside the under-10 set",0 166312,"most hopelessly monotonous film",0 77958,"delivers the goods and audiences will have a fun , no-frills ride .",1 232749,"is somehow making its way instead to theaters .",0 46996,"The characters are complex and quirky , but entirely believable as the remarkable ensemble cast brings them to life .",1 16650,"never took off",0 73734,"an elegance and maturity",1 158280,"enjoy mindless action without the benefit of decent acting , writing , and direction",0 121183,"gives give a solid , anguished performance that eclipses nearly everything else she 's ever done",1 109786,"The film fearlessly gets under the skin of the people involved",1 26918,"The two leads chomp considerably more scenery with their acting than fire-breathing monsters barbecue with their breath ...",0 185625,"Kitschy , flashy , overlong soap opera .",0 2320,"so bloodless",0 216109,"there 's not enough substance here to sustain interest for the full 90 minutes , especially with the weak payoff",0 165955,"migraine-inducing ,",0 191323,"a side dish no one ordered",0 127572,"movie moment gems",1 50856,"director Anne Fontaine",1 205716,"makes its point too well",1 50134,"charitable enterprise",1 160244,"good acting",1 187409,"Solondz is without doubt an artist of uncompromising vision , but that vision is beginning to feel , if not morally bankrupt , at least terribly monotonous .",0 181722,"A grand fart",0 136563,"the way this all works out",1 174634,"the repetition",0 184343,"Has the disjointed feel of a bunch of strung-together TV episodes .",0 202708,"is almost entirely witless and inane , carrying every gag two or three times beyond its limit to sustain a laugh .",0 118163,"devastated",0 188735,"The stunt work is top-notch : the dialogue and drama often food-spittingly funny .",1 58186,"the darling of many a kids-and-family-oriented cable channel",1 147695,"Nights feels more like a quickie TV special than a feature film",0 97508,"this rich",1 67895,"Not everything in this ambitious comic escapade works , but Coppola , along with his sister , Sofia , is a real filmmaker . It must be in the genes",1 32104,"go , '' Orange County '' is a refreshing change",1 200859,"have once again entered the bizarre realm where director Adrian Lyne holds sway , where all relationships are simultaneously broadly metaphorical , oddly abstract , and excruciatingly literal .",0 215568,"the screenwriter responsible for one of the worst movies of one year",0 158053,"dumbed-down concoction",0 5813,"crush could be the worst film a man has made about women since valley of the dolls .",0 198350,"experience I 've had since '' Ca n't Stop The Music . '' It may as well be called '' Jar-Jar Binks : The Movie . '' It 's that painful .",0 220465,"' it also rocks .",1 224220,"It 's not too fast and not too slow .",1 25974,"Like Dickens with his passages",1 173097,"that its lack of whistles and bells just makes it obnoxious and stiff",0 1408,"is that hollywood expects people to pay to see it",0 223138,"Digital",1 2770,"theater",1 160256,"good for a few laughs , as are Chan and Hewitt",1 90307,"pinnacle",1 4857,"as an unimaginative screenwriter 's invention",0 151838,"a great subject",1 210532,"reworking to aim the film at young males in the throes of their first full flush of testosterone",0 33472,"is ridiculous , of course",0 34171,"living in the renown Chelsea Hotel",1 221625,", these bromides would be barely enough to sustain an interstitial program on the Discovery Channel .",0 162351,"interplay and utter lack",0 4032,"a perfectly pleasant if slightly pokey comedy",1 146153,"I wonder why . They felt like the same movie to me .",0 106755,"Intacto 's '' dangerous and seductively stylish game",1 103244,"... the kind of movie you see because the theater has air conditioning .",0 217150,"to kill Michael Myers for good : stop buying tickets to these movies",0 211814,"slow ,",0 31535,"fear-inducing ( not fear-reducing ) film",1 193946,"bad it starts to become good .",1 26583,"Simone , Andrew Niccol 's brilliant anti-Hollywood satire , has a wickedly eccentric enchantment to it .",1 96178,"the most oddly honest Hollywood document",1 79571,"fairly solid",1 30006,"can state that Kissing Jessica Stein may be the best same-sex romance I have seen .",1 166797,"no good jokes",0 98754,"trying to capture the novel 's deeper intimate resonances",1 23545,", by-the-numbers effort by Washington . It wo n't rock any boats but is solid meat-and-potatoes filmmaking .",1 164642,"laziest imaginable of all vintage-TV spinoffs",0 34370,"many fine",1 74806,"as the villainous , lecherous police chief Scarpia",0 15233,"been dulled by slasher films and gorefests",0 190548,"a few tasty morsels",1 82605,"if Invincible is not quite the career peak that The Pianist is for Roman Polanski",1 172331,"supposed to be a comedy",0 105791,"Feels like a cold old man going through the motions .",0 69788,"The one-liners are snappy , the situations volatile and",1 212516,"starts off promisingly but then proceeds to flop",0 80880,"general absurdity",0 8838,"money-oriented",0 166595,"nearly meaningless",0 222523,"B picture , and",0 109974,"The most ingenious film comedy since Being John Malkovich",1 178899,"would have made this a superior movie",0 236863,"the feelings evoked in the film are lukewarm and quick to pass .",0 65434,"Exploits ( headbanger )",0 220784,"'s been done before but never so vividly or with so much passion .",1 10652,"sparkles",1 171071,"silliest and most incoherent",0 225943,"Stale and clichéd to a fault .",0 231925,"impress about E.T.",1 224850,"Mr. Allen has surpassed himself with the magic he 's spun with the Hollywood empress of Ms. Leoni 's Ellie .",1 182358,"An ambitious ` what if ? ' that works",1 167640,"of people constantly checking their watches",0 217770,"treads old turf",0 221020,"'s unnerving to see Recoing 's bizzarre reaction to his unemployment .",0 124896,"it --",1 20599,"forth as an important chronicle of the abuses of one of Latin America 's most oppressive regimes",1 105431,"Dignified CEO",1 193206,"are sweet and believable , and",1 211652,"sincere acting",1 142563,", this film is canned tuna .",0 51170,"empty head",0 15686,"even though it rips off many of its ideas",0 50540,"creates a visceral sense of its characters ' lives and conflicted emotions that carries it far above ... what could have been a melodramatic , Lifetime Channel-style anthology",1 52700,"holds you with its outrageousness",1 30661,"delicate",1 234055,"near-miss .",0 32863,"in four years",1 111047,"What sets this romantic comedy apart from most Hollywood romantic comedies is its low-key way of tackling what seems like done-to-death material .",1 9445,"on all cylinders",1 111968,"a fullness",1 74882,"astonish",1 236355,"that 's a sly , amusing , laugh-filled little gem in which the ultimate `` Bellini '' begins to look like a `` real Kaputschnik",1 191801,"about thoroughly vacuous people",0 198385,"exposes the limitations of his skill and the basic flaws in his vision",0 121147,"give the transcendent performance",1 122773,"imagine , as searching for a quarter in a giant pile of elephant feces ... positively dreadful",0 223567,"Hands down the year 's most thought-provoking film",1 235994,"spy action flick with Antonio Banderas and Lucy Liu never comes together .",0 110659,"To build a feel-good fantasy around a vain dictator-madman",0 227872,"a disaster of a story , full of holes and completely lacking in chills",0 114612,"are likely to be as heartily sick of mayhem as Cage 's war-weary marine",0 181456,"88-minute infomercial",0 168983,"plot convolutions",0 58413,"the incessant use",0 163911,"it should go down smoothly enough with popcorn",1 171813,"spliced random moments of a Chris Rock routine",0 14534,"This is a film well worth seeing , talking and singing heads and all .",1 223826,"I just did n't care as much for the story .",0 178439,"winds up looking like a bunch of talented thesps slumming it .",0 10554,"so fraught",0 109735,"The effort is sincere and the results are honest",1 96335,"the paranoid claustrophobia of a submarine movie with the unsettling spookiness of the supernatural --",1 197667,"earnest as a community-college advertisement",0 97858,"to a moving tragedy with some buoyant human moments",1 37348,"still rules the epochs",1 170535,"see the perpetrators of Chicago torn apart by dingoes",0 206339,"more bizarre",0 150193,"This film was made to get laughs from the slowest person in the audience -- just pure slapstick with lots of inane , inoffensive screaming and exaggerated facial expressions .",0 198717,"feels contrived , as if the filmmakers were worried the story would n't work without all those gimmicks",0 92450,"share it",1 124574,"is stiff or just plain bad",0 142528,", the stories never add up to as much as they promise .",0 226931,"Wait for video -- and then do n't rent it .",0 65884,"Hailed",1 120233,"flavorful performances",1 198480,"fall to pieces",0 52429,"has stepped into the mainstream of filmmaking with an assurance worthy of international acclaim and with every cinematic tool well under his control --",1 4263,"a variant of the nincompoop benigni persona",0 231314,"gross-out college comedy",0 25900,"Khouri then gets terrific performances from them all .",1 107468,"Like many Western action films , this thriller is too loud and thoroughly overbearing",0 64758,"Colorful and deceptively buoyant",1 206196,"mined his personal horrors and came up with a treasure chest of material",1 30065,"caution to the wind with an invitation to the hedonist in us all",1 71759,"a great film",1 184734,"I was hoping that it would be sleazy and fun , but",0 8975,"naipaul , a juicy writer",1 36783,"self-aware in its dumbness",0 92593,"show than well-constructed narrative",1 147206,"Literally nothing in The Pool",0 207555,"of a paint-by-numbers picture",0 196210,"conventional -- lots of boring talking heads , etc . --",0 215487,"the result is disappointing",0 21250,"looking for nothing",0 161420,"hopes to camouflage how bad his movie is .",0 225584,"Reassuring , retro uplifter .",1 152245,"a poor one",0 68242,"Poignant and moving , A Walk to Remember is an inspirational love story , capturing the innocence and idealism of that first encounter .",1 73441,"all the hearts it won -- and wins still",1 63840,"An earnest , roughshod document",1 13742,"4 friends , 2 couples , 2000 miles , and all the Pabst Blue Ribbon beer they can drink - it 's the ultimate redneck road-trip .",1 227588,"`` Solaris '' is a shapeless inconsequential move relying on the viewer to do most of the work .",0 220386,"your entertainment choices",1 138649,"unentertaining",0 155112,"bemused contempt",0 78198,"director M . Night Shyamalan can weave an eerie spell",1 223210,"E.T. remains the most wondrous of all Hollywood fantasies -- and the apex of Steven Spielberg 's misunderstood career .",1 234256,"of Anna Chancellor that makes this `` Two Weddings and a Funeral '' fun",1 13355,"you can take the grandkids or the grandparents and never worry about anyone being bored ... audience is a sea of constant smiles and frequent laughter .",1 174352,"the movie is such a blip on the year 's radar screen that it 's tempting just to go with it for the ride . But this time , the old MIB label stands for Milder Is n't Better",0 37868,"that no one could ever mistake it for anything resembling reality",0 83884,"is a somber trip worth taking .",1 36217,"provoke adventurous adults in specialty venues",1 187176,"Seagal is painfully foolish in trying to hold onto what 's left of his passe ' chopsocky glory .",0 199345,"for the kiddies",1 97928,"to be more complex than your average film",1 131479,"retread , hobbled by half-baked setups and sluggish pacing",0 63357,"A sharp and quick documentary that is funny and pithy , while illuminating an era of theatrical comedy that , while past ,",1 215719,"the superficially written characters ramble",0 9736,"play against each other so intensely , but with restraint",1 45828,"It proves quite compelling as an intense , brooding character study .",1 104354,"An involving , inspirational drama that sometimes falls",1 99380,"very well-meaning movie ,",1 161963,"in sham actor workshops and an affected malaise",0 221802,"... has thrown every suspenseful cliché in the book at this nonsensical story .",0 163823,"it is banal .",0 149623,"The movie straddles the fence between escapism and social commentary , and on both sides it falls short",0 224014,"In fact , even better .",1 163304,"is short on the thrills the oversize medium demands .",0 213844,"that something so short could be so flabby",0 149596,"The movie is a desperate miscalculation . It gives poor Dana Carvey nothing to do that is really funny , and then expects us to laugh because he acts so goofy all the time .",0 46470,"Pacino is the best he 's been in years and Keener is marvelous .",1 216647,"through about 90 minutes of a so-called ` comedy ' and not laugh",0 56513,"remains undiminished",1 119043,"encouraging thought . Better still , he does all of this , and more , while remaining one of the most savagely hilarious social critics this side of Jonathan Swift",1 168519,"overblown in its plotting , hackneyed in its dialogue and",0 72870,"a zany mix of Saturday Night Live-style parody , '70s Blaxploitation films and goofball action comedy",1 229081,"authenticate her British persona",1 70119,"There are n't many conclusive answers in the film , but",0 179477,"'s 51 times better than this",0 145377,"Flat , but with a revelatory performance by Michelle Williams",1 138031,"to yield some interesting results",1 123031,"in its sparkling beauty",1 198864,"film which suffers from a lackluster screenplay",0 87422,"most flamboyant female comics",1 39698,"up there with the finest of specials",1 197619,"dumplings",1 143223,"A monster combat thriller as impersonal in its relentlessness as the videogame series that inspired it .",0 127323,"more interesting -- and , dare I say , thematically complex -- bowel movements than this long-on-the-shelf , point-and-shoot exercise in gimmicky crime drama",0 176579,"tongue uncomfortably in cheek",0 89007,"of the film with a creepy and dead-on performance",1 201560,"if it were n't silly",0 103387,"A '' black Austin Powers ? '' I prefer to think of it as '' Pootie Tang with a budget . '' Sa da TAY !",1 211897,"snobbery",0 106006,"Glizty but formulaic and silly ... Cagney 's ` top of the world ' has been replaced by the bottom of the barrel .",0 8994,"nasty ,",0 87454,"most original fantasy film",1 61468,"( Leigh ) has a true talent for drawing wrenching performances from his actors ( improvised over many months ) and for conveying the way tiny acts of kindness make ordinary life survivable .",1 121992,"have the worthy successor to A Better Tomorrow and The Killer which they have been patiently waiting for",1 184339,"Has none of the crackle of '' Fatal Attraction '' , '' 9 1/2 Weeks '' , or even '' Indecent Proposal '' , and feels more like Lyne 's stolid remake of '' Lolita '' .",0 113392,"adds enough flourishes and freak-outs to make it entertaining",1 161346,"hit the skids",0 24321,"A delirious celebration",1 141686,"'s too self-important and plodding",0 22719,"warned",0 67598,"Moore 's ) better at fingering problems than finding solutions .",0 76059,"bursts with a goofy energy previous Disney films only used for a few minutes here and there .",1 191794,"about the worst thing Chan has done in the United States",0 127919,"new benchmark",1 218122,"underdramatized",0 142806,"... sucks the humanity from the film , leaving behind an horrific but weirdly unemotional spectacle .",0 112844,"a summer popcorn movie . Nothing too deep or substantial . Explosions , jokes , and sexual innuendoes abound",0 90169,"people on the economic fringes of Margaret Thatcher 's ruinous legacy",0 93794,"such confidence",1 125792,"laugh if a tuba-playing dwarf rolled down a hill in a trash can ? Do you chuckle at the thought of an ancient librarian whacking a certain part of a man 's body ? If you answered yes , by all means enjoy The New Guy",1 91986,"sci-fi .",1 8172,"jam-packed with literally bruising jokes . every five minutes or so ,",1 44532,"An operatic , sprawling picture that 's entertainingly acted , magnificently shot and gripping enough to sustain most of its 170-minute length .",1 100084,"who does a convincing impersonation here of a director enjoying himself immensely",1 237052,"the man who wrote it but this Cliff Notes edition is a cheat",0 188628,"The screenplay flounders under the weight of too many story lines .",0 196247,"corny sentimentality",0 205967,"maybe she , Janine and Molly -- an all-woman dysfunctional family -- deserve one another",0 11149,"that you avoid the godzilla sized soda",0 184065,"From its nauseating spinning credits sequence to a very talented but underutilized supporting cast",0 103938,"A surprisingly sweet and gentle comedy",1 115685,"become a household name on the basis of his first starring vehicle",1 1660,"maddeningly predictable",0 98503,"too easily",1 91308,"recommended as an engrossing story about a horrifying historical event and the elements which contributed to it",1 82611,"if cheap",0 108597,"Reno does what he can in a thankless situation , the film ricochets from humor to violence and back again , and",1 221554,", that 's a liability .",0 132369,"should you buy the movie milk when the TV cow is free",0 78353,"do n't have the slightest difficulty accepting him in the role .",1 196351,"cover up the fact that the picture is constructed around a core of flimsy -- or , worse yet , nonexistent -- ideas",0 191917,"action laudable",1 195411,"can start looking good",1 140500,"worthless film",0 41309,"There has been much puzzlement among critics about what the election symbolizes . I believe the message is in the messenger : The agent is a woman",1 140293,"with untalented people",0 158855,"far more good-natured spirit and talent",1 155624,"but is sabotaged by ticking time bombs and other Hollywood-action cliches .",0 92342,"set in a remote African empire before cell phones , guns , and the internal combustion engine",1 112644,"a scary , action-packed chiller",1 38939,"this film , unlike other Dumas adaptations , is far more likened to a treasure than a lengthy jail sentence",1 44223,"A rich tale of our times",1 93784,"such a pleasure",1 91611,"reveals a real human soul buried beneath a spellbinding serpent 's smirk",1 120565,"forgets about unfolding a coherent , believable story in its zeal to spread propaganda",0 215374,"the plot offers few surprises",0 77153,"concludes with the crisp clarity of a fall dawn",1 188974,"This insufferable movie is meant to make you think about existential suffering . Instead , it 'll only put you to sleep .",0 122041,"he has found with an devastating , eloquent clarity",1 43451,", About a Boy injects just enough freshness into the proceedings to provide an enjoyable 100 minutes in a movie theater .",1 75058,"austerity and forcefulness",1 217250,"to place most of the psychological and philosophical material in italics rather than trust an audience 's intelligence",0 20192,"but you just have to love the big , dumb , happy movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding .",1 142024,", Norton has to recite bland police procedural details ,",0 6730,"gang",0 219799,"with poetic imagery",1 59643,"undemanding action movies",0 170319,"same old",0 219478,"will be best appreciated by those willing to endure its extremely languorous rhythms , Waiting for Happiness",0 91244,"really solid performances by Ving Rhames and Wesley Snipes",1 16019,"her natural gifts",1 112273,"a lyrical and celebratory vision",1 133835,"taken it a step further , richer and deeper",1 89247,"offering an original",1 209324,"plainly dull",0 196302,"could have wrapped things up at 80 minutes",0 17722,"they will almost certainly be fascinated , and undoubtedly delighted .",1 32440,"heart-warming",1 94403,"than forcing us to endure every plot contrivance that the cliché-riddled genre can offer",0 148346,"Ruh-roh ! Romething 's really wrong with this ricture !",0 149607,"The movie is too cute to take itself too seriously , but",1 111261,"World Traveler might not go anywhere new , or arrive anyplace special , but it 's certainly an honest attempt to get at something .",1 164244,"joyful or at least fascinating",1 99393,"vibrant introduction",1 38741,"the ultimate mysteries of life and death",1 171470,"so rambling",0 172237,"such a good design turns out to be a cheap knockoff",0 160723,"has nurtured his metaphors at the expense of his narrative",0 76711,"chronicle not only of one man 's quest to be president , but of how that man single-handedly turned a plane full of hard-bitten , cynical journalists into what was essentially , by campaign 's end , an extended publicity department .",1 102932,", they 'll be too busy cursing the film 's strategically placed white sheets .",0 143099,"A fragile framework upon which to hang broad , mildly fleshed-out characters that seem to have been conjured up only 10 minutes prior to filming",0 103003,", we also need movies like Tim McCann 's Revolution No . 9 .",1 185966,"Makes 98 minutes feel like three hours .",0 14960,"an always surprising way",1 3946,"a magnificent landscape to create a feature film that is wickedly fun to watch",1 85992,"lifted from Terry Gilliam 's subconscious , pressed through Kafka 's meat grinder and into Buñuel 's casings",1 121594,"handles the nuclear crisis sequences evenly but milks drama when she should be building suspense , and drags out too many scenes toward the end that should move quickly",0 134259,"that best describes this film : honest",1 119669,"fairly trite",0 80747,"fully formed and",1 103893,"A smart and funny , albeit sometimes superficial , cautionary tale of a technology in search of an artist .",1 145262,"Fairly successful at faking some pretty cool stunts but a complete failure at trying to create some pretty cool characters . And forget about any attempt at a plot !",0 46425,"One of the most gloriously unsubtle and adrenalized extreme shockers since The Evil Dead .",1 141633,"'s stupid",0 63885,"An entertaining mix of period drama and flat-out farce that should please history fans .",1 60048,"were wonderful",1 148642,"Slick piece of cross-promotion",1 62389,", unlike those in Moulin Rouge , are crisp and purposeful without overdoing it",1 194339,"been a painless time-killer becomes instead a grating endurance test",0 110297,"There 's an excellent 90-minute film here :",1 63927,"An intriguing look at the French film industry during the German occupation",1 82439,"hopefully , this film will attach a human face to all those little steaming cartons .",1 73561,"am more offended by his lack of faith in his audience than by anything on display here",0 193896,"awful .",0 150520,"Truth to tell , if you 've seen more than half-a-dozen horror films , there 's nothing here you have n't seen before .",0 235334,"rendered tedious by Avary 's failure to construct a story with even a trace of dramatic interest",0 20465,"enlightening to listen to new sides of a previous reality , and to visit with some of the people who were able to make an impact in the theater world",1 226323,"The long-range appeal of `` Minority Report '' should transcend any awards it bags .",1 105636,"Enigma offers all the pleasure of a handsome and well-made entertainment .",1 222364,"And it 's not that funny -- which is just generally insulting .",0 1925,"of the summer award",1 157056,"cumbersome and",0 176642,"too many ideas floating around",0 23688,", in welcome contrast to the indulgent dead-end experimentation of the director 's previous Full Frontal",1 224769,"Men in Black II , ''",1 36689,"scariest movies to come along in a long , long time , easily rivaling Blair Witch or The Others .",1 91418,"relies on subtle ironies and visual devices to convey point of view .",1 43057,"young in spirit but",1 85042,"it has some of the funniest jokes of any movie this year , including those intended for adults",1 178143,"which half of Dragonfly is worse : The part where nothing 's happening , or the part where something 's happening",0 61253,"'s simply , and surprisingly , a nice , light treat",1 73522,"also has many of the things that made the first one charming",1 27446,"a compelling portrait",1 10109,"reno 's immense wit and",1 24611,"An elegant",1 224502,"Just one problem : Fish out of water usually die",0 182814,"Black are ultimately winning",1 145763,"He 's not good with people .",0 62925,"A deliberative account of a lifestyle characterized by its surface-obsession -- one that typifies the delirium of post , pre , and extant stardom .",1 56223,"proud in its message",1 105005,"Caruso sometimes descends into sub-Tarantino cuteness ... but for the most part he makes sure The Salton Sea works the way a good noir should , keeping it tight and nasty",1 144939,"Does n't offer much besides glib soullessness , raunchy language and a series of brutal set pieces",0 14696,"a cinematic milestone",1 90174,"peppered with false starts",0 190666,"a good surprise ending",1 195747,"classy dinner soiree",1 163088,"is n't much in the way of character development",0 103246,"... the plot weaves us into a complex web .",1 51877,"found myself struggling to put my finger on that elusive '' missing thing .",0 213323,"terrible film",0 138146,"too ragged to ever fit smoothly together",0 40359,"worth checking out for the performances alone",1 193988,"banal in its message and the choice of material",0 103756,"A passable romantic comedy , in need of another couple of",1 97197,"there 's much to recommend the film .",1 179703,"'s difficult to conceive of anyone who has reached puberty actually finding the characters in Slackers or their antics amusing , let alone funny",0 26734,"The Piano Teacher",1 138970,"very compelling , sensitive , intelligent and almost cohesive piece",1 104668,"Before long , you 're desperate for the evening to end",0 100032,"whimsical humor",1 154149,"as compelling",1 126366,"loosely-connected string",0 96063,"the lovable-loser protagonist",1 211553,"showboating wise-cracker stock persona",0 205942,"may just end up trying to drown yourself in a lake afterwards .",0 184686,"I like my Christmas movies with more elves and snow and less pimps and ho 's .",0 38450,"the most transporting or gripping film from Iran",1 31125,"enjoyed it enough to recommend .",1 185145,"It 's like a drive-by .",0 133981,"tender movements",1 195256,"ca n't believe anyone would really buy this stuff .",0 211167,"seen to better advantage on cable",0 207452,"of Marivaux 's rhythms , and Mira Sorvino 's limitations as a classical actress",0 4498,"all the writhing and",0 126431,"love and compassion",1 144157,"Billy Crystal and Robert De Niro sleepwalk through vulgarities in a sequel you can refuse .",0 87469,"most romantic comedies",1 139669,"while ( Roman Coppola ) scores points for style",1 158316,"enough questions",0 13062,"who knew charles dickens could be so light-hearted",1 238528,"wear down possible pupils through repetition",0 224556,"Lacks the inspiration of the original",0 59023,"this one is a sweet and modest and ultimately winning story .",1 161693,"important film",1 120981,"generate suspense rather than gross out the audience",1 203152,"is n't a terrible movie , just a stultifyingly obvious one -- an unrewarding collar for a murder mystery",0 32476,"her breakthrough role",1 208025,"of the",1 212656,"strenuous",0 191960,"actually thrilled",1 70616,"Very well-written and very well-acted .",1 53175,"intimacy in a way that makes most American love stories look downright unfree",1 56796,"seems like I have been waiting my whole life for this movie",1 55422,"of its sweeping battle scenes",1 47555,"Warm in its loving yet unforgivingly inconsistent depiction of everyday people , relaxed in its perfect quiet pace and proud in its message",1 190376,"a corny examination of a young actress trying to find her way",0 7858,"it 's an 88-minute highlight reel that 's 86 minutes too long",0 21385,"n't deserve to leave the building until everyone is aware of it",1 61351,"'s very little sense to what 's going on here",0 3795,"a fine-looking film with a bouncy score and a clutch of lively songs for deft punctuation",1 160181,"go very right , and then step wrong",0 155836,"ca n't bring yourself to dislike it",1 220543,"'' was obviously made for the `` XXX '' crowd , people who enjoy mindless action without the benefit of decent acting , writing , and direction .",0 76889,"color , music , and dance that only the most practiced curmudgeon could fail to crack a smile at",1 237078,"the movie does n't quite fly",0 3856,"a gracious , eloquent film that by its end offers a ray of hope to the refugees able to look ahead and resist living in a past forever lost .",1 207189,"not enough of interest onscreen",0 145559,"Get in the car , bitch , ' this Jerry Bruckheimer production has little else to offer",0 29889,"butt their ugly heads",0 78641,"drop everything and run to Ichi",1 7376,"immaculate",1 121851,"has the feel of a summer popcorn movie . Nothing too deep or substantial . Explosions , jokes , and sexual innuendoes abound .",1 115142,"at a failure of our justice system",0 199422,"forgot to include anything even halfway scary as they poorly rejigger Fatal Attraction into a high school setting",0 126877,"may be another shameless attempt by Disney to rake in dough from baby boomer families",0 22039,"spiced",1 217524,"to whom the idea of narrative logic or cohesion is an entirely foreign concept",0 52556,"helps keep the proceedings as funny for grown-ups as for rugrats",1 136457,"the treat of the title",1 68643,"Scotland looks wonderful , the fans are often funny fanatics , the showdown sure beats a bad day of golf .",1 118902,"edge to it .",1 178737,"wo n't be long before you 'll spy I Spy at a video store near you",0 238250,"untidily",0 7166,"his future wife",1 125471,"journey into a philosophical void .",0 174957,"the upper hand in matters of the heart",1 106477,"I have to admit I walked out of Runteldat . I did go back and check out the last 10 minutes",0 38950,"this is a coming-of-age story with a twist",1 74120,"another new film emerges with yet another remarkable yet shockingly little-known perspective .",1 27209,"When your leading ladies are a couple of screen-eating dominatrixes like Goldie Hawn and Susan Sarandon at their raunchy best , even hokum goes down easily .",1 66354,"In between all the emotional seesawing , it 's hard to figure the depth of these two literary figures , and even the times in which they lived . But they fascinate in their recklessness .",1 33683,"it makes up for with its heart",1 181762,"A lightweight , uneven action comedy that freely mingles French , Japanese and Hollywood cultures .",0 110461,"This humbling little film , fueled by the light comedic work of Zhao Benshan and the delicate ways of Dong Jie , is just the sort for those moviegoers who complain that ` they do n't make movies like they used to anymore . '",1 95539,"the enduring strengths",1 137002,"this movie is a phlegmatic bore , so tedious it makes the silly spy vs . spy film The Sum of All Fears ,",0 223546,"Griffin & Co. manage to be spectacularly outrageous .",1 102843,", stop Eric Schaeffer before he makes another film .",0 4628,"an egg timer for 93 minutes",0 83562,"into such fresh territory",1 5052,"be so light-hearted",1 23669,", hopefully , be remembered as one of the most important stories to be told in Australia 's film history",1 219375,"who starts off promisingly but then proceeds to flop",0 105194,"Congrats Disney on a job well done",1 174408,"the not-exactly",0 157956,"dreamed of attending Cannes",0 223484,"George W. Bush is an incurious , uncharismatic , overgrown frat boy with a mean streak a mile wide",0 206552,"mostly fool 's",0 171568,"some exciting scenes",1 41077,"Makes an aborbing if arguable case for the man 's greatness",1 7779,"is smarter and subtler than ( total recall and blade runner ) ,",1 41487,"a vivid , vibrant individual and",1 137076,"this too-long , spoofy update of Shakespeare 's Macbeth does n't sustain a high enough level of invention .",0 168563,"overstuffed compendium",0 14968,"an enemy to his own race",0 223488,"Giggling at the absurdities and inconsistencies",0 216381,"this film has an ` A ' list cast and some strong supporting players",1 131817,"scenic",1 14952,"ambition and accomplishment",1 147334,"Manages to show life in all of its banality when the intention is quite the opposite .",0 74458,"are uniformly good .",1 172920,"that a strong , unified showing among Germany and Eastern European Jews might have changed 20th-Century history",1 88714,"of joyful solo performance",1 227984,"a light , yet engrossing piece .",1 231197,"give you a lot of laughs in this simple , sweet and romantic comedy",1 160957,"he 's taken one of the world 's most fascinating stories and made it dull , lifeless , and irritating",0 35289,"of insultingly innocuous",0 222279,"Amélie 's Audrey Tautou with another fabuleux destin -- i.e. , a banal spiritual quest",0 38028,"the best from his large cast in beautifully articulated portrayals that are subtle and so expressive they can sustain the poetic flights in Burdette 's dialogue",1 238934,"without the precedent of Yiddish theater , whose jolly , fun-for-fun 's - sake communal spirit goes to the essence of Broadway",1 207881,"of narrative banality",0 93760,"succeeds primarily",1 193703,"astonishingly condescending",0 139889,"will be two hours gained",0 188643,"The script is a disaster , with cloying messages and irksome characters .",0 214097,"the action as gripping",1 163738,"it causing significant harm and not smelly enough to bother despising",0 136635,"the year 's ( unintentionally ) funniest moments",1 192104,"aimlessly and unsuccessfully attempts to fuse at least three dull plots into one good one .",0 114549,"are anything but compelling",0 127511,"mostly leaves him shooting blanks",0 5282,"bring on the battle bots , please",1 11449,"the full emotional",1 185128,"It 's hard to understand why anyone in his right mind would even think to make the attraction a movie .",0 35435,"of the best films of the year with its exploration of the obstacles to happiness",1 66764,"It might be ` easier ' to watch on video at home , but that should n't stop die-hard French film connoisseurs from going out and enjoying the big-screen experience .",1 101695,"'s hard not to be a sucker for its charms",1 44596,"As the movie traces Mr . Brown 's athletic exploits , it is impossible not to be awed by the power and grace of one of the greatest natural sportsmen of modern times .",1 143422,"A very stylish but ultimately extremely silly tale ...",0 141583,"'s so badly made on every level that I 'm actually having a hard time believing people were paid to make it",0 14896,"accomplished",1 213626,"that falls victim to frazzled wackiness and frayed satire",0 45810,"It is amusing ,",1 83530,"into a pulpy concept that , in many other hands would be completely forgettable",0 85681,"knee-jerk misogyny",0 116622,"can read the subtitles ( the opera is sung in Italian ) and you like ` Masterpiece Theatre ' type costumes",1 179137,"you have to be really dumb not to see where this is going",0 174570,"the premise of a good story",1 89805,"otherwise delightful comedy",1 4002,"a movie that tries to fuse the two ` woods ' but winds up a bolly-holly masala mess .",0 59843,"very compelling",1 224393,"It sucked .",0 58178,"the cuddly Shower",1 103080,"-- and timely --",1 47282,"The vitality of the actors",1 220882,"'s more determined to become the next Texas Chainsaw Massacre",0 205853,"marshaled in the service of such a minute idea",0 189525,"Welles groupie/scholar Peter Bogdanovich took a long time to do it , but he 's finally provided his own broadside at publishing giant William Randolph Hearst .",1 67482,"May lack the pungent bite of its title , but it 's an enjoyable trifle nonetheless",1 76073,"but an amiably idiosyncratic work",1 131997,"seems as though it was written for no one , but somehow",0 77069,"compelling , damaged characters who we want to help -- or hurt",1 127772,"natural , even-flowing tone",1 175371,"this dumb",0 60003,"weirdly beautiful place",1 235417,"rushed , slapdash , sequel-for-the-sake -",0 112163,"a job well done",1 3154,"who knows , but it works under the direction of kevin reynolds",1 236757,"the brave , uninhibited performances",1 96534,"the real Antwone Fisher was able to overcome his personal obstacles and become a good man",1 2497,"that allows the seeds of the imagination to germinate",1 140729,"you can see mediocre cresting on the next wave",0 73755,"an engrossing thriller",1 98933,"uncompromising film",1 29963,"ca n't help but warmly extend your arms and yell ` Safe",1 65254,"Eerily accurate",1 189023,"This is rote spookiness , with nary an original idea ( or role , or edit , or score , or anything , really ) in sight , and the whole of the proceedings beg the question ` Why",0 107030,"It looks like an action movie , but it 's so poorly made , on all levels , that it does n't even qualify as a spoof of such .",0 30386,"contradiction",0 59502,"transcendent love story",1 55323,"of cool stuff packed into ESPN 's Ultimate X",1 56076,"plucking tension from quiet",1 3353,"'s not merely unwatchable , but",0 236743,"the best of the swashbucklers",1 4558,"ambivalence",0 83924,"is a warm and well-told tale of one recent Chinese immigrant 's experiences in New York City .",1 236501,"that most every aggrieved father cliché has been unturned",0 11471,"the glum , numb",0 221356,", he does all of this , and more , while remaining one of the most savagely hilarious social critics this side of Jonathan Swift .",1 149439,"The film takes too long getting to the good stuff , then takes too long figuring out what to do next .",0 122685,"if considerably less ambitious",0 15128,"are enough moments of heartbreaking honesty to keep one glued to the screen .",1 80034,"first-rate , especially Sorvino",1 91444,"remarkable and",1 118143,"despite a definitely distinctive screen presence , just is n't able to muster for a movie that , its title notwithstanding , should have been a lot nastier if it wanted to fully capitalize on its lead 's specific gifts",0 139060,"villains",0 759,"david mamet 's airless cinematic shell games",0 174204,"the lazy people behind the camera as well",0 216475,"this should keep you reasonably entertained .",1 111269,"Would you laugh if a tuba-playing dwarf rolled down a hill in a trash can ? Do you chuckle at the thought of an ancient librarian whacking a certain part of a man 's body ? If you answered yes , by all means enjoy The New Guy",1 150973,"Wince-inducing dialogue ,",0 131095,"really a thriller",1 3484,"... while the humor aspects of ` jason x ' were far more entertaining than i had expected ,",1 56384,"rare drama that offers a thoughtful and rewarding glimpse into the sort of heartache everyone",1 121232,"go from stark desert to gorgeous beaches",1 12831,"wanders all over the map thematically and stylistically , and borrows heavily from lynch , jeunet , and von trier while failing to find a spark of its own",0 196444,"crippled by poor casting .",0 213058,"switch to a mix of The Shining , The Thing , and any naked teenagers horror flick from the 1980s",0 146714,"It made me feel unclean ,",0 24540,"Adobo",1 156596,"coming-of-age romance",1 33230,"is a happy throwback to the time when cartoons were cinema 's most idiosyncratic form instead of one of its most predictable",1 237542,"this little $ 1.8 million charmer , which may not be cutting-edge indie filmmaking",1 33437,"is not for all tastes",0 50442,"contrivance , as artificial as the video games Japanese teens play",0 65032,"Despite the film 's bizarre developments , Hoffman keeps us riveted with every painful nuance , unexpected flashes of dark comedy and the character 's gripping humanity .",1 73527,"also reminds us of our own responsibility to question what is told as the truth",1 104933,"By that measure , it is a failure",0 91845,"rusted-out",0 63394,"A smart , sassy and exceptionally charming romantic comedy",1 166745,"nice to watch a movie that has n't been focus-grouped into tedium",1 137396,"to be a monster movie for the art-house crowd",1 96421,"the plot and a powerfully evocative mood combining heated sexuality with a haunting sense of malaise",1 21841,"rejects the temptation to make fun of his subjects .",1 135798,"the movie 's inescapable air of sleaziness",0 198127,"even though her performance is more interesting ( and funnier ) than his",1 164880,"like XXX",1 22985,"'' unelected '' have suspected all along : George W . Bush",0 138161,"too unflinching",0 169856,"redundancies",0 153454,"an occasionally insightful acting exercise",1 59911,"waiting my whole life",1 53767,"it 's the little nuances that perhaps had to escape from director Mark Romanek 's self-conscious scrutiny to happen , that finally get under your skin",0 121893,"haunting than those in Mr . Spielberg 's 1993 classic",1 116287,"building to a laugh riot",1 48363,"a seriously intended movie",1 207839,"of lazy tearjerker that gives movies about ordinary folk a bad name",0 227044,"What a concept , what an idea , what a thrill ride .",1 138820,"uplift",1 108018,"Nohe has made a decent ` intro ' documentary ,",1 188259,"The good thing",1 151491,"a clearer , more memorable",1 190753,"a high time",1 33676,"it is surely no classic , like the novel upon which it is based",0 225766,"Should Pay Nine Bucks for This : Because you can hear about suffering Afghan refugees on the news and still be unaffected",0 173100,"that jettisons all opportunities for Rock to make his mark by serving up the usual chaotic nonsense",0 47250,"The socio-histo-political treatise is told in earnest strides ... ( and ) personal illusion is deconstructed with poignancy",1 182641,"At once overly old-fashioned in its sudsy plotting and heavy-handed in its effort to modernize it with encomia to diversity and tolerance",0 234727,"one of Mr. Chabrol 's subtlest works , but also one of his most uncanny",1 87564,"moving and revelatory",1 108500,"Pull ( s ) off the rare trick of recreating not only",1 67559,"Mike Leigh populates his movie with a wonderful ensemble cast of characters that bring the routine day to day struggles of the working class to life",1 32163,"grace in an imperfect world",1 173241,"that there 's no other reason why anyone should bother remembering it",0 138925,"veered off too far into the Exxon zone ,",0 47911,"a creative sequel",1 207102,"no respectable Halloween costume shop would ever try to sell",0 188136,"The film 's final hour , where nearly all the previous unseen material resides , is unconvincing soap opera that Tornatore was right to cut .",0 78220,"directors Dean Deblois and Chris Sanders valiantly keep punching up the mix .",1 196282,"could have been much better",0 20255,"close its characters ' emotional wounds",1 113250,"absurd collection",0 116558,"can be fruitful : ` In Praise of Love ' is the director 's epitaph for himself",1 154951,"been better off as a documentary , with less of Mr . Eyre 's uninspired dramatics and more of his sense of observation and outrage",0 119700,"falls back on too many tried-and-true shenanigans that hardly distinguish it from the next teen comedy .",0 237628,"three vapid , insensitive people who take",0 210842,"say you were n't warned",0 186622,"Oscar caliber cast does n't live up to material",0 93931,"surprisingly charming and even witty",1 200668,"has the odd distinction of being playful without being fun , too .",0 168214,"one mind-numbingly lengthy riff",0 194854,"both Oscar winners , a fact which , as you watch them clumsily mugging their way through Snow Dogs , seems inconceivable",0 742,"create an engaging story that keeps you guessing at almost every turn",1 47316,"There are no special effects , and no Hollywood endings .",1 235904,"some lovely comedic moments and several fine performances",1 114606,"are just two of the elements that will grab you",1 221191,", Mr. Rose 's updating works surprisingly well .",1 38145,"the edge of their seats",1 34655,"most powerful",1 95362,"the concept of loss",0 53046,"incessant",0 204488,"just what this strenuously unconventional movie is supposed to be",1 118771,"dull with only Caine",0 202830,"is concocted and carried out by folks worthy of scorn",0 47806,"a Spielberg trademark",1 221328,", even on the level that one enjoys a bad slasher flick ,",0 66880,"Japan bustling",1 202510,"is , like the military system of justice it portrays , tiresomely regimented",0 171505,"so-inept - it 's -",0 61171,"'s not like having a real film of Nijinsky",0 195072,"but something far more stylish and cerebral -- and , hence",1 115341,"bad seeds",0 115352,"badness that is Deuces Wild",0 119795,"fascinating examination",1 59534,"tries to tell of the unspeakable",1 196370,"crap on a leash -- far too polite to scale the lunatic heights of Joe Dante 's similarly styled Gremlins",0 115444,"be a huge cut of above the rest",1 140446,"works its magic with such exuberance and passion",1 107683,"McKay seems embarrassed by his own invention and tries to rush through the intermediary passages , apparently hoping that the audience will not notice the glaring triteness of the plot device",0 132088,"sense and sensibility have been overrun by what can only be characterized as robotic sentiment .",0 52724,"hopeful perseverance and hopeless closure",1 182610,"As saccharine as it is disposable .",0 131837,"scoring",1 168556,"overshadowed by the uberviolence of the Clericks",0 52671,"his unemployment .",0 24306,"A comic gem with some serious sparkles .",1 233920,"more complete than Indecent Proposal",1 149399,"The film equivalent of a toy chest whose contents get scattered over the course of 80 minutes .",0 143712,"An atonal estrogen opera that demonizes feminism while gifting the most sympathetic male of the piece with a nice vomit bath at his wedding .",0 200369,"half-step",0 91639,"revisionist fancy",1 66862,"Jacquot has filmed the opera exactly as the libretto directs , ideally capturing the opera 's drama and lyricism .",1 141497,"'s not without style",1 178496,"with a florid , overplotted , Anne Rice rock 'n' roll vampire novel",0 70216,"This is a sincerely crafted picture that deserves to emerge from the traffic jam of holiday movies .",1 180155,"( I ) t 's certainly laudable that the movie deals with hot-button issues in a comedic context , but Barbershop is n't as funny as it should be .",0 58644,"the relationships were wonderful , the comedy was funny , and",1 45219,"Far From Heaven is a dazzling conceptual feat",1 147408,"Mediocre",0 211568,"shows crushingly little curiosity about , or is ill-equipped to examine , the interior lives of the characters in his film , much less incorporate them into his narrative",0 145175,"Even legends like Alfred Hitchcock and John Huston occasionally directed trifles ... so it 's no surprise to see a world-class filmmaker like Zhang Yimou behind the camera for a yarn that 's ultimately rather inconsequential .",0 130325,"plod",0 173812,"the entertaining elements of the original",1 163739,"it chokes the energy right out of the very audience it seeks to frighten",0 204455,"just goes on and on and on and on",0 72332,"a scathing portrayal of a powerful entity strangling the life out",1 85027,"it finds a nice rhythm .",1 191840,"absurdly overblown climax",0 37138,"some serious sparkles",1 106872,"It 's excessively quirky and a little underconfident in its delivery , but",0 192094,"aimless as an old pickup skidding completely out of control on a long patch of black ice",0 79018,"engrossing story",1 151905,"a hot summer day",1 75585,"best about",1 6413,"farce ,",0 81892,"have made the old boy 's characters more quick-witted than any English Lit",1 214880,"the intriguing premise",1 7325,"if somebody was bored and ... decided to make a dull , pretentious version of jesus ' son , they",0 192173,"all menace and atmosphere",0 86669,"makes up for it with a pleasing verisimilitude",1 94863,"that shows its indie tatters and self-conscious seams in places , but has some quietly moving moments and an intelligent subtlety",1 218930,"we get in FearDotCom is more like something from a bad Clive Barker movie . In other words",0 66884,"Japanese director Shohei Imamura 's latest film is an odd but ultimately satisfying blend of the sophomoric and the sublime .",1 101184,"you thought would leave you",1 40168,"with a lot of good cheer",1 125078,"it pushes its agenda too forcefully",0 12131,"this film is full of rabbits . brimful . but like most rabbits , it seems to lack substance",0 180549,", bordering on offensive , waste of time , money and celluloid .",0 187528,"Staggers between flaccid satire and what",0 10236,"saddled",0 53230,"irrational , long-suffering but cruel",0 85020,"it drags",0 14768,"a lively script , sharp acting and partially animated interludes",1 132433,"shows why , of all the period 's volatile romantic lives , Sand and Musset are worth particular attention",1 198806,"fewer gags to break the tedium",0 180055,"'s tough being a black man in America , especially when the Man has taken away your car , your work-hours and denied you health insurance",0 164545,"lacks the passion required to sell the material",0 651,"but a little too smugly superior to like",0 68064,"Ozpetek 's effort has the scope and shape of an especially well-executed television movie .",1 83269,"incredible subtlety and acumen",1 171405,"so dumb and",0 126712,"makes this man so watchable is a tribute not only to his craft , but to his legend .",1 91363,"refreshingly realistic , affectation-free",1 197887,"engaging enough to keep you from shifting in your chair too often",1 31504,"fascinating portrait",1 21017,"is daring , inventive and impressive",1 81172,"go unnoticed and underappreciated by music fans",0 236054,"still like Moonlight Mile , better judgment be damned .",1 77804,"decide if you need to see it",0 168897,"plain lurid",0 69499,"The evocative imagery and gentle , lapping rhythms of this film are infectious",1 236010,"staggered from the theater",0 29760,"broad , handsome shoulders",1 78782,"effortless performance",1 169388,"prosthetic makeup by Silly Putty",0 233742,"mark Ms. Bullock 's best work in some time",1 128872,"of relationships in such a straightforward , emotionally honest manner that by the end",1 52659,"his smart , edgy voice and",1 202247,"inmates",0 182681,"Bacon keeps things interesting , but do n't go out of your way to pay full price",0 201846,"in conveying its social message",1 161443,"hostages to fortune",0 33568,"it 's a story that we as Americans , and human beings , should know",1 109918,"The jokes are flat , and the action looks fake .",0 13893,"Best",1 24475,"A study in shades of gray , offering itself up in subtle plot maneuvers ...",1 169881,"rehashed",0 64394,"Blithely anachronistic",1 47051,"The film aims to be funny , uplifting and moving , sometimes all at once . The extent to which it succeeds is impressive .",1 124300,"is n't nearly as funny as it thinks it is",0 50447,"controlled display of murderous vulnerability ensures that malice has a very human face .",0 103935,"A suffocating rape-payback horror show that hinges on the subgenre 's most enabling victim ... and an ebullient affection for industrial-model meat freezers .",1 171739,"sound great . \ \/ But Daphne , you 're too Buff \ \/ Fred thinks he 's tough \ \/ And Velma - wow , you 've lost weight",0 157553,"disconnects",0 91641,"revitalize",1 118226,"different from others in its genre in that it is does not rely on dumb gags , anatomical humor , or character cliches",1 191644,"a world of hurt",0 24066,"-- it 's among the most breathtakingly designed films I 've ever seen .",1 172269,"suffer from the chosen format",0 45925,"K-19 : The Widowmaker is derivative , overlong , and bombastic -- yet surprisingly entertaining .",1 55344,"of emotionally and narratively complex filmmaking",1 49192,"are remarkable .",1 30171,"cinema 's finest this year .",1 178266,"whole new levels of ugly",0 65442,"Exudes the fizz of a Busby Berkeley musical and the visceral excitement of a sports extravaganza",1 123796,"is a must for genre fans .",1 204001,"it projects onto the screen -- loud , violent and mindless",0 26392,"Provide ( s ) nail-biting suspense and credible characters without relying on technology-of-the-moment technique or pretentious dialogue .",1 23354,", a little funnier , and a little more",1 197064,"discloses almost nothing .",0 220169,"wrong hands",0 56337,"quiet endurance , of common concern ,",1 232935,"it 's better to go in knowing full well what 's going to happen , but willing to let the earnestness of its execution and skill of its cast take you down a familiar road with a few twists .",1 18628,"All the performances are top notch",1 31207,"especially Lee Ross 's turn as Ken",1 187725,"Terminally bland , painfully slow and needlessly confusing",0 31908,"from the best of the series",1 223916,"If ever such a dependable concept was botched in execution , this is it .",0 31871,"from Disney",1 53695,"is warmly",1 2813,"there 's not a fresh idea at the core of this tale",0 73512,"already mentioned",0 214796,"the horizons of boredom to the point of collapse , turning into a black hole of dullness , from which no interesting concept can escape",0 54306,"live happily ever after",1 122750,"if you have nothing better to do with 94 minutes . But be warned , you too may feel time has decided to stand still",0 171345,"smell this turkey rotting",0 41261,"The film has just enough of everything -- re-enactments , archival footage , talking-head interviews -- and the music is simply sublime",1 180407,", Jackass lacks aspirations of social upheaval .",0 170908,"shorter than Britney 's cutoffs",0 11515,"the incredibly flexible cast",1 120892,"further Oprahfication",0 44281,"A stylistic",1 35662,"on the inanity -- and the Cold War datedness -- of its premise",0 110031,"The new film of Anton Chekhov 's The Cherry Orchard",1 121678,"has a way of gently swaying back and forth as it cradles its characters , veiling tension beneath otherwise tender movements .",1 115832,"being stuck in a dark pit having a nightmare about bad cinema",0 106877,"It 's got all the familiar Bruckheimer elements ,",1 24709,"As a belated nod to some neglected all-stars",1 61047,"'s fun , wispy ,",1 2892,"thought were funniest",1 183014,"Carrying this wafer-thin movie",0 234758,"one-sided , outwardly sexist",0 183610,"Earnest and tentative",1 195387,"can make people act weird",0 108479,"Producer John Penotti surveyed high school students ... and came back with the astonishing revelation that '' they wanted to see something that did n't talk down to them . ''",1 200383,"handed down from the movie gods on a silver platter",1 160431,"hackneyed romance",0 43224,"'s brilliant",1 193185,"are small and easily overshadowed by its predictability",0 51337,"euphoria",1 148821,"Spy is an embarrassment , a monotonous , disjointed jumble of borrowed plot points and situations .",0 116391,"by a noticeable lack of pace . Or both",0 150291,"This overproduced and generally disappointing effort is n't likely to rouse the Rush Hour crowd .",0 5226,"boring",0 18070,"willing to probe its inscrutable mysteries",1 3603,"a bottom-feeder",0 121819,"has nothing going for it other than its exploitive array of obligatory cheap",0 159799,"full of holes and completely lacking in chills .",0 55700,"old enough to have earned a 50-year friendship",1 232016,"in nearly every scene , but to diminishing effect",0 238749,"will anyone really care ?",0 27661,"a master 's",1 56002,"perseverance and",1 161033,"heart , depth and , most of all , purpose",1 233380,"liberating ability",1 76634,"cheer .",1 51473,"fails him",0 34560,"more emotionally assertive this time around as Harry",1 216013,"their incessant whining",0 22646,"unloading",0 85627,"keep you interested without coming close to bowling you over",1 93837,"suggest possibilities which imbue the theme with added depth and resonance",1 187477,"Sorvino makes the princess seem smug and cartoonish , and the film only really comes alive when poor Hermocrates and Leontine pathetically compare notes about their budding amours",0 225723,"See Clockstoppers if you have nothing better to do with 94 minutes .",0 82185,"hilarious )",1 127332,"more mature",1 27509,"a few fanciful touches",1 232212,"is , however , a completely honest , open-hearted film that should appeal to anyone willing to succumb to it",1 180326,") taste for '' shock humor '' will wear thin on all",0 140156,"with humor , warmth , and intelligence",1 704,"classic",1 216581,"thoughtful dialogue elbowed aside by one-liners , and a visual style that incorporates rotoscope animation for no apparent reason except",0 2587,"the extremely competent",1 181145,", you 're definitely convinced that these women are spectacular .",1 50108,"certainly does the trick of making us care about its protagonist and celebrate his victories",1 211472,"should be applauded for finding a new angle on a tireless story",1 213112,"take your pick . All three descriptions suit Evelyn , a besotted and obvious drama that tells us nothing new .",0 142733,". Feelgood",1 235432,"said the film was better than Saving Private Ryan",1 28811,"and stupendous performances",1 91615,"reveals itself slowly ,",1 170377,"saved the film is with the aid of those wisecracking Mystery Science Theater 3000 guys",1 193875,"average television",0 107474,"Like puppies with broken legs \ \/ And butterflies that die \ \/",0 48086,"a great time",1 27563,"a good time",1 203434,"is so fine",1 93165,"something of a public service -- shedding light on a group of extremely talented musicians who might otherwise go unnoticed and underappreciated by music fans",1 18760,"But it pays a price for its intricate intellectual gamesmanship .",0 94767,"that made up for its rather slow beginning by drawing me into the picture",1 25556,"His warriors collide in balletic explosion that implies an underlying order throughout the chaos",1 72170,"a predictably efficient piece of business notable largely for its overwhelming creepiness , for an eagerness to create images you wish you had n't seen",1 106712,"In the end there is one word that best describes this film : honest .",1 66210,"I usually dread encountering the most",0 181053,", they prove more distressing than suspenseful .",0 165797,"meandering , Norton has to recite bland police procedural details , Fiennes wanders around in an attempt to seem weird and distanced",0 228935,"as best actress",1 18910,"Hands down the year 's most thought-provoking film . But it pays a price for its intricate intellectual gamesmanship .",1 126882,"may be incomprehensible to moviegoers not already clad in basic black",0 27372,"a big middle-fingered",0 153217,"also unlistenable",0 97111,"their enthusiasm",1 196318,"could n't help but feel the wasted potential of this slapstick comedy .",0 137061,"this supposedly funny movie",0 93489,"steals the show",1 146525,"It 's just hard to believe that a life like this can sound so dull .",0 29694,"both kids and parents entertained",1 8354,"larceny",0 53633,"is solid",1 56532,"reminds us that , in any language , the huge stuff in life can usually be traced back to the little things",1 153490,"an overly sillified plot and",0 229268,"become the master of innuendo",1 102,"` blue crush ' swims away with the sleeper movie of the summer award",1 58566,"the passion , creativity , and fearlessness of one",1 233304,"laugh their \*\*\* off",1 163000,"is like a couple of mediocre TV-movie",0 86424,"lush scenery",1 206340,"more bizarre than",0 124915,"it already has one strike against it .",0 169877,"rehash old jokes and",0 180038,"'s the perfect cure for insomnia .",0 49580,"because Australia is a weirdly beautiful place",1 162669,"is a script of even the most elemental literacy , an inkling of genuine wit , and anything resembling acting .",0 193441,"as dull as its characters , about whose fate it is hard to care",0 86706,"making up for any flaws that come later",1 135541,"the ideal outlet",1 22638,"understandable to viewers looking for nothing but energetic entertainment",1 2666,"the movie addresses a hungry need for pg-rated , nonthreatening family movies ,",1 19445,"You might not buy the ideas .",0 159928,"generating Oscar talk",1 166116,"monument to bad in all its florid variety",0 1359,"is a big letdown",0 67003,"Kevin Kline who unfortunately works with a two star script",0 145027,"Earnest but earthbound ... a slow , soggy , soporific , visually dank crime melodrama\/character study that would be more at home on the small screen but for its stellar cast .",0 95198,"the best script that Besson has written in years .",1 55774,"one heck of a character study -- not of Hearst or Davies",1 61062,"'s good enough to be the purr",1 79312,"ever so gracefully --",1 34681,"mournfully",0 231493,"has the right stuff for silly summer entertainment and has enough laughs to sustain interest to the end",1 15957,"has been delivered to the big screen safe and sound , the way we like our 20-year-old superstar girls to travel on the fame freeway .",1 157042,"crushes all the goodwill it otherwise develops",0 20650,"gimmick",0 49293,"as it is hard to resist",1 193916,"back to sleep",0 146728,"It may be an easy swipe to take , but this Barbershop just does n't make the cut",0 173891,"the film 's supposed insights are so poorly thought-out and substance-free that even a high school senior taking his or her first psychology class could dismiss them",0 227,"a perfect family",1 108302,"Parts of the film feel a bit too much like an infomercial for Ram Dass 's latest book aimed at the boomer demographic . But mostly",0 181780,"A little too ponderous to work as shallow entertainment , not remotely incisive enough to qualify as drama , Monsoon Wedding",0 128569,"of bringing a barf bag to the moviehouse",0 232271,"is a divine monument to a single man 's struggle to regain his life , his dignity and his music",1 96449,"the precarious balance between the extravagant confidence of the exiled aristocracy and the cruel earnestness of the victorious revolutionaries",1 128140,"not very compelling or much fun",0 191315,"a setup , delivery and payoff . Stealing Harvard ca n't even do that much . Each scene immediately succumbs to gravity and plummets to earth",0 108894,"Shanghai Ghetto may not be as dramatic as Roman Polanski 's The Pianist , but its compassionate spirit soars every bit as high",1 27606,"a kickass , dense sci-fi action thriller hybrid that delivers",1 158442,"even quasi-original , when you can pillage from Shirley Jackson , Richard Matheson ... and puke up something like ROSE RED",0 232442,"is deja vu all over again",0 93524,"still-inestimable contribution",1 162693,"is a well worn conceit",1 201051,"here his sense of story and his juvenile camera movements smack of a film school undergrad , and his maudlin ending might not have gotten him into film school in the first place",0 68312,"Quitting offers piercing domestic drama with spikes of sly humor .",1 99440,"violent , self-indulgent and maddening",0 219618,"wishing , though ,",1 17806,"to hell",0 231623,"he can out-stealth any agent",1 213640,"that gives pic its title an afterthought",0 223601,"Hashiguchi covers this territory with wit and originality , suggesting that with his fourth feature -- the first to be released in the U.S. -- a major director is emerging in world cinema",1 49903,"buoyed by three terrific performances",1 20781,"hero",1 195538,"caused me to jump in my chair ...",1 134309,"that even Tunney ca n't save",0 197090,"disintegrating bloodsucker computer effects",0 106203,"Heartwarming and gently comic even as the film breaks your heart",1 229920,"comes off as self-parody .",0 142268,", it 's just not scary",0 88676,"of impossible disappearing\/reappearing acts",0 235139,"put up with 146 minutes of it",0 232825,"is the way it skirts around any scenes that might have required genuine acting from Ms. Spears",0 235279,"regret and",0 153204,"alongside those other two recent Dumas botch-jobs",0 203957,"it lacks the zest and",0 70147,"There is no substitute for on-screen chemistry , and when Friel pulls the strings that make Williams sink into melancholia , the reaction in Williams is as visceral as a gut punch",1 102433,", but not compelling",0 48125,"a kind , unapologetic , sweetheart",1 2775,"their caustic",0 163667,"it 's neither .",0 114948,"as it is a loose collection of not-so-funny gags , scattered moments of lazy humor",0 136669,"their funny bones tickled",1 23447,", anger , greed , jealousy , sickness and love",1 114708,"are usually abbreviated in favor of mushy obviousness and telegraphed pathos , particularly where Whitaker 's misfit artist is concerned .",0 30715,"denying the talent of the creative forces behind it",0 73604,"amusing and engrossing",1 145835,"Hit and miss as far as the comedy goes and a big ole ' miss in the way of story .",0 185993,"Manipulative claptrap ,",0 191181,"a really bad imitation",0 127922,"new energy",1 202390,"into a laugh-free lecture",0 196356,"covers just about every cliche in the compendium about crass , jaded movie types and the phony baloney movie biz",0 175368,"this dreck",0 179098,"you ca n't bring yourself to dislike it",1 56538,"rent Godfather",1 91248,"really tells the tale",1 29323,"at two performers who put themselves out there because they love what they do",1 133751,"sweet , funny , charming",1 42110,"incarnates the prophetic book",1 193520,"as lame and sophomoric",0 89782,"other foul substances",0 107462,"Like all great films about a life you never knew existed , it offers much to absorb and even more to think about after the final frame .",1 117247,"comes the first lousy Guy Ritchie imitation",0 89715,"open-ended questions",1 16678,"nor as clever",0 126774,"many '' serious issues",0 228124,"a routine courtroom drama , better suited for a movie titled `` Glory : A Soldier 's Story",0 21139,"its heart-on-its-sleeve writing",1 51200,"energetic and satisfying if",1 168555,"overrides what little we learn along the way about vicarious redemption .",0 194434,"beg the question ` Why",0 153238,"amazingly lifelike",1 11699,"the nincompoop benigni",0 138775,"unspeakably , unbearably dull , featuring reams of flatly delivered dialogue and a heroine who comes across as both shallow and dim-witted .",0 189537,"What 's missing in Murder by Numbers is any real psychological grounding for the teens ' deviant behaviour . Being latently gay and liking to read are hardly enough .",0 149827,"The script kicks in , and Mr . Hartley 's distended pace and foot-dragging rhythms follow",0 75084,"avoids easy sentiments and explanations ...",0 167427,"of desperate entertainment",0 19567,"a risk if you choose to see it",0 86209,"logical",1 234798,"otherwise respectable",1 77485,"crack a smile at",1 166871,"no saving the movie . Sorry , Charlie",0 67709,"Much of what we see is horrible but it 's also undeniably exceedingly clever",1 106369,"I 'd be hard pressed to think of a film more cloyingly sappy than Evelyn this year .",0 110164,"The skirmishes for power waged among victims and predators settle into an undistinguished rhythm of artificial suspense .",0 69579,"The film presents visceral and dangerously honest revelations about the men and machines behind the curtains of our planet .",1 133582,"sucking you",0 31804,"for the performances alone",1 238866,"with a taste for exaggeration",0 212552,"sterotypes",0 223717,"Humorous and heartfelt , Douglas McGrath 's version of ` Nicholas Nickleby ' left me feeling refreshed and hopeful .",1 48808,"allows his cast the benefit of being able to give full performances ... while demonstrating vividly that the beauty and power of the opera reside primarily in the music itself",1 117695,"creates delicate balance of style , text , and subtext that 's so simple and precise that anything discordant would topple the balance",1 73671,"an amazing slapstick",1 75141,"balance pointed , often incisive satire and unabashed sweetness , with results that are sometimes bracing , sometimes baffling and quite often , and in unexpected ways , touching",1 22909,"you ca n't wait to see what they do next",1 64474,"Brilliantly written and well-acted , Yellow Asphalt is an uncompromising film .",1 18863,"Farrell ... thankfully manages to outshine the role and successfully plays the foil to Willis 's world-weary colonel .",1 110958,"Watching The Powerpuff Girls Movie , my mind kept returning to one anecdote for comparison : the cartoon in Japan that gave people seizures .",1 78256,"discreet filmmakers",1 141315,"'s everything you do n't go to the movies for .",0 31014,"effective documentary",1 123391,"injected self-consciousness",0 146473,"It 's disappointing when filmmakers throw a few big-name actors and cameos at a hokey script .",0 62011,", it 's hard to figure the depth of these two literary figures , and even the times in which they lived . But they fascinate in their recklessness .",1 15578,"does n't do",0 86493,"magnetic performance",1 219202,"where director Adrian Lyne holds sway , where all relationships are simultaneously broadly metaphorical , oddly abstract , and excruciatingly literal",0 139442,"weightless fairy tale",0 3164,"why ? who knows , but it works under the direction of kevin reynolds",1 201793,"in a movie this bad",0 159515,"for the ways in which it studiously avoids provoking thought",0 168774,"people in hotel hallways recite poetry in voice-over instead of speaking to each other",0 158040,"dull-witted and disquietingly creepy",0 32814,"in a ferocious debate for years",0 136191,"the same tired old gags ,",0 171560,"some awful acting and lame special effects",0 17226,"smart , sweet and playful",1 142617,", we are left with something like two ships passing in the night rather than any insights into gay love ,",0 234651,"omitted nor a cliché left unsaid",0 192258,"all too literally",0 75461,"been developed with more care",0 137043,"this saga would be terrific to read about",1 78848,"eloquent ( meditation ) on death and that most elusive of passions",1 147580,"Must-see",1 35470,"of the material as well as the integrity of the filmmakers",1 64301,"Because the film deliberately lacks irony , it has a genuine dramatic impact : it plays like a powerful 1957 drama we 've somehow never seen before",1 146769,"It will probably prove interesting to Ram Dass fans ,",1 58575,"the perfect star vehicle for Grant",1 200244,"gross-out humor",0 144937,"Does n't get the job done , running off the limited chemistry created by Ralph Fiennes and Jennifer Lopez .",0 128201,"numbness",0 31675,"first place",1 149630,"The movie takes itself too seriously and , as a result , it makes for only intermittent fun .",0 60811,"'s a film that 's destined to win a wide summer audience through word-of-mouth reviews and , not far down the line , to find a place among the studio 's animated classics",1 34849,"nearly perfect in its relentless descent",1 233659,"makes `` Never Again '' worthwhile",1 112680,"a shallow rumination on the emptiness of success",0 80631,"from little screen to big",1 20123,"bigotries",0 178432,"winds up accomplishing neither in full , and leaves us feeling touched and amused by several moments and ideas , but",0 71271,"a bad day",0 59470,"touches the heart and the funnybone thanks",1 203837,"it amounts to little more than preliminary notes for a science-fiction horror film",0 44277,"A strangely",0 897,"enjoyable",1 41436,"a good , straightforward tale ,",1 10093,"remarkable for its intelligence and intensity .",1 83656,"involved ,",1 215383,"the point of ridiculousness",0 153518,"an unsettling sight ,",0 117699,"creates some effective moments of discomfort for character and viewer alike .",0 91347,"reflect that its visual imagination is breathtaking",1 163532,"is too scattershot to take hold .",0 206947,"never shakes the oppressive , morally superior good-for-you quality that almost automatically accompanies didactic entertainment",0 105765,"Fails as a dystopian movie , as a retooling of Fahrenheit 451 , and even as a rip-off of The Matrix .",0 30625,"declares its director , Zhang Yang of Shower , as a boldly experimental , contemporary stylist with a bright future",1 231979,"in a random series of collected gags , pranks , pratfalls , dares , injuries , etc.",0 118148,"despite playing out like a feature-length sitcom replete with stereotypical familial quandaries",0 171437,"so low",0 164939,"like being trapped at a bad rock concert",0 107334,"Klein , charming in comedies like American Pie and dead-on in Election ,",1 201517,"if Kaos had n't blown them all up",0 176782,"tragic past",0 83282,"indignation",0 51493,"fake documentary",0 47070,"The film is beautifully mounted , but , more to the point , the issues are subtly presented , managing to walk a fine line with regard to the question of Joan 's madness",1 42010,"go for the usual obvious laughs at the expense of cheap-looking monsters",0 41283,"The pleasures of Super Troopers may be fleeting , but",0 212065,"solid acting can do for a movie",1 121908,"have a radar for juicy roles",1 8675,"mandates that you avoid the godzilla sized soda",0 155392,"boring , wincingly cute and nauseatingly politically correct",0 234555,"of the most ravaging , gut-wrenching , frightening war scenes since `` Saving Private Ryan ''",1 133561,"such a lousy way , complete with some of the year 's ( unintentionally ) funniest moments , that it 's impossible to care",0 83914,"is a trove of delights",1 36904,"shield",1 43447,", '' MIB II '' succeeds due to its rapid-fire delivery and enough inspired levity that it ca n't be dismissed as mindless .",1 21644,"only because it is full of necessary discussion points , but because it is so accessible that it makes complex politics understandable to viewers looking for nothing but energetic entertainment",1 218938,"we hold dear about cinema , only now it 's begun to split up so that it can do even more damage",0 163773,"it does well",1 224195,"It 's laughing at us .",0 146744,"It takes a certain kind of horror movie to qualify as ` worse than expected",0 53453,"is effective",1 235010,"portrays their cartoon counterparts well",1 150111,"There is no entry portal in The Rules of Attraction , and I spent most of the movie feeling depressed by the shallow , selfish , greedy characters",0 138113,"too long , too cutesy , too sure of its own importance , and possessed",0 116170,"bravado -- to take an entirely stale concept and push it through the audience 's meat grinder one more time",0 162673,"is a simple retread of the 1979 Alien ,",0 146690,"It gets the details of its time frame right",1 217686,"top of the same old crap",0 231634,"he makes Arnold Schwarzenegger look like Spencer Tracy .",0 156580,"comic moments",1 113426,"adorably ditsy but heartfelt performances",1 159755,"from the daughter of horror director Dario Argento ( a producer here )",1 4409,"adequate entertainment ,",1 25370,"From spiritual rebirth to bruising defeat , Vincent 's odyssey resonates in a profound way , comparable to the classic films of Jean Renoir .",1 37809,"that ignites this gripping tale",1 29417,"be left with the sensation of having just witnessed a great performance and , perhaps , give in to the urge to get on your feet and shake it",1 201128,"his ( Nelson 's ) screenplay needs some serious re-working to show more of the dilemma , rather than have his characters stage shouting",0 177175,"unfocused and",0 93572,"straightforward and strikingly devious",1 60806,"'s a familiar story , but one that is presented with great sympathy and intelligence .",1 144048,"Bartleby is a one-joke movie , and a bad joke at that .",0 190849,"a load of clams left in the broiling sun for a good three days",0 168943,"plays like a bad soap opera",0 89818,"our infantilized culture that is n't entirely infantile",0 98524,"too-spectacular",0 8410,"let 's see , a haunted house , a haunted ship , what 's next ... ghost blimp",0 218151,"understated performances of ( Jack Nicholson 's ) career .",1 45134,"Elegant",1 11066,"that for the most part , the film is deadly dull",0 58242,"the earnestness",1 149405,"The film has a few cute ideas and several modest chuckles but",1 43738,", there is an unsettled feeling to the film",0 197593,"dull and ankle-deep",0 48499,"a winning ensemble comedy",1 227584,"`` Simone '' is a fun and funky look into an artificial creation in a world that thrives on artificiality .",1 65286,"Elegant and",1 233349,"leave you wanting to abandon the theater",0 19710,"almost real-live",1 57759,"that came to define a generation",1 50294,"comic set",1 146370,"Is it a comedy ? A drama ? A romance ? A cartoon",0 40349,"works on so many different levels that it not only invites",1 183990,"For the future , one hopes Mr . Plympton will find room for one more member of his little band , a professional screenwriter .",0 187063,"Sacre bleu ! '",1 196403,"created a monster but did n't know how to handle it .",0 44452,"An absorbing and unsettling psychological drama .",1 229212,"be placed in the pantheon of the best of the swashbucklers but it is a whole lot of fun and you get to see the one of the world 's best actors , Daniel Auteuil ,",1 176798,"transports you",1 30055,"cast of solid female talent who build a seamless ensemble . There is n't a weak or careless performance amongst them .",1 112707,"a sign . An EXIT sign , that is",0 188806,"There 's a scientific law to be discerned here that producers would be well to heed : Mediocre movies start to drag as soon as the action speeds up :",0 34114,"like swallowing a Communion wafer without the wine",0 135002,"the cheap , graceless , hackneyed sci-fi serials",0 23389,", and because the owners seem fully aware of the uses and abuses of fame , it 's a pleasure to enjoy their eccentricities .",1 182576,"As a director , Eastwood is off his game",0 3807,"a form of bravery . for this reason and this reason only -- the power of its own steadfast , hoity-toity convictions",1 79930,"final , beautiful scene",1 221334,", except for the annoying demeanour of its lead character .",0 78185,"director Doug Liman and his colleagues have managed to pack it with enough action to satisfy the boom-bam crowd without a huge sacrifice of character and mood",1 132489,"similar to the 1953 Disney classic",1 8119,"its recycled aspects , implausibility",0 36710,"screen sizzling",1 135796,"the movie 's failings",0 238049,"too \/ You both look and sound great .",1 85837,"learning but inventing a remarkable new trick",1 66404,"Insomnia is one of the year 's best films and Pacino gives one of his most daring , and complicated , performances",1 29679,"both a necessary political work and a fascinating documentary",1 28252,"always been part of For the most part Wilde 's droll whimsy helps '' Being Earnest '' overcome its weaknesses and Parker 's creative interference",1 168896,"plain bored",0 2169,"rewarded by a script that assumes you are n't very bright",0 44316,"A touch of humor",1 12282,"timer",0 147912,"One of the more glaring signs of this movie 's servitude to its superstar",0 201282,"hold dear about cinema , only now it 's begun to split up so that it can do even more damage",0 66521,"It 's all stitched together with energy , intelligence and verve , enhanced by a surplus of vintage archive footage .",1 18644,"Amy 's O 's honesty",1 141201,"'s also an abundance of hackneyed dialogue and more silly satanic business than you can shake a severed limb at .",0 34240,"loved about it in 1982",1 101996,"'s with the unexplained baboon cameo",0 112924,"a transition is a common tenet in the world 's religions . This deeply spiritual film taps into the meaning",1 77391,"corniness and cliche",0 184955,"Interesting and thoroughly",1 128791,"of mediocre acting",0 170197,"rosily myopic view",1 62869,"A compelling allegory about the last days of Germany 's democratic Weimar Republic",1 4966,"avoid solving one problem by trying to distract us with the solution to another",0 19499,"a generation defines its music as much as the music defines a generation",1 24650,"An intelligent , earnest , intimate film that drops the ball only when it pauses for blunt exposition to make sure you 're getting its metaphysical point .",1 14548,"Though it is by no means his best work , Laissez-Passer is a distinguished and distinctive effort by a bona-fide master , a fascinating film replete with rewards to be had by all willing to make the effort to reap them .",1 159399,"for cable",0 120238,"flawless film ,",1 221969,"A compelling film .",1 12508,"too many chefs fussing over too weak a recipe",0 216909,"to believe that something so short could be so flabby",0 164637,"lavishly praised by those who equate obscurity with profundity",0 106139,"Hard Copy",1 190736,"a heartfelt appeal",1 174211,"the level of classic romantic comedy to which it aspires",1 50808,"developed",1 56791,"seem entirely convincing even when its script is not .",1 55230,"of Mexico 's most colorful and controversial artists",1 237186,"the rest of the cast was outshined by LL Cool J.",1 223407,"For the most part Wilde 's droll whimsy helps `` Being Earnest '' overcome its weaknesses and",1 19314,"The movie has a soft , percolating magic , a deadpan suspense .",1 213704,"that it almost wins you over in the end",1 163505,"is to determine how well the schmaltz is manufactured -- to assess the quality of the manipulative engineering . Average , at best , I 'm afraid",0 51553,"fascination , and generates a fair amount of B-movie excitement",1 113852,"amusing nor dramatic enough to sustain interest",0 91265,"recalling sixties ' rockumentary milestones from Lonely Boy to Do n't Look Back .",1 124670,"is the drama within the drama",1 227812,"a classic text",1 2814,"there 's not a fresh idea at the core of this tale .",0 202451,"intriguing curiosity",1 113683,"all your mateys ,",1 166685,"never percolates beyond a monotonous whine .",0 11240,"the charisma of hugh grant and sandra bullock",1 68385,"Reign of Fire just might go down as one of the all-time great apocalypse movies .",1 211704,"sit through about 90 minutes of a so-called ` comedy ' and not laugh once",0 158836,"fantastic sets , extras , costumes",1 187599,"Strong filmmaking",1 149676,"The only way this supernatural snore-fest could give anyone a case of the frights",0 150094,"There are simply too many ideas floating around -- part farce , part Sliding Doors , part pop video -- and yet failing to exploit them .",0 77046,"communicates something",1 209945,"put so much time and energy into this turkey",0 76466,"carries much of the film with a creepy and dead-on performance .",1 149593,"The movie is a desperate miscalculation . It gives poor Dana Carvey nothing to do that is really funny ,",0 186415,"None of this sounds promising",0 230368,"does n't use ( Monsoon Wedding ) to lament the loss of culture .",0 128161,"nothing distinguishing in a Randall Wallace film",0 37287,"staring hypnotically at her , trying to understand her and wondering if she 'll crack",1 40700,"A savvy exploration of paranoia and insecurity",1 5959,"die hideously",0 71893,"a likable story ,",1 156013,"cannibal lust above the ordinary",1 93692,"stylish cinematography",1 39252,"to perfection with some tasty boogaloo beats",1 36873,"shambling charm",1 199727,"galled that you 've wasted nearly two hours of your own precious life with this silly little puddle of a movie",0 103970,"A very pretty after-school special . It 's an effort to watch this movie",0 214174,"the basic flaws",0 129848,"overall mood and focus",1 12417,"to see one reduce it to an idea that fits in a sampler",0 232273,"is a dud .",0 7685,"is an agonizing bore except when the fantastic kathy bates turns up . bravado kathy",0 103195,"... a solid , unassuming drama .",1 100346,"wise and powerful tale",1 221720,"- spy action flick with Antonio Banderas and Lucy Liu never comes together .",0 43431,"( T ) his beguiling Belgian fable , very much its own droll and delicate little film",1 63026,"A fine effort , an interesting topic , some intriguing characters and a sad ending . Certainly the big finish was n't something Galinsky and Hawley could have planned for ...",1 117994,"delicate coming-of-age tale",1 222836,"But what saves lives on the freeway does not necessarily make for persuasive viewing .",0 214340,"the compendium about crass , jaded movie types and the phony baloney movie biz",0 1117,"gourmet",1 221448,", it still works .",1 130175,"perpetually wasted",0 203537,"is the Kathie Lee Gifford of film directors ,",0 92766,"skillful fisher",1 31082,"empty and unsatisfying , like swallowing a Communion wafer without the wine",0 17603,"the neurotic mindset of all comics -- even those who have reached the absolute top of the game",1 201643,"imagination and authentic Christmas spirit",1 91696,"right movie",1 206795,"narrative banality",0 113145,"about every cliche in the war movie compendium across its indulgent two-hour-and-fifteen-minute length",0 202758,"is as conventional as can be",0 82712,"immersive powers",1 152897,"action that feels not only manufactured , but also so false you can see the filmmakers ' puppet strings",0 236784,"the commitment of two genuinely engaging performers",1 181186,"-- and disposable story --",0 155350,"bogged down by idiocy",0 68331,"Ramsay is clearly extraordinarily talented",1 49627,"begins on a high note and",1 147775,"Not an objectionable or dull film : it merely lacks everything except good intentions .",0 207411,"of Cinema ' Award",1 126509,"maddeningly insistent and repetitive",0 55739,"on his sentimental journey of the heart",1 162551,"is Hartley 's least accessible screed yet",0 135279,"the film 's Sopranos gags",0 213642,"that goes for sick and demented humor simply to do so . The movie",0 86277,"look like cheap hysterics",0 14948,"amazing performance",1 133966,"tells its poignant and uplifting story in a stunning fusion of music and images",1 131130,"receding",0 65337,"Escapes the precious trappings of most romantic comedies , infusing into the story",1 151990,"a long and clunky ending ... which forces the audience to fidget through ten pseudo-serious minutes while waiting for the ending credits and the deleted scenes montage to break the audience 's awkward silence",0 134987,"the characters move with grace and panache",1 117825,"damage",0 197677,"easy jokes and insults",0 154535,"bad , he 's really bad , and",0 223584,"Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is deja vu all over again , and while that is a cliche , nothing could be more appropriate",0 231453,"has made a film so unabashedly hopeful that it actually makes the heart soar .",1 169913,"released now , when it has become even weaker",0 228819,"are moments in this account of the life of artist Frida Kahlo that are among cinema 's finest this year .",1 103431,"A bold ( and lovely ) experiment",1 22687,"very satisfying",1 191101,"a plot that 's just too boring and obvious",0 32035,"gets terrific performances from them all .",1 27592,"a huge fan of Dickens ' 800-page novel",1 76611,"charming , thought-provoking New York fest",1 8117,"its recycled aspects",0 230557,"enough to sustain an interstitial program on the Discovery Channel",1 44087,"A gently funny , sweetly adventurous film",1 25647,"If The Count of Monte Cristo does n't transform Caviezel into a movie star",1 73156,"action-packed an experience as a ringside seat at a tough-man contest",1 40108,"will be in warthog heaven",1 235571,"seems to have been written using Mad-libs",0 197821,"emptiness and maddeningly sedate pacing",0 175626,"though Jay Roach directed the film from the back of a taxicab",0 15598,"draws our attention like a magnet , and acts circles around her better known co-star , Mark Wahlberg",1 238801,"will wind up as glum as Mr. De Niro",0 46452,"Oscar Wilde 's masterpiece , The Importance of Being Earnest , may be the best play of the 19th century . It 's so good that its relentless , polished wit can withstand not only inept school productions , but even Oliver Parker 's movie adaptation .",1 202233,"inhabit that special annex of hell",0 158765,"fails to rise above its disgusting source material",0 194440,"beginning to resemble someone 's crazy French grandfather",0 202937,"is frustratingly unconvincing",0 92218,"sees those relationships , including that between the son and his wife , and the wife and the father , and between the two brothers , with incredible subtlety and acumen",1 87810,"never loses its ability to shock and amaze .",1 71114,"You '' is a probing examination of a female friendship set against a few dynamic decades",1 10510,"slightly pokey",0 174764,"the slasher genre has sunk",0 42506,"quietly reflective and",1 226673,"This is one of the biggest disappointments of the year .",0 35825,"out gunning to make a great one",1 137088,"this will be on video long before they grow up and you can wait till then .",0 47084,"The film offers an intriguing what-if premise .",1 117831,"damn it !",0 226741,"Thoughtless , random , superficial humour and a lot of very bad Scouse accents",0 193963,"badly awry",0 130140,"perfectly competent and often imaginative film",1 179121,"you do n't know what 's coming",1 122827,"improved upon the first and taken it a step further , richer and deeper",1 157043,"crushes all the goodwill it otherwise develops .",0 202206,"inescapable absurdities",0 45215,"Family portrait of need , neurosis and nervy negativity is a rare treat that shows the promise of digital filmmaking .",1 18099,"with charming results",1 13047,"while there 's likely very little crossover appeal to those without much interest in the elizabethans ( as well as rank frustration from those in the know about rubbo 's dumbed-down tactics )",0 210069,"ransacks its archives",0 231230,"go boom",0 70377,"Thought-provoking and stylish",1 232168,"into hogwash",0 134219,"that Undercover Brother missed an opportunity to strongly present some profound social commentary",0 130637,"primal storytelling that George Lucas can only dream of",1 141252,"'s badly acted , blandly directed , and could have been scripted by someone who just graduated from elementary school",0 47893,"a confident , richly acted , emotionally devastating piece",1 169057,"poor -- if durable --",0 231220,"glides gracefully from male persona to female without missing a beat",1 11317,"the edge",1 158123,"effective horror film",1 191163,"a rambling and incoherent manifesto",0 40609,"( s ) nail-biting suspense and",1 164530,"lacks both thrills and humor",0 151365,"a big , baggy , sprawling carnival",0 203245,"is not as well-conceived as either of those films",0 229477,"brings out the allegory with remarkable skill",1 157181,"decidedly flimsier with its many out-sized , out of character and logically porous action set pieces",0 87103,"might like and more experimental in its storytelling",1 179892,"'s not helpful to listen to extremist name-calling , regardless of whether you think Kissinger was a calculating fiend or just a slippery self-promoter .",0 211465,"shot out of a cannon into a vat of ice cream",0 46047,"Lovely and poignant .",1 83975,"is always watchable .",1 204569,"kinda wrong",0 96230,"the movie runs a good race",1 223666,"His last movie was poetically romantic and full of indelible images , but his latest has nothing going for it .",0 156201,"cheap Hollywood tension",0 236698,"the `` big twists '' are pretty easy to guess",0 106048,"Graduate",1 150912,"While certainly more naturalistic than its Australian counterpart , Amari 's film falls short in building the drama of Lilia 's journey .",0 236547,"that that 's exactly what these two people need to find each other",1 100493,"with enthusiasm , sensuality and a conniving wit",1 90114,"pastel landscapes",1 228467,"almost guaranteed that even the stuffiest cinema goers will laugh their \*\*\* off for an hour-and-a-half",1 21285,"makes the film 's occasional overindulgence forgivable",1 27377,"a bit draggy at times",0 27220,"While Undercover Brother is definitely one for the masses , it 's also full of sharp , smart satire .",1 80164,"fluid and mesmerizing sequence",1 171506,"so-inept - it 's - surreal dubbing ( featuring the voices of Glenn Close , Regis Philbin and Breckin Meyer )",0 94117,"take on loss and loneliness",0 232478,"is good for a laugh",1 14800,"a parka-wrapped dose of heart",1 231225,"gloriously alive",1 192409,"amusing from time",1 217425,"to the awfulness of the movie",0 142155,", dull thriller",0 121886,"hate this one , it 's not very good either .",0 91026,"quirky or bleak",0 186495,"Observant intelligence",1 204860,"less blab",0 228471,"alone will keep you watching , as will the fight scenes .",1 82953,"in heart what it lacks in outright newness . Plus , like I already mentioned",0 99344,"very funny , but not always",1 44573,"As an introduction to the man 's theories and influence , Derrida is all but useless :",0 199649,"from two fatal ailments -- a dearth of vitality and a story that 's shapeless and uninflected",0 165410,"made Spy Kids a surprising winner with both adults and younger audiences",1 12229,"those unforgettably uncertain",0 111916,"a film of near-hypnotic physical beauty",1 231993,"in cinema history as the only movie ever in which the rest of the cast was outshined by LL Cool J.",0 72707,"a treatise on spirituality",1 203846,"it becomes long and tedious like a classroom",0 72868,"a youthful , out-to-change-the-world aggressiveness",1 149621,"The movie straddles the fence between escapism and social commentary ,",0 206945,"never rises to its clever what-if concept .",0 54892,"most remarkable not because of its epic scope , but because of the startling intimacy",1 156954,"create a completely crass and forgettable movie",0 130164,"perilously close to being too bleak , too pessimistic and too unflinching for its own good",0 34258,"luminous yet careworn in Jane Hamilton 's exemplary costumes",1 157411,"did n't mean much to me and",0 111692,"a complete shambles",0 155060,"being boring and sad",0 53608,"is sensational and revelatory , even if scratching makes you itch",1 170578,"seem tedious",0 174982,"the virtue of enough mindless violence",0 38348,"the intelligent romantic comedy with actual ideas on its mind",1 8169,"jacquot 's tosca is a treat .",1 49085,"any number of fascinating issues",1 87562,"moving and important",1 43029,"wonderment and",1 208158,"of the worst",0 174883,"the thematic ironies are too obvious and the sexual politics too smug",0 142311,", it remains depressingly prosaic and dull",0 234092,"never less than pure wankery .",0 20338,"dares us to say why either is impossible -- which forces us to confront what 's possible and what we might do to make it so .",1 102020,"'ve got to love a Disney pic with as little cleavage as this one has , and a heroine as feisty and principled as Jane",1 184778,"If Deuces Wild had been tweaked up a notch it would have become a camp adventure , one of those movies that 's so bad it starts to become good . But it was n't .",0 168102,"on one of America 's most durable obsessions",1 213534,"that Kate is n't very bright , but that she has n't been worth caring about",0 192610,"an irrepressible passion",1 67915,"Nothing can detract from the affection of that moral favorite",1 101666,"'s definitely a step in the right direction",1 151681,"a feature-length adaptation of one of those '' Can This Marriage Be Saved ?",0 201580,"if the movie is more interested in entertaining itself than in amusing us",0 7183,"his persistently useless movies",0 189452,"Was that movie nothing more than a tepid exercise in trotting out a formula that worked five years ago but has since lost its fizz ?",0 90438,"poignant and leavened",1 141828,"( Two ) fairly dull -- contrasting and interlocking stories about miserable Scandinavian settlers in 18th-century Canada , and yuppie sailboaters in the here and now",0 125485,"jumps to the head of the class of women 's films that manage to avoid the ghetto of sentimental chick-flicks by treating female follies with a satirical style",1 24314,"A deep and meaningful film .",1 138685,"unfunny one",0 49920,"buzz , blab and money",0 174842,"the subtitles fool you",0 118757,"dry humor and jarring shocks",1 124715,"is to win over the two-drink-minimum crowd",1 78863,"embellishment",1 92748,"sixties-style slickness",1 95697,"the filmmaker 's lifelong concern with formalist experimentation in cinematic art",1 74960,"at once visceral and spiritual , wonderfully vulgar",1 119644,"fails to get",0 192986,"appeared in 1938",1 29178,"as close as we 'll ever come to looking through a photographer 's viewfinder as he works",1 21026,"is impossible",0 63864,"An engaging",1 225629,"Road to Perdition does display greatness , and it 's worth seeing",1 153842,"are hopelessly overshadowed",0 22131,"tart , sugar-free wit",1 231168,"getting harder and harder to ignore the fact that Hollywood is n't laughing with us , folks",0 156354,"cliche-bound",0 184697,"I liked the original short story but this movie , even at an hour and twenty-some minutes , it 's too long and it goes nowhere .",0 205966,"maybe because it echoes the by now intolerable morbidity of so many recent movies",0 80069,"flat-out amusing , sometimes endearing and",1 32751,"if you expect light romantic comedy",1 148137,"Poor editing , bad bluescreen , and ultra-cheesy dialogue",0 7199,"his trademark misogyny -- er , comedy -- like a human volcano or an overflowing septic tank",0 89026,"of the guru who helped",1 102406,", awe-inspiring visual poetry",1 233233,"just that it 's so not-at-all-good",0 210633,"rooting against ,",0 69290,"The French Lieutenant 's Woman",1 121070,"gets bogged down by hit-and-miss topical humour before getting to the truly good stuff .",0 105795,"Feels like the work of someone who may indeed have finally aged past his prime ... and , perhaps more than he realizes , just wants to be liked by the people who can still give him work .",0 114675,"are so stunning",1 11604,"the marquis de sade could n't have been as dull a person as this film makes him out to be",0 180535,", avarice and damaged dreams",0 27723,"a persona",1 146939,"Just a bloody mess .",0 54763,"mixes in as much humor as pathos",1 233733,"many flaws",0 237660,"time for an absurd finale of twisted metal , fireballs and revenge",0 216655,"through putrid writing , direction and timing with a smile that says , ` If I stay positive , maybe I can channel one of my greatest pictures , Drunken Master . '",0 144551,"Combining quick-cut editing and a blaring heavy metal much of the time",0 98053,"to find a compelling dramatic means of addressing a complex situation",1 90401,"pleasingly upbeat",1 226238,"The end result is a film that 's neither .",0 177828,"wears thin",0 161351,"hits an all-time low in Sorority Boys , whose makers apparently believe that women 's clothing can cover up any deficiency in acting , writing or direction",0 221944,"A beautiful , entertaining two hours .",1 175253,"they were put to sleep by the movie and had a nightmare",0 223366,"Filmmakers have to dig deep to sink this low .",0 84999,"it demonstrates that Werner Herzog can still leave us with a sense of wonder at the diverse , marvelously twisted shapes history has taken .",1 90402,"pleasurable movies",1 21478,"of Latin America 's most oppressive regimes",0 41850,"enjoy a close look",1 87318,"more revealing , more emotional and more surprising",1 157669,"do n't rent it",0 48369,"a silly comedy",0 43424,"( Reaches ) wholly believable and heart-wrenching depths of despair",1 170314,"same extremes prevent us from taking its message seriously",0 12796,"violent",0 166355,"most vibrant scene",1 109894,"The increasingly diverse French director has created a film that one can honestly describe as looking , sounding and simply feeling like no other film in recent history .",1 55780,"one of 2002 's involvingly adult surprises",1 60299,"with '' The Bourne Identity '' we return to the more traditional action genre",1 73600,"amused by the idea",1 198941,"finds its tone and several scenes run too long .",0 177419,"very , very slow . It 's not the ultimate Depression-era gangster movie .",0 76356,"can only point the way -- but thank goodness for this signpost",1 161880,"in his first film , set himself a task he is not nearly up to",0 148149,"Preposterous",0 25800,"It provides the grand , intelligent entertainment of a superior cast playing smart people amid a compelling plot .",1 18465,", thankfully",1 74427,"are telegraphed in the most blithe exchanges gives the film its lingering tug",1 117196,"come to care about the main characters",1 218841,"watch a movie in which a guy dressed as a children 's party clown gets violently gang-raped ?",0 81177,"goes after one truth ( the Ford administration 's complicity in tearing ` orphans ' from their mothers ) and stumbles upon others even more compelling",0 184750,"I would leave the theater with a lower I . Q . than when I had entered",0 123888,"is also as unoriginal as they come , already having been recycled more times than I 'd care to count",0 152692,"a word : disappointment .",0 202399,"into a terribly obvious melodrama and rough-hewn vanity project for lead actress Andie MacDowell",0 9570,"overwritten",0 221608,", the story is just too slim .",0 179118,"you could restage the whole thing in your bathtub .",0 139177,"want to see it",1 69430,"The characters are more deeply thought through than in most ` right-thinking ' films .",1 225707,"Scores no points for originality , wit , or intelligence .",0 138140,"too pat and familiar to hold my interest",0 34503,"minor miracle",1 168255,"one-joke movie",0 204148,"its cheesy screenplay",0 196919,"did n't laugh .",0 202593,"is a little too in love with its own cuteness",0 18435,", made richer by his own experiences , making his other movies somehow richer in the bargain .",1 103921,"A straight-shooting family film which awards animals the respect they",1 236036,"stay away",0 193409,"as bad as you think",0 264,"a sly dissection of the inanities of the contemporary music business and a rather sad story of the difficulties of artistic collaboration",0 203014,"is it the Kahlo movie Frida fans have been looking for",1 131285,"relying on the viewer to do most of the work",0 207000,"no affinity for most of the characters . Nothing about them is attractive .",0 237765,"to buy that this doting mother would shun her kids , travel to one of the most dangerous parts of the world , don fatigues and become G.I. Jane",0 122500,"hopefully inspire action",1 171885,"staleness",0 76972,"comes from the heart",1 209456,"poetic imagery",1 213015,"suspense , surprise and consistent emotional conviction",1 225367,"Overwrought , melodramatic bodice-ripper .",0 120966,"gender-war ideas original",1 14639,"Wow",1 193940,"bad enough to repulse any generation of its fans",0 46741,"Simultaneously heart-breaking and very funny , The Last Kiss is really all about performances .",1 143989,"B '",0 99419,"viewing for its courage , ideas , technical proficiency and great acting",1 101893,"'s sincere to a fault , but , unfortunately ,",0 132242,"shameless attempt",0 226177,"The Trials of Henry Kissinger is a remarkable piece of filmmaking ... because you get it .",1 6848,"goofy ( if not entirely wholesome ) fun",1 151005,"With generic sets and B-grade special effects",0 221142,", Hart 's War has much to recommend it , even if the top-billed Willis is not the most impressive player .",1 150598,"Utterly lacking in charm , wit and invention , Roberto Benigni 's Pinocchio is an astonishingly bad film .",0 156949,"crawled towards my long-suffering eyeballs",0 67820,"Nicholson proves once again that he 's the best brush in the business",1 210417,"repeating",1 50239,"colorful , action-filled crime story",1 234053,"near-masterpiece .",1 86712,"malnourished",0 210721,"sad , sick sight",0 17270,"some welcome role models and optimism",1 15922,"great yarn",1 216700,"thrusts the audience",1 216803,"to a dumb story",0 26301,"One of those rare , exhilarating cinematic delights that gets even better in hindsight , as you mull over its every nuance in your mind .",1 69557,"The film is bright and flashy in all the right ways .",1 52477,"have brought back the value and respect for the term epic cinema",1 9532,"open-faced",1 70538,"Uncle Ralph",1 77173,"confidently orchestrated , aesthetically and sexually",1 238326,"very very strong",1 30278,"coming-of-age drama",1 2408,"stirring",1 125096,"it seem fresh again",1 116127,"both exude an air of dignity that 's perfect for the proud warrior that still lingers in the souls of these characters .",1 199354,"for the playlist",0 200477,"has a great hook , some clever bits and well-drawn , if standard issue , characters ,",1 100545,"with just as much intelligence",1 236110,"succeed by following a feel-good formula with a winning style , and by offering its target audience of urban kids",1 126579,"maintaining the appearance of clinical objectivity",1 107792,"Mobius strip",0 59645,"undeniable social realism",1 8111,"its rawness",1 24679,"Andrew 's Turnabout Is Fair Play",1 226175,"The Thing ' and a geriatric",0 181967,"A rote exercise in both animation and storytelling",0 34296,"make for excellent company",1 157618,"diverting fluff",0 41396,"You Should Pay Nine Bucks for This : Because you can hear about suffering Afghan refugees on the news and still be unaffected . Dramas like this make it human",1 73228,"admirable energy , full-bodied characterizations and",1 146401,"It 's a cookie-cutter movie , a cut-and-paste job .",0 172544,"talented thesps",1 23086,"'s also the year 's sweetest movie",1 205681,"make the film more silly than scary , like some sort of Martha Stewart decorating program run amok .",0 57417,"striking character traits",1 125731,"lampoons the moviemaking process itself , while shining a not particularly flattering spotlight on America 's skin-deep notions of pulchritude",1 144580,"Confirms",1 25511,"He can scale a building",1 57497,"suitable",1 54695,"means a great movie",1 51548,"fascinating little thriller",1 166425,"much anyone can do with a florid , overplotted , Anne Rice rock 'n' roll vampire novel before the built-in silliness of the whole affair defeats them",0 26020,"Mafia , rap stars and hood rats butt their ugly heads",0 126880,"may be disappointed .",0 212066,"solid success",1 229339,"being `` in the mood '' to view a movie as harrowing and painful as The Grey Zone",0 111826,"a droll sense",0 155482,"brilliant four six-packs",1 3959,"a mawkish , implausible platonic romance that makes chaplin 's city lights seem dispassionate by comparison",0 162092,"in which two not very absorbing characters are engaged in a romance",0 154223,"as obnoxious as Tom Green 's Freddie Got Fingered",0 31612,"filling",1 220795,"'s definite room for improvement .",0 66651,"It 's refreshing to see a romance this smart .",1 104833,"Both lead performances are Oscar-size . Quaid is utterly fearless as the tortured husband living a painful lie ,",1 217463,"to the point of ridiculousness",0 173721,"the devilish complexity",1 130187,"phenomenal , water-born cinematography",1 188802,"There 's a persistent theatrical sentiment and a woozy quality to the manner of the storytelling , which undercuts the devastatingly telling impact of utter loss personified in the film 's simple title .",0 149469,"The idea of 49-year-old Roberto Benigni playing the wooden boy Pinocchio is scary enough . The reality of the new live-action Pinocchio he directed , cowrote and starred in borders on the grotesque",0 129688,"opportunity to strongly present some profound social commentary",1 222361,"And in truth , cruel as it may sound , he makes Arnold Schwarzenegger look like Spencer Tracy .",0 16735,"of enjoyable , Conan-esque claptrap than the punishing , special-effects soul assaults the Mummy pictures",1 114095,"an intoxicating show",1 37735,"that 's both saucy and endearing",1 234900,"pays a price for its intricate intellectual gamesmanship .",1 233587,"lucratively",1 147555,"Much-anticipated and ultimately",1 123341,"induce sleep than fright",0 146315,"In the end , we are left with something like two ships passing in the night rather than any insights into gay love , Chinese society or the price one pays for being dishonest .",0 40842,"Dazzling and sugar-sweet ,",1 178412,"wilt",0 175979,"to be truly entertaining",1 195205,"by supporting characters who are either too goodly , wise and knowing or downright comically evil",0 229946,"concession stand and\/or restroom",0 120181,"fit Chan like a $ 99 bargain-basement special",0 185832,"Lisa Rinzler 's cinematography may be lovely",1 174074,"the heavy-handedness",0 187813,"The Irwins ' scenes are fascinating : the movie as a whole is cheap junk and an insult to their death-defying efforts",0 122096,"heartfelt , mesmerizing King Lear",1 87487,"most trouble",0 215612,"the simpering soundtrack",0 159249,"flimsy and ephemeral",0 44020,"A complex psychological drama",1 144007,"Bad . Very bad . Stultifyingly",0 195810,"close to pro-Serb propaganda .",0 57142,"solid , spooky entertainment",1 61606,", Eisenstein delivers .",1 24477,"A stunning and overwhelmingly cogent case for Kissinger as a calculating war",1 134420,"that it does have a few cute moments",1 116623,"can relate",1 172379,"surveys the landscape and assesses the issues with a clear passion for sociology .",1 128623,"of drag queen , bearded lady and lactating hippie",1 189659,"Whether Jason X is this bad on purpose is never clear . But one thing 's for sure",0 108070,"Not the Great American Comedy",0 77880,"deftly sewing together what could have been a confusing and horrifying vision into an intense and engrossing head-trip",1 119780,"far too cliched",0 51196,"energetic and",1 150581,"Unfortunately , the picture failed to capture me . I found it slow , drab , and bordering on melodramatic .",0 237032,"the level that one enjoys a bad slasher flick",0 100937,"would n't have the guts to make .",0 205891,"material never overcomes its questionable satirical ambivalence",0 39164,"to create a completely numbing experience",0 28639,"and he is matched by Schweig , who carries the film on his broad , handsome shoulders .",1 141359,"'s hardly any fun to watch",0 52785,"humorless",0 124681,"is the kind of movie during which you want to bang your head on the seat in front of you , at its cluelessness , at its idiocy , at its utterly misplaced earnestness",0 203311,"is painfully bad ,",0 34459,"memorable for some great one-liners",1 20606,"freaky scenes where the crew wonder if they 're ghosts imagining themselves as alive . It 's a sly wink to The Others without becoming a postmodern joke",1 68841,"Smart and fun , but far more witty",1 80498,"found myself liking the film",1 74938,"at least he provides a strong itch to explore more",1 111125,"While the performances are often engaging",1 85411,"its strengths",1 189366,"Unless you come in to the film with a skateboard under your arm , you 're going to feel like you were n't invited to the party .",0 11456,"the gags are often a stitch .",1 182042,"A superfluous sequel ... plagued by that old familiar feeling of ` let 's get this thing over with ' : Everyone has shown up at the appointed time and place , but visible enthusiasm is mighty hard to find",0 95819,"the gifts of all involved , starting with Spielberg and going right through the ranks of the players -- on-camera and off -- that he brings together .",1 152472,"a sometimes interesting remake that does n't compare to the brilliant original",0 147485,"More dutiful than enchanting ... terribly episodic and lacking the spark of imagination that might have made it an exhilarating",0 27137,"Vividly conveys both the pitfalls and the pleasures of over-the-top love .",1 8528,"lively songs for deft punctuation",1 35286,"of incendiary genius , steering clear of knee-jerk reactions and quick solutions",1 152735,"about a universally interesting soul",1 121783,"has made a film so unabashedly hopeful that it actually makes the heart soar . Yes , soar",1 191433,"a successful career",1 150465,"Too restrained to be a freak show , too mercenary and obvious to be cerebral , too dull and pretentious to be engaging ...",0 185287,"It has the air of a surprisingly juvenile lark , a pop-influenced prank whose charms are immediately apparent and wear thin with repetition .",0 164049,"its highfalutin title and corkscrew narrative",0 45347,"Gary Larson 's Far Side humor",1 132539,"sinks .",0 19646,"about sexy people in gorgeous places",1 3080,"watch as a good spaghetti western",1 197139,"disturbance",0 24981,"Cho appears to have settled comfortably into her skin",1 205680,"make the film more silly than scary , like some sort of Martha Stewart decorating program run amok",0 42210,"is risky , intelligent , romantic and rapturous",1 189304,"Two tedious",0 91997,"scooping the whole world up in a joyous communal festival of rhythm",1 181549,"A cellophane-pop remake of the punk",0 82401,"holiday concept",1 224094,"Is it something any true film addict will want to check out",1 103761,"A pathetically inane and unimaginative",0 97369,"this clever and very satisfying picture is more accurately Chabrolian .",1 93228,"soulful nuances",1 76778,"classical",1 76973,"comes off as a pale successor",0 236816,"the director is trying to dupe the viewer into taking it all as Very Important simply because the movie is ugly to look at and not a Hollywood product",0 47083,"The film may appear naked in its narrative form ... but it goes deeper than that , to fundamental choices that include the complexity of the Catholic doctrine",1 52651,"his own preoccupations and obsessions",1 33101,"intelligent manner",1 77248,"consistently funny",1 42530,"reflective and",1 164746,"less bling-bling",0 35372,"of purpose",1 81336,"grandness",1 236939,"the formula fresh again",1 34026,"lends its conflicts a symbolic resonance",1 9115,"not a cozy or ingratiating work , but it 's challenging , sometimes clever , and always interesting ,",1 139018,"very tasteful",1 211081,"seems far more interested in gross-out humor than in showing us well-thought stunts or a car chase that we have n't seen 10",0 106251,"Hoffman 's quirks and mannerisms , particularly his penchant for tearing up on cue -- things that seem so real in small doses --",1 63301,"A quiet family drama with a little bit of romance and a dose of darkness .",1 59817,"utterly charming French comedy",1 109945,"The main story ... is compelling enough , but it 's difficult to shrug off the annoyance of that chatty fish .",0 36162,"priceless",1 181834,"A modestly comic , modestly action-oriented World War II adventure",1 97992,"to conceive anyone else in their roles",1 192682,"analyze this movie in three words : Thumbs Friggin ' Down",0 60796,"'s a charismatic charmer likely to seduce and conquer",1 14054,"Gollum 's ` performance ' is incredible",1 199484,"frazzled wackiness and frayed satire",0 106855,"It 's drab . It 's uninteresting . It squanders Chan 's uniqueness",0 106897,"It 's like an old Warner Bros . costumer jived with sex -- this could be the movie Errol Flynn always wanted to make , though Bette Davis , cast as Joan , would have killed him",0 39842,"warm and gentle",1 134211,"that Rob Schneider actually turns in a pretty convincing performance as a prissy teenage girl",1 88792,"of one man 's quest to be president",1 140265,"with the intellectual and emotional impact of an after-school special",0 8965,"my precious new",1 84965,"it accepts nasty behavior and severe flaws as part of the human condition",0 180684,", imaginative filmmaking",1 187148,"Schwentke were fulfilling a gross-out quota for an anticipated audience demographic instead of shaping the material to fit the story",0 90270,"physical energy",1 53110,"insightful enough to be fondly remembered in the endlessly challenging maze of moviegoing",1 61871,", doing its namesake proud",1 140304,"without a conclusion or pay off",0 144842,"Die Another Day suggests that the Bond franchise has run into a creative wall that 007 can not fly over",0 206176,"mind crappy movies as much as adults ,",0 95901,"the humor wry",1 221073,"( Less a movie than ) an appalling , odoriferous thing ... so",0 53425,"is both inspiring and pure joy",1 153521,"an unsettling sight , and indicative of his , if you will , out-of-kilter character ,",0 184833,"If you 're really renting this you 're not interested in discretion in your entertainment choices",0 171814,"spliced random moments of a Chris Rock routine into what is otherwise a cliche-riddled but self-serious spy thriller",0 63158,"A lovely film ... elegant , witty and beneath a prim exterior unabashedly romantic",1 109568,"The art direction and costumes are gorgeous and finely detailed , and Kurys ' direction is clever and insightful .",1 231083,"funny , `` dead circus performer '' funny",1 82329,"his strongest performance",1 32584,"his smart , edgy voice",1 149871,"The story is familiar from its many predecessors : like them , it eventually culminates in the not-exactly - stunning insight that crime does n't pay",0 74032,"and frequently funny thrill",1 193566,"as scary-funny as Tremors",1 77004,"comic skill",1 223438,"Full Frontal '' seems , well , contrived",0 83586,"into the upper echelons of the directing world",1 96576,"the rhapsodic dialogue",1 227430,"`` Barbershop '' is a good-hearted ensemble comedy with a variety of quirky characters and an engaging story .",1 153424,"an innocuous game of fill-in",0 154150,"as computer processed and overproduced as it was in her music",0 191627,"a whole segment of pop-music history has been allowed to get wet , fuzzy and sticky",0 203170,"is n't funny .",0 85064,"it is hard to conceive anyone else in their roles .",1 10331,"seem dispassionate by comparison",0 183718,"Esther Kahn is unusual but unfortunately also irritating .",0 18014,"what IMAX was made for : Strap on a pair of 3-D goggles , shut out the real world , and take a vicarious voyage to the last frontier -- space",1 233903,"modernizes A.E.W. Mason 's story to suit the sensibilities of a young American , a decision that plucks `` The Four Feathers '' bare",0 8468,"like just one more in the long line of films this year about",0 51169,"empty and",0 62566,"... also one of the most curiously depressing",0 221318,", discerning taste",1 125558,"keep this",1 116015,"bittersweet dialogue that cuts to the chase of the modern girl 's dilemma",1 141508,"'s of the quality of a lesser Harrison Ford movie - Six Days , Seven Nights , maybe , or that dreadful Sabrina remake",0 141157,"'s a solid woman - finding-herself story",1 3658,"a clutch of lively songs for deft punctuation",1 56773,"see a lot of life",1 8737,"mean",0 139167,"wannabe film -- without the vital comic ingredient of the hilarious writer-director himself",0 87307,"more playful tone",1 237003,"the irrelevant as on the engaging , which gradually turns What Time",0 156371,"cliches that sink it faster than a leaky freighter",0 22699,"visit with some of the people who were able to make an impact in the theater world",1 9552,"out there surrender $ 9 and 93 minutes of unrecoverable life",0 163132,"is no insight",0 156957,"create some pretty cool characters",1 79816,"feral intensity",1 169598,"radical action",1 237632,"threw medical equipment at a window : not because it was particularly funny",0 71041,"Wonderful",1 100675,"with the visceral sensation of longing , lasting traces of Charlotte 's web of desire and desperation",1 158179,"emotional misery",0 175387,"this film is by lowering your expectations .",0 218487,"very obviously mark him as a video helmer making his feature debut",1 37624,"taps into genuine artistic befuddlement , and at the same time presents a scathing indictment of what drives Hollywood .",1 228332,"accompanying the stunt-hungry dimwits in a random series of collected gags , pranks , pratfalls , dares , injuries , etc.",0 187701,"Technically and artistically inept",0 226955,"Watch Barbershop again if you 're in need of a Cube fix",1 64330,"Best of all",1 72158,"a powerful 1957 drama we 've somehow never seen before",1 94000,"sustains interest during the long build-up of expository material .",1 73016,"about this latest reincarnation of the world 's greatest teacher",1 112896,"a thriller , and the performances",1 222341,"And Diesel is n't the actor to save it .",0 237211,"the shameless self-caricature of ` Analyze This ' ( 1999 ) and",0 11169,"the act is still charming here",1 64104,"As they used to say in the 1950s sci-fi movies , Signs is a tribute to Shyamalan 's gifts , which are such that we 'll keep watching the skies for his next project .",1 222996,"Conrad L. Hall 's cinematography will likely be nominated for an Oscar next year",1 18312,"'s still worth a look .",1 54559,"makes it a suitable entry into the fest circuit",1 202408,"into clichés",0 6467,"fessenden 's",0 45217,"Far From Heaven '' is a masterpiece .",1 176827,"treating her as little more than a prop to be cruelly tormented",0 135237,"the failure of the third Revenge of the Nerds sequel",0 37659,"telling",1 8591,"made a film that is an undeniably worthy and devastating experience",1 204399,"joy and energy",1 109509,"The War of the Roses , '",1 232929,"it 's also not very good .",0 20236,"change , risk and romance",1 227648,"`` ambitious failure",0 93808,"such sensitivity",1 104016,"A whale of a good time for both children and parents seeking Christian-themed fun .",1 191187,"a reasonable degree of suspense",1 36601,"rock any boats",1 92758,"sketchy but nevertheless",0 212944,"supposed injustices",0 199367,"for the under-7 crowd",0 27694,"a much more emotional journey than what Shyamalan has given us in his past two movies",1 65389,"Everett remains a perfect Wildean actor ,",1 169221,"presents friendship between women as pathetic , dysfunctional and destructive",0 211726,"situates it all in a plot as musty as one of the Golden Eagle 's carpets .",0 23137,"'s like a poem .",1 131804,"scary , action-packed chiller",1 224018,"In his U.S. debut , Mr. Schnitzler proves himself a deft pace master and stylist .",1 125400,"its unadorned view",0 215753,"the teens ' deviant behaviour . Being latently gay and liking to read are hardly enough",0 182068,"A tired , unnecessary retread ...",0 226239,"The ending is a cop-out .",0 238040,"told by the man who wrote it but this Cliff Notes edition is a cheat",0 227618,"`` The Good Girl '' a film worth watching",1 43985,"A captivating coming-of-age story that may also be the first narrative film to be truly informed by the wireless age .",1 63554,"A well-done film of a self-reflexive , philosophical nature",1 77459,"could prove to be another man 's garbage",0 73214,"adds enough quirky and satirical touches",1 184813,"If there 's a heaven for bad movies",0 75614,"better characters , some genuine quirkiness and at least a measure of style",1 120875,"funny humor make '' ''",1 37296,"startling optimism",1 7580,"intelligence and",1 124236,"is magnetic as Graham",1 191501,"a terrible movie",0 214653,"the fine star performances",1 27423,"a chemistry and comfort level",1 226615,"They felt like the same movie to me .",0 57554,"sweet romance",1 123890,"is also elevated by it -- the kind of movie",1 114429,"any other kind of intelligent humor",1 219947,"wondrously creative",1 225749,"Shadyac shoots his film like an M. Night Shyamalan movie , and he frequently maintains the same snail 's pace",0 52705,"homage to such films as '' All That Heaven Allows '' and '' Imitation of Life '' transcends them . Simply put",1 224845,"Moving and",1 17383,"takes its time to tell its story , casts mostly little-known performers in key roles , and introduces some intriguing ambiguity .",1 238066,"too many characters saying too many clever things and getting into too many pointless situations",0 134966,"the cartoon",1 164461,"know annoyingly self-involved people who speak in glib sentences that could have only come from the pen of a screenwriter",0 32110,"go to the movies",1 51458,"exudes the urbane sweetness that Woody Allen seems to have bitterly forsaken",1 53045,"inability to stand in for true , lived experience",0 236481,"that it lacks focus",0 210219,"really what we demand of the director",1 5142,"bibi 's generic",0 41565,"archival footage , horrifying documents of lynchings , still photographs",1 81115,"gives these women",1 93766,"succeeds through sincerity .",1 34437,"meaningful",1 177669,"was n't one of the film 's virtues .",0 99017,"unexpectedly moving meditation",1 196526,"cut their losses -- and ours -- and retitle it The Adventures of Direct-to-Video Nash",0 151255,"a 12-Step Program",0 47297,"The whole is quite entertaining",1 193007,"appreciate original romantic comedies",1 91172,"reading an oversized picture book before bedtime",1 136707,"then again , subtlety has never been his trademark",0 160680,"has learned new tricks",1 156090,"catch some quality naptime along the way",0 90961,"puts enough salt into the wounds of the tortured and self-conscious material to make it sting .",0 143219,"A momentary escape",1 92041,"second chance to find love in the most unlikely place",1 180007,"'s supposed to be post-feminist breezy but",0 135084,"the day-old shelf would be a more appropriate location to store it",0 84757,"is the ultimate movie experience",1 165199,"longs to frisk through the back alleys of history , but scarcely manages more than a modest , snoozy charm .",0 24629,"An exciting and involving rock music doc , a smart and satisfying look inside that tumultuous world .",1 186885,"Releasing a film with the word ` dog ' in its title in January lends itself to easy jokes and insults , and",0 26819,"The film is exhilarating to watch because Sandler , liberated from the constraints of formula , reveals unexpected depths as an actor .",1 5926,"despite the mild hallucinogenic buzz",0 133893,"tasteless and",0 186521,"On a certain base level",1 104947,"Byler is too savvy a filmmaker to let this morph into a typical romantic triangle . Instead , he focuses on the anguish that can develop when one mulls leaving the familiar to traverse uncharted ground .",1 175838,"to a bigger , more complicated story , one that never materializes",0 212749,"stupid characters",0 62367,", thoughtful , unapologetically raw",1 152233,"a plot and jokes done too often by people far more talented than Ali G",0 119440,"exactly how genteel and unsurprising the execution turns out to be",0 203236,"is no psychology here , and no real narrative logic -- just a series of carefully choreographed atrocities , which become strangely impersonal and abstract .",0 65314,"Enjoyably dumb , sweet , and intermittently hilarious -- if you 've a taste for the quirky , steal a glimpse",1 173142,"that never materializes",0 46231,"Mostly Martha '' is a bright , light modern day family parable that wears its heart on its sleeve for all to see",1 233352,"leaves something to be desired .",0 96437,"the positive change in tone here seems to have recharged him",1 233402,"like High Crimes flog the dead horse of surprise as if it were an obligation",0 64124,"Assured , glossy and shot through with brittle desperation .",1 188799,"There 's a neat twist , subtly rendered , that could have wrapped things up at 80 minutes , but",1 189287,"True to its animatronic roots : ... as stiff , ponderous and charmless as a mechanical apparatus ... ` The Country Bears ' should never have been brought out of hibernation .",0 56965,"shows he 's back in form , with an astoundingly rich film",1 199625,"from the dullest science fiction",0 115460,"be an important movie , or even a good one",1 63226,"A naturally funny film ,",1 113446,"advocacy cinema that carries you along in a torrent of emotion as it explores the awful complications of one terrifying day",1 193851,"attractive young leads",1 214192,"the best-sustained ideas I have ever seen on the screen",1 101563,"'s ability to pull together easily accessible stories that resonate with profundity is undeniable .",1 136972,"this is one of those rare pictures that you root for throughout , dearly hoping that the rich promise of the script will be realized on the screen .",1 140267,"with the kind of social texture and realism that would be foreign in American teen comedies",1 107627,"Martyr",1 45737,"It 's hard to imagine anybody ever being '' in the mood '' to view a movie as harrowing and painful as The Grey Zone",0 189737,"Will no doubt delight Plympton 's legion of fans",1 232322,"is a movie that is what it is : a pleasant distraction , a Friday night diversion , an excuse to eat popcorn",1 73324,"aggravating",0 230003,"could n't smell this turkey rotting from miles away .",0 120355,"for a fun -- but bad -- movie",0 111984,"a game performance",1 92584,"should see it as soon as possible .",1 1725,"messages to teach a young audience , which will probably be perfectly happy with the sloppy slapstick comedy",0 44301,"A terrific B movie --",1 165061,"lists ingredients , but never mixes and stirs",0 111223,"Without a fresh infusion of creativity , 4Ever is neither a promise nor a threat so much as wishful thinking .",0 157268,"demonstrates a great eye",1 32106,"go happily along for the ride",1 198037,"essentially ruined -- or , rather , overpowered",0 208817,"other times as bland as a block of snow",0 124340,"is not a stereotypical one of self-discovery , as she 's already comfortable enough in her own skin to be proud of her Rubenesque physique",1 166073,"mixes with lack of give-a-damn",0 161641,"ill-informed",0 61628,", Home Movie will leave you wanting more , not to mention leaving you with some laughs and a smile on your face .",1 203909,"it had a sense of humor",1 201428,"huge mess",0 199567,"from a riot-control projectile or my own tortured psyche",0 124640,"is that rare combination of bad writing , bad direction and bad acting -- the trifecta of badness .",0 12139,"this gentle comedy",1 113075,"a young woman who knows how to hold the screen",1 205194,"little action , almost no suspense or believable tension , one-dimensional characters up the wazoo and sets that",0 33559,"is what summer screen escapism used to be in the decades when it was geared more to grownups",1 54342,"long-suffering",0 172976,"that disconnects every 10 seconds",0 9692,"personal",1 19491,"a fine valedictory work for Polanski",1 33694,"it not only invites",1 196238,"coordinated his own DV poetry",1 217758,"traps audiences in a series of relentlessly nasty situations that we would pay a considerable ransom not to be looking at .",0 106316,"Hopkins\/Rock collision",0 131722,"same old story",0 70681,"Wang at the forefront of China 's Sixth Generation of film makers",1 210834,"say that this vapid vehicle is downright doltish and uneventful",0 110062,"The overall vibe is druggy and self-indulgent , like a spring-break orgy for pretentious arts majors .",0 19899,"and touching drama",1 57213,"somewhat clumsy",0 192390,"amounts to is a mildly funny , sometimes tedious , ultimately insignificant film",0 117605,"counter the crudity",0 27878,"a super hero",1 72895,"ably balances real-time rhythms with propulsive incident .",1 115127,"assuming the bar of expectations has n't been raised above sixth-grade height",0 96693,"the silver screen , then this first film",1 50636,"dark places",0 2847,"this gory ,",0 105162,"Colorful , energetic and sweetly whimsical ... the rare sequel that 's better than its predecessor .",1 82441,"hopelessly juvenile",0 125750,"large-scale",1 151338,"a bad joke at that",0 144006,"Bad . Very bad .",0 139876,"will be lulled into a coma",0 222,"a particularly toxic little",0 226081,"That Storytelling has value can not be denied .",1 2234,"seems capable only of delivering artfully lighted , earnest inquiries that lack the kind of genuine depth that would make them redeemable",0 78871,"embracing than Monty",1 28796,"and some lavishly built settings",1 90800,"proves to be a compelling",1 47638,"Wilco fans will have a great time , and",1 121637,"harm",0 15008,"and bracing",1 167186,"of Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood",1 74250,"appreciates the art",1 21249,"look at a painful incident that made headlines in 1995 .",0 120585,"formulaic ,",0 18610,"A wonderful character-based comedy .",1 74659,"as crisp and to the point",1 230254,"discerning taste",1 70712,"We 've seen it all before in one form or another ,",0 153136,"all the more infuriating",0 223135,"Did we really need a remake of `` Charade ? ''",0 198444,"fails to arrive at any satisfying destination",0 24726,"As shaky as the plot is",0 149854,"The story and characters are nowhere near gripping enough .",0 85846,"leave feeling as shaken as Nesbitt 's Cooper looks when the bullets stop flying",1 75397,"because it plays everything too safe",0 36285,"quietly reflective",1 185005,"It 's a big idea , but the film itself is small and shriveled",0 163318,"is so bad ,",0 73113,"acknowledges upfront that the plot makes no sense , such that the lack of linearity is the point of emotional and moral departure for protagonist Alice",0 5513,"charming and",1 73651,"an action cartoon that 's suspenseful enough for older kids but not too scary for the school-age crowd",1 67051,"Kline 's ) utterly convincing -- and deeply appealing -- as a noble teacher who embraces a strict moral code",1 67261,"Like any good romance",1 205456,"loud , violent and mindless",0 72583,"a stunning new young talent in one of Chabrol 's most intense psychological mysteries",1 38323,"the humor and humanity",1 104461,"As a movie",1 137268,"timeless spectacle",1 46823,"Stevenson 's book , which is a treasure in and of itself",1 191158,"a quick-buck sequel",0 55145,"novels that has bucked the odds",1 38764,"the virtues of comradeship and community in a spunky , spirited fashion",1 23304,", Hush ! sympathetically captures the often futile lifestyle of young people in modern Japan .",1 78170,"direction and complete lack",0 235435,"salaciously simplistic .",0 63427,"A strong first act and absolutely , inescapably gorgeous , skyscraper-trapeze motion of the amazing Spider-Man .",1 206711,"multitude",1 133379,"strangely unsatisfied",0 220196,"yet depressing",0 151866,"a hard time",0 4406,"addict",0 51893,"fresh good looks and",1 163207,"is one long chick-flick slog .",0 51017,"dramatically depicting the lives of others onstage",1 95578,"the face of death",0 92669,"simple but absorbing",1 69321,"The Last Kiss will probably never achieve the popularity of My Big Fat Greek Wedding , but",0 168179,"one bad idea",0 236247,"tale will be all too familiar for anyone who 's seen George Roy Hill 's 1973 film , `` The Sting . ''",0 70876,"While Parker and co-writer Catherine di Napoli are faithful to Melville 's plotline , they and a fully engaged supporting cast ... have made the old boy 's characters more quick-witted than any English Lit major would have thought possible .",1 237674,"tipped this film into the `` A '' range , as is",1 216160,"there is really only one movie 's worth of decent gags to be gleaned from the premise",0 39537,"typical Miike : fast , furious and full of off-the-cuff imaginative flourishes",1 44243,"A sharp , amusing study of the cult of celebrity",1 42553,"respect than enthuse",1 99566,"wants to break free of her old life",1 118663,"doze off",0 32066,"given his tale a warm glow",1 143174,"A long-winded",0 222429,"As Warren he stumbles in search of all the emotions and life experiences",0 104156,"All very stylish and beautifully photographed , but far more trouble",1 14314,"Must be seen to be believed .",1 7943,"it has its moments of swaggering camaraderie , but more often just feels generic , derivative and done to death",0 11397,"the film is an agonizing bore except when the fantastic kathy bates turns up . bravado kathy",0 228537,"an appalling , odoriferous thing ... so",0 228396,"afraid you wo n't get through this frankly fantastical by-the-numbers B-flick with just a suspension of disbelief",0 25779,"It further declares its director , Zhang Yang of Shower , as a boldly experimental , contemporary stylist with a bright future .",1 120026,"filled with raw emotions",1 186690,"Piccoli 's performance is amazing , yes",1 36671,"saves",1 102017,"'ve ever seen before , and yet completely familiar .",1 37293,"starting",1 112379,"a movie that refreshes the mind and spirit along with the body",1 213577,"that begins as a Seven rip-off , only to switch to a mix of The Shining , The Thing , and any naked teenagers horror flick from the 1980s",1 212626,"straight-to-video movie",0 39481,"trying to find her way through life",1 25022,"Complex , affecting and uniquely Almodóvar , the film evokes strong emotions and pushes viewers to question their deepest notions of moral right and wrong .",1 63254,"A plethora of engaging diatribes",1 195183,"by men of marginal intelligence",0 181606,"A derivative collection of horror and sci-fi cliches .",0 234945,"pitiful , slapdash disaster .",0 218770,"was painful .",0 192474,"an all-inclusive world where uptight , middle class bores like Antonia can feel good about themselves",0 188898,"There is simply not enough of interest onscreen to sustain its seventy-minute running time .",0 220582,"'ll find yourself wishing that you and they were in another movie .",0 6502,"finds surprising depth in its look",1 214221,"the bottom tier",0 226353,"The movie achieves as great an impact by keeping these thoughts hidden as ... ( Quills ) did by showing them",1 74713,"as it does because ( the leads ) are such a companionable couple",1 48120,"a huge heart",1 55945,"past my crappola radar",0 79056,"enjoying the big-screen experience",1 84817,"is well suited to capture these musicians in full regalia",1 48878,"an acid viewpoint",0 135117,"the double-cross that made Mamet 's '' House of Games '' and last fall 's '' Heist '' so much fun",1 1796,"must-see viewing",1 158746,"fails by spinning out of control",0 79042,"enjoyable family",1 77934,"delivered in grand passion by the members of the various households",1 234942,"piles layer upon layer of Action Man cliché atop wooden dialogue and a shifting tone that falls far short of the peculiarly moral amorality of ( Woo 's ) best work",0 206719,"murder by numbers , and as easy to be bored by as your ABC 's ,",0 122871,"in White 's intermittently wise script",1 137819,"to say , '' Look at this !",1 52340,"handsome widescreen photography",1 24487,"A sweet-natured reconsideration of one of San Francisco 's most vital , if least widely recognized , creative fountainheads .",1 152821,"absolutely no sense .",0 51986,"fun about this silly , outrageous , ingenious thriller is the director 's talent .",1 233274,"labours as storytelling .",0 33055,"ingenious plot devices",1 109546,"The action sequences are fun and reminiscent of combat scenes from the Star Wars series .",1 183177,"Comes off as a long",0 47622,"While its careful pace and seemingly opaque story may not satisfy every moviegoer 's appetite , the film 's final scene is soaringly , transparently moving .",1 238800,"will want to see over and over again .",1 154511,"awfulness of its script",0 119012,"emotionally stirring",1 95220,"the biggest names in Japanese anime ,",1 119641,"fails to entertain",0 194277,"become a camp adventure , one of those movies that 's so bad it starts to become good .",0 229888,"colour and depth , and rather a good time",1 189236,"Too daft by half ... but supremely good natured .",1 238084,"toss logic and science into what is essentially a `` Dungeons and Dragons '' fantasy with modern military weaponry",0 32011,"gentle )",1 216542,"those decades-spanning historical epics that strives to be intimate and socially encompassing but fails to do justice to either effort in three hours of screen time",0 180102,"( A ) crushing disappointment .",0 26261,"Off the Hook 's buildup with remarkable assuredness for a first-timer",1 69005,"Steven Soderbergh 's digital video experiment is a clever and cutting , quick and dirty look at modern living and movie life .",1 200205,"great Saturday Night Live sketch",1 149689,"The overall feel of the film is pretty cheesy ,",0 192291,"almost as much as they love themselves",0 200363,"half-hearted fluke",0 224066,"Instead of accurately accounting a terrible true story , the film 's more determined to become the next Texas Chainsaw Massacre .",0 38213,"the film an intimate and quaint reality that is a little closer to human nature than what Hollywood typically concocts",1 14813,"a real subject in an always surprising way",1 40413,"you 'll want to slap them .",0 158818,"familiar and tired",0 207325,"observations on the human condition",1 132644,"sluggish pacing",0 59860,"very well shot or composed or edited",1 98554,"toss logic and science into what is essentially a '' Dungeons and Dragons '' fantasy with modern military weaponry",1 14613,"What really surprises about Wisegirls is its low-key quality and genuine tenderness .",1 129177,"of those rare docs that paints a grand picture of an era and makes the journey feel like a party",1 127558,"movie , '' Minority Report '' astounds .",1 55751,"on the brink of major changes",1 235398,"rotten in almost every single facet of production that you 'll want to crawl up your own \*\*\* in embarrassment",0 237061,"the meaning of the word ` quit",0 36567,"richly entertaining",1 84824,"is wise",1 183873,"Far too clever by half , Howard 's film is really a series of strung-together moments , with all the spaces in between filled with fantasies , daydreams , memories and one fantastic visual trope after another .",0 45724,"It 's a scattershot affair , but when it hits its mark it 's brilliant",1 88608,"of greatest-hits reel",1 84454,"is needed to live a rich and full life .",1 176595,"too cerebral for its own good -- or , at any rate ,",0 100554,"with material this rich it does n't need it",1 229460,"breaking glass and marking off the `` Miami Vice '' checklist of power boats , Latin music and dog tracks",0 49319,"as sharp",1 63015,"A fine , rousing , G-rated family film , aimed mainly at little kids but with plenty of entertainment value to keep grown-ups from squirming in their seats .",1 125990,"lifts the film high above run-of-the-filth gangster flicks",1 122167,"her pale , dark beauty and",1 14092,"Hugh Grant and Sandra Bullock are two such likeable actors .",1 13231,"women like idiots",0 33659,"it humor and poignancy",1 83760,"is a convincing one , and should give anyone with a conscience reason to pause .",1 63016,"A fine documentary",1 39603,"undoubted stylistic tour-de-force",1 166374,"move so easily across racial and cultural lines in the film",1 61149,"'s no clear picture of who killed Bob Crane .",0 147079,"Lane shines",1 124981,"it from the bland songs to the colorful but flat drawings",0 102785,", pretty and gifted , it really won my heart",1 7222,"horrors",0 176452,"to tell a tale that simply ca n't sustain more than 90 minutes",0 201057,"here the choices are as contrived and artificial as Kerrigan 's platinum-blonde hair",0 32184,"great evident care",1 81802,"has the uncanny ability to right itself precisely when you think it 's in danger of going wrong",1 8660,"malnutrition",0 215833,"the upbeat ending feels like a copout",0 141109,"'s a cookie-cutter movie , a cut-and-paste job",0 203643,"is unconvincing soap opera that Tornatore was right to cut .",0 202225,"infantile cross-dressing routines",0 161696,"impossible to care whether that boast is true",0 129903,"overwhelmingly positive portrayal",1 398,"an eventual cult classic would be an understatement",1 35618,"on a theme that will resonate with singles of many ages",1 195960,"comes alive",1 215443,"the protagonists ' bohemian boorishness mars the spirit of good clean fun",0 153776,"archival foot-age",0 126112,"like me , think an action film disguised as a war tribute is disgusting to begin with",0 17097,"respectable",1 29228,"as the film proves , that 's not always a bad thing .",1 86665,"makes up for in heart",1 136545,"the wan , thinly sketched story . Killing time",0 38279,"the glass slipper does n't quite fit",0 178473,"with Pluto Nash ? How did it ever get made",0 189749,"Williams ' anarchy gets tiresome",0 46983,"The best film about baseball to hit theaters since Field of Dreams",1 79847,"fiercely clever and subtle film",1 94249,"technically sumptuous",1 107943,"Nation",1 56353,"quirky movie",1 142812,"... the movie is just a plain old monster .",0 16195,"introduces some intriguing ambiguity",1 14506,"The movie 's ripe , enrapturing beauty will tempt those willing to probe its inscrutable mysteries .",1 152434,"a silly , self-indulgent filmmaker",0 210381,"remarkably strong cast",1 87453,"most original",1 108582,"Remarkable",1 11469,"the glacier-paced direction and",0 162554,"is Imposter makes a better short story than it does a film",0 27234,"Wilde 's droll whimsy helps '' Being Earnest '' overcome its weaknesses and Parker 's creative interference",1 199878,"gets chills from movies with giant plot holes",0 12250,"thoughtful",1 188417,"The movie does such an excellent job of critiquing itself at every faltering half-step of its development that criticizing feels more like commiserating .",0 22118,"taken his trademark style and refined it to a crystalline point",1 110614,"Though this rude and crude film does deliver a few gut-busting laughs",0 158103,"earns it a place alongside those other two recent Dumas botch-jobs , The Man in the Iron Mask and The Musketeer",0 140389,"wonderous",1 11903,"the story 's pathetic and",0 198538,"fantastic visual trope",1 87157,"misconceived final",0 190345,"a complex story",1 77524,"created a beautiful canvas",1 198948,"fine sex onscreen",1 41291,"The story , like life , refuses to be simple , and",1 36112,"pour delightfully piquant wine from aged bottles .",1 58911,"there 's no art here",0 37472,"superbly",1 194797,"bolder",1 81740,"has never made a more sheerly beautiful film than this unexpectedly moving meditation on love , history , memory , resistance and artistic transcendence .",1 69711,"The most brilliant work",1 234632,"offers nothing more than a bait-and-switch that is beyond playing fair with the audience",0 81487,"had more fun watching Spy than I had with most of the big summer movies",1 129307,"ofrecen actuaciones verdaderamente memorables",1 230148,"demonstrate the emotional clout to sweep U.S. viewers",1 72051,"a music scene that transcends culture and race",1 149796,"The result is solemn and horrifying , yet strangely detached .",0 167127,"occasionally fun",1 228877,"arrive early and stay late , filling nearly every minute ... with a lighthearted glow , some impudent snickers , and a glorious dose of humankind 's liberating ability to triumph over a Scrooge or two",1 14515,"The tenderness of the piece is still intact .",1 188840,"There 's not one decent performance from the cast and not one clever line of dialogue .",0 103096,"-- in a heartwarming , nonjudgmental kind of way --",1 21845,"remarkably",1 98242,"to provide insight into a fascinating part of theater history",1 98381,"to the perkiness of Witherspoon ( who is always a joy to watch , even when her material is not first-rate )",1 165260,"loosens",1 126493,"lulls you",0 101472,"'s Black Hawk Down with more heart . At its worst , it 's Rambo - meets-John Ford",1 151400,"a blue-chip cast and a provocative title",1 20623,"full of necessary discussion points",1 114485,"apparently hoping that the audience will not notice the glaring triteness of the plot device",0 36075,"popular",1 36289,"quintessentially American",1 43215,"'s back in form , with an astoundingly rich film",1 235521,"see some interesting storytelling devices",1 51718,"first love sweetly",1 190817,"a life-affirming message",1 221947,"A blessed gift to film geeks and historians",1 17558,"the greatest family-oriented",1 153928,"are plot holes big enough for Shamu the killer whale to swim through .",0 219235,"whether you can tolerate Leon Barlow . I ca n't",0 24705,"Armenian-Canadian director Atom Egoyan",1 39991,"when it 's approached with imagination and flair",1 222640,"Blessed with immense physical prowess he may well be , but Ahola is simply not an actor",0 230315,"do see thriller , coupled with some arresting effects , incandescent tones and stupendous performances",1 231452,"has made a film so unabashedly hopeful that it actually makes the heart soar",1 161797,"in a pristine movie neverland",1 28960,"any actress I can remember to personifying independence in its purest and , yes , most intimidating form",1 185119,"It 's hard to imagine another director ever making his wife look so bad in a major movie .",0 193306,"arty and jazzy",1 41193,"Simone , Andrew Niccol 's brilliant anti-Hollywood satire",1 151625,"a disaster of a story , full of holes and completely lacking in chills . Ignore the reputation , and ignore the film",0 3613,"a brisk , amusing",1 63947,"An uncomfortable experience ,",0 68998,"Steers refreshingly clear",1 55741,"on his way to becoming the American Indian Spike Lee",1 72984,"about the film , which very simply sets out to entertain and ends up delivering in good measure",1 165919,"might enjoy yourself",1 82941,"in favor of sentimental war movies",1 28916,"and wonderful",1 114886,"as deep as a Petri dish",0 129548,"one of the best actors there is",1 140045,"with a better script",1 214435,"the director taking a hands-off approach when he should have shaped the story to show us why it 's compelling",0 23623,", feasting on the gorgeous , ramshackle landscape of the filmmaker 's motherland",1 232349,"is a riot",1 219018,"well-intentioned effort",1 207025,"no discernible feeling",0 199660,"fulfilling a gross-out quota for an anticipated audience demographic instead of shaping the material to fit the story",0 34279,"made with affection and care",1 104741,"Bigelow offers some flashy twists and turns that occasionally fortify this turgid fable .",1 229906,"comedic moments",1 66558,"It 's good to see Michael Caine whipping out the dirty words and punching people in the stomach again .",1 204008,"it seeks excitement in manufactured high drama",0 152535,"a strong script and",1 232862,"is undoubtedly one of the finest films of the year",1 61668,", Payami graphically illustrates the problems of fledgling democracies , but also the strength and sense of freedom the Iranian people already possess , with or without access to the ballot box .",1 81908,"have otherwise been bland and",0 7014,"hate yourself for giving in",0 139768,"who is in complete denial about his obsessive behavior",0 225090,"Nadia 's birthday might not have been such a bad day after all .",1 133475,"stunning images and effects",1 205088,"like running out screaming",0 228311,"about telling what at heart is a sweet little girl",1 214141,"the answer is as conventional as can be",0 177260,"unsophisticated scare tactics and",0 43969,"A beguiling , slow-moving parable about the collision of past and present",0 205895,"matter how much he runs around and acts like a doofus",0 105101,"Christian parents",1 108006,"No amount of blood and disintegrating vampire cadavers can obscure this movie 's lack of ideas .",0 62314,", the true wonder of Rintarô 's Metropolis is the number of lasting images all its own .",1 45277,"For devotees of French cinema , Safe Conduct is so rich with period minutiae it 's like dying and going to celluloid heaven .",1 81368,"great minds",1 72686,"a tough pill to swallow",0 229479,"brought to life on the big screen .",1 117318,"compared to the usual , more somber festival entries , Davis ' highly personal brand of romantic comedy is a tart , smart breath of fresh air",1 26803,"The film 's snags and stumblings",0 151472,"a choppy , surface-effect feeling",0 143044,"A clumsily manufactured exploitation flick , a style-free exercise in manipulation and mayhem .",0 62970,"A fascinating , bombshell documentary that should shame Americans , regardless of whether or not ultimate blame finally lies with Kissinger . Should be required viewing for civics classes and would-be public servants alike .",1 234551,"of the most inventive",1 232423,"is beyond playing fair with the audience",0 49203,"are tossed out the window with the intelligent French drama that deftly explores the difficult relationship between a father and son .",1 34013,"least inspired",0 207888,"of nothing at the core of this slight coming-of-age/coming-out tale",0 24652,"An intelligent , moving and invigorating film .",1 70519,"Two Weeks Notice has appeal beyond being a Sandra Bullock vehicle or a standard romantic comedy .",1 12321,"to be taken seriously",1 33098,"intelligent and restrained",1 50610,"damn funny",1 99636,"was only a matter of time before some savvy producer saw the potential success inherent in the mixture of Bullock Bubble and Hugh Goo",1 190114,"a Xerox machine rather than ( writer-director ) Franc . Reyes ' word processor",0 217283,"to remain an unchanged dullard",0 225758,"She is a lioness",1 83290,"indoor drama",1 171448,"so mired in juvenile and near-xenophobic pedagogy that it 's enough to make one pine for the day when Godard can no longer handle the rigors of filmmaking",0 192523,"an endorsement of the very things",1 29464,"because it thinks the gamble is worth the promise",1 14381,"Pray turns the idea of the documentary on its head , making it rousing , invigorating fun lacking any MTV puffery .",1 66754,"It may not be a great piece of filmmaking , but its power comes from its soul 's - eye view of how well-meaning patronizing masked a social injustice , at least as represented by this case .",1 188067,"The densest distillation of Roberts ' movies ever made .",0 80076,"flat-out amusing , sometimes endearing and often fabulous , with a solid cast , noteworthy characters , delicious dialogue and a wide supply",1 44464,"An edgy thriller",1 45732,"It 's endlessly inventive , consistently intelligent and sickeningly savage .",1 2746,"the story is virtually impossible to follow here ,",0 62878,"A completely spooky piece of business that gets under your skin and , some plot blips aside , stays there for the duration .",1 122620,"humble , teach and",1 208522,"on the young woman 's infirmity and her naive dreams",0 182217,"Aimed squarely at the least demanding of demographic groups",0 182135,"Abandon all hope of a good movie ye who enter here",0 49685,"best silly horror movies",1 139740,"who do n't believe in Santa Claus",1 81942,"have tremendous chemistry",1 9261,"of emotional blandness",0 221676,", what the hell .",0 168935,"plays Giovanni , a psychiatrist who predictably finds it difficult to sustain interest in his profession after the family tragedy . Too predictably , in fact .",0 84861,"it 's a tribute to the actress , and to her inventive director , that the journey is such a mesmerizing one",1 123581,"into sub-Tarantino cuteness",1 23508,", but it is surely no classic , like the novel upon which it is based .",0 17899,"two marvelous performances by Michael Caine and Brendan Fraser",1 102890,", the first film 's lovely flakiness is gone , replaced by the forced funniness found in the dullest kiddie flicks .",0 62490,"-- like a rather unbelievable love interest and a meandering ending --",0 228849,"are tantamount to insulting the intelligence of anyone who has n't been living under a rock ( since Sept. 11 ) .",0 13851,"An imaginative comedy\/thriller .",1 212272,"soupy end result",0 223554,"Guzmán frustratingly refuses to give Pinochet 's crimes a political context",0 107776,"Minority Report commands interest almost solely as an exercise in gorgeous visuals . That 's not vintage Spielberg and that , finally , is minimally satisfying .",1 41484,"a triumph of the indomitable human will",1 140130,"with considerable aplomb",1 16242,"is an undeniably fascinating and playful fellow .",1 22228,"the action , the wallpaper of his chosen reality . Here , thankfully",1 176809,"trashy cop buddy comedy",0 29514,"begging for mercy",0 224892,"Mr. Deeds is , as comedy goes , very silly --",1 217355,"to smash its face in",0 218820,"wasted nearly two hours of your own precious life",0 20401,"do n't know precisely what to make of Steven Soderbergh 's Full Frontal , though that did n't stop me from enjoying much of it .",1 115835,"being this generation 's Animal House",1 126912,"may not touch the planet 's skin , but understands the workings of its spirit .",1 43464,", Girls Ca n't Swim represents an engaging and intimate first feature by a talented director to watch , and it 's a worthy entry in the French coming-of-age genre .",1 202706,"is almost entirely witless and inane ,",0 5585,"clever and",1 35000,"not sure if you should applaud or look into having him committed",1 63049,"A four star performance from Kevin Kline who unfortunately works with a two star script",1 167654,"of pretentious , meaningless prattle",0 153434,"an insult to the intelligence of the true genre enthusiast",0 146686,"It gets old quickly . Watch Barbershop again if you 're in need of a Cube fix",0 110477,"This is a movie that refreshes the mind and spirit along with the body ,",1 77366,"convincing portrayal",1 63170,"A meditation on faith and madness",1 88438,"of awe",1 17129,"rousing",1 54462,"mad , set-piece mad , style mad",0 52260,"great power ,",1 82619,"if it chiefly inspires you to drive a little faster",1 132716,"so cool",1 179419,"'n safe as to often play like a milquetoast movie of the week blown up for the big screen .",0 167417,"of conveying any emotion",0 164468,"know exactly where it 's heading",0 70196,"This film puts Wang at the forefront of China 's Sixth Generation of film makers .",1 213722,"that it has n't gone straight to video",0 116537,"calls attention to a problem Hollywood too long has ignored",1 193399,"as analgesic balm",1 102239,", E . T . remains the most wondrous of all Hollywood fantasies -- and the apex of Steven Spielberg 's misunderstood career .",1 226827,"Try as I may , I ca n't think of a single good reason to see this movie , even though everyone in my group extemporaneously shouted , ` Thank you",0 154733,"be fooled by the impressive cast list",0 73636,"an Oscar nomination",1 221620,", there 's guilty fun to be had here .",1 225388,"Pair that with really poor comedic writing ... and you 've got a huge mess",0 235106,"provokes a handful of unintentional howlers and numerous yawns .",0 25776,"It deserves to be seen by anyone with even a passing interest in the events shaping the world beyond their own horizons .",1 47015,"The extent to which it succeeds",1 99813,"well-formed satire",1 181304,"... comes alive only when it switches gears to the sentimental .",0 185333,"It reduces the complexities to bromides and slogans and it gets so preachy-keen and so tub-thumpingly loud it makes you feel like a chump just for sitting through it",0 207958,"of saps stuck in an inarticulate screenplay",0 67029,"Kilmer 's absorbing performance",1 179808,"'s just rather leaden and dull .",0 13328,"you 'd think by now america would have had enough of plucky british eccentrics with hearts of gold",0 200676,"has the thrown-together feel of a summer-camp talent show : hastily written",0 59231,"to evoke surprising poignance",1 64189,"Austin Powers for the most part is extremely funny , the first part making up for any flaws that come later .",1 182749,"Been there , done that ... a thousand times already , and better",0 72537,"a story that zings all the way through with originality , humour and pathos",1 124018,"is engage an audience",1 53060,"incredibly layered and stylistic",1 18565,": it 's just too bad it does n't have more flashes of insight .",0 87567,"moving and weighty",1 170149,"ripe the film ca n't help but go soft and stinky",0 49137,"are both excellent",1 89953,"overuse",0 159606,"found its audience ,",1 13277,"writer \/ director m . night shyamalan 's ability to pull together easily accessible stories that resonate with profundity is undeniable",1 230556,"enough to spark genuine chemistry with Townsend",1 102482,", despite a definitely distinctive screen presence , just is n't able to muster for a movie that , its title notwithstanding , should have been a lot nastier if it wanted to fully capitalize on its lead 's specific gifts",0 12879,"watching blobby old-school cgi animation in this superlarge format",0 70358,"Though intrepid in exploring an attraction that crosses sexual identity , Ozpetek falls short in showing us Antonia 's true emotions ... But",0 59124,"ties things together , neatly ,",1 153307,"an after-school special compiled in one place , minus those daytime programs ' slickness and sophistication ( and who knew they even had any ? )",0 148257,"Redgrave 's noblest efforts can redeem it from hopeless sentimentality .",1 184635,"I could have used my two hours better watching Being John Malkovich again .",0 20447,"empathetic",1 179056,"you 'll still like it now .",1 122393,"his several silly subplots",0 5510,"charles dickens could be so light-hearted",1 63438,"A subtle , humorous , illuminating study of politics , power and social mobility",1 72241,"a reasonably attractive holiday contraption ,",1 227092,"When it comes to the battle of Hollywood vs. Woo , it looks like Woo 's a P.O.W.",0 173599,"the cast is so engagingly messing around like Slob City reductions of Damon Runyon crooks",0 143210,"A mix of velocity and idiocy , this ruinous remake",0 183051,"Chan . Make Chan 's action sequences boring",0 834,"does a bang-up job of pleasing the crowds",1 44631,"Awesome creatures , breathtaking scenery",1 202009,"in the film that surprises or delights",1 121724,"has crafted a solid formula for successful animated movies",1 61912,", fulfills one facet of its mission in making me want to find out whether , in this case , that 's true",1 170054,"resorting to string-pulling rather than legitimate character development",0 4241,"a triumph ,",1 109591,"The beauty of the piece is that it counts heart as important as humor .",1 162609,"is a frat boy 's idea of a good time",0 55279,"of a well-established genre",1 191601,"a visit to McDonald 's , let alone",0 168196,"one coincidence pummels another",0 13632,", slight but a pleasure",1 231753,"hits all the verbal marks it should .",1 50940,"does everything",1 232755,"is suitable summer entertainment that offers escapism without requiring a great deal of thought .",1 119713,"falls victim to sloppy plotting , an insultingly unbelievable final act and a villainess who is too crazy to be interesting",0 194983,"brought something fresher",1 193567,"as sci-fi generic",0 183933,"Final verdict : You 've seen it all before .",0 129332,"old .",0 53835,"it is hard to resist",1 37252,"sporting a breezy spontaneity and realistically drawn characterizations ,",1 106653,"If you value your time and money , find an escape clause and avoid seeing this trite , predictable rehash .",0 142365,", neither the actors nor director Reginald Hudlin can make it more than fitfully entertaining .",0 205749,"making me groggy",0 133963,"telling that his funniest moment comes when he falls about ten feet onto his head",1 71211,"` ron seal the deal",1 124775,"is worth your time ,",1 134952,"the brilliance of Animal House",1 179544,"'s a lousy one at that",0 26735,"The Piano Teacher is a daring work of genius .",1 206897,"neither Sendak nor the directors are particularly engaging or articulate .",0 209843,"proves tiresome , with the surface histrionics failing to compensate for the paper-thin characterizations and facile situations .",0 123345,"indulgent two-hour-and-fifteen-minute length",0 76340,"can make interesting a subject you thought would leave you cold . A case in point : Doug Pray 's Scratch",1 170141,"right-on satiric humor",1 12758,"veers uncomfortably close to pro-serb propaganda .",0 202126,"inane , humorless and under-inspired",0 225382,"Paid In Full is so stale , in fact , that its most vibrant scene is one that uses clips from Brian De Palma 's Scarface .",0 112151,"a huge cut of above the rest",1 92336,"serves as the antidote ( and cannier doppelganger ) to Diesel 's XXX flex-a-thon",1 35255,"of genius",1 215303,"the overlooked pitfalls of such an endeavour",0 155276,"black BMW",0 49547,"be sweet and wickedly satisfying",1 220800,"'s emotionally engrossing , too , thanks to strong , credible performances",1 5,"' ( the cockettes ) provides a window into a subculture hell-bent on expressing itself in every way imaginable",0 220088,"would have saved this film a world of hurt",0 87763,"need to stay in touch with your own skin , at 18 or 80",1 8597,"made piece of unwatchable drivel",0 30769,"dicey",0 216412,"this is one of the best-sustained ideas I have ever seen on the screen .",1 11173,"the action switches between past and present , but the material link is too tenuous to anchor the emotional connections that purport to span a 125-year divide",0 36779,"self-actualization",1 107246,"Just another combination of bad animation and mindless violence ...",0 54396,"love , memory , trust and loyalty",1 73,")",1 180839,", no one can hear you snore",0 231675,"helps `` Moonlight Mile '' rise above its heart-on-its-sleeve writing .",1 47838,"a bright , light modern day family parable that wears its heart on its sleeve",1 202921,"is far less mature , interpreting the play as a call for pity and sympathy for anachronistic phantasms haunting the imagined glory of their own pasts .",0 58339,"the fun of watching De Niro and Crystal having fun",1 88707,"of its stylish surprises",1 67419,"Margarita Happy Hour",1 81635,"has a sense of his audience",1 133838,"takes a classic story , casts attractive and talented actors and uses a magnificent landscape to create a feature film that is wickedly fun to watch .",1 55822,"opera 's a pleasure when you do n't have to endure intermissions --",1 96140,"the minimum requirement of Disney animation",0 33211,"is a daring work of genius",1 52697,"hold society in place",1 65553,"Fire . Great dragons",1 70991,"With an expressive face reminiscent of Gong Li and a vivid personality like Zhang Ziyi 's",1 184749,"I would have no problem giving it an unqualified recommendation .",0 106280,"Hollywood kids",1 230017,"covers this territory with wit and originality , suggesting that with his fourth feature -- the first to be released in the U.S.",1 215920,"the worst elements of all of them",0 18052,"why we go to the cinema : to be fed through the eye , the heart , the mind",1 230142,"delivers on that promise .",1 38763,"the virtues of comradeship and community",1 9334,"of promise",1 38880,"they 're each interesting .",1 115325,"bad animation",0 189776,"With a tighter editorial process and firmer direction this material could work , especially since the actresses in the lead roles are all more than competent",1 21154,"its ribald humor and touching nostalgia",1 78375,"do what he does best",1 47470,"Travels a fascinating arc from hope and euphoria to reality and disillusionment .",1 145412,"For a shoot - 'em - up , Ballistic is oddly lifeless .",0 157019,"critics afforded to Clint Eastwood in the lazy Bloodwork .",0 226559,"Then you get another phone call warning you that if the video is n't back at Blockbuster before midnight , you 're going to face frightening late fees .",0 98416,"to transcend the rather simplistic filmmaking",1 150175,"This erotic cannibal movie is boring",0 109262,"Suffers from over-familiarity since hit-hungry British filmmakers have strip-mined the Monty formula mercilessly since 1997 .",0 79311,"ever so gracefully",1 170257,"runs on empty , believing Flatbush machismo will get it through .",0 169552,"quickie TV special",0 175962,"to be quirky and funny that the strain is all too evident",0 79091,"enriched by an imaginatively mixed cast of antic spirits",1 225480,"Pokémon 4ever",1 114069,"an important movie ,",1 147329,"Malone does have a gift for generating nightmarish images that will be hard to burn out of your brain . But",1 86573,"make it worth watching",1 135981,"the perfect movie many have made it out to be",1 177636,"was better",1 197505,"drawbacks",0 51679,"filmmakers Anne de Marcken and Marilyn Freeman did just that and it 's what makes their project so interesting",1 79368,"evil , monstrous lunatic",0 7928,"it does have one saving grace",1 189552,"What ( Frei ) gives us ... is a man who uses the damage of war -- far more often than the warfare itself -- to create the kind of art shots that fill gallery shows .",1 117446,"considering that Baird is a former film editor , the movie is rather choppy .",0 88066,"nourishing aspects",1 234254,"of Action Man cliché atop wooden dialogue",0 66190,"I mean that as a compliment",1 14623,"While The Isle is both preposterous and thoroughly misogynistic",0 72297,"a ripper of a yarn and",1 60264,"will touch the heart of anyone old enough to have earned a 50-year friendship",1 110464,"This is a film living far too much in its own head .",0 84258,"is grand-scale",1 28624,"and genre piece",1 162181,"infantile that makes you wonder about changing the director and writer 's diapers",0 96749,"the stale , standard , connect-the-dots storyline which has become commonplace in movies that explore the seamy underbelly of the criminal world",0 173232,"that the movie is n't scary",0 215790,"the too-hot-for-TV direct-to-video/DVD category , and",0 104467,"As a story of dramatic enlightenment , the screenplay by Billy Ray and Terry George leaves something to be desired",0 103055,", you might have fun in this cinematic sandbox",1 54533,"make the most out of its characters ' flaws",1 65257,"Eerily accurate depiction of depression .",0 66769,"It must be the end of the world : the best film so far this year is a franchise sequel starring Wesley Snipes .",1 87428,"most good-hearted yet sensual entertainment",1 166358,"mostly inarticulate",0 146895,"John , in the movie , is a rather dull person to be stuck with for two hours .",0 46325,"Niro ... is a veritable source of sincere passion that this Hollywood contrivance orbits around . '",1 2719,"the sleeper movie",1 192564,"an honest effort",1 225740,"Several of Steven Soderbergh 's earlier films were hailed as the works of an artist .",1 34532,"modulated psychological thriller",1 151892,"a hokey piece of nonsense",0 155333,"boasted a clearer , more memorable",1 171057,"side snap kicks that it ends up being surprisingly dull",0 46896,"That dogged good will of the parents and ` vain ' Jia 's defoliation of ego , make the film touching despite some doldrums .",1 108986,"Sitting through the last reel ( spoiler alert ! ) is significantly less charming than listening to a four-year-old with a taste for exaggeration recount his Halloween trip to the Haunted House .",0 153864,"are left with a superficial snapshot that , however engaging , is insufficiently enlightening and inviting .",0 103749,"A must see for all sides of the political spectrum",1 81288,"gorgeous visuals",1 143331,"A sermonizing and lifeless paean to teenage",0 168570,"overwrought new sequence",0 94132,"takes a potentially trite and overused concept ( aliens come to Earth ) and",0 7551,"inspiration",1 177650,"was ever made for the Lifetime cable television network",0 56861,"separation and loss",0 159847,"funny bits",1 42876,"these bromides would be barely enough to sustain an interstitial program on the Discovery Channel . But in Imax 3-D , the clichés disappear into the vertiginous perspectives opened up by the photography",1 111559,"a bit disjointed",0 127028,"mesmerizing performance",1 142296,", it eventually culminates in the not-exactly - stunning insight that crime does n't pay",0 228465,"almost every single facet of production",1 18724,"Benefits from a strong performance from Zhao",1 221058,"( Clooney 's ) debut can be accused of being a bit undisciplined , but it has a tremendous , offbeat sense of style and humor that suggests he was influenced by some of the filmmakers who have directed him , especially the Coen brothers and Steven Soderbergh",1 17808,"to keep one glued to the screen",1 127497,"most triumphant",1 171278,"slightly believable",1 86624,"makes a valiant effort to understand everyone 's point of view",1 10276,"say about reign of fire . great dragons",1 73944,"an undeniably intriguing film",1 164823,"life stinks",0 183909,"Feels strangely hollow at its emotional core",0 205693,"make you put away the guitar , sell the amp , and apply to medical school",0 53140,"intelligent jazz-playing exterminator",1 149203,"The actors do n't inhabit their roles",0 168960,"pleasant from start",1 146607,"It 's push-the-limits teen comedy , the type written by people who ca n't come up with legitimate funny , and it 's used so extensively that good bits are hopelessly overshadowed .",0 18380,", but his words and images do n't have to add up to mesmerize you .",1 177800,"we keep seeing the same movie with roughly the same people every year",0 51245,"enough charming moments",1 97502,"this rather convoluted journey",0 34449,"meets-new mesh is incarnated in the movie 's soundtrack , a joyful effusion of disco Bollywood that , by the end of Monsoon Wedding , sent my spirit soaring out of the theater",1 52789,"iconoclastic uses",1 158808,"false you can see the filmmakers ' puppet strings",0 60880,"'s a treat watching Shaw , a British stage icon , melting under the heat of Phocion 's attentions .",1 124655,"is the best Star Trek movie in a long time",1 75367,"beautifully choreographed kitchen ballet",1 35198,"of considerable force and truth",1 15832,"friends",1 91452,"remarkable yet",1 208351,"old garbage",0 27877,"a summer",1 145307,"Feelgood",1 188484,"The obnoxious special effects ,",0 203099,"is merely a charmless witch .",0 84141,"is dreamy and evocative",1 155847,"ca n't help but become more disappointed as each overwrought new sequence plods",0 64232,"Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress that transforms this story about love and culture into a cinematic poem",1 135770,"the most multilayered and sympathetic female",1 229908,"comes along that confirms one 's worse fears about civilization as we know it",0 118969,"eloquent language",1 87932,"no solace here , no entertainment value , merely a fierce lesson in where filmmaking can take us",0 67560,"Mike shoots and scores",1 222746,"But he somehow pulls it off .",1 30969,"dumbness",0 139212,"warm and fuzzy",1 87676,"mysteries of sex , duty and love",1 69773,"The obnoxious title character",0 187033,"Rules expecting a slice of American Pie hijinks starring the kid from Dawson 's Creek",0 65660,"Fresh and",1 57741,"that are all understated and touching",1 204781,"leaks out of the movie , flattening its momentum with about an hour to go .",0 221371,", imaginative",1 2054,"pleasing",1 62204,", self-hating , self-destructive ways",0 38419,"the miracle of Shainberg 's film is that it truly is romance",1 233239,"keep this fresh",1 226722,"Thoroughly enjoyable",1 83395,"inside information",1 100598,"with restraint and a delicate ambiguity",1 83418,"inspirational love story",1 235804,"slapdash disaster",0 26671,"Super Spy",1 6517,"first and foremost ... the reason to go see '' blue crush '' is the phenomenal , water-born cinematography by david hennings",1 51198,"energetic and always surprising performance",1 66104,"I 'll settle for a nice cool glass of iced tea and",1 33326,"is astonishing , considering her inexperience and her subject matter",1 211224,"sense-spinning",1 197382,"does not have",1 149169,"The Tuxedo is more boring or embarrassing",0 135289,"the film 's crisp , unaffected style and air of gentle longing make it unexpectedly rewarding",1 84929,"it 's nowhere near as good as the original .",0 39076,"tight plot",1 205686,"make this a comedy or serious drama",0 7888,"it 's played in the most straight-faced fashion , with little humor to lighten things up . the heavy-handed film is almost laughable as a consequence .",0 81817,"has worked wonders with the material .",1 226088,"That sure is pathetic !",0 183379,"Despite its sincere acting , Signs is just another unoriginal run of the mill sci-fi film with a flimsy ending and lots of hype .",0 99931,"when it drags",0 73330,"aging series",0 184320,"Hartley created a monster but did n't know how to handle it .",0 223532,"Great Thing",1 66868,"Jagger , Stoppard and",1 203752,"it 's boring",0 144304,"But Daphne , you 're too Buff \ \/ Fred thinks he 's tough \ \/ And Velma",0 113540,"aims for poetry and ends up sounding like satire",0 204650,"lacks any real raw emotion , which is fatal for a film that relies on personal relationships .",0 238986,"worthy of a place alongside the other Hannibal movies",1 175540,"this shoddy suspense thriller",0 207254,"nothing good can happen",0 223387,"For a film about explosions and death and spies , `` Ballistic : Ecks vs. Sever '' seems as safe as a children 's film .",0 94690,"that he 's the best brush in the business",1 27559,"a good film -- not a classic , but odd , entertaining and authentic",1 14976,"an old story",0 127416,"most awful acts",0 216321,"third-rate horror sequels",0 170358,"satire , too obviously hateful to be classified otherwise",0 91530,"required viewing in university computer science departments for years to come",1 44175,"A movie with a real anarchic flair",1 218987,"weighs down the tale with bogus profundities",0 15349,"by skilled ensemble actors",1 167479,"of genuine wit",1 115598,"be the biggest husband-and-wife disaster since John",0 51053,"dying coral",0 106873,"It 's excessively quirky and a little underconfident in its delivery , but otherwise this is the best ` old neighborhood ' project since Christopher Walken kinda romanced Cyndi Lauper in The Opportunists",1 158056,"dumbfoundingly",0 48777,"all the signs of rich detail condensed",1 178752,"women as pathetic , dysfunctional and destructive",0 218020,"two whole hours",0 215286,"the original was released in 1987 ... this story gets sillier , not scarier , as it goes along",0 191406,"a strong case for letting sleeping dogs lie",0 17169,"self-loathing",0 231982,"in a sense , that 's a liability .",0 191004,"a movie that is definitely meaningless , vapid and devoid of substance",0 79827,"fetishism . It is a movie about passion",1 238211,"undoubtedly play well in European markets , where Mr. Besson is a brand name , and in Asia , where Ms. Shu is an institution",1 177238,"unpleasant characters",0 151682,"a feature-length adaptation of one of those '' Can This Marriage Be Saved ? ''",0 110756,"Triple X marks the spot .",1 185275,"It ends up being neither , and fails at both endeavors .",0 210065,"rank frustration from those in the know about Rubbo 's dumbed-down tactics",0 102116,"( N ) o matter how much good will the actors generate , Showtime eventually folds under its own thinness .",0 8855,"more comfortable",1 143787,"An unsatisfying hybrid of Blair Witch and typical stalk-and-slash fare , where the most conservative protagonist is always the last one living",0 131198,"redundancy and",0 184707,"I see this piece of crap again",0 158959,"feels like a preamble to a bigger , more complicated story , one that never materializes",0 195358,"can be forgiven for realizing that you 've spent the past 20 minutes looking at your watch and waiting for Frida to just die already .",0 161614,"if you grew up on the stalker flicks of the 1980 's this one should appease you for 90 minutes",1 234093,"never mind all that : the boobs are fantasti",1 83843,"is a pretty good job , if it 's filmed Tosca that you want .",1 52918,"in fact , the best in recent memory",1 28408,"an unimpeachable core of emotional truth",1 14078,"Here 's a British flick gleefully unconcerned with plausibility , yet just as determined to entertain you .",1 163281,"is riddled with plot holes big enough for its titular hero to drive his sleek black BMW through .",0 126263,"live together",1 72068,"a nice little story",1 55983,"perfectly acceptable , occasionally very enjoyable children 's entertainment .",1 8442,"like a 10-course banquet",1 106230,"Highlighted",1 171762,"speak in glib sentences that could have only come from the pen of a screenwriter",0 86956,"me a lot of Memento",1 101911,"'s something poignant about an artist of 90-plus years taking the effort to share his impressions of life and loss and time and art with us .",1 152777,"about seeing an American football stadium nuked as pop entertainment",0 22003,"so much enjoyable to watch as it is enlightening to listen to new sides of a previous reality , and to visit with some of the people who were able to make an impact in the theater world",1 81820,"hate to tear your eyes away from the images",1 145898,"Howard and his co-stars all give committed performances ,",1 109766,"The film 's desire to be liked sometimes",0 6499,"find some hook on which to hang his persistently useless movies",0 40204,"with fleet turns of plot and a feast of visual amazement",1 161521,"humor , passion",1 165617,"makes you want to like it",1 28792,"and slam-bam action flicks",1 78052,"despicable",0 173770,"the dull , nerdy folks",0 204293,"its promising cast",1 22175,"that even a simple '' Goddammit ! ''",0 156210,"cheats on itself and retreats to comfortable",0 54166,"layered and stylistic",1 177832,"weep for the future when a good portion of the respected critical community in this country consider Blue Crush to be an intelligent film about young women",0 79421,"exceptionally well-acted",1 131006,"rare remakes",1 115755,"been too many of these films",0 222774,"But it has an ambition to say something about its subjects , but not a willingness .",0 22845,"with this movie - despite its myriad flaws",0 15263,"bigger-than-life screen",1 70803,"What a bewilderingly brilliant and entertaining",1 238204,"underneath such a mountain of clichés and borrowed images",0 188679,"The slapstick is labored , and",0 186579,"One of those staggeringly well-produced",1 162659,"is a primer on what happens when lack of know-how mixes with lack of give-a-damn",0 181043,", there is little else to recommend '' Never Again . ''",0 98769,"turn down",0 163629,"it 's asking too much",0 123452,"insulting , or childish",0 16386,"its magic in other parts of the world",1 170605,"seems just a long , convoluted ploy to get men into drag --",0 136740,"there 's nothing remotely triumphant about this motion picture .",0 48919,"an engrossing entertainment",1 228003,"a luv-spreading Dr. Feelgood or",1 12816,"wait for your pay per view dollar",0 53421,"is best when illustrating the demons bedevilling the modern masculine journey .",1 105916,"Full Frontal had no effect and elicited no sympathies for any of the characters . By that measure , it is a failure .",0 213150,"takes its title all too literally .",0 77816,"deep deceptions",0 161502,"however engaging",1 26246,"Novak manages to capture a cruelly hilarious vein of black comedy in the situation with his cast of non-actors and a gritty , no-budget approach .",1 210505,"retitle it The Adventures of Direct-to-Video Nash",0 57195,"some wonderfully fresh moments that smooth the moral stiffness with human kindness and hopefulness",1 67180,"Leguizamo 's best movie work so far , a subtle and richly internalized performance",1 222768,"But it also has many of the things that made the first one charming .",1 151787,"a gag die",0 231321,"grown tired of going where no man has gone before",0 119055,"ended so damned soon",0 24268,"A blessed gift",1 26220,"Not everything",0 193930,"bad a film",0 225295,"On its own , it 's not very interesting .",0 133842,"takes a surprising , subtle turn at the midway point",1 75324,"be surprised at the variety of tones in Spielberg 's work",1 169557,"quickly drags on becoming boring and predictable .",0 166479,"muddled to be an effectively chilling guilty pleasure",1 66652,"It 's secondary to American Psycho but still has claws enough to get inside you and stay there for a couple of hours .",1 108226,"Open-ended and composed",1 47884,"a commercial yet inventive filmmaker",1 31735,"for a mildly entertaining 77 minutes , if that 's what you 're in the mood for",1 8004,"its blood-drenched",0 47220,"The primitive force of this film seems to bubble up from the vast collective memory of the combatants . It 's like watching a nightmare made flesh .",1 11688,"the narration helps little",0 152742,"about as much substance as its end credits blooper reel",0 221964,"A coming-of-age film that avoids the cartoonish clichés and sneering humor of the genre as it provides a fresh view of an old type -- the uncertain girl on the brink of womanhood",1 169827,"recommend this film because for every thing it does right there",1 60997,"'s definitely an improvement on the first Blade , since it does n't take itself so deadly seriously",1 227048,"What bubbles up out of John C. Walsh 's Pipe Dream is the distinct and very welcome sense of watching intelligent people making a movie they might actually want to watch .",1 142761,"... ( like ) channel surfing between the Discovery Channel and a late-night made-for-cable action movie .",0 86633,"makes for a touching love story , mainly because Blanchett and Ribisi compellingly tap into a spiritual aspect of their characters ' suffering",1 82530,"hugely enjoyable in its own right though not really faithful to its source 's complexity",1 127478,"most opaque ,",1 139455,"well , I 'm not exactly sure what -- and has all the dramatic weight of a raindrop",0 188210,"The film rehashes several old themes and is capped with pointless extremes",0 213987,"the 1980s",0 40291,"with which actor and director take on life 's urgent questions",1 48457,"a triumph of gentility that earns its moments of pathos",1 114316,"animation back 30 years ,",0 123742,"is a festival film that would have been better off staying on the festival circuit .",0 90645,"pretty cute",1 213964,"that you 've wasted nearly two hours of your own precious life with this silly little puddle of a movie",0 97863,"to a small star with big heart",1 29625,"bizarrely original",1 163234,"is plastered with one Hollywood cliche after another , most of which involve precocious kids getting the better of obnoxious adults",0 165353,"low-cal Woody at best",0 67733,"My Big Fat Greek Wedding is that rare animal known as ' a perfect family film , ' because it 's about family .",1 212817,"succumb to appearing in this junk that 's TV sitcom material at best",0 140086,"with a subtlety that is an object lesson in period filmmaking",1 213377,"than coke . If you 're looking for a tale of Brits behaving badly , watch Snatch again . It 's 51 times better than this",0 175415,"this hybrid misses the impact of the Disney classic , and even that of the excellent 1934 MGM version",0 31371,"explicit",1 82971,"in its affectionate depiction of the gentle war between a reluctant , irresponsible man and the kid who latches onto him",1 204496,"juvenile delinquent",0 17997,"we go to the cinema : to be fed through the eye , the heart , the mind",1 97430,"this is a beautiful film for people who like their romances to have that French realism",1 141981,", I 'd recommend waiting for DVD and just skipping straight to her scenes",0 200802,"have done in half an hour",0 2097,"provides a very moving and revelatory footnote to the holocaust",1 148500,"Serving Sara should be served an eviction notice at every theater stuck with it .",0 3672,"a cohesive story",1 139946,"will remind them that Hong Kong action cinema is still alive and kicking",1 126083,"like an episode of the TV show Blind Date , only less technically proficient and without the pop-up comments",0 41794,"directs and edits around his screenplay 's sappier elements",1 102752,", one is struck less by its lavish grandeur than by its intimacy and precision .",1 154613,"bargain-basement photography and hackneyed romance",0 76514,"catch the pitch of his poetics , savor the pleasure of his sounds and images , and ponder the historical , philosophical , and ethical issues that intersect with them",1 129261,"offer an advance screening . '' The Adventures of Pluto Nash '' is a big time stinker",0 185700,"Lawrence sounds whiny and defensive , as if his life-altering experiences made him bitter and less mature .",0 72621,"a sweet , even delectable diversion",1 133540,"succeeds in entertaining ,",1 15562,"do n't really want to know",0 25700,"Invincible",1 72859,"a yawn",0 78627,"dreamy and",1 111585,"a brief amount of time",1 55158,"o filme mergulha o espectador em um clima de forte suspense , culminando em um desfecho que certamente fica na memória",1 197907,"enough chuckles for a three-minute sketch",0 35202,"of course stultifyingly contrived",0 143666,"Although sensitive to a fault , it 's often overwritten , with a surfeit of weighty revelations , flowery dialogue , and nostalgia for the past and roads not taken .",0 236292,"than Indecent Proposal",1 179470,"'re struggling to create .",0 18223,"lovable Siberian huskies ( plus one sheep dog )",1 131067,"real natural , even-flowing tone",1 196867,"deteriorates into a terribly obvious melodrama and rough-hewn vanity project for lead actress Andie MacDowell .",0 220628,"'re going to face frightening late fees",0 143483,"About the Benjamins is a totally formulaic movie",1 212219,"something to be taken seriously",1 233507,"local flavour",1 76417,"captures moments of spontaneous creativity and authentic co-operative interaction",1 237315,"the vulgar , sexist , racist humour",0 85785,"latest eccentric",1 221829,"... post-September 11 , `` The Sum Of All Fears '' seems more tacky and reprehensible , manipulating our collective fear without bestowing the subject with the intelligence or sincerity it unequivocally deserves .",0 28122,"adds up to good fun",1 35434,"of the best films of the year",1 16273,"is n't all that bad",1 108731,"Sadly , though many of the actors throw off a spark or two when they first appear , they ca n't generate enough heat in this cold vacuum of a comedy to start a reaction .",0 105189,"Confuses its message with an ultimate desire to please , and contorting itself into an idea of expectation",0 136136,"the rest is n't more compelling",0 182134,"Abandon '' will leave you wanting to abandon the theater .",0 104248,"An affable but undernourished romantic comedy that fails to match the freshness of the actress-producer and writer 's previous collaboration , Miss Congeniality .",0 69709,"The most brilliant and brutal UK crime film since Jack Carter",1 105687,"Even though the film does n't manage to hit all of its marks , it 's still entertaining to watch the target practice .",1 215005,"the manner of the storytelling , which undercuts the devastatingly telling impact of utter loss personified in the film 's simple title",0 32695,"humor and insight",1 126122,"like one of ( Spears ' ) music videos in content -- except that it goes on for at least 90 more minutes and , worse , that you have to pay if you want to see it",0 141447,"'s no other reason why anyone should bother remembering it",0 119224,"enveloping sounds",1 67262,"Like any good romance , Son of the Bride , proves it 's never too late to learn .",1 94906,"that the lack of linearity is the point of emotional and moral departure for protagonist Alice",0 173156,"that one would have to be mighty bored to even think of staying with this for more than , say , ten ... make that three minutes",0 78742,"eccentric and good-naturedly aimless story",1 109269,"Sundance Festival",1 97749,"tight and truthful , full of funny situations and honest observations",1 25608,"Huston nails both the glad-handing and the choking sense of hollow despair .",1 136008,"the pleasures in Walter 's documentary",1 130948,"quite touching",1 165124,"little wit , interest , and professionalism",0 196339,"could work , especially since the actresses in the lead roles are all more than competent",1 117061,"clever makeup design",1 176365,"to run over two hours",0 129469,"on the subgenre",1 184965,"Interview With the Assassin is structured less as a documentary and more as a found relic ,",0 158829,"fancy special effects",1 171394,"so charmless and vacant",0 12462,"to work , love stories require the full emotional involvement and support of a viewer . that is made almost impossible by events that set the plot in motion",0 101605,"'s an 88-minute highlight reel that 's 86 minutes too long .",0 188126,"The feature-length stretch ... strains the show 's concept .",0 154692,"be better as a diary or documentary",0 83484,"interesting and at times captivating",1 136002,"the pitfalls you 'd expect in such a potentially sudsy set-up",0 235646,"sham truths and routine",0 95753,"the flowers of perversity , comedy and romance",1 184278,"Handled correctly , Wilde 's play is a masterpiece of elegant wit and artifice . Here , alas , it collapses like an overcooked soufflé .",0 142549,", there is n't much",0 136516,"the very hollowness",0 5101,"being earnest , so thick with wit",1 10178,"road",0 208623,"one of the worst movies of one year",0 114433,"any recent film , independent or otherwise ,",1 224099,"Is there a group of more self-absorbed women than the mother and daughters featured in this film ?",0 170965,"should have died long ago",0 159097,"film festival",1 38021,"the best examples",1 40742,"Achieves a sort of filmic epiphany that revels in the true potential of the medium",1 225853,"Soderbergh 's best films , `` Erin Brockovich , '' `` Out of Sight '' and",1 117830,"damn it",0 18778,"Celebrated at Sundance , this slight comedy of manners has winning performances and a glossy , glib charm that 's hard to beat .",1 34022,"left with the sensation of having just witnessed a great performance",1 211036,"seem motivated by nothing short of dull , brain-deadening hangover",0 160662,"has cobbled together a film that feels like a sugar high gone awry .",0 123933,"is as deep as a Petri dish and as well-characterized as a telephone book but still",0 141238,"'s as if you 're watching a movie that was made in 1978 but not released then because it was so weak , and it has been unearthed and released now , when it has become even weaker",0 34561,"more enjoyable than the original",1 218241,"unpleasant excuse",0 38033,"the best same-sex romance",1 111844,"a fair bit of vampire fun",1 75231,"be captivated",1 5479,"certainly the performances are worthwhile .",1 236215,"swept away '' is the one hour and thirty-three minutes",1 225322,"One-of-a-kind",1 81015,"ghastly",0 42103,"humor and",1 86920,"may leave the theater with more questions than answers , but darned if your toes wo n't still be tapping .",1 224333,"It is n't quite one of the worst movies of the year .",0 7271,"i could just skip it",0 7107,"her heroine 's book sound convincing , the gender-war ideas original , or the comic scenes fly",1 155432,"bottom-feeder sequel",0 198565,"far-flung , illogical",0 148157,"Pretension , in its own way , is a form of bravery . For this reason and this reason only -- the power of its own steadfast , hoity-toity convictions -- Chelsea Walls deserves a medal .",1 221658,", told fairly well and scored to perfection , I found myself struggling to put my finger on that elusive `` missing thing . ''",1 86297,"looks an awful lot like life -- gritty , awkward and ironic",0 185324,"It never comes close to being either funny or scary",0 76727,"cinematic deception",0 132728,"so formulaic and forgettable that it 's hardly over before it begins to fade from memory",0 102778,", politically charged tapestry",1 149478,"The impulses that produced this project ... are commendable",1 125860,"leatherbound",1 143189,"A mawkish , implausible platonic romance that makes Chaplin 's City Lights seem dispassionate by comparison .",0 197863,"ends up being neither , and fails at both endeavors .",0 224331,"It is about irrational , unexplainable life and it seems so real because it does not attempt to filter out the complexity",1 152155,"a neat little story about believing in yourself",1 85035,"it has a more colorful , more playful tone than his other films .",1 180455,", Super Troopers suffers because it does n't have enough vices to merit its 103-minute length .",0 177442,"very funny but too concerned",1 109801,"The film has a laundry list of minor shortcomings , but the numerous scenes of gory mayhem are worth the price of admission ... if '' gory mayhem '' is your idea of a good time .",1 149449,"The first Fatal Attraction",1 93065,"some cute moments",1 30804,"director Carlos Carrera expertly weaves this novelistic story of entangled interrelationships and complex morality .",1 6505,"finds warmth in the coldest environment and",1 27854,"a star-making project",1 225773,"Showtime is nevertheless efficiently amusing for a good while .",1 86600,"make this an eminently engrossing film .",1 201624,"ill-considered notion",0 36497,"renown",1 9600,"par with the first one",1 139353,"waydowntown may not be an important movie , or even a good one",0 217781,"trek to the ` plex predisposed to like it probably will enjoy themselves . But ticket-buyers with great expectations",0 33047,"infectious cultural fable",1 114025,"an excellent 90-minute film",1 79991,"fine effort",1 211545,"show that if you give a filmmaker an unlimited amount of phony blood , nothing good can happen",0 181396,"1987",1 21233,"likely to be disappointed",0 51998,"funniest and",1 72618,"a suspenseful spin on standard horror flick formula",1 137556,"to enhance the self-image of drooling idiots",0 8348,"lame",0 3435,"( the kid 's )",1 195664,"children smiling for the camera than typical documentary footage which hurts the overall impact of the film",0 179327,"'' has the makings of an interesting meditation on the ethereal nature of the internet and the otherworldly energies it could channel",1 30135,"cheery",1 219105,"what debt Miramax felt they owed to Benigni",0 45858,"Jackson and co have brought back the value and respect for the term epic cinema .",1 222767,"But it also comes with the laziness and arrogance of a thing that already knows it 's won .",0 145997,"I became mad that I wasted 123 minutes and $ 9 .",0 152009,"a low-budget hybrid of Scarface",0 172031,"stop time",1 53408,"is as seductive as it is haunting",1 56373,"raises the standard of her profession",1 59070,"though it 's told with sharp ears and eyes for the tenor of the times",1 172522,"takes way too many years",1 42838,"the most transporting or gripping film from Iran --",1 64075,"As a girl-meets-girl romantic comedy",1 20848,"if not a pleasure in its own right",1 224375,"It might as well have been Problem Child IV .",0 36623,"rough waters",0 180365,", Eastwood is off his game",0 237618,"thought I heard a mysterious voice , and felt myself powerfully drawn toward the light -- the light of the exit sign .",0 53288,"is a glorious failure",0 229359,"benefited from a sharper , cleaner script",1 153500,"an undeveloped narrative and enough flashbacks and",0 26530,"Schweig , who carries the film on his broad , handsome shoulders",1 40989,"It 's endearing to hear Madame D . refer to her husband as ` Jackie ' -- and",1 172496,"takes a strange kind of laziness to waste the talents of Robert Forster , Anne Meara , Eugene Levy , and Reginald VelJohnson all in the same movie .",0 26076,"Metropolis worth seeing",1 101554,"'s a very tasteful rock and roll movie",1 92146,"seem to keep upping the ante on each other , just as their characters do in the film . What results is the best performance from either in years",1 169678,"raunchy sex gags",1 64050,"Armed with a game supporting cast , from the pitch-perfect Forster to the always hilarious Meara and Levy , Like Mike shoots and scores , doing its namesake proud",1 231837,"humbuggery ...",0 230729,"fantasy best sellers",1 141551,"'s really unclear",0 222475,"As the movie traces Mr. Brown 's athletic exploits , it is impossible not to be awed by the power and grace of one of the greatest natural sportsmen of modern times .",1 154804,"be required to have ushers in the theater that hand you a cup of coffee every few minutes . Like a marathon runner trying to finish a race , you need a constant influx of liquid just to get through it",0 53872,"it turns out to be another winning star vehicle",1 179629,"'s an opera movie for the buffs .",1 47030,"The film 's almost unbearable portrait",0 237544,"this makes for perfectly acceptable , occasionally very enjoyable children 's entertainment .",1 50706,"deeply satisfying awareness",1 173016,"that groans along thinking itself some important comment on how life throws us some beguiling curves",0 8290,"keep things moving along at a brisk , amusing pace",1 194688,"bizarre realm",0 30928,"does well",1 150242,"This is not the undisputed worst boxing movie ever , but it 's certainly not a champion -",0 89433,"on people , a project in which the script and characters hold sway",1 227611,"`` The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys '' has flaws , but it also has humor and heart and very talented young actors",1 61143,"'s never too late to learn",1 215051,"the modern rut of narrative banality",0 157959,"dreary , incoherent , self-indulgent mess",0 60886,"'s a wise and powerful tale of race and culture forcefully told , with superb performances throughout",1 1513,"its raucous",0 171486,"so stoked to make an important film about human infidelity and happenstance that he tosses a kitchen sink onto a story already overladen with plot conceits",0 1741,"minority report delivers all that and a whole lot more",1 149300,"The director , with his fake backdrops and stately pacing , never settles on a consistent tone .",0 102811,", satisfying",1 21226,"like the new footage",1 53566,"is one of the rare directors who feels acting is the heart and soul of cinema . He allows his cast members to make creative contributions to the story and dialogue . This method almost never fails him , and it works superbly here .",1 14041,"Fuller would surely have called this gutsy and at times exhilarating movie a great yarn .",1 60942,"'s an often-cute film but either needs more substance to fill the time or some judicious editing",0 68743,"She nearly glows with enthusiasm , sensuality and a conniving wit .",1 7924,"it delivers some chills and sustained unease , but flounders in its quest for deeper meaning",1 125951,"lie down in a dark room with something cool",0 33297,"is almost unsurpassed .",1 124310,"is n't world championship material",0 50277,"comes far closer than many movies to expressing the way many of us live -- someplace between consuming self-absorption and insistently demanding otherness .",1 175978,"to be thrilling , touching or , yikes , uproarious",1 124829,"it 's far from being this generation 's Animal House .",0 170349,"sank from quirky to jerky to utter turkey .",0 68795,"Simple , poignant and leavened with humor",1 82561,"humorous and",1 172461,"take a nap",0 126351,"looks back on those places he saw at childhood , and captures them by freeing them from artefact , and by showing them heartbreakingly drably .",1 53679,"is to get out of a peculiar premise with promise",1 9800,"powerful , accessible and",1 30306,"complain all the time about seeing the same ideas repeated in films over and over again",0 40313,"witty and inventive , too",1 22484,"to anyone looking for something different",1 146041,"I do n't have an I Am Sam clue .",0 121297,"good and ambitious",1 55878,"outrageous , ingenious",1 10606,"some fancy special effects",1 141671,"'s too busy flying a lot of metaphoric flags",0 13823,"A well-made thriller",1 180320,") fondness for fancy split-screen , stuttering editing and pompous references to Wittgenstein and Kirkegaard",0 13415,"'' you 'll get a sock-you-in-the-eye flick that is a visual tour-de-force and a story that is unlike any",1 15122,"aptly enough , a challenge and a punishment .",0 57244,"speak to the ways in which need , history and presumption tangle ,",1 144025,"Bad beyond belief and ridiculous beyond description .",0 234707,"once intimate and universal cinema",1 154045,"as American Pie On Valium",0 222076,"A rewarding work of art for only the most patient and challenge-hungry moviegoers .",1 97591,"those terrific documentaries",1 6985,"has a few nice twists in a standard plot and the charisma of hugh grant and sandra bullock",1 7102,"her heroine 's book sound convincing",1 95473,"the discomfort and embarrassment of being a bumbling American in Europe",0 218730,"was being attempted here that stubbornly refused to gel",0 143642,"Almost everything else",0 220734,"'s a very very strong `` B + .",1 83357,"inherently funny",1 35172,"of astonishing delicacy and force .",1 166338,"most of which passed as slowly as if I 'd been sitting naked on an igloo",0 23068,"'s a remarkably solid and subtly satirical tour de force .",1 89008,"of the finest",1 35486,"of the obstacles to happiness",1 136680,"their often heartbreaking testimony , spoken directly into director Patricio Guzman 's camera",1 224750,"Maybe it 's the star power of the cast or the redundant messages , but something aboul `` Full Frontal '' seems , well , contrived .",0 206812,"natter",0 137285,"tired old gags",0 118378,"distasteful",0 144626,"Could The Country Bears really be as bad as its trailers ? In a word -- yes",0 215419,"the problem with Wendigo",0 83458,"intelligent people",1 23289,", Armenian-Canadian director Atom Egoyan broached an original treatment of a deeply personal subject .",1 187390,"So muddled , repetitive and ragged that it says far less about the horrifying historical reality than about the filmmaker 's characteristic style",0 186920,"Return to Neverland manages to straddle the line between another classic for the company and just another run-of-the-mill Disney sequel intended for the home video market .",0 149323,"The editing is chaotic , the photography grainy and badly focused , the writing unintentionally hilarious , the direction unfocused ,",0 67101,"Lacks the inspiration of the original and has a bloated plot that stretches the running time about 10 minutes past a child 's interest and an adult 's patience .",0 180299,"( somebody suggested the stills might make a nice coffee table book )",0 222117,"A wannabe comedy of manners about a brainy prep-school kid with a Mrs. Robinson complex founders on its own preciousness -- and squanders its beautiful women .",0 82891,"in all of their pity and terror",0 221521,", she 's appealingly manic and energetic .",1 52115,"gets vivid performances from her cast and pulls off some deft Ally McBeal-style fantasy sequences .",1 197093,"dislikable",0 69161,"Tense",0 150978,"Wince-inducing dialogue , thrift-shop costumes , prosthetic makeup by Silly Putty and Kmart blue-light-special effects",0 101463,"'re ready to hate one character , or really sympathize with another character",1 167178,"of Cho 's life story , which provided an engrossing dramatic through line",1 164899,"like a couple of mediocre TV-movie",0 108405,"Plays like a living-room War Of The Worlds , gaining most of its unsettling force from the suggested and the unknown .",0 2936,"to live , but a fine little amuse-bouche to keep your appetite",1 88470,"of character-driven storytelling",1 71798,"a hardy group of determined New Zealanders has proved its creative mettle .",1 148848,"Starts out with tremendous promise , introducing an intriguing and alluring premise , only to fall prey to a boatload of screenwriting cliches that sink it faster than a leaky freighter",0 197136,"distressing",0 63600,"A zinger-filled crowd-pleaser that open-minded Elvis fans",1 51778,"for adults . The characters are interesting and often very creatively constructed from figure to backstory .",1 224030,"In other words , it 's just another sports drama\/character study .",0 112865,"a taut contest",1 71124,"You can almost see Mendes and company getting together before a single frame had been shot and collectively vowing , ` This is going to be something really good . '",1 44605,"Aside from minor tinkering , this is the same movie you probably loved in 1994 , except that it looks even better .",1 230496,"elusive ... stagy and stilted",0 23164,"'s refreshing to see a cartoon that knows what it is , and knows the form 's history",1 204738,"laugh-free lecture",0 27435,"a comedy with more laughs than many , no question .",1 176287,"to offend by appearing either too serious or too lighthearted , it offends by just being wishy-washy",0 205522,"lull you to sleep",0 225192,"Not even Solondz 's thirst for controversy , sketchy characters and immature provocations can fully succeed at cheapening it .",0 218882,"watching your favorite pet get buried alive",0 33618,"it abundantly clear that this movie phenomenon has once again reinvented itself for a new generation",1 121565,"half-baked setups and sluggish pacing",0 153113,"all the cliches",0 22163,"that a few of the characters act in ways that real people would n't",0 125938,"lets go your emotions , taking them to surprising highs , sorrowful lows and hidden impulsive niches ... gorgeous , passionate , and at times uncommonly moving .",1 148750,"Somehow we 're meant to buy that this doting mother would shun her kids , travel to one of the most dangerous parts of the world , don fatigues and become G . I . Jane .",0 11447,"the full assault",0 88542,"of elaborate and twisted characters",1 202085,"in this romantic comedy",1 100896,"worth your seven bucks",1 142637,", why did n't he just do it , instead of using bad sci-fi as window dressing ?",0 237600,"those unassuming films that sneaks up on you and stays with you long after you have left the theatre",1 132739,"so insanely stupid",0 127115,"mind-numbingly awful",0 83850,"is a refreshingly smart and newfangled variation on several themes derived from far less sophisticated and knowing horror films",1 200875,"have seen before , but beneath the exotic surface ( and exotic dancing ) it 's surprisingly old-fashioned",1 221813,"... is inspiring , ironic , and revelatory of just how ridiculous and money-oriented the record industry really is .",1 155393,"boring , wincingly cute and nauseatingly politically correct cartoon",0 112047,"a gorgeous color palette",1 196643,"decent performances",1 211664,"single gag sequence",1 202909,"is expressly for idiots who do n't care what kind of sewage they shovel into their mental gullets to simulate sustenance",0 63501,"A thoughtful and surprisingly affecting portrait of a screwed-up man who dared to mess with some powerful people , seen through the eyes of the idealistic kid who chooses to champion his ultimately losing cause",1 126250,"little style",0 155096,"believe that a life like this can sound so dull",0 182383,"An awkwardly contrived exercise in magic realism .",0 4011,"a nasty aftertaste but little clear memory",0 83081,"in the current climate of mergers and downsizing",0 53248,"is NOT a retread of '' Dead Poets ' Society . ''",0 63523,"A tone poem of transgression .",1 49153,"are exactly what was missing from Rabbit-Proof Fence",0 230069,"cute alien creature",1 50785,"deserves a huge amount of the credit for the film 's thoroughly winning tone",1 77942,"delivering a dramatic slap",1 104560,"At best , Cletis Tout might inspire a trip to the video store -- in search of a better movie experience .",0 174513,"the people who watched the robots getting butchered in A . I .",0 40931,"Griffin 's smartly nuanced performance and",1 188834,"There 's not a comedic moment in this romantic comedy .",0 3825,"a good performance",1 111556,"a bilingual charmer ,",1 162550,"is Hartley 's least accessible screed",0 97719,"through the sugar coating",0 196698,"degrades its characters , its stars and its audience",0 37961,"the Italian masterpiece",1 189845,"Would 've been nice if the screenwriters had trusted audiences to understand a complex story , and left off the film 's predictable denouement .",0 84867,"it 's also disappointing to a certain degree",0 210014,"quite an achievement",1 87668,"my enjoyment came at the expense of seeing justice served , even if it 's a dish that 's best served cold",1 176492,"to the overcooked , ham-fisted direction , which has all the actors reaching for the back row",0 12929,"well-meaning to a fault , antwone fisher manages the dubious feat of turning one man 's triumph of will into everyman 's romance comedy",1 119148,"enough flourishes and freak-outs to make it entertaining",1 197931,"enough to the story to fill two hours",1 144679,"Culkin exudes none of the charm or charisma that might keep a more general audience even vaguely interested in his bratty character .",0 11707,"the original",1 219550,"will not disappoint anyone who values the original comic books",1 134329,"that fumbles away almost all of its accumulated enjoyment with a crucial third act miscalculation",0 168449,"out-of-kilter character",0 163610,"it 's a pretty mediocre family film .",0 123323,"indie of the year , so far",1 182661,"Attal pushes too hard to make this a comedy or serious drama .",0 82881,"in action",1 187214,"Seven rip-off",0 38398,"the man 's greatness",1 145486,"Frei 's control loosens in direct proportion to the amount of screen time he gives Nachtwey for self-analysis .",0 166887,"no way to sort out the mess in our heads and deconstruct where it all went wrong",0 22480,"to a crystalline point",1 177184,"unfortunately do n't enable them to discern flimsy screenplays",0 139459,"well done and perfectly",1 188145,"The film 's most improbable feat ? It did n't go straight to video .",0 50350,"complexities",0 15611,"dwarfs everything else in the film",1 20399,"do n't have to add up to mesmerize you",1 81174,"go-for-broke",1 35292,"of intricate elegance",1 187511,"Spreads itself too thin ,",0 31651,"finds surprising depth in its look at the binds of a small family",1 208694,"only now it 's begun to split up so that it can do even more damage",0 44761,"Both heartbreaking and",1 17868,"too-tepid biopic",0 211804,"sloppy , made-for-movie",0 136142,"the results are honest",1 151958,"a letdown",0 110768,"Trying to make head or tail of the story in the hip-hop indie Snipes is enough to give you brain strain --",0 181755,"A laughable -- or rather",0 228302,"about kicking undead \*\*\*",1 226347,"The movie 's messages are quite admirable , but the story is just too clichéd and too often strains credulity",0 196955,"dim-witted and lazy spin-off",0 42576,"safe and",1 235151,"quiet , patient and tenacious as Mr. Lopez himself",1 35874,"own eccentricities",1 41133,"Often moving and explores the discomfort inherent in the contacts between the American ` hosts ' and their ` guests .",1 197165,"do as best you can with a stuttering script",0 164303,"just do n't really care too much about this love story . In that setting , their struggle is simply too ludicrous and borderline insulting .",0 188028,"The characters seem one-dimensional , and",0 222557,"Be prepared to cling to the edge of your seat , tense with suspense .",1 208111,"of the most unpleasant things the studio",0 17637,"the right place ... innocent and well-meaning",1 90125,"pathos to support the scattershot terrorizing tone",0 43103,"'ll feel as the credits roll is your stomach grumbling for some tasty grub",0 178474,"with Spanish inquisitions about her '' madness '' so much that I became mad that I wasted 123 minutes and $ 9 .",0 134394,"that is worthy of our respect",1 25078,"Davis has filled out his cast with appealing fresh faces .",1 147669,"New Best Friend should n't have gone straight to video : it should have gone straight to a Mystery Science Theater 3000 video .",0 191157,"a questionable kind of inexcusable dumb innocence",0 51355,"eventually winning squareness that would make it the darling of many a kids-and-family-oriented cable channel",1 31661,"finely",1 154965,"been fleshed out a little more instead of going for easy smiles",0 123463,"intellectual and emotional pedigree",1 103056,", you might soon be looking for a sign . An EXIT sign , that is .",0 104189,"Although largely a heavy-handed indictment of parental failings and the indifference of Spanish social workers and legal system towards child abuse",0 165247,"looks like it was produced in 1954 , shelved for 48 years ,",0 103095,"-- if predictable --",0 130711,"promising , talented , charismatic and tragically",1 68008,"One of the funniest motion pictures of the year , but",1 34820,"n't transform Caviezel into a movie star",1 235367,"reveals itself to be a sudsy tub of supernatural hokum",0 72018,"a more straightforward , dramatic treatment ,",1 6410,"far too",0 211207,"sell it",1 231855,"hypnotically dull .",0 165159,"long , convoluted ploy",0 60027,"well-directed and , for all its moodiness ,",1 120481,"for some robust and scary entertainment",1 96862,"the terrifying message",0 62754,"A ... cynical and serious look at teenage boys doing what they do best - being teenagers",1 215288,"the other sloppy",0 24421,"A psychological thriller with a smart script and an obsessive-compulsive 's attention to detail .",1 56061,"pleasant enough thing",1 31777,"for on screen thrills",1 87831,"new age",1 60102,"when they need it to sell us on this twisted love story , but who can also negotiate the movie 's darker turns",1 143039,"A cinematic sleeping pill of impressive potency",0 87204,"monotone",0 141188,"'s all pretty cynical and condescending",0 106758,"Intensely romantic ,",1 19718,"always remains movingly genuine",1 237444,"they 've already seen this exact same movie a hundred times",0 197702,"edited , often awkwardly directed and suffers from the addition of a wholly unnecessary pre-credit sequence designed to give some of the characters a ` back story",0 71143,"You emerge dazed , confused as to whether you 've seen pornography or documentary .",0 185498,"Johnnie To and Wai Ka Fai are ) sure to find an enthusiastic audience among American action-adventure buffs , but the film 's interests may be too narrow to attract crossover viewers .",0 204857,"less a documentary and more propaganda",0 238517,"we had to endure last summer , and",0 236181,"surprising new life into the familiar by amalgamating genres and adding true human complexity to its not-so-stock characters . '",1 83875,"is a small but rewarding comedy that takes aim at contemporary southern adolescence and never lets up .",1 96494,"the prospect of their own mortality",1 28978,"any true film addict",1 68927,"Speaks eloquently about the symbiotic relationship between art and life .",1 153569,"and immature character",0 134646,"that you enjoy more because you 're one of the lucky few who sought it out",1 216099,"there 's lots of cute animals and clumsy people . ` Snow Dogs ' has both",1 28305,"an aborbing if arguable case for the man 's greatness .",1 6874,"great",1 125300,"its material that is deliberately unsettling",0 54461,"mad , set-piece mad , style",0 158752,"fails the most basic relevancy test",0 71788,"a hallucinatory dreamscape that frustrates and captivates",1 80914,"genuine and",1 53920,"its empowerment",1 132490,"similarly ill-timed",0 234630,"offers escapism",1 124485,"is shrewd enough to activate girlish tear ducts does n't mean it 's good enough for our girls",0 104053,"About as enjoyable",1 44581,"As comedic spotlights go , Notorious C . H . O . hits all the verbal marks it should .",1 38293,"the greatest generation",1 40691,"A real movie , about real people , that gives us a rare glimpse into a culture most of us do n't know",1 12907,"we root for ( clara and paul ) , even like them , though perhaps it 's an emotion closer to pity .",1 84011,"is an inspirational love story , capturing the innocence and idealism of that first encounter .",1 31186,"epic way , daring , inventive and refreshingly unusual",1 51643,"filled with love for the movies of the 1960s .",1 231651,"hear Madame D. refer to her husband as ` Jackie ' -- and he does make for excellent company",1 149240,"The best you can say about it is it",1 54279,"likes",1 213661,"that he 's spiffing up leftovers that are n't so substantial or fresh",0 103301,"3 Oscar winners",1 182194,"After Next spreads them pretty thin",1 135874,"the next Animal House",1 92872,"smart , funny and just honest enough to provide the pleasures of a slightly naughty , just-above-average off - Broadway play",1 107881,"Much like its easily dismissive",0 115735,"been more charming than in About a Boy",1 126883,"may be incomprehensible to moviegoers not already clad in basic black .",0 108609,"Resembles a soft porn Brian De Palma pastiche .",0 229611,"ca n't even do that much",0 208279,"offensive , puerile and unimaginatively foul-mouthed",0 32743,"if that 's what you 're in the mood for",0 180665,", his little changes ring hollow",0 28954,"antagonists",0 33229,"is a good stepping stone for director Sprecher .",1 72176,"a pretty good execution of a story that 's a lot richer than the ones Hollywood action screenwriters usually come up with on their own",1 191207,"a reprieve",1 15294,"brash , sardonic , completely joyful",1 23324,", Pumpkin is definitely a unique modern fairytale .",1 122335,"his impressions of life and loss and",1 229783,"certainly an entertaining ride , despite many talky , slow scenes .",1 205498,"low-budget series",0 93578,"strange film",0 232079,"in which the rest of the cast was outshined by LL Cool J.",0 186338,"Nicks and Steinberg match their own creations for pure venality -- that 's giving it the old college try .",0 67102,"Lacks the inspiration of the original and has a bloated plot that stretches the running time about 10 minutes past a child 's interest and an adult 's patience . But",0 190131,"a bad improvisation exercise , the superficially written characters ramble on tediously about their lives , loves and the art",0 183701,"Entertains not",0 200208,"great fun to watch performing in a film that is only mildly diverting",1 63829,"An ambitious movie that , like Shiner 's organizing of the big fight , pulls off enough",1 38629,"the simplest story",0 190261,"a case of masochism and an hour and a half",0 209025,"painless",1 162125,"increasingly incoherent fashion",0 71363,"a celebrated wonder",1 42693,"steeped themselves in the majesty of Tolkien 's writing that every frame produces new joys ,",1 51051,"dying and going",0 142732,". Dick",0 128822,"of near-hypnotic physical beauty",1 147397,"McConaughey 's fun",1 140373,"wonderful on the big screen",1 16313,"it 's done with a lot of careful period attention as well as some very welcome wit .",1 105290,"Curling may be a unique sport but Men with Brooms is distinctly ordinary",0 18096,"with a winning style",1 144848,"Dilbert without the right-on satiric humor",0 150237,"This is n't just the CliffsNotes version of Nicholas Nickleby , it 's the CliffsNotes with pages missing .",0 50723,"delicious , quirky movie",1 8016,"its comic",1 56230,"proves she 's that rare luminary who continually raises the standard of her profession",1 186807,"Punch-Drunk Love is so convinced of its own brilliance that , if it were a person , you 'd want to smash its face in . '",0 238105,"treasures and even marvels",1 79007,"engaging than the usual fantasies Hollywood produces",1 24597,"American dream",1 65352,"Evelyn 's strong cast and surehanded direction make for a winning , heartwarming yarn .",1 110055,"The only thing that distinguishes a Randall Wallace film from any other is the fact that there is nothing distinguishing in a Randall Wallace film .",0 99355,"very little sense",0 182504,"Any attempts at nuance given by the capable cast",0 67219,"Light the candles , bring out the cake and do n't fret about the calories because there 's precious little substance in Birthday Girl --",0 215924,"the worst films",0 128658,"of feminine energy , a tribute to the power of women to heal",1 117944,"deep , uncompromising curtsy",0 129534,"one mediocre movie",0 162165,"ineffectual Broomfield",0 130908,"quietly hopeful",1 177855,"weird resonances",0 87495,"most virtuous",1 142609,", viewers may find themselves wishing they could roll over and take a nap .",0 201446,"humor and eye-popping visuals",1 163624,"it 's also generic , untidy , condescending and mild of impact rather than stunning",0 67115,"Land , people and narrative flow together in a stark portrait of motherhood deferred and desire explored .",1 6931,"hand in hand",1 168266,"only a depiction of pain",0 42768,"terms of style and ethnicity , prevents the proceedings from feeling repetitious",1 188399,"The movie 's ultimate point -- that everyone should be themselves -- is trite , but",0 232302,"is a greater attention to the parents -- and particularly the fateful fathers -- in the emotional evolution of the two bewitched adolescents .",1 138215,"totally unexpected directions",1 220165,"written as assembled , Frankenstein-like , out of other , marginally better shoot-em-ups",0 57455,"stylized Swedish fillm about a modern city",1 96599,"the rope snaps",0 13604,", it finds humor in the foibles of human behavior ,",1 22000,"so funny , aggressive and alive",1 110212,"The town has kind of an authentic feel , but",1 125617,"kinky fun",1 69739,"The movie is amateurish",0 73881,"an intimacy",1 125290,"its luckiest viewers",1 42149,"is a film well",1 182658,"Attal 's hang-ups surrounding infidelity are so old-fashioned and , dare I say , outdated ,",0 152864,"achieves a sort of ridiculous sourness",0 230449,"dumb , narratively chaotic , visually sloppy ... a weird amalgam",0 153231,"am sorry that I was unable to get the full brunt of the comedy",0 109571,"The art direction is often exquisite , and",1 211959,"so many merchandised-to-the-max movies",0 157841,"doing something else far more pleasurable . Something like scrubbing the toilet . Or emptying rat traps .",0 120195,"five minutes but instead",1 194055,"be a power outage during your screening so you can get your money back",0 141815,"( Solondz 's ) cool compassion",1 35982,"perhaps the simplest story of all",1 21906,"say that a few of the characters act in ways that real people would n't",0 131247,"relatively dry material",0 191814,"above the level of an after-school TV special",0 45502,"Hoffman 's performance is authentic to the core of his being .",1 175508,"this oppressively gloomy techno-horror clambake",0 31103,"engaging look",1 31334,"except gently and in that way that makes us consider our own eccentricities and how they are expressed through our homes",1 217070,"to gravity and plummets",0 133548,"successful animated movies",1 62110,", no-frills ride",0 78386,"documentary to disregard available bias",1 87233,"more balanced or fair portrayal",1 102200,"( unintentionally ) funniest moments",1 119380,"ever released by a major film studio .",1 233874,"mimics everyone and everything",0 181240,". Curiously , Super Troopers suffers because it does n't have enough vices to merit its 103-minute length .",0 85536,"juiced with enough energy and excitement",1 237675,"tired of going where no man has gone before",0 5738,"controversy",0 228809,"are jarring and deeply out of place in what could have",0 49234,"as Grant 's two best films",1 187641,"Sweet Home Alabama is one dumb movie",0 79861,"fights a good fight on behalf of the world 's endangered reefs",1 124241,"is masterful . This makes Minority Report necessary viewing for sci-fi fans , as the film has some of the best special effects ever",1 153247,"ambitious failure",0 64883,"Crudup 's anchoring performance",1 101579,"'s all the stronger because of it",1 133541,"succeeds in entertaining , despite playing out like a feature-length sitcom replete with stereotypical familial quandaries",1 145317,"Feels like one of those contrived , only-in - Hollywood productions where name actors deliver big performances created for the sole purpose of generating Oscar talk",0 89670,"one-of-a-kind tour de force",1 14705,"a connoisseur of psychological horror",1 52202,"good thing",1 119859,"feel is n't mainly suspense or excitement",1 201437,"humanly possible",1 87102,"might just be the movie you 're looking for",1 181766,"A listless and desultory affair .",0 78743,"eccentricities that are attached to the concept of loss",1 82,"- been-told-a - thousand-times",0 99199,"us '' versus '' them ''",0 40947,"Hip-hop has a history , and it 's a metaphor for this love story",1 81918,"have recharged him",1 147906,"One groan-inducing familiarity begets another .",0 107490,"Likely to have decades of life as a classic movie franchise ? Let 's hope not .",0 62991,"A film about female friendship that men can embrace and women will talk about for hours .",1 99709,"we 're seeing something purer than the real thing",1 18593,"A tender and touching drama , based on the true story of a troubled African-American 's quest to come to terms with his origins , reveals the yearning we all have in our hearts for acceptance within the family circle .",1 215365,"the playwright Craig Lucas explored with infinitely more grace and eloquence in his Prelude to a Kiss",1 171823,"sporadically amusing",1 65474,"Fast and funny , an action cartoon that 's suspenseful enough for older kids but not too scary for the school-age crowd",1 186778,"Pretend like your SAT scores are below 120 and",0 102255,", Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets finds a way to make J . K . Rowling 's marvelous series into a deadly bore .",0 124229,"is long on narrative and ( too ) short on action",0 107242,"Just a collection of this and that -- whatever fills time -- with no unified whole",0 157058,"cumbersome and cliche-ridden movie",0 237346,"the world 's political situation",0 234737,"one of the year 's most enjoyable releases",1 27104,"Under a Red Bridge is a quirky and poignant Japanese film that explores the fascinating connections between women , water , nature , and sexuality .",1 75994,"bronze",1 67725,"Murder hits and generally sustains a higher plateau with Bullock 's memorable first interrogation of Gosling .",1 121312,"good material",1 2156,"respect",1 211162,"seen such self-amused trash",0 90893,"punching up the mix",1 159787,"fudges facts",0 48099,"a gritty urban mosaic",1 72687,"a tough pill to swallow and",0 146612,"It 's slow -- very , very slow . It 's not the ultimate Depression-era gangster movie . That 's pure PR hype .",0 169752,"really bad movies",0 207564,"of a satisfying movie experience",1 225504,"Predictably melodramatic .",0 195652,"cheesy screenplay",0 101461,"'re ready to hate one character ,",0 202858,"is depressing , ruthlessly pained and depraved ,",0 169661,"rather like an overlong visit from a large group of your relatives . As your relatives swap one mundane story after another",0 3171,"will be far more interesting to the soderbergh faithful than it will be to the casual moviegoer who might be lured in by julia roberts ...",1 10864,"surreal enough to be diverting",1 64125,"Astonishing",1 162344,"interminably it 's like watching a miserable relationship unfold in real time",0 217694,"torments and",0 144828,"Dialogue-heavy and too cerebral for its own good -- or , at any rate , too cerebral for its racy subject matter .",0 179961,"'s really nothing more than warmed-over Cold War paranoia",0 106913,"It 's nice to see Piscopo again after all these years ,",1 199934,"give strong and convincing performances",1 141465,"'s not even a TV special you 'd bother watching past the second commercial break",0 126582,"maintains a cool distance",1 181474,": It never comes close to being either funny or scary .",0 154127,"as anything more than markers in a screenplay",0 180621,", entertaining and , ultimately , more perceptive moment",1 57809,"that is nobility of a sort",1 146560,"It 's not original , and",0 23132,"'s hard not to be seduced by ( Witherspoon 's ) charisma , even in this run-of-the-mill vehicle , because this girl knows how to drive it to the max .",1 154930,"becomes too heavy for the plot .",0 90129,"pathos-filled but ultimately life-affirming finale",1 61963,", imagination and insight",1 174362,"the movie seems confident enough to handle subtlety",1 84814,"is well crafted",1 166010,"misconceived enterprise that only a sophisticated cinephile could have perpetrated .",0 135795,"the movie 's contrived , lame screenplay and listless direction",0 6736,"gazing at an egg timer for 93 minutes",0 226671,"This is one for the ages .",1 34267,"macabre , self-deprecating sense",0 59106,"through its otherwise comic narrative",1 61951,", hopefully , this film will attach a human face to all those little steaming cartons .",1 36292,"quirkiness , eccentricity , and certain individuals ' tendency to let it all hang out , and damn the consequences",1 121720,"has brought unexpected gravity to Blade II",1 233454,"like scrubbing the toilet .",0 94730,"that it 's hard not to be carried away",1 114151,"an underachiever",0 56715,"saves this deeply affecting film from being merely",1 43015,"will encourage others to stand up and applaud , and will , undoubtedly , leave both camps engaged in a ferocious debate for years to come",1 162281,"insubstantial plot",0 238785,"will keep you watching , as will the fight scenes",1 167335,"of accurately accounting a terrible true story",1 27709,"a nicely detailed world",1 226709,"This time Mr. Burns is trying something in the Martin Scorsese street-realist mode , but",0 130469,"possesses all the good intentions in the world",1 162946,"is insufficiently enlightening and inviting",0 59846,"very enjoyable",1 103854,"A searing , epic treatment of a nationwide blight that seems to be ,",1 164640,"laziest",0 226127,"The Master of Disguise is funny -- not",0 88217,"of Hollywood fluff",0 46918,"The Last Kiss",1 108094,"Oddly , the film is n't nearly as downbeat as it sounds , but strikes a tone that 's alternately melancholic , hopeful and strangely funny .",1 87678,"mysterious , sensual",1 84384,"is more accurate than anything I have seen in an American film",1 66522,"It 's always fascinating to watch Marker the essayist at work .",1 185529,"Juliette Binoche 's Sand is vivacious , but it 's hard to sense that powerhouse of 19th-century prose behind her childlike smile .",1 107057,"It seems impossible that an epic four-hour Indian musical about a cricket game could be this good , but",1 219447,"wickedly undramatic",0 204405,"joylessly",0 233076,"it one of the year 's most enjoyable releases",1 144923,"Do n't let your festive spirit go this far .",0 76078,"but could have and should have been deeper .",0 110865,"Vereté has a whip-smart sense of narrative bluffs .",1 60464,"work more often than not",1 152701,"a yellow streak a mile wide decorates its back",0 110256,"The wonderful combination of the sweetness and the extraordinary technical accomplishments of the first film are maintained",1 217127,"to its own detriment --",0 21594,"offers all the perfect ingredients to more than satisfy your appetite",1 234394,"of clichés and a dim",0 116074,"boasts dry humor and jarring shocks , plus moments of breathtaking mystery .",1 125201,"its comic course",1 25001,"Clooney 's a good director .",1 130682,"produced sparkling retina candy",1 137555,"to engross even the most antsy youngsters",1 16544,"master filmmaker",1 142157,", dysfunctional and destructive",0 120252,"flickering reminders of the ties that bind us",1 179312,"'' One look at a girl in tight pants and big tits and you turn stupid ? '' Um ... is n't that the basis for the entire plot ?",0 82966,"in if Argento 's Hollywood counterparts ... had this much imagination and nerve",1 169407,"provide a mix of smiles and tears , '' Crossroads ''",1 232069,"in this summer 's new action film",1 150342,"Though Frida is easier to swallow than Julie Taymor 's preposterous Titus , the eye candy here lacks considerable brio .",0 95501,"the dullest tangents",0 118063,"depict the French Revolution",1 46904,"The Empire Strikes Back ... a majestic achievement , an epic of astonishing grandeur and surprising emotional depth",1 226739,"Thoughtless , random , superficial humour and",0 140742,"you enjoy more because you 're one of the lucky few who sought it out",1 124407,"is one of those rare docs that paints a grand picture of an era and makes the journey feel like a party .",1 105764,"Fails as a dystopian movie , as a retooling of Fahrenheit 451 , and even as a rip-off of The Matrix",0 94333,"terrific flair",1 85588,"just what ( Aniston ) has always needed to grow into a movie career",1 204464,"just lazy",0 57748,"that bad movies make and is determined not to make them , and",0 211982,"so much that this arrogant Richard Pryor wannabe 's routine is offensive , puerile and unimaginatively foul-mouthed if it was at least funny",0 174781,"the sorriest and",0 117576,"could have yielded such a flat , plodding picture",0 81407,"grisly corpse",0 78285,"displays impeccable comic skill",1 82706,"immensely ambitious , different than anything that 's been done before and amazingly successful",1 57320,"staying friends",1 166565,"nasty , glibly cynical",0 104502,"As plain and pedestrian as",0 200057,"goes nowhere and goes there very , very slowly",0 34945,"nonstop romance , music , suspense and action .",1 38845,"thematic coherence it largely makes up for as loosey-goosey , experimental entertainment . Still",1 78410,"does a solid job of slowly , steadily building up to the climactic burst of violence .",1 24575,"Although German cooking does not come readily to mind when considering the world 's best cuisine , Mostly Martha could make Deutchland a popular destination for hungry tourists .",1 195563,"certainly not without merit",1 43786,", well-directed , well-acted , bald",1 99297,"van der Groen , described as ` Belgium 's national treasure , ' is especially terrific as Pauline",1 91579,"results is the best performance from either in years",1 21387,"n't have the same magical quality as the beginning of the story",0 129415,"on rollerblades",1 186439,"Not exaggerated enough to be a parody of gross-out flicks , college flicks , or",0 43667,", occasionally very enjoyable children 's entertainment .",1 100855,"works nothing short of a minor miracle in Unfaithful .",1 160799,"have all but ruined his career",0 127834,"need to be invented to describe exactly how bad it is .",0 239026,"would leave you cold",0 5555,"chouraqui brings documentary-like credibility to the horrors of the killing field and the barbarism of ` ethnic cleansing .",1 195296,"cafeteria goulash",0 66463,"It 's a beautiful film , full of elaborate and twisted characters",1 211380,"sharp objects",1 152364,"a romantic scenario that is just as simplistic as a Hollywood production",0 78883,"emerging in world cinema",1 153552,"and as bland",0 18663,"An incendiary , deeply thought-provoking look",1 179796,"'s just a movie that happens to have Jackie Chan in it . And that makes all the difference",1 58316,"the film operates nicely off the element of surprise ,",1 156207,"cheating",0 228746,"appreciates the art and",1 127679,"musical numbers",1 220267,"you can tolerate Leon Barlow . I ca n't",0 121615,"hard put to find a movie character more unattractive or odorous ( than Leon )",0 101815,"'s not so much a movie as a joint promotion for the National Basketball Association and teenaged rap and adolescent poster-boy Lil ' Bow Wow .",0 188206,"The film is way too full of itself : it 's stuffy and pretentious in a give-me-an-Oscar kind of way .",0 70318,"This slight premise",0 168979,"plods toward the end , less like a movie",0 199812,"get a cinematic postcard that 's superficial and unrealized .",0 38275,"the generally sad existence of the Bedouins",0 84260,"is grand-scale moviemaking for a larger-than-life figure , an artist who has been awarded mythic status in contemporary culture .",1 111491,"a Mobius strip",1 99756,"weaves both the elements of the plot and a powerfully evocative mood combining heated sexuality with a haunting sense of malaise .",1 98094,"to grow boring ... which proves that Rohmer still has a sense of his audience",1 29532,"being the funniest movie of the year",1 181698,"A film without surprise geared toward maximum comfort and familiarity .",0 48354,"a sane regimen of eating , sleeping and stress-reducing contemplation",1 231806,"how first-time director Kevin Donovan managed to find something new to add to the canon of Chan",1 61411,"( Barry ) gives Assassin a disquieting authority .",1 205086,"like pieces a bunch of other , better movies slapped together .",0 207701,"of dumbed-down exercise in stereotypes that gives the ( teen comedy )",0 129483,"on too many tried-and-true shenanigans that hardly distinguish it from the next teen comedy",0 52758,"how they used to make movies , but also how they sometimes still can be made",1 164444,"kind of enjoyable thanks mainly",1 192455,"an actress , not quite a singer",0 135335,"the film is a hilarious adventure and I shamelessly enjoyed it",1 206637,"movies , television and the theater",1 150873,"When it 's on dry land , though , this surfer-girl melodrama starts gasping like a beached grouper .",0 175290,"think that Jennifer Lopez has shown poor judgment in planning to marry Ben Affleck",0 1596,"life",1 20537,"feels authentic",1 63159,"A lovely film ... elegant , witty and beneath a prim exterior unabashedly romantic ...",1 9541,"ordinary melodrama",0 145445,"For starters , the story is just too slim",0 119569,"explosive subject matter",1 91352,"refreshed and",1 2303,"skip to another review",0 92550,"should appreciate its whimsical humor",1 42789,"the acting is fresh and unselfconscious , and Munch is a marvel of reality versus sappy sentiment",1 54931,"moving , effective",1 231524,"haul 'em to the theatre",1 196362,"cracking up",1 21200,"largely celebratory film",1 221577,", the film founders on its lack of empathy for the social milieu - rich New York intelligentsia - and its off",0 111073,"When a movie asks you to feel sorry for Mick Jagger 's sex life",0 105420,"Dickens ' wonderfully sprawling soap opera",1 103426,"A bittersweet film , simple in form but rich with human events",1 2919,"to call this one an eventual cult classic would be an understatement , and",1 214591,"the film for anyone",1 139542,"what can only be characterized as robotic sentiment",0 156962,"created for the sole purpose of generating Oscar talk",0 147560,"Muniz",1 202604,"is a mediocre movie trying to get out",0 192980,"appeal to those without much interest in the Elizabethans ( as well as rank frustration from those in the know about Rubbo 's dumbed-down tactics )",0 175706,"through this mess",0 69658,"The journey to the secret 's eventual discovery is a separate adventure , and thrill enough",1 209007,"packed with subplots involving the various Silbersteins that it feels more like the pilot episode of a TV series than a feature film",0 38952,"this is one occasion when they have unearthed a rare gem",1 87064,"mesmerizing music",1 138276,"transvestite comedy",0 105049,"Charming ,",1 174157,"the junk-calorie suspense tropes",0 101298,"zips along with B-movie verve while adding the rich details and go-for-broke acting that heralds something special",1 87862,"newcomers may find themselves stifling a yawn or two during the first hour",0 106708,"In the director 's cut , the film is not only a love song to the movies but it also is more fully an example of the kind of lush , all-enveloping movie experience it rhapsodizes .",1 122686,"if considerably less ambitious ,",0 35766,"or comprehensible",0 118157,"deteriorates into a protracted",0 224335,"It is n't that Stealing Harvard is a horrible movie -- if only it were that grand a failure !",0 119164,"enough sweet and traditional romantic comedy to counter the crudity",1 169796,"reassembled from the cutting-room floor of any given daytime soap",0 166455,"much meandering , Norton has to recite bland police procedural details , Fiennes wanders around in an attempt to seem weird and distanced",0 223625,"He nonetheless appreciates the art and reveals a music scene that transcends culture and race .",1 97128,"their largest-ever historical canvas",1 45920,"Just about the surest bet",1 112264,"a love story as sanguine",0 121263,"goes straight to video",0 50021,"can put gentle laughs and equally gentle sentiments on the button , just as easily as their counterparts anywhere else in the world",1 2520,"that the audience laughs out loud",1 119512,"exists ,",1 40461,"you to take these great leaps of faith",1 185455,"Jay Russell",0 184066,"From its nauseating spinning credits sequence to a very talented but underutilized supporting cast , Bartleby squanders as much as it gives out .",0 63837,"An average kid-empowerment fantasy with slightly above-average brains .",1 234557,"of the original and , instead , rehash old jokes",0 19488,"a film brimming with detail and nuance and one that speaks volumes about the ability of the human spirit to find solace in events that could easily crush it forever",1 182615,"As with so many merchandised-to-the-max movies of this type",0 66187,"I loved on first sight and , even more important ,",1 199751,"gathering dust",0 112520,"a pretentious and ultimately empty examination of a sick and evil woman",0 110643,"Time of Favor presents us with an action movie that actually has a brain .",1 229484,"bucked the odds to emerge as an exquisite motion picture in its own right",1 152438,"a simple diversion for the kids",1 18981,"Is n't it great",1 7751,"is n't something to be taken seriously",0 221946,"A bland , obnoxious 88-minute infomercial for Universal Studios and its ancillary products . . .",0 40883,"Elling , portrayed with quiet fastidiousness by Per Christian Ellefsen",1 121470,"grows on you",1 87417,"most enchanting film",1 147623,"National Lampoon since Class Reunion",1 55080,"no means a slam-dunk",0 199515,"frightening and compelling ` What if ? '",1 226927,"Wait for video --",0 211913,"so cold and dead",0 164504,"labeling it a dog",0 231762,"holds its goodwill close , but is relatively slow to come to the point",0 155789,"by the end there 's a sense that the crux of the mystery hinges on a technicality that strains credulity and leaves the viewer haunted by the waste of potential",0 122654,"icily brilliant",1 181928,"A puzzle whose pieces do not fit . Some are fascinating and others are not",0 157488,"directions and descends into such message-mongering moralism that its good qualities are obscured",0 179693,"'s deep-sixed by a compulsion to catalog every bodily fluids gag in There 's Something About Mary and devise a parallel clone-gag .",0 96193,"the most savory and hilarious guilty pleasure of many a recent movie season",1 151070,"Writer\/director John McKay ignites some charming chemistry between Kate and Jed but , when he veers into sodden melodrama , punctuated by violins , it 's disastrous and Kate 's jealous female friends become downright despicable .",0 103679,"A lot more dimensional and complex than its sunny disposition",1 118783,"dumb gags",0 108834,"Secretary '' is owned by its costars , Spader",1 200191,"graphic violence",0 87341,"more than enough sentimental catharsis for a satisfying evening at the multiplex",1 24455,"A slick , well-oiled machine ,",1 220702,"'s a lousy one at that .",0 85407,"its story of actorly existential despair than for its boundary-hopping formal innovations and glimpse into another kind of Chinese",1 115826,"being memorable",1 123923,"is an uneven film for the most part",0 137751,"to occasionally break up the live-action scenes with animated sequences",1 191183,"a really long , slow and dreary time",0 232142,"interesting storytelling devices",1 23244,"( Sade ) is an unsettlingly familiar figure -- in turns loyal and deceitful , responsible and reckless , idealistically selfless and coldly self-interested .",1 59075,"thought-provoking foreign cinema",1 221268,", as an older woman who seduces Oscar , the film founders on its lack of empathy for the social milieu - rich New York intelligentsia - and its off",0 235294,"relative letdown .",0 154190,"as impersonal in its relentlessness",0 39085,"timely sci-fi mystery",1 204978,"like High Crimes flog the dead horse of surprise as if it were an obligation . How about surprising us by trying something new ?",0 10847,"support of a viewer .",1 83733,"is SO De Palma . If you love him , you 'll like it .",1 108351,"Peralta 's",1 170842,"sharp dialogue and delightful performance",1 6033,"does n't get the job done , running off the limited chemistry created by ralph fiennes and jennifer lopez",0 40520,"your wildest fantasies about being a different kind of time traveler , while happily killing 94 minutes",1 156508,"combines The Blues Brothers and Almost Famous ( but with bears , and a G rating ) , with an excruciating dollop of Disney sentimentality mixed in for good measure",0 125491,"just about more stately than any contemporary movie this year",1 210093,"rather leaden and dull",0 5237,"both a great and a terrible story",1 49270,"as faithful portraiture",1 213832,"that should tell you everything you need to know about All the Queen 's Men",1 674,"capable",1 65051,"Diane Lane works nothing short of a minor miracle in Unfaithful .",1 151677,"a favorite",1 152275,"a pristine movie neverland",1 36981,"since , well , Performance",1 112051,"a grand picture",1 51571,"feature to hit theaters since Beauty and the Beast 11 years ago .",1 128287,"of Barney 's crushingly self-indulgent spectacle",1 223919,"If nothing else , `` Rollerball '' 2002 may go down in cinema history as the only movie ever in which the rest of the cast was outshined by LL Cool J.",0 237005,"the killer in Insomnia",0 198606,"fatal for a film that relies on personal relationships",0 5146,"big , fat ,",0 47242,"The result is more depressing than liberating , but",0 137014,"this one , it 's not very good either .",0 111233,"Wonder of wonders --",1 9907,"pumpkin sits in a patch somewhere between mirthless todd solondzian satire and callow student film",0 235031,"preachy and clichéd",0 170839,"shares the weaknesses of , too many recent action-fantasy extravaganzas in which special effects overpower cogent story-telling and visual clarity during the big action sequences",0 21157,"its stirring epilogue in post-Soviet Russia",1 126407,"loud and offensive , but more often",0 160031,"gets off the ground .",1 185462,"Jersey lowbrow accent Uma",0 196290,"could have given audiences the time of day by concentrating on the elements of a revealing alienation among a culture of people who sadly are at hostile odds with one another through recklessness and retaliation",1 96281,"the off-the-wall dialogue , visual playfulness and the outlandishness of the idea itself",1 35732,"only the most patient",1 146675,"It feels like a community theater production of a great Broadway play : Even at its best , it will never hold a candle to the original",0 191505,"a terrible movie , just a stultifyingly obvious one --",0 79464,"explain how the diplomat 's tweaked version of statecraft may have cost thousands and possibly millions of lives",1 134470,"that manages to show the gentle and humane side of Middle Eastern world politics",1 148242,"Rarely has leukemia looked so shimmering and benign .",0 52603,"highly entertaining",1 43445,") talent lies in an evocative , accurate observation of a distinctive milieu",1 40412,"you 'll want to slap them",0 120200,"fixating",1 162893,"is felt : not the Craven of ' A Nightmare on Elm Street ' or ` The Hills Have Eyes , ' but the sad schlock merchant of ` Deadly Friend .",0 232873,"is well crafted , and well executed .",1 190143,"a barely adequate babysitter for older kids",0 54300,"little timewaster",0 157443,"dig deep to sink this low . Fortunately for all involved",0 81382,"greatest triumph",1 188678,"The slapstick is labored ,",0 110441,"This film biggest problem ? No laughs .",0 28603,"and featuring some of the year 's best acting",1 109335,"Talk To Her is not the perfect movie many have made it out to be",0 210002,"quickly losing its focus , point and purpose in a mess of mixed messages , over-blown drama and Bruce Willis with a scar",0 197701,"edit",0 3190,"with such aching beauty and truth",1 67448,"Martin is a masterfully conducted work .",1 100483,"with economical grace",1 187318,"Sinks",0 162307,"intelligible story",1 53279,"is a fast , frenetic , funny , even punny 6 -- aimed specifically at a grade-school audience .",1 34510,"miraculously unsentimental comedy-drama",1 88559,"of exceptional honesty",1 61696,", Sweet Home Alabama is n't as funny as you 'd hoped .",0 48160,"a lot of life",1 91538,"resistance and artistic transcendence",1 52782,"humor and intelligence",1 60924,"'s also disappointing to a certain degree",0 7638,"is a bomb",0 225157,"No better or worse than ` Truth or Consequences , N.M. ' or any other interchangeable actioner with imbecilic Mafia",0 19578,"a sly wink",1 109229,"Strangers , which opens today in the New York metropolitan area , so distasteful",0 195289,"ca n't sustain it .",0 159664,"freshened up by the dunce of a Screenwriting 101 class ... Designed to provide a mix of smiles and tears , '' Crossroads '' instead provokes",0 71491,"a cult favorite",1 125665,"knows it 's won",1 145849,"Hollywood Ending just is n't very funny .",0 101057,"you 're in a slap-happy mood",1 106655,"Ignoring that , he made Swimfan anyway",0 69863,"The result is somewhat satisfying -- it still comes from Spielberg , who has never made anything that was n't at least watchable .",1 131958,"seem deceptively slight",0 222178,"Abysmally pathetic",0 87113,"mildly amusing",1 25148,"Do n't expect any surprises in this checklist of teamwork cliches",0 111246,"Working from a surprisingly sensitive script co-written by Gianni Romoli",1 123546,"into a lyrical and celebratory vision",1 234434,"of humankind 's liberating ability",1 157398,"did it ever get made",0 10529,"smart ,",1 104626,"Ballistic : Ecks Vs . Sever",1 105203,"Consider the film a celluloid litmus test for the intellectual and emotional pedigree of your date and a giant step backward for a director I admire",0 142536,", the worse it gets",0 94325,"terrific , sweaty-palmed fun",1 53209,"intriguing and honorable ,",1 235299,"relaxed in its perfect quiet pace and proud in its message",1 92079,"see a romance this smart",1 191033,"a negligible work",0 40102,"wildly funny prison",1 197682,"easy sanctimony , formulaic thrills and",0 132689,"smutty",0 79045,"enjoyable in its own right",1 34883,"never been a huge fan of Dickens ' 800-page novel",0 125402,"its uncanny tale",1 104456,"Art-house to the core",1 107133,"Jackson is one of the best actors there is",1 143214,"A mixed bag of a comedy that ca n't really be described as out of this world",0 206519,"most likely to find on the next inevitable incarnation of The Love Boat",0 192594,"an insultingly inept and artificial examination of grief and",0 229945,"concerned with Sade 's ideas than with his actions",0 6991,"has its charming quirks and its dull spots .",0 136620,"the worst movie",0 178141,"which forces the audience to fidget through ten pseudo-serious minutes while waiting for the ending credits and the deleted scenes montage to break the audience 's awkward silence",0 185784,"Like many such biographical melodramas , it suffers from the awkwardness that results from adhering to the messiness of true stories .",0 156172,"charisma and audacity",1 134058,"than awe",1 125000,"it is a good and ambitious film . And it marks him as one of the most interesting writer\/directors working today",1 169106,"positively decadent in its cinematic flash and",1 235818,"slopped ` em together here",0 90644,"pretentious eye-rolling moments",0 162696,"is about a boring , sad man being boring and sad .",0 30216,"clever but veers into overkill",0 128671,"of gentle longing",1 28410,"an unlikely , but likable , hero",1 133923,"tediously",0 127658,"multilayered and sympathetic",1 15674,"erasing them recasts the self",1 221642,", this makes for perfectly acceptable , occasionally very enjoyable children 's entertainment .",1 149263,"The character is too forced and overwritten to be funny or believable much of the time",0 19575,"a simple '' Goddammit",0 97880,"to appeal to women looking for a howlingly trashy time",1 93193,"sometimes murky",0 39919,"weird and charmingly",1 86693,"making a statement about the inability of dreams and aspirations to carry forward into the next generation",1 196270,"could feel my eyelids ... getting ... very ... heavy",0 43100,"'d sure make a courtroom trial great fun to watch .",1 146003,"I ca n't quite recommend it -- it 's too patched together -- but I almost can :",0 125841,"leads to a satisfying destination",1 28218,"all-ages triumph",1 4322,"a worthwhile documentary , whether you 're into rap or not , even if it may still leave you wanting more answers as the credits roll",1 220497,"'' is a probing examination of a female friendship set against a few dynamic decades .",1 51009,"drama .",1 80832,"fused with solid performances and eerie atmosphere",1 80922,"genuinely bone-chilling",1 10625,"something for everyone",1 38257,"the fondness he has for his characters",1 42513,"ramble through the sort of idoosyncratic terrain",0 230052,"critics have come to term an `` ambitious failure",0 14289,"Morton is a great actress portraying a complex character",1 169360,"project comes across as clinical , detached , uninvolving , possibly prompting audience members to wonder , ` What 's the point ? '",0 82677,"illuminating an era of theatrical comedy that , while past ,",1 126838,"masterpiece .",1 75454,"been awarded mythic status in contemporary culture",1 12237,"those without much interest in the elizabethans ( as well as rank frustration from those in the know about rubbo 's dumbed-down tactics )",0 44275,"A story about intelligent high school students that deals with first love sweetly but also seriously .",1 214868,"the intelligent , well-made B movie",1 100405,"with a great , fiery passion",1 24519,"A worthy tribute to a great humanitarian and her vibrant ` co-stars . '",1 60249,"will not be for much longer",0 28478,"and a few fanciful touches",1 156857,"could be a single iota worse ...",0 91454,"remarkable yet shockingly little-known perspective",1 148289,"Rife with nutty cliches and far too much dialogue .",0 92582,"should please history fans",1 107530,"Lots of effort and intelligence are on display but",1 62915,"A decent-enough nail-biter that stands a good chance of being the big hit Franklin needs to stay afloat in Hollywood .",1 155018,"before the built-in silliness of the whole affair defeats them",0 127370,"more than recycled jock",0 41906,"fashioned a comedy with more laughs",1 213606,"that does n't mean it still wo n't feel like the longest 90 minutes of your movie-going life",0 123693,"is ... determined to treat its characters , weak and strong , as fallible human beings , not caricatures , and to carefully delineate the cost of the inevitable conflicts between human urges and an institution concerned with self-preservation",1 103860,"A sentimental mess",0 6453,"feels less",0 93183,"something vital about the movie",1 8526,"lively",1 102004,"'s worth seeing .",1 11723,"the phenomenal",1 202727,"is an autopilot Hollywood concoction lacking in imagination and authentic Christmas spirit",0 178351,"will be slightly bored",0 77575,"creepy crawlies",0 219629,"with Cage 's best acting",1 237943,"to see the one of the world 's best actors , Daniel Auteuil ,",1 83521,"into a believable mother\/daughter pair",1 109978,"The most offensive thing about the movie is that Hollywood expects people to pay to see it .",0 65310,"Enigma ' is the kind of engaging historical drama that Hollywood appears to have given up on in favor of sentimental war movies in the vein of ` We Were Soldiers . '",1 72119,"a persuasive",1 78253,"discovery and humor",1 68418,"Revolution # 9 proves to be a compelling",1 73580,"ambitious films",1 208046,"of the bra",1 37167,"sometimes clever , and always interesting",1 93046,"solid action pic",1 188211,"The film rehashes several old themes and is capped with pointless extremes --",0 163276,"is replete with acclaimed actors and actresses",1 56896,"sharp eye",1 134099,"than most of Jaglom 's self-conscious and gratingly irritating films",0 149927,"The thriller side of this movie is falling flat , as the stalker does n't do much stalking , and no cop or lawyer grasps the concept of actually investigating the case",0 216701,"thrusts the audience into a future they wo n't much care about",0 50775,"depicting the lives of others onstage",1 220927,"'s not that funny -- which is just generally insulting .",0 3540,"` it 's painful to watch witherspoon 's talents wasting away inside unnecessary films like legally blonde and sweet home abomination , i mean , alabama .",0 140942,"'' one of the film 's stars recently said , a tortuous comment that perfectly illustrates the picture 's moral schizophrenia .",0 61945,", hilariously wicked black comedy ...",1 145967,"I 'm sure the filmmaker would disagree",0 195164,"by forcing the star to play second fiddle to the dull effects that allow the suit to come to life",0 19962,"are so funny , aggressive and alive",1 173916,"the film is overblown in its plotting , hackneyed in its dialogue and anachronistic in its style .",0 183874,"Far-fetched",0 176665,"too much on its plate",0 195131,"by a sloppy script",0 226073,"That 's muy loco , but no more ridiculous than most of the rest of `` Dragonfly . ''",0 39227,"to leave the screen sizzling with intrigue",1 142663,", you begin to wonder if they are ever going to depart .",0 36431,"refreshingly honest",1 19961,"are set against the strange , stark beauty of the Mideast desert , so lovingly and perceptively filmed that you can almost taste the desiccated air .",1 21429,"no simple movie",1 130150,"perfectly pitched web",1 195265,"ca n't help suspecting that it was improvised on a day-to-day basis during production",0 115636,"bear the laughter",1 62817,"A brisk , reverent , and subtly different sequel .",1 59087,"three excellent principal singers ,",1 139719,"who are alternately touching and funny",1 56708,"satisfyingly unsettling",1 220855,"'s just filler .",0 77454,"could n't recommend this film more .",1 82396,"holds up",1 172328,"supernatural snore-fest",0 25682,"In the Bedroom",1 6637,"forgettable",0 146288,"In addition to the overcooked , ham-fisted direction , which has all the actors reaching for the back row",0 147690,"Nicks , seemingly uncertain what 's going to make people laugh , runs the gamut from stale parody to raunchy sex gags to formula romantic comedy .",0 22143,"terrific",1 13963,"Derrida would doubtless give his blessing to",1 146557,"It 's not just the vampires that are damned in Queen of the Damned -- the viewers will feel they suffer the same fate .",0 175627,"though everyone in my group extemporaneously shouted , ` Thank you !",1 119493,"excuse to get to the closing bout ... by which time it 's impossible to care who wins",0 84238,"is generally quite funny .",1 212472,"stands still in more ways that one in Clockstoppers , a sci-fi thriller as lazy as it is interminable",0 152422,"a shameless sham",0 69991,"The sword fighting is well done and Auteuil is a goofy pleasure .",1 197331,"does n't know what it wants to be",0 7083,"hell",0 188194,"The film is grossly contradictory in conveying its social message , if indeed there is one .",0 222007,"A funny and well-contructed black comedy where the old adage `` be careful what you wish for ''",1 150082,"There 's too much falseness to the second half ,",0 73783,"an exploration that is more accurate than anything I have seen in an American film",1 4773,"aptly named , this shimmering , beautifully costumed and filmed production does n't work for me",0 13637,", superior",1 18290,"'s most thought-provoking film",1 107786,"Miyazaki 's nonstop images are so stunning , and",1 223812,"I have a confession to make : I did n't particularly like E.T. the first time I saw it as a young boy .",0 158229,"endorses",1 199275,"for one of the worst movies of one year",0 141444,"'s no larger point , and little social context",0 227196,"With an unusual protagonist ( a kilt-wearing Jackson ) and subject matter , the improbable `` Formula 51 '' is somewhat entertaining , but it could have been much stronger .",1 203946,"it is repetitious",0 205470,"love this",1 163580,"is wildly uneven",0 15638,"engrossing and psychologically resonant",1 149677,"The only way this supernatural snore-fest could give anyone a case of the frights is if they were put to sleep by the movie and had a nightmare .",0 112566,"a quietly introspective portrait of the self-esteem of employment and the shame of losing a job",1 117450,"consolation in afterlife communications",1 179712,"'s dry",0 36960,"side-splittingly",1 153615,"angst-ridden attempt to be profound",0 234398,"of considerable",1 146969,"Just one more collection of penis , breast and flatulence gags in search of a story . Or a profit . Or some damn thing",0 24263,"A beguiling splash",1 58997,"this gut-buster",1 136617,"the worst film a man has made about women since Valley of the Dolls",0 153054,"all drags on so interminably it 's like watching a miserable relationship unfold in real time .",0 62794,"A bit of a downer and a little over-dramatic at times , but",0 24298,"A clever blend",1 31141,"enough to leave the screen sizzling with intrigue",1 180886,", provocative and vainglorious",0 19458,"a David and Goliath",1 2875,"this movie , a certain scene in particular , brought me uncomfortably close to losing my lunch",0 87535,"movie comedies -- offbeat humor , amusing characters , and",1 213680,"that is impenetrable and dull",0 170998,"shouted , ` Thank you !",1 111323,"You 'll laugh for not quite and hour and a half , but come out feeling strangely unsatisfied . You 'll feel like you ate a Reeses without the peanut butter ...",0 96422,"the plot follows a predictable connect-the-dots course",0 40824,"Complex , affecting and",1 161796,"in a patch somewhere between mirthless Todd Solondzian satire and callow student film",0 148633,"Skip this dreck , rent Animal House and",0 187224,"Shafer 's feature does n't offer much in terms of plot or acting .",0 13488,", 2 couples , 2000 miles , and all the Pabst Blue Ribbon beer",1 9965,"quite sure where self-promotion ends and the truth begins",0 12199,"this shimmering , beautifully",1 82011,"head cutter",0 184290,"Hanna-Barbera 's half-hour cartoons",1 60435,"wizened",1 202583,"is a great story , terrifically told by the man who wrote it",1 234243,"occurs about 7 times during Windtalkers is a good indication of how serious-minded the film is",1 78956,"endearing and",1 166814,"no larger point",0 149798,"The sad thing about Knockaround Guys",0 99155,"unusually surreal tone",1 134359,"that holds interest in the midst of a mushy , existential exploration of why men leave their families",1 60222,"will enjoy a fast-paced comedy with quirks that might make the award-winning Coen brothers envious",1 119788,"fart",0 9790,"possibly prompting audience members to wonder , ` what 's the point ? '",0 86843,"marvelous first 101 minutes",1 109570,"The art direction is often exquisite ,",1 23309,", Jason Bourne .",1 12307,"to anchor the emotional connections that purport to span a 125-year divide",1 190170,"a better vehicle",1 62136,", or inventive",1 232774,"is that it 's actually watchable",1 230210,"did n't sign a pact to burn the negative and the script and pretend the whole thing never existed",0 49407,"at the right film",1 36752,"seem fun .",1 238267,"uplifter",1 199401,"forced drama in this wildly uneven movie , about a young man 's battle with his inescapable past and uncertain future in a very shapable but largely unfulfilling present",0 199455,"found writer-director Mitch Davis 's wall of kitsch hard going .",0 9655,"patient with the lovely hush ! and",1 150239,"This is not the undisputed worst boxing movie ever ,",0 24308,"A compelling , moving film that respects its audience and its source material .",1 73856,"an intelligent , life-affirming script",1 119125,"enjoy the perfectly pitched web of tension that Chabrol spins",1 127458,"most multilayered and sympathetic female",1 59581,"turns out to be clever , amusing and unpredictable",1 88839,"of pure misogynist evil",0 190523,"a few are sexy",1 106541,"I would imagine , as searching for a quarter in a giant pile of elephant feces ... positively dreadful .",0 150817,"What John does is heroic , but we do n't condone it , '' one of the film 's stars recently said , a tortuous comment that perfectly illustrates the picture 's moral schizophrenia .",1 182865,"Bolado credit for good intentions",1 235972,"spiced with humor ( ' I speak fluent flatula , ' advises Denlopp after a rather , er , bubbly exchange with an alien deckhand )",1 1882,"of a golden book sprung to life",1 192709,"and Wai Ka Fai are ) sure to find an enthusiastic audience among American action-adventure buffs , but the film 's interests",1 181977,"A series of escapades demonstrating the adage that what is good for the goose is also good for the gander , some of which occasionally amuses but none of which amounts to much of a story .",0 161034,"heart , his story flattens instead of sharpens",0 181781,"A little too ponderous to work as shallow entertainment , not remotely incisive enough to qualify as drama , Monsoon Wedding serves mostly to whet one 's appetite for the Bollywood films .",0 216492,"this story to go but down",0 226118,"The Hours makes you examine your own life in much the same way its characters do , and the experience is profound .",1 130358,"poignancy , and intelligence",1 79645,"fanciful thinkers",1 109722,"The dramatic crisis does n't always succeed in its quest to be taken seriously ,",0 90232,"persuasive",1 28048,"about those things we expect from military epics",1 229033,"at a speed that is slow to those of us in middle age",0 64686,"Cherish",1 221504,", racist humour",0 105106,"Christopher Walken kinda romanced Cyndi Lauper in The Opportunists",1 21597,"offers an engrossing way to demonstrate the virtues of the IMAX format .",1 201363,"hostile",0 34416,"may find ( Attal and Gainsbourg 's ) unfamiliar personas give the film an intimate and quaint reality that is a little closer to human nature than what Hollywood typically concocts .",1 62960,"A fairly enjoyable mixture of Longest Yard ... and the 1999 Guy Ritchie",1 29469,"because the owners seem fully aware of the uses and abuses of fame , it 's a pleasure to enjoy their eccentricities .",1 28662,"and in spite of numerous minor flaws , Scorsese 's best in more than a decade .",1 185234,"It 's tough to be startled when you 're almost dozing .",0 16086,"if not very imaginative ,",0 107120,"Its weighty themes are too grave for youngsters , but the story is too steeped in fairy tales and other childish things to appeal much to teenagers .",0 14966,"an effective and claustrophobic thriller",1 164513,"lack of know-how mixes with lack of give-a-damn",0 103492,"A comedy-drama of nearly epic proportions rooted in a sincere performance by the title character undergoing midlife crisis .",1 61644,", Lagaan is quintessential Bollywood . Except it 's much , much better .",1 18005,"welcome role models",1 10710,"stands out",1 178453,"wishing for a watch that makes time go faster rather than the other way",0 181236,". All three descriptions suit Evelyn , a besotted and obvious drama that tells us nothing new .",0 211678,"sinks into an abyss of clichés , depression and bad alternative music",0 33354,"is cool , slick stuff , ready to quench the thirst of an audience that misses the summer blockbusters .",1 119691,"falling short as a whole",0 97017,"the way they help increase an average student 's self-esteem",1 64009,"Anyone who 's ever suffered under a martinet music instructor has no doubt fantasized about what an unhappy , repressed and twisted personal life their tormentor deserved . These people are really going to love The Piano Teacher .",1 143114,"A gimmick in search of a movie : how to get Carvey into as many silly costumes and deliver as many silly voices as possible ,",0 168101,"on no level whatsoever for me",0 190507,"a fanciful film about the typical problems of average people",1 198366,"exploitation picture",0 52273,"grim , upsetting glimpse",0 47539,"Visually fascinating ... an often intense character study about fathers and sons , loyalty and duty .",1 72610,"a supremely kittenish performance that gradually accumulates more layers",1 135643,"the lengths",1 232826,"is the way it skirts around any scenes that might have required genuine acting from Ms. Spears .",0 99785,"well edited so that it certainly does n't feel like a film that strays past the two and a half mark",1 178513,"with a revelatory performance",1 23980,", well-oiled machine ,",1 20603,"frailties",0 121472,"grows on you -- like a rash",0 236277,"tenderly observant of his characters",1 23531,", but this is one occasion when they have unearthed a rare gem .",1 168842,"person to be stuck with for two hours",0 64268,"Bears ... should keep parents amused with its low groan-to-guffaw ratio",1 155981,"can see the would-be surprises coming a mile away",0 125576,"keeps this pretty watchable ,",1 215622,"the situations and the dialogue spin hopelessly out of control -- that is to say",0 84578,"is richly detailed , deftly executed and utterly absorbing .",1 166876,"no story",0 207856,"of manipulation , an exploitation piece doing its usual worst to guilt-trip parents",0 138390,"truly is life affirming",1 34236,"love thyself '",1 199917,"gimmicks",0 33190,"inviting",1 173064,"that it 's easy to imagine that a new software program spit out the screenplay",0 225546,"Puts to rest any thought that the German film industry can not make a delightful comedy centering on food .",1 158692,"extended cheap",0 36418,"redundant to say so",0 173086,"that it lacks focus . I sympathize with the plight of these families",0 1689,"manages sweetness",1 113878,"an act of spiritual faith",1 201440,"humdrum life by some Freudian puppet",0 47510,"Unflinchingly bleak and desperate",0 186629,"Overly long",0 61552,"( the stage show ) , you still have to see this !",1 13921,"But he somehow pulls it off",1 56525,"remind the First World that HIV\/AIDS is far from being yesterday 's news",1 132201,"several cliched movie structures : the road movie , the coming-of-age movie",0 28503,"and always fun",1 106380,"I 'm going to give it a marginal thumbs up . I liked it just enough .",1 124531,"is so grainy and rough , so dependent on being ` naturalistic ' rather than carefully lit and set up , that it 's exhausting to watch .",0 117603,"countenance",1 66811,"Its gentle , touching story creeps into your heart .",1 906,"entertains",1 215391,"the positives",1 126833,"massive cardiac arrest",0 194009,"barely tolerable slog",0 26930,"The weakest",0 205855,"marveling at these guys ' superhuman capacity",1 48324,"a refreshingly forthright one",1 122591,"hugely entertaining and",1 39753,"veers into overkill",0 179275,"' appeared in 1938",1 64191,"Australian filmmaker David Flatman uses the huge-screen format to make an old-fashioned nature film that educates viewers with words and pictures while entertaining them .",1 237080,"the movie is a disaster .",0 68152,"Payne has created a beautiful canvas",1 135722,"the modern day",1 152389,"a scrappy , jovial team",1 229642,"can be accused of being a bit undisciplined",0 38572,"the prime",1 91415,"relies on more than special effects",1 198973,"first full flush",1 204652,"lacks aspirations of social upheaval .",0 59737,"unsettled",0 72078,"a nonstop hoot",1 47932,"a dearth",1 27843,"a solid mixture of sweetness",1 89963,"owes enormous debts to Aliens and every previous dragon drama",1 225185,"Not a stereotype is omitted nor a cliché left unsaid .",0 73127,"acted , quietly affecting cop drama",1 53739,"it 's cliche to call the film ` refreshing , ' but it is",1 238716,"who they were at our age : and that time is a fleeting and precious commodity no matter how old you are",1 44279,"A strangely compelling and brilliantly acted psychological drama .",1 129759,"otherwise bleak tale",0 100271,"will leave you thinking",1 671,"can no longer",0 62130,", one that will have you at the edge of your seat for long stretches . '",1 194559,"better drama",1 223957,"If you 're paying attention , the `` big twists '' are pretty easy to guess - but that does n't make the movie any less entertaining",1 31401,"extends a warm invitation into an unfamiliar world",1 146204,"If there 's one thing this world needs less of , it 's movies about college that are written and directed by people who could n't pass an entrance exam .",0 231756,"hodgepodge .",0 225627,"Right now , they 're merely signposts marking the slow , lingering death of imagination .",0 223857,"I thought the relationships were wonderful ,",1 215022,"the mediocre end of the pool",0 12958,"what emerges is an unsettling picture of childhood innocence combined with indoctrinated prejudice . promises is a compelling piece that demonstrates just how well children can be trained to live out and carry on their parents ' anguish",1 127615,"much like a fragment of an underdone potato",0 84209,"is fluid and quick",1 201236,"his scripting unsurprising",0 204674,"lags badly",0 33679,"it jumps through the expected hoops with style and even some depth",1 70429,"Topics that could make a sailor blush - but lots of laughs",1 58067,"the best parts of Birthday Girl",1 25695,"Instead of a hyperbolic beat-charged urban western , it 's an unpretentious , sociologically pointed slice of life .",1 231273,"good action , good acting , good dialogue , good pace , good cinematography",1 219279,"which was shot two years ago",1 92589,"show a remarkable ability to document both sides of this emotional car-wreck .",1 17567,"the idea of the documentary on its head , making it rousing , invigorating fun lacking any MTV puffery",1 113847,"amusing for about three minutes",0 224641,"Likely to have decades of life as a classic movie franchise",1 29012,"appreciative",1 4652,"an erotic thriller that",1 87867,"next movie",0 232254,"is a brilliant movie .",1 171251,"sleekly shot , expertly cast , paced with crisp professionalism",1 172104,"striking and",1 139940,"will probably be in wedgie heaven . Anyone else who may , for whatever reason , be thinking about going to see this movie is hereby given fair warning",0 135760,"the most impressive player",1 41298,"There 's a disreputable air about the whole thing ,",0 15647,"enlightened by any of Derrida 's",1 92696,"since the thrills pop up frequently",1 26311,"Orange County '' is a refreshing change",1 229917,"comes from the brave , uninhibited performances by its lead actors",1 204804,"leave this loser",0 217330,"to shine through the gloomy film noir veil",0 160932,"have ushers in the theater that hand you a cup of coffee every few minutes . Like a marathon runner trying to finish a race , you need a constant influx of liquid just to get through it",0 116502,"ca n't make up its mind whether it wants to be a gangster flick or an art film",0 14517,"The values that have held the Enterprise crew together through previous adventures and perils",1 133869,"talented , charismatic and tragically",1 209603,"powerhouse",1 68010,"One of the funniest motion pictures of the year , but ... also one of the most curiously depressing .",1 207351,"occasionally inspired dialogue bits",1 87667,"my enjoyment",1 36941,"showcases the passions of both the director and novelist Byatt",1 109529,"The acting , for the most part , is terrific , although the actors must struggle with the fact that they 're playing characters who sometimes feel more like literary conceits than flesh-and-blood humans .",1 69642,"The huskies are beautiful ,",1 13140,"with just a suspension of disbelief . rather",0 65795,"Goes a long way on hedonistic gusto",1 43846,"... Brian De Palma is utterly mad : cinema mad , set-piece mad , style mad . It 's a beautiful madness .",1 170705,"sellouts",0 25548,"Highlights are the terrific performances by Christopher Plummer , as the prime villain , and Nathan Lane as Vincent Crummles , the eccentric theater company manager .",1 140596,"wretchedly",0 170776,"settles for being merely grim",0 220948,"'s probably worth catching solely on its visual merits",1 161787,"in a mess of purposeless violence",0 22566,"to watch as it is enlightening to listen to new sides of a previous reality , and to visit with some of the people who were able to make an impact in the theater world",1 58237,"the downward spiral",0 16098,"imaginatively",1 154881,"because it was too overbearing",0 165631,"manage to be funny",1 123552,"into a really funny movie",1 21830,"recommend to anyone looking for something different",1 99837,"were made by a highly gifted 12-year-old instead of a grown man",0 49937,"by a natural sense for what works",1 23801,", offering itself up in subtle plot maneuvers ...",1 4623,"an ebullient",1 110825,"Unfortunately , there is almost nothing in this flat effort that will amuse or entertain them , either .",0 100864,"works so well for the first 89 minutes , but ends so horrendously confusing",0 87132,"mind , while watching Eric Rohmer 's tribute to a courageous Scottish lady",1 166168,"more disappointed as each overwrought new sequence",0 50139,"charming result",1 40983,"It 's a terrific American sports movie and",1 65046,"Devos delivers a perfect performance that captures the innocence and budding demons within a wallflower .",1 154439,"attempt by the filmmakers to force-feed James Bond into the mindless XXX mold and",0 134612,"that ultimately dulls the human tragedy at the story 's core",0 231881,"if the director is trying to dupe the viewer into taking it all as Very Important simply because the movie is ugly to look at and not a Hollywood product",0 51342,"even for adults . The characters are interesting and often very creatively constructed from figure to backstory .",1 147581,"Must-see viewing",1 185021,"It 's a hellish , numbing experience to watch , and it does n't offer any insights that have n't been thoroughly debated in the media already , back in the Dahmer heyday of the mid - '90s",0 104084,"Admirers of director Abel Ferrara may be relieved that his latest feature , R Xmas , marks a modest if encouraging return to form .",1 221212,", Stealing Harvard is a smorgasbord of soliloquies about nothing delivered by the former Mr. Drew Barrymore .",0 79531,"extremely talented musicians",1 108285,"Parents beware",0 71159,"You would n't want to live waydowntown , but it is a hilarious place to visit",1 168227,"one of the most repellent things to pop up in a cinematic year already littered with celluloid garbage",0 16661,"nice departure",1 101844,"'s one of the few ` cool ' actors who never seems aware of his own coolness",1 170940,"should be profound , and hyper-cliched where it should be sincere",0 140469,"worm its way into your heart",1 100147,"whole mildly pleasant outing",1 227846,"a couple hours of summertime and a bucket of popcorn",1 223466,"García Bernal and Talancón are an immensely appealing couple , and",1 228773,"are anguished , bitter and truthful",1 90825,"providing deep emotional motivation",1 186642,"Ozpetek offers an AIDS subtext , skims over the realities of gay sex , and presents yet another tired old vision of the gay community as an all-inclusive world where uptight , middle class bores like Antonia can feel good about themselves .",0 40693,"A remarkable 179-minute meditation on the nature",1 172849,"that 's worth watching in Birthday Girl , a film by the stage-trained Jez Butterworth ( Mojo ) that serves as yet another example of the sad decline of British comedies in the post-Full Monty world",0 52741,"hot sake half-sleep",0 72801,"a wartime farce in the alternately comic and",1 203032,"is just as likely to blacken that organ with cold vengefulness",0 24510,"A work of intricate elegance",1 178435,"winds up accomplishing neither in full , and leaves us feeling touched and amused by several moments and ideas , but nevertheless dissatisfied with the movie as a whole .",0 208555,"one 's appetite for the Bollywood films",1 13004,"where janice beard falters in its recycled aspects , implausibility , and sags in pace , it rises in its courageousness , and comedic employment .",1 83759,"is a convincing one , and should give anyone with a conscience reason to pause",1 229452,"bound to show up at theatres for it",1 70293,"This odd , poetic road movie , spiked by jolts of pop music",1 91197,"real stars",1 165824,"mechanical you can smell the grease on the plot",0 59904,"von Sydow ... is itself Intacto 's luckiest stroke",1 182282,"Although God Is Great addresses interesting matters of identity and heritage",1 203037,"is just fine",1 24667,"An uneven but intriguing drama",1 204448,"just does n't have anything really interesting to say",0 53628,"is so rich with period minutiae",1 227163,"Will undoubtedly play well in European markets , where Mr. Besson is a brand name , and in Asia , where Ms. Shu is an institution",1 32147,"gorgeous , mind-blowing , breath-taking mess",1 162734,"is also , at times",1 50629,"dark and jolting",0 238374,"walked out muttering words like `` horrible '' and `` terrible , '' but had so much fun dissing the film that they did n't mind the ticket cost .",0 1452,"it 's savvy about celebrity and has more guts and energy than much of what will open this year",1 156027,"captures the wonder and menace of growing up",1 232368,"is a visual tour-de-force and a story that is unlike any you will likely see anywhere else",1 110704,"Too campy to work as straight drama and",0 215131,"the movie equivalent of staring into an open wound",0 52599,"high-spirited musical",1 8966,"my precious new star",1 41097,"Nearly surreal ,",1 45589,"I liked this film a lot ...",1 175568,"this time . That chirpy songbird Britney Spears has popped up with more mindless drivel",0 19976,"artfully camouflaged as everyday activities .",1 116755,"casting . The catch is that they 're stuck with a script that prevents them from firing on all cylinders",0 193862,"authentic account of a historical event that 's far too tragic to merit such superficial treatment",0 57276,"spontaneity in its execution and",1 63819,"Amy and Matthew have a bit of a phony relationship , but",0 45831,"It seems like I have been waiting my whole life for this movie",1 23317,", Mostly Martha could make Deutchland a popular destination for hungry tourists .",1 189280,"Trouble Every Day is a success in some sense , but it 's hard to like a film so cold and dead .",0 148109,"Places a slightly believable love triangle in a difficult-to-swallow setting , and",0 171656,"something in the Martin Scorsese street-realist mode",1 23921,", the whole of Safe Conduct is less than the sum of its parts .",0 39032,"thought it could have been more",0 207395,"of Bewitched that takes place during Spring Break",1 199276,"for only 71 minutes",1 94732,"that it 's not nearly long enough",0 31258,"even some depth",1 220908,"'s no saving the movie",0 166877,"no story ,",0 1994,"palatable to only a chosen",0 113186,"about refracting all of World War II through the specific conditions of one man , and more about that man",1 221404,", it 's as good as you remember .",1 28523,"and beautifully shot and scored",1 143907,"As inept as big-screen remakes of The Avengers and The Wild Wild West .",0 134545,"that seem so real in small doses",1 146602,"It 's played in the most straight-faced fashion , with little humor to lighten things up . The heavy-handed film is almost laughable as a consequence .",0 76821,"climactic",1 29009,"appreciate the film 's easygoing blend of comedy and romance",1 227472,"`` Extreme Ops '' exceeds expectations .",1 136163,"the right time in the history of our country",1 79978,"finds its moviegoing pleasures in the tiny events that could make a person who has lived her life half-asleep suddenly wake up and take notice .",1 72224,"a real film",1 232795,"is that they 're watching a 76-minute commercial .",0 54412,"love this movie",1 33966,"laced with humor and a few fanciful touches",1 44058,"A droll , bitchy frolic which pokes fun at the price of popularity and small-town pretension in the Lone Star State",0 173732,"the director and cinematographer Stephen Kazmierski shoot on grungy video , giving the whole thing a dirty , tasteless feel",0 16785,"of the greatest family-oriented , fantasy-adventure movies",1 147204,"Literally",1 23320,", Napoleon 's journey is interesting",1 21790,"put down",0 35069,"oddly likable",1 71688,"a forum to demonstrate their acting ` chops '",1 160902,"have some exciting scenes",1 144909,"Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Theatre . '",0 223911,"If `` Lilo & Stitch '' is n't the most edgy piece of Disney animation to hit the silver screen , then this first film to use a watercolor background since `` Dumbo '' certainly ranks as the most original in years .",1 226401,"The otherwise good-naturedness of Mr. Deeds , with its embrace of sheer goofiness and cameos",1 51475,"fair amount",1 150058,"There 's not a spark of new inspiration in it , just more of the same , done with noticeably less energy and imagination .",0 226809,"Trapped presents a frightening and compelling ` What if ? '",1 223493,"Give credit to everyone from Robinson down to the key grip",1 107855,"Mr . Polanski creates images even more haunting than those in Mr . Spielberg 's 1993 classic",1 113865,"an Iraqi factory",0 109589,"The beauty of Alexander Payne 's ode to the Everyman is in the details .",1 108762,"Satisfyingly scarifying , fresh",1 208575,"one clever line",1 145923,"Hunter -- starring Irwin and his American wife\/colleague , Terri -- is a movie children should enjoy .",1 127494,"most slyly exquisite anti-adult movies",1 172806,"than their funny accents",1 124495,"is simply too overdone .",0 212836,"such a stultifying",0 89658,"one viewing ca n't possibly be enough",1 209575,"post-September 11 , '' The Sum Of All Fears '' seems more tacky and reprehensible , manipulating our collective fear without bestowing the subject with the intelligence or sincerity it unequivocally deserves",0 188963,"This director 's cut -- which adds 51 minutes -- takes a great film and turns it into a mundane soap opera .",0 116737,"carry the film with their charisma",1 52296,"grounded in an undeniable social realism",1 95882,"the historical , philosophical",1 91741,"riveting story",1 97953,"to believe in it the most",1 119344,"even less surprises",0 123920,"is an overwhelming sadness that feels as if it has made its way into your very bloodstream",0 741,"create",1 4363,"absurd lengths",0 234029,"my least favourite emotions ,",0 198020,"especially when the payoff is an unschooled comedy like Stealing Harvard , which fails to keep 80 minutes from seeming like 800",0 148881,"Storytelling never quite gets over its rather lopsided conception",0 27241,"Windtalkers celebrates the human spirit and packs an emotional wallop .",1 58054,"the best and most mature comedy of the 2002 summer season speaks more of the season than the picture",1 70948,"Wild film",1 198243,"exaggerated and broad",0 88969,"of the best movies of the year",1 128712,"of honest poetry",1 43749,", this is that rare drama that offers a thoughtful and rewarding glimpse into the sort of heartache everyone has felt , or will feel someday .",1 170513,"see , a haunted house , a haunted ship , what 's next ... Ghost Blimp",1 37218,"spell-casting beauty",1 52795,"if it does n't also keep us riveted to our seats",1 146559,"It 's not original ,",0 157289,"depressed by the shallow , selfish , greedy characters",0 40254,"with some ingenious plot devices and some lavishly built settings . .",1 233963,"most horrific",0 4665,"an idea , what a thrill ride . this is a more fascinating look at the future than '' bladerunner '' and one of the most high-concept sci fi adventures attempted for the screen",1 123326,"indifference",0 50135,"charm , generosity and diplomacy",1 27818,"a significant character study that is both moving and wise",1 229087,"avoids the obvious",0 59582,"turns out to be significantly different ( and better ) than most films with this theme",1 79970,"finding their way to joy",1 225703,"Schrader aims to present an unflinching look at one man 's downfall , brought about by his lack of self-awareness .",0 41864,"entertainment and",1 78040,"desolate",0 109746,"The entire movie has a truncated feeling ,",0 238102,"trapped while some weird relative trots out the video he took of the family vacation to Stonehenge",0 46891,"Thanks to Haynes ' absolute control of the film 's mood , and buoyed by three terrific performances , Far From Heaven actually pulls off this stylistic juggling act .",1 179131,"you happen to know annoyingly self-involved people who speak in glib sentences that could have only come from the pen of a screenwriter",0 228343,"acquires an undeniable entertainment value as the slight , pale Mr. Broomfield continues to force himself on people and into situations that would make lesser men run for cover",1 103070,"-- a film less about refracting all of World War II through the specific conditions of one man , and more about that man",1 112767,"a splendid job of racial profiling Hollywood style -- casting excellent Latin actors of all ages -- a trend long overdue",1 102363,", a movie like Ballistic : Ecks Vs . Sever is more of an ordeal than an amusement .",0 76734,"cinematic intoxication , a wildly inventive mixture of comedy and melodrama , tastelessness",1 72471,"a somber film ,",0 131008,"rarely achieves its best",0 78291,"disquieting",0 46049,"Lovely and poignant . Puts a human face on a land most Westerners are unfamiliar with",1 124542,"is so often less",0 221726,"-- Conrad L. Hall 's cinematography will likely be nominated for an Oscar next year --",1 6521,"fisher has bared his soul and confronted his own shortcomings here in a way ...",1 200272,"guess it just goes to show that if you give a filmmaker an unlimited amount of phony blood , nothing good can happen .",0 160851,"have dumped a whole lot of plot in favor of ... outrageous gags",0 153196,"along in a dazed and enervated , drenched-in-the - past numbness .",0 79394,"exalts the Marxian dream of honest working folk ,",1 121869,"has transformed the rhetoric of Hollywood melodrama into something provocative , rich , and strange",1 16884,"out the latent 15-year-old romantic in everyone",1 26035,"Makes S&M seem very romantic , and Maggie Gyllenhaal is a delight .",1 112652,"a screenplay to die for",1 45672,"Informative , intriguing , observant , often touching",1 28143,"adventure buffs",1 174013,"the funniest person",1 188491,"The only problem is that , by the end , no one in the audience or the film seems to really care .",0 71393,"a china shop , a provocateur crashing into ideas and special-interest groups as he slaps together his own brand of liberalism",1 41236,"Tautou remains captivating throughout Michele 's religious and romantic quests , and she is backed by a likable cast",1 62952,"A disoriented but occasionally disarming saga packed with moments out of an Alice in Wonderland adventure , a stalker thriller , and a condensed season of TV 's Big Brother .",1 97988,"to cling to the edge of your seat",1 138632,"understanding of the expressive power of the camera",1 47553,"Warm in its loving yet unforgivingly inconsistent depiction of everyday people , relaxed in its perfect quiet pace",1 187096,"Santa Clause 2 ' is wondrously creative .",1 114298,"anguish , anger and frustration",0 85480,"jazzy new revisionist theories",1 85206,"its cast , its cuisine and its quirky tunes",1 16729,"of careful period attention as well as some very welcome wit",1 72322,"a sane and breathtakingly creative film",1 24563,"All American at long last gives its subject a movie worthy of his talents",1 33411,"is miraculously able to entertain anyway",1 76418,"captures some of the discomfort and embarrassment of being a bumbling American in Europe",0 106875,"It 's funny . It wears its heart on the sleeve of its gaudy Hawaiian shirt",1 21873,"richer by his own experiences , making his other movies somehow",1 203936,"it is interminable",0 95576,"the exuberant openness with which he expresses our most basic emotions",1 168991,"plot mechanics get in the way of what should be the lighter-than-air adventure .",0 216942,"to compensate for the paper-thin characterizations and facile situations",0 36409,"recording",1 117252,"comes to resemble the kind of soft-core twaddle you 'd expect to see on Showtime 's ` Red Shoe Diaries",0 61981,", involving Aragorn 's dreams of Arwen , this is even better than The Fellowship . There are scenes of cinematic perfection that steal your heart away .",1 48391,"a spirited and touching occasion",1 25982,"Like a south-of-the-border Melrose Place .",0 183084,"Choppy , overlong documentary about ` The Lifestyle . '",0 86752,"manages to have a good time as it doles out pieces of the famous director 's life",1 206032,"melodramatic mountain",1 64823,"Coral Reef Adventure is a heavyweight film that fights a good fight on behalf of the world 's endangered reefs -- and it lets the pictures do the punching .",1 29273,"at a community striving to anchor itself in new grounds",1 73637,"an above-average thriller",1 146299,"In exactly 89 minutes , most of which passed as slowly as if I 'd been sitting naked on an igloo , Formula 51 sank from quirky to jerky to utter turkey .",0 24116,"... Mafia , rap stars and hood rats butt their ugly heads",0 24395,"A movie that reminds us of just how exciting and satisfying the fantasy cinema can be when it 's approached with imagination and flair .",1 18338,", Pumpkin dares us to say why either is impossible -- which forces us to confront what 's possible and what we might do to make it so .",1 152063,"a misdemeanor , a flat , unconvincing drama that never catches fire",0 77447,"could n't be more timely in its despairing vision of corruption within the Catholic establishment",1 2826,"these self-styled athletes have banged their brains into the ground so frequently and furiously , their capacity to explain themselves has gone the same way as their natural instinct for self-preservation .",0 118901,"edge to it",1 113425,"adorably ditsy but heartfelt",1 12549,"trash",0 130146,"perfectly executed and wonderfully sympathetic characters",1 177890,"well-intentioned ,",1 122009,"have worn threadbare .",0 84294,"is horrible",0 37949,"the Elizabethan prose",0 65456,"Faithful without being forceful",1 96600,"the rotting underbelly",0 115262,"atypically hypnotic",1 8047,"its essential problem",0 44554,"Antwone Fisher certainly does the trick of making us care about its protagonist and celebrate his victories but",1 47901,"a continuing and deeply satisfying awareness of the best movies as monumental ` picture shows",1 119871,"feel nostalgia for movies you grew up with",1 193514,"as its characters , about whose fate it is hard to care",0 235932,"sometimes a chuckle",1 63933,"An often watchable , though goofy and lurid , blast of a costume drama set in the late 15th century .",1 188814,"There 's a whole heap of nothing at the core of this slight coming-of-age/coming-out tale .",0 64248,"Barry 's cold-fish act makes the experience worthwhile",1 181982,"A shoddy male hip hop fantasy",0 150656,"Vile",0 12859,"washed away",0 68222,"Playfully profound ...",1 84477,"is not a movie about fetishism . It is a movie about passion .",1 184900,"In other words , about as bad a film you 're likely to see all year",0 129955,"painful lie",0 18063,"will enjoy a close look at people they do n't really want to know",1 199904,"getting all excited about a chocolate eclair and then biting into it and finding the filling missing",0 812,"difficulties",0 98745,"truths emerge .",1 103446,"A brilliant , absurd collection of vignettes that , in their own idiosyncratic way , sum up the strange horror of life in the new millennium .",1 198372,"exploiting the novelty of the ''",0 123656,"involving , inspirational drama",1 235205,"real snooze .",0 24745,"At times funny and at other times candidly revealing",1 185748,"Lifetime movie",1 67624,"More vaudeville show than well-constructed narrative ,",0 51885,"frailty fascinates",1 27828,"a sly , amusing , laugh-filled little gem",1 28852,"and the pleasures of over-the-top love",1 140483,"worst movie",0 75651,"bewilderingly brilliant and entertaining",1 69929,"The story 's scope and pageantry are mesmerizing , and Mr . Day-Lewis roars with leonine power",1 233936,"more pleasurable",1 108146,"One can only assume that the jury who bestowed star Hoffman 's brother Gordy with the Waldo Salt Screenwriting award at 2002 's Sundance Festival were honoring an attempt to do something different over actually pulling it off",0 10161,"ridiculous and",0 202411,"into elaborate choreography",1 188405,"The movie , shot on digital videotape rather than film",0 174948,"the ugly",0 32482,"her subject matter",1 152334,"a real director and good writers for the next installment",0 27793,"a romantic relationship between a 15-year-old boy and a 40-year-old woman does n't work",0 104583,"Austin Powers in Goldmember '' has the right stuff for silly summer entertainment",1 118904,"eerily convincing as this bland blank of a man with unimaginable demons",0 12614,"ugly ,",0 208365,"old-fashioned and fuddy-duddy",0 196528,"cut their losses -- and ours -- and retitle it The Adventures of Direct-to-Video Nash , and",0 195629,"cheapen the overall effect",0 41243,"The Hours makes you examine your own life in much the same way its characters do , and",1 199016,"flair and bouncing bravado",1 115059,"as they come , already having been recycled more times than I 'd care to count",0 56435,"really rather special",1 22959,"'' Minority Report",0 94660,"that finally returns De Palma to his pulpy thrillers of the early '80s",1 100455,"with an important message to tell",1 44179,"A moving and solidly entertaining comedy\/drama that should bolster director and co-writer Juan José Campanella 's reputation in the United States .",1 206630,"moviegoers for real characters and compelling plots",1 96400,"the piece works",1 145392,"Flotsam in the sea of moviemaking , not big enough for us to worry about it causing significant harm and not smelly enough to bother despising",0 131919,"see mediocre cresting on the next wave",0 26681,"Swedish",1 151151,"Young is cool",1 126496,"lumbering , wheezy",0 41855,"ensnaring the audience",1 63312,"A refreshingly realistic , affectation-free",1 215191,"the nerve to speak up",1 152543,"a subject that 's potentially moving",1 123494,"interest almost solely as an exercise in gorgeous visuals . That 's not vintage Spielberg",0 174677,"the same damn moldy values the material has always held dear",0 222443,"As adapted by Kevin Molony from Simon Leys ' novel `` The Death of Napoleon '' and directed by Alan Taylor , Napoleon 's journey is interesting but his Parisian rebirth is stillborn",0 26306,"Only an epic documentary could get it all down , and Spike Lee 's Jim Brown : All American at long last gives its subject a movie worthy of his talents .",1 118501,"does display greatness",1 21471,"occasionally cloying",0 157228,"deflates his piece of puffery with a sour cliche and heavy doses of mean-spiritedness",0 6228,"entertaining enough ,",1 95634,"the film , which very simply sets out to entertain and ends up delivering in good measure",1 113104,"about Babak Payami 's boldly quirky Iranian drama Secret Ballot ... a charming and evoking little ditty that manages to show the gentle and humane side of Middle Eastern world politics",1 126990,"meets so many of the challenges it poses for itself that one can forgive the film its flaws .",1 136824,"they will have a showdown , but , by then , your senses are as mushy as peas and you do n't care who fires the winning shot .",0 85247,"its exquisite acting , inventive screenplay , mesmerizing music ,",1 169408,"provide a mix of smiles and tears , '' Crossroads '' instead provokes",0 33369,"is exhilarating to watch because Sandler , liberated from the constraints of formula , reveals unexpected depths as an actor .",1 149341,"The ending is a cop-out . What happens to John Q ? I do n't have an I Am Sam clue .",0 205577,"made by the smartest kids in class",1 15609,"dulled by slasher films and gorefests",0 72063,"a new , or inventive , journey",1 126285,"long after you leave the theater",1 237903,"to pity the ` plain ' girl who becomes a ravishing waif after applying a smear of lip-gloss",0 194043,"be a collection taken for the comedian at the end of the show",0 49971,"by three terrific performances",1 232407,"is at once intimate and universal cinema .",1 45181,"Even the digressions are funny .",1 230627,"every cliché",0 89020,"of the giant screen and its hyper-realistic images",1 127032,"messy , uncouth , incomprehensible , vicious and absurd",0 209015,"painfully flat gross-out comedy",0 73339,"ahead of paint-by-number American blockbusters like Pearl Harbor , at least artistically .",1 47877,"a clear-eyed portrait of an intensely lived time , filled with nervous energy , moral ambiguity and great uncertainties",1 52391,"has bucked the odds",1 48429,"a technically superb film",1 236414,"that cold-hearted snake Petrovich ( that would be Reno )",0 47289,"The vivid lead performances sustain interest and empathy , but the journey is far more interesting than the final destination .",1 135124,"the e-graveyard",1 124032,"is exactly how genteel and unsurprising the execution turns out to be .",1 119827,"fearful",0 44910,"Cho 's latest comic set is n't as sharp or as fresh as I 'm the One That I Want ...",0 69850,"The premise of Jason X is silly but strangely believable .",1 64796,"Confounding because it solemnly advances a daringly preposterous thesis",0 87707,"nasty journey",0 116000,"bind us",0 29990,"can hate yourself later",0 34973,"not for all tastes",0 14156,"It 's a great deal of sizzle and very little steak .",0 183079,"Cherry Orchard is badly edited , often awkwardly directed and suffers from the addition of a wholly unnecessary pre-credit sequence designed to give some of the characters a ` back story . '",0 30529,"cuddly",1 133372,"strands his superb performers in the same old story",0 52672,"his unemployment . Good film",1 111773,"a definitely distinctive screen presence",1 146515,"It 's inoffensive , cheerful , built to inspire the young people , set to an unending soundtrack of beach party pop numbers and aside from its remarkable camerawork and awesome scenery ,",1 74566,"as X-Men - occasionally brilliant but mostly average , showing signs of potential for the sequels , but not giving us much this time around",0 131096,"really a thriller so much",1 120568,"forgive its mean-spirited second half",0 158420,"even an ambitious adaptation and elaborate production",1 124961,"it does n't even seem like she tried",0 169542,"qualify as ` worse than expected",0 220279,"you feel guilty about ignoring what the filmmakers clearly believe",0 117351,"complete with receding hairline , weathered countenance and American Breckin Meyer 's ridiculously inappropriate Valley Boy voice",0 47106,"The gentle comic treatment of adolescent sturm und drang should please fans of Chris Fuhrman 's posthumously published cult novel .",1 127295,"more dimensional and complex than its sunny disposition",1 12262,"thrilling",1 141570,"'s shot himself in the foot",0 23085,"'s also one of the smarter , savvier spoofs to come along in some time",1 44403,"Allen 's funniest and most likeable movie in years .",1 6036,"does n't have you impatiently squinting at your watch",1 231449,"has little to do with the story , which becomes something about how lame it is to try and evade your responsibilities and that you should never , ever , leave a large dog alone with a toddler .",0 187846,"The Pianist like a surgeon mends a broken heart : very meticulously but without any passion",0 20011,"as sharp as ever",1 199423,"forgot to include anything even halfway scary as they poorly rejigger Fatal Attraction into a high school setting .",0 189037,"This is very much of a mixed bag , with enough negatives to outweigh the positives .",0 198526,"fanciful film",1 194885,"bother with a contemptible imitator starring a '' SNL '' has-been acting",0 167607,"of more self-absorbed women than the mother and daughters featured in this film ? I do n't think so . Nothing wrong with performances here , but the whiney characters bugged me",0 139739,"who deserve more from a vampire pic than a few shrieky special effects",0 160708,"has never looked uglier .",0 72005,"a more fascinating look at the future than '' Bladerunner '' and",1 17951,"uses Damon 's ability to be focused and sincere",1 50085,"cautionary Christian spook-a-rama",0 190858,"a loony melodramatic denouement",0 65380,"Even when there are lulls , the emotions seem authentic",1 79482,"explosive",1 118871,"easy , cynical potshots at morally bankrupt characters",0 64127,"Astonishing ... ( frames ) profound ethical and philosophical questions in the form of dazzling pop entertainment",1 209018,"painfully forced ,",0 88870,"of seeming at once both refreshingly different and reassuringly familiar",1 112463,"a passable family film",1 213951,"that with really poor comedic writing",0 211157,"seen it all before ,",0 20379,"deteriorating",0 198615,"favored by pretentious , untalented artistes who enjoy moaning about their cruel fate",0 218102,"under its own meager weight",0 137728,"to match the freshness of the actress-producer and writer",1 233175,"its storytelling prowess",1 187582,"Stock up on silver bullets for director Neil Marshall 's intense freight train of a film . '",1 110550,"This rich , bittersweet Israeli documentary , about the life of song-and-dance-man Pasach ` ke Burstein and his family , transcends ethnic lines .",1 106901,"It 's mildly interesting to ponder the peculiar American style of justice that plays out here , but",1 199105,"followed by killer CGI effects",1 57726,"that I liked Homeboy",1 141133,"'s a mouse , for cryin ' out loud",0 116359,"by Anne-Sophie Birot",1 169117,"possibly the weakest movie",0 8012,"its charming quirks and",1 178056,"when it tries to makes us laugh",0 222017,"A gripping drama .",1 43758,", thought-provoking foreign cinema",1 183818,"Exhibits the shallow sensationalism characteristic of soap opera ... more salacious telenovela than serious drama",0 166343,"most repellent",0 90891,"punching people in the stomach again",0 156173,"charismatic tough guy Vinnie Jones",1 165441,"made me want to wrench my eyes out of my head and toss them at the screen",0 86355,"love , racial tension , and other issues that are as valid today",1 89025,"of the grieving process",0 17783,"to be fed through the eye , the heart , the mind",1 225098,"Neatly constructed thriller",1 204525,"keeps being cast in action films when none of them are ever any good",0 45248,"Filmmakers who can deftly change moods are treasures and even marvels . So",1 144466,"Chokes on its own depiction of upper-crust decorum .",0 40120,"will go happily along for the ride",1 225575,"Rather , you 'll have to wrestle disbelief to the ground and then apply the chloroform-soaked handkerchief .",0 6524,"fits",1 5807,"crime",0 140269,"with the misfortune of being released a few decades too late",0 232393,"is an interesting character",1 130234,"pile up , undermining the movie 's reality and stifling its creator 's comic voice",0 123856,"is a whole lot of nada",0 197713,"egregiously",0 47239,"The reason to see '' Sade '' lay with the chemistry and complex relationship between the marquis ( Auteil ) and Emilie ( Le Besco ) .",1 162870,"is essentially a one-trick pony that , hampered by an undeveloped script , ultimately pulls up lame .",0 198365,"exploit the comic elements of the premise , making the proceedings more bizarre than actually amusing",0 131370,"replete with stereotypical familial quandaries",0 48527,"abandon their scripts and go where the moment takes them",0 30909,"does n't aim for our sympathy , but rather delivers a performance of striking skill and depth",1 144898,"Dissing a Bond movie is quite like calling a dog stupid , but when it has the temerity to run over two hours",0 38314,"the heaving passion of Puccini 's famous love-jealousy",1 5128,"better effects",1 35906,"part of For the most part Wilde 's droll whimsy helps '' Being Earnest '' overcome its weaknesses and Parker 's creative interference",1 225768,"Should be required viewing for civics classes and would-be public servants alike .",1 37484,"superior to its predecessor . A movie that successfully crushes a best selling novel into a timeframe that mandates that you avoid the Godzilla sized soda",1 64612,"Canada 's arctic light shines bright on this frozen tundra soap opera that breathes extraordinary life into the private existence of the Inuit people .",1 136934,"this film , whose meaning and impact is sadly heightened by current world events",1 11387,"the film does n't really care about the thousands of americans who die hideously ,",0 180756,", it suffers from the awkwardness that results from adhering to the messiness of true stories .",0 4681,"an ugly knot",0 116576,"can cross swords with the best of them and helm a more traditionally plotted popcorn thriller while surrendering little of his intellectual rigor or creative composure",1 175472,"this movie 's sharp dialogue and delightful performance",1 165579,"makes it look like a masterpiece",1 182486,"Another boorish movie from the I-heard-a-joke - at-a-frat-party school of screenwriting .",0 152959,"admire the ensemble players",1 113854,"an ART FILM",1 188086,"The dramatic scenes are frequently unintentionally funny , and the action sequences -- clearly the main event -- are surprisingly uninvolving .",0 109917,"The jokes are flat , and the action looks fake",0 186080,"Memorable",1 17325,"still has the chops",1 139657,"which leaves any true emotional connection or identification frustratingly out of reach",0 236351,"that 's a bad sign .",0 21786,"pure comedy",1 126832,"marvelous series into a deadly bore",0 62339,", this has layered , well-developed characters and some surprises .",1 188949,"This Sade is hardly a perverse , dangerous libertine and agitator -- which would have made for better drama . He 's just a sad aristocrat in tattered finery , and the film seems as deflated as he does",0 59675,"unerring",1 217729,"trademark style and flash",1 73190,"adapts",1 12420,"to sleep or bewildered by the artsy and often pointless visuals",0 76061,"business and pleasure",1 13812,"A thoughtful , provocative , insistently humanizing film",1 162504,"irrevocably bizarre",0 141113,"'s a deeply serious movie that cares passionately about its subject , but too often becomes ponderous in its teaching of history , or lost in the intricate connections and multiple timelines of its story .",0 161579,"if its twists and turns hold no more surprise than yesterday 's weather report",0 33465,"is pretty dicey material .",0 4216,"a thrill ride . this",1 188863,"There are a few chuckles , but not a single gag sequence that really scores ,",0 39443,"treat a subject , you 're not fully aware is being examined , much like a photo of yourself you did n't know",1 182317,"Americans .",1 165302,"lots of cheese ,",0 228510,"amusing for a good while",1 91927,"saves it ... and makes it",1 217120,"to investigate",1 29914,"by amalgamating genres and adding true",1 121687,"has all the earmarks of French cinema at its best .",1 236197,"sustain the buoyant energy level of the film 's city beginnings",1 215074,"the most highly-praised disappointments I",0 66105,"I 'll settle for a nice cool glass of iced tea and a Jerry Bruckheimer flick any day of the week",1 136128,"the remarkable feat",1 57353,"still manages at least a decent attempt at meaningful cinema",1 21232,"likely inadvertently --",0 230538,"enjoyable comedy",1 17216,"sizzle it is !",1 199701,"further demonstrates just how far his storytelling skills have eroded .",0 171910,"star quality",1 214972,"the longest 90 minutes",0 125655,"knows everything and answers all questions , is visually smart , cleverly written , and",1 121323,"good things",1 35250,"of frankness , civility and compassion",1 110819,"Undercover Brother missed an opportunity to strongly present some profound social commentary",0 68314,"Qutting may be a flawed film",0 77839,"deeply touching melodrama",1 154714,"be doing something else far more pleasurable . Something like scrubbing the toilet . Or emptying rat traps .",0 150888,"When the fire burns out , we 've only come face-to-face with a couple dragons and that 's where the film ultimately fails .",0 179603,"'s all gratuitous before long , as if Schwentke were fulfilling a gross-out quota for an anticipated audience demographic instead of shaping the material to fit the story",0 156633,"completely crass and forgettable",0 44935,"Claude Chabrol has here a thriller without thrills , but",0 173242,"that these ops are just not extreme enough",0 95908,"the ideal casting",1 174282,"the momentary joys",1 49739,"bitchy",0 83368,"injects freshness and spirit into the romantic comedy genre , which has been held hostage by generic scripts that seek to remake Sleepless in Seattle again and again .",1 236125,"such as skateboarder Tony Hawk or BMX rider Mat Hoffman , are about a half dozen young Turks angling to see how many times they can work the words `` radical '' or `` suck '' into a sentence .",0 153069,"all intertwined and far too complicated to keep track of",0 126084,"like an extended , open-ended poem than a traditionally structured story",1 154158,"as each overwrought new sequence",0 213362,"than a stylish exercise in revisionism whose point",0 39498,"turns loyal and deceitful , responsible and reckless , idealistically selfless and coldly self-interested",0 142640,", why spend money on a dog like this when you can rent a pedigree instead",0 194234,"bears a grievous but obscure complaint against fathers , and circles it obsessively , without making contact",0 21515,"of fun",1 133222,"stands as one of the great films about movie love",1 74090,"animation enthusiasts of all ages",1 19466,"a bravura lead performance",1 182598,"As much as I laughed throughout the movie , I can not mount a cogent defense of the film as entertainment , or even performance art , although the movie does leave you marveling at these guys ' superhuman capacity to withstand pain .",1 135415,"the frequent allusions to gurus and doshas will strike some Westerners as verging on mumbo-jumbo",0 207495,"of ` Sacre bleu ! ' than ` Magnifique '",0 197247,"do you make a movie with depth about a man who lacked any ?",0 156368,"cliched or meaningless roles",0 130225,"piercing intellect",1 97448,"this is the ultimate movie experience",1 141294,"'s disappointing when filmmakers throw a few big-name actors and cameos at a hokey script",0 205789,"manages to embody the worst excesses of nouvelle vague without any of its sense of fun or energy",0 149508,"The lack of pace kills it , although , in a movie about cancer , this might be apt .",0 131921,"see nothing in it to match the ordeal of sitting through it",0 203124,"is more than one joke about putting the toilet seat down .",0 123444,"instead found their Sturges .",1 143538,"African-Americans because of its broad racial insensitivity towards African-Americans",0 203370,"is romantic comedy boilerplate from start to finish",1 196580,"dark and quirky comedy",1 56427,"realistic performances",1 214251,"the cartoons look almost Shakespearean -- both in depth and breadth -- after watching this digital-effects-heavy , supposed family-friendly comedy .",1 145717,"Harrison 's Flowers puts its heart in the right place ,",1 221971,"A crisp psychological drama ( and ) a fascinating little thriller that would have been perfect for an old `` Twilight Zone '' episode .",1 146143,"I wasted 123 minutes and $ 9",0 33021,"increasingly mesmerizing",1 55353,"of fascinating issues",1 42155,"is a ravishing consciousness-raiser ,",1 187450,"Some writer dude , I think his name was , uh , Michael Zaidan , was supposed to have like written the screenplay or something , but , dude , the only thing that I ever saw that was written down were the zeroes on my paycheck .",0 100257,"will have found a cult favorite to enjoy for a lifetime",1 200344,"had released the outtakes theatrically and used the film as a bonus feature on the DVD",1 186355,"No Such Thing breaks no new ground and treads old turf like a hippopotamus ballerina .",0 128043,"no timeout",0 105674,"Even better than the first one",1 184471,"Holm is terrific as both men and",1 165259,"loose ends with more bows",0 14949,"amazingly well",1 185544,"Just dreadful",0 52028,"fuss or noise",0 191034,"a negligible work of manipulation , an exploitation piece doing its usual worst to guilt-trip parents",0 5847,"david weissman and bill weber benefit enormously from the cockettes ' camera craziness -- not only did they film performances",1 102397,", any John Waters movie has it beat by a country mile .",0 160810,"have been allowed to use the word '' new '' in its title , because there 's not an original character , siuation or joke in the entire movie",0 91413,"relies a bit too heavily on grandstanding , emotional , Rocky-like moments",0 1935,"offensive",0 202998,"is in more abundant supply in this woefully hackneyed movie , directed by Scott Kalvert , about street gangs and turf wars in 1958 Brooklyn -- stale cliches , gratuitous violence , or empty machismo",0 45403,"Gorgeous scenes , masterful performances , but the sickly sweet gender normative narrative",1 158030,"dull and",0 205484,"low , very low ,",0 112925,"a transition is a common tenet in the world 's religions . This deeply spiritual film taps into the meaning and",1 60230,"will find the movie",1 17337,"struck a responsive chord with many South Koreans",1 229800,"charge money for this ? '",0 7561,"instantly forgettable and",0 28324,"an athlete",1 171203,"skewed to ever get a hold on",0 201848,"in creating an emotionally complex , dramatically satisfying heroine",1 231456,"has many of the things that made the first one charming .",1 151511,"a collective heart attack",0 176626,"too hard to be hip . The end result is a film that 's neither",0 41848,"engulfing you",1 207658,"of cliches that the talented cast generally",0 57270,"spider web .",0 150773,"Well-shot",1 180467,", Wilde 's play is a masterpiece of elegant wit and artifice",1 191206,"a reminiscence without nostalgia or sentimentality",0 59862,"very well-made , funny and entertaining picture",1 48206,"a most hard-hearted person",0 70321,"This slight premise ... works because of the ideal casting of the masterful British actor Ian Holm as the aged Napoleon .",1 184617,"I ca n't remember the last time I saw an audience laugh so much during a movie ,",1 76207,"by storm",1 100548,"with leonine power",1 59074,"thought-provoking , haunting film",1 7104,"her heroine 's book sound convincing , the gender-war ideas original",1 113046,"a working over . The cast is spot on",1 231836,"humbuggery",0 98233,"to present an unflinching look at one man 's downfall , brought about by his lack of self-awareness",1 183132,"Clumsy , obvious , preposterous , the movie will likely set the cause of woman warriors back decades .",0 92325,"served as a feast of bleakness",0 103642,"A heady , biting , be-bop ride through nighttime Manhattan , a loquacious videologue of the modern male and the lengths to which he 'll go to weave a protective cocoon around his own ego .",1 221335,", exhilaratingly tasteless .",0 194366,"been making piffle for a long while",0 42275,"leaves viewers",1 119427,"evoke memories and emotions which are anything",1 133416,"strip-mined the Monty formula mercilessly since 1997",0 183411,"Did no one on the set have a sense of humor ,",0 20479,"entirely close its characters ' emotional wounds",1 172667,"terminally depressed , mostly inarticulate , hyper",0 51403,"exceptional thriller",1 153168,"allegedly scary",0 161225,"his Rules is barely worth following .",0 21019,"is enlightening to listen to new sides of a previous reality , and to visit with some of the people who were able to make an impact in the theater world",1 135376,"the filmmaker 's extraordinary access to Massoud , whose charm , cultivation and devotion to his people are readily apparent",1 196574,"daring as John Ritter 's glory days",1 14297,"Most of Crush is a clever and captivating romantic comedy with a welcome pinch of tartness .",1 124645,"is that the entire exercise has no real point",0 204818,"leaves you scratching your head in amazement over the fact that so many talented people could participate in such an",0 189116,"Those who are only mildly curious , I fear , will be put to sleep or bewildered by the artsy and often pointless visuals .",0 235210,"reality-snubbing",0 178766,"wonder why Enough was n't just a music video rather than a full-length movie",0 26558,"Several degrees shy of the gross-out contests one",0 113241,"above superficiality",1 206035,"melodramatic paranormal romance is an all-time low for Kevin Costner .",0 90521,"portrays young Brendan with his usual intelligence and subtlety ,",1 238881,"with drama , romance , tragedy , bravery , political intrigue , partisans and sabotage",1 108091,"Occasionally loud and offensive , but more often",0 147976,"Outrageousness is all Plympton seemed to be going for this time .",0 7738,"is n't",0 163277,"is replete with acclaimed actors and actresses and",1 97672,"thrill you ,",1 170552,"seeing Joan grow from awkward young woman to strong , determined monarch",1 31638,"find What Time Is It There ? well worth the time",1 5745,"conversations '' holds its goodwill close , but is relatively slow to come to the point",0 178593,"with its many out-sized , out of character and logically porous action set",0 205806,"manufactured to claim street credibility",0 159503,"for the ridicule factor",0 122298,"his difficult , endless work",0 122819,"impressed by the skill of the actors involved in the enterprise",1 157191,"deconstruct where it all went wrong",0 208194,"of this unpleasantness",0 85073,"it is nonjudgmental , and makes clear that a prostitute can be as lonely and needy as any of the clients",1 222940,"Christians sensitive to a reductionist view of their Lord as a luv-spreading Dr. Feelgood or omnipotent slacker will feel vastly more affronted than secularists , who might even praise God for delivering such an instant camp classic .",1 109864,"The first shocking thing about Sorority Boys is that it 's actually watchable . Even more baffling is that it 's funny .",1 227107,"Whether Jason X is this bad on purpose",0 145101,"Enough trivializes an important crisis ,",0 216922,"to burn every print of the film",0 181080,", tortured",1 70621,"Vibrantly colored and beautifully designed , Metropolis is a feast for the eyes .",1 92513,"shock-you-into-laughter intensity",1 114589,"are generating about as much chemistry as an Iraqi factory poised to receive a UN inspector",0 238054,"too conventional -- lots of boring talking heads , etc. -- to do the subject matter justice",0 60632,"& Stitch '' is n't the most edgy piece of Disney animation to hit the silver screen , then this first film to use a watercolor background since '' Dumbo '' certainly ranks as the most original in years .",1 124504,"is smart and entirely charming in intent and execution",1 22869,"world-class actor",1 228958,"as in aimless , arduous , and arbitrary .",0 79019,"engrossing thriller",1 57107,"so larger than life and",1 198176,"every faltering half-step of its development",0 143340,"A silly , self-indulgent film about a silly , self-indulgent filmmaker .",0 51199,"energetic and satisfying",1 175916,"to be an epic",1 31237,"even fascinates us",1 95929,"the incredible IMAX sound system",1 47875,"a classic low-budget film noir movie",1 127705,"my 6-year-old nephew said , '' I guess I come from a broken family , and my uncles are all aliens , too . '' Congrats Disney on a job well done , I enjoyed it just as much",1 57163,"some deft Ally McBeal-style fantasy sequences",1 193854,"audacious ambitions",1 1835,"no",0 188030,"The characters seem one-dimensional , and the film is superficial and will probably be of interest primarily to its target audience .",0 37810,"that implies an underlying order throughout the chaos",1 32235,"half the so-called real movies",0 131745,"satisfying conclusions",1 11848,"the running time about 10 minutes past a child 's interest and an adult 's patience .",0 74347,"are idiosyncratic enough to lift the movie above its playwriting 101 premise .",1 204149,"its chosen topic",0 195108,"by Laurice Guillen",1 223924,"If that does n't clue you in that something 's horribly wrong",0 230663,"execution and skill",1 150337,"Though Avary has done his best to make something out of Ellis ' nothing novel , in the end",0 201110,"hilariously raunchy as South Park",1 165735,"may be just as fun ( and scary ) as going to the film",1 53631,"is soaringly , transparently moving",1 209592,"potentially good comic premise",1 169230,"pretentious , meaningless prattle",0 71651,"a film that 's destined to win a wide summer audience through word-of-mouth reviews and , not far down the line , to find a place among the studio 's animated classics",1 158749,"fails on its own ,",0 182921,"Broder 's screenplay is shallow , offensive and redundant , with pitifully few real laughs .",0 208715,"only weak claims to surrealism and black comedy",0 108925,"Showtime 's uninspired send-up",0 10947,"takes a classic story , casts attractive and talented actors and",1 19365,"This is such a dazzlingly self-assured directorial debut that it 's hard to know what to praise first .",1 79868,"figures out how to make us share their enthusiasm",1 138936,"venturesome , beautifully realized psychological mood piece",1 121317,"good poetry",1 33262,"is a showcase for Sandler 's many talents",1 119932,"feels painfully redundant and inauthentic",0 83824,"is a nicely handled affair , a film about human darkness but etched with a light ( yet unsentimental ) touch",1 74631,"as an emotionally accessible , almost mystical work",1 39771,"very much a step in the right direction , with its blend of frankness , civility and compassion",1 234734,"one of the most beautiful , evocative works I 've seen",1 76749,"cinematography to the outstanding soundtrack and unconventional narrative",1 145267,"Falters when it takes itself too seriously and when it depends too heavily on its otherwise talented cast to clown in situations that are n't funny .",0 22829,"with absolutely no meaning , and no desire",0 6319,"exciting and",1 9683,"perhaps it 's an emotion closer to pity",0 113799,"am to feel-good , follow-your-dream Hollywood fantasies",1 179788,"'s horribly depressing and not very well done .",0 54911,"moves beyond the original 's nostalgia for the communal film experiences of yesteryear",1 208206,"of today 's hottest and hippest acts from the world of television , music and stand-up comedy",1 28564,"and death",0 60452,"wonderfully creepy",1 57825,"that its dying , in this shower of black-and-white psychedelia , is quite beautiful",1 87229,"more ambitious",1 128110,"not only a detailed historical document , but an engaging and moving portrait of a subculture",1 96531,"the reaction in Williams is as visceral as a gut punch",1 108355,"Perdition",1 101566,"'s about issues most adults have to face in marriage",0 237118,"the one of the world 's best actors , Daniel Auteuil ,",1 39783,"veteran",1 149682,"The original was n't a good movie but",0 151334,"a bad high school production of Grease",0 45008,"Davies as a young woman of great charm , generosity and diplomacy",1 165350,"low-budget hybrid",0 235168,"radical '' or `` suck ''",0 81493,"had the inclination to make the most sincere and artful movie in which Adam Sandler will probably ever appear",1 53572,"is one of two things : unadulterated thrills or genuine laughs .",1 178652,"with such unrelenting Dickensian decency",0 151773,"a full-blown movie",1 90359,"playful but highly studied and dependent for its success on a patient viewer",1 136622,"the worst of the Brosnan bunch",0 103713,"A metaphor for a modern-day urban China searching for its identity .",1 52003,"funny , even punny 6",1 193899,"awful sour taste",0 21009,"is as much a snapshot of modern China in microcosm as it is a crash course in movie mythology",1 23004,"'ll want to slap them",0 221912,": Celebrity cameos do not automatically equal laughs .",0 70624,"Victor Rosa is Leguizamo 's best movie work so far , a subtle and richly internalized performance .",1 73984,"anchored by splendid performances from an honored screen veteran and a sparkling newcomer who instantly transform themselves into a believable mother\/daughter pair",1 195010,"bungle their way through the narrative as if it were a series of Bible parables and not an actual story .",0 216446,"this movie strangely enough has the outdated swagger of a shameless '70s blaxploitation shuck-and-jive sitcom .",0 152235,"a plotline that 's as lumpy as two-day old porridge ... the filmmakers ' paws , sad to say , were all over this '' un-bear-able '' project",0 206919,"never comes close to recovering from its demented premise",0 208582,"one dumb movie",0 39357,"to transcend the sex , drugs and show-tunes plot into something far richer",1 224731,"Marinated in clichés and mawkish dialogue",0 20168,"but distancing",0 225540,"Purports to be a Hollywood satire but winds up as the kind of film that should be the target of something",0 127668,"mushy",0 231865,"if I 've come to expect more from this studio than some 79-minute after-school `` cartoon ''",0 50742,"delivers a solid mixture of sweetness and",1 188038,"The colorful Masseur wastes its time on mood rather than riding with the inherent absurdity of Ganesh 's rise up the social ladder .",0 213787,"that of more recent successes such",1 231598,"have to admit I walked out of Runteldat .",0 22631,"unbelievably fun film",1 77911,"delightful , if minor ,",1 21935,"serves as an examination of a society in transition",1 140195,"with no unified whole",0 20940,"inhabited a character",1 164343,"just seem like a bad idea from frame one",0 59774,"us deep into the girls ' confusion and pain as they struggle tragically to comprehend the chasm of knowledge that 's opened between them",1 219499,"will enjoy it",1 71635,"a fierce dance",1 140383,"wonderfully warm",1 177979,"what is missing from it all is a moral . What is the filmmakers ' point ? Why did they deem it necessary to document all this emotional misery",0 10683,"splendid production design",1 114202,"and , through it all , human",1 227848,"a couple of things that elevate `` Glory '' above most of its ilk , most notably the mere presence of Duvall",1 234482,"of pointed personalities , courage , tragedy and the little guys",1 198033,"essentially ruined -- or",0 36108,"potentially forgettable formula",0 137756,"to one of those ignorant",0 200564,"has its heart ( and its palate )",1 58529,"the nation",1 126459,"loves a David and Goliath story",1 207591,"of action and almost no substance",0 186590,"One well-timed explosion in a movie can be a knockout",1 212937,"supply too much of the energy in a film that is , overall , far too staid for its subject matter",0 43094,"'d have a 90-minute , four-star movie",1 199096,"folks they do n't understand , ones they figure the power-lunchers do n't care to understand , either",0 125930,"less the product of loving , well integrated homage and more like a mere excuse for the wan , thinly sketched story . Killing time , that 's all that 's going on here",0 173613,"the characters barely move",0 227582,"`` Shakes The Clown '' , a much funnier film with a similar theme and an equally great Robin Williams performance",1 44614,"Audrey Tatou has a knack for picking roles that magnify her outrageous charm",1 161836,"in charm , wit and invention",1 99262,"usually dread encountering the most",0 221568,", the effect comes off as self-parody .",0 165926,"might have been more satisfying if it had , in fact , been fleshed out a little more instead of going for easy smiles .",0 70806,"What a concept",1 84573,"is refreshingly undogmatic about its characters",1 138624,"underplayed",0 209674,"preposterous hairpiece",0 54277,"liked this film a lot ...",1 134452,"that loses sight of its own story",0 99456,"visionary",1 74601,"as a painful elegy and sobering cautionary tale",1 41932,"film that is a portrait of grace in an imperfect world",1 63479,"A tasty slice of droll whimsy",1 212025,"so-so slapstick",0 131520,"rhapsodize cynicism , with repetition and languorous slo-mo sequences ,",0 146757,"It wants to be thought of as a subversive little indie film",0 229659,"can easily imagine Benigni 's Pinocchio becoming a Christmas perennial .",1 104054,"About as enjoyable , I would imagine , as searching for a quarter in a giant pile of elephant feces ... positively dreadful .",0 125125,"it uses lighting effects and innovative backgrounds to an equally impressive degree",1 79183,"escapist film",1 168352,"oppressively gloomy techno-horror clambake",0 174953,"the unwatchable Soapdish is more original",0 171155,"sinuously plotted and",1 164628,"laughs , with a hit-to-miss ratio that does n't exactly favour the audience",0 53523,"is more than a movie . Go .",1 229115,"balances both Traditional or Modern stories together in a manner that one never overwhelms the other",1 33469,"is recreated with obvious affection , scored to perfection with some tasty boogaloo beats",1 47375,"This masterfully calibrated psychological thriller",1 197086,"disingenuous",0 226192,"The appeal of the vulgar , sexist , racist humour went over my head or -- considering just how low brow it is",0 70017,"The urban landscapes are detailed down to the signs on the kiosks , and",1 149198,"The actors are appealing ,",1 25954,"Lends itself to the narcotizing bland ( sinister , though not nearly so sinister as the biennial Disney girl movie ) machinations of the biennial Disney boy movie",0 225642,"Rock 's stand-up magic wanes .",0 100184,"whose sharp",1 160892,"have preferred a transfer down the hall to Mr . Holland 's class for the music , or to Robin Williams 's lecture so I could listen to a teacher with humor , passion , and verve",0 233648,"make this worth a peek .",1 238509,"we cut to a new scene , which also appears to be the end .",0 201620,"ill at ease sharing the same scene",0 121393,"grasping actors ' workshop that it is",0 224738,"Martin Lawrence 's latest vehicle can explode obnoxiously into 2귔 screens while something of Bubba Ho-Tep 's clearly evident quality may end up languishing on a shelf somewhere",0 158953,"feels like a Monty Python sketch gone horribly wrong",0 125314,"its occasional charms are not to be dismissed .",1 194473,"being cast in action films when none of them are ever any good",0 24815,"Benoit",1 129614,"one-dimensional buffoons that get him a few laughs but nothing else",0 85330,"its old-hat set-up and predictable plot",0 160608,"has a great cast and a great idea",1 19118,"Murderous Maids may well be the most comprehensive of these films and also strike closest to the truth .",1 14354,"On the surface , it 's a lovers-on-the-run crime flick",1 88006,"not far down the line , to find a place among the studio 's animated classics",1 53059,"increasing decrepitude",0 9136,"not just the full assault of reno 's immense wit and insight , but",1 143010,"A bland animated sequel that hardly seems worth the effort .",0 183666,"Enchanted",1 103618,"A generic international version of a typical American horror film .",0 142416,", rusty ship",0 215293,"the outdated clothes and plastic knickknacks",0 161716,"improbably forbearing",0 188350,"The milieu is wholly unconvincing",0 197137,"distressingly",0 180523,", as Blood Work proves , that was a long , long time ago .",0 117026,"classical dramatic animated feature",1 69272,"The Chateau belongs to Rudd , whose portrait of a therapy-dependent flakeball spouting French malapropisms ... is a nonstop hoot",1 196855,"despite the mild hallucinogenic buzz , is of overwhelming waste",0 102880,", the film is less the cheap thriller you 'd expect than it is a fairly revealing study of its two main characters -- damaged-goods people whose orbits will inevitably and dangerously collide .",1 131199,"redundancy and unsuccessful",0 126405,"loud and goofy",0 204647,"lackluster script",0 22438,"this largely celebratory film",1 68587,"Sand 's masculine persona , with its love of life and beauty , takes form",1 15519,"delight newcomers to the story and those who know it from bygone days",1 54937,"moving and solidly entertaining",1 156203,"cheap knockoff",0 35567,"off-the-cuff imaginative flourishes",1 229961,"contest to see who can out-bad-act the other",0 67762,"Nair does n't use ( Monsoon Wedding ) to lament the loss of culture . Instead , she sees it as a chance to revitalize what is and always has been remarkable about clung-to traditions .",1 104473,"As an actor 's showcase , Hart 's War has much to recommend it , even if the top-billed Willis is not the most impressive player . As a story of dramatic enlightenment , the screenplay by Billy Ray and Terry George leaves something to be desired .",1 135683,"the makers of this ` we 're - doing-it-for - the-cash ' sequel were",0 19494,"a gem",1 185281,"It follows the Blair Witch formula for an hour , in which we 're told something creepy and vague is in the works , and then it goes awry in the final 30 minutes .",0 84674,"is surely everything its fans are hoping it will be , and in that sense is a movie that deserves recommendation",1 93500,"stereotypes in good fun",1 42711,"successful and",1 48523,"a youthful and good-looking diva and tenor and richly handsome locations",1 234182,"not as innovative , nor the story as imaginative as in the original",0 219466,"wildly overproduced , inadequately motivated every step of the way",0 119136,"enjoys intentionally introducing your kids to films which will cause loads of irreparable damage that years and years of costly analysis could never fix",0 74668,"as distinctive as his visuals .",1 209081,"particular talents",1 189465,"Watching '' Ending '' is too often like looking over the outdated clothes and plastic knickknacks at your neighbor 's garage sale .",0 121564,"half-baked setups and",0 226378,"The movie is without intent .",0 40158,"with Weaver 's sensitive reactions",1 146594,"It 's one of those baseball pictures where the hero is stoic , the wife is patient , the kids are as cute as all get-out",1 44259,"A solid , spooky entertainment worthy of the price of a ticket",1 70631,"Vin Diesel is the man",1 32672,"how the bike still remains an ambiguous icon in Chinese society",1 220077,"would have a hard time sitting through this one .",0 227787,"a black man getting humiliated by a pack of dogs who are smarter than him",0 193088,"are hardly specific to their era",1 235938,"songbird Britney Spears has popped up with more mindless drivel .",0 80478,"formidable arithmetic",0 237406,"there 's no scene that screams `` bathroom break",1 28296,"amusing and cute",1 182461,"And people make fun of me for liking Showgirls .",0 215533,"the same illogical things",0 140211,"with scenes so true and heartbreaking",1 180972,", the film gives no quarter to anyone seeking to pull a cohesive story out of its 2 1/2 - hour running time .",0 172241,"such an instant camp classic",1 226714,"This would have been better than the fiction it has concocted",0 11669,"the movie is a little tired ; maybe the original inspiration has run its course .",0 220292,"you have a problem",0 4864,"as dull",0 129855,"overboard",0 129651,"only surprise",0 140751,"you find yourself praying for a quick resolution",0 78647,"drug dealers ,",0 189168,"Time literally stops on a dime in the tries-so-hard-to-be-cool '' Clockstoppers",0 135863,"the needlessly poor quality of its archival prints and film footage . The images lack contrast",0 223590,"Has an uppity musical beat that you can dance to , but",1 92642,"sick character",0 204013,"it should pay reparations to viewers .",0 91368,"refreshingly unhibited enthusiasm",1 152677,"a well-intentioned remake",1 68959,"Sports",1 107558,"Ludicrous , but director Carl Franklin adds enough flourishes and freak-outs to make it entertaining .",1 119331,"even if the picture itself is somewhat problematic",0 69003,"Steinis quirky , charming and often hilarious .",1 175545,"this specious",0 49479,"baseball movies that try too hard to be mythic",0 91302,"recommend it enough",1 84399,"is more fun than Conan the Barbarian .",1 130571,"presents himself as the boy puppet Pinocchio , complete with receding hairline , weathered countenance and American Breckin Meyer 's ridiculously inappropriate Valley Boy voice .",0 6720,"fun-seeking summer audiences",1 85312,"its most delightful moments",1 13473,"'s significant without being overstated .",1 7060,"hawn and sarandon form an acting bond that makes the banger sisters a fascinating character study with laughs to spare .",1 36311,"quite the equal of Woo 's best earlier work",1 213316,"terrible , banal dialogue :",0 150452,"Too many improbabilities",0 58012,"the ambiguous welcome",1 169725,"real contenders",1 37014,"slapstick humor for the kids",1 38438,"the most impossibly dry account of Kahlo 's life imaginable",0 22094,"successful and accessible",1 90806,"provide insight into a fascinating part of theater history",1 37139,"some solid performances",1 68256,"Pray does n't have a passion for the material . He nonetheless appreciates the art and reveals a music scene that transcends culture and race .",1 93681,"style , structure and rhythms are so integrated with the story",1 115172,"at its utterly misplaced earnestness",0 223710,"Human Resources was a good , straightforward tale",1 193517,"as its own most damning censure",0 80121,"flick worthy of a couple hours of summertime and a bucket of popcorn . Nothing overly original , mind you",1 16462,"like when he 's not giving the same 15-cent stump speech",0 126907,"may not look as fully ` rendered ' as Pixar 's industry standard",0 51977,"full of privileged moments and memorable performances",1 188897,"There is only so much baked cardboard I need to chew .",0 73665,"an affectionate",1 189305,"Two tedious acts light on great scares and a good surprise ending .",1 93510,"stifling a yawn or two during the first hour",0 53816,"it interesting as a character study is the fact that the story is told from Paul 's perspective",1 215932,"the worst kind of mythologizing , the kind that sacrifices real heroism and abject suffering for melodrama .",0 58475,"the masses with star power , a pop-induced score",1 185212,"It 's supposed to be a humorous , all-too-human look at how hope can breed a certain kind of madness -- and strength --",0 57756,"that both thrills the eye and , in its over-the-top way , touches the heart .",1 232898,"is your typical ` fish out of water ' story .",0 105887,"Fred Schepisi 's film is paced at a speed that is slow to those of us in middle age and deathly slow to any teen . With a cast of A-list Brit actors , it is worth searching out .",1 235408,"runs on equal parts of innocence and wisdom -- wisdom that comes with experience",1 71677,"a flashy editing style that does n't always jell with Sean Penn 's monotone narration",0 64987,"Deliberately and skillfully",1 104939,"By the time you reach the finale , you 're likely wondering why you 've been watching all this strutting and posturing .",0 70290,"This odd , distant Portuguese import more or less borrows from Bad Lieutenant and Les Vampires , and comes up with a kind of art-house gay porn film .",0 206382,"more entertaining",1 100055,"who 's the scariest of sadists",1 230446,"dumb , narratively chaotic ,",0 195643,"cheesy B-movie playing",0 32358,"have a few laughs while the little ones get a fuzzy treat",1 20295,"constructed a remarkably coherent , horrifically vivid snapshot of those turbulent days",1 125476,"joyous films that leaps over national boundaries and celebrates universal human nature",1 5200,"bloody",0 17236,"so engrossing it",1 116873,"charming , quirky , original",1 95978,"the killer in Insomnia . He does this so well",1 79738,"feces",0 164204,"itself to be truly entertaining",1 146164,"IMAX rah-rah",0 156414,"clown clothes",0 20243,"charisma and menace",1 51817,"for teasing chilly poetry out of lives and settings",1 25508,"Haynes gets just about everything right .",1 22930,"you wo n't want to miss .",1 106944,"It 's rare to find a film to which the adjective ` gentle ' applies ,",1 182203,"After sitting through this sloppy , made-for-movie comedy special , it makes me wonder if Lawrence hates criticism so much that he refuses to evaluate his own work .",0 39412,"touching and wonderfully dyspeptic .",1 110713,"Too much of Storytelling moves away from Solondz 's social critique , casting its audience as that of intellectual lector in contemplation of the auteur 's professional injuries .",0 177621,"warmed-over melodrama",0 225210,"Not to mention absolutely refreshed .",1 48945,"an idolized culture , self-loathing",0 194472,"being boring",0 38032,"the best of the year",1 16192,"into the vertiginous perspectives opened up by the photography",1 30844,"displaying the wacky talent that brought him fame in the first place",1 236074,"strikes hardest",1 86400,"low , smoky and inviting",1 3141,"while there 's something intrinsically funny about sir anthony hopkins saying ` get in the car , bitch , ' this jerry bruckheimer production has little else to offer",0 111566,"a bland , surfacey way",0 65863,"Great performances , stylish cinematography and a gritty feel help make Gangster No . 1 a worthwhile moviegoing experience .",1 231765,"honest , and enjoyable",1 204838,"left with a story that tries to grab us , only to keep letting go at all the wrong moments",0 216520,"this was your introduction to one of the greatest plays of the last 100 years",1 33552,"is well plotted , visually striking and filled with enjoyably complex characters who are never what they first appear .",1 30385,"continued good chemistry",1 149527,"The longer the movie goes , the worse it gets , but",0 200343,"had no obvious directing involved",0 118905,"effective film",1 229915,"comes down to whether you can tolerate Leon Barlow .",0 235514,"see a movie that takes such a speedy swan dive from `` promising ''",0 72876,"abandoned , but",0 110086,"The plot grows thin soon",0 15011,"and catchy songs",1 133302,"still feels somewhat unfinished .",0 190063,"a Brazil-like , hyper-real satire",0 165605,"makes the mix-and - match metaphors intriguing , while lulling us into torpor with his cultivated allergy to action",1 598,"better",1 185405,"Its simplicity puts an exclamation point on the fact that this is n't something to be taken seriously",0 46455,"Oscar-winners",1 34351,"manages to convey more substance despite its repetitions and inconsistencies than do most films than",1 197587,"dull , inconsistent , dishonest female bonding",0 208741,"opera-ish dialogue",0 104802,"Boasts a handful of virtuosic set pieces and offers a fair amount of trashy , kinky fun",1 58045,"the beauty and power of the opera",1 193889,"avoids all the comic possibilities of its situation , and becomes one more dumb high school comedy about sex gags and prom dates",0 105188,"Confuses its message with an ultimate desire to please , and",0 23701,", is weirdly sympathetic to both and manages to be tender and darkly comic",1 150765,"Well-intentioned",1 239147,"you do see thriller , coupled with some arresting effects , incandescent tones and stupendous performances",1 11711,"the pacing is deadly ,",0 200256,"groupies out there ? It 's dark and tragic",0 66159,"I have always appreciated a smartly written motion picture",1 16233,"is a startling film that gives you a fascinating , albeit depressing view of Iranian rural life close to the Iraqi border .",1 51723,"first-class road movie",1 153448,"an irritatingly unimaginative retread concept",0 169246,"pretty big",1 49468,"bar-scrapping doggedness",0 35219,"of dramatic momentum",1 127509,"mostly boring",0 197427,"done well",1 90993,"quiet , confident craftsmanship",1 34766,"my interest from start to finish",1 77780,"death , especially",0 20727,"has constructed a remarkably coherent , horrifically vivid snapshot of those turbulent days .",1 197263,"does LeBlanc make one spectacularly ugly-looking broad",0 24406,"A pleasant ramble through the sort of idoosyncratic terrain that Errol Morris has often dealt with",1 23563,", conventional , well-acted tale",1 120887,"funny with the material",1 152554,"a sudsy tub of supernatural hokum",0 220904,"'s no emotional pulse to Solaris .",0 194508,"believing it was just coincidence",1 105760,"Fahrenheit 451",1 193648,"as well as rank frustration from those in the know about Rubbo 's dumbed-down tactics )",0 124137,"is in many ways a fresh and dramatically substantial spin on the genre",1 30951,"drawn with a master 's steady stroke",1 184728,"I walked away not really know who '' they '' were , what '' they '' looked like . Why '' they '' were here and what '' they '' wanted and quite honestly , I did n't care .",0 103735,"A movie where story is almost an afterthought amidst a swirl of colors and inexplicable events .",0 26793,"The fact that The Rookie is a nearly impeccable cinematic experience -- and a wonderful all-ages triumph besides -- is a miracle akin to the story the film portrays .",1 77536,"creates a portrait of two strong men in conflict ,",1 66451,"Isabelle Huppert excels as the enigmatic Mika and Anna Mouglalis is a stunning new young talent in one of Chabrol 's most intense psychological mysteries .",1 1390,"is often as fun",1 14177,"It might be tempting to regard Mr . Andrew and his collaborators as oddballs , but Mr . Earnhart 's quizzical",1 139434,"wedgie",0 34074,"likably delinquent attitude",1 162529,"is , quite frankly , an insult to the intelligence of the true genre enthusiast .",0 197377,"does n't work for me .",0 83550,"into feel-good territory",1 82352,"historical event",1 237984,"to the core of what it actually means to face your fears , to be a girl in a world of boys",1 39886,"we can enjoy it anyway .",1 34230,"love Motown music",1 25397,"Genuinely touching because it 's realistic about all kinds of love",1 71388,"a child 's pain",0 129097,"of the populace that made A Walk to Remember a niche hit",1 174007,"the full visceral impact",1 32133,"good gosh , will you be shocked .",1 8298,"kid could bond while watching a walk to remember",1 3184,"with an inauspicious premise",0 186134,"Millions of dollars heaped upon a project of such vast proportions need to reap more rewards than spiffy bluescreen technique and stylish weaponry .",0 163989,"its awkward structure keeps breaking the spell",0 112166,"a joint promotion for the National Basketball Association and",1 123399,"innocuous and unremarkable",0 193950,"bad nothing else is",0 9053,"next ... ghost blimp",0 51570,"feature to hit theaters since Beauty and the Beast 11 years ago",1 137639,"to have been lost in the translation this time . The Importance of Being Earnest movie seems to be missing a great deal of the acerbic repartee of the play",0 22621,"ultimately very satisfying",1 86032,"like ` Praise the Lord",1 28505,"and ambiguity",1 26289,"One of ( Herzog 's ) least inspired",0 188763,"The very simple story seems too simple and the working out of the plot almost arbitrary .",0 100345,"wise and powerful",1 25137,"Disturbing",0 104326,"An improvement on the feeble examples of big-screen Poke-mania that have preceded it",1 127789,"navigate spaces both large ... and small ... with considerable aplomb",1 90140,"pays earnest homage to turntablists and beat jugglers , old schoolers and current innovators",1 161430,"horrific but weirdly unemotional spectacle",0 37958,"the Hook 's buildup with remarkable assuredness for a first-timer",1 53411,"is at 22 a powerful young actor",1 193225,"are too simplistic to maintain interest",0 188684,"The somber pacing and lack",0 91842,"runs through Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress that transforms this story about love and culture into a cinematic poem .",1 182972,"By the final whistle you 're convinced that this Mean Machine was a decent TV outing that just does n't have big screen magic .",0 90107,"passive-aggressive psychology",1 60857,"'s a sit down and ponder affair .",1 193770,"at least terribly monotonous",0 76421,"captures that perverse element of the Kafkaesque where identity , overnight , is robbed and replaced with a persecuted '' other .",1 40434,"you can still feel director Denis Villeneuve 's beating heart and the fondness he has for his characters .",1 124622,"is that it also makes her appear foolish and shallow rather than , as was more likely , a victim of mental illness",0 69142,"Takes you by the face , strokes your cheeks and coos beseechingly at you :",1 171264,"slick piece",1 174526,"the picture fails to generate much suspense",0 98203,"to mention leaving you with some laughs and a smile on your face",1 205411,"loses faith",0 146667,"It does n't quite work",0 21448,"not only distanced but distancing",0 238361,"walk out of The Good Girl with mixed emotions --",0 69219,"That rare movie",1 212760,"stylish exercise",1 174315,"the most tuneless tune",0 70453,"Transforms one of ( Shakespeare 's ) deepest tragedies into a smart new comedy .",1 210056,"rambling and incoherent manifesto",0 89274,"offers rare insight into the structure of relationships .",1 109677,"The creative animation work may not look as fully ` rendered ' as Pixar 's industry standard ,",0 163714,"it Gutterball",0 52066,"gentle laughs and equally gentle sentiments on the button , just as easily as their counterparts anywhere else in the world",1 162621,"is a hodgepodge of inconsistencies that pose the question",0 188978,"This is a fragmented film , once a good idea that was followed by the bad idea to turn it into a movie .",0 199037,"flattening",0 189927,"You can tell almost immediately that Welcome to Collinwood is n't going to jell .",0 30314,"complications , close calls and double-crosses",1 188828,"There 's no energy",0 61755,", and intelligent",1 167891,"of velocity and idiocy , this ruinous remake",0 149264,"The character is too forced and overwritten to be funny or believable much of the time ,",0 97155,"their scenes brim with sexual possibility and emotional danger",1 141383,"'s just disappointingly superficial",0 206059,"merely crassly flamboyant",0 189285,"True to its animatronic roots :",1 12891,"we did n't get more re-creations of all those famous moments from the show",0 35352,"of one of San Francisco 's most vital , if least widely recognized , creative fountainheads",1 68984,"Stanley Kwan has directed not only one of the best gay love stories ever made",1 203067,"is like a year late for tapping into our reality tv obsession , and even tardier for exploiting the novelty of the '' webcast",0 49010,"an utterly charming French comedy that feels so American in sensibility and style",1 122495,"hop beat",1 106561,"If Borstal Boy is n't especially realistic",0 91278,"receiving War Department telegrams",0 206501,"most effective if used as a tool to rally anti-Catholic protestors",0 235802,"skirts around any scenes that might have required genuine acting from Ms. Spears",0 232181,"intolerable company",0 187605,"Stupid , infantile , redundant , sloppy , over-the-top ,",0 73091,"ache",0 3294,"'re more likely to enjoy on a computer",0 122761,"ill-wrought hypothesis",0 175688,"thrills , suspense",1 177596,"want to wrench my eyes out of my head and toss them at the screen",0 204217,"its just not a thrilling movie",0 184140,"Ghost Ship is pretty landbound , with its leaden acting , dull exposition and telegraphed ` surprises . '",0 32616,"hokum of Hart 's War",0 7677,"is about as exciting as gazing at an egg timer for 93 minutes",0 26807,"The film 's welcome breeziness and some unbelievably hilarious moments -- most portraying the idiocy of the film industry --",1 9766,"poetry in motion captured on film . while it can be a bit repetitive ,",1 139005,"very real and amusing",1 87906,"no lika da accents so good",0 116716,"carefully lit and set up",1 33227,"is a gem that could stand alone , a perfectly realized observation of mood , behavior and intent .",1 206743,"mutates into a gross-out monster movie with effects that are more silly than scary",0 82227,"his characters are acting horribly",0 176165,"to handle subtlety",1 65667,"Frida with a visual style unique and inherent",1 170105,"rewarding one",1 122821,"impressive stagings",1 174249,"the measured pace and lack of dramatic inflection",0 57523,"surprising emotional depth",1 130518,"practically assures that the pocket monster movie franchise is nearly ready to keel over",0 180536,", bad , bad movie",0 53804,"it emerges as another key contribution to the flowering of the South Korean cinema",1 171878,"stale , kill-by-numbers flick",0 221996,"A fast paced and suspenseful Argentinian thriller about the shadow side of play",1 107708,"Mel Gibson fights the good fight in Vietnam in director Randall Wallace 's flag-waving war flick with a core of decency .",1 221537,", soulless and ugly movies like this are the result .",0 87734,"nearly as graphic but much more powerful",1 87509,"motivated",1 239079,"yet compelling",1 87466,"most resonant film since The Killer",1 8079,"its munchausen-by-proxy",0 90549,"potentially trite and overused concept",0 96101,"the marvelous first 101 minutes have to be combined with the misconceived final 5",1 111806,"a diss . Consider it ` perfection",1 73101,"achingly human",1 126454,"lovefest",1 107260,"Just too silly",0 89164,"of three",1 9939,"qualities that were once amusing",0 223513,"Good old-fashioned slash-and-hack is back !",1 208181,"of these young women",1 30849,"distant",0 77933,"delivered in grand passion",1 66721,"It is OK for a movie to be something of a sitcom apparatus",1 132564,"skeptics",0 40532,"! Brilliant !",1 143883,"As Tweedy talks about canning his stockbroker and repairing his pool , you yearn for a few airborne TV sets or nude groupies on the nod to liven things up .",0 221992,"A fascinating glimpse into an insular world that gives the lie to many clichés and showcases a group of dedicated artists",1 117323,"compassionate spirit",1 66616,"It 's not just a feel-good movie , it 's a feel movie . You feel good , you feel sad , you feel pissed off , but in the end , you feel alive - which is what they did",1 79272,"even though the reality is anything but",0 196089,"con job",0 25476,"Hardy",1 155128,"best described as lukewarm . Maybe",0 95774,"the frustration ,",0 181898,"A potentially good comic premise",1 24152,"... but it is also refreshing , disarming , and just outright enjoyable despite its ridiculousness .",1 137717,"to make J . K . Rowling 's marvelous series into a deadly bore",0 126145,"like time fillers between surf shots",0 165716,"matter how many times he demonstrates that he 's a disloyal satyr",0 196375,"crash 'em -",1 93274,"special fishy community",1 48462,"a twisted sense of humor",1 178643,"with seriously dumb characters , which somewhat dilutes the pleasure of watching them",0 147635,"Neither funny nor suspenseful nor particularly well-drawn .",0 239003,"would end up with if you took Orwell , Bradbury , Kafka , George Lucas and the Wachowski Brothers and threw them into a blender",1 123853,"is a vulgar",0 203609,"is too busy",0 90083,"particularly Balk , who 's finally been given a part worthy of her considerable talents",1 99800,"well-constructed",1 220835,"'s hard to say who might enjoy this",0 18074,"winning style",1 237318,"the wan , thinly sketched story",0 76586,"character-driven storytelling",1 82176,"highly entertaining , self-aggrandizing , politically motivated",1 173039,"that in a good way",1 57799,"that he is one of the luckiest men alive",1 182379,"An awkward hybrid of genres that just does n't work",0 115884,"best be enjoyed as a daytime soaper .",0 100687,"with verve",1 149580,"The movie feels like it 's going to be great , and it carries on feeling that way for a long time ,",1 48714,"aficionados of the whodunit wo n't be disappointed",1 115006,"as powerful rather than cloying",1 188195,"The film is hampered by its predictable plot and paper-thin supporting characters .",0 20985,"is a crash course in movie mythology",1 161798,"in a random series of collected gags , pranks , pratfalls , dares , injuries , etc",0 193976,"balanced film",1 38150,"the editing might have been tighter",0 181099,", verve and fun",1 149612,"The movie is virtually without context --",0 162148,"indie debut that smacks more of good intentions than talent .",0 59477,"touching , transcendent love story",1 182106,"A woefully dull",0 159447,"for moviegoers lured to the mediocrity that is Kung Pow : Enter the Fist",0 88435,"of attraction and interdependence",1 177450,"very right",1 56516,"remarkable performance",1 103090,"-- casting excellent Latin actors of all ages --",1 13264,"wow",1 73750,"an engaging and exciting narrative of Man confronting the Demons of his own fear and paranoia",1 186167,"More tiring than anything",0 85023,"it employs changes that fit it well rather than ones that were imposed for the sake of commercial sensibilities",1 95956,"the interviews that follow , with the practitioners of this ancient Indian practice , are as subtle and as enigmatic",1 136820,"they will have a showdown , but ,",1 53229,"irrational",0 103612,"A gangster movie with the capacity to surprise .",1 189499,"Weighted down with slow ,",0 173948,"the filmmakers ' paws , sad to say ,",0 131816,"scenes so true and heartbreaking",1 222644,"Blue Crush '' is the phenomenal , water-born cinematography by David Hennings",1 53125,"inspires a continuing and deeply satisfying awareness of the best movies as monumental ` picture shows",1 1056,"gangs ,",0 14684,"a brisk pace as it races through the familiar story . However , it lacks grandeur",0 22327,"the pace never feels slack",1 86641,"makes it a party worth attending",1 20220,"ca n't put down",1 152767,"about it causing significant harm and not smelly enough to bother despising",0 177074,"un-bear-able '' project",0 135801,"the movie 's set",1 53810,"it forces you to ponder anew what a movie can be",1 165389,"luv-spreading Dr . Feelgood",1 43024,"with wry humor and genuine pathos",1 232116,"inspiring tale",1 222803,"But the 2002 film does n't really believe in it , and breaks the mood with absurdly inappropriate ` comedy ' scenes .",0 1926,"of the west to savor whenever the film 's lamer instincts are in the saddle",0 66517,"It 's affecting , amusing , sad and reflective .",1 212250,"sordid and",0 139814,"whose charm , cultivation and devotion to his people are readily apparent",1 155196,"beyond good hair and humping",0 180890,", quite simply , should n't have been made",0 64919,"Danny Huston gives ) an astounding performance that deftly , gradually reveals a real human soul buried beneath a spellbinding serpent 's smirk .",1 143226,"A morose little soap opera about three",0 19757,"an important chronicle",1 10073,"relatively slow",0 160143,"gleaned from this three-hour endurance test built around an hour 's worth of actual material",0 73890,"an intriguing species of artifice",1 126726,"making it relatively effortless to read and follow the action at the same time",1 119310,"even a hint of joy , preferring to focus on the humiliation of Martin as he defecates in bed and urinates on the plants at his own birthday party",0 15399,"charm factor",1 226279,"The film is faithful to what one presumes are the book 's twin premises -- that we become who we are on the backs of our parents , but we have no idea who they were at our age : and that time is a fleeting and precious commodity no matter how old you are",1 119661,"fairly basic comedic constructs",1 51908,"friendship , love , and the truth",1 104739,"Big time",1 24073,"-- or even keep your eyes open .",0 162928,"is hitting your head on the theater seat in front of you when you doze off thirty minutes into the film .",0 197447,"doubt that Peter O'Fallon did n't have an original bone in his body",0 193419,"as bored",0 108911,"Sheridan had a wonderful account to work from , but , curiously , he waters it down , turning grit and vulnerability into light reading",1 168010,"old porridge",0 187400,"Sodden",0 193157,"are paper-thin , and their personalities undergo radical changes when it suits the script .",0 3704,"a crescendo",1 114992,"as much resemblance to the experiences of most battered women as Spider-Man",0 27762,"a rarity",1 63822,"An Asian neo-realist treasure .",1 68706,"Sensual ,",1 133432,"strong themes of familial ties and",1 230462,"dwindles .",0 179502,"'s a boring movie about a boring man , made watchable by a bravura performance from a consummate actor incapable of being boring",1 135220,"the expressive power",1 99642,"was so endlessly , grotesquely ,",0 205488,"low on both suspense and payoff",0 224616,"Lightweight but appealing",1 8197,"jesus '",1 237167,"the project should have been made for the tube .",0 200681,"has the thrown-together feel of a summer-camp talent show : hastily written , underrehearsed , arbitrarily plotted and",0 222300,"An entire film about researchers quietly reading dusty old letters .",0 82395,"holds the film together with a supremely kittenish performance that gradually accumulates more layers",1 157850,"done a great disservice",0 143038,"A cinematic sleeping pill",0 219285,"while failing to find a spark of its own",0 13627,", reaffirming that long-held illusions are indeed reality , and that erasing them recasts the self",1 14808,"a rare glimpse into a culture most of us do n't know",1 45526,"Holy mad maniac in a mask , Splat-Man ! Good old-fashioned slash-and-hack",1 64420,"Bollywood\/Hollywood will undoubtedly provide its keenest pleasures to those familiar with Bombay musicals",1 4358,"above all",1 202984,"is hugely overwritten ,",0 4190,"a tasty",1 94252,"technically sumptuous but also almost wildly alive",1 65927,"Has its share of arresting images",1 171872,"stagnation",0 67374,"Makes the case for a strong education and good teachers being more valuable in the way they help increase an average student 's self-esteem , and not strictly in the knowledge imparted .",1 237120,"the one thing this Wild film has that other Imax films do n't : chimps , lots of chimps , all blown up to the size of a house .",1 66958,"Judging by those standards , ` Scratch ' is a pretty decent little documentary",1 122468,"holiday box office pie",1 238063,"too many characters",0 85216,"its contrivances",1 122937,"in all its director 's cut glory",1 1447,"it 's rare to find a film that dazzles the eye , challenges the brain , and satisfies our lust for fast-paced action , but",1 224428,"J. Lo will earn her share of the holiday box office pie , although this movie makes one thing perfectly clear : She 's a pretty woman , but she 's no working girl .",1 237426,"these components combine into one terrific story with lots of laughs .",1 170083,"retread concept",0 54824,"more intelligent",1 215433,"the proficient , dull Sorvino has no light touch , and Rodan is out of his league",0 220501,"'' is an actor 's movie first and foremost .",1 102629,", it 's not very good either .",0 147984,"Overall , the film misses the brilliance of Jelinek 's novel by some way . It settles for being merely grim .",0 104559,"At best",1 90558,"powerful act",1 219009,"well-behaved film",1 63149,"A lively and engaging examination of how similar obsessions can dominate a family .",1 155004,"been trying to forget",0 38892,"they easily fill their scenes and , fine judges both , never overcook the hysteria .",1 53974,"its rhythms and resonance",1 34858,"neatly",1 124866,"it 's really well directed",1 191253,"a sad , soggy potboiler",0 62402,", violent movie",0 42489,"providing a precious twinkle of insight",1 70545,"Uneven",0 27811,"a set of evidence as you 'll ever find of why art matters , and how it can resonate far beyond museum walls and through to the most painfully marginal lives",1 83679,"irritates and",0 135754,"the most entertaining monster movies in ages",1 189869,"Writer-director Randall Wallace has bitten off more than he or anyone else could chew , and his movie veers like a drunken driver through heavy traffic",0 213851,"that stubbornly refused to gel",0 222392,"Anna Chancellor that makes this `` Two Weddings and a Funeral '' fun",1 34632,"most forceful non-Shakespeare screen performance",1 73501,"almost wildly alive",1 66667,"It 's still a comic book , but Maguire makes it a comic book with soul",1 167935,"off your must-see list",0 41469,"a quite pleasing , headlong thrust and",1 141678,"'s too long , too repetitive ,",0 149973,"The very definition of what critics have come to term an '' ambitious failure .",0 192323,"alone could force you to scratch a hole in your head .",0 52531,"heartache everyone",0 32154,"gory or explicit",0 107062,"It squanders Chan 's uniqueness",0 115898,"best-foreign-film Oscar",1 128145,"not-so-big",0 36070,"ponder and chew on as its unusual relationship slowly unfolds",1 65432,"Expect no major discoveries , nor any stylish sizzle , but the film sits with square conviction and touching good sense on the experience of its women .",1 216503,"this summer that do not involve a dentist drill",0 169999,"repetitive , muddy and blurry",0 102857,", that 's because Panic Room is interested in nothing more than sucking you in ... and making you sweat .",1 198689,"feel the wasted potential of this slapstick comedy",0 166808,"no heartstring untugged and no liberal cause",1 80720,"full of charm",1 5518,"cheap",0 153759,"appears to have blown his entire budget on soundtrack rights and had nothing left over for jokes .",0 220313,"you put away the guitar , sell the amp , and apply to medical school",0 108664,"Robinson 's web of suspense",1 144676,"Crystal and De Niro share little screen time and even less chemistry .",0 146439,"It 's also clear from the start that The Transporter is running purely on adrenaline ,",1 211055,"seem to match the power of their surroundings",1 40105,"will , undoubtedly , leave both camps engaged in a ferocious debate for years to come .",1 83583,"into the structure of relationships",1 158057,"dumped a whole lot of plot",0 92767,"skillfully assembled",1 124385,"is often exquisite",1 37825,"that is done by the supposedly liberal media ... to the intimate and ultimately tragic heartache of maverick individuals like Hatfield and Hicks",1 154765,"be made for a different film altogether",0 28211,"all the time about seeing the same ideas repeated in films over and over again",0 104342,"An infuriating",0 38522,"the perfect ending",1 207036,"no explanation or even plot relevance",0 91517,"represents two of those well spent",1 206206,"minor-league soccer remake",0 104558,"At a time when commercialism has squeezed the life out of whatever idealism American moviemaking ever had , Godfrey Reggio 's career shines like a lonely beacon .",1 165049,"lip-synching , tragedy ,",0 37332,"still , the derivative Nine Queens is lots of fun",1 200723,"have a hard time believing it was just coincidence",0 150329,"This toothless Dog , already on cable , loses all bite on the big screen .",0 197019,"director Hoffman , his writer and Kline 's agent should serve detention",0 77660,"cut out figures",0 49284,"as his most vital work since GoodFellas",1 89161,"of thoughtful , subjective filmmaking",1 146980,"K-19 may not hold a lot of water as a submarine epic , but it holds even less when it turns into an elegiacally soggy Saving Private Ryanovich",0 185018,"It 's a hellish , numbing experience to watch",0 116119,"botching a routine assignment",0 144650,"Credibility levels are low and",0 128653,"of faith just",1 57730,"that Parker displays in freshening the play",1 78739,"eccentric , accident-prone characters",0 155404,"botched remake",0 44238,"A sexy , peculiar and always entertaining costume drama",1 186389,"No new plot conceptions or environmental changes",0 22835,"with its own cleverness",1 107041,"It may not be a huge cut of above the rest , but I enjoyed Barbershop . It 's a funny little movie with clever dialogue and likeable characters",1 31646,"finding God that is accessible",1 71131,"You can sip your vintage wines and watch your Merchant Ivory productions : I 'll settle for a nice cool glass of iced tea and a Jerry Bruckheimer flick any day of the week .",1 211022,"seem barely in the same movie",0 87801,"never fails to fascinate .",1 80097,"flawed film",0 63000,"A film of epic scale",1 235089,"proves that director M. Night Shyamalan can weave an eerie spell and that Mel Gibson can gasp , shudder and even tremble without losing his machismo .",1 100226,"wildly inventive mixture",1 226832,"Twenty years after its first release , E.T. remains the most wondrous of all Hollywood fantasies -- and the apex of Steven Spielberg 's misunderstood career .",1 50644,"darned if it does n't also keep us riveted to our seats",1 198566,"far-flung , illogical ,",0 153358,"an average comedic dateflick but not",0 198890,"final whistle",0 78306,"distinct and very welcome",1 65706,"Funny and also heartwarming without stooping to gooeyness",1 8983,"nap for an hour and",0 88964,"of the best and most exciting movies",1 54437,"lucks",1 137802,"to remind us of how very bad a motion picture can truly be . Frank McKlusky C . I",0 126605,"make ` Cherish ' a very good ( but not great ) movie",1 140203,"with raw emotions",1 207299,"numbing action sequence made up mostly of routine stuff Yuen has given us before .",0 187344,"Slap her - she 's not funny ! No French people were harmed during the making of this movie",0 121857,"has the potential for Touched by an Angel simplicity and",1 68039,"Originality ai n't on the menu ,",0 68180,"Perhaps the grossest movie ever made .",0 189857,"Would n't it be funny if a bunch of Allied soldiers went undercover as women in a German factory during World War II ? Um , no . But here 's a movie about it anyway .",0 140324,"without sentimentalizing it or denying its brutality , transforms that reality into a lyrical and celebratory vision",1 52653,"his promise",1 22611,"truly unique character studies",1 193830,"attempt to bring cohesion to Pamela 's emotional roller coaster life",0 156906,"could watch this movie and be so skeeved out that they 'd need a shower .",0 238122,"triumph over a Scrooge or two",1 120236,"flawed humanity",1 62378,", truths emerge .",1 143746,"An often-deadly boring , strange reading",0 69019,"Storytelling is far more appealing",1 137456,"to behold in its sparkling beauty",1 222830,"But unless you 're an absolute raving Star Wars junkie , it is n't much fun .",0 146038,"I did n't laugh at the ongoing efforts of Cube , and his skinny buddy Mike Epps , to make like Laurel and Hardy 'n the hood .",0 16309,"it 's a welcome return to the roots of a genre that should depend on surprises .",1 221854,"... with the candy-like taste of it fading faster than 25-cent bubble gum , I realized this is a throwaway movie that wo n't stand the test of time .",0 134383,"that is listless , witless , and devoid of anything resembling humor",0 212890,"sugar-coated Rocky",0 189469,"Watching junk like this induces a kind of abstract guilt , as if you were paying dues for good books unread , fine music never heard .",0 149176,"The Weight of Water uses water as a metaphor for subconscious desire , but this leaky script barely stays afloat .",0 71649,"a film so willing to champion the fallibility of the human heart",1 41913,"feeds our senses with the chilling sights and",1 172325,"superficial snapshot",0 68972,"Spy Kids 2 looks as if it were made by a highly gifted 12-year-old instead of a grown man .",0 194571,"better than",1 73365,"airless cinematic shell games .",0 20490,"even a simple '' Goddammit ! ''",0 4657,"an exclamation",1 184454,"Hollywood concoction",0 89022,"of the great minds of our times",1 101316,"'' Austin Powers in Goldmember '' has the right stuff for silly summer entertainment and has enough laughs to sustain interest to the end .",1 10091,"remarkable",1 238123,"trots out the video he took of the family vacation to Stonehenge",0 167320,"of a script in need of polishing",0 164538,"lacks spark , with Csokas particularly unconnected .",0 194237,"bears more than a whiff of exploitation ,",0 131850,"screen with considerable appeal",1 213276,"tells her father . The movie is about as deep as that sentiment",0 196468,"crossing-over",1 43523,", authentic and dark .",1 134480,"that most frightening of all movies -- a mediocre horror film too bad to be good and too good to be bad",0 198065,"even a plot",0 58941,"they sometimes still can be made",1 179476,"'s , it 's simply unbearable",0 44290,"A superbly acted and funny\/gritty fable of the humanizing of one woman at the hands of the unseen forces of fate .",1 50176,"cinema master class .",1 75944,"brilliant surfing photography",1 186110,"Michael Jordan referred to in the title , many can aspire but none can equal",1 131466,"retains ambiguities that make it well worth watching .",1 202957,"is good for a laugh . The problem",1 40858,"Disney 's live-action division has a history of releasing cinematic flotsam , but this is one occasion when they have unearthed a rare gem",1 107037,"It may be a no-brainer , but at least it 's a funny no-brainer .",1 140284,"with this one too",1 71335,"a bump on the head",0 130067,"pay money for what we can get on television for free",0 48349,"a romantic crime comedy",1 140338,"witness the crazy confluence of purpose and taste",1 207091,"no psychology here , and no real narrative logic --",0 27520,"a film that should be seen by all , especially those who are n't aware of , or have forgotten about the unmentioned victims of war",1 120540,"for what we can get on television for free",0 119064,"ends up sounding like satire",0 50817,"did just that and it 's what makes their project so interesting",1 116710,"career - kids = misery",0 205231,"little more than routine",0 99825,"well-written as Sexy Beast",1 205441,"lot to ask people to sit still for two hours and change watching such a character , especially when rendered in as flat and impassive a manner as Phoenix 's",0 115860,"belongs with the damned for perpetrating Patch Adams",0 234507,"of survival wrapped in the heart-pounding suspense of a stylish psychological thriller",1 94478,"that 's destined to win a wide summer audience through word-of-mouth reviews and , not far down the line , to find a place among the studio 's animated classics",1 170887,"shoddy suspense thriller",0 138084,"too eager to please",0 209954,"putrid it is not worth",0 192596,"an intelligent person",1 209362,"played this story straight",1 226368,"The movie is n't horrible , but",0 12136,"this frankly fantastical by-the-numbers b-flick",1 222033,"A lackluster , unessential sequel to the classic Disney adaptation of J.M. Barrie 's Peter Pan",0 22183,"that is both unflinching and tantalizing",1 42995,"whether you 're a fan of the books or",1 213424,"than spiffy bluescreen technique and stylish weaponry",1 28384,"an inviting piece",1 11643,"the most ordinary and obvious fashion",0 193626,"as things turn nasty and tragic during the final third of the film .",0 233978,"mostly admirable",1 214870,"the intentionally low standards",0 100753,"wo n't have any trouble getting kids to eat up these Veggies .",1 218045,"ultimately feels as flat as the scruffy sands of its titular community .",0 157970,"dress up in drag",0 73468,"all-time great apocalypse movies",1 61896,", every once in a while a film arrives from the margin that gives viewers a chance to learn , to grow , to travel .",1 115337,"bad people",0 153362,"an earnest debut full of heartfelt performances",1 174015,"the funniest thing",1 143188,"A mawkish , implausible platonic romance that makes Chaplin 's City Lights",0 134187,"that Caruso takes an atypically hypnotic approach to a world that 's often handled in fast-edit , hopped-up fashion",1 126704,"makes the journey feel like a party",1 162892,"is felt : not the Craven of ' A Nightmare on Elm Street ' or ` The Hills Have Eyes , ' but the sad schlock merchant of ` Deadly Friend",0 212054,"softheaded metaphysical claptrap",0 177786,"we are left with something like two ships passing in the night rather than any insights into gay love ,",0 137657,"to his day job",1 119560,"explore the connections between place and personal identity .",1 110263,"The wonderfully lush Morvern Callar is pure punk existentialism ,",1 163564,"is virtually without context",0 210150,"real characters",1 45588,"I liked Homeboy",1 68005,"One of the funniest motion",1 76425,"captures the innocence and budding demons within a wallflower",1 45275,"For anyone unfamiliar with pentacostal practices in general and theatrical phenomenon of Hell Houses in particular , it 's an eye-opener .",1 6835,"good movie . good actress",1 44486,"An exhilarating futuristic thriller-noir ,",1 42174,"is fair",1 108515,"Quaid is utterly fearless as the tortured husband living a painful lie",1 86377,"love the music",1 4127,"a sock-you-in-the-eye flick that is a visual tour-de-force and a story that is unlike any",1 17138,"safe and sound",1 80007,"first . Many of the effective horror elements are dampened through familiarity",0 81114,"gives the story some soul",1 184678,"I laughed throughout the movie",1 82003,"he shows and empathizes with the victims he reveals",1 140413,"work from start to finish .",1 204421,"jumps around with little logic or continuity , presenting backstage bytes of information that never amount to a satisfying complete picture of this particular , anciently demanding métier .",0 29241,"as we 'll ever come to looking through a photographer 's viewfinder as he works",1 211766,"sleazy and",0 200999,"heavy-handed , manipulative",0 183979,"For all the time we spend with these people , we never really get inside of them .",0 76152,"by an intelligent screenplay and gripping performances",1 19129,"Nearly surreal , dabbling in French , this is no simple movie , and you 'll be taking a risk if you choose to see it .",0 221745,"-- from its ripe recipe , inspiring ingredients , certified",1 3804,"a form of bravery .",1 236873,"the film 's power lies in its complexity .",1 33292,"is adorned with some awesome action photography and surfing .",1 195945,"comedy special",1 163122,"is neither ... excessively strained and contrived",0 177859,"weirdly unemotional spectacle",0 37011,"slam-bam action flicks",1 162775,"is anything but fun .",0 179730,"'s everything you 'd expect -- but nothing more .",0 208654,"one very funny joke and",1 218593,"vivid as the 19th-century ones",1 26425,"Read My Lips is an original .",1 13259,"would n't have taken the protagonists a full hour to determine that in order to kill a zombie you must shoot it in the head",0 232252,"is a bright , light modern day family parable that wears its heart on its sleeve for all to see .",1 220487,"'' has-been",0 6156,"elbowed aside by one-liners",0 28364,"an honest and unaffected ( and gentle ) way",1 121143,"give it a marginal thumbs up",1 165311,"loud and boring",0 16881,"out of steam",0 78806,"elegant , witty and beneath a prim exterior",1 171522,"sodden melodrama",0 235405,"runs a good race , one that will have you at the edge of your seat for long stretches",1 227577,"`` Serving Sara '' has n't much more to serve than silly fluff",0 60556,"you ca n't forget it",1 199938,"give-me-an-Oscar",1 108984,"Sitting through the last reel ( spoiler alert ! ) is significantly less charming than listening to a four-year-old with a taste for exaggeration recount",0 89310,"often-funny drama",1 113420,"adorable Italian guys",1 222613,"Beware the quirky Brit-com .",0 228601,"an interesting topic , some intriguing characters",1 116103,"boorishness",0 163647,"it 's going to be great",1 163672,"it 's not silly fun unless you enjoy really bad movies .",0 93727,"substantial depth",1 160614,"has a monopoly on mindless action",0 223296,"Except it 's much",1 69391,"The amazing film work",1 29243,"as well as bring audiences to the edge of their seats",1 145972,"I 'm sure the filmmaker would disagree , but , honestly , I do n't see the point . It 's a visual Rorschach test and",0 124343,"is not as funny or entertaining as Analyze This",0 66729,"It is a happy , heady jumble of thought and storytelling , an insane comic undertaking that ultimately coheres into a sane and breathtakingly creative film .",1 236598,"that you could be doing something else far more pleasurable",0 67097,"LaBute 's careful handling makes the material seem genuine rather than pandering .",1 71609,"a fascinating study of isolation and frustration that successfully recreates both the physical setting and emotional tensions of the Papin sisters",1 84429,"is n't as funny as you 'd hoped . For a film that 's being advertised as a comedy",0 78953,"endear itself to American art house audiences",1 214782,"the highly predictable narrative",0 11725,"the phenomenal , water-born",1 138873,"uses lighting effects and innovative backgrounds",1 195257,"ca n't compare Friday After Next to them",1 4228,"a tolerable diversion",1 86899,"may be surprised at the variety of tones in Spielberg 's work .",1 115300,"ayatollah",1 55740,"on his sentimental journey of the heart .",1 54747,"mindless",0 210199,"really get inside of them .",1 231573,"have forsaken the entertaining elements of the original and , instead , rehash old jokes and leave any life at the doorstep",0 81951,"have you talking 'til the end of the year",1 33606,"it 's refreshing to see a cartoon that knows what it is , and knows the form 's history .",1 123898,"is among Wiseman 's warmest",1 238831,"wit , humor and snappy dialogue",1 51815,"for something new",1 60124,"which may not be cutting-edge indie filmmaking but has a huge heart",1 160196,"goes from being an unusual sci-fi character study to a chase flick that detracts from its ending .",0 36578,"right direction",1 201961,"in search of purpose or even a plot",0 196742,"demonstrates just how far his storytelling skills have eroded .",0 151867,"a hatred",1 141554,"'s really wrong with this ricture !",0 219652,"with a degree of randomness usually achieved only by lottery drawing",0 14739,"a great actress tearing into a landmark role",1 32737,"if it was made without much thought",0 225439,"Personal Velocity has a no-frills docu-Dogma plainness ,",0 184682,"I like all four of the lead actors a lot and they manage to squeeze a few laughs out of the material ,",1 172830,"that 's critic-proof , simply because it aims so low",0 227849,"a creaky `` Pretty Woman ''",0 205239,"little to elaborate the conceit of setting this blood-soaked tragedy of murderous ambition in the era of Richard Nixon",0 193074,"are enthralling",1 226649,"This is a movie that is what it is : a pleasant distraction , a Friday night diversion , an excuse to eat popcorn .",1 151462,"a character worth caring about",1 93169,"something purer",1 101889,"'s simply stupid , irrelevant and deeply , truly , bottomlessly cynical .",0 91732,"riveted with every painful nuance , unexpected flashes of dark comedy and the character 's gripping humanity",1 205238,"little time",1 233311,"laughs -- sometimes a chuckle",1 56617,"rip-roaring",1 162072,"in truth , cruel as it may sound , he makes Arnold Schwarzenegger look like Spencer Tracy",0 197617,"dumbed-down tactics",0 144375,"Care deftly captures the wonder and menace of growing up , but he never really embraces the joy of Fuhrman 's destructive escapism or the grace-in-rebellion found by his characters .",0 212350,"spirals downward , and thuds to the bottom of the pool with an utterly incompetent conclusion",0 229417,"bland , obnoxious 88-minute",0 32578,"his resolutely dramatic variation on the novel",1 142077,", ambitious",1 74683,"as far as these shootings are concerned , something is rotten in the state of California",0 53304,"is a masterpiece .",1 67708,"Much of what we see is horrible but",0 34233,"love the way that it took chances and really asks you to take these great leaps of faith and pays off",1 114762,"artificial and opaque",0 184470,"Holm is terrific as both men",1 219829,"with the impression that you should have gotten more out of it than you did",0 43429,"( Shyamalan ) turns the goose-pimple genre on its empty head and fills it with spirit , purpose and emotionally bruised characters who add up to more than body count .",1 160338,"great idea",1 180022,"'s the butt of its own joke",0 132580,"skin-deep",1 141736,"'ve learned the hard way just how complex international terrorism is",0 19689,"alienating",0 221364,", his story flattens instead of sharpens .",0 200204,"great , has solid acting and a neat premise",1 145087,"Enduring",1 228638,"and `` terrible",0 47222,"The production has been made with an enormous amount of affection",1 78088,"devastatingly powerful and astonishingly vivid Holocaust drama",1 217978,"twist endings",1 163409,"is swamped by heavy-handed melodrama",0 214062,"the Man has taken away your car , your work-hours and denied you health insurance",0 79690,"farts , urine , feces ,",0 201148,"his characters -- if that 's not too glorified a term --",0 66593,"It 's no lie -- Big Fat Liar is a real charmer",1 149517,"The latest Adam Sandler assault and possibly the worst film",0 193193,"are so unmemorable , despite several attempts at lengthy dialogue scenes ,",0 210671,"run out of clever ideas and visual gags",0 118565,"does n't trust laughs -- and does n't conjure proper respect for followers of the whole dead-undead genre , who deserve more from a vampire pic than a few shrieky special effects .",0 209351,"play one lewd scene after another .",0 16862,"original gem",1 165915,"might be wishing for a watch that makes time go faster rather than the other way around .",0 68673,"Secretary manages a neat trick , bundling the flowers of perversity , comedy and romance into a strangely tempting bouquet of a movie .",1 24841,"Birot 's",0 221586,", the humor did n't quite engage this adult .",0 135810,"the movie is funny , smart , visually inventive , and most of all , alive .",1 181545,"A bland , obnoxious 88-minute infomercial for Universal Studios and its ancillary products .",0 71119,"You 'll laugh at either the obviousness of it all or its stupidity or maybe even its inventiveness , but the point is , you 'll laugh",1 65841,"Graham Greene 's novel of colonialism and empire is elevated by Michael Caine 's performance as a weary journalist in a changing world .",1 93125,"some savvy producer",1 79129,"enthusiasm , sensuality and a conniving wit",1 63918,"An intelligent romantic thriller of a very old-school kind of quality .",1 130076,"peaked about three years ago",1 26866,"The movie is full of fine performances , led by Josef Bierbichler as Brecht and Monica Bleibtreu as Helene Weigel , his wife .",1 7950,"it is great summer fun to watch arnold and his buddy gerald bounce off a quirky cast of characters",1 122465,"holds you in rapt attention",1 57386,"storytellers",1 236558,"that they 've already seen this exact same movie a hundred times",0 33631,"it can be heart-rending in an honest and unaffected ( and gentle ) way",1 212844,"such an excellent job of critiquing itself at every faltering half-step of its development that criticizing feels more like commiserating",0 133873,"talk down to them",0 134316,"that fails to match the freshness of the actress-producer and writer",0 131358,"repellantly out of control",0 142258,", it 's also cold , grey , antiseptic and emotionally desiccated .",0 173228,"that the movie has no idea of it is serious",0 63893,"An excellent sequel",1 36193,"profound way",1 225094,"Naomi Watts is terrific as Rachel : her petite frame and vulnerable persona emphasising her plight and isolation",1 209012,"painfully awful",0 15429,"clever and captivating",1 163305,"is shot from behind , as if it could fool us into thinking that we 're not watching a double",0 132256,"she 's pretty",1 38439,"the most memorable cinema session",1 82923,"in crisis",0 159537,"for worst movie",0 205507,"low-rent retread",0 155967,"can pillage from Shirley Jackson , Richard Matheson ... and puke up something like ROSE RED",0 230582,"essentially `` Fatal Attraction '' remade for viewers who were in diapers when the original was released in 1987 .",0 172271,"suffer the same fate",0 55320,"of considerable potential",1 123462,"intellectual and emotional impact",1 101315,"'' ... something appears to have been lost in the translation this time . The Importance of Being Earnest movie seems to be missing a great deal of the acerbic repartee of the play . ''",0 144298,"Burns never really harnesses to full effect the energetic cast .",0 110417,"This 10th film in the series looks and feels tired .",0 69167,"Terrific as Nadia , a Russian mail-order bride who comes to America speaking not a word of English , it 's Kidman who holds the film together with a supremely kittenish performance that gradually accumulates more layers .",1 134804,"the actors ' perfect comic timing",1 107860,"Mr . Soderbergh 's direction and visual style struck me as unusually and unimpressively fussy and pretentious .",0 1586,"left an acrid test in this gourmet 's mouth",0 102399,", artificial and opaque",0 172073,"strained caper movies that 's hardly any fun to watch and begins to vaporize from your memory minutes after it ends",0 172024,"stomp away in disgust",0 216646,"through a sad , sordid universe of guns , drugs , avarice and damaged dreams",0 223507,"Gollum 's ` performance ' is incredible !",1 197651,"each other virtually",1 80563,"from Bill Plympton , the animation master ,",1 165614,"makes valid points about the depersonalization of modern life .",1 214618,"the film of '' The Kid Stays",0 224371,"It may scream low budget ,",0 189576,"What could have been right at home as a nifty plot line in Steven Soderbergh 's Traffic fails to arrive at any satisfying destination .",0 53832,"it is derivative",0 55791,"one of world cinema 's most wondrously gifted artists",1 238127,"true-blue delight .",1 170293,"saddled with scenes that seem simply an ill fit",0 210344,"relentlessly nasty",0 85435,"its terrific performances",1 203699,"is without doubt an artist of uncompromising vision , but that vision is beginning to feel ,",0 9585,"painfully aware of their not-being",0 174986,"the visual wit of the previous pictures",1 174643,"the result is wildly uneven",0 65201,"Drumline is its energy",1 11213,"the breathtaking landscapes and",1 176556,"to worry about it causing significant harm and not smelly enough to bother despising",0 212017,"so you can get your money back",0 28907,"and wickedly satisfying",1 157567,"disgusting in the manner",0 96674,"the shocking conclusion",1 58887,"their project so interesting",1 59899,"vividly back",1 148734,"Some of Seagal 's action pictures",1 26490,"Rowling 's phenomenal fantasy best sellers",1 39170,"to dismiss the film",0 117540,"corny dialogue and preposterous moments",0 10288,"schaeffer has to find some hook on which to hang his persistently useless movies , and",0 9457,"on the battle bots , please",0 109745,"The entire movie has a truncated feeling",0 146214,"If this is satire , it 's the smug and self-congratulatory kind that lets the audience completely off the hook .",0 40298,"within one family test boundaries in this intelligent and restrained coming-of-age drama .",1 44083,"A full world has been presented onscreen , not some series of carefully structured plot points building to a pat resolution .",1 94496,"that 's true",1 43086,"'' succeeds due to its rapid-fire delivery",1 53652,"is the best he 's been in years",1 204378,"itself is small and shriveled",0 72891,"able to overcome his personal obstacles and become a good man",1 233631,"make either of Val Kilmer 's two personas interesting or worth caring about",0 116293,"built entirely from musty memories of half-dimensional characters .",0 220704,"'s a masterpeice .",1 1088,"golden",1 144181,"Blessed with immense physical prowess he may well be , but Ahola is simply not an actor . And in truth , cruel as it may sound , he makes Arnold Schwarzenegger look like Spencer Tracy",0 47140,"The leaping story line , shaped by director Peter Kosminsky into sharp slivers and cutting impressions , shows all the signs of rich detail condensed into a few evocative images and striking character traits .",1 48610,"accumulates power and depth",1 13448,"'s also extremely effective",1 137279,"tired , talky",0 47576,"Well-acted ,",1 75971,"brings the proper conviction to his role as ( Jason Bourne )",1 12252,"thoughtful , emotional",1 181064,", this is the one .",1 66008,"Hitchens ' obsession with Kissinger is , at bottom , a sophisticated flower child 's desire to purge the world of the tooth and claw of human power",1 42631,"shut out",0 163642,"it 's extreme , all right . Extremely dumb . Extremely confusing . Extremely boring .",0 99718,"we all lose track of ourselves by trying",1 115888,"best little '' horror",1 84940,"it 's refreshing to see a movie that embraces its old-fashioned themes and in the process comes out looking like something wholly original .",1 19049,"Lead provocatuers Testud and Parmentier give superlative performances",1 86374,"love stories you will ever see",1 36594,"rivaling Blair Witch or The Others",1 92728,"sit back and enjoy a couple of great actors hamming it up",1 6993,"has its heart in the right place",1 11032,"thanks",1 202553,"is a case of too many chefs fussing over too weak a recipe .",0 130976,"raises some worthwhile themes",1 69900,"The sentimental script has problems , but the actors pick up the slack",1 95941,"the inspiration of the original and has a bloated plot that stretches the running time about 10 minutes past a child 's interest and an adult 's patience .",0 136698,"thematic content and narrative strength",1 142978,"A Frankenstein mishmash that careens from dark satire to cartoonish slapstick",0 97568,"those farts got to my inner nine-year-old",1 9559,"overdoses",0 119213,"entirely memorable",1 53579,"is poised to embark a major career as a commercial yet inventive filmmaker",1 66090,"I 'd be lying if I said my ribcage did n't ache by the end of Kung Pow .",1 39567,"unassuming and pure",1 206773,"mystery devoid",0 130740,"proves that even in sorrow you can find humor . Like blended shades of lipstick , these components combine into one terrific story with lots of laughs",1 188347,"The metaphors are provocative , but too often , the viewer is left puzzled by the mechanics of the delivery",0 35612,"on a 10-inch television screen",0 53624,"is small change",0 189924,"You ca n't believe anyone would really buy this stuff .",0 200132,"good-for-you quality",1 167837,"of the true genre enthusiast",1 133447,"struggling nobody",0 71851,"a husband has to cope with the pesky moods of jealousy",0 41912,"feeds our senses",1 116944,"children 's entertainment , superhero comics",1 95966,"the journey does n't really go anywhere .",0 93180,"something to behold",1 126760,"manages to nail the spirit-crushing ennui of denuded urban living without giving in to it .",1 74665,"as darkly funny , energetic , and surprisingly gentle",1 30448,"coupled with some ingenious plot devices and some lavishly built settings . .",1 222895,"Celebrity cameos do not automatically equal laughs",0 61492,"( Sports ) admirable energy , full-bodied characterizations and narrative urgency",1 29240,"as visually dexterous as it is at times imaginatively overwhelming .",1 60347,"with first love sweetly",1 21003,"is allowed to build an uncommonly human character , an almost real-live girl complete with trouble and hope",1 169278,"prevents Nettelbeck 's film from coming together",0 191727,"about as inspiring",0 46375,"Offers much to enjoy ... and",1 237855,"to interesting cinematic devices ( cool visual backmasking ) , a solid cast , and some wickedly sick and twisted humor",1 204624,"laborious whine , the bellyaching of a paranoid and unlikable man .",0 105733,"Exceptionally well acted by Diane Lane and Richard Gere .",1 31602,"fill their scenes",1 27007,"This romantic thriller",1 153265,"an 85-minute brush-up course",0 225151,"No French people were harmed during the making of this movie , but they were insulted and the audience was put through torture for an hour and a half",0 30275,"comic gem",1 235652,"sharp comedy , old-fashioned monster movie atmospherics",1 238249,"unsettlingly realistic results",1 41460,"a necessary political work and",1 61717,", a dark little morality tale disguised as a romantic comedy .",1 66442,"Is Red Dragon worthy of a place alongside the other Hannibal movies ? As Hannibal would say , yes , ` It 's like having an old friend for dinner ' .",1 29794,"but a winsome cast and nice dialogue",1 34093,"like a super hero",1 177317,"upstage the woman sporting them",0 190238,"a bunch of Allied soldiers went undercover as women in a German factory during World War II ? Um , no .",0 232312,"is a kickass , dense sci-fi action thriller hybrid that delivers and then some .",1 177991,"what saves lives on the freeway does not necessarily make for persuasive viewing",0 93583,"strangely believable",1 171620,"some weird Masterpiece Theater sketch with neither",0 83072,"in the art of impossible disappearing\/reappearing acts",1 166952,"not even someone as gifted as Hoffman ( the actor ) can make it work",0 40617,"-- and admirably",1 6359,"exudes a kind of nostalgic spy-movie charm",1 97635,"thought-provoking New York fest",1 81088,"gives Italian for Beginners an amiable aimlessness that keeps it from seeming predictably formulaic",1 231702,"highly intriguing",1 153637,"another disjointed",0 225078,"My only wish is that Celebi could take me back to a time before I saw this movie and I could just skip it .",0 144709,"Dawdles and drags when it should pop :",0 158285,"enjoy yourself",1 204748,"laughably unconvincing",0 35861,"overcook the hysteria",0 187036,"Rumor , a muddled drama about coming to terms with death ,",0 165869,"message-mongering moralism",0 66459,"It 's ) a clever thriller with enough unexpected twists to keep our interest .",1 117434,"conservative Christian parents and",1 60567,"you do n't think ( Kissinger 's ) any more guilty of criminal activity than most contemporary statesmen",0 42913,"touch the hearts of both children and adults , as well as",1 75101,"awe-inspiring",1 81363,"great fun , full of the kind of energy it 's documenting",1 198249,"examine , the interior lives of the characters in his film , much less",0 213827,"that should 've been so much more even if it was only made for teenage boys and wrestling fans",0 36964,"silly , perverse , hopeful and always fun",1 53709,"is wild surreal stuff",1 237876,"to make Enough into ` an inspiring tale of survival wrapped in the heart-pounding suspense of a stylish psychological thriller '",1 49003,"an unforgettable visual panache",1 51233,"enjoyable and",1 174320,"the movie 's narrative hook is way too muddled to be an effectively chilling guilty pleasure",0 66499,"It 's a smart , funny look at an arcane area of popular culture",1 81246,"good sweat",1 196387,"crassly flamboyant",0 73577,"ambiguous enough to be engaging and oddly moving",1 49708,"between the fantastic and the believable",1 40762,"An extraordinary Swedish film about the soul adventure of marriage -- the kind of intimate and character-driven film that Bille August does best",1 228483,"also the unique way Shainberg goes about telling what at heart is a sweet little girl",1 221838,"... spiced with humor ( ' I speak fluent flatula , ' advises Denlopp after a rather , er , bubbly exchange with an alien deckhand ) and witty updatings ( Silver 's parrot has been replaced with Morph , a cute alien creature who mimics everyone and everything around )",1 98194,"to make their way through this tragedy",0 135130,"the edge of sanity",0 183358,"Derailed by bad writing and possibly also by some of that extensive post-production reworking to aim the film at young males in the throes of their first full flush of testosterone .",0 52538,"heartening",1 57983,"the Oscar-winning sound",1 57119,"so often end up on cinema screens",1 167770,"of the crap",0 43973,"A breezy romantic comedy",1 181233,". 11",1 146377,"Is the time really ripe for a warmed-over James Bond adventure , with a village idiot as the 007 clone ?",0 197256,"dodge this one",0 3847,"a gory",0 236305,"than a ` direct-to-video ' release",0 158241,"ends the movie is the one with the most emotional resonance , but twists",1 172202,"subsequently ,",1 149494,"The jokes are sophomoric , stereotypes are sprinkled everywhere and the acting ranges from bad to bodacious",0 138715,"uninteresting",0 134920,"the biggest husband-and-wife disaster",0 236556,"that the rich promise of the script will be realized on the screen",1 136728,"there 's a plethora of characters in this picture ,",1 372,"allows the seeds of the imagination to germinate",1 170067,"responsible for some excellent work .",1 158866,"far too clunky , didactic and",0 87394,"most compelling performance",1 58642,"the relationships were wonderful , the comedy was funny",1 154556,"bad jokes , howling cliches and by-the-numbers action",0 4988,"banal",0 82321,"his smooth , shrewd , powerful act",1 90524,"positive change",1 115544,"be one of those movies barely registering a blip on the radar screen of 2002",0 97803,"title performance",1 30025,"captivated by it",1 138992,"very interesting and",1 205445,"lots of cute animals and clumsy people . ` Snow Dogs ' has both",1 198748,"feels more like the pilot episode of a TV series",0 67554,"Michael Moore has perfected the art of highly entertaining , self-aggrandizing , politically motivated documentary-making , and he 's got as potent a topic as ever here .",1 181167,"- A Veggie Tales Movie may well depend on your threshold for pop manifestations of the Holy Spirit .",0 139812,"whose aims -- and by extension , accomplishments --",1 23101,"'s at once surreal and disturbingly familiar",1 78191,"director Hoffman , with great help from Kevin Kline",1 143491,"Accuracy and realism are terrific ,",1 16346,"it is by no means his best work",0 12675,"unlikable .",0 45435,"Hardly an objective documentary , but it 's great cinematic polemic ... love Moore or loathe him , you 've got to admire ... the intensity with which he 's willing to express his convictions",1 172529,"taking another bummer of a wrong turn",0 25713,"Is it something any true film addict will want to check",1 83707,"is , you 'll laugh",1 7075,"heaven allows '' and '' imitation of life '' transcends them . simply",1 151589,"a decent glimpse into a time period ,",1 102661,", it is worth searching out .",1 61366,"'s work as well as a remarkably faithful one .",1 39514,"two hours of underdog sports",0 8129,"its rough edges and a tendency to sag in certain places",0 214354,"the contrivances and overwrought emotion of soap",0 6878,"great summer",1 85115,"it pays earnest homage to turntablists and beat jugglers , old schoolers and current innovators",1 154972,"been honored as best it can",1 21595,"offers all the perfect ingredients to more than satisfy your appetite .",1 83726,"is Leguizamo 's best movie work so far , a subtle and richly internalized performance",1 187020,"Romeo and Juliet/West Side Story territory , where it plainly has no business going",0 132855,"solidly constructed , entertaining thriller",1 180532,", at 66 , has stopped challenging himself",0 42081,"her better known co-star ,",1 196273,"could force you to scratch a hole in your head .",0 176976,"turned my ballpoint notes",0 207781,"of how Sandler is losing his touch",0 66398,"Insanely hilarious ! I have n't laughed that hard in years !",1 70863,"Whereas Oliver Stone 's conspiracy thriller JFK was long , intricate , star-studded and visually flashy",1 31155,"entangled interrelationships",0 36038,"pleasantly in its own way",1 164318,"just has too much on its plate to really stay afloat for its just under ninety minute running time .",0 97273,"they finally feel absolutely earned",1 236222,"take a reality check before you pay the full ticket price to see `` Simone , '' and consider a DVD rental instead",0 481,"as far as mainstream matinee-style entertainment goes",0 60928,"'s also somewhat clumsy .",0 81028,"girl-meets-girl romantic comedy",1 53821,"it introduces viewers to a good charitable enterprise and some interesting real people",1 154710,"be depressing",0 87688,"mythic status",1 204372,"itself are little more than routine .",0 62373,", touching , dramatically forceful , and beautifully shot",1 160398,"grow wearisome amid leaden pacing and indifferent craftsmanship ( most notably wretched sound design ) .",0 175131,"them now is an exercise in pointlessness",0 193118,"are many things that solid acting can do for a movie",1 135648,"the light comedic work",1 109930,"The lack of naturalness makes everything seem self-consciously poetic and forced ... It 's a pity that ( Nelson 's ) achievement does n't match his ambition",0 100128,"who really steals the show",1 131739,"satire and childhood awakening",1 36299,"quite a rarity , even in the family film market",1 21111,"it is full of necessary discussion points",1 105256,"Crane 's decline",0 199381,"for those for whom the name Woody Allen was once a guarantee of something fresh , sometimes funny , and usually genuinely worthwhile , Hollywood Ending is a depressing experience",0 32510,"himself with the magic he 's spun with the Hollywood empress of Ms . Leoni 's Ellie",1 210192,"really bad Blair Witch Project",0 199796,"genre thrills",1 199452,"found it slow , predictable and not very amusing .",0 7577,"insulting",0 136068,"the problems with the film",0 173866,"the fate that lies in store for moviegoers lured to the mediocrity that is Kung Pow : Enter the Fist",0 102504,", entertaining thriller",1 21428,"no scene that screams '' bathroom break",1 236156,"super - violent ,",0 17573,"the insight and honesty of this disarming indie",1 126663,"makes Shanghai Ghetto move beyond a good , dry , reliable textbook",1 167611,"of moviemaking , one of the best actors , directors and producers",1 203926,"it is and its comedy is generally mean-spirited",0 24018,", you ca n't help but warmly extend your arms and yell ` Safe ! '",1 66842,"Jackie Chan movies are a guilty pleasure - he 's easy to like and always leaves us laughing .",1 75839,"both convincing and radiant",1 66164,"I have ever seen , constantly pulling the rug from underneath us , seeing things from new sides , plunging deeper , getting more intense .",1 124805,"it 's a wacky and inspired little film that works effortlessly at delivering genuine , acerbic laughs .",1 18303,"'s quite a talented director",1 131953,"seeking an existent anti-virus . If only there were one for this kind of movie",0 114097,"an intriguing story of maternal instincts",1 221124,", ' it also rocks .",1 224189,"It 's hard to say who might enjoy this , are there Tolstoy groupies out there ?",0 127977,"no clear-cut hero",0 236963,"the gorgeous piano",1 70801,"What ` Dumb and Dumber ' would have been without the vulgarity and with an intelligent , life-affirming script",1 173539,"the best efforts of director Joe Carnahan",1 96943,"the universal themes ,",1 60887,"'s a wise and powerful tale of race and culture forcefully told , with superb performances throughout .",1 81482,"had been developed with more care",1 12979,"wheezing",0 125134,"it was a guilty pleasure",1 129037,"of the highest and the performances",1 62864,"A compassionate ,",1 217246,"to perform entertaining tricks",1 218219,"unlikable , spiteful idiots",0 124533,"is so insanely dysfunctional that the rampantly designed Equilibrium becomes a concept doofus",0 97185,"themselves stifling a yawn or two during the first hour",0 196090,"conceivable mistake",0 226083,"That chirpy songbird Britney Spears has popped up with more mindless drivel .",0 219741,"with fewer gags to break the tedium",0 63259,"A poignant and gently humorous",1 218137,"undernourished and",0 35841,"outrageous central gimmick",0 169839,"redeem it from hopeless sentimentality",0 225760,"She is a lioness , protecting her cub , and he a reluctant villain",1 238003,"to the wit , humor and snappy dialogue of the original",1 228046,"a must-own",1 70359,"Though intrepid in exploring an attraction that crosses sexual identity , Ozpetek falls short in showing us Antonia 's true emotions ... But at the very least , His Secret Life will leave you thinking",1 86188,"live-wire",1 42186,"is much more into ambiguity and creating mood",1 236458,"that is beyond playing fair with the audience",0 231563,"have come from a Xerox machine rather than ( writer-director ) Franc",0 62206,", self-indulgent and maddening",0 131644,"rooted in a sincere performance by the title character undergoing midlife crisis .",1 88466,"of cat-and-mouse , three-dimensional characters and believable performances",1 172033,"stop-and-start pacing",0 24614,"An enchanting film that presents an audacious tour of the past and takes within its warm embrace the bounties of cultural artifacts inside St . Petersburg 's Hermitage Museum .",1 230275,"distinguished actor",1 216948,"to convince us that acting transfigures Esther",0 73359,"aims to confuse",0 208988,"own most damning censure",0 94897,"that the director of such Hollywood blockbusters as Patriot Games can still turn out a small , personal film with an emotional wallop",1 222444,"As an actor 's showcase , Hart 's War has much to recommend it , even if the top-billed Willis is not the most impressive player .",1 1641,"love him",1 171483,"so stilted and unconvincing",0 146305,"In its chicken heart",0 160849,"have ditched the artsy pretensions and revelled in the entertaining shallows",0 184851,"If you saw Benigni 's Pinocchio at a public park , you 'd grab your kids and run and then probably call the police .",0 213125,"takes a backseat in his own film to special effects",0 141902,"( who never gets to play that flute )",1 134453,"that made A Walk to Remember a niche hit",1 120424,"for historical truth and realism",1 47178,"The movie is pretty funny now and then without in any way demeaning its subjects .",1 205415,"loses faith in its own viability and succumbs to joyless special-effects excess .",0 155963,"can not overcome blah characters",0 36458,"relax and have a few laughs while the little ones get a fuzzy treat",1 74344,"are hoping it will be , and in that sense is a movie that deserves recommendation",1 156939,"cranked out on an assembly line",0 94763,"that lifts Blue Crush into one of the summer 's most pleasurable movies",1 86249,"look at a red felt Sharpie pen without disgust , a thrill , or the giggles",1 142056,", Yu clearly hopes to camouflage how bad his movie is . He fails .",0 158632,"exhausting mess",0 57667,"terrorist acts",0 82600,"idiosyncratic enough to lift the movie above its playwriting 101 premise",1 131634,"romantic-comedy duds",0 207609,"of an interesting meditation on the ethereal nature of the internet and the otherworldly energies",1 222465,"As quiet , patient and tenacious as Mr. Lopez himself",1 153786,"are a few laughs and clever sight gags scattered about , but not enough to make this anything more than another big-budget bust .",0 84873,"it 's an acquired taste that takes time to enjoy ,",1 11325,"the endless",0 177038,"uglier",0 112724,"a slow study : The action is stilted and the tabloid energy embalmed",0 144014,"Bad Film",0 147823,"Nothing plot-wise is worth e-mailing home about .",0 138305,"treat its characters , weak and strong , as fallible human beings , not caricatures",1 179522,"'s a fairly impressive debut from the director , Charles Stone III",1 57505,"summer season",1 143710,"An atonal estrogen opera",0 74930,"at its best it is a young artist 's thoughtful consideration of fatherhood",1 134222,"that ` they do n't make movies like they used to anymore",0 231219,"glibly tick off every point of `` The Longest Yard '' playbook like a checklist .",0 171389,"so badly drawn , it created whole new levels of ugly .",0 144410,"Chaotic , self-indulgent and remarkably ugly to look at , it 's ... like a series of pretentiously awful student films strung together into one feature-length horror .",0 223369,"Finally , the French-produced `` Read My Lips '' is a movie that understands characters must come first .",1 140295,"with weak dialogue and biopic",0 59260,"to his son 's home",1 25145,"Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood may not be exactly divine , but it 's definitely -- defiantly -- ya ya , what with all of those terrific songs and spirited performances .",1 112659,"a self-indulgent script",0 233277,"lacked any",0 185290,"It has the right approach and the right opening premise ,",1 121563,"half-baked setups",0 140335,"without your pulse ever racing",0 192603,"an interesting character , but '' Serving Sara",1 91364,"refreshingly smart and newfangled",1 97793,"tiny acts of kindness make ordinary life survivable",1 31927,"from unbearable lightness by the simplicity of the storytelling and the authenticity of the performances",0 168542,"overplay the shock tactics and bait-and-tackle metaphors",0 113838,"amused and entertained by the unfolding of Bielinsky 's",1 46008,"Leguizamo and Jones are both excellent",1 132885,"some idea of the glum , numb experience of watching O Fantasma",0 3299,"'re stuck with a script that prevents them from firing on all cylinders",0 110356,"There are some fairly unsettling scenes , but they never succeed in really rattling the viewer .",0 24232,"84 minutes of rolling musical back beat and supercharged cartoon warfare . It 's also , clearly , great fun .",1 73410,"all its strange quirks",1 219620,"wishing that you and they were in another movie",0 84796,"is undoubtedly one of the finest films of the year . If you 're not deeply touched by this movie , check your pulse",1 40206,"with glitches casual fans could correct in their sleep",0 111083,"When cowering and begging at the feet a scruffy Giannini , Madonna gives her best performance since Abel Ferrara had her beaten to a pulp in his Dangerous Game .",1 39622,"unfamiliar personas give the film an intimate and quaint reality that is a little closer to human nature than what Hollywood typically concocts",1 155873,"ca n't think of a thing to do with these characters except have them run through dark tunnels , fight off various anonymous attackers , and evade elaborate surveillance technologies .",0 196441,"crime movie equivalent",1 56514,"remarkable ensemble cast",1 54706,"memorable experience",1 196644,"decide what annoyed me most about God is Great",0 19164,"Over-the-top and a bit ostentatious",0 77723,"dark little morality tale",1 130383,"poise",1 23055,"'s a little bumpy , with a final lap that 's all too suspiciously smooth",0 99537,"wander about in thick clouds of denial",0 46411,"One Hour Photo may seem disappointing in its generalities ,",0 170331,"same time to congratulate himself for having the guts to confront it",1 122100,"heartily sick",0 86717,"manage to keep things interesting .",1 234383,"of being a bit undisciplined",0 97168,"their tormentor deserved .",0 52647,"his most vital work",1 187928,"The action quickly sinks into by-the-numbers territory .",0 43975,"A breezy romantic comedy that has the punch of a good sitcom , while offering exceptionally well-detailed characters .",1 99447,"visceral and",1 197584,"dull , brain-deadening hangover",0 110546,"This rich , bittersweet Israeli documentary",1 13307,"wrong",0 212192,"something awfully deadly about any movie with a life-affirming message",0 87468,"most romantic",1 92949,"so integrated with the story",1 206777,"mythic structure may owe more to Disney 's strong sense of formula than to the original story",0 191594,"a very talented but underutilized supporting cast",1 43000,"why either is impossible --",0 201786,"in a give-me-an-Oscar kind of way",1 212284,"spat out from the Tinseltown assembly line",0 173899,"the film descends into unsophisticated scare tactics and B-film thuggery",0 148565,"Should have been someone else -",0 182738,"Becomes a bit of a mishmash",0 183713,"Epps has neither the charisma nor the natural affability that has made Tucker a star .",0 99210,"us riveted with every painful nuance , unexpected flashes of dark comedy and the character 's gripping humanity",1 197984,"equally beautiful , self-satisfied 18-year-old mistress",1 113291,"achingly enthralling premise",1 206412,"more likely to drown a viewer in boredom than to send any shivers down his spine",0 53655,"is the director 's talent",1 231249,"goes for sick and demented humor simply to do so",0 92807,"slight and introspective to appeal to anything wider than a niche audience",0 131396,"rescue me from a summer of teen-driven , toilet-humor codswallop",0 156896,"could restage the whole thing in your bathtub .",0 26178,"New Clothes",1 159834,"funniest person",1 170322,"same path",0 121333,"goofy , heartfelt , mesmerizing King Lear",1 114721,"are worth the price of admission ... if '' gory mayhem '' is your idea of a good time",0 187448,"Some writer dude , I think his name was , uh , Michael Zaidan , was supposed to have like written the screenplay or something , but , dude ,",0 111424,"` This movie sucks . '",0 131467,"retains an extraordinary faith in the ability of images",1 220821,"'s getting harder and harder to ignore the fact that Hollywood is n't laughing with us , folks",0 202983,"is hugely overwritten",0 133717,"survive a screening with little harm done ,",1 182614,"As steamy as last week 's pork dumplings .",0 88869,"of seeing justice served",1 105736,"Exhilarating , funny and fun .",1 117437,"consider this a diss . Consider it ` perfection",1 81627,"has a no-frills docu-Dogma plainness , yet Miller lingers on invisible , nearly psychic nuances , leaping into digressions of memory and desire .",1 13238,"wonderfully",1 72213,"a rather simplistic one : grief drives her , love drives him",0 119472,"except maybe for the last 15 minutes , which are as maudlin as any after-school special you can imagine",0 45669,"Informative ,",1 215892,"the wheezing terrorist subplot has n't the stamina for the 100-minute running time , and the protagonists ' bohemian boorishness mars the spirit of good clean fun",0 116412,"by far the worst movie of the year",0 111238,"Woody Allen can write and deliver a one liner as well as anybody .",1 5442,"care",1 198084,"even if it were n't silly , it would still be beyond comprehension",0 203809,"it 's the butt of its own joke",0 85228,"its drastic iconography",1 200062,"goes on for too long and bogs down in a surfeit of characters and unnecessary subplots .",0 218226,"unlikable , uninteresting , unfunny , and completely ,",0 197079,"disease-of-the-week small-screen melodramas",0 161955,"in rhetorical excess and blatant sentimentality",0 149207,"The actors try hard but come off too amateurish and awkward",0 34097,"like an extended episode of Touched by an Angel",1 233604,"made for the tube",0 186301,"Nelson 's intentions are good",1 50439,"contradictory things",0 57664,"terrific look",1 181851,"A movie that harps on media-constructed ` issues '",0 97186,"then They works spectacularly well ... A shiver-inducing , nerve-rattling ride .",1 128179,"nothing to gain from watching They",0 128141,"not very good .",0 224190,"It 's incredible the number of stories the Holocaust has generated .",1 237837,"to have been lost in the translation this time",0 227789,"a bloated plot that stretches the running time about 10 minutes",0 48857,"amusing , interesting and confirming",1 26942,"There 's not much more to this adaptation of the Nick Hornby novel than charm",0 206956,"new adaptation",1 152883,"acting skills are comparable to a cardboard cutout",0 173595,"the case of a pregnant premise being wasted by a script that takes few chances and manages to insult the intelligence of everyone in the audience",0 85557,"just as rewarding",1 175989,"to believe that a life like this can sound so dull",0 223564,"Half Past Dead is just such an achievement .",1 63779,"Ambitious , unsettling psychodrama that takes full , chilling advantage of its rough-around-the-edges , low-budget constraints",1 42600,"seeing ,",1 44875,"Challenging",1 101488,"'s The Gift of the Magi relocated to the scuzzy underbelly of NYC 's drug scene . Merry friggin ' Christmas",0 166811,"no insight",0 157070,"cuss him out severely for bungling the big stuff",0 110474,"This is a movie full of grace and , ultimately , hope .",1 189200,"Together shoots for ( and misses )",1 188524,"The pacing is often way off and there are too many bona fide groaners among too few laughs .",0 222394,"Another trumpet blast that there may be a New Mexican Cinema a-bornin ' . '",1 157521,"directorial touch",1 34873,"needs the subtitles to enjoy this colorful action farce",1 186729,"Plot , characters , drama , emotions , ideas -- all are irrelevant to the experience of seeing The Scorpion King .",0 110970,"We never truly come to care about the main characters and whether or not they 'll wind up together",0 13167,"with some fancy special effects",1 102539,", giggly little story",1 40622,"... both hokey and super-cool , and definitely not in a hurry ,",1 237153,"the plot remains as guarded as a virgin with a chastity belt",0 181763,"A limp Eddie Murphy",0 111258,"World Traveler might not go anywhere new , or arrive anyplace special ,",0 188283,"The holiday message of the 37-minute Santa vs . the Snowman leaves a lot to be desired .",0 36529,"respectful a film as Byatt fans could hope for",1 6758,"gerald bounce off a quirky cast of characters",1 198071,"even as rogue CIA assassins working for Chris Cooper 's agency boss close in on the resourceful amnesiac , we do n't feel much for Damon/Bourne or his predicament",0 185776,"Like its script , which nurses plot holes gaping enough to pilot an entire Olympic swim team through",0 182525,"Apart from anything else , this is one of the best-sustained ideas I have ever seen on the screen .",1 177140,"undermining the story 's emotional thrust",1 165581,"makes its big-screen entry",0 13360,"you can thank me for this . i saw juwanna mann so you do n't have to .",0 212165,"some strong supporting players",1 81921,"have some very funny sequences",1 60462,"work and 2002 's first great film",1 119998,"few things in this world more complex --",1 118356,"dismiss -- moody",0 159558,"forced to watch the host and hostess",0 92471,"she gradually makes us believe she is Kahlo",1 229276,"becomes instead a grating endurance test .",0 18289,"'s most striking about this largely celebratory film",1 101561,"'s ability to pull together easily accessible stories",1 179744,"'s far too fleeting to squander on offal like this .",0 10724,"stealing harvard aspires",1 107390,"Lathan and Diggs carry the film with their charisma , and both exhibit sharp comic timing that makes the more hackneyed elements of the film easier to digest",1 199256,"for making a florid biopic about mad queens , obsessive relationships , and rampant adultery so dull",0 153888,"are more involving than this mess .",0 27554,"a glorious groove that leaves you wanting more",1 199120,"fools who saw Quentin Tarantino 's handful of raucous gangster films and branched out into their own pseudo-witty copycat interpretations",0 85886,"left me feeling refreshed and hopeful .",1 65605,"Forget",0 37787,"that drops the ball only when it pauses for blunt exposition to make sure you",0 225960,"Stay for the credits and see a devastating comic impersonation by Dustin Hoffman that is revelatory",1 105058,"Cheap , vulgar dialogue and a plot that crawls along at a snail 's pace",0 28403,"an underlying order",1 154091,"as a relic from a bygone era , and its convolutions ... feel silly rather than plausible",0 156288,"cinematic gymnast",1 75262,"be entertaining",1 456,"artfully lighted , earnest inquiries",1 59955,"waste a moment",0 46581,"Rabbit-Proof Fence will probably make you angry . But it will just as likely make you weep , and it will do so in a way that does n't make you feel like a sucker",1 126896,"may have worked up a back story for the women they portray so convincingly",1 105776,"Far more successful",1 124642,"is that she never lets her character become a caricature -- not even with that radioactive hair .",1 56008,"personal tragedy",0 89825,"our most flamboyant female comics",1 133319,"stirring music",1 206822,"navigates a fast fade into pomposity and pretentiousness",0 135239,"the familiar , funny surface",1 210689,"runs around and acts like a doofus",0 104267,"An awkwardly garish showcase that diverges from anything",0 165998,"mired in convoluted melodrama",0 93919,"surprise you",1 141698,"'s unfortunate for the viewer that the thoughts and reflections coming through are torpid and banal",0 8976,"naipaul , a juicy writer ,",1 60990,"'s contrived and predictable",0 230547,"enjoying this film",1 141511,"'s often overwritten",0 157141,"dead on the vine",0 65385,"Even when there are lulls , the emotions seem authentic , and the picture is so lovely toward the end ... you almost do n't notice the 129-minute running time",1 153980,"are too obvious",0 226542,"The wanton slipperiness of \* Corpus and its amiable jerking and reshaping of physical time and space would make it a great piece to watch with kids and use to introduce video as art .",1 111902,"a film , a Southern Gothic with the emotional arc of its raw blues soundtrack",1 123554,"into a typical romantic triangle",0 69315,"The Lady and the Duke surprisingly",1 3655,"a clunky tv-movie approach",0 60128,"while demonstrating vividly that the beauty and power of the opera reside primarily in the music itself",1 171318,"slugs the Yankee . Too bad the former Murphy Brown does n't pop Reese back .",0 229490,"buoyant energy level",1 44558,"Apesar de",1 120359,"for a good while . Before it collapses into exactly the kind of buddy cop comedy it set out to lampoon , anyway",0 75042,"audacity and openness",1 126032,"like The Hours as an alternative",1 232057,"in the title Pokémon 4ever is terrifying",0 26703,"Thanks to Scott 's charismatic Roger and Eisenberg 's sweet nephew , Roger Dodger is one of the most compelling variations on In the Company of Men .",1 149400,"The film flat lines",0 140716,"you are likely to be as heartily sick of mayhem as Cage 's war-weary marine .",0 105178,"Conceptually brilliant",1 125630,"know how to fill a frame . Like the Hanks character",1 166690,"never really builds up a head of emotional steam .",0 80087,"flawed , crazy",0 171897,"stand the test of time",1 32993,"in virtually every scene",0 55888,"overdose movies",0 52640,"his mainly nonprofessional cast",0 84607,"is simply brilliant",1 196213,"conventional as a Nike ad",0 173509,"the bad lighting",0 141632,"'s strongly mediocre , with funny bits surfacing every once in a while",0 201630,"illogical",0 27628,"a little funnier",1 121861,"has the screen presence to become a major-league leading lady , ( but )",1 62799,"A bittersweet drama about the limbo of grief and how truth-telling can open the door to liberation .",1 62640,"13 Conversations About One Thing '' is an intelligent flick that examines many different ideas from happiness to guilt in an intriguing bit of storytelling .",1 144024,"Bad beyond belief and ridiculous beyond description",0 214760,"the half-lit , sometimes creepy intimacy of college dorm rooms , a subtlety that makes the silly , over-the-top coda especially disappointing",0 130463,"positively dreadful",0 70347,"Though Lan Yu lacks a sense of dramatic urgency",0 47039,"The film 's sense of imagery gives it a terrible strength",1 111463,"a '' Big Chill '' reunion of the Baader-Meinhof Gang , only these guys are more harmless pranksters than political activists",0 54699,"medicine",1 199021,"flashy , overlong soap",0 44496,"An honest , sensitive story from a Vietnamese point of view .",1 142601,", unfortunately , occurs too infrequently to make the film even a guilty pleasure",0 60642,"' swims away with the Sleeper Movie of the Summer award .",1 117560,"could be this good",1 156702,"confuses the mere flashing of kinky soft-core imagery with naughty fun .",1 226115,"The Hours is one of those reputedly `` unfilmable '' novels that has bucked the odds to emerge as an exquisite motion picture in its own right .",1 147152,"Life or Something Like It has its share of high points , but",1 44540,"Anchored by Friel and Williams 's exceptional performances , the film 's power lies in its complexity . Nothing is black and white .",1 207150,"none of them are ever any good",0 188893,"There is n't one moment in the film that surprises or delights .",0 208202,"of those staggeringly well-produced",1 92162,"seems to be about everything that 's plaguing the human spirit in a relentlessly globalizing world",0 131571,"rip off that we were aware of",0 50796,"despite its virtues , there is an unsettled feeling to the film",0 238331,"video-cam footage",0 23685,", in many ways , an admirable achievement",1 219146,"what we have here is a load of clams left in the broiling sun for a good three days",0 99766,"weird and wonderful comedy",1 138819,"updates the setting in an attempt to make the film relevant today , without fully understanding what it was that made the story relevant in the first place .",0 234739,"one of those movies that 's so bad it starts to become good",0 26510,"Sam Jones became a very lucky filmmaker the day",1 99002,"unemotive",0 59663,"understated and touching",1 213546,"that Stealing Harvard is too busy getting in its own way to be anything but frustrating , boring , and forgettable",0 50014,"can make undemanding action movies with all the alacrity of their Hollywood counterparts",1 139251,"was kind of terrific",1 125712,"lacks visual flair .",0 116285,"build a feel-good fantasy around a vain dictator-madman",1 227440,"`` Big Deal on Madonna Street '' that 's a sly , amusing , laugh-filled little gem in which the ultimate `` Bellini '' begins to look like a `` real Kaputschnik",1 165233,"looking for something hard with which to bludgeon myself unconscious",0 100643,"with the gifted Pearce on hand to keep things on semi-stable ground dramatically",1 117071,"cleverness , wit or",1 154921,"becomes boring",0 144311,"But they do n't fit well together",0 219694,"with an amateurish screenplay",0 219335,"who do n't know how to tell a story for more than four minutes",0 14359,"Oscar-nominated",1 167780,"of the excellent cast",1 122491,"honoring",1 39934,"well-crafted",1 88570,"of faith in the future",1 204095,"it would have just gone more over-the-top instead of trying to have it both ways",0 13480,"'s the ultimate redneck road-trip",1 156589,"coming away with your mouth full of rotten pulp and living worms",0 25139,"Disturbing and brilliant documentary .",1 112183,"a lack of clarity and audacity that a subject as monstrous and pathetic as Dahmer",0 19595,"a sucker for a good old fashion romance and someone who shamelessly loves to eat , then Mostly Martha offers all the perfect ingredients to more than satisfy your appetite .",1 149338,"The ending does n't work ... but most of the movie works so well I 'm almost recommending it , anyway -- maybe not to everybody , but certainly to people with a curiosity about how a movie can go very right , and then step wrong",1 131619,"romance , tragedy and even silent-movie comedy",1 65059,"Die",0 175510,"this overstuffed , erratic dramedy",0 200376,"halfway through this picture I was beginning to hate it , and , of course",0 226865,"Unfaithful ' cheats on itself and retreats to comfortable territory .",0 200487,"has a tougher time balancing its violence with Kafka-inspired philosophy",0 198540,"far from a treasure",0 992,"fine",1 130,"a certain style and wit",1 49859,"brings us another masterpiece",1 100933,"would make an excellent companion piece to the similarly themed ` The French Lieutenant 's Woman . '",1 80660,"from the demented mind",0 86550,"make an excellent companion piece",1 2516,"that rare animal",1 232176,"into the `` A '' range , as is",1 158630,"exhaust the patience of even the most understanding spouse",0 190245,"a bunch of typical late-twenty-somethings natter on about nothing",0 171304,"slow , drab",0 17157,"seem minty fresh",1 206055,"merely 90 minutes of post-adolescent Electra rebellion",0 20074,"bawdy comedy and head games",1 70178,"This charming , thought-provoking New York fest of life and love has its rewards .",1 121729,"has created a breathtakingly assured and stylish work of spare dialogue and acute expressiveness .",1 220847,"'s incredible the number of stories",1 114074,"an impressive roster",1 52694,"hits all the verbal marks",1 209311,"place most of the psychological and philosophical material in italics rather than trust an audience 's intelligence",0 87337,"more than adequately fills the eyes and stirs the emotions",1 35779,"or preachy",0 2506,"that hollywood expects people to pay to see it",0 175904,"to be a fascinating , involving character study",1 177558,"waiting for the ending credits and the deleted scenes montage to break the audience 's awkward silence",0 151587,"a decent glimpse",1 169202,"premise is undercut by amateurish execution",0 138723,"universal and involving",1 217568,"too bland to be interesting",0 71997,"a more balanced or fair portrayal",1 119807,"faster , livelier and a good deal funnier than his original",1 11768,"the problem with antwone fisher",0 86838,"marvelous documentary touches -- ever so gracefully -- on the entire history of the Yiddish theater , both in America and Israel",1 105089,"Chouraqui brings documentary-like credibility to the horrors of the killing field and the barbarism of ` ethnic cleansing . '",1 123841,"is a thoughtful examination of faith , love and power",1 187920,"The acting is just fine , but",1 50052,"captures the erotics of intimacy in a way that makes most American love stories look downright unfree",1 117962,"defies classification",1 216036,"their performances could have -- should have -- been allowed to stand on their own",0 176954,"turkey-on-rolls , stubbly chins , liver spots",0 61769,", and to her inventive director",1 19821,"and enjoy",1 181232,". . little action , almost no suspense or believable tension , one-dimensional characters up the wazoo and sets that can only be described as sci-fi generic .",0 175606,"those daytime programs ' slickness and sophistication ( and who knew they even had any ? )",0 162588,"is a disaster",0 115289,"awakening and ripening",1 164385,"keep the story compelling",1 197437,"dopey movie",0 149255,"The cast is so low-wattage that none of the characters comes off as big ... and the setting remains indistinct .",0 63827,"An alternately fascinating and frustrating documentary .",1 219302,"while you watch it , offering fine acting moments and pungent insights into modern L . A",1 102370,", all-enveloping movie experience",1 153023,"airhead movie",0 215877,"the way of saying something meaningful about facing death",1 65021,"Despite its flaws , Crazy as Hell marks an encouraging new direction for La Salle .",1 117134,"coherent rhythm",1 61524,"( but ) there is n't much about K-19 that 's unique or memorable .",0 17757,"those who have reached the absolute top of the game",1 207680,"of criminals",1 137484,"to cheesier to cheesiest",0 215319,"the payoff for the audience , as well as",1 91961,"scathing and joyous",1 166682,"never materializes",0 56234,"provide an enjoyable 100 minutes in a movie theater",1 161268,"his formula of dimwitted comedy and even dimmer characters",0 79780,"feels comfortable with taking insane liberties and doing the goofiest stuff out of left field",1 199366,"for the toilet and scores a direct hit",0 233618,"make J.K. Rowling 's marvelous series into a deadly bore",0 69785,"The one-liners are snappy",1 59570,"turmoil",0 187640,"Sweet Home Alabama certainly wo n't be remembered as one of ( Witherspoon 's ) better films .",0 188119,"The explosion essentially ruined -- or , rather , overpowered -- the fiction of the movie for me",0 79449,"expect and often surprises you with unexpected comedy",1 98698,"tries to immerse us in a world of artistic abandon and political madness and very nearly",1 224803,"Minority Report '' astounds .",1 6078,"dreadful",0 213743,"that keep whooshing you from one visual marvel to the next , hastily , emptily",0 8389,"left me behind at the station looking for a return ticket to realism",0 58966,"this Cinderella story does n't have a single surprise up its sleeve . But",0 139884,"will be pleased to discover that Tian 's meticulous talent has not withered during his enforced hiatus .",1 188891,"There is more than one joke about putting the toilet seat down . And that should tell you everything you need to know about All the Queen 's Men",0 160930,"have turned Rice 's complex Akasha into a cartoon monster",0 169848,"reduces it to an almost comic embarrassment",0 143161,"A lackluster , unessential sequel",0 197893,"enjoy the film",1 60591,"you will enjoy seeing how both evolve",1 238343,"visually sloppy",0 110357,"There are things to like about Murder By Numbers",1 23811,", parts of the movie still manage to break past the artifice and thoroughly engage you",1 17699,"their shortage dilutes the potency of otherwise respectable action . Still , this flick is fun , and host to some truly excellent sequences",1 100367,"with 20 times",1 62247,", surrealistic moments",1 83887,"is a story that zings all the way through with originality , humour and pathos",1 116109,"bordering on confessional",0 67233,"Like Mike shoots and scores",1 60570,"you enjoy more thoughtful comedies with interesting conflicted characters",1 146414,"It 's a film with an idea buried somewhere inside its fabric , but never clearly seen or felt .",0 49227,"artists and the love of cinema-and-self",1 189933,"You expect more from director Michael Apted ( Enigma ) and screenwriter Nicholas Kazan ( Reversal of Fortune ) than this cliche pileup .",0 205008,"like a change in ( Herzog 's ) personal policy",1 175757,"time to congratulate himself for having the guts to confront it",1 89375,"on a striking new significance for anyone who sees the film",1 78483,"does not proclaim the truth about two love-struck somebodies , but permits them time and space to convince us of that all on their own .",1 184520,"How many more times will indie filmmakers subject us to boring , self-important stories of how horrible we are to ourselves and each other ?",0 188072,"The director 's many dodges and turns",0 24169,"... the movie becomes a heady experience .",1 229674,"can make interesting a subject you thought would leave you cold",1 54538,"make you angry",0 27581,"a heady experience",1 142172,", exploitative , thoroughly unpleasant",0 233523,"look at teenage boys doing what they do best - being teenagers .",1 234638,"often look smeary and blurry , to the point of distraction",0 206499,"most devastating",0 172697,"than Julie Taymor 's preposterous Titus",0 226776,"Together ( Time Out and Human Resources ) establish Mr. Cantet as France 's foremost cinematic poet of the workplace .",1 84239,"is genial and decent",1 150315,"This series should have died long ago , but they keep bringing it back another day as punishment for paying money to see the last James Bond movie",0 115025,"as simple self-reflection meditation",1 195152,"by carefully selecting interview subjects who will construct a portrait of Castro so predominantly charitable it can only be seen as propaganda",0 217134,"to judge from In Praise of Love , the sort of bitter old crank who sits behind his light meter and harangues the supposed injustices of the artistic world-at-large",0 31402,"extends a warm invitation into an unfamiliar world , then illuminates it fully and allows the larger implications of the journey to sink in unobtrusively",1 224489,"Judging by those standards , ` Scratch ' is a pretty decent little documentary .",1 192538,"an erratic career",0 234599,"of watching this film with an audience full of teenagers fixating on its body humour and reinforcement of stereotypes",0 229760,"case zero .",0 120677,"from a completist 's checklist rather than with a cultist 's passion",0 189710,"While this one gets off with a good natured warning , future Lizard endeavors will need to adhere more closely to the laws of laughter",0 11513,"the importance of being earnest , so thick with wit it plays like a reading from bartlett 's familiar quotations",1 135353,"the film itself is ultimately quite unengaging",0 146422,"It 's a loathsome movie , it really is and it makes absolutely no sense .",0 111300,"Yes , I suppose it 's lovely that Cal works out his issues with his dad and comes to terms with his picture-perfect life -- but World Traveler gave me no reason to care ,",0 51681,"filmmaking with an assurance worthy of international acclaim",1 108318,"Passion , melodrama , sorrow , laugther , and tears cascade over the screen effortlessly",1 59578,"turns fanciful , grisly and engagingly quixotic .",1 163461,"is the kind of movie that 's critic-proof , simply because it aims so low",0 24914,"But this time there 's some mold on the gold .",0 101125,"you feeling like you 've seen a movie instead of an endless trailer",1 109669,"The color sense of Stuart Little 2 is its most immediate and most obvious pleasure , but it would count for very little if the movie were n't as beautifully shaped and as delicately calibrated in tone as it is .",1 126298,"long-on-the-shelf",0 91671,"richly detailed , deftly executed",1 57546,"swallow thanks to remarkable performances by Ferrera and Ontiveros",1 80590,"from a renowned Indian film culture that allows Americans to finally revel in its splendor",1 102751,", one could rent the original and get the same love story and parable .",0 185337,"It shares the first two films ' loose-jointed structure , but",0 145251,"Eye See You is pure junk",0 113286,"achieves the remarkable feat of squandering a topnotch foursome of actors",0 26666,"Suffers from the lack of a compelling or comprehensible narrative",0 44159,"A memorable experience that , like many of his works , presents weighty issues",1 30185,"cinematic flotsam",0 170879,"shine through",1 19769,"an uncommonly human character , an almost real-live girl",1 101207,"you wo n't like looking at it",0 193920,"backed off",0 78349,"do n't feel the least bit ashamed in admitting that my enjoyment came at the expense of seeing justice served , even if it 's a dish that 's best served cold",1 94298,"tender hug",1 220249,"you 've got a huge mess",0 210402,"renewal",1 63696,"All comedy is subversive , but this unrelenting bleak insistence on opting out of any opportunity for finding meaning in relationships or work just becomes sad .",0 192586,"an inhalant blackout",0 119980,"few gut-busting laughs",1 215347,"the phony baloney movie biz",0 157587,"disquietingly",0 131206,"reeking",0 148497,"Serry does a fine job of capturing the climate of the times and , perhaps unwittingly , relating it to what is happening in America in 2002 . But hard-to-believe plot twists force the movie off track in its final half hour .",1 91620,"reveals meaning",1 146538,"It 's loud and boring : watching it is like being trapped at a bad rock concert .",0 83180,"in this case one man 's treasure could prove to be another man 's garbage",0 100193,"why Paul Thomas Anderson ever had the inclination to make the most sincere and artful movie in which Adam Sandler will probably ever appear",1 201355,"horrified",0 147055,"Lacking gravitas , MacDowell is a placeholder for grief , and ergo this sloppy drama is an empty vessel . Leave these Flowers unpicked -- they 're dead on the vine .",0 103489,"A colorful , joyous celebration of life : a tapestry woven of romance , dancing , singing , and unforgettable characters .",1 70122,"There are n't many conclusive answers in the film , but there is an interesting story of pointed personalities , courage , tragedy and the little guys vs . the big guys",1 10459,"signs is a good film",1 120580,"forming a chain of relationships that come full circle to end on a positive ( if tragic ) note",1 45343,"Further proof that the epicenter of cool , beautiful , thought-provoking foreign cinema is smack-dab in the middle of Dubya 's Axis of Evil .",1 109819,"The film makes strong arguments regarding the social status of America 's indigenous people , but",1 70191,"This enthralling documentary ... is at once playful and haunting , an in-depth portrait of an iconoclastic artist who was fundamentally unknowable even to his closest friends .",1 218177,"unfolds predictably",0 217341,"to shtick and sentimentality",1 9413,"of wladyslaw szpilman , who is not only a pianist , but a good human being",1 55688,"offers an intriguing what-if premise .",1 27445,"a compelling plot",1 38917,"this How Martha Got Her Groove Back -- assuming , that is , she ever had one to begin with",0 101807,"'s not nearly as fresh or enjoyable as its predecessor",0 1057,"gangs , despite the gravity of its subject matter",0 33199,"is , in many ways , an admirable achievement",1 163968,"it would have been better off dead .",0 110400,"They were afraid to show this movie to reviewers before its opening , afraid of the bad reviews they thought they 'd earn .",0 111524,"a badly edited , 91-minute trailer",0 46135,"Measured against practically any like-themed film other than its Oscar-sweeping franchise predecessor The Silence of the Lambs , Red Dragon rates as an exceptional thriller .",1 21063,"is such a dazzlingly self-assured directorial debut that it 's hard to know what to praise first",1 79804,"female friendship that men can embrace",1 94875,"that stands a good chance of being the big",1 237176,"the rare directors who feels acting is the heart and soul of cinema",1 223270,"Even the hastily and amateurishly drawn animation",0 126524,"made a difference",1 113015,"a welcome relief",1 209520,"poor remake",0 148173,"Proof that a thriller can be sleekly shot , expertly cast , paced with crisp professionalism ...",1 216278,"things will turn out",1 61527,"( depending upon where you live )",1 96128,"the merits of fighting hard for something that really matters",1 92563,"should drop everything and run to Ichi",1 10177,"riveting memories are rendered with such clarity that it 's as if it all happened only yesterday",1 192138,"all are irrelevant to the experience of seeing The Scorpion King",0 170415,"scary here except for some awful acting and lame special effects",0 50938,"does a good job of laying out some of the major issues that we encounter as we journey through life .",1 197355,"does n't really care about the thousands of Americans who die hideously",0 34712,"moving film that respects its audience and its source material",1 116290,"builds up to its insanely staged ballroom scene , in which 3000 actors appear in full regalia",1 21155,"its ribald humor and touching nostalgia are sure to please anyone in search of a Jules and Jim for the new millennium .",1 42820,"the heartbeat of the world , a salute to the universal language of rhythm and",1 175277,"think of a recent movie that has worked this hard to achieve this little fun",0 25386,"Gaghan 's",0 20020,"as you have to admit that somehow it hit you where you live",1 50461,"cool , beautiful , thought-provoking foreign cinema",1 32769,"immense wit and insight",1 7367,"imagine ( if possible ) a pasolini film without passion or politics , or an almodovar movie without beauty or humor , and you have some idea of the glum , numb experience of watching o fantasma",0 179720,"'s easier to change the sheets than to change hackneyed concepts when it comes to dreaming up romantic comedies",0 86716,"manage to keep things interesting",1 5957,"didactic and dull",0 153956,"are television - caliber and the message of providing solace through deception is a little creepy .",0 235971,"spent watching this waste of time .",0 176269,"to make us jump out of our seats",1 125749,"large rewards",1 225124,"Next Great Thing",1 33130,"into a timeframe that mandates that you avoid the Godzilla sized soda",0 131186,"redolent of a thousand cliches",0 158974,"feels significantly longer than its relatively scant 97 minutes",0 53362,"is about to turn onto a different path",1 96932,"the ultimate Scorsese film",1 213214,"tedious and turgid",0 102155,"( Washington 's ) strong hand , keen eye , sweet spirit and good taste",1 143071,"A dreadful live-action movie .",0 30801,"director Anne-Sophie Birot 's first feature is a sensitive , extraordinarily well-acted drama .",1 38651,"the sort of people usually ignored in contemporary American film .",0 119670,"fairly trite narrative",1 151105,"You 'll be more entertained getting hit by a bus .",0 202088,"in this wildly uneven movie",0 4203,"a thoughtful",1 28807,"and still oddly likable",1 9190,"numbs the movie 's power",0 45325,"From Heaven ''",1 43790,", whimsical feature",1 9044,"new depths of unoriginality and predictability",0 164508,"lack any intrigue ( other than their funny accents )",0 96584,"the right movie",1 131419,"resolutely unamusing , how thoroughly unrewarding all of this is",0 199589,"from his fun friendly demeanor in exchange for a darker unnerving role",1 222179,"According to the script , Grant and Bullock 's characters are made for each other .",1 158051,"dumb things",0 42573,"rousing ,",1 214988,"the magic that made it all work",1 133260,"statements and dime-store ruminations",0 59840,"very believable",1 3650,"a classic",1 152281,"a proctologist is apt to encounter in an entire career",0 43582,", frenetic , funny , even punny 6",1 91487,"reminds you of why animation is such a perfect medium for children , because of the way it allows the mind to enter and accept another world",1 158318,"enough to make one pine for the day when Godard can no longer handle the rigors of filmmaking",0 109679,"The creative animation work may not look as fully ` rendered ' as Pixar 's industry standard , but it uses lighting effects and innovative backgrounds to an equally impressive degree",1 114438,"any shoddy product",0 171992,"still could have been room for the war scenes",0 172109,"string the bastard up",0 176568,"together and not quite enough characterization",0 128025,"no point of view , no contemporary interpretation of Joan 's prefeminist plight",0 80185,"food-for-thought cinema",1 212,"a nightmare",0 18814,"Dark and disturbing , but also surprisingly funny .",1 81207,"going to be something really good",1 122621,"humble , teach and ultimately",1 116483,"by which time it 's impossible to care who wins",0 31026,"effortless , pleasurable , featherweight charm .",1 105606,"Elegantly produced",1 133405,"strikes a defiantly retro chord , and outpaces its contemporaries with daring and verve",1 38287,"the gorgeous , ramshackle landscape",1 53355,"is a winner for kids , and no doubt a winner for Lil Bow Wow , who can now add movies to the list of things he does well",1 43918,"2002 's first great film",1 137059,"this sucker",0 64866,"Credit director Ramsay for taking the sometimes improbable story and making it",1 26832,"The format gets used best",1 140509,"worthy successor",1 64766,"Combines improbable melodrama ( gored bullfighters , comatose ballerinas ) with subtly kinky bedside vigils and sensational denouements , and yet at the end , we are undeniably touched .",1 10144,"revel in its splendor",1 183606,"Ear-splitting exercise in formula crash-and-bash action .",0 138117,"too long to turn his movie in an unexpected direction",1 203800,"it 's so lackluster",0 142115,", by the time the bloody climax arrives we still do n't feel enough of an attachment to these guys to care one way or another .",0 119813,"favor of gags that rely on the strength of their own cleverness",1 4420,"adore",1 59547,"true , lived experience",1 266,"a soul-stirring",1 186277,"Narc is all menace and atmosphere .",0 122812,"impossible . He has improved upon the first and taken it a step further , richer and deeper .",1 17262,"some of the stunts are so outlandish that they border on being cartoonlike",0 22762,"when it 's good , it 's good and horrid",1 229279,"becomes more and more frustrating",0 2235,"seems terrified of the book 's irreverent energy , and scotches most of its lan , humor , bile , and irony",0 187397,"So we got Ten Little Indians meets Friday the 13th by way of Clean and Sober , filmed on the set of Carpenter 's The Thing and loaded with actors you 're most likely to find on the next inevitable incarnation of The Love Boat .",0 164086,"its need to reassure",0 117955,"deeply pessimistic",0 45285,"Forgettable horror",0 197727,"elaborate choreography",1 163862,"it makes absolutely no sense",0 26125,"Much monkeyfun for all .",1 10968,"tanks",0 234838,"overstays its natural running time",0 42146,"is Carion 's debut feature but his script and direction hums with a confidence",1 63421,"A strong and confident work",1 197301,"does n't even have potential as a cult film , as it 's too loud to shout insults at the screen .",0 100250,"will find in these characters ' foibles a timeless and unique perspective",1 231768,"honest working man John Q. Archibald ,",1 96670,"the sexy razzle-dazzle",1 29258,"assertive",1 15069,"and psychologically resonant",1 24793,"Barney has created a tour de force that is weird , wacky and wonderful .",1 72848,"a work that 's more interested in asking questions than in answering them",0 31174,"entrancing",1 13770,"A feel-good picture",1 119705,"falls into the trap of pretention",0 153491,"an overly sillified plot and stop-and-start pacing",0 170161,"robbed of the element of surprise , it does n't have any huge laughs in its story of irresponsible cops who love to play pranks",0 226245,"The faithful will enjoy this sometimes wry adaptation of V.S. Naipaul 's novel , but",1 92330,"serves as a workable primer for the region 's recent history ,",1 84792,"is undeniably subversive and involving in its bold presentation",1 203637,"is ultimately rather silly and overwrought , making the ambiguous ending seem goofy rather than provocative .",0 76312,"can actually feel good",1 224049,"Incoherence",0 202784,"is banal in its message and the choice of material to convey it",0 213607,"that elusive , lovely place",1 184330,"Has its moments ,",1 148511,"Sewer rats",0 64030,"Ararat is fiercely intelligent and uncommonly ambitious .",1 94053,"swooping down on a string of exotic locales , scooping the whole world up in a joyous communal festival of rhythm",1 38064,"the central performers are experienced actors",1 91669,"richly detailed",1 4062,"a rag-tag bunch of would-be characters",0 125366,"its smallness",1 18832,"Dennis Quaid is its athletic heart .",1 69399,"The auteur 's ear for the way fears and slights",1 78945,"encouraging debut feature",1 20463,"enjoying much of it",1 37846,"that knows what it is , and knows the form 's history",1 104171,"Almost nothing else -- raunchy and graphic as it may be in presentation -- is one-sided , outwardly sexist or mean-spirited . And in a sense , that 's a liability .",0 197428,"done well to end this flawed , dazzling series with the raising of something other than his own cremaster",0 28145,"adventurous",1 208580,"one decent performance from the cast and",1 146732,"It offers little beyond the momentary joys of pretty and weightless intellectual entertainment .",0 142261,", it 's also uninspired , lacking the real talent and wit to elevate it beyond its formula to the level of classic romantic comedy to which it aspires .",0 42865,"the terrific performances by Christopher Plummer , as the prime villain , and",1 163320,"is so bad , that it 's almost worth seeing because it 's so bad .",0 191784,"about the pitfalls of bad behavior",1 55989,"performances that are all understated and touching",1 189240,"Too long , and larded with exposition , this somber cop drama ultimately feels as flat as the scruffy sands of its titular community .",0 538,"bang-up",1 150316,"This series should have died long ago , but they keep bringing it back another day as punishment for paying money to see the last James Bond movie .",0 196537,"cute drama",1 36629,"rousing spates of genuine feeling",1 3747,"a fairy tale",1 208162,"of the worst movies of one year",0 84816,"is well established",1 6666,"fresh , unforced",1 56127,"potent metaphor",1 174,"a golden book sprung to life",1 41041,"Its mysteries are transparently obvious ,",0 222359,"And if you appreciate the one-sided theme to Lawrence 's over-indulgent tirade , then knock yourself out and enjoy the big screen postcard that is a self-glorified Martin Lawrence lovefest .",0 76374,"can still turn out a small , personal film with an emotional wallop",1 45802,"It haunts , horrifies , startles and fascinates : it is impossible to look away . Ah yes , and then there 's the music",1 73357,"aimless story",0 59819,"utterly charming and hilarious film that reminded me of the best of the Disney comedies from the 60s",1 140759,"you go into the theater expecting a scary , action-packed chiller",1 150171,"This dubious product",0 106982,"It actually improves upon the original hit movie",1 170038,"resembles a bad high school production of Grease , without benefit of song .",0 81373,"great sympathy and intelligence",1 189719,"Who is this movie for ? Not kids , who do n't need the lesson in repugnance . It 's also not smart or barbed enough for older viewers -- not everyone thinks poo-poo jokes are ` edgy . '",0 90682,"prisoner",0 91097,"rare for any movie",1 226638,"This film biggest problem ?",0 112061,"a great film noir",1 134220,"that Van Wilder does little that is actually funny with the material",0 227376,"` Swept Away '",1 41931,"filled with scams within scams",0 150427,"Too bland and",0 101128,"you grew up on Scooby -- you 'll love this movie .",1 3580,"a best selling novel",1 82191,"hilariously",1 171265,"slickly",1 103953,"A tone of rueful compassion ... reverberates throughout this film , whose meaning and impact is sadly heightened by current world events .",1 93058,"solo",1 79181,"escapism without requiring a great deal of thought",1 188162,"The film boasts at least a few good ideas and features some decent performances ,",1 147766,"Not a movie but a live-action agitprop cartoon",0 231324,"guilty fun to be had here",1 133695,"surprisingly sensitive script co-written",1 203794,"it 's really little more than a particularly slanted , gay s/m fantasy , enervating and deadeningly drawn-out .",0 113593,"all its brilliant touches",1 127298,"more editing",0 219574,"will turn out",1 116303,"buoyant feeling",1 5845,"david weissman and bill weber benefit enormously from the cockettes ' camera craziness --",1 81426,"grown-up voice",1 173819,"the entire project having the feel of something tossed off quickly ( like one of Hubert 's punches )",0 188726,"The story of Trouble Every Day ... is so sketchy it amounts to little more than preliminary notes for a science-fiction horror film ,",0 66668,"It 's still a comic book , but Maguire makes it a comic book with soul .",1 106557,"Ice Age wo n't drop your jaw , but it will warm your heart , and I 'm giving it a strong thumbs up .",1 80665,"from the latest eccentric , super-wealthy megalomaniac bent on world domination and destruction",0 155767,"by people who have never sung those blues",1 44174,"A movie that will surely be profane , politically charged music to the ears of Cho 's fans .",1 145621,"Goldmember has none of the visual wit of the previous pictures ,",0 74885,"astonishing growth",1 110414,"This 100-minute movie only has about 25 minutes of decent material .",0 102676,", it stays in formula -- which is a waste of De Niro , McDormand and the other good actors in the cast",0 220838,"'s hardly a necessary enterprise .",0 231066,"fun , and",1 6743,"generic",0 132984,"sometimes falls",0 99827,"well-wrought story",1 209067,"parochial , accessible to a chosen few , standoffish to everyone else , and smugly suggests a superior moral tone is more important than filmmaking skill",0 199398,"forced drama in this wildly uneven movie",0 69744,"The movie is brilliant , really .",1 56016,"pesky",0 124313,"is nearly incoherent ,",0 221101,"( cool visual backmasking )",1 143878,"As ( the characters ) get more depressed",0 212348,"spirals downward ,",0 1174,"hell-bent",0 230129,"delicate , clever",1 173361,"the Disney philosophy of required poignancy , a salute that I 'd hoped the movie would avoid",0 181883,"A pint-sized ` Goodfellas ' designed to appeal to the younger set",1 230320,"do you make a movie with depth about a man who lacked any",0 163841,"it is n't that funny",0 32597,"his two Oscar nominated films in 2000",1 40036,"who build a seamless ensemble . There is n't a weak or careless performance",1 84460,"is nicely",1 60582,"you pay the full ticket price to see '' Simone , '' and consider a DVD rental instead",0 49691,"betrayal , deceit and murder",0 75237,"be captivated , as I was , by its moods , and by its subtly transformed star , and still wonder why Paul Thomas Anderson ever had the inclination to make the most sincere and artful movie in which Adam Sandler will probably ever appear",1 81450,"guilty-pleasure",1 37509,"surprising new life",1 176219,"to justify its pretensions",0 131416,"resolutely unamusing",0 83994,"is an exercise in chilling style , and Twohy films the sub , inside and out ,",1 197046,"disappoint anyone who values the original comic books",0 106849,"It 's dark but has wonderfully funny moments : you care about the characters :",1 112044,"a good way",1 191202,"a remake ) do anything as stomach-turning as the way Adam Sandler 's new movie rapes , pillages and incinerates Frank Capra 's classic",0 198545,"far less endearing disabilities",0 30408,"conveys both the pitfalls and the pleasures of over-the-top love .",1 109376,"That 's not vintage Spielberg",0 84828,"is wonderful . As Warren he stumbles in search of all the emotions and life experiences he 's neglected over the years .",1 178987,"written by teenagers",0 178786,"work much better as a video installation in a museum , where viewers would be free to leave . Immediately",1 33830,"its profound self-evaluation message about our fragile existence and the absence of spiritual guidance",1 79745,"feel alive - which is what they did",1 147712,"No aspirations to social import inform the movie version",0 97533,"this unexpectedly moving meditation",1 151890,"a hodgepodge of inconsistencies that pose the question",0 32735,"if it is indeed a duty of art to reflect life , than Leigh has created a masterful piece of artistry right here",1 131471,"rethink their attitudes when they see the joy the characters take in this creed",1 207193,"not for their acting chops , but for their looks",0 115328,"bad at a fraction the budget",0 58505,"the most gloriously unsubtle and adrenalized extreme",1 168058,"on and on to the point of nausea",0 194261,"because it does n't have enough vices to merit its 103-minute length",0 217894,"trying to decide what annoyed me most about God is Great",0 205834,"map thematically and stylistically , and borrows heavily from Lynch , Jeunet , and von Trier while failing to find a spark of its own",0 77909,"delight in the images",1 122438,"hitting a comedic or satirical target",1 139006,"very real and amusing give-and-take",1 25259,"Eventually , it wins you over",1 135485,"the hallmarks",1 165080,"little critical",0 133896,"tastelessness and gall",0 52152,"glamour",1 148425,"Schmaltzy and unfunny",0 95301,"the characters have a freshness and modesty that transcends their predicament .",1 112096,"a heady whirl of New Age-inspired good intentions",1 145930,"I 'd give real money to see the perpetrators of Chicago torn apart by dingoes .",0 188710,"The story is bogus and its characters tissue-thin .",0 60272,"willing to let the earnestness of its execution and skill of its cast take you down a familiar road with a few twists . Cynics need not apply",1 230026,"crawl up your own \*\*\* in embarrassment",0 209292,"pique your interest , your imagination , your empathy or anything , really , save your disgust and your indifference",0 51699,"find it more than capable of rewarding them",1 200499,"has already appeared in one forum or another",0 93072,"some delightful work",1 32139,"good will",1 108125,"Often shocking but ultimately worthwhile exploration of motherhood and desperate mothers .",1 74366,"are moments of hilarity to be had",1 38395,"the majesty of Tolkien 's writing",1 5843,"david weissman and bill weber benefit enormously",1 5339,"but it also has many of the things that made the first one charming",1 141756,"( Davis ) has a bright , chipper style that keeps things moving , while never quite managing to connect her wish-fulfilling characters to the human race .",1 192153,"all for easy sanctimony , formulaic thrills and a ham-fisted sermon on the need for national health insurance",0 152378,"a sadistic bike flick that would have made Vittorio De Sica proud",1 171194,"skeeved out that they 'd need a shower",0 54423,"loving yet unforgivingly inconsistent",0 86118,"liking the film",1 3860,"a grinning",1 142176,", flat drama",0 2632,"the inanities of the contemporary music business and a rather sad story of the difficulties",0 140355,"wo n't win many fans over the age of 12",0 77280,"constructs a hilarious ode to middle America and middle age with this unlikely odyssey ,",1 92506,"shining performance",1 40282,"with the warning '' For serious film buffs only",1 105984,"Girl '' a film worth watching .",1 163641,"it 's enough to make one pine for the day when Godard can no longer handle the rigors of filmmaking",0 199445,"foul-mouthed",0 139562,"what makes Vincent tick , but perhaps any definitive explanation for it would have felt like a cheat",1 228748,"appreciates the art and reveals a music scene that transcends culture and race .",1 234586,"of those unassuming films that sneaks up on you and stays with you long after you have left the theatre",1 201674,"impersonal , almost generic",0 138476,"two-dimensional and pointless",0 194146,"be impressed by this tired retread",0 189759,"Windtalkers does n't beat that one , either",0 61576,", ( Testud ) acts with the feral intensity of the young Bette Davis .",1 87984,"nostalgic , twisty yarn",1 210152,"real characters and compelling plots",1 162760,"is an hour and a half of daydreaming",0 216632,"thrilling movie",1 143490,"Accuracy and realism are terrific",1 140486,"worst of all --",0 147861,"Offensive in the way it exploits the hot-button issue of domestic abuse for cheap",0 35154,"of a vision of the past that is faithful to both architectural glories and commanding open spaces of the city as it was more than two centuries ago",1 142827,"... visually striking and slickly staged",1 14339,"Nobody deserves any prizes here .",0 23234,"( Howard ) so good as Leon Barlow ... that he hardly seems to be acting .",1 145927,"Huppert 's intensity and focus has a raw exhilaration about it",1 64121,"Assured , glossy",1 157750,"does n't distinguish itself from the herd",0 155621,"but enough to do harm )",0 121272,"going to see this movie is hereby given fair warning",0 232500,"is incredible !",1 160691,"has long been plundered by similar works featuring the insight and punch this picture so conspicuously lacks .",0 144870,"Director Dirk Shafer and co-writer Greg Hinton ride the dubious divide where gay porn reaches for serious drama .",0 177885,"well-acted television melodrama",1 94002,"sustains the level of exaggerated , stylized humor throughout by taking your expectations and twisting them just a bit",1 103656,"A highly watchable , giggly little story with a sweet",1 189162,"Throwing in everything except someone pulling the pin from a grenade with his teeth , Windtalkers seems to have ransacked every old World War II movie for overly familiar material .",0 145342,"Fincher takes no apparent joy in making movies",0 84691,"is terrific as Rachel : her petite frame and vulnerable persona emphasising her plight and isolation .",1 133817,"take on the soullessness of work",1 1816,"near-xenophobic",0 134757,"the Serbs themselves",1 39879,"way to bend current technique to the service of a vision of the past that is faithful to both architectural glories and commanding open spaces of the city as it was more than two centuries ago",1 144177,"Blessed with immense physical prowess",1 138360,"trots out the video he took of the family vacation to Stonehenge . Before long , you 're desperate for the evening to end",0 151828,"a grab bag of genres that do n't add up to a whole lot of sense",0 113424,"adorably ditsy but",1 172889,"that Hollywood is n't laughing with us , folks . It 's laughing at us",0 138116,"too long to shake",0 224384,"It plods along methodically , somehow under the assumption that its `` dead wife communicating from beyond the grave '' framework is even remotely new or interesting .",0 215245,"the one bald and the other sloppy",0 122112,"heavy-handed symbolism , dime-store psychology and endless scenic shots that make 105 minutes seem twice as long",0 164334,"just more of the same , done with noticeably less energy and imagination",0 200730,"have a sense of humor",1 206706,"muddled drama",0 108196,"One of those joyous films that leaps over national boundaries and celebrates universal human nature .",1 168105,"on so thick this time that it feels like a suicide race",0 196232,"convincing way",1 51162,"emphasizes the spare precision of the narratives and",1 31560,"feel-good film",1 69416,"The camera soars above the globe in dazzling panoramic shots that make the most of the large-screen format , before swooping down on a string of exotic locales , scooping the whole world up in a joyous communal festival of rhythm .",1 58367,"the haunting images",0 66505,"It 's a smartly directed , grown-up film of ideas .",1 138702,"unimpeachable clarity",1 45490,"High Crimes steals so freely from other movies and combines enough disparate types of films that it ca n't help but engage an audience .",1 130599,"pretty contagious fun",1 115085,"as well-characterized",1 41409,"You wo n't believe much of it , but you will laugh at the audacity , at the who 's who casting and the sheer insanity of it all",1 209810,"promising premise",1 2613,"the guilty pleasure b-movie",1 190950,"a mindless action movie",0 148371,"Sacrifices the value of its wealth of archival foot-age with its less-than-objective stance .",0 3453,", lawrence unleashes his trademark misogyny -- er , comedy -- like a human volcano or an overflowing septic tank",0 238678,"while the highly predictable narrative falls short , Treasure Planet is truly gorgeous to behold .",1 182837,"Blandly Go Where We Went 8 Movies Ago",0 23067,"'s a remarkably solid and subtly satirical tour de force",1 137443,"to be somebody , and to belong to somebody",1 46816,"Stevens has a flair for dialogue comedy",1 102990,", unimaginative and derivative",0 32345,"has two winning lead performances and charm to spare",1 233974,"most purely enjoyable and satisfying evenings",1 155869,"ca n't tell the difference between the good , the bad and the ugly",0 151246,"` true story '",1 185379,"Its appeal",1 144526,"Cliches are as thick as the cigarette smoke .",0 102460,", considering that Baird is a former film editor , the movie is rather choppy .",0 62212,", shining performance offers us the sense that on some elemental level , Lilia deeply wants to break free of her old life .",1 15944,"happiest surprise",1 78411,"does a terrific job conjuring up a sinister , menacing atmosphere though unfortunately all the story gives us is flashing red lights , a rattling noise , and a bump on the head",0 73521,"also has a strong dramatic and emotional pull that gradually sneaks up on the audience",1 50561,"creepy turn",0 63892,"An example of quiet , confident craftsmanship that tells a sweet , charming tale of intergalactic friendship .",1 211060,"seemed bored , cheering the pratfalls but little else",0 204517,"keep the movie from ever reaching the comic heights it obviously desired .",0 62957,"A documentary to make the stones weep -- as shameful as it",0 208929,"overlong documentary about ` The Lifestyle .",0 219541,"will nevertheless find moving",1 81323,"gradually makes us believe she is Kahlo",1 211417,"shifting in your chair too often",0 59410,"to this film that may not always work",0 170077,"retain their lunch",0 53222,"inviting all the same",1 102832,", soar",1 134002,"terrific special effects",1 191137,"a pretty good team",1 90802,"proves to be a good match of the sensibilities of two directors .",1 26239,"Nothing Denis has made before , like Beau Travil and Nenette et Boni , could prepare us for this gory , perverted , sex-soaked riff on the cannibal genre .",0 62023,", it ai n't half-bad .",1 210089,"rate Annie",1 234196,"not only fails on its own , but makes you second-guess your affection for the original",0 86117,"likes of which mainstream audiences have rarely seen",1 192357,"amateurish , quasi-improvised acting exercise",0 221289,", but not all that good .",0 171029,"shows a stationary camera on a subject that could be mistaken for giving a public oration , rather than contributing to a film 's narrative",0 43675,", passion and talent",1 128304,"of Critical Jim two-dimensional and pointless",0 34467,"merry and , yes , melancholy film",1 63688,"Aliens and",1 234718,"one hopes Mr. Plympton will find room for one more member of his little band , a professional screenwriter .",0 120350,"for a best-foreign-film Oscar",1 70264,"This is the kind of subject matter that could so easily have been fumbled by a lesser filmmaker ,",1 822,"dismiss barbershop out of hand",0 32798,"in Imamura 's lively and enjoyable cultural mix",1 121409,"great credit",1 203185,"is n't one moment in the film that surprises or delights .",0 41018,"It is a kickass , dense sci-fi action thriller hybrid that delivers and then some . I have n't seen one in so long , no wonder I did n't recognize it at first",1 221070,"( Hopkins ) does n't so much phone in his performance as fax it .",0 129180,"of those rare remakes",1 1567,"laddish and juvenile , only teenage",0 228017,"a morbid one",0 7805,"is the kathie lee gifford of film directors ,",0 185400,"Its premise is smart , but the execution is pretty weary",0 184427,"Hilarious musical comedy",1 195534,"caught the gum stuck under my seat trying to sneak out of the theater",0 232253,"is a brilliant movie",1 77905,"delicately performed",1 123147,"in the feet with cop flick cliches like an oily arms dealer , squad car pile-ups and the requisite screaming captain",0 33327,"is astonishing , considering her inexperience and her subject matter .",1 180473,", ` Santa Clause 2 ' is wondrously creative .",1 82000,"he respects the material without sentimentalizing it",1 135868,"the nerve-raked acting ,",0 59883,"virtue",1 66758,"It may sound like a mere disease-of - the-week TV movie , but A Song For Martin is made infinitely more wrenching by the performances of real-life spouses Seldahl and Wollter",1 134900,"the best Star Trek movie",1 81630,"has a pleasing way with a metaphor",1 165448,"made on the cheap",0 58815,"the value and respect for the term epic cinema",1 70867,"Whether or not you buy Mr . Broomfield 's findings , the film acquires an undeniable entertainment value as the slight",1 193757,"at least during their '70s heyday",1 38938,"this documentary engages your brain in a way few current films do .",1 144023,"Bad beyond belief and",0 233793,"may not mark Mr. Twohy 's emergence into the mainstream",0 178641,"with scenes that seem simply an ill fit",0 210674,"run-of-the-mill Disney sequel",0 49531,"be more accurate to say that I found it intriguing , bizarre , Dogma-like in spots - and quite truthful , in its way",1 212093,"some entertainment value -",1 17591,"the most famous author who ever lived",1 217663,"too simple",0 130931,"quit . '",0 165379,"lumpen life",0 54810,"more attuned to the anarchist maxim that ` the urge to destroy is also a creative urge '",1 202803,"is both a snore and utter tripe .",0 233261,"know it would n't exist without the precedent of Yiddish theater , whose jolly , fun-for-fun 's - sake communal spirit goes to the essence of Broadway",1 48205,"a moral tale with a twisted sense of humor",1 63939,"An original little film about one young woman",1 49179,"are pretty valuable these days",1 170115,"ribald , full-throated humor",1 131838,"scoring high",1 77642,"cumbersome",0 107397,"Laugh-out-loud lines ,",1 48435,"a terrific screenplay",1 144722,"De Niro and McDormand give solid performances , but their screen time is sabotaged by the story 's inability to create interest",0 213711,"that it comes off as annoying rather than charming",0 23712,", it 's still a worthy addition to the growing canon of post-Saving Private Ryan tributes to the greatest generation .",1 78260,"disgust",0 209976,"puzzling than unsettling",0 83425,"inspiring hope",1 152744,"about believing in yourself",1 191013,"a movie-of-the-week tearjerker",1 130868,"puts the kibosh on what is otherwise a sumptuous work of B-movie imagination .",0 214276,"the characters are too simplistic to maintain interest ,",0 137649,"to hear the full story of Jonah 's despair -- in all its agonizing , Catch-22 glory -- even if they spend years trying to comprehend it",0 165409,"made 40 years ago",0 202982,"is how so many talented people were convinced to waste their time",0 20982,"is , as usual , brilliant",1 135358,"the film never veers from its comic course",1 38875,"these great leaps",1 1339,"into the all-too-familiar dramatic arc of the holocaust escape story",0 178839,"worth sitting through",1 58568,"the passion , creativity , and fearlessness of one of Mexico 's most colorful and controversial artists --",1 99394,"victorious",1 222560,"Bears is bad .",0 140802,"you so crazy",0 82536,"human experience -- drama , conflict , tears and surprise --",1 15306,"bust",0 22446,"this slight comedy of manners has winning performances and a glossy , glib charm that 's hard to beat .",1 164853,"like Arnold Schwarzenegger",1 47123,"The inspirational screenplay",1 78230,"disappoints",0 222140,"A.C. will help this movie one bit",1 154289,"as watching your neighbor 's home videos",0 184908,"In the book-on-tape market , the film of '' The Kid Stays in the Picture '' would be an abridged edition",0 50705,"deeply satisfying",1 191472,"a talk that appeals to me",1 238240,"unnamed , easily substitutable",0 89701,"only with muscles and a lot more smarts , but just as endearing and easy to watch",1 220203,"yet lacking about everything",0 92388,"sexual and romantic",1 64155,"At once subtle and visceral , the film never succumbs to the trap of the maudlin or tearful , offering instead with its unflinching gaze a measure of faith in the future .",1 112040,"a good noir",1 94708,"that is all the more remarkable because it",1 167367,"of bad taste",0 173480,"the appeal of Hey Arnold ! The Movie will reach far beyond its core demographic",1 131932,"see this terrific film",1 213888,"that the new film is a lame kiddie flick and that Carvey 's considerable talents are wasted in it",0 160474,"half-baked and",0 133159,"spot the culprit early-on",1 238872,"with action confined to slo-mo gun firing and random glass-shattering",0 9109,"nostalgic",1 16368,"its best early on as",1 210085,"ratchets up the stirring soundtrack , throws in a fish-out-of-water gag",1 98007,"to deliver awe-inspiring , at times sublime , visuals",1 230401,"dragons !",1 146301,"In execution , this clever idea is far less funny than the original , Killers From Space .",0 41277,"The movie has lots of dancing and fabulous music . There are slow and repetitive parts , but",1 170576,"seem simply an ill fit",0 111712,"a confusing sudden finale",0 4543,"always entertaining",1 135078,"the damned for perpetrating Patch Adams",0 109538,"The action is reasonably well-done",1 17673,"the transformation of the chilly , neurotic , and self-absorbed Martha as her heart begins to open",1 94019,"sweet , tender sermon",1 157442,"diffuses every opportunity for a breakthrough",0 206060,"merely indulges in the worst elements of all of them",0 131840,"scrap",0 78645,"dropped me back in my seat with more emotional force than any other recent film",1 34189,"long last",1 206877,"needed a touch of the flamboyant , the outrageous",0 159736,"from raising the topic",1 40438,"you did n't know",1 187492,"Southern bore-athon .",0 67727,"Murderous Maids pulls no punches in its depiction of the lives of the Papin sister and the events that led to their notorious rise to infamy ...",1 138069,"too complex to be rapidly absorbed",0 76567,"chance to revitalize what is and always has been remarkable about clung-to traditions",1 100523,"with humorous observations about the general absurdity of modern life",1 167664,"of quirky traits lifted from a screenwriter 's outline and thrown at actors charged with the impossible task of making them jell",0 122484,"honest and loving",1 104294,"An engrossing portrait of uncompromising artists trying to create something original against the backdrop of a corporate music industry that only seems to care about the bottom line",1 154458,"audiences guffaw with a script as utterly diabolical as this",0 134636,"that works against itself",0 175079,"the-blanks with a tragic past",0 96231,"the movie slaloming through its hackneyed elements with enjoyable ease",1 62435,", you 'll cheer . Otherwise , maybe .",1 198305,"exhausted , desiccated talent",0 182791,"Besotted '' is misbegotten",0 148901,"Sucking",0 55227,"of Leon 's struggle to face and transmute his demons",1 68549,"Ryan Gosling is , in a word , brilliant as the conflicted Daniel .",1 147736,"No worse than a lot of the crap we 've been offered this summer ,",0 27525,"a final lap that 's all too suspiciously smooth",0 176206,"to insult the intelligence of everyone in the audience",0 178021,"when a movie has about as much substance as its end credits blooper reel",0 178590,"with its crass marketing",0 149945,"The tone shifts abruptly from tense to celebratory to soppy .",0 194081,"be applauded for finding a new angle on a tireless story",1 162439,"intoxicating atmosphere and",1 143295,"A recipe for cinematic disaster",0 179350,"'d grab your kids and run and then probably call the police .",0 94501,"that 's what makes it worth a recommendation",1 211512,"should keep you reasonably entertained",1 194663,"biographical melodramas",1 179553,"'s a movie that ends with Truckzilla , for cryin ' out loud . If that does n't clue you in that something 's horribly wrong , nothing will",0 42335,"makes a strong case for the importance of the musicians",1 146132,"I tried to read the time on my watch .",0 156460,"cogent story-telling and visual clarity during the big action sequences",1 219168,"when it is n't incomprehensible",0 210727,"sad but endearing characters",1 174602,"the punchline does n't live up to Barry 's dead-eyed , perfectly chilled delivery",0 199779,"generating suspense",1 16055,"horrifying documents",0 104081,"Adam Watstein with finishing it at all",1 166458,"much more thoughtfulness and insight than a melodramatic and",1 209121,"passes time until it 's time for an absurd finale of twisted metal",0 74276,"are a couple of things that elevate '' Glory '' above most of its ilk , most notably the mere presence of Duvall",1 28373,"an incurious , uncharismatic , overgrown frat boy with a mean streak a mile wide",0 77544,"creates an impeccable sense of place , while Thurman and Lewis give what can easily be considered career-best performances .",1 15284,"both preposterous and thoroughly misogynistic",0 14475,"Take Care of My Cat offers a refreshingly different slice of Asian cinema .",1 201774,"in a bid to hold our attention",0 76429,"captures the way young Japanese live now , chafing against their culture 's manic mix of millennial brusqueness and undying , traditional politesse",1 103206,"... certainly an entertaining ride , despite many talky , slow scenes . But something seems to be missing . A sense of real magic , perhaps .",1 1455,"it 's surprisingly bland despite the heavy doses of weird performances and direction",0 85140,"it takes your breath away",1 198238,"exactly what it wants to be : an atrociously , mind-numbingly , indescribably bad movie .",0 69504,"The faithful will enjoy this sometimes wry adaptation of V . S . Naipaul 's novel",1 136869,"this 65-minute trifle",0 7105,"her heroine 's book sound convincing , the gender-war ideas original ,",1 130991,"rank with its worthy predecessors",1 43733,", then go see this delightful comedy .",1 126417,"love , communal discord ,",1 142047,", The Transporter is riddled with plot holes big enough for its titular hero to drive his sleek black BMW through .",0 171791,"spent exploring her process of turning pain into art would have made this a superior movie .",1 58663,"the same movie you probably loved in 1994 , except that it looks even better",1 129868,"overexposed",0 140459,"works out his issues with his dad and comes to terms with his picture-perfect life",1 214746,"the greatness",1 67695,"Muccino seems to be exploring the idea of why human beings long for what they do n't have , and how this gets us in trouble . But even while his characters are acting horribly , he is always sympathetic",0 211923,"so devoid",0 95540,"the enduring strengths of women",1 2197,"savor",1 231639,"he shows them the respect they are due .",1 90086,"particularly impressive",1 98592,"touchingly",1 61049,"'s fun , wispy , wise and surprisingly inoffensive for a film about a teen in love with his stepmom",1 146933,"Julia Roberts wannabe",0 55790,"one of two things : unadulterated thrills or genuine laughs",1 162922,"is heroic",1 233042,"it is entertaining on an inferior level .",0 133119,"spirit-crushing ennui",0 61922,", great to look at",1 224127,"It 's a quirky , off-beat project .",1 160064,"getting thrown in people 's faces to the fact Amber is such a joke",0 223860,"I thought the relationships were wonderful , the comedy was funny , and",1 174861,"the talents of Robert Forster , Anne Meara , Eugene Levy , and Reginald VelJohnson",1 171683,"sometimes tedious film",0 141553,"'s really wrong with this ricture",0 17269,"some welcome role models",1 213422,"than silly fluff . Nor is it",0 169957,"remarkable camerawork",1 30039,"carefully balanced scenario",1 78592,"dramatize life 's messiness",0 141140,"'s a period romance that suffers from an overly deliberate pace and uneven narrative momentum .",0 39583,"uncovers a story powerful enough to leave the screen sizzling with intrigue .",1 153123,"all the elements necessary",1 176693,"too slow",0 142293,", it does not achieve the kind of dramatic unity that transports you .",0 237592,"those crass , contrived sequels that not only fails on its own , but makes you second-guess your affection for the original",0 24512,"A work of the utmost subtlety and perception",1 117241,"comes off as so silly that you would n't be surprised if BA , Murdock and rest of the A-Team were seen giving chase in a black and red van",0 115507,"be glued to the screen",1 70989,"With amazing finesse",1 41860,"entertaining for what it does , and",1 85663,"kids-cute sentimentality",1 19756,"an impact in the theater world",1 11351,"the fantastical",1 120546,"for young children , if them . Their parents would do well to cram earplugs in their ears and put pillowcases over their heads for 87 minutes .",0 205761,"making this character understandable ,",1 41267,"The film is all a little Lit Crit 101 , but it 's extremely well played and often very funny",1 109143,"Stale first act , Scrooge story ,",0 180225,"( The kid 's ) just too bratty for sympathy , and",0 160747,"has the disadvantage of also looking cheap",0 63335,"A rock-solid gangster movie with a fair amount of suspense , intriguing characters and bizarre bank robberies , plus a heavy dose of father-and-son dynamics",1 223968,"If you are curious to see the darker side of what 's going on with young TV actors ( Dawson Leery did what ?!? ) , or see some interesting storytelling devices , you might want to check it out , but there 's nothing very attractive about this movie .",0 179628,"'s an opera movie for the buffs",1 124434,"is overkill to the highest degree",0 76476,"cartoons derived from TV shows",1 164695,"leaves no cliche unturned ,",0 70832,"What redeems the film is the cast , particularly the Ya-Yas themselves .",1 190324,"a cold movie",0 153783,"are John Leguizamo 's cool jackets .",1 121731,"has created a brilliant motion picture .",1 234620,"offbeat humor , amusing characters",1 153779,"are -- no real plot , no real conflict , no real point",0 30687,"delivers a loosely autobiographical story brushed with sentimentality but brimming with gentle humor , bittersweet pathos , and lyric moments that linger like snapshots of memory .",1 108836,"Secretary '' is owned by its costars , Spader and Gyllenhaal . Maggie G . makes an amazing breakthrough in her first starring role and eats up the screen",1 55687,"offers an intriguing what-if premise",1 115894,"best special effects",1 12479,"tonight the maid is a lie and this",0 211051,"seem to get anywhere near the story 's center",0 211354,"shallow , offensive and redundant",0 153509,"an unimaginative , nasty , glibly cynical piece",0 78440,"does n't connect in a neat way , but introduces characters who illuminate mysteries of sex , duty and love",1 132259,"she 's pretty and she can act --",1 41070,"Lilia 's transformation from strict mother to sensual siren is superficially preposterous , but",0 200116,"good intentions derailed by a failure to seek and strike just the right tone",0 234035,"myself powerfully drawn toward the light -- the light of the exit sign",0 71531,"a delicate ambiguity",1 185171,"It 's not really funny .",0 59357,"to swallow thanks to remarkable performances by Ferrera and Ontiveros",1 212264,"sounds like a cruel deception carried out by men of marginal intelligence , with reactionary ideas about women and a total lack of empathy .",0 77083,"compensate for corniness and cliche",0 21310,"melodrama . But it 's emotionally engrossing , too , thanks to strong , credible performances from the whole cast",1 62144,", painful",0 110399,"They kept much of the plot but jettisoned the stuff that would make this a moving experience for people who have n't read the book .",0 222445,"As an actress , Madonna is one helluva singer .",1 58354,"the greatest natural sportsmen",1 171175,"situations and jokes",1 173858,"the fans of the first Men in Black have come away hating the second one .",0 131086,"reality shows for God 's sake ! --",0 13802,"A solidly seaworthy chiller",1 34137,"literal and spiritual torpor",1 193641,"as ugly as the shabby digital photography and muddy sound",0 26244,"Notorious C . H . O . has oodles of vulgar highlights .",1 73300,"after only three films , director\/co-writer Jacques Audiard , though little known in this country , belongs in the very top rank of French filmmakers",1 186896,"Replacing John Carpenter 's stylish tracking shots is degraded , handheld Blair Witch video-cam footage . Of all the Halloween 's , this is the most visually unappealing",0 70230,"This is going to be something really good . '",1 183421,"Diesel , with his brawny frame and cool , composed delivery , fits the bill perfectly",1 68648,"Scott delivers a terrific performance in this fascinating portrait of a modern Lothario .",1 68879,"Some movies suck you in despite their flaws , and",1 136915,"this did n't connect with me would require another viewing",0 175648,"thoughtfulness and insight",1 200513,"has been allowed to get wet , fuzzy and sticky",0 39343,"to the urge to get on your feet and shake it",1 161784,"in a long time that made me want to bolt the theater in the first 10 minutes",0 214181,"the believability of the entire scenario . Too bad",0 79516,"extraordinary film",1 154553,"bad jokes ,",0 167020,"nothing I had n't already seen .",0 47565,"Watching a Brian DePalma movie is like watching an Alfred Hitchcock movie after drinking twelve beers .",0 40078,"whose sexual passion",1 221256,", and even touching",1 47172,"The movie is hardly a masterpiece ,",0 66153,"I for one enjoyed the thrill of the chill",1 109176,"Stealing Harvard does n't care about cleverness , wit or any other kind of intelligent humor .",0 232306,"is a harmlessly naïve slice of b-ball fantasy , fit for filling in during the real NBA 's off-season",1 16907,"paced to be a thriller . -LRB- But it 's -RRB- worth recommending because of two marvelous performances by Michael Caine and Brendan Fraser",1 59619,"um desfecho que certamente fica na memória",1 50895,"display of murderous vulnerability ensures that malice has a very human face",1 238574,"were it not for the striking , quietly vulnerable personality of Ms. Ambrose",1 45202,"Executed with such gentle but insistent sincerity , with such good humor",1 215772,"the throes of their first full flush of testosterone",1 157138,"dead ends",0 94243,"tearing ` orphans",0 63086,"A gorgeously strange movie , Heaven is deeply concerned with morality , but",1 115553,"be pleased to discover that Tian 's meticulous talent has not withered during his enforced hiatus",1 47944,"a degree of affection rather than",1 36997,"sinister , though not nearly so sinister as the biennial Disney girl movie )",0 119847,"featuring reams of flatly",0 55692,"often intense character study",1 43097,"'d have to be a most hard-hearted person not to be moved by this drama .",1 230165,"described as lukewarm",0 186854,"Rather than real figures",0 125098,"it sets out with no pretensions and delivers big time",1 158779,"fake backdrops",0 101506,"'s a glorified sitcom , and a long , unfunny one at that .",0 32205,"gripping , searing portrait",1 10375,"served",1 216345,"this alleged psychological thriller in search of purpose or even a plot",0 154199,"as it plods toward the end , less like a movie than like the filmed reading of a script in need of polishing",0 14072,"Guaranteed to move anyone who ever shook , rattled , or rolled .",1 232625,"is nicely shot , well-edited and features a standout performance by Diane Lane .",1 188934,"Things really get weird , though not particularly scary : the movie is all portent and no content .",0 197668,"earnest emotional core",1 104203,"America 's skin-deep notions of pulchritude",1 40954,"I complain all the time about seeing the same ideas repeated in films over and over again ,",0 237623,"thought the relationships were wonderful",1 118749,"druggy",0 847,"drains his movie of all individuality",0 186221,"Mr . Wollter and Ms . Seldhal give strong and convincing performances , but neither reaches into the deepest recesses of the character to unearth the quaking essence of passion , grief and fear",0 139472,"well-acted and",1 183153,"Colin Hanks is in bad need of major acting lessons and maybe a little coffee .",0 209819,"prove absorbing to American audiences",1 28150,"affecting and uniquely Almodóvar",1 130356,"poetic force and",1 157381,"diabolical as this",0 197156,"do a homage",1 25520,"Hell House is a fascinating document of an event that has to be seen to be believed .",1 39393,"took 19 predecessors to get THIS ?",0 140279,"with their charisma",1 61833,", comedy and romance",1 224128,"It 's a ripper of a yarn",1 77439,"could have turned this into an Argentine retread of '' Iris '' or '' American Beauty , '' but instead pulls a little from each film and",1 151130,"You could nap for an hour and not miss a thing .",0 166313,"most insulting",0 77668,"cuter",1 127427,"most effective aspects",1 111135,"White has n't developed characters so much as caricatures , one-dimensional buffoons that get him a few laughs but nothing else .",0 191442,"a superficial way",1 209398,"pleasant ,",1 170039,"resembles a real-life , big-budget NC-17 version of Tank Girl",0 191580,"a valentine sealed with a kiss",1 138928,"veers from its comic course",0 53593,"is quiet , threatening and unforgettable",1 234695,"on the local flavour with a hugely enjoyable film about changing times , clashing cultures and the pleasures of a well-made pizza",1 97552,"thoroughly enjoyed the love story",1 134269,"that carries you along in a torrent of emotion as it explores the awful complications of one terrifying day",1 71255,"a Tarantino movie with heart",1 220219,"you 'll be thinking of 51 ways to leave this loser .",0 238065,"too many characters saying too many clever things and",0 181909,"A preposterous , prurient whodunit .",0 132894,"some of the better drug-related pictures",1 46107,"Martin and Barbara are complex characters -- sometimes tender , sometimes angry --",1 115350,"badly edited",0 169784,"really slick . The voices are fine as well . The problem",1 237384,"then again , I hate myself most mornings .",0 100247,"will enthrall the whole family",1 155812,"by thirty-five minutes of inflated nonsense",0 18694,"As Weber and Weissman demonstrate with such insight and celebratory verve , the Cockettes were n't as much about gender , sexual preference or political agitprop as they were simply a triumph of the indomitable human will to rebel , connect and create .",1 211003,"see two Academy Award winning actresses ( and one Academy Award winning actor ) succumb to appearing in this junk that 's TV sitcom material at best",0 168514,"overbearing series",0 61873,", dramatically forceful , and beautifully shot",1 157812,"does nothing new with the old story , except to show fisticuffs in this sort of stop-go slow motion that makes the gang rumbles look like they 're being streamed over a 28K modem",0 111116,"While not quite '' Shrek '' or Monsters , Inc . '' , it 's not too bad . It 's worth taking the kids to .",1 101772,"'s no denying that Burns is a filmmaker with a bright future ahead of him",1 117998,"delicate treatment",1 59330,"to say that I found it intriguing , bizarre , Dogma-like in spots - and quite truthful , in its way",1 159719,"from ever wanting to see another foreign film",0 122488,"honest poetry",1 118192,"dialogue and preposterous moments",0 170427,"scenes that seem simply an ill fit",0 200544,"has generic virtues ,",0 156936,"crammed with scenes and vistas and pretty moments",1 60832,"'s a lovely , eerie film that casts an odd , rapt spell .",1 65942,"Hatfield and Hicks make the oddest of couples , and in this sense the movie becomes a study of the gambles of the publishing world , offering a case study that exists apart from all the movie 's political ramifications .",1 221013,"'s too slowly paced to be a thriller",0 49650,"being better than he is in this performance",1 115674,"because the plot is equally hackneyed",0 187795,"The Guys still feels counterproductive",0 149411,"The film has a few cute ideas and several modest chuckles but it is n't exactly kiddie-friendly ... Alas , Santa is more ho-hum than ho-ho-ho and the Snowman ( who never gets to play that flute ) has all the charm of a meltdown .",0 227879,"a dull girl , that 's all",0 194077,"be anything",1 94337,"terrifically entertaining specimen",1 230499,"embarrassment .",0 195186,"by now intolerable",0 219579,"will wind up as glum as Mr . De Niro",0 81790,"has the chops of a smart-aleck film school brat and the imagination of a big kid ...",1 93698,"stylistic austerity and forcefulness",1 74569,"as a ` very sneaky ' butler who excels in the art of impossible disappearing\/reappearing acts",1 202886,"is entirely too straight-faced to transcend its clever concept .",0 75104,"awfully",0 15720,"extends the writings of Jean Genet and John Rechy , the films of Fassbinder , perhaps even the nocturnal works of Goya",1 64819,"Coral Reef Adventure is a heavyweight film that fights a good fight on behalf of the world 's endangered reefs",1 126160,"liked sometimes",1 81098,"gives a superb performance full of deep feeling .",1 84472,"is nonjudgmental , and makes clear that a prostitute can be as lonely and needy as any of the clients",1 74298,"are attached to the concept of loss",0 319,"aching",0 44070,"A fine film",1 133322,"stirs us",1 145511,"From the opening scenes , it 's clear that All About the Benjamins is a totally formulaic movie .",0 55648,"of von Sydow ... is itself Intacto 's luckiest stroke",1 115242,"attempts and often achieves a level of connection and concern",1 57524,"surprising poignance",1 228878,"arriving at a particularly dark moment in history , it offers flickering reminders of the ties that bind us .",1 214570,"the film 's manipulative sentimentality and annoying stereotypes",0 158096,"earnest racial-issues picture",1 69765,"The movie ultimately relies a bit too heavily on grandstanding , emotional , Rocky-like moments ... but it 's such a warm and charming package that you 'll feel too happy to argue much",1 194231,"bears a grievous but obscure complaint against fathers",0 113428,"adorably ditsy but heartfelt performances , and",1 22776,"who does not want to invite viewers to gawk at or applaud his special effects",1 185322,"It might not be 1970s animation , but everything else about it is straight from the Saturday morning cartoons -- a retread story , bad writing , and the same old silliness",0 51007,"drab and sordid",0 224598,"Less a movie than )",0 218441,"veers off course",0 1800,"must-see viewing for anyone involved in the high-tech industry . others may find it migraine-inducing , despite moore 's attempts at whimsy and spoon feeding",1 19270,"Still pretentious and filled with subtext",0 126442,"love it ...",1 191921,"action-adventure buffs",1 57913,"that we encounter as we journey through life",1 170967,"should have gone straight to a Mystery Science Theater 3000 video",0 4320,"a worthwhile documentary",1 60920,"'s almost impossible not to be swept away by the sheer beauty of his images",1 225957,"Stay clear of reminding yourself that it 's a `` true story '' and you 're likely to have one helluva time at the movies .",1 210824,"saw that was written down",0 34096,"like a tasty hors-d'oeuvre",1 91764,"roiling black-and-white inspires trembling and gratitude",1 114215,"and a terrible story",0 204262,"its own cuteness",1 47108,"The hard-to-predict and absolutely essential chemistry between the down-to-earth Bullock and the nonchalant Grant",1 36738,"see a bit of yourself in her unfinished story",1 94133,"takes a potentially trite and overused concept ( aliens come to Earth ) and infuses it into a rustic , realistic , and altogether creepy tale of hidden invasion",1 236959,"the goo",0 127836,"need to constantly draw attention to itself .",1 144197,"Bolly-Holly masala mess",0 154785,"be on afternoon TV",0 180082,"'ve got to give it thumbs down",0 40613,", but it 's easily his finest American film ... comes close to recapturing the brilliance of his Hong Kong films",1 223771,"I can testify to the comparative accuracy of Ms. Vardalos ' memories and insights .",1 15209,"be rewarded by Borstal Boy",1 720,"comedy",1 17983,"was surprised at how quickly it faded from my memory",0 97949,"to be wholesome and subversive at the same time .",1 117097,"close-to-solid",1 2630,"the inanities of the contemporary music business",0 174831,"the strain is all too evident",0 109704,"The direction occasionally rises to the level of marginal competence , but for most of the film it is hard to tell who is chasing who or why",0 116239,"brings this unknown slice of history affectingly",1 72431,"a smart , funny look",1 151559,"a couple of mediocre TV-movie",0 226821,"Truly terrible .",0 92086,"see it as soon as possible",1 222778,"But it was n't .",0 33611,"it 's therapeutic to laugh along with them",1 108304,"Parts of the film feel a bit too much like an infomercial for Ram Dass 's latest book aimed at the boomer demographic . But mostly it 's a work that , with humor , warmth , and intelligence , captures a life interestingly lived .",1 136985,"this leaden comedy",0 45781,"It has charm to spare ,",1 1548,"kicks off with an inauspicious premise , mopes through a dreary tract of virtually plotless meanderings and then ends with a whimper .",0 119471,"except : Film overboard",0 83270,"incredibly flexible cast",1 151478,"a cinematic disaster so inadvertently sidesplitting it",0 73323,"ages that is n't fake fun",1 230487,"elevate `` Glory '' above most of its ilk",1 168512,"overbearing and over-the-top",0 142050,", White Oleander is n't an adaptation of a novel . It 's a flashy , star-splashed reduction .",0 203990,"it plainly has no business going",0 17690,"their best work",1 236244,"taking angry potshots at George W. Bush , Henry Kissinger , Larry King , et al.",0 211046,"seem tired and , what 's worse , routine",0 199499,"frequently veers into corny sentimentality , probably",0 108342,"Payami tries to raise some serious issues about Iran 's electoral process , but the result is a film that 's about as subtle as a party political broadcast .",0 135343,"the film is n't nearly as downbeat as it sounds , but strikes a tone that 's alternately melancholic , hopeful and strangely funny .",1 182258,"Allegiance to Chekhov , which director Michael Cacoyannis displays with somber earnestness in the new adaptation of The Cherry Orchard , is a particularly vexing handicap .",0 221285,", but how long will filmmakers copy the `` Saving Private Ryan '' battle scenes before realizing Steven Spielberg got it right the first time ?",0 205825,"many such biographical melodramas",0 212073,"some ( out-of-field ) creative thought",1 75387,"because despite all the backstage drama , this is a movie that tells stories that work -- is charming , is moving",1 5048,"be remembered long afterwards",1 21803,"rapidly deteriorating",0 227476,"`` Far From Heaven '' is a masterpiece .",1 112619,"a retooling of Fahrenheit 451 , and even as a rip-off of The Matrix",0 57795,"that goes wrong thanks to culture shock and a refusal to empathize with others",0 161626,"ignites some charming chemistry between Kate and Jed",1 235165,"quizzical , charming movie",1 236166,"supremely hopeful cautionary tale",1 41533,"allying you with its characters ' choices , good and ill ,",1 92829,"slightly sunbaked and summery mind , Sex and Lucia",1 229183,"be fun , and bouncy ,",1 15712,"exhilarating",1 192026,"affected and boring",0 175880,"to appreciate Fire 's bright side",1 104041,"ART FILM",1 15932,"gritty",1 4046,"a promising",1 7624,"invented",1 4145,"a stellar performance",1 327,"add",1 89609,"one of the great minds of our times",1 138547,"unattractive or odorous",0 88795,"of one unstable man",1 137492,"to commend it to movie audiences both innocent and jaded",1 97889,"to balance pointed , often incisive satire and unabashed sweetness , with results that are sometimes bracing , sometimes baffling and quite often , and in unexpected ways , touching",1 148964,"Sweetheart",1 83777,"is a finely written , superbly acted offbeat thriller .",1 75683,"big twists",1 65582,"For a film that 's being advertised as a comedy , Sweet Home Alabama is n't as funny as you 'd hoped . For a film that 's being advertised as a comedy , Sweet Home Alabama is n't as funny as you 'd hoped .",0 235568,"seems to have been ` it 's just a kids ' flick",0 190946,"a milquetoast movie",0 148480,"Self-congratulatory",0 137538,"to do with the casting of Juliette Binoche as Sand , who brings to the role her pale , dark beauty and characteristic warmth",1 167848,"of the year 's murkiest , intentionally obscure and self-indulgent pictures",0 80987,"gets the tone just right -- funny in the middle of sad in the middle of hopeful .",1 25033,"Cox 's work",1 207908,"of particular value or merit",1 32435,"heart-affecting",1 87055,"mergers and downsizing",0 101624,"'s as comprehensible as any Dummies guide , something even non-techies can enjoy .",1 33797,"its macabre , self-deprecating sense of humor makes up for a lot .",1 122367,"his ordeal",0 91372,"regardless of race",1 41117,"Not everything works , but the average is higher than in Mary and most other recent comedies",1 19588,"a sorrowful and hilarious tone poem about alienated labor , or an absurdist workplace sitcom",1 130229,"pile too many '' serious issues '' on its plate",0 91571,"restrictive and chaotic",0 53781,"it all was , and started doing nothing but reacting to it - feeling a part of its grand locations , thinking urgently as the protagonists struggled , feeling at the mercy of its inventiveness , gasping at its visual delights",1 53223,"involved in the creation of an extraordinary piece of music",1 119601,"extraordinary poignancy",1 44478,"An entertaining documentary that freshly considers arguments the Bard 's immortal plays",1 215536,"the same mistake as the music industry",0 217019,"to feel good about",1 214863,"the intelligence of gay audiences has been grossly underestimated , and",0 110669,"To paraphrase a line from another Dickens ' novel , Nicholas Nickleby is too much like a fragment of an underdone potato .",0 154285,"as true to the spirit of the Festival of Lights",1 197564,"drowns out the promise of the romantic angle .",0 61813,", but solidly entertaining",1 105983,"Girl '' a film worth watching",1 186764,"Presents nothing special and , until the final act , nothing",0 51859,"forget it",0 195774,"cliched and clunky",0 31019,"effects , incandescent tones and stupendous performances",1 160715,"has not a trace of humanity or empathy",0 104182,"Although Estela Bravo 's documentary is cloyingly hagiographic in its portrait of Cuban leader Fidel Castro , it 's still a guilty pleasure to watch .",1 157480,"directed by episodic TV veteran Joe Zwick",1 234573,"of the year 's most enjoyable releases",1 28589,"and engages one in a sense of epic struggle -- inner and outer -- that 's all too rare in Hollywood 's hastier productions",1 236102,"stylish psychological thriller",1 137836,"to see three splendid actors",1 62182,", resistance and artistic transcendence",1 181547,"A boring masquerade ball where normally good actors , even Kingsley , are made to look bad .",0 73605,"amusing and unexpectedly insightful",1 72002,"a more down-home flavor",1 195089,"buy this stuff",1 102139,"( Stephen ) Earnhart 's film is more about the optimism of a group of people who are struggling to give themselves a better lot in life than the ones they currently have .",1 93633,"strong cast and surehanded direction",1 163958,"it was written by teenagers",0 12346,"to disguise its excrescence until just after ( or during ) consumption of its second half",0 76865,"cold have been",0 39867,"was time on that second round to see the subtleties of Ramsay 's portrait of grief",1 128741,"of its heightened , well-shaped dramas",1 165777,"me feel unclean",0 138728,"unlike ( Scorsese 's Mean Streets ) , Ash Wednesday is essentially devoid of interesting characters or even a halfway intriguing plot .",0 75169,"barely realize your mind is being blown .",1 73982,"anachronistic .",0 79534,"exuberant openness",1 183319,"Death to Smoochy tells a moldy-oldie , not-nearly - as-nasty - as-it - thinks-it-is joke . Over and over again .",0 66428,"Invigorating , surreal , and resonant with a rainbow of emotion",1 103445,"A brilliant , absurd collection of vignettes that , in their own idiosyncratic way , sum up the strange horror of life in the new millennium",1 219928,"wo n't sit still for a sociology lesson",0 14733,"a good half-hour",1 80843,"game supporting cast",1 55357,"of film that makes me miss Hitchcock , but also",1 14716,"a fascinating , albeit depressing view",1 177293,"unwrapped it early , took out all the good stuff ,",0 18698,"As a randy film about sexy people in gorgeous places being pushed and pulled ( literally and figuratively ) by desire ... ( Sex and Lucía ) makes for an arousing good time .",1 160332,"great Broadway play",1 202063,"in the way of saying something meaningful about facing death",1 24871,"Bourne , Jason Bourne . He can scale a building",1 41302,"There are a few stabs at absurdist comedy ... but mostly the humor is of the sweet , gentle and occasionally cloying kind that has become an Iranian specialty",1 113927,"an allegedly inspiring and easily marketable flick",1 229767,"catapulting the artist into her own work",1 183899,"Feels aimless for much of its running time , until late in the film when a tidal wave of plot arrives , leaving questions in its wake .",0 217090,"to have ransacked every old World War II movie for overly familiar material",0 182162,"According to the script , Grant and Bullock 's characters are made for each other . But you 'd never guess that from the performances .",0 32248,"handily",1 55900,"overwrought and crudely literal",0 215690,"the story together frustrating difficult",0 235591,"seen this exact same movie a hundred times",0 103734,"A movie where story is almost an afterthought",0 40933,"Harsh , effective documentary on life in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories",1 90630,"presents this utterly ridiculous shaggy dog story as one of the most creative , energetic and original comedies to hit the screen in years .",1 216315,"thinks poo-poo jokes are ` edgy . '",0 113574,"all awkward , static ,",0 46976,"The Ya-Ya 's have many secrets and one is - the books are better . Translating complex characters from novels to the big screen is an impossible task",0 12396,"to make it shine",1 187055,"SC2 is an autopilot Hollywood concoction lacking in imagination and authentic Christmas spirit , yet it 's geared toward an audience full of masters of both .",0 186283,"Nearly all the fundamentals you take for granted in most films are mishandled here .",0 227323,"Zoe Clarke-Williams 's lackluster thriller `` New Best Friend '' ,",0 9665,"peppered with witty dialogue and inventive moments",1 8465,"like its parade of predecessors , this halloween is a gory slash-fest . it ca n't escape its past , and it does n't want to",1 159202,"fitfully entertaining",1 136916,"this disappointed by a movie in a long time",0 187415,"Solondz may well be the only one laughing at his own joke",0 223946,"If you 're not , you 'll still have a good time . ''",1 31098,"engaging and warm performance",1 31072,"empathy",1 114804,"as a conventional thriller evolves into a gorgeously atmospheric meditation on life-changing chance encounters",1 232920,"it 's a movie that gets under your skin .",0 203417,"is so clumsily sentimental and ineptly directed it may leave you speaking in tongues .",0 168254,"one would have to be mighty bored to even think of staying with this for more than , say , ten ... make that three minutes",0 39138,"to be sweet and wickedly satisfying at the same time .",1 77412,"could be so light-hearted ?",1 23768,", managing to walk a fine line with regard to the question of Joan 's madness .",1 88605,"of good old-fashioned escapism",1 47370,"This is wild surreal stuff",1 54816,"more depressing than liberating",0 67898,"Not many movies have that kind of impact on me these days .",1 235105,"provokes a handful of unintentional howlers and numerous yawns",0 31008,"edits",1 183542,"Does n't deliver a great story , nor is the action as gripping as in past Seagal films .",0 82565,"humorous observations about the general absurdity of modern life",1 46551,"Predictable storyline and",0 102771,", poetic , earnest and -- sadly -- dull",0 44988,"D . J . Caruso",1 103193,"... a quietly introspective portrait of the self-esteem of employment and the shame of losing a job",1 146138,"I was perplexed to watch it unfold with an astonishing lack of passion or uniqueness .",0 120488,"for taking a fresh approach to familiar material",1 181158,", you realize there 's no place for this story to go but down",0 42291,"liked such movies",1 186529,"Once he starts learning to compromise with reality enough to become comparatively sane and healthy , the film becomes predictably conventional .",0 84465,"is no denying the power of Polanski 's film ...",1 109129,"Spinning a web of dazzling entertainment may be overstating it , but '' Spider-Man '' certainly delivers the goods .",1 12091,"there are just enough twists in the tale to make it far more satisfying than almost any horror film in recent memory",1 36726,"seamless ensemble .",1 180917,", singing and finger snapping it might have held my attention , but as it stands I kept looking for the last exit from Brooklyn .",0 97214,"there is n't much about K-19",0 149195,"The action switches between past and present , but the material link is too tenuous to anchor the emotional connections that purport to span a 125-year divide",0 26656,"Stupid",0 78904,"emotional power",1 36834,"serves up a cruel reminder of the fate of hundreds of thousands of Chinese , one which can only qualify as a terrible tragedy .",0 231494,"has the right stuff for silly summer entertainment and has enough laughs to sustain interest to the end .",1 132991,"sometimes it 's difficult to tell who the other actors in the movie are",0 73106,"acknowledges and celebrates the glorious chicanery and self-delusion of this most American of businesses",1 148910,"Suffers from all the excesses of the genre .",0 48353,"a sane regimen",1 111660,"a coherent rhythm",1 162387,"into an insider 's lingo and mindset",0 158263,"energetic cast",1 136153,"the rich promise of the script",1 163430,"is that it jams too many prefabricated story elements into the running time .",0 44815,"By candidly detailing the politics involved in the creation of an extraordinary piece of music",1 122596,"hugely imaginative and successful casting to its great credit ,",1 131342,"remotely topical or sexy",0 231062,"full of life and small delights",1 104801,"Boasts a handful of virtuosic set pieces and",1 60737,"'re drawn in by the dark luster",1 72159,"a powerful and deeply moving example",1 31427,"fabulous",1 228205,"a sweet treasure and something well worth",1 121758,"has found the perfect material with which to address his own World War II experience in his signature style .",1 77946,"delivers .",1 33383,"is giddily entertaining .",1 227288,"You feel good , you feel sad ,",1 133275,"stereotypical caretakers",0 33277,"is a typical romantic lead",0 166944,"not engaging",0 230006,"could say `` Thank God It 's Friday ''",1 109070,"Some of the visual flourishes are a little too obvious , but restrained and subtle storytelling , and fine performances make this delicate coming-of-age tale a treat .",1 37335,"still a worthy addition to the growing canon of post-Saving Private Ryan tributes to the greatest generation",1 215290,"the otherwise calculated artifice that defines and overwhelms the film 's production design",0 19700,"all that and a whole lot more",1 178758,"wonder how on earth anyone , anywhere could have thought they 'd make audiences guffaw with a script as utterly diabolical as this",0 219003,"well-acted ,",1 90201,"perfectly portrays the desperation of a very insecure man",1 70485,"Try as you might to resist , if you 've got a place in your heart for Smokey Robinson , this movie will worm its way there .",1 81597,"has a caffeinated , sloppy brilliance , sparkling with ideas you wish had been developed with more care , but",1 84844,"it 's Kidman who holds the film together with a supremely kittenish performance that gradually accumulates more layers .",1 43750,", this is the same movie you probably loved in 1994 , except that it looks even better .",1 139385,"we do n't get Williams ' usual tear and a smile , just sneers and bile , and",0 127148,"misfit artist",0 225817,"Sluggish",0 232808,"is the needlessly poor quality of its archival prints and film footage .",0 148767,"Sorority Boys , whose makers apparently believe that women 's clothing can cover up any deficiency in acting , writing or direction",0 117223,"comes along that is so insanely stupid , so awful in so many ways that watching it leaves you giddy . Half Past Dead is just such an achievement .",1 142057,", ` Frankly , my dear , I do n't give a damn , ' have never been more appropriate .",0 138433,"turned out nearly 21\/2 hours of unfocused , excruciatingly tedious cinema that , half an hour in , starts making water torture seem appealing",0 146386,"It 's ) difficult to get beyond the overall blandness of American Chai",0 58280,"the fanatical excess",0 87322,"more satisfying during a summer of event movies than a spy thriller like The Bourne Identity that 's packed with just as much intelligence as action",1 222651,"Bon appétit !",1 71413,"a clever pseudo-bio",1 72282,"a revealing look at the collaborative process and a timely , tongue-in-cheek profile of the corporate circus that is the recording industry in the current climate of mergers and downsizing",1 216107,"there 's no real sense of suspense , and none of the plot ` surprises ' are really surprising",0 169884,"rehashing what was basically a one-joke picture",0 191056,"a one-star rating",0 117443,"considerably less ambitious",0 190728,"a hands-off approach",0 175982,"to be under the illusion that he 's shooting the latest System of a Down video",0 146253,"Ignore the reputation , and ignore the film",0 119895,"feels as if everyone making it lost their movie mojo .",0 221606,", the second is small change .",0 28424,"and , importantly , entertaining",1 207115,"no unifying rhythm or visual style",0 71369,"a certain robustness to this engaging mix of love and bloodletting",1 91163,"reach much further than we imagine .",1 216737,"time waster '",0 169137,"potentially moving",1 41089,"Much monkeyfun for all",1 9245,"of cheesy coincidences and voluptuous cheap effects",0 9879,"provide the pleasures of a slightly naughty , just-above-average off - broadway play",1 182985,"Cage manages a degree of casual realism",1 203720,"it 's a brazenly misguided project",0 29332,"attempt to tap into the heartbeat of the world , a salute to the universal language of rhythm and a zippy sampling of sounds",1 113875,"an accomplished actress",1 24434,"A real story about real people living their lives",1 154215,"as lumpy",0 143545,"After seeing SWEPT AWAY , I feel sorry for Madonna .",0 149490,"The jokes are sophomoric",0 81420,"grow boring ... which proves that Rohmer still has a sense of his audience",0 18476,", the troopers will entertain with their gross outs , bawdy comedy and head games .",1 75314,"be shaking your head all the way to the credits",0 222060,"A movie just for Friday fans , critics be damned .",1 53826,"it is a kind , unapologetic , sweetheart of a movie ,",1 206237,"mishandle the story 's promising premise of a physician who needs to heal himself",0 91161,"re-voiced version",0 39962,"what makes it worthwhile",1 84166,"is entirely appealing as Pumpkin",1 190240,"a bunch of Allied soldiers went undercover as women in a German factory during World War II ? Um , no . But here 's a movie about it anyway",0 172760,"than it is to sit through",0 24766,"Auto Focus '' works",1 43327,"'s something auspicious , and daring , too , about the artistic instinct that pushes a majority-oriented director like Steven Spielberg to follow A . I . with this challenging report so liable to unnerve the majority .",1 71592,"a fairy tale that comes from a renowned Indian film culture that allows Americans to finally revel in its splendor",1 154486,"avoid being recognized as the man who bilked unsuspecting moviegoers",0 103207,"... contains very few laughs and even less surprises .",0 101209,"you would n't turn down a big bowl of that",1 147629,"Needed a little less bling-bling and a lot more romance .",0 83413,"insists on the importance of those moments",1 201502,"ideas for the inevitable future sequels ( hey , do n't shoot the messenger )",0 124752,"is very choppy and monosyllabic despite the fact",0 130540,"predictable thriller",0 224227,"It 's packed with adventure and a worthwhile environmental message , so",1 17334,"striking ending",1 234663,"on `` stupid ''",0 135651,"the light comedic work of Zhao Benshan and the delicate ways of Dong Jie",1 224179,"It 's hard to imagine acting that could be any flatter .",0 23339,", The Good Girl is a refreshingly adult take on adultery ...",1 88685,"of isolation and frustration",0 186083,"Memorable for a peculiar malaise that renders its tension flaccid and",0 138105,"too little excitement and",0 210906,"sci-fi generic",0 212963,"sure to find an enthusiastic audience among American action-adventure buffs , but the film 's interests",1 57210,"sometimes tender ,",1 239095,"you 'll get a sock-you-in-the-eye flick that is a visual tour-de-force and a story that is unlike any you will likely see anywhere else .",1 91089,"rare and lightly entertaining",1 234832,"overdose movies like `` Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood , '' except that the writing , acting and character development are a lot better",1 63321,"A respectable venture on its own terms ,",1 163395,"is strictly off-the-rack .",0 232995,"it avoids the obvious with humour and lightness",1 89178,"of unbridled greed and materalism",0 236056,"still manages to be kind of heartwarming , nonetheless .",1 673,"cannibal",0 101703,"'s icky",0 102351,", Vulgar is , truly and thankfully , a one-of-a-kind work .",0 158973,"feels significantly longer",0 233622,"make a clear point --",1 215065,"the most depressing movie-going experiences",0 87661,"must be the end of the world",0 144765,"Demme 's loose approach kills the suspense .",0 43509,", amusing and unpredictable",1 117488,"continues to cut a swathe through mainstream Hollywood , while retaining an integrity and refusing to compromise his vision .",1 27484,"a difficult film to shake from your conscience when night falls",1 98651,"transformed star",1 74781,"as subtle and touching as The Son 's Room",1 94065,"sympathetic without being gullible",1 133615,"suit the sensibilities of a young American , a decision that plucks '' The Four Feathers '' bare",0 116193,"breathtakingly assured and stylish",1 80476,"former Gong Show addict",0 148918,"Suffocated at conception by its Munchausen-by-proxy mum . Punish",0 163039,"is more mindless love",0 81871,"have easily become a cold , calculated exercise in postmodern pastiche winds up a powerful and deeply moving example of melodramatic moviemaking",1 124424,"is only intermittently entertaining",0 168322,"only underscores the fuzzy sentimentality of the movie itself , which feels , as it plods toward the end , less like a movie than like the filmed reading of a script in need of polishing",0 24026,"- relationship study he 's favored for decades",1 145195,"Every bit as bogus as most Disney live action family movies are -- no real plot , no real conflict , no real point .",0 192999,"appears to have been modeled on the worst revenge-of-the-nerds clichés the filmmakers could dredge up",0 196081,"composed delivery",1 48885,"an all-around good time",1 221565,", the answer is clear : Not easily and , in the end , not well enough .",0 185703,"Lazily",0 102057,"( A ) strong piece of work .",1 48500,"a winning ensemble comedy that shows Canadians can put gentle laughs and equally gentle sentiments on the button , just as easily as their counterparts anywhere else in the world",1 216760,"tiresomely simpleminded",0 222352,"And educational !",1 42164,"is as lively and as fun",1 109399,"The 3-D vistas from orbit , with the space station suspended like a huge set of wind chimes over the great blue globe",1 148175,"Proof that a thriller can be sleekly shot , expertly cast , paced with crisp professionalism ... and still",1 88033,"not to believe it",0 31469,"famous love-jealousy",1 33834,"its purest and , yes , most intimidating form",1 175560,"this tepid genre offering",0 132410,"showing honest emotions",1 220294,"you have to check your brain at the door",0 57211,"somewhat backhanded",0 43461,", Eight Legged Freaks is prime escapist fare .",1 166048,"missed the boat .",0 223943,"If you 're down for a silly hack-and-slash flick , you can do no wrong with Jason X.",1 82898,"in an increasingly important film industry and worth the look",1 224591,"Lee seems just as expectant of an adoring , wide-smiling reception .",1 24435,"A real story about real people living their lives concerned about the future of an elderly , mentally handicapped family member .",1 12668,"ungainly",0 53818,"it intriguing , bizarre ,",1 120473,"for pretentious arts majors",0 182200,"After several scenes of this tacky nonsense",0 130870,"puts them into a battle of wills that is impossible to care about and is n't very funny",0 30024,"captivated",1 37514,"surprisingly effective Peter\/Spider-Man",1 237246,"the style and flash of the double-cross that made Mamet 's `` House of Games '' and last fall 's `` Heist '' so much fun",1 110527,"This misty-eyed Southern nostalgia piece",1 24483,"A subtle and well-crafted ( for the most part ) chiller .",1 55005,"natural , unforced style",1 36874,"shame",0 168492,"over the no sense ending",0 43732,", then Esther 's story is a compelling quest for truth .",1 148634,"Skip this dreck , rent Animal House and go back to the source",0 56512,"remains a filmmaker with an acid viewpoint and a real gift for teasing chilly poetry out of lives and settings that might otherwise seem drab and sordid .",1 205584,"made for the big screen , some for the small screen",0 177594,"want to string the bastard up .",0 156243,"children deserve better than Pokemon 4Ever .",0 206934,"never quite achieves the feel of a fanciful motion picture .",0 141819,"( T ) hose same extremes prevent us from taking its message seriously",0 205989,"meandering , low on energy",0 176118,"to feel you 've just watched a feature-length video game with some really heavy back story",0 236909,"the film suffers from its own difficulties",0 73498,"almost mystical work",1 209700,"presume their audience wo n't sit still for a sociology lesson",0 194397,"been the vehicle for Chan that '' The Mask '' was for Jim Carrey . Alas",0 29441,"be told in Australia 's film history",1 58131,"the class warfare",0 100504,"with grace and humor",1 220530,"'' remains a disquieting and thought-provoking film ...",1 94585,"that carries a charge of genuine excitement",1 123794,"is a must !",1 86453,"made at least one damn fine horror movie",1 120108,"find that The Road to Perdition leads to a satisfying destination",1 118212,"did n't particularly like E . T . the first time",0 16612,"moved and love it",1 220016,"worse , routine",0 60315,"with a message",1 55663,"of young , Black manhood that is funny , touching , smart and complicated",1 136417,"the tiniest segment of an already obscure demographic",0 197187,"do n't add up to much more than trite observations on the human condition .",0 179167,"you stripped away its inspirations there",0 102266,", I 'm not exactly sure what -- and has all the dramatic weight of a raindrop",0 109007,"Smarter than its commercials make it seem .",1 80786,"funny , charming and quirky",1 199715,"fuzziness",0 87350,"more than make up for its logical loopholes , which fly by so fast there 's no time to think about them anyway .",1 100088,"who excels in the art of impossible disappearing\/reappearing acts",1 55572,"of the first order",1 56478,"regal charisma",1 103230,"... manages to deliver a fair bit of vampire fun .",1 195531,"catches the chaotic horror of war , but why bother if you 're going to subjugate truth to the tear-jerking demands of soap opera ?",0 38195,"the fate of hundreds of thousands of Chinese , one which can only qualify as a terrible tragedy",0 152563,"a surfeit of weighty revelations , flowery dialogue , and nostalgia for the past",1 188395,"The movie 's progression into rambling incoherence gives new meaning to the phrase ` fatal script error . '",0 79026,"enhancing",1 20146,"brought to light on the screen",1 128160,"nothing distinguishing",0 176627,"too heavy for the plot",0 230716,"familiar by amalgamating genres and adding true human",1 207640,"of both adventure and song",1 55855,"otherwise comic narrative",1 213062,"symbolic characters",1 144776,"Denzel Washington 's efforts are sunk by all the sanctimony .",0 4221,"a thriller without thrills and a mystery devoid of urgent questions .",0 120143,"finest kind",1 125553,"keep my attention",1 22770,"which is Amy 's self-absorbed personality",0 61682,", Secretary takes the most unexpected material and handles it in the most unexpected way .",1 7877,"it 's not as awful as some of the recent hollywood trip tripe ... but it 's far from a groundbreaking endeavor",0 211363,"shameless '70s blaxploitation shuck-and-jive sitcom",0 63769,"Although the subject matter may still be too close to recent national events , the film works - mostly due to its superior cast of characters .",1 207367,"of '' Carmen '' which is best for the stunning star",1 35938,"paying homage to art",1 3012,"ugly behavior",0 121931,"have benefited from a little more dramatic tension and some more editing",0 29058,"are more than compensated for by its wryly subversive tone .",1 198492,"falls under the category of ` should have been a sketch on Saturday Night Live . '",0 164907,"like a high school film project",0 92296,"sentimentalizing",1 14407,"Russian Ark marks a cinematic milestone .",1 31115,"enjoy this colorful action farce",1 65064,"Diesel is that rare creature -- an action hero with table manners , and one who proves that elegance is more than tattoo deep .",1 6400,"fancy",1 56050,"play well with the affable cast .",1 127263,"more ambivalent set",0 21128,"it to a crystalline point",1 95877,"the highest power",1 194907,"bracingly nasty",0 23306,", I can state that Kissing Jessica Stein may be the best same-sex romance I have seen .",1 119192,"entertaining and moving",1 46130,"Me '' feels capable of charming the masses with star power , a pop-induced score and sentimental moments that have become a Spielberg trademark",1 101395,"'ll find yourself remembering this refreshing visit to a Sunshine State",1 180690,", incoherent , instantly disposable",0 231039,"from the classics",1 8031,"its creepy menace",0 184385,"Her fans walked out muttering words like '' horrible '' and '' terrible , '' but had so much fun dissing the film that they did n't mind the ticket cost . In this case zero .",0 179644,"'s at once laughable and compulsively watchable ,",1 69656,"The journey to the secret 's eventual discovery is a separate adventure ,",1 165487,"make PTA proud yet director Muccino 's characters are less worthy of Puccini than they are of daytime television",0 61571,", ' I feel better already .",1 87941,"no way original , or even all that memorable , but as downtown Saturday matinee brain candy",0 143323,"A sequence of ridiculous shoot",0 86645,"makes it worth a recommendation",1 57584,"taken this mothball-y stuff and",0 91050,"race and culture forcefully told , with superb performances throughout",1 226186,"The actors are fantastic .",1 188146,"The film 's needlessly opaque intro",0 154442,"attempt to pass this stinker off as a scary movie",0 106481,"I have to admit I walked out of Runteldat . I did go back and check out the last 10 minutes , but these were more repulsive than the first 30 or 40 minutes .",0 221980,"A depressing confirmation of everything those of us who do n't object to the description `` unelected ''",0 199892,"gets sillier , not scarier ,",0 155868,"ca n't sustain more than 90 minutes",0 44303,"A terrific B movie -- in fact , the best in recent memory .",1 228765,"are about a half dozen young Turks angling to see how many times they can work the words `` radical '' or `` suck '' into a sentence",0 46366,"Not the kind of film that will appeal to a mainstream American audience , but",0 147056,"Lacking substance and soul",0 31162,"entertaining period drama ... both Caine and Fraser",1 164172,"its title is nearly meaningless",0 164507,"laboriousness",0 168814,"perhaps the heaviest , most joyless movie ever made about giant",0 5647,"comes",1 23678,", if ultimately not quite satisfying",0 228847,"are so outlandish that they border on being cartoonlike .",0 106493,"I know we 're not supposed to take it seriously , but I ca n't shake the thought that Undercover Brother missed an opportunity to strongly present some profound social commentary",0 11706,"the only winner",1 224965,"Mr. Rose 's updating works surprisingly well .",1 145274,"Fancy a real downer ? ( Leigh ) lays it on so thick this time that it feels like a suicide race .",0 30346,"connects",1 44061,"A fantastically vital movie that manages to invest real humor",1 127086,"might survive a screening with little harm done , except maybe for the last 15 minutes , which are as maudlin as any after-school special you can imagine",1 45495,"His healthy sense",1 147787,"Not exactly the Bees Knees",0 59609,"typical junkie opera",0 121087,"gets the job done",1 60700,"'ll be white-knuckled and unable to look away .",1 71666,"a fine , old-fashioned-movie movie ,",1 186658,"Paul Bettany is good at being the ultra-violent gangster wannabe , but the movie is certainly not number 1 .",0 156471,"cold , grey , antiseptic and",0 26305,"Only an epic documentary could get it all down",1 169668,"rather superficial arthouse middle-brow film",0 51376,"evocative , accurate observation",1 193538,"as obvious as telling a country skunk",0 1702,"masochism ?",0 139033,"victim ... and an ebullient affection for industrial-model meat freezers",0 133450,"strut his stuff",1 2676,"the muddled narrative",0 192431,"an ` action film '",1 38315,"the heaving passion of Puccini 's famous love-jealousy - murder-suicide fandango with great cinematic innovation",1 34578,"more like a serious read , filled with heavy doses of always enticing Sayles dialogue",1 208801,"other , better movies",0 33449,"is one occasion when they have unearthed a rare gem",1 98048,"to farts , urine , feces , semen , or any of the other foul substances",0 123869,"is actually dying a slow death , if the poor quality of Pokemon 4 Ever is any indication",0 157589,"dissatisfied",0 114590,"are generating about as much chemistry as an Iraqi factory poised to receive a UN inspector .",0 142698,"-- but not particularly funny --",0 142801,"... perhaps the heaviest , most joyless movie ever made about giant dragons taking over the world .",0 160737,"has so much money delivered so little entertainment .",0 21805,"rare director",1 225996,"Stylistically , the movie is a disaster .",0 9186,"numb",0 7844,"it 's a brilliant , honest performance by nicholson",1 218361,"uses a totally unnecessary prologue , just because it seems obligatory",0 41190,"Sharp ,",1 52025,"funny\/gritty fable of the humanizing of one woman at the hands of the unseen forces of fate",1 16637,"natural gifts",1 114625,"are murky and",0 234931,"photographed with colour and depth , and rather a good time",1 187952,"The art demands live viewing . The innate theatrics that provide its thrills and extreme emotions lose their luster when flattened onscreen",0 9715,"pile too many '' serious issues '' on its plate at times",0 148569,"Showtime is closer to Slowtime .",0 135364,"the film succeeds with its dark , delicate treatment of these characters and its unerring respect for them .",1 223403,"For the first time in several years , Mr. Allen has surpassed himself with the magic he 's spun with the Hollywood empress of Ms. Leoni 's Ellie .",1 198501,"famed",1 10980,"team",1 118069,"depress",0 85605,"keep people going in this crazy life",1 78079,"detract from the affection of that moral favorite",0 218261,"unstoppable",1 157305,"describe Ghost Ship",1 220947,"'s pretty stupid .",0 71887,"a light touch",1 185253,"It briefly flirts with player masochism , but",0 132246,"share his impressions of life and loss and time and art with us",1 138976,"very dark and very funny",1 96634,"the scintillating force",1 127142,"misconstrued",0 32075,"gives his best movie performance since , well , Performance",1 7117,"here a more annoying , though less angry version of the irresponsible sandlerian",0 184405,"High Crimes carries almost no organic intrigue as a government / Marine/legal mystery ,",0 186308,"Never decides whether it wants to be a black comedy , drama , melodrama or some combination of the three .",0 49901,"buoyant romantic comedy",1 188342,"The material and the production itself are little more than routine .",0 153433,"an insult",0 89526,"on-screen chemistry",1 131418,"resolutely unamusing , how thoroughly unrewarding all of this",0 209521,"poorly executed comedy .",0 96718,"the small , human moments",1 14723,"a film well",1 137729,"to match the ordeal of sitting through it",0 45082,"Displaying about equal amounts of naiveté , passion and talent",1 141370,"'s impossible to claim that it is '' Based on a True Story '' with a straight face .",0 6868,"gracious",1 200375,"halfway through this picture I was beginning to hate it , and ,",0 60548,"you admire its conception and are able to resolve some of the confusions you had while watching it",1 9757,"plucky british",1 135806,"the movie about the baseball-playing monkey was worse . ''",0 192552,"an excruciating film",0 182587,"As aimless as an old pickup skidding completely out of control on a long patch of black ice , the movie makes two hours feel like four .",0 136829,"thin soup",0 45279,"For his first attempt at film noir , Spielberg presents a fascinating but flawed look at the near future .",1 122673,"idiosyncratic humor",1 53087,"injects just enough freshness into the proceedings",1 119038,"encounter in a place where war has savaged the lives and liberties of the poor and the dispossessed .",0 163675,"it 's now coming true ' bad",0 139103,"vividly captures the chaotic insanity and personal tragedies that are all too abundant when human hatred spews forth unchecked .",1 70301,"This one is not nearly as dreadful as expected . In fact , it 's quite fun in places .",1 67870,"None of this is meaningful or memorable , but frosting is n't , either , and you would n't turn down a big bowl of that , would you ?",1 65424,"Excellent performances from Jacqueline Bisset and Martha Plimpton grace this deeply touching melodrama .",1 57824,"that it seems positively French in its rhythms and resonance",1 179074,"you 're watching a movie that was made in 1978 but not released then because it was so weak , and it has been unearthed and released now , when it has become even weaker",0 45558,"I bought this movie",1 106283,"Hollywood romance",1 65618,"Frailty '' leaves us with the terrifying message that the real horror may be waiting for us at home",1 131239,"rehashes",0 48440,"a thoughtful and rewarding glimpse",1 92476,"she sees it as a chance to revitalize what is and always has been remarkable about clung-to traditions .",1 82217,"his art , which is more than he has ever revealed before about the source of his spiritual survival",1 66717,"It has fun with the quirks of family life",1 178806,"works and qualifies as cool at times , but is just too lame to work or be cool at others",0 215541,"the same old garbage",0 213929,"that was old when ` Angels With Dirty Faces ' appeared in 1938",0 167981,"often hackneyed or just plain crude ,",0 158801,"falls short of its Ideal predecessor largely due to Parker 's ill-advised meddling with the timeless source material",0 13985,"Doug Liman , the director of Bourne , directs the traffic well , gets a nice wintry look from his locations , absorbs us with the movie 's spycraft and uses Damon 's ability to be focused and sincere .",1 171363,"smug , oily demeanor",0 157534,"disappointed .",0 224169,"It 's endearing to hear Madame D. refer to her husband as ` Jackie ' -- and he does make for excellent company , not least as a self-conscious performer .",1 218203,"unimaginatively",0 163736,"it can be made on the cheap .",0 98056,"to find greatness in the hue of its drastic iconography",1 56680,"sad sack",0 101202,"you wish you had n't seen",0 196598,"daydreams , memories and one fantastic visual trope",1 167729,"of talking heads and technical gibberish that will do little to advance the Linux cause",0 39476,"truly grand scale",1 164309,"just feels generic",0 15251,"best of all",1 150060,"There 's not enough to sustain the comedy .",0 14165,"It 's the best film of the year so far , the benchmark against which all other Best Picture contenders should be measured .",1 154424,"at times it 's simply baffling",0 129612,"one-dimensional",0 224065,"Instead , we just get messy anger , a movie as personal therapy .",0 212871,"suffers because it does n't have enough vices to merit its 103-minute length",0 190480,"a dream is a wish your heart makes",1 124306,"is n't scary . It hates its characters .",0 203058,"is less a documentary and more propaganda by way of a valentine sealed with a kiss",0 12583,"trying to distract us with the solution to another",0 84747,"is the piece works brilliantly .",1 77951,"delivers a terrific performance in this fascinating portrait of a modern Lothario",1 100251,"will find in these characters ' foibles a timeless and unique perspective .",1 95693,"the film works in spite of it",1 142448,", strange reading",0 121482,"guaranteed to lift the spirits of the whole family",1 197398,"dog-paddle in the mediocre end of the pool",0 133686,"surprising in how much they engage and even touch us",1 102991,", unlikeable people",0 48962,"an intense , brooding character study",1 83665,"ironically killer soundtrack",1 120760,"from the shadow of Ellis ' book",1 50582,"crucifixion",0 99103,"unrelentingly grim",0 233435,"like a mere excuse for the wan , thinly sketched story",0 31351,"exists for its soccer action and its fine acting .",1 21988,"slight comedy",1 57711,"that 's not quite the memorable experience it might have been",0 160204,"goes to absurd lengths to duck the very issues it raises .",0 187343,"Slap her - she 's not funny !",0 67614,"More of the same from Taiwanese auteur Tsai Ming-liang , which is good news to anyone who 's fallen under the sweet , melancholy spell of this unique director 's previous films .",1 3400,"( haynes ' ) homage to such films as '' all that heaven allows '' and '' imitation of life '' transcends them . simply put , '' far from heaven ''",1 146627,"It 's the kind of movie you ca n't quite recommend because it is all windup and not much of a pitch , yet you ca n't bring yourself to dislike it .",0 38506,"the other three great , scary times at the movies",1 63601,"A zinger-filled crowd-pleaser that open-minded Elvis fans ( but by no means all )",1 44114,"A graceful , moving tribute to the courage of New York 's finest and a nicely understated expression of the grief",1 8963,"my only wish",1 198629,"feature but something far more stylish and cerebral -- and , hence , more chillingly effective .",1 166339,"most offensive action",0 108722,"SONNY needs to overcome gaps in character development and story logic",0 152344,"a recent movie that has worked this hard to achieve this little fun",0 215854,"the viewer is left puzzled by the mechanics of the delivery",0 156642,"completely void",0 161215,"hire a real director and good writers for the next installment , please .",0 232327,"is a new collectible .",1 161860,"in fact the film is n't as flippant or slick as it thinks it is",0 234591,"of two marvelous performances by Michael Caine and Brendan",1 205372,"looking over the outdated clothes and plastic knickknacks at your neighbor 's garage sale",0 76243,"ca n't deny its seriousness and quality .",1 14814,"a refreshingly different slice",1 161310,"his self-regarding sentimentality trips him up again",0 187312,"Simone is not a bad film .",1 73098,"achieves its emotional power and moments of revelation with restraint and a delicate ambiguity .",1 87587,"much colorful eye candy , including the spectacle of Gere in his dancing shoes",1 218253,"unsalvageability",0 84914,"it 's just another sports drama\/character study . Yet this one makes up for in heart what it lacks in outright newness . Plus , like I already mentioned ...",1 91137,"raunchy and",0 29016,"approached with imagination and flair",1 39841,"warm , genuine characters who lie not through dishonesty , but because they genuinely believe it 's the only way to bring happiness to their loved ones",1 133425,"strong erotic",1 114856,"as any Hollywood fluff",0 150459,"Too much of the humor falls flat .",0 172950,"that ca n't get sufficient distance from Leroy 's",0 78269,"dishes out a ton of laughs that everyone can enjoy",1 36378,"really deliver the delicious guilty pleasure of the better film versions",1 41048,"Jason X has cheesy effects and a hoary plot ,",0 58105,"the character is almost completely deadpan",0 120704,"from being a complete waste of time",0 114521,"approaches his difficult , endless work with remarkable serenity and discipline",1 210099,"rather silly",0 72724,"a true",1 165796,"meandering , Norton has to recite bland police procedural details ,",0 59916,"walked away from this new version of E . T . just as I hoped I would -- with moist eyes",1 117736,"cross between XXX and Vertical Limit .",1 56678,"sacred",0 199806,"genuinely satisfying",1 48097,"a gripping , tidy little movie that takes Mr . Hill higher than he 's been in a while",1 22314,"the movie feels authentic .",1 71869,"a larger-than-life figure ,",1 95479,"the distinct and very welcome sense",1 52285,"gripping , tidy little movie",1 1224,"horror",0 198186,"every indulgent , indie trick in the book",0 109779,"The film becomes an overwhelming pleasure , and",1 115513,"be hard pressed to think of a film more cloyingly sappy than Evelyn this year",0 116854,"characters of the year .",1 37863,"that misses the summer blockbusters",1 154801,"be really funny",1 86927,"may not be a straightforward bio",0 51771,"for a critical and commercial disaster",0 103094,"-- however canned -- makes for unexpectedly giddy viewing .",1 112437,"a number of other assets to commend it to movie audiences both innocent and jaded",1 143355,"A soggy , shapeless mess ... just a dumb excuse for a waterlogged equivalent of a haunted-house movie .",0 151410,"a boring parade of talking heads and technical gibberish that will do little to advance the Linux cause .",0 75347,"be white-knuckled and unable to look away",1 188060,"The darker elements of misogyny and unprovoked violence",0 51874,"found it intriguing , bizarre , Dogma-like in spots - and quite truthful , in its way",1 89687,"only learning but inventing a remarkable new trick",1 221385,", intimate and the dialogue is realistic and greatly moving .",1 113917,"an affluent damsel in distress who decides to fight her bully of a husband",1 139798,"who willingly walk into the nightmare of war not only to record the events for posterity , but to help us",1 181705,"A full-frontal attack on audience patience",0 63006,"A film of quiet power .",1 137908,"to the Serbs themselves but also to a network of American right-wing extremists",0 72442,"a smart new comedy",1 183522,"Do we really need another film that praises female self-sacrifice ?",0 209352,"play one lewd scene after another . About half of them are funny , a few are sexy and none are useful in telling the story , which is paper-thin and decidedly unoriginal",0 99453,"visceral sensation",1 237727,"to be a Hollywood satire but winds up as the kind of film that should be the target of something",0 3599,"a bolly-holly masala mess",0 143084,"A dumb movie with dumb characters doing dumb things and you have to be really dumb not to see where this is going",0 58397,"the humor and intelligence",1 21434,"none of it makes a lick of sense",0 149462,"The humor is n't as sharp , the effects not as innovative , nor the story as imaginative as in the original . But",0 85165,"it works beautifully as a movie without sacrificing the integrity of the opera .",1 83328,"informative and",1 103999,"A vivid , spicy footnote",1 36846,"several adaptations of other writers ' work",1 185016,"It 's a frightful vanity film that , no doubt , pays off what debt Miramax felt they owed to Benigni .",0 89249,"offering instead with its unflinching gaze a measure of faith in the future",1 82087,"her agreeably startling use",1 40338,"work to see it at the first opportunity",1 192850,"another night",1 185895,"Lucky Break is perfectly inoffensive and harmless",1 222762,"But it 's hard to imagine a more generic effort in the genre .",0 222608,"Better still",1 110255,"The wonderful combination of the sweetness and the extraordinary technical accomplishments of the first film",1 101599,"'s also one of the smartest",1 229692,"can not guess why the cast and crew did n't sign a pact to burn the negative and the script and pretend the whole thing never existed",0 165764,"may please those who love movies that blare with pop songs",0 94965,"that works even without vulgarity , sex scenes , and cussing",1 223170,"Do we really need the Tiger Beat version ?",0 57770,"that deserves to be considered as a possible successor to the best European directors",1 217604,"too long and bogs down in a surfeit of characters and unnecessary",0 118610,"dominated by cold , loud special-effects-laden extravaganzas",0 23330,", Russian Ark is mesmerizing .",1 205046,"like a tired Tyco ad",0 43806,", you wo n't feel cheated by the high infidelity of Unfaithful .",1 88666,"of humor about itself , a playful spirit and a game cast",1 153982,"are touching moments in Etoiles",1 105827,"For a long time the film succeeds with its dark , delicate treatment of these characters and its unerring respect for them .",1 166213,"more or less slogs its way through soggy Paris , tongue uncomfortably in cheek .",0 228953,"as if a bored Cage spent the duration of the film 's shooting schedule waiting to scream : `` Got AIDS yet",0 16672,"no problem",0 3692,"a competent , unpretentious entertainment destined to fill the after-school slot at shopping mall theaters across the country",1 92581,"should never forget",1 38936,"this depiction of fluctuating female sexuality has two winning lead performances and charm to spare .",1 126396,"lost in the thin soup of canned humor",0 123730,"is a discreet moan of despair about entrapment in the maze of modern life .",0 35492,"of the past that is faithful to both architectural glories and commanding open spaces of the city as it was more than two centuries ago",1 61588,", Blade 2 is definitely a cut above the rest .",1 213554,"that a man in drag is not in and of himself funny",0 232967,"it 's pretty stupid .",0 15852,"fun lacking any MTV puffery",1 169516,"put some lovely pictures up on the big screen",1 140749,"you feeling a little sticky and unsatisfied",0 1791,"multi-dimensional love story and",1 202807,"is built on a potentially interesting idea",1 191776,"about the filmmaker 's characteristic style",1 234716,"one enjoys a bad slasher flick",0 50297,"comically",1 203125,"is mostly a bore",0 124508,"is smarter and subtler than ( Total Recall and Blade Runner ) , although its plot may prove too convoluted for fun-seeking summer audiences",1 85294,"its laid-back way",1 92576,"should make it required viewing in university computer science departments for years to come .",1 75211,"be able to look at a red felt Sharpie pen without disgust , a thrill , or the giggles",1 64794,"Confessions may not be a straightforward bio , nor does it offer much in the way of Barris ' motivations , but the film is an oddly fascinating depiction of an architect of pop culture .",1 30628,"deep and meaningful film",1 106398,"I 'm sure the filmmakers found this a remarkable and novel concept , but anybody who has ever seen an independent film can report that it is instead a cheap cliché",0 193204,"are sweet and believable",1 45553,"I 've never bought from telemarketers , but I bought this movie",1 139393,"we find ourselves surprised at how much we care about the story",1 224410,"Its flame-like , roiling black-and-white inspires trembling and gratitude .",1 185743,"Let 's face it --",1 53232,"irrelevancy",0 113413,"admittedly problematic in its narrative specifics",0 173959,"the final dance work , The Selection",1 102863,", the characters move with grace and panache",1 220581,"'ll feel like you ate a Reeses without the peanut butter ... '",0 168977,"ploddingly sociological commentary",0 232954,"it 's not a total loss .",0 189921,"You ... get a sense of good intentions derailed by a failure to seek and strike just the right tone .",0 63024,"A fine effort , an interesting topic , some intriguing characters and a sad ending . Certainly the big finish was n't something",1 92621,"shows why , after only three films , director\/co-writer Jacques Audiard , though little known in this country , belongs in the very top rank of French filmmakers .",1 131579,"rises in its courageousness , and comedic employment .",1 124607,"is that I ca n't wait to see what the director does next .",1 170285,"sad schlock merchant",0 188385,"The movie 's major and most devastating flaw",0 180509,", and peopled mainly by characters so unsympathetic that you 're left with a sour taste in your mouth",0 100592,"with real thematic heft",1 121765,"has improved upon the first and taken it a step further , richer and deeper",1 228617,"an unpleasant debate that 's been given the drive of a narrative and that 's been acted out",0 19372,"Though of particular interest to students and enthusiast of international dance and world music , the film is designed to make viewers of all ages , cultural backgrounds and rhythmic ability want to get up and dance .",1 153078,"all its star power on cliched or meaningless roles",0 128522,"of an already obscure demographic",0 212752,"stuttering editing and pompous references to Wittgenstein and Kirkegaard",0 128324,"of Ghandi gone bad",0 150580,"Unfortunately , as a writer , Mr . Montias is n't nearly as good to his crew as he is as a director or actor .",0 59464,"totalitarian",0 203044,"is just lazy writing . Even kids deserve better .",0 195873,"collapses into an inhalant blackout",0 95176,"the best 60 Minutes",1 186806,"Pumpkin is a mere plot pawn for two directors with far less endearing disabilities",0 183520,"Do n't say you were n't warned",0 83486,"interesting effort",1 188084,"The dramatic scenes are frequently unintentionally funny , and",0 111934,"a flimsy excuse",0 146606,"It 's push-the-limits teen comedy , the type written by people who ca n't come up with legitimate funny , and it 's used so extensively that good bits are hopelessly overshadowed",0 65341,"Escapes the precious trappings of most romantic comedies , infusing into the story very real , complicated emotions .",1 79709,"fascinating you wo n't be able to look away for a second",1 72754,"a very good viewing alternative",1 212813,"succeeds in diminishing his stature from Oscar-winning master to lowly studio hack .",0 159844,"funny about Sir Anthony Hopkins saying ` Get in the car , bitch , ' this Jerry Bruckheimer production has little else to offer",0 174228,"the low-budget production swings annoyingly between vertigo and opacity .",0 222588,"Beresford nicely mixes in as much humor as pathos to take us on his sentimental journey of the heart .",1 158260,"endure instead of enjoy",0 158965,"feels like an ugly knot tightening in your stomach",0 124986,"it goes on for at least 90 more minutes and , worse , that you have to pay if you want to see it",0 68311,"Quitting hits home with disorienting force .",1 55971,"pee-related sight gags that might even cause Tom Green a grimace : still ,",0 201775,"in a caper that 's neither original nor terribly funny",0 123497,"interest can not be revived .",0 61908,", for those with at least a minimal appreciation of Woolf and Clarissa Dalloway , The Hours represents two of those well spent",1 57926,"that you can practically see the Hollywood ` suits ' trying to put together the cast and filmmaking team for the all-too - inevitable American remake",0 181765,"A listless and desultory affair",0 217626,"too mediocre",0 161810,"in a word : disappointment .",0 153101,"all right . Extremely dumb . Extremely confusing . Extremely boring",0 98406,"to this engaging mix of love and bloodletting",1 22170,"that dazzles the eye , challenges the brain",1 56709,"satisfyingly unsettling ride",1 207655,"of clever ideas and visual gags",1 165914,"might be wishing for a watch that makes time go faster rather than the other way around",0 208175,"of their time ( including mine ) on something very inconsequential",0 211800,"slopped 'em together",0 227763,"a bad sign when you 're rooting for the film to hurry up and get to its subjects ' deaths just so the documentary will be over",0 36525,"resonates in a profound way , comparable to the classic films of Jean Renoir",1 189432,"Wallace directs with such patronising reverence",0 170445,"sci-fi rental shelf",0 223345,"Feature debuter D.J. Caruso directs a crack ensemble cast , bringing screenwriter Tony Gayton 's narcotics noir to life .",1 119728,"familiar to traverse uncharted ground",1 117126,"cocktail",1 74580,"as a detailed personal portrait",1 191567,"a treasure chest",1 160952,"he 's done",0 9935,"puts an exclamation point on the fact",1 40208,"with great evident care",1 175296,"thinking over and over again , ' I should be enjoying this . '",0 28070,"accomplished in all aspects with the fullness",1 116790,"celebrates universal human nature",1 229942,"conceited",0 165509,"make for persuasive viewing",1 97530,"this stylish film that is able to visualize schizophrenia but is still confident enough to step back and look at the sick character with a sane eye",1 157654,"do n't inhabit their roles",0 64840,"Could use a little more humanity",0 137801,"to remain true to the original text",1 70022,"The usual movie rah-rah , pleasantly and predictably",1 87902,"no interest in the gang-infested , East-vs . -",0 206569,"motivated more by a desire to match mortarboards with Dead Poets Society and Good Will Hunting than by its own story",0 183645,"Eight Crazy Nights is a total misfire .",0 123771,"is a hilarious adventure",1 170034,"resemblance to , and shares the weaknesses of , too many recent action-fantasy extravaganzas in which special effects overpower cogent story-telling and visual clarity during the big action sequences .",0 37627,"tasty balance",1 101898,"'s so poorly",0 19526,"a lively and enjoyable adventure for all ages at any time",1 175636,"thought my own watch had stopped keeping time as I slogged my way through Clockstoppers",0 32351,"hate yourself later",0 123502,"interesting .",1 36639,"sadistic",0 142158,", embarrassing movie",0 84174,"is even better than The Fellowship . There are scenes of cinematic perfection that steal your heart away",1 172658,"tepid genre offering",0 25913,"L'Avventura and Repulsion",0 171351,"smelly enough to bother despising",0 115542,"be on video",0 142404,", pun-laden dialogue",0 63921,"An intelligently made ( and beautifully edited )",1 47262,"The special effects and many scenes of weightlessness look as good or better than in the original , while the Oscar-winning sound and James Horner 's rousing score make good use of the hefty audio system .",1 55076,"no classic ,",0 21839,"rejects",0 106991,"It deserves to be seen everywhere .",1 123852,"is a visual treat for all audiences .",1 158787,"falls apart long",1 2709,"the seeds of the imagination to germinate",1 47683,"Would be an unendurable viewing experience for this ultra-provincial New Yorker if 26-year-old Reese Witherspoon were not on hand to inject her pure fantasy character , Melanie Carmichael , with a massive infusion of old-fashioned Hollywood magic .",1 177474,"victims of the arrogant '' if we put together a wry white man and a chatty black man and give them guns , the movie will be funny '' syndrome",0 175600,"those contrived ,",0 184020,"Frank Capra played this story straight .",1 61078,"'s hard to imagine anyone managing to steal a movie not only from charismatic rising star Jake Gyllenhaal but also from accomplished Oscar winners Susan Sarandon , Dustin Hoffman and Holly Hunter , yet newcomer Ellen Pompeo pulls off the feat with aplomb",1 84223,"is funny , charming and quirky in her feature film acting debut as Amy .",1 208477,"on slippery footing",0 1167,"have settled comfortably into her skin",1 63467,"A sweet , tender sermon",1 121249,"goes beyond his usual fluttering and stammering and captures the soul of a man in pain who gradually comes to recognize it and deal with it",1 6304,"everyman 's romance comedy",1 216436,"this movie for ? Not kids , who do n't need the lesson in repugnance . It 's also not smart or barbed enough for older viewers",0 39740,"usually ignored in contemporary American film .",1 216433,"this movie for ?",0 145399,"Foolish Choices",0 15920,"great insight",1 92562,"should catch this IMAX offering .",1 150748,"We miss the quirky amazement that used to come along for an integral part of the ride .",0 194398,"been there , done",0 157977,"drifts so inexorably into cliches about tortured ( and torturing ) artists and consuming but impossible love that you ca n't help but become more disappointed as each overwrought new sequence plods on",0 73065,"accept it as life and go with its flow",1 209523,"poorly staged",0 168621,"pain and violence",0 199936,"give us a reason to be in the theater beyond Wilde 's wit and the actors ' performances",0 201032,"her love depraved leads meet , ( Denis ' ) story becomes a hopeless , unsatisfying muddle",0 24609,"An effectively creepy",0 223949,"If you 're not fans of the adventues of Steve and Terri , you should avoid this like the dreaded King Brown snake .",0 138126,"too many scenes toward the end",0 212511,"starts off as a possible Argentine American Beauty reeks like a room stacked with pungent flowers .",0 10809,"subtle",1 146267,"Imagine the James Woods character from Videodrome making a home movie of Audrey Rose and showing it to the kid from The Sixth Sense and you 've imagined The Ring",0 171761,"spark genuine chemistry",1 36368,"realistic interaction",1 159475,"for the Lifetime cable television network",0 9511,"one thing 's for sure if george romero had directed this movie , it would n't have taken the protagonists a full hour to determine that in order to kill a zombie you must shoot it in the head",0 125114,"it tight and nasty",1 103737,"A movie you observe , rather than one you enter into .",0 69555,"The film is about the relationships rather than about the outcome . And it sees those relationships , including that between the son and his wife , and the wife and the father , and between the two brothers , with incredible subtlety and acumen",1 81094,"gives a portrayal as solid and as perfect as his outstanding performance as Bond in Die Another Day",1 72997,"about the need to stay in touch with your own skin , at 18 or 80",1 101909,"'s something else altogether -- clownish and offensive and nothing at all like real life",0 39689,"up for in intelligence and B-grade stylishness",1 209332,"play Hannibal Lecter",1 72394,"a silly ( but not sophomoric ) romp",1 41573,"are among cinema 's finest this year .",1 44075,"A first-class road movie that proves you can run away from home , but your ego and",1 220223,"you 'll swear that you 've seen it all before , even if you 've never come within a mile of The Longest Yard .",0 94844,"that relies on more than special effects",1 158255,"ends with outtakes in which most of the characters forget their lines and just utter ` uhhh , ' which is better than most of the writing in the movie",0 169615,"rambling , repetitive dialogue",0 134101,"than one might expect when you look at the list of movies starring Ice-T in a major role",1 55079,"no doubt that Krawczyk deserves a huge amount of the credit for the film 's thoroughly winning tone",1 1005,"for a guy who has waited three years with breathless anticipation for a new hal hartley movie to pore over , no such thing is a big letdown",0 110543,"This remake of Lina Wertmuller 's 1975 eroti-comedy might just be the biggest husband-and-wife disaster since John and",0 173978,"the first full scale WWII flick",1 53389,"is an enjoyable Big Movie primarily",1 71868,"a larger-than-life figure",1 158296,"enormous yacht",1 232617,"is never sure to make a clear point -- even if it seeks to rely on an ambiguous presentation .",0 39922,"welcome breeziness",1 78030,"deserves an Oscar nomination .",1 123716,"is a cinematic car wreck , a catastrophic collision of tastelessness and gall that nevertheless will leave fans clamoring for another ride",0 164522,"lacking the real talent and wit to elevate it beyond its formula to the level of classic romantic comedy to which it aspires",0 11692,"the needlessly poor quality of its archival prints and film footage",0 52456,"have a Barrie good time",1 188457,"The movie turns out to be ( Assayas ' ) homage to the Gallic ` tradition of quality , ' in all its fusty squareness .",0 151582,"a decent children 's",1 121852,"has the glorious , gaudy benefit of much stock footage of Those Days , featuring all manner of drag queen , bearded lady and lactating hippie",1 172174,"stupor",0 221732,"-- an unpleasant debate that 's been given the drive of a narrative and that 's been acted out --",0 151496,"a climactic hero 's",1 59361,"to take us on his sentimental journey of the heart . It really is a shame that more wo n't get an opportunity to embrace small , sweet ` Evelyn",1 171164,"sitcomishly",0 30615,"death report",0 225202,"Not only are the special effects and narrative flow much improved , and Daniel Radcliffe more emotionally assertive this time around as Harry , but the film conjures the magic of author J.K. Rowling 's books .",1 163179,"is nothing more than an obsolete , if irritating , notion of class",0 118231,"difficult , endless work",0 20324,"cultural",1 16806,"of trailer park denizens",0 184279,"Handsome and sincere",1 202951,"is going through the paces again with his usual high melodramatic style of filmmaking",0 147814,"Nothing in Waking Up in Reno ever inspired me to think of its inhabitants as anything more than markers in a screenplay .",0 180128,"( Crudup ) a suburban architect ,",1 100984,"writer\/director Dover Kosashvili takes a slightly dark look at relationships , both sexual and kindred .",1 129947,"page-turning",1 9112,"not a cozy or ingratiating work",0 120497,"for the art-house crowd",1 232696,"is one of those reputedly `` unfilmable '' novels that has bucked the odds to emerge as an exquisite motion picture in its own right .",1 101151,"you may be surprised at the variety of tones in Spielberg 's work .",1 92256,"self-mocking ,",0 146550,"It 's not as awful as some of the recent Hollywood trip tripe ... but it 's far from a groundbreaking endeavor",0 102383,", and intelligence",1 155474,"breed formulaic films rather than fresh ones",0 20574,"for a good old fashion romance and someone who shamelessly loves to eat , then Mostly Martha",1 42268,"know their roles",1 228719,"any scenes that might have required genuine acting from Ms. Spears",0 189005,"This is n't a movie :",0 171595,"some opportunism",1 85934,"less-is-more approach",1 12202,"this shimmering , beautifully costumed and filmed production",1 12049,"the worst film a man has made about women since valley of the dolls",0 93635,"strong dramatic and emotional pull",1 124145,"is inane and awful",0 36223,"public misperception",0 217184,"to make a big splash .",1 110967,"We 've liked Klein 's other work but Rollerball left us cold",0 128106,"not infrequently breathtaking",1 220569,"'ll certainly be keeping an eye out for his next project .",1 108954,"Silly stuff , all mixed up together like a term paper from a kid who ca n't quite distinguish one sci-fi work from another .",0 91561,"rest contentedly with the knowledge that he 's made at least one damn fine horror movie",1 231659,"heard a mysterious voice , and felt myself powerfully drawn toward the light -- the light of the exit sign",0 103603,"A fun family movie that 's suitable for all ages -- a movie that will make you laugh",1 128753,"of its title character",1 225038,"Ms. Ramsay and her co-writer , Liana Dognini , have dramatized the Alan Warner novel , which itself felt like an answer to Irvine Welsh 's book Trainspotting",1 4170,"a suffocating",0 196421,"credible case",1 29284,"at last",1 217093,"to have you scratching your head than hiding under your seat .",0 112987,"a vivid imagination",1 226734,"Though the book runs only about 300 pages , it is so densely packed ... that even an ambitious adaptation and elaborate production like Mr. Schepisi 's seems skimpy and unclear",0 219358,"who manages to blast even the smallest sensitivities from the romance with his clamorous approach",0 218537,"viewers out in the cold and undermines some phenomenal performances",0 85120,"it required viewing in university computer science departments for years to come",1 235793,"sitting through Dahmer 's two hours",0 108078,"Nothing but one relentlessly depressing situation after another for its entire running time , something that you could easily be dealing with right now in your lives .",0 155492,"bring anything new to the proverbial table",0 37073,"so fanatically fetishized every bizarre old-movie idiosyncrasy with such monastic devotion you 're not sure if you should applaud or look into having him committed",1 29948,"by the powerful work of his co-stars",1 184234,"Greatest",1 20228,"can be clumsy",0 166563,"nascent industrialized world politics as a new art form , but far too clunky , didactic and saddled with scenes that seem simply an ill fit",0 199490,"free . I still want my money back",0 176298,"to overplay the shock tactics and bait-and-tackle metaphors",0 157183,"decidedly foul stylings",0 189635,"When the casting call for this movie went out , it must have read ` seeking anyone with acting ambition but no sense of pride or shame . '",0 64735,"Cletis Tout is a winning comedy that excites the imagination and tickles the funny bone .",1 85723,"lacks a sense of dramatic urgency",0 225459,"Philip K. Dick must be turning in his grave , along with my stomach .",0 116947,"children 's entertainment , superhero comics , and Japanese animation",1 84083,"is brilliant",1 27207,"When it really counts ... Bloody Sunday connects on a visceral level that transcends language .",1 191965,"add to the canon of Chan . Make Chan 's action sequences boring",0 24625,"An excellent",1 65476,"Fast-paced",1 181294,"... a scummy ripoff of David Cronenberg 's brilliant ` Videodrome . '",0 205043,"like a teenybopper Ed Wood film , replete with the pubescent scandalous innuendo and the high-strung but flaccid drama",0 172755,"than heart , his story flattens instead of sharpens",0 145162,"Even if Britney Spears is really cute",0 113001,"a waste of De Niro , McDormand and the other good actors",0 21323,"middle-aged women just wanna have fun into a rousing treatise of sensual empowerment",1 133421,"strong and unforced",1 60953,"'s as entertaining",1 138184,"topical humour",1 56283,"pulse",0 169242,"pretentiously awful",0 26160,"Napoleon 's journey is interesting",1 72949,"about in thick clouds of denial",0 83792,"is a gorgeous and deceptively minimalist cinematic tone poem .",1 186550,"One long , numbing action sequence made up mostly of routine stuff Yuen has given us before .",0 75715,"bittersweet drama",1 238455,"was the unfulfilling , incongruous , `` wait a second",0 149642,"The nicest thing",1 32286,"has been made with great evident care",1 235241,"recipe , inspiring",1 136945,"this fresh . Not as good as the original",0 4429,"affection",1 173587,"the built-in silliness of the whole affair defeats them",0 164190,"itself and retreats",0 142007,", John , in the movie , is a rather dull person to be stuck with for two hours .",0 228781,"are both superb ,",1 128080,"nonsensical and formulaic",0 118743,"drowsy",0 114806,"as a dentist 's waiting room",0 199465,"fragmented film",0 94059,"swung me around",1 92045,"second helpings of love , romance , tragedy , false dawns , real dawns , comic relief",1 230453,"dumb entertainment have to be this dumb",0 168494,"over this",0 27532,"a first-timer",0 173756,"the dragons are okay , not much fire in the script .",0 42330,"make for a mildly entertaining 77 minutes",1 83116,"in the middle of hopeful",1 40498,"your brain in a way few current films do",1 72286,"a rich and intelligent film that uses",1 72775,"a visually stunning rumination",1 189156,"Thriller directorial debut for Traffic scribe Gaghan has all the right parts , but",1 17763,"thoughtful , provocative , insistently humanizing",1 88486,"of color , music , and dance that only the most practiced curmudgeon could fail to crack a smile at",1 142944,"93-minute condensation",0 202681,"is about as humorous as watching your favorite pet get buried alive",0 38281,"the goal",1 237850,"to ignore the fact that Hollywood is n't laughing with us , folks",0 3150,"who has waited three years with breathless anticipation for a new hal hartley movie to pore over",1 67323,"Love Call to Jeanette MacDonald",1 176119,"to fidget through ten pseudo-serious minutes while waiting for the ending credits and the deleted scenes montage to break the audience 's awkward silence",0 99503,"vowing ,",1 149926,"The thriller side of this movie is falling flat , as the stalker does n't do much stalking , and",0 211384,"she 's a best-selling writer of self-help books who ca n't help herself",0 172209,"substandard fashion",0 31067,"emotionally assertive",1 154570,"bad the film 's story does not live up to its style",0 19964,"are sure to please anyone in search of a Jules and Jim for the new millennium",1 107879,"Much has been written about those years when the psychedelic '60s grooved over into the gay '70s , but words do n't really do the era justice .",1 63071,"A generous , inspiring film that unfolds with grace and humor and gradually becomes a testament to faith .",1 122598,"hugely imaginative and successful casting to its great credit , as well as one terrific score and attitude to spare",1 148515,"Sex With Strangers will shock many with its unblinking frankness . But what is missing from it all is a moral . What is the filmmakers ' point ? Why did they deem it necessary to document all this emotional misery",0 148904,"Sucking all the ` classic ' out of Robert Louis Stevenson 's Treasure Island",0 14161,"It 's an old story , but a lively script , sharp acting and partially animated interludes make Just a Kiss seem minty fresh .",1 189009,"This is n't a terrible film by any means ,",1 58909,"there 's guilty fun to be had here . Chomp chomp",1 54367,"look downright unfree",0 220815,"'s fearless in picking apart human foibles , not afraid to lay her life bare in front of an audience",1 101390,"'ll enjoy this movie",1 54974,"must report that the children of varying ages in my audience never coughed , fidgeted or romped up and down the aisles for bathroom breaks",1 57998,"the ability to offend and put off everyone",0 146304,"In its best moments , resembles a bad high school production of Grease , without benefit of song .",0 53503,"is inspiring , ironic , and revelatory of just",1 71126,"You can almost see Mendes and company getting together before a single frame had been shot and collectively vowing , ` This is going to be something really good . ' And it is",1 44409,"Allows us to hope that Nolan is poised to embark a major career as a commercial yet inventive filmmaker",1 60813,"'s a film that affirms the nourishing aspects of love and companionship",1 23731,", it taps into genuine artistic befuddlement , and at the same time presents a scathing indictment of what drives Hollywood .",1 117942,"dedication",1 150081,"There 's too much falseness to the second half",0 217956,"turns the Marquis de Sade into a dullard",0 70874,"While Insomnia is in many ways a conventional , even predictable remake , Nolan 's penetrating undercurrent of cerebral and cinemantic flair lends ( it ) stimulating depth .",1 84012,"is an intelligent , realistic portrayal of testing boundaries",1 149507,"The lack of pace",0 69920,"The stars may be college kids , but the subject matter is as adult as you can get : the temptations of the flesh are unleashed by a slightly crazed , overtly determined young woman",1 161331,"his story flattens instead of sharpens",0 126920,"may well be the year 's best and most unpredictable comedy .",1 64763,"Combine the paranoid claustrophobia of a submarine movie with the unsettling spookiness of the supernatural -- why did n't Hollywood think of this sooner ?",1 70974,"With Dickens ' words and writer-director Douglas McGrath 's even-toned direction , a ripping good yarn is told .",1 10730,"stealing harvard aspires to comedic grand larceny but stands convicted of nothing more than petty theft of your time .",0 141326,"'s fitting that a movie as artificial and soulless as The Country Bears owes its genesis to an animatronic display at Disneyland",0 146582,"It 's of the quality of a lesser Harrison Ford movie - Six Days , Seven Nights , maybe , or that dreadful Sabrina remake .",0 110095,"The powder blues and sun-splashed whites of Tunis make an alluring backdrop for this sensuous and spirited tale of a prim widow who finds an unlikely release in belly-dancing clubs .",1 5644,"comedic employment",1 86220,"long ,",0 75501,"begins to drag two-thirds through , when the melodramatic aspects start to overtake the comedy",0 104510,"As refreshing as a drink from a woodland stream .",1 215079,"the most part a useless movie , even with",0 118584,"does seem pretty unbelievable at times",0 73955,"an unhappy , repressed and twisted personal life their tormentor deserved . These people",0 84784,"is tuned in to its community .",1 148177,"Proof that a thriller can be sleekly shot , expertly cast , paced with crisp professionalism ... and still be a letdown if its twists and turns hold no more surprise than yesterday 's weather report .",0 84208,"is flawed",0 111784,"a detailed historical document",1 162620,"is a grim , hollow exercise in flat scares and bad acting .",0 73567,"amazing film work",1 237541,"this little $ 1.8 million charmer ,",1 111549,"a better movie experience",1 164389,"keeping time as I slogged my way through Clockstoppers",0 102636,", it 's still a guilty pleasure to watch .",1 33391,"is incarnated in the movie 's soundtrack , a joyful effusion of disco Bollywood that , by the end of Monsoon Wedding , sent my spirit soaring out of the theater",1 99350,"very good time",1 12183,"this ready-made midnight movie probably wo n't stand the cold light of day ,",0 16367,"its best",1 159888,"gangster films that are equally lovely but also relentlessly brutal and brutally intelligent",1 134223,"that ` this is a story without surprises",0 177773,"we 're meant to buy that this doting mother would shun her kids , travel to one of the most dangerous parts of the world , don fatigues and become G . I . Jane .",0 147707,"No Such Thing is Hartley 's least accessible screed yet .",0 107145,"Jacquot seems unsure of how to evoke any sort of naturalism on the set .",0 214509,"the equivalent of French hip-hop , which also seems to play on a 10-year delay",0 36676,"savvier spoofs to come along in some time",1 14031,"Favor",1 2318,"smugly",0 35933,"pauses for blunt exposition to make sure you",0 61858,", delivers the goods and audiences will have a fun , no-frills ride .",1 223250,"Euro-trash",0 16689,"not very imaginative ,",0 19850,"and invaluable",1 63487,"A terrifically entertaining specimen of Spielbergian sci-fi .",1 142410,", rehash old jokes and leave any life at the doorstep . I like Frank the Pug , though",0 223465,"García Bernal and Talancón are an immensely appealing couple ,",1 33454,"is one of the most visually stunning and thematically moving epics in recent memory",1 107983,"New ways of describing badness need to be invented to describe exactly how bad it is .",0 75031,"attention , the '' big twists",1 4366,"abysmally",0 76980,"comes out looking like something wholly original",1 16331,"it acknowledges and celebrates their cheesiness as the reason why people get a kick out of watching them today .",1 130148,"perfectly executed and wonderfully sympathetic characters , who are alternately touching and funny",1 203933,"it is generally amusing from time to time",1 181541,"A bizarre piece of work , with premise and dialogue at the level of kids ' television and plot threads",0 79062,"enormously endearing",1 85491,"jolly , fun-for-fun 's - sake communal spirit goes to the essence of Broadway .",1 24112,"... ( it ) finds a way to lay bare the tragedies of its setting with a good deal of warmth and humor .",1 202415,"into heaven",1 143589,"All 's well that ends well , and rest assured",1 188650,"The script was reportedly rewritten a dozen times --",0 184672,"I have given it a one-star rating",0 164928,"like a sugar high gone awry",0 77886,"degrading and",0 157796,"does n't work in a modern context",0 230398,"drab romp",0 11451,"the full emotional involvement and",1 17507,"the clichés",0 139868,"will appeal to Discovery Channel fans and",1 62064,", its hard to imagine having more fun watching a documentary ...",1 139120,"wacky without clobbering the audience over the head",1 145979,"I 've always dreamed of attending Cannes , but after seeing this film , it 's not that big a deal",0 201322,"honesty and good sportsmanship",1 10200,"root for ( clara and paul ) , even like them , though perhaps it 's an emotion closer to pity",1 217112,"to indicate Clooney might have better luck next time",0 211136,"seems too simple and the working out of the plot almost arbitrary .",0 71532,"a delicately crafted film",1 14168,"It 's traditional moviemaking all the way , but it 's done with a lot of careful period attention as well as some very welcome wit .",1 171423,"so hard to be quirky and funny that the strain is all too evident",0 238579,"what ?!?",0 11682,"the music makes a nice album",1 144579,"Complex , sinuously plotted and , somehow , off-puttingly cold .",0 80704,"frozen tundra soap opera",0 152639,"a universally interesting soul",1 149837,"The smug , oily demeanor that Donovan adopts throughout the stupidly named Pipe Dream is just repulsive .",0 56332,"quickly snowballs out of control , while focusing on the what much more than the why",0 112675,"a servicable World War II drama",1 106960,"It 's such a mechanical endeavor ( that ) it never bothers to question why somebody might devote time to see it .",0 125867,"leave their families",0 75102,"awe-inspiring , at times sublime , visuals",1 87821,"never succumbs to the trap of the maudlin or tearful , offering instead with its unflinching gaze a measure of faith in the future .",1 73840,"an increasingly important film industry",1 16347,"it is so incisive , so bleakly amusing about how we go about our lives",1 43125,"'re at the right film",1 90632,"presents visceral and dangerously honest revelations about the men and machines behind the curtains of our planet .",1 235164,"quizzical , charming",1 72746,"a very distinctive sensibility",1 196775,"depraved , incoherent , instantly disposable piece",0 126789,"many have made it out to be",1 168944,"plays like a bad soap opera ,",0 140049,"with a chase to end all chases",1 147713,"No aspirations to social import inform the movie version . This is a shameless sham , calculated to cash in on the popularity of its stars .",0 100105,"who is always a joy to watch , even when her material is not first-rate )",1 161376,"hoity-toity convictions",0 181742,"A handsome but unfulfilling suspense drama more",0 115692,"become one of our best actors",1 36426,"refreshing to see Robin Williams turn 180 degrees from the string of insultingly innocuous",1 109592,"The best comedy concert movie",1 24576,"Although Life or Something Like It is very much in the mold of feel-good movies",1 198253,"exceedingly memorable one",1 190579,"a film that is , overall , far too staid for its subject matter",0 101973,"'s touching and tender and proves that even in sorrow you can find humor . Like blended shades of lipstick , these components combine into one terrific story with lots of laughs",1 77820,"deep inside righteousness can be found a tough beauty",1 64406,"Blue Crush thrillingly uses modern technology to take the viewer inside the wave .",1 87250,"more disciplined grade-grubbers",0 221345,", freshened up by the dunce of a Screenwriting 101 class .",0 190403,"a crowd-pleaser , but then",1 7319,"if signs is a good film , and it is ,",1 183457,"Director Shekhar Kapur and screenwriters Michael Schiffer and Hossein Amini have tried hard to modernize and reconceptualize things , but the barriers finally prove to be too great",0 55081,"no means a slam-dunk and",0 15474,"contenders",1 154120,"as an open can of pop left sitting in the sun",0 203586,"is thought-provoking",1 8003,"its blair witch project real-time roots",0 135284,"the film 's creepy",0 176658,"too much falseness",0 88640,"of his characters . He watches them as they float within the seas of their personalities .",1 192478,"an amateurish screenplay",0 173374,"the Hanson Brothers can save it",1 224571,"Laughably",1 9689,"persistently useless",0 188159,"The film , like Jimmy 's routines , could use a few good laughs .",0 117043,"clear and reliable an authority",1 9428,"offers some flashy twists",1 22432,"this crowd-pleaser 's fresh dialogue , energetic music , and good-natured spunk are often infectious .",1 207030,"no doubt delight Plympton 's legion of fans",1 123804,"is a plodding mess",0 143206,"A minor picture with a major identity crisis -- it 's sort of true and it 's sort of bogus and it 's ho-hum all the way through .",0 39672,"unsavory",0 14109,"IMAX was made for : Strap on a pair of 3-D goggles , shut out the real world , and take a vicarious voyage to the last frontier -- space",1 90163,"people can connect and express their love for each other",1 157848,"done , running off the limited chemistry created by Ralph Fiennes and Jennifer Lopez",0 104991,"Carl",1 33511,"is that it never loses touch with the reality of the grim situation",1 232257,"is a cliche",0 107413,"Leaves us wondering less about its ideas and more about its characterization of Hitler and the contrived nature of its provocative conclusion",0 160118,"gives the quickly named Blossom , Bubbles and Buttercup supernatural powers that include extraordinary strength and laser-beam eyes , which unfortunately do n't enable them to discern flimsy screenplays",0 18645,"Amy 's O 's honesty will win you over .",1 699,"cho appears to have settled comfortably into her skin",1 30032,"captures the speech patterns , moral codes and ideals of the 1940s",1 119993,"few sequels",0 93942,"surprisingly well",1 68179,"Perhaps the grossest movie ever made",0 23331,", Satin Rouge shows that the idea of women 's self-actualization knows few continental divides .",1 136673,"their lofty perch",1 69140,"Takes you by the face , strokes your cheeks and",1 183840,"Fails to convince the audience that these brats will ever be anything more than losers .",0 99099,"unreachable",0 47419,"Though it 's not very well shot or composed or edited",0 174560,"the popular predecessor",1 222227,"Alas , it 's the man that makes the clothes .",1 34169,"living in U . S",1 96137,"the minds and hearts",1 45752,"It 's somewhat clumsy and too lethargically paced",0 205636,"make Green Dragon seem more like medicine than entertainment",0 42184,"is mesmerizing --",1 39433,"translates Naipaul 's lively mix of characters from the page to screen",1 122610,"humanistic",1 129218,"of what 's become one of the movies ' creepiest conventions , in which the developmentally disabled",0 7634,"irresponsible",0 164007,"its characters idiots",0 178717,"without its pleasures",0 164898,"like a community theater production of a great Broadway play",0 160088,"give solid performances",1 76787,"clean",1 33299,"is also a troubling interpretation of Ecclesiastes . A rewarding work of art for only the most patient and challenge-hungry moviegoers .",1 163224,"is painful to watch",0 25456,"Grey Zone",0 25362,"Frida 's artistic brilliance is undeniable -- it 's among the most breathtakingly designed films I 've ever seen .",1 171403,"so dull",0 153785,"are a few laughs and clever sight gags scattered about , but not enough to make this anything more than another big-budget bust",0 145356,"First good ,",1 138532,"unaccountable direction is technically sophisticated in the worst way .",0 184699,"I pledge allegiance to Cagney and Lacey .",1 42163,"is as gritty",1 118620,"done-to-death",0 172446,"sympathy , hypocrisy and love",1 7035,"have it all go wrong",0 125861,"leave fans clamoring for another ride",1 216346,"this arrogant Richard Pryor wannabe",0 93803,"such high-wattage brainpower coupled with pitch-perfect acting and an exquisite , unfakable sense of cinema",1 222167,"About half of them are funny , a few are sexy and",1 188229,"The filmmakers know how to please the eye",1 133353,"story is almost an afterthought",0 235348,"required to have ushers in the theater that hand you a cup of coffee every few minutes",0 188474,"The niftiest trick",1 142470,", the director just ends up exposing his own obsession .",0 175964,"to be really dumb not to see where this is going",0 123314,"independent or",1 77590,"crisp clarity",1 74785,"as terrible as the synergistic impulse that created it",0 102452,", combined with so much first-rate talent ... could have yielded such a flat , plodding picture",0 111975,"a funny no-brainer",1 147216,"Little more than a frothy vanity project .",0 68338,"Rarely does such high-profile talent serve such literate material .",1 218085,"uncool the only thing missing is the '' Gadzooks !",0 72004,"a more fascinating look at the future than '' Bladerunner ''",1 85915,"less conspicuous writing strength",0 177166,"unending",0 57080,"smart , steamy mix",1 106179,"Has the rare capability to soothe and break your heart with a single stroke .",1 7887,"it 's played in the most straight-faced fashion , with little humor to lighten things up . the heavy-handed film is almost laughable as a consequence",0 226549,"The work of a filmmaker who has secrets buried at the heart of his story and knows how to take time revealing them .",1 184620,"I ca n't remember the last time I saw an audience laugh so much during a movie , but there 's only one problem ...",1 6476,"fiend",0 226439,"The premise of `` Abandon '' holds promise , ...",1 236891,"the film founders on its lack of empathy for the social milieu - rich New York intelligentsia - and its off",0 56015,"perversity",0 13846,"An experience so engrossing it",1 60856,"'s a sit down and ponder affair",1 140621,"wrong on both counts",0 204946,"lightweight , uneven action comedy",0 218870,"watching monkeys flinging their feces at you",0 100117,"who loves both dance and cinema",1 21079,"isolation",0 4444,"aftertaste",0 9394,"of too many chefs fussing over too weak a recipe",0 57618,"team for the all-too - inevitable American remake",1 143454,"ABC Kiarostami .",1 186570,"One of the worst movies of the year ... Watching it was painful .",0 55022,"negativity",0 223257,"Even by dumb action-movie standards , Ballistic : Ecks vs. Sever is a dumb action movie .",0 42960,"visually polished , a little funnier , and",1 139079,"visit , this laboratory of laughter",1 130842,"put in service",1 69962,"The storytelling may be ordinary , but the cast is one of those all-star reunions that fans of Gosford Park have come to assume is just another day of Brit cinema .",1 151173,"Ze movie starts out so funny ,",1 202561,"is a dim-witted pairing of teen-speak and animal gibberish .",0 67429,"Marshall keeps the energy humming , and",1 70476,"Triple X is a double agent , and he 's one bad dude . When you 've got the wildly popular Vin Diesel in the equation , it adds up to big box office bucks all but guaranteed .",1 143561,"Ah , yes , that would be me : fighting off the urge to doze",0 144415,"Characters wander into predictably treacherous situations even though they should know better .",0 60458,"wonderfully loopy tale of love , longing , and voting",1 151144,"You see Robin Williams and psycho killer , and you think , hmmmmm . You see the movie and you think , zzzzzzzzz",0 5143,"bibi 's generic angst",0 154769,"be me : fighting off the urge to doze",0 42085,"his documentary To Be and to Have , easily",1 197685,"easy to be bored by as your ABC 's",0 196283,"could have been much stronger",0 231137,"get through this frankly fantastical by-the-numbers B-flick with just a suspension of disbelief",0 100437,"with a tale full of nuance and character dimension",1 38885,"they are magnificent",1 223510,"Good film , but very glum .",1 46251,"Mr . Spielberg and his company just want you to enjoy yourselves without feeling conned .",1 70566,"Unfolds in a series of achronological vignettes whose cumulative effect is chilling .",1 111602,"a celebration of feminine energy , a tribute to the power of women to heal",1 5762,"could be the worst thing to come out of national lampoon since class reunion",0 61691,", Spielberg knows how to tell us about people .",1 20310,"creamy depth",1 38392,"the magic he 's spun with the Hollywood empress of Ms . Leoni 's Ellie",1 21949,"shapelessly",0 21091,"it 's not terribly original",0 58999,"this intricately structured and well-realized drama",1 35475,"of the most honest films ever made about Hollywood",1 128000,"no good answer to that one",0 2531,"the artificial structure",0 213772,"that movie nothing more than a tepid exercise in",0 63332,"A riveting story well told .",1 114490,"appeal to Asian cult cinema fans and Asiaphiles interested to see what all the fuss is about .",1 160401,"grows tedious",0 30377,"contempt",0 12491,"too erotic nor",0 122854,"in Jerry Bruckheimer 's putrid pond of retread action twaddle",0 231879,"if only it were that grand a failure",0 239113,"you 're paying attention",1 27510,"a few laughs",1 22892,"wry humor and genuine pathos , especially",1 196202,"contrived situations",0 30768,"dialogue and lapses",0 201919,"in just such a dungpile that you 'd swear you",0 100093,"who has lived her life half-asleep suddenly wake up",1 162048,"in the way of what should be the lighter-than-air adventure",1 211122,"seems to really care",1 459,"artistic",1 124737,"is truly funny",1 181793,"A look at the ''",1 16380,"its inscrutable mysteries",1 202659,"is a successful one .",1 14065,"Gosling provides an amazing performance that dwarfs everything else in the film .",1 163586,"is workmanlike in the extreme",0 234627,"offers chills much like those",1 70277,"This movie has a strong message about never giving up on a loved one , but",1 178023,"when are bears bears and",1 228342,"achieve a shock-you-into-laughter intensity of almost Dadaist proportions .",1 101828,"'s nothing interesting in Unfaithful whatsoever",0 158711,"exudes none of the charm or charisma that might keep a more general audience even vaguely interested in his bratty character .",0 149982,"The whole affair , true story or not , feels incredibly hokey ... ( it ) comes off like a Hallmark commercial",0 235876,"so terrifying I 'm still stunned",1 238432,"was better than Saving Private Ryan",1 215542,"the same old silliness",0 25300,"Few films this year have been as resolute in their emotional nakedness .",1 149866,"The story is -- forgive me -- a little thin , and",0 195513,"castrated",0 147237,"Looks like a high school film project completed the day before it was due .",0 163836,"it is made up of three episodes of a rejected TV show",0 193359,"as a fanciful film about the typical problems of average people",1 18031,"which all other Best Picture contenders should be measured",1 160027,"gets more tiresome , especially as it continues to mount a conspicuous effort to be profound",0 22823,"with a great meet-cute gimmick",1 47490,"Two hours fly by",1 156911,"counting a few gross-out comedies I 've been trying to forget",0 166948,"not even Steven Spielberg would know how to do",0 6745,"generic , derivative and done to death",0 8324,"labute masterfully",1 43182,"'s a wickedly subversive bent to the best parts of Birthday Girl .",1 103889,"A small movie with a big heart .",1 163914,"it should have ditched the artsy pretensions and revelled in the entertaining shallows .",0 101131,"you have figured out the con and the players in this debut film by Argentine director Fabian Bielinsky",1 4621,"an amicable endeavor",1 215862,"the visual panache , the comic touch ,",1 103727,"A movie of riveting power and sadness",1 44835,"Ca n't Swim represents an engaging and intimate first feature by a talented director to watch",1 201527,"if each watered down the version of the one before",0 19876,"and refined it to a crystalline point",1 162571,"is a brilliantly played , deeply unsettling experience",1 164367,"juvenile and near-xenophobic",0 227445,"`` Blue Crush '' is the phenomenal , water-born cinematography by David Hennings",1 182729,"Bears wastes an exceptionally good idea .",0 119111,"enigmatic features",1 134405,"that it 's hardly watchable",0 182121,"A yawn-provoking little farm melodrama .",0 181585,"A crude",0 202672,"is a worthwhile topic for a film",1 195979,"comes off like a particularly amateurish episode of Bewitched that takes place during Spring Break",0 163033,"is moldy and obvious .",0 96838,"the tale of her passionate , tumultuous affair with Musset unfolds as Sand 's masculine persona , with its love of life and beauty , takes form .",1 159148,"find little of interest in this film , which is often preachy and poorly acted",0 146617,"It 's so full of wrong choices that all you can do is shake your head in disbelief -- and worry about what classic Oliver Parker intends to mangle next time .",0 13250,"worry",0 67564,"Miller , Kuras and the actresses",1 231864,"if George Romero had directed this movie , it would n't have taken the protagonists a full hour to determine that in order to kill a zombie you must shoot it in the head",0 195642,"cheesy B-movie",0 40395,"yell",0 93746,"subtly kinky bedside vigils and sensational denouements",1 7604,"into combat hell",0 177661,"was made to get laughs from the slowest person in the audience -- just pure slapstick with lots of inane , inoffensive screaming and exaggerated facial expressions .",0 160817,"have been called Freddy Gets Molested by a Dog",0 144799,"Despite bearing the Paramount imprint , it 's a bargain-basement European pickup . What 's hard to understand is why anybody picked it up . Wiser souls would have tactfully pretended not to see it and left it lying there",0 41890,"exquisitely polished and",1 143190,"A mawkish self-parody",0 183323,"Debut effort by '' Project Greenlight '' winner is sappy and amateurish .",0 135386,"the filmmaking may be a bit disjointed",0 224211,"It 's not a motion picture : it 's an utterly static picture .",0 197555,"drown yourself in a lake",0 16351,"it never took off and always seemed static .",0 25082,"Dazzling and sugar-sweet",1 106958,"It 's sort of in-between",1 136627,"the worthy successor to A Better Tomorrow and",1 6533,"flat ,",0 103563,"A few nonbelievers may rethink their attitudes when they see the joy the characters take in this creed , but skeptics are n't likely to enter the theater .",1 77963,"delves into the passive-aggressive psychology of co-dependence and the struggle for self-esteem .",0 105468,"Directors John Musker and Ron Clements , the team behind The Little Mermaid , have produced sparkling retina candy",1 44014,"A compelling yarn",1 222532,"Bad company .",0 221086,"( The film 's ) taste for `` shock humor '' will wear thin on all but those weaned on the comedy of Tom Green and the Farrelly Brothers",0 189209,"Tom Green stages his gags as assaults on America 's knee-jerk moral sanctimony",0 92044,"second helpings",1 167676,"of rotten pulp and living worms",0 154519,"awkwardly paced",0 132262,"she fails to provoke them .",0 68563,"Saddled with an unwieldy cast of characters and angles , but the payoff is powerful and revelatory .",1 202243,"inhuman cinematic punishment",0 102841,", spicy footnote",1 70118,"There are n't many conclusive answers in the film ,",0 237147,"the picture of health with boundless energy",1 112124,"a hilarious adventure",1 71515,"a deceptively simple premise",1 205180,"lists and ways",1 135330,"the film in a very real and amusing give-and-take",1 180502,", and entirely implausible",0 94134,"takes a potentially trite and overused concept ( aliens come to Earth ) and infuses it into a rustic , realistic , and altogether creepy tale of hidden invasion .",1 223875,"I wish I could say `` Thank God It 's Friday '' , but",0 41930,"filled with scams",0 181713,"A glossy knock-off",0 64043,"Argento , at only 26 , brings a youthful , out-to-change-the-world aggressiveness to the project , as if she 's cut open a vein and bled the raw film stock .",1 153258,"amounts to surprisingly little",0 109406,"The Adventures of Pluto Nash '' is a big time stinker",0 132461,"sidesplitting",1 41657,"boldness and",1 236522,"that provide its thrills and extreme emotions",1 44009,"A compelling Spanish film about the withering effects of jealousy",1 232341,"is a question for philosophers , not filmmakers : all the filmmakers need to do is engage an audience .",0 63106,"A headline-fresh thriller set among orthodox Jews on the West Bank , Joseph Cedar 's Time",1 57891,"that the beauty and power of the opera reside primarily in the music itself",1 225139,"Niro performance",1 166791,"no goal and no urgency .",0 233632,"make for some robust and scary entertainment .",1 158817,"familiar and predictable",0 63717,"Allen 's romantic comedies so pertinent and enduring",1 44237,"A sensitive , moving , brilliantly constructed work .",1 221523,", sitting through Dahmer 's two hours amounts to little more than punishment .",0 105076,"Children of the Century , though well dressed and well made ,",1 210399,"rendered in as flat",0 130800,"pulls the rug out from under you , just when you 're ready to hate one character , or really sympathize with another character",1 153444,"an intricate plot",1 102022,"'ve grown tired of going where no man has gone before , but several movies have - take heart .",1 197938,"entered the bizarre realm",0 63695,"All comedy is subversive , but this unrelenting bleak insistence on opting out of any opportunity for finding meaning in relationships or work just becomes sad",0 66921,"Jim Brown , a celebrated wonder in the spotlight",1 179706,"'s difficult to discern if this is a crazy work of disturbed genius or merely 90 minutes of post-adolescent Electra rebellion .",0 86655,"makes the move from pleasing",1 117584,"could n't keep my attention",0 105850,"For those who like quirky , slightly strange French films , this is a must !",1 164958,"like it was made by some very stoned college students",0 238097,"trailer-trash style",0 43154,"'s a day at the beach -- with air conditioning and popcorn .",1 187102,"Sara Sugarman 's whimsical comedy Very Annie-Mary but not",1 4818,"artificial as the video games",0 74997,"at the sometimes murky , always brooding look of I",0 68682,"See it now",1 76040,"buoyant delivery",1 103178,"... Festival in Cannes bubbles with the excitement of the festival in Cannes .",1 106471,"I have given this movie a rating of zero . But",0 83671,"irresistibly uncanny ambience",1 112906,"a torn book jacket",1 225829,"So devoid of pleasure or sensuality",0 85051,"it is Schmidt 's , no matter if it 's viewed as a self-reflection or cautionary tale",1 7793,"is structured less as a documentary and more as a found relic",1 155851,"ca n't hide the musty scent of Todd Farmer 's screenplay , which is a simple retread of the 1979 Alien , with a plucky heroine battling a monster loose in a spaceship .",0 162547,"is Dawn of the Dead crossed with John Carpenter 's Ghosts of Mars , with zombies not as ghoulish as the first and trains not as big as the second",0 176681,"too predictable and too self-conscious",0 166629,"needed to make this genre soar",1 124855,"it 's not that funny",0 29613,"bitter",0 69138,"Takes you by the face ,",1 12517,"too weak a",0 126183,"linking a halfwit plot to a series of standup routines in which Wilson and Murphy show how funny they could have been in a more ambitious movie",0 141198,"'s almost worth seeing because it 's so bad",0 163162,"is not helped by the thin characterizations , nonexistent plot and pretentious visual style",0 82408,"home movie gone haywire",0 194110,"be disappointed in the relative modesty of a movie that sports a ` topless tutorial service",0 14908,"admired",1 114649,"are once again made all too clear in this schlocky horror\/action hybrid",0 86376,"love that strikes a very resonant chord",1 163550,"is undercut by its own head-banging obviousness .",0 80146,"floppy hair",0 231916,"immensely appealing",1 91895,"sane and breathtakingly",1 72279,"a revealing look",1 237829,"to give you a lot of laughs in this simple , sweet and romantic comedy",1 117478,"content and narrative strength",1 222626,"Black Hawk Down with more heart",1 60655,"'' The best Disney movie since the Lion King ''",1 12774,"very well-made",1 154069,"as a Spanish butler with a foot fetish",1 119723,"familiar but enjoyable",1 93928,"surprisingly brilliant",1 26996,"This is one of the most visually stunning and thematically moving epics in recent memory , and in spite of numerous minor flaws , Scorsese 's best in more than a decade .",1 105708,"Everybody loves a David and Goliath story ,",1 49430,"authentic to the core of his being",1 225154,"No Such Thing is sort of a minimalist Beauty and the Beast , but in this case the Beast should definitely get top billing .",1 149401,"The film flat lines when it should peak and is more",0 205711,"makes for some glacial pacing early on",0 11284,"the devastation",0 142092,", at times , preposterous )",0 215889,"the wheezing terrorist subplot has n't the stamina for the 100-minute running time",0 98926,"uncomfortably timely , relevant , and sickeningly real",1 102849,", superficiality and silliness",0 131868,"scuzzy underbelly",0 122191,"hi ''",0 64045,"Arguably the best script that Besson has written in years .",1 184960,"Interminably",1 80793,"funny , moving yarn",1 105633,"Engages us in constant fits of laughter , until we find ourselves surprised at how much we care about the story , and",1 190949,"a mindless action flick with a twist -- far better suited to video-viewing than the multiplex",0 118,"a biting satire that has no teeth",0 147500,"Morrissette has performed a difficult task indeed - he 's taken one of the world 's most fascinating stories and made it dull , lifeless , and irritating",0 114818,"as a kind of political Blair Witch , a monstrous murk that haunts us precisely because it can never be seen",0 101116,"you expect and often surprises you with unexpected comedy",1 158458,"even the most elemental literacy , an inkling of genuine wit , and anything resembling acting",0 5981,"discarded",0 115653,"beautifully acted and directed , it 's clear that Washington most certainly has a new career ahead of him if he so chooses .",1 200972,"health with boundless energy until a few days before she dies . This is absolutely and completely ridiculous and",0 42940,"undeniable ,",1 96482,"the process comes out looking like something wholly original",1 107516,"Looks",1 107108,"Its use of the thriller form to examine the labyrinthine ways in which people 's lives cross and change ,",1 138144,"too predictable and",0 185894,"Lucky Break is ( Cattaneo ) sophomore slump .",0 17620,"the punishing",0 137825,"to screen with considerable appeal intact",1 106282,"Hollywood road",1 200850,"have no affinity for most of the characters . Nothing about them is attractive . What they see in each other also is difficult to fathom",0 139988,"wince in embarrassment and others , thanks to the actors , that are quite touching .",1 190336,"a comedic moment in this romantic comedy",1 14750,"a hoot",1 148452,"Scorsese at his best makes gangster films that are equally lovely but also relentlessly brutal and brutally intelligent :",1 86984,"mediocre",0 124455,"is pushed into the margins by predictable plotting and tiresome histrionics",0 216567,"though I could not stand them .",0 208869,"outdated clothes and plastic knickknacks",0 93918,"surprise us with plot twists",1 157489,"directions and descends into such message-mongering moralism that its good qualities are obscured .",0 165842,"memorable images ...",1 149556,"The more Kevin Costner rests on his pretty-boy laurels , the public is , regrettably , going to have tepid films like Dragonfly tossed at them .",0 148828,"Star Trek : Nemesis meekly goes where nearly every Star Trek movie has gone before",0 206391,"more holes than Clyde Barrow 's car",0 165310,"loud , low-budget and tired formula film",0 3608,"a breath",1 1718,"me uncomfortably close to losing my lunch",0 74484,"arrest development in a dead-end existence",0 185206,"It 's refreshing that someone understands the need for the bad boy : Diesel , with his brawny frame and cool , composed delivery , fits the bill perfectly .",1 16006,"held together by skilled ensemble actors",1 58990,"this film always keeping the balance between the fantastic and the believable",1 168081,"on in a disjointed , substandard fashion from one",0 142586,", this wretched work falls flat in just about every conceivable area .",0 22643,"unflinching and tantalizing",1 77944,"delivering a series of abrasive , stylized sequences that burn themselves upon the viewer 's memory",1 117656,"cram too many ingredients into one small pot",0 135634,"the laziness and arrogance",0 18390,", but when it 's good , it 's good and horrid .",1 195468,"carefully choreographed",1 75388,"because he gives the story some soul",1 81229,"good human",1 104836,"Both lead performances are Oscar-size . Quaid is utterly fearless as the tortured husband living a painful lie , and Moore wonderfully underplays the long-suffering heroine with an unflappable '50s dignity somewhere between Jane Wyman and June Cleaver .",1 47532,"Very psychoanalytical -- provocatively so -- and also refreshingly literary .",1 220018,"worse than you can imagine",0 232991,"it also comes with the laziness and arrogance of a thing that already knows it 's won .",0 97224,"these broken characters who are trying to make their way through this tragedy",0 96525,"the raw comic energy",1 204871,"less mature",1 218188,"unfunny and unoriginal mess",0 46526,"Poetry in motion captured on film .",1 136621,"the worst movie I 've seen this summer",0 174203,"the lazy people",0 152607,"a tired one",0 112989,"a vivid imagination and an impressive style",1 82088,"her agreeably startling use of close-ups",1 73517,"also a -- dare I say it twice -- delightfully charming -- and totally American ,",1 20957,"intimate and the dialogue is realistic and greatly moving . The scope of the Silberstein family is large",1 81712,"has fashioned an absorbing look at provincial bourgeois French society .",1 197679,"easy sanctimony",0 227144,"Who cares ? ) .",0 203798,"it 's simply unbearable",0 165655,"manipulative whitewash",0 195625,"cheap junk and an insult to their death-defying efforts",0 171112,"simply tossing in lots of characters doing silly stuff and stirring the pot",0 15039,"and harsh",0 196729,"demented premise",0 63526,"A tremendous piece",1 174009,"the full visceral impact of a ruthless army on the warpath but",1 171963,"stellar cast",1 100536,"with its love of life and beauty",1 187368,"Smug",0 217657,"too polite to scale the lunatic heights of Joe Dante 's similarly styled Gremlins",0 87041,"mention mysterious , sensual , emotionally intense , and replete with virtuoso throat-singing",1 186220,"Mr . Wollter and Ms . Seldhal give strong and convincing performances , but",1 224719,"Manipulative claptrap , a period-piece movie-of-the-week ,",0 92795,"slathered on crackers and",0 195756,"clever bits",1 29763,"brought him fame in the first place",1 203796,"it 's self-defeatingly decorous",0 208170,"of their first full flush of testosterone",0 74912,"at achieving the modest , crowd-pleasing goals it sets for itself",1 11965,"the thin veneer",0 34193,"look at how another culture handles the process of courting and marriage",1 109341,"Talky",1 205919,"may be lovely",1 36824,"serial killer",0 227040,"What Jackson has done is proven that no amount of imagination , no creature , no fantasy story and no incredibly outlandish scenery",0 135571,"the insinuation of mediocre acting or",0 32750,"if you 're not nearly moved to tears by a couple of scenes",1 632,"breathless anticipation for a new hal hartley movie",1 208089,"of the intensity that made her an interesting character to begin with",1 225633,"Robert De Niro singing - and dancing to - West Side Story show tunes",1 136702,"themes that interest Attal and Gainsbourg",1 20601,"foul , freaky and funny",1 106697,"In his latest effort , Storytelling , Solondz has finally made a movie that is n't just offensive -- it also happens to be good",1 76697,"chomp on jumbo ants , pull an arrow out of his back , and",0 125369,"its standard formula",0 176608,"too dull and pretentious to be engaging",0 209268,"picked not for their acting chops , but for their looks",0 235680,"should avoid this like the dreaded King Brown snake",0 82603,"if Frailty will turn Bill Paxton into an A-list director",1 217599,"too indulgent",0 186058,"McKay shows crushingly little curiosity about , or is ill-equipped to examine , the interior lives of the characters in his film , much less incorporate them into his narrative .",0 90369,"plays closer to two .",1 53035,"in this performance",1 62303,", the movie runs a good race",1 16212,"is a blast of educational energy , as bouncy animation and catchy songs escort you through the entire 85 minutes",1 69665,"The large-format film is well suited to capture these musicians in full regalia",1 217982,"twisted metal",0 196606,"deadeningly",0 130298,"plays like a reading from Bartlett 's Familiar Quotations",1 173062,"that it 's almost worth seeing because it 's so bad",0 6431,"fears",0 130071,"pays off , as does its sensitive handling of some delicate subject matter",1 14507,"The movie is a blast of educational energy , as bouncy animation and catchy songs escort you through the entire 85 minutes .",1 65519,"Festival In Cannes offers rare insight into the structure of relationships .",1 153239,"amazingly lifelike Tara Reid",1 195980,"comes off like a particularly amateurish episode of Bewitched that takes place during Spring Break .",0 56153,"prehistoric hilarity",1 4844,"as a witness to several greek-american weddings -- but , happily",1 42118,"infuses the role",1 32590,"his subjects are charmers",1 218836,"watch Robert DeNiro belt out",1 124862,"it 's pleasant enough",1 153664,"any chance of enjoying this film is by lowering your expectations .",0 235178,"ranks as the most original in years .",1 56845,"sensitive story",1 108464,"Pratfalls aside , Barbershop gets its greatest play from the timeless spectacle of people really talking to each other .",1 69096,"T . Anderson",1 90619,"present Brown as a catalyst for the struggle of black manhood in restrictive and chaotic America ... sketchy but nevertheless gripping portrait of Jim Brown , a celebrated wonder in the spotlight",1 234031,"my preferred way of spending 100 minutes or $ 7.00",1 100278,"will linger long after this film has ended .",1 147646,"Never Again '' worthwhile",1 95870,"the hearts of animation enthusiasts of all ages",1 105307,"Daring and beautifully made",1 101223,"your Halloween entertainment",1 11911,"the story ... is inspiring , ironic , and revelatory of just how ridiculous and money-oriented the record industry really is",1 207045,"no interesting concept",0 132513,"simply stupid , irrelevant and deeply",0 124051,"is flat",0 26213,"Not a cozy or ingratiating work , but it 's challenging , sometimes clever , and always interesting , and those are reasons enough to see it .",1 95813,"the gifted Korean American stand-up",1 231423,"has been written so well , that even a simple `` Goddammit",1 93305,"spends a bit too much time",0 127518,"mostly told through on-camera interviews with several survivors , whose riveting memories are rendered with such clarity that it 's as if it all happened only yesterday",1 34802,"n't know if it 's possible to make a narrative film about September 11th , though I 'm sure some will try",0 71622,"a feel-good movie about which you can actually feel good",1 109573,"The art direction is often exquisite , and the anthropomorphic animal characters are beautifully realized through clever makeup design , leaving one to hope that the eventual DVD release will offer subtitles and the original Italian-language soundtrack .",1 48346,"a rollicking good time for the most part",1 211887,"snail-like pacing",0 9760,"poetry",1 113399,"admire the film 's stately nature",1 139112,"vulgar dialogue",0 153943,"are sometimes inexpressive",0 66419,"Inventive",1 9321,"of nostalgic spy-movie charm",1 59660,"understands like few others how the depth and breadth of emotional intimacy give the physical act all of its meaning and most of its pleasure",1 112373,"a movie so sloppy , so uneven , so damn unpleasant that I ca n't believe any viewer , young or old ,",0 188996,"This is an insultingly inept and artificial examination of grief and its impacts upon the relationships of the survivors .",0 65556,"Flamboyant",1 18934,"Hollywood action epics",1 120684,"from a lack of clarity and audacity that a subject as monstrous and pathetic as Dahmer",0 60459,"wonderfully respectful of its past and",1 67305,"Lonely",0 184588,"I 've seen some bad singer-turned actors ,",0 121520,"hackneyed story",0 189707,"While this film has an ` A ' list cast and some strong supporting players",1 142342,", manipulative and as bland as Wonder Bread dipped in milk , but it also does the absolute last thing we need Hollywood doing to us : It preaches .",0 31215,"essential feature -- a decent full-on space battle",1 66122,"I 've never seen or heard anything quite like this film",1 36713,"screen-eating dominatrixes",0 53338,"is a succinct low-budget film whose compelling characters and intelligent script are exactly what was missing from Rabbit-Proof Fence",1 129001,"of the cleverest , most deceptively amusing comedies of the year",1 43982,"A buoyant romantic comedy about friendship , love , and the truth that we 're all in this together .",1 177985,"what looks like a juicy , delicious plum on a hot summer day",1 11457,"the gags are puerile",0 125694,"lack-of-attention",0 186470,"Nothing but an episode",0 238752,"will be all too familiar for anyone who 's seen George Roy Hill 's 1973 film , `` The Sting",0 133038,"soul-stirring documentary",1 36568,"richly imagined",1 79713,"fashioned an absorbing look at provincial bourgeois French society",1 24012,", yet tremendously sad",0 11736,"the physically spectacular qualities",1 187183,"Seemingly a vehicle to showcase the Canadian 's inane ramblings , Stealing Harvard is a smorgasbord of soliloquies about nothing delivered by the former Mr . Drew Barrymore .",0 191401,"a story for more than four minutes",0 166649,"neither does it exude any charm or personality",0 121794,"has managed to create an underplayed melodrama about family dynamics and dysfunction that harks back to the spare , unchecked heartache of Yasujiro Ozu .",1 48204,"a moral tale",1 111378,"Zhuangzhuang creates delicate balance of style , text , and subtext that 's so simple and precise that anything discordant would topple the balance ,",1 190401,"a crowd-pleaser ,",1 185280,"It follows the Blair Witch formula for an hour , in which we 're told something creepy and vague is in the works , and then it goes awry in the final 30 minutes",0 157820,"does so many of the little things right",1 127206,"modernized for the extreme sports generation",1 28880,"and triumphs",1 3009,"typical",0 86563,"make it an above-average thriller",1 236682,"the `` A '' range",1 213033,"sustained fest of self-congratulation between actor and director that leaves scant place for the viewer .",0 195507,"cast the magnificent Jackie Chan",1 102552,", he 's unlikely to become a household name on the basis of his first starring vehicle .",0 204055,"it was an honest effort",1 201567,"if not morally bankrupt , at least terribly monotonous",0 96227,"the movie lacks in action",0 229206,"be much funnier than anything in the film",0 238193,"uncool the only thing missing is the `` Gadzooks !",0 213913,"that this is a Mormon family movie , and a sappy , preachy one at that",0 182041,"A superfluous sequel ... plagued by that old familiar feeling of ` let 's get this thing over with ' : Everyone has shown up at the appointed time and place , but",0 27945,"a way of infecting the entire crowd as the film rolls on",1 71007,"With lesser talents , High Crimes would be entertaining , but forgettable . With Freeman and Judd , I 'll at least remember their characters",0 121385,"grand picture",1 45939,"Keenly",1 68070,"P . T . Anderson understands the grandness of romance and",1 40979,"It 's a great deal of sizzle and very little steak . But",0 224046,"In truth , it has all the heart of a porno flick ( but none of the sheer lust ) .",0 51000,"down a familiar road with a few twists",0 172899,"that I wasted 123 minutes and $ 9 .",0 116215,"brimming with coltish , neurotic energy",1 100400,"with a fine character study that 's short on plot but rich in the tiny revelations of real life",1 191022,"a mystery devoid",0 72505,"a square , sentimental drama that satisfies , as comfort food often can",1 32500,"hilarious , well-shot and , importantly , entertaining",1 232361,"is a subzero version of Monsters , Inc. , without the latter 's imagination ,",0 4183,"a sweet treasure and something",1 50741,"delivers a monologue that manages to incorporate both the horror and the absurdity of the situation in a well-balanced fashion .",1 162446,"intricate connections",1 65537,"Filmmaker Tian Zhuangzhuang triumphantly returns to narrative filmmaking with a visually masterful work of quiet power .",1 226656,"This is going to be something really good",1 79369,"evocative and",1 230416,"dreadful romance .",0 203650,"is unfocused , while the story goes nowhere",0 163005,"is like biting into what looks like a juicy , delicious plum on a hot summer day and coming away with your mouth full of rotten pulp and living worms .",0 63013,"A fine , rousing , G-rated family film",1 39719,"us exactly why a romantic relationship between a 15-year-old boy and a 40-year-old woman does n't work",0 42474,"portrayed with quiet fastidiousness",1 175886,"to avoid being recognized as the man who bilked unsuspecting moviegoers",0 172309,"sums up the sad state of his recent career .",0 189091,"This story of unrequited love does n't sustain interest beyond the first half-hour .",0 109319,"Take away the controversy , and it 's not much more watchable than a Mexican soap opera",0 160601,"has a florid turn of phrase that owes more to Guy Ritchie than the Bard of Avon",0 234913,"perfectly acceptable , occasionally very enjoyable children 's",1 117423,"conjure proper respect",1 222188,"Action Man cliché",0 65826,"Gooding is the energetic frontman , and it 's hard to resist his enthusiasm , even if the filmmakers come up with nothing original in the way of slapstick sequences .",1 96309,"the original could ever have hoped to be",1 222176,"Absurdities and clichés accumulate like lint in a fat man 's navel .",0 5546,"chloroform-soaked",0 72527,"a stirring visual sequence",1 75473,"been more fun than it is in Nine Queens",1 165613,"makes valid points about the depersonalization of modern life",1 225712,"Scotland , Pa. is a strangely drab romp .",0 129034,"of the great films about movie love",1 48566,"about the film that makes it a suitable entry into the fest circuit",1 147994,"PG-13",1 185359,"It takes a really long , slow and dreary time to dope out what TUCK EVERLASTING is about . So here it is :",0 238074,"too slight to be called any kind of masterpiece",0 180601,", despite the mild hallucinogenic buzz , is of overwhelming waste",0 45230,"Feature debuter D . J . Caruso directs a crack ensemble cast , bringing screenwriter Tony Gayton 's narcotics noir to life .",1 103876,"A simpler , leaner treatment would have been preferable : after all , being about nothing is sometimes funnier than being about something .",0 153064,"all hope , ye who enter here",0 131272,"religion that dares to question an ancient faith , and",1 42699,"stop me",0 185705,"Lazy",0 135535,"the hype , the celebrity ,",1 108957,"Simone '' is a fun",1 228214,"a testament to the film 's considerable charm",1 196661,"decrepit freaks",0 99707,"we 'll keep watching the skies for his next project",1 220354,"you wonder what anyone saw in this film that allowed it to get made .",0 113396,"admirable reconstruction",1 109283,"Surprisingly , considering that Baird is a former film editor , the movie is rather choppy .",0 86751,"manages to find greatness in the hue of its drastic iconography",1 221068,"( Haynes ' ) homage to such films as `` All That Heaven Allows '' and `` Imitation of Life ''",1 142392,", pointless and depressing , even if you",0 160260,"good joke",1 125150,"it with Ring ,",1 14787,"a movie that deals with a real subject in an always surprising way",1 109028,"So unique and",1 130343,"plucks",1 29141,"as a boldly experimental , contemporary stylist with a bright future",1 203821,"it , offering fine acting moments and pungent",1 170905,"short of its Ideal predecessor largely due to Parker 's ill-advised meddling with the timeless source material",0 22121,"takes a tongue-in-cheek attitude even as it pushes the Croc Hunter agenda .",1 196275,"could have -- should have",0 19788,"and Wollter 's sterling performances",1 160998,"he obviously does n't have his heart in it",0 237537,"this kind of material is more effective on stage",0 174514,"the performances are television - caliber and the message of providing solace through deception is a little creepy .",0 98919,"uncomfortable",0 28866,"and there 's no denying the talent of the creative forces behind it .",1 206925,"never gaining much momentum",0 31416,"exuberant",1 111640,"a cinephile 's feast , an invitation to countless interpretations",1 213102,"take place indoors in formal settings with motionless characters .",0 207626,"of being boring",0 237004,"the kids start pulling off stunts not even Steven Spielberg would know how to do",1 104652,"Beating the Austin Powers films",1 88045,"notable largely for its overwhelming creepiness , for an eagerness",1 211069,"seemingly sincere personal reflection",1 200197,"gratingly unfunny groaner",0 36583,"right through the B . S . giving a big middle-fingered '' shut up '' to those who talk up what is nothing more than two guys beating the hell outta one another",0 213533,"that Kate is n't very bright , but",0 52693,"hit-man",0 160514,"hang broad , mildly fleshed-out characters that seem to have been conjured up only 10 minutes prior to filming",0 163105,"is n't smart",0 184875,"In a 102-minute film , Aaliyah gets at most 20 minutes of screen time ... most viewers will wish there had been more of the '' Queen '' and less of the '' Damned .",0 48128,"a kinetic life so teeming that even cranky adults may rediscover the quivering kid inside",1 89933,"overly familiar",0 41382,"Whether Kiss is a future cult classic or destined to be completely forgotten is open to question , but the risk-takers in the crowd should check it out and form their own opinion",1 14977,"an undeniably fascinating and playful fellow",1 227247,"Yes , it 's as good as you remember .",1 106308,"Hong Kong master John Woo",1 158589,"exasperatingly slow journey",0 199353,"for the paper-thin characterizations and facile situations",0 18370,", brutal and strangely soulful movie .",1 163602,"it 's a bargain-basement European pickup . What 's hard to understand is why anybody picked it up . Wiser souls would have tactfully pretended not to see it and left it lying there",0 180375,", Hartley created a monster but did n't know how to handle it .",0 83963,"is all about a wild-and-woolly , wall-to-wall good time .",1 9183,"nudity , profanity",0 236749,"the big metaphorical wave that is life -- wherever it takes you",1 65551,"Finch 's tale provides the forgettable pleasures of a Saturday matinee",1 2129,"rebellious",0 24492,"A teasing drama whose relentless good-deed\/bad-deed reversals are just interesting enough to make a sinner like me pray for an even more interesting , less symmetrical , less obviously cross-shaped creation .",1 284,"a thought-provoking ,",1 208082,"of the greatest plays of the last 100 years",1 10354,"self-indulgent and",0 120299,"focuses too much on Max when he should be filling the screen with this tortured , dull artist and monster-in-the - making .",0 208460,"on its way",1 34028,"lengthy jail sentence",0 50800,"destroy",0 109344,"Talky , artificial and opaque ... an interesting technical exercise",0 221724,"- wow , you 've lost weight",1 56027,"picking roles that magnify her outrageous charm",1 71475,"a couple of great actors hamming it up",1 167799,"of the low-grade cheese standards on which it operates",0 160377,"groans from the audience than Jar Jar Binks , Scrappy Doo and Scooby Dumb",0 76963,"comes along only occasionally , one so unconventional",1 84201,"is fascinating",1 171713,"sordid of human behavior on the screen ,",0 11133,"that the farrelly bros . -- peter and bobby -- and their brand of screen comedy are wheezing to an end , along with green 's half-hearted movie career",0 112469,"a perfectly rendered period piece",1 195102,"by H",1 93268,"speaks of beauty , grace and a closet full of skeletons",1 229015,"as-nasty -",0 99435,"violence and whimsy do n't combine easily",0 41874,"evokes strong emotions and",1 14265,"Maybe it 's just because this past year has seen the release of some of the worst film comedies in decades",0 211606,"silly beyond comprehension",0 96185,"the most plain white toast comic book films",0 165559,"makes a fine backdrop",1 20721,"has been given a loving screen transferral",1 198360,"explains its characters ' decisions only unsatisfactorily",0 135963,"the past via surrealist flourishes",1 42041,"has been made with great evident care and",1 209923,"pushes all the demographically appropriate comic buttons",1 6444,"feel involved with the story , as all of its ideas remain just that : abstract ideas",1 10558,"so graceless and devoid",0 131321,"remarkably dull with only Caine",0 222383,"And they succeed merrily at their noble endeavor .",1 21843,"remains movingly genuine",1 134701,"the Great American Comedy",1 53601,"is really all about performances",1 229914,"comes down to whether you can tolerate Leon Barlow",0 6582,"for all the writhing and wailing , tears , rage and opium overdoses , there 's no sense of actual passion being washed away in love 's dissolution",0 194235,"bears a grievous but obscure complaint against fathers , and circles it obsessively , without making contact .",0 192757,"and plastic knickknacks",0 25264,"Evokes",1 78999,"engaging examination",1 147116,"Leigh 's depth and rigor , and",1 19863,"and no desire",0 138963,"very choppy and monosyllabic despite the fact",0 173457,"the actor 's",0 76415,"captured the chaos of an urban conflagration",1 203929,"it is doubtful this listless feature will win him any new viewers",0 231834,"humankind 's liberating ability",1 217701,"total misfire",0 119575,"expressionistic license",1 89413,"on its fairly ludicrous plot",0 95145,"the astute direction",1 76269,"caffeinated , sloppy",0 225397,"Parents may even find that it goes by quickly , because it has some of the funniest jokes of any movie this year , including those intended for adults .",1 45693,"Is an Actress is an utterly charming French comedy that feels so American in sensibility and style",1 162346,"intermittently pleasing",1 128840,"of outrageous force and craven concealment",0 59322,"to refresh our souls",1 236904,"the film never recovers from the clumsy cliché of the ugly American abroad , and the too-frosty exterior Ms. Paltrow employs to authenticate her British persona is another liability .",0 114506,"appears to have been lost in the translation this time . The Importance of Being Earnest movie seems to be missing a great deal of the acerbic repartee of the play . ''",0 110024,"The music makes a nice album , the food is enticing and Italy beckons us all .",1 150738,"We are left with a superficial snapshot that , however engaging , is insufficiently enlightening and inviting .",0 171292,"slightly noxious preciousness",0 29235,"as the story congeals you feel the pieces of the Star Wars saga falling into place in a way that makes your spine tingle with revelation and excitement .",1 239066,"wrote Patch Adams , for which he should not be forgiven .",0 81771,"has some of the funniest jokes of any movie this year ,",1 27768,"a raw and disturbing tale that took five years to make",1 163514,"is too blatant",0 164639,"lays it on so thick this time that it feels like a suicide race",0 188370,"The most surprising thing",1 87860,"newcomer Ellen Pompeo pulls off the feat with aplomb",1 22741,"well be the most comprehensive of these films and also strike closest to the truth",1 5063,"be transported into the life of wladyslaw szpilman , who is not only a pianist , but a good human being",1 226428,"The plot is nothing but boilerplate clichés from start to finish ,",0 135365,"the film suffers from a simplistic narrative and a pat , fairy-tale conclusion .",0 53388,"is an enjoyable Big Movie",1 176026,"to care about what happened in 1915 Armenia ? No . And that is where Ararat went astray",0 209704,"pretends to be a serious exploration of nuclear terrorism",0 846,"drains",0 124150,"is interested in nothing",0 193944,"bad in a major movie",0 47910,"a crack ensemble cast , bringing screenwriter Tony Gayton 's narcotics noir to life",1 232526,"is like a beautiful food entrée that is n't heated properly , so that it ends up a bit cold and relatively flavorless",0 220434,"zero-dimensional , unlikable characters and hackneyed , threadbare comic setups",0 42709,"subtle and",1 48009,"a fascinating glimpse of urban life",1 82503,"how this gets us in trouble .",0 51418,"exotic creatures",1 138548,"unbearably",0 166918,"none-too-original premise",0 216704,"thumpingly",1 95194,"the best rock",1 200682,"has the thrown-together feel of a summer-camp talent show : hastily written , underrehearsed , arbitrarily plotted and filled with crude humor and vulgar innuendo",0 50266,"comedy and",1 79501,"exquisite acting",1 109363,"Tells a fascinating , compelling story .",1 110346,"There are problems with this film that even 3 Oscar winners ca n't overcome",0 173008,"that feels significantly longer than its relatively scant 97 minutes",0 101503,"'s a funny little movie with clever dialogue and likeable characters",1 43349,"'s the perfect star vehicle for Grant , allowing him to finally move away from his usual bumbling , tongue-tied screen persona",1 171842,"sprinkled with a few remarks so geared toward engendering audience sympathy",0 51551,"fascination ,",1 52112,"gets vivid performances from her cast",1 151148,"You would be better off investing in the worthy EMI recording that serves as the soundtrack , or the home video of the 1992 Malfitano-Domingo production .",0 78193,"director Hoffman , with great help from Kevin Kline , makes us care about this latest reincarnation of the world 's greatest teacher",1 13639,", talking and singing heads and all",1 43558,", convincing dialogue",1 32467,"help being captivated by it",1 39897,"we really need a 77-minute film to tell us exactly why a romantic relationship between a 15-year-old boy and a 40-year-old woman does n't work ?",0 228059,"a non-stop funny feast",1 163050,"is mostly a lump of run-of-the-mill profanity sprinkled with a few remarks so geared toward engendering audience sympathy that you might think he was running for office -- or trying to win over a probation officer",0 129528,"one helluva singer",1 83375,"innocence and idealism",1 134476,"that might have made No Such Thing",1 202575,"is a fragmented film , once a good idea that was followed by the bad idea to turn it into a movie .",0 182763,"Behind the glitz , Hollywood is sordid and disgusting . Quelle surprise !",0 190231,"a brilliant director and",1 81256,"goodness for this signpost",1 779,"definitely in the guilty pleasure b-movie category ,",1 65125,"Disney films",1 215945,"the worst sin",0 16889,"outshine",1 184726,"I think it was Plato who said , ' I think , therefore I know better than to rush to the theatre for this one . '",0 207096,"no real sense",0 209384,"plays like a student film by two guys who desperately want to be Quentin Tarantino when they grow up",0 24653,"An intimate , good-humored ethnic comedy",1 188280,"The holes in this film remain agape -- holes punched through by an inconsistent , meandering , and sometimes dry plot .",0 66461,"It 's Quaid who anchors the film with his effortless performance and that trademark grin of his -- so perfect for a ballplayer .",1 162568,"is a bad film",0 145446,"For the most part , I Spy was an amusing lark that will probably rank as one of Murphy 's better performances in one of his lesser-praised movies .",1 41846,"engaged in a ferocious debate for years",1 203799,"it 's so inane that it gave me plenty of time to ponder my Thanksgiving to-do list",0 224103,"Is this progress ?",0 158427,"even dumber",0 65200,"Drumline ably captures the complicated relationships in a marching band .",1 223086,"Deep down , I realized the harsh reality of my situation : I would leave the theater with a lower I.Q. than when I had entered",0 47602,"What the film lacks in general focus",0 220589,"'ll laugh for not quite and hour and a half , but come out feeling strangely unsatisfied",0 218888,"watered down the version of the one before",0 73203,"adding the rich details and go-for-broke acting that heralds something special",1 160006,"get the impression that writer and director Burr Steers knows the territory",1 54203,"lends itself beautifully to filming the teeming life on the reefs , making this gorgeous film a must for everyone from junior scientists to grown-up fish lovers",1 236835,"the emotion or timelessness of Disney 's great past , or even that of more recent successes such as `` Mulan '' or `` Tarzan",1 42370,"more interesting ,",1 209001,"paced , and often just plain dull",0 186443,"Not good enough",0 202083,"in this junk that 's TV sitcom material at best",0 193754,"at least a few good ideas and features some decent performances",1 154709,"be cruelly tormented",0 197921,"enough to drag along the dead ( water ) weight of the other",0 162759,"is an exercise in pointlessness",0 100281,"will make you think twice about what might be going on inside each trailer park you drive past -- even if it chiefly inspires you to drive a little faster .",1 181696,"A film which presses familiar Herzog tropes into the service of a limpid and conventional historical fiction , when really what we demand of the director is to be mesmerised .",0 93743,"subtly different",1 9543,"original",1 197640,"dying to see the same old thing in a tired old setting",0 52162,"go away",0 189884,"Written , flatly , by David Kendall and",0 234929,"phenomenal fantasy best sellers",1 57047,"slick and",1 46972,"The Wild Thornberrys Movie makes for a surprisingly cinematic experience .",1 51079,"easily forgotten",0 183588,"Dull ,",0 224355,"It looks like an action movie , but it 's so poorly made , on all levels , that it does n't even qualify as a spoof of such",0 235564,"seems to be missing .",0 43984,"A captivating coming-of-age story that may also be the first narrative film to be truly informed by the wireless",1 171795,"spiked with unintentional laughter that , unfortunately , occurs too infrequently to make the film even a guilty pleasure",0 113910,"an adult who 's apparently been forced by his kids to watch too many Barney videos",1 161969,"in store for moviegoers lured to the mediocrity that is Kung Pow : Enter the Fist",0 58731,"the sogginess of its contemporary characters , and",0 40216,"with honest performances and realistic interaction between the characters , this is a coming-of-age story with a twist",1 47374,"This is wild surreal stuff , but brilliant and the camera just kind of sits there and lets you look at this and its like you 're going from one room to the next and none of them have any relation to the other .",1 103011,", well-crafted psychological study",1 95923,"the impossibly long limbs and sweetly conspiratorial smile",1 175629,"though it is as tedious as one",0 98569,"touched by the film 's conviction",1 71902,"a little like chewing whale blubber",0 222822,"But this costly dud is a far cry from either the book or the beloved film .",0 152601,"a throwaway , junk-food movie",0 179955,"'s really just another silly Hollywood action film , one among a multitude of simple-minded , yahoo-ing death shows",0 130455,"poses for itself that one can forgive the film its flaws",1 172450,"tabloid journalism",0 98002,"to creep the living hell out of you",0 19309,"The film 's greatest asset is how much it 's not just another connect-the-dots , spy-on-the-run picture .",1 111722,"a copy of a copy",0 151590,"a decent glimpse into a time period , and",1 83989,"is an encouraging debut feature but has a needlessly downbeat ending that",1 84230,"is funny and",1 178006,"what we call the ` wow ' factor",1 122834,"in '' Trouble",0 65613,"Foster and Whitaker are especially fine .",1 189041,"This latest installment of the horror film franchise that is apparently as invulnerable as its trademark villain",1 26707,"The 3D images only enhance the film 's otherworldly quality , giving it a strange combo of you-are-there closeness with the disorienting unreality of the seemingly broken-down fourth wall of the movie screen .",1 170474,"screenwriting cliches that sink it faster than a leaky freighter",0 186384,"No matter how much he runs around and acts like a doofus , accepting a 50-year-old in the role is creepy in a Michael Jackson sort of way .",0 53029,"in this elegant entertainment",1 18677,"An unbelievably fun film just a leading man away from perfection .",1 147522,"Movies like this are selling the old European candor , the old wink of ` bold ' revelation . But in 2002 , such revelations wilt .",0 174780,"the sorriest",0 187262,"Shining",1 40236,"with more laughs",1 111344,"You can take the grandkids or the grandparents and never worry about anyone being bored ... audience is a sea of constant smiles and frequent laughter .",1 168026,"on . Like you could n't smell this turkey rotting from miles away",0 72963,"about nothing",0 79035,"enjoy on a certain level",1 31313,"evokes shame among all who are party to it",0 191498,"a terrible adaptation of a play",0 221488,", open-hearted film",1 215726,"the surface histrionics",0 115254,"attract and sustain an older crowd",1 230879,"focuses on Joan 's raging hormones and sledgehammers the audience with Spanish inquisitions about her `` madness '' so much that I became mad that I wasted 123 minutes and $ 9.50 on this 21st century torture device .",0 152126,"a movie that has no interest in itself",0 86940,"may really need the company of others",0 5834,"dares to depict the french revolution from the aristocrats ' perspective",1 106378,"I 'm giving it a strong thumbs up",1 76387,"canny , derivative , wildly gruesome",1 163855,"it look like a masterpiece",1 130003,"particularly well made",1 37547,"sweet and wickedly satisfying",1 93637,"strong first act",1 165761,"may not hold a lot of water as a submarine epic",0 82161,"high romance , brought off with considerable wit",1 230633,"every suspenseful cliché in the book",0 230336,"does all of this , and more , while remaining one of the most savagely hilarious social critics this side of Jonathan Swift",1 186591,"One well-timed explosion in a movie can be a knockout ,",1 83268,"incredible storyline",1 62935,"A delightful little film that revels in its own simplicity , Mostly Martha will leave you with a smile on your face and a grumble in your stomach .",1 52878,"in Risky Business has an actor made such a strong impression in his underwear .",1 78334,"do best -",1 149986,"The whole damn thing is ripe for the Jerry Springer crowd . It 's all pretty cynical and condescending , too .",0 93764,"succeeds primarily with her typical blend of unsettling atmospherics , delivering a series of abrasive , stylized sequences that burn themselves upon the viewer 's memory .",1 45923,"Just as moving , uplifting and funny as ever .",1 82075,"help from the screenplay ( proficient , but singularly cursory )",1 206781,"nails hard",1 222991,"Confusion is one of my least favourite emotions , especially when I have to put up with 146 minutes of it .",0 38188,"the family film market",1 130972,"raises serious questions",0 188209,"The film never gets over its own investment in conventional arrangements , in terms of love , age , gender , race , and class .",0 90336,"plaintiveness",0 94147,"takes care",1 204480,"just slapping extreme humor and gross-out gags",0 1550,"kids should have a stirring time at this beautifully drawn movie",1 202228,"infinitely more grace and eloquence",1 178977,"writhing and wailing , tears , rage and opium overdoses",0 147327,"Malone",1 168531,"overloads",0 78032,"deserves to emerge from the traffic jam of holiday movies",1 197559,"drowned out by director Jon Purdy 's sledgehammer sap",0 123199,"in the unhurried , low-key style",1 177259,"unsophisticated scare tactics",0 153111,"all the charm",1 24299,"A clever blend of fact and fiction .",1 4544,"always entertaining ,",1 22140,"terms of style and ethnicity , prevents the proceedings from feeling repetitious , as does the appropriately brief 40-minute running time",1 61315,"'s the image that really tells the tale",1 230423,"drink to excess , piss on trees , b.s. one another",0 125722,"lame entertainment",0 120164,"first lousy Guy Ritchie imitation",0 148577,"Shreve 's graceful dual narrative gets clunky on the screen , and",0 237377,"their shortage dilutes the potency of otherwise respectable action",0 50381,"confined and dark spaces",0 17590,"the most famous author",1 113077,"a younger lad",1 23940,", this timely sci-fi mystery works on so many different levels that it not only invites",1 124141,"is in the end an honorable , interesting failure . It falls far short of poetry",0 154417,"at this interesting time and place",1 168992,"plot to string the stunts together and not quite enough characterization to keep the faces straight",0 3322,"'s far from a groundbreaking endeavor",0 211058,"seemed bored",0 214595,"the film gives no quarter to anyone seeking to pull a cohesive story out of its 2 1/2 - hour running time .",0 40920,"Funny and , at times ,",1 214765,"the happy music",1 147257,"Love is just too , too precious in the end .",1 113995,"an engaging and moving portrait of a subculture",1 61296,"'s thanks to Huston 's revelatory performance",1 177403,"veers into sodden melodrama , punctuated by violins",0 23664,", his increasing weariness as much existential",1 13310,"wrong with '' independent film '' as a commodified , sold-out concept on the american filmmaking scene",0 177408,"velocity and idiocy ,",0 11874,"the seemingly irreconcilable",0 63157,"A lovely film ...",1 170663,"seen them a million times",0 62959,"A fairly enjoyable mixture",1 84390,"is more complex and honest",1 97507,"this retooled Machine is ultimately effective enough at achieving the modest , crowd-pleasing goals it sets for itself .",1 41703,"charisma and",1 46236,"Movie Gauge",1 128116,"not particularly",0 6830,"good guys",1 53333,"is a solid performance by Arliss Howard .",1 61516,"( and it does have some very funny sequences )",1 164779,"less-than-magic",0 37439,"successful as a film , while at the same time being a most touching reconsideration of the familiar masterpiece",1 127742,"nails Sy 's queasy infatuation and overall strangeness",0 181338,"... that the material is so second-rate .",0 30898,"do n't stand a chance alone",0 111681,"a coming-of-age story and",1 125755,"largely improvised",0 117712,"creepiest conventions",0 96416,"the pleasure",1 5671,"compelling and",1 183567,"Dong never pushes for insights beyond the superficial tensions of the dynamic he 's dissecting",0 124631,"is that it is one that allows him to churn out one mediocre movie after another .",0 176969,"turned completely",1 201609,"if you want to see a flick about telemarketers",0 92297,"sentimentalizing it",1 195425,"can you charge money for this",0 137358,"to acquire the fast-paced contemporary society",1 31195,"equivalent evangelical Christian movies",1 146035,"I did n't believe for a moment in these villains or their plot .",0 104827,"Both an admirable reconstruction of terrible events , and a fitting memorial to the dead of that day , and of the thousands thereafter .",1 51240,"enjoyed themselves",1 199609,"from such a great one",1 123621,"intoxicating documentary",1 166782,"no entry portal in The Rules of Attraction",0 157140,"dead ends and distracting camera work",0 138317,"trial movie",1 84711,"is that rare creature -- an action hero with table manners , and one who proves that elegance is more than tattoo deep .",1 74661,"as darkly funny ,",1 39580,"unconventionally wacky",1 27682,"a miracle akin to the story the film portrays",1 110344,"There are few things more frustrating to a film buff than seeing an otherwise good movie marred beyond redemption by a disastrous ending .",0 62746,": Resurrection is n't exactly quality cinema , but it is n't nearly as terrible as it cold have been .",0 157241,"delightful , well-crafted family film",1 196053,"competent performers",1 186799,"Proves a lovely trifle that , unfortunately , is a little too in love with its own cuteness",0 235946,"soulful , scathing and joyous",1 142763,"... Hudlin is stuck trying to light a fire with soggy leaves .",0 224510,"Just when you think that every possible angle has been exhausted by documentarians , another new film emerges with yet another remarkable yet shockingly little-known perspective .",1 184721,"I think is supposed to be an attempt at hardass American but sometimes just lapses into unhidden British",0 12536,"tragedies",0 60438,"wo n't feel cheated by the high infidelity of Unfaithful",1 74450,"are tops",1 48771,"all the more poignant by the incessant use of cell phones",0 92091,"see over and over",1 151224,"` Unfaithful ' cheats on itself and retreats to comfortable territory . Too bad .",0 82951,"in grand passion",1 93634,"strong directorial stamp",1 234981,"plenty to impress about E.T.",1 129500,"once emotional and richly",1 152865,"achieves a sort of ridiculous sourness .",0 35532,"of those terrific songs and spirited performances",1 219457,"wild ride ''",1 110465,"This is a fudged opportunity of gigantic proportions -- a lunar mission with no signs of life .",0 208220,"of uncoordinated vectors",0 210905,"sci-fi film which suffers from a lackluster screenplay .",0 110733,"Totally Past His Prime",0 78993,"engaging , wide-eyed actress",1 3793,"a fine-looking film with a bouncy score",1 194478,"being fun",1 230869,"flirts with propaganda",0 230802,"filling nearly every minute ... with a lighthearted glow , some impudent snickers , and a glorious dose of humankind 's liberating ability",1 150085,"There 's too much falseness to the second half , and what began as an intriguing look at youth fizzles into a dull , ridiculous attempt at heart-tugging .",0 66345,"In a movie full of surprises , the biggest is that Secret Ballot is a comedy , both gentle and biting .",1 114075,"an impressive roster of stars and direction",1 196195,"contrived plot points",0 206813,"natural affability",1 64384,"Blair Witch-style commitment",1 146902,"John Leguizamo may be a dramatic actor -- just not in this movie .",0 213329,"terrified of the book 's irreverent energy , and scotches most of its élan , humor , bile , and irony",0 31127,"enjoys one of his richest roles in years",1 142243,", is fighting whom here ? Ah , yes , that would be me : fighting off the urge to doze",0 202643,"is a shaky , uncertain film that nevertheless touches a few raw nerves",0 9931,"put together his slasher video from spare parts and",0 75109,"awkward and ironic",0 152732,"about a pair of squabbling working-class spouses",0 106004,"Glizty",1 146321,"Includes too much obvious padding",0 61234,"'s refreshing to see a romance this smart",1 227110,"Whether it 's the worst movie of 2002 , I ca n't say for sure : Memories of Rollerball have faded , and I skipped Country Bears .",0 48109,"a high water mark",1 142994,"A baffling misfire , and possibly the weakest movie ( Woody Allen ) has made in the last twenty years",0 119269,"escape story",1 147504,"Most new movies have a bright sheen . Some , like Ballistic , arrive stillborn ...",0 47023,"The far future may be awesome to consider , but from period detail to matters of the heart , this film is most transporting when it stays put in the past .",1 93022,"social injustice",0 66945,"Jordan jealous",0 157015,"critic-proof",1 132709,"so awful",0 11096,"that leaves vague impressions and a nasty aftertaste but little clear memory of its operational mechanics",0 227898,"a film -- full of life and small delights --",1 230933,"for one reason or another , Crush turns into a dire drama partway through .",0 199673,"fully exploit the comic elements of the premise , making the proceedings more bizarre than actually amusing",0 105381,"Despite an impressive roster of stars and direction from Kathryn Bigelow , The Weight of Water is oppressively heavy .",0 1450,"it 's rare to see a movie that takes such a speedy swan dive from '' promising '' to '' interesting '' to '' familiar '' before landing squarely on '' stupid ''",0 195575,"change hackneyed concepts",0 150463,"Too predictably",0 166878,"no story , folks",0 91907,"satirical touches",1 179677,"'s coherent , well shot , and",1 200262,"grows as dull as its characters , about whose fate it is hard to care .",0 101340,"'' grenade",0 92771,"skillfully assembled , highly polished and professional",1 82331,"his subject justice",1 228822,"are n't too many films that can be as simultaneously funny , offbeat and heartwarming ( without a thick shmear of the goo , at least )",1 87663,"must go to Grant , who has n't lost a bit of the dry humor that first made audiences on both sides of the Atlantic love him .",1 96675,"the shocking conclusion is too much of a plunge",0 226249,"The film 's constant mood of melancholy and its unhurried narrative are masterfully controlled .",1 153401,"an hour and a half of daydreaming",0 135166,"the end an honorable , interesting failure . It falls far short",0 119476,"excess , piss on trees , b . s .",0 192849,"another movie which presumes that high school social groups are at war , let alone conscious of each other 's existence .",0 204829,"left of his passe ' chopsocky glory",0 42726,"sweet and",1 68496,"Roman Polanski 's autobiographical gesture at redemption is better than ` Shindler 's List ' - it is more than merely a Holocaust movie .",1 81221,"good as the original",1 8885,"most ordinary",0 128165,"nothing going for it other than its exploitive array of obligatory cheap",0 58900,"then The Grey Zone is to be lauded for finding a new and ingenious angle .",1 23031,"'s Jim Brown : All American at long last gives its subject a movie worthy of his talents",1 85368,"its rather slow beginning",0 120806,"full , irritating display",0 184966,"Interview With the Assassin is structured less as a documentary and more as a found relic , and",1 75548,"believe that Nachtwey hates the wars he shows and empathizes with the victims he reveals",1 214639,"the filmmaking in Invincible",1 110567,"This wretchedly unfunny wannabe comedy is inane and awful -",0 133791,"tackling a low-budget movie in which inexperienced children play the two main characters",0 68429,"Rich in shadowy metaphor and as sharp as a samurai sword",1 50875,"disappoint",0 144140,"Beyond a handful of mildly amusing lines ... there just is n't much to laugh at .",0 115095,"ask , why should you buy the movie milk when the TV cow is free ?",0 58467,"the major issues",0 238073,"too often strains",0 223396,"For me , this opera is n't a favorite , so it 's a long time before the fat lady sings .",0 203321,"is plainly dull and visually ugly when it is n't incomprehensible",0 215163,"the movie that does n't really deliver for country music fans or for family audiences",0 75967,"brings a youthful , out-to-change-the-world aggressiveness to the project , as if she 's cut open a vein and",1 124569,"is spectacular",1 41040,"Its gross-out gags and",0 15027,"and fear",0 71739,"a good match",1 88901,"of spontaneous creativity and authentic co-operative interaction",1 206745,"muting",0 48926,"an enormous amount of affection",1 73155,"action-packed an experience as a ringside seat",1 210081,"ratchets",1 13525,", and comfort",1 1409,"is that it truly is romance",1 208784,"organic intrigue",1 108173,"One of the most original American productions this year , you 'll find yourself remembering this refreshing visit to a Sunshine State .",1 119066,"ends with scenes so true and heartbreaking",1 133200,"stamina and vitality",1 37899,"that starts out clever but veers into overkill",0 229733,"captures that perverse element of the Kafkaesque where identity , overnight , is robbed and replaced with a persecuted `` other . ''",1 56135,"powerful drama",1 176990,"turns numbingly dull-witted and disquietingly creepy .",0 108080,"Nothing more than an amiable but unfocused bagatelle that plays like a loosely-connected string of acting-workshop exercises",0 32408,"he does make for excellent company , not least as a self-conscious performer .",1 25806,"It wo n't rock any boats",0 202988,"is if you have a case of masochism and an hour and a half to blow .",0 74123,"another retelling of Alexandre Dumas ' classic .",1 163697,"it 's still quite bad",0 72545,"a strange urge to get on a board and , uh , shred , dude",1 124535,"is so insanely stupid , so awful in so many ways",0 172,"a golden",1 27485,"a disreputable air",0 231466,"has no place to go since Simone is not real",0 70517,"Two Towers outdoes its spectacle .",1 33320,"is art paying homage to art .",1 232320,"is a more fascinating look at the future than `` Bladerunner '' and one of the most high-concept sci fi adventures attempted for the screen .",1 21603,"often infectious",1 110894,"Visually breathtaking",1 205315,"look at , but its not very informative about its titular character and no more challenging than your average television biopic",0 232092,"indulges in the worst elements of all of them .",0 197560,"drowns in a sea of visual and verbal clichés",0 59970,"way cheaper ( and better )",1 118654,"downplays the raunch in favor of gags that rely on the strength of their own cleverness as opposed to the extent of their outrageousness",1 164257,"jumble that 's not scary , not smart and not engaging",0 236322,"than money why this distinguished actor would stoop so low",0 41802,"directs the traffic well , gets a nice wintry look from his locations , absorbs us with the movie 's spycraft",1 6599,"for its intelligence and intensity",1 137204,"through clever makeup design",1 223173,"Does n't do more than expand a TV show to movie length",0 13506,", Tok and O orchestrate a buoyant , darkly funny dance of death .",1 233041,"it is effective",1 168526,"overcooked , ham-fisted direction",0 550,"be a movie that ends up slapping its target audience in the face by shooting itself in the foot",0 225653,"Romanek 's themes are every bit as distinctive as his visuals .",1 202799,"is better-focused than the incomprehensible Anne Rice novel it 's based upon",1 155882,"calculated to provoke shocked laughter ,",1 17126,"rolling your eyes",0 171589,"some memorable images ...",1 97261,"they are not enough",0 29304,"at the audacity , at the who 's who casting and the sheer insanity of it all",1 191649,"a year late for tapping into our reality tv obsession ,",0 4595,"an absurdly overblown climax",0 39420,"town",1 6587,"for deft punctuation",1 124232,"is lost , leaving the character of Critical Jim two-dimensional and pointless .",0 37634,"teamwork",1 48282,"a pleasurable trifle",1 23302,", Hell House is a fascinating document of an event that has to be seen to be believed .",1 184104,"Garden music video",1 211026,"seem goofy rather than provocative",0 233674,"makes an amazing breakthrough in her first starring role and eats up the screen .",1 228125,"a rushed , slapdash , sequel-for-the-sake - of-a-sequel",0 31493,"far richer",1 99026,"unfolds as Sand 's masculine persona , with its love of life and beauty , takes form",1 109790,"The film feels formulaic , its plot and pacing typical Hollywood war-movie stuff , while the performances elicit more of a sense of deja vu than awe .",0 84748,"is the point of emotional and moral departure for protagonist Alice",0 235345,"require the full emotional involvement and support of a viewer",1 206844,"nearly terminal",0 76825,"climate",1 82043,"heartbreakingly thoughtful minor classic",1 14707,"a dedicated and good-hearted professionalism",1 95053,"the Mood",1 204981,"like Jimmy 's routines",1 133231,"stanzas of breathtaking , awe-inspiring visual poetry",1 148872,"Sticky sweet sentimentality , clumsy plotting and",0 236200,"sustained intelligence from Stanford",1 10453,"sideshow",0 13809,"A sports movie with action that 's exciting on the field and a story you care about off it .",1 101646,"'s better than one might expect when you look at the list of movies starring Ice-T in a major role",1 168795,"perfectly enjoyable , instantly forgettable ,",1 188422,"The movie is a little tired :",0 156391,"cloaked in the euphemism ` urban drama",0 103201,"... and then only as a very mild rental",0 236103,"stylish thriller .",1 149666,"The only thing in Pauline and Paulette that you have n't seen before is a scene featuring a football field-sized Oriental rug crafted out of millions of vibrant flowers .",0 48953,"an infectious exuberance",1 91915,"satisfying crime drama",1 45919,"Just about the best straight-up , old-school horror film of the last 15 years .",1 102209,") soulless",0 161631,"ill-advised",0 75575,"benefits from serendipity",1 45821,"It just may inspire a few younger moviegoers to read Stevenson 's book , which is a treasure in and of itself .",1 206224,"miscalculates badly",0 150078,"There 's suspension of disbelief and then there 's bad screenwriting ...",0 174768,"the slowest person in the audience -- just pure slapstick with lots of inane , inoffensive screaming and exaggerated facial expressions",0 36136,"predictable plot contrivances",0 5452,"cares if the story 's a little weak",0 191646,"a worthwhile topic",1 14801,"a perfect example",1 225006,"Mr. Wollter and Ms. Seldhal give strong and convincing performances , but neither reaches into the deepest recesses of the character to unearth the quaking essence of passion , grief and fear .",0 49817,"breathtaking scenery",1 75523,"being gullible",0 220264,"you can be forgiven for realizing that you 've spent the past 20 minutes looking at your watch and waiting for Frida to just die already .",0 120286,"fly at such a furiously funny pace that the only rip off that we were aware of",1 63389,"A smart , provocative drama that does the nearly impossible",1 233078,"it possible for the viewer to doze off for a few minutes or make several runs to the concession stand and\/or restroom and not feel as if he or she has missed anything",0 156185,"charming chemistry",1 205597,"made me want to pack raw dough in my ears .",0 14936,"allows us to see them , finally , as artists .",1 80641,"from pleasing",1 155884,"caliber",1 3755,"a faulty premise",0 156625,"complete misses",0 165481,"major problem",0 219266,"which means he can be forgiven for frequently pandering to fans of the gross-out comedy",0 220709,"'s a movie that ends with Truckzilla , for cryin ' out loud",0 205713,"makes it to the boiling point",1 139286,"watch , giggle and get an adrenaline boost",1 87710,"national treasure",1 84598,"is shifty in the manner in which it addresses current terrorism anxieties and sidesteps them at the same time",0 175491,"this must have been a difficult shoot",1 131371,"report that it is instead a cheap cliché",0 154558,"bad martial arts movies",0 231487,"has the disadvantage of also looking cheap .",0 43320,"'s so good that you can practically see the Hollywood ` suits ' trying to put together the cast and filmmaking team for the all-too - inevitable American remake",1 210326,"relationship maintenance that celibacy can start looking good",0 201829,"in bad need of major acting lessons and maybe a little coffee",0 111421,"` Swept Away ' sinks .",0 111157,"Wildly incompetent but brilliantly named Half Past Dead -- or for Seagal pessimists : Totally Past His Prime",0 144560,"Comes across as a relic from a bygone era , and its convolutions ... feel silly rather than plausible .",0 102645,", it already has one strike against it .",0 56229,"proves quite compelling as an intense , brooding character study .",1 28619,"and from the many , many moments when we recognize even without the Elizabethan prose , the play behind the thing",1 143050,"A coarse and stupid gross-out",0 229655,"can do no wrong with Jason X.",1 69215,"That rare documentary that incorporates so much of human experience -- drama , conflict , tears and surprise -- that it transcends the normal divisions between fiction and nonfiction film .",1 188371,"The most surprising thing about this film",1 157974,"drifts so inexorably",0 99587,"warm and well-told tale",1 211783,"slight and uninventive",0 32570,"his passion and class consciousness : we need his shticks",1 112747,"a solid emotional impact",1 50897,"dissidents",0 76343,"can never escape the heart of the boy when the right movie comes along , especially if it begins with the name of Star Wars",1 5504,"charged with loitering",0 234465,"of more self-absorbed women than the mother and daughters featured in this film",0 235595,"self-caricature",0 9893,"psychologically rich and suspenseful",1 224409,"It would n't be my preferred way of spending 100 minutes or $ 7.00 .",0 73258,"adventure movie",1 125088,"it rises in its courageousness , and comedic employment .",1 37450,"such as sound and cinematography",1 1045,"fuels the self-destructiveness of many young people",0 18666,"An intelligent fiction",1 196301,"could have used my two hours better watching Being John Malkovich again .",0 61052,"'s funny , touching , dramatically forceful , and beautifully shot",1 140752,"you find yourself rooting for Gai 's character to avoid the fate that has befallen every other Carmen before her",1 60991,"'s crafty , energetic and smart",1 117790,"current Americanized adaptation",1 90859,"puerile men",0 62859,"A comedy that swings and jostles to the rhythms of life .",1 79983,"finds warmth",1 180656,", has solid acting and a neat premise",1 154331,"astonishing lack",0 134273,"that cleverly captures the dry wit that 's so prevalent on The Rock",1 191566,"a transparently hypocritical work that feels as though it 's trying to set the women 's liberation movement back 20 years",0 141267,"'s better than The Phantom Menace",1 14738,"a great actress portraying a complex character",1 32130,"good ethics while entertaining with its unconventionally wacky but loving family",1 91974,"scenery , vibe and all -- the cinematic equivalent of a big , tender hug",1 24918,"By taking Entertainment Tonight subject matter and giving it humor and poignancy",1 185112,"It 's hard to believe that a relationship like Holly and Marina 's could survive the hothouse emotions of teendom",1 5749,"convincing",1 24546,"Affleck and Jackson are good sparring partners .",1 196664,"deep-sixed by a compulsion",0 72557,"a string of exotic locales",1 129039,"of the holiday box office pie",1 84172,"is essentially a whip-crack of a buddy movie that ends with a whimper",1 127639,"much to absorb and even more to think about after the final frame",1 189234,"Too clumsy in key moments",0 236610,"the 2002 film does n't really believe in it , and breaks the mood with absurdly inappropriate ` comedy ' scenes .",0 126358,"looks like an episode of the TV show Blind Date , only less technically proficient and without the pop-up comments",0 54953,"mucking up",0 171259,"sleepwalk through vulgarities in a sequel you can refuse",0 104929,"By applying definition to both sides of the man , the picture realizes a fullness that does not negate the subject .",1 127859,"neither romantic nor comedic",0 109154,"Star Trek : Nemesis is even more suggestive of a 65th class reunion mixer where only eight surviving members show up --",0 173909,"the film is a fuzzy huggy .",1 74926,"at his 12th Oscar nomination",1 121946,"have finally aged past his prime ...",1 175233,"they could roll over and take a nap",0 123946,"is as thought-provoking as it",1 171031,"shows may put you off the idea forever .",0 161666,"immerse you",1 103824,"A rather brilliant little cult item",1 216205,"they '' were , what '' they '' looked like . Why '' they '' were here and what '' they '' wanted and quite honestly , I did n't care",0 212446,"stale retread of the '53 original",0 57355,"still seems timely and important",1 48223,"a must",1 101144,"you know there 's something there .",1 189741,"Will undoubtedly play well in European markets , where Mr . Besson is a brand name , and in Asia , where Ms . Shu is an institution",1 232082,"includes a fair share of dumb drug jokes and predictable slapstick",0 210352,"relies on toilet humor , ethnic slurs .",0 204621,"laborious",0 180562,", but it is n't as quirky as it thinks it is and its comedy is generally mean-spirited",0 171453,"so much as they are wincing back in repugnance",0 46437,"Open-minded kids -- kids who read , kids who dream --",1 12943,"what 's missing in murder by numbers is any real psychological grounding for the teens ' deviant behavior . being latently gay and liking to read are hardly enough .",0 199752,"gathering dust on MGM 's shelf",0 224762,"Medem may have disrobed most of the cast , leaving their bodies exposed , but the plot remains as guarded as a virgin with a chastity belt .",0 231904,"ignore the fact that Hollywood is n't laughing with us , folks",0 168873,"picture that does not move .",0 147077,"Lan Yu never catches dramatic fire .",0 49964,"by the power and grace of one of the greatest natural sportsmen of modern times",1 109539,"The action is reasonably well-done ...",1 9719,"pitch into farce , yet",0 223597,"Has none of the crackle of `` Fatal Attraction '' , `` 9 1\/2 Weeks '' , or even `` Indecent Proposal '' , and feels more like Lyne 's stolid remake of `` Lolita ''",0 202838,"is contrived , unmotivated , and psychologically unpersuasive , with an inconclusive ending",0 93210,"soon forgotten",0 98301,"to shine",1 52569,"her pure fantasy character ,",1 73859,"an intelligent flick",1 84442,"is n't nearly as graphic but much more powerful , brutally shocking and difficult",1 110003,"The movie is loaded with good intentions , but in his zeal to squeeze the action and our emotions into the all-too-familiar dramatic arc of the Holocaust escape story , Minac drains his movie of all individuality",0 108419,"Plotless collection of moronic stunts",0 63845,"An effective portrait",1 57147,"solid filmmaking",1 97501,"this quality band may pick up new admirers",1 114072,"an important movie , or even a good one",1 109701,"The direction occasionally rises to the level of marginal competence",0 142542,", there 's no better film than Half Past Dead .",1 155145,"better look elsewhere .",0 117356,"completely enlightening",1 86740,"manages to avoid many of the condescending stereotypes that so often plague films dealing with the mentally ill",1 79697,"fascinating , bombshell documentary",1 139647,"which is a pity",0 10733,"stealing harvard is evidence that the farrelly bros . -- peter and bobby -- and their brand of screen comedy are wheezing to an end , along with green 's half-hearted movie career .",0 179363,"'d rather watch them on the Animal Planet",0 23750,", liberated from the constraints of formula ,",1 193553,"as pantomimesque sterotypes",0 220636,"'re out there ! ''",1 54214,"lets you look at this and its like you 're going from one room to the next and none of them have any relation to the other",0 221007,"'s too bad that the helping hand he uses to stir his ingredients is also a heavy one .",0 30495,"credited to Dennis Quaid , in fighting trim shape as an athlete as well as an actor",1 162473,"invested in undergraduate doubling subtexts and ridiculous stabs at existentialism reminding of the discovery of the wizard of God",0 152329,"a real deal",1 83356,"inherently",1 217828,"troubled and",0 58207,"the depth and breadth of emotional intimacy",1 65079,"Director Charles Stone III applies more detail to the film 's music than to the story line : what 's best about Drumline is its energy",1 9354,"of the band",1 68810,"Skin of Man , Heart of Beast feels unusually assured .",1 31145,"enough to recommend",1 184801,"If ever such a dependable concept was botched in execution",0 41828,"draws our attention like a magnet , and",1 2450,"sweet , harmless",1 120046,"film compels",1 206491,"most annoying",0 217545,"told by countless filmmakers",0 38542,"the pleasures of over-the-top love",1 43336,"'s sure a lot smarter and more unnerving than the sequels",1 177590,"want to hang onto that ski mask , as robbery may be the only way to pay for his next project",0 116158,"bowel movements than this long-on-the-shelf , point-and-shoot exercise in gimmicky crime drama",0 179669,"'s clear why Deuces Wild , which was shot two years ago , has been gathering dust on MGM 's shelf .",0 224933,"Mr. Koury 's passive technique eventually begins to yield some interesting results .",1 218568,"virulently unpleasant excuse",0 56964,"shows all the signs of rich detail condensed into a few evocative images and striking character traits .",1 185236,"It 's unfortunate that Wallace , who wrote Gibson 's Braveheart as well as the recent Pearl Harbor , has such an irrepressible passion for sappy situations and dialogue .",0 228586,"an inferior level",0 203074,"is like watching a transcript of a therapy session brought to humdrum life by some Freudian puppet",0 33759,"its conflicts a symbolic resonance",1 21035,"is just breathtaking",1 120810,"full of grace",1 79077,"enough funny",1 72822,"a wide summer audience",1 26455,"Resourceful",1 45813,"It is amusing , and that 's all it needs to be .",1 224776,"Mendes still does n't quite know how to fill a frame .",0 125690,"lack the nerve",0 71149,"You may think you have figured out the con and the players in this debut film by Argentine director Fabian Bielinsky , but while you were thinking someone made off with your wallet .",0 179052,"you 'll need a stronger stomach than us .",0 76257,"ca n't quite maintain its initial momentum",0 210033,"quite tasteful to look at",1 208542,"once again that a man in drag is not in and of himself funny",0 121652,"has a dashing and resourceful hero : a lisping , reptilian villain : big fights : big hair : lavish period scenery : and a story just complicated enough to let you bask in your own cleverness as you figure it out",1 107743,"Michele 's spiritual quest is neither amusing nor dramatic enough to sustain interest",0 222365,"And it is .",1 234789,"original in its base concept that you can not help but get caught up .",1 124401,"is one of the greatest date movies in years .",1 65646,"French malapropisms",1 87960,"non-exploitive approach",1 75036,"attraction",1 222270,"Amazingly",1 43680,", provocative and prescient",1 233932,"more like a mere excuse for the wan , thinly sketched story",0 54680,"may not satisfy every moviegoer 's appetite",0 164696,"leaves no cliche unturned , from the predictable plot to the characters straight out of central casting",0 39816,"wacky and wonderful",1 126744,"manage to hit all of its marks",1 131222,"refreshingly ,",1 193459,"as graceful",1 138388,"truly good",1 181031,", then Blood Work is for you .",1 170488,"scrubbing the toilet",0 32119,"gone too commercial since his two Oscar nominated films in 2000",0 68834,"Slow and ponderous , but Rohmer 's drama builds to an intense indoor drama about compassion , sacrifice , and Christian love in the face of political corruption .",1 74533,"artistically",1 94382,"than another '' Best Man '' clone by weaving a theme throughout this funny film",1 227818,"a cliché",0 152965,"admission for the ridicule factor",0 147689,"Nicks , seemingly uncertain what 's going to make people laugh ,",0 213182,"tantamount to insulting the intelligence of anyone who has n't been living under a rock",0 105363,"Deliciously mean-spirited and wryly observant .",1 121878,"has wonderfully funny moments",1 26966,"This boisterous comedy",1 67013,"Kids five and up will be delighted with the fast , funny",1 55830,"opportunity to embrace small , sweet ` Evelyn",1 235796,"sizzle it is",1 238462,"was witty .",1 168569,"overwhelms what could have been a more multifaceted look at this interesting time and place .",0 221846,"... the reason to go see `` Blue Crush '' is the phenomenal , water-born cinematography by David Hennings .",1 102219,", Ash Wednesday is essentially devoid of interesting characters or even a halfway intriguing plot .",0 114644,"are of the highest and the performances attractive without being memorable",1 87873,"nice rhythm",1 169484,"pure junk",0 27636,"a little too much dancing , a few too many weeping scenes --",0 56079,"plumbs personal tragedy and also the human comedy .",1 3936,"a lousy movie",0 188497,"The only type of lives this glossy comedy-drama resembles are ones in formulaic mainstream movies .",0 47727,"You 'd have to be a most hard-hearted person not to be moved by this drama .",1 236996,"the improbable `` Formula 51 '' is somewhat entertaining",1 21548,"of strength , warmth and vitality",1 135979,"the perfect material",1 137142,"those who like quirky , slightly strange French films",1 42888,"this gutsy and",1 207751,"of good actors",1 171015,"showcases Carvey 's talent for voices",1 104732,"Bible stores of the potential for sanctimoniousness , making them meaningful for both kids and church-wary adults .",1 79064,"enormously good fun",1 158284,"enjoy this movie 's sharp dialogue and delightful performance by Jolie and Burns",1 141743,"'ve seen many times before",0 148037,"Passion , lip-synching , tragedy , and lots of really really high notes . For me , this opera is n't a favorite , so it 's a long time before the fat lady sings",0 181455,"88 minutes of exaggerated action",0 209172,"people act weird",0 165661,"many characters saying too many clever things and getting into too many pointless situations .",0 112390,"a mundane '70s disaster flick",0 112319,"a middle-aged romance",1 53637,"is still worth hearing .",1 48430,"a technically superb film ,",1 10944,"takes a classic story",1 134923,"the bland animation",0 47183,"The movie occasionally threatens to become didactic , but it 's too grounded in the reality of its characters to go over the edge . A touch of humor or an unexpected plot twist always pulls it back",1 135523,"the human race splitting in two",0 223058,"Darling",1 49740,"bitchy frolic",0 237416,"there a deeper , more direct connection between these women , one that spans time and reveals meaning",1 20096,"because you ca n't wait to see what they do next",1 192161,"all in a plot as musty as one of the Golden Eagle 's carpets",0 68634,"Scorsese 's bold images and generally smart casting",1 38510,"the outstanding feature debut of writer-director Eric Byler , who understands the power of the implicit and the virtues of simplicity and economy",1 145179,"Even the finest chef ca n't make a hotdog into anything more than a hotdog ,",0 89104,"of the way it allows the mind to enter and accept another world",1 88324,"of a freshly painted Rembrandt",1 43988,"A captivatingly quirky hybrid of character portrait , romantic comedy and beat-the-clock thriller",1 207974,"of sentimental ooze",0 114803,"as a comedy , a romance , a fairy tale , or a drama",1 67638,"Most of the things that made the original Men in Black such a pleasure",1 216260,"thick as mud",0 11200,"the bad guys",0 76437,"car-wreck",0 72771,"a visually masterful work",1 4375,"accomplishes its goals with ease and confidence",1 155995,"can take a good joke",1 225071,"Must-see viewing for anyone",1 120845,"funnier than being about something",1 215029,"the messiness",0 202022,"in the long-winded heist comedy",0 52074,"genuinely moving and wisely unsentimental",1 62225,", so who knew Charles Dickens could be so light-hearted ?",1 57775,"that draws a picture of a man for whom political expedience became a deadly foreign policy",1 206169,"milquetoast",0 188859,"There 's too much forced drama in this wildly uneven movie , about a young man 's battle with his inescapable past and uncertain future in a very shapable but largely unfulfilling present .",0 139328,"water torture",0 222659,"Both exuberantly romantic and serenely",1 213991,"the 2002 film does n't really believe in it , and breaks the mood with absurdly inappropriate ` comedy ' scenes",0 205349,"looked like . Why '' they '' were here and what '' they '' wanted and quite honestly , I did n't care",0 190838,"a little old-fashioned storytelling",1 12506,"too many '' serious issues",0 80771,"fun-for-fun",1 183028,"Catch it ... if you can",1 184514,"How do you make a movie with depth about a man who lacked any ? On the evidence before us , the answer is clear : Not easily and , in the end , not well enough .",0 140827,"young American",1 118464,"do no wrong",1 230286,"do all three quite well ,",1 146476,"It 's drained of life in an attempt to be sober and educational , and",0 203090,"is matched only by the ridiculousness of its premise .",0 23417,", and lots of fun",1 187367,"Smokers Only",0 151777,"a fully developed story",1 196971,"dip into your wallet , swipe 90 minutes of your time , and offer you precisely this in recompense : A few early laughs scattered around a plot as thin as it is repetitious",0 208848,"out ballsy and stylish",1 231664,"heart-pounding suspense",1 129114,"of the self-esteem of employment and the shame of losing a job",0 230081,"dampens her diva persona enough to spark genuine chemistry with Townsend",1 157035,"crucial role",1 11275,"the dark",0 103993,"A visually flashy but narratively opaque and emotionally vapid exercise in style and mystification .",0 132732,"so grainy and rough , so dependent on being ` naturalistic ' rather than carefully lit and set up",0 196829,"designed to fill time ,",0 238214,"unfilmable '' novels",0 181822,"A man leaving the screening said the film was better than Saving Private Ryan . He may have meant the Internet short Saving Ryan 's Privates . But",0 131787,"says a lot about a filmmaker when he can be wacky without clobbering the audience over the head and still maintain a sense of urgency and suspense",1 154824,"be subtler than Norman Jewison 's 1975 ultraviolent futuristic corporate-sports saga . It 's also stupider",0 49541,"be significantly different ( and better ) than most films",1 142815,"... the sum of the parts equals largely a confused mediocrity .",0 81066,"give what may be the performances of their careers .",1 158345,"entirely too much focus on meal preparation and igloo construction",0 220804,"'s endearing to hear Madame D. refer to her husband as ` Jackie ' -- and he does make for excellent company",1 181325,"... may work as an addictive guilty pleasure but the material never overcomes its questionable satirical ambivalence . This Scarlet 's letter is A ... as in aimless , arduous , and arbitrary .",0 124503,"is smart and entirely charming",1 61581,", Alias Betty is richly detailed , deftly executed and utterly absorbing .",1 52366,"has a delightfully dour , deadpan tone and stylistic consistency",1 142398,", preprogrammed feel",0 86300,"looks as if it were made by a highly gifted 12-year-old instead of a grown man .",0 47663,"With three excellent principal singers , a youthful and good-looking diva and tenor and richly handsome locations",1 28711,"and more importantly , character empathy --",1 160806,"have been a difficult shoot",0 93322,"spiritual journey",1 209963,"putting the toilet seat",0 18360,", as usual , brilliant",1 188237,"The first mistake",0 139466,"well made",1 78664,"dullest tangents",0 219007,"well-acted by James Spader and Maggie Gyllenhaal",1 45433,"Hardly an objective documentary , but it 's great cinematic polemic",1 112824,"a subtlety that is an object lesson in period filmmaking",1 125946,"librarian ( Orlando Jones ) who knows everything and answers all questions , is visually smart , cleverly written , and nicely realized",1 183805,"Everything was as superficial as the forced New Jersey lowbrow accent Uma had .",0 209141,"patronising reverence",0 211113,"seems to have cared much about any aspect of it , from its cheesy screenplay to the grayish quality of its lighting to its last-minute , haphazard theatrical release .",0 147596,"My reaction in a word : disappointment . His last movie was poetically romantic and full of indelible images , but his latest has nothing going for it .",0 45531,"Hot",1 153480,"an overbearing series",0 153232,"am sorry that I was unable to get the full brunt of the comedy .",0 109076,"Sometimes charming , sometimes infuriating",1 102366,", action-packed chiller",1 37790,"that essential feature -- a decent full-on space battle",1 82861,"in a neat way",1 149514,"The last 20 minutes are somewhat redeeming , but most of the movie is the same teenage American road-trip drek we 've seen before -",0 209816,"protect your community",1 79766,"feel the least bit ashamed in admitting that my enjoyment came at the expense of seeing justice served , even if it 's a dish that 's best served cold",1 164305,"just does n't make sense",0 53817,"it intriguing , bizarre",1 72143,"a pleasure to watch",1 78463,"does n't quite go the distance",0 46257,"Mr . Tsai is a very original artist in his medium ,",1 81271,"goofy pleasure",1 96451,"the precedent of Yiddish theater , whose jolly , fun-for-fun 's - sake communal spirit goes to the essence of Broadway .",1 164763,"less simplistic",0 2528,"the all-too-familiar dramatic arc",0 40030,"who appropriated turfs as they found them and become self-made celebrity athletes",1 232532,"is like seeing a series of perfect black pearls clicking together to form a string",1 143954,"At the very least , if you do n't know anything about Derrida when you walk into the theater , you wo n't know much more when you leave .",0 222569,"Before it collapses into exactly the kind of buddy cop comedy it set out to lampoon , anyway .",0 86601,"make this worth a peek",1 124474,"is repulsive and depressing",0 156943,"crashing and banging where the salesmanship ends",0 170822,"sham actor workshops and",0 149394,"The film does n't have enough innovation or pizazz to attract teenagers , and",0 7816,"is too impressed with its own solemn insights",0 63750,"Although commentary on Nachtwey is provided ... it 's the image that really tells the tale .",1 179404,"'m left slightly disappointed that it did n't",0 224801,"Miller digs into their very minds to find an unblinking , flawed humanity .",1 66763,"It might be ` easier ' to watch on video at home , but that should n't stop die-hard French film connoisseurs from going out and enjoying the big-screen experience",1 234850,"paced and satisfying",1 232052,"in the theater that hand you a cup of coffee every few minutes",0 207322,"obscenity",0 33967,"lackadaisical",0 40446,"you get into its rhythm",1 234377,"of an engaging storyline , which also is n't embarrassed to make you reach for the tissues",1 91628,"revelatory performance",1 102414,", being about nothing is sometimes funnier than being about something",1 107837,"Mr . Chabrol 's subtlest works , but also",1 29497,"been made with affection and care",1 13635,", special-effects soul assaults the Mummy pictures",0 115557,"be rapidly absorbed",1 43009,"will almost certainly be fascinated ,",1 95251,"the buttons",1 26884,"The performances take the movie to a higher level .",1 123162,"in the middle , the film compels ,",1 125154,"it would be",1 200620,"has none of the charm and little of the intrigue from the TV series .",0 112007,"a genuine love story , full of traditional layers of awakening and ripening and separation and recovery",1 47071,"The film is powerful , accessible and funny .",1 67139,"Last Orders nurtures the multi-layers of its characters , allowing us to remember that life 's ultimately a gamble and last orders are to be embraced .",1 83839,"is a poem to the enduring strengths of women",1 73411,"all kinds of obstacles",0 197756,"emaciated flick",0 173597,"the cast delivers mildly amusing performances and",1 106966,"It 's sweet . It 's funny . It wears its heart on the sleeve of its gaudy Hawaiian shirt . And , thanks to the presence of ` the King , ' it also rocks .",1 205505,"low-rent -- and even lower-wit --",0 183947,"Five screenwriters are credited with the cliché-laden screenplay : it seems as if each watered down the version of the one before .",0 134294,"that does n't bring you into the characters so much as it has you study them",1 35636,"on it",1 75256,"be distinguished from a mediocre one by the better film 's ability to make its subject interesting to those who are n't part of its supposed target audience . Judging by those standards , ` Scratch ' is a pretty decent little documentary",1 100308,"will turn Bill Paxton into an A-list director",1 78433,"does n't become smug or sanctimonious towards the audience",1 235545,"seem to be in a contest to see who can out-bad-act the other .",0 192088,"aimed at Mom and Dad 's wallet",0 163223,"is overwhelmed by predictability",0 193123,"are more shots of children smiling for the camera than typical documentary footage which hurts the overall impact of the film",0 24019,", you could call this How Martha Got Her Groove Back -- assuming , that is , she ever had one to begin with .",0 164206,"jackasses",0 20545,"fictionalize and be believed",1 75374,"beautifully read and",1 192638,"an overripe episode of TV 's Dawson 's Creek",0 43553,", but your ego",0 211223,"sense that powerhouse of 19th-century prose behind her childlike smile",1 163310,"is simply a lazy exercise in bad filmmaking that asks you to not only suspend your disbelief but your intelligence as well .",0 62171,", rather than forcing us to endure every plot contrivance that the cliché-riddled genre can offer",0 191408,"a strong pulse",1 11608,"the material link is too tenuous to anchor the emotional connections that purport to span a 125-year divide",0 65422,"Excellent performances",1 1245,"human resources was a good , straightforward tale , but time out is better . it 's haunting . it 's like a poem .",1 87536,"movie comedies -- offbeat humor , amusing characters , and a happy ending",1 22335,"the proceedings from feeling repetitious",1 184204,"Good-looking but relentlessly lowbrow outing plays like Clueless Does South Fork .",0 270,"a soul-stirring documentary about the israeli/palestinian conflict as revealed through the eyes of some children who remain curious about each other against all odds .",1 112686,"a sheer unbridled delight in the way the story unfurls",1 114700,"are too immature and unappealing to care about .",0 129568,"one of the worst of the entire franchise",0 190254,"a caper that 's neither original nor terribly funny",0 1218,"holocaust",0 135338,"the film is a pleasant enough dish .",1 47978,"a fabric of complex ideas",1 7842,"it 's a boom-box of a movie that might have been titled ` the loud and the ludicrous ' ... the pandering to a moviegoing audience dominated by young males is all too calculated",0 71671,"a fine job contrasting the sleekness of the film 's present with the playful paranoia of the film 's past",1 154537,"bad .",0 18449,", percolating magic",1 213617,"that everlasting conundrum",0 174355,"the movie is too predictable and too self-conscious to reach a level of high drama .",0 177735,"watching a dress rehearsal the week",1 96435,"the positive change",1 27889,"a terrible beauty",1 78413,"does because ( the leads ) are such a companionable couple",1 2721,"the sloppy",0 79337,"every painful nuance ,",0 228121,"a rich and intelligent film that uses its pulpy core conceit to probe questions of attraction and interdependence and how the heart accomodates practical needs .",1 183786,"Everything -- even life on an aircraft carrier -- is sentimentalized .",0 223784,"I do n't blame Eddie Murphy but should n't Owen Wilson know a movie must have a story and a script ?",0 158661,"expertly cast",1 81863,"have captured the chaos of an urban conflagration with such fury",1 93168,"something of the ultimate Scorsese film",1 225848,"Soderbergh 's best films , ``",1 117601,"count for very little if the movie were n't as beautifully shaped and as delicately calibrated in tone as it is",1 56143,"preachy or",0 195632,"cheapened the artistry of making a film",0 224648,"Liotta is put in an impossible spot because his character 's deceptions ultimately undo him and the believability of the entire scenario .",0 204045,"it turns the stomach .",0 147821,"Nothing more than a widget cranked out on an assembly line to see if stupid Americans will get a kick out of goofy Brits with cute accents performing ages-old slapstick and unfunny tricks .",0 25234,"Entertains",1 223209,"E.T. is still a cinematic touchstone .",1 194509,"belly laughs ( including a knockout of a closing line )",1 200793,"have better luck next time",0 175870,"to an almost comic embarrassment",0 56682,"sadness and",0 90899,"pungent",0 36503,"repeatedly throughout the movie",0 25632,"I liked its heart and its spirit",1 197299,"does n't end up being very inspiring or insightful .",0 187707,"Tedious",0 211002,"see this piece of crap again",0 154463,"authentically vague",0 4125,"a sock-you-in-the-eye",1 96819,"the sweet , melancholy spell",1 132036,"seen City",1 49648,"being able to tear their eyes away from the screen",1 209461,"poignancy jostling against farce , thoughtful dialogue elbowed aside by one-liners , and a visual style that incorporates rotoscope animation for no apparent reason except , maybe , that it looks neat",0 69237,"The AAA of action",1 168536,"overly complicated and derivative screenplay",0 117170,"combines the enigmatic features of ` Memento ' with the hallucinatory drug culture of ` Requiem for a Dream",1 203617,"is too mainstream",0 10974,"taylor appears to have blown his entire budget on soundtrack rights and had nothing left over for jokes .",0 40523,"yourself that it 's a '' true story '' and you 're likely to have one helluva time at the movies",1 91635,"revigorates the mind to see a feature that concentrates on people , a project in which the script and characters hold sway .",1 194943,"breathless movie",1 97630,"thought out",1 81199,"going out and enjoying the big-screen experience",1 100917,"would force you to give it a millisecond of thought",1 178940,"wow ' factor",1 160385,"groundbreaking endeavor",1 203615,"is too long with too little going on",0 207240,"not-very-funny",0 93905,"sure to raise audience 's spirits and leave them singing long after the credits roll",1 67019,"Kids will love its fantasy and adventure ,",1 66124,"I 've never seen or heard anything quite like this film , and",1 106358,"Hungry-Man portions of bad",0 135127,"the ease with which it integrates thoughtfulness and pasta-fagioli comedy",1 181598,"A depraved , incoherent , instantly disposable piece of hackery",0 32321,"has more than enough charm to make it memorable .",1 233856,"might imagine that most every aggrieved father cliché has been unturned",0 219601,"winning actor",1 238459,"was when Green threw medical equipment at a window : not because it was particularly funny , but because I had a serious urge to grab the old lady at the end of my aisle 's walker and toss it at the screen in frustration",0 49594,"becomes a soulful , incisive meditation on the way we were , and the way we are .",1 33309,"is an enjoyable family film -- pretty much aimed at any youngster who loves horses .",1 70964,"Wiseman is patient and",1 189562,"What ` Blade Runner ' would",1 150284,"This one is certainly well-meaning",1 73640,"an absorbing look",1 179468,"'re simply not funny performers",0 162948,"is it hokey",0 32186,"great humanitarian",1 66757,"It may sound like a mere disease-of - the-week TV movie , but",0 147407,"Meandering , sub-aquatic mess : It 's so bad it 's good , but only if you slide in on a freebie .",0 70168,"Think of it as Gidget , only with muscles and a lot more smarts , but just as endearing and easy to watch .",1 58728,"the sogginess",0 237410,"there 's plenty to offend everyone ...",0 15223,"beautifully orchestrates the transformation of the chilly , neurotic , and self-absorbed Martha as her heart begins to open .",1 21669,"our lust for fast-paced action",1 71157,"You would n't want to live waydowntown ,",0 236678,"the ` Are we a sick society",0 32860,"in films",1 10071,"reinforces the talents of screenwriter charlie kaufman , creator of adaptation and being john malkovich .",1 170633,"seems to have no goal and no urgency . It 's just filler",0 73815,"an imaginative filmmaker who can see the forest for the trees",1 65936,"Hashiguchi uses the situation to evoke a Japan bustling atop an undercurrent of loneliness and isolation .",1 220587,"'ll laugh for not quite and hour and a half ,",1 227769,"a beautiful , aching sadness to it all",1 149900,"The stupidest , most insulting movie of 2002 's first quarter .",0 36111,"pour delightfully piquant wine from aged bottles",1 231746,"his showboating wise-cracker stock persona sure is getting old .",0 45048,"Despite Besson 's high-profile name being Wasabi 's big selling point , there is no doubt that Krawczyk deserves a huge amount of the credit for the film 's thoroughly winning tone .",1 45787,"It has its faults , but",0 111267,"Worth a look by those on both sides of the issues , if only for the perspective it offers , one the public rarely sees .",1 229989,"could have looked into my future and saw how bad this movie was",0 182046,"A supernatural mystery that does n't know whether it wants to be a suspenseful horror movie or a weepy melodrama . It ends up being neither , and fails at both endeavors .",0 185414,"Ivy League college",1 141078,"'s Friday ''",1 805,"despite moore 's attempts at whimsy and spoon feeding",0 91120,"rather simplistic",0 188418,"The movie feels stitched together from stock situations and characters from other movies",0 188053,"The crassness",0 237405,"there 's no saving the movie",0 178859,"would be even worse behind the camera than he is in front of it",0 78417,"does give you a peek . The main problem being that it 's only a peek .",0 213247,"teeth-gnashing actorliness",0 11655,"the movie 's downfall is to substitute plot for personality .",0 207698,"of dramatic fireworks",1 221389,", is extraordinary .",1 146720,"It may be a prize winner",1 15074,"and sensitivity",1 203819,"it 's undone by a sloppy script",0 212709,"struggling to balance conflicting cultural messages",0 168006,"old jokes",0 117048,"clearly see the world of our making .",1 69410,"The biggest problem",0 118165,"devastated by war , famine and poverty and",0 98043,"to fairly judge a film like RINGU when you 've seen the remake first . Many of the effective horror elements are dampened through familiarity , ( yet ) are worthwhile",1 141852,"( and torturing",0 163434,"is that rather than dramatizing this premise , Mr . Desplechin is content to state it .",0 209863,"pseudo-intellectual kid",0 136763,"there remains a huge gap between the film 's creepy",0 3308,"'s a compelling and horrifying story",1 141592,"'s so full of wrong choices that all you can do is shake your head in disbelief -- and worry about what classic Oliver Parker intends to mangle next time .",0 56062,"pleasant tale",1 178443,"wisecracking Mystery Science Theater 3000 guys",1 121404,"great , participatory spectator sport",1 186205,"Movies like High Crimes flog the dead horse of surprise as if it were an obligation . How about surprising us by trying something new ?",0 124077,"is genuinely inspirational",1 74685,"as funny as you 'd hoped .",1 222099,"A thoroughly awful movie",0 3454,", lawrence unleashes his trademark misogyny -- er , comedy -- like a human volcano or an overflowing septic tank ,",0 192198,"all the annals",0 102231,", Cinema Paradiso stands as one of the great films about movie love .",1 176268,"to make us care about them",1 203984,"it no longer recognizes the needs of moviegoers for real characters and compelling plots",0 5250,"both traditional or modern stories together in a manner that one never overwhelms the other . something for everyone",1 102003,"'s worth seeing",1 203222,"is never satisfactory . The art demands live viewing . The innate theatrics that provide its thrills and extreme emotions lose their luster when flattened onscreen .",0 234119,"no `` Waterboy",0 122987,"in fast-edit , hopped-up fashion",0 16598,"most fun",1 75055,"auspicious feature debut",1 63951,"An undeniably gorgeous , terminally",1 96975,"the very best movies",1 176687,"too serious",0 120758,"from the real-life story to portray themselves in the film",1 130320,"plenty of funny movies",1 163012,"is likely to disappear as quickly as an ice cube thrown into a pot of boiling water",0 10531,"smart , funny and",1 61026,"'s fallen under the sweet , melancholy spell of this unique director 's previous films",1 79285,"even-toned direction",1 217422,"to the annoying score to ` special effects ' by way of replacing objects in a character 's hands below the camera line",0 69641,"The huskies are beautiful",1 175342,"this anything more than another big-budget bust",0 121414,"great premise",1 142995,"A baffling misfire , and possibly the weakest movie ( Woody Allen ) has made in the last twenty years .",0 88565,"of extraordinary journalism",1 11403,"the film is powerful , accessible and funny . you wo n't miss its messages , but you 'll be entertained as well .",1 164957,"like it was co-written by Mattel executives and lobbyists for the tinsel industry",0 3467,"... a bland murder-on-campus yawner .",0 57155,"somber , absurd , and , finally ,",0 225003,"Mr. Wollter and Ms. Seldhal give strong and convincing performances ,",1 29576,"better than its predecessors is that Myers is no longer simply spoofing the mini-mod-madness of '60s spy movies",1 59451,"too long and too convoluted",0 80810,"funny and touching film",1 3390,"( caine ) proves once again he has n't lost his touch , bringing off a superb performance in an admittedly middling film .",1 143411,"A very bad sign",0 225580,"Real Women Have Curves '' is a sweet , honest , and enjoyable comedy-drama about a young woman who wants many things in life , but fears she 'll become her mother before she gets to fulfill her dreams .",1 103789,"A pleasant and engaging enough sit , but in trying to have the best of both worlds it ends up falling short as a whole .",0 177923,"were funny ( enough ) or exciting ( enough )",1 163549,"is undercut by its own head-banging obviousness",0 237125,"the original and , instead , rehash old jokes",0 120223,"flashes of mordant humor",1 38184,"the familiar by amalgamating genres and adding true human complexity to its not-so-stock characters",1 5725,"continually challenges perceptions of guilt and innocence , of good guys and bad , and asks",1 49495,"be a most hard-hearted person",0 26994,"This is one for the ages",1 110159,"The sheer joy and pride",1 178725,"without the right-on satiric humor",0 57630,"technically superb",1 198252,"exceedingly memorable",1 151502,"a clunker as he delivers a long , low-heat chase , interrupted by a middling car chase",0 124784,"issue a moratorium , effective immediately , on treacly films about inspirational prep-school professors and the children they so heartwarmingly motivate .",1 216226,"they could n't have done in half an hour",0 195275,"ca n't remember the last time I saw a movie where I wanted so badly for the protagonist to fail",0 114614,"are littered with trenchant satirical jabs at the peculiar egocentricities of the acting breed",0 198728,"feels impersonal , almost generic .",0 5444,"care about a film that proposes as epic tragedy the plight of a callow rich boy who is forced to choose between his beautiful , self-satisfied 22-year-old girlfriend and an equally beautiful , self-satisfied 18-year-old mistress",1 9881,"providing comic relief",1 99238,"uses modern technology to take the viewer inside the wave .",1 232674,"is one big , dumb action movie",0 73021,"about what an unhappy , repressed and twisted personal life their tormentor deserved . These people are really going to love The Piano Teacher",1 88522,"of determination and the human spirit",1 3645,"a child 's interest and",1 137870,"to squeeze the action and our emotions into the all-too-familiar dramatic arc of the Holocaust escape story",1 99780,"welcomed tens of thousands of German Jewish refugees",1 36218,"psychological masterpiece",1 166033,"miss as far as the comedy goes",0 119558,"explore its principal characters with honesty , insight and humor",1 227674,"`` hi ''",1 135495,"the heart , one which it fails to get",0 68535,"Runs on the pure adrenalin of Pacino 's performance .",1 159136,"financial extortion",0 128047,"no way to entertain or inspire its viewers",0 168181,"one big chase that seems to have no goal and no urgency . It 's just filler",0 156507,"com is so rambling and disconnected it never builds any suspense",0 100035,"whimsicality , narrative discipline",1 92081,"see a three-dimensional , average , middle-aged woman 's experience of self-discovery handled with such sensitivity",1 166570,"naturally poignant",1 43035,"works on several levels , openly",1 13813,"A thoughtful , provocative , insistently humanizing film .",1 10319,"see '' blue crush",1 194315,"becomes more specimen than character",0 99282,"valiant effort to understand everyone 's point of view",1 112903,"a tone that 's alternately melancholic , hopeful and strangely funny",1 159826,"fun like the Vincent Price horror classics of the '60s . At its worst , it implodes in a series of very bad special effects",0 225930,"Spinning a web of dazzling entertainment may be overstating it , but `` Spider-Man '' certainly delivers the goods .",1 179017,"yawns",0 109767,"The film 's desire to be liked sometimes undermines the possibility for an exploration of the thornier aspects of the nature\/nurture argument in regards to homosexuality .",0 212143,"some of the more overtly silly dialogue",0 37851,"that makes this '' Two Weddings and a Funeral '' fun",1 23774,", merry and , yes , melancholy film .",1 192509,"an awful sour taste",0 113267,"accomplishes its primary goal without the use of special effects , but rather by emphasizing the characters",1 77957,"delivers the goods and audiences will have a fun , no-frills ride",1 133631,"sunny disposition",1 49000,"an uneven tone",0 92656,"signals director Rick Famuyiwa 's emergence as an articulate , grown-up voice in African-American cinema",1 163344,"is so funny in drag he should consider permanent sex-reassignment",1 179182,"you wanted to make as anti-Kieslowski a pun as possible . Suffice to say its total promise is left slightly unfulfilled",0 135110,"the disparate elements do n't gel",0 32787,"improved upon",1 41631,"be seen by all , especially those who are n't aware of , or",1 113351,"actor Michel Serrault",1 12148,"this insane",0 127875,"never bothers to question why somebody might devote time to see it",0 48288,"a potent metaphor",1 122560,"how serious-minded the film is",1 197842,"end up trying to drown yourself in a lake afterwards",0 8039,"its dull spots",0 230540,"enjoyed , even on the level that one enjoys a bad slasher flick ,",1 207945,"of real interest",1 99136,"unsurprising",0 28243,"also one of the smarter , savvier spoofs to come along in some time",1 76471,"carry the movie because they are believable as people -- flawed , assured of the wrong things , and scared to admit how much they may really need the company of others .",1 34700,"moviegoers of any age",1 23926,", they 're sandwiched in between the most impossibly dry account of Kahlo 's life imaginable .",0 88540,"of effecting change and inspiring hope",1 81574,"hard-hitting",1 220197,"yet depressing film",0 75379,"beauty ,",1 119830,"fearlessly",1 102044,"( '' Safe Conduct '' )",0 91398,"relatively lightweight commercial fare such as Notting Hill to commercial",1 37279,"stand up and applaud",1 91603,"returns to narrative filmmaking with a visually masterful work of quiet power .",1 133487,"style . Entertaining",1 74023,"and communicates something",1 223358,"Feral and uncomfortable .",0 148776,"Southern California locations",1 98905,"unbelievable",1 19437,"Windtalkers is shapelessly gratifying , the kind of movie that invites you to pick apart its faults even as you have to admit that somehow it hit you where you live .",1 84248,"is going to be something really good . '",1 212436,"staged violence overshadows everything , including most of the actors .",0 195823,"cloying messages",0 119498,"exercise in style and mystification",1 139532,"what I liked about it",1 168768,"penis , breast and flatulence gags",0 163825,"it is clever",1 155938,"can catch some quality naptime along the way .",0 81609,"has a good bark",1 44582,"As giddy and whimsical and relevant today",1 28910,"and wisdom",1 21231,"liked such movies as Notting Hill , Four Weddings And A Funeral , Bridget Jones ' Diary or High Fidelity",1 76968,"comes at film with bracing intelligence and a vision both painterly and literary .",1 201223,"his passion",1 206355,"more confused ,",0 144615,"Corpus Collosum -- while undeniably interesting -- wore out its welcome well before the end credits rolled about 45 minutes in .",0 187847,"The Porky",1 154821,"be somewhat well-acted , not badly art-directed and utterly unengaging no matter how hard it tries to be thrilling , touching or , yikes , uproarious",0 208828,"otherwise calculated",1 48840,"although flawed ,",0 37800,"that feels very human and very true to life .",1 102741,", not the usual route in a thriller , and the performances are odd and pixilated and sometimes both .",0 16225,"is a great actress portraying a complex character",1 62174,", realistic portrayal",1 223495,"Give credit to everyone from Robinson down to the key grip that this bold move works .",1 227320,"Zellweger 's whiny pouty-lipped poof",0 123962,"is certainly easy to watch .",1 130417,"poorly scripted",0 4185,"a symptom of artistic malnutrition",0 123761,"is a genre-curling crime story that revives the free-wheeling noir spirit of old French cinema .",1 146397,"It 's a boom-box of a movie that might have been titled ` The Loud and the Ludicrous ' ...",0 148533,"Shallow , noisy and pretentious .",0 73290,"affluence",1 40249,"with singles of many ages",1 226568,"There 's no emotional pulse to Solaris .",0 215070,"the most entertaining moments here are unintentional .",1 103902,"A solidly entertaining little film .",1 69846,"The powerful success of Read My Lips with such provocative material",1 44262,"A solid and refined piece of moviemaking",1 125798,"laughed so much",1 197805,"empathy and pity fogging up the screen ...",0 84417,"is n't a great movie",0 88880,"of sexy intrigue",1 24664,"An offbeat , sometimes gross and surprisingly appealing animated film",1 211099,"seems terrified of the book 's irreverent energy , and scotches most of its élan , humor , bile , and irony",0 93351,"sports aficionados",1 67359,"Maid in Manhattan might not look so appealing on third or fourth viewing down the road ... But as a high concept vehicle for two bright stars of the moment who can rise to fans ' lofty expectations , the movie passes inspection",1 162791,"is bad . Not ` terrible filmmaking ' bad , but more like",0 227089,"When it 's this rich and luscious , who cares ?",1 137160,"thought . Better still , he does all of this",1 110646,"Tiresomely derivative and hammily acted .",0 13120,"with a sickly sweet coating to disguise its excrescence until just after ( or during ) consumption of its second half",0 217215,"to merit such superficial treatment",0 52136,"give the physical act all of its meaning and most of its pleasure",1 125663,"knows how to inflate the mundane into the scarifying , and gets full mileage out of the rolling of a stray barrel or the unexpected blast of a phonograph record",1 7945,"it is",1 225832,"So genial is the conceit , this is one of those rare pictures that you root for throughout , dearly hoping that the rich promise of the script will be realized on the screen .",1 68757,"Shiri is an action film that delivers on the promise of excitement ,",1 202946,"is genial but never inspired , and little",1 130433,"popcorn movie fun",1 211781,"slick production values and",1 211094,"seems more tacky and reprehensible ,",0 198016,"especially thin stretched over the nearly 80-minute running time",0 58026,"the audience riveted",1 181995,"A sloppy slapstick",0 182363,"An annoying orgy",0 38251,"the first time in years",1 52291,"grisly and engagingly quixotic",1 146325,"Indifferently implausible",0 123329,"indispensable",1 112083,"a half dozen",1 144408,"Chao was Chen Kaige 's assistant for years in China . He has not learnt that storytelling is what the movies are about .",0 57522,"surprise family",1 13696,"-LRB- Schweiger is -RRB- talented and terribly charismatic , qualities essential to both movie stars and social anarchists .",1 44295,"A taut psychological thriller that does n't waste a moment of its two-hour running time .",1 162228,"innovative , nor the story as imaginative",0 83681,"irritates and saddens me",0 213747,"that leaves you scratching your head in amazement over the fact that so many talented people could participate in such an",0 67553,"Michael Moore has perfected the art of highly entertaining , self-aggrandizing , politically motivated documentary-making , and he 's got as potent a topic as ever here",1 95644,"the film does n't sustain its initial promise with a jarring , new-agey tone creeping into the second half",0 188222,"The filmmaker ascends , literally , to the Olympus of the art world ,",1 24662,"An irresistible combination of a rousing good story",1 33429,"is nearly perfect in its relentless descent to the depths of one man",1 100002,"which will please Eastwood 's loyal fans -- and suits the story , wherein our hero must ride roughshod over incompetent cops to get his man",1 190616,"a fresh point",1 25842,"Japan 's premier stylist of sex and blood hits audiences with what may be his most demented film to date .",1 101413,"'ll take the latter every time",1 11102,"that mandates that you avoid the godzilla sized soda",0 23505,", but it has just enough spice to keep it interesting .",1 86819,"marry science fiction with film noir and action flicks",1 62956,"A diverse and astonishingly articulate cast of Palestinian and Israeli children .",1 173529,"the benefit of decent acting , writing , and direction",1 230010,"courtesy of John Pogue , the Yale grad who previously gave us `` The Skulls ''",1 63068,"A gem of a movie .",1 205478,"loves the members of the upper class almost as much as they love themselves",0 181001,", the movie is so clumsily sentimental and ineptly directed it may leave you speaking in tongues .",0 21382,"n't as much about gender , sexual preference or political agitprop as they were simply a triumph of the indomitable human will to rebel , connect and create",1 189932,"You could easily mistake it for a sketchy work-in-progress that was inexplicably rushed to the megaplexes before its time .",0 127278,"more cerebral , and likable ,",1 101742,"'s little to be learned from watching ` Comedian '",0 54952,"much to enjoy",1 148609,"Since when did dumb entertainment",0 175497,"this obscenely bad dark comedy , so crass",0 18170,"you wait for the story to get going",0 227014,"Well-meaning but inert",0 99645,"was utterly charming",1 8034,"its deft portrait of tinseltown",1 84762,"is there to give them a good time .",1 166087,"modest , snoozy charm",0 127868,"neurasthenic",0 233581,"loved the people onscreen , even though I could not stand them .",1 213908,"that things fall apart",0 150121,"There is something in Full Frontal , I guess , about artifice and acting and how it distorts reality for people who make movies and watch them , but like most movie riddles , it works only if you have an interest in the characters you see .",0 138442,"turns out to be more interesting than any of the character dramas , which never reach satisfying conclusions",1 95565,"the expense of those who paid for it and those who pay to see it",0 101052,"you 're burnt out on It 's a Wonderful Life marathons and bored with A Christmas Carol , it might just be the movie you 're looking for .",1 50359,"comprehend the chasm of knowledge that 's opened between them",1 100323,"win you over ,",1 10461,"signs is a good film , and",1 168228,"one of the world 's most fascinating stories",1 27460,"a cruel reminder of the fate of hundreds of thousands of Chinese , one which can only qualify as a terrible tragedy",0 179739,"'s fairly lame ,",0 186154,"More busy than exciting , more frantic than involving , more chaotic than entertaining .",0 161699,"impossible to claim that it is '' Based on a True Story '' with a straight face",0 63244,"A playful Iranian parable about openness , particularly the",1 112561,"a question for philosophers , not filmmakers :",0 204699,"largely unfunny",0 162251,"inspired by the tumultuous surroundings of Los Angeles",1 50634,"dark humor , gorgeous exterior photography , and",1 45623,"If you 're hard up for raunchy college humor , this is your ticket right here .",1 123778,"is a loose collection of not-so-funny gags , scattered moments of lazy humor",0 147865,"Offensive in the way it exploits the hot-button issue of domestic abuse for cheap thrills and disgusting in the manner it repeatedly puts a small child in jeopardy , treating her as little more than a prop to be cruelly tormented .",0 197361,"does n't so much phone in his performance as fax it . No , even that 's too committed . He gets his secretary to fax it",0 196229,"convincing case",1 55859,"our Hollywood has all but lost",0 135180,"the enterprise",1 149992,"The words , ` Frankly , my dear , I do n't give a damn , ' have never been more appropriate .",0 192979,"appeal to those without much interest in the Elizabethans",1 16471,"little to wipe away the jeweled beads of sweat",0 9502,"one of those movies that catches you up in something bigger than yourself , namely , an archetypal desire to enjoy good trash every now and then .",1 174606,"the quality of the manipulative engineering .",0 6936,"handled correctly , wilde 's play is a masterpiece of elegant wit and artifice .",1 181206,"-- farts , boobs , unmentionables --",0 74513,"artfully restrained in others , 65-year-old Jack Nicholson",1 64210,"B-movie thrillers",1 48428,"a tear-stained vintage Shirley Temple script",1 165491,"make a documentary about these marginal historical figures ? Would n't one about their famous dad , author of Death in Venice , etc . , be more valuable",0 22540,"to recommend to anyone looking for something different",1 157168,"decent acting , writing ,",1 225414,"Passion , lip-synching , tragedy , and lots of really really high notes",0 26982,"This is a raw and disturbing tale that took five years to make",1 171439,"so many explosions",1 238344,"vowing , ` This is going to be something really good",1 193774,"at lengthy dialogue scenes",0 87331,"more streamlined",1 167321,"of a scriptwriter 's imagination",1 148059,"Perceptive in its vision of nascent industrialized world politics as a new art form , but far too clunky , didactic and saddled with scenes that seem simply an ill fit for this movie .",0 111531,"a basketball game",1 179773,"'s hard to like a film so cold and dead",0 184876,"In a 102-minute film , Aaliyah gets at most 20 minutes of screen time ... most viewers will wish there had been more of the '' Queen '' and less of the '' Damned . ''",0 211622,"simple misfire",0 162583,"is a crock -- or something like it .",0 39143,"to become a landmark in Japanese animation",1 207794,"of ideas for the inevitable future sequels ( hey , do n't shoot the messenger )",0 43257,"'s great cinematic polemic",1 134384,"that is n't afraid to admit it",1 165002,"like the recent I Spy , the star chemistry begs the question of whether random gags add up to a movie",0 154937,"been 13 months and 295 preview screenings since I last walked out on a movie",0 79819,"ferocity and thoughtfulness",1 72035,"a movie that accomplishes so much that one viewing ca n't possibly be enough",1 15758,"feel-good picture",1 204094,"it would have become a camp adventure , one of those movies that 's so bad it starts to become good .",1 65838,"Got a David Lynch jones ? Then you 'd do well to check this one out because it 's straight up Twin Peaks action ...",1 90622,"presented with great sympathy and intelligence",1 93921,"surprises you",1 5058,"be the worst film a man has made about women since valley of the dolls",0 27502,"a fascinating portrait of a Vietnamese-born youngster who eagerly and easily assimilated as an all-American girl with a brand new name in southern Tennessee",1 28863,"and thematically moving",1 36884,"shared a great adventure",1 77055,"companionable",1 148764,"Sonny is spiked with unintentional laughter that , unfortunately , occurs too infrequently to make the film even a guilty pleasure .",0 178588,"with if you took Orwell , Bradbury , Kafka , George Lucas and the Wachowski Brothers and threw them into a blender . But that 's just the problem with it",0 25746,"It 's endearing to hear Madame D . refer to her husband as ` Jackie ' -- and he does make for excellent company , not least as a self-conscious performer .",1 125636,"know we 're not supposed to take it seriously",0 76987,"comes to no good",0 128575,"of canned humor",0 39848,"warm performance",1 34684,"moved to tears by a couple of scenes",1 69173,"Terrific performances , great to look at",1 208278,"offensive , puerile and",0 48292,"a powerful drama with enough sardonic wit to keep it from being maudlin",1 194332,"been , pardon the pun , sucked out and replaced by goth goofiness",0 181640,"A dull , simple-minded and stereotypical tale of drugs , death and mind-numbing indifference on the inner-city streets .",0 116516,"ca n't seem to get a coherent rhythm going .",0 126669,"makes an amazing breakthrough in her first starring role and",1 22800,"will entertain with their gross outs , bawdy comedy and head games .",1 86659,"makes these lives count",1 136566,"the ways in which extravagant chance can distort our perspective and throw us off the path of good sense",0 33392,"is indeed a duty of art to reflect life",1 97260,"they are believable as people -- flawed , assured of the wrong things , and scared to admit how much they may really need the company of others",1 218459,"very amusing",1 224081,"Intriguing and stylish .",1 128172,"nothing more than the latest Schwarzenegger or Stallone",0 31626,"filmed drama about a father and son connection that is a brief shooting star of love",1 170111,"rhetorical excess and blatant sentimentality",0 110870,"Very predictable",0 132669,"smarter than your average Bond",1 22487,"to be having so much fun with the slapstick antics and silly street patois",1 158240,"ends the movie is the one with the most emotional resonance , but",1 23052,"'s a good director .",1 232274,"is a failure .",0 42390,"myths and",1 34306,"make this a two-actor master class",1 18286,"'s hard to beat",1 153115,"all the cliches and the carbon copy scenes from every drug movie",0 228395,"afraid to show this movie to reviewers before its opening , afraid of the bad reviews they thought they 'd earn",0 149568,"The movie , directed by Mick Jackson , leaves no cliche unturned , from the predictable plot to the characters straight out of central casting .",0 84456,"is never less than engaging",1 198333,"expect more from director Michael Apted ( Enigma ) and screenwriter Nicholas Kazan ( Reversal of Fortune )",0 71463,"a convincing one",1 78808,"elegant and",1 167686,"of self-absorption",0 48834,"also nicely done",1 69796,"The otherwise good-naturedness of Mr . Deeds , with its embrace of sheer goofiness and cameos of less",1 7134,"high-concept",1 213934,"that watching the proverbial paint dry would be a welcome improvement",0 45506,"Hoffman notches in the nuances of pain , but his smart , edgy voice and waddling profile ( emphasized here ) accent the humor of Wilson 's plight , and that saves his pathos from drippiness",1 14862,"a whole new level",1 193466,"as hilariously raunchy as South Park",1 63104,"A haunting tale of murder and mayhem .",1 108110,"Offers no new insight on the matter",0 118129,"desirable",1 25738,"It 's absolutely spooky how Lillard channels the Shagster right down to the original Casey Kasem-furnished voice .",1 91429,"remains aloft not on its own self-referential hot air , but on the inspired performance of Tim Allen",1 68262,"Pretty good little movie",1 184869,"In Praise of Love lacks even the most fragmented charms I have found in almost all of his previous works .",0 228778,"are both listless",0 164574,"largely due to Parker 's ill-advised meddling with the timeless source material",0 125474,"joyous , turbulent self-discovery",1 164641,"laziest imaginable",0 134915,"the best special effects",1 71140,"You do n't need to know your Ice-T 's from your Cool-J 's to realize that as far as these shootings are concerned , something is rotten in the state of California .",0 116882,"charming quirks",1 130473,"possesses its own languorous charm .",1 181632,"A dull , dumb and derivative horror film",0 142216,", hope and charity",1 19723,"amazingly perceptive in its subtle , supportive but unsentimental look at the Marks family",1 95928,"the inclination to make the most sincere and artful movie in which Adam Sandler will probably ever appear",1 88613,"of gun violence",0 172507,"takes place in a fantasy world where people in hotel hallways recite poetry in voice-over instead of speaking to each other",0 31606,"filled with enjoyably complex characters who are never what they first appear",1 105672,"Even before it builds up to its insanely staged ballroom scene , in which 3000 actors appear in full regalia , it 's waltzed itself into the art film pantheon .",1 141735,"'ve just watched a feature-length video game with some really heavy back story",0 21635,"one that grows in power in retrospect .",1 163480,"is the script 's endless assault of embarrassingly ham-fisted sex jokes",0 26235,"Not too far below the gloss you can still feel director Denis Villeneuve 's beating heart and the fondness he has for his characters .",1 49230,"as '' All That Heaven Allows '' and '' Imitation of Life '' transcends them . Simply put",1 238744,"wild hoot",1 64998,"Demonstrates the unusual power of thoughtful , subjective filmmaking",1 167463,"of filth that attempts to pass itself off as hip , young adult entertainment",0 212177,"somehow under the assumption that its '' dead wife communicating from beyond the grave '' framework is even remotely new or interesting",0 4234,"a trashy , exploitative ,",0 192314,"almost no substance",0 108697,"Rugrats",1 158626,"exercise in sham actor workshops and an affected malaise .",0 106124,"Halle Berry does her best to keep up with him",1 141062,"'re too conscious of the effort it takes to be this spontaneous",1 11548,"the killing field and",0 153598,"and underarm noises",0 86064,"like having a real film of Nijinsky",1 197051,"disappointingly generic nature",0 200659,"has the air of a surprisingly juvenile lark , a pop-influenced prank whose charms are immediately apparent and wear thin with repetition .",0 115316,"back-stabbing babes",1 151983,"a lobotomized Woody Allen",0 164306,"just does n't make the cut",0 164239,"jovial",1 83918,"is a very good viewing alternative for young women",1 85194,"its best ( and it does have some very funny sequences )",1 66504,"It 's a smart , solid , kinetically-charged spy flick worthy of a couple hours of summertime and a bucket of popcorn . Nothing overly original , mind you , but solidly entertaining .",1 122202,"hideously and",0 212369,"splendid-looking",1 113703,"allows the characters to inhabit their world without cleaving to a narrative arc",1 120709,"from cowering poverty to courage and happiness",1 131504,"reverberates throughout this film , whose meaning and impact is sadly heightened by current world events",1 170152,"ripping people off without ever letting them consciously know you have done so",0 63858,"An emotionally strong and politically potent piece",1 222353,"And for all the wrong reasons besides .",0 205448,"lots of sloppiness",0 49781,"boozy",0 100243,"will capture the minds and hearts of many",1 137169,"thoughtful , reverent",1 53898,"its careful pace and seemingly opaque story may not satisfy every moviegoer 's appetite",0 181994,"A sleep-inducingly slow-paced crime drama with clumsy dialogue , heavy-handed phoney-feeling sentiment , and an overly-familiar set of plot devices .",0 17900,"two of the year 's most accomplished and riveting film performances",1 206891,"needs to shake up the mix , and work in something that does n't feel like a half-baked stand-up routine",0 230239,"director D.J. Caruso 's grimy visual veneer and Kilmer 's absorbing performance",1 203255,"is not one of the movies you 'd want to watch if you only had a week to live",0 168682,"participation",1 19423,"Who knows what exactly Godard is on about in this film",0 135636,"the lazy plotting",0 179,"a good chance of being the big hit franklin",1 180448,", Silberling also , to a certain extent , trivializes the movie with too many nervous gags and pratfalls .",0 115836,"being too bleak , too pessimistic and too unflinching",0 238904,"with so much passion",1 104948,"Byler reveals the ways in which a sultry evening or a beer-fueled afternoon in the sun can inspire even the most retiring heart to venture forth .",1 164397,"keeps us at arm 's length . Guided more by intellect than heart , his story flattens instead of sharpens",0 213509,"that , quite simply , should n't have been made",0 46910,"The Four Feathers has rewards , from the exoticism of its seas of sand to the fierce grandeur of its sweeping battle scenes .",1 6222,"entertained",1 197878,"energetic , extreme-sports adventure",1 51341,"even cranky adults may rediscover the quivering kid inside",1 66032,"Hollywood trap",0 235797,"sketchy characters and immature provocations",0 113913,"an adventure story and history lesson",1 30818,"director Sam Mendes , who segues from Oscar winner to Oscar-winning potential with a smooth sleight of hand",1 13867,"As lo-fi as the special effects are",0 158674,"exploits our substantial collective fear of nuclear holocaust to generate cheap Hollywood tension .",0 124061,"is full of unhappy , two-dimensional characters who are anything but compelling",0 217239,"to pack raw dough in my ears",0 122533,"how admirably",1 210067,"ransacked every old World War II movie for overly familiar material",0 209728,"pretty mediocre shtick",0 14419,"Scores a few points for doing what it does with a dedicated and good-hearted professionalism .",1 146653,"It does n't believe in itself",0 152604,"a throwaway movie that wo n't stand the test of time",0 42148,"is a blast of educational energy ,",1 53261,"is a compelling quest for truth",1 40672,"A masterful film from a master filmmaker ,",1 85798,"laughed that hard",1 205383,"looks like a made-for-home-video quickie",0 239070,"yes , ` It 's like having an old friend for dinner ' .",1 53196,"into the sort of heartache everyone",0 168141,"on the title of ugliest movie of the year",0 94350,"terrorizing",0 203497,"is surely one of the most frantic , virulent and foul-natured Christmas season pics ever delivered by a Hollywood studio",0 79367,"everything too safe",0 29209,"as its unusual relationship slowly unfolds",0 77180,"confirms Lynne Ramsay as an important , original talent in international cinema .",1 167295,"of a kids ' story",1 39768,"very happy",1 144998,"Drumline is -- the mere suggestion , albeit a visually compelling one , of a fully realized story .",1 239200,"you too may feel time has decided to stand still .",0 20734,"has just the right amount of charisma and menace .",1 130521,"praiseworthy",1 2974,"too deep",0 59457,"torture",0 43480,", Piccoli is warmly affecting and so is this adroitly minimalist movie .",1 33562,"is worth the price of admission .",1 20654,"gives a tremendous performance",1 191992,"admiration",1 77835,"deeply moving French drama",1 142204,", heartrending look at the divide between religious fundamentalists and their gay relatives . It 's also heavy-handed and devotes too much time to bigoted views .",0 53436,"is concerned with souls and risk and schemes and the consequences of one 's actions",1 69550,"The film is a hoot , and is just as good , if not better than much of what 's on Saturday morning TV especially the pseudo-educational stuff we all ca n't stand .",1 69222,"That rare movie that works on any number of levels -- as",1 197987,"equally miserable film",0 124556,"is so warm and fuzzy you might be able to forgive its mean-spirited second half .",1 212191,"something awfully deadly",0 100967,"wrenching performances",1 114115,"an oddly winning portrayal of one of life 's ultimate losers",1 147915,"One of the more irritating cartoons you will see this , or any , year .",0 184713,"I stay positive",1 211215,"send it to Cranky . We do n't get paid enough to sit through crap like this",0 26497,"Russell and Dreyfus are a romantic pairing of hearts",1 37038,"small family",1 103539,"A dramatic comedy as pleasantly dishonest and pat as any Hollywood fluff .",0 207166,"nor truly edgy -- merely crassly flamboyant and comedically labored .",0 208147,"of the storytelling , which undercuts the devastatingly telling impact of utter loss personified in the film 's simple title",0 73231,"admire the closing scenes of the film , which seem to ask whether our civilization offers a cure for Vincent 's complaint",1 172424,"sweetness and",1 99595,"warmth and gentle",1 227189,"With a romantic comedy plotline straight from the ages , this Cinderella story does n't have a single surprise up its sleeve .",0 41541,"ambition is in short supply in the cinema , and Egoyan tackles his themes and explores his characters ' crises with seriousness and compassion",1 125436,"jackass",0 14210,"Katz uses archival footage , horrifying documents of lynchings , still photographs and charming old reel-to-reel recordings of Meeropol entertaining his children to create his song history , but most powerful of all is the song itself",1 87915,"no major discoveries , nor any stylish sizzle",0 115907,"better and",1 7648,"is a film living far too much in its own head",0 77009,"coming close to bowling you over",1 179767,"'s hard to believe that something so short could be so flabby .",0 46829,"Strange , funny , twisted , brilliant and macabre .",1 196221,"convince the audience that these brats will ever be anything more than losers",0 150955,"Will give many ministers and Bible-study groups hours of material to discuss . But",1 224208,"It 's more enjoyable than I expected , though , and that 's because the laughs come from fairly basic comedic constructs",1 223715,"Humorous and heartfelt ,",1 121471,"grows on you --",1 98473,"told , with superb performances throughout",1 132595,"sleazy",0 98585,"touching good sense on the experience of its women",1 156481,"collapses on its shaky foundation despite the best efforts of director Joe Carnahan",0 103930,"A sub-formulaic slap in the face to seasonal cheer .",0 7589,"interested in recycling old cliches",0 195048,"but here the choices are as contrived and artificial as Kerrigan 's platinum-blonde hair",0 134334,"that goes into becoming a world-class fencer",1 99485,"vivid , thoughtful , unapologetically raw coming-of-age tale",1 236548,"that the Farrelly Bros. -- Peter and Bobby -- and their brand of screen comedy are wheezing to an end , along with Green 's half-hearted movie career",0 222780,"But it would be better to wait for the video .",0 116477,"by those on both sides of the issues , if only for the perspective it offers",1 109514,"The Weight of Water comes to resemble the kind of soft-core twaddle you 'd expect to see on Showtime 's ` Red Shoe Diaries . '",0 116545,"cameo-packed",1 60314,"with a massive infusion of old-fashioned Hollywood magic",1 204283,"its paint-by-numbers plot",0 57963,"the French-produced '' Read My Lips '' is a movie that understands characters must come first .",1 183997,"For this sort of thing to work , we need agile performers , but the proficient , dull Sorvino has no light touch , and Rodan is out of his league .",0 105558,"Duvall 's throbbing sincerity and",1 143661,"Although Huppert 's intensity and focus has a raw exhilaration about it",1 117929,"decay",0 42660,"some welcome role models and",1 21315,"mesmerizing",1 114703,"are universal and involving",1 85952,"lets you brush up against the humanity of a psycho , without making him any less psycho .",1 143027,"A by-the-numbers effort that wo n't do much to enhance the franchise .",0 177898,"well-meaningness",1 217542,"toilet humor , ethnic slurs",0 171551,"solid film",1 130319,"pleasure to have a film like The Hours as an alternative",1 44555,"Antwone Fisher certainly does the trick of making us care about its protagonist and celebrate his victories but , with few exceptions , it rarely stoops to cheap manipulation or corny conventions to do it",1 6595,"for in effective if cheap moments of fright and dread",0 232975,"it 's still quite bad .",0 63308,"A raunchy and frequently hilarious follow-up to the gifted Korean American stand-up 's I 'm the One That I Want .",1 230759,"feeling to it , but like the 1920 's , the trip there is a great deal of fun .",1 117441,"considerable skill and determination ,",1 167096,"obscure and self-indulgent",0 54276,"liked this film a lot",1 140283,"with this film that even 3 Oscar winners ca n't overcome",0 40177,"with a tasty balance",1 232888,"is whether these ambitions , laudable in themselves , justify a theatrical simulation of the death camp of Auschwitz II-Birkenau .",0 103886,"A small gem of a movie that defies classification and is as thought-provoking as it",1 213444,"than this hastily dubbed disaster",0 229352,"belittle a cinema classic .",0 27691,"a movie worthy",1 172486,"taken promising material for a black comedy",0 215153,"the movie looks genuinely pretty . Your nightmares , on the other hand , will be anything but . Not",1 27897,"a theme that will resonate with singles of many ages",1 205146,"limited range",0 177002,"turns so unforgivably trite in its last 10 minutes that anyone without a fortified sweet tooth will likely go into sugar shock",0 215615,"the simpering soundtrack and editing more so",0 94035,"swept away",1 8803,"misanthropic",0 61876,", duty and friendship",1 130801,"pulp melodrama",0 167685,"of screenwriting cliches that sink it faster than a leaky freighter",0 125440,"jarring shocks",1 10886,"sweet home alabama is n't going to win any academy awards , but this date-night diversion will definitely win some hearts .",1 137860,"to sloppy plotting",0 93289,"spectacular , E . T . is carried less by wow factors than by its funny , moving yarn that holds up well after two decades",1 169929,"reliably soul-killing as its title is nearly meaningless",0 144566,"Comic Book Guy on '' The Simpsons ''",0 69211,"That old adage about women being unknowable gets an exhilarating new interpretation in Morvern Callar .",1 172123,"strolls through this mess with a smug grin , inexplicably wearing a kilt and carrying a bag of golf clubs over one shoulder",0 201542,"if it is generally amusing from time to time",1 218442,"vehicle that even he seems embarrassed to be part of",0 196237,"coordinated",1 125685,"labors so hard to whip life into The Importance of Being Earnest that he probably pulled a muscle or two .",0 98885,"ultimately comes off as a pale successor .",0 110512,"This is the sort of low-grade dreck that usually goes straight to video -- with a lousy script , inept direction , pathetic acting , poorly dubbed dialogue and murky cinematography , complete with visible boom mikes .",0 132199,"several cliched movie structures : the road movie",0 112295,"a marginal thumbs",1 227830,"a compelling journey ... and ``",1 99480,"visually transforms the dreary expanse of dead-end distaste the characters inhabit into a poem of art , music and metaphor .",1 237102,"the next Texas Chainsaw Massacre",0 153287,"an abundance of hackneyed dialogue and more silly satanic business",0 169843,"reduce everything he touches to a shrill , didactic cartoon",0 163361,"is so stale",0 71201,"` Moore is like a progressive bull in a china shop , a provocateur crashing into ideas and special-interest groups as he slaps together his own brand of liberalism . '",0 124683,"is the last thing any of these three actresses , nor their characters , deserve",0 11587,"the loud and the ludicrous",0 29842,"but its profound self-evaluation message about our fragile existence and the absence of spiritual guidance should at least invade an abundance of mindsets",1 49839,"bring fresh good looks and an ease in front of the camera to the work .",1 232855,"is truly funny ,",1 216294,"think of this dog of a movie as the cinematic equivalent of high humidity .",0 204216,"its intended audience has n't yet had much science",0 188581,"The problem with movies about angels is they have a tendency to slip into hokum . A Rumor of Angels does n't just slip -- it avalanches into forced fuzziness .",0 228463,"almost anyone 's willingness to believe in it",1 132541,"sinks to a Harrison Ford low .",0 73163,"actorly existential despair than for its boundary-hopping formal innovations and glimpse into another kind of Chinese",1 34318,"makes the film a fuller experience , like an old friend haunted by the exigencies of time .",1 119985,"few moments of inspiration",1 43317,"'s so fun about this silly , outrageous , ingenious thriller is the director 's talent .",1 220063,"would be envious of",1 227554,"`` Orange County '' is far funnier than it would seem to have any right to be .",1 226665,"This is n't my favorite in the series",0 229478,"brought down by lousy direction .",0 45906,"Jones ... makes a great impression as the writer-director of this little $ 1 .",1 15130,"are incredibly beautiful to look at",1 104180,"Although Disney follows its standard formula in this animated adventure , it feels more forced than usual .",0 30812,"director John Polson",1 231893,"if you 're not nearly moved to tears by a couple of scenes , you 've got ice water in your veins .",1 118751,"druggy and self-indulgent",0 96184,"the most original in years",1 191951,"actually amusing",1 70921,"While this movie , by necessity , lacks Fellowship 's heart",0 42795,"the best --",1 27036,"Thoughtful , even stinging at times , and lots of fun .",1 59700,"unforgettable visual panache",1 10925,"t . just as i hoped i would",1 32198,"grim situation",0 204213,"its imaginative premise",1 146004,"I ca n't quite recommend it -- it 's too patched together -- but I almost can : it 's the kind of movie that makes you want to like it",0 218262,"unstoppable superman",1 53433,"is clearly a good thing .",1 216431,"this movie directionless",0 115612,"be universal in its themes of loyalty , courage and dedication to a common goal ,",1 180563,", but it is n't as quirky as it thinks it is and its comedy is generally mean-spirited .",0 53164,"interesting trying to find out",1 25577,"Hong Kong films",1 40999,"It 's often infuriatingly glib and posturing , and yet it has been made with great evident care and manages to deliver up the man in a way to arouse further curiosity in even the most unknowing viewer",1 217898,"trying to hold onto what 's left of his passe ' chopsocky glory",0 76325,"can detract from the affection of that moral favorite",0 2329,"so incredibly",1 63882,"An enjoyable feel-good family comedy regardless of race .",1 207198,"not into high-tech splatterfests",0 119869,"feel more like literary conceits than flesh-and-blood humans",0 213919,"that thrusts the audience into a future they wo n't much care about",0 164972,"like one of Hubert 's punches )",0 104306,"An entertaining , if ultimately minor , thriller .",1 136884,"this a remarkable and novel concept",1 188545,"The plot is paper-thin and",0 103480,"A cleverly",1 170081,"retch it up like rancid crème brûlée",0 159907,"gay porn",0 158962,"feels like a suicide race",0 86865,"material this rich it does n't need it",1 125780,"late-summer",1 106339,"Hugely accomplished",1 139536,"what a reckless",0 103873,"A showcase for both the scenic splendor of the mountains and for legendary actor Michel Serrault , the film",1 130093,"peevish and",0 102412,", because of its heightened , well-shaped dramas , twice as powerful",1 152459,"a slightly anarchic approach that works only sporadically",0 84656,"is still quite good-natured and not a bad way to spend an hour or two",1 53177,"intimate heart",1 60432,"witty , whimsical feature",1 153415,"an important documentary",1 233431,"like a badly edited , 91-minute trailer ( and ) the director ca n't seem to get a coherent rhythm going",0 68115,"Parker and co-writer Catherine di Napoli are faithful to Melville 's plotline , they and a fully engaged supporting cast",1 126641,"make this a moving experience for people who have n't read the book",1 31414,"extremely well played",1 190836,"a little more human being , and",0 192007,"adored The Full Monty so resoundingly that you 're dying to see the same old thing in a tired old setting",0 230831,"finds a way to make J.K. Rowling 's marvelous series into a deadly bore .",0 52826,"images of dissidents in the streets",0 186359,"No Such Thing is sort of a minimalist Beauty and the Beast , but in this case the Beast should definitely get top billing . Robert John Burke as The Monster horns in and steals the show",1 28382,"an invigorating , electric movie .",1 154451,"audience hostage",0 181747,"A hit - and-miss affair ,",0 107210,"Jolie gives it that extra little something that makes it worth checking out at theaters , especially if you 're in the mood for something more comfortable than challenging .",1 159762,"from the predictable plot to the characters straight out of central casting",0 161707,"impressive craftsmanship",1 103692,"A markedly inactive film , City is conversational bordering on confessional .",0 135758,"the most important and exhilarating forms",1 159556,"forced to grapple with hazy motivations that never come into focus",0 27370,"a best selling novel into a timeframe that mandates that you avoid the Godzilla sized soda",1 141055,"'re subjected to one mind-numbingly lengthy riff on poo and pee jokes after another",0 9402,"of watching blobby old-school cgi animation in this superlarge format",0 145613,"Godawful boring slug of a movie .",0 208927,"overlong documentary",0 66378,"In the affable Maid in Manhattan , Jennifer Lopez 's most aggressive and most sincere attempt to take movies by storm , the diva shrewdly surrounds herself with a company of strictly A-list players .",1 139662,"which opens today in the New York metropolitan area , so distasteful",0 29401,"be applauded",1 104173,"Alternately frustrating and rewarding .",1 131463,"retaining an integrity and refusing to compromise his vision",1 76483,"cast and surehanded direction",1 142244,", is insufficiently enlightening and inviting",0 52110,"gets the details right , from its promenade of barely clad bodies in Myrtle Beach , S . C . , to the adrenaline jolt of a sudden lunch rush at the diner .",1 132638,"slow to those of us in middle age and deathly",0 141457,"'s not as awful as some of the recent Hollywood trip tripe",1 105334,"Davis has energy , but she does n't bother to make her heroine 's book sound convincing , the gender-war ideas original , or the comic scenes fly",0 223909,"If S&M seems like a strange route to true love , maybe it is , but it 's to this film 's ( and its makers ' ) credit that we believe that that 's exactly what these two people need to find each other -- and themselves .",1 4457,"agonizing",0 181691,"A film that will be best appreciated by those willing to endure its extremely languorous rhythms , Waiting for Happiness",0 98515,"too much resonance",0 192833,"another clever if pointless excursion",0 80893,"generous and subversive artworks",1 143353,"A soggy , shapeless mess ...",0 210483,"resoundingly",1 204473,"just plain dull",0 132863,"some creepy scenes",0 83545,"into an urban Hades",0 36277,"quiet affirmation",1 224419,"Its underlying mythology is a hodgepodge of inconsistencies that pose the question :",0 62559,"... a series of tales told with the intricate preciseness of the best short story writing .",1 236711,"the action is dazzling",1 64570,"By and large this is Mr . Kilmer 's movie",1 230555,"enough of libidinous young city dwellers",0 95708,"the finest films",1 185010,"It 's a brilliant , honest performance by Nicholson , but",1 46068,"Maelstrom is strange and compelling ,",1 145197,"Every good actor needs to do his or her own Hamlet . For Benigni it was n't Shakespeare whom he wanted to define his career with but Pinocchio . It might as well have been Problem Child IV .",0 208773,"or worth rooting against , for that matter",0 4987,"balances both traditional or modern stories together in a manner that one never overwhelms the other . something for everyone",1 215201,"the next a turgid drama",0 8144,"its simplicity puts an exclamation point on the fact that this is n't something to be taken seriously , but it also wrecks any chance of the movie rising above similar fare",0 237312,"the viewer to doze off for a few minutes or make several runs to the concession stand and\/or restroom and not feel as if he or she has missed anything",0 86389,"loved the look of this film",1 22497,"to demonstrate the virtues of the IMAX format",1 72100,"a passion for the material",1 90727,"profits",1 163956,"it was so weak , and it has been unearthed",0 3886,"a horror",0 210697,"runs out of steam after a half hour .",0 280,"a technically well-made suspenser ...",1 94902,"that the gang feels comfortable with taking insane liberties and doing the goofiest stuff out of left field",1 210275,"redone by someone who ignored it in favor of old ` juvenile delinquent ' paperbacks with titles like Leather Warriors and Switchblade Sexpot",0 109969,"The most audacious , outrageous , sexually explicit , psychologically probing , pure libido film of the year has arrived from Portugal .",1 202869,"is distressingly rote",0 66683,"It 's the type of film about growing up that we do n't see often enough these days : realistic , urgent , and not sugarcoated in the least .",1 97411,"this frozen tundra soap opera",0 188727,"The story of Trouble Every Day ... is so sketchy it amounts to little more than preliminary notes for a science-fiction horror film , and",0 121324,"good things happen to bad people",1 160033,"gets old quickly . Watch Barbershop again",0 9054,"nice",1 166447,"much fun to watch .",1 147076,"Lame Sweet Home leaves no Southern stereotype unturned .",0 29711,"bounces",1 159986,"get laughs from the slowest person in the audience -- just pure slapstick with lots of inane , inoffensive screaming and exaggerated facial expressions",0 107539,"Love Liza is a festival film that would have been better off staying on the festival circuit .",0 128944,"of temptation , salvation and good intentions",1 20449,"empowerment",1 228140,"a series of perfect black pearls clicking together to form a string",1 223993,"Imagine Kevin Smith , the blasphemous bad boy of suburban Jersey , if he were stripped of most of his budget and all of his sense of humor .",0 25177,"Earnest",1 210424,"repetitive arguments , schemes and treachery",0 222035,"A lame comedy .",0 24126,"... a haunting vision , with images that seem more like disturbing hallucinations .",0 77407,"could be , by its art and heart , a necessary one",1 21040,"is not a great Bond movie",0 94245,"tearing ` orphans ' from their mothers",0 28764,"and refreshingly unusual",1 228688,"another gross-out college comedy -- ugh .",0 182221,"Alfred Hitchcock 's imaginative flight",1 213243,"teeny-bopper set",0 148672,"So few movies explore religion that it 's disappointing to see one reduce it to an idea that fits in a sampler .",0 149894,"The stripped-down approach does give the film a certain timeless quality , but the measured pace and lack of dramatic inflection can also seem tedious",0 202560,"is a depressing experience",0 4276,"a very well-made , funny and entertaining picture .",1 234462,"of masterpiece",1 104416,"Another in a long line of ultra-violent war movies , this one is not quite what it could have been as a film",0 180083,"'ve had since '' Ca n't Stop The Music . '' It may as well be called '' Jar-Jar Binks : The Movie . '' It 's that painful",0 9090,"noble",1 32420,"he is matched by Schweig , who carries the film on his broad , handsome shoulders",1 187797,"The Hanukkah spirit seems fried in pork .",0 6834,"good movie .",1 19069,"Matthew was killed",0 223195,"Dramatically lackluster",0 74784,"as terrible",0 151116,"You Thought Was Going To Be Really Awful",0 29788,"but LaBute pulls off a neater trick in Possession",1 105723,"Evokes the 19th century with a subtlety that is an object lesson in period filmmaking .",1 181610,"A dim-witted and lazy spin-off",0 70698,"Watching this film , one is left with the inescapable conclusion that Hitchens ' obsession with Kissinger is , at bottom , a sophisticated flower child 's desire to purge the world of the tooth and claw of human power .",1 89604,"one of the best war movies ever made",1 111770,"a deeply humanistic artist who , in spite of all that he 's witnessed , remains surprisingly idealistic",1 229042,"at faking some pretty cool stunts but a complete failure at trying to create some pretty cool characters",0 61976,", interestingly told film .",1 46923,"The Lion King was a roaring success when it was released eight years ago",1 13778,"A heavy reliance on CGI technology",0 35997,"perverted , sex-soaked riff",0 27410,"a cassette",1 94552,"that annoying specimen of humanity",0 53693,"is very much a step in the right direction ,",1 15862,"gem",1 151014,"With minimal imagination",0 181179,"-- Conrad L . Hall 's cinematography will likely be nominated for an Oscar next year --",1 18847,"Elling , portrayed with quiet fastidiousness by Per Christian Ellefsen ,",1 44813,"But darned if it does n't also keep us riveted to our seats .",1 200931,"he has no clue about making a movie",0 197742,"eloquence , spiritual challenge",1 116860,"charged , but ultimately lacking in substance , not to mention dragged down by a leaden closing act",0 98670,"trashy time",0 38954,"this is still a nice little picture , made by bright and friendly souls with a lot of good cheer",1 142802,"... plays like somebody spliced random moments of a Chris Rock routine into what is otherwise a cliche-riddled but self-serious spy thriller .",0 98889,"ultimately losing cause",0 142488,", the film shares that writer 's usual blend of observant cleverness , too-facile coincidence and slightly noxious preciousness .",0 11926,"the stunt work is top-notch ; the dialogue and drama often food-spittingly funny",1 37556,"symbolic",1 235468,"says ` I 'm telling you , this is f \*\*\* ed ' .",0 178877,"would choose the Cliff-Notes over reading a full-length classic",0 91380,"reinvigorated",1 15146,"as clever",1 2330,"so incredibly inane",0 215729,"the survivors",1 55772,"one good idea",1 103597,"A frustrating ` tweener '",0 203661,"is very much of a mixed bag , with enough negatives",0 139313,"watchable .",1 69358,"The Sweetest Thing ,",1 204657,"lacks even the most fragmented charms I have found in almost all of his previous works .",0 58238,"the downward spiral comes to pass",0 77020,"commander-in-chief",1 128814,"of musical passion",1 116275,"buddy cop comedy",1 31899,"from military epics",1 73718,"an awkward Hitchcockian theme",0 55412,"of its inventiveness",1 235725,"showing honest emotions .",1 214748,"the gross-out comedy",0 164188,"its worst when it 's actually inside the ring",0 13979,"Dong provides perspective with his intelligent grasp of human foibles and contradictions .",1 212854,"such patronising reverence",0 125013,"it is does not rely on dumb gags , anatomical humor , or character cliches",1 31966,"funny and consistently odd , and it",1 56369,"rah-rah",1 44485,"An exhilarating futuristic thriller-noir",1 56408,"reacting to it - feeling a part of its grand locations , thinking urgently as the protagonists struggled , feeling at the mercy of its inventiveness , gasping at its visual delights",1 130127,"perfect material",1 230916,"for any chance of enjoying this film",0 169697,"re-do",0 182961,"Burns gets caught up in the rush of slapstick thoroughfare .",0 183767,"Every conceivable mistake a director could make in filming opera has been perpetrated here .",0 106650,"If you thought Tom Hanks was just an ordinary big-screen star",1 141261,"'s been packaged and sold back to us by Hollywood",0 2791,"their natural instinct for self-preservation",1 104974,"Campanella 's competent direction and his excellent cast",1 99594,"warmth , wit and interesting characters compassionately portrayed",1 75943,"brilliant piece",1 28716,"and moving as Monsoon Wedding",1 238753,"will be all too familiar for anyone who 's seen George Roy Hill 's 1973 film , `` The Sting .",0 209107,"pass for a litmus test of the generation gap and not bad enough to repulse any generation of its fans",1 202487,"is ( Cattaneo ) sophomore slump",0 135413,"the frequent allusions",1 223898,"If I want a real movie",0 81200,"going right through the ranks of the players -- on-camera and off -- that he brings together",1 236230,"take us on his sentimental journey of the heart",1 186368,"No amount of nostalgia for Carvey 's glory days can disguise the fact that the new film is a lame kiddie flick and that Carvey 's considerable talents are wasted in it .",0 180318,") does n't so much phone in his performance as fax it . No , even that 's too committed . He gets his secretary to fax it . ''",0 86367,"love in remembrance",1 238530,"wearing a cloak of unsentimental , straightforward text",1 77918,"delightful mix of sulky teen drama and overcoming-obstacles sports-movie triumph",1 235306,"relies less on forced air than on Petter Næss ' delicate , clever direction ... and a wonderful , imaginative script by Axel Hellstenius",1 175661,"threatening as the Snuggle Fabric Softener bear",0 122030,"he croaks",0 197610,"dumb but occasionally",0 129763,"otherwise good movie",1 94281,"tells a story whose restatement is validated by the changing composition of the nation",1 216514,"this underdramatized but overstated film",0 53883,"it will just as likely make you weep , and it will do so in a way that does n't make you feel like a sucker",1 221051,"( A ) slummer .",0 139735,"who cares ?",0 189789,"With lines that feel like long soliloquies",0 46931,"The Pianist is Polanski 's best film .",1 222764,"But it 's surprisingly harmless .",1 19139,"No",0 127961,"nincompoop Benigni persona",0 74288,"are among the chief reasons Brown Sugar is such a sweet and sexy film .",1 155848,"ca n't help but go soft and stinky",0 200877,"have sprung from such a great one",1 175778,"tired of hearing people",0 196989,"directed but terminally cute drama .",1 107141,"Jacobi , the most fluent of actors , is given relatively dry material from Nijinsky 's writings to perform , and the visuals , even erotically frank ones , become dullingly repetitive",0 16349,"it lightens your wallet without leaving a sting .",1 221187,", Mr. Montias is n't nearly as good to his crew as he is as a director or actor .",0 8618,"make it far more satisfying than almost any horror film in recent memory",1 67356,"Maid in Manhattan might not look so appealing on third or fourth viewing down the road",0 76800,"clears the cynicism right out of you",1 68254,"Pray does n't have a passion for the material .",0 215160,"the movie sinks into an abyss of clichés , depression and bad alternative music .",0 17011,"punishing",0 79039,"enjoyable choice",1 45807,"It is also a testament to the integrity and vision of the band .",1 98774,"turn on many people to opera , in general",1 163662,"it 's like watching a miserable relationship unfold in real time",0 71776,"a guiltless film for nice evening out",1 175284,"think of it as American Pie On Valium",0 160407,"guaranteed to drive anyone much over age 4 screaming from the theater .",0 212296,"spectacular performance - ahem",1 10322,"see , a haunted house , a haunted ship , what 's next ... ghost blimp",0 229292,"been benefited from a sharper , cleaner script before it went in front of the camera",0 126720,"makes you nervous",0 101797,"'s not enough intelligence , wit or innovation on the screen to attract and sustain an older crowd",0 41750,"credited to Dennis Quaid ,",1 1475,"it is laughingly enjoyable",1 79629,"family movie",1 33419,"is n't a weak or careless performance",1 78172,"direction to give the film a soul and an unabashed sense of good old-fashioned escapism",1 213482,"that 's good",1 203600,"is to sit through about 90 minutes of a so-called ` comedy ' and not laugh once",0 29884,"but with his affection for Astoria and its people he has given his tale a warm glow .",1 145240,"Extreme Oops -",0 99016,"unexpectedly moving",1 181830,"A mediocre exercise in target demographics , unaware that it 's the butt of its own joke .",0 219002,"well made , but does n't generate a lot of tension .",1 176673,"too often becomes ponderous in its teaching of history",0 197236,"do that much . Each scene immediately succumbs to gravity and plummets to earth",0 128928,"of stupidity , incoherence and sub-sophomoric sexual banter",0 175711,"throw 40 years of cinematic history",0 63063,"A funny and well-contructed black comedy",1 168302,"only saving grace",0 64477,"Brims with passion :",1 232573,"is n't a weak or careless performance amongst them .",1 174578,"the prime sports cliche",0 188719,"The story is predictable , the jokes are typical Sandler fare , and the romance with Ryder is puzzling",0 71749,"a gorgeous and deceptively minimalist cinematic tone poem",1 155804,"by the time the bloody climax arrives we still do n't feel enough of an attachment to these guys to care one way or another .",0 26156,"Nancy Drew",1 60430,"witty , seductive",1 30116,"charming , quirky and leisurely paced Scottish comedy",1 146272,"Imposter makes a better short story than it does a film",0 21156,"its stirring epilogue",1 83243,"includes a fair share of dumb drug jokes and predictable slapstick , '' Orange County ''",0 147869,"Offers very little genuine romance and even fewer laughs",0 148879,"Still , this thing feels flimsy and ephemeral .",0 156135,"change titles or distributors again before the closing credits roll",0 188204,"The film is way too full of itself :",0 87926,"no respect for laws , political correctness or common decency",0 19709,"almost impossible not to be moved by the movie 's depiction of sacrifice and its stirring epilogue in post-Soviet Russia",1 112800,"a streetwise McLaughlin Group",1 216659,"through the gloomy film noir veil",0 217672,"too textbook to intrigue",0 72123,"a phony relationship",0 129536,"one moment",1 72553,"a striking new significance for anyone",1 151796,"a general air of misogyny",0 98954,"under the direction of Spielberg , who does a convincing impersonation here of a director enjoying himself immensely",1 73643,"an accessible introduction as well as",1 66321,"Ignorant",0 9432,"often food-spittingly",1 132492,"simple and precise",1 210037,"racist",0 129311,"often exquisite",1 165994,"minus those daytime programs ' slickness and sophistication ( and who knew they even had any ? )",0 36297,"quirky charm",1 8222,"juicy",1 58025,"the artistic instinct that pushes a majority-oriented director like Steven Spielberg to follow A . I . with this challenging report so liable to unnerve the majority",1 131185,"redolent",0 149187,"The acting is stiff , the story lacks all trace of wit , the sets look like they were borrowed from Gilligan 's Island",1 42755,"talented and",1 46501,"Perhaps the best sports movie I 've ever seen .",1 62441,", you 're on the edge of your seat",1 18329,", Andersson 's rigorous personal vision is not only distanced but distancing .",0 73116,"acquainted with the tiniest details of Tom Hanks ' face",1 4578,"amounts to being lectured to by tech-geeks",0 109831,"The film occasionally tries the viewer 's patience with slow pacing and a main character who sometimes defies sympathy , but it ultimately satisfies with its moving story .",1 225309,"One of the best of the year .",1 134953,"the bucks",1 124704,"is the superficial way it deals with its story",0 184164,"Give Shapiro , Goldman , and Bolado credit for good intentions , but there 's nothing here that they could n't have done in half an hour",0 186299,"Neither revelatory nor truly edgy -- merely crassly flamboyant and comedically labored .",0 168864,"picked it up . Wiser souls would have tactfully pretended not to see it and",0 82292,"his outstanding performance",1 165906,"might be all the more infuriating",0 77451,"could n't pick the lint off Borg Queen Alice Krige 's cape : and",0 120206,"flaccid odd-couple sniping",0 162837,"is completely unintentional",1 53454,"is effective .",1 215080,"the most part a useless movie , even with a great director at the helm",0 202696,"is all over the place",0 36832,"serves as a valuable time capsule to remind us of the devastating horror suffered by an entire people .",1 8515,"literate",1 194034,"be ( Assayas ' ) homage to the Gallic ` tradition of quality , ' in all its fusty squareness",1 89493,"on the shrill side , tempered by a soft southern gentility that speaks of beauty , grace and a closet full of skeletons",1 7964,"it might as well be the resuscitation of the middle-aged character",0 200063,"goes overboard",0 49695,"better , but it coulda",1 3366,"'s real strength",1 207996,"of soliloquies about nothing delivered by the former Mr . Drew Barrymore",0 143419,"A very long movie , dull in stretches , with entirely too much focus on meal preparation and igloo construction",0 39643,"universal concerns",0 118715,"drawn engaging characters while peppering the pages with memorable zingers",1 132607,"slightly flawed",0 154380,"at least fascinating",1 81316,"gracefully",1 22763,"when it 's good , it 's good and horrid .",1 111086,"When you resurrect a dead man , Hard Copy should come a-knocking",0 199984,"glacially paced , and often just plain dull",0 40381,"wrote a script that no human screenwriter could have hoped to match",1 185668,"Lacks the spirit of the previous two , and makes all those jokes about hos and even more unmentionable subjects seem like mere splashing around in the muck .",0 119417,"everyone making it",1 176709,"took out all the good stuff",0 5436,"captivating",1 124295,"is n't much there here .",0 169090,"portray its literarily talented and notorious subject as anything much more than a dirty old man",0 36303,"quite moving",1 41842,"embraces the time-honored truth",1 214568,"the film 's ill-considered notion",0 43088,"'60s and",1 12367,"to great performances",1 172259,"sucking on the bong and downing one alcoholic beverage after another",0 187213,"Set in a 1986 Harlem that does n't look much like anywhere in New York .",0 142773,"... although this idea is '' new '' the results are tired .",0 211928,"so downbeat and",0 78819,"elegiac portrait",1 4382,"action that 's exciting on the field and a story you",1 146290,"In an effort",1 203404,"is so anemic",0 27083,"Tuck Everlasting achieves a delicate balance of romantic innocence and philosophical depth .",1 100907,"would be hard-pressed to find a movie with a bigger , fatter heart than Barbershop",1 115367,"banal bore",0 62115,", not as gloriously flippant as Lock , Stock and Two Smoking Barrels ,",0 45888,"Jeffrey Tambor 's performance as the intelligent jazz-playing exterminator is Oscar-worthy .",1 107546,"Lovely and Amazing is Holofcener 's deep , uncompromising curtsy to women she knows , and very likely is . When all is said and done , she loves them to pieces -- and so , I trust , will you .",1 94955,"that will have viewers guessing just who 's being conned right up to the finale",1 173912,"the film is competent",1 88117,"occasionally brilliant but mostly average",1 158311,"enough mindless violence",0 5116,"best and most",1 56181,"pretty valuable",1 97012,"the way for adventurous Indian filmmakers toward a crossover",1 160975,"he gets the upper hand in matters of the heart",1 23855,", serial killer",0 45832,"It seems like I have been waiting my whole life for this movie and",1 84915,"it 's just another sports drama\/character study . Yet this one makes up for in heart what it lacks in outright newness . Plus , like I already mentioned ... it 's Robert Duvall ! C'mon",1 170226,"ruined",0 36339,"rarity",1 37702,"than in Mary and most other recent comedies",1 155619,"but enough",1 63489,"A thoroughly engaging , surprisingly touching British comedy",1 228945,"as dumb , credulous , unassuming , subordinate subjects",0 88535,"of dumb drug jokes and",0 181826,"A manipulative feminist empowerment tale thinly posing as a serious drama about spousal abuse",0 17818,"to move anyone who ever shook , rattled , or rolled",1 184746,"I wish it would have just gone more over-the-top instead of trying to have it both ways .",0 69057,"Sure , it 's contrived and predictable",0 181858,"A movie version of a paint-by-numbers picture",0 47679,"Worth watching for Dong Jie 's performance -- and for the way it documents a culture in the throes of rapid change",1 63585,"A witty , low-key romantic comedy .",1 140419,"work in the same vein as the brilliance of Animal House",1 163302,"is short on the thrills",0 230868,"flick worthy",1 118393,"distinguish one sci-fi work from another",1 215588,"the service of a limpid and conventional historical fiction",0 228038,"a movie that takes such a speedy swan dive from `` promising ''",0 224025,"In old-fashioned screenwriting parlance , Ms. Shreve 's novel proved too difficult a text to ` lick , ' despite the efforts of a first-rate cast .",0 56080,"plying",0 64821,"Coral Reef Adventure is a heavyweight film that fights a good fight on behalf of the world 's endangered reefs -- and",1 182149,"About as original as a gangster sweating",0 225057,"Much of it is funny ,",1 192755,"and paper-thin supporting characters",0 174785,"the sort of infantile that makes you wonder about changing the director and writer 's diapers",0 36287,"quietly reflective and melancholy New Zealand film",1 31654,"fine job",1 24139,"... and gradually grows into something of considerable power",1 197297,"does n't do much with its template , despite a remarkably strong cast .",0 123759,"is a genial romance that maintains a surprisingly buoyant tone throughout , notwithstanding some of the writers ' sporadic dips into pop Freudianism .",1 67278,"Like the best of Godard 's movies ... it is visually ravishing , penetrating , impenetrable .",1 104078,"Adam Sandler 's heart may be in the right place , but he needs to pull his head out of his butt",0 33117,"interwoven",1 221926,"A Generation X artifact , capturing a brief era of insanity in the sports arena that surely can not last .",0 226272,"The film is explosive ,",1 231470,"has plenty of laughs",1 48797,"allow the filmmakers to present the biblical message of forgiveness without it ever becoming preachy or syrupy .",1 149748,"The plot is very clever , but",1 71305,"a bit of a cheat in the end",0 103405,"A baffling subplot",0 24251,": absurd , yet tremendously sad",0 33616,"it a total success ?",0 72842,"a wonderful thing",1 231390,"hardly perfect",0 70561,"Unfolds as one of the most politically audacious films of recent decades from any country , but especially from France",0 73837,"an in-depth portrait",1 197248,"do you make a movie with depth about a man who lacked any ? On the evidence before us , the answer is clear : Not easily and , in the end , not well enough",0 57740,"that and it 's what makes their project so interesting",1 55328,"of crucifixion",0 106691,"In an era where big stars and high production values are standard procedure , Narc strikes a defiantly retro chord , and outpaces its contemporaries with daring and verve .",1 59991,"wears its empowerment",1 180409,", Jane learns her place as a girl , softens up and loses some of the intensity that made her an interesting character to begin with .",0 14364,"Painful",0 102021,"'ve got to love a Disney pic with as little cleavage as this one has , and a heroine as feisty and principled as Jane .",1 151359,"a bargain-basement",0 181975,"A sentimental hybrid that could benefit from the spice of specificity .",1 194086,"be as intelligent",1 236594,"that you avoid the Godzilla",0 89580,"one man 's downfall , brought about by his lack of self-awareness",0 140630,"yarn-spinner",0 172235,"such a blip on the year 's radar screen",0 153081,"all of Dean 's mannerisms and self-indulgence , but",0 220812,"'s exactly what these two people need to find each other",1 33034,"indicates",1 193471,"as if Schwentke were fulfilling a gross-out quota for an anticipated audience demographic instead of shaping the material to fit the story",0 86488,"magic and is enjoyable family fare .",1 76834,"close to real life",1 174298,"the most emotional resonance",1 189033,"This is the kind of movie that you only need to watch for about thirty seconds before you say to yourself , ` Ah , yes , here we have a bad , bad , bad movie .",0 164073,"its likable performances and refreshingly naive point of view",1 124558,"is solid , satisfying fare for adults .",1 21041,"is not in the least surprising",0 145452,"Forced",0 203157,"is n't as compelling or as believable",0 177737,"watching a miserable relationship unfold in real time",0 162532,"is , regrettably , going to have tepid films like Dragonfly tossed at them",0 156627,"complete with blade-thin characters and",0 238873,"with adventure and a worthwhile environmental message",1 192922,"any real psychological grounding for the teens ' deviant behaviour . Being latently gay and liking to read are hardly enough",0 222016,"A good thriller .",1 142453,", such revelations wilt",0 218118,"undercut by its awkward structure and a final veering",0 153814,"are charming performers",1 104996,"Carmen ( Vega ) and",1 143203,"A minor picture with a major identity crisis",0 26891,"The reason this picture works better than its predecessors is that Myers is no longer simply spoofing the mini-mod-madness of '60s spy movies .",1 23270,"( sinks ) into exploitation .",0 143120,"A gorgeous , somnolent show",1 53688,"is uniformly superb",1 4104,"a situation",0 203867,"it covers just about every cliche in the compendium about crass , jaded movie types and the phony baloney movie biz .",0 171346,"smell this turkey rotting from miles",0 45773,"It also shows how deeply felt emotions can draw people together across the walls that might otherwise separate them .",1 90990,"quick-witted",1 9259,"of elegant wit and artifice",1 124825,"it 's difficult to shrug off the annoyance of that chatty fish",0 108482,"Promises offers an unexpected window into the complexities of the Middle East struggle and into the humanity of its people .",1 52275,"grimace",0 111846,"a fairly disposable yet still entertaining B picture",1 43817,"-- but it 's a pleasurable trifle .",1 54547,"makes a great impression",1 106931,"It 's not nearly as fresh or enjoyable as its predecessor , but there are enough high points to keep this from being a complete waste of time",1 234976,"plays like a badly edited , 91-minute trailer ( and ) the director ca n't seem to get a coherent rhythm going",0 135635,"the laziness and arrogance of a thing that already knows it 's won",0 13747,": Nobody deserves any prizes here .",0 22746,"were n't as much about gender , sexual preference or political agitprop as they were simply a triumph of the indomitable human will to rebel , connect and create .",1 230572,"er , bubbly",1 8735,"maybe the original inspiration has run its course",0 234076,"needed sweeping , dramatic , Hollywood moments to keep us",0 226307,"The humor is n't as sharp",0 153163,"all-wise-guys-all-the-time",0 130414,"poorly dubbed",0 21542,"of precious increments",1 82586,"ideal",1 110369,"There is a difference between movies with the courage to go over the top and movies that do n't care about being stupid",0 187734,"That frenetic spectacle ( on the TV show ) has usually been leavened by a charm that 's conspicuously missing from the Girls ' big-screen blowout .",0 126816,"marks a modest if encouraging return",1 113162,"about issues most adults have to face in marriage",1 231221,"glides gracefully from male persona to female without missing a beat .",1 70054,"The year 2002 has conjured up more coming-of-age stories than seem possible , but Take Care of My Cat emerges as the very best of them",1 82686,"images you wish you had n't seen",0 195969,"comes down to whether you can tolerate Leon Barlow . I ca n't .",0 196614,"dealing with dreams , visions or being told what actually happened as if it were the third ending of Clue",0 8810,"misguided",0 76057,"bursts with a goofy energy",1 149843,"The soul-searching deliberateness of the film",1 206031,"melodramatic denouement",0 1610,"literary purists may not be pleased ,",0 9632,"passable entertainment , but it 's the kind of motion picture that wo n't make much of a splash when it 's released , and will not be remembered long afterwards .",0 98956,"under the skin",0 114369,"anti-feminist",0 234361,"of a play that only ever walked the delicate tightrope between farcical and loathsome",0 215874,"the wasted potential of this slapstick comedy",0 90808,"provide its keenest pleasures to those familiar with Bombay musicals",1 223384,"For Leonard",1 84865,"it 's almost impossible not to be swept away by the sheer beauty of his images .",1 226290,"The first question to ask about Bad Company is why Anthony Hopkins is in it .",0 10471,"simon leys ' novel ''",1 225939,"Stale , futile scenario",0 209544,"porno flick",0 171553,"solid woman - finding-herself story",1 93851,"sulky teen drama and",0 59924,"want to get made-up and go see this movie with my sisters",1 18420,", if it only had a brain",0 146941,"Just a string of stale gags",0 18872,"First",1 37662,"tells it so lovingly and films it so beautifully that I could n't help being captivated by it",1 98795,"turns into an ocean of trouble",0 22674,"valedictory work",1 224275,"It collapses when Mr. Taylor tries to shift the tone to a thriller 's rush .",0 29989,"can feel the heat that ignites this gripping tale , and the humor and humanity that root it in feeling .",1 166930,"nostalgia slumber",0 73543,"altogether creepy",0 13534,", and should work its magic in other parts of the world",1 122593,"hugely imaginative and successful",1 127774,"naturalistic '",1 186555,"One of the best , most",1 171321,"slumming in territory",0 145383,"Flaunts its quirky excesses like a New Year 's Eve drunk sporting a paper party hat .",0 184570,"I 'm convinced I could keep a family of five blind , crippled , Amish people alive in this situation better than these British soldiers do at keeping themselves kicking .",0 103567,"A few pieces of the film buzz and whir : very little of it actually clicks . The thing just never gets off the ground .",0 212243,"somnambulant exercise",0 47059,"The film is a contrivance , as artificial as the video games Japanese teens play in a nightclub sequence",0 79040,"enjoyable documentary .",1 76331,"can enjoy much of Jonah simply , and gratefully , as laugh-out-loud lunacy with a pronounced Monty Pythonesque flavor",1 125309,"its moving story",1 219326,"who ca n't act",0 81086,"gives Human Nature its unique feel",1 66485,"It 's a lovely , sad dance highlighted by Kwan 's unique directing style .",1 167581,"of laziness",0 225445,"Peter Jackson has done the nearly impossible .",1 103989,"A visual spectacle",1 14677,"a bona-fide master , a fascinating film replete with rewards to be had by all willing to make the effort to reap them",1 23437,", and the trio 's absorbing narrative is a heart-wrenching showcase indeed .",1 123441,"instead comes closer to the failure of the third Revenge of the Nerds sequel",0 26065,"McGrath",0 137723,"to make such a worthless film",0 178634,"with plot holes big enough for its titular hero to drive his sleek black BMW through",0 233603,"made for the `` XXX '' crowd , people who enjoy mindless action without the benefit of decent acting , writing , and direction",0 23668,", hopeful and always fun",1 158150,"elegantly considers various levels of reality and",1 42478,"preposterous and",0 124459,"is rather like being trapped while some weird relative trots out the video he took of the family vacation to Stonehenge . Before long , you 're desperate for the evening to end",0 32129,"good ethics",1 113759,"also demonstrate how desperate the makers of this ` we 're - doing-it-for - the-cash ' sequel were .",0 25759,"It 's one of the most honest films ever made about Hollywood .",1 35472,"of the most compelling variations on In the Company of Men",1 183039,"Certain to be distasteful to children and adults alike , Eight Crazy Nights is a total misfire .",0 47097,"The fly-on-the-wall method",1 231707,"hilariously , gloriously alive",1 231483,"has thankfully ditched the saccharine sentimentality of Bicentennial Man in favour of an altogether darker side",1 123996,"is disgusting to begin with",0 22715,"want to miss About A Boy",0 41810,"do anything",0 64652,"Chabrol 's best",1 142252,", it 's a period romance that suffers from an overly deliberate pace and uneven narrative momentum .",0 179358,"'d probably turn it off",0 34462,"memory , a celebration of living , and a sobering rumination",1 202628,"is a pointless , meandering celebration of the goth-vampire , tortured woe-is-me lifestyle",0 228791,"are fantastic .",1 107611,"Manages to accomplish what few sequels can -- it equals the original and in some ways even betters it .",1 156869,"could fool us into thinking that we 're not watching a double",0 102896,", the movie is funny , smart , visually inventive , and most of all , alive .",1 19281,"Testud and Parmentier give superlative performances",1 10088,"remains fairly light ,",1 166693,"never really finds the tonal or thematic glue it needs .",0 54598,"manages to be kind of heartwarming , nonetheless .",1 155959,"can no longer pass as mere entertainment .",0 113061,"a wry , winning , if languidly paced , meditation",1 133554,"such a flat , plodding picture",0 195149,"by bad writing",0 112513,"a predictable outcome and a screenplay",0 94800,"that one viewing ca n't possibly be enough",1 57079,"smart , funny , subtle , and resonant",1 137659,"to his people",1 126618,"make for some robust and scary entertainment",1 56790,"seem entirely convincing even when its script is not",1 141251,"'s badly",0 83715,"is DiCaprio 's best performance in anything ever , and easily the most watchable film of the year .",1 175149,"then morphed into a movie -- a bad one",0 123433,"inspire a trip to the video store --",1 81738,"has never been smoother or more confident .",1 40323,"wolfish pessimism",0 223231,"Elaborate",1 13992,"Edited and shot with a syncopated style mimicking the work of his subjects",1 124245,"is merely a transition is a common tenet in the world 's religions . This deeply spiritual film taps into the meaning and consolation in afterlife communications .",1 45458,"He 's afraid of His best-known creation",0 156609,"compare to the brilliant original",0 194317,"becomes off-putting",0 191265,"a satisfying complete picture of this particular , anciently demanding métier",1 36255,"qualify as a terrible tragedy",0 48203,"a monologue that manages to incorporate both the horror and the absurdity of the situation in a well-balanced fashion",1 207510,"of a balanced film that explains the zeitgeist that is the X Games",1 51331,"ethereal",1 168622,"painful to sit through",0 60692,"'d watch these two together again in a New York minute",1 173270,"that was probably more fun to make than it is to sit through",0 133226,"stands out from the pack even if the picture itself is somewhat problematic .",1 135428,"the full price for a date",1 7916,"it ca n't escape its past ,",0 10532,"smart , funny and just honest enough to provide the pleasures of a slightly naughty , just-above-average off - broadway play",1 119872,"feel sorry",0 126944,"mean-spirited and wryly observant .",0 94637,"that embraces its old-fashioned themes and in the process comes out looking like something wholly original",1 93127,"some serious suspense",1 80428,"forcing",0 9478,"one it follows into melodrama and silliness",0 134005,"terrific story",1 208287,"offer any insights that have n't been thoroughly debated in the media already , back in the Dahmer heyday of the mid - '90s",0 176328,"to qualify as ` worse than expected",0 124472,"is repellantly out of control",0 103148,". Killing time",0 227317,"Your 20th outing shows off a lot of stamina and vitality , and get this , Madonna 's cameo does n't suck !",1 21717,"persnickety",0 194177,"be of interest primarily to its target audience",1 98408,"to this shocking testament to anti-Semitism and neo-fascism",0 178152,"which is often preachy and poorly acted",0 227277,"You can fire a torpedo through some of Clancy 's holes , and the scripters do n't deserve any Oscars",0 213470,"that 's already a joke in the United States .",0 92738,"sits in the place where a masterpiece should be",1 158462,"even think of staying with this for more than , say , ten ... make that three minutes",0 111567,"a bland , surfacey way that does n't offer any insight into why , for instance , good things happen to bad people",0 19103,"Morton is , as usual , brilliant .",1 63477,"A tasty appetizer that leaves you wanting more .",1 111550,"a better script",1 126527,"made a film that 's barely shocking , barely interesting and most of all , barely anything",0 136473,"the typical Hollywood disregard for historical truth and realism",0 30824,"directs the entire film with the kind of detachment that makes any given frame look like a family 's custom-made Christmas card .",1 24494,"A tender , heartfelt family drama .",1 53807,"it ends in a muddle",0 41303,"There are as many misses as hits , but ultimately , it finds humor in the foibles of human behavior ,",1 205732,"makes two hours feel like four .",0 223124,"Determined to be fun , and bouncy , with energetic musicals",1 151769,"a free ticket",1 220756,"'s always disappointing",0 233870,"might want to take a reality check before you pay the full ticket price to see `` Simone , '' and consider a DVD rental instead .",0 197763,"embody the worst excesses of nouvelle vague without any of its sense of fun or energy",0 58330,"the first order",1 229935,"completely honest , open-hearted film",1 179737,"'s exploitive without being insightful .",0 48011,"a fascinating glimpse of urban life and the class warfare that embroils two young men",1 32650,"hopefully , be remembered as one of the most important stories to be told in Australia 's film history",1 233010,"it difficult to sustain interest in his profession after the family tragedy",0 217132,"to joyless special-effects excess",0 230240,"director D.J. Caruso 's grimy visual veneer and Kilmer 's absorbing performance increase the gravitational pull considerably",1 105621,"Empire ca n't make up its mind whether it wants to be a gangster flick or an art film . It does n't work as either .",0 149372,"The film 's center will not hold .",0 48434,"a terrific look",1 192145,"all comes down to whether you can tolerate Leon Barlow . I ca n't .",0 140089,"with a tawdry B-movie scum",0 5147,"big , fat , dumb",0 117085,"clichéd white-trash situation imaginable",0 71785,"a gut punch",0 27654,"a man who has just lost his wife",0 69323,"The Last Kiss will probably never achieve the popularity of My Big Fat Greek Wedding , but its provocative central wedding sequence has far more impact .",1 169596,"radiant , grimly purposeful and mildly alarmed",1 135026,"the cleverest , most deceptively amusing comedies of the year",1 204196,"its filmmakers run out of clever ideas and visual gags about halfway through",0 193414,"as being 51 times stronger than coke . If you 're looking for a tale of Brits behaving badly , watch Snatch again . It 's 51 times better than this",0 98155,"to keep upping the ante on each other , just as their characters do in the film .",1 87197,"moments of hilarity",1 169793,"reasonably efficient",1 5190,"blessed with a searing lead performance by ryan gosling ( murder by numbers ) , the movie is powerful and provocative . it 's also built on a faulty premise , one it follows into melodrama and silliness",1 236284,"test severely the indulgence of fans of Amélie",0 131066,"real magic",1 96334,"the paranoid claustrophobia of a submarine movie with the unsettling spookiness of the supernatural",1 149834,"The situations and jokes are as predictable and as lowbrow as the endless pratfalls the boys take in their high heels .",0 99295,"van der Groen , described as ` Belgium 's national treasure ,",1 146773,"It wo n't be long before you 'll spy I Spy at a video store near you .",0 107439,"Like Mike raises some worthwhile themes while delivering a wholesome fantasy for kids .",1 92092,"see over and over again",1 145233,"Expect the same-old , lame-old slasher nonsense ,",0 16378,"its fizz is infectious",1 236233,"takes Mr. Hill higher than he 's been in a while",1 136773,"these components combine into one terrific story with lots of laughs",1 68012,"One of the greatest films I 've ever seen .",1 78783,"effortlessly draws you in",1 60062,"what has happened already to so many silent movies , newsreels and the like . The unexpected thing is that its dying , in this shower of black-and-white psychedelia , is quite beautiful",1 223002,"Cool .",1 226087,"That sure is funny",1 138848,"urgency and suspense",1 3611,"a brilliant , honest performance",1 171009,"show life in all of its banality",0 18202,"Gloriously goofy ( and gory ) midnight movie stuff .",1 129379,"on any level",1 7788,"is still charming here",1 107406,"Lawrence should stick to his day job .",0 6753,"gentle humor , bittersweet pathos , and lyric moments",1 78456,"does n't mean you wo n't like looking at it",1 107784,"Miyazaki 's nonstop images are so stunning",1 31515,"fast , furious and full",1 37036,"smacks into something truly new .",1 167072,"nutty cliches and far too much dialogue",0 153373,"an embarrassment , a monotonous",0 20435,"eerie sense",0 178519,"with a sour taste in one 's mouth , and little else",0 222087,"A serviceable Euro-trash action extravaganza , with a decent sense of humor and plenty of things that go boom",1 79553,"facing change in both their inner and outer lives",1 165938,"might keep a more general audience even vaguely interested in his bratty character",0 23960,", ultimately , it wins you over .",1 208007,"of strung-together TV episodes",0 82829,"in Saigon in 1952 . That 's its first sign of trouble",0 59302,"to our basest desires",1 122509,"horrifyingly ,",0 63594,"A work of extraordinary journalism , but it is also a work of deft and subtle poetry .",1 112251,"a lot of the smaller scenes",1 227401,"`` ( Hopkins ) does n't so much phone in his performance as fax it .",0 8604,"magnificent",1 192285,"almost Shakespearean -- both in depth and breadth -- after watching this digital-effects-heavy , supposed family-friendly comedy",1 6046,"does n't work for me",0 10664,"spends the entirety of the film in a coma",0 234641,"often surprising twists and",1 30631,"deeper than expected",1 78309,"distinctive as his visuals",1 40111,"will emerge with a clearer view of how the gears of justice grind on and the death report comes to share airtime alongside the farm report",1 17202,"shut out the real world",1 184748,"I would have liked it more if it had just gone that one step further .",0 11118,"that shoplifts shamelessly from farewell-to-innocence movies like the wanderers and a bronx tale without cribbing any of their intelligence",0 63129,"A keep - 'em - guessing plot and an affectionate take on its screwed-up characters .",1 214811,"the humor aspects of ` Jason X ' were far more entertaining than I had expected",1 175975,"to be this dumb",0 3592,"a bland",0 20991,"is a good Bond movie , which still makes it much better than your typical Bond knock-offs",1 205557,"made , but does n't generate a lot of tension",0 218116,"under-inspired , overblown enterprise that gives Hollywood sequels a bad name",0 225347,"Oscar Wilde 's masterpiece , The Importance of Being Earnest , may be the best play of the 19th century .",1 15081,"and smacks of originality",1 163572,"is what 's lacking in every character in this movie and , subsequently , the movie itself .",0 73338,"ahead of paint-by-number American blockbusters like Pearl Harbor , at least",1 151797,"a genuinely honest moment",1 47858,"a certain ambition",1 140005,"wise enough",1 212325,"spied with my little eye ... a mediocre collection of cookie-cutter action scenes",0 194753,"bluster and",0 23294,", De Niro digs deep emotionally , perhaps because he 's been stirred by the powerful work of his co-stars .",1 55273,"of a situation that quickly snowballs out of control , while focusing on the what much more than the why",0 196059,"complete mess",0 80609,"from disappointing",0 178142,"which gives you an idea just how bad it was",0 91377,"regret , love , duty and friendship",1 83768,"is a feast for the eyes .",1 79070,"enough charm and appealing character quirks to forgive that still serious problem",1 38180,"the experience is profound . The Hours is what movies are supposed to be ...",1 203407,"is so bad it does n't improve upon the experience of staring at a blank screen .",0 145974,"I 'm sure the filmmaker would disagree , but , honestly , I do n't see the point . It 's a visual Rorschach test and I must have failed .",0 8396,"legally blonde and sweet home",1 67147,"Lead actress Gaï , she of the impossibly long limbs and sweetly conspiratorial smile ,",1 18130,"would be barely enough to sustain an interstitial program on the Discovery Channel .",0 171929,"startlingly unfunny comedy",0 91739,"riveting profile",1 70490,"Tsai 's usual style and themes",1 105001,"Carrying off a spot-on Scottish burr , Duvall ( also a producer ) peels layers from this character that may well not have existed on paper .",1 49528,"be lauded for finding a new and ingenious angle",1 96044,"the lively intelligence of the artists",1 219831,"with the inherent absurdity of Ganesh 's rise",0 91349,"reflective and beautifully",1 27210,"Whether ( Binoche and Magimel ) are being charming or angst-ridden",0 4555,"amazingly lame",0 161869,"in gross-out gags",0 111401,"` Alice 's adventure through the looking glass and into zombie-land ' is filled with strange and wonderful creatures .",1 1884,"of alexandre dumas ' classic",1 3595,"a bloated plot",0 33510,"is that despite its overt self-awareness , parts of the movie still manage to break past the artifice and thoroughly engage you .",1 69982,"The subtitled costume drama is set in a remote African empire before cell phones , guns , and the internal combustion engine , but the politics that thump through it are as timely as tomorrow",1 215699,"the storytelling and",1 105966,"Generates an enormous feeling of empathy for its characters .",1 133031,"sorrowfully",0 231239,"go to the U.N. and ask permission for a preemptive strike",0 200180,"graceless and",0 84396,"is more fascinating -- being real -- than anything seen on Jerry Springer",1 120347,"for Touched by an Angel simplicity",1 162118,"incoherent , self-indulgent mess",0 137638,"to have a knack for wrapping the theater in a cold blanket of urban desperation",0 28830,"and that 's what makes it irresistible .",1 194399,"been this odd , inexplicable and unpleasant",0 197115,"dissing the film that they did n't mind the ticket cost .",0 202648,"is a smorgasbord of soliloquies about nothing delivered by the former Mr . Drew Barrymore .",0 92894,"smarter and much funnier version of the old Police Academy flicks .",1 106638,"If you can push on through the slow spots",0 138796,"unusually dry-eyed , even analytical approach",0 94942,"that was n't at least watchable",0 188541,"The plot 's clearly mythic structure may owe more to Disney 's strong sense of formula than to the original story . But while the highly predictable narrative falls short , Treasure Planet is truly gorgeous to behold .",1 62993,"A film centering on a traditional Indian wedding in contemporary New Delhi may not sound like specialized fare",0 62549,"... The Lady and the Duke surprisingly manages never to grow boring ... which proves that Rohmer still has a sense of his audience .",1 102744,", nutty , consistently funny . And educational !",1 98591,"touching story .",1 123915,"is an interesting exercise by talented writer\/director Anderson",1 96390,"the phoniness of female-bonding pictures like Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood",0 25048,"Culkin , who 's in virtually every scene , shines as a young man who uses sarcastic lies like a shield .",1 51814,"for something entertaining",1 116853,"characters of the year",1 160366,"grinds itself out in increasingly incoherent fashion",0 19908,"and you 'll be taking a risk if you choose to see it .",0 183116,"Claims to sort the bad guys from the good , which is its essential problem .",0 114108,"an obvious rapport with her actors",1 63311,"A refreshing change from the usual whoopee-cushion effort aimed at the youth market .",1 48012,"a fascinating little tale",1 53620,"is sentimental but feels free to offend , is analytical and then surrenders to the illogic of its characters , is about grief and yet permits laughter",1 157748,"does n't contain half the excitement of Balto , or quarter the fun of Toy Story 2",0 91593,"retooled genre piece",0 153906,"are not enough to salvage this lifeless boxing film .",0 182154,"Absolutely",1 107710,"Melds derivative elements into something that is often quite rich and exciting , and always a beauty to behold",1 231797,"horrible '' and `` terrible",0 162911,"is genuine sweep or feeling or even a character worth caring about",0 204176,"its drawbacks",0 69878,"The screenplay never lets us forget that Bourne was once an amoral assassin just like the ones who are pursuing him",1 150276,"This movie is maddening .",0 175179,"there are several truly jolting scares",1 129195,"of true inspiration",1 64575,"By surrounding us with hyper-artificiality",0 204522,"keeping themselves kicking",1 18478,", the women are down for the count",0 31551,"feeds our senses with the chilling sights",1 216950,"to cover up the fact that the picture is constructed around a core of flimsy -- or , worse yet , nonexistent -- ideas",0 75319,"be smarter and more diabolical than you could have guessed at the beginning",1 3520,"86 minutes too long",0 3364,"'s played in the most straight-faced fashion , with little humor to lighten things up",1 123510,"interesting failure",0 214857,"the intelligence level of the characters must be low , very low , very very low , for the masquerade to work",0 233904,"modernizes A.E.W. Mason 's story to suit the sensibilities of a young American , a decision that plucks `` The Four Feathers '' bare .",1 165148,"lobotomized Woody Allen",0 178468,"with Green 's half-hearted movie career",0 33617,"it abundantly clear",1 235864,"so much fun dissing the film that they did n't mind the ticket cost",0 115753,"been told and retold",0 101863,"'s probably not easy to make such a worthless film",0 147779,"Not completely loveable -- but what underdog movie since The Bad News Bears has been ? -- but certainly hard to hate .",1 16999,"promising , unusual kind",1 135432,"the funnier movies",1 158874,"fascinate me",1 62211,", she sees it as a chance to revitalize what is and always has been remarkable about clung-to traditions .",1 146281,"In Alcatraz ' ... a cinematic corpse",0 150589,"Up",1 114016,"an equally impressive degree",1 199872,"gets bogged down over 140 minutes",0 10421,"shortcomings",0 112211,"a little more dramatic tension and some more editing",1 71156,"You would n't want to live waydowntown",0 71017,"Witherspoon puts to rest her valley-girl image",1 84944,"it 's so fascinating you wo n't be able to look away for a second",1 187942,"The animation and backdrops are lush and inventive , yet",1 121171,"given to the water-camera operating team of Don King , Sonny Miller , and Michael Stewart .",1 97218,"there to scare while we delight in the images",1 150450,"Too loud , too long and too frantic by half",0 238781,"will have an intermittently good time",1 205492,"low-brow humor",0 235881,"so uncool the only thing missing is the `` Gadzooks ! ''",0 86490,"magic and whimsy for children , a heartfelt romance for teenagers and a compelling argument about death",1 165186,"long-suffering eyeballs",0 181150,", you discover that the answer is as conventional as can be .",0 39041,"thrillers I 've seen in quite a long time",1 57153,"somber , absurd ,",0 19290,"The Pianist is a fine valedictory work for Polanski",1 51546,"fascinating issues",1 220120,"would require the patience of Job to get through this interminable , shapeless documentary about the swinging subculture .",0 44591,"As satisfyingly odd and intriguing a tale as it was a century and a half ago",1 154050,"as I slogged my way through Clockstoppers",0 141392,"'s just no story , folks",0 41765,"darn good",1 69731,"The movie enters a realm where few non-porn films venture , and comes across as darkly funny , energetic , and surprisingly gentle .",1 107005,"It has a dashing and resourceful hero : a lisping , reptilian villain : big fights : big hair : lavish period scenery : and a story just complicated enough to let you bask in your own cleverness as you figure it out .",1 234584,"of those crass , contrived sequels that not only fails on its own , but makes you second-guess your affection for the original",0 46368,"Not the kind of film that will appeal to a mainstream American audience , but there is a certain charm about the film that makes it a suitable entry into the fest circuit .",1 57367,"stolid and earnest",1 19622,"a watchful affection for the monster",1 169377,"prompting audience members to wonder , ` What 's the point ? '",0 226700,"This seductive tease of a thriller gets the job done .",1 34851,"nearly so sinister",0 18282,"'s emotionally engrossing",1 177186,"unfunny , but",0 80054,"flamboyant style",1 189076,"This romantic/comedy asks the question how much souvlaki can you take before indigestion sets in .",0 217018,"to feel funny and light",1 236823,"the double-cross that made Mamet 's `` House of Games '' and last fall 's `` Heist '' so much fun",1 101509,"'s a great American adventure and a wonderful film to bring to IMAX .",1 147742,"None of the characters or plot-lines are fleshed-out enough to build any interest .",0 114645,"are of the highest and the performances attractive without being memorable .",1 102528,", flawless film , ( Wang ) emerges in the front ranks of China 's now numerous , world-renowned filmmakers .",1 187201,"Sensation",1 27476,"a decent moral trying to get out",1 208571,"one big , dumb action movie . Stress ` dumb",0 84868,"it 's also pretty funny",1 24003,", with its blend of frankness , civility and compassion",1 88599,"of genuine excitement",1 86658,"makes the right choices at every turn",1 194352,"been discovered , indulged in and rejected as boring before I see this piece of crap again",0 133992,"terribly convincing",1 35961,"people who look working-class",1 179038,"yikes",0 17146,"scope , ambition and accomplishment",1 67504,"Meant for Star Wars fans . It is there to give them a good time .",1 50340,"complex and quirky",1 184912,"In the end , there is n't much to it .",0 99710,"we 're touched by the film 's conviction that all life centered on that place , that time and that sport",1 237643,"through the corporate stand-up-comedy mill",0 107111,"Its use of the thriller form to examine the labyrinthine ways in which people 's lives cross and change , buffeted by events seemingly out of their control , is intriguing , provocative stuff .",1 94937,"that underscore the importance of family tradition and familial community",1 157792,"does n't serve up a whole lot of laughs .",0 141675,"'s too interested in jerking off in all its Byzantine incarnations to bother pleasuring its audience",0 118132,"desire to the cheap , graceless , hackneyed sci-fi serials of the '30s and '40s",0 69871,"The rich performances by Friel",1 229899,"come to expect more from this studio than some 79-minute after-school `` cartoon ''",0 10876,"sustains its dreamlike glide through a succession of cheesy coincidences and voluptuous cheap effects , not the least of which is rebecca romijn-stamos",0 133777,"symbolic graphic design",1 131672,"ruins everything",0 76621,"charred , somewhere northwest of the Bermuda Triangle",0 32828,"in a sense of epic struggle -- inner and outer -- that 's all too rare in Hollywood 's hastier productions",1 53759,"it 's so successful at lodging itself in the brain",1 161407,"honey , does n't mean that it 's interesting to anyone else .",0 60745,"'re in a slap-happy mood",1 3430,"( reynolds ) takes a classic story , casts attractive and talented actors and uses a magnificent landscape to create a feature film that is wickedly fun to watch",1 142040,", Super Troopers suffers from a bad case of arrested development .",0 77828,"deepest tragedies",0 128635,"of elephant feces",0 139757,"who has little clue about either the nature of women or of friendship",0 67753,"Nair 's cast is so large it 's Altman-esque",1 14175,"It is nature against progress . In Fessenden 's horror trilogy , this theme has proved important to him and is especially so in the finale .",1 141066,"'re watching a movie that was made in 1978 but not released then because it was so weak , and it has been unearthed and released now , when it has become even weaker",0 51891,"frenetic , funny , even punny 6",1 50659,"deadpan comic face",1 82432,"hooting it 's praises , but it 's definitely worth taking a look",1 225819,"Sluggish , tonally uneven",0 70008,"The two leads , nearly perfect in their roles",1 11376,"the film 's implicit premise is that the faith of the tonga people is in every way inferior to that of john",0 3466,"... a bland murder-on-campus yawner",0 19479,"a deadpan suspense",1 227332,"\* Corpus and its amiable jerking",0 201511,"idling in neutral",0 16769,"of sizzle and very little steak",0 233305,"laugh their \*\*\* off for an hour-and-a-half",1 235152,"quintessential Bollywood",1 192818,"annoying orgy",0 65296,"Elvira fans could hardly ask for more .",1 231896,"if you 've watched the far superior Nurse Betty or Sunset Boulevard",0 39766,"very fine",1 51676,"filmmaker who has secrets buried at the heart of his story and knows how to take time revealing them . Strange occurrences",1 179050,"you 'll have to wrestle disbelief to the ground and then apply the chloroform-soaked handkerchief .",0 212097,"some fine sex onscreen , and",1 165340,"lovely costumes , Southern California locations and",1 228021,"a mostly magnificent directorial career ,",1 23771,", maybe , but still a film with all the elements that made the other three great , scary times at the movies .",1 34675,"mothers",1 26597,"Smith 's approach",0 13819,"A truly moving experience , and a perfect example of how art -- when done right -- can help heal ,",1 118019,"deliver remarkable performances .",1 223868,"I wanted to like much more than I actually did",0 159939,"generically",0 140121,"with bathos and pathos and the further Oprahfication of the world",0 175615,"those who equate obscurity with profundity",0 225887,"Some of the most inventive silliness you are likely to witness in a movie theatre for some time .",1 33377,"is full of fine performances , led by Josef Bierbichler as Brecht and Monica Bleibtreu as Helene Weigel , his wife",1 180145,"( Gayton 's script ) telegraphs every discovery and layers on the gloss of convenience .",1 203367,"is required to supply too much of the energy in a film that is , overall , far too staid for its subject matter .",0 68276,"Proof once again that if the filmmakers just follow the books , they ca n't go wrong . Better effects , better acting and a hilarious Kenneth Branagh . An excellent sequel",1 201391,"how fantastic Reign of Fire looked",1 143169,"A living testament to the power of the eccentric and the strange . The fact that it is n't very good is almost beside the point .",0 184685,"I like all four of the lead actors a lot and they manage to squeeze a few laughs out of the material , but they 're treading water at best in this forgettable effort .",1 165793,"mean that it 's interesting to anyone else",1 212305,"speeds up",1 110558,"This tale has been told and retold",0 233442,"like an old Warner Bros. costumer jived with sex",0 108637,"Rising",1 73355,"aimed mainly at little kids but with plenty of entertainment value to keep grown-ups from squirming in their seats .",1 227159,"Why make a documentary about these marginal historical figures ?",0 230998,"freshened up by the dunce of a Screenwriting 101 class .",0 119276,"especially charm",1 53403,"is as delightful as it is derivative",1 114795,"as Sand , who brings to the role her pale , dark beauty and characteristic warmth",1 185102,"It 's difficult to conceive of anyone who has reached puberty actually finding the characters in Slackers or their antics amusing , let alone funny .",0 68368,"Really is a pan-American movie , with moments of genuine insight into the urban heart .",1 213727,"that it no longer recognizes the needs of moviegoers for real characters and compelling plots",0 32094,"glides",1 233670,"makes a tragic error by going on for too long , trying to mirror every subsequent event in Chinese history : war , revolution , Communism , etc.",0 51451,"extraordinary piece",1 130686,"profanities",0 42648,"so honest and",1 75527,"being real",1 212434,"staged violence overshadows everything ,",0 90257,"photographed and beautifully",1 213489,"that 's not the least bit romantic and only mildly funny",0 335,"admirably ambitious",1 190017,"` hip '",1 211700,"sit through -- despite some first-rate performances by its lead",0 202866,"is disappointingly simplistic -- the film 's biggest problem --",0 57086,"smooth , Goodfellas image",1 32340,"has the charm of the original American road movies , feasting on the gorgeous , ramshackle landscape of the filmmaker 's motherland .",1 1480,"it might be tempting to regard mr . andrew and his collaborators as oddballs , but mr . earnhart 's quizzical ,",0 124530,"is so grainy and rough , so dependent on being ` naturalistic ' rather than carefully lit and set up , that it 's exhausting to watch",0 157693,"do with a florid , overplotted , Anne Rice rock 'n' roll vampire novel",0 86779,"many inimitable scenes",1 89706,"oozing , chilling and heart-warming",1 33421,"is n't always easy to look at",0 9868,"protagonists",1 35651,"on some solid performances and witty dialogue",1 73032,"above much of the director 's previous popcorn work",1 181639,"A dull , simple-minded and stereotypical tale of drugs , death and mind-numbing indifference on the inner-city streets",0 214963,"the limitations of his skill",0 142775,"... an hour-and-a-half of inoffensive , unmemorable filler .",0 47454,"Top-notch action powers",1 8432,"light romantic comedy , good gosh ,",1 1219,"hope",1 159108,"film wreck",0 14495,"The film is often filled with a sense of pure wonderment and excitement not often seen in today 's cinema du sarcasm",1 152644,"a very good job",1 52069,"gently tedious in its comedy",0 8146,"its splendor",1 8913,"much different from many a hollywood romance",1 135864,"the needlessly poor quality of its archival prints and film footage . The images lack contrast ,",0 118544,"does n't match his ambition",0 149720,"The period -- swinging London in the time of the mods and the rockers -- gets the once-over once again in Gangster No . 1 , but falls apart long before the end .",0 199865,"gets a lot of flavor and spice",1 70261,"This is pure , exciting moviemaking .",1 128512,"of all the period 's volatile romantic lives , Sand and Musset are worth particular attention",1 7633,"irreconcilable",0 227253,"Yet it 's not quite the genre-busting film it 's been hyped to be because it plays everything too safe .",0 185302,"It just does n't have anything really interesting to say",0 58283,"the fantastic and",1 225697,"Schaeffer should follow his titular advice",0 11135,"that they 're stuck with a script that prevents them from firing on all cylinders",0 53108,"insightful and entertaining",1 112926,"a transition is a common tenet in the world 's religions . This deeply spiritual film taps into the meaning and consolation in afterlife communications",1 124692,"is the phenomenal , water-born cinematography by David Hennings",1 207628,"of being placed on any list of favorites",1 70645,"Viveka Seldahl and Sven Wollter will touch you to the core in a film you will never forget -- that you should never forget .",1 63380,"A sly female empowerment movie ,",1 131394,"rescue Adrian Lyne 's Unfaithful from its sleazy moralizing",0 59543,"triteness and",0 142585,", this thing feels flimsy and ephemeral .",0 38221,"the film from the very beginning",1 137401,"to be as naturally charming as it needs to be",1 176836,"tricks and self-indulgent",0 15327,"but never hogs the scenes from his fellow cast , as there are plenty of laughs and good lines for everyone in this comedy",1 31241,"even if it 's nonsense , its claws dig surprisingly deep",1 192190,"all starts to smack of a Hallmark Hall of Fame , with a few four letter words thrown in that are generally not heard on television .",0 14564,"Trapped is an effective and claustrophobic thriller .",1 210564,"right down the reality drain",0 156989,"credulity and leaves the viewer haunted by the waste of potential",0 18450,", portrayed with quiet fastidiousness by Per Christian Ellefsen ,",1 221089,"( Tries ) to parody a genre that 's already a joke in the United States .",0 147876,"Oft-described as the antidote to American Pie-type sex comedies , it actually has a bundle in common with them , as the film diffuses every opportunity for a breakthrough",0 111654,"a climax",1 199803,"genuine ones",1 59337,"to see Recoing 's bizzarre reaction to his unemployment . Good film , but very glum",1 218289,"up as the kind of film that should be the target of something deeper and more engaging . Oh , and more entertaining , too .",0 129179,"of those rare pictures",1 110034,"The next big thing 's not-so-big",0 176453,"to tell a war story",1 237998,"to the point of distraction",0 213861,"that team up for a",1 196633,"debuts by an esteemed writer-actor",1 86542,"make a gorgeous pair",1 61189,"'s now , more than ever , choosing his roles with the precision of the insurance actuary",1 92948,"so hot-blooded",1 27593,"a human face on it",1 200496,"has all the trappings of an energetic , extreme-sports adventure , but",1 47002,"The director explores all three sides of his story with a sensitivity and an inquisitiveness reminiscent of Truffaut .",1 63928,"An intriguing look at the French film industry during the German occupation :",1 160010,"get through this frankly fantastical by-the-numbers B-flick with just a suspension of disbelief . Rather",0 91831,"run out of ideas",0 42758,"teaches good ethics",1 219349,"who helped give a spark to '' Chasing Amy '' and '' Changing Lanes ''",1 60717,"'ll love this movie",1 51059,"dysfunctional drama",0 224531,"Kids do n't mind crappy movies as much as adults , provided there 's lots of cute animals and clumsy people .",0 203618,"is too often like looking over the outdated clothes and plastic knickknacks at your neighbor 's garage sale .",0 79782,"feels like the logical , unforced continuation of the careers of a pair of spy kids",1 220254,"you 've wasted nearly two hours of your own precious life with this silly little puddle of a movie",0 17966,"very welcome wit",1 11365,"the film 's best",1 7796,"is that celebi could take me back to a time before i saw this movie and i could just skip it",0 154560,"bad mixture",0 146170,"Ideal predecessor",1 210071,"ransacks its archives for a quick-buck sequel .",0 176807,"trashy , exploitative , thoroughly unpleasant",0 52297,"grounded in the reality of its characters to go over the edge . A touch of humor or an unexpected plot twist always pulls it back",1 143998,"Bad '' is the operative word for '' Bad Company",0 223829,"I know I would have liked it more if it had just gone that one step further",0 197159,"do a load of good",1 224295,"It falls far short of poetry , but it 's not bad prose",1 217529,"to work with , sort of like Michael Jackson 's nose",0 124103,"is having fun with it all",1 43616,", is both funny and irritating",1 26362,"Piper Perabo in what",0 152190,"a one-joke movie , and a bad joke at that",0 31963,"funny , highly enjoyable",1 115551,"be played out in any working class community in the nation",1 138651,"uneven dialogue and plot lapses",0 121079,"gets its greatest play from the timeless spectacle of people really talking to each other .",1 180251,"( and misses )",0 6573,"for all its surface frenzy , high crimes should be charged with loitering -- so much on view , so little to offer .",0 98907,"unblinking work",1 16994,"professionalism",1 230658,"except for the annoying demeanour of its lead character",0 85481,"jealous",0 33695,"it offers gorgeous imagery , effective performances , and an increasingly unsettling sense of foreboding .",1 71751,"a grand tour",1 4464,"ai n't pretty",0 31037,"electric movie",1 182590,"As earnest as a community-college advertisement",0 216871,"to be distasteful to children and adults alike",0 63125,"A journey that is as difficult for the audience to take as it is for the protagonist -- yet it 's potentially just as rewarding .",1 91738,"riveting performances",1 97685,"through Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress that transforms this story about love and culture into a cinematic poem",1 23022,"'re sandwiched in between the most impossibly dry account of Kahlo 's life imaginable .",0 179705,"'s difficult to discern if this is a crazy work of disturbed genius or merely 90 minutes of post-adolescent Electra rebellion",0 93256,"sparkling newcomer",1 191863,"accessible to a chosen few , standoffish to everyone else , and smugly suggests a superior moral tone is more important than filmmaking skill",0 22346,"the saddest films I have ever seen that still manages to be uplifting but not overly sentimental",1 135326,"the film has an odd purity that does n't bring you into the characters so much as it has you study them .",1 177980,"what is otherwise a cliche-riddled but self-serious spy thriller",0 116464,"by the time it 's done with us ,",0 232722,"is really an amusing concept",1 223706,"However , it 's pleasant enough and its ecological , pro-wildlife sentiments are certainly welcome .",1 58791,"the unacceptable ,",0 109889,"The hypnotic imagery and fragmentary tale explore the connections between place and personal identity .",1 176115,"to fall prey to a boatload of screenwriting cliches that sink it faster than a leaky freighter",0 68051,"Otto-Sallies has a real filmmaker 's eye .",1 70483,"Trouble ''",0 433,"appreciate",1 115779,"before its opening , afraid of the bad reviews they thought they 'd earn .",0 180555,", but at other times as bland as a block of snow .",0 92061,"seduce and conquer",1 55964,"peculiar and always entertaining",1 112917,"a tragic coming-of-age saga punctuated by bursts of animator Todd McFarlane 's superhero dystopia",1 126828,"martial arts and gunplay with too little excitement and zero compelling storyline",0 218472,"very humble",1 56404,"reacting to it - feeling a part of its grand locations , thinking urgently as the protagonists struggled",1 119771,"far more alienating than involving",0 97674,"thrill you , touch you and",1 33584,"it 's assured , wonderfully respectful of its past and thrilling enough to make it abundantly clear that this movie phenomenon has once again reinvented itself for a new generation",1 124846,"it 's lovely that Cal works out his issues with his dad and comes to terms with his picture-perfect life",1 172099,"stretching and padding its material in a blur of dead ends and distracting camera work",0 1483,"it might be tempting to regard mr . andrew and his collaborators as oddballs , but mr . earnhart 's quizzical , charming movie allows us to see them , finally , as artists .",1 13894,"Best Picture contenders",1 226533,"The vampire thriller Blade II starts off as a wild hoot and then sucks the blood out of its fun",0 136971,"this is one of those rare pictures that you root for throughout , dearly",1 164970,"like one long tourist spot for a Mississippi that may never have existed outside of a scriptwriter 's imagination",0 218516,"video , and so devoid of artifice and purpose that it appears not to have been edited at all",0 159034,"few unintentional",0 61427,"( F ) rom the performances and the cinematography to the outstanding soundtrack and unconventional narrative , the film is blazingly alive and admirable on many levels .",1 83050,"in spite of its predictability",0 33119,"intimate and character-driven",1 9656,"patient with the lovely hush ! and your reward",1 50720,"deftly unsettling genre flair",0 223502,"Go back to sleep .",0 125430,"itself is about something very interesting and odd that",1 83946,"is about quiet , decisive moments between members of the cultural elite as they determine how to proceed as the world implodes .",1 213284,"temperamental child",0 1731,"michael rymer 's direction is so bloodless",0 222456,"As for children , they wo n't enjoy the movie at all .",0 148144,"Portentous and pretentious , The Weight of Water is appropriately titled , given the heavy-handedness of it drama .",0 62131,", one would be hard-pressed to find a movie with a bigger , fatter heart than Barbershop .",1 88401,"of all those famous moments",1 139196,"wants to be liked by the people who can still give him work .",0 83537,"into an A-list director",1 181563,"A chilly , remote , emotionally distant piece ... so dull that its tagline should be",0 26877,"The old-world - meets-new mesh is incarnated in the movie 's soundtrack , a joyful effusion of disco Bollywood that , by the end of Monsoon Wedding , sent my spirit soaring out of the theater .",1 144164,"Birot is a competent enough filmmaker , but her story has nothing fresh or very exciting about it",0 145141,"European pickup . What 's hard to understand is why anybody picked it up . Wiser souls would have tactfully pretended not to see it and left it lying there",0 70541,"Under a Red Bridge is a poem to the enduring strengths of women",1 125668,"kooky and overeager",0 210625,"romantic urgency",1 139216,"warm without ever succumbing to sentimentality",1 189628,"When in doubt , the film ratchets up the stirring soundtrack , throws in a fish-out-of-water gag and lets the cliched dialogue rip . Or else a doggie winks .",0 176727,"tortured ( and torturing ) artists and",0 78701,"each moment of this broken character study is rich in emotional texture",1 154102,"as a sunburn",0 141041,"'re in trouble",0 190195,"a black hole",0 165782,"me want to bolt the theater in the first 10 minutes",0 178389,"will never hold a candle to the original",0 67363,"Maintains your sympathy for this otherwise challenging soul",1 183509,"Disturbing . Disgusting .",0 161137,"here 's guessing that spray cheese and underarm noises played a crucial role",0 234087,"never change .",1 34933,"noisy",0 24262,"A beautiful and haunting examination of the stories we tell ourselves to make sense of the mundane horrors of the world .",1 8236,"just do",1 1490,"it sounds sick and twisted , but the miracle of shainberg 's film is that it truly is romance",1 63031,"A fine production with splendid singing by Angela Gheorghiu , Ruggero Raimondi , and Roberto Alagna",1 212061,"solemn pretension",0 99809,"well-done",1 19511,"a great meet-cute gimmick",1 204938,"lifting the pedestal higher",1 187915,"The acting is amateurish , the cinematography is atrocious , the direction is clumsy , the writing is insipid and",0 97599,"those who do will have found a cult favorite to enjoy for a lifetime .",1 78436,"does n't completely survive its tonal transformation from dark comedy to suspense thriller",0 11404,"the film is small in scope , yet perfectly formed",1 170109,"rhetorical excess",0 27678,"a minor miracle",1 220477,"'' astounds .",1 221412,", it 's not very interesting .",0 127737,"nagging",0 1763,"more worshipful than your random e ! true hollywood story",1 26123,"Ms . Leoni",1 4347,"about nothing delivered by the former mr",0 181968,"A rote exercise in both animation and storytelling .",0 137542,"to dumb down the universe",0 132303,"shoddy",0 146561,"It 's not original , and ,",0 113571,"all awkward",0 65083,"Director Juan Jose Campanella",1 192370,"ambitious but self-indulgent",0 162510,"irritatingly unimaginative",0 193574,"as splendid-looking as this particular film",1 190165,"a better movie",1 204026,"it suffers from the awkwardness that results from adhering to the messiness of true stories .",0 53987,"its star",1 110490,"This is a very ambitious project for a fairly inexperienced filmmaker , but",1 82038,"heart-felt",1 78098,"develops a startling story that works both as a detailed personal portrait and as a rather frightening examination of modern times",1 144895,"Disney-fied adolescent angst",0 99820,"well-put-together piece",1 38943,"this girl",1 79760,"feel realistic",1 98366,"to the film 's music",1 91054,"radiant",1 106942,"It 's probably not easy to make such a worthless film ...",0 221587,", the improbable `` Formula 51 '' is somewhat entertaining",1 19854,"and jealousy",0 123732,"is a distinct rarity , and an event .",1 34558,"more emotional",1 154909,"become more disappointed as each overwrought new sequence plods",0 222302,"An exhilarating experience .",1 223979,"If you go , pack your knitting needles .",0 149359,"The fact that it is n't very good",0 9846,"profound cinema",1 202739,"is an unschooled comedy like Stealing Harvard , which fails to keep 80 minutes from seeming like 800",0 4700,"an unimaginative screenwriter",0 210062,"randomness usually achieved only by lottery drawing",0 13394,"your taste runs to ` difficult ' films",0 215207,"the nifty premise",1 100241,"will be well worth your time",1 85136,"it struck a chord in me",1 144088,"Bees Knees",1 53504,"is inspiring , ironic , and revelatory of just how ridiculous and money-oriented the record industry really is . It is also a testament to the integrity and vision of the band .",1 190901,"a lush , swooning melodrama in the Intermezzo strain",1 117945,"deep as a Petri dish",0 67698,"Much of All About Lily Chou-Chou is mesmerizing",1 188750,"The trashy teen-sleaze equivalent of Showgirls .",0 151835,"a great eye",1 110860,"Ver Wiel 's",1 200253,"grotesque narcissism",0 50530,"crack ensemble",0 127661,"mundane '70s disaster flick",0 82092,"her character erects",1 42821,"the heat that ignites this gripping tale ,",1 37341,"still memorable for some great one-liners",1 190180,"a bigger-name cast",1 4323,"a worthwhile documentary , whether you 're into rap or not , even if it may still leave you wanting more answers as the credits roll .",1 215077,"the most part a useless movie ,",0 86347,"love , memory",1 165625,"making snappy comebacks",1 182726,"Bean drops the ball too many times ... hoping the nifty premise will create enough interest to make up for an unfocused screenplay .",0 3635,"a charming and often affecting journey",1 215943,"the worst sense",0 178272,"wholly predictable",0 167700,"of social insight , intellectual pretension and cinematic interest",1 89642,"one that is presented with great sympathy and intelligence",1 40665,"A historical epic with the courage of its convictions about both scope and detail",1 159096,"film debut something",1 117501,"contrived , nonsensical and formulaic",0 77975,"demonstrate their acting ` chops '",1 14342,"Not for everyone , but for those with whom it will connect",1 7084,"helpful",1 36232,"pumps a lot of energy into his nicely nuanced narrative and surrounds himself with a cast of quirky -- but not stereotyped -- street characters .",1 11717,"the pandering to a moviegoing audience dominated by young males",0 6117,"earnest yet curiously tepid and choppy recycling",0 183468,"Directors Harry Gantz and Joe Gantz have chosen a fascinating subject matter ,",1 68862,"So vivid a portrait of a woman consumed by lust and love and crushed by betrayal that it conjures up the intoxicating fumes and emotional ghosts of a freshly painted Rembrandt .",1 46613,"Recoing 's bizzarre reaction to his unemployment . Good film ,",1 23677,", if the picture also shares the weaknesses of both genres , more",0 123880,"is all too predictable and far too cliched to really work",0 233836,"merely pretentious --",0 78405,"does a great combination act as narrator , Jewish grandmother and subject -- taking us through a film that is part biography , part entertainment and part history .",1 121831,"has really found his groove these days .",1 38216,"the film conjures the magic of author J . K . Rowling 's books .",1 209500,"pompous references",0 223441,"Full of surprises",1 13573,", enrapturing",1 185991,"Manipulative",0 155402,"botch-jobs",0 166500,"must be turning in his grave , along with my stomach",0 17425,"that epic quality often associated with Stevenson 's tale as well as with earlier Disney efforts",1 218629,"walked out muttering words like '' horrible ''",0 38215,"the film conjures the magic of author J . K . Rowling 's books",1 13021,"while certainly more naturalistic than its australian counterpart ,",1 202002,"in the compendium about crass , jaded movie types and the phony baloney movie biz",0 89079,"of the same from Taiwanese auteur Tsai Ming-liang , which is good news to anyone who 's fallen under the sweet , melancholy spell of this unique director 's previous films",1 99720,"we are undeniably touched .",1 104880,"Broomfield has compelling new material",1 114861,"as any in the heart-breakingly extensive annals of white-on-black racism",0 119233,"epic treatment of a nationwide blight that seems to be",1 59071,"though the character is almost completely deadpan",0 196359,"cracked lunacy",0 107159,"Janice comes racing to the rescue in the final reel",1 108033,"None of this is very original , and it is n't particularly funny .",0 102534,", funny and beautifully",1 12558,"treasure",1 72741,"a valiant effort to understand everyone 's point of view",1 185387,"Its inescapable absurdities",0 194417,"before I see this piece of crap again",0 7545,"insightfully",1 90831,"provocative central wedding sequence",1 205076,"like mere splashing around",0 203271,"is off his game",0 215226,"the obvious cliches",0 232485,"is he has no character , loveable or otherwise .",0 134631,"that will strike a chord with anyone who 's ever",1 2806,"then ends with a whimper",0 164159,"its stellar cast",1 73942,"an undeniable energy",1 131994,"seems as funny",1 204224,"its laziest",0 183811,"Excruciatingly unfunny",0 61125,"'s most weirdly engaging and unpredictable character pieces",1 225258,"Occasionally funny",1 23925,", they 're presented with a wry dark humor .",1 32027,"get out",0 203683,"is weak .",0 143334,"A shambles of a movie -- visually unattractive , unbearably loud and utterly silly",0 151476,"a cinematic corpse",0 149288,"The creaking , rusty ship makes a fine backdrop",1 183055,"Chan wades through putrid writing , direction and timing with a smile that says , ` If I stay positive , maybe I can channel one of my greatest pictures , Drunken Master . '",0 120360,"for a great film noir",1 218277,"unusual but unfortunately also irritating",0 164571,"large and obvious",0 179084,"you 've missed the first half-dozen episodes and probably",0 224181,"It 's hard to imagine anybody ever being `` in the mood '' to view a movie as harrowing and painful as The Grey Zone ,",0 59895,"visualized with such operatic grandeur",1 216164,"there surrender $ 9 and 93 minutes of unrecoverable life",0 105711,"Everybody loves a David and Goliath story , and this one is told almost entirely from David 's point of view .",1 178701,"with your mouth full of rotten pulp and living worms",0 55493,"of road movie , coming-of-age story and political satire",1 177451,"very sincere",1 89824,"our most conservative and hidebound movie-making traditions",1 205483,"low , very low",0 62741,"90-minute postmodern voyage",1 37727,"thanks to two appealing lead performances",1 30760,"develops into a significant character study that is both moving and wise",1 118534,"does n't have much else ... especially",0 55823,"opera lovers",1 100231,"will be a thoughtful , emotional movie experience .",1 3284,"'m all for the mentally challenged getting their fair shot in the movie business",0 202371,"intimate and socially encompassing",1 230323,"docu-Dogma plainness",0 203011,"is instead about as fresh as last week 's issue of Variety .",0 82738,"implodes",0 168612,"packaged and sold back to us by Hollywood",0 187414,"Solondz may be convinced that he has something significant to say , but he is n't talking a talk that appeals to me .",0 23028,"'s ... tremendous energy from the cast , a sense of playfulness and excitement that seems appropriate .",1 167822,"of the quality of a lesser Harrison Ford movie - Six Days , Seven Nights , maybe , or that dreadful Sabrina remake",0 208996,"own tortured psyche",1 221009,"'s too grounded in the reality of its characters to go over the edge",0 61635,", I enjoyed .",1 230608,"even then , I 'd recommend waiting for DVD and just skipping straight to her scenes .",0 148422,"Schindler 's List it ai n't .",0 152759,"about following your dreams , no matter what your parents think . Socrates motions for hemlock",1 230072,"cuts to the core of what it actually means to face your fears , to be a girl in a world of boys , to be a boy truly in love with a girl , and to ride the big metaphorical wave that is life -- wherever it takes you .",1 118931,"either you 're willing to go with this claustrophobic concept",0 4012,"a nasty aftertaste but little clear memory of its operational mechanics",0 84708,"is that rare animal known as ' a perfect family film , '",1 175737,"ticking time bombs and other Hollywood-action cliches",0 204576,"knew about generating suspense",1 122475,"hollow , self-indulgent , and",0 163488,"is the sort of movie that discourages American audiences from ever wanting to see another foreign film",0 90761,"properly spooky",1 5197,"blobby old-school cgi animation",0 183914,"Fessenden continues to do interesting work",1 154176,"as hollow catharsis",0 217697,"toss-up",1 22447,"thoroughly enjoyable",1 159353,"for a few airborne TV sets or nude groupies on the nod to liven things up",0 9137,"not just the full assault of reno 's immense wit and insight , but a time travel",1 82939,"in eye-popping visuals",1 26634,"Standing in the Shadows of Motown is cultural history of the best kind : informative , revealing and richly entertaining .",1 40020,"while providing a precious twinkle of insight into their lives .",1 184376,"Helmer Hudlin tries to make a hip comedy , but his dependence on slapstick defeats the possibility of creating a more darkly edged tome .",0 125886,"leaving the theater with a smile on your face",1 136978,"this is the opposite of a truly magical movie",0 24489,"A tale of horror and revenge that is nearly perfect in its relentless descent to the depths of one man",1 180849,", nothing good can happen",0 235181,"rare to see a movie that takes such a speedy swan dive from `` promising '' to `` interesting '' to `` familiar '' before landing squarely on `` stupid ''",0 69762,"The movie ultimately relies a bit too heavily on grandstanding , emotional , Rocky-like moments",0 63020,"A fine effort , an interesting topic",1 24527,"Abbas infuses the role with an unimpeachable core of emotional truth .",1 79290,"eventual discovery",1 117904,"dead production",0 106816,"It 's a sharp movie about otherwise dull subjects .",1 151233,"` classic '",1 7640,"is a compelling piece that demonstrates just how well children can be trained to live out and carry on their parents ' anguish",1 208178,"of these shenanigans exhausting",0 207028,"no disguising this as one of the worst films of the summer . Or for the year , for that matter",0 6358,"exudes",1 53830,"it is as seductive as it is haunting .",1 145627,"Good for a few unintentional",1 12360,"to find some hook on which to hang his persistently useless movies",0 54381,"lots of cool stuff packed into ESPN 's Ultimate X",1 133524,"subtlest works",1 43493,", Swimming gets the details right , from its promenade of barely clad bodies in Myrtle Beach , S . C . , to the adrenaline jolt of a sudden lunch rush at the diner .",1 70615,"Very well-written and very well-acted",1 76989,"comes up with a kind of art-house gay porn film",0 222333,"An uplifting , near-masterpiece .",1 233757,"may , I ca n't think of a single good reason to see this movie , even though everyone in my group extemporaneously shouted , ` Thank you",0 222760,"But it 's defiantly and delightfully against the grain .",1 134818,"the anguish that can develop when one mulls leaving the familiar to traverse uncharted ground",0 69491,"The ensemble cast turns in a collectively stellar performance ,",1 57049,"slick and sprightly CGI feature",1 34584,"more polished",1 52457,"have a feeling that I would have liked it much more if Harry & Tonto never existed",0 56305,"pushes a majority-oriented director like Steven Spielberg to follow A . I . with this challenging report so liable to unnerve the majority",1 73861,"an intelligent screenplay",1 112891,"a thoughtful examination of faith , love and power",1 109309,"TV cop show cliches",0 88174,"of Chabrol 's most intense psychological mysteries",1 136340,"the story is too steeped in fairy tales and other childish things to appeal much to teenagers",0 183477,"Disgusting .",0 119900,"feels at odds with the rest of the film .",0 163028,"is merely mildly charming",1 209400,"pleasant , diverting and modest",1 60428,"witty , captivating film",1 116582,"can do no wrong with Jason X .",1 124912,"it all . Jackass is a vulgar and",0 97423,"this goes after one truth ( the Ford administration 's complicity in tearing ` orphans ' from their mothers ) and stumbles upon others even more compelling .",1 200862,"have potential as a cult film",1 184334,"Has lost some of the dramatic conviction that underlies the best of comedies ...",0 179425,"'re convinced that this Mean Machine was a decent TV outing that just does n't have big screen magic .",0 192734,"and fatally overlong",0 172295,"suicide attempts and tragic deaths .",0 16987,"preposterous and thoroughly misogynistic",0 44202,"A poignant and compelling story",1 163327,"is so consistently unimaginative",0 19847,"and impressive",1 59750,"unwary viewers",0 37205,"speaking its truths with spellbinding imagery and the entrancing music of Philip Glass",1 1271,"imagination",1 150434,"Too clunky and too busy",0 129679,"opening ) dance",1 29920,"by bright and friendly souls",1 200082,"going to subjugate truth to the tear-jerking demands of soap opera",0 230583,"establish Mr. Cantet as France 's foremost cinematic poet of the workplace",1 57556,"sweetly adventurous",1 210780,"sardonic verve",0 163895,"it raises the possibility that it wrote itself as a newly automated Final Draft computer program .",0 188780,"The worst film of the year",0 64952,"De Niro and Murphy make Showtime the most savory and hilarious guilty pleasure of many a recent movie season .",1 160558,"hard to like a film about a guy who is utterly unlikeable",0 62088,", marvelously twisted shapes history",1 179043,"you 'd have to dig pretty deep to uncover it",0 123243,"in waiting to hear how John Malkovich 's reedy consigliere will pronounce his next line",1 50739,"delivering a riveting , pulse intensifying escapist adventure of the first order",1 174938,"the tumultuous surroundings of Los Angeles",0 56292,"punchy dialogue",1 189160,"Throughout all the tumult , a question comes to mind : So why is this so boring ?",0 45276,"For devotees of French cinema",1 194001,"barely defensible sexual violence",0 18540,"... a poignant and powerful narrative that reveals that reading writing and arithmetic are not the only subjects to learn in life .",1 186873,"Reign of Fire is so incredibly inane that it is laughingly enjoyable .",1 7096,"her film is unrelentingly claustrophobic and unpleasant",0 33893,"joyful effusion",1 89932,"overly ambitious to be fully successful",0 202447,"into this turkey",0 101698,"'s hard to imagine any recent film , independent or otherwise , that makes as much of a mess as this one .",0 19208,"Ram Dass : Fierce Grace is worth seeking out .",1 112275,"a maddeningly insistent and repetitive piano score that made me want to scream",0 224228,"It 's packed with adventure and a worthwhile environmental message , so it 's great for the kids",1 9249,"of constant smiles and frequent laughter",1 100756,"wo n't hold up over the long haul",0 232789,"is that its own action is n't very effective .",0 27541,"a frighteningly capable debut and genre piece , but also a snapshot of a dangerous political situation on the verge of coming to a head",1 133339,"stop Eric Schaeffer before he makes another film",0 168928,"played-out idea",0 134361,"that if she had to sit through it again , she should ask for a raise",0 187825,"The Lion King redone for horses , with fewer deliberate laughs , more inadvertent ones and stunningly trite songs by Bryan Adams , the world 's most generic rock star",0 174650,"the richness of characterization that makes his films so memorable",1 69564,"The film is filled with humorous observations about the general absurdity of modern life as seen through the eyes outsiders , but deftly manages to avoid many of the condescending stereotypes that so often plague films dealing with the mentally ill",1 217728,"trademark misogyny",0 203061,"is less compelling than the circumstances of its making .",0 211637,"simply not funny performers",0 232360,"is a subzero version of Monsters , Inc. , without the latter 's imagination",0 227719,"a Dickensian hero",1 162552,"is Hartley 's least accessible screed yet .",0 178309,"why did it have to seem like it took another thousand to tell it to us",0 231312,"gross romanticization",0 206437,"more propaganda",0 154608,"barely gives one pause when considering some of the other dreck out there right now .",0 146739,"It should be mentioned that the set design and interiors of the haunted vessel are more than effectively creepy and moodily lit . So I just did",1 24482,"A subtle and well-crafted ( for the most part )",1 30028,"capture a cruelly hilarious vein of black comedy in the situation with his cast of non-actors and a gritty , no-budget approach",1 33739,"its ample charms should win over the most hard-hearted cynics",1 45377,"Girls Ca n't Swim represents an engaging and intimate first feature by a talented director to watch , and it 's a worthy entry in the French coming-of-age genre",1 45767,"It 's usually a bad sign when directors abandon their scripts and go where the moment takes them ,",0 27736,"a plot that rivals Shakespeare for intrigue , treachery and murder",1 106929,"It 's not nearly as fresh or enjoyable as its predecessor ,",0 219974,"work that lacks both a purpose and a strong pulse .",0 179921,"'s nothing here to match that movie 's intermittent moments of inspiration .",0 110057,"The only time 8 Crazy Nights comes close to hitting a comedic or satirical target",0 74669,"as distinctive as his visuals . Beyond the cleverness , the weirdness and the pristine camerawork",1 3730,"a dim-witted pairing",0 22553,"to strong , credible performances from the whole",1 32484,"her vibrant ` co-stars",1 61020,"'s face is ) an amazing slapstick instrument",1 54990,"n utterly charming and hilarious film that reminded me of the best of the Disney comedies from the 60s .",1 149851,"The story ... is moldy and obvious .",0 12904,"we never really feel involved with the story , as all of its ideas remain just that : abstract ideas .",0 93786,"such a vibrant , colorful world",1 41746,"crafts quite moving scenes",1 129515,"one but two flagrantly fake thunderstorms",0 158192,"emphasizes every line and sag",0 224016,"In fact , it does n't even seem like she tried .",0 171908,"star chemistry",1 235642,"shadowy vision Clooney sustains throughout",1 85352,"its plot twists",1 114876,"as before , from the incongruous but chemically perfect teaming of Crystal and De Niro",1 224533,"Kids who are into this Thornberry stuff will probably be in wedgie heaven .",1 44825,"By turns fanciful , grisly and engagingly quixotic .",1 56312,"put in fine performances as does French actor Oliver Martinez .",1 67739,"My Wife Is an Actress works as well as it does because ( the leads ) are such a companionable couple .",1 167958,"offers the most succinct review of it you 'll read anywhere",1 49145,"are complex and quirky , but entirely believable",1 69533,"The film 's unhurried pace is actually one of its strengths . Entirely appropriately , the tale unfolds like a lazy summer afternoon and concludes with the crisp clarity of a fall dawn .",1 166926,"nonsensical jargon and stiff-upper-lip laboriousness .",0 200053,"goes for sick and demented humor simply to do so . The movie",0 48130,"a knack for picking roles that magnify her outrageous charm",1 201753,"in The Philadelphia Story ? David Spade",1 103381,"A '' black Austin Powers ?",0 105460,"Director Tom Dey demonstrated a knack for mixing action and idiosyncratic humor in his charming 2000 debut Shanghai Noon ,",1 2625,"the horror fan",1 229152,"be as simultaneously funny , offbeat and heartwarming ( without a thick shmear of the goo , at least )",1 145178,"Even the finest chef ca n't make a hotdog into anything more than a hotdog",0 24608,"An amazing and incendiary movie that dives straight into the rough waters of contradiction .",1 182870,"Boll uses a lot of quick cutting and blurry step-printing to goose things up , but dopey dialogue and sometimes inadequate performances kill the effect .",0 83287,"individual moments of mood , and an aimlessness that 's actually sort of amazing",1 178915,"would n't be my preferred way of spending 100 minutes or $ 7 . 00 .",0 201664,"immediately succumbs to gravity and plummets to earth",0 209357,"played by an actress who smiles and frowns",0 206670,"much forced drama in this wildly uneven movie , about a young man 's battle with his inescapable past and uncertain future in a very shapable but largely unfulfilling present",0 29847,"but occasionally stretches believability to its limits and relies on predictable plot contrivances",0 79881,"film buffs will eat up like so much gelati",1 148172,"Proof that a thriller can be sleekly shot , expertly cast , paced with crisp professionalism",1 52204,"good use of the hefty audio system",1 211556,"showcases pretty mediocre shtick .",0 187964,"The bad sound , the lack of climax and , worst of all ,",0 141403,"'s lacking in every character in this movie and , subsequently , the movie itself",0 55455,"of naiveté , passion and talent",1 63062,"A funny and touching film that is gorgeously acted by a British cast to rival Gosford Park 's .",1 131332,"reminded us that a feel-good movie can still show real heart",1 151946,"a lead actress who is out of her depth",0 221774,"... Watching it was painful .",0 127002,"memorable stunts",1 231257,"going to a house party and watching the host defend himself against a frothing ex-girlfriend",0 27657,"a marvel",1 39130,"to be remembered at Oscar time for crafting this wonderful portrait of a conflicted soldier",1 238542,"weird amalgam",0 182292,"America 's knee-jerk moral sanctimony",0 12042,"the word perfectly",1 19911,"anti-date movie",0 197895,"enjoy this",1 132119,"serenity",1 95111,"the affection of that moral favorite",1 110007,"The movie is so thoughtlessly assembled .",1 236840,"the engaging ,",1 181635,"A dull , inconsistent , dishonest female bonding picture .",0 207125,"noir veil",0 225294,"On its icy face , the new film is a subzero version of Monsters , Inc. , without the latter 's imagination , visual charm or texture .",0 73046,"absolutely no idea",1 40137,"will touch the hearts of both children and adults , as well as bring audiences to the edge of their seats",1 202383,"into a black hole of dullness",0 141264,"'s best films , '' Erin Brockovich , ''",1 166172,"more entertained getting hit by a bus",0 147896,"Once ( Kim ) begins to overplay the shock tactics and bait-and-tackle metaphors , you may decide it 's too high a price to pay for a shimmering picture postcard .",0 189169,"Time literally stops on a dime in the tries-so-hard-to-be-cool '' Clockstoppers ,",0 215040,"the mill sci-fi film with a flimsy ending and",0 215831,"the unsalvageability",0 181869,"A muddy psychological thriller rife with miscalculations . It makes me say the obvious :",0 65495,"Feardotcom 's thrills",1 92560,"should be tried as a war criminal",0 140594,"wretched",0 168423,"ought to be a whole lot scarier than they are in this tepid genre offering",0 206878,"needed more emphasis",0 124289,"is n't much better .",0 217036,"to find something new to add to the canon of Chan . Make Chan 's action sequences boring",0 187585,"Stop The Music . '' It may as well be called '' Jar-Jar Binks",0 63029,"A fine production",1 45686,"Iosseliani",1 187714,"Ten",1 90199,"perfectly acceptable widget",1 111642,"a classic mother\/daughter struggle",1 31071,"emotionally rich , poetically plump and visually fulsome , but never showy , film",1 67865,"None of this is meaningful or memorable , but",0 27043,"Thrilling , provocative and darkly funny , this timely sci-fi mystery works on so many different levels that it not only invites , it demands repeated viewings .",1 225298,"Once folks started hanging out at the barbershop , they never wanted to leave .",1 183982,"For dance completists only .",0 191430,"a subzero version",0 188729,"The story of Trouble Every Day ... is so sketchy it amounts to little more than preliminary notes for a science-fiction horror film , and the movie 's fragmentary narrative style makes piecing the story together frustrating difficult .",0 56245,"provides its target audience of youngsters enough",1 103742,"A much more successful translation than its most famous previous film adaptation , writer-director Anthony Friedman 's similarly updated 1970 British production .",1 204069,"it washed out despite all of that",0 182180,"Adroit",1 206579,"moulds itself as an example to up-and-coming documentarians , of the overlooked pitfalls of such an endeavour",0 220352,"you wish you were at home watching that movie instead of in the theater watching this one",0 225147,"No , it 's the repetition of said behavior , and so Children of the Century is more mindless love than mad , more grating and boring than anything else",0 218365,"uses the damage of war -- far more often than the warfare itself -- to create the kind of art shots that fill gallery shows",1 64326,"Berry 's saucy , full-bodied performance gives this aging series a much needed kick , making '' Die Another Day '' one of the most entertaining Bonds in years",1 19298,"The best movie",1 217981,"twisted humor and eye-popping visuals",1 143847,"Anyone who can count to five ( the film 's target market ? )",0 72226,"a real filmmaker",1 102227,", Bui chooses to produce something that is ultimately suspiciously familiar .",0 6002,"distract you from the ricocheting",0 226054,"Tends to pile too many `` serious issues '' on its plate at times , yet remains fairly light , always entertaining , and smartly written .",1 151975,"a little lukewarm",0 97149,"their quirky inner selves",1 158666,"exploitation film",0 13455,"'s enough science to make it count as educational , and enough beauty to make it unforgettable .",1 236085,"struggles to rebel against his oppressive , right-wing , propriety-obsessed family .",0 118250,"dime-store psychology",0 141789,"( Madonna 's ) denied her own athleticism by lighting that emphasizes every line and sag .",0 72397,"a simple premise",0 80917,"genuine dramatic impact",1 173226,"that the filmmakers and studio are brazen enough to attempt to pass this stinker off as a scary movie",0 173684,"the credits finally roll",0 237871,"to little more than punishment",0 200739,"have all the suspense of a 20-car pileup , while the plot holes are big enough for a train car to drive through -- if Kaos had n't blown them all up .",0 51329,"establishes a wonderfully creepy mood .",1 20860,"immensely entertaining , a David and Goliath story that 's still very much playing itself out",1 149426,"The film lapses too often into sugary sentiment and withholds delivery on the pell-mell pyrotechnics its punchy style promises .",0 200671,"has the perfect face to play a handsome blank yearning to find himself",1 163159,"is not an ounce of honesty in the entire production .",0 31059,"emotional development",1 139035,"victim to sloppy plotting ,",0 93519,"still manages to build to a terrifying , if obvious , conclusion",1 151654,"a dull , costumey feel",0 226735,"Though the book runs only about 300 pages , it is so densely packed ... that even an ambitious adaptation and elaborate production like Mr. Schepisi 's seems skimpy and unclear .",0 22804,"will probably feel emotionally cheated by the film 's tart , sugar-free wit",0 153328,"an apartheid drama",0 201379,"hour-and-a-half-long commercial",0 64629,"Captures the raw comic energy of one of our most flamboyant female comics",1 205958,"may require so much relationship maintenance that celibacy can start looking good",0 227880,"a fair share of dumb drug jokes and predictable slapstick",0 37506,"surprising about Full Frontal",1 21052,"is realistic and greatly moving",1 140014,"wistful new film",1 166503,"must have been written ... in the thrall of a vicious hangover",0 91019,"quirky , charming",1 214793,"the holes in the story and the somewhat predictable plot",0 152703,"ability to depict them with outrageous elan",1 143351,"A soggy , cliche-bound epic-horror yarn that ends up being even dumber than its title .",0 228711,"any more than the gorgeous piano and strings on the soundtrack can drown out the tinny self-righteousness of his voice",0 102953,", this movie is a phlegmatic bore , so tedious it makes the silly spy vs . spy film The Sum of All Fears ,",0 205388,"looks much more like a cartoon in the end",0 239048,"would work much better as a video installation in a museum , where viewers would be free to leave .",0 161226,"his ability to depict them with outrageous elan",1 237478,"think of a single good reason to see this movie , even though everyone in my group extemporaneously shouted",0 169311,"probably the only way to have saved the film is with the aid of those wisecracking Mystery Science Theater 3000 guys",0 223914,"If ever a concept came handed down from the movie gods on a silver platter",1 171708,"sophomoric exploration",0 63525,"A tour de force drama about the astonishingly pivotal role of imagination in the soulful development of two rowdy teenagers .",1 177491,"vile",0 81851,"have any trouble getting kids to eat up these Veggies",1 163041,"is more mindless love than mad , more grating and boring than anything else",0 163084,"is n't likely to rouse the Rush Hour crowd",0 18985,"It 's a humble effort , but spiced with wry humor and genuine pathos , especially between Morgan and Redgrave .",1 202245,"inject farcical raunch",0 186131,"Mike Tyson 's E ! True Hollywood Story",1 117291,"commands interest almost solely as an exercise in gorgeous visuals . That 's not vintage Spielberg and that , finally , is minimally satisfying .",1 142938,"84 minutes is short",1 215397,"the potential for a better movie than what Bailly manages to deliver",0 207675,"of crap",0 100259,"will have fun with",1 53458,"is even more rigged",0 206610,"movie rapes",0 32738,"if least",1 170162,"robbery",0 62454,", you still have to see this !",1 231295,"grab the old lady at the end of my aisle 's walker and toss it at the screen in frustration",0 63938,"An original little film",1 52923,"in freshening the play",1 40948,"Hits one out of the park for the ` they do n't make 'em like that anymore ' department",1 194702,"bland to be interesting",0 107011,"It is different from others in its genre in that it is does not rely on dumb gags , anatomical humor , or character cliches : it primarily relies on character to tell its story",1 154612,"bargain-basement photography and",0 22512,"to history seldom brought to light on the screen",1 10538,"smartest",1 21173,"just that damn good .",1 34609,"more to the point , the issues are subtly presented",1 213318,"terrible , banal dialogue : convenient , hole-ridden plotting :",0 46602,"Real",1 110466,"This is a gorgeous film",1 162845,"is courageous",1 176520,"to think of its inhabitants as anything more than markers in a screenplay",0 140003,"winter landscapes",1 143761,"An unbelievably stupid film",0 43767,", touching , smart and complicated",1 4451,"against each other",0 54238,"like I have been waiting my whole life for this movie",1 205186,"littered with zero-dimensional , unlikable characters and hackneyed , threadbare comic setups .",0 95316,"the cinematography to the outstanding soundtrack and unconventional narrative",1 25603,"Huppert gives Erika a persona that is so intriguing that you find yourself staring hypnotically at her , trying to understand her and wondering if she 'll crack .",1 18963,"If you 're like me , a sucker for a good old fashion romance and someone who shamelessly loves to eat , then Mostly Martha offers all the perfect ingredients to more than satisfy your appetite .",1 169723,"real clunker",0 193512,"as it stands I",1 192824,"another Arnold vehicle that fails to make adequate use of his particular talents .",0 61506,"( Woo 's ) most resonant film since The Killer .",1 128263,"odds with the rest of the film",0 26848,"The level of maturity displayed by this 33-year-old first-time feature director is astonishing , considering her inexperience and her subject matter .",1 202933,"is flavorless",0 49211,"argue",0 11233,"the celebrated irish playwright , poet and drinker",1 145465,"Formulaic",0 125157,"it would count for very little if the movie were n't as beautifully shaped and as delicately calibrated in tone as it is",1 106156,"Has a solid emotional impact .",1 108694,"Rowling that stifles creativity and allows the film to drag on for nearly three hours",0 162457,"intrinsically funny about Sir Anthony Hopkins saying ` Get in the car , bitch , ' this Jerry Bruckheimer production has little else to offer",0 155387,"boring , formulaic mix",0 103363,"91-minute trailer",0 150774,"Well-shot but badly written tale",1 119770,"far less enjoyable",0 237105,"the number of tumbleweeds blowing through the empty theatres",0 155499,"bringing audiences",1 50728,"delightful comedy",1 36891,"sharp humor and insight into human nature to examine class conflict",1 43470,", Jagger obviously relishes every self-mocking moment .",1 9733,"play against each other so intensely",1 233781,"may not , strictly speaking , qualify as revolutionary",0 228337,"accumulate like lint in a fat man 's navel .",0 93789,"such a warm and charming package that you 'll feel too happy to argue much",1 185951,"Magnifique '",1 118555,"does n't remake Andrei Tarkovsky 's Solaris so much as distill it .",0 83244,"includes one of the strangest",1 121812,"has no scenes that will upset or frighten young viewers",1 29385,"bare the tragedies of its setting with a good deal of warmth and humor",1 153331,"an appealing job directing Persuasion and Notting Hill in England",1 218857,"watchable by a bravura performance",1 230901,"for a movie that tries to be smart , it 's kinda dumb .",0 184949,"Instead of letting the laughs come as they may , Lawrence unleashes his trademark misogyny -- er , comedy -- like a human volcano or an overflowing septic tank , take your pick .",0 158826,"fancied",1 146717,"It made me feel unclean , and I 'm the guy who liked There 's Something About Mary and both American Pie movies . Oh , and Booty Call .",0 136733,"there 's always these rehashes to feed to the younger generations",0 211455,"shot all the way .",1 100434,"with a solid cast ,",1 111247,"Working from a surprisingly sensitive script co-written by Gianni Romoli ...",1 172159,"stunning insight",1 210789,"satisfying complete",1 120154,"fires the winning shot",1 76873,"collapse",0 55306,"of character portrait , romantic comedy and beat-the-clock thriller",1 185819,"Linklater",0 2086,"professionals",1 235538,"seem at times too many",0 90948,"puts Wang at the forefront of China 's Sixth Generation of film makers",1 109993,"The movie is a mess from start to finish .",0 159842,"funny ( enough ) or exciting ( enough )",1 74070,"and ultimately the victim )",0 65521,"Few films have captured the chaos of an urban conflagration with such fury ,",1 227999,"a lot of running around , screaming and death",0 30907,"does make for excellent company",1 135508,"the high-buffed gloss and high-octane jolts",1 13514,", about real people , that gives us a rare glimpse into a culture most of us do n't know .",1 238485,"watching Huppert , a great actress tearing into a landmark role",1 80765,"fun and funny in the middle , though somewhat less hard-hitting",1 18581,"A hip ride into hyper-time , Clockstoppers is a lively and enjoyable adventure for all ages at any time .",1 171495,"so thick this time that it feels like a suicide race",0 232701,"is owned by its costars , Spader and Gyllenhaal .",1 126050,"like a fragment of an underdone potato",0 116449,"by superb",1 205121,"like whether compromise is the death of self ... this Orgasm ( wo n't be an ) exceedingly memorable one for most people .",0 72194,"a psycho",0 235166,"racial clichés",0 156900,"could still use some more schooling",0 10563,"so little to offer",0 16175,"intense",1 52145,"gives brutal birth",0 34358,"manic whimsy",1 80738,"full-bodied characterizations",1 229810,"child acting",0 124835,"it 's hardly watchable",0 63146,"A live-wire film that never loses its ability to shock and amaze .",1 18896,"Go see it and enjoy .",1 6372,"facetious comic parody and pulp",0 7374,"imagine o . henry 's the gift of the magi relocated to the scuzzy underbelly of nyc 's drug scene . merry friggin ' christmas",0 180836,", never rises above the level of a telanovela .",0 62791,"A bit of a downer and a little",0 203544,"is the alchemical transmogrification of Wilde into Austen -- and a Hollywood-ized Austen at that .",0 139490,"wending its way to an uninspired philosophical epiphany",0 213692,"that it 's boring",0 222818,"But there 's plenty to offend everyone ...",0 131652,"rot",0 29536,"believability",1 137070,"this time . The Importance of Being Earnest movie seems to be missing a great deal of the acerbic repartee of the play",0 87292,"more of : spirit , perception , conviction",1 235249,"recommend SECRETARY ,",1 158487,"ever so wrong",0 123676,"is , arguably , the most accomplished work to date from Hong Kong 's versatile Stanley Kwan .",1 126133,"like stereotypical caretakers and moral teachers ,",0 171901,"standard , stiff TV-style animation and snazzy-looking digital effects that do little to disguise the fact that the characters barely move",0 81404,"gripping portrait",1 124977,"it feels painfully redundant and inauthentic .",0 112863,"a tart , smart breath of fresh air",1 113521,"agonizing , Catch-22",0 23345,", Vincent 's odyssey resonates in a profound way , comparable to the classic films of Jean Renoir .",1 150729,"Watching it is rather like an overlong visit from a large group of your relatives . As your relatives swap one mundane story after another",0 77169,"confident enough",1 233036,"it is a whole lot of fun",1 40213,"with his cast of non-actors and a gritty , no-budget approach",0 162291,"integral part",1 113023,"a whole lot of nada",0 31642,"find much to mull and debate",1 188674,"The skills of a calculus major at M . I . T .",1 130819,"pure movie",1 60261,"will strike a nerve with anyone who 's ever had family trauma",1 196983,"directed action sequences and some of the worst dialogue",0 231539,"have a tendency to slip into hokum",0 85773,"lasting images all its own",1 11657,"the movie 's downfall is to substitute plot for personality . it does n't really know or care about the characters , and uses them as markers for a series of preordained events",0 155629,"but it is also weirdly fascinating",1 18310,"'s still very much playing itself out",1 198859,"film school undergrad",0 231317,"gross-out flicks , college flicks , or even flicks in general",0 208749,"opposite each other Bullock and Grant still",1 176007,"to breed formulaic films rather than fresh ones",0 34216,"loosey-goosey",0 13122,"with a taste of tangy new humor",1 224813,"Moonlight Mile should strike a nerve in many .",1 233218,"just do n't work in concert .",0 140349,"wo n't fly with most intelligent viewers .",0 28583,"and double-crosses",0 40713,"A startling and fresh examination of how the bike still remains an ambiguous icon in Chinese society",1 205802,"manipulative sentimentality and annoying stereotypes",0 126633,"make the film relevant today ,",1 88420,"of animation enthusiasts of all ages",1 67958,"Offers big , fat , dumb",0 104506,"As pure over-the-top trash , any John Waters movie has it beat by a country mile .",0 60970,"'s best",1 73060,"abysmal Hannibal",0 188856,"There 's something fishy about a seasonal holiday kids ' movie ... that derives its moment of most convincing emotional gravity from a scene where Santa gives gifts to grownups",0 102256,", Hart 's War has much to recommend it , even if the top-billed Willis is not the most impressive player . As a story of dramatic enlightenment , the screenplay by Billy Ray and Terry George leaves something to be desired .",0 5925,"despite its rough edges and a tendency to sag in certain places",0 181768,"A listless sci-fi comedy in which Eddie Murphy deploys two",0 18924,"High Fidelity",1 74247,"appreciated a smartly written motion picture",1 174822,"the story gets more tiresome , especially as it continues to mount a conspicuous effort to be profound .",0 47361,"This illuminating documentary",1 131307,"remains uniquely itself",1 51743,"flowering",1 83865,"is a searing album of remembrance from those who , having survived , suffered most .",1 151968,"a listless climb down the social ladder",0 24309,"A compelling Spanish film",1 72956,"about love and culture",1 43629,", it 's the best sequel since The Empire Strikes Back ... a majestic achievement , an epic of astonishing grandeur and surprising emotional depth .",1 61756,", and intermittently hilarious",1 66260,"If the film has a problem , its shortness disappoints : You want the story to go on and on",1 210546,"ride around a pretty tattered old carousel .",0 202813,"is certainly a serviceable melodrama",1 23448,", artfully crafted meditation on mortality .",1 16348,"it lacks grandeur",0 39445,"tremendous energy",1 76933,"come to believe that Nachtwey hates the wars he shows and empathizes with the victims he reveals",1 33236,"is a little more visually polished , a little funnier , and a little more madcap",1 35061,"occasion",0 124786,"it 's Black Hawk Down with more heart . At its worst , it 's Rambo - meets-John Ford .",1 88054,"nothing of the audience other than to sit back and enjoy a couple of great actors hamming it up",1 217433,"to the cruelties experienced by Southern blacks as distilled through a Caucasian perspective",0 197191,"do n't blame Eddie Murphy but should n't",0 173001,"that every major stunt Seagal 's character ... performs is shot from behind , as if it could fool us into thinking that we 're not watching a double",0 203453,"is so tame that even slightly wised-up kids would quickly change the channel .",0 103203,"... bright , intelligent , and humanly funny film .",1 53305,"is a movie that understands characters must come first",1 52776,"human kindness and hopefulness",1 115799,"begins to seem as long as the two year affair which is its subject",0 27466,"a cut above the norm , thanks to some clever writing and sprightly acting",1 222887,"Calvin Jr. 's Barbershop represents some sort of beacon of hope in the middle of Chicago 's South Side",1 6219,"enough twists",1 233619,"make `` The Good Girl '' a film worth watching",1 41317,"This delicately observed story , deeply felt and masterfully stylized",1 120680,"from a genre -- the gangster\/crime comedy -- that wore out its welcome with audiences several years ago",0 175531,"this saccharine , Easter-egg-colored concoction",0 223391,"For all its shoot-outs , fistfights , and car chases , this movie is a phlegmatic bore , so tedious it makes the silly spy vs. spy film The Sum of All Fears , starring Ben Affleck , seem downright Hitchcockian .",0 150313,"This series should have died long ago ,",0 194008,"barely tolerable",0 209558,"positively Shakesperean",1 221150,", I 'll certainly be keeping an eye out for his next project .",1 31782,"for some great one-liners",1 194583,"better to wait for the video . And",0 162065,"in this startlingly unfunny comedy",0 145225,"Excessive",0 227632,"`` The Time Machine '' is a movie that has no interest in itself .",0 196923,"did n't smile .",0 45157,"Escaping the studio , Piccoli is warmly affecting and so is this adroitly minimalist movie .",1 203644,"is undone by anachronistic quick edits and occasional jarring glimpses of a modern theater audience watching the events unfold",0 126264,"live up to the apparent skills of its makers and the talents of its actors",1 75356,"beats new life into it",1 202615,"is a movie filled with unlikable , spiteful idiots",0 84087,"is callow",0 80399,"for those with at least a minimal appreciation of Woolf and Clarissa Dalloway , The Hours represents two of those well spent",1 147920,"One of those movies where you walk out of the theater not feeling cheated exactly , but feeling pandered to , which , in the end , might be all the more infuriating",0 136786,"they 'll be too busy cursing the film 's strategically placed white sheets .",0 179649,"'s badder than bad .",0 134046,"than a worthwhile effort",1 29480,"becomes an obsession",1 88735,"of lives",1 167325,"of a story , full of holes and completely lacking in chills . Ignore the reputation , and ignore the film",0 50416,"considerable potential",1 172738,"than bad martial arts movies are all by themselves , without all Oedekerk 's impish augmentation",0 96801,"the subculture of extreme athletes whose derring-do puts the X into the games",1 223962,"If you answered yes , by all means enjoy The New Guy .",1 139093,"visually smart",1 17559,"the greatest family-oriented , fantasy-adventure movies",1 64129,"Astonishingly",1 68197,"Phillip Noyce and all of his actors -- as well as his cinematographer , Christopher Doyle -- understand the delicate forcefulness of Greene 's prose ,",1 152104,"a movie about a bus wreck that turns into a film wreck",0 225434,"Perry 's good and his is an interesting character ,",1 236326,"than pure wankery",0 145239,"Extreme Oops",0 10573,"so who knew charles dickens could be so light-hearted",0 4896,"as some of the recent hollywood trip tripe",0 143987,"Awful",0 203408,"is so bad that I even caught the gum stuck under my seat trying to sneak out of the theater",0 238849,"with `` courage '' pinned to its huckster lapel while a yellow streak a mile wide decorates its back",0 169364,"projects the same lazy affability as its nominal star , David Arquette",0 112678,"a severe case of oversimplification , superficiality and silliness",0 31043,"elevated by deft staging and the director 's well-known narrative gamesmanship",1 169772,"really have to wonder how on earth anyone , anywhere could have thought they 'd make audiences guffaw with a script as utterly diabolical as this .",0 185584,"Kaufman 's script is never especially clever and often is rather pretentious .",0 89855,"out-shock , out-outrage or out-depress",0 95189,"the best of Godard 's movies",1 135083,"the day-old shelf",0 144165,"Birot is a competent enough filmmaker , but her story has nothing fresh or very exciting about it .",0 47712,"Yakusho , as always , is wonderful as the long-faced sad sack ...",1 73675,"an amiable aimlessness that keeps it from seeming predictably formulaic",1 127947,"nice change",1 227395,"` terrible filmmaking ' bad , but more like , ' I once had a nightmare like this , and",0 226267,"The film has a laundry list of minor shortcomings , but the numerous scenes of gory mayhem are worth the price of admission ... if `` gory mayhem '' is your idea of a good time .",1 152098,"a movie , largely devoid of charm",0 112410,"a new benchmark for lameness",0 180189,"( Screenwriter ) Pimental took the Farrelly Brothers comedy and feminized it , but it is a rather poor imitation",0 172979,"that do little to disguise the fact that the characters barely move",0 181472,": Enter the Fist is hilarious . It 's too bad nothing else is .",1 29957,"by-the-numbers effort by Washington . It wo n't rock any boats but is solid meat-and-potatoes filmmaking .",1 232528,"is like a year late",0 154928,"becomes ponderous in its teaching of history",1 233365,"less than pure wankery",0 18632,"Although it bangs a very cliched drum at times , this crowd-pleaser 's fresh dialogue , energetic music , and good-natured spunk are often infectious .",1 105211,"Constantly slips from the grasp of its maker .",0 95347,"the company 's astonishing growth",1 74816,"as timely as tomorrow",1 89519,"on world domination and destruction",1 154022,"art form",1 15456,"compelling ` who wrote it ' in which the reputation of the most famous author who ever lived comes into question",1 134518,"that pretends to be passionate and truthful but is really frustratingly timid and soggy",0 105567,"ENOUGH",0 3859,"a great premise",1 165178,"long soap opera",0 184035,"Freeman ca n't save it",0 40686,"A pro-fat farce that overcomes much of its excessive moral baggage thanks to two appealing lead performances",1 111954,"a fresh and dramatically substantial spin on the genre",1 54648,"matched the spirit of a man and his work",1 143724,"An earnest racial-issues picture",1 78614,"draws the audience",1 179169,"you think , hmmmmm . You see the movie and you think , zzzzzzzzz",0 38349,"the intelligent romantic comedy with actual ideas on its mind .",1 204618,"labelled ` hip ' , ` innovative ' and ` realistic '",1 230715,"familiar and predictable , and 4\/5ths of it might as well have come from a Xerox machine rather than ( writer-director ) Franc .",0 31948,"fuller experience",1 201252,"his wife look so bad in a major movie",0 134534,"that remains vividly in memory long",1 42445,"people together in a sweet and charming way ,",1 206611,"movie that falls victim to frazzled wackiness and frayed satire",0 111080,"When compared to the usual , more somber festival entries , Davis ' highly personal brand of romantic comedy is a tart , smart breath of fresh air",1 94414,"than it can chew by linking the massacre",0 38991,"this timely sci-fi mystery works on so many different levels that it not only invites",1 218412,"vapid actor 's exercise",0 138421,"turn a larky chase movie into an emotionally satisfying exploration of the very human need to be somebody , and to belong to somebody .",1 24046,"-- assuming , that is , she ever had one to begin with",0 228595,"an intellectual exercise",1 37643,"technique or pretentious dialogue",0 42130,"interesting enough",1 43536,", but because of the startling intimacy",1 9776,"pokey",0 38853,"then illuminates it fully",1 38653,"the soul adventure of marriage",1 36484,"remarkably solid and subtly satirical tour",1 220819,"'s funny .",1 68333,"Ramsay is clearly extraordinarily talented , and",1 207337,"obvious as telling a country skunk",0 122220,"high-octane",1 128146,"not-so-funny",0 155070,"being interesting or entertaining",1 103177,"... Cagney 's ` top of the world ' has been replaced by the bottom of the barrel .",0 21636,"one that speaks volumes about the ability of the human spirit to find solace in events that could easily crush it forever",1 85187,"its absurdities and crudities",0 105577,"Each of these stories has the potential for Touched by an Angel simplicity and sappiness , but Thirteen Conversations About One Thing , for all its generosity and optimism , never resorts to easy feel-good sentiments .",1 212368,"splatterfests",0 138981,"very good ( but not great )",1 106059,"Graphic sex may be what 's attracting audiences to Unfaithful ,",1 196046,"compelling plots",1 175909,"to be a pretty fair description of how you feel while you 're watching this ultra-manipulative thriller",0 383,"amuse-bouche to keep your appetite",1 196173,"continues to improve .",1 87406,"most daring ,",1 29181,"as cloying or preachy as equivalent evangelical Christian movies",0 103223,"... is dudsville",0 157878,"dot com is so rambling and disconnected it never builds any suspense .",0 88967,"of the best gay love stories",1 113556,"alienating most",0 232768,"is terrific as Rachel",1 11077,"that is a visual tour-de-force and a story that is unlike any",1 63855,"An eloquent , reflective and beautifully acted meditation on both the profoundly devastating events of one year ago and the slow , painful healing process that has followed in their wake .",1 33336,"is beautiful to behold and engages one in a sense of epic struggle -- inner and outer -- that 's all too rare in Hollywood 's hastier productions",1 65701,"Funny , sexy",1 151075,"Writhing under dialogue like ` You 're from two different worlds ' and ` Tonight the maid is a lie and this , this is who you are , ' this schlock-filled fairy tale hits new depths of unoriginality and predictability .",0 181989,"A sleep-inducing thriller with a single",0 77615,"cruelly funny",1 21806,"rare in film",1 143138,"A grim , flat and boring werewolf movie that refuses to develop an energy level",0 120354,"for a fairly inexperienced filmmaker",0 18352,", and the film uses humour to make its points about acceptance and growth .",1 213173,"talented friends",1 2612,"the guilty pleasure",1 110839,"Uplifting , funny and wise .",1 162435,"into unsophisticated scare tactics and B-film thuggery",0 71003,"With lesser talents",0 100691,"with vivid characters and a warm , moving message",1 70580,"Until it goes off the rails in its final 10 or 15 minutes",0 85535,"juiced",1 67892,"Not everything in this ambitious comic escapade works",0 133855,"takes too long to shake",0 210196,"really does n't have much to say beyond the news",0 42975,"weak or",0 59436,"told well by a master",1 38881,"they 're presented with a wry dark humor .",1 48676,"add up to another ` spectacular spectacle",1 177202,"unimpressive acting and indifferent direction",0 111570,"a blip",0 155223,"big ole '",1 35692,"one of the best examples of artful Large Format filmmaking you are likely to see anytime soon",1 78074,"determination and the human spirit",1 227867,"a dime in the tries-so-hard-to-be-cool `` Clockstoppers",0 118594,"doing battle",1 81799,"has the sizzle of old news that has finally found the right vent ( accurate ? Who cares ? )",1 142474,", the film 's comic characters come perilously close to being Amoses and Andys for a new generation .",0 233446,"like lint in a fat man 's navel",0 126952,"meandering teen flick",0 27059,"Time Out",0 59079,"thoughtful movie",1 64845,"Cox creates a fluid and mesmerizing sequence of images to match the words of Nijinsky 's diaries .",1 193562,"as rogue CIA assassins working for Chris Cooper 's agency boss close in on the resourceful amnesiac",1 56707,"satisfyingly odd and intriguing a tale as it was a century and a half ago",1 118340,"dishonest and pat",0 231944,"in European markets , where Mr. Besson is a brand name , and in Asia , where Ms. Shu is an institution",1 184579,"I 'm sorry to say that this should seal the deal - Arnold is not , nor will he be , back",0 36177,"probably see a bit of yourself in her unfinished story",1 204848,"lend some dignity to a dumb story",0 34237,"love what they do",1 26778,"The continued good chemistry between Carmen and Juni is what keeps this slightly disappointing sequel going , with enough amusing banter -- blessedly curse-free -- to keep both kids and parents entertained .",1 200252,"grotesque and boring",0 27841,"a soft spot for precollegiate humor",1 160632,"has all the elements necessary",1 76464,"carries it to unexpected heights",1 140548,"would have benefited from a little more dramatic tension and some more editing",0 208512,"on the party favors to sober us up with the transparent attempts at moralizing",0 210777,"sappy situations and dialogue",0 206747,"muttering words like '' horrible ''",0 109953,"The misery of these people",0 78426,"does its best to work us over , with second helpings of love , romance , tragedy , false dawns , real dawns , comic relief , two separate crises during marriage ceremonies , and the lush scenery of the Cotswolds .",1 79484,"explosive physical energy and",1 14950,"amazingly well .",1 187940,"The animation and backdrops are lush and inventive",1 146777,"It would n't be my preferred way of spending 100 minutes or $ 7 . 00 .",0 163293,"is sadly a tough sit",0 113952,"an amusing little catch",1 220068,"would change the fact that what we have here is a load of clams left in the broiling sun for a good three days",0 165574,"makes his big-budget action film debut something of a clunker as he delivers a long , low-heat chase , interrupted by a middling car chase",0 32237,"half-wit",0 76667,"chilling , unnerving film",1 176154,"to gloss over the no sense ending",0 236814,"the director ca n't seem to get a coherent rhythm going",0 218688,"warm our hearts",1 7977,"it treats conspiracy as a kind of political blair witch , a monstrous murk that haunts us precisely because it can never be seen",0 51123,"elusive '' missing",0 185201,"It 's rare that a movie can be as intelligent as this one is in every regard except its storyline : everything that 's good is ultimately scuttled by a plot that 's just too boring and obvious .",0 192543,"an esteemed writer-actor",1 234603,"of what is really an amusing concept -- a high-tech tux that transforms its wearer into a superman",1 49860,"brings us right into the center of that world",1 233282,"lacks in depth",0 229327,"begin to long for the end credits as the desert does for rain .",0 66484,"It 's a lovely , eerie film that casts an odd , rapt spell .",1 149283,"The comedy Death to Smoochy is a rancorous curiosity : a movie without an apparent audience .",0 153623,"annoyingly self-involved people who speak in glib sentences that could have only come from the pen of a screenwriter",0 12217,"this turgid",0 237782,"to cut through the sugar coating",0 79573,"fairly solid -- not to mention",1 141864,"( director ) O'Fallon manages to put some lovely pictures up on the big screen ,",1 63156,"A lovely film",1 150742,"We hate ( Madonna ) within the film 's first five minutes , and she lacks the skill or presence to regain any ground",0 28731,"and overwhelmingly cogent",1 84251,"is good",1 21000,"is a vivid , vibrant individual and the movie 's focus upon her makes it successful and accessible .",1 108518,"Quando Tiros em Columbine acerta o alvo ( com o perdão do trocadilho )",1 179938,"'s plenty of evidence here to indicate Clooney might have better luck next time",0 102641,", it 's the very definition of epic adventure .",1 441,"are instantly recognizable ,",1 65104,"Director-writer Bille August ... depicts this relationship with economical grace , letting his superb actors convey Martin 's deterioration and Barbara 's sadness -- and , occasionally ,",1 209472,"pointless mayhem",0 15672,"erasing",0 133431,"strong themes of familial ties",1 220752,"'s also stupider .",0 207100,"no reason to watch",0 121447,"groan",0 96192,"the most savory and hilarious guilty pleasure",1 231409,"has all the trappings of an energetic , extreme-sports adventure , but ends up more of a creaky `` Pretty Woman '' retread , with the emphasis on self-empowering schmaltz and big-wave surfing that gives pic its title an afterthought .",0 73667,"an aimlessness",0 124917,"it also happens to be good",1 188434,"The movie is genial but never inspired , and little about it will stay with you .",0 51733,"flawed and",0 82048,"heartwarming film",1 204125,"its awkward structure and a final veering",0 128032,"no reason to exist",0 226848,"U.S. audiences may find ( Attal and Gainsbourg 's ) unfamiliar personas give the film an intimate and quaint reality that is a little closer to human nature than what Hollywood typically concocts .",1 190581,"a film that is only mildly diverting",0 27221,"While not as aggressively impressive as its American counterpart , '' In the Bedroom , '' Moretti 's film makes its own , quieter observations",1 87925,"no respect",0 42133,"inventive and",1 67665,"Mr . Deeds '' is suitable summer entertainment that offers escapism without requiring a great deal of thought",1 105340,"De Niro 's right-hand goombah",0 9822,"pretension , in its own way",0 121803,"has much to recommend it , even if the top-billed Willis is not the most impressive player . As a story of dramatic enlightenment , the screenplay by Billy Ray and Terry George leaves something to be desired",0 68708,"Sensual , funny and , in the end , very touching .",1 76613,"charming and quirky",1 116115,"boring , pretentious muddle",0 207158,"nonsense , this .",0 203168,"is n't even halfway",0 163794,"it feels like a suicide race",0 142026,", Pa . is a strangely drab romp . Some studio pizazz might have helped .",0 218501,"very small children who will be delighted simply to spend more time with familiar cartoon characters",1 46431,"One of those energetic surprises ,",1 131721,"same love story",0 154664,"be a single iota worse",0 126152,"likeable characters",1 208958,"overwhelmed by its lack of purpose that it seeks excitement in manufactured high drama",0 181506,"A Rumor of Angels should dispel it .",0 169910,"relatives swap one mundane story after another",0 81915,"have rarely seen",1 201647,"imaginative flight",1 123300,"increasingly diverse",0 16259,"is great in his role but never hogs the scenes from his fellow cast , as there are plenty of laughs and good lines for everyone in this comedy .",1 136938,"this film speaks for itself",1 57149,"solid performance",1 93443,"start to finish , featuring a fall from grace that still leaves shockwaves",1 66594,"It 's no lie -- Big Fat Liar is a real charmer .",1 26270,"Often hilarious , well-shot and , importantly , entertaining , Hell House is a fascinating document of an event that has to be seen to be believed .",1 174094,"the humor did n't quite engage this adult",0 174949,"the ultimate Depression-era gangster movie",1 37379,"stretches believability to its limits",1 169495,"push the envelope of bad taste",0 126193,"listless , witless ,",0 13775,"A gentle , compassionate drama",1 84175,"is even better than The Fellowship . There are scenes of cinematic perfection that steal your heart away .",1 69239,"The AAA of action , XXX is a blast of adrenalin , rated EEE for excitement . And",1 199160,"for a depressing story that throws a bunch of hot-button items in the viewer 's face and asks to be seen as hip , winking social commentary",0 103040,", you 'll enjoy at least the '' real '' portions of the film . If you 're looking for a story , do n't bother .",0 33126,"intimidating",0 227292,"You feel good , you feel sad , you feel pissed off , but in the end , you feel alive - which is what they did",1 133224,"stands out from the pack",1 99307,"vastly entertaining",1 160316,"grave and",0 151021,"With tiny little jokes and nary an original idea , this sappy ethnic sleeper proves that not only blockbusters pollute the summer movie pool .",0 131681,"run-of-the-filth",0 94060,"symbiotic",1 148138,"Poor editing , bad bluescreen , and ultra-cheesy dialogue highlight the radical action .",0 55968,"pee-related",0 180241,"( and educational )",1 50586,"cruel but weirdly likable WASP matron",1 122781,"imitations",0 138680,"unfulfilling",0 143378,"A strong first quarter , slightly less so second quarter , and average second half .",0 149086,"The Contenders to create a completely crass and forgettable movie",0 214587,"the film ends with a large human tragedy . Alas , getting there is not even half the interest .",0 27017,"This version 's no classic like its predecessor , but its pleasures are still plentiful .",1 120285,"fly at such a furiously funny pace",1 127832,"need of some trims and",0 56341,"quirkiness , eccentricity",1 161138,"here 's only so much anyone can do with a florid , overplotted , Anne Rice rock 'n' roll vampire novel before the built-in silliness of the whole affair defeats them .",0 166432,"much besides glib soullessness , raunchy language",0 232942,"it 's genuinely cool to hear characters talk about early rap records ( Sugar Hill Gang , etc. )",1 67369,"Majidi 's direction has never been smoother or more confident .",1 27760,"a rare gift",1 226658,"This is how you use special effects .",1 122277,"his boisterous energy",1 163820,"it is all windup and not much of a pitch",0 6712,"full",1 219011,"well-behaved film , which ticks off Kahlo 's lifetime milestones with the dutiful precision of a tax accountant",1 118230,"difficult , endless",0 64344,"Beyond the cleverness , the weirdness and the pristine camerawork",1 143860,"Apparently reassembled from the cutting-room floor of any given daytime soap .",0 85061,"it is flawed",0 31129,"enough amusing banter",1 37028,"slow and repetitive parts",0 10735,"stellar",1 231773,"honorable , interesting failure",0 120850,"funniness",1 182015,"A sometimes incisive and sensitive portrait that is undercut by its awkward structure and a final veering toward melodrama .",0 216575,"though you rode the Zipper after eating a corn dog and an extra-large cotton candy",0 223980,"If you go into the theater expecting a scary , action-packed chiller , you might soon be looking for a sign .",0 28321,"an ambling , broad comedy",1 1738,"minac",0 184663,"I guess a space station in the year 2455 can be crossed off the list of ideas for the inevitable future sequels ( hey , do n't shoot the messenger ) .",0 206988,"night out",1 147209,"Literally nothing in The Pool is new , but",0 212988,"surprisingly short of both adventure and song",0 43361,"'s undone by the sogginess of its contemporary characters , and actors",0 229447,"both in breaking codes and making movies",0 196485,"crummy , wannabe-hip crime comedy",0 28060,"absorbing narrative",1 84426,"is n't as funny",0 181323,"... manages to embody the worst excesses of nouvelle vague without any of its sense of fun or energy .",0 210156,"real heroism and abject suffering",1 129877,"overplayed",0 161679,"impersonal",0 28979,"any true film addict will want to check",1 16356,"it rips off many of its ideas",0 39324,"to the growing canon of post-Saving Private Ryan tributes to the greatest generation",1 152602,"a throwaway , junk-food movie whose rap soundtrack was better tended to than the film itself",0 22536,"to pick apart its faults even as you have to admit that somehow it hit you where you live",1 13998,"Emerges as something rare",1 82914,"in by the sympathetic characters",1 115393,"barely shocking",0 186138,"Mira Sorvino 's limitations",0 93520,"still offers a great deal of insight into the female condition and the timeless danger of emotions repressed .",1 157568,"disgusting in the manner it repeatedly puts a small child in jeopardy , treating her as little more than a prop to be cruelly tormented",0 211468,"should appeal to women",1 124550,"is so prolonged and boring it is n't even close to being the barn-burningly bad movie it promised it would be",0 23070,"'s a story that we as Americans , and human beings , should know",1 62313,", the tale has turned from sweet to bittersweet , and when the tears come during that final , beautiful scene , they finally feel absolutely earned .",1 69463,"The direction has a fluid , no-nonsense authority",1 85828,"lean and tough enough to fit in any modern action movie",1 102132,"( Scherfig ) has made a movie that will leave you wondering about the characters ' lives after the clever credits roll .",1 26855,"The movie 's eventual success",1 141600,"'s so preposterous that I did n't believe it for a second , despite the best efforts of everyone involved .",0 100305,"will thrill you , touch you and make you",1 50914,"disturbing bio-pic",0 170832,"shapeless blob of desperate entertainment .",0 155325,"blue-light-special effects",0 123726,"is a dark , gritty , sometimes funny little gem",1 129417,"on some levels",0 14792,"a nice departure from standard moviegoing fare",1 139898,"will certainly succeed in alienating most viewers",0 72034,"a movie so unabashedly Canadian , not afraid to risk American scorn or disinterest",1 226263,"The film delivers what it promises : A look at the `` wild ride '' that ensues when brash young men set out to conquer the online world with laptops , cell phones and sketchy business plans .",1 108205,"One scene after another in this supposedly funny movie falls to the floor with a sickening thud .",0 215567,"the screenwriter and director Michel Gondry restate it to the point of ridiculousness",0 79411,"excels as the enigmatic Mika and Anna Mouglalis is a stunning new young talent in one of Chabrol 's most intense psychological mysteries",1 184595,"I Spy has all the same problems the majority of action comedies have .",0 206656,"much as I laughed throughout the movie",1 225585,"Red Dragon '' is entertaining .",1 238217,"unforced , rapid-fire delivery",1 29297,"at once flaky and resonant , lightweight and bizarrely original",1 36249,"puts far more polished documentaries to shame",1 5423,"can take the grandkids or the grandparents",1 227816,"a clear point",1 82664,"if you have the patience for it , you wo n't feel like it 's wasted yours",1 114898,"as erratic as its central character .",0 33873,"its weaknesses and Parker 's creative interference",0 225536,"Punitively affirmational",1 119237,"epilogue that leaks suspension of disbelief like a sieve , Die Another Day is as stimulating & heart-rate-raising as any James Bond thriller",1 97910,"to be because it plays everything too safe",0 31,"'s back-stabbing , inter-racial desire and , most importantly",0 103235,"... one of the most entertaining monster movies in ages ...",1 209605,"practically every facet of inept filmmaking",0 144731,"De Niro may enjoy the same free ride from critics afforded to Clint Eastwood in the lazy Bloodwork . But like Bruce Springsteen 's gone-to-pot Asbury Park , New Jersey , this sad-sack waste of a movie is a City of ruins",0 21718,"persnickety preteens",0 152970,"adroit perspective shifts",1 164280,"just a big mess",0 138874,"uses lighting effects and innovative backgrounds to an equally impressive degree",1 107264,"Just watch Bettany strut his stuff",1 29404,"be credited to Dennis Quaid , in fighting trim shape as an athlete as well as an actor",1 237275,"the too-frosty exterior",0 53109,"insightful enough",1 186053,"Maybe you 'll be lucky , and there 'll be a power outage during your screening so you can get your money back .",0 202268,"insignificance",0 191759,"about one of cinema 's directorial giants",1 48230,"a necessary and timely one",1 236915,"the filmmaker would disagree , but , honestly , I do n't see the point",0 44004,"A chilling tale of one of the great crimes of 20th Century France : the murder of two rich women by their servants in 1933 .",1 25332,"For the first time in several years , Mr . Allen has surpassed himself with the magic he 's spun with the Hollywood empress of Ms . Leoni 's Ellie .",1 238807,"will wish there had been more of the `` Queen '' and less of the `` Damned . ''",0 22110,"surprisingly funny",1 221378,", in the history of the Academy , people may be wondering what all that jazz was about `` Chicago '' in 2002 .",0 73891,"an intriguing twist",1 227431,"`` Based on True Events , '' a convolution of language that suggests it",0 190383,"a crazy work of disturbed genius or merely 90 minutes of post-adolescent Electra rebellion",1 203646,"is undone by his pretensions",0 115695,"become one of those rare remakes to eclipse the original",1 160512,"handle the mix of verbal jokes and slapstick well . Their film",1 33719,"it takes us on a roller-coaster ride from innocence to experience without even a hint of that typical kiddie-flick sentimentality .",1 36673,"savor every minute of Cox 's work",1 133929,"teen-driven , toilet-humor codswallop",0 162787,"is as far as you can get from racy , to the point where it almost stops the blood flow to your brain",0 197529,"dreary piece",0 93255,"sparked by two actresses in their 50s working at the peak of their powers .",1 20511,"exceedingly",1 65737,"Gedeck , who makes Martha enormously endearing",1 173896,"the film , which gives you an idea just how bad it was",0 160360,"grimly for the next shock",0 102598,", interesting as a documentary -- but not very Imaxy .",1 175781,"tiresomely",0 219012,"well-conceived",1 16497,"love for its posse of trailer park denizens",1 133289,"stiff or just plain bad",0 51734,"flawed and delayed",0 168220,"one of the actor 's whiny jags",0 4084,"a return ticket",0 53991,"its star , Jean Reno , who resembles Sly Stallone in a hot sake half-sleep",0 91166,"reaches across time and distance",1 215825,"the under-7 crowd",1 113042,"a work of outstanding originality",1 161261,"his films",1 145669,"Guys would probably be duking it out with The Queen of the Damned for the honor .",1 98027,"to enjoy for a lifetime",1 40037,"who can now add movies to the list of things he does well",1 37553,"sweetest movie",1 103901,"A solidly entertaining little film",1 216960,"to despairingly awful",0 187381,"So aggressively cheery that Pollyana would reach for a barf bag .",0 177228,"unmemorable filler .",0 12271,"throwing up",0 116383,"by a basic , credible compassion",1 229004,"as tiresome as 9 seconds of Jesse Helms ' anti- Castro",0 87592,"much imagination",1 68024,"One of those rare films that come by once in a while with flawless amounts of acting , direction , story and pace",1 2114,"rage",0 49191,"are remarkable",1 9554,"outrageous tendencies",0 123865,"is about something very interesting and odd that",1 132176,"sets Ms . Birot 's film apart from others in the genre is a greater attention to the parents -- and particularly the fateful fathers -- in the emotional evolution of the two bewitched adolescents",1 12174,"this one is strictly a lightweight escapist film",0 199775,"generates little narrative momentum , and invites unflattering comparisons to other installments in the Ryan series .",0 154595,"balance out",1 111115,"While not quite '' Shrek '' or Monsters , Inc . ''",0 178331,"wildly inconsistent",0 59078,"thoughtful and rewarding glimpse",1 236908,"the film should be seen as a conversation starter .",1 113840,"amused and entertained by the unfolding of Bielinsky 's cleverly constructed scenario ,",1 19369,"Though Mama takes a bit too long to find its rhythm and a third-act plot development is somewhat melodramatic",0 88900,"of splendid performances",1 18655,"An enchanting",1 231235,"go rent `` Shakes The Clown '' , a much funnier film with a similar theme and an equally great Robin Williams performance",1 126643,"make this surprisingly decent flick",1 134244,"that are too complex to be rapidly absorbed",1 138202,"tortured husband",0 232371,"is about as true to the spirit of the Festival of Lights as Mr. Deeds was to that of Frank Capra",1 93126,"some savvy producer saw the potential success inherent in the mixture of Bullock Bubble and Hugh Goo",1 93817,"sucks you in",1 107268,"K-19 sinks to a Harrison Ford low .",0 210070,"ransacks its archives for a quick-buck sequel",0 205011,"like a checklist of everything Rob Reiner and his cast",0 208916,"overcome the sense that Pumpkin is a mere plot pawn for two directors with far less endearing disabilities",0 221209,", Sia lacks visual flair .",0 53799,"it does not alienate either gender in the audience",1 200651,"has taken away your car , your work-hours",0 82068,"hell-jaunt purists",0 118024,"delivered dialogue and a heroine who comes across as both shallow and dim-witted .",0 188141,"The film 's hero is a bore and his innocence soon becomes a questionable kind of inexcusable dumb innocence .",0 106470,"I have given this movie a rating of zero .",0 88214,"of Happy",1 80163,"fluid and mesmerizing",1 93134,"some talented performers",1 168419,"otherwise talented cast",1 188771,"The whole thing plays like a tired Tyco ad .",0 36210,"provides the grand , intelligent entertainment of a superior cast playing smart people amid a compelling plot .",1 94575,"that bites off more than it can chew by linking the massacre",0 17404,"terribly",0 165359,"low-tech magic realism",0 55668,"off the element of surprise",1 61747,", and by casting an actress whose face projects that woman 's doubts and yearnings",1 138935,"venturesome , beautifully realized",1 232762,"is sure to test severely the indulgence of fans of Amélie",0 39424,"tragic loss",0 72755,"a very good viewing alternative for young women",1 51441,"exquisite",1 228412,"aggrieved father cliché",0 214392,"the cut of being placed on any list of favorites",1 181290,"... a low rate Annie featuring some kid who ca n't act , only echoes of Jordan , and weirdo actor Crispin Glover screwing things up old school .",0 4321,"a worthwhile documentary ,",1 74425,"are such a companionable couple",1 218821,"wasted nearly two hours of your own precious life with this silly little puddle of a movie",0 213624,"that fails on so many levels",0 199443,"foul up Shum 's good intentions",0 101751,"'s mildly interesting",1 66409,"Instead of simply handling conventional material in a conventional way",1 5222,"bored and",0 115781,"before realizing Steven Spielberg got it right",1 89878,"outselling the electric guitar",1 161879,"in his first film",1 87245,"more curious",1 30722,"depth it makes up for with its heart",1 222542,"Banal and",0 179175,"you took Orwell , Bradbury , Kafka , George Lucas and the Wachowski Brothers and threw them into a blender . But",1 169330,"produce the same sleep-inducing effects as watching your neighbor 's home videos",0 124634,"is that it rarely achieves its best",0 185105,"It 's difficult to imagine that a more confused , less interesting and more sloppily made film could possibly come down the road in 2002 .",0 82950,"in good measure",1 63590,"A work of extraordinary journalism",1 58197,"the delicate performances by Sven Wollter and Viveka Seldahl make their hopes and frustrations vivid",1 13353,"you can take the grandkids or the grandparents and never worry about anyone being bored ...",1 50246,"combined with the humor and intelligence of the script",1 187606,"Stupid , infantile , redundant , sloppy , over-the-top , and",0 188874,"There are many definitions of ` time waster ' but this movie must surely be one of them .",0 131726,"same tired old gags",0 76341,"can make interesting a subject you thought would leave you cold . A case in point : Doug Pray 's Scratch .",1 83851,"is a refreshingly smart and newfangled variation on several themes derived from far less sophisticated and knowing horror films .",1 117316,"compared to the movie 's contrived , lame screenplay and listless direction",0 126239,"little more than a mall movie designed to kill time",0 77313,"continues her exploration of the outer limits of raunch with considerable brio",1 113882,"an action hero motivated by something more than franchise possibilities",1 198028,"essentially awkward version",0 46932,"The Pianist is the film Roman Polanski may have been born to make .",1 46370,"Nothing 's at stake , just a twisty double-cross you can smell a mile away -- still , the derivative Nine Queens is lots of fun",1 76130,"by a cast that seems to include every top-notch British actor who did not appear in Gosford Park ( as well as one , Ms . Mirren , who did )",1 156344,"clever sight gags",1 38555,"the possibility of hope in Auschwitz",1 118802,"during which you want to bang your head on the seat in front of you , at its cluelessness , at its idiocy , at its utterly misplaced earnestness",0 33368,"is exhilarating to watch because Sandler , liberated from the constraints of formula , reveals unexpected depths as an actor",1 40375,"would fail and perhaps explode",0 178076,"when you 're talking about a slapstick comedy , that 's a pretty big problem",0 69539,"The film does a solid job of slowly , steadily building up to the climactic burst of violence .",1 121165,"given relatively dry material from Nijinsky 's writings to perform",0 97019,"the way to striking a blow for artistic integrity",1 233147,"its execution and skill",1 56311,"put in fine performances as does French actor Oliver Martinez",1 9397,"of unrecoverable life",0 221134,", E.T. is carried less by wow factors than by its funny , moving yarn that holds up well after two decades .",1 175240,"they keep bringing it back another day as punishment for paying money to see the last James Bond movie",0 32741,"if not more so ,",1 81724,"has just as many scenes that are lean and tough enough to fit in any modern action movie",1 38756,"the verge of coming to a head",1 121695,"has any sting to it",1 29638,"blisteringly defined , that every other character seems overlooked and underwritten .",0 29349,"authentic coming-of-age tale .",1 238939,"wo n't be placed in the pantheon of the best of the swashbucklers but it is a whole lot of fun and you get to see the one of the world 's best actors , Daniel Auteuil ,",1 160911,"have the antiseptic , preprogrammed feel of an after-school special .",0 80463,"form an acting bond that makes The Banger Sisters a fascinating character study with laughs to spare",1 31622,"film to be savored",1 82577,"hypermasculine",0 40460,"you time",1 191544,"a tired Tyco ad",0 109791,"The film feels uncomfortably real , its language and locations bearing the unmistakable stamp of authority .",1 11634,"the most ingenious and entertaining thrillers i",1 85636,"keeping the picture compelling",1 56113,"positively",1 83702,"is , in a word , brilliant as the conflicted Daniel .",1 236495,"that makes it possible for the viewer to doze off for a few minutes or make several runs to the concession stand and\/or restroom and not feel as if he or she has missed anything",0 153153,"all vintage-TV spinoffs",1 166037,"miss it altogether , in part because the consciously dumbed-down approach wears thin",0 78139,"difficult but worthy film",1 64836,"Could have been crisper and punchier , but it 's likely to please audiences who like movies that demand four hankies .",1 41646,"being pushed and pulled ( literally and figuratively ) by desire ... ( Sex and Lucía ) makes for an arousing good time",1 158761,"fails to live up to the sum of its parts .",0 93000,"so well tuned that the film comes off winningly , even though it 's never as solid as you want it to be",1 112588,"a really cool bit -- the movie 's conception of a future-world holographic librarian ( Orlando Jones ) who knows everything and answers all questions , is visually smart , cleverly written , and nicely realized",1 28888,"and uniquely Almodóvar",1 92544,"shot in artful , watery tones of blue , green and brown",1 220409,"your nose",1 224554,"Lacking gravitas , MacDowell is a placeholder for grief , and ergo this sloppy drama is an empty vessel .",0 36549,"reveals unexpected depths as an actor",1 70729,"Wedding feels a bit anachronistic . Still , not",0 197100,"dismissed heroes would be a film that is n't this painfully forced , false and fabricated",0 151721,"a film that 's neither",0 235221,"really goes downhill .",0 44801,"Burning",0 90781,"proved its creative mettle",1 11020,"than another platter of reheated aliens",0 12644,"undeniably worthy and",1 134664,"the 1971 musical '' Bedknobs and Broomsticks , '' which also dealt with British children rediscovering the power of fantasy during wartime",1 164964,"like most rabbits , it seems to lack substance",0 24242,": It 's witty and inventive , too , and in hindsight , it is n't even all that dumb .",1 48049,"a frighteningly capable debut and",1 183772,"Every joke is repeated at least four times .",0 146632,"It 's tough , astringent , darkly funny and",1 48998,"an unendurable viewing experience",0 104251,"An already thin story",0 41766,"darn good ,",1 187999,"The cast has a high time ,",1 212180,"someone going through the motions",0 103217,"... gives give a solid , anguished performance that eclipses nearly everything else she 's ever done .",1 1060,"gangs , despite the gravity of its subject matter , is often as fun to watch as a good spaghetti western .",1 27129,"Vincent 's odyssey resonates in a profound way , comparable to the classic films of Jean Renoir .",1 63203,"A moving , if uneven , success",1 194693,"blacken that organ with cold vengefulness",0 176229,"to know annoyingly self-involved people who speak in glib sentences that could have only come from the pen of a screenwriter",0 3703,"a cozy or ingratiating work",1 236893,"the film idiotically uses the website feardotcom.com or the improperly hammy performance from poor Stephen Rea",0 155222,"big mess",0 203261,"is not without talent",1 187485,"Soulless and -- even more damning -- virtually joyless , XXX achieves near virtuosity in its crapulence .",0 35273,"of hollow despair",0 191453,"a surprisingly juvenile lark ,",0 2856,"this is a particularly toxic little bonbon , palatable to only a chosen and very jaundiced few",0 152336,"a real downer ?",0 235937,"songbird Britney Spears has popped up with more mindless drivel",0 22429,"this crowd-pleaser 's fresh dialogue",1 193056,"are cast adrift in various New York City locations with no unifying rhythm or visual style .",0 46339,"No screen fantasy-adventure",0 103395,"A 94-minute travesty of unparalleled proportions , writer-director Parker",0 47181,"The movie occasionally threatens to become didactic ,",0 183142,"Coarse , cliched and clunky , this trifling romantic comedy in which opposites attract for no better reason than that the screenplay demands it squanders the charms of stars Hugh Grant and Sandra Bullock .",0 103033,", worse ,",0 97915,"to be embraced",1 181927,"A puzzle whose pieces do not fit . Some are fascinating and",0 3471,"... a hollow joke told by a cinematic gymnast having too much fun embellishing the misanthropic tale to actually engage it",0 84720,"is that wind-in-the-hair exhilarating .",1 171366,"smug and self-congratulatory kind",0 137454,"to become a major-league leading lady , ( but )",1 119278,"especially grateful for freedom",1 204773,"leaden script",0 144927,"Do not , under any circumstances , consider taking a child younger than middle school age to this wallow in crude humor .",0 196305,"could just feel the screenwriter at every moment ` Tap , tap , tap , tap , tapping away ' on this screenplay",0 168648,"pandering middle-age buddy-comedy",0 166320,"most notable",1 19928,"applaud his special effects",1 8617,"make it far more satisfying",1 20759,"he 'd appreciate this attempt to turn his life into art",1 136752,"there is a really cool bit -- the movie 's conception of a future-world holographic librarian ( Orlando Jones ) who knows everything and answers all questions , is visually smart , cleverly written , and nicely realized .",1 103687,"A lovely and beautifully",1 190597,"a flat script",0 27301,"You have to pay attention to follow all the stories , but they 're each interesting . The movie is well shot and very tragic , and one to ponder after the credits roll .",1 1335,"interesting '' to '' familiar '' before landing squarely on '' stupid ''",0 24826,"Big Deal on Madonna Street '' that 's a sly , amusing , laugh-filled little gem in which the ultimate '' Bellini '' begins to look like a '' real Kaputschnik",1 118906,"effective if you stick with it",1 132189,"sets this romantic comedy apart from most Hollywood romantic comedies",1 70129,"There are times when you wish that the movie had worked a little harder to conceal its contrivances",0 104526,"As we have come to learn -- as many times as we have fingers to count on -- Jason is a killer who does n't know the meaning of the word ` quit . ' The filmmakers might want to look it up .",0 135856,"the nature of compassion",1 85761,"larger-than-life figure",1 170142,"rigid and",0 19866,"and occasionally cloying",0 141437,"'s no better film than Half Past Dead",1 7956,"it is nature against progress . in fessenden 's horror trilogy , this theme has proved important to him and is especially so in the finale",1 223865,"I walked out of Runteldat",0 106874,"It 's excessively quirky and a little underconfident in its delivery , but otherwise this is the best ` old neighborhood ' project since Christopher Walken kinda romanced Cyndi Lauper in The Opportunists .",1 99068,"unleashed by a slightly crazed , overtly determined young woman",1 47246,"The sentimental cliches mar an otherwise excellent film . A powerful performance from Mel Gibson and a brutal 90-minute battle sequence that does everything but issue you a dog-tag and an M-16 .",1 226878,"Unlike most surf movies , Blue Crush thrillingly uses modern technology to take the viewer inside the wave .",1 104422,"Another useless recycling of a brutal mid",0 208498,"on the glamorous machine that thrusts the audience into a future they wo n't much care about",0 170823,"sham actor workshops and an affected malaise",0 76639,"cheered",1 60296,"wit and dignity",1 12934,"went out gunning to make a great one",1 158226,"endless assault",0 202485,"irritating ( at least to this Western ear ) , making it awfully hard to buy the impetus for the complicated love triangle that develops between the three central characters",0 204754,"law to be discerned here that producers would be well to heed",0 134459,"that make 105 minutes seem twice as long",0 191497,"a terrible adaptation",0 9362,"of the hapless victims of the arrogant '' if we put together a wry white man and a chatty black man and give them guns , the movie will be funny ''",0 71517,"a deeper , more direct connection between these women",1 155437,"bouncy , with energetic musicals , the humor did n't quite engage this adult",0 82148,"here seems to have recharged him",1 193591,"as the cinematic equivalent of high humidity",0 24339,"A fast-moving and remarkable film that appears",1 197577,"drying out",0 3823,"a good human",1 125521,"just seems like it does . My only wish is that Celebi could take me back to a time before I saw this movie and I could just skip it .",0 225318,"One thing 's for sure -- if George Romero had directed this movie , it would n't have taken the protagonists a full hour to determine that in order to kill a zombie you must shoot it in the head",0 61493,"( Sports ) admirable energy , full-bodied characterizations and narrative urgency .",1 67475,"Matthew Lillard is born to play Shaggy !",1 96658,"the sensational true-crime hell-jaunt purists might like and more experimental in its storytelling",1 146659,"It does n't do the original any particular dishonor , but neither does it exude any charm or personality .",0 28152,"affection and care",1 225118,"Newcastle , the first half of Gangster No. 1 drips with style and",1 209699,"presume",1 145241,"Extreme Oops - oops",0 42431,"out-stealth any agent ,",1 104596,"B-movie scum",0 31222,"ethnic comedy",1 37541,"swashbuckling tale",1 32306,"has filled out his cast with appealing fresh faces .",1 92048,"second helpings of love , romance , tragedy , false dawns , real dawns , comic relief , two separate crises during marriage ceremonies ,",1 189546,"What 's next ? The Porky 's Revenge : Ultimate Edition ?",0 27058,"Time Changer may not be the most memorable cinema session but its profound self-evaluation message about our fragile existence and the absence of spiritual guidance should at least invade an abundance of mindsets",1 32663,"how Bettany and McDowell play off each other",1 116906,"cheap-looking version of Candid Camera staged for the Marquis de Sade set",0 192939,"any way of gripping what its point is , or",0 190151,"a beautifully shot , but ultimately flawed film about growing up in Japan",0 142494,", the horror concept completely loses its creepy menace .",0 101515,"'s a liability",0 39039,"thriller , coupled with some ingenious plot devices and some lavishly built settings . . it 's a worthwhile tutorial in quantum physics and slash-dash",1 84333,"is its unforced comedy-drama and its relaxed , natural-seeming actors .",1 26894,"The result is mesmerizing -- filled with menace and squalor .",1 141184,"'s actually pretty good in the first few minutes",1 228285,"about a brainy prep-school kid with a Mrs. Robinson complex",1 17353,"suffering",0 218779,"was produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and directed by Joel Schumacher , and reflects the worst of their shallow styles : wildly overproduced , inadequately motivated every step of the way and demographically targeted to please every one ( and no one )",0 43292,"'s not quite the memorable experience it might have been",0 127074,"might inspire a trip to the video store -- in search of a better movie experience",0 236973,"the heart soar",1 196715,"delivered , yet with a distinctly musty odour , its expiry date long gone",0 25005,"Cold",0 186675,"Perry 's good",1 119971,"fever-pitched melodrama",1 68896,"Some remarkable achival film about how Shanghai ( of all places )",1 104669,"Befuddled",0 46025,"Like the original , this version is raised a few notches above kiddie fantasy pablum by Allen 's astringent wit .",1 159420,"for future Hollywood sellouts",0 84922,"it 's no classic",0 1602,"like general hospital crossed with a Saturday night live spoof of dog day afternoon",1 103454,"A brutal and funny work . Nicole Holofcenter , the insightful writer\/director responsible for this illuminating comedy does n't wrap the proceedings up neatly but",1 208132,"of the really bad Blair Witch Project",0 116792,"centers",1 151507,"a coherent whole",1 235097,"provides a grim , upsetting glimpse",0 82681,"illustrated by a winning family story .",1 70653,"Vonnegut",1 234122,"no character",0 128448,"of a legal thriller",0 183754,"Even if you 're an Elvis person , you wo n't find anything to get excited about on this DVD .",0 7330,"if the filmmakers just follow the books , they",0 198509,"familiar and predictable , and 4/5ths of it",0 188847,"There 's some good material in their story about a retail clerk wanting more out of life",1 222630,"Black-and-white and unrealistic .",0 68037,"Originality",1 88064,"notorious rise",1 19764,"an intriguing snapshot of one man and his delusions",1 61406,"( A ) smarter and much funnier version of the old Police Academy flicks .",1 218636,"walked out muttering words like '' horrible '' and '' terrible , '' but had so much fun dissing the film that they did n't mind the ticket cost . In this case zero .",0 108425,"Plunges you into a reality that is , more often then not , difficult and sad , and",1 94940,"that was a deserved co-winner of the Audience Award for documentaries at the Sundance Film Festival",1 215390,"the poor acting by the ensemble cast",0 189704,"While the transgressive trappings ( especially the frank sex scenes ) ensure that the film is never dull , Rodrigues 's beast-within metaphor is ultimately rather silly and overwrought , making the ambiguous ending seem goofy rather than provocative .",0 103810,"A pretty funny movie , with most of the humor coming , as before , from the incongruous but chemically perfect teaming of Crystal and De Niro .",1 184227,"Grant and Bullock 's characters are made for each other . But you 'd never guess that from the performances",0 69662,"The kind of sweet-and-sour insider movie that film buffs will eat up like so much gelati",1 27274,"Worth",1 234613,"off with a bang",1 208655,"one very funny joke and a few other decent ones",1 160530,"happened with Pluto Nash ? How did it ever get made",0 183488,"Disney scrape",0 188544,"The plot is paper-thin",0 50983,"dogged",0 227116,"Whether or not you buy Mr. Broomfield 's findings , the film acquires an undeniable entertainment value as the slight , pale Mr. Broomfield continues to force himself on people and into situations that would make lesser men run for cover .",1 27914,"a troubling interpretation of Ecclesiastes",0 12050,"the worst thing",0 67015,"Kids five and up will be delighted with the fast , funny , and",1 149684,"The original was n't a good movie but this remake makes it look like a masterpiece !",0 11870,"the second coming of harry potter is a film far superior to its predecessor",1 69565,"The film is filled with humorous observations about the general absurdity of modern life as seen through the eyes outsiders , but deftly manages to avoid many of the condescending stereotypes that so often plague films dealing with the mentally ill .",1 183711,"Episode II -- Attack of the Clones is a technological exercise that lacks juice and delight",0 147475,"Mom and Dad",1 190833,"a little more attention paid to the animation",1 122375,"his own infinite insecurity is a work of outstanding originality",1 54583,"makes you itch",0 160282,"gory to be a comedy and too silly to be an effective horror film",0 61601,", Dogtown and Z-Boys has a compelling story to tell .",1 94851,"that satisfies , as comfort food often can",1 21365,"movingly",1 33218,"is a feast",1 161669,"imminently forgettable",0 24151,"... but finds surprising depth in its look at the binds of a small family",1 151772,"a frothy vanity project",0 147552,"Much of what is meant to be ` inspirational ' and ` uplifting ' is simply distasteful to audiences not already sharing ( the movie 's ) mindset .",0 172266,"sudsy cautionary tale .",0 45918,"Just about the best straight-up , old-school horror film of the last 15 years",1 235535,"seeks to re-create the excitement of such '50s flicks as Jules Verne 's ' 20ꯠ Leagues Under the Sea ' and the George Pal version of H.G. Wells ' ` The Time Machine .",1 120520,"for the striking , quietly vulnerable personality of Ms . Ambrose",1 84099,"is clever and funny , is amused by its special effects ,",1 26806,"The film 's welcome breeziness and some unbelievably hilarious moments",1 219548,"will no doubt rally to its cause , trotting out threadbare standbys like ` masterpiece ' and ` triumph ' and all that malarkey , but rarely does an established filmmaker so ardently waste viewers ' time with a gobbler like this",0 39505,"twist-and-turn thriller",1 191512,"a text to ` lick ,",0 226197,"The art demands live viewing .",1 53873,"it turns out to be significantly different ( and better ) than most films with this theme",1 64257,"Based on Dave Barry 's popular book of the same name , the movie benefits from having a real writer plot out all of the characters ' moves and overlapping story .",1 110137,"The results are far more alienating than involving .",0 27038,"Thoughtful , provocative and entertaining .",1 112689,"a ship as leaky",0 56593,"reveals how we all need a playful respite from the grind to refresh our souls .",1 205951,"may mistake Love Liza for an Adam Sandler Chanukah song .",0 128570,"of brooding personalities that parade about as if they were coming back from Stock Character camp -- a drowsy drama infatuated by its own pretentious self-examination",0 155945,"can do something fun tonight",1 23897,", the derivative Nine Queens is lots of fun",1 43227,"'s compelling anatomy of grief and the difficult process of adapting to loss .",1 158022,"dull , dour documentary",0 69809,"The people in Jessica are so recognizable and true that , as in real life , we 're never sure how things will work out .",1 76005,"brushes",1 184115,"Generic Jennifer Lopez Romantic Comedy",0 230261,"disguising this as one of the worst films of the summer",0 177069,"ultra-manipulative thriller",1 29265,"assuredness",1 151720,"a film tailor-made for those who when they were in high school would choose the Cliff-Notes over reading a full-length classic",0 186638,"Oversexed , at times overwrought comedy/drama that offers little insight into the experience of being forty , female and single .",0 203943,"it is not enough to give the film the substance it so desperately needs .",0 226438,"The premise of `` Abandon '' holds promise ,",1 109980,"The most opaque , self-indulgent and just plain goofy an excuse for a movie as you can imagine",0 23654,", he 'll get the girl",1 98687,"tremendous piece",1 196058,"complete blank",0 208388,"on MGM 's shelf",0 221496,", pity anyone who sees this mishmash .",0 86266,"look back at civil disobedience , anti-war movements and the power of strong voices .",1 197884,"engaging .",1 80182,"fondness and respect",1 168901,"plain old popcorn fun",1 138288,"travesty",0 207015,"no charm , no laughs , no fun , no reason to watch .",0 1883,"of a particularly nightmarish fairytale",0 25785,"It helps that the central performers are experienced actors , and that they know their roles so well .",1 28437,"and Dreyfus",0 119987,"few movies are able to accomplish",1 156140,"chaotic , the photography grainy and",0 78796,"either the obviousness of it all or its stupidity or maybe even its inventiveness",0 134057,"than anyone could desire to the cheap , graceless , hackneyed sci-fi serials of the '30s and '40s",0 192385,"among the most pitiful directing",0 89208,"of why animation is such a perfect medium for children , because of the way it allows the mind to enter and accept another world",1 84954,"it 's very much like life itself .",1 213032,"sustained fest of self-congratulation between actor and director that leaves scant place for the viewer",0 174347,"the movie is busy contriving false , sitcom-worthy solutions to their problems .",0 62231,", splashy and entertainingly nasty",1 230016,"covers this territory with wit and originality , suggesting that with his fourth feature --",1 109954,"The misery of these people becomes just another voyeuristic spectacle , to be consumed and forgotten .",0 144696,"Dante Spinotti 's luscious cinematography",1 207492,"of ` Fatal Attraction ' for the teeny-bopper set",0 66462,"It 's a Wonderful Life marathons and bored with A Christmas Carol , it might just be the movie you 're looking for .",1 118042,"delusional man",0 31455,"familiar by amalgamating genres and adding true human complexity",1 210327,"relative modesty",1 224945,"Mr. Nachtwey has traveled to places in the world devastated by war , famine and poverty and documented the cruelty and suffering he has found with an devastating , eloquent clarity .",1 50054,"captures the moment when a woman 's life , out of a deep-seated , emotional need , is about to turn onto a different path .",1 189087,"This sort of cute and cloying material is far from Zhang 's forte and",0 36573,"ridiculousness",0 42270,"laugh along",1 198271,"exceptionally dreary and overwrought bit",0 79032,"enjoy its own transparency",1 196170,"continues .",1 178386,"will make it tough for them to really care .",0 235428,"safe as a children 's film",1 134095,"than like being stuck in a dark pit having a nightmare about bad cinema",0 124301,"is n't one true ` Chan moment '",0 164883,"like a 12-Step Program for the Jewish Nazi",0 188752,"The troubling thing",0 113513,"against the maker 's minimalist intent",0 106911,"It 's never too late to believe in your dreams . '",1 782,"definitely in the guilty pleasure b-movie category , reign of fire is so incredibly inane that it is laughingly enjoyable .",1 100623,"with such fury",0 131809,"scary horror movie",1 200094,"good , organic character work",1 148735,"Some of Seagal 's action pictures are guilty pleasures",1 15697,"everything might be literate and smart",1 18604,"A very witty take on change , risk and romance , and the film uses humour to make its points about acceptance and growth .",1 189093,"This stuck pig",0 154905,"become cinematic poetry",1 198915,"find room for one more member of his little band , a professional screenwriter",0 48832,"also happens to be the movie 's most admirable quality",1 175066,"the year 's murkiest , intentionally obscure and self-indulgent pictures",0 224152,"It 's also the year 's sweetest movie .",1 18222,"like the ( unfortunately R-rated ) Paid",0 67756,"Nair 's cast is so large it 's Altman-esque , but she deftly spins the multiple stories in a vibrant and intoxicating fashion",1 232337,"is a precisely layered performance by an actor in his mid-seventies , Michel Piccoli .",1 37442,"such ` Have-yourself-a-happy-little-Holocaust ' movies",0 15395,"character-driven comedy",1 61825,", charming",1 3199,"woe",0 41725,"comes only",1 222198,"After Collateral Damage , you might imagine that most every aggrieved father cliché has been unturned .",0 230921,"for exploiting the novelty of the `` webcast",0 8373,"lawrence unleashes his trademark misogyny -- er , comedy -- like a human volcano or an overflowing septic tank",0 27040,"Thrilling , provocative",1 20814,"his words and images do n't have to add up to mesmerize you",1 197050,"disappointing when a documentary fails to live up to -- or offer any new insight into -- its chosen topic .",0 141639,"'s taken one of the world 's most fascinating stories and made it dull , lifeless , and irritating",0 116992,"cinematic poet of the workplace",1 9020,"nearly as captivating as the rowdy participants think it is",1 19462,"a beaut",1 128095,"not compelling",0 77595,"critical overkill",0 127386,"moronic",0 33750,"its characters ' choices , good and ill",1 31478,"fantasies",1 233086,"it seeks to rely on an ambiguous presentation",0 50245,"combatants",0 27441,"a compelling journey",1 231276,"good for a laugh",1 33097,"intelligent , stylish moviemaking",1 157395,"did director Ron Underwood manage to blow $ 100 million on this ?",0 110928,"Warm Water may well be the year 's best and most unpredictable comedy .",1 98441,"to watch Jackson , who also served as executive producer , take his smooth , shrewd , powerful act abroad",1 30672,"delightfully piquant wine",1 17933,"unique in its deceptive grimness ,",1 218879,"watching this digital-effects-heavy , supposed family-friendly comedy",0 198625,"fearless purity",1 145504,"Friday After Next is the kind of film that could only be made by African-Americans because of its broad racial insensitivity towards African-Americans .",0 196610,"deal with the subject of love head-on : trading in his cynicism for reverence and a little wit",1 210967,"secondhand ,",0 30924,"does not come readily to mind when considering the world 's best cuisine",0 231953,"in Northern Ireland in favour of an approach",1 11541,"the kathie lee gifford of film directors",0 157657,"do n't know what she 's doing in here",0 90823,"provides the drama that gives added clout to this doc .",1 237049,"the magic of author J.K. Rowling 's books",1 45641,"Imitation",0 72498,"a sports extravaganza",1 108390,"Piercingly affecting",1 51144,"emerges as another key contribution to the flowering of the South Korean cinema",1 179957,"'s really little more than a particularly slanted , gay s/m fantasy , enervating and deadeningly drawn-out",0 111418,"` Red Shoe Diaries",1 20590,"for thinking audiences",1 46580,"Rabbit-Proof Fence will probably make you angry . But",0 67129,"Larry Fessenden 's spooky new thriller",1 103221,"... if you , like me , think an action film disguised as a war tribute is disgusting to begin with , then you 're in for a painful ride .",0 134001,"terrific setpieces",1 46012,"Leigh is one of the rare directors who feels acting is the heart and soul of cinema . He allows his cast members to make creative contributions to the story and dialogue . This method almost never fails him , and it works superbly here .",1 31690,"flair .",1 230268,"dissing the film that they did n't mind the ticket cost",0 41320,"This is a raw and disturbing tale that took five years to make ,",1 217552,"tolerate Leon Barlow . I ca n't",0 71566,"a disturbing story about sociopaths and their marks",1 91367,"refreshingly unhibited",1 73174,"actually looks as if it belongs on the big screen",1 125374,"its stupidities",0 211347,"shake up the mix , and work in something that does n't feel like a half-baked stand-up routine",0 31181,"enveloping the viewer in a literal and spiritual torpor that is anything but cathartic",1 207127,"nominated for an Oscar",1 48389,"a soulful , incisive meditation",1 94856,"that sense of openness , the little surprises",1 202049,"in the solemnity with which it tries to pump life into overworked elements from Eastwood 's Dirty Harry period",0 66373,"In questioning the election process , Payami graphically illustrates the problems of fledgling democracies , but also the strength and sense of freedom the Iranian people already possess , with or without access to the ballot box .",1 203597,"is to ponder how a whole segment of pop-music history has been allowed to get wet , fuzzy and sticky .",0 25975,"Like Dickens with his passages , McGrath crafts quite moving scenes throughout his resolutely dramatic variation on the novel .",1 129798,"out of control",0 227437,"`` Besotted '' is misbegotten",0 125497,"just another voyeuristic spectacle",0 61895,", every blighter in this particular South London housing project digs into dysfunction like it 's a big , comforting jar of Marmite , to be slathered on crackers and served as a feast of bleakness .",1 85879,"leaving you with some laughs and a smile",1 28633,"and hatred",0 54922,"movie lovers as well as opera lovers",1 75466,"been given a part worthy of her considerable talents",1 178188,"whiny jags",0 174215,"the level of intelligence and visual splendour that can be seen in other films",1 17106,"rewards",1 39316,"to the 1999 hit",1 110032,"The new film of Anton Chekhov 's The Cherry Orchard puts the ` ick ' in ` classic . '",0 122383,"his prime",1 36428,"refreshing to see a girl-power movie that does n't feel it has to prove anything",1 97041,"the wildly popular Vin Diesel in the equation",1 211742,"skip the film and",0 15854,"funny and good-natured",1 214911,"the lack of climax and , worst of all",0 200865,"have problems , which are neither original nor are presented in convincing way",0 157224,"defines a comedy that 's strongly mediocre , with funny bits surfacing every once in a while",1 107378,"Lan Yu is a genuine love story , full of traditional layers of awakening and ripening and separation and recovery .",1 6958,"happily",1 227002,"Weekend",1 45448,"Has a certain ghoulish fascination , and generates a fair amount of B-movie excitement .",1 76554,"certainly does n't feel like a film that strays past the two and a half mark",0 188730,"The story passes time until it 's time for an absurd finale of twisted metal",0 211811,"sloughs one 's way through the mire of this alleged psychological thriller in search of purpose or even a plot",0 104002,"A vivid , spicy footnote to history , and",1 69908,"The sight of the spaceship on the launching pad is duly impressive in IMAX dimensions , as are shots of the astronauts floating in their cabins .",1 129994,"participatory spectator sport",1 67090,"Kwan is a master of shadow , quietude , and room noise , and",1 1042,"frustrating",0 106454,"I had a dream that a smart comedy would come along to rescue me from a summer of teen-driven , toilet-humor codswallop ,",0 30506,"crime-film complications",1 224357,"It made me feel unclean , and I 'm the guy who liked There 's Something About Mary and both American Pie movies .",0 77491,"crafted ,",1 179962,"'s really sad",0 181553,"A cellophane-pop remake of the punk classic Ladies and Gentlemen , The Fabulous Stains ... Crossroads is never much worse than bland or better than inconsequential .",0 152833,"abundance of hackneyed dialogue and more silly satanic business",0 193045,"are bad",0 103866,"A seriocomic debut of extravagant promise by Georgian-Israeli director Dover Kosashvili .",1 150464,"Too restrained to be a freak show , too mercenary and obvious to be cerebral , too dull and pretentious to be engaging",0 114359,"another we do n't believe , and puts them into a battle of wills that is impossible to care about and is n't very funny",0 79408,"excellent use of music by India 's popular Gulzar and Jagjit Singh",1 121474,"grows thin",0 183141,"Coarse , cliched and clunky",0 94972,"that you feel what they feel",1 118410,"diverges from anything",1 43532,", brooding character study",1 228414,"aided by a cast that seems to include every top-notch British actor who did not appear in Gosford Park ( as well as one , Ms. Mirren , who did )",1 20254,"clever plot contrivances",1 122756,"ignorant",0 12658,"undone by its overly complicated and derivative screenplay , the glacier-paced direction and the stereotypical characters .",0 13994,"Effective",1 132876,"some eyes this will seem like a recycling of clichés , an assassin 's greatest hits .",0 222030,"A jaw-droppingly beautiful work that upends nearly every cliché of Japanese animation while delivering a more than satisfactory amount of carnage",1 198021,"especially with the weak payoff",0 164056,"its huckster lapel",0 142607,", vaguely silly overkill",0 165130,"live up to Barry 's dead-eyed , perfectly chilled delivery",1 206766,"my own tortured psyche",0 182517,"Anyone not into high-tech splatterfests is advised to take the warning literally , and log on to something more user-friendly .",0 6119,"earnest yet curiously tepid and choppy recycling in which predictability is the only winner",0 5929,"detached",0 58623,"the punch of a good sitcom",1 238711,"who staggered from the theater and blacked out in the lobby",0 196694,"degenerating into a pious , preachy soap opera",0 47823,"a big deal , indeed",1 156095,"caught up in an intricate plot",1 150573,"Uneasy mishmash of styles and genres .",0 142183,", full-throated humor",1 141565,"'s sanctimonious , self-righteous and so eager to earn our love that you want to slap it",0 77350,"convey a strong sense of the girls ' environment .",1 204801,"leave the same way you came -- a few tasty morsels under your belt , but no new friends .",0 61531,"( headbanger )",1 23798,", now 82 , to find a way to bend current technique to the service of a vision of the past that is faithful to both architectural glories and commanding open spaces of the city as it was more than two centuries ago",1 77617,"crushed",0 208085,"of the horror film franchise that is apparently as invulnerable as its trademark villain",0 227915,"a frightening and compelling",1 175159,"there 's enough here to make us look forward to the Russos ' next offering",1 45414,"Grant 's two best films",1 198557,"far too fleeting",0 57742,"that are insightful enough to be fondly remembered in the endlessly challenging maze of moviegoing",1 118175,"develops into a gut-wrenching examination of the way cultural differences and emotional expectations collide",1 154793,"be profound",1 112020,"a glorified episode",0 192494,"an astonishingly condescending attitude toward women",0 183793,"Everything about Girls Ca n't Swim , even its passages of sensitive observation , feels secondhand , familiar -- and not in a good way .",0 20345,"deadpan suspense",1 122021,"he 's a slow study : The action is stilted and the tabloid energy embalmed .",0 140044,"with a batch of appealing characters",1 90965,"puts the sting back into the con",1 161621,"if you will a Tony Hawk skating video interspliced with footage from Behind Enemy Lines and set to Jersey shore techno",0 143552,"Again '' worthwhile",1 38246,"the first movie",1 123780,"is a mess from start to finish",0 16365,"its B-movie heritage",0 22812,"wisely",1 84191,"is extremely thorough .",1 33027,"incredibly low-rent",0 143494,"Accuracy and realism are terrific , but if your film becomes boring , and your dialogue is n't smart , then you need to use more poetic license .",0 21592,"offer natural , matter-of-fact performances that glint with sorrow , longing and love",1 45784,"It has charm to spare , and unlike many romantic comedies , it does not alienate either gender in the audience .",1 51297,"epic scope",1 100053,"who 's fallen under the sweet , melancholy spell of this unique director 's previous films",1 226488,"The story 's scope and pageantry are mesmerizing , and Mr. Day-Lewis roars with leonine power",1 151442,"a cacophony of pretentious , meaningless prattle",0 71648,"a film of magic and whimsy for children , a heartfelt romance for teenagers and a compelling argument about death , both pro and con , for adults",1 155490,"bring a sense of closure to an ugly chapter of the twentieth century",1 206930,"never manages to take us to that elusive , lovely place where we suspend our disbelief",0 143363,"A sophomoric exploration of ` life problems ' most people solved long ago -- or at least got tired of hearing people kvetch about .",0 20519,"explorations",1 115739,"been overrun by what can only be characterized as robotic sentiment",0 171167,"sits in a patch somewhere between mirthless Todd Solondzian satire and callow student film .",0 23832,", quirky and leisurely",1 129229,"of wit or charm",1 16215,"is a clever and captivating romantic comedy with a welcome pinch of tartness .",1 175238,"they fall short of being interesting or entertaining",0 76955,"comes across as darkly funny , energetic , and surprisingly gentle",1 48071,"a good charitable enterprise and",1 45649,"Importance",1 110114,"The rare Imax movie that you 'll wish",1 139240,"was entranced .",1 231352,"had so much fun dissing the film that they did n't mind the ticket cost",0 145203,"Every nanosecond of the The New Guy reminds you that you could be doing something else far more pleasurable . Something like scrubbing the toilet . Or emptying rat traps . Or doing last year 's taxes with your ex-wife .",0 69145,"Talk to Her is so darned assured",1 67408,"Many a parent and their teen ( or preteen ) kid could bond while watching A Walk To Remember . So could young romantics out on a date .",1 139989,"wind chimes",1 202873,"is drowned out by director Jon Purdy 's sledgehammer sap .",0 104729,"Bible stores of the potential for sanctimoniousness",0 22079,"strong performance",1 38595,"the right direction",1 229108,"bad run",0 42542,"remake of '' Big Deal on Madonna Street '' that 's a sly , amusing , laugh-filled little gem in which the ultimate '' Bellini '' begins to look like a '' real Kaputschnik .",1 11720,"the payoff",1 80490,"foul up",0 48191,"a matinee price",1 64109,"Asian neo-realist treasure .",1 72840,"a wonderful subject",1 163270,"is really just another genre picture .",0 107257,"Just because A Walk to Remember",1 23221,"( Director Peter ) Jackson",1 125794,"laugh riot",1 131038,"raw emotions",1 74456,"are undeniably touched .",1 232806,"is the most disappointing Woody Allen movie ever .",0 189558,"What Madonna does here ca n't properly be called acting -- more accurately , it 's moving and",0 181706,"A full-frontal attack on audience patience .",0 54618,"many a kids-and-family-oriented cable channel",1 155084,"being unoriginal , unfunny and unrecommendable",0 71600,"a family-oriented non-Disney film",1 198568,"far-flung , illogical , and plain stupid",0 103607,"A funny , triumphant , and moving documentary",1 109438,"The Lady and the Duke is a smart , romantic drama that dares to depict the French Revolution from the aristocrats ' perspective .",1 85287,"its initial promise",1 83880,"is a sobering meditation on why we take pictures",1 102350,", Undisputed scores a direct hit .",1 52502,"have the savagery of combat and the specter of death been visualized with such operatic grandeur .",1 74320,"are equally strange",0 184664,"I guess it just goes to show that if you give a filmmaker an unlimited amount of phony blood , nothing good can happen .",0 47258,"The sort of film that makes me miss Hitchcock , but also feel optimistic that there 's hope for popular cinema yet .",1 14599,"Watching Beanie and his gang put together his slasher video from spare parts and borrowed materials is as much fun as it must have been for them to make it .",1 226472,"The screenwriters dig themselves in deeper every time they toss logic and science into what is essentially a `` Dungeons and Dragons '' fantasy with modern military weaponry ...",0 84805,"is validated by the changing composition of the nation",1 82760,"impossibly long limbs and sweetly conspiratorial",1 161056,"heavy-handed and",0 183223,"Cranky",0 53589,"is priceless .",1 41426,"a compelling journey ... and",1 11677,"the movie occasionally threatens to become didactic , but",0 141803,"( Newton ) wanders through CHARLIE completely unaware she needs to show some presence and star quality .",0 148850,"Static",0 109391,"That regurgitates and waters down many of the previous film 's successes , with a few new swings thrown in",0 100005,"while Dark Water is n't a complete wash ( no pun intended ) , watched side-by-side with Ringu , it ultimately comes off as a pale successor .",0 44300,"A terrific B movie",1 232708,"is powerful and provocative .",1 188327,"The main characters are simply named The Husband , The Wife and The Kidnapper , emphasizing the disappointingly generic nature of the entire effort .",0 35094,"of Good Stupid Fun",1 8607,"make a dull , pretentious version of jesus ' son",0 185218,"It 's supposed to be a romantic comedy - it suffers from too much Norma Rae and not enough Pretty Woman .",0 45352,"Gaunt",0 122911,"in a sincere performance",1 190889,"a low rate Annie featuring some kid who ca n't act , only echoes of Jordan , and weirdo actor Crispin Glover screwing things up old school",0 231153,"gets the details right , from its promenade of barely clad bodies in Myrtle Beach , S.C. , to the adrenaline jolt of a sudden lunch rush at the diner",1 74525,"articulates a flood of emotion .",1 84093,"is clever",1 70247,"This is n't exactly profound cinema , but it 's good-natured and sometimes quite funny",1 82662,"if you have no interest in the gang-infested , East-vs . - West Coast rap wars",0 224756,"Me no lika da accents so good ,",0 60165,"who like long books and movies",1 1276,"impossible to sit through",0 13806,"A somewhat crudely constructed but gripping , questing look at a person so racked with self-loathing , he becomes an enemy to his own race .",1 28997,"appalled",0 43867,"... is at 22 a powerful young actor .",1 73659,"an admirable one",1 207819,"of its own brilliance",1 227747,"a `` Friday '' worth waiting for",1 225625,"Rifkin no doubt fancies himself something of a Hubert Selby Jr. , but there is n't an ounce of honest poetry in his entire script : it 's simply crude and unrelentingly exploitative",0 231958,"in U.S. relocation camps",0 45823,"It made me want to get made-up and go see this movie with my sisters . I thought the relationships were wonderful , the comedy was funny , and the love ` real ' .",1 236881,"the film buzz and whir : very little of it",0 3546,"` what 's the russian word for wow !",1 129724,"original magic",1 230343,"does have a heart",1 148908,"Suffers from all the excesses",0 96615,"the run-of-the-mill singles blender",0 41628,"be original ,",1 7794,"is such a high-energy movie where the drumming and the marching are so excellent , who cares if the story 's a little weak",1 105232,"Cool gadgets and creatures keep this fresh . Not as good as the original , but what is ...",1 101949,"'s the inimitable Diaz",1 169186,"predominantly amateur",0 55554,"of the chilly production",0 154224,"as one of Murphy 's better performances in one of his lesser-praised movies",1 138621,"undermining the movie 's reality and",0 182278,"Alternates between deadpan comedy and heartbreaking",1 232204,"irritating soul-searching garbage .",0 181066,", this movie strangely enough has the outdated swagger of a shameless '70s blaxploitation shuck-and-jive sitcom .",0 71484,"a crowdpleaser",1 133309,"still manages to get a few punches in",1 146421,"It 's a loathsome movie , it really is and it makes absolutely no sense",0 120832,"fun -- but bad -- movie",0 206903,"neither dramatic nor comic",0 233314,"laughs -- sometimes a chuckle , sometimes a guffaw and",1 138602,"underdeveloped",0 196942,"difficult to fathom",0 24099,". One of the best of the year",1 59918,"wanes",0 161418,"hopelessly monotonous",0 81766,"has some cute moments , funny scenes , and hits the target audience ( young Bow Wow fans ) -",1 185284,"It has become apparent that the franchise 's best years are long past .",0 148726,"Some decent actors inflict big damage upon their reputations .",0 153942,"are so poorly thought-out and substance-free that even a high school senior taking his or her first psychology class could dismiss them",0 132355,"should have stayed there .",0 160643,"has always held dear",1 156137,"changing the director and writer 's diapers",0 126658,"makes Maryam , in the end , play out with the intellectual and emotional impact of an after-school special .",0 200155,"got to give it thumbs down",0 222597,"Berry 's saucy , full-bodied performance",1 118094,"describe as looking , sounding and simply feeling like no other film in recent history",1 103514,"A damn fine and a truly distinctive and a deeply pertinent film .",1 40198,"with dazzling camera-work , dancing and music",1 194572,"better than Saving Private Ryan . He may have meant the Internet short Saving Ryan 's Privates .",0 176790,"transcends jokester status",0 133097,"spectacle and",0 222607,"Better effects , better acting and a hilarious Kenneth Branagh .",1 33379,"is full of memorable performances from top to bottom",1 48507,"a wonderful tale of love and destiny",1 145660,"Guillen rarely gets beneath the surface of things .",0 30697,"delivers the goods for Schwarzenegger fans .",1 238674,"while delivering a more than satisfactory amount of carnage",1 186741,"Ponderous , plodding soap opera disguised as a feature film .",0 7827,"is unsettling",0 183535,"Does n't add up to much .",0 210688,"runs around and",1 190637,"a ghost of a chance",0 133358,"story to suit the sensibilities of a young American , a decision that plucks '' The Four Feathers '' bare",1 165947,"might want to consider a different destination -- some jolly country embroiled in a bloody civil war , perhaps .",0 84643,"is stark , straightforward and deadly ... an unnatural calm that 's occasionally shaken by ... blasts of rage , and later , violent jealousy",1 222328,"An uneven look into a grim future that does n't come close to the level of intelligence and visual splendour that can be seen in other films based on Philip K. Dick stories .",0 203065,"is like Scorsese 's Mean Streets redone by someone who ignored it in favor of old ` juvenile delinquent ' paperbacks with titles like Leather Warriors and Switchblade Sexpot .",0 104300,"An enjoyable above average summer diversion .",1 42028,"grandeur and",1 197968,"entirely improvised",0 204415,"jump-in-your-seat",1 15329,"but still has the chops and drive to show how its done .",1 71768,"a grisly corpse",0 207205,"not one clever line",0 165902,"might as well be stomping through them in clown clothes , playing a college football fight song on untuned instruments .",0 141822,"( T ) hose same extremes prevent us from taking its message seriously , and the Stepford Wives mentality does n't work in a modern context",0 235518,"see how many times they can work the words `` radical '' or `` suck '' into a sentence",0 23456,", as well as bring audiences to the edge of their seats",1 139871,"will assuredly",1 109975,"The most ingenious film comedy since Being John Malkovich .",1 60217,"will be comforted by the way it deals with big issues like death and destiny",1 234977,"pleasant distraction",1 49212,"argue that it ranks with the best of Herzog 's works",1 7936,"it feels like an after-school special gussied up with some fancy special effects ,",0 31516,"fast enough",1 173987,"the flimsy story",0 53538,"is n't to say that it 's the equal of some of its predecessors",0 185586,"Kaufman and Gondry rarely seem sure of where it should go",0 9375,"of the relentless horror on parade",0 92722,"sip your vintage wines and watch your Merchant Ivory productions",1 46133,"Measured against practically any like-themed film other than its Oscar-sweeping franchise predecessor",1 189139,"Though its rather routine script is loaded with familiar situations , the movie has a cinematic fluidity and sense of intelligence that makes it work more than it probably should .",1 219251,"which has a handful of smart jokes",1 54705,"melodramatic , Lifetime Channel-style anthology",0 232600,"is n't the actor to save it .",0 34719,"much improved",1 19801,"and amaze them and amuse them",1 22761,"when it 's good",1 143669,"Although trying to balance self-referential humor and a normal ol' slasher plot seemed like a decent endeavor",0 109824,"The film may not hit as hard as some of the better drug-related pictures , but",0 191990,"admirable rigor",1 13589,", horrifying documents of lynchings , still photographs and charming old reel-to-reel recordings of Meeropol entertaining his children to create his song history , but most powerful of all",1 140906,"' is a movie about a bus wreck that turns into a film wreck .",0 62743,"95 minutes",1 8054,"its gags and observations",0 117399,"concerned with aggrandizing madness , not the man",1 129776,"our best achievements and",1 119828,"fearful view",0 151970,"a little bit too conventional",0 199082,"fluidity and sense",1 85452,"its unforced comedy-drama and its relaxed , natural-seeming actors",1 95959,"the intoxicating fumes and emotional ghosts of a freshly painted Rembrandt",1 224256,"It 's the sweet Cinderella story that `` Pretty Woman '' wanted to be .",1 166093,"moldy",0 15405,"cheesiness",0 232031,"in the end an honorable , interesting failure",0 153410,"an idiot",0 9675,"perfectly formed",1 114004,"an entertainment destination",1 123913,"is an in-your-face family drama and black comedy that is filled with raw emotions conveying despair and love",1 192823,"another Arnold vehicle that fails to make adequate",0 96317,"the outer limits of raunch",0 53559,"is on his way to becoming the American Indian Spike Lee",1 196760,"depend on empathy . If there ai n't none , you have a problem .",0 169985,"rent a pedigree instead",0 21362,"moved by the movie 's depiction of sacrifice and its stirring epilogue in post-Soviet Russia",1 11518,"the integrity",1 184653,"I enjoyed the movie in a superficial way , while never sure what its purpose was .",1 131872,"sealed in a jar and left on a remote shelf indefinitely",0 233940,"more simply intrusive to the story",0 199800,"gentle Jesus",1 192831,"another classic",1 227538,"`` Mostly Martha '' is a bright , light modern day family parable that wears its heart on its sleeve for all to see .",1 47423,"Though it 's not very well shot or composed or edited , the score is too insistent and the dialogue is frequently overwrought and crudely literal , the film shatters you in waves .",0 98363,"to the edge of your seat",1 235091,"provide an intense experience when splashed across the immense IMAX screen .",1 13820,"A truly moving experience , and a perfect example of how art -- when done right -- can help heal , clarify , and comfort .",1 169363,"projects the same lazy affability",0 189389,"Veggie Tales Movie",1 179986,"'s so tedious that it makes you forgive every fake , dishonest , entertaining and , ultimately , more perceptive moment in Bridget Jones 's Diary",0 84680,"is surprisingly brilliant ,",1 225770,"Should n't have been allowed to use the word `` new '' in its title , because there 's not an original character , siuation or joke in the entire movie",0 150996,"With Danilo Donati 's witty designs and Dante Spinotti 's luscious cinematography",1 105263,"Critics need a good laugh , too ,",1 102134,"( Shyamalan ) continues to cut a swathe through mainstream Hollywood , while retaining an integrity and refusing to compromise his vision .",1 95593,"the fat",1 98665,"transports the viewer into an unusual space",1 58968,"this Cinderella story does n't have a single surprise up its sleeve . But it does somehow manage to get you under its spell .",1 183511,"Djeinaba Diop Gai",1 103008,", we only wish we could have spent more time in its world",1 75167,"barely give a thought to the folks who prepare and deliver it",0 188439,"The movie is n't painfully bad , something to be ` fully experienced ' : it 's just tediously bad , something to be fully forgotten",0 31607,"filled with heavy doses of always enticing Sayles dialogue",1 231990,"in an impossible spot because his character 's deceptions ultimately undo him and the believability of the entire scenario",0 78866,"embodies the transformation of his character completely .",1 75949,"bring a heart and reality that buoy the film , and at times , elevate it to a superior crime movie",1 166129,"morally ambiguous and nothing to shout about .",0 179567,"'s a road-trip drama with too many wrong turns .",0 32039,"gets to display his cadness to perfection , but also to show acting range that may surprise some who thought light-hearted comedy was his forte .",1 100513,"with his effortless performance",1 229874,"collapses into exactly the kind of buddy cop comedy",0 144993,"Drives for the same kind of bittersweet , conciliatory tone that Three Seasons achieved but loses its way in rhetorical excess and blatant sentimentality",0 41169,"Reign of Fire may be little more than another platter of reheated Aliens , but",0 129324,"oftentimes funny ,",1 2229,"seems based on ugly ideas instead of ugly behavior , as happiness was",0 174651,"the ridicule factor",0 158031,"dull and pretentious",0 225058,"Much of it is funny , but",1 118697,"dramatic enough",1 48455,"a triumph of emotionally and narratively complex filmmaking .",1 234114,"nice , harmless date film",1 163095,"is n't nearly enough fun here",0 219762,"with its own cuteness",1 117517,"convincing as this bland blank of a man with unimaginable demons",0 167492,"of half-baked thoughts",0 203106,"is milked",0 79681,"fare , with enough creative energy and wit to entertain all ages",1 22900,"you 'll definitely want the T-shirt .",1 111194,"With an admirably dark first script by Brent Hanley",1 211617,"similarly styled Gremlins",1 103039,", you 'll enjoy at least the '' real '' portions of the film .",1 99053,"unique residences",1 172505,"takes no apparent joy in making movies",0 165209,"look like a classic",1 110160,"The sheer joy and pride they took in their work -- and in each other --",1 67252,"Like a less dizzily gorgeous companion to Mr . Wong 's In the Mood for Love -- very much a Hong Kong movie despite its mainland setting .",1 30627,"deep and meaningful",1 31046,"elliptical film",1 213443,"than this facetious smirk of a movie",0 102581,", in an off-kilter , dark , vaguely disturbing way .",1 56363,"quite truthful",1 147318,"Makin ' a fool of himself",0 143851,"Apallingly absurd ... the chemistry or lack thereof between Newton and Wahlberg could turn an Imax theater into a 9 '' black and white portable TV .",0 23693,", intelligent entertainment",1 195785,"cliché-laden",0 236405,"that can be as simultaneously funny , offbeat and heartwarming ( without a thick shmear of the goo , at least )",1 159938,"generic villains",0 193525,"as lazy",0 20632,"gawk at or applaud his special effects",1 152410,"a series of brutal set pieces",0 136558,"the way a good noir should",1 91940,"say , yes ,",1 236916,"the filmmakers ' paws , sad to say , were all over this `` un-bear-able '' project",0 114110,"an obvious rapport with her actors and a striking style behind the camera",1 47033,"The film 's intimate camera work",1 174487,"the overtime someone put in to come up with an irritatingly unimaginative retread concept",0 221852,"... wise and elegiac ...",1 228924,"as an intellectual exercise -- an unpleasant debate that 's been given the drive of a narrative and that 's been acted out -- The Believer is nothing less than a provocative piece of work",1 108100,"Oedekerk mugs mercilessly , and the genuinely funny jokes are few and far between .",0 163611,"it 's a rather listless amble down the middle of the road , where the thematic ironies are too obvious and the sexual politics too smug .",0 222809,"But the film itself is ultimately quite unengaging .",0 186766,"Presents nothing special and , until the final act , nothing overtly disagreeable .",0 205455,"loud , ugly , irritating movie",0 98692,"tricky and satisfying",1 176,"a good , straightforward",1 82193,"hilariously wicked black comedy ...",1 221360,", he took three minutes of dialogue , 30 seconds of plot and turned them into a 90-minute movie that feels five hours long .",0 213846,"that special annex of hell",0 201684,"impossible spot",0 174649,"the richness of characterization",1 202159,"incoherent , instantly disposable",0 33068,"innovation",1 116166,"brain-slappingly",1 12983,"when human hatred spews forth unchecked",0 180059,"'s tough to tell which is in more abundant supply in this woefully hackneyed movie , directed by Scott Kalvert , about street gangs and turf wars in 1958 Brooklyn -- stale cliches , gratuitous violence , or empty machismo",0 17626,"the reasons we need stories so much",1 205575,"made by people to whom the idea of narrative logic or cohesion is an entirely foreign concept",0 227301,"You need n't be steeped in '50s sociology , pop culture or movie lore to appreciate the emotional depth of Haynes ' work .",1 59463,"tossed out the window with the intelligent French drama that deftly explores the difficult relationship between a father and son",1 180666,", hole-ridden plotting",0 86657,"makes the movie special",1 100624,"with such life-embracing spirit",1 47395,"This story still seems timely and important . And there 's an element of heartbreak to watching it now , with older and wiser eyes , because we know what will happen after Greene 's story ends",1 232642,"is not a bad movie , just mediocre .",0 229367,"best little",1 23725,", it marks the outstanding feature debut of writer-director Eric Byler , who understands the power of the implicit and the virtues of simplicity and economy .",1 86252,"look at female friendship , spiked with raw urban humor",1 40043,"who do n't object to the description '' unelected '' have suspected all along : George W . Bush",0 25438,"Got Her Groove Back",1 56194,"princesses",1 236985,"the idea of making Kahlo 's art a living , breathing part of the movie , often catapulting the artist into her own work",1 876,"emotionally bruised",0 207412,"of Clean and Sober",1 27788,"a roller-coaster ride from innocence",1 16003,"heavy-handedness",0 3309,"'s a fairy tale that comes from a renowned indian film culture that allows americans to finally revel in its splendor",1 63915,"An intelligent romantic thriller",1 130217,"picture-perfect life",1 170975,"should just stick with Austin and Dr Evil",0 23240,"( Næs )",0 181827,"A manipulative feminist empowerment tale thinly posing as a serious drama about spousal abuse .",0 60764,"'re wearing the somewhat cumbersome 3D goggles",0 132282,"shift",1 159313,"fondly remembered as Roman Coppola 's brief pretentious period before going on to other films that actually tell a story worth caring about",0 155843,"ca n't erase the fact that The Believer feels like a 12-Step Program for the Jewish Nazi .",0 155867,"ca n't see how insufferable the character is",0 233323,"lavishly built settings . .",1 180140,"( Evans is ) a fascinating character , and deserves a better vehicle than this facetious smirk of a movie .",0 47554,"Warm in its loving yet unforgivingly inconsistent depiction of everyday people , relaxed in its perfect quiet pace and",1 41892,"extends a warm invitation into an unfamiliar world ,",1 84457,"is never lethargic",1 39255,"to play out as a clever , charming tale -- as pleasantly in its own way as its self-dramatizing characters",1 32622,"holds the film together with an engaging and warm performance",1 67588,"Monte Cristo smartly emphasizes the well-wrought story and omits needless chase scenes and swordfights as the revenge unfolds .",1 96477,"the problems",0 40900,"Far from perfect ,",0 36358,"ready to quench the thirst of an audience that misses the summer blockbusters",1 218984,"weighs down his capricious fairy-tale",0 124373,"is nothing short of a travesty of a transvestite comedy",0 115610,"be universal in its themes of loyalty , courage and dedication",1 115751,"been this disappointed by a movie in a long time",0 150116,"There is not an ounce of honesty in the entire production .",0 41450,"a little closer to human nature",1 58898,"then Esther 's story is a compelling quest for truth .",1 184590,"I 've seen some bad singer-turned actors , but Lil Bow Wow takes the cake",0 227566,"`` Red Dragon '' never cuts corners .",1 208273,"offbeat sensibilities for the earnest emotional core to emerge with any degree of accessibility",0 166770,"no cliche unturned",0 30748,"destined to be completely forgotten",0 52884,"in a big , brassy , disturbing , unusual and highly successful film",1 77588,"crisp and purposeful",1 44528,"An old-fashioned drama of substance about a teacher",1 207531,"of a fanciful motion picture",1 106576,"If Sinise 's character had a brain his ordeal would be over in five minutes but instead the plot",0 215329,"the perfect cure",1 209549,"portrays , tiresomely",0 122441,"hoary dialogue ,",0 161991,"in the central relationship",1 205030,"like a highbrow , low-key , 102-minute infomercial , blending entrepreneurial zeal with the testimony of satisfied customers .",0 236335,"than the pitiful Insurrection",0 174544,"the plot grinds itself out in increasingly incoherent fashion",0 222238,"All in all , Brown Sugar is a satisfying well-made romantic comedy that 's both charming and well acted .",1 183923,"Festers in just such a dungpile that you 'd swear you were watching monkeys flinging their feces at you .",0 117909,"deal funnier",1 72961,"about never giving up on a loved one",1 106411,"I 've yet to find an actual Vietnam War combat movie actually produced by either the North or South Vietnamese , but at least now we 've got something pretty damn close .",1 1100,"goose-pimple",1 35549,"of warmth and humor",1 31915,"from the page",1 103321,"4Ever is neither a promise nor a threat so much as wishful thinking .",0 150628,"Vera 's technical prowess",1 78823,"elements cribbed from Lang 's Metropolis , Welles ' Kane , and Eisenstein 's Potemkin",1 40246,"with scams within scams within scams",0 169178,"predictable and stereotypical",0 51277,"entertainingly reenacting a historic scandal .",1 73775,"an exercise in chilling style",1 116614,"can only assume that the jury who bestowed star Hoffman 's brother Gordy with the Waldo Salt Screenwriting award at 2002 's Sundance Festival were honoring an attempt to do something different over actually pulling it off",0 43262,"'s hard to imagine Alan Arkin being better than he is in this performance .",1 168198,"one enjoys a bad slasher",1 229729,"captive by mediocrity .",0 109799,"The film has a laundry list of minor shortcomings , but",0 73221,"adds up to big box office bucks all but guaranteed .",1 106603,"If the plot seems a bit on the skinny side , that 's because Panic Room is interested in nothing more than sucking you in ... and making you sweat .",1 154680,"be an effectively chilling guilty pleasure",1 220576,"'ll ever see and dissolves into a routine courtroom drama , better suited for a movie titled `` Glory : A Soldier 's Story",0 160546,"hard to achieve this little fun",0 61445,"( Has ) an immediacy and an intimacy that sucks you in and dares you not to believe it",1 22153,"thanks to strong , credible performances from the whole cast",1 207042,"no idea what in creation is going on",0 34473,"mesmerizing poetry",1 94751,"that keep this nicely wound clock not just ticking , but humming",1 142029,", Reese rules .",1 62120,", oddly colorful and just plain otherworldly",1 59449,"too insistent",0 104321,"An eye-boggling blend of psychedelic devices , special effects and backgrounds , ` Spy Kids 2 '",1 45496,"His healthy sense of satire",1 218928,"we get a cinematic postcard that 's superficial and unrealized .",0 229156,"be barely enough to sustain an interstitial program on the Discovery Channel",0 143100,"A fragile framework upon which to hang broad , mildly fleshed-out characters that seem to have been conjured up only 10 minutes prior to filming .",0 189154,"Thriller directorial debut for Traffic scribe Gaghan has all the right parts",1 226287,"The first Fatal Attraction was vile enough .",0 238420,"warm-blooded empathy",1 134352,"that he will once again be an honest and loving one",1 99461,"visual hideousness",0 230546,"enjoyed it just as much !",1 48229,"a natural sense for what works",1 35357,"of pain",0 141405,"'s leaden and predictable",0 187637,"Supposedly based upon real , or at least soberly reported incidents , the film ends with a large human tragedy . Alas , getting there is not even half the interest .",0 94884,"that sucks you in and dares you not to believe it",1 19524,"a lick of sense",0 52289,"grisly",0 188312,"The lead actors share no chemistry or engaging charisma .",0 86639,"makes it a failure as straight drama .",0 53996,"its target audience of youngsters",1 13582,", good cinematography .",1 239088,"you 'll be as bored watching Morvern Callar as the characters are in it",0 19255,"Somewhat blurred , but Kinnear 's performance is razor sharp .",1 126492,"lulled into a coma",0 23335,", Standing in the Shadows of Motown is cultural history of the best kind : informative , revealing and richly entertaining .",1 126111,"like many before his , makes for snappy prose but a stumblebum of a movie .",0 179171,"you to bite your tongue to keep from laughing at the ridiculous dialog or the oh-so convenient plot twists",1 29052,"are lives worth watching , paths worth following .",1 3269,"'' imitation",0 106469,"I have a new favorite musical -- and I 'm not even a fan of the genre",1 132304,"shoddy product",0 109662,"The code talkers deserved better than a hollow tribute .",0 215139,"the movie in a superficial way , while never sure",0 141542,"'s pretty toxic in its own right",0 25847,"Japanese film",1 110217,"The trappings of I Spy are so familiar you might as well be watching a rerun .",0 210554,"riding with the inherent absurdity of Ganesh 's rise up the social ladder",0 65535,"Filmmaker Stacy Peralta has a flashy editing style that does n't always jell with Sean Penn 's monotone narration , but he respects the material without sentimentalizing it .",1 63804,"Americans to finally revel in its splendor",1 29834,"but it held my interest from start to finish .",1 112187,"a laconic pace and a lack of traditional action",0 202234,"inhabit that special annex of hell where adults behave like kids",0 9885,"provocative .",1 33542,"is very much a step in the right direction , with its blend of frankness , civility and compassion",1 198347,"expects something special but instead gets ( sci-fi ) rehash .",0 210293,"referred to in the title , many can aspire but none can equal",0 237849,"to hurry up and get to its subjects ' deaths just so the documentary will be over",0 110508,"This is popcorn movie fun with equal doses of action , cheese , ham and cheek ( as well as a serious debt to The Road Warrior ) , but",1 101542,"'s a sharp movie about otherwise dull subjects .",1 40107,"will appeal even to those who are n't too familiar with turntablism",1 84527,"is painterly .",1 175644,"thought-provoking potential",1 51188,"ends and tragedy",0 181703,"A formula family tearjerker told with a heavy Irish brogue ... accentuating , rather than muting , the plot 's saccharine thrust .",1 180872,", painful , obnoxious",0 175501,"this one feels like a life sentence",0 74936,"at least a minimal appreciation",1 107836,"Mr . Chabrol 's subtlest works ,",1 67928,"O Fantasma is boldly , confidently orchestrated , aesthetically and sexually",1 8296,"kicking off the intrigue and suspense and mystery of the whole thing",1 45399,"Gorgeous scenes",1 74572,"as a catalyst for the struggle of black manhood in restrictive and chaotic America ... sketchy but nevertheless gripping portrait of Jim Brown , a celebrated wonder in the spotlight",1 102514,", extra heavy-duty ropes would be needed to keep it from floating away .",0 84192,"is fabulously funny and over the top as a ` very sneaky ' butler who excels in the art of impossible disappearing\/reappearing acts",1 147465,"Mocking them now is an exercise in pointlessness",0 12854,"was i scared ? only at the prospect of beck 's next project . let 's see , a haunted house , a haunted ship , what 's next ... ghost blimp ?",0 121664,"has a lot of charm .",1 48488,"a well-deserved reputation",1 216805,"to a mix of The Shining , The Thing , and any naked teenagers horror flick",0 69196,"Thanks to a small star with big heart",1 99040,"unhibited",1 32038,"gets to display his cadness to perfection , but also to show acting range that may surprise some who thought light-hearted comedy was his forte",1 107733,"Michael Berg , Michael J . Wilson",1 45012,"Dazzling in its complexity",1 180896,", rent the Disney version .",0 230510,"endearing .",1 133430,"strong themes",1 34037,"less than the sum of its parts",0 116318,"but completely fails to gel together .",0 202969,"is grossly contradictory in conveying its social message",0 122885,"in a contest to see who can out-bad-act the other .",0 113292,"achingly honest",1 171005,"show fisticuffs in this sort of stop-go slow motion that makes the gang rumbles look like they 're being streamed",0 42358,"memory , a celebration of living , and",1 179830,"'s lost the politics and the social observation and become just another situation romance about a couple of saps stuck in an inarticulate screenplay",0 209654,"predisposed to the movie 's rude and crude humor",0 214014,"the Blair Witch formula for an hour , in which we 're told something creepy and vague is in the works",0 85782,"lately , you may be surprised at the variety of tones in Spielberg 's work .",1 60485,"would have been doing something wrong",0 45195,"Exciting and direct",1 7824,"is undone by a filmmaking methodology that 's just experimental enough to alienate the mainstream audience while ringing cliched to hardened indie-heads",0 138282,"trashy , kinky fun",1 238786,"will keep you watching , as will the fight scenes .",1 135053,"the contradiction that afflicts so many movies about writers",0 109832,"The film oozes craft .",1 121030,"geriatric Peter",0 196329,"could possibly be more contemptuous of the single female population .",1 148136,"Poor editing , bad bluescreen , and",0 24499,"A very funny look at how another culture handles the process of courting and marriage .",1 60931,"'s always fascinating to watch Marker the essayist at work .",1 190188,"a bitter taste",0 104479,"As averse as I usually am to feel-good , follow-your-dream Hollywood fantasies , this one got to me .",1 55631,"of this slick and sprightly CGI feature",1 53864,"it still comes off as a touching , transcendent love story .",1 69247,"The Bai brothers have taken an small slice of history and opened it up for all of us to understand",1 175249,"they wanted their story to go",0 223698,"How can such a cold movie claim to express warmth and longing ?",0 50441,"contributions",1 94091,"take 3 hours to get through",0 224690,"Made me unintentionally famous",1 214285,"the characters will not disappoint anyone who values the original comic books .",1 105638,"Enormously enjoyable , high-adrenaline documentary .",1 103859,"A sensitive and astute first feature by Anne-Sophie Birot .",1 4823,"artsy and",1 171266,"slickly staged",1 20275,"comparative accuracy",1 35052,"observes life inside a one-room schoolhouse in northern France in his documentary To Be and to Have , easily one of the best films of the year",1 2993,"truly awful and",0 187426,"Some motion pictures portray ultimate passion : others create ultimate thrills . Men in Black II achieves ultimate insignificance --",0 123906,"is an act of spiritual faith -- an eloquent , deeply felt meditation on the nature of compassion .",1 129390,"on digital video , whose tiny camera enables Shafer to navigate spaces both large ... and small ... with considerable aplomb",1 117053,"clever and insightful",1 154130,"as artificial and soulless",0 189676,"While Hollywood Ending has its share of belly laughs ( including a knockout of a closing line )",1 190152,"a been-there",0 22130,"tart",1 218797,"was too hard on '' The Mothman Prophecies ''",1 136568,"the wayward wooden one end it all by stuffing himself into an electric pencil sharpener",0 100671,"with the two leads delivering Oscar-caliber performances",1 199965,"gives new meaning to the phrase ` fatal script error . '",0 181929,"A puzzle whose pieces do not fit . Some are fascinating and others are not ,",0 152612,"a total winner",1 112694,"a shrewd and effective film",1 210211,"really poor",0 222360,"And in a sense , that 's a liability .",0 109316,"Take away the controversy",1 155888,"call The Other Side of Heaven '' appalling ''",0 54351,"look as good or better than in the original , while the Oscar-winning sound and James Horner 's rousing score make good use of the hefty audio system",1 198895,"find 80 minutes of these shenanigans exhausting",0 112946,"a truly magical movie",1 203158,"is n't as compelling or as believable as it should be",0 39663,"unpretentious , sociologically pointed",1 217086,"to have gone into recruiting the right bands for the playlist and the costuming of the stars than into the script , which has a handful of smart jokes and not much else",0 197635,"dwells",1 27784,"a rewarding balance between emotion on the human scale",1 138830,"uproarious humor with an underlying seriousness that sneaks up on the viewer , providing an experience that is richer than anticipated .",1 187053,"SC2 is an autopilot Hollywood concoction lacking in imagination and authentic Christmas spirit , yet",0 180923,", soap opera-ish dialogue",0 89240,"offer a fascinating glimpse",1 91607,"revealed before about the source of his spiritual survival",1 63507,"A thriller with an edge --",1 89468,"on the deep deceptions of innocence",1 136063,"the primitive murderer",0 84270,"is gripping , as are the scenes of Jia with his family",1 15682,"even less plausible",0 73798,"an homage to Them , Tarantula and other low",1 93092,"some intelligent observations on the success of Bollywood",1 107254,"Just as the lousy Tarantino imitations have subsided , here comes the first lousy Guy Ritchie imitation .",0 192152,"all for easy sanctimony , formulaic thrills and a ham-fisted sermon",0 131473,"retina candy",1 45187,"Every dance becomes about seduction , where backstabbing and betrayals are celebrated , and sex is currency .",0 201100,"highly-praised",1 144574,"Completely creatively stillborn",0 42083,"himself or",1 166663,"nervy originality",1 151794,"a gaudy bag of stale candy , something from a Halloween that died",0 138204,"torturing each other psychologically",0 151219,"` Swimfan ' left me with a very bad feeling .",0 173330,"the Bees Knees",1 73754,"an engrossing story about a horrifying historical event and the elements which contributed to it",1 19619,"a vivid , vibrant individual and the movie 's focus",1 62329,", this cartoon adventure is that wind-in-the-hair exhilarating .",1 133866,"taking them",1 163531,"is too scattershot to take hold",0 83317,"infectious enthusiasm",1 40585,"'s rare in film",1 175583,"this well-meaning , beautifully produced film that sacrifices its promise for a high-powered star pedigree",1 167480,"of give-a-damn",0 135731,"the mood is laid back",1 122665,"ideas that are too complex to be rapidly absorbed",0 18512,"-- and admirably --",1 85270,"its formidable arithmetic of cameras and souls",1 77769,"deadpan cool , wry humor",1 133557,"such a graphic treatment of the crimes",1 220754,"'s also too stupid",0 231450,"has lots of dancing and fabulous music",1 40855,"Director Kapur is a filmmaker with a real flair for epic landscapes and adventure , and this is a better film than his earlier English-language movie , the overpraised Elizabeth",1 216197,"these wane to an inconsistent and ultimately unsatisfying drizzle",0 54304,"live happily",1 63458,"A surprisingly ` solid ' achievement",1 125500,"just bad",0 69561,"The film is filled with humorous observations about the general absurdity of modern life as seen through the eyes outsiders",1 66323,"Ignorant Fairies is still quite good-natured and not a bad way to spend an hour or two .",1 137540,"to drag on for nearly three hours",0 195485,"carries a little too much ai n't - she-cute baggage into her lead role as a troubled and determined homicide cop to quite pull off the heavy stuff",0 180104,"( A ) painfully flat gross-out comedy ...",0 237427,"these days to appreciate",1 229843,"cleverer , better written and of considerable more interest",1 24271,"A blessed gift to film geeks and historians . If the '70 's were your idea of a good time at the movies",1 34300,"make it memorable",1 83992,"is an epic , but also a tragedy , the record of a tenacious , humane fighter who was also the prisoner ( and ultimately the victim ) of history .",1 11863,"the scuzzy",0 71192,"` Blue Crush ' swims away with the Sleeper Movie of the Summer award .",1 180693,", indie trick",0 120302,"folds under its own thinness .",0 48922,"an enjoyable Big Movie",1 45148,"Enough may pander to our basest desires for payback , but unlike many revenge fantasies , it ultimately delivers",1 49567,"beat-the-clock thriller",1 184395,"Herzog has fallen",0 100733,"without sham the raw-nerved story",1 52611,"hilarity",1 2116,"raging throughout this three-hour effort",0 58994,"this gorgeous film a must for everyone from junior scientists to grown-up fish lovers",1 6776,"getting their fair shot in the movie business",1 37240,"splendid entertainment",1 232359,"is a subzero version of Monsters , Inc. ,",0 221052,"( But it 's ) worth recommending because of two marvelous performances by Michael Caine and Brendan Fraser .",1 113408,"admit I walked out of Runteldat . I did go back and check out the last 10 minutes",0 95405,"the cruel earnestness of the victorious revolutionaries",1 7409,"in a standard plot",0 48118,"a huge amount of the credit for the film",1 202479,"irreparably",0 112332,"a moratorium",0 213550,"that Welcome to Collinwood is n't going to jell",0 189467,"Watching junk",0 236118,"succumbs to gravity and plummets to earth .",0 125217,"its creator 's comic voice",1 149836,"The smug , oily demeanor that Donovan adopts throughout the stupidly named Pipe Dream",0 121037,"get a nomination for a best-foreign-film Oscar : Make a movie about whimsical folk who learn a nonchallenging , life-affirming lesson while walking around a foreign city with stunning architecture",1 14674,"a blast of educational energy",1 85044,"it has some special qualities and the soulful gravity of Crudup 's anchoring performance .",1 1499,"its empty",0 156968,"creates a new threat for the MIB , but recycles the same premise",0 147965,"Other than a mildly engaging central romance , Hospital is sickly entertainment at best and mind-destroying cinematic pollution at worst .",0 82079,"help this movie one bit",0 49661,"believable and heart-wrenching",1 137266,"time stinker",0 236542,"that takes Mr. Hill higher than he 's been in a while",1 60765,"'re wrapped up in the characters , how they make their choices , and why",1 43635,", it is clearly a good thing .",1 177657,"was looking for something hard with which to bludgeon myself unconscious .",0 75697,"biggest names",1 16127,"in the best sense of the term .",1 68898,"Something for everyone",1 14058,"Good",1 45174,"Even if you do n't know the band or the album 's songs by heart , you will enjoy seeing how both evolve , and you will also learn a good deal about the state of the music business in the 21st Century",1 231647,"he was reading the minds of the audience .",1 211642,"since '' Ca n't Stop The Music . '' It may as well be called '' Jar-Jar Binks : The Movie . '' It 's that painful",0 11745,"the plates spinning as best he can , but all the bouncing back and forth ca n't help but become a bit tedious -- even with the breathtaking landscapes and villainous varmints there to distract you from the ricocheting",0 41032,"It wo n't bust your gut -- and it 's not intended to -- it 's merely a blandly cinematic surgical examination of what makes a joke a joke",1 91851,"ruthless in its own placid way",0 204058,"it was at least funny",1 40835,"Dark and disturbing ,",0 36636,"running , sweating , mopping his face and generally displaying the wacky talent that brought him fame in the first place",1 206029,"melodrama and tiresome love triangles",0 18856,"Even if you ca n't pronounce '' gyro '' correctly , you 'll appreciate much of Vardalos ' humor , which transcends ethnic boundaries .",1 102547,", gut-clutching piece",1 128439,"of a future-world holographic librarian ( Orlando Jones ) who knows everything and answers all questions , is visually smart , cleverly written , and nicely realized",1 182817,"Blade II has a brilliant director and charismatic star ,",1 163055,"is n't , especially when it starts to seem more improvised than scripted",0 180479,", a routine crime thriller remarkable only for its lack of logic and misuse of two fine actors , Morgan Freeman and Ashley Judd .",0 158538,"every theater stuck with it",0 92403,"sexy , and rousing",1 213135,"takes an abrupt turn into glucose sentimentality and laughable contrivance",0 85668,"killer soundtrack",1 198724,"feels homogenized and a bit contrived ,",0 36146,"preschool",1 140564,"would n't be too crazy with his great-grandson 's movie splitting up in pretty much the same way .",1 189838,"Worse",0 105748,"Exploitative and largely devoid of the depth or sophistication that would make watching such a graphic treatment of the crimes bearable .",0 34051,"lies in the utter cuteness of Stuart and Margolo . Their computer-animated faces are very expressive .",1 27917,"a truly grand scale",1 73259,"adventurous Indian filmmakers",1 149943,"The title not only describes its main characters , but the lazy people behind the camera as well",0 212132,"some of it is honestly affecting",1 211880,"smug and cartoonish",0 124811,"it 's almost worth seeing , if only to witness the crazy confluence of purpose and taste",1 204471,"just not a thrilling movie",0 114551,"are as mushy as peas",0 147144,"Let your silly childhood nostalgia slumber unmolested .",0 119819,"favored by many directors of the Iranian new wave .",1 148717,"Some Like It",1 191737,"about existential suffering",0 220345,"you watch them clumsily mugging their way through Snow Dogs",0 78246,"discomfort and embarrassment",0 120122,"finds a way to make J . K . Rowling 's marvelous series into a deadly bore",0 13850,"An idealistic love story that brings out the latent 15-year-old romantic in everyone .",1 121988,"have strip-mined the Monty formula mercilessly since 1997",0 191342,"a sketchy work-in-progress that was inexplicably rushed to the megaplexes before its time",0 45036,"Definitely funny stuff , but it 's more of the ` laughing at ' variety than the ` laughing with . '",1 81227,"good enough to be the purr",1 166433,"much besides glib soullessness , raunchy language and",0 224130,"It 's a ripper of a yarn and I for one enjoyed the thrill of the chill",1 170163,"robbery may be the only way to pay for his next project",0 222821,"But they lack their idol 's energy and passion for detail .",0 202208,"inevitable and",0 93505,"sticks with its subjects a little longer",1 150177,"This extremely unfunny film clocks in at 80 minutes , but feels twice as long .",0 62776,"A beautiful , timeless and universal tale",1 111256,"World Traveler gave me no reason to care",0 24378,"A loving little film of considerable appeal .",1 154984,"been more satisfying if it had , in fact , been fleshed out a little more instead of going for easy smiles",0 63284,"A properly spooky film about the power of spirits to influence us whether we believe in them or not",1 27016,"This version 's no classic like its predecessor",0 43288,"'s not a great monster movie",0 40775,"Anna Battista , an Italian superstar and",1 90998,"quiet family drama",1 1651,"lovingly photographed in the manner of a golden book sprung to life , stuart little 2 manages sweetness largely without stickiness .",1 41363,"Viewed on its own terms , Treasure Planet is better-than-average family entertainment , but",1 46776,"Sparkles in its deft portrait of Tinseltown 's seasoned veterans of gossip ,",1 4783,"are consistently delightful",1 163685,"it 's simply baffling",0 58570,"the passion others have for their work",1 218813,"waste viewers ' time with a gobbler like this",0 8149,"its stylistic",1 183664,"Elmo touts his drug as being 51 times stronger than coke . If you 're looking for a tale of Brits behaving badly , watch Snatch again . It 's 51 times better than this .",0 145313,"Feels less like it 's about teenagers , than it was written by teenagers .",0 16433,"latent 15-year-old romantic",0 200675,"has the suavity or classical familiarity of Bond",1 128610,"of delicate interpersonal dances . Caine",1 141615,"'s something fundamental missing from this story : something or someone to care about",0 125185,"its brilliant touches",1 24418,"A provocative movie",1 100141,"who welcomes a dash of the avant-garde fused with their humor",1 154807,"be satire , too obviously hateful to be classified otherwise",0 203466,"is standard crime drama fare ... instantly forgettable and thoroughly dull .",0 64350,"Bielinsky 's great game , that 's when you 're in the most trouble",1 95641,"the film chimes in on the grieving process and strangely draws the audience into the unexplainable pain and eccentricities that are attached to the concept of loss .",1 100118,"who makes Martha enormously endearing",1 33882,"jacked-up piece",0 41858,"entertaining enough at ` face value '",1 215426,"the producers saw the grosses for Spy Kids",0 23141,"'s no classic like its predecessor",0 38192,"the fascinating connections",1 51033,"drew to a close",1 190532,"a few ear-pleasing songs",1 66905,"Jeong-Hyang Lee 's film is deceptively simple , deeply satisfying .",1 150086,"There are a few laughs and clever sight gags scattered about , but not enough to make this anything more than another big-budget bust .",0 15595,"down his pint-sized gangsta",0 216330,"this Halloween is a gory slash-fest . It ca n't escape its past ,",0 191072,"a paunchy midsection ,",0 85126,"it serves as a workable primer for the region 's recent history , and would make a terrific 10th-grade learning tool .",1 145883,"How anyone over the age of 2 can stomach the touchy-feely message",0 13371,"you have some idea of the glum , numb experience of watching o fantasma",0 187541,"Starts off witty and sophisticated and you want to love it --",1 59509,"transcends our preconceived vision of the Holy Land and its inhabitants , revealing the human complexities beneath .",1 82811,"in Insomnia . He does this so well",1 19586,"a soft , percolating magic , a deadpan suspense",1 182378,"An awkward hybrid",0 93906,"sure to win viewers ' hearts",1 89688,"only makeup-deep",0 87432,"most humane and important Holocaust movies",1 179947,"'s quite an achievement to set and shoot a movie at the Cannes Film Festival",1 143740,"An instant candidate for worst movie of the year",0 141452,"'s no way to sort out the mess in our heads and deconstruct where it all went wrong",0 233045,"it is n't much fun .",0 187124,"Saving Ryan 's Privates",1 117325,"compelled to watch the film twice or pick up a book on the subject",1 103516,"A delicious and delicately funny look at the residents of a Copenhagen neighborhood coping with the befuddling complications life",1 116450,"by surrounding himself with untalented people",0 50397,"conflicted emotions that carries it far above",1 176569,"told by a cinematic gymnast having too much fun embellishing the misanthropic tale to actually engage it .",0 138698,"unimaginable demons",0 119696,"falls apart like a cheap lawn chair",0 99335,"very distinctive",1 59658,"understands characters must come first",1 57587,"takes an admirable look at the hypocrisy of political correctness",1 33347,"is by far the lightest Dogme film and among the most enjoyable .",1 238451,"was particularly funny",1 190694,"a great shame that such a talented director as Chen Kaige",0 6362,"exudes a kind of nostalgic spy-movie charm and , at the same time",1 125329,"its own pretentious self-examination",0 178755,"wonder about changing the director and writer 's diapers",0 116081,"bogs down in genre cliches",0 23760,", lively company",1 226206,"The best movie of its kind since ` Brazil . '",1 169323,"processed and overproduced as it was in her music",0 40715,"A sweet-natured reconsideration of one of San Francisco 's most vital , if least widely recognized , creative fountainheads",1 124615,"is that it 's a rock-solid little genre picture . Whether you like it or not is basically a matter of taste .",1 123296,"incongruous",0 201186,"his inescapable past and uncertain future in a very shapable but largely unfulfilling present",0 38955,"this is still a nice little picture , made by bright and friendly souls with a lot of good cheer .",1 91196,"real pleasure in its laid-back way",1 131105,"really funny",1 13459,"'s happiest surprise , a movie that deals with a real subject in an always surprising way",1 237622,"thought that the German film industry can not make a delightful comedy centering on food .",1 85857,"leave you wanting more ,",1 170631,"seems to have dumped a whole lot of plot in favor of ... outrageous gags",0 26142,"Más",1 43977,"A brutally honest documentary about a much anticipated family reunion that goes wrong thanks to culture shock and a refusal to empathize with others",1 84393,"is more effective on stage . It 's not a motion picture",0 111354,"You need n't be steeped in '50s sociology , pop culture or movie lore to appreciate the emotional depth of Haynes ' work . Though Haynes ' style apes films from the period",1 231561,"have been the vehicle for Chan that `` The Mask '' was for Jim Carrey",1 18482,", these flicks are just that damn good . Is n't it great ?",1 230295,"do n't avert our eyes for a moment .",1 17276,"sometimes like to go to the movies to have fun",1 180670,", however , is original",1 145305,"Feel bad for King , who 's honestly trying , and Schwartzman , who 's shot himself in the foot",0 224176,"It 's funny .",1 8243,"just honest enough",1 64454,"Brave",1 188451,"The movie itself appears to be running on hypertime in reverse as the truly funny bits get further and further apart .",0 70096,"There 's plenty to impress about E . T .",1 164162,"its strong cast",1 4785,"are frequently too dark to be decipherable",0 84007,"is an indelible epic American story about two families , one black and one white , facing change in both their inner and outer lives .",1 224508,"Just the labour involved in creating the layered richness of the imagery in this chiaroscuro of madness and light is astonishing .",1 189050,"This may be the first cartoon ever to look as if it were being shown on the projection television screen of a sports bar .",0 203365,"is repetitious",0 431,"appears to have settled comfortably into her skin",1 75235,"be captivated , as I was , by its moods , and by its subtly transformed star , and",1 167639,"of penis , breast and flatulence gags in search of a story",0 153154,"all went wrong",0 87119,"mildly entertaining , especially if you find comfort in familiarity .",1 135320,"the film does n't ignore the more problematic aspects of Brown 's life .",1 85610,"keep the movie slaloming through its hackneyed elements with enjoyable ease",1 163543,"is ultimately as threatening as the Snuggle Fabric Softener bear .",0 144716,"De Niro 's best film since Meet the Parents",1 238118,"tries too hard to be funny and tries too hard to be hip .",0 163953,"it was so weak",0 71871,"a laugh-out-loud way",1 198168,"every bodily fluids gag in There 's Something",0 221301,", caring",1 233240,"keep this fresh .",1 143093,"A film so tedious that it is impossible to care whether that boast is true or not",0 152658,"a visually compelling one",1 106424,"I ca n't shake the thought that Undercover Brother missed an opportunity to strongly present some profound social commentary",0 211820,"slow and dreary",0 114384,"any Scorsese",0 200869,"have read ` seeking anyone with acting ambition but no sense of pride or shame",0 15890,"glued to the screen",1 11405,"the film is small in scope , yet perfectly formed .",1 106796,"Israeli\/Palestinian conflict as",1 20367,"desiccated",0 90053,"parents love to have their kids",1 185064,"It 's as if Solondz had two ideas for two movies , could n't really figure out how to flesh either out , so he just slopped 'em together here .",0 40647,"A deceivingly simple film , one that grows in power in retrospect",1 60271,"willing to let the earnestness of its execution and skill of its cast take you down a familiar road with a few twists . Cynics",1 39961,"what makes it irresistible",1 128559,"of bland comfort food",0 198743,"feels like very light Errol Morris , focusing on eccentricity but failing , ultimately , to make something bigger out of its scrapbook of oddballs",0 236977,"the heroes of horror movies try to avoid",0 34104,"like me pray for an even more interesting , less symmetrical , less obviously cross-shaped creation",0 37157,"something likable about the Marquis de Sade",1 80695,"frothing",0 132568,"sketches ...",1 107372,"Laggard drama wending its way to an uninspired philosophical epiphany",0 203281,"is one big , dumb action movie . Stress ` dumb .",0 55184,"ode to bad behavior",0 75778,"boarders from Venice Beach that was a deserved co-winner of the Audience Award for documentaries at the Sundance Film Festival .",1 229038,"at best , I 'm afraid .",0 130841,"pushes its agenda too forcefully",0 141664,"'s this one should appease you for 90 minutes",1 180771,", its true colors come out in various wet T-shirt and shower scenes .",0 101153,"you may never again be able to look at a red felt Sharpie pen without disgust , a thrill , or the giggles .",1 24800,"Beautiful",1 1485,"it races",1 7531,"informative ,",1 237993,"to the edge of your seat , tense with suspense",1 1712,"may be the dumbest , sketchiest movie on record about an aspiring writer 's coming-of-age",0 141596,"'s so mediocre , despite the dynamic duo on the marquee , that we just ca n't get no satisfaction",0 43280,"'s never boring",1 62117,", nuanced",1 127272,"more baffling",0 115679,"because you 're one of the lucky few who sought it out",1 67715,"Munch 's screenplay is tenderly observant of his characters . He watches them as they float within the seas of their personalities . His scenes are short and often unexpected .",1 213189,"tardier",0 166998,"not the least of which is Rebecca Romijn-Stamos",0 235215,"realize , much to our dismay , that this really did happen",0 190661,"a good job of painting this family dynamic for the audience",1 166059,"missing from this story",0 222308,"An intoxicating",1 40862,"Disturbing and brilliant",1 13297,"writhing under dialogue like ` you 're from two different worlds ' and ` tonight the maid is a lie and this ,",0 51356,"ever becoming preachy or syrupy",1 160279,"goofy gangster yarn",0 36519,"resonance",1 237634,"thriller `` New Best Friend ''",1 44172,"A movie that reminds us of just how exciting and satisfying the fantasy cinema can be when it 's approached with imagination and flair",1 100570,"with nothing but net",1 17514,"the dangers of drugs",0 181564,"A chilly , remote , emotionally distant piece ... so dull that its tagline should be :",0 136609,"the world devastated by war , famine and poverty and documented the cruelty and suffering he has found with an devastating , eloquent clarity",1 174048,"the grease",0 120653,"frittered away",0 197873,"ends with Truckzilla , for cryin ' out loud . If that does n't clue you in that something 's horribly wrong , nothing will",0 44080,"A full world has been presented onscreen ,",1 208991,"own preciousness",1 104762,"Bittersweet comedy\/drama full of life , hand gestures , and some",1 64259,"Be patient with the lovely Hush ! and your reward",1 26540,"Search it out",1 218035,"ugly digital video",0 173876,"the field no favors",0 209088,"particularly good",1 95299,"the characters are complex , laden with plenty of baggage and tinged with tragic undertones",1 101377,"'d much rather watch teens poking their genitals into fruit pies",0 55965,"peculiar and always entertaining costume drama",1 36768,"seems to realize intuitively that even morality is reduced to an option by the ultimate mysteries of life and death .",1 111883,"a festival film that would have been better off staying on the festival circuit",0 176247,"to love about this English trifle",1 236269,"telling what at heart is a sweet little girl",1 60730,"'m sure mainstream audiences will be baffled",0 203181,"is n't necessarily an admirable storyteller",0 96165,"the most creative , energetic and original",1 220775,"'s as lumpy as two-day old porridge ... the filmmakers ' paws , sad to say , were all over this `` un-bear-able '' project",0 230034,"create a film that 's not merely about kicking undead \*\*\* , but also about dealing with regret and , ultimately , finding redemption",1 119005,"emotionally honest",1 160364,"grinds itself",0 51926,"from director Mark Romanek 's self-conscious scrutiny",0 159833,"funnier film",1 68054,"Overall , it 's a very entertaining , thought-provoking film with a simple message :",1 233835,"merely pretentious",0 16247,"is beginning to creep into the series .",0 228296,"about gays in what is essentially an extended soap opera",0 163590,"is worse : The part where nothing 's happening , or the part where something 's happening",0 47358,"This film seems thirsty for reflection , itself taking on adolescent qualities .",0 136535,"the visuals , even erotically frank ones , become dullingly repetitive",0 49639,"behind the scenes of Chicago-based rock group Wilco",1 110708,"Too clever by about nine-tenths .",1 6197,"encompasses many more paths",1 216342,"this alarming production ,",0 229921,"comes off like a rejected ABC Afterschool Special , freshened up by the dunce of a Screenwriting 101 class .",0 45776,"It challenges , this nervy oddity , like modern art should .",1 194684,"bittersweet contemporary comedy",1 60868,"'s a square , sentimental drama that satisfies , as comfort food often can .",1 100636,"with the breathtaking landscapes and villainous varmints there to distract you from the ricocheting",1 7681,"is all too calculated",0 59243,"to form that can comfortably sit among Jean-Luc Godard 's finest work",1 150039,"There 's an audience for it , but it could have been funnier and more innocent",0 158785,"fall short of being interesting or entertaining",0 167701,"of some appealing ingredients",1 140122,"with bloody beauty as vivid",1 61157,"'s no surprise that as a director Washington demands and receives excellent performances , from himself and from newcomer Derek Luke",1 163628,"it 's another regurgitated action movie you 're after",0 59344,"to share the silver screen",1 172983,"that does n't exactly favour the audience",0 99943,"when the tears come during that final , beautiful scene , they finally feel absolutely earned",1 166167,"more determined to become the next Texas Chainsaw Massacre . But what about the countless other people who 'd merely like to watch a solid tale about a universally interesting soul",0 212086,"some comic sparks",1 66582,"It 's mildly entertaining , especially if you find comfort in familiarity . But",1 220102,"would n't matter so much that this arrogant Richard Pryor wannabe 's routine is offensive , puerile and unimaginatively foul-mouthed if it was at least funny",0 38224,"the film is almost unsurpassed .",1 220600,"'ll still have a good time . ''",1 71409,"a clever and cutting , quick and dirty look",1 22098,"such insight and celebratory verve",1 193233,"are uncomfortably strained",0 146450,"It 's as if De Palma spent an hour setting a fancy table and then served up Kraft Macaroni and Cheese .",0 210949,"script is n't up to the level of the direction",0 48087,"a great way to spend 4 units of your day",1 168463,"outrageously unbelievable scenarios",0 115045,"as the lousy Tarantino imitations have subsided",0 217458,"to the nadir of the thriller/horror",0 61807,", but far more witty",1 43497,", The Piano Teacher is a film that defies categorisation . It haunts , horrifies , startles and fascinates : it is impossible to look away . Ah yes , and then there 's the music ...",1 209261,"phrase ` fatal script error",0 186288,"Needs more impressionistic",0 33343,"is both moving and wise",1 44969,"Corcuera 's attention to detail",1 11992,"the usual thriller nonsense",0 40968,"Intriguing and beautiful film ,",1 190443,"a dentist drill",0 127134,"mired in tear-drenched quicksand",0 165688,"marketable product",1 151950,"a lesser Harrison Ford movie -",0 216228,"they do n't like it",0 27349,"a Communion wafer without the wine",0 179015,"yawn-provoking",0 194061,"be a shame if this was your introduction to one of the greatest plays of the last 100 years",0 203668,"is virtually unwatchable .",0 169750,"really bad",0 170681,"self-important and",0 218215,"unleashes his trademark misogyny -- er , comedy --",0 169779,"really really high",1 222115,"A vibrant whirlwind of love , family and all that goes with it , My Big Fat Greek Wedding is a non-stop funny feast of warmth , colour and cringe .",1 73120,"acquires an undeniable entertainment value",1 215063,"the more overtly silly dialogue",0 31648,"finding God that is accessible and touching to the marrow .",1 205185,"littered with zero-dimensional , unlikable characters and hackneyed , threadbare comic setups",0 181670,"A few energetic stunt sequences briefly enliven the film",1 150552,"Uncertain in tone ... a garbled exercise in sexual politics , a junior varsity Short Cuts by way of Very Bad Things .",0 177603,"wanted to lie on my own deathbed for a while",0 208724,"onto what 's left of his passe ' chopsocky glory",0 199049,"flee",0 63563,"A wild , endearing , masterful documentary .",1 215076,"the most part a useless movie",0 230725,"fans should have fun meeting a brand-new Pokemon called Celebi .",1 114626,"are murky and are frequently too dark to be decipherable",0 114498,"appear foolish and shallow rather than , as was more likely ,",0 154067,"as ` worse than expected",0 33083,"inspiring , especially for aging hippies ( this one included )",1 122035,"he does not give the transcendent performance SONNY needs to overcome gaps in character development and story logic",0 66840,"Jackie Chan movies are a guilty pleasure -",1 99379,"very well-meaning",1 97721,"through their consistently sensitive and often exciting treatment of an ignored people",1 58502,"the more serious-minded concerns of other year-end movies",1 40872,"Does what a fine documentary does best :",1 68275,"Proof once again that if the filmmakers just follow the books , they ca n't go wrong . Better",1 149964,"The unceasing sadism is so graphically excessive",0 69827,"The pleasure of Read My Lips is like seeing a series of perfect black pearls clicking together to form a string .",1 110516,"This kind of hands-on storytelling is ultimately what makes Shanghai Ghetto move beyond a good , dry , reliable textbook and what allows it to rank with its worthy predecessors .",1 143512,"Adam Sandler 's cartoon about Hanukkah is numbingly bad , Little Nicky bad ,",0 221987,"A dream cast of solid female talent who build a seamless ensemble .",1 99680,"watching Spy",1 90698,"problematic script",0 188554,"The premise itself is just SOOOOO tired . Pair that with really poor comedic writing ... and you 've got a huge mess .",0 86194,"lively and engaging examination",1 63485,"A terrifically entertaining specimen",1 66562,"It 's got some pretentious eye-rolling moments and it did n't entirely grab me ,",0 109719,"The drama was so uninspiring that even a story immersed in love , lust , and sin could n't keep my attention .",0 172274,"suffers from a bad case of arrested development .",0 23908,", the film is typical Miike : fast , furious and full of off-the-cuff imaginative flourishes .",1 182917,"Brits behaving badly , watch Snatch again .",0 130073,"pays off and",1 209302,"pity the ` plain ' girl who becomes a ravishing waif after applying a smear of lip-gloss . Rather , pity anyone who sees this mishmash",0 63446,"A sun-drenched masterpiece",1 89886,"outstanding performance",1 737,"could prepare us for this gory , perverted , sex-soaked riff on the cannibal genre",0 209038,"pantomimesque sterotypes",0 6039,"does n't really care about the thousands of americans who die hideously",0 231975,"in a last-minute happy ending that 's even less plausible than the rest of the picture",0 181204,"-- even more damning --",0 220738,"'s about following your dreams",1 190300,"a cinematic postcard",1 162061,"in this interesting study of the cultural mores of Georgian Jews in Tel Aviv",1 199603,"from seeing former nymphette Juliette Lewis playing a salt-of-the-earth mommy named Minnie and watching Slim travel incognito in a ridiculous wig no respectable Halloween costume shop would ever try to sell",0 78912,"emotionally accessible , almost mystical work",1 225602,"Reno himself can take credit for most of the movie 's success .",1 36665,"saturation bombing",0 31869,"frisky",1 114639,"are odd and pixilated",0 61713,", Wendigo is a genuinely bone-chilling tale .",1 116248,"broad streaks of common sense emerge with unimpeachable clarity .",1 103212,"... digs beyond the usual portrayals of good kids and bad seeds to reveal a more ambivalent set of characters and motivations .",1 70009,"The two leads , nearly perfect in their roles ,",1 207872,"of more recent successes such",1 114515,"appreciate the wonderful cinematography and naturalistic acting",1 205206,"little else to recommend ''",0 157405,"did n't care for it",0 113695,"allegedly inspiring and",1 81796,"has the power to deform families , then tear them apart",0 145277,"Fans of the TV series will be disappointed ,",0 217602,"too little",0 69529,"The film 's plot may be shallow , but",0 34435,"me pray for an even more interesting , less symmetrical , less obviously cross-shaped creation",0 131823,"schmaltz",0 162686,"is a train wreck of an action film -- a stupefying attempt by the filmmakers to force-feed James Bond into the mindless XXX mold and throw 40 years of cinematic history down the toilet in favor of bright flashes and loud bangs .",0 196650,"decidedly unoriginal",0 114096,"an intriguing story",1 41230,"Sure , it 's more of the same ,",0 215222,"the obligatory outbursts of flatulence and the incessant , so-five-minutes-ago pop music on the soundtrack",0 238779,"will find millions of eager fans",1 25309,"Fine",1 60634,"' ... the film 's considered approach to its subject matter is too calm and thoughtful for agitprop , and the thinness of its characterizations makes it a failure as straight drama . '",0 117624,"cowardly",0 166539,"myself wrapped up in the visuals and eccentricities of many of the characters",1 61702,", The Hours represents two of those well spent",1 96841,"the talented cast alone will keep you watching",1 65784,"Gives an intriguing twist to the French coming-of-age genre",1 204608,"know why Steven Seagal is considered a star , nor why he keeps being cast in action films when none of them are ever any good or make any money",0 219560,"will probably have a reasonably good time with The Salton Sea .",1 84373,"is marveilleux .",1 113843,"amused indictment",1 150985,"Windtalkers had had more faith in the dramatic potential of this true story . This would have been better than the fiction it has concocted , and",0 179784,"'s harder still to believe that anyone in his right mind would want to see the it",0 3203,"wonder why it 's necessary",0 3327,"'s got to be a more graceful way of portraying the devastation of this disease",0 116675,"captures , in luminous interviews and amazingly evocative film from three decades ago ,",1 171558,"some awful acting",0 82135,"her tough , funny , rather chaotic show",1 106891,"It 's like Rocky and Bullwinkle on Speed , but that 's neither completely enlightening , nor does it catch the intensity of the movie 's strangeness",0 19663,"accessible and affecting",1 209042,"paper-thin and decidedly unoriginal",0 92311,"serious suspense",1 238369,"walked out muttering words like `` horrible '' and `` terrible",0 54780,"modus",1 39087,"times , the startling optimism ,",1 175074,"the young actors , not very experienced",0 51174,"encourage young and old alike to go see this unique and entertaining twist on the classic whale 's tale",1 109912,"The issues are presented in such a lousy way , complete with some of the year 's ( unintentionally ) funniest moments , that it 's impossible to care .",0 190787,"a kids ' flick",1 217490,"to tiresome jargon",0 212354,"spiritless , silly and monotonous",0 84077,"is both stimulating and demanding .",1 18160,"you a mild headache",0 98575,"touching , raucously amusing ,",1 153837,"are fun",1 205800,"manipulative feminist empowerment tale thinly",0 140422,"worked better as a one-hour TV documentary",0 198073,"even as they are being framed in conversation --",1 163421,"is that if the concept is a poor one , there 's no saving the movie . Sorry , Charlie",0 211967,"so many red herrings , so many false scares ,",0 76314,"can be appreciated equally as an abstract Frank Tashlin comedy and as a playful recapitulation of the artist 's career",1 38770,"the way that it took chances and really asks you to take these great leaps of faith and pays off",1 165123,"little wit , interest , and",0 142953,": disappointment .",0 56856,"sentimental journey",1 176463,"to the Disney philosophy of required poignancy , a salute that I 'd hoped the movie would avoid",0 141098,"'s a bit of thematic meat on the bones of Queen of the Damned , as its origins in an Anne Rice novel dictate",1 36868,"shaky",0 44734,"Bleakly",0 23489,", but at this level of manic whimsy , it is just about right .",1 137172,"thoughtful and brimming",1 222527,"B. ) That sure is pathetic !",0 232908,"it 's ) worth recommending because",1 87438,"most magical and",1 26895,"The saturation bombing",0 57421,"strong as always",1 206929,"never make a convincing case for the relevance of these two 20th-century footnotes .",0 8848,"more annoying , though less angry",0 192220,"all the heart",1 160734,"has shown poor judgment in planning to marry Ben Affleck",0 24902,"Building slowly and subtly , the film , sporting a breezy spontaneity and realistically drawn characterizations , develops into a significant character study that is both moving and wise .",1 130609,"pretty stupid . I had more fun with Ben Stiller 's Zoolander , which I thought was rather clever .",0 157096,"damn thing",0 194714,"blazing",1 29825,"but it 's easily his finest American film ... comes close to recapturing the brilliance of his Hong Kong films .",1 63004,"A film of ideas and wry comic mayhem .",1 179660,"'s best dramatic performance to date ( is ) almost enough to lift ( this ) thrill-kill cat-and-mouser ... above its paint-by-numbers plot",1 80873,"gay porn film",0 32112,"goal",1 84128,"is definitely a cut above the rest .",1 11466,"the gift of the magi relocated to the scuzzy underbelly of nyc 's drug scene . merry friggin ' christmas",0 35599,"old-fashioned entertainment",1 171350,"smelly enough to bother",0 212973,"surgeon mends",1 149999,"The writers , director Wally Wolodarsky ,",1 98320,"to steal a movie not only from charismatic rising star Jake Gyllenhaal but also from accomplished Oscar winners Susan Sarandon , Dustin Hoffman and Holly Hunter , yet newcomer Ellen Pompeo pulls off the feat with aplomb",1 96835,"the tale has turned from sweet to bittersweet , and when the tears come during that final , beautiful scene , they finally feel absolutely earned .",1 52284,"grip even viewers who are n't interested in rap , as it cuts to the heart of American society in an unnerving way",1 205940,"may have to keep on looking .",0 151499,"a clunker",0 217518,"to watch performing in a film that is only mildly diverting",0 42766,"tender and",1 84899,"it 's hard to figure the depth of these two literary figures , and even the times in which they lived .",0 234056,"nearly as dreadful as expected",0 24323,"A depressing confirmation",0 214727,"the genuine ones barely register",0 13035,"while not all transitions to adulthood are so fraught , there 's much truth",1 84998,"it demands that you suffer the dreadfulness of war from both sides",1 18301,"'s only because we would expect nothing less from this bunch .",1 216979,"to dog-paddle in the mediocre end of the pool",0 77483,"covers this territory with wit and originality , suggesting that with his fourth feature -- the first to be released in the U . S .",1 224150,"It 's also not smart or barbed enough for older viewers -- not everyone thinks poo-poo jokes are ` edgy . '",0 173060,"that is where Ararat went astray",0 49706,"between following one 's heart and following the demands of tradition",1 98160,"to lament the loss of culture",0 190615,"a fragmented film",0 146713,"It made me feel unclean",0 112817,"a stunning , Taxi Driver-esque portrayal",1 135198,"the everyday lives",1 41,"'s hard to resist his pleas to spare wildlife and respect their environs",1 31954,"fully-written characters",1 56957,"shows Canadians can put gentle laughs and equally gentle sentiments on the button , just as easily as their counterparts anywhere else in the world",1 63435,"A stylish but steady , and ultimately very satisfying , piece of character-driven storytelling",1 232390,"is an exercise in pointlessness .",0 142959,": not the Craven of ' A Nightmare on Elm Street ' or ` The Hills Have Eyes , '",0 60205,"wild surreal stuff",1 63402,"A solid , psychological action film",1 148094,"Philosophically , intellectually and logistically a mess .",0 205776,"manage to squeeze a few laughs out of the material",1 121311,"good line",1 27737,"a popular destination",1 180355,", Cage manages a degree of casual realism",1 190367,"a convincing case that one woman 's broken heart outweighs all the loss we witness",1 124521,"is so cool that it chills the characters , reducing our emotional stake in the outcome of '' Intacto 's '' dangerous and seductively stylish game .",1 107407,"Lawrence should stick to his day job . He 's a better actor than a standup comedian .",0 25195,"Eisenberg",1 14700,"a close look at people they do n't really want to know",1 60201,"widescreen photography",1 210659,"rude lines",0 94596,"that concentrates on people , a project in which the script and characters hold sway",1 55944,"passion and talent",1 38914,"thirst",1 233281,"lacks grandeur and that epic quality often associated with Stevenson 's tale as well as with earlier Disney efforts .",0 215198,"the new script by the returning David S . Goyer",1 4881,"as it is , it 's too long and unfocused",0 238618,"whatever terror the heroes of horror movies try to avoid",0 129618,"one-joke",0 114592,"are great rewards",1 175532,"this sad-sack waste",0 81770,"has some of the funniest jokes of any movie this year",1 206568,"motivated by nothing short of dull , brain-deadening hangover",0 116911,"cheapo animation ( like Saturday morning TV in the '60s ) ,",0 66341,"In Cannes offers rare insight into the structure of relationships .",1 235696,"should have been a painless time-killer",0 19678,"adoration",1 137561,"to entertain or inspire its viewers",1 104965,"Cagney 's ` top of the world ' has been replaced by the bottom of the barrel",0 213697,"that it 's offensive ,",0 76838,"closer in quality",1 99701,"way fears and slights",0 161074,"held back from being something greater",0 48529,"ability to offend and put off everyone",0 12223,"those are reasons enough to see it",1 141866,"( director ) O'Fallon manages to put some lovely pictures up on the big screen , but his skill at telling a story -- he also contributed to the screenplay -- falls short",0 63518,"A time machine , a journey back to your childhood , when cares melted away in the dark theater , and films had the ability to mesmerize , astonish and entertain .",1 210506,"retread story",0 38243,"the finest",1 196964,"dinner guest",1 33191,"inviting piece",1 214729,"the girls-behaving-badly film has fallen",0 135862,"the needlessly poor quality of its archival prints and film footage .",0 146405,"It 's a decent glimpse into a time period , and an outcast , that is no longer accessible , but it does n't necessarily shed more light on its subject than the popular predecessor",1 90408,"plenty of fun for all",1 147400,"McKay deflates his piece of puffery with a sour cliche and heavy doses of mean-spiritedness",0 50645,"darned if it does n't also keep us riveted to our seats .",1 217135,"to jump in my chair",1 162176,"inexplicably strange",1 96913,"the trees hooting it 's praises , but it 's definitely worth taking a look",1 37483,"superior to its predecessor . A movie",1 102790,", pues el resultado es francamente aburrido y",0 111855,"a familiar anti-feminist equation ( career - kids = misery )",1 57959,"the Disney comedies",1 103907,"A soulless jumble of ineptly",0 21106,"it hit you where you live",1 184638,"I could n't help but feel the wasted potential of this slapstick comedy .",0 155039,"begins haranguing the wife in bad stage dialogue",0 16568,"might be literate and smart",1 128493,"of a war-ravaged land that prove more potent and riveting than the unlikely story of Sarah and Harrison",1 125068,"it offers much to absorb and even more to think about after the final frame .",1 219940,"wonder if Lawrence hates criticism so much that he refuses to evaluate his own work",0 120459,"for no one",0 53278,"is a fast , frenetic , funny , even punny 6 -- aimed specifically at a grade-school audience",1 195345,"can analyze this movie in three words : Thumbs Friggin ' Down",0 183955,"Fluffy",1 47296,"The whole",1 147556,"Much-anticipated and ultimately lackluster movie",0 169061,"poor one",0 118543,"does n't manage to hit all of its marks",0 204157,"its comedy is generally mean-spirited",0 189455,"Watchable",1 196353,"covered earlier and much better",0 208482,"on tension , eloquence , spiritual challenge -- things that have made the original New Testament stories so compelling for 20 centuries",1 209560,"positives",1 224343,"It just does n't have anything really interesting to say .",0 99389,"vibrant and",1 157013,"crisp professionalism",1 219109,"what he could make with a decent budget",1 92439,"shameful",0 33331,"is at the heart of Italian for Beginners .",1 60949,"'s apparent that this is one summer film that satisfies",1 82552,"humanly",1 29166,"as an all-American girl",1 196157,"contains no wit , only labored gags",0 72455,"a social injustice , at least",0 202582,"is a grating , mannered onscreen presence , which is especially unfortunate in light of the fine work done by most of the rest of her cast .",0 166641,"needs to do his or her own Hamlet . For Benigni it was n't Shakespeare whom he wanted to define his career with but Pinocchio . It might as well have been Problem Child IV",0 164490,"knows how to please a crowd , and that 's about all it does well .",1 129822,"outwardly sexist or mean-spirited .",0 71934,"a lovely , sad dance highlighted by Kwan 's unique directing style",1 179127,"you feel while you 're watching this ultra-manipulative thriller",1 52850,"impeccable study",1 230713,"falls flat as thinking man CIA agent Jack Ryan",0 16927,"peace yet another chance",1 5489,"challenging , sometimes clever",1 60248,"will not appeal to the impatient",0 117745,"crude storyline",0 161165,"hideous",0 29732,"breathes surprising new life into the familiar by amalgamating genres and adding true human complexity to its not-so-stock characters",1 39905,"weakest",0 100737,"without the precedent of Yiddish theater , whose jolly , fun-for-fun 's - sake communal spirit goes to the essence of Broadway .",1 29490,"been a predictably heartwarming tale",1 24589,"Altogether , this is successful as a film , while at the same time being a most touching reconsideration of the familiar masterpiece .",1 158800,"falls short in building the drama of Lilia 's journey .",0 68562,"Saddled with an unwieldy cast of characters and angles , but the payoff is powerful and revelatory",1 187979,"The best thing about the movie is its personable , amusing cast .",1 84098,"is clever and funny , is amused by its special effects",1 120992,"genial than ingenious",0 104673,"Being Earnest , so thick with wit it plays like a reading from Bartlett 's Familiar Quotations",1 141603,"'s so uninspired",0 132046,"seen him eight stories tall",1 198691,"feel-bad",0 173490,"the audience 's awkward silence",0 174366,"the movie were less simplistic , obvious , clumsily plotted and shallowly characterized .",0 70903,"While somewhat less than it might have been , the film is a good one , and you 've got to hand it to director George Clooney for biting off such a big job the first time out",1 86649,"makes one of the great minds of our times interesting and accessible",1 229731,"captures that perverse element of the Kafkaesque where identity , overnight , is robbed and replaced with a persecuted `` other",1 159932,"generic , untidy , condescending and mild",0 217550,"told what actually happened as if it were the third ending of Clue",0 216982,"to drag as soon as the action speeds up",0 155476,"bright , chipper style",1 180737,", it does n't work .",0 197412,"doltish and",0 225852,"Soderbergh 's best films , `` Erin Brockovich , '' `` Out of Sight ''",1 116768,"catch the intensity of the movie 's strangeness",1 24002,", with images that seem more like disturbing hallucinations",0 169105,"positively decadent in its cinematic flash",1 164435,"kills on auto-pilot",0 206803,"nary a glimmer of self-knowledge",0 116153,"bottomlessly",0 41343,"This version 's no classic like its predecessor ,",0 10287,"schaeffer has to find some hook on which to hang his persistently useless movies ,",0 77751,"dazzling panoramic shots",1 42450,"personalities , inventive photography and cutting , and",1 154579,"badly drawn characters that its outcome hardly matters",0 149619,"The movie slides downhill as soon as macho action conventions assert themselves .",0 230087,"dangerous and domineering",0 217335,"to show that if you give a filmmaker an unlimited amount of phony blood , nothing good can happen",0 178295,"whose promising , if rather precious , premise is undercut by amateurish execution",0 5857,"deadly dull",0 91800,"rough-around-the-edges , low-budget constraints",0 226132,"The Movie could have been made 40 years ago ,",0 142125,", colorful characters",1 857,"dumas",0 26694,"Tailored to entertain !",1 106476,"I have not been this disappointed by a movie in a long time .",0 63618,"Able to provide insight into a fascinating part of theater history .",1 231271,"good action , good acting , good dialogue , good pace",1 230674,"exit sign",0 91833,"run-of-the-mill revulsion",0 21138,"its faults even as you have to admit that somehow it hit you where you live",1 18375,", but also surprisingly funny",1 211587,"sick and demented",0 128594,"of contemporary Chinese life this exciting new filmmaker has brought to the screen",1 225193,"Not every animated film from Disney will become a classic , but forgive me if I 've come to expect more from this studio than some 79-minute after-school `` cartoon '' .",0 42747,"takes this never-ending confusion and hatred , puts a human face on it , evokes shame among all who are party to it and",0 131143,"recognise",1 190803,"a large human tragedy .",0 98597,"tough beauty",1 36613,"romantic relationship",1 202337,"interested in entertaining itself",1 83529,"into a poem of art , music and metaphor",1 141429,"'s much too big for its britches",0 33473,"is risky , intelligent , romantic and rapturous from start to finish",1 224137,"It 's a treat -- a delightful , witty , improbable romantic comedy with a zippy jazzy score",1 236883,"the film conjures the magic of author J.K. Rowling 's books",1 201249,"his usual high melodramatic style",1 189052,"This mistaken-identity picture is so film-culture referential that the final product is a ghost .",0 133690,"surprisingly decent flick",1 20201,"by brutal , committed performances",1 72814,"a well-written and occasionally challenging social drama that actually has something interesting to say",1 176905,"truly , truly bad movie",0 11042,"that by its end offers a ray of hope to the refugees able to look ahead and resist living in a past",1 72369,"a setup so easy it borders on facile",0 203300,"is one that should be thrown back in the river",0 168295,"only one thing to root for : expulsion for everyone",0 123239,"in trying to have the best of both worlds it ends up falling short as a whole",0 107824,"Most of the storylines feel like time fillers between surf shots . The movie is n't horrible , but you can see mediocre cresting on the next wave",0 27985,"a young man who uses sarcastic lies like a shield",0 134319,"that feels dusty and leatherbound",0 69588,"The film runs on a little longer than it needs to -- Muccino either does n't notice when his story ends or just ca n't tear himself away from the characters -- but",0 42933,"twists worthy",1 82980,"in its observation of just how much more grueling and time-consuming the illusion of work is than actual work",1 202461,"invites unflattering comparisons",0 135658,"the line between sappy and sanguine",1 11229,"the celebrated irish playwright",1 113246,"absolutely unnecessary",0 204826,"lectured to by tech-geeks , if you 're up for that sort of thing",0 90374,"plays out ... like a high-end John Hughes comedy , a kind of Elder Bueller 's Time Out",1 18374,", but Seldahl and Wollter 's sterling performances raise this far above the level of the usual maudlin disease movie .",1 195797,"clinch him this year 's Razzie",0 25993,"Lilia 's transformation from strict mother to sensual siren is superficially preposterous",0 5580,"classic cinema served up with heart and humor",1 44436,"American love stories",1 30840,"display his cadness to perfection",1 101583,"'s almost worth seeing , if only to witness the crazy confluence of purpose and taste",1 42090,"hits audiences",1 106379,"I 'm going to give it a marginal thumbs up .",1 67164,"Leave it to John Sayles to take on developers , the Chamber of Commerce , tourism , historical pageants , and commercialism all in the same movie ... without neglecting character development for even one minute",1 218722,"was as graceful",1 190710,"a gross-out monster movie with effects that are more silly than scary",0 201158,"his cipherlike personality and bad behavior would play fine if the movie knew what to do with him",0 53662,"is the heart and soul of cinema .",1 108158,"One of the best of a growing strain of daring films ... that argue that any sexual relationship that does n't hurt anyone and works for its participants is a relationship that is worthy of our respect",1 59629,"unadulterated thrills or genuine laughs",1 164072,"its likable performances and",1 202297,"insufferable movie",0 37674,"terrific performance",1 23872,", starring Piper Perabo in what could be her breakthrough role .",1 151624,"a disaster",0 200855,"have no problem giving it an unqualified recommendation",1 48800,"allows each character to confront their problems openly and honestly",1 218558,"virtually no understanding",0 79249,"even leaves you with a few lingering animated thoughts",1 12747,"varmints",0 156895,"could restage the whole thing in your bathtub",0 222476,"As the princess , Sorvino glides gracefully from male persona to female without missing a beat .",1 112048,"a gorgeous film",1 62873,"A compelling pre-WWII drama with vivid characters and a warm , moving message .",1 104649,"Bears about as much resemblance to the experiences of most battered women as Spider-Man",0 5290,"brisk , amusing",1 42920,"treat a subject",1 136907,"this conflict",1 49260,"as an intense , brooding character study",1 162315,"intentional and unintentional comedy",0 110064,"The package in which this fascinating -- and timely -- content comes wrapped",1 140701,"you 've endured a long workout without your pulse ever racing",1 41710,"cheesy effects and",0 22401,"then you wo n't want to miss About A Boy .",1 103188,"... a funny yet dark and seedy clash of cultures and generations .",1 110456,"This heist flick about young Brooklyn hoods is off the shelf after two years to capitalize on the popularity of Vin Diesel , Seth Green and Barry Pepper . It should have stayed there .",0 11002,"tends to pile too many '' serious issues '' on its plate at times",0 203012,"is interminable",0 33856,"its soccer action and its fine acting",1 51215,"engrossing entertainment",1 77764,"dead-end distaste",0 19471,"a crash course",0 125239,"its emphasis on caring for animals and respecting other cultures",1 109004,"Sly , sophisticated and surprising .",1 60311,"with a genuinely spooky premise and an above-average cast , actor Bill Paxton 's directing debut",1 130750,"provide the funniest moments in this oddly sweet comedy about jokester highway patrolmen .",1 68433,"Richly entertaining and suggestive",1 183810,"Excruciatingly",0 27976,"a worthwhile tutorial in quantum physics and slash-dash",1 219545,"will no doubt rally to its cause , trotting out threadbare standbys like ` masterpiece ' and ` triumph ' and all that malarkey ,",1 64781,"Confessions is n't always coherent",0 132442,"shrieky special effects",0 232126,"intelligent .",1 90559,"powerful and astonishingly vivid",1 39776,"very open-minded",1 233759,"may as well be called `` Jar-Jar Binks : The Movie",0 194911,"brainless flibbertigibbet",0 66554,"It 's fun , splashy and entertainingly nasty .",1 159008,"festive",1 230428,"drown out the tinny self-righteousness of his voice",0 8066,"its intelligence and",1 113128,"about an unsympathetic character and someone who would not likely be so stupid as to get",0 232304,"is a gripping , tidy little movie that takes Mr. Hill higher than he 's been in a while .",1 17099,"respectable action .",1 126675,"makes for snappy prose but a stumblebum of a movie",0 192787,"and utterly pointless",0 63267,"A polished and vastly entertaining caper film that puts the sting back into the con",1 170312,"same damn moldy values",0 78889,"emotional , Rocky-like",1 79994,"finely written",1 26300,"One of those rare , exhilarating cinematic",1 196171,"continues to do interesting work",1 155199,"beyond the momentary joys of pretty and weightless intellectual entertainment",1 30103,"characterizing how people from such diverse cultures share the same human and spiritual needs",1 41342,"This romantic thriller is steeped in the atmosphere of wartime England , and ably captures the speech patterns , moral codes and ideals of the 1940s",1 6296,"every effort to disguise it as an unimaginative screenwriter 's invention",0 214275,"the characters are too simplistic to maintain interest",0 76891,"color and creativity",1 224830,"Most haunting about `` Fence '' is its conclusion , when we hear the ultimate fate of these girls and realize , much to our dismay , that this really did happen .",1 70357,"Though intrepid in exploring an attraction that crosses sexual identity , Ozpetek falls short in showing us Antonia 's true emotions ...",1 203811,"it 's the perfect cure for insomnia .",0 16441,"less compelling",0 237133,"the outdated swagger of a shameless ` 70s blaxploitation shuck-and-jive sitcom",0 166957,"not in the way this film showcases him",0 71606,"a fascinating part of theater history",1 146063,"I found the proceedings a little bit too conventional .",0 12814,"wafer-thin",0 82102,"her grace with a moving camera",1 86388,"loved the 1989 Paradiso will prefer this new version",1 133011,"soon-to-be-forgettable",0 191286,"a scummy ripoff of David Cronenberg 's brilliant ` Videodrome . '",0 145887,"How do you spell cliché ?",0 103869,"A seriously bad film with seriously warped logic by writer-director Kurt Wimmer at the screenplay level .",0 20770,"heartbeat-like",1 85972,"life and love",1 179390,"'ll only put you to sleep .",0 33482,"is so much in the right place it is difficult to get really peeved at it",1 94495,"that 's there to scare while we delight in the images",1 172947,"that brazenly rips off The Sixth Sense",0 238199,"under-rehearsed and",0 56357,"quite entertaining",1 36662,"satisfies like old-fashioned swashbuckling .",1 168688,"particularly interesting",1 57839,"that makes you feel genuinely good",1 66588,"It 's mostly a pleasure to watch . And the reason for that is a self-aware , often self-mocking , intelligence .",1 191076,"a peculiar malaise",0 150008,"The young stars are too cute : the story and ensuing complications are too manipulative : the message is too blatant",0 165910,"might be the first sci-fi comedy that could benefit from a Three 's Company-style laugh track",0 154953,"been better than the fiction",1 63473,"A sweet-tempered comedy that forgoes",1 158695,"extraordinary strength and laser-beam eyes",1 150597,"Utterly lacking in charm , wit and invention",0 153366,"an effectively chilling guilty pleasure",1 228152,"a sheer unbridled delight in the way",1 120455,"for most of the film it is hard to tell who is chasing who or why",0 167405,"of cliches and absurdities",0 3088,"well",1 88835,"of poverty",0 185770,"Like being invited to a classy dinner soiree and not knowing anyone",0 188069,"The dialogue is cumbersome ,",0 159456,"for originality , wit , or intelligence",1 181330,"... pays tribute to heroes the way Julia Roberts hands out awards -- with phony humility barely camouflaging grotesque narcissism .",0 112884,"a thing that already knows it 's won",1 199202,"for an absurd finale of twisted metal",0 150540,"Two hours of junk",0 30565,"dainty psychological terror on the outside with a creamy filling of familial jealousy and unrepentant domestic psychopathy",1 37853,"that makes your spine tingle with revelation and excitement",1 25781,"It has fun being grown up .",1 70818,"What it lacks in substance it makes up for in heart .",1 179929,"'s on slippery footing",0 158072,"dysfunctional and",0 147395,"Maybe it 's the star power of the cast or the redundant messages , but something aboul '' Full Frontal '' seems , well , contrived .",0 22894,"yet poignant",1 89613,"one of the more influential works of the ` Korean New Wave '",1 5514,"charming and often affecting",1 103433,"A bold ( and lovely ) experiment that will almost certainly bore most audiences into their own brightly colored dreams .",1 203305,"is only so-so",0 198771,"feminist empowerment tale thinly",0 187337,"Slackers ' jokey approach to college education is disappointingly simplistic -- the film 's biggest problem -- and",0 95217,"the biggest is that Secret Ballot is a comedy , both gentle and biting .",1 48112,"a highly satisfying quotient of Friday-night excitement and Milla",1 87429,"most hackneyed",0 169541,"qualifies as cool at times",1 749,"cult",0 122063,"he were stripped of most of his budget and all of his sense of humor",0 7854,"it 's a compelling and horrifying story , and the laramie project is worthwhile for reminding us that this sort of thing does , in fact , still happen in america",1 114570,"are committed",1 26170,"Neither Parker nor Donovan is a typical romantic lead",1 57224,"sons , loyalty and duty",1 114844,"as a war tribute is disgusting to begin with",0 3718,"a derivative collection of horror and sci-fi cliches",0 81205,"going to be everyone 's bag of popcorn",1 114472,"apart from others in the genre is a greater attention to the parents -- and particularly the fateful fathers -- in the emotional evolution of the two bewitched adolescents",1 42765,"tells it so lovingly and films it so beautifully",1 170863,"sheer , unrelenting wretchedness",0 84316,"is in many ways the perfect festival film : a calm , self-assured portrait of small town regret , love , duty and friendship that appeals to the storytelling instincts of a slightly more literate filmgoing audience",1 22093,"successes",1 154584,"badly written tale",0 208707,"only so much baked cardboard I need to chew",0 111386,"Zoe Clarke-Williams 's lackluster thriller '' New Best Friend ''",0 113161,"about interfaith understanding",0 171226,"slacker characters",0 9043,"new depths",1 138955,"very , very good reasons",1 131201,"redundancy and unsuccessful crudeness accompanying it",0 150059,"There 's not enough here to justify the almost two hours .",0 49032,"and character development",1 204088,"it would 've reeked of a been-there , done-that sameness .",0 79547,"face is chillingly unemotive",0 174357,"the movie lacks both thrills and humor",0 81762,"has really done his subject justice .",1 82555,"humor about itself , a playful spirit and a game cast",1 29328,"atheistic",0 189295,"Twenty years later , Reggio still knows how to make a point with poetic imagery",1 20253,"clever caper movie",1 237124,"the operative word for `` Bad Company",0 27218,"Whether you like rap music or loathe it , you ca n't deny either the tragic loss of two young men in the prime of their talent or the power of this movie .",1 20022,"aspiring directress who just happens to be her own worst enemy",0 24486,"A sweet-natured reconsideration",1 238245,"unpleasant debate that 's been given the drive of a narrative and that 's been acted out",0 64494,"Brings to a spectacular completion one of the most complex , generous and subversive artworks of the last decade .",1 91399,"relatively lightweight commercial fare such as Notting Hill to commercial fare with real thematic heft .",1 35465,"of the journey",1 206154,"mild disturbance or detached pleasure at the acting",0 96436,"the positive change in tone",1 61675,", RunTelDat is something of a triumph .",1 234773,"open yourself up to Mr. Reggio 's theory of this imagery as the movie 's set",1 20730,"has freaky scenes where the crew wonder if they 're ghosts imagining themselves as alive . It 's a sly wink to The Others without becoming a postmodern joke",1 149571,"The movie does n't think much of its characters , its protagonist , or of us .",0 95519,"the effort is gratefully received",1 33213,"is a decent moral trying to get out",1 26605,"So many documentaries like this presuppose religious bigotry or zealous nuttiness of its antagonists",0 52254,"great film",1 231383,"hard to pity the ` plain ' girl who becomes a ravishing waif after applying a smear of lip-gloss",0 81829,"haunting tale",1 102335,", Talk to Her is a cinephile 's feast , an invitation to countless interpretations .",1 181131,", with the director taking a hands-off approach when he should have shaped the story to show us why it 's compelling .",0 224625,"Like a marathon runner trying to finish a race , you need a constant influx of liquid just to get through it .",0 137906,"to the Serbs themselves",1 96772,"the story ... is hackneyed",0 222633,"Blair Witch video-cam footage",0 31721,"for Kissinger as a calculating war",0 65187,"Driven by a fantastic dual performance from Ian Holm ... the film is funny , insightfully human and a delightful lark for history buffs",1 232938,"it 's emotionally engrossing , too , thanks to strong , credible performances from the whole cast .",1 224214,"It 's not life-affirming -- its vulgar and mean",0 50989,"doing nothing",0 200798,"have chosen a fascinating subject matter",1 11415,"the film was immensely enjoyable thanks to great performances by both steve buscemi and rosario dawson ...",1 231866,"if Ms. Sugarman followed through on her defiance of the saccharine",0 190409,"a crummy , wannabe-hip crime comedy",0 59897,"vivid lead performances",1 223632,"Her fans walked out muttering words like `` horrible '' and `` terrible , '' but had so much fun dissing the film that they did n't mind the ticket cost .",0 164283,"just a big mess of a movie , full of images and events , but no tension or surprise .",0 190519,"a feature-length film",1 213022,"sustain a good simmer for most of its running time",1 209021,"painfully slow cliche-ridden film",0 45333,"Fun , flip and terribly hip bit of cinematic entertainment",1 172407,"swallow than Julie Taymor 's preposterous Titus",0 131920,"see nothing in it",0 28136,"adroitly , and without fuss :",1 209556,"posing as a real movie .",0 174086,"the honor",1 220658,"'s Pauly Shore awful .",0 10290,"schaeffer has to find some hook on which to hang his persistently useless movies , and it might as well be the resuscitation of the middle-aged character .",0 3306,"'s a brilliant , honest performance by nicholson",1 77370,"cooks Conduct in a low , smoky and inviting sizzle",1 43275,"'s made with deftly unsettling genre flair",1 93758,"succeeds in delivering a dramatic slap in the face that 's simultaneously painful and refreshing .",1 63371,"A slam-bang extravaganza",1 236171,"sure to make a clear point -- even if it seeks to rely on an ambiguous presentation",1 183240,"Cruel",0 174300,"the most heinous man who ever lived",0 52099,"gets great laughs , but never",1 157392,"did an appealing job directing Persuasion and Notting Hill in England",1 208347,"old crap",0 192497,"an atrociously , mind-numbingly , indescribably bad movie .",0 25229,"Enormously entertaining for moviegoers of any age",1 163458,"is the kind of film that could only be made by African-Americans because of its broad racial insensitivity towards African-Americans",0 180938,", straining to get by on humor that is not even as daring as John Ritter 's glory days on Three 's Company .",0 206856,"need agile performers",0 53280,"is a film far superior to its predecessor . A movie",1 150124,"There is very little dread or apprehension , and",0 209582,"postcard perfect",1 227916,"a frightening and compelling `",1 51205,"engages one",1 80526,"frantic and fun",1 191956,"actually make a pretty good team",1 86129,"linger long after this film has ended",1 227809,"a children 's film in the truest sense",1 165732,"may be an easy swipe to take",1 229717,"can tell what it is supposed to be , but ca n't really call it a work of art",0 37204,"speaking , adored by the movie-going public",1 139163,"wan",0 177782,"we 've seen just about everything in Blue Crush in one form or the other .",0 214738,"the goodwill the first half of his movie generates by orchestrating a finale that is impenetrable and dull",0 106613,"If you 're a Crocodile Hunter fan , you 'll enjoy at least the '' real '' portions of the film . If you 're looking for a story , do n't bother .",0 202203,"inept filmmaking",0 126988,"meet at a rustic retreat and pee against a tree . Can you bear the laughter ?",1 21140,"its historical significance",1 211607,"silly con job",0 154421,"at times , preposterous )",0 184824,"If this is cinema , I pledge allegiance to Cagney and Lacey .",0 197714,"egregiously short",0 52276,"grimly",0 120557,"forces you to watch people doing unpleasant things to each other and themselves",0 39803,"visual treat",1 229513,"but it is a whole lot of fun and you get to see the one of the world 's best actors , Daniel Auteuil ,",1 180984,", the first half of Sorority Boys is as appalling as any ` comedy ' to ever spill from a projector 's lens",0 156960,"created an unusually vivid set of characters worthy of its strong cast",1 91138,"raunchy and frequently hilarious",1 219258,"which is in more abundant supply in this woefully hackneyed movie , directed by Scott Kalvert , about street gangs and turf wars in 1958 Brooklyn -- stale cliches , gratuitous violence , or empty machismo",0 46751,"So purely enjoyable that you might not even notice it 's a fairly straightforward remake of Hollywood comedies such as Father of the Bride .",1 71683,"a fluid and mesmerizing sequence",1 182811,"Birthday Girl 's calculated events",0 202870,"is doubtful this listless feature will win him any new viewers",0 105305,"Danish cows",1 88642,"of his contradictory , self-hating , self-destructive ways",0 644,"bruised",0 16887,"outlandish",0 178250,"who speak in glib sentences that could have only come from the pen of a screenwriter",0 120098,"find an escape clause and avoid seeing this trite , predictable rehash .",0 205758,"making the ambiguous ending seem goofy rather than provocative",0 137716,"to make : I did n't particularly like E . T . the first time I saw it as a young boy . That is because - damn it !",0 37112,"solid female talent",1 49277,"as good or better than in the original",1 90868,"pulling the plug on the conspirators and averting an American-Russian Armageddon",1 138250,"trailer-trash",0 192555,"an exhilarating exploration",1 200128,"good vampire tale",1 24736,"Aside from being the funniest movie of the year , Simone , Andrew Niccol 's brilliant anti-Hollywood satire , has a wickedly eccentric enchantment to it .",1 165647,"mangle next time",1 8136,"its scenes and sensibility are all more than familiar , but it exudes a kind of nostalgic spy-movie charm and , at the same time , is so fresh and free of the usual thriller nonsense that it all seems to be happening for the first time",1 158586,"exasperating blandness by Laura Regan",0 121454,"gross out the audience",0 80095,"flawed but rather unexceptional women",0 239134,"you can do no wrong with Jason X.",1 100939,"would n't want to live waydowntown",0 230090,"dark , funny humor",1 172172,"stupidly named",0 162273,"instead pummel the audience",0 158638,"existentialism reminding of the discovery of the wizard of God",1 199483,"frazzled wackiness and",0 138997,"very little to add beyond the dark visions already relayed by superb recent predecessors",0 168410,"other two recent Dumas botch-jobs",0 214386,"the cultural distinctions",1 237788,"to dig deep to sink this low",0 199986,"glamorous machine",1 200219,"great script",1 7353,"if you expect light romantic comedy , good gosh ,",0 81618,"has a more colorful , more playful tone than his other films",1 48731,"aground after being snared in its own tangled plot",0 33519,"is the only part of the film that is enlightening -- and how appreciative you are of this depends on your level of fandom .",0 84733,"is the kind of engaging historical drama that Hollywood appears to have given up on in favor of sentimental war movies in the vein of ` We Were Soldiers .",1 75251,"be delighted with the fast , funny",1 57329,"steady pulse",1 137490,"to come from an American director in years",1 139360,"wayward wooden one",0 14276,"Merely as a technical , logistical feat , Russian Ark marks a cinematic milestone .",1 45783,"It has charm to spare , and unlike many romantic comedies , it does not alienate either gender in the audience",1 37792,"that even the most cynical curmudgeon with find himself or herself smiling at one time or another",1 150217,"This is a great subject for a movie , but",1 54649,"matinee price",1 121077,"gets its greatest play from the timeless spectacle of people",1 188576,"The problem with all of this : It 's not really funny .",0 158766,"fails to walk the silly walk that distinguishes the merely quirky from the surreal",0 150223,"This is a throwaway , junk-food movie whose rap soundtrack was better tended to than the film itself .",0 29446,"beat-charged urban western",1 1934,"off",0 41952,"for : Strap on a pair of 3-D goggles , shut out the real world , and take a vicarious voyage to the last frontier --",1 212765,"stylized with a touch of John Woo bullet ballet .",1 162947,"is interesting and good",1 143291,"A reasonably efficient mechanism",1 216480,"this silly little cartoon can inspire a few kids not to grow up to be greedy",1 129314,"often inspiring",1 95204,"the best war movies ever made",1 219134,"what once was conviction",1 175378,"this equally brutal outing merely sustains it .",0 215637,"the smartest kids in class",1 187731,"That 's muy loco , but no more ridiculous than most of",0 114456,"anyone could desire to the cheap , graceless , hackneyed sci-fi serials of the '30s and '40s",0 24130,"... a story we have n't seen on the big screen before , and it 's a story that we as Americans , and human beings , should know .",1 74217,"appeal beyond being a Sandra Bullock vehicle or a standard romantic comedy",1 58093,"the bullseye",1 217176,"to look at or understand",1 208356,"old pickup skidding",0 29267,"astonishing , considering her inexperience and her subject matter",1 53713,"is your ticket right here .",1 3431,"( reynolds ) takes a classic story , casts attractive and talented actors and uses a magnificent landscape to create a feature film that is wickedly fun to watch .",1 110124,"The real star of this movie is the score , as in the songs translate well to film , and it 's really well directed .",1 62551,"... a delicious crime drama on par with the slickest of Mamet .",1 92485,"sheer beauty",1 27994,"aborbing",1 205862,"masochistic moviegoers",0 23571,", dainty psychological terror on the outside with a creamy filling of familial jealousy and unrepentant domestic psychopathy .",1 101899,"'s so poorly made , on all levels , that it does n't even qualify as a spoof of such",0 44522,"An inventive , absorbing movie that 's as hard to classify as it is hard to resist .",1 198619,"favors to sober us up with the transparent attempts at moralizing",0 174899,"the thrall of a vicious hangover",0 133069,"spanning nearly three decades of bittersweet camaraderie and history , in which we feel that we truly know what makes Holly and Marina tick",1 83858,"is a ride , basically the kind of greatest-hits reel that might come with a subscription to ESPN the Magazine",1 68911,"Sorvino",1 56437,"reason to miss Interview with the Assassin",0 31330,"excellent company",1 192408,"amusing enough while you watch it , offering fine acting moments and pungent insights into modern L . A .",1 56947,"show-stoppingly",1 48410,"a suitable entry into the fest circuit",1 229445,"both excellent",1 90915,"pure entertainment",1 203659,"is very , very far from the one most of us",0 75741,"blind to the silliness",0 24274,"A bold and subversive film that cuts across the grain of what",1 120274,"floundering way",0 67970,"Oliver Stone 's conspiracy thriller JFK",1 43788,", when the now computerized Yoda finally reveals his martial artistry , the film ascends to a kinetic life so teeming that even cranky adults may rediscover the quivering kid inside .",1 114487,"appeal to Asian cult cinema fans",1 178543,"with better aplomb and sardonic wit",1 134489,"that nevertheless will leave fans clamoring for another ride",1 31451,"familial",1 133107,"spent elsewhere",0 26674,"Superior genre storytelling , which gets under our skin simply by crossing the nuclear line .",1 172659,"tepid waste",0 189184,"To say that this vapid vehicle is downright doltish and uneventful",0 89329,"old-fashioned adventure",1 67431,"Marshall keeps the energy humming , and his edits , unlike those in Moulin Rouge , are crisp and purposeful without overdoing it .",1 226652,"This is a story of two misfits who do n't stand a chance alone , but together they are magnificent",1 232406,"is at once intimate and universal cinema",1 164296,"just ca n't get no satisfaction",0 46246,"Mr . Mattei fosters moments of spontaneous intimacy",1 101002,"wrong with that",0 180704,", is of overwhelming waste",0 112598,"a remake by the numbers",0 85402,"its source 's complexity",1 230532,"enjoy The New Guy .",1 155431,"bothersome",0 123618,"intolerable levels",0 133439,"struck me as unusually and unimpressively fussy",0 208912,"overburdened with complicated plotting and banal dialogue",0 198346,"expects something special but instead gets ( sci-fi ) rehash",0 231139,"get to its subjects ' deaths just so the documentary will be over",0 11109,"that plays like some weird masterpiece theater sketch with neither a point",0 103918,"A straight-ahead thriller that",1 159929,"generating nightmarish images",0 26106,"More honest about Alzheimer 's disease , I think , than Iris .",1 176404,"to sleep by the movie",0 139890,"will be upstaged by an avalanche of more appealing holiday-season product",0 97460,"this marvelous film",1 111144,"Why , you may ask , why should you buy the movie milk when the TV cow is free ? There 's no good answer to that one .",0 3303,"'s 86 minutes too long",0 221419,", it 's too long and unfocused .",0 9350,"of tangy new humor",1 75492,"before swooping down on a string of exotic locales , scooping the whole world up in a joyous communal festival of rhythm",1 36141,"prefer Disney 's more faithful 1950 live-action swashbuckling classic",0 58875,"their collaborators are entitled to take a deep bow for fashioning an engrossing entertainment out of an almost sure-fire prescription for a critical and commercial disaster .",0 82591,"ideas and awkwardness",0 28488,"and a wonderful all-ages triumph besides --",1 149573,"The movie eventually snaps under the strain of its plot contrivances and its need to reassure .",0 144455,"Cho 's fans are sure to be entertained",1 62491,"-- like a rather unbelievable love interest and a meandering ending -- this '60s caper film is a riveting , brisk delight .",1 224069,"Insufferably",0 146454,"It 's been 13 months and 295 preview screenings since I last walked out on a movie",0 230974,"forsaken the entertaining elements of the original and , instead , rehash old jokes",0 73255,"advancing",1 217081,"to have been modeled on the worst revenge-of-the-nerds clichés the filmmakers could dredge up",0 121604,"happens to be good",1 16783,"of the fresh air of true sophistication",1 158838,"fantastic sets , extras , costumes and spectacular locales",1 135381,"the filmmakers found this a remarkable and novel concept",1 120090,"finally has failed him",0 26852,"The magic",1 216293,"think of this dog of a movie as the cinematic equivalent of high humidity",0 223659,"His Girl Friday , '' maintaining a light touch while tackling serious themes",1 93454,"startling story",1 49162,"are in tatters",0 112016,"a glass of flat champagne",0 30923,"does n't work",0 165608,"makes the picture work .",1 1254,"if you enjoy being rewarded by a script that assumes you are n't very bright",0 186331,"Nice piece of work .",1 97900,"to be a compelling",1 32193,"greatness",1 159972,"get Carvey into as many silly costumes and deliver as many silly voices",0 108049,"Not a film for the faint of heart or conservative of spirit , but for the rest of us -- especially San Francisco lovers -- it 's a spirited film and a must-see .",1 114554,"are based on stock clichés",0 142354,", most insulting movie",0 152481,"a sound machine",1 49821,"bright , light modern day family parable",1 202223,"inexpressible and drab wannabe",0 29766,"brutal birth to an unlikely , but likable , hero",1 84632,"is so slight",0 20641,"get some truly unique character studies and a cross-section of Americana that Hollywood could n't possibly fictionalize and be believed",1 112485,"a plot that crawls along at a snail 's pace",0 158279,"enjoy mindless action",1 108373,"Peter Jackson has done the nearly impossible . He has improved upon the first and taken it a step further , richer and deeper . What Jackson has done",1 139397,"we had no trouble sitting for Blade II .",1 200687,"has too many spots where it 's on slippery footing , but",0 40830,"Daring , mesmerizing",1 111134,"White 's intermittently wise script",1 124800,"it 's a pale imitation",0 198481,"falling in love",1 35913,"parts of the movie still manage to break past the artifice and thoroughly engage you",1 93299,"spellbinding fun and deliciously exploitative .",1 53296,"is a harrowing drama that tries to tell of the unspeakable .",1 164201,"itself is uninteresting , and the songs are painfully undistinguished : They Might Be Giants ' So to Be One of Us may be the most tuneless tune",0 154087,"as a non-believer in werewolf films that are not serious",1 215685,"the story is better-focused than the incomprehensible Anne Rice novel it 's based upon",1 179699,"'s depressing to see how far Herzog has fallen .",0 170936,"should be enjoying this .",0 3515,"77 minutes of pokemon may not last 4ever , it just seems like it does . my only wish is that celebi could take me back to a time before i saw this movie and i could just skip it",0 123352,"inept direction , pathetic acting , poorly dubbed dialogue and murky cinematography",0 29191,"as funny , if not more so , than both Austin Powers films",1 169342,"produces nearly as much lead as gold .",0 51257,"enough to make you wish Jacquot had left well enough alone and just filmed the opera without all these distortions of perspective",0 57867,"that provides a rounded and revealing overview of this ancient holistic healing system",1 92065,"see Samira Makhmalbaf as a very distinctive sensibility , working to develop her own film language with conspicuous success",1 194348,"been an exhilarating exploration of an odd love triangle",1 156510,"come across like nothing more",0 237065,"the most beautiful , evocative works",1 31768,"for its mawkish posing by offering",0 79140,"entirely infantile",0 30648,"definitely a unique modern fairytale",1 114167,"an uneven film for the most part",0 1142,"handle the rigors of filmmaking",1 42792,"the audacity ,",0 83435,"insultingly simplistic",0 235047,"prepared to cling to the edge of your seat , tense with suspense",1 216292,"think of this dog of a movie",0 184652,"I do n't think this movie loves women at all .",0 90884,"pulpy core conceit",0 12190,"this reason only",1 38449,"the most transporting or gripping film",1 8364,"laughing",1 64739,"Clever and unflinching in its comic barbs",1 210423,"repetitive and ragged",0 162635,"is a monument to bad in all its florid variety .",0 236052,"still feels like an ugly knot tightening in your stomach .",0 222283,"An earnest ,",1 160082,"give committed performances",1 75887,"bowling you over",1 56545,"represents an engaging and intimate first feature by a talented director to watch",1 152796,"about this English trifle",0 79596,"falling into the Hollywood trap and making a vanity project with nothing new to offer",0 231508,"has to recite bland police procedural details , Fiennes wanders around in an attempt",0 87121,"mildly pleasant outing",1 62983,"A fascinating literary mystery story",1 186531,"Once the expectation of laughter has been quashed by whatever obscenity is at hand , even the funniest idea is n't funny .",0 122728,"if they looked at how this movie turned out",0 101857,"'s pretty stupid . I had more fun with Ben Stiller 's Zoolander , which I thought was rather clever . But there 's plenty to offend everyone",0 56669,"running around , screaming",0 83740,"is a beautiful , aching sadness to it all . Paul Cox needed to show it .",1 65709,"Funny in a sick , twisted sort of way .",1 187624,"Suffers from a flat script and a low budget .",0 229448,"both look and sound great",1 83166,"in their recklessness",0 222405,"Anybody who enjoys quirky , fun , popcorn movies with a touch of silliness and a little",1 180867,", overblown , and entirely implausible",0 28554,"and creating mood",1 131382,"repulsive and",0 212320,"spent the duration of the film 's shooting schedule waiting to scream",0 190347,"a confusing melange",0 136089,"the qualities that made the first film so special",1 63307,"A raunchy and frequently hilarious follow-up to the gifted Korean American stand-up",1 222001,"A film of delicate interpersonal dances .",1 54722,"midlife crisis",0 30719,"depicting",1 136951,"this illuminating comedy",1 220029,"worst revenge-of-the-nerds clichés",0 130293,"plays like a badly edited , 91-minute trailer ( and ) the director ca n't seem to get a coherent rhythm going . In fact",0 106487,"I just saw this movie ... well , it 's probably not accurate to call it a movie",0 209961,"puts Washington , as honest working man John Q . Archibald , on a pedestal , then keeps lifting the pedestal higher",0 130357,"poetic force and buoyant feeling",1 70125,"There are some movies that hit you from the first scene",1 182703,"Barker movie",1 200517,"has been lost in the translation ... another routine Hollywood frightfest in which the slack execution italicizes the absurdity of the premise .",0 188571,"The problem , amazingly enough , is the screenplay .",0 167102,"observant cleverness ,",1 109401,"The 3-D vistas from orbit , with the space station suspended like a huge set of wind chimes over the great blue globe , are stanzas of breathtaking , awe-inspiring visual poetry .",1 175990,"to believe these jokers are supposed to have pulled off four similar kidnappings before",0 176366,"to salvage this lifeless boxing film",0 34972,"not fear-reducing )",0 230209,"did n't quite engage this adult .",0 184280,"Handsome and sincere but",1 81321,"grade-grubbers",0 79231,"evanescent , seamless and sumptuous stream",1 158019,"dull ''",0 153921,"are often more predictable than their consequences",0 173132,"that might have been titled ` The Loud and the Ludicrous '",0 91514,"represents an auspicious feature debut for Chaiken .",1 160165,"go down smoothly enough with popcorn",1 230777,"felt myself powerfully drawn toward the light -- the light of the exit sign",0 29960,"ca n't deny either the tragic loss of two young men in the prime of their talent or the power of this movie",1 44633,"Awesome creatures , breathtaking scenery , and",1 56155,"premissa curiosa , o filme mergulha o espectador em um clima de forte suspense , culminando em um desfecho que certamente fica na memória",1 31153,"ensnaring the audience with its emotional pull",1 152654,"a village idiot as the 007 clone",0 104460,"As Schmidt , Nicholson walks with a slow , deliberate gait , chooses his words carefully and subdues his natural exuberance",1 216762,"titillating material",1 110214,"The town has kind of an authentic feel , but each one of these people stand out and everybody else is in the background and it just seems manufactured to me and artificial .",0 223935,"If we sometimes need comforting fantasies about mental illness , we also need movies like Tim McCann 's Revolution No. 9 .",1 8880,"most ingenious and entertaining",1 196868,"determination to inject farcical raunch",0 82274,"his lack of faith in his audience",0 203000,"is in need of a scented bath .",0 132879,"some fairly unsettling scenes",0 45574,"I have a feeling that I would have liked it much more if Harry & Tonto never existed",0 4682,"an ugly knot tightening",0 104376,"An unintentional parody",1 171232,"slapstick and unfunny tricks",0 50467,"cool presence",1 63910,"An intelligent , multi-layered and profoundly humanist ( not to mention gently political ) meditation",1 212246,"soon proves preposterous , the acting is robotically italicized ,",0 175996,"to bludgeon myself unconscious",0 23483,", but Time Out is better . It 's haunting .",1 207079,"no other purpose",0 83627,"introduces characters who illuminate mysteries of sex , duty and love",1 23866,", sometimes clever , and always interesting",1 16337,"it finds a new way to surprise and amuse .",1 28768,"and repetitive",0 66208,"I thoroughly enjoyed the love story",1 41448,"a last-minute happy ending that 's even less plausible than the rest of the picture . Much of the way ,",0 25649,"If director Michael Dowse only superficially understands his characters",0 42437,"particular interest to students and enthusiast",1 134604,"that this film asks the right questions at the right time in the history of our country",1 27594,"a hungry need for PG-rated , nonthreatening family movies",1 41072,"Lovely &",1 200747,"have at it",1 132792,"so solidly connect with one demographic while striking out with another",0 206948,"never shoot straight",0 193321,"as I 've seen in a while , a meander through worn-out material",0 41003,"It 's rare to find a film that dazzles the eye , challenges the brain , AND satisfies our lust for fast-paced action ,",1 145209,"Every time you look , Sweet Home Alabama is taking another bummer of a wrong turn .",0 125504,"just enough sweet and traditional romantic comedy to counter the crudity",1 171106,"simply admiring this bit or that , this performance or that",1 162235,"insensitivity",0 143020,"A bravura exercise in emptiness .",0 155211,"big damage",0 171965,"stereotypes are sprinkled everywhere",0 222492,"At best this is a film for the under-7 crowd .",0 52369,"has a feel for the character at all stages of her life",1 219189,"when you could just rent those movies instead , let alone seek out a respectable new one",0 222678,"Brisk hack",0 226872,"Unfortunately , the picture failed to capture me .",0 157452,"diluted by focusing on the story 's least interesting subject",0 17312,"startling film",1 221725,"-- 10 or 15 minutes could be cut and no one would notice --",0 21049,"is one of Polanski 's best films .",1 172418,"sweet enough",1 225117,"Newcastle , the first half of Gangster No. 1 drips with style",1 94149,"takes care with the characters , who are so believable that you feel what they feel .",1 136755,"there is n't much there here .",0 171176,"situations that are n't funny",0 81641,"has a true talent for drawing wrenching performances from his actors ( improvised over many months ) and for conveying the way tiny acts of kindness make ordinary life survivable",1 214198,"the big shear",1 198096,"even life on an aircraft carrier --",1 192551,"an exceptionally good idea",1 179867,"'s no energy",0 83925,"is a wartime farce in the alternately comic and gut-wrenching style of Joseph Heller or Kurt Vonnegut",1 183498,"Disreputable doings and exquisite trappings are dampened by a lackluster script and substandard performances .",0 33387,"is important in life",1 147633,"Neither funny nor suspenseful nor",0 202804,"is both contrived and cliched",0 41256,"The ending does leave you unfulfilled , but these are performances to enjoy in a memorable ensemble piece",1 141104,"'s a buggy drag",0 84508,"is one of the outstanding thrillers of recent years",1 160623,"has a wooden delivery and",0 77105,"complex , laden with plenty of baggage and tinged with tragic undertones",1 124905,"it a step further , richer and deeper",1 197188,"do n't avert our eyes for a moment",1 31394,"exquisitely polished",1 3352,"'s not merely unwatchable ,",0 172571,"tastelessness a bad rap .",0 44909,"Cho 's latest comic set is n't as sharp or as fresh as I 'm the One That I Want",0 115131,"assuredly rank as one of the cleverest , most deceptively amusing comedies of the year .",1 171397,"so consistently unimaginative",0 11293,"the difference between cho and most comics is that her confidence in her material is merited .",1 38203,"the film 's easygoing blend of comedy and romance",1 98433,"to view one of Shakespeare 's better known tragedies as a dark comedy",1 14804,"a perfect film",1 203813,"it 's the worst movie of 2002",0 221476,", not-nearly - as-nasty - as-it",0 193707,"astronomically bad",0 89608,"one of the finest films of the year . If you 're not deeply touched by this movie , check your pulse",1 225591,"Reign of Fire has the disadvantage of also looking cheap .",0 171855,"squandered the opportunity",0 78350,"do n't feel the least bit ashamed in admitting that my enjoyment came at the expense of seeing justice served , even if it 's a dish that 's best served cold .",1 70998,"With exquisite craftsmanship ... Olivier Assayas has fashioned an absorbing look at provincial bourgeois French society .",1 63702,"All in all , it 's a pretty good execution of a story that 's a lot richer than the ones Hollywood action screenwriters usually come up with on their own .",1 25623,"I cried , not once , but three times in this animated sweet film .",1 9258,"of either cracking up or throwing up",0 121082,"gets royally screwed and",0 84513,"is one of the year 's best .",1 230513,"ends up festooning U.S. art house screens for no reason other than the fact that it 's in French ( well , mostly ) with English subtitles",0 152187,"a one-joke movie",0 181735,"A great script brought down by lousy direction . Same guy with both hats .",0 149709,"The part where nothing 's happening , or the part where something 's happening",0 198527,"fanciful motion picture",1 55584,"of the luckiest men",1 167041,"noticeably less",0 115039,"as the film breaks your heart",1 59577,"turns fanciful , grisly and engagingly quixotic",1 100794,"wondrous beats",1 73379,"all about a wild-and-woolly , wall-to-wall good time",1 109503,"The Tuxedo was n't just bad :",0 8025,"its courageousness",1 48240,"a new voice",1 31083,"enchanting film that presents an audacious tour of the past and takes within its warm embrace the bounties of cultural artifacts inside St . Petersburg",1 140969,"'d need a shower",0 1750,"mopes",0 103378,"? No big hairy deal .",0 125444,"jaw-dropping",1 117919,"deathly",0 147898,"Once Ice-T sticks his mug in the window of the couple 's BMW and begins haranguing the wife in bad stage dialogue , all credibility flies out the window .",0 57207,"sometimes angry",0 186042,"Max is static , stilted .",0 115084,"as well its delightful cast --",1 109633,"The byplay and bickering between the now spy-savvy siblings , Carmen ( Vega ) and Juni ( Sabara ) Cortez , anchor the film in a very real and amusing give-and-take .",1 143269,"A plodding teen remake",0 46405,"On the heels of The Ring comes a similarly morose and humorless horror movie that , although flawed , is to be commended for its straight-ahead approach to creepiness .",1 215646,"the sort of bitter old crank",0 233886,"mired in a shabby script that piles layer upon layer of Action Man cliché atop wooden dialogue and a shifting tone that falls far short of the peculiarly moral amorality of ( Woo 's ) best work",0 29945,"by the end of Monsoon Wedding , sent my spirit soaring out of the theater",1 161392,"hollow catharsis",0 117641,"cradles its characters , veiling tension beneath otherwise tender movements",1 138871,"uses a sensational , real-life 19th-Century crime as a metaphor",1 114156,"an underlying seriousness that sneaks up on the viewer , providing an experience that is richer than anticipated",1 226141,"The Movie is what happens when you blow up small potatoes to 10 times their natural size , and it ai n't pretty .",0 107478,"Like the excruciating End of Days",0 130525,"pratfalls given a working over . The cast is spot on and the mood is laid back",1 37823,"that is both moving and wise",1 127820,"necessary viewing for sci-fi fans",1 67659,"Mr . Caine and Mr . Fraser are the whole show here , with their memorable and resourceful performances .",1 239159,"you have a problem .",0 189247,"Too slick and manufactured to claim street credibility .",0 236348,"thanks to the presence of ` the King",1 77587,"crisp and",1 208199,"of those films that requires the enemy to never shoot straight",1 64580,"By turns touching , raucously amusing , uncomfortable , and , yes , even sexy , Never Again is a welcome and heartwarming addition to the romantic comedy genre .",1 218072,"unbearable when it is n't merely offensive .",0 36588,"risks seeming slow and pretentious , because it thinks the gamble is worth the promise",0 131128,"reassures us that he will once again be an honest and loving one .",1 111342,"You can take the grandkids or the grandparents and never worry about anyone being bored ...",1 188649,"The script was reportedly rewritten a dozen times",0 239028,"would make it a great piece to watch with kids and use to introduce video as art .",1 198506,"familiar and insufficiently cathartic",0 54550,"makes a meal of it",1 207554,"of a new teen-targeted action TV series",1 132778,"so poorly paced you could fit all of Pootie Tang in between its punchlines",0 37285,"staring",1 112900,"a tired , talky feel",0 41310,"There is a kind of attentive concern that Hoffman brings to his characters , as if he has been giving them private lessons ,",1 17803,"to hate it",0 218573,"visual appeal",1 223402,"For starters , the story is just too slim .",0 124021,"is equally hackneyed",0 184540,"Human Nature should be ingratiating",0 106234,"Highly irritating at first , Mr . Koury 's passive technique eventually begins to yield some interesting results .",1 238075,"too stupid",0 192717,"and at times endearing , humorous , spooky , educational , but at other times as bland as a block of snow .",1 111680,"a comically dismal social realism with a farcically bawdy fantasy of redemption and regeneration",1 156023,"caper movies that 's hardly any fun to watch",0 68539,"Russian cultural identity and a stunning technical achievement",1 85314,"its moviegoing pleasures",1 187501,"Spirit is a visual treat ,",1 53464,"is extraordinarily good .",1 80492,"found a cult favorite",1 39716,"us a hero whose suffering and triumphs we can share",1 87682,"mysterious , sensual , emotionally intense , and",1 144096,"Began life as a computer game , then morphed into a movie -- a bad one",0 79407,"excellent use of music",1 239083,"yet unforgivingly inconsistent depiction",0 88225,"of John C . Walsh 's Pipe Dream is the distinct and very welcome sense of watching intelligent people making a movie",1 173581,"the brilliance of Jelinek 's novel",1 93118,"some pretentious eye-rolling moments",0 3967,"a meatballs for the bare-midriff generation",0 172634,"tells us nothing about El Gallo other than what emerges through his music .",0 87595,"much like a young Robert DeNiro",1 17234,"so bleakly amusing about how we go about our lives",1 166491,"mummified and thoroughly",0 145996,"I am sorry that I was unable to get the full brunt of the comedy .",0 106197,"He has improved upon the first and taken it a step further , richer and deeper",1 126469,"low-grade dreck that usually goes straight to video -- with a lousy script , inept direction , pathetic acting , poorly dubbed dialogue and murky cinematography , complete with visible boom mikes",0 216828,"to an air ball",0 121904,"have a good time here",1 164527,"lacks Besson 's perspective as a storyteller .",0 225963,"Stealing Harvard is a horrible movie -- if only it were that grand a failure",0 1095,"good intentions",1 152366,"a rosily myopic view of life in the WWII-era Mississippi Delta",0 91099,"rare movie",1 210731,"sadly are at hostile odds with one another through recklessness and retaliation",0 126802,"marginal characters",0 73602,"amused with its low groan-to-guffaw ratio",1 41462,"a nicely detailed world of pawns , bishops and kings",1 223798,"I guess I come from a broken family , and",0 202899,"is even worse than I imagined a movie ever could be",0 186886,"Releasing a film with the word ` dog ' in its title in January lends itself to easy jokes and insults , and Snow Dogs deserves every single one of them",0 67962,"Often messy and frustrating , but very pleasing at its best moments , it 's very much like life itself .",1 180909,", shapeless documentary",0 75964,"brings a youthful , out-to-change-the-world aggressiveness to the project",1 163343,"is so funny in drag",1 181072,", this trifling romantic comedy in which opposites attract for no better reason than that the screenplay demands it squanders the charms of stars Hugh Grant and Sandra Bullock .",0 163600,"it 's John Turturro , who 's simply fab as a Spanish butler with a foot fetish .",1 188486,"The obnoxious special effects , the obligatory outbursts of flatulence and the incessant , so-five-minutes-ago pop music on the soundtrack overwhelm what is left of the scruffy , dopey old Hanna-Barbera charm .",0 114914,"as he was about inner consciousness",1 115102,"asks the right questions",1 130342,"plotting",1 83761,"is a deliberately unsteady mixture of stylistic elements",1 176986,"turns hurting each other",0 164951,"like it 's about teenagers , than it was written by teenagers",0 189665,"Whether it 's the worst movie of 2002 , I ca n't say for sure :",0 124676,"is the far superior film",1 46412,"One Hour Photo may seem disappointing in its generalities , but",0 215938,"the worst of their shallow styles",0 139266,"was otherwise a fascinating , riveting story",1 43303,"'s only in fairy tales that princesses that are married for political reason live happily ever after",0 188010,"The characters , cast in impossibly contrived situations",0 233814,"meant to buy that this doting mother would shun her kids , travel to one of the most dangerous parts of the world , don fatigues and become G.I. Jane",0 186564,"One of the most unpleasant things the studio has ever produced .",0 140095,"with all the blanket statements and dime-store ruminations on vanity",0 97961,"to bowling you over",1 33883,"jaded",0 3683,"a commodified , sold-out concept on the american filmmaking scene",0 107521,"Lopez himself , who approaches his difficult , endless work with remarkable serenity and discipline",1 56359,"quite tasty and",1 131882,"searching for its identity",0 230143,"delivers what it promises : A look at the `` wild ride '' that ensues when brash young men set out to conquer the online world with laptops , cell phones and sketchy business plans",1 109904,"The inherent limitations of using a video game as the source material movie are once again made all too clear in this schlocky horror\/action hybrid .",0 175526,"this relentless , all-wise-guys-all-the-time approach tries way too hard and gets tiring in no time at all .",0 23894,", the cast and director Stephen Herek 's polished direction pour delightfully piquant wine from aged bottles .",1 24982,"Chris",1 230035,"create ultimate thrills",1 78763,"effecting",1 162789,"is as reliably soul-killing as its title is nearly meaningless .",0 22929,"you wo n't want to miss",1 190644,"a glimmer of intelligence or invention",1 30085,"challenge-hungry moviegoers",1 238589,"what critics have come to term an `` ambitious failure",0 24732,"As the story moves inexorably through its seven day timeframe , the picture becomes increasingly mesmerizing .",1 30409,"conveys the heaving passion of Puccini 's famous love-jealousy - murder-suicide fandango with great cinematic innovation",1 40443,"you expect light romantic comedy",0 217703,"totally estranged from reality",0 95254,"the campaign-trail press",1 103525,"A different and emotionally reserved type of survival story -- a film less about refracting all of World War II through the specific conditions of one man , and more about that man lost in its midst .",1 56499,"relegated",0 31070,"emotionally rich , poetically plump and visually fulsome , but never showy ,",1 222367,"And it sees those relationships , including that between the son and his wife , and the wife and the father , and between the two brothers , with incredible subtlety and acumen .",1 198222,"everything else about the film tanks .",0 189999,"` The Country Bears ' should never have been brought out of hibernation .",0 11727,"the phenomenal , water-born cinematography by david hennings",1 10409,"shoot it in the head",0 140496,"worth the concentration",1 199267,"for no better reason",0 90080,"particular New Yorkers deeply touched by an unprecedented tragedy",1 63012,"A fine ,",1 60227,"will find Morrison 's iconoclastic uses of technology to be liberating .",1 27740,"a portrait of grace in an imperfect world",1 60639,"' is the kind of engaging historical drama that Hollywood appears to have given up on in favor of sentimental war movies in the vein of ` We Were Soldiers . '",1 124492,"is simply no doubt that this film asks the right questions at the right time in the history of our country",1 206172,"mind : So why is this so boring ?",0 95345,"the comic opportunities richly rewarded",1 97566,"those famous moments",1 199425,"forgotten 10 minutes after the last trombone",0 129747,"other than to employ Hollywood kids and people who owe favors to their famous parents .",0 47452,"Too often , Son of the Bride becomes an exercise in trying to predict when a preordained '' big moment '' will occur and not '' if . ''",0 108667,"Rocky and",1 61452,"( Hayek ) throws herself into this dream Hispanic role with a teeth-clenching gusto , she strikes a potent chemistry with Molina and she gradually makes us believe she is Kahlo",1 58957,"thinly veiled",0 6458,"feels less like a cousin to blade runner than like a bottom-feeder sequel in the escape from new york series .",0 91526,"required of her , but the actress and director Peter Kosminsky never get the audience to break through the wall her character erects",0 67068,"Koury frighteningly and honestly exposes",1 51450,"extraordinarily good",1 114966,"as its larger themes",1 235915,"some wickedly sick and twisted humor",1 104304,"An entertaining , if somewhat standardized , action movie .",1 197833,"encompassing",1 225308,"One minute , you think you 're watching a serious actioner : the next , it 's as though clips from The Pink Panther Strikes Again and\/or Sailor Moon have been spliced in .",0 118616,"done the nearly impossible . He has improved upon the first and taken it a step further , richer and deeper .",1 205347,"look sophisticated",1 181370,"11 times too many",0 154284,"as to where the story 's going , or how long it 's going to take to get there",0 64626,"Captivates as it shows excess in business and pleasure , allowing us to find the small , human moments , and leaving off with a grand whimper .",1 87937,"no way original",0 4636,"an encyclopedia of cliches that shoplifts shamelessly from farewell-to-innocence movies like the wanderers and a bronx tale without cribbing any of their intelligence",0 33560,"is what summer screen escapism used to be in the decades when it was geared more to grownups .",1 49904,"buried at the heart of his story",1 66531,"It 's an interesting effort ( particularly for JFK conspiracy nuts ) , and",1 45750,"It 's so good that its relentless , polished wit can withstand not only inept school productions , but even Oliver Parker 's movie adaptation",1 195077,"but the movie has a tougher time balancing its violence with Kafka-inspired philosophy",0 83609,"intrepid",1 105385,"Despite engaging offbeat touches , Knockaround Guys rarely seems interested in kicking around a raison d'etre that 's as fresh-faced as its young-guns cast .",0 199765,"generally amusing from time",1 228239,"a way to make J.K. Rowling 's marvelous series into a deadly bore",0 14844,"a story that is unlike any",1 23063,"'s a pleasure to see Seinfeld griping about the biz with buddies Chris Rock , Garry Shandling and Colin Quinn",1 4292,"a visually seductive , unrepentantly trashy",0 29642,"blows",0 57019,"sincere passion that this Hollywood contrivance orbits around",1 19244,"Sex",1 200214,"great pity",0 70375,"Thought-provoking",1 167148,"of ' A Nightmare",0 65353,"Even as it pays earnest homage to turntablists and beat jugglers , old schoolers and current innovators",1 177870,"well . The problem",0 94873,"that spends a bit too much time on its fairly ludicrous plot .",0 201792,"in a movie that is definitely meaningless , vapid and devoid of substance",0 97901,"to be a good match of the sensibilities of two directors",1 80005,"first . Many of the effective horror",1 207009,"no charm ,",0 96736,"the soulful nuances",1 17208,"simply the most fun you 'll ever have with a documentary",1 50649,"dazzling , remarkably unpretentious reminder",1 232203,"irritating at first",0 123751,"is a fudged opportunity of gigantic proportions -- a lunar mission with no signs of life .",0 63469,"A sweet , tender sermon about a 12-year-old Welsh boy more curious about God",1 187382,"So bland",0 42915,"transformed into the stronger of the two films",1 120015,"fights the good fight in Vietnam",1 30154,"chilling but quite human",1 159604,"found it slow , drab , and bordering on melodramatic .",0 48333,"a reminder of how they used to make movies , but also how they sometimes still can be made .",1 52598,"high-spirited",1 24316,"A delectable and intriguing thriller filled with surprises",1 99089,"unoriginal",0 48931,"an evocative , accurate observation of a distinctive milieu",1 144792,"Despite all evidence to the contrary",0 18994,"It 's amazingly perceptive in its subtle , supportive but unsentimental look at the Marks family .",1 208602,"one more celluloid testimonial to the cruelties experienced by Southern blacks as distilled through a Caucasian perspective",0 154911,"become the next Texas Chainsaw Massacre . But what about the countless other people who 'd merely like to watch a solid tale about a universally interesting soul",0 25272,"Exquisitely nuanced in mood tics and dialogue",1 157298,"derails the film",0 220672,"'s a bad , embarrassing movie .",0 237908,"to provide a mix of smiles and tears",1 27204,"What might have been a predictably heartwarming tale is suffused with complexity .",1 236424,"that director M. Night Shyamalan can weave an eerie spell and that Mel Gibson can gasp , shudder and even tremble without losing his machismo",1 178133,"which , in the end , might be all the more infuriating",0 136801,"they have been patiently waiting for",1 96181,"the most original",1 32767,"imaginatively overwhelming",1 104702,"Berlin",1 215295,"the outdated swagger of a shameless '70s blaxploitation shuck-and-jive sitcom",0 109150,"Standing in the Shadows of Motown is the best kind of documentary , one that makes a depleted yesterday feel very much like a brand-new tomorrow .",1 208370,"old-hat province",0 27548,"a gem that could stand alone , a perfectly realized observation of mood , behavior and intent",1 40483,"young enough to be the nonagenarian filmmaker 's son , more incredible",1 19155,"Often gruelling",0 10368,"septic",0 231447,"has little to do with the story ,",0 128811,"of mushy obviousness",0 43611,", insightful and entertaining",1 141957,", Collateral Damage paints an absurdly simplistic picture .",0 31080,"emptiness",0 74861,"asparagus . If you 're not a fan , it might be like trying to eat Brussels sprouts",0 29458,"beautifully shot",1 65465,"Fanboy",0 145245,"Extreme Ops '' was obviously made for the '' XXX '' crowd , people who enjoy mindless action without the benefit of decent acting , writing , and direction .",0 16104,"in Imax 3-D , the clichés disappear into the vertiginous perspectives opened up by the photography .",1 228144,"a serious urge to grab the old lady at the end of my aisle 's walker and toss it at the screen in frustration",0 34429,"maybe , but still a film with all the elements that made the other three great , scary times at the movies",1 55934,"paranoid impulse",0 176839,"tried to read the time on my watch",0 126949,"meandering and pointless",0 189979,"` Matrix ' - style massacres erupt throughout ... but the movie has a tougher time balancing its violence with Kafka-inspired philosophy",0 237030,"the lesson , in the end , is nothing new .",0 39112,"to a treasure than a lengthy jail sentence",1 21072,"is unapologetically dumb",0 4155,"a strong script ,",1 142245,", is nothing new",0 19481,"a dumb , distracted audience",0 202567,"is a dud -- a romantic comedy that 's not the least bit romantic and only mildly funny .",0 7021,"haute",0 61589,", Blair Witch-style commitment",1 176862,"tries too hard to be funny and tries too hard to be hip . The end result is a film that 's neither",0 34257,"luminous",1 118417,"do a great job of anchoring the characters in the emotional realities of middle age .",1 18506,", you 'll be wondering what will happen to her and wishing her the best -- whatever that might mean .",1 35995,"perverse , hopeful and always fun",1 110432,"This deeply spiritual film taps into the meaning",1 85797,"laughed",1 4080,"a renowned indian film",1 184640,"I did n't care",0 95474,"the dispassionate Gantz brothers",0 179162,"you should definitely let Dante 's gloomy words be your guide",1 129873,"overlong and not well-acted",0 213557,"that a nightmare is a wish a studio 's wallet makes",0 141501,"'s nothing provocative about this film",0 2598,"the film 's lamer instincts",0 9863,"propaganda",0 180662,", he can not overcome the sense that Pumpkin is a mere plot pawn for two directors with far less endearing disabilities .",0 8693,"many of benjamins ' elements feel like they 've been patched in from an episode of miami vice",0 52180,"goes wrong thanks",0 90139,"pays earnest homage to turntablists and",1 171610,"some spice",1 88783,"of nostalgic comments from the now middle-aged participants",1 88,"-- who are obviously pretty clever",1 90345,"play their roles with vibrant charm",1 106094,"Guy Ritchie 's Lock ,",1 213876,"that the franchise 's best years are long past",0 452,"artfully",1 36979,"sin",0 214617,"the film never rises above a conventional , two dimension tale",0 27906,"a total success ?",1 144821,"Determined to be fun",1 75663,"bien no logra desarrollarse como un gran drama , tampoco es tan superficial como muchas cintas que pecan de pretenciosas y que resultan totalmente banales",0 228303,"about morality and the choices we make underneath such a mountain of clichés and borrowed images",0 153284,"an ` E ' for effort -- and a ` B ' for boring",0 236992,"the impression the creators of Do n't Ask Do n't Tell laughed a hell of a lot at their own jokes",0 64461,"Break",0 231177,"giggles and",1 216629,"thriller remarkable only for its lack of logic and misuse of two fine actors , Morgan Freeman and Ashley Judd .",0 218851,"watch it , offering fine acting moments and pungent insights",1 163356,"is so ripe the film ca n't help but go soft and stinky .",0 49190,"are relegated to the background -- a welcome step forward from the Sally Jesse Raphael atmosphere of films like Philadelphia and American Beauty .",1 228506,"amounts to little more than punishment .",0 165271,"loses all bite on the big screen",0 8510,"literally bruising",0 103658,"A huge box-office",1 131245,"relative",1 200225,"greatest pictures",1 20474,"entertaining enough at ` face value ' to recommend to anyone looking for something different",1 118460,"do n't make movies like they used to anymore",0 152832,"abundance of hackneyed dialogue and more silly",0 102967,", though , there is a really cool bit -- the movie 's conception of a future-world holographic librarian ( Orlando Jones ) who knows everything and answers all questions , is visually smart , cleverly written , and nicely realized .",1 201574,"if the director , Tom Dey , had spliced together bits and pieces of Midnight Run and 48 Hours ( and , for that matter , Shrek )",0 97785,"times when you wish that the movie had worked a little harder to conceal its contrivances",0 108895,"Shanghai Ghetto may not be as dramatic as Roman Polanski 's The Pianist , but its compassionate spirit soars every bit as high .",1 226442,"The premise of `` Abandon '' holds promise , ... but its delivery is a complete mess .",0 63215,"A moving essay about the specter of death , especially suicide .",1 87297,"more of a poetic than a strict reality , creating an intriguing species of artifice that gives The Lady and the Duke something of a theatrical air",1 154232,"as predictable and",0 23555,", clearly , great fun",1 88459,"of business notable largely for its overwhelming creepiness , for an eagerness to create images you wish you had n't seen",0 113918,"an after school special",1 63746,"Although Olivier Assayas ' elegantly appointed period drama seems , at times , padded with incident in the way of a too-conscientious adaptation ... its three-hour running time plays closer to two .",1 227093,"When she speaks , her creepy Egyptian demigod voice is as computer processed and overproduced as it was in her music .",0 218958,"wear down",0 116989,"cinematic car wreck",0 141500,"'s nothing here you have n't seen before .",0 63879,"An engrossing portrait of a man whose engaging manner and flamboyant style made him a truly larger-than-life character .",1 210720,"sacrificing any of the cultural intrigue",0 75361,"beautiful film to watch",1 104785,"Blisteringly rude , scarily funny , sorrowfully sympathetic to the damage it surveys , the film has in Kieran Culkin a pitch-perfect Holden .",1 118011,"delights for adults",1 188416,"The movie does n't generate a lot of energy . It is dark , brooding and slow , and takes its central idea way too seriously .",0 105829,"For all its brilliant touches , Dragon loses its fire midway , nearly flickering out by its perfunctory conclusion .",0 143416,"A very long movie ,",0 142127,", condescending and mild",0 150795,"Whaley 's determination to immerse you in sheer , unrelenting wretchedness is exhausting .",0 192504,"an audience laugh so much during a movie",1 64999,"Demonstrates the unusual power of thoughtful , subjective filmmaking .",1 226366,"The movie is like a year late for tapping into our reality tv obsession , and even tardier for exploiting the novelty of the `` webcast . ''",0 36082,"portrayals",0 79940,"finally transporting re-imagining of Beauty and the Beast and 1930s horror films",1 111899,"a few points about modern man and his problematic quest for human connection",1 29395,"be a kid again , or show it to their own kids",1 58972,"this a high water mark for this genre",1 189816,"Wobbly",0 7859,"it 's an 88-minute highlight reel that 's 86 minutes too long .",0 190331,"a college keg party",0 168188,"one big laugh , three or four mild giggles , and",1 67949,"Offers a clear-eyed chronicle of a female friendship that is more complex and honest than anything represented in a Hollywood film .",1 180528,", as you watch them clumsily mugging their way through Snow Dogs ,",0 218344,"used the film as a bonus feature on the DVD",0 130256,"place for a great film noir",1 8280,"kathryn bigelow offers no sugar-coating or interludes of lightness",1 63561,"A whole lot of fun and funny in the middle , though somewhat less hard-hitting at the start and finish .",1 53327,"is a seriously intended movie that is not easily forgotten",1 231668,"hell , I dunno",0 47867,"a chafing inner loneliness and desperate grandiosity",0 46263,"Ms . Bullock 's best work in some time",1 59889,"visual delights",1 26347,"Personal Velocity",1 54789,"monumental ` picture shows",1 192556,"an exhilarating exploration of an odd love triangle",1 79013,"engrossing and infectiously enthusiastic",1 57165,"some honest insight",1 124993,"it integrates thoughtfulness and pasta-fagioli comedy",1 93426,"stands a good chance of being the big",1 79567,"fairly enjoyable mixture",1 184607,"I blame all men for war , '' ( the warden 's daughter ) tells her father . The movie is about as deep as that sentiment .",0 22503,"to find solace in events that could easily crush it forever",1 84284,"is hilarious as she tries to resuscitate the fun-loving libertine lost somewhere inside the conservative , handbag-clutching Sarandon",1 190741,"a heaven",1 63277,"A powerful and telling story that examines forbidden love , racial tension , and other issues that are as valid today as they were in the 1950s .",1 197163,"do anything as stomach-turning as the way Adam Sandler 's new movie rapes , pillages and",0 74101,"annoying specimen",0 1264,"ignore",0 229966,"conventional -- lots of boring talking heads , etc. --",0 105556,"Duvall 's",1 155268,"bizarre , funny , tragic",1 137805,"to resemble the kind of soft-core twaddle you 'd expect to see on Showtime 's ` Red Shoe Diaries",0 223737,"I 've come to expect more from this studio than some 79-minute after-school `` cartoon ''",0 209424,"plodding soap opera disguised as a feature film",0 40337,"work from a gifted director who definitely has something on his mind .",1 79915,"filmed the opera exactly as the libretto directs , ideally capturing the opera 's drama and lyricism",1 138828,"uproarious humor",1 109386,"That is not as funny or entertaining as Analyze This",0 35545,"of visual poetry that will , hopefully , be remembered as one of the most important stories to be told in Australia 's film history .",1 211071,"seems as if each watered down the version of the one before",0 22012,"solid and affecting and exactly as thought-provoking",1 140588,"wrapping the theater in a cold blanket of urban desperation",0 60060,"what has happened already to so many silent movies , newsreels",0 80589,"from a ploddingly melodramatic structure",0 181305,"... expands the horizons of boredom to the point of collapse , turning into a black hole of dullness , from which no interesting concept can escape .",0 55148,"now I ca n't wait for the sequel",1 3571,"a ` b ' for boring",0 205734,"makes you feel like a chump",0 44772,"Brian De Palma is utterly mad : cinema mad , set-piece mad , style mad . It 's a beautiful madness",1 28530,"and brilliantly personified by Michel Piccoli",1 212879,"suffers from the addition of a wholly unnecessary pre-credit sequence designed to give some of the characters a ` back story",0 86599,"make this an eminently engrossing film",1 38641,"the smarter , savvier spoofs to come along in some time",1 44128,"A highly spirited , imaginative kid 's movie",1 198402,"extraordinarily silly thriller",0 44339,"A welcome relief from baseball movies that try too hard to be mythic , this one is a sweet and modest and ultimately winning story .",1 59920,"wannabe comic Adams ' attempts",0 104381,"An unremarkable , modern action\/comedy buddy movie whose only nod to nostalgia is in the title",0 232538,"is magnificent",1 202588,"is a little scattered -- ditsy",0 45233,"Featuring a dangerously seductive performance from the great Daniel Auteuil , '' Sade ''",1 213804,"that plays things so nice",1 150446,"Too loud",0 187482,"Soulless and -- even more damning -- virtually joyless",0 83842,"is a pretty good job ,",1 81571,"hard-driving",1 181397,"1991",1 212071,"somber pacing and lack",0 170885,"shockingly manages to be even worse than its title",0 154244,"as spoof takes itself too seriously",0 121462,"growing strain",1 213503,"that 's where this film should have remained",0 158533,"every other Seagal movie , only louder",0 177283,"unwieldy mess",0 119108,"engross even the most antsy youngsters",1 142298,", it fails to lend the characters ' individual stories enough dramatic resonance to make us care about them .",0 197132,"distracted by the movie 's quick movements",0 128894,"of sense of humor that derives from a workman 's grasp of pun and entendre and its attendant",1 34433,"me how much pleasure I had watching McGrath 's version",1 209877,"psychotic",0 3990,"a monstrous murk",0 69835,"The plot of the comeback curlers is n't very interesting actually , but what I like about Men With Brooms and what is kind of special is how the film knows what 's unique and quirky about Canadians .",1 59219,"to distance it from the pack of paint-by-number romantic comedies",1 12218,"this turgid fable",0 235030,"preachy and",0 110316,"There 's no point of view , no contemporary interpretation of Joan 's prefeminist plight , so",0 173025,"that he 's a disloyal satyr",0 171181,"six different movies fighting each other for attention",0 90509,"por momentos grandiosa y casi siempre conmovedora .",1 134911,"the best possible senses",1 97553,"thoroughly involving",1 160910,"have the antiseptic , preprogrammed feel of an after-school special",0 79269,"even the most unlikely can link together to conquer all kinds of obstacles , whether they be of nature , of man or of one another",1 85659,"kids ( of all ages ) that like adventure",1 6833,"good movie",1 229644,"can be as tiresome as 9 seconds of Jesse Helms ' anti- Castro",0 173202,"that spray cheese and underarm noises played a crucial role",0 96084,"the man and",1 96055,"the long and eventful spiritual journey of the guru who helped",1 216147,"there is a real danger less sophisticated audiences will mistake it for an endorsement of the very things that Bean abhors .",0 234021,"muttering words like `` horrible '' and `` terrible",0 89628,"one of those movies",1 216130,"there are moviegoers anxious to see strange young guys doing strange guy things",0 204592,"know better than to rush to the theatre for this one",0 124149,"is interested",1 202871,"is downright doltish and uneventful",0 18664,"An incendiary , deeply thought-provoking look at one",1 21062,"is still ultimately very satisfying .",1 146923,"Jones helps breathe some life into the insubstantial plot , but",1 32473,"helps that the central performers are experienced actors , and that they know their roles so well .",1 229381,"better than any summer blockbuster",1 209481,"polemical tract",0 144559,"Comes across as a relic from a bygone era , and its convolutions ... feel silly rather than plausible",0 198578,"fart jokes , masturbation jokes , and",0 132263,"she had to sit through it again",0 212592,"stock situations and characters",0 124792,"it 's a dark , gritty story but",1 122795,"impart an almost visceral sense of dislocation and change",1 118785,"dumb gags , anatomical humor",0 7857,"it 's a fairy tale that comes from a renowned indian film culture that allows americans to finally revel in its splendor .",1 163422,"is that it 's forced to make its characters idiots in order to advance the plot",0 75448,"been a confusing and horrifying vision",0 183653,"Electric",1 237456,"they lack their idol 's energy and passion for detail .",0 163949,"it was made by some very stoned college students",0 200059,"goes on for the 110 minutes of '' Panic Room",1 114361,"answered",1 111339,"You can fire a torpedo through some of Clancy 's holes , and the scripters do n't deserve any Oscars . But the nerve-raked acting , the crackle of lines , the impressive stagings of hardware , make for some robust and scary entertainment",1 207686,"of day by concentrating on the elements of a revealing alienation among a culture of people who sadly are at hostile odds with one another through recklessness and retaliation",0 196956,"dim-witted pairing",0 70447,"Transcends its agenda to deliver awe-inspiring , at times sublime , visuals and offer a fascinating glimpse into the subculture of extreme athletes whose derring-do puts the X into the games",1 230872,"flopped",0 204366,"its élan",1 79904,"film that will enthrall the whole family .",1 61441,"( Gulpilil ) is a commanding screen presence , and his character 's abundant humanism makes him the film 's moral compass .",1 177739,"watching a soap opera",0 146751,"It takes talent to make a lifeless movie about the most heinous man who ever lived .",0 84941,"it 's sharply comic and surprisingly touching , so hold the gong",1 6056,"dominated",1 119474,"exceptional film",1 218777,"was produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and directed by Joel Schumacher , and reflects the worst of their shallow styles : wildly overproduced , inadequately motivated every step of the way",0 118375,"disrobed most of the cast ,",0 163225,"is painfully formulaic and stilted .",0 227256,"Yiddish theater , whose jolly , fun-for-fun 's - sake communal spirit goes to the essence of Broadway",1 214402,"the dead horse of surprise as if it were an obligation .",0 184417,"High drama , Disney-style - a wing and a prayer and a hunky has-been pursuing his castle in the sky .",1 133412,"striking style",1 188324,"The lousy lead performances",0 1402,"is so earnest that it 's hard to resist his pleas to spare wildlife and respect their environs",1 89660,"one who proves that elegance is more than tattoo deep",1 97490,"this otherwise appealing picture loses its soul to Screenwriting For Dummies conformity .",0 171783,"spends too much time wallowing in Bibi 's generic angst ( there are a lot of shots of her gazing out windows )",0 146492,"It 's got its heart in the right place , but it also wilts after awhile",0 196410,"creates a drama with such a well-defined sense of place and age -- as in , 15 years old -- that the torments and angst become almost as operatic to us as they are to her characters",1 232734,"is simply too ludicrous and borderline insulting .",0 140641,"yes , by all means enjoy The New Guy",1 12540,"trained to live out and carry on their parents ' anguish",0 150048,"There 's no denying the elaborateness of the artist 's conceptions , nor his ability to depict them with outrageous elan , but really the whole series is so much pretentious nonsense , lavishly praised by those who equate obscurity with profundity",0 78398,"does a convincing impersonation here of a director enjoying himself immensely",1 98898,"unabashed sweetness",1 167051,"nuclear holocaust",0 84283,"is hilarious",1 223803,"I had a serious urge to grab the old lady at the end of my aisle 's walker and toss it at the screen in frustration",0 10732,"stealing harvard is evidence that the farrelly bros . -- peter and bobby -- and their brand of screen comedy are wheezing to an end , along with green 's half-hearted movie career",0 178821,"worry about it causing significant harm and not smelly enough to bother despising",0 72835,"a wise and powerful tale of race and culture forcefully told , with superb performances throughout",1 213162,"taking a hands-off approach when he should have shaped the story to show us why it 's compelling",0 145513,"Frustratingly , Dridi tells us nothing about El Gallo other than what emerges through his music .",0 34569,"more homosexual undertones than an Eddie Murphy film",0 228862,"are weak , as are most of the subplots",0 196044,"compassion , good-natured",1 207851,"of major acting lessons and maybe a little coffee",0 200950,"he script is n't up to the level of the direction",1 229811,"childhood innocence combined with indoctrinated prejudice",1 117959,"defecates",0 203885,"it does sustain an enjoyable level of ridiculousness",1 429,"appealing",1 76342,"can move beyond the crime-land action genre",1 81179,"goes by quickly",1 6134,"editing and pompous",0 5713,"consistently delightful",1 230036,"creates an interesting dynamic with the members of this group , who live in the same apartment building",1 37142,"some thrilling moments",1 235935,"sometimes felt as though I was in the tiny two seater plane that carried the giant camera around Australia , sweeping and gliding , banking",1 11026,"than like a bottom-feeder sequel in the escape from new york series",0 136689,"their place in the world",1 111962,"a frustrating misfire",0 22241,"the big , dumb , happy movie",1 186995,"Robinson complex founders on its own preciousness -- and squanders its beautiful women .",0 30753,"detailed as a photograph",1 36167,"pristine",1 62989,"A fiercely clever and subtle film , capturing the precarious balance between the extravagant confidence of the exiled aristocracy and the cruel earnestness of the victorious revolutionaries .",1 233211,"just as I hoped I would -- with moist eyes",1 45726,"It 's a sweet , laugh-a-minute crowd pleaser that lifts your spirits as well as the corners of your mouth .",1 47889,"a compliment",1 129742,"other than fling gags at it",0 81741,"has never made anything that was n't at least watchable",1 103891,"A smart and funny , albeit sometimes superficial , cautionary tale of a technology in search",1 4204,"a thoughtful ,",1 103520,"A deliciously nonsensical comedy about a city coming apart at its seams",1 51515,"fanciful , grisly and engagingly quixotic",1 40346,"works better than its predecessors is that Myers is no longer simply spoofing the mini-mod-madness of '60s spy movies .",1 73454,"all the story gives us is flashing red lights , a rattling noise , and a bump on the head",0 152287,"a promising meditation on one of America 's most durable obsessions",1 21414,"never feels slack",1 220997,"'s the real damn : It is n't funny , either",0 232709,"is profound",1 25728,"It 's a glorious groove that leaves you wanting more .",1 148499,"Serving Sara does n't serve up a whole lot of laughs .",0 220753,"'s also the year 's sweetest movie .",1 189437,"Walt Becker 's film pushes all the demographically appropriate comic buttons .",1 58717,"the silver screen",1 102388,", and of the thousands thereafter",1 224122,"It 's a funny little movie with clever dialogue and likeable characters .",1 4052,"a psychologically rich and suspenseful moral",1 75372,"beautifully illuminates what it means sometimes to be inside looking out , and at other times outside looking in .",1 93827,"suffered most",0 138562,"uncharted depths",1 231126,"get by without being funny simply by structuring the scenes as if they were jokes : a setup , delivery and payoff",0 7415,"in boredom",0 185744,"Let 's face it -- there are n't many reasons anyone would want to see Crossroads if they 're not big fans of teen pop kitten Britney Spears",0 65131,"Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood suffers from a ploddingly melodramatic structure",0 169731,"real money",1 68872,"Solondz is so intent on hammering home his message that he forgets to make it entertaining .",0 150409,"Tom Green 's Freddie Got Fingered",0 101536,"'s a rock-solid little genre picture",1 109810,"The film is an earnest try at beachcombing verismo , but it would be even more indistinct than it is were it not for the striking , quietly vulnerable personality of Ms . Ambrose .",1 158358,"episodic choppiness",0 86526,"make Gangster No . 1 a worthwhile moviegoing experience",1 32708,"hyperbolic beat-charged urban western",1 26177,"Never ( sinks ) into exploitation .",1 22250,"the compact 86 minutes breezes by",1 146633,"It 's tough , astringent , darkly funny and ...",1 33298,"is also a troubling interpretation of Ecclesiastes . A rewarding work of art for only the most patient and challenge-hungry moviegoers",1 20875,"impressive debut",1 224871,"Mr. Chabrol 's subtlest works",1 36487,"remember to personifying independence in its purest and , yes , most intimidating form",1 236330,"than some 79-minute after-school `` cartoon ''",0 84626,"is so intent on hammering home his message that he forgets to make it entertaining .",0 143182,"A loud , low-budget and tired formula film that arrives",0 146336,"Instead of kicking off the intrigue and suspense and mystery of the whole thing , Hart 's War , like the St . Louis Rams in the Super Bowl , waits until after halftime to get started .",0 199405,"forces them into bizarre , implausible behavior",0 114034,"an exhilarating place to visit , this laboratory of laughter",1 70346,"Though Jackson does n't always succeed in integrating the characters in the foreground into the extraordinarily rich landscape , it must be said that he is an imaginative filmmaker who can see the forest for the trees .",1 169402,"proves that not only blockbusters pollute the summer movie pool .",0 209567,"possibly the sturdiest example yet",1 32272,"has a plot that rivals Shakespeare for intrigue , treachery and murder",1 129956,"painful ride",0 110042,"The notion of deleting emotion from people , even in an advanced Prozac Nation , is so insanely dysfunctional that the rampantly designed Equilibrium becomes a concept doofus .",0 6531,"flashy",1 55793,"one that 's steeped in mystery and a ravishing , baroque beauty",1 220302,"you may just end up trying to drown yourself in a lake afterwards .",0 143023,"A broad , melodramatic estrogen opera that 's pretty toxic in its own right .",0 119147,"enough flourishes and freak-outs",0 232244,"is a City of ruins .",0 27005,"This road movie gives you emotional whiplash",1 125743,"languorous charm",1 149636,"The new faces",1 230843,"first-class , natural acting and a look at `` the real Americans '' make this a charmer .",1 96662,"the sense of fierce competition that helps make great marching bands half the fun of college football games",1 205177,"listless sci-fi",0 86371,"love its fantasy and adventure",1 112107,"a heck of a ride . Samuel L .",1 59083,"threatening and unforgettable",1 169179,"predictable scenario",0 146353,"Involves two mysteries -- one it gives away and",0 79383,"evolves",1 133435,"strongly present some profound social commentary",1 69895,"The search for redemption makes for a touching love story , mainly because Blanchett and Ribisi compellingly tap into a spiritual aspect of their characters ' suffering .",1 52431,"has stepped into the mainstream of filmmaking with an assurance worthy of international acclaim and with every cinematic tool well under his control -- driven by a natural sense for what works on screen",1 152200,"a passable date film",1 33550,"is well plotted , visually striking",1 127256,"more , while remaining one of the most savagely hilarious social critics this side of Jonathan Swift",1 122619,"humble , teach",1 209137,"pathetic idea",0 231152,"gets stupid and maudlin .",0 44294,"A taut psychological thriller that does n't waste a moment of its two-hour running time",1 133762,"sweet spirit",1 37007,"skill and depth",1 37601,"talented young Gaghan 's resume",1 23401,", and he is matched by Schweig , who carries the film on his broad , handsome shoulders .",1 69687,"The magic ( and original running time ) of ace Japanimator Hayao Miyazaki 's Spirited Away survives intact in BV 's re-voiced version .",1 45191,"Evokes a palpable sense of disconnection",0 42344,"managed elements such as sound and cinematography",1 212716,"stuck in an inarticulate screenplay",0 59917,"walked away from this new version of E . T . just as I hoped I would -- with moist eyes .",1 93609,"strictly A-list players",1 46808,"Stephen Rea , Aidan Quinn , and Alan Bates play Desmond 's legal eagles , and when joined by Brosnan , the sight of this grandiloquent quartet lolling in pretty Irish settings is a pleasant enough thing , ` tis .",1 226581,"There are n't too many films that can be as simultaneously funny , offbeat and heartwarming ( without a thick shmear of the goo , at least ) , but `` Elling '' manages to do all three quite well , making it one of the year 's most enjoyable releases",1 219463,"wildly overproduced ,",0 190918,"a meaty plot and",1 199182,"for a quick-buck sequel",0 162445,"intrepid hero ? Ridiculous . What 's next ? D . J . Qualls as Indiana Jones ? Or Tom Green as Han Solo ?",0 66173,"I know I should n't have laughed , but",1 115789,"beginning with the pale script",0 130029,"passionate , if somewhat flawed , treatment",1 157250,"delivering such an instant camp classic",1 61671,", Rabbit-Proof Fence is a quest story as grand as The Lord of the Rings",1 68199,"Phillip Noyce and all of his actors -- as well as his cinematographer , Christopher Doyle -- understand the delicate forcefulness of Greene 's prose , and it 's there on the screen in their version of The Quiet American",1 208327,"often play like a milquetoast movie of the week blown up for the big screen",0 105497,"Does a good job of establishing a time and place , and of telling a fascinating character 's story .",1 84215,"is found in its ability to spoof both black and white stereotypes equally",1 228348,"acting like an 8-year-old channeling Roberto Benigni",0 177066,"ultra-cheesy dialogue",0 213668,"that her life is meaningless , vapid and devoid of substance , in a movie that is definitely meaningless , vapid and devoid of substance",0 12632,"ultimately too repellent to fully endear itself to american art house audiences",0 53198,"intoxicating",1 33209,"is a coming-of-age story with a twist",1 81020,"giant spider invasion comic chiller",1 212343,"spinoff of last summer 's bloated effects fest The Mummy Returns",0 221132,", Collateral Damage would have been just another bad movie .",0 215099,"the movie 's fragmentary narrative style makes piecing the story together frustrating difficult",0 75948,"bring Kissinger 's record into question and explain how the diplomat 's tweaked version of statecraft may have cost thousands and possibly millions of lives",1 35693,"one of the best films of the year",1 138498,"ultimate demise",0 33505,"is superficially preposterous",0 187132,"Scherfig , who has had a successful career in TV",1 106907,"It 's never laugh-out-loud funny ,",0 34164,"lively , funny and ultimately sobering film .",1 110245,"The warnings to resist temptation in this film",1 106879,"It 's got all the familiar Bruckheimer elements , and Schumacher does probably as good a job as anyone at bringing off the Hopkins\/Rock collision of acting styles and onscreen personas",1 126607,"make a huge action sequence",1 159086,"filled with authority",1 71439,"a compelling investigation of faith versus intellect",1 75366,"beautifully choreographed",1 69852,"The production design , score and choreography are simply intoxicating .",1 40162,"with a cast of quirky -- but not stereotyped -- street characters",1 115471,"be as naturally charming as it needs to be",1 223376,"Flat , misguided comedy .",0 202200,"inept , tedious",0 91659,"rich and intelligent",1 163256,"is pure junk",0 217766,"treading water at best in this forgettable effort",0 215135,"the movie grows boring despite the scenery .",0 172861,"that , having created an unusually vivid set of characters worthy of its strong cast ,",1 29091,"are very expressive",1 114531,"are Oscar-size . Quaid is utterly fearless as the tortured husband living a painful lie",1 111520,"a bad premise ,",0 90561,"powerful and deeply moving",1 25018,"Compelling as it is exotic",1 235574,"seems to have recharged him .",1 238312,"vent (",0 236498,"that mandates that you avoid the Godzilla",0 82198,"himself a deft pace master and stylist",1 159730,"from laughing at the ridiculous dialog or the oh-so convenient plot twists",0 189773,"With a completely predictable plot",0 5289,"brisk ,",1 163881,"it never quite makes the grade as tawdry trash .",0 12196,"this schlock-filled fairy tale",0 161545,"hysterical",1 60478,"worth seeing for Ambrose 's performance",1 62832,"A charmer from Belgium",1 84235,"is funny and pithy , while illuminating an era of theatrical comedy that , while past ,",1 48522,"a youthful and good-looking diva and",1 124888,"it 's won",1 232529,"is like a year late for tapping into our reality tv obsession , and even tardier for exploiting the novelty of the `` webcast",0 192749,"and not bad enough to repulse any generation of its fans",1 145907,"However it may please those who love movies that blare with pop songs , young science fiction fans will stomp away in disgust .",0 30857,"disturbing questions about those things we expect from military epics",1 226184,"The action clichés",0 13999,"Emerges as something rare , an issue movie that 's so honest and keenly observed that it does n't feel like one .",1 76911,"combines two surefire , beloved genres",1 197409,"doing very little with its imaginative premise",0 69843,"The power of Shanghai Ghetto , a documentary by Dana Janklowicz-Mann and Amir Mann , rests in the voices of men and women , now in their 70s , who lived there in the 1940s .",1 139863,"will absolutely crack you up with her crass , then gasp for gas , verbal deportment .",1 233885,"mired in a shabby script",0 226461,"The rest of the film ... is dudsville .",0 32648,"hopeful and always fun",1 39675,"unsentimental comedy-drama",0 167977,"often hackneyed",0 139611,"when they see the joy the characters take in this creed",1 7534,"informative , intriguing , observant , often touching ...",1 59961,"watching a nightmare made flesh",0 208868,"outdated",0 210090,"rather bland",0 92606,"shows excess in business and pleasure",1 61676,", Ryan Gosling ( Murder By Numbers ) delivers a magnetic performance .",1 93737,"subtle ironies and visual devices",1 131720,"salvation and good intentions",1 131530,"rich and sudden wisdom",1 15344,"by following a feel-good formula with a winning style",1 80822,"funny little film",1 167042,"noticeably less energy and imagination",0 137238,"throws quirky characters , odd situations , and off-kilter dialogue at us",0 63592,"A work of extraordinary journalism , but",1 230737,"fast , funny , and even touching story",1 220606,"'m behaving like an idiot !",0 72770,"a visual style unique and inherent",1 151825,"a good portion of the respected critical community in this country consider Blue Crush to be an intelligent film about young women",1 153256,"among the five friends",1 197343,"does n't offer audiences any way of gripping what its point is , or even its attitude toward its subject .",0 166137,"more alive than its characters",0 204943,"light showers of emotion",1 19347,"The whole cast looks to be having so much fun with the slapstick antics and silly street patois , tossing around obscure expressions like Bellini and Mullinski , that the compact 86 minutes breezes by .",1 102410,", beautifully realized",1 219468,"wildly uneven movie",0 141327,"'s fitting that a movie as artificial and soulless as The Country Bears owes its genesis to an animatronic display at Disneyland .",0 28507,"and among the most enjoyable",1 154143,"as captured by their 1970s predecessors",1 217107,"to imagine another director ever making his wife look so bad in a major movie",0 140493,"worth particular attention",1 228550,"an earnest , by-the-numbers effort by Washington",1 140638,"years and years of costly analysis could never fix",0 94161,"takes its techniques into such fresh territory",1 64618,"Cannon 's confidence and laid-back good spirits",1 121176,"gives ample opportunity for large-scale action and suspense",1 231302,"grandeur and that epic quality often associated with Stevenson 's tale as well as with earlier Disney efforts",1 202199,"indulges in the worst elements of all of them",0 91644,"revolutionary spirit",1 204331,"its story was making no sense at all",0 104975,"Campanella 's competent direction and his excellent cast overcome the obstacles of a predictable outcome and a screenplay that glosses over Rafael 's evolution .",1 145908,"Howie",0 219228,"whether it wants to be a black comedy , drama , melodrama or some combination of the three",0 91456,"remarkably accessible and haunting film",1 216122,"there , done that",1 218089,"uncreative",0 80707,"frustrating yet",0 174304,"the most notable observation is how long you 've been sitting still",0 199719,"gabbiest giant-screen movie",0 220698,"'s a glorious spectacle like those D.W. Griffith made in the early days of silent film .",1 118218,"did this viewer feel enveloped in a story that , though meant to be universal in its themes of loyalty , courage and dedication to a common goal , never seems to leave the lot",0 103871,"A sham construct based on theory , sleight-of-hand , and ill-wrought hypothesis .",0 218845,"watch for about thirty seconds before you say to yourself ,",0 69530,"The film 's plot may be shallow , but you 've never seen the deep like you see it in these harrowing surf shots",1 164934,"like an idiot",0 5064,"be uplifting but not overly sentimental",1 30585,"darkly funny",1 115484,"be consumed and forgotten",0 154920,"becomes a not-great movie .",0 108083,"Nothing short of a masterpiece -- and a challenging one",1 7825,"is unlike any",1 182414,"An impenetrable and insufferable ball",0 203015,"is its personable , amusing cast",1 195070,"but something far more stylish and cerebral -- and",1 151364,"a better short story",1 25190,"Egoyan tackles his themes and explores his characters ' crises with seriousness and compassion",1 205615,"made-for-home-video quickie",0 215377,"the plotting here leaves a lot to be desired",0 143988,"Ayurveda does the field no favors",0 185665,"Lacks the spirit of the previous two , and makes all those jokes about hos",0 34564,"more faithful",1 16321,"it 's possible for a sequel to outshine the original",1 228389,"affected child acting",1 86638,"makes it a failure as straight drama",0 220113,"would quickly change the channel",0 212166,"some success",1 153281,"an ` E ' for effort",1 78303,"distant you might as well be watching it through a telescope .",0 189786,"With its lackadaisical plotting and mindless action , All About the Benjamins evokes the bottom tier of blaxploitation flicks from the 1970s .",0 207324,"obscure the message",0 16741,"of heartbreaking honesty to keep one glued to the screen",1 192410,"amusing us",1 213867,"that the airhead movie business deserves from him right now",0 127152,"misleading",0 67670,"Mr . Deeds is , as comedy goes , very silly -- and in the best way .",1 75041,"audacity and",0 58338,"the fun",1 53765,"it 's the best sequel since The Empire Strikes Back ... a majestic achievement , an epic of astonishing grandeur and surprising emotional depth .",1 214259,"the casual moviegoer who might be lured in by Julia Roberts",1 167050,"nrelentingly stupid .",0 157947,"draw easy chuckles but lead nowhere",0 23397,", and gets fine performances from his two leads who originated the characters on stage",1 119706,"falls into the trap of pretention almost every time",0 76096,"but what gives Human Nature its unique feel is Kaufman 's script",1 115921,"better script",1 207419,"of Disney 's great past",1 171570,"some fleetingly amusing improvisations by Cedric the Entertainer as Perry 's boss",1 212902,"suited neither to kids or adults",0 64411,"Bluer than the Atlantic and more biologically detailed than an autopsy , the movie ... is , also , frequently hilarious .",1 161416,"hoped the movie would avoid",0 176075,"to disappear as quickly as an ice cube thrown into a pot of boiling water",0 69855,"The quirky and recessive charms of co-stars Martin Donovan and Mary-Louise Parker help overcome the problematic script .",1 211641,"simultaneously degrades its characters , its stars and its audience .",0 226326,"The makers have forsaken the entertaining elements of the original and , instead , rehash old jokes and leave any life at the doorstep .",0 7266,"i 'm giving it thumbs down due to the endlessly repetitive scenes of embarrassment . there 's got to be a more graceful way of portraying the devastation of this disease .",0 29088,"are times when A Rumor of Angels plays like an extended episode of Touched by an Angel -- a little too much dancing , a few too many weeping scenes --",0 117969,"definitely distinctive screen presence",1 193509,"as it is repetitious",0 44289,"A superbly",1 223817,"I have returned from the beyond to warn you : this movie is 90 minutes long , and life is too short",0 204835,"left slightly disappointed that it did n't",0 97187,"then found its sweet spot",1 150938,"Who , exactly , is fighting whom here ? Ah , yes , that would be me : fighting off the urge to doze",0 56145,"precious circumstances",1 232611,"is never quite able to overcome the cultural moat surrounding its ludicrous and contrived plot .",0 92383,"sexiness",1 126942,"mean-spirited and",0 172962,"that could be mistaken for giving a public oration , rather than contributing to a film 's narrative",0 175030,"the whole series is so much pretentious nonsense , lavishly praised by those who equate obscurity with profundity",0 82687,"imagination and insight",1 6071,"dragons",0 143066,"A didactic and dull documentary glorifying software anarchy .",0 91642,"revitalize what is and always has been remarkable about clung-to traditions",1 202687,"is absolutely and completely ridiculous",0 149934,"The title 's lameness",0 179663,"'s boring",0 213128,"takes a great film and turns it into a mundane soap opera",0 265,"a sly dissection of the inanities of the contemporary music business and a rather sad story of the difficulties of artistic collaboration .",1 173176,"that same option to slap her creators because they 're clueless and inept",0 140135,"with drama , romance , tragedy , bravery , political intrigue , partisans and sabotage . Viva le Resistance",1 93515,"still has enough moments to keep it entertaining .",1 70999,"With few respites",1 43462,", Far From Heaven actually pulls off this stylistic juggling act .",1 168235,"one of those crass",0 41801,"directs the traffic well , gets a nice wintry look from his locations ,",1 60974,"'s betting her third feature will be something to behold",1 134490,"that no amount of earnest textbook psychologizing can bridge",0 86869,"matter , but one whose lessons are well worth revisiting as many times as possible",1 8969,"my precious new star wars movie is a lumbering , wheezy drag",0 232707,"is poised for titillation , raw insight or both .",1 108189,"One of these days Hollywood will come up with an original idea for a teen movie , but until then there 's always these rehashes to feed to the younger generations",0 58194,"the definition of a ` bad ' police shooting",0 110010,"The movie starts with a legend and ends with a story that is so far-fetched it would be impossible to believe if it were n't true . This is the stuff that Disney movies are made of .",1 197168,"do cliches , no matter how ` inside ' they are",0 134185,"that Burns is a filmmaker with a bright future ahead of him",1 42866,"the utter cuteness of Stuart and",1 230192,"did I miss something ? ''",0 217617,"too many flashbacks",0 5592,"clich",0 53646,"is that its dying , in this shower of black-and-white psychedelia , is quite beautiful",1 108647,"Road to Perdition does display greatness , and it 's worth seeing . But",1 212832,"such a horrible movie",0 175440,"this is the first film in a long time that made me want to bolt the theater in the first 10 minutes .",0 82451,"horror and hellish conditions",0 143187,"A mawkish , implausible platonic romance",0 179190,"you yearn for a few airborne TV sets or nude groupies on the nod to liven things up .",0 146319,"In the second half of the film , Frei 's control loosens in direct proportion to the amount of screen time he gives Nachtwey for self-analysis .",0 103392,"A 75-minute sample of puerile",0 197368,"does n't take a rocket scientist to figure out that this is a Mormon family movie , and a sappy , preachy one at that .",0 184509,"How can such a cold movie claim to express warmth",0 182335,"Amy 's neuroses",0 181146,", you 're far better served by the source material .",0 68156,"Payne has created a beautiful canvas , and Nicholson proves once again that he 's the best brush in the business .",1 157635,"do it , instead of using bad sci-fi as window dressing",0 34317,"makes the film a fuller experience , like an old friend haunted by the exigencies of time",1 55639,"of torture and self-mutilation",0 47066,"The film is beautifully mounted , but",1 21101,"it ever been possible to say that Williams has truly inhabited a character",1 10796,"stunning animation",1 191507,"a terrible movie in every regard",0 142249,", it 's a bargain-basement European pickup . What 's hard to understand is why anybody picked it up . Wiser souls would have tactfully pretended not to see it and left it lying there",0 112851,"a surprising , subtle turn at the midway point",1 132258,"she 's pretty and she can act",1 119211,"entirely irony-free",1 167926,"of-the-week films clumsily stuck together",0 55537,"of the National Lampoon film franchise , too long reduced to direct-to-video irrelevancy",0 64972,"Deep intelligence and",1 162866,"is either a saving dark humor or the feel of poetic tragedy .",1 188734,"The stunt work is top-notch : the dialogue and drama often food-spittingly funny",1 84913,"it 's just another sports drama\/character study . Yet this one makes up for in heart what it lacks in outright newness . Plus , like I already mentioned",1 103691,"A markedly inactive film , City",0 50157,"chilling tale",0 233935,"more of the `` Queen '' and less of the `` Damned",0 92436,"shame Americans",0 180749,", it may be because teens are looking for something to make them laugh .",0 24741,"At its best",1 48957,"an inquisitiveness reminiscent of Truffaut",1 105881,"Frankly , it 's kind of insulting , both to men and women . And it 's not that funny --",0 150273,"This miserable excuse of a movie runs on empty , believing Flatbush machismo will get it through .",0 29835,"but it is a good stepping stone for director Sprecher .",1 26739,"The Powers team has fashioned a comedy with more laughs than many , no question . But this time there 's some mold on the gold .",1 133154,"spooky and subtly",1 191259,"a sales tool",0 135941,"the outrageous , sickening , sidesplitting goods",1 5213,"bomb",0 86067,"like it 's wasted yours",0 180173,"( Lee ) treats his audience the same way that Jim Brown treats his women -- as dumb , credulous , unassuming , subordinate subjects . And",0 129633,"only dull",0 96043,"the lively intelligence",1 51421,"expedience",1 113599,"all its visual panache and compelling supporting characters",1 972,"fiction",1 195784,"cliché and foreshadowing",0 203070,"is like having two guys yelling in your face for two hours",0 30167,"cine de entretenimiento puro y sin complejos",1 237662,"time to let your hair down",1 217759,"trash cinema",0 110642,"Time Out is as serious as a pink slip . And more than that , it 's an observant , unfussily poetic meditation about identity and alienation .",0 176446,"to take more than a man in a Bullwinkle costume to get there",0 102562,", hilarious",1 37340,"still manage to break past the artifice and thoroughly engage you",1 121473,"grows on you -- like a rash .",0 188711,"The story is lacking any real emotional impact",0 186378,"No doubt the star and everyone else involved had their hearts in the right place .",1 32357,"have a distinct flair . His warriors collide in balletic explosion that implies an underlying order throughout the chaos .",1 19337,"The talents of the actors helps '' Moonlight Mile '' rise above its heart-on-its-sleeve writing .",1 187163,"Screenwriter Chris ver Weil 's directing debut is good-natured and never dull",1 66540,"It 's another retelling of Alexandre Dumas ' classic . Why ? Who knows , but it works under the direction of Kevin Reynolds .",1 95117,"the all-too-familiar saga of the contemporary single woman",0 79348,"every top-notch British actor",1 63960,"An unexpectedly sweet story of",1 200052,"goes for sick and demented humor simply",0 221603,", the project should have been made for the tube .",0 51659,"film that reminded me of the best of the Disney comedies from the 60s",1 178192,"whistles and bells",0 137704,"to let you bask in your own cleverness as you figure it out",1 155495,"bring off this kind of whimsy",1 220410,"your own precious life",1 33246,"is a precise and moving portrait of someone whose world is turned upside down , first by passion and then by illness",1 36730,"second chapter",1 123821,"is a respectable sequel",1 79566,"fairly enjoyable",1 54483,"magnificently shot and",1 213585,"that clever angle ! Wow",1 81101,"gives it a buoyant delivery",1 33928,"keep this unusual comedy from choking on its own conceit",1 30853,"distinctive ` blundering ' style",1 194511,"belongs firmly in the so-bad-it 's - good camp .",1 71753,"a grand whimper",0 82067,"hell-jaunt",0 3035,"very interesting",1 1043,"frustrating to see these guys",0 141076,"'s Firestorm that my fingernails instinctively crawled towards my long-suffering eyeballs .",0 237972,"to tell their kids how not to act like Pinocchio",1 2961,"to squeeze the action and our emotions into the all-too-familiar dramatic arc of the holocaust escape story",0 81236,"good news to anyone",1 84062,"is beautiful filmmaking from one of French cinema 's master craftsmen .",1 52661,"his smart , edgy voice and waddling profile ( emphasized here ) accent the humor of Wilson 's plight , and",1 168533,"overloads it with sugary bits of business",0 164789,"let Dante 's gloomy words be your guide",0 202927,"is fascinating , though , even if the movie itself does n't stand a ghost of a chance",1 68288,"Provides the kind of ` laugh therapy ' I need from movie comedies -- offbeat humor , amusing characters , and a happy ending . After seeing ` Analyze That , ' I feel better already .",1 172862,"that , having created an unusually vivid set of characters worthy of its strong cast , the film flounders when it comes to giving them something to do",0 22883,"wraps back around on itself in the kind of elegant symmetry that 's rare in film today",1 159584,"forgot",1 231938,"in Case of Fire",0 6889,"grinning",1 16856,"or rolling your eyes",0 68284,"Provides a very moving and revelatory footnote to the Holocaust .",1 31857,"fresh romantic comedy",1 150115,"There is not a character in the movie with a shred of plausibility , not an event that is believable , not a confrontation that is not staged , not a moment that is not false .",0 180994,", the movie bogs down in rhetoric and cliché .",0 39693,"up its storyline with glitches casual fans could correct in their sleep",0 148520,"Shadyac shoots his film like an M . Night Shyamalan movie , and he frequently maintains the same snail 's pace",0 39858,"wartime",0 105777,"Far more successful , if considerably less ambitious ,",1 203294,"is one of those films that requires the enemy to never shoot straight",0 177972,"what happened in 1915 Armenia ? No . And that is where Ararat went astray",0 171622,"somebody was bored and ... decided to make a dull , pretentious version of Jesus ' Son",0 238912,"with the fast , funny , and even touching story",1 231472,"has proved important to him and is especially so in the finale .",0 51728,"fizzability",0 60263,"will surely be profane , politically",0 28051,"above a little broad comedy and a few unabashedly sentimental tears",1 113874,"an absolute joy",1 53429,"is careful not to make fun of these curious owners of architectural oddities . Instead , he shows them the respect they are due",1 90123,"pathetic , endearing",1 9663,"peak",1 42331,"make for a mildly entertaining 77 minutes ,",1 169119,"possibly the weakest movie ( Woody Allen ) has made in the last twenty years",0 32835,"in a way that seems compelling and even original",1 196969,"dip into your wallet , swipe 90 minutes of your time ,",0 218832,"wastes the talents of its attractive young leads",0 225208,"Not that I mind ugly : the problem is he has no character , loveable or otherwise .",0 78468,"does n't take itself so deadly seriously",1 120542,"for whom she shows little understanding",0 163910,"it should deliver a moral punch",1 140149,"with her small , intelligent eyes",1 131036,"raunchy and graphic as it may be in presentation --",1 217569,"too boring and obvious",0 229365,"best espionage picture",1 113343,"action-packed film",1 51478,"fairly involving as far as it goes",1 192570,"an hour long . Nevertheless , it still seems endless",0 206695,"much to it",1 185124,"It 's hard to quibble with a flick boasting this many genuine cackles , but",1 232060,"in the tries-so-hard-to-be-cool `` Clockstoppers",0 133638,"superficiality and silliness",0 210115,"ravishing waif",0 115168,"at its cluelessness",0 962,"far worse",0 147298,"Made with no discernible craft and monstrously sanctimonious",0 183225,"Cranky . We do n't get paid enough to sit through crap like this",0 194604,"between flaccid satire and what",1 153931,"are repeatedly undercut by the brutality of the jokes , most at women 's expense",0 49574,"beautifully acted",1 182386,"An empty , ugly exercise",0 39715,"urge to get on your feet and shake it",1 154291,"as what Christmas-tree flocking in a spray can is to actual snow : a poor -- if durable -- imitation",0 125611,"kind of terrific",1 130410,"poorly acted , brain-slappingly bad",0 121954,"have given this movie a rating of zero .",0 194245,"beautiful , self-satisfied",1 153853,"are inherently funny",1 200135,"good-looking but ultimately pointless political thriller",0 87426,"most good-hearted yet",1 100090,"who handily makes the move from pleasing",1 29742,"bright and friendly souls",1 166720,"new standards for thrills , suspense ,",1 198777,"fetching",1 72869,"a zany mix",1 144756,"Delivers the same old",0 51820,"for the blacklight crowd , way cheaper ( and better )",1 132227,"sexual relationship",1 180516,", annoying , heavy-handed",0 132946,"something else altogether -- clownish and offensive and nothing at all like real life",0 6143,"efficient",1 134387,"that is richer than anticipated",1 150041,"There 's enough melodrama in this Magnolia Primavera to make PTA proud yet director Muccino 's characters are less worthy of Puccini than they are of daytime television .",0 231839,"humiliated by a pack of dogs who are smarter than him",0 59402,"to the search for inner peace",1 85163,"it won -- and wins still",1 163604,"it 's a long time before the fat lady sings",0 60844,"'s a piece of handiwork that shows its indie tatters and self-conscious seams in places , but has some quietly moving moments and an intelligent subtlety .",1 159466,"for some awful acting and lame special effects",0 216159,"there is precious little of either .",0 237548,"this might not seem like the proper cup of tea , however it is almost guaranteed that even the stuffiest cinema goers will laugh their \*\*\* off for an hour-and-a-half",1 102625,", it 's kind of insulting , both to men and women .",0 152110,"a movie as artificial and soulless as The Country Bears owes its genesis to an animatronic display at Disneyland",0 73662,"an adventurous young talent who finds his inspiration on the fringes of the American underground",1 61434,"( Gosling 's ) combination of explosive physical energy and convincing intelligence",1 1426,"it 's a demented kitsch mess ( although the smeary digital video does match the muddled narrative ) , but it 's savvy about celebrity and has more guts and energy than much of what will open this year .",1 129083,"of the nincompoop Benigni persona",0 222292,"An enchanting film that presents an audacious tour of the past and takes within its warm embrace the bounties of cultural artifacts inside St. Petersburg 's Hermitage Museum .",1 85990,"lift the movie above its playwriting 101 premise",1 51798,"for its spasms of absurdist",0 164319,"just how bad",0 42074,"heartwarming digitally animated feature film",1 100290,"will please Eastwood 's loyal fans --",1 43752,", this makes for perfectly acceptable , occasionally very enjoyable children 's entertainment . You 'll forget about it by Monday , though , and if they 're old enough to have developed some taste",1 138554,"unblinkingly pure",1 66751,"It may not be a great piece of filmmaking ,",0 48639,"acted , magnificently shot and gripping enough to sustain most of its 170-minute length .",1 205532,"lurches between not-very-funny comedy , unconvincing dramatics",0 51456,"exuberance",1 160764,"has very little",0 108994,"Skins is heartfelt and achingly real .",1 146532,"It 's leaden and predictable , and laughs are lacking",0 5472,"celebi could take me back to a time before i saw this movie and i could just skip it",0 9373,"of the real deal",1 186641,"Owen Wilson know a movie must have a story and a script ?",0 220228,"you 're an Elvis person",1 51100,"economical",1 238997,"would be me : fighting off the urge to doze .",0 195093,"by 86 minutes of overly-familiar and poorly-constructed comedy",0 72318,"a saga",1 81652,"has all the enjoyable randomness of a very lively dream and so",1 97231,"these families interact",1 175580,"this waste of time",0 216533,"thoroughly formulaic film",0 102937,", thinly sketched story . Killing time",0 134581,"that the film 's length becomes a part of its fun",1 165552,"makes Edward Burns ' Sidewalks of New York look like Oscar Wilde",0 210167,"real-life happening",1 135374,"the filmmaker 's extraordinary access to Massoud",1 215121,"the movie bogs down in insignificance , saying nothing about Kennedy 's assassination and revealing nothing about the pathology it pretends to investigate .",0 196422,"credible gender-provoking philosophy",1 44091,"A gently funny , sweetly adventurous film that makes you feel genuinely good , that is to say ,",1 99033,"unforced continuation",1 150586,"Unless you are in dire need of a Diesel fix , there is no real reason to see it . Wait for video -- and then do n't rent it .",0 199622,"from the awkwardness that results from adhering to the messiness of true stories",0 213019,"suspenseful horror movie",1 47826,"a big deal , indeed -- at least the third-best , and maybe even a notch above the previous runner-up , Nicholas Meyer 's Star Trek VI :",1 159285,"focus-grouped into tedium",0 113760,"also happens to be good",1 180164,"( Jackson and Bledel ) seem to have been picked not for their acting chops , but for their looks and appeal to the pre-teen crowd .",0 174708,"the schmaltz is manufactured",0 21124,"it pushes the Croc Hunter agenda",0 233155,"its ludicrous and contrived plot",0 102812,", scarily funny , sorrowfully sympathetic to the damage it surveys",1 78325,"diverse and astonishingly articulate",1 153849,"are in this tepid genre offering",0 179741,"'s fairly lame , making it par for the course for Disney sequels .",0 62934,"A delightful little film that revels in its own simplicity",1 229689,"can not engage .",0 206246,"misses the mark",0 237971,"to take us on his sentimental journey of the heart",1 9595,"pallid",0 219443,"why people thought I was too hard on '' The Mothman Prophecies ''",0 221117,") debut can be accused of being a bit undisciplined",0 228923,"as an intellectual exercise -- an unpleasant debate that 's been given the drive of a narrative and that 's been acted out --",0 172538,"talent and wit",1 23658,", heart-stopping recipe",1 105691,"Even when he 's not at his most critically insightful , Godard can still be smarter than any 50 other filmmakers still at work .",1 143522,"Adams just copies from various sources -- good sources , bad mixture",0 229243,"beautiful work",1 238375,"walked out of Runteldat",0 40119,"will fulfill your wildest fantasies about being a different kind of time traveler , while happily killing 94 minutes .",1 238732,"why bother with a contemptible imitator starring a `` SNL '' has-been acting like an 8-year-old channeling Roberto Benigni ?",0 218400,"valuable messages are forgotten 10 minutes after the last trombone",0 27905,"a total success",1 60243,"will leave the theater believing they have seen a comedy .",1 68842,"Smart and fun , but far more witty than it is wise",1 191230,"a road-trip drama",0 213119,"taken quite a nosedive from Alfred Hitchcock 's imaginative flight",0 21403,"natural , matter-of-fact performances",1 18391,", challenges the brain",1 79826,"fetishism .",0 123868,"is achingly honest and delightfully cheeky .",1 216456,"this one gets off with a good natured warning",1 200333,"had gone a tad less for grit and a lot more for intelligibility",0 17679,"the way we like our 20-year-old superstar girls to travel on the fame freeway",1 170133,"ridiculous sourness",0 184416,"High drama , Disney-style - a wing and a prayer and a hunky has-been pursuing his castle in the sky",1 3688,"a compelling piece that demonstrates just how well children can be trained to live out and carry on their parents ' anguish",1 41412,"You would n't call The Good Girl a date movie ( an anti-date movie is more like it ) , but when it 's good , it 's good and horrid",1 80623,"from his actors ( improvised over many months ) and for conveying the way tiny acts of kindness make ordinary life survivable",1 24173,"... tremendous energy from the cast , a sense of playfulness and excitement that seems appropriate",1 200600,"has n't much more to serve than silly fluff . Nor is it a romantic comedy .",0 220731,"'s a testament to the film 's considerable charm that it succeeds in entertaining , despite playing out like a feature-length sitcom replete with stereotypical familial quandaries .",1 5316,"brushed with sentimentality but",1 17805,"to have no problem flaunting her natural gifts",1 150480,"Too stagey , talky",0 128015,"no more",0 106634,"If you are in the mood for an intelligent weepy , it can easily worm its way into your heart . '",1 118890,"eclipse the original",1 217929,"turned down",0 197791,"emotionally complex",1 221849,"... unbearably lame .",0 28535,"and character-driven",1 147048,"Lacking gravitas",0 229668,"can get by without being funny simply by structuring the scenes as if they were jokes : a setup , delivery and payoff .",0 1425,"it 's a demented kitsch mess ( although the smeary digital video does match the muddled narrative ) , but it 's savvy about celebrity and has more guts and energy than much of what will open this year",1 18029,"when he 's not giving the same 15-cent stump speech",0 120180,"fistfights , and car chases , this movie is a phlegmatic bore , so tedious it makes the silly spy vs . spy film The Sum of All Fears , starring Ben Affleck , seem downright Hitchcockian .",0 20775,"her own worst enemy",0 84735,"is the kind of movie that deserves a chance to shine",1 97251,"these women 's",1 179626,"'s an odd show , pregnant with moods , stillborn except as a harsh conceptual exercise",0 188083,"The dramatic scenes are frequently unintentionally funny ,",0 230931,"for one of the most purely enjoyable and satisfying evenings at the movies I 've had in a while",1 204955,"like '' horrible ''",0 32126,"good chemistry",1 93313,"spiked by jolts of pop music",1 233774,"may feel time has decided to stand still .",0 49197,"are some wonderfully fresh moments that smooth the moral stiffness with human kindness and hopefulness .",1 141318,"'s extreme , all right . Extremely dumb . Extremely confusing . Extremely boring",0 45453,"Hawaiian setting",1 158198,"emptying rat traps .",0 187893,"The Tuxedo miscalculates badly by forcing the star to play second fiddle to the dull effects that allow the suit to come to life .",0 70446,"Transcends its agenda to deliver awe-inspiring , at times sublime , visuals and",1 227862,"a delightful , witty , improbable romantic comedy",1 130695,"profound social commentary",1 122002,"have to see it",1 101651,"'s both charming and well acted",1 61141,"'s never dull and always looks good .",1 61941,", heartfelt",1 198169,"every cliche in the compendium about crass , jaded movie types and the phony baloney movie biz",0 49348,"as you are watching them , and the slow parade of human frailty fascinates you",1 206678,"much more ordinary",1 132567,"sketches",1 57456,"stylized Swedish fillm about a modern city where all the religious and civic virtues that hold society in place are in tatters",1 28898,"and visually fulsome",1 118151,"despite the gravity of its subject matter , is often as fun to watch as a good spaghetti western .",1 215600,"the sheer ugliness",0 62304,", the new thriller proves that director M . Night Shyamalan can weave an eerie spell and that Mel Gibson can gasp , shudder and even tremble without losing his machismo .",1 209123,"passion , grief and fear",0 16789,"of the near-disaster",0 33495,"is still there , for everybody who wants to be a kid again , or show it to their own kids",1 30676,"delights that gets even better in hindsight , as you mull over its every nuance in your mind .",1 210760,"same old garbage",0 92607,"shows excess in business and pleasure ,",1 109324,"Take nothing seriously and enjoy the ride",1 178606,"with lots of tears but very little in the way of insights",0 166853,"no pleasure in watching a child suffer",0 94611,"that deftly , gradually reveals a real human soul buried beneath a spellbinding serpent 's smirk .",1 180178,"( Lin Chung 's ) voice is rather unexceptional , even",0 111398,"\/ Like puppies with broken legs \ \/ And butterflies that die \ \/ And movies starring pop queens",0 225375,"P.T. Anderson understands the grandness of romance",1 190697,"a great story ,",1 65544,"Filmmakers David Weissman and Bill Weber benefit enormously from the Cockettes ' camera craziness -- not only did they film performances , but they did the same at home",1 166314,"most insulting movie",0 60559,"you can feel the love .",1 185328,"It plods along methodically , somehow under the assumption that its '' dead wife communicating from beyond the grave '' framework is even remotely new or interesting .",0 81736,"has never been filmed more irresistibly than in ` Baran .",1 108514,"Putting the primitive murderer inside a high-tech space station unleashes a Pandora 's Box of special effects that run the gamut from cheesy to cheesier to cheesiest .",0 26456,"Resourceful and ingenious entertainment",1 72116,"a performance that is masterly",1 162328,"interesting or suspenseful",1 188117,"The explosion essentially ruined -- or , rather , overpowered",0 15816,"for originality . It does succeed by following a feel-good formula with a winning style",1 30835,"dishonesty",0 62785,"A beguiling evocation of the quality that keeps Dickens evergreen : the exuberant openness with which he expresses our most basic emotions",1 52628,"his control",0 176090,"to document all this emotional misery",0 105524,"Down with more heart .",1 207160,"nonsensical and laughable",0 99276,"utterly ridiculous shaggy dog story",0 168178,"one alcoholic beverage",0 6880,"great summer fun to watch arnold",1 37566,"tackles his themes and explores his characters ' crises with seriousness and compassion",1 26588,"Sits",0 117683,"created a film that one can honestly describe as looking , sounding and simply feeling like no other film in recent history",1 184486,"Hopelessly inane , humorless and under-inspired .",0 10320,"see '' blue crush ''",1 63558,"A well-put-together piece of urban satire .",1 16847,"optimism",1 194528,"best dramatic performance",1 43540,", but it 's the kind of motion picture that wo n't make much of a splash when it 's released , and will not be remembered long afterwards .",0 66470,"It 's a compelling and horrifying story , and",1 216896,"to be running on hypertime in reverse as the truly funny bits",1 191093,"a philosophical emptiness and maddeningly sedate pacing",0 232299,"is a great deal of fun .",1 229404,"big-hearted and",1 101847,"'s one of the worst of the entire franchise .",0 218150,"understated performances of ( Jack Nicholson 's ) career",0 11272,"the cumulative effect of the relentless horror on parade",0 959,"far more appealing",1 112836,"a summer of teen-driven , toilet-humor codswallop",0 133761,"sweet as Greenfingers",1 63997,"Another entertaining",1 60995,"'s definitely an improvement on the first Blade",1 174871,"the teens are none the wiser and Jason still kills on auto-pilot",0 98208,"to mind , while watching Eric Rohmer 's tribute to a courageous Scottish lady",1 220058,"would be a welcome improvement",1 1186,"her skin",1 228249,"a whole lot of fun",1 180137,"( Denis ' ) story becomes a hopeless , unsatisfying muddle",0 47817,"a beguiling freshness",1 202284,"instantly disposable",0 212895,"suicidal",0 106496,"I laughed so much that I did n't mind",1 66653,"It 's something of the ultimate Scorsese film , with all the stomach-turning violence , colorful New York gang lore and other hallmarks of his personal cinema painted on their largest-ever historical canvas .",1 31574,"female sexuality",1 179769,"'s hard to imagine another director ever making his wife look so bad in a major movie",0 215928,"the worst kind of hubristic folly",0 107446,"Like The Rugrats movies , The Wild Thornberrys Movie does n't offer much more than the series , but its emphasis on caring for animals and respecting other cultures is particularly welcome",1 40407,"you 'll be glad you went along for the ride .",1 214571,"the film 's mid-to-low budget",0 58106,"the character with an effortlessly regal charisma",1 56441,"recalls",0 98721,"truly egregious lip-non-synching",0 199217,"for cheap porn",0 194464,"being 51 times stronger than coke . If you 're looking for a tale of Brits behaving badly , watch Snatch again . It 's 51 times better than this",0 79143,"entirely unprepared",0 178728,"witless ageism",0 69810,"The performances are all solid",1 18987,"It 's a movie -- and an album -- you wo n't want to miss .",1 63644,"Adaptation 's success",1 174769,"the small screen",0 224027,"In other words , about as bad a film",0 37229,"spirited fashion",1 70494,"Tsai convincingly paints a specifically urban sense of disassociation here .",1 209069,"parodia absolutamente predecible",0 200409,"hanging over The Time Machine is not , as the main character suggests , ` what if ? ' but rather , ` How can you charge money for this ?",0 232461,"is exceedingly pleasant",1 58603,"the power of this movie is undeniable .",1 133525,"subtlety has never been his trademark",0 121883,"hate it . No , I love it ... hell",1 92207,"seen whether Statham can move beyond the crime-land action genre",1 80739,"full-bodied performance",1 57472,"succumbing to its own bathos",0 226419,"The photographer 's show-don ` t-tell stance is admirable ,",1 222315,"An opportunity missed .",0 61240,"'s saucy , full-bodied performance gives this aging series a much needed kick , making '' Die Another Day '' one of the most entertaining Bonds in years",1 149777,"The problem with this film is that it lacks focus . I sympathize with the plight of these families , but the movie does n't do a very good job conveying the issue at hand",0 100161,"whose derring-do puts the X into the games",1 50136,"charmer",1 56241,"provides a window into a subculture hell-bent on expressing itself in every way imaginable .",1 32528,"his best movie performance since , well , Performance",1 78976,"energized",1 123430,"inspirational prep-school professors",1 37647,"teen fare",1 108933,"Sia lacks visual flair . But",0 4654,"an erotic thriller that 's neither too erotic nor very thrilling , either .",0 103491,"A comedy-drama of nearly epic proportions",1 141513,"'s often overwritten , with a surfeit of weighty revelations , flowery dialogue , and nostalgia for the past and roads not taken",0 81055,"give performances of exceptional honesty",1 94978,"that zings all the way through with originality , humour and pathos",1 230977,"found myself struggling to put my finger on that elusive `` missing thing",0 223162,"Disjointed parody .",0 221180,", Miller digs into their very minds to find an unblinking , flawed humanity .",1 201534,"if it 's an elaborate dare more than a full-blooded film",0 194132,"be forgiven for realizing that you 've spent the past 20 minutes looking at your watch and waiting for Frida to just die already",0 84853,"it 's a perfectly acceptable widget",1 78499,"does turn out to be a bit of a cheat in the end",0 190422,"a cute partnership in I Spy",1 63870,"An engrossing and grim portrait",1 29757,"broached an original treatment of a deeply personal subject",1 227432,"`` Based on True Events , '' a convolution of language that suggests it 's impossible to claim that it is `` Based on a True Story '' with a straight face .",0 224558,"Lacks the inspiration of the original and has a bloated plot that stretches the running time about 10 minutes past a child 's interest and an adult 's patience",0 99388,"vibrant , colorful world",1 149330,"The elements were all there",1 41480,"a sorrowful and hilarious tone poem about alienated labor , or",1 48655,"action and",1 233066,"it makes the silly spy vs. spy film The Sum of All Fears , starring Ben Affleck , seem downright Hitchcockian",0 238225,"uninspired preachy and clichéd war",0 226932,"Wait to see it then",0 140893,"& - white freeze frames reminiscent of a pseudo-hip luxury car commercial",0 16618,"moviemaking all the way",1 200317,"hackneyed concepts",0 214749,"the grosses",1 133040,"soulless .",0 210283,"redundant concept",0 66730,"It is a likable story , told with competence .",1 36315,"racial prejudice in its ugly and diverse forms",0 158114,"easy to imagine that a new software program spit out the screenplay",0 85100,"it might be like trying to eat Brussels sprouts",0 207939,"of purpose or even a plot",0 1865,"nothing denis has made before , like beau travil and nenette et boni , could prepare us for this gory , perverted , sex-soaked riff on the cannibal genre .",0 226856,"Ultimately , `` MIB II '' succeeds due to its rapid-fire delivery and enough inspired levity that it ca n't be dismissed as mindless .",1 29409,"be heart-rending in an honest and unaffected ( and gentle ) way",1 24751,"Attal and Gainsbourg 's )",1 79563,"fails to fascinate .",0 211686,"sit and stare and turn away from one another instead of talking and",0 142588,", though , this surfer-girl melodrama starts gasping like a beached grouper .",0 115611,"be universal in its themes of loyalty , courage and dedication to a common goal",1 222503,"At times , the movie looks genuinely pretty .",1 107396,"Laugh-out-loud lines",1 124223,"is little more than Home Alone raised to a new , self-deprecating level",0 59665,"understated piece",1 134237,"that an epic four-hour Indian musical about a cricket game could be this good",1 95191,"the best of them",1 130872,"putting together familiar themes of family , forgiveness and love",1 40641,"A comic gem with some serious sparkles",1 149386,"The film affords us intriguing glimpses of the insights gleaned from a lifetime of spiritual inquiry ,",1 10607,"some flashy",1 104324,"An ideal love story for those intolerant of the more common saccharine genre .",1 3812,"a freedom",1 118023,"delivered dialogue and a heroine who comes across as both shallow and dim-witted",0 191175,"a real howler",1 85462,"its whimsical humor",1 212190,"something as splendid-looking as this particular film",1 164228,"join the pantheon of great monster\/science fiction flicks that we have come to love",1 143958,"At times , the suspense is palpable , but",1 202477,"irrelevant as on the engaging",0 121521,"had a brain his ordeal would be over in five minutes but instead the plot",0 989,"find it migraine-inducing ,",0 170680,"self-glorification and a manipulative whitewash . Stay",0 124304,"is n't really about anything .",0 101902,"'s so striking about Jolie 's performance",1 113324,"acting that could be any flatter",0 39907,"weariness",0 65967,"Heart",1 33820,"its performances",1 13548,", but Morvern Callar grows less compelling the farther it meanders from its shocking start .",0 38683,"the stronger of the two films",1 121202,"giving it a strong thumbs up",1 176697,"too thin",0 142132,", convoluted",0 198062,"even Jason X ... look positively Shakesperean by comparison",0 69673,"The leanest and meanest of Solondz 's misanthropic comedies .",1 210407,"rent those movies instead ,",0 180219,"( The film 's ) taste for '' shock humor '' will wear thin on all",0 61365,"'s work as well as a remarkably faithful one",1 104413,"Another Best of the Year selection .",1 174881,"the thematic ironies are too obvious",0 231034,"from pinnacle to pinnacle",1 191077,"a peculiar malaise that renders its tension",0 150786,"Wes Craven 's presence is felt : not the Craven of ' A Nightmare on Elm Street ' or ` The Hills Have Eyes , ' but the sad schlock merchant of ` Deadly Friend . '",0 107139,"Jacobi , the most fluent of actors , is given relatively dry material from Nijinsky 's writings to perform ,",0 166968,"not only because of its bad-luck timing",0 5695,"confessions is without a doubt a memorable directorial debut from king hunk .",1 167808,"of the most repellent things",0 64162,"At times THE GUYS taps into some powerful emotions ,",1 186576,"One of those films where the characters inhabit that special annex of hell where adults behave like kids , children behave like adults and everyone screams at the top of their lungs no matter what the situation .",0 171107,"simply ca n't sustain more than 90 minutes",0 113132,"about as much resemblance to the experiences of most battered women as Spider-Man",0 163782,"it ends up being , like ( Seinfeld 's ) revered TV show , about pretty much nothing",0 44945,"Clint Eastwood 's Blood Work is a lot like a well-made PB & J sandwich : familiar , fairly uneventful and boasting no real surprises -- but still quite tasty and inviting all the same .",1 132411,"showing the humanity of a war-torn land",1 147747,"Nonsensical",0 99858,"what an idea",1 123539,"into a comedy graveyard",0 31513,"fast , funny , highly enjoyable",1 219275,"which somehow snagged an Oscar nomination",0 17674,"the ultimate redneck road-trip",1 170594,"seems a dead weight .",0 111414,"` It looks good , Sonny",1 126845,"matches the page-turning frenzy",1 137690,"to justify the embarrassment of bringing a barf bag to the moviehouse",0 108203,"One scene",1 92982,"so pertinent and enduring",1 103690,"A markedly inactive film ,",0 166819,"no less subservient to Bond 's tired formula of guns , girls and gadgets",0 174342,"the movie has no idea of it is serious",0 166446,"much fun to watch",1 69322,"The Last Kiss will probably never achieve the popularity of My Big Fat Greek Wedding , but its provocative central wedding sequence has far more impact",1 182597,"As much as I laughed throughout the movie",1 107071,"It throws quirky characters , odd situations , and off-kilter dialogue at us , all as if to say , '' Look at this ! This is an interesting movie ! '' But the film itself is ultimately quite unengaging",0 84227,"is funny , insightfully human",1 236834,"the effective horror elements are dampened through familiarity , ( yet )",0 114764,"artificial suspense",0 73686,"an art",1 142134,", cruel as it may sound , he makes Arnold Schwarzenegger look like Spencer Tracy",0 216447,"this movie strives to be more , but does n't quite get there .",0 140889,"$ 100 million on this",1 28909,"and will appeal even to those who are n't too familiar with turntablism",1 108730,"Sadly , Full Frontal plays like the work of a dilettante .",0 97079,"the-night",1 125723,"lame romantic comedy",0 67184,"Leigh makes these lives count .",1 2644,"the messy emotions raging throughout this three-hour effort are instantly recognizable , allowing the film to paradoxically feel familiar and foreign at the same time",1 144814,"Despite the evocative aesthetics evincing the hollow state of modern love life , the film never percolates beyond a monotonous whine .",0 217635,"too much exploitation and",0 195526,"catalog every bodily fluids gag in There 's Something About Mary and devise a parallel clone-gag",0 182254,"Allegiance to Chekhov",1 78466,"does n't really go anywhere .",0 64413,"Boasts enough funny",1 43265,"'s hope for popular cinema yet",1 77268,"constantly flows forwards and back , weaving themes among three strands which allow us to view events as if through a prism",1 203815,"it 's too long",0 68498,"Romanek 's themes are every bit as distinctive as his visuals . Beyond the cleverness , the weirdness and the pristine camerawork",1 203795,"it 's really nothing more than warmed-over Cold War paranoia",0 123872,"is actually funny with the material",1 122521,"hospitals , courts and welfare centers",1 224635,"Like its parade of predecessors , this Halloween is a gory slash-fest .",1 10751,"stiff and schmaltzy and clumsily directed .",0 3370,"'s released , and will not be remembered long afterwards",0 117444,"considering Barry 's terrific performance",1 190600,"a fleeting grasp",0 155501,"bringing it",1 130856,"putrid",0 60338,"with deftly unsettling genre flair",1 170754,"serving up the usual chaotic nonsense",0 175306,"thinner than cardboard -- or",0 158563,"evocative aesthetics",1 193968,"badly-rendered",0 216826,"to all of this unpleasantness",0 217429,"to the cadence of a depressed fifteen-year-old 's suicidal poetry",0 12566,"tribute",1 179604,"'s all gratuitous before long , as if Schwentke were fulfilling a gross-out quota for an anticipated audience demographic instead of shaping the material to fit the story .",0 217219,"to modernize it with encomia to diversity and tolerance",0 223211,"E.T. works because its flabbergasting principals , 14-year-old Robert MacNaughton , 6-year-old Drew Barrymore and 10-year-old Henry Thomas , convince us of the existence of the wise , wizened visitor from a faraway planet .",1 236871,"the film 's more determined to become the next Texas Chainsaw Massacre .",0 53444,"is definitely worth seeing",1 105845,"For every cheesy scene , though , there is a really cool bit -- the movie 's conception of a future-world holographic librarian ( Orlando Jones ) who knows everything and answers all questions , is visually smart , cleverly written , and nicely realized .",1 150932,"While the mystery surrounding the nature of the boat 's malediction remains intriguing enough to sustain mild interest , the picture refuses to offer much accompanying sustenance in the way of characterization , humor or plain old popcorn fun .",0 154796,"be quirky and funny",1 120692,"from a woodland stream",1 192989,"appears as if even the filmmakers did n't know what kind of movie they were making",0 143852,"Apart from dazzling cinematography",1 14478,"Tender yet lacerating and darkly funny fable .",1 66526,"It 's an ambitious film , and as with all ambitious films , it has some problems . But on the whole , you 're gonna like this movie",1 83557,"into one of the summer 's most pleasurable movies",1 61274,"'s still a sweet , even delectable diversion",1 21401,"nails the role , giving a tight , focused performance illuminated by shards of feeling",1 77917,"delightful mix",1 119538,"expiration date",0 182705,"Barney throws away the goodwill the first half of his movie generates by orchestrating a finale that is impenetrable and dull .",0 82041,"heartbreaking subject matter , but one whose lessons are well worth revisiting as many times as possible",1 140235,"with such atmospheric ballast that shrugging off the plot 's persnickety problems",0 156952,"creaking",0 175628,"though if ever a movie needed one of the actor 's whiny jags to pump it up , this has to be among the rare ones",0 22129,"tantalizing",1 90925,"purr",1 165815,"meant well in its horse tale about freedom , but was n't able to reach the heart because it was too overbearing .",0 9368,"of the most ingenious and entertaining thrillers i",1 199851,"get weird ,",1 66467,"It 's a beautiful film , full of elaborate and twisted characters - and it 's also pretty funny .",1 217834,"trudge",0 175147,"then expects us to laugh because he acts so goofy all the time",0 58046,"the beauty and power of the opera reside primarily in the music itself",1 25080,"Dazzles with its fully-written characters , its determined stylishness ( which always relates to characters and story ) and Johnny Dankworth 's best soundtrack in years .",1 74663,"as darkly funny , energetic ,",1 222415,"Argentinian thriller",1 163542,"is ultimately as threatening as the Snuggle Fabric Softener bear",0 95874,"the high standards",1 168610,"packaged and sold back",0 34521,"mistaking",0 200639,"has some freakish powers of visual charm",1 94597,"that constantly defies expectation",1 112846,"a sumptuous work",1 69844,"The power of this script",1 31636,"finally delivers the goods for Schwarzenegger fans .",1 16183,"into a landmark role",1 11905,"the story 's pathetic and the gags are puerile .",0 97940,"to be something of a sitcom apparatus",0 168219,"one of Murphy 's better performances in one of his lesser-praised movies",1 14330,"Nemesis together indulge the force of humanity over hardware in a way that George Lucas has long forgotten .",1 86079,"like peace",1 39801,"visual poetry",1 120656,"from David 's point of view",0 47324,"There is a subversive element to this Disney cartoon , providing unexpected fizzability .",1 31967,"funny and ultimately",1 102434,", but not compelling .",0 80918,"genuine excitement",1 91648,"rewritten , and",0 75331,"be the most oddly honest Hollywood document of all",1 112070,"a gritty style and an excellent cast",1 207014,"no charm , no laughs , no fun , no reason to watch",0 217208,"to match the power of their surroundings",1 234783,"orchestrate a buoyant , darkly funny dance of death",1 186594,"One well-timed explosion in a movie can be a knockout , but a hundred of them can be numbing . Proof of this is Ballistic : Ecks vs . Sever .",0 100522,"with humor",1 180275,"( especially the frank sex scenes ) ensure that the film is never dull",1 221812,"... is dudsville .",0 21697,"pays a price for its intricate intellectual gamesmanship",0 135568,"the insightful writer\/director responsible",1 162437,"into what looks like a juicy , delicious plum on a hot summer day",1 40385,"wryly subversive tone",1 155206,"big , colorful characters",1 32179,"great cinematic innovation",1 15893,"go to the cinema : to be fed through the eye , the heart , the mind",1 208632,"one of those movies that 's so bad it starts to become good .",1 50597,"culture shock and a refusal",0 65859,"Great performances ,",1 147501,"Morrissette has performed a difficult task indeed - he 's taken one of the world 's most fascinating stories and made it dull , lifeless , and irritating .",0 20039,"athletic heart",1 160625,"has a wooden delivery and encounters a substantial arc of change that does n't produce any real transformation .",0 12800,"visually seductive ,",1 64168,"At times a bit melodramatic and even a little dated ( depending upon where you live )",0 229494,"burnt out on It 's a Wonderful Life marathons and bored",0 92835,"sloppy , amusing",1 79025,"enhances the personal touch of manual animation .",1 67485,"May take its sweet time to get wherever it 's going",0 89906,"over-dramatic",0 59758,"uplifting and moving",1 101946,"'s the element of condescension ,",0 68641,"Scotland looks wonderful , the fans are often funny fanatics ,",1 170483,"scripted by someone who just graduated from elementary school",0 29705,"both the pitfalls",0 157710,"does a fine job of capturing the climate of the times and , perhaps unwittingly , relating it to what is happening in America in 2002 .",1 81311,"grace and humor",1 102618,", it 's awfully entertaining to watch .",1 103802,"A powerful , chilling , and affecting study of one man 's dying fall .",1 40615,", but we root for the patronized Iranian lad",1 143152,"A hysterical",1 33959,"knows how to drive it to the max",1 185876,"Loud , chaotic and largely unfunny .",0 127460,"most of Jaglom 's self-conscious and gratingly irritating films",0 153194,"alone are not enough to salvage this lifeless boxing film .",0 145564,"Ghost Ship somehow manages to do exactly that",1 57545,"swallow thanks to remarkable performances",1 23932,", this documentary engages your brain in a way few current films do .",1 103517,"A delicious and delicately funny look at the residents of a Copenhagen neighborhood coping with the befuddling complications life tosses at them .",1 232436,"is cloudy , the picture making becalmed .",0 134595,"that there 's a casual intelligence that permeates the script",1 218803,"was ushered in by The Full Monty and is still straining to produce another smash",0 24633,"An impossible romance",0 222983,"Combines sharp comedy , old-fashioned monster movie atmospherics , and genuine heart to create a film that 's not merely about kicking undead \*\*\* , but also about dealing with regret and , ultimately , finding redemption .",1 229299,"been given the drive of a narrative",1 64102,"As played by Ryan Gosling , Danny is a frighteningly fascinating contradiction .",1 159364,"for a movie that tries to be smart , it 's kinda dumb . And second , what 's with all the shooting ?",0 107471,"Like many Western action films , this thriller is too loud and thoroughly overbearing , but its heartfelt concern about North Korea 's recent past and South Korea 's future adds a much needed moral weight",0 134417,"that it churns up not one but two flagrantly fake thunderstorms to underscore the action",0 14170,"It extends the writings of Jean Genet and John Rechy , the films of Fassbinder , perhaps even the nocturnal works of Goya .",1 227687,"`` radical '' or `` suck ''",0 29468,"because the owners seem fully aware of the uses and abuses of fame , it 's a pleasure to enjoy their eccentricities",1 79046,"enjoyable randomness",1 231860,"i.e. Peploe 's , it 's simply unbearable",0 83805,"is a hoot , and is just as good , if not better than much of what 's on Saturday morning TV especially the pseudo-educational stuff we all ca n't stand .",1 209679,"presented in convincing way",1 106583,"If Welles was unhappy at the prospect of the human race splitting in two , he probably would n't be too crazy with his great-grandson 's movie splitting up in pretty much the same way .",0 61407,"( Allen )",1 110343,"There are enough throwaway references to faith and rainbows to plant smile-button faces on that segment of the populace that made A Walk to Remember a niche hit .",1 124281,"is n't in this film , which may be why it works as well as it does .",1 38778,"the whole thing works",1 166962,"not much fun to watch .",0 124833,"it 's hard not to be a sucker for its charms",1 46965,"The Unbearable Lightness of Being",1 98951,"undeniably touched",1 104532,"Ash Wednesday is not Edward Burns ' best film",0 183833,"Fails in making this character understandable , in getting under her skin , in exploring motivation ... Well",0 53917,"its elegantly colorful look",1 164429,"killers and stalk 'n'",0 80868,"gawky",0 184725,"I think it was Plato who said , ' I think , therefore I know better than to rush to the theatre for this one .",0 52264,"great time",1 210541,"richer and more observant",1 149775,"The problem with this film is that it lacks focus . I sympathize with the plight of these families ,",0 202079,"in this every-joke-has - been-told-a",0 105513,"Dogtown is hollow , self-indulgent , and - worst of all - boring .",0 195328,"cameos do not automatically equal laughs .",0 217384,"to supply too much of the energy in a film that is , overall , far too staid for its subject matter",0 15966,"has run out of steam",0 71454,"a consistent embracing humanity",1 174619,"the rather clumsy original",0 53268,"is a dazzling , remarkably unpretentious reminder of what ( Evans ) had , lost , and got back",1 86140,"link together to conquer all kinds of obstacles , whether they be of nature , of man or of one another",1 7548,"insightfully written , delicately",1 103619,"A gentle and engrossing character",1 3270,"'' snake",0 99476,"visually masterful",1 102666,", it misses a major opportunity to be truly revelatory about his psyche .",0 112033,"a good film that must have baffled the folks in the marketing department",1 35290,"of intimate and character-driven film",1 141453,"'s no way to sort out the mess in our heads and deconstruct where it all went wrong .",0 53649,"is that the screen is most alive when it seems most likely that Broomfield 's interviewees , or even himself , will not be for much longer",1 14093,"Hugh Grant whimsy",1 177756,"watching your neighbor 's home videos",0 224792,"Might have been better off as a documentary , with less of Mr. Eyre 's uninspired dramatics and more of his sense of observation and outrage .",0 126979,"mediocre movie",0 123842,"is a thoughtful examination of faith , love and power .",1 164514,"lack the skills to get us to this undetermined destination",0 37552,"sweet-natured reconsideration",1 105694,"Eventually , they will have a showdown , but , by then , your senses are as mushy as peas and you do n't care who fires the winning shot .",0 89396,"on every frame of this stylish film that is able to visualize schizophrenia but is still confident enough to step back and look at the sick character with a sane eye",1 231036,"from the TV movie-esque , affected child acting to the dullest Irish pub scenes ever filmed",0 18948,"I admired it , particularly that unexpected downer of an ending .",1 47843,"a brilliant movie . It is about irrational , unexplainable life and it seems so real because it does not attempt to filter out the complexity",1 80539,"fresh territory",1 38514,"the park",1 76922,"come by once in a while with flawless amounts of acting , direction , story and pace",1 39795,"villain",0 92983,"so potent",1 78906,"emotional seesawing",0 82612,"if cheap moments",0 183596,"Each scene drags , underscoring the obvious , and sentiment is slathered on top .",0 49909,"but it 's a pleasurable trifle",1 101643,"'s better than mid-range Steven Seagal , but not as sharp",0 81184,"goes off the rails in its final 10 or 15 minutes",0 145958,"I 'm not sure which half of Dragonfly is worse : The part where nothing 's happening , or the part where something 's happening ,",0 105652,"Equlibrium could pass for a thirteen-year-old 's book report on the totalitarian themes of 1984 and Farenheit 451 .",0 137775,"to produce something that is ultimately suspiciously familiar",0 173971,"the fires of Chick Flick Hell",0 235540,"seem at times too many , although in reality they are not enough",0 65024,"Despite its floating narrative , this is a remarkably accessible and haunting film .",1 226984,"We 've seen the hippie-turned-yuppie plot before , but there 's an enthusiastic charm in Fire that makes the formula fresh again",1 188273,"The histrionic muse still eludes Madonna and , playing a charmless witch",0 25034,"Crackerjack",0 182671,"Authentic",1 56850,"sensuality , and",1 112504,"a powerful sequel",1 134198,"that Hong Kong action cinema is still alive and kicking",1 231436,"has far more energy , wit and warmth than should be expected from any movie with a `` 2 '' at the end of its title .",1 94523,"that I usually dread encountering the most",0 19621,"a watchful affection",1 195578,"change the channel",0 112932,"a tree",1 1585,"left an acrid test",0 206662,"much dramatic impact",1 12458,"to wonder , ` what 's the point ? '",0 168792,"perfectly enjoyable",1 12134,"this frankly fantastical",1 114789,"as Jet Li on rollerblades",1 55272,"of a romantic crime comedy that turns out to be clever , amusing and unpredictable",1 162855,"is definitely one to skip , even for horror movie fanatics .",0 75612,"better characters , some genuine quirkiness and",1 143743,"An intermittently pleasing but mostly routine effort .",0 116312,"but a little too smugly superior",0 119273,"eschews the previous film 's historical panorama and roiling pathos for bug-eyed mugging and gay-niche condescension",0 61812,", but one whose lessons are well worth revisiting as many times as possible",1 66312,"If you like peace , you 'll like Promises .",1 49684,"best sequel",1 233656,"makes Minority Report necessary viewing for sci-fi fans , as the film has some of the best special effects ever",1 6073,"drags it",0 35480,"of the most visually stunning and thematically moving epics in recent memory",1 179704,"'s difficult to conceive of anyone who has reached puberty actually finding the characters in Slackers or their antics amusing , let alone funny .",0 101534,"'s a reason why halftime is only fifteen minutes long .",0 95402,"the crisp clarity",1 197798,"emotionally manipulative and sadly imitative of innumerable past Love Story derisions",0 192531,"an epic rather than",1 178971,"writer-director Peter Mattei 's first feature microwaves dull leftover romantic motifs basted in faux-contemporary gravy .",0 235484,"scream low budget",0 175743,"tie up loose ends with more bows",0 239073,"yet , it must be admitted ,",1 112642,"a satisfying well-made romantic comedy",1 238426,"warning you",0 190598,"a flat script and",0 94239,"tear your eyes away",0 37832,"that is nearly perfect in its relentless descent to the depths of one man",1 79540,"fabulously",1 196258,"could be intriguing",1 72666,"a tight , brisk 85-minute screwball thriller , '' Big Trouble ''",1 186449,"Not once in the rush to save the day did I become very involved in the proceedings : to me",0 152196,"a paper bag to wear over his head when he goes out into public , to avoid being recognized as the man who bilked unsuspecting moviegoers",0 25812,"Its direction , its script , and Weaver 's performance as a vaguely discontented woman of substance make for a mildly entertaining 77 minutes , if that 's what you 're in the mood for .",1 35655,"on the basis of the wisdom , and at times , the startling optimism , of the children",1 238559,"went over my head",0 34183,"locales",0 32143,"good-humored",1 167454,"of even the most understanding spouse",0 98668,"trash-cinema roots",0 91951,"say that it does n't follow the stale , standard , connect-the-dots storyline which has become commonplace in movies that explore the seamy underbelly of the criminal world",1 159458,"for people who make movies and watch them",1 192646,"an unbalanced mixture",0 212245,"soon becomes a questionable kind of inexcusable dumb innocence",0 24082,"-- though unhappily for his subjects -- the invisible hand of the marketplace wrote a script that no human screenwriter could have hoped to match .",1 40761,"An extraordinary Swedish film about the soul adventure of marriage --",1 218194,"unholy mess",0 36403,"recognized",1 116351,"buy the movie milk when the TV cow is free",0 194250,"beautifully shot ,",1 238788,"will leave the auditorium feeling dizzy , confused , and totally disorientated",0 214664,"the first actor to lead a group of talented friends astray",0 218355,"uselessly redundant and shamelessly money-grubbing than most third-rate horror sequels",0 26792,"The fact that The Rookie is a nearly impeccable cinematic experience -- and a wonderful all-ages triumph besides --",1 26602,"Smith profiles five extraordinary American homes",1 87412,"most delightful moments",1 112976,"a very tasteful rock and roll movie",1 158782,"faking some pretty cool stunts but a complete failure at trying to create some pretty cool characters . And forget about any attempt at a plot !",0 98163,"to learn , to grow",1 196696,"degraded , handheld Blair Witch video-cam footage . Of all the Halloween 's , this is the most visually unappealing",0 10635,"somewhere between mirthless todd solondzian satire and callow student film",0 33642,"it does possess a loose , lackadaisical charm",1 12106,"things moving along at a brisk , amusing pace",1 69598,"The filmmakers wisely decided to let Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin do what he does best , and fashion a story around him .",1 204986,"like Pinocchio",1 38886,"they bring a fresh , quirky charm to the formula",1 159248,"flimsy and",0 174826,"the story lacks all trace of wit",0 225514,"Problem Child IV",0 186419,"None of this sounds promising and , indeed , the first half of Sorority Boys is as appalling as any ` comedy ' to ever spill from a projector 's lens .",0 29410,"be her breakthrough role",1 197552,"drown a viewer in boredom",0 215049,"the misery",0 192350,"always disappointing when a documentary fails to live up to -- or offer any new insight into -- its chosen topic .",0 157145,"dead-eyed , perfectly chilled delivery",1 136216,"the script 's flaws",0 226253,"The film 's few ideas are stretched to the point of evaporation : the whole central section is one big chase that seems to have no goal and no urgency .",0 14357,"One of the greatest family-oriented , fantasy-adventure movies ever .",1 187877,"The Sum of All Fears generates little narrative momentum , and invites unflattering comparisons to other installments in the Ryan series .",0 39413,"touching because it 's realistic about all kinds of love",1 210926,"screaming but yawning",0 169239,"pretentious version",0 155099,"believe this load of junk",0 18291,"'s most thought-provoking film .",1 153418,"an impostor",0 132421,"shows off a lot of stamina and vitality",1 50174,"cinema mad , set-piece mad , style mad .",1 196464,"cross-dressing",0 95314,"the cinematic equivalent of a big , tender hug",1 102639,", it 's still tainted by cliches , painful improbability and murky points .",0 107716,"Mendes still does n't quite know how to fill a frame . Like the Hanks character , he 's a slow study : The action is stilted and the tabloid energy embalmed .",0 90733,"profoundly devastating events",0 175813,"to Gary Cooper what a gnat is to a racehorse",0 44160,"A memorable experience that , like many of his works , presents weighty issues colorfully wrapped up in his own idiosyncratic strain of kitschy goodwill .",1 45963,"Krawczyk deserves a huge amount of the credit for the film 's thoroughly winning tone",1 185301,"It jumps around with little logic or continuity , presenting backstage bytes of information that never amount to a satisfying complete picture of this particular , anciently demanding métier .",0 200622,"has not spawned a single good film .",0 108113,"Offers no new insight on the matter , nor do its characters exactly spring to life",0 81398,"gripping and",1 80024,"first real masterpiece",1 129723,"original is its content , look , and style",1 41972,"get it",1 219367,"who sadly are at hostile odds with one another through recklessness and retaliation",0 50175,"cinema mad , set-piece mad , style mad . It 's a beautiful madness",1 31086,"encourage others to stand up and applaud",1 111249,"Working from a surprisingly sensitive script co-written by Gianni Romoli ... Ozpetek avoids most of the pitfalls you 'd expect in such a potentially sudsy set-up .",1 189440,"Wanders",0 186262,"My Sweet has so many flaws it would be easy for critics to shred it .",0 99961,"where the bizarre is credible and the real turns magical",1 235219,"really as bad as you might think",0 98310,"to slovenly life in this self-deprecating , biting and witty feature written by Charlie Kaufman and his twin brother , Donald , and directed by Spike Jonze",1 38248,"the first opportunity",1 176583,"too amateurish and",0 27596,"a hyperbolic beat-charged urban western",1 201049,"here his sense of story and his juvenile camera movements smack of a film school undergrad ,",0 175338,"this a superior movie",1 59796,"uses her face and her body language to bring us Morvern 's soul",1 70188,"This engrossing , characteristically complex Tom Clancy thriller",1 101940,"'s sweet . It 's funny . It wears its heart on the sleeve of its gaudy Hawaiian shirt .",1 128558,"of bland Hollywood romance",0 165486,"make Jay and Silent Bob 's Excellent Adventure seem understated",0 126414,"lovably",1 292,"a visual delight",1 139082,"visual flourishes",1 32276,"has a way of infecting the entire crowd as the film rolls on",1 232015,"in love with a girl",1 194829,"boredom to the point of collapse , turning into a black hole of dullness",0 196146,"constructed around a core of flimsy -- or , worse yet , nonexistent -- ideas",0 77363,"convincing impersonation",1 83525,"into a fascinating part of theater history",1 59478,"touching for refusing to pity or memorialize themselves",1 194902,"boundless energy",1 208545,"once in the rush to save the day did I become very involved in the proceedings : to me",1 126967,"meant to enhance the self-image of drooling idiots .",0 60636,"' I feel better already .",1 147242,"Lord as a luv-spreading Dr . Feelgood or omnipotent slacker",0 116820,"championship material",1 210593,"robotically italicized",0 231521,"hate this one",0 183851,"Family togetherness takes a back seat to inter-family rivalry and workplace ambition & # 133 : whole subplots have no explanation or even plot relevance .",0 213242,"teeny-bopper",0 155857,"ca n't quite recommend it",0 202837,"is contrived , unmotivated , and psychologically unpersuasive ,",0 75402,"because of the ideal casting of the masterful British actor Ian Holm",1 1948,"on its own , it 's not very interesting . as a remake , it 's a pale imitation",0 9526,"only occasionally satirical and never fresh",0 221799,"... familiar and predictable , and 4\/5ths of it might as well have come from a Xerox machine rather than ( writer-director ) Franc .",0 182287,"Although no pastry is violated , this nasty comedy pokes fun at the same easy targets as other rowdy raunch-fests -- farts , boobs , unmentionables -- without much success .",0 168891,"pivotal narrative point",1 187060,"SOOOOO tired . Pair",0 89030,"of the human heart",1 127902,"never rises above mediocrity",0 104033,"A zippy 96 minutes",1 13834,"Amazing",1 94015,"sweet , charming tale",1 214819,"the idea of exploiting molestation for laughs",0 41278,"The movie has lots of dancing and fabulous music . There are slow and repetitive parts , but it has just enough spice to keep it interesting",1 146987,"Kapur gives us episodic choppiness , undermining the story 's emotional thrust .",0 189058,"This movie is about the worst thing Chan has done in the United States .",0 58137,"the collision of past and present",1 175723,"thrown at actors charged with the impossible task of making them jell",0 232147,"intimate and the dialogue",1 89669,"one-of-a-kind",1 54181,"learn a lot about dying coral and see a lot of life on the reef",1 164547,"lacks the punch and verve needed to make this genre soar .",0 133088,"special effects that run the gamut from cheesy to cheesier to cheesiest",0 160224,"going to be great",1 58324,"the filmmakers to present the biblical message of forgiveness without it ever becoming preachy or syrupy",1 33488,"is someone you want to see again .",1 42379,"mostly intelligent , engrossing and",1 101120,"you feel pissed off",0 56808,"seems timely and important",1 108370,"Peter Jackson and company once again dazzle and delight us , fulfilling practically every expectation either a longtime Tolkien fan or a movie-going neophyte",1 183937,"Fire ? lazily and glumly",0 33398,"is just a big , gorgeous , mind-blowing , breath-taking mess",1 44539,"Anchored by Friel and Williams 's exceptional performances",1 45327,"From Heaven is a dazzling conceptual feat",1 103192,"... a pretentious and ultimately empty examination of a sick and evil woman .",0 105144,"Clint Eastwood 's efficiently minimalist style",1 102977,", trembling incoherence",0 187070,"Sade achieves the near-impossible",1 84770,"is to imply terror by suggestion , rather than the overuse of special effects .",1 4360,"absolutely",1 113691,"all-star salute",1 8893,"motion picture that wo n't make much of a splash when it 's released , and will not be remembered long afterwards",0 24247,": informative , revealing and richly entertaining",1 111911,"a film less",0 231488,"has the feel of a summer popcorn movie",1 194507,"believe that something so short could be so flabby",0 27232,"Wilde 's droll whimsy",1 228911,"as a movie , it 's a humorless , disjointed mess .",0 203746,"it 's an unhappy situation all around .",0 232218,"is A. .",1 21254,"love the big , dumb , happy movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding",1 104188,"Although it tries to be much more , it 's really just another Major League .",0 203357,"is remarkably fuddled about motives and context , which drains it of the dramatic substance that would shake us in our boots ( or cinema seats )",0 187535,"Starts as a tart little lemon drop of a movie and ends up as a bitter pill",0 53915,"its dying , in this shower of black-and-white psychedelia ,",0 236807,"the deliberate , tiresome ugliness",0 234048,"naïveté and arbitrary",0 165651,"manipulative and as bland",0 63080,"A good documentary can make interesting a subject you thought would leave you cold . A case in point : Doug Pray 's Scratch .",1 170227,"ruined his career",0 78589,"dramatically forceful",1 64358,"Bigelow demonstrates a breadth of vision and an attention to detail that propels her into the upper echelons of the directing world .",1 142099,", bliss-less work",0 213137,"takes chances that are bold by studio standards",1 40781,"As a revenge thriller , the movie is serviceable , but it does n't really deliver the delicious guilty pleasure of the better film versions",0 113801,"amazingly evocative",1 50917,"diva",1 224498,"Just like a splendid meal",1 62617,"1 drips with style",1 238477,"watch with kids and use to introduce video as art",1 134926,"the bland songs",0 160919,"have to be this dumb",0 151028,"Without a strong script and energetic acting",0 175216,"they 're clueless and inept",0 27982,"a wry dark humor",1 195840,"clunky TV-movie approach",0 221166,", I thought I heard a mysterious voice , and felt myself powerfully drawn toward the light -- the light of the exit sign .",0 107351,"Kouyate elicits strong performances from his cast , and",1 31266,"even the most cynical curmudgeon with",0 93553,"stories work",1 75613,"better characters , some genuine quirkiness and at least",1 33502,"is suffused with complexity .",1 35415,"of sweetness",1 28349,"an event that has to be seen to be believed",1 98351,"to the always hilarious Meara and Levy",1 93604,"stretches of impact and moments of awe",1 40885,"Elling really is about a couple of crazy guys , and",1 75399,"because it was so endlessly , grotesquely , inventive",1 124369,"is nothing compared to the movie 's contrived , lame screenplay and listless direction",0 29707,"both visually and in the writing",1 217203,"to make you feel guilty about ignoring what the filmmakers clearly believe",0 122233,"highly professional film that 's old-fashioned in all the best possible ways",1 89415,"on its own self-referential hot air , but on the inspired performance of Tim Allen",1 20092,"beaut",1 163618,"it 's all bad .",0 158088,"earnest and well-meaning ,",1 27569,"a grief",0 128461,"of a mushy , existential exploration of why men leave their families",0 47531,"Very psychoanalytical -- provocatively so -- and also refreshingly literary",1 142639,", why put someone who ultimately does n't learn at the center of a kids ' story ?",0 188998,"This is cruel , misanthropic stuff with only weak claims to surrealism and black comedy .",0 102892,", the more you will probably like it .",1 89074,"of the quality that keeps Dickens evergreen : the exuberant openness with which he expresses our most basic emotions",1 223324,"Faithful without being forceful , sad without being shrill , `` A Walk to Remember '' succeeds through sincerity .",1 62849,"A classy , sprightly spin on film .",1 210163,"real raw emotion",1 111557,"a bilingual charmer , just like the woman who inspired it",1 171277,"slightly anarchic approach",0 109575,"The artwork is spectacular",1 99308,"vastly improved",1 82882,"in addition to being very funny",1 59115,"throws you for a loop",0 91420,"reluctant , irresponsible",0 46252,"Mr . Spielberg and his company just want you to enjoy yourselves without feeling conned . And",1 224280,"It does n't believe in itself , it has no sense of humor ...",0 230179,"detached .",0 232974,"it 's so not-at-all-good",0 47665,"With tightly organized efficiency , numerous flashbacks and a constant edge of tension",1 4039,"a plot that rivals shakespeare for intrigue , treachery and murder",1 41694,"cast of solid female talent who build a seamless ensemble . There is n't a weak or careless performance",1 45449,"Has a lot of the virtues of",1 101477,"'s How to Kill Your Neighbor 's Dog is slight but unendurable",0 193958,"bad-boy behavior which he portrays himself in a one-note performance",0 117042,"clear and reliable",1 168354,"ops , no matter how you spell it , it 's still a mistake to go see it .",0 66815,"Its metaphors are opaque enough to avoid didacticism , and",1 155038,"begins as a seemingly brainless",0 75360,"beautiful canvas",1 172958,"that children are hostages to fortune , that he makes the audience hostage to his swaggering affectation of seriousness",0 229700,"can not help but love Cinema Paradiso , whether the original version or new Director 's Cut . '",1 22004,"so much fun",1 63741,"Alternately hilarious and sad , aggravating and soulful",1 213278,"tells its story in a flat manner",0 72049,"a murder mystery that expands into a meditation on the deep deceptions of innocence",1 103595,"A fresh , entertaining comedy that",1 218678,"wants to be a suspenseful horror movie or a weepy melodrama",0 107258,"Just because A Walk to Remember is shrewd enough to activate girlish tear ducts does n't mean it 's good enough for our girls .",0 174301,"the most legendary",1 86401,"low , smoky and inviting sizzle",1 157011,"criminally badly acted",0 6390,"falls into a soothing formula of brotherly conflict and reconciliation",1 51202,"energetic surprises",1 172586,"technical gibberish that will do little to advance the Linux cause",0 134567,"that sometimes it 's difficult to tell who the other actors in the movie are",0 52751,"how good it all was , and started doing nothing but reacting to it - feeling a part of its grand locations , thinking urgently as the protagonists struggled , feeling at the mercy of its inventiveness , gasping at its visual delights",1 66351,"In addition to gluing you to the edge of your seat",1 123879,"is all too predictable and far too cliched",0 61878,", easily forgettable film .",0 15568,"do some of their best work in their underwritten roles , but do n't be fooled",0 12537,"tragedy",0 165449,"made on the cheap .",0 100863,"works so well for the first 89 minutes , but",0 88355,"of a river of sadness that pours into every frame",1 126937,"mean it 's good enough for our girls",1 11875,"the seemingly irreconcilable situation",0 18679,"Ana is a vivid , vibrant individual and the movie 's focus upon her makes it successful and accessible .",1 30023,"capsule to remind us of the devastating horror suffered by an entire people",1 97127,"their lamentations are pretty much self-centered )",0 92596,"showing signs of potential for the sequels ,",1 156180,"charm and heart",1 12416,"to see another car chase , explosion or gunfight again",0 220798,"'s drab .",0 179324,"'' do n't care about the truth",0 48675,"add movies",0 215551,"the same way you came -- a few tasty morsels under your belt , but no new friends",0 171847,"spunk and promise",1 26828,"The film starts out as competent but unremarkable ... and gradually grows into something of considerable power .",1 214422,"the dialogue frequently misses the mark",0 86383,"love-struck",1 100494,"with every painful nuance , unexpected flashes of dark comedy and the character 's gripping humanity",1 55800,"only a document of the worst possibilities of mankind",0 63555,"A well-done film of a self-reflexive , philosophical nature .",1 133805,"take an entirely stale concept and",0 106918,"It 's not a film to be taken literally on any level",0 56848,"sensuality",1 25512,"He makes language sexy",1 163145,"is no real reason to see it . Wait for video -- and then do n't rent it",0 182250,"All too familiar ...",0 75079,"averting an American-Russian Armageddon",1 34515,"misery",0 146027,"I certainly was n't feeling any of it",0 86477,"made the old boy 's characters more quick-witted than any English Lit",1 137754,"to one anecdote for comparison : the cartoon in Japan that gave people seizures",0 188980,"This is a heartfelt story ...",1 64132,"Astonishingly skillful and moving ... it could become a historically significant work as well as a masterfully made one",1 49690,"best-known creation",1 211130,"seems to want to be a character study ,",0 470,"as a remake , it 's a pale imitation",0 105257,"Crane 's decline with unblinking candor",1 121231,"go from stark desert",0 13350,"you can get past the fantastical aspects and harsh realities of '' the isle '' you 'll get a sock-you-in-the-eye flick that is a visual tour-de-force and a story that is unlike any",1 153245,"ambitious and well-intentioned",1 179465,"'re over 25 , have an IQ over 90 , and have a driver 's license",0 206189,"mindless action movie",0 230459,"during World War II",1 132277,"sheer force of charm",1 97726,"throughout a film that is both gripping and compelling",1 145653,"Greg Coolidge . These are names to remember",1 167517,"of holes and completely lacking in chills",0 69063,"Surprisingly powerful and universal",1 149279,"The cold and dreary weather",0 198488,"falls short on tension , eloquence , spiritual challenge -- things that have made the original New Testament stories so compelling for 20 centuries",0 106802,"It 's Tommy 's job to clean the peep booths surrounding her , and after viewing this one , you 'll feel like mopping up , too .",0 139736,"who comes across as both shallow and dim-witted",0 134147,"that 's both charming and well acted",1 158734,"fading faster",0 154568,"bad stage dialogue",0 160977,"he gives none to the audience",0 204257,"its overinflated mythology",0 124246,"is messy , uncouth , incomprehensible , vicious and absurd",0 201526,"if disingenuous ,",0 17858,"together indulge the force of humanity over hardware in a way that George Lucas has long forgotten",1 71523,"a definitive account of Eisenstein 's life",1 78128,"die-hard French film connoisseurs",1 78292,"disquieting and thought-provoking film",1 42887,"this crowd-pleaser 's fresh dialogue , energetic music , and",1 6338,"experimental enough to alienate the mainstream audience while ringing cliched to hardened indie-heads",0 30007,"can still feel director Denis Villeneuve 's beating heart and the fondness he has for his characters",1 54403,"love Moore or",1 24047,"-- blessedly curse-free --",1 73644,"an accessible introduction as well as some intelligent observations on the success of Bollywood",1 228054,"a nice , harmless date film",1 52831,"imaginative through out",1 156171,"charges full admission and gets",0 105642,"Enriched by a strong and unforced supporting cast .",1 124438,"is overlong and not well-acted , but credit writer-producer-director Adam Watstein with finishing it at all .",0 184401,"Hey everybody , wanna watch a movie in which a guy dressed as a children 's party clown gets violently gang-raped ?",0 54549,"makes a great impression as the writer-director of this little $ 1 .",1 69881,"The screenplay never lets us forget that Bourne was once an amoral assassin just like the ones who are pursuing him ... There is never really a true '' us '' versus '' them '' .",1 111973,"a funny little movie",1 204419,"jumps around with little logic or continuity ,",0 158243,"ends up being even dumber than its title",0 62611,"... this otherwise appealing picture loses its soul to Screenwriting For Dummies conformity .",0 94716,"that is more accurate than anything I have seen in an American film",1 149165,"The Transporter lacks Besson 's perspective as a storyteller .",0 209756,"probably would look a lot like this alarming production , adapted from Anne Rice 's novel The Vampire Chronicles .",0 41306,"There are times when A Rumor of Angels plays like an extended episode of Touched by an Angel -- a little too much dancing , a few too many weeping scenes -- but",0 78367,"do n't think that A . C . will help this movie one bit",0 224613,"Light years \/ several warp speeds \/ levels and levels of dilithium crystals better than the pitiful Insurrection .",1 29734,"breathtakingly",1 220827,"'s guilty fun to be had here .",1 174702,"the same-old , lame-old slasher nonsense",0 33121,"intimate and quaint",1 74274,"are ... impeccable throughout",1 83901,"is a superior horror flick",1 154174,"as hip , young adult entertainment",1 93712,"subjective",0 238778,"will find little of interest in this film , which is often preachy and poorly acted .",0 140602,"write and deliver a one liner as well as anybody",1 76352,"can only love the players it brings to the fore for the gifted but no-nonsense human beings they are and for the still-inestimable contribution they have made to our shared history .",1 144872,"Director Ferzan Ozpetek creates an interesting dynamic with the members of this group , who live in the same apartment building .",1 114086,"an integrity",1 193964,"badly cobbled",0 129408,"on losers in a gone-to-seed hotel",0 45738,"It 's hard to imagine anybody ever being '' in the mood '' to view a movie as harrowing and painful as The Grey Zone ,",0 14485,"The Isle is both preposterous and thoroughly misogynistic",0 90187,"perfect black pearls clicking together to form a string .",1 66870,"Jagger , Stoppard and director Michael Apted ... deliver a riveting and surprisingly romantic ride .",1 236753,"the boobs are fantasti",1 170242,"run-of-the-mill Hollywood picture",0 62866,"A compassionate , moving portrait of an American ( and an America ) always reaching for something just outside his grasp .",1 185054,"It 's also built on a faulty premise , one it follows into melodrama and silliness .",0 84904,"it 's hard to stop watching",1 204639,"lacking any sense of commitment",0 209291,"pique your interest , your imagination , your empathy or anything ,",1 143303,"A retread",0 44342,"A winning piece of work filled with love for the movies of the 1960s .",1 172228,"succeeds in the third of these",1 216231,"they figure the power-lunchers do n't care to understand , either",0 38561,"the powerful work",1 20439,"elegant symmetry",1 141105,"'s a buggy drag .",0 59579,"turns his distinctive ` blundering ' style",0 188274,"The histrionic muse still eludes Madonna and , playing a charmless witch , she is merely a charmless witch .",0 200665,"has the odd distinction of being playful without being fun",0 220209,"you 'd grab your kids and run and then probably call the police .",0 167344,"of all vintage-TV spinoffs",0 48400,"a strong impression",1 77167,"confection that 's pure entertainment",1 203075,"is like watching a transcript of a therapy session brought to humdrum life by some Freudian puppet .",0 86239,"long-lived friendships",1 184539,"Human Nature is a goofball movie , in the way that Malkovich was , but it tries too hard .",1 63875,"An engrossing and infectiously enthusiastic documentary",1 127750,"narrated by Martin Landau and directed with sensitivity and skill by Dana Janklowicz-Mann",1 190156,"a beer with but they 're simply not funny performers",0 165469,"magical enough",1 187093,"Sandra Bullock and Hugh Grant make a great team , but",1 13633,", so bleakly amusing about how we go about our lives",1 233557,"lots of dancing and fabulous music",1 86173,"little uneven",0 30985,"earthshaking",1 13795,"A romantic comedy that operates by the rules of its own self-contained universe .",1 81617,"has a lot going for it , not least the brilliant performances by Testud ... and Parmentier .",1 193982,"ballsy",1 110540,"This quiet , introspective and entertaining independent is worth seeking .",1 199409,"forever on the verge of either cracking up or throwing up",0 169936,"rely on stupidity",0 207854,"of male hustlers",1 3733,"a dizzying , volatile , pressure-cooker",1 136990,"this loose collection of largely improvised numbers would probably have worked better as a one-hour TV documentary .",0 86176,"live a rich and full life",1 223271,"Even the hastily and amateurishly drawn animation can not engage .",0 47270,"The touch is generally light enough",1 59227,"to enjoy",1 227106,"Where their heads were is anyone 's guess .",0 114976,"as looking , sounding and simply feeling like no other film in recent history",1 181903,"A predictable , manipulative stinker .",0 215495,"the right approach and",1 163983,"its ambitions far exceed the abilities of writer Adam Larson Broder and his co-director , Tony R . Abrams , in their feature debut",0 43459,", David Caesar has stepped into the mainstream of filmmaking with an assurance worthy of international acclaim and with every cinematic tool well under his control -- driven by a natural sense for what works on screen .",1 7810,"is the vision that taymor , the avant garde director of broadway 's the lion king and the film titus , brings",1 96321,"the outstanding thrillers",1 94836,"that rare quality of being able to creep the living hell out of you",1 64393,"Blithely",1 219253,"which hurts the overall impact of the film",0 130387,"pokes , provokes ,",1 226070,"That 's because relatively nothing happens .",0 52892,"in a natural , unforced style that makes its characters",1 99870,"what is and always has been remarkable about clung-to traditions",1 65875,"Group articulates a flood of emotion .",1 149337,"The ending does n't work ... but",0 184530,"Hrs",0 96168,"the most edgy piece",1 130268,"plant smile-button faces on that segment of the populace that made A Walk to Remember a niche hit",1 164954,"like it did",1 146400,"It 's a buggy drag .",0 198107,"even shallow",0 23150,"'s not there yet",0 135825,"the movie sputters",0 112340,"a more annoying",0 173181,"that seems to be made for a different film altogether",0 161560,"if I 've come to expect more from this studio than some 79-minute after-school '' cartoon ''",0 42106,"imagery and",1 94280,"tells a deeper story",1 728,"contemporary",1 209477,"pokes fun at the same easy targets as other rowdy raunch-fests -- farts , boobs , unmentionables -- without much success",0 29985,"can deliver",1 203026,"is just an overexposed waste of film",0 173670,"the conversation presents the kind of linguistic fumbling not heard since Macy Gray 's game of Chinese whispers with Mr Bean .",0 198445,"fails to do justice to either effort in three hours of screen time",0 56949,"show-stoppingly hilarious ,",1 196554,"cutting and blurry",0 238684,"who 's seen George Roy Hill 's 1973 film , `` The Sting",1 133072,"spare dialogue and",1 150733,"Watching the film is like reading a Times Portrait of Grief that keeps shifting focus to the journalist who wrote it .",0 12665,"unforced",1 20314,"credible",1 41225,"Strap on a pair of 3-D goggles ,",1 135334,"the film is a hilarious adventure and",1 21350,"most oppressive regimes",0 115893,"best possible ways",1 154607,"barely enough plot to string the stunts together and not quite enough characterization to keep the faces straight",0 36511,"repression",0 45850,"Its sheer dynamism is infectious .",1 147999,"PR hype",0 137963,"to the tiniest segment of an already obscure demographic",0 158235,"ends on the protagonist 's death bed and",0 39606,"unearthed a rare gem",1 229061,"at the future than `` Bladerunner '' and one of the most high-concept sci fi adventures attempted for the screen",1 216157,"there is plenty of room for editing , and a much shorter cut surely would have resulted in a smoother , more focused narrative without sacrificing any of the cultural intrigue",0 151436,"a by-the-numbers patient\/doctor pic that covers all the usual ground",0 72737,"a unique culture that is presented with universal appeal",1 158961,"feels like a sugar high gone awry",0 221172,", John Q. is a bad movie appearing on behalf of a good cause .",0 102979,", triumphant ,",1 20190,"but what art direction !",1 189411,"Visually , ` Santa Clause 2 ' is wondrously creative .",1 215071,"the most fragmented charms",1 222311,"An obvious copy",0 6040,"does n't really know or care about the characters",0 231285,"got it right the first time",1 132596,"sleazy moralizing",0 5082,"becomes monotonous",0 25919,"LaPaglia 's ability to convey grief and hope",1 171187,"skates blithely from one implausible situation to another",0 154583,"badly written",0 111207,"With the cheesiest monsters this side of a horror spoof , which They is n't , it is more likely to induce sleep than fright .",0 12140,"this halloween",0 26786,"The ending does leave you unfulfilled",0 122571,"how very bad a motion picture can truly be",0 144036,"Barely goes beyond comic book status .",0 203349,"is really , really stupid .",0 172550,"talked all the way through it",0 73549,"always fairly",1 17131,"run out of steam",0 100673,"with the unsettling spookiness of the supernatural",1 142809,"... the film falls back on the same old formula of teen sex , outrageous pranks and scenes designed to push the envelope of bad taste for laughs .",0 217585,"too easy",0 123909,"is an elegantly balanced movie -- every member of the ensemble has something fascinating to do -- that does n't reveal even a hint of artifice .",1 22031,"sorrowful and hilarious tone poem",1 98374,"to the gorgeous locales and exceptional lead performances",1 181999,"A slow-moving police-procedural thriller that takes its title all too literally .",0 176369,"to say that -- on the basis of this film alone -- I 'm not one of them",0 121353,"gorgeousness",1 126940,"mean things and shoot a lot of bullets . Some of the characters die and others do n't , and the film pretends that those living have learned some sort of lesson",0 32764,"imagination and flair",1 8633,"makes for adequate entertainment , i suppose",1 176846,"tries , and fails , to control the screen with swaggering machismo and over-the-top lunacy .",0 107441,"Like Smoke Signals , the film is also imbued with strong themes of familial ties and spirituality that are powerful and moving without stooping to base melodrama",1 177318,"uptight",0 217032,"to find better entertainment",0 236776,"the choices we make underneath such a mountain of clichés and borrowed images",0 81261,"goofball action comedy",1 63111,"A heartbreakingly thoughtful minor classic , the work of a genuine and singular artist",1 199364,"for the testosterone-charged wizardry of Jerry Bruckheimer productions",1 78336,"do better elsewhere",0 14137,"In scope , ambition and accomplishment",1 95282,"the cat 's meow",1 113281,"ache with sadness ( the way Chekhov is funny ) , profound without ever being self-important",1 79239,"even his lesser works outshine the best some directors can offer",1 174792,"the special effects are ` German-Expressionist , ' according to the press notes",0 211787,"slightly disappointed",0 176030,"to care whether that boast is true",0 103219,"... hokey art house pretension .",0 30389,"controlled , passionate adaptation of Graham Greene 's 1955 novel",1 99522,"wacky sight gags , outlandish color schemes ,",1 113839,"amused and entertained by the unfolding of Bielinsky 's cleverly constructed scenario",1 33992,"laugh at the audacity , at the who 's who casting and the sheer insanity of it all",1 106349,"Human Nature , in short , is n't nearly as funny as it thinks it is :",0 31492,"far more polished documentaries to shame",1 68065,"Ozpetek falls short in showing us Antonia 's true emotions",0 235272,"reflect a woman 's point-of-view .",1 95221,"the biggest names in Japanese anime , with impressive results",1 81432,"gruesome",0 61567,") profound ethical and philosophical questions in the form of dazzling pop entertainment",1 38766,"the wacky talent",1 12390,"to make a dull , pretentious version of jesus ' son",0 72581,"a stunning new young talent",1 56387,"rare treat",1 230372,"does not necessarily make for persuasive viewing .",0 26041,"Manages to be sweet and wickedly satisfying at the same time .",1 238549,"well-crafted letdown .",0 72333,"a scathing portrayal of a powerful entity strangling the life out of the people who want to believe in it the most",1 165470,"magical enough to bring off this kind of whimsy",1 112698,"a sickening thud",0 103857,"A sense of real magic",1 59684,"unexpected plot twist",1 130154,"performers who rarely work in movies now",1 226592,"There is a beautiful , aching sadness to it all .",1 38674,"the stoically delivered hokum of Hart 's War is never fun",0 143923,"As violent , profane and exploitative as the most offensive action flick you 've ever seen .",0 103701,"A mean-spirited film",0 5273,"bravely",1 87930,"no solace here , no entertainment value",0 162924,"is highly enjoyable .",1 226867,"Unfortunately , Kapur modernizes A.E.W. Mason 's story to suit the sensibilities of a young American , a decision that plucks `` The Four Feathers '' bare .",0 28219,"all-stars",1 189466,"Watching '' Ending '' is too often like looking over the outdated clothes and plastic knickknacks at your neighbor 's garage sale . You ca n't believe anyone would really buy this stuff .",0 100766,"women torn apart by a legacy of abuse",0 195255,"ca n't believe anyone would really buy this stuff",0 228419,"aims to be funny , uplifting and moving , sometimes all at once .",1 78206,"director Rick Famuyiwa 's emergence as an articulate , grown-up voice in African-American cinema",1 122765,"illustrates why the whole is so often less than the sum of its parts in today 's Hollywood",0 65656,"Frequent flurries of creative belly laughs and",1 236975,"the heart-pounding suspense of a stylish psychological thriller",1 193807,"at the helm",1 31533,"favourite",1 171833,"spray cheese and underarm noises",0 83734,"is SO De Palma . If you love him , you 'll like it . If you do n't",1 238782,"will have an intermittently good time .",1 66069,"Hubert with a mixture of deadpan cool , wry humor and just the measure of tenderness required to give this comic slugfest some heart",1 195310,"call this film a lump of coal",0 71074,"Woven together handsomely",1 70233,"This is lightweight filmmaking , to be sure ,",0 181308,"... for all its social and political potential , State Property does n't end up being very inspiring or insightful .",0 61838,", compulsive life",0 63137,"A little better than Sorcerer 's Stone .",1 226412,"The performances are all solid : it merely lacks originality to make it a great movie",1 212713,"strung-together moments",0 188297,"The kids in the audience at the preview screening seemed bored , cheering the pratfalls but little else",0 18416,", happy",1 99922,"when I heard that Apollo 13 was going to be released in IMAX format ?",1 215716,"the sum of its pretensions",0 65477,"Fast-paced and",1 189723,"Why sit through a crummy , wannabe-hip crime comedy that refers incessantly to old movies , when you could just rent those movies instead , let alone seek out a respectable new one ?",0 42782,"that the central performers are experienced actors , and",1 46163,"Mexico 's most colorful and controversial artists",1 154738,"be fun",1 124444,"is perfectly creepy and believable",1 90428,"poetic road movie",1 217944,"turns his character into what is basically an anti-Harry Potter --",0 92792,"slapstick sequences",1 13362,"you could nap for an hour and not miss a thing .",0 91102,"rarely have received such a sophisticated and unsentimental treatment on the big screen as they do in this marvelous film .",1 29993,"can only be applauded",1 182588,"As dumb and cheesy",0 94920,"that this noble warlord would be consigned to the dustbin of history",0 83807,"is a likable story , told with competence",1 59283,"to make creative contributions to the story and dialogue",1 66571,"It 's light on the chills and heavy on the atmospheric weirdness",0 126099,"like explosions , sadism and seeing people beat each other to a pulp",0 111886,"a few cheap shocks",0 200874,"have saved this film a world of hurt",1 5124,"better acting and a hilarious kenneth branagh",1 96372,"the performances and the cinematography to the outstanding soundtrack and unconventional narrative",1 213294,"tends to do a little fleeing of its own .",0 188513,"The pace of the film is very slow ( for obvious reasons ) and that too becomes off-putting",0 27773,"a refreshingly adult take on adultery",1 180731,", it collapses like an overcooked soufflé .",0 17444,"that rare combination",1 232086,"incredibly captivating and",1 106627,"If you 've grown tired of going where no man has gone before , but several movies have - take heart . This is the best Star Trek movie in a long time .",1 107811,"More sophisticated and literate than such pictures usually are",1 9496,"one of those movies that catches you up in something bigger than yourself",1 61883,", emotional , Rocky-like",1 231465,"has no doubt fantasized about what an unhappy , repressed and twisted personal life their tormentor deserved .",0 168386,"other , better crime movies",0 37826,"that is enlightening",1 166812,"no interest in itself",0 20936,"infuriating",0 91908,"satisfaction",1 138121,"too many '' serious issues ''",0 230594,"even better than The Fellowship",1 115164,"at his most critically insightful",1 216188,"these days seem too long",0 64274,"Beautiful , angry and sad , with a curious sick poetry , as if the Marquis de Sade had gone in for pastel landscapes .",1 75508,"behavior and severe flaws",0 134586,"that the movie will live up to the apparent skills of its makers and the talents of its actors",1 203538,"is the Kathie Lee Gifford of film directors , sadly proving once again ego does n't always go hand in hand with talent",0 132213,"several times here and reveals how bad an actress she is .",0 185374,"Its and pieces of The Hot Chick are so hilarious",1 201305,"homage pokepie hat , but as a character he 's dry ,",0 206718,"mundane soap opera",0 140914,"' will appeal to No One",0 141138,"'s a pedestrian , flat drama that screams out ` amateur ' in almost every frame .",0 167009,"not-great movie",0 133217,"standard guns versus martial arts cliche with little new added .",0 230757,"feel your veins cringing from the workout",0 120805,"fulfilling practically every expectation either a longtime Tolkien fan or a movie-going neophyte",1 90383,"pleasant enough --",1 72182,"a probing examination of a female friendship set against a few dynamic decades",1 56269,"pull us deep into the girls ' confusion and pain as they struggle tragically to comprehend the chasm of knowledge that 's opened between them",1 3833,"a good-natured ensemble",1 44007,"A coming-of-age tale from New Zealand whose boozy , languid air is balanced by a rich visual clarity and deeply felt performances across the board .",1 216052,"them are funny , a few are sexy",1 235188,"rather like an overlong visit from a large group of your relatives",0 8073,"its lackluster gear",0 134317,"that falls far short",0 18106,"with rewards to be had by all willing to make the effort to reap them",1 65255,"Eerily accurate depiction",1 189828,"Woody , what happened ?",0 231824,"how uncompelling the movie is unless it happens to cover your particular area of interest",0 64262,"Be prepared to cling to the edge of your seat , tense with suspense . The Ring never lets you off the hook .",1 28366,"an honest look at a community striving to anchor itself in new grounds",1 114702,"are underwhelming",0 86345,"love , duty and friendship",1 33378,"is full of fine performances , led by Josef Bierbichler as Brecht and Monica Bleibtreu as Helene Weigel , his wife .",1 128651,"of failed jokes , twitchy acting , and general boorishness",0 131221,"refreshing visit",1 113996,"an engaging mystery",1 202752,"is as close as you can get to an imitation movie",0 188464,"The narrator and the other characters try to convince us that acting transfigures Esther",0 140968,"'d merely like to watch a solid tale about a universally interesting soul",1 58547,"the now more prevalent technique of the docu-makers",1 22659,"updated his source and grasped its essence , composing a sorrowful and hilarious tone poem about alienated labor , or an absurdist workplace sitcom",1 68148,"Paxton is surprisingly brilliant , deftly sewing together what could have been a confusing and horrifying vision into an intense and engrossing head-trip .",1 191525,"a thinking man 's",1 83938,"is a wonderful thing : that he has been able to share his story so compellingly with us is a minor miracle .",1 49917,"but still quite tasty and inviting all the same",1 48173,"a majestic achievement , an epic of astonishing grandeur",1 171789,"spent an hour setting a fancy table and then served up Kraft Macaroni and Cheese",0 149595,"The movie is a desperate miscalculation . It gives poor Dana Carvey nothing to do that is really funny , and then expects us to laugh because he acts so goofy all the time",0 180458,", The Tuxedo does n't add up to a whole lot .",0 177415,"vertigo and opacity",0 13406,"'' Derrida is an undeniably fascinating and playful fellow .",1 211633,"simply becomes a routine shocker",0 153209,"already the details have faded like photographs from the Spanish-American War",0 235730,"shows a level of young , Black manhood that is funny , touching , smart and complicated .",1 128556,"of biting the hand that has finally , to some extent , warmed up to him",0 30299,"compelling portrait",1 63900,"An hour and a half of joyful solo performance",1 153831,"are films that try the patience of even the most cinema-besotted critic -- and this was one of them .",0 9079,"no sense of actual passion being washed away in love 's dissolution",0 154759,"be just",1 23825,", proving that one man 's ruin may be another 's fortune",1 168587,"own provocative theme",1 83796,"is a happy , heady jumble of thought and storytelling , an insane comic undertaking that ultimately coheres into a sane and breathtakingly creative film",1 1995,"palatable to only a chosen and",0 189929,"You can thank me for this . I saw Juwanna Mann so you do n't have to .",0 146168,"Ice-T sticks his mug in the window of the couple 's BMW and begins haranguing the wife in bad stage dialogue",0 47013,"The entire movie establishes a wonderfully creepy mood .",1 190766,"a hopeless , unsatisfying muddle",0 52111,"gets vivid performances",1 69380,"The actors are simply too good",1 144912,"Do n't be fooled by the impressive cast list - Eye See You is pure junk",0 205093,"like some futile concoction that was developed hastily after Oedekerk",0 156973,"creates an outline for a role he still needs to grow into , a role that Ford effortlessly filled with authority .",0 37977,"the Ya-Ya Sisterhood",1 59828,"various victimized audience members",0 214559,"the filling",1 51328,"establishes a wonderfully creepy mood",1 232078,"in which a guy dressed as a children 's party clown gets violently gang-raped",0 175645,"thoughtful , well-acted clunker",1 163988,"its awkward structure",0 56249,"provocative and prescient",1 99003,"uneven ,",0 61096,"'s informative and breathtakingly spectacular",1 107916,"My own minority report is that it stinks .",0 207138,"none of the charm and little",0 55854,"otherwise comic",1 13212,"wittgenstein",0 142952,": We need kidnapping suspense dramas right now like we need doomsday thrillers .",0 24470,"A spunky , original take on a theme that will resonate with singles of many ages .",1 53845,"it magic",1 220253,"you 've spent the past 20 minutes looking at your watch",0 228018,"a more fascinating look at the future than `` Bladerunner '' and one of the most high-concept sci fi adventures attempted for the screen",1 83969,"is also a pointed political allegory",1 55483,"of psychological insight",1 172859,"that , hampered by an undeveloped script ,",0 222660,"Both exuberantly romantic and serenely melancholy , What Time Is It There ?",1 83640,"inventive cinematic tricks and",1 77496,"crafted a deceptively casual ode to children and",1 4475,"alienate the mainstream audience",0 66376,"In the Mood for Love -- very much a Hong Kong movie",1 100760,"wo n't still be tapping",1 49333,"as the remarkable ensemble cast brings them to life",1 205188,"little action ,",0 57068,"small confined and dark spaces",0 233216,"just do n't care whether that cold-hearted snake Petrovich ( that would be Reno ) gets his comeuppance .",0 211992,"so preachy-keen and",0 69088,"Swimming is above all about a young woman 's face , and by casting an actress whose face projects that woman 's doubts and yearnings",1 82187,"hilarious and",1 114288,"and welfare centers",1 234209,"nothing better to do with 94 minutes",0 60382,"with some real shocks in store for unwary viewers .",1 45728,"It 's a work by an artist so in control of both his medium and his message that he can improvise like a jazzman .",1 13443,"'s a minor comedy that tries to balance sweetness with coarseness , while it paints a sad picture of the singles scene .",1 18485,", this is a movie that 's got oodles of style and substance .",1 213541,"that Peter O'Fallon did n't have an original bone in his body",0 179964,"'s refreshing that someone understands the need for the bad boy",1 236944,"the future than `` Bladerunner '' and one of the most high-concept sci fi adventures attempted for the screen",1 222820,"But they fascinate in their recklessness .",1 224260,"It 's too harsh to work as a piece of storytelling ,",0 87051,"merely lacks originality to make it a great movie",0 185305,"It lacks the compassion , good-natured humor and the level of insight that made ( Eyre 's ) first film something of a sleeper success .",0 174149,"the jokes , most at women 's expense",0 83622,"intriguing characters and a sad ending .",1 214400,"the dead horse",0 45190,"Evokes a palpable sense",1 95447,"the depth of these two literary figures , and even the times in which they lived",1 99793,"well spent",1 148656,"Sluggishly directed by episodic TV veteran Joe Zwick , it 's a sitcom without the snap-crackle .",0 195280,"ca n't rescue this effort",0 105019,"Caton-Jones",1 7326,"if somebody was bored and ... decided to make a dull , pretentious version of jesus ' son , they 'd come up with something like bart freundlich 's world traveler",0 164787,"let 's just say the ingredients do n't quite add up to a meal",0 10821,"such a high-energy movie where the drumming and the marching are so excellent",1 25737,"It 's a stunning lyrical work of considerable force and truth .",1 150857,"What you would end up with if you took Orwell , Bradbury , Kafka , George Lucas and the Wachowski Brothers and threw them into a blender . But that 's just the problem with it - the director has n't added enough of his own ingredients .",0 223193,"Dramas like this make it human .",1 228500,"ambitious ` what if",1 58716,"the silliness of it all eventually prevail",1 38187,"the family , amusing and cute",1 14333,"Newton draws our attention like a magnet , and acts circles around her better known co-star , Mark Wahlberg .",1 151944,"a lazy exercise in bad filmmaking that asks you to not only suspend your disbelief but your intelligence as well",0 119216,"entrapment",1 232395,"is an interesting movie ! ''",1 153944,"are somewhat redeeming",1 238230,"unique way Shainberg",1 49533,"be moved to the edge of their seats by the dynamic first act",1 62858,"A comedy that swings and jostles to the rhythms of life",1 33696,"it offers plenty to ponder and chew on as its unusual relationship slowly unfolds",1 157453,"diluted by too much stage business in the modern day",0 71819,"a highly gifted 12-year-old",1 51909,"friendship , love , memory , trust and loyalty",1 101787,"'s not a bad premise , just a bad movie",0 37458,"suffering and triumphs",1 16262,"is infectious",1 189524,"Welles groupie/scholar Peter Bogdanovich took a long time to do it , but he 's finally provided his own broadside at publishing giant William Randolph Hearst",1 58738,"the spirit",1 210667,"ruins every single scene he 's in",0 69768,"The new Insomnia is a surprisingly faithful remake of its chilly predecessor",1 19579,"a sly wink to The Others without becoming a postmodern joke",1 159583,"forgiven . Why he was given free reign over this project",0 17275,"something rare",1 29079,"are thankfully understated",1 212822,"such a bad day",0 125179,"its audience -- in a heartwarming , nonjudgmental kind of way -- to consider what we value in our daily lives",1 76452,"caring , warm",1 178767,"wonder why Enough was n't just a music video rather than a full-length movie .",0 68026,"One of those terrific documentaries that collect a bunch of people who are enthusiastic about something and then",1 163535,"is truly",1 163104,"is n't scary",0 72341,"a searing album",1 223413,"For those who pride themselves on sophisticated , discerning taste , this might not seem like the proper cup of tea , however it is almost guaranteed that even the stuffiest cinema goers will laugh their \*\*\* off for an hour-and-a-half .",1 15020,"and disturbing",0 65771,"Giggling at the absurdities and",1 188521,"The pacing is often way off",0 180910,", she is merely a charmless witch .",0 135998,"the picture begins to resemble the shapeless , grasping actors ' workshop that it is .",0 4668,"an intelligent romantic",1 198605,"fatal ailments",0 197934,"ensues are much blood-splattering",0 1876,"oddballs",0 131457,"resurrecting performers who rarely work in movies now ...",1 198675,"feel sanitised and stagey",0 76807,"clever and funny",1 37503,"surprise some who thought light-hearted comedy was his forte",1 213319,"terrible , banal dialogue : convenient , hole-ridden plotting : superficial characters",0 26485,"Ross 's",0 13166,"with several survivors , whose riveting memories are rendered with such clarity that it 's as if it all happened only yesterday",1 75768,"blue hilarity",1 217143,"to keep it interested",1 90392,"please history fans",1 108317,"Passion , melodrama , sorrow , laugther , and tears",1 1403,"is so incredibly inane",0 122655,"ick",0 12085,"then just fell apart",0 179864,"'s no discernible feeling beneath the chest hair",0 72831,"a winning comedy that excites the imagination and tickles the funny bone",1 4841,"as a tribute",1 61205,"'s part of what makes Dover Kosashvili 's outstanding feature debut so potent",1 43457,", Beneath Clouds establishes Sen as a filmmaker of considerable potential .",1 207094,"no real reason",1 81147,"glitz",1 143844,"Any one episode of The Sopranos would send this ill-conceived folly to sleep with the fishes .",0 498,"as respectful",1 42976,"wears its B-movie heritage",0 73732,"an eerily suspenseful , deeply absorbing piece that works as a treatise on spirituality as well as a solid sci-fi thriller",1 145429,"For anyone who grew up on Disney 's 1950 Treasure Island , or remembers the 1934 Victor Fleming classic , this one feels like an impostor .",0 57397,"strange and compelling",1 209937,"put away the guitar , sell the amp ,",0 142666,", you do n't want to be worrying about whether the ineffectual Broomfield is going to have the courage to knock on that door .",0 129092,"of the pleasures in Walter 's documentary",1 152064,"a miserable relationship unfold",0 232134,"interesting cinematic devices",1 182123,"A zombie movie in every sense",0 122542,"how difficult",0 77437,"could have turned this into an Argentine retread of '' Iris '' or '' American Beauty , '' but",1 107977,"New Best Friend ''",1 107544,"Lovely and Amazing",1 186477,"Nothing happens , and it happens to flat characters .",0 193835,"attempted here that stubbornly refused to gel",0 161438,"horrors ! )",0 70824,"What makes it worth watching is Quaid 's performance .",1 210573,"rings false .",0 200440,"hard to say who might enjoy this , are there Tolstoy groupies out there ? It 's dark and tragic , and lets the business of the greedy talent agents get in the way of saying something meaningful about facing death",0 90389,"pleasantly and predictably",1 215111,"the movie 's wildly careening tone",0 155970,"can produce the same sleep-inducing effects as watching your neighbor 's home videos",0 188061,"The darker elements of misogyny and unprovoked violence suffocate the illumination created by the two daughters",0 147174,"Like coming into a long-running , well-written television series where you 've missed the first half-dozen episodes and probably wo n't see the next six .",0 152808,"above its disgusting source material",1 44062,"A fantastically vital movie that manages to invest real humor ,",1 147905,"One groan-inducing familiarity",0 190112,"a Xerox machine",0 237950,"to show this movie to reviewers before its opening , afraid of the bad reviews they thought they 'd earn",0 78344,"do it his own way",1 149480,"The impulses that produced this project ... are commendable , but",1 39521,"two performers who put themselves out there because they love what they do",1 144838,"Did it move me to care about what happened in 1915 Armenia ? No . And that is where Ararat went astray .",0 185162,"It 's not a particularly good film",0 209714,"pretentious types who want to appear avant-garde",0 181784,"A live-action cartoon , a fast-moving and cheerfully simplistic 88 minutes of exaggerated action",1 60884,"'s a very entertaining , thought-provoking film with a simple message",1 110151,"The sequel",1 100366,"wit to keep parents away from the concession stand",1 235836,"sneaks up on you",1 80072,"flat-out amusing , sometimes endearing and often fabulous , with a solid cast , noteworthy characters",1 196457,"critiquing itself at every faltering half-step of its development",0 121292,"good actors , good poetry",1 142370,", not-quite-suburban milieu as to have viewers recoiling from the reality check .",0 73035,"above the rest",1 7872,"it 's never a good sign when a film 's star spends the entirety of the film in a coma . it 's a worse sign when you begin to envy her condition",0 174087,"the horror concept completely loses its creepy menace .",0 107020,"It is that rare combination of bad writing , bad direction and bad acting -- the trifecta of badness .",0 124273,"is n't breaking new ground",0 125014,"it is easy to take this film at face value and enjoy its slightly humorous and tender story",1 157112,"dark , dull thriller",0 228804,"are interesting and often very creatively constructed from figure to backstory .",1 100162,"whose engaging manner and flamboyant style",1 110354,"There are some fairly unsettling scenes , but",0 226578,"There are n't too many films that can be as simultaneously funny , offbeat and heartwarming ( without a thick shmear of the goo , at least )",1 90122,"patent solutions to dramatize life 's messiness from inside out , in all its strange quirks",1 171498,"so unforgivably trite in its last 10 minutes that anyone without a fortified sweet tooth will likely go into sugar shock",0 44049,"A directorial tour de force by Bernard Rose , ivans xtc . is one of this year 's very best pictures .",1 37347,"still retains a soft spot for precollegiate humor",1 115820,"being able to hit on a 15-year old when you 're over 100",0 10843,"superior to its predecessor",1 134641,"that would make watching such a graphic treatment of the crimes bearable",0 200506,"has arrived for an incongruous summer playoff , demonstrating yet again that the era of the intelligent , well-made B movie is long gone .",0 140550,"would have felt like a cheat",0 179542,"'s a lot to ask people to sit still for two hours and change watching such a character , especially when rendered in as flat and impassive a manner as Phoenix 's",0 93015,"sobering , heart-felt drama",1 223414,"Formuliac",0 29442,"be when it 's approached with imagination and flair",1 103449,"A brutal and funny work . Nicole Holofcenter",1 189147,"Though there are many tense scenes in Trapped , they prove more distressing than suspenseful .",0 197972,"entirely witless and inane",0 147263,"Lovely and Amazing ,",1 10442,"showtime is a fine-looking film with a bouncy score and a clutch of lively songs for deft punctuation",1 94669,"that gets under your skin",1 8044,"its electronic expression through cyber culture",1 70839,"Whatever complaints I might have , I 'd take ( its ) earnest errors and hard-won rewards over the bombastic self-glorification of other feel-good fiascos like Antwone Fisher or The Emperor 's Club any time .",1 191425,"a stuttering script",0 164327,"just left me cold and wet like I was out in the Seattle drizzle without rainwear .",0 3939,"a lousy movie that 's not merely unwatchable , but also unlistenable .",0 88619,"of hell so shattering it",0 219953,"words like '' horrible ''",0 202375,"intimidated by both her subject matter",0 109394,"That the e-graveyard",0 34738,"much to weigh any arguments one way or the other . He simply presents his point of view that Ayurveda works .",1 188063,"The darker elements of misogyny and unprovoked violence suffocate the illumination created by the two daughters and the sparse instances of humor meant to shine through the gloomy film noir veil",0 174136,"the intrigue and suspense and mystery",1 234412,"of dumb drug jokes and predictable slapstick",0 91901,"sassy interpretation of the Oscar Wilde play",1 8694,"many of benjamins ' elements feel like they 've been patched in from an episode of miami vice .",0 20052,"away from perfection",0 179287,"' romantic",1 136342,"the story to actually give them life",1 147716,"No movement ,",0 207731,"of five blind , crippled , Amish people alive in this situation",0 120249,"flickering out by its perfunctory conclusion",0 233525,"look at that clever angle !",1 67100,"Lacks",0 74243,"applies more detail to the film 's music than to the story line",0 204862,"less charitable",0 81626,"has a no-frills docu-Dogma plainness , yet Miller lingers on invisible , nearly psychic nuances , leaping into digressions of memory and desire",1 81816,"has worked wonders with the material",1 50571,"critical and commercial disaster",0 198147,"ever making his wife look so bad in a major movie",0 77032,"commercialism all in the same movie",0 64183,"Audiences are advised to sit near the back and squint to avoid noticing some truly egregious lip-non-synching , but otherwise the production is suitably elegant .",1 89032,"of the ideal casting of the masterful British actor Ian Holm",1 117694,"creates a stunning , Taxi Driver-esque portrayal of a man teetering on the edge of sanity .",1 86026,"like Shiner 's organizing of the big fight , pulls off enough",1 19970,"aroused",1 58921,"there is no doubt that Krawczyk deserves a huge amount of the credit for the film 's thoroughly winning tone .",1 56567,"respectable summer blockbuster",1 56497,"relays its universal points without lectures or confrontations",1 203709,"is wrong in its sequel .",0 88056,"nothing original in the way of slapstick sequences",0 69274,"The Chateau is a risky venture that never quite goes where you expect and often surprises you with unexpected comedy .",1 97675,"thrill you , touch you and make you",1 120137,"finely crafted , finely written ,",1 17164,"seen to be believed",1 27981,"a worthy follow-up",1 183182,"Competently directed but terminally cute drama .",1 131543,"ride , with jaw-dropping action sequences , striking villains , a gorgeous color palette , astounding technology , stirring music and a boffo last hour",1 55297,"of artists and the love of cinema-and-self",1 233524,"look at that clever angle",1 405,"an inexpressible and drab wannabe",0 237954,"to sink this low",0 22096,"such a dazzlingly self-assured directorial debut",1 169059,"poor Dana Carvey",0 110503,"This is one of those war movies that focuses on human interaction rather than battle and action sequences ... and",1 43251,"'s fun lite .",1 233614,"make Enough into ` an inspiring tale of survival wrapped in the heart-pounding suspense of a stylish psychological thriller '",1 150944,"Why he was given free reign over this project",0 62186,", reverent , and subtly different",1 185958,"Make Chan 's action sequences boring",0 50140,"charming the masses with star power , a pop-induced score and sentimental moments",1 149531,"The low-budget Full Frontal was one of the year 's murkiest , intentionally obscure and self-indulgent pictures",0 144962,"Downbeat , period-perfect biopic hammers home a heavy-handed moralistic message .",1 230360,"does n't pop Reese back .",0 194532,"best dramatic performance to date ( is ) almost enough to lift ( this ) thrill-kill cat-and-mouser ... above its paint-by-numbers plot",1 178912,"would n't add up to the time required to boil a four - minute egg",0 169531,"putters",0 102724,", more of an impish divertissement of themes that interest Attal and Gainsbourg -- they live together -- the film has a lot of charm .",1 138067,"too cliched",0 182153,"About the Benjamins evokes the bottom tier of blaxploitation flicks from the 1970s .",0 2990,"true",1 188758,"The type of dumbed-down exercise in stereotypes that gives the ( teen comedy )",0 43293,"'s not to like about a movie with a ` children 's ' song that includes the line ` My stepdad 's not mean , he 's just adjusting '",1 41497,"about real people ,",1 43498,", The Powerpuff Girls is a fast , frenetic , funny , even punny 6 -- aimed specifically at a grade-school audience .",1 171718,"sorriest",0 85979,"life that 's very different from our own and yet instantly recognizable",1 161147,"here to make us look forward to the Russos ' next offering",1 119094,"engaging characters",1 196963,"dimness",0 35729,"only sex , scandal , and a chorus line of dangerous damsels can deliver",1 120886,"funny story",1 236615,"the Average White Band 's `` Pick up the Pieces",0 35694,"one of the most compelling variations on In the Company of Men",1 193295,"artistic and muted , almost to the point of suffocation .",0 136732,"there 's also a lot of redundancy and unsuccessful crudeness accompanying it",0 104796,"Bluto Blutarsky , we miss you .",1 45338,"Funny , somber , absurd , and , finally , achingly sad , Bartleby is a fine , understated piece of filmmaking .",1 151894,"a hokey piece of nonsense that tries too hard to be emotional .",0 20425,"drugs and winds up in an institution",0 168816,"perhaps unwittingly",0 113899,"an admirable reconstruction of terrible events ,",1 138382,"truly distinctive and",1 50547,"creative team",1 146344,"Interview '' loses its overall sense of mystery and becomes a TV episode rather than a documentary that you actually buy into",0 53855,"it rarely stoops to cheap manipulation or corny conventions to do it",1 12147,"this harrowing journey into combat hell vividly captures the chaotic insanity and personal tragedies that are all too abundant when human hatred spews forth unchecked .",1 136440,"the toughest ages a kid can go through",0 103671,"A lame romantic comedy",0 226788,"Too bad , but thanks to some lovely comedic moments and several fine performances , it 's not a total loss .",1 122244,"him a problematic documentary subject",0 164921,"like a project better suited for the small screen",0 217999,"two fine actors ,",1 229284,"becoming a postmodern joke , made creepy by its `` men in a sardine can '' warped",0 30474,"created a masterful piece of artistry right here",1 146169,"Ideal",1 130297,"plays like a loosely-connected string of acting-workshop exercises",0 185509,"Jones and Snipes are enthralling",1 57466,"succeeds due to its rapid-fire delivery",1 181936,"A quaint , romanticized rendering .",1 34304,"make sense of the mundane horrors of the world",1 183814,"Excruciatingly unfunny and pitifully unromantic .",0 51262,"enriched by a sharp eye for manners and mores .",1 5787,"craziness",0 85556,"just as much intelligence",1 152013,"a lumbering load",0 61206,"'s peppered with false starts and populated by characters who are nearly impossible to care about",0 52898,"in a well-balanced fashion",1 75407,"because the villain could n't pick the lint off Borg Queen Alice Krige 's cape : and finishes half a parsec ( a nose ) ahead of Generations",0 116262,"brutal and funny work",1 13449,"'s also extremely effective .",1 27775,"a refreshingly serious look at young women",1 141590,"'s so full of wrong choices",0 196999,"directed it may leave you speaking in tongues",0 9238,"of bravery",1 118173,"developed characters so much as caricatures , one-dimensional buffoons that get him a few laughs but nothing else",0 200613,"has no clue about making a movie",0 231820,"how pertinent its dynamics remain",1 231164,"gets very ugly , very fast",0 56342,"quirkiness , eccentricity ,",1 935,"extremely competent",1 113412,"admittedly manipulative",0 3958,"a mawkish , implausible platonic romance that makes chaplin 's city lights",0 168772,"people far more talented than Ali G",0 199432,"formula family tearjerker",1 60191,"whose boozy , languid air is balanced by a rich visual clarity and deeply",1 162078,"in ways that Soderbergh 's best films , '' Erin Brockovich , ''",1 152840,"accompanying the stunt-hungry dimwits",0 39500,"turns out to be a cut above the norm , thanks to some clever writing and sprightly acting .",1 17363,"surprised",1 150443,"Too leisurely paced and",0 125397,"its true-to-life characters , its sensitive acting , its unadorned view of rural life and the subtle direction of first-timer Hilary Birmingham",1 144721,"De Niro and McDormand give solid performances , but",1 112028,"a good alternative",1 84755,"is the stuff of high romance , brought off with considerable wit",1 23476,", but Abbas infuses the role with an unimpeachable core of emotional truth .",1 203334,"is predictable at every turn .",0 4198,"a terrible",0 116501,"ca n't generate enough heat in this cold vacuum of a comedy to start a reaction .",0 143075,"A dreary , incoherent , self-indulgent mess of a movie in which a bunch of pompous windbags drone on inanely for two hours ... a cacophony of pretentious , meaningless prattle",0 99915,"whatever its flaws , fulfills one facet of its mission in making me want to find out whether , in this case , that 's true",1 183880,"Far-fetched premise , convoluted plot , and thematic mumbo jumbo about destiny and redemptive",0 148855,"Static , repetitive , muddy and blurry , Hey Arnold ! would seem to have a lock on the title of ugliest movie of the year .",0 12273,"thumbs down",0 192093,"aimless , arduous , and arbitrary",0 29266,"astonishing",1 126648,"make up its mind whether it wants to be a gangster flick or an art film",0 84800,"is unusual , food-for-thought cinema that 's as entertaining as it is instructive",1 8071,"its juxtaposition of overwrought existentialism and stomach-churning gore will have you forever on the verge of either cracking up or throwing up .",0 202749,"is as appalling as any ` comedy ' to ever spill from a projector 's lens",0 120896,"future-world holographic librarian ( Orlando Jones ) who knows everything and answers all questions , is visually smart , cleverly written , and nicely realized",1 25115,"Deutchland",1 40787,"Baran is n't the most transporting or gripping film from Iran -- or , indeed , by its director -- but",0 20624,"full of strength , warmth and vitality",1 143343,"A simple , sometimes maddeningly slow film that has just enough charm and good acting to make it interesting , but is ultimately pulled under by the pacing and lack of creativity within .",0 40329,"wonderful all-ages triumph",1 228022,"a mostly magnificent directorial career , Clint Eastwood 's efficiently minimalist style",1 190713,"a gross-out quota for an anticipated audience demographic",0 147455,"Miller is playing so free with emotions , and the fact that children are hostages to fortune , that he makes the audience hostage to his swaggering affectation of seriousness .",1 20929,"increasingly frightening",0 195708,"cinematography and exhilarating point-of-view shots and fewer slow-motion ` grandeur ' shots",1 66465,"It 's a beautiful film , full of elaborate and twisted characters - and",1 86486,"maggots crawling on a dead dog",0 160145,"glib sentences that could have only come from the pen of a screenwriter",0 71701,"a frighteningly fascinating contradiction",1 15115,"any points for originality . It does succeed by following a feel-good formula with a winning style , and by offering its target audience of urban kids",1 199198,"for all its social and political potential , State Property does n't end up being very inspiring or insightful .",0 51443,"exquisitely blends music",1 226266,"The film has a laundry list of minor shortcomings , but the numerous scenes of gory mayhem are worth the price of admission ... if `` gory mayhem '' is your idea of a good time",1 3389,"( caine ) proves once again he has n't lost his touch , bringing off a superb performance in an admittedly middling film",1 18775,"Castro",0 111212,"With this masterful",1 53285,"is a gentle film with dramatic punch , a haunting ode to humanity",1 133683,"surprising highs , sorrowful lows and hidden impulsive niches",1 226511,"The thing about guys like Evans is this : You 're never quite sure where self-promotion ends and the truth begins",0 131974,"seem self-consciously poetic and forced",0 195773,"cliche-ridden film",0 46254,"Mr . Spielberg and his company just want you to enjoy yourselves without feeling conned . And they succeed merrily at their noble endeavor .",1 195458,"care whether that cold-hearted snake Petrovich ( that would be Reno ) gets his comeuppance .",0 9429,"offers some flashy twists and",1 19664,"act in ways that real people would n't",0 65906,"Happy Hour",1 45283,"For movie lovers as well as opera lovers , Tosca is a real treat .",1 125967,"life , hand gestures ,",1 159543,"force still feels like an ugly knot tightening in your stomach",0 29931,"by its wryly subversive tone",1 34693,"movie screen",1 17814,"to make a splash even greater than Arnold Schwarzenegger , Jean-Claud Van Damme or Steven Segal",1 106639,"If you can push on through the slow spots , you 'll be rewarded with some fine acting .",1 34246,"loving family",1 184695,"I liked the original short story but this movie , even at an hour and twenty-some minutes , it 's too long and",0 196326,"could pass for Mike Tyson 's E ! True Hollywood Story",0 129344,"old-fashioned but emotionally stirring",1 35168,"of artful Large Format filmmaking you are likely to see anytime soon",1 202301,"insulted",0 26007,"Love",1 44310,"A thoughtful movie",1 170579,"seem to have a lock on the title of ugliest movie of the year",0 23910,", the film works on several levels , openly questioning social mores while ensnaring the audience with its emotional pull .",1 181712,"A generic family comedy unlikely to be appreciated by anyone outside the under-10 set .",0 166933,"not a trace",0 61092,"'s in danger of going wrong",0 219022,"well-mounted",1 33489,"is something worth seeing",1 237578,"this statement in an easily accessible way",1 191821,"absolutely amazing",1 112605,"a renowned filmmaker attempts to show off his talent by surrounding himself with untalented people",0 183360,"Deserving",1 105890,"Frei assembles a fascinating profile of a deeply humanistic artist who , in spite of all that he 's witnessed , remains surprisingly idealistic , and retains an extraordinary faith in the ability of images to communicate the truth of the world around him .",1 18708,"Attal mixes comedy with a serious exploration of ego and jealousy within a seemingly serene marriage .",1 55895,"overlong , and bombastic",0 101164,"you peek at it through the fingers in front of your eyes",1 127817,"neatly and effectively",1 146115,"I saw this one",1 10814,"successful",1 200902,"having sucked dry the undead action flick formula , Blade II mutates into a gross-out monster movie with effects that are more silly than scary .",0 107505,"Literary purists may not be pleased , but as far as mainstream matinee-style entertainment goes , it does a bang-up job of pleasing the crowds .",1 69650,"The ingenious construction",1 224314,"It haunts , horrifies , startles and fascinates : it is impossible to look away",1 238568,"were any more of a turkey",0 122324,"his genre and his character construct is a wonderous accomplishment of veracity and narrative grace",1 223196,"Dramatically lackluster .",0 21100,"it does n't have the same magical quality as the beginning of the story .",0 180021,"'s that painful",0 98449,"to win a wide summer audience through word-of-mouth reviews",1 70581,"Until it goes off the rails in its final 10 or 15 minutes , Wendigo , Larry Fessenden 's spooky new thriller , is a refreshingly smart and newfangled variation on several themes derived from far less sophisticated and knowing horror films .",1 13841,"An engaging overview",1 86434,"lusty , boisterous and utterly charming",1 158024,"dull , lifeless , and irritating",0 139092,"visually inventive",1 160597,"has a cocky , after-hours loopiness to it .",1 157408,"did n't laugh at the ongoing efforts of Cube , and his skinny buddy Mike Epps , to make like Laurel and Hardy 'n the hood",0 13661,", this movie introduces a promising , unusual kind of psychological horror .",1 131985,"seem twice as long",0 104035,"A zippy 96 minutes of mediocre special effects , hoary dialogue , fluxing accents , and -- worst of all -- silly-looking Morlocks .",0 46887,"Thanks to Haynes ' absolute control of the film 's mood",1 177638,"was better the first time",0 130465,"possess the lack-of-attention span",0 143532,"Afraid to pitch into farce",0 98358,"to the concept of loss",0 75618,"better person",1 229846,"clichéd and",0 82640,"if the suspense never rises to a higher level , it is nevertheless maintained throughout",1 105216,"Constantly touching , surprisingly funny , semi-surrealist exploration of the creative act .",1 30860,"dithering",0 144791,"Despite a powerful portrayal by Binoche , it 's a period romance that suffers from an overly deliberate pace and uneven narrative momentum .",0 193446,"as emotionally manipulative and sadly imitative of innumerable past Love Story derisions",0 44110,"A gorgeous , high-spirited musical from India that exquisitely blends music , dance , song , and high drama .",1 63484,"A terrific date movie , whatever your orientation .",1 97598,"those who do",1 170911,"shot , expertly cast",1 50544,"creative contributions",1 101249,"your interest until the end and even leaves you with a few lingering animated thoughts",1 206298,"molestation",0 219891,"without merit",0 187072,"Sade achieves the near-impossible : It turns the Marquis de Sade into a dullard",0 87485,"most touching movie",1 96385,"the personal touch of manual animation",1 125873,"leaves any true emotional connection or identification frustratingly out of reach",0 226211,"The biggest problem with Satin Rouge is Lilia herself .",0 140301,"withered",0 233207,"journalistic or historical",1 207078,"no organic intrigue",0 165804,"meaningless prattle",0 192834,"another director ever making his wife look so bad in a major movie",0 167461,"of fantastic sets , extras , costumes and spectacular locales",1 100599,"with results that are sometimes bracing , sometimes baffling and quite often ,",1 165525,"make people laugh",1 112627,"a riot to see Rob Schneider in a young woman 's clothes",1 104542,"Assayas ' ambitious , sometimes beautiful adaptation of Jacques Chardonne",1 152807,"above Academy standards",1 87463,"most ravaging",1 177490,"viewpoints",1 147131,"Less worrying about covering all the drama in Frida 's life and more time",0 81374,"great to look at",1 133481,"stupidity , incoherence and sub-sophomoric",0 103549,"A fascinating examination",1 24345,"A film that takes you inside the rhythms of its subject : You experience it as you watch .",1 36037,"pleasantly",1 122480,"hollowness",0 163771,"it does possess a coherence absent in recent crass-a-thons like Tomcats , Freddy Got Fingered , and Slackers",1 27415,"a celebration of living , and a sobering rumination",1 99583,"warm , moving message",1 219255,"which is best for the stunning star",1 28821,"and surprisingly appealing",1 140992,"'ll have to wrestle disbelief to the ground and then apply the chloroform-soaked handkerchief .",0 28642,"and heart-affecting",1 29501,"been much puzzlement among critics about what the election symbolizes",0 108058,"Not at all clear what it 's trying to say and even if it were -- I doubt it would be all that interesting .",0 179310,"'' Not really as bad as you might think ! ''",1 75375,"beautifully read and , finally ,",1 29034,"are experienced actors",1 94900,"that the film never feels derivative",1 233226,"just never gets off the ground .",0 130253,"pitch-perfect Holden",1 208852,"out loud . If that does n't clue you in that something 's horribly wrong , nothing will",0 203078,"is little else to recommend '' Never Again .",0 6105,"dumbed-down",0 203210,"is neither dramatic nor comic",0 205250,"little wit and no surprises",0 125109,"it succeeds in entertaining , despite playing out like a feature-length sitcom replete with stereotypical familial quandaries",1 116034,"bland songs",0 101123,"you feel what they feel",1 21137,"its faults",0 150437,"Too intensely focused on the travails of being Hal Hartley to function as pastiche",0 31834,"found a worthy follow-up",1 231625,"he does all of this , and more , while remaining one of the most savagely hilarious social critics this side of Jonathan Swift .",1 12389,"to look as if it were being shown on the projection television screen of a sports bar",0 12294,"to a crescendo that encompasses many more paths than we started with",1 164292,"just another kung-fu sci-fi movie",0 29215,"as pleasantly in its own way as its self-dramatizing characters",1 55136,"nothing outstanding about this film",0 46386,"Old people will love this movie , and I mean that in the nicest possible way :",1 196225,"convinced of its own brilliance",0 101197,"you will likely enjoy this monster",1 186593,"One well-timed explosion in a movie can be a knockout , but a hundred of them can be numbing . Proof of this is Ballistic : Ecks vs . Sever",0 212798,"substitute volume and primary colors for humor and bite",0 74396,"are scenes of cinematic perfection that steal your heart away",1 221321,", dull `` cyber-horror '' flick",0 86116,"likely to see all year",1 21119,"it much better than your typical Bond knock-offs",1 205247,"little visible talent and",0 235875,"so tedious it makes the silly spy vs. spy film The Sum of All Fears , starring Ben Affleck , seem downright Hitchcockian",0 20740,"has taken his trademark style and refined it to a crystalline point .",1 103919,"A straight-ahead thriller that never rises above superficiality .",0 165309,"loud , low-budget and tired",0 173510,"the bad lighting that 's often written off as indie film naturalism",0 62829,"A certain sexiness",1 179458,"'re not likely to have seen before , but beneath the exotic surface ( and exotic dancing ) it 's surprisingly old-fashioned",1 175384,"this film , which is often preachy and poorly acted",0 149164,"The Transporter is running purely on adrenaline",1 81370,"great piece",1 230128,"degraded , handheld Blair Witch video-cam footage",0 88823,"of perversity , comedy and romance",1 19655,"absorbing trip",1 16027,"his blessing to",1 172709,"than a fitfully clever doodle",1 64757,"Colorful",1 75662,"biased",0 169254,"pretty fair",1 90099,"passes for sex in the movies look like cheap hysterics",0 99090,"unoriginal terms",0 211093,"seems more tacky and reprehensible",0 124836,"it 's icky .",0 178427,"winds up accomplishing neither in full",0 46410,"One Hour Photo may seem disappointing in its generalities",0 126931,"me feel weird \ \/ Thinking about all the bad things in the world \ \/ Like puppies with broken legs \ \/ And butterflies that die \ \/ And movies starring pop queens",0 55141,"notice -- but it 's a pleasurable trifle .",1 42816,"the haphazard administration of it and",0 203176,"is n't much to it",0 147307,"Magnolia Primavera",0 222131,"A word of advice to the makers of The Singles Ward : Celebrity cameos do not automatically equal laughs .",0 170296,"sadly unrealized",0 178827,"worse ,",0 46229,"Mostly Martha '' is a bright , light modern day family parable that wears its heart on its sleeve",1 208954,"overtly silly dialogue",0 1974,"open this year",1 47058,"The film has several strong performances .",1 155360,"bold ' revelation",1 178012,"wheezing to an end , along with Green 's half-hearted movie career",0 222363,"And it 's harder still to believe that anyone in his right mind would want to see the it .",0 7623,"introduces a promising , unusual kind of psychological horror",1 203630,"is twice as bestial but half as funny .",0 223325,"Family fare .",1 141532,"'s own worst instincts in under 90 minutes .",0 44093,"A genuinely moving and wisely unsentimental drama",1 157596,"distended pace and foot-dragging rhythms follow",0 157403,"did n't believe it for a second , despite the best efforts of everyone involved",0 161352,"hits an all-time low in Sorority Boys , whose makers apparently believe that women 's clothing can cover up any deficiency in acting , writing or direction .",0 146583,"It 's often faintly amusing",1 94159,"takes hold and grips hard .",1 56391,"rates as an exceptional thriller .",1 210044,"rag-tag bunch",0 220729,"'s a testament to the film 's considerable charm",1 177656,"was looking for something hard with which to bludgeon myself unconscious",0 123051,"in middle-of-the-road blandness",0 163687,"it 's so bad",0 101728,"'s kind of",1 190562,"a film -- rowdy , brawny and lyrical in the best Irish sense",1 230447,"dumb , narratively chaotic , visually sloppy",0 191382,"a stab at soccer hooliganism , a double-barreled rip-off of Quentin Tarantino 's climactic shootout --",0 42230,"it 's so clever you want to hate it . But",1 27240,"Windtalkers blows this way and that , but there 's no mistaking the filmmaker in the tall grass , true to himself .",1 226758,"To call The Other Side of Heaven `` appalling ''",0 222730,"But as you watch the movie , you 're too interested to care .",1 178934,"would work much better as a video installation in a museum , where viewers would be free to leave . Immediately",0 44042,"A densely constructed , highly referential film",1 182642,"At once overly old-fashioned in its sudsy plotting and heavy-handed in its effort to modernize it with encomia to diversity and tolerance .",0 66480,"It 's a fun adventure movie for kids ( of all ages ) that like adventure .",1 232419,"is better than any summer blockbuster",1 105202,"Consider it ` perfection",1 150355,"Though clearly well-intentioned",1 45569,"I encourage young and old alike to go see this unique and entertaining twist on the classic whale 's tale -- you wo n't be sorry !",1 150149,"Thirty years ago , it would have been groundbreaking . Now it 's just tired .",0 163379,"is something of an impostor itself , stretching and padding its material in a blur of dead ends and distracting camera work",0 106467,"I have a new favorite musical",1 204634,"lacked",0 151471,"a children 's movie than a recruitment film for future Hollywood sellouts",0 134166,"that 's what I liked about it",1 77298,"contemplative , and sublimely beautiful .",1 202114,"in which the slack execution italicizes the absurdity of the premise",0 96217,"the movie eventually gets around to its real emotional business , striking deep chords of sadness .",1 238198,"under-rehearsed",0 176917,"try hard but come off too amateurish and awkward",0 44807,"Burns ' visuals , characters and his punchy dialogue",1 118317,"disappointingly generic",0 47211,"The piece plays as well as it does thanks in large measure to Anspaugh 's three lead actresses .",1 169233,"pretentious mess",0 184424,"Highly uneven and inconsistent ...",0 230141,"delivers and then some",1 20113,"best films",1 14144,"Iran 's borderlands",0 53584,"is pretty funny now and then without in any way demeaning its subjects",1 75858,"both the elements of the plot and a powerfully evocative mood combining heated sexuality with a haunting sense of malaise",1 126601,"make 105 minutes seem twice as long",0 110467,"This is a gorgeous film -",1 211315,"settles too easily",0 206807,"nasty and",0 127187,"moderately successful",1 194865,"both contrived and cliched",0 57083,"smarter and more unnerving than the sequels",1 191345,"a sleeper success",1 219590,"wind up using them as punching bags",0 36739,"see a cartoon that knows what it is , and knows the form 's history",1 24086,". '' It 's astonishing .",1 21687,"paranoia and insecurity",0 30403,"convey more substance despite its repetitions and inconsistencies than do most films than",1 120409,"for controversy",1 36946,"shows that the idea of women 's self-actualization knows few continental divides",1 173259,"that tries too hard to be emotional",0 144000,"Bad '' is the operative word for '' Bad Company , ''",0 79840,"fiascos",0 232372,"is about as true to the spirit of the Festival of Lights as Mr. Deeds was to that of Frank Capra .",0 65375,"Even through its flaws , Revolution # 9 proves to be a compelling",1 125323,"its own existence",1 200778,"have been sacrificed for skin and flash that barely fizzle",0 79023,"enhanced by a surplus of vintage archive footage",1 76712,"chuckle",1 89593,"one of its strengths",1 65383,"Even when there are lulls , the emotions seem authentic , and the picture is so lovely toward the end",1 117542,"corny television",0 222849,"By that measure , it is a failure .",0 200619,"has none of the charm and little of the intrigue from the TV series",0 65506,"Features what is surely the funniest and most accurate depiction of writer 's block ever .",1 149707,"The part where nothing 's happening ,",0 17712,"these bromides would be barely enough to sustain an interstitial program on the Discovery Channel . But in Imax 3-D , the clichés disappear into the vertiginous perspectives opened up by the photography .",1 23764,", made by bright and friendly souls with a lot of good cheer",1 92283,"sensitive , cultivated treatment",1 56494,"relaxed in its perfect quiet pace",1 152118,"a movie in which a bunch of pompous windbags drone on inanely for two hours",0 59092,"three sides of his story with a sensitivity",1 118774,"dullingly repetitive",0 37473,"superbly acted by the deeply appealing veteran Bouquet and the chilling but quite human Berling",1 60703,"'ll cheer . Otherwise , maybe .",1 43566,", economical movie",1 180628,", every bit as imperious as Katzenberg 's The Prince of Egypt from 1998 .",1 48966,"an interesting bit",1 202271,"inspire a few kids not to grow up to be greedy",1 44929,"Cinema Paradiso will find the new scenes interesting , but",1 42526,"recommend to anyone looking for something",1 177644,"was done better in Wilder 's Some Like It Hot is like saying the sun rises in the east",0 152489,"a spark of new inspiration in it",1 147529,"Mr . Eyre 's uninspired dramatics and more of his sense of observation and outrage",0 96293,"the one thing this Wild film has that other Imax films do n't : chimps , lots of chimps , all blown up to the size of a house . That 's fun for kids of any age .",1 217659,"too precious at the start and a little too familiar at the end",0 214604,"the film is deadly dull",0 237535,"this is the most visually unappealing .",0 179756,"'s funny ,",1 10718,"starts slowly , but adrien brody in the title role helps make the film 's conclusion powerful and satisfying",1 210679,"running on empty",0 191485,"a teenage boy out there somewhere who 's dying for this kind of entertainment",0 78718,"earnestness remarkably well",1 47860,"a certain charm about the film that makes it a suitable entry into the fest circuit",1 92700,"sincerely crafted picture",1 25355,"Francophiles",1 126898,"may indeed have finally aged past his prime ... and , perhaps more than he realizes",0 116629,"can still be smarter than any 50 other filmmakers still at work .",1 147149,"Life is a crock -- or something like it .",0 3178,"will probably be perfectly happy with the sloppy slapstick comedy",1 46096,"Martha '' is a bright , light modern day family parable that wears its heart on its sleeve",1 145000,"Due to some script weaknesses and the casting of the director 's brother",0 232246,"is a bad mannered , ugly and destructive little \*\*\*\*",0 149150,"The Sum of All Fears is almost impossible to follow --",0 80230,"for a winning , heartwarming yarn",1 63331,"A riveting story",1 113762,"also is more fully an example of the kind of lush , all-enveloping movie experience it rhapsodizes",1 11925,"the stunt work is top-notch ;",1 131324,"remember the last time I saw worse stunt editing or cheaper action movie production values than in Extreme Ops",0 131544,"ride , with jaw-dropping action sequences , striking villains , a gorgeous color palette , astounding technology , stirring music and a boffo last hour that leads up to a strangely sinister happy ending",1 39401,"tortured",0 22896,"you 'll appreciate much of Vardalos ' humor , which transcends ethnic boundaries .",1 159363,"for a movie that tries to be smart",0 204600,"know the picture is in trouble .",0 86603,"make up for a derivative plot",1 16226,"is a great glimpse into a very different world",1 192869,"another unoriginal run",0 222621,"Big Fat Waste of Time",0 122738,"if you 're in the mood for something more comfortable than challenging",1 84599,"is shifty in the manner in which it addresses current terrorism anxieties and sidesteps them at the same time .",0 85090,"it makes up for in heart .",1 1049,"furiously",0 173984,"the first sci-fi comedy that could benefit from a Three 's Company-style laugh track",0 118519,"does n't care about cleverness , wit or any other kind of intelligent humor",0 215707,"the subject matter goes nowhere .",0 191300,"a series of relentlessly nasty situations",0 71563,"a disquieting and thought-provoking film",1 62856,"A comedy",1 213506,"that , by the end , no one in the audience or the film seems to really care",0 82764,"impressed by how many tit-for-tat retaliatory responses the filmmakers allow before pulling the plug on the conspirators and averting an American-Russian Armageddon",1 232382,"is also a troubling interpretation of Ecclesiastes .",0 81465,"gusto",1 233087,"it seems to lack substance .",0 191619,"a while , as do Joan and Philip 's repetitive arguments , schemes and treachery",0 6708,"from this new version of e . t . just as i hoped i would -- with moist eyes",1 104066,"About the only thing to give the movie points for is bravado -- to take an entirely stale concept and push it through the audience 's meat grinder one more time .",0 141136,"'s a movie that emphasizes style over character and substance",0 193011,"appropriate comic buttons",1 11407,"the film sometimes flags",0 48638,"acted , magnificently shot and gripping enough to sustain most of its 170-minute length",1 73194,"add up to a satisfying crime drama",1 133014,"soon-to-be-forgettable '' section of the quirky rip-off prison romp pile",0 73235,"admirers",1 123545,"into a gut-wrenching examination of the way cultural differences and emotional expectations collide",1 232210,"is , despite its alleged provocation post-9 \/ 11 , an antique , in the end",0 56890,"shared by the nation",1 189276,"Trouble Every Day is a success in some sense",1 150281,"This one 's weaker than most .",0 38101,"the courage of its convictions",1 96219,"the movie for you",1 124161,"is intriguing but quickly becomes distasteful and downright creepy .",0 87312,"more re-creations of all those famous moments",1 50044,"capture so perfectly the hopes and dreams of little boys on baseball fields as well as the grown men who sit in the stands .",1 180546,", bile , and irony",0 138065,"too clear",0 143413,"A very depressing movie of many",0 158505,"every cheap trick",0 161776,"in a cinematic year already littered with celluloid garbage",0 111697,"a completely honest , open-hearted",1 71208,"` cultural revolution",1 157949,"draw you deeply into its world",1 174974,"the viewer haunted by the waste of potential",0 32612,"hoary",0 71371,"a chance to learn , to grow , to travel",1 100566,"with muscles and a lot more smarts , but just as endearing and easy to watch",1 139019,"very tasteful rock",1 164631,"laughs at how clever it 's being .",1 146608,"It 's really yet another anemic and formulaic Lethal Weapon-derived buddy-cop movie , trying to pass off its lack of imagination as hip knowingness .",0 102420,", bravery , political intrigue",1 178391,"will not hold .",0 220571,"'ll cheer .",1 228260,"a year late",0 151959,"a letdown if its twists and turns hold no more surprise than yesterday 's weather report",0 47852,"a buoyant , expressive flow of images",1 16083,"iconic characters gambol fluidly through the story , with charming results .",1 221712,", you think you 're watching a serious actioner : the next",0 188183,"The film has ( its ) moments , but they are few and far between .",0 32951,"in the mysterious spring but in the richness of its performances",1 214379,"the crime movie equivalent",0 34348,"manages to be tender and darkly comic",1 103209,"... could easily be called the best Korean film of 2002 .",1 27401,"a budget affair that exposes the generally sad existence of the Bedouins while providing a precious twinkle of insight into their lives .",1 176479,"to the heart of the movie",1 67136,"Lasker 's canny , meditative script distances sex and love , as Byron and Luther ... realize they ca n't get no satisfaction without the latter .",1 142323,", its power is undercut by its own head-banging obviousness .",0 845,"drab",0 123379,"informed , adult hindsight",1 125954,"lies ... footage that might have made No Such Thing a trenchant , ironic cultural satire instead of a frustrating misfire",0 234429,"of healthy eccentric inspiration and ambition",1 120075,"filmmaking , the kind that pretends to be passionate and truthful but is really frustratingly timid and soggy",0 119010,"emotionally scattered film",0 53267,"is a creepy slice of gothic rural Americana .",1 1385,"is laughingly enjoyable",1 46430,"One of those energetic surprises",1 173500,"the authenticity of the trappings",1 230420,"dressed as a children 's party clown gets violently gang-raped",0 177767,"way to tolerate this insipid , brutally clueless film",0 27820,"a simple and heart-warming story , full of mirth that should charm all but the most cynical",1 223082,"Decent",1 227203,"Without September 11 , Collateral Damage would have been just another bad movie .",0 103030,", without sentimentalizing it or denying its brutality , transforms that reality into a lyrical and celebratory vision",1 55564,"of the director , Frank Novak , that keeps the film grounded in an undeniable social realism",1 98099,"to have a good time as it doles out pieces of the famous director 's life",1 77062,"compassion , sacrifice ,",1 162585,"is a deeply unpleasant experience .",0 141989,", I do n't give a damn , ' have never been more appropriate .",0 40581,"'s often infuriatingly",0 234750,"one step further",1 167038,"nothing provocative about this film",0 52311,"gut-buster",1 101590,"'s also nice",1 98982,"underscore the importance of family tradition and familial community",1 129943,"pack a powerful emotional wallop",1 63281,"A pretty decent kid-pleasing , tolerable-to-adults lark of a movie .",1 24451,"A rigorously structured and exquisitely filmed drama about a father and son connection that is a brief shooting star of love .",1 196388,"crassly reductive",0 216558,"those staggeringly well-produced",1 131513,"rewarded with some fine acting",1 26873,"The movie is well shot and very tragic , and one to ponder after the credits roll .",1 127378,"more to be prescribed than recommended -- as visually bland as a dentist 's waiting room , complete with soothing Muzak and a cushion of predictable narrative rhythms .",0 185089,"It 's coherent , well shot , and tartly acted , but",1 203591,"is throwing up his hands in surrender , is firing his R&D people , and",0 1481,"it might be tempting to regard mr . andrew and his collaborators as oddballs , but mr . earnhart 's quizzical , charming movie",1 1311,"indulgence",0 225104,"Nelson 's intentions are good , but the end result does no justice to the story itself",0 175544,"this sort of stop-go slow motion that makes the gang rumbles look like they 're being streamed",0 88270,"of Shakespeare 's better known tragedies",1 158943,"feels five hours long",0 31729,"for Soderbergh fans who think he 's gone too commercial since his two Oscar nominated films in 2000",1 174016,"the funniest thing in the world",1 229370,"better acting and a hilarious Kenneth Branagh",1 228361,"actually clicks .",1 231097,"garbage .",0 86785,"many of these guys are less than adorable",0 200624,"has only a fleeting grasp of how to develop them",0 32421,"he is matched by Schweig , who carries the film on his broad , handsome shoulders .",1 128532,"of an ordeal than an amusement",0 19897,"and thoroughly enjoyable true",1 10497,"slap her",0 111717,"a convenient conveyor belt of brooding personalities that parade about as if they were coming back from Stock Character camp -- a drowsy drama infatuated by its own pretentious self-examination",0 163472,"is the paucity of laughter in what 's supposed to be a comedy .",0 7868,"it 's lazy for a movie to avoid solving one problem by trying to distract us with the solution to another .",0 133919,"technically proficient and without the pop-up comments",1 192761,"and poorly-constructed comedy",0 228449,"all the wiggling energy",1 207710,"of every bad action-movie line in history",0 202810,"is careless and unfocused .",0 133831,"take what was otherwise a fascinating , riveting story and send it down the path of the mundane .",0 61081,"'s hard to resist his enthusiasm ,",1 88418,"of an upper class Austrian society",1 205264,"lives up to the stories and faces and music of the men who are its subject .",1 238322,"very pretty",1 115498,"be exasperated by a noticeable lack of pace . Or both",0 237676,"tiresome as 9",0 6423,"fascinating",1 183686,"Enough is not a bad movie ,",1 232487,"is highly pleasurable .",1 78554,"drag an audience",0 174705,"the savviest audiences",1 238337,"viewers will wish there had been more of the `` Queen '' and less of the `` Damned . ''",0 50103,"certain charm",1 207106,"no surprises",0 188587,"The problematic characters and overly convenient plot twists",0 55602,"of the rare directors who feels acting is the heart and soul of cinema . He allows his cast members to make creative contributions to the story and dialogue . This method almost never fails him , and it works superbly here",1 85387,"its shape-shifting perils , political intrigue and brushes",1 93990,"suspenseful enough for older kids but",1 233059,"it lacks focus",0 46840,"Strip",1 75310,"be required viewing for civics classes and would-be public servants alike",1 74598,"as a masterfully made one",1 177191,"unfunny tricks",0 239001,"would become `` the punk kids ' revolution",0 98772,"turn on many people to opera",1 164881,"like Zhang Yimou behind the camera for a yarn that 's ultimately rather inconsequential",0 34831,"narcotizing bland ( sinister , though not nearly so sinister as the biennial Disney girl movie )",0 18968,"Insomnia",0 100364,"wit and warmth",1 147185,"Like you could n't smell this turkey rotting from miles away",0 142359,", muddy and blurry",0 155980,"can see the filmmakers ' puppet strings",0 132804,"so unabashedly hopeful",1 232484,"is he has no character , loveable or otherwise",0 22681,"very cliched",0 170666,"seen this movie a thousand times",0 227942,"a great , participatory spectator sport . '",1 30256,"come along that are as intelligent , exuberant , and moving as Monsoon Wedding",1 221711,", you should avoid this like the dreaded King Brown snake .",0 115655,"beautifully photographed",1 119369,"eventual cult classic",1 171722,"sorry use of Aaliyah in her one and",0 167550,"of its banality",0 88336,"of a minor miracle in Unfaithful",1 149308,"The disjointed mess",0 23638,", funny and ultimately sobering film",1 130303,"plays like some corny television",0 209767,"produce another smash",1 60475,"world cinema 's most wondrously gifted artists",1 139935,"will notice distinct parallels between this story and the 1971 musical '' Bedknobs and Broomsticks , '' which also dealt with British children rediscovering the power of fantasy during wartime",0 167987,"often overwritten",0 158786,"falling flat",0 153496,"an unapologetic mess , whose only saving grace is that it ends by blowing just about everything up",0 147820,"Nothing more than a mediocre trifle .",0 85571,"just might go down as one of the all-time great apocalypse movies .",1 160429,"hackneyed in its dialogue",0 6935,"handled correctly , wilde 's play is a masterpiece of elegant wit and artifice",1 182024,"A sterling film",1 172158,"stumbles over every cheap trick in the book trying to make the outrage come even easier .",0 182431,"An inexperienced director , Mehta has much to learn .",0 114038,"an expert thriller",1 177881,"well-acted but dangerously slow",0 66610,"It 's not just a feel-good movie , it 's a feel movie . You feel good ,",1 23782,", moving and invigorating",1 188207,"The film is weighed down by supporting characters who are either too goodly , wise and knowing or downright comically evil .",0 8818,"miss it",0 146071,"I hate this movie",0 184823,"If this is cinema",0 167066,"nurtured his metaphors",0 126691,"makes little attempt to give voice to the other side",0 204994,"like Stealing Harvard , which fails to keep 80 minutes from seeming like 800",0 77094,"completely empty",0 186261,"My Sweet has so many flaws",0 37701,"than he reasonably should be",0 94799,"that on the cinematic front , look no further than this 20th anniversary edition of the film that Spielberg calls",1 188882,"There are more shots of children smiling for the camera than typical documentary footage which hurts the overall impact of the film . It 's makes a better travelogue than movie .",0 47966,"a distinguished film legacy",1 73816,"an imaginative teacher",1 63793,"American blockbusters",1 212906,"suited to a quiet evening on PBS than a night out at an AMC .",0 138261,"transcends ethnic lines .",0 203178,"is n't nearly surprising or clever enough to sustain a reasonable degree of suspense on its own",0 23110,"'s both a necessary political work and a fascinating documentary ...",1 149891,"The stripped-down approach does give the film a certain timeless quality",1 146922,"Jones helps breathe some life into the insubstantial plot ,",1 134321,"that few movies have ever approached",1 233796,"may work as an addictive guilty pleasure but the material never overcomes its questionable satirical ambivalence",0 107328,"Kissing Jessica Stein is one of the greatest date movies in years .",1 73081,"accomplishes so much that one viewing ca n't possibly be enough",1 220733,"'s a very very strong `` B +",1 230995,"fresh view",1 130470,"possesses all the good intentions in the world ,",1 70539,"Uncle Ralph .",1 190871,"a lot more painful than an unfunny movie that thinks it 's hilarious",0 195801,"clips of a film that are still looking for a common through-line",0 232053,"in the theater thinking up grocery lists and ways to tell their kids how not to act like Pinocchio",0 74962,"at once visceral and spiritual , wonderfully vulgar and sublimely lofty",1 6980,"harvard aspires",1 186867,"Reeboir varies between a sweet smile and an angry bark , while Said attempts to wear down possible pupils through repetition . It has no affect on the Kurds , but",0 23648,", gorgeous , sprawling swashbuckler",1 209623,"preachy parable",0 47007,"The draw ( for '' Big Bad Love '' ) is a solid performance by Arliss Howard .",1 119637,"failed jokes , twitchy acting ,",0 76148,"by an energy that puts the dutiful efforts of more disciplined grade-grubbers",1 79871,"filled with humorous observations about the general absurdity of modern life",1 124478,"is richer than anticipated",1 79017,"engrossing portrait",1 210479,"resolutely downbeat",0 38452,"the most transporting or gripping film from Iran -- or , indeed , by its director",1 143475,"About as cutting-edge as Pet Rock",0 185765,"Like a medium-grade network sitcom -- mostly inoffensive , fitfully amusing , but ultimately so weightless that a decent draft in the auditorium might blow it off the screen .",0 65816,"Good performances",1 170264,"rushed",0 170826,"shamefully strolls through this mess with a smug grin , inexplicably wearing a kilt and carrying a bag of golf clubs over one shoulder .",0 75250,"be credited with remembering his victims",0 173217,"that the Farrelly Bros . -- Peter and Bobby -- and their brand of screen comedy are wheezing to an end , along with Green 's half-hearted movie career",0 211675,"sinks further and further",0 111213,"With this masterful , flawless film , ( Wang ) emerges in the front ranks of China 's now numerous , world-renowned filmmakers .",1 6094,"drowned me in boredom",0 134362,"that illustrates why the whole is so often less than the sum of its parts in today 's Hollywood",0 103415,"A beautiful paean to a time long past .",1 161021,"headbangingly",0 85922,"less entertaining",0 2047,"played out with such aching beauty and truth",1 103621,"A genuinely funny ensemble",1 156859,"could be a single iota worse ... a soulless hunk of exploitative garbage .",0 21117,"it is unapologetically dumb",0 237017,"the larger socio-political picture of the situation in Northern Ireland in favour of an approach that throws one in the pulsating thick of a truly frightening situation",1 179812,"'s just too boring and obvious",0 150543,"Tykwer has done all that Heaven allows , if you wanted to make as anti-Kieslowski a pun as possible . Suffice to say its total promise is left slightly unfulfilled",0 164336,"just not campy enough",0 27724,"a persona that is so intriguing that you find yourself staring hypnotically at her , trying to understand her and wondering if she 'll crack",1 147595,"My reaction in a word : disappointment . His last movie was poetically romantic and full of indelible images , but his latest",0 94068,"sympathy and intelligence",1 210245,"recognizes the needs of moviegoers for real characters and compelling plots",1 204028,"it suits the script",1 84968,"it affords to watch Jackson , who also served as executive producer , take his smooth , shrewd , powerful act abroad",1 213822,"that says that the alternate sexuality meant to set you free may require so much relationship maintenance that celibacy can start looking good",0 123511,"interesting in Unfaithful",1 64069,"As Janice , Eileen Walsh , an engaging , wide-eyed actress whose teeth are a little too big for her mouth , infuses the movie with much of its slender , glinting charm .",1 222108,"A true pleasure .",1 45401,"Gorgeous scenes , masterful performances",1 138565,"unchecked heartache",0 6593,"for human connection",1 2122,"rather sad",0 49849,"brings a beguiling freshness to a coming-of-age story with such a buoyant , expressive flow of images that it emerges as another key contribution to the flowering of the South Korean cinema",1 167934,"off track in its final half hour",0 123000,"in gorgeous visuals",1 32431,"heal using creative , natural and ancient antidotes",1 70809,"What bubbles up out of John C . Walsh 's Pipe Dream is the distinct and very welcome sense of watching intelligent people making a movie they might actually want to watch .",1 7891,"it 's rare to find a film to which the adjective ` gentle ' applies , but",1 59765,"urbane sweetness",1 84297,"is how well it holds up in an era in which computer-generated images are the norm",1 211180,"self-conscious art drivel",0 193971,"baked",1 111821,"a drag how Nettelbeck sees working women -- or at least this working woman -- for whom she shows little understanding",0 76695,"chomp on jumbo ants , pull an arrow out of his back",0 206390,"more holes",0 204759,"lazily",0 39490,"tunes into a grief that could lead a man across centuries .",1 45615,"If there 's no art here , it 's still a good yarn -- which is nothing to sneeze at these days .",1 109069,"Some of the visual flourishes are a little too obvious , but restrained and subtle storytelling , and fine performances make this delicate coming-of-age tale a treat",1 106515,"I still like Moonlight Mile , better judgment be damned",1 33179,"inventive and artful",1 198904,"find it baffling",0 36816,"sent my spirit soaring out of the theater",1 45126,"Efficient",1 128484,"of a thriller gets the job done .",1 111992,"a genius",1 78453,"does n't have much panache , but with material this rich it does n't need it .",1 169530,"puts its heart in the right place",1 144371,"Care deftly captures the wonder and menace of growing up",1 127449,"most irresponsible",0 143617,"All that ( Powerpuff Girls ) charm is present in the movie , but it 's spread too thin .",0 99914,"whatever flaws Igby Goes Down may possess , it is undeniably that",0 42150,"is a film well worth",1 69586,"The film runs on a little longer than it needs to -- Muccino either does n't notice when his story ends or just ca n't tear himself away from the characters",0 101198,"you will never forget",1 162378,"into a movie -- a bad one",0 182746,"Been there , done that , liked it much better",0 67279,"Like the chilled breath of oral storytelling frozen onto film",1 3834,"a good-natured ensemble comedy",1 74870,"assume is just another day of Brit cinema",0 100320,"win any Academy Awards",1 124146,"is incompetent , incoherent or just plain crap",0 177668,"was n't one of the film 's virtues",0 123577,"into one terrific story with lots of laughs",1 99832,"were as claustrophic , suffocating and chilly as the attics to which they were inevitably consigned",0 146637,"It all drags on so interminably it 's like watching a miserable relationship unfold in real time .",0 44394,"All That Heaven Allows ''",1 44671,"Beauty",1 31522,"fatality , classism , and ignorance",0 166119,"mope",0 44915,"Cho 's timing is priceless .",1 24313,"A deep and meaningful film",1 191836,"absurd plot twists , idiotic court maneuvers and stupid characters",0 233561,"love , family and",1 220233,"you 're far better served by the source material .",0 139852,"wide-awake all the way through",1 77438,"could have turned this into an Argentine retread of '' Iris '' or '' American Beauty , '' but instead pulls a little from each film",1 182952,"Bryan Adams , the world 's most generic rock star",1 127372,"more than sucking you in ... and making you sweat",1 170550,"see where this dumbed-down concoction is going",0 201627,"ill-equipped",0 85091,"it makes up for with a great , fiery passion .",1 140448,"works its magic with such exuberance and passion that the film 's length becomes a part of its fun .",1 25741,"It 's an example of sophisticated , challenging filmmaking that stands , despite its noticeable lack of emotional heft , in welcome contrast to the indulgent dead-end experimentation of the director 's previous Full Frontal .",1 116640,"can write and deliver a one liner as well as anybody .",1 70798,"What I saw , I enjoyed .",1 178917,"would n't know subtle characterization if it put on a giant furry monster costume and then gave them a lapdance .",0 12694,"unrepentantly trashy",0 104334,"An indispensable peek at the art and the agony of making people",1 37460,"suffused with complexity",1 93139,"some things are immune to the folly of changing taste and attitude . For proof of that on the cinematic front , look no further than this 20th anniversary edition of the film that Spielberg calls , retrospectively , his most personal work yet .",1 90690,"probably the most good-hearted yet sensual entertainment",1 78274,"disjointed ,",0 30925,"does possess a loose , lackadaisical charm",1 40000,"where its intended under-12 audience is concerned",0 207575,"of a surprisingly juvenile lark , a pop-influenced prank whose charms are immediately apparent",1 41798,"directs the traffic",1 226667,"This is n't my favorite in the series , still I enjoyed it enough to recommend",1 55332,"of despair",0 1255,"if you enjoy being rewarded by a script that assumes you are n't very bright ,",0 123793,"is a must",1 20967,"intriguing and entertaining",1 3351,"'s not merely unwatchable",0 65862,"Great performances , stylish cinematography and a gritty feel help",1 21606,"old fashion romance and someone",1 11581,"the long , dishonorable history of quickie teen-pop exploitation",0 207666,"of complacency",1 226183,"The Ya-Ya 's have many secrets and one is - the books are better .",0 188522,"The pacing is often way off and",0 71539,"a delightful romantic comedy",1 229841,"cleverer , better written and",1 185254,"It briefly flirts with player masochism , but the point of real interest - -- audience sadism -- is evaded completely",0 211156,"seen it all before",0 122399,"his surprising discovery of love and humility",1 48589,"absorbing and unsettling psychological drama",1 152362,"a role that Ford effortlessly filled with authority",1 123684,"is , more often then",1 12645,"undeniably worthy and devastating",1 145140,"European pickup . What 's hard to understand",0 214712,"the funniest idea",1 76338,"can impart a message without bludgeoning the audience over the head",1 233913,"morality and the choices we make underneath such a mountain of clichés and borrowed images",0 48856,"amuse even the most resolutely unreligious parents who escort their little ones to megaplex screenings",1 115299,"awkwardly garish showcase",0 8746,"mediocrity",0 7798,"is that her confidence in her material is merited",1 230682,"expect much more from a talent as outstanding as director Bruce McCulloch",0 130018,"passably",1 123867,"is achingly honest and delightfully cheeky",1 200570,"has its share of clever moments and biting dialogue",1 75249,"be consigned to the dustbin of history",0 111337,"You can fire a torpedo through some of Clancy 's holes , and the scripters do n't deserve any Oscars .",0 98583,"touching film",1 44366,"Adaptation is intricately constructed and in a strange way nails all of Orlean 's themes without being a true adaptation of her book .",1 43309,"'s plenty to enjoy -- in no small part thanks to Lau .",1 41198,"Smith 's point is simple and obvious -- people 's homes are extensions of themselves , and particularly eccentric people have particularly eccentric living spaces -- but his subjects are charmers",1 207338,"obvious cliches",0 107696,"Mean",0 205457,"loud , witless mess",0 82547,"humane and important",1 212679,"strives to be intimate and socially encompassing but fails to do justice to either effort in three hours of screen time",0 70267,"This is the kind of subject matter that could so easily have been fumbled by a lesser filmmaker , but Ayres makes the right choices at every turn .",1 216348,"this as one of the worst films of the summer .",0 122867,"in Trouble Every Day",0 193248,"argue that entering a church , synagogue or temple does n't mean you have to check your brain at the door",0 36056,"poetically",1 188767,"The whole talking-animal thing is grisly .",0 228830,"are on the backs of our parents",0 223832,"I liked it",1 88620,"of help from the screenplay ( proficient , but singularly cursory )",1 198304,"exercise in narcissism and self-congratulation disguised as a tribute .",0 148297,"Robert De Niro ca n't make this movie anything more than a trashy cop buddy comedy",0 69249,"The Bai brothers have taken an small slice of history and opened it up for all of us to understand , and",1 71552,"a deserved co-winner of the Audience Award for documentaries at the Sundance Film Festival",1 220727,"'s a stale , overused cocktail using the same olives since 1962 as garnish",0 15255,"better film",1 27942,"a warm invitation",1 79982,"finds one of our most conservative and hidebound movie-making traditions and gives it new texture , new relevance , new reality .",1 70847,"When the movie mixes the cornpone and the Cosa Nostra , it finds a nice rhythm .",1 84149,"is duly impressive in IMAX dimensions , as are shots of the astronauts floating in their cabins",1 69171,"Terrific casting and solid execution give all three stories life .",1 6031,"does n't amount to much of anything .",0 110341,"There 's undeniable enjoyment to be had from films crammed with movie references , but the fun wears thin -- then out -- when there 's nothing else happening",0 13508,", Treasure Planet maintains a brisk pace as it races through the familiar story . However , it lacks grandeur and that epic quality often associated with Stevenson 's tale as well as with earlier Disney efforts .",0 174200,"the latrine",0 209550,"portrays , tiresomely regimented",0 118465,"do no wrong with Jason X",1 30294,"compelling and even original",1 189765,"Witch Project real-time roots",1 170362,"satirical documentary that fudges facts",0 92861,"small , human moments",1 125343,"its powerful moments",1 28601,"and fabulous music .",1 227762,"a bad run in the market or a costly divorce",0 58396,"the humanizing of one woman",1 198052,"evacuations , and none-too-funny commentary on the cultural distinctions between Americans and Brits .",0 100169,"whose jolly , fun-for-fun 's - sake communal spirit goes to the essence of Broadway .",1 330,"add up to more than body count",0 96078,"the magnificent swooping aerial shots are breathtaking ,",1 40770,"Anchored by a terrific performance",1 178506,"with a large dose of painkillers",0 100779,"wonderful but",1 106578,"If The Man from Elysian Fields is doomed by its smallness",1 92906,"smitten document of a troubadour , his acolytes , and the triumph of his band .",1 234859,"packed with adventure and a worthwhile environmental message",1 219875,"without any passion",0 202423,"into one good one",1 70980,"With Spy Kids 2 : The Island of Lost Dreams , however , Robert Rodriguez adorns his family-film plot with an elegance and maturity that even most contemporary adult movies are lacking .",1 158916,"feel sorry for Madonna",0 177704,"wasted by a script that takes few chances and manages to insult the intelligence of everyone in the audience",0 223093,"Delia , Greta , and Paula rank as three of the most multilayered and sympathetic female characters of the year .",1 110639,"Time Out is as serious as a pink slip .",0 182973,"By turns pretentious , fascinating , ludicrous , provocative and vainglorious .",1 84742,"is the number of lasting images all its own .",1 204654,"lacks considerable brio for a film about one of cinema 's directorial giants",0 151341,"a bad one",0 198981,"first-rate cast",1 210135,"reaching the comic heights it obviously desired",1 16898,"overly talky",0 194297,"become wearisome .",0 155259,"biting and",1 88875,"of sentimental war movies",1 221249,", a second assassin shot Kennedy ?",0 87435,"most intense psychological mysteries",1 96442,"the power of spirits",1 45884,"Jeffrey Dahmer ,",0 140055,"with a cultist 's passion",1 18848,"Elling , portrayed with quiet fastidiousness by Per Christian Ellefsen , is a truly singular character , one whose frailties are only slightly magnified versions of the ones that vex nearly everyone .",1 73192,"add up to a moving tragedy with some buoyant human moments",1 175784,"tiring in no time at all",0 133816,"take me back to a time before I saw this movie",0 125455,"jaw-dropping action sequences , striking villains , a gorgeous color palette , astounding technology , stirring music and a boffo last hour",1 144725,"De Niro looks bored , Murphy recycles Murphy ,",0 184628,"I can analyze this movie in three words : Thumbs Friggin ' Down .",0 118918,"effort to share his impressions of life and loss and time and art with us",1 190074,"a Hallmark Hall of Fame",1 228966,"as lumpy as two-day old porridge",0 11146,"that woman 's doubts",0 81640,"has a sure hand .",1 28208,"all the elements that made the other three great , scary times at the movies",1 34664,"most visually stunning",1 69975,"The structure is simple , but",1 77396,"corpse",0 160605,"has a glossy coat of action movie excess while remaining heartless at its core .",0 25442,"Goyer 's screenplay and direction are thankfully understated",1 114080,"an incomprehensible",0 124741,"is ultimately what makes Shanghai Ghetto move beyond a good , dry , reliable textbook and what allows it to rank with its worthy predecessors .",1 114145,"an overwhelming sadness that feels as if it has made its way into your very bloodstream",0 37129,"some ingenious plot devices",1 124932,"it can make him a problematic documentary subject",0 209326,"plainly dull and visually ugly",0 201080,"high melodramatic style",1 45015,"Dazzling in its complexity , disturbing for its extraordinary themes , The Piano Teacher is a film that defies categorisation . It haunts , horrifies , startles and fascinates : it is impossible to look away . Ah yes , and then there 's the music ...",1 209729,"pretty tattered",0 131220,"refreshes the mind and spirit along with the body",1 84687,"is talented enough and charismatic enough to make us care about Zelda 's ultimate fate .",1 148682,"So stupid , so ill-conceived",0 44847,"Candid",1 53521,"is more than a movie .",1 62052,", it offers hope",1 181821,"A man leaving the screening said the film was better than Saving Private Ryan . He may have meant the Internet short Saving Ryan 's Privates .",0 90059,"part biography , part entertainment",1 30833,"disgusted",0 133859,"taking the Shakespeare parallels quite far enough",1 6583,"for all the writhing and wailing , tears , rage and opium overdoses , there 's no sense of actual passion being washed away in love 's dissolution .",0 206960,"new kind",1 186025,"Martha Stewart decorating program run amok",0 224312,"It has no affect on the Kurds , but it wore me down .",0 8977,"naipaul , a juicy writer , is negated",0 28627,"and gets fine performances from his two leads who originated the characters on stage",1 198349,"experience I 've had since '' Ca n't Stop The Music . '' It may as well be called '' Jar-Jar Binks : The Movie . '' It 's that painful",0 222834,"But what are adults doing in the theater at all ?",0 78919,"emotionally grand",1 65096,"Director Peter Kosminsky gives these women a forum to demonstrate their acting ` chops ' and they take full advantage",1 40088,"wickedly eccentric",1 164540,"lacks the brawn -- and the brains -- of the 1970s original .",0 90440,"poignant lyricism",1 22597,"trimmed",0 8424,"lift",1 186060,"McTiernan 's remake may be lighter on its feet",1 204142,"its characters and its audience",1 45508,"Hollywood Ending is not show-stoppingly hilarious , but scathingly witty nonetheless .",1 90532,"possibly the best actor",1 236866,"the film 's centre is a precisely layered performance by an actor in his mid-seventies , Michel Piccoli .",1 80614,"from fighting games , wire fu , horror movies , mystery , James Bond , wrestling , sci-fi and anime into one big bloody stew",1 141966,", Dridi tells us nothing about El Gallo other than what emerges through his music .",0 156727,"consider taking a child younger than middle school age to this wallow in crude humor",0 235397,"rotten in almost every single facet of production",0 8702,"marvelous",1 178013,"when , in reality , it 's churning ground that has long passed the point of being fertile",0 185699,"Lawrence hates criticism so much that he refuses to evaluate his own work",0 77120,"compressed into an evanescent , seamless and sumptuous stream of consciousness",1 40712,"A sports movie with action",1 203056,"is left puzzled by the mechanics of the delivery",0 40320,"wo n't like Roger",0 203669,"is vivacious",1 134455,"that made me want to scream",0 68850,"Snide",0 220848,"'s incredible the number of stories the Holocaust has generated",1 143961,"Attal is this insecure in real life",0 173575,"the boys take in their high heels",1 169980,"rendering of Puccini 's tale of devotion",1 163545,"is ultimately let down by a story that is all too predictable",0 178248,"who resorts to desperate measures",0 226471,"The screenplay never lets us forget that Bourne was once an amoral assassin just like the ones who are pursuing him ... There is never really a true `` us '' versus `` them '' .",1 184945,"Initially gripping , eventually cloying POW drama .",1 95309,"the chills",0 199487,"freaks",0 23205,"( '' Take Care of My Cat '' )",1 102013,"'ve completely",1 95245,"the brilliant surfing photography bringing you right inside the massive waves that lifts Blue Crush into one of the summer 's most pleasurable movies",1 27855,"a stellar performance by Al Pacino",1 179410,"'m not sure which is worse : the poor acting by the ensemble cast , the flat dialogue by Vincent R . Nebrida or the gutless direction",0 221519,", sets the tone for a summer of good stuff",1 194183,"be ploughing the same furrow once too often",0 59725,"unlikely , but likable",1 3335,"'s lazy for a movie to avoid solving one problem by trying to distract us with the solution to another",0 73090,"ace Japanimator Hayao Miyazaki 's Spirited Away",1 140651,"yet this grating showcase",0 116267,"brutally dry satire",0 38982,"this slightly disappointing sequel",0 43412,"( Haynes ' ) homage to such films as '' All That Heaven Allows '' and '' Imitation of Life '' transcends them . Simply put , '' Far From Heaven '' is a masterpiece .",1 165438,"made me want to bolt the theater in the first 10 minutes",0 192545,"an even less capable trio of criminals",0 175351,"this clever idea is far less funny than the original , Killers From Space .",0 71051,"Wonderland adventure , a stalker thriller ,",1 84428,"is n't as funny as you 'd hoped .",0 148151,"Preposterous and tedious",0 143279,"A predictable and stereotypical",0 118369,"disposable , kitchen-sink homage",0 177525,"visually striking and slickly staged",1 121406,"great and a terrible story",1 82932,"in effective if cheap moments of fright and dread",1 197973,"entirely witless and inane ,",0 35036,"numerous minor flaws",0 28166,"aging hippies",0 146089,"I laughed out loud once .",0 176855,"tries too hard ,",0 106833,"It 's an 88-minute highlight reel that 's 86 minutes too long .",0 35615,"on a roller-coaster ride from innocence",1 40627,"4 friends ,",1 18649,"An absorbing trip",1 88141,"oddly fascinating depiction",1 131021,"rather like being trapped while some weird relative trots out the video he took of the family vacation to Stonehenge . Before long , you 're desperate for the evening to end",0 147590,"My god , I 'm behaving like an idiot ! '' Yes , you are , Ben Kingsley",0 86695,"making a vanity project with nothing new",0 124088,"is guaranteed to lift the spirits of the whole family .",1 199828,"get in FearDotCom is more like something from a bad Clive Barker movie . In other words",0 186320,"New Best Friend does not have , beginning with the minor omission of a screenplay",0 84104,"is compensated in large part by the off-the-wall dialogue , visual playfulness and the outlandishness of the idea itself",1 9295,"of its own steadfast , hoity-toity convictions",0 170779,"settles on a consistent tone .",1 63712,"All the actors are good in Pauline & Paulette but van der Groen , described as ` Belgium 's national treasure , ' is especially terrific as Pauline",1 193456,"as funny nor as charming as it thinks it is",0 209374,"playing the obvious game",0 170021,"required to have ushers in the theater that hand you a cup of coffee every few minutes . Like a marathon runner trying to finish a race , you need a constant influx of liquid just to get through it",0 189020,"This is rote spookiness , with nary an original idea ( or role , or edit , or score , or anything , really ) in sight",0 128455,"of a masterpiece -- and a challenging one",1 158141,"elaborate production",1 134559,"that should n't make the movie or the discussion any less enjoyable",1 177173,"unfathomable",0 235347,"required genuine acting from Ms. Spears",1 234226,"nurtures the multi-layers of its characters , allowing us to remember that life 's ultimately a gamble and last orders are to be embraced",1 144622,"Coughs and sputters on its own postmodern conceit",0 192563,"an extremely flat lead performance",0 93613,"strikes a potent chemistry with Molina",1 146009,"I can easily imagine Benigni 's Pinocchio becoming a Christmas perennial . Coal is n't as easy to come by as it used to be and",1 147643,"Nervous breakdowns are not entertaining .",0 193955,"bad trip",0 63076,"A glib but bouncy bit",1 108414,"Plodding , peevish and gimmicky",0 115293,"awe-inspiring visual poetry",1 12717,"upper west sidey exercise in narcissism and self-congratulation disguised as a tribute",0 81313,"grace this deeply touching melodrama",1 164012,"its complete and utter lack of tension",0 74999,"at the variety of tones in Spielberg 's work",1 199596,"from mildly unimpressive to despairingly awful",0 190494,"a fact which , as you watch them clumsily mugging their way through Snow Dogs , seems inconceivable",0 66771,"It reaffirms life as it looks in the face of death .",1 166613,"need every bit of sympathy the cons can muster : this time , there is n't much",0 230306,"do n't really care too much about this love story",0 100311,"will want to see over and over again",1 129426,"on the anguish that can develop when one mulls leaving the familiar to traverse uncharted ground",1 153169,"allegedly scary movies",0 49828,"brilliantly constructed work",1 116897,"chatty fish",0 197995,"erotic or sensuous charge",1 1467,"it ca n't help but engage an audience",1 30231,"cocky energy , his passion and class consciousness : we need his shticks",1 55828,"operatic , sprawling picture",1 73071,"accident-prone",0 162434,"into torpor",0 70834,"What saves it ... and makes it",1 124479,"is sadly",0 173808,"the energetic cast",1 23683,", in his most forceful non-Shakespeare screen performance , grounds even the softest moments in the angry revolt of his wit",1 151287,"a Good Will Hunting trilogy that was never planned",0 224590,"Leave these Flowers unpicked -- they 're dead on the vine .",0 42360,"mesmerizing ,",1 138367,"true emotional connection or identification frustratingly",1 202564,"is a disaster , with cloying messages and irksome characters .",0 214119,"the adventures that happen along the way seem repetitive and designed to fill time , providing no real sense of suspense",0 71538,"a delightful lark for history buffs",1 162337,"interesting to Ram Dass",1 146218,"If this is the resurrection of the Halloween franchise , it would have been better off dead .",0 225685,"Samuel L. Jackson is one of the best actors there is .",1 173572,"the border of bemused contempt",0 130608,"pretty stupid .",0 180000,"'s stuffy and pretentious",0 25939,"Led by Griffin 's smartly nuanced performance and enthusiasm , the cast has a lot of fun with the material .",1 106031,"Gone are the flamboyant mannerisms that are the trademark of several of his performances . As Schmidt , Nicholson walks with a slow , deliberate gait , chooses his words carefully and subdues his natural exuberance",1 37401,"stumblings",0 190669,"a good video game movie",1 150422,"Tony Hawk skating video interspliced with footage from Behind Enemy Lines and set to Jersey",0 84148,"is duly impressive in IMAX dimensions ,",1 236346,"thanks to some lovely comedic moments and several fine performances",1 149459,"The humor is forced and heavy-handed , and occasionally simply unpleasant .",0 169695,"raw insight or both .",1 85626,"keep you at the edge of your seat with its shape-shifting perils , political intrigue and brushes with calamity",1 126401,"lot to do with the casting of Juliette Binoche as Sand , who brings to the role her pale , dark beauty and characteristic warmth",1 157382,"dialog that consists mostly of platitudes",0 225822,"Smart and taut .",1 28645,"and helps to give them an atavistic power , as if they were tales that had been handed down since the beginning of time",1 158740,"fail to make us part of its reality",0 214472,"the efforts of its star , Kline , to lend some dignity to a dumb story are for naught .",0 177420,"very , very slow . It 's not the ultimate Depression-era gangster movie . That 's pure PR hype",0 143254,"A pale Xerox of other , better crime movies .",0 66189,"I loved the look of this film .",1 86035,"like a blown-out vein",0 27526,"a fine documentary",1 70643,"Visually striking and viscerally repellent .",1 11470,"the glacier-paced direction and the stereotypical characters",0 62863,"A compassionate",1 128528,"of an expert thriller",1 218610,"wacky implausibility",0 215185,"the necessary self-control to guide a loose , poorly structured film through the pitfalls of incoherence and redundancy",0 126688,"makes its message resonate",1 145030,"Easter-egg-colored concoction",0 217211,"to mediocrity",0 81140,"glaring and unforgettable",1 68716,"Sexy Beast",1 128029,"no real point",0 213872,"that the era of the intelligent , well-made B movie is long gone",0 101794,"'s not clear whether we 're supposed to shriek",0 124771,"is worth searching out .",1 147973,"Outer-space buffs might love this film , but others will find its pleasures intermittent",1 186781,"Pretty much sucks , but has a funny moment or two .",0 184462,"Hollywood satire",1 46568,"Quiet",0 179850,"'s most improbable feat ? It did n't go straight to video",0 121132,"give a pretty good overall picture of the situation in Laramie following the murder of Matthew Shepard",1 21907,"say that it 's slow at times",0 87696,"narrative discipline",1 8431,"light romantic comedy , good gosh",1 231395,"has a `` What was it all for",0 212420,"squeeze too many elements into the film",0 149450,"The first Fatal Attraction was vile enough . Do we really need the Tiger Beat version ?",0 215739,"the tale -- like its central figure , Vivi -- is just a little bit hard to love .",0 143983,"Avary has done his best to make something out of Ellis ' nothing novel , in the end",1 130377,"pointless meditation on losers in a gone-to-seed hotel .",0 177954,"what Sex With Strangers actually shows may put you off the idea forever .",0 127878,"never fails to entertain",1 48422,"a sweetness , clarity and emotional openness that recalls the classics of early Italian neorealism",1 221441,", it might just be the movie you 're looking for .",1 113353,"actor Raymond J . Barry is perfectly creepy and believable .",1 187765,"The Chateau has one very funny joke and a few other decent ones , but",0 130917,"quirky , original",1 125970,"life .",1 173205,"that strains credulity and leaves the viewer haunted by the waste of potential",0 189354,"Unfunny and lacking any sense of commitment to or affection for its characters",0 75927,"breezy blend",1 106013,"God bless Crudup and his aversion to taking the easy Hollywood road and cashing in on his movie-star",1 157207,"deeply serious movie",1 160127,"giving a damn",0 162815,"is by lowering your expectations .",0 224759,"Meandering and confusing",0 224555,"Lacks depth .",0 199378,"for this story to go but down",0 12947,"what 's the point ?",0 84324,"is ingenious fun . See it .",1 180869,", overblown enterprise",0 163076,"is n't exactly kiddie-friendly",0 157927,"drain",0 81953,"having a real writer plot",1 186468,"Nothing about this movie",0 44760,"Both heartbreaking",0 175349,"this boring",0 9024,"needlessly",0 81983,"he delivers fascinating psychological fare",1 195455,"care for its decrepit freaks beyond the promise of a reprieve from their incessant whining",0 24344,"A film that takes you inside the rhythms of its subject",1 29372,"bags",0 224433,"J.K. Rowling 's marvelous series",1 170948,"should be the lighter-than-air adventure",1 18670,"An intriguing and entertaining introduction to Johnson .",1 97412,"this frozen tundra soap opera that breathes extraordinary life into the private existence of the Inuit people",1 73740,"an encouraging debut feature",1 216490,"this story gets sillier , not scarier , as it goes along",0 64065,"As Hannibal would say , yes , ` It 's like having an old friend for dinner ' .",1 161461,"how clever",1 206608,"movie nothing",0 71189,"` Are we a sick society ? ' journalism",0 189718,"Who is this movie for ? Not kids , who do n't need the lesson in repugnance . It 's also not smart or barbed enough for older viewers",0 99988,"which imbue the theme with added depth and resonance",1 215048,"the mire of this alleged psychological thriller in search of purpose or even a plot",0 138999,"very mild",1 110101,"The problem is the needlessly poor quality of its archival prints and film footage . The images lack contrast , are murky and are frequently too dark to be decipherable .",0 184730,"I was beginning to hate it",0 223259,"Even if the enticing prospect of a lot of nubile young actors in a film about campus depravity did n't fade amid the deliberate , tiresome ugliness , it would be rendered tedious by Avary 's failure to construct a story with even a trace of dramatic interest .",0 226579,"There are n't too many films that can be as simultaneously funny , offbeat and heartwarming ( without a thick shmear of the goo , at least ) ,",1 147207,"Literally nothing in The Pool is new",0 62342,", this is a remarkably accessible and haunting film .",1 180428,", Murder by Numbers fits the profile too closely .",0 44574,"As an introduction to the man 's theories and influence , Derrida is all but useless : as a portrait of the artist as an endlessly inquisitive old man , however , it 's invaluable",1 80837,"fuses the events of her life with the imagery in her paintings so vividly that the artist 's work may take on a striking new significance for anyone who sees the film",1 169181,"predictable than their consequences",0 163209,"is one of the most repellent things to pop up in a cinematic year already littered with celluloid garbage",0 231766,"honest , and enjoyable comedy-drama",1 72285,"a rich and intelligent film that",1 46935,"The Powerpuff Girls is a fast , frenetic , funny , even punny 6 -- aimed specifically at a grade-school audience .",1 40829,"Daring ,",1 149375,"The film 's few ideas are stretched to the point of evaporation",0 38282,"the gold",1 138695,"unified",1 186396,"No one can doubt the filmmakers ' motives , but The Guys still feels counterproductive",0 58634,"the reality of its characters to go over the edge . A touch of humor or an unexpected plot twist always pulls it back",1 61980,", intriguing",1 46566,"Punch-Drunk Love is never heavy-handed .",1 117062,"clever script",1 120129,"finds no way to entertain or inspire its viewers",0 52013,"funny , twisted , brilliant and macabre",1 121498,"gut-busting",1 125692,"lack the nerve ... to fully exploit the script 's potential for sick humor",0 78519,"domination and destruction",0 228761,"are a few modest laughs , but",0 207670,"of control on a long patch of black ice",0 13971,"Director Kapur is a filmmaker with a real flair for epic landscapes and adventure , and this is a better film than his earlier English-language movie , the overpraised Elizabeth .",1 31942,"full of mirth that should charm all but the most cynical",1 85291,"its invitingly upbeat overture to",1 151458,"a certain timeless quality",1 102085,"( Fiji diver Rusi Vulakoro and the married couple Howard and Michelle Hall ) show us the world they love and make",1 157039,"cruel as it may sound",0 178246,"who rambles aimlessly through ill-conceived action pieces",0 88745,"of love and companionship",1 221493,", partisans and sabotage",0 185066,"It 's as if a bored Cage spent the duration of the film 's shooting schedule waiting to scream :",0 138314,"trenchant satirical jabs",0 94407,"than his opening scene encounter with an over-amorous terrier",1 128143,"not-so-Divine",0 222205,"After that it becomes long and tedious like a classroom play in a college history course .",0 104015,"A whale of a good time for both children and parents seeking Christian-themed fun",1 202274,"inspired dialogue bits",1 39290,"to show acting range that may surprise some who thought light-hearted comedy was his forte",1 85497,"jolt you out of your seat a couple of times , give you a few laughs ,",1 111245,"Working from a surprisingly sensitive script co-written",1 125034,"it is spooky and subtly in love with myth",1 131501,"reveals the ways in which a sultry evening or a beer-fueled afternoon in the sun can inspire even the most retiring heart to venture forth .",1 52351,"hard to imagine Alan Arkin being better than he is in this performance",1 100962,"wrapped up in the characters , how they make their choices , and why",1 166024,"misguided , and ill-informed , if",0 84013,"is an intelligent , realistic portrayal of testing boundaries .",1 6065,"downfall",0 154322,"assesses",0 57888,"that takes Mr . Hill higher than he 's been in a while",1 215195,"the new film is a lame kiddie flick",0 105681,"Even if the Naipaul original remains the real masterpiece , the movie possesses its own languorous charm .",1 157573,"disjointed , substandard fashion",0 238205,"understand why anyone in his right mind would even think to make the attraction a movie",0 208481,"on tediously about their lives , loves and the art",0 150105,"There can be no other explanation . Hilariously inept and ridiculous",0 38217,"the film delivers a solid mixture of sweetness and laughs .",1 210055,"rambling and incoherent",0 24683,"Andrew Niccol 's brilliant anti-Hollywood satire ,",1 47393,"This story still seems timely and important .",1 156345,"clever sight gags scattered about , but not enough to make this anything more than another big-budget bust",0 143313,"A science-fiction pastiche so lacking in originality that if you stripped away its inspirations there would be precious little left .",0 134593,"that the typical Hollywood disregard for historical truth and realism is at work here",0 46373,"Offers much to enjoy",1 65531,"Filmmaker Stacy Peralta has a flashy editing style that does n't always jell with Sean Penn 's monotone narration",0 56917,"shining",1 112129,"a hint of joy",1 60454,"wonderfully fresh",1 128878,"of riveting power and sadness",1 47952,"a delightfully dour , deadpan tone and stylistic consistency",1 213713,"that it could have been a hoot in a bad-movie way if the laborious pacing and endless exposition had been tightened",0 74299,"are beautiful",1 197851,"endless exposition",0 238382,"want a real movie",0 74338,"are forced to reflect that its visual imagination is breathtaking",1 97278,"they help increase an average student 's self-esteem",1 97153,"their romances",1 163681,"it 's relentlessly folksy , a procession of stagy set pieces stacked with binary oppositions",0 158170,"emblematic of the witless ageism",0 174575,"the price of admission for the ridicule factor",0 117714,"creepy , scary effectiveness",1 115109,"aspiration",1 202717,"is amazing ,",1 98868,"typically observant , carefully nuanced",1 155559,"builds up a head of emotional steam",1 175458,"this lifeless boxing film",0 190696,"a great story",1 231133,"get popcorn whenever he 's not onscreen",0 55180,"odd and intriguing",1 154649,"be a failure at life ,",0 14668,"a better film than his earlier English-language movie , the overpraised Elizabeth",1 208297,"offering fine acting moments",1 204123,"its attractive young leads",1 28087,"acted and masterfully if preciously interwoven",1 152743,"about as overbearing and over-the-top as the family",0 35476,"of the most important stories",1 96547,"the record of a tenacious , humane fighter who was also the prisoner ( and ultimately the victim ) of history",1 157498,"director Davis",0 208693,"only need to watch for about thirty seconds before you say to yourself , ` Ah , yes",1 227977,"a labour",0 78727,"easily forgettable film .",0 236781,"the clumsy cliché",0 193557,"as pretty dull and wooden",0 237388,"then pay your $ 8 and get ready for the big shear .",0 144077,"Because of an unnecessary and clumsy last scene",0 12143,"this harrowing journey",1 152659,"a volatile and overlong W magazine fashion",0 181905,"A predictable , manipulative stinker . The story passes time until it 's time for an absurd finale of twisted metal ,",0 163522,"is too forced and overwritten",0 29451,"beautiful and haunting",1 108021,"Nohe has made a decent ` intro ' documentary , but he feels like a spectator and not a participant .",0 212351,"spirals downward , and thuds to the bottom of the pool with an utterly incompetent conclusion .",0 212041,"social and political potential",1 165027,"likely to disappear as quickly as an ice cube thrown into a pot of boiling water",0 95843,"the gravitational pull",1 163960,"it were , well , more adventurous",1 188449,"The movie is too impressed with its own solemn insights to work up much entertainment value .",0 201374,"hotter-two-years-ago rap and R&B names and references",0 55139,"nothing to sneeze at these days",1 202289,"instead of just slapping extreme humor and gross-out gags",0 82985,"in its own simplicity",1 75543,"believable performances",1 190978,"a more original story instead of just slapping extreme humor and gross-out gags",0 76170,"by generic scripts that seek to remake Sleepless in Seattle again and again",0 216695,"throws a bunch of hot-button items in the viewer 's face and asks to be seen as hip , winking social commentary",0 224494,"Just bring on the Battle Bots , please !",1 79946,"find a scathing portrayal of a powerful entity strangling the life out of the people who want to believe in it the most",1 115737,"been one of the more daring and surprising American movies of the year",1 6450,"feeling this movie",1 131080,"realistically terrifying movie",1 133792,"tackling a low-budget movie in which inexperienced children play the two main characters might not be the best way to cut your teeth in the film industry",0 205590,"made him bitter and less mature",0 62903,"A dark , quirky road movie that constantly defies expectation",1 129192,"of trashy , kinky fun",1 74822,"as we know it would n't exist without the precedent of Yiddish theater , whose jolly , fun-for-fun 's - sake communal spirit goes to the essence of Broadway .",1 217225,"to no particularly memorable effect",0 25790,"It is far from the worst , thanks to the topical issues it raises , the performances of Stewart and Hardy , and that essential feature -- a decent full-on space battle .",1 1828,"new",1 237031,"the lesson in repugnance",0 197229,"do not automatically equal laughs .",0 181800,"A loud , brash and mainly unfunny high school comedy",0 190039,"` science fiction ' takes advantage of the fact that its intended audience has n't yet had much science",0 88388,"of ace Japanimator Hayao Miyazaki 's Spirited Away",1 50026,"can usually be traced back to the little things",1 127062,"might drive you crazy",0 176542,"to watch it unfold with an astonishing lack of passion or uniqueness",0 135573,"the insipid script",0 173623,"the chemistry or lack thereof between Newton and Wahlberg",0 135827,"the movie tries to make sense of its title character",0 142355,", most joyless movie",0 124133,"is impossible to find the film anything but appalling , shamelessly manipulative and contrived , and totally lacking in conviction",0 28720,"and nice dialogue",1 52026,"funnybone",1 155189,"between women as pathetic , dysfunctional and destructive",0 200695,"has-been",0 86569,"make it look easy , even though the reality is anything but",1 204518,"keep whooshing you from one visual marvel to the next , hastily , emptily",0 207363,"ode to tackling life 's wonderment",1 47677,"Worth watching for Dong Jie 's performance --",1 53354,"is a weirdly beautiful place",1 179780,"'s hard to shake the feeling that it was intended to be a different kind of film .",0 108270,"PC stability notwithstanding",0 215886,"the weight of too many story lines",0 102563,", holds the screen like a true star .",1 167616,"of new inspiration in it",1 160331,"great .",1 131655,"roughage",0 197095,"dislikable study in sociopathy .",0 163252,"is probably the funniest person in the film , which gives you an idea just how bad it was .",0 170043,"resembles anyone you 've ever met in real life , unless you happen to know annoyingly self-involved people who speak in glib sentences that could have only come from the pen of a screenwriter .",0 202066,"in the worst elements of all of them",0 136619,"the worst kind of filmmaking , the kind that pretends to be passionate and truthful but is really frustratingly timid and soggy",0 534,"back-stabbing , inter-racial desire",0 15270,"bleakly",0 47321,"There is a certain sense of experimentation and improvisation to this film that may not always work , but it is nevertheless compelling",1 231476,"has so many flaws it would be easy for critics to shred it .",0 223787,"I do n't think I laughed out loud once .",0 18321,"( and peculiarly venomous )",0 7562,"instantly forgettable and thoroughly dull",0 233050,"it is supposed to be , but ca n't really call it a work of art",0 123151,"in the front ranks of China 's now numerous , world-renowned filmmakers",1 116405,"by cliches , painful improbability and murky points",0 165643,"manages to put some lovely pictures up on the big screen",1 70220,"This is a superior horror flick .",1 21370,"much enjoyable to watch as it is enlightening to listen to new sides of a previous reality , and to visit with some of the people who were able to make an impact in the theater world",1 195835,"clumsy dialogue , heavy-handed phoney-feeling sentiment ,",0 54006,"its worst harangues",0 92459,"sharp writing",1 119914,"feels like a hazy high that takes too long to shake",0 89588,"one of France 's most inventive directors",1 20986,"is a film brimming with detail and nuance and one that speaks volumes about the ability of the human spirit to find solace in events that could easily crush it forever",1 45739,"It 's hard to imagine anybody ever being '' in the mood '' to view a movie as harrowing and painful as The Grey Zone , but",0 186917,"Return to Neverland manages to straddle the line between another classic for the company",1 112008,"a geriatric Peter",0 18460,", stark beauty",1 120877,"funny little movie",1 146477,"It 's drained of life in an attempt to be sober and educational , and yet it 's so devoid of realism that its lack of whistles and bells just makes it obnoxious and stiff",0 43010,"will almost certainly be fascinated , and",1 227842,"a conversation starter",1 131329,"remind them that Hong Kong action cinema is still alive and kicking",1 15375,"captures the maddening and magnetic ebb and flow of friendship .",1 80077,"flat-out amusing , sometimes endearing and often fabulous , with a solid cast , noteworthy characters , delicious dialogue and a wide supply of effective sight gags",1 182069,"A tired , unnecessary retread ... a stale copy of a picture that was n't all that great to begin with",0 104308,"An enthralling , entertaining feature .",1 103240,"... standard guns versus martial arts cliche with little new added .",1 185380,"Its appeal will probably limited to LDS Church members and undemanding armchair tourists .",0 81195,"going on inside each trailer park you drive past -- even if it chiefly inspires you to drive a little faster",1 69404,"The best Disney movie since the Lion King ''",1 43261,"'s hard to imagine Alan Arkin being better than he is in this performance",1 178106,"where the characters ' moves are often more predictable than their consequences",0 96015,"the layers of soap-opera emotion",0 165108,"little social context",0 208705,"only prove that ` zany ' does n't necessarily mean ` funny",0 12515,"too tenuous",0 48016,"a fast , frenetic , funny , even punny 6 --",1 119837,"feature sucked",0 99913,"whatever flaws Igby Goes Down may possess",0 173680,"the courage to knock on that door",1 237401,"there 's guilty fun to be had here .",1 41886,"expectations . Good fun , good action",1 163605,"it 's a lot less sensational than it wants to be",0 235626,"set out to lampoon , anyway .",0 112638,"a rush of sequins , flashbulbs , blaring brass and back-stabbing babes",0 145777,"Heavy-handed",0 45727,"It 's a technically superb film , shining with all the usual Spielberg flair , expertly utilizing the talents of his top-notch creative team .",1 42121,"innocent and",1 76647,"chicanery and self-delusion",0 167595,"of maudlin , sentimental mysticism that mars the Touched by an Angel school of non-God spiritual-uplift movies",1 68185,"Peter Kosminsky never get the audience to break through the wall her character erects",0 158519,"every idea in this film is flushed down the latrine of heroism .",0 114971,"as kooky and overeager as it is spooky and subtly in love with myth",1 1368,"is a thought-provoking , haunting film that allows the seeds of the imagination to germinate",1 87372,"most aggressive and most sincere",1 18598,"A thoughtful look at a painful incident that made headlines in 1995 .",1 78778,"efficiency and",1 69577,"The film just might turn on many people to opera , in general",1 11639,"the most opaque , self-indulgent and just plain goofy",0 37274,"stake , just a twisty double-cross you can smell a mile away",0 203993,"it plays worse now",0 221038,"'ve heard that the fans of the first Men in Black have come away hating the second one",0 18342,", a David and Goliath story that 's still very much playing itself out",1 73245,"adorns his family-film plot with an elegance and maturity",1 205784,"manages the dubious feat of turning one man 's triumph of will into everyman 's romance comedy .",1 166000,"mired in juvenile and near-xenophobic pedagogy that it 's enough to make one pine for the day when Godard can no longer handle the rigors of filmmaking",0 171144,"sink it",0 146552,"It 's not even a TV special you 'd bother watching past the second commercial break",0 233219,"just does n't have anything really interesting to say .",0 169836,"recycles the same premise",0 88077,"nuanced look",1 16651,"never took off and always seemed static",0 123450,"instructs a younger lad in Zen and the art of getting laid in this prickly indie comedy of manners and misanthropy",1 116315,"but as",1 121107,"giant step backward",0 137768,"to places in the world devastated by war , famine and poverty and documented the cruelty and suffering he has found with an devastating , eloquent clarity",1 205641,"make a big splash",1 226697,"This overproduced piece of dreck is shockingly bad and absolutely unnecessary .",0 152130,"a movie that was made in 1978 but not released then because it was so weak , and it has been unearthed and released now , when it has become even weaker",0 64787,"Confessions may not be a straightforward bio",0 44039,"A delirious celebration of the female orgasm",1 226060,"Terrific performances , great to look at , and funny .",1 115129,"assured and stylish",1 206691,"much stronger",1 140280,"with their fathers",1 180647,", funnier .",1 80998,"gets vivid , convincing performances",1 111365,"Your 20th outing shows off a lot of stamina and vitality , and get this",1 104588,"Austin Powers in Goldmember is like binging on cotton candy .",1 43853,"... a triumph of emotionally and narratively complex filmmaking .",1 18410,", full of strength , warmth and vitality .",1 220570,"'ll cheer",1 121739,"has deftly trimmed Dickens ' wonderfully sprawling soap opera , the better to focus on the hero 's odyssey from cowering poverty to courage and happiness .",1 199533,"from In Praise of Love , the sort of bitter old crank who sits behind his light meter and harangues the supposed injustices of the artistic world-at-large",0 156112,"centered storytelling to go along with all the weird stuff",1 180661,", having sucked dry the undead action flick formula , Blade II mutates into a gross-out monster movie with effects that are more silly than scary .",0 218201,"unimaginative comedian",0 11718,"the pandering to a moviegoing audience dominated by young males is all too calculated",0 211588,"sick and demented humor",0 90358,"playful but highly studied and",1 134991,"the charisma of a young woman who knows how to hold the screen",1 211560,"showing off his doctorate",1 215803,"the travails of metropolitan life ! Alas , another breathless movie about same !",0 207811,"of its critical backlash and more",0 92782,"slaloming through its hackneyed elements",0 191381,"a stab at soccer hooliganism , a double-barreled rip-off of Quentin Tarantino 's climactic shootout",0 28999,"appeal even to those who are n't too familiar with turntablism",1 123818,"is a relationship that is worthy of our respect",1 131549,"ridiculous Bolero",0 189145,"Though there are entertaining and audacious moments , the movie 's wildly careening tone and an extremely flat lead performance do little to salvage this filmmaker 's flailing reputation .",0 149924,"The thriller side of this movie is falling flat , as the stalker does n't do much stalking",0 225997,"Such master screenwriting comes courtesy of John Pogue , the Yale grad who previously gave us `` The Skulls ''",1 57432,"struggling",0 104169,"Almost nothing else -- raunchy and graphic as it may be in presentation -- is one-sided , outwardly sexist or mean-spirited . And",0 145334,"Fessenden has nurtured his metaphors at the expense of his narrative , but he does display an original talent .",1 38008,"the authenticity of the performances",1 71710,"a funny ( sometimes hilarious ) comedy with a deft sense of humor about itself , a playful spirit and a game cast",1 5703,"connect is about as exciting as gazing at an egg timer for 93 minutes",0 117057,"clever credits roll",1 131527,"rich and exciting",1 13129,"with ease and confidence",1 193873,"average formulaic romantic quadrangle",0 142055,", Yu clearly hopes to camouflage how bad his movie is .",0 56705,"satisfyingly odd and intriguing",1 52540,"heartfelt conviction",1 14825,"a sad picture of the singles scene",0 16608,"mostly little-known performers in key roles",0 170454,"scoring points",1 159703,"from an overly deliberate pace and uneven narrative momentum",0 65590,"For all the wit and hoopla , Festival In Cannes offers rare insight into the structure of relationships .",1 223350,"Feeble comedy .",0 227053,"What kids will discover is a new collectible .",1 226799,"Trailer trash cinema so uncool the only thing missing is the `` Gadzooks ! ''",0 157320,"designed to keep the audience guessing and guessing -- which is not to be confused with suspecting -- until it comes time to wrap things up and send the viewers home",1 127684,"must be given to the water-camera operating team of Don King , Sonny Miller , and Michael Stewart .",0 131981,"seem to get a coherent rhythm going",1 213782,"that never really busts out of its comfy little cell",0 174167,"the kind of dramatic unity",1 69818,"The performers are so spot on",1 157172,"decent children 's",1 56349,"quirky and fearless ability",1 211741,"skip the film",0 239082,"yet unforgivingly inconsistent",0 67838,"No worse a film",0 1235,"howard 's appreciation of brown and his writing is clearly well-meaning and sincere",1 170410,"scared ? Only at the prospect of Beck 's next project .",0 41196,"Smith 's point is simple and obvious -- people 's homes are extensions of themselves , and particularly eccentric people have particularly eccentric living spaces --",1 216635,"thrills , too many flashbacks and a choppy ending",0 201266,"hit their marks , pyro-correctly",1 203290,"is one of the biggest disappointments of the year",0 10881,"sweet home alabama",1 30571,"dancing and fabulous music .",1 151008,"With its dogged Hollywood naturalism and the inexorable passage of its characters toward sainthood , Windtalkers is nothing but a sticky-sweet soap .",0 192201,"all the classic dramas",1 197946,"entertaining and , ultimately , more perceptive moment",1 33842,"its self-dramatizing characters",1 51696,"find a small place in my heart",1 190513,"a fascinating curiosity piece -- fascinating , that is , for about ten minutes . After that it becomes long and tedious like a classroom",0 54867,"most colorful and controversial artists",1 3960,"a mawkish , implausible platonic romance that makes chaplin 's city lights seem dispassionate by comparison .",0 35104,"of Joan 's madness",0 167708,"of spectacularly",1 183798,"Everything in Maid in Manhattan is exceedingly pleasant , designed not to offend .",1 141180,"'s about teenagers ,",1 173518,"the bastard",0 138539,"unanswered questions that it requires gargantuan leaps of faith just to watch it",0 124933,"it caved in",0 5149,"big bloody chomps",0 108854,"Serious movie-goers embarking upon this journey will find that The Road to Perdition leads to a satisfying destination .",1 191546,"a tireless story",1 190019,"` hip ' , ` innovative ' and ` realistic '",1 143470,"Abomination",0 137198,"thrills when it should be most in the mind of the killer",0 129783,"our emotional investment",1 219452,"wide-angle shots taken from a distance to hide the liberal use of a body double",0 208228,"of vignettes which only prove that ` zany ' does n't necessarily mean ` funny",0 193326,"as Katzenberg",1 146575,"It 's not thirsty , consuming passion which drives this movie . No , it 's the repetition of said behavior , and so Children of the Century is more mindless love than mad , more grating and boring than anything else",0 183534,"Does n't add up to much",0 19823,"and entertaining",1 161893,"in its characters ' frustrations",0 113021,"a whip-smart sense of narrative bluffs",1 72608,"a superior horror flick",1 211184,"self-consciously flashy camera effects",0 3477,"... one of the most ingenious and entertaining thrillers i 've seen in quite a long time",1 72920,"about a young woman 's face , and by casting an actress whose face projects that woman 's doubts and yearnings",1 121723,"has compelling new material",1 169946,"remains depressingly prosaic and dull",0 217434,"to the dull effects that allow the suit to come to life",0 158771,"fairly dull",0 71425,"a coma-like state",0 110972,"We never truly come to care about the main characters and whether or not they 'll wind up together , and",0 226828,"Try as I may , I ca n't think of a single good reason to see this movie , even though everyone in my group extemporaneously shouted , ` Thank you !",0 183196,"Contrived , maudlin and cliche-ridden ... if this sappy script was the best the contest received , those rejected must have been astronomically bad .",0 108996,"Skip the film and",0 70245,"This is n't exactly profound cinema ,",0 12555,"treads where few american films dare to delve",1 117376,"complicated enough to let you bask in your own cleverness as you figure it out",1 188255,"The good is very , very good",1 121659,"has a key strength in its willingness to explore its principal characters with honesty , insight and humor .",1 56713,"saves his pathos",1 176830,"treats women like idiots .",0 12757,"veers uncomfortably close to pro-serb propaganda",0 197433,"dopey dialogue",0 28297,"amusingly",1 23619,", exuberantly irreverent animated space adventure .",1 187518,"Spy has all the same problems the majority of action comedies have .",0 87090,"might as well be watching it through a telescope",0 164923,"like a rejected ABC Afterschool Special",0 194387,"been slimed in the name of High Art",0 69194,"Thanks to The Château 's balance of whimsicality , narrative discipline and serious improvisation",1 27833,"a smart and satisfying",1 21273,"make an impact in the theater world",1 42893,"those terrific songs and",1 14609,"Wendigo is -RRB- why we go to the cinema : to be fed through the eye , the heart , the mind .",1 132190,"setting off",1 112343,"a more annoying , though less angry",0 73483,"allows the mind to enter and accept another world",1 205981,"meager",0 119341,"even lazier and",0 43398,"( Chaiken 's ) talent lies in an evocative , accurate observation of a distinctive milieu and in the lively , convincing dialogue she creates for her characters .",1 179576,"'s a terrible movie in every regard",0 18305,"'s rare to find a film that dazzles the eye , challenges the brain",1 63058,"A full experience , a love story and a murder mystery that expands into a meditation on the deep deceptions of innocence",1 224725,"Many insightful moments .",1 200880,"have the necessary self-control to guide a loose , poorly structured film through the pitfalls of incoherence and redundancy",0 63074,"A gift",1 162119,"incoherent jumble",0 228225,"a tremendous , offbeat sense",1 112930,"a travesty",0 27879,"a superior cast",1 84127,"is definitely a cut above the rest",1 151051,"Worst List",0 35999,"phenomenal fantasy",1 104451,"Arliss Howard 's ambitious , moving , and adventurous directorial debut ,",1 38405,"the mark",1 216204,"they '' wanted and quite honestly , I did n't care",0 36988,"sincerely",1 59094,"three sides of his story with a sensitivity and an inquisitiveness reminiscent of Truffaut",1 69214,"That rare documentary that incorporates so much of human experience -- drama , conflict , tears and surprise -- that it transcends the normal divisions between fiction and nonfiction film",1 150959,"Will probably stay in the shadow of its two older , more accessible Qatsi siblings .",0 160552,"hard to believe these jokers are supposed to have pulled off four similar kidnappings before",0 190930,"a medium-grade network sitcom --",0 26974,"This cuddly sequel to the 1999 hit",1 236855,"the experience is profound",1 231661,"heard that the fans of the first Men in Black have come away hating the second one",0 222726,"But Windtalkers does n't beat that one , either .",0 7596,"interview with the assassin is structured less as a documentary and more as a found relic ,",1 100677,"with their memorable and resourceful performances",1 27008,"This romantic thriller is steeped in the atmosphere of wartime England",1 162255,"inspiring accomplished portrayals",1 50197,"clarity and deeply",1 155672,"by Ahola 's inadequate performance",0 114772,"artsy , and even cute",1 83908,"is a touching reflection on aging , suffering and the prospect of death",1 65108,"Directors Brett Morgen and Nanette Burstein have put together a bold biographical fantasia .",1 38660,"the spectacle of a promising young lad treading desperately in a nasty sea",1 230827,"find much fascination in the swinging",1 63218,"A moving story of determination and the human spirit .",1 12221,"thoroughly dull",0 66415,"Interesting both as a historical study and as a tragic love story .",1 177460,"very stylish but ultimately extremely silly tale",0 114029,"an exciting , clever story",1 138778,"unsure of how to evoke any sort of naturalism on the set",0 130812,"punitive minutes",0 181745,"A hit -",1 61203,"'s packed to bursting with incident , and with scores of characters , some fictional , some from history .",1 158968,"feels more like a cinematic experiment than a full-blown movie",0 223697,"How about surprising us by trying something new ?",0 212281,"sparse instances",0 133606,"suffocating rape-payback horror",0 97673,"thrill you , touch you",1 142049,", White Oleander is n't an adaptation of a novel .",0 53100,"inquisitive",1 211574,"shrill and",0 60838,"'s a movie that accomplishes so much that one viewing ca n't possibly be enough .",1 126219,"little emotional resonance",0 18970,"Intriguing and beautiful film",1 83936,"is a wonderful thing :",1 158032,"dull and pretentious to be engaging",0 219699,"with an utterly incompetent conclusion",0 36122,"precious twinkle",1 98570,"touched by the film 's conviction that all life centered on that place , that time and that sport",1 229205,"be much funnier than anything",1 92454,"sharp and quick",1 48077,"a good sitcom",1 197203,"do n't feel much for Damon/Bourne or his predicament",0 69137,"Takes you by the face",1 221622,", there 's no way you wo n't be talking about the film once you exit the theater .",1 113009,"a weak and ineffective ghost story without a conclusion or pay off",0 164723,"left with something like two ships passing in the night rather than any insights into gay love",0 19808,"and bad --",0 140154,"with honesty , insight and humor",1 195734,"classic Ladies and Gentlemen , The Fabulous Stains",1 218694,"warmed over pastiche",1 201077,"high hilarity",1 36220,"psychologically rich and suspenseful moral thriller",1 43634,", it is as seductive as it is haunting .",1 67887,"Not all of the stories work and the ones that do are thin and scattered , but the film works well enough to make it worth watching .",1 162656,"is a perfect metaphor for the movie itself , which contains few laughs and not much drama .",0 66080,"Humorous and heartfelt , Douglas McGrath 's version of ` Nicholas Nickleby ' left me feeling refreshed and hopeful . Not many movies have that kind of impact on me these days .",1 96964,"the utter authority of a genre gem",1 81648,"has actually bothered to construct a real story this time",1 158851,"far more cynical",0 200986,"heart-string plucking",1 82103,"her inventive director",1 211132,"seems to want to be a character study , but apparently",0 62845,"A chilly , brooding but quietly resonant psychological study of domestic tension and unhappiness .",1 157040,"cruel as it may sound , he makes Arnold Schwarzenegger look like Spencer Tracy",0 192687,"and ,",1 124528,"is so grainy and rough , so dependent on being ` naturalistic ' rather than carefully lit and set up",0 121099,"getting around the fact that this is Revenge Of The Nerds Revisited -- again",0 28528,"and both leads are up to the task .",1 40576,"'s nothing fresh about Wannabes , which was written by Mr . DeMeo",0 94140,"takes a stand in favor of tradition and warmth",1 202175,"incredibly heavy-handed , manipulative dud",0 204516,"keep the movie from ever reaching the comic heights it obviously desired",0 158248,"ends up festooning U . S . art house screens for no reason other than the fact that it 's in French ( well , mostly ) with English subtitles",0 62038,", it has some problems .",0 234161,"non-stop funny feast",1 41296,"The story wraps back around on itself in the kind of elegant symmetry that 's rare in film today , but be warned :",1 131254,"relayed by superb",1 48942,"an eye-opener",1 43524,", bald",0 220330,"you snore",0 6411,"far too much",0 63142,"A little uneven to be the cat 's meow , but it 's good enough to be the purr",1 29900,"by Griffin 's smartly nuanced performance and enthusiasm",1 232258,"is a compliment to Kuras and Miller",1 105705,"Every so often a film comes along that is so insanely stupid , so awful in so many ways that watching it leaves you giddy . Half Past Dead is just such an achievement .",1 71638,"a fierce dance of destruction . Its flame-like",1 220946,"'s pretty stupid",0 205010,"like a change in ( Herzog 's ) personal policy than a half-hearted fluke .",0 11350,"the fantastic kathy bates turns up",1 44494,"An honest , sensitive story from a Vietnamese point",1 136414,"the timeless spectacle",1 77428,"could have been a confusing and horrifying vision into an intense and engrossing head-trip",0 234480,"of pleasure or sensuality",1 124393,"is one carried by a strong sense of humanism",1 235902,"some lovely comedic moments",1 134156,"that 's not saying much",0 13133,"with hearts of gold",1 87449,"most of the people who loved the 1989 Paradiso will prefer this new version",1 111195,"With an admirably dark first script by Brent Hanley , Paxton , making his directorial feature debut , does strong , measured work .",1 34797,"n't help but warmly extend your arms and yell ` Safe",1 28120,"addresses in a fascinating , intelligent manner the intermingling of race , politics and local commerce",1 79141,"entirely irresistible",1 63548,"A weird and wonderful comedy",1 119067,"ends with scenes so true and heartbreaking that tears welled up in my eyes both times",1 146600,"It 's painful to watch Witherspoon 's talents wasting away inside unnecessary films like Legally Blonde and Sweet Home Abomination , I mean , Alabama . '",0 139471,"well wrought",1 153098,"all right . Extremely dumb .",0 198355,"expert comic timing",1 6561,"for a breath of fresh air now and then",1 221242,", `` Rollerball '' 2002 may go down in cinema history as the only movie ever in which the rest of the cast was outshined by LL Cool J.",0 72476,"a sophisticated and unsentimental treatment",1 25036,"Crackerjack entertainment -- nonstop romance , music , suspense and action .",1 230523,"energy and innovation",1 230573,"ergo this sloppy drama",0 128681,"of good sense",1 103959,"A tour de force of modern cinema",1 18094,"with a syncopated style mimicking the work of his subjects",1 184897,"In old-fashioned screenwriting parlance , Ms . Shreve 's novel proved too difficult a text to ` lick , ' despite the efforts of a first-rate cast .",0 229492,"burn the negative and the script and",0 205026,"like a half-baked stand-up routine",0 31656,"fine judges both ,",1 21398,"n't want to miss",1 222953,"Cinematic pratfalls",0 59030,"this silly , outrageous , ingenious thriller",1 119093,"engaging as it is revealing",1 148016,"Parker 's ill-advised meddling",0 74080,"anger .",0 34670,"mostly worth the trip",1 154375,"at least 10 complete misses , many coming from the amazingly lifelike Tara Reid , whose acting skills are comparable to a cardboard cutout",0 92879,"smart , sassy and exceptionally charming",1 27562,"a good stepping stone for director Sprecher",1 187011,"Rollerball IS as bad as you think , and worse than you can imagine .",0 61374,"'ve a taste for the quirky",1 58077,"the best straight-up",1 225908,"Sorry , Charlie",0 85070,"it is n't entirely persuasive",0 109219,"Storytelling fails to provide much more insight than the inside column of a torn book jacket .",0 99593,"warmth , wit and interesting characters",1 109866,"The footage of the rappers at play and the prison interview with Suge Knight",1 237025,"the layered richness",1 38441,"the most navel-gazing film",1 176758,"tough , astringent , darkly funny",1 127018,"mentally '' superior",1 206104,"might be best forgotten",0 56011,"personal tragedy and also the human comedy",1 6312,"exactly how bad",0 35628,"on equal parts of innocence and wisdom",1 109576,"The artwork is spectacular and",1 157157,"deathbed",0 211522,"should pay reparations to viewers",0 53137,"intelligent French drama",1 162270,"instead of speaking to each other",0 208128,"of the previous two",1 84825,"is without a doubt a memorable directorial debut from King Hunk",1 1736,"migraine-inducing",0 8831,"modern stories",1 130242,"pinheads who talk throughout the show .",0 24722,"As blunt as it is in depicting child abuse",0 146496,"It 's hard to believe these jokers are supposed to have pulled off four similar kidnappings before .",0 190407,"a cruel deception",0 225043,"Ms. Seigner and Mr. Serrault bring fresh , unforced naturalism to their characters .",1 14119,"If this movie were a book , it would be a page-turner , you ca n't wait to see what happens next .",1 43390,"( A ) wonderfully loopy tale of love , longing , and voting .",1 148669,"So devoid of any kind of intelligible story that it makes films like XXX and Collateral Damage seem like thoughtful treatises",0 4469,"alabama",1 81475,"gutsy and",1 185644,"Kung Pow seems like some futile concoction that was developed hastily after Oedekerk and his fellow moviemakers got through crashing a college keg party .",0 29031,"are as intelligent , exuberant",1 232930,"it 's also too stupid to realize that they 've already seen this exact same movie a hundred times",0 176640,"too many conflicts",0 112111,"a helping hand",1 110189,"The strength",1 164167,"its target audience talked all the way through it",0 92077,"see a movie",1 181212,"-- maybe too much",0 6530,"flails limply between bizarre comedy and pallid horror",0 22627,"unabashedly schmaltzy and thoroughly enjoyable true story",1 59610,"ugly and",0 50605,"cuts to the heart of American society in an unnerving way",1 22735,"weepy",0 142374,", one enjoys seeing Joan grow from awkward young woman to strong , determined monarch",1 63009,"A film with contemporary political resonance",1 103540,"A dreadful day",0 1659,"maddeningly",0 155448,"brainless insanity",0 179424,"'re convinced that this Mean Machine was a decent TV outing that just does n't have big screen magic",0 66166,"I have n't laughed that hard in years !",1 20015,"as they were simply a triumph of the indomitable human will to rebel , connect and create",1 220971,"'s so sloppily written and cast that you can not believe anyone more central to the creation of Bugsy than the caterer",0 211819,"slow , uneventful",0 222835,"But what is missing from it all is a moral .",0 153128,"all the film of its energy",1 2909,"to '' familiar '' before landing squarely on '' stupid ''",0 132543,"sit through it again",1 220893,"'s muy loco , but no more ridiculous than most of the rest of `` Dragonfly . ''",0 199393,"force its quirkiness",0 143244,"A movie that ca n't get sufficient distance from Leroy 's delusions to escape their maudlin influence .",0 46210,"More concerned with Sade 's ideas than with his actions . The movie achieves as great an impact by keeping these thoughts hidden as ...",1 136540,"the vital comic ingredient of the hilarious writer-director himself",1 72430,"a small star with big heart",1 2499,"that dazzles the eye , challenges the brain , and satisfies our lust for fast-paced action",1 231763,"holds its goodwill close , but is relatively slow to come to the point .",0 114032,"an exercise in gorgeous visuals",1 86467,"made literature literal without killing its soul",1 93948,"surrealistic",1 217946,"turns his character into what is basically an anti-Harry Potter -- right down to the Gryffindor scarf .",1 47883,"a coming-of-age story with such a buoyant , expressive flow of images",1 132418,"shows Holmes has the screen presence to become a major-league leading lady , ( but ) the movie itself is an underachiever , a psychological mystery that takes its sweet time building to a climax that 's scarcely a surprise by the time it arrives .",0 214007,"the Big Boys in New York and L",1 110318,"There 's no point of view , no contemporary interpretation of Joan 's prefeminist plight , so we 're left thinking the only reason to make the movie is because present standards allow for plenty of nudity .",0 113873,"an Oscar-worthy performance",1 166388,"movie dawdle",0 54064,"keep the audience riveted",1 226670,"This is not a classical dramatic animated feature , nor a hip , contemporary , in-jokey one .",0 190448,"a depressing story",0 22966,"'' The Emperor 's New Clothes '' begins with a simple plan ... Well , at least that 's the plan .",1 43002,"why either is impossible -- which forces us to confront what 's possible and",1 198564,"far-flung ,",0 69652,"The ingenious construction ( adapted by David Hare from Michael Cunningham 's novel ) constantly flows forwards and back , weaving themes among three strands which allow us to view events as if through a prism",1 228081,"a pleasant distraction ,",1 132477,"silly and",0 143759,"An ultra-low-budget",0 162663,"is a rather dull person to be stuck with for two hours",0 221149,", I 'll buy the soundtrack .",1 41764,"daring , inventive and",1 152570,"a tad slow",0 142190,", haphazard script",0 216198,"these women are spectacular",1 160710,"has no atmosphere , no tension -- nothing but Costner , flailing away .",0 158309,"enough melodrama in this Magnolia Primavera",0 113263,"accomplish what few sequels can",1 176821,"treat the little yard apes",0 120977,"generate enough heat",1 66346,"In a summer of clones",0 169755,"really builds up a head of emotional steam",1 127932,"new treasure",1 99369,"very simply sets out to entertain and ends up delivering in good measure",1 30670,"deliciously mordant",1 47597,"What distinguishes Time of Favor from countless other thrillers",1 112748,"a solid formula",1 27321,"` Barbershop ' shows he 's on his way .",1 16341,"it has a lot in common with Piesiewicz 's and Kieslowski 's earlier work , films like The Double Life of Veronique",1 79838,"few sleepless hours",0 26418,"Ranging from funny to shattering and featuring some of the year 's best acting",1 201962,"in self-consciously flashy camera effects , droning house music and flat , flat dialogue",0 116334,"but one relentlessly depressing situation after another for its entire running time",0 132584,"skip it",0 156834,"cop-out .",0 185870,"Loosely speaking , we 're in All of Me territory again , and , strictly speaking , Schneider is no Steve Martin .",0 108413,"Plodding ,",0 84263,"is great fun , full of the kind of energy it 's documenting",1 146942,"Just a string of stale gags ,",0 12693,"unrepentantly",0 82059,"heavyweight film",1 221237,", `` MIB II '' succeeds due to its rapid-fire delivery and enough inspired levity that it ca n't be dismissed as mindless .",1 153495,"an unapologetic mess ,",0 65975,"Hence , Storytelling is far more appealing",1 185196,"It 's provocative stuff , but the speculative effort is hampered by Taylor 's cartoonish performance and the film 's ill-considered notion that Hitler 's destiny was shaped by the most random of chances .",0 144187,"Blue Crush follows the formula , but throws in too many conflicts to keep the story compelling .",0 181865,"A muddy psychological thriller",0 147929,"One problem with the movie , directed by Joel Schumacher , is that it jams too many prefabricated story elements into the running time .",0 204605,"know who '' they '' were , what '' they '' looked like . Why '' they '' were here and what '' they '' wanted and quite honestly , I did n't care",0 229047,"at its worst",0 74596,"as a historical study and as a tragic love story",1 1154,"has more guts and energy than much of what will open this year",1 44285,"A subject like this should inspire reaction in its audience",1 51103,"economically packed with telling scenes",1 230067,"cut to a new scene , which also appears to be the end .",0 100782,"wonderful ensemble cast",1 133627,"sun-splashed whites",1 107221,"Jones has delivered a solidly entertaining and moving family drama .",1 181567,"A chilly , remote , emotionally distant piece ... so dull that its tagline should be : ` In space , no one can hear you snore .",0 181754,"A laughable --",0 7023,"have a 90-minute , four-star movie .",1 77896,"deliberately unsteady",0 134605,"that this film was n't as bad as I thought it was going to be",1 121885,"hate one character",0 92148,"seem to understand what made Allen 's romantic comedies so pertinent and enduring",1 97476,"this much imagination",1 158789,"falls back on the same old formula of teen sex , outrageous pranks and scenes designed to push the envelope of bad taste for laughs",0 69220,"That rare movie that works on any number of levels",1 60713,"'ll laugh at either the obviousness of it all or its stupidity or maybe even its inventiveness",1 160050,"gets the upper hand in matters of the heart",1 62037,", it has considerable charm .",1 75732,"blazingly",1 180497,", and as easy to be bored by as your ABC 's ,",0 192014,"adults behave like kids",0 11873,"the second coming of harry potter is a film far superior to its predecessor . a movie that successfully crushes a best selling novel into a timeframe that mandates that you avoid the godzilla sized soda .",1 190153,"a been-there ,",0 210969,"secondhand material",0 131445,"restrained and subtle",1 78545,"down to the key grip that this bold move works .",1 7767,"is one of the year 's best films",1 205783,"manages for but a few seconds over its seemingly eternal running time to pique your interest , your imagination , your empathy or anything , really , save your disgust and your indifference .",0 12750,"veered off too far",0 170642,"seems worth the effort",1 148046,"Patchy combination of soap opera ,",0 204191,"its extremely languorous rhythms ,",0 232874,"is well shot and very tragic",1 202263,"inside an enigma",1 191057,"a painless time-killer",0 25451,"Greene delivers a typically solid performance in a role that is a bit of a departure from the noble characters he has played in the past",1 156766,"contains Jesse Ventura 's best work since the XFL",1 129594,"one terrific score and attitude to spare",1 223767,"I can imagine this movie as a b & w British comedy , circa 1960 , with Peter Sellers , Kenneth Williams , et al. , but at this time , with this cast , this movie is hopeless",0 236785,"the comparative accuracy of Ms. Vardalos ' memories and insights",1 205096,"like the dreaded King Brown snake . Personally",1 157757,"does n't fit the part",0 84072,"is born to play Shaggy !",1 68310,"Quite simply , a joy to watch and -- especially -- to listen to .",1 62843,"A chilly , brooding but quietly",1 21085,"it 's good",1 146087,"I know how to suffer ' and if you see this film you 'll know too .",0 67991,"One of recent memory 's most thoughtful films about art , ethics , and the cost of moral compromise .",1 46589,"Ramsay , as in Ratcatcher , remains a filmmaker with an acid viewpoint and a real gift for teasing chilly poetry out of lives and settings that might otherwise seem drab and sordid .",1 23504,", but it has clearly been made with affection and care .",1 26789,"The experience of watching blobby old-school CGI animation in this superlarge format",0 47648,"Wiseman epic",1 184325,"Has all the scenic appeal of a cesspool .",0 111209,"With the exception of McCoist , the players do n't have a clue on the park . The acting is n't much better .",0 95835,"the gorgeous locales and exceptional lead performances",1 38483,"the nuances of pain",0 118782,"dumb fart jokes",0 95926,"the inability",0 92565,"should get all five",1 77091,"complete lack",0 81610,"has a good bark ,",1 69928,"The story 's scope and pageantry are mesmerizing , and",1 5620,"cohesive",1 8007,"its blood-drenched stephen norrington-directed predecessor",0 202596,"is a lot more bluster than bite .",0 209849,"provide its thrills and extreme emotions",1 74539,"as ' a perfect family film",1 203324,"is pleasant , diverting and modest -- definitely a step in the right direction",1 162678,"is a throwaway , junk-food movie whose rap soundtrack was better tended to than the film itself .",0 164710,"left behind the crap ( literally )",0 179573,"'s a spectacular performance - ahem",1 101518,"'s a lot of good material here",1 203374,"is rote spookiness",0 145740,"Has little on its mind aside from scoring points with drag gags .",0 21525,"of its kind since ` Brazil . ' Lucas , take notes . This",1 163445,"is the awkwardly paced soap opera-ish story .",0 224536,"Kirshner and Monroe seem to be in a contest to see who can out-bad-act the other .",0 202340,"interesting , even sexy premise",1 190026,"` juvenile delinquent ' paperbacks",0 180268,"( but none of the sheer lust )",0 87905,"no lika da",0 228855,"are treasures and even marvels",1 28477,"and a feast of visual amazement",1 110134,"The result , however well-intentioned , is ironically just the sort of disposable , kitchen-sink homage that illustrates why the whole is so often less than the sum of its parts in today 's Hollywood .",0 200305,"gutless direction",0 121325,"good to be bad",1 190611,"a formula that worked five years ago but has since lost its fizz",0 2526,"the all-too-familiar",0 113908,"an adorably whimsical comedy that deserves more than a passing twinkle .",1 21463,"nothing less from this bunch",1 184457,"Hollywood has been trying to pass off as acceptable teen entertainment for some time now .",0 92228,"self-aware , often self-mocking ,",1 11185,"the american insomnia",0 223918,"If it were any more of a turkey , it would gobble in Dolby Digital stereo .",0 66713,"It gives devastating testimony to both people 's capacity for evil and their heroic capacity for good .",1 540,"banged their brains",0 113993,"an emotionally satisfying exploration of the very human need",1 236632,"the Farrelly Bros. -- Peter and Bobby -- and their brand of screen comedy are wheezing to an end , along with Green 's half-hearted movie career",0 98720,"truly egregious",0 50494,"could have used a little trimming -- 10 or 15 minutes could be cut and no one would notice -- but it 's a pleasurable trifle . The only pain you 'll feel as the credits roll is your stomach grumbling for some tasty grub",1 204764,"lazy tearjerker that gives movies about ordinary folk a bad name",0 79557,"fact and fancy with such confidence",1 202918,"is far less mature",0 97904,"to be a sweet and enjoyable fantasy",1 115022,"as she 's already comfortable enough in her own skin to be proud of her Rubenesque physique",1 180871,", overlong soap",0 91337,"redeems it",1 230842,"first-class , natural acting and a look at `` the real Americans ''",1 172525,"takes what worked last time , repeats it and adds more characters , more stunts , more stuff in attempt to camouflage its sameness .",0 229621,"call Reno a great film",1 132673,"smarter-than-thou wayward teen struggles to rebel against his oppressive",1 187371,"Smug , artificial , ill-constructed and fatally overlong ... it never finds a consistent tone and lacks bite , degenerating into a pious , preachy soap opera",0 232781,"is that it avoids the obvious with humour and lightness .",1 74089,"animation enthusiasts",1 24511,"A work of intricate elegance , literary lyricism and profound common sense .",1 84487,"is not nearly as dreadful as expected . In fact , it 's quite fun in places .",1 157527,"dirty old man",0 210580,"ripoff",0 85076,"it is visually ravishing , penetrating , impenetrable .",1 43153,"'s a day at the beach -- with air conditioning and popcorn",1 104834,"Both lead performances are Oscar-size . Quaid is utterly fearless as the tortured husband living a painful lie , and",1 161105,"her inner journey is largely unexplored and we 're left wondering about this exotic-looking woman whose emotional depths are only hinted at",0 162825,"is chaotic , the photography grainy and badly focused , the writing unintentionally hilarious",0 146613,"It 's so bad it 's good , but only if you slide in on a freebie",0 10377,"served up with heart and humor",1 232061,"in the truest sense",1 14793,"a nice wintry look",1 183210,"Costner 's warm-milk persona is just as ill-fitting as Shadyac 's perfunctory directing chops , and",0 163226,"is pathetic",0 213363,"than a super-sized infomercial for the cable-sports channel and its Summer X Games",0 51124,"em que ,",0 180674,", humorless soap opera",0 118560,"does n't sustain a high enough level of invention .",0 46256,"Mr . Tsai is a very original artist in his medium",1 40317,"wo n't be to Clooney fans or adventure buffs , but to moviegoers who enjoy thinking about compelling questions with no easy answers .",1 198951,"finery",1 114667,"are served with a hack script",0 217642,"too mushy",0 153119,"all the depth of a wading pool",0 145575,"Giovanni , a psychiatrist who predictably finds it difficult to sustain interest in his profession after the family tragedy . Too predictably , in fact",0 225166,"No thanks .",0 115001,"as one of the most interesting writer\/directors working today",1 237506,"this charmer",1 87737,"nearly as graphic but much more powerful , brutally shocking and",1 25767,"It 's the kind of pigeonhole-resisting romp that Hollywood too rarely provides .",1 121939,"have enough finely tuned",1 205080,"like nothing quite so much as a middle-aged moviemaker 's attempt to surround himself with beautiful , half-naked women",0 24044,"-- and the sometimes bad choices",0 58428,"the intrigue , betrayal , deceit and murder",0 220588,"'ll laugh for not quite and hour and a half , but",1 19667,"action epics",1 45667,"Indiana Jones around the globe",1 138131,"too much kid-vid",0 237417,"there are more fascinating acts than `` Confessions of a Dangerous Mind",0 231316,"gross-out flicks , college flicks , or",0 117770,"cultivation and",1 47596,"What could have been a daytime soap opera is actually a compelling look at a young woman 's tragic odyssey .",1 163509,"is to reduce everything he touches to a shrill , didactic cartoon",0 52605,"highly referential film",1 53144,"intense and effective",1 219715,"with cloying messages and irksome characters",0 164096,"its outcome hardly matters",0 26406,"Quite funny",1 174784,"the sort of burly action flick where one coincidence pummels another",0 34911,"nicely detailed world",1 68045,"Oscar nomination",1 98498,"too big",0 188300,"The kids in the audience at the preview screening seemed bored , cheering the pratfalls but little else : their parents , wise folks that they are , read books .",0 127843,"needlessly poor quality",0 216375,"this film 's cast is uniformly superb",1 126526,"made a film so unabashedly hopeful that it actually makes the heart soar . Yes , soar",1 24307,"A compelling",1 206056,"merely bad",0 190625,"a frustrating patchwork : an uneasy marriage of Louis Begley 's source novel ( About Schmidt ) and",0 198620,"fax",1 2449,"sweet ,",1 52046,"generally light enough",1 103887,"A small gem of a movie that defies classification and is as thought-provoking as it is funny , scary and sad .",1 136304,"the spectacle of small-town competition",1 115496,"be especially grateful for freedom after a film like this",1 124461,"is really frustratingly timid and soggy",0 106202,"Heartwarming and",1 72010,"a more mythic level",1 50806,"detailing the politics involved in the creation of an extraordinary piece of music",1 52438,"has the punch of a good sitcom , while offering exceptionally well-detailed characters",1 139895,"will break your heart many times over",1 76635,"cheer . Otherwise",1 40637,"A captivating cross-cultural comedy of manners",1 83849,"is a real filmmaker .",1 7898,"it 's sweet ... but",1 177165,"unencouraging threefold expansion",0 34817,"n't the most transporting or gripping film from Iran -- or , indeed , by its director",1 33579,"it 's an intriguing look at two performers who put themselves out there because they love what they do .",1 55198,"of America , history and the awkwardness of human life",1 218725,"was as superficial as the forced New Jersey lowbrow accent Uma had",0 12538,"tragically",0 99357,"very lively dream",1 19612,"a truly singular character",1 31375,"explores his characters ' crises with seriousness and compassion",1 81290,"got a place in your heart",1 75785,"boisterous and utterly charming",1 200468,"has a cinematic fluidity and sense of intelligence that makes it work more than it probably should",1 209641,"predictable as the tides",0 226535,"The very definition of what critics have come to term an `` ambitious failure",0 118452,"do n't get Williams ' usual tear and a smile , just sneers and bile",0 37280,"stands , despite its noticeable lack of emotional heft , in welcome contrast to the indulgent dead-end experimentation of the director 's previous Full Frontal",0 33443,"is nothing more than two guys beating the hell outta",0 135889,"the numerous scenes",1 36793,"self-interest",1 28817,"and superbly paced",1 200597,"has n't graduated from junior high school",0 31784,"for terror .",0 225590,"Rehearsals are frequently more fascinating than the results .",1 225331,"Only two words will tell you what you know when deciding to see it : Anthony",1 145364,"Fish out of water",0 210621,"romantic comedy with a fresh point of view",1 31564,"feels formulaic , because the attention is on the nuances of the emotional development of the delicate characters",0 75403,"because of the universal themes , earnest performances",1 164113,"its pleasures intermittent",1 195666,"chilly , clinical lab report",0 225186,"Not a strike against Yang 's similarly themed Yi Yi , but I found What Time ?",0 21487,"of Trouble Every Day",0 101135,"you have n't seen the film lately , you may be surprised at the variety of tones in Spielberg 's work .",1 105022,"Cedar somewhat defuses this provocative theme by submerging it in a hoary love triangle .",1 51001,"down-to-earth Bullock",1 84752,"is the refreshingly unhibited enthusiasm that the people , in spite of clearly evident poverty and hardship , bring to their music",1 5313,"bruising",0 155939,"can charm the paint off the wall ...",1 182484,"Another boorish movie from the I-heard-a-joke -",0 165273,"loses credibility",0 63291,"A pure participatory event",1 143048,"A clutchy , indulgent and pretentious travelogue and diatribe against ... well , just stuff . Watching Scarlet Diva , one is poised for titillation , raw insight or both . Instead , we just get messy anger , a movie as personal therapy",0 170202,"rough-trade homo-eroticism",0 105879,"Frankly , it 's kind of insulting , both to men and women . And",0 16421,"know the ` truth ' about this man , while deconstructing the very format of the biography in a manner that Derrida would doubtless give his blessing to",1 64545,"Burkinabe filmmaker Dani Kouyate 's reworking of a folk story whose roots go back to 7th-century oral traditions is also a pointed political allegory .",1 100761,"wobbly",0 14837,"a sophisticated , funny and good-natured treat , slight but a pleasure",1 145276,"Fans of the TV series will be disappointed",0 141231,"'s another video movie photographed like a film , with the bad lighting that 's often written off as indie film naturalism",0 20411,"does n't have the same magical quality as the beginning of the story",0 209753,"probably should",1 10346,"seen that still manages to be uplifting but not overly sentimental",1 26844,"The laser-projected paintings provide a spell-casting beauty",1 179571,"'s a shame that the storyline and its underlying themes ... finally seem so impersonal or even shallow",0 224156,"It 's an ambitious film , and as with all ambitious films , it has some problems",1 41491,"a witness to several Greek-American weddings --",1 191222,"a ride that 's consistently surprising , easy to watch -- but , oh , so dumb",1 3445,"( toback 's ) fondness for fancy split-screen , stuttering editing and pompous references to wittgenstein and kirkegaard",0 203606,"is too amateurishly square",0 115274,"average Bond",0 86084,"like something wholly original",1 156560,"comes along that confirms one 's worse fears about civilization as we know it .",0 150731,"Watching it is rather like viewing a long soap opera in which only the first episode was any good .",0 144115,"Belushi 's easy-going likableness",1 47306,"There 's back-stabbing , inter-racial desire and , most importantly , singing and dancing .",1 55841,"organized",1 192484,"an anticipated audience",1 100334,"winning comedy",1 169175,"predictable and cloying",0 31852,"frenetic comedy",1 238448,"was obviously made for the `` XXX '' crowd , people who enjoy mindless action without the benefit of decent acting , writing , and direction .",0 116128,"both hugely entertaining and uplifting",1 161495,"how well the schmaltz is manufactured -- to assess the quality of the manipulative engineering . Average , at best , I 'm afraid",0 206214,"miracle of miracles , the movie",1 151558,"a couple of good performances",1 22521,"to listen to new sides of a previous reality , and to visit with some of the people who were able to make an impact in the theater world",1 96388,"the pesky moods of jealousy",0 133321,"stirring tribute",1 71029,"Witty , vibrant , and intelligent .",1 76176,"by its art and heart",1 42886,"this crowd-pleaser 's fresh dialogue , energetic music",1 168929,"playing a college football fight song",1 200945,"he or anyone else",0 138269,"translate well",1 22535,"to outshine the role",1 75766,"bludgeoning the audience over the head",0 133490,"style and mystification",1 186364,"No amount of good acting is enough to save Oleander 's uninspired story .",0 192180,"all of this unpleasantness",0 75259,"be embraced",1 91977,"scenes brim",1 229372,"better off as a documentary , with less of Mr. Eyre 's uninspired dramatics",0 194368,"been modeled on the worst revenge-of-the-nerds clichés the filmmakers could dredge up",0 166254,"more than a chuckle , and",1 235486,"screams `` bathroom break",0 44227,"A romantic comedy enriched by a sharp eye for manners and mores .",1 21483,"of Polanski 's best films",1 217116,"to insulting the intelligence of anyone who has n't been living under a rock",0 226537,"The very definition of what critics have come to term an `` ambitious failure . ''",0 83322,"infinitely wittier version",1 177557,"waiting for the ending credits and the deleted scenes",0 153134,"all the more annoying",0 160214,"going on for too long",0 196502,"crypt",1 207114,"no unifying rhythm or",0 93290,"spectacular belly flops",0 228663,"and totally disorientated",0 110375,"There is a real subject here , and it is handled with intelligence and care .",1 201703,"improvise and scream their way around this movie directionless , lacking any of the rollicking dark humor so necessary",0 231969,"in a black man getting humiliated by a pack of dogs who are smarter than him",0 28795,"and so expressive they can sustain the poetic flights in Burdette 's dialogue",1 81446,"guilt-free trip",1 131973,"seem self-consciously poetic and",1 83945,"is about quiet , decisive moments between members of the cultural elite as they determine how to proceed as the world implodes",1 210463,"requisite faux-urban vibe",0 28003,"about a Pentecostal church in Dallas that assembles an elaborate haunted house each year to scare",1 59069,"those young whippersnappers making moving pictures today",0 134905,"the best actors there is",1 84846,"it 's a big , comforting jar of Marmite , to be slathered on crackers and served as a feast of bleakness",1 226415,"The performances of the four main actresses bring their characters to life .",1 175355,"this costly dud is a far cry from either the book or the beloved film",0 91695,"right itself precisely when you think it 's in danger of going wrong",1 233113,"it would be very possible for a reasonably intelligent person to sit through its tidal wave of imagery and not get this vision at all",0 99590,"warm the hearts of animation enthusiasts of all ages",1 29582,"between swoony lyricism and violent catastrophe ... the most aggressively nerve-wracking and screamingly neurotic romantic comedy in cinema history",0 7351,"if you can get past the fantastical aspects and harsh realities of '' the isle '' you 'll get a sock-you-in-the-eye flick that is a visual tour-de-force and a story that is unlike any you will likely see anywhere else",1 124974,"it feels like unrealized potential",0 121293,"good actors , good poetry and",1 70229,"This is an undeniably intriguing film from an adventurous young talent who finds his inspiration on the fringes of the American underground .",1 2561,"the cockettes",0 150449,"Too loud , too long and",0 6391,"falls short in building the drama of lilia 's journey",0 208513,"on the premise",1 239181,"you pay the full ticket price to see `` Simone , '' and consider a DVD rental instead",0 232455,"is essentially a `` Dungeons and Dragons '' fantasy with modern military weaponry",0 219039,"were , what '' they '' looked like . Why '' they '' were here and what '' they '' wanted and quite honestly , I did n't care",0 12470,"together in",1 222370,"And second , what 's with all the shooting ?",0 178053,"when it takes itself too seriously and",0 154561,"bad odor",0 225815,"Sleek and arty",1 66256,"If the film fails to fulfill its own ambitious goals , it nonetheless sustains interest during the long build-up of expository material .",1 12684,"unpleasant",0 229436,"born out of an engaging storyline , which also is n't embarrassed to make you reach for the tissues",1 116898,"cheap , graceless , hackneyed",0 33601,"it 's perfect . It 's also the year 's sweetest movie .",1 107102,"Its spirit of iconoclastic abandon -- however canned -- makes for unexpectedly giddy viewing .",1 15660,"entertain you",1 221633,", this could be a passable date film .",1 167093,"obscenely bad",0 196848,"despite downplaying her good looks",1 150135,"These spiders can outrun a motorcycle and wrap a person in a sticky cocoon in seconds , but they fall short of being interesting or entertaining",0 27310,"Zany , exuberantly irreverent animated space adventure .",1 72156,"a potentially trite and overused concept ( aliens come to Earth )",0 51025,"draw people together",1 30269,"comes closer to any actress I can remember to personifying independence in its purest and , yes , most intimidating form .",1 114973,"as little cleavage",1 142016,", Maelström is just another Winter Sleepers .",0 60011,"welcome step",1 82749,"important message to tell",1 17804,"to have fun",1 210103,"rather thin",0 102340,", The Sum of All Fears is simply a well-made and satisfying thriller .",1 226612,"They 're the unnamed , easily substitutable forces that serve as whatever terror the heroes of horror movies try to avoid .",0 230514,"ends up festooning U.S. art house screens for no reason other than the fact that it 's in French ( well , mostly ) with English subtitles and",0 138898,"utterly misplaced earnestness",0 37470,"super-cool",1 129588,"one strike",0 118919,"effort to watch this movie",0 22861,"wondering what will happen to her and wishing her the best -- whatever that might mean",1 196380,"crass , jaded",0 40662,"A great comedy filmmaker knows great comedy need n't always make us laugh . Tim Story 's not there yet - but `",1 47876,"a clear-eyed portrait",1 106964,"It 's sweet . It 's funny . It wears its heart on the sleeve of its gaudy Hawaiian shirt . And ,",1 104206,"American Breckin Meyer 's ridiculously inappropriate Valley Boy voice",0 232420,"is better than any summer blockbuster we had to endure last summer , and hopefully , sets the tone for a summer of good stuff",1 81474,"guts and crazy beasts stalking men with guns though ... you will likely enjoy this monster .",1 220200,"yet hardly memorable",0 33169,"intrigues and even fascinates us",1 22025,"somewhat weakened by a miscast leading lady .",0 224185,"It 's hard to pity the ` plain ' girl who becomes a ravishing waif after applying a smear of lip-gloss .",0 221508,", redundant , sloppy",0 53581,"is pretty damned funny",1 225073,"My Big Fat Greek Wedding is a non-stop funny feast of warmth , colour and cringe .",1 33871,"its warm",1 153452,"an obsolete , if irritating , notion",0 95355,"the computer and",1 36576,"right at home",1 82949,"in good fun",1 195208,"by that old familiar feeling of ` let 's get this thing over with '",0 44151,"A lyrical metaphor for cultural and personal self-discovery and a picaresque view",1 88143,"oddly moving",1 177691,"was trying to do than of what he had actually done",0 143481,"About as satisfying and predictable as the fare at your local drive through .",0 100553,"with major pleasures from Portuguese master Manoel de Oliviera",1 67691,"Muccino , who directed from his own screenplay , is a canny crowd pleaser , and The Last Kiss ... provides more than enough sentimental catharsis for a satisfying evening at the multiplex .",1 150126,"There is very little dread or apprehension , and though I like the creepy ideas , they are not executed with anything more than perfunctory skill .",0 193416,"as best you can with a stuttering script",0 42978,"weaves a carefully balanced scenario that is controlled by neither character , is weirdly sympathetic to both",1 74811,"as they do in this marvelous film",1 51266,"ensures",1 181916,"A profoundly stupid affair",0 180442,", Satan is throwing up his hands in surrender , is firing his R&D people , and has decided he will just screen The Master of Disguise 24/7 .",0 73770,"an evanescent , seamless and sumptuous stream",1 122658,"iconic hero",1 110329,"There 's real visual charge to the filmmaking",1 130322,"plenty of laughs . It just does n't have much else ... especially",1 150302,"This piece of Channel 5 grade trash",0 4704,"an unsettling picture",0 53119,"inspire reaction in its audience",1 182644,"At three hours and with very little story or character development , there is plenty of room for editing , and a much shorter cut surely would have resulted in a smoother , more focused narrative without sacrificing any of the cultural intrigue .",0 19386,"Tunney is allowed to build an uncommonly human character , an almost real-live girl complete with trouble and hope .",1 197124,"distinctly minor effort",0 98900,"unabashedly romantic",1 164826,"lifeless , and amateurishly",0 209154,"pay your $ 8 and get ready for the big shear",0 179993,"'s something awfully deadly about any movie with a life-affirming message",0 9194,"nyc 's drug",0 103498,"A compelling French psychological drama examining the encounter of an aloof father and his chilly son after 20 years apart .",1 53157,"interesting and often very creatively constructed from figure to backstory",1 101015,"yarns ever",1 219336,"who do n't need the lesson in repugnance . It 's also not smart or barbed enough for older viewers",0 44317,"A touching , small-scale story",1 28176,"airs out a tight plot with an easy pace and a focus on character drama over crime-film complications .",1 91304,"recommend it for its originality alone",1 221084,"( The film 's ) taste for `` shock humor '' will wear thin on all",0 197459,"down to mediocrity",0 125426,"itself -- as well its delightful cast --",1 159125,"films that try the patience of even the most cinema-besotted critic -- and this was one of them",0 196074,"complex enough to hold our interest",1 84980,"it an above-average thriller",1 209927,"pushes too hard",0 159613,"found myself finally unmoved by this film , which is immaculately produced and",0 28892,"and unselfconscious",1 65078,"Director Charles Stone III applies more detail to the film 's music than to the story line :",0 99889,"what makes Dover Kosashvili 's outstanding feature debut so potent",1 103908,"A soulless jumble of ineptly assembled cliches and pabulum that plays like a 95-minute commercial for NBA properties .",0 212826,"such a cold movie claim to express warmth",0 135164,"the end an honorable , interesting failure",0 128351,"of Martin Scorsese 's Taxi Driver and Goodfellas",1 109812,"The film is explosive",1 29623,"bizarre to the adult mind",0 83968,"is also a film of freshness , imagination and insight .",1 43388,"( A ) n utterly charming and hilarious film that reminded me of the best of the Disney comedies from the 60s .",1 95537,"the endeavor",1 101322,"'' I guess I come from a broken family ,",0 110606,"Though the aboriginal aspect lends the ending an extraordinary poignancy , and the story",1 170462,"screaming and exaggerated",0 76538,"cell phones , guns , and the internal combustion engine",0 181531,"A big , loud , bang-the-drum bore .",0 202522,"is 75 wasted minutes of Sandler as the voice-over hero in Columbia Pictures ' perverse idea of an animated holiday movie",0 44398,"All in all , The Count of Monte Cristo is okay , but",0 145903,"However clever",1 174631,"the redundant messages",0 21259,"loving screen transferral",1 96875,"the thrills pop up frequently",1 117602,"count on",1 161583,"if only Benigni had n't insisted on casting himself in the title role",0 42261,"keeps the film",1 79389,"exactly assured in its execution",1 42596,"see this movie --",1 124010,"is during the offbeat musical numbers .",1 203715,"it 'll only put you to sleep .",0 146649,"It can not be enjoyed , even on the level that one enjoys a bad slasher flick , primarily because it is dull . Yes , dull .",0 112120,"a high enough level of invention",1 61735,", along with his sister , Sofia , is a real filmmaker . It must be in the genes",1 65403,"Every individual will see the movie through the prism of his or her own beliefs and prejudices , but the one thing most will take away is the sense that peace is possible . That , in itself , is extraordinary .",1 149820,"The script is n't very good",0 71858,"a joyous communal festival",1 205993,"meanders from gripping to plodding and back",0 132122,"serenity and poise",1 179385,"'ll just have your head in your hands wondering why Lee 's character did n't just go to a bank manager and save everyone the misery",0 117283,"coming back from Stock Character camp",0 220632,"'re meant to buy that this doting mother would shun her kids , travel to one of the most dangerous parts of the world , don fatigues and become G.I. Jane",0 132676,"smartly and",1 4236,"a trashy , exploitative , thoroughly unpleasant experience",0 15989,"he 's going to make a splash even greater than Arnold Schwarzenegger , Jean-Claud Van Damme or Steven Segal",1 120135,"finely crafted ,",1 70097,"There 's so much to look at in Metropolis you hate to tear your eyes away from the images long enough to read the subtitles .",1 136531,"the visual flourishes",1 164402,"kept Cameron Diaz a prisoner in a cage with her ape ,",0 48278,"a pleasant enough thing",1 85902,"less a story",0 23985,", which is probably for the best . And if you 're not nearly moved to tears by a couple of scenes",1 26771,"The best thing the film does is to show us not only what that mind looks like , but how the creative process itself operates .",1 198260,"except for the fine star performances",1 110304,"There 's much tongue in cheek in the film and there 's no doubt the filmmaker is having fun with it all .",1 54421,"loving anime",1 37892,"that shading is what makes it worthwhile",1 28949,"another hat",1 205638,"make Mel Brooks ' Borscht Belt schtick look sophisticated",1 46429,"One of the smartest takes on singles culture I 've seen in a long time .",1 239097,"you 'll love it and probably want to see it twice .",1 62154,", poignant and leavened",1 239030,"would n't be my preferred way of spending 100 minutes or $ 7.00 .",0 100358,"wit and empathy",1 208319,"often awkwardly directed and suffers from the addition of a wholly unnecessary pre-credit sequence designed to give some of the characters a ` back story",0 213880,"that the material is so second-rate",0 96407,"the pitch-perfect Forster to the always hilarious Meara and Levy",1 231637,"he provides a strong itch to explore more .",1 42258,"keep their hopes alive",1 229238,"beautiful ,",1 221962,"A coming-of-age film that avoids the cartoonish clichés and sneering humor of the genre as it provides a fresh view of an old type",1 77269,"constantly pulling the rug from underneath us",1 81620,"has a needlessly downbeat",0 140205,"with receding hairline , weathered countenance and American Breckin Meyer 's ridiculously inappropriate Valley Boy voice",0 212307,"spend more time with familiar cartoon characters",1 68567,"Saigon in 1952 . That 's its first sign of trouble",0 91195,"real pleasure",1 233258,"knock yourself out and enjoy the big screen postcard that is a self-glorified Martin Lawrence lovefest .",0 182996,"Calvin Jr . 's Barbershop represents some sort of beacon of hope in the middle of Chicago 's South Side",1 121294,"good actors , good poetry and good music",1 206190,"mindless junk",0 197836,"encumbers itself",0 134625,"that will amuse or entertain them",1 95444,"the demented mind",0 64984,"Deflated ending aside , there 's much to recommend the film .",1 7482,"in the life of the celebrated irish playwright , poet and drinker",1 231522,"hated myself in the morning",0 80277,"for humor in so many teenage comedies",1 222029,"A jaw-droppingly beautiful work that upends nearly every cliché of Japanese animation",1 93783,"such a perfect medium for children",1 49321,"as sharp or as fresh",1 74940,"at least it 's better than that eponymous 1980 biopic that used soap in the places where the mysteries lingered",1 141659,"'s the smug and self-congratulatory kind that lets the audience completely off the hook",0 140447,"works its magic with such exuberance and passion that the film 's length becomes a part of its fun",1 12970,"what remains is a variant of the nincompoop benigni persona",0 202967,"is grisly .",0 186019,"Marivaux 's rhythms , and Mira Sorvino 's limitations as a classical actress",0 47888,"a compelling quest for truth",1 210188,"really , save your disgust and your indifference",0 110040,"The notion of deleting emotion from people , even in an advanced Prozac Nation",0 109811,"The film is delicately narrated by Martin Landau and directed with sensitivity and skill by Dana Janklowicz-Mann .",1 72044,"a moving tragedy with some buoyant human moments",1 211772,"sleep-inducingly slow-paced crime drama",0 100185,"whose sharp intellect",1 203073,"is like sitting in a downtown café , overhearing a bunch of typical late-twenty-somethings natter on about nothing , and desperately wishing you could change tables .",0 22509,"to getting weepy over saucer-eyed , downy-cheeked moppets and their empathetic caretakers",1 108499,"Pull ( s ) off the rare trick of recreating",1 8205,"jolie gives it that extra little something that makes it worth checking out at theaters , especially if you 're in the mood for something more comfortable than challenging .",1 165963,"mildly alarmed",0 4453,"against progress",0 64207,"B picture",0 161252,"his fake backdrops",0 179787,"'s horribly depressing and not very well done",0 190370,"a core of flimsy -- or , worse yet , nonexistent -- ideas",0 227165,"Will undoubtedly play well in European markets , where Mr. Besson is a brand name , and in Asia , where Ms. Shu is an institution , but",1 203627,"is truly gorgeous",1 87070,"messy and",0 5152,"bigelow offers some flashy twists and turns that occasionally fortify this turgid fable",0 192193,"all that good .",1 40955,"I complain all the time about seeing the same ideas repeated in films over and over again , but",0 57798,"that he can improvise like a jazzman",1 64439,"Bouquet gives a performance that is masterly .",1 135477,"the great films about movie love",1 144670,"Cry havoc",0 78634,"drive past -- even if it chiefly inspires you to drive a little faster",0 655,"but its abrupt drop in iq points as it races to the finish line proves simply too discouraging to let slide",0 183659,"Elizabeth Hurley seem graceless and ugly",0 233126,"its awkward structure keeps breaking the spell .",0 38593,"the richness of its performances",1 218992,"weird little movie",0 9206,"of '' the isle '' you 'll get a sock-you-in-the-eye flick that is a visual tour-de-force and a story that is unlike any",1 162622,"is a lie",0 45873,"Jaglomized is the Cannes Film Festival , the annual Riviera spree of flesh , buzz , blab and money",0 37757,"that Myers is no longer simply spoofing the mini-mod-madness of '60s spy movies",1 138900,"utterly transcend gender",1 114182,"an unsolved murder and an unresolved moral conflict jockey for the spotlight",0 131814,"scenes . But something seems to be missing .",0 199897,"gets us too drunk on the party favors to sober us up with the transparent attempts at moralizing",0 86652,"makes the material seem genuine rather than pandering",1 72441,"a smart movie that knows its classical music , knows its Freud and knows its Sade",1 15266,"bite",0 179197,"young science fiction fans will stomp away in disgust .",0 115150,"at all clear what it 's trying to say and even if it were -- I doubt it",0 114567,"are certainly",1 192828,"another breathless movie about same !",0 175634,"though the picture strains to become cinematic poetry , it remains depressingly prosaic and dull",0 49463,"balanced by a rich visual clarity and deeply",1 112522,"a pretty convincing performance",1 9073,"no quarter to anyone",0 70067,"There 's a lot to recommend Read My Lips .",1 34746,"mundane",0 195813,"closed",1 238219,"unholy hokum",0 41446,"a hoot and a half , and",1 63310,"A refreshing change from the usual whoopee-cushion effort",1 186498,"Obvious , obnoxious and didactic burlesque",0 58304,"the film certainly does n't disappoint",1 93603,"stretches of impact and moments",1 105650,"Equilibrium becomes a concept doofus",0 140467,"world-renowned",1 204159,"its committed dumbness",0 83309,"inexplicable nightmare",0 922,"evil",0 20724,"has brilliantly updated his source and grasped its essence , composing a sorrowful and hilarious tone poem about alienated labor , or an absurdist workplace sitcom",1 44476,"An entertaining British hybrid of comedy , caper thrills and quirky romance .",1 4554,"amazingly",1 30436,"could make Deutchland a popular destination for hungry tourists .",1 207435,"of Hell",0 68586,"Sand 's masculine persona , with its love of life and beauty ,",1 180763,", it will probably be a talky bore .",0 44580,"As comedic spotlights go , Notorious C . H . O . hits all the verbal marks",1 222676,"Brilliant ! '",1 157963,"drek",0 206024,"meets Friday the 13th by way of Clean and Sober , filmed on the set of Carpenter 's The Thing and loaded with actors you 're most likely to find on the next inevitable incarnation of The Love Boat",0 223915,"If ever a concept came handed down from the movie gods on a silver platter , this is it .",1 2297,"sir anthony hopkins saying ` get in the car , bitch , ' this jerry bruckheimer production has little else to offer",0 7513,"incorporates rotoscope animation for no apparent reason except",0 57496,"suggests nothing less than a new voice that deserves to be considered as a possible successor to the best European directors .",1 22454,"though somewhat weakened by a miscast leading lady .",0 114094,"an interesting technical exercise",1 46588,"Raimi and his team could n't have done any better in bringing the story of Spider-Man to the big screen .",1 218001,"two fine actors , Morgan Freeman and",1 203247,"is not enough to give the film the substance it so desperately needs .",0 163417,"is that The Truth About Charlie gets increasingly tiresome .",0 56702,"satisfying summer blockbuster",1 2484,"terrified of the book 's irreverent energy , and scotches most of its lan , humor , bile , and irony",0 103627,"A good music documentary , probably one of the best since The Last Waltz .",1 128557,"of bittersweet camaraderie and history",1 15010,"and captivating",1 115927,"better thriller",1 179845,"'s mindless junk like this that makes you appreciate original romantic comedies like Punch-Drunk Love",0 219970,"work because there is no foundation for it",0 194254,"because Half Past Dead is like The Rock on a Wal-Mart budget",0 91541,"resonant film since The Killer",1 12251,"thoughtful ,",1 151801,"a gift for generating nightmarish images",1 235226,"really horrible drek .",0 26190,"Nicolas Philibert observes life inside a one-room schoolhouse in northern France in his documentary To Be and to Have , easily one of the best films of the year .",1 24253,": this one is a feast .",1 203635,"is ultimately rather silly and overwrought ,",0 216815,"to abandon the theater",0 118510,"does hold up pretty well .",1 126352,"looks fake",0 145507,"From Elysian Fields is a cold , bliss-less work that groans along thinking itself some important comment on how life throws us some beguiling curves .",0 77109,"complex portrait of a modern Israel",1 63118,"A hypnotic portrait",1 28813,"and subtly , the film , sporting a breezy spontaneity and realistically drawn characterizations , develops into a significant character study that is both moving and wise .",1 7379,"immensely enjoyable",1 140796,"you reach the finale",1 23804,", one which can only qualify as a terrible tragedy",0 131029,"rather unique",1 115724,"been a more compelling excuse to pair Susan Sarandon and Goldie Hawn",1 167882,"of true minds",1 28885,"and ultimately tragic",0 158206,"enchanting ...",1 58671,"the savagery",0 150077,"There 's suspension of disbelief and then there 's bad screenwriting",0 209712,"pretentious endeavor",0 118276,"director Carl Franklin adds enough flourishes and freak-outs to make it entertaining",1 154947,"been an important documentary about stand-up comedy",1 167383,"of bravery . For this reason and this reason only -- the power of its own steadfast , hoity-toity convictions -- Chelsea Walls deserves a medal",1 10242,"sadly",0 56137,"powerful young actor",1 28606,"and fiercely committed",1 135689,"the many inconsistencies",0 180587,", composed delivery",1 7522,"indigestion sets",0 120244,"flick cliches",0 49677,"best animated",1 172628,"tell with all the crashing and banging where the salesmanship ends",0 188815,"There 's an admirable rigor to Jimmy 's relentless anger , and to the script 's refusal of a happy ending",1 48094,"a grim , upsetting glimpse at the lives of some of the 1 . 2 million Palestinians who live in the crowded cities and refugee camps of Gaza",0 117327,"compelling French psychological drama",1 88113,"occasional slowness",0 28450,"and Johnny Dankworth 's best soundtrack in years",1 138041,"together familiar themes of family , forgiveness and love",1 144881,"Director Uwe Boll and the actors provide scant reason to care in this crude '70s throwback .",0 9738,"play against each other so intensely , but with restraint , is a treat",1 9253,"of describing badness",0 128780,"of low-grade dreck that usually goes straight to video -- with a lousy script , inept direction , pathetic acting , poorly dubbed dialogue and murky cinematography , complete with visible boom mikes",0 25771,"It 's worth seeing just on the basis of the wisdom , and at times , the startling optimism , of the children .",1 213935,"that waxes poetic far too much for our taste",0 181945,"A rehash of every gangster movie",0 128260,"oddly sweet",1 179618,"'s also not smart or barbed enough for older viewers",0 5722,"contemporary southern adolescence",1 178357,"will come as no surprise that the movie is n't scary .",0 66414,"Interesting both as a historical study and as a tragic love story",1 100283,"will marvel at the sometimes murky , always brooding look of I Am Trying to Break Your Heart .",1 27812,"a shambling charm",1 58567,"the passion , creativity , and fearlessness of one of Mexico 's most colorful and controversial artists",1 128202,"numbness .",0 205702,"makes a melodramatic mountain",1 84186,"is extremely funny",1 180996,", the movie grows boring despite the scenery .",0 26292,"One of creepiest , scariest movies to come along in a long , long time , easily rivaling Blair Witch or The Others .",1 114128,"an opportunity to strongly present some profound social commentary",0 146417,"It 's a loathsome movie",0 209897,"punch and depth",1 168525,"overcomes its questionable in-the-ring match-up with solid fight choreography and gritty prison authenticity .",1 111942,"a formula comedy redeemed by its stars",1 179090,"you 've watched the far superior Nurse Betty or Sunset Boulevard . Even the unwatchable Soapdish is more original",0 84876,"it 's an enjoyable trifle nonetheless",1 222074,"A relative letdown .",0 130607,"pretty stupid",0 194853,"both Oscar winners ,",1 149626,"The movie takes itself too seriously",0 134719,"the Killer '' , Takashi Miike , Japan 's wildest filmmaker gives us a crime fighter carrying more emotional baggage than Batman ...",1 77179,"confirms Lynne Ramsay as an important , original talent in international cinema",1 195441,"capture its visual appeal or its atmosphere",1 202824,"is clever enough , though thin writing proves its undoing",0 226495,"The story is less vibrant , the jokes are a little lukewarm ,",0 229817,"choppy and sloppy affair",0 19495,"a gem .",1 133907,"tear ducts does n't mean it 's good enough for our girls",0 140980,"'ll bet the video game is a lot more fun than the film",0 52341,"haphazardness",0 134411,"that it 's not clear whether we 're supposed to shriek",0 209017,"painfully forced",0 32983,"in this run-of-the-mill vehicle",0 137405,"to be both hugely entertaining and uplifting .",1 102360,", a formula comedy redeemed by its stars , That is even lazier and far less enjoyable .",0 84990,"it can only encourage us to see Samira Makhmalbaf as a very distinctive sensibility , working to develop her own film language with conspicuous success",1 209721,"pretty but dumb",0 165733,"may be as authentic as they are mean",0 203740,"it 's all surprisingly predictable .",0 183118,"Clean and",1 77511,"crawlies",0 139338,"waters it down",0 1430,"it 's all pretty tame .",0 168657,"parents ' appreciation of it",1 224493,"Just about everyone involved here seems to be coasting .",0 169403,"proves that sometimes the dreams of youth should remain just that",0 9890,"psychologically",1 57794,"that freshly considers arguments the Bard 's immortal plays",1 6127,"easily accessible stories that resonate with profundity",1 174530,"the picture fails to generate much suspense , nor does it ask searching enough questions to justify its pretensions .",0 123369,"infiltrated every corner of society -- and not always for the better",0 230121,"deeply spiritual film taps into the meaning and consolation in afterlife communications .",1 165966,"mildly charming",1 224300,"It forces you to watch people doing unpleasant things to each other and themselves , and it maintains a cool distance from its material that is deliberately unsettling",0 110935,"Washington most certainly has a new career ahead of him",1 43591,", haunting film",1 124818,"it 's as comprehensible as any Dummies guide , something even non-techies can enjoy .",1 94588,"that come by once in a while with flawless amounts of acting , direction , story and pace",1 175932,"to be cruelly tormented",0 195258,"ca n't disguise that he 's spiffing up leftovers that are n't so substantial or fresh",0 120678,"from a director who understands how to create and sustain a mood",1 100289,"will please Eastwood 's loyal fans",1 10949,"takes a clunky tv-movie approach to detailing a chapter in the life of the celebrated irish playwright , poet and drinker",0 120150,"fire a torpedo through some of Clancy 's holes",0 10965,"tangy new",1 89797,"otherwise appalling , and downright creepy",0 73092,"ache by the end of Kung Pow",0 187261,"Sheridan seems terrified of the book 's irreverent energy , and scotches most of its élan , humor , bile , and irony .",0 62963,"A family film that contains some hefty thematic material on time , death , eternity , and what",1 212258,"soul-stripping",0 147315,"Makhmalbaf keeps her distance from the characters",0 169474,"punch this picture so",0 232909,"it 's Black Hawk Down with more heart .",1 162830,"is competent",1 179364,"'d rather watch them on the Animal Planet .",0 195510,"casting Shatner as a legendary professor and Kunis as a brilliant college student -- where 's Pauly Shore as the rocket scientist ?",0 46582,"Rabbit-Proof Fence will probably make you angry . But it will just as likely make you weep , and it will do so in a way that does n't make you feel like a sucker .",1 218227,"unlikable , uninteresting , unfunny , and completely , utterly inept",0 174050,"the grinding of bad ideas",0 175967,"to be satire , too obviously hateful to be classified otherwise",0 127681,"musicals back",1 95814,"the gifted Pearce",1 198555,"far more stylish and",1 18624,"All but the most persnickety preteens should enjoy this nonthreatening but thrilling adventure .",1 39561,"una buena",1 218754,"was made by and for those folks who collect the serial killer cards and are fascinated by the mere suggestion of serial killers .",0 196391,"crazy work",0 62547,"... Pray does n't have a passion for the material . He nonetheless appreciates the art and reveals a music scene that transcends culture and race .",1 140616,"writings to perform",1 232608,"is never melodic \/",0 139415,"weak and",0 175052,"the worst thing Soderbergh has ever done",0 135865,"the needlessly poor quality of its archival prints and film footage . The images lack contrast , are murky and are frequently too dark to be decipherable",0 185450,"Jason X is this bad on purpose is never clear . But one thing 's for sure",0 191886,"acidic all-male",0 146799,"Its underlying mythology is a hodgepodge of inconsistencies that pose the question",0 34732,"much more to this adaptation of the Nick Hornby novel than charm",1 78780,"effort to put a human face on the travail of thousands of Vietnamese",1 77570,"creeps into your heart .",1 10352,"self-consciously",0 194643,"big shear",1 236023,"standout performance",1 198804,"fewer deliberate laughs , more inadvertent ones and stunningly trite",0 30457,"cozy or ingratiating",1 193905,"awkwardly contrived exercise",0 86260,"look at the world 's dispossessed .",0 152339,"a real-life , big-budget NC-17 version of Tank Girl",0 165599,"makes the gang rumbles look like they 're being streamed",0 132948,"something fresh to say",1 60282,"winning performances by an unlikely team of Oscar-winners",1 209829,"proved too difficult a text to ` lick , ' despite the efforts of a first-rate cast .",0 232491,"is historical filmmaking without the balm of right-thinking ideology , either liberal or conservative",1 164473,"know subtle characterization",0 76771,"classic .",1 46556,"Probably the best case for Christianity since Chesterton and Lewis",1 216606,"three words : Thumbs Friggin ' Down",0 71399,"a class by itself",1 72992,"about the long and eventful spiritual journey of the guru who helped",1 100768,"won --",1 174021,"the fuzzy sentimentality of the movie itself , which feels",0 14751,"a hoot and a half",1 120312,"followers of the whole dead-undead genre , who deserve more from a vampire pic than a few shrieky special effects",0 44287,"A subject like this should inspire reaction in its audience : The Pianist does not",0 110569,"This wretchedly unfunny wannabe comedy is inane and awful - no doubt , it 's the worst movie I 've seen this summer .",0 198570,"farcical and loathsome",0 60708,"'ll feel too happy to argue much",1 185368,"Italian Pinocchio",1 34019,"leaves you wanting more",1 6725,"fussing over",0 197049,"disappointing and meandering",0 193901,"awfully hard",0 81801,"has the stuff to stand tall with Pryor , Carlin and Murphy",1 166959,"not much",0 97708,"through than in most ` right-thinking ' films",1 12843,"warm",1 154994,"been so painful to sit through",0 220180,"yank",1 62293,", the more details slip out between his fingers .",0 36951,"shut up '' to those who talk up what is nothing more than two guys beating the hell outta",0 4945,"at theaters",1 85119,"it provides a reasonably attractive holiday contraption , one that families looking for a clean , kid-friendly outing should investigate",1 80545,"freshness and",1 114027,"an excellent choice",1 37238,"spite of Good Housekeeping 's unsavory characters and WWF mentality",0 151213,"` It 's painful to watch Witherspoon 's talents wasting away inside unnecessary films like Legally Blonde and Sweet Home Abomination , I mean , Alabama . '",0 228682,"another great ` what you do n't see",1 170254,"runs on empty",0 6166,"elling builds gradually until you feel fully embraced by this gentle comedy",1 136871,"this Antonio Banderas-Lucy Liu faceoff . It 's still terrible",0 16179,"intermittent unease",0 103753,"A not-so-Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya",0 162906,"is forgettable",0 3439,"( the kid 's ) just too bratty for sympathy , and as the film grows to its finale , his little changes ring hollow",0 145623,"Goldmember has none of the visual wit of the previous pictures , and it looks as though Jay Roach directed the film from the back of a taxicab",0 179612,"'s already a joke in the United States",0 223233,"Elaborate special effects take centre screen , so that the human story is pushed to one side .",1 29487,"bedevils the film from the very beginning",0 14685,"a brisk pace as it races through the familiar story . However , it lacks grandeur and that epic quality often associated with Stevenson 's tale as well as with earlier Disney efforts",0 48671,"actually pulls off this stylistic juggling act",1 80236,"for all audiences",1 8,"' a nightmare on elm street",0 127139,"miscellaneous bohos",0 223309,"Extreme Ops '' exceeds expectations .",1 51573,"feel cheated",0 191552,"a total lack of empathy",0 8716,"may be a mess in a lot of ways",0 41667,"breathes surprising new life",1 65415,"Evokes the frustration , the awkwardness and the euphoria of growing up , without relying on the usual tropes .",0 35259,"of good cheer",1 238071,"too much like an infomercial for Ram Dass 's latest book aimed at the boomer",0 235143,"puzzle whose pieces do not fit .",0 54567,"makes the movie a spirited and touching occasion",1 179792,"'s in the action scenes that things fall apart",0 70396,"Time is a beautiful film to watch , an interesting and at times captivating take on loss and loneliness .",1 32158,"got dropped from their record label , proving that one man 's ruin may be another 's fortune .",1 148752,"Someone crosses Arnie . Arnie blows things up",0 93641,"strong script",1 77829,"deeply absorbing piece",1 64831,"Could I have been more geeked when I heard that Apollo 13 was going to be released in IMAX format ? In a word : No .",1 220518,"'' loses its overall sense of mystery and becomes a TV episode rather than a documentary that you actually buy into .",0 160762,"has turned completely and irrevocably bizarre to the point of utter nonsense",0 135318,"the film could just as well be addressing the turn of the 20th century into the 21st .",1 206728,"must be low , very low , very very low , for the masquerade to work",0 185155,"It 's neither as sappy as Big Daddy nor as anarchic as Happy Gilmore or The Waterboy , but it has its moments .",1 183294,"Davis the performer is plenty fetching enough ,",1 85341,"its own direction",1 28767,"and remarkable",1 233908,"moments in this account of the life of artist Frida Kahlo that are among cinema 's finest this year",1 64338,"Better than the tepid Star Trek : Insurrection :",1 68977,"Stallion of the Cimarron is a winner .",1 62334,", this family film sequel is plenty of fun for all .",1 166448,"much funnier film",1 57053,"slide down the slippery slope of dishonesty after an encounter with the rich and the powerful who have nothing but",0 199300,"for some major alterations",1 77397,"corrupt",0 101439,"'re down",0 123347,"ineffective",0 28354,"an example of sophisticated , challenging filmmaking that stands , despite its noticeable lack of emotional heft , in welcome contrast to the indulgent dead-end experimentation of the director 's previous Full Frontal",1 209643,"predictable denouement",0 113529,"ai n't what it used to be",0 29538,"believe it 's the only way to bring happiness to their loved ones",1 169891,"rejected ABC Afterschool Special",0 228738,"appealingly manic and energetic",1 57855,"that offers a thoughtful and rewarding glimpse into the sort of heartache everyone",1 23662,", highly enjoyable",1 32778,"importantly ,",1 144921,"Do n't let the subtitles fool you : the movie only proves that Hollywood no longer has a monopoly on mindless action .",0 128010,"no man has gone before , but several movies have - take heart .",1 113537,"aimlessly",0 42035,"grow attached to their lives ,",1 152214,"a period romance that suffers from an overly deliberate pace and uneven narrative momentum",0 227947,"a gripping , tidy little movie that takes Mr. Hill higher than he 's been in a while",1 67931,"O Fantasma is boldly , confidently orchestrated , aesthetically and sexually , and its impact is deeply and rightly disturbing",1 158643,"expanded and worked",1 161169,"hides behind obviously constructed routines",0 71076,"Wow !",1 107957,"Neil Burger here succeeded in",1 235116,"pulls back from the consequences of its own actions and revelations",0 30431,"could have been a reject from Monty Python 's Meaning of Life",0 161380,"hold a candle",0 161628,"ignore the fact that Hollywood is n't laughing with us , folks . It 's laughing at us",0 224012,"In between all the emotional seesawing , it 's hard to figure the depth of these two literary figures , and even the times in which they lived .",0 143945,"At its best , Queen is campy fun like the Vincent Price horror classics of the '60s . At its worst , it implodes in a series of very bad special effects .",0 220952,"'s rare to see a movie that takes such a speedy swan dive from `` promising '' to `` interesting '' to `` familiar '' before landing squarely on `` stupid ''",0 115956,"between these two marginal characters",0 231071,"fun and funky look",1 128686,"of half-dimensional characters",0 47275,"The unexpected thing is that its dying , in this shower of black-and-white psychedelia , is quite beautiful",1 150897,"Where 's Chris Tucker When You Need Him",0 39528,"two winning lead performances and charm to spare",1 57585,"takes Mr . Hill higher than he 's been in a while",1 183139,"Co-writer/director Jonathan Parker 's attempts to fashion a Brazil-like , hyper-real satire fall dreadfully short .",0 181645,"A fairly harmless but ultimately lifeless feature-length afterschool special",0 78816,"elegantly appointed",1 201795,"in a one-note performance",0 130034,"passive",0 96743,"the spotlight",1 134511,"that perfectly captures the wonders and worries of childhood",1 99072,"unlike so many other Hollywood movies of its ilk , it offers hope",1 19152,"Octopus 2 : River of Fear",0 206411,"more like the pilot episode of a TV series",0 20468,"enormous fun for thinking audiences",1 181143,", you 'll wait in vain for a movie to happen .",0 9224,"of a very old-school kind of quality",1 125739,"language and locations",1 189591,"What might 've been an exhilarating exploration of an odd love triangle",0 166143,"more boring",0 44417,"Although the level of the comedy declines as the movie proceeds",0 181256,". Only masochistic moviegoers need apply .",0 207635,"of blaxploitation flicks",0 226606,"These are names to remember , in order to avoid them in the future .",0 176773,"toxic in its own right",0 58732,"the sogginess of its contemporary characters , and actors",0 141175,"'s about as overbearing and over-the-top as the family",0 5161,"binds of a small family",0 150910,"While Super Troopers is above Academy standards , its quintet of writers could still use some more schooling .",0 115702,"becomes claustrophobic",0 106024,"Golden Book",1 44489,"An exhilarating serving of movie fluff",1 42518,"reaching for more tissues and those",1 105173,"Completely awful Iranian drama",0 232310,"is a horrible movie -- if only it were that grand a failure",0 109888,"The hypnotic imagery and fragmentary tale",1 56978,"sight gags",0 224982,"Mr. Soderbergh 's direction and visual style struck me as unusually and unimpressively fussy and pretentious .",0 81686,"has created a beautiful canvas",1 110927,"Warm Water Under a Red Bridge is a celebration of feminine energy , a tribute to the power of women to heal .",1 52716,"hooker",0 211968,"so many talented people",1 124156,"is intriguing",1 227883,"a fascinating curiosity piece -- fascinating , that is",1 122442,"hoary dialogue , fluxing accents",0 102341,", The Weight of Water comes off as a two-way time-switching myopic mystery that stalls in its lackluster gear of emotional blandness",0 174288,"the more you 'll enjoy it .",1 135329,"the film high above run-of-the-filth gangster flicks",1 202122,"inadequately",0 124976,"it feels much longer",0 79974,"finds his inspiration",1 211909,"so bland that even as rogue CIA assassins working for Chris Cooper 's agency boss close in on the resourceful amnesiac , we do n't feel much for Damon/Bourne or his predicament",0 185091,"It 's coherent , well shot , and tartly acted , but it wears you down like a dinner guest showing off his doctorate .",0 136652,"their bodies",1 95948,"the intentions are lofty",1 14605,"Waydowntown is by no means a perfect film",0 84686,"is talented enough and charismatic enough to make us care about Zelda 's ultimate fate",1 14469,"Swimming takes its time to tell its story , casts mostly little-known performers in key roles , and introduces some intriguing ambiguity .",1 91112,"rather beautiful",1 181058,", this cinematic snow cone is as innocuous as it is flavorless .",0 36827,"serious sense",1 206989,"nightmares",0 46379,"Offers much to enjoy ... and a lot to mull over in terms of love , loyalty and the nature of staying friends .",1 65997,"His work with actors is particularly impressive .",1 166984,"not smart and",0 230071,"cuts to the core of what it actually means to face your fears , to be a girl in a world of boys , to be a boy truly in love with a girl , and to ride the big metaphorical wave that is life -- wherever it takes you",1 176347,"to recommend this film because for every thing it does right there 's at least one and occasionally two things it gets ever so wrong",0 168807,"performs neither one very well .",0 80749,"fully successful",1 204483,"just such a dungpile that you 'd swear you",0 222118,"A waste of good performances .",0 232457,"is even better than The Fellowship",1 121097,"getting around the fact that this is Revenge Of The Nerds Revisited",0 227114,"Whether or not you 're enlightened by any of Derrida 's lectures on `` the other '' and `` the self , '' Derrida is an undeniably fascinating and playful fellow .",1 193949,"bad need of major acting lessons and maybe a little coffee",0 222081,"A sense of real magic , perhaps",1 198536,"fantastic Reign of Fire",1 167334,"of about six gags",0 154784,"be oblivious to the existence of this film",0 8443,"like a big-budget , after-school special with a generous cast , who at times lift the material from its well-meaning clunkiness",0 204457,"just goes to show that if you give a filmmaker an unlimited amount of phony blood , nothing good can happen",0 46553,"Predictable storyline and by-the-book scripting is all but washed away by sumptuous ocean visuals and the cinematic stylings of director John Stockwell .",1 43651,", long-suffering but cruel",0 121725,"has crafted an intriguing story of maternal instincts and misguided acts of affection",1 127484,"most pleasurable expressions",1 99532,"walks a tricky tightrope between being wickedly funny and just plain wicked",0 86969,"meaningless",0 198815,"fifth beer-soaked film",0 121667,"has a new career ahead of him",1 138513,"ultimately satisfies with its moving story",1 209016,"painfully foolish in trying to hold onto what 's left of his passe ' chopsocky glory",0 29520,"beguiling splash",1 109985,"The movie 's something-borrowed construction feels less the product of loving , well integrated homage and more like a mere excuse for the wan , thinly sketched story . Killing time , that 's all that 's going on here .",0 10225,"running off the limited chemistry created by ralph fiennes and jennifer lopez",0 62285,", the film works - mostly due to its superior cast of characters .",1 182962,"Butterfingered",0 15514,"deeply felt and masterfully",1 21878,"right amount",1 15552,"distinguished",1 86460,"made him a truly larger-than-life character",1 101942,"'s sweet and fluffy at the time",1 40845,"Denis and co-writer Michele Petin 's impeccable screenplay penetrates with a rawness that that is both unflinching and tantalizing",1 34707,"movies to the list of things he does well",1 189065,"This overlong infomercial , due out on video before month 's end , is tepid and tedious .",0 117918,"dearly",1 155856,"ca n't quite recommend because it is all windup and not much of a pitch",0 108972,"Since Dahmer resorts to standard slasher flick thrills when it should be most in the mind of the killer",0 183346,"Denis ' ) story becomes a hopeless , unsatisfying muddle",0 61710,", Washington has a sure hand .",1 24627,"An exciting and involving rock music doc",1 26045,"Margolo . Their computer-animated faces are very expressive",1 192982,"appeals to me",1 24414,"A potent allegorical love story .",1 142209,", hire a real director and good writers for the next installment , please .",0 49441,"away exhilarated",1 16766,"of pure finesse",1 104448,"Argentinean ` dramedy '",1 95651,"the film is a good one",1 220931,"'s not too fast and not too slow .",1 83905,"is a sweet treasure and something well worth your time .",1 165860,"merely unwatchable ,",0 122572,"how very bad a motion picture can truly be .",0 112583,"a realistic atmosphere that involves us in the unfolding crisis",1 59669,"undone by the sogginess of its contemporary characters , and actors",0 196835,"despairingly awful",0 137603,"to fruition in her sophomore effort",1 216113,"there 's nothing here to match that movie 's intermittent moments of inspiration .",0 36241,"pushes the boundaries of biography , and challenges its audience",1 198215,"everything Kieslowski 's work aspired to , including the condition of art",1 215832,"the upbeat ending",1 96320,"the outstanding soundtrack",1 162462,"introducing an intriguing and alluring premise ,",1 64283,"Beautifully crafted and",1 188256,"The good is very , very good ...",1 134913,"the best possible ways",1 238611,"what the hell .",0 237819,"to follow A.I. with this challenging report so liable to unnerve the majority",0 93799,"such high-profile talent serve such literate material",1 176484,"to the junk-calorie suspense tropes that have all but ruined his career",0 34088,"like a minor miracle that its septuagenarian star is young enough to be the nonagenarian filmmaker 's son , more incredible",1 237522,"this fourth animated movie in four years wo n't convert you -- or even keep your eyes open .",0 237361,"the-loose banter of Welcome to Collinwood has a cocky , after-hours loopiness to it .",1 2675,"the muddled",0 43231,"'s defiantly and delightfully against the grain",1 198420,"eye-catching art direction",1 181604,"A derivative collection",0 49831,"brilliantly employ their quirky and fearless ability to look American angst in the eye and end up laughing .",1 201492,"idea ( of middle-aged romance ) is not handled well",0 86728,"manages , with terrific flair , to keep the extremes of screwball farce and blood-curdling family intensity on one continuum .",1 225233,"Notwithstanding my problem with the movie 's final half hour , I 'm going to recommend SECRETARY , based on the wonderful acting clinic put on by Spader and Gyllenhaal , and also the unique way Shainberg goes about telling what at heart is a sweet little girl",1 86571,"make it sting",0 104894,"Brosnan is more feral in this film than I 've seen him before and Halle Berry does her best to keep up with him .",1 217403,"to take us to that elusive , lovely place where we suspend our disbelief",1 238894,"with less of Mr. Eyre 's uninspired dramatics",0 34294,"make for a mildly entertaining 77 minutes , if that 's what you 're in the mood for",1 109400,"The 3-D vistas from orbit , with the space station suspended like a huge set of wind chimes over the great blue globe ,",1 25429,"Good actress",1 206676,"much more eye-catching than its blood-drenched Stephen Norrington-directed predecessor",1 186315,"Never having seen the first two films in the series , I ca n't compare Friday After Next to them , but nothing would change the fact that what we have here is a load of clams left in the broiling sun for a good three days",0 151641,"a dog stupid",0 119193,"entertaining comedy",1 17796,"to effectively teach kids about the dangers of drugs",1 41546,"an elaborate haunted house each year",1 57312,"started doing nothing but reacting to it - feeling a part of its grand locations , thinking urgently as the protagonists struggled , feeling at the mercy of its inventiveness , gasping at its visual delights",1 137044,"this schlocky horror\/action hybrid",0 225979,"Storytelling feels slight .",0 117730,"criticism",0 6052,"dog soldiers does n't transcend genre -- it embraces it , energizes it and takes big bloody chomps out of it",1 8028,"its courageousness , and comedic employment",1 164059,"its incessant coarseness and banality",0 189235,"Too clumsy in key moments ... to make a big splash .",0 52070,"genuine laughs",1 42112,"incredibly clever and",1 54573,"makes this a high water mark for this genre .",1 4767,"apply the chloroform-soaked handkerchief",0 32350,"hate -- about the movie biz",0 41208,"Some movies are like a tasty hors-d'oeuvre : this one is a feast",1 15160,"as the reason why people get a kick out of watching them today",1 171384,"snore-fest",0 16208,"is -RRB- why we go to the cinema : to be fed through the eye , the heart , the mind .",1 169591,"racy",0 138921,"various amusing sidekicks add much-needed levity to the otherwise bleak tale",1 95793,"the gang-infested",0 185197,"It 's quite an achievement to set and shoot a movie at the Cannes Film Festival and yet fail to capture its visual appeal or its atmosphere .",0 186450,"Not once in the rush to save the day did I become very involved in the proceedings : to me , it was just a matter of ` eh . '",0 83913,"is a tribute to Shyamalan 's gifts , which are such that we 'll keep watching the skies for his next project .",1 101702,"'s hardly watchable",0 39532,"two-actor master class",1 8388,"left me behind",0 20360,"demand a dumb , distracted audience",0 151384,"a bizarre curiosity memorable",1 151780,"a funny premise",1 42694,"sticking with you",1 226972,"Watching it was painful .",0 138678,"unforgettable characters",1 177860,"welcome in her most charmless",0 110822,"Unfortunately , Carvey 's rubber-face routine is no match for the insipid script he has crafted with Harris Goldberg .",0 232087,"incredibly captivating and insanely funny",1 101046,"you 'll like Promises .",1 175503,"this one is pretty miserable , resorting to string-pulling rather than legitimate character development and intelligent plotting .",0 36334,"rare gem",1 10786,"strong",1 105928,"Funk",0 182064,"A timid , soggy near miss .",0 149109,"The Irwins emerge unscathed , but the fictional footage is unconvincing and criminally badly acted",0 107524,"Loses its sense of humor",0 193379,"as a real movie",1 54669,"may not , strictly speaking , qualify as revolutionary .",1 81678,"has clever ways of capturing inner-city life during the Reagan years .",1 153810,"are beginning to wear a bit thin .",0 236183,"surrounding its ludicrous and contrived plot",0 145278,"Fans of the TV series will be disappointed , and",0 191560,"a tougher time balancing its violence with Kafka-inspired philosophy",0 93345,"spooky action-packed trash",0 126249,"little sticky and unsatisfied",0 195820,"clothed in excess layers of hipness",0 94285,"tells stories that work -- is charming , is moving",1 48267,"a perfectly entertaining summer diversion",1 118977,"embarrassment and",0 37220,"spellbinding imagery",1 54492,"mainly that South Korean filmmakers can make undemanding action movies with all the alacrity of their Hollywood counterparts .",1 160549,"hard to be hip . The end result is a film that 's neither",0 37306,"stays afloat thanks to its hallucinatory production design",1 85417,"its subject interesting to those who are n't part of its supposed target audience .",1 9141,"not just unlikable . disturbing . disgusting . without any redeeming value whatsoever .",0 210819,"saw how bad this movie was , I would go back and choose to skip it .",0 54225,"life changes",1 96515,"the ranks of those gay filmmakers who have used the emigre experience to explore same-sex culture in ways that elude the more nationally settled",1 167712,"of stagy set pieces stacked with binary oppositions",0 210104,"rather thin moral",0 194439,"beginning to hate it",0 165101,"little on its mind",0 10055,"refuses to spell things out for viewers",0 149266,"The character is too forced and overwritten to be funny or believable much of the time , and Clayburgh does n't always improve the over-the-top mix",0 28845,"and the entrancing music of Philip Glass",1 85550,"just as endearing and easy",1 67900,"Not only better than its predecessor",1 238061,"too harsh",0 231360,"handed down from the movie gods",1 41982,"gets uniformly engaging performances",1 216634,"thrills , too many flashbacks and",0 183444,"Director George Hickenlooper has had some success with documentaries , but here his sense of story and his juvenile camera movements smack of a film school undergrad , and his maudlin ending might not have gotten him into film school in the first place .",0 33395,"is inspiring , especially for aging hippies ( this one included )",1 235326,"reminds me of a vastly improved Germanic version of My Big Fat Greek Wedding -- with better characters , some genuine quirkiness and at least a measure of style .",1 33162,"into the mind of Jeffrey Dahmer , serial killer",0 180325,") story becomes a hopeless , unsatisfying muddle",0 48510,"a work of enthralling drama",1 55342,"of ego",0 198732,"feels like a copout",0 129278,"offers a fair amount of trashy , kinky fun",1 21859,"represents better-than-average movie-making that does n't demand a dumb , distracted audience .",1 1391,"is often as fun to watch as a good spaghetti western",1 23291,", Clockstoppers will fulfill your wildest fantasies about being a different kind of time traveler , while happily killing 94 minutes .",1 45941,"Keenly observed and",1 163903,"it seems a disappointingly thin slice of lower-class London life : despite the title ... amounts to surprisingly little .",0 62283,", the film tackles its relatively serious subject with an open mind and considerable good cheer , and is never less than engaging .",1 11963,"the teens ' deviant behavior",0 232992,"it also has many of the things that made the first one charming .",1 100551,"with lots of somber blues and pinks",0 238390,"want to spend their time in the theater thinking up grocery lists and ways to tell their kids how not to act like Pinocchio",0 196384,"crass and insulting",0 191502,"a terrible movie ,",0 181721,"A good-natured ensemble comedy that tries hard to make the most of a bumper cast , but never quite gets off the ground .",0 56070,"plot holes",0 230805,"fills me with revulsion",0 217437,"to the exalted tagline - there 's definite room for improvement",0 178664,"with the clumsy comedy Stealing Harvard",0 59077,"thoughtful and rewarding",1 158963,"feels like an impostor",0 170834,"share little screen time and even less chemistry",0 46563,"Pumpkin takes an admirable look at the hypocrisy of political correctness , but",1 48051,"a frighteningly capable debut and genre piece , but also",1 158214,"encourages rueful laughter at stereotypes only an Indian-American would recognize",0 86280,"look no further ,",1 148823,"Spy makes its big-screen entry with little of the nervy originality of its groundbreaking small-screen progenitor .",0 181488,"A ... as in aimless , arduous , and arbitrary",0 196263,"could channel",1 126668,"makes an amazing breakthrough in her first starring role",1 19746,"an emotional , though still positive , wrench",1 58778,"the thin veneer of nationalism",0 143955,"At times , however , Dogtown and Z-Boys lapses into an insider 's lingo and mindset that the uninitiated may find hard to follow , or care about .",0 152560,"a superficial snapshot",0 188580,"The problem with movies about angels is they have a tendency to slip into hokum . A Rumor of Angels does n't just slip -- it avalanches into forced fuzziness",0 140436,"working-class subjects",1 134633,"that wo n't win many fans over the age of 12",0 202762,"is as innocuous as it is flavorless",0 116809,"certainly delivers the goods",1 17962,"very imaginative ,",1 103500,"A compelling story of musical passion",1 222345,"And Vin Diesel is the man .",1 115238,"attempt to generate suspense rather than gross out the audience",1 225851,"Soderbergh 's best films , `` Erin Brockovich , ''",1 204897,"lets things peter out midway",0 117229,"comes close to hitting a comedic or satirical target",1 163680,"it 's really unclear why this project was undertaken",0 4957,"attractive and talented actors",1 37549,"sweet film",1 124007,"is druggy and self-indulgent , like a spring-break orgy for pretentious arts majors .",0 83786,"is a genuinely bone-chilling tale .",1 224175,"It 's fun , but it 's a real howler .",1 225702,"Schnitzler does a fine job contrasting the sleekness of the film 's present with the playful paranoia of the film 's past . '",1 233976,"most repugnant adaptation",0 190905,"a maker of softheaded metaphysical claptrap",0 180808,", mayhem and stupidity",0 211778,"slick and manufactured to claim street credibility",1 130927,"quirky movie to be made from curling",1 171111,"simply putters along looking for astute observations and coming up blank .",0 126168,"likely to induce sleep than fright",0 70154,"These characters are so well established that the gang feels comfortable with taking insane liberties and doing the goofiest stuff out of left field , and I 'm all for that .",1 44363,"Adaptation is intricately constructed",1 151229,"` artistically ' with handheld cameras",1 27770,"a refreshing absence of cynicism in Stuart Little 2 -- quite a rarity , even in the family film market . Eventually , it wins you over",1 5249,"both traditional or modern stories together in",1 217836,"trudge out of the theater feeling",0 112472,"a phlegmatic bore",0 108478,"Producer John Penotti",1 231550,"have been allowed to use the word `` new '' in its title , because there 's not an original character , siuation or joke in the entire movie",0 39328,"to the list of things he does well",1 125705,"lacks balance ...",0 7761,"is nothing if not",0 186361,"No amount of burning , blasting , stabbing , and shooting",0 99620,"was impressed by how many tit-for-tat retaliatory responses the filmmakers allow before pulling the plug on the conspirators and averting an American-Russian Armageddon",1 182385,"An empty , purposeless exercise .",0 48814,"almost completely deadpan",0 181433,"51 times stronger",1 37777,"that could have been a reject from Monty Python 's Meaning of Life",0 151352,"a bad taste , not only because of its bad-luck timing , but also",0 198702,"feels as flat as the scruffy sands of its titular community",0 194772,"bogging down",0 69212,"That rare documentary",1 236415,"that damn good",1 61829,", chilling and heart-warming",1 73628,"an American ( and an America ) always reaching for something just outside his grasp",0 32916,"in spite of numerous minor flaws , Scorsese 's best in more than a decade",1 51271,"entertaining British hybrid",1 63304,"A rare and lightly entertaining",1 224039,"In the process , they demonstrate that there 's still a lot of life in Hong Kong cinema .",1 151553,"a cookie-cutter movie",0 93424,"standard horror flick formula",0 92850,"slowed down by a stroke",0 27620,"a little broad comedy and a few unabashedly sentimental tears",1 106607,"If the real-life story is genuinely inspirational , the movie stirs us as well .",1 158623,"exercise in emptiness",0 57508,"sumptuous ocean visuals and",1 118338,"dishonest",0 90930,"pushed to their most virtuous limits ,",1 130388,"pokes , provokes , takes expressionistic license",1 225212,"Nothing but an episode of Smackdown !",0 47050,"The film 's welcome breeziness and",1 140909,"' left me with a very bad feeling .",0 42458,"place in Pasadena , ''",1 64380,"Blade II is as estrogen-free as movies get , so you might want to leave your date behind for this one , or she 's gonna make you feel like you owe her big-time",0 221349,", funny , and even touching",1 38928,"this chamber drama is superbly acted by the deeply appealing veteran Bouquet and the chilling but quite human Berling .",1 18997,"It 's rare to find a film that dazzles the eye , challenges the brain",1 162058,"in this crude '70s throwback",0 175554,"this supernatural snore-fest",0 106102,"Guy gets girl , guy loses girl , audience falls asleep .",0 112727,"a smart comedy",1 197378,"does no justice",0 167782,"of the fate that lies in store for moviegoers lured to the mediocrity that is Kung Pow : Enter the Fist",0 21148,"its music as much as the music defines a generation",1 59467,"touch anyone regardless of their familiarity",1 197807,"empathy and pity fogging up the screen ... His Secret Life enters the land of unintentional melodrama and tiresome love triangles .",0 47320,"There is a certain sense of experimentation and improvisation to this film that may not always work , but",0 63504,"A thriller whose style , structure and rhythms are so integrated with the story",1 134152,"that 's neither completely enlightening",0 209043,"paper-thin characterizations",0 61485,"( Russell ) makes good B movies ( The Mask , The Blob ) , and",1 108883,"Shafer to navigate spaces both large ... and small ... with considerable aplomb",1 236828,"the droll scene-stealing wit and wolfish pessimism of Anna Chancellor that makes this `` Two Weddings and a Funeral '' fun",1 196298,"could have looked into my future and saw how bad this movie was , I would go back and choose to skip it . Fortunately",0 56904,"she 's as morning-glory exuberant as she was in Amélie",1 233028,"it has some problems",0 158784,"fall prey to a boatload of screenwriting cliches that sink it faster than a leaky freighter",0 16136,"in this uncompromising insight",1 189672,"While American Adobo has its heart ( and its palate ) in the right place",1 83612,"intricate , intimate and intelligent journey",1 22905,"you ca n't pronounce '' gyro '' correctly",0 23102,"'s at stake , just a twisty double-cross you can smell a mile away",0 34660,"most tedious",0 66492,"It 's a ripper of a yarn and I for one enjoyed the thrill of the chill . Naomi Watts is terrific as Rachel : her petite frame and vulnerable persona emphasising her plight and isolation .",1 187984,"The biggest problem I have ( other than the very sluggish pace ) is we never really see her Esther blossom as an actress , even though her talent is supposed to be growing .",0 84015,"is an interesting story of pointed personalities",1 187444,"Some writer dude , I think his name was , uh , Michael Zaidan , was supposed to have like written the screenplay or something ,",0 127279,"more cerebral , and likable , plot elements",1 229660,"can explode obnoxiously into 2귔 screens while something of Bubba Ho-Tep 's clearly evident quality may end up languishing on a shelf somewhere",0 154324,"assesses the issues with a clear passion for sociology",1 20475,"entertaining enough at ` face value ' to recommend to anyone looking for something different .",1 108084,"Nothing short of a masterpiece -- and a challenging one .",1 7628,"involved with the story",1 11006,"tends to pile too many '' serious issues '' on its plate at times , yet remains fairly light , always entertaining , and smartly written .",1 227064,"What the director ca n't do is make either of Val Kilmer 's two personas interesting or worth caring about .",0 45034,"Definitely funny stuff , but it 's more of the ` laughing at ' variety than the ` laughing with",1 72139,"a playful spirit",1 110871,"Very predictable but still entertaining",1 73983,"anchored by splendid performances",1 193753,"at least a few good ideas and",1 63923,"An interesting psychological game",1 23187,"'s what makes it irresistible",1 99330,"very charming and funny",1 39465,"true fans",1 5506,"charged with loitering -- so much on view , so little to offer",0 197321,"does n't have much to say beyond the news",0 76048,"burnt out",0 96191,"the most ravaging , gut-wrenching , frightening war scenes since '' Saving Private Ryan ''",1 132579,"skin to be proud of her Rubenesque physique",1 15049,"and introduces some intriguing ambiguity",1 184558,"I 'll go out on a limb .",1 55775,"one heck of a character study -- not of Hearst or Davies but",1 43500,", Tosca is a real treat .",1 44006,"A coming-of-age tale from New Zealand whose boozy , languid air is balanced by a rich visual clarity and deeply",1 150235,"This is n't even Madonna 's Swept Away . This is her Blue Lagoon .",0 17886,"troubled teens",0 153851,"are incoherent",0 220772,"'s as if a bored Cage spent the duration of the film 's shooting schedule waiting to scream : `` Got AIDS yet ? ''",0 10898,"swims in mediocrity , sticking its head up for a breath of fresh air now and then",0 59295,"to move us",1 127913,"nevertheless efficiently amusing",1 106209,"Heavy with flabby rolls of typical Toback machinations .",0 178180,"while wearing low-cut gowns , not making snappy comebacks",0 100354,"wish you had n't seen",0 166210,"more often sophomoric",0 217826,"trotting out threadbare standbys",0 169393,"protect us from same",0 178647,"with solid fight choreography and gritty prison authenticity",1 113293,"achingly honest and",1 41608,"at once exhilarating , silly , perverse",1 3276,"'ll be entertained as well",1 123986,"is delicately",1 160388,"grounds this overstuffed , erratic dramedy in which he and his improbably forbearing wife contend with craziness and child-rearing in Los Angeles .",0 236137,"sucks the blood",0 91633,"revigorates",1 49146,"are complex and quirky , but entirely believable as the remarkable ensemble cast brings them to life",1 231695,"here 's the real damn : It is n't funny , either .",0 37921,"that will have people walking out halfway through",0 150782,"Were Dylan Thomas alive to witness first-time director Ethan Hawke 's strained Chelsea Walls , he might have been tempted to change his landmark poem to , ` Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Theatre . '",0 86756,"manages to maintain both a level of sophisticated intrigue and human-scale characters that suck the audience in",1 190565,"a film about one of cinema 's directorial giants",1 220212,"you 'd probably turn it off , convinced that you had already seen that movie .",0 216802,"to a classy dinner soiree",1 38833,"their ugly heads",0 222904,"Challenging , intermittently engrossing and",1 64108,"As underwater ghost stories go , Below casts its spooky net out into the Atlantic Ocean and spits it back , grizzled and charred , somewhere northwest of the Bermuda Triangle .",0 137407,"to be caught in a heady whirl of New Age-inspired good intentions",1 199296,"for sick and demented humor simply",0 29484,"becomes increasingly mesmerizing .",1 202533,"is Sandler running on empty , repeating what he 's already done way too often",0 197813,"emphasizing the disappointingly generic nature of the entire effort",0 110397,"They can and will turn on a dime from oddly humorous to tediously sentimental .",1 6251,"equally beautiful ,",1 222743,"But for the most part , The Weight of Water comes off as a two-way time-switching myopic mystery that stalls in its lackluster gear of emotional blandness .",0 30358,"considerable power",1 156081,"cast is painful to watch",0 92645,"sickeningly real",1 104861,"Bring on the sequel",1 107763,"Mike White 's deft combination of serious subject matter and dark , funny humor make '' '' The Good Girl '' a film worth watching .",1 187910,"The acting is amateurish , the cinematography is atrocious",0 187772,"The Country Bears wastes an exceptionally good idea . But the movie that does n't really deliver for country music fans or for family audiences",0 159914,"geeky or nerdy thing",0 94846,"that returns the martial arts master to top form",1 184787,"If Hill is n't quite his generation 's Don Siegel ( or Robert Aldrich ) , it 's because there 's no discernible feeling beneath the chest hair : it 's all bluster and cliché .",0 31498,"fascinates us",1 33995,"laugh-filled little gem",1 96863,"the theme does n't drag an audience down",1 164656,"leaden and",0 129767,"otherwise this is the best ` old neighborhood ' project since Christopher Walken kinda romanced Cyndi Lauper in The Opportunists",1 209956,"putrid it is not worth the price of the match that should be used to burn every print of the film .",0 112597,"a relationship that is worthy of our respect",1 109730,"The early and middle passages are surprising in how much they engage and even touch us . This is not a classical dramatic animated feature , nor a hip , contemporary , in-jokey one . It 's sort of in-between , and it works",1 57826,"that its relentless , polished wit can withstand not only inept school productions , but even Oliver Parker 's movie adaptation",1 43522,", as in Ratcatcher , remains a filmmaker with an acid viewpoint and a real gift for teasing chilly poetry out of lives and settings that might otherwise seem drab and sordid .",1 198567,"far-flung , illogical , and",0 132910,"some terrific setpieces",1 97471,"this movie , by necessity , lacks Fellowship 's heart",0 7948,"it is great summer fun to watch arnold",1 172866,"that , really , we 've been here , done that",0 205401,"loosely connected characters",0 62146,", pasty lumpen",0 46786,"Splat-Man ! Good old-fashioned slash-and-hack",1 211112,"seems to have cared much about any aspect of it , from its cheesy screenplay to the grayish quality of its lighting to its last-minute , haphazard theatrical release",0 153435,"an insurance commercial",0 121525,"had a lot of problems with this movie",0 66488,"It 's a perfect show of respect to just one of those underrated professionals who deserve but rarely receive it .",1 108127,"Oh , James !",1 128904,"of sleaziness",0 109500,"The Tuxedo 's 90 minutes of screen time",0 167974,"often boring .",0 219083,"were worried",0 174515,"the performances as wooden",0 148251,"Really Awful",0 56866,"seriously intended",1 236032,"starts off as a wild hoot and",1 87354,"more than merely a Holocaust movie",1 122014,"having been recycled more times than I 'd care to count",0 97368,"this clever and very satisfying picture",1 93801,"such high-wattage brainpower coupled with pitch-perfect acting",1 115271,"author 's",0 29857,"but realistic",1 173208,"that subtly undermines its message of Christian love and compassion",0 12621,"ultimately , the film",1 145265,"Falters when it takes itself too seriously and when it depends too heavily on its otherwise talented cast to clown",1 228600,"an interesting topic ,",1 9132,"not in order to excuse him but rather to demonstrate that his pathology evolved from human impulses that grew hideously twisted",0 17946,"us a rare glimpse into a culture most of us do n't know",1 203966,"it makes you forgive every fake , dishonest , entertaining and , ultimately , more perceptive moment in Bridget Jones 's Diary",0 49999,"can argue that the debate it joins is a necessary and timely one",1 227964,"a hilarious Kenneth Branagh",1 105447,"Director Lee has a true cinematic knack ,",1 81660,"has appeal beyond being a Sandra Bullock vehicle or a standard romantic comedy .",1 49717,"beyond the original 's nostalgia for the communal film experiences of yesteryear",1 235440,"satisfies -- from its ripe recipe , inspiring ingredients , certified cuisine and palatable presentation",1 78091,"develop her own film language",1 228391,"affected child acting to the dullest Irish pub scenes ever filmed",0 141959,", Crossroads comes up shorter than Britney 's cutoffs .",0 93742,"subtlety and acumen",1 23482,", but The Bourne Identity proves that a fresh take is always possible .",1 184696,"I liked the original short story but this movie , even at an hour and twenty-some minutes , it 's too long and it goes nowhere",0 230050,"critics afforded to Clint Eastwood in the lazy Bloodwork",0 63763,"Although mainstream American movies tend to exploit the familiar , every once in a while a film arrives from the margin that gives viewers a chance to learn , to grow , to travel .",1 103376,"? Certainly .",1 71405,"a clear-eyed chronicle",1 161972,"in such odd plot",0 141017,"'m not exactly sure what this movie thinks it is about",0 116263,"brutal mid",0 145911,"Hubert 's punches",1 232544,"is masterful .",1 188445,"The movie is silly beyond comprehension , and even if it were n't silly , it would still be beyond comprehension .",0 219217,"where the characters inhabit that special annex of hell where adults behave like kids , children behave like adults and everyone",0 191545,"a tired old setting",0 192172,"all men for war , '' ( the warden 's daughter ) tells her father . The movie is about as deep as that sentiment",0 40258,"with spellbinding imagery and the entrancing music of Philip Glass",1 1635,"losing my lunch",0 99769,"weirdly appealing",1 214033,"the Extreme Generation '",1 217356,"to sneak out of the theater",0 226764,"To the civilized mind , a movie like Ballistic : Ecks Vs. Sever is more of an ordeal than an amusement .",0 44298,"A tender , witty , captivating film about friendship , love , memory , trust and loyalty",1 40513,"your own life in much the same way its characters do",1 218546,"violated",0 20149,"brutal and strangely soulful movie",1 11237,"the chaotic insanity and personal tragedies",0 221152,", I 'm behaving like an idiot ! ''",0 92681,"simply radiates star-power potential in this remarkable and memorable film .",1 217775,"treats his audience the same way that Jim Brown treats his women -- as dumb , credulous , unassuming , subordinate subjects .",0 96169,"the most edgy piece of Disney animation",1 137096,"this would be Catechism",0 155595,"burns out",0 66826,"Iwai 's gorgeous visuals",1 235742,"silliness you are likely to witness in a movie theatre for some time",1 22064,"still worth a look",1 150195,"This formulaic chiller will do little to boost Stallone 's career .",0 193879,"avid",1 59169,"to another ` spectacular spectacle",1 134231,"that aims for poetry and ends up sounding like satire",0 70099,"There 's very little sense to what 's going on here",0 10483,"sits uneasily as a horror picture",0 21008,"is as lively and as fun as it is unapologetically dumb",1 31962,"funniest movie",1 207581,"of a valentine sealed with a kiss",1 164160,"its story is n't bogged down by idiocy involving the CIA and a lost U . S . satellite",1 144234,"Boy , has this franchise ever run out of gas .",0 130313,"pleasant enough dish",1 84967,"it adds up to big box office bucks all but guaranteed .",1 203443,"is so resolutely",1 224797,"Mildly amusing",1 91687,"right actors",1 195325,"came handed down from the movie gods on a silver platter , this is it .",1 5727,"continually challenges perceptions of guilt and innocence , of good guys and bad , and asks us whether a noble end can justify evil means",1 172038,"stopped watching long ago",0 191639,"a wish your heart makes",1 97523,"this sometimes wry adaptation",1 226641,"This insufferable movie is meant to make you think about existential suffering .",0 237555,"this movie is a phlegmatic bore , so tedious it makes the silly spy vs. spy film The Sum of All Fears , starring Ben Affleck , seem downright Hitchcockian .",0 196402,"create ultimate thrills . Men in Black II achieves ultimate insignificance",0 163500,"is tiresomely grave and long-winded , as if circularity itself indicated profundity .",0 110511,"This is the kind of movie during which you want to bang your head on the seat in front of you , at its cluelessness , at its idiocy , at its utterly misplaced earnestness .",0 114005,"an entertainment destination for the general public",1 143312,"A science-fiction pastiche so lacking in originality that if you stripped away its inspirations there",0 113400,"admire the film 's stately nature and",1 28435,"and Daniel Radcliffe more emotionally assertive this time around as Harry",1 161974,"in terms of the low-grade cheese standards on which it operates",0 230735,"fashioned a comedy with more laughs than many , no question",1 99539,"wander into the dark areas of parent-child relationships without flinching",0 50278,"comes in the power of the Huston performance , which seems so larger than life and yet so fragile",1 78514,"dominate a family",0 14671,"a blandly cinematic surgical examination",0 10503,"sleep or bewildered by the artsy and often pointless visuals",0 172911,"that The Believer feels like a 12-Step Program for the Jewish Nazi",0 102590,", innocuous and unremarkable",0 25951,"Leigh 's film is full of memorable performances from top to bottom .",1 35392,"of screen-eating dominatrixes like Goldie Hawn and Susan Sarandon at their raunchy",1 237877,"to make J.K. Rowling 's marvelous series into a deadly bore",0 180316,") best works understand why snobbery is a better satiric target than middle-America",0 233555,"lots of cool stuff packed into ESPN 's Ultimate X.",1 139432,"weaves us into a complex web",1 62747,": Stallion of the Cimarron is a winner .",1 107554,"Lucas has in fact come closer than anyone could desire to the cheap , graceless , hackneyed sci-fi serials of the '30s and '40s .",0 236385,"that Martin Lawrence 's latest vehicle can explode obnoxiously into 2귔 screens while something of Bubba Ho-Tep 's clearly evident quality may end up languishing on a shelf somewhere",0 167992,"often-mined and despairing milieu",0 139463,"well dressed and well made",1 134479,"that most frightening of all movies --",1 4690,"an unexpected plot",1 79542,"fabulously funny and",1 219432,"why Steven Seagal is considered a star , nor why he keeps being cast in action films when none of them are ever any good",0 26410,"Rain is a small treasure , enveloping the viewer in a literal and spiritual torpor that is anything but cathartic .",1 215627,"the slack execution italicizes the absurdity of the premise",0 171599,"some pretty cool stunts",1 82563,"humorous and touching .",1 143115,"A gimmick in search of a movie : how to get Carvey into as many silly costumes and deliver as many silly voices as possible , plot mechanics be damned",0 52178,"goes deeper than that ,",1 47116,"The hot topics of the plot are relegated to the background -- a welcome step forward from the Sally Jesse Raphael atmosphere of films like Philadelphia and American Beauty .",1 228680,"another genre exercise , Gangster No. 1 is as generic as its title .",0 103547,"A farce of a parody of a comedy of a premise",0 215944,"the worst sense of the expression",0 85520,"joyous communal festival",1 118474,"do well to cram earplugs in their ears and",0 185033,"It 's a road-trip drama with too many wrong turns .",0 121027,"genuinely funny ensemble",1 143424,"A very stylish but ultimately extremely silly tale ... a slick piece of nonsense but nothing more .",0 34824,"nail-biting thriller",1 238815,"willingness to believe in it",1 185503,"Jonah is only so-so",0 66609,"It 's not just a feel-good movie , it 's a feel movie . You feel good",1 198319,"existential suffering",0 235831,"small delights",1 171,"a fresh idea",1 127392,"morphs into a mundane '70s disaster flick",0 84866,"it 's also a -- dare I say it twice -- delightfully charming -- and totally American , I might add -- slice of comedic bliss .",1 171507,"soap opera-ish story",0 224828,"Morvern rocks .",1 185781,"Like life on the island",0 67080,"Kudos to the most enchanting film of the year .",1 18584,"A model of what films like this should be like .",1 161437,"horrors !",0 169414,"providing a disquiet world the long-dreaded completion of the Police Academy series",0 75090,"awarded mythic status",1 73738,"an eminently engrossing film",1 212695,"strong effort",1 42712,"suffering Afghan refugees",0 109617,"The biggest problem with Roger Avary 's uproar against the MPAA",0 185885,"Love Liza 's",1 163920,"it starts to seem more improvised than scripted",0 233678,"makes her nomination as best actress even more of a an a",1 8375,"lazy for a movie",0 179355,"'d prefer a simple misfire",0 5035,"be happening for the first time",1 136335,"the story and theme",1 41453,"a lively script , sharp acting",1 177959,"what can be gleaned from this three-hour endurance test built around an hour 's worth of actual material",0 151630,"a disturbing ` Great White Hope ' undertone",0 29220,"as respectful a film as Byatt fans could hope for",1 20108,"being pushed and pulled ( literally and figuratively ) by desire ... ( Sex and Lucía ) makes for an arousing good time .",1 131843,"screeching-metal",0 163807,"it has become even weaker",0 216697,"throws away the goodwill the first half of his movie generates by orchestrating a finale that is impenetrable and dull",0 1012,"for all its technical virtuosity , the film is so mired in juvenile and near-xenophobic pedagogy that it 's enough to make one pine for the day when godard can no longer handle the rigors of filmmaking .",0 33157,"into the category of Good Stupid Fun",1 129687,"opportunity to be truly revelatory about his psyche",1 2702,"the sad schlock",0 163169,"is not sufficiently developed to support a film constructed around him .",0 141527,"'s only one thing to root for : expulsion for everyone .",0 53301,"is a light , fun cheese puff of a movie .",1 34048,"lie not through dishonesty , but because they genuinely believe it 's the only way to bring happiness to their loved ones",1 93132,"some startling , surrealistic moments",1 45675,"Inside the film 's conflict-powered plot there is a decent moral trying to get out ,",1 185513,"Jr . 's Barbershop",0 131064,"real heart",1 226506,"The story really has no place to go since Simone is not real -- she ca n't provide any conflict .",0 68707,"Sensual , funny and , in the end , very touching",1 37756,"that Kissing Jessica Stein may be the best same-sex romance I have seen",1 28499,"and affecting , if ultimately not quite satisfying",1 91779,"romp from Robert Rodriguez .",1 49165,"are married for political reason",0 208043,"of the best , most",1 206293,"modestly comic , modestly action-oriented World War II adventure",1 1065,"general hospital crossed with a Saturday night live spoof of dog day afternoon",1 33784,"its fully-written characters , its determined stylishness ( which always relates to characters and story ) and Johnny Dankworth 's best soundtrack in years",1 172206,"substance-free",0 26773,"The cast is uniformly excellent and relaxed .",1 85437,"its three-hour running time plays closer to two .",0 184240,"Green ruins every single scene he 's in ,",0 12657,"undone by its overly complicated and derivative screenplay , the glacier-paced direction and the stereotypical characters",0 192799,"angling to see how many times they can work the words '' radical '' or '' suck",0 100078,"who deserve but rarely receive it",1 234123,"no character ,",0 126125,"like quirky , slightly strange French films",1 175496,"this obscenely bad dark comedy ,",0 219765,"with laptops , cell phones and sketchy business plans",0 168972,"plenty of style in Guillermo Del Toro 's sequel to the 1998 hit",1 46281,"My Wife Is an Actress is an utterly charming French comedy that feels so American in sensibility and style",1 141162,"'s a trifle",0 109362,"Tells a fascinating , compelling story",1 50221,"closer than many movies",1 194761,"boasts some of today 's hottest and hippest acts from the world of television , music and stand-up comedy",1 19336,"The talents of the actors helps '' Moonlight Mile ''",1 222654,"Boring and",0 16633,"n't wait to see what happens next",1 83773,"is a film that takes a stand in favor of tradition and warmth",1 87545,"movie that portrays the frank humanity of ... emotional recovery",1 46483,"Passionate",1 16311,"it 's also so jarring that it 's hard to get back into the boys ' story .",0 191025,"a nearly terminal case",0 18009,"well-acted",1 85303,"its love",1 221226,", Wilde 's play is a masterpiece of elegant wit and artifice .",1 5129,"better effects ,",1 30117,"charming or angst-ridden",1 129293,"offers little else of consequence",0 9581,"painful",0 239174,"you might be seduced .",1 82851,"in a fresh way",1 149376,"The film 's few ideas are stretched to the point of evaporation :",0 235218,"really a true `` us '' versus `` them ''",1 55952,"patchy",0 221627,", these flicks are just that damn good .",1 49680,"best movies",1 224115,"It 's a bad sign when you 're rooting for the film to hurry up and get to its subjects ' deaths just so the documentary will be over , but it 's indicative of how uncompelling the movie is unless it happens to cover your particular area of interest .",0 119930,"feels more like an extended , open-ended poem than a traditionally structured story",1 230770,"feels so distant you might as well be watching it through a telescope",0 176057,"to contend with unpleasant characters , hit-and-miss performances and awkwardly staged scenes",0 170875,"shifts abruptly from tense to celebratory to soppy .",0 160447,"had more faith in the dramatic potential of this true story",1 226558,"Then you 'd do well to check this one out because it 's straight up Twin Peaks action ...",1 197601,"dullard",0 96490,"the profoundly devastating events of one year ago and the slow , painful healing process that has followed in their wake",0 84571,"is reasonably entertaining , though it begins to drag two-thirds through , when the melodramatic aspects start to overtake the comedy .",1 53834,"it is good enough and will likely be appreciated most by sailors and folks who know their way around a submarine",1 98060,"to find the small , human moments",1 39002,"this wonderful portrait",1 206538,"most poorly staged and",0 12259,"thriller",1 175921,"to be both repulsively sadistic and mundane",0 50304,"commands the screen ,",1 176178,"to have tepid films like Dragonfly tossed at them",0 235,"a pleasant enough romance with intellectual underpinnings ,",1 168417,"otherwise talented",1 164197,"itself is uninteresting , and the songs are painfully undistinguished :",0 149915,"The techno tux is good for a few laughs , as are Chan and Hewitt",1 193093,"are infants",0 191793,"about the worst thing",0 84445,"is n't subversive so much as it is nit-picky about the hypocrisies of our time",0 180585,", clumsily staged violence overshadows everything , including most of the actors .",0 11944,"the sweetest thing , a romantic comedy with outrageous tendencies ,",1 152538,"a study in schoolgirl obsession",0 80791,"funny , insightfully human",1 52673,"his unemployment . Good film ,",1 19525,"a lively and enjoyable adventure",1 127942,"next to little insight",0 8857,"more fascinating",1 205871,"mass drug-induced bowel",0 180898,", repetitively stretched out to feature length , awash in self-consciously flashy camera effects , droning house music and flat , flat dialogue .",0 110191,"The strength of the film comes not from any cinematic razzle-dazzle but from its recovery of an historical episode that , in the simple telling , proves simultaneously harrowing and uplifting .",1 122932,"in all , Brown Sugar is a satisfying well-made romantic comedy that 's both charming and well acted .",1 166633,"needs a little gravity , beyond good hair and humping",0 56165,"present the biblical message of forgiveness without it ever becoming preachy or syrupy",1 204169,"its delivery is a complete mess",0 132394,"show real heart",1 190980,"a most traditional , reserved kind of filmmaking",1 3022,"uneven",0 690,"challenges the brain",1 31644,"find yourself staring hypnotically at her , trying to understand her and wondering if she 'll crack",1 111468,"a 95-minute commercial",0 217586,"too fast",0 193788,"at once laughable and compulsively watchable",1 175885,"to audiences not already sharing ( the movie 's ) mindset",1 61614,", Green Dragon is still a deeply moving effort to put a human face on the travail of thousands of Vietnamese .",1 73895,"an ironically killer soundtrack",1 12942,"what 's missing in murder by numbers is any real psychological grounding for the teens ' deviant behavior . being latently gay and liking to read are hardly enough",0 221604,", the screenplay by Billy Ray and Terry George leaves something to be desired .",0 162688,"is a travesty of the genre and even as spoof takes itself too seriously .",0 116692,"car wreck",0 44212,"A psychological thriller with a genuinely spooky premise and an above-average cast , actor Bill Paxton 's directing debut is a creepy slice of gothic rural Americana .",1 153227,"although this idea is '' new '' the results are tired",0 143330,"A sermonizing and lifeless paean",0 104920,"Buy is an accomplished actress , and",1 99418,"viewing for civics classes and would-be public servants alike",1 18048,"whole new level",1 66254,"If only it had the story to match",0 224051,"Inconsequential",0 187092,"Sandra Bullock and Hugh Grant make a great team ,",1 142143,", director Roger Kumble seems to have dumped a whole lot of plot in favor of ... outrageous gags .",0 77198,"conjured up more coming-of-age stories",1 147959,"Oscar talk",1 152160,"a new collectible . What parents will suspect is that they 're watching a 76-minute commercial",0 151793,"a gaudy bag",0 22378,"the very night Matthew was killed .",0 48084,"a great monster movie",1 165277,"loses its creepy menace .",0 228881,"artifact , capturing a brief era of insanity in the sports arena that surely can not last",0 183255,"DOA dud",0 201346,"horrible , 99-minute",0 121465,"growing strange hairs , getting a more mature body",1 44107,"A good piece of work more often than not .",1 10999,"tendentious intervention",0 204868,"less funny",0 108973,"Since Dahmer resorts to standard slasher flick thrills when it should be most in the mind of the killer , it misses a major opportunity to be truly revelatory about his psyche .",0 191487,"a teenybopper Ed Wood film ,",1 22441,"this movie -- for its historical significance alone",1 160744,"has taken promising material for a black comedy and",1 68806,"Skillfully",1 86634,"makes for a touching love story , mainly because Blanchett and Ribisi compellingly tap into a spiritual aspect of their characters ' suffering .",1 28340,"an enjoyable family film",1 2600,"the film benefits greatly from a less manic tone than its predecessor , as cho appears to have settled comfortably into her skin",1 93348,"spooky new thriller",1 93319,"spins the multiple stories in a vibrant and intoxicating fashion",1 45609,"If Steven Soderbergh 's ` Solaris ' is a failure",0 85361,"its predictability",0 74034,"and hellish conditions",0 71306,"a bit of a phony relationship",0 181516,"A ` Girls Gone Wild ' video for the boho art-house crowd , The Burning Sensation is n't a definitive counter-cultural document --",0 33535,"is uniformly excellent and relaxed",1 163081,"is n't just",0 54098,"kind , unapologetic ,",1 42785,"the B . S",0 144851,"Directed in a paint-by-numbers manner .",0 59381,"to the energetic and always surprising performance",1 202851,"is dark , brooding and slow , and takes its central idea way too seriously",0 109346,"Talky , artificial and opaque ... an interesting technical exercise , but a tedious picture",1 131303,"remains the most wondrous of all Hollywood fantasies -- and the apex of Steven Spielberg 's misunderstood career",1 165691,"marred by a willful single-mindedness .",0 98595,"tough , funny , rather chaotic",1 167598,"of mediocre TV-movie",0 1364,"is a movie you 've seen many times before , repackaged as new material",0 188233,"The filmmakers know how to please the eye , but it is not always the prettiest pictures that tell the best story .",1 142302,", it is n't much fun",0 132064,"self-flagellation",0 161393,"hollow exercise",0 179336,"'' terrible",0 40660,"A great comedy filmmaker knows great comedy need n't always make us laugh . Tim Story 's not there yet -",0 140194,"with no signs of life",0 146330,"Instead of accurately accounting a terrible true story , the film 's more determined to become the next Texas Chainsaw Massacre . But what about the countless other people who 'd merely like to watch a solid tale about a universally interesting soul ?",0 191418,"a study in contrasts : the wide range of one actor",1 62069,", lacks Fellowship 's heart",0 224974,"Mr. Scorsese 's bravery and integrity in advancing this vision can hardly be underestimated .",1 122118,"hefty helping",1 15444,"comedy\/thriller .",1 192571,"an hour-and-a-half-long commercial",0 235131,"put in an impossible spot because his character 's deceptions ultimately undo him and the believability of the entire scenario",0 212686,"stroked , luridly coloured , uni-dimensional nonsense machine that strokes the eyeballs while it evaporates like so much crypt mist in the brain",0 235848,"so Howard appears to have had free rein to be as pretentious as he wanted",0 96135,"the mind to enter and accept another world",1 125708,"lacks balance ... and fails to put the struggle into meaningful historical context .",0 149988,"The whole movie is simply a lazy exercise in bad filmmaking that asks you to not only suspend your disbelief but your intelligence as well .",0 239133,"you can dance to",1 225169,"No. .",0 5086,"been as dull a person as this film makes him out to be",0 104311,"An erotic thriller that 's neither too erotic nor very thrilling , either .",0 80241,"for any hefty anti-establishment message in what is essentially a whip-crack of a buddy movie that ends with a whimper",0 19627,"a wonderful film",1 85391,"its shortness disappoints",0 102327,", Sia lacks visual flair . But Kouyate elicits strong performances from his cast , and he delivers a powerful commentary on how governments lie , no matter who runs them .",1 99446,"visceral , nasty journey",0 101334,"'' Simone '' is a fun and funky look into an artificial creation in a world that thrives on artificiality .",1 167876,"of three episodes of a rejected TV show",0 121618,"hard to imagine any recent film , independent or otherwise , that makes as much of a mess as this one",0 236503,"that needs to be heard in the sea of Holocaust movies",1 230521,"ends with scenes so terrifying I 'm still stunned",1 239107,"you 're going to face frightening late fees",0 195051,"but it also has humor and heart and very talented young actors",1 60623,"youthful and good-looking diva",1 223646,"High Crimes flog the dead horse of surprise as if it were an obligation",0 134668,"the Academy loves",1 121296,"good alternative",1 28052,"above all , faith",1 22194,"that rapidly deteriorating line between fantasy and reality",1 174985,"the visual wit",1 120903,"gain from watching They",1 71755,"a great combination act",1 162934,"is if they were put to sleep by the movie and had a nightmare .",0 158506,"every cheap trick in the book trying to make the outrage",0 165912,"might be the only thing Femme Fatale has going for it",0 9763,"poetry in motion captured on film",1 48420,"a sweet and modest and ultimately winning story",1 88115,"occasionally brilliant",1 48042,"a filmmaker who has secrets buried at the heart of his story and knows how to take time revealing them . Strange occurrences",1 26193,"Nine Queens",1 91430,"remains aloft not on its own self-referential hot air , but on the inspired performance of Tim Allen .",1 93251,"spans time and reveals meaning",1 221660,", tragedy , bravery , political intrigue , partisans and sabotage",1 86114,"likely to please audiences who like movies that demand four hankies",1 87,"-- and far less crass -",1 218145,"understand the difference between dumb fun and just plain dumb",0 211954,"so many false scares",0 167687,"of semi-improvised ( and semi-coherent )",0 104100,"After one gets the feeling that the typical Hollywood disregard for historical truth and realism is at work here",0 65581,"For a film that 's being advertised as a comedy , Sweet Home Alabama is n't as funny as you 'd hoped . For a film that 's being advertised as a comedy",0 212013,"so uncool the only thing missing is the '' Gadzooks ! ''",0 165505,"make as anti-Kieslowski a pun as possible .",1 99025,"unflinching look",1 166050,"misses its emotions",0 57395,"strange , fleeting brew",1 190626,"a frustrating patchwork : an uneasy marriage of Louis Begley 's source novel ( About Schmidt ) and an old Payne screenplay",0 42217,"is sophisticated , brash , sardonic , completely joyful",1 13640,", that gives us a rare glimpse into a culture most of us do n't know",1 225895,"Something for everyone .",1 95838,"the grandiosity of a college student who sees himself as impervious to a fall",1 87796,"nervy and memorable",1 103684,"A lovably",1 44199,"A pleasant enough romance with intellectual underpinnings ,",1 74272,"are , with the drumming routines , among the film 's saving graces .",1 144543,"Collateral Damage would have been just another bad movie . Now it 's a bad , embarrassing movie .",0 142319,", it would have been better off dead .",0 128638,"of empathy for its characters",1 100722,"without once denying the hardscrabble lives of people on the economic fringes of Margaret Thatcher 's ruinous legacy",1 61116,"'s made at least one damn fine horror movie",1 200509,"has become apparent that the franchise 's best years are long past",0 202786,"is barely",1 96974,"the very best",1 116674,"captures , in luminous interviews and amazingly evocative film from three decades ago",1 128788,"of masterpiece . It is , however , a completely honest , open-hearted",1 80090,"flawed but",0 65497,"Feardotcom 's thrills are all cheap ,",0 169921,"relentlessly brutal and brutally intelligent",1 65731,"Garcia and the other actors help make the wobbly premise work .",1 225544,"Puts a human face on a land most Westerners are unfamiliar with .",1 213794,"that one in Clockstoppers , a sci-fi thriller as lazy as it is interminable",0 181947,"A rehash of every gangster movie from the past decade .",0 177538,"vomit bath",0 54541,"make you wish Jacquot had left well enough alone and just filmed the opera without all these distortions of perspective",0 233545,"loses its bite in a last-minute happy ending that 's even less plausible than the rest of the picture .",0 105796,"Feels shrill , simple and soapy .",0 103706,"A melancholy",1 113800,"amazing breakthrough",1 190457,"a director beginning to resemble someone 's crazy French grandfather",0 110389,"There must be an audience that enjoys the Friday series , but I would n't be interested in knowing any of them personally",0 63033,"A first-class , thoroughly involving B movie",1 109013,"Smothered by its own solemnity",0 212710,"struggling to create",0 36074,"pops Nathan Lane",1 162170,"inert sci-fi action thriller",0 198400,"extra-large cotton candy",1 136846,"think they",0 196015,"comin ' at ya -- as if fearing that his film is molto superficiale",0 138573,"uncompromising , difficult and unbearably beautiful",1 160099,"given the embarrassing script and weak direction",0 143400,"A trashy , exploitative , thoroughly unpleasant experience",0 10553,"so few movies explore religion that it 's disappointing to see one reduce it to an idea that fits in a sampler .",0 156034,"carbon copy scenes",0 212806,"subtly rendered",1 111652,"a classical dramatic animated feature , nor a hip , contemporary , in-jokey one .",1 137611,"to generate the belly laughs of lowbrow comedy without sacrificing its high-minded appeal",1 70023,"The usual movie rah-rah , pleasantly and predictably delivered in low-key style by director Michael Apted and writer Tom Stoppard .",1 159716,"from dazzling cinematography",1 46087,"Mandy Moore leaves a positive impression",1 6244,"episode ii -- attack of the clones is a technological exercise that lacks juice and delight",0 17978,"walk , to see this barbed and bracing comedy on the big screen",1 38941,"this fourth animated movie in four years",1 27033,"Though the violence is far less sadistic than usual , the film is typical Miike : fast , furious and full of off-the-cuff imaginative flourishes .",1 173682,"the crap",0 82639,"if the suspense never rises to a higher level",0 60841,"'s a perfect show of respect to just one of those underrated professionals who deserve but rarely receive it .",1 107749,"Middle East",0 178394,"will probably stay amused at the kaleidoscope of big , colorful characters",1 14658,"` urban comedy '",1 195230,"by the sketchiest of captions",0 52755,"how ridiculous and money-oriented the record industry really is",0 66339,"In Auteil 's less dramatic but equally incisive performance , he 's a charismatic charmer likely to seduce and conquer .",1 182125,"A zombie movie in every sense of the word -- mindless , lifeless , meandering , loud , painful , obnoxious .",0 69277,"The Château 's balance of whimsicality , narrative discipline and serious improvisation",1 125428,"itself could be played out in any working class community in the nation .",1 15960,"has more literally showed that the road to hell is paved with good intentions",1 118745,"drug culture",1 119166,"enough to give you brain strain",0 45950,"Killed My Father",0 218128,"undergo radical changes when it suits the script",0 85433,"its sweet time",1 205114,"like they 've been patched in from an episode of Miami Vice",0 78807,"elegant , witty and beneath a prim exterior unabashedly romantic",1 205612,"made you love it",1 106266,"Hollywood , success ,",1 106,"` get in the car , bitch , ' this jerry bruckheimer production",0 103667,"A journey spanning nearly three decades of bittersweet camaraderie and history , in which we feel that we truly know what makes Holly and Marina tick , and our hearts go out to them as both continue to negotiate their imperfect , love-hate relationship .",1 126587,"maintains a surprisingly buoyant tone throughout , notwithstanding some of the writers ' sporadic dips",1 69618,"The fun",1 150129,"These are names to remember",1 195586,"change watching such a character , especially when rendered in as flat and impassive a manner as Phoenix 's",0 200772,"have been picked not for their acting chops , but for their looks and",1 227023,"Wewannour money back ,",0 10128,"resourceful and ingenious entertainment .",1 198229,"everything that 's good is ultimately scuttled by a plot that 's just too boring and obvious",0 128148,"not-so-funny gags ,",0 157811,"does nothing new with the old story , except to show fisticuffs in this sort of stop-go slow motion that makes the gang rumbles look like they 're being streamed",0 81190,"going at a rapid pace , occasionally using an omniscient voice-over narrator in the manner of French New Wave films",1 113012,"a web of dazzling entertainment",1 13373,"you never want to see another car chase , explosion or gunfight again",0 236002,"squirts the screen in ` Warm Water Under a Red Bridge '",1 89069,"of the plot and a powerfully evocative mood combining heated sexuality with a haunting sense of malaise",1 117077,"cliches , painful improbability and",0 159213,"flat , unconvincing",0 22434,"this film can be clumsy",0 204375,"itself does n't stand a ghost of a chance",0 112750,"a solidly entertaining and moving family drama",1 199086,"focus , point and purpose",1 203008,"is insipid",0 228062,"a pack of dogs who are smarter than him",0 176675,"too often into sugary sentiment and withholds delivery on the pell-mell pyrotechnics its punchy style promises",0 20829,"horrifically vivid snapshot",0 232389,"is an embarrassment , a monotonous , disjointed jumble of borrowed plot points and situations .",0 206580,"moulds itself as an example to up-and-coming documentarians , of the overlooked pitfalls of such an endeavour .",1 143191,"A mawkish self-parody that plays like some weird Masterpiece Theater sketch with neither",0 78849,"eloquent , reflective and beautifully",1 73901,"an irresistibly uncanny ambience",1 151369,"a big , baggy , sprawling carnival of a movie , stretching out before us with little rhyme or reason .",0 151048,"Works hard to establish",1 126356,"looks like an action movie , but it 's so poorly made , on all levels , that it does n't even qualify as a spoof of such",0 93612,"strikes a potent chemistry",1 208259,"off spookily enough",1 81754,"has produced in recent memory , even if it 's far tamer than advertised .",1 100898,"worthwhile for reminding us that this sort of thing does , in fact , still happen in America",1 159568,"forget about any attempt at a plot !",0 86753,"manages to infuse the rocky path to sibling reconciliation with flashes of warmth and gentle humor",1 223779,"I did n't care .",0 168547,"overproduced and",0 177568,"walk out of the theater not feeling",0 100965,"wreak havoc in other cultures",0 55619,"of the worst possibilities of mankind",0 22030,"sorrowful and hilarious",1 134599,"that there is no rest period , no timeout",0 112624,"a rich subject",1 24655,"An intriguing cinematic omnibus",1 93767,"successful example",1 162887,"is far more offensive",0 17915,"undeniably fascinating and playful",1 211920,"so desperate for attention it nearly breaks its little neck trying to perform entertaining tricks",0 161385,"hold no more surprise than yesterday 's weather report",0 10198,"root for ( clara and paul ) , even like them",1 68267,"Probes in a light-hearted way the romantic problems of individuals",1 201816,"in all the wrong places",0 40325,"women 's self-actualization",1 182507,"Any enjoyment will be hinge from a personal threshold of watching sad but endearing characters do extremely unconventional things .",1 140143,"with good intentions leads to the video store ''",1 68653,"Scratch for a lesson in scratching",0 28581,"and diverse",1 172663,"terminally depressed",0 72177,"a pretty good job",1 75844,"both gentle and biting",1 161048,"heaviest",0 150625,"Velocity represents everything wrong with '' independent film '' as a commodified , sold-out concept on the American filmmaking scene .",0 70049,"The year 's greatest adventure , and Jackson 's limited but enthusiastic adaptation has made literature literal without killing its soul -- a feat any thinking person is bound to appreciate .",1 48406,"a sucker-punch",0 213335,"textbook lives",1 46833,"Strange it is , but delightfully so",1 22654,"up to mesmerize you",1 152273,"a prisoner",0 194989,"brutally honest individual",1 152194,"a paint-by-numbers manner",0 3541,"` it 's painful to watch witherspoon 's talents wasting away inside unnecessary films like legally blonde and sweet home abomination , i mean , alabama . '",0 200470,"has a difficult time shaking its Blair Witch Project real-time roots",0 104872,"Britney Spears ' phoniness is nothing compared to the movie 's contrived , lame screenplay and listless direction .",0 233108,"it would be better to wait for the video .",0 80035,"first-rate performance",1 3332,"'s just experimental enough to alienate the mainstream audience while ringing cliched to hardened indie-heads",0 82704,"immensely ambitious , different than anything that 's been done before",1 32330,"has some touching things to say about what is important in life and why",1 84997,"it definitely gives you something to chew on",1 166236,"more seriously",0 44742,"Bogdanovich puts history in perspective",1 203160,"is n't as funny as it should be",0 202298,"insufferably",0 69845,"The powerful success",1 203916,"it has its moments",1 139794,"who surely read The Catcher in the Rye but clearly suffers from dyslexia",0 101446,"'re left thinking the only reason to make the movie is because present standards allow for plenty of nudity",0 130195,"phlegmatic",0 143533,"Afraid to pitch into farce ,",0 178923,"would seem to have a lock on the title of ugliest movie of the year .",0 183986,"For its 100 minutes running time , you 'll wait in vain for a movie to happen .",0 50263,"comedy , caper thrills and",1 136157,"the right B-movie frame of mind",1 71766,"a great writer and",1 237914,"to realize that they 've already seen this exact same movie a hundred times",0 154566,"bad so much as distasteful",0 132344,"should give '' Scratch '' a second look",1 147464,"Mocking kung fu pictures when they were a staple of exploitation theater programming was witty . Mocking them now is an exercise in pointlessness .",0 231502,"has this sneaky feel to it -- as if the director is trying to dupe the viewer into taking it all as Very Important simply because the movie is ugly to look at and not a Hollywood product .",0 68182,"Perhaps the grossest movie ever made . Funny , though .",1 40069,"who worship Lil ' Bow Wow",1 104489,"As gamely as the movie tries to make sense of its title character , there remains a huge gap between the film 's creepy",0 133325,"stock clichés",0 15976,"have gone a long way",1 218989,"weightless that a decent draft in the auditorium might blow it off the screen",0 222903,"Challenging , intermittently engrossing",1 23166,"'s refreshing to see a girl-power movie that does n't feel it has to prove anything",1 7565,"instead of kicking off the intrigue and suspense and mystery of the whole thing ,",0 223619,"He drags it back , single-handed .",1 55162,"objective documentary",1 59440,"told with sharp ears and eyes",1 225958,"Stay for the credits",1 179540,"'s a long way from Orwell 's dark , intelligent warning cry ( 1984 )",0 140780,"you might as well be watching a rerun",0 127493,"most slyly exquisite",1 180744,", it is quite possibly the sturdiest example yet of why the DV revolution has cheapened the artistry of making a film .",0 69544,"The film has an infectious enthusiasm and",1 100746,"witty feature",1 189975,"` Magnifique '",1 126467,"low-grade dreck that usually goes straight to video -- with a lousy script , inept direction , pathetic acting , poorly dubbed dialogue and murky cinematography",0 124454,"is pure punk existentialism",1 156221,"cheerful Marcus Miller accordion\/harmonica\/banjo abomination",0 42907,"took chances and",1 163529,"is too predictable and too self-conscious to reach a level of high drama .",0 224283,"It does n't quite deserve the gong , but there are more fascinating acts than `` Confessions of a Dangerous Mind",0 49619,"been worse",0 202133,"incessant , so-five-minutes-ago pop music",0 200058,"goes on and on and on and on",0 169574,"quite as unpleasant as some of the people in his life",0 88302,"of a beautifully sung holiday carol",1 182075,"A very slow , uneventful",0 56539,"rent this movie",1 128176,"nothing short of refreshing",1 235613,"sequences boring .",0 39406,"touch the hearts of both children and adults",1 192618,"an odd show , pregnant with moods ,",0 126564,"magnetic as Graham",1 43427,"( Reno ) delivers a monologue that manages to incorporate both the horror and the absurdity of the situation in a well-balanced fashion .",1 236206,"sweeping ,",1 110437,"This fascinating look at Israel in ferment",1 236494,"that makes all the difference .",1 131609,"rolled down a hill in a trash can ? Do you chuckle at the thought of an ancient librarian whacking a certain part of a man 's body ?",0 46890,"Thanks to Haynes ' absolute control of the film 's mood , and buoyed by three terrific performances",1 175051,"the worst special-effects creation of the year",0 239177,"you might want to check it out",1 209869,"pseudo-witty copycat interpretations",0 149011,"Taken purely as an exercise in style , this oppressively gloomy techno-horror clambake is impossible to ignore . But as a movie",1 88018,"not only learning but inventing a remarkable new trick .",1 229467,"bring off this wild Welsh whimsy .",1 218961,"wear thin",0 236595,"that you can dance to",1 47200,"The performances are amiable and committed , and",1 58370,"the heart and soul of cinema",1 192628,"an original bone",1 23840,", resonant ,",0 113846,"amusing , tender and heart-wrenching",1 146246,"If you think that Jennifer Lopez has shown poor judgment in planning to marry Ben Affleck , wait till you see Maid in Manhattan .",0 123670,"irritating films",0 557,"be pleased",1 101676,"'s easy to love Robin Tunney",1 28293,"amuse and provoke adventurous adults in specialty venues .",1 173085,"that it jams too many prefabricated story elements into the running time",0 119714,"falls victim to sloppy plotting , an insultingly unbelievable final act and a villainess who is too crazy to be interesting .",0 20461,"enjoyed the ride ( bumps and all ) , creamy depth , and ultimate theme .",1 127176,"mixed up together like a term paper from a kid who ca n't quite distinguish one sci-fi work from another",0 69649,"The immersive powers of the giant screen and its hyper-realistic images are put to perfect use in the breathtakingly beautiful outer-space documentary Space Station 3D .",1 63077,"A glib but bouncy bit of sixties-style slickness in which the hero might wind up",1 144608,"Contrived , awkward and filled with unintended laughs",0 231382,"hard to imagine anybody ever being `` in the mood '' to view a movie as harrowing and painful as The Grey Zone",0 178931,"would tax Einstein 's brain .",0 233275,"lack contrast , are murky and are frequently too dark to be decipherable .",0 77121,"compressed into an evanescent , seamless and sumptuous stream of consciousness .",1 122683,"if a tuba-playing dwarf rolled down a hill in a trash can ? Do you chuckle at the thought of an ancient librarian whacking a certain part of a man 's body ? If you answered yes , by all means enjoy The New Guy",0 8958,"must shoot it in the head",0 5767,"could n't",0 149767,"The problem is that the movie has no idea of it is serious or not .",0 92611,"shows how intolerance has the power to deform families , then tear them apart .",1 14909,"admired this work a lot",1 7754,"is nature against progress . in fessenden 's horror trilogy",0 95227,"the bizarre is credible and the real turns magical",1 6182,"embraces it , energizes it and",1 145597,"Glover really does n't fit the part",0 144322,"By the miserable standards to which the slasher genre has sunk ,",0 55766,"once the true impact of the day unfolds , the power of this movie is undeniable .",1 198759,"fellow sophisticates",1 77791,"decent-enough nail-biter",1 139761,"who inhabit it",1 22828,"with a serious exploration of ego and jealousy",1 128540,"of appealing characters",1 78979,"energy , intelligence and verve ,",1 228192,"a stylish and energetic one-shot , The Queen of the Damned",1 88357,"of a self-destructive man",0 37052,"smarty-pants aura",0 21995,"smart wordplay and clever plot contrivances",1 153622,"annoyingly self-involved people",0 219361,"who might enjoy this , are there Tolstoy groupies out there ? It 's dark and tragic , and lets the business of the greedy talent agents get in the way of saying something meaningful about facing death",0 165560,"makes a tragic error",0 87827,"new , or inventive ,",1 167303,"of a movie in which a bunch of pompous windbags drone on inanely for two hours",0 62157,", powerful act",1 89692,"only open new wounds",0 131461,"retaining an integrity",1 101603,"'s always enthralling .",1 76423,"captures the complicated relationships in a marching band",1 125658,"knows how a daily grind can kill love",1 169533,"putters along looking for astute observations and coming up blank .",0 18355,", and you 'll be taking a risk if you choose to see it .",0 50543,"creative .",1 220969,"'s so good that its relentless , polished wit can withstand not only inept school productions , but even Oliver Parker 's movie adaptation .",1 175656,"thrashing rap-metal",0 13595,", insistently humanizing",1 20642,"get some truly unique character studies and a cross-section of Americana that Hollywood could n't possibly fictionalize and be believed .",1 19318,"The passions aroused by the discord between old and new cultures are set against the strange , stark beauty of the Mideast desert , so lovingly and perceptively filmed that you can almost taste the desiccated air .",1 225119,"Newcastle , the first half of Gangster No. 1 drips with style and , at times ,",1 120082,"final act",1 100976,"writer-director Danny Verete 's three tales comprise a powerful and reasonably fulfilling gestalt .",1 85982,"life-affirming script",1 10530,"smart , funny",1 85794,"laugh-out-loud lunacy",1 69787,"The one-liners are snappy , the situations volatile",1 51400,"exceptional",1 28376,"an intimate and quaint reality",1 72740,"a valiant attempt to tell a story about the Vietnam War before the pathology set in",1 123788,"is a movie that puts itself squarely in the service of the lovers who inhabit it .",1 52677,"his victims",0 66500,"It 's a smart , funny look at an arcane area of popular culture ,",1 210852,"says far less about the horrifying historical reality than about the filmmaker 's characteristic style",0 47661,"With the same sort of good-natured fun found in films like Tremors",1 45554,"I 've never bought from telemarketers , but I bought this movie .",1 45668,"Informative",1 35610,"on Madonna Street '' that 's a sly , amusing , laugh-filled little gem in which the ultimate '' Bellini '' begins to look like a '' real Kaputschnik",1 84310,"is in his hypermasculine element here , once again able to inject some real vitality and even art into a pulpy concept that , in many other hands would be completely forgettable",1 46409,"Once the downward spiral comes to pass , Auto Focus bears out as your typical junkie opera ...",0 203451,"is so slovenly done , so primitive in technique , that it ca n't really be called animation .",0 209387,"plays like a tired Tyco ad .",0 219386,"who values the original comic books",1 65802,"Going to this movie is a little like chewing whale blubber - it 's an acquired taste that takes time to enjoy , but it 's worth it , even if it does take 3 hours to get through",1 176113,"to exploit them",0 148288,"Rife with nutty cliches and far too much dialogue",0 232835,"is thought-provoking .",1 127049,"middle-of-the-road blandness",0 165241,"looks like a drag queen",0 193277,"arrogant Richard Pryor wannabe",0 166011,"misdemeanor",0 190410,"a crummy , wannabe-hip crime comedy that refers incessantly to old movies , when you could just rent those movies instead , let alone seek out a respectable new one",0 10148,"reward",1 131910,"see all summer",1 58433,"the key turning point of the 20th century",1 130826,"purposes of bland Hollywood romance",0 96222,"the movie has enough vitality to justify the notion of creating a screen adaptation of Evans ' saga of Hollywood excess .",1 35375,"of quirky -- but not stereotyped -- street characters",1 73958,"an unmistakable , easy joie",1 135434,"the funniest 5 minutes to date in this spy comedy franchise",1 128100,"not for a sentimental resolution that explains way more about Cal than does the movie or the character any good",0 135656,"the limits of what a film can be ,",0 127230,"monotony",0 23793,", not afraid to lay her life bare in front of an audience .",1 203645,"is undone by anachronistic quick edits and occasional jarring glimpses of a modern theater audience watching the events unfold .",0 38286,"the goods for Schwarzenegger fans",1 186159,"More likely to have you scratching your head than hiding under your seat .",0 135600,"the kind of genuine depth",1 54430,"low-budget film noir movie",0 163464,"is the kind of movie that gets a quick release before real contenders arrive in September .",0 218380,"utter loss",0 126362,"looks to be going through the motions , beginning with the pale script .",0 22711,"want to get up and dance",1 73429,"all that memorable , but as downtown Saturday matinee brain",1 3879,"a haunted house , a haunted ship , what 's next ... ghost blimp",0 21494,"of a pure comedy with absolutely no meaning , and no desire",1 214165,"the awe",1 47729,"You 'll forget about it by Monday , though ,",0 89780,"other feel-good fiascos like Antwone Fisher or The Emperor 's Club any time",1 191439,"a summer-camp talent show : hastily written",0 185957,"Maik , the firebrand turned savvy ad man , would be envious of",1 14551,"Tim Allen is great in his role but never hogs the scenes from his fellow cast , as there are plenty of laughs and good lines for everyone in this comedy .",1 6408,"far more entertaining",1 175994,"to blend politics and drama , an admirable ambition . It 's too bad that the helping hand he uses to stir his ingredients is also a heavy one",0 108690,"Rose 's film , true to its source material ,",1 145846,"Hollywood Ending is the most disappointing Woody Allen movie ever . He has a great cast and a great idea . But",0 113549,"airy cinematic bon bons",1 192096,"aimless for much of its running time ,",0 56390,"rates as an exceptional thriller",1 191196,"a rejected X-Files episode than a credible account of a puzzling real-life happening",0 70046,"The year 's greatest adventure , and",1 115658,"beauty to behold",1 10337,"seemingly a vehicle to showcase the canadian 's inane ramblings , stealing harvard is a smorgasbord of soliloquies about nothing delivered by the former mr . drew barrymore",0 228817,"are masterfully controlled",1 73546,"always brooding",0 51388,"examining its significance",1 180361,", Colin Hanks is in bad need of major acting lessons and maybe a little coffee .",0 51072,"earns its moments of pathos",1 157409,"did n't laugh at the ongoing efforts of Cube , and his skinny buddy Mike Epps , to make like Laurel and Hardy 'n the hood .",0 75047,"audience members will leave feeling as shaken as Nesbitt 's Cooper looks when the bullets stop flying",1 217771,"treads old turf like a hippopotamus ballerina",0 84187,"is extremely funny ,",1 53372,"is almost in a class with that of Wilde himself",1 128135,"not to mention inappropriate and wildly undeserved",0 61314,"'s the cute frissons of discovery and humor between Chaplin and Kidman that keep this nicely wound clock not just ticking , but humming .",1 210355,"relies too much on a scorchingly plotted dramatic scenario for its own good .",0 34741,"mucking up its storyline with glitches casual fans could correct in their sleep",0 74966,"at one man 's downfall , brought about by his lack of self-awareness",0 154189,"as impenetrable as Morvern",0 129296,"offers no easy , comfortable resolution",0 16241,"is an undeniably fascinating and playful fellow",1 75227,"be baffled",0 6840,"good trash",1 170001,"replete with acclaimed actors and actresses",1 167967,"offsets to a notable degree",0 25493,"Have-yourself-a-happy-little-Holocaust",0 69953,"The storylines are woven together skilfully , the magnificent swooping aerial shots are breathtaking ,",1 151031,"Without non-stop techno or the existential overtones of a Kieslowski morality tale , Maelström is just another Winter Sleepers .",0 163446,"is the best description of this well-meaning , beautifully produced film that sacrifices its promise for a high-powered star pedigree",1 159989,"get me down",0 236189,"suspect that you 'll be as bored watching Morvern Callar as the characters are in it",0 23471,", bittersweet pathos , and lyric moments that linger like snapshots of memory",1 3898,"a kind",1 34299,"make it abundantly clear that this movie phenomenon has once again reinvented itself for a new generation",1 48001,"a fan of the series you 'll love it and probably want to see it twice .",1 235427,"saccharine sentimentality",0 4476,"alienate the mainstream audience while ringing cliched to hardened indie-heads",0 72632,"a taunt",0 24340,"A fast-moving and remarkable film that appears destined to become a landmark in Japanese animation .",1 11035,"that 's exciting on the field and a story you",1 213040,"swear that you 've seen it all before , even if you 've never come within a mile of The Longest Yard",0 211169,"seen to better advantage on cable , especially considering its barely",0 55358,"of filmmaking with an assurance worthy of international acclaim",1 33702,"it raises , the performances of Stewart and Hardy",1 181637,"A dull , simple-minded and stereotypical tale of drugs",0 116677,"captures , in luminous interviews and amazingly evocative film from three decades ago , the essence of the Dogtown experience .",1 81097,"gives a superb performance full of deep feeling",1 104533,"Ash Wednesday is not Edward Burns ' best film ,",0 71540,"a delightful romantic comedy with plenty",1 167340,"of admission for the ridicule factor",0 29455,"beautifully articulated",1 226068,"Thanks largely to Williams , all the interesting developments are processed in 60 minutes -- the rest is just an overexposed waste of film .",0 233038,"it is a whole lot of fun and you get to see the one of the world 's best actors , Daniel Auteuil ,",1 58735,"the special effects and narrative flow much improved , and",1 178080,"when you instantly know whodunit",0 65836,"Gosling creates a staggeringly compelling character , a young man whose sharp intellect is at the very root of his contradictory , self-hating , self-destructive ways .",1 53281,"is a film that defies categorisation . It haunts , horrifies , startles and fascinates : it is impossible to look away . Ah yes , and then there 's the music",1 60032,"well-established genre",1 211097,"seems suited neither to kids or adults",0 85984,"life-embracing spirit",1 232944,"it 's hard to imagine a more generic effort in the genre .",0 238168,"two signs that M. Night Shyamalan 's debut feature sucked up all he has to give to the mystic genres of cinema : Unbreakable and Signs",0 70217,"This is a smart movie that knows its classical music , knows its Freud and knows its Sade .",1 162131,"incredibly dull",0 198303,"exercise in narcissism and self-congratulation disguised as a tribute",0 154385,"at least the title of this film lets you know exactly where it 's heading .",0 110665,"To call this one an eventual cult classic would be an understatement , and woe is the horror fan who opts to overlook this goofily endearing and well-lensed gorefest",1 78837,"elevates the material above pat inspirational status and",1 104091,"Adults , other than the parents ...",1 44008,"A compelling Spanish film about the withering effects",1 216671,"through this sloppy , made-for-movie comedy special",0 228176,"a splendid meal",1 184602,"I believe Silberling had the best intentions here ,",1 196076,"complex story",1 217631,"too much Norma Rae and not enough Pretty Woman",0 101974,"'s touching and tender and proves that even in sorrow you can find humor . Like blended shades of lipstick , these components combine into one terrific story with lots of laughs .",1 223200,"Droll caper-comedy remake of `` Big Deal on Madonna Street '' that 's a sly , amusing , laugh-filled little gem in which the ultimate `` Bellini '' begins to look like a `` real Kaputschnik . ''",1 153330,"an appealing job",1 229501,"but ` Barbershop ' shows he 's on his way",1 206021,"medium-grade network sitcom",0 122260,"hip , contemporary , in-jokey one",1 83623,"intriguing species",1 76512,"catch the pitch of his poetics , savor the pleasure of his sounds and images ,",1 233288,"ladles on the local flavour with a hugely enjoyable film about changing times , clashing cultures and the pleasures of a well-made pizza .",1 162877,"is exhausting",0 63102,"A haunting tale",1 143397,"A tough go , but",1 190161,"a best-selling writer of self-help books who ca n't help herself",0 9557,"overblown",0 4642,"an enjoyable one",1 218406,"values the original comic books",1 185221,"It 's sweet",1 235573,"seems to have no goal and no urgency",0 93138,"some things are immune to the folly of changing taste and attitude . For proof of that on the cinematic front , look no further than this 20th anniversary edition of the film that Spielberg calls , retrospectively , his most personal work yet",1 61603,", Douglas McGrath 's version of ` Nicholas Nickleby ' left me feeling refreshed and hopeful . Not many movies have that kind of impact on me these days .",1 202848,"is dark , brooding and slow",0 29872,"but this is still a nice little picture , made by bright and friendly souls with a lot of good cheer .",1 31665,"fire-breathing",1 108032,"None of this is very original , and it is n't particularly funny",0 68164,"Pellington gives '' Mothman '' an irresistibly uncanny ambience that goes a long way toward keeping the picture compelling",1 96950,"the unusual power",1 64509,"Broomfield is energized by Volletta Wallace 's maternal fury , her fearlessness , and because of that , his film crackles .",1 21178,"just wants them to be part of the action , the wallpaper of his chosen reality . Here , thankfully",1 38599,"the risk-takers in the crowd should check it out and form their own opinion",1 114100,"an invaluable service",1 59824,"vain ' Jia",1 145980,"I 've always dreamed of attending Cannes , but after seeing this film , it 's not that big a deal .",0 143445,"A woozy , roisterous , exhausting mess , and the off-beat casting of its two leads turns out to be as ill-starred as you might expect .",0 140764,"you have nothing better to do with 94 minutes .",1 2517,"that rare animal known as ' a perfect family film , ' because it 's about family",1 62264,", the diva shrewdly surrounds herself with a company of strictly A-list players .",1 1759,"more guts and energy than much of what will open this year",1 30583,"dark soul",0 92785,"slam-bang extravaganza",1 110869,"Very amusing , not the usual route in a thriller , and the performances are odd and pixilated and sometimes both .",1 75558,"belongs in the very top rank of French filmmakers",1 5860,"death might be a release",0 156430,"clunky on the screen",0 152586,"a terrorist bomb",0 202958,"is good for a laugh . The problem with '' XXX '' is that its own action is n't very effective",0 177239,"unpleasant characters ,",0 136762,"there is one word that best describes this film : honest .",1 96387,"the pesky moods",0 149345,"The entire movie is about a boring , sad man being boring and sad .",0 197869,"ends up more of a creaky '' Pretty Woman '' retread , with the emphasis on self-empowering schmaltz and big-wave surfing that gives pic its title an afterthought",0 34241,"loved ones",1 137535,"to do with 94 minutes",1 202665,"is a throwback war movie that fails on so many levels",0 181709,"A generic bloodbath that often becomes laughably unbearable when it is n't merely offensive .",0 50232,"collective memory",1 58019,"the art combined with the humor and intelligence of the script",1 238615,"what you do see thriller , coupled with some arresting effects , incandescent tones and stupendous performances",1 92482,"shedding light on a group of extremely talented musicians",1 26907,"The spark of special anime magic",1 192600,"an interesting character",1 165284,"loses steam towards the middle",0 160334,"great ending",1 83719,"is Garcia , who perfectly portrays the desperation of a very insecure man .",1 127250,"morally bankrupt characters",0 112315,"a mesmerizing performance as a full-fledged sex addict who is in complete denial about his obsessive behavior",1 188652,"The script was reportedly rewritten a dozen times -- either 11 times too many or else too few .",0 147247,"Losin ' his fan base",0 110074,"The performances of the four main actresses bring their characters to life . A little melodramatic , but with enough hope to keep you engaged .",1 115257,"attracting audiences to Unfaithful",1 198944,"fine idea",1 81575,"hard-hitting documentary",1 119865,"feel like time fillers between surf shots",0 148748,"Somehow both wildly implausible and strangely conventional",1 39808,"visually striking",1 53644,"is superbly",1 218677,"wants to be a retro-refitting exercise in campy recall for older fans or a silly , Nickelodeon-esque kiddie flick",0 148370,"Sacrifices the value of its wealth of archival foot-age with its less-than-objective stance",0 141950,", Blue Crush is highly enjoyable .",1 6677,"friggin ' christmas",0 175170,"there 's one thing this world needs less of",0 201668,"impassive a manner",0 142421,", self-indulgent film",0 148448,"Scores no points for originality , wit , or intelligence",0 131908,"see a better thriller this year",0 208826,"others may find 80 minutes of these shenanigans exhausting",0 203297,"is one only a true believer could relish .",0 19869,"and one that speaks volumes about the ability of the human spirit to find solace in events that could easily crush it forever",1 11038,"that 's not much to hang a soap opera on",0 7152,"his beautiful , self-satisfied 22-year-old girlfriend",1 30213,"clearly been made with affection and care",1 165984,"mind-destroying",0 179132,"you have an interest in the characters you see",1 59903,"von Sydow ...",1 124930,"it can easily worm its way into your heart . '",1 231462,"has no atmosphere , no tension -- nothing but Costner ,",0 11178,"the adjective ` gentle '",1 146408,"It 's a feature-length adaptation of one of those '' Can This Marriage Be Saved ? '' columns from Ladies Home Journal ...",0 41477,"a sophisticated , funny and good-natured treat ,",1 50613,"damned",0 114670,"are so familiar you might as well be watching a rerun",0 148949,"Sushi for the connoisseurs of the macabre .",0 106946,"It 's rare to find a film to which the adjective ` gentle ' applies , but the word perfectly describes Pauline & Paulette",1 26520,"Sandler , liberated from the constraints of formula ,",1 149057,"That Good Theatre",1 43508,", although flawed , is to be commended for its straight-ahead approach to creepiness",1 125049,"it marks him as one of the most interesting writer\/directors working today",1 68233,"Plummer steals the show without resorting to camp as Nicholas ' wounded and wounding Uncle Ralph . It 's a great performance and a reminder of Dickens ' grandeur .",1 105509,"Dog Soldiers does n't transcend genre -- it embraces it , energizes it and takes big bloody chomps out of it .",1 224400,"It wo n't harm anyone , but",0 54474,"made with an enormous amount of affection",1 74766,"as sharp as a samurai sword",1 142328,", just stuff . Watching Scarlet Diva , one is poised for titillation , raw insight or both . Instead , we just get messy anger , a movie as personal therapy",0 120833,"fun and enjoyable",1 210723,"sad , sordid universe",0 216241,"they might try paying less attention to the miniseries and more attention to the film it is about .",0 22649,"unnerving , heartbeat-like score",1 21022,"is how much it 's not just another connect-the-dots , spy-on-the-run picture",1 165056,"listen to a teacher with humor , passion , and verve",1 190516,"a fast fade",0 56776,"see it twice",1 36493,"reminding yourself that it 's a '' true story '' and you 're likely to have one helluva time at the movies",1 35326,"of maturity displayed by this 33-year-old first-time feature director",1 60840,"'s a perfect show of respect to just one of those underrated professionals who deserve but rarely receive it",1 165573,"makes gangster films that are equally lovely but also relentlessly brutal and brutally intelligent",1 96050,"the living hell",0 125714,"laconic",1 24462,"A smart , witty follow-up .",1 192654,"an unfunny movie",0 96566,"the resourceful Molly",1 184883,"In addition to sporting one of the worst titles in recent cinematic history , Ballistic : Ecks Vs . Sever also features terrible , banal dialogue : convenient , hole-ridden plotting : superficial characters and a rather dull , unimaginative car chase .",0 190808,"a laugh . The problem",0 45388,"Good car chases ,",1 4620,"an amicable",1 148393,"Say It Is n't So",0 72648,"a terrific performance in this fascinating portrait of a modern Lothario",1 191403,"a story that 's shapeless and uninflected",0 119425,"evoke any sort of naturalism on the set",1 64377,"Blade II is as estrogen-free as movies get , so you might want to leave your date behind for this one",1 230367,"does n't so much phone in his performance as fax it .",0 22023,"somewhat melodramatic",0 28538,"and charmingly",1 235705,"should not be forgiven",0 219027,"well-thought stunts or",1 90156,"penetrating ,",1 16274,"is nature against progress . In Fessenden 's horror trilogy , this theme has proved important to him and is especially so in the finale",1 37284,"star-making project",1 218503,"very talented",1 101487,"'s The Gift of the Magi relocated to the scuzzy underbelly of NYC 's drug scene .",0 44840,"Call it magic realism or surrealism , but Miss Wonton floats beyond reality with a certain degree of wit and dignity .",1 104331,"An incredibly thoughtful , deeply meditative picture that neatly and effectively captures the debilitating grief",1 79420,"exceptionally charming",1 191358,"a snore",0 225489,"Pompous and garbled",0 160924,"have to read the fart jokes",0 74416,"are so well",1 111991,"a genial romance that maintains a surprisingly buoyant tone throughout , notwithstanding some of the writers ' sporadic dips into pop Freudianism",1 27444,"a compelling or comprehensible narrative",1 179186,"you wo n't know much more when you leave .",0 116259,"brought unexpected gravity",1 111338,"You can fire a torpedo through some of Clancy 's holes , and the scripters do n't deserve any Oscars . But",0 103967,"A venturesome , beautifully realized psychological mood piece that reveals its first-time feature director 's understanding of the expressive power of the camera .",1 163307,"is sickly entertainment at best and mind-destroying cinematic pollution at worst .",0 199674,"fully forgotten",0 222606,"Better effects , better acting and a hilarious Kenneth Branagh",1 46432,"One of those energetic surprises , an original that pleases almost everyone who sees it",1 168600,"pace and foot-dragging rhythms follow",0 144988,"Dripping with cliche and bypassing no opportunity to trivialize the material",0 161493,"how to suffer ' and if you see this film you 'll know too",0 42643,"slapstick humor for the kids ,",1 152968,"adopts throughout the stupidly named Pipe Dream",0 39137,"to be sweet and wickedly satisfying at the same time",1 97415,"this gender-bending comedy is generally quite funny .",1 57394,"strains",0 27955,"a wholesome attitude",1 29175,"as bold as anything the cinema",1 237988,"to the core of what it actually means to face your fears , to be a girl in a world of boys , to be a boy truly in love with a girl , and",1 75394,"because it has some of the funniest jokes of any movie this year , including those intended for adults",1 53635,"is still worth",1 231901,"if you have nothing better to do with 94 minutes",0 111754,"a dashing and resourceful hero : a lisping , reptilian villain : big fights",1 111848,"a fairly inexperienced filmmaker",0 80039,"first-time director Denzel Washington and a top-notch cast manage to keep things interesting .",1 47981,"a fabric of complex ideas here , and",1 162742,"is an almost poignant dimension to the way that every major stunt Seagal 's character ... performs is shot from behind , as if it could fool us into thinking that we 're not watching a double",0 60131,"while offering exceptionally well-detailed characters",1 127479,"most opaque , self-indulgent",0 5342,"but the payoff is powerful and revelatory",1 31124,"enjoyed it enough to recommend",1 61266,"'s something of the ultimate Scorsese film , with all the stomach-turning violence , colorful New York gang lore and other hallmarks of his personal cinema painted on their largest-ever historical canvas .",1 126368,"loquacious",1 54059,"just that and it 's what makes their project so interesting",1 56779,"see this movie with my sisters",1 54384,"love , betrayal ,",1 438,"are far worse messages to teach a young audience , which will probably be perfectly happy with the sloppy slapstick comedy",0 65870,"Griffin & Co . manage to be spectacularly outrageous .",1 13253,"worthwhile",1 62192,", savvy , compelling",1 23902,", the film can only be applauded .",1 228979,"as simultaneously funny , offbeat",1 71568,"a document of what it felt like to be a New Yorker -- or , really , to be a human being -- in the weeks after 9\/11",1 213850,"that strokes the eyeballs while it evaporates like so much crypt mist in the brain",0 11753,"the pool drowned me in boredom",0 55011,"necessarily with us",1 113310,"acted and directed , it 's clear that Washington most certainly has a new career ahead of him if he so chooses",1 188073,"The director 's many dodges and turns add up to little more than a screenful of gamesmanship that 's low on both suspense and payoff .",0 203978,"it must be labelled ` hip ' , ` innovative ' and ` realistic '",1 1407,"is still able to create an engaging story that keeps you guessing at almost every turn",1 151059,"Worthy of the gong .",0 174955,"the upcoming trial of SLA members Emily and William Harris",1 205285,"loneliness can make people act weird",0 213081,"tacky and reprehensible",0 197916,"enough of interest onscreen",1 82897,"in an increasingly important film industry and",1 49099,"apart is the vision that Taymor , the avant garde director of Broadway 's The Lion King and the film Titus , brings",1 131265,"reliable textbook",1 226182,"The Ya-Ya 's have many secrets and one is - the books are better",0 103518,"A deliciously nonsensical comedy",1 73612,"an 83 minute document of a project which started in a muddle",0 234435,"of humor and plenty",1 224229,"It 's packed with adventure and a worthwhile environmental message , so it 's great for the kids .",1 97778,"times a bit melodramatic and even a little dated",0 211020,"seem at least passably real",1 238079,"took three minutes of dialogue , 30 seconds of plot and turned them into a 90-minute movie that feels five hours long .",0 5356,"by casting an actress whose face projects that woman 's doubts and yearnings , it succeeds",1 189485,"We get light showers of emotion a couple of times , but then -- strangely -- these wane to an inconsistent and ultimately unsatisfying drizzle",0 53022,"in the work of the director , Frank Novak , that keeps the film grounded in an undeniable social realism",1 64768,"Comedian , like its subjects , delivers the goods and audiences will have a fun , no-frills ride .",1 30685,"delivers a lean and engaging work",1 108633,"Rifkin no doubt fancies himself something of a Hubert Selby Jr . , but there is n't an ounce of honest poetry in his entire script :",0 31481,"far from novel",0 125737,"landscape to create a feature film that is wickedly fun to watch",1 54555,"makes for a surprisingly cinematic experience",1 194091,"be best forgotten",0 80825,"funny situations",1 187443,"Some writer dude , I think his name was , uh , Michael Zaidan , was supposed to have like written the screenplay or something",0 69824,"The picture runs a mere 84 minutes , but it 's no glance . It 's a head-turner -- thoughtfully written , beautifully read and , finally , deeply humanizing .",1 3972,"a memorable directorial debut",1 125249,"its final surprising shots",1 75801,"bone-dry , mournfully brittle delivery",0 95048,"the Little Chinese Seamstress that transforms this story about love and culture into a cinematic poem",1 162691,"is a truly , truly bad movie",0 139301,"watch people doing unpleasant things to each other and themselves",0 84693,"is that I truly enjoyed most of Mostly Martha while I ne",1 36389,"rebirth to bruising",0 143929,"As written by Michael Berg and Michael J . Wilson from a story by Wilson , this relentless , all-wise-guys-all-the-time approach tries way too hard and gets tiring in no time at all .",0 213818,"that requires the enemy to never shoot straight",1 22465,"throughout is daring , inventive and impressive",1 71045,"Wonderful fencing scenes and an exciting plot",1 214139,"the annoying score",0 133366,"straightforward , emotionally honest",1 206638,"movies about angels",1 182607,"As predictable as the outcome of a Globetrotters-Generals game , Juwanna Mann is even more ludicrous than you 'd expect from the guy-in-a-dress genre , and a personal low for everyone involved",0 220546,"'' will leave you wanting to abandon the theater .",0 164895,"like a classic",1 44296,"A tender ,",1 81924,"have taken an small slice of history and opened it up for all of us to understand",1 111772,"a defiantly retro chord",1 189473,"We 're left with a story that tries to grab us , only to keep letting go at all the wrong moments .",0 220504,"'' is entertaining .",1 221833,"... silly humbuggery ...",0 45110,"E . T . works because its flabbergasting principals , 14-year-old Robert MacNaughton , 6-year-old Drew Barrymore and 10-year-old Henry Thomas , convince us of the existence of the wise , wizened visitor from a faraway planet .",1 144248,"Brainless , but enjoyably over-the-top , the retro gang melodrama , Deuces Wild represents",1 59291,"to make you wish Jacquot had left well enough alone and just filmed the opera without all these distortions of perspective",0 232926,"it 's a work that , with humor , warmth , and intelligence , captures a life interestingly lived .",1 41331,"This is the kind of movie that used to be right at home at the Saturday matinee ,",1 65212,"Dumber",0 180095,"'ve seen some bad singer-turned actors",0 11114,"that resonate with profundity",1 188607,"The redeeming feature of Chan 's films has always been the action , but the stunts in The Tuxedo seem tired and , what 's worse , routine",0 87255,"more down-home flavor",1 64690,"Chicago offers much colorful eye candy , including the spectacle of Gere in his dancing shoes , hoofing and crooning with the best of them .",1 114598,"are in place for a great film noir",1 76741,"cinematic tone poem",1 92352,"setting distracts",0 2314,"smeary",0 95785,"the funniest motion",1 55596,"of the piece , the unerring professionalism of the chilly production , and the fascination embedded in the lurid topic",1 178328,"wildly implausible",0 234528,"of the best rock",1 111449,"` perfection",1 29639,"blobby old-school CGI animation",0 216123,"there , done that ,",0 14466,"Strap on a pair of 3-D goggles , shut out the real world , and take a vicarious voyage to the last frontier",1 44514,"An interesting look behind the scenes of Chicago-based rock group Wilco ...",1 185363,"It takes you somewhere you 're not likely to have seen before , but beneath the exotic surface ( and exotic dancing ) it 's surprisingly old-fashioned .",1 139483,"well-shaped dramas",1 45779,"It gets onto the screen just about as much of the novella as one could reasonably expect , and is engrossing and moving in its own right .",1 101630,"'s as sweet as Greenfingers",1 21677,"overindulgence forgivable",1 223662,"His last movie was poetically romantic and full of indelible images",1 179912,"'s not trying to laugh at how bad",0 166091,"modest chuckles",1 91674,"richly resonant work",1 165653,"manipulative and as bland as Wonder Bread dipped in milk , but it also does the absolute last thing we need Hollywood doing to us : It preaches .",0 113235,"above all it 's a love story as sanguine as its title",1 147731,"No telegraphing is too obvious or simplistic for this movie .",0 7382,"implausible",0 120111,"find that real natural , even-flowing tone that few movies are able to accomplish",1 125269,"its hero",1 158845,"far cry",0 65926,"Has an unmistakable , easy joie de vivre .",1 208226,"of utter loss personified in the film 's simple title",0 107076,"It wears its heart on the sleeve of its gaudy Hawaiian shirt",1 46482,"Passable entertainment , but it 's the kind of motion picture that wo n't make much of a splash when it 's released , and will not be remembered long afterwards .",0 218124,"underdramatized but overstated",0 87574,"moving portrait of an American ( and an America ) always reaching for something just outside his grasp",1 70316,"This sensitive , smart , savvy , compelling coming-of-age drama",1 204071,"it wears you down like a dinner guest showing off his doctorate",0 7771,"is powerful and revelatory",1 102112,"( MacDowell ) ventures beyond her abilities",1 67392,"Manages to please its intended audience -- children -- without placing their parents in a coma-like state .",1 206453,"more spirit and bite than your average formulaic romantic quadrangle",1 54162,"lay with the chemistry and complex relationship between the marquis ( Auteil ) and Emilie ( Le Besco )",1 138575,"uncompromising artists trying to create something original",1 191426,"a stylish exercise",1 195036,"but because it has a bigger-name cast , it gets a full theatrical release",1 200220,"great shame",0 223762,"I ca n't think of a single good reason to see this movie , even though everyone in my group extemporaneously shouted , `",0 186501,"Obviously , a lot of people wasted a lot of their time ( including mine ) on something very inconsequential .",0 94251,"technically sumptuous but also",1 44556,"Antwone Fisher certainly does the trick of making us care about its protagonist and celebrate his victories but , with few exceptions , it rarely stoops to cheap manipulation or corny conventions to do it .",1 5176,"blade runner than like a bottom-feeder sequel in the escape from new york series",0 21963,"silly street patois",0 161526,"humorless , disjointed mess",0 193841,"attempts to fuse at least three dull plots into one good one",0 144063,"Be Really Awful",0 181602,"A depressingly retrograde , ` post-feminist ' romantic comedy that takes an astonishingly condescending attitude toward women",0 75812,"bored with A Christmas Carol , it might just be the movie you 're looking for",1 193470,"as if Allen , at 66 , has stopped challenging himself",0 72713,"a tribute to the actress , and to her inventive director",1 212215,"something terrible happens",0 111090,"Where Janice Beard falters in its recycled aspects , implausibility , and sags in pace",0 229943,"conceited pap",0 69890,"The script by David Koepp is perfectly serviceable and because he gives the story some soul ... he elevates the experience to a more mythic level .",1 170366,"satisfying and",1 128572,"of building to a laugh riot",1 69382,"The actors are simply too good , and",1 153626,"another , most of which involve precocious kids getting the better of obnoxious adults",0 84231,"is funny and looks professional",1 217286,"to remember it by",1 174329,"the movie as a whole",1 9573,"overwrought , melodramatic bodice-ripper",0 166330,"most of the movie is the same teenage American road-trip drek we 've seen before",0 72668,"a timely , tongue-in-cheek profile",1 82101,"her grace",1 142592,", too dull and pretentious to be engaging",0 80407,"for with a great , fiery passion",1 55777,"one is - the books are better .",0 19807,"and aspiring directress who just happens to be her own worst enemy",0 20951,"interesting and entertaining",1 30777,"difficult ' films",0 133659,"supremely unfunny and unentertaining",0 3307,"'s a charming and often affecting journey",1 33308,"is an enjoyable family film -- pretty much aimed at any youngster who loves horses",1 65400,"Every individual will see the movie through the prism of his or her own beliefs and prejudices ,",1 90522,"portrays young Brendan with his usual intelligence and subtlety , not to mention a convincing brogue",1 74680,"as expected . In fact , it 's quite fun in places",1 232019,"in part to interesting cinematic devices ( cool visual backmasking ) , a solid cast , and some wickedly sick and twisted humor",1 195115,"by Taylor 's cartoonish performance and the film 's ill-considered notion",0 222627,"Black-and-white",0 152008,"a low-budget hybrid",0 62820,"A burst of color , music , and dance that only the most practiced curmudgeon could fail to crack a smile at .",1 23645,", good gosh , will you be shocked .",1 219967,"work as shallow entertainment ,",0 200680,"has the thrown-together feel of a summer-camp talent show : hastily written , underrehearsed , arbitrarily plotted",0 202043,"in the rush of slapstick thoroughfare",0 66970,"Just offbeat",0 70810,"What could have easily become a cold , calculated exercise in postmodern pastiche winds up a powerful and deeply moving example of melodramatic moviemaking .",1 110103,"The problem with ANTWONE FISHER is that it has a screenplay written by Antwone Fisher based on the book by Antwone Fisher .",0 39260,"to quench the thirst of an audience that misses the summer blockbusters",1 34393,"master class",1 142598,", unconvincing",0 191188,"a reasonably good time",1 127498,"most triumphant performances",1 186775,"Pretend it 's a werewolf itself by avoiding eye contact and walking slowly away . It 's fun , but it 's a real howler .",1 65316,"Enjoyably fast-moving",1 78974,"energetic and smart",1 157242,"delightful performance",1 9651,"patience",1 116921,"cheery and",1 217324,"to set the women 's liberation movement back 20 years",0 112169,"a key strength",1 114040,"an expiration date passed a long time ago",0 5790,"created a monster",0 15383,"catchy",1 147830,"Now it 's just tired .",0 183600,"Each story is built on a potentially interesting idea , but",1 189803,"With nary a glimmer of self-knowledge , ( Crane ) becomes more specimen than character -- and",0 8225,"julie davis is the kathie lee gifford of film directors , sadly proving once again ego does n't always go hand in hand with talent",0 130247,"piss on trees ,",0 150468,"Too silly to be frightening , too stolid to be funny",0 146556,"It 's not just the vampires that are damned in Queen of the Damned -- the viewers will feel they suffer the same fate",0 80801,"funny . A little uneven to be the cat 's meow , but it 's good enough to be the purr .",1 22858,"wonderful film",1 130879,"quality twist",1 123359,"inexperienced children play the two main characters",0 172865,"that , ironically , it becomes everything that the rather clumsy original was railing against",0 141509,"'s of the quality of a lesser Harrison Ford movie - Six Days , Seven Nights , maybe , or that dreadful Sabrina remake .",0 139073,"viscerally exciting",1 65354,"Even as it pays earnest homage to turntablists and beat jugglers , old schoolers and current innovators , Scratch is great fun , full of the kind of energy it 's documenting .",1 49172,"are n't interested in rap , as it cuts to the heart of American society in an unnerving way",0 206926,"never gets over its own investment in conventional arrangements , in terms of love , age , gender , race , and class .",0 108505,"Pure of intention and",1 19960,"are set against the strange , stark beauty of the Mideast desert , so lovingly and perceptively filmed that you can almost taste the desiccated air",1 185096,"It 's definitely not made for kids or their parents , for that matter ,",0 111801,"a disastrous ending",0 124757,"is very original",1 28600,"and exquisitely",1 102682,", it will remind them that Hong Kong action cinema is still alive and kicking .",1 110172,"The story is also as unoriginal as they come , already having been recycled more times than I 'd care to count .",0 184139,"Gets the look and the period trappings right , but it otherwise drowns in a sea of visual and verbal clichés .",0 50038,"captivating film",1 630,"breathless",1 66502,"It 's a smart , funny look at an arcane area of popular culture , and if it is n't entirely persuasive , it does give exposure to some talented performers",1 122731,"if they were coming back from Stock Character camp -- a drowsy drama infatuated by its own pretentious self-examination",0 23319,", Nair has constructed this motion picture in such a way that even the most cynical curmudgeon with find himself or herself smiling at one time or another .",1 71570,"a documentary that works",1 40293,"with you long after it 's over",1 102597,", interest can not be revived .",0 75234,"be captivated , as I was , by its moods , and by its subtly transformed star ,",1 35646,"on screen thrills",1 91446,"remarkable and memorable film",1 124274,"is n't especially realistic",0 205678,"make the film more silly than scary",0 16065,"how art -- when done right -- can help heal",1 200181,"graceless and devoid",0 235999,"squarely fills the screen .",1 203595,"is to be mesmerised .",1 11530,"the intrigue and suspense and mystery of the whole thing",1 139698,"whip life into The Importance of Being Earnest",1 185191,"It 's possible that something hip and transgressive was being attempted here that stubbornly refused to gel , but the result is more puzzling than unsettling .",0 112788,"a story of dramatic enlightenment , the screenplay by Billy Ray and Terry George",1 124762,"is wasted in this crass , low-wattage endeavor .",0 45608,"If I had been thinking about the visual medium , they would have been doing something wrong",0 119548,"exploitative for the art houses and too cynical",0 9674,"perfectly captures the hotel lobbies , two-lane highways , and roadside cafes that permeate vincent 's days",1 174376,"the movie would avoid",1 66412,"Intelligent , caustic take on a great writer and dubious human being .",1 95443,"the delusions",0 102998,", visually graceful",1 206217,"miracles ,",1 111298,"Yes , I have given this movie a rating of zero . But fans of the show should not consider this a diss . Consider it ` perfection . '",0 202460,"invited to the party",1 10443,"showtime is a fine-looking film with a bouncy score and a clutch of lively songs for deft punctuation .",1 22470,"tight , focused performance",1 81767,"has some cute moments , funny scenes , and hits the target audience ( young Bow Wow fans ) - with nothing but net",1 28183,"all , The Count of Monte Cristo",1 209288,"pious , preachy soap opera",0 60322,"with a terrific screenplay and fanciful direction",1 117333,"compelling supporting characters",1 234541,"of the film buzz and whir : very little of it",0 56089,"poised to embark a major career as a commercial yet inventive filmmaker",1 189805,"With nary a glimmer of self-knowledge , ( Crane ) becomes more specimen than character -- and Auto Focus remains a chilly , clinical lab report .",0 140439,"workman 's",0 8811,"misguided comedy",0 171102,"simple-minded and",0 70667,"Wallace is smart to vary the pitch of his movie , balancing deafening battle scenes with quieter domestic scenes of women back home receiving War Department telegrams .",1 199974,"gives us another peek at some of the magic we saw in Glitter here in Wisegirls .",1 46406,"On the surface a silly comedy",1 140487,"worst way",0 110306,"There 's no doubting that this is a highly ambitious and personal project for Egoyan",1 139156,"walled-off",0 25481,"Harsh",0 190400,"a crowd-pleaser",1 119753,"fans of the show",1 32673,"how the creative process",1 234780,"or `` suck ''",0 53736,"it 's cliche to call the film ` refreshing ,",1 44601,"As unseemly as its title suggests .",1 171435,"so little entertainment",0 160585,"harnesses to full effect the energetic cast .",1 32491,"high literary aspirations and stunning acting",1 182284,"Although it starts off so bad that you feel like running out screaming",0 161609,"if you do n't know anything about Derrida when you walk into the theater",0 13028,"while i ca n't say it 's on par with the first one , stuart little 2",0 91701,"right to be",1 33875,"its wryly subversive tone",1 115285,"avoid the ghetto of sentimental chick-flicks by treating female follies with a satirical style",0 97103,"their consistently sensitive and often exciting treatment",1 43095,"'d have a 90-minute , four-star movie .",1 43618,", it 's a daring if overlong examination of an idolized culture , self-loathing and sexual politics .",1 172843,"that 's so mechanical you can smell the grease on the plot",0 118834,"each other psychologically",1 165666,"many improbabilities",0 224943,"Mr. Murray , a prolific director of music videos , stuffs his debut with more plot than it can comfortably hold .",0 157928,"drain all the film of its energy",0 3216,"would be impossible to sit through",0 180057,"'s tough to be startled when you 're almost dozing",0 141924,", ' have never been more appropriate .",1 16515,"maddening",0 204570,"kinda wrong in places",0 29427,"be seduced by ( Witherspoon 's ) charisma , even",1 189992,"` Silence of the Lambs ' better than ` Hannibal '",1 53578,"is packed with information and impressions .",1 114152,"an underachiever ,",0 40342,"work yet , this girl-woman who sincerely believes she can thwart the world 's misery with blind good will .",0 23941,", this white trash War of the Roses is a surprisingly engaging film .",1 220605,"'m afraid you wo n't get through this frankly fantastical by-the-numbers B-flick with just a suspension of disbelief .",0 23898,", the eccentric theater company manager",1 99617,"was hard for me",0 119102,"engaging on an emotional level , funnier , and on the whole less detached",1 71908,"a long shot",0 196080,"complicated plotting and banal dialogue",0 58748,"the startling intimacy",1 132681,"smile-button",1 213075,"tackles more than she can handle",0 47365,"This is a good script , good dialogue , funny even for adults . The characters are interesting and often very creatively constructed from figure to backstory . The film will play equally well on both the standard and giant screens .",1 47991,"a fairly irresistible package full of privileged moments and memorable performances",1 46048,"Lovely and poignant . Puts",1 195352,"can be crossed off the list of ideas for the inevitable future sequels ( hey , do n't shoot the messenger )",0 208097,"of the lightweight female empowerment",0 54075,"keeps the film grounded in an undeniable social realism",1 150700,"Warmed-over Tarantino by way of wannabe Elmore Leonard .",0 93640,"strong message",1 133433,"strong themes of familial ties and spirituality that are powerful and moving without stooping to base melodrama",1 117787,"curiously , he waters it down , turning grit and vulnerability into light reading",0 112832,"a sultry evening",1 233895,"mistake .",0 88521,"of destruction",0 190695,"a great shame that such a talented director as Chen Kaige has chosen to make his English-language debut with a film",0 166006,"miscasts nearly every leading character",0 19295,"The additional storyline is interesting and entertaining",1 109223,"Straightforward and old-fashioned in the best possible senses of both those words",1 177764,"way of what can be gleaned from this three-hour endurance test built around an hour 's worth of actual material",0 114301,"anguished performance",0 209432,"plot holes sink this ` sub '",0 12973,"what remains is a variant of the nincompoop benigni persona , here a more annoying , though less angry version of the irresponsible sandlerian manchild , undercut by the voice of the star of road trip",0 56418,"real humor",1 168521,"overcome blah characters",1 198387,"exposes the limitations of his skill and the basic flaws in his vision . '",0 163478,"is the same teenage American road-trip drek we 've seen before",0 71762,"a great performance and a reminder of Dickens ' grandeur",1 163059,"is n't a redeeming moment here .",0 184719,"I think even fans of Sandler 's comic taste may find it uninteresting",0 53194,"into the mainstream of filmmaking with an assurance worthy of international acclaim",1 11571,"the limited chemistry",0 203320,"is plainly dull and visually ugly",0 38746,"the urge to get on your feet and shake it",1 12434,"to the horrors of the killing field and the barbarism of ` ethnic cleansing",0 149433,"The film might have been more satisfying if it had , in fact , been fleshed out a little more instead of going for easy smiles .",0 83062,"in that sense is a movie that deserves recommendation",1 66539,"It 's another retelling of Alexandre Dumas ' classic . Why ? Who knows , but it works under the direction of Kevin Reynolds",1 92959,"so it 's not a brilliant piece of filmmaking ,",0 221863,"100 minutes or $ 7.00",0 36722,"scuzbag",0 81175,"go-for-broke acting that heralds something special",1 175006,"the way it skirts around any scenes that might have required genuine acting from Ms . Spears",0 124613,"is that it 's a rock-solid little genre picture .",1 103632,"A gripping documentary that",1 115699,"becomes a sermon for most of its running time",0 101148,"you love the music ,",1 177072,"un-bear-able",0 171438,"so low-wattage",0 213933,"that wastes the talents of its attractive young leads",0 24485,"A swashbuckling tale of love , betrayal , revenge and above all , faith .",1 77866,"deform families ,",0 226944,"Warm in its loving yet unforgivingly inconsistent depiction of everyday people , relaxed in its perfect quiet pace and proud in its message .",1 221415,", it 's pleasant enough and its ecological , pro-wildlife sentiments are certainly welcome .",1 180148,"( Hell is ) looking down at your watch and realizing Serving Sara is n't even halfway through .",0 153488,"an overly deliberate pace and uneven narrative momentum",0 227659,"`` crazy ''",0 219130,"what kind of sewage",0 50089,"celebrates the group 's playful spark of nonconformity ,",1 212560,"sticks , really , except a lingering creepiness one feels from being dragged through a sad , sordid universe of guns , drugs , avarice and damaged dreams .",0 209950,"put together by some cynical creeps at Revolution Studios and Imagine Entertainment to make the suckers out there surrender $ 9 and 93 minutes of unrecoverable life .",0 234678,"on its lack of empathy",0 39011,"those terrific songs",1 215230,"the occasional bursts",1 191349,"a slight and uninventive movie",0 138555,"unblinkingly pure as",1 166435,"much better as a video installation in a museum , where viewers would be free to leave .",0 56058,"plays as well as it does thanks in large measure to Anspaugh 's three lead actresses",1 156707,"congratulate himself for having the guts to confront it",1 212588,"stitched together from stock situations and characters",0 47840,"a brilliant movie .",1 194720,"blending entrepreneurial zeal with the testimony of satisfied customers",1 56272,"pulls it back",0 63443,"A summer entertainment adults can see without feeling embarrassed , but",1 149367,"The fight scenes are fun , but it grows tedious",0 182467,"Animal House . Officially",1 221223,", Unfaithful is at once intimate and universal cinema .",1 63109,"A heartbreakingly thoughtful minor classic",1 66160,"I have always appreciated a smartly written motion picture ,",1 195223,"by the movie 's sophomoric blend of shenanigans and slapstick",0 140748,"you expect of De Palma , but what makes it transporting is that it 's also one of the smartest",1 44459,"An artful , intelligent film",1 107313,"Killing time",0 84302,"is impressively true for being so hot-blooded",1 131417,"resolutely unamusing ,",0 2040,"picture-perfect",1 164357,"just utter ` uhhh , '",0 204794,"learns her place as a girl , softens up and loses some of the intensity that made her an interesting character to begin with",0 228185,"a story that is unlike any you will likely see anywhere else",1 6011,"dizzying",0 62248,", sweaty-palmed fun",1 128740,"of its gaudy Hawaiian shirt",0 152037,"a martial arts adventure",1 145322,"Feels too formulaic and too familiar to produce the transgressive thrills of early underground work .",0 147059,"Lacks heart , depth and , most of all , purpose .",0 38889,"they do",1 43644,", knows in his bones that he is one of the luckiest men alive",1 238547,"well worth the time .",1 132570,"sketchy with actorish notations on the margin of acting",0 215078,"the most part a useless movie , even",0 79170,"erotically",0 42191,"is n't the most transporting or gripping film from Iran -- or , indeed ,",0 168971,"plenty of style in Guillermo Del Toro 's sequel to the 1998",1 4925,"assault",0 181296,"... an incredibly heavy-handed , manipulative dud that feels all too familiar .",0 86900,"may be the most oddly honest Hollywood document of all",1 238147,"turn stupid",0 58210,"the dialogue is frequently overwrought and crudely literal",0 53282,"is a film that defies categorisation . It haunts , horrifies , startles and fascinates : it is impossible to look away . Ah yes , and then there 's the music ...",1 201192,"his life-altering experiences",1 150866,"When a film is created SOLELY because it 's a marketable product , soulless and ugly movies like this are the result . Let your silly childhood nostalgia slumber unmolested .",0 136376,"the surprisingly somber conclusion",1 24352,"A graceful , contemplative film",1 193842,"attempts to fuse at least three dull plots into one good one .",0 165499,"make a lifeless movie about the most heinous man who ever lived",0 13103,"window dressing",0 223321,"Faithful without being forceful , sad without being shrill",1 184297,"Happy Gilmore or The Waterboy",1 32144,"good-humored ethnic comedy",1 184575,"I 'm not sure which is worse : the poor acting by the ensemble cast , the flat dialogue by Vincent R . Nebrida or the gutless direction by Laurice Guillen .",0 161935,"in on how bad the movie is",0 230797,"filled with surprises , Read My Lips",1 100359,"wit and empathy to spare",1 16153,"indulge the force of humanity over hardware in a way that George Lucas has long forgotten",1 143540,"After Next has the same problem that Next Friday did",0 213674,"that is , overall , far too staid for its subject matter",0 21632,"one of Polanski 's best films",1 233253,"killer website movie",1 134557,"that should be relegated to a dark video store corner",0 83932,"is a winner .",1 226079,"That Heaven Allows",1 7870,"it 's never a good sign when a film 's star spends the entirety of the film in a coma .",0 138083,"too dense & about nothing at all",0 128943,"of telling a fascinating character 's story",1 128724,"of inspiration",1 181089,", uneventful",0 135310,"the film , which director Gerardo Vera has drenched in swoony music and fever-pitched melodrama",1 11126,"that swings and jostles to the rhythms of life",1 143935,"Aspires for the piquant but only really",0 85032,"it goes off the rails in its final 10 or 15 minutes",0 185398,"Its premise is smart ,",1 193590,"as the chatter of parrots raised on Oprah",0 230333,"does a fine job contrasting the sleekness of the film 's present with the playful paranoia of the film 's past . '",1 229229,"be thinking about going to see this movie",1 15242,"being overstated",0 29005,"appears that ( Jackie ) Chan 's US influence is starting to show in his Hong Kong films .",1 119806,"faster , livelier and",1 7262,"i 'm giving it thumbs down due to the endlessly repetitive scenes of embarrassment",0 184345,"Has the marks of a septuagenarian :",0 199261,"for most of the characters . Nothing about them is attractive .",0 11288,"the dialogue and drama often food-spittingly funny",1 5672,"compelling and horrifying",1 167702,"of some fleetingly amusing improvisations by Cedric the Entertainer as Perry 's boss",1 204469,"just needs better material",0 105677,"Even if The Ring has a familiar ring , it 's still unusually crafty and intelligent for Hollywood horror .",1 101939,"'s sweet . It 's funny . It wears its heart on the sleeve of its gaudy Hawaiian shirt",1 208732,"open-mouthed before the screen , not screaming but yawning",0 208920,"overexposed waste",0 115609,"be two hours gained",1 180956,", the black-and-white archival footage of their act showcases pretty mediocre shtick .",0 66503,"It 's a smart , funny look at an arcane area of popular culture , and if it is n't entirely persuasive , it does give exposure to some talented performers .",1 191648,"a year late for tapping into our reality tv obsession",0 124512,"is so bleak that it 's hardly watchable",0 73579,"ambitious film",1 111756,"a dashing and resourceful hero : a lisping , reptilian villain : big fights : big hair",1 541,"banged their brains into the ground",0 21589,"off with a bang , but then fizzles like a wet stick of dynamite at the very end .",0 170805,"shake your head in disbelief --",0 226228,"The delicious",1 44708,"Besson 's high-profile name",1 41885,"expectations . Good fun ,",1 64336,"Better than the tepid Star Trek :",1 159123,"films are weak , as are most of the subplots . This one 's weaker than most .",0 162372,"into a film wreck",0 21136,"its essence , composing a sorrowful and hilarious tone poem about alienated labor , or an absurdist workplace sitcom",1 45335,"Funny ,",1 25339,"For the first two-thirds of this sparklingly inventive and artful , always fast and furious tale , kids will go happily along for the ride .",1 59954,"washed away by sumptuous ocean visuals and the cinematic stylings of director John Stockwell",1 73057,"abundant humanism",1 20187,"but thrilling",1 53495,"is impossible not to be awed by the power and grace of one of the greatest natural sportsmen of modern times .",1 137572,"to explore its principal characters with honesty , insight and humor",1 155992,"can stumble sometimes",0 110148,"The script covers huge , heavy topics in a bland , surfacey way that does n't offer any insight into why , for instance , good things happen to bad people .",0 124764,"is well below expectations .",0 107249,"Just another combination of bad animation and mindless violence ... lacking the slightest bit of wit or charm .",0 117056,"clever by about nine-tenths",1 218051,"ultimately proves tiresome , with the surface histrionics failing to compensate for the paper-thin characterizations and facile situations .",0 158640,"exotic-looking",1 181725,"A grating",0 234829,"overcome its weaknesses",1 29865,"but there 's no mistaking the filmmaker in the tall grass , true to himself .",1 233013,"it does n't even seem like she tried .",0 124540,"is so much plodding sensitivity",0 142315,", it takes what worked last time , repeats it and adds more characters , more stunts , more stuff in attempt to camouflage its sameness .",0 14427,"Should Pay Nine Bucks for This",1 98739,"truth stranger than fiction ?",1 50792,"despite a fairly slow paced , almost humdrum approach to character development",0 11033,"thanks to great performances",1 188471,"The narrator and the other characters try to convince us that acting transfigures Esther , but she 's never seen speaking on stage : one feels cheated , and",0 149763,"The premise is in extremely bad taste , and the film 's supposed insights are so poorly thought-out and substance-free that even a high school senior taking his or her first psychology class could dismiss them .",0 68317,"Qutting may be a flawed film , but it is nothing if not sincere",1 51835,"for the way it documents a culture in the throes of rapid change",1 161487,"how to please a crowd",1 139877,"will be lulled into a coma .",0 225286,"Oh , look at that clever angle !",1 184090,"Gaghan captures the half-lit , sometimes creepy intimacy of college dorm rooms , a subtlety that makes the silly , over-the-top coda especially disappointing .",0 206702,"much worse than bland or better than inconsequential",0 24166,"... that feels very human and very true to life .",1 140571,"would probably work better as a real documentary without the insinuation of mediocre acting or a fairly trite narrative",0 82551,"humanist ( not to mention gently political ) meditation",1 118718,"dreadfully",0 86864,"material this rich",1 13897,"Between the drama of Cube ? s personal revelations regarding what the shop means in the big picture , iconic characters gambol fluidly through the story , with charming results .",1 91651,"rhapsodic",1 153503,"an uneasy alliance",0 128877,"of retread action twaddle",0 101610,"'s an adventure story and history lesson all in one",1 135674,"the lousy Tarantino imitations",0 66567,"It 's hard to imagine anyone managing to steal a movie not only from charismatic rising star Jake Gyllenhaal but also from accomplished Oscar winners Susan Sarandon , Dustin Hoffman and Holly Hunter , yet newcomer Ellen Pompeo pulls off the feat with aplomb .",1 212975,"surprises or delights",1 134501,"that only self-aware neurotics engage in",0 152257,"a pregnant premise being wasted by a script that takes few chances and manages to insult the intelligence of everyone in the audience",0 180828,", more time appears to have gone into recruiting the right bands for the playlist and the costuming of the stars than into the script , which has a handful of smart jokes and not much else .",0 150119,"There is something in Full Frontal , I guess , about artifice and acting and how it distorts reality for people who make movies and watch them , but",0 4693,"an ungainly",0 34795,"n't have to know about music to appreciate the film 's easygoing blend of comedy and romance",1 98878,"ultimate Scorsese film",1 174897,"the thoughts and reflections coming through are torpid and banal",0 185276,"It feels like very light Errol Morris , focusing on eccentricity but failing , ultimately , to make something bigger out of its scrapbook of oddballs .",0 109182,"Steers , in his feature film debut , has created a brilliant motion picture .",1 98839,"two fine , nuanced lead performances",1 111845,"a fairly disposable yet still entertaining B",1 1976,"opts to overlook this goofily endearing and well-lensed gorefest",1 56842,"sensibility and",1 49502,"be awed by the power and grace of one of the greatest natural sportsmen of modern times",1 123975,"is complex from the start -- and , refreshingly , stays that way .",1 135803,"the movie 's success",1 124735,"is top shelf",1 54041,"just a simple fable done in an artless sytle ,",0 82777,"improbable",0 174698,"the same teenage American road-trip drek we 've seen before",0 158037,"dull-witted",0 124228,"is long on narrative and ( too ) short",0 172437,"swings between false sentiment and unfunny madcap comedy and , along the way , expects the audience to invest in the central relationship as some kind of marriage of true minds",0 100831,"working properly",1 165546,"make us look forward to the Russos ' next offering",1 155946,"can do with a florid , overplotted , Anne Rice rock 'n' roll vampire novel before the built-in silliness of the whole affair defeats them",0 52222,"gory as the scenes of torture and self-mutilation may be",0 169017,"pointless and depressing , even if you",0 135782,"the most triumphant performances of Vanessa Redgrave 's career",1 177528,"visually unattractive , unbearably loud",0 59945,"was a roaring success when it was released eight years ago",1 173138,"that misfires",0 132144,"served with a hack script",0 142338,", lip-synching , tragedy , and lots of really really high notes .",0 125339,"its poignant and uplifting story",1 54229,"light and fun",1 203687,"is well-acted by James Spader and Maggie Gyllenhaal",1 172587,"technical prowess",1 100995,"written and directed with brutal honesty and respect for its audience",1 70995,"With elements cribbed from Lang 's Metropolis , Welles ' Kane , and Eisenstein 's Potemkin",0 18489,", though somewhat weakened by a miscast leading lady .",0 169204,"prepackaged",0 60680,"'d be lying if I said my ribcage did n't ache by the end of Kung Pow",1 111301,"Yes , I suppose it 's lovely that Cal works out his issues with his dad and comes to terms with his picture-perfect life -- but World Traveler gave me no reason to care , so",0 141588,"'s so devoid of realism",0 200100,"good at being the ultra-violent gangster wannabe",1 151814,"a good ear for dialogue",1 27453,"a conflicted soldier",0 222101,"A thoroughly awful movie -- dumb , narratively chaotic , visually sloppy ... a weird amalgam of ` The Thing ' and a geriatric",0 18188,"( Wendigo is ) why we go to the cinema : to be fed through the eye , the heart , the mind .",1 147932,"One-sided documentary",0 98753,"trying to be more complex than your average film",1 27577,"a haunting vision",1 227944,"a great piece to watch with kids and use to introduce video as art",1 42822,"the heat that ignites this gripping tale , and",1 211717,"sitting in a downtown café , overhearing a bunch of typical late-twenty-somethings natter on about nothing",0 73199,"added depth and resonance",1 35329,"of melodramatic musical married to two hours of underdog sports intrigue , if the picture also shares the weaknesses of both genres , more",0 226595,"There is a refreshing absence of cynicism in Stuart Little 2 -- quite a rarity , even in the family film market",1 192639,"an overripe episode of TV 's Dawson 's Creek and",0 236604,"the 1.2 million Palestinians",0 114787,"as I usually am to feel-good , follow-your-dream Hollywood fantasies",1 189004,"This is n't a movie",0 54079,"keeps the intensity of the film high , even as the strafings blend together .",1 190769,"a huge disappointment coming",0 71976,"a mesmerizing one",1 36321,"ramble",0 76566,"chance to prove his worth",1 160151,"gloomy techno-horror clambake",0 218785,"was right about Blade",1 23060,"'s a nicely detailed world of pawns , bishops and kings , of wagers in dingy backrooms or pristine forests",1 23061,"'s a nicely detailed world of pawns , bishops and kings , of wagers in dingy backrooms or pristine forests .",1 97449,"this kind of material",0 197178,"do justice to the awfulness of the movie",0 197319,"does n't have big screen magic",0 18318,"( Sex and Lucía ) makes for an arousing good time",1 194537,"best part ' of the movie",1 169558,"quickly fades",0 96818,"the suspense never rises to a higher level",0 180215,"( T ) his slop does n't even have potential as a cult film , as it 's too loud to shout insults at the screen .",0 205343,"look smeary and blurry , to the point of distraction . Then again",0 228803,"are incredibly captivating and insanely funny , thanks in part to interesting cinematic devices ( cool visual backmasking ) , a solid cast , and some wickedly sick and twisted humor ...",1 178905,"would have to be mighty bored to even think of staying with this for more than , say , ten ... make that three minutes",0 49066,"another masterpiece",1 179473,"'re treading water at best in this forgettable effort",0 156577,"comic embarrassment",0 53867,"it stuck to Betty Fisher and left out the other stories",0 91724,"rises to a higher level",1 78862,"embedded in the sexy demise of James Dean",1 157846,"domestic tragedy",0 67327,"Loved Ones",1 30994,"easygoing",1 126043,"like a cheap lawn chair",0 206435,"more precious than perspicacious",1 228299,"about how lame",0 29498,"been made with great evident care",1 173240,"that the uninitiated may find hard to follow , or care about",0 33975,"landmark movie",1 64506,"Broomfield is energized by Volletta Wallace 's maternal fury , her fearlessness ,",1 209994,"quick-cut edits",0 36047,"plenty to ponder and chew on as its unusual relationship slowly unfolds",1 140291,"with unimaginable demons",1 69621,"The gags",1 118867,"easy , comfortable",1 70391,"Thumbs up to Paxton for not falling into the Hollywood trap and making a vanity project with nothing new to offer .",1 140052,"with a confusing sudden finale that 's likely to irk viewers",0 56529,"reminded me of the best of the Disney comedies",1 69700,"The mood , look and tone of the film fit the incredible storyline to a T .",1 222161,"About Schmidt belongs to Nicholson .",1 4563,"america 's sweetheart",1 7179,"his parisian rebirth is stillborn",0 162167,"inept and ridiculous",0 180745,", it is twice as bestial but half as funny .",0 53080,"ingenuity",1 143658,"Alternative medicine obviously has its merits ... but Ayurveda does the field no favors .",0 10097,"remembered long afterwards",1 226686,"This movie seems to have been written using Mad-libs .",0 42556,"restraint as well as",1 233242,"keep you watching ,",1 76146,"by acute writing and a host of splendid performances",1 187514,"Spreads itself too thin , leaving these actors , as well as the members of the commune , short of profound characterizations",0 228651,"and more entertaining , too",1 216674,"through worn-out material",0 135173,"the energy it takes to describe how bad it is",0 141439,"'s no denying the elaborateness of the artist 's conceptions , nor his ability to depict them with outrageous elan",1 49520,"be funny , uplifting and moving",1 191327,"a simple misfire",0 164320,"just how bad it was",0 205352,"looked like crap ,",0 234636,"oft-brilliant Safe Conduct ( `` Laissez-passer '' )",1 149037,"Ted Bundy 's only justification is the director 's common but unexplored fascination with the frustrated maniac",0 12676,"unlike",0 141867,"( director ) O'Fallon manages to put some lovely pictures up on the big screen , but his skill at telling a story -- he also contributed to the screenplay -- falls short .",0 118844,"eardrum-dicing gunplay , screeching-metal smashups ,",1 131861,"scripted",0 137581,"to feel-good , follow-your-dream Hollywood fantasies",1 19831,"and funny",1 161674,"impatiently squinting at your watch",0 204694,"largely flat and uncreative",0 168251,"one thing worse than Kevin Spacey trying on an Irish accent",0 164885,"like a Monty Python sketch gone horribly wrong",0 142202,", he took three minutes of dialogue , 30 seconds of plot and turned them into a 90-minute movie that feels five hours long",0 144654,"Credit must be given to Harland Williams , Michael Rosenbaum and Barry Watson",1 94297,"tendentious intervention into the who-wrote-Shakespeare controversy .",0 37405,"stunning as Frida and ... a star-making project",1 181996,"A sloppy slapstick throwback to long gone bottom-of-the-bill fare like The Ghost and Mr . Chicken .",0 136260,"the similarly ill-timed Antitrust",0 190793,"a knockout",1 213325,"terribly obvious",0 83797,"is a happy , heady jumble of thought and storytelling , an insane comic undertaking that ultimately coheres into a sane and breathtakingly creative film .",1 198100,"even more ludicrous",0 61683,", Signs is a tribute to Shyamalan 's gifts , which are such that we 'll keep watching the skies for his next project .",1 8041,"its elbows sticking out where the knees should be",0 209924,"pushes all the demographically appropriate comic buttons .",1 85079,"it lacks in outright newness . Plus , like I already mentioned",0 146652,"It delivers some chills and sustained unease , but flounders in its quest for Deeper Meaning .",0 189201,"Told in scattered fashion",0 91694,"right inside the massive waves that lifts Blue Crush into one of the summer 's most pleasurable movies",1 137680,"to intolerable levels",0 176300,"to pass off its lack of imagination as hip knowingness",0 64578,"By the end you ca n't help but feel ` stoked . '",1 235837,"sneaks up on you and",1 59508,"transcends our preconceived vision of the Holy Land and its inhabitants , revealing the human complexities beneath",1 178342,"will appeal to No One",0 237221,"the slack complacency",0 22205,"that unexpected downer of an ending",0 158741,"failed narrative",0 193546,"as one of the worst films of the summer .",0 102521,", feels clumsy and convoluted",0 175477,"this movie . No , it 's the repetition of said behavior",0 148035,"Passion , lip-synching , tragedy , and lots of really really high notes . For me , this opera is n't a favorite ,",0 36479,"remake of '' Big Deal on Madonna Street '' that 's a sly , amusing , laugh-filled little gem in which the ultimate '' Bellini '' begins to look like a '' real Kaputschnik",1 65022,"Despite its flaws ... Belinsky is still able to create an engaging story that keeps you guessing at almost every turn .",1 164998,"like the grinding of bad ideas",0 83335,"infused Frida with a visual style unique and inherent",1 55724,"on a high note",1 182589,"As dumb and cheesy as they may be , the cartoons look almost Shakespearean -- both in depth and breadth -- after watching this digital-effects-heavy , supposed family-friendly comedy .",1 109867,"The footage of the rappers at play and the prison interview with Suge Knight are just two of the elements that will grab you .",1 14389,"Ranks among Willams ' best screen work .",1 99294,"van der Groen , described as ` Belgium 's national treasure",1 42204,"is popular and powerful",1 47195,"The overall fabric is hypnotic , and",1 106560,"Ichi the Killer '' , Takashi Miike , Japan 's wildest filmmaker gives us a crime fighter carrying more emotional baggage than Batman ...",1 157896,"down the toilet in favor of bright flashes",0 123893,"is also imbued with strong themes of familial ties and spirituality that are powerful and moving without stooping to base melodrama",1 218046,"ultimately flawed",0 153993,"are weak , as",0 70877,"While Scorsese 's bold images and generally smart casting ensure that '' Gangs '' is never lethargic",1 125976,"life affirming and heartbreaking",1 157714,"does give the film a certain timeless quality",1 119097,"engaging despite being noticeably derivative of Goodfellas and at least a half dozen other trouble-in-the-ghetto flicks",1 69847,"The powerful success of Read My Lips with such provocative material shows why , after only three films , director\/co-writer Jacques Audiard , though little known in this country , belongs in the very top rank of French filmmakers .",1 89315,"old Monty Python cartoons",1 143887,"As a kind of colorful , dramatized PBS program , Frida gets the job done .",1 112337,"a more ambitious movie",1 37116,"solid meat-and-potatoes filmmaking .",1 54156,"lauded for finding a new and ingenious angle",1 235195,"reach the emotion or timelessness of Disney 's great past , or even that of more recent successes such as `` Mulan '' or `` Tarzan",1 190365,"a convincing case",1 206849,"neat premise",1 165571,"makes for adequate entertainment",1 164287,"just a long , convoluted ploy",0 176629,"too infrequently to make the film even a guilty pleasure",0 148429,"Schneidermeister ... Makin ' a fool of himself",0 140822,"you wish he 'd gone the way of Don Simpson",0 51044,"duda",0 158115,"easy-going",1 167039,"nothing scary here except for some awful acting and lame special effects .",0 212229,"sometimes just lapses into unhidden British",0 233039,"it is almost guaranteed that even the stuffiest cinema goers will laugh their \*\*\* off for an hour-and-a-half",1 221641,", this is the opposite of a truly magical movie .",0 69340,"The Paradiso 's rusted-out ruin and ultimate collapse during the film 's final ( restored ) third ... emotionally belittle a cinema classic . Sometimes shorter is better .",0 72789,"a warm , enveloping affection",1 111230,"Witty dialog between realistic characters showing honest emotions",1 164657,"leaden and predictable",0 232582,"is n't heated properly ,",0 234914,"perfectly acceptable , occasionally very enjoyable children 's entertainment",1 48293,"a powerful young actor",1 141166,"'s a trifle of a movie , with a few laughs surrounding an unremarkable soft center",0 116714,"carefully lit",1 177079,"unapproachable",0 207946,"of real interest -",1 194954,"bring cohesion",1 212442,"staid",0 230776,"felt like the same movie to me .",0 206117,"might describe as a castrated",0 142128,", confusing spectacle",0 211805,"sloppy , made-for-movie comedy special",0 13182,"with witty dialogue and inventive moments",1 56974,"sickeningly",0 224110,"It 's a Wonderful Life marathons and bored",0 92102,"see the movie through the prism of his or her own beliefs and prejudices",1 180287,"( or Robert Aldrich",1 55362,"of fluff stuffed with enjoyable performances",1 62917,"A deft",1 44344,"A witty , trenchant , wildly unsentimental but flawed",0 142727,". Besides , real movie producers are n't this nice .",0 132504,"simply astounding",1 110654,"To better understand why this did n't connect with me would require another viewing , and",0 113964,"an artistry that also smacks of revelation",1 172423,"sweet-and-sour performance",1 149587,"The movie has a script ( by Paul Pender ) made of wood , and",0 221165,", I realized this is a throwaway movie that wo n't stand the test of time .",0 104733,"Bielinsky is a filmmaker of impressive talent .",1 126253,"little to be learned from watching ` Comedian '",0 29102,"around old friends",1 108951,"Silly stuff",0 169690,"ravishing costumes , eye-filling , wide-screen production design and Joan 's wacky decision to stand by her man , no matter how many times he demonstrates that he 's a disloyal satyr",1 164308,"just enough charm and good acting to make it interesting",1 185282,"It goes down easy , leaving virtually no aftertaste .",1 221266,", arrive stillborn",0 142313,", it seems to lack substance",0 149672,"The only thing to fear about '' Fear Dot Com '' is hitting your head on the theater seat in front of you when you doze off thirty minutes into the film .",0 116178,"break up",0 94769,"that make the most of the large-screen format , before swooping down on a string of exotic locales , scooping the whole world up in a joyous communal festival of rhythm",1 7204,"hits new depths of unoriginality and predictability",0 82695,"imagines",1 29354,"avoid the Godzilla sized soda",0 172147,"stuck with for two hours",0 52449,"haunts , horrifies ,",0 24071,"-- one that pushes the boundaries of biography , and challenges its audience .",1 141146,"'s a rather listless amble down",0 75108,"awkward and",0 183212,"Costner 's warm-milk persona is just as ill-fitting as Shadyac 's perfunctory directing chops , and some of the more overtly silly dialogue would sink Laurence Olivier .",0 92620,"shows why , after only three films , director\/co-writer Jacques Audiard , though little known in this country , belongs in the very top rank of French filmmakers",1 199776,"generates plot points",1 137421,"to be involving as individuals rather than types",1 182353,"An amateurish , quasi-improvised acting exercise",0 202903,"is exactly what it wants to be : an atrociously , mind-numbingly , indescribably bad movie . Unfortunately",0 102421,", brimming with coltish , neurotic energy , holds the screen like a true star .",1 174535,"the picture strains to become cinematic poetry",0 98302,"to shock and amaze",1 163558,"is very funny but too concerned",1 69807,"The pain , loneliness and insecurity of the screenwriting process are vividly and painfully brought to slovenly life in this self-deprecating , biting and witty feature written by Charlie Kaufman and his twin brother , Donald , and directed by Spike Jonze .",1 28915,"and wonder",1 164203,"itself to be a sudsy tub of supernatural hokum , not even Ms .",0 224192,"It 's just filler .",0 46679,"Same song ,",0 75296,"be more timely in its despairing vision of corruption",0 195702,"cinematic punishment",0 168199,"one enjoys seeing Joan grow from awkward young woman to strong , determined monarch",1 45218,"Far From Heaven actually pulls off this stylistic juggling act .",1 220028,"worst movies",0 160978,"he goes out into public , to avoid being recognized as the man who bilked unsuspecting moviegoers",0 173,"a golden book",1 138443,"turns out to be more interesting than any of the character dramas , which never reach satisfying conclusions .",1 189516,"Well made but uninvolving , Bloodwork is n't a terrible movie , just a stultifyingly obvious one -- an unrewarding collar for a murder mystery .",0 14325,"Narc is as gritty as a movie gets these days .",1 61534,"( improvised over many months ) and for conveying the way tiny acts of kindness make ordinary life survivable",1 81659,"has appeal beyond being a Sandra Bullock vehicle or a standard romantic comedy",1 110486,"This is a remake by the numbers , linking a halfwit plot to a series of standup routines in which Wilson and Murphy show how funny they could have been in a more ambitious movie .",0 30456,"cozy feeling",1 112429,"a nomination for a best-foreign-film Oscar : Make a movie about whimsical folk who learn a nonchallenging , life-affirming lesson while walking around a foreign city with stunning architecture",1 82865,"in a series of achronological vignettes whose cumulative effect is chilling",1 84318,"is in the same category",1 38088,"the clear-eyed boldness and quiet irony",1 232932,"it 's as good as you remember .",1 11044,"that celebi could take me back to a time before i saw this movie and i could just skip it",0 222127,"A well-made , thoughtful , well-acted clunker , but",1 72919,"about a wild-and-woolly , wall-to-wall good time",1 196321,"could n't really figure out how to flesh either out",0 127276,"more cerebral , and",1 125955,"lies ... footage that might have made No Such Thing a trenchant , ironic cultural satire instead of a frustrating misfire .",0 19773,"and , at the same time , is so fresh and free of the usual thriller nonsense that it all seems to be happening for the first time",1 232761,"is sure to give you a lot of laughs in this simple , sweet and romantic comedy .",1 28696,"and lots of fun",1 158089,"earnest and well-meaning , and",1 122997,"in genre cliches",0 104337,"An inelegant combination of two unrelated shorts that falls far short",0 120057,"film that loses sight of its own story",0 9872,"prove too convoluted for fun-seeking summer audiences",0 205103,"like the old disease-of-the-week small-screen melodramas",0 5041,"be little more than another platter of reheated aliens",0 176086,"to do that is really funny",1 15884,"gives you a fascinating , albeit depressing view of Iranian rural life close to the Iraqi border",1 33670,"it is in depicting child abuse",0 171621,"somebody unwrapped it early , took out all the good stuff , and left behind the crap ( literally ) .",0 218327,"us ... is a man who uses the damage of war -- far more often than the warfare itself -- to create the kind of art shots that fill gallery shows",1 134213,"that Santa bumps up against 21st century reality so hard",0 211118,"seems to have ransacked every old World War II movie for overly familiar material",0 97069,"the wounds of the tortured and self-conscious material",0 128793,"of menacing atmosphere",1 194896,"bounces around with limp wrists , wearing tight tummy tops and hip huggers , twirling his hair on his finger and assuming that 's enough to sustain laughs",0 206708,"muddy sound",0 25278,"Family",1 53487,"is hard to resist",1 209833,"proves once again that a man in drag is not in and of himself funny .",0 174488,"the pacing and lack",0 202704,"is almost completely lacking in suspense , surprise and consistent emotional conviction",0 155269,"bizarre , funny , tragic -",1 58779,"the third-best",1 49593,"becomes a soulful , incisive meditation on the way we were , and the way we are",1 162483,"invite some genuine spontaneity into the film by having the evil aliens ' laser guns actually hit something for once",0 201351,"horribly depressing and not",0 151092,"Yes , Ballistic is silly . Unfortunately , it 's not silly fun unless you enjoy really bad movies .",0 21844,"remarkable 179-minute meditation",1 95834,"the gorgeous locales and",1 76561,"champion",1 106351,"Human Nature , in short , is n't nearly as funny as it thinks it is : neither is it as smart .",0 84203,"is fiercely intelligent and uncommonly ambitious .",1 134338,"that hardly distinguish it from the next teen comedy",0 186163,"More of the same old garbage",0 33860,"its storyline with glitches casual fans could correct in their sleep",0 224817,"More intimate than spectacular , E.T. is carried less by wow factors than by its funny , moving yarn that holds up well after two decades .",1 3533,"` barbershop '' is a good-hearted ensemble comedy with a variety of quirky characters and an engaging story",1 197300,"does n't even have potential as a cult film , as it 's too loud to shout insults at the screen",0 74327,"are every bit as distinctive as his visuals . Beyond the cleverness , the weirdness and the pristine camerawork",1 183335,"Deliberately and devotedly constructed , Far from Heaven is too picture postcard perfect , too neat and new pin-like , too obviously a recreation to resonate .",1 64179,"Audiences are advised to sit near the back and squint to avoid noticing some truly egregious lip-non-synching",0 226704,"This starts off with a 1950 's Doris Day feel and it gets very ugly , very fast",0 41012,"It dares to be a little different ,",1 233141,"its difficult these days to appreciate Fire 's bright side .",0 133361,"straight to video",0 229441,"borrows a bit from the classics `` Wait Until Dark '' and `` Extremities '' ... But in terms of its style , the movie is in a class by itself",1 115560,"be relieved that his latest feature , R Xmas , marks a modest if encouraging return to form",1 15144,"as a technical , logistical feat",1 100644,"with the gifted Pearce on hand to keep things on semi-stable ground dramatically , this retooled Machine is ultimately effective enough at achieving the modest , crowd-pleasing goals it sets for itself .",1 231183,"give a spark",1 35053,"observes life inside a one-room schoolhouse in northern France in his documentary To Be and to Have , easily one of the best films of the year .",1 231727,"his disparate Manhattan denizens -- especially the a \*\* holes",0 195615,"charismatic star",1 185130,"It 's hard to understand why anyone in his right mind would even think to make the attraction a movie . And it 's harder still to believe that anyone in his right mind would want to see the it",0 224682,"MIB II is a movie that makes it possible for the viewer to doze off for a few minutes or make several runs to the concession stand and\/or restroom and not feel as if he or she has missed anything .",0 183618,"Eastwood winces , clutches his chest and gasps for breath . It 's a spectacular performance - ahem",1 59389,"to the illogic of its characters",0 109593,"The best comedy concert movie I 've seen since Cho 's previous concert comedy film",1 115983,"big stars and",1 40129,"will quickly recognize him",1 173149,"that not only blockbusters pollute the summer movie pool",0 105496,"Does a good job of establishing a time and place , and of telling a fascinating character 's story",1 207142,"none of the crackle of '' Fatal Attraction '' , ''",0 141581,"'s so bad",0 37571,"take the movie to a higher level",1 65707,"Funny and also heartwarming without stooping to gooeyness .",1 163700,"it 's tempting to jump ship in January to avoid ridiculous schlock like this shoddy suspense thriller .",0 43527,", beautiful , thought-provoking foreign cinema",1 219173,"when none of them are ever any good",0 237625,"thought-provoking picture .",1 52242,"grasp and feel the passion others have for their work",1 58747,"the star-making machinery of tinseltown",1 47104,"The gentle comic treatment",1 151209,"` Get in the car , bitch , ' this Jerry Bruckheimer production has little else to offer",0 130507,"powerful , naturally dramatic piece",1 142834,"007",1 143616,"All that ( Powerpuff Girls ) charm is present in the movie , but it 's spread too thin",0 230749,"features a standout performance by Diane Lane",1 10549,"snowballs out of",0 146749,"It takes a certain kind of horror movie to qualify as ` worse than expected , ' but Ghost Ship somehow manages to do exactly that .",0 109836,"The film sometimes flags ... but there is enough secondary action to keep things moving along at a brisk , amusing pace",1 177516,"visual splendour that can be seen in other films",1 156008,"candy-like",1 92885,"smart and dark - hallelujah for small favors",1 60763,"'re touched by the film 's conviction that all life centered on that place , that time and that sport",1 159864,"fussy script and uptight characters",0 111324,"You 'll laugh for not quite and hour and a half , but come out feeling strangely unsatisfied . You 'll feel like you ate a Reeses without the peanut butter ... '",0 67479,"May lack the pungent bite of its title",0 132205,"several funny moments",1 116421,"by humanity 's greatest shame",0 77034,"commercialism all in the same movie ... without neglecting character development for even one minute",1 184211,"Gorgeous to look at but insufferably tedious and turgid",0 203566,"is the lack of emphasis on music in Britney Spears ' first movie",0 41614,"at once flaky and resonant , lightweight and",0 211911,"so clumsily sentimental",0 188339,"The material",1 213855,"that surprises or delights",1 33684,"it marks the outstanding feature debut of writer-director Eric Byler , who understands the power of the implicit and the virtues of simplicity and economy .",1 227856,"a decent sense of humor and plenty",1 63220,"A much better documentary -- more revealing , more emotional and more surprising --",1 233308,"laughed out loud once",1 94434,"than spectacular , E . T . is carried less by wow factors than by its funny , moving yarn that holds up well after two decades .",1 62796,"A bit of a downer and a little over-dramatic at times , but this is a beautiful film for people who like their romances to have that French realism .",1 219390,"who will be delighted simply to spend more time with familiar cartoon characters",1 221901,"77 minutes of Pokemon may not last 4ever , it just seems like it does .",0 2926,"to find a film that dazzles the eye , challenges the brain , and satisfies our lust for fast-paced action",1 20094,"because it is so accessible that it makes complex politics understandable to viewers looking for nothing but energetic entertainment",1 227469,"`` Elling '' manages to do all three quite well , making it one of the year 's most enjoyable releases",1 208218,"of typical late-twenty-somethings natter on about nothing",0 188872,"There are many definitions of ` time waster ' but",0 43913,"2 million",1 41483,"a tight plot with an easy pace and",1 191830,"absurd , contrived , overblown , and entirely implausible finale",0 20130,"boldly provocative",1 76328,"can easily be considered career-best performances",1 40687,"A provocative movie about loss , anger , greed , jealousy , sickness and love",1 8289,"keep the story subtle and us in suspense",1 157256,"delusions to escape their maudlin influence .",0 87107,"might to resist",0 59714,"unique relationship",1 113631,"all the best possible ways",1 63653,"Affirms the gifts of all involved , starting with Spielberg and going right through the ranks of the players -- on-camera and off -- that he brings together .",1 105842,"For almost the first two-thirds of Martin Scorsese 's 168-minute Gangs of New York",1 156542,"come up with something even quasi-original , when you can pillage from Shirley Jackson , Richard Matheson ... and puke up something like ROSE RED ?",0 133848,"takes its sweet time building to a climax that 's scarcely a surprise by the time",0 166617,"need of a Cube fix",0 70109,"There are flaws , but also stretches of impact and moments of awe : we 're wrapped up in the characters , how they make their choices , and why .",1 182393,"An encouraging effort from McCrudden",1 84326,"is insightful about Kissinger 's background and history .",1 108840,"See Clockstoppers if you have nothing better to do with 94 minutes . But be warned , you too may feel time has decided to stand still .",0 218271,"until the final act",1 63914,"An intelligent and deeply felt work about impossible , irrevocable choices and the price of making them .",1 34,"'s enough melodrama in this magnolia primavera",0 149849,"The stories here suffer from the chosen format .",0 222773,"But it does somehow manage to get you under its spell .",1 32338,"has tapped something in himself as an actor that provides Frailty with its dark soul .",1 150438,"Too intensely focused on the travails of being Hal Hartley to function as pastiche , No Such Thing is Hartley 's least accessible screed yet .",0 187709,"Tedious Norwegian offering which somehow snagged an Oscar nomination .",0 182304,"American and",0 69117,"Take Care is nicely performed by a quintet of actresses",1 221576,", the film ends with a large human tragedy .",0 83292,"indulgently entertaining",1 208908,"overblown and tie-in",0 73544,"always a narratively cohesive one",1 182521,"Anyone who suffers through this film deserves , at the very least , a big box of consolation candy .",0 28785,"and sensitive",1 2264,"shooting",0 44191,"A painfully funny",1 93320,"spirit , perception , conviction",1 100401,"with a flourish",1 198949,"fine star performances",1 179944,"'s pretty far from a treasure",0 69576,"The film jolts the laughs from the audience -- as if by cattle prod .",1 106756,"Intensely",1 64923,"Daringly perceptive , taut , piercing and feisty",1 187617,"Such a premise is ripe for all manner of lunacy , but Kaufman and Gondry rarely seem sure of where it should go .",0 221793,"... although this idea is `` new '' the results are tired .",0 199241,"for humor and bite",1 91972,"scenery , vibe and all",1 105669,"Evans is no Hollywood villain",1 238999,"would be rendered tedious by Avary 's failure to construct a story with even a trace of dramatic interest .",0 97817,"to Diesel 's XXX flex-a-thon",1 67020,"Kids will love its fantasy and adventure , and",1 146595,"It 's one of those baseball pictures where the hero is stoic , the wife is patient , the kids are as cute as all get-out and",1 88929,"of that moral favorite",1 29214,"as pleasantly in its own way",1 21262,"made creepy by its '' men in a sardine can '' warped logic .",0 16867,"other Best Picture contenders",1 188957,"This angst-ridden territory was covered earlier and much better in Ordinary People .",0 106585,"If it 's not entirely memorable , the movie is certainly easy to watch .",1 16384,"its low-key quality and genuine tenderness",1 23176,"'s the cinematic equivalent of a good page-turner",1 117850,"daring and surprising",1 124647,"is that there 's a casual intelligence that permeates the script",1 145536,"Gee , a second assassin shot Kennedy ? Moot point .",0 95983,"the kind of entertainment that parents love to have their kids see .",1 63978,"Angel presents events partly from the perspective of Aurelie and Christelle , and infuses the film with the sensibility of a particularly nightmarish fairytale .",1 69435,"The charm of the first movie is still there",1 84059,"is beautiful",1 153303,"an affair with a nutjob",0 40534,"'ll definitely",1 99470,"visualize schizophrenia",0 230702,"faced and spindly attempt at playing an ingenue makes her nomination as best actress even more of a an a",0 149756,"The premise for this kegger comedy probably sounded brilliant four six-packs and a pitcher of margaritas in , but",0 1676,"make pta proud yet director muccino 's characters are less worthy of puccini",0 237475,"think I laughed out loud once",0 63051,"A fresh-faced , big-hearted and frequently funny thrill",1 25984,"Like its two predecessors , 1983 's Koyaanisqatsi and 1988 's Powaqqatsi , the cinematic collage Naqoyqatsi could be the most navel-gazing film ever .",0 231192,"give each other the willies",0 34884,"never fails to engage us .",1 216232,"they go to a picture-perfect beach during sunset .",1 44251,"A smart , arch and rather cold-blooded comedy",1 85202,"its boundary-hopping formal innovations and glimpse",1 194068,"be able to find better entertainment",0 187927,"The action here is unusually tame , the characters are too simplistic to maintain interest , and the plot offers few surprises .",0 104650,"Bears about as much resemblance to the experiences of most battered women as Spider-Man does to the experiences of most teenagers .",0 234433,"of how very bad a motion picture can truly be",0 126438,"love and power",1 154693,"be better off investing in the worthy EMI recording that serves as the soundtrack , or the home video of the 1992 Malfitano-Domingo production",0 27469,"a cute and sometimes side-splittingly funny blend of Legally Blonde and Drop Dead Gorgeous , starring Piper Perabo in what could be her breakthrough role .",1 198497,"false and fabricated",0 103613,"A gem ,",1 176894,"true creativity",1 167478,"of genres that do n't add up to a whole lot of sense",0 215307,"the paper-thin characterizations",0 22848,"with wry humor and genuine pathos , especially",1 210779,"saps stuck in an inarticulate screenplay",0 93754,"succeeds as an emotionally accessible , almost mystical work",1 213709,"that it ca n't really be called animation",0 136341,"the story relevant in the first place",1 48605,"acclaim",1 147557,"Much-anticipated and ultimately lackluster movie .",0 37521,"surrounds him with interesting characters",1 59280,"to look American angst in the eye and end up laughing",1 68955,"Spirit 's visual imagination",1 210961,"searing lead performance",1 219389,"who were in diapers when the original was released in 1987 ... this story gets sillier , not scarier , as it goes along",0 71279,"a beautiful film ,",1 29870,"but they bring a fresh , quirky charm to the formula .",1 208471,"on purpose is never clear .",0 157479,"directed by Wally Wolodarsky from a script by Joe Jarvis and Greg Coolidge . These are names to remember , in order to avoid them in the future",0 67014,"Kids five and up will be delighted with the fast , funny ,",1 78899,"emotional ghosts of a freshly painted Rembrandt",1 12145,"this harrowing journey into combat hell vividly",1 146116,"I should be enjoying this . '",0 68347,"Ratliff 's two previous titles , Plutonium Circus and Purgatory County show his penchant for wry , contentious configurations ,",1 181152,", you just do n't care whether that cold-hearted snake Petrovich ( that would be Reno ) gets his comeuppance . Just bring on the Battle Bots , please !",0 91736,"riveting and surprisingly romantic ride",1 131009,"rarely easy , obvious or self-indulgent",1 198749,"feels more like the pilot episode of a TV series than a feature film",0 9000,"nasty aftertaste but",0 63030,"A fine production with splendid singing",1 186875,"Reign of Fire never comes close to recovering from its demented premise ,",0 66617,"It 's not just a feel-good movie , it 's a feel movie . You feel good , you feel sad , you feel pissed off , but in the end , you feel alive - which is what they did .",1 89101,"of the very best movies",1 66727,"It is Scott 's convincing portrayal of Roger the sad cad that really gives the film its oomph .",1 43318,"'s so good",1 104272,"An elegant work",1 44234,"A sensitive , modest comic tragedy that works as both character study and symbolic examination of the huge economic changes sweeping modern China .",1 229326,"begin to long for the end credits as the desert does for rain",0 183243,"Cruel and inhuman cinematic punishment ... simultaneously degrades its characters , its stars and its audience .",0 207612,"of an overripe episode of TV 's Dawson 's Creek and a recycled and dumbed-down version of Love Story",0 33970,"lacks in depth it makes up for with its heart .",1 63456,"A superlative B movie -- funny , sexy , and rousing",1 66622,"It 's not like having a real film of Nijinsky , but at least it 's better than that eponymous 1980 biopic that used soap in the places where the mysteries lingered .",1 148619,"Sit through this one , and you wo n't need a magic watch to stop time :",0 105763,"Fails as a dystopian movie ,",0 78651,"drug dealers , kidnapping , and unsavory folks",0 127616,"much like an infomercial for Ram Dass 's latest book aimed at the boomer demographic .",0 190657,"a good guy",1 89545,"one Oscar nomination",1 41926,"fill their scenes and , fine judges both ,",1 42720,"surpassed himself",1 20760,"he 's a world-class actor with Confessions of a Dangerous Mind .",1 67268,"Like its predecessor , it 's no classic",0 86358,"love Safe Conduct ( Laissez Passer ) for being a subtitled French movie that is 170 minutes long",1 80415,"forbidden love , racial tension , and other issues that are as valid today as they were in the 1950s",1 31477,"fans should have fun meeting",1 54097,"kind , unapologetic",1 44022,"A complex psychological drama about a father who returns to his son 's home after decades away .",1 146518,"It 's just a silly black genre spoof .",0 114710,"are very , very good reasons for certain movies",1 100470,"with bracing intelligence and a vision both painterly and literary",1 170735,"serious critique",0 94712,"that is fully formed and remarkably assured",1 149024,"Tara Reid plays a college journalist ,",0 205727,"makes the princess seem smug and cartoonish",0 111485,"a James Bond series for kids",1 151420,"a bright sheen . Some , like Ballistic , arrive stillborn",0 46046,"Lovely and",1 25414,"Gibson , stepping in for Bruce Willis , is the perfect actor to take us on the trip .",1 101393,"'ll feel like you ate a Reeses without the peanut butter",0 149287,"The creaking , rusty ship",0 37084,"so single-mindedly",1 58576,"the performances , for the most part , credible",1 174396,"the next Texas Chainsaw Massacre .",1 203532,"is that this film 's cast is uniformly superb",1 16597,"most famous author",1 198211,"everyone else yawning with admiration",0 69199,"That 's its first sign of trouble",0 66406,"Instead , she sees it as a chance to revitalize what is and always has been remarkable about clung-to traditions .",1 124769,"is worth a look for its true-to-life characters , its sensitive acting , its unadorned view of rural life and the subtle direction of first-timer Hilary Birmingham .",1 195479,"carried out",1 133576,"such enervating determination",1 115440,"be a bit disjointed",0 173859,"the far superior Nurse Betty",1 207190,"not enough puff",1 215598,"the shallow sensationalism characteristic of soap opera",0 228591,"an inspiring tale of survival wrapped in the heart-pounding suspense of a stylish psychological thriller",1 193513,"as it thinks it is and its comedy is generally mean-spirited",0 33251,"is a ravishing consciousness-raiser , if a bit draggy at times .",1 155351,"bogs down in a mess of purposeless violence",0 87568,"moving and weighty depiction",1 138517,"ultimately worthwhile",1 50379,"confined and",0 99487,"vivid characters and",1 160250,"good cause",1 14071,"Guaranteed to move anyone who ever shook , rattled , or rolled",1 119887,"feeling strangely unsatisfied",0 30071,"celebration",1 172097,"stretching and padding",0 128264,"ode to unconditional love and compassion garnered from years of seeing it all , a condition only the old are privy to , and ... often misconstrued as weakness",1 10118,"require the full emotional involvement and support of a viewer . that is made almost impossible by events that set the plot in motion",0 3149,"who are obviously pretty clever",1 57214,"somewhat clumsy and",0 198109,"even slightly wised-up kids would quickly change the channel",0 156417,"clue you in on how bad the movie is",0 214300,"the choppy editing to the annoying score to ` special effects ' by way of replacing objects in a character 's hands below the camera line",0 12593,"turning one man 's triumph of will into everyman 's romance comedy",1 233385,"lies in the utter cuteness of Stuart and Margolo .",1 136171,"the rolling of a stray barrel",1 145845,"Hollywood Ending is the most disappointing Woody Allen movie ever . He has a great cast and a great idea .",0 31113,"enjoy their eccentricities",1 218531,"vies with pretension -- and sometimes plain wacky implausibility -- throughout Maelstrom .",0 238983,"worst -- and only -- killer website movie",0 64832,"Could have been crisper and punchier",0 94024,"sweet and sexy film",1 110300,"There 's more repetition than creativity throughout the movie .",0 175055,"the worthy EMI recording that serves as the soundtrack",1 8595,"made almost impossible by events that set the plot in motion",0 34113,"like sick comedies that can be snide",0 144389,"Cassavetes thinks he 's making Dog Day Afternoon with a cause , but all he 's done is to reduce everything he touches to a shrill , didactic cartoon .",0 56222,"propelled by the acting",1 196187,"contrived , unmotivated",0 19043,"Kinnear gives a tremendous performance .",1 28056,"absolutely spooky",1 222426,"As Hugh Grant says repeatedly throughout the movie , ` Lovely !",1 205144,"limited and so embellished by editing that there 's really not much of a sense of action or even action-comedy",0 83793,"is a great film",1 148907,"Sucking all the ` classic ' out of Robert Louis Stevenson 's Treasure Island and filling the void with sci-fi video game graphics and Disney-fied adolescent angst ...",0 12293,"to ` difficult ' films",0 128306,"of Cuban leader Fidel Castro",0 45959,"Knows how to make our imagination wonder .",1 218993,"weirdness for the sake of weirdness",0 17891,"truly moving",1 63924,"An interesting psychological game of cat-and-mouse , three-dimensional characters and believable performances",1 31341,"exciting and satisfying",1 150659,"Vile and tacky are the two best adjectives to describe Ghost Ship .",0 109802,"The film has the high-buffed gloss and high-octane jolts you expect of De Palma , but what makes it transporting is that it 's also one of the smartest",1 207899,"of other , better movies",0 191884,"achieves the near-impossible",1 153976,"are too cute",1 32920,"in that way that makes us consider our own eccentricities and how they are expressed through our homes",1 221677,", who approaches his difficult , endless work with remarkable serenity and discipline .",1 127824,"need a good laugh , too",1 162962,"is just a plain old monster .",0 116386,"by a gritty style and an excellent cast",1 30396,"controversial eponymous and fiercely atheistic hero",1 184127,"George W . Bush , Henry Kissinger , Larry King",0 208423,"on any list of favorites",1 168568,"overwhelms what could have been a more multifaceted look at this interesting time and place",0 218042,"ultimate thrills . Men",1 53808,"it ever becoming preachy or syrupy",0 85643,"keeps things going at a rapid pace , occasionally using an omniscient voice-over narrator in the manner of French New Wave films",1 173044,"that is all too predictable",0 191165,"a rather bland",0 70162,"They 're just a couple of cops in Copmovieland , these two , but in Narc , they find new routes through a familiar neighborhood .",1 182640,"At once overly old-fashioned in its sudsy plotting and",0 20157,"but , happily , a victim of none",1 139384,"we do n't get Williams ' usual tear and a smile , just sneers and bile ,",0 146471,"It 's difficult to say whether The Tuxedo is more boring or embarrassing -- I 'm prepared to call it a draw",0 133735,"suspiciously familiar",0 26928,"The way Coppola professes his love for movies -- both colorful pop junk and the classics that unequivocally qualify as art --",1 40220,"with imagination and flair",1 16040,"his slasher video from spare parts",0 43604,", imaginative kid 's movie",1 209041,"paper-thin and",0 116328,"but it 's so poorly made , on all levels , that it does n't even qualify as a spoof of such",0 215417,"the price of the match that should be used to burn every print of the film",0 179615,"'s also built on a faulty premise , one it follows into melodrama and silliness .",0 184406,"High Crimes carries almost no organic intrigue as a government / Marine/legal mystery , and",0 205452,"loud , brash and mainly unfunny",0 69079,"Sweet Home Alabama is n't going to win any Academy Awards",0 41026,"It uses an old-time formula , it 's not terribly original and",0 173798,"the embarrassing script and",0 112643,"a satisfying well-made romantic comedy that 's both charming and well acted",1 7074,"heaven allows '' and '' imitation of life '' transcends them .",1 233511,"long for the end",0 99452,"visceral excitement",1 154547,"bad idea",0 56986,"silly , outrageous , ingenious thriller",1 156425,"clumsy comedy Stealing Harvard",0 136180,"the saddest action hero performances ever witnessed",0 4762,"appears to have blown his entire budget on soundtrack rights",0 8995,"nasty , ugly , pointless and depressing",0 55450,"of movie fluff",0 230430,"drudgery .",0 227027,"What 's infuriating about Full Frontal is that it 's too close to real life to make sense .",0 152836,"acclaimed actors and actresses",1 102881,", the film is n't nearly as downbeat as it sounds , but strikes a tone that 's alternately melancholic , hopeful and strangely funny .",1 99268,"utter authority",0 183574,"Donovan ... squanders his main asset",0 99271,"utterly convincing -- and deeply appealing --",1 7041,"have taken the protagonists a full hour to determine that in order to kill a zombie you must shoot it in the head",0 184759,"IS as bad as you think , and worse than you can imagine .",0 220055,"would be a toss-up between presiding over the end of cinema as we know it and another night of delightful hand shadows .",0 3935,"a lousy",0 221027,"'ve already seen this exact same movie a hundred times",0 109338,"Talk To Her is not the perfect movie many have made it out to be , but it 's still quite worth seeing",1 148126,"Pokemon 4ever",1 23598,", engaging film .",1 136901,"this claustrophobic concept",0 85137,"it succeeds .",1 144658,"Creepy but ultimately unsatisfying",0 71899,"a little bit of romance and a dose",1 233972,"most purely enjoyable and",1 188602,"The redeeming feature",1 76230,"by the time the credits roll across the pat ending , a warm , fuzzy feeling prevails",1 157314,"deserve the trash that we get .",0 38070,"the charm of the original American road movies , feasting on the gorgeous , ramshackle landscape of the filmmaker 's motherland",1 184634,"I could have looked into my future and saw how bad this movie was , I would go back and choose to skip it . Fortunately",0 202497,"is ) the comedy equivalent of Saddam Hussein ,",0 87692,"narcotized",0 39923,"welcome contrast",1 231072,"fun factor",1 180296,"( sci-fi ) rehash",0 229693,"can not guess why the cast and crew did n't sign a pact to burn the negative and the script and pretend the whole thing never existed .",0 82772,"impressive results",1 10701,"stalls in its lackluster gear of emotional blandness",0 225755,"Shallow .",0 139806,"wholesome fantasy",1 221139,", Grant and Bullock 's characters are made for each other .",1 3156,"who opts to overlook this goofily endearing and well-lensed gorefest",1 172114,"string-pulling rather than legitimate character development",0 202612,"is a monumental achievement in practically every facet of inept filmmaking :",0 214813,"the humor dwindles .",0 49806,"bounces )",1 2729,"the soderbergh faithful",1 132659,"smart , romantic drama",1 124450,"is powerful in itself",1 116879,"charming in comedies like American Pie",1 122207,"high camp and yet another sexual taboo into a really funny movie",1 4866,"as exciting",1 218960,"wear down possible pupils through repetition . It has no affect on the Kurds",0 152646,"a very sincere work",1 146596,"It 's one of those baseball pictures where the hero is stoic , the wife is patient , the kids are as cute as all get-out and the odds against success are long enough to intimidate , but short enough to make a dream seem possible",1 128321,"of French cinema at its best",1 70219,"This is a stunning film , a one-of-a-kind tour de force .",1 46216,"More romantic , more emotional and",1 1622,"live , but a fine little",1 197985,"equally distasteful",0 201659,"imitative",0 79704,"fascinating part",1 186343,"Nicolas Cage is n't the first actor to lead a group of talented friends astray , and this movie wo n't create a ruffle in what is already an erratic career",0 31620,"film that is a portrait of grace in an imperfect world .",1 160887,"have never gained the ears of the world",0 162543,"is : ` Scooby ' do n't .",0 233307,"laughed a hell of a lot",1 232475,"is given life when A Selection appears in its final form ( in `` Last Dance '' )",1 232632,"is no real reason to see it",0 46463,"Overall very good for what it 's trying to do .",1 162890,"is far too self-conscious to draw you deeply into its world",0 73053,"abstract characters",1 29507,"been transformed into the stronger of the two films by the thinnest of margins",1 43686,", remarkably unpretentious",1 16310,"it 's also extremely effective .",1 229170,"be disingenuous to call Reno a great film",0 239168,"you know you 're in for a real winner , creativity at its peak .",1 5454,"carry on their parents ' anguish",0 214440,"the disjointed feel of a bunch of strung-together TV episodes .",0 189174,"Time of Favor could have given audiences the time of day by concentrating on the elements of a revealing alienation among a culture of people who sadly are at hostile odds with one another through recklessness and retaliation .",0 226557,"Then again , in a better movie , you might not have noticed .",0 81616,"has a lot going for it , not least the brilliant performances by Testud ... and Parmentier",1 183598,"Each story is built on a potentially interesting idea",1 136522,"the video he took of the family vacation to Stonehenge . Before long , you 're desperate for the evening to end",0 125700,"lacking in substance , not to mention dragged down by a leaden closing act",0 71444,"a complete wash ( no pun intended ) ,",0 150190,"This film is full of rabbits . Brimful . But like most rabbits , it seems to lack substance .",0 123292,"incompetent , incoherent or just plain crap",0 105439,"Director Carl Franklin , so crisp and economical in One False Move ,",1 224614,"Lightweight",0 146222,"If we 're to slap protagonist Genevieve LePlouff because she 's French , do we have that same option to slap her creators because they 're clueless and inept ?",0 127850,"negligible",0 8338,"lacks the inspiration of the original and",0 158747,"fails loudly in execution",0 59661,"understands like few others how the depth and breadth of emotional intimacy give the physical act all of its meaning and most of its pleasure .",1 168340,"opera-ish approach undermines his good intentions .",0 200109,"good for a laugh . The problem",1 111369,"Your children will be occupied for 72 minutes .",1 24430,"A rarity",1 77526,"created a predictably efficient piece of business notable largely for its overwhelming creepiness , for an eagerness to create images you wish you had n't seen , which , in this day and age , is of course the point",1 163632,"it 's been packaged and sold back to us by Hollywood",0 108124,"Often shocking but ultimately worthwhile exploration of motherhood and desperate mothers",1 29800,"but also to show acting range that may surprise some who thought light-hearted comedy was his forte",1 120872,"funny enough",1 202653,"is a subzero version of Monsters , Inc . , without the latter 's imagination",0 207090,"no psychology here , and no real narrative logic",0 157223,"define his career with but Pinocchio . It might as well have been Problem Child IV",0 71611,"a fascinating study of the relationship between mothers and",1 156197,"chases for an hour and then",1 217391,"to sustain interest for the full 90 minutes , especially with the weak payoff",0 79937,"finally lies with Kissinger . Should be required viewing for civics classes and would-be public servants alike .",1 148290,"Ringu is a disaster of a story , full of holes and completely lacking in chills . Ignore the reputation , and ignore the film .",0 56543,"represents an engaging and intimate first feature",1 40644,"A comprehensive and provocative film --",1 225356,"Ourside the theatre Roger might be intolerable company , but inside it he 's well worth spending some time with",1 31439,"failed connections",0 59055,"those energetic surprises",1 223534,"Great character interaction .",1 173650,"the compelling historical tale",1 213,"a nightmare on elm street",0 81399,"gripping and compelling",1 166801,"no good jokes , no good scenes , barely a moment",0 157123,"daydreaming",0 164198,"itself is uninteresting , and the songs are painfully undistinguished : They Might Be Giants",0 155180,"between religious fundamentalists and their gay relatives .",0 13533,", and self-absorbed",0 44343,"A witty , trenchant ,",1 211720,"sitting in a downtown café , overhearing a bunch of typical late-twenty-somethings natter on about nothing , and desperately wishing you could change tables",0 116279,"buffoons",0 184711,"I sort of loved the people onscreen",1 152024,"a made-for-TV look , rigid performances and an asinine ` twist ' that brazenly rips off The Sixth Sense",0 142817,"... there just is n't much to laugh at .",0 31971,"funny to shattering and featuring some of the year 's best acting",1 187374,"Snipes is both a snore and utter tripe .",0 157859,"done better in Wilder 's Some Like It Hot is like saying the sun rises in the east",0 91863,"sad ending",0 32303,"has enough interesting characters to fill several movies",1 204270,"its own ludicrous terms",0 204742,"laughable in the solemnity with which it tries to pump life into overworked elements from Eastwood 's Dirty Harry period",0 50699,"deep-seated , emotional need",1 76335,"can get past the taboo subject matter",1 205995,"meaningful about facing death",1 36814,"sensual siren",1 224340,"It is supremely unfunny and unentertaining to watch middle-age and older men drink to excess , piss on trees , b.s. one another and put on a show in drag",0 204999,"like The Wanderers and A Bronx Tale",1 135682,"the makers of this ` we 're - doing-it-for - the-cash ' sequel",0 71533,"a delicious crime drama",1 79707,"fascinating than the results . Last Dance , whatever its flaws , fulfills one facet of its mission in making me want to find out whether , in this case , that 's true",1 118551,"does n't offer any insight into why , for instance , good things happen to bad people",0 63853,"An elegant and sly deadpan comedy .",1 143077,"A dreary rip-off",0 221413,", it 's one of the most beautiful , evocative works I 've seen .",1 48,"'s not a fresh idea at the core of this tale",0 105479,"Disney classic",1 70383,"Throwing it",0 225789,"Simon Wells would have more reverence for the material",0 129865,"overdone",0 144808,"Despite some charm and heart , this quirky soccer import is forgettable",0 193738,"at every faltering half-step of its development",0 177488,"viewers would be free to leave",0 219716,"with clumsy dialogue , heavy-handed phoney-feeling sentiment , and an overly-familiar set",0 31329,"exceedingly clever piece",1 24682,"Andrew Niccol 's brilliant anti-Hollywood satire",1 92147,"seem to keep upping the ante on each other , just as their characters do in the film . What results is the best performance from either in years .",1 181051,", they go to a picture-perfect beach during sunset .",1 111242,"Woody Allen has really found his groove these days .",1 190385,"a creaky '' Pretty Woman ''",0 38899,"they love what they do",1 12498,"too long and",0 237450,"they do n't fit well together and",0 107018,"It is not the first time that director Sara Sugarman stoops to having characters drop their pants for laughs and not the last time she fails to provoke them .",0 169581,"quite revelatory documentary",1 63953,"An undeniably moving film",1 7410,"in a way",1 197792,"emotionally complex , dramatically satisfying heroine",1 197556,"drown yourself in a lake afterwards",0 201336,"hoped ! --",1 199518,"frightfest",1 74228,"appeals",1 135768,"the most moronic screenplays of the year ,",0 180721,", it 's just grating",0 122933,"in all , Brown Sugar is a satisfying well-made romantic comedy that 's both charming and well acted . It will guarantee to have you leaving the theater with a smile on your face .",1 72038,"a movie that keeps throwing fastballs",1 61857,", delicately performed",1 127343,"more outre aspects",1 81672,"has been held hostage by generic scripts that seek to remake Sleepless in Seattle again and again",0 125696,"lacking a depth",0 169307,"probably constitutes cruelty to canines",0 138040,"together familiar themes",1 222573,"Being author Wells ' great-grandson , you 'd think filmmaker Simon Wells would have more reverence for the material .",0 172098,"stretching and padding its material",0 27528,"a fine job",1 190142,"a barely adequate babysitter",0 59175,"to be another winning star vehicle",1 223004,"Cool gadgets and creatures keep this fresh .",1 149993,"The worst kind",0 187873,"The Spalding Gray equivalent of a teen gross-out comedy",0 133147,"spoofs and celebrates",1 77307,"contentedly",1 219864,"with unlikable , spiteful idiots",0 180561,", but it also has humor and heart and very talented young actors",1 192149,"all end in someone screaming",0 146389,"It 's Young Guns meets Goodfellas in this easily skippable hayseeds-vs",0 71151,"You want the story to go on and on",1 149320,"The editing is chaotic , the photography grainy and badly focused , the writing unintentionally hilarious",0 185047,"It 's all arty and jazzy",1 203938,"it is n't as quirky as it thinks it is and its comedy is generally mean-spirited",0 7305,"if high crimes were any more generic it would have a universal product code instead of a title .",0 195410,"can seem tiresomely simpleminded .",0 21944,"sexy people",1 29826,"but it 's extremely well played and often very funny .",1 97625,"though unfortunately all the story gives us is flashing red lights , a rattling noise , and a bump on the head",0 153650,"another stale , kill-by-numbers flick ,",0 12573,"tries to fuse the two ` woods ' but winds up a bolly-holly masala mess",0 168242,"one scene is so disgusting that viewers may be hard pressed to retain their lunch",0 61789,", besides its terrific performances , is Fontaine 's willingness to wander into the dark areas of parent-child relationships without flinching .",1 98083,"to give the film a soul and an unabashed sense of good old-fashioned escapism",1 181629,"A dopey movie clothed in excess layers of hipness",0 63562,"A wild , endearing , masterful documentary",1 118154,"detailed historical document",1 182731,"Bears wastes an exceptionally good idea . But the movie that does n't really deliver for country music fans or for family audiences",0 136543,"the wake of Saving Private Ryan",1 120413,"for fans of British cinema , if only because so many titans of the industry are along for the ride",1 57041,"slam-dunk",1 132515,"simultaneously harrowing and uplifting",1 161597,"if they were put to sleep by the movie and had a nightmare",0 100179,"whose real-life basis is , in fact , so interesting that no embellishment is",1 80228,"for a touching love story",1 120753,"from the incongruous but chemically",0 186909,"Retard",0 227202,"Without ( De Niro ) , City By The Sea would slip under the waves .",0 26824,"The film runs on equal parts of innocence and wisdom",1 116638,"can watch , giggle and get an adrenaline boost without feeling like you 've completely lowered your entertainment standards .",1 222494,"At its best , it 's Black Hawk Down with more heart .",1 71122,"You 're not merely watching history , you 're engulfed by it .",1 68278,"Proves that some movie formulas do n't need messing with",1 105874,"Franco is an excellent choice for the walled-off but combustible hustler , but he does not give the transcendent performance SONNY needs to overcome gaps in character development and story logic",0 217895,"trying to drown yourself in a lake afterwards",0 11932,"the subgenre 's most enabling victim",0 73855,"an inspirational love story",1 57870,"that rare drama that offers a thoughtful and rewarding glimpse into the sort of heartache everyone has felt , or will feel someday",1 75920,"breathes life",1 28303,"an aborbing if arguable case",1 43555,", captivating film",1 138406,"trying to create something original",1 7358,"if your taste runs to ` difficult ' films you absolutely ca n't miss it .",1 90361,"playful recapitulation",1 218778,"was produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and directed by Joel Schumacher , and reflects the worst of their shallow styles : wildly overproduced , inadequately motivated every step of the way and",0 73565,"amateurish",0 170849,"she ca n't see how insufferable the character is",0 106054,"Grant is certainly amusing , but",1 74759,"as rewarding",1 52493,"have no way of knowing exactly how much is exaggeration",0 130490,"potent and",1 451,"are well worth",1 94540,"that accomplishes so much that one viewing ca n't possibly be enough",1 141477,"'s not much going on in this movie unless you simply decide to buy into the notion that something inexplicably strange once happened in Point Pleasant",0 64038,"Argento",1 135787,"the most wondrous of all Hollywood fantasies -- and the apex of Steven Spielberg 's misunderstood career",1 60392,"with telling scenes",1 95468,"the director uses the last act to reel in the audience since its poignancy hooks us completely .",1 29629,"blessed gift",1 56486,"reinvented itself",1 123848,"is a variant of the nincompoop Benigni persona , here a more annoying , though less angry version of the irresponsible Sandlerian manchild , undercut by the voice of the star of Road Trip",0 5336,"but if you expect light romantic comedy , good gosh ,",0 85458,"its visual imagination",1 82145,"here is that without once denying the hardscrabble lives of people on the economic fringes of Margaret Thatcher 's ruinous legacy , he insists on the importance of those moments when people can connect and express their love for each other .",1 219041,"were a series of Bible parables and not an actual story",0 236135,"sucked up all",0 217598,"too hard to be funny in a way that 's too loud , too goofy and too short of an attention span",0 168164,"once again looking for residuals as this officially completes a Good Will Hunting trilogy that was never planned",0 188366,"The most remarkable ( and frustrating ) thing about World Traveler ,",0 194052,"be a parody of gross-out flicks , college flicks ,",0 194307,"becomes a tiresome cliché",0 61856,", deeply absorbing piece",1 88894,"of sophisticated intrigue and human-scale characters",1 171503,"so wrong",0 27970,"a wonderful movie",1 40707,"A slick , well-oiled machine , exquisitely polished and upholstered",1 121535,"had more fun with Ben Stiller 's Zoolander , which I thought was rather clever .",1 75427,"become smug or sanctimonious",0 84286,"is hindered by a central plot that 's peppered with false starts and populated by characters who are nearly impossible to care about",0 129054,"of the long list of renegade-cop tales",0 192312,"almost no organic intrigue",0 229982,"could be , by its art and heart , a necessary one .",1 80892,"generous and subversive",1 15080,"and singing heads and all",1 207909,"of passion , grief and fear",1 193122,"are more compelling than the execution",1 32416,"he has given his tale a warm glow",1 77278,"constructs",1 204497,"juvenile delinquent ' paperbacks",0 220648,"'s ) better at fingering problems than finding solutions .",0 35138,"of a compelling or comprehensible narrative",1 66532,"It 's an interesting effort ( particularly for JFK conspiracy nuts ) , and Barry 's cold-fish act makes the experience worthwhile",1 194834,"boring , self-important stories",0 119034,"enamored",1 83916,"is a very funny , heartwarming film",1 200277,"guessable from the first few minutes",0 101412,"'ll still be glued to the screen .",1 205861,"masochistic",0 232335,"is a popcorn film , not a must-own , or even a must-see .",0 45137,"Elegant , mannered and teasing .",1 140126,"with cheapo animation ( like Saturday morning TV in the '60s ) , a complex sword-and-sorcery plot and characters who all have big round eyes and Japanese names .",0 32596,"his two Oscar nominated films",1 93735,"subtle ironies",1 130285,"playing out like a feature-length sitcom replete with stereotypical familial quandaries",0 129101,"of the problems with the film",0 14321,"My goodness , Queen Latifah has a lot to offer and she seemed to have no problem flaunting her natural gifts . She must have a very strong back .",1 62593,"... keep the movie slaloming through its hackneyed elements with enjoyable ease .",1 203288,"is one of the best-sustained ideas I have ever seen on the screen",1 19100,"Moore 's performance impresses almost as much as her work with Haynes in 1995 's Safe .",1 235400,"rotting from miles away",0 178874,"would be to underestimate just how dangerous entertainments like it can be .",0 87230,"more appealing",1 135543,"the ideas tie together beautifully",1 68060,"Overcomes its visual hideousness with a sharp script and strong performances .",1 83868,"is a serious work by an important director who has something new to say about how , in the flip-flop of courtship , we often reel in when we should be playing out",1 12802,"vital",1 222368,"And more than that , it 's an observant , unfussily poetic meditation about identity and alienation .",1 158058,"dumped a whole lot of plot in favor of",0 171775,"spell cliché",0 37211,"spectacle",1 13934,"Cantet perfectly captures the hotel lobbies , two-lane highways , and roadside cafes that permeate Vincent 's days",1 75649,"bewilderingly brilliant",1 136556,"the way Chekhov is funny",1 14762,"a last-minute happy ending that 's even less plausible than the rest of the picture . Much of the way , though , this is a refreshingly novel ride",1 160943,"having the feel of something tossed off quickly ( like one of Hubert 's punches )",0 49110,"appears to be the definition of a ` bad ' police shooting",0 209471,"pointless extremes",0 174295,"the most dangerous parts of the world",0 132450,"shrugging off the plot 's persnickety problems",0 19131,"Never",0 58786,"the true impact of the day",1 105568,"ENOUGH is just the ticket you need .",1 71780,"a guilty-pleasure ,",1 47831,"a bit exploitative",0 79570,"fairly ludicrous plot",0 30245,"colorful action farce",1 157394,"did director Ron Underwood manage to blow $ 100 million on this",0 49113,"appreciated most",1 39543,"typically solid performance",1 125317,"its one-joke premise with the thesis",0 46946,"The Ring '' is pretty much an English-language copy of the film that inspired it , and it carries the same strengths and flaws .",0 150555,"Uncommonly stylish but",1 42284,"lifts the film",1 18538,"... ( Sex and Lucía ) makes for an arousing good time .",1 150797,"What 's at stake in this film is nothing more than an obsolete , if irritating , notion of class .",0 18425,", it 's a beaut .",1 14752,"a hoot and a half , and a great way for the American people",1 125139,"it was written for no one",0 237630,"threw medical equipment at a window",0 23808,", original",1 165102,"little rhyme or reason",0 131540,"riddled with unanswered questions that it requires gargantuan leaps of faith just to watch it",0 153342,"an astonishing voice cast ( excepting Love Hewitt )",1 112959,"a vampire soap opera that does n't make much",0 112612,"a respectable sequel",1 159595,"formulaic films rather than",0 217297,"to rush to the theatre for this one",1 225856,"Solaris is rigid and evasive in ways that Soderbergh 's best films , `` Erin Brockovich , '' `` Out of Sight '' and `` Ocean 's Eleven , '' never were .",1 91673,"richly detailed , deftly executed and utterly absorbing",1 20407,"does have a heart . Now , if it only had a brain .",0 3091,"well worth",1 229589,"by some dramatic scenes that are jarring and deeply out of place in what could have ( and probably should have ) been a lighthearted comedy",0 106555,"Ice Age wo n't drop your jaw , but",1 180600,", despite several attempts at lengthy dialogue scenes ,",0 286,"a thought-provoking , haunting film",1 40705,"A slick , skillful little horror film",1 81376,"great trashy fun that finally returns De Palma to his pulpy thrillers of the early '80s",1 82526,"hugely enjoyable in its own right though",1 187679,"Talkiness",0 166857,"no points",0 151406,"a boring , sad man",0 158614,"executed action sequence to the next .",1 31142,"enough to make The Sound of Music play like a nail-biting thriller",0 164151,"its soap-opera morality tales have the antiseptic , preprogrammed feel of an after-school special .",0 114318,"animation back 30 years , musicals back 40 years and",0 236771,"the characters tend to be cliches whose lives are never fully explored .",0 190288,"a choke leash around your neck so director Nick Cassavetes",0 222347,"And adults will at least have a dream image of the West to savor whenever the film 's lamer instincts are in the saddle .",0 40131,"will resonate with singles of many ages",1 196471,"crossing-over mumbo jumbo , manipulative sentimentality",0 21243,"long running",0 23099,"'s astonishing",1 43171,"'s a rare window on an artistic collaboration .",1 90788,"proves it 's never too late to learn .",1 15324,"but its heart is in the right place ... innocent and well-meaning .",1 156188,"charmless",0 101291,"zings all the way through with originality , humour and pathos",1 175305,"thinner than cardboard --",0 135741,"the more problematic aspects",0 73824,"an important , original talent in international cinema",1 156419,"clueless and inept",0 58690,"the second is small change . But",1 130143,"perfectly executed",1 73595,"amoral",0 123743,"is a film in which the talent is undeniable",1 35237,"of familial jealousy and unrepentant domestic psychopathy",0 44405,"Allen 's underestimated charm delivers more goodies than lumps of coal .",1 16423,"lacking",0 83576,"into the nature of faith",1 4667,"an intelligent",1 170332,"same-old",0 205243,"little too ponderous to work as shallow entertainment , not remotely incisive enough to qualify as drama , Monsoon Wedding",0 181335,"... should have been sent back to the tailor for some major alterations .",0 85649,"kid could bond while watching A Walk To Remember .",1 102760,", overused cocktail",0 84920,"it 's never as solid as you want it to be",0 139475,"well-characterized",1 107789,"Miyazaki 's nonstop images are so stunning , and his imagination so vivid , that the only possible complaint you could have about Spirited Away is that there is no rest period , no timeout",1 132334,"should be able to appreciate the wonderful cinematography and naturalistic acting .",1 163553,"is uninteresting",0 168735,"pathetic , dysfunctional and destructive",0 65171,"Dover Kosashvili 's feature directing debut",1 189063,"This overlong infomercial , due out on video before month 's end",0 94958,"that will wear you out and make you misty even when you do n't",1 180036,"'s the movie equivalent of a sweaty old guy in a rain coat shopping for cheap porn .",0 112161,"a jaunt down memory lane for teens and young adults who grew up on televised Scooby-Doo shows or reruns",1 200210,"great material",1 167834,"of the things Costner movies are known for",1 235536,"seeks to re-create the excitement of such '50s flicks as Jules Verne 's ' 20ꯠ Leagues Under the Sea ' and the George Pal version of H.G. Wells ' ` The Time Machine . '",1 39942,"well-shot",1 3248,"your typical majid majidi shoe-loving , crippled",0 227496,"`` Gangs '' is never lethargic",1 82849,"in a film you will never forget -- that you should never forget",1 163639,"it 's disastrous",0 77547,"creates in Maelstrom a world where the bizarre is credible and the real turns magical .",1 109651,"The characters are based on stock clichés , and",0 195369,"can drive right by it without noticing anything special , save for a few comic turns , intended and otherwise",0 31235,"even better in hindsight",1 15798,"focused and sincere",1 97951,"to behold -- as long as you 're wearing the somewhat cumbersome 3D goggles the theater",1 177589,"want to consider a different destination -- some jolly country embroiled in a bloody civil war , perhaps",0 227506,"`` How will you feel after an 88-minute rip-off of The Rock with action confined to slo-mo gun firing and random glass-shattering ? ''",0 24868,"Both deeply weird and charmingly dear .",1 195599,"characteristically engorged and",0 222728,"But arriving at a particularly dark moment in history , it offers flickering reminders of the ties that bind us .",1 100791,"wonders , enhancing the cultural and economic subtext , bringing richer meaning to the story 's morals",1 31160,"entertaining for moviegoers of any age",1 50306,"commands the screen , using his frailty to suggest the ravages of a life of corruption and ruthlessness .",1 88841,"of quiet desperation",0 170777,"settles for being merely grim .",0 131196,"reducing our emotional stake in the outcome of '' Intacto 's '' dangerous and seductively stylish game",1 85493,"jolt you out",1 198727,"feels impersonal , almost generic",0 171401,"so devoid of realism",0 61320,"'s the type of film about growing up that we do n't see often enough these days : realistic , urgent",1 205715,"makes its point",1 49791,"both funny and irritating",1 191642,"a woozy quality to the manner of the storytelling , which undercuts the devastatingly telling impact of utter loss personified in the film 's simple title",0 49526,"be kind of heartwarming ,",1 189371,"Unofficially , National Lampoon 's Van Wilder is Son of Animal House . Officially , it is twice as bestial but half as funny .",0 197407,"doing strange guy things",0 22357,"the strange , stark beauty of the Mideast desert",1 151072,"Writhing under dialogue",0 136151,"the rich and sudden wisdom , the film",1 147172,"Like being trapped at a perpetual frat party ... How can something so gross be so boring ?",0 142568,", this is the first film in a long time that made me want to bolt the theater in the first 10 minutes .",0 62990,"A film about female friendship that men can embrace and women",1 43763,", told fairly well and scored to perfection , I found myself struggling to put my finger on that elusive '' missing thing . ''",1 54998,"narcissistic",0 228551,"an easily accessible way",1 81488,"had more fun watching Spy than I had with most of the big summer movies .",1 34929,"no-budget",0 166961,"not much fire in the script",0 189694,"While some of the camera work is interesting , the film 's mid-to-low budget is betrayed by the surprisingly shoddy makeup work .",0 41604,"at once clueless and",0 73796,"an eye on preserving a sense of mystery",1 223693,"Horrible .",0 143971,"Audiences can be expected to suspend their disbelief only so far -- and that does not include the 5 o'clock shadow on the tall wooden kid as he skips off to school",0 35949,"pencil-thin story",0 203565,"is the kind of production that would have been funnier if the director had released the outtakes theatrically and used the film as a bonus feature on the DVD",0 101193,"you were thinking someone made off with your wallet",0 235926,"something appears to have been lost in the translation this time",0 219413,"whooshing you from one visual marvel to the next , hastily , emptily",0 142464,", the biggest downside is the paucity of laughter in what 's supposed to be a comedy .",0 27585,"a hero",1 141351,"'s hard to believe these jokers are supposed to have pulled off four similar kidnappings before",0 163454,"is the first film in a long time that made me want to bolt the theater in the first 10 minutes .",0 176140,"to generate cheap Hollywood tension",0 100745,"witty and beneath",1 32082,"gives us a hero whose suffering and triumphs we can share , surrounds him with interesting characters and sends us out of the theater feeling",1 130264,"plain crap",0 226193,"The appeal of the vulgar , sexist , racist humour went over my head or -- considering just how low brow it is --",0 69712,"The most brilliant work in this genre since the 1984 uncut version of Sergio Leone",1 113091,"able to muster a lot of emotional resonance in the cold vacuum of space",1 143205,"A minor picture with a major identity crisis -- it 's sort of true and it 's sort of bogus and it 's ho-hum all the way through",0 141784,"( It 's ) difficult to get beyond the overall blandness of American Chai , despite its likable performances and refreshingly naive point of view .",0 207048,"no laughs",0 1166,"have eyes , ' but the sad schlock merchant of ` deadly friend",0 168252,"one whose target demographic is likely still in the single digits",0 5764,"could bond while watching a walk to remember",1 32103,"glow",1 228097,"a precisely layered performance by an actor in his mid-seventies , Michel Piccoli",1 99464,"visual merits",1 32857,"in execution",0 224575,"Lazy ,",0 90195,"perfect starting point",1 182900,"Bray is completely at sea : with nothing but a Savage Garden music video on his resume , he has no clue about making a movie .",0 124858,"it 's not very interesting . As a remake , it 's a pale imitation .",0 108483,"Proves a servicable World War II drama that ca n't totally hide its contrivances",1 161832,"in borders",0 168379,"originality and delight",1 182077,"A vile , incoherent mess",0 180067,"'s unlikely to inspire anything more than a visit to McDonald 's , let alone some savvy street activism",0 218274,"until the slowest viewer grasps it",0 15210,"be rewarded with two of the year 's most accomplished and riveting film performances",1 5355,"by casting an actress whose face projects that woman 's doubts and yearnings , it",1 8020,"its courage , ideas",1 117676,"create and sustain a mood",1 163313,"is simply not an actor",0 136035,"the popularity of Vin Diesel , Seth Green and Barry Pepper .",1 179879,"'s not a particularly good film",0 13477,"'s still a lot of life in Hong Kong cinema",1 96984,"the victim )",0 26983,"This is a raw and disturbing tale that took five years to make , and the trio 's absorbing narrative is a heart-wrenching showcase indeed .",1 63410,"A special kind of movie",1 91034,"quite a comedy",1 148415,"Schaeffer has to find some hook on which to hang his persistently useless movies",0 222027,"A jaw-droppingly beautiful work",1 32680,"however , it is not",1 20133,"both in terms of style and ethnicity , prevents the proceedings from feeling repetitious , as does the appropriately brief 40-minute running time",1 94574,"that between the son and his wife , and the wife and the father , and between the two brothers , with incredible subtlety and acumen",1 50593,"cultural and personal self-discovery and",1 100689,"with vibrant charm",1 224303,"It gives poor Dana Carvey nothing to do that is really funny , and",0 236895,"the film is more worshipful than your random E !",0 82399,"holds up well after two decades",1 189412,"Visually exciting",1 11121,"that stalls in its lackluster gear of emotional blandness",0 2134,"redeemable",1 52355,"hard-edged stuff",1 152830,"abundance of hackneyed dialogue",0 140006,"wise enough to recognize that there are few things in this world more complex -- and , as it turns out , more fragile -- than happiness",1 176867,"tries way too hard and",0 158584,"exasperating",0 61290,"'s surprisingly decent , particularly for a tenth installment in a series",1 152503,"a static series",0 132998,"somewhat mannered",1 42498,"purest and , yes ,",1 194557,"better celebration",1 209509,"poo-poo jokes are ` edgy",0 159112,"filmmaker Simon Wells would have more reverence for the material . But this costly dud is a far cry from either the book or the beloved film",0 34533,"modulated psychological thriller .",1 142280,", it 's still a mistake to go see it .",0 104723,"Bette Davis , cast as Joan , would have killed him",1 79791,"felt and vividly detailed story about newcomers in a strange new world",1 175222,"they 're trapped by them , forced to change behavior in bizarre unjustified fashion and spout dialog that consists mostly of platitudes",0 63172,"A mesmerizing cinematic poem",1 143092,"A film made with as little wit , interest , and professionalism as artistically possible for a slummy Hollywood caper flick .",0 104283,"An energizing",1 77418,"could fail to crack a smile at",0 63987,"Angela Gheorghiu as famous prima donna Floria Tosca , Roberto Alagna as her lover Mario Cavaradossi , and Ruggero as the villainous , lecherous police chief Scarpia , all sing beautifully and act adequately .",1 103628,"A great companion piece",1 92289,"sensuality and a conniving wit",1 107228,"Journalistically dubious , inept and often lethally dull",0 117947,"deep or substantial",1 77306,"content with a clever pseudo-bio that manages to have a good time as it doles out pieces of the famous director 's life",1 175936,"to be even worse than its title",0 217175,"to look at , listen to , and think about",1 84935,"it 's praises ,",1 49681,"best parts",1 232105,"innovative , nor the story as imaginative as in the original",0 23732,", it wins you over",1 3654,"a clunky tv-movie",0 106488,"I just saw this movie ... well , it 's probably not accurate to call it a movie .",0 75124,"bad choice",0 194221,"be used to burn every print of the film",0 22457,"though they may be overshadowed by some strong performances",1 176728,"tortured ( and torturing ) artists and consuming but impossible love that you ca n't help but become more disappointed as each overwrought new sequence plods",0 134948,"the brawn , but not",1 189685,"While The Importance of Being Earnest offers opportunities for occasional smiles and chuckles",1 69109,"Tadpole may be one of the most appealing movies ever made about an otherwise appalling , and downright creepy , subject -- a teenage boy in love with his stepmother .",1 203083,"is loopy and ludicrous ...",0 114586,"are fun and reminiscent of combat scenes",1 176526,"to tolerate this insipid , brutally clueless film",0 6314,"excellent",1 184053,"Friday After Next is a lot more bluster than bite .",0 215039,"the mill sci-fi film with a flimsy ending",0 236557,"that there 's no plot in this Antonio Banderas-Lucy Liu faceoff",0 171302,"sloppy drama",0 107875,"Much credit must be given to the water-camera operating team of Don King , Sonny Miller , and Michael Stewart . Their work is fantastic .",1 70221,"This is a very funny , heartwarming film .",1 237245,"the stunning star turn by Djeinaba Diop Gai",1 65339,"Escapes the precious trappings of most romantic comedies , infusing into the story very real ,",1 70730,"Wedding feels a bit anachronistic . Still , not every low-budget movie must be quirky or bleak",0 177226,"unlikely to demonstrate the emotional clout to sweep U . S . viewers off their feet",0 49912,"but it goes deeper than that , to fundamental choices that include the complexity of the Catholic doctrine",1 175635,"though they should know better",0 32060,"give director Roger Michell , best known for the superfluous Notting Hill , credit for trying",1 180717,", it 's because there 's no discernible feeling beneath the chest hair",0 229113,"balances both Traditional or Modern stories together",1 103682,"A lot of talent is wasted in this crass , low-wattage endeavor .",0 28468,"and Spike Lee 's Jim Brown : All American at long last gives its subject a movie worthy of his talents .",1 73045,"absolutely , inescapably gorgeous , skyscraper-trapeze motion of the amazing Spider-Man",1 235843,"snooze",0 89750,"ordinary , pasty lumpen",0 231699,"hide the giant Achilles ' heel in `` Stuart Little 2 `` : There 's just no story , folks",0 101307,"' ... a great , participatory spectator sport .",1 146455,"It 's been 13 months and 295 preview screenings since I last walked out on a movie ,",0 183483,"Disney 's Cinderella proved that ' a dream is a wish your heart makes",1 153370,"an elegiacally soggy Saving Private Ryanovich",0 216333,"this Halloween is a gory slash-fest . It ca n't escape its past , and it does n't want to .",0 223496,"Given the fact that virtually no one is bound to show up at theatres for it",0 36132,"precollegiate humor",1 211353,"shaky , uncertain film",0 54584,"making moving pictures today",1 182176,"Adolescents will be adequately served by the movie 's sophomoric blend of shenanigans and slapstick , although the more lascivious-minded might be disappointed in the relative modesty of a movie that sports a ` topless tutorial service . '",1 133305,"still fun and enjoyable and so aggressively silly",1 123826,"is a shrewd and effective film from a director who understands how to create and sustain a mood",1 60290,"wisdom and humor",1 134000,"terrific score",1 381,"ambitious",1 167121,"obviously has its merits",1 23781,", more to the point , the issues are subtly presented , managing to walk a fine line with regard to the question of Joan 's madness .",1 208192,"of this tacky nonsense",0 7763,"is of overwhelming waste",0 33017,"inconsequential",0 192767,"and rough-hewn vanity project",0 33927,"keep their hopes alive in 1975",1 20321,"crush it forever",0 82560,"humorous , illuminating study",1 153181,"almost comic embarrassment",0 134048,"than an amiable but unfocused bagatelle that plays like a loosely-connected string of acting-workshop exercises",0 52100,"gets great laughs , but never at the expense of its characters",1 69663,"The kind of sweet-and-sour insider movie that film buffs will eat up like so much gelati .",1 140159,"with ideas that are too complex to be rapidly absorbed",1 24061,"-- go see it",1 91443,"remarkable amount",1 127275,"more cerebral ,",1 51618,"few will find the movie",0 221230,", `` Ballistic : Ecks vs. Sever '' seems as safe as a children 's film .",0 83461,"intelligent subtlety",1 68087,"Pan Nalin 's exposition is beautiful and mysterious",1 67070,"Koury frighteningly and honestly exposes one teenager 's uncomfortable class resentment and , in turn , his self-inflicted retaliation .",1 162880,"is falling flat ,",0 11951,"the sweetest thing , a romantic comedy with outrageous tendencies , may be a mess in a lot of ways . but it does have one saving grace . a lot of its gags and observations reflect a woman 's point-of-view .",1 66334,"Impossible as it may sound",0 230653,"exceeds expectations",1 105193,"Congrats Disney",1 68018,"One of the very best movies",1 212929,"superior moral tone",1 38526,"the performances of the young players are utterly convincing",1 4550,"always pulls it back",0 204560,"kill Michael Myers for good : stop buying tickets to these movies",0 36617,"romp that boasts both a heart and a mind .",1 88305,"of a buddy movie",1 226137,"The Movie is what happens when you blow up small potatoes to 10 times their natural size",0 47721,"Yes , but also intriguing and honorable , a worthwhile addition to a distinguished film legacy .",1 12490,"too erotic",0 178314,"why not invite some genuine spontaneity into the film by having the evil aliens ' laser guns actually hit something for once ?",0 238479,"watchable stuff .",1 14493,"The appearance of Treebeard and Gollum 's expanded role will either have you loving what you 're seeing , or rolling your eyes . I loved it ! Gollum 's ` performance ' is incredible !",1 117986,"deleted",0 36449,"reinvented itself for a new generation",1 237205,"the second half of the movie really goes downhill .",0 170837,"shares that writer 's usual blend of observant cleverness , too-facile coincidence and slightly noxious preciousness",1 197363,"does n't so much phone in his performance as fax it . No , even that 's too committed . He gets his secretary to fax it . ''",0 183144,"Coen Brothers",1 185545,"Just dreadful .",0 43126,"'re at the right film .",1 124755,"is very difficult",0 83890,"is a strength of a documentary to disregard available bias ,",1 3738,"a doubt",0 194578,"better than this",0 83148,"in the thrill of the company 's astonishing growth",1 69935,"The story has some nice twists but the ending and some of the back-story is a little tired .",0 204022,"it starts to become good .",1 109547,"The actors must indeed be good to recite some of this laughable dialogue with a straight face .",0 134232,"that allows him to churn out one mediocre movie after another",0 120577,"form to examine the labyrinthine ways in which people 's lives cross and change",1 15489,"crudely",0 215540,"the same old crap",0 104437,"Any movie that makes hard work seem heroic deserves a look .",1 206433,"more power",1 82271,"his impressively delicate range",1 88125,"odd , intriguing",1 222263,"Although I did n't hate this one",1 166372,"move me to care about what happened in 1915 Armenia ? No . And that is where Ararat went astray",0 28882,"and twisted",0 8170,"jam-packed",1 48553,"about how good it all was , and started doing nothing but reacting to it - feeling a part of its grand locations , thinking urgently as the protagonists struggled , feeling at the mercy of its inventiveness , gasping at its visual delights",1 70179,"This charming but slight tale",1 85169,"it would be like to be smack in the middle of a war zone armed with nothing but a camera",1 50692,"deep bow",1 53496,"is impossible to look away . Ah yes",1 103535,"A domestic melodrama with weak dialogue and biopic",0 154503,"awful and appealing",0 157371,"develops beyond attacking obvious target",1 162117,"incoherent , self-indulgent",0 148900,"Succumbs to the same kind of maudlin , sentimental mysticism that mars the Touched by an Angel school of non-God spiritual-uplift movies .",0 151228,"` amateur ' in almost every frame",0 171201,"sketchiest movie",0 188329,"The major problem with Windtalkers",0 76270,"caffeinated , sloppy brilliance",1 6239,"epic",1 212064,"solid acting and a neat premise",1 198548,"far more interested in gross-out humor",0 124490,"is simply a well-made and satisfying thriller",1 149712,"The performances are so leaden",0 18511,"-- I can testify to the comparative accuracy of Ms . Vardalos ' memories and insights .",1 124828,"it 's exhausting to watch",0 46539,"Polanski is saying what he has long wanted to say , confronting the roots of his own preoccupations and obsessions , and he allows nothing to get in the way .",1 110470,"This is a movie full of grace",1 208753,"oppressive , morally superior good-for-you quality",1 133004,"somewhat unfinished",0 197230,"do not fit",0 97483,"this noble warlord would be consigned to the dustbin of history",0 29805,"but because they genuinely believe it 's the only way to bring happiness to their loved ones",1 198537,"fantastic Reign of Fire looked",1 14348,"Occasionally melodramatic , it 's also extremely effective .",1 113405,"admire these people 's dedication to their cause or be repelled by their dogmatism , manipulativeness and narrow , fearful view of American life",1 54751,"minor tinkering",0 78762,"eerily suspenseful , deeply absorbing piece",1 184825,"If this silly little cartoon can inspire a few kids not to grow up to be greedy",1 16879,"our desire to know the ` truth ' about this man , while deconstructing the very format of the biography in a manner that Derrida would doubtless give his blessing to",1 116886,"charting the rise of hip-hop culture in general and the art of scratching ( or turntablism ) in particular",1 9802,"powerful and",1 27868,"a strange combo of you-are-there closeness with the disorienting unreality of the seemingly broken-down fourth wall of the movie screen",1 106869,"It 's enough to watch Huppert scheming , with her small , intelligent eyes as steady as any noir villain , and to enjoy the perfectly pitched web of tension that Chabrol spins .",1 67035,"Kinnear 's performance is a career-defining revelation .",1 15385,"celebrates",1 102243,", Evans is no Hollywood villain",1 182416,"An impenetrable and insufferable ball of pseudo-philosophic twaddle .",0 82046,"heartfelt romance",1 170277,"saccharine earnestness were a crime",0 193060,"are clinically depressed and",0 76026,"builds its multi-character story",1 45586,"I liked About Schmidt a lot , but I have a feeling that I would have liked it much more if Harry & Tonto never existed",1 187557,"Stealing Harvard , which fails to keep 80 minutes from seeming like 800",0 149899,"The stupidest , most insulting movie of 2002",0 22742,"well-made and often lovely",1 71020,"Witherspoon puts to rest her valley-girl image , but it 's Dench who really steals the show",1 42372,"more interesting , less symmetrical ,",1 202812,"is casual and fun",1 44461,"An artful , intelligent film that stays within the confines of a well-established genre .",1 132331,"should appeal to anyone willing to succumb to it",1 102527,", flawed humanity",0 120037,"fills time",0 108198,"One of those movies that catches you up in something bigger than yourself , namely , an archetypal desire to enjoy good trash every now and then .",1 150709,"Wasabi is slight fare indeed , with the entire project having the feel of something tossed off quickly ( like one of Hubert 's punches )",0 150549,"Uncertain in tone",0 228179,"a spoof comedy that carries its share of laughs -- sometimes a chuckle , sometimes a guffaw and , to my great pleasure , the occasional belly laugh .",1 66779,"It trusts the story it sets out to tell .",1 29170,"as an unusual biopic and document of",1 95986,"the kind of insouciance embedded in the sexy demise of James Dean",1 90576,"powerfully evocative mood",1 102262,", Hélène Angel is definitely a director to watch .",1 151353,"a bad taste , not only because of its bad-luck timing , but also the staleness of its script",0 3487,"... while the humor aspects of ` jason x ' were far more entertaining than i had expected , everything else about the film tanks .",0 84075,"is both gripping and compelling",1 153803,"are as predictable and as lowbrow as the endless pratfalls the boys take in their high heels .",0 163938,"it turns into an elegiacally soggy Saving Private Ryanovich",0 71608,"a fascinating study of isolation and frustration",1 80040,"fishy",0 130573,"presents us with an action movie that actually has a brain",1 194326,"bedeviled by labored writing and slack direction",0 109103,"South Korea 's",0 12964,"what is captured during the conceptual process does n't add up to a sufficient explanation of what the final dance work , the selection , became in its final form .",0 76867,"cold-fish",0 8022,"its courage , ideas , technical proficiency",1 11494,"the hell",0 220050,"would be a film that is n't this painfully forced , false and fabricated",0 207538,"of a good movie ye who enter here",1 107023,"It is very difficult to care about the character , and",0 3827,"a good sign when a film 's star spends the entirety of the film in a coma",0 140872,"yourself praying for a quick resolution",0 28824,"and sustains Off the Hook 's buildup with remarkable assuredness for a first-timer",1 158776,"faith , hope and charity",1 132197,"several cliched movie structures",0 72152,"a portrait of two strong men in conflict",1 203914,"it has all the heart of a porno flick ( but none of the sheer lust )",0 234001,"much more terrifying than what you do see thriller , coupled with some arresting effects , incandescent tones and stupendous performances",1 104336,"An inelegant combination",0 87375,"most amazing super-sized dosage",1 55492,"of rich detail condensed",1 117796,"cursing the film 's strategically placed white sheets",0 19137,"Nicely serves as an examination of a society in transition .",1 234414,"of enjoying this film",1 200230,"grievous but",0 49243,"as a creative sequel",1 17087,"replete with rewards to be had by all willing to make the effort to reap them",1 3691,"a competent , unpretentious entertainment",1 5964,"dim-witted",0 43586,", funny and entertaining",1 148262,"Reggio falls victim to relying on the very digital technology that he fervently scorns , creating a meandering , inarticulate and ultimately disappointing film .",0 129619,"one-joke premise",0 189851,"Would Benigni 's Italian Pinocchio have been any easier to sit through than this hastily dubbed disaster ?",0 26511,"Sam Jones became a very lucky filmmaker the day Wilco got dropped from their record label , proving that one man 's ruin may be another 's fortune .",1 97643,"thoughtful consideration",1 150707,"Was I scared ? Only at the prospect of Beck 's next project . Let 's see , a haunted house , a haunted ship , what 's next ... Ghost Blimp ?",0 14185,"Its mysteries are transparently obvious , and it 's too slowly paced to be a thriller . -LRB- But it 's -RRB- worth recommending because of two marvelous performances by Michael Caine and Brendan Fraser .",1 234720,"one is poised for titillation , raw insight or both .",1 95439,"the delicate forcefulness",1 68770,"Shot in rich , shadowy black-and-white , Devils chronicles , with increasingly amused irony , the relationship between reluctant captors and befuddled captives .",1 65703,"Funny , sexy , devastating and incurably romantic",1 137438,"to be sealed in a jar and left on a remote shelf indefinitely",0 231733,"his is an interesting character",1 156775,"contend with unpleasant characters , hit-and-miss performances and awkwardly staged scenes",0 27612,"a landmark in Japanese animation",1 53870,"it throws you for a loop .",1 199510,"fried in pork",1 27231,"Wilco got dropped from their record label , proving that one man 's ruin may be another 's fortune .",1 204638,"lacking any real emotional impact",0 54286,"literate French comedy",1 93782,"such a perfect medium",1 76133,"by a fantastic dual performance from Ian Holm",1 34160,"live-action swashbuckling classic",1 96562,"the relationship between mothers",1 92272,"sends you away a believer again and quite cheered at just that",1 3320,"'s disappointing to see one reduce it to an idea that fits in a sampler",0 87911,"no logra desarrollarse como un gran drama , tampoco es tan superficial como muchas cintas que pecan de pretenciosas y que resultan totalmente banales",0 172112,"string-pulling",0 165328,"love this film",1 4118,"a smart , romantic",1 63326,"A return to pure Disney magic and is enjoyable family fare .",1 44190,"A no-holds-barred cinematic treat .",1 164398,"keeps us at arm 's length . Guided more by intellect than heart , his story flattens instead of sharpens .",0 81285,"gorgeous companion to Mr . Wong 's In the Mood for Love -- very much a Hong Kong movie despite its mainland setting .",1 189708,"While this film has an ` A ' list cast and some strong supporting players , the tale -- like its central figure , Vivi -- is just a little bit hard to love .",0 156914,"courage ''",1 11551,"the kind of movie that leaves vague impressions and a nasty aftertaste but little clear memory of its operational mechanics",0 112481,"a pleasure to have a film like The Hours as an alternative",1 99215,"us to endure every plot contrivance that the cliché-riddled genre can offer",0 83252,"incompetent",0 126304,"look as fully ` rendered ' as Pixar 's industry standard",1 112988,"a vivid imagination and",1 12484,"too bad kramer could n't make a guest appearance to liven things up .",0 118997,"emotional film",1 81375,"great trashy fun",1 173256,"that tries to be smart",0 23347,", ` Lovely ! Brilliant ! '",1 178206,"who are obviously pretty clever --",1 50537,"crappola",0 185764,"Like a medium-grade network sitcom -- mostly inoffensive",0 144788,"Despite a blue-chip cast and a provocative title",0 190884,"a lousy one at that",0 56544,"represents an engaging and intimate first feature by a talented director",1 201610,"if you want to see a flick about telemarketers this one will due",1 37403,"stunning and overwhelmingly cogent",1 24443,"A resonant tale",1 127084,"might soon be looking for a sign . An EXIT sign , that is .",0 185188,"It 's possible that something hip and transgressive was being attempted here that stubbornly refused to gel ,",0 58220,"the dimming of a certain ambition",0 232190,"involved in creating the layered richness of the imagery in this chiaroscuro of madness and light",1 160317,"grave and long-winded",0 118793,"durable",1 185272,"It does n't really know or care about the characters , and uses them as markers for a series of preordained events",0 4805,"are rendered with such clarity that it 's as if it all happened only yesterday",1 84265,"is greatness",1 58028,"the award-winning Coen brothers envious",1 141687,"'s too self-important and plodding to be funny , and too clipped and abbreviated to be an epic",0 60134,"while the movie is slightly less successful than the first , it 's still a rollicking good time for the most part",1 122089,"heart-rate-raising",1 232540,"is make either of Val Kilmer 's two personas interesting or worth caring about .",0 56416,"real charm",1 22264,"the eye , challenges the brain",1 70914,"While the story 's undeniably hard to follow , Iwai 's gorgeous visuals seduce .",1 115703,"becomes distasteful and downright creepy",0 105547,"Dull and mechanical ,",0 188197,"The film is so bad it does n't improve upon the experience of staring at a blank screen .",0 2082,"pretty clever",1 237298,"the unfulfilling",0 110348,"There are problems with this film that even 3 Oscar winners ca n't overcome , but",0 130125,"perfect comic timing",1 83615,"intrigue and human-scale characters",1 41157,"Presents an astute appraisal of Middle American musical torpor and the desperate struggle",1 100788,"wonderfully vulgar",1 93996,"sustains a higher plateau",1 164658,"leaden pacing and indifferent craftsmanship",0 19747,"an emotional , though still positive , wrench of a sit",1 204472,"just not well enough",0 115015,"as rude and profane as ever , always hilarious and , most of the time ,",1 21950,"shapelessly gratifying",1 35171,"of astonishing delicacy and force",1 212392,"spousal abuse",0 207093,"no real narrative logic",0 109711,"The director and her capable cast appear to be caught in a heady whirl of New Age-inspired good intentions , but the spell they cast is n't the least bit mesmerizing",0 222089,"A serviceable Euro-trash action extravaganza , with a decent sense of humor and plenty of things that go boom -- handguns , BMWs and seaside chateaus",1 20891,"in a sardine can '' warped logic",0 230785,"few nice twists",1 220857,"'s just that it 's so not-at-all-good",0 38358,"the invisible hand of the marketplace wrote a script that no human screenwriter could have hoped to match .",1 228167,"a smorgasbord of soliloquies about nothing delivered by the former Mr. Drew Barrymore",0 112407,"a new , self-deprecating level",0 122632,"humor , warmth , and intelligence",1 204487,"just unlikable . Disturbing . Disgusting .",0 119156,"enough intelligence , wit or innovation on the screen to attract and sustain an older crowd",1 165595,"makes sorry use of Aaliyah in her one and only starring role",0 105689,"Even though we know the outcome , the seesawing of the general 's fate in the arguments of competing lawyers has the stomach-knotting suspense of a legal thriller , while the testimony of witnesses lends the film a resonant undertone of tragedy .",1 33486,"is so single-mindedly daring",1 140296,"with which it integrates thoughtfulness and pasta-fagioli comedy",1 104441,"Anybody who enjoys quirky , fun , popcorn movies with a touch of silliness and a little bloodshed .",1 151053,"Worth seeing once ,",1 231095,"gags in search of a story .",0 209257,"phony humility",0 44412,"Ally McBeal-style fantasy sequences",1 229078,"attractive about this movie",1 72464,"a solid action pic that returns the martial arts master to top form",1 134775,"the Vertical Limit of surfing movies - memorable stunts with lots of downtime in between",1 40650,"A droll , well-acted , character-driven comedy with unexpected deposits",1 19167,"Parker holds true to Wilde 's own vision of a pure comedy with absolutely no meaning , and no desire to be anything but a polished , sophisticated entertainment that is in love with its own cleverness .",1 211882,"smug and convoluted action-comedy that",0 149499,"The kids often appear to be reading the lines and are incapable of conveying any emotion .",0 206317,"monster truck-loving good ol' boys and peroxide blond honeys whose worldly knowledge comes from TV reruns and supermarket tabloids",0 10342,"seems to lack substance",0 33159,"into the heartbeat of the world , a salute to the universal language of rhythm and a zippy sampling of sounds",1 58880,"their hopes and frustrations vivid",1 155384,"boring ,",0 219412,"whooshing you from one visual marvel",1 121974,"have not been this disappointed by a movie in a long time",0 20762,"he 's quite a talented director and Sam Rockwell shows us",1 72849,"a workable primer",1 38402,"the many , many moments when we recognize even without the Elizabethan prose , the play behind the thing",1 226810,"Treasure Planet is truly gorgeous to behold .",1 136589,"the women look more like stereotypical caretakers and moral teachers , instead of serious athletes",0 27908,"a tour de force that is weird , wacky and wonderful",1 85822,"layered , well-developed characters and",1 163118,"is nearly meaningless",0 232132,"interest almost solely as an exercise in gorgeous visuals",1 63412,"A spiffy animated feature",1 100802,"work -- is charming , is moving",1 220009,"worn a bit thin over the years ,",0 226109,"The Grey Zone attempts to be grandiloquent , but ends up merely pretentious -- in a grisly sort of way .",0 158924,"feel vastly more affronted than secularists , who might even praise God for delivering such an instant camp classic",1 26448,"Reinforces the talents of screenwriter Charlie Kaufman , creator of Adaptation and Being John Malkovich .",1 40827,"Culkin , who 's in virtually every scene",0 236965,"the gorgeous piano and strings on the soundtrack",1 106235,"Hilary",1 212839,"such a well-defined sense",1 93133,"some surprises",1 194529,"best dramatic performance to date",1 123163,"in the middle , the film compels , as Demme experiments",1 57982,"the One That I Want",1 221026,"'ve already seen Heartbreak if you 've watched the far superior Nurse Betty or Sunset Boulevard .",0 33094,"intelligent , moving and invigorating film",1 163337,"is so enamored of her own creation that she ca n't see how insufferable the character is",0 18084,"with a certain level of intelligence and non-reactionary morality .",1 34604,"more tissues",1 214606,"the film is just a corny examination of a young actress trying to find her way .",0 128682,"of goodness that is flawed , compromised and sad",1 178952,"wrench my eyes out",0 67499,"Me no lika da accents so good , but I thoroughly enjoyed the love story",1 63154,"A lot of the credit for the film 's winning tone",1 24618,"An enjoyable film",1 161300,"his portrait of sex-as-war is strictly sitcom",0 172955,"that careens from dark satire to cartoonish slapstick",0 29981,"can be heart-rending in an honest and unaffected ( and gentle ) way",1 163245,"is practically over before it begins .",0 243,"a retread",0 195405,"can practically hear George Orwell turning over .",0 66820,"Its rawness and vitality",1 34711,"moving film",1 7742,"is n't exactly quality cinema",0 202943,"is generally amusing from time to time",1 163521,"is too cute to take itself too seriously",0 108929,"Showtime is nevertheless efficiently amusing for a good while . Before it collapses into exactly the kind of buddy cop comedy it set out to lampoon , anyway .",1 132661,"smart and funny",1 75457,"been bland",0 119280,"especially realistic",1 105729,"Examines its explosive subject matter",1 28862,"and their screen rapport makes the old story seem new .",1 223859,"I thought the relationships were wonderful , the comedy was funny ,",1 33293,"is all a little Lit Crit 101",0 139772,"who know nothing about the subject",0 89974,"own fear and paranoia",0 137035,"this rich and luscious",1 106270,"Hollywood confection",0 147142,"Let 's see , a haunted house , a haunted ship , what 's next ... Ghost Blimp",0 33431,"is never to tease , except gently and in that way that makes us consider our own eccentricities and how they are expressed through our homes",1 40678,"A movie for 11-year-old boys with sports dreams of their own and the preteen girls who worship Lil ' Bow Wow",1 238609,"what saves lives on the freeway does not necessarily make for persuasive viewing .",0 90001,"packed with just as much intelligence as action",1 77194,"confusing",0 182443,"An uneasy mix",0 107606,"Mamet 's '' House of Games '' and",1 46777,"Sparkles in its deft portrait of Tinseltown 's seasoned veterans of gossip , wealth",1 2368,"spare wildlife",1 145890,"How many more voyages can this limping but dearly-loved franchise survive ? '",0 45083,"Displaying about equal amounts of naiveté , passion and talent , Beneath Clouds establishes Sen as a filmmaker of considerable potential .",1 43755,", this one is a sweet and modest and ultimately winning story .",1 15036,"and good-natured",1 173260,"that try the patience of even the most cinema-besotted critic -- and this was one of them",0 186407,"Nobody seems to have cared much about any aspect of it , from its cheesy screenplay to the grayish quality of its lighting to its last-minute , haphazard theatrical release .",0 225466,"Plays like John Le Carré with a couple of burnt-out cylinders .",0 34596,"more than enough",1 34493,"mind-blowing",1 118366,"disparate funny moments",1 24080,"-- the kind of intimate and character-driven film that Bille August does best .",1 23341,", The Piano Teacher is a daring work of genius .",1 4509,"all those famous moments",1 90418,"ploddingly melodramatic structure",0 178241,"who might even praise God for delivering such an instant camp classic",1 9786,"poor",0 96864,"the theme with added depth and resonance",1 27115,"Uses sharp humor and insight into human nature to examine class conflict , adolescent yearning , the roots of friendship and sexual identity .",1 23599,", entertaining period drama ... both Caine and Fraser have their moments .",1 106912,"It 's nice to see Piscopo again after all these years",1 139563,"what makes it transporting is that it 's also one of the smartest",1 204883,"let 's get this thing over with",0 125569,"keeps arising that the movie will live up to the apparent skills of its makers and the talents of its actors",1 70225,"This is a very funny , heartwarming film . It has fun with the quirks of family life , but it also treats the subject with fondness and respect .",1 115771,"before getting to the truly good stuff",1 228075,"a phlegmatic bore , so tedious it makes the silly spy vs. spy film The Sum of All Fears , starring Ben Affleck , seem downright Hitchcockian",0 140352,"wo n't look at religious fanatics -- or backyard sheds -- the same way again .",1 56958,"shows a level of young , Black manhood that is funny , touching , smart and complicated",1 32766,"imaginative flourishes",1 224366,"It may not be a huge cut of above the rest , but I enjoyed Barbershop",1 67483,"May lack the pungent bite of its title , but it 's an enjoyable trifle nonetheless .",1 42448,"personalities , inventive photography and cutting",1 34859,"neatly into the category of Good Stupid Fun",1 185360,"It takes a really long , slow and dreary time to dope out what TUCK EVERLASTING is about . So here it is : It 's about a family of sour immortals",0 41461,"a nice little picture ,",1 184997,"It 's a bad action movie because there 's no rooting interest",0 47542,"Visually imaginative , thematically instructive and",1 172157,"stumbles over every cheap trick in the book trying to make the outrage",0 54481,"magnificently",1 35699,"one of the most visually stunning and thematically moving epics in recent memory",1 166692,"never really feel involved with the story , as all of its ideas remain just that : abstract ideas .",0 126602,"make : I did n't particularly like E . T . the first time I saw it as a young boy . That is because - damn it !",1 101724,"'s just not very smart",0 100227,"wildly popular",1 46148,"Melodrama with a message",1 43991,"A cartoon that 's truly cinematic in scope",1 168628,"paint some memorable images ...",1 211160,"seen some bad singer-turned actors",0 3604,"a bottom-feeder sequel",0 226883,"Unspeakable , of course , barely begins to describe the plot and its complications .",0 97638,"thoughtful , emotional movie experience",1 56275,"pulls off this stylistic juggling act",1 234604,"of what it actually means to face your fears",1 23579,", director Anne-Sophie Birot 's first feature is a sensitive , extraordinarily well-acted drama .",1 232332,"is a phlegmatic bore , so tedious it makes the silly spy vs. spy film The Sum of All Fears , starring Ben Affleck , seem downright Hitchcockian",0 115336,"bad movie",0 130824,"purpose and taste",1 134906,"the best kind of documentary , one that makes a depleted yesterday feel very much like a brand-new tomorrow",1 20906,"in our increasingly frightening theocracy",0 122241,"hilarious writer-director himself",1 168736,"pathetic exploitation film",0 220096,"would likely be most effective if used as a tool to rally anti-Catholic protestors .",0 177877,"well together",1 50541,"creates a visceral sense of its characters ' lives and conflicted emotions that carries it far above ... what could have been a melodramatic , Lifetime Channel-style anthology .",1 122254,"himself can take credit for most of the movie 's success",1 60009,"welcome or accept The Trials of Henry Kissinger as faithful portraiture",1 175408,"this hard and bitter place",0 133998,"terrific film",1 55634,"of this year 's very best pictures",1 63834,"An amusing and unexpectedly insightful examination of sexual jealousy , resentment and the fine line between passion and pretence .",1 239100,"you 'll want to crawl up your own \*\*\* in embarrassment",0 7821,"is tragically",0 185262,"It could have been something special , but two things drag it down to mediocrity -- director Clare Peploe 's misunderstanding of Marivaux 's rhythms , and Mira Sorvino 's limitations as a classical actress",0 236585,"that will engage anyone with a passing interest in the skate\/surf culture",1 83466,"intense , claustrophobic",0 180444,", Scoob and Shag do n't eat enough during the film . '",0 196066,"completely predictable",0 100868,"works spectacularly well ... A shiver-inducing , nerve-rattling ride .",1 123406,"insanely dysfunctional",0 148889,"Stuffy ,",0 149758,"The premise for this kegger comedy probably sounded brilliant four six-packs and a pitcher of margaritas in , but the film must have been written ... in the thrall of a vicious hangover .",0 145546,"George , hire a real director and good writers for the next installment , please .",0 222114,"A vibrant whirlwind of love , family and all that goes with it",1 166329,"most of the movie feeling depressed by the shallow , selfish , greedy characters",0 180689,", incoherent",0 54160,"laughing at ' variety",1 99170,"upfront that the plot makes no sense",0 167060,"numbingly bad",0 82587,"ideal casting",1 224411,"Its gross-out gags and colorful set pieces ... are of course stultifyingly contrived and too stylized by half .",0 160032,"gets old quickly . Watch Barbershop",0 114995,"as my friend David Cross would call it , ` Hungry-Man portions of bad '",0 116332,"but not great )",0 3337,"'s likely very little crossover appeal to those without much interest in the elizabethans ( as well as rank frustration from those in the know about rubbo 's dumbed-down tactics )",0 12343,"to detailing a chapter in the life of the celebrated irish playwright , poet and drinker",1 148913,"Suffice to say its total promise is left slightly unfulfilled",0 93790,"such an engrossing story",1 16253,"is entertaining for what it does , and admirable for what it does n't do",1 233021,"it gets to you .",1 56013,"pertinent ( cinematically unique )",1 27915,"a troubling interpretation of Ecclesiastes . A rewarding work of art",1 127764,"narrow , fearful view of American life",0 102060,"( A ) thoughtful , visually graceful work .",1 146545,"It 's never a good sign when a film 's star spends the entirety of the film in a coma .",0 10759,"stitch",0 134555,"that should appeal to anyone willing to succumb to it",1 232591,"is n't quite one of the worst movies of the year .",0 44024,"A crisp psychological drama ( and )",1 203423,"is so deadly dull that watching the proverbial paint dry would be a welcome improvement",0 118995,"emotional evolution",1 128077,"nonjudgmentally as Wiseman 's previous studies of inner-city high schools , hospitals , courts and welfare centers",1 116513,"ca n't see why any actor of talent would ever work in a McCulloch production again if they looked at how this movie turned out",0 38451,"the most transporting or gripping film from Iran -- or , indeed",1 42002,"gives this coming-of-age story",1 181911,"A preposterously melodramatic paean to gang-member teens in Brooklyn circa",0 183707,"Enthusiastically taking up the current teen movie concern with bodily functions , Walt Becker 's film pushes all the demographically appropriate comic buttons .",1 44267,"A solid piece",1 238697,"who enjoys quirky , fun , popcorn movies with a touch of silliness and a little",1 147340,"Marisa Tomei is good",1 224405,"It would be disingenuous to call Reno a great film ,",0 212275,"sour immortals",0 71086,"X-Men - occasionally brilliant but mostly average ,",1 132854,"solidly constructed",1 83782,"is a funny ( sometimes hilarious ) comedy with a deft sense of humor about itself , a playful spirit and a game cast",1 29910,"by a likable cast",1 90381,"playwriting 101 premise",0 36506,"replete with dazzling camera-work , dancing and music",1 188837,"There 's not a single jump-in-your-seat moment and",0 73902,"an irresistibly uncanny ambience that goes a long way toward keeping the picture compelling",1 48514,"a worthwhile addition to a distinguished film legacy",1 116047,"blatant product placement",0 216104,"there 's no real sense of suspense",0 171396,"so completely inane",0 157303,"descends into such message-mongering moralism that its good qualities are obscured",0 178922,"would seem to have a lock on the title of ugliest movie of the year",0 198101,"even more predictable",0 113029,"a wind-tunnel and a simply astounding cor-blimey-luv-a-duck cockney accent",1 37847,"that leaves you wanting more",1 136873,"this Argentinean ` dramedy ' succeeds mainly on the shoulders of its actors .",1 58501,"the more serious-minded concerns",1 2640,"the manner of a golden book sprung to life",1 224735,"Marisa Tomei is good , but Just A Kiss is just a mess",0 133251,"starts making water torture seem appealing",0 120229,"flatly",0 230451,"dumb drug jokes and",0 33212,"is a daring work of genius .",1 130838,"pushed into the margins",0 74681,"as famous prima donna Floria Tosca , Roberto Alagna as her lover Mario Cavaradossi , and Ruggero as the villainous , lecherous police chief Scarpia ,",1 149601,"The movie is as far as you can get from racy , to the point where it almost stops the blood flow to your brain",0 14543,"Those outside show business will enjoy a close look at people they do n't really want to know .",1 40694,"A remarkable 179-minute meditation on the nature of revolution",1 56422,"real treat",1 59218,"to direct-to-video irrelevancy",0 224044,"In this case zero .",0 41941,"fine performances ,",1 96544,"the reason for that is a self-aware , often self-mocking , intelligence",1 101479,"'s Lovely and Amazing",1 89509,"on those terms it 's inoffensive and actually rather sweet",1 40821,"Clever , brutal and strangely soulful movie",1 42098,"honest enough",1 139896,"will break your heart many times over .",1 233772,"may even find that it goes by quickly , because it has some of the funniest jokes of any movie this year , including those intended for adults .",1 145212,"Everyone connected to this movie seems to be part of an insider clique , which tends to breed formulaic films rather than fresh ones .",0 150360,"Though it goes further than both , anyone who has seen The Hunger or Cat People will find little new here",0 53202,"intricately structured and well-realized",1 222247,"All three descriptions suit Evelyn , a besotted and obvious drama that tells us nothing new",0 192650,"an unchanged dullard",0 223199,"Droll caper-comedy remake of `` Big Deal on Madonna Street '' that 's a sly , amusing , laugh-filled little gem in which the ultimate `` Bellini '' begins to look like a `` real Kaputschnik .",1 76122,"by Ryan Gosling",1 160301,"grace-in-rebellion",1 29358,"avoids the stupid cliches and formulaic potholes that befall its brethren .",1 47102,"The funny thing",1 204089,"it would be a shame if this was your introduction to one of the greatest plays of the last 100 years",0 232963,"it 's perfect .",1 158008,"dubious product",0 77340,"conventional but heartwarming",1 100800,"work -- is charming",1 2529,"the all-too-familiar dramatic arc of the holocaust escape story",0 217817,"trivializes the movie with too many nervous gags and pratfalls .",0 79466,"explode obnoxiously",0 64896,"Cut through the layers of soap-opera emotion and you find a scathing portrayal of a powerful entity strangling the life out of the people who want to believe in it the most .",1 181728,"A grating , emaciated flick .",0 100477,"with considerable wit",1 52432,"has stepped into the mainstream of filmmaking with an assurance worthy of international acclaim and with every cinematic tool well under his control -- driven by a natural sense for what works on screen .",1 84025,"is and always has been remarkable about clung-to traditions",1 69094,"Sy , another of his open-faced , smiling madmen , like the killer in Insomnia . He does this so well",1 179566,"'s a road-trip drama with too many wrong turns",0 86509,"maintain a straight face while speaking to a highway patrolman",1 190796,"a lackluster screenplay",0 14638,"Without heavy-handedness , Dong provides perspective with his intelligent grasp of human foibles and contradictions .",1 229405,"big-hearted and frequently",1 218134,"undermine the moral dilemma at the movie 's heart .",0 30589,"darn good , despite its smarty-pants aura",1 63225,"A naturally funny film",1 126615,"make for great cinema",1 83382,"innovations and glimpse",1 146822,"James Bond for being a clichéd , doddering , misogynistic boy 's club",0 116012,"bitter nor sweet",1 183373,"Despite its dry wit and compassion , the film suffers from a philosophical emptiness and maddeningly sedate pacing .",0 119143,"enough clever and unexpected",1 108978,"Sirk",1 16930,"perfect example",1 33829,"its profound self-evaluation message about our fragile existence",1 143365,"A sour , nasty offering .",0 75924,"breathtakingly beautiful outer-space documentary Space Station 3D",1 768,"dazzles the eye , challenges the brain , and",1 57669,"than I want to believe",1 92273,"sends you away a believer again and quite cheered at just that .",1 201599,"if you 're going to subjugate truth to the tear-jerking demands of soap opera",0 44314,"A three-hour cinema master class .",1 227480,"`` Feardotcom '' has the makings of an interesting meditation on the ethereal nature of the internet and the otherworldly energies it could channel , but",0 168850,"petty theft of your time",0 202523,"is 75 wasted minutes of Sandler as the voice-over hero in Columbia Pictures ' perverse idea of an animated holiday movie .",0 40982,"It 's a movie -- and an album -- you wo n't want to miss",1 170070,"restage the whole thing",0 176151,"to get us to this undetermined destination",0 34218,"loses touch with the reality of the grim situation",0 39943,"well-shot and , importantly , entertaining",1 163471,"is the paucity of laughter in what 's supposed to be a comedy",0 95142,"the astonishingly pivotal role of imagination in the soulful development of two rowdy teenagers",1 12243,"though impostor deviously adopts the guise of a modern motion picture",0 147374,"Maudlin",0 60028,"well-directed and , for all its moodiness , not too",1 54638,"marvels .",1 4833,"as a surprisingly anemic disappointment",0 75983,"brittle desperation",0 64488,"Brings awareness to an issue often overlooked",1 90283,"picked me up , swung me around ,",1 17149,"seaside splendor",1 124721,"is too cute by half .",1 223410,"For the rest of us , sitting through Dahmer 's two hours amounts to little more than punishment .",0 70679,"Walter Hill 's Undisputed is like a 1940s Warner Bros . B picture , and I mean that as a compliment",1 153208,"already overladen with plot conceits",0 47618,"While it can be a bit repetitive , overall it 's an entertaining and informative documentary .",1 174440,"the one hour and thirty-three minutes spent watching this waste of time",0 105361,"Delia , Greta , and Paula rank as three of the most multilayered and sympathetic female characters of the year . As each of them searches for their place in the world , Miller digs into their very minds to find an unblinking , flawed humanity .",1 218496,"very slow , uneventful",0 63672,"Alexandre",1 156480,"collapses on its shaky foundation",0 226501,"The story plays out slowly , but the characters are intriguing and realistic",1 43188,"'s a worthy entry in the French coming-of-age genre",1 86833,"marveled at Disney 's rendering of water , snow , flames and shadows in a hand-drawn animated world",1 71792,"a happy , heady jumble of thought and storytelling ,",1 32078,"gives its subject a movie worthy of his talents",1 43184,"'s a work by an artist so in control of both his medium and his message",1 13057,"who cares if the story 's a little weak",1 169507,"put a little too much heart into his first film and did n't reserve enough for his second .",0 33099,"intelligent and restrained coming-of-age drama",1 30146,"chides the absurdity of its protagonist 's plight",0 201406,"how not to act like Pinocchio .",0 165855,"merely creates an outline for a role he still needs to grow into , a role that Ford effortlessly filled with authority .",1 211711,"sits there like a side dish no one ordered",0 162661,"is a rancorous curiosity : a movie without an apparent audience",0 182226,"All About the Benjamins evokes the bottom tier of blaxploitation flicks from the 1970s .",0 16555,"meal",1 85804,"laughs that may make you hate yourself for giving in . Ah , what the hell .",1 139037,"victim to sloppy plotting , an insultingly unbelievable final act and",0 144621,"Coughs and sputters",0 22867,"world music",1 231486,"has that other Imax films do n't : chimps , lots of chimps , all blown up to the size of a house .",0 29167,"as an all-American girl with a brand new name in southern Tennessee",1 169517,"put someone who ultimately does n't learn at the center of a kids ' story",0 186388,"No new plot conceptions or",0 1790,"multi-dimensional love story",1 165422,"made for cable rather than for the big screen",0 86894,"may be one of the most appealing movies ever made about an otherwise appalling , and downright creepy , subject -- a teenage boy in love with his stepmother",1 101884,"'s simply stupid , irrelevant and deeply",0 4087,"a romantic comedy with outrageous tendencies",1 101407,"'ll see Del Toro has brought unexpected gravity to Blade II",1 111274,"Writer \ \/ director M . Night Shyamalan 's ability to pull together easily accessible stories that resonate with profundity is undeniable .",1 94935,"that ultimately coheres into a sane and breathtakingly creative film",1 119737,"family warmth",1 156183,"charm or personality",1 30686,"delivers a lean and engaging work .",1 62517,". He makes you realize that deep inside righteousness can be found a tough beauty .",1 163339,"is so engagingly",1 33612,"it 's therapeutic to laugh along with them .",1 49168,"are more likely to remember the haunting images than the plot holes .",1 32843,"in beautifully articulated portrayals",1 73609,"amusing personalities",1 73233,"admire this film for its harsh objectivity and refusal to seek our tears , our sympathies",1 147343,"Mark me down as a non-believer in werewolf films that are not serious",0 104610,"Baby-faced Renner is eerily convincing as this bland blank of a man with unimaginable demons within .",1 85741,"laid-back",1 138506,"ultimately empty examination",0 222708,"Buries an interesting storyline about morality and the choices we make underneath such a mountain of clichés and borrowed images",0 40825,"Complex , affecting and uniquely",1 173904,"the film feels like a low-budget TV pilot that could not find a buyer to play it on the tube .",0 185329,"It puts Washington , as honest working man John Q . Archibald , on a pedestal , then keeps lifting the pedestal higher .",1 187331,"Slack and",0 208910,"overblown enterprise",0 115125,"assume the director has pictures of them cavorting in ladies ' underwear",0 117956,"deeply pessimistic or",1 169405,"provide a mix of smiles and tears ,",1 216495,"this strenuously unconventional movie",0 157332,"despising",0 118627,"doomed by its smallness",0 149430,"The film makes a fatal mistake : It asks us to care about a young man whose only apparent virtue is that he is not quite as unpleasant as some of the people in his life .",0 139071,"virtuosic set pieces",1 54870,"most depressing",0 102995,", vicious and absurd",0 59473,"touches the heart and the funnybone thanks to the energetic and always surprising performance by Rachel Griffiths .",1 30714,"denying the physically spectacular qualities of the film ... or the emotional integrity of the performances",1 38521,"the perfect actor to take us on the trip",1 8498,"limited",0 9830,"pretty darned good",1 103803,"A powerful , inflammatory film",1 69538,"The film , while not exactly assured in its execution , is notable for its sheer audacity and openness .",1 24476,"A stunning and overwhelmingly cogent case",1 12653,"undercut",0 191029,"a neat twist ,",1 207251,"nothing funny in this every-joke-has - been-told-a",0 137725,"to make the formula feel fresh",1 141265,"'s best to avoid imprisonment with the dull , nerdy folks that inhabit Cherish",0 102747,", occasionally horrifying but often inspiring film",1 108930,"Shyamalan offers copious hints along the way -- myriad signs , if you will -- that beneath the familiar , funny surface is a far bigger , far more meaningful story than one in which little green men come to Earth for harvesting purposes .",1 219913,"witty and sophisticated",1 216745,"tired Tyco ad",0 230390,"done the nearly impossible",1 82774,"impressively delicate range",1 124092,"is handled with intelligence and care",1 165519,"make its characters idiots in order to advance the plot",0 77691,"damned thing",0 188027,"The characters seem one-dimensional ,",0 1265,"ignore but a little too smugly superior to like",0 79555,"fact , even better",1 17271,"some welcome role models and optimism .",1 161129,"her stature",1 197037,"director ever making his wife look so bad in a major movie",0 168857,"photographed like a film , with the bad lighting that 's often written off as indie film naturalism",0 142810,"... the film suffers from a lack of humor ( something needed to balance out the violence ) ...",0 123514,"interesting technical",1 200836,"have made a great Saturday Night Live sketch , but a great movie it is not",0 22059,"still makes it much better than your typical Bond knock-offs",1 203464,"is sorely missing",0 48512,"a work of incendiary genius ,",1 118299,"director Shekhar Kapur supplies with tremendous skill",1 221022,"'s well worth spending some time with",1 135103,"the director 's epitaph for himself",0 129123,"of the sweetness and the extraordinary technical accomplishments of the first film",1 73760,"an enjoyably",1 73486,"allows us to chuckle through the angst",1 88171,"of California",1 193662,"as you watch them clumsily mugging their way through Snow Dogs ,",0 111831,"a dualistic battle between good and evil",1 15325,"but love for its posse of trailer park denizens",1 25435,"Good ol' urban legend stuff .",1 206654,"much about the film is loopy and ludicrous ... that it could have been a hoot in a bad-movie way if the laborious pacing and endless exposition had been tightened .",0 184651,"I do n't know why Steven Seagal is considered a star , nor why he keeps being cast in action films when none of them are ever any good or make any money .",0 215382,"the point of real interest - -- audience sadism -- is evaded completely",0 232744,"is so insanely stupid , so awful in so many ways that watching it leaves you giddy",0 186181,"Most fish stories are a little peculiar , but this is one that should be thrown back in the river",0 25801,"It risks seeming slow and pretentious , because it thinks the gamble is worth the promise .",0 200699,"hastily dubbed",0 76351,"can only love the players it brings to the fore for the gifted but no-nonsense human beings they are and for the still-inestimable contribution they have made to our shared history",1 237931,"to savour Binoche 's skill",1 57403,"streamed across its borders",1 134127,"thankfully goes easy on the reel\/real world dichotomy that ( Jaglom ) pursued with such enervating determination in Venice\/Venice .",1 184106,"Garth ' has n't progressed as nicely as ` Wayne . '",0 60590,"you will also learn a good deal about the state of the music business in the 21st Century",1 29471,"because they love what they do",1 92830,"slightly sunbaked and summery mind , Sex and Lucia may well prove diverting enough .",1 231226,"glows with enthusiasm , sensuality and a conniving wit .",1 88135,"oddly colorful",1 196676,"defeats the possibility of creating a more darkly edged tome",0 234153,"no tension -- nothing but Costner",0 42322,"made richer by his own experiences ,",1 195926,"come to life",1 233002,"it certainly got lost in the `` soon-to-be-forgettable '' section of the quirky rip-off prison romp pile .",0 2696,"the rage and alienation that fuels the self-destructiveness of many young people",0 215428,"the production details are lavish",1 156357,"cliche-drenched melodrama",0 114313,"animation and game phenomenon",1 80920,"genuine quirkiness",1 44270,"A spellbinding African film",1 32396,"he 's been making for the last several years",1 182188,"Adroit but finally a trifle flat , Mad Love does n't galvanize its outrage the way , say , Jane Campion might have done , but at least it possesses some .",0 4707,"an unwieldy cast",0 187590,"Stress ` dumb",0 186380,"No doubt the star and everyone else involved had their hearts in the right place . Where their heads were is anyone 's guess .",0 136496,"the unsettling images of a war-ravaged land that prove more potent and riveting than the unlikely story of Sarah and Harrison",1 121871,"has traveled to places in the world devastated by war , famine and poverty and documented the cruelty and suffering he has found with an devastating , eloquent clarity",1 87680,"mysterious , sensual , emotionally intense",1 196191,"contrived and artificial",0 143586,"All 's well that ends well",1 190158,"a besotted and obvious drama that tells us nothing new",0 131934,"see this terrific film with your kids --",1 193375,"as a nifty plot line in Steven Soderbergh 's Traffic fails to arrive at any satisfying destination",0 102203,") characters are both overplayed and exaggerated",0 80145,"floppy",0 40732,"A work of astonishing delicacy and force",1 71968,"a meditation on the deep deceptions of innocence",1 188854,"There 's something fishy about a seasonal holiday kids ' movie",0 110366,"There has been a string of ensemble cast romances recently ... but Peter Mattei 's Love in the Time of Money sets itself apart by forming a chain of relationships that come full circle to end on a positive ( if tragic ) note",1 131737,"satire Lucky Break",1 178916,"would n't know subtle characterization if it put on a giant furry monster costume and then gave them a lapdance",0 193035,"are actually releasing it into theaters",0 21270,"magnified versions of the ones that vex nearly everyone",0 211707,"sit through this summer that do not involve a dentist drill",0 88508,"of dead-end distaste",0 104092,"Adults , other than the parents ... will be hard pressed to succumb to the call of the wild .",0 154647,"be a dramatic actor -- just not in this movie",0 194793,"boiling point",0 200491,"has all the right parts",1 197080,"disguise that he 's spiffing up leftovers that are n't so substantial or fresh",0 24172,"... tremendous energy from the cast , a sense of playfulness and excitement",1 146506,"It 's hard to tell with all the crashing and banging where the salesmanship ends and the movie begins .",0 53155,"interesting and confirming",1 162010,"in the face and spit in the eye",0 188803,"There 's a scientific law to be discerned here that producers would be well to heed",0 21057,"is something quite fresh and delightful",1 116244,"brisk , amusing pace",1 140100,"with an action movie that actually has a brain",1 112779,"a step further , richer and",1 169249,"pretty cool",1 48954,"an infectious exuberance that will engage anyone with a passing interest in the skate\/surf culture , the L . A . beach scene and the imaginative ( and sometimes illegal ) ways kids can make a playground out of the refuse of adults",1 987,"find it funny",1 214669,"the first half of Sorority Boys is as appalling as any ` comedy ' to ever spill from a projector 's lens",0 193996,"bare-midriff generation",1 36655,"sappy",0 189802,"With nary a glimmer of self-knowledge , ( Crane ) becomes more specimen than character --",0 70830,"What makes this film special is Serry 's ability to take what is essentially a contained family conflict and put it into a much larger historical context .",1 6454,"feels less like a change in ( herzog 's ) personal policy",0 89414,"on its own self-referential hot air",0 109814,"The film is small in scope , yet perfectly formed .",1 139927,"will likely prefer to keep on watching",1 191565,"a transparently hypocritical work",0 26655,"Stuart Little 2 -- quite a rarity , even in the family film market . Eventually , it wins you over",1 52067,"gently funny , sweetly adventurous",1 4492,"all the bouncing back and forth ca n't help but become a bit tedious",0 112509,"a praiseworthy attempt to generate suspense rather than gross out the audience",1 51433,"explores the conflict between following one 's heart and following the demands of tradition",1 139001,"very minds",1 235840,"sneering",0 118573,"does not deserve to go down with a ship as leaky as this",0 30690,"delivers a solid mixture of sweetness and laughs",1 108175,"One of the most slyly exquisite anti-adult movies ever made .",1 56358,"quite tasty",1 57984,"the Oscar-winning sound and",1 194333,"been 20 years since 48",1 232422,"is beyond me .",0 125107,"it stinks",0 24318,"A delectable and intriguing thriller filled with surprises , Read My Lips is an original . This is a story of two misfits who do n't stand a chance alone , but together they are magnificent .",1 136347,"the strength of their own cleverness",1 48365,"a set of heartfelt performances",1 177758,"water ' story . You 've seen them a million times . Just one problem : Fish out of water usually die .",0 205617,"madness -- and strength",1 213061,"swooning melodrama",1 107348,"Koury 's passive technique",0 4474,"alienate",0 109657,"The charms of the lead performances allow us to forget most of the film 's problems .",1 40785,"Awkward but",0 24940,"Carion 's debut feature but his script and direction hums with a confidence that many spend entire careers trying to reach",1 198558,"far too much for our taste",0 138103,"too immature and unappealing to care about",0 9501,"one of those movies that catches you up in something bigger than yourself , namely , an archetypal desire to enjoy good trash every now and then",1 210084,"ratchets up the stirring soundtrack ,",1 181319,"... its solemn pretension prevents us from sharing the awe in which it holds itself .",0 137064,"this that puts flimsy flicks like this behind bars",0 14946,"always surprising way",1 40318,"wo n't believe much of it",0 37075,"so intriguing",1 130734,"prove to be ( Tsai 's ) masterpiece",1 230987,"founders on its own preciousness -- and squanders its beautiful women .",0 83996,"is an exercise in chilling style , and Twohy films the sub , inside and out , with an eye on preserving a sense of mystery .",1 161859,"in extremely bad taste",0 197816,"employs an accent that I think is supposed to be an attempt at hardass American but sometimes just lapses into unhidden British .",0 211988,"so overwrought",0 102292,", Laissez-passer has all the earmarks of French cinema at its best .",1 239179,"you need a constant influx of liquid just to get through it .",0 50549,"creatively",1 202500,"is ) the comedy equivalent of Saddam Hussein , and I 'm just about ready to go to the U . N . and ask permission for a preemptive strike .",0 123662,"irony-free",1 23326,", Rampling gives a performance that could not be improved upon .",1 181497,"A Lifetime movie",0 45210,"Eyre is on his way to becoming the American Indian Spike Lee .",1 189919,"You 'll trudge out of the theater feeling as though you rode the Zipper after eating a corn dog and an extra-large cotton candy .",0 78779,"efficiency and an affection for the period",1 40952,"Huppert , a great actress tearing into a landmark role",1 184776,"If Deuces Wild had been tweaked up a notch it would have become a camp adventure , one of those movies that 's so bad it starts to become good . But",0 183129,"Clueless",0 225366,"Overwrought , melodramatic bodice-ripper",0 180768,", its curmudgeon does n't quite make the cut of being placed on any list of favorites .",0 179775,"'s hard to pity the ` plain ' girl who becomes a ravishing waif after applying a smear of lip-gloss . Rather , pity anyone who sees this mishmash .",0 88736,"of lives lived in a state of quiet desperation",1 116645,"candid , archly funny and deeply authentic take",1 160238,"gone straight to a Mystery Science Theater 3000 video",0 195659,"childlike dimness and",0 104711,"Bertrand Tavernier 's",1 115012,"as rude and profane as ever ,",0 40772,"Andy Garcia enjoys one of his richest roles in years and Mick Jagger gives his best movie performance since , well , Performance",1 152613,"a totally formulaic movie",0 26176,"Nervy and sensitive , it taps into genuine artistic befuddlement , and at the same time presents a scathing indictment of what drives Hollywood .",1 78584,"dramatic experience .",1 52413,"has n't had so much fun in two decades , since he was schlepping Indiana Jones around the globe in search of a giant misplaced ashtray .",1 229143,"be as bad as its trailers",0 46820,"Stevens has a flair for dialogue comedy , the film operates nicely off the element of surprise , and the large cast is solid .",1 202686,"is about the worst thing Chan has done in the United States .",0 102901,", the movie stirs us as well .",1 40352,"works well",1 75220,"be an astronaut",1 154180,"as if circularity itself indicated profundity",0 173692,"the crime story and the love story",1 202555,"is a cinematic misdemeanor",0 102364,", absurd collection",0 67042,"Kissing Jessica Steinis quirky , charming and often hilarious . Yet",1 72508,"a staggeringly compelling character ,",1 105176,"Completely awful Iranian drama ... as much fun as a grouchy ayatollah in a cold mosque .",0 114378,"any Dummies guide , something",0 190976,"a more engaged and honest treatment",1 135892,"the obstacles of a predictable outcome and a screenplay",0 107444,"Like The Rugrats movies , The Wild Thornberrys Movie does n't offer much more than the series ,",0 54376,"loopy",0 174313,"the most sympathetic male",1 155175,"between mirthless Todd Solondzian satire and callow student film",0 81897,"have n't laughed that hard in years",1 54419,"loved this film",1 184008,"Formula 51 '' is somewhat entertaining ,",1 51784,"for cultural and personal self-discovery and a picaresque view",1 228956,"as if the director is trying to dupe the viewer into taking it all as Very Important simply because the movie is ugly to look at and not a Hollywood product",0 62105,", nasty journey",0 52480,"have chemistry both as friends and lovers",1 24365,"A journey",1 41511,"acting , good dialogue ,",1 163067,"is n't as sharp ,",0 196136,"consistently surprising , easy",1 49975,"ca n't forget it",1 50290,"comforted",1 89013,"of the flesh",1 121327,"good to speak about other than the fact that it is relatively short",0 119589,"extra effort to see an artist , still committed to growth in his ninth decade , change while remaining true to his principles",1 217579,"too discouraging to let slide",0 33474,"is risky , intelligent , romantic and rapturous from start to finish .",1 44240,"A sexy , peculiar and always entertaining costume drama set in Renaissance Spain , and the fact that it 's based on true events somehow makes it all the more compelling .",1 197004,"directionless",0 106815,"It 's a scorcher .",1 201493,"idea ( of middle-aged romance ) is not handled well and",0 84963,"it a great movie",1 40889,"Engrossing and",1 196888,"deviously adopts the guise of a modern motion picture",1 74888,"astonishingly pivotal role",1 213717,"that it even uses a totally unnecessary prologue , just because it seems obligatory",0 64363,"Bill Plympton , the animation master",1 234843,"own Mystery Science Theatre 3000 tribute",1 204919,"life 's wonderment",1 121433,"gripping performances by Lane and Gere are what will keep them awake",1 172057,"story-telling and visual clarity",1 160922,"have to gloss over the no sense ending",0 232760,"is sure to give you a lot of laughs in this simple , sweet and romantic comedy",1 27424,"a chemistry and comfort level that 's both saucy and endearing",1 38894,"they found them and become self-made celebrity athletes",1 179794,"'s insanely violent and very graphic",0 140978,"'ll be more entertained getting hit by a bus .",0 30462,"crafted meditation on mortality .",1 63847,"An effective portrait of a life in stasis --",1 52212,"good-natured fun",1 200175,"grab your kids and run",0 95089,"the ` Are we a sick society ? ' journalism of the 1960s",0 183363,"Despite Hoffman 's best efforts",0 86492,"magic and whimsy for children , a heartfelt romance for teenagers and a compelling argument about death , both pro and con , for adults",1 183412,"Did no one on the set have a sense of humor , or",0 81415,"grossest",0 193737,"at ease sharing the same scene",1 83398,"inside righteousness",1 120974,"generally insulting",0 61091,"'s impossible to shake .",0 36561,"rewarding balance",1 218825,"wastes an exceptionally good idea",0 66478,"It 's a fine , focused piece of work that reopens an interesting controversy and never succumbs to sensationalism .",1 201403,"how many times they can work the words '' radical '' or '' suck",0 193969,"badly-rendered CGI effects",0 121928,"have been readily dismissed as the tiresome rant of an aging filmmaker still thumbing his nose at convention",0 91461,"remarkably faithful one",1 99145,"unusual , food-for-thought cinema",1 21368,"much better",1 176250,"to make a dull , pretentious version of Jesus ' Son",0 144189,"Blue Crush is highly enjoyable .",1 122809,"important and exhilarating",1 135736,"the more hackneyed elements of the film",0 82683,"illustrates the problems of fledgling democracies , but also the strength and sense of freedom the Iranian people already possess , with or without access to the ballot box",1 146295,"In both the writing and cutting , it does not achieve the kind of dramatic unity that transports you . You end up simply admiring this bit or that , this performance or that .",0 40899,"Fans of the animated wildlife adventure show will be in warthog heaven : others need not necessarily apply",1 27432,"a comedy full of gentle humor that chides the absurdity of its protagonist 's plight",1 25880,"Just another fish-out-of-water story that barely stays afloat .",0 185332,"It reduces the complexities to bromides and slogans and it gets so preachy-keen and so tub-thumpingly loud it makes you feel like a chump",0 196313,"could n't have brought something fresher to the proceedings simply by accident",1 54762,"mistakes",0 218674,"wants desperately to come off as a fanciful film about the typical problems of average people",0 116032,"bland hotels , highways , parking lots",0 29833,"but it has just enough spice to keep it interesting .",1 70872,"While Cherish does n't completely survive its tonal transformation from dark comedy to suspense thriller , it 's got just enough charm and appealing character quirks to forgive that still serious problem .",1 81822,"hate yourself for giving in .",0 12465,"to wrestle disbelief to the ground and then apply the chloroform-soaked handkerchief",0 184861,"Impostor deviously adopts the guise of a modern motion picture",0 65449,"F",0 155381,"bored and ... decided to make a dull , pretentious version of Jesus ' Son",0 230693,"express warmth and longing",1 46469,"Pacino is the best he 's been in years and Keener is marvelous",1 110313,"There 's no point in extracting the bare bones of Byatt 's plot for purposes of bland Hollywood romance .",0 225679,"Said attempts to wear down possible pupils through repetition",0 128798,"of minor shortcomings",0 199467,"framed in a drama so clumsy",0 76278,"call for prevention rather than to place blame , making it one of the best war movies ever made",1 32666,"how appreciative you are of this depends on your level of fandom",1 89887,"outstanding soundtrack",1 71403,"a clean , kid-friendly outing",1 28406,"an unfamiliar world",1 63275,"A powerful and telling story that examines",1 110506,"This is popcorn movie fun with equal doses of action , cheese , ham and cheek ( as well as a serious debt to The Road Warrior )",1 228364,"actually pretty good",1 25330,"For serious film buffs",1 16594,"most Bond outings in recent years , some of the stunts are so outlandish that they border on being cartoonlike .",0 84764,"is to always make it look easy , even though the reality is anything but",1 153010,"aggravating enough",0 129257,"offensive and",0 228892,"as Mr. Deeds was to that of Frank Capra",1 38116,"the deeply appealing veteran Bouquet",1 47575,"Well-acted",1 139805,"whole slo-mo , double-pistoled , ballistic-pyrotechnic Hong Kong action",0 51181,"endlessly challenging",1 17195,"should work its magic in other parts of the world",1 100723,"without once denying the hardscrabble lives of people on the economic fringes of Margaret Thatcher 's ruinous legacy , he insists on the importance of those moments when people can connect and express their love for each other",1 184868,"In Praise of Love , the sort of bitter old crank who sits behind his light meter and harangues the supposed injustices of the artistic world-at-large",0 217742,"transcend its clever concept",1 232365,"is a sweet , honest , and enjoyable comedy-drama about a young woman who wants many things in life , but fears she 'll become her mother before she gets to fulfill her dreams .",1 109778,"The film becomes an overwhelming pleasure ,",1 184829,"If you 're not fans of the adventues of Steve and Terri , you should avoid this like the dreaded King Brown snake . Personally",0 213766,"that might be best forgotten",0 68979,"Standing by Yourself is haunting ... ( It 's ) what punk rock music used to be , and what the video medium could use more of : spirit , perception , conviction .",1 92143,"seem to be introverted young men with fantasy fetishes",1 112870,"a tedious picture",0 27673,"a mildly entertaining",1 49363,"astoundingly rich film",1 205283,"loneliness and is n't afraid to provoke introspection in both its characters and its audience",1 145589,"Glib , satirical documentary that fudges facts",0 181687,"A film that plays things so nice",1 216279,"things will turn out okay",1 27899,"a tight plot with an easy pace",1 185913,"Lush and beautifully",1 205434,"lost some of the dramatic conviction that underlies the best of comedies",0 217700,"total loss",0 27627,"a little different",1 73380,"all about a young woman 's face , and by casting an actress whose face projects that woman 's doubts and yearnings",1 377,"alpha",1 220531,"'' rise above its heart-on-its-sleeve writing",1 210134,"reaches the level of crudity in the latest Austin Powers extravaganza",0 43569,", emotionally devastating piece",1 146274,"Impostor ca n't think of a thing to do with these characters except have them run through dark tunnels , fight off various anonymous attackers , and evade elaborate surveillance technologies .",0 34167,"lively mix",1 215918,"the worst dialogue",0 185245,"It all unfolds predictably , and the adventures that happen along the way seem repetitive and designed to fill time , providing no real sense of suspense",0 99052,"unique or memorable",1 93121,"some real vitality",1 79037,"enjoy this sometimes wry adaptation of V . S . Naipaul 's novel",1 53270,"is a dazzling conceptual feat",1 222714,"But ... in trying to capture the novel 's deeper intimate resonances , the film has -- ironically - distanced us from the characters .",0 180529,", as you watch them clumsily mugging their way through Snow Dogs , seems inconceivable",0 118804,"dusty",0 178347,"will be able to recognize that this story is too goofy ... even for Disney",0 40670,"A loving little film of considerable appeal",1 120761,"from the start -- and , refreshingly , stays that way",1 100124,"who perfectly portrays the desperation of a very insecure man",1 145774,"Heartbreak Hospital wants to convey the same kind of haughtiness in its own sketchy material but this territory has already been explored previously with better aplomb and sardonic wit .",0 54502,"make a courtroom trial great fun",1 43338,"'s the best sequel since The Empire Strikes Back ... a majestic achievement , an epic of astonishing grandeur and surprising emotional depth",1 177824,"wearisome amid leaden pacing and indifferent craftsmanship ( most notably wretched sound design )",0 77857,"defining philosophical conscience",1 202666,"is a total misfire",0 16137,"in today 's cinema du sarcasm",0 18913,"Has it ever been possible to say that Williams has truly inhabited a character",1 31767,"for in intelligence and B-grade stylishness",1 55863,"our imagination",1 172523,"takes way too many years to resolve to be a total winner",0 196568,"daft by half ... but supremely good natured .",1 143780,"An unintentionally surreal kid 's picture ... in which actors in bad bear suits enact a sort of inter-species parody of a VH1 Behind the Music episode",0 186542,"One fantastic ( and educational )",1 110327,"There 's nothing to gain from watching They . It is n't scary . It hates its characters .",0 138366,"true cinematic knack",1 109473,"The Rising Place that would set it apart from other Deep South stories",1 151916,"a junior varsity Short Cuts",0 170848,"she 's really done it this time . That chirpy songbird Britney Spears has popped up with more mindless drivel .",0 208604,"one more dumb high school comedy about sex gags and prom dates",0 176737,"tosses around sex toys and offers half-hearted paeans to empowerment",0 29557,"best family film",1 128150,"not-so-hot",0 75371,"beautifully edited",1 194162,"be lured in by Julia Roberts",1 123881,"is almost",0 108219,"Only those most addicted to film violence",0 74481,"around to capture the chaos of France in the 1790 's",1 156358,"cliche-ridden",0 79977,"finds its moviegoing pleasures in the tiny events that could make a person who has lived her life half-asleep suddenly wake up and take notice",1 145189,"Even with a green Mohawk and a sheet of fire-red flame tattoos covering his shoulder , however , Kilmer seems to be posing , rather than acting . And that leaves a hole in the center of The Salton Sea .",0 75518,"being able to creep the living hell out of you",1 84505,"is one adapted - from-television movie that actually looks as if it belongs on the big screen .",1 166128,"morally ambiguous and nothing to shout about",0 70222,"This is a very funny , heartwarming film . It has fun with the quirks of family life ,",1 210354,"relies too much on a scorchingly plotted dramatic scenario for its own good",0 2462,"takes such a speedy swan dive",1 6303,"everyman 's romance",1 77488,"crackles",1 116371,"by French filmmaker Karim Dridi that celebrates the hardy spirit of Cuban music",1 227991,"a little like a chocolate milk moustache",1 28248,"alternately amused",1 93753,"succeeds .",1 232260,"is a cop-out",0 8036,"its dreamlike",1 28950,"another hat to a talented head",1 38933,"this coming-of-age story restraint as well as warmth",1 46260,"Mr . Tsai is a very original artist in his medium , and What Time Is It There ? should be seen at the very least for its spasms of absurdist humor .",1 109325,"Take nothing seriously and enjoy the ride .",1 164310,"just feels generic ,",0 31346,"exhilarating to watch because Sandler , liberated from the constraints of formula , reveals unexpected depths as an actor",1 27629,"a little funnier , and a little more",1 108028,"None of this is half as moving as the filmmakers seem to think .",0 171681,"sometimes maddeningly slow",0 84052,"is at once a tough pill to swallow and a minor miracle of self-expression .",1 10328,"seeking to pull a cohesive story out",0 29816,"but in the richness of its performances",1 10823,"such a high-energy movie where the drumming and the marching are so excellent , who cares if the story 's a little weak",1 179594,"'s actually pretty funny , but",1 63418,"A stirring road movie .",1 154186,"as ill-starred",0 227939,"a gorgeous film -",1 114663,"are quite touching",1 158986,"felt sad for Lise not so much because of what happens as because she was captured by this movie when she obviously belongs in something lighter and sunnier",0 61087,"'s immensely ambitious , different than anything that 's been done before and amazingly successful in terms of what it 's trying to do",1 190415,"a culture of people who sadly are at hostile odds with one another through recklessness and retaliation",0 198485,"falls flat as thinking man CIA agent Jack Ryan in this summer 's new action film , '' The Sum of All Fears",0 230051,"critics be damned .",1 96162,"the most blithe exchanges gives the film its lingering tug",1 212870,"suffering from a severe case of Hollywood-itis",0 222643,"Blockbuster",1 200785,"have been this odd , inexplicable and unpleasant",0 90648,"pretty decent kid-pleasing",1 72419,"a skyscraper",1 173213,"that takes few chances and manages to insult the intelligence of everyone in the audience",0 100233,"will be an enjoyable choice for younger kids .",1 67016,"Kids five and up will be delighted with the fast , funny , and even touching story . Parents may even find that it goes by quickly , because it has some of the funniest jokes of any movie this year , including those intended for adults",1 25527,"Here 's yet another studio horror franchise mucking up its storyline with glitches casual fans could correct in their sleep .",0 102512,", excruciatingly tedious",0 216469,"this pretentious mess",0 149184,"The acting is stiff ,",0 224249,"It 's sweet and fluffy at the time , but",1 49344,"as we might be interested in gratuitous sexualization",1 217459,"to the next , hastily , emptily",0 181575,"A cockeyed shot all the way .",0 205418,"loses himself to the film 's circular structure to ever offer any insightful discourse on , well , Love in the Time of Money",0 90390,"please Eastwood 's loyal fans",1 25049,"Cute",1 220502,"'' is an earnest , by-the-numbers effort by Washington .",1 79111,"entertaining , self-aggrandizing , politically motivated",1 53310,"is a movie you can trust .",1 8805,"miscast leads",0 6159,"elegant",1 32406,"he does make for excellent company",1 34657,"most predictable",0 201650,"imagine that a more confused , less interesting and more sloppily made film could possibly come down the road in 2002",0 61332,"'s unburdened by pretensions to great artistic significance",1 139967,"willing to do this , then you so crazy",0 112763,"a spirited film and a must-see",1 143097,"A fitfully amusing romp that , if nothing else , will appeal to fans of Malcolm in the Middle and its pubescent star , Frankie Muniz .",1 65215,"Dumbo '' certainly ranks as the most original in years",1 186280,"Natalie Babbitt 's gentle , endearing 1975 children 's novel",1 3852,"a gracious , eloquent film",1 71014,"With so many bad romances out there , this is the kind of movie that deserves a chance to shine .",1 15448,"coming-of-age cliches",0 3077,"waste their talent on parodies of things they probably thought were funniest",0 238398,"wanted to like much more than I actually did",0 90604,"predictable plot",0 40266,"with the chilling sights",1 90297,"pieces of the famous director 's life",1 48722,"after the wrap of his legendary sitcom",1 137105,"thoroughly satisfying",1 211950,"so lackluster",0 78933,"emphatic",1 174824,"the story itself is uninteresting , and the songs are painfully undistinguished : They Might Be Giants ' So to Be One of Us may be the most tuneless tune",0 222441,"As a vehicle to savour Binoche 's skill , the film is well worthwhile .",1 122051,"he probably would n't be too crazy with his great-grandson 's movie splitting up in pretty much the same way .",0 180691,", inconsistent , dishonest",0 21281,"makes for an arousing good time",1 16353,"it paints a sad picture of the singles scene",0 150312,"This series should have died long ago",0 36076,"popular and powerful",1 52347,"happy listening to movies",1 145181,"Even the finest chef ca n't make a hotdog into anything more than a hotdog , and Robert De Niro ca n't make this movie anything more than a trashy cop buddy comedy",0 179831,"'s lost the politics and the social observation and become just another situation romance about a couple of saps stuck in an inarticulate screenplay .",0 180175,"( Lee ) treats his audience the same way that Jim Brown treats his women -- as dumb , credulous , unassuming , subordinate subjects . And Lee seems just as expectant of an adoring , wide-smiling reception .",0 125407,"its unintentional parallels might inadvertently evoke memories and emotions which are anything but humorous .",0 15340,"by a bona-fide master , a fascinating film replete with rewards to be had by all willing to make the effort to reap them",1 226416,"The period -- swinging London in the time of the mods and the rockers -- gets the once-over once again in Gangster No. 1 , but falls apart long before the end .",0 236464,"that is unlike any you will likely see anywhere else",1 113818,"amiable but",1 157767,"does n't have enough innovation or pizazz to attract teenagers",0 153151,"all this visual trickery stops being clever and devolves into flashy , vaguely silly overkill .",0 175129,"them less interesting than they already are",0 199807,"genuinely worthwhile",1 153821,"are comparable to a cardboard cutout",0 142638,", why not invite some genuine spontaneity into the film by having the evil aliens ' laser guns actually hit something for once ?",0 210269,"redeeming value",1 216560,"those who are drying out from spring break",1 200108,"good films",1 238772,"will enjoy themselves .",1 131574,"rises above easy , cynical potshots at morally bankrupt characters",1 259,"a script that assumes you are n't very bright",0 77692,"damned wonderful",1 204090,"it would be better to wait for the video . And a very rainy day",0 136837,"think an action film disguised as a war tribute is disgusting to begin with",0 21832,"refined it to a crystalline point",1 235657,"sharper , cleaner",1 7679,"is above all about a young woman 's face",1 61703,", The Lady and the Duke represents the filmmaker 's lifelong concern with formalist experimentation in cinematic art .",1 144388,"Cassavetes thinks he 's making Dog Day Afternoon with a cause , but all he 's done is to reduce everything he touches to a shrill , didactic cartoon",0 179368,"'d want to watch if you only had a week to live",1 68701,"Sensitive ensemble performances",1 161665,"immense physical prowess",1 27649,"a lovely film with lovely performances by Buy and Accorsi",1 176051,"to compensate for its incessant coarseness and banality",0 154299,"aside , the only thing Avary seems to care about are mean giggles and pulchritude . It makes sense that he went back to school to check out the girls -- his film is a frat boy 's idea of a good time .",0 36806,"sensation",1 16160,"innocent and well-meaning",1 200537,"has dulled your senses faster and deeper than any recreational drug on the market",0 147802,"Not so much funny as aggressively sitcom-cute , it 's full of throwaway one-liners , not-quite jokes , and a determined TV amiability that Allen personifies .",0 5308,"brotherly",1 140407,"work better",1 148494,"Serry does a fine job of capturing the climate of the times and , perhaps unwittingly , relating it to what is happening in America in 2002 .",1 163072,"is n't downright silly",0 99455,"viscerally repellent",0 185982,"Mandel Holland 's direction is uninspired ,",0 70117,"There are n't many conclusive answers in the film",0 15498,"cynicism and fear",0 133482,"stupidity , incoherence and sub-sophomoric sexual banter",0 27806,"a sensitive , extraordinarily well-acted drama",1 27194,"What Time Is It There ? well worth the time",1 195127,"by a failure",0 63912,"An intelligent , multi-layered and profoundly humanist ( not to mention gently political ) meditation on the values of knowledge , education , and the affects of cultural and geographical displacement .",1 121608,"happily glib",1 206308,"momentum and its position remains mostly undeterminable",0 193457,"as generic as its title",0 54422,"loving yet",1 66535,"It 's anchored by splendid performances from an honored screen veteran and a sparkling newcomer who instantly transform themselves into a believable mother\/daughter pair .",1 150006,"The young stars are too cute : the story and ensuing complications are too manipulative",0 139744,"who enjoys intentionally introducing your kids to films which will cause loads of irreparable damage that years and years of costly analysis could never fix",0 33641,"it does n't really deliver the delicious guilty pleasure of the better film versions .",0 92775,"skip but film buffs should get to know",0 6992,"has its heart",1 1461,"it 's truly awful and heartbreaking subject matter , but",0 88409,"of an awkward Hitchcockian theme in tact",0 202645,"is a slapdash mess",0 28333,"an elderly , mentally handicapped family member",0 139639,"which I thought was rather clever .",1 113496,"again , I hate myself most mornings . I still like Moonlight Mile , better judgment be damned",1 236099,"style and humor",1 35525,"of things he does well",1 211308,"settled for a lugubrious romance",0 12193,"this romantic\/comedy asks the question how much souvlaki can you take before indigestion sets in .",0 17555,"the fresh air",1 98115,"to his series of spectacular belly flops both on and off the screen",0 24472,"A startling and fresh examination of how the bike still remains an ambiguous icon in Chinese society .",1 8713,"may , lawrence unleashes his trademark misogyny -- er , comedy -- like a human volcano or an overflowing septic tank ,",0 149361,"The fetid underbelly of fame",0 163857,"it loses steam towards the middle and never really develops beyond attacking obvious target .",0 47351,"This disturbing bio-pic",0 105873,"Franco is an excellent choice for the walled-off but combustible hustler , but",1 46457,"Oscar-worthy",1 37808,"that he hardly seems to be acting .",1 91660,"rich and intelligent film",1 5747,"convicted of nothing",1 62261,", the characters have a freshness and modesty that transcends their predicament .",1 214883,"the irksome , tiresome nature of complacency",0 66479,"It 's a fine , old-fashioned-movie movie , which is to say it 's unburdened by pretensions to great artistic significance .",1 56841,"sensational and revelatory",1 191310,"a serviceable melodrama",1 93386,"squirming in their seats",1 203194,"is n't quite one of the worst movies of the year . It 's just merely very bad .",0 47288,"The vivid lead performances sustain interest and empathy , but the journey is far more interesting than the final destination",1 9048,"new ways of describing badness need to be invented to describe exactly how bad it is .",0 55127,"not only inept school productions , but even Oliver Parker 's movie adaptation",0 55303,"of carefully structured plot points",1 42739,"takes its time to tell its story , casts mostly little-known performers in key roles",1 177894,"well-intentioned remake",1 133000,"somewhat problematic",0 15565,"do so again-courage , self-sacrifice and patience under pressure",1 179551,"'s a movie about it",1 226333,"The most brilliant and brutal UK crime film since Jack Carter went back to Newcastle , the first half of Gangster No. 1 drips with style and , at times , blood .",1 49853,"brings an absolutely riveting conviction",1 7532,"informative , intriguing",1 224209,"It 's not a motion picture :",0 238139,"try to avoid",0 74214,"appalling",0 188415,"The movie does n't generate a lot of energy .",0 121358,"got a house full of tots -- do n't worry",1 153526,"an unusual sci-fi character study to a chase flick that detracts from its ending",0 89927,"overflows",1 184633,"I could feel my eyelids ... getting ... very ... heavy ...",0 85968,"lies with Kissinger . Should be required viewing for civics classes and would-be public servants alike .",1 26148,"Naipaul 's lively mix",1 39641,"uniquely",1 57760,"that can comfortably sit among Jean-Luc Godard 's finest work",1 73908,"an odd but ultimately satisfying blend of the sophomoric and the sublime",1 139100,"vivid with color , music and life",1 177537,"vomit",0 17888,"true sophistication",1 135129,"the easy emotional buttons",1 28592,"and even fascinates us",1 55010,"neatly ,",1 176966,"turn out to be the most repellent movie of 2002 .",0 1222,"horrible",0 18583,"A model of what films",1 227503,"`` Home Movie '' is a sweet treasure and something well worth your time .",1 100574,"with one of France 's most inventive directors",1 15205,"be happy to listen to them reading the phone book",1 16688,"not understand everything that happens",0 163359,"is so slick , superficial and trend-hoppy , that it 's easy to imagine that a new software program spit out the screenplay",0 122561,"how show business has infiltrated every corner of society -- and not always for the better",0 147072,"Lame ,",0 93254,"sparked by two actresses in their 50s working at the peak of their powers",1 228418,"aims to be funny , uplifting and moving , sometimes all at once",1 140963,"'d have to dig pretty deep to uncover it",0 150972,"Wince-inducing dialogue",0 188337,"The mantra behind the project seems to have been ` it 's just a kids ' flick . ' Translation : ` We do n't need to try very hard .",0 238532,"wears its heart on its sleeve for all",1 98707,"triumphantly",1 226502,"The story plays out slowly , but the characters are intriguing and realistic .",1 134180,"that , its title notwithstanding , should have been a lot nastier",0 225059,"Much of it is funny , but there are also some startling , surrealistic moments",1 99775,"welcome and heartwarming",1 220872,"'s lots of cool stuff packed into ESPN 's Ultimate X.",1 152377,"a sadistic bike flick",0 29974,"calls and double-crosses",0 179809,"'s just tediously bad",0 135531,"the humor , characterization , poignancy , and intelligence",1 82651,"if you 've a taste for the quirky , steal a glimpse",1 40519,"your wildest fantasies",1 211631,"simplistic and more than a little pretentious",0 13892,"Behind the snow games and lovable Siberian huskies -LRB- plus one sheep dog -RRB- , the picture hosts a parka-wrapped dose of heart .",1 173032,"that he went back to school to check out the girls -- his film is a frat boy 's idea of a good time",0 173230,"that the movie has no idea of it is serious or not",0 79338,"every painful nuance , unexpected flashes of dark comedy",1 191208,"a respectable new one",1 113871,"an MTV , sugar hysteria , and",0 164175,"its total promise is left slightly unfulfilled",0 69521,"The film 's messages of tolerance and diversity are n't particularly original , but",0 105683,"Even in the summertime , the most restless young audience deserves the dignity of an action hero motivated by something more than franchise possibilities .",0 61881,", eloquent film",1 155313,"blow the big one",0 106938,"It 's not particularly well made , but since I found myself howling more than cringing , I 'd say the film works .",1 42986,"well-made and",1 196928,"did the screenwriters just do a cut-and-paste of every bad action-movie line in history ?",0 165734,"may be hard pressed to retain their lunch",0 84448,"is n't the most edgy piece of Disney animation to hit the silver screen , then this first film to use a watercolor background since '' Dumbo '' certainly ranks as the most original in years",1 81586,"hardy group",1 177934,"were put to sleep by the movie",0 78973,"energetic and original",1 139270,"was so uninspiring that even a story immersed in love , lust , and sin could n't keep my attention",0 31249,"even more interesting , less symmetrical , less obviously cross-shaped",1 142814,"... the story simply putters along looking for astute observations and coming up blank .",0 21330,"mind whether you buy the stuff about Barris being a CIA hit man .",0 223277,"Even with a green Mohawk and a sheet of fire-red flame tattoos covering his shoulder , however , Kilmer seems to be posing , rather than acting .",0 106326,"How this one escaped the Lifetime network I 'll never know .",0 52422,"has secrets buried at the heart of his story and knows how to take time revealing them",1 44291,"A swashbuckling tale of love , betrayal , revenge and above all , faith",1 76637,"cheer . Otherwise , maybe",1 142644,", with a village idiot as the 007 clone",0 126212,"little cleavage",0 138148,"too sappy for its own good",0 93938,"surprisingly inoffensive",1 195080,"but they 're simply not funny performers",0 16652,"never took off and always seemed static .",0 28094,"action farce",0 185288,"It has the requisite faux-urban vibe and hotter-two-years-ago rap and R&B names and references .",0 22831,"with detail and nuance",1 203329,"is populated by whiny , pathetic , starving and untalented artistes",0 31135,"enough interesting characters",1 100388,"with a big impact",1 7873,"it 's never a good sign when a film 's star spends the entirety of the film in a coma . it 's a worse sign when you begin to envy her condition .",0 132345,"should give '' Scratch '' a second look .",1 8730,"may well be the year 's best and most unpredictable comedy",1 47641,"Wild",1 235214,"realize , much to our dismay ,",0 151015,"With minimal imagination , you could restage the whole thing in your bathtub .",0 225415,"Patch Adams , for which he should not be forgiven",0 176155,"to go along with all the weird stuff",0 151089,"Yes , 4Ever is harmless in the extreme and it 'll mute your kids for nearly 80 minutes , but why not just treat the little yard apes to the real deal and take them to Spirited Away",0 12088,"there 's no denying the physically spectacular qualities of the film ... or the emotional integrity of the performances .",1 62615,"1 a worthwhile moviegoing experience",1 70028,"The whole mildly pleasant outing -- the R rating is for brief nudity and a grisly corpse --",1 229025,"at Blockbuster",1 4231,"a trashy",0 11337,"the essence of a great one",1 202941,"is funny .",1 155891,"call the ` wow ' factor",1 110449,"This gorgeous epic is guaranteed to lift the spirits of the whole family .",1 67637,"Most consumers of lo mein and General Tso 's chicken barely give a thought to the folks who prepare and deliver it , so , hopefully , this film will attach a human face to all those little steaming cartons .",1 174741,"the setting remains indistinct",0 11498,"the horrors of the killing field and the barbarism of ` ethnic cleansing",0 102274,", I hated myself in the morning .",0 175672,"threefold expansion",1 224367,"It may not be a huge cut of above the rest , but I enjoyed Barbershop .",1 59526,"treated to an impressive and highly entertaining celebration of its sounds",1 230478,"effective on stage",1 172405,"swaggering machismo and over-the-top",0 121448,"groan and",1 97031,"the whole damned thing did n't get our moral hackles up",0 143336,"A shambles of a movie -- visually unattractive , unbearably loud and utterly silly ... its hilarity is completely unintentional",0 39833,"want to see again",1 229666,"can fully succeed at cheapening it .",0 113629,"all the bad things",0 45988,"Land Beyond Time is an enjoyable Big Movie primarily because Australia is a weirdly beautiful place .",1 179063,"you 're an absolute raving Star Wars junkie",0 44970,"Corcuera manages to find the seeds of hope in the form of collective action",1 81756,"has proved its creative mettle .",1 70327,"This starts off with a 1950 's Doris Day feel and it gets very ugly , very fast . The first five minutes will have you talking 'til the end of the year !",0 38051,"the brilliance of his Hong Kong films",1 134407,"that it 's inauthentic at its core",0 133142,"spoiler alert ! )",0 20358,"delusions",0 199503,"fresh , sometimes funny , and usually genuinely worthwhile",1 162250,"inspired ''",1 85648,"kicks into gear",1 101346,"'' occurs about 7 times during Windtalkers",0 179436,"'re going to feel like you were n't invited to the party",0 218799,"was unable to reproduce the special spark between the characters that made the first film such a delight",0 225293,"On Guard delivers .",1 95559,"the euphoria of growing up",1 54043,"just a simple fable done in an artless sytle , but it 's tremendously moving",1 106245,"Hitchcock 's",1 200419,"happened to good actors",1 183564,"Done in mostly by a weak script that ca n't support the epic treatment",0 78890,"emotional and",1 170125,"ride the dubious divide where gay porn reaches for serious drama",0 205629,"maintaining consciousness just long enough to achieve callow pretension",0 127505,"mostly believable , refreshingly low-key",1 85412,"its stupidity",0 166911,"none of the characters comes off as big",0 53169,"intermittently engrossing",1 31316,"evokes strong emotions and pushes viewers to question their deepest notions of moral right and wrong",1 186755,"Praise of Love , the sort of bitter old crank who sits behind his light meter and harangues the supposed injustices of the artistic world-at-large",0 132743,"so insatiable",1 191766,"about sex gags and prom dates",0 119452,"examines general issues of race and justice among the poor , and",0 83277,"indelible epic American story",1 69636,"The history is fascinating",1 206551,"most viewers will wish there had been more of the '' Queen '' and less of the '' Damned",0 58944,"they succeed merrily at their noble endeavor",1 164120,"its pretensions",0 131962,"seem fresh",1 56594,"revel in those visual in-jokes , as in the film 's verbal pokes at everything from the likes of Miramax chief Harvey Weinstein 's bluff personal style",1 174528,"the picture fails to generate much suspense , nor",0 104816,"Borstal Boy is n't especially realistic",0 54689,"maybe even a notch above the previous runner-up , Nicholas Meyer 's Star Trek VI",1 66589,"It 's never dull and always looks good .",1 160400,"grows decidedly flimsier with its many out-sized , out of character and logically porous action set pieces .",0 141677,"'s too long , too repetitive",0 73226,"admirable energy ,",1 105741,"Expands the limits of what a film can be , taking us into the lives of women to whom we might not give a second look if we passed them on the street",1 180291,"( or role , or edit , or score , or anything , really )",0 171645,"something deeply creepy about Never",0 149423,"The film is really not so much bad as bland .",0 124107,"is heartfelt and achingly real",1 80774,"fun-loving libertine",1 25660,"If you 're not into the Pokemon franchise , this fourth animated movie in four years wo n't convert you -- or even keep your eyes open . But fans should have fun meeting",1 175943,"to be going for this time",1 196616,"dealing with the destruction of property and , potentially , of life itself",1 211276,"serves as auto-critique , and its clumsiness as its own most damning censure",0 98075,"to get bogged down in earnest dramaturgy",0 111644,"a classic movie franchise",1 161355,"hits new depths of unoriginality and predictability .",0 207845,"of logic and misuse of two fine actors , Morgan Freeman and Ashley Judd",0 230587,"even Felinni would know what to make of this Italian freakshow .",0 92287,"sensual and funny",1 168323,"only underscores the fuzzy sentimentality of the movie itself , which feels , as it plods toward the end , less like a movie than like the filmed reading of a script in need of polishing .",0 61384,"'ve got to hand it to director George Clooney for biting off such a big job the first time out",1 4814,"around some intriguing questions about the difference between human and android life",1 239023,"would have tactfully pretended not to see it and left it lying there",0 231098,"garner the film a `` cooler '' PG-13 rating",1 56919,"shining with all the usual Spielberg flair ,",1 207267,"nothing special and , until the final act ,",0 43995,"A cartoon that 's truly cinematic in scope , and a story that 's compelling and heartfelt -- even if the heart belongs to a big ,",1 237742,"to be grandiloquent",0 27963,"a winner for kids , and no doubt",1 131117,"really won my heart",1 142572,", this movie is likely to disappear as quickly as an ice cube thrown into a pot of boiling water .",0 98192,"to make the most sincere and artful movie in which Adam Sandler will probably ever appear",1 166222,"more scatological action in 8 Crazy Nights than a proctologist is apt to encounter in an entire career",0 9164,"notorious c . h . o",0 69354,"The Scorpion King is more fun than Conan the Barbarian .",1 237728,"to be a boy truly in love with a girl",1 189072,"This pathetic junk is barely an hour long . Nevertheless , it still seems endless .",0 227834,"a completely honest , open-hearted film",1 182190,"Adults will certainly want to spend their time in the theater thinking up grocery lists and ways to tell their kids how not to act like Pinocchio . As for children , they wo n't enjoy the movie at all .",0 190925,"a mediocre movie trying to get out",0 162886,"is far less funny than the original , Killers From Space .",0 34165,"lively and enjoyable cultural mix",1 44610,"At the end , when the now computerized Yoda finally reveals his martial artistry , the film ascends to a kinetic life so teeming that even cranky adults may rediscover the quivering kid inside .",1 70102,"There 's very little sense to what 's going on here , but the makers serve up the cliches with considerable dash",0 152316,"a rather dull person to be stuck with for two hours",0 226255,"The film 's lack of personality",0 13803,"A solidly seaworthy chiller .",1 90883,"pulpy concept",0 110251,"The weird thing about The Santa Clause 2 , purportedly a children 's movie , is that there is nothing in it to engage children emotionally .",0 116744,"cascade over the screen effortlessly",1 115282,"avoid seeing this trite , predictable rehash",0 183156,"Collapses after 30 minutes into a slap-happy series of adolescent violence",0 204091,"it would be easy for critics to shred it .",0 219665,"with a life-affirming message",1 6946,"hang a soap opera on",0 23532,", but this is still a nice little picture , made by bright and friendly souls with a lot of good cheer .",1 132849,"solid , satisfying fare for adults",1 14737,"a great actress",1 168939,"plays it straight , turning Leys ' fable into a listless climb down the social ladder",0 6828,"good camp",1 188362,"The most ill-conceived animated comedy since the 1991 dog Rover",0 169687,"ravishing costumes , eye-filling ,",1 18499,", which still makes it much better than your typical Bond knock-offs",1 220724,"'s a sly wink to The Others without becoming a postmodern joke , made creepy by its `` men in a sardine can '' warped logic .",0 165516,"make it strangely magnetic",1 1103,"gorgeous scenes",1 117673,"create an underplayed melodrama about family dynamics and dysfunction that harks back to the spare , unchecked heartache of Yasujiro Ozu",1 164067,"its lame aspiration",0 72099,"a passion for cinema , and indeed sex ,",1 153876,"are missing --",0 126586,"maintains a surprisingly buoyant tone throughout ,",1 128156,"nothing at all",0 66359,"In his U . S . debut , Mr . Schnitzler proves himself a deft pace master and stylist .",1 30630,"deep emotionally , perhaps because he 's been stirred by the powerful work of his co-stars",1 125508,"just is n't able to muster for a movie that , its title notwithstanding , should have been a lot nastier if it wanted to fully capitalize on its lead 's specific gifts",0 182202,"After sitting through this sloppy , made-for-movie comedy special",0 221775,"... `` Bowling for Columbine '' remains a disquieting and thought-provoking film ...",1 225952,"Stay away",0 103932,"A subtle , poignant picture of goodness that is flawed , compromised and sad",1 116724,"caring for animals and respecting other cultures",1 130036,"past his prime",0 53535,"is n't that much different from many a Hollywood romance . What sets it apart is the vision that Taymor , the avant garde director of Broadway 's The Lion King and the film Titus , brings .",1 57458,"subconscious",1 61585,", Big Trouble could be considered a funny little film .",1 179359,"'d probably turn it off ,",0 44536,"An uncluttered , resonant gem that relays its universal points without lectures or confrontations .",1 99601,"was , by its moods , and by its subtly",1 221943,"A beautiful , entertaining two hours",1 36563,"rich and suspenseful",1 165327,"love that you ca n't help but become more disappointed as each overwrought new sequence plods",0 224917,"Mr. Hartley 's distended pace and foot-dragging rhythms",0 93927,"surprisingly affecting",1 14744,"a great glimpse into a very different world",1 191318,"a shaky , uncertain film",0 142151,", does not work .",0 162680,"is a tired one",0 176869,"tries way too hard and gets tiring in no time at all .",0 219504,"will find plenty to shake and shiver about in ` The Ring",1 102922,", there 's nothing remotely triumphant about this motion picture .",0 181178,"- she-cute baggage into her lead role as a troubled and determined homicide cop to quite pull off the heavy stuff",0 8390,"left over",0 196710,"deliver a great story",1 226787,"Too bad , but thanks to some lovely comedic moments and several fine performances",1 73967,"an unprecedented tragedy",0 169183,"predictably treacherous",0 154800,"be really dumb not to see where this is going",0 15455,"compassionate drama",1 44025,"A crisp psychological drama ( and ) a fascinating little thriller that would have been perfect for an old '' Twilight Zone '' episode",1 185874,"Loud , chaotic and",0 232997,"it becomes long and tedious like a classroom play in a college history course .",0 182936,"Brosnan 's finest non-Bondish performance yet fails to overcome the film 's manipulative sentimentality and annoying stereotypes .",0 191798,"about their lives , loves and the art",1 167409,"of collected gags , pranks , pratfalls , dares , injuries , etc",1 25832,"Jaglom ... put ( s ) the audience in the privileged position of eavesdropping on his characters",1 62451,", you may be surprised at the variety of tones in Spielberg 's work .",1 76796,"clearly evident quality",1 143790,"An unsuccessful attempt at a movie",0 120874,"funny humor",1 12827,"wanders",0 223967,"If you are curious to see the darker side of what 's going on with young TV actors ( Dawson Leery did what ?!? ) , or see some interesting storytelling devices , you might want to check it out , but there 's nothing very attractive about this movie",0 77450,"could n't pick the lint off Borg Queen Alice Krige 's cape :",0 17873,"traditional moviemaking all the way",1 186196,"Most of the information has already appeared in one forum or another and , no matter how Broomfield dresses it up , it tends to speculation , conspiracy theories or , at best , circumstantial evidence",0 91021,"quirky , charming and often hilarious",1 143840,"Any movie this boring",0 188150,"The film 's thoroughly recycled plot",0 210075,"rape and",0 203996,"it pretends to expose the life of male hustlers",0 99823,"well-written and occasionally challenging",1 196721,"delivers what it promises : A look at the '' wild ride '' that ensues when brash young men set out to conquer the online world with laptops , cell phones and sketchy business plans",1 148372,"Sadly , Hewitt 's forte is leaning forward while wearing low-cut gowns , not making snappy comebacks .",0 68041,"Originality ai n't on the menu , but there 's never a dull moment in the giant spider invasion comic chiller",1 132141,"seriously bad film",0 87715,"natural acting and",1 2860,"this is so de palma . if you love him , you 'll like it . if you do n't",1 35590,"oh my",1 40908,"Flawed but",0 23721,", it gets the job done -- a sleepy afternoon rental .",1 146536,"It 's loud and boring :",0 157906,"downhill as soon as macho action conventions assert themselves",0 236490,"that leaves a hole in the center of The Salton Sea .",0 108114,"Offers no new insight on the matter , nor do its characters exactly spring to life .",0 27772,"a refreshing change from the self-interest and paranoia that shape most American representations of Castro",1 122775,"imagine any recent film , independent or otherwise , that makes as much of a mess as this one",0 126411,"lousy script",0 37903,"that the central performers are experienced actors",1 197180,"do justice to the awfulness of the movie , for that comes through all too painfully in the execution",0 65173,"Dover Kosashvili 's outstanding feature debut so potent",1 166028,"mismatched",0 77567,"creeping in others",0 191483,"a tearjerker that does n't and a thriller that wo n't",0 128545,"of bad animation and mindless violence",0 123855,"is a welcome relief from the usual two-dimensional offerings",1 168753,"paying money to see the last James Bond movie",0 211457,"shot but dull and ankle-deep ` epic .",0 133905,"tawdry soap opera antics",0 73302,"after seeing this movie in IMAX form , you 'll be more acquainted with the tiniest details of Tom Hanks ' face than his wife is",1 187751,"The April 2002 instalment of the American War for Independence , complete with loads of CGI and bushels of violence , but not a drop of human blood .",0 74418,"are so well realized that you may forget all about the original conflict , just like the movie does",1 155289,"bland police procedural details",0 148395,"Say this for the soundtrack , it drowns out the lousy dialogue .",0 91040,"quite fun in places",1 121705,"has been overexposed",0 23956,", treachery and murder",0 138414,"tug at your heart in ways that utterly transcend gender",1 25724,"It 's a comedy full of gentle humor that chides the absurdity of its protagonist 's plight",1 151526,"a community theater production",0 15946,"happy ending",1 157789,"does n't quite fly .",0 149808,"The screenplay sabotages the movie 's strengths at almost every juncture . All the characters are stereotypes , and their interaction is numbingly predictable",0 226863,"Um ... is n't that the basis for the entire plot ?",0 134342,"that has finally , to some extent , warmed up to him",1 204468,"just mediocre . The performances are so overstated",0 85340,"its own considerable achievement",1 17714,"they border on being cartoonlike",0 155366,"bombing buildings",0 49589,"become a Spielberg trademark",1 17112,"ride of a movie",1 212978,"surprising us",1 16787,"of the most famous author who ever lived",1 100239,"will be plenty of female audience members drooling over Michael Idemoto as Michael",1 31933,"front of an audience",1 59373,"to the best parts of Birthday Girl",1 134129,"thankless situation",0 125962,"lies in the ease with which it integrates thoughtfulness and pasta-fagioli comedy .",1 189270,"Tries too hard to be funny in a way that 's too loud , too goofy and too short of an attention span .",0 107988,"Nicely combines the enigmatic features of ` Memento ' with the hallucinatory drug culture of ` Requiem for a Dream . '",1 118404,"disturbing way",0 188314,"The leads are so unmemorable , despite several attempts at lengthy dialogue scenes , that one eventually resents having to inhale this gutter romancer 's secondhand material .",0 56252,"provocatively so",1 194766,"bodily fluids gag",0 107808,"More sophisticated and",1 170334,"sameness",0 20823,"holds true to Wilde 's own vision of a pure comedy with absolutely no meaning , and no desire to be anything but a polished , sophisticated entertainment that is in love with its own cleverness",1 228039,"a movie theatre",1 141826,"( Two ) fairly dull",0 156530,"come on . Like you could n't smell this turkey rotting from miles away .",0 161503,"however engaging , is insufficiently enlightening and inviting",0 33172,"intriguing thriller",1 64157,"At times Auto Focus feels so distant you might as well be watching it through a telescope .",0 4232,"a trashy ,",0 133172,"spy-savvy siblings",1 223821,"I have to put up with 146 minutes of it",0 132969,"something that is ultimately suspiciously familiar",0 220476,"'' and `` terrible",0 206245,"missed opportunity",0 85600,"keep it entertaining",1 214583,"the film amounts to being lectured to by tech-geeks , if you 're up for that sort of thing .",0 50686,"declines as the movie proceeds",0 60918,"'s all-powerful , a voice for a pop-cyber culture that feeds on her Bjorkness",1 140854,"your entertainment standards",1 98171,"to life in the performances",1 39280,"to see again",1 123286,"incoherence and",0 228821,"are more harmless pranksters than political activists .",0 237841,"to have no goal and no urgency",0 85518,"joyful solo performance",1 165585,"makes its stupidity more than obvious .",0 144498,"Christopher and Grace are little more than collections of quirky traits lifted from a screenwriter 's outline and thrown at actors charged with the impossible task of making them jell .",0 78302,"distant you might as well be watching it through a telescope",0 145782,"Helmer DeVito ... attempts to do too many things in this story about ethics , payola , vice , murder , kids ' TV and revenge .",0 173083,"that it is made up of three episodes of a rejected TV show",0 93922,"surprises you with unexpected comedy",1 208666,"one-star",0 95062,"the R rating is for brief nudity and a grisly corpse --",0 68465,"Robert Harmon 's less-is-more approach delivers real bump-in - the-night chills --",1 41314,"This concoction ,",1 49115,"appreciation of the daily",1 71975,"a mere disease-of - the-week TV movie",0 142239,", insensitive people who take turns hurting each other .",0 219431,"why Lee 's character did n't just go to a bank manager and save everyone the misery",0 172915,"that Waiting For Happiness is a bad film",0 39471,"true potential",1 144166,"Birthday Girl ,",1 172784,"than secularists , who might even praise God for delivering such an instant camp classic",1 191539,"a tidal wave of plot",1 118109,"deserves a sequel",1 229579,"by following a feel-good formula with a winning style , and by offering its target audience of urban kids",1 57710,"that 's every bit as enlightening , insightful and entertaining as Grant 's two best films",1 74618,"as a well-made evocation",1 136362,"the subtle direction of first-timer Hilary Birmingham",1 145238,"Expect to be reminded of other , better films , especially Seven , which director William Malone slavishly copies .",0 60226,"will find Morrison 's iconoclastic uses of technology to be liberating",1 34995,"not only what that mind looks like , but how the creative process itself operates",1 210787,"satisfied to remain the same throughout .",1 177809,"weaker",0 172171,"stupidly",0 141674,"'s too high a price to pay for a shimmering picture postcard",0 58556,"the original 's nostalgia for the communal film experiences of yesteryear",1 14905,"acts circles around her better known co-star , Mark Wahlberg",1 37738,"that 's intense and thrilling at times ,",1 165283,"loses its way in rhetorical excess and blatant sentimentality",0 18959,"If no one singles out any of these performances as award-worthy , it 's only because we would expect nothing less from this bunch .",1 47322,"There is a certain sense of experimentation and improvisation to this film that may not always work , but it is nevertheless compelling .",1 203030,"is just as ill-fitting as Shadyac 's perfunctory directing chops",0 108913,"Shiner can certainly go the distance , but is n't world championship material",1 19133,"Never mind whether you buy the stuff about Barris being a CIA hit man . The kooky yet shadowy vision Clooney sustains throughout is daring , inventive and impressive .",1 2580,"the drama is played out with such aching beauty and truth that it brings tears to your eyes",1 108229,"Opportunists",1 34902,"new or singular sorts of film experiences",1 34015,"leave the screen sizzling with intrigue",1 199208,"for an unfocused screenplay",0 235647,"sham truths and routine `` indie '' filmmaking",0 238585,"what an idea , what a thrill ride",1 146519,"It 's just disappointingly superficial",0 86527,"make Gangster No . 1 a worthwhile moviegoing experience .",1 184644,"I did n't find much fascination in the swinging . What they 're doing is a matter of plumbing arrangements and mind games , of no erotic or sensuous charge . But that they are doing it is thought-provoking .",1 8882,"most late-night bull",0 77222,"conquer all kinds of obstacles",1 102632,", it 's pleasant enough",1 7556,"inspiring , ironic , and",1 178449,"wish the movie were less simplistic , obvious , clumsily plotted and shallowly characterized . But what are adults doing in the theater at all ?",0 182198,"After an hour and a half of wondering -- sometimes amusedly , sometimes impatiently -- just what this strenuously unconventional movie is supposed to be",0 22936,"! Brilliant",1 197499,"dramatic punch and depth",1 2512,"that it truly is romance",1 96580,"the right choice",1 196922,"did n't play well then",0 157778,"does n't mean that it 's interesting to anyone else",0 24332,"A distant , even sterile , yet compulsively watchable",1 153317,"an almost comic embarrassment",0 33780,"its finest",1 5632,"combined with indoctrinated prejudice",0 87467,"most resonant film since The Killer .",1 103467,"A charming , banter-filled comedy ... one of those airy cinematic bon bons whose aims -- and by extension , accomplishments -- seem deceptively slight on the surface",1 78616,"draws us in",1 165093,"little less bling-bling and a lot more romance",0 233322,"laughs while the little ones get a fuzzy treat . '",1 131876,"searches ( vainly , I think ) for something fresh to say",1 108618,"Return to Never Land may be another shameless attempt by Disney to rake in dough from baby boomer families , but it 's not half-bad .",1 13409,"'' The Isle '' you 'll get a sock-you-in-the-eye flick that is a visual tour-de-force and a story that is unlike any",1 75209,"be a sweet and enjoyable fantasy",1 223807,"I hate it .",0 63246,"A pleasant piece",1 220986,"'s the chemistry between the women and the droll scene-stealing wit and wolfish pessimism of Anna Chancellor that makes this `` Two Weddings and a Funeral '' fun",1 136655,"their charisma",1 173020,"that has long passed the point of being fertile",0 167458,"of exploitative garbage",0 23192,"'s worth checking out for the performances alone",1 109245,"Such a bad movie that its luckiest viewers will be seated next to one of those ignorant pinheads who talk throughout the show .",0 102008,"'s worth yet another visit",1 176912,"truly odd , at times confusing ,",0 44449,"Among the year 's most intriguing explorations of alientation .",1 172589,"technical virtuosity",1 176064,"to define his career with but Pinocchio . It might as well have been Problem Child IV",0 53205,"intrigues and",1 201524,"if a bunch of Allied soldiers went undercover as women in a German factory during World War II ? Um , no . But here 's a movie about it anyway",0 102381,", and dramatically moving",1 110521,"This mess of a movie is nothing short of a travesty of a transvestite comedy .",0 60136,"whimsical",1 74485,"arresting image",1 93461,"starts out bizarre and just keeps getting weirder .",0 233143,"its disturbingly close-up look at damaged psyches and its subtle undercurrents of danger",1 85022,"it earns extra points by acting as if it were n't",1 224996,"Mr. Tsai is a very original artist in his medium , and What Time Is It There ?",1 124594,"is telegraphed well in advance , every performance respectably muted : the movie itself seems to have been made under the influence of Rohypnol .",0 51972,"fueling terrorist acts",0 195045,"but fails to keep it up and settles into clichés",0 219613,"wish it would have just gone more over-the-top instead of trying to have it both ways .",0 112604,"a renowned filmmaker",1 23572,", dancing , running , sweating , mopping his face and generally displaying the wacky talent that brought him fame in the first place",1 43425,"( Reaches ) wholly believable and heart-wrenching depths of despair .",1 6503,"finds surprising depth in its look at the",1 23827,", provocative and entertaining",1 178982,"written and directed by people who could n't pass an entrance exam",0 10036,"rebirth",1 193125,"are more silly than scary",0 65772,"Giggling at the absurdities and inconsistencies is part of the fun . But the talented cast alone will keep you watching",1 174740,"the sets look like they were borrowed from Gilligan 's Island",0 74293,"are as timely as tomorrow",1 43362,"'s unnerving to see Recoing 's bizzarre reaction to his unemployment . Good film , but very glum",1 236774,"the charm of Satin Rouge",1 209928,"pushes too hard to make this a comedy or serious drama",0 13247,"worn",0 118725,"dreary and sluggish",0 169544,"quarter the fun of Toy Story 2",0 38227,"the film portrays",1 85691,"know something terrible is going to happen . But when it does , you 're entirely unprepared",0 29292,"at once clueless",0 47373,"This is wild surreal stuff , but brilliant and the camera just kind of sits there and lets you look at this and its like you 're going from one room to the next and none of them have any relation to the other",1 144672,"Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of cheese , indeed",0 18308,"'s solid and affecting and exactly as thought-provoking as it should be",1 155480,"bright spot",1 69477,"The dragons are the real stars of Reign of Fire and you wo n't be disappointed .",1 204672,"lacks the zest",0 13800,"A smart , sweet and playful",1 107657,"May be more genial than ingenious , but",1 1258,"if you enjoy being rewarded by a script that assumes you are n't very bright , then blood work is for you",0 163267,"is really cute",1 141229,"'s another stale , kill-by-numbers flick , complete with blade-thin characters and terrible , pun-laden dialogue",0 38118,"the delicate characters",1 23603,", especially for aging hippies ( this one included )",0 119140,"enormous feeling",1 227385,"` What 's the Russian word for Wow !? '",1 172897,"that I was unable to get the full brunt of the comedy",0 17719,"they do n't really want to know",0 160682,"has less spice than a rat burger",0 236940,"the full emotional involvement and support of a viewer",1 113084,"abhorrent",0 234319,"of `` Big Deal on Madonna Street '' that 's a sly , amusing , laugh-filled little gem in which the ultimate `` Bellini '' begins to look like a `` real Kaputschnik",1 181614,"A disappointment for a movie that should have been the ultimate IMAX trip .",0 180565,", but it otherwise drowns in a sea of visual and verbal clichés .",0 146036,"I did n't believe it for a second , despite the best efforts of everyone involved",0 114873,"as beautifully shaped",1 25286,"Fans of the animated wildlife adventure show will be in warthog heaven : others need not necessarily apply .",1 142621,", we find ourselves longing for the block of wood to come back .",0 146028,"I could listen to a teacher with humor , passion , and verve",1 147772,"Not an objectionable or dull film",1 128316,"of Elizabeth Berkley 's flopping dolphin-gasm",0 61667,", Paxton is surprisingly brilliant , deftly sewing together what could have been a confusing and horrifying vision into an intense and engrossing head-trip .",1 136382,"the talent is undeniable",1 385,"an acrid",0 188055,"The crassness of this reactionary thriller is matched only by the ridiculousness of its premise .",0 224389,"It squanders Chan 's uniqueness :",0 141427,"'s movies about college that are written and directed by people who could n't pass an entrance exam",0 113809,"ambitious , moving , and adventurous directorial debut",1 68957,"Spirited",1 17968,"vicarious voyage",1 24411,"A poignant",1 188080,"The drama discloses almost nothing .",0 147239,"Lopez 's publicist should share screenwriting credit",0 9540,"ordinary",0 139984,"wince in embarrassment and others ,",0 31987,"gasp",1 46917,"The Importance of Being Earnest",1 225970,"Stephen Earnhart 's documentary is a decomposition of healthy eccentric inspiration and ambition -- wearing a cloak of unsentimental , straightforward text -- when it 's really an exercise in gross romanticization of the delusional personality type .",0 143352,"A soggy , shapeless mess",0 205297,"long soliloquies",0 65478,"Fast-paced and wonderfully edited",1 67203,"Letterman with a clinical eye",1 134128,"thankless",0 133503,"sub-formulaic slap",0 142271,", it 's movies about college that are written and directed by people who could n't pass an entrance exam .",0 149863,"The story has its redundancies , and the young actors , not very experienced , are sometimes inexpressive .",0 23432,", and that they know their roles so well",1 102926,", there is almost nothing in this flat effort that will amuse or entertain them , either .",0 195012,"burdened by the actor",0 213960,"that you 're dying to see the same old thing in a tired old setting",0 198704,"feels as if ( there 's ) a choke leash around your neck so director Nick Cassavetes can give it a good , hard yank whenever he wants you to feel something",0 60983,"'s certainly an invaluable record of that special fishy community .",1 20699,"growth",1 219514,"will have an intermittently good time . Feel free to go get popcorn whenever he 's not onscreen .",1 169647,"rarely gets beneath the surface of things .",0 46498,"Perfectly pitched between comedy and tragedy , hope and despair",1 40269,"with the cozy feeling of relaxing around old friends",1 206978,"nice Belgian waffle",1 69706,"The most amazing super-sized dosage of goofball",1 78773,"effectively combines two surefire , beloved genres",1 96175,"the most good-hearted yet sensual entertainment",1 225889,"Some of the most ravaging , gut-wrenching , frightening war scenes since `` Saving Private Ryan '' have been recreated by John Woo in this little-known story of Native Americans and their role in the second great war .",1 102596,", intelligent eyes",1 198146,"ever knew about generating suspense",1 193064,"are dampened by a lackluster script and substandard performances",0 135706,"the meaning of the word ` quit . '",0 72615,"a surprisingly faithful remake",1 203900,"it gave me plenty of time to ponder my Thanksgiving to-do list",0 18372,", but I had a pretty good time with this movie - despite its myriad flaws .",1 48603,"accessible and funny",1 141409,"'s like watching a miserable relationship unfold in real time",0 48992,"an unconventional storyteller",1 142291,", it does go on forever .",0 70864,"Whereas Oliver Stone 's conspiracy thriller JFK was long , intricate , star-studded and visually flashy , Interview with the Assassin draws its considerable power from simplicity .",1 36337,"rarely been told with such affecting grace and cultural specificity",1 143525,"Admirable , certainly",1 17856,"together by skilled ensemble actors",1 23477,", but Australian director John Polson , making his American feature debut , jazzes it up adroitly .",1 87881,"nifty",1 179966,"'s replaced by some dramatic scenes that are jarring and deeply out of place in what could",0 65151,"Dong stakes out the emotional heart of Happy .",1 27930,"a very lucky filmmaker",1 229354,"belongs to Nicholson",1 145137,"European candor",1 92100,"see the forest for the trees",1 202617,"is a movie filled with unlikable , spiteful idiots : whether or not their friendship is salvaged",0 214149,"the artistry of making a film",1 171103,"simple-minded and contrived",0 181707,"A generic bloodbath",0 180885,", preposterous , the movie will likely set the cause of woman warriors back decades .",0 159412,"for delivering such an instant camp classic",1 65077,"Director Charles Stone III applies more detail to the film 's music than to the story line",0 116224,"bring off",1 130511,"powerful emotional wallop",1 202082,"in this jumbled mess",0 132386,"show Blind Date , only less",0 202814,"is certainly no disaster",1 38999,"this white trash War of the Roses is a surprisingly engaging film .",1 148406,"Scarlet Diva has a voyeuristic tug , but all in all it 's a lot less sensational than it wants to be .",0 233208,"joyous occasion",1 59359,"to take a reality check before you pay the full ticket price to see '' Simone , '' and consider a DVD rental instead",0 119338,"even in sorrow you can find humor . Like blended shades of lipstick",1 218195,"uni-dimensional",0 116869,"charming ,",1 97899,"to be a breath of fresh air",1 210459,"required to balance all the formulaic equations in the long-winded heist comedy Who Is Cletis Tout ?",0 172081,"strainingly cute film",1 82691,"imaginatively mixed",1 220788,"'s better to go in knowing full well what 's going to happen , but willing to let the earnestness of its execution and skill of its cast take you down a familiar road with a few twists .",1 83360,"inimitable scenes",1 43160,"'s a glorious spectacle",1 117361,"completely satisfying",1 234106,"new life into the familiar by amalgamating genres and adding true human complexity to its not-so-stock characters . '",1 79024,"enhances the personal touch of manual animation",1 46865,"Swedish fatalism using Gary Larson 's Far Side humor",1 137340,"to a love story risks trivializing it , though Chouraqui no doubt intended the film to affirm love 's power to help people endure almost unimaginable horror .",1 60988,"'s consistently funny , in an irresistible junior-high way , and consistently free of any gag that would force you to give it a millisecond of thought .",1 123624,"intriguing , provocative",1 144493,"Christmas-tree flocking in a spray can is to actual snow : a poor -- if durable -- imitation",0 65619,"Frailty fits into a classic genre , in its script and execution",1 188718,"The story is predictable , the jokes are typical Sandler fare , and",0 201513,"idol 's",1 85297,"its lavish formalism and intellectual austerity",1 43115,"'m still stunned",1 188648,"The script is too mainstream and the psychology too textbook to intrigue .",0 81245,"good spirits",1 95971,"the key to stand-up is to always make it look easy , even though the reality is anything but",1 91763,"roiling black-and-white inspires",1 121708,"has been overexposed , redolent of a thousand cliches ,",0 180537,", bad movie",0 226707,"This time Mr. Burns is trying something in the Martin Scorsese street-realist mode",1 228933,"as bad as you might think",0 153588,"and social commentary",0 8171,"jam-packed with literally bruising jokes . every five minutes or so",1 142975,"A Blair Witch - style adventure that plays like a bad soap opera , with passable performances from everyone in the cast",0 110765,"Try as you might to scrutinize the ethics of Kaufman 's approach , somehow it all comes together to create a very compelling , sensitive , intelligent and almost cohesive piece of film entertainment .",1 23112,"'s definitely -- defiantly -- ya ya , what with all of those terrific songs and spirited performances",1 105919,"Full of bland hotels , highways , parking lots , with some glimpses of nature and family warmth , Time Out is a discreet moan of despair about entrapment in the maze of modern life .",0 132764,"so much farcical",0 89066,"of the people who loved the 1989 Paradiso will prefer this new version",1 235475,"scale a building like a super hero",1 27795,"a salute",1 83533,"into a sane and breathtakingly creative film",1 151561,"a crock",0 65615,"Foster breathes life into a roll that could have otherwise been bland and run of the mill .",1 47656,"With each of her three protagonists , Miller eloquently captures the moment when a woman 's life , out of a deep-seated , emotional need , is about to turn onto a different path .",1 210444,"represents glossy Hollywood at its laziest .",0 144941,"Does n't offer much besides glib soullessness , raunchy language and a series of brutal set pieces ... that raise the bar on stylized screen violence",0 205425,"loss and denial",0 75091,"awarded mythic status in contemporary culture",1 6506,"finds warmth in the coldest environment and makes each crumb of emotional comfort",1 129945,"padding",1 185389,"Its initial excitement",1 150664,"Visually rather stunning",1 121867,"has to be a few advantages to never growing old . Like being able to hit on a 15-year old when you 're over 100 .",1 20066,"based on CQ , I 'll certainly be keeping an eye out for his next project",1 62643,"13 Conversations may be a bit too enigmatic and overly ambitious to be fully successful , but",0 105991,"Gives everyone something",1 70910,"While the path may be familiar , first-time director Denzel Washington and a top-notch cast manage to keep things interesting .",1 232718,"is rather like an overlong visit from a large group of your relatives .",0 14767,"a lively script",1 87642,"music and laughter",1 79087,"enough to provide the pleasures of a slightly naughty , just-above-average off - Broadway play",1 123282,"inchoate but already eldritch Christian Right propaganda machine",0 84765,"is to catch the pitch of his poetics , savor the pleasure of his sounds and images , and ponder the historical , philosophical , and ethical issues that intersect with them",1 53149,"intensifying escapist adventure",1 195690,"chronically mixed signals",0 186848,"Randolph",1 42403,"nicely acted and beautifully shot",1 70360,"Though intrepid in exploring an attraction that crosses sexual identity , Ozpetek falls short in showing us Antonia 's true emotions ... But at the very least , His Secret Life will leave you thinking .",1 206372,"more elves and snow and",0 194949,"bright shining star",1 145091,"Enemy",0 78838,"elevates the material above pat inspirational status and gives it a sturdiness and solidity that we 've long associated with Washington",1 13234,"wonder , `",1 104178,"Alternating between facetious comic parody and pulp melodrama , this smart-aleck movie ... tosses around some intriguing questions about the difference between human and android life .",1 216543,"those films that requires the enemy to never shoot straight",0 181518,"A ` Girls Gone Wild ' video for the boho art-house crowd , The Burning Sensation is n't a definitive counter-cultural document -- its makers are n't removed and inquisitive enough for that .",0 156458,"cogent point",1 166861,"no real plot",0 106532,"I was entranced .",1 54327,"loneliness and desperate grandiosity",0 128917,"of spirit",1 233378,"lets the cliched dialogue rip",0 116055,"bless Crudup",1 54054,"just kind of sits there",0 85397,"its soul 's - eye view of how well-meaning patronizing masked a social injustice , at least as represented by this case",1 104131,"All movie long , City by the Sea swings from one approach to the other , but in the end , it stays in formula -- which is a waste of De Niro , McDormand and the other good actors in the cast .",0 43585,", funny , even punny 6",1 102712,", low-wattage",0 100647,"with the intricate preciseness of the best short story writing",1 81192,"going for it , not least the brilliant performances by Testud",1 165429,"made in 1978 but not released then because it was so weak , and it has been unearthed and",0 110280,"There 's a great deal of corny dialogue and preposterous moments . And yet , it still works",1 94472,"that 's as crisp and to the point",1 79765,"feel the beat down to your toes",1 89057,"of the most politically audacious films of recent decades",1 166640,"needs more dramatic meat on its bones .",0 44104,"A good film with a solid pedigree both in front of and , more specifically , behind the camera .",1 54999,"narcotics",0 55071,"nicest",1 123813,"is a real charmer .",1 35285,"of incendiary genius",1 228743,"appears to have had free rein to be as pretentious as he wanted",0 227597,"`` Spider-man is better than any summer blockbuster we had to endure last summer , and hopefully , sets the tone for a summer of good stuff .",1 93587,"strangely tempting",1 222295,"An enjoyable comedy of lingual and cultural differences ... The Château",1 132092,"sense of humor",1 126155,"liked a lot of the smaller scenes .",1 237617,"thought I heard a mysterious voice , and felt myself powerfully drawn toward the light -- the light of the exit sign",0 130263,"plain bad",0 38531,"the physically spectacular qualities of the film ... or the emotional integrity of the performances",1 153972,"are thinner than cardboard -- or even comic-book paper",0 59375,"to the brim with ideas",1 132177,"sets Ms . Birot 's film apart from others in the genre is a greater attention to the parents -- and particularly the fateful fathers -- in the emotional evolution of the two bewitched adolescents .",1 176995,"turns out to be as ill-starred as you might expect .",0 124182,"is just generally insulting",0 62867,"A compelling allegory",1 4930,"at britney spears ' movie-starring debut",0 205996,"meaningless , vapid and devoid",0 43784,", weirdly retro thriller",1 238910,"with the candy-like taste of it fading faster than 25-cent bubble gum , I realized this is a throwaway movie that wo n't stand the test of time .",0 2048,"played out with such aching beauty and truth that it brings tears to your eyes",1 132534,"singing , and unforgettable characters",1 103917,"A straight-ahead thriller",1 70717,"We admire this film for its harsh objectivity and refusal to seek our tears , our sympathies .",1 77329,"contrived and predictable",0 113967,"an attempt to do something different over actually pulling it off",0 183922,"Festers in just such a dungpile that you 'd swear you",0 132286,"shines in her quiet blue eyes",1 214490,"the empty stud knockabout of Equilibrium",0 82273,"his lack",0 3534,"` barbershop '' is a good-hearted ensemble comedy with a variety of quirky characters and an engaging story .",1 101400,"'ll have an idea of the film 's creepy , scary effectiveness .",1 62232,", sprightly spin",1 196773,"depraved",0 179023,"yearn for a few airborne TV sets or nude groupies on the nod to liven things up",0 154522,"awry",0 91055,"radiant character portrait",1 224204,"It 's mired in a shabby script that piles layer upon layer of Action Man cliché atop wooden dialogue and a shifting tone that falls far short of the peculiarly moral amorality of ( Woo 's ) best work .",0 70266,"This is the kind of subject matter that could so easily have been fumbled by a lesser filmmaker , but Ayres makes the right choices at every turn",1 209201,"performing in a film that is only mildly diverting",0 82278,"his machismo",1 42494,"pulls his even-handed ideological ship to their dock for unloading",1 228376,"admire the film 's stately nature and call it classicism or be exasperated by a noticeable lack of pace",0 156274,"chuckles",0 129720,"original cartoon",1 89220,"of your seat with its shape-shifting perils , political intrigue and brushes",1 90634,"preserving a sense of mystery",1 73225,"admirable energy",1 53748,"it 's far from fresh-squeezed",0 201823,"in an inarticulate screenplay",0 147807,"Nothing about it fits .",0 191920,"action sequences and some of the worst dialogue",0 232851,"is too often like looking over the outdated clothes and plastic knickknacks at your neighbor 's garage sale",0 43069,"'' Catch Me '' feels capable of charming the masses with star power , a pop-induced score and sentimental moments that have become a Spielberg trademark .",1 39579,"unconventionally",1 199334,"for the fine star performances",1 177418,"very , very slow .",0 218372,"using them as punching bags",0 91033,"quite a bit of heart , as you would expect from the directors of The Little Mermaid and Aladdin",1 110000,"The movie is loaded with good intentions",1 18384,", but it exudes a kind of nostalgic spy-movie charm and , at the same time , is so fresh and free of the usual thriller nonsense that it all seems to be happening for the first time .",1 197944,"entertaining and , ultimately ,",1 70892,"While not all that bad of a movie , it 's nowhere near as good as the original .",0 227543,"`` Never Again ''",0 90348,"played and smartly directed",1 103447,"A brutal and funny work",1 127320,"more interesting --",1 14845,"a strong case",1 237899,"to out-shock , out-outrage or out-depress its potential audience",0 65961,"He is n't blind to the silliness , but also captures moments of spontaneous creativity and authentic co-operative interaction",1 225774,"Showtime is one of the hapless victims of the arrogant `` if we put together a wry white man and a chatty black man and give them guns , the movie will be funny '' syndrome .",0 96644,"the script 's bad ideas and awkwardness",0 86519,"maintains suspense on different levels throughout a film that is both gripping and compelling .",1 71754,"a great , fiery passion",1 62493,"-- not the first , by the way --",0 94583,"that can calm us of our daily ills and bring out joys in our lives that we never knew",1 192475,"an all-time low for Kevin Costner",0 27605,"a kickass , dense sci-fi action thriller hybrid",1 162130,"increasingly tiresome",0 65114,"Disappointingly , the characters are too strange and dysfunctional , Tom included , to ever get under the skin , but this is compensated in large part by the off-the-wall dialogue , visual playfulness and the outlandishness of the idea itself",0 58983,"this deeply affecting film",1 212691,"strong and convincing performances",1 29996,"can out-stealth any agent , he 'll get the girl",1 22269,"the film 's open-ended finale that refuses to entirely close its characters ' emotional wounds .",0 200505,"has arrived for an incongruous summer playoff , demonstrating yet again that the era of the intelligent , well-made B movie is long gone",0 50031,"candy-coat with pat storylines , precious circumstances and beautiful stars",1 231752,"hits all the verbal marks it should",1 152829,"absurdly simplistic picture",0 156665,"conceivable",1 202299,"insufferably tedious and turgid",0 42320,"made richer",1 100840,"works beautifully",1 224173,"It 's far from a frothy piece , and the characters are complex , laden with plenty of baggage and tinged with tragic undertones .",1 163519,"is too contemplative to be really funny .",0 163042,"is more original",1 221350,", funny humor",1 91618,"reveals itself slowly , intelligently , artfully",1 183501,"Distances you by throwing out so many red herrings , so many false scares ,",0 80401,"for two bright stars of the moment who can rise to fans ' lofty expectations",1 44816,"By candidly detailing the politics involved in the creation of an extraordinary piece of music , ( Jones ) calls our attention to the inherent conflict between commerce and creativity .",1 225263,"Occasionally funny , always very colorful and enjoyably overblown in the traditional Almodóvar style .",1 147398,"McConaughey 's fun to watch",1 136883,"this a moving experience for people who have n't read the book",1 198641,"feeble Tootsie knockoff .",0 200530,"has cheapened the artistry of making a film",0 30081,"certainly should n't hurt",1 195954,"comes across as lame and sophomoric in this debut indie feature",0 190877,"a lot of tension",1 89844,"out of John C . Walsh 's Pipe Dream is the distinct and very welcome sense of watching intelligent people making a movie",1 47230,"The quirky drama",1 123185,"in the service of the lovers who inhabit it",1 101420,"'m happy to have seen it",1 5408,"camaraderie",1 4955,"attractive and",1 202508,"is , its filmmakers run out of clever ideas and visual gags about halfway through .",0 60936,"'s an experience in understanding a unique culture that is presented with universal appeal",1 10808,"substitute plot for personality",0 41730,"complain all the time",0 63627,"About as big a crowdpleaser as they possibly come .",1 108704,"Russian Ark is a new treasure of the Hermitage .",1 47348,"This breezy caper movie becomes a soulful , incisive meditation on the way we were , and the way we are .",1 235861,"so much a movie as a picture book for the big screen",1 36850,"sex",1 235620,"serious urge to grab the old lady at the end of my aisle 's walker and toss it at the screen in frustration",0 233707,"making Kahlo 's art a living , breathing part of the movie",1 84694,"is that Secret Ballot is a comedy , both gentle and biting",1 115068,"as unoriginal",0 99249,"using his storytelling ability",1 67317,"Lost",0 123800,"is a phlegmatic bore , so tedious it makes the silly spy vs . spy film The Sum of All Fears",0 58739,"the spirit of a man and his work",1 154979,"been made 40 years ago",0 205925,"may be too narrow to attract crossover viewers .",0 102775,", pointless , stupid",0 30728,"deserves to be remembered at Oscar time for crafting this wonderful portrait of a conflicted soldier .",1 130136,"perfectly clear",1 3330,"'s humorously tendentious intervention into the who-wrote-shakespeare controversy",1 26987,"This is art paying homage to art .",1 49542,"be significantly different ( and better ) than most films with this theme",1 43108,"'ll get the enjoyable basic minimum . But not a whit more .",0 69732,"The movie has no respect for laws , political correctness or common decency",0 6462,"feels very human and very true to life",1 86372,"love letter",1 219562,"will probably limited to LDS Church members and undemanding armchair tourists .",0 158158,"elevate it beyond its formula to the level of classic romantic comedy to which it aspires",1 66466,"It 's a beautiful film , full of elaborate and twisted characters - and it 's also pretty funny",1 162103,"inane , inoffensive screaming and exaggerated facial expressions",0 158803,"falls victim",0 197448,"doubt the filmmakers ' motives",0 147733,"No way I can believe this load of junk .",0 44010,"A compelling Spanish film about the withering effects of jealousy in the life",1 39460,"triumphs",1 35220,"of ease that comes only with experience",1 63742,"Alternately hilarious and sad , aggravating and soulful , scathing and joyous . It 's a masterpeice .",1 42207,"is relatively slow",0 229699,"can not help but love Cinema Paradiso , whether the original version or new Director 's Cut .",1 61577,", ( but ) there is n't much about K-19 that 's unique or memorable .",0 114008,"an entirely irony-free zone and Bale reduced mainly to batting his sensitive eyelids",0 69386,"The actors are simply too good , and the story too intriguing , for technical flaws to get in the way .",1 83815,"is a masterfully conducted work .",1 217377,"to stave off doldrums",0 155101,"believes it 's revealing some great human truths , when , in reality , it 's churning ground that has long passed the point of being fertile .",0 211374,"share no chemistry or engaging charisma",0 222301,"An excellent sequel .",1 155271,"bizarre , funny , tragic - like love in New York",1 226358,"The movie has an infectious exuberance that will engage anyone with a passing interest in the skate\/surf culture",1 8651,"makes the banger sisters a fascinating character study with laughs to spare",1 20728,"has enough grandeur and scale to satisfy as grown-up escapism",1 4698,"an ungainly movie , ill-fitting , with its elbows sticking out where the knees should be",0 95656,"the film is extremely thorough .",1 58314,"the film makes the viewer feel like the movie 's various victimized audience members after a while , but it also happens to be the movie 's most admirable quality",1 61852,", damaged characters",0 78443,"does n't drag an audience down",1 33518,"is the only part of the film that is enlightening -- and how appreciative you are of this depends on your level of fandom",0 220089,"would have saved this film a world of hurt .",0 131983,"seem to melt away in the face of the character 's blank-faced optimism",1 18060,"will delight newcomers to the story and those who know it from bygone days .",1 143126,"A graceless , witless attempt at mating Some Like It Hot with the WWII espionage thriller .",0 212107,"some fun in this jumbled mess",1 119511,"existential exploration",1 117472,"contemporary Chinese life that many outsiders will be surprised to know",1 180918,", slapdash disaster . A DOA dud from frame one .",0 203562,"is the kind of movie where people who have never picked a lock do so easily after a few tries and become expert fighters after a few weeks .",0 191194,"a recycled and dumbed-down version of Love Story",0 229438,"borrowed plot points",0 231970,"in a contest to see who can out-bad-act the other",0 236764,"the cartoonish clichés and sneering humor of the genre as it provides a fresh view of an old type",1 188817,"There 's an admirable rigor to Jimmy 's relentless anger , and to the script 's refusal of a happy ending , but",1 232924,"it 's a very very strong `` B + . ''",1 143559,"Aggressive self-glorification and a manipulative whitewash . Stay for the credits and see a devastating comic impersonation by Dustin Hoffman that is revelatory .",0 151019,"With the exception of some fleetingly amusing improvisations by Cedric the Entertainer as Perry 's boss , there is n't a redeeming moment here .",0 145964,"I 'm sure if you 're a Hartley fan , you might enjoy yourself ...",1 59240,"to find new avenues of discourse on old problems",1 217583,"too dry and too placid",0 58424,"the intensity of the film",1 135263,"the feelings evoked in the film are lukewarm and quick to pass",0 63580,"A winning comedy with its wry observations about long-lived friendships and the ways in which we all lose track of ourselves by trying to please others",1 109170,"Start reading your scripts before signing that dotted line",0 162681,"is a tired one ,",0 162345,"intermittent fun",1 70176,"This charming , thought-provoking New York fest",1 113608,"all new",1 53918,"its elegantly colorful look and",1 53641,"is sufficiently funny",1 163006,"is like reading a Times Portrait of Grief that keeps shifting focus to the journalist who wrote it",0 230404,"drama , romance , tragedy , bravery , political intrigue , partisans and sabotage",1 228848,"are tantamount to insulting the intelligence of anyone who has n't been living under a rock ( since Sept. 11 )",0 235433,"said the film was better than Saving Private Ryan .",1 113183,"about otherwise dull subjects",0 11859,"the screenplay by james eric , james horton and director peter o'fallon ... is so pat it makes your teeth hurt .",0 155033,"begin to wonder if they are ever going to depart .",0 159643,"freaking out",0 82417,"honor the many faceless victims",1 85246,"its exquisite acting , inventive screenplay , mesmerizing music",1 38268,"the gamble is worth the promise",1 150272,"This miserable excuse of a movie",0 91913,"satisfy the boom-bam crowd",1 185165,"It 's not a particularly good film , but neither is it a monsterous one",0 22472,"timely and invaluable",1 54109,"kitschy goodwill",1 72734,"a twisting , unpredictable , cat-and-mouse thriller",1 188982,"This is a heartfelt story ... it just is n't a very involving one .",0 112126,"a hill in a trash can ?",0 217109,"to imagine that even very small children will be impressed by this tired retread",0 6937,"handled correctly , wilde 's play is a masterpiece of elegant wit and artifice . here",1 15947,"happy to listen to them reading the phone book",1 79120,"entertainingly nasty",1 121352,"gorgeously made",1 64754,"Collateral Damage is trash , but",0 155377,"borders on rough-trade homo-eroticism",1 178535,"with an idea buried somewhere inside its fabric , but never clearly seen or felt",0 13463,"'s just because this past year has seen the release of some of the worst film comedies in decades",0 13601,", it 's also extremely effective .",1 75491,"before some savvy producer saw the potential success inherent in the mixture of Bullock Bubble and Hugh Goo",1 178383,"will leave frowns on more than a few faces .",0 81763,"has said that Warm Water Under a Red Bridge is a poem to the enduring strengths of women",1 174482,"the overcooked , ham-fisted direction",0 211084,"seems far more interested in gross-out humor than in showing us well-thought stunts or a car chase that we have n't seen 10 , 000 times .",0 47356,"This familiar rise-and-fall tale is long on glamour and short on larger moralistic consequences , though it 's told with sharp ears and eyes for the tenor of the times .",1 55338,"of dishonesty",0 171255,"sleep-inducing",0 81941,"have to worry about being subjected to farts , urine , feces , semen , or any of the other foul substances that have overrun modern-day comedies",0 142593,", too stolid to be funny",0 120792,"frustrating misfire",0 106368,"Hélène Angel is definitely a director to watch .",1 180418,", Lawrence desperately looks elsewhere , seizing on George 's haplessness and Lucy 's personality tics .",0 195038,"but disintegrates into a dreary , humorless soap opera",0 2690,"the performances are so leaden , michael rymer 's direction is so bloodless and the dialogue is so corny that the audience laughs out loud .",0 178077,"when you can pillage from Shirley Jackson , Richard Matheson ... and puke up something like ROSE RED",0 85439,"its title implies",1 159322,"foot-dragging",0 129600,"one that is dark , disturbing , painful to watch , yet compelling",1 207319,"obnoxious 88-minute infomercial",0 171686,"somewhat redeeming",1 64981,"Definitely worth 95 minutes of your time .",1 171048,"shun her kids , travel to one of the most dangerous parts of the world , don fatigues and become G . I . Jane",1 27344,"a 15-year-old boy and a 40-year-old woman",1 186709,"Plays like a glossy melodrama that occasionally verges on camp .",0 216037,"their personalities undergo radical changes when it suits the script",0 134370,"that is , more often then not , difficult and sad",0 48737,"air conditioning and popcorn",1 49,"'s not very interesting",0 90822,"provides the drama that gives added clout to this doc",1 98925,"uncomfortably timely , relevant , and",1 177062,"ultimately purposeless",0 211706,"sit through than this hastily dubbed disaster",0 37050,"smartly nuanced performance",1 56405,"reacting to it - feeling a part of its grand locations , thinking urgently as the protagonists struggled ,",1 127491,"most savagely hilarious",1 127379,"more to think about after the final frame",1 19593,"a sucker",0 3914,"a literate presentation",1 135256,"the feeble examples of big-screen Poke-mania",0 140344,"wo n't be sitting through this one again",0 228674,"annoying ,",0 205573,"made but uninvolving",0 138107,"too long ,",0 169039,"politics and drama , an admirable ambition",1 236153,"suited to a night in the living room than a night at the movies",0 99481,"vitality to justify the notion of creating a screen adaptation of Evans ' saga of Hollywood excess",1 222555,"Be patient with the lovely Hush !",1 97332,"thinking someone made off with your wallet",0 86274,"look for any hefty anti-establishment message in what is essentially a whip-crack of a buddy movie that ends with a whimper",0 237419,"there is a great deal of fun .",1 32026,"get on your feet and shake it",1 112576,"a rather unique approach to documentary",1 39945,"went out gunning to make a great one .",1 78403,"does a great combination act as narrator , Jewish grandmother and subject --",1 121763,"has hugely imaginative and successful casting to its great credit , as well as one terrific score and attitude to spare .",1 162823,"is chaotic , the photography grainy and badly focused ,",0 205311,"look a lot like this alarming production , adapted from Anne Rice 's novel The Vampire Chronicles",0 51983,"full-bodied",1 73111,"acknowledges upfront that the plot makes no sense",0 96440,"the power of Polanski 's film",1 140409,"work better as a real documentary without the insinuation of mediocre acting or a fairly trite narrative",0 206153,"mild disturbance or detached pleasure",0 195755,"clever angle ! Wow",1 147126,"Less dizzying than just dizzy",0 169616,"rambling , repetitive dialogue and",0 115573,"be shocked if there was actually one correct interpretation , but that should n't make the movie or the discussion any less enjoyable",1 117873,"dashing and resourceful hero",1 152477,"a sort of inter-species parody of a VH1 Behind the Music episode",0 187856,"The Santa Clause 2 is a barely adequate babysitter for older kids ,",0 216777,"to Do in Case of Fire ? lazily and glumly",0 9094,"nolan bravely treads where few american films dare to delve -- into the world of ambivalence and ambiguity ...",1 127022,"mention dragged down by a leaden closing act",0 218040,"ultimate passion",1 224947,"Mr. Nelson has made a film that is an undeniably worthy and devastating experience .",1 92786,"slap-happy",1 62822,"A canny , derivative , wildly gruesome portrait of a London",1 71923,"a lot to recommend Read My Lips",1 6619,"for the most part , the weight of water comes off as a two-way time-switching myopic mystery that stalls in its lackluster gear of emotional blandness",0 192495,"an astonishingly witless script",0 78569,"drama , conflict , tears and surprise --",1 93490,"steals the show without resorting to camp as Nicholas ' wounded and wounding Uncle Ralph . It 's a great performance and a reminder of Dickens ' grandeur",1 235327,"reminds us how realistically nuanced a Robert De Niro performance can be when he is not more lucratively engaged in the shameless self-caricature of ` Analyze This ' ( 1999 ) and ` Analyze That , ' promised ( or threatened ) for later this year",1 187192,"Seems like someone going through the motions",0 34264,"lyricism and profound common sense",1 206300,"molto superficiale",0 47249,"The socio-histo-political treatise is told in earnest strides ...",1 42718,"super-cool , and definitely",1 231401,"has a spirit that can not be denied",1 97399,"this film for its harsh objectivity and refusal to seek our tears , our sympathies",1 134607,"that this is a highly ambitious and personal project for Egoyan",1 239148,"you exit the theater",0 227917,"a frightening and compelling ` What if",1 226100,"The Country Bears wastes an exceptionally good idea .",0 35400,"of slapstick humor for the kids , lots of in-jokes for the adults and heart enough for everyone",1 231593,"have preferred a transfer down the hall to Mr. Holland 's class for the music , or to Robin Williams 's lecture so I could listen to a teacher with humor , passion , and verve",0 15502,"darkly funny fable",1 63027,"A fine effort , an interesting topic , some intriguing characters and a sad ending . Certainly the big finish was n't something Galinsky and Hawley could have planned for ... but part of being a good documentarian is being there when the rope snaps",1 125340,"its poignant and uplifting story in a stunning fusion of music and images",1 81289,"gorgeously strange movie",1 175709,"through watching this saccharine , Easter-egg-colored concoction",0 37835,"that is tortured and unsettling",0 70547,"Uneven , self-conscious but often hilarious",1 162954,"is its spirit , its ribald , full-throated humor",1 14622,"While McFarlane 's animation lifts the film firmly above the level of other coming-of-age films ... it 's also so jarring that it 's hard to get back into the boys ' story .",0 177579,"wanders around",0 27276,"Worth the effort to watch .",1 116505,"ca n't quite distinguish one sci-fi work from another",0 132699,"sneaks up on the viewer",1 140680,"you 're a struggling nobody",0 194881,"bother with a contemptible imitator starring a",0 37724,"thanks to some clever writing and sprightly acting",1 32137,"good stepping stone",1 231432,"has done is proven that no amount of imagination , no creature , no fantasy story and no incredibly outlandish scenery",0 45173,"Even if you do n't know the band or the album 's songs by heart , you will enjoy seeing how both evolve , and",1 228876,"arrive early and stay late ,",1 233168,"its share of laughs -- sometimes a chuckle , sometimes a guffaw and , to my great pleasure , the occasional belly laugh",1 120649,"friendly kick",1 66798,"Its adult themes of familial separation and societal betrayal are head and shoulders above much of the director 's previous popcorn work .",1 154719,"be enjoyed , even on the level that one enjoys a bad slasher",1 144761,"Demands too much of most viewers",0 233315,"laughs -- sometimes a chuckle , sometimes a guffaw and , to my great pleasure ,",1 209727,"pretty listless collection",0 19797,"and admirably --",1 87269,"more fun watching a documentary",0 177399,"various sources",1 43800,", you 've got to admire ... the intensity with which he 's willing to express his convictions",1 87795,"nervy and",1 160557,"hard to know whether or not to recommend this film because for every thing it does right there 's at least one and occasionally two things it gets ever so wrong",0 63128,"A keep - 'em - guessing plot and an affectionate take on its screwed-up characters",1 205422,"losing his touch",0 153520,"an unsettling sight , and indicative of his , if you will , out-of-kilter character",0 19898,"and to visit with some of the people who were able to make an impact in the theater world",1 122852,"in Janice 's behavior",1 67194,"Less an examination of neo-Nazism than a probe into the nature of faith",1 24442,"A refreshingly honest and ultimately touching tale of the sort of people usually ignored in contemporary American film . Search it out .",1 64048,"Armed with a game supporting cast",1 18392,", committed performances",1 228049,"a new collectible",1 25529,"Here , Adrian Lyne comes as close to profundity as he is likely to get .",1 223371,"First and foremost ... the reason to go see `` Blue Crush '' is the phenomenal , water-born cinematography by David Hennings .",1 40991,"It 's fun ,",1 27604,"a joyful effusion of disco Bollywood that , by the end of Monsoon Wedding , sent my spirit soaring out of the theater",1 67948,"Offers a clear-eyed chronicle of a female friendship that is more complex and honest than anything represented in a Hollywood film",1 235697,"should have been made for the tube",0 232,"a pleasant enough",1 84877,"it 's an utterly static picture",0 238145,"tumbleweeds",0 52426,"has stepped into the mainstream of filmmaking with an assurance worthy of international acclaim",1 109277,"Supposedly , Pokemon ca n't be killed , but Pokemon 4Ever practically assures that the pocket monster movie franchise is nearly ready to keel over .",0 118981,"emerge with unimpeachable clarity",1 39434,"translates Naipaul 's lively mix of characters from the page to screen .",1 211466,"shot two years ago",0 175264,"things moving , while never quite",0 128237,"occasionally horrifying but often inspiring",1 96870,"the thinness of its characterizations",0 81209,"going to make box office money that makes Michael Jordan jealous",1 108960,"Simone '' is a fun and funky look into an artificial creation in a world that thrives on artificiality .",1 193198,"are still looking for a common through-line",0 161780,"in a disjointed , substandard fashion from one",0 43711,", the basic plot of '' Lilo '' could have been pulled from a tear-stained vintage Shirley Temple script .",0 209639,"predictable , maudlin story",0 67876,"Not a bad choice here",1 232539,"is make either of Val Kilmer 's two personas interesting or worth caring about",0 194745,"blow it off the screen",0 26608,"So refreshingly incisive is Grant that for the first time he 'll probably appeal more to guys than to their girlfriends who drag them to this movie for the Hugh factor .",1 190217,"a bowser",0 192031,"afraid to provoke introspection in both its characters and its audience",0 92073,"see Scratch for a lesson in scratching , but , most of all , see it for the passion .",1 154468,"authentically vague , but ultimately purposeless , study",0 22095,"successfully plays the foil to Willis 's world-weary colonel",1 20099,"becomes an emotional , though still positive , wrench of a sit",1 32152,"gorgeously shot and beautifully",1 192970,"anything special , save for a few comic turns ,",0 24078,"-- quite a rarity , even in the family film market .",1 106160,"Has all the right elements",1 94283,"tells a sweet , charming tale of intergalactic friendship",1 72191,"a provocateur",1 147423,"Men in Black II creates a new threat for the MIB , but recycles the same premise .",0 139297,"watch middle-age and older men drink to excess , piss on trees , b . s . one another",0 67381,"Mama Africa pretty much delivers on that promise . It does give you a peek . The main problem being that it 's only a peek .",1 238445,"was n't the subject matter that ultimately defeated the film ... It was the unfulfilling , incongruous , `` wait a second",0 7962,"it makes your teeth hurt",0 208201,"of those so-so films that could have been much better",0 227108,"Whether Jason X is this bad on purpose is never clear .",0 156421,"clumsily plotted",0 121467,"growing strange hairs , getting a more mature body , and",1 192428,"an ` A ' list cast",1 151397,"a bloody mess .",0 113317,"acting , poorly dubbed dialogue and murky cinematography",0 20743,"has twists worthy of David Mamet and is enormous fun for thinking audiences",1 98198,"to marry science fiction with film noir and action flicks with philosophical inquiry",1 106536,"I wo n't argue with anyone who calls ` Slackers ' dumb , insulting , or childish ... but",0 191721,"about as exciting to watch as two last-place basketball teams",0 145365,"Fish out of water usually",0 155218,"big enough for us to worry about it causing significant harm and not smelly enough to bother despising",1 44677,"Belongs to Daniel Day-Lewis as much as it belongs to Martin Scorsese :",1 233868,"might want to check it out",1 15646,"enlightened",1 78284,"displacement",0 5761,"could be the worst film a man has made about women since valley of the dolls",0 148576,"Shreve 's graceful dual narrative gets clunky on the screen ,",0 41233,"Tailored to entertain",1 73436,"all the enjoyable randomness of a very lively dream",1 23788,", nicely acted and beautifully shot and scored , the film works on several levels , openly questioning social mores while ensnaring the audience with its emotional pull .",1 170131,"ridiculous schlock",0 164279,"junk-food movie",0 148746,"Some of their jokes work , but most fail miserably and in the end , Pumpkin is far more offensive than it is funny .",0 44911,"Cho 's latest comic set is n't as sharp or as fresh as I 'm the One That I Want ... but",0 119285,"esquerdo . E aqueles que decidiram",1 158569,"exactly 89 minutes , most of which passed as slowly as if I 'd been sitting naked on an igloo",0 39409,"touching and well",1 45943,"Keenly observed and refreshingly natural , Swimming gets the details right , from its promenade of barely clad bodies in Myrtle Beach , S . C . , to the adrenaline jolt of a sudden lunch rush at the diner .",1 62916,"A deeply felt and vividly detailed story about newcomers in a strange new world .",1 10973,"taylor appears to have blown his entire budget on soundtrack rights and had nothing left over for jokes",0 191132,"a predictable , maudlin story",0 94110,"take on a great writer and dubious human being",1 15929,"gripping",1 85949,"lets you brush up against the humanity of a psycho",1 169617,"rambling , repetitive dialogue and the visual",0 32159,"got ice water in your veins",0 103716,"A mimetic approximation of better films like Contempt and 8 1\/2 .",0 35571,"offering itself up in subtle plot maneuvers ...",1 235011,"portrays their cartoon counterparts well ...",1 202782,"is badly edited , often awkwardly directed and suffers from the addition of a wholly unnecessary pre-credit sequence designed to give some of the characters a ` back story . '",0 193908,"baaaaaaaaad",0 214688,"the flat dialogue by Vincent R . Nebrida or the gutless direction",0 135346,"the film is not only a love song to the movies but it also is more fully an example of the kind of lush , all-enveloping movie experience it rhapsodizes",1 152030,"a major release",1 50655,"dead",0 35252,"of friendship and sexual identity",1 78768,"effective enough",1 23697,", inventive photography and cutting , and wall-to-wall toe-tapping music to paint a picture of a subculture that is at once exhilarating , silly , perverse , hopeful and always fun",1 75441,"becoming a better person through love",1 218758,"was made with careful attention to detail and",1 7495,"in the reality of its characters to go over the edge . a touch of humor or an unexpected plot twist always pulls it back",1 185340,"It should be doing a lot of things , but does n't .",0 53563,"is one of the luckiest men",1 98490,"tolerate the redneck-versus-blueblood cliches that the film trades in",0 209552,"portrays himself in a one-note performance",0 168500,"over-reliance",0 220147,"writer/director Achero Manas 's film",1 35484,"of the mundane horrors of the world",0 165046,"lip-synching",0 34105,"like me pray for an even more interesting , less symmetrical , less obviously cross-shaped creation .",0 25936,"Leave it to Rohmer , now 82 , to find a way to bend current technique to the service of a vision of the past that is faithful to both architectural glories and commanding open spaces of the city as it was more than two centuries ago .",1 221834,"... somehow manages to escape the shackles of its own clichés to be the best espionage picture to come out in weeks .",1 108774,"Savvy director Robert J . Siegel and",1 16280,"is simply the most fun you 'll ever have with a documentary !",1 26816,"The film is an enjoyable family film -- pretty much aimed at any youngster who loves horses .",1 129518,"one carried by a strong sense of humanism",1 72914,"about a horrifying historical event",0 149898,"The stupidest , most insulting movie",0 33245,"is a portrait of grace in an imperfect world",1 166523,"my indignant , preemptive departure",0 111812,"a diverting -- if predictable -- adventure suitable for a matinee",1 33222,"is a film that should be seen by all , especially those who are n't aware of , or have forgotten about the unmentioned victims of war .",1 233179,"its stupidity more than obvious",0 88002,"not falling into the Hollywood trap and making a vanity project with nothing new to offer",1 8361,"laugh",1 83553,"into melancholia",0 63965,"An unflinching , complex portrait of a modern Israel that is rarely seen on-screen .",1 98001,"to create images you wish you had n't seen",0 187759,"The Bread ,",1 117675,"create and sustain",1 104812,"Bond-inspired ? Certainly .",1 78663,"dullest",0 229157,"be better suited to a night in the living room than a night at the movies",0 204145,"its charms and its funny moments",1 204969,"like Ballistic : Ecks vs . Sever , were made for the palm screen",0 72111,"a perfect performance",1 93891,"supernatural thriller",1 180575,", but the uninspired scripts , acting and direction never rise above the level of an after-school TV special .",0 10822,"such a high-energy movie where the drumming and the marching are so excellent ,",1 92641,"sick , twisted sort",0 160904,"have stopped watching long ago",0 127242,"mopping up",1 196538,"cute partnership",1 134311,"that even in sorrow you can find humor . Like blended shades of lipstick , these components combine into one terrific story with lots of laughs",1 84858,"it 's a sit down and ponder affair . And thanks to Kline 's superbly nuanced performance , that pondering is highly pleasurable",1 13048,"while there 's likely very little crossover appeal to those without much interest in the elizabethans ( as well as rank frustration from those in the know about rubbo 's dumbed-down tactics ) ,",0 121545,"had to sit through it again",0 30356,"considerable force and truth",1 60350,"with honest performances and exceptional detail",1 235446,"savour the story",1 8260,"just skip",0 32538,"his characters in a way that intrigues and even fascinates us",1 10902,"swings and jostles",1 112878,"a term paper",0 17199,"showed that the road to hell is paved with good intentions",1 155913,"camp classic",1 233328,"layer upon layer of Action Man cliché atop wooden dialogue and a shifting tone that falls far short of the peculiarly moral amorality of ( Woo 's ) best work",0 174980,"the viewers will feel they suffer the same fate",0 176676,"too often into sugary sentiment and withholds delivery on the pell-mell pyrotechnics its punchy style promises .",0 129341,"old tropes",0 40086,"why art matters , and how it can resonate far beyond museum walls and through to the most painfully marginal lives",1 61609,", Eyre needs to take a good sweat to clarify his cinematic vision before his next creation and remember the lessons of the trickster spider .",0 162493,"involving character study",1 70273,"This may be Dover Kosashvili 's feature directing debut , but it looks an awful lot like life -- gritty , awkward and ironic",1 78318,"disturb",0 224202,"It 's like going to a house party and watching the host defend himself against a frothing ex-girlfriend .",0 148920,"Suffocated at conception by its Munchausen-by-proxy mum . Punish the vehicle to adore the star .",0 223153,"Director Yu seems far more interested in gross-out humor than in showing us well-thought stunts or a car chase that we have n't seen 10ꯠ times .",0 54372,"looks as if it was made without much thought --",0 178872,"would be precious little left .",0 60957,"'s as good as you remember . In fact , even better .",1 159300,"following up a delightful , well-crafted family film",1 90947,"put you off",0 40809,"Chalk it up to my adoration",1 149119,"The Man From Elysian Fields is a cold , bliss-less work that groans along thinking itself some important comment on how life throws us some beguiling curves .",0 32867,"in her unfinished story",1 85248,"its exquisite acting , inventive screenplay , mesmerizing music , and",1 222958,"City By The Sea would slip under the waves .",0 27584,"a heart-wrenching showcase indeed",1 236962,"the good and different idea ( of middle-aged romance ) is not handled well and , except for the fine star performances , there is little else to recommend `` Never Again . ''",0 201464,"hurts",0 13214,"wittgenstein and kirkegaard",1 182351,"An amalgam of The Fugitive , Blade Runner , and Total Recall , only without much energy or tension",0 143277,"A ponderous meditation on love that feels significantly longer than its relatively scant 97 minutes",0 38759,"the viewer in a literal and spiritual torpor that is anything but cathartic",0 158877,"fascinating stories",1 133694,"surprisingly sensitive",1 187206,"Serviceable at best , slightly less",0 31092,"engaged",1 2693,"the rage",0 68776,"Showtime the most savory and hilarious guilty pleasure of many a recent movie season",1 64711,"Christian Bale 's charisma make up for a derivative plot",1 236022,"standout",1 231144,"gets beneath the surface of things .",1 126217,"little doubt that Kidman has become one of our best actors",1 85245,"its exquisite acting , inventive screenplay ,",1 101497,"'s a dark , gritty story",1 73265,"advised to sit near the back and squint to avoid noticing some truly egregious lip-non-synching",0 185987,"Mandel Holland 's direction is uninspired , and his scripting unsurprising , but the performances by Phifer and Black are ultimately winning . You 'll find yourself wishing that you and they were in another movie",0 149124,"The Master Of Disaster - it 's a piece of dreck disguised as comedy .",0 28586,"and edits around his screenplay 's sappier elements ... and sustains Off the Hook 's buildup with remarkable assuredness for a first-timer",1 103988,"A visionary marvel , but it 's lacking a depth in storytelling usually found in anime like this .",0 212922,"superficial treatment",0 182108,"A woefully dull , redundant concept that bears more than a whiff of exploitation , despite Iwai 's vaunted empathy",0 2149,"resist",0 4317,"a worse sign",0 143627,"All the necessary exposition",1 29666,"bone-crushing screwups",0 34492,"mind when considering the world 's best cuisine",1 137797,"to recognize that there are few things in this world more complex -- and , as it turns out , more fragile -- than happiness",1 157325,"desolation",0 115545,"be one of those movies barely registering a blip on the radar screen of 2002 .",0 115052,"as the tiresome rant of an aging filmmaker still thumbing his nose at convention",0 33826,"its predecessors is that Myers is no longer simply spoofing the mini-mod-madness of '60s spy movies",1 75963,"brings a youthful , out-to-change-the-world aggressiveness",1 71889,"a light-hearted way the romantic problems",1 45265,"First-time writer-director Serry shows a remarkable gift for storytelling with this moving , effective little film .",1 219551,"will not disappoint anyone who values the original comic books .",1 144349,"Cal is an unpleasantly shallow and immature character with whom to spend 110 claustrophobic minutes .",0 148043,"Patchy",0 5633,"combined with stunning animation",1 214779,"the high seas that works better the less the brain is engaged",0 51987,"fun cheese puff",1 81529,"handbag-clutching",1 5183,"blessed",1 202887,"is especially unfortunate in light of the fine work done by most of the rest of her cast",0 137013,"this oddly sweet comedy about jokester highway patrolmen",1 35151,"of a rousing good story",1 144397,"Chabrol has taken promising material for a black comedy and turned it instead into a somber chamber drama .",0 94449,"than to sit back and enjoy a couple of great actors hamming it up",1 47998,"a familiar road with a few twists",1 63461,"A surprisingly ` solid ' achievement by director Malcolm D . Lee and writer John Ridley .",1 84761,"is there to give them a good time",1 29832,"but it has clearly been made with affection and care .",1 232854,"is too short",0 158033,"dull in stretches",0 88412,"of an especially well-executed television movie",1 35147,"of a lost soul trying to find her way through life",1 138503,"ultimately cowardly",0 203529,"is that there is really only one movie 's worth of decent gags to be gleaned from the premise .",0 33310,"is an honestly nice little film that takes us on an examination of young adult life in urban South Korea through the hearts and minds of the five principals",1 42911,"tossing around obscure expressions",0 154924,"becomes gimmicky instead of compelling",0 102248,", Gangs excels in spectacle and pacing .",1 98645,"transcends their predicament",1 51786,"for every taste",1 201658,"imitation movie",0 221373,", in a better movie , you might not have noticed .",0 205788,"manages to deliver",1 58478,"the masses with star power , a pop-induced score and sentimental moments",1 32132,"good fun",1 108631,"Rifkin no doubt fancies himself something of a Hubert Selby Jr . , but",0 122721,"if the poor quality of Pokemon 4 Ever is any indication",0 174613,"the question remains whether this should , indeed , have been presented as a theatrical release .",0 194891,"bottom-of-the-bill",0 213950,"that will probably sink the film for anyone who does n't think about percentages all day long",0 136889,"this animated adventure",1 147793,"Not only is it hokey",0 196667,"deeply biased ,",0 222963,"Clockstoppers if you have nothing better to do with 94 minutes",0 1849,"not a film to rival to live , but a fine little amuse-bouche to keep your appetite whetted .",1 67917,"Nothing can detract from the affection of that moral favorite : friends will be friends through thick and thin",1 235756,"simply intrusive",0 208528,"on toilet humor , ethnic slurs",0 127777,"naturally dramatic",1 98706,"trite and overused",0 120179,"fistfights , and car chases , this movie is a phlegmatic bore , so tedious it makes the silly spy vs . spy film The Sum of All Fears , starring Ben Affleck ,",0 198448,"fails to have a heart , mind or humor of its own",1 19558,"a price for its intricate intellectual gamesmanship",1 3310,"'s a little weak",0 141856,"( bizarre , funny , tragic - like love in New York )",1 19811,"and beauty",1 155660,"butchered",0 163457,"is the funniest thing in the world",1 235295,"relatively flavorless",0 164084,"its most vibrant scene is one that uses clips from Brian De Palma 's Scarface . That 's a cheat",0 140848,"your appetite for canned corn",0 124657,"is the best ` old neighborhood ' project",1 179524,"'s a fanboy ` what if ? ' brought to life on the big screen",0 171357,"smoothes over hard truths even as he uncovers them",0 226201,"The best didacticism is one carried by a strong sense of humanism , and Bertrand Tavernier 's oft-brilliant Safe Conduct ( `` Laissez-passer '' ) wears its heart on its sleeve",1 232723,"is rigid and evasive in ways",0 42472,"popular and",1 112388,"a much better mother-daughter tale",1 52510,"he 's back in form , with an astoundingly rich film",1 88971,"of the best short story writing",1 38235,"the film version of High Fidelity",1 78895,"emotional car-wreck",0 62030,", it does n't disappoint .",1 137849,"to share his impressions of life and loss and time and art with us",1 37174,"sophisticated , challenging",1 179935,"'s only one way to kill Michael Myers for good : stop buying tickets to these movies .",0 231915,"immediately succumbs to gravity and plummets to earth .",0 44615,"Audrey Tatou has a knack for picking roles that magnify her outrageous charm ,",1 32044,"getting busy on the basketball court because that 's when he really scores",1 107364,"LaBute ca n't avoid a fatal mistake in the modern era",0 125097,"it set out to lampoon , anyway",0 81981,"he communicates a great deal in his performance .",1 76803,"clever , offbeat and",1 124502,"is small in scope , yet perfectly formed .",1 173592,"the candy-like taste of it fading faster than 25-cent bubble gum",0 39562,"unabashedly sentimental",1 41576,"are as sharp as ever",1 86315,"lose",0 168931,"playing like General Hospital crossed with a Saturday Night Live spoof of Dog Day Afternoon",0 135225,"the extraordinary technical accomplishments",1 207571,"of a sleeper success",1 163489,"is the sort of movie that discourages American audiences from ever wanting to see another foreign film .",0 221123,", ' I should be enjoying this . '",0 172262,"sucks the humanity from the film ,",0 3285,"'m giving it thumbs down due to the endlessly repetitive scenes of embarrassment",0 181940,"A rambling ensemble piece with loosely connected characters and plots that never quite gel",0 21713,"perfect ingredients",1 78716,"earnest performances",1 67692,"Muccino either does n't notice when his story ends or just ca n't tear himself away from the characters",0 169667,"rather stunning",1 110900,"Vs",1 120621,"fraction",1 179406,"'m not sure which is worse",0 128828,"of obligatory cheap",0 114043,"an extended , open-ended poem than a traditionally structured story",1 157163,"debut that smacks more of good intentions than talent",0 104746,"Bill Morrison 's Decasia",1 201290,"holds itself",1 14520,"The year 's happiest surprise , a movie that deals with a real subject in an always surprising way .",1 167477,"of generating Oscar talk",1 219592,"winds up feeling like a great missed opportunity",0 14404,"Run , do n't walk , to see this barbed and bracing comedy on the big screen .",1 110990,"Wendigo wants to be a monster movie for the art-house crowd",0 70529,"Ultimately engages less for its story of actorly existential despair than for its boundary-hopping formal innovations and glimpse into another kind of Chinese ` cultural revolution . '",1 218962,"wear thin on all",0 102727,", most pleasurable expressions of pure movie love to come from an American director in years .",1 30092,"chaos",0 20973,"inventive and impressive",1 33573,"it 's also full of sharp , smart satire .",1 193622,"as they may be , the cartoons look almost Shakespearean -- both in depth and breadth -- after watching this digital-effects-heavy , supposed family-friendly comedy .",0 211530,"should stop trying to please his mom",0 144109,"Being author Wells ' great-grandson , you 'd think filmmaker Simon Wells would have more reverence for the material . But this costly dud is a far cry from either the book or the beloved film .",0 155926,"can also sometimes come across like nothing more than a glorified Nike ad .",0 91344,"reel in when we should be playing out",0 120309,"followed through",1 91747,"robbed and replaced",0 77790,"decent popcorn adventure",1 227076,"When ( Reno ) lets her radical flag fly , taking angry potshots at George W. Bush , Henry Kissinger , Larry King , et al.",0 51404,"exceptionally",1 15475,"contradictions",0 406,"an inexpressible and drab wannabe looking for that exact niche",0 163230,"is perhaps too effective in creating an atmosphere of dust-caked stagnation",0 151609,"a difficult shoot",0 178332,"wildly inconsistent emotional",0 124303,"is n't particularly funny",0 1108,"gorgeous scenes , masterful performances , but the sickly sweet gender normative narrative left an acrid test in this gourmet 's mouth",1 180208,"( Soderbergh ) tends to place most of the psychological and philosophical material in italics rather than trust an audience 's intelligence , and he creates an overall sense of brusqueness .",0 74720,"as it is instructive",1 147909,"One long string of cliches",0 26384,"Pretty",1 197342,"does n't offer audiences any way of gripping what its point is , or even its attitude toward its subject",0 182977,"Ca n't Stop The Music . '' It may as well be called '' Jar-Jar Binks",0 23786,", natural and ancient antidotes",1 163160,"is not explored very deeply",0 216766,"tits",1 154771,"be mighty bored to even think of staying with this for more than , say , ten ... make that three minutes",0 74114,"another first-rate performance",1 180493,", an attempt is made to transplant a Hollywood star into Newfoundland 's wild soil",0 75792,"boldly , confidently orchestrated , aesthetically and sexually",1 203263,"is nothing funny in this every-joke-has - been-told-a - thousand-times - before movie .",0 12957,"what emerges is an unsettling picture of childhood innocence combined with indoctrinated prejudice . promises",0 70993,"With an unflappable air of decadent urbanity",1 14880,"about real people",1 111100,"While Broomfield 's film does n't capture the effect of these tragic deaths on hip-hop culture , it succeeds as a powerful look at a failure of our justice system .",1 88013,"not memorable",0 15221,"beautiful people",1 71735,"a good chance of being the big",1 103879,"A sly dissection",1 848,"drama",0 21503,"of charisma and menace",1 222749,"But here 's the real damn : It is n't funny , either .",0 43646,", laugh-a-minute crowd pleaser",1 193053,"are both Oscar winners , a fact which , as you watch them clumsily mugging their way through Snow Dogs , seems inconceivable",0 74163,"any less psycho",0 162838,"is composed of snappy patter and pseudo-sophisticated cultural observations , while the remainder ... would be more at home on a daytime television serial",0 57882,"that shows just enough to keep us on our toes",1 236741,"the best little `` horror '' movie",1 44849,"Candid Camera on methamphetamines",1 14063,"Goodall and her chimpanzees on the bigger-than-life screen",1 193458,"as glum as Mr . De Niro",0 221626,", these components combine into one terrific story with lots of laughs .",1 206235,"misguided project",0 174813,"the stories never add up to as much as they promise .",0 194310,"becomes instead a grating endurance test",0 231260,"going to recommend SECRETARY , based on the wonderful acting clinic put on by Spader and Gyllenhaal",1 87786,"neglecting its less conspicuous writing strength",0 45901,"John Carpenter 's original",1 36310,"quite the equal",1 202516,"is , we have no idea what in creation is going on",0 233265,"know that ten bucks you 'd spend on a ticket ?",0 221056,"( Clooney 's ) debut can be accused of being a bit undisciplined ,",0 226312,"The innate theatrics that provide its thrills and extreme emotions lose their luster when flattened onscreen .",0 98812,"twice about what might be going on inside each trailer park you drive past -- even if it chiefly inspires you to drive a little faster",1 40570,"'s intense and thrilling",1 27802,"a seamless ensemble . There is n't a weak or careless performance",1 112518,"a pretentious and",0 65042,"Devos and Cassel have tremendous chemistry",1 18920,"Here , thankfully",1 111635,"a cinematic car wreck ,",0 153565,"and even dimmer characters",0 218854,"watch them clumsily mugging their way through Snow Dogs",0 60473,"works with Weaver 's sensitive reactions",1 4270,"a vehicle to showcase the canadian 's inane ramblings , stealing harvard is a smorgasbord of soliloquies about nothing delivered by the former mr",0 190059,"a 20-car pileup",0 220179,"yahoo-ing death shows",0 190971,"a more confused , less interesting and more sloppily made film could possibly come down the road in 2002",0 180963,", the experience of actually watching the movie is less compelling than the circumstances of its making .",0 50718,"deftly explores the difficult relationship between a father and son",1 237842,"to have ushers in the theater that hand you a cup of coffee every few minutes",0 16222,"is a filmmaker with a real flair for epic landscapes and adventure",1 52385,"has an infectious exuberance that will engage anyone with a passing interest in the skate\/surf culture , the L . A . beach scene and the imaginative ( and sometimes illegal ) ways kids can make a playground out of the refuse of adults",1 55620,"of the year 's most intriguing movie experiences",1 114676,"are some fairly unsettling scenes",0 222304,"An infuriating film .",0 197547,"droning",0 194617,"beyond mild disturbance or detached pleasure at the acting",0 238086,"totally disorientated",0 105047,"Charlotte Sometimes is a gem .",1 20294,"constantly taut ... reflecting the character 's instability with a metaphorical visual style and an unnerving , heartbeat-like score",1 106097,"Guy gets girl",1 187385,"So bland and utterly forgettable that it might as well have been titled Generic Jennifer Lopez Romantic Comedy .",0 202716,"is amazing",1 159856,"funny premise",1 79852,"fiery passion",1 207925,"of pointless mayhem",0 226481,"The skills of a calculus major at M.I.T.",1 168779,"people who enjoy mindless action without the benefit of decent acting , writing , and direction",0 155231,"big-budget , after-school special",0 190465,"a distinctly musty odour",0 163100,"is n't reacting to humor so much as they are wincing back in repugnance .",0 39735,"uses and abuses",0 100204,"wickedly funny and",1 115663,"because Panic Room is interested in nothing more than sucking you in ... and making you sweat",1 141473,"'s not just the vampires that are damned in Queen of the Damned",0 222507,"Audacious-impossible yet compelling",1 61190,"'s nowhere near",0 207499,"of ` let 's get this thing over with",0 69072,"Suspend your disbelief here and now ,",0 129404,"on intimate relationships",1 132682,"smile-button faces",1 50170,"chronicles Seinfeld 's return to stand-up comedy after the wrap of his legendary sitcom , alongside wannabe comic Adams ' attempts to get his shot at the big time .",1 158631,"exhausting cinema",0 211754,"slack execution",0 110436,"This fascinating look",1 152321,"a raw exhilaration about it",1 234753,"one that will have you at the edge of your seat for long stretches",1 139300,"watch people",1 60004,"weirdly likable",1 79004,"engaging mix",1 232002,"in frustration",0 61046,"'s fun , wispy",1 102546,", groan and hiss",0 163394,"is strictly off-the-rack",0 102669,", it offers flickering reminders of the ties that bind us",1 144562,"Comes off more like a misdemeanor , a flat , unconvincing drama that never catches fire",0 103334,"65-minute trifle",0 204651,"lacks aspirations of social upheaval",0 75856,"both stars are appealing enough to probably have a good shot at a Hollywood career , if they want one",1 23703,", it 's a pleasure to enjoy their eccentricities",1 141425,"'s more scatological action in 8 Crazy Nights than a proctologist is apt to encounter in an entire career",0 91416,"relies on subtle ironies and visual devices",1 142181,", formulaic mix",0 63290,"A psychic journey deep into the very fabric of Iranian ... life .",1 188453,"The movie spends more time with Schneider than with newcomer McAdams , even though her performance is more interesting ( and funnier ) than his .",0 85376,"its relaxed , natural-seeming actors",1 84483,"is not as terrible as the synergistic impulse that created it",0 167618,"of nonsense",0 201724,"in Columbia Pictures ' perverse idea of an animated holiday movie",0 119562,"explores the awful complications of one terrifying day",1 40404,"yet it has been made with great evident care and manages to deliver up the man in a way to arouse further curiosity in even the most unknowing viewer .",1 197110,"disposable story",0 78582,"dramatic and emotional pull",1 121849,"has the charisma of a young woman who knows how to hold the screen .",1 102092,"( Grant ) goes beyond his usual fluttering and stammering and captures the soul of a man in pain who gradually comes to recognize it and deal with it .",1 183,"a good spaghetti western",1 148653,"Slowtime",0 233918,"more by intellect than heart",1 144928,"Do not see this film",0 144557,"Comes ... uncomfortably close to coasting in the treads of The Bicycle Thief .",0 222831,"But what 's nice is that there 's a casual intelligence that permeates the script .",1 61326,"'s too close to real life to make sense . What 's invigorating about it is that it does n't give a damn",1 21965,"simple '' Goddammit",0 147804,"Not sweet enough to liven up its predictable story and will leave even fans of hip-hop",0 218336,"use of his particular talents .",1 2701,"the sad",0 173262,"that turns into a film wreck",0 87573,"moving portrait",1 28605,"and fiercely atheistic",1 205260,"liveliness",1 127800,"nearly as fresh or enjoyable",1 109521,"The Wild Thornberrys Movie is pleasant enough and the message of our close ties with animals can certainly not be emphasized enough",1 172170,"stupidest , most insulting movie",0 86181,"live in them , who have carved their own comfortable niche in the world and have been kind enough to share it",1 44621,"Australia is a weirdly beautiful place",1 124911,"it all . Jackass is a vulgar",0 82477,"how a skillful filmmaker can impart a message without bludgeoning the audience over the head",1 49254,"as a young woman of great charm , generosity and diplomacy",1 64166,"At times THE GUYS taps into some powerful emotions , but this kind of material is more effective on stage . It 's not a motion picture : it 's an utterly static picture",0 139680,"while peppering the pages with memorable zingers",1 7352,"if you can get past the fantastical aspects and harsh realities of '' the isle '' you 'll get a sock-you-in-the-eye flick that is a visual tour-de-force and a story that is unlike any you will likely see anywhere else .",1 134976,"the character 's blank-faced optimism",0 113604,"all manner of drag queen , bearded lady and lactating hippie",0 167315,"of a rejected TV show",0 24150,"... breathes surprising new life into the familiar by amalgamating genres and adding true human complexity to its not-so-stock characters .",1 8751,"melancholy",0 23149,"'s not that , it 's the tension that keeps you in your seat .",1 55723,"on a devilishly witty script by Heather McGowan and Niels Mueller",1 229576,"by all means",1 143624,"All the amped-up Tony Hawk-style stunts and thrashing rap-metal ca n't disguise the fact that , really , we 've been here , done that .",0 107329,"Klein",0 83772,"is a film that manages to find greatness in the hue of its drastic iconography .",1 102342,", The Weight of Water comes to resemble the kind of soft-core twaddle you 'd expect to see on Showtime 's ` Red Shoe Diaries . '",0 90916,"pure escapism",1 157691,"do we have that same option to slap her creators because they 're clueless and inept ?",0 18995,"It 's not so much enjoyable to watch as it is enlightening to listen to new sides of a previous reality , and to visit with some of the people who were able to make an impact in the theater world .",1 125596,"kiddie entertainment , sophisticated wit and symbolic graphic design",1 101753,"'s mission accomplished",1 76068,"but a great one",1 190982,"a movie , which normally is expected to have characters and a storyline",0 88819,"of period drama and flat-out farce that should please history fans",1 13475,"'s so clever you want to hate it .",1 1647,"lovingly photographed in the manner of a golden book sprung to life",1 211614,"silver bullets for director Neil Marshall 's intense freight",1 170772,"setting fire to yourself",0 189332,"Unambitious",0 117397,"concentration",1 219292,"while nothing special , is pleasant , diverting and modest -- definitely a step in the right direction .",1 39596,"understand her",1 62948,"A difficult but worthy film that bites off more than it can chew by linking the massacre of Armenians",1 103636,"A grittily beautiful film that looks ,",1 53395,"is an incredibly layered and stylistic film that , despite a fairly slow paced , almost humdrum approach to character development , still manages at least a decent attempt at meaningful cinema .",1 35957,"people together in a sweet and charming way",1 4944,"at the station looking for a return ticket to realism",0 60892,"'s about as convincing as any other Arnie musclefest",0 76866,"cold light",0 130317,"pleased to discover that Tian 's meticulous talent has not withered during his enforced hiatus",1 30640,"deeply weird and charmingly",1 213571,"that are more silly than scary",0 129042,"of the increasingly far-fetched events that first-time writer-director Neil Burger follows up with",0 100330,"winning , heartwarming yarn",1 117398,"concept doofus",0 134498,"that one can honestly describe as looking , sounding and simply feeling like no other film in recent history",1 228548,"an audience full of teenagers fixating on its body humour and reinforcement of stereotypes",0 224638,"Like the Hanks character , he 's a slow study : The action is stilted and the tabloid energy embalmed .",0 156634,"completely crass and forgettable movie",0 21485,"of Steven Soderbergh 's Full Frontal , though that did n't stop me from enjoying much of it",1 64400,"Blood Work is a strong , character-oriented piece .",1 193539,"as offensive",0 119505,"exhibit sharp comic timing that makes the more hackneyed elements of the film easier to digest",1 60820,"'s a fun adventure movie for kids ( of all ages ) that like adventure .",1 74038,"and interesting characters",1 63376,"A sloppy , amusing comedy",1 220017,"worse than bland",0 191789,"about the thousands of Americans who die hideously",0 40261,"with such aching beauty and truth that it brings tears to your eyes",1 155077,"being recognized as the man who bilked unsuspecting moviegoers",0 34243,"lovely performances",1 199103,"follow the same blueprint from hundreds of other films , sell it to the highest bidder and",0 47087,"The film sounds like the stuff of lurid melodrama , but",0 230911,"for all his disparate Manhattan denizens -- especially the a \*\* holes",0 107009,"It is different from others in its genre in that it is does not rely on dumb gags , anatomical humor , or character cliches",1 97342,"this 20th anniversary edition of the film",1 19714,"also , believe it or not , immensely entertaining , a David and Goliath story that 's still very much playing itself out",1 48095,"a grimace",0 215799,"the translation ... another routine Hollywood frightfest in which the slack execution italicizes the absurdity of the premise",0 108885,"Shakespeare 's eloquent language",1 211233,"sentimental , hypocritical",0 190210,"a boring , pretentious waste",0 37818,"that is a portrait of grace in an imperfect world .",1 33929,"keep this unusual comedy from choking on its own conceit .",1 226057,"Terrible",0 57009,"since Beauty and the Beast",1 176700,"too-facile",0 190533,"a few ear-pleasing songs on its soundtrack",1 153877,"are missing -- anything approaching a visceral kick , and anything approaching even a vague reason to sit through it all",0 190964,"a moldy-oldie ,",0 188986,"This is a movie that starts out like Heathers , then becomes Bring it On , then becomes unwatchable .",0 82167,"high-profile talent",1 176033,"to cash in on the popularity of its stars",0 235082,"propaganda ,",0 138468,"two marvelously",1 143374,"A string of rehashed sight gags based in insipid vulgarity .",0 177162,"unemotional",0 91442,"remarkable achival film",1 106622,"If you 're the kind of parent who enjoys intentionally introducing your kids to films which will cause loads of irreparable damage that years and years of costly analysis could never fix",0 113605,"all manner of lame entertainment",0 223611,"He can scale a building like a super hero , he can out-stealth any agent",1 3639,"a cheap scam",0 103686,"A lovably old-school Hollywood confection .",1 202901,"is everything the original was not",1 182675,"B-movie category",0 114550,"are as maudlin as any after-school special you can imagine",0 211705,"sit through crap like this",0 235692,"should come with the warning `` For serious film buffs only ! ''",1 110868,"Very amusing",1 50008,"can feel the love .",1 86133,"lingering questions about what the film is really getting at",0 58592,"the plot holes",0 72884,"ability to shock and amaze",1 135484,"the hail of bullets , none of which ever seem to hit",0 187907,"The abiding impression , despite the mild hallucinogenic buzz , is of overwhelming waste -- the acres of haute couture ca n't quite conceal that there 's nothing resembling a spine here .",0 64451,"Brash , intelligent and erotically perplexing , Haneke 's portrait of an upper class Austrian society and the suppression of its tucked away",1 98679,"treats the subject with fondness and respect",1 204062,"it was just a matter of ` eh . '",0 229710,"can see why people thought I was too hard on `` The Mothman Prophecies ''",0 139164,"wan , thinly sketched story . Killing time",0 129843,"over-indulgent tirade",0 145735,"Has all the depth of a wading pool .",0 106757,"Intensely romantic",1 166958,"not invite some genuine spontaneity into the film by having the evil aliens ' laser guns actually hit something for once ?",0 220325,"you should avoid this like the dreaded King Brown snake . Personally",0 188376,"The movie 's blatant derivativeness is one reason it 's so lackluster .",0 183903,"Feels like pieces a bunch of other , better movies slapped together .",0 2920,"to call this one an eventual cult classic would be an understatement , and woe is the horror fan who opts to overlook this goofily endearing and well-lensed gorefest",1 215092,"the most unpleasant things the studio",0 71941,"a magnetic performance",1 58234,"the down-to-earth Bullock",1 69718,"The most wondrous love story in years",1 26913,"The story may not be new , but Australian director John Polson , making his American feature debut , jazzes it up adroitly .",1 175542,"this sloppy drama",0 235412,"rush right out and see it",1 214200,"the big-fisted direction of Jez Butterworth , who manages to blast even the smallest sensitivities from the romance with his clamorous approach",0 118436,"do n't believe , and puts them into a battle of wills that is impossible to care about and is n't very funny",0 146263,"Imagine if you will a Tony Hawk skating video interspliced with footage from Behind Enemy Lines and set to Jersey shore techno .",0 85116,"it plays everything too safe",0 40470,"you will laugh at the audacity , at the who 's who casting and the sheer insanity of it all .",1 216131,"there are n't many reasons anyone would want to see Crossroads if they 're not big fans of teen pop kitten Britney Spears",0 160626,"has about as much substance as its end credits blooper reel",0 162164,"ineffectual",0 121125,"girlish tear ducts does n't mean it 's good enough for our girls",0 181348,"... unlikable , uninteresting , unfunny , and completely , utterly inept .",0 203474,"is still very much worth",1 146289,"In addition to the overcooked , ham-fisted direction , which has all the actors reaching for the back row , the dialogue sounds like horrible poetry .",0 139882,"will be on video long before they grow up and you can wait till then .",0 19081,"Middle American musical torpor",0 188712,"The story is lacking any real emotional impact ,",0 100299,"will stand in future years as an eloquent memorial to the World Trade Center tragedy .",1 232373,"is absolutely and completely ridiculous and an insult to every family whose mother has suffered through the horrible pains of a death by cancer",0 124596,"is terrific ,",1 120949,"gave me no reason to care",0 101084,"you are wet in some places",0 182578,"As a director , Eastwood is off his game -- there 's no real sense of suspense , and none of the plot ` surprises ' are really surprising",0 124538,"is so meditative and lyrical about Babak Payami 's boldly quirky Iranian drama Secret Ballot ... a charming and evoking little ditty that manages to show the gentle and humane side of Middle Eastern world politics",1 179987,"'s so tedious that it makes you forgive every fake , dishonest , entertaining and , ultimately , more perceptive moment in Bridget Jones 's Diary .",0 126306,"look at religious fanatics -- or backyard sheds -- the same way again",1 171165,"sitcomishly predictable and cloying",0 20512,"exceedingly hard",0 124875,"it 's still quite worth seeing",1 24636,"An impressive if flawed effort that indicates real talent .",1 180916,", simple-minded and stereotypical",0 109762,"The film 's appeal",1 161031,"heart , depth and",1 118559,"does n't sustain a high enough level of invention",0 22021,"something the true film buff will enjoy",1 106766,"Iranian drama",1 234799,"otherwise respectable action",1 216169,"there was any doubt that Peter O'Fallon did n't have an original bone in his body",0 154932,"becomes weighed down with agonizing contrivances , overheated pathos and long , wistful gazes .",0 18725,"Benefits from a strong performance from Zhao , but it 's Dong Jie 's face",1 195008,"bungle their way through the narrative",0 24074,"-- people 's homes are extensions of themselves , and particularly eccentric people have particularly eccentric living spaces -- but his subjects are charmers .",1 154942,"been a more multifaceted look at this interesting time and place",1 221835,"... something appears to have been lost in the translation this time",0 109971,"The most consistently funny of the Austin Powers films",1 91274,"received such a sophisticated and unsentimental treatment on the big screen",1 181748,"A hit - and-miss affair , consistently amusing but not as outrageous or funny as Cho may have intended or as imaginative as one might have hoped .",0 93995,"sustain its initial promise with a jarring , new-agey tone creeping into the second half",1 172107,"striking or fascinating",1 67171,"Lee does so marvelously compelling is present Brown as a catalyst for the struggle of black manhood in restrictive and chaotic America ... sketchy but nevertheless gripping portrait of Jim Brown , a celebrated wonder in the spotlight",1 155076,"being only sporadically amusing",1 111211,"With the prospect of films like Kangaroo Jack about to burst across America 's winter movie screens it 's a pleasure to have a film like The Hours as an alternative .",1 7882,"it 's one of the saddest films i have ever seen that still manages to be uplifting but not overly sentimental",1 68883,"Some of the most ravaging , gut-wrenching , frightening war scenes since '' Saving Private Ryan '' have been recreated by John Woo in this little-known story of Native Americans and their role in the second great war .",1 91411,"reliable",1 133326,"stock footage",0 43998,"A chilling tale",1 199948,"given its Labor Day weekend upload",1 154316,"assembled talent",1 201856,"in diminishing his stature from Oscar-winning master to lowly studio hack",0 233513,"long gone bottom-of-the-bill fare like The Ghost and Mr. Chicken",0 97384,"this dream Hispanic role",1 142316,", it will never hold a candle to the original",0 177144,"underscores the fuzzy sentimentality of the movie itself , which feels , as it plods toward the end , less like a movie than like the filmed reading of a script in need of polishing",0 64497,"Brings together some of the biggest names in Japanese anime , with impressive results .",1 136956,"this is Lohman 's film . Her performance moves between heartbreak and rebellion as she continually tries to accommodate to fit in and gain the unconditional love she seeks .",1 150509,"Trivial where it should be profound , and hyper-cliched where it should be sincere",0 231510,"has value can not be denied",1 238053,"too clichéd and too often strains credulity",0 18518,"-- but you just have to love the big , dumb , happy movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding .",1 211303,"set you free",1 200587,"has more in common with a fireworks display than a movie , which normally is expected to have characters and a storyline .",0 65366,"Even if you have no interest in the gang-infested , East-vs . - West Coast rap wars , this modern mob music drama never fails to fascinate .",1 145628,"Good for a few unintentional laughs",1 38947,"this gripping tale",1 48465,"a verbal duel between two gifted performers",1 186814,"Purports",1 116394,"by a strong and unforced supporting cast",1 147426,"Merely ( and literally ) tosses around sex toys and offers half-hearted paeans to empowerment that are repeatedly undercut by the brutality of the jokes , most at women 's expense .",0 9433,"often food-spittingly funny",1 210843,"saying girls find adolescence difficult to wade through",1 121177,"gives ample opportunity for large-scale action and suspense ,",1 37410,"stupid cliches",0 34016,"leave you unfulfilled",0 237507,"this charmer has a spirit that can not be denied",1 78797,"elaborate and twisted characters",0 229975,"cool visual backmasking )",1 52841,"imbued with passion and attitude",1 42436,"paranoia and",0 77766,"dead-on",1 8667,"manages the dubious feat of turning one man 's triumph of will into everyman 's romance comedy",1 21264,"made richer by his own experiences , making his other movies somehow",1 117644,"crafted a solid formula for successful animated movies",1 65902,"Happily , some things are immune to the folly of changing taste and attitude . For proof of that on the cinematic front , look no further than this 20th anniversary edition of the film that Spielberg calls , retrospectively , his most personal work yet .",1 112017,"a glimpse of the Solomonic decision facing Jewish parents in those turbulent times",1 63092,"A great cast",1 23407,", and in spite of numerous minor flaws , Scorsese 's best in more than a decade .",1 177524,"visually drab for its own good",0 113362,"actress-producer and writer",0 27922,"a typically solid performance in a role that is a bit of a departure from the noble characters he has played in the past",1 126381,"loses its fire midway , nearly flickering out by its perfunctory conclusion",0 189779,"With a tighter editorial process and firmer direction this material could work , especially since the actresses in the lead roles are all more than competent , but as is , Personal Velocity seems to be idling in neutral",0 237741,"to be funny , uplifting and moving , sometimes",1 177583,"wannabe .",0 75357,"beautiful , aching sadness",1 157518,"director or actor",1 18876,"Foster nails the role , giving a tight , focused performance illuminated by shards of feeling .",1 71461,"a convincing impersonation",1 157575,"disjointed jumble of borrowed plot points and situations",0 221982,"A depressing confirmation of everything those of us who do n't object to the description `` unelected '' have suspected all along :",0 234534,"of the double-cross that made Mamet 's `` House of Games '' and last fall 's `` Heist '' so much fun",1 159438,"for its stellar cast",1 35082,"of Anna Chancellor that makes this '' Two Weddings and a Funeral '' fun",1 143062,"A dark , dull thriller",0 197305,"does n't feel like a half-baked stand-up routine",1 128475,"of a sick and evil woman",1 87976,"nonjudgmental",1 222408,"Anyone else who may , for whatever reason , be thinking about going to see this movie",0 180716,", it 's badder than bad .",0 190969,"a monumental achievement",1 104023,"A worthy addition to the cinematic canon , which , at last count , numbered 52 different versions",1 161010,"he veers into sodden melodrama , punctuated by violins",0 183554,"Does what should seem impossible :",1 236879,"the film buzz and whir :",1 94938,"that unfolds with grace and humor and gradually",1 4393,"adam sandler 's heart",1 200346,"had so much fun dissing the film that they did n't mind the ticket cost . In this case zero",0 25977,"Like It is very much in the mold of feel-good movies",1 235276,"regard Mr. Andrew and his collaborators as oddballs",0 80859,"gang-infested",0 24163,"... revenge is sweet !",1 59475,"touching , smart and complicated",1 40347,"works on several levels , openly questioning social mores while ensnaring the audience with its emotional pull",1 193666,"as-it - thinks-it-is joke",1 155639,"but not particularly funny",0 34311,"makes for a haunting literary detective story",1 37864,"that most surprising",1 88348,"of a poetic",1 139248,"was inspired",1 104676,"Being unique does n't necessarily equate to being good , no matter how admirably the filmmakers have gone for broke .",0 57007,"sin ,",0 216746,"tired jokes",0 186392,"No new plot conceptions or environmental changes , just different bodies for sharp objects to rip through .",0 150584,"Unless you 're a fanatic , the best advice is : ` Scooby ' do n't .",0 40696,"A romantic comedy ,",1 226216,"The cast is spot on and the mood is laid back",1 121254,"goes easy on the reel\/real world dichotomy that ( Jaglom ) pursued with such enervating determination in Venice\/Venice .",1 157318,"deserves credit for bringing audiences into this hard and bitter place .",0 36809,"sensitive , extraordinarily well-acted",1 154628,"basted in faux-contemporary gravy",0 69515,"The film 's highlight",1 50298,"comically adept ensemble",1 237208,"the shackles of its own clichés",0 133249,"started out as a taut contest of wills between Bacon and Theron , deteriorates into a protracted and borderline silly chase sequence .",0 14174,"It is interesting and fun to see Goodall and her chimpanzees on the bigger-than-life screen .",1 24264,"A beguiling splash of pastel colors and prankish comedy from Disney .",1 185376,"Its and pieces of The Hot Chick are so hilarious , and",1 200873,"have resulted in a smoother , more focused narrative without sacrificing any of the cultural intrigue",1 169744,"realize that it is made up of three episodes of a rejected TV show",0 226748,"Tim Story 's not there yet - but ` Barbershop ' shows he 's on his way",1 182079,"A wannabe comedy",0 179166,"you staged with your green plastic army men were more exciting and almost certainly made more sense",0 29643,"blows this way and that",0 102753,", one the public rarely sees .",1 208151,"of the unsalvageability",0 15767,"few points",0 11426,"the final dance work , the selection , became in its final form",1 17250,"sock-you-in-the-eye flick",1 30244,"colorful",1 25716,"Is n't quite the equal of Woo 's best earlier work , but it 's easily his finest American film ... comes close to recapturing the brilliance of his Hong Kong films .",1 84342,"is just too original to be ignored",1 30094,"character development -- and more importantly , character empathy --",1 196680,"defined by childlike dimness and a handful of quirks",0 199665,"full of masters of both",1 207904,"of overly-familiar and poorly-constructed comedy",0 170340,"sanctimonious , self-righteous",0 79750,"feel good",1 140423,"worked for me",1 216890,"to be mesmerised",1 87316,"more revealing , more emotional",1 226819,"Truly",1 146208,"If this dud had been made in the '70s , it would have been called The Hills Have Antlers and played for about three weeks in drive-ins .",0 194680,"bitter and less mature",0 27862,"a story that could touch anyone regardless of their familiarity with the sport",1 133544,"succeeds mainly on the shoulders of its actors .",1 209841,"proves tiresome ,",0 128009,"no man has gone before , but several movies have",0 197127,"distinctly musty",0 184753,"II achieves ultimate insignificance",0 128020,"no plot",0 29823,"but it 's assured , wonderfully respectful of its past and thrilling enough to make it abundantly clear that this movie phenomenon has once again reinvented itself for a new generation .",1 235158,"quite admirable",1 193936,"bad at it is cruel",0 38700,"the talents of screenwriter Charlie Kaufman , creator of Adaptation and Being John Malkovich .",1 38421,"the mold of feel-good movies",1 61661,", Narc takes a walking-dead , cop-flick subgenre and beats new life into it .",1 40567,"'s hard not to be seduced by ( Witherspoon 's ) charisma , even",1 149539,"The makers have forsaken the entertaining elements of the original",0 162259,"instant camp classic",1 55598,"of the power of film",1 48939,"an exquisite motion picture in its own right",1 67989,"One ca n't deny its seriousness and quality .",1 212835,"such a minute idea",0 231313,"gross romanticization of the delusional personality type",0 81577,"hard-pressed",0 27078,"Treasure Planet is better-than-average family entertainment",1 104891,"Brosnan is more feral in this film than I 've seen him before",1 176336,"to read the time on my watch",0 221955,"A clichéd and shallow cautionary tale about the hard-partying lives of gay men .",0 91464,"remarkably original work",1 45306,"French director Anne Fontaine delivers an inspired portrait of male-ridden angst and the emotional blockage that accompanies this human condition",1 55801,"only a document of the worst possibilities of mankind can be",0 131696,"sabotage",0 49626,"begins on a high note",1 64167,"At times THE GUYS taps into some powerful emotions , but this kind of material is more effective on stage . It 's not a motion picture : it 's an utterly static picture .",0 237989,"to the core of what it actually means to face your fears , to be a girl in a world of boys , to be a boy truly in love with a girl , and to ride the big metaphorical wave that is life -- wherever it takes you",1 233255,"kinetically-charged spy flick worthy",1 212901,"suited neither",0 158957,"feels like a low-budget TV pilot that could not find a buyer to play it on the tube",0 11292,"the difference between cho and most comics is that her confidence in her material is merited",1 188896,"There is nothing redeeming about this movie .",0 56231,"proves she 's that rare luminary who continually raises the standard of her profession .",1 75583,"best Disney movie since the Lion King ''",1 50959,"does n't have a single surprise up its sleeve",0 179578,"'s a terrible movie in every regard , and",0 85398,"its soul to Screenwriting",1 2030,"peter out midway",0 132302,"shockingly bad and absolutely unnecessary",0 119247,"equally impressive",1 190379,"a couple of saps stuck in an inarticulate screenplay",0 239185,"you should avoid this like the dreaded King Brown snake .",0 78031,"deserves recommendation",1 100672,"with the two-wrongs-make-a-right chemistry between Jolie and Burns",1 194804,"bona fide groaners",0 75131,"bad luck and",0 36991,"sincerity and devotion",1 182878,"Both shrill and soporific , and because everything",0 72361,"a series of riveting set pieces",1 179763,"'s gone to Manhattan and Hell",1 69798,"The otherwise good-naturedness of Mr . Deeds , with its embrace of sheer goofiness and cameos of less - than-likely New York celebrities",1 229342,"being forceful , sad without being shrill",1 66298,"If you ever wondered what it would be like to be smack in the middle of a war zone armed with nothing but a camera , this Oscar-nominated documentary takes you there .",1 28277,"ambling , broad comedy",1 73814,"an imaginative filmmaker",1 155308,"bloody climax",0 69867,"The result puts a human face on Derrida , and makes one of the great minds of our times interesting and accessible to people who normally could n't care less .",1 19241,"Sayles ' smart wordplay and clever plot contrivances are as sharp as ever , though they may be overshadowed by some strong performances .",1 198435,"fail to capture its visual appeal or its atmosphere",0 31393,"exquisitely modulated psychological thriller .",1 224726,"Many of the effective horror elements are dampened through familiarity , ( yet )",0 79414,"excels because , unlike so many other Hollywood movies of its ilk , it offers hope .",1 99240,"uses the huge-screen format to make an old-fashioned nature film that educates viewers with words and pictures while entertaining them .",1 12102,"they takes a long time to get to its gasp-inducing ending",0 105644,"Entertaining despite its one-joke premise with the thesis",1 123138,"in the end , it stays in formula -- which is a waste of De Niro , McDormand and the other good actors in the cast",0 16236,"is alive and well and living in LA",1 5234,"borrows heavily from lynch , jeunet , and von trier while failing to find a spark of its own",0 156885,"could have stopped watching long ago .",0 84729,"is the energetic frontman",1 90795,"proves she has the stuff to stand tall with Pryor , Carlin and Murphy .",1 103784,"A pleasant and engaging enough",1 117907,"dead-undead genre",0 191368,"a source of high hilarity",1 104707,"Berling and Béart ... continue to impress , and",1 228445,"all the bad things in the world \/",0 72654,"a testament to the divine calling of education and a demonstration of the painstaking process of imparting knowledge .",1 115838,"being too dense & about nothing at all",0 126100,"like it does . My only wish is that Celebi could take me back to a time before I saw this movie and I could just skip it",0 225860,"Some , like Ballistic , arrive stillborn ...",0 191571,"a troubled and determined homicide cop",0 183032,"Cattaneo reworks the formula that made The Full Monty a smashing success ... but neglects to add the magic that made it all work .",0 118221,"die for",1 212433,"staged violence overshadows everything",0 185122,"It 's hard to quibble with a flick boasting this many genuine cackles",1 176633,"too lighthearted",0 52646,"his most sparkling",1 54387,"love , betrayal , revenge and above all",1 61801,", builds to a crescendo that encompasses many more paths than we started with",1 233223,"just gives them a bad odor .",0 101558,"'s a wacky and inspired little film that works effortlessly at delivering genuine , acerbic laughs",1 65692,"Fulfills the minimum requirement of Disney animation",0 178396,"will reach far beyond its core demographic",1 186829,"Queen Of The Damned is a pointless , meandering celebration of the goth-vampire , tortured woe-is-me lifestyle .",0 93953,"surrounding us",1 40579,"'s obviously struck a responsive chord with many South Koreans ,",1 54803,"morality , family",1 194592,"between Hallmark card sentimentality and goofy , life-affirming moments straight out of a cellular phone commercial",0 206701,"much worse than bland or",0 190386,"a creaky '' Pretty Woman '' retread",0 3740,"a dull ,",0 198924,"find yourself rooting for the monsters in a horror movie",0 188025,"The characters never change",0 16164,"insecure , uncontrolled , and intense",0 187333,"Slack and uninspired , and peopled mainly by characters so unsympathetic that you 're left with a sour taste in your mouth .",0 160362,"grinding",0 205354,"looked like crap , so crap is what I was expecting .",0 4096,"a searing lead performance",1 87597,"much needed",1 131996,"seems as funny as it did in Analyze This , not even Joe Viterelli as De Niro 's right-hand goombah .",1 109646,"The cast is spot on",1 88363,"of a slightly more literate filmgoing audience",1 73426,"all sing beautifully and act adequately .",1 146953,"Just embarrassment",0 166021,"misguided , and",0 121638,"harrowing account",1 230176,"despite the long running time , the pace never feels slack -- there 's no scene that screams `` bathroom break !",1 92490,"sheerly cinematic appeal",1 144947,"Dogtown and Z-Boys lapses into an insider 's lingo and mindset that the uninitiated may find hard to follow , or care about .",0 95155,"the audience in the travails of creating a screenplay",1 28039,"about the goal of its makers , the show ... represents a spectacular piece of theater",1 67237,"Like Rudy Yellow Lodge , Eyre needs to take a good sweat to clarify his cinematic vision before his next creation and remember the lessons of the trickster spider .",0 146527,"It 's just plain lurid when it is n't downright silly .",0 210282,"redundant , sloppy , over-the-top ,",0 108825,"Seagal",0 100776,"wonderful , sobering , heart-felt drama",1 159937,"generic sets and B-grade special effects",0 82924,"in crisis -- and of two girls whose friendship is severely tested by bad luck and their own immaturity",1 170216,"routine '' indie ''",0 170613,"seems pedestrian",0 122114,"heavyweights Joel Silver and Robert Zemeckis",1 153905,"are not enough to salvage this lifeless boxing film",0 11439,"the first one charming",1 65592,"For decades we 've marveled at Disney 's rendering of water , snow , flames and shadows in a hand-drawn animated world . Prepare to marvel again .",1 70361,"Though it 's equally solipsistic in tone",1 25777,"It extends a warm invitation into an unfamiliar world , then illuminates it fully and allows the larger implications of the journey to sink in unobtrusively",1 166460,"much more thoughtfulness and insight than a melodramatic and wholly predictable thriller",1 136023,"the plot weaves us into a complex web .",1 234905,"penetrates with a rawness that that is both unflinching and tantalizing .",1 188179,"The film has ( its ) moments",1 155074,"being nothing more than a formulaic chase in the dark",0 151741,"a florid , overplotted , Anne Rice rock",0 165272,"loses all bite on the big screen .",0 80192,"for Griffiths ' warm and winning central performance",1 115441,"be a breakthrough in filmmaking",1 43999,"A chilling tale of one",1 121779,"has kind of an authentic feel",1 114261,"and moving portrait",1 17364,"surprised at how quickly it faded from my memory",0 11684,"the music makes a nice album , the food",1 205127,"liked it much better",1 195274,"ca n't remember a single name responsible for it",0 139271,"was so uninspiring that even a story immersed in love , lust , and sin could n't keep my attention .",0 46011,"Leguizamo and Jones are both excellent and the rest of the cast is uniformly superb .",1 186772,"Pretend it 's a werewolf itself by avoiding eye contact and walking slowly away . It 's fun ,",0 199641,"from the writing and direction to the soggy performances",0 235251,"recommend ``",1 39415,"touching things to say about what is important in life and why",1 217909,"tub-thumpingly loud",0 139846,"why the whole is so often less than the sum of its parts in today 's Hollywood",0 10133,"resurrection is n't exactly quality cinema",0 51278,"enthralling aesthetic experience",1 2601,"the film benefits greatly from a less manic tone than its predecessor , as cho appears to have settled comfortably into her skin .",1 13435,"'s a far more thoughtful film than any slice of Hugh Grant whimsy .",1 208500,"on the high seas that works better the less the brain is engaged",0 90764,"propulsive",1 229234,"be when he is not more lucratively engaged in the shameless self-caricature of ` Analyze This ' ( 1999 ) and ` Analyze That , ' promised ( or threatened ) for later this year",0 49065,"another key contribution",1 154245,"as tawdry trash",0 49776,"bolster director and co-writer",1 104232,"An Inuit masterpiece that will give you goosebumps as its uncanny tale of love , communal discord , and justice unfolds .",1 139837,"why Sex and Lucia is so alluring",1 238184,"unbelievable naïveté and arbitrary flashbacks",0 41882,"expect nothing less",1 15736,"fantastical aspects",1 142688,"- the director has n't added enough of his own ingredients .",0 27808,"a serious read , filled with heavy doses of always enticing Sayles dialogue",1 154864,"beautifully produced",1 58698,"the series you 'll love it and probably want to see it twice .",1 219892,"without much energy or tension",0 123533,"intimate , unguarded moments",1 94498,"that 's unafraid to throw elbows when necessary",1 169540,"qualifies as cool",1 42867,"the viewer in a literal and spiritual torpor",0 216023,"their luster",1 18457,", so lovingly and perceptively filmed that you can almost taste the desiccated air",1 42408,"nothing satisfies like old-fashioned swashbuckling . And in this regard , On Guard delivers",1 150346,"Though Howard demonstrates a great eye as a director , this Southern Gothic drama is sadly a tough sit , with an undeveloped narrative and enough flashbacks and heavy-handed metaphors to choke a horse -- or at least slow him down to a canter .",0 43736,", there 's no denying the fun of watching De Niro and Crystal having fun .",1 190691,"a great presence",1 97300,"thick clouds of denial",0 184218,"Got some good , organic character work , lots of obvious political insights and little room for engaging , imaginative filmmaking in its nearly 2 1/2",1 26702,"Thanks to Scott 's charismatic Roger and Eisenberg 's sweet nephew",1 203801,"it 's stuffy and pretentious in a give-me-an-Oscar kind of way",0 138653,"uneven film",0 77883,"degraded things",0 213601,"that does n't even in passing mention political prisoners , poverty and the boat loads of people who try to escape the country",0 194524,"besotted and obvious",0 221808,"... in trying to capture the novel 's deeper intimate resonances , the film has -- ironically - distanced us from the characters .",0 234000,"much meandering , Norton has to recite bland police procedural details , Fiennes wanders around in an attempt to seem weird and distanced , Hopkins looks like a drag queen",0 104263,"An animation landmark as monumental as Disney 's 1937 breakthrough Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs .",1 152115,"a movie children should enjoy",1 49877,"brutally honest",1 214744,"the greatest plays",1 122070,"headed down the toilet with the ferocity of a frozen burrito after an all-night tequila bender",0 64260,"Be patient with the lovely Hush ! and your reward will be a thoughtful , emotional movie experience .",1 59132,"tightly organized efficiency , numerous flashbacks and a constant edge of tension",1 174905,"the timeless source material",1 81203,"going to a house party and watching the host defend himself against a frothing ex-girlfriend . You do n't want to call the cops .",0 13091,"will probably be a talky bore",0 19910,"anti-date",0 43074,"'' Mostly Martha '' is a bright , light modern day family parable that wears its heart on its sleeve for all to see .",1 233031,"it includes a fair share of dumb drug jokes and predictable slapstick",0 157229,"defunct",0 10292,"schmaltzy",0 179181,"you want to slap it",0 235619,"serious subject matter and dark , funny humor",1 24453,"A sensitive and expertly",1 49305,"as moving , uplifting and funny as ever",1 79537,"eye-popping visuals",1 188994,"This is an action movie with an action icon who 's been all but decommissioned .",0 200584,"has merit and , in the hands of a brutally honest individual like Prophet Jack , might have made a point or two regarding life",1 133903,"tawdry B-movie scum",0 167961,"offers the none-too-original premise that everyone involved with moviemaking is a con artist and a liar",0 208900,"over-blown",0 203048,"is kinda wrong in places",0 143261,"A perfect example of rancid , well-intentioned , but shamelessly manipulative movie making",0 59613,"ultimately disappoint the action",0 41325,"This is n't a narrative film -- I do n't know if it 's possible to make a narrative film about September 11th , though I 'm sure some will try -- but it 's as close as anyone has dared to come",1 97945,"to be the cat 's meow",1 56641,"romance .",1 12195,"this schlock-filled fairy",0 37113,"solid female talent who build a seamless ensemble . There is n't a weak or careless performance",1 200340,"had much science",1 36306,"quite pleasing",1 211076,"seems contrived and secondhand",0 48520,"a young woman of great charm , generosity and diplomacy",1 17223,"slow buildup",0 75318,"be smarter and more diabolical",1 158087,"earnest and well-meaning",1 78944,"encouraging",1 13542,", as there are plenty of laughs and good lines for everyone in this comedy",1 231589,"have no interest in the gang-infested",0 46682,"Same song , second verse , coulda been better , but it coulda",0 16307,"it 's a nice departure from standard moviegoing fare .",1 235381,"riveted to our seats .",1 76430,"captures the way young Japanese live now , chafing against their culture 's manic mix of millennial brusqueness and undying , traditional politesse .",1 43541,", but it introduces viewers to a good charitable enterprise and some interesting real people",1 136021,"the plot seems a bit on the skinny side",0 13583,", good dialogue",1 138934,"venturesome",1 89645,"one that spans time and reveals meaning ? You bet there is and it 's what makes this rather convoluted journey worth taking .",1 177227,"unmemorable filler",0 215745,"the target of something deeper",1 12474,"told through on-camera interviews with several survivors , whose riveting memories are rendered with such clarity that it 's as if it all happened only yesterday",1 108643,"Road to Perdition does display greatness",1 44158,"A memorable experience",1 216351,"this bad on purpose is never clear .",0 101608,"'s an actor 's showcase that accomplishes its primary goal without the use of special effects , but rather by emphasizing the characters -- including the supporting ones",1 51959,"from the now more prevalent technique of the docu-makers being a visible part of their work",1 89238,"offended",0 232336,"is a precisely layered performance by an actor in his mid-seventies , Michel Piccoli",1 53975,"its script is not",0 25794,"It is ridiculous , of course ... but it is also refreshing , disarming , and just outright enjoyable despite its ridiculousness .",1 189903,"Yet another genre exercise , Gangster No . 1 is as generic as its title .",0 128373,"of Robert Altman 's lesser works",0 113402,"admire these people 's dedication",1 108151,"One of ( Jaglom 's ) better efforts -- a wry and sometime bitter movie about love",1 121314,"good music documentary",1 107197,"John Carlen 's script",1 48446,"a tragic dimension and savage full-bodied wit",1 3853,"a gracious , eloquent film that by its end offers a ray of hope to the refugees able to look ahead and resist living in a past",1 162303,"intelligent and considered in its details ,",1 128249,"odd and pixilated",0 191628,"a wholly unnecessary pre-credit sequence",0 74891,"astounding performance",1 30684,"delivered hokum of Hart 's War is never fun",0 131000,"rare Imax movie",1 143162,"A lackluster , unessential sequel to the classic Disney adaptation of J . M . Barrie 's Peter Pan",0 172999,"that even its target audience talked all the way through it",0 13201,"without much of a story",0 13799,"A simmering psychological drama in which the bursts of sudden violence are all the more startling for the slow buildup that has preceded them .",1 91529,"required viewing for civics classes and would-be public servants alike",1 181090,", unfortunately , is a little too in love with its own cuteness",0 57275,"spontaneity in its execution",1 151393,"a blind man directing a film",0 79678,"farce and blood-curdling family intensity",1 183813,"Excruciatingly unfunny and pitifully unromantic",0 226254,"The film 's lack",0 48456,"a triumph of gentility",1 179527,"'s a feel-bad ending for a depressing story that throws a bunch of hot-button items in the viewer 's face and asks to be seen as hip , winking social commentary .",0 206908,"neither protagonist has a distinguishable condition",0 6321,"exciting and well-paced .",1 169872,"regret to report that these ops are just not extreme enough .",0 149297,"The director 's twitchy sketchbook style and adroit perspective shifts grow wearisome amid leaden pacing and indifferent craftsmanship ( most notably wretched sound design ) .",0 3951,"a manner that one never overwhelms the other",1 168245,"one that may well put the nail in the coffin of any future Rice adaptations",0 58536,"the nightmare",0 192413,"an '' O Bruin , Where Art Thou ? '' - style cross-country adventure ... it has sporadic bursts of liveliness , some so-so slapstick and a few ear-pleasing songs on its soundtrack",1 116850,"characters are both overplayed and exaggerated",0 234787,"original and , instead , rehash old jokes",0 160506,"hand you a cup of coffee every few minutes . Like a marathon runner trying to finish a race , you need a constant influx of liquid just to get through it",0 112965,"a very ambitious project for a fairly inexperienced filmmaker",1 92822,"slightly naughty , just-above-average off",1 37440,"successfully crushes a best selling novel into a timeframe that mandates that you avoid the Godzilla sized soda",1 216741,"tired , predictable",0 236090,"students that deals with first love sweetly but also seriously",1 151578,"a dazed and enervated , drenched-in-the - past",0 106164,"Has enough gun battles and throwaway humor to cover up the yawning chasm where the plot should be .",0 203338,"is pretty landbound , with its leaden acting , dull exposition and telegraphed ` surprises .",0 164654,"lead to a joke about Hawn 's breasts , which constantly threaten to upstage the woman sporting them",0 39482,"trying to get out",1 138681,"unfunny",0 146697,"It has its moments of swaggering camaraderie , but more often just feels generic , derivative and done to death .",0 93630,"strong and",1 66792,"It works well enough , since the thrills pop up frequently , and the dispatching of the cast is as often imaginative as it is gory",1 117357,"completely familiar",1 175749,"time bombs",0 35975,"performances to enjoy in a memorable ensemble piece",1 204751,"laughed throughout the movie",1 234527,"of the best of the swashbucklers",1 54093,"kids-and-family-oriented",1 210015,"quite appealing",1 159853,"funny nor provocative - only dull",0 7528,"inferior",0 235206,"realistically nuanced a Robert De Niro performance can be when he is not more lucratively engaged in the shameless self-caricature of ` Analyze This ' ( 1999 ) and ` Analyze That , ' promised ( or threatened ) for later this year",0 106791,"Isabelle Huppert ... again shows uncanny skill in getting under the skin of her characters",1 124162,"is ironically just the sort of disposable , kitchen-sink homage that illustrates why the whole is so often less than the sum of its parts in today 's Hollywood",0 6280,"even if you hate clowns",1 54190,"left an acrid test in this gourmet 's mouth .",0 187642,"Sweet Home Alabama is one dumb movie ,",0 155420,"both the writing and cutting , it does not achieve the kind of dramatic unity that transports you .",0 76357,"can only point the way -- but thank goodness for this signpost .",1 111174,"Windtalkers airs just about every cliche in the war movie compendium across its indulgent two-hour-and-fifteen-minute length .",0 160664,"has constructed a film so labyrinthine that it defeats his larger purpose",0 80586,"from a fine cast",1 234947,"pity anyone who sees this",0 52415,"has rewards",1 186305,"Nelson 's intentions are good , but the end result does no justice to the story itself . It 's horribly depressing and not very well done .",0 139145,"walked out",0 98914,"uncanny",1 157827,"does too much meandering , Norton has to recite bland police procedural details , Fiennes wanders around in an attempt to seem weird and distanced",0 227176,"Wishy-washy",0 19652,"absolutely no meaning",0 183374,"Despite its promising cast of characters",0 203878,"it does n't have to be as a collection of keening and self-mutilating sideshow geeks",0 59474,"touching , small-scale story",1 62581,"... has done his homework and soaked up some jazzy new revisionist theories about the origins of Nazi politics and aesthetics .",1 133052,"sounds , but strikes a tone that 's alternately melancholic , hopeful and strangely funny",1 26358,"Pinochet",0 37930,"the 1999 hit",1 239118,"you 're watching a serious actioner : the next",1 5027,"be as a collection of keening and self-mutilating sideshow geeks",0 1423,"it 's a demented kitsch mess ( although the smeary digital video does match the muddled narrative ) ,",0 77252,"consistently sensitive",1 212510,"starts off as a possible Argentine American Beauty reeks like a room stacked with pungent flowers",0 182040,"A superfluous sequel ... plagued by that old familiar feeling of ` let 's get this thing over with ' : Everyone has shown up at the appointed time and place ,",0 103983,"A visionary",1 204115,"its absurd , contrived , overblown , and entirely implausible finale",0 7118,"heroine",1 100036,"whimsicality , narrative discipline and",1 45597,"I will be .",1 203259,"is not that it 's offensive , but that it 's boring .",0 194083,"be as bored",0 220210,"you 'd have a hard time believing it was just coincidence .",0 120002,"few things more frustrating",0 187670,"TV sitcom material at best",0 34477,"middle-fingered",0 84809,"is visually ravishing",1 1107,"gorgeous scenes , masterful performances , but the sickly sweet gender normative narrative",1 77395,"corporate circus",0 226576,"There are n't many conclusive answers in the film , but there is an interesting story of pointed personalities , courage , tragedy and the little guys vs. the big guys",1 15943,"happiest",1 65765,"Ghetto",0 37817,"that is a portrait of grace in an imperfect world",1 93933,"surprisingly decent",1 51479,"fairly irresistible package",1 3447,"( toback 's ) fondness for fancy split-screen , stuttering editing and pompous references to wittgenstein and kirkegaard ... blends uneasily with the titillating material",0 183406,"Diaz , Applegate , Blair and Posey are suitably kooky which should appeal to women and they strip down often enough to keep men alert , if not amused .",1 106601,"If the movie were all comedy , it might work better . But it has an ambition to say something about its subjects , but not a willingness .",0 143377,"A strong first quarter , slightly less so second quarter , and average second half",1 184243,"Green ruins every single scene he 's in , and the film , while it 's not completely wreaked , is seriously compromised by that .",0 221597,", the movie will be funny",1 80975,"gets around to its real emotional business , striking deep chords of sadness",1 153524,"an unsympathetic hero caught up in an intricate plot that while cleverly worked out , can not overcome blah characters",0 212146,"some of the worst dialogue",0 42740,"takes its time to tell its story , casts mostly little-known performers in key roles ,",1 27824,"a simple story , perhaps the simplest story of all , in a way that seems compelling and even original",1 189039,"This kiddie-oriented stinker is so bad that I even caught the gum stuck under my seat trying to sneak out of the theater",0 193979,"balding",0 157149,"dealing in broad stereotypes and outrageously unbelievable scenarios , and",0 195913,"come from an animated-movie screenwriting textbook",0 164715,"left me with a very bad feeling .",0 89481,"on the importance of those moments",1 219920,"wo n't be remembered as one of ( Witherspoon 's ) better films .",0 7303,"if high crimes were any more generic it",0 63038,"A flawed but engrossing thriller",1 215416,"the price of admission ? Absolutely not . It sucked . Would I see it again ?",0 167529,"of impressive potency",1 79362,"everyone can enjoy",1 29564,"best sellers",1 226584,"There are scenes of cinematic perfection that steal your heart away .",1 42774,"that is enlightening --",1 211905,"so bad in a major movie",0 237533,"this is more appetizing than a side dish of asparagus .",1 135771,"the most original American productions",1 6962,"hardened indie-heads",0 40294,"withering",0 203536,"is the Kathie Lee Gifford of film directors",0 170746,"sermonizing and lifeless paean",0 215711,"the subject of love head-on : trading in his cynicism",1 162647,"is a movie where the most notable observation is how long you 've been sitting still .",0 131083,"reality shows -- reality shows for God 's sake ! --",0 42188,"is n't my favorite in the series",0 218038,"ultimate IMAX trip",1 107586,"Madonna gives her best performance since Abel Ferrara had her beaten to a pulp in his Dangerous Game .",1 104135,"All of the elements are in place for a great film noir , but",1 80595,"from an adventurous young talent who finds his inspiration on the fringes of the American underground",1 37132,"some lavishly built settings",1 185971,"Makes the same mistake as the music industry it criticizes , becoming so slick and watered-down it almost loses what made you love it in the first place",0 142085,", anywhere could have thought they 'd make audiences guffaw with a script as utterly diabolical as this",0 87570,"moving documentary",1 25152,"Do we really need a 77-minute film to tell us exactly why a romantic relationship between a 15-year-old boy and a 40-year-old woman does n't work ?",0 31010,"edits around his screenplay 's sappier elements ... and sustains Off the Hook 's buildup with remarkable assuredness for a first-timer",1 84709,"is that rare animal known as ' a perfect family film , ' because it 's about family .",1 221233,", `` Crossroads '' instead provokes a handful of unintentional howlers and numerous yawns .",0 58762,"the stylistic rigors",1 151989,"a long and clunky ending ...",0 210278,"reduces Wertmuller 's social mores and politics to tiresome jargon",0 205029,"like a highbrow , low-key , 102-minute infomercial , blending entrepreneurial zeal with the testimony of satisfied customers",0 122034,"he does n't unveil it until the end , after endless scenes of him wheedling reluctant witnesses and pointing his camera through the smeared windshield of his rental car",1 209111,"pass without reminding audiences that it 's only a movie",0 122172,"her small , intelligent eyes",1 173155,"that one enjoys a bad slasher",0 103010,", well-acted and thought-provoking",1 177018,"two not very absorbing characters",0 129026,"of the film 's most effective aspects",1 197489,"drains it",1 226604,"There may have been a good film in `` Trouble Every Day , '' but it is not what is on the screen",0 199881,"gets drawn into the party .",1 81001,"gets vivid , convincing performances from a fine cast , and",1 71661,"a film you will never forget -- that you should never forget",1 230873,"flopped as surely",0 56530,"reminded me of the best of the Disney comedies from the 60s",1 180550,", brain-deadening hangover",0 158424,"even bother to rent this on video",0 162318,"inter-species",1 38448,"the most significant moviegoing pleasures",1 19871,"and perceptively filmed that you can almost taste the desiccated air",1 163821,"it is also weirdly fascinating",1 64822,"Coral Reef Adventure is a heavyweight film that fights a good fight on behalf of the world 's endangered reefs -- and it lets the pictures do the punching",1 27101,"Ultimately feels empty and unsatisfying , like swallowing a Communion wafer without the wine .",0 52695,"hits its mark",1 144804,"Despite its good nature and some genuinely funny moments",1 45194,"Exciting and",1 217354,"to smack of a Hallmark Hall of Fame , with a few four letter words thrown in that are generally not heard on television",0 217407,"to tell which is in more abundant supply in this woefully hackneyed movie , directed by Scott Kalvert , about street gangs and turf wars in 1958 Brooklyn -- stale cliches , gratuitous violence , or empty machismo",0 139770,"who is too crazy to be interesting",0 218164,"unearth the quaking essence of passion , grief and fear",1 220977,"'s still terrible !",0 86549,"make a terrific 10th-grade learning tool",1 22555,"to students and enthusiast of international dance and world music",1 63383,"A small movie",0 70826,"What makes the film special is the refreshingly unhibited enthusiasm that the people , in spite of clearly evident poverty and hardship , bring to their music .",1 73356,"aimless",0 133763,"sweet time building",1 110484,"This is a nervy , risky film , and Villeneuve has inspired Croze to give herself over completely to the tormented persona of Bibi",1 51796,"for its elegantly colorful look and sound",1 139635,"whether to admire the film 's stately nature and call it classicism or be exasperated by a noticeable lack of pace . Or both",0 188293,"The jokes are telegraphed so far in advance they must have been lost in the mail .",0 36488,"remembered as one of the most important stories to be told in Australia 's film history",1 140207,"with remarkable serenity and discipline",1 101760,"'s most memorable about Circuit",1 176834,"trickery",0 218905,"way too full",0 98393,"to the storytelling instincts of a slightly more literate filmgoing audience",1 188640,"The script ? Please .",0 157380,"devotes too much time to bigoted views",0 152893,"action scenes",1 102902,", the movie would have benefited from a little more dramatic tension and some more editing .",0 212332,"spiffy bluescreen technique",1 38882,"they 're sandwiched in between the most impossibly dry account of Kahlo 's life imaginable .",0 178426,"winds up a Bolly-Holly masala mess",0 150233,"This is junk food cinema at its greasiest .",0 75813,"boredom never takes hold .",1 222384,"And we do n't avert our eyes for a moment .",1 71060,"Works because Reno",1 30740,"despite its repetitions and inconsistencies than do most films than",1 164918,"like a parody of the mellow , peace-and-love side of the '60s counterculture",0 108056,"Not a strike against Yang 's similarly themed Yi Yi , but I found What Time ? to be more engaging on an emotional level , funnier , and on the whole less detached .",1 214070,"the Reginald Hudlin comedy relies on toilet humor , ethnic slurs .",0 80757,"fun .",1 85130,"it should be done cinematically",1 123469,"intelligence , wit or innovation",1 93768,"successfully maintains suspense on different levels throughout a film that is both gripping and compelling .",1 119566,"explores the seemingly irreconcilable situation between conservative Christian parents and their estranged gay and lesbian children .",1 21174,"just the right amount",1 106680,"In Death to Smoochy , we do n't get Williams ' usual tear and a smile , just sneers and bile , and the spectacle is nothing short of refreshing .",1 206601,"moved by the emotional tumult of ( François and Michèle 's ) relationship",1 165240,"looks bored",0 104912,"Burns is a filmmaker with a bright future ahead of him",1 52648,"his most vital work since GoodFellas",1 130639,"primitive animated special effects",0 207623,"of barely defensible sexual violence to keep it interested",0 79061,"enormous packages",1 151923,"a kitchen sink",0 167005,"not very absorbing characters",0 60555,"you believe the cast and crew thoroughly enjoyed themselves and believed in their small-budget film",1 45421,"HIV\/AIDS",0 206470,"more than competent",1 168927,"played-out",0 63578,"A winning comedy with its wry observations",1 196809,"deserve a passing grade ( even on a curve )",0 229068,"atop wooden dialogue",0 17203,"shut out the real world , and take a vicarious voyage to the last frontier",1 199022,"flashy , overlong soap opera .",0 187677,"Tale",1 200690,"has turned out to be a one-trick pony",0 94548,"that allows Americans to finally revel in its splendor",1 109407,"The Adventures of Pluto Nash is a whole lot of nada .",0 100376,"with Kissinger . Should be required viewing for civics classes and would-be public servants alike",1 154557,"bad lighting",0 40618,"-- and bad",0 181593,"A dark-as-pitch comedy that frequently veers into corny sentimentality , probably",0 181681,"A film really has to be exceptional to justify a three hour running time ,",1 68632,"Scorsese 's bold images",1 204536,"keeps things interesting",1 81654,"has all the enjoyable randomness of a very lively dream and so manages to be compelling , amusing and unsettling at the same time .",1 222481,"Ash Wednesday is not Edward Burns ' best film , but it is a good and ambitious film",1 45436,"Hardly an objective documentary , but it 's great cinematic polemic ... love Moore or loathe him , you 've got to admire ... the intensity with which he 's willing to express his convictions .",1 18542,"... always remains movingly genuine .",1 102427,", but how long will filmmakers copy the '' Saving Private Ryan '' battle scenes before realizing Steven Spielberg got it right the first time ?",0 77423,"could hate it for the same reason",0 2651,"the modern masculine journey",1 129336,"old age and grief",0 36737,"see Seinfeld griping about the biz with buddies Chris Rock , Garry Shandling and Colin Quinn",1 84781,"is trash",0 159849,"funny in drag",1 224856,"Mr. Audiard 's direction is fluid and quick .",1 3250,"zeal",1 218104,"under the assumption that its '' dead wife communicating from beyond the grave '' framework is even remotely new or interesting",0 15135,"are plenty of laughs and good lines for everyone in this comedy",1 186362,"No amount of burning , blasting , stabbing , and shooting can hide a weak script .",0 150243,"This is not the undisputed worst boxing movie ever , but it 's certainly not a champion - the big loser is the audience",0 150727,"Watching Trouble Every Day , at least if you do n't know what 's coming , is like biting into what looks like a juicy , delicious plum on a hot summer day and coming away with your mouth full of rotten pulp and living worms .",0 78774,"effectiveness",1 222737,"But even a hero can stumble sometimes .",0 228314,"about the artistic instinct that pushes a majority-oriented director like Steven Spielberg to follow A.I. with this challenging report so liable to unnerve the majority",1 91229,"really , really good",1 33240,"is a miracle akin to the story the film portrays",1 30858,"disturbingly",0 214437,"the disappointingly generic nature",0 55017,"need , neurosis and nervy",0 112056,"a great American adventure and",1 97548,"this year is a franchise sequel starring Wesley Snipes",1 175687,"thrills ,",1 201048,"here his sense of story and his juvenile camera movements smack of a film school undergrad",0 186063,"McTiernan 's remake may be lighter on its feet -- the sober-minded original was as graceful as a tap-dancing rhino -- but it is just as boring and as obvious",0 175624,"though I like the creepy ideas",1 65608,"Forget about one Oscar nomination for Julianne Moore this year - she should get all five",1 147125,"Less a study in madness or love than a study in schoolgirl obsession .",0 9693,"personal tragedies",0 33062,"inimitable Walken especially",1 154157,"as dull a person as this film makes him out to be",0 189104,"This would-be ` James Bond for the Extreme Generation ' pic is one big , dumb action movie . Stress ` dumb . '",0 122557,"how resolutely unamusing , how thoroughly unrewarding all of this is ,",0 25791,"It is inspirational in characterizing how people from such diverse cultures share the same human and spiritual needs .",1 63654,"Afghan tragedies",0 37539,"swashbuckling",1 166799,"no good jokes , no good scenes",0 174951,"the uninitiated may find hard to follow",0 135143,"the embarrassment of bringing a barf bag to the moviehouse",0 230703,"fade amid the deliberate , tiresome ugliness",0 87877,"nice twists but the ending and some of the back-story is a little tired",0 146742,"It smacks of purely commercial motivation , with no great love for the original .",0 57066,"small , sweet ` Evelyn",1 34001,"lay her life bare in front of an audience .",1 198688,"feel the screenwriter at every moment ` Tap , tap , tap , tap , tapping away ' on this screenplay",0 12617,"ugly , pointless and depressing",0 62893,"A cultural wildcard experience : wacky , different , unusual , even nutty",1 178179,"while waiting for the ending credits and the deleted scenes montage to break the audience 's awkward silence",0 184870,"In Praise of Love remains a ponderous and pretentious endeavor that 's unfocused and tediously exasperating",0 167084,"oblivious",0 22088,"sublime",1 37429,"subtleties",1 72259,"a remarkable amount of material in the film 's short 90 minutes",1 48855,"amuse even",1 217815,"trivializes the movie with too many nervous gags and",0 78029,"deserves an Oscar nomination",1 125240,"its emphasis on caring for animals and respecting other cultures is particularly welcome",1 30793,"directed by Alan Taylor , Napoleon 's journey is interesting but his Parisian rebirth is stillborn",0 204997,"like The Guys",1 41218,"Steers turns in a snappy screenplay that curls at the edges : it 's so clever you want to hate it . But he somehow pulls it off",1 15597,"draws our attention like a magnet",1 143209,"A misogynistic piece of filth that attempts to pass itself off as hip , young adult entertainment .",0 32349,"hat",1 166473,"much to laugh at",1 203892,"it fails",0 213296,"tends to speculation , conspiracy theories or , at best , circumstantial evidence",0 45253,"Films about loss , grief and recovery are pretty valuable these days .",1 27198,"What could have become just another cautionary fable is allowed to play out as a clever , charming tale -- as pleasantly in its own way as its self-dramatizing characters .",1 220043,"would 've worked a lot better had it been a short film",0 61011,"'s encouraging to see a three-dimensional , average , middle-aged woman 's experience of self-discovery handled with such sensitivity",1 113535,"aiming for , it certainly got lost in the '' soon-to-be-forgettable '' section of the quirky rip-off prison romp pile . It 's petty thievery",0 163380,"is something of an impostor itself , stretching and padding its material in a blur of dead ends and distracting camera work .",0 73389,"all blown up to the size of a house",0 53542,"is never heavy-handed .",1 6763,"get more re-creations of all those famous moments from the show",1 154874,"because it 's so bad",0 33900,"just a twisty double-cross",0 72326,"a satisfactory overview",1 106987,"It certainly wo n't win any awards in the plot department but",0 134600,"that there is nothing distinguishing in a Randall Wallace film",0 227854,"a cute alien creature who mimics everyone and everything around",1 22395,"them because you ca n't wait to see what they do next",1 21678,"overshadowed",0 196525,"cut their losses -- and ours -- and",0 100505,"with grace and humor and",1 176600,"too complicated to keep track of",0 61528,"( frames ) profound ethical and philosophical questions in the form of dazzling pop entertainment",1 123934,"is as deep as a Petri dish and as well-characterized as a telephone book but still say it was a guilty pleasure",0 30854,"disturbing hallucinations",0 100496,"with false starts",0 211242,"sentimentalized",0 5232,"borrows from other movies like it in the most ordinary and obvious fashion .",0 94393,"than by its funny , moving yarn that holds up well after two decades",1 84890,"it 's far tamer than advertised",0 130277,"played for maximum moisture",1 176988,"turns into an elegiacally soggy Saving Private Ryanovich",0 224449,"Jacquot 's rendering of Puccini 's tale of devotion and double-cross",1 212667,"stretched over the nearly 80-minute running time",0 36888,"sharp , smart satire",1 205654,"make a pretty good team",1 21326,"might not be as palatable as intended",0 151337,"a bad joke",0 109991,"The movie attempts to mine laughs from a genre -- the gangster\/crime comedy -- that wore out its welcome with audiences several years ago , and its cutesy reliance on movie-specific cliches is n't exactly endearing",0 4593,"an absurdly",0 184359,"Hawke 's film , a boring , pretentious waste of nearly two hours , does n't tell you anything except that the Chelsea Hotel today is populated by whiny , pathetic , starving and untalented artistes .",0 37092,"soaring out of the theater",1 67626,"More vaudeville show than well-constructed narrative , but on those terms it 's inoffensive and actually rather sweet",1 210941,"screwball ideas",0 189338,"Uneven performances",0 39812,"vivid cinematic portrait .",1 52883,"in a beautiful city viewed through the eyes of a character who , in spite of tragic loss and increasing decrepitude , knows in his bones that he is one of the luckiest men alive",1 146030,"I cry for I Spy",0 92707,"singing long after the credits roll",1 76736,"cinematic intoxication , a wildly inventive mixture of comedy and melodrama , tastelessness and swooning elegance",1 205576,"made by someone who obviously knows nothing about crime",0 18022,"what spectacular sizzle it is ! ... In this incarnation its fizz is infectious",1 86429,"lustrous",1 156618,"competent enough filmmaker",1 121688,"has all the outward elements of the original",1 50391,"confirms her power",1 109377,"That 's why Sex and Lucia is so alluring",1 163501,"is to Gary Cooper what a gnat is to a racehorse",0 413,"animal",1 237781,"to create a film that 's not merely about kicking undead \*\*\* , but also about dealing with regret and , ultimately , finding redemption",1 170621,"seems to be on auto-pilot",0 79027,"enhancing the cultural and economic subtext , bringing richer meaning to the story 's morals",1 199756,"gay s/m fantasy",0 143968,"Audiences can be expected to suspend their disbelief only so far",0 82724,"impart a message",1 192584,"an incredibly heavy-handed , manipulative dud that feels all too familiar",0 219403,"wholly unnecessary",0 163827,"it is clever , but",1 138985,"very good comedic songs",1 233668,"makes a great impression as the writer-director of this little $ 1.8 million charmer , which may not be cutting-edge indie filmmaking but has a huge heart",1 193130,"are n't all that interesting",0 154962,"been conjured up only 10 minutes prior to filming",0 173616,"the characters sound like real people",1 134984,"the characters ' quirks and foibles never jell into charm",0 84120,"is dazzling . They just do n't work in concert",0 215485,"the rest of us , sitting through Dahmer 's two hours amounts to little more than punishment",0 6870,"grand",1 179985,"'s so tedious",0 26997,"This is pretty dicey material .",0 62610,"... this goes after one truth ( the Ford administration 's complicity in tearing ` orphans ' from their mothers ) and stumbles upon others even more compelling .",1 192491,"an artist who is simply tired -- of fighting the same fights , of putting the weight of the world on his shoulders , of playing with narrative form",0 87408,"most daring , and complicated",1 166051,"misses the brilliance of Jelinek 's novel",0 227366,"` It 's like having an old friend for dinner ' .",1 173234,"that the set design and interiors of the haunted vessel are more than effectively creepy and moodily lit",1 164591,"last time jokes flowed out of Cho 's life story , which provided an engrossing dramatic through line",1 199692,"funny moment",1 151667,"a fairly terrible movie ...",0 35349,"of official repression",0 236444,"that grand a failure",0 189342,"Unfortunately , One Hour Photo lives down to its title .",0 25269,"Exquisitely",1 147336,"Marcus Adams just copies from various sources -- good sources , bad mixture",0 186713,"Plays like a series of vignettes -- clips of a film that are still looking for a common through-line .",0 161125,"her raw performance and utter fearlessness make it strangely magnetic",1 188930,"They threw loads of money at an idea that should 've been so much more even if it was only made for teenage boys and wrestling fans .",0 69498,"The evocative imagery and gentle , lapping rhythms of this film",1 156142,"chaotic nonsense",0 3587,"a bit repetitive",0 14910,"admired this work a lot .",1 165843,"memories of cheesy old Godzilla flicks",0 64684,"Charming and witty",1 125382,"its themes of loyalty , courage and dedication",1 221595,", the movie looks genuinely pretty .",1 81056,"give performances of exceptional honesty .",1 82414,"honestly address the flaws inherent in how medical aid is made available to American workers",1 176643,"too many ideas floating around -- part farce , part Sliding Doors , part pop video --",0 6803,"gives no quarter to anyone seeking to pull a cohesive story out of its 2 1\/2 - hour running time",0 46652,"Roman Polanski may have been born to make",1 24999,"Claude Miller airs out a tight plot with an easy pace and a focus on character drama over crime-film complications .",1 135399,"the first lousy Guy Ritchie imitation",0 29456,"beautifully articulated portrayals",1 106388,"I 'm not even a fan of the genre",0 110021,"The music makes a nice album , the food is enticing",1 127949,"nice to see Piscopo again after all these years",1 121963,"have lost the ability to think",0 67411,"Many went to see the attraction for the sole reason that it was hot outside and there was air conditioning inside ,",0 37193,"spaces",1 105033,"Chan like a $ 99 bargain-basement special",0 204009,"it seems as if each watered down the version of the one before",0 228333,"accompanying the stunt-hungry dimwits in a random series of collected gags , pranks , pratfalls , dares , injuries , etc. .",0 87455,"most personal",1 176955,"turkey-on-rolls , stubbly chins , liver spots ,",0 5978,"disappointing to see one reduce it to an idea that fits in a sampler",0 158304,"enough dramatic",1 216261,"thin notion",0 108456,"Possession is in the end an honorable , interesting failure . It falls far short of poetry , but it 's not bad prose",0 161528,"humorless disquisition on the thin line between sucking face and literally sucking face",0 1609,"literary purists may not be pleased",0 183894,"Features nonsensical and laughable plotting",0 108424,"Plunges you into a reality that is , more often then not , difficult and sad ,",0 86002,"light-hearted way",1 84670,"is suitably elegant",1 38601,"the role with an unimpeachable core of emotional truth",1 87240,"more colorful , more playful tone",1 52184,"going , with enough amusing banter -- blessedly curse-free --",1 167937,"off-puttingly",0 33284,"is a wonderful movie .",1 29774,"build a seamless ensemble . There is n't a weak or careless performance",1 64080,"As animation increasingly emphasizes the computer and the cool , this is a film that takes a stand in favor of tradition and warmth .",1 221531,", solid , kinetically-charged spy flick worthy",1 228793,"are fine",1 182482,"Another boorish movie",0 101288,"zinger-filled crowd-pleaser",1 226334,"The most horrific movie experience",0 204799,"leave everyone else yawning with admiration",0 85878,"leaving you",0 34905,"nice dialogue",1 228918,"as a wild hoot",1 100894,"worth the look",1 85850,"leave us with a sense of wonder",1 104402,"Angel Of Death",0 103945,"A tightly directed , highly professional film that 's old-fashioned in all the best possible ways .",1 92484,"sheer audacity and openness",1 65589,"For all the wit and hoopla",1 166677,"never found its audience , probably because it 's extremely hard to relate to any of the characters .",0 122628,"humor , characterization , poignancy , and intelligence",1 68720,"Shakespeare 's better known tragedies",1 83785,"is a genuinely bone-chilling tale",1 131779,"say something about its subjects",1 235845,"snoozer .",0 232081,"include every top-notch British actor who did not appear in Gosford Park ( as well as one , Ms. Mirren , who did )",1 164912,"like a masterpiece",1 114605,"are just so WEIRD that I honestly never knew what the hell was coming next .",1 175875,"to an unending soundtrack of beach party pop numbers",1 965,"fat",0 116718,"caricature",0 165769,"may well put the nail in the coffin of any future Rice adaptations",0 26777,"The continued good chemistry between Carmen and Juni",1 129022,"of the few ` cool ' actors who never seems aware of his own coolness",1 195343,"campy recall for older fans or a silly , Nickelodeon-esque kiddie flick",0 142361,", my dear , I do n't give a damn , ' have never been more appropriate .",0 200475,"has a funny moment or two",1 86113,"liked it because it was so endlessly , grotesquely , inventive .",1 106643,"If you go into the theater expecting a scary , action-packed chiller , you might soon be looking for a sign . An EXIT sign , that is .",0 70376,"Thought-provoking and",1 96366,"the perfect festival film",1 26024,"Maggie Gyllenhaal is a delight .",1 81222,"good as you remember .",1 68864,"Soderbergh 's Solaris is a gorgeous and deceptively minimalist cinematic tone poem .",1 147057,"Lacking substance and soul , Crossroads comes up shorter than Britney 's cutoffs .",0 70612,"Very well written and directed with brutal honesty and respect for its audience .",1 141711,"'s worth watching in Birthday Girl , a film by the stage-trained Jez Butterworth ( Mojo ) that serves as yet another example of the sad decline of British comedies",0 1646,"lovingly photographed",1 35466,"of the land",1 13086,"will leave the theater feeling they 've watched nothing but a pale imitation of the real deal",0 45255,"Films about loss , grief and recovery are pretty valuable these days . Seen in that light ,",1 165601,"makes the grade as tawdry trash .",0 124309,"is n't very funny",0 181652,"A family-friendly fantasy that",1 47072,"The film is powerful , accessible and funny . You wo n't miss its messages ,",1 86948,"may surprise you",1 114797,"as Vincent became more and more abhorrent",0 42179,"is indeed a duty of art",1 145308,"Feels familiar and tired",0 221948,"A brutal and funny",1 128906,"of social texture and realism",1 16686,"not often seen in today 's cinema du sarcasm",1 43273,"'s lots of cool stuff packed into ESPN 's Ultimate X",1 225600,"Remember when Bond had more glamour than clamor ?",0 45916,"Just about the best straight-up",1 212152,"some outrageously creative action in The Transporter",1 190490,"a dullard",0 219865,"with very little story or character",0 166392,"movie lights",1 181829,"A mediocre exercise in target demographics",0 228737,"appealing couple",1 221777,"... a fascinating curiosity piece -- fascinating , that is , for about ten minutes .",0 194485,"being invited to a classy dinner soiree and not knowing anyone",0 62335,", this film 's heart is even more embracing than Monty , if only because it accepts nasty behavior and severe flaws as part of the human condition .",1 171487,"so striking or fascinating",1 80745,"fully engaged supporting cast",1 67370,"Majidi shoe-loving",1 25302,"Field of Dreams",1 177993,"what should be the lighter-than-air adventure",1 39132,"to be savored",1 146585,"It 's often faintly amusing , but",0 11740,"the picture 's cleverness",1 55674,"offend and",0 142337,", like the recent I Spy , the star chemistry begs the question of whether random gags add up to a movie",0 104687,"Ben Affleck",1 227552,"`` Orange County ''",0 183725,"Evans is ) a fascinating character , and deserves a better vehicle than this facetious smirk of a movie .",0 37597,"taking Entertainment Tonight subject matter and giving it humor and poignancy",1 81284,"gorgeous companion to Mr . Wong",1 234365,"of a summer popcorn movie",1 24391,"A moody horror\/thriller elevated by deft staging and the director 's well-known narrative gamesmanship .",1 112263,"a love song to the movies",1 90429,"poetic symbolism",1 185204,"It 's refreshing that someone understands the need for the bad boy :",1 83769,"is a fierce dance of destruction . Its flame-like , roiling black-and-white inspires trembling and gratitude",1 100539,"with its subject matter in a tasteful , intelligent manner",1 224413,"Its mysteries are transparently obvious , and it 's too slowly paced to be a thriller",0 27903,"a time when half the so-called real movies are little more than live-action cartoons",0 203772,"it 's just too dry and too placid",0 197797,"emotionally manipulative and sadly imitative of innumerable",0 90436,"poignant and",1 58156,"the confusions",0 81383,"greatest-hits",1 55201,"of B-movie excitement",1 186553,"One look at a girl in tight pants and big tits and you turn stupid ? '' Um ... is n't that the basis for the entire plot",0 177935,"were put to sleep by the movie and",0 27646,"a lot of the virtues of",1 220433,"zero-dimensional , unlikable characters and",0 130757,"provides an invaluable service",0 86178,"live in if Argento 's Hollywood counterparts ... had this much imagination and nerve",1 158363,"equally great",1 123830,"is a smart , romantic drama that dares to depict the French Revolution from the aristocrats ' perspective .",1 59297,"to move us and to make us examine our values",1 11208,"the battle",0 46871,"Swimming gets the details right , from its promenade of barely clad bodies in Myrtle Beach , S . C . , to the adrenaline jolt of a sudden lunch rush at the diner .",1 47756,"Zone '' episode",1 14123,"If you sometimes like to go to the movies to have fun , Wasabi is a good place to start .",1 100856,"works on any number of levels",1 72420,"a slap-happy mood",1 143859,"Apparently reassembled from the cutting-room floor of any given daytime soap",0 200017,"go back and choose to skip it",0 181277,". You leave the same way you came -- a few tasty morsels under your belt , but no new friends .",0 234588,"of tumbleweeds blowing through the empty theatres",0 188916,"They crush each other under cars , throw each other out windows , electrocute and dismember their victims in full consciousness . And",0 76479,"carved their own comfortable niche in the world",1 158735,"fading faster than 25-cent bubble gum",0 163577,"is whether the movie will change titles or distributors again before the closing credits roll",0 181523,"A banal , virulently unpleasant excuse for a romantic comedy",0 174648,"the retro gang melodrama",0 75537,"being very funny",1 203265,"is nothing redeeming about this movie",0 219124,"what it promises : A look at the '' wild ride '' that ensues when brash young men set out to conquer the online world with laptops , cell phones and sketchy business plans",1 15176,"at times exhilarating movie a great yarn",1 121747,"has elements of romance , tragedy and even silent-movie comedy .",1 50453,"conveys the passion , creativity , and fearlessness of one of Mexico 's most colorful and controversial artists -- a captivating drama that will speak to the nonconformist in us all",1 123885,"is almost nothing in this flat effort that will amuse or entertain them , either",0 166844,"no other explanation . Hilariously",1 95647,"the film fails to fulfill its own ambitious goals",0 64067,"As I settled into my World War II memories , I found myself strangely moved by even the corniest and most hackneyed contrivances .",1 109656,"The charms of the lead performances",1 68614,"Schepisi , aided by a cast that seems to include every top-notch British actor who did not appear in Gosford Park ( as well as one , Ms . Mirren , who did )",1 103947,"A tired , unimaginative and derivative variation of that already-shallow",0 197527,"dreary mess",0 114183,"an unsympathetic character and someone",0 135753,"the most entertaining monster movies",1 122155,"her defiance",1 74878,"assured in its execution",1 34124,"likeable personalities , inventive photography and cutting , and wall-to-wall toe-tapping music to paint a picture of a subculture that is at once exhilarating , silly , perverse , hopeful and always fun",1 63451,"A sun-drenched masterpiece , part parlor game , part psychological case study ,",1 42672,"spellbinding imagery and",1 52308,"guilty fun to be had here . Chomp chomp",1 13674,", with charming results",1 150744,"We have n't seen such hilarity since Say It Is n't So !",1 40128,"will make you very happy .",1 29997,"can out-stealth any agent , he 'll get the girl .",1 226281,"The film makes a tragic error by going on for too long , trying to mirror every subsequent event in Chinese history : war , revolution , Communism , etc. .",0 130404,"ponder the peculiar American style of justice that plays out here",1 181603,"A depressingly retrograde , ` post-feminist ' romantic comedy that takes an astonishingly condescending attitude toward women .",0 124386,"is often quite rich and exciting",1 7664,"is a more fascinating look at the future than '' bladerunner",1 90697,"problem being that it 's only a peek",1 123030,"in its recycled aspects , implausibility , and sags in pace",0 196917,"did n't know what kind of movie they were making",0 162852,"is creatively a great whale",1 8163,"jackson tries to keep the plates spinning as best he can , but all the bouncing back and forth ca n't help but become a bit tedious -- even with the breathtaking landscapes and villainous varmints there to distract you from the ricocheting .",0 204401,"joyless , idiotic , annoying , heavy-handed",0 214361,"the costuming of the stars",1 30584,"darkly comic",1 48149,"a loosely autobiographical story brushed with sentimentality but brimming with gentle humor , bittersweet pathos ,",1 142685,"- greaseballs mob action-comedy .",0 104307,"An enthralling , entertaining feature",1 154508,"awfully like one long tourist spot for a Mississippi that may never have existed outside of a scriptwriter 's imagination",0 153991,"are weak",0 33342,"is better-than-average family entertainment",1 124966,"it explores the awful complications of one terrifying day",1 180247,"( and funnier",1 190515,"a fascinating subject matter",1 102141,"( Swimfan ) falls victim to sloppy plotting , an insultingly unbelievable final act and a villainess who is too crazy to be interesting .",0 93845,"suitable summer entertainment",1 141914,") difficult to get beyond the overall blandness of American Chai",0 121876,"has turned out nearly 21\/2 hours of unfocused , excruciatingly tedious cinema that , half an hour in , starts making water torture seem appealing .",0 161015,"he went back to school to check out the girls -- his film is a frat boy 's idea of a good time",0 190310,"a classy dinner soiree",1 133806,"take an entirely stale concept and push it through the audience 's meat grinder one more time",0 219604,"wise and knowing",1 10501,"sleep",0 174299,"the most heinous man",0 92150,"seeming predictably formulaic",0 90474,"politics , power and",1 126565,"magnificent directorial career",1 222091,"A sloppy slapstick throwback to long gone bottom-of-the-bill fare like The Ghost and Mr. Chicken .",0 235934,"sometimes almost senseless",0 190438,"a decent draft in the auditorium might blow it off the screen",0 51722,"first-class",1 79253,"even more reassuring",1 196419,"creative thought",1 86674,"makes us believe she is Kahlo",1 35552,"of weeks",1 96054,"the long and eventful spiritual journey",1 26086,"Mick Jagger gives his best movie performance since , well , Performance .",1 61075,"'s hard to fairly judge a film like RINGU when you 've seen the remake first . Many of the effective horror elements are dampened through familiarity , ( yet ) are worthwhile .",1 213830,"that should be used to burn every print of the film",0 215528,"the same blueprint",0 146278,"Impostor has a handful of thrilling moments and a couple of good performances , but the movie does n't quite fly .",0 217919,"turn away from one another instead of talking",0 218460,"very basic",0 204653,"lacks both a purpose and a strong pulse",0 132324,"short of wonderful with its ten-year-old female protagonist and its steadfast refusal to set up a dualistic battle between good and evil",1 10062,"reign of fire may be little more than another platter of reheated aliens",0 63663,"After watching it , you can only love the players it brings to the fore for the gifted but no-nonsense human beings they are and for the still-inestimable contribution they have made to our shared history .",1 55716,"omnibus tradition",1 103974,"A very pretty after-school special . It 's an effort to watch this movie , but it eventually pays off and is effective if you stick with it .",1 66137,"I could n't recommend this film more .",1 221440,", it might be like trying to eat Brussels sprouts .",0 140298,"with wit it plays like a reading from Bartlett 's Familiar Quotations",1 31715,"for ( Clara and Paul ) , even like them , though perhaps it 's an emotion closer to pity",0 160761,"has too much on its plate to really stay afloat for its just under ninety minute running time .",0 41999,"gives his best movie",1 174832,"the strain of its plot contrivances",0 117953,"deeply meditative",1 158732,"fades",0 72222,"a razor-sided tuning fork that rings with cultural , sexual and social discord",0 45497,"His healthy sense of satire is light and fun",1 200043,"goes awry",0 130920,"quirky Iranian drama Secret Ballot",1 232572,"is n't a weak or careless performance amongst them",1 64849,"Coy but exhilarating , with really solid performances by Ving Rhames and Wesley Snipes .",1 194346,"been allowed to get wet , fuzzy and sticky",0 36728,"seat",1 200701,"hastily mounted production exists only to capitalize on Hopkins ' inclination to play Hannibal Lecter again , even though Harris has no immediate inclination to provide a fourth book .",0 125030,"it is one that allows him to churn out one mediocre movie after another",0 50726,"delightful .",1 170602,"seems confident enough to handle subtlety",1 155752,"by intellect than heart , his story flattens instead of sharpens",0 221292,", but the film conjures the magic of author J.K. Rowling 's books",1 204253,"its not very informative about its titular character and no more challenging than your average television biopic",0 199955,"gives gifts to grownups",1 124890,"it 's worth the concentration",1 183910,"Feels strangely hollow at its emotional core .",0 93408,"stalking",0 32310,"has given his tale a warm glow",1 5233,"borrows heavily",0 84638,"is somewhat satisfying -- it still comes from Spielberg , who has never made anything that was n't at least watchable .",1 193189,"are so overstated",0 156792,"contrived sequels",0 204291,"its position",1 119915,"feels like a hazy high that takes too long to shake .",0 62530,". Scott Baio is turning in some delightful work on indie projects .",1 238783,"will have you talking 'til the end of the year !",1 52259,"great power",1 114889,"as delicately calibrated in tone",1 65769,"Giggling",1 157166,"decent acting ,",1 63474,"A sweet-tempered comedy that forgoes the knee-jerk misogyny that passes for humor in so many teenage comedies",1 14945,"always surprising",1 223836,"I love the robust middle of this picture .",1 8946,"murder by numbers is any real psychological grounding for the teens ' deviant behavior . being latently gay",0 6821,"goes to absurd lengths",0 180951,", the acting is robotically italicized ,",0 218265,"untalented artistes who enjoy moaning about their cruel fate",0 155266,"bizarre , funny",1 152583,"a tepid waste",0 177043,"ugly , pointless and depressing , even if you hate clowns .",0 19004,"It represents better-than-average movie-making that does n't demand a dumb , distracted audience .",1 9676,"perfectly pleasant",1 43269,"'s just brilliant in this .",1 135612,"the kind that pretends to be passionate and truthful but is really frustratingly timid and soggy",0 114927,"as if it has made its way into your very bloodstream",1 183343,"Demme gets a lot of flavor and spice into his Charade remake , but he ca n't disguise that he 's spiffing up leftovers that are n't so substantial or fresh .",0 73869,"an interesting and at times captivating take on loss and loneliness .",1 219874,"without any of its sense of fun or energy",0 151508,"a cold , bliss-less work",0 125265,"its heartfelt concern",1 201796,"in a plot as musty as one of the Golden Eagle 's carpets",0 142227,", if you do n't know anything about Derrida when you walk into the theater , you wo n't know much more when you leave .",0 93849,"suits the story , wherein our hero must ride roughshod over incompetent cops to get his man",1 27911,"a treasure",1 196880,"developed hastily",0 157688,"do virtually everything wrong",0 227022,"Wewannour money back",0 225890,"Some studio pizazz might have helped .",0 154956,"been called Freddy Gets Molested by a Dog",0 27138,"W",0 8173,"jam-packed with literally bruising jokes . every five minutes or so , someone",1 179095,"you begin to wonder if they are ever going to depart .",0 239016,"would have been just another bad movie .",0 84836,"is wry and engrossing .",1 146797,"Its story may be a thousand years old , but why did it have to seem like it took another thousand to tell it to us ?",0 61800,", brisk delight",1 218041,"ultimate point -- that everyone should be themselves --",1 84058,"is awesome",1 10533,"smart , funny and just honest enough to provide the pleasures of a slightly naughty , just-above-average off - broadway play .",1 33358,"is definitely a unique modern fairytale .",1 233692,"makes the formula fresh again",1 75330,"be the first major studio production shot on video tape instead of film",1 122129,"help Chicago make the transition from stage to screen with considerable appeal intact",1 133813,"take it",1 167551,"of its broad racial insensitivity towards African-Americans",0 179564,"'s a real shame that so much of the movie -- again , as in The Animal -- is a slapdash mess",0 233432,"like a beautiful food entrée that is n't heated properly , so that it ends up a bit cold and relatively flavorless",0 36837,"services",1 124048,"is fine",1 96981,"the very top rank",1 18395,", creamy depth , and ultimate theme",1 86531,"make Love a joy to behold .",1 62284,", the film turns into an engrossing thriller almost in spite of itself .",1 15851,"fully understand all the sexual permutations involved",1 203518,"is that it does n't make any sense",0 1658,"lust",1 50832,"dig on David Mamet 's mind tricks ... rent this movie and enjoy",1 122141,"her beaten to a pulp in his Dangerous Game",0 198449,"fails to justify the build-up",0 225476,"Poignant and funny",1 211309,"settles into a most traditional , reserved kind of filmmaking",1 48357,"a satisfying summer blockbuster and worth a look",1 138423,"turn his movie in an unexpected direction",1 181808,"A low-budget affair",0 205670,"make one spectacularly ugly-looking broad",0 121366,"got to love a Disney pic with as little cleavage as this one has , and a heroine as feisty and principled as Jane",1 64083,"As chilling and fascinating as Philippe Mora 's modern Hitler-study",1 104883,"Broomfield has compelling new material but he does n't unveil it until the end , after endless scenes of him wheedling reluctant witnesses and pointing his camera through the smeared windshield of his rental car .",0 25453,"Greengrass",1 156184,"charm the paint off the wall ...",1 47608,"Whether writer-director Anne Fontaine 's film is a ghost story , an account of a nervous breakdown , a trip down memory lane , all three or none of the above , it is as seductive as it is haunting .",1 25870,"Johnny Dankworth 's best soundtrack",1 126632,"make the film relevant today",1 165828,"mediocre trifle",0 35777,"or loathe it",0 113433,"adult world",1 83492,"interesting topic",1 114285,"and unrelentingly exploitative",0 69033,"Succeeds as a well-made evocation of a subculture",1 52094,"get you",1 146484,"It 's everything you do n't go to the movies for .",0 98450,"to win a wide summer audience through word-of-mouth reviews and",1 4176,"a superb performance",1 208109,"of the most plain , unimaginative romantic comedies I",0 109729,"The early and middle passages are surprising in how much they engage and even touch us . This is not a classical dramatic animated feature , nor a hip , contemporary , in-jokey one . It 's sort of in-between , and",1 43726,", the score is too insistent",0 77355,"conveys the shadow side of the 30-year friendship between two English women .",1 89646,"one that typifies the delirium of post , pre , and extant stardom",1 50783,"derivative , overlong , and bombastic -- yet surprisingly entertaining",1 101990,"'s well",1 22181,"that hits often enough to keep the film entertaining even if none of it makes a lick of sense",1 52853,"impossible task",0 164753,"less like a cousin to Blade Runner than like a bottom-feeder sequel in the Escape From New York series",0 41049,"Jason X has cheesy effects and a hoary plot , but",0 166941,"not big enough for us to worry about it causing significant harm and not smelly enough to bother despising",0 174142,"the jaunt is practically over before it begins .",0 35695,"one of the most honest films ever made about Hollywood",1 82104,"her life half-asleep",0 37316,"steeped themselves in the majesty of Tolkien 's writing that every frame produces new joys , whether you 're a fan of the books or not",1 122478,"hollow mockumentary",0 26316,"Oscar-winning",1 232290,"is a fun and funky look into an artificial creation in a world that thrives on artificiality",1 114581,"are first-rate",1 171769,"specifically expounded via computer animated Old Testament tale of Jonah and the Whale . Determined to be fun",1 217641,"too much to do , too little time to do it in",0 30027,"captivating throughout Michele 's religious and romantic quests",1 205467,"love head-on",1 82246,"his edits , unlike those in Moulin Rouge , are crisp and purposeful without overdoing it",1 210640,"rote drivel",0 61393,"'ve seen a movie instead of an endless trailer",1 209680,"presenting backstage bytes of information that never amount to a satisfying complete picture of this particular , anciently demanding métier",0 62338,", this gender-bending comedy is generally quite funny .",1 157551,"disconnected",0 81081,"gives '' Mothman '' an irresistibly uncanny ambience that goes a long way toward keeping the picture compelling",1 15295,"bringing beloved kids ' books to the screen",1 194165,"be mesmerised",1 20958,"intimate and the dialogue is realistic and greatly moving . The scope of the Silberstein family is large and we grow attached to their lives , full of strength , warmth and vitality .",1 597,"best",1 231581,"have n't laughed that hard in years !",1 121339,"gorgeous , passionate , and at times uncommonly moving",1 38983,"this slightly disappointing sequel going , with enough amusing banter -- blessedly curse-free -- to keep both kids and parents entertained",1 69414,"The bottom line is the piece works brilliantly .",1 158465,"even vaguely interested",0 228109,"a reason the studio did n't offer an advance screening",0 41647,"believe it",1 219767,"with literally bruising jokes . Every five minutes or so , someone",0 103956,"A touching drama about old age and grief with a tour de",1 60127,"while also examining its significance for those who take part",1 170588,"seemingly brainless",0 226721,"Thoroughly awful .",0 41137,"One Hour Photo is an intriguing snapshot of one man and his delusions :",1 157541,"disappointment .",0 110586,"Those of you who do n't believe in Santa Claus probably also think that sequels can never capture the magic of the original . Well , this movie proves you wrong on both counts .",1 222047,"A major waste ...",0 52104,"gets onto the screen just about as much of the novella as one could reasonably expect , and",1 116652,"capable cast",1 230470,"easy watch",1 132061,"self-critical , behind-the-scenes navel-gazing Kaufman",0 96226,"the movie is widely seen and debated with appropriate ferocity and thoughtfulness",1 59615,"ultimately winning story",1 22717,"war that ensues",0 97998,"to convince us of that all on their own",1 74422,"are sometimes bracing",1 232278,"is a film -- full of life and small delights -- that has all the wiggling energy of young kitten",1 64298,"Because the film deliberately lacks irony",0 218579,"visual marvel",1 137759,"to overcome adversity",1 229715,"can such a cold movie claim to express warmth and longing ?",0 68941,"Spielberg 's first real masterpiece",1 15177,"at while you wait for the story to get going",0 56443,"recalls the classics of early Italian neorealism",1 150904,"While ( Hill ) has learned new tricks , the tricks alone are not enough to salvage this lifeless boxing film .",0 206863,"need more X and less blab .",0 107540,"Love Story",1 202922,"is far-flung , illogical , and plain stupid",0 157049,"crème brûlée",1 63942,"An overly familiar scenario is made fresh by an intelligent screenplay and gripping performances in this low-budget , video-shot , debut indie effort .",1 203959,"it leaves a bad taste in your mouth and questions on your mind",0 20482,"equally -- and admirably -- uncommercial",1 23096,"'s as close as we 'll ever come to looking through a photographer 's viewfinder as he works",1 186240,"Muddled , trashy and",0 78590,"dramatically forceful , and beautifully shot",1 118860,"earns the right to be favorably compared to Das Boot",1 117375,"complicated characters",1 84188,"is extremely funny , the first part making up for any flaws that come later",1 188338,"The mantra behind the project seems to have been ` it 's just a kids ' flick . ' Translation : ` We do n't need to try very hard . '",0 5723,"content",1 49674,"best European directors",1 47577,"Well-acted , well-directed and , for all its moodiness , not too",1 219040,"were a person",1 24387,"A modest pleasure",1 46296,"Myrtle Beach , S . C .",1 38743,"the universal language of rhythm",1 216618,"thrill-kill cat-and-mouser",1 31024,"effortless",1 215773,"the thrown-together feel",0 185011,"It 's a brilliant , honest performance by Nicholson , but the film is an agonizing",0 212669,"stretched to barely feature length ,",0 143125,"A graceless , witless attempt at mating Some Like It Hot with the WWII espionage thriller",0 205346,"look so bad in a major movie",0 183832,"Fails in making this character understandable , in getting under her skin , in exploring motivation ...",0 165122,"little wit , interest ,",0 71435,"a compelling argument about death",1 229528,"but this Cliff Notes edition is a cheat",0 155998,"can tell you that there 's no other reason why anyone should bother remembering it",0 146322,"Includes too much obvious padding .",0 154303,"asinine ` twist '",0 70348,"Though Lan Yu lacks a sense of dramatic urgency , the film makes up for it with a pleasing verisimilitude .",1 60412,"with us",1 56940,"should please fans of Chris Fuhrman 's posthumously published cult novel .",1 118216,"did n't talk down to them",1 163789,"it fails the most basic relevancy test as well .",0 151702,"a few gross-out comedies I 've been trying to forget",0 180969,", the film fails to make the most out of the intriguing premise .",0 197220,"do n't seem to have much emotional impact on the characters .",0 164829,"lifelike",1 109822,"The film may not hit as hard as some of the better drug-related pictures",0 102234,", Cletis Tout might inspire a trip to the video store -- in search of a better movie experience .",0 65607,"Forget about one Oscar nomination for Julianne Moore this year -",0 205709,"makes even Jason X ... look positively Shakesperean by comparison",0 36396,"recent favourite",1 201546,"if it pared down its plots and characters to a few rather than dozens ... or",0 77413,"could become a historically significant work as well as a masterfully made one",1 78986,"energy it 's documenting",1 15544,"directs the traffic well",1 47527,"Very",1 27968,"a wonderful all-ages triumph besides",1 133918,"technically proficient and",1 62280,", the film never succumbs to the trap of the maudlin or tearful , offering instead with its unflinching gaze a measure of faith in the future .",1 17483,"the benchmark",1 158281,"enjoy really bad movies",0 202843,"is cruel",0 136198,"the scariest guy you 'll see all summer",1 54941,"moving tale",1 151298,"a Lifetime-channel kind of plot",0 8479,"like snapshots of memory",1 47341,"This Orange has some juice , but it 's far from fresh-squeezed .",0 184903,"In spite of featuring a script credited to no fewer than five writers",1 98193,"to make the stones weep -- as shameful as it",0 206498,"most depressing movie-going experiences",0 159733,"from one implausible situation to another",0 27379,"a bit of yourself",1 50557,"creepiness",0 58288,"the fierce grandeur",1 18579,"A hip",1 45074,"Director of photography Benoit Delhomme shot the movie in delicious colors , and",1 205740,"making a Farrelly Brothers-style , down-and-dirty laugher for the female",1 121611,"happy to have seen it",1 212460,"standard issue",0 103601,"A frustrating ` tweener ' -- too slick , contrived and exploitative for the art houses and too cynical , small and decadent for the malls .",0 33084,"inspiring and heart-affecting",1 98484,"tolerable-to-adults lark of a movie",0 77721,"dark areas",0 90816,"provides an accessible introduction as well as some intelligent observations on the success of Bollywood in the Western world .",1 56356,"quite compelling as an intense , brooding character study",1 12680,"unnecessary films",0 201985,"in that oh-so-important category , The Four Feathers comes up short",0 3211,"worshipful",1 213044,"sweet and believable",1 105388,"Despite modest aspirations",1 2463,"takes such a speedy swan dive from",0 60444,"wo n't make much of a splash when it 's released , and",0 21772,"probably feel emotionally cheated by the film 's tart , sugar-free wit",0 93005,"so-bad-it 's",0 32678,"how to drive it to the max",1 138043,"toilet-humor",0 224434,"J.K. Rowling 's phenomenal fantasy best sellers",1 34487,"mildly entertaining",1 100534,"with its exquisite acting , inventive screenplay , mesmerizing music , and many inimitable scenes",1 61572,", ' Michael Moore gives us the perfect starting point for a national conversation about guns , violence , and fear .",1 172425,"sweetness and vulnerability",1 197196,"do n't care whether that cold-hearted snake Petrovich ( that would be Reno ) gets his comeuppance . Just bring on the Battle Bots , please !",0 224041,"In the real world , an actor this uncharismatically beautiful would have a résumé loaded with credits like `` Girl in Bar # 3 . ''",0 112229,"a longtime Tolkien fan",1 165270,"loses all",0 191136,"a pressure cooker of horrified awe",0 221272,", big-hearted and frequently",1 24953,"Caviezel into a movie star",1 128733,"of irreparable damage",0 182392,"An encouraging effort",1 47842,"a brilliant movie . It is about irrational , unexplainable life and",1 3895,"a joy",1 15781,"firmly above the level of other coming-of-age films",1 182380,"An awkward hybrid of genres that just does n't work .",0 126487,"lukewarm and",0 120870,"funny and wise",1 218189,"unfunny movie",0 53491,"is human comedy at its most amusing , interesting and confirming",1 102250,", Godfrey Reggio 's career shines like a lonely beacon .",1 37544,"sweet and charming",1 137174,"thoughtful and unflinching examination",1 163900,"it repeatedly puts a small child in jeopardy , treating her as little more than a prop to be cruelly tormented",0 206107,"might be distracted by the movie 's quick movements and",0 97509,"this sad , compulsive life",0 107043,"It may not be particularly innovative",0 239036,"would require many sessions on the couch of Dr. Freud",0 70554,"Unexpected , and often contradictory , truths emerge .",1 43289,"'s not a great monster movie .",0 180482,", accessible to a chosen few , standoffish to everyone else , and smugly suggests a superior moral tone is more important than filmmaking skill",0 73371,"all , a great party",1 203704,"is wondrously creative",1 232849,"is too calm and thoughtful for agitprop , and the thinness of its characterizations makes it a failure as straight drama . '",0 70994,"With an unflappable air of decadent urbanity , Everett remains a perfect Wildean actor , and a relaxed Firth displays impeccable comic skill .",1 21314,"mesmerize you",1 152186,"a nutjob",0 41559,"appeal even",1 146034,"I cry for I Spy -- or I would if this latest and laziest imaginable of all vintage-TV spinoffs were capable of engendering an emotional response of any kind .",0 225300,"Once one experiences Mr. Haneke 's own sadistic tendencies toward his audience , one is left with a sour taste in one 's mouth , and little else .",0 66803,"Its cast full of caffeinated comedy performances",1 81367,"great marching bands",1 162069,"in too many conflicts",0 56942,"should strike a nerve in many .",1 40901,"Far from perfect , but its heart is in the right place ... innocent and well-meaning",1 190469,"a disturbing disregard",0 124616,"is that it 's actually watchable . Even more baffling is that it 's funny",1 98286,"to see a feature that concentrates on people , a project in which the script and characters hold sway",1 42559,"revenge and",0 29072,"are remembered only as an afterthought",0 63472,"A sweet-tempered comedy",1 19603,"a tight , focused performance illuminated by shards of feeling",1 122562,"how tedious",0 197009,"director Adrian Lyne holds sway , where all relationships are simultaneously broadly metaphorical , oddly abstract , and excruciatingly literal",0 166636,"needs love",0 130089,"peels layers from this character that may well not have existed on paper",1 225961,"Stay for the credits and see a devastating comic impersonation by Dustin Hoffman that is revelatory .",1 163309,"is simply a lazy exercise in bad filmmaking that asks you to not only suspend your disbelief but your intelligence as well",0 77525,"created a masterful work of art of their own",1 89089,"of the summer 's most pleasurable movies",1 181980,"A serious movie with serious ideas . But seriously , folks , it does n't work .",0 194152,"be intriguing",1 6657,"free",1 13600,", it 's a nice departure from standard moviegoing fare .",1 207745,"of genres that just does n't work",0 89722,"opened it up for all of us to understand",1 114425,"any of these three actresses , nor their characters , deserve",0 184890,"In his determination to lighten the heavy subject matter",1 55259,"of a giant misplaced ashtray",0 187507,"Spirit is a visual treat , and it takes chances that are bold by studio standards , but it lacks a strong narrative .",1 53556,"is nothing outstanding about this film",0 63288,"A psychic journey deep into the very fabric of Iranian ...",1 168898,"plain old",0 23313,", Khouri then gets terrific performances from them all .",1 124822,"it 's certainly an honest attempt to get at something",1 67373,"Makes one thing abundantly clear . American musical comedy as we know it would n't exist without the precedent of Yiddish theater , whose jolly , fun-for-fun 's - sake communal spirit goes to the essence of Broadway .",1 217085,"to have forgotten everything he ever knew about generating suspense",0 44248,"A slick , engrossing melodrama",1 86566,"make it as much fun as reading an oversized picture book before bedtime",1 70106,"There are flaws , but also stretches of impact and moments of awe",1 232364,"is a sweet , honest , and enjoyable comedy-drama about a young woman who wants many things in life , but fears she 'll become her mother before she gets to fulfill her dreams",1 195701,"cinematic postcard",1 113410,"admit that I am baffled by Jason X",0 28189,"all aspects with the fullness",1 213773,"that movie was pretty bad",0 107775,"Mindless and boring martial arts and gunplay with too little excitement and zero compelling storyline .",0 17015,"pure wonderment and excitement",1 119410,"every turn of Elizabeth Berkley 's flopping dolphin-gasm",0 117308,"communicate the truth of the world",1 16163,"insecure",0 180297,"( she 's a best-selling writer of self-help books who ca n't help herself )",0 67089,"Kwan is a master of shadow , quietude , and room noise ,",1 110292,"There 's a reason why halftime is only fifteen minutes long .",0 24396,"A movie that will touch the hearts of both children and adults , as well as bring audiences to the edge of their seats .",1 182036,"A superfluous sequel ...",0 7300,"idiots",0 231278,"good thriller .",1 60043,"were made to share the silver screen .",1 220270,"you could change tables",1 87231,"more appetizing than a side dish of asparagus . If you 're not a fan , it might be like trying to eat Brussels sprouts",1 206143,"might sit through this summer that do not involve a dentist drill",0 70782,"Western foreign policy - however well intentioned - can wreak havoc in other cultures",0 63406,"A solid cast ,",1 86534,"make Paid in Full worth seeing .",1 43742,", they succeed",1 93945,"surreal ache of mortal awareness",1 172314,"sunk by all the sanctimony",0 177362,"using it as a prop for warmed-over melodrama and the kind of choreographed mayhem",0 22919,"you just have to love the big , dumb , happy movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding",1 171409,"so engagingly",1 154862,"beaten , well-worn video box cover",0 36688,"scariest movies to come along in a long , long time , easily rivaling Blair Witch or The Others",1 128066,"non-techies can enjoy",1 106781,"Is anyone else out there getting tired of the whole slo-mo , double-pistoled , ballistic-pyrotechnic Hong Kong action aesthetic ?",0 183438,"Director Elie Chouraqui , who co-wrote the script , catches the chaotic horror of war , but why bother if you 're going to subjugate truth to the tear-jerking demands of soap opera ?",0 38370,"the kind of reporting that is done by the supposedly liberal media ... to the intimate and ultimately tragic heartache of maverick individuals like Hatfield and Hicks",0 46902,"The Cockettes ) provides a window into a subculture hell-bent on expressing itself in every way imaginable . '",1 54409,"love for the movies of the 1960s",1 113749,"already obscure",0 26975,"This cuddly sequel to the 1999 hit is a little more visually polished , a little funnier , and a little more madcap .",1 124794,"it 's a funny no-brainer",1 178619,"with no good inside dope , and no particular bite",0 235698,"should have been made for the tube .",0 37737,"that 's intense and thrilling at times",1 201129,"his ( Nelson 's ) screenplay needs some serious re-working to show more of the dilemma , rather than have his characters stage shouting matches about it .",0 150541,"Two hours of junk .",0 56392,"rather cold-blooded comedy",0 39933,"well-acted tale",1 54050,"just brilliant in this",1 164984,"like six different movies fighting each other for attention",0 165287,"loses steam towards the middle and never really develops beyond attacking obvious target",0 222960,"City by the Sea is the cinematic equivalent of defensive driving :",0 8577,"lumbering",0 5678,"competent ,",1 83638,"inventing",1 97072,"the wrong things",0 62975,"A fascinating case study",1 130857,"putrid pond",0 52934,"in insightful , empathetic performances",1 148,"a decent-enough nail-biter that stands a good chance of being the big hit franklin needs to stay afloat in hollywood .",1 60285,"winning star vehicle",1 162575,"is a cold , bliss-less work that groans along thinking itself some important comment on how life throws us some beguiling curves",0 104219,"American sports",1 70852,"When twentysomething hotsies make movies about their lives , hard-driving narcissism is a given , but what a world we 'd live in if Argento 's Hollywood counterparts ... had this much imagination and nerve",1 75383,"because ( the leads ) are such a companionable couple",1 232344,"is a remarkable piece of filmmaking",1 84279,"is heartfelt and hilarious",1 127425,"most deceptively amusing comedies of the year",1 222354,"And for many of us , that 's good enough .",1 146042,"I do n't know what she 's doing in here",0 112549,"a promise nor a threat so much as wishful thinking",0 221144,", Hollywood is sordid and disgusting .",0 174684,"the same lazy affability",0 188118,"The explosion essentially ruined -- or , rather , overpowered --",0 14715,"a far more thoughtful film than any slice of Hugh Grant whimsy",1 11389,"the film does n't really care about the thousands of americans who die hideously , it cares about how ryan meets his future wife and makes his start at the cia",0 103541,"A dreadful day in Irish history",0 90895,"punctuated by flying guts",0 91423,"relying on animation or dumb humor",0 215251,"the only belly laughs come from the selection of outtakes tacked onto the end credits",0 27683,"a most touching reconsideration",1 47456,"Top-notch action powers this romantic drama .",1 79034,"enjoy much of Jonah simply , and gratefully , as laugh-out-loud lunacy with a pronounced Monty Pythonesque flavor",1 140309,"without being memorable",0 49575,"beautifully animated epic",1 181142,", you 'll swear that you 've seen it all before , even if you 've never come within a mile of The Longest Yard .",0 142413,", rich green , environment",1 137559,"to ensnare its target audience .",1 124765,"is well worth seeing",1 194840,"boring man",0 133581,"sucking",0 131341,"remotely probing or penetrating .",0 7533,"informative , intriguing ,",1 7896,"it 's sweet",1 219622,"wishy-washy melodramatic movie",0 60213,"will appeal to a mainstream American audience",1 29448,"beating heart",1 13662,", this theme has proved important to him and is especially so in the finale",1 82320,"his sly , intricate magic",1 67228,"Like Mike is n't going to make box office money that makes Michael Jordan jealous",0 125111,"it takes off in totally unexpected directions and keeps on going",1 138740,"unmemorable",0 43964,"A backstage must-see",1 33025,"incredibly clever and superbly paced",1 134868,"the backstage angst",1 81639,"has a sure hand",1 93215,"sophomoric",0 164524,"lackluster , unessential sequel",0 18652,"An amusing , breezily apolitical documentary",1 231630,"he is always sympathetic .",1 215741,"the talented",1 110767,"Trying to make head or tail of the story in the hip-hop indie Snipes is enough to give you brain strain",0 23438,", and their screen rapport makes the old story seem new .",1 123072,"in practice it 's something else altogether -- clownish and offensive and nothing at all like real life",0 176059,"to convey the same kind of haughtiness in its own sketchy material",0 231120,"get a sock-you-in-the-eye flick that is a visual tour-de-force and a story that is unlike any you will likely see anywhere else",1 16091,"if you 're a connoisseur of psychological horror , this is your ticket .",1 152828,"absurdly simplistic",0 111403,"` Blade II ' just does n't cut it",0 60637,"' Michael Moore gives us the perfect starting point for a national conversation about guns , violence , and fear .",1 93415,"stand in future years as an eloquent memorial to the World Trade Center tragedy",1 227422,"`` Bad '' is the operative word for `` Bad Company ,",0 78462,"does n't put you off",1 110262,"The wonderfully lush Morvern Callar is pure punk existentialism",1 8174,"jam-packed with literally bruising jokes . every five minutes or so , someone gets clocked",1 17352,"sudden violence",0 99863,"what could have been a confusing and horrifying vision into an intense and engrossing head-trip",1 72054,"a nation whose songs spring directly from the lives of the people",1 219396,"whole mess",0 205782,"manages for but a few seconds over its seemingly eternal running time to pique your interest , your imagination , your empathy or anything , really , save your disgust and your indifference",0 66111,"I 'm not generally a fan of vegetables",0 67104,"Lacks the inspiration of the original and has a bloated plot that stretches the running time about 10 minutes past a child 's interest and an adult 's patience . But it also has many of the things that made the first one charming .",0 23634,", from the kind of reporting that is done by the supposedly liberal media ... to the intimate and ultimately tragic heartache of maverick individuals like Hatfield and Hicks",1 51246,"enough freshness",1 225072,"Must-see viewing for anyone involved in the high-tech industry .",1 155134,"best films , ''",1 186086,"Memorable for a peculiar malaise that renders its tension flaccid and , by extension , its surprises limp and",0 47078,"The film is visually dazzling ,",1 154918,"becomes a cliche-drenched melodrama by mid-film and , by film 's end , a feminist action fantasy .",0 222801,"But that 's just the problem with it - the director has n't added enough of his own ingredients .",0 200456,"harps on media-constructed ` issues '",0 24129,"... a star-making project",1 202662,"is a such a brainless flibbertigibbet that it 's hard to take her spiritual quest at all seriously .",0 5361,"by its end offers a ray of hope to the refugees able to look ahead and resist living in a past",1 195676,"choose to skip it",0 170854,"she lacks the skill or presence to regain any ground",0 113008,"a weak and ineffective ghost story",0 172570,"tastelessness a bad rap",0 129968,"pale script",0 228354,"action-packed submarine",1 176715,"torn apart by dingoes",0 132996,"somewhat defuses this provocative theme by submerging it in a hoary love triangle .",0 42499,"pushes the boundaries of biography ,",1 229749,"carries Arnold ( and the viewers ) into the forbidden zone of sympathizing with terrorist motivations by presenting the `` other side of the story . ''",1 36895,"she can thwart the world 's misery with blind good will",1 167117,"obviously constructed",0 236357,"that 's all that 's going on here .",0 203676,"is way too indulgent .",0 57830,"that lifts your spirits",1 230482,"electrocute and dismember their victims in full consciousness",0 106252,"Hoffman 's quirks and mannerisms , particularly his penchant for tearing up on cue -- things that seem so real in small doses -- become annoying and artificial .",0 53570,"is one of those reputedly '' unfilmable '' novels that has bucked the odds to emerge as an exquisite motion picture in its own right .",1 146786,"Its lack",0 173292,"that writer and director Burr Steers knows the territory",1 61370,"'s yet another cool crime movie that actually manages to bring something new into the mix",1 56634,"road movie , coming-of-age story and political satire",1 180231,"( Toback 's ) fondness for fancy split-screen , stuttering editing and pompous references to Wittgenstein and Kirkegaard ... blends uneasily with the titillating material .",0 192671,"an unusual protagonist ( a kilt-wearing Jackson ) and subject matter , the improbable ''",0 54273,"liked About Schmidt a lot",1 69546,"The film has an infectious enthusiasm and we 're touched by the film 's conviction that all life centered on that place , that time and that sport .",1 12236,"those who are only mildly curious , i fear , will be put to sleep or bewildered by the artsy and often pointless visuals .",0 229807,"check your pulse .",0 134262,"that by movie 's end , we accept the characters and the film , flaws and all",1 144762,"Demands too much of most viewers .",0 93861,"sumptuous stream",1 202078,"in this dreary mess",0 79857,"fighting games , wire fu , horror movies , mystery , James Bond , wrestling , sci-fi and anime into one big bloody stew",1 110319,"There 's no question that Epps scores once or twice",1 186954,"Ritchie 's film is easier to swallow than Wertmuller 's polemical allegory , but it 's self-defeatingly decorous .",0 62187,", romance , tragedy , false dawns , real dawns , comic relief",1 43135,"'re not a fan ,",0 83271,"incurably",0 182879,"Both shrill and soporific , and because everything is repeated five or six times",0 165253,"looks like the six-time winner of the Miss Hawaiian Tropic Pageant , so I do n't know what she 's doing in here",0 71713,"a funny little film",1 112217,"a little too smugly",0 28309,"an actor that provides Frailty with its dark soul",1 85645,"keeps us riveted with every painful nuance , unexpected flashes of dark comedy and the character 's gripping humanity",1 54373,"looks as if it was made without much thought -- and",0 58109,"the charm of the original American road movies",1 238804,"will wish the movie were less simplistic , obvious , clumsily plotted and shallowly characterized .",0 80422,"forced avuncular chortles",0 175862,"to actual snow : a poor -- if durable -- imitation",0 145160,"Even horror fans will most likely not find what they 're seeking with Trouble Every Day : the movie lacks both thrills and humor",0 53520,"is more depressing than liberating",0 162174,"inexorable",0 230399,"drab wannabe",0 67325,"Love a joy to behold",1 22483,"to anyone looking for something",1 202534,"is Sandler running on empty , repeating what he 's already done way too often .",0 152611,"a tortuous comment that perfectly illustrates the picture 's moral schizophrenia",0 87470,"most romantic comedies ,",1 176661,"too much meandering , Norton has to recite bland police procedural details , Fiennes wanders around in an attempt to seem weird and distanced",0 30475,"created a tour de force that is weird , wacky and wonderful",1 197913,"enough interest",1 162211,"initially succeeds by allowing itself to go crazy , but ultimately fails by spinning out of control .",0 159106,"film that suffers because of its many excesses .",0 157675,"do n't think I laughed out loud once . And when you 're talking about a slapstick comedy , that 's a pretty big problem .",0 222770,"But it could have been worse .",0 157373,"devilish complexity",1 125195,"its characterization of Hitler and the contrived nature of its provocative conclusion",1 238133,"trumpet blast that there may be a New Mexican Cinema a-bornin ' . '",1 6382,"fairly disposable",0 237149,"the players do n't have a clue on the park .",0 179642,"'s as sorry a mess as its director 's diabolical debut , Mad Cows .",0 226232,"The delicious trimmings ... arrive early and stay late , filling nearly every minute ... with a lighthearted glow , some impudent snickers , and a glorious dose of humankind 's liberating ability to triumph over a Scrooge or two .",1 122614,"humanize",1 75568,"benefit enormously",1 227450,"`` Catch Me '' feels capable of charming the masses with star power , a pop-induced score and sentimental moments that have become a Spielberg trademark .",1 137530,"to discover that Tian 's meticulous talent has not withered during his enforced hiatus",1 122105,"heavy-duty",0 50550,"creatively constructed from figure to backstory",1 207450,"of Love , the sort of bitter old crank who sits behind his light meter and harangues the supposed injustices of the artistic world-at-large",0 157742,"does n't add up to a sufficient explanation of what the final dance work , The Selection , became in its final form .",0 108899,"She 's a pretty woman",1 69438,"The charm of the first movie is still there , and the story feels like the logical , unforced continuation of the careers of a pair of spy kids",1 137277,"tiny camera enables Shafer to navigate spaces both large ... and small ... with considerable aplomb",1 194182,"be part of",1 10136,"resurrection is n't exactly quality cinema , but it is n't nearly as terrible as it cold have been",0 69372,"The Widowmaker is a great yarn",1 149570,"The movie does n't add anything fresh to the myth .",0 140497,"worth the extra effort to see an artist , still committed to growth in his ninth decade , change while remaining true to his principles",1 99771,"weirdness",0 222806,"But the cinematography is cloudy , the picture making becalmed .",0 173827,"the evocative aesthetics",1 19791,"and a bit ostentatious",0 48821,"almost seems like a documentary in the way",1 232814,"is the picture of health with boundless energy",1 145497,"Frida gets the job done .",1 27200,"What it lacks in originality it makes up for in intelligence and B-grade stylishness .",1 191521,"a therapy session brought to humdrum life by some Freudian puppet",0 61965,", in spite of clearly evident poverty and hardship , bring to their music",1 18827,"Denis and co-writer Michele Petin 's impeccable screenplay penetrates with a rawness that that is both unflinching and tantalizing .",1 2583,"the dumbest ,",0 39789,"viciously honest coming-of-age films",1 189498,"Weighted down with slow",0 44155,"A macabre and very stylized Swedish fillm about a modern city where all the religious and civic virtues that hold society in place are in tatters .",1 94151,"takes full , chilling advantage of its rough-around-the-edges , low-budget constraints",1 216944,"to conceive of anyone who has reached puberty actually finding the characters in Slackers or their antics amusing , let alone funny",0 50409,"conjured up a multilayered work that tackles any number of fascinating issues",1 150636,"Verbinski substitutes atmosphere for action",0 114088,"an intelligent movie in which you can release your pent up anger",1 219669,"with a lower I . Q . than when I had entered",0 63459,"A surprisingly ` solid ' achievement by director",1 20217,"ca n't help but think he 'd appreciate this attempt to turn his life into art",1 238190,"uncompelling the movie",0 69487,"The enjoyable Undercover Brother , a zany mix of Saturday Night Live-style parody , '70s Blaxploitation films and goofball action comedy gone wild ,",1 10559,"so graceless and devoid of merit",0 179435,"'re going through the motions",0 162124,"increasingly incoherent",0 4146,"a stereotype",0 61464,"( Kline 's ) utterly convincing -- and deeply appealing -- as a noble teacher who embraces a strict moral code , and as a flawed human being who ca n't quite live up to it",1 126919,"may rethink their attitudes when they see the joy the characters take in this creed",1 152533,"a strong , unified showing among Germany and Eastern European Jews",1 212176,"somehow snagged an Oscar nomination",0 132605,"slight to be called any kind of masterpiece . It is , however , a completely honest , open-hearted",1 8706,"marvelous , merry and , yes , melancholy film .",1 137964,"to the tongue-in-cheek attitude of the screenplay",1 180782,", lifeless , meandering , loud , painful , obnoxious",0 179721,"'s enough to sustain laughs",1 158218,"end up simply admiring this bit or that , this performance or that",1 139674,"while certainly clever in spots , this too-long , spoofy update of Shakespeare 's Macbeth does n't sustain a high enough level of invention .",0 5792,"created a monster but did n't know how to handle it",0 124224,"is little more than Home Alone raised to a new , self-deprecating level .",0 16282,"is sophisticated , brash , sardonic , completely joyful in its execution",1 368,"all-too-familiar",0 143994,"B-grade special effects",0 138983,"very good .",1 66110,"I 'm likely to see all year",1 41959,"funny and",1 117508,"conventional thriller",1 62542,"... Belinsky is still able to create an engaging story that keeps you guessing at almost every turn .",1 80449,"forgettable film",0 197354,"does n't really believe in it , and breaks the mood with absurdly inappropriate ` comedy ' scenes",0 23879,", surviving footage of Burstein and his family performing , historical archives , and telling stills .",1 10005,"rates an ` e ' for effort -- and a ` b ' for boring .",0 229688,"can not engage",0 208723,"onto the screen -- loud , violent and mindless",0 30020,"caper .",1 119785,"farcically",0 206536,"most plain , unimaginative romantic comedies I",0 95707,"the fine line between cheese and earnestness remarkably well",1 147503,"Most new movies have a bright sheen . Some , like Ballistic , arrive stillborn",0 13306,"written by antwone fisher based on the book by antwone fisher",1 61561,") are such a companionable couple",1 192442,"an acidic all-male All About Eve",0 124261,"is more of an ordeal than an amusement .",0 210160,"real laughs",1 163512,"is too bad that this likable movie is n't more accomplished . The actors try hard but come off too amateurish and awkward",0 166152,"more collection of penis , breast and flatulence gags in search of a story .",0 209478,"pokes fun at the same easy targets as other rowdy raunch-fests -- farts , boobs , unmentionables -- without much success .",0 225953,"Stay away .",0 119769,"far from being this generation 's Animal House",0 126370,"lore to appreciate the emotional depth of Haynes ' work",1 160974,"he frequently maintains the same snail 's pace",0 146398,"It 's a boom-box of a movie that might have been titled ` The Loud and the Ludicrous ' ... the pandering to a moviegoing audience dominated by young males is all too calculated",0 146137,"I was out in the Seattle drizzle without rainwear",0 173027,"that he fervently scorns , creating a meandering , inarticulate and ultimately disappointing film",0 32151,"gorgeous imagery , effective performances , and an increasingly unsettling sense of foreboding",1 53859,"it seems positively French in its rhythms and resonance",1 53475,"is full of memorable performances from top",1 218514,"video , and",1 187122,"Saving Private Ryan . He may have meant the Internet short Saving Ryan 's Privates .",0 67146,"Lead actress Gaï , she of the impossibly long limbs and sweetly conspiratorial smile",1 92203,"seen through the right eyes",1 117359,"completely honest ,",1 170714,"send this ill-conceived folly to sleep with the fishes",0 99342,"very funny ,",1 40074,"whose balletic hotdogging occasionally ends in bone-crushing screwups",0 197488,"drained of human emotion",0 32074,"gives brutal birth to an unlikely , but likable , hero",1 177256,"unsentimental approach",0 216955,"to crush depth",0 10691,"spy i spy at a video store near you",0 182273,"Aloof and lacks any real raw emotion , which is fatal for a film that relies on personal relationships .",0 68595,"Satin Rouge is not a new , or inventive , journey , but it 's encouraging to see a three-dimensional , average , middle-aged woman 's experience of self-discovery handled with such sensitivity",1 49628,"begins on a high note and sustains it beautifully",1 24090,". Bush",1 142415,", run-of-the-mill Hollywood picture",0 124072,"is funny -- not '' ha ha '' funny , '' dead circus performer '' funny . And for all the wrong reasons besides .",0 229986,"could be doing something else far more pleasurable",0 221204,", Punch-Drunk Love is one of those films that I wanted to like much more than I actually did .",0 144324,"By the time the plot grinds itself out in increasingly incoherent fashion",0 159549,"forced and heavy-handed",0 3667,"a cocky ,",0 196804,"described as a ghost story gone badly awry .",0 143733,"An ill-conceived",0 84108,"is consistently amusing and engrossing",1 87260,"more experimental",1 179983,"'s so inane that it gave me plenty of time to ponder my Thanksgiving to-do list",0 105998,"Glass 's dirgelike score",1 78876,"emerge dazed , confused as to whether you 've seen pornography or documentary .",0 56052,"playful respite",1 8115,"its rawness and vitality give it considerable punch .",1 207207,"not particularly scary",0 121484,"guarantees Karmen 's enthronement among the cinema 's memorable women",1 234653,"on J.K. Rowling 's phenomenal fantasy best sellers",1 239124,"you 've watched the far superior Nurse Betty or Sunset Boulevard",0 180823,", moments of the movie caused me to jump in my chair ...",1 133112,"spiced with the intrigue of academic skullduggery and politics",1 141168,"'s a very sincere work",1 49679,"best ensemble casts",1 49335,"as the scenes of torture and self-mutilation",0 36457,"relax",1 55130,"not to like about a movie with a ` children 's ' song that includes the line ` My stepdad 's not mean , he 's just adjusting '",1 27251,"Without resorting to hyperbole , I can state that Kissing Jessica Stein may be the best same-sex romance I have seen .",1 108586,"Remarkable for its intelligence and intensity .",1 18956,"I whole-heartedly recommend that everyone see this movie -- for its historical significance alone .",1 85049,"it irrigates our souls .",1 134975,"the champion that 's made a difference to NYC inner-city youth",1 17644,"the same 15-cent stump speech",0 117902,"dead circus performer",0 63824,"An affectionately goofy satire that 's unafraid to throw elbows when necessary",1 237543,"this low",0 73028,"above anything Sandler",1 13788,"A pleasant enough movie , held together by skilled ensemble actors .",1 152914,"actors in bad bear suits enact a sort of inter-species parody of a VH1 Behind the Music episode",0 65704,"Funny , sexy , devastating and incurably romantic .",1 204198,"its focus , point and purpose in a mess of mixed messages , over-blown drama and Bruce Willis",0 127909,"never thought I 'd say this",1 87484,"most thoughtful films about art , ethics , and the cost of moral compromise",1 183251,"Crystal and De Niro )",1 235942,"soul-searching garbage .",0 76095,"but very pleasing at its best moments",1 197839,"end this flawed , dazzling series with the raising of something other",1 51064,"ear candy",1 218714,"was a freshman fluke",0 140674,"you 'll regret",0 133269,"steaming , visceral heaps",0 127872,"never becomes claustrophobic",1 114264,"and narrative strength",1 110579,"Those moviegoers who would automatically bypass a hip-hop documentary",1 137431,"to be passionate and truthful",1 193398,"as an old pickup skidding completely out of control on a long patch of black ice",0 190517,"a fast-moving and cheerfully simplistic",1 217536,"together frustrating",0 159669,"frightening , too stolid to be funny",0 168530,"overladen with plot conceits",0 144727,"De Niro looks bored , Murphy recycles Murphy , and you mentally add Showtime to the pile of Hollywood dreck that represents nothing more than the art of the deal",0 53744,"it 's defiantly and delightfully against the grain",1 209487,"political courage",1 218207,"uninspired scripts , acting and direction",0 69625,"The genius of the work speaks volumes , offering up a hallucinatory dreamscape that frustrates and captivates .",1 93402,"stakes out the emotional heart of Happy",1 28377,"an intimate and quaint reality that is a little closer to human nature than what Hollywood typically concocts",1 100852,"works more often than it does n't",1 55953,"patchy construction",0 122574,"however , the film comes perilously close to being too bleak , too pessimistic and too unflinching for its own good .",0 137311,"to Kill Your Neighbor 's Dog is slight but unendurable",0 3801,"a forceful drama of an alienated executive who re-invents himself .",1 233444,"like going to a house party and watching the host defend himself against a frothing ex-girlfriend",0 10812,"succeeds as a well-made evocation of a subculture",1 8917,"much fun",1 169656,"rather dull person to be stuck with for two hours",0 90399,"pleasingly",1 150344,"Though Ganesh is successful in a midlevel sort of way , there 's nothing so striking or fascinating or metaphorically significant about his career as to rate two hours of our attention .",0 231028,"from laugh-out-loud",1 217521,"to whet one 's appetite for the Bollywood films",1 182684,"Ballistic : Ecks Vs . Sever also features terrible , banal dialogue : convenient , hole-ridden plotting : superficial characters and a rather dull , unimaginative car chase .",0 18602,"A very witty",1 24121,"... Mafia , rap stars and hood rats butt their ugly heads in a regurgitation of cinematic violence that gives brutal birth to an unlikely , but likable , hero . '",1 119690,"falling short",0 3536,"` difficult '",0 13382,"young romantics",1 36481,"remarkable assuredness",1 229063,"at the screen in frustration",0 176408,"to some script weaknesses and the casting of the director 's brother",0 96018,"the least bit ashamed in admitting that my enjoyment came at the expense of seeing justice served , even if it 's a dish that 's best served cold",1 141649,"'s the kind of movie that makes you want to like it",1 32268,"has a lot of fun with the material",1 151730,"a fine job of capturing the climate of the times and , perhaps unwittingly , relating it to what is happening in America in 2002",1 207300,"numbing experience",0 87202,"moments out of an Alice",1 89621,"one of the rarest kinds of films :",1 138762,"unrewarding",0 213265,"tell the best story",1 105258,"Critical",0 33269,"is a surprisingly effective Peter\/Spider-Man",1 195875,"collapses into an inhalant blackout , maintaining consciousness just long enough to achieve callow pretension",0 23336,", Tadpole is very much a step in the right direction , with its blend of frankness , civility and compassion .",1 119950,"felt trapped and with no obvious escape",0 116167,"brain-slappingly bad",0 78615,"draws the audience into the unexplainable pain and eccentricities that are attached to the concept of loss",1 122528,"household name",1 67916,"Nothing can detract from the affection of that moral favorite :",1 96881,"the timeless danger of emotions repressed",0 87154,"misanthropic comedies",0 224456,"Jason X is this bad on purpose",0 60476,"worst harangues",0 233111,"it would be nice to see what he could make with a decent budget",1 27949,"a way to bend current technique to the service of a vision of the past that is faithful to both architectural glories and commanding open spaces of the city as it was more than two centuries ago",1 75332,"be the most undeserving victim of critical overkill",1 40181,"with affection and care",1 162409,"into sodden melodrama , punctuated by violins",0 69567,"The film is impressive for the sights and sounds of the wondrous beats the world has to offer .",1 116740,"carrying more emotional baggage than Batman",1 63957,"An undeniably moving film to experience , and ultimately that 's what makes it worth a recommendation",1 183404,"Devolves into the derivative , leaning on badly-rendered CGI effects .",0 53380,"is an accuracy of observation in the work of the director , Frank Novak , that keeps the film grounded in an undeniable social realism .",1 129617,"one-hour mark",1 175332,"this Jerry Bruckheimer production has little else to offer",0 30523,"cruelly",0 65578,"For a debut film",1 114591,"are gorgeous and finely detailed",1 190135,"a bad-movie way",0 109926,"The lack",0 29362,"awesome action photography",1 83954,"is actually one of its strengths . Entirely appropriately , the tale unfolds like a lazy summer afternoon and concludes with the crisp clarity of a fall dawn",1 69667,"The large-format film is well suited to capture these musicians in full regalia and the incredible IMAX sound system lets you feel the beat down to your toes",1 112059,"a great deal of corny dialogue and preposterous moments",0 231357,"hamstrung",0 238327,"very very strong `` B +",1 158542,"everyone else will be slightly bored",0 169963,"remember Cabin Boy ? )",0 109459,"The Piano Teacher is not an easy film .",0 144607,"Contrived , awkward and",0 206736,"must have read ` seeking anyone with acting ambition but no sense of pride or shame . '",0 216754,"tiresome as 9 seconds of Jesse Helms ' anti- Castro rhetoric , which are included",0 205175,"listless and desultory affair",0 167090,"obnoxious as Tom Green 's Freddie Got Fingered",0 227822,"a cloak of unsentimental , straightforward text",0 18434,", made creepy by its '' men in a sardine can '' warped logic .",0 172272,"suffers because of its many excesses",0 185789,"Like most of Jaglom 's films , some of it is honestly affecting ,",1 237613,"though they are having so much fun",1 180659,", hastily , emptily",0 87032,"mending a child 's pain for his dead mother via communication with an old woman straight out of Eudora Welty",0 202544,"is a beautifully shot , but ultimately flawed film about growing up in Japan .",1 7001,"has many of the things that made the first one charming",1 31559,"feel the pieces of the Star Wars saga falling into place in a way that makes your spine tingle with revelation and excitement .",1 24979,"Cho 's fearless in picking apart human foibles , not afraid to lay her life bare in front of an audience .",1 146715,"It made me feel unclean , and",0 150745,"We just do n't really care too much about this love story . In that setting , their struggle is simply too ludicrous and borderline insulting .",0 169783,"really slick .",1 4174,"a suffocating rape-payback horror show that hinges on the subgenre 's most enabling victim ... and an ebullient affection for industrial-model meat freezers .",0 198155,"everlasting",1 75991,"broken characters",0 230545,"enjoyed as a work of fiction inspired by real-life events .",1 103522,"A different and emotionally reserved type",0 9064,"no apparent",0 231827,"however , Kilmer seems to be posing , rather than acting .",0 8567,"lousy",0 3837,"a good-natured ensemble comedy that tries hard to make the most of a bumper cast , but never quite gets off the ground .",0 177852,"weighty revelations , flowery dialogue , and nostalgia for the past",1 211503,"should have been sent back to the tailor for some major alterations",0 37854,"that manages to convey more substance despite its repetitions and inconsistencies than do most films than",1 49897,"bumpy but satisfying",1 39370,"together in a sweet and charming way",1 64314,"Belgium 's national treasure",1 76334,"can gasp , shudder and even tremble without losing his machismo",1 219307,"whiny , pathetic , starving and untalented",0 81814,"has warmth , wit and interesting characters compassionately portrayed",1 213873,"that the film idiotically uses the website feardotcom . com or the improperly hammy performance from poor Stephen Rea",0 182279,"Alternates between deadpan comedy and heartbreaking loneliness and is n't afraid to provoke introspection in both its characters and its audience .",1 86202,"living mug shots",0 5438,"captured",1 110353,"There are some fairly unsettling scenes ,",0 25187,"Effectively",1 191334,"a single good film",1 21842,"relatively sincere",1 65437,"Extraordinary debut",1 212003,"so short",0 183944,"Five screenwriters are credited with the cliché-laden screenplay",0 69535,"The film , despite the gratuitous cinematic distractions impressed upon it , is still good fun .",1 163832,"it is funny",1 157840,"doing something else far more pleasurable . Something like scrubbing the toilet .",0 58297,"the film 's shortcomings",0 195776,"cliched dialogue and",0 43159,"'s a fantastic movie",1 195943,"comedy only half as clever as it thinks it is",0 7836,"is worthwhile for reminding us that this sort of thing does , in fact , still happen in america",1 234697,"on the number of tumbleweeds blowing through the empty theatres",0 36489,"remembered at Oscar time for crafting this wonderful portrait of a conflicted soldier",1 225194,"Not everything in this ambitious comic escapade works , but Coppola , along with his sister , Sofia , is a real filmmaker",1 134110,"than sucking you in ... and making you sweat",1 179438,"'re going to subjugate truth to the tear-jerking demands of soap opera",0 141213,"'s also rarely coherent .",0 37999,"the atmosphere",1 179261,"! Wow",1 30837,"disorienting",0 29504,"been stirred by the powerful work of his co-stars",1 215544,"the same problems",0 136350,"the striking , quietly vulnerable personality of Ms . Ambrose",1 143846,"Any rock pile will do for a set . Reign of Fire has the disadvantage of also looking cheap .",0 97694,"through even when the movie does n't",0 121042,"get back to your car in the parking lot",0 234217,"nothing really happens",0 216195,"these two 20th-century footnotes",1 127143,"misconstrued as weakness",1 113727,"almost solely as an exercise in gorgeous visuals .",1 124806,"it 's a work that , with humor , warmth , and intelligence , captures a life interestingly lived",1 221283,", but fun .",1 103827,"A rather brilliant little cult item : a pastiche of children 's entertainment , superhero comics , and Japanese animation .",1 217799,"tries to touch on spousal abuse",1 178739,"wo n't get through this frankly fantastical by-the-numbers B-flick with just a suspension of disbelief . Rather",0 169759,"really cute",1 138856,"us all",1 105698,"Every now and again , a movie comes along to remind us of how very bad a motion picture can truly be . Frank McKlusky C . I . is that movie !",0 138194,"topple",0 89528,"once called ` the gift of tears",1 209322,"plain wacky implausibility",0 84738,"is the kind of subject matter that could so easily have been fumbled by a lesser filmmaker",1 134655,"the '' soon-to-be-forgettable '' section of the quirky rip-off prison romp pile",0 173925,"the film reduces this domestic tragedy to florid melodrama",0 172492,"takes a long time to reach its destination",0 32336,"has taken this mothball-y stuff and made a rather sturdy , old-fashioned entertainment out of it .",1 114827,"as a potentially incredibly twisting mystery",1 38425,"the most breathtakingly designed films I 've ever seen",1 40957,"I enjoyed Time of Favor while I was watching it ,",1 231186,"give a spark to `` Chasing Amy '' and `` Changing Lanes '' falls flat as thinking man CIA agent Jack Ryan in this summer 's new action film",0 156948,"crawled",0 173030,"that he obviously does n't have his heart in it",0 203910,"it had been only half-an-hour long or a TV special",0 94964,"that works both as a detailed personal portrait and as a rather frightening examination of modern times",1 23066,"'s a refreshing change from the self-interest and paranoia that shape most American representations of Castro .",1 42124,"insightful and beautifully rendered film .",1 222788,"But no. .",0 119363,"even-flowing tone",1 166673,"never clearly defines his characters or gives us a reason to care about them .",0 138295,"treads predictably",0 173172,"that reek of a script rewrite designed to garner the film a '' cooler '' PG-13 rating",0 178369,"will feel vastly more affronted than secularists , who might even praise God for delivering such an instant camp classic",1 141927,", '' Extreme Ops '' was obviously made for the '' XXX '' crowd , people who enjoy mindless action without the benefit of decent acting , writing , and direction .",0 153126,"all the excitement of eating oatmeal",0 70860,"Where Bowling for Columbine is at its most valuable",1 19477,"a date movie ( an anti-date movie is more like it )",0 132333,"should be able to appreciate the wonderful cinematography and naturalistic acting",1 124767,"is were it not for the striking , quietly vulnerable personality of Ms . Ambrose",1 25961,"Les",1 95668,"the film knows what 's unique and quirky about Canadians",1 201477,"hypertime in reverse",0 1497,"its abrupt drop",0 206100,"might as well have been titled Generic Jennifer Lopez Romantic Comedy",0 224673,"Lux , now in her eighties , does a great combination act as narrator , Jewish grandmother and subject -- taking us through a film that is part biography , part entertainment and part history .",1 3069,"want to spend their time in the theater thinking up grocery lists and ways to tell their kids how not to act like pinocchio . as for children , they wo n't enjoy the movie at all",0 56244,"provides its target audience of youngsters",1 136427,"the top Japanese animations of recent vintage",1 100611,"with some laughs and a smile",1 9113,"not a cozy or ingratiating work ,",0 192512,"an eerie thriller",1 29004,"appears that ( Jackie ) Chan 's US influence is starting to show in his Hong Kong films",1 150098,"There are touching moments in Etoiles , but for the most part this is a dull , dour documentary on what ought to be a joyful or at least fascinating subject",0 170274,"sabotages",0 238770,"will either have you loving what you 're seeing , or rolling your eyes .",1 142406,", rather than skip along the Seine , more or less slogs its way through soggy Paris , tongue uncomfortably in cheek .",0 215203,"the next inevitable incarnation of The Love Boat",0 173991,"the folly of superficiality",0 13343,"you 're never quite sure where self-promotion ends and the truth begins .",0 169767,"really finds the tonal or thematic glue it needs",1 96976,"the very best of them",1 143429,"A well-acted movie",1 142288,", it could be a lot better if it were , well , more adventurous .",0 156616,"compensate for its incessant coarseness and banality",0 102435,", but rather by emphasizing the characters",1 209504,"ponderous and charmless",0 204603,"know what to make of this Italian freakshow",0 51429,"expertly plucking tension from quiet",1 212011,"so substantial or fresh",1 4530,"almost impossible",0 218632,"walked out muttering words like '' horrible '' and '' terrible ,",0 33278,"is a very fine movie -- go see it",1 229769,"catching solely on its visual merits",1 127908,"never succeed in really rattling the viewer",0 27624,"a little closer to human nature than what Hollywood typically concocts",1 142841,"100 % missing here",0 17392,"tearing into a landmark role",1 133441,"struck me as unusually and unimpressively fussy and pretentious",0 102748,", of all the period 's volatile romantic lives , Sand and Musset are worth particular attention",1 203053,"is laughable in the solemnity with which it tries to pump life into overworked elements from Eastwood 's Dirty Harry period .",0 15778,"finds a new way to surprise and amuse .",1 166748,"nightmare date",0 36544,"retreat into oblivion and return .",0 190326,"a cold-hearted curmudgeon for not being able to enjoy a mindless action movie",0 12299,"to absurd lengths",0 76978,"comes off winningly , even though it 's never as solid as you want it to be",1 194318,"becomes one more dumb high school comedy about sex gags and prom dates",0 79405,"excellent sequel",1 226737,"Thoughtless ,",0 10842,"superb",1 65603,"For those who are intrigued by politics of the '70s , the film is every bit as fascinating as it is flawed .",1 15746,"fascinating and fun film",1 36470,"religious and romantic quests",1 197840,"end this flawed , dazzling series with the raising of something other than his own cremaster",0 118504,"does give a pretty good overall picture of the situation in Laramie following the murder of Matthew Shepard",1 8685,"many a parent and their teen ( or preteen ) kid could bond while watching a walk to remember",1 120426,"for instance , good things happen to bad people",0 79705,"fascinating psychological fare",1 77568,"creeping into the second half",0 101684,"'s exhausting to watch",0 154489,"avoid ridiculous schlock",0 28255,"always enticing Sayles dialogue",1 224705,"Malcolm D. Lee",1 66489,"It 's a piece of handiwork that shows its indie tatters and self-conscious seams in places , but has some quietly moving moments and an intelligent subtlety .",1 206836,"nearly breaks its little neck trying to perform entertaining tricks",0 87407,"most daring , and",1 204736,"laugh so much during a movie",1 177269,"untidy , condescending and mild",0 6124,"easily",1 64930,"Darkly funny and",1 91795,"rotten",0 173098,"that its most vibrant scene is one that uses clips from Brian De Palma 's Scarface . That 's a cheat",0 99348,"very good",1 21992,"slow slog to get there",0 194812,"boorish",0 196796,"derivativeness",0 210897,"schticky Chris Rock and stolid Anthony Hopkins ,",0 157721,"does have some exciting scenes",1 203940,"it is n't merely offensive",0 23516,", but one that many more people should check out",1 3609,"a breath of fresh air now and then",1 14531,"This insightful , Oscar-nominated documentary",1 206057,"merely bad rather than",0 52736,"horrifies",0 164839,"light a fire with soggy leaves",0 117424,"conjure proper respect for followers of the whole dead-undead genre , who deserve more from a vampire pic than a few shrieky special effects",0 23399,", and he ca n't help throwing in a few of his own touches .",1 73193,"add up to a moving tragedy with some buoyant human moments .",1 2780,"their heads were is anyone 's guess",0 169922,"relentlessly folksy",0 184034,"Freaky Friday , '' it 's not .",0 35436,"of the best kind : informative , revealing and richly entertaining",1 181126,", why bother with a contemptible imitator starring a '' SNL '' has-been acting like an 8-year-old channeling Roberto Benigni ?",0 171007,"show genuine promise as comic filmmakers",1 187025,"Rosenthal ( Halloween II ) seems to have forgotten everything he ever knew about generating suspense .",0 193935,"bad as",0 159869,"future Hollywood sellouts",0 61586,", Bigelow demonstrates a breadth of vision and an attention to detail that propels her into the upper echelons of the directing world .",1 107341,"Kong action",1 33563,"is worth the promise",1 36966,"simple and heart-warming story",1 26203,"No sophomore slump for director Sam Mendes , who segues from Oscar winner to Oscar-winning potential with a smooth sleight of hand .",1 129863,"overcomes the script 's flaws and envelops the audience in his character 's anguish , anger and frustration",1 69356,"The Scorpion King more than ably meets those standards",1 163014,"is look radiant , grimly purposeful and mildly alarmed while forcing open doors , wielding wrenches and fleeing monsters",1 218584,"visually atrocious",0 228174,"a spirit",1 217532,"today 's hottest",1 204644,"lacking in suspense , surprise and consistent emotional conviction",0 51550,"fascination",1 152338,"a real-life , big-budget NC-17 version",0 136134,"the respect they",1 205817,"many false scares",0 181113,", we hope it 's only acting .",1 130047,"pathetically",0 145050,"Edward Burns ' Sidewalks of New York look like Oscar Wilde",1 200426,"happens when something goes bump in the night and nobody cares ?",0 101976,"'s undeniable enjoyment to be had from films crammed with movie references",1 157134,"dazed and enervated , drenched-in-the -",1 44923,"Cinderella",1 231051,"from this choppy and sloppy affair",0 213117,"taken from a distance to hide the liberal use of a body double",0 34050,"lies in the utter cuteness of Stuart and Margolo . Their computer-animated faces are very expressive",1 77422,"could hardly ask for more .",1 106858,"It 's drab . It 's uninteresting . It squanders Chan 's uniqueness : it could even be said to squander Jennifer Love Hewitt !",0 189937,"You leave the same way you came -- a few tasty morsels under your belt , but no new friends .",0 203502,"is tepid and tedious",0 99864,"what gives Human Nature its unique feel",1 45782,"It has charm to spare , and",1 66614,"It 's not just a feel-good movie , it 's a feel movie . You feel good , you feel sad , you feel pissed off ,",1 65080,"Director Charles Stone III applies more detail to the film 's music than to the story line : what 's best about Drumline is its energy .",1 182364,"An annoying orgy of excess and exploitation",0 131803,"scarily funny , sorrowfully sympathetic to the damage it surveys",1 155617,"but comes across more as a sketch for a full-length comedy .",0 135403,"the flashback of the original rape",0 218829,"wastes its time on mood rather than",0 201176,"his fun friendly demeanor",1 102674,", it runs for 170",0 125181,"its audience giddy with the delight of discovery",1 2466,"tame",1 210665,"ruined by amateurish writing and acting ,",0 168634,"paints an absurdly simplistic picture",0 230356,"does n't have much else ... especially in a moral sense .",0 230113,"dedicated artists",1 67470,"Mastering its formidable arithmetic of cameras and souls",1 190244,"a bunch of strung-together TV episodes",0 59179,"to be considered as a possible successor to the best European directors",1 188458,"The movie wavers between Hallmark card sentimentality and goofy , life-affirming moments straight out of a cellular phone commercial .",0 10757,"stilted",0 124710,"is to be viewed and treasured for its extraordinary intelligence and originality as well as its lyrical variations on the game of love",1 124644,"is that sort of thing all over again",0 61282,"'s stuff here to like",1 60342,"with enough sardonic wit",1 201689,"impressionistic",1 236539,"that successfully crushes a best selling novel into a timeframe that mandates that you avoid the Godzilla",0 44934,"Claude Chabrol has here a thriller without thrills ,",0 221366,", however , Kilmer seems to be posing , rather than acting .",0 59847,"very enjoyable ...",1 71304,"a bit melodramatic and even a little dated",0 8175,"jam-packed with literally bruising jokes . every five minutes or so , someone gets clocked .",1 120869,"funny and weird meditation",1 28651,"and hood rats butt their ugly heads",0 88442,"of beautiful movement and inside information",1 13411,"'' and that he 's going to make a splash even greater than Arnold Schwarzenegger , Jean-Claud Van Damme or Steven Segal",1 190354,"a consummate actor",1 147246,"Losin '",0 14663,"a Kiss",1 202351,"interesting work",1 148895,"Stylistically , the movie is a disaster",0 205279,"logic and misuse of two fine actors , Morgan Freeman and Ashley Judd",0 165321,"love about this English trifle",1 171244,"slavishly",0 111518,"a bad movie",0 138838,"upsets the novel 's exquisite balance and",0 107917,"My precious new Star Wars movie",1 106293,"Holmes has the screen presence to become a major-league leading lady , ( but )",1 84545,"is plenty of fun for all",1 163713,"it ) comes off like a Hallmark commercial",0 110706,"Too campy to work as straight drama and too violent and sordid to function as comedy , Vulgar is , truly and thankfully , a one-of-a-kind work .",0 220674,"'s a bad sign when you 're rooting for the film to hurry up and get to its subjects ' deaths just so the documentary will be over",0 218689,"warm your heart without making you feel guilty about it",1 184593,"I Killed My Father is one of those art house films that makes you feel like you 're watching an iceberg melt -- only",0 18585,"A remarkable 179-minute meditation",1 216713,"ticks off Kahlo 's lifetime milestones with the dutiful precision of a tax accountant",0 67965,"Often overwrought and at times positively irritating",0 134894,"the belly laughs",1 190948,"a mindless action flick",0 188443,"The movie is silly beyond comprehension , and",0 74521,"arthouse . The power of this script , and the performances that come with it , is that the whole damned thing did n't get our moral hackles up .",1 141395,"'s just plain lurid",0 109609,"The best thing I can say about this film is that I ca n't wait to see what the director does next .",1 104276,"An empty exercise",0 222971,"Coal is n't as easy to come by as it used to be and this would be a worthy substitute for naughty children 's stockings",0 152020,"a made-for-TV look",0 38797,"the year with its exploration of the obstacles to happiness",1 40207,"with great cinematic innovation",1 70063,"There 's ) quite a bit of heart , as you would expect from the directors of The Little Mermaid and Aladdin .",1 211934,"so easily after a few tries and become expert fighters after a few weeks",0 69105,"Tackles the difficult subject of grief and loss",1 115890,"best part",1 132403,"show this movie to reviewers before its opening , afraid of the bad reviews they thought they 'd earn .",0 115508,"be going through the motions , beginning with the pale script",0 4687,"an undeniably worthy and devastating",1 3064,"waited three years with breathless anticipation for a new hal hartley movie to pore over",1 38214,"the film can only be applauded .",1 173926,"the film seem like something to endure instead of enjoy",0 199075,"flounders under the weight of too many story lines",0 103482,"A close-to-solid espionage thriller",1 174803,"the staleness of its script",0 77373,"cool event",1 186852,"Rarely has a film 's title served such dire warning .",0 76362,"can rest contentedly with the knowledge that he 's made at least one damn fine horror movie",1 11248,"the cold",0 186548,"One key problem with these ardently Christian storylines is that there is never any question of how things will turn out .",0 158268,"energy right",1 190405,"a crowd-pleaser , but then , so",1 118863,"easier to digest",1 118581,"does probably as good a job as anyone at bringing off the Hopkins\/Rock collision of acting styles and onscreen personas",1 197416,"done , so primitive in technique ,",0 173943,"the filmmaker 's relative passivity will make it tough for them to really care .",0 203840,"it awfully hard to buy the impetus for the complicated love triangle that develops between the three central characters",0 119856,"feel compelled to watch the film twice or pick up a book on the subject",1 106565,"If H . G . Wells had a time machine and could take a look at his kin 's reworked version , what would he say ? ` It looks good , Sonny ,",1 168553,"overrides",0 73270,"aesthetically and sexually",1 188558,"The premise of '' Abandon '' holds promise , ...",1 133920,"technically sophisticated in the worst way",0 140625,"wryly amusing",1 171567,"some excellent work",1 218780,"was produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and directed by Joel Schumacher , and reflects the worst of their shallow styles : wildly overproduced , inadequately motivated every step of the way and demographically targeted to please every one ( and no one ) .",0 29537,"believability to its limits",1 103365,"94-minute travesty",0 123270,"inactive",0 62228,", some things are immune to the folly of changing taste and attitude . For proof of that on the cinematic front , look no further than this 20th anniversary edition of the film that Spielberg calls , retrospectively , his most personal work yet .",1 87458,"most pleasurable movies",1 31159,"entertaining and authentic",1 131061,"real audience-pleaser",1 221021,"'s well worth",1 19416,"While not all transitions to adulthood are so fraught",0 57216,"somewhat short",0 42581,"scope and",1 122235,"highly watchable , giggly little story",1 197267,"does a disservice to the audience and to the genre .",0 118645,"down memory lane",1 94772,"that makes it attractive throughout",1 7273,"i did n't laugh at the ongoing efforts of cube ,",0 64410,"Bluer than the Atlantic and more biologically detailed than an autopsy , the movie",1 62980,"A fascinating case study of flower-power liberation -- and the price that was paid for it .",1 799,"despite its flaws ... belinsky is still able to create an engaging story that keeps you guessing at almost every turn .",1 195561,"certainly has its share of clever moments and biting dialogue",1 158936,"feelings of marginalization loom for every dreamer with a burst bubble",1 26419,"Ranging from funny to shattering and featuring some of the year 's best acting , Personal Velocity gathers plenty of dramatic momentum .",1 238076,"too-frosty",0 140846,"younger generations",1 149817,"The script has less spice than a rat burger and The Rock 's fighting skills are more in line with Steven Seagal",0 31166,"enthusiasm",1 219226,"whether compromise is the death of self ... this Orgasm ( wo n't be an ) exceedingly memorable one for most people",0 127687,"must have baffled the folks in the marketing department",0 152482,"a sour cliche",0 142506,", the movie is too predictable and too self-conscious to reach a level of high drama .",0 49660,"believable and",1 101048,"you 'll love this movie",1 71987,"a mixture of deadpan cool , wry humor and just the measure",1 33589,"it 's definitely -- defiantly -- ya ya , what with all of those terrific songs and spirited performances .",1 45315,"Fresnadillo 's dark and jolting images have a way of plying into your subconscious like the nightmare you had a week ago that wo n't go away .",1 238120,"tries-so-hard-to-be-cool `` Clockstoppers",0 70116,"There are moments of hilarity to be had .",1 175304,"thinner than cardboard",0 27366,"a beautifully accomplished lyrical meditation",1 164180,"its two older , more accessible Qatsi siblings",1 161654,"imagine that a new software program spit out the screenplay",0 127292,"more depressing than entertaining",0 18960,"If there 's nothing fresh about Wannabes , which was written by Mr . DeMeo , who produced and directed the film with Charles A . Addessi , much of the time",0 18648,"An absorbing , slice-of-depression life that touches nerves and rings true .",1 64793,"Confessions may not be a straightforward bio , nor does it offer much in the way of Barris ' motivations , but the film is an oddly fascinating depiction of an architect of pop culture",1 172643,"tempting to jump ship in January to avoid ridiculous schlock like this shoddy suspense thriller",0 143282,"A ragbag",0 87461,"most practiced",1 112601,"a remarkable and novel",1 4730,"another of his open-faced , smiling madmen",1 105625,"Ends up offering nothing more than the latest Schwarzenegger or Stallone flick",0 61247,"'s sharply comic and surprisingly touching ,",1 15900,"good action ,",1 203897,"it feels a bit long",0 130760,"provides an invaluable service by sparking debate and encouraging thought . Better still , he does all of this , and more , while remaining one of the most savagely hilarious social critics this side of Jonathan Swift",1 387,"an aspiring",1 116848,"characterized as robotic sentiment",0 194774,"bogs down in a surfeit of characters",0 211371,"shapeless and uninflected",0 218608,"wackiness",1 22781,"who just happens to be her own worst enemy",0 185250,"It appears to have been modeled on the worst revenge-of-the-nerds clichés the filmmakers could dredge up .",0 112042,"a good time for both children and parents",1 72854,"a world of meaningless activity",0 163324,"is so completely inane",0 234955,"plain old blarney",0 56203,"probably loved in 1994 , except that it looks even better",1 98475,"told a nice little story in the process",1 187388,"So much about the film is loopy and ludicrous ... that it could have been a hoot in a bad-movie way if the laborious pacing and endless exposition had been tightened .",0 39321,"to the edge of their seats",1 67676,"Mr . Polanski is in his element here :",1 237320,"the way it skirts around any scenes that might have required genuine acting from Ms. Spears",0 57318,"status",1 117575,"could have used some informed , adult hindsight .",0 122125,"helluva singer",1 106514,"I shamelessly enjoyed it",1 97203,"there 's something vital about the movie .",1 81250,"good to see Michael Caine whipping out the dirty words and punching people in the stomach again",1 100102,"who instantly transform themselves into a believable mother\/daughter pair",1 122296,"his determination to remain true to the original text",1 201291,"holds promise",1 173545,"the big loser is the audience",0 25407,"Gets under the skin of a man who has just lost his wife",0 214272,"the characterizations turn more crassly reductive",0 122797,"impeccable comic timing ,",1 22714,"want to miss",0 215891,"the wheezing terrorist subplot has n't the stamina for the 100-minute running time , and",0 99810,"well-done film",1 111563,"a bit too much like an infomercial for Ram Dass 's latest book aimed at the boomer demographic .",0 146180,"If Melville is creatively a great whale , this film is canned tuna .",0 106372,"I 'd rather watch a rerun of The Powerpuff Girls",0 47119,"The humor and humanity of Monsoon Wedding are in perfect balance .",1 187998,"The cast has a high time",1 52454,"haunts you , you ca n't forget it , you admire its conception and are able to resolve some of the confusions you had while watching it .",1 204891,"lets her love depraved leads meet , ( Denis ' ) story becomes a hopeless , unsatisfying muddle",0 220495,"'' is a movie that has no interest in itself .",0 203994,"it portrays , tiresomely regimented",0 4452,"against farce , thoughtful dialogue elbowed aside by one-liners , and a visual style that incorporates rotoscope animation for no apparent reason except",0 163331,"is so disgusting",0 176262,"to make something out of Ellis ' nothing novel",0 158301,"enough charisma and audacity",1 205813,"many definitions of ` time waster '",0 183974,"For all of its insights into the dream world of teen life , and its electronic expression through cyber culture , the film gives no quarter to anyone seeking to pull a cohesive story out of its 2 1/2 - hour running time .",0 204763,"lazy tearjerker",0 233067,"it makes up for with its heart .",1 148806,"Splashes its drama all over the screen , subjecting its audience and characters to action that feels not only manufactured , but also so false you can see the filmmakers ' puppet strings",0 138106,"too little excitement and zero compelling storyline",0 56372,"raised a few notches above kiddie fantasy pablum by Allen 's astringent wit",1 126549,"made nature film and a tribute",1 95547,"the ensemble gives it a buoyant delivery",1 158154,"elegiacally soggy Saving Private Ryanovich",0 86888,"may be a mess in a lot of ways . But it does have one saving grace . A lot of its gags",1 14903,"acting , good dialogue , good pace",1 225865,"Some are fascinating and others are not",0 236858,"the familiar by amalgamating genres and adding true human",1 229703,"can not recommend it , because it overstays its natural running time",0 221975,"A cross between Blow and Boyz N The Hood , this movie strives to be more , but does n't quite get there .",0 39935,"well-known",1 80700,"frothy ` date movie ' ...",1 80447,"forgettable .",0 222036,"A less-than-thrilling thriller .",0 183824,"Exploring value choices is a worthwhile topic for a film -- but here the choices are as contrived and artificial as Kerrigan 's platinum-blonde hair",0 29124,"artistry",1 23177,"'s the kind of pigeonhole-resisting romp that Hollywood too rarely provides",1 92853,"sly , intricate magic",1 98548,"torn apart",0 94944,"that we 'll keep watching the skies for his next project",1 176372,"to say whether The Tuxedo is more boring or embarrassing",0 48418,"a sweet and modest",1 179281,"' has some visual wit ... but little imagination elsewhere .",0 221425,", it has no sense of humor",0 194486,"being lectured to by tech-geeks , if you 're up for that sort of thing",0 133300,"still feels like a prison stretch",0 93548,"stop watching",0 196123,"considered a star , nor why he keeps being cast in action films when none of them are ever any good",0 185354,"It stars schticky Chris Rock and stolid Anthony Hopkins , who seem barely in the same movie . Their contrast is neither dramatic nor comic --",0 44503,"An important movie",1 59944,"was a roaring success",1 91309,"recommended as an engrossing story about a horrifying historical event and the elements which contributed to it .",1 19737,"an anti-date movie is more like it )",0 181216,"-- or , worse yet , nonexistent -- ideas",0 185638,"Koepp 's screenplay is n't nearly surprising or clever enough to sustain a reasonable degree of suspense on its own .",0 29475,"become almost redundant to say so",0 186965,"Rob Schneider 's infantile cross-dressing routines fill The Hot Chick , the latest gimmick from this unimaginative comedian .",0 177172,"unexamined in this startlingly unfunny comedy",0 114757,"art-conscious",1 155590,"burly action flick where one coincidence pummels another",0 18587,"A savvy exploration",1 144438,"Children of the Century is more mindless love than mad , more grating and boring than anything else",0 20456,"energetic music ,",1 191524,"a thin notion",0 160613,"has a major release been so painful to sit through .",0 56309,"put hairs on your chest",1 184565,"I 'm all for the mentally challenged getting their fair shot in the movie business",1 126608,"make a huge action sequence as any director",1 10261,"saving",1 80532,"freewheeling trash-cinema roots",0 52498,"have seen a comedy",1 11349,"the fantastic kathy bates",1 96521,"the rarest kinds of films",1 160072,"gifted as Hoffman",1 161565,"if a movie is truly going to inspire me , I want a little more than this",0 49939,"by a set of heartfelt performances",1 28891,"and unsatisfying",0 104332,"An incredibly thoughtful , deeply meditative picture that neatly and effectively captures the debilitating grief felt in the immediate aftermath of the terrorist attacks .",1 227835,"a completely honest , open-hearted film that should appeal to anyone willing to succumb to it",1 143407,"A turgid little history lesson , humourless and dull .",0 209644,"predictable or",0 170593,"seems a dead weight",0 213521,"that I ca n't remember a single name responsible for it",0 69432,"The charm of Revolution OS",1 157874,"dopey",0 129075,"of the most triumphant performances of Vanessa Redgrave 's career",1 102957,", this overheated melodrama plays like a student film .",0 116683,"captures the dry wit that 's so prevalent on The Rock",1 140498,"worth yet another visit",1 205819,"many genuine cackles",1 156282,"cinematic alchemy",1 25545,"Highbrow self-appointed guardians of culture need not apply",0 88473,"of cheesy dialogue",0 201859,"in druggy trance-noir and trumped-up street credibility",0 41615,"at once surreal and",1 35306,"of its setting with a good deal of warmth and humor",1 78991,"engaging , surprisingly",1 24500,"A vivid cinematic portrait .",1 88802,"of our most flamboyant female comics",1 105988,"Given too much time to consider the looseness of the piece",0 65822,"Gooding is the energetic frontman",1 135809,"the movie is certainly easy to watch .",1 100462,"with aplomb",1 6762,"get a sock-you-in-the-eye flick that is a visual tour-de-force and a story that is unlike any",1 205769,"male hip hop fantasy",1 157041,"cruelly tormented",0 225738,"Serving Sara '' has n't much more to serve than silly fluff",0 163646,"it 's genuinely cool to hear characters talk about early rap records ( Sugar Hill Gang , etc . )",1 211109,"seems to exist only for its climactic setpiece",0 221156,", I did n't care .",0 225573,"Rashomon-for-dipsticks tale .",0 61121,"'s most substantial feature for some time",1 215015,"the material never overcomes its questionable satirical ambivalence .",0 165539,"make this anything more than another big-budget bust",0 52462,"have a way of plying into your subconscious like the nightmare you had a week ago that wo n't go away",0 150844,"What was once original has been co-opted so frequently that it now seems pedestrian .",0 132364,"should pay money for what we can get on television for free",0 92676,"simplistic story",0 33911,"just hilarious",1 162841,"is confused in Death to Smoochy into something both ugly and mindless .",0 156529,"come on . Like you could n't smell this turkey rotting from miles away",0 26784,"The drama is played out with such aching beauty and truth that it brings tears to your eyes .",1 129370,"on action",1 143582,"Alfred Hitchcock and",1 177529,"visually unattractive , unbearably loud and",0 114061,"an impeccable pedigree , mongrel pep",1 50987,"dogged good will of the parents and ` vain ' Jia 's defoliation of ego , make the film touching despite some doldrums .",1 180677,", hypocritical",0 184511,"How can such a cold movie claim to express warmth and longing ? In truth , it has all the heart of a porno flick ( but none of the sheer lust )",0 148036,"Passion , lip-synching , tragedy , and lots of really really high notes . For me , this opera is n't a favorite , so",0 148678,"So routine , familiar and predictable",0 176843,"tries , and fails",0 60769,"'s ) quite a bit of heart , as you would expect from the directors of The Little Mermaid and Aladdin",1 164158,"its star power on cliched or meaningless roles",0 42885,"this crowd-pleaser 's fresh dialogue ,",1 73753,"an engrossing story about a horrifying historical event and",1 84938,"it 's pretty enjoyable",1 91353,"refreshed and hopeful",1 32915,"in spite of numerous minor flaws",1 37144,"some touching things to say about what is important in life and why",1 2939,"to make one pine for the day when godard can no longer handle the rigors of filmmaking",0 68923,"Sparse",0 159936,"generic sets and",0 202548,"is a bomb .",0 41410,"You would n't call The Good Girl a date movie ( an anti-date movie is more like it ) ,",0 77580,"crime expertly",0 148283,"Rice never clearly defines his characters or gives us a reason to care about them .",0 179155,"you need a constant influx of liquid just to get through it",0 172434,"swings annoyingly between vertigo and opacity .",0 18658,"An endearingly offbeat romantic comedy",1 86391,"lovely , eerie film",1 33170,"intriguing cinematic omnibus",1 48098,"a gripping story",1 218724,"was as superficial",0 92489,"sheerly beautiful film",1 33630,"it ca n't get any more gay , in pops Nathan Lane",0 234165,"none of the crackle of `` Fatal Attraction '' , `` 9 1\/2 Weeks '' , or even",0 160991,"he makes the audience hostage to his swaggering affectation of seriousness",0 42463,"playing itself",1 178825,"worrying about covering all the drama in Frida 's life",1 43648,", light modern day family parable",1 125956,"lies considerable skill and determination , backed by sheer nerve",1 208924,"overinflated",0 127330,"more like stereotypical caretakers and moral teachers , instead",0 187609,"Such a fine idea",1 213235,"teen-sleaze equivalent",0 26212,"Not a cozy or ingratiating work , but it 's challenging , sometimes clever , and always interesting",1 15365,"called this gutsy and at times exhilarating movie a great yarn",1 90179,"perceptive , taut , piercing and feisty",1 53576,"is one of world cinema 's most wondrously gifted artists and storytellers .",1 187733,"That frenetic spectacle ( on the TV show )",0 104550,"Astonishing is n't the word -- neither is incompetent , incoherent or just plain crap . Indeed , none of these words really gets at the very special type of badness that is Deuces Wild .",0 206406,"more interesting than the screenplay , which lags badly in the middle and lurches between not-very-funny comedy , unconvincing dramatics and some last-minute action strongly reminiscent of Run Lola Run",0 219820,"with the cliché-laden screenplay",0 110826,"Unfortunately the story and the actors are served with a hack script .",0 238052,"too clichéd and too often strains",0 118812,"dying a slow death , if the poor quality of Pokemon 4 Ever is any indication",0 40316,"wo n't be to Clooney fans or adventure buffs , but to moviegoers who enjoy thinking about compelling questions with no easy answers",1 149528,"The longer the movie goes , the worse it gets , but it 's actually pretty good in the first few minutes",0 71318,"a bonus",1 76733,"cinematic intoxication , a wildly inventive mixture of comedy and melodrama ,",1 49111,"appears to be the definition of a ` bad ' police shooting .",0 104605,"Babak Payami 's boldly quirky Iranian drama Secret Ballot",1 189615,"What we have is a character faced with the possibility that her life is meaningless , vapid and devoid of substance , in a movie that is definitely meaningless , vapid and devoid of substance .",0 219169,"when it is n't merely offensive",0 220593,"'ll love it and probably want to see it twice .",1 29188,"as equivalent evangelical Christian movies",0 38789,"the world 's misery",0 104391,"Analyze That regurgitates and waters down many of the previous film 's successes , with a few new swings thrown in",0 6726,"fussing over too weak a recipe",0 119350,"even more to think about after the final frame",1 229282,"becomes something about how lame it is to try and evade your responsibilities",0 219668,"with a lot of static set ups , not much camera movement , and most of the scenes",0 186461,"Not that any of us should be complaining when a film clocks in around 90 minutes these days , but the plotting here leaves a lot to be desired .",0 119263,"es francamente aburrido y",0 84843,"it 's Dench who really steals the show",1 86783,"many of the condescending stereotypes that so often plague films dealing with the mentally ill",0 56464,"refresh",1 192960,"anything but frustrating , boring , and",1 214913,"the land of unintentional melodrama and tiresome love triangles",0 135921,"the opposite of a truly magical movie",0 36907,"shines",1 233310,"laughs --",1 144401,"Chai 's structure and pacing are disconcertingly slack .",0 152989,"after another , most of which involve precocious kids getting the better of obnoxious adults",0 50264,"comedy , caper thrills and quirky romance",1 167377,"of big , colorful characters",1 158813,"falters , however , in its adherence to the Disney philosophy of required poignancy , a salute that I 'd hoped the movie would avoid",0 88925,"of testing boundaries",1 209992,"quick-buck",0 147966,"Others may find it migraine-inducing , despite Moore 's attempts at whimsy and spoon feeding .",0 175775,"tired and",0 238602,"what it is -- a nice , harmless date film",1 30594,"dazzling",1 237576,"this sometimes wry adaptation of V.S. Naipaul 's novel",0 88774,"of motherhood deferred and desire",1 114719,"are worth the price of admission",1 130963,"raffish charm",1 7446,"in its own way",1 80154,"flower-power liberation",1 215941,"the worst revenge-of-the-nerds clichés",0 105587,"Earnhart 's film is more about the optimism of a group of people who are struggling to give themselves a better lot in life than the ones",1 161619,"if you wanted to make as anti-Kieslowski a pun as possible . Suffice to say its total promise is left slightly unfulfilled",0 35361,"of pawns , bishops and kings , of wagers in dingy backrooms or pristine forests",0 213916,"that this vapid vehicle is downright doltish and uneventful",0 34052,"lies like a shield",0 91712,"rightly",1 211702,"sit through a crummy , wannabe-hip crime comedy that refers incessantly to old movies , when you could just rent those movies instead , let alone seek out a respectable new one ?",0 63462,"A surprisingly charming and even witty match",1 22261,"the discord",0 61693,", Spy Kids 2 looks as if it were made by a highly gifted 12-year-old instead of a grown man .",0 32424,"he really scores",1 226383,"The movie would seem less of a trifle if Ms. Sugarman followed through on her defiance of the saccharine .",0 195741,"classic theater piece",1 19325,"The principals in this cast are all fine",1 53753,"it 's more of the ` laughing at ' variety than the ` laughing with",0 32944,"in the majesty of Tolkien 's writing that every frame produces new joys , whether you 're a fan of the books or not",1 53031,"in this gut-buster",1 29424,"be right at home at the Saturday matinee",1 118564,"does n't trust laughs -- and does n't conjure proper respect for followers of the whole dead-undead genre , who deserve more from a vampire pic than a few shrieky special effects",0 158227,"endless pratfalls",0 62853,"A colorful , vibrant introduction",1 84549,"is predictable in the reassuring manner of a beautifully sung holiday carol",1 233465,"like those D.W. Griffith made in the early days of silent film",1 81322,"gradually accumulates more layers",1 29692,"both hokey and super-cool , and definitely not in a hurry",1 150314,"This series should have died long ago , but",0 200691,"has usually",1 66145,"I do n't think most of the people who loved the 1989 Paradiso will prefer this new version .",0 53660,"is the film Roman Polanski may have been born to make .",1 160285,"got a headache watching this meaningless downer .",0 18336,", Michael Reilly Burke ( Octopus 2 : River of Fear ) has just the right amount of charisma and menace .",1 194879,"bother if you 're going to subjugate truth to the tear-jerking demands of soap opera",0 191977,"addition to sporting one of the worst titles in recent cinematic history",0 41494,"a world that 's at once surreal and disturbingly familiar",1 109694,"The determination of Pinochet 's victims to seek justice , and their often heartbreaking testimony , spoken directly into director Patricio Guzman 's camera , pack a powerful emotional wallop .",1 77200,"conjures a Lynch-like vision of the rotting underbelly of Middle America",0 81103,"gives it new texture , new relevance , new reality",1 175076,"the young actors , not very experienced , are sometimes inexpressive",0 103840,"A remarkable film by Bernard Rose",1 50018,"can outgag any of those young whippersnappers making moving pictures today",1 17977,"wait to see what happens next",1 166105,"monotonous whine",0 97424,"this has layered , well-developed characters and some surprises .",1 115399,"barely shocking , barely interesting and most of all ,",0 129211,"of veracity and narrative grace",1 84045,"is as visceral as a gut punch",1 216751,"tired stereotypes",0 25020,"Complex",1 71694,"a freaky bit of art that 's there to scare while we delight in the images",1 192926,"any recreational drug",1 156763,"consuming passion",1 182974,"CGI effects",1 25927,"Lathan and Diggs have considerable personal charm , and their screen rapport makes the old story seem new .",1 173438,"the Whale . Determined to be fun",1 23528,", but they 'll register strongly with anybody who still retains a soft spot for precollegiate humor .",1 226327,"The mantra behind the project seems to have been ` it 's just a kids ' flick . '",0 156468,"cold , grey",0 187675,"Takes a clunky TV-movie approach to detailing a chapter in the life of the celebrated Irish playwright , poet and drinker",0 108092,"Occasionally loud and offensive , but more often , it simply lulls you into a gentle waking coma .",0 218032,"ugly , revolting",0 179188,"you wonder about changing the director and writer 's diapers",0 25496,"Having had the good sense to cast actors who are , generally speaking , adored by the movie-going public",1 142594,", touching or , yikes , uproarious",1 138341,"tries to rush through the intermediary passages , apparently hoping that the audience will not notice the glaring triteness of the plot device",0 168709,"pass this stinker",0 4339,"about a man who loses his faith",1 169046,"ponderous awfulness of its script",0 210853,"says that the alternate sexuality meant to set you free may require so much relationship maintenance that celibacy can start looking good",0 79595,"falling into the Hollywood trap and",0 166973,"not only manufactured ,",0 31539,"fearless",1 14973,"an issue movie that 's so honest and keenly observed that it does n't feel like one",1 114983,"as monstrous",0 138228,"towards child abuse",0 159301,"following up a delightful , well-crafted family film with a computer-generated cold fish",1 33324,"is as respectful a film as Byatt fans could hope for , though lovers of the book may wonder why it 's necessary",1 114510,"applying definition to both sides of the man",1 108147,"One funny popcorn",1 169684,"ravishing costumes",1 64012,"Anyone who welcomes a dash of the avant-garde fused with their humor",1 73926,"an otherwise appalling , and downright creepy , subject --",0 162879,"is falling flat",0 177627,"was Chen Kaige 's assistant for years in China . He has not learnt that storytelling is what the movies are about",0 40882,"Elling ,",1 187802,"The Hot Chick , the latest gimmick from this unimaginative comedian",0 174714,"the script 's endless assault of embarrassingly ham-fisted sex jokes",0 193402,"as appalling as any ` comedy '",0 111859,"a fan of the genre",1 119568,"explosions , sadism and seeing people",0 4649,"an equally beautiful , self-satisfied 18-year-old mistress",1 185757,"Like a bad improvisation exercise , the superficially written characters ramble on tediously about their lives , loves and the art they 're struggling to create .",0 20554,"find a film that dazzles the eye , challenges the brain",1 219177,"when talking to Americans . That 's muy loco , but no more ridiculous than most of",0 1569,"laddish and juvenile , only teenage boys could possibly find it funny",0 98798,"turns me into that annoying specimen of humanity that I usually dread encountering the most",0 22077,"stroke",0 103158,". Sadly , Full Frontal plays like the work of a dilettante .",0 232979,"it 's too close to real life to make sense",0 87780,"needs to take a good sweat to clarify his cinematic vision before his next creation and remember the lessons of the trickster spider .",0 66633,"It 's plotless , shapeless",0 68383,"Reign of Fire is hardly the most original fantasy film ever made -- beyond Road Warrior , it owes enormous debts to Aliens and every previous dragon drama -- but that barely makes it any less entertaining",1 200488,"has a visual flair that waxes poetic far too much for our taste",0 221782,"... a rich and intelligent film that uses its pulpy core conceit to probe questions of attraction and interdependence and how the heart accomodates practical needs .",1 110690,"Together ( Time Out and Human Resources ) establish Mr . Cantet as France 's foremost cinematic poet of the workplace .",1 39038,"thriller , coupled with some arresting effects , incandescent tones and stupendous performances",1 106450,"I found myself howling more than cringing",1 163652,"it 's hard to imagine a more generic effort in the genre",0 226062,"Thank God It",1 98216,"to out-shock , out-outrage or out-depress",0 103793,"A poorly scripted , preachy fable",0 53937,"its impact is all the greater beause director Zhang 's last film , the cuddly Shower , was a non-threatening multi-character piece centered around a public bath house",1 127377,"more to be prescribed than recommended -- as visually bland as a dentist 's waiting room , complete with soothing Muzak and a cushion of predictable narrative rhythms",0 102294,", Like Mike raises some worthwhile themes while delivering a wholesome fantasy for kids .",1 208099,"of the match that should be used to burn every print of the film",0 200973,"health with boundless energy until a few days before she dies . This is absolutely and completely ridiculous and an insult to every family whose mother has suffered through the horrible pains of a death by cancer",0 132156,"serviceability , but",0 73552,"always hilarious Meara",1 179555,"'s a mystery how the movie could be released in this condition",0 61463,"( Kline 's ) utterly convincing -- and deeply appealing -- as a noble teacher who embraces a strict moral code , and",1 58309,"the film is an enjoyable and frankly told tale of a people who live among us , but not necessarily with us .",1 35529,"of this sparklingly inventive and artful , always fast and furious tale",1 95147,"the astute direction of Cardoso and",1 59448,"too hard to be mythic",0 171756,"sourness",0 225106,"Nettelbeck has crafted an engaging fantasy of flavours and emotions , one part romance novel , one part recipe book .",1 221573,", the film acquires an undeniable entertainment value as the slight , pale Mr. Broomfield continues to force himself on people and into situations that would make lesser men run for cover .",1 37206,"special anime magic",1 518,"at this beautifully drawn movie",1 17614,"the picture hosts a parka-wrapped dose of heart .",1 139834,"why , for instance , good things happen to bad people",0 192009,"adoring , wide-smiling reception",1 59052,"thoroughly entertaining comedy that",1 198718,"feels contrived , as if the filmmakers were worried the story would n't work without all those gimmicks .",0 17730,"this disarming indie",1 98913,"unburdened by pretensions to great artistic significance",1 46022,"Like The English Patient and The Unbearable Lightness of Being",1 58284,"the fantastic and the believable",1 224394,"It takes a really long , slow and dreary time to dope out what TUCK EVERLASTING is about .",0 13486,"'s traditional moviemaking all the way",1 94479,"that 's flawed and brilliant in equal measure",1 69938,"The story has some nice twists but the ending and some of the back-story is a little tired . The performances are all solid : it merely lacks originality to make it a great movie",0 153751,"appealing job",1 214336,"the compassion , good-natured humor and",1 21804,"rapidly deteriorating line",0 204501,"keep a family of five blind , crippled , Amish people alive in this situation",0 72350,"a sense of dramatic urgency",1 235094,"provides Amélie 's Audrey Tautou with another fabuleux destin -- i.e. , a banal spiritual quest",1 224642,"Likely to have decades of life as a classic movie franchise ?",1 127300,"more enjoyable",1 232752,"is sordid and disgusting .",0 104660,"Beautifully shot against the frozen winter landscapes of Grenoble and Geneva",1 42990,"were n't as much about gender , sexual preference or political agitprop",1 230170,"deserves a medal .",1 227005,"Well , it probably wo n't have you swinging from the trees hooting it 's praises",0 217067,"to good actors",1 113848,"amusing juxtapositions",1 53921,"its epic scope",1 15259,"big family",1 50326,"compelling and heartfelt",1 95676,"the film settles in and becomes compulsively watchable in a guilty-pleasure , daytime-drama sort of fashion .",1 165457,"made with as little wit , interest , and professionalism as artistically possible for a slummy Hollywood caper flick .",0 193342,"as a Seven rip-off",0 179883,"'s not as pathetic as The Animal",0 13081,"will be funny",1 234080,"needs to be heard in the sea of Holocaust movies",1 79850,"fiercely intelligent and uncommonly ambitious",1 1384,"is laughingly",0 1262,"if you love him , you",1 12710,"uplifting but not",1 103861,"A sentimental mess that never",0 81369,"great party",1 6183,"embraces it , energizes it and takes big bloody chomps out of it",1 122989,"in favor of mushy obviousness",0 22636,"understandable",1 195614,"charisma and ability",1 38208,"the film ) addresses in a fascinating , intelligent manner the intermingling of race , politics and local commerce",1 64522,"Brown Sugar is such a sweet and sexy film",1 46919,"The Last Kiss is really all about performances .",1 111900,"a few punches",1 173173,"that refuses to develop an energy level",0 76977,"comes off winningly ,",1 75954,"bring out the cake",1 56381,"rapid-fire delivery",1 187611,"Such a fine idea for a film , and such a stultifying , lifeless execution .",0 94600,"that could make a person who has lived her life half-asleep suddenly wake up and take notice",1 182361,"An ambitiously naturalistic , albeit half-baked , drama about an abused , inner-city autistic",1 173848,"the face and spit",0 16534,"makes a strong case for the importance of the musicians in creating the Motown sound .",1 187467,"Sorority Boys '' was funnier , and that movie was pretty bad",0 43981,"A buoyant romantic comedy about friendship , love , and the truth that we 're all in this together",1 233320,"laughs while the little ones get a fuzzy treat",1 233070,"it might just be better suited to a night in the living room than a night at the movies",0 213526,"that Jackie Chan is getting older",0 220608,"'m going to recommend SECRETARY , based on the wonderful acting clinic put on by Spader and Gyllenhaal",1 30651,"definitely one for the masses",1 2287,"since lee is a sentimentalist , the film",1 116682,"captures the debilitating grief",1 158730,"fade as the film descends into unsophisticated scare tactics and B-film thuggery .",0 204632,"lack their idol 's energy and passion for detail",0 88806,"of paint-by-number American blockbusters like Pearl Harbor",0 134254,"that beneath the familiar , funny surface is a far bigger , far more meaningful story than one in which little green men come to Earth for harvesting purposes",1 5590,"clever and unflinching in its comic barbs , slap her is a small but rewarding comedy that takes aim at contemporary southern adolescence and never lets up .",1 159467,"for some excellent work",1 116590,"can get for a buck or so in that greasy little vidgame pit in the theater lobby",0 70152,"These characters are so well established that the gang feels comfortable with taking insane liberties and doing the goofiest stuff out of left field , and",1 156964,"created whole new levels of ugly .",0 54741,"mild culture clashing in today 's New Delhi",0 226376,"The movie is well shot and very tragic , and",1 100814,"work us over , with second helpings of love , romance , tragedy , false dawns , real dawns , comic relief , two separate crises during marriage ceremonies , and the lush scenery of the Cotswolds",1 72624,"a sweet treasure and something well worth your time",1 199034,"flatfooted",0 97137,"their own comfortable niche",1 51508,"family parable",1 172385,"suspend their disbelief only so far",0 176082,"to do his or her own Hamlet . For Benigni it was n't Shakespeare whom he wanted to define his career with but Pinocchio . It might as well have been Problem Child IV",0 40408,"you 'll ever find of why art matters , and how it can resonate far beyond museum walls and through to the most painfully marginal lives",1 219199,"where Santa gives gifts to grownups",1 45917,"Just about the best straight-up ,",1 151826,"a good story",1 100098,"who have used the emigre experience to explore same-sex culture in ways that elude the more nationally settled",1 32952,"in the nuances of pain",0 28234,"along that are as intelligent , exuberant , and moving as Monsoon Wedding",1 232261,"is a cop-out .",0 25920,"LaPaglia 's ability to convey grief and hope works with Weaver 's sensitive reactions to make this a two-actor master class .",1 42817,"the heart ,",1 37562,"sympathetically",1 34054,"lies not in the mysterious spring but in the richness of its performances .",1 143683,"American Chai encourages rueful laughter at stereotypes only an Indian-American would recognize . And the lesson , in the end , is nothing new",0 100189,"whose style , structure and rhythms are so integrated with the story",1 1281,"in his zeal to squeeze the action and our emotions into the all-too-familiar dramatic arc of the holocaust escape story",0 221741,"-- but it makes for one of the most purely enjoyable and satisfying evenings at the movies I 've had in a while .",1 963,"fast-paced",1 58087,"the books are better",0 202498,"is ) the comedy equivalent of Saddam Hussein , and",0 53297,"is a haunting dramatization of a couple 's moral ascension",1 197707,"eerie thriller",1 128276,"of A-list Brit actors",1 34168,"lives worth watching , paths worth following",1 179156,"you need to use more poetic license",0 150616,"Van Wilder brings a whole new meaning to the phrase ` comedy gag . ' At least one scene is so disgusting that viewers may be hard pressed to retain their lunch",0 222784,"But like most rabbits , it seems to lack substance .",0 10714,"started with a great premise",1 78982,"energy and excitement",1 100256,"will have a fun , no-frills ride",1 150554,"Uncommonly stylish",1 190972,"a more credible script",1 157062,"curmudgeonly",0 186645,"P . C .",1 60848,"'s a pretty good execution of a story that 's a lot richer than the ones Hollywood action screenwriters usually come up with on their own .",1 11743,"the picture emerges as a surprisingly anemic disappointment .",0 70142,"There is no denying the power of Polanski 's film ...",1 212099,"some fine sex onscreen , and some tense arguing ,",1 36937,"show us not only what that mind looks like , but how the creative process itself operates",1 183202,"Control-Alt-Delete Simone as quickly",0 156624,"complete failure",0 171128,"sincere , and just",1 43851,"... a magnificent drama well worth tracking down .",1 17006,"provocative , insistently humanizing",1 52819,"illuminating",1 185141,"It 's just weirdness for the sake of weirdness , and where Human Nature should be ingratiating , it 's just grating",0 81241,"good period reconstruction",1 75654,"beyond all expectation",1 130149,"perfectly pitched",1 136183,"the same old story",0 185189,"It 's possible that something hip and transgressive was being attempted here that stubbornly refused to gel , but",0 213237,"teen-targeted action TV series",1 193027,"are a few modest laughs",1 85062,"it is formula filmmaking",0 81779,"has something new to say about how , in the flip-flop of courtship , we often reel in when we should be playing out",1 215606,"the show 's trademark style and flash",1 86457,"made fresh by an intelligent screenplay and gripping performances",1 62558,"... a rich and intelligent film that uses its pulpy core conceit to probe questions of attraction and interdependence and how the heart accomodates practical needs . It is an unstinting look at a collaboration between damaged people that may or may not qual",1 212954,"supposed to feel funny and light",0 138960,"very bleak day",0 238017,"to use the word `` new '' in its title",0 151918,"a kick out of goofy Brits",1 140108,"with an underlying seriousness that sneaks up on the viewer , providing an experience that is richer than anticipated",1 141616,"'s something fundamental missing from this story : something or someone to care about .",0 95604,"the fights become not so much a struggle of man vs . man as Brother-Man vs . The Man .",1 170961,"should have avoided .",0 119223,"enveloped in a story that , though meant to be universal in its themes of loyalty , courage and dedication to a common goal , never seems to leave the lot",0 71077,"Wow , so who knew Charles Dickens could be so light-hearted ?",1 234113,"nice , harmless",1 102050,"( A ) satisfying niblet",1 166026,"mishmash",0 182876,"Borscht",0 37879,"that respects its audience and its source material",1 132783,"so similar to the 1953 Disney classic",1 237549,"this might not seem like the proper cup of tea , however it is almost guaranteed that even the stuffiest cinema goers will laugh their \*\*\* off for an hour-and-a-half .",1 76453,"caring , warm .",1 63285,"A properly spooky film about the power of spirits to influence us whether we believe in them or not .",1 216511,"this turd",0 225731,"Senegalese updating of `` Carmen '' which is best for the stunning star turn by Djeinaba Diop Gai",1 49634,"begins with promise , but runs aground after being snared in its own tangled plot",0 216901,"to be too great",1 118779,"dumb down",0 36305,"quite moving scenes throughout his resolutely dramatic variation on the novel",1 222013,"A giggle a minute .",1 96271,"the number of lasting images all its own",1 193860,"authentic account",1 64402,"Bloody Sunday has the grace to call for prevention rather than to place blame , making it one of the best war movies ever made . It 's a movie that accomplishes so much that one viewing ca n't possibly be enough .",1 118065,"depleted",0 95036,"the Home Alone formula",1 162381,"into a routine courtroom drama , better suited for a movie titled '' Glory : A Soldier 's Story",0 153502,"an undeveloped script",0 149816,"The script has less spice than a rat burger and",0 205493,"low-brow humor ,",0 9875,"proves once again he has n't lost his touch , bringing off a superb performance in an admittedly middling film",1 173905,"the film feels more like a series of toasts at a testimonial dinner than a documentary",0 77836,"deeply moving effort to put a human face on the travail of thousands of Vietnamese",1 229863,"clumsy cliché",0 151483,"a cinematic year already littered with celluloid garbage",0 171030,"shows may put you off the idea forever",0 22813,"wisely rejects the temptation to make fun of his subjects .",1 237408,"there 's nothing fresh about Wannabes , which was written by Mr. DeMeo , who produced and directed the film with Charles A. Addessi , much of the time",0 32872,"in his documentary To Be and to Have , easily one of the best films of the year",1 238303,"utilizes the idea of making Kahlo 's art a living , breathing part of the movie , often catapulting the artist into her own work .",1 116110,"borderline silly chase sequence",0 158867,"far too clunky , didactic and saddled with scenes that seem simply an ill fit",0 68467,"Robert Harmon 's less-is-more approach delivers real bump-in - the-night chills -- his greatest triumph is keeping the creepy crawlies hidden in the film 's thick shadows .",1 158853,"far more cynical and lazy than anything a fictitious Charlie Kaufman",0 171676,"sometimes come across like nothing more than a glorified Nike ad",0 72568,"a strong message",1 176536,"to victims whose voices have never gained the ears of the world",1 141873,"( including one that seems to be made for a different film altogether )",0 197208,"do n't know why Steven Seagal is considered a star , nor why he keeps being cast in action films when none of them are ever any good or make any money",0 181320,"... keep the movie from ever reaching the comic heights it obviously desired .",0 177098,"unconscious",0 181526,"A beyond-lame satire",0 163350,"is so mired in juvenile and near-xenophobic pedagogy that it 's enough to make one pine for the day when Godard can no longer handle the rigors of filmmaking .",0 50908,"distinguishes",1 160760,"has too much on its plate to really stay afloat for its just under ninety minute running time",0 170890,"shoot on grungy video , giving the whole thing a dirty , tasteless feel",0 120629,"franchise possibilities",1 8499,"limply",0 68514,"Rouge is less about a superficial midlife crisis than it is about the need to stay in touch with your own skin , at 18 or 80 .",1 53308,"is a movie that will stimulate hours of post viewing discussion , if only to be reminded of who did what to whom and why .",1 69531,"The film 's plot may be shallow , but you 've never seen the deep like you see it in these harrowing surf shots .",1 156477,"cold fish",0 182101,"A well-intentioned effort that 's still too burdened by the actor",1 31968,"funny and ultimately sobering film",1 228539,"an appalling ` Ace Ventura ' rip-off that somehow manages to bring together Kevin Pollak , former wrestler Chyna and Dolly Parton",0 34283,"magnificence",1 147006,"Kenneth Branagh 's energetic sweet-and-sour performance as a curmudgeonly British playwright",1 8821,"missing in murder by numbers is any real psychological grounding for the teens ' deviant behavior . being latently gay",0 165388,"luv-spreading",1 102889,", the film would be a total washout .",0 83131,"in the present",1 96957,"the usual cliches",0 226348,"The movie 's messages are quite admirable , but the story is just too clichéd and too often strains credulity .",0 72767,"a vision both painterly and literary",1 230301,"do n't know whether to admire the film 's stately nature and call it classicism or be exasperated by a noticeable lack of pace",0 153360,"an awfully derivative story",0 95101,"the actors pick up the slack",1 158987,"felt sad for Lise not so much because of what happens as because she was captured by this movie when she obviously belongs in something lighter and sunnier ,",0 75900,"bracing intelligence and a vision both painterly and literary",1 29115,"artfully crafted meditation on mortality .",1 223104,"Dense , exhilarating documentary",1 17723,"think Undercover Brother has run out of steam",0 195160,"by every human who ever lived : too much to do , too little time to do it in",0 185267,"It desperately wants to be a wacky , screwball comedy , but",0 81309,"grabs you in the dark and shakes you vigorously for its duration .",1 169722,"ready-made Eurotrash cult",0 72375,"a sharp script and",1 160899,"have set new standards for thrills , suspense ,",1 155157,"better than Pokemon",1 50309,"commended for its straight-ahead approach to creepiness",1 198487,"falls flat as thinking man CIA agent Jack Ryan in this summer 's new action film , '' The Sum of All Fears . ''",0 230882,"following a feel-good formula with a winning style , and by offering its target audience of urban kids",1 63105,"A headline-fresh thriller",1 12834,"want to see another car chase , explosion or gunfight again",0 120529,"for this illuminating comedy",1 200279,"guide a loose , poorly structured film",0 40867,"Do n't plan on the perfect ending , but",0 211396,"she , Janine and Molly -- an all-woman dysfunctional family -- deserve one another",0 59060,"those visual in-jokes",1 2992,"truly awful",0 195957,"comes across as shallow and glib though not mean-spirited",0 56893,"sharp , amusing study",1 42455,"picking apart",1 172991,"that ends the movie is the one with the most emotional resonance , but twists",1 211892,"snapping it might have held my attention , but as it stands I",0 232429,"is careful not to make fun of these curious owners of architectural oddities",1 126410,"lousy Tarantino imitations",0 155925,"can also sometimes come across like nothing more than a glorified Nike ad",0 106174,"Has no reason to exist , other than to employ Hollywood kids and people who owe favors to their famous parents .",0 19264,"Starts off with a bang , but then fizzles like a wet stick of dynamite at the very end .",0 158585,"exasperating blandness",0 235835,"smeary and blurry , to the point of distraction",0 136431,"the top-billed Willis is not the most impressive player .",0 76263,"ca n't recommend it enough .",1 169939,"relying on the very digital technology that he fervently scorns , creating a meandering , inarticulate and ultimately disappointing film",0 180911,", should n't have been made",0 129093,"of the plot ( other than its one good idea ) and the movie 's inescapable air of sleaziness",0 198994,"fitfully funny",1 1645,"lovingly",1 219884,"without doing all that much to correct them",0 140153,"with his picture-perfect life",1 176257,"to make its characters idiots in order to advance the plot",0 87188,"modestly surprising movie",1 216864,"to be an acidic all-male All About Eve or a lush , swooning melodrama in the Intermezzo strain",0 81119,"gives us compelling , damaged characters who we want to help -- or hurt",1 198291,"excruciating film",0 81698,"has done his homework and soaked up some jazzy new revisionist theories about the origins of Nazi politics and aesthetics",1 88057,"nothing short of a great one",1 113900,"an admirable reconstruction of terrible events , and",1 70454,"Trapped wo n't score points for political correctness",0 175639,"thought they 'd make audiences guffaw with a script as utterly diabolical as this",0 54889,"most of its pleasure",1 192739,"and just plain dumb",0 106591,"If not a home run , then at least",1 137884,"to surviving invaders seeking an existent anti-virus . If only there were one for this kind of movie",0 107447,"Like The Rugrats movies , The Wild Thornberrys Movie does n't offer much more than the series , but its emphasis on caring for animals and respecting other cultures is particularly welcome .",1 180223,"( The kid 's ) just too bratty for sympathy",0 160011,"get to leave the theater",0 162213,"inject far more good-natured spirit and talent into this project than it deserves",1 199072,"flog the dead horse of surprise as if it were an obligation .",0 223899,"If I want a real movie , I 'll buy the Criterion DVD .",0 138514,"ultimately the story compels",1 19615,"a vastness implied in Metropolis that is just breathtaking",1 67196,"Less an examination of neo-Nazism than a probe into the nature of faith itself .",1 183569,"Dong never pushes for insights beyond the superficial tensions of the dynamic he 's dissecting , and",0 23322,", Paxton has tapped something in himself as an actor that provides Frailty with its dark soul .",1 225402,"Part of the charm of Satin Rouge is that it avoids the obvious with humour and lightness .",1 130191,"philosophers , not filmmakers",0 155637,"but not enough to make this anything more than another big-budget bust",0 126184,"lip-reading",0 11101,"that makes the banger sisters a fascinating character study with laughs to spare",1 79520,"extravagant confidence",1 16326,"it 's the ultimate redneck road-trip .",1 129271,"offer some modest amusements when one has nothing else to watch",1 227470,"`` Empire '' lacks in depth",0 122805,"impish divertissement",0 226593,"There is a refreshing absence of cynicism in Stuart Little 2",1 140542,"would have been better off staying on the festival circuit",0 47117,"The humor and humanity",1 134393,"that is ultimately suspiciously familiar",0 2626,"the horror fan who opts to overlook this goofily endearing and well-lensed gorefest",1 11767,"the problem is the needlessly poor quality of its archival prints and film footage . the images lack contrast , are murky and are frequently too dark to be decipherable .",0 46969,"The Widowmaker is derivative , overlong , and bombastic -- yet surprisingly entertaining .",1 3296,"'re never quite sure where self-promotion ends and the truth begins",0 207080,"no particularly memorable effect",0 33333,"is backed by a likable cast",1 176325,"to push the envelope of bad taste for laughs",0 96408,"the pitch-perfect Forster to the always hilarious Meara and Levy , Like Mike shoots and scores , doing its namesake proud",1 151020,"With tiny little jokes and nary an original idea",0 205321,"look at a slice of counterculture that might be best forgotten",0 199382,"for too long and bogs down in a surfeit of characters and unnecessary subplots",0 36316,"racial prejudice in its ugly and diverse forms .",0 183857,"Fans of Plympton 's shorts may marginally enjoy the film , but",0 171064,"significant harm and not smelly enough to bother despising",0 58629,"the rare directors who feels acting is the heart and soul of cinema . He allows his cast members to make creative contributions to the story and dialogue . This method almost never fails him , and it works superbly here",1 173082,"that it is impossible to care whether that boast is true or not",0 8072,"its lackluster",0 132423,"shows off a lot of stamina and vitality , and",1 58744,"the standards of knucklehead swill",0 197731,"elaborate the conceit of setting this blood-soaked tragedy of murderous ambition in the era of Richard Nixon",0 162894,"is felt : not the Craven of ' A Nightmare on Elm Street ' or ` The Hills Have Eyes , ' but the sad schlock merchant of ` Deadly Friend . '",0 87273,"more grueling and",0 175878,"to anyone who can locate a genuinely honest moment in their movie",0 182816,"Blade II has a brilliant director and charismatic star",1 137888,"to take an entirely stale concept and push it through the audience 's meat grinder one more time",0 159222,"flat scares and bad acting",0 4502,"all the writhing and wailing , tears ,",0 187403,"Sodden and glum , even in those moments where it 's supposed to feel funny and light .",0 138748,"unpleasant details",0 205916,"may be galled that you 've wasted nearly two hours of your own precious life with this silly little puddle of a movie .",0 25157,"Dogme",1 80978,"gets close to the chimps the same way Goodall did , with a serious minded patience , respect and affection .",1 59136,"timewaster",0 154572,"bad-luck",0 42231,"it so lovingly and",1 166804,"no great love",0 69782,"The off-center humor is a constant , and the ensemble gives it a buoyant delivery",1 119681,"fall 's",1 70750,"Well-done supernatural thriller with keen insights into parapsychological phenomena and the soulful nuances of the grieving process .",1 235456,"say mean things and shoot a lot of bullets",0 226783,"Tom Green as Han Solo ?",0 36683,"scandal",0 140494,"worth seeing at least once",1 93733,"subtle and richly internalized performance",1 95199,"the best sex comedy",1 96148,"the moment who can rise to fans ' lofty expectations",1 234467,"of my least favourite emotions , especially when I have to put up with 146 minutes of it",0 229151,"be as simultaneously funny , offbeat and heartwarming",1 5476,"certainly more naturalistic than its australian counterpart",1 95225,"the bizarre is credible",1 187886,"The Sweetest Thing leaves an awful sour taste .",0 96160,"the most appealing movies ever made about an otherwise appalling , and downright creepy , subject -- a teenage boy in love with his stepmother",1 96951,"the unusual power of thoughtful , subjective filmmaking",1 154505,"awful as some of the recent Hollywood trip tripe",0 69338,"The Paradiso 's rusted-out ruin and ultimate collapse",0 236182,"surprisingly serviceable",1 165419,"made by some very stoned college students",0 32988,"in two separate groups , those reaching for more tissues and those begging for mercy",1 187085,"Sandler does n't understand that the idea of exploiting molestation for laughs is funny , not actually exploiting it yourself .",0 187258,"Sheridan 's take on the author 's schoolboy memoir ... is a rather toothless take on a hard young life .",0 185992,"Manipulative claptrap",0 147578,"Murphy recycles Murphy ,",0 204410,"juiceless",0 103560,"A few nonbelievers may rethink their attitudes when they see the joy the characters take in this creed ,",1 7243,"human hatred",0 65808,"Gondry 's direction is adequate ... but what gives Human Nature its unique feel is Kaufman 's script",1 166315,"most joyless",0 229252,"because there is no earthly reason other than money why this distinguished actor would stoop so low",0 52657,"his sentimental journey of the heart",1 231825,"how well the schmaltz is manufactured -- to assess the quality of the manipulative engineering",0 62085,", lushly photographed and beautifully recorded .",1 34094,"like a super hero , he can out-stealth any agent , he 'll get the girl .",1 38280,"the gloss",1 233701,"makes up for with its heart .",1 235747,"silly fluff",0 156826,"cool at others",1 224029,"In other words , it 's badder than bad .",0 59425,"today 's mood-altering drug therapy been envisioned by chemists in 1949",1 205901,"matters because both are just actory concoctions , defined by childlike dimness and a handful of quirks .",0 63817,"Amy and Matthew have a bit of a phony relationship",0 66034,"Holm does his sly , intricate magic",1 34501,"miniscule little bleep",0 52554,"helped especially by the cool presence of Jean Reno",1 53642,"is sufficiently funny to amuse even the most resolutely unreligious parents who escort their little ones to megaplex screenings",1 184629,"I can channel one of my greatest pictures , Drunken Master",1 23145,"'s nonsense",0 205915,"may be galled that you 've wasted nearly two hours of your own precious life with this silly little puddle of a movie",0 13866,"As an entertainment , the movie keeps you diverted and best of all , it lightens your wallet without leaving a sting .",1 10540,"smartly written",1 202107,"in which a guy dressed as a children 's party clown gets violently gang-raped ?",0 173128,"that manages to do virtually everything wrong",0 232038,"in the kind of prechewed racial clichés that have already been through the corporate stand-up-comedy mill",0 121677,"has a way of gently swaying back and forth as it cradles its characters , veiling tension beneath otherwise tender movements",1 70479,"Triumph of Love is a very silly movie ,",0 127841,"needing other people",0 17908,"uncompromising insight",1 155135,"best films , '' Erin Brockovich , ''",1 239099,"you 'll want things to work out",1 149249,"The cartoon that is n't really good enough to be on afternoon TV",0 143373,"A string of rehashed sight gags",0 147619,"Nasty",0 201118,"hip comedy",1 238545,"well paced and satisfying",1 7065,"he needs to pull his head out of his butt",0 79973,"finds a nice rhythm .",1 99272,"utterly convincing -- and deeply appealing -- as a noble teacher who embraces a strict moral code",1 131664,"rubbish that is listless , witless , and devoid of anything resembling humor",0 93745,"subtly kinky bedside vigils and",1 94310,"tens of thousands of German Jewish refugees",0 131288,"remaining one of the most savagely hilarious social critics",1 217322,"to serve than silly fluff . Nor is it",0 229069,"atrociously , mind-numbingly , indescribably bad",0 90340,"plateau",1 133191,"staggers",0 84221,"is funny , charming and quirky",1 31053,"embracing",1 149608,"The movie is too cute to take itself too seriously , but it still feels like it was made by some very stoned college students",0 47813,"a bad sign when directors abandon their scripts and go where the moment takes them",0 189835,"Works better in the conception than it does in the execution ... winds up seeming just a little too clever .",0 130820,"pure over-the-top trash",0 92236,"self-deprecating , biting and witty feature",0 80829,"funny without hitting below the belt",1 106228,"Hey , the movie about the baseball-playing monkey was worse . ''",0 228226,"a tremendous , offbeat sense of style and humor",1 12564,"treats conspiracy as a kind of political blair witch , a monstrous murk that haunts us precisely because it can never be seen",0 144216,"Borrows from so many literary and cinematic sources that this future world feels absolutely deja vu",0 56334,"quiet endurance",1 223633,"Her film is like a beautiful food entrée that is n't heated properly , so that it ends up a bit cold and relatively flavorless .",0 126797,"many subplots",1 36922,"should check out",1 44048,"A directorial tour de force by Bernard Rose , ivans xtc .",1 63114,"A heroic tale of persistence that is sure to win viewers ' hearts",1 2095,"proves simply too discouraging to let slide",0 27361,"a Vietnamese-born youngster who eagerly and easily assimilated as an all-American girl with a brand new name in southern Tennessee",1 112631,"a rock-solid little genre picture",1 158710,"exudes none of the charm or charisma that might keep a more general audience even vaguely interested in his bratty character",0 180041,"'s time for an absurd finale of twisted metal",0 99853,"what a thrill ride",1 76249,"ca n't help but feel ` stoked .",1 179659,"'s begun to split up so that it can do even more damage",0 25318,"Flavorful and romantic , you could call this How Martha Got Her Groove Back -- assuming , that is , she ever had one to begin with .",1 131500,"reveals the ways in which a sultry evening or a beer-fueled afternoon in the sun can inspire even the most retiring heart to venture forth",1 191404,"a story that tries to grab us , only to keep letting go at all the wrong moments",0 109421,"The Four Feathers is definitely horse feathers , but if you go in knowing that , you might have fun in this cinematic sandbox .",1 162930,"is how it winds up affirming the same damn moldy values the material has always held dear .",0 232965,"it 's pleasant enough and its ecological , pro-wildlife sentiments are certainly welcome",1 225552,"Quaid is utterly fearless as the tortured husband living a painful lie , and Moore wonderfully underplays the long-suffering heroine with an unflappable '50s dignity somewhere between Jane Wyman and June Cleaver .",1 4180,"a sweet",1 139239,"was entranced",1 139417,"weak and ineffective ghost story",0 113621,"all sides",1 219825,"with the director taking a hands-off approach when he should have shaped the story to show us why it 's compelling .",0 46332,"No , it 's not as single-minded as John Carpenter 's original , but it 's sure a lot smarter and more unnerving than the sequels .",1 115537,"be most in the mind of the killer",1 84016,"is an odd but ultimately satisfying blend of the sophomoric and the sublime",1 111305,"Yes , that 's right",1 193037,"are all more than competent",1 134763,"the Spy Kids franchise establishes itself as a durable part of the movie landscape : a James Bond series for kids .",1 155585,"buried somewhere inside its fabric , but never clearly seen",0 39720,"us for this gory , perverted , sex-soaked riff on the cannibal genre",0 52499,"have the highest production values you 've ever seen",1 150811,"What 's worse",0 60795,"'s a certain robustness to this engaging mix of love and bloodletting .",1 61622,", Heaven proves to be a good match of the sensibilities of two directors .",1 24665,"An offbeat , sometimes gross and surprisingly appealing animated film about the true meaning of the holidays",1 163526,"is too obvious or simplistic for this movie .",0 35781,"or pristine forests",1 91902,"satire and unabashed sweetness",1 116996,"cinematically powerful",1 33461,"is played out with such aching beauty and truth that it brings tears to your eyes .",1 60030,"well-edited , well-directed , well-acted , bald",1 183571,"Dong never pushes for insights beyond the superficial tensions of the dynamic he 's dissecting , and the film settles too easily along the contours of expectation .",0 85537,"juiced with enough energy and excitement for at least three films",1 83973,"is always sympathetic",1 92979,"so much tongue-in-cheek weirdness",0 169644,"rarely coherent",0 200170,"grab us",1 4545,"always entertaining , and",1 124213,"is like reading a research paper , with special effects tossed in",0 145331,"Fessenden has nurtured his metaphors at the expense of his narrative ,",0 198061,"even Felinni would know what to make of this Italian freakshow",0 190296,"a cinematic fluidity and sense",1 59826,"value and respect",1 54257,"like many of his works",1 219721,"with crude humor and vulgar innuendo",0 101649,"'s both charming and",1 198825,"figure the power-lunchers do n't care to understand , either",0 53414,"is at times too restrained",0 122332,"his imagination so vivid",1 204695,"largely flat and uncreative moments",0 126700,"makes sure The Salton Sea works the way a good noir should",1 172002,"still-contemporary",1 197912,"enough insight to keep it from being simpleminded",1 145643,"Great story",1 81869,"have done a fine job of updating White 's dry wit to a new age",1 173834,"the excesses of writer-director Roger Avary",0 46186,"Miller tells this very compelling tale with little fuss or noise , expertly plucking tension from quiet .",1 126220,"little excitement",0 71681,"a flourish",1 216309,"thinking of 51 ways to leave this loser",0 20340,"darned good",1 137959,"to the scuzzy underbelly of NYC 's drug scene",0 73532,"also will win you over , in a big way",1 24641,"An incredibly low-rent Danish film , it brings a group of people together in a sweet and charming way , if a little convenient",1 171059,"significant '",1 39047,"through dishonesty",0 180077,"'ve been patched in from an episode of Miami Vice",1 215942,"the worst revenge-of-the-nerds clichés the filmmakers could dredge up",0 22315,"the music defines a generation",1 12393,"to make her heroine 's book sound convincing , the gender-war ideas original , or the comic scenes fly",1 180382,", I Spy has all the same problems the majority of action comedies have .",0 74105,"anomie and heartbreak",0 129778,"our best actors",1 50811,"devilishly witty script",1 196211,"conventional -- lots of boring talking heads , etc . -- to do the subject matter justice",0 105293,"Cyndi Lauper",0 143111,"A gimmick",0 57204,"something new",1 118691,"dramatic arc",1 59653,"underneath the skin like few movies",1 53878,"it will do so in a way that does n't make you feel like a sucker",1 19631,"a world-class actor",1 153399,"an hour 's worth of actual material",1 94782,"that memorable",1 82431,"hooting",0 3783,"a film living far too much in its own head",0 125218,"its cutesy reliance",1 151162,"Yu 's cinematic alchemy produces nearly as much lead as gold .",0 110489,"This is a very ambitious project for a fairly inexperienced filmmaker ,",1 182411,"An exercise in cynicism every bit as ugly as the shabby digital photography and muddy sound .",0 72372,"a sexy slip of an earth mother who mourns her tragedies in private and embraces life in public",1 37986,"the acting is fresh and unselfconscious , and Munch is a marvel of reality versus sappy sentiment .",1 221206,", Rampling gives a performance that could not be improved upon . '",1 148249,"Rather quickly , the film falls into a soothing formula of brotherly conflict and reconciliation .",1 164142,"its remarkable camerawork",1 150564,"Undercover Brother does n't go far enough .",0 206992,"nimble shoulders",1 223288,"Every now and again , a movie comes along to remind us of how very bad a motion picture can truly be .",0 67152,"Leading a double life in an American film only comes to no good",0 12681,"unoriginality",0 146790,"Its over-reliance on genre conventions , character types and formulaic conflict resolutions",0 145435,"For me , this opera is n't a favorite",0 36129,"precise and moving portrait",1 140388,"wondering why you 've been watching all this strutting and posturing",0 205717,"makes less sense than the Bruckheimeresque American action flicks it emulates",0 19496,"a gem . His characters are engaging",1 183783,"Every visual joke is milked , every set-up obvious and lengthy , every punchline predictable . There 's no energy .",0 221530,", soar .",1 203216,"is never especially clever and",0 215294,"the outdated swagger",0 231846,"humour and lightness",1 25730,"It 's a lovely film with lovely performances by Buy and Accorsi .",1 7298,"i was feeling this movie until it veered off too far into the exxon zone , and left me behind at the station looking for a return ticket to realism",0 51705,"find the seeds of hope in the form of collective action",1 127628,"much on Max when he should be filling the screen with this tortured , dull artist and monster-in-the",0 60919,"'s all-powerful , a voice for a pop-cyber culture that feeds on her Bjorkness .",1 162722,"is all windup and not much of a pitch",0 70444,"Transcends",1 71024,"Without You '' is a probing examination of a female friendship set against a few dynamic decades .",1 164584,"last album",1 54880,"most importantly ,",1 147765,"Not a movie",0 101064,"you 're not deeply touched by this movie",0 113285,"achieves the remarkable feat",1 183608,"Earnest and heartfelt",1 209386,"plays like a tired Tyco ad",0 174933,"the truth of the matter is I was glad when it was over",0 200037,"go to the U . N . and ask permission for a preemptive strike",0 102122,"( P ) artnering Murphy with Robert De Niro for the TV-cops comedy Showtime would seem to be surefire casting . The catch is that they 're stuck with a script that prevents them from firing on all cylinders .",0 187812,"The Irwins ' scenes are fascinating :",1 72381,"a shocking lack",0 17987,"watching Huppert , a great actress tearing into a landmark role , is riveting",1 80131,"flinching",0 81224,"good chance",1 237333,"the wit , humor and snappy dialogue of the original",1 1283,"in his zeal to squeeze the action and our emotions into the all-too-familiar dramatic arc of the holocaust escape story , minac",0 234671,"on an inferior level",0 109202,"Stinks from start to finish , like a wet burlap sack of gloom",0 193191,"are so stylized as to be drained of human emotion .",0 219796,"with pitifully few real laughs",0 104329,"An incredibly narrow in-joke targeted to the tiniest segment of an already obscure demographic .",0 22428,"this crowd-pleaser 's",1 56596,"revelatory and",1 48613,"achieves as great an impact",1 69660,"The kind of movie that comes along only occasionally , one so unconventional , gutsy and perfectly",1 201509,"idiots who do n't care what kind of sewage they shovel into their mental gullets to simulate sustenance",0 86363,"love and culture",1 133041,"soulless jumble",0 89035,"of the insurance actuary",1 33828,"its profound self-evaluation message",1 158265,"energetic sweet-and-sour performance",1 19959,"are rewarded by brutal , committed performances from Huppert and Magimel .",1 87839,"new release",1 107963,"Neither quite a comedy nor a romance , more of an impish divertissement of themes that interest Attal and Gainsbourg -- they live together -- the film has a lot of charm .",1 85728,"lacks in outright newness . Plus , like I already mentioned",0 120860,"funny . And educational",1 38127,"the desperate attempts",0 24452,"A romantic comedy , yes , but one with characters who think and talk about their goals , and are working on hard decisions .",1 184989,"Is n't it a bit early in his career for director Barry Sonnenfeld to do a homage to himself ? And it 's a lousy one at that",0 162666,"is a rewarding one",1 198024,"essentially '' Fatal Attraction",1 100209,"wide-eyed",1 84856,"it 's a sit down and ponder affair .",1 200871,"have relied too much on convention in creating the characters who surround Frankie .",0 232004,"in gross romanticization of the delusional personality type",0 229138,"be a thriller",1 147723,"No number of fantastic sets , extras , costumes and spectacular locales can disguise the emptiness at the center of the story .",0 72172,"a predictably efficient piece of business notable largely for its overwhelming creepiness , for an eagerness to create images you wish you had n't seen , which , in this day and age , is of course the point",1 83030,"in retelling a historically significant , and personal , episode detailing how one international city welcomed tens of thousands of German Jewish refugees while the world 's democracie",1 49460,"bad movies",0 216761,"tiring than anything",0 231755,"hits every cliche we 've come to expect , including the assumption that `` crazy '' people are innocent , childlike and inherently funny .",0 238213,"unexpectedly adamant streak",1 119250,"equals the original",1 183296,"Davis the performer is plenty fetching enough , but she needs to shake up the mix , and work in something that does n't feel like a half-baked stand-up routine",0 136102,"the rampantly designed Equilibrium becomes a concept doofus",0 731,"corny",0 145131,"Ethan Hawke has always fancied himself the bastard child of the Beatnik generation and it 's all over his Chelsea Walls .",0 190094,"a Mormon family movie , and a sappy , preachy one at that",0 197091,"disintegrating bloodsucker computer effects and",0 118453,"do n't get enough of that background for the characters to be involving as individuals rather than types",0 239151,"you get a lot of running around , screaming and death .",0 156550,"comedy ensemble",1 145061,"Eight Legged Freaks wo n't join the pantheon of great monster\/science fiction flicks that we have come to love ...",0 5869,"deeper meaning",1 6639,"form an acting bond that makes the banger sisters a fascinating character study with laughs to spare",1 194800,"bombastic and ultimately empty",0 102703,", like its title character , is repellantly out of control .",0 126205,"littered with trenchant satirical jabs at the peculiar egocentricities of the acting breed",0 105604,"Ejemplo de una cinta en que no importa el talento de su reparto o lo interesante que pudo haber resultado su premisa , pues el resultado es francamente aburrido y , por momentos , deplorable . '",1 192044,"after another is not the same as one battle followed by killer CGI effects",0 225886,"Some of the most inventive",1 57062,"slow-moving",0 180781,", life-affirming moments",1 67850,"Nolan 's penetrating undercurrent",1 220300,"you love it",1 14487,"The Rock is destined to be the 21st Century 's new '' Conan '' and that he 's going to make a splash even greater than Arnold Schwarzenegger , Jean-Claud Van Damme or Steven Segal .",1 163153,"is not a character in the movie with a shred of plausibility , not an event that is believable , not a confrontation that is not staged , not a moment that is not false .",0 52725,"hopefulness",1 173502,"the awkward interplay and utter lack of chemistry between Chan and Hewitt",0 72162,"a powerful entity",1 1838,"no doubt the star and everyone else involved had their hearts in the right place . where their heads were is anyone 's guess",0 194642,"big screen magic",1 220001,"works up",1 164270,"jump ship in January to avoid ridiculous schlock like this shoddy suspense thriller",0 68220,"Playfully",1 91310,"recommended viewing for its courage , ideas , technical proficiency and great acting",1 141341,"'s going to be great",1 111672,"a comedy , a romance , a fairy tale",1 190224,"a brazenly misguided project",0 73050,"absorbing performance",1 10221,"run its course",0 109960,"The modern remake of Dumas 's story is long on narrative and ( too ) short on action .",0 205167,"lionize its title character and exploit his anger",0 211412,"shenanigans and",0 5044,"be patient with the lovely hush ! and your reward",1 189791,"With little visible talent and no energy",0 152812,"above your generic sand 'n' sandal adventure",1 137992,"to turn his movie in an unexpected direction",1 53374,"is also a creative urge",1 170793,"sex toys and offers",0 13256,"would have a universal product code instead of a title",0 56906,"she creates for her characters",1 148006,"Paid In Full is so stale , in fact , that its most vibrant scene is one that uses clips from Brian De Palma 's Scarface . That 's a cheat .",0 176738,"tosses around sex toys and offers half-hearted paeans to empowerment that are repeatedly undercut by the brutality of the jokes , most at women 's expense",0 136499,"the upscale lifestyle",1 50208,"clear-eyed portrait",1 87812,"never quite goes where you expect and often surprises you with unexpected comedy",1 96196,"the most sincere and artful movie",1 16301,"it 's a compelling story , mainly because of the way it 's told by the people who were there",1 89236,"offbeat humor",1 217312,"to see how many times they can work the words '' radical '' or '' suck",0 222421,"As A Rumor of Angels reveals itself to be a sudsy tub of supernatural hokum",0 169300,"pristine movie neverland",0 18278,"'s almost impossible not to be moved by the movie 's depiction of sacrifice and its stirring epilogue in post-Soviet Russia",1 211929,"so downbeat and nearly humorless",0 60433,"witty and",1 48069,"a good , if not entirely fresh , look at war .",1 102271,", I enjoyed it just as much",1 204441,"just did n't care",0 217790,"tries to be ethereal , but ends up seeming goofy",0 184673,"I have n't seen such self-amused trash since Freddy Got Fingered .",0 226594,"There is a refreshing absence of cynicism in Stuart Little 2 --",1 164952,"like it 's about teenagers , than it was written by teenagers .",0 146644,"It becomes gimmicky instead of compelling . ''",0 5886,"delivers some chills and sustained unease ,",1 136681,"their often heartbreaking testimony , spoken directly into director Patricio Guzman 's camera ,",1 147375,"Maudlin and",0 141355,"'s hard to know whether or not to recommend this film because for every thing it does right there 's at least one and occasionally two things it gets ever so wrong .",0 210758,"same old bad trip",0 81964,"he 's easy to like and always leaves us laughing",1 229226,"be the best play of the 19th century",1 79620,"families looking for a clean , kid-friendly outing",1 166453,"much like the ethos of a stream of consciousness",1 85013,"it does n't make for completely empty entertainment",1 101319,"'' Hey , the movie about the baseball-playing monkey was worse . ''",0 83574,"into the life of Wladyslaw Szpilman , who is not only a pianist , but a good human being",1 90620,"present an unflinching look",1 108988,"Skin Of Man gets a few cheap shocks from its kids-in-peril theatrics",0 163508,"is to have some idea of the fate that lies in store for moviegoers lured to the mediocrity that is Kung Pow : Enter the Fist .",0 84683,"is surprisingly refreshing",1 183988,"For something as splendid-looking as this particular film , the viewer expects something special but instead gets ( sci-fi ) rehash .",0 19618,"a vivid , vibrant individual",1 23376,", and Maggie Gyllenhaal is a delight .",1 45958,"Knows how to make our imagination",1 23435,", and the performances of the young players are utterly convincing .",1 160548,"hard to be funny",0 40683,"A pleasant ramble through the sort of idoosyncratic terrain that Errol Morris has often dealt with ...",1 93043,"solid '",1 103960,"A tour de force of modern cinema .",1 140585,"wrap the proceedings up neatly",1 116223,"bring new energy to the familiar topic of office politics .",1 82335,"his supple understanding of the role",1 138385,"truly does rescue ( the Funk Brothers ) from Motown 's shadows",1 205922,"may be the first cartoon ever to look as if it were being shown on the projection television screen of a sports bar .",0 79328,"every low-budget movie must be quirky or bleak",0 78978,"energy , intelligence and verve",1 216334,"this Italian freakshow",0 176904,"truly , truly bad",0 104477,"As an entertainment destination for the general public , Kung Pow sets a new benchmark for lameness .",0 57092,"snared in its own tangled plot",0 140685,"you 're in for a painful ride .",0 24574,"Although German cooking does not come readily to mind when considering the world 's best cuisine",0 30493,"credit for trying",1 61901,", fiery passion",1 40664,"A historical epic with the courage of its convictions",1 129327,"oftentimes funny , yet ultimately cowardly autocritique",1 19428,"Wilde 's own vision of a pure comedy with absolutely no meaning , and no desire",0 62415,", whatever your orientation .",1 40125,"will laugh at the audacity , at the who 's who casting and the sheer insanity of it all",1 29452,"beautiful and haunting examination",1 197896,"enjoyable level",1 48789,"all was , and started doing nothing but reacting to it - feeling a part of its grand locations , thinking urgently as the protagonists struggled , feeling at the mercy of its inventiveness , gasping at its visual delights",1 220836,"'s hard to understand why anyone in his right mind would even think to make the attraction a movie",0 77288,"consumed by lust and love and crushed by betrayal that it conjures up the intoxicating fumes and emotional ghosts of a freshly painted Rembrandt",1 137249,"tickled",1 77022,"commanding screen presence",1 8400,"legally blonde and sweet home abomination , i mean ,",0 70764,"Wendigo , Larry Fessenden 's spooky new thriller , is a refreshingly smart and newfangled variation on several themes derived from far less sophisticated and knowing horror films .",1 226703,"This self-infatuated goofball is far from the only thing wrong with the clumsy comedy Stealing Harvard , but he 's the most obvious one .",0 96896,"the tooth and claw of human power",1 70943,"Wickedly funny , visually engrossing ,",1 177253,"unremittingly awful",0 141156,"'s a sitcom without the snap-crackle .",0 87258,"more emotional force",1 22951,"'' Big Deal on Madonna Street '' that 's a sly , amusing , laugh-filled little gem in which the ultimate '' Bellini '' begins to look like a '' real Kaputschnik",1 104835,"Both lead performances are Oscar-size . Quaid is utterly fearless as the tortured husband living a painful lie , and Moore wonderfully underplays the long-suffering heroine with an unflappable '50s dignity somewhere between Jane Wyman and June Cleaver",1 38861,"there 's no denying the talent of the creative forces behind it",1 8135,"its scenes and sensibility are all more than familiar , but",0 34842,"nauseating",0 100242,"will be well worth your time .",1 42567,"risks seeming slow and pretentious",0 117892,"daytime soaper",0 56386,"rare luminary",1 54879,"most high-concept films candy-coat with pat storylines , precious circumstances and beautiful stars",1 137946,"to the most crucial lip-reading sequence",0 182989,"Call me a cold-hearted curmudgeon for not being able to enjoy a mindless action movie , but I believe a movie can be mindless without being the peak of all things insipid .",0 156651,"complicated to sustain involvement , and , if you 'll excuse a little critical heresy , too intellectually ambitious",0 155207,"big , dumb action movie",0 174333,"the movie dawdle",0 156548,"comedy and even dimmer characters",0 205504,"low-rent -- and even lower-wit",0 17568,"the importance of the musicians",1 221699,", you can do no wrong with Jason X.",1 41721,"clever but veers",1 202770,"is attractive",1 231495,"has the sizzle of old news that has finally found the right vent ( accurate",1 189242,"Too much of the movie feels contrived , as if the filmmakers were worried the story would n't work without all those gimmicks .",0 223854,"I sympathize with the plight of these families , but the movie does n't do a very good job conveying the issue at hand .",0 117466,"contains very few laughs and even less surprises",0 32275,"has a subtle way of getting under your skin and sticking with you long after it 's over .",1 143118,"A gob of drivel so sickly sweet , even the eager consumers of Moore 's pasteurized ditties",0 44321,"A touching , sophisticated film",1 157276,"denying the elaborateness of the artist 's conceptions , nor his ability to depict them with outrageous elan",1 163128,"is never as daft as it should have been .",0 12172,"this new version of e . t . just as i hoped i would -- with moist eyes",1 178312,"why do we need 117 minutes to tell a tale that simply ca n't sustain more than 90 minutes",0 103546,"A farce",0 105128,"Clarke-Williams 's",1 204417,"jumps around",0 156886,"could have thought they 'd make audiences guffaw with a script as utterly diabolical as this",0 214666,"the first computer-generated feature cartoon to feel like other movies",1 42734,"takes a tongue-in-cheek attitude",1 117920,"deaths",0 195985,"comes to dreaming up romantic comedies",1 103683,"A lot smarter than your average Bond .",1 212664,"stretched beyond its limits to fill an almost feature-length film",0 201508,"idiotically uses the website feardotcom . com or the improperly hammy performance from poor Stephen Rea",0 87405,"most daring",1 904,"enough to make one pine for the day when godard can no longer handle the rigors of filmmaking",0 228721,"any true film addict will want to check out",1 7095,"her film",1 32170,"grand , intelligent entertainment",1 100754,"wo n't have you swinging from the trees hooting it 's praises , but it 's definitely worth taking a look",1 211860,"smash its face in",0 121209,"glides gracefully from male persona to female",1 7201,"historically significant",1 204815,"leaves an awful sour taste",0 181884,"A pint-sized ` Goodfellas ' designed to appeal to the younger set , it 's not a very good movie in any objective sense",0 57597,"takes us on a bumpy but satisfying journey of the heart .",1 45972,"Laced",0 6775,"getting their fair shot",1 158731,"faded like photographs from the Spanish-American War",0 213307,"termina por ser una parodia absolutamente predecible",0 197162,"do anything as stomach-turning as the way Adam Sandler 's new movie rapes , pillages",0 208381,"on , well , Love in the Time of Money",1 195970,"comes from TV reruns and supermarket tabloids",0 195398,"can only be seen as propaganda",0 107934,"Naipaul original",1 9702,"philosophical",1 156812,"convicted of nothing more than petty theft of your time",0 111799,"a disappointment",0 78620,"dread encountering the most",0 37799,"that extols the virtues of comradeship and community in a spunky , spirited fashion .",1 45504,"Hoffman notches in the nuances of pain ,",1 190185,"a bit like getting all excited about a chocolate eclair and then biting into it and finding the filling missing",0 10218,"rubbo 's humorously tendentious intervention into the who-wrote-shakespeare controversy .",1 139246,"was immensely enjoyable thanks to great performances by both Steve Buscemi and Rosario Dawson",1 204429,"just a series of carefully choreographed atrocities , which become strangely impersonal and abstract",0 77733,"dashing and absorbing",1 186889,"Remember back when thrillers actually thrilled ? When the twist endings were actually surprising ? When the violence actually shocked ? When the heroes were actually under 40 ? Sadly , as Blood Work proves , that was a long , long time ago .",0 57143,"solid and refined piece",1 170390,"say Tykwer has done all that Heaven allows , if you wanted to make as anti-Kieslowski a pun as possible . Suffice to say its total promise is left slightly unfulfilled",0 222536,"Ballistic : Ecks Vs. Sever also features terrible , banal dialogue : convenient , hole-ridden plotting : superficial characters and a rather dull , unimaginative car chase .",0 124936,"it churns up not one but two flagrantly fake thunderstorms to underscore the action",0 134561,"that shrugging off the plot 's persnickety problems",0 232501,"is ingenious fun",1 135281,"the film 's cheeky charm",1 197318,"does n't have anything really interesting to say",0 217350,"to skip it",0 216230,"they fall to pieces",0 180485,", alas , it collapses like an overcooked soufflé .",0 234804,"our reality tv obsession ,",0 72528,"a stirring visual sequence like a surge through swirling rapids or a leap from pinnacle to pinnacle",1 150351,"Though a bit of a patchwork in script and production",0 174047,"the grade as tawdry trash",0 223747,"I Know About Her , but who else engaged in filmmaking today is so cognizant of the cultural and moral issues involved in the process",0 4675,"an overcooked",0 189181,"To call this film a lump of coal would only be to flatter it .",0 199993,"gloomy atmosphere",0 67992,"One of the best films",1 78229,"disappointing to a certain degree",0 7789,"is still pretty darned good",1 104653,"Beating the Austin Powers films at their own game",1 138424,"turn in perfectly executed and wonderfully sympathetic characters , who are alternately touching and funny",1 59741,"unsettlingly realistic",1 81021,"giddy and provocative sexual",1 149275,"The charms of willful eccentricity ,",1 39397,"topic",1 146435,"It 's about following your dreams , no matter what your parents think . Socrates motions for hemlock .",1 55335,"of director John Stockwell",1 173284,"that women 's clothing can cover up any deficiency in acting , writing or direction",0 223263,"Even if you ca n't pronounce `` gyro '' correctly , you 'll appreciate much of Vardalos ' humor , which transcends ethnic boundaries .",1 37820,"that is anything but cathartic",0 65248,"Eastwood 's loyal fans",1 159304,"follows the basic plot trajectory of nearly every Schwarzenegger film",0 19220,"Renner 's performance as Dahmer is unforgettable , deeply absorbing .",1 164071,"its likable performances",1 127822,"need a good laugh",1 158025,"dull , nerdy folks",0 110102,"The problem with ANTWONE FISHER",1 98777,"turn out a small , personal film with an emotional wallop",1 214208,"the black-and-white archival footage of their act",1 13303,"writhing under dialogue like ` you 're from two different worlds ' and ` tonight the maid is a lie and this , this is who you are , ' this schlock-filled fairy tale hits new depths of unoriginality and predictability",0 156387,"clips from Brian De Palma 's Scarface . That 's a cheat",0 227098,"When you 've got the wildly popular Vin Diesel in the equation , it adds up to big box office bucks all but guaranteed .",1 112239,"a loss",0 100750,"wo n't exactly know what 's happening but you 'll be blissfully exhausted .",1 139995,"winds up mired in tear-drenched quicksand .",0 172436,"swings between false sentiment and unfunny madcap comedy and",0 79376,"evokes the blithe rebel fantasy with the kind of insouciance embedded in the sexy demise of James Dean",1 44685,"Below may not mark Mr . Twohy 's emergence into the mainstream , but his promise remains undiminished .",1 182632,"At best this is a film for the under-7 crowd . But it would be better to wait for the video . And a very rainy day .",0 147235,"Looks awfully like one long tourist spot for a Mississippi that may never have existed outside of a scriptwriter 's imagination .",0 107073,"It uses some of the figures from the real-life story to portray themselves in the film .",1 114624,"are more interesting ways of dealing with the subject",0 232409,"is awful .",0 110916,"Walk to Remember a niche hit",1 7944,"it has its moments of swaggering camaraderie , but more often just feels generic , derivative and done to death .",0 15334,"but viewers willing to take a chance will be rewarded with two of the year 's most accomplished and riveting film performances .",1 25171,"Droll caper-comedy",1 35602,"old-movie idiosyncrasy",0 60203,"wifty Southern charm",1 3360,"'s on par with the first one",1 85025,"it entertaining",1 133280,"sterling ensemble cast",1 113811,"ambitious and",1 115850,"believe that people have lost the ability to think and",0 160335,"great ensemble cast",1 202856,"is definitely meaningless , vapid and devoid of substance",0 77162,"condescending",0 84542,"is playful but highly studied and dependent for its success on a patient viewer .",1 186372,"No big whoop , nothing new to see ,",0 54416,"loved in 1994",1 112713,"a sincere performance",1 132890,"some modest amusements",1 70408,"Toes the fine line between cheese and earnestness remarkably well : everything is delivered with such conviction that it 's hard not to be carried away",1 36340,"rather delivers a performance of striking skill and depth",1 212593,"stodgy",0 42246,"its seriousness ,",1 62107,", nearly psychic nuances",0 223873,"I wish I could say `` Thank God It 's Friday ''",0 159780,"frustrating combination",0 49507,"be clever , amusing and unpredictable",1 139091,"visually graceful",1 182493,"Antonio Banderas and Lucy Liu never comes together",0 182,"a good spaghetti",1 17166,"self-absorbed",0 83723,"is Japanese and yet feels universal",1 192741,"and lurches between not-very-funny comedy , unconvincing dramatics",0 238703,"who might enjoy this",1 166564,"nascent industrialized world politics as a new art form , but far too clunky , didactic and saddled with scenes that seem simply an ill fit for this movie",0 165404,"mad , more grating and",0 149928,"The thriller side of this movie is falling flat , as the stalker does n't do much stalking , and no cop or lawyer grasps the concept of actually investigating the case .",0 181213,"-- more accurately , it 's moving",1 188985,"This is a movie filled with unlikable , spiteful idiots : whether or not their friendship is salvaged makes no difference in the least .",0 81131,"giving the movie a mournful undercurrent that places the good-time shenanigans in welcome perspective",1 8254,"just like the deli sandwich : lots of ham , lots of cheese , with a sickly sweet coating to disguise its excrescence until just after ( or during ) consumption of its second half .",0 135644,"the lengths to which he 'll go to weave a protective cocoon around his own ego",0 177489,"viewing a long soap opera in which only the first episode was any good",0 202004,"in the end , it is almost a good movie",1 127873,"never becomes the clever crime comedy it thinks it is",0 143109,"A frustrating combination of strained humor and heavy-handed sentimentality .",0 19565,"a remarkably coherent , horrifically vivid snapshot of those turbulent days",1 92780,"slain rappers",0 103586,"A film with a great premise but only a great premise .",1 3930,"a loosely autobiographical story brushed with sentimentality but brimming with gentle humor , bittersweet pathos , and lyric moments that linger like snapshots of memory",1 62605,"... the kind of entertainment that parents love to have their kids see .",1 141135,"'s a movie forged in the fires of Chick Flick Hell .",0 95325,"the cleverness , the weirdness and the pristine camerawork",1 229442,"borrows a bit from the classics `` Wait Until Dark '' and `` Extremities '' ... But in terms of its style , the movie is in a class by itself .",1 39744,"utter cuteness",1 228840,"are scenes of cinematic perfection that steal your heart away .",1 178354,"will become a classic , but forgive me if I 've come to expect more from this studio than some 79-minute after-school '' cartoon '' .",0 104755,"Bisset delivers a game performance",1 174457,"the only way to pay for his next project",0 215859,"the visual panache",1 96874,"the thrills",1 16990,"previous adventures and perils",1 141816,"( Stevens is ) so stoked to make an important film about human infidelity and happenstance that he tosses a kitchen sink onto a story already overladen with plot conceits .",0 184712,"I spied with my little eye ... a mediocre collection of cookie-cutter action scenes and occasionally inspired dialogue bits",0 155521,"broad racial insensitivity",0 133162,"spot-on Scottish burr",1 20597,"forget",0 211025,"seem goofy",0 38433,"the most haunting , viciously honest coming-of-age films",1 66941,"Jolting into Charleston rhythms , the story has the sizzle of old news that has finally found the right vent ( accurate ? Who cares ? ) .",1 12963,"what is captured during the conceptual process does n't add up to a sufficient explanation of what the final dance work , the selection , became in its final form",0 82731,"impeccable throughout",1 170937,"should be enjoying this . '",1 60402,"with the humor and intelligence of the script",1 103511,"A damn fine",1 2951,"to rival to live , but a fine little amuse-bouche to keep your appetite",1 74884,"astonish and entertain",1 81169,"go the distance",1 56737,"schmaltzy and predictable , but still",0 229127,"based on the wonderful acting clinic put on by Spader and Gyllenhaal",1 10438,"shows moments of promise but ultimately succumbs to cliches and pat storytelling .",0 61817,", but with restraint",0 130193,"philosophical musings",1 200366,"half-lit , sometimes creepy intimacy",0 161452,"hours of material to discuss",1 219587,"winces , clutches",0 75973,"brings to the fore for the gifted but no-nonsense human beings they are and for the still-inestimable contribution they have made to our shared history",1 59848,"very enjoyable children 's",1 31787,"for the David Mamet enthusiast and for anyone who appreciates intelligent , stylish moviemaking .",1 121778,"has its moments in looking at the comic effects of jealousy",1 165743,"may decide it 's too high a price to pay for a shimmering picture postcard .",0 105990,"Gives everyone",1 8436,"lighten things up",1 107609,"Manages to accomplish what few sequels can --",1 195733,"class bores",0 33432,"is never to tease , except gently and in that way that makes us consider our own eccentricities and how they are expressed through our homes .",1 34056,"life and death",1 26995,"This is one of the most visually stunning and thematically moving epics in recent memory",1 38721,"the tragic loss",0 39237,"to make a sinner",0 238370,"walked out muttering words like `` horrible '' and `` terrible ,",0 141020,"'m not suggesting that you actually see it , unless you 're the kind of person who has seen every Wim Wenders film of the '70s",0 23860,", silly , perverse , hopeful and always fun",1 88379,"of a very lively dream",1 84300,"is impressive for the sights and sounds of the wondrous beats the world has to offer",1 10704,"standard",0 222638,"Blessed with a searing lead performance by Ryan Gosling ( Murder by Numbers )",1 229325,"begin to long for the end credits",0 7777,"is smarter and subtler",1 131902,"see Del Toro has brought unexpected gravity to Blade II",1 98564,"totalmente banales",0 28961,"any age",1 88134,"oddest",0 47367,"This is a winning ensemble comedy that shows Canadians can put gentle laughs and equally gentle sentiments on the button , just as easily as their counterparts anywhere else in the world .",1 59800,"uses his usual modus operandi of crucifixion",0 39246,"to moviegoers who enjoy thinking about compelling questions with no easy answers",1 84568,"is reasonably entertaining",1 149618,"The movie quickly drags on becoming boring and predictable . I tried to read the time on my watch .",0 173673,"the coolness vibes when in fact the film is n't as flippant or slick as it thinks it is",0 166983,"not smart",0 176602,"too concerned",0 213752,"that made it all work",1 176401,"to slap her creators because they 're clueless and inept",0 178997,"wrong with the clumsy comedy Stealing Harvard",0 94735,"that it can only encourage us to see Samira Makhmalbaf as a very distinctive sensibility , working to develop her own film language with conspicuous success",1 71005,"With lesser talents , High Crimes would be entertaining ,",0 90799,"proves that elegance is more than tattoo deep",1 47338,"This Orange has some juice ,",1 11037,"that 's not merely unwatchable , but also",0 166189,"more importantly , it 's just not scary",0 121640,"harrowing journey",1 62388,", unlike so many other Hollywood movies of its ilk , it offers hope",1 83789,"is a good-hearted ensemble comedy with a variety of quirky characters and an engaging story .",1 165051,"lip-synching , tragedy , and lots",0 62369,", timeless and universal tale",1 237019,"the latter 's attendant intelligence",0 61705,", Time Out offers an exploration that is more accurate than anything I have seen in an American film .",1 3995,"a more graceful",1 50376,"confident filmmaking and",1 13752,": it 's so clever you want to hate it . But he somehow pulls it off .",1 116671,"capture the magic of the original . Well",1 37225,"spice to keep it interesting",1 31336,"except with an outrageous central gimmick that could have been a reject from Monty Python 's Meaning of Life .",0 116208,"brightly optimistic",1 2921,"to call this one an eventual cult classic would be an understatement , and woe is the horror fan who opts to overlook this goofily endearing and well-lensed gorefest .",1 172281,"sufficiently developed to support a film constructed around him",1 121781,"has little clue about either the nature of women or of friendship",0 99624,"was more diverting and thought-provoking",1 210415,"repeated at least four times . Every joke is repeated at least -- annoying , is n't it",0 127373,"more than that , it 's an observant , unfussily poetic meditation about identity and alienation",1 86663,"makes up for in drama , suspense , revenge , and romance",1 64617,"Cannon 's confidence and",1 221337,", fireballs and revenge",0 72940,"about growing up that we do n't see often enough these days",1 98487,"tolerance and diversity",1 184150,"Girlfriends are bad , wives are worse",0 175647,"thoughtfulness and",1 199859,"gets a bit heavy handed with his message at times",0 94743,"that it seems the film should instead be called ` My Husband Is Travis Bickle '",0 53218,"inventive , fiercely competitive",1 158975,"feels twice as long",0 156781,"continues to baffle the faithful with his games of hide-and-seek .",0 119938,"feels uncomfortably real , its language and locations bearing the unmistakable stamp of authority",1 176971,"turned completely and irrevocably bizarre to the point of utter nonsense",0 22027,"sorrow",0 122462,"holds interest in the midst of a mushy , existential exploration of why men leave their families",1 60423,"without lectures or confrontations",1 211813,"slovenly done , so primitive in technique , that it ca n't really be called animation",0 52680,"his way to becoming the American Indian Spike Lee",1 45570,"I found The Ring moderately absorbing , largely for its elegantly colorful look and sound .",1 69503,"The faithful",1 37815,"that is a brief shooting star of love",1 62865,"A compassionate , moving portrait of an American ( and an America ) always reaching for something just outside his grasp",1 35374,"of quirkiness , eccentricity , and certain individuals ' tendency to let it all hang out , and damn the consequences .",1 207529,"of a depressed fifteen-year-old 's suicidal poetry",0 156990,"creepy Egyptian demigod voice",0 59355,"to suggest the ravages of a life of corruption and ruthlessness",0 200849,"have no affinity for most of the characters . Nothing about them is attractive .",0 236373,"that Calvin Jr. 's Barbershop represents some sort of beacon of hope in the middle of Chicago 's South Side",1 103146,". It 's touching and tender and proves that even in sorrow you can find humor . Like blended shades of lipstick , these components combine into one terrific story with lots of laughs .",1 30679,"delirious celebration",1 205193,"little action , almost no suspense or believable tension , one-dimensional characters up the wazoo and sets",0 178819,"world-class filmmaker",1 224481,"Jones ... makes a great impression as the writer-director of this little $ 1.8 million charmer , which may not be cutting-edge indie filmmaking but has a huge heart .",1 50374,"confident , richly acted , emotionally devastating piece",1 218913,"wazoo and sets",0 32633,"honest and unaffected ( and gentle )",1 110011,"The movie weighs no more than a glass of flat champagne .",0 162589,"is a disaster of a story , full of holes and completely lacking in chills . Ignore the reputation , and ignore the film",0 181618,"A distinctly minor effort",0 207654,"of clams left in the broiling sun for a good three days",0 117179,"come away from his film overwhelmed ,",1 85810,"lavish formalism",1 208913,"overcome bad hair design",0 119925,"feels like just one more in the long line of films this year about the business of making movies",0 108561,"Real Women Have Curves truly is life affirming",1 136256,"the silly and crude storyline",0 66438,"Irwin is so earnest that it 's hard to resist his pleas to spare wildlife and respect their environs .",1 114807,"as a documentary -- but not very Imaxy",0 187309,"Silberling had the best intentions here",1 58222,"the direction is intelligently accomplished",1 129867,"overeager",0 117204,"comedic agony",0 27801,"a seamless ensemble .",1 69767,"The new Insomnia",1 207537,"of a good cast",1 200451,"hardly memorable",0 74406,"are simply intoxicating .",1 137050,"this smart-aleck movie ... tosses around some intriguing questions about the difference between human and android life",1 29396,"be a little different",1 83541,"into an intense and engrossing head-trip",1 63732,"Almost everyone growing up believes their family must look like '' The Addams Family '' to everyone looking in ... '' My Big Fat Greek Wedding '' comes from the heart",1 41517,"addresses in a fascinating , intelligent manner",1 24506,"A wildly funny prison",1 92772,"skillfully assembled , highly polished and professional adaptation",1 125392,"its true-to-life characters ,",1 22695,"viewers to gawk at or applaud his special effects",1 226365,"The movie is ingenious fun .",1 137513,"to create a very compelling , sensitive , intelligent and almost cohesive piece of film entertainment",1 63395,"A smart , sassy and exceptionally charming romantic comedy .",1 56672,"runs with it and presents it with an unforgettable visual panache",1 4054,"a psychologically rich and suspenseful moral thriller with a stellar performance",1 35904,"part homage and part remake",1 71712,"a funny , puzzling movie ambiguous enough to be engaging and oddly moving",1 45714,"It 's a much more emotional journey than what Shyamalan has given us in his past two movies ,",1 18037,"while you wait for the story to get going",0 53643,"is sufficiently funny to amuse even the most resolutely unreligious parents who escort their little ones to megaplex screenings .",1 25489,"Has a shambling charm ... a cheerfully inconsequential diversion .",1 226430,"The plot is nothing but boilerplate clichés from start to finish , and the script assumes that not only would subtlety be lost on the target audience , but that it 's also too stupid to realize that they 've already seen this exact same movie a hundred times",0 155613,"but certainly hard to hate",1 127680,"musical passion",1 213147,"takes its doe-eyed Crudup out of pre-9 / 11 New York and onto a cross-country road trip of the Homeric kind .",1 18432,", like Beatrice , has a watchful affection for the monster .",1 61556,"( who is always a joy to watch , even when her material is not first-rate )",1 25551,"Hilarious , touching and wonderfully dyspeptic .",1 142018,", Miramax should have hidden it from everyone .",0 49398,"at the hands of the unseen forces of fate",1 134131,"thanks to the actors ' perfect comic timing and sweet , genuine chemistry",1 118458,"do n't know whether to admire the film 's stately nature and call it classicism or be exasperated by a noticeable lack of pace . Or both .",0 139873,"will at least have a dream image of the West to savor whenever the film 's lamer instincts are in the saddle",1 27689,"a movie steeped in an ambiguity that lends its conflicts a symbolic resonance",1 110269,"Their parents",1 1349,"iq points as it races to the finish line",1 105884,"Frankly , it 's pretty stupid . I had more fun with Ben Stiller 's Zoolander , which I thought was rather clever . But there 's plenty to offend everyone ...",0 134853,"the auditorium feeling dizzy",1 85093,"it may be the most oddly honest Hollywood document of all",1 54242,"like a discarded House Beautiful spread",0 165512,"make inspiring efforts",1 19353,"Think of it as a sort of comfort food for the mind",1 34701,"moviegoers who enjoy thinking about compelling questions with no easy answers",1 55253,"of a character who , in spite of tragic loss and increasing decrepitude , knows in his bones that he is one of the luckiest men alive",1 48996,"an uneasy mix",0 28319,"an ambiguous icon",1 26712,"The Bourne Identity is what summer screen escapism used to be in the decades when it was geared more to grownups .",1 23881,", sweating , mopping his face and generally displaying the wacky talent that brought him fame in the first place",1 66550,"It 's definitely an improvement on the first Blade , since it does n't take itself so deadly seriously .",1 116273,"buck or",0 109203,"Stinks from start to finish , like a wet burlap sack of gloom .",0 149463,"The humor is n't as sharp , the effects not as innovative , nor the story as imaginative as in the original . But it could have been worse",0 204622,"laborious pacing",0 93533,"stirring visual sequence",1 223125,"Determined to be fun , and bouncy , with energetic musicals , the humor did n't quite engage this adult .",0 46870,"Swim represents an engaging and intimate first feature by a talented director to watch",1 94082,"tackles its relatively serious subject with an open mind and considerable good cheer , and is never less than engaging .",1 15013,"and charming old reel-to-reel recordings of Meeropol entertaining his children to create his song history , but most powerful of all",1 36686,"scarcely needs the subtitles to enjoy this colorful action farce .",1 175935,"to be entertained",1 58697,"the series you 'll love it and probably want to see it twice",1 11383,"the film 's strength is n't in its details , but in the larger picture it paints - of a culture in conflict with itself , with the thin veneer of nationalism that covers our deepest , media-soaked fears .",1 182016,"A somewhat disappointing and meandering saga",0 302,"a young audience , which will probably be perfectly happy with the sloppy slapstick comedy",0 208395,"on a Wal-Mart budget",0 38830,"their screen rapport makes the old story seem new .",1 115284,"avoid the ghetto of sentimental chick-flicks",0 168711,"pass this stinker off as a scary movie",0 189507,"Weiss and",1 23899,", the edge-of-your-seat , educational antics of Steve Irwin are priceless entertainment .",1 88375,"of a triumph",1 197819,"emptiness and",0 174483,"the overcooked , ham-fisted direction ,",0 101989,"'s waltzed itself into the art film pantheon .",1 130223,"piece of dreck",0 64403,"Bloody Sunday lacks in clarity",0 29566,"best soundtrack",1 1662,"made before , like beau travil and nenette et boni , could prepare us for this gory , perverted , sex-soaked riff on the cannibal genre",0 124971,"it feels accidental",0 223267,"Even kids deserve better .",0 190126,"a bad blend of an overripe episode of TV 's Dawson 's Creek and a recycled and dumbed-down version of Love Story",0 71052,"Wonderland adventure , a stalker thriller , and",1 118101,"deserve the energy it takes to describe how bad it is",0 183355,"Derailed by bad writing",0 198313,"exhaustion , from watching a movie that is dark ( dark green , to be exact ) ,",0 30665,"delicate little film",1 84807,"is very funny , but not always in a laugh-out-loud way",1 111060,"What with all the blanket statements and dime-store ruminations on vanity , the worries of the rich and sudden wisdom , the film becomes a sermon for most of its running time .",0 3678,"a comedy that swings and jostles to the rhythms of life .",1 182529,"Apparently writer-director Attal thought he need only cast himself and his movie-star wife sitting around in their drawers to justify a film",0 24114,"... Blade II is more enjoyable than the original .",1 17683,"the worst film comedies in decades",0 127775,"naturalistic acting",1 187308,"Silberling also , to a certain extent , trivializes the movie with too many nervous gags and pratfalls .",0 104595,"B-movie imagination",0 10674,"spielberg 's picture is smarter and subtler than ( total recall and blade runner ) , although its plot may prove too convoluted for fun-seeking summer audiences",1 5718,"constant smiles and frequent laughter",1 22670,"uses humour to make its points about acceptance and growth",1 188878,"There are many things that solid acting can do for a movie , but crafting something promising from a mediocre screenplay is not one of them",0 201122,"hippest",1 40411,"you 'll probably see a bit of yourself in her unfinished story .",1 10397,"shaking its blair witch project real-time roots",0 190955,"a minimalist Beauty and the Beast",0 79512,"extraordinarily rich",1 192340,"altered",1 162744,"is an angst-ridden attempt to be profound",0 25281,"Family Fundamentals displays a rare gift for unflinching impartiality .",1 196815,"deserves , at the very least , a big box of consolation candy",0 35706,"one that many more people should check out",1 219687,"with actors you 're most likely to find on the next inevitable incarnation of The Love Boat",0 184505,"How Long Is This Movie",0 180644,", folks , it does n't work .",0 112855,"a sweetly",1 124500,"is slight but unendurable",0 109134,"Spy Kids 2 also happens to be that rarity among sequels : It actually improves upon the original hit movie",1 164649,"lazy than anything a fictitious Charlie Kaufman",0 70032,"The wonder of Mostly Martha is the performance of Gedeck , who makes Martha enormously endearing .",1 175938,"to be frightening , too stolid to be funny",0 98719,"truly deserving of its Oscar nomination",1 105351,"Deadly dull , pointless meditation on losers in a gone-to-seed hotel .",0 99156,"unwieldy cast",0 202609,"is a mildly funny , sometimes tedious , ultimately insignificant film",0 142510,", the new Star Wars installment has n't escaped the rut dug by the last one .",0 202658,"is a successful one",1 194064,"be a total loss",0 92880,"smart , savvy , compelling",1 109416,"The Emperor 's Club turns a blind eye to the very history it pretends to teach .",0 183774,"Every joke is repeated at least four times . Every joke is repeated at least four times . Every joke is repeated at least -- annoying , is n't it ?",0 78444,"does n't feel like a film that strays past the two and a half mark",0 79370,"evocative and heartfelt",1 234083,"negative",0 188171,"The film did n't move me one way or the other ,",0 115267,"audience-pleaser",1 138566,"uncinematic but",0 228262,"a young woman who wants many things in life , but fears she 'll become her mother before she gets to fulfill her dreams",1 29908,"by Washington . It wo n't rock any boats",0 37431,"subtlety and perception",1 180074,"'s worse , routine",0 108174,"One of the most slyly exquisite anti-adult movies",1 10731,"stealing harvard is a smorgasbord of soliloquies about nothing delivered by the former mr",0 226695,"This overproduced piece",0 125848,"leaps over national boundaries",1 53609,"is sensational and revelatory , even if scratching makes you itch .",1 32917,"in spite of numerous minor flaws , Scorsese 's best in more than a decade .",1 98695,"tried as a war criminal",0 133895,"tastelessness and",0 50211,"cleverly",1 19726,"amusing , breezily apolitical",1 142107,", but it also does the absolute last thing we need Hollywood doing to us : It preaches .",0 132640,"slow to those of us in middle age and deathly slow to any teen .",0 56959,"shows a remarkable gift for storytelling",1 203153,"is n't a terrible movie , just a stultifyingly obvious one -- an unrewarding collar for a murder mystery .",0 179975,"'s so bad it starts to become good .",0 117649,"crafted import",1 117197,"come to learn -- as many times as we have fingers to count on -- Jason is a killer who does n't know the meaning of the word ` quit . '",0 62760,"A French film with a more down-home flavor",1 202434,"into the deepest recesses of the character to unearth the quaking essence of passion , grief and fear",1 164333,"just more of the same ,",0 227181,"With Zoe Clarke-Williams 's lackluster thriller `` New Best Friend '' , who needs enemies",0 203898,"it feels like a glossy rehash .",0 136114,"the raunch in favor of gags that rely on the strength of their own cleverness",1 57129,"so with such an uneven tone",0 182022,"A spooky yarn of demonic doings on the high seas that works better the less the brain is engaged",0 158865,"far too clunky , didactic",0 67052,"Kline 's superbly nuanced performance",1 94662,"that first made audiences on both sides of the Atlantic love him",1 40682,"A pleasant enough movie , held together by skilled ensemble actors",1 99281,"valiant attempt to tell a story about the Vietnam War before the pathology set in",1 117776,"cultural satire",1 21442,"not be as palatable as intended",0 40760,"An exciting and involving rock music doc ,",1 168980,"plods toward the end , less like a movie than like the filmed reading of a script in need of polishing",0 160909,"have that same option to slap her creators because they 're clueless and inept",0 106463,"I have a confession to make : I did n't particularly like E . T . the first time I saw it as a young boy . That is because - damn it !",0 56855,"sentimental cliches",0 210068,"ransacks",0 159481,"for the connoisseurs",1 125507,"just impossible",0 150087,"There are films that try the patience of even the most cinema-besotted critic -- and this was one of them .",0 182441,"An undistinguished attempt to make a classic theater piece",0 130605,"pretty good overall picture",1 85469,"itself , a playful spirit and a game cast",1 127309,"more hackneyed",0 24062,"-- in turns loyal and deceitful , responsible and reckless , idealistically selfless and coldly self-interested",1 155302,"bloated gasbag thesis",0 9752,"pleasures",1 171805,"spit",0 65116,"Discursive",0 39738,"usual obvious laughs",1 143180,"A long-winded and stagy session of romantic contrivances that never really gels like the shrewd feminist fairy tale it could have been .",0 158188,"emotionally unavailable rut",0 70865,"Whether or not you buy",1 150104,"There are weird resonances between actor and role here , and they 're not exactly flattering .",0 239198,"you thought would leave you cold",0 212611,"story and his juvenile camera movements",0 193224,"are too many bona fide groaners among too few laughs",0 141149,"'s a sadistic bike flick that would have made Vittorio De Sica proud",1 211088,"seems intimidated by both her subject matter and the period trappings of this debut venture into the heritage business",0 34273,"made before , like Beau Travil and Nenette et Boni , could prepare us for this gory , perverted , sex-soaked riff on the cannibal genre",0 1578,"laughs out loud",1 161576,"if it ultimately disappoints",0 103130,". Entertaining",1 216305,"thinking man CIA agent Jack Ryan in this summer 's new action film , '' The Sum of All Fears",0 27937,"a vision of the past that is faithful to both architectural glories and commanding open spaces of the city as it was more than two centuries ago",1 48100,"a harrowing drama",1 141684,"'s too random and inconclusive",0 223582,"Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is deja vu all over again ,",0 232396,"is an interesting story of pointed personalities , courage , tragedy and the little guys vs. the big guys",1 198746,"feels more like Lyne 's stolid remake of '' Lolita ''",0 181466,"90 minutes trying figure out whether or not some cocky pseudo-intellectual kid has intentionally left college or was killed",0 221949,"A cartoon ?",0 91016,"quirkily appealing minor movie",1 28923,"and you 'll be glad you went along for the ride .",1 151217,"` Some Body ' will appeal to No One",0 51396,"excellent principal singers",1 221678,", why bother with a contemptible imitator starring a `` SNL '' has-been acting like an 8-year-old channeling Roberto Benigni ?",0 227312,"You wo n't like Roger , but you will quickly recognize him .",0 86201,"living hell",0 59757,"uplifting and funny",1 162646,"is a movie where the most notable observation is how long you 've been sitting still",0 159577,"forgetting only to retain a single laugh",0 182604,"As predictable as the outcome of a Globetrotters-Generals game , Juwanna Mann is even more ludicrous than you 'd expect from the guy-in-a-dress genre",0 161489,"how to please a crowd , and",1 5046,"be patient with the lovely hush ! and your reward will be a thoughtful , emotional movie experience .",1 61348,"'s very Beavis and Butthead , yet always seems to elicit a chuckle",1 21652,"oodles of style and substance",1 15346,"by no means his best work",0 58059,"the best he 's been in years",1 66853,"Jackson tries to keep the plates spinning as best he can , but",0 85095,"it may rate as the most magical and most fun family fare of this or any recent holiday season .",1 230352,"does n't do much to weigh any arguments one way or the other .",0 125600,"kids to watch too many Barney videos",0 173754,"the dopey plot",0 69227,"That the real Antwone Fisher was able to overcome his personal obstacles and become a good man",1 155912,"camouflage the dopey plot",0 36332,"rare , exhilarating",1 96720,"the smarter offerings the horror genre",1 41171,"Reinforces the talents of screenwriter Charlie Kaufman , creator of Adaptation and Being John Malkovich",1 207012,"no charm , no laughs , no fun",0 158555,"everything you do n't go to the movies for",0 169101,"poses is not ` Who ? ' but ` Why ? '",0 30132,"cheerfully",1 129683,"opens today in the New York metropolitan area , so distasteful",0 172526,"taking a child younger",1 115616,"be viewed and treasured for its extraordinary intelligence and originality",1 229241,"beautiful food entrée",1 118753,"druggy and self-indulgent , like a spring-break orgy for pretentious arts majors",0 7616,"intrigue , treachery",1 110308,"There 's no doubting that this is a highly ambitious and personal project for Egoyan , but",1 99378,"very well-acted",1 46297,"NOT",0 213723,"that it is nearly impossible to look at or understand",0 186090,"Memories of Rollerball",1 5270,"bratty for sympathy , and as the film",0 20656,"giving a tight , focused performance illuminated by shards of feeling",1 223330,"Fantastic",1 147047,"Lacking",0 232883,"is what it is -- a nice , harmless date film",1 63216,"A moving story",1 127602,"moving and not infrequently breathtaking",1 223439,"Full Frontal lacks in thematic coherence",0 33078,"inspirational",1 42161,"is also refreshing , disarming , and just outright enjoyable",1 66382,"In the new release of Cinema Paradiso , the tale has turned from sweet to bittersweet , and when the tears come during that final , beautiful scene , they finally feel absolutely earned .",1 64126,"Astonishing ...",1 179528,"'s a frightful vanity film that , no doubt , pays off what debt Miramax felt they owed to Benigni",0 52769,"hugely rewarding experience",1 37616,"tantalizes by offering a peep show into the lives of the era 's creme de la celluloid .",1 156098,"cause you to bite your tongue to keep from laughing at the ridiculous dialog or the oh-so convenient plot twists .",1 194755,"blustery",0 213485,"that 's lived too long",0 26269,"Often hilarious , well-shot and , importantly , entertaining",1 77533,"creates a fluid and mesmerizing sequence of images to match the words of Nijinsky 's diaries",1 7741,"is n't exactly profound cinema",0 174859,"the suspense is palpable",1 72875,"abandoned ,",0 229487,"build a seamless ensemble",1 113025,"a wholesome fantasy for kids",1 89783,"other great documentaries",1 135524,"the human spirit triumphs",1 8558,"lost his touch",0 171466,"so poorly thought-out and substance-free",0 229862,"clue you in that something 's horribly wrong",0 19359,"This clever caper movie has twists worthy of David Mamet and is enormous fun for thinking audiences .",1 135592,"the joyous , turbulent self-discovery",1 220148,"writer/director Achero Manas 's film is schematic and obvious .",0 25252,"Even in its most tedious scenes , Russian Ark is mesmerizing .",1 190266,"a cellular phone commercial",0 236974,"the heart-pounding suspense",1 1707,"match the muddled narrative",0 223298,"Exciting and well-paced",1 181556,"A characteristically engorged and sloppy coming-of-age movie .",0 142492,", the filmmaker 's relative passivity will make it tough for them to really care .",0 192838,"another example of how Sandler is losing his touch",0 95958,"the intoxicating fumes and",1 211718,"sitting in a downtown café , overhearing a bunch of typical late-twenty-somethings natter on about nothing ,",0 131870,"sealed in a jar",0 207020,"no clue about making a movie",0 151552,"a convolution of language that suggests it",0 227565,"`` Red Dragon '' is entertaining .",1 53323,"is a really special walk in the woods .",1 107003,"It forces you to watch people doing unpleasant things to each other and themselves ,",0 102353,", Warm Water may well be the year 's best and most unpredictable comedy .",1 207570,"of a shameless '70s blaxploitation shuck-and-jive sitcom",0 115394,"barely shocking ,",0 69519,"The film 's messages of tolerance and diversity are n't particularly original",0 141463,"'s not enough to sustain the comedy .",0 122915,"in a thriller , and the performances",1 21366,"movingly genuine",1 144845,"Die Another Day suggests that the Bond franchise has run into a creative wall that 007 can not fly over , tunnel under or barrel through .",0 34412,"may be little more than another platter of reheated Aliens",0 122980,"in execution it is all awkward , static , and lifeless rumblings",0 44711,"Bettany playing Malcolm McDowell ? Cool",1 32,"'s back-stabbing , inter-racial desire and , most importantly ,",0 170129,"ridiculous beyond description",0 100870,"works well enough",1 126523,"made a decent ` intro ' documentary",1 33202,"is Carion 's debut feature but his script and direction hums with a confidence that many spend entire careers trying to reach",1 17035,"rare glimpse",1 157204,"deeply in love with its own quirky personality .",1 190813,"a leash -- far too polite to scale the lunatic heights of Joe Dante 's similarly styled Gremlins",0 66545,"It 's consistently funny , in an irresistible junior-high way , and consistently free of any gag that would force you to give it a millisecond of thought .",1 65736,"Gedeck ,",0 114811,"as a dystopian movie",0 139568,"what the hell was coming next",0 229865,"clutches his chest",0 160436,"had a nightmare",0 54148,"larger than life",1 75561,"belongs to the marvelous Verdu , a sexy slip of an earth mother who mourns her tragedies in private and embraces life in public",1 222340,"And , there 's no way you wo n't be talking about the film once you exit the theater .",1 134395,"that it 's a rock-solid little genre picture",1 202348,"interesting matters of identity and heritage",1 65824,"Gooding is the energetic frontman , and",1 186883,"Releasing a film with the word ` dog ' in its title in January lends itself to easy jokes and insults",0 92812,"slightest difficulty",0 138490,"typical Toback machinations",0 65781,"Give credit to everyone from Robinson",1 35473,"of the most haunting , viciously honest coming-of-age films",1 196394,"create a ruffle in what is already an erratic career",0 85260,"its final form ( in '' Last Dance ''",1 72262,"a remarkably cohesive whole",1 227231,"Writer \/ director M. Night Shyamalan 's ability to pull together easily accessible stories that resonate with profundity is undeniable .",1 228079,"a play that only ever walked the delicate tightrope between farcical and loathsome",0 86437,"lying if I said my ribcage did n't ache by the end of Kung Pow",1 194887,"bother with a contemptible imitator starring a '' SNL '' has-been acting like an 8-year-old channeling Roberto Benigni ?",0 150522,"Try as I may , I ca n't think of a single good reason to see this movie , even though everyone in my group extemporaneously shouted , ` Thank you ! ' when Leguizamo finally plugged an irritating character late in the movie .",0 463,"as ' a perfect family film , ' because it 's about family",1 150222,"This is a shameless sham , calculated to cash in on the popularity of its stars .",0 47645,"Winds up being both revelatory and narcissistic , achieving some honest insight into relationships that most high-concept films candy-coat with pat storylines , precious circumstances and beautiful stars",1 106350,"Human Nature , in short , is n't nearly as funny as it thinks it is : neither is it as smart",0 231520,"hate myself most mornings .",0 235146,"qualify as revolutionary",1 182458,"An uplifting drama",1 228556,"an embarrassment , a monotonous ,",0 5837,"daring and original",1 13719,"... takes Kurys ' career to a whole new level .",1 6715,"fully endear",1 137062,"this surprisingly decent flick",1 23069,"'s a sly , amusing , laugh-filled little gem in which the ultimate '' Bellini '' begins to look like a '' real Kaputschnik",1 7982,"it wo n't be long before you 'll spy i spy at a video store near you",0 142401,", pretentious version",0 111014,"What 's so striking about Jolie 's performance",1 84229,"is funny , insightfully human and a delightful lark for history buffs",1 100392,"with a company of strictly A-list players",1 169734,"real plot",1 203762,"it 's hard to take her spiritual quest at all seriously",0 128491,"of a typical American horror film",0 46200,"Mollà , Gil and Bardem --",1 58499,"the moral stiffness",0 64472,"Brilliantly written and",1 35531,"of those rare , exhilarating cinematic",1 41693,"careful period attention as well as",1 204629,"lack depth or complexity , with the ironic exception of Scooter",0 86723,"managed to pack it with enough action to satisfy the boom-bam crowd without a huge sacrifice of character and mood",1 237006,"the kind of ` laugh therapy '",1 154084,"as a muddled and offensive cautionary tale for Hispanic Americans",0 3742,"a dull , pretentious version",0 199110,"following your dream",1 116811,"certainly got lost in the '' soon-to-be-forgettable '' section of the quirky rip-off prison romp pile .",0 74363,"are masterfully controlled .",1 206343,"more by a desire to match mortarboards with Dead Poets Society and Good Will Hunting than by its own story",0 176331,"to raunchy sex gags to formula romantic comedy",0 123197,"in the translation this time . The Importance of Being Earnest movie seems to be missing a great deal of the acerbic repartee of the play",0 56481,"regards 1967 as the key turning point of the 20th century",1 177577,"wander into predictably treacherous situations even though they should know better .",0 136368,"the sum of its parts in today 's Hollywood",1 151158,"Your appreciation of it",1 31653,"fine documentary",1 115472,"be bad",0 51206,"engaging and",1 67750,"Nair 's attention to detail",1 172290,"suggests that the Bond franchise has run into a creative wall that 007 can not fly over",0 168459,"outrageous pranks and scenes",1 94118,"take on loss and loneliness .",0 148782,"Spain 's greatest star wattage does n't overcome the tumult of maudlin tragedy .",0 58394,"the human cost of the conflict that came to define a generation",1 87602,"much of Jonah simply , and gratefully",1 178458,"wit , feeling and believability",1 200886,"have to check your brain at the door",0 118831,"each one of these people stand out and everybody else is in the background and it just seems manufactured to me and artificial",0 65340,"Escapes the precious trappings of most romantic comedies , infusing into the story very real , complicated emotions",1 66288,"If you can swallow its absurdities and crudities Lagaan really is enormously good fun .",1 107854,"Mr . Nelson has made a film that is an undeniably worthy and devastating experience .",1 123442,"instead comes closer to the failure of the third Revenge of the Nerds sequel .",0 85799,"laughed that hard in years",1 3567,"a 90-minute , four-star movie .",1 218550,"violent and mindless",0 205683,"make the most out of the intriguing premise",1 14105,"I was surprised at how quickly it faded from my memory",0 74039,"and intermittently hilarious",1 214671,"the first half of his movie generates by orchestrating a finale that is impenetrable and dull",0 168815,"perhaps the heaviest , most joyless movie ever made about giant dragons taking over the world .",0 96539,"the real thing",1 40653,"A feel-good picture in the best sense",1 97481,"this nicely wound clock not just ticking , but humming",1 41537,"ambiguity and creating",1 146494,"It 's hampered by a Lifetime-channel kind of plot and a lead actress who is out of her depth .",0 128409,"of ` black culture ' and the dorkier aspects",0 145222,"Excellent Adventure",1 59015,"this moving , effective little film",1 160815,"have been better than the fiction",1 147178,"Like so many other allegedly scary movies , it gets so tangled up in The Twist that it chokes the energy right out of the very audience it seeks to frighten .",0 37538,"swashbuckler",1 108172,"One of the most original American productions this year",1 157439,"difficult-to-swallow",0 130565,"presented in such a lousy way , complete with some of the year 's ( unintentionally ) funniest moments , that it 's impossible to care",0 181750,"A horrible , 99-minute stink bomb .",0 103550,"A fascinating examination of the joyous , turbulent self-discovery",1 170791,"sex gags",0 105209,"Consistently clever and suspenseful .",1 36840,"set on a truly grand scale .",1 188278,"The holes in this film remain agape --",0 86295,"looking like something wholly original",1 89322,"old and scary one",0 161542,"hyper-cliched",0 9740,"played in the most straight-faced fashion",1 141478,"'s not much going on in this movie unless you simply decide to buy into the notion that something inexplicably strange once happened in Point Pleasant .",0 59804,"uses stereotypes in a delightful blend of sweet romance",1 200269,"guess a space station in the year 2455 can be crossed off the list of ideas for the inevitable future sequels ( hey , do n't shoot the messenger )",0 201645,"imaginative as one might have hoped",1 122518,"horse feathers",0 3017,"uncomfortably close to losing my lunch",0 18362,", at the same time , is so fresh and free of the usual thriller nonsense that it all seems to be happening for the first time",1 99703,"waydowntown acknowledges the silent screams of workaday inertia but stops short of indulging its characters ' striving solipsism .",0 237026,"the layered richness of the imagery in this chiaroscuro of madness and light",1 61929,", hard-hitting documentary .",1 153466,"an original character , siuation or joke in the entire movie",0 158593,"excellent 1934 MGM version",1 64514,"Brosnan gives a portrayal as solid and as perfect as his outstanding performance as Bond in Die Another Day .",1 59710,"unique )",1 111345,"You can watch , giggle and get an adrenaline boost without feeling like you 've completely lowered your entertainment standards .",1 98732,"trusts the story it sets out to tell",1 178134,"which Hoffman 's brilliance",1 79527,"extreme unease",0 133407,"strikes a tone that 's alternately melancholic , hopeful and strangely funny",1 59481,"tough to watch",0 204582,"knock back a beer with but they 're simply not funny performers",0 130130,"perfectly acceptable ,",1 49048,"and refined piece",1 224325,"It is , by conventional standards , a fairly terrible movie ... but it is also weirdly fascinating",0 82673,"illuminate",1 83812,"is a master of shadow , quietude , and room noise",1 233046,"it is never melodic \/",0 1558,"known as ' a perfect family film , ' because it 's about family",1 119073,"energetic and engaging film",1 128130,"not to be a sucker for its charms",0 42377,"mostly intelligent ,",1 193871,"avarice",0 157883,"double in value a week from Friday",1 90633,"preserving",1 33935,"kickass , dense sci-fi action thriller hybrid",1 98901,"unabashedly romantic picture",1 149815,"The script has less spice than a rat burger",0 92950,"so intensely , but with restraint",1 119434,"evolves into a gorgeously atmospheric meditation on life-changing chance encounters",1 152299,"a psychological mess , with Austin Powers bumping his head on the way out of the closet",0 181248,". It 's also built on a faulty premise , one it follows into melodrama and silliness .",0 74284,"are all cheap",0 69467,"The direction has a fluid , no-nonsense authority , and the performances by Harris , Phifer and Cam ` ron seal the deal .",1 17477,"the absolute top",1 172490,"takes a certain kind of horror movie to qualify as ` worse than expected",0 123974,"is complex from the start -- and , refreshingly , stays that way",1 102490,", double-pistoled , ballistic-pyrotechnic Hong Kong action",1 66060,"Houseboat and Father Goose in its affectionate depiction of the gentle war between a reluctant , irresponsible man and the kid who latches onto him",1 200384,"handed down from the movie gods on a silver platter , this is it",1 142247,", it 's ... like a series of pretentiously awful student films strung together into one feature-length horror .",0 120456,"for most of the movie 's success",1 212259,"soul-stripping breakdown",0 27803,"a self-conscious performer",1 198099,"even more damning --",0 32565,"his nicely nuanced narrative",1 192720,"and choppy recycling",0 148695,"Soderbergh 's spectacular swing for the fence yields only a spectacular whiff .",0 3849,"a gracious",1 202876,"is engaged",1 198530,"fans of Sandler 's comic taste may find it uninteresting",0 28555,"and credible characters",1 137720,"to make everyone who has been there squirm with recognition",1 175015,"the weaknesses of",0 183414,"Did no one on the set have a sense of humor , or did they not have the nerve to speak up ?",0 206118,"might enjoy this",1 118319,"disastrous",0 143296,"A recipe for cinematic disaster ... part Quentin Tarantino , part Guy Ritchie , and part 1960s spy spoof",0 198258,"except a lingering creepiness one feels from being dragged through a sad , sordid universe of guns , drugs , avarice and damaged dreams",0 103705,"A mechanical action-comedy whose seeming purpose is to market the charismatic Jackie Chan to even younger audiences .",0 132459,"sickening thud",0 191573,"a truly annoying pitch",0 81943,"have turned this into an Argentine retread of '' Iris '' or '' American Beauty",0 214710,"the funniest American comedy",1 173116,"that made me want to bolt the theater in the first 10 minutes",0 103822,"A rather average action film that benefits from several funny moments",1 6894,"grows",1 111334,"You can fire a torpedo through some of Clancy 's holes",0 70262,"This is pure , exciting moviemaking . You wo n't exactly know what 's happening but you 'll be blissfully exhausted .",1 153178,"allows , if you wanted to make as anti-Kieslowski a pun as possible . Suffice to say its total promise is left slightly unfulfilled",0 67821,"Nickleby with all the halfhearted zeal of an 8th grade boy delving",0 58245,"the earnestness of its execution and skill of its cast take you down a familiar road with a few twists",1 80768,"fun for kids of any age",1 111696,"a complete waste of time",0 38219,"the film evokes strong emotions and pushes viewers to question their deepest notions of moral right and wrong .",1 99666,"watch these two together again",1 184256,"H .",1 181014,", the plot 's saccharine thrust",0 182699,"Barbershop boasts some of today 's hottest and hippest acts from the world of television , music and stand-up comedy",1 34071,"likable cast",1 122830,"improves on it ,",1 46807,"Stephen Rea , Aidan Quinn , and Alan Bates play Desmond 's legal eagles , and when joined by Brosnan , the sight of this grandiloquent quartet lolling in pretty Irish settings is a pleasant enough thing , ` tis",1 111829,"a drowsy drama infatuated by its own pretentious self-examination",0 23027,"'s ... tremendous energy from the cast , a sense of playfulness and excitement that seems appropriate",1 33077,"insightful and beautifully rendered film . One of the best of the year .",1 57178,"some of its repartee is still worth hearing .",1 33596,"it 's frustrating and still oddly likable .",1 55779,"one is - the books are better . Translating complex characters from novels to the big screen is an impossible task",0 65055,"Dickens ' words and writer-director Douglas McGrath 's even-toned direction",1 100630,"with taking insane liberties and doing the goofiest stuff out of left field",1 135704,"the meaning and value of family",1 98957,"under the skin of a man we only know as an evil , monstrous lunatic",0 50336,"competitive",1 60879,"'s a treat watching Shaw , a British stage icon , melting under the heat of Phocion 's attentions",1 14444,"Son of the Bride may be a good half-hour too long but comes replete with a flattering sense of mystery and quietness .",0 212102,"some first-rate performances",1 78049,"desperation worthy",0 42902,"to display his cadness to perfection ,",1 109939,"The locations go from stark desert to gorgeous beaches .",1 94643,"that even the most unlikely can link together to conquer all kinds of obstacles , whether they be of nature , of man or of one another",1 108965,"Simply put , there should have been a more compelling excuse to pair Susan Sarandon and Goldie Hawn .",0 166602,"need 117 minutes to tell a tale that simply ca n't sustain more than 90 minutes",0 224305,"It gives poor Dana Carvey nothing to do that is really funny , and then expects us to laugh because he acts so goofy all the time .",0 196427,"credulous",1 74592,"as a high concept vehicle for two bright stars of the moment who can rise to fans ' lofty expectations",1 190755,"a hip comedy",1 26568,"Sharp",1 154780,"be no clear path as to where the story 's going , or how long it 's going to take to get there",0 239108,"you 're gonna like this movie .",1 33403,"is less than the sum of its parts .",0 202311,"intelligence or invention",1 106208,"Heavy with flabby rolls of typical Toback machinations",0 203665,"is very slow ( for obvious reasons )",0 231396,"has a bloated plot that stretches the running time about 10 minutes",0 19705,"allowed to build an uncommonly human character , an almost real-live girl complete with trouble and hope",1 234237,"occasional belly laugh",1 141841,"( and an uneasy alliance , at that",0 217801,"tries to touch on spousal abuse but veers off course",0 40680,"A perverse little truffle , dainty psychological terror on the outside with a creamy filling of familial jealousy and unrepentant domestic psychopathy",1 95850,"the grieving process",0 114447,"any viewer , young or old ,",1 109986,"The movie , like Bartleby , is something of a stiff -- an extra-dry office comedy that seems twice as long as its 83 minutes .",0 212900,"suited for the history or biography channel",1 75725,"black-and-white inspires",1 62607,"... the story , like Ravel 's Bolero , builds to a crescendo that encompasses many more paths than we started with .",1 55803,"only because Bullock and Grant were made to share the silver screen .",1 204406,"joylessly extravagant pictures",0 232474,"is getting old .",0 175177,"there are at least 10 complete misses , many coming from the amazingly lifelike Tara Reid , whose acting skills are comparable to a cardboard cutout .",0 92935,"so different from The Apple and so striking",1 21699,"peculiarly",0 14724,"a film well worth seeing , talking and singing heads and all",1 192085,"ailments",0 37002,"sinner",0 27448,"a compelling slice",1 167142,"oddly cheerful",1 132719,"so crisp and",1 36302,"quite human",1 59049,"thoroughly enjoyed themselves and",1 106556,"Ice Age wo n't drop your jaw , but it will warm your heart , and I 'm giving it a strong thumbs up",1 73360,"aims to present an unflinching look at one man 's downfall , brought about by his lack of self-awareness",1 94881,"that strikes a very resonant chord",1 13697,"-LRB- Wendigo is -RRB- why we go to the cinema : to be fed through the eye , the heart , the mind .",1 113705,"allows the film to drag on for nearly three hours",0 102511,", evoking memories of Day of the Jackal , The French Connection , and Heat .",1 113422,"adorably",1 195683,"chore to sit through -- despite some first-rate performances by its lead",0 206937,"never quite ignites .",0 29002,"appealing lead performances",1 197528,"dreary mid-section",0 194657,"biggest disappointments",0 42487,"provides perspective",1 214232,"the business of the greedy talent agents",0 127455,"most moronic",0 86749,"manages to fall closer in quality to Silence than to the abysmal Hannibal",1 31069,"emotionally rich , poetically plump and visually fulsome",1 9564,"overly complicated and derivative",0 115796,"begins to resemble the shapeless ,",0 31471,"fanatically fetishized every bizarre old-movie idiosyncrasy with such monastic devotion you 're not sure if you should applaud or look into having him committed",1 44311,"A thoughtful movie ,",1 9158,"nothing new",0 20343,"dazzlingly self-assured directorial debut",1 195464,"cared much about any aspect of it , from its cheesy screenplay to the grayish quality of its lighting to its last-minute , haphazard theatrical release",0 190166,"a better movie than what Bailly manages to deliver",0 48513,"a worthwhile addition",1 94654,"that families looking for a clean , kid-friendly outing should investigate",1 13541,", as bouncy animation and catchy songs escort you through the entire 85 minutes",1 1462,"it 's truly awful and heartbreaking subject matter , but one whose lessons are well worth revisiting as many times as possible",1 33471,"is relatively slow to come to the point .",0 12723,"useless",0 57322,"stays close to the ground in a spare and simple manner",1 231335,"had a bad run in the market or a costly divorce ,",0 3048,"violence",0 64299,"Because the film deliberately lacks irony , it has a genuine dramatic impact",1 207123,"no-surprise series",0 61236,"'s remarkable procession of sweeping pictures that have reinvigorated the romance genre",1 37334,"still a nice little picture , made by bright and friendly souls with a lot of good cheer",1 149425,"The film lapses",0 220936,"'s one of the most beautiful , evocative works I 've seen",1 62642,"13 Conversations may be a bit too enigmatic and overly ambitious to be fully successful ,",0 58053,"the best and most mature comedy of the 2002 summer season",1 45316,"Frida is n't that much different from many a Hollywood romance . What sets it apart is the vision that Taymor , the avant garde director of Broadway 's The Lion King and the film Titus , brings .",1 5979,"disappointment",0 187883,"The Sum of All Fears pretends to be a serious exploration of nuclear terrorism , but it 's really nothing more than warmed-over Cold War paranoia .",0 45650,"In The Pianist",1 185557,"Juwanna Mann",1 60982,"'s certainly an invaluable record of that special fishy community",1 160775,"hate this movie",0 76967,"comes at film with bracing intelligence and a vision both painterly and literary",1 72150,"a pointed political allegory",1 80313,"for on-screen chemistry",1 21060,"is still pretty darned good .",1 232984,"it 's too long and unfocused .",0 179463,"'re over 25 , have an IQ over 90 ,",0 208160,"of the worst films of 2002",0 220761,"'s an energy to Y Tu Mamá También .",1 90353,"playful Iranian parable",1 185099,"It 's definitely not made for kids or their parents , for that matter , and I think even fans of Sandler 's comic taste may find it uninteresting .",0 221023,"'s why Sex and Lucia is so alluring .",1 180878,", ponderous and charmless",0 154894,"because the consciously dumbed-down approach wears thin",0 23392,", and challenges its audience",1 7106,"her heroine 's book sound convincing , the gender-war ideas original , or",1 145310,"Feels haphazard , as if the writers mistakenly thought they could achieve an air of frantic spontaneity by simply tossing in lots of characters doing silly stuff and stirring the pot .",0 61422,"( Dong ) makes a valiant effort to understand everyone 's point of view , and",1 160835,"have been titled ` The Loud and the Ludicrous '",0 127904,"never seems aware of his own coolness",1 123461,"intellectual and emotional",1 118770,"dull spots",0 34388,"marvellous",1 10171,"rising",1 206509,"most frantic , virulent and foul-natured",0 36233,"pure , elliptical film",1 54963,"multi-dimensional love story and sci-fi mystery ,",1 8797,"mirthless",0 11122,"that started with a great premise and then just fell apart",0 174555,"the point of nausea",0 205647,"make a great team",1 234470,"of one of the best films",1 68440,"Rife with the rueful , wry humor springing out of Yiddish culture and language",1 234067,"need n't be steeped in '50s sociology , pop culture or movie lore to appreciate the emotional depth of Haynes ' work",1 81707,"has ever suspected Hollywood of being overrun by corrupt and hedonistic weasels",0 184830,"If you 're not fans of the adventues of Steve and Terri , you should avoid this like the dreaded King Brown snake . Personally , I 'd rather watch them on the Animal Planet .",0 138972,"very compelling or much fun",1 86977,"measured or polished",1 183356,"Derailed by bad writing and",0 141681,"'s too long , too repetitive , and takes way too many years to resolve to be a total winner .",0 107751,"Middle Eastern world politics",1 233130,"its body humour and reinforcement of stereotypes",0 129377,"on an intoxicating show",1 22138,"tender and touching drama",1 229790,"certified",1 208814,"other sloppy",0 131643,"rooted in a sincere performance by the title character undergoing midlife crisis",1 77076,"compelling investigation",1 132512,"simply stupid , irrelevant and",0 201354,"horrific movie",0 74954,"at once both refreshingly different",1 70982,"With We Were Soldiers , Hollywood makes a valiant attempt to tell a story about the Vietnam War before the pathology set in .",1 237228,"the social milieu - rich New York intelligentsia -",1 11097,"that linger like snapshots of memory",1 99868,"what he does best",1 203112,"is more interested in entertaining itself than in amusing us",0 219555,"will probably be a talky bore .",0 173576,"the brainless insanity",0 174158,"the junk-calorie suspense tropes that have all but ruined his career",0 11058,"that explores the monster 's psychology not in order to excuse him but rather to demonstrate that his pathology evolved from human impulses that grew hideously twisted",1 204606,"know why Steven Seagal is considered a star , nor why he keeps being cast in action films when none of them are ever any good",0 20530,"far above the level of the usual maudlin",1 218807,"washed out",0 62275,", the film is doing something of a public service -- shedding light on a group of extremely talented musicians who might otherwise go unnoticed and underappreciated by music fans .",1 220484,"'' has been written so well , that even a simple `` Goddammit ! ''",1 131966,"seem less of a trifle if Ms . Sugarman followed through on her defiance of the saccharine",0 123559,"into an otherwise mediocre film",0 224954,"Mr. Polanski is in his element here",1 130294,"plays like a badly edited , 91-minute trailer ( and ) the director ca n't seem to get a coherent rhythm going . In fact ,",0 194740,"bloodsucker computer effects",1 222305,"An inspiring and heart-affecting film about the desperate attempts of Vietnamese refugees living in U.S. relocation camps to keep their hopes alive in 1975",1 76563,"champion the fallibility of the human heart",1 43515,", and fearlessness",1 41109,"Not a cozy or ingratiating work , but it 's challenging , sometimes clever , and always interesting , and",1 66555,"It 's fun , wispy , wise and surprisingly inoffensive for a film about a teen in love with his stepmom .",1 67430,"Marshall keeps the energy humming , and his edits , unlike those in Moulin Rouge , are crisp and purposeful without overdoing it",1 177100,"unconvincing and",0 150252,"This is the sort of burly action flick where one coincidence pummels another",0 89112,"of the world 's greatest teacher",1 62281,", the film settles in and becomes compulsively watchable in a guilty-pleasure , daytime-drama sort of fashion .",1 70040,"The writing is clever and",1 75408,"because there 's precious little substance in Birthday Girl",0 68771,"Should be required viewing for civics classes and would-be public servants alike",1 202428,"into recruiting the right bands for the playlist and the costuming of the stars than into the script , which has a handful of smart jokes",1 129718,"original and highly cerebral",1 68781,"Shyamalan 's gifts , which are such that we 'll keep watching the skies for his next project",1 232291,"is a fun and funky look into an artificial creation in a world that thrives on artificiality .",1 112565,"a quietly introspective portrait",1 151871,"a haunted house , a haunted ship , what 's next ... Ghost Blimp",0 42116,"informative , revealing",1 114542,"are all things we 've seen before",0 150678,"WWII-era Mississippi Delta",1 2217,"see a movie that takes such a speedy swan dive from '' promising '' to '' interesting '' to '' familiar '' before landing squarely on '' stupid ''",0 56876,"sets it apart is the vision that Taymor , the avant garde director of Broadway 's The Lion King and the film Titus , brings",1 17913,"uncontrolled",0 128415,"of a Copenhagen neighborhood coping with the befuddling complications life",0 55339,"of dissidents in the streets",0 20550,"figures of fun",1 69888,"The script by David Koepp is perfectly serviceable and because he gives the story some soul ...",1 138504,"ultimately dulls the human tragedy at the story 's core",0 236641,"the German film industry can not make a delightful comedy centering on food",0 90875,"pulls no punches in its depiction of the lives of the Papin sister and the events that led to their notorious rise to infamy ...",1 6504,"finds warmth in the coldest environment",1 168448,"out-of-kilter",0 237637,"through Dahmer 's two hours",0 153160,"all you can do is admire the ensemble players and wonder what the point of it is .",0 27034,"Thoughtful",1 139026,"vibrant with originality",1 237335,"the wonderful acting clinic put on by Spader and Gyllenhaal",1 99860,"what an idea , what a thrill ride . This is a more fascinating look at the future than '' Bladerunner '' and one of the most high-concept sci fi adventures attempted for the screen .",1 63964,"An unflinching , complex portrait of a modern Israel that is rarely seen on-screen",1 8967,"my precious new star wars",1 2538,"the big hit",1 86985,"mediocre one",0 66328,"Implicitly acknowledges and celebrates the glorious chicanery and self-delusion of this most American of businesses",1 223300,"Exciting documentary",1 57843,"that may also be the first narrative film to be truly informed by the wireless",1 145757,"He 'd create a movie better than this .",0 55930,"paranoia , and",0 59276,"to keep us on our toes",1 166576,"nauseatingly politically correct",0 222906,"Changing Lanes tries for more .",1 207179,"not amused by the sick sense of humor",0 235281,"regret and , ultimately , finding redemption",1 105366,"Delight your senses and",1 83804,"is a hoot , and is just as good , if not better than much of what 's on Saturday morning TV especially the pseudo-educational stuff we all ca n't stand",1 99833,"were imposed for the sake of commercial sensibilities",0 175150,"then takes too long figuring out what to do next .",0 77753,"dazzling pop entertainment",1 32339,"has the charm of the original American road movies , feasting on the gorgeous , ramshackle landscape of the filmmaker 's motherland",1 74350,"are infectious",1 159999,"get ready to take off ... the other direction",0 152804,"about what classic Oliver Parker intends to mangle next time",0 103545,"A fanciful drama about Napoleon 's last years and his surprising discovery of love and humility .",1 211104,"seems to be coasting . There are a few modest laughs , but certainly no",0 26200,"No one goes unindicted here , which is probably for the best . And if you 're not nearly moved to tears by a couple of scenes , you 've got ice water in your veins .",1 175693,"through CHARLIE completely unaware she needs to show some presence and star quality",0 64164,"At times THE GUYS taps into some powerful emotions , but this kind of material is more effective on stage . It 's not a motion picture",0 156321,"classic Disney adaptation",1 165437,"made me feel unclean",0 35859,"overcomes much",1 161517,"humanity or empathy",1 8936,"murder",0 140053,"with a core of decency",1 81794,"has the grace to call for prevention rather than to place blame , making it one of the best war movies ever made .",1 20158,"but Bishop and Stevenson are standouts .",1 48148,"a loosely autobiographical story brushed with sentimentality but brimming with gentle humor , bittersweet pathos",1 48187,"a mask , Splat-Man ! Good old-fashioned slash-and-hack",1 203890,"it even uses a totally unnecessary prologue , just because it seems obligatory",0 51969,"frustrating and",0 154711,"be depressing ,",0 1590,"less worthy",0 123905,"is an act of spiritual faith -- an eloquent , deeply felt meditation on the nature of compassion",1 93294,"spectacularly well",1 71352,"a canny crowd pleaser , and The Last Kiss ... provides more than enough sentimental catharsis for a satisfying evening at the multiplex",1 1214,"holland lets things peter out midway , but it 's notably better acted -- and far less crass - than some other recent efforts in the burgeoning genre of films about black urban professionals",1 98611,"toward keeping the picture compelling",1 129854,"overbearing",0 36015,"pigeonhole-resisting romp",1 216758,"tiresome love triangles",0 51027,"draws a picture of a man for whom political expedience became a deadly foreign policy",0 114203,"and -- sadly -- dull",0 19553,"a postmodern joke",1 158697,"extraordinary strength and laser-beam eyes , which unfortunately do n't enable them to discern flimsy screenplays",0 199501,"fresh , sometimes funny ,",1 61077,"'s hard to figure the depth of these two literary figures , and even the times in which they lived .",0 155069,"being forced to watch the host and hostess",0 77453,"could n't recommend this film more",1 189565,"What a great shame that such a talented director as Chen Kaige has chosen to make his English-language debut with a film so poorly plotted and scripted .",0 6426,"fast runner",1 116221,"bring new energy",1 68260,"Prepare to marvel again",1 109623,"The bland outweighs the nifty , and Cletis Tout never becomes the clever crime comedy it thinks it is",0 142440,", sometimes inspiring ,",1 114890,"as director of the escort service was inspired",1 111092,"Where This was lazy but enjoyable",1 131427,"resorts to easy feel-good sentiments",1 27791,"a romantic relationship",1 52253,"great fight scenes",1 225060,"Much of it is funny , but there are also some startling , surrealistic moments ...",1 125654,"knows everything and answers all questions , is visually smart , cleverly written ,",1 205242,"little too ponderous to work as shallow entertainment , not remotely incisive enough to qualify as drama , Monsoon",0 181855,"A movie that the less charitable might describe as a castrated",0 19693,"all ages at any time",1 77282,"constructs a hilarious ode to middle America and middle age with this unlikely odyssey , featuring a pathetic , endearing hero who is all too human .",1 152154,"a neat little story",1 227934,"a good race ,",1 147041,"Kung Pow : Enter the Fist",0 166058,"missing from it all is a moral . What is the filmmakers ' point ?",0 123351,"inept direction ,",0 26141,"Myers is no longer simply spoofing the mini-mod-madness of '60s spy movies",1 214923,"the last time I saw a movie where I wanted so badly for the protagonist to fail",0 29295,"at once exhilarating , silly , perverse , hopeful and always fun",1 127899,"never reach satisfying conclusions",0 177365,"usual chaotic nonsense",0 189533,"Wertmuller 's social mores and politics to tiresome jargon",0 18954,"I have ever seen that still manages to be uplifting but not overly sentimental",1 211634,"simply by accident",0 129901,"overwhelming sadness",0 32136,"good sparring partners",1 174696,"the same snail 's pace",0 27046,"Throwing caution to the wind with an invitation to the hedonist in us all , Nair has constructed this motion picture in such a way that even the most cynical curmudgeon with find himself or herself smiling at one time or another .",1 112787,"a story largely untold",1 131261,"relegated to a dark video store corner",0 183267,"Damon and",1 161664,"immature character",0 175684,"thrilling moments and",1 186944,"Richard Pryor mined his personal horrors and came up with a treasure chest of material , but Lawrence gives us mostly fool 's gold .",0 172296,"suicide attempts and tragic deaths . Marisa Tomei is good",1 211610,"silly little cartoon",1 95737,"the fizz of a Busby Berkeley musical and the visceral excitement of a sports extravaganza",1 10832,"suffocated at conception",0 45946,"Kept aloft largely by a comically adept ensemble",1 215140,"the movie in a superficial way , while never sure what its purpose was",0 163287,"is ripe for the Jerry Springer crowd .",0 94584,"that captures the innocence and budding demons within a wallflower",1 205047,"like a year late for tapping into our reality tv obsession , and even tardier for exploiting the novelty of the '' webcast",0 138971,"very compelling or",1 228990,"as the worst -- and only -- killer website movie of this or any other year",0 58734,"the special effects and narrative flow much improved ,",1 47088,"The film sounds like the stuff of lurid melodrama , but what makes it interesting as a character study is the fact that the story is told from Paul 's perspective",1 70076,"There 's no conversion effort , much of the writing is genuinely witty",1 53163,"interesting story",1 145764,"He fails .",0 73153,"action-packed",1 171996,"still feels like an ugly knot tightening in your stomach",0 199877,"gets chills",1 163601,"it 's a bad , embarrassing movie",0 84811,"is visually ravishing , penetrating , impenetrable",1 27865,"a story we have n't seen on the big screen before , and it 's a story that we as Americans , and human beings , should know .",1 198608,"fatally overlong",0 122437,"hits a nerve",0 106129,"Hampered -- no , paralyzed -- by a self-indulgent script ...",0 205332,"look classy in a '60s -",1 75916,"breathe out of every frame",1 148885,"Strong setup and ambitious goals",1 117046,"clear-cut hero",1 110593,"Though Nijinsky 's words grow increasingly disturbed , the film maintains a beguiling serenity and poise that make it accessible for a non-narrative feature .",1 33837,"its relentless descent",0 32391,"have unearthed a rare gem",1 46426,"One of the most significant moviegoing pleasures",1 14927,"all other Best Picture contenders should be measured",1 161661,"immaculately",1 161091,"her creepy Egyptian demigod voice is as computer processed and overproduced as it was in her music .",0 124447,"is phenomenal , especially the women .",1 34969,"not come readily to mind when considering the world 's best cuisine",0 226521,"The threat implied in the title Pokémon 4ever is terrifying -- like locusts in a horde these things will keep coming .",0 230364,"does n't really know or care about the characters , and uses them as markers for a series of preordained events .",0 116611,"can not be revived .",0 136118,"the real masterpiece",1 12383,"to lack substance",0 121196,"gives it that extra little something that makes it worth checking out at theaters , especially if you 're in the mood for something more comfortable than challenging .",1 22979,"'' lacks in depth it makes up for with its heart .",1 147201,"List it ai n't",0 34376,"marginal",0 228973,"as pretentious",0 26400,"Pyromania",1 100041,"whipping out the dirty words",0 97305,"things going at a rapid pace , occasionally using an omniscient voice-over narrator in the manner of French New Wave films",1 191011,"a movie with no reason for being",0 190421,"a cute partnership",1 136999,"this movie 's lack of ideas",0 132107,"sensuous and spirited tale",1 32371,"have fun meeting",1 125419,"its willingness to explore its principal characters with honesty , insight and humor",1 31815,"for trying",1 189761,"Wins",1 52384,"has an actor made such a strong impression in his underwear .",1 230278,"ditched the saccharine sentimentality of Bicentennial Man in favour of an altogether darker side",1 62299,", the movie is a silly ( but not sophomoric ) romp through horror and hellish conditions .",1 85704,"known as ' a perfect family film",1 37080,"so many different levels",1 74829,"as well-written as Sexy Beast , not as gloriously flippant as Lock , Stock and Two Smoking Barrels , but",1 194338,"been a lighthearted comedy",1 44553,"Antwone Fisher certainly does the trick of making us care about its protagonist and celebrate his victories",1 193259,"around a core of flimsy -- or , worse yet , nonexistent -- ideas",0 82537,"human experience -- drama , conflict , tears and surprise -- that it transcends the normal divisions between fiction and nonfiction film",1 74055,"and self-conscious seams",0 158149,"elegantly considers various levels of reality",1 109952,"The misery",0 103925,"A stylish cast and some clever scripting solutions",1 188705,"The story alone could force you to scratch a hole in your head .",0 206921,"never dull",1 187260,"Sheridan is painfully bad , a fourth-rate Jim Carrey who does n't understand the difference between dumb fun and just plain dumb .",0 41740,"cool , slick stuff ,",1 48720,"after decades",1 215577,"the script , which has a handful of smart jokes",1 19116,"Murderous",0 150265,"This long and relentlessly saccharine film",0 142281,", it 's tempting to jump ship in January to avoid ridiculous schlock like this shoddy suspense thriller .",0 188836,"There 's not a single jump-in-your-seat moment",0 160920,"have to dig deep to sink this low . Fortunately for all involved",0 129653,"only teenage boys could possibly find it funny .",0 36610,"romantic innocence and philosophical depth",1 154926,"becomes monotonous .",0 21170,"just enough of everything -- re-enactments , archival footage , talking-head interviews --",1 25323,"Focus '' works",1 199848,"get to an imitation movie",0 161566,"if circularity itself indicated profundity",0 151147,"You wonder why Enough was n't just a music video rather than a full-length movie .",0 28081,"aching beauty",1 177663,"was n't a good movie",0 74307,"are complex , laden with plenty of baggage and tinged with tragic undertones",1 41454,"a lively script , sharp acting and",1 202855,"is definitely meaningless , vapid and devoid",0 232788,"is that its dying , in this shower of black-and-white psychedelia , is quite beautiful .",1 130849,"put on an intoxicating show .",1 148219,"Queen of the Damned as you might have guessed , makes sorry use of Aaliyah in her one and only starring role -- she does little here but point at things that explode into flame",0 64111,"Aside from Rohmer 's bold choices regarding point of view , The Lady and the Duke represents the filmmaker 's lifelong concern with formalist experimentation in cinematic art .",1 61470,"( Moore 's ) better at fingering problems than finding solutions .",0 212718,"stuck under my seat trying to sneak out of the theater",0 15432,"clichés",0 94631,"that efforts toward closure only open new wounds",0 6089,"drops you",0 27651,"a low-down version of the American dream",0 200948,"he refuses to evaluate his own work",0 57100,"so appealing about the characters",1 148680,"So stupid",0 236564,"that throws one in the pulsating thick of a truly frightening situation",1 108902,"She 's a pretty woman , but she 's no working girl",1 100472,"with brutal honesty and respect for its audience",1 66101,"I 'll put it this way : If you 're in the mood for a melodrama narrated by talking fish , this is the movie for you",1 13518,", an issue movie that 's so honest and keenly observed that it does n't feel like one .",1 208776,"orchestrating a finale that is impenetrable and dull",0 116191,"breathtaking adventure",1 186426,"Norwegian offering which somehow snagged an Oscar nomination",0 87456,"most plain",0 119940,"fell apart",0 116048,"blaxploitation",0 105449,"Director Lee has a true cinematic knack , but it 's also nice to see a movie with its heart so thoroughly , unabashedly on its sleeve",1 229786,"certainly got lost in the `` soon-to-be-forgettable '' section of the quirky rip-off prison romp pile .",0 4602,"an admittedly middling film",1 100089,"who finds his inspiration on the fringes of the American underground",1 222483,"Asia , where Ms. Shu is an institution",1 188153,"The film 's thoroughly recycled plot and tiresome jokes ...",0 23395,", and even if it 's nonsense , its claws dig surprisingly deep .",1 73222,"adequately",1 219338,"who does n't understand the difference between dumb fun and just plain dumb",0 212810,"succeeded only in making me groggy",0 204294,"its promising cast of characters",1 42754,"taking a risk",1 109610,"The best thing that can be said of the picture",1 58176,"the crowded cities and refugee camps",0 43719,", the film is packed with information and impressions .",1 14249,"Lovely & Amazing involves us because it is so incisive , so bleakly amusing about how we go about our lives .",1 229384,"better to do with 94 minutes",0 232127,"intelligent high school",1 19443,"You could say that it 's slow at times",0 4610,"an agonizing bore",0 87298,"more offended by his lack of faith in his audience",0 207112,"no unforgettably stupid stunts or uproariously rude lines of dialogue to remember it by",0 189074,"This rather unfocused",0 15883,"gives us a rare glimpse into a culture most of us do n't know",1 59206,"to classify as it is hard to resist",1 190027,"` masterpiece ' and ` triumph '",1 193790,"at other times as bland as a block of snow",0 215488,"the result is more puzzling than unsettling",0 203871,"it does a disservice to the audience and to the genre .",0 5911,"describe exactly how bad it is",0 198149,"ever reaching the comic heights it obviously desired",0 229607,"ca n't accuse Kung Pow for misfiring , since it is exactly what it wants to be : an atrociously , mind-numbingly , indescribably bad movie",0 114653,"are portrayed with almost supernatural powers to humble , teach and ultimately redeem their mentally '' superior '' friends , family",1 20600,"foul",0 15428,"classy item",1 206248,"missing from the Girls ' big-screen blowout",1 157666,"do n't really care too much about this love story . In that setting , their struggle is simply too ludicrous and borderline insulting .",0 191937,"actors you 're most likely to find on the next inevitable incarnation of The Love Boat",0 25926,"Lathan and Diggs have considerable personal charm",1 71767,"a great writer and dubious human being",1 198012,"especially disappointing",0 184163,"Give Shapiro , Goldman , and Bolado credit for good intentions , but",1 185725,"Lee seems just as expectant of an adoring , wide-smiling reception",1 141411,"'s little to love about this English trifle .",0 110430,"This cloying , voices-from-the-other-side story is hell .",0 2646,"the miracle",1 3027,"uneven performances and a spotty script add up to a biting satire that has no teeth .",0 200805,"have emerged as hilarious lunacy in the hands of Woody Allen",1 80208,"for a clean , kid-friendly outing",1 222037,"A little melodramatic , but with enough",0 149650,"The notion that bombing buildings is the funniest thing in the world goes entirely unexamined in this startlingly unfunny comedy .",0 19770,"an uncommonly human character , an almost real-live girl complete with trouble and hope",1 126277,"loads of irreparable damage",0 29112,"artful",1 153990,"are utter hooey .",0 112002,"a gentle , unforced intimacy",1 173512,"the badly dated cutesy-pie mystery scenario and",0 27751,"a promising young lad",1 62463,"- kids-cute sentimentality by a warmth that is n't faked and",1 203596,"is to ponder how a whole segment of pop-music history has been allowed to get wet , fuzzy and sticky",0 61067,"'s got just enough charm and appealing character quirks to forgive that still serious problem",1 210677,"run-of-the-mill raunchy humor and",0 202343,"interesting character to begin with",1 155288,"bland animated sequel",0 116815,"challenges perceptions of guilt and innocence , of good guys and bad , and asks us whether a noble end can justify evil means",1 73743,"an endearing cast",1 204086,"it wore me down",0 122088,"heart-breakingly extensive annals",0 103250,"... too contrived to be as naturally charming as it needs to be .",0 109133,"Spy Kids 2 also happens to be that rarity among sequels :",1 155958,"can no longer pass as mere entertainment",0 132030,"seems twice as long",0 40689,"A psychological thriller with a smart script and an obsessive-compulsive 's attention to detail",1 177893,"well-intentioned , but shamelessly manipulative movie",0 182844,"Blood Work is laughable in the solemnity with which it tries to pump life into overworked elements from Eastwood 's Dirty Harry period .",0 221780,"... a plotline that 's as lumpy as two-day old porridge ... the filmmakers ' paws , sad to say , were all over this `` un-bear-able '' project !",0 66293,"If you ever wanted to be an astronaut , this is the ultimate movie experience",1 70139,"There is greatness here .",1 59808,"uses stereotypes in a delightful blend of sweet romance and lovingly dished out humor .",1 44518,"An intriguing cinematic omnibus and",1 32825,"in a profound way , comparable to the classic films of Jean Renoir",1 44184,"A muckraking job",0 52072,"genuinely moving",1 77670,"cuts against this natural grain ,",0 236164,"superior ''",1 158476,"eventually slugs the Yankee . Too bad the former Murphy Brown does n't pop Reese back .",0 7364,"imagine ( if possible ) a pasolini film without passion or politics , or an almodovar movie without beauty or humor",0 177753,"watching this saccharine , Easter-egg-colored concoction",0 23442,", and we might resent it sometimes",0 140101,"with an adequate reason why we should pay money for what we can get on television for free",0 166922,"nonexistent plot",0 189785,"With its lackadaisical plotting and mindless action",0 225120,"Newcastle , the first half of Gangster No. 1 drips with style and , at times , blood",1 86538,"make Showtime the most savory and hilarious guilty pleasure of many a recent movie season",1 142297,", it fails the most basic relevancy test as well .",0 130578,"preserves Tosca 's intoxicating ardor through his use of the camera .",1 189448,"Warmth",1 40496,"your arms",1 236276,"tendency to slip into hokum",0 27465,"a cut above the norm",1 165211,"look like a masterpiece",1 130163,"peril",1 177916,"were a staple of exploitation theater programming",0 48809,"allows his cast the benefit of being able to give full performances ... while demonstrating vividly that the beauty and power of the opera reside primarily in the music itself .",1 78399,"does a fine job contrasting the sleekness of the film 's present with the playful paranoia of the film 's past",1 204272,"its own most damning censure",0 138508,"ultimately hollow mockumentary",0 80808,"funny and pithy",1 53850,"it must",1 72427,"a small , personal film",1 71153,"You watch for that sense of openness , the little surprises .",1 206397,"more in common with a fireworks display than a movie , which normally is expected to have characters and a storyline",0 94736,"that it certainly does n't feel like a film that strays past the two and a half mark",0 138200,"tortured , dull",0 51999,"funniest and most likeable",1 132432,"shows up and ruins everything",0 46454,"Oscar-sweeping franchise predecessor",1 76428,"captures the unsettled tenor of that post 9-11 period far better than a more measured or polished production ever could .",1 124918,"it also is more fully an example of the kind of lush , all-enveloping movie experience it rhapsodizes",1 197767,"emerged as hilarious lunacy in the hands of Woody Allen",1 96096,"the martial arts master to top form",1 202595,"is a lot more bluster than bite",0 168561,"overstuffed",0 108616,"Return to Never Land may be another shameless attempt by Disney to rake in dough from baby boomer families , but",0 75195,"be a New Mexican Cinema a-bornin '",1 164811,"liberal arts college bumper sticker platitudes",0 234602,"of what critics have come to term an `` ambitious failure",0 110141,"The script 's snazzy dialogue establishes a realistic atmosphere that involves us in the unfolding crisis ,",1 221545,", such revelations wilt .",0 10481,"sits in a patch somewhere between mirthless todd solondzian satire and callow student film",0 7317,"if shayamalan wanted to tell a story about a man who loses his faith , why did n't he just do it , instead of using bad sci-fi as window dressing ?",0 87097,"might go down as one of the all-time great apocalypse movies",1 230304,"do n't mind crappy movies as much as adults , provided there 's lots of cute animals and clumsy people .",0 231665,"heartfelt comedy",1 1953,"on the cannibal genre",0 162614,"is a good movie in spurts",1 235806,"slapstick well",1 118002,"delicious and delicately",1 63314,"A refreshingly realistic , affectation-free coming-of-age tale .",1 66839,"Jackie Chan movies are a guilty pleasure",1 151023,"With virtually no interesting elements for an audience to focus on , Chelsea Walls is a triple-espresso endurance challenge .",0 230549,"enjoys quirky , fun , popcorn movies",1 102232,", City By The Sea would slip under the waves . He drags it back , single-handed .",1 34475,"metaphysical",1 238174,"ugly and destructive",0 60539,"you 're willing to have fun with it",1 17294,"special-effects soul assaults the Mummy pictures",0 228061,"a noticeable lack of pace",0 173924,"the film never percolates beyond a monotonous whine .",0 198097,"even lower-wit",0 163306,"is sickly entertainment at best and mind-destroying cinematic pollution at worst",0 221387,", irredeemably awful .",0 121576,"ham it up",1 112835,"a sultry evening or a beer-fueled afternoon in the sun can inspire even the most retiring heart to venture forth",1 5053,"be surefire casting",1 59047,"this year 's very best pictures",1 236409,"that carries its share of laughs -- sometimes a chuckle , sometimes a guffaw and , to my great pleasure , the occasional belly laugh",1 194531,"best dramatic performance to date ( is ) almost enough",1 222723,"But Kouyate elicits strong performances from his cast , and he delivers a powerful commentary on how governments lie , no matter who runs them .",1 233333,"lays it on so thick this time that it feels like a suicide race .",0 87332,"more substance to fill the time or some judicious editing",0 125725,"lame story",0 202344,"interesting concept",1 71415,"a clever thriller with enough unexpected twists to keep our interest",1 200312,"hackery",0 197549,"drops the ball too many times",0 67227,"Like Kubrick , Soderbergh is n't afraid to try any genre and to do it his own way .",1 205287,"long , slow and dreary",0 35228,"of entangled interrelationships and complex morality",1 35987,"personalities , inventive photography and cutting , and wall-to-wall toe-tapping music to paint a picture of a subculture that is at once exhilarating , silly , perverse , hopeful and always fun",1 218887,"watered down the version of the one",0 190489,"a dud -- a romantic comedy that 's not the least bit romantic and only mildly funny",0 180573,", but the execution is lackluster at best .",0 21179,"keen",1 27885,"a talented head",1 150551,"Uncertain in tone ... a garbled exercise in sexual politics , a junior varsity Short Cuts by way of Very Bad Things",0 96998,"the visceral excitement of a sports extravaganza",1 66627,"It 's not the least of Afghan tragedies that this noble warlord would be consigned to the dustbin of history .",0 64282,"Beautifully crafted , engaging filmmaking that should attract upscale audiences hungry for quality and a nostalgic , twisty yarn that will keep them guessing .",1 32036,"gets the job done -- a sleepy afternoon rental",1 53473,"is frequently overwrought and crudely literal",0 142652,", yikes ,",0 117862,"dark , gritty , sometimes funny little gem",1 162824,"is chaotic , the photography grainy and badly focused , the writing unintentionally",0 25324,"For all its failed connections",0 83999,"is an extraordinary film , not least because it is Japanese and yet feels universal .",1 106619,"If you 're looking for a story , do n't bother .",0 176252,"to make an important film about human infidelity and happenstance that he tosses a kitchen sink onto a story already overladen with plot conceits",0 64502,"British comedy",1 135570,"the insinuation of mediocre acting",0 238737,"why the cast and crew did n't sign a pact to burn the negative and the script and pretend the whole thing never existed",0 152231,"a played-out idea -- a straight guy has to dress up in drag -- that shockingly manages to be even worse than its title",0 176564,"toasts at a testimonial dinner than a documentary",0 21391,"n't know precisely what to make of Steven Soderbergh 's Full Frontal , though that did n't stop me from enjoying much of it",1 89051,"of the most complex , generous and subversive artworks of the last decade",1 6205,"endlessly",0 32156,"gosh , will you be shocked .",1 65087,"Director Nancy Savoca 's no-frills record of a show forged in still-raw emotions",1 177041,"ugliest movie of the year",0 91688,"right at home in this French shocker",1 20084,"be overshadowed by some strong performances",1 48654,"acting is the heart and soul of cinema . He allows his cast members to make creative contributions to the story and dialogue . This method almost never fails him , and it works superbly here",1 204817,"leaves scant place for the viewer",0 110749,"Treasure Planet rivals the top Japanese animations of recent vintage .",1 46518,"Pink Floyd tickets",1 73087,"accurately reflects the rage and alienation that fuels the self-destructiveness of many young people",1 143736,"An incoherent jumble of a film that 's rarely as entertaining as it could have been",0 102646,", it can easily worm its way into your heart . '",1 160367,"grinds on",0 81840,"have a good shot at a Hollywood career , if they want one",1 31424,"eye-opening tour",1 100702,"within the seas of their personalities",1 177234,"unnecessary and clumsy last scene",0 16745,"of how art -- when done right -- can help heal",1 64806,"Contrived",0 121442,"gritty , sometimes funny",1 64865,"Credit director Ramsay",1 18949,"I can testify to the comparative accuracy of Ms . Vardalos ' memories and insights .",1 54611,"mannered",1 175721,"throwaway one-liners , not-quite jokes , and",0 177692,"was unable to get the full brunt of the comedy",0 78703,"each other so intensely , but with restraint",1 40176,"with a story that could touch anyone regardless of their familiarity with the sport",1 117457,"constrictive",0 10199,"root for ( clara and paul ) , even like them ,",1 9912,"punish the vehicle to adore the star",0 55659,"of work and 2002 's first great film",1 69224,"That rare movie that works on any number of levels -- as a film of magic and whimsy for children , a heartfelt romance for teenagers and a compelling argument about death , both pro and con , for adults .",1 115656,"beautifully realized",1 129761,"otherwise dull subjects",0 7939,"it feels like an after-school special gussied up with some fancy special effects , and watching its rote plot points connect is about as exciting as gazing at an egg timer for 93 minutes .",0 25140,"Divine",1 49452,"backstabbing and betrayals",0 30964,"dropped",1 149506,"The lack of opposing viewpoints soon grows tiresome -- the film feels more like a series of toasts at a testimonial dinner than a documentary .",0 94872,"that spends a bit too much time on its fairly ludicrous plot",0 213484,"that 's just too boring and obvious",0 198680,"feel the screenwriter at every moment ` Tap",1 137281,"tired , unimaginative and derivative",0 155390,"boring , wincingly cute",0 211679,"sinks into an abyss of clichés , depression and bad alternative music .",0 236407,"that can not help be entertained by the sight of someone getting away with something",1 157630,"do his or her own Hamlet . For Benigni it was n't Shakespeare whom he wanted to define his career with but Pinocchio . It might as well have been Problem Child IV",0 195347,"can aspire but none can equal",0 173525,"the beaten path , not necessarily for the better",0 146328,"Indifferently implausible popcorn programmer of a movie .",0 43744,", this Cinderella story does n't have a single surprise up its sleeve . But it does somehow manage to get you under its spell .",1 204743,"laughably",0 6842,"good-natured",1 36978,"simply the best family film of the year",1 109950,"The messy emotions raging throughout this three-hour effort",0 158606,"excited at rehashing what was basically a one-joke picture",0 49235,"as I 'm the One That I Want",1 225940,"Stale , futile scenario .",0 26921,"The very definition of the ` small ' movie , but it is a good stepping stone for director Sprecher .",1 12039,"the witless ageism",0 227461,"`` Crossroads '' instead provokes a handful of unintentional howlers and numerous yawns .",0 168957,"plays out with the drowsy heaviness of synchronized swimmer wearing a wool wetsuit .",0 166182,"more glamour",1 235201,"real magic ,",1 41658,"bored or",0 237421,"there is little else to recommend `` Never Again . ''",0 85930,"less than",0 49382,"at least a decent attempt at meaningful cinema",1 229362,"best Disney movie",1 79961,"find the small , human moments",1 40958,"I enjoyed Time of Favor while I was watching it , but",1 35850,"over crime-film complications",1 90683,"pristine camerawork",1 36900,"shed an errant tear",1 192492,"an asset",1 159696,"from a lack of humor ( something needed to balance out the violence )",0 181576,"A complete waste",0 142101,", brutally clueless",0 106785,"Is n't as sharp as the original ... Despite some visual virtues , ` Blade II ' just does n't cut it .",0 149832,"The sinister inspiration that fuelled DeVito 's early work is confused in Death to Smoochy into something both ugly and mindless .",0 146161,"IHOPs",1 200658,"has the air of a surprisingly juvenile lark , a pop-influenced prank whose charms are immediately apparent and wear thin with repetition",0 24695,"Anthony .",1 38176,"the expected hoops with style and even some depth",1 200259,"growing , moldering pile",0 118017,"deliver a few gut-busting laughs",1 84526,"is painterly",1 236436,"that even the most jaded cinema audiences will leave the auditorium feeling dizzy , confused , and totally disorientated",0 86370,"love is the great equalizer that can calm us of our daily ills and bring out joys in our lives that we never knew",1 114519,"approached the usher and said that if she had to sit through it again , she should ask for a raise",0 107460,"Like a soft drink that 's been sitting open too long : it 's too much syrup and not enough fizz .",0 81838,"have a good shot at a Hollywood career",1 195763,"clever ideas",1 163704,"it 's the repetition of said behavior",0 212522,"starts to smack of a Hallmark Hall of Fame , with a few four letter words thrown in that are generally not heard on television .",0 75908,"break free of her old life",1 215196,"the new film is a subzero version of Monsters , Inc . , without the latter 's imagination , visual charm or texture .",0 81601,"has a compelling story to tell .",1 118561,"does n't trust laughs",0 142788,"... is moldy and obvious .",0 93336,"splashy and entertainingly nasty",1 203087,"is made almost impossible by events that set the plot in motion .",0 184255,"Guilty of the worst sin of attributable to a movie like this : it 's not scary in the slightest .",0 236952,"the giant Achilles ' heel in `` Stuart Little 2 `` :",0 2530,"the artificial",0 231227,"glum .",0 234702,"on the whole less",0 177905,"went astray",0 99008,"unexpected flashes of dark comedy",1 147866,"Offers absolutely nothing I had n't already seen .",0 203611,"is too busy hitting all of its assigned marks to take on any life of its own",0 105901,"Fresnadillo has something serious to say about the ways in which extravagant chance can distort our perspective and throw us off the path of good sense .",1 56488,"relate to the search for inner peace by dramatically depicting the lives of others onstage",1 114744,"arrives at its heart , as simple self-reflection meditation .",1 192303,"almost every possible way -- from the writing and direction to the soggy performances --",0 71422,"a collectively stellar performance",1 176996,"turns out to be cleverer , better written and of considerable more interest than the finished film , that 's a bad sign . A very bad sign",0 184792,"If The Full Monty was a freshman fluke",0 219046,"were already tired",0 224462,"Jim Brown treats his women -- as dumb , credulous , unassuming , subordinate subjects",0 87938,"no way original ,",0 166229,"more self-absorbed women than the mother and daughters featured in this film ? I do n't think so",0 95328,"the cliché-riddled genre",0 200898,"having been slimed in the name of High Art",0 124575,"is stiff or just plain bad .",0 179804,"'s just not much lurking below its abstract surface",0 65412,"Evokes the frustration , the awkwardness and the euphoria of growing up",1 65872,"Griffiths ' warm and winning central performance",1 186027,"Martin Lawrence Live ' is so self-pitying",0 47287,"The vivid lead performances sustain interest and empathy , but",1 118001,"delicious and",1 164827,"lifeless boxing film",0 42533,"refreshing , disarming ,",1 120273,"floundering",0 79460,"expected it to be",0 82711,"immersive",1 127910,"never truly come to care about the main characters and whether or not they 'll wind up together",0 182701,"Barely manages for but a few seconds over its seemingly eternal running time to pique your interest , your imagination , your empathy or anything , really , save your disgust and your indifference .",0 186577,"One of those so-so films that could have been much better",0 39243,"to manipulate its audience",0 162833,"is completely lacking in charm and charisma ,",0 219625,"wit and compassion",1 69988,"The sword fighting is well done",1 177492,"vile enough . Do we really need the Tiger Beat version",0 122942,"in an attempt to make the film relevant today , without fully understanding what it was that made the story relevant in the first place",0 98969,"undercuts the joie de vivre even as he creates it , giving the movie a mournful undercurrent that places the good-time shenanigans in welcome perspective",1 182030,"A sugar-coated Rocky whose valuable messages are forgotten 10 minutes after the last trombone",0 35840,"outraged",0 106702,"In my opinion , Analyze That is not as funny or entertaining as Analyze This",0 10246,"safely sanded down",1 196272,"could force you to scratch a hole in your head",0 209514,"poor Hermocrates and Leontine",0 95313,"the chops of a smart-aleck film school brat and the imagination of a big kid",1 200213,"great past",1 145318,"Feels like one of those contrived , only-in - Hollywood productions where name actors deliver big performances created for the sole purpose of generating Oscar talk .",0 98714,"true talent",1 116112,"bore most audiences into their own brightly colored dreams",0 174877,"the theater in the first 10 minutes",1 9324,"of overwhelming waste",0 84885,"it 's definitely worth taking a look",1 131154,"recommended -- as visually bland as a dentist 's waiting room",0 192535,"an equally assured narrative coinage",1 37393,"strongly",1 235552,"seems far more interested in gross-out humor than in showing us well-thought stunts or a car chase that we have n't seen 10ꯠ times",0 38707,"the terrific performances by Christopher Plummer , as the prime villain ,",1 36597,"riveting World War II moral suspense story deals",1 153709,"anyone who grew up on Disney 's 1950 Treasure Island , or remembers the 1934 Victor Fleming classic",1 218173,"unflattering",0 106933,"It 's not only dull because we 've seen ( Eddie ) Murphy do the genial-rogue shtick to death , but because the plot is equally hackneyed .",0 124254,"is more fully an example of the kind of lush , all-enveloping movie experience it rhapsodizes",1 30620,"decent moral",1 142610,", visually dank",0 31356,"expect light romantic comedy",1 223995,"Imagine O. Henry 's The Gift of the Magi relocated to the scuzzy underbelly of NYC 's drug scene .",0 153934,"are several truly jolting scares",1 121501,"gut-clutching piece",1 121421,"greatest play",1 182463,"Andie MacDowell",1 150168,"This dramatically shaky contest of wills only reiterates the old Hollywood saw :",0 145625,"Good Theatre",1 72483,"a soul and an unabashed sense of good old-fashioned escapism",1 177040,"ugliest movie",0 7252,"i 'm afraid you wo n't get through this frankly fantastical by-the-numbers b-flick with just a suspension of disbelief . rather",0 191410,"a strong-minded viewpoint ,",1 221776,"... a confusing drudgery .",0 131534,"rich with human events",1 236619,"the Beast should definitely get top billing",1 84918,"it 's likely to please audiences who like movies that demand four hankies",1 231804,"how bad this movie was",0 109847,"The film was immensely enjoyable thanks to great performances by both Steve Buscemi and Rosario Dawson ...",1 160773,"hate ( Madonna ) within the film 's first five minutes",0 45395,"Good old-fashioned slash-and-hack",1 149004,"Take away all the cliches and the carbon copy scenes from every drug movie we 've seen and all",0 163627,"it 's also uninspired , lacking the real talent and wit to elevate it beyond its formula to the level of classic romantic comedy to which it aspires .",0 31880,"from a gifted director who definitely has something on his mind",1 167899,"of what 's wrong with this increasingly pervasive aspect of gay culture",0 79992,"fine production",1 9118,"not a cozy or ingratiating work , but it 's challenging , sometimes clever , and always interesting , and those are reasons enough to see it .",1 78007,"derivative , wildly gruesome",1 85851,"leave us with a sense of wonder at the diverse , marvelously twisted shapes history has taken",1 16492,"loses its bite in a last-minute happy ending that 's even less plausible than the rest of the picture . Much of the way , though , this is a refreshingly novel ride .",1 89856,"out-to-change-the-world",1 116063,"bloody beauty",1 235722,"showcases the city 's old-world charm",1 11412,"the film tanks",0 229266,"become so buzz-obsessed that fans and producers descend upon Utah each January to ferret out The Next Great Thing",0 124471,"is remembering",1 12335,"to comedic grand larceny",0 62472,"-- and especially Williams , an American actress who becomes fully English",1 212730,"stultifyingly obvious",0 21353,"most persnickety preteens",0 191847,"accentuating",1 68837,"Smart and",1 197773,"emerges from the simple fact that the movie has virtually nothing to show .",0 118994,"emotional edge",1 34865,"need a 77-minute film to tell us exactly why a romantic relationship between a 15-year-old boy and a 40-year-old woman does n't work",0 24386,"A miniscule little bleep on the film radar , but one that many more people should check out",1 170052,"resolve to be a total winner",1 172291,"suggests the overtime someone put in to come up with an irritatingly unimaginative retread concept",0 211603,"silly and monotonous",0 9521,"only half-hearted",0 22854,"wo n't want to miss About A Boy",1 62000,", it 's a pretty good execution of a story that 's a lot richer than the ones Hollywood action screenwriters usually come up with on their own .",1 110213,"The town has kind of an authentic feel , but each one of these people stand out and everybody else is in the background and it just seems manufactured to me and artificial",0 4614,"an alienated",0 85714,"knows its classical music , knows its Freud and knows its Sade",1 93765,"succeeds through sincerity",1 177814,"wear over his head when he goes out into public , to avoid being recognized as the man who bilked unsuspecting moviegoers",0 74306,"are canny and spiced with irony .",1 123799,"is a new treasure of the Hermitage .",1 151001,"With a story as bizarre and mysterious as this , you do n't want to be worrying about whether the ineffectual Broomfield is going to have the courage to knock on that door .",0 53214,"inventive ,",1 171826,"sports cliche",0 48564,"about the best straight-up",1 145438,"For most movies , 84 minutes is short ,",0 126997,"melodramatic and",0 98869,"typically observant , carefully nuanced and",1 178800,"workmanlike",1 19564,"a remarkably coherent , horrifically vivid snapshot",1 143875,"Arnold 's jump from little screen to big will leave frowns on more than a few faces .",0 72591,"a subject you thought would leave you cold . A case in point",0 181005,", the movie sinks into an abyss of clichés , depression and bad alternative music .",0 150253,"This is the sort of burly action flick where one coincidence pummels another , narrative necessity is a drunken roundhouse ,",0 185030,"It 's a mindless action flick with a twist -- far better suited to video-viewing than the multiplex .",0 92285,"sensitive , smart , savvy , compelling coming-of-age drama",1 170946,"should be served an eviction notice at every theater stuck with it .",0 200314,"hackneyed and",0 43233,"'s endlessly inventive , consistently intelligent and sickeningly savage",1 34226,"lots of in-jokes for the adults and heart enough for everyone",1 112058,"a great and a terrible story",1 84202,"is fiercely intelligent and uncommonly ambitious",1 111582,"a breathtakingly assured and stylish work",1 142334,", lifeless",0 82846,"in a dead-end existence",0 151658,"a dull , ridiculous attempt",0 68218,"Pipe Dream does have its charms . The leads are natural and lovely , the pace is serene , the humor wry and sprightly .",1 236617,"the B.S.",0 2637,"the kind of movie that entertains even as it turns maddeningly predictable",1 81016,"ghetto",0 107839,"Mr . Deeds is not really a film as much as it is a loose collection of not-so-funny gags , scattered moments of lazy humor .",0 19598,"a talented director",1 30738,"despite its overt self-awareness , parts of the movie still manage to break past the artifice and thoroughly engage you",1 33808,"its noticeable lack of emotional heft",0 39432,"translates",1 234818,"outstanding as director Bruce McCulloch",1 22284,"the gentle melding of drama and comedy makes '' What Time Is It There ? ''",1 77449,"could n't pick the lint off Borg Queen Alice Krige 's cape",0 128915,"of spare dialogue and acute expressiveness",1 140990,"'ll have more fun setting fire to yourself in the parking lot",0 228074,"a perverse , dangerous libertine and agitator -- which would have made for better drama",0 206261,"misuse",0 51530,"far closer than many movies",1 219534,"will make you wish you were at home watching that movie instead of in the theater watching this one",0 10943,"taken the protagonists a full hour to determine that in order to kill a zombie you must shoot it in the head",0 55693,"often touching",1 15721,"extends the writings of Jean Genet and John Rechy , the films of Fassbinder , perhaps even the nocturnal works of Goya .",1 22056,"sterling performances",1 207514,"of a brutally honest individual like Prophet Jack",1 180845,", nor why he keeps being cast in action films when none of them are ever any good",0 14121,"If you can get past the fantastical aspects and harsh realities of '' The Isle '' you 'll get a sock-you-in-the-eye flick that is a visual tour-de-force and a story that is unlike any you will likely see anywhere else .",1 143504,"Acting , particularly by Tambor , almost makes '' Never Again '' worthwhile , but ( writer\/director ) Schaeffer should follow his titular advice",0 19725,"amuse them",1 199568,"from a scene where Santa gives gifts to grownups",1 155467,"breast and flatulence gags",0 231159,"gets the once-over once again in Gangster No. 1 , but falls apart long before the end",0 208290,"offer audiences",1 23862,", smart satire",1 16642,"neither as funny nor as clever",0 175450,"this latest and laziest imaginable of all vintage-TV spinoffs",0 127502,"most wondrous",1 102673,", it rises in its courageousness , and comedic employment .",1 17583,"the maddening and magnetic ebb and flow of friendship",1 5374,"by some cynical creeps at revolution studios",0 155475,"brief pretentious period",0 16604,"mostly intelligent , engrossing and psychologically resonant",1 24333,"A distant , even sterile , yet compulsively watchable look at the sordid life of Hogan 's Heroes star Bob Crane .",1 121449,"groan and hiss",0 124815,"it 's also one that , next to his best work , feels clumsy and convoluted",0 133278,"stereotypical familial quandaries",0 182114,"A word of advice to the makers of The Singles Ward : Celebrity cameos do not automatically equal laughs . And neither do cliches , no matter how ` inside ' they are .",0 40453,"you love Motown music",1 85901,"leonine power",1 151533,"a complete failure at trying to create some pretty cool characters .",0 166064,"mistakenly thought they could achieve an air of frantic spontaneity by simply tossing in lots of characters doing silly stuff and stirring the pot",0 8067,"its intelligence and intensity",1 109062,"Some of the computer animation is handsome , and various amusing sidekicks add much-needed levity to the otherwise bleak tale , but",1 184498,"Hot on the Hardwood proves once again that a man in drag is not in and of himself funny .",0 35346,"of non-actors and a gritty , no-budget approach",1 73531,"also utilized the scintillating force of its actors to draw out the menace of its sparse dialogue",1 121185,"gives her best",1 49021,"and '' Imitation",0 220751,"'s also not very good",0 78571,"drama , tampoco es tan superficial como muchas",0 116077,"boffo last hour",1 188829,"There 's no real reason to see it",0 153067,"all in all it 's a lot less sensational than it wants to be",0 232892,"is why anybody picked it up .",0 117078,"cliches , painful improbability and murky",0 18809,"Daring , mesmerizing and exceedingly hard",1 34739,"much to weigh any arguments one way or the other . He simply presents his point of view that Ayurveda works . No question",1 138556,"unblinkingly pure as The Hours",1 141110,"'s a cookie-cutter movie , a cut-and-paste job .",0 218183,"unfortunately , is a little too in love with its own cuteness",0 89595,"one of its strengths . Entirely appropriately",1 37067,"so beautifully",1 55543,"of the art combined with the humor and intelligence of the script",1 86038,"like a docu-drama but builds its multi-character story with a flourish",1 146495,"It 's hard not to feel you 've just watched a feature-length video game with some really heavy back story .",0 51971,"fueling",1 171750,"sour , nasty",0 223018,"Could The Country Bears really be as bad as its trailers ?",0 15856,"funny dance",1 159546,"force-feed",0 76588,"character-oriented piece",1 225745,"Sexy and romantic .",1 65661,"Fresh and raw",1 138242,"traditionally structured",1 218663,"want to think too much about what 's going on",0 63737,"Alternately hilarious and sad",1 123745,"is a film that 's about as subtle as a party political broadcast",0 43389,"( A ) wonderfully loopy tale of love , longing , and voting",1 22662,"us happy",1 23719,", it demands repeated viewings .",1 117809,"cutesy reliance",0 237960,"to spark genuine chemistry with Townsend",1 95515,"the edge of your seat for long stretches",1 6405,"fantastical",1 95190,"the best of Hollywood 's comic-book",1 123666,"irresistible , languid romanticism",1 165924,"might have been made in the '70s or '80s",0 205646,"make a credible case for reports from the afterlife and a lot more time on the romantic urgency that 's at the center of the story",1 123245,"in wedgie heaven . Anyone else who may , for whatever reason , be thinking about going to see this movie is hereby given fair warning",0 52822,"illustrates",1 71725,"a genuinely bone-chilling tale",1 123735,"is a diverting -- if predictable -- adventure suitable for a matinee , with a message",1 25070,"Daughter",1 66657,"It 's soulful and unslick , and that 's apparently just what ( Aniston ) has always needed to grow into a movie career",1 236831,"the earnestness of its execution and skill of its cast",1 168718,"passed the point of being fertile",0 67245,"Like a Tarantino movie with heart , Alias Betty is richly detailed , deftly executed and utterly absorbing .",1 184267,"Hall 's cinematography will likely be nominated for an Oscar next year",1 6824,"going to win any academy awards",1 35338,"of moral emptiness",0 187015,"Romanek keeps adding flourishes -- artsy fantasy sequences -- that simply feel wrong . They cheapen the overall effect .",0 227911,"a fleeting and precious commodity",1 210978,"see Crossroads",1 69647,"The immersive powers",1 2979,"too smart to ignore but a little too smugly superior to like , this",0 143714,"An authentically vague , but ultimately purposeless , study in total",0 75097,"awe and affection",1 41386,"Who knows what exactly Godard is on about in this film , but",0 117023,"classic mother\/daughter struggle",1 237843,"to hear Madame D. refer to her husband as ` Jackie ' -- and he does make for excellent company",1 122083,"heart as important as humor",1 121273,"going to take you",1 94020,"sweet Cinderella story",1 222093,"A stylish thriller .",1 227905,"a film that 's not merely about kicking undead \*\*\*",1 51523,"fantastically",1 18137,"would surely have called this gutsy and at times exhilarating movie a great yarn .",1 90628,"presents events partly from the perspective of Aurelie and Christelle , and infuses the film with the sensibility of a particularly nightmarish fairytale .",1 155965,"can only imagine one thing worse than Kevin Spacey trying on an Irish accent",0 27079,"Triumph",1 151202,"` CQ may one day be fondly remembered as Roman Coppola 's brief pretentious period before going on to other films that actually tell a story worth caring about",0 95401,"the criminal world",0 120258,"flimsy flicks",0 112246,"a lot of emotional resonance",1 217468,"to the script 's refusal of a happy ending",0 210864,"scary-funny",1 66370,"In painting an unabashedly romantic picture of a nation whose songs spring directly from the lives of the people",1 14907,"admirable for what it does n't do",1 167791,"of the hapless victims of the arrogant '' if we put together a wry white man and a chatty black man and give them guns , the movie will be funny '' syndrome",0 109058,"Some of the computer animation is handsome ,",1 12559,"treat",1 111385,"Zoe Clarke-Williams 's lackluster thriller ''",0 177182,"unfortunate for the viewer",0 119854,"feel a nagging sense of deja vu",1 86287,"looking at his 12th Oscar nomination",1 181345,"... the story is far-flung , illogical , and plain stupid .",0 117181,"come away from his film overwhelmed , hopeful and , perhaps paradoxically , illuminated .",1 137400,"to be as heartily sick of mayhem as Cage 's war-weary marine",0 223761,"I ca n't think of a single good reason to see this movie , even though everyone in my group extemporaneously shouted ,",0 34225,"lots of in-jokes for the adults",1 131593,"riveting movie experience",1 168693,"particularly joyless , and exceedingly dull ,",0 17810,"to know the ` truth ' about this man , while deconstructing the very format of the biography in a manner that Derrida would doubtless give his blessing to",1 166992,"not the Craven of ' A Nightmare",0 179657,"'s been responsible for putting together any movies of particular value or merit",0 217369,"to squeeze a few laughs out of the material",0 124517,"is so contrived , nonsensical and formulaic that , come to think of it , the day-old shelf would be a more appropriate location to store it",0 79701,"fascinating character study",1 152935,"add anything fresh",1 124070,"is funny --",1 72616,"a surprisingly faithful remake of its chilly predecessor",1 34642,"most impossibly dry",0 113669,"all the stronger because of it",1 232305,"is a gritty police thriller with all the dysfunctional family dynamics one could wish for",1 168513,"overbearing and over-the-top as the family",0 88827,"of political corruption",0 48382,"a solid build-up , a terrific climax , and",1 106279,"Hollywood horror",0 120124,"finds amusing juxtapositions that justify his exercise",1 27380,"a bit of yourself in her unfinished story",1 107360,"Kurys ' direction is clever and insightful",1 96176,"the most magical and most fun family fare",1 175965,"to be really funny",1 187957,"The author 's devotees will probably find it fascinating",1 25507,"Hayek is stunning as Frida and ... a star-making project .",1 84950,"it 's the image that really tells the tale .",1 66400,"Insomnia . He does this so well",1 38569,"the preteen girls who worship Lil ' Bow Wow",0 81479,"hackneyed",0 86306,"looks good",1 173090,"that it makes your least favorite James Bond movie seem as cleverly plotted as The Usual Suspects",0 141869,"( even , at times , preposterous )",0 33779,"its fine acting",1 221077,"( Serry ) wants to blend politics and drama , an admirable ambition .",1 41364,"Viewed on its own terms , Treasure Planet is better-than-average family entertainment , but true fans of the Stevenson 's novel will likely prefer Disney 's more faithful 1950 live-action swashbuckling classic",1 196449,"crisp framing , edgy camera work , and",1 224599,"Less than fresh",0 219475,"will be all too familiar for anyone who 's seen George Roy Hill 's 1973 film , '' The Sting .",0 51628,"fiercely competitive",1 10069,"reinforces the talents of screenwriter charlie kaufman , creator of adaptation and",1 235531,"see why people thought I was too hard on `` The Mothman Prophecies ''",0 189269,"Tries too hard to be funny in a way that 's too loud , too goofy and too short of an attention span",0 58420,"the ins and outs of modern moviemaking",1 172036,"stop-go slow motion that makes the gang rumbles look like they 're being streamed",0 221246,", a movie comes along to remind us of how very bad a motion picture can truly be .",0 117677,"create some episodes that rival vintage Looney Tunes for the most creative mayhem in a brief amount of time",1 7925,"it delivers some chills and sustained unease , but flounders in its quest for deeper meaning .",0 89255,"offers a great deal of insight",1 232784,"is that it lacks focus",0 95459,"the diplomat 's tweaked version of statecraft may have cost thousands and possibly millions of lives",0 60158,"who feels acting is the heart and soul of cinema . He allows his cast members to make creative contributions to the story and dialogue . This method almost never fails him , and it works superbly here",1 107466,"Like its title character , this Nicholas Nickleby finds itself in reduced circumstances -- and , also like its hero , it remains brightly optimistic , coming through in the end .",1 57753,"that both thrills the eye and",1 45016,"De Niro ... is a veritable source of sincere passion that this Hollywood contrivance orbits around . '",1 16292,"is what IMAX was made for : Strap on a pair of 3-D goggles , shut out the real world , and take a vicarious voyage to the last frontier -- space",1 193559,"as punching bags",1 92349,"sets out to entertain and",1 95933,"the inevitable Hollywood remake",0 87374,"most amazing",1 203632,"is ultimately about as inspiring as a Hallmark card",0 80045,"fit the incredible storyline",1 231515,"hastily and amateurishly",0 193096,"are infants ... who might be distracted by the movie 's quick movements and sounds .",0 55681,"offers a solid build-up , a terrific climax , and some nice chills along the way",1 98181,"to love The Piano Teacher",1 178528,"with all of the pitfalls of such you 'd expect .",0 217970,"twinkly-eyed",1 147931,"One-sided",0 67186,"Leigh makes these lives count . And he allows a gawky actor like Spall -- who could too easily become comic relief in any other film -- to reveal his impressively delicate range",1 27385,"a blast of shallow magnificence that only sex , scandal , and a chorus line of dangerous damsels can deliver",1 53478,"is generous and deep",1 180049,"'s too loud , too goofy and too short of an attention span",0 145088,"Enduring love",1 131575,"rises above easy , cynical potshots at morally bankrupt characters ...",1 113796,"always for the better",1 194138,"be genuinely satisfying",1 162555,"is Imposter makes a better short story than it does a film .",0 14629,"Willams ' best screen",1 184692,"I liked the original short story but this movie , even at an hour and twenty-some minutes",0 46435,"Open-minded",1 144832,"Diaz wears out her welcome in her most charmless performance",0 66978,"K-19 will not go down in the annals of cinema as one of the great submarine stories , but",1 117201,"come up with an adequate reason why we should pay money for what we can get on television for free",0 107880,"Much has been written about those years when the psychedelic '60s grooved over into the gay '70s , but words do n't really do the era justice . You have to see it .",1 47055,"The film has a terrific look and",1 79123,"entertainment that parents love to have their kids",1 238689,"who build a seamless ensemble",1 35892,"packs an emotional wallop",1 180084,"'ve had the misfortune to watch in quite some time",0 145321,"Feels too formulaic and too familiar to produce the transgressive",0 201139,"his body",1 16931,"perfect film",1 180168,"( Johnnie To and Wai Ka Fai are ) sure to find an enthusiastic audience among American action-adventure buffs , but the film 's interests may be too narrow to attract crossover viewers .",0 13550,", but a lively script , sharp acting and partially animated interludes make Just a Kiss seem minty fresh .",1 19813,"and celebratory verve",1 159746,"from that 1982 's Tootsie , forgetting only to retain a single laugh",0 60691,"'d take ( its ) earnest errors and hard-won rewards over the bombastic self-glorification of other feel-good fiascos like Antwone Fisher or The Emperor 's Club any time .",1 10971,"tawdry",0 121605,"happens to be that rarity among sequels",1 211435,"shoot something on crummy-looking videotape",0 97784,"times when the film 's reach exceeds its grasp",0 133410,"striking out",0 232677,"is one big excuse to play one lewd scene after another",0 2262,"shockingly devoid of your typical majid majidi shoe-loving , crippled children",0 41859,"entertaining for what it does ,",1 116413,"by flashes of mordant humor",1 18288,"'s just too bad it does n't have more flashes of insight",0 133599,"suffers a severe case of oversimplification , superficiality and silliness",0 143043,"A clumsily manufactured exploitation flick , a style-free exercise in manipulation and mayhem",0 54132,"la cabeza , pero de que entretiene",1 231442,"has freaky scenes where the crew wonder if they 're ghosts imagining themselves as alive .",1 182533,"Appropriately",1 139956,"will still come away with a sense of his reserved but existential poignancy .",1 154206,"as its origins in an Anne Rice novel dictate",1 216417,"this jumbled mess",0 55354,"of fascinating performances",1 211433,"shoddy male hip hop fantasy",0 41160,"Purely propaganda ,",0 193555,"as pathetic as The Animal",0 188200,"The film is strictly routine .",0 125001,"it is a loose collection of not-so-funny gags , scattered moments of lazy humor",0 161644,"illicit more than a chuckle , and more jokes land",0 129020,"of the festival in Cannes",1 58289,"the fierce grandeur of its sweeping battle scenes",1 37046,"smart satire",1 144512,"Clare Peploe 's airless movie adaptation",0 116625,"can report that it is instead a cheap cliché",0 183192,"Content merely to lionize its title character and exploit his anger -",0 198000,"erratic career",0 154826,"be the lighter-than-air adventure",1 30595,"dazzling camera-work , dancing and music",1 91798,"rotting underbelly",0 141344,"'s got its heart in the right place",1 139909,"will find their humor-seeking dollars best spent elsewhere",0 51759,"fondly",1 38765,"the virtues of simplicity and economy",1 37128,"some great one-liners",1 168396,"other direction",1 131880,"searching for a quarter in a giant pile of elephant feces ...",0 220916,"'s not half-bad .",1 125322,"its overall impact falls a little flat with a storyline that never quite delivers the original magic",0 67616,"More than anything else , Kissing Jessica Stein injects freshness and spirit into the romantic comedy genre , which has been held hostage by generic scripts that seek to remake Sleepless in Seattle again and again .",1 123770,"is a highly ambitious and personal project for Egoyan",1 98015,"to drag two-thirds through , when the melodramatic aspects start to overtake the comedy",0 149083,"The Clown '' , a much funnier film with a similar theme and an equally great Robin Williams performance",1 45434,"Hardly an objective documentary , but it 's great cinematic polemic ...",1 91421,"reluctant , irresponsible man",0 154949,"been better off as a documentary",0 223415,"Formuliac , but fun .",1 155627,"but it also does the absolute last thing we need Hollywood doing to us : It preaches",0 140343,"wo n't be disappointed .",1 57819,"that it does afford",1 72189,"a prostitute",0 180683,", ill-constructed and fatally overlong",0 200315,"hackneyed and meanspirited",0 19722,"amaze them and amuse them",1 95902,"the humor wry and",1 202524,"is A ... as in aimless , arduous , and arbitrary",0 203460,"is sordid and disgusting . Quelle surprise !",0 110535,"This often-hilarious farce",1 153634,"another big-budget bust",0 14824,"a sad picture",0 143008,"A bland animated sequel",0 47851,"a buoyant , expressive flow",1 193137,"are neither original",0 45698,"It 's Burns ' visuals , characters and his punchy dialogue , not his plot , that carry waydowntown .",1 114678,"are stanzas of breathtaking , awe-inspiring visual poetry",1 5030,"be daring and original",1 160813,"have been better off as a documentary , with less of Mr . Eyre 's uninspired dramatics and more of his sense of observation and outrage .",0 67451,"Marvelously entertaining and",1 177147,"underwritten by the NBA",0 36898,"she is backed by a likable cast .",1 7688,"is an undeniably worthy and devastating experience",0 77800,"deceptively simple , deeply satisfying",1 50548,"creative urge",1 86682,"makes you realize that deep inside righteousness can be found a tough beauty",1 61099,"'s invigorating about it is that it does n't give a damn",1 141070,"'s ... like a series of pretentiously awful student films strung together into one feature-length horror .",0 116190,"breathtaking , awe-inspiring visual poetry",1 86100,"like to be a New Yorker -- or , really , to be a human being -- in the weeks after 9\/11",1 203328,"is plenty of room for editing",0 213011,"suspecting that it was improvised on a day-to-day basis during production",0 205562,"made The Full Monty a smashing success ...",1 94876,"that steal your heart away",1 220622,"'re burnt out on It 's a Wonderful Life marathons and bored with A Christmas Carol",0 146812,"Jackson shamefully strolls through this mess with a smug grin , inexplicably wearing a kilt and carrying a bag of golf clubs over one shoulder .",0 7030,"have been titled ` the loud and the ludicrous '",0 82333,"his superb actors convey Martin 's deterioration and Barbara 's sadness -- and , occasionally",1 53369,"is all the greater beause director Zhang 's last film , the cuddly Shower , was a non-threatening multi-character piece centered around a public bath house",1 209710,"pretentious , untalented artistes who enjoy moaning about their cruel fate",0 73841,"an indelible epic American story",1 64089,"As home movie gone haywire , it 's pretty enjoyable ,",1 112086,"a halfwit plot",0 238604,"what it lacks in outright newness",0 227767,"a bargain-basement European pickup",0 54845,"more thoughtful comedies",1 169876,"rehash old jokes",0 123225,"in this predictable thriller",0 128602,"of daring films",1 56487,"relate to the search for inner peace",1 106962,"It 's sweet . It 's funny . It wears its heart on the sleeve of its gaudy Hawaiian shirt .",1 39758,"venues",1 47342,"This beautifully animated epic",1 116247,"broad streaks of common sense emerge with unimpeachable clarity",1 220596,"'ll probably love it",1 189007,"This is n't a movie : it 's a symptom .",0 44231,"A sensitive , modest comic tragedy that works",1 111532,"a basketball game for money",1 8448,"like a grinning jack o ' lantern , its apparent glee is derived from a lobotomy , having had all its vital essence scooped out and discarded",0 90803,"proves unrelentingly grim -- and equally engrossing",0 230531,"engrossing piece",1 235382,"riveting documentary .",1 22049,"standouts",1 167094,"obscenely bad dark comedy",0 7070,"heaven",1 56477,"regal",1 178487,"with a cause",1 79393,"exalts the Marxian dream of honest working folk",1 16338,"it finds humor in the foibles of human behavior",1 20427,"dumb , distracted audience",0 150485,"Too timid to bring a sense of closure to an ugly chapter of the twentieth century .",0 138078,"too cynical",0 175776,"tired and drained",0 204983,"like Lyne 's stolid remake of '' Lolita ''",1 48540,"about a mysterious creature with psychic abilities",1 112118,"a heroine who comes across as both shallow and dim-witted",0 149749,"The plot is very clever , but Boyd weighs it down with too many characters and events , all intertwined and far too complicated to keep track of",0 225061,"Much of the movie 's charm lies in the utter cuteness of Stuart and Margolo .",1 230660,"except when the fantastic Kathy Bates turns up",1 95691,"the film with his effortless performance and that trademark grin of his -- so perfect for a ballplayer",1 20287,"confront what 's possible",1 125273,"its indulgent two-hour-and-fifteen-minute length",0 186556,"One of the best , most understated performances of ( Jack Nicholson 's ) career .",1 81786,"has that other Imax films do n't : chimps , lots of chimps , all blown up to the size of a house . That 's fun for kids of any age .",1 85506,"jolts the laughs from the audience",1 120605,"found the perfect material",1 179332,"'' por favor",1 79127,"enthralling documentary",1 82202,"hindered by a central plot that 's peppered with false starts and populated by characters who are nearly impossible to care about",0 66919,"Jiang Wen 's Devils on the Doorstep is a wartime farce in the alternately comic and gut-wrenching style of Joseph Heller or Kurt Vonnegut .",1 199047,"flawed support structure",0 158469,"even worse behind the camera",0 93528,"stimulating and demanding",1 67239,"Like Shrek , Spirit 's visual imagination reminds you of why animation is such a perfect medium for children , because of the way it allows the mind to enter and accept another world .",1 68034,"Ong 's promising debut",1 61849,", crowd-pleasing goals",1 104190,"Although largely a heavy-handed indictment of parental failings and the indifference of Spanish social workers and legal system towards child abuse , the film retains ambiguities that make it well worth watching .",1 89296,"often incisive satire and unabashed sweetness",1 203971,"it might as well have been titled Generic Jennifer Lopez Romantic Comedy",0 60160,"who has secrets buried at the heart of his story and knows how to take time revealing them",1 130532,"precious new Star Wars movie",1 220019,"worse yet",0 24562,"All American",1 237710,"to a night in the living room than a night at the movies",0 104806,"Boldly",1 150751,"We never really feel involved with the story , as all of its ideas remain just that : abstract ideas .",0 53847,"it manages to find new avenues of discourse on old problems",1 208932,"overlong soap",0 138227,"tov to a film about a family 's joyous life acting on the Yiddish stage .",1 151914,"a juicy , delicious plum",1 108600,"Reno himself can take credit for most of the movie 's success",1 172555,"talks about canning his stockbroker and repairing his pool",1 133993,"terrific computer graphics",1 117222,"comes along that is so insanely stupid , so awful in so many ways that watching it leaves you giddy . Half Past Dead is just such an achievement",0 201101,"highly-praised disappointments I",0 35277,"of how the bike still remains an ambiguous icon in Chinese society .",1 72630,"a taste for the quirky",1 166860,"no real conflict , no real point",0 180959,", the characters in Swimfan seem motivated by nothing short of dull , brain-deadening hangover .",0 196284,"could have been right at home as a nifty plot line in Steven Soderbergh 's Traffic fails to arrive at any satisfying destination",0 113649,"all the hallmarks of a movie",1 231439,"has flopped as surely as a soufflé gone wrong",0 216574,"though thin writing proves its undoing",0 194732,"blond honeys",1 201806,"in a superficial way , while never sure",0 141484,"'s not silly fun unless you enjoy really bad movies",0 112128,"a hint of humor",1 128500,"of academic skullduggery and politics",0 88016,"not only from charismatic rising star Jake Gyllenhaal but also from accomplished Oscar winners Susan Sarandon , Dustin Hoffman and Holly Hunter , yet newcomer Ellen Pompeo pulls off the feat with aplomb",1 200321,"had a sense of humor",1 117717,"creepy-scary",1 235355,"responsible for this illuminating comedy",1 66259,"If the film has a problem , its shortness disappoints :",0 222049,"A major waste ... generic .",0 130139,"perfectly competent and often imaginative",1 160768,"has virtually no script at all",0 200194,"grating , mannered onscreen presence",0 221674,", what a thrill ride",1 188560,"The premise of '' Abandon '' holds promise , ... but its delivery is a complete mess",0 202673,"is abhorrent to you",0 44329,"A very funny romantic comedy about two skittish New York middle-agers who stumble into a relationship and then",1 75107,"awkward Hitchcockian theme",0 186599,"Only two-fifths of a satisfying movie experience",0 214535,"the experience of actually watching the movie is less compelling than the circumstances of its making .",0 114822,"as a movie for teens to laugh , groan and hiss at",1 153346,"an astonishing voice cast ( excepting Love Hewitt ) , an interesting racial tension , and",1 173012,"that gets a quick release before real contenders arrive in September",0 106271,"Hollywood disregard",1 163176,"is nothing but a sticky-sweet soap .",0 98329,"to suspense thriller",1 93194,"sometimes murky , always brooding look",0 75596,"best script",1 34960,"not apply",0 202598,"is a man who uses the damage of war -- far more often than the warfare itself -- to create the kind of art shots that fill gallery shows",1 186469,"Nothing about this movie works .",0 197794,"emotionally malleable",0 233756,"may , I ca n't think of a single good reason to see this movie , even though everyone in my group extemporaneously shouted , `",0 61591,", Blue Crush thrillingly uses modern technology to take the viewer inside the wave .",1 171907,"staple",1 121884,"hate myself most mornings . I still like Moonlight Mile , better judgment be damned",1 183838,"Fails so fundamentally on every conventional level that it achieves some kind of goofy grandeur .",0 126256,"little too obvious , but",0 238960,"wonderful , imaginative",1 198301,"exercise in formula crash-and-bash action",0 48041,"a filmmaker of considerable potential",1 10961,"talented",1 53379,"is an accuracy of observation in the work of the director , Frank Novak , that keeps the film grounded in an undeniable social realism",1 37850,"that makes any given frame look like a family 's custom-made Christmas card",1 47640,"Wilco fans will have a great time , and the movie should win the band a few new converts , too .",1 60012,"well acted by the four primary actors",1 186499,"Obvious , obnoxious and didactic burlesque .",0 202775,"is awful . It 's Pauly Shore awful . Do n't say you were n't warned .",0 212237,"somewhat predictable",0 227081,"When a movie has stuck around for this long , you know there 's something there .",1 17775,"times exhilarating",1 26813,"The film hinges on its performances , and both leads are up to the task .",1 41782,"despite the long running time , the pace never feels slack -- there 's no scene that screams '' bathroom break",1 2198,"savor whenever the film 's lamer instincts are in the saddle",0 115487,"be damned . If you already like this sort of thing , this is that sort of thing all over again",0 81075,"given up",0 161762,"in Sorority Boys , whose makers apparently believe that women 's clothing can cover up any deficiency in acting , writing or direction",0 222324,"An uncomfortable movie , suffocating and sometimes almost senseless ,",0 22661,"upon her makes it successful and accessible",1 228486,"also wanted a little alien as a friend !",1 164841,"light nor magical enough to bring off this kind of whimsy",0 28611,"and for anyone who appreciates intelligent , stylish moviemaking",1 206805,"nary an original idea ( or role , or edit , or score , or anything , really ) in sight",0 100938,"would n't turn down a big bowl of that",1 31150,"ensnared by it",1 7749,"is n't particularly assaultive",0 220867,"'s like going to a house party and watching the host defend himself against a frothing ex-girlfriend .",0 139671,"while beautiful",1 66304,"If you have n't seen the film lately , you may be surprised at the variety of tones in Spielberg 's work . Much of it is funny , but",1 40803,"Bright seems alternately amused and disgusted with this material , and he ca n't help throwing in a few of his own touches",1 13681,"-- I 'm not sure even Miyazaki himself does -- but they will almost certainly be fascinated , and undoubtedly delighted .",1 101550,"'s a stale , overused cocktail using the same olives since 1962 as garnish . Not only is entry number twenty the worst of the Brosnan bunch",0 43237,"'s enough to make you wish Jacquot had left well enough alone and just filmed the opera without all these distortions of perspective",0 146062,"I found the movie as divided against itself as the dysfunctional family it portrays .",0 141297,"'s distended pace and foot-dragging rhythms follow",0 60650,"'' Home Movie '' is a sweet treasure and something well worth your time .",1 81025,"giggles",1 172005,"stilted and unconvincing",0 126645,"make this surprisingly decent flick worth a summertime look-see .",1 114985,"as monumental as Disney 's 1937 breakthrough Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs",1 66836,"Jackass '' fan",1 7071,"heaven ''",1 235754,"simply because the movie is ugly to look at and not a Hollywood product",0 233609,"maintains a brisk pace as it races",1 218256,"unschooled",0 118093,"descends into sub-Tarantino cuteness",0 172287,"sugary sentiment and withholds delivery on the pell-mell",0 163594,"issue worthy",1 132723,"so distasteful",0 171552,"solid tale",1 236279,"term an `` ambitious failure",0 53407,"is as seductive",1 63193,"A modestly surprising movie .",1 7663,"is a more fascinating look at the future",1 175507,"this opera is n't a favorite",0 86676,"makes us see familiar issues , like racism and homophobia , in a fresh way",1 219717,"with cold vengefulness",0 7653,"is a good-hearted ensemble comedy with a variety of quirky characters and an engaging story",1 10269,"savvy director robert j . siegel and his co-writers keep the story subtle and us in suspense .",1 92023,"screwed-up",0 203437,"is so often nearly nothing",0 178520,"with a superficial snapshot",0 104296,"An engrossing story",1 131218,"refreshes the mind and spirit",1 156770,"contains no good jokes , no good scenes , barely a moment when Carvey 's Saturday Night Live-honed mimicry rises above the level of embarrassment .",0 188846,"There 's only one way to kill Michael Myers for good : stop buying tickets to these movies .",0 1545,"kicks off with an inauspicious premise , mopes through a dreary tract of virtually plotless meanderings",0 84659,"is strictly a lightweight escapist film .",1 211677,"sinks further and further into comedy futility .",0 86836,"marvelous documentary touches",1 218624,"walk away",0 57787,"that exquisitely blends music , dance , song",1 133113,"spiced with the intrigue of academic skullduggery and politics .",1 85000,"it deserved all the hearts it won -- and wins still , 20 years later .",1 67092,"Kwan is a master of shadow , quietude , and room noise , and Lan Yu is a disarmingly lived-in movie .",1 206741,"musty as one of the Golden Eagle 's carpets",0 29843,"but likable ,",1 126711,"makes this man so watchable is a tribute not only to his craft , but to his legend",1 213969,"that you should have gotten more out of it than you did",0 93094,"some jazzy new revisionist theories about the origins of Nazi politics and aesthetics",1 197131,"distract from the flawed support structure holding Equilibrium up",0 45537,"Huppert 's show to steal",1 17761,"though , this is a refreshingly novel ride",1 70294,"This odd , poetic road movie , spiked by jolts of pop music ,",1 168089,"on its own postmodern conceit",0 3465,"... a bland murder-on-campus",0 61294,"'s technically sumptuous but also almost wildly alive",1 145330,"Fessenden has nurtured his metaphors at the expense of his narrative",0 56579,"return to form that can comfortably sit among Jean-Luc Godard 's finest work",1 143147,"A hideous , confusing spectacle , one that may well put the nail in the coffin of any future Rice adaptations",0 128017,"no obvious escape",0 79521,"extravagantly",1 75624,"betting her third feature will be something to behold",1 229585,"by mediocrity",0 73847,"an inexplicable , utterly distracting blunder at the very end",0 77823,"deeper , more direct connection",1 7782,"is so fresh and",1 12578,"triumph",1 111026,"What lifts the film high above run-of-the-filth gangster flicks",1 4659,"an excuse",0 92958,"so it 's not a brilliant piece of filmmaking",0 64478,"Brims with passion : for words , for its eccentric , accident-prone characters , and for the crazy things that keep people going in this crazy life",1 149040,"Teen movies have really hit the skids .",0 184411,"High Crimes is a cinematic misdemeanor , a routine crime thriller remarkable only for its lack of logic and misuse of two fine actors , Morgan Freeman and Ashley Judd .",0 6695,"from its well-meaning clunkiness",0 236207,"sweeping , dramatic",1 129727,"originality of plot",1 126938,"mean things",0 154799,"be really dumb",0 163728,"it an exhilarating",1 209562,"possible Argentine American Beauty reeks",0 134177,"that , half an hour in , starts making water torture seem appealing",0 62140,", out-outrage or out-depress",0 173687,"the creepiness",0 215754,"the teeny-bopper set",0 45771,"It 's witty and inventive , too ,",1 70548,"Uneven , self-conscious but often hilarious spoof .",1 106649,"If you think it 's a riot to see Rob Schneider in a young woman 's clothes , then you 'll enjoy The Hot Chick .",1 60611,"your ego",1 131599,"robust",1 94538,"that Werner Herzog can still leave us with a sense of wonder at the diverse , marvelously twisted shapes history has taken",1 143388,"A technical triumph and",1 37392,"stronger",1 124085,"is good all round , but what really sets the film apart is Debrauwer 's refusal to push the easy emotional buttons .",1 169805,"recent crass-a-thons",0 90444,"point the way for adventurous Indian filmmakers toward a crossover into nonethnic markets",1 40891,"Enjoy it for what it is :",1 51145,"emerges as his most vital work since GoodFellas",1 165100,"little off-kilter",0 40442,"you examine your own life in much the same way its characters do",1 39868,"was time on that second round to see the subtleties of Ramsay 's portrait of grief .",1 4824,"artsy and often pointless",0 130000,"particularly innovative",1 149700,"The pacing is glacial",0 95619,"the film 's saving graces",1 103013,", what 's with the unexplained baboon cameo ?",0 118611,"dominates",1 26849,"The long-range appeal",1 172536,"tale whose thought-provoking potential is hampered by a made-for-TV look , rigid performances and an asinine ` twist ' that brazenly rips off The Sixth Sense",0 187857,"The Santa Clause 2 is a barely adequate babysitter for older kids , but",0 113741,"along the way -- myriad signs , if you will -- that beneath the familiar , funny surface is a far bigger , far more meaningful story than one in which little green men come to Earth for harvesting purposes",1 102314,", Possession is a movie that puts itself squarely in the service of the lovers who inhabit it .",1 85192,"its art and heart",1 50334,"compelling quest",1 72497,"a spontaneity to The Chateau , a sense of light-heartedness , that makes it attractive throughout",1 211135,"seems too simple and the working out of the plot almost arbitrary",0 103863,"A sentimental mess that never rings true .",0 138114,"too long , too cutesy , too sure of its own importance , and possessed of that peculiar tension of being too dense & about nothing at all",0 229847,"clichéd and shallow",0 143745,"An occasionally funny , but overall limp , fish-out-of-water story .",0 191138,"a pretty listless collection",0 183877,"Far-fetched premise , convoluted plot",0 21685,"painful incident",0 20995,"is a movie that 's got oodles of style and substance .",1 43832,". It is also a testament to the integrity and vision of the band .",1 159896,"garner the film a '' cooler '' PG-13 rating",1 98752,"trying simply to out-shock , out-outrage or out-depress its potential audience ! Who knew",0 234238,"occasionally very enjoyable",1 230375,"does succeed by following a feel-good formula with a winning style , and by offering its target audience of urban kids some welcome role models and optimism",1 69053,"Superb production values & Christian Bale 's charisma make up for a derivative plot .",1 122912,"in a story that , though meant to be universal in its themes of loyalty , courage and dedication to a common goal , never",1 237605,"though , this is a refreshingly novel ride .",1 239009,"would have a résumé loaded with credits like `` Girl in Bar # 3 . ''",0 21887,"romance and someone",1 225304,"One lousy movie",0 149795,"The result is a gaudy bag of stale candy , something from a Halloween that died .",0 196432,"creepy and vague",0 210375,"remains mostly undeterminable",0 120552,"forced by his kids to watch too many Barney videos",0 219026,"well-thought stunts",1 50994,"done an amazing job of getting realistic performances from his mainly nonprofessional cast",1 58080,"the big time",1 135733,"the more daring and surprising American movies",1 143456,"AIDS",0 180259,"( and unintentionally ) terrifying .",0 101811,"'s not particularly well made",0 3354,"'s not merely unwatchable , but also",0 163790,"it fails to lend the characters ' individual stories enough dramatic resonance to make us care about them .",0 22304,"the most comprehensive",1 174945,"the type written by people who ca n't come up with legitimate funny",0 199808,"gesturing",1 129680,"opens today",1 60529,"you 're as happy listening to movies as you are watching them , and the slow parade of human frailty fascinates you",1 225888,"Some of the most ravaging , gut-wrenching , frightening war scenes since `` Saving Private Ryan ''",1 11431,"the final result makes for adequate entertainment , i suppose , but anyone who has seen chicago on stage will leave the theater feeling they 've watched nothing but a pale imitation of the real deal",0 182059,"A thriller without thrills and a mystery devoid of urgent questions",0 175313,"thirsty , consuming passion",1 15092,"and thoroughly misogynistic",0 103538,"A dramatic comedy as pleasantly",1 1970,"only those most addicted to film violence in all its forms",0 9353,"of the arrogant '' if we put together a wry white man and a chatty black man and give them guns , the movie will be funny ''",0 5974,"director rob marshall went out gunning to make a great one .",1 190129,"a bad improvisation exercise",0 113680,"all too predictable and far too cliched",0 211406,"she-cute",1 150277,"This movie is maddening . It conveys a simple message in a visual style that is willfully overwrought .",0 38868,"there is no sense of connecting the dots , just dots",0 221689,", you 'll enjoy at least the `` real '' portions of the film .",1 65427,"Exhilarating but blatantly biased .",1 133551,"succumbing to sentimentality",0 221189,", Mr. Nelson has made a film that is an undeniably worthy and devastating experience .",1 91820,"rude black comedy",0 162482,"invite some genuine spontaneity into the film",1 77750,"dazzling dream",1 149874,"The story is naturally poignant",1 69139,"Takes you by the face , strokes your cheeks",1 53142,"intelligently",1 3996,"a more graceful way",1 119007,"emotionally satisfying",1 212708,"struggled to remain interested , or at least conscious",0 137604,"to fully capitalize on its lead 's specific gifts",1 149324,"The editing is chaotic , the photography grainy and badly focused , the writing unintentionally hilarious , the direction unfocused , the performances as wooden",0 136287,"the sort for those moviegoers who complain that ` they do n't make movies like they used to anymore",1 160612,"has a major release been so painful to sit through",0 98816,"twisted shapes history",0 57499,"suitably anonymous chiller",1 86813,"marred",0 152004,"a lot of the crap",0 45712,"It 's a diverting enough hour-and-a-half for the family audience .",1 25375,"Full of profound , real-life moments that anyone can relate to",1 231571,"have forsaken the entertaining elements of the original and , instead , rehash old jokes",0 141701,"'s weaker than most .",0 217748,"transparently hypocritical work",0 90910,"pure composition and form",1 223728,"I 'm going to recommend SECRETARY , based on the wonderful acting clinic put on by Spader and Gyllenhaal",1 163712,"it 's used so extensively that good bits are hopelessly overshadowed",0 208200,"of those films where the characters inhabit that special annex of hell where adults behave like kids , children behave like adults and everyone",0 100620,"with such an engrossing story that will capture the minds and hearts of many",1 100495,"with extra butter",1 225443,"Personally , I 'd rather watch them on the Animal Planet .",0 137684,"to its great credit",1 122631,"humor , warmth , and",1 151328,"a ` B ' for boring",0 162424,"into the mindless XXX mold",0 56590,"reveals his characters",1 37918,"that way that makes us consider our own eccentricities and how they are expressed through our homes",1 226755,"Time literally stops on a dime in the tries-so-hard-to-be-cool `` Clockstoppers , '' but that does n't mean it still wo n't feel like the longest 90 minutes of your movie-going life",0 133886,"taps into the primal fears of young people trying to cope with the mysterious and brutal nature of adults",1 131178,"redeemed",1 110166,"The slam-bang superheroics are kinetic enough to engross even the most antsy youngsters .",1 72231,"a real story",1 62962,"A family film",1 71823,"a hilarious Kenneth Branagh . An excellent sequel",1 198676,"feel sanitised and stagey .",0 202999,"is in need of a scented bath",0 220116,"would reach for a barf bag",0 29439,"be to Clooney fans or adventure buffs , but to moviegoers who enjoy thinking about compelling questions with no easy answers",1 97606,"though Wen 's messages are profound and thoughtfully delivered",1 145089,"Enduring love but exhausting cinema",0 107053,"It rapidly develops into a gut-wrenching examination of the way cultural differences and emotional expectations collide .",1 27026,"Though the controversial Korean filmmaker 's latest effort is not for all tastes",0 191867,"accompanied by the sketchiest of captions .",0 35300,"of its most predictable",0 154748,"be great to see this turd squashed under a truck , preferably a semi",0 204584,"knockabout",1 110326,"There 's nothing to gain from watching They .",0 203164,"is n't as weird as it ought to be",0 21714,"perfection",1 203315,"is painfully foolish in trying to hold onto what 's left of his passe ' chopsocky glory .",0 217183,"to make a big splash",1 109587,"The beauty",1 228691,"another of subtle humour from Bebe Neuwirth",1 80759,"fun adventure movie",1 63948,"An uncomfortable experience , but",0 158627,"exercise in time-vaulting literary pretension",0 132048,"seen this before",0 203681,"is we never really see her Esther blossom as an actress , even though her talent is supposed to be growing .",0 129547,"one of our best actors",1 112039,"a good line in charm",1 104543,"Assayas ' ambitious , sometimes beautiful adaptation of Jacques Chardonne 's novel .",1 14089,"However , it lacks grandeur",0 17909,"unconcerned",0 77690,"damn fine",1 211489,"should definitely get top billing . Robert John Burke as The Monster horns in and steals the show",1 175172,"there 's some centered storytelling to go along with all the weird stuff",1 209685,"presents classic moral-condundrum drama : What would you have done to survive ? The problem with the film is whether these ambitions , laudable in themselves , justify a theatrical simulation of the death camp of Auschwitz II-Birkenau",1 140470,"worn threadbare",0 203197,"is n't really one of resources",0 43615,", irrational , long-suffering but cruel",0 60711,"'ll keep you wide awake and ... very tense .",1 8216,"jostling against farce , thoughtful dialogue elbowed aside by one-liners , and a visual style that incorporates rotoscope animation for no apparent reason except , maybe ,",0 191180,"a realized work",1 46338,"No es la mejor cinta de la serie ,",0 90282,"picked me up , swung me around",1 133617,"suitable for all ages -- a movie that will make you laugh",1 18636,"America , not only because it is full of necessary discussion points , but because it is so accessible that it makes complex politics understandable to viewers looking for nothing but energetic entertainment",1 146070,"I had to look away",0 233317,"laughs in this simple , sweet and romantic comedy",1 181930,"A puzzle whose pieces do not fit . Some are fascinating and others are not , and",0 43772,", twisted , brilliant and macabre",1 23315,", Madonna does n't suck as an actress",1 160303,"grade trash",0 35404,"of someone whose world is turned upside down , first by passion and then by illness",1 125974,"life affirming",1 206940,"never really busts out of its comfy little cell",0 71907,"a little too much resonance with real world events",0 76051,"bursting",1 193980,"balding 50-year-old actor",0 117220,"comedy to start a reaction",1 125002,"it is a respectable sequel",1 119080,"enervating",0 66356,"In fact , even better",1 204720,"last-place basketball",0 46538,"Polanski is saying what he has long wanted to say , confronting the roots of his own preoccupations and obsessions , and he allows nothing to get in the way",1 170271,"sabotaged",0 66679,"It 's the type of film about growing up that we do n't see often enough these days : realistic , urgent ,",1 26383,"Pray 's film works well and will appeal even to those who are n't too familiar with turntablism .",1 1373,"is as respectful a film as byatt fans could hope for ,",1 139978,"win many fans",1 178229,"who is utterly unlikeable",0 207352,"occasionally interesting",0 160568,"hard-sell",0 155343,"bodice-ripper and plodding costume drama .",0 120430,"for it would have felt like a cheat",0 154898,"because this movie makes his own look much better by comparison",0 34957,"not afraid",1 27931,"a very lucky filmmaker the day",1 200223,"great to begin with",1 152043,"a mature and frank fashion",1 58052,"the best and most mature comedy",1 83616,"intrigued",1 143086,"A fairly by-the-books blend",0 47839,"a brilliant movie",1 7573,"instead of using bad sci-fi as window dressing",0 128022,"no point",0 202061,"in the tries-so-hard-to-be-cool '' Clockstoppers",0 57614,"taut psychological thriller",1 219824,"with the director taking a hands-off approach when he should have shaped the story to show us why it 's compelling",0 201895,"in his right mind",1 146092,"I like Frank the Pug , though",1 217307,"to scale the lunatic heights of Joe Dante 's similarly styled Gremlins",1 203251,"is not even half the interest",0 202636,"is a real danger less sophisticated audiences will mistake it for an endorsement of the very things that Bean abhors",0 232247,"is a bad mannered , ugly and destructive little \*\*\*\* .",0 221456,", like Ballistic , arrive stillborn",0 52175,"goes a long way toward restoring the luster of the National Lampoon film franchise , too long reduced to direct-to-video irrelevancy .",1 63162,"A lovely film for the holiday season",1 172780,"than perfunctory skill",0 71675,"a finely written , superbly acted offbeat thriller",1 149522,"The latest installment in the Pokemon canon , Pokemon 4ever is surprising less moldy and trite than the last two , likely because much of the Japanese anime is set in a scenic forest where Pokemon graze in peace .",1 90276,"pick up new admirers",1 52553,"helped especially",1 172981,"that does n't come close to the level of intelligence and visual splendour that can be seen in other films",0 173762,"the dramatics that follow are utter hooey .",0 9722,"pitched precipitously",0 57098,"snowballs out of control , while focusing on the what much more than the why",0 155777,"by spinning out of control",0 215956,"the writing is insipid",0 16126,"in the best sense",1 149858,"The story drifts so inexorably into cliches about tortured ( and torturing ) artists and consuming but impossible love that you ca n't help but become more disappointed as each overwrought new sequence plods on .",0 193752,"at least a few good ideas",1 201117,"hip '",1 136909,"this could be a movie that ends up slapping its target audience in the face by shooting itself in the foot .",0 81220,"good as The Full Monty , but a really strong second effort",1 131197,"redundancy",0 77384,"cope with the pesky moods of jealousy",0 231671,"help be entertained by the sight of someone getting away with something",1 139549,"what is otherwise a sumptuous work of B-movie imagination",1 188772,"The work of an exhausted , desiccated talent who ca n't get out of his own way",0 144136,"Better to just call it ABC Kiarostami . For AIDS and Africa are nothing more than part of the scenery .",0 111936,"a florid but ultimately vapid crime melodrama with lots of surface",0 172216,"subtle and mystifying",1 13656,", they demonstrate that there 's still a lot of life in Hong Kong cinema .",1 145872,"Home Alone goes Hollywood , a funny premise until the kids start pulling off stunts not even Steven Spielberg would know how to do",0 174673,"the salesmanship ends",0 200816,"have given audiences the time of day by concentrating on the elements of a revealing alienation among a culture of people who sadly are at hostile odds with one another through recklessness and retaliation",1 120450,"for mixing action and idiosyncratic humor in his charming 2000 debut Shanghai Noon",1 170223,"rowdy participants",1 212057,"soggy potboiler",0 91812,"rouses us .",1 135817,"the movie landscape",1 67497,"Me Without You '' is a probing examination of a female friendship set against a few dynamic decades .",1 127353,"more repulsive",0 113767,"also nice",1 107419,"Leigh is n't breaking new ground , but he knows how a daily grind can kill love .",1 4537,"alternating between facetious comic parody and pulp melodrama , this smart-aleck movie",0 101598,"'s also not very good . Especially compared with the television series that inspired the movie .",0 58,"'s so laddish and juvenile , only teenage boys could possibly find it funny",0 232425,"is born out of an engaging storyline , which also is n't embarrassed to make you reach for the tissues .",1 61216,"'s pretty linear and only makeup-deep",0 188475,"The niftiest trick perpetrated by The Importance of Being Earnest",1 203568,"is the most visually unappealing",0 60809,"'s a feel-good movie about which you can actually feel good",1 111735,"a cult classic",1 78528,"done his homework",1 205052,"like an overcooked soufflé",0 151106,"You 'll have more fun setting fire to yourself in the parking lot .",0 109397,"The 3-D vistas from orbit",1 212521,"starts to smack of a Hallmark Hall of Fame , with a few four letter words thrown in that are generally not heard on television",0 26986,"This is a very fine movie -- go see it .",1 135058,"the courage to go over the top and movies that do n't care about being stupid",1 28258,"always fun",1 91928,"saving grace",1 177030,"two-day old porridge",0 143405,"A turgid little history lesson ,",0 193229,"are treated as docile , mostly wordless ethnographic extras .",0 32773,"imperfect world",0 4982,"backbone",1 71160,"You would n't want to live waydowntown , but it is a hilarious place to visit .",1 207953,"of ridiculousness",0 233637,"make it look as though they are having so much fun",1 175199,"these jokers are supposed to have pulled off four similar kidnappings before",0 32116,"going , with enough amusing banter -- blessedly curse-free -- to keep both kids and parents entertained",1 190707,"a gritty police thriller",1 66810,"Its gentle , touching story",1 85775,"lasting traces of Charlotte 's web",1 34622,"most compelling",1 5328,"built on a faulty premise , one it follows into melodrama and silliness",0 22448,"thoroughly enjoyable true",1 171290,"slightly less so second quarter , and average second half",0 100217,"wild ride",1 33201,"is , to some degree at least , quintessentially American",1 124190,"is just the ticket you need .",1 62618,"1 drips with style and",1 44782,"Brilliantly explores the conflict between following one 's heart and following the demands of tradition .",1 45068,"Director Claude Chabrol has become the master of innuendo . It is not what you see , it is what you think you see .",1 203214,"is never clear",0 53265,"is a contrivance , as artificial as the video games Japanese teens play in a nightclub sequence",0 51223,"enjoy more thoughtful comedies with interesting conflicted characters",1 72810,"a welcome and heartwarming addition to the romantic comedy genre",1 204276,"its own style",1 177221,"unless you 're an absolute raving Star Wars junkie , it is n't much fun",0 222086,"A serviceable Euro-trash action extravaganza ,",1 93973,"suspect it might deliver again and again",1 191131,"a preachy parable stylized with a touch of John Woo bullet ballet .",0 10717,"starts slowly , but adrien brody in the title role",1 149242,"The best you can say about it is it 's so uninspired , it barely gives one pause when considering some of the other dreck out there right now .",0 33605,"it 's realistic about all kinds of love",1 212819,"succumbs to gravity and plummets",0 149613,"The movie is virtually without context -- journalistic or historical . What 's worse is that Pelosi knows it",0 134613,"that upsets the novel 's exquisite balance and shreds the fabric of the film",0 82593,"ideas and wry comic mayhem",1 51671,"filming the teeming life on the reefs",1 194831,"boredom to the point of collapse , turning into a black hole of dullness , from which no interesting concept can escape",0 32961,"in the series",1 224021,"In its own floundering way , it gets to you .",1 43647,", letting its imagery speak for it while it forces you to ponder anew what a movie can be .",1 160720,"has nothing fresh or very exciting about it",0 72684,"a touching reflection on aging , suffering and the prospect of death",1 218569,"visible enthusiasm",1 239025,"would leave the theater with a lower I.Q. than when I had entered",0 68151,"Payne constructs a hilarious ode to middle America and middle age with this unlikely odyssey , featuring a pathetic , endearing hero who is all too human .",1 61387,"'ve marveled at Disney 's rendering of water , snow , flames and shadows in a hand-drawn animated world .",1 93708,"subject you thought would leave you",0 125325,"its own good",1 230495,"elusive ...",0 218488,"very people",1 38851,"themselves out there because they love what they do",1 126324,"looked as beautiful , desirable , even delectable ,",1 199584,"from ever reaching the comic heights it obviously desired",0 35921,"passionate adaptation",1 208236,"of watching sad but endearing characters do extremely unconventional things",1 126926,"maybe twice",1 149466,"The idea of 49-year-old Roberto Benigni playing the wooden boy Pinocchio is scary enough",0 220496,"'' is a perfect family film to take everyone to since there 's no new `` A Christmas Carol '' out in the theaters this year .",1 148655,"Sluggishly directed by episodic TV veteran Joe Zwick",0 123764,"is a good and ambitious film",1 104361,"An off-beat and fanciful film about the human need for monsters to blame for all that",1 132066,"self-flagellation is more depressing than entertaining .",0 168194,"one cogent point , unless it 's that life stinks",0 194502,"believe it or not , Jason actually takes a backseat in his own film to special effects",0 12185,"this ready-made midnight movie probably wo n't stand the cold light of day , but under the right conditions , it 's goofy ( if not entirely wholesome ) fun",0 111863,"a far bigger , far more meaningful story than one",1 78836,"elevates the material above pat inspirational status",1 182555,"Argentine American Beauty reeks",0 60683,"'d do well to check this one out because it 's straight up Twin Peaks action ...",1 223602,"Hashiguchi covers this territory with wit and originality , suggesting that with his fourth feature -- the first to be released in the U.S. -- a major director is emerging in world cinema .",1 15228,"because of two marvelous performances by Michael Caine and Brendan Fraser",1 228292,"about dealing with regret and , ultimately , finding redemption",1 235896,"some dramatic scenes that are jarring and deeply out of place in what could have ( and probably should have ) been a lighthearted comedy",0 50059,"carefully structured plot points",1 118946,"elegant work",1 187481,"Soulless and -- even more damning --",0 182616,"As with so many merchandised-to-the-max movies of this type , more time appears to have gone into recruiting the right bands for the playlist and the costuming of the stars than into the script , which has a handful of smart jokes and not much else .",0 177083,"unbearably loud",0 15499,"dangers",0 107774,"Mindless and boring",0 104907,"Bui",1 144220,"Both stars manage to be funny",1 225532,"Punch-Drunk Love is one of those films that I wanted to like much more than I actually did .",0 54684,"may seem long at 110 minutes if you 're not a fan , because it includes segments of 12 songs at a reunion concert",0 88998,"of the discomfort and embarrassment of being a bumbling American in Europe",0 126616,"make for one splendidly cast pair",1 73487,"almost Bergmanesque intensity",0 1105,"gorgeous scenes , masterful performances",1 110674,"To some eyes this will seem like a recycling of clichés , an assassin 's greatest hits . To others , it will remind them that Hong Kong action cinema is still alive and kicking .",1 205714,"makes it work more than it probably should",1 142273,", it 's not nearly as good as any of its influences .",0 36510,"represents a spectacular piece of theater",1 148531,"Shallow",0 231068,"fun , and bouncy ,",1 19299,"The best movie of its kind since ` Brazil . ' Lucas , take notes . This",1 9563,"overly complicated and",0 166253,"more than a chuckle ,",1 203822,"it , offering fine acting moments and pungent insights",1 223663,"His last movie was poetically romantic and full of indelible images ,",1 5766,"could easily wait for your pay per view dollar",0 198698,"feeling like a great missed opportunity",0 145235,"Expect the same-old , lame-old slasher nonsense , just with different scenery",0 49878,"brutally honest documentary",1 60265,"will welcome or accept The Trials of Henry Kissinger as faithful portraiture",1 228502,"amid the deliberate , tiresome ugliness",0 123429,"inspirational drama",1 40027,"who 's in virtually every scene ,",1 122972,"in director Randall Wallace 's flag-waving war flick with a core of decency",1 54619,"many moviegoers",1 125091,"it risks monotony . But it 's worth the concentration",1 60161,"who has secrets buried at the heart of his story and knows how to take time revealing them .",1 211951,"so long as there are moviegoers anxious to see strange young guys doing strange guy things",0 95269,"the case for a strong education and good teachers being more valuable in the way they help increase an average student 's self-esteem , and not strictly in the knowledge imparted",1 24446,"A rewarding work of art",1 189048,"This ludicrous film",0 117693,"creates a stunning , Taxi Driver-esque portrayal of a man teetering on the edge of sanity",1 148597,"Simplistic fluff-ball",0 33587,"it 's challenging , sometimes clever , and always interesting",1 226834,"Twenty-three movies into a mostly magnificent directorial career , Clint Eastwood 's efficiently minimalist style",1 9070,"no denying the physically spectacular qualities of the film ... or the emotional integrity of the performances",1 155110,"beloved-major",1 142820,"... this movie has a glossy coat of action movie excess while remaining heartless at its core .",0 211494,"should get a pink slip",0 62263,", the director uses the last act to reel in the audience since its poignancy hooks us completely .",1 100009,"while adding a bit of heart and unsettling subject matter",1 7934,"it far more satisfying",1 106420,"I ca n't begin to tell you how tedious , how resolutely unamusing , how thoroughly unrewarding all of this is , and what a reckless squandering of four fine acting talents ...",0 56333,"quiet , threatening and unforgettable",1 129248,"off-beat and fanciful film",1 135757,"the most fluent of actors",1 76556,"certainly ranks as the most original in years",1 72954,"about itself , a playful spirit and a game cast",1 157385,"dialogue and delightful performance",1 20831,"how much it 's not just another connect-the-dots , spy-on-the-run picture",1 89965,"own ambitious goals",1 212761,"stylish tracking shots",1 66560,"It 's got some pretentious eye-rolling moments and",0 168443,"out of embarrassment or stupidity",0 186152,"More a gunfest than a Rock concert .",0 55411,"of its grand locations",1 194082,"be appreciated by anyone outside the under-10 set",0 88664,"of human experience -- drama , conflict , tears and surprise -- that it transcends the normal divisions between fiction and nonfiction film",1 168205,"one implausible situation to another",0 85326,"its oh-so-Hollywood rejiggering and its conventional direction to give the film a soul and an unabashed sense of good old-fashioned escapism",1 111847,"a fairly disposable yet still entertaining B picture .",1 65891,"Handsome",1 26988,"This is as powerful a set of evidence as you 'll ever find of why art matters , and how it can resonate far beyond museum walls and through to the most painfully marginal lives .",1 7329,"if the filmmakers just follow the books ,",0 8639,"makes it worth checking out at theaters",1 51417,"existential drama without any of the pretension associated with the term",1 208277,"offensive , puerile",0 52916,"in delicious colors",1 185652,"La Salle 's performance",1 19243,"Seldahl and Wollter 's sterling performances",1 189092,"This strenuously unfunny Showtime deserves the hook .",0 76253,"ca n't look away from",1 82136,"her tough , funny , rather chaotic show is n't subversive so much as it is nit-picky about the hypocrisies of our time .",1 192011,"adrift in various New York City locations",0 231950,"in Mr. Spielberg 's 1993 classic",1 146084,"I kept thinking over and over again , ' I should be enjoying this . ' But I was n't",0 7572,"instead of letting the laughs come as they may , lawrence unleashes his trademark misogyny -- er , comedy -- like a human volcano or an overflowing septic tank , take your pick .",1 44997,"Danis",1 236275,"tend to be cliches whose lives are never fully explored .",0 121019,"gentle comedy",1 74391,"are pushed to their most virtuous limits , lending the narrative an unusually surreal tone .",1 111555,"a bilingual charmer",1 181769,"A listless sci-fi comedy in which Eddie Murphy deploys two guises and elaborate futuristic sets to no particularly memorable effect .",0 89229,"off the hook",1 86680,"makes you crave Chris Smith 's next movie",1 193174,"are red hot",1 170596,"seems a disappointingly thin slice of lower-class London life : despite the title ... amounts to surprisingly little .",0 61882,", elusive , yet inexplicably",1 187997,"The campy results make Mel Brooks ' Borscht Belt schtick look sophisticated .",1 238854,"with a contemptible imitator starring a `` SNL '' has-been acting like an 8-year-old channeling Roberto Benigni",0 141706,"'s worse",0 6709,"from those in the know about rubbo 's dumbed-down tactics",0 62713,"500",1 171381,"snoozer",0 158237,"ends on the protagonist 's death bed and does n't get much livelier in the three hours in between .",0 146721,"It may be a prize winner ,",1 139052,"viewed and treasured",1 28831,"and that essential feature -- a decent full-on space battle",1 188178,"The film falls short on tension , eloquence , spiritual challenge -- things that have made the original New Testament stories so compelling for 20 centuries .",0 164076,"its many excesses",0 50209,"clever , amusing and unpredictable",1 38049,"the bounties of cultural artifacts inside St . Petersburg",1 27540,"a frighteningly capable debut and genre piece",1 48780,"all their collaborators are entitled to take a deep bow for fashioning an engrossing entertainment out of an almost sure-fire prescription for a critical and commercial disaster .",1 209926,"pushes for insights beyond the superficial tensions of the dynamic he 's dissecting",0 184403,"High Art",1 69670,"The leads are natural and lovely",1 2239,"self-indulgent",0 21916,"see it and enjoy",1 61093,"'s incredible",1 65542,"Filmmakers David Weissman and Bill Weber benefit enormously from the Cockettes ' camera craziness -- not only did they film performances ,",1 7645,"is a dim-witted pairing of teen-speak and animal gibberish",0 123016,"in his zeal to squeeze the action and our emotions into the all-too-familiar dramatic arc of the Holocaust escape story , Minac drains his movie of all individuality",0 158167,"embarrassingly ham-fisted sex jokes",0 109602,"The best film of the year 2002 .",1 78935,"employs changes that fit it well rather than ones that were imposed for the sake of commercial sensibilities",1 108215,"Only about as sexy and dangerous as an actress in a role that reminds at every turn of Elizabeth Berkley 's flopping dolphin-gasm .",0 92977,"so much to look at in Metropolis you hate to tear your eyes away from the images long enough to read the subtitles",1 18155,"you 're a connoisseur of psychological horror",1 34706,"movies to come along in a long , long time , easily rivaling Blair Witch or The Others",1 204991,"like Some Like It",1 70822,"What makes How I Killed My Father compelling , besides its terrific performances , is Fontaine 's willingness to wander into the dark areas of parent-child relationships without flinching .",1 39734,"used to be right at home at the Saturday matinee",1 109510,"The Way Home is an ode to unconditional love and compassion garnered from years of seeing it all , a condition only the old are privy to , and ... often misconstrued as weakness .",1 114184,"an unsympathetic character and someone who would not likely be so stupid as to get",0 138947,"verging on mumbo-jumbo",0 40151,"wisdom that comes with experience",1 19534,"a miscast leading lady",0 149604,"The movie is as far as you can get from racy , to the point where it almost stops the blood flow to your brain : it has a dull , costumey feel .",0 59896,"visually dazzling",1 189590,"What little atmosphere is generated by the shadowy lighting , macabre sets , and endless rain is offset by the sheer ugliness of everything else .",0 53666,"is the sheer , selfish , wound-licking , bar-scrapping doggedness of Leon 's struggle to face and transmute his demons that makes the movie a spirited and touching occasion , despite its patchy construction .",1 217753,"trappings ( especially the frank sex scenes ) ensure that the film is never dull",1 39278,"to see a cartoon that knows what it is , and knows the form 's history",1 188972,"This insufferable movie",0 136943,"this flat effort",0 11937,"the suckers out there surrender $ 9 and 93 minutes of unrecoverable life",0 185022,"It 's a hellish , numbing experience to watch , and it does n't offer any insights that have n't been thoroughly debated in the media already , back in the Dahmer heyday of the mid - '90s .",0 59522,"treat .",1 131071,"real visual charge",1 47112,"The hard-to-predict and absolutely essential chemistry between the down-to-earth Bullock and the nonchalant Grant proves to be sensational , and everything meshes in this elegant entertainment",1 128093,"not as sharp",0 139688,"while the audience can tell it 's not all new",0 59024,"this one is for you .",1 56835,"sell us on this twisted love story",1 16671,"no picture ever made has more literally showed that the road to hell is paved with good intentions .",1 26443,"Reign of Fire may be little more than another platter of reheated Aliens",0 57158,"some contrived banter ,",0 127741,"nail the spirit-crushing ennui of denuded urban living without giving in to it",1 104363,"An old-fashioned but emotionally stirring adventure tale",1 236736,"the basic plot of `` Lilo '' could have been pulled from a tear-stained vintage Shirley Temple script .",0 23817,", perhaps because he 's been stirred by the powerful work of his co-stars",1 171712,"sordid of human behavior on the screen",0 101094,"you ca n't look away from",1 237926,"to remind us of how very bad a motion picture can truly be",0 109137,"Spy is still fun and enjoyable and so aggressively silly that it 's more than a worthwhile effort .",1 125601,"kids will probably eat the whole thing up",1 135390,"the finest kind",1 113870,"an MTV , sugar hysteria ,",0 64416,"Bogdanovich ties it together with efficiency and an affection for the period",1 232872,"is well crafted , and well executed",1 222297,"An enjoyable experience .",1 62084,", low-budget constraints",0 128732,"of invention",1 192549,"an excellent job",1 212302,"speculation , conspiracy theories or , at best ,",0 159965,"genuinely cool",1 156051,"careful , conscientious and",1 10534,"smart-aleck",0 118210,"did n't offer an advance screening . '' The Adventures of Pluto Nash '' is a big time stinker",0 87420,"most exciting",1 71044,"Wonderful fencing scenes and",1 183508,"Distinctly sub-par ... more likely to drown a viewer in boredom than to send any shivers down his spine .",0 46056,"MIB II '' succeeds due to its rapid-fire delivery and enough inspired levity that it ca n't be dismissed as mindless",1 224138,"It 's a treat -- a delightful , witty , improbable romantic comedy with a zippy jazzy score ...",1 75177,"based on ugly ideas instead of ugly behavior ,",0 152666,"a waste of time",0 205571,"made a point or two regarding life",1 190620,"a frightful vanity film that , no doubt , pays off what debt Miramax felt they owed to Benigni",1 164041,"its good nature and some genuinely funny moments",1 55844,"originality in ` Life ' to distance it from the pack of paint-by-number romantic comedies",1 149637,"The new faces are interesting",1 224401,"It wo n't harm anyone , but neither can I think of a very good reason to rush right out and see it",0 174151,"the jokes are a little lukewarm ,",0 5930,"detailing",1 67351,"Maguire makes it a comic book with soul",1 155320,"bludgeon",0 38437,"the most impossibly dry account",0 71536,"a delicious crime drama on par with the slickest of Mamet .",1 91910,"satisfactory overview",1 109886,"The hook",1 9653,"patient with the lovely hush",1 64503,"British stage icon",1 53262,"is a compelling quest for truth .",1 118379,"distasteful and",0 20564,"fizzles like a wet stick of dynamite at the very end .",0 175716,"throwaway movie",0 45342,"Further proof that the epicenter of cool , beautiful , thought-provoking foreign cinema is smack-dab in the middle of Dubya",1 141126,"'s a humorless , disjointed mess",0 112249,"a lot of redundancy and unsuccessful crudeness accompanying it",0 179768,"'s hard to care about a film that proposes as epic tragedy the plight of a callow rich boy who is forced to choose between his beautiful , self-satisfied 22-year-old girlfriend and an equally beautiful , self-satisfied 18-year-old mistress .",0 41286,"The principals in this cast are all fine , but",1 36962,"significant character study",1 193246,"are zoning ordinances to protect your community from the dullest science fiction",0 179459,"'re not likely to have seen before , but beneath the exotic surface ( and exotic dancing ) it 's surprisingly old-fashioned .",0 195326,"came handed down from the movie gods on a silver platter , this is it . If ever such a dependable concept was botched in execution",0 16807,"of true sophistication",1 206880,"needed more emphasis on the storytelling and less on the glamorous machine that thrusts the audience into a future they wo n't much care about",0 222023,"A highly intriguing thriller",1 95675,"the film opens with maggots crawling on a dead dog",0 222442,"As a witness to several Greek-American weddings -- but , happily , a victim of none -- I can testify to the comparative accuracy of Ms. Vardalos ' memories and insights .",1 10970,"tasty",1 45780,"It has charm to spare",1 42063,"he 's quite a talented director and",1 77887,"degrading and strangely liberating",1 12877,"watching beanie and his gang put together his slasher video from spare parts and borrowed materials is as much fun as it must have been for them to make it .",1 47611,"While I ca n't say it 's on par with the first one",0 64016,"Anyone with a passion for cinema , and indeed sex , should see it as soon as possible . '",1 39030,"though unhappily for his subjects --",0 177151,"undeveloped",0 78966,"ends so horrendously confusing",0 120923,"gangster\/crime comedy",1 150440,"Too lazy to take advantage of its semi-humorous premise .",0 176070,"to determine how well the schmaltz is manufactured -- to assess the quality of the manipulative engineering . Average , at best , I 'm afraid",0 66996,"Kaufman and Jonze take huge risks to ponder the whole notion of passion --",1 442,"are instantly recognizable , allowing the film to paradoxically feel familiar and foreign at the same time",1 155842,"ca n't erase the fact that The Believer feels like a 12-Step Program for the Jewish Nazi",0 157347,"destined for pre-dawn cable television slots .",0 214323,"the comedy equivalent of Saddam Hussein",0 53544,"is nevertheless compelling",1 80957,"get the audience to break through the wall her character erects",1 175642,"thought-out and",1 40564,"'s easily his finest American film ...",1 6147,"efficient , suitably anonymous chiller .",1 213354,"than a movie , which normally is expected to have characters and a storyline",0 93214,"sophisticated intrigue and human-scale characters",1 124155,"is interesting to witness the conflict from the Palestinian side",1 205157,"lingering death",0 50180,"cinematic in scope",1 121789,"has made its way into your very bloodstream",1 26473,"Roger Dodger is one of the most compelling variations on In the Company of Men .",1 108798,"Schindler 's",1 92395,"sexual jealousy , resentment and the fine",1 23238,"( Moore 's ) noisy",0 179568,"'s a sad , sick sight",0 186000,"Many shallower movies these days seem too long ,",0 138110,"too long , too cutesy , too sure of its own importance",0 187095,"Sandra Bullock and Hugh Grant make a great team , but this predictable romantic comedy should get a pink slip .",0 55471,"of paint-by-number romantic comedies",1 52399,"has dressed up this little parable in a fairly irresistible package full of privileged moments and memorable performances .",1 122771,"imaginative and successful",1 84304,"is in a class by itself",1 56238,"provides a satisfyingly unsettling ride",1 173283,"that wo n't stand the test of time",0 26708,"The AM-radio soundtrack and game cast",0 155247,"bigoted views",1 140272,"with the pale script",0 21911,"screams",0 127071,"might inadvertently evoke memories and emotions which are anything but",0 37114,"solid meat-and-potatoes",1 108316,"Passion",1 23170,"'s still a worthy addition to the growing canon of post-Saving Private Ryan tributes to the greatest generation",1 153372,"an embarrassment ,",0 29851,"but one that many more people should check out",1 201074,"hiding behind cutesy film references",0 120059,"film to affirm love 's power to help people endure almost unimaginable horror",1 25979,"Like Leon , it 's frustrating and still oddly likable .",1 227860,"a decomposition of healthy eccentric inspiration and ambition",0 238181,"unassuming , subordinate",0 84030,"is appealing",1 178444,"wiser and",1 179839,"'s meandering , low on energy , and too eager to be quirky at moments when a little old-fashioned storytelling would come in handy",0 41316,"This delicately observed story ,",1 8261,"just skip it",0 82494,"how the film knows what 's unique and quirky about Canadians",1 63859,"An emotionally strong and politically potent piece of cinema",1 235051,"presents a frightening and compelling ` What if ? '",1 204044,"it turns out to be affected and boring",0 100593,"with real world events",1 102059,"( A ) thoughtful , visually graceful",1 94642,"that even most contemporary adult movies are lacking",1 153236,"amateurish execution",0 29066,"are perfect in these roles",1 238990,"would be barely enough to sustain an interstitial program on the Discovery Channel",0 119138,"enlightenment",1 76528,"cause parents a few sleepless hours",0 191879,"achieves near virtuosity in its crapulence",0 83620,"intriguing characters and",1 3124,"where their heads were is anyone 's guess",0 174101,"the impact of the Disney classic , and even",1 37141,"some tasty boogaloo beats",1 33732,"it wins you over",1 158202,"enact a sort of inter-species parody of a VH1 Behind the Music episode",0 123805,"is a plodding mess .",0 218541,"viewing . The innate theatrics that provide its thrills and extreme emotions lose their luster when flattened onscreen",0 42027,"gradually and",1 22436,"this is a movie that 's got oodles of style and substance .",1 182603,"As predictable as the outcome of a Globetrotters-Generals game",0 229625,"call it classicism or be exasperated by a noticeable lack of pace",0 155255,"bite your tongue to keep from laughing at the ridiculous dialog or the oh-so convenient plot twists",0 127350,"more recyclable than significant",0 42959,"visually polished , a little funnier ,",1 28702,"and manages to deliver up the man in a way to arouse further curiosity in even the most unknowing viewer",1 229909,"comes along that is so insanely stupid , so awful in so many ways that watching it leaves you giddy",0 4581,"amusing",1 102296,", Madonna 's cameo does n't suck !",1 48908,"an effortlessly regal charisma",1 21088,"it 's just too bad it does n't have more flashes of insight",0 134649,"that you root for throughout",1 88836,"of pretension about the film , which very simply sets out to entertain and ends up delivering in good measure",1 169594,"radiant , grimly purposeful",1 13073,"wickedly fun",1 150300,"This picture is mostly a lump of run-of-the-mill profanity sprinkled with a few remarks so geared toward engendering audience sympathy that you might think he was running for office -- or trying to win over a probation officer .",0 152822,"absolutely no sense . Its underlying mythology is a hodgepodge of inconsistencies that pose the question",0 1713,"may find it migraine-inducing , despite moore 's attempts at whimsy and spoon feeding",0 192582,"an inconsistent and ultimately unsatisfying drizzle",0 78638,"drooling over Michael Idemoto as Michael",1 132777,"so poorly",0 200083,"gone a tad less for grit and a lot more",0 57883,"that shows the promise of digital filmmaking",1 6177,"embraced by this gentle comedy",1 225019,"Ms. Fulford-Wierzbicki is almost spooky in her sulky , calculating Lolita turn .",1 20657,"glib",0 217846,"truly care for its decrepit freaks beyond the promise of a reprieve from their incessant whining",0 180577,", but why bother if you 're going to subjugate truth to the tear-jerking demands of soap opera",0 158989,"felt sad for Lise not so much because of what happens as because she was captured by this movie when she obviously belongs in something lighter and sunnier , by Rohmer ,",0 38726,"the trio 's absorbing narrative is a heart-wrenching showcase indeed",1 160368,"grinds on with yawn-provoking dullness",0 45986,"Land Beyond Time",1 219025,"well-thought",1 49330,"as the long-faced sad sack",0 132179,"sets a new benchmark for lameness .",0 187425,"Some motion pictures portray ultimate passion : others create ultimate thrills . Men in Black II achieves ultimate insignificance",0 218742,"was followed by the bad idea",0 20498,"events that could easily crush it forever",0 44826,"Byler reveals his characters in a way that intrigues and even fascinates us ,",1 211591,"sickening product placement",0 24270,"A blessed gift to film geeks and historians .",1 63865,"An engaging ,",1 84769,"is to imply terror by suggestion , rather than the overuse of special effects",1 33506,"is surely no classic , like the novel upon which it is based",0 148444,"Scooby Dooby Doo \ \/ And Shaggy too \",1 21975,"skillful",1 80222,"for a satisfying evening at the multiplex",1 106968,"It 's the element of condescension , as the filmmakers look down on their working-class subjects from their lofty perch , that finally makes Sex With Strangers , which opens today in the New York metropolitan area , so distasteful .",0 110240,"The unique niche of self-critical , behind-the-scenes navel-gazing Kaufman has carved from Orleans ' story and his own infinite insecurity is a work of outstanding originality",1 171379,"snazzy-looking digital effects",1 49236,"as I hoped I would",1 219448,"wickedly undramatic central theme",0 21313,"mesmerize",1 231914,"immature provocations",0 128460,"of a movie that defies classification and is as thought-provoking as it",1 60482,"would be a lot better if it stuck to Betty Fisher and left out the other stories",0 45392,"Good car chases , great fight scenes , and a distinctive blend of European , American and Asian influences",1 42781,"that the central performers are experienced actors ,",1 42732,"takes Kurys ' career",0 26598,"Smith 's approach is never to tease , except gently and in that way that makes us consider our own eccentricities and how they are expressed through our homes .",1 234928,"petty thievery like this that puts flimsy flicks like this behind bars",0 40840,"Day is not a great Bond movie , but it is a good Bond movie , which still makes it much better than your typical Bond knock-offs",1 211404,"she lets her love depraved leads meet , ( Denis ' ) story becomes a hopeless , unsatisfying muddle",0 83405,"insightful about Kissinger 's background and history",1 61855,", decisive moments",1 131755,"save their children",1 126428,"love a Disney pic with as little cleavage as this one has ,",1 193791,"at other times as bland as a block of snow .",0 40421,"you 're not nearly moved to tears by a couple of scenes",0 32664,"how Lillard channels the Shagster right down to the original Casey Kasem-furnished voice",1 156898,"could say '' Thank God It 's Friday ''",1 228102,"a provocative piece",1 210410,"renting",1 205500,"low-life",0 49625,"begins and ends with scenes so terrifying I 'm still stunned . And I 've decided to leave a light on every night from now on .",1 165759,"may never think of band camp as a geeky or nerdy thing again",1 145620,"Goldmember has none of the visual wit of the previous pictures",0 73887,"an intriguing bit",1 150336,"Those who managed to avoid the Deconstructionist theorizing of French philosopher Jacques Derrida in college can now take an 85-minute brush-up course with the documentary Derrida . Or , you can do something fun tonight .",0 188728,"The story of Trouble Every Day ... is so sketchy it amounts to little more than preliminary notes for a science-fiction horror film , and the movie 's fragmentary narrative style makes piecing the story together frustrating difficult",0 73568,"amazing finesse",1 231167,"getting butchered in A.I.",0 93688,"stylish but steady , and",1 190823,"a lingering creepiness one",0 82781,"improvement",1 57817,"that it 's the equal of some of its predecessors",1 177090,"unceasing sadism",0 154538,"bad . Not ` terrible filmmaking ' bad , but more like",0 228470,"almost senseless",0 169623,"rancorous curiosity",1 124883,"it 's too much syrup and not enough fizz",0 199534,"from Lynch , Jeunet , and von Trier while failing to find a spark of its own",0 31621,"film that presents an audacious tour of the past and takes within its warm embrace the bounties of cultural artifacts inside St . Petersburg",1 92923,"so , hopefully , this film will attach a human face to all those little steaming cartons .",1 124242,"is masterful . This makes Minority Report necessary viewing for sci-fi fans , as the film has some of the best special effects ever .",1 226589,"There are some movies that hit you from the first scene and you know it 's going to be a trip",1 108687,"Rose 's film",1 180430,", Nickelodeon-esque kiddie flick",1 213211,"technically well-made suspenser",1 164043,"its good qualities are obscured",0 239146,"you do n't want to use your brain",0 78817,"elegantly appointed period drama",1 7913,"it apart",0 552,"be far more interesting to the soderbergh faithful",1 197574,"dry the undead action flick formula",0 54126,"knows in his bones that he is one of the luckiest men alive",1 200105,"good cinema",1 183178,"Comes off as a long , laborious whine , the bellyaching of a paranoid and unlikable man .",0 61483,"( Russell ) makes good B movies ( The Mask , The Blob )",1 40360,"worth following",1 147293,"Mad-libs . There can be no other explanation . Hilariously inept and ridiculous",0 82332,"his superb actors",1 153268,"an American movie",1 52592,"high note",1 197611,"dumb but occasionally really funny",0 212123,"some kid who ca n't act , only echoes of Jordan , and",0 42716,"super-cool ,",1 158647,"expect any subtlety from this latest entry in the increasingly threadbare gross-out comedy cycle",0 153472,"an outcast , that is no longer accessible",0 149519,"The latest Adam Sandler assault and possibly the worst film of the year .",0 107610,"Manages to accomplish what few sequels can -- it equals the original and in some ways even betters it",1 146,"a decent-enough nail-biter that stands a good chance of being the big hit franklin",1 183615,"Eastwood is off his game",0 86523,"major pleasures from Portuguese master Manoel de Oliviera",1 181683,"A film really has to be exceptional to justify a three hour running time , and this is n't",0 209150,"pay reparations to viewers",0 31091,"engage you",1 56136,"powerful performance",1 50454,"conveys the passion , creativity , and fearlessness of one of Mexico 's most colorful and controversial artists -- a captivating drama that will speak to the nonconformist in us all .",1 78984,"energy and wit to entertain all ages",1 88617,"of heart and unsettling subject matter",1 196246,"corny examination",0 157598,"distinctive or daring",1 177201,"unimpressive",0 3893,"a jolly",1 184473,"Holocaust literature",0 224112,"It 's a bad sign when you 're rooting for the film to hurry up and get to its subjects ' deaths just so the documentary will be over ,",0 211543,"show more of the dilemma , rather than",0 125390,"its title notwithstanding , should have been a lot nastier",0 114262,"and murky cinematography",0 163238,"is playing so free with emotions , and the fact that children are hostages to fortune , that he makes the audience hostage to his swaggering affectation of seriousness",0 55099,"noble endeavor",1 166276,"more than play an innocuous game of fill-in - the-blanks with a tragic past .",1 189060,"This one aims for the toilet and scores a direct hit .",0 31595,"fiercely atheistic",1 181787,"A long , dull procession of despair",0 60710,"'ll keep you wide awake and ... very tense",1 143919,"As the latest bid in the TV-to-movie franchise game , I Spy makes its big-screen entry with little of the nervy originality of its groundbreaking small-screen progenitor .",0 164157,"its star power",1 202729,"is an encyclopedia of cliches that shoplifts shamelessly from farewell-to-innocence movies like The Wanderers and A Bronx Tale without cribbing any of their intelligence .",0 134973,"the central flaw of the film",0 106969,"It 's the kind of effectively creepy-scary thriller that has you fixating on a far corner of the screen at times because your nerves just ca n't take it any more .",1 61512,"( and beautifully edited )",1 45354,"Gaunt , silver-haired and leonine ,",1 111809,"a distinct rarity , and",1 61057,"'s funny and human and really pretty damned wonderful , all at once .",1 94684,"that has something to say",1 214130,"the alchemical transmogrification of Wilde into Austen -- and",1 53474,"is fresh to say about growing up Catholic or , really , anything",1 234864,"palatable presentation",1 227785,"a bit too much like an infomercial for Ram Dass 's latest book aimed at the boomer demographic",0 225474,"Poetry in motion",1 52084,"get any more gay ,",0 45329,"From the opening strains of the Average White Band 's '' Pick up the Pieces '' , you can feel the love .",1 211369,"shaped the story to show us why it 's compelling",1 171283,"slightly better than Men in Black 2 as far as slapdash extraterrestrial comedies",1 12866,"watch the movie",1 19729,"an Iranian specialty",1 25674,"In Adobo",1 177063,"ultimately tedious sex farce .",0 52035,"gasping at its visual delights",1 223159,"Disappointing in comparison to other recent war movies ... or any other John Woo flick for that matter",0 42113,"indulge the force of humanity",1 73594,"amor",1 189108,"Those 24-and-unders looking for their own Caddyshack to adopt as a generational signpost may have to keep on looking .",0 158370,"equals largely a confused mediocrity",0 185967,"Makes the same mistake as the music industry",0 77867,"deform families , then",0 132354,"should have stayed there",0 155872,"ca n't think of a thing to do with these characters except have them run through dark tunnels , fight off various anonymous attackers , and evade elaborate surveillance technologies",0 20521,"eye-popping",1 177866,"well , just stuff . Watching Scarlet Diva , one is poised for titillation , raw insight or both . Instead , we just get messy anger , a movie as personal therapy",0 202929,"is fatal for a film that relies on personal relationships",0 157732,"does little here",0 82031,"healing process",1 22435,"this film is not in the least surprising",0 233776,"may have been a good film in `` Trouble Every Day",0 30710,"dense sci-fi action thriller hybrid",1 223571,"Happily , some things are immune to the folly of changing taste and attitude .",1 106989,"It certainly wo n't win any awards in the plot department but it sets out with no pretensions and delivers big time .",1 178048,"when it has the temerity to run over two hours",0 70167,"Think of it as Gidget , only with muscles and a lot more smarts , but just as endearing and easy to watch",1 136587,"the women 's stories",1 33256,"is a refreshingly adult take on adultery",1 187008,"Rodrigues 's beast-within metaphor is ultimately rather silly and overwrought , making the ambiguous ending seem goofy rather than provocative .",0 144631,"Could as easily have been called ` Under Siege 3 : In Alcatraz ' ... a cinematic corpse that never springs to life .",0 92063,"see Mendes and company getting together before a single frame had been shot and collectively vowing , ` This is going to be something really good . '",1 106449,"I found myself growing more and more frustrated and detached as Vincent became more and more abhorrent .",0 81944,"have two words to say about Reign of Fire . Great dragons",1 27150,"Warm Water Under a Red Bridge is a quirky and poignant Japanese film that explores the fascinating connections between women , water , nature , and sexuality .",1 69738,"The movie is a trove of delights .",1 25320,"Flawed but worthy",1 155519,"broad and farcical",0 103191,"... a powerful sequel and one of the best films of the year .",1 238163,"two genuinely engaging performers",1 139733,"who can out-bad-act the other .",0 150767,"Well-intentioned though it may be , its soap-opera morality tales have the antiseptic , preprogrammed feel of an after-school special .",0 171601,"some quality naptime",0 198744,"feels like very light Errol Morris , focusing on eccentricity but failing , ultimately , to make something bigger out of its scrapbook of oddballs .",0 162835,"is completely lacking in charm and charisma , and is unable to project either Esther 's initial anomie or her eventual awakening",0 151863,"a handful of thrilling moments and a couple of good performances",1 70131,"There are times when you wish that the movie had worked a little harder to conceal its contrivances , but",0 215917,"the worst comedy of the year",0 14075,"Haneke challenges us to confront the reality of sexual aberration .",1 45515,"Hollywood magic",1 104799,"Bo Derek made the ridiculous Bolero",0 128744,"of its marks",1 46023,"Like The English Patient and The Unbearable Lightness of Being , The Hours is one of those reputedly '' unfilmable '' novels that has bucked the odds to emerge as an exquisite motion picture in its own right .",1 176025,"to care about them",1 48217,"a movie with a ` children 's ' song that includes the line ` My stepdad 's not mean , he 's just adjusting '",0 88065,"nourishing",1 343,"adventure",1 52198,"good looks",1 12379,"to its ultimate demise",0 155798,"by the pacing and lack of creativity",0 167901,"of what critics have come to term an '' ambitious failure",0 74109,"another cool crime movie",1 110013,"The movie worked for me right up to the final scene ,",1 49991,"calls our attention",1 224010,"In an ART FILM !",1 164380,"keep the audience guessing and guessing",1 767,"dazzles the eye , challenges the brain ,",1 148048,"Patchy combination of soap opera , low-tech magic realism and , at times , ploddingly sociological commentary .",0 180116,"( Allen 's ) best works understand why snobbery is a better satiric target than middle-America diversions could ever be .",1 203621,"is too picture postcard perfect , too neat and new pin-like",0 137151,"though it was written for no one , but somehow",1 66541,"It 's as raw and action-packed an experience as a ringside seat at a tough-man contest .",1 113701,"allows him to churn out one mediocre movie after another",0 63001,"A film of epic scale with an intimate feeling , a saga of the ups and downs of friendships",1 6270,"ethnic cleansing",0 227352,"` Ace Ventura ' rip-off",0 81063,"give us anything we have n't seen before",0 195649,"cheesy backdrops , ridiculous action sequences , and many tired jokes about men in heels",0 76954,"comedy that is warm , inviting , and surprising .",1 232982,"it 's too long and too convoluted and it ends in a muddle",0 184556,"I 'd rather watch them on the Animal Planet .",0 29238,"as thrilling as it should be .",1 108155,"One of the best looking and stylish animated movies in quite a while ...",1 139211,"war-weary marine",0 94466,"that '' Gangs '' is never lethargic",1 36524,"resonates",1 76740,"cinematic sin",0 163018,"is made up of three episodes of a rejected TV show",0 124482,"is shockingly bad and absolutely unnecessary",0 196805,"described as sci-fi generic",0 57981,"the National Lampoon film franchise , too long reduced to direct-to-video irrelevancy",0 118167,"devastating , eloquent clarity",1 111147,"Why spend $ 9 on the same stuff you can get for a buck or so in that greasy little vidgame pit in the theater lobby ?",0 133539,"succeeds in entertaining",1 157770,"does n't have sufficient heft to justify its two-hour running time .",0 232514,"is just lazy writing",0 26871,"The movie is one of the best examples of artful Large Format filmmaking you are likely to see anytime soon .",1 10366,"sentimental",1 151119,"You can see the would-be surprises coming a mile away",0 176711,"took three minutes of dialogue , 30 seconds of plot and",0 155263,"biting into what looks like a juicy , delicious plum on a hot summer day and coming away with your mouth full of rotten pulp and living worms",0 88106,"obsessive love",1 59933,"warm ,",1 51774,"for a greater sense of urgency in the here and now of The Two",1 90485,"poor-me",0 233129,"its body humour and reinforcement",1 89934,"overly familiar scenario",0 87659,"must be said that he is an imaginative filmmaker who can see the forest for the trees",1 238178,"ultimate collapse during the film 's final ( restored ) third",0 172986,"that does not move",0 127144,"misfire",0 214718,"the gander , some of which occasionally amuses but none of which amounts to much of a story",0 170117,"ribbing itself to be truly entertaining",1 98271,"to risk American scorn",0 210999,"see the same old thing",0 150062,"There 's nothing provocative about this film save for the ways in which it studiously avoids provoking thought .",0 194200,"be some sort of credible gender-provoking philosophy submerged here , but who the hell cares",0 168462,"outrageously unbelievable",0 31881,"from a less manic tone than its predecessor , as Cho appears to have settled comfortably into her skin",1 69680,"The lightest , most breezy movie Steven Spielberg has made in more than a decade . And",1 200566,"has its moments",1 144711,"Dawdles and drags when it should pop : it does n't even have the virtue of enough mindless violence to break up the tedium of all its generational bonding .",0 139592,"when he should be filling the screen with this tortured , dull artist and monster-in-the",0 181504,"A Movie to Forget",0 78121,"did n't entirely grab me",0 175372,"this dumbed-down concoction",0 209323,"plain wacky implausibility --",0 29172,"as anyone has dared to come",1 206852,"necessary self-control to guide a loose , poorly structured film through the pitfalls of incoherence and redundancy",0 108768,"Saved from being merely way-cool by a basic , credible compassion",1 216519,"this wafer-thin movie",0 95766,"the form of dazzling pop entertainment",1 646,"bullock does a good job here of working against her natural likability",1 130848,"put on an intoxicating show",1 117332,"compelling storyline",1 235415,"rushed , slapdash ,",0 193087,"are good",1 47866,"a certain sense of experimentation and improvisation to this film that may not always work",0 206714,"mumbles his way through the movie",0 120742,"from showing us in explicit detail how difficult it is to win over the two-drink-minimum crowd",1 94886,"that takes a stand in favor of tradition and warmth",1 114141,"an ounce of honest poetry",1 33765,"its director , Zhang Yang of Shower , as a boldly experimental , contemporary stylist with a bright future",1 138336,"tries to cram too many ingredients into one small pot",0 233675,"makes for one of the most purely enjoyable and satisfying evenings at the movies I 've had in a while",1 15332,"but too-tepid biopic",0 103738,"A moving and not infrequently breathtaking film",1 214973,"the longest 90 minutes of your movie-going life",0 103456,"A brutal and funny work . Nicole Holofcenter , the insightful writer\/director responsible for this illuminating comedy does n't wrap the proceedings up neatly but the ideas tie together beautifully .",1 185701,"Lawrence unleashes his trademark misogyny -- er , comedy -- like a human volcano or an overflowing septic tank",0 201646,"imaginative filmmaking",1 23328,", Roger Dodger is one of the most compelling variations on In the Company of Men .",1 162783,"is as computer processed and overproduced as it was in her music",1 33193,"irresistible",1 219348,"who he was before",1 209732,"pretty weary",0 100394,"with a creepy and dead-on performance",1 18448,", particularly that unexpected downer of an ending",0 142161,", erratic dramedy",0 162615,"is a good name for a movie this delibrately obtuse and unapproachable .",0 127331,"more likely to induce sleep than fright",0 2481,"tempting to regard mr . andrew and his collaborators as oddballs",0 1020,"for evil",0 126759,"manages to nail the spirit-crushing ennui of denuded urban living without giving in to it",1 48706,"adults . The characters are interesting and often very creatively constructed from figure to backstory .",1 67289,"Little Nicky .",0 232259,"is a compliment to Kuras and Miller .",1 127685,"must for fans of British cinema , if only because so many titans of the industry are along for the ride",1 119118,"enjoy at least the '' real '' portions of the film",1 127218,"moment gems",1 148261,"Reggio 's trippy , ambitious downer can also sometimes come across like nothing more than a glorified Nike ad .",0 191351,"a smashing success",1 107414,"Leaves us wondering less about its ideas and more about its characterization of Hitler and the contrived nature of its provocative conclusion .",0 28525,"and become self-made celebrity athletes",1 53857,"it seems better , not just bigger",1 219927,"wo n't much care about",0 50163,"choirs at the same time , which is a pretty amazing accomplishment",1 168689,"particularly joyless",0 110711,"Too much of Nemesis has a tired , talky feel .",0 162685,"is a train wreck of an action film -- a stupefying attempt by the filmmakers to force-feed James Bond into the mindless XXX mold and throw 40 years of cinematic history down the toilet in favor of bright flashes and loud bangs",0 51225,"enjoy yourselves",1 57838,"that makes the movie a spirited and touching occasion , despite its patchy construction",1 11769,"the problem with antwone fisher is that it has a screenplay written by antwone fisher based on the book by antwone fisher",0 182008,"A small independent film suffering from a severe case of Hollywood-itis .",0 114011,"an epic four-hour Indian musical about a cricket game",1 123297,"inconsequential move",0 68240,"Poignant Japanese epic about adolescent anomie and heartbreak .",1 225301,"One look at a girl in tight pants and big tits and you turn stupid",0 74666,"as decent drama\/action flick",1 45862,"Jacquot had left well enough alone and just filmed the opera without all these distortions of perspective",0 32280,"has accomplished here",1 20729,"has enough grandeur and scale to satisfy as grown-up escapism .",1 41768,"defined ,",1 151812,"a good design",1 80788,"funny , harmless and",1 70543,"Undoubtedly the scariest movie ever made about tattoos .",1 33220,"is a film far superior to its predecessor . A movie that successfully crushes a best selling novel into a timeframe that mandates that you avoid the Godzilla sized soda .",1 1846,"not",0 74795,"as the most magical and most fun family fare of this or any recent holiday season",1 137404,"to be both hugely entertaining and uplifting",1 117826,"damaged-goods",0 180879,", poorly structured",0 115902,"bestowed star Hoffman 's brother Gordy with the Waldo Salt Screenwriting award at 2002 's Sundance Festival",1 161390,"holes and completely lacking in chills",0 114291,"and well-made entertainment",1 199973,"gives us another peek at some of the magic we saw in Glitter here in Wisegirls",1 198841,"filled with fantasies , daydreams , memories and one fantastic visual trope after another",1 167870,"of those comedies that just seem like a bad idea from frame one",0 147648,"Never comes together as a coherent whole .",0 14967,"an enemy",0 207600,"of an adoring , wide-smiling reception",1 44132,"A hugely rewarding experience that 's every bit as enlightening , insightful and entertaining as Grant 's two best films",1 230740,"father cliché",0 151803,"a glorified Nike ad",0 110120,"The real star of this movie is the score , as in the songs translate well to film",1 21654,"open-ended finale",1 221188,", Mr. Murray , a prolific director of music videos , stuffs his debut with more plot than it can comfortably hold .",0 25805,"It turns out to be a cut above the norm , thanks to some clever writing and sprightly acting .",1 180401,", I would have no problem giving it an unqualified recommendation .",0 149918,"The techno tux is good for a few laughs , as are Chan and Hewitt , but when such a good design turns out to be a cheap knockoff , we ca n't recommend anything but a rental for The Tuxedo",0 145934,"I 'd have to say the star and director are the big problems here .",0 187580,"Still , the updated Dickensian sensibility of writer Craig Bartlett 's story is appealing .",1 4436,"afraid to pitch into farce , yet only half-hearted in its spy mechanics , all the queen 's men is finally just one long drag",0 171072,"silliest and most incoherent movie",0 203954,"it lacks a strong narrative",0 15745,"fascinating and fun",1 134444,"that leads up to a strangely sinister happy ending",1 126345,"looks and feels tired .",0 103790,"A pointed , often tender , examination",1 84443,"is n't nearly as graphic but much more powerful , brutally shocking and difficult to watch",1 227206,"Witty dialog between realistic characters",1 163325,"is so completely inane that one would have to be mighty bored to even think of staying with this for more than , say , ten ... make that three minutes",0 25129,"Director Rob Marshall went out gunning to make a great one .",1 166176,"more frustrating than a modem that disconnects every 10 seconds",0 21688,"part of the action , the wallpaper of his chosen reality . Here , thankfully",1 219015,"well-defined sense",1 31619,"film radar",1 72806,"a way that speaks forcefully enough about the mechanisms of poverty to transcend the rather simplistic filmmaking",1 79266,"even the corniest and most hackneyed contrivances",0 228459,"allowing us to remember that life 's ultimately a gamble and last orders are to be embraced",1 58640,"the relationships were wonderful",1 27735,"a plot full of twists upon knots ... and a nonstop parade of mock-Tarantino scuzbag types that starts out clever but veers into overkill",0 234105,"new life into the familiar by amalgamating genres and adding true human",1 111869,"a fascinating , compelling story",1 60827,"'s a lot richer than the ones",1 147418,"Men in Black II , '' has all the earmarks of a sequel . The story is less vibrant",0 179446,"'re left with a story that tries to grab us , only to keep letting go at all the wrong moments .",0 119717,"familiar , funny",1 169027,"poky",0 69169,"Terrific casting and",1 27522,"a film to be savored",1 54420,"loved this film .",1 87481,"most substantial feature for some time",1 93147,"someone made off with your wallet",0 24,"'s a visual delight and a decent popcorn adventure",1 90917,"pure misogynist evil",0 12581,"truly wonderful",1 128052,"noble , trembling incoherence",0 34921,"no longer simply spoofing the mini-mod-madness of '60s spy movies",1 12402,"to pitch into farce , yet only half-hearted in its spy mechanics",0 159821,"fully realized story",1 104486,"As ex-Marine Walter , who may or may not have shot Kennedy , actor Raymond J . Barry is perfectly creepy and believable .",1 1128,"guessing at almost every turn",1 194206,"be the only one laughing at his own joke",0 127709,"my advice , Kev . Start reading your scripts before signing that dotted line",0 14029,"Far from perfect , but its heart is in the right place ... innocent and well-meaning .",1 201522,"if Solondz had two ideas for two movies , could n't really figure out how to flesh either out",0 52097,"gets fine performances",1 23002,"'ll probably see a bit of yourself in her unfinished story",1 208167,"of the year 's worst cinematic tragedies",0 201456,"humorless soap opera",0 162192,"inflict big damage upon their reputations",0 57390,"straight-ahead approach",1 193107,"are limited and so embellished by editing that there 's really not much of a sense of action or even action-comedy .",0 126436,"love and humility",1 181815,"A low-budget affair , Tadpole was shot on digital video , and the images often look smeary and blurry , to the point of distraction . Then again , in a better movie , you might not have noticed .",0 189126,"Though Jones and Snipes are enthralling",1 86986,"meditation )",1 236777,"the cinematic equivalent of defensive driving",0 31094,"engages",1 72694,"a tour de force , written and directed so quietly that it 's implosion rather than explosion you fear",1 84964,"it a party worth attending",1 62291,", the journey does n't really go anywhere .",0 83232,"in your heart",1 52365,"harrowing drama",1 226258,"The film 's needlessly opaque intro takes its doe-eyed Crudup out of pre-9 \/ 11 New York and onto a cross-country road trip of the Homeric kind .",0 104499,"As it turns out , you can go home again .",1 4989,"banal dialogue",0 215550,"the same way you came -- a few tasty morsels under your belt ,",1 219049,"were an obligation",0 62236,", still offers a great deal of insight into the female condition and the timeless danger of emotions repressed .",1 220261,"you are moved by the emotional tumult of ( François and Michèle 's ) relationship",1 10756,"stillborn",0 105794,"Feels like the work of someone who may indeed have finally aged past his prime ... and , perhaps more than he realizes ,",0 165726,"mawkish , implausible platonic romance",0 219406,"whom the",1 225929,"Spinning a web of dazzling entertainment may be overstating it , but `` Spider-Man '' certainly delivers the goods",1 43814,"-- and indeed it must -- then The Grey Zone is to be lauded for finding a new and ingenious angle .",1 144211,"Boring",0 134938,"the bottom of the barrel",0 6144,"efficient ,",1 187257,"Sheridan 's take on the author 's schoolboy memoir ... is a rather toothless take on a hard young life",0 104548,"Assured , vital and well wrought , the film is , arguably , the most accomplished work to date from Hong Kong 's versatile Stanley Kwan .",1 94551,"that annoying specimen",0 129425,"on the amateurish",0 133078,"sparking",1 131509,"reviewers",1 104983,"Can you bear the laughter ?",1 160763,"has turned completely and irrevocably bizarre to the point of utter nonsense .",0 115862,"below expectations",1 142324,", its quintet of writers could still use some more schooling .",0 144933,"Does n't Know How to Have Fun",0 74040,"and movie life",1 212692,"strong and funny",1 225884,"Some of the characters die and others do n't , and the film pretends that those living have learned some sort of lesson , and , really , nobody in the viewing audience cares",0 146598,"It 's one pussy-ass world when even killer-thrillers revolve around group therapy sessions .",0 102236,", Davis ' highly personal brand of romantic comedy is a tart , smart breath of fresh air",1 21284,"makes it successful and accessible",1 23353,", a joyful effusion of disco Bollywood that , by the end of Monsoon Wedding , sent my spirit soaring out of the theater",1 197709,"effectively probe Lear 's soul-stripping breakdown",1 171209,"skimpy",0 156963,"created whole new levels of ugly",0 189022,"This is rote spookiness , with nary an original idea ( or role , or edit , or score , or anything , really ) in sight , and",0 38003,"the attention is on the nuances of the emotional development of the delicate characters",1 154747,"be great",1 112792,"a story that puts old-fashioned values under the microscope",1 126807,"marked an emerging Indian American cinema",1 16983,"potent doses of honesty and sensitivity",1 113019,"a wet burlap sack of gloom",0 103590,"A finely tuned mood piece , a model of menacing atmosphere .",1 210027,"quite possibly the sturdiest example yet",1 41509,"acted and masterfully if",1 28687,"and just outright enjoyable",1 91819,"rude",0 133532,"succeed in its quest to be taken seriously",1 20750,"have little patience for Euro-film pretension",0 33892,"journey from childhood idealism to adolescent self-absorption .",1 181842,"A movie that 's held",1 4020,"a pale imitation of the real deal",0 77985,"deny its seriousness and quality",0 160059,"getting hit by a bus",0 148152,"Preposterous and tedious , Sonny is spiked with unintentional laughter that , unfortunately , occurs too infrequently to make the film even a guilty pleasure .",0 107681,"McGrath has deftly trimmed Dickens ' wonderfully sprawling soap opera , the better to focus on the hero 's odyssey from cowering poverty to courage and happiness .",1 220723,"'s a sly wink to The Others without becoming a postmodern joke , made creepy by its `` men in a sardine can '' warped logic",0 98656,"transforms this story about love and culture into a cinematic poem",1 78781,"effort to understand everyone 's point of view",1 237360,"the-loose banter of Welcome to Collinwood has a cocky , after-hours loopiness to it",1 82484,"how love is the great equalizer that can calm us of our daily ills and bring out joys in our lives that we never knew were possible",1 77225,"conquers",1 160065,"getting to the good stuff",1 149103,"The Iditarod lasts for days - this just felt like it did",0 182577,"As a director , Eastwood is off his game --",0 101824,"'s not very interesting . As a remake , it 's a pale imitation .",0 176218,"to just call it ABC Kiarostami . For AIDS and Africa are nothing more than part of the scenery .",0 113845,"amusements",1 40127,"will make you very happy",1 124598,"is terrific , although the actors must struggle with the fact that they 're playing characters who sometimes feel more like literary conceits than flesh-and-blood humans .",1 68912,"Sorvino is delightful in the central role .",1 188865,"There are a few chuckles , but not a single gag sequence that really scores , and the stars seem to be in two different movies",1 57026,"sit among Jean-Luc Godard 's finest work",1 70945,"Wickedly funny , visually engrossing , never boring ,",1 37134,"some mold on the gold",0 195105,"by Julia Roberts",1 24341,"A film about a young man",1 23295,", Denzel Washington delivers a lean and engaging work .",1 32752,"if you expect light romantic comedy , good gosh , will you be shocked .",0 52331,"had to escape from director Mark Romanek 's self-conscious scrutiny",0 153929,"are poorly",0 1213,"holland lets things peter out midway , but",0 37071,"so bluntly written , without a trace of sentimentality",0 155801,"by the story 's inability to create interest",0 31697,"fleet turns of plot and a feast of visual amazement",1 162750,"is an arthritic attempt at directing by Callie Khouri . I had to look away - this was god awful .",0 143252,"A painfully leaden film",0 86628,"makes an unusual but pleasantly haunting debut behind the camera .",1 210122,"reach for a barf bag",0 23194,"'s worth seeing just on the basis of the wisdom , and at times , the startling optimism , of the children",1 183595,"Each scene drags , underscoring the obvious , and sentiment is slathered on top",0 155163,"better written",1 123806,"is a poster boy for the geek generation",1 12722,"us to be transported into the life of wladyslaw szpilman , who is not only a pianist , but a good human being",1 215768,"the thousands of Americans who die hideously",0 102444,", characterization , poignancy , and intelligence",1 86737,"manages not only to find a compelling dramatic means of addressing a complex situation",1 185273,"It does n't take a rocket scientist to figure out that this is a Mormon family movie , and a sappy , preachy one at that .",0 100866,"works spectacularly well ...",1 64289,"Beautifully reclaiming the story of Carmen",1 165073,"littered with celluloid garbage",0 108763,"Satisfyingly scarifying , fresh and",1 111625,"a cheap cliché",0 90387,"pleasant piece",1 158607,"exciting ( enough )",1 221527,", slow scenes",0 46616,"Recoing 's bizzarre reaction to his unemployment . Good film , but very glum",1 4885,"as much fun",1 40703,"A simmering psychological drama in which the bursts of sudden violence are all the more startling for the slow buildup that has preceded them",1 22240,"the best -- whatever that might mean",1 216699,"throws in a fish-out-of-water gag",0 11833,"the riveting performances",1 75341,"be underestimated",0 231747,"his story flattens instead of sharpens .",0 187277,"Shows moments of promise but ultimately succumbs to cliches and pat storytelling .",0 92597,"showing signs of potential for the sequels , but not",1 53366,"is all but useless",0 224342,"It is too bad that this likable movie is n't more accomplished .",0 84184,"is extraordinary",1 45161,"Esther 's story is a compelling quest for truth .",1 231811,"how low brow",0 152705,"able to recognize that this story is too goofy ... even for Disney",0 19647,"about the ability of the human spirit",1 84389,"is more appetizing than a side dish of asparagus . If you 're not a fan , it might be like trying to eat Brussels sprouts .",0 27557,"a good deal of warmth and humor",1 221028,"'ve been nice if the screenwriters had trusted audiences to understand a complex story , and left off the film 's predictable denouement",0 63151,"A lot of fun , with an undeniable energy",1 70691,"Washington has a sure hand .",1 223508,"Good , solid storytelling .",1 40353,"works well and will appeal even to those who are n't too familiar with turntablism",1 158821,"family movies are -- no real plot , no real conflict , no real point .",0 230530,"engaging storyline",1 208895,"over the map thematically and stylistically , and borrows heavily from Lynch , Jeunet , and von Trier while failing to find a spark of its own",0 84173,"is even better than The Fellowship .",1 3363,"'s pathetic",0 67280,"Like the chilled breath of oral storytelling frozen onto film .",1 180985,", the humor dwindles .",0 109027,"So unique",1 213689,"that is very , very far from the one most of us",0 180637,", film has little insight into the historical period and its artists , particularly in how Sand developed a notorious reputation .",0 64285,"Beautifully crafted and cooly unsettling ...",1 40369,"worthwhile way",1 85006,"it does give exposure to some talented performers",1 47963,"a distinctive blend",1 97543,"this utterly ridiculous shaggy dog story as one",0 43881,"10 or 15 minutes could be cut and",0 53397,"is an unconventional storyteller , capable of finding beauty in the most depressing places .",1 127117,"mind-numbingly awful that you hope Britney wo n't do it one more time , as far as movies",0 136839,"think of a film more cloyingly",1 33260,"is a sensitive , extraordinarily well-acted drama",1 13946,"Children may not understand everything that happens -- I 'm not sure even Miyazaki himself does -- but they will almost certainly be fascinated , and undoubtedly delighted .",1 109696,"The dialogue is very choppy and monosyllabic despite the fact that it is being dubbed .",0 228495,"am baffled by Jason X.",0 3483,"... while the humor aspects of ` jason x ' were far more entertaining than i had expected",1 172668,"terminally depressed , mostly inarticulate , hyper dysfunctional",0 30268,"comes closer to any actress I can remember to personifying independence in its purest and , yes , most intimidating form",1 215064,"the most annoying thing",0 93684,"stylish and moody",1 63646,"Adaptation 's success in engaging the audience in the travails of creating a screenplay is extraordinary .",1 34526,"mock-Tarantino scuzbag types",0 159933,"generic angst",0 153954,"are sure to be entertained",1 143738,"An instant candidate",1 222375,"And that leaves a hole in the center of The Salton Sea .",0 28229,"alone is worth the price of admission .",1 128839,"of our respect",1 181915,"A prison comedy that never really busts out of its comfy little cell .",0 92409,"sexy intrigue",1 190571,"a film so cold and dead",0 86584,"make the most sincere and artful movie in which Adam Sandler will probably ever appear",1 41433,"a gem . His characters are engaging , intimate and the dialogue is realistic and greatly moving . The scope of the Silberstein family is large",1 100778,"wonderful . As Warren he stumbles in search of all the emotions and life experiences he 's neglected over the years",1 85563,"just honest enough to provide the pleasures of a slightly naughty , just-above-average off - Broadway play",1 119339,"even in sorrow you can find humor . Like blended shades of lipstick , these components combine into one terrific story with lots of laughs",1 209671,"preposterous , prurient",0 78216,"director\/co-writer Jacques Audiard , though little known in this country , belongs in the very top rank of French filmmakers",1 57884,"that slather Clearasil over the blemishes of youth",0 35579,"often achieves a mesmerizing poetry .",1 142396,", prepackaged Julia Roberts wannabe",0 189512,"Well , Jason 's gone to Manhattan and Hell",0 150433,"Too clunky and",0 86710,"malaise",0 238095,"tragedy , bravery , political intrigue , partisans and sabotage",1 211324,"several scenes of this tacky nonsense",0 225692,"Scarcely worth",0 152846,"accomplished portrayals",1 234120,"no affinity for most of the characters",0 187508,"Spirited Away is a triumph of imagination",1 49536,"be profane ,",0 110184,"The story plays out slowly",0 121975,"have not been this disappointed by a movie in a long time .",0 220469,"' shows he 's on his way",1 67008,"Kidman who holds the film together with a supremely kittenish performance that gradually accumulates more layers",1 146793,"Its salient points are simultaneously buried , drowned and smothered in the excesses of writer-director Roger Avary .",0 147546,"Ms . Phoenix is completely lacking in charm and charisma , and is unable to project either Esther 's initial anomie or her eventual awakening .",0 134323,"that finally makes Sex With Strangers , which opens today in the New York metropolitan area , so distasteful",0 47964,"a distinctive blend of European , American and Asian influences",1 236967,"the gutless direction by Laurice Guillen",0 169425,"provoked me to take my own life .",0 139182,"wanted to fully capitalize on its lead 's specific gifts",1 26029,"Majidi 's poetic love story",1 101607,"'s an actor 's showcase that accomplishes its primary goal without the use of special effects , but rather by emphasizing the characters --",1 51219,"enhances the quality of Neil Burger 's impressive fake documentary .",1 120080,"films that leaps over national boundaries and celebrates universal human nature",1 194781,"bogs down in rhetoric and cliché",0 171402,"so disgusting",0 1997,"pale",0 107469,"Like many Western action films , this thriller is too loud and thoroughly overbearing ,",0 84874,"it 's an acquired taste that takes time to enjoy , but",1 4984,"bad sci-fi",0 226608,"They ' begins and ends with scenes so terrifying I 'm still stunned .",1 46462,"Overall very good for what it 's trying to do",1 50389,"confirms Fincher 's status as a film maker who artfully bends technical know-how to the service of psychological insight",1 20712,"has a morbid appeal that 's tough to shake",1 150814,"What John does is heroic ,",1 112791,"a story that is so far-fetched it would be impossible to believe if it were n't true",0 155575,"bungling the big stuff",0 154241,"as some kind of marriage of true minds",1 88376,"of a troubadour , his acolytes , and the triumph of his band",1 208573,"one big excuse to play one lewd scene after another . About half of them are funny , a few are sexy and none are useful in telling the story , which is paper-thin and decidedly unoriginal",0 4091,"a script that prevents them from firing on all cylinders",0 5219,"borderline insulting",0 36996,"sinister",0 110769,"Trying to make head or tail of the story in the hip-hop indie Snipes is enough to give you brain strain -- and",0 29026,"are a winning combination",1 28230,"alone make Metropolis worth seeing .",1 183555,"Does what should seem impossible : it makes serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer boring",0 25568,"Hollywood 's hastier productions",0 51980,"full well",1 134946,"the brawn",1 196278,"could have -- should have -- been allowed to stand on their own",0 26095,"Monsoon Wedding",1 51038,"drug therapy",0 166866,"no real reason to see it . Wait for video",0 81739,"has never made a more sheerly beautiful film than this unexpectedly moving meditation on love , history , memory , resistance and artistic transcendence",1 91296,"recognizable and true",1 224507,"Just the labour involved in creating the layered richness of the imagery in this chiaroscuro of madness and light",1 115263,"atypically hypnotic approach",1 138019,"to which anyone can relate",1 204626,"lack a strong-minded viewpoint , or a sense of humor .",0 168376,"originality , wit , or",1 181648,"A fake street drama that keeps telling you",0 44470,"An enjoyable , if occasionally flawed , experiment .",1 203362,"is repeated at least four times . Every joke is repeated at least -- annoying , is n't it",0 162976,"is just too dialed-up to be America 's Sweetheart",0 169347,"profane and exploitative as the most offensive action flick you 've ever seen .",0 131641,"rooted",1 8239,"just do it , instead of using bad sci-fi as window dressing",0 49501,"be appreciated most by sailors and folks who know their way around a submarine",1 218583,"visual virtuosity",1 121161,"given a working over . The cast is spot on and the mood is laid back",1 178837,"worst thing",0 52501,"have the savagery of combat and the specter of death been visualized with such operatic grandeur",1 100067,"who are trying to make their way through this tragedy",0 180983,", the final effect is like having two guys yelling in your face for two hours .",0 103108,"-- putting together familiar themes of family , forgiveness and love in a new way -- Lilo & Stitch has a number of other assets to commend it to movie audiences both innocent and jaded .",1 183646,"Eight Legged Freaks falls flat as a spoof .",0 47109,"The hard-to-predict and absolutely essential chemistry between the down-to-earth Bullock and the nonchalant Grant proves to be sensational",1 85454,"its unique feel",1 232986,"it 's worth seeing",1 166637,"needs love like this",1 53328,"is a seriously intended movie that is not easily forgotten .",1 218278,"unusual music",1 191427,"a stylish exercise in revisionism whose point",1 14917,"agreeably",1 48859,"amusing joy ride",1 158353,"epic-horror yarn",1 33427,"is n't my favorite in the series , still",0 44670,"Beautifully shot , delicately scored and powered by a set of heartfelt performances , it 's a lyrical endeavour .",1 135542,"the ideal outlet for his flick-knife diction in the role of Roger Swanson",1 207039,"no foundation",0 162331,"interesting social",1 43803,", you can feel the love .",1 105864,"Forget the Psychology 101 study of romantic obsession and just watch the procession of costumes in castles and this wo n't seem like such a bore .",0 89203,"of which mainstream audiences have rarely seen",1 204453,"just enough insight to keep it from being simpleminded",1 60234,"will grip even viewers who are n't interested in rap , as it cuts to the heart of American society in an unnerving way .",1 196916,"did n't just go to a bank manager and save everyone the misery",0 106851,"It 's dark but has wonderfully funny moments : you care about the characters : and the action and special effects are first-rate",1 172936,"that asks you to not only suspend your disbelief but your intelligence as well",0 134882,"the barn-burningly bad movie it promised it would be",0 42407,"nothing satisfies like old-fashioned swashbuckling . And",1 27904,"a timeframe that mandates that you avoid the Godzilla sized soda",0 195195,"by pretentious , untalented artistes who enjoy moaning about their cruel fate",0 66680,"It 's the type of film about growing up that we do n't see often enough these days : realistic , urgent , and",1 36022,"place in Pasadena",1 71587,"a dumb comedy",0 152966,"adolescent angst",0 2844,"this goofily endearing and well-lensed",1 201520,"if Schwentke were fulfilling a gross-out quota for an anticipated audience demographic instead of shaping the material to fit the story",0 199979,"giving audiences no reason to truly care for its decrepit freaks beyond the promise of a reprieve from their incessant whining",0 100757,"wo n't like looking at it",0 69559,"The film is darkly funny in its observation of just how much more grueling and time-consuming the illusion of work is than actual work .",1 2628,"the imagination to germinate",1 125542,"juxtapositions",1 28953,"another studio horror franchise mucking up its storyline with glitches casual fans could correct in their sleep",0 232555,"is more effective on stage",0 144646,"Crazy as Hell does n't even have a great ending",0 146918,"Jolie 's hideous yellow",0 203433,"is so film-culture referential that the final product is a ghost .",0 49822,"brilliant and",1 220958,"'s really done it this time .",1 225669,"SOOOOO tired",0 228713,"any of them list this ` credit ' on their resumes in the future",0 63505,"A thriller whose style , structure and rhythms are so integrated with the story , you can not separate them .",1 87882,"nifty twists",1 137414,"to be going through the motions , beginning with the pale script",0 214168,"the awfulness of the movie",0 114905,"as fresh or enjoyable",1 15591,"dormant national grief",0 195270,"ca n't really be called animation",0 155047,"behalf of a good cause",1 110098,"The problem is not that it 's all derivative , because plenty of funny movies recycle old tropes . The problem is that Van Wilder does little that is actually funny with the material .",0 228931,"as bad a film",0 110495,"This is an interesting movie",1 229575,"by a pack of dogs who are smarter than him",0 170732,"sequel-itis something fierce . An ungainly , comedy-deficient , B-movie rush job",0 95988,"the kind of quirkily appealing minor movie she might not make for a while",1 53580,"is powerful , accessible and funny .",1 156037,"care about a young man whose only apparent virtue is that he is not quite as unpleasant as some of the people in his life",0 136390,"the television series that inspired the movie",1 161930,"in nearly every scene",0 102622,", it 's icky .",0 86771,"many artists",1 150157,"This Bond film goes off the beaten path , not necessarily for the better .",0 44221,"A reasonably entertaining sequel to 1994 's surprise family hit that may strain adult credibility .",1 52771,"human comedy at its most amusing , interesting and confirming",1 33507,"is sweet",1 237199,"the screen in frustration",0 75312,"be said that he is an imaginative filmmaker who can see the forest for the trees",1 74417,"are so well established that the gang feels comfortable with taking insane liberties and doing the goofiest stuff out of left field",1 87281,"more irresistibly than in ` Baran",1 197533,"dressed as a children 's party clown gets violently gang-raped ?",0 28700,"and makes you question your own firmly held positions",1 33079,"inspirational in characterizing how people from such diverse cultures share the same human and spiritual needs",1 6333,"expected",0 93759,"succeeds in making us believe",1 150209,"This is a film tailor-made for those who when they were in high school would choose the Cliff-Notes over reading a full-length classic .",0 224329,"It is a popcorn film , not a must-own , or even a must-see .",0 112519,"a pretentious and ultimately empty examination",0 97438,"this is even better than The Fellowship . There are scenes of cinematic perfection that steal your heart away .",1 213545,"that Resident Evil is not it",0 230706,"failure to construct a story with even a trace of dramatic interest",0 109305,"Sylvie Testud is icily brilliant .",1 125964,"life 's ultimate losers",0 111387,"Zoe Clarke-Williams 's lackluster thriller '' New Best Friend '' ,",0 167010,"not-quite",0 14718,"a fascinating film",1 163048,"is most commonly case with projects such noble and lofty ambitions",1 164506,"labored gentility",0 221783,"... a sour little movie at its core : an exploration of the emptiness that underlay the relentless gaiety",0 99079,"unlimited access to families and church meetings",1 211321,"several old themes",0 67981,"On its own staggeringly unoriginal terms",0 47403,"This time , the hype is quieter , and while the movie is slightly less successful than the first , it 's still a rollicking good time for the most part .",1 81545,"hanging",0 58047,"the beauty of baseball and",1 55889,"overdose movies like '' Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood",0 15515,"deeply felt and masterfully stylized",1 239229,"zero .",0 44531,"An operatic , sprawling picture that 's entertainingly",1 201814,"in aimless , arduous , and arbitrary",0 156005,"can tickle many a preschooler 's fancy , but when it costs a family of four about $ 40 to see a film in theaters , why spend money on a dog like this when you can rent a pedigree instead ?",0 10752,"still charming",1 231038,"from the brave , uninhibited performances",1 24934,"Call me a wimp , but I cried , not once , but three times in this animated sweet film .",1 53952,"its moral medicine go down",0 111175,"Wise",1 177454,"very stilted in its dialogue",0 54029,"journalistic work that draws a picture of a man for whom political expedience became a deadly foreign policy",1 141547,"'s rarely as entertaining as it could have been",0 61741,", an art form at once visceral and spiritual , wonderfully vulgar and sublimely lofty -- and as emotionally grand as life .",1 65406,"Every moment crackles with tension ,",1 14649,"You Should Pay Nine Bucks for This : Because you can hear about suffering Afghan refugees on the news and still be unaffected . Dramas like this make it human .",1 114021,"an especially poignant portrait of her friendship",1 95179,"the best and most exciting movies",1 19531,"a metaphorical visual style and an unnerving , heartbeat-like score",1 27943,"a warm invitation into an unfamiliar world",1 227095,"When the first few villians are introduced as `` Spider '' and `` Snake '' you know you 're in for a real winner , creativity at its peak .",0 157578,"dislike",0 102619,", it 's better than one might expect when you look at the list of movies starring Ice-T in a major role .",1 79092,"enriched by an imaginatively mixed cast of antic spirits ,",1 102304,", Mr . Murray , a prolific director of music videos , stuffs his debut with more plot than it can comfortably hold .",0 226015,"Sweet Home Alabama '' is what it is -- a nice , harmless date film ...",1 35402,"of solid female talent who build a seamless ensemble . There is n't a weak or careless performance amongst them",1 120272,"florid but ultimately vapid crime melodrama",0 144883,"Director Uwe Boll and writer Robert Dean Klein fail to generate any interest in an unsympathetic hero caught up in an intricate plot that while cleverly worked out , can not overcome blah characters .",0 135123,"the dullest kiddie flicks",0 57265,"spellbinding African",1 123289,"incompetent ,",0 215853,"the viewer expects something special but instead gets ( sci-fi ) rehash .",0 161973,"in such silliness as that snake-down-the-throat business and the inevitable shot of Schwarzenegger",0 100607,"with solid performances and eerie atmosphere",1 79043,"enjoyable family fare",1 21319,"metaphorical visual style",1 3661,"a cockamamie tone poem",0 194283,"become comparatively sane and healthy",1 5995,"dispassionate",0 162385,"into an after-school special compiled in one place , minus those daytime programs ' slickness and sophistication ( and who knew they even had any ? )",0 221638,", this is more appetizing than a side dish of asparagus .",0 189543,"What 's most offensive is n't the waste of a good cast , but the film 's denial of sincere grief and mourning in favor of bogus spiritualism .",0 83990,"is an engaging and exciting narrative of Man confronting the Demons of his own fear and paranoia",1 33054,"ingenious entertainment",1 66980,"K-19 will not go down in the annals of cinema as one of the great submarine stories , but it is an engaging and exciting narrative of Man confronting the Demons of his own fear and paranoia .",1 29836,"but it is also refreshing , disarming , and just outright enjoyable despite its ridiculousness .",1 22619,"ultimate theme",1 114489,"appeal to Asian cult cinema fans and Asiaphiles interested to see what all the fuss is about",1 68518,"Rubbo 's humorously tendentious intervention into the who-wrote-Shakespeare controversy .",1 7265,"i 'm giving it thumbs down due to the endlessly repetitive scenes of embarrassment . there 's got to be a more graceful way of portraying the devastation of this disease",0 62006,", it 's as good as you remember . In fact , even better .",1 229622,"call The Other Side of Heaven `` appalling ''",0 172339,"sure is pathetic",0 141394,"'s just plain bored",0 175003,"the way it fritters away its potentially interesting subject matter via a banal script",0 205036,"like a rejected X-Files episode than a credible account of a puzzling real-life happening",0 132767,"so much first-rate",1 15378,"careful period attention",1 211943,"so hilarious",1 87114,"mildly enjoyable",1 125313,"its occasional charms",1 88990,"of the credit for the film 's winning tone",1 111216,"With very little to add beyond the dark visions already relayed by superb recent predecessors like Swimming With Sharks and The Player , this latest skewering",0 147517,"Movie fans , get ready to take off ... the other direction .",0 224289,"It does n't reach them , but the effort is gratefully received .",1 234673,"on equal parts of innocence and wisdom -- wisdom that comes with experience",1 154302,"asinine",0 188239,"The first mistake , I suspect , is casting Shatner as a legendary professor and Kunis as a brilliant college student -- where 's Pauly Shore as the rocket scientist ?",0 9059,"night shyamalan 's ability to pull together easily accessible stories that resonate with profundity",1 121599,"haphazard , and inconsequential romantic",0 40161,"with a bright future",1 143096,"A fitfully amusing",1 232687,"is one of the hapless victims of the arrogant `` if we put together a wry white man and a chatty black man and give them guns , the movie will be funny '' syndrome",0 158146,"elapse before the daddy of all slashers arrives , still with the boiler suit and white mask , which look remarkably clean for a guy who has been mass-murdering since 1978 but has never been seen doing laundry",0 12822,"walked away from this new version of e . t . just as i hoped i would -- with moist eyes",1 5155,"bigelow offers some flashy twists and turns that occasionally fortify this turgid fable . but for the most part , the weight of water comes off as a two-way time-switching myopic mystery that stalls in its lackluster gear of emotional blandness",0 183019,"Caruso 's self-conscious debut is also eminently forgettable .",0 228986,"as the main character suggests , ` what if",1 55949,"pat storylines , precious circumstances",1 110536,"This often-hilarious farce manages to generate the belly laughs of lowbrow comedy without sacrificing its high-minded appeal .",1 92242,"self-determination",1 152,"a demented kitsch mess ( although the smeary digital video does match the muddled narrative )",0 192510,"an earnest moment",1 126384,"loses points when it surrenders to a formulaic bang-bang , shoot-em-up scene at the conclusion .",0 235101,"provides an invaluable service by sparking debate and encouraging thought",1 28934,"animated space adventure",1 85105,"it must be admitted , not entirely humorless . Indeed",1 91101,"rare trick",1 237253,"the talented cast alone will keep you watching , as will the fight scenes .",1 22074,"stress",0 221480,", nutty , consistently funny .",1 220730,"'s a testament to the film 's considerable charm that it succeeds in entertaining , despite playing out like a feature-length sitcom replete with stereotypical familial quandaries",1 138280,"trapped while some weird relative trots out the video he took of the family vacation to Stonehenge . Before long , you 're desperate for the evening to end",0 71402,"a classic spy-action or buddy movie",1 102247,", Full Frontal plays like the work of a dilettante .",1 78902,"emotional intelligence in this engaging film about two men who discover what William James once called ` the gift of tears",1 8847,"more annoying , though",0 210031,"quite simply , should n't have been made",0 166200,"more memorable",1 16965,"pleasant enough movie",1 90190,"perfect for a ballplayer",1 143183,"A loud , low-budget and tired formula film that arrives cloaked in the euphemism ` urban drama . '",0 78853,"eloquently about the symbiotic relationship between art and life .",1 146796,"Its save-the-planet message clashes with its crass marketing .",0 225070,"Munch 's screenplay is tenderly observant of his characters .",1 213665,"that he refuses to evaluate his own work",0 49433,"average coming-of-age tale",1 160783,"haunted by the waste of potential",0 221186,", Mr. Koury 's passive technique eventually begins to yield some interesting results .",1 69584,"The film runs on a little longer than it needs to",0 48875,"an account of a nervous breakdown , a trip down memory lane , all three",1 38953,"this is one occasion when they have unearthed a rare gem .",1 76149,"by an imaginatively mixed cast of antic spirits",1 39624,"unfinished",0 22,"'s a demented kitsch mess ( although the smeary digital video does match the muddled narrative )",0 176570,"told by a lobotomized Woody Allen",0 229512,"but it 's a rushed , slapdash , sequel-for-the-sake - of-a-sequel with less than half the plot and ingenuity",0 184768,"Ice Cube is n't quite out of ripe screwball ideas , but Friday After Next spreads them pretty thin",0 201314,"honest effort",1 164285,"just a dumb excuse for a waterlogged equivalent of a haunted-house movie",0 95841,"the gratuitous cinematic distractions",0 117148,"colorful , semimusical",1 164754,"less like a cousin to Blade Runner than like a bottom-feeder sequel in the Escape From New York series .",0 1295,"in the lead",1 237013,"the kind of prechewed racial clichés that have already been through the corporate stand-up-comedy mill",0 60056,"what Hibiscus grandly called his ` angels of light",1 222293,"An enjoyable",1 54883,"most intriguing movie experiences",1 153554,"and callow student film",0 17995,"we fully understand all the sexual permutations involved",1 236836,"the empty theatres",0 84831,"is worth a look",1 146359,"Involving at times , but lapses quite casually into the absurd .",0 129036,"of the heart , one which it fails to get",0 145223,"Excellent acting and direction",1 53607,"is sensational and revelatory ,",1 157460,"dimwitted",0 83853,"is a remarkably accessible and haunting film .",1 69572,"The film is reasonably entertaining , though it begins to drag two-thirds through , when the melodramatic aspects start to overtake the comedy .",1 185448,"Jason X is this bad on purpose is never clear .",0 62827,"A cautionary tale about the grandiosity of a college student who sees himself as impervious to a fall",1 206985,"nifty premise",1 14484,"The Isle '' you 'll get a sock-you-in-the-eye flick that is a visual tour-de-force and a story that is unlike any",1 216576,"thought I was too hard on '' The Mothman Prophecies ''",0 166630,"needlessly strain credibility",0 70284,"This movie has the usual impossible stunts ... But it has just as many scenes that are lean and tough enough to fit in any modern action movie .",1 80296,"for its story of actorly existential despair than for its boundary-hopping formal innovations and glimpse into another kind of Chinese",1 224679,"M. Night Shyamalan 's debut feature sucked up all he has to give to the mystic genres of cinema",0 25166,"Dragon '",1 36577,"right at home at the Saturday matinee",1 173629,"the cinematic equivalent of tabloid journalism",0 50734,"delights and",1 142117,", can not overcome blah characters",0 169496,"push the envelope of bad taste for laughs",0 222096,"A surprisingly ` solid ' achievement by director Malcolm D. Lee and writer John Ridley",1 229451,"bother with a contemptible imitator starring a `` SNL '' has-been acting like an 8-year-old channeling Roberto Benigni ?",0 227485,"`` Frailty '' offers chills much like those that you get when sitting around a campfire around midnight , telling creepy stories to give each other the willies .",1 11747,"the pleasures of a slightly naughty , just-above-average off - broadway play",1 5425,"can take the grandkids or the grandparents and never worry about anyone being bored",1 73885,"an intimate feeling , a saga of the ups and downs of friendships",1 133219,"standard slasher flick",0 185060,"It 's as if Solondz had two ideas for two movies , could n't really figure out how to flesh either out",0 71419,"a cold , calculated exercise",0 69545,"The film has an infectious enthusiasm and we 're touched by the film 's conviction that all life centered on that place , that time and that sport",1 178547,"with but Pinocchio . It might as well have been Problem Child",0 114310,"animated movies in quite a while",0 72223,"a real charmer",1 180149,"( Herzog 's ) personal policy",1 107585,"Madonna 's cameo does n't suck !",1 177220,"unless you 're an absolute raving Star Wars junkie",0 213737,"that its intended audience has n't yet had much science",0 83626,"intriguingly contemplative",1 134910,"the best of both worlds",1 187525,"Squandering his opportunity to make absurdist observations",0 49273,"as friends and lovers",1 127006,"memorables",1 211316,"settles too easily along the contours of expectation",0 15012,"and celebrates their cheesiness as the reason why people get a kick out of watching them today",1 37049,"smartly nuanced",1 27681,"a miracle",1 74207,"anything we have n't seen before",1 233543,"loses his focus when he concentrates on any single person .",0 167063,"numbs the movie 's power as a work of drama .",0 235690,"should come with the warning `` For serious film buffs only",0 34401,"matters less than the characters , although the filmmakers supply enough complications , close calls and double-crosses to satisfy us",1 182300,"American action-adventure buffs",1 221695,", you 're gonna like this movie .",1 215351,"the picture is in trouble",0 91241,"really solid",1 203636,"is ultimately rather silly and overwrought , making the ambiguous ending seem goofy rather than provocative",0 187954,"The attempt to build up a pressure cooker of horrified awe emerges from the simple fact that the movie has virtually nothing to show .",0 162736,"is also , at times , curiously moving",1 23171,"'s still a worthy addition to the growing canon of post-Saving Private Ryan tributes to the greatest generation .",1 195390,"can not mount a cogent defense of the film as entertainment , or even performance art , although the movie does leave you marveling at these guys ' superhuman capacity to withstand pain .",0 100859,"works smoothly under the direction of Spielberg , who does a convincing impersonation here of a director enjoying himself immensely .",1 154304,"ask searching enough questions to justify its pretensions",0 227932,"a good film in `` Trouble Every Day",1 132754,"so many of the challenges it poses for itself that one can forgive the film its flaws",1 157111,"dark , decadent truffle",1 147714,"No more",0 210228,"reasonably creative eighth-grader",0 41771,"delicacy and",1 204232,"its limit to sustain a laugh",0 35696,"one of the most important stories",1 188559,"The premise of '' Abandon '' holds promise , ... but",1 213926,"that was followed by the bad idea",0 40394,"yearning , the roots of friendship and sexual identity .",1 122195,"hidden-agenda drama",0 172129,"strong first quarter",1 98247,"to put a lump in your throat while reaffirming Washington as possibly the best actor working in movies today",1 221075,"( P ) artnering Murphy with Robert De Niro for the TV-cops comedy Showtime would seem to be surefire casting .",1 137075,"this too-long , spoofy update of Shakespeare 's Macbeth",0 45121,"Easily the most thoughtful fictional examination of the root causes of anti-Semitism ever seen on screen .",1 150634,"Verbinski implements every hack-artist trick to give us the ooky-spookies .",0 141688,"'s too self-important and plodding to be funny , and too clipped and abbreviated to be an epic .",0 56609,"rich visual clarity and deeply",1 102738,", none of these words really gets at the very special type of badness that is Deuces Wild .",0 140622,"wrong reasons",0 894,"enjoy being rewarded by a script that assumes you are n't very bright",0 66807,"Its engaging simplicity",1 151254,"a 100-year old mystery that is constantly being interrupted by Elizabeth Hurley in a bathing suit",0 174517,"the performers are sunk by the film 's primitive approach to the mechanics of comedy .",0 10874,"sustains its dreamlike glide through a succession of cheesy coincidences and voluptuous cheap effects ,",0 102005,"'s worth taking the kids to",1 125975,"life affirming '",1 28015,"about being a different kind of time traveler , while happily killing 94 minutes",1 86854,"master craftsmen",1 60270,"willing to let the earnestness of its execution and skill of its cast take you down a familiar road with a few twists .",1 133081,"sparkling retina candy",1 87390,"most brilliant",1 206173,"mind crappy movies",0 68277,"Proof once again that if the filmmakers just follow the books , they ca n't go wrong . Better effects , better acting and a hilarious Kenneth Branagh . An excellent sequel .",1 84869,"it 's also probably the most good-hearted yet sensual entertainment I 'm likely to see all year",1 112964,"a very ambitious project",1 62446,", you can only love the players it brings to the fore for the gifted but no-nonsense human beings they are and for the still-inestimable contribution they have made to our shared history .",1 133755,"sweet , genuine",1 79728,"favor of sentimental war movies",1 33513,"is that it pulls us into its world , gives us a hero whose suffering and triumphs we can share , surrounds him with interesting characters and sends us out of the theater feeling",1 93757,"succeeds in delivering a dramatic slap in the face that 's simultaneously painful and refreshing",1 94313,"tense with suspense . The Ring never lets you off the hook .",1 163748,"it continues to mount a conspicuous effort to be profound",0 112894,"a thriller ,",1 40990,"It 's endearing to hear Madame D . refer to her husband as ` Jackie ' -- and he does make for excellent company , not least as a self-conscious performer",1 26008,"Lovely ! Brilliant ! '",1 238690,"who can deftly change moods",1 27503,"a father and son connection",1 61932,", he 's a charismatic charmer likely to seduce and conquer .",1 109522,"The Wild Thornberrys Movie is pleasant enough and the message of our close ties with animals can certainly not be emphasized enough .",1 218737,"was created for the non-fan to figure out what makes Wilco a big deal",1 32319,"has managed elements such as sound and cinematography with skill",1 106932,"It 's not nearly as fresh or enjoyable as its predecessor , but there are enough high points to keep this from being a complete waste of time .",1 236129,"such talent",1 74621,"as a workable primer for the region 's recent history",1 5156,"bigelow offers some flashy twists and turns that occasionally fortify this turgid fable . but for the most part , the weight of water comes off as a two-way time-switching myopic mystery that stalls in its lackluster gear of emotional blandness .",0 146791,"Its over-reliance on genre conventions , character types and formulaic conflict resolutions crushes all the goodwill it otherwise develops .",0 162153,"indigestible",0 30351,"consciousness-raiser",1 149950,"The tug-of-war at the core of Beijing Bicycle becomes weighed down with agonizing contrivances , overheated pathos and long , wistful gazes .",0 92703,"sing beautifully and",1 201564,"if it were subtler ... or if it had a sense of humor",0 124868,"it 's simply crude and unrelentingly exploitative",0 52542,"heaven and",1 106590,"If it 's unnerving suspense you 're after -- you 'll find it with Ring , an indisputably spooky film : with a screenplay to die for .",1 206380,"more enjoyable than its predecessor",1 158385,"escaped the rut dug by the last one",0 93923,"surprising flair",1 57354,"still manages to string together enough charming moments to work .",1 156971,"creates an interesting dynamic with the members of this group , who live in the same apartment building .",1 110185,"The story plays out slowly ,",0 136546,"the wan , thinly sketched story . Killing time ,",0 152097,"a movie , largely devoid",0 202875,"is egregiously short",0 174609,"the quality of the manipulative engineering . Average , at best",0 220286,"you forgive every fake , dishonest , entertaining and , ultimately , more perceptive moment in Bridget Jones 's Diary",0 209089,"particularly good film",1 3855,"a gracious , eloquent film that by its end offers a ray of hope to the refugees able to look ahead and resist living in a past forever lost",1 54078,"keeps the intensity of the film high , even as the strafings blend together",1 36370,"realistically",1 186245,"Murphy 's expert comic timing",1 112380,"a movie that will leave you wondering about the characters ' lives after the clever credits roll",1 123316,"independent-community",1 12650,"under the right conditions , it 's goofy ( if not entirely wholesome ) fun",1 235775,"singing - and dancing to - West Side Story show tunes",1 170126,"ride the dubious divide where gay porn reaches for serious drama .",0 22587,"trademark style",1 29727,"breakthrough",1 107265,"Just watch Bettany strut his stuff . You 'll know a star when you see one .",1 192517,"an elegant visual sense and",1 154754,"be having a wonderful time",1 12612,"two-way",1 54184,"leave a light on every night from now",1 48147,"a loosely autobiographical story brushed with sentimentality but brimming with gentle humor ,",1 59099,"thrilling enough",1 189094,"This stuck pig of a movie",0 81143,"glib but bouncy",1 100402,"with a game supporting cast",1 7992,"its apparent glee",1 84583,"is rote work and predictable",0 235147,"queasy-stomached",0 83209,"in understanding a unique culture that is presented with universal appeal",1 138622,"undermining the movie 's reality and stifling its creator 's comic voice",0 61421,"( Dong ) makes a valiant effort to understand everyone 's point of view ,",1 160142,"gleaned from a lifetime of spiritual inquiry",1 223198,"Droll caper-comedy remake of `` Big Deal on Madonna Street '' that 's a sly , amusing , laugh-filled little gem in which the ultimate `` Bellini '' begins to look like a `` real Kaputschnik",1 16392,"its posse of trailer park denizens",0 159274,"flushed down",0 184708,"I skipped Country Bears .",0 165776,"me cold and wet like I was out in the Seattle drizzle without rainwear",0 228453,"allegedly `` inspired '' was a lot funnier",0 147352,"Marries the amateurishness of The Blair Witch Project with the illogic of Series 7 : The Contenders to create a completely crass and forgettable movie",0 116232,"bring you into the characters",1 50392,"confirms her power once again",1 209430,"plot and paper-thin supporting characters",0 218877,"watching the proverbial paint dry",0 124233,"is lovely and lovable",1 214879,"the intrigue from the TV series",1 84368,"is made fresh by an intelligent screenplay and gripping performances in this low-budget , video-shot , debut indie effort .",1 147647,"Never Again swings between false sentiment and unfunny madcap comedy and , along the way , expects the audience to invest in the central relationship as some kind of marriage of true minds .",0 1566,"laddish and juvenile , only",0 185357,"It sucked",0 142562,", this equally brutal outing merely sustains it .",0 142230,", in his first film , set himself a task he is not nearly up to",0 168239,"one pussy-ass world",0 189616,"What with the incessant lounge music playing in the film 's background",0 215607,"the sick sense",0 134594,"that the wayward wooden one end it all by stuffing himself into an electric pencil sharpener",0 226662,"This is n't a new idea .",0 21352,"most peculiar ( and peculiarly venomous ) bigotries",0 207408,"of Chan . Make Chan 's action sequences boring",0 126483,"ludicrous attempt",0 28947,"another great",1 179349,"'d grab your kids and run and then probably call the police",0 74851,"ashamed in admitting that my enjoyment came at the expense of seeing justice served , even if it 's a dish that 's best served cold",1 90931,"pushed to their most virtuous limits , lending the narrative an unusually surreal tone",1 73578,"ambitious comic escapade",1 144049,"Bartleby performs neither one very well .",0 187274,"Shows moments of promise",1 192463,"an admirable storyteller",1 216156,"there is plenty of room for editing , and",0 49974,"ca n't be dismissed as mindless",1 196670,"deeply biased , and wholly designed to make you feel guilty about ignoring what the filmmakers clearly believe",0 2837,"thinking up grocery lists and ways to tell their kids how not to act like pinocchio .",0 94502,"that 's when you 're in the most trouble",0 211937,"so emotionally predictable or bland",0 96376,"the performances of their careers",1 183844,"Falls short in explaining the music and its roots",0 167430,"of dimwitted comedy and even dimmer characters",0 30041,"careless",0 117200,"come up with a better script",0 66976,"K-19 will not go down in the annals of cinema as one of the great submarine stories",0 138044,"toilet-humor codswallop",0 193209,"are tantamount to insulting the intelligence of anyone who has n't been living under a rock ( since Sept . 11 )",0 167721,"of superficiality",0 208164,"of the worst movies of the year ... Watching it",0 110296,"There 's an excellent 90-minute film here",1 211807,"sloppy script",0 83340,"infuses it",1 106306,"Hong Kong action cinema is still alive and kicking",1 19555,"a pretty good time with this movie - despite its myriad flaws",1 176786,"trails off into inconsequentiality",0 43036,"works on so many different levels",1 61285,"'s such a warm and charming package that you 'll feel too happy to argue much",1 147,"a decent-enough nail-biter that stands a good chance of being the big hit franklin needs to stay afloat in hollywood",1 46378,"Offers much to enjoy ... and a lot to mull over in terms of love , loyalty and the nature of staying friends",1 97499,"this properly intense , claustrophobic tale of obsessive love",1 52511,"he 's been in a while",1 171536,"soggy Paris , tongue uncomfortably in cheek",0 148820,"Spy is an embarrassment , a monotonous",0 184560,"I 'm Not",0 146095,"I loved looking at this movie .",1 232502,"is ingenious fun .",1 89269,"offers much colorful eye candy , including the spectacle of Gere in his dancing shoes , hoofing and crooning with the best of them .",1 166820,"no level whatsoever",0 111748,"a dark room with something cool",1 184662,"I guarantee that no wise men will be following after it",0 50102,"certain ambition",1 99857,"what a world we 'd live in if Argento 's Hollywood counterparts ... had this much imagination and nerve",1 116014,"bittersweet camaraderie and history",1 12655,"undone",0 23479,", but I cried , not once , but three times in this animated sweet film .",1 110941,"Watching Austin Powers in Goldmember is like binging on cotton candy . It 's sweet and fluffy at the time , but it may leave you feeling a little sticky and unsatisfied",0 165452,"made to get laughs from the slowest person in the audience -- just pure slapstick with lots of inane , inoffensive screaming and exaggerated facial expressions",0 162203,"inhabit their roles",1 163937,"it turned my ballpoint notes to invisible ink",0 148799,"Spit",0 124376,"is nothing special",0 100463,"with appropriate ferocity and thoughtfulness",1 226169,"The Son Of The Bride 's humour is born out of an engaging storyline , which also is n't embarrassed to make you reach for the tissues .",1 221322,", dumbfoundingly , mind-numbingly bad .",0 79990,"fine character study",1 51732,"flawed ,",0 48968,"an intimate heart",1 39431,"transformed into the stronger of the two films by the thinnest of margins",1 65979,"Here 's yet another cool crime movie that actually manages to bring something new into the mix .",1 185215,"It 's supposed to be a romantic comedy",0 219821,"with the contrivances and overwrought emotion of soap",0 138859,"us of how very bad a motion picture can truly be .",0 214975,"the look and the period trappings right",1 30491,"credible characters",1 40250,"with skill",1 189500,"Weighted down with slow , uninvolving storytelling",0 62326,", they show a remarkable ability to document both sides of this emotional car-wreck .",1 65421,"Excellent",1 52537,"heartbreaking , and filmed in a natural , unforced style that makes its characters seem entirely convincing even when its script is not .",1 141552,"'s really unclear why this project was undertaken",0 149387,"The film affords us intriguing glimpses of the insights gleaned from a lifetime of spiritual inquiry , but",1 21058,"is something quite fresh and delightful .",1 39463,"troubling",0 238882,"with energy and innovation",1 217318,"to seek and strike just the right tone",1 113237,"above easy , cynical potshots at morally bankrupt characters",0 14701,"a compelling story",1 155757,"by jackasses for jackasses",0 168097,"on mindless action",0 102626,", it 's mission accomplished",1 225782,"Shrewd but pointless",0 221548,", sweet and romantic",1 95408,"the cultural and economic subtext , bringing richer meaning to the story 's morals",1 19110,"Mr . Parker has brilliantly updated his source and grasped its essence , composing a sorrowful and hilarious tone poem about alienated labor , or an absurdist workplace sitcom .",1 188743,"The three leads produce adequate performances , but what 's missing from this material is any depth of feeling",0 18821,"Day is not a great Bond movie , but it is a good Bond movie , which still makes it much better than your typical Bond knock-offs .",1 167643,"of platitudes",0 85499,"jolt you out of your seat a couple of times , give you a few laughs , and leave you feeling like it was worth your seven bucks , even though it does turn out to be a bit of a cheat in the end",1 156181,"charm or",1 129508,"one , it 's not very good either .",0 51252,"enough sardonic",0 53254,"is a big deal , indeed -- at least the third-best , and maybe even a notch above the previous runner-up , Nicholas Meyer 's Star Trek VI : The Undiscovered Country",1 97355,"this aging series",0 237220,"the sizzle of old news that has finally found the right vent ( accurate",1 14847,"a strong case for the importance of the musicians in creating the Motown sound",1 83497,"intermittently hilarious",1 92640,"sibling reconciliation with flashes of warmth and gentle humor",1 226744,"Throughout , Mr. Audiard 's direction is fluid and quick .",1 117334,"compels",1 173689,"the creepy ideas",0 234999,"poised for titillation , raw insight or both",1 19947,"are engaging",1 124908,"it actually clicks",1 66112,"I 'm not generally a fan of vegetables but",0 166896,"noisy and",0 44762,"Both heartbreaking and heartwarming",1 30259,"come with the warning '' For serious film buffs only",0 215128,"the movie does not do them justice",0 66716,"It has a way of seeping into your consciousness , with lingering questions about what the film is really getting at .",1 44099,"A giggle-inducing comedy with snappy dialogue and winning performances by an unlikely team of Oscar-winners :",1 44278,"A strangely compelling and brilliantly",1 203541,"is the action as gripping",1 235424,"sabotages the movie 's strengths",0 25322,"Focus",1 19605,"a timely and invaluable implicit reminder of the role that U . S .",1 84222,"is funny , charming and quirky in her feature film acting debut as Amy",1 11726,"the phenomenal , water-born cinematography",1 27051,"Tierney and the inimitable Walken especially",1 43469,", Invincible shows he 's back in form , with an astoundingly rich film .",1 156178,"charm and charisma",1 131437,"respond by hitting on each other .",0 158068,"dust-caked",0 8712,"mawkish",0 193491,"as imaginative as one might have hoped",1 200508,"has become , to judge from In Praise of Love , the sort of bitter old crank who sits behind his light meter and harangues the supposed injustices of the artistic world-at-large without doing all that much to correct them .",0 68807,"Skillfully weaves both the elements of the plot and a powerfully evocative mood combining heated sexuality with a haunting sense of malaise .",1 40974,"Is it a total success",1 109251,"Such master screenwriting comes courtesy of John Pogue , the Yale grad who previously gave us '' The Skulls '' and last year 's '' Rollerball . ''",1 210120,"re-working to show more of the dilemma , rather than have his characters stage shouting",0 146968,"Just one bad idea after another .",0 5153,"bigelow offers some flashy twists and turns that occasionally fortify this turgid fable .",1 6120,"earnest yet curiously tepid and choppy recycling in which predictability is the only winner .",0 79680,"fare , with enough",1 227772,"a beautiful food entrée that is n't heated properly , so that it ends up a bit cold and relatively flavorless",0 189513,"Well , Jason 's gone to Manhattan and Hell , I guess a space station in the year 2455 can be crossed off the list of ideas for the inevitable future sequels ( hey , do n't shoot the messenger ) .",0 137003,"this movie is hereby given fair warning",0 74397,"are shockingly intimate",1 155644,"but overall limp ,",0 185436,"Jane learns her place as a girl , softens up and loses some of the intensity that made her an interesting character to begin with .",0 232989,"it actually makes the heart soar",1 176177,"to have some idea of the fate that lies in store for moviegoers lured to the mediocrity that is Kung Pow : Enter the Fist",0 220398,"your interest , your imagination , your empathy",1 200744,"have an opportunity to triumphantly sermonize",1 150439,"Too lazy",0 233851,"might be like trying to eat Brussels sprouts .",0 166231,"more self-absorbed women than the mother and daughters featured in this film ? I do n't think so . Nothing wrong with performances here",1 152453,"a sleek sociopath",0 82168,"high-wattage",1 139427,"weathered",0 141385,"'s just going to take more than a man in a Bullwinkle costume to get there",1 123938,"is as padded as Allen 's jelly belly .",0 8865,"more palatable",1 157171,"decent actors",1 44477,"An entertaining documentary",1 226373,"The movie is well crafted , and well executed .",1 53427,"is brilliant as the sleep-deprived Dormer , his increasing weariness as much existential",1 109846,"The film ultimately offers nothing more than people in an urban jungle needing other people to survive ...",0 140480,"worst National Lampoon film",0 154467,"authentically vague , but ultimately purposeless ,",0 95859,"the hallmark of this bittersweet , uncommonly sincere movie that portrays the frank humanity of ... emotional recovery",1 87543,"movie special",1 170348,"sank from quirky to jerky to utter turkey",0 134598,"that there are more interesting ways of dealing with the subject",0 228479,"also need movies like Tim McCann 's Revolution No. 9 .",1 15162,"as there are plenty of laughs and good lines for everyone in this comedy",1 167866,"of this well-meaning , beautifully produced film that sacrifices its promise for a high-powered star pedigree",1 131428,"resourceful hero",1 14826,"a screenplay more ingeniously constructed",1 173420,"the Spanish-American War",1 131316,"remarkable film",1 115476,"be building suspense",1 33481,"is so intriguing that you find yourself staring hypnotically at her , trying to understand her and wondering if she 'll crack",1 209522,"poorly rejigger Fatal Attraction into a high school setting",0 112001,"a genteel , prep-school quality that feels dusty and leatherbound",0 99900,"what punk rock music used to be",1 206497,"most damning censure",0 92478,"she strikes a potent chemistry with Molina",1 113139,"about documentaries in which underdogs beat the odds and the human spirit triumphs",1 238965,"wooden dialogue",0 146660,"It does n't help that the director and cinematographer Stephen Kazmierski shoot on grungy video , giving the whole thing a dirty , tasteless feel .",0 195488,"carry the film",1 37865,"that most surprising of nations",1 54934,"moving , portraying both the turmoil of the time and",1 53825,"it is a kind , unapologetic , sweetheart of a movie",1 119748,"fang-baring lullaby",0 200722,"have a hard time",0 87063,"mesmerizing cinematic poem",1 21192,"know what to praise first",1 96578,"the rich details",1 148047,"Patchy combination of soap opera , low-tech magic realism and , at times , ploddingly sociological commentary",0 42093,"hogs the scenes",0 184338,"Has none of the crackle of '' Fatal Attraction '' , '' 9 1/2 Weeks '' , or even '' Indecent Proposal '' , and feels more like Lyne 's stolid remake of '' Lolita ''",0 165058,"lists ingredients",0 159228,"fleetingly amusing",1 200458,"harsh reality",0 55827,"operatic",1 156762,"consuming but impossible love that you ca n't help but become more disappointed as each overwrought new sequence plods",0 203945,"it is quite possibly the sturdiest example yet of why the DV revolution has cheapened the artistry of making a film .",0 173076,"that it ends by blowing just about everything up",1 19418,"While not all transitions to adulthood are so fraught , there 's much truth and no small amount of poetry in Girls Ca n't Swim .",1 216038,"their shallow styles",0 193442,"as dumb",0 222002,"A film that should be relegated to a dark video store corner is somehow making its way instead to theaters .",0 64655,"Chaiken ably balances real-time rhythms with propulsive incident .",1 60908,"'s all about Anakin ... and the lustrous polished visuals rich in color and creativity and , of course , special effect .",1 116868,"charm , cultivation and devotion to his people are readily apparent",1 24941,"Carlos",1 181173,"- hour , dissipated length .",0 71429,"a comic book with soul",1 154945,"been allowed to use the word '' new '' in its title , because there 's not an original character , siuation or joke in the entire movie",0 108437,"Poignant if familiar story of a young person",1 188536,"The picture seems uncertain whether it wants to be an acidic all-male All About Eve or a lush , swooning melodrama in the Intermezzo strain .",0 99256,"usual intelligence and subtlety",1 113037,"a wonderfully warm human drama that remains vividly in memory long after viewing",1 190008,"` comedy ' scenes",1 147660,"Never quite transcends jokester status ... and the punchline does n't live up to Barry 's dead-eyed , perfectly chilled delivery .",0 148819,"Spy at a video store near you",1 27023,"Those with an interest in new or singular sorts of film experiences will find What Time Is It There ? well worth the time .",1 161673,"impacting film",1 66670,"It 's surprisingly decent , particularly for a tenth installment in a series .",1 186563,"One of the most unpleasant things the studio",0 71485,"a crowdpleaser as",1 152913,"actors in bad bear suits",0 195694,"cinema 's directorial giants",1 60186,"wholly believable and heart-wrenching depths",1 134435,"that it risks monotony . But it 's worth the concentration",1 219101,"what comes from taking John Carpenter 's Ghosts of Mars and eliminating the beheadings",0 160926,"have to seem like it took another thousand to tell it to us",0 171083,"silly fun",1 85664,"kids-cute sentimentality by a warmth that is n't faked",1 121022,"gently comic even as the film breaks your heart",1 148521,"Shadyac shoots his film like an M . Night Shyamalan movie , and he frequently maintains the same snail 's pace :",0 181544,"A bland , obnoxious 88-minute infomercial for Universal Studios and its ancillary products",0 16197,"invigorating fun lacking any MTV puffery",1 43743,", they would have been doing something wrong",0 175426,"this interesting study of the cultural mores of Georgian Jews in Tel Aviv",1 203743,"it 's also far from being a realized work",0 166990,"not terribly funny",0 38373,"the land",1 88359,"of a self-reflexive , philosophical nature",1 233318,"laughs that may make you hate yourself for giving in",1 228238,"a visual tour-de-force and a story that is unlike any you will likely see anywhere else",1 199426,"forgotten everything he ever knew about generating suspense",0 8950,"murderous rage in 2002",0 23687,", in the course of reviewing art-house obscurities and slam-bam action flicks , a jaded critic smacks into something truly new .",1 181309,"... get a sense of good intentions derailed by a failure to seek and strike just the right tone .",0 186218,"Mr . Wollter and Ms . Seldhal give strong and convincing performances",1 72907,"about Reign of Fire . Great dragons",1 20584,"for its intricate intellectual gamesmanship",1 10612,"some idea of the glum , numb experience of watching o fantasma",0 154900,"become a classic",1 169398,"proves rough",0 172636,"temerity to run over two hours",0 27632,"a little more visually polished , a little funnier , and a little more madcap",1 23077,"'s absolutely spooky how Lillard channels the Shagster right down to the original Casey Kasem-furnished voice",1 66707,"It establishes its ominous mood and tension swiftly , and",1 205049,"like all four of the lead actors a lot",1 108254,"Our culture is headed down the toilet with the ferocity of a frozen burrito after an all-night tequila bender --",0 3548,"` what 's the russian word for wow ! ? '",1 44679,"Belongs to Daniel Day-Lewis as much as it belongs to Martin Scorsese : it 's a memorable performance in a big , brassy , disturbing , unusual and highly successful film .",1 14648,"You Should Pay Nine Bucks for This",1 63359,"A sharp satire",1 22341,"the right amount",1 169745,"realize that it is made up of three episodes of a rejected TV show .",0 196803,"described as a ghost story gone badly awry",0 218909,"way too mushy -- and in a relatively short amount of time",0 191881,"achieves some kind of goofy grandeur",1 203304,"is only so much baked cardboard I need to chew .",0 7851,"it 's a compelling and horrifying story",1 103787,"A pleasant and engaging enough sit , but",1 40230,"with its fully-written characters , its determined stylishness ( which always relates to characters and story ) and Johnny Dankworth 's best soundtrack in years .",1 15225,"because it is aware of its own grasp of the absurd",1 220076,"would have a hard time sitting through this one",0 232571,"is n't a new plot",0 201338,"hopelessly out",0 205364,"looking for a tale of Brits behaving badly , watch Snatch again .",1 50648,"dazzling , remarkably unpretentious",1 134556,"that should be punishable by chainsaw",0 84118,"is darkly funny in its observation of just how much more grueling and time-consuming the illusion of work is than actual work",1 150954,"Will give many ministers and Bible-study groups hours of material to discuss .",1 46819,"Stevens has a flair for dialogue comedy , the film operates nicely off the element of surprise , and the large cast is solid",1 139509,"were n't as beautifully shaped and as delicately calibrated in tone as it is",1 173835,"the execution is a flop with the exception of about six gags that really work",0 150181,"This film 's relationship to actual tension is the same as what Christmas-tree flocking in a spray can is to actual snow : a poor -- if durable -- imitation .",0 154214,"as lukewarm . Maybe",0 29482,"becomes both gut-bustingly funny and crushingly depressing .",1 84332,"is its unforced comedy-drama and its relaxed , natural-seeming actors",1 63756,"Although it includes a fair share of dumb drug jokes and predictable slapstick , '' Orange County '' is far funnier than it would seem to have any right to be .",1 159290,"focuses on Joan 's raging hormones and sledgehammers the audience with Spanish inquisitions about her '' madness '' so much that I became mad that I wasted 123 minutes and $ 9 . 50 on this 21st century torture device .",0 94747,"that its visual imagination is breathtaking",1 68378,"Reign of Fire is hardly the most original fantasy film ever made",0 105798,"Ferrara 's best film",1 52011,"funny , sweetly adventurous",1 136564,"the way this all works out makes the women look more like stereotypical caretakers and moral teachers , instead of serious athletes .",0 133025,"sophisticated performance",1 218952,"weak on detail and",0 36379,"really help clear up the case",1 44928,"Cinema Paradiso will find the new scenes interesting ,",1 173247,"that they lack the skills to get us to this undetermined destination",0 124914,"it all comes together to create a very compelling , sensitive , intelligent and almost cohesive piece of film entertainment",1 94219,"tasteful , intelligent manner",1 196579,"dark and bittersweet twist",1 198740,"feels like three hours",0 99866,"what great cinema can really do",1 117467,"contains very few laughs and even less surprises .",0 158320,"enough to salvage this lifeless boxing film",0 92677,"simply , and surprisingly ,",1 60044,"were n't such a clever adaptation of the bard 's tragic play",0 3584,"a big-budget , after-school special",0 146464,"It 's both sitcomishly predictable and cloying in its attempts to be poignant .",0 74988,"at the expense of those who paid for it and those who pay to see it",0 2203,"saying ` get in the car , bitch , ' this jerry bruckheimer production has little else to offer",0 61083,"'s hard to stop watching",1 141178,"'s about following your dreams , no matter what your parents think . Socrates motions for hemlock .",1 151433,"a bus wreck",0 170721,"sensual performance",1 31474,"fandango",1 189233,"Too clumsy",0 229641,"can almost see Mendes and company getting together before a single frame had been shot and collectively vowing , ` This is going to be something really good .",1 205397,"loose , poorly structured film",0 56347,"quirky , off-beat project",1 56826,"self-discovery",1 74140,"antic spirits",0 98466,"together in a manner that one never overwhelms the other",1 122221,"high-octane jolts",1 71706,"a fun , no-frills ride",1 219062,"were insulted",1 140420,"worked against the maker 's minimalist intent",0 197390,"does sustain an enjoyable level of ridiculousness",1 117279,"coming , as before , from the incongruous but chemically perfect teaming of Crystal and De Niro",1 96073,"the lustrous polished visuals rich in color and creativity and",1 147463,"Mocking kung fu pictures when they were a staple of exploitation theater programming",0 236413,"that cold-hearted snake Petrovich",0 207734,"of fleetingly interesting actors ' moments",0 64484,"Brings an irresistible blend of warmth and humor and a consistent embracing humanity in the face of life 's harshness",1 12505,"too many '' serious",0 204318,"its share of belly laughs ( including a knockout of a closing line )",1 5110,"benefit",1 194561,"better hip-hop clips",1 234759,"one-sided , outwardly sexist or",0 47096,"The filmmakers want nothing else than to show us a good time , and in their cheap , B movie way , they succeed .",1 32812,"in a fascinating , intelligent manner",1 22162,"that Williams has truly inhabited a character",1 114929,"as if they were coming back from Stock Character camp -- a drowsy drama infatuated by its own pretentious self-examination",0 189692,"While it may not add up to the sum of its parts , Holofcener 's film offers just enough insight to keep it from being simpleminded , and the ensemble cast is engaging enough to keep you from shifting in your chair too often .",1 181484,"A ' list cast",1 60681,"'d be lying if I said my ribcage did n't ache by the end of Kung Pow .",1 186990,"Robinson complex founders",0 144659,"Creepy but ultimately unsatisfying thriller .",0 181519,"A bad movie",0 185330,"It reduces the complexities to bromides and slogans",0 47660,"With or without the sex , a wonderful tale of love and destiny , told well by a master storyteller",1 72113,"a perfect show",1 25804,"It took 19 predecessors to get THIS ?",0 233197,"jaw-droppingly beautiful work",1 190973,"a more credible script ,",1 124891,"it 's worth yet another visit",1 21006,"is also , believe it or not , immensely entertaining , a David and Goliath story that 's still very much playing itself out .",1 128113,"not only to his craft , but to his legend",1 272,"a spotty script",0 25903,"Kissing",1 26626,"Spike Lee 's Jim Brown : All American at long last gives its subject a movie worthy of his talents",1 18574,"A deceivingly simple film",1 176845,"tries , and fails , to control the screen with swaggering machismo and over-the-top lunacy",0 238392,"want you to enjoy yourselves without feeling conned",1 185843,"Little more than a well-mounted history lesson .",0 188915,"They crush each other under cars , throw each other out windows , electrocute and dismember their victims in full consciousness .",0 103877,"A sincere",1 207008,"no charm",0 204416,"jump-in-your-seat moment",1 176793,"translate well to the screen",1 196019,"coming down off of Miramax 's deep shelves after a couple of aborted attempts ,",0 30114,"charmers",1 194754,"bluster and cliché",0 97702,"through its hackneyed elements",0 43730,", the stories are quietly moving .",1 39223,"to know about music to appreciate the film 's easygoing blend of comedy and romance",1 113205,"about the optimism of a group of people who are struggling to give themselves a better lot in life than the ones",1 165112,"little to disguise the fact that the characters barely move",0 108181,"One of the pleasures in Walter 's documentary",1 136013,"the plot ( other than its one good idea ) and the movie 's inescapable air of sleaziness",0 139718,"who approaches his difficult , endless work with remarkable serenity and discipline",1 124406,"is one of those rare docs that paints a grand picture of an era and makes the journey feel like a party",1 229106,"bad mannered , ugly and destructive little \*\*\*\*",0 182401,"An exceptionally dreary and overwrought bit",0 81353,"great actors hamming it up",1 181688,"A film that plays things so nice 'n safe as to often play like a milquetoast movie of the week blown up for the big screen .",0 187946,"The animation is competent ,",1 95957,"the intoxicating fumes",1 143238,"A movie in which two not very absorbing characters are engaged in a romance you ca n't wait to see end .",0 210651,"routine action and jokes like this are your cup of tea , then pay your $ 8 and get ready for the big shear .",0 3845,"a gorgeously strange movie , heaven is deeply concerned with morality , but it refuses to spell things out for viewers",1 134661,"the 1971 musical '' Bedknobs and Broomsticks",1 160242,"good ( successful ) rental",1 55996,"permits laughter",1 69394,"The asylum material is gripping , as are the scenes of Jia with his family .",1 62748,": The Widowmaker is a great yarn .",1 59726,"unlikely team",0 56406,"reacting to it - feeling a part of its grand locations , thinking urgently as the protagonists struggled , feeling at the mercy of its inventiveness",1 226230,"The delicious trimmings ...",1 105745,"Exploitative and",0 205421,"loses what made you love it",0 204925,"life-affirming moments",1 106445,"I enjoyed it just as much",1 224164,"It 's as if a bored Cage spent the duration of the film 's shooting schedule waiting to scream : `` Got AIDS yet ? ''",0 144392,"Catch Me If You Can is n't badly made",1 47135,"The last scenes of the film are anguished , bitter and truthful . Mr . Koshashvili is a director to watch .",1 203284,"is one big excuse to play one lewd scene after another . About half of them are funny , a few are sexy and none are useful in telling the story , which is paper-thin and decidedly unoriginal .",0 103088,"-- but bad -- movie",0 66563,"It 's got some pretentious eye-rolling moments and it did n't entirely grab me , but",0 151986,"a long , convoluted ploy",0 73618,"an A-list director",1 214291,"the charms of stars Hugh Grant and Sandra Bullock",1 10795,"stunning",1 220189,"year late for tapping into our reality tv obsession",0 118234,"difficult to shrug off the annoyance of that chatty fish",0 63183,"A miraculous movie , I 'm Going Home is so slight ,",1 135455,"the genuinely funny jokes are few and far between",0 148041,"Patch Adams , for which he should not be forgiven . Why he was given free reign over this project -- he wrote , directed , starred and produced -- is beyond me",0 180738,", it drags",0 30111,"charm all but the most cynical",1 5115,"best and",1 68821,"Slap Her is a small but rewarding comedy that takes aim at contemporary southern adolescence and never lets up .",1 170509,"secularists , who might even praise God for delivering such an instant camp classic",1 180213,"( T ) he script is n't up to the level of the direction , nor are the uneven performances by the cast members , who seem bound and determined to duplicate Bela Lugosi 's now-cliched vampire accent .",0 216667,"through this film",1 189226,"Too bad Kramer",1 177461,"very sweet",1 4140,"a sports movie with action that 's exciting on the field and a story you care about off it",1 143029,"A cautionary tale about the folly of superficiality that is itself endlessly superficial .",0 86611,"make you think twice about what might be going on inside each trailer park you drive past -- even if it chiefly inspires you to drive a little faster",1 46992,"The casting of Raymond J . Barry as the ` assassin ' greatly enhances the quality of Neil Burger 's impressive fake documentary .",1 171147,"sink this",0 42564,"right and",1 13049,"while there 's likely very little crossover appeal to those without much interest in the elizabethans ( as well as rank frustration from those in the know about rubbo 's dumbed-down tactics ) , much ado about something",0 192358,"amateurish . Yep",0 37475,"superbly paced",1 31344,"exhausted",0 53546,"is no doubt that Krawczyk deserves a huge amount of the credit for the film 's thoroughly winning tone .",1 47263,"The story ... is inspiring , ironic , and revelatory of just how ridiculous and money-oriented the record industry really is . It is also a testament to the integrity and vision of the band .",1 27478,"a delicate balance",1 38466,"the mundane horrors",0 224814,"Moore provides an invaluable service by sparking debate and encouraging thought .",1 37266,"spunky , spirited fashion",1 49676,"best and most mature comedy",1 221820,"... it was n't the subject matter that ultimately defeated the film ... It was the unfulfilling , incongruous , `` wait a second , did I miss something ? ''",0 104826,"Both an admirable reconstruction of terrible events , and a fitting",1 74318,"are equal parts poetry and politics , obvious at times but evocative and heartfelt",1 174539,"the pile of Hollywood dreck that represents nothing more than the art of the deal",0 143186,"A lousy movie that 's not merely unwatchable , but also unlistenable .",0 233499,"lives down to its title .",0 76029,"builds to an intense indoor drama about compassion , sacrifice , and Christian love in the face of political corruption",1 106401,"I 've had more interesting -- and , dare I say , thematically complex -- bowel movements than this long-on-the-shelf , point-and-shoot exercise in gimmicky crime drama .",0 168582,"own head-banging obviousness",0 15860,"gambol fluidly through the story , with charming results .",1 8118,"its recycled aspects ,",0 180110,"( Allen 's ) been making piffle for a long while",0 19775,"and Dennis Quaid is its athletic heart .",1 180234,"( Tries ) to parody a genre that 's already a joke in the United States . The movie is the equivalent of French hip-hop , which also seems to play on a 10-year delay .",0 20692,"gross",0 173683,"the crap ( literally )",0 65388,"Everett remains a perfect Wildean actor",1 130759,"provides an invaluable service by sparking debate and",1 115330,"bad direction",0 178996,"wrong with performances here",0 145132,"Ethan Hawke would be even worse behind the camera than he is in front of it",0 124480,"is sadly heightened by current world events",1 137288,"tiresome rant",0 134434,"that it requires gargantuan leaps of faith just to watch it",0 152162,"a new software program spit out the screenplay",0 55610,"of the situation in a well-balanced fashion",1 56911,"shimmering cinematography",1 74173,"any of these despicable characters",0 127731,"mysterious personality",1 228264,"ability to make its subject interesting to those who are n't part of its supposed target audience",1 205807,"many bona fide groaners",0 189762,"Wins my vote",1 100274,"will leave you with a smile on your face and a grumble in your stomach",1 93338,"splendid singing",1 40424,"you absolutely ca n't miss it .",1 170273,"sabotaged by ticking time bombs and other Hollywood-action cliches",0 13536,", and that erasing them recasts the self",1 78563,"drama ,",0 89647,"one that was hard for me to warm up to",0 128091,"not always for the better",0 189254,"Totally overwrought , deeply biased , and wholly designed to make you feel guilty about ignoring what the filmmakers clearly believe are The Greatest Musicians of All Time .",0 190509,"a fascinating curiosity piece",1 197724,"either moderately amusing or just plain irrelevant",0 233083,"it provides a fresh view of an old type",1 17265,"some of the worst film comedies in decades",0 86653,"makes the material seem genuine rather than pandering .",1 154582,"badly made on every level",0 207497,"of ` eh",1 123787,"is a movie that puts itself squarely in the service of the lovers who inhabit it",1 13032,"while not all transitions to adulthood are so fraught",0 92504,"shines bright on this frozen tundra soap opera that breathes extraordinary life into the private existence of the Inuit people",1 181731,"A great script",1 60333,"with an innocent yet fervid conviction",1 237455,"they have a tendency to slip into hokum",0 101952,"'s the kind of effectively creepy-scary thriller that has you fixating on a far corner of the screen at times because your nerves just ca n't take it any more",1 65464,"Famuyiwa 's feature deals with its subject matter in a tasteful , intelligent manner , rather than forcing us to endure every plot contrivance that the cliché-riddled genre can offer .",1 71995,"a mood in which an ominous , pervasive , and unknown threat lurks just below the proceedings and adds an almost constant mindset of suspense",1 114697,"are too crude to serve the work especially well",0 134390,"that is so insanely stupid , so awful in so many ways that watching it leaves you giddy . Half Past Dead is just such an achievement",0 34906,"nice little picture",1 172729,"than a trashy cop buddy comedy",0 149464,"The humor is n't as sharp , the effects not as innovative , nor the story as imaginative as in the original . But it could have been worse .",0 112241,"a lot about a filmmaker when he can be wacky without clobbering the audience over the head and still maintain a sense of urgency and suspense",1 78546,"down to the key grip that this bold move works . Especially give credit to Affleck",1 23041,"'s a bit smug and repetitive",0 196675,"defeated by a screenplay that forces them into bizarre , implausible behavior",0 159749,"from the amazingly lifelike Tara Reid , whose acting skills are comparable to a cardboard cutout",0 32294,"has constructed this motion picture in such a way that even the most cynical curmudgeon with find himself or herself smiling at one time or another",1 67253,"Like a skillful fisher",1 34877,"neglected film",0 131170,"recycled more times than I 'd care to count",0 38640,"the smarter",1 176136,"to function according to some set of believable and comprehensible impulses , no matter how many drugs they do or how much artistic license Avary employs",0 223036,"Cuba Gooding Jr. valiantly mugs his way through Snow Dogs , but even his boisterous energy fails to spark this leaden comedy .",0 156487,"collectible .",1 22855,"wo n't want to miss About A Boy .",1 32088,"glad",1 10632,"sometimes quite funny",1 84124,"is deceptively simple , deeply satisfying .",1 91206,"real-life basis is , in fact , so interesting that no embellishment is",1 81002,"gets vivid , convincing performances from a fine cast , and generally keeps things going at a rapid pace , occasionally using an omniscient voice-over narrator in the manner of French New Wave films",1 210247,"recommend Snow Dogs",1 53440,"is cool . Paul Bettany playing Malcolm McDowell ? Cool .",1 125447,"jaw-dropping action sequences , striking villains",1 137116,"those in Mr . Spielberg 's 1993 classic",1 66483,"It 's a hoot watching The Rock chomp on jumbo ants , pull an arrow out of his back , and leap unscathed through raging fire !",1 54155,"lauded",1 214615,"the film lacks momentum and its position remains mostly undeterminable",0 69213,"That rare documentary that incorporates so much",1 16512,"lump-in-the-throat family entertainment that derives its power by sticking to the facts",1 160207,"goes wrong at several key junctures",0 90347,"played and smartly",1 221819,"... it has sporadic bursts of liveliness , some so-so slapstick and a few ear-pleasing songs on its soundtrack .",1 1023,"for good",1 219355,"who is simply tired",0 176167,"to hang onto that ski mask , as robbery may be the only way to pay for his next project",0 61404,"( A ) real pleasure in its laid-back way",1 106182,"Hawaiian shirt",1 3021,"understatement",0 159715,"from dark satire",1 176489,"to the mediocrity that is Kung Pow : Enter the Fist",0 35697,"one of the most ingenious and entertaining",1 125580,"kept much of the plot",1 137957,"to the rescue in the final reel",1 174779,"the songs are painfully undistinguished",0 52435,"has the ability to offend and put off everyone",0 64163,"At times THE GUYS taps into some powerful emotions , but",1 131699,"saccharine genre",0 168372,"originality , cleverness or even visible",1 176677,"too overbearing",0 23371,", an admirable achievement",1 9708,"picnic",1 107801,"Moore provides an invaluable service by sparking debate and encouraging thought . Better still , he does all of this , and more , while remaining one of the most savagely hilarious social critics this side of Jonathan Swift .",1 138413,"tug at your heart in ways",1 193884,"avoiding eye contact and",0 8695,"many of the things that made the first one charming",1 93203,"somewhat less",0 237458,"they succeed merrily at their noble endeavor .",1 202896,"is even more ludicrous than you 'd expect from the guy-in-a-dress genre",0 217113,"to inhale this gutter romancer 's secondhand material",0 166323,"most notably wretched sound design )",0 61317,"'s the mark of a documentary that works",1 183481,"Dismally dull sci-fi comedy .",0 30884,"do films come along that are as intelligent , exuberant , and moving as Monsoon Wedding",1 117705,"creative composure",1 88572,"of familial separation and societal betrayal",1 18011,"well-made thriller",1 179770,"'s hard to imagine another director ever making his wife look so bad in a major movie .",0 144302,"Busy urban comedy is clearly not Zhang 's forte",0 195129,"by a plot that 's just too boring and obvious",0 183326,"Deep down , I realized the harsh reality of my situation",0 115698,"becomes a part of its fun",1 99589,"warm and winning central performance",1 42700,"stops shy of overkill",1 234670,"on an emotional level , funnier , and on the whole less",1 29081,"are the clear-eyed boldness and quiet irony with which actor and director take on life 's urgent questions .",1 51962,"from the vast collective memory of the combatants",1 45043,"Derrida is all but useless",0 58636,"the reefs",0 6235,"entirety",1 2857,"this is a particularly toxic little bonbon , palatable to only a chosen and very jaundiced few .",0 117651,"crafty and",1 132076,"semi-surrealist exploration of the creative act .",1 148841,"Stars Matthew Perry and Elizabeth Hurley illicit more than a chuckle , and more jokes land than crash , but ultimately Serving Sara does n't distinguish itself from the herd",0 184329,"Has all the values of a straight-to-video movie , but because it has a bigger-name cast , it gets a full theatrical release .",0 106149,"Harrison Ford low",0 168306,"only sporadically amusing",0 192300,"almost enough chuckles for a three-minute sketch , and no more",0 85007,"it does have some very funny sequences",1 200179,"grace and eloquence",1 212505,"starting with a more original story instead of just slapping extreme humor and gross-out gags on top of the same old crap",0 94914,"that the whole damned thing did n't get our moral hackles up",0 229844,"cleverer , better written and of considerable more interest than the finished film",1 223240,"Enigma lacks it .",0 161692,"important documentary",1 53332,"is a solid performance by Arliss Howard",1 186869,"Reeboir varies between a sweet smile and an angry bark , while Said attempts to wear down possible pupils through repetition . It has no affect on the Kurds , but it wore me down .",0 158151,"elegantly considers various levels of reality and uses shifting points of view",1 142454,", superficial and trend-hoppy",0 8514,"literally bruising jokes . every five minutes or so",0 27343,"a 15-year-old boy",1 78527,"done excellent work here",1 8799,"mirthless todd solondzian",0 28751,"and provocative",1 78726,"easily forgettable film",0 173302,"that you want to slap it",0 82372,"hit you from the first scene",1 231899,"if you expect light romantic comedy , good gosh",0 208751,"opposites attract for no better reason than that the screenplay demands it",0 194770,"bogged down over 140 minutes",0 106346,"Hugh Grant , who has a good line in charm ,",1 74687,"as good , if not",1 171224,"skirts around any scenes that might have required genuine acting from Ms . Spears",0 156791,"contrived , well-worn situations",0 125021,"it is interesting to see where one 's imagination will lead when given the opportunity",1 56840,"sensational and",1 102486,", director Chris Columbus takes a hat-in-hand approach to Rowling that stifles creativity and allows the film to drag on for nearly three hours .",0 76461,"carried less by wow factors than by its funny , moving yarn that holds up well after two decades",1 157008,"crime thriller , quirky character study , third-rate romance and female empowerment fantasy",0 882,"endearing",1 162525,"is , despite its alleged provocation post-9 \ \/ 11 , an antique , in the end . As are its star , its attitude and its obliviousness .",0 41199,"Smith profiles five extraordinary American homes ,",1 70760,"Wen 's messages are profound and thoughtfully delivered",1 45356,"Gaunt , silver-haired and leonine , ( Harris ) brings a tragic dimension and savage full-bodied wit and cunning to the aging Sandeman .",1 174773,"the smug self-satisfaction usually associated with the better private schools",0 192352,"always the prettiest pictures",1 2184,"sad , superior",0 61438,"( Gulpilil ) is a commanding screen presence ,",1 134908,"the best looking and stylish",1 236476,"that it can not even be dubbed hedonistic",0 161176,"high points",1 221515,", roiling black-and-white inspires trembling and gratitude .",1 143941,"At first , the sight of a blind man directing a film is hilarious ,",1 140533,"would count for very little if the movie were n't as beautifully shaped and as delicately calibrated in tone as it is",1 140183,"with memorable zingers",1 65856,"Great over-the-top moviemaking if you 're in a slap-happy mood",1 109260,"Suffers from its timid parsing of the barn-side target of sons trying to breach gaps in their relationships with their fathers .",0 141039,"'re dead on the vine",0 73097,"achieves its emotional power and moments of revelation with restraint and a delicate ambiguity",1 175492,"this musty adaptation",0 180715,", it 's an unhappy situation all around .",0 40042,"who died a matter of weeks before the movie 's release",0 233388,"life and small delights",1 123995,"is disappointingly generic .",0 190284,"a children 's party clown gets violently gang-raped",0 160126,"gives you an idea just how bad it was",0 11211,"the breathtaking",1 71665,"a fine , old-fashioned-movie movie",1 63969,"An unorthodox little film noir organized crime story that includes one of the strangest love stories you will ever see .",1 189260,"Trapped presents a frightening and compelling ` What if ? ' scenario that will give most parents pause",1 101485,"'s Quinn ( is ) a leather clad grunge-pirate with a hairdo like Gandalf in a wind-tunnel and a simply astounding cor-blimey-luv-a-duck cockney accent . '",1 21980,"skirts that rapidly deteriorating line between fantasy and reality ...",1 121994,"have their funny bones tickled",1 86552,"make an old-fashioned nature film that educates viewers with words and pictures while entertaining them",1 67578,"Miyazaki has created such a vibrant , colorful world , it 's almost impossible not to be swept away by the sheer beauty of his images .",1 176353,"to relying on the very digital technology that he fervently scorns , creating a meandering , inarticulate and ultimately disappointing film",0 195042,"but dull and ankle-deep",0 51555,"fascist past",0 174747,"the shock tactics and bait-and-tackle metaphors",0 195525,"catalog every bodily fluids gag in There 's Something About Mary and",0 22317,"the music is simply sublime .",1 119551,"exploitative for the art houses and too cynical , small and",0 34645,"most memorable",1 137854,"to show this movie to reviewers before its opening , afraid of the bad reviews they thought they 'd earn .",0 25859,"Jim Brown",1 94715,"that is masterly",1 23730,", it takes us on a roller-coaster ride from innocence to experience without even a hint of that typical kiddie-flick sentimentality .",1 6032,"does n't bother to make her heroine 's book sound convincing , the gender-war ideas original , or the comic scenes fly",0 231479,"has some nice twists but the ending",1 25384,"Funny and , at times , poignant , the film from director George Hickenlooper all takes place in Pasadena , '' a city where people still read . ''",1 156796,"contriving a climactic hero 's death for the beloved-major",0 235701,"should have fun meeting a brand-new Pokemon called Celebi",1 183371,"Despite all the closed-door hanky-panky , the film is essentially juiceless .",0 204962,"like '' si , pretty much '' and '' por favor , go home '' when talking to Americans . That 's muy loco , but no more ridiculous than most of the rest",0 22168,"that could easily crush it forever",0 172411,"swap one mundane story",0 35585,"often infuriatingly glib and posturing",0 237851,"to imagine anybody ever being `` in the mood '' to view a movie as harrowing and painful as The Grey Zone",0 142774,"... an airless , prepackaged Julia Roberts wannabe that stinks so badly of hard-sell image-mongering you 'll wonder if Lopez 's publicist should share screenwriting credit .",0 186310,"Never does '' Lilo & Stitch '' reach the emotion or timelessness of Disney 's great past , or even that of more recent successes such as '' Mulan '' or '' Tarzan . ''",0 211710,"sits behind his light meter and harangues the supposed injustices of the artistic world-at-large",0 59354,"to string together enough charming moments to work",1 331,"addicted",0 189699,"While the production details are lavish",1 28806,"and sticking with you long after it 's over",1 14247,"Lovely",1 152693,"a world-class filmmaker",1 195079,"but then backed off when the producers saw the grosses for Spy Kids",1 110549,"This rich , bittersweet Israeli documentary , about the life of song-and-dance-man Pasach ` ke Burstein and his family ,",1 2063,"popcorn",1 139070,"virtuosic",1 11654,"the movie 's downfall is to substitute plot for personality",0 37600,"talented head",1 24454,"A sensitive and expertly acted crowd-pleaser that is n't above a little broad comedy and a few unabashedly sentimental tears .",1 179125,"you feel like winding up with a kick .",0 171055,"sickly sweet coating to disguise its excrescence until just after ( or during ) consumption of its second half",0 67053,"Kline 's superbly nuanced performance ,",1 182294,"American Adobo has its heart ( and its palate ) in the right place",1 143973,"Audiences will find no mention of political prisoners or persecutions that might paint the Castro regime in less than saintly tones .",0 44245,"A simple , but gritty and well-acted ensemble",1 1493,"it turns maddeningly predictable",0 35966,"perfect ending",1 183341,"Demme gets a lot of flavor and spice into his Charade remake , but",1 200995,"heavy stench",0 85146,"it transcends the normal divisions between fiction and nonfiction film",1 33557,"is what makes it worthwhile",1 60881,"'s a tribute to the actress , and to her inventive director",1 125212,"its core",1 131214,"refracting",0 145463,"Formula 51 is so trite that even Yu 's high-energy action stylings ca n't break through the stupor .",0 219543,"will no doubt",1 147894,"On top of a foundering performance , ( Madonna 's ) denied her own athleticism by lighting that emphasizes every line and sag .",0 7478,"in the know about rubbo 's dumbed-down tactics",0 60866,"'s a spontaneity to The Chateau , a sense of light-heartedness , that makes it attractive throughout .",1 161307,"his second",0 64138,"At its best , this is grand-scale moviemaking for a larger-than-life figure , an artist who has been awarded mythic status in contemporary culture .",1 69746,"The movie is ingenious fun . See it .",1 172221,"subtler than Norman Jewison 's 1975 ultraviolent futuristic corporate-sports saga . It 's also stupider",0 119874,"feel that we truly know what makes Holly and Marina tick",1 17246,"so much charisma that you 'd be happy to listen to them reading the phone book",1 190730,"a hard time sitting through this one",0 147105,"Leave these Flowers unpicked",0 22433,"this far above the level of the usual maudlin disease movie",1 238594,"what is almost certainly going to go down as the worst -- and only -- killer website movie of this or any other year",0 121815,"has no snap to it , no wiseacre crackle or hard-bitten cynicism .",0 224264,"It 's touching and tender and proves that even in sorrow you can find humor .",1 67320,"Love --",1 24877,"Bow 's best moments are when he 's getting busy on the basketball court because that 's when he really scores .",1 98227,"to please audiences who like movies that demand four hankies",1 27853,"a star vehicle for Zhao",1 187936,"The actors pull out all the stops in nearly every scene , but to diminishing effect . The characters never change .",0 170923,"shot from behind , as if it could fool us into thinking that we 're not watching a double",0 175632,"though occasionally fun enough to make you",1 155755,"by its own gargantuan aura of self-importance",0 51273,"entertaining documentary",1 130720,"properly digested",1 45056,"Despite the 2-D animation , The Wild Thornberrys Movie makes for a surprisingly cinematic experience .",1 108072,"Not to mention absolutely refreshed",1 80760,"fun and",1 217616,"too many elements",0 97644,"thoughtful minor classic",1 20846,"if none of it makes a lick of sense",0 194958,"bring on the Battle Bots , please",1 18850,"Energetic and boldly provocative",1 42764,"tell you",1 219020,"well-meaning and",1 62429,", witty and beneath",1 113057,"a worthwhile glimpse",1 19201,"Purely propaganda , a work of unabashed hero worship , it is nonetheless -- and likely inadvertently -- a timely and invaluable implicit reminder of the role that U . S . foreign policy has played in the rise of Castro .",0 138255,"training",1 140441,"works as well as it does because of the performances",1 46604,"Real Women Have Curves wears its empowerment on its sleeve",1 107912,"My Wife is an Actress has its moments in looking at the comic effects of jealousy . In the end , though , it is only mildly amusing when it could have been so much more .",0 180855,", of course , barely begins to describe the plot and its complications .",0 155481,"brilliant four",1 211523,"should pay reparations to viewers .",0 84180,"is even more embracing than Monty , if only because it accepts nasty behavior and severe flaws as part of the human condition .",1 214233,"the business of the greedy talent agents get in the way of saying something meaningful about facing death",0 209192,"perfectly inoffensive and harmless",1 41857,"entertaining ,",1 52107,"gets terrific performances",1 162008,"in the excesses of writer-director Roger Avary",0 39372,"together they are magnificent .",1 230854,"flattens instead of sharpens .",0 103616,"A generic international version",0 35584,"often futile lifestyle",0 126051,"like a giant commercial for Universal Studios , where much of the action takes place",0 228186,"a story that needs to be heard in the sea of Holocaust movies",1 224279,"It does n't believe in itself , it has no sense of humor",0 124364,"is not unlike watching a glorified episode of '' 7th Heaven .",0 12594,"turns that",1 146954,"Just embarrassment and",0 94099,"take his smooth , shrewd , powerful act",1 102159,"( and fairly unbelievable )",0 236435,"that even in sorrow you can find humor",1 152319,"a rather listless amble down",0 106142,"Harks back to a time when movies had more to do with imagination than market research .",1 88563,"of explosive physical energy and convincing intelligence",1 93337,"splendid performances",1 135356,"the film never feels draggy",1 141337,"'s genuinely cool to hear characters talk about early rap records ( Sugar Hill Gang , etc . )",1 232780,"is that it avoids the obvious with humour and lightness",1 229958,"construct a story with even a trace of dramatic interest",0 211326,"severe body odor",0 115784,"befuddling",0 190767,"a horrible movie",0 226869,"Unfortunately , it 's also not very good .",0 21422,"no desire",0 119703,"falls far short",0 2851,"this gory , perverted , sex-soaked riff",0 119634,"failed jokes",0 73918,"an old-fashioned nature film that educates viewers with words and pictures while entertaining them",1 27688,"a movie star",1 106848,"It 's dark but has wonderfully funny moments : you care about the characters",1 221809,"... instead go rent `` Shakes The Clown '' , a much funnier film with a similar theme and an equally great Robin Williams performance .",0 220381,"your disgust",0 177738,"watching a movie that was made in 1978 but not released then because it was so weak , and it has been unearthed and released now , when it has become even weaker",0 95000,"the Audience Award",1 55250,"of a certain ambition",1 105469,"Directors John Musker and Ron Clements , the team behind The Little Mermaid , have produced sparkling retina candy ,",1 200266,"grows monotonous after a while , as do Joan and Philip 's repetitive arguments , schemes and treachery",0 61024,"'s fairly solid -- not to mention well edited so that it certainly does n't feel like a film that strays past the two and a half mark",1 210200,"really get weird , though not particularly scary",0 36246,"put themselves out there because they love what they do",1 107012,"It is different from others in its genre in that it is does not rely on dumb gags , anatomical humor , or character cliches : it primarily relies on character to tell its story .",1 192623,"an open wound",0 25768,"It 's witty and inventive , too",1 31337,"excessive",0 141154,"'s a sense that the crux of the mystery hinges on a technicality that strains credulity and leaves the viewer haunted by the waste of potential",0 38630,"the simplicity",1 120256,"flimsy",0 25662,"If you can stomach the rough content",0 99712,"we 've come to expect , including the assumption that '' crazy '' people are innocent , childlike and inherently funny",1 156804,"convey the same kind of haughtiness in its own sketchy material",0 173482,"the art of ripping people off without ever letting them consciously know you have done so",0 70281,"This movie has the usual impossible stunts ...",1 163830,"it is dull",0 73888,"an intriguing bit of storytelling",1 190744,"a heavy stench",0 118332,"disgrace it ,",0 41783,"despite the long running time , the pace never feels slack -- there 's no scene that screams '' bathroom break !",1 146707,"It is n't funny , either",0 232030,"in the `` soon-to-be-forgettable '' section of the quirky rip-off prison",0 49269,"as enlightening , insightful and entertaining as Grant 's two best films",1 57164,"some doldrums",0 10780,"stripped almost entirely",0 112342,"a more annoying , though",0 63490,"A thoroughly engaging , surprisingly touching British comedy .",1 224003,"In Full is so stale , in fact , that its most vibrant scene is one that uses clips from Brian De Palma 's Scarface .",0 20899,"in love with its own cleverness",1 170009,"repugnance",0 8997,"nasty , ugly , pointless and depressing , even if you hate clowns",0 210414,"repeated at least four times",0 21355,"most striking about this largely celebratory film",1 128954,"of that peculiar tension of being too dense & about nothing at all",0 138496,"ugly-duckling",0 120134,"finely crafted",1 34018,"leaves viewers with the task of divining meaning .",1 206365,"more damning",1 105072,"Children and adults enamored of all things Pokemon",1 176232,"to laugh because he acts so goofy all the time",1 61270,"'s something vital about the movie .",1 210092,"rather dull , unimaginative car chase",0 220482,"'' feels capable of charming the masses with star power , a pop-induced score and sentimental moments that have become a Spielberg trademark .",1 22169,"that damn good .",1 218356,"uselessly redundant and shamelessly money-grubbing than most third-rate horror sequels .",0 13124,"with a variety of quirky characters and an engaging story",1 200555,"has humor and heart and very talented young actors",1 159835,"funniest thing",1 15824,"for those with whom it will connect",1 75198,"be a bit too enigmatic and overly ambitious to be fully successful",0 136051,"the predictability of bland comfort food",0 231056,"frustratingly refuses to give Pinochet 's crimes a political context",0 223419,"Frailty '' has been written so well , that even a simple `` Goddammit ! ''",1 52040,"general and theatrical phenomenon",1 160076,"giggle a minute . Over age 15 ?",1 155686,"by Joe Jarvis and Greg Coolidge . These are names to remember",1 239013,"would have been better than the fiction it has concocted",0 36208,"provides an honest look at a community striving to anchor itself in new grounds .",1 188927,"They presume their audience wo n't sit still for a sociology lesson , however entertainingly presented , so they trot out the conventional science-fiction elements of bug-eyed monsters and futuristic women in skimpy clothes",0 130522,"praiseworthy attempt to generate suspense rather than gross out the audience",1 152117,"a movie has about as much substance as its end credits blooper reel",0 38274,"the generally sad existence",0 54301,"little-remembered",0 195742,"classical actress",1 236419,"that delivers and then some",1 28526,"and bizarrely original",1 4075,"a remarkable",1 2745,"the story is virtually impossible to follow here",0 40174,"with a smooth sleight of hand",1 147768,"Not a movie but a live-action agitprop cartoon so shameless and coarse , it 's almost funny .",0 99824,"well-written and occasionally challenging social drama",1 132434,"shows why , of all the period 's volatile romantic lives , Sand and Musset are worth particular attention .",1 104878,"Broomfield has a rather unique approach to documentary .",1 31983,"fuzzy",1 8817,"miss heist -- only to have it all go wrong",0 63439,"A subtle , humorous , illuminating study of politics , power and social mobility .",1 166155,"more collection of penis , breast and flatulence gags in search of a story . Or a profit . Or",0 189135,"Though it pretends to expose the life of male hustlers , it 's exploitive without being insightful .",0 194095,"be both an asset and a detriment . Those who trek to the ` plex predisposed to like it probably will enjoy themselves . But ticket-buyers with great expectations will wind up as glum as Mr . De Niro",0 203279,"is one baaaaaaaaad movie .",0 150442,"Too leisurely paced",0 39063,"throughout Michele 's religious and romantic quests",1 116734,"carries you along",1 110588,"Those who are not acquainted with the author 's work , on the other hand , may fall fast asleep",0 45326,"From Heaven actually pulls off this stylistic juggling act .",1 209717,"prettiest pictures",1 71082,"Writer\/director Walter Hill is in his hypermasculine element here , once again able to inject some real vitality and even art into a pulpy concept that , in many other hands would be completely forgettable .",1 87725,"naturally funny film",1 237325,"the whole central section is one big chase that seems to have no goal and no urgency",0 129027,"of the film 's problems",0 185875,"Loud , chaotic and largely unfunny",0 24138,"... and a nonstop parade of mock-Tarantino scuzbag types that starts out clever but veers into overkill",0 126985,"meditative and lyrical",1 73157,"action-packed trash",0 60242,"will leave the theater believing they have seen a comedy",1 103870,"A sham",0 141986,", I can make you a real deal on leftover Enron stock that will double in value a week from Friday .",0 30995,"easygoing blend",1 225999,"Such master screenwriting comes courtesy of John Pogue , the Yale grad who previously gave us `` The Skulls '' and last year 's `` Rollerball",1 46179,"Miller 's film is one of 2002 's involvingly adult surprises .",1 80977,"gets close to the chimps the same way Goodall did , with a serious minded patience , respect and affection",1 17885,"troubled",0 141650,"'s the kind of movie you ca n't quite recommend because it is all windup and not much of a pitch",0 99946,"when various characters express their quirky inner selves",1 237378,"their story is predictable",0 33545,"is warm with the cozy feeling of relaxing around old friends",1 33049,"informative , revealing and richly entertaining",1 41780,"deserves any prizes",1 80290,"for its logical loopholes , which fly by so fast there 's no time to think about them anyway",0 194255,"because both are just actory concoctions , defined by childlike dimness and a handful of quirks",0 89049,"of the most affecting depictions of a love affair",1 173868,"the feel of poetic tragedy",0 50679,"decided lack of spontaneity in its execution and a dearth of real poignancy in its epiphanies",0 50107,"certainly does n't disappoint",1 46662,"S1M0NE 's satire is not subtle",0 152237,"a plucky heroine",1 146007,"I can believe this load of junk .",0 11700,"the nincompoop benigni persona",0 198587,"fascinated by Behan but leave everyone else yawning with admiration .",1 196952,"digitally altered footage",0 191569,"a trifle flat",0 60369,"with performances that are all understated and touching",1 97442,"this is one adapted - from-television movie that actually looks as if it belongs on the big screen .",1 191581,"a vampire",1 59026,"this quietly lyrical tale probes the ambiguous welcome extended by Iran to the Afghani refugees who streamed across its borders , desperate for work and food .",1 61233,"'s refreshing to see a movie that embraces its old-fashioned themes and in the process comes out looking like something wholly original .",1 15297,"brings out the latent 15-year-old romantic in everyone .",1 61867,", discontent , and yearning",0 24312,"A comprehensive and provocative film -- one that pushes the boundaries of biography , and challenges its audience .",1 128862,"of purpose and taste",1 18621,"Alias Betty is predictable",0 168229,"one of the year 's murkiest , intentionally obscure and self-indulgent pictures",0 104471,"As action-adventure , this space-based homage to Robert Louis Stevenson 's Treasure Island fires on all plasma conduits .",1 34781,"n't be to Clooney fans or adventure buffs , but to moviegoers who enjoy thinking about compelling questions with no easy answers",1 97437,"this is compensated in large part by the off-the-wall dialogue , visual playfulness and the outlandishness of the idea itself",1 10824,"such clarity",1 158868,"far too self-conscious",0 31472,"fanciful",1 82044,"heartfelt and",1 62452,", you may never again be able to look at a red felt Sharpie pen without disgust , a thrill , or the giggles .",1 137553,"to end on a positive ( if tragic ) note",1 112672,"a serious debt to The Road Warrior",1 2551,"the cannibal",0 5252,"bother to make her heroine 's book sound convincing , the gender-war ideas original , or the comic scenes fly",0 118205,"did n't connect with me would require another viewing",0 168321,"only to Winger fans who have missed her since 1995 's Forget Paris .",0 34625,"most cynical curmudgeon",0 52360,"hard-to-predict and absolutely essential chemistry",1 151139,"You really have to wonder how on earth anyone , anywhere could have thought they 'd make audiences guffaw with a script as utterly diabolical as this .",0 166784,"no excuse for following up a delightful , well-crafted family film with a computer-generated cold fish",0 100025,"while something of Bubba Ho-Tep 's clearly evident quality may end up languishing on a shelf somewhere",0 172243,"such hilarity",1 80373,"for the rhapsodic dialogue that jumps off the page , and for the memorable character creations",1 72660,"a thoughtful what-if for the heart as well as the mind .",1 14745,"a great way",1 35227,"of engulfing you in its world and allying you with its characters ' choices , good and ill , that its shortcomings are remembered only as an afterthought",1 57645,"tells this very compelling tale with little fuss or noise",1 119745,"fanciful drama",1 22230,"the actors helps '' Moonlight Mile ''",1 37618,"tap into the heartbeat of the world , a salute to the universal language of rhythm and a zippy sampling of sounds",1 76369,"can see without feeling embarrassed",1 73792,"an extraordinary film",1 23617,", extraordinarily well-acted",1 45987,"Land Beyond Time is an enjoyable Big Movie primarily because Australia is a weirdly beautiful place",1 137462,"to believe in your dreams",1 238461,"was witty",1 9008,"national lampoon since class reunion",1 8221,"juice and delight",1 50,"'s notably better acted -- and far less crass -",1 34811,"n't rock any boats",0 184102,"Gaping plot holes sink this ` sub ' - standard thriller and drag audience enthusiasm to crush depth .",0 229203,"be more than another `` Best Man '' clone by weaving a theme throughout this funny film",1 56610,"rich with period minutiae",1 84067,"is blazingly alive and admirable on many levels .",1 19888,"and successfully plays the foil to Willis 's world-weary colonel",1 44207,"A positively thrilling combination of ethnography and all the intrigue , betrayal , deceit and murder of a Shakespearean tragedy or a juicy soap opera",1 166399,"movie that hovers somewhere between an acute character study and a trite power struggle",0 124776,"is worth your time , especially",1 131111,"really only exists to try to eke out an emotional tug of the heart , one which it fails to get",0 110789,"Twenty years after its first release , E . T . remains the most wondrous of all Hollywood fantasies -- and the apex of Steven Spielberg 's misunderstood career .",1 75465,"been fumbled by a lesser filmmaker",0 22206,"that vex nearly everyone",0 203292,"is one of the year 's worst cinematic tragedies .",0 60490,"would make it the darling of many a kids-and-family-oriented cable channel",1 41825,"drawn excellent performances",1 8287,"keening and self-mutilating sideshow geeks",0 119047,"end it all by stuffing himself into an electric pencil sharpener",0 109248,"Such master screenwriting",1 57708,"that 's compelling and heartfelt -- even if the heart belongs to a big",1 96953,"the upper echelons of the directing world",1 43764,", told well by a master storyteller",1 15982,"have reached the absolute top of the game",1 73664,"an affection for the period",1 153798,"are almost good enough to camouflage the dopey plot",0 236440,"that forces the viewer to totally suspend disbelief",0 28261,"always relates to characters and story",1 117634,"crack you up",1 40930,"Greene delivers a typically solid performance in a role that is a bit of a departure from the noble characters he has played in the past , and he is matched by Schweig , who carries the film on his broad , handsome shoulders",1 226286,"The filmmakers are playing to the Big Boys in New York and L.A. To that end , they mock the kind of folks they do n't understand , ones they figure the power-lunchers do n't care to understand , either .",0 220192,"yelling in your face for two hours",0 162064,"in this sort of stop-go slow motion that makes the gang rumbles look like they 're being streamed",0 55308,"of charm",1 225077,"My only wish is that Celebi could take me back to a time before I saw this movie and I could just skip it",0 190264,"a cast of competent performers from movies , television and the theater are cast adrift in various New York City locations with no unifying rhythm or visual style .",0 117326,"compelling , gut-clutching piece",1 145312,"Feels less like a cousin to Blade Runner than like a bottom-feeder sequel in the Escape From New York series .",0 91071,"raise audience 's spirits and leave them singing long after the credits roll",1 24980,"Cho 's fearless in picking apart human foibles , not afraid to lay her life bare in front of an audience . Her delivery and timing are flawless .",1 206183,"mind-numbing",0 163108,"is n't so much bad as it is bland .",0 62358,", this somber picture reveals itself slowly , intelligently , artfully .",1 132900,"some of this worn-out , pandering palaver is actually funny",1 75923,"breathtaking landscapes",1 84339,"is just as much about the ownership and redefinition of myth as it is about a domestic unit finding their way to joy",1 61919,", generous and subversive artworks",1 220758,"'s amusing enough while you watch it , offering fine acting moments and pungent insights into modern L.A. 's show-biz and media",1 103801,"A powerful , chilling , and affecting study of one man",1 205635,"major movie",1 178924,"would send this ill-conceived folly to sleep with the fishes",0 119881,"feel-good sentiments",1 35490,"of the park for the ` they do n't make 'em like that anymore ' department",1 128782,"of loyalty , courage and dedication",1 114135,"an original idea",1 44857,"Carmichael",1 238877,"with awe",1 10706,"standard crime drama",0 177563,"waits until after halftime to get started .",0 78376,"do-over",0 226063,"Thanks largely",1 73818,"an imaginatively mixed cast",1 212210,"something on crummy-looking videotape",0 27112,"Unlike the speedy wham-bam effect of most Hollywood offerings , character development -- and more importantly , character empathy -- is at the heart of Italian for Beginners .",1 27054,"Tim Story 's not there yet",0 55849,"other than its Oscar-sweeping franchise predecessor",1 38536,"the pieces of the Star Wars saga falling into place in a way that makes your spine tingle with revelation and excitement",1 8802,"mirthless todd solondzian satire and callow student film",0 9391,"of those films that started with a great premise and then just fell apart",0 102144,"( The film ) tackles the topic of relationships in such a straightforward , emotionally honest manner that by the end , it 's impossible to ascertain whether the film is , at its core , deeply pessimistic or quietly hopeful .",1 7904,"it ai n't pretty",0 227321,"Zellweger 's whiny pouty-lipped poof faced and spindly attempt at playing an ingenue makes her nomination as best actress even more of a an a",0 105963,"Gay or straight , Kissing Jessica Stein is one of the greatest date movies in years .",1 119231,"epic treatment",1 68350,"Ratliff 's two previous titles , Plutonium Circus and Purgatory County show his penchant for wry , contentious configurations , and this film is part of that delicate canon .",1 150128,"There seems to be no clear path as to where the story 's going , or how long it 's going to take to get there .",0 103089,"-- but not very Imaxy",0 118364,"disorientated .",0 120959,"gay-niche condescension",0 52968,"in prehistoric hilarity",1 163582,"is willfully overwrought",0 226240,"The entire film is one big excuse to play one lewd scene after another .",0 84666,"is such a sweet and sexy film",1 28653,"and how it can resonate far beyond museum walls and through to the most painfully marginal lives",1 111849,"a fairly revealing study",1 99782,"welcomes",1 83745,"is a canny crowd pleaser , and The Last Kiss ... provides more than enough sentimental catharsis for a satisfying evening at the multiplex .",1 207603,"of an artist who is simply tired -- of fighting the same fights , of putting the weight of the world on his shoulders , of playing with narrative form",0 94970,"that you 'll feel too happy to argue much",1 81653,"has all the enjoyable randomness of a very lively dream and so manages to be compelling , amusing and unsettling at the same time",1 150160,"This action-thriller\/dark comedy is one of the most repellent things to pop up in a cinematic year already littered with celluloid garbage .",0 61681,", Scratch is great fun , full of the kind of energy it 's documenting .",1 71684,"a fluid and mesmerizing sequence of images",1 172208,"substandard , run-of-the-mill Hollywood picture",0 132267,"she loves them to pieces",1 199895,"gets the impression the creators of Do n't Ask Do n't Tell laughed a hell of a lot at their own jokes .",0 191657,"a young woman 's breakdown",0 73831,"an impressive achievement",1 31945,"full-on",1 217470,"to the soggy performances",0 100337,"winning performances and some effecting moments",1 150256,"This is the sort of burly action flick where one coincidence pummels another , narrative necessity is a drunken roundhouse , and whatever passes for logic is a factor of the last plot device left standing .",0 174685,"the same old",0 63471,"A sweet , tender sermon about a 12-year-old Welsh boy more curious about God than girls , who learns that believing in something does matter .",1 224770,"Men in Black II achieves ultimate insignificance",0 187322,"Sinks so low in a poorly played game of absurd plot twists , idiotic court maneuvers and stupid characters that even Freeman ca n't save it .",0 39971,"what the election symbolizes",1 219268,"which nurses plot holes gaping enough to pilot an entire Olympic swim team through",0 224318,"It haunts you , you ca n't forget it",1 160077,"gimmicky instead of compelling",0 67596,"Moonlight Mile does n't quite go the distance but the cast is impressive and they all give life to these broken characters who are trying to make their way through this tragedy",1 7151,"his beautiful , self-satisfied 22-year-old",1 2810,"there 's back-stabbing , inter-racial desire and , most importantly , singing and dancing .",1 40212,"with his affection for Astoria and its people he has given his tale a warm glow .",1 34023,"legend stuff",1 179815,"'s just weirdness for the sake of weirdness",0 23587,", drugs and show-tunes plot",1 107548,"Lovingly photographed in the manner of a Golden Book sprung to life",1 197766,"emerged as hilarious lunacy",1 47191,"The only pain you 'll feel as the credits roll is your stomach grumbling for some tasty grub",0 160525,"hapless victims of the arrogant '' if we put together a wry white man and a chatty black man and give them guns , the movie will be funny '' syndrome",0 7571,"instead of letting the laughs come as they may , lawrence unleashes his trademark misogyny -- er , comedy -- like a human volcano or an overflowing septic tank , take your pick",0 235337,"replaced with Morph , a cute alien creature who mimics everyone and everything around",1 199866,"gets a lot of flavor and spice into his Charade remake",1 124486,"is shrewd enough to activate girlish tear ducts does n't mean it 's good enough for our girls .",0 239104,"you 're burnt out on It 's a Wonderful Life marathons and bored with A Christmas Carol",0 164256,"jumble of borrowed plot",0 60434,"witty script",1 149762,"The premise is in extremely bad taste , and the film 's supposed insights are so poorly thought-out and substance-free that even a high school senior taking his or her first psychology class could dismiss them",0 29502,"been part of For the most part Wilde 's droll whimsy helps '' Being Earnest '' overcome its weaknesses and Parker 's creative interference",1 157954,"dreadful Sabrina remake",0 33546,"is warm with the cozy feeling of relaxing around old friends .",1 222796,"But one thing 's for sure : It never comes close to being either funny or scary .",0 163134,"is no insight into the anguish of Heidi 's life --",0 147797,"Not really bad so much as distasteful",0 54603,"manages to string together enough charming moments to work",1 202322,"intense scrutiny for 104 minutes",0 68493,"Roman Polanski 's autobiographical gesture at redemption is better than ` Shindler 's List '",1 40392,"ya ya , what with all of those terrific songs and spirited performances",1 176101,"to endure three terminally depressed , mostly inarticulate , hyper dysfunctional families for the price of one",0 189868,"Writer-director Randall Wallace has bitten off more than he or anyone else could chew , and",0 212563,"stifled",0 132026,"seems to have been made under the influence of Rohypnol",0 48073,"a good job of laying out some of the major issues that we encounter as we journey through life",1 152729,"about a guy who is utterly unlikeable",0 103396,"A 94-minute travesty of unparalleled proportions , writer-director Parker seems to go out of his way to turn the legendary wit 's classic mistaken identity farce into brutally labored and unfunny hokum .",0 70808,"What bubbles up out of John C . Walsh 's Pipe Dream is the distinct and very welcome sense of watching intelligent people making a movie",1 196249,"correctly , Wilde 's play is a masterpiece of elegant wit and artifice",1 27168,"We root for ( Clara and Paul ) , even like them , though perhaps it 's an emotion closer to pity .",1 218288,"up as the kind of film that should be the target of something deeper and more engaging . Oh , and more entertaining , too",0 139667,"which will cause loads of irreparable damage that years and years of costly analysis could never fix",0 2717,"the sickly sweet gender normative narrative",0 222273,"Amazingly lame .",0 184199,"Good performances keep it from being a total rehash .",1 144249,"Brainless , but enjoyably over-the-top , the retro gang melodrama , Deuces Wild represents fifties teen-gang machismo in a way that borders on rough-trade homo-eroticism .",0 128508,"of all Hollywood fantasies",1 41863,"entertaining with its unconventionally wacky but",1 173023,"that has worked this hard to achieve this little fun",0 24927,"Byler reveals his characters in a way that intrigues and even fascinates us , and he never reduces the situation to simple melodrama .",1 72240,"a reasonably attractive holiday contraption",1 67018,"Kids will love its fantasy and adventure",1 144030,"Ballistic : Ecks vs . Sever is a dumb action movie .",0 55722,"on a bumpy but satisfying journey of the heart",1 232089,"indicative of how uncompelling the movie is unless it happens to cover your particular area of interest",0 14916,"against which all other Best Picture contenders should be measured",1 157756,"does n't exactly favour the audience",0 234614,"off with a bang ,",1 53831,"it is clearly a good thing .",1 221631,", this Cinderella story does n't have a single surprise up its sleeve .",0 154915,"becomes a TV episode rather than a documentary",0 43482,", Punch-Drunk Love is never heavy-handed .",1 110804,"Typical animé , with cheapo animation ( like Saturday morning TV in the '60s ) , a complex sword-and-sorcery plot and characters who all have big round eyes and Japanese names .",0 191944,"actresses ( and one Academy Award winning actor ) succumb to appearing in this junk that 's TV sitcom material at best",0 6536,"flawed",0 6792,"give it considerable punch",1 24051,"-- but his subjects are charmers .",1 29827,"but it 's not that , it 's the tension that keeps you in your seat .",1 167613,"of nascent industrialized world politics as a new art form , but far too clunky , didactic and saddled with scenes that seem simply an ill fit for this movie",0 38730,"the true meaning",1 233883,"mind-numbingly , indescribably bad",0 130482,"postcard that is a self-glorified Martin Lawrence lovefest .",1 115758,"beer-fueled",1 138393,"truly magical movie",1 164117,"its potentially interesting subject matter via a banal script",0 9855,"promise",1 16770,"of some of the worst film comedies in decades",0 217610,"too loud , too goofy and too short",0 35791,"original treatment",1 84494,"is notable for its sheer audacity and openness",1 211033,"seem like mere splashing around in the muck",0 39853,"warmly extend your arms and yell ` Safe",1 162616,"is a good name for a movie this delibrately obtuse and unapproachable . A waste of good performances",0 237077,"the movie 's narrative hook is way too muddled to be an effectively chilling guilty pleasure .",0 118777,"dumb , fun , curiously adolescent movie",1 22642,"unexpected downer of an ending",0 153564,"and elaborate production",1 145196,"Every good actor",1 35666,"on the perfect ending",1 11691,"the needlessly poor quality",0 112685,"a sheer unbridled delight",1 72249,"a refreshingly smart and newfangled variation on several themes derived from far less sophisticated and knowing horror films",1 152014,"a lumbering load of hokum but",0 115879,"best Star Trek movie",1 174452,"the only thing Avary seems to care about",0 129210,"of vampire fun",1 146000,"I ca n't quite recommend it -- it 's too patched together",0 211075,"seems as safe as a children 's film . Well , in some of those",1 164083,"its most vibrant scene",1 89320,"old and",0 124279,"is n't horrible",1 21295,"many infuriating flaws",0 212802,"substituting",1 145354,"First , for a movie that tries to be smart , it 's kinda dumb . And second , what 's with all the shooting ?",0 196308,"could keep a family of five blind , crippled , Amish people alive in this situation better than these British soldiers do at keeping themselves kicking",0 53565,"is one of the rare directors who feels acting is the heart and soul of cinema . He allows his cast members to make creative contributions to the story and dialogue . This method almost never fails him , and it works superbly here",1 16767,"of pure wonderment and excitement",1 73868,"an interesting and at times captivating",1 40525,"youthful high spirits",1 34332,"makes you examine your own life in much the same way its characters do",1 40553,"'s a little bumpy",0 145201,"Every nanosecond of the The New Guy reminds you that you could be doing something else far more pleasurable . Something like scrubbing the toilet . Or emptying rat traps . Or",0 136190,"the same tired old gags",0 84778,"is too heavy for all that has preceded it",0 108827,"Seagal appeared in an orange prison jumpsuit",0 157559,"disgracefully",0 151071,"Writhing",0 189062,"This overlong infomercial ,",0 228658,"and snappy dialogue",1 106980,"It 's worth taking the kids to .",1 78832,"elevated by Michael Caine 's performance as a weary journalist in a changing world",1 189881,"Written , flatly",0 71377,"a charge of genuine excitement",1 146767,"It will come as no surprise that the movie is n't scary . But here 's the real damn : It is n't funny , either .",0 206763,"my greatest pictures , Drunken Master",1 116533,"called the best Korean film of 2002",1 191666,"abject",0 46750,"Smith is careful not to make fun of these curious owners of architectural oddities . Instead , he shows them the respect they are due .",1 114026,"an excellent cast",1 153340,"an astonishing lack of passion or uniqueness",0 178910,"would make such a strainingly cute film -- with a blind orphan at its center , no less -- indicates where his ambitions have wandered",1 105174,"Completely awful Iranian drama ...",0 238644,"when you 're talking about a slapstick comedy , that 's a pretty big problem .",0 30773,"died",0 105394,"Despite terrific special effects and funnier gags",1 80073,"flat-out amusing , sometimes endearing and often fabulous , with a solid cast , noteworthy characters ,",1 179007,"wrote Patch Adams , for which he should not be forgiven . Why he was given free reign over this project -- he wrote , directed , starred and produced -- is beyond me .",0 176362,"to root for : expulsion for everyone",0 232931,"it 's an observant , unfussily poetic meditation about identity and alienation .",1 79530,"extremely talented",1 192942,"anyone in his right mind would even think to make the attraction a movie .",0 201264,"hit their marks",1 177044,"ugly and mindless",0 17063,"recommending",1 147286,"Macaroni and Cheese",0 208987,"own meager weight",0 214790,"the histrionics reach a truly annoying pitch",0 33356,"is cultural history of the best kind : informative , revealing and richly entertaining .",1 165739,"may be the dumbest , sketchiest movie on record about an aspiring writer 's coming-of-age .",0 93652,"structure and",1 48672,"actually pulls off this stylistic juggling act .",1 89272,"offers rare insight",1 14819,"a resolutely realistic path in this uncompromising insight into the harsh existence of the Kurdish refugees of Iran 's borderlands",1 183850,"Family togetherness takes a back seat to inter-family rivalry and workplace ambition & # 133 : whole subplots have no explanation or even plot relevance",0 3662,"a cockamamie tone poem pitched precipitously between swoony lyricism and violent catastrophe",0 92994,"so unabashedly Canadian , not afraid to risk American scorn",1 80927,"genuinely witty",1 32668,"how it can resonate far beyond museum walls and through to the most painfully marginal lives",1 80524,"frantic",0 147309,"Makes a joke out of car chases for an hour and then gives us half an hour of car chases .",0 183208,"Costner 's warm-milk persona is just as ill-fitting as Shadyac 's perfunctory directing chops",0 74955,"at once both refreshingly different and",1 123187,"in the simple telling , proves simultaneously harrowing and uplifting",1 124781,"isolated",0 45702,"It 's a clear-eyed portrait of an intensely lived time , filled with nervous energy , moral ambiguity and great uncertainties .",1 157782,"does n't overcome the tumult of maudlin tragedy",0 180935,", standoffish to everyone else , and smugly suggests a superior moral tone is more important than filmmaking skill",0 63550,"A well-crafted film",1 91438,"remains unfulfilled",0 65188,"Driven by a fantastic dual performance from Ian Holm ... the film is funny , insightfully human and a delightful lark for history buffs .",1 49720,"big , brassy",0 56286,"pummel us",0 141991,", I do n't see the point . It 's a visual Rorschach test",0 93993,"suspenseful spin",1 126977,"mediocre cresting",0 153164,"all-wise-guys-all-the-time approach",0 103927,"A sub-formulaic slap",0 127277,"more cerebral , and likable",1 199829,"get in the way of saying something meaningful about facing death",0 28597,"and expertly",1 9887,"provocative . it 's also built on a faulty premise , one it follows into melodrama and silliness",0 39670,"unrepentant domestic psychopathy",0 93939,"surprisingly refreshing",1 48934,"an exceptionally well-written , well-edited , well-directed , well-acted , bald rip-off",1 30470,"creamy filling",1 78387,"documentary to make the stones weep -- as shameful as it",0 125364,"its sleazy moralizing",0 169944,"remains a reactive cipher , when opening the man 's head and heart is the only imaginable reason for the film to be made",0 220389,"your favorite pet get buried alive",0 72938,"about fetishism . It is a movie about passion",1 196445,"crisp framing",1 77057,"companionship",1 237566,"this opera is n't a favorite , so it 's a long time before the fat lady sings",0 53838,"it is impossible to look away . Ah yes",1 127347,"more problematic aspects",0 193831,"attempt to build up a pressure cooker of horrified awe",0 148455,"Scorsese does n't give us a character worth giving a damn about .",0 194862,"both an asset and a detriment . Those who trek to the ` plex predisposed to like it probably will enjoy themselves . But ticket-buyers with great expectations will wind up as glum as Mr . De Niro",0 229144,"be as bored watching Morvern Callar",0 25268,"Evokes a little of the fear that parents have for the possible futures of their children -- and the sometimes bad choices mothers and fathers make in the interests of doing them good .",1 166099,"momentary joys",1 18348,", an Italian superstar and aspiring directress who just happens to be her own worst enemy",0 228867,"are worth the price of admission ... if `` gory mayhem '' is your idea of a good time",1 106068,"Greg Kinnear gives a mesmerizing performance as a full-fledged sex addict who is in complete denial about his obsessive behavior .",1 185037,"It 's a thin notion",0 129895,"overweight and out",0 130942,"quite good",1 109620,"The bland outweighs the nifty",1 65243,"Easily one of the best and most exciting movies of the year",1 208529,"on top",1 19333,"The stunning , dreamlike visuals",1 26934,"Their computer-animated faces",0 19260,"Star",1 159275,"flushed down the latrine of heroism",0 140162,"with impeccable comic timing , raffish charm and piercing intellect",1 14919,"albeit depressing",0 78365,"do n't think most of the people who loved the 1989 Paradiso will prefer this new version",0 146351,"Involves two mysteries --",1 32487,"here , which is probably for the best . And if you 're not nearly moved to tears by a couple of scenes",1 28329,"an earnest",1 146569,"It 's not that Waiting For Happiness is a bad film , because it is n't . It 's just incredibly dull .",0 28072,"accomplishes its goals with ease and confidence .",1 181298,"... another example of how Sandler is losing his touch .",0 3053,"virtuosity",1 44650,"Baran is a gentle film with dramatic punch , a haunting ode to humanity .",1 224666,"Lucy 's a dull girl , that 's all .",0 77231,"considerable achievement",1 167337,"of action movie excess while remaining heartless",0 110412,"Thirteen Conversations About One Thing lays out a narrative puzzle that interweaves individual stories , and , like a Mobius strip , elliptically loops back to where it began .",1 99845,"what 's even more remarkable is the integrity of DeVito 's misanthropic vision",1 37262,"spun afresh .",1 161569,"if ever a movie needed one of the actor 's whiny jags to pump it up",0 55330,"of dark humor , gorgeous exterior photography , and a stable-full of solid performances",1 100783,"wonderful subject",1 22532,"to more than satisfy your appetite",1 11801,"the reality of its characters to go over the edge . a touch of humor or",1 122223,"high-spirited buddy movie",1 44824,"By the standards of knucklehead swill , The Hot Chick is pretty damned funny .",1 212334,"spiffy bluescreen technique and stylish weaponry",1 228229,"a truly frightening situation",0 157377,"devolves",0 155586,"buried somewhere inside its fabric , but never clearly seen or",0 66486,"It 's a masterpeice",1 215395,"the possible exception of Elizabeth Hurley 's breasts",1 71163,"Young Everlyn Sampi , as the courageous Molly Craig",1 197436,"dopey dialogue and sometimes inadequate performances kill the effect",0 201056,"here leaves a lot to be desired",0 13621,", playful film that constantly frustrates our desire to know the ` truth ' about this man , while deconstructing the very format of the biography in a manner that Derrida would doubtless give his blessing to .",1 70564,"Unfolds in a low-key , organic way that encourages you to accept it as life and go with its flow .",1 60238,"will have a great time",1 209910,"pure Hollywood",0 58286,"the fascination embedded in the lurid topic",1 181642,"A dull , somnambulant exercise in pretension whose pervasive quiet",0 182381,"An awkwardly contrived exercise",0 99765,"weird and wonderful",1 82646,"if we 're seeing something purer than the real thing",1 31188,"epochs",1 5812,"crush could be the worst film a man has made about women since valley of the dolls",0 93486,"steal a movie not only from charismatic rising star Jake Gyllenhaal but also from accomplished Oscar winners Susan Sarandon , Dustin Hoffman and Holly Hunter , yet newcomer Ellen Pompeo pulls off the feat with aplomb",1 167113,"obvious or simplistic",0 183779,"Every visual joke is milked ,",0 137,"a curious",1 201875,"in formal settings with motionless characters",0 157290,"depressing ,",0 66776,"It shows us a slice of life that 's very different from our own and yet instantly recognizable .",1 185157,"It 's not a bad plot :",1 58246,"the earnestness of its execution and skill of its cast take you down a familiar road with a few twists .",1 87195,"moments and an intelligent subtlety",1 31444,"faithful to both architectural glories and commanding open spaces of the city",1 97891,"to be a New Yorker",1 178913,"would n't add up to the time required to boil a four - minute egg .",0 217223,"to never shoot straight",1 196366,"crafting something promising from a mediocre screenplay is not one of them",0 192391,"amounts to little more than preliminary notes for a science-fiction horror film",0 177251,"unremarkable soft center",1 112052,"a grand picture of an era",1 76783,"claustrophic , suffocating and chilly",0 69260,"The Bourne Identity should n't be half as entertaining as it is ,",1 238146,"tumbleweeds blowing through the empty theatres",0 185352,"It stars schticky Chris Rock and stolid Anthony Hopkins , who seem barely in the same movie .",0 90957,"puts a suspenseful spin on standard horror flick formula .",1 200504,"has an ` A ' list cast and some strong supporting players",1 167604,"of modern love life",1 47828,"a big tub",1 110668,"To paraphrase a line from another Dickens ' novel",1 133600,"suffers a severe case of oversimplification , superficiality and silliness .",0 84833,"is worth a look , if you do n't demand much more than a few cheap thrills from your Halloween entertainment",1 134627,"that will give you goosebumps as its uncanny tale of love , communal discord , and justice",1 120741,"from several funny moments",1 179722,"'s episode of Behind the Music",1 112666,"a sense-of-humour failure",0 235977,"splendid meal",1 78770,"effective horror",1 181935,"A quaint , romanticized rendering",1 225335,"Opera on film is never satisfactory .",0 111503,"a Southern Gothic with the emotional arc of its raw blues soundtrack",1 84620,"is so different from The Apple and so striking",1 23641,", genuine characters",1 42490,"provocative and",1 238588,"what could have",0 171675,"something with potential",1 232496,"is impressive .",1 135652,"the light-footed enchantment",1 131480,"retread , hobbled by half-baked setups and sluggish pacing .",0 218079,"uncommitted",0 226188,"The actors try hard but come off too amateurish and awkward .",0 227931,"a glorious spectacle like those D.W. Griffith made in the early days of silent film",1 110744,"Trailer park Magnolia : too long , too cutesy , too sure of its own importance , and possessed of that peculiar tension of being too dense & about nothing at all",0 58271,"the excellent performances",1 197924,"enough to keep men",1 166132,"more accessible",1 27106,"Undercover Brother is definitely one for the masses",1 212328,"spies",0 56453,"rediscover the quivering kid inside",1 123619,"intolerant",1 39882,"we 'll ever come to looking through a photographer 's viewfinder as he works",1 226624,"This New Zealand coming-of-age movie is n't really about anything .",0 229658,"can easily imagine Benigni 's Pinocchio becoming a Christmas perennial",1 61712,", Wendigo , Larry Fessenden 's spooky new thriller , is a refreshingly smart and newfangled variation on several themes derived from far less sophisticated and knowing horror films .",1 74879,"assured of the wrong things",1 151577,"a daytime television serial",0 59703,"unfree",0 191888,"across as lame and sophomoric",0 188241,"The following things are not at all entertaining",0 13714,"... a roller-coaster ride of a movie",1 13332,"you 'd think by now america would have had enough of plucky british eccentrics with hearts of gold . yet the act is still charming here .",1 25916,"LaBute pulls off a neater trick in Possession",1 16464,"likeable actors",1 29346,"aura",1 182232,"All mood and no movie .",0 60253,"will play equally well on both the standard and giant screens .",1 125046,"it makes one long for a geriatric Peter",0 3347,"'s no denying the physically spectacular qualities of the film ... or the emotional integrity of the performances",1 108153,"One of the best looking and stylish",1 161045,"heartstring untugged",0 5241,"both a successful adaptation and an enjoyable film in its own right",1 184968,"Interview With the Assassin is structured less as a documentary and more as a found relic , and as such the film has a difficult time shaking its Blair Witch Project real-time roots .",0 20170,"but entertaining enough at ` face value ' to recommend to anyone looking for something different .",1 32388,"have to be an especially tough grader to give a charitable B-minus to The Emperor 's Club",0 162679,"is a throwaway movie that wo n't stand the test of time",0 30370,"contains some thrilling moments",1 23501,", but it 's still pretty tasty .",1 199174,"for a longtime admirer of his work",1 138768,"unsettling images",0 160964,"he and his improbably forbearing wife",0 155161,"better than the whole ( bizarre , funny , tragic - like love in New York )",1 66003,"Hitchcockian theme",1 191499,"a terrible adaptation of a play that only ever walked the delicate tightrope between farcical and loathsome . In the wrong hands , i . e . Peploe 's , it 's simply unbearable",0 22745,"were n't as much about gender , sexual preference or political agitprop as they were simply a triumph of the indomitable human will to rebel , connect and create",1 39527,"two winning lead performances",1 184209,"Gorgeous to look at",1 3994,"a more fascinating look at the future",1 115225,"at times uncommonly moving",1 132079,"send it down the path of the mundane",0 233957,"most beautiful , evocative works",1 236282,"terror the heroes of horror movies try to avoid",0 122094,"heartening in the same way",1 197082,"disguised as a feature film",0 186376,"No cliche escapes the perfervid treatment of gang warfare called ces Wild .",0 158095,"earnest debut",1 196842,"despite Iwai 's vaunted empathy",0 152487,"a sour taste in one 's mouth , and little else",0 227099,"Whenever it threatens to get bogged down in earnest dramaturgy , a stirring visual sequence like a surge through swirling rapids or a leap from pinnacle to pinnacle rouses us .",1 161612,"if you feel like you 've seen this movie a thousand times before",0 231877,"if it only had a brain .",0 138398,"truth and realism",1 131262,"relentlessly depressing",0 43230,"'s compelling and heartfelt -- even if the heart belongs to a big",1 202606,"is a mere plot pawn for two directors with far less endearing disabilities",0 8592,"made a remarkable film that explores the monster 's psychology not in order to excuse him but rather to demonstrate that his pathology evolved from human impulses that grew hideously twisted",1 8104,"its peak",1 95854,"the guru who helped",1 101620,"'s an unusual , thoughtful bio-drama with a rich subject and some fantastic moments and scenes .",1 27208,"When your leading ladies are a couple of screen-eating dominatrixes like Goldie Hawn and Susan Sarandon at their raunchy best",1 182606,"As predictable as the outcome of a Globetrotters-Generals game , Juwanna Mann is even more ludicrous than you 'd expect from the guy-in-a-dress genre , and",0 222705,"Bullock and Grant still look ill at ease sharing the same scene .",0 24820,"Bernstein 's",1 186197,"Most of the information has already appeared in one forum or another and , no matter how Broomfield dresses it up , it tends to speculation , conspiracy theories or , at best , circumstantial evidence .",0 3074,"waste",0 111639,"a cinephile 's feast ,",1 40811,"Chalk it up to my adoration for both De Niro and Murphy , but",1 161079,"helped by the thin characterizations , nonexistent plot and pretentious visual style",0 163364,"is so stale , in fact ,",0 126847,"matches the page-turning frenzy that Clancy creates .",1 27029,"Though the film 's scenario is certainly not earthshaking , this depiction of fluctuating female sexuality has two winning lead performances and charm to spare .",1 222250,"Almost as offensive as `` Freddy",0 103626,"A good music documentary , probably one of the best since The Last Waltz",1 47179,"The movie is well done , but slow .",0 226331,"The most amazing super-sized dosage of goofball stunts any `` Jackass '' fan",1 95998,"the lack of linearity",0 179696,"'s definitely not made for kids or their parents , for that matter",0 118677,"dragged down",0 18487,", this slight comedy of manners has winning performances and a glossy , glib charm that 's hard to beat .",1 178204,"who , when she 's given the right lines , can charm the paint off the wall ...",1 223533,"Great character",1 217708,"touch on spousal abuse",0 203723,"it 's a crime movie made by someone who obviously knows nothing about crime",0 156493,"collective heart attack",0 198429,"faced with the possibility that her life is meaningless , vapid and devoid of substance , in a movie that is definitely meaningless , vapid and devoid of substance",0 221859,"10 or 15 minutes could be cut and no one would notice",0 146110,"I saw Knockaround Guys yesterday , and already the details have faded like photographs from the Spanish-American War",0 131808,"scary and sad",0 221031,"'ve come to expect more from this studio than some 79-minute after-school `` cartoon ''",0 229097,"b.s. one another",0 117511,"convey a sense of childhood imagination",1 145200,"Every nanosecond of the The New Guy reminds you that you could be doing something else far more pleasurable . Something like scrubbing the toilet . Or emptying rat traps .",0 4699,"an unimaginative",0 182669,"Austin Powers extravaganza",1 44258,"A solid , spooky entertainment",1 152347,"a redeeming moment",1 27947,"a way that makes your spine tingle with revelation and excitement",1 216173,"therefore I know better than to rush to the theatre for this one",0 33219,"is a film far superior to its predecessor . A movie that successfully crushes a best selling novel into a timeframe that mandates that you avoid the Godzilla sized soda",1 183072,"Chelsea Walls is a case of too many chefs fussing over too weak a recipe .",0 59959,"watchable movie",1 154760,"be just as fun ( and scary )",1 93354,"sports extravaganza",1 9023,"need to be invented to describe exactly how bad it is",0 116804,"certainly an entertaining ride , despite many talky , slow scenes . But something seems to be missing . A sense of real magic ,",1 95779,"the fun-loving libertine lost somewhere inside the conservative , handbag-clutching Sarandon",1 190724,"a half-baked stand-up routine",1 123629,"intriguing story",1 151200,"` Best Picture '",1 203895,"it fascinating",1 74356,"are laughs aplenty",1 32885,"in its purest form",1 59550,"true impact",1 151781,"a funny premise until the kids start pulling off stunts",0 172934,"that are written and directed by people who could n't pass an entrance exam",0 34291,"make The Sound of Music play like a nail-biting thriller",1 107117,"Its weighty themes are too grave for youngsters ,",0 203838,"it appears not to have been edited at all",0 66243,"If a big musical number like ` Praise the Lord , He 's the God of Second Chances ' does n't put you off",0 25430,"Good actress .",1 12711,"uplifting but not overly sentimental",1 41506,"acknowledges and celebrates",1 56869,"service of of others",1 228585,"an infectious exuberance that will engage anyone with a passing interest in the skate\/surf culture",1 118194,"dialogue that cuts to the chase of the modern girl 's dilemma",1 72669,"a timely , tongue-in-cheek profile of the corporate circus that is the recording industry in the current climate of mergers and downsizing",1 184758,"IS as bad as you think , and worse than you can imagine",0 67935,"OK for a movie",1 87388,"most breezy movie",1 211949,"so inane",0 151349,"a bad taste ,",0 29765,"brutal birth",0 204677,"lame and Severely",0 224421,"Its underlying mythology is a hodgepodge of inconsistencies that pose the question : Since when did dumb entertainment have to be this dumb ?",0 203863,"it could have been a hoot in a bad-movie way if the laborious pacing and endless exposition had been tightened",0 209968,"puzzle his most ardent fans",0 216651,"through crap like this",0 108572,"Reeks",0 171958,"steadfast , hoity-toity convictions",0 153827,"are equally lovely but also relentlessly brutal and brutally intelligent",1 55825,"operates nicely",1 45691,"Is It There ? is not easy",0 145854,"Hollywood dreck",0 208126,"of the pool with an utterly incompetent conclusion",0 142857,"123",1 35748,"openly questioning social mores while ensnaring the audience with its emotional pull",1 36236,"purest and , yes , most intimidating form",1 122599,"human drama",1 137180,"thousand cliches",0 51440,"expressing the way many of us live -- someplace between consuming self-absorption and insistently demanding otherness",0 195276,"ca n't remember the last time I saw a movie where I wanted so badly for the protagonist to fail .",0 158985,"felt sad for Lise",0 223786,"I do n't see the point",0 141243,"'s as lumpy as two-day old porridge ... the filmmakers ' paws , sad to say , were all over this '' un-bear-able '' project",0 142580,", this relentless , all-wise-guys-all-the-time approach tries way too hard and gets tiring in no time at all .",0 40635,"A candid and often fascinating documentary about a Pentecostal church",1 207668,"of continuity errors",0 69501,"The evocative imagery and gentle , lapping rhythms of this film are infectious -- it gets under our skin and draws us in long before the plot kicks into gear",1 85572,"just might turn on many people to opera , in general",1 70155,"These people",0 66013,"Hoffman keeps us riveted with every painful nuance , unexpected flashes of dark comedy and the character 's gripping humanity .",1 51599,"feels the dimming of a certain ambition , but in its place a sweetness , clarity and emotional openness that recalls the classics of early Italian neorealism .",1 68918,"Sparkling",1 58857,"the work of an artist , one whose view of America , history and the awkwardness of human life is generous and deep",1 63660,"After an uncertain start , Murder hits and generally sustains a higher plateau with Bullock 's memorable first interrogation of Gosling .",1 189441,"Wanders all over the map thematically and stylistically , and borrows heavily from Lynch , Jeunet , and von Trier while failing to find a spark of its own .",0 199317,"for the big-fisted direction of Jez Butterworth , who manages to blast even the smallest sensitivities from the romance with his clamorous approach",0 22914,"you could say that a few of the characters act in ways that real people would n't ,",0 232445,"is destined to be the 21st Century 's new `` Conan '' and that he 's going to make a splash even greater than Arnold Schwarzenegger , Jean-Claud Van Damme or Steven Segal .",1 132962,"something provocative , rich , and strange",1 67244,"Like a Tarantino movie with heart",1 216425,"this loser",0 15150,"as funny",1 90986,"questions cinema 's capability for recording truth .",0 189134,"Though it pretends to expose the life of male hustlers",0 212076,"some bad singer-turned actors",0 93778,"such a gloriously goofy way",1 237055,"the master of innuendo",1 147860,"Offensive",0 213729,"that it plays like the standard made-for-TV movie .",0 26143,"Más sarcástica",0 88539,"of education",1 70101,"There 's very little sense to what 's going on here , but",0 52234,"grand locations",1 175295,"thinking over and over again , '",1 98807,"twenty-first",1 223001,"Contrived as this may sound , Mr. Rose 's updating works surprisingly well .",1 132575,"skill and determination",1 166733,"next ? D . J . Qualls as Indiana Jones",0 126998,"melodramatic and predictable",0 193382,"as a serious drama about spousal abuse",1 145530,"Gangs of New York is an unapologetic mess , whose only saving grace is that it ends by blowing just about everything up .",0 132750,"so many distracting special effects and visual party tricks",0 47205,"The picture uses humor and a heartfelt conviction to tell a story about discovering your destination in life",1 214555,"the feel of a fanciful motion picture",1 5422,"can still make you feel that you never want to see another car chase , explosion or gunfight again",0 225862,"Some , like Ballistic , arrive stillborn ... looking like the beaten , well-worn video box cover of seven years into the future .",0 169266,"pretty miserable , resorting to string-pulling rather than legitimate character development and",0 61211,"'s plotless , shapeless",0 17429,"that gives us a rare glimpse into a culture most of us do n't know",1 11063,"that feels very human and very true to life",1 81867,"have cost thousands and possibly millions of lives",0 30878,"divining meaning",1 9181,"nudity",0 207153,"none-too-funny",0 66714,"It grabs you in the dark and shakes you vigorously for its duration .",1 6609,"for sure",1 37444,"such a fine job of engulfing you in its world and allying you with its characters ' choices , good and ill , that its shortcomings are remembered only as an afterthought",1 129922,"own languorous charm",1 229248,"because it overstays its natural running time",0 32381,"have so steeped themselves in the majesty of Tolkien 's writing that every frame produces new joys , whether you 're a fan of the books or not",1 139450,"welcome , if downbeat , missive",1 215313,"the past 20 minutes looking at your watch",0 34846,"nearly impeccable",1 188892,"There is more than one joke about putting the toilet seat down . And that should tell you everything you need to know about All the Queen 's Men .",0 34424,"may not have generated many sparks",0 135022,"the clever crime comedy",1 75000,"at the very least",0 57660,"terrific and",1 110099,"The problem is that Van Wilder does little that is actually funny with the material .",0 82301,"his penchant",1 66508,"It 's a strange film , one that was hard for me to warm up to .",0 154309,"asks you to not only suspend your disbelief but your intelligence as well",0 50241,"colorful and controversial",1 12447,"to tweak them with a taste of tangy new humor",1 209237,"persuades you",1 127306,"more frustrating",0 148674,"So lazy and slipshod it confuses the mere flashing of kinky soft-core imagery with naughty fun .",0 45120,"Easily the most thoughtful fictional examination of the root",1 177052,"ultimately Serving Sara does n't distinguish itself from the herd",0 82443,"hoping it will be , and in that sense is a movie that deserves recommendation",1 72682,"a touching love story",1 191363,"a so-called ` comedy ' and not laugh",0 186816,"Purports to be a Hollywood satire but winds up as the kind of film that should be the target of something deeper and more engaging . Oh , and more entertaining , too .",0 6313,"exactly how bad it is",0 190940,"a mess of mixed messages , over-blown drama and Bruce Willis",0 54568,"makes the movie a spirited and touching occasion ,",1 195674,"chokes on its own self-consciousness",0 233116,"it would n't have taken the protagonists a full hour to determine that in order to kill a zombie you must shoot it in the head",0 116214,"brilliantly named Half Past Dead -- or for Seagal",0 15386,"celebrates their cheesiness as the reason why people get a kick out of watching them today",1 36230,"pumps a lot of energy into his nicely nuanced narrative",1 184946,"Instead of a balanced film that explains the zeitgeist that is the X Games",0 134491,"that no amount of imagination , no creature , no fantasy story and no incredibly outlandish scenery",0 147283,"MacDowell is a placeholder for grief",0 104466,"As a science fiction movie , '' Minority Report '' astounds .",1 1069,"genuine depth that would make them redeemable",1 166774,"no currency in deriding James Bond for being a clichéd , doddering , misogynistic boy 's club",0 25766,"It 's the cinematic equivalent of a good page-turner , and even if it 's nonsense , its claws dig surprisingly deep .",1 191053,"a nuanced portrait",1 59176,"to be awed by the power and grace of one of the greatest natural sportsmen of modern times",1 152072,"a modem that disconnects every 10 seconds",0 203120,"is more like something from a bad Clive Barker movie .",0 92389,"sexual and romantic tension",1 5437,"captivating as the rowdy participants think it is",1 217231,"to one of the greatest plays of the last 100 years",1 55420,"of its star , Jean Reno , who resembles Sly Stallone in a hot sake half-sleep",0 52287,"gripping movie",1 31461,"family drama",1 159954,"genuine acting",1 149033,"Technically , the film is about as interesting as an insurance commercial .",0 47616,"While general audiences might not come away with a greater knowledge of the facts of Cuban music , they 'll be treated to an impressive and highly entertaining celebration of its sounds .",1 91665,"rich performances",1 212347,"spirals downward",0 126088,"like an oily arms dealer , squad car pile-ups and the requisite screaming captain",0 231420,"has become the master of innuendo .",1 59194,"to be the movie 's most admirable quality",1 88019,"not only of one man 's quest to be president , but of how that man single-handedly turned a plane full of hard-bitten , cynical journalists into what was essentially , by campaign 's end , an extended publicity department",1 216789,"to South Seas islanders",1 148160,"Pretentious editing ruins a potentially terrific flick .",0 67685,"Ms . Hutchins is talented enough and charismatic enough to make us care about Zelda 's ultimate fate .",1 56288,"pumps a lot of energy",1 135467,"the good fight",1 29869,"but they 're each interesting .",1 44960,"Cool ?",1 197986,"equally miserable",0 189625,"When ` science fiction ' takes advantage of the fact that its intended audience has n't yet had much science",0 95849,"the greatest films",1 39239,"to make it memorable",1 32621,"holds its goodwill close",1 215134,"the movie gods on a silver platter",1 106943,"It 's rare to find a film to which the adjective ` gentle ' applies",1 219284,"while Said attempts to wear down possible pupils through repetition . It has no affect on the Kurds",0 38241,"the filmmakers know that the likely audience will already be among the faithful",1 214809,"the humans are acting like puppets",0 196180,"contradicts everything Kieslowski 's work aspired to , including the condition of art",0 52349,"hard to be mythic",0 66698,"It all plays out ... like a high-end John Hughes comedy , a kind of Elder Bueller 's Time Out .",1 233722,"manages to do all three quite well , making it one of the year 's most enjoyable releases",1 232618,"is nevertheless efficiently amusing for a good while",1 178376,"will find things to like",1 203920,"it holds itself",1 36970,"simple story",0 142167,", eventually the content is n't nearly as captivating as the rowdy participants think it is",0 33406,"is matched by Schweig , who carries the film on his broad , handsome shoulders",1 81303,"grab me",1 5829,"cynical",0 149420,"The film is like a series of beginnings and middles that never take off .",0 76529,"cause parents a few sleepless hours --",0 70187,"This cinema verite speculation on the assassination of John F . Kennedy may have been inspired by Blair Witch , but it takes its techniques into such fresh territory that the film never feels derivative .",1 214204,"the biggest disappointments of the year",0 160690,"has long been plundered by similar works featuring the insight and punch this picture so conspicuously lacks",0 94492,"that 's simultaneously painful and refreshing",1 90932,"pushiness",0 84194,"is far from disappointing ,",1 86631,"makes for a touching love story",1 106806,"It 's a glorified sitcom , and a long , unfunny one at that .",0 225062,"Much of the way , though , this is a refreshingly novel ride .",1 201512,"idol",1 175717,"throwaway one-liners",0 55870,"our special talents can be when put in service of of others",1 208934,"overlooked pitfalls",0 162895,"is fighting whom here ? Ah , yes , that would be me : fighting off the urge to doze",0 50732,"delightfully dour",1 225490,"Pompous and garbled .",0 155353,"bogus as most Disney live action",0 208152,"of the upper class almost as much as they love themselves",0 217430,"to the canon of Chan . Make Chan 's action sequences boring",0 60470,"works its way underneath the skin like few movies",1 220897,"'s neither as romantic nor as thrilling as it should be",0 158000,"drunken",0 49508,"be comforted by the way it deals with big issues like death and destiny",1 4676,"an overcooked souffl",0 5220,"bore",0 90563,"powerful and reasonably fulfilling",1 56913,"shines on all the characters",1 237183,"the reason to go see `` Blue Crush '' is the phenomenal , water-born cinematography by David Hennings .",1 233289,"lagging near the finish line",0 9941,"qualities that were once amusing are becoming irritating .",0 105641,"Enriched by a strong and unforced supporting cast",1 5491,"challenging , sometimes clever , and",1 70382,"Throughout , Mr . Audiard 's direction is fluid and quick .",1 44844,"Campbell Scott gives a star performance that is nothing short of mesmerizing",1 206062,"merely offensive",0 63207,"A moving and stark reminder",1 1617,"little else to offer",0 36429,"refreshingly adult take on adultery",1 41007,"It 's the cinematic equivalent of a good page-turner , and",1 137413,"to be favorably compared to Das Boot",1 232169,"into hokum",0 174349,"the movie is n't scary",0 31633,"films emerging from that most surprising of nations",1 73746,"an energy that puts the dutiful efforts of more disciplined grade-grubbers",1 28828,"and terribly hip bit",1 189347,"Unfortunately , One Hour Photo lives down to its title . Thanks largely to Williams , all the interesting developments are processed in 60 minutes -- the rest is just an overexposed waste of film .",0 141599,"'s so preposterous that I did n't believe it for a second , despite the best efforts of everyone involved",0 151232,"` chick flicks ' go",1 104364,"An old-fashioned but emotionally stirring adventure tale of the kind they",1 140898,"' I once had a nightmare like this ,",0 235069,"probe questions of attraction and interdependence",1 203776,"it 's meandering , low on energy , and too eager to be quirky at moments when a little old-fashioned storytelling would come in handy",0 69779,"The off-center humor is a constant",1 25618,"I can state that Kissing Jessica Stein may be the best same-sex romance I have seen .",1 133964,"tells a story",1 44012,"A compelling motion",1 165784,"me want to wrench my eyes out of my head and toss them at the screen",0 24164,"... takes the beauty of baseball and melds it",1 42114,"indulge the force of humanity over hardware in a way",1 104025,"A wretched movie",0 172542,"talented and notorious subject",1 84225,"is funny , harmless and as substantial as a tub of popcorn with extra butter",1 197228,"do not automatically equal laughs",0 71865,"a landmark in film history",1 153531,"an unwillingness to explore beyond the surfaces of her characters prevents Nettelbeck 's film from coming together",0 198364,"exploit its gender politics , genre thrills or inherent humor",1 215572,"the script 's refusal",0 72821,"a whole bunch of Snowball 's cynicism to cut through the sugar coating .",0 34672,"mothball-y stuff",0 146794,"Its save-the-planet message clashes",0 221532,", solid storytelling .",1 82890,"in all its strange quirks",1 66544,"It 's bright , pristine style and bold colors make it as much fun as reading an oversized picture book before bedtime .",1 115709,"becomes lifeless and",0 186571,"One of those based-on-truth stories that persuades you , with every scene , that it could never really have happened this way",1 61478,"( Ramsay ) visually transforms the dreary expanse of dead-end distaste the characters inhabit into a poem of art , music and metaphor .",1 86458,"made fresh by an intelligent screenplay and gripping performances in this low-budget , video-shot , debut indie effort",1 51399,"except that the writing , acting and character development are a lot better",1 74864,"aspires to be more than another '' Best Man '' clone by weaving a theme throughout this funny film .",1 96279,"the off-the-wall dialogue , visual playfulness",1 198741,"feels like very light Errol Morris",1 63064,"A funny and well-contructed black comedy where the old adage '' be careful what",1 199031,"flat dialogue",0 230667,"exhilaratingly tasteless .",0 122769,"images even more haunting than those in Mr . Spielberg 's 1993 classic",1 70202,"This in-depth study of important developments of the computer industry",1 203590,"is throwing up his hands in surrender , is firing his R&D people ,",0 237359,"the year 's most thought-provoking film",1 209839,"proves that it 's easier to change the sheets than to change hackneyed concepts when it comes to dreaming up romantic comedies .",0 133758,"sweet . It 's funny . It wears its heart on the sleeve of its gaudy Hawaiian shirt",1 112845,"a summertime look-see",1 238478,"watchable stuff",1 34045,"liberated from the constraints of formula",1 136236,"the self-image of drooling idiots",0 117276,"comic voice",1 114556,"are beautifully realized through clever makeup design , leaving one to hope that the eventual DVD release will offer subtitles and the original Italian-language soundtrack",1 11056,"that does n't merit it",0 36934,"show acting range that may surprise some who thought light-hearted comedy was his forte",1 108271,"PC stability notwithstanding , the film suffers from a simplistic narrative and a pat , fairy-tale conclusion .",0 161571,"if irritating ,",0 158367,"equally lovely but also relentlessly brutal and brutally intelligent",1 215576,"the script , credited to director Abdul Malik Abbott and Ernest ` Tron ' Anderson , seems entirely improvised",0 236232,"taken as a stylish and energetic one-shot , The Queen of the Damned",1 48056,"a gentle film with dramatic punch , a haunting ode to humanity",1 202902,"is exactly what it wants to be : an atrociously , mind-numbingly , indescribably bad movie .",0 73849,"an inexplicable nightmare ,",0 52679,"his vitality",1 63553,"A well-done film",1 74775,"as spooky action-packed trash of the highest order",0 162973,"is just too , too precious in the end .",1 16217,"is a deftly wrought suspense yarn whose richer shadings work as coloring rather than substance .",1 157482,"directed trifles",0 232280,"is a film about the irksome , tiresome nature of complacency that remains utterly satisfied to remain the same throughout",0 83855,"is a remarkably original work .",1 168387,"other , better films",0 46172,"Michael Gerbosi 's script is economically packed with telling scenes .",1 200453,"harmed",0 44214,"A quiet treasure -- a film to be savored",1 169525,"put you off the idea forever",0 149605,"The movie is too cute to take itself too seriously",1 41423,"a budget affair that exposes the generally sad existence of the Bedouins while providing a precious twinkle of insight into their lives",1 210887,"school experience that plays better only for the film 's publicists or for people who take as many drugs as the film 's characters",0 49496,"be a most hard-hearted person not to be moved by this drama",1 217805,"tries-so-hard-to-be-cool",0 86090,"like the logical , unforced continuation of the careers of a pair of spy kids",1 144222,"Both stars manage to be funny , but",1 148011,"Paramount imprint",0 186084,"Memorable for a peculiar malaise that renders its tension flaccid and ,",0 55987,"performance that is nothing short of mesmerizing",1 203064,"is like Scorsese 's Mean Streets redone by someone who ignored it in favor of old ` juvenile delinquent ' paperbacks with titles like Leather Warriors and Switchblade Sexpot",0 176071,"to develop an energy level",1 70559,"Unfolds as one",1 162769,"is an unapologetic mess , whose only saving grace is that it ends by blowing just about everything up .",0 7933,"it exudes a kind of nostalgic spy-movie charm and , at the same time , is so fresh and free of the usual thriller nonsense that it all seems to be happening for the first time",1 143325,"A sequence of ridiculous shoot - 'em - up scenes",0 15131,"are incredibly beautiful to look at .",1 46347,"Not a film to rival To Live , but a fine little amuse-bouche to keep your appetite whetted",1 209606,"praises female self-sacrifice",1 210458,"require the patience of Job to get through this interminable , shapeless documentary about the swinging subculture",0 114640,"are odd and pixilated and",0 191615,"a well-mounted history lesson",1 220181,"yawn-provoking little farm melodrama .",0 84572,"is recognizably Plympton",1 37867,"that no human screenwriter could have hoped to match",1 4284,"a video store near you",0 219493,"will create enough interest to make up for an unfocused screenplay",1 77651,"current innovators",1 41344,"This version 's no classic like its predecessor , but",0 101629,"'s as rude and profane as ever , always hilarious and , most of the time , absolutely right in her stinging social observations .",1 120883,"funny pace",1 134374,"that is actually funny with the material",1 108022,"Nolan proves that he can cross swords with the best of them and helm a more traditionally plotted popcorn thriller while surrendering little of his intellectual rigor or creative composure .",1 164251,"juggle and juxtapose three story lines but",1 178004,"what underdog movie since The Bad News Bears has been ?",0 145211,"Everyone connected to this movie",1 5866,"decided to make a dull , pretentious version of jesus ' son",0 154443,"attempt to seem weird and distanced",0 83972,"is always a joy to watch , even when her material is not first-rate",1 166848,"no palpable chemistry",0 192233,"all the same problems the majority of action comedies have",0 95657,"the film is funny , insightfully human and a delightful lark for history buffs",1 128728,"of intelligent humor",1 51413,"exhilarated",1 17534,"the fantastical aspects and harsh realities",1 181759,"A laughable -- or rather , unlaughable -- excuse for a film",0 66782,"It was only a matter of time before some savvy producer saw the potential success inherent in the mixture of Bullock Bubble and Hugh Goo .",1 21042,"is not only distanced but distancing",0 118528,"does n't even seem like she tried",0 85848,"leave them singing long after the credits roll",1 104057,"About one in three gags in White 's intermittently wise script hits its mark",1 162802,"is because so many of us keep going and then , out of embarrassment or stupidity , not warning anyone .",0 86679,"makes you care about music you may not have heard before",1 20025,"astute appraisal",1 2150,"resist his pleas",0 110221,"The umpteenth summer",1 87459,"most politically audacious",1 43557,", colorful , action-filled crime story",1 239037,"would require many sessions on the couch of Dr. Freud .",0 56086,"poignant and compelling story",1 203585,"is this so boring ?",0 208548,"once overly old-fashioned in its sudsy plotting",0 152714,"about , but not enough to make this anything more than another big-budget bust",0 67166,"Leave it to the French to truly capture the terrifying angst of the modern working man without turning the film into a cheap thriller , a dumb comedy or a sappy melodrama",1 5507,"charisma",1 235685,"should be required to have ushers in the theater that hand you a cup of coffee every few minutes .",0 180072,"'s worked too hard on this movie .",0 127267,"more and more frustrated and detached as Vincent became more and more abhorrent",0 127647,"muddled and derivative",0 13849,"An idealistic love story that",1 11956,"the tawdry",0 71308,"a bit of heart and unsettling subject matter",1 25566,"Hogan 's Heroes star Bob Crane",1 54102,"kindness",1 84096,"is clever and funny",1 232505,"is involving .",1 101303,"& heart-rate-raising",1 232766,"is terrific , bringing an unforced , rapid-fire delivery to Toback 's Heidegger - and Nietzsche-referencing dialogue",1 98549,"torn apart by a legacy of abuse",0 179819,"'s lazy for a movie to avoid solving one problem by trying to distract us with the solution to another .",0 175765,"time-vaulting literary pretension",0 56932,"shot the movie in delicious colors",1 29488,"bedevils the film from the very beginning ... ( but ) Lohman 's moist",0 161851,"in dire need of a Diesel fix",1 123453,"insultingly unbelievable",0 144101,"Begins as a promising meditation on one of America 's most durable obsessions but winds up as a slender cinematic stunt .",0 107531,"Lots of effort and intelligence are on display but in execution it is all awkward , static , and lifeless rumblings",0 229200,"be made on the cheap",0 74370,"are more deeply thought through than in most ` right-thinking ' films",1 6808,"glee",1 51069,"earnest strides",1 71818,"a higher plateau",1 188976,"This is a film about the irksome , tiresome nature of complacency that remains utterly satisfied to remain the same throughout . Even as the hero of the story rediscovers his passion in life",0 60339,"with dramatic punch , a haunting ode to humanity",1 35681,"one helluva time",1 14999,"and admirable for what it does n't do",1 155235,"big-budget bust",0 170243,"run-of-the-mill profanity",0 108162,"One of the funnier movies",1 202474,"irksome characters",0 76795,"clearly evident poverty and hardship",0 37697,"than enough",1 84823,"is widely seen and debated with appropriate ferocity and thoughtfulness",1 92896,"smartly directed , grown-up film",1 213682,"that is not even as daring as John Ritter 's glory days on Three 's Company",0 171747,"sounds like horrible poetry .",0 7131,"hideously twisted",0 163468,"is the one with the most emotional resonance",1 239127,"you are likely to witness in a movie theatre for some time",1 57349,"still emerges as his most vital work since GoodFellas .",1 169593,"radiant ,",1 224618,"Like Mike does n't win any points for originality .",0 99865,"what gives Human Nature its unique feel is Kaufman 's script",1 102177,"( like Saturday morning TV in the '60s )",1 114466,"anything but compelling",0 134325,"that fly at such a furiously funny pace that the only rip off that we were aware of",1 3772,"a few nice",1 62778,"A beautiful , timeless and universal tale of heated passions --",1 12977,"what the hell",0 131716,"said that if she had to sit through it again , she should ask for a raise",0 197434,"dopey dialogue and",0 50749,"delivers its share of laughs and smiles",1 28699,"and make it more interesting",1 164149,"its share of high points",1 112401,"a narrative puzzle that interweaves individual stories",1 38509,"the outstanding feature debut",1 100441,"with a visually masterful work of quiet power",1 83821,"is a movie that deserves recommendation",1 182853,"Blue Crush is as predictable as the tides ... The movie feels stitched together from stock situations and characters from other movies",0 69757,"The movie itself is far from disappointing , offering an original",1 46266,"Ms . Seigner and Mr . Serrault bring fresh , unforced naturalism to their characters .",1 115071,"as unusually and unimpressively fussy",0 135371,"the film works as well as it does because of the performances .",1 124170,"is its low-key way of tackling what seems like done-to-death material",0 96585,"the right movie comes along , especially if it begins with the name of Star Wars",1 59915,"walked away from this new version of E . T . just as I hoped I would --",1 39008,"those of us who do n't object to the description '' unelected '' have suspected all along : George W . Bush",0 93111,"some of the discomfort and embarrassment of being a bumbling American in Europe",0 87803,"never get the audience to break through the wall her character erects",0 95115,"the all-time great apocalypse movies",1 111704,"a concept doofus",0 228824,"are names to remember , in order to avoid them in the future .",0 46868,"Sweet and memorable film",1 23796,", not once , but three times in this animated sweet film",1 110499,"This is one of Mr . Chabrol 's subtlest works , but also one of his most uncanny .",1 20710,"hard to beat",1 151127,"You can see where Big Bad Love is trying to go , but it never quite gets there",0 169747,"realized this is a throwaway movie that wo n't stand the test of time",0 34313,"makes it special",1 107892,"Murphy do the genial-rogue shtick to death",0 4840,"as a tolerable diversion , the film suffices ; a triumph , however , it is not .",0 186483,"Nothing more than four or five mild chuckles surrounded by 86 minutes of overly-familiar and poorly-constructed comedy .",0 75150,"balances real-time rhythms with propulsive incident .",1 3338,"'s missing in murder by numbers is any real psychological grounding for the teens ' deviant behavior . being latently gay and liking to read",0 200868,"have ransacked every old World War II movie for overly familiar material",0 30721,"depressing confirmation",0 23836,", ready to quench the thirst of an audience that misses the summer blockbusters",1 24013,", you 'll love this documentary .",1 122532,"how a rich historical subject , combined with so much first-rate talent ... could have yielded such a flat , plodding picture",0 56930,"short on larger moralistic consequences",0 19686,"aggressive and alive",1 195173,"by its predictability",0 138387,"truly funny",1 40332,"wonderfully dyspeptic",1 119778,"far the worst movie",0 221196,", My Sweet has so many flaws it would be easy for critics to shred it .",0 35401,"of solid female talent who build a seamless ensemble . There is n't a weak or careless performance",1 88972,"of the best war movies ever made",1 14416,"Schweiger is -RRB- talented and terribly charismatic , qualities essential to both movie stars and social anarchists .",1 54288,"little amuse-bouche to keep your appetite",1 53583,"is pretty funny",1 148916,"Suffocated at conception by its Munchausen-by-proxy mum",0 136807,"they never succeed in really rattling the viewer",0 63811,"Among the many pleasures",1 166687,"never quite gets over its rather lopsided conception",0 92684,"since '' Dumbo '' certainly ranks as the most original in years",1 223115,"Despite a quieter middle section , involving Aragorn 's dreams of Arwen , this is even better than The Fellowship .",1 73731,"an eerily suspenseful , deeply absorbing piece",1 61690,", Songs from the Second Floor has all the enjoyable randomness of a very lively dream and so manages to be compelling , amusing and unsettling at the same time .",1 234984,"plods along methodically , somehow under the assumption that its `` dead wife communicating from beyond the grave '' framework is even remotely new or interesting",0 182839,"Blessed with a searing lead performance",1 151830,"a great cast",1 140897,"' I know how to suffer ' and if you see this film you 'll know too .",0 114996,"as naturally charming",1 156536,"come to term an '' ambitious failure",0 216255,"they were insulted and the audience was put through torture for an hour and a half",0 39608,"uneasily as a horror picture ... but finds surprising depth in its look at the binds of a small family",1 127393,"morphs into a mundane '70s disaster flick .",0 112938,"a trifle",0 151068,"Writer\/director John McKay ignites some charming chemistry between Kate and Jed but , when he veers into sodden melodrama , punctuated by violins , it 's disastrous and",0 141601,"'s so underwritten that you ca n't figure out just where the other characters , including Ana 's father and grandfather , come down on the issue of Ana 's future",0 206167,"milked",0 59168,"to an impressive and highly entertaining celebration of its sounds",1 59435,"told well",1 97505,"this remarkable and memorable film",1 33107,"interesting characters",1 60508,"wrong thanks",0 129064,"of the most entertaining monster movies in ages",1 132763,"so much as it is a commentary about our knowledge of films",1 162102,"inadvertently sidesplitting it",0 58408,"the imaginative ( and sometimes illegal )",1 203229,"is no doubt true",1 152517,"a story that is all too predictable",0 214226,"the broiling sun for a good three days",0 228864,"are what makes it worth the trip to the theatre",1 92614,"shows its indie tatters and self-conscious seams in places ,",0 200069,"goes right over the edge and kills every sense of believability",0 157774,"does n't live up to Barry 's dead-eyed , perfectly chilled delivery",0 16171,"intelligent grasp",1 112184,"a lack of traditional action",0 126635,"make the formula feel fresh",1 37555,"swoony lyricism and violent catastrophe ... the most aggressively nerve-wracking and screamingly neurotic romantic comedy in cinema history",1 123400,"innovative",1 78565,"drama , conflict ,",1 222158,"Abandon ''",0 68466,"Robert Harmon 's less-is-more approach delivers real bump-in - the-night chills -- his greatest triumph is keeping the creepy crawlies hidden in the film 's thick shadows",1 26594,"Smart science fiction for grown-ups , with only a few false steps along the way .",1 107773,"Mindless and",0 121702,"has as much right to make a huge action sequence as any director",1 200757,"have been any easier to sit through than this hastily dubbed disaster",0 75449,"been a confusing and horrifying vision into an intense and engrossing head-trip",1 139922,"will keep them awake",1 163969,"it would have been called The Hills Have Antlers and played for about three weeks in drive-ins .",0 210895,"schticky",0 83696,"is , by itself , deserving of discussion",1 208593,"one in Clockstoppers , a sci-fi thriller as lazy as it is interminable",0 184456,"Hollywood frightfest",0 39411,"touching and wonderfully dyspeptic",1 169964,"remember the picture",1 73284,"affectionately goofy satire",1 92729,"sit near the back",0 23046,"'s a comedy full of gentle humor that chides the absurdity of its protagonist 's plight",1 109077,"Sometimes charming , sometimes infuriating , this Argentinean ` dramedy ' succeeds mainly on the shoulders of its actors .",1 176923,"trying to balance self-referential humor and a normal ol' slasher plot seemed like a decent endeavor",1 169080,"porno",0 41372,"Waydowntown is by no means a perfect film , but its boasts a huge charm factor and smacks of originality",1 120149,"fire a torpedo",1 160270,"good sign",1 237645,"through this frankly fantastical by-the-numbers B-flick with just a suspension of disbelief",0 7012,"hate clowns",0 2648,"the miracle of shainberg 's film is that it truly is romance",1 93780,"such a good job of it",1 172233,"succumbs to being nothing more than a formulaic chase in the dark .",0 189650,"Where Tom Green stages his gags as assaults on America 's knee-jerk moral sanctimony",0 37543,"sweating , mopping his face and generally displaying the wacky talent that brought him fame in the first place",1 70880,"While Tattoo borrows heavily from both Seven and The Silence of the Lambs , it manages to maintain both a level of sophisticated intrigue and human-scale characters that suck the audience in .",1 221192,", Mr. Schnitzler proves himself a deft pace master and stylist .",1 137455,"to begrudge anyone for receiving whatever consolation",0 166282,"more tiresome",0 8944,"murder by numbers is any real psychological grounding for the teens ' deviant behavior",0 164376,"keep getting torn away from the compelling historical tale to a less-compelling soap opera",0 209602,"powerful and provocative",1 225606,"Report card : Does n't live up to the exalted tagline",0 158496,"every bad idea",0 227481,"`` Feardotcom '' has the makings of an interesting meditation on the ethereal nature of the internet and the otherworldly energies it could channel , but it simply becomes a routine shocker",0 113455,"affirm love 's power to help people endure almost unimaginable horror",1 160561,"hard to understand",0 208646,"one that 's been told by countless filmmakers about Italian - , Chinese - , Irish - , Latin - , Indian - , Russian",0 141454,"'s not a spark of new inspiration in it , just more of the same , done with noticeably less energy and imagination",0 136454,"the translation this time . The Importance of Being Earnest movie seems to be missing a great deal of the acerbic repartee of the play",0 128122,"not quite what it could have been as a film",0 149983,"The whole affair , true story or not , feels incredibly hokey ... ( it ) comes off like a Hallmark commercial .",0 154501,"awful acting",0 163817,"it implodes in a series of very bad special effects",0 41349,"Thoughtful ,",1 171600,"some pretty cool stunts but a complete failure at trying to create some pretty cool characters .",0 217901,"trying to pass off as acceptable teen entertainment for some time now",0 35295,"of its antagonists",0 113841,"amused and entertained by the unfolding of Bielinsky 's cleverly constructed scenario , and",1 88507,"of dazzling pop entertainment",1 59957,"watch Some Body",1 174380,"the musty scent of Todd Farmer 's screenplay , which is a simple retread of the 1979 Alien , with a plucky heroine battling a monster loose in a spaceship",0 184426,"Highly uneven and inconsistent ... Margarita Happy Hour kinda resembles the el cheapo margaritas served within .",0 155154,"better suited for a movie titled '' Glory : A Soldier 's Story",0 209916,"purpose and even-handedness",1 171966,"stereotypical characters",0 130250,"piss on trees , b . s",0 22562,"to their lives , full of strength , warmth and vitality .",1 55881,"outstanding about this film",1 111351,"You leave feeling like you 've endured a long workout without your pulse ever racing .",0 223111,"Designed to provide a mix of smiles and tears",1 77532,"creates a fluid and mesmerizing sequence of images",1 100921,"would have made the film more cohesive",0 83682,"irritates and saddens me that Martin Lawrence 's latest vehicle can explode obnoxiously into 2 , 500 screens while something of Bubba Ho-Tep 's clearly evident quality may end up languishing on a shelf somewhere",0 224290,"It does n't really know or care about the characters , and uses them as markers for a series of preordained events .",0 220909,"'s no scene that screams `` bathroom break",1 92359,"settles in and becomes compulsively watchable in a guilty-pleasure , daytime-drama sort of fashion",1 210452,"repulse",0 175429,"this interesting time and place",1 118730,"drifts aimlessly",0 148158,"Pretentious",0 104549,"Astonishing is n't the word -- neither is incompetent , incoherent or just plain crap",0 184957,"Interesting and thoroughly unfaithful version of Carmen",1 209811,"promising work-in-progress",1 54847,"more traditional action genre",1 159116,"filmmakers throw a few big-name actors and cameos at a hokey script",0 149444,"The final result makes for adequate entertainment",1 19414,"What 's most striking about this largely celebratory film ... is the sense of isolation that permeates these bastions of individuality in an Ikea world .",1 127224,"moments of breathtaking mystery",1 86923,"may never again",0 110764,"Try as you might to scrutinize the ethics of Kaufman 's approach , somehow it all comes together to create a very compelling , sensitive , intelligent and almost cohesive piece of film entertainment",1 217664,"too simple and",0 91589,"retelling a historically significant , and personal , episode",1 109135,"Spy Kids 2 also happens to be that rarity among sequels : It actually improves upon the original hit movie .",1 109116,"Special",1 169771,"really harnesses to full effect the energetic cast .",1 2982,"too smugly",0 18281,"'s amazingly perceptive in its subtle , supportive but unsentimental look at the Marks family .",1 133406,"strikes a defiantly retro chord , and outpaces its contemporaries with daring and verve .",1 166482,"muddy and blurry",0 94966,"that works on any number of levels",1 14637,"Without heavy-handedness",1 38105,"the cozy feeling",1 161959,"in search of a story",0 55660,"of world cinema 's most wondrously gifted artists",1 236947,"the gentle melding of drama and comedy makes `` What Time Is It There ? ''",1 60017,"well-acted , weirdly retro thriller",1 123709,"is a big letdown .",0 190770,"a huge disappointment coming ,",0 4290,"a visual tour-de-force and a story",1 40021,"while the little ones get a fuzzy treat",1 157239,"delibrately obtuse",0 58142,"the comedy was funny",1 166445,"much fire in the script",1 2911,"to a picture-perfect beach",1 16510,"lump-in-the-throat",1 120561,"foreign mush",0 209647,"predictable romantic comedy",0 162904,"is forced to endure three terminally depressed , mostly inarticulate , hyper dysfunctional families for the price of one",0 203514,"is that it 's far too sentimental",0 146205,"If this disposable tissue has one wild card",0 97797,"tired as its protagonist",0 126412,"lousy way",0 49978,"ca n't say that I liked Homeboy",0 90821,"provides no easy answers , but offers a compelling investigation of faith versus intellect",1 210366,"remains a chilly , clinical lab report",0 45584,"I liked About Schmidt a lot ,",1 205473,"love with its overinflated mythology that it no longer recognizes the needs of moviegoers for real characters and compelling plots",0 113301,"across its indulgent two-hour-and-fifteen-minute length",1 79138,"entirely humorless",0 46024,"Like the original",1 88719,"of lasting images all its own",1 220697,"'s a glorious spectacle like those D.W. Griffith made in the early days of silent film",1 42788,"the acting is fresh and unselfconscious , and",1 22018,"some truly unique character studies and a cross-section of Americana that Hollywood could n't possibly fictionalize and be believed",1 22570,"tongue-in-cheek",1 73668,"an aimlessness that 's actually sort of amazing",1 134003,"terrific special effects and",1 34468,"merry and , yes , melancholy film .",1 175260,"thing to do with these characters except have them run through dark tunnels , fight off various anonymous attackers , and evade elaborate surveillance technologies",0 218931,"we got Ten Little Indians meets Friday the 13th by way of Clean and Sober , filmed on the set of Carpenter 's The Thing and loaded with actors you 're most likely to find on the next inevitable incarnation of The Love Boat .",0 110525,"This mild-mannered farce , directed by one of its writers , John C . Walsh ,",0 36920,"should charm all but the most cynical",1 112417,"a new treasure",1 76948,"comedy and melodrama",1 95241,"the breathtakingly beautiful outer-space documentary Space Station 3D",1 183548,"Does n't really add up to much",0 103849,"A rollicking",1 218575,"visual charm or texture",1 63926,"An intriguing look",1 7665,"is a more fascinating look at the future than '' bladerunner ''",1 194727,"blind , crippled , Amish people",0 144793,"Despite all evidence to the contrary , this clunker has somehow managed to pose as an actual feature movie , the kind that charges full admission and gets hyped on TV and purports to amuse small children and ostensible adults .",0 152108,"a movie as artificial and soulless",0 106976,"It 's touching and tender and proves that even in sorrow you can find humor . Like blended shades of lipstick , these components combine into one terrific story with lots of laughs .",1 145959,"I 'm not sure which half of Dragonfly is worse : The part where nothing 's happening , or the part where something 's happening , but",0 235324,"reminds me of a vastly improved Germanic version of My Big Fat Greek Wedding --",1 33174,"intuitively that even morality is reduced to an option by the ultimate mysteries of life and death",1 86442,"made a more sheerly beautiful film",1 64242,"Barbershop so likable",1 145457,"Forced , familiar and thoroughly condescending .",0 20840,"humour",1 189427,"Wal-Mart budget",0 98259,"to reel in the audience",1 106520,"I suppose it 's lovely that Cal works out his issues with his dad and comes to terms with his picture-perfect life -- but World Traveler gave me no reason to care",0 64554,"But even with the two-wrongs-make-a-right chemistry between Jolie and Burns",0 119162,"enough sweet and",1 139013,"very stylish and beautifully photographed , but",1 82674,"illuminate mysteries of sex , duty and love",1 188304,"The kind of movie that leaves vague impressions and a nasty aftertaste but little clear memory of its operational mechanics .",0 70256,"This is not an easy film . But it could be , by its art and heart , a necessary one",1 220932,"'s not wallowing in hormonal melodrama",0 32749,"if ultimately not quite satisfying",0 128444,"of a growing strain of daring films",1 203770,"it 's just grating",0 83935,"is a wonderful thing",1 59140,"to Anspaugh 's three lead actresses",1 122742,"if you , like me , think an action film disguised as a war tribute is disgusting to begin with",0 23742,", kids will go happily along for the ride .",1 24292,"A celebration of quirkiness , eccentricity , and certain individuals ' tendency to let it all hang out , and damn the consequences .",1 227866,"a dim",0 90741,"promotes a reasonable landscape of conflict and",1 79252,"even more important",1 75719,"bizarre developments",1 208939,"overly-familiar",0 186157,"More intellectually scary than dramatically involving .",0 197181,"do little to salvage this filmmaker 's flailing reputation",0 77505,"crafty , energetic and smart",1 218260,"unshapely look",0 235664,"she dies",0 231595,"have returned from the beyond to warn you",0 188238,"The first mistake , I suspect ,",0 167089,"obnoxious and stiff",0 21118,"it makes complex politics understandable to viewers looking for nothing but energetic entertainment",1 200918,"he can not overcome the sense that Pumpkin is a mere plot pawn for two directors with far less endearing disabilities .",0 189080,"This rough trade Punch-and-Judy act did n't play well then and it plays worse now",0 141999,", I suspect , not to offend by appearing either too serious or too lighthearted , it offends by just being wishy-washy .",0 133870,"talented writer\/director Anderson",1 26126,"Much of the movie 's charm",1 116241,"brings this unknown slice of history affectingly to life .",1 76944,"comeback",1 63551,"A well-crafted film that is all the more remarkable because it",1 51757,"following one 's heart and following the demands of tradition",1 60978,"'s both degrading and strangely liberating to see people working so hard at leading lives of sexy intrigue , only to be revealed by the dispassionate Gantz brothers as ordinary , pasty lumpen",1 195389,"can not mount a cogent defense of the film as entertainment , or even performance art , although the movie does leave you marveling at these guys ' superhuman capacity to withstand pain",0 142295,", it ends up being , like ( Seinfeld 's ) revered TV show , about pretty much nothing .",0 26856,"The movie 's eventual success should be credited to Dennis Quaid , in fighting trim shape as an athlete as well as an actor",1 37873,"that overcomes much",1 12493,"too impressed",1 103741,"A much more successful translation than its most famous previous film adaptation",1 238551,"well-made pizza",1 129323,"oftentimes funny",1 156555,"comedy-deficient , B-movie",0 19181,"Polished Korean political-action film",1 93531,"stirring , funny",1 140254,"with the delight of discovery",1 84066,"is blazingly alive and admirable on many levels",1 122905,"in a pretty convincing performance as a prissy teenage girl",1 7835,"is without a doubt a memorable directorial debut from king hunk",1 212386,"sporting one of the worst titles in recent cinematic history",0 178452,"wishing I was watching a documentary about the wartime Navajos and what they accomplished instead of all this specious Hollywood hoo-ha",0 64437,"Bound to appeal to women looking for a howlingly trashy time",1 211272,"serves as a rather thin moral to such a knowing fable",0 230435,"due to its rapid-fire delivery and",1 52224,"got a creepy feeling that the film is closer to the mark than I want to believe",1 45136,"Elegant , mannered and teasing",1 51524,"fantastically vital",1 149558,"The most hopelessly monotonous film of the year , noteworthy only for the gimmick of being filmed as a single unbroken 87-minute",0 47177,"The movie is n't just hilarious : It 's witty and inventive , too , and in hindsight , it is n't even all that dumb",1 8426,"lift the material from its well-meaning clunkiness",0 216779,"to Hate . I admit it",0 64088,"As home movie gone haywire , it 's pretty enjoyable",1 51322,"essentially an exceptionally well-written , well-edited , well-directed , well-acted , bald rip-off",1 163492,"is the type of movie best enjoyed by frat boys and college kids while sucking on the bong and downing one alcoholic beverage after another",0 120240,"flawless film , ( Wang ) emerges in the front ranks of China 's now numerous , world-renowned filmmakers .",1 213708,"that it begs to be parodied",0 79044,"enjoyable feel-good family comedy",1 179309,"'' Looking For Leonard '' just seems to kinda sit in neutral , hoping for a stiff wind to blow it uphill or something .",0 84891,"it 's far too slight and introspective to appeal to anything wider than a niche audience .",0 142041,", Sweet Home Alabama is taking another bummer of a wrong turn .",0 37567,"take on a theme that will resonate with singles of many ages",1 204083,"it will make you wish you were at home watching that movie instead of in the theater watching this one .",0 22993,"'ll be left with the sensation of having just witnessed a great performance and , perhaps , give in to the urge to get on your feet and shake it .",1 24364,"A historical epic with the courage of its convictions about both scope and detail .",1 161624,"igloo",1 237503,"this `` un-bear-able '' project",0 172256,"sucking face and literally sucking face",0 80974,"gets around to its real emotional business ,",1 229530,"but very glum .",0 131216,"refracting all of World War II through the specific conditions of one man",0 217903,"trying to please his mom",1 192436,"an absurd finale of twisted metal",0 16283,"is sophisticated , brash , sardonic , completely joyful in its execution .",1 156465,"cold ,",0 84788,"is ultimately effective enough at achieving the modest , crowd-pleasing goals it sets for itself",1 199923,"give a filmmaker an unlimited amount of phony blood",0 144229,"Bottom-rung New Jack City wannabe .",0 111108,"While it 's nothing we have n't seen before from Murphy , I Spy is still fun and enjoyable and so aggressively silly that it 's more than a worthwhile effort .",1 53250,"is Oscar-worthy .",1 109795,"The film has a childlike quality about it . But the feelings evoked in the film are lukewarm and quick to pass",0 236369,"that 's so sloppily written and cast that you can not believe anyone more central to the creation of Bugsy than the caterer",0 234958,"plan to make Enough into ` an inspiring tale of survival wrapped in the heart-pounding suspense of a stylish psychological thriller '",1 238325,"very ugly , very fast",0 161958,"in search of a movie : how to get Carvey into as many silly costumes and deliver as many silly voices",0 14741,"a great deal",1 184835,"If you adored The Full Monty so resoundingly that you 're dying to see the same old thing in a tired old setting",0 109505,"The Tuxedo was n't just bad : it was , as my friend David Cross would call it , ` Hungry-Man portions of bad ' .",0 231783,"hopes Mr. Plympton will find room for one more member of his little band , a professional screenwriter",0 151938,"a late-inning twist that just does n't make sense",0 150820,"What begins as a seemingly brainless",0 136226,"the second half of the movie really goes downhill",0 98506,"too happy to argue much",1 33329,"is at once exhilarating , silly , perverse , hopeful and always fun",1 128715,"of how very bad a motion picture can truly be .",0 142988,"A TV style murder mystery with a few big screen moments ( including one that seems to be made for a different film altogether )",0 21539,"of particular interest to students and enthusiast of international dance and world music , the film is designed to make viewers of all ages",1 59674,"unendurable viewing experience",0 217985,"two Academy Award winning actresses ( and one Academy Award winning actor ) succumb to appearing in this junk that 's TV sitcom material at best",0 132000,"seems embarrassed",0 199464,"fragmented",0 141703,"'s where the film ultimately fails",0 48340,"a reunion concert",1 112313,"a mesmerizing performance",1 180663,", he has no clue about making a movie",0 55007,"natural sportsmen",1 196540,"cuteness , Amy 's career success",1 135793,"the movie 's contrived , lame screenplay",0 232921,"it 's a pale imitation .",0 85313,"its most delightful moments come when various characters express their quirky inner selves",1 118920,"egocentricities",0 22305,"the most comprehensive of these films",1 16234,"is a triumph for its maverick director",1 219418,"whose crisp framing , edgy camera work , and wholesale ineptitude",0 165387,"luscious cinematography",1 207465,"of Richard Nixon",1 165514,"make it interesting",1 172831,"that 's ever gone into an after-school special compiled in one place , minus those daytime programs ' slickness and sophistication ( and who knew they even had any ? )",0 31102,"engaging film .",1 212157,"some savvy street activism",1 58292,"the film 's final scene is soaringly , transparently moving .",1 153742,"apparent joy",1 101675,"'s easy to be cynical about documentaries in which underdogs beat the odds and the human spirit triumphs",1 25769,"It 's witty and inventive , too , and in hindsight , it is n't even all that dumb",1 105170,"Compassionately explores the seemingly irreconcilable situation between conservative Christian parents and their estranged gay and lesbian children .",1 209648,"predictably conventional",0 218727,"was at least funny",1 114235,"and effective film",1 86221,"long , dishonorable history",0 20073,"bawdy",0 64450,"Brash , intelligent and erotically perplexing",1 200103,"good cast",1 25310,"Fine acting",1 106617,"If you 're in the right B-movie frame of mind , it may just scare the pants off you .",1 218415,"vapid and",0 197048,"disappointing and",0 101037,"you 'd do well to check this one out because it 's straight up Twin Peaks action ...",1 53004,"in the mixture , the intoxicating masala , of cultures and film genres",1 135584,"the intimate , unguarded moments of folks who live in unusual homes",1 92453,"sharp and",1 179592,"'s actually pretty funny",1 199496,"frequently misses the mark",0 162739,"is also weirdly fascinating",1 95018,"the Demons of his own fear and paranoia",0 28164,"aggressively nerve-wracking",0 170825,"shamefully",0 179516,"'s a conundrum not worth solving",0 111190,"With Zoe Clarke-Williams 's lackluster thriller '' New Best Friend '' , who needs enemies ? Just another generic drama that has nothing going for it other than its exploitive array of obligatory cheap thrills .",0 156569,"comes together as a coherent whole",1 158718,"fab",1 62226,", sobering , heart-felt drama",1 72008,"a more measured or polished production",1 47189,"The next generation of mob movie . Part low rent Godfather . Part Three Stooges .",1 143711,"An atonal estrogen opera that demonizes",0 125009,"it is an interesting exercise by talented writer\/director Anderson",1 142235,", incoherent , self-indulgent mess",0 155837,"ca n't come up with legitimate funny",0 217863,"trusted audiences",1 71468,"a cool event for the whole family . Maybe not a classic , but a movie the kids will want to see over and over again",1 21615,"on his creepy explorations",0 57174,"some nice chills",1 91528,"required to give this comic slugfest some heart",0 77722,"dark comedy",1 9500,"one of those movies that catches you up in something bigger than yourself , namely , an archetypal",1 4433,"afraid to pitch into farce , yet only half-hearted in its spy mechanics",0 111293,"Yale grad",1 65757,"German Jewish refugees",0 22490,"to be moved by the movie 's depiction of sacrifice and its stirring epilogue in post-Soviet Russia",1 60016,"well-acted , bald",1 226773,"Toback 's deranged immediacy makes it seem fresh again .",1 89567,"one film",1 147138,"Let 's hope -- shall we ? -- that the ` true story ' by which All the Queen 's Men is allegedly '' inspired '' was a lot funnier",0 231922,"impossible to claim that it is `` Based on a True Story ''",0 124758,"is visually smart",1 311,"about each other against all odds",1 145991,"I Spy is an embarrassment , a monotonous , disjointed jumble of borrowed plot points and situations . It 's as flat as an open can of pop left sitting in the sun .",0 51171,"encompasses a potent metaphor for a country still dealing with its fascist past",1 180346,", Ballistic : Ecks Vs . Sever also features terrible , banal dialogue : convenient , hole-ridden plotting : superficial characters and a rather dull , unimaginative car chase .",0 214353,"the contrivances and overwrought emotion",0 46376,"Offers much to enjoy ... and a lot to mull over in terms",1 194820,"bore except when the fantastic Kathy Bates turns up . Bravado Kathy",1 71770,"a group of extremely talented musicians",1 99982,"which are such that we 'll keep watching the skies for his next project",1 59471,"touches the heart and the funnybone thanks to the energetic and always surprising performance",1 154559,"bad martial arts movies are all by themselves , without all Oedekerk 's impish augmentation",0 224322,"It is , by conventional standards , a fairly terrible movie",0 194133,"be found in Sara Sugarman 's whimsical comedy Very Annie-Mary but not enough to sustain the film",0 66149,"I do n't think that A . C . will help this movie one bit",0 104738,"Big Fat Liar is little more than Home Alone raised to a new , self-deprecating level .",0 122039,"he harvests a few movie moment gems",1 73121,"acquires an undeniable entertainment value as the slight",1 111409,"` Hungry-Man portions of bad '",0 5526,"cheesy coincidences",0 143795,"An unwise amalgam of Broadcast News and Vibes .",0 172880,"that All About the Benjamins is a totally formulaic movie",0 178754,"wonder , ` What 's the point ? '",0 174276,"the miserable standards to which the slasher genre has sunk",0 213096,"take longer to heal : the welt on Johnny Knoxville 's stomach from a riot-control projectile or my own tortured psyche",0 220324,"you shoot something on crummy-looking videotape",0 188361,"The most ill-conceived animated comedy",0 163045,"is more worshipful than your random E ! True Hollywood Story",1 112434,"a noticeable lack of pace . Or both",0 147637,"Nelson 's brutally unsentimental approach",0 222307,"An interesting story with a pertinent ( cinematically unique ) message , told fairly well and scored to perfection , I found myself struggling to put my finger on that elusive `` missing thing . ''",1 145243,"Extreme Ops '' was obviously made for the '' XXX ''",0 111068,"Whatever satire Lucky Break was aiming for , it certainly got lost in the '' soon-to-be-forgettable '' section of the quirky rip-off prison romp pile . It 's petty thievery like this that puts flimsy flicks like this behind bars",0 50282,"comes off as a touching , transcendent love story",1 155802,"by the thin characterizations , nonexistent plot and pretentious visual style",0 77243,"consistent",1 142148,", do we have that same option to slap her creators because they 're clueless and inept ?",0 72305,"a river of sadness that pours into every frame",1 77808,"decisive",1 227405,"`` 13 Conversations About One Thing '' is an intelligent flick that examines many different ideas from happiness to guilt in an intriguing bit of storytelling .",1 171491,"so tedious",0 28117,"adding true",1 95681,"the film sits with square conviction and touching good sense on the experience of its women",1 125130,"it wanted to fully capitalize on its lead 's specific gifts",1 160121,"gives them a bad odor",0 62519,". Instead , she sees it as a chance to revitalize what is and always has been remarkable about clung-to traditions .",1 23098,"'s assured , wonderfully respectful of its past and thrilling enough to make it abundantly clear that this movie phenomenon has once again reinvented itself for a new generation",1 133871,"talento",1 31369,"expertly",1 61257,"'s so fascinating you wo n't be able to look away for a second",1 132109,"sentimental mess",0 145353,"Firestorm that my fingernails instinctively crawled towards my long-suffering eyeballs",0 112099,"a heavy-handed indictment",0 58057,"the best ensemble casts",1 142575,", this one feels like an impostor .",0 54405,"love Moore or loathe him , you 've got to admire ... the intensity with which he 's willing to express his convictions",1 135743,"the more you will probably like it .",1 221844,"... the maudlin way its story unfolds suggests a director fighting against the urge to sensationalize his material .",0 182283,"Although God Is Great addresses interesting matters of identity and heritage , it 's hard to shake the feeling that it was intended to be a different kind of film .",0 29891,"by ( Witherspoon 's ) charisma , even",1 36887,"sharp , often mischievous sense",1 47387,"This remake gets all there is to get out of a peculiar premise with promise :",1 237536,"this is the opposite of a truly magical movie .",0 117516,"convince almost everyone that it was put on the screen , just for them",1 189310,"Tykwer 's surface flash is n't just a poor fit with Kieslowski 's lyrical pessimism",0 233955,"most Westerners are unfamiliar with .",0 43639,", it still comes off as a touching , transcendent love story .",1 48079,"a good yarn",1 87257,"more effective on stage . It 's not a motion picture",0 46735,"Simply",1 45997,"Lathan and Diggs are charming and have chemistry both as friends and lovers .",1 60846,"'s a powerful though flawed movie , guaranteed to put a lump in your throat while reaffirming Washington as possibly the best actor working in movies today .",1 163372,"is something about it that feels incomplete , as if the real story starts just around the corner",0 145494,"Frenetic but not really funny .",0 128214,"o pé esquerdo . E aqueles que decidiram",1 214191,"the best-sustained ideas",1 55684,"offers an interesting bit of speculation",1 159754,"from the cutting-room floor of any given daytime soap",0 73229,"admirable energy , full-bodied characterizations and narrative urgency",1 203278,"is one baaaaaaaaad movie",0 142123,", cliched",0 75942,"brilliant performances",1 81291,"got a place in your heart for Smokey Robinson",1 150931,"While the mystery surrounding the nature of the boat 's malediction remains intriguing enough to sustain mild interest",1 137369,"to adopt a somewhat mannered tone ... that ultimately dulls the human tragedy at the story 's core",0 197285,"does n't add up to a whole lot",0 29084,"are the terrific performances by Christopher Plummer , as the prime villain , and Nathan Lane as Vincent Crummles , the eccentric theater company manager",1 17267,"some truly excellent sequences",1 127779,"nature and family warmth",1 149819,"The script is a tired one , with few moments of joy rising above the stale material .",0 201180,"his generation 's",1 94724,"that is presented with great sympathy and intelligence",1 144602,"Contains a few big laughs but many more that graze the funny bone or miss it altogether , in part because the consciously dumbed-down approach wears thin .",0 149859,"The story has its redundancies",0 36919,"should be seen by all , especially those who are n't aware of , or have forgotten about the unmentioned victims of war",1 47185,"The movie understands like few others how the depth and breadth of emotional intimacy give the physical act all of its meaning and most of its pleasure .",1 12702,"until you feel fully embraced by this gentle comedy",1 127706,"my 6-year-old nephew said , '' I guess I come from a broken family , and my uncles are all aliens , too . '' Congrats Disney on a job well done , I enjoyed it just as much !",1 84785,"is turning in some delightful work on indie projects",1 106550,"Ice Age does n't have some fairly pretty pictures",0 236715,"the allegory with remarkable skill",1 111723,"a copy of a copy of a copy",0 81694,"has done excellent work here",1 85981,"life-affirming",1 161145,"here suffer from the chosen format .",0 99564,"wanted to leave .",0 234729,"one of my least favourite emotions , especially when I have to put up with 146 minutes of it",0 160066,"getting torn away from the compelling historical tale to a less-compelling soap opera",0 203930,"it is essentially empty",0 170282,"sad decline",0 172503,"takes itself too seriously",0 154035,"artistically ' with handheld cameras",1 149049,"Thank God",1 167404,"of classic romantic comedy to which it aspires",1 178447,"wish Windtalkers had had more faith in the dramatic potential of this true story . This would have been better than the fiction it has concocted , and there still could have been room for the war scenes",0 225572,"Rashomon-for-dipsticks",0 27977,"a worthy addition",1 93477,"stay with the stage versions , however ,",0 70232,"This is lightweight filmmaking , to be sure",0 160203,"goes out into public , to avoid being recognized as the man who bilked unsuspecting moviegoers",0 132257,"she 's pretty and",1 100201,"wicked",1 235227,"really is a shame that more wo n't get an opportunity to embrace small , sweet ` Evelyn . '",1 165971,"milieu as",0 181609,"A determined , ennui-hobbled slog that really does n't have much to say beyond the news flash that loneliness can make people act weird .",0 183708,"Episode",1 109249,"Such master screenwriting comes courtesy of John Pogue , the Yale grad who previously gave us '' The Skulls '' and last year 's '' Rollerball",1 213563,"that allowed it to get made",0 116206,"brightly",1 3669,"a cocky , after-hours loopiness",0 35823,"out clever but veers into overkill",0 72857,"a worthwhile moviegoing experience",1 53806,"it employs are short , carefully placed and dead-center .",1 72354,"a sense of wonder",1 98553,"toss logic and science",0 404,"an inexpressible and drab",0 206015,"mediocre exercise",0 176128,"to force-feed James Bond",0 35503,"of the theater feeling",1 78715,"earnest homage",1 196748,"denial of sincere grief and mourning in favor of bogus spiritualism",0 50151,"chemists in 1949",0 20926,"incendiary , deeply thought-provoking look",1 158245,"ends up being surprisingly dull",0 126976,"mediocre acting",0 133123,"spiritual film taps",1 36032,"playing smart people amid a compelling plot",1 101389,"'ll enjoy The Hot Chick .",1 132485,"silly summer entertainment",1 190470,"a documentary and more propaganda",0 18258,"'ll certainly be keeping an eye out for his next project",1 22506,"to gawk at or applaud his special effects",1 89943,"overrun by corrupt and hedonistic weasels",0 157662,"do n't pile on this much syrup .",0 148919,"Suffocated at conception by its Munchausen-by-proxy mum . Punish the vehicle to adore the star",0 121612,"hard ground",0 10655,"sparkles in its deft portrait of tinseltown 's seasoned veterans of gossip , wealth , paranoia , and celebrityhood .",1 188561,"The premise of '' Abandon '' holds promise , ... but its delivery is a complete mess .",0 148117,"Plays less like a coming-of-age romance than an infomercial .",0 125551,"keen eye , sweet spirit and good taste",1 133252,"starts off as a potentially incredibly twisting mystery",1 141375,"'s inoffensive",1 46218,"More romantic , more emotional and ultimately more satisfying than the teary-eyed original .",1 178319,"why put someone who ultimately does n't learn at the center of a kids ' story ?",0 43496,", The Last Kiss is really all about performances .",1 50760,"demented kitsch mess",0 221643,", this might not seem like the proper cup of tea , however it is almost guaranteed that even the stuffiest cinema goers will laugh their \*\*\* off for an hour-and-a-half .",1 18256,"'ll be wondering what will happen to her and wishing her the best -- whatever that might mean",1 129071,"of the most original American productions this year",1 111429,"` Yes , that 's right : it 's Forrest Gump , Angel Of Death . '",1 51559,"fashioning an engrossing entertainment out of an almost sure-fire prescription for a critical and commercial disaster",1 18165,"you diverted and best of all",1 45836,"It will grip even viewers who are n't interested in rap , as it cuts to the heart of American society in an unnerving way .",1 16193,"intriguing ambiguity",1 142005,", Jason is about as convincing on the sci-fi front as TV 's defunct Cleopatra 2525 .",0 80781,"funniest and most accurate depiction",1 129806,"out-bad-act the other",0 81106,"gives the film its bittersweet bite",1 132610,"slightly humorous and tender story",1 189886,"Written , flatly , by David Kendall and directed , barely , by There 's Something About Mary co-writer Ed Decter .",0 31104,"engaging performances",1 148183,"Prurient",1 193477,"as if it started to explore the obvious voyeuristic potential of ` hypertime '",0 112091,"a hard-to-swallow premise",0 12040,"the witless ageism afflicting films",0 203415,"is so clumsily sentimental and ineptly",0 25419,"Glass ' evocative music ...",1 207707,"of empty , fetishistic violence in which murder is casual and fun",0 237652,"throws quirky characters , odd situations , and off-kilter dialogue",0 187569,"Steve Oedekerk is , alas , no Woody Allen .",0 39937,"well-observed",1 94612,"that delicate canon",1 50558,"creepy atmosphere",0 168822,"period-perfect",1 84273,"is hard to conceive anyone else in their roles",1 93416,"stand tall",1 102919,", then you 're in for a painful ride .",0 162241,"insipid , brutally clueless",0 222277,"Amidst the action , the script carries Arnold ( and the viewers ) into the forbidden zone of sympathizing with terrorist motivations by presenting the `` other side of the story . ''",1 148233,"Rainy days and movies about the disintegration of families always get me down .",0 145645,"Great story , bad idea for a movie",0 109921,"The kind of primal storytelling that George Lucas can only dream of .",1 183486,"Disney 's strong sense of formula",1 169045,"pompous windbags",0 3957,"a mawkish ,",0 45560,"I ca n't say that I liked Homeboy",0 76748,"cinematography to the outstanding soundtrack and unconventional",1 121993,"have the worthy successor to A Better Tomorrow and The Killer which they have been patiently waiting for .",1 77127,"compromising that complexity",0 14836,"a sophisticated , funny and good-natured treat",1 67380,"Mama Africa pretty much delivers on that promise .",1 147694,"Nightmare",0 50333,"compelling or",1 160328,"greased with every emotional device known to man",0 202872,"is drowned out by director Jon Purdy 's sledgehammer sap",0 230999,"frightening late fees",0 77574,"creepy and dead-on performance",1 200913,"he 's spiffing up leftovers that are n't so substantial or fresh",0 41478,"a sorrowful and hilarious tone poem about alienated labor",1 114934,"as important as humor",1 49104,"appealing about the characters",1 107103,"Its story",1 198936,"finds a consistent tone and lacks bite ,",0 117691,"creates a film of near-hypnotic physical beauty even as he tells a story as horrifying as any in the heart-breakingly extensive annals of white-on-black racism",1 53522,"is more than a movie . Go",1 212751,"sturdiest example yet",1 229822,"cinema history as the only movie ever in which the rest of the cast was outshined by LL Cool J.",0 218994,"weirdo actor Crispin Glover",0 12775,"very well-made ,",1 163760,"it difficult to sustain interest in his profession after the family tragedy . Too predictably , in fact",0 196972,"dips key moments",0 103,"` blue crush ' swims away with the sleeper movie of the summer award .",1 84855,"it 's a sincere mess",0 218889,"watered-down",0 31134,"enough interesting",1 156003,"can this limping but dearly-loved franchise survive ? '",0 236958,"the glory days of Weekend and Two or Three Things",1 157159,"debases a concept comedy",0 24582,"Although occasionally static to the point of resembling a stage play",0 58004,"the affable cast",1 146082,"I kept thinking over and over again , ' I should be enjoying this . '",0 124260,"is more of an ordeal than an amusement",0 34574,"more interesting , less symmetrical , less obviously cross-shaped",1 149702,"The pacing is glacial , the screenplay is stiff as a board , and",0 32326,"has seen in years",1 87436,"most inventive directors",1 68389,"Remove Spider-Man the movie",0 23199,"'ve been as entranced and appalled by an Asian film since Shinya Tsukamoto 's Iron Man",1 159541,"forbearing",0 126359,"looks like an episode of the TV show Blind Date , only less technically proficient and without the pop-up comments .",0 90437,"poignant and gently humorous",1 68836,"Smart , sassy interpretation of the Oscar Wilde play .",1 151006,"With generic sets and B-grade special effects , Jason is about as convincing on the sci-fi front as TV 's defunct Cleopatra 2525 .",0 40978,"Is office work really as alienating as ` Bartleby ' so effectively makes it",1 106528,"I walked out of Runteldat . I did go back",0 210931,"screen magic",1 198894,"finally succeeds in diminishing his stature from Oscar-winning master to lowly studio hack .",0 104368,"An ugly , pointless , stupid movie",0 29941,"by such ` Have-yourself-a-happy-little-Holocaust ' movies",0 194715,"blazing guns , cheatfully filmed martial arts , disintegrating bloodsucker computer effects and jagged camera moves that serve no other purpose than to call attention to themselves",0 33897,"jumps through the expected hoops with style and even some depth",1 179503,"'s a boring movie about a boring man , made watchable by a bravura performance from a consummate actor incapable of being boring .",0 124525,"is so fascinating that you wo n't care .",1 129520,"one colorful event",1 59793,"uses Grant 's own twist of acidity",1 225992,"Stupid ,",0 96546,"the reassuring manner of a beautifully sung holiday carol",1 25793,"It is ridiculous , of course",0 90388,"pleasantly and",1 164304,"just does n't add up .",0 104230,"An Inuit masterpiece",1 210038,"racist Japanese jokes",0 106269,"Hollywood , success , artistic integrity and intellectual bankruptcy",1 65820,"Goodall did , with a serious minded patience , respect and affection",1 232895,"is worse : the poor acting by the ensemble cast , the flat dialogue by Vincent R. Nebrida or the gutless direction by Laurice Guillen",0 149365,"The fight scenes are fun ,",1 91322,"recreates both the physical setting and emotional tensions of the Papin sisters",1 86661,"makes this film special",1 29027,"are all astounding",1 15369,"can help heal",1 16205,"is -RRB- talented and terribly charismatic , qualities essential to both movie stars and social anarchists",1 155671,"by African-Americans because of its broad racial insensitivity towards African-Americans",0 64687,"Cherish '' certainly",1 91362,"refreshingly realistic ,",1 70338,"Those seeking a definitive account of Eisenstein 's life would do better elsewhere",0 3851,"a gracious , eloquent",1 184926,"In truth , it has all the heart of a porno flick ( but none of the sheer lust )",0 74466,"are woven together skilfully",1 114104,"an object lesson in period filmmaking",1 43326,"'s something auspicious , and daring , too , about the artistic instinct that pushes a majority-oriented director like Steven Spielberg to follow A . I . with this challenging report so liable to unnerve the majority",1 188152,"The film 's thoroughly recycled plot and tiresome jokes",0 194533,"best for the stunning star",1 145611,"Godawful boring slug",0 206226,"miscalculates badly by forcing the star to play second fiddle to the dull effects that allow the suit to come to life .",0 136494,"the unmistakable stamp of authority",1 172324,"superficial in its approach to the material .",0 88671,"of imagination in the soulful development of two rowdy teenagers",1 129165,"of this laughable dialogue",1 49251,"as a possible successor",1 61752,", and for the memorable character creations",1 55714,"older and wiser eyes ,",1 186839,"Quitting will prove absorbing to American audiences",1 120305,"follow-your-dream",1 13811,"A taut , intelligent psychological drama .",1 75199,"be a breath of fresh air",1 36296,"quirky and poignant Japanese film",1 16495,"lovable Siberian huskies",1 83876,"is a small gem",1 71323,"a breadth of vision",1 73340,"ai n't art",0 186560,"One of the most highly-praised disappointments I 've had the misfortune to watch in quite some time .",0 13225,"wo n't get through this frankly fantastical by-the-numbers b-flick with just a suspension of disbelief . rather",0 35724,"only enhance the film 's otherworldly quality , giving it a strange combo of you-are-there closeness with the disorienting unreality of the seemingly broken-down fourth wall of the movie screen .",1 232993,"it also rocks .",1 44828,"Byler reveals his characters in a way that intrigues and even fascinates us , and he never reduces the situation to simple melodrama",1 228613,"an unexpectedly adamant streak",1 187140,"Schneider is no Steve Martin",0 143633,"All these developments and challenges facing Santa weigh down the plot so heavily that they drain all the film of its energy and needlessly strain credibility",0 58332,"the flowering of the South Korean cinema",1 220516,"'' lacks in depth",0 235207,"reality shows -- reality shows for God 's sake !",0 98128,"to infamy",0 76252,"ca n't help but get caught up in the thrill of the company 's astonishing growth .",1 102897,", the movie is pretty diverting",1 213781,"that never quite gel",0 202265,"inside the mess that is World Traveler",0 8456,"like during those unforgettably uncertain days",0 143215,"A mixed bag of a comedy that ca n't really be described as out of this world .",0 192429,"an ` A ' list cast and",1 141417,"'s mighty tedious for the viewer who has to contend with unpleasant characters , hit-and-miss performances and awkwardly staged scenes .",0 185072,"It 's at once laughable and compulsively watchable , in its committed dumbness .",1 39377,"tones and stupendous performances",1 214686,"the flamboyant , the outrageous",1 103477,"A clever script and",1 192501,"an audience 's",1 54602,"manages to invest real humor",1 90298,"piercing",1 78968,"ends with a whimper",0 51407,"exceptionally well-written , well-edited , well-directed , well-acted , bald",1 183354,"Derailed",0 95567,"the experience worthwhile",1 14556,"Together , Tok and O orchestrate a buoyant , darkly funny dance of death .",1 187232,"Shame on writer/director Vicente Aranda",0 167033,"nothing more than a formulaic chase in the dark",0 179370,"'ll be as bored watching Morvern Callar as the characters are in it . If you go , pack your knitting needles",0 29862,"but the film conjures the magic of author J . K . Rowling 's books .",1 155715,"by a script that takes few chances and manages to insult the intelligence of everyone in the audience",0 38131,"the director 's",1 153185,"almost funny",0 16244,"is as gritty as a movie gets these days .",1 66150,"I enjoyed .",1 186153,"More busy than exciting",0 72780,"a vivid personality",1 34871,"need not apply",0 226273,"The film is explosive , but",0 103023,", wistful new film",1 77431,"could have guessed at the beginning",0 212550,"stereotypes that gives the ( teen comedy )",0 148729,"Some elements of it really blow the big one",0 127193,"modern action\/comedy buddy movie whose only nod to nostalgia is in the title",0 239090,"you 'll cheer .",1 142426,", shapeless mess",0 15663,"entertaining his children to create his song history",1 177592,"want to slap it",0 215127,"the movie does leave you marveling at these guys ' superhuman capacity to withstand pain",1 237000,"the intended , er , spirit",0 176423,"to string the stunts together and not quite enough characterization to keep the faces straight",0 83596,"into what is essentially a '' Dungeons and Dragons '' fantasy with modern military weaponry",1 63665,"Ah , what the hell",0 70902,"While somewhat less than it might have been , the film is a good one , and",1 170337,"sanctified",1 121920,"have been lost in the translation this time . The Importance of Being Earnest movie seems to be missing a great deal of the acerbic repartee of the play",0 226551,"Their computer-animated faces are very expressive .",1 112705,"a sign . An EXIT sign",0 176545,"to wear over his head when he goes out into public , to avoid being recognized as the man who bilked unsuspecting moviegoers",0 14790,"a new way to surprise",1 193888,"avoids all the comic possibilities of its situation , and",0 62591,"... it is visually ravishing , penetrating , impenetrable .",1 177807,"weak direction",0 168284,"only excitement",1 50212,"cleverly probes the cross-cultural differences between Gauls and Yanks .",1 92252,"self-hatred instilled",0 129622,"one-sided theme",0 35474,"of the most haunting , viciously honest coming-of-age films in recent memory .",1 139609,"when there 's nothing else happening",0 173829,"the excellent 1934 MGM version",1 34008,"lean and engaging",1 5047,"be put to sleep or bewildered by the artsy and often pointless visuals",0 7044,"have to be as a collection of keening and self-mutilating sideshow geeks",0 67777,"Narc is a no-bull throwback to 1970s action films . It zips along with B-movie verve while adding the rich details and go-for-broke acting that heralds something special .",1 143281,"A predictable and stereotypical little B-movie .",0 116506,"ca n't quite negotiate the many inconsistencies in Janice 's behavior or compensate for them by sheer force of charm",1 21441,"not a great Bond movie",0 211070,"seems as deflated as he does",0 68072,"P . T . Anderson understands the grandness of romance and how love is the great equalizer that can calm us of our daily ills and bring out joys in our lives that we never knew were possible .",1 148246,"Rates an ` E ' for effort -- and a ` B ' for boring .",0 146448,"It 's another video movie photographed like a film , with the bad lighting that 's often written off as indie film naturalism .",0 83423,"inspired performance",1 230412,"dramatic things happen to people",0 21069,"is the rare director who does not want to invite viewers to gawk at or applaud his special effects .",1 201086,"high time",1 133352,"story for those intolerant of the more common saccharine genre",0 78840,"elevates the material above pat inspirational status and gives it a sturdiness and solidity that we 've long associated with Washington the actor .",1 155788,"by the dunce of a Screenwriting 101 class",0 180966,", the film amounts to being lectured to by tech-geeks , if you 're up for that sort of thing .",0 144873,"Director Ferzan Ozpetek creates an interesting dynamic with the members of this group , who live in the same apartment building . But",1 191226,"a riot . The movie is a dud",0 11136,"that this is n't something to be taken seriously",0 119810,"fatal mistake",0 120858,"funny , triumphant ,",1 57488,"suffering and",0 66268,"If you 're burnt out on It 's a Wonderful Life marathons and bored with A Christmas Carol , it might just be the movie you 're looking for .",1 229630,"came handed down from the movie gods on a silver platter",1 113926,"an all-star salute",1 128802,"of moronic stunts",0 20851,"if you 're in a mind set for goofy comedy",1 22640,"understands that a generation defines its music as much as the music defines a generation .",1 71722,"a genre gem",1 31079,"empress",1 67612,"More intimate than spectacular , E . T . is carried less by wow factors than by its funny , moving yarn that holds up well after two decades .",1 125076,"it promised it would be",1 146474,"It 's drained of life in an attempt to be sober and educational",0 238014,"to understand why anyone in his right mind would even think to make the attraction a movie",0 84259,"is grand-scale moviemaking for a larger-than-life figure , an artist who has been awarded mythic status in contemporary culture",1 9588,"painfully formulaic and stilted",0 84878,"it 's apparent that this is one summer film that satisfies",1 100751,"wo n't feel like it 's wasted yours",1 4134,"a splash",1 190869,"a lot more on its mind -- maybe too much",0 108378,"Peter Mattei 's Love in the Time of Money sets itself apart by forming a chain of relationships that come full circle to end on a positive ( if tragic ) note",1 162889,"is far too self-conscious",0 7618,"intrigue , treachery and murder",0 23092,"'s an unpretentious , sociologically pointed slice of life",1 45208,"Extremely well acted by the four primary actors , this is a seriously intended movie that is not easily forgotten .",1 61884,", endearing",1 167075,"oafish idiot",0 152395,"a script in need of polishing",0 154197,"as it is bland",0 45725,"It 's a scattershot affair , but when it hits its mark it 's brilliant .",1 4187,"a talky bore",0 222111,"A very pretty after-school",1 118191,"dialogue and plot lapses",0 18268,"'s a humble effort , but spiced with wry humor and genuine pathos , especially between Morgan and Redgrave",1 101662,"'s clotted with heavy-handed symbolism , dime-store psychology and endless scenic shots that make 105 minutes seem twice as long .",0 37881,"that revels",1 125653,"knows everything and answers all questions , is visually smart , cleverly written",1 68839,"Smart and alert , Thirteen Conversations About One Thing is a small gem .",1 209404,"please the eye",1 219577,"will wear thin on all",0 121217,"gloom",0 81645,"has a way of seeping into your consciousness , with lingering questions about what the film is really getting at",1 96492,"the proper conviction",1 211944,"so impersonal",0 14897,"accomplishment",1 50851,"directed with resonance",1 235654,"sharp comedy , old-fashioned monster movie atmospherics , and",1 52114,"gets vivid performances from her cast and pulls off some deft Ally McBeal-style fantasy sequences",1 176800,"trapped at a perpetual frat party ... How can something so gross be so boring ?",0 128925,"of stunning images and effects",1 99784,"well done",1 63353,"A sexy , surprising romance ...",1 22880,"would n't call The Good Girl a date movie ( an anti-date movie is more like it )",0 21932,"serene",1 32726,"if a bit draggy at times",0 215644,"the solemnity with which it tries to pump life into overworked elements from Eastwood 's Dirty Harry period",0 12773,"very true",1 37023,"slightly disappointing",0 142729,". Burns",0 199060,"flick . Upper Teens may get cynical .",0 30696,"delivers the goods for Schwarzenegger fans",1 32277,"has a way of infecting the entire crowd as the film rolls on .",1 167252,"of The Blair Witch Project with the illogic of Series 7",0 13581,", good action ,",1 115525,"be killed",0 211100,"seems terrified of the book 's irreverent energy , and scotches most of its élan , humor , bile , and irony .",0 47340,"This Orange has some juice , but it 's far from fresh-squeezed",0 62366,", thought-provoking film",1 116515,"ca n't seem to get a coherent rhythm going",0 153404,"an hour-and-a-half of inoffensive , unmemorable filler .",0 235949,"soulless techno-tripe .",0 13215,"witty",1 39103,"to Oscar-winning potential with a smooth sleight of hand",1 72234,"a really solid Woody Allen film",1 236844,"the ensemble cast , the flat dialogue by Vincent R. Nebrida or",0 51600,"felt emotions can draw people together across the walls that might otherwise separate them",1 40458,"you should applaud or look into having him committed",1 150899,"Where last time jokes flowed out of Cho 's life story , which provided an engrossing dramatic through line",1 78605,"drawing wrenching performances from his actors ( improvised over many months ) and for conveying the way tiny acts of kindness make ordinary life survivable",1 99741,"we want to help -- or hurt",1 187001,"Rock and stolid Anthony Hopkins",1 112908,"a torrent",1 219474,"will be all too familiar for anyone who 's seen George Roy Hill 's 1973 film , '' The Sting",0 211211,"semi-amusing to watch Robert DeNiro belt out '' When you 're a Jet",1 199668,"full-blooded",1 229619,"ca n't think of a single good reason to see this movie , even though everyone in my group extemporaneously shouted",0 191396,"a stiflingly unfunny and unoriginal mess",0 94150,"takes form",1 139857,"wildly entertaining",1 61724,", a warm , fuzzy feeling prevails",1 193623,"as they poorly rejigger Fatal Attraction into a high school setting",0 66649,"It 's quite diverting nonsense .",0 32354,"haunting literary detective story",1 157898,"down the toilet in favor of bright flashes and loud bangs",0 50302,"commands",1 77297,"contemplative , and sublimely beautiful",1 164373,"keep bringing it back another day as punishment for paying money to see the last James Bond movie",0 125308,"its most immediate and most obvious pleasure",1 49670,"bends",1 48974,"an objective documentary",1 37722,"thankfully understated",1 40752,"An engaging overview of Johnson 's eccentric career",1 158426,"even dimmer characters",0 52956,"in luck",1 129136,"of the whole dead-undead genre , who deserve more from a vampire pic than a few shrieky special effects",0 103638,"A harrowing account",1 55979,"perfect kind",1 102056,"( A ) strong piece of work",1 106274,"Hollywood has crafted a solid formula for successful animated movies",1 169660,"rather like an overlong visit from a large group of your relatives .",0 49420,"attuned",1 209904,"punctuated with graphic violence .",0 4669,"an intelligent romantic thriller",1 195068,"but something far more stylish and cerebral",1 83981,"is an action film that delivers on the promise of excitement",1 226718,"This would have been better than the fiction it has concocted , and there still could have been room for the war scenes .",0 201142,"his brawny frame and cool , composed delivery",1 22085,"style and ethnicity",1 123117,"in the '' soon-to-be-forgettable '' section of the quirky rip-off prison romp pile",0 30977,"each interesting",1 149653,"The only camouflage Carvey should now be considering is a paper bag to wear over his head when he goes out into public , to avoid being recognized as the man who bilked unsuspecting moviegoers .",0 181907,"A predictable , manipulative stinker . The story passes time until it 's time for an absurd finale of twisted metal , fireballs and revenge .",0 40247,"with seriousness and compassion",1 39006,"thoroughly engage you",1 112827,"a successful adaptation and an enjoyable film in its own right",1 206953,"nevertheless works up a few scares .",1 34649,"most painfully marginal",0 20164,"but a polished , sophisticated entertainment that is in love with its own cleverness",1 23614,", exhilarating",1 32181,"great comedy filmmaker",1 41814,"do some of their best work in their underwritten roles ,",1 138862,"us to forget most of the film 's problems",0 71030,"Witty and",1 74797,"as the novel on which it 's based",1 35058,"obvious affection , scored to perfection with some tasty boogaloo beats",1 184370,"Hell is ) looking down at your watch and realizing Serving Sara is n't even halfway through .",0 35367,"of post-Saving Private Ryan tributes to the greatest generation",1 133474,"stunning fusion",1 200146,"goose things up",1 228195,"a summer of good stuff",1 175572,"this turkey rotting",0 74493,"arrives from the margin that gives viewers a chance to learn , to grow , to travel .",1 50144,"cheap manipulation or corny conventions",0 52337,"handed down",0 215237,"the old disease-of-the-week small-screen melodramas",0 209265,"pick your nose instead",0 65490,"Fathers and sons , and the uneasy bonds between them",1 178962,"writer 's diapers",0 6692,"from firing on all cylinders",1 100615,"with splendid singing",1 8962,"my only complaint",0 226486,"The star who helped give a spark to `` Chasing Amy '' and `` Changing Lanes '' falls flat as thinking man CIA agent Jack Ryan in this summer 's new action film , `` The Sum of All Fears . ''",0 806,"despite the gravity of its subject matter",1 33536,"is uniformly excellent and relaxed .",1 230334,"does all of this , and more",1 84559,"is quintessential Bollywood . Except it 's much , much better .",1 88221,"of Jason X",0 7900,"it 's sweet ... but just a little bit too precious at the start and a little too familiar at the end .",0 42371,"more interesting , less symmetrical",1 28059,"absorbing film",1 22053,"stark beauty",1 60084,"when humor ends and tragedy begins",1 83272,"incurably romantic",1 104871,"Britney Spears ' phoniness",0 226763,"To some eyes this will seem like a recycling of clichés , an assassin 's greatest hits .",0 75417,"become a historically significant work as well as a masterfully made one",1 162050,"in the worthy EMI recording that serves as the soundtrack , or the home video of the 1992 Malfitano-Domingo production",1 138815,"update her beloved genre for the thousands of Indians who fancy themselves too sophisticated for the cheese-laced spectacles that pack 'em in on the subcontinent",1 58752,"the steady pulse of life",1 128947,"of that already-shallow",0 218440,"veers off",0 77687,"damaged",0 236500,"that might have required genuine acting from Ms. Spears",0 133994,"terrific computer graphics ,",1 69516,"The film 's highlight is definitely its screenplay , both for the rhapsodic dialogue that jumps off the page , and for the memorable character creations .",1 90061,"part biography , part entertainment and part history",1 32342,"has the courage to wonder about big questions with sincerity and devotion .",1 175582,"this well-meaning , beautifully produced film",1 59520,"treasures",1 227884,"a fascinating curiosity piece -- fascinating , that is ,",1 60120,"which is nothing to sneeze at these days",1 144612,"Coppola has made a film of intoxicating atmosphere and little else .",1 70114,"There are laughs aplenty , and , as a bonus , viewers do n't have to worry about being subjected to farts , urine , feces , semen , or any of the other foul substances that have overrun modern-day comedies",1 105545,"Dull and",0 40587,"'s solid and affecting and exactly as thought-provoking",1 21727,"plot contrivances",0 208221,"of under-inspired , overblown enterprise that gives Hollywood sequels a bad name",0 60562,"you come from a family that eats , meddles , argues , laughs , kibbitzes and fights together",0 75260,"be engaging",1 156482,"collapses on its shaky foundation despite the best efforts of director Joe Carnahan .",0 201408,"how the movie could be released in this condition",0 230191,"did I miss something ?",0 23616,", exquisitely modulated psychological thriller .",1 157401,"did n't believe for a moment in these villains or their plot",0 204029,"it summons more spirit and bite than your average formulaic romantic quadrangle",1 190121,"a backseat in his own film",0 104546,"Assured , vital and",1 206830,"near virtuosity in its crapulence",0 74796,"as the most original in years",1 70560,"Unfolds as one of the most politically audacious films of recent decades",1 163340,"is so engagingly messing around like Slob City reductions of Damon Runyon crooks",1 22458,"thoughtful , moving",1 16260,"is in the right place ... innocent and well-meaning",1 80870,"gay filmmakers",1 182449,"An unholy mess",0 36531,"respects",1 178169,"while engaging in such silliness as that snake-down-the-throat business and the inevitable shot of Schwarzenegger",0 143242,"A movie that , rather than skip along the Seine , more or less slogs its way through soggy Paris , tongue uncomfortably in cheek .",0 165986,"mind-numbingly bad",0 195583,"change watching such a character ,",0 41854,"enough science to make it count as educational , and",1 124686,"is the needlessly poor quality of its archival prints and film footage . The images lack contrast , are murky and are frequently too dark to be decipherable .",0 217053,"to get excited about on this DVD",1 163459,"is the kind of film that could only be made by African-Americans because of its broad racial insensitivity towards African-Americans .",0 114154,"an underdone potato",0 63860,"An emotionally strong and politically potent piece of cinema .",1 150247,"This is so bad .",0 196980,"directed , barely",0 41428,"a compelling journey ... and '' His Best Friend Remembers",1 96115,"the melodramatic aspects start to overtake the comedy",0 181866,"A muddy psychological thriller rife with miscalculations",0 188364,"The most remarkable ( and frustrating ) thing",0 185698,"Lawrence has only a fleeting grasp of how to develop them",0 116875,"charming 2000 debut Shanghai Noon",1 85056,"it is a young artist 's thoughtful consideration of fatherhood",1 119765,"far bigger , far more meaningful story",1 85791,"laugh as well .",1 172973,"that did not figure out a coherent game",0 4500,"all the writhing and wailing ,",0 60223,"will enjoy a fast-paced comedy with quirks that might make the award-winning Coen brothers envious .",1 53505,"is intelligently",1 48254,"a part of its grand locations",1 172280,"sufficient heft to justify its two-hour running time",1 67994,"One of the best films of the year with its exquisite acting , inventive screenplay , mesmerizing music , and many inimitable scenes",1 162178,"inexpressive",0 190662,"a good movie ye",1 237083,"the movie looks genuinely pretty .",1 122299,"his difficult , endless work with remarkable serenity and discipline",1 238132,"truly in love with a girl",1 116425,"by its lavish grandeur",1 229704,"can not sustain the buoyant energy level of the film 's city beginnings into its country conclusion '",0 134563,"that soars above the material realm",1 154573,"bad-luck timing",0 182063,"A timid , soggy near miss",0 93096,"some laughs",1 122116,"heedless",0 71937,"a low-key , organic way that encourages you to accept it as life and go with its flow",1 122022,"he 's made a film that 's barely shocking , barely interesting and most of all , barely anything",0 88443,"of beauty , grace and a closet full of skeletons",1 48978,"an often intense character study about fathers",1 216486,"this sloppy , made-for-movie comedy special",0 211970,"so many talented people were convinced to waste their time",0 53203,"intricately structured and well-realized drama",1 83847,"is a real charmer",1 86881,"may also be the best sex comedy about environmental pollution ever made .",1 90783,"proves absolutely that really , really , really good things can come in enormous packages",1 52395,"has conjured up a multilayered work that tackles any number of fascinating issues",1 95536,"the end that extravagantly redeems it",1 181875,"A nearly 21/2 hours , the film is way too indulgent .",0 109833,"The film sometimes flags",1 51012,"dramatic punch",1 18936,"Hollywood could n't possibly fictionalize and be believed",0 134588,"that the only rip off that we were aware of",0 163232,"is perhaps too effective in creating an atmosphere of dust-caked stagnation and labored gentility",0 36214,"provocative and entertaining",1 155711,"by a lobotomized Woody Allen",0 175165,"there 's no saving the movie . Sorry , Charlie",0 200466,"has a built-in audience , but only among those who are drying out from spring break and are still unconcerned about what they ingest",0 144647,"Credibility",1 87952,"noble teacher",1 131282,"rely on dumb gags , anatomical humor , or character cliches",0 43337,"'s that rare luminary who continually raises the standard of her profession",1 152168,"a nice vomit bath",0 235140,"puts Washington , as honest working man John Q. Archibald , on a pedestal , then keeps lifting the pedestal higher",1 14854,"a very strong back",1 100989,"writing , skewed characters , and the title performance by Kieran Culkin",0 178349,"will be disappointed",0 147845,"Obvious politics and rudimentary animation reduce the chances that the appeal of Hey Arnold ! The Movie will reach far beyond its core demographic .",1 204739,"laugh-out-loud bits",1 66071,"Hugely entertaining from start to finish , featuring a fall from grace that still leaves shockwaves",1 67087,"Kwan 's unique directing style",1 85567,"just how much more grueling and time-consuming",0 35686,"one man 's ruin may be another 's fortune",1 103049,", you 're too interested to care",1 4906,"as they may , lawrence unleashes his trademark misogyny -- er , comedy -- like a human volcano or an overflowing septic tank , take your pick",0 220235,"you 're going to subjugate truth to the tear-jerking demands of soap opera",0 124998,"it is a good and ambitious film .",1 209451,"ploughing the same furrow once too often",0 87267,"more fun than Conan the Barbarian",1 94924,"that trademark grin",1 62744,"95 often hilarious minutes",1 62229,", something is rotten in the state of California",0 231437,"has fashioned a comedy with more laughs than many , no question",1 228955,"as if it were an obligation",0 42568,"risks seeming slow and pretentious ,",0 12381,"to keep things moving along at a brisk , amusing pace",1 222455,"As ex-Marine Walter , who may or may not have shot Kennedy , actor Raymond J. Barry is perfectly creepy and believable .",1 143436,"A wildly inconsistent emotional experience .",0 172677,"terribly episodic and lacking the spark of imagination that might have made it an exhilarating",0 10658,"spectacular",1 237433,"these women , one that spans time and reveals meaning",1 179590,"'s absolutely amazing how first-time director Kevin Donovan managed to find something new to add to the canon of Chan . Make Chan 's action sequences boring",0 101631,"'s attracting audiences to Unfaithful",1 170011,"repulsively sadistic",0 121062,"get together",1 36498,"renown Chelsea Hotel",1 175464,"this load of junk",0 105109,"Cinematic pratfalls given a working over . The cast is spot on and the mood is laid back .",1 191910,"action and almost no substance",0 189129,"Though Tom Shadyac 's film kicks off spookily enough , around the halfway mark it takes an abrupt turn into glucose sentimentality and laughable contrivance .",0 168550,"overproduced as it was in her music",0 208748,"opposed to the manifesto",1 12813,"vulgar highlights",0 182065,"A tired , predictable",0 234917,"performer '' funny",1 59180,"to be decent instead of dead brilliant",1 87362,"more valuable",1 44000,"A chilling tale of one of the great crimes",1 121775,"has it beat by a country mile",0 23965,", very much its own droll and delicate little film ,",1 111457,"` top of the world '",1 94362,"than I 'd expected it to be",1 170934,"should be charged with loitering -- so much on view , so little to offer .",0 180377,", Hollywood Ending is a depressing experience",0 78401,"does a great combination act",1 237736,"to be cherished",1 108195,"One of those films that started with a great premise and then just fell apart .",0 9767,"poetry in motion captured on film . while it can be a bit repetitive , overall",1 131312,"remake Andrei Tarkovsky 's Solaris so much as distill it",0 29716,"bowel-curdling , heart-stopping recipe",1 101755,"'s more enjoyable than I expected , though , and that 's because the laughs come from fairly basic comedic constructs .",1 231040,"from the clumsy cliché of the ugly American",0 26104,"Moore 's ) noisy",0 123639,"introspective and",1 176804,"trapped by them , forced to change behavior in bizarre unjustified fashion and",0 3131,"which will probably be perfectly happy with the sloppy slapstick comedy",1 57467,"successful at lodging itself in the brain",1 97363,"this bold move works",1 77707,"dare I say , entertaining !",1 184408,"High Crimes carries almost no organic intrigue as a government / Marine/legal mystery , and that 's because the movie serves up all of that stuff , nearly subliminally , as the old-hat province of male intrigue .",0 236868,"the film 's considered approach",1 159764,"from the repetitive manifestos that keep getting thrown in people 's faces to the fact Amber is such a joke",0 75878,"bounds along with the rat-a-tat energy of '' His Girl Friday , ''",1 9998,"rarely does",1 2411,"straightforward",1 93663,"study that made up for its rather slow beginning by drawing me into the picture .",1 81564,"hard to imagine having more fun watching a documentary",1 197138,"distressingly rote",0 72824,"a wild ride",1 62808,"A breezy blend",1 58694,"the sensational",1 7713,"is exotic",1 152810,"above the ordinary",1 159306,"follows the formula ,",0 117692,"creates a film of near-hypnotic physical beauty even as he tells a story as horrifying as any in the heart-breakingly extensive annals of white-on-black racism .",1 34067,"lighthearted",1 215327,"the people in Love in the Time of Money are hardly specific to their era .",1 192750,"and not in a good way",0 7481,"in the larger picture it paints - of a culture in conflict with itself , with the thin veneer of nationalism that covers our deepest , media-soaked fears",1 224521,"Keenly observed and refreshingly natural , Swimming gets the details right , from its promenade of barely clad bodies in Myrtle Beach , S.C. , to the adrenaline jolt of a sudden lunch rush at the diner .",1 219435,"why bother if you 're going to subjugate truth to the tear-jerking demands of soap opera",0 2727,"the smeary digital video does match the muddled narrative",0 172846,"that 's too random and inconclusive to be compelling , but which Hoffman 's brilliance",1 47612,"While I ca n't say it 's on par with the first one , Stuart Little 2 is a light , fun cheese puff of a movie .",1 187597,"Strident and inelegant in its ` message-movie ' posturing",0 47027,"The fascination comes in the power of the Huston performance , which seems so larger than life and yet so fragile , and",1 127670,"mushy as peas",0 1448,"it 's rare to find a film that dazzles the eye , challenges the brain , and satisfies our lust for fast-paced action , but minority report delivers all that and a whole lot more",1 109700,"The direction , by George Hickenlooper , has no snap to it , no wiseacre crackle or hard-bitten cynicism .",0 78891,"emotional and moral",1 87756,"need messing with",0 178039,"when in fact the film is n't as flippant or slick as it thinks it is",0 81788,"has that rare quality of being able to creep the living hell out of you ...",1 48950,"an impressive and highly entertaining celebration of its sounds",1 89972,"own considerable achievement",1 227919,"a fun and funky look",1 219376,"who stumble into Rules expecting a slice of American Pie hijinks starring the kid from Dawson 's Creek",0 137189,"three of the most multilayered and sympathetic female characters of the year . As each of them searches for their place in the world",1 141300,"'s drained of life in an attempt to be sober and educational",0 135893,"the obstacles of a predictable outcome and a screenplay that glosses over Rafael 's evolution",0 201572,"if that 's not too glorified a term",1 93700,"stylized humor throughout",1 170359,"satire and callow student film",0 216012,"their idol 's energy and passion for detail",1 112625,"a rich subject and",1 49422,"audacious return to form that can comfortably sit among Jean-Luc Godard 's finest work",1 32446,"heartfelt family drama",1 86469,"made literature literal without killing its soul -- a feat any thinking person is bound to appreciate",1 109637,"The cameo-packed , M : I-2-spoofing title sequence is the funniest 5 minutes to date in this spy comedy franchise",1 106780,"Is anyone else out there getting tired of the whole slo-mo , double-pistoled , ballistic-pyrotechnic Hong Kong action aesthetic",0 169440,"pubescent",1 218077,"uncomfortably close to pro-Serb propaganda .",0 129597,"one that , next to his best work , feels clumsy and convoluted",0 140534,"would do well to cram earplugs in their ears and put pillowcases over their heads for 87 minutes",0 155072,"being merely grim",0 43671,", outrageous , ingenious",1 27421,"a cheerfully inconsequential diversion",1 201028,"her life is meaningless , vapid and devoid of substance , in a movie that is definitely meaningless , vapid and devoid of substance",0 235547,"seems altogether too slight to be called any kind of masterpiece",0 234722,"one more collection of penis , breast and flatulence",0 84629,"is so intimate and sensual and funny and psychologically self-revealing that it makes most of what passes for sex in the movies look like cheap hysterics .",1 28058,"absorbing as well as thought-provoking",1 147542,"Mr . Wedge and Mr . Saldanha handle the mix of verbal jokes and slapstick well . Their film falters , however , in its adherence to the Disney philosophy of required poignancy , a salute that I 'd hoped the movie would avoid .",0 235254,"recommend it , because it overstays its natural running time",1 45974,"Laced with liberal doses of dark humor , gorgeous exterior photography , and a stable-full of solid performances , No Such Thing is a fascinating little tale .",1 217637,"too much exploitation and too little art",0 185697,"Lawrence gives us mostly fool 's gold",0 100442,"with a wonderful ensemble cast of characters that bring the routine day to day struggles of the working class to life",1 157136,"dazzling cinematography",1 18739,"Bond knock-offs",0 234118,"no , we get another scene , and then another .",0 27831,"a small treasure",1 202376,"intimidated by both her subject matter and",0 185749,"Like It Hot on the Hardwood proves once again that a man in drag is not in and of himself funny .",0 7778,"is smarter and subtler than ( total recall and blade runner )",1 55618,"of the wise , wizened visitor from a faraway planet",1 35150,"of a promising young lad treading desperately in a nasty sea",1 233266,"know the meaning of the word ` quit",0 27965,"a winsome cast",1 201483,"i . e . Peploe 's , it 's simply unbearable",0 124091,"is half as moving as the filmmakers seem to think .",0 27958,"a wide audience",1 125158,"it would fit Chan like a $ 99 bargain-basement special .",0 78461,"does n't offer any easy answers .",1 50293,"comic face",1 111832,"a dumb , fun , curiously adolescent movie",1 157832,"doing dumb things",0 139114,"vulgar dialogue and a plot that crawls along at a snail 's pace",0 181473,": It 's not really funny .",0 75133,"bad of a movie",0 155124,"besides unintentional laughs",0 148179,"Propelled not by characters but by caricatures",0 8773,"merry and",1 75599,"best short story writing",1 210378,"remains utterly satisfied to remain the same throughout .",1 130643,"principled",1 35670,"on your feet",1 40643,"A compelling , moving film that respects its audience and its source material",1 90813,"provides a strong itch to explore more",1 74633,"as an evil , monstrous lunatic",0 181889,"A pleasant ,",1 195628,"cheapen",0 157346,"destined for pre-dawn cable television slots",0 16564,"metaphor",1 112997,"a war-ravaged land",0 109120,"Spider-Man is about growing strange hairs , getting a more mature body , and finding it necessary to hide new secretions from the parental units .",0 142681,"- and audience-abuse",0 89806,"otherwise good-naturedness",1 172122,"strolls through this mess with a smug grin ,",0 33108,"interesting enough to make a sinner",1 79688,"farts , urine ,",0 231376,"happens that tells you there is no sense .",0 143385,"A synthesis of cliches and absurdities that seems",0 36478,"remains captivating throughout Michele 's religious and romantic quests",1 117076,"cliches , painful improbability",0 188254,"The good",1 111894,"a few new swings thrown in",1 211627,"simplistic -- the film 's biggest problem",0 120227,"flat effort",0 21190,"knock-offs",0 69814,"The performances of the children , untrained in acting",0 97098,"their characters do in the film .",1 23630,", flip and terribly hip bit of cinematic entertainment .",0 210257,"recreational drug",1 114409,"any less enjoyable",0 216250,"they strip down often enough to keep men alert , if not amused",0 216097,"there 's just not much lurking below its abstract surface",0 115199,"at the back of your neck",1 152592,"a thing to do with these characters except have them run through dark tunnels , fight off various anonymous attackers , and evade elaborate surveillance technologies",0 32979,"in this intelligent and restrained coming-of-age drama .",1 156876,"could have been funnier and more innocent",0 174592,"the process that produced such a script , but here 's guessing that spray cheese and underarm noises played a crucial role",0 177042,"ugly , pointless and depressing , even if you",0 166976,"not only manufactured , but also so false you can see the filmmakers ' puppet strings",0 12161,"this is one of the year 's best films",1 218618,"wait for the video",0 165698,"martial arts adventure",1 86721,"managed to convey a tiny sense of hope",1 135347,"the film is not only a love song to the movies but it also is more fully an example of the kind of lush , all-enveloping movie experience it rhapsodizes .",1 134218,"that Tian 's meticulous talent has not withered during his enforced hiatus",1 184442,"Holland lets things peter out midway ,",0 23950,", though viewers may be more exhausted than the athletes onscreen",0 109549,"The actresses may have worked up a back story for the women they portray so convincingly ,",1 27744,"a precise and moving portrait",1 138677,"unfolds with all the mounting tension of an expert thriller , until the tragedy beneath it all gradually reveals itself .",1 95049,"the Lord",1 200473,"has a film 's title served such dire warning .",0 225225,"Notorious C.H.O. hits all the verbal marks it should .",1 52683,"historic",1 221341,", for a movie that tries to be smart , it 's kinda dumb .",0 127417,"most battered women",0 104238,"An action\/thriller of the finest kind",1 115710,"becomes lifeless and falls apart like a cheap lawn chair",0 13924,"But in Imax 3-D , the clichés disappear into the vertiginous perspectives opened up by the photography .",1 231455,"has made just another safe movie .",0 155807,"by the waste of potential",0 26874,"The movie stays afloat thanks to its hallucinatory production design .",1 50319,"compelling , provocative and prescient viewing",1 125353,"its recycled aspects , implausibility , and sags in pace",0 8978,"name-calling",0 22779,"who else needs a shower ?",0 215903,"the word -- mindless , lifeless , meandering , loud , painful , obnoxious",0 169165,"preaches strictly to the converted .",0 212403,"sprung from such a great one",1 219983,"worked five years ago",0 171449,"so much anyone can do with a florid , overplotted , Anne Rice rock 'n' roll vampire novel before the built-in silliness of the whole affair defeats them",0 37413,"stylish",1 104839,"Boy voice",1 126041,"like a badly edited , 91-minute trailer ( and )",0 85568,"just how much more grueling and time-consuming the illusion of work is than actual work",0 18793,"Clockstoppers is a lively and enjoyable adventure for all ages at any time .",1 33704,"it seems like a minor miracle that its septuagenarian star is young enough to be the nonagenarian filmmaker 's son , more incredible",0 196831,"designed to give some of the characters a ` back story",1 203718,"it 's '' Waking up in Reno . '' Go back to sleep .",0 38791,"the world 's remarkably varying human population and mindset",1 45981,"Lan Yu is at times too restrained ,",0 12180,"this ready-made midnight movie",0 4238,"a treat",1 165542,"make this movie anything more than a trashy cop buddy comedy",0 157574,"disjointed jumble of borrowed plot",0 209365,"playful without being fun",0 171574,"some great human truths ,",1 212435,"staged violence overshadows everything , including most of the actors",0 163507,"is to have some idea of the fate that lies in store for moviegoers lured to the mediocrity that is Kung Pow : Enter the Fist",0 52364,"harrowing and painful",0 69158,"Tavernier is more concerned with the entire period of history",1 125532,"just wants to be liked by the people who can still give him work .",1 48264,"a peculiar premise with promise",1 202840,"is creepy",0 42590,"seduced by ( Witherspoon 's ) charisma",1 129372,"on all levels",1 220611,"'m not sure which is worse : the poor acting by the ensemble cast , the flat dialogue by Vincent R. Nebrida or the gutless direction by Laurice Guillen .",0 182057,"A thriller without a lot of thrills .",0 56800,"seems positively French in its rhythms and resonance",1 58816,"the vast collective memory",1 207618,"of artifice and purpose",1 150204,"This idea has lost its originality ... and neither star appears very excited at rehashing what was basically a one-joke picture .",0 12753,"veered off too far into the exxon zone , and",0 234590,"of two genuinely engaging performers",1 58360,"the group 's playful spark of nonconformity",1 47530,"Very psychoanalytical -- provocatively so -- and",1 48241,"a new voice that deserves to be considered as a possible successor to the best European directors",1 102679,", it still works",1 82883,"in admitting that my enjoyment came at the expense of seeing justice served , even if it 's a dish that 's best served cold",1 178548,"with but Pinocchio . It might as well have been Problem Child IV",0 61000,"'s definitely worth taking a look",1 109970,"The most consistently funny",1 205826,"many talented people",1 100613,"with soul",1 28295,"amusing , laugh-filled little gem",1 212980,"surprisingly anemic disappointment",0 178745,"wo n't see the next six",0 237608,"though a morbid one",0 223687,"Hopkins ) does n't so much phone in his performance as fax it .",0 33400,"is just about right",1 195054,"but it was n't horrible either .",1 115883,"best and most unpredictable comedy",1 50006,"can draw people together across the walls that might otherwise separate them",1 166917,"none-too-original",0 178842,"worthwhile about Collision Course",1 27887,"a tasty hors-d'oeuvre",1 212584,"stink",0 186782,"Priggish",0 38473,"the nauseating fictions peddled by such ` Have-yourself-a-happy-little-Holocaust ' movies as Life Is Beautiful and Jakob the Liar",0 182600,"As original and insightful as last week 's episode of Behind the Music .",0 223254,"Even as the hero of the story rediscovers his passion in life , the mood remains oddly detached .",0 135342,"the film is less the cheap thriller you 'd expect than it is a fairly revealing study of its two main characters -- damaged-goods people whose orbits will inevitably and dangerously collide .",1 4572,"amicable",1 134340,"that has been overexposed , redolent of a thousand cliches , and yet remains uniquely itself",1 69077,"Sweet Home Alabama is n't as funny as you 'd hoped .",0 6518,"first and foremost ... the reason to go see '' blue crush '' is the phenomenal , water-born cinematography by david hennings .",1 28637,"and he does make for excellent company , not least as a self-conscious performer .",1 139359,"wayward teen",1 24338,"A fast-moving and remarkable film",1 143489,"Accuracy and realism",1 17001,"provides an amazing performance that dwarfs everything else in the film .",1 213949,"that will probably please people",1 500,"as revealed through the eyes of some children who remain curious about each other against all odds",1 226447,"The problem with `` XXX '' is that its own action is n't very effective .",0 125893,"left on a remote shelf",0 169764,"really elevates itself from being yet another earnestly generic crime-busting comic vehicle -- a well-intentioned remake that shows some spunk and promise but fails to register as anything distinctive or daring",1 143776,"An ungainly , comedy-deficient , B-movie rush job",0 121338,"gorgeous , passionate",1 124172,"is its make-believe promise of life that soars above the material realm",1 136517,"the very hollowness of the character he plays",0 117558,"could be the worst film a man has made about women since Valley of the Dolls",0 187743,"The 70-year-old Godard",1 141410,"'s little to love about this English trifle",0 24539,"Add yet another hat to a talented head , Clooney 's a good director .",1 29087,"are thrilling .",1 220937,"'s one of the most beautiful , evocative works I 've seen .",1 77469,"courage , tragedy and the little guys vs .",1 115291,"awards animals the respect they",1 173178,"that seem simply an ill fit",0 180538,", badly cobbled look",0 61166,"'s not an easy movie to watch and",0 11748,"the plight",0 206704,"muck",0 230429,"drudgery",0 67162,"Leave it to John Sayles to take on developers , the Chamber of Commerce , tourism , historical pageants ,",1 54341,"long-faced sad sack",0 221332,", evocative",1 64551,"Bursting through the constraints of its source , this is one adapted - from-television movie that actually looks as if it belongs on the big screen .",1 227913,"a fresh view",1 4067,"a ray of hope",1 235310,"rely on an ambiguous presentation",0 73794,"an extraordinary film , not least",1 220833,"'s hard to pity the ` plain ' girl who becomes a ravishing waif after applying a smear of lip-gloss",0 132643,"sluggish",0 142290,", it dives into soapy bathos .",0 209778,"proficient , dull",0 184346,"Has the marks of a septuagenarian : it 's a crusty treatment of a clever gimmick",0 222379,"And the positive change in tone here seems to have recharged him .",1 169164,"preaches strictly to the converted",0 95670,"the film makes up for it with a pleasing verisimilitude .",1 180552,", brooding and slow",0 157555,"discourages",0 154546,"bad high school production",0 4179,"a surprisingly anemic disappointment",0 79522,"extravagantly redeems it",1 225376,"P.T. Anderson understands the grandness of romance and",1 165931,"might have guessed",0 3722,"a didactic and dull documentary glorifying",0 120389,"for an intelligent weepy",1 112030,"a good deal funnier",1 48416,"a sweet , laugh-a-minute crowd pleaser that lifts your spirits as well as",1 92779,"slain",0 75589,"best brush",1 115295,"awful complications",0 68885,"Some people march to the beat of a different drum",1 170833,"shapeless mess",0 122330,"his heart",1 145149,"Even at its best , it will never hold a candle to the original",0 224011,"In any case , I would recommend Big Bad Love only to Winger fans who have missed her since 1995 's Forget Paris .",0 97157,"their sexual and romantic tension , while never really vocalized , is palpable",1 91222,"realize that deep inside righteousness can be found a tough beauty",1 112762,"a spirited film and",1 26957,"There is a kind of attentive concern that Hoffman brings to his characters , as if he has been giving them private lessons , and now it is time for their first public recital .",1 89040,"of the lovable-loser protagonist",1 100520,"with his usual intelligence and subtlety",1 108035,"None of this so-called satire has any sting to it , as if Woody is afraid of biting the hand that has finally , to some extent , warmed up to him .",0 53696,"is warmly affecting",1 111763,"a dead man",0 205291,"long and tedious",0 219180,"when the fantastic Kathy Bates turns up",1 73704,"an attraction that crosses sexual identity",1 23494,", but it 's also one of the smarter , savvier spoofs to come along in some time .",1 145750,"Have Fun",1 107317,"Kinnear ... gives his best screen performance with an oddly winning portrayal of one of life 's ultimate losers .",1 229394,"between these women , one that spans time and reveals meaning",1 181138,", you 'd probably turn it off , convinced that you had already seen that movie .",0 152689,"a wool wetsuit",0 149082,"The Clown '' , a much funnier film with a similar theme and",0 236467,"that is where Ararat went astray .",0 146765,"It will come as no surprise that the movie is n't scary . But here 's the real damn :",0 200611,"has no affect on the Kurds",1 226723,"Thoroughly enjoyable .",1 237256,"the theater thinking up grocery lists and ways to tell their kids how not to act like Pinocchio",0 90661,"prevails",1 197750,"elusive , lovely",1 21211,"least surprising",0 147574,"Murphy 's better performances in one of his lesser-praised movies",1 189088,"This sort of cute and cloying material is far from Zhang 's forte and it shows",0 195378,"can handle",1 9395,"of turning one man 's triumph of will into everyman 's romance comedy",1 57105,"so interesting",1 192464,"an adoring , wide-smiling reception",1 43820,"-- kids who read , kids who dream --",1 235659,"sharper , cleaner script",1 77653,"cursory",0 44694,"Bennett 's naturalistic performance speaks volumes more truth than any ` reality ' show , and anybody contemplating their own drastic life changes should watch Some Body first",1 204034,"it the Kahlo movie Frida fans have been looking for",1 137356,"to accomplish",1 106531,"I was amused and entertained by the unfolding of Bielinsky 's cleverly constructed scenario , and greatly impressed by the skill of the actors involved in the enterprise .",1 196830,"designed to fill time , providing no real sense of suspense",0 141943,", B-movie",0 28504,"and always interesting",1 200211,"great material for a film -- rowdy , brawny and lyrical in the best Irish sense",1 37355,"stinging at times , and lots of fun",1 57979,"the National Lampoon film franchise",1 81185,"goes to the essence of Broadway",1 89998,"packed to bursting with incident , and with scores of characters , some fictional , some from history",1 173933,"the film that shows a stationary camera on a subject that could be mistaken for giving a public oration , rather than contributing to a film 's narrative",0 226987,"We ca n't accuse Kung Pow for misfiring , since it is exactly what it wants to be : an atrociously , mind-numbingly , indescribably bad movie .",0 91834,"run-of-the-mill revulsion for extreme unease",0 94890,"that tells stories that work -- is charming , is moving",1 159912,"geeky or",0 233448,"like locusts in a horde these things will keep coming",0 185341,"It should be interesting",1 49539,"be seen at the very least for its spasms of absurdist",0 178741,"wo n't join the pantheon of great monster\/science fiction flicks that we have come to love ...",0 139755,"who has come to New York City to replace past tragedy with the American Dream",1 36592,"risky , intelligent , romantic and rapturous from start to finish",1 79498,"expresses our most basic emotions",1 53277,"is a fascinating little tale .",1 234062,"need a constant influx of liquid just to get through it .",0 99023,"unflappable",1 94488,"that 's plaguing the human spirit in a relentlessly globalizing world",0 224617,"Lightweight but appealing .",1 139934,"will not notice the glaring triteness of the plot device",0 127348,"more recyclable",0 78958,"endearing cast",1 115075,"as visually bland as a dentist 's waiting room",0 20378,"detail and nuance",1 204361,"its writer-director 's",1 67648,"Mostly honest",1 207058,"no mistake",1 233778,"may have meant the Internet short Saving Ryan 's Privates .",0 103512,"A damn fine and",1 182248,"All three descriptions suit Evelyn , a besotted and obvious drama that tells us nothing new .",0 87325,"more smarts",1 189334,"Unambitious writing emerges in the movie , using a plot that could have come from an animated-movie screenwriting textbook .",0 201251,"his way of saying that piffle is all that the airhead movie business deserves from him right now",0 132650,"small ... with considerable aplomb",1 169810,"recently said , a tortuous comment that perfectly illustrates the picture 's moral schizophrenia",0 68128,"Passions , obsessions , and",1 225861,"Some , like Ballistic , arrive stillborn ... looking like the beaten , well-worn video box cover of seven years into the future",0 111980,"a funny yet dark and seedy clash of cultures and generations",1 81158,"go ape",1 220220,"you 'll be wistful for the testosterone-charged wizardry of Jerry Bruckheimer productions , especially because Half Past Dead is like The Rock on a Wal-Mart budget .",0 7483,"in the long , dishonorable history of quickie teen-pop exploitation",0 137271,"timid",0 142807,"... surprisingly inert for a movie in which the main character travels back and forth between epochs .",0 123630,"intriguing subject",1 62920,"A deft , delightful mix of sulky teen drama and overcoming-obstacles sports-movie triumph .",1 101155,"you might as well be watching it through a telescope",0 29618,"bittersweet pathos , and lyric moments that linger like snapshots of memory",1 7908,"it all looks and plays like a $ 40 million version of a game you 're more likely to enjoy on a computer",0 100858,"works smoothly under the direction of Spielberg , who does a convincing impersonation here of a director enjoying himself immensely",1 221135,", E.T. is still a cinematic touchstone .",1 53516,"is long on glamour and short on larger moralistic consequences ,",0 215378,"the point of real interest -",1 31952,"fully aware of the uses and abuses of fame",1 93694,"stylish sizzle",1 213199,"tasteful to look at",1 85304,"its love of life and beauty",1 48770,"all the more compelling",1 220919,"'s not life-affirming -- its vulgar",0 14023,"Extreme Ops '' exceeds expectations . Good fun , good action , good acting , good dialogue , good pace , good cinematography .",1 1156,"has never been smoother or more confident",1 28336,"an emotionally rich , poetically plump and visually fulsome , but never showy , film whose bittersweet themes are reinforced",1 199502,"fresh , sometimes funny , and",1 120092,"finally makes Sex With Strangers , which opens today in the New York metropolitan area , so distasteful",0 186409,"None of Birthday Girl 's calculated events take us by surprise ...",0 188323,"The lousy John Q all but spits out Denzel Washington 's fine performance in the title role .",0 8446,"like a grinning jack o ' lantern ,",1 236528,"that seems to have no goal and no urgency",0 235232,"really slick",1 158960,"feels like a preamble to a bigger , more complicated story , one that never materializes .",0 221213,", Swimming gets the details right , from its promenade of barely clad bodies in Myrtle Beach , S.C. , to the adrenaline jolt of a sudden lunch rush at the diner .",1 67672,"Mr . Fraser",1 69821,"The picture runs a mere 84 minutes ,",0 130852,"put pillowcases over their heads for 87 minutes",0 132790,"so sloppy , so uneven , so damn unpleasant",0 52486,"have fun with it",1 84217,"is full of charm",1 189594,"What might have emerged as hilarious lunacy in the hands of Woody Allen or",1 124384,"is often as fun to watch as a good spaghetti western .",1 163588,"is worse",0 93271,"speaks volumes , offering up a hallucinatory dreamscape that frustrates and captivates",1 1524,"joke",0 4000,"a movie that successfully crushes a best selling novel into a timeframe that mandates that you avoid the godzilla sized soda",1 208105,"of the more overtly silly dialogue",0 210406,"rent those movies instead",0 35843,"outright enjoyable",1 141968,", Formula 51 sank from quirky to jerky to utter turkey .",0 188425,"The movie is a negligible work of manipulation , an exploitation piece doing its usual worst to guilt-trip parents .",0 235542,"seem less of a trifle if Ms. Sugarman followed through on her defiance of the saccharine",0 27318,"Zhang Yimou delivers warm , genuine characters who lie not through dishonesty , but because they genuinely believe it 's the only way to bring happiness to their loved ones .",1 180835,", neither Sendak nor the directors are particularly engaging or articulate .",0 85725,"lacks in action",0 222261,"Alternately hilarious and sad , aggravating and soulful , scathing and joyous .",1 157557,"discourages American audiences from ever wanting to see another foreign film",0 107173,"Jean-Claude Van Damme look good",1 13498,", Lovely & Amazing involves us because it is so incisive , so bleakly amusing about how we go about our lives .",1 119849,"feeble",0 218285,"up as tedious as the chatter of parrots raised on Oprah",0 72040,"a movie the kids will want to see over and over again",1 208570,"one big , dumb action movie .",0 195618,"charm or texture",1 46889,"Thanks to Haynes ' absolute control of the film 's mood , and",1 150997,"With Danilo Donati 's witty designs and Dante Spinotti 's luscious cinematography , this might have made a decent children 's movie -- if only Benigni had n't insisted on casting himself in the title role .",1 121835,"has skin looked as beautiful , desirable , even delectable , as it does in Trouble Every Day",1 81731,"has made literature literal without killing its soul -- a feat any thinking person is bound to appreciate",1 172736,"than another big-budget bust",0 8325,"labute masterfully balances both traditional or modern stories together in a manner that one never overwhelms the other . something for everyone",1 57783,"that exquisitely blends music",1 237565,"this opera is n't a favorite , so",0 205270,"loads of CGI and bushels of violence",0 3142,"whimper",0 206545,"most surprising thing",1 40702,"A savvy exploration of paranoia and insecurity in America 's culture of fear",1 193858,"audience sadism",0 208825,"others create ultimate thrills . Men in Black II achieves ultimate insignificance",0 77045,"communicates a great deal in his performance .",1 50171,"cinema 's inability to stand in for true , lived experience",0 20234,"celebratory verve",1 40910,"Frailty '' has been written so well , that even a simple '' Goddammit ! '' near the end takes on a whole other meaning",1 124587,"is suspenseful and ultimately unpredictable",1 3189,"with spirit , purpose and emotionally bruised characters who add up to more than body count",1 98678,"treats Ana 's journey with honesty that is tragically rare in the depiction of young women in film .",1 148133,"Poor editing ,",0 49812,"bracingly truthful antidote",1 60788,"'s Unforgiven which also utilized the scintillating force of its actors to draw out the menace of its sparse dialogue .",1 135383,"the filmmakers look down on their working-class subjects from their lofty perch , that finally makes Sex With Strangers , which opens today in the New York metropolitan area , so distasteful",0 32028,"get really peeved at it",0 87424,"most genuinely sweet films",1 197177,"do justice to either effort in three hours of screen time",1 237448,"they ca n't go wrong .",1 205477,"lovely trifle",1 193144,"are no unforgettably stupid stunts or uproariously rude lines of dialogue to remember it by",0 138235,"traditional layers of awakening and ripening and",1 891,"engaging , imaginative filmmaking",1 177808,"weak movie",0 237961,"to spend their time in the theater thinking up grocery lists and ways to tell their kids how not to act like Pinocchio",0 24719,"As a tolerable diversion , the film suffices",0 151774,"a full-length classic",1 78023,"deserved all the hearts it won -- and wins still",1 5195,"blobby old-school",0 97972,"to call for prevention rather than to place blame , making it one of the best war movies ever made",1 91548,"resorting to camp as Nicholas ' wounded and wounding Uncle Ralph . It 's a great performance and a reminder of Dickens ' grandeur",1 69832,"The plot of the comeback curlers is n't very interesting actually ,",0 130786,"psychologically probing",1 71654,"a film that is both gripping and compelling",1 131092,"realizes a fullness that does not negate the subject .",1 179726,"'s equally distasteful to watch him sing the lyrics to '' Tonight .",0 219430,"why I have given it a one-star rating",0 30577,"dared",1 155505,"brings a whole new meaning",1 219997,"works better the less the brain is engaged",0 235390,"rolling musical back",1 39625,"unfinished story",0 204627,"lack depth or complexity",0 121396,"grating",0 23248,"( T ) his beguiling Belgian fable , very much its own droll and delicate little film , has some touching things to say about what is important in life and why .",1 28110,"actually casting people who look working-class",1 211555,"showcases pretty mediocre shtick",0 95659,"the film is the cast , particularly the Ya-Yas themselves .",1 175930,"to be compelling , but which Hoffman 's brilliance",1 188166,"The film ca n't be called a solid success , although there 's plenty of evidence here to indicate Clooney might have better luck next time",0 86006,"lightly entertaining",1 104819,"Both Garcia and Jagger turn in perfectly executed and wonderfully sympathetic characters , who are alternately touching and funny .",1 110559,"This tale has been told and retold :",0 89239,"offended by his lack of faith in his audience",0 158926,"feel you 've just watched a feature-length video game with some really heavy back story",0 42480,"presents an audacious tour of the past and takes within its warm",1 169786,"really the whole series is so much pretentious nonsense , lavishly praised by those who equate obscurity with profundity",0 158566,"exactly , is fighting whom here ? Ah , yes , that would be me : fighting off the urge to doze",0 27800,"a script that no human screenwriter could have hoped to match",1 130978,"raises some worthwhile themes while delivering a wholesome fantasy for kids .",1 35588,"often very funny",1 76028,"builds to an intense indoor drama about compassion , sacrifice , and Christian love",1 59708,"unindicted here ,",0 207021,"no content",0 11666,"the movie is a little tired",0 20244,"charming yet poignant",1 66146,"I do n't think most of the people who loved the 1989 Paradiso will prefer this new version . But",0 235905,"some nice twists",1 185170,"It 's not really funny",0 119797,"fascinating profile",1 64505,"Broomfield is energized by Volletta Wallace 's maternal fury , her fearlessness",1 161069,"heightened reality",1 195788,"clichés , depression and",0 140577,"would seem to be surefire casting . The catch is that they 're stuck with a script that prevents them from firing on all cylinders .",0 163378,"is something of an impostor itself ,",0 80067,"flat-out amusing ,",1 212924,"superficially written",0 229991,"could have turned this into an Argentine retread of `` Iris '' or `` American Beauty ,",0 3514,"77 minutes of pokemon may not last 4ever , it just seems like it does . my only wish",0 192135,"all I sort of loved the people onscreen , even though I could not stand them . Perhaps the film should be seen as a conversation starter . It 's not an easy one to review .",1 120664,"from Motown 's shadows",1 120988,"generic drama",0 202176,"incredibly inane",0 163702,"it 's the CliffsNotes with pages missing .",0 119922,"feels like a streetwise McLaughlin Group ... and never fails to entertain .",1 52515,"he allows nothing to get in the way",1 20396,"distracted",0 47268,"The terrific and bewilderingly underrated Campbell Scott gives a star performance that is nothing short of mesmerizing .",1 142546,", there 's nothing so striking or fascinating or metaphorically significant about his career as to rate two hours of our attention .",0 83892,"is a strength of a documentary to disregard available bias , especially as temptingly easy as it would have been with this premise",1 195201,"by someone who ignored it in favor of old ` juvenile delinquent ' paperbacks with titles like Leather Warriors and Switchblade Sexpot",0 36724,"sea condensada",1 115588,"be steeped in '50s sociology , pop culture or movie lore to appreciate the emotional depth of Haynes ' work .",1 78628,"dreamy and evocative",1 88332,"of a love affair",1 210836,"say things like '' si , pretty much '' and '' por favor , go home '' when talking to Americans . That 's muy loco , but no more ridiculous than most of the rest of '' Dragonfly",0 68849,"Smoochy",1 145120,"Essentially a collection of bits --",0 30347,"connects on a visceral level that transcends language",1 60380,"with some contrived banter , cliches and some loose ends",0 101434,"'re - doing-it-for - the-cash",0 102798,", remains surprisingly idealistic",1 74610,"as a skillfully assembled , highly polished and professional adaptation ... just about as chilling and unsettling as ` Manhunter '",1 85621,"keep upping the ante on each other ,",1 230403,"drama , an admirable ambition",1 213630,"that feels as though it 's trying to set the women 's liberation movement back 20 years",0 3066,"wannabe",0 202426,"into pomposity and pretentiousness",0 8340,"lacks the inspiration of the original and has a bloated plot that stretches the running time about 10 minutes past a child 's interest and an adult 's patience . but it also has many of the things that made the first one charming",0 2237,"seen many times",0 12853,"was i scared ? only at the prospect of beck 's next project . let 's see , a haunted house , a haunted ship , what 's next ... ghost blimp",0 163216,"is otherwise a cliche-riddled but self-serious spy thriller",0 67673,"Mr . Kilmer 's movie",1 62998,"A film in a class with Spike Lee 's masterful",1 35800,"other times candidly revealing",1 197953,"entertainment and evangelical",1 238969,"work much better as a video installation in a museum , where viewers would be free to leave",0 84943,"it 's smooth and professional",1 233580,"loved the people onscreen , even though I could not stand them",1 180954,", the answer is clear : Not easily and , in the end , not well enough",0 147108,"Leaves you with a knot in your stomach , its power is undercut by its own head-banging obviousness .",0 114546,"are alternately touching and funny",1 68097,"Para Hitler",0 239000,"would be very possible for a reasonably intelligent person to sit through its tidal wave of imagery and not get this vision at all",0 174552,"the point of evaporation",0 80343,"for technical flaws to get in the way",0 78065,"detailed performances",1 18319,"( Sex and Lucía ) makes for an arousing good time .",1 49848,"brings a beguiling freshness to a coming-of-age story with such a buoyant , expressive flow of images",1 40225,"with its characters ' choices , good and ill , that its shortcomings are remembered only as an afterthought",1 192344,"alternating with lots of sloppiness",0 63761,"Although made on a shoestring and unevenly acted , conjures a Lynch-like vision of the rotting underbelly of Middle America .",0 190212,"a boring man",0 28899,"and vulnerable",0 17830,"to show how its done",1 179807,"'s just rather leaden and dull",0 12709,"uplifting but",1 8619,"make it shine",1 203258,"is not that it 's offensive , but that it 's boring",0 297,"a whole lot",1 65937,"Hashiguchi vividly captures the way young Japanese live now , chafing against their culture 's manic mix of millennial brusqueness and undying , traditional politesse .",1 172160,"stunning insight that crime does n't pay",1 192427,"an Oscar",1 230204,"did n't find much fascination in the swinging .",0 206243,"misogyny and unprovoked violence",0 221540,", stay away .",0 47235,"The real triumphs",1 238963,"wondering what all that jazz was about `` Chicago '' in 2002",0 233327,"layer of Action Man cliché atop wooden dialogue and a shifting tone that falls far short of the peculiarly moral amorality of ( Woo 's ) best work",0 15706,"exceeds expectations . Good fun , good action , good acting , good dialogue , good pace",1 103318,"4Ever has the same sledgehammer appeal as Pokemon videos , but",1 12488,"too dark to be decipherable",0 149314,"The doofus-on - the-loose banter of Welcome to Collinwood",0 116441,"by shoving them into every clichéd white-trash situation imaginable",0 183839,"Fails to convince the audience that these brats will ever be anything more than losers",0 139124,"waged among victims and predators settle into an undistinguished rhythm of artificial suspense .",0 54817,"more goodies",1 190631,"a funny moment or two",1 1106,"gorgeous scenes , masterful performances ,",1 160200,"goes off the beaten path , not necessarily for the better .",0 199369,"for the uninitiated plays better on video with the sound",0 114331,"annoying and",0 38102,"the courage to wonder about big questions with sincerity and devotion",1 787,"delivers all that and a whole lot",1 50213,"cliche",0 88140,"oddly fascinating",1 227569,"`` Rollerball '' 2002 may go down in cinema history as the only movie ever in which the rest of the cast was outshined by LL Cool J.",0 114390,"any after-school special you can imagine",1 126886,"may be relieved that his latest feature , R Xmas , marks a modest if encouraging return to form .",1 21076,"is unforgettable , deeply absorbing .",1 120523,"for the wan , thinly sketched story . Killing time , that 's all that 's going on here",0 218005,"two guys yelling in your face for two hours",0 60907,"'s all about Anakin ... and the lustrous polished visuals rich in color and creativity and , of course , special effect",1 3140,"while howard 's appreciation of brown and his writing is clearly well-meaning and sincere , the movie would be impossible to sit through were it not for the supporting cast .",0 5205,"blown",0 93908,"surehanded",1 145164,"Even if it ultimately disappoints",0 188277,"The holes in this film remain agape",0 86304,"looks closely , insightfully at fragile , complex relationships",1 153149,"all this specious Hollywood hoo-ha",0 120374,"for a silly hack-and-slash flick",0 40668,"A love for films shines through each frame and",1 226659,"This is just lazy writing .",0 18249,"'' warped logic",0 142759,". viewers",1 79500,"exquisite , unfakable sense",1 1616,"little else",0 164510,"lack of a pyschological center knocks it flat",0 96931,"the type of film about growing up that we do n't see often enough these days : realistic , urgent",1 209713,"pretentious types",0 121656,"has a gentle , unforced intimacy that never becomes claustrophobic .",1 82678,"illuminating study",1 216863,"to be affected and boring",0 224274,"It can not be enjoyed , even on the level that one enjoys a bad slasher flick , primarily because it is dull .",0 181154,", you may just end up trying to drown yourself in a lake afterwards .",0 186850,"Rare Birds ' tries to force its quirkiness upon the audience .",0 28640,"and he never reduces the situation to simple melodrama .",1 228247,"a whale of a good time",1 66498,"It 's a shame the marvelous first 101 minutes have to be combined with the misconceived final 5 .",0 143090,"A fascinating but choppy documentary",1 154681,"be an epic",1 36135,"predictable enough to make The Sound of Music play like a nail-biting thriller",0 117055,"clever and unexpected",1 162596,"is a far cry from either the book or the beloved film",0 139607,"when the movie ended so damned soon",0 102322,", Secretary is a genial romance that maintains a surprisingly buoyant tone throughout , notwithstanding some of the writers ' sporadic dips into pop Freudianism .",1 49076,"any ` reality ' show",0 29820,"but it 's a worthy companion to the many fine , focused films emerging from that most surprising of nations .",1 206906,"neither original",0 221160,", I found myself struggling to put my finger on that elusive `` missing thing . ''",0 46772,"Spain",1 25154,"Does",1 124632,"is that it progresses in such a low-key manner that it risks monotony . But it 's worth the concentration",1 187884,"The Sweetest Thing is expressly for idiots who do n't care what kind of sewage they shovel into their mental gullets to simulate sustenance .",0 74226,"appealing leads",1 193927,"bad , bad , bad movie",0 139306,"watch the film twice",1 108867,"Several uninteresting , unlikeable people do bad things to and with each other in '' Unfaithful .",0 35358,"of pastel colors and prankish comedy from Disney",1 178731,"witless attempt at mating Some Like It Hot with the WWII espionage thriller",0 155922,"can already be seen on television",0 236566,"that transforms its wearer into a superman",1 98228,"to please its intended audience -- children -- without placing their parents in a coma-like state",1 178114,"where the story 's going",0 98325,"to suggest possibilities which imbue the theme with added depth and resonance",1 47719,"Yes , but also intriguing and honorable ,",1 228503,"among cinema 's finest this year",1 124039,"is fascinating ...",1 104541,"Assayas ' ambitious , sometimes beautiful adaptation",1 118365,"disparate elements",0 185741,"Less funny than it should be and less funny than it thinks it is .",0 4799,"are often a stitch",0 15528,"depend on surprises",0 20683,"gratifying",1 64810,"Conversations About One Thing '' is an intelligent flick that examines many different ideas from happiness to guilt in an intriguing bit of storytelling .",1 119803,"fast-paced contemporary society",1 81431,"grueling",0 180551,", brash and mainly unfunny",0 37022,"slick stuff",1 187391,"So muddled , repetitive and ragged that it says far less about the horrifying historical reality than about the filmmaker 's characteristic style .",0 20177,"but it is a good Bond movie , which still makes it much better than your typical Bond knock-offs .",1 13877,"At its best early on as it plays the culture clashes between the brothers .",1 115023,"as she continually tries to accommodate to fit in and gain the unconditional love she seeks",1 127998,"no getting around the fact that this is Revenge Of The Nerds Revisited -- again",0 163649,"it 's good ,",1 22799,"will entertain with their gross outs , bawdy comedy and head games",1 11227,"the celebrated",1 68365,"Real Women may have many agendas , but it also will win you over , in a big way",1 237546,"this might not seem like the proper cup of tea ,",0 27658,"a marvel of reality versus sappy sentiment",1 186780,"Pretend like your SAT scores are below 120 and you might not notice the flaws .",0 48168,"a magnificent drama well worth tracking down",1 157227,"deflates",0 32506,"him with interesting characters",1 220873,"'s lots of cute animals and clumsy people",1 93588,"strangely tempting bouquet",1 208667,"one-star rating",0 6711,"frustration",0 99206,"us is a minor miracle",1 112662,"a sense of childhood imagination",1 143007,"A bit of an unwieldy mess .",0 53385,"is an amusing joy ride ,",1 180599,", despite downplaying her good looks , carries a little too much ai n't - she-cute baggage into her lead role as a troubled and determined homicide cop to quite pull off the heavy stuff .",0 162800,"is because so many of us keep going and then , out of embarrassment or stupidity ,",0 19508,"a good old fashion romance and someone",1 154749,"be hard pressed to retain their lunch",0 61204,"'s packed with just as much intelligence as action",1 62881,"A conventional , but well-crafted film about a historic legal battle in Ireland over a man 's right to raise his own children .",1 50341,"complex and quirky ,",1 220492,"'' is a difficult film to shake from your conscience when night falls .",1 100265,"will have you at the edge of your seat for long stretches . '",1 238659,"whether you can tolerate Leon Barlow",0 93457,"starts out bizarre",0 41290,"The story , like life , refuses to be simple ,",1 48810,"allows nothing",0 43334,"'s still damn funny stuff",1 22285,"the greatest romantic comedies",1 111362,"You will likely prefer to keep on watching .",1 194939,"breaks no new ground and treads old turf like a hippopotamus ballerina",0 66513,"It 's a wise and powerful tale of race and culture forcefully told , with superb performances throughout .",1 28629,"and gradually grows into something of considerable power",1 24968,"Chelsea Hotel",1 18508,", you could say that a few of the characters act in ways that real people would n't , but one thing you could n't say is that Alias Betty is predictable .",1 13503,", Queen Latifah",1 7354,"if your taste runs to ` difficult ' films",0 140765,"you have nothing better to do with 94 minutes . But",0 186800,"Proves a lovely trifle that , unfortunately , is a little too in love with its own cuteness .",0 44177,"A moving and solidly entertaining comedy\/drama",1 197222,"do n't think this movie loves women at all",0 44135,"A hugely rewarding experience that 's every bit as enlightening , insightful and entertaining as Grant 's two best films -- Four Weddings and a Funeral and Bridget Jones 's Diary .",1 204806,"leave you speaking in tongues",1 29493,"been as resolute in their emotional nakedness",1 46650,"Rock solid family fun out of the gates , extremely imaginative through out , but wanes in the middle",1 70508,"Turturro is fabulously funny and over the top as a ` very sneaky ' butler who excels in the art of impossible disappearing\/reappearing acts",1 132300,"shockingly bad",0 123367,"infiltrated every corner",0 171257,"sleeping pill",0 154871,"because he acts so goofy all the time",0 41333,"This is the kind of movie that used to be right at home at the Saturday matinee , and it still is",1 76330,"can enjoy",1 171532,"soggy , shapeless mess",0 48587,"absorbing , largely for its elegantly colorful look and sound",1 221088,"( Tries ) to parody",0 178855,"would be better off investing in the worthy EMI recording that serves as the soundtrack , or the home video of the 1992 Malfitano-Domingo production",0 103920,"A straight-shooting family film",1 65322,"Enticing and often funny documentary .",1 231348,"had just typed ` Chris Rock , ' ` Anthony Hopkins ' and ` terrorists ' into some Univac-like script machine",0 7703,"is emblematic of the witless ageism afflicting films",0 10267,"savvy director robert j . siegel and",1 101897,"'s so muddled and derivative that few will bother thinking it all through",0 188593,"The project 's filmmakers forgot to include anything even halfway scary as they poorly rejigger Fatal Attraction into a high school setting .",0 193396,"as an all-inclusive world where uptight , middle class bores like Antonia can feel good about themselves",0 101409,"'ll see a better thriller this year",0 11134,"that there 's nothing resembling a spine here",0 12678,"unlistenable",0 160592,"has a bright , chipper style that keeps things moving , while never quite managing to connect her wish-fulfilling characters to the human race",1 46045,"Love ''",1 70207,"This is SO De Palma . If you love him , you 'll like it . If you do n't ...",1 37136,"some of the year 's best acting",1 17992,"way to effectively teach kids about the dangers of drugs",1 226140,"The Movie is what happens when you blow up small potatoes to 10 times their natural size , and it ai n't pretty",0 222859,"Béart and Berling are both superb , while Huppert ... is magnificent .",1 1284,"in his zeal to squeeze the action and our emotions into the all-too-familiar dramatic arc of the holocaust escape story , minac drains his movie of all individuality",0 176497,"to the pile of Hollywood dreck that represents nothing more than the art of the deal",0 230022,"crass , contrived sequels",0 91950,"say that after seeing this movie in IMAX form , you 'll be more acquainted with the tiniest details of Tom Hanks ' face than his wife is",0 163403,"is such a joke",0 48227,"a natural , unforced style that makes its characters",1 101556,"'s a very valuable film",1 141346,"'s hampered by a Lifetime-channel kind of plot and a lead actress who is out of her depth",0 193784,"at ninety minutes , it drags",0 161705,"impossible to indulge the fanciful daydreams of Janice Beard ( Eileen Walsh ) when her real-life persona is so charmless and vacant",0 179293,"' tries to force its quirkiness upon the audience .",0 161167,"hideous yellow",0 82641,"if they had periods",1 42016,"good and",1 36338,"rarely provides",0 53519,"is marvelous",1 47662,"With the same sort of good-natured fun found in films like Tremors , Eight Legged Freaks is prime escapist fare .",1 98920,"uncomfortable class resentment",0 229314,"been written so well , that even a simple `` Goddammit",1 107727,"Metaphors abound , but it is easy to take this film at face value and enjoy its slightly humorous and tender story .",1 164057,"its impressive craftsmanship",1 111079,"When all is said and done , she loves them to pieces -- and so , I trust",1 92446,"shapes history",1 185412,"Ivan is a prince of a fellow",1 85731,"lacks originality to make it a great movie",0 102900,", the movie possesses its own languorous charm .",1 119129,"enjoyable above average summer diversion",1 133962,"telling a fascinating character 's story",1 50111,"chafing",0 230395,"doze off for a few minutes",0 175469,"this might have made a decent children 's movie -- if only Benigni had n't insisted on casting himself in the title role .",0 106910,"It 's never laugh-out-loud funny , but it is frequently amusing .",1 114388,"any actor of talent would ever work in a McCulloch production again if they looked at how this movie turned out",0 16646,"neurotic , and self-absorbed",0 96613,"the rueful , wry humor springing out of Yiddish culture and language",1 171272,"slides downhill as soon as macho action conventions assert themselves",0 123988,"is delicately narrated by Martin Landau and directed with sensitivity and skill by Dana Janklowicz-Mann .",1 229799,"charge money for this ?",0 33061,"inimitable",1 196519,"curiously tepid and choppy recycling in which predictability is the only winner",0 142331,", lame-old slasher nonsense",0 41849,"engulfing you in its world and",1 28755,"and pushes viewers to question their deepest notions of moral right and wrong",1 184650,"I do n't blame Eddie Murphy but should n't",0 94556,"that are lean and tough enough to fit in any modern action movie",1 18445,", one that grows in power in retrospect .",1 136753,"there is almost nothing in this flat effort that will amuse or entertain them , either .",0 126902,"may not be an important movie , or even a good one",0 164897,"like a coming-of-age romance than an infomercial",0 30230,"cocky energy",1 100174,"whose lives were as claustrophic , suffocating and chilly as the attics to which they were inevitably consigned",0 2839,"this beautifully",1 72046,"a much larger historical context",1 48876,"an accuracy",1 105430,"Dignified",1 177129,"undergraduate doubling subtexts and ridiculous stabs",0 98246,"to put a human face on the travail of thousands of Vietnamese",1 193405,"as assembled , Frankenstein-like",0 23344,", Treasure Planet is better-than-average family entertainment",1 95679,"the film sits with square conviction",1 78992,"engaging , surprisingly touching British comedy",1 160239,"gone-to-pot",0 36725,"seamless",1 160536,"happens when lack of know-how mixes with lack of give-a-damn",0 18998,"It 's rare to find a film that dazzles the eye , challenges the brain , AND satisfies our lust for fast-paced action , but Minority Report delivers all that and a whole lot more .",1 77622,"cult favorite",1 68279,"Proves that some movie formulas do n't need messing with --",1 12123,"this date-night diversion",0 239085,"you 'd never guess that from the performances .",0 20988,"is a fine valedictory work for Polanski",1 109558,"The animation and game phenomenon",1 82445,"horrendously confusing",0 71857,"a joy to watch and -- especially -- to listen to",1 10936,"take me back to a time",1 3745,"a fairly disposable yet still entertaining b picture",1 221839,"... stale and uninspired .",0 154425,"at trying to create some pretty cool characters",1 69405,"The best of the Pierce Brosnan James Bond",1 103914,"A stirring tribute",1 227194,"With an unusual protagonist ( a kilt-wearing Jackson ) and subject matter , the improbable `` Formula 51 '' is somewhat entertaining , but",1 200236,"gritty police thriller",1 232118,"instead go rent `` Shakes The Clown '' , a much funnier film with a similar theme and an equally great Robin Williams performance",0 163289,"is running purely on adrenaline",1 80214,"for a larger-than-life figure , an artist who has been awarded mythic status in contemporary culture",1 171142,"sings",1 228937,"as blasphemous and nonsensical as a Luis Buñuel film",0 198038,"established filmmaker",1 69047,"Sum '' is Jack Ryan 's '' do-over . '' Give credit to everyone from Robinson down to the key grip that this bold move works . Especially give credit to Affleck .",1 9030,"neil burger 's impressive",1 44585,"As gory as the scenes of torture and self-mutilation may be , they are pitted against shimmering cinematography that lends the setting the ethereal beauty of an Asian landscape painting .",1 165753,"may find themselves wishing they could roll over and take a nap .",0 42561,"rich and",1 28913,"and witty dialogue",1 124413,"is one that allows him to churn out one mediocre movie after another",0 161140,"here except for some awful acting and lame special effects",0 98453,"to win any Academy Awards",1 155050,"behind an horrific but weirdly unemotional spectacle",0 125695,"lack-of-attention span",0 177510,"virtually no interesting elements for an audience to focus on",0 234693,"on the irrelevant as on the engaging , which gradually turns What Time",0 84327,"is instructive",1 85517,"joy to watch and -- especially -- to listen to",1 80833,"fused with solid performances and eerie atmosphere .",1 197602,"dulled your senses",0 42949,"unmistakable and hard",0 132013,"seems manufactured to me and artificial",0 187168,"Screenwriter Dan Schneider and director Shawn Levy",1 118888,"ebullient affection",1 102770,", plodding picture",0 38876,"these great leaps of faith",1 110487,"This is a shrewd and effective film from a director who understands how to create and sustain a mood .",1 86796,"many ways the perfect festival film :",1 116088,"boisterous energy",1 2547,"the brain",1 130448,"portray so convincingly",1 54272,"like-themed film",1 220584,"'ll get a sock-you-in-the-eye flick that is a visual tour-de-force and a story that is unlike any you will likely see anywhere else .",1 101243,"your first instinct is to duck",0 223119,"Despite lagging near the finish line , the movie runs a good race , one that will have you at the edge of your seat for long stretches . '",1 210670,"ruins itself with too many contrivances and goofy situations .",0 110289,"There 's a lot of tooth in Roger Dodger . But what 's nice is that there 's a casual intelligence that permeates the script",1 52062,"gentle laughs and",1 175004,"the way it fritters away its potentially interesting subject matter via a banal script ,",0 24124,"... a cheerfully inconsequential diversion .",1 217594,"too goodly , wise and knowing",1 14338,"Nobody deserves any prizes here",0 77731,"dashing",1 96423,"the plot kicks into gear",1 174641,"the respected critical community in this country",1 160939,"having created an unusually vivid set of characters worthy of its strong cast",1 12274,"thumbs down due to the endlessly repetitive scenes of embarrassment",0 10174,"rivals shakespeare for intrigue , treachery and murder",1 161006,"he took three minutes of dialogue , 30 seconds of plot and turned them into a 90-minute movie that feels five hours long",0 42212,"is shapelessly gratifying ,",1 53402,"is as delightful",1 81237,"good news to anyone who 's fallen under the sweet , melancholy spell of this unique director 's previous films",1 65459,"Family Fundamentals gets you riled up",1 106997,"It does n't matter that the film is less than 90 minutes .",1 45713,"It 's a glorious spectacle like those D . W . Griffith made in the early days of silent film .",1 34830,"narcotizing bland",0 45402,"Gorgeous scenes , masterful performances ,",1 206253,"mistake Love Liza for an Adam Sandler Chanukah song",0 111702,"a complicated hero",1 106101,"Guy gets girl , guy loses girl , audience falls asleep",0 154892,"because so many of us keep going and then , out of embarrassment or stupidity",0 210558,"rigged and sluggish",0 15247,"beloved kids ' books to the screen",1 4233,"a trashy , exploitative",0 80706,"frustrates and captivates",1 146347,"Intriguing documentary which is emotionally diluted by focusing on the story 's least interesting subject",0 139785,"who paid to see it",0 28983,"anybody who still retains a soft spot for precollegiate humor",1 185312,"It made me realize that we really have n't had a good cheesy B-movie playing in theaters since ... well ... since last week 's Reign of Fire .",0 31757,"for director Sprecher",1 115830,"being released a few decades too late",0 117502,"contrived and exploitative for the art houses and too cynical , small and decadent for the malls",0 25124,"Director Benoit Jacquot , making his first opera-to-film translation with Tosca , conveys the heaving passion of Puccini 's famous love-jealousy - murder-suicide fandango with great cinematic innovation .",1 5527,"cheesy coincidences and",0 14926,"all other Best Picture contenders",1 94723,"that is part biography , part entertainment and part history",1 229499,"but I sometimes felt as though I was in the tiny two seater plane that carried the giant camera around Australia , sweeping and gliding , banking",1 146046,"I do n't think I laughed out loud once . And when you 're talking about a slapstick comedy , that 's a pretty big problem .",0 149270,"The characters are paper thin",0 38474,"the noble characters",1 72653,"a testament to the divine calling of education and a demonstration of the painstaking",1 63569,"A wild ride",1 211636,"simply feel wrong",0 109919,"The journey is worth your time , especially if you have Ellen Pompeo sitting next to you for the ride .",1 75274,"be hard-pressed to find a movie with a bigger , fatter heart than Barbershop",1 83872,"is a sincerely crafted picture that deserves to emerge from the traffic jam of holiday movies .",1 27849,"a spell-casting beauty",1 34703,"movies -- both colorful pop junk and the classics that unequivocally qualify as art --",1 161610,"if you do n't know anything about Derrida when you walk into the theater , you wo n't know much more when you leave .",0 234552,"of the most multilayered and sympathetic female characters of the year",1 31473,"fanciful touches",1 9007,"national lampoon 's van wilder could be the worst thing to come out of national lampoon since class reunion",0 159569,"forget its absurdity",0 106014,"God bless Crudup and his aversion to taking the easy Hollywood road and cashing in on his movie-star gorgeousness .",1 153304,"an affected malaise",0 236278,"tense with suspense",1 31918,"from the string of insultingly innocuous",0 73095,"achieve the popularity of My Big Fat Greek Wedding",1 229473,"bringing an unforced , rapid-fire delivery",1 121095,"getting a more mature body",1 56250,"provocative film",1 163755,"it created whole new levels of ugly .",0 180193,"( Seagal 's ) strenuous attempt",0 179504,"'s a brazenly misguided project",0 79150,"enveloping affection",1 123921,"is an overwhelming sadness that feels as if it has made its way into your very bloodstream .",1 149625,"The movie succumbs to being nothing more than a formulaic chase in the dark .",0 206149,"might try paying less attention to the miniseries and more attention to the film it is about .",0 87583,"much better documentary",1 191287,"a sea of visual and verbal clichés",0 197585,"dull , dumb and derivative horror",0 78771,"effective portrait",1 172372,"surrounding an unremarkable soft center",0 24592,"Alzheimer 's disease",0 146485,"It 's fitting that a movie as artificial and soulless as The Country Bears owes its genesis to an animatronic display at Disneyland .",0 225821,"Smart and taut",1 232207,"is , aptly enough , a challenge and a punishment",0 72773,"a visually seductive",1 30121,"charmingly",1 193361,"as a fringe feminist conspiracy theorist",0 50867,"directors abandon their scripts and go where the moment takes them",1 97742,"tickles the funny bone",1 105499,"Does n't do more than expand a TV show to movie length . However",0 124553,"is so thoughtlessly assembled .",0 37123,"some awesome action photography and surfing",1 81886,"have its charms",1 59429,"told fairly well",1 29219,"as resolute in their emotional nakedness",1 163978,"its absurdity",0 177430,"very cute",1 148103,"Pinocchio . It might as well have been Problem Child",0 66693,"It ai n't art , by a long shot",0 121375,"grab you",1 132934,"something a little more special behind it",1 149582,"The movie feels like it 's going to be great , and it carries on feeling that way for a long time , but takeoff just never happens",0 192432,"an ` action film ' mired in stasis",0 177833,"weep for the future when a good portion of the respected critical community in this country consider Blue Crush to be an intelligent film about young women .",0 32100,"glorious",1 163466,"is the one hour and thirty-three minutes spent watching this waste of time",0 99963,"where the old adage '' be careful what",0 38752,"the utter cuteness",1 625,"both people 's capacity for evil and their heroic capacity for good",1 182608,"As predictable as the outcome of a Globetrotters-Generals game , Juwanna Mann is even more ludicrous than you 'd expect from the guy-in-a-dress genre , and a personal low for everyone involved .",0 233608,"mainstream audiences will find little of interest in this film , which is often preachy and poorly acted .",0 143157,"A jumbled fantasy comedy that did not figure out a coherent game",0 171110,"simply pretentious",0 26968,"This cheery , down-to-earth film",1 2850,"this gory , perverted , sex-soaked",0 207177,"not all that good .",0 134961,"the capable Clayburgh",1 146160,"I would recommend Big Bad Love only to Winger fans who have missed her since 1995 's Forget Paris . But even then , I 'd recommend waiting for DVD and just skipping straight to her scenes .",0 164404,"kept thinking over and over again , ' I should be enjoying this . '",0 178954,"wrench my eyes out of my head and",0 101820,"'s not very good either",0 198293,"excuse for a film",0 43628,", it 's still a rollicking good time for the most part",1 198579,"fart jokes , masturbation jokes , and racist Japanese jokes",0 46778,"Sparkles in its deft portrait of Tinseltown 's seasoned veterans of gossip , wealth ,",1 112108,"a heck of a ride . Samuel L . Jackson is one of the best actors there is",1 186100,"Meticulously mounted , exasperatingly well-behaved film , which ticks off Kahlo 's lifetime milestones with the dutiful precision of a tax accountant .",1 167880,"of toasts at a testimonial dinner than a documentary",0 181600,"A depressingly retrograde",0 155334,"boasts some tart TV-insider humor",1 86096,"like this film",1 105893,"French cinema at its best",1 93084,"some flawed but rather unexceptional women ,",0 4789,"are immaculate , with roussillon providing comic relief",1 230946,"for the most part , The Weight of Water comes off as a two-way time-switching myopic mystery that stalls in its lackluster gear of emotional blandness .",0 198754,"feels secondhand , familiar -- and not in a good way",0 212623,"straight from the Saturday morning cartoons",0 132646,"slyly exquisite",1 81017,"ghetto fabulousness",1 120652,"frittered",0 178668,"with the entire project having the feel of something tossed off quickly ( like one of Hubert 's punches )",0 188144,"The film 's maudlin focus on the young woman 's infirmity and her naive dreams play like the worst kind of Hollywood heart-string plucking .",0 48580,"above-average",1 106286,"Hollywood too long has ignored",0 41004,"It 's rare to find a film that dazzles the eye , challenges the brain , AND satisfies our lust for fast-paced action , but",1 50007,"can feel the love",1 76899,"colors the picture in some evocative shades",1 123663,"irrelevant",0 39953,"what a fine documentary does best",1 81287,"gorgeous pair",1 29245,"as well as the libido",1 35506,"of the utmost subtlety and perception",1 134513,"that plays like a 95-minute commercial for NBA properties",0 152511,"a story , full of holes and completely lacking in chills . Ignore the reputation , and ignore the film",0 109112,"Spare but quietly effective retelling .",1 81405,"gripping portrait of Jim Brown , a celebrated wonder in the spotlight",1 196020,"coming down off of Miramax 's deep shelves after a couple of aborted attempts , Waking Up in Reno",0 142760,"... ( a ) strained comedy that jettisons all opportunities for Rock to make his mark by serving up the usual chaotic nonsense .",0 64100,"As part of Mr . Dong 's continuing exploration of homosexuality in America , Family Fundamentals is an earnest study in despair .",1 226332,"The most amazing super-sized dosage of goofball stunts any `` Jackass '' fan could want .",1 114201,"and , perhaps paradoxically , illuminated",0 61051,"'s fun for kids of any age",1 6986,"has a plot that rivals shakespeare for intrigue , treachery and murder",1 67996,"One of the best films of the year with its exquisite acting , inventive screenplay , mesmerizing music , and many inimitable scenes of tenderness , loss , discontent , and yearning .",1 67737,"My Loved Ones",1 159214,"flat , unconvincing drama",0 159318,"fooled by the impressive cast list",0 117180,"come away from his film overwhelmed , hopeful and , perhaps paradoxically , illuminated",1 191283,"a scummy ripoff of David Cronenberg",0 186681,"Peter O'Fallon did n't have an original bone in his body",0 190449,"a depressing story that throws a bunch of hot-button items in the viewer 's face and asks to be seen as hip , winking social commentary",0 41430,"a film brimming with detail and nuance and",1 18136,"would surely have called this gutsy and at times exhilarating movie a great yarn",1 32458,"hedonist",0 208600,"one moment in the film that surprises or delights",1 82129,"her presence succeeds in making us believe",1 99443,"virtuoso",1 85672,"kind of special",1 229162,"be careful what you wish for",0 84948,"it 's thanks to Huston 's revelatory performance .",1 47349,"This comic gem",1 62193,", scathing and joyous . It 's a masterpeice .",1 111380,"Zhuangzhuang creates delicate balance of style , text , and subtext that 's so simple and precise that anything discordant would topple the balance , but against all odds , nothing does",1 116753,"casting , often resurrecting performers who rarely work in movies now ... and drawing flavorful performances from bland actors",1 48651,"acting is the heart and soul of cinema . He allows his cast members to make creative contributions to the story and dialogue . This method almost never fails him",1 51155,"emotions can draw people together across the walls that might otherwise separate them",1 145151,"Even by dumb action-movie standards , Ballistic : Ecks vs . Sever is a dumb action movie .",0 180519,", are about a half dozen young Turks angling to see how many times they can work the words '' radical '' or '' suck '' into a sentence .",0 140342,"wo n't argue with anyone who calls ` Slackers ' dumb , insulting , or childish",0 952,"family",1 100235,"will be delighted with the fast , funny",1 32114,"goes down easily .",1 192548,"an example to up-and-coming documentarians , of the overlooked pitfalls of such an endeavour",0 13118,"with a script that prevents them from firing on all cylinders",0 109090,"Somewhere in the middle , the film compels , as Demme experiments he harvests a few movie moment gems",1 154542,"bad bluescreen",0 235820,"slow --",0 185190,"It 's possible that something hip and transgressive was being attempted here that stubbornly refused to gel , but the result is more puzzling than unsettling",0 17243,"so incisive , so bleakly amusing about how we go about our lives",1 174181,"the kind of movie you ca n't quite recommend because it is all windup and not much of a pitch",0 36307,"quite pleasing , headlong thrust",1 175732,"thus , we 're subjected to one mind-numbingly lengthy riff on poo and pee jokes after another",0 55084,"no real surprises",0 197275,"does cathartic truth telling",1 151373,"a bigger , more complicated story",1 194499,"believe Silberling had the best intentions here",1 141749,"( A ) shapeless blob of desperate entertainment .",0 52552,"helped",1 167487,"of good performances",1 7979,"it treats women like idiots .",0 13341,"you 're more likely to enjoy on a computer",0 1839,"no doubt the star and everyone else involved had their hearts in the right place . where their heads were is anyone 's guess .",0 167562,"of its plot contrivances",0 47666,"With tightly organized efficiency , numerous flashbacks and a constant edge of tension , Miller 's film is one of 2002 's involvingly adult surprises .",1 62921,"A deftly entertaining film",1 79846,"fiercely clever and subtle",1 191864,"acclaimed 1952 screen adaptation",1 78852,"eloquently about the symbiotic relationship between art and life",1 201296,"holes punched through by an inconsistent , meandering , and sometimes dry plot",0 207415,"of Demme 's good films",1 166744,"nice concept",1 189669,"Whether this is art imitating life or life imitating art , it 's an unhappy situation all around .",0 148962,"Sweet Home Abomination",0 225897,"Sometimes , nothing satisfies like old-fashioned swashbuckling .",1 72141,"a pleasing way",1 1757,"more guts and energy",1 189965,"` Dragonfly ' dwells on crossing-over mumbo jumbo , manipulative sentimentality , and sappy dialogue .",0 69705,"The most amazing super-sized dosage",1 110594,"Though her fans will assuredly have their funny bones tickled",1 3686,"a compelling and horrifying story",1 209601,"power-lunchers",1 3084,"weird",0 173123,"that makes the film seem like something to endure instead of enjoy",0 200437,"hard to like a film so cold and dead",0 238943,"wo n't convert you -- or even keep your eyes open .",0 178868,"would be more at home on a daytime television serial",0 66778,"It treats Ana 's journey with honesty that is tragically rare in the depiction of young women in film .",1 91128,"rather unbelievable",0 184485,"Hopelessly",0 217940,"turns a potentially interesting idea into an excruciating film",0 115355,"baffled the folks in the marketing department",0 59021,"this often very funny collegiate gross-out comedy",1 49404,"at the mercy of its inventiveness",0 139847,"why this did n't connect with me would require another viewing",0 37481,"superfluous Notting Hill",0 132811,"so with an artistry that also smacks of revelation",1 211322,"several plodding action sequences",0 63066,"A funny and well-contructed black comedy where the old adage '' be careful what you wish for '' is given a full workout .",1 170516,"see Robert De Niro singing - and dancing to - West Side Story show tunes . Choose your reaction : A . ) That sure is funny ! B . ) That sure is pathetic !",0 74275,"are ... impeccable throughout .",1 235908,"some of the filmmakers who have directed him , especially the Coen brothers and Steven Soderbergh",1 12315,"to be daring and original",1 202402,"into an abyss of clichés , depression and bad alternative music",0 184780,"If Disney 's Cinderella proved that ' a dream is a wish your heart makes , ' then Cinderella II proves that a nightmare is a wish a studio 's wallet makes .",0 76262,"ca n't recommend it enough",1 162012,"in the film , which gives you an idea just how bad it was",0 14120,"If you can get past the fantastical aspects and harsh realities of '' The Isle '' you 'll get a sock-you-in-the-eye flick that is a visual tour-de-force and a story that is unlike any",1 187549,"Starts out strongly before quickly losing its focus , point and purpose in a mess of mixed messages , over-blown drama and Bruce Willis with a scar",0 194020,"basically the sort of cautionary tale that was old when ` Angels With Dirty Faces ' appeared in 1938",0 56583,"returns to his son 's home",1 37048,"smartest bonehead comedy",1 28310,"an admirable achievement",1 101165,"you realize that deep inside righteousness can be found a tough beauty",1 28631,"and has managed elements such as sound and cinematography with skill",1 191968,"add up to little more than a screenful of gamesmanship that 's low on both suspense and payoff",0 169215,"presence and star quality",1 154691,"be as ill-starred as you might expect",0 176980,"turned them into a 90-minute movie that feels five hours long",0 18385,", but it is a good Bond movie , which still makes it much better than your typical Bond knock-offs .",1 99353,"very insecure",0 208788,"original and insightful",1 150877,"When not obscured by the booming bass-heavy soundtrack",0 78472,"does n't try to surprise us with plot twists",1 109859,"The film would have been more enjoyable had the balance shifted in favor of water-bound action over the land-based ` drama , ' but the emphasis on the latter leaves Blue Crush waterlogged .",0 152335,"a real downer",0 238244,"unpaid intern",0 175396,"this films lacks the passion required to sell the material",0 83706,"is , in fact , so interesting that no embellishment is",1 133658,"supposedly funny movie",0 41132,"Often moving and explores the discomfort inherent in the contacts between the American ` hosts ' and their ` guests",1 80100,"flawless amounts of acting , direction , story and pace",1 78358,"do n't need to be a hip-hop fan to appreciate Scratch",1 219305,"whine , the bellyaching of a paranoid and unlikable man",0 23352,", a jaded critic smacks into something truly new .",1 174542,"the pleasure of watching them",1 55077,"no denying the fun of watching De Niro and Crystal having fun",1 222357,"And if The Hours wins ` Best Picture ' I just might .",1 212747,"stupid and annoying",0 62568,"... an enjoyably frothy ` date movie ' ...",1 125965,"life ,",1 68143,"Paul Thomas Anderson ever had the inclination to make the most sincere and artful movie in which Adam Sandler will probably ever appear",1 59850,"very funny , very enjoyable ...",1 69589,"The film runs on a little longer than it needs to -- Muccino either does n't notice when his story ends or just ca n't tear himself away from the characters -- but it 's smooth and professional",1 155049,"behaving like an idiot",0 218542,"vignettes which only prove that ` zany ' does n't necessarily mean ` funny",0 609,"bland",0 220691,"'s a feature-length adaptation of one of those `` Can This Marriage Be Saved ?",0 71724,"a genuine dramatic impact",1 176787,"trails off into inconsequentiality .",0 156364,"cliched and contrived",0 22794,"whole-heartedly recommend that everyone see this movie -- for its historical significance alone .",1 3720,"a didactic and dull",0 232317,"is a masterpiece of elegant wit and artifice .",1 119648,"fails to provoke them",0 35714,"one which can only qualify as a terrible tragedy",0 38769,"the way it avoids the more serious emotions involved",1 64723,"Cinematic poetry showcases",1 180697,", inner-city autistic",0 159298,"followed by thirty-five minutes of inflated nonsense .",0 163261,"is rather like viewing a long soap opera in which only the first episode was any good .",0 151299,"a Lifetime-channel kind of plot and",0 26673,"Superior",1 118272,"direction and especially charm",1 41304,"There are as many misses as hits , but ultimately , it finds humor in the foibles of human behavior , and",1 93097,"some laughs and",1 187863,"The Shining , The Thing ,",1 180194,"( Seagal 's ) strenuous attempt at a change in expression",0 69834,"The plot of the comeback curlers is n't very interesting actually , but what I like about Men With Brooms and what is kind of special is how the film knows what 's unique and quirky about Canadians",1 197237,"do the subject matter justice",1 142159,", ends on the protagonist 's death bed and does n't get much livelier in the three hours in between .",0 171372,"snappy comebacks",1 53743,"it 's cliche to call the film ` refreshing , ' but it is . ` Drumline ' shows a level of young , Black manhood that is funny , touching , smart and complicated .",1 114146,"an overwhelmingly positive portrayal",1 181021,", the subject matter goes nowhere .",0 6960,"hard to make the most of a bumper",0 73722,"an earnest study in despair",1 206550,"most unpleasant things",0 202358,"interminable , shapeless documentary",0 196639,"decent draft",1 44411,"Ally",1 233665,"makes a better travelogue than movie .",0 43145,"'s a bit disappointing",0 7890,"it 's rare to find a film to which the adjective ` gentle ' applies ,",1 129774,"our action-and-popcorn obsessed culture will embrace this engaging and literate psychodrama",1 180489,", all-over-the-map movie would be a lot better if it pared down its plots and characters to a few rather than dozens ... or if it were subtler ... or if it had a sense of humor .",0 92999,"so vividly that the artist 's work may take on a striking new significance for anyone who sees the film",1 42014,"gone too commercial",0 80381,"for the still-inestimable contribution they have made to our shared history",1 163659,"it 's just tired .",0 129598,"one that allows him to churn out one mediocre movie after another",0 129639,"only has about 25 minutes of decent material .",0 142787,"... is an arthritic attempt at directing by Callie Khouri . I had to look away - this was god awful .",0 102810,", salvation and good intentions",1 28810,"and stunning acting",1 137330,"to a climax that 's scarcely a surprise by the time",0 87965,"none of the happily-ever",0 138082,"too dense & about",0 196685,"definite room for improvement",0 233546,"loses its overall sense of mystery and becomes a TV episode rather than a documentary that you actually buy into .",0 36625,"round to see the subtleties of Ramsay 's portrait of grief",1 84400,"is more than he has ever revealed before about the source of his spiritual survival",1 92155,"seems Grant does n't need the floppy hair and the self-deprecating stammers after all",1 155198,"beyond its formula",1 125680,"labored",0 144757,"Delivers the same old same old",0 80503,"found myself strangely moved by even the corniest and most hackneyed contrivances .",1 216906,"to being lectured to by tech-geeks , if you 're up for that sort of thing",0 187522,"Spy-vs . - spy action flick with Antonio Banderas and Lucy Liu never comes together",0 60281,"winning ensemble comedy",1 184193,"Goldbacher draws on an elegant visual sense and a talent for easy , seductive pacing ... but she and writing partner Laurence Coriat do n't manage an equally assured narrative coinage .",1 166694,"never really harnesses to full effect the energetic cast .",0 27948,"a way that seems compelling and even original",1 181207,"-- from the writing and direction to the soggy performances --",0 7013,"hate yourself",0 15983,"have so much charisma that you 'd be happy to listen to them reading the phone book",1 121616,"hard to dismiss -- moody , thoughtful",1 126681,"makes it not only a detailed historical document , but an engaging and moving portrait of a subculture",1 143131,"A great ending does n't make up for a weak movie , and Crazy as Hell does n't even have a great ending",0 70094,"There 's nothing like love to give a movie a B-12 shot , and CQ shimmers with it .",1 143153,"A hysterical yet humorless disquisition on the thin line between sucking face and literally sucking face .",0 69729,"The movie , despite its rough edges and a tendency to sag in certain places , is wry and engrossing .",1 15936,"gut-wrenching impact",1 75993,"broken with her Friends image in an independent film of satiric fire and emotional turmoil",1 116874,"charming , sometimes infuriating",1 201254,"his women -- as dumb , credulous , unassuming , subordinate subjects .",0 203455,"is somehow guessable from the first few minutes ,",0 110211,"The town has kind of an authentic feel ,",1 176725,"tortured ( and torturing )",0 161078,"help the poor woman if Attal is this insecure in real life",0 67866,"None of this is meaningful or memorable , but frosting is n't , either",0 103507,"A confluence of kiddie entertainment , sophisticated wit and symbolic graphic design .",1 230635,"everybody , wanna watch a movie in which a guy dressed as a children 's party clown gets violently gang-raped ?",0 57543,"sustains it beautifully",1 113881,"an action film disguised as a war tribute is disgusting to begin with",0 213843,"that something hip and transgressive was being attempted here that stubbornly refused to gel",0 47891,"a compliment to Kuras and",1 88656,"of honest working folk",1 78430,"does n't always hang together",0 77054,"companion piece",1 51822,"for the character at all stages of her life",1 146672,"It does nothing new with the old story , except to show fisticuffs in this sort of stop-go slow motion that makes the gang rumbles look like they 're being streamed over a 28K modem .",0 102706,", like nothing we 've ever seen before , and yet completely familiar .",1 221474,", not even Ms. Redgrave 's noblest efforts can redeem it from hopeless sentimentality .",0 62792,"A bit of a downer and a little over-dramatic at times",0 216045,"their time ( including mine ) on something very inconsequential",0 7856,"it 's a fairy tale that comes from a renowned indian film culture that allows americans to finally revel in its splendor",1 125336,"its perfunctory conclusion",0 57212,"somewhat backhanded compliment to say that the film makes the viewer feel like the movie 's various victimized audience members after a while , but it also happens to be the movie 's most admirable quality",1 229003,"as tiresome as 9 seconds",0 27756,"a quirky and poignant Japanese film that explores the fascinating connections between women , water , nature , and sexuality",1 28870,"and those are reasons enough to see it .",1 209421,"plodding and",0 84060,"is beautiful and mysterious",1 53549,"is not entirely successful",0 239110,"you 're likely to see all year .",1 217099,"to heroes the way Julia Roberts hands out awards -- with phony humility barely camouflaging grotesque narcissism",0 28022,"about everything right",1 12626,"ultimately feels like just one more in the long line of films this year about the business of making movies .",0 211098,"seems suited neither to kids or adults .",0 177447,"very little in the way of insights",0 30885,"do films come along that are as intelligent , exuberant , and moving as Monsoon Wedding .",1 131440,"restore",1 57117,"so off-Hollywood",0 231458,"has much to recommend it , even if the top-billed Willis is not the most impressive player",1 200493,"has all the same problems the majority of action comedies have .",0 114275,"and pulp melodrama",0 49141,"are charming",1 183159,"Collapses under its own meager weight .",0 135759,"the most important and exhilarating forms of animated filmmaking since old Walt",1 219150,"wheezing terrorist subplot",0 208650,"one that should be thrown back in the river",0 163856,"it looks as though Jay Roach directed the film from the back of a taxicab",0 212207,"something impressive and yet lacking about everything",1 167941,"offends",0 148058,"Perceptive in its vision of nascent industrialized world politics as a new art form , but far too clunky , didactic and saddled with scenes that seem simply an ill fit for this movie",0 42343,"making his other movies",1 176079,"to dislike it",0 29418,"be little more than another platter of reheated Aliens",0 213515,"that Crossroads is nothing more than an hour-and-a-half-long commercial for Britney 's latest album",0 23880,", suspense and action",1 44233,"A sensitive , modest comic tragedy that works as both character study and symbolic examination of the huge economic changes sweeping modern China",1 27929,"a very fine movie -- go see it",1 143009,"A bland animated sequel that",0 115264,"audience falls asleep",0 191221,"a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma",1 190900,"a lush , swooning melodrama",1 123617,"intolerable",0 162576,"is a cold , bliss-less work that groans along thinking itself some important comment on how life throws us some beguiling curves .",0 180439,", Rodrigues 's beast-within metaphor is ultimately rather silly and overwrought , making the ambiguous ending seem goofy rather than provocative .",0 226523,"The unexpected thing is that its dying , in this shower of black-and-white psychedelia , is quite beautiful .",1 189312,"Tykwer 's surface flash is n't just a poor fit with Kieslowski 's lyrical pessimism : it completely contradicts everything Kieslowski 's work aspired to , including the condition of art",0 227295,"You have to pay attention to follow all the stories , but they 're each interesting",1 215508,"the river",1 7792,"is strictly a lightweight escapist film",0 194823,"bore-athon .",0 202827,"is completely at sea",1 196401,"create the kind of art shots that fill gallery shows",1 235172,"raging hormones and sledgehammers the audience with Spanish inquisitions about her `` madness ''",0 145252,"Eyes",1 18798,"Compelling revenge thriller , though somewhat weakened by a miscast leading lady .",1 214187,"the best intentions",1 23984,", which gets under our skin simply by crossing the nuclear line",0 108075,"Nothing but one relentlessly depressing situation after another for its entire running time",0 161543,"hypocrisy and",0 86398,"loves its characters and communicates something rather beautiful",1 200917,"he can be forgiven for frequently pandering to fans of the gross-out comedy",1 167436,"of dreck disguised as comedy",0 44059,"A droll , bitchy frolic which pokes fun at the price of popularity and small-town pretension in the Lone Star State .",0 112825,"a success",1 57871,"that rare luminary",1 62219,", smartly played and smartly directed .",1 125587,"key strength",1 86691,"making a statement",1 106823,"It 's a very valuable film ...",1 3866,"a groundbreaking endeavor",1 44587,"As it is , it 's too long and unfocused",0 181933,"A quaint",1 152375,"a sad sitcom of a movie , largely devoid of charm",0 97731,"throw elbows when necessary",1 131430,"respectably",1 132237,"shallow and dim-witted",0 162813,"is busy contriving false , sitcom-worthy solutions to their problems .",0 195446,"card being the dreary mid-section of the film",0 4117,"a smart ,",1 17771,"through the story , with charming results",1 211134,"seems to want to be a character study , but apparently ca n't quite decide which character .",0 232516,"is just such an achievement .",1 212534,"static set ups , not much camera movement ,",0 71301,"a bit anachronistic .",0 24838,"Binoche and Magimel are perfect in these roles .",1 49370,"at a grade-school audience",0 203765,"it 's insanely violent and very graphic",1 67453,"Marvelously entertaining and deliriously joyous documentary .",1 223454,"Gambling and throwing a basketball game for money is n't a new plot",0 106741,"Insomnia does not become one of those rare remakes to eclipse the original ,",0 78980,"energy , intelligence and verve , enhanced by a surplus of vintage archive footage",1 127619,"much more successful translation",1 156223,"cheerful enough but",1 80819,"funny in the middle",1 64375,"Blade II is as estrogen-free as movies get ,",1 23314,", Les Destinees is , in its quiet , epic way , daring , inventive and refreshingly unusual .",1 155968,"can practically smell the patchouli oil",1 233591,"ludicrous and contrived plot",0 228016,"a moldy-oldie , not-nearly - as-nasty - as-it - thinks-it-is joke",0 78366,"do n't think most of the people who loved the 1989 Paradiso will prefer this new version .",0 122175,"here a more annoying , though less angry version of the irresponsible Sandlerian manchild , undercut by the voice of the star of Road Trip",0 4163,"a successful",1 137640,"to have been made under the influence of Rohypnol",0 35705,"one out of the park for the ` they do n't make 'em like that anymore ' department .",1 238321,"very possible for a reasonably intelligent person",1 58466,"the mainstream of filmmaking with an assurance worthy of international acclaim",1 19254,"Somewhat blurred",0 156298,"cinematic ride",1 101938,"'s sweet , funny , charming , and completely delightful .",1 218918,"we 're looking back at a tattered and ugly past with rose-tinted glasses",0 227823,"a clunker nonetheless",0 108298,"Partly a schmaltzy , by-the-numbers romantic comedy , partly a shallow rumination on the emptiness of success -- and entirely soulless .",0 220884,"'s more enjoyable than I expected",1 71325,"a breadth of vision and an attention to detail that propels her into the upper echelons of the directing world",1 228666,"and your reward will be a thoughtful , emotional movie experience .",1 142544,", there 's no sense of actual passion being washed away in love 's dissolution .",0 226724,"Those eternally devoted to the insanity of Black will have an intermittently good time .",1 172980,"that do n't add up to a whole lot of sense",0 146013,"I can only imagine one thing worse than Kevin Spacey trying on an Irish accent",0 229242,"beautiful images and solemn words",1 151421,"a brilliantly played , deeply unsettling experience",1 66645,"It 's pretty linear and only makeup-deep , but Bogdanovich ties it together with efficiency and an affection for the period",1 93316,"spikes of sly humor",1 96166,"the most creative , energetic and original comedies to hit the screen in years",1 72999,"about the origins of Nazi politics and aesthetics",1 165239,"looks as though Jay Roach directed the film from the back of a taxicab",0 138193,"topnotch foursome",1 113632,"all the blanket statements and dime-store ruminations",1 179638,"'s as if Solondz had two ideas for two movies , could n't really figure out how to flesh either out",0 15319,"but it 's done with a lot of careful period attention as well as some very welcome wit .",1 45539,"Huppert 's show to steal and she makes a meal of it , channeling Kathy Baker 's creepy turn as the repressed mother on Boston Public just as much as 8 Women 's Augustine",1 218631,"walked out muttering words like '' horrible '' and '' terrible",0 63466,"A surprisingly funny movie .",1 119426,"evoke childish night terrors",0 237894,"to my great pleasure ,",1 215091,"the most unpleasant things",0 61889,", enveloping affection",1 78298,"distanced us from the characters",0 95492,"the dreadfulness",0 224655,"Looking aristocratic , luminous yet careworn in Jane Hamilton 's exemplary costumes , Rampling gives a performance that could not be improved upon . '",1 107661,"May not be a breakthrough in filmmaking ,",0 114071,"an important movie , or even",1 106052,"Grant is certainly amusing",1 202168,"inconsistent and ultimately unsatisfying",0 159963,"genuine tension",1 228677,"another `` Best Man ''",1 181337,"... take your pick . All three descriptions suit Evelyn , a besotted and obvious drama that tells us nothing new .",0 83339,"infuses Hubert with a mixture of deadpan cool , wry humor and just the measure of tenderness required to give this comic slugfest some heart .",1 73583,"ambitious to be fully successful",1 37789,"that embraces the time-honored truth that the most powerful thing in life is",1 133489,"style and flash",1 61978,", intimate and intelligent",1 105605,"Elegantly",1 121476,"grows up",1 162310,"intense political and psychological thriller",1 181732,"A great script brought down by lousy direction",0 40965,"Interacting eyeball-to-eyeball and toe-to-toe , Hopkins and Norton are a winning combination -- but",1 110600,"Though its atmosphere is intriguing",1 200270,"guess a space station in the year 2455 can be crossed off the list of ideas for the inevitable future sequels ( hey , do n't shoot the messenger ) .",0 10966,"tangy new humor",1 56412,"read Stevenson 's book , which is a treasure in and of itself",1 93053,"solid sci-fi thriller",1 94557,"that are so crucial to the genre and another first-rate performance by top-billed star Bruce Willis",1 64929,"Darkly funny",1 107779,"Mira Nair 's new movie has its audience giddy with the delight of discovery",1 123789,"is a movie that refreshes the mind and spirit along with the body",1 81135,"giving us much this time",1 232351,"is a self-aware , often self-mocking , intelligence .",1 28719,"and narrative flow",1 19712,"almost taste the desiccated air",0 232621,"is nicely shot ,",1 177168,"unessential",0 2694,"the rage and",0 107973,"Never capitalizes on this concept and opts for the breezy and amateurish feel of an after school special on the subject of tolerance .",0 158791,"falls flat .",0 121728,"has created a breathtakingly assured and stylish work of spare dialogue and acute expressiveness",1 21059,"is somewhat melodramatic",0 145748,"Has the feel of an unedited personal journal .",0 70927,"White Oleander , '' the movie , is akin to a Reader 's Digest condensed version of the source material .",0 12439,"to the scuzzy underbelly of nyc 's drug scene",0 396,"an eventual cult",0 37164,"something worth seeing",1 170970,"should have hidden it from everyone",0 5604,"clinical , detached , uninvolving",0 115999,"bills",1 183751,"Even if it made its original release date last fall",0 178311,"why did n't he just do it , instead of using bad sci-fi as window dressing ?",0 86240,"long-lived friendships and",1 156761,"consuming but impossible",0 226569,"There 's no energy .",0 224045,"In this incarnation its fizz is infectious .",1 101257,"your seat a couple of times",1 67976,"Olivier Assayas ' elegantly appointed period drama seems , at times , padded with incident in the way of a too-conscientious adaptation",0 121363,"got something",1 194843,"boring talking heads ,",0 204263,"its own detriment",0 47810,"a ` bad ' police shooting",0 129138,"of the whole slo-mo , double-pistoled , ballistic-pyrotechnic Hong Kong action aesthetic",0 200731,"have a story and a script",1 98055,"to find a place among the studio 's animated classics",1 123744,"is a film living far too much in its own head .",0 69892,"The script manages the rare trick of seeming at once both refreshingly different and reassuringly familiar .",1 188626,"The screenplay , co-written by director Imogen Kimmel , lacks the wit necessary to fully exploit the comic elements of the premise , making the proceedings more bizarre than actually amusing .",0 129959,"painters",1 40624,"11-year-old boys with sports dreams of their own and",1 87660,"must be said that he is an imaginative filmmaker who can see the forest for the trees .",1 130359,"poignant and uplifting",1 203104,"is mild-mannered , been-there material given a pedestrian spin by a director who needed a touch of the flamboyant , the outrageous",0 19857,"and love",1 166504,"must have failed",0 121508,"ha ha '' funny",1 116240,"brings this unknown slice of history affectingly to life",1 231559,"have been perfect for an old `` Twilight Zone '' episode",1 80971,"gets an exhilarating new interpretation in Morvern Callar .",1 40433,"you can smell a mile away",0 152463,"a slow , soggy , soporific , visually dank crime melodrama\/character study that would be more at home on the small screen but for its stellar cast",0 49064,"another ` spectacular spectacle",1 167978,"often hackneyed or",0 7706,"is enticing and",1 14951,"ambition",1 144098,"Began life as a computer game , then morphed into a movie -- a bad one , of course",0 131403,"resembling humor",1 202164,"inconsistent , dishonest",0 27980,"a worthy companion to the many fine , focused films emerging from that most surprising of nations",1 84364,"is little question that this is a serious work by an important director who has something new to say about how , in the flip-flop of courtship , we often reel in when we should be playing out .",1 236878,"the film buzz and whir",1 166689,"never quite makes the grade as tawdry trash .",0 86874,"matured quite a bit",1 228736,"appalling ` Ace Ventura ' rip-off",0 174410,"the not-exactly - stunning insight that crime does n't pay",0 75581,"besides its terrific performances , is Fontaine 's willingness to wander into the dark areas of parent-child relationships without flinching .",1 141820,"( T ) hose same extremes prevent us from taking its message seriously ,",0 52271,"greatly enhances the quality of Neil Burger 's impressive fake documentary .",1 58507,"the most resolutely unreligious parents",0 174405,"the no sense ending",0 42383,"moved and love it , or",1 215151,"the movie knew what to do with him",1 143521,"Adams just copies from various sources --",0 161948,"in pointlessness",0 68047,"Oscar-caliber",1 214737,"the good and different idea ( of middle-aged romance ) is not handled well and , except for the fine star performances , there is little else to recommend '' Never Again . ''",0 43478,", Noyce has tailored an epic tale into a lean , economical movie .",1 147974,"Outer-space buffs might love this film , but others will find its pleasures intermittent .",0 178779,"wore out its welcome well",0 146445,"It 's an awfully derivative story .",0 210388,"remind us of brilliant crime dramas",1 223642,"High Crimes carries almost no organic intrigue as a government \/ Marine\/legal mystery ,",0 131749,"satisfying well-made romantic comedy",1 197982,"equally assured",1 171936,"starts playing like General Hospital crossed with a Saturday Night Live spoof of Dog Day Afternoon .",0 61709,", Villeneuve creates in Maelstrom a world where the bizarre is credible and the real turns magical .",1 93340,"spontaneous creativity and",1 150851,"What will , most likely , turn out to be the most repellent movie of 2002 .",0 196566,"daft by half ... but",1 69837,"The plot twists give I Am Trying to Break Your Heart an attraction it desperately needed .",1 235265,"reduce the chances that the appeal of Hey Arnold",0 81096,"gives a superb performance",1 171053,"sickly entertainment at best and mind-destroying cinematic pollution",0 20305,"could say that it 's slow at times",0 94518,"that Hitchens ' obsession with Kissinger is , at bottom , a sophisticated flower child 's desire to purge the world of the tooth and claw of human power",1 111917,"a film so solidly connect with one demographic while striking out with another",1 50077,"categorisation . It haunts , horrifies , startles and fascinates : it is impossible to look away . Ah yes , and then there 's the music",1 16888,"outlandish that they border on being cartoonlike",0 17501,"the bursts of sudden violence",0 170089,"reveals itself to be a sudsy tub of supernatural hokum , not even Ms .",0 212156,"some phenomenal performances",1 138709,"uninspiring",0 201593,"if unintentionally dull in its lack of poetic frissons",0 210393,"remote , emotionally distant piece",0 33314,"is an original",1 42257,"keep their hopes",1 61645,", Like Mike shoots and scores , doing its namesake proud",1 142254,", it 's a rather listless amble down the middle of the road , where the thematic ironies are too obvious and the sexual politics too smug .",0 218456,"verve and fun",1 74567,"as ` Belgium 's national treasure",1 70641,"Visually striking and",1 86582,"make the most of the large-screen format ,",1 129247,"off-beat and fanciful",1 21898,"satisfy",1 143755,"An overemphatic , would-be wacky , ultimately tedious sex farce .",0 62100,", most humane and important Holocaust movies ever made .",1 113581,"all comes together to create a very compelling , sensitive , intelligent and almost cohesive piece of film entertainment",1 39315,"to tell us exactly why a romantic relationship between a 15-year-old boy and a 40-year-old woman does n't work",0 64453,"Brash , intelligent and erotically perplexing , Haneke 's portrait of an upper class Austrian society and the suppression of its tucked away demons is uniquely felt with a sardonic jolt .",1 179205,"your dialogue is n't smart",0 26215,"Not as distinctive or even as",0 197687,"easy to swallow ,",1 143106,"A free-for-all of half-baked thoughts , clumsily used visual tricks and self-indulgent actor moments .",0 221468,", much better .",1 40356,"works with Weaver 's sensitive reactions to make this a two-actor master class .",1 166120,"mope around trying to strike lightning",0 4965,"avoid",0 125820,"lays out a narrative puzzle that interweaves individual stories",1 93384,"squint to avoid noticing some truly egregious lip-non-synching",0 157451,"diluted",0 108062,"Not only a coming-of-age story and cautionary parable , but also a perfectly rendered period piece",1 147989,"Overly stylized with lots of flash black - & - white freeze frames reminiscent of a pseudo-hip luxury car commercial , ( it 's ) at its worst when it 's actually inside the ring",0 100205,"wickedly funny and just plain wicked",1 219222,"where uptight , middle class bores like Antonia can feel good about themselves",0 41224,"Still pretentious and filled with subtext , but entertaining enough at ` face value ' to recommend to anyone looking for something different",1 24370,"A literate presentation",1 213391,"than in showing us well-thought stunts or a car chase that we have n't seen 10",0 212574,"still feels counterproductive",0 44161,"A mess",0 63247,"A pleasant piece of escapist entertainment",1 122215,"high-adrenaline documentary .",1 153958,"are the big problems",0 67134,"Lasker 's canny , meditative script distances sex and love , as Byron and Luther",1 229338,"being `` in the mood '' to view a movie as harrowing and",0 2465,"talent",1 85037,"it has considerable charm .",1 137095,"this worn-out , pandering palaver",0 83897,"is a strong directorial stamp on every frame of this stylish film that is able to visualize schizophrenia but is still confident enough to step back and look at the sick character with a sane eye .",1 96396,"the picture in some evocative shades",1 128612,"of despair about entrapment in the maze of modern life",1 41837,"eagerly and",1 136709,"then his tone retains a genteel , prep-school quality that feels dusty and leatherbound",0 88550,"of entertainment that parents love to have their kids",1 200137,"good-natured ensemble comedy",1 81735,"has never been filmed more irresistibly than in ` Baran",1 41553,"an uncompromising attempt by one artist",1 30126,"check it out",1 236270,"tells a moldy-oldie , not-nearly - as-nasty - as-it - thinks-it-is joke",0 90717,"production values & Christian Bale 's charisma make up for a derivative plot",1 122675,"idiotic",0 51095,"eats , meddles , argues , laughs , kibbitzes",1 109879,"The gags that fly at such a furiously funny pace that the only rip off that we were aware of was the one we felt when the movie ended so damned soon .",1 25743,"It 's astonishing .",1 141631,"'s strongly mediocre ,",0 227004,"Well , in some of those , the mother deer even dies .",0 54571,"makes their project so interesting",1 71064,"Worth a",1 185318,"It merely indulges in the worst elements of all of them .",0 232943,"it 's great for the kids",1 74614,"as a very distinctive sensibility , working to develop her own film language with conspicuous success",1 11452,"the full emotional involvement and support of a viewer . that is made almost impossible by events that set the plot in motion",0 104513,"As saccharine movies go",0 140471,"worn-out",0 27227,"While the ideas about techno-saturation are far from novel , they 're presented with a wry dark humor .",1 139280,"was written for no one",0 196166,"contemptuous of the single female population",0 70680,"Walter Hill 's Undisputed is like a 1940s Warner Bros . B picture , and I mean that as a compliment .",1 172597,"tedious as one",0 160837,"have been to produce something that makes Fatal Attraction look like a classic by comparison",0 154726,"be even worse behind the camera",0 182621,"Aside from the fact that the film idiotically uses the website feardotcom . com or the improperly hammy performance from poor Stephen Rea",0 144456,"Cho 's fans are sure to be entertained :",1 104359,"An odd drama set in the world of lingerie models and bar dancers in the Midwest that held my interest precisely because it did n't try to .",1 21893,"same magical quality",1 176726,"tortured ( and torturing ) artists",0 42294,"lively ,",1 206452,"more spirit and bite",1 94638,"that encourages you to accept it as life and go with its flow",1 16209,"is Ernest Hemmingway at accelerated speed and volume",1 51213,"engrossing and moving",1 220039,"worthwhile topic",1 129143,"of the worst of the entire franchise",0 176594,"too cerebral for its own good -- or",0 21081,"issues with honesty and beauty .",0 210694,"runs from mildly unimpressive to despairingly awful",0 182643,"At three hours and with very little story or character development",0 172898,"that I wasted 123 minutes and $ 9",0 146465,"It 's careful , conscientious and makes no major mistakes",1 58518,"the movie should win the band a few new converts , too",1 191090,"a perverse , dangerous libertine and agitator",0 31287,"every bit as awful as Borchardt 's Coven",0 84464,"is no denying the power of Polanski 's film",1 53585,"is pretty funny now and then without in any way demeaning its subjects .",1 216403,"this is a film for the under-7 crowd . But it would be better to wait for the video . And a very rainy day",0 156797,"contriving false , sitcom-worthy solutions",0 143763,"An unbelievably stupid film , though occasionally fun enough to make you forget its absurdity .",0 74059,"and sublime music",1 205846,"marks for political courage",1 7553,"inspiring ,",1 178572,"with flailing bodily movements",0 152264,"a pretty fair description",1 56388,"rare window",0 69751,"The movie is well crafted , and",1 102449,", clever",1 45542,"Huston performance",1 60441,"wo n't go away",0 185842,"Little more than a well-mounted history lesson",0 207017,"no chemistry or",0 224058,"Infidelity drama is nicely shot , well-edited and features a standout performance by Diane Lane .",1 152099,"a movie -- a bad one",0 146611,"It 's slow -- very , very slow . It 's not the ultimate Depression-era gangster movie . That 's pure PR hype",0 238694,"who do n't object to the description `` unelected ''",0 76738,"cinematic poem",1 124026,"is even lazier and far less enjoyable .",0 36361,"real movies",1 100454,"with an eye on preserving a sense of mystery",1 153376,"an emotional sterility to match its outer space setting",0 210837,"say things like '' si , pretty much '' and '' por favor , go home '' when talking to Americans . That 's muy loco , but no more ridiculous than most of the rest of '' Dragonfly .",0 232553,"is more appetizing than a side dish of asparagus",1 121226,"go anywhere new ,",1 180759,", it traps audiences in a series of relentlessly nasty situations that we would pay a considerable ransom not to be looking at .",0 152001,"a lot more fun",1 213471,"that 's already a joke in the United States . The movie is the equivalent of French hip-hop , which also seems to play on a 10-year delay .",0 109783,"The film can depress you about life itself .",0 166261,"more than a modest , snoozy charm",1 104153,"All the pieces fall together without much surprise , but little moments give it a boost .",1 180746,", it just sits there like a side dish no one ordered .",0 134264,"that ca n't totally hide its contrivances",0 37035,"smacks into something truly new",1 210581,"rise above the level of an after-school TV special",0 18925,"High on melodrama . But it 's emotionally engrossing , too , thanks to strong , credible performances from the whole cast .",1 33960,"knows the form 's history",1 110553,"This slow-moving Swedish film",0 135163,"the end an honorable ,",1 76189,"by movies ' end you 'll swear you are wet in some places and feel sand creeping in others",1 199949,"given its Labor Day weekend upload , FearDotCom should log a minimal number of hits",0 133584,"sucking you in ...",1 91534,"resentment",0 217776,"treats his women -- as dumb , credulous , unassuming , subordinate subjects .",0 163608,"it 's a period romance that suffers from an overly deliberate pace and uneven narrative momentum .",0 14809,"a real flair",1 4340,"about a rag-tag bunch of would-be characters",0 232799,"is the cinematic equivalent of defensive driving",0 137418,"to be in a contest to see who can out-bad-act the other .",0 113980,"an elegantly balanced movie",1 109244,"Such a bad movie that its luckiest viewers will be seated next to one of those ignorant",0 70124,"There are scenes of cinematic perfection that steal your heart away",1 56973,"shows them the respect they are due",1 78868,"embraces its old-fashioned themes",1 73282,"affectionately",1 220981,"'s sweet .",1 33424,"is n't as gory or explicit .",1 40504,"your idea of a good time at the movies",1 37385,"strikes a rewarding balance between emotion on the human scale and action\/effects on the spectacular scale",1 188965,"This feature is about as necessary as a hole in the head",0 218897,"waxes poetic far too much for our taste",0 53275,"is a failure",0 62883,"A conventional but heartwarming tale .",1 216413,"this is one that should be thrown back in the river",0 121303,"good ideas",1 82326,"his story ends or just ca n't tear himself away from the characters",1 227847,"a couple of burnt-out cylinders",0 219847,"with the testimony of satisfied customers",1 11429,"the final result makes for adequate entertainment , i suppose ,",1 113467,"afraid to show this movie to reviewers before its opening , afraid of the bad reviews they thought they 'd earn .",0 156006,"cancer",0 659,"by a script that assumes you are n't very bright",0 66519,"It 's all about Anakin ... and the lustrous polished visuals rich in color and creativity and , of course , special effect .",1 101011,"y que resultan totalmente banales",0 113602,"all looks and plays like a $ 40 million version of a game you 're more likely to enjoy on a computer .",0 172509,"takes some rather unexpected ( even , at times , preposterous ) turns",0 112909,"a torrent of emotion",1 137451,"to be viewed and treasured for its extraordinary intelligence and originality as well as its lyrical variations on the game of love",1 139356,"waydowntown may not be an important movie , or even a good one , but it provides a nice change of mindless pace in collision with the hot Oscar season currently underway",1 108884,"Shakespeare 's Macbeth",1 57707,"that 's as hard to classify as it is hard to resist",1 198899,"find an enthusiastic audience among American action-adventure buffs , but the film 's interests",1 166620,"need to function according to some set of believable and comprehensible impulses , no matter how many drugs they do or how much artistic license Avary employs .",0 3797,"a flawed film",0 20454,"energetic entertainment",1 73851,"an infectious enthusiasm",1 187880,"The Sum of All Fears pretends to be a serious exploration of nuclear terrorism ,",0 126516,"made A Walk to Remember a niche hit",1 181785,"A live-action cartoon , a fast-moving and cheerfully simplistic 88 minutes of exaggerated action put together with the preteen boy in mind .",1 105768,"Fairy-tale formula , serves as a paper skeleton for some very good acting , dialogue , comedy , direction and especially charm .",1 218076,"unchanged dullard",0 125018,"it is hard to tell who is chasing who or why",0 145359,"First good , then bothersome . Excellent acting and direction .",1 16996,"progress .",1 71836,"a holy fool",0 104330,"An incredibly thoughtful , deeply meditative picture",1 138097,"too good to be bad",1 82588,"idealistic kid",1 211164,"seen that had no obvious directing involved",0 63540,"A very charming and funny movie",1 92870,"smart , compelling",1 73215,"adds enough quirky and satirical touches in the screenplay to keep the film entertaining",1 121907,"have a new favorite musical",1 188876,"There are many things that solid acting can do for a movie ,",1 66864,"Jagger 's bone-dry , mournfully brittle delivery",0 218398,"valiantly struggled to remain interested , or at least conscious",0 73833,"an impressive job",1 118232,"difficult and",0 67155,"Leading a double life in an American film only comes to no good , but not here . Matters play out realistically if not always fairly",1 169353,"profound , and hyper-cliched",0 199975,"gives us mostly fool 's gold",0 93339,"spontaneous creativity",1 198693,"feeling guilty",0 164328,"just makes it obnoxious and stiff",0 210113,"raunchy as South Park",0 116952,"chilling , and affecting study",1 228559,"an embarrassment , a monotonous , disjointed jumble of borrowed plot points and situations",0 82123,"her passionate , tumultuous affair",1 43715,", the film certainly does n't disappoint",1 197482,"dragged through a sad , sordid universe of guns , drugs , avarice and damaged dreams",0 159955,"genuine chemistry",1 179965,"'s repetitive arguments , schemes and treachery",0 134357,"that his genre and his character construct is a wonderous accomplishment of veracity and narrative grace",1 100215,"wild , endearing , masterful documentary",1 169371,"promising ideas and failed narrative , of good acting and plain old bad filmmaking",0 191285,"a scummy ripoff of David Cronenberg 's brilliant ` Videodrome .",0 237387,"then knock yourself out and enjoy the big screen postcard that is a self-glorified Martin Lawrence lovefest .",0 61034,"'s finally been given a part worthy of her considerable talents",1 48726,"against shimmering cinematography that lends the setting the ethereal beauty of an Asian landscape painting",1 151603,"a devastating comic impersonation",0 43165,"'s a memorable performance in a big , brassy , disturbing , unusual and highly successful film",1 175312,"third-rate romance",0 10196,"root for ( clara and paul )",1 193058,"are cheesy backdrops , ridiculous action sequences , and many tired jokes about men in heels .",0 44669,"Beautifully shot , delicately scored and powered by a set of heartfelt performances",1 231533,"have a distinct flair",1 152230,"a played-out idea -- a straight guy has to dress up in drag --",0 194682,"bitter pill",0 231214,"gives voice to a story that needs to be heard in the sea of Holocaust movies",1 20410,"does n't have more flashes of insight",0 176909,"truly jolting",1 220676,"'s a bargain-basement European pickup .",0 201353,"horribly wrong , nothing will",0 21279,"makes a lick of sense",0 21659,"or applaud his special effects",1 51195,"enduring",1 45591,"I mean that in the nicest possible way",1 183433,"Director David Fincher and writer David Koepp ca n't sustain it .",0 146526,"It 's just incredibly dull .",0 170406,"scant",0 228777,"are both excellent , in the kind of low-key way that allows us to forget that they are actually movie folk .",1 61599,", De Niro and Murphy make Showtime the most savory and hilarious guilty pleasure of many a recent movie season .",1 147412,"Melanie eventually slugs the Yankee . Too bad the former Murphy Brown does n't pop Reese back .",0 132260,"she can act",1 205389,"looks much more like a cartoon in the end than The Simpsons ever has",0 38624,"the sex , drugs and show-tunes plot into something far richer",1 53513,"is light and fun",1 40227,"with its emotional pull",1 178307,"why anybody picked it up . Wiser souls would have tactfully pretended not to see it and left it lying there",0 133684,"surprising highs , sorrowful lows and hidden impulsive niches ...",1 22542,"to ride the Hogwarts Express toward a new year of magic and mischief",1 225109,"Never does `` Lilo & Stitch '' reach the emotion or timelessness of Disney 's great past , or even that of more recent successes such as `` Mulan '' or `` Tarzan . ''",0 19291,"The Pianist is a fine valedictory work for Polanski , made richer by his own experiences , making his other movies somehow richer in the bargain .",1 147816,"Nothing more or less than an outright bodice-ripper",0 182539,"Appropriately cynical social commentary aside , # 9 never quite ignites .",0 95672,"the film more cohesive",1 90959,"puts enough salt into the wounds of the tortured and self-conscious material",0 22092,"succeeded by focusing intently on his characters , making them quirky individuals rather than figures of fun",1 123517,"interesting to see where one 's imagination will lead when given the opportunity",1 179474,"'re watching an iceberg melt -- only",0 163839,"it is n't exactly kiddie-friendly",0 88055,"nothing original",0 170688,"self-infatuated goofball",0 112822,"a substantive movie",1 222211,"Aggravating and tedious .",0 9423,"offers a ray of hope to the refugees able to look ahead and resist living in a past",1 112899,"a time when commercialism has squeezed the life out of whatever idealism American moviemaking ever had",0 23877,", stylish",1 119068,"endure almost unimaginable horror",0 33180,"inventive and refreshingly unusual",1 141090,"'s a bad sign in a thriller when you instantly know whodunit",0 197225,"do n't want to think too much about what 's going on",0 150186,"This film , starring Anthony Hopkins and Chris Rock , is your typical ` fish out of water ' story . You 've seen them a million times . Just one problem : Fish out of water usually die . This one does .",0 99880,"what it means sometimes to be inside looking out , and at other times outside looking in",1 147654,"Never engaging , utterly predictable and completely void of anything remotely interesting or suspenseful .",0 101732,"'s lacking a depth in storytelling usually found in anime like this",0 67812,"Niccol the filmmaker merges his collaborators ' symbolic images with his words , insinuating , for example , that in Hollywood , only God speaks to the press",1 49905,"but also intriguing and honorable ,",1 38254,"the first two-thirds of this sparklingly inventive and artful , always fast and furious tale",1 107666,"Maybe LeBlanc thought , '' Hey , the movie about the baseball-playing monkey was worse . ''",0 227245,"Yes , I have given this movie a rating of zero .",0 185945,"Mad Love does n't galvanize its outrage the way ,",0 101551,"'s a testament to De Niro and director Michael Caton-Jones",1 191848,"accentuating ,",1 108775,"Savvy director Robert J . Siegel and his co-writers",1 104829,"Both exuberantly",1 43678,", polished",1 86,"-- and far less crass",1 64531,"Bubba Ho-Tep 's clearly evident quality",1 196985,"directed action sequences and some of the worst dialogue in recent memory .",0 238457,"was vile enough",0 67577,"Miyazaki has created such a vibrant , colorful world",1 119826,"fear and frustration are provoked to intolerable levels",0 97550,"thorough transitions",1 224002,"In Fessenden 's horror trilogy , this theme has proved important to him and is especially so in the finale .",1 136088,"the qualities",1 800,"despite its raucous intent",0 70010,"The two leads , nearly perfect in their roles , bring a heart and reality that buoy the film , and at times , elevate it to a superior crime movie .",1 41852,"enjoys one of his richest roles",1 115718,"becoming too cute about it",0 208906,"overblown , and entirely implausible",0 48076,"a good script , good dialogue",1 129346,"old-fashioned in all the best possible ways",1 224977,"Mr. Shyamalan is undone by his pretensions .",0 190928,"a mediocre tribute to films like Them",0 158972,"feels not only manufactured , but also so false you can see the filmmakers ' puppet strings",0 20357,"delivers -- in a couple of genres , no less .",1 48169,"a magnificent drama well worth tracking down .",1 200026,"go on so long as there are moviegoers anxious to see strange young guys doing strange guy things",0 195396,"can only be described as sci-fi generic",0 182375,"An awful movie",0 237400,"there 's definite room for improvement .",0 179375,"'ll be wistful for the testosterone-charged wizardry of Jerry Bruckheimer productions , especially because Half Past Dead is like The Rock on a Wal-Mart budget .",0 60839,"'s a movie that gets under your skin",1 230168,"deserve better .",0 206922,"never feel anything for these characters",0 6435,"featherweight romantic comedy",1 83670,"irresistibly than in ` Baran",1 163022,"is majorly ham-fisted ,",0 158220,"end up with if you took Orwell , Bradbury , Kafka , George Lucas and the Wachowski Brothers and threw them into a blender . But that 's just the problem with it",0 131322,"remarkably engaging despite being noticeably derivative of Goodfellas and at least a half dozen other trouble-in-the-ghetto flicks",1 169691,"raw exhilaration",1 217643,"too mushy -- and in a relatively short amount of time",0 112387,"a moving experience for people who have n't read the book",1 23632,", for everybody who wants to be a kid again , or show it to their own kids",1 218655,"want to laugh at it",1 227863,"a delightful , witty , improbable romantic comedy with a zippy jazzy score",1 76730,"cinematic intoxication",1 202304,"insultingly inept and artificial examination",0 233088,"it sees those relationships , including that between the son and his wife , and the wife and the father , and between the two brothers , with incredible subtlety and acumen .",1 158365,"equally lovely",1 133206,"stand as intellectual masterpieces",1 164531,"lacks considerable brio",0 163741,"it comes across rather too plainly as allegory",0 38848,"thematically moving",1 238879,"with colour and depth , and rather a good time",1 122657,"icky",0 199383,"for two directors with far less endearing disabilities",0 224079,"Intimate and panoramic .",1 55185,"ode to bad behavior .",0 61465,"( Kline 's ) utterly convincing -- and deeply appealing -- as a noble teacher who embraces a strict moral code , and as a flawed human being who ca n't quite live up to it .",1 35261,"of grandeur and scale",1 28849,"and the humor and humanity that root it in feeling",1 202407,"into by-the-numbers territory",0 161639,"ill-conceived modern-day ending",0 20210,"by some strong performances",1 7769,"is powerful",1 145343,"Fincher takes no apparent joy in making movies ,",0 24479,"A stunning piece",1 223331,"Fantastic !",1 18104,"with plausibility",1 2451,"sweet , harmless ,",1 142710,"-- some jolly country embroiled in a bloody civil war , perhaps",0 67700,"Much of All About Lily Chou-Chou is mesmerizing : some of its plaintiveness could make you weep",1 171945,"stay afloat for its just under ninety minute running time",0 19442,"Yeah , these flicks are just that damn good . Is n't it great ?",1 112303,"a matter of ( being ) in a shrugging mood",0 27927,"a valuable time capsule to remind us of the devastating horror suffered by an entire people",1 20083,"be moved by the movie 's depiction of sacrifice and its stirring epilogue in post-Soviet Russia",1 166403,"movie that tries to fuse the two ` woods ' but winds up a Bolly-Holly masala mess",0 78027,"deserved co-winner",1 124272,"is n't an ounce of honest poetry in his entire script",0 237072,"the most purely enjoyable and satisfying evenings",1 157336,"despite its alleged provocation post-9 \",0 104811,"Bond-inspired",1 210928,"screams at the top of their lungs no matter what the situation .",0 112616,"a retooling of Fahrenheit 451 , and",0 160048,"gets the once-over once again in Gangster No . 1 , but falls apart long before the end",0 114102,"an irresistible , languid romanticism",1 237037,"the light of the exit sign",0 176273,"to makes us laugh",1 228082,"a pleasant distraction , a Friday night diversion",1 8326,"labute masterfully balances both traditional or modern stories together in a manner that one never overwhelms the other . something for everyone .",1 134861,"the authority",0 37302,"state that Kissing Jessica Stein may be the best same-sex romance I have seen",1 203616,"is too long with too little going on .",0 223839,"I mind ugly",0 31396,"exquisitely polished and upholstered .",1 142240,", intellectually and logistically a mess .",0 110509,"This is popcorn movie fun with equal doses of action , cheese , ham and cheek ( as well as a serious debt to The Road Warrior ) , but it feels like unrealized potential",1 48678,"add up to another ` spectacular spectacle . '",1 162960,"is just a mess",0 83314,"infantile",0 160717,"has nothing fresh or particularly interesting",0 46532,"Poignant and delicately",1 235307,"relies less on forced air than on Petter Næss ' delicate , clever direction ... and a wonderful , imaginative script by Axel Hellstenius .",1 59123,"ties things together",1 27674,"a mildly entertaining 77 minutes",1 111490,"a Mexican soap opera",0 104245,"An admitted egomaniac , Evans is no Hollywood villain , and yet this grating showcase almost makes you wish he 'd gone the way of Don Simpson .",0 116810,"certainly delivers the goods .",1 130334,"plot and pacing typical Hollywood war-movie stuff",0 219536,"will mistake it for an endorsement of the very things that Bean abhors",0 47956,"a devilishly witty script",1 189418,"Vulgar is too optimistic a title .",0 163196,"is of Brian De Palma 's addiction to the junk-calorie suspense tropes that have all but ruined his career .",0 192081,"ai n't - she-cute baggage into her lead role as a troubled and determined homicide cop to quite pull off the heavy stuff",0 23552,", civility and compassion",1 34822,"nail-biting",1 181125,", while nothing special , is pleasant , diverting and modest -- definitely a step in the right direction .",1 143693,"American road-trip drek",0 52158,"glorious failure",0 173423,"the Star Trek tradition has been honored as best it can",1 227544,"`` Never Again '' worthwhile",1 162952,"is its lame aspiration for grasping the coolness vibes when in fact the film is n't as flippant or slick as it thinks it is",0 115398,"barely shocking , barely interesting and most of all",0 81823,"hates",0 199512,"frightening and compelling",1 134257,"that benefits from several funny moments",1 103404,"A baffling mixed platter of gritty realism and magic realism with a hard-to-swallow premise .",0 101524,"'s a nice girl-buddy movie",1 183633,"Eddie Murphy and Owen Wilson have a cute partnership in I Spy",1 72744,"a vastly improved Germanic version of My Big Fat Greek Wedding",1 34350,"manages to capture a cruelly hilarious vein of black comedy in the situation with his cast of non-actors and a gritty , no-budget approach .",1 159211,"flashy , star-splashed reduction",0 26854,"The magic of the film lies not in the mysterious spring but in the richness of its performances .",1 145385,"Fleming classic",1 62045,", it makes up for with a great , fiery passion .",1 90659,"pretty much self-centered",0 26211,"Not a cozy or ingratiating work",0 137402,"to be bad",0 212559,"sticks , really , except a lingering creepiness one feels from being dragged through a sad , sordid universe of guns , drugs , avarice and damaged dreams",0 97555,"thoroughly winning flight of revisionist fancy .",1 197597,"dull exposition",0 84334,"is its utter sincerity",1 187051,"SC2 is an autopilot Hollywood concoction lacking in imagination and authentic Christmas spirit",0 194696,"blame Eddie Murphy",0 190745,"a heavy stench of ` been there , done",0 180613,", dull procession",0 55816,"onto a different path",1 61249,"'s short on plot but rich in the tiny revelations of real life",1 60313,"with a highly satisfying quotient of Friday-night excitement and Milla",1 118142,"despite a definitely distinctive screen presence",1 117952,"deeply humanistic artist",1 211477,"should be interesting",1 33118,"intimate , good-humored ethnic comedy",1 77286,"consumed by lust and love",1 128902,"of silliness and a little bloodshed",1 62218,", smart , savvy , compelling",1 40378,"writer-director Eric Byler , who understands the power of the implicit and the virtues of simplicity and economy",1 106790,"Is not so much a work of entertainment as it is a unique , well-crafted psychological study of grief .",1 124348,"is not quite what it could have been as a film",0 209319,"plain dumb",0 32084,"giving a big middle-fingered '' shut up '' to those who talk up what is nothing more than two guys beating the hell outta one another",0 230361,"does n't quite know how to fill a frame",0 231438,"has finally found the right vent ( accurate",1 164775,"less worthy of Puccini",0 218211,"uninventive",0 170638,"seems to take itself far more seriously",0 90908,"pure composition",1 226233,"The documentary is much too conventional -- lots of boring talking heads , etc. -- to do the subject matter justice .",0 145698,"Hard-core slasher aficionados will find things to like",1 52921,"in fine performances",1 31719,"for Beginners",0 43116,"'m still stunned .",1 35019,"novelist Byatt",1 3025,"uneven performances and a spotty script",0 111484,"a James Bond series",1 56839,"sensational",1 93323,"spiritual survival",1 22780,"who have little patience for Euro-film pretension",0 12235,"those who are only mildly curious , i fear , will be put to sleep or bewildered by the artsy and often pointless visuals",0 232308,"is a horrible movie",0 88446,"of being a good documentarian",1 162896,"is finally just one long drag .",0 227279,"You can see the would-be surprises coming a mile away , and the execution of these twists is delivered with a hammer",0 196669,"deeply biased , and wholly",0 3174,"will certainly want to spend their time in the theater thinking up grocery lists and ways to tell their kids how not to act like pinocchio . as for children , they wo n't enjoy the movie at all",0 197182,"do little to salvage this filmmaker 's flailing reputation .",0 58647,"the remarkable ensemble cast",1 155859,"ca n't really be described as out",0 196260,"could be so flabby",0 127173,"mixed up",0 8832,"modest",1 85431,"its surreal sense of humor and technological finish",1 238098,"trailer-trash style .",0 231387,"hard-to-believe plot twists force the movie off track in its final half hour .",0 42017,"gorgeous imagery ,",1 216917,"to boring , self-important stories of how horrible we are to ourselves and each other",0 199591,"from its cheesy screenplay",0 183077,"Cherish is a dud -- a romantic comedy that 's not the least bit romantic and only mildly funny .",0 220613,"'m sure the filmmaker would disagree , but , honestly , I do n't see the point .",0 216563,"though Do n't Ask still finds a few chuckles",1 134890,"the battery on your watch has died",0 42286,"like much more than I actually did .",1 48593,"absurdist spider web .",0 97734,"throws herself into this dream Hispanic role with a teeth-clenching gusto",1 112879,"a terrific role",1 225771,"Should n't have been allowed to use the word `` new '' in its title , because there 's not an original character , siuation or joke in the entire movie .",0 101784,"'s no point of view , no contemporary interpretation of Joan 's prefeminist plight",0 23097,"'s as close as we 'll ever come to looking through a photographer 's viewfinder as he works .",1 64994,"Delivers the sexy razzle-dazzle that everyone , especially movie musical fans , has been hoping for",1 199513,"frightening and compelling `",1 139396,"we get an ugly , mean-spirited lashing out by an adult who 's apparently been forced by his kids to watch too many Barney videos .",0 35808,"otherworldly",1 236483,"that it progresses in such a low-key manner that it risks monotony",0 191096,"a picture that was n't all that great to begin with",0 141407,"'s like every bad idea that 's ever gone into an after-school special compiled in one place , minus those daytime programs ' slickness and sophistication ( and who knew they even had any ? )",0 237904,"to play one lewd scene after another",0 163901,"it reveals the filmmaker 's bottomless pit of self-absorption .",0 133827,"take this film at face value and enjoy its slightly humorous and tender story",1 201265,"hit their marks ,",1 102408,", banter-filled comedy",1 174180,"the kind of movie that makes you want to like it",1 145502,"Friday After Next has the same problem that Next Friday did -- it 's called Where 's Chris Tucker When You Need Him",0 164740,"lend the characters ' individual stories enough dramatic resonance to make us care about them",1 231543,"have already been through the corporate stand-up-comedy mill",0 180851,", numbing action sequence made up mostly of routine stuff Yuen has given us before .",0 219725,"with depth",1 126868,"may , for whatever reason , be thinking about going to see this movie is hereby given fair warning",0 103355,"90 punitive minutes",0 84320,"is in the same category as X-Men - occasionally brilliant but mostly average , showing signs of potential for the sequels , but not giving us much this time around .",0 132023,"seems to go out of his way to turn the legendary wit 's classic mistaken identity farce into brutally labored and unfunny hokum .",0 63245,"A playful Iranian parable about openness , particularly the need for people of diverse political perspectives to get along despite their ideological differences .",1 12755,"veers",0 66335,"Impossible as it may sound , this film 's heart is even more embracing than Monty , if only because it accepts nasty behavior and severe flaws as part of the human condition .",1 20019,"as well as a keen , unsentimental look at variations on the theme of motherhood .",1 57374,"stopped thinking about how good it all was , and started doing nothing but reacting to it - feeling a part of its grand locations , thinking urgently as the protagonists struggled , feeling at the mercy of its inventiveness , gasping at its visual delights .",1 111251,"Works as pretty contagious fun .",1 81725,"has layered , well-developed characters and some surprises",1 196547,"cutesy romance",1 184512,"How can such a cold movie claim to express warmth and longing ? In truth , it has all the heart of a porno flick ( but none of the sheer lust ) .",0 56280,"pulls us into its world , gives us a hero whose suffering and triumphs we can share , surrounds him with interesting characters",1 238626,"when Green threw medical equipment at a window : not because it was particularly funny , but because I had a serious urge to grab the old lady at the end of my aisle 's walker and toss it at the screen in frustration",0 160021,"gets beneath the surface of things",1 47564,"Watching a Brian DePalma movie is like watching an Alfred Hitchcock movie after drinking twelve beers",0 132319,"short of a travesty of a transvestite comedy",0 156997,"creepy-crawly bug things that live only in the darkness",0 19200,"Purely propaganda , a work of unabashed hero worship ,",0 8241,"just feels generic , derivative and done to death",0 47652,"With Rabbit-Proof Fence , Noyce has tailored an epic tale into a lean , economical movie .",1 20746,"has winning performances and a glossy , glib charm that 's hard to beat .",1 219294,"while the highly predictable narrative falls short",0 96102,"the massacre",0 66142,"I do n't know if Frailty will turn Bill Paxton into an A-list director , but",1 62811,"A bright , inventive",1 194936,"breaks its little neck trying to perform entertaining tricks",0 67282,"Lilo & Stitch '' is n't the most edgy piece of Disney animation to hit the silver screen , then this first film to use a watercolor background since '' Dumbo '' certainly ranks as the most original in years .",1 45710,"It 's a demented kitsch mess ( although the smeary digital video does match the muddled narrative ) , but it 's savvy about celebrity and has more guts and energy than much of what will open this year",1 220824,"'s good enough .",1 171446,"so mediocre",0 94845,"that reopens an interesting controversy and never succumbs to sensationalism",1 134399,"that it 's almost worth seeing , if only to witness the crazy confluence of purpose and taste",1 210861,"scare any sane person away",0 215164,"the movie too often spins its wheels with familiar situations and repetitive scenes",0 213696,"that it 's offensive",0 215857,"the visual flair and bouncing bravado",1 23585,", diverting , conventional , well-acted tale",1 190211,"a boring , pretentious waste of nearly two hours",0 71998,"a more balanced or fair portrayal of both sides",1 135777,"the most restless young audience deserves the dignity of an action hero motivated by something more than franchise possibilities .",0 197725,"either of those movies",1 75667,"big , tender hug",1 18215,"is ) talented and terribly charismatic , qualities essential to both movie stars and social anarchists",1 122510,"horrifyingly , ever",0 198546,"far more demanding than it needs to be",0 237202,"the script carries Arnold ( and the viewers ) into the forbidden zone of sympathizing with terrorist motivations by presenting the `` other side of the story . ''",1 119061,"endless scenic shots that make 105 minutes seem twice as long",0 32756,"ignorance",0 124435,"is overkill to the highest degree .",0 61262,"'s something about a marching band that gets me where I live .",1 153922,"are okay , not much fire in the script",0 110800,"Twohy 's a good yarn-spinner , and ultimately the story compels .",1 32305,"has filled out his cast with appealing fresh faces",1 232499,"is in the end an honorable , interesting failure .",0 44060,"A fantastically vital movie",1 112079,"a guy who has waited three years with breathless anticipation for a new Hal Hartley movie to pore over",1 123886,"is almost nothing in this flat effort that will amuse or entertain them , either .",0 225426,"Perhaps it 's cliche to call the film ` refreshing",1 120033,"filling the screen",1 238050,"too clichéd",0 92863,"small but rewarding comedy",1 16837,"on the modern B-scene : neither as funny nor as clever",0 148883,"Strong setup",1 161653,"imagine one thing worse than Kevin Spacey trying on an Irish accent",0 100867,"works spectacularly well ... A shiver-inducing , nerve-rattling ride",1 6417,"farce , thoughtful dialogue elbowed aside by one-liners , and a visual style that incorporates rotoscope animation for no apparent reason except",0 55633,"of this unhurried , low-key film that is so off-Hollywood that it seems positively French in its rhythms and resonance",1 48637,"acted , emotionally devastating piece",1 37922,"that will resonate with singles of many ages",1 159728,"from its own provocative theme",1 14902,"acting , good dialogue",1 125145,"it will warm your heart",1 44647,"Ballot",1 10815,"successfully",1 178159,"which somewhat dilutes the pleasure of watching them",0 61886,", energetic and original",1 139660,"which never reach satisfying conclusions",0 228954,"as if he or she has missed anything",0 116033,"bland murder-on-campus",0 221362,", his distance from the material is mostly admirable .",1 166849,"no palpable chemistry between Lopez and male lead Ralph Fiennes",0 161209,"hip . The end result is a film that 's neither",0 36893,"shattering and featuring some of the year 's best acting",1 119115,"enjoy at least",1 136227,"the seemingly irreconcilable situation between conservative Christian parents and their estranged gay and lesbian children",0 123344,"induces headaches more slowly",0 170091,"reveals the filmmaker 's bottomless pit of self-absorption .",0 84179,"is even more embracing than Monty , if only because it accepts nasty behavior and severe flaws as part of the human condition",1 81722,"has its rewards",1 233234,"just unlikable .",0 2365,"sounds sick and twisted",0 85742,"laid-back good spirits",1 34419,"may not be exactly divine",0 108433,"Pocas veces",1 82021,"headed by Christopher Plummer as the subtlest and most complexly evil Uncle Ralph I 've ever seen in the many film",1 62018,", it 's still a sweet , even delectable diversion .",1 149162,"The Transporter bombards the viewer with so many explosions and side snap kicks that it ends up being surprisingly dull .",0 163347,"is so low-wattage",0 17480,"the act is still charming here .",1 171328,"smacks of purely commercial motivation ,",0 166468,"much of the cast has charm -- especially Allodi and Nolden --",1 101575,"'s all derivative",0 134876,"the banality and hypocrisy of too much kid-vid",0 198455,"fails to live up to -- or offer any new insight into -- its chosen topic",0 32568,"his passages",1 90357,"playful but highly studied",1 151818,"a good joke",1 203523,"is that its protagonist , after being an object of intense scrutiny for 104 minutes , remains a complete blank .",0 177237,"unpicked",0 50330,"compelling characters and intelligent script",1 68678,"See Scratch for the history , see Scratch for the music , see Scratch for a lesson in scratching , but , most of all , see it for the passion .",1 79382,"evolved from star to superstar some time over the past year , which means that Birthday Girl is the kind of quirkily appealing minor movie she might not make for a while .",1 106317,"Horrid",0 44178,"A moving and solidly entertaining comedy\/drama that should bolster director and co-writer",1 179561,"'s a pretty listless collection of kid-movie clichés .",0 229209,"be numbing",0 60020,"well-balanced fashion",1 95642,"the film comes off winningly , even though it 's never as solid as you want it to be",1 155708,"by a Lifetime-channel kind of plot and a lead actress who is out of her depth",0 51338,"even Oliver Parker 's movie adaptation",1 150093,"There are simply too many ideas floating around -- part farce , part Sliding Doors , part pop video -- and yet failing to exploit them",0 2300,"sketchiest",0 69566,"The film is full of charm .",1 182387,"An empty , ugly exercise in druggy trance-noir and trumped-up street credibility",0 94193,"talented performers",1 216561,"those willing to endure its extremely languorous rhythms , Waiting for Happiness",0 232807,"is the most visually unappealing .",0 143408,"A valueless",0 71464,"a cool event",1 68640,"Scotland looks wonderful , the fans are often funny fanatics",1 74647,"as both a revealing look at the collaborative process and a timely , tongue-in-cheek profile of the corporate circus that is the recording industry in the current climate of mergers and downsizing",1 38826,"their roles so well",1 204070,"it wears out its welcome as tryingly as the title character .",0 148196,"Pumpkin sits in a patch somewhere between mirthless Todd Solondzian satire and callow student film .",0 147649,"Never engaging",0 108940,"Significantly better than its 2002 children 's - movie competition",1 167462,"of fill-in",0 84002,"is an imaginative teacher of emotional intelligence in this engaging film about two men who discover what William James once called ` the gift of tears .",1 164645,"lazy and",0 15052,"and it 's a welcome return to the roots of a genre that should depend on surprises .",1 17940,"up by Howard with a steady , if not very imaginative , hand",1 131489,"returning to one anecdote for comparison : the cartoon in Japan that gave people seizures",0 150919,"While much of the cast has charm -- especially Allodi and Nolden --",1 84927,"it 's not nearly long enough",1 177249,"unrelenting wretchedness",0 224126,"It 's a movie that ends with Truckzilla , for cryin ' out loud .",0 62254,", tense with suspense . The Ring never lets you off the hook .",1 163730,"it barely gives one pause when considering some of the other dreck out there right now .",0 123762,"is a genuine love story , full of traditional layers of awakening and ripening and separation and recovery",1 3885,"a hollow joke",0 235868,"so not-at-all-good",0 37300,"starts out clever but veers into overkill",0 141931,", ( Ahola ) has a wooden delivery and encounters a substantial arc of change that does n't produce any real transformation .",0 172275,"suffers from a lack of humor ( something needed to balance out the violence )",0 153061,"all he 's done is to reduce everything he touches to a shrill , didactic cartoon",0 133152,"spooks",0 45793,"It has the ability to offend and put off everyone , but",0 184659,"I firmly believe that a good video game movie is going to show up soon .",1 11312,"the drumming and the marching are so excellent",1 43263,"'s hard to imagine anybody ever being '' in the mood '' to view a movie as harrowing and painful as The Grey Zone",0 43446,", '' Far From Heaven '' is a masterpiece .",1 9720,"pitch into farce , yet only half-hearted in its spy mechanics",0 117659,"crap",0 63532,"A truly wonderful tale combined with stunning animation .",1 198593,"fascinating subject matter",1 136336,"the story and theme make up for it",1 216881,"to be greedy",0 10437,"shows moments of promise but ultimately succumbs to cliches and pat storytelling",0 73956,"an unhappy , repressed and twisted personal life their tormentor deserved . These people are really going to love The Piano Teacher",1 120890,"funny yet dark",1 55410,"of its execution",0 121685,"has all the dramatic weight of a raindrop",0 194978,"brought down",0 56051,"played with performances that are all understated and touching",1 98785,"turned this into an Argentine retread of '' Iris",0 23580,", director Carlos Carrera expertly weaves this novelistic story of entangled interrelationships and complex morality .",1 204374,"itself by avoiding eye contact and walking slowly away . It 's fun",1 237484,"think that sequels can never capture the magic of the original",0 2258,"sheridan seems terrified of the book 's irreverent energy , and scotches most of its lan , humor , bile , and irony",0 53993,"its story about a mysterious creature with psychic abilities offers a solid build-up , a terrific climax , and some nice chills along the way",1 161507,"huckster lapel",1 182281,"Although Barbershop boasts some of today 's hottest and hippest acts from the world of television , music and stand-up comedy , this movie strangely enough has the outdated swagger of a shameless '70s blaxploitation shuck-and-jive sitcom .",0 28566,"and deceitful",0 37102,"social mores while ensnaring the audience with its emotional pull",1 187499,"Spectators will indeed sit open-mouthed before the screen , not screaming but yawning .",0 162230,"inoffensive screaming and exaggerated facial expressions",0 187799,"The Hood , this movie strives to be more , but does n't quite get there .",0 44092,"A gently funny , sweetly adventurous film that makes you feel genuinely good , that is to say , entirely unconned by false sentiment or sharp , overmanipulative Hollywood practices .",1 214532,"the expectation of laughter has been quashed by whatever obscenity is at hand",0 27568,"a great performance",1 158915,"feel more like a non-stop cry for attention , than an attempt at any kind of satisfying entertainment .",0 172075,"strained comedy",0 43071,"'' Imitation",0 143951,"At the bottom rung of the series ' entries",0 165094,"little more than a well-acted television melodrama",0 185187,"It 's possible that something hip and transgressive was being attempted here that stubbornly refused to gel",0 218225,"unlikable , uninteresting , unfunny , and completely",0 206358,"more confused , less interesting and more",0 34472,"mesmerizing -- filled with menace and squalor",1 209805,"promises a new kind of high but delivers the same old bad trip",0 183242,"Cruel and inhuman cinematic punishment",0 112809,"a strong thumbs",1 206119,"might enjoy this ,",1 90960,"puts enough salt into the wounds of the tortured and self-conscious material to make it sting",0 218699,"wary natives",0 46914,"The Hot Chick is pretty damned funny .",1 116878,"charming and funny story",1 106204,"Heartwarming and gently comic even as the film breaks your heart .",1 47120,"The ingenuity",1 56217,"profoundly",1 143600,"All ends well , sort of ,",1 231428,"has crafted an engaging fantasy of flavours and emotions , one part romance novel , one part recipe book",1 235477,"scenario that will give most parents pause ...",0 166140,"more as a sketch for a full-length comedy",0 8957,"must have been lost in the translation",0 135540,"the hype , the celebrity , the high life , the conspiracies and the mystery",1 49682,"best play",1 25799,"It provides an honest look at a community striving to anchor itself in new grounds .",1 158945,"feels flimsy and ephemeral .",0 19310,"The film has just enough of everything -- re-enactments , archival footage , talking-head interviews --",1 40302,"without a trace of sentimentality",0 90794,"proves she has the stuff to stand tall with Pryor , Carlin and Murphy",1 191690,"about Rubbo 's dumbed-down tactics",0 63367,"A simple tale",1 47412,"Those who are n't put off by the film 's austerity will find it more than capable of rewarding them .",1 222709,"Buries an interesting storyline about morality and the choices we make underneath such a mountain of clichés and borrowed images that it might more accurately be titled Mr. Chips off the Old Block",0 149265,"The character is too forced and overwritten to be funny or believable much of the time , and",0 26321,"PG-rated , nonthreatening family movies",1 106928,"It 's not nearly as fresh or enjoyable as its predecessor",0 180396,", I pledge allegiance to Cagney and Lacey .",1 178127,"whether random gags add up to a movie",0 115454,"be able to appreciate the wonderful cinematography and naturalistic acting",1 1428,"it 's about family",1 222437,"As a singular character study , it 's perfect .",1 38171,"the era is recreated with obvious affection , scored to perfection with some tasty boogaloo beats .",1 195953,"comes across as lame and sophomoric",0 108073,"Not too fancy , not too filling , not too fluffy , but definitely tasty and sweet",1 105595,"Eddie Murphy nor Robert De Niro has ever made",0 52445,"haunting images",0 25182,"Eastwood at his best",1 219686,"with acting ambition but no sense of pride or shame",0 25084,"De Niro digs deep emotionally , perhaps because he 's been stirred by the powerful work of his co-stars .",1 48918,"an engaging and intimate first feature",1 119091,"engaging and literate psychodrama",1 8215,"jostling against farce , thoughtful dialogue elbowed aside by one-liners , and a visual style that incorporates rotoscope animation for no apparent reason except , maybe",0 100839,"works as a treatise on spirituality as well as a solid sci-fi thriller",1 212652,"street gangs and turf wars in 1958 Brooklyn -- stale cliches , gratuitous violence ,",0 226224,"The concept behind Kung Pow : Enter the Fist is hilarious",1 83790,"is a goofy pleasure",1 49857,"brings them to life",1 210655,"routine stuff Yuen",0 217756,"traps audiences in a series of relentlessly nasty situations",0 165378,"lumbering load",0 1055,"gangs",0 59158,"to a coming-of-age story with such a buoyant , expressive flow of images",1 146112,"I saw Knockaround Guys yesterday , and already the details have faded like photographs from the Spanish-American War ... It 's so unmemorable that it turned my ballpoint notes to invisible ink",0 205533,"lured in by Julia Roberts",1 236717,"the annoying demeanour of its lead character",0 222371,"And thanks to Kline 's superbly nuanced performance , that pondering is highly pleasurable .",1 86714,"manage to be spectacularly outrageous",1 143346,"A slight and obvious effort , even for one whose target demographic is likely still in the single digits",0 99786,"well enough",1 112905,"a topnotch foursome of actors",1 153313,"an airless , prepackaged Julia Roberts wannabe that stinks so badly of hard-sell image-mongering you 'll wonder if Lopez 's publicist should share screenwriting credit .",0 63963,"An unflinching ,",1 217996,"two fatal ailments -- a dearth of vitality and a story that 's shapeless and uninflected",0 222485,"Aside from the fact that the film idiotically uses the website feardotcom.com or the improperly hammy performance from poor Stephen Rea",0 238799,"will want to check out",1 180042,"'s too bad nothing else is",0 181266,". Still , the updated Dickensian sensibility of writer Craig Bartlett 's story is appealing .",1 191898,"acting , but ultimately a movie with no reason for being .",0 63279,"A pretty decent kid-pleasing ,",1 105775,"Fans of the modern day Hong Kong action film finally have the worthy successor to A Better Tomorrow and The Killer which they have been patiently waiting for .",1 157777,"does n't make up for a weak movie",0 230503,"emotionally engrossing , too ,",1 127211,"modest amusements",1 119794,"fascinating character 's",1 184580,"I 'm sorry to say that this should seal the deal - Arnold is not , nor will he be , back .",0 66724,"It is OK for a movie to be something of a sitcom apparatus , if the lines work , the humor has point and",1 230132,"delight .",1 157645,"do n't demand a standard of quality for the art that we choose",0 228050,"a new idea",1 52896,"in a way that does n't make you feel like a sucker",1 63584,"A witty , low-key romantic comedy",1 72860,"a yawn or",0 90022,"painted on their largest-ever historical canvas",1 140645,"yet another visit",0 143718,"An average B-movie with no aspirations to be anything more",0 238046,"tongue-in-cheek preposterousness has always been part of For the most part Wilde 's droll whimsy helps `` Being Earnest '' overcome its weaknesses and Parker 's creative interference ...",1 6812,"glum ,",0 33228,"is a good stepping stone for director Sprecher",1 105069,"Children , Christian or otherwise , deserve to hear the full story of Jonah 's despair -- in all its agonizing , Catch-22 glory -- even if they spend years trying to comprehend it .",1 58867,"the year 's most intriguing explorations",1 57673,"than a new voice that deserves to be considered as a possible successor to the best European directors",1 238673,"while Said attempts to wear down possible pupils through repetition",0 74411,"are so crucial to the genre and another first-rate performance by top-billed star Bruce Willis",1 173920,"the film loses credibility .",0 231228,"glum as Mr. De Niro",0 102694,", lame screenplay",0 170641,"seems worse for the effort .",0 81939,"have to see this !",1 113914,"an adventure story and history lesson all in one",1 76860,"cold , calculated exercise",0 83238,"incapable of controlling his crew",0 101688,"'s foremost cinematic poet of the workplace",1 236718,"the answer is clear : Not easily and , in the end , not well enough .",0 164549,"lacks the skill or presence to regain any ground",0 187152,"Scoob and Shag do n't eat enough during the film . '",0 69802,"The overall effect is awe and affection -- and a strange urge to get on a board and , uh , shred , dude .",1 4405,"add up to a sufficient explanation of what the final dance work , the selection , became in its final form",1 77793,"deceptions",0 217374,"to stand out as particularly memorable or even all that funny",0 165203,"look elsewhere",0 88801,"of our most conservative and hidebound movie-making traditions",0 70079,"There 's no conversion effort , much of the writing is genuinely witty and both stars are appealing enough to probably have a good shot at a Hollywood career , if they want one .",1 134997,"the charm of Kevin Kline and a story that puts old-fashioned values under the microscope",1 56171,"presents it with an unforgettable visual panache",1 131978,"seem so real in small doses",1 121730,"has created a brilliant motion picture",1 141838,"( a ) strained comedy that jettisons all opportunities for Rock to make his mark by serving up the usual chaotic nonsense",0 19774,"and , once you get through the accents , All or Nothing becomes an emotional , though still positive , wrench of a sit .",1 238936,"witty , improbable romantic comedy",1 153818,"are cloaked in gross-out gags",0 93327,"spite of clearly evident poverty and hardship",0 205632,"major acting lessons and",0 48210,"a movie is more than a movie . Go .",1 164702,"leaves viewers feeling compromised , unable to find their way out of the fog and the ashes",0 177292,"unwrapped it early , took out all the good stuff",0 65368,"Even these tales of just seven children seem at times too many , although in reality they are not enough . Every child 's story is what matters . This film can only point the way -- but thank goodness for this signpost .",1 217794,"tries to grab us , only to keep letting go at all the wrong moments",0 86512,"maintained",1 164937,"like an overlong visit from a large group of your relatives .",0 225000,"Mr. Wedge and Mr. Saldanha handle the mix of verbal jokes and slapstick well .",1 120339,"for Godard",0 103582,"A film that loses sight of its own story .",0 180424,", Mad Love looks better than it feels .",0 66549,"It 's crafty , energetic and smart -- the kid is sort of like a fourteen-year old Ferris Bueller .",1 203688,"is well-made",1 17384,"talented and terribly charismatic , qualities essential to both movie stars and social anarchists",1 66336,"Impresses as a skillfully assembled , highly polished and professional adaptation ... just about as chilling and unsettling as ` Manhunter '",1 114213,"and Two Smoking Barrels",0 50305,"commands the screen , using his frailty to suggest the ravages of a life of corruption and ruthlessness",1 176588,"too bored to care",0 103388,"A ) soulless",0 135845,"the mysteries of human behavior",1 71442,"a complete wash",0 212998,"surrounded by 86 minutes of overly-familiar and poorly-constructed comedy",0 213653,"that has made Tucker a star",1 177223,"unless you enjoy really bad movies",0 177522,"visually dank",0 230310,"do n't think so .",0 144687,"Danilo Donati 's witty designs",1 123087,"in short",0 146119,"I still ca n't relate to Stuart",0 234363,"of a shameless ` 70s blaxploitation shuck-and-jive sitcom",0 42169,"is astonishing ,",1 148937,"Sunshine State lacks the kind of dynamic that Limbo offers , and in some ways is a rather indulgent piece .",0 149678,"The only way to tolerate this insipid , brutally clueless film",0 197722,"either moderately amusing",1 39664,"unpretentious , sociologically pointed slice",1 23342,", The Pinochet Case",1 172082,"strains credulity and leaves the viewer haunted by the waste of potential",0 196484,"crummy",0 43259,"'s great escapist fun that recreates a place and time that will never happen again .",1 94603,"that could so easily have been fumbled by a lesser filmmaker",1 92248,"self-hating , self-destructive ways",0 223122,"Despite the predictable parent vs. child coming-of-age theme , first-class , natural acting and a look at `` the real Americans '' make this a charmer .",1 141913,") comes off like a Hallmark commercial",0 37456,"suffered",0 219425,"whose pieces do not fit .",0 134412,"that it 's shot on digital video , whose tiny camera enables Shafer to navigate spaces both large ... and small ... with considerable aplomb",1 161709,"impressive potency",1 232868,"is very , very far from the one most of us inhabit",0 153527,"an unusually vivid set",1 161934,"in no time at all",1 233713,"making it one of the year 's most enjoyable releases",1 167128,"occasionally fun enough",1 122837,"in ( this ) meandering and pointless French coming-of-age import from writer-director Anne-Sophie Birot",0 205406,"loquacious and dreary piece",0 81403,"gripping performances",1 20871,"impress even those viewers who have little patience for Euro-film pretension",1 123248,"in which a renowned filmmaker attempts to show off his talent by surrounding himself with untalented people",0 44148,"A literary detective story is still a detective story and aficionados of the whodunit wo n't be disappointed",1 135012,"the cinema 's memorable women",1 123648,"inventive moments",1 200713,"have ( and probably should have ) been a lighthearted comedy",0 18874,"For anyone who remembers the '60s or is interested in one man 's response to stroke , Ram Dass : Fierce Grace is worth seeking out .",1 49053,"and touching occasion",1 80811,"funny and well-contructed",1 132508,"simply runs out of ideas",0 39501,"turntablism",1 28146,"adventurous adults",1 13628,", sardonic , completely joyful",1 57755,"that both thrills the eye and , in its over-the-top way , touches the heart",1 142523,", the result does n't fully satisfy either the die-hard Jason fans or those who can take a good joke .",0 1424,"it 's a demented kitsch mess ( although the smeary digital video does match the muddled narrative ) , but",0 42537,"register strongly",1 200672,"has the requisite faux-urban vibe and hotter-two-years-ago rap and R&B names and references",0 208064,"of the dramatic conviction that underlies the best of comedies",1 9151,"notable",1 7897,"it 's sweet ...",1 57774,"that does n't waste a moment",1 142407,", reads more like Driving Miss Daisy than GoodFellas",0 170290,"sad-sack",0 75587,"best and most exciting",1 231205,"gives `` Mothman '' an irresistibly uncanny ambience that goes a long way toward keeping the picture compelling",1 77474,"courageous Scottish lady",1 119234,"epilogue that leaks suspension of disbelief",0 60571,"you feel genuinely good",1 217432,"to the cracked lunacy of The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai , but thanks to an astonishingly witless script",0 142885,"2-day old Coke",0 87966,"none of the pushiness and decibel volume of most contemporary comedies",1 232440,"is degraded , handheld Blair Witch video-cam footage .",0 222381,"And there 's an element of heartbreak to watching it now , with older and wiser eyes , because we know what will happen after Greene 's story ends .",1 151865,"a handsome-looking",1 1109,"gorgeous scenes , masterful performances , but the sickly sweet gender normative narrative left an acrid test in this gourmet 's mouth .",0 113976,"an earnest try at beachcombing verismo",1 22097,"such a dazzlingly self-assured directorial debut that it 's hard to know what to praise first",1 37217,"spell-casting",1 191622,"a whole heap",0 231813,"how many times they can work the words `` radical '' or `` suck '' into a sentence",0 71765,"a great writer",1 53885,"it would be a lot better if it stuck to Betty Fisher and left out the other stories",0 92875,"smart , nuanced look",1 194003,"barely feature length",0 107395,"Laugh-out-loud",1 108135,"Old-fashioned but thoroughly satisfying entertainment .",1 193207,"are sweet and believable , and are defeated by a screenplay that forces them into bizarre , implausible behavior",0 122199,"hide new secretions from the parental units",0 200987,"heartfelt appeal",1 25627,"I do n't think I 've been as entranced and appalled by an Asian film since Shinya Tsukamoto 's Iron Man .",1 98006,"to deform families , then tear them apart",0 121811,"has no real point",0 18042,"who have reached the absolute top of the game",1 98712,"true emotions",1 148854,"Static , repetitive , muddy and blurry , Hey Arnold !",0 131570,"rip off",0 154600,"banal , cliched",0 149572,"The movie ends with outtakes in which most of the characters forget their lines and just utter ` uhhh , ' which is better than most of the writing in the movie .",0 201188,"his innocence soon becomes a questionable kind of inexcusable dumb innocence",0 123303,"increasingly far-fetched events",0 128705,"of his rental car",1 95205,"the best way",1 142038,", Steven Shainberg 's adaptation of Mary Gaitskill 's harrowing short story ... is a brilliantly played , deeply unsettling experience .",1 57424,"structured and well-realized",1 95079,"the West African coast struggling against foreign influences",0 90102,"passion and pretence",1 237611,"though he only scratches the surface , at least he provides a strong itch to explore more .",1 97792,"tiny acts of kindness",1 163332,"is so disgusting that viewers may be hard pressed to retain their lunch",0 133003,"somewhat touched",1 203652,"is uninspired",0 132147,"serves as a paper skeleton for some very good acting , dialogue , comedy , direction and especially charm .",1 128678,"of going where no man has gone before , but several movies have - take heart .",1 73391,"all ca n't stand",0 21257,"loves",1 25415,"Gilliam-esque",1 109857,"The film would have been more enjoyable had the balance shifted in favor of water-bound action over the land-based ` drama , ' but",0 155580,"buried , drowned and",0 42248,"its seriousness , high literary aspirations and",1 32976,"in this high-tech age",1 229517,"but like shooting fish in a barrel",0 123647,"inventive and mordantly humorous",1 87697,"narrative filmmaking with a visually masterful work of quiet power",1 24336,"A fast , funny , highly enjoyable movie",1 190047,"` zany ' does n't necessarily mean ` funny",0 191407,"a strong narrative",1 71307,"a bit of heart",1 55091,"no special effects , and",0 143744,"An occasionally funny , but overall limp , fish-out-of-water",0 95836,"the grace to call for prevention rather than to place blame , making it one of the best war movies ever made",1 236861,"the fast , funny , and even touching story",1 33413,"is more enjoyable than the original .",1 101465,"'re the kind of parent who enjoys intentionally introducing your kids to films which will cause loads of irreparable damage that years and years of costly analysis could never fix",0 159121,"films are weak , as",0 40274,"with the magic he 's spun with the Hollywood empress of Ms . Leoni 's Ellie",1 83221,"in which an ominous , pervasive , and unknown threat lurks just below the proceedings and adds an almost constant mindset of suspense",1 54397,"love --",1 180510,", and smugly suggests a superior moral tone is more important than filmmaking skill",0 35316,"of loss",0 3422,"( p ) artnering murphy with robert de niro for the tv-cops comedy showtime",1 167846,"of the world 's most fascinating stories",1 121855,"has the high-buffed gloss and high-octane jolts you expect of De Palma , but what makes it transporting is that it 's also one of the smartest",1 16305,"it 's a metaphor for this love story",1 108170,"One of the most incoherent",1 58751,"the steady pulse",1 85801,"laughing in the crowd",1 7332,"if the story 's a little weak",0 98639,"transcend its genre",1 84610,"is smart and dark - hallelujah for small favors",1 236571,"that uses its pulpy core conceit to probe questions of attraction and interdependence",1 30530,"cuddly sequel",1 105785,"Fears",0 98292,"to see over and over again",1 11580,"the long , dishonorable history",0 101544,"'s a sheer unbridled delight in the way the story unfurls ...",1 223349,"Feeble comedy",0 218480,"very little story or character",0 139168,"wannabe film -- without the vital comic ingredient of the hilarious writer-director himself .",0 218901,"way off",0 162292,"intellect than heart , his story flattens instead of sharpens",0 78613,"draws its considerable power from simplicity .",1 143165,"A little weak",0 201063,"heroes would be a film that is n't this painfully forced , false and fabricated",0 177909,"went wrong",0 76293,"calm us of our daily ills and bring out joys in our lives that we never knew",1 172891,"that I 'd hoped the movie would avoid",0 236097,"stunning star turn",1 124083,"is gone , replaced by the forced funniness found in the dullest kiddie flicks .",0 234403,"of dancing and fabulous music",1 237358,"the year 's most enjoyable releases",1 30307,"complejos",1 167713,"of stale candy , something from a Halloween that died",0 124489,"is simply a matter of ( being ) in a shrugging mood .",0 184887,"In between the icy stunts , the actors spout hilarious dialogue about following your dream and ` just letting the mountain tell you what to do . '",1 38082,"the cinematic equivalent of a good page-turner",1 161684,"implausible situation",0 56653,"rootlessness ,",0 115112,"assembled cliches and pabulum that plays like a 95-minute commercial for NBA properties",0 103782,"A piece of mildly entertaining , inoffensive fluff that drifts aimlessly for 90 minutes before lodging in the cracks of that ever-growing category : unembarrassing but unmemorable",1 178991,"wrong at several key junctures",0 219798,"with plenty of action and almost no substance",0 73485,"allows us to be transported into the life of Wladyslaw Szpilman , who is not only a pianist , but a good human being .",1 208330,"oh-so-important",1 27561,"a good stepping stone",1 84369,"is made infinitely more wrenching by the performances of real-life spouses Seldahl and Wollter",1 220793,"'s dark and tragic , and lets the business of the greedy talent agents get in the way of saying something meaningful about facing death",0 203651,"is unfocused , while the story goes nowhere .",0 139961,"will take you places you have n't been , and also places you have .",1 59976,"we all need a playful respite from the grind to refresh our souls",1 97406,"this film special",1 60479,"worth seeing for Ambrose 's performance .",1 222362,"And it 's a lousy one at that .",0 190050,"a '' Friday '' worth waiting for",1 162654,"is a particularly toxic little bonbon , palatable to only a chosen and very jaundiced few .",0 111232,"Wonder of wonders",1 188928,"They presume their audience wo n't sit still for a sociology lesson , however entertainingly presented , so they trot out the conventional science-fiction elements of bug-eyed monsters and futuristic women in skimpy clothes .",0 79193,"especially her agreeably startling use of close-ups and her grace with a moving camera",1 21384,"n't demand a dumb , distracted audience",0 71590,"a failure as straight drama",0 227246,"Yes , dull .",0 177048,"ugly to look at",0 37342,"still oddly likable",1 189673,"While American Adobo has its heart ( and its palate ) in the right place , its brain is a little scattered -- ditsy , even .",0 55366,"of getting realistic performances from his mainly nonprofessional cast",1 65039,"Devos",0 5696,"confidence",1 72389,"a sick society ?",0 113411,"admitted egomaniac",0 91629,"revels in its own simplicity",1 202769,"is atrocious",0 151921,"a kilt",0 148123,"Pluto Nash ? How did it ever get made",0 124889,"it 's worth seeing .",1 86935,"may pick up new admirers",1 7393,"impressed",1 5593,"cliched",0 103542,"A dreadful day in Irish history is given passionate , if somewhat flawed , treatment .",1 154413,"at the ridiculous dialog or the oh-so convenient plot twists",0 128993,"of the better drug-related pictures",1 214465,"the earnest emotional core",1 211895,"sneak out of the theater",0 91177,"reaffirms life",1 32021,"get a fuzzy treat",1 24079,"-- still , the derivative Nine Queens is lots of fun .",1 81680,"has considerable charm",1 86646,"makes it worth watching",1 69717,"The most wondrous love story",1 14747,"a great yarn",1 126053,"like a hazy high that takes too long to shake",0 133980,"tender and touching",1 208973,"own brilliance",1 84466,"is no solace here , no entertainment value , merely a fierce lesson in where filmmaking can take us",0 175720,"throwaway one-liners , not-quite jokes ,",0 140670,"you 'll find it with Ring , an indisputably spooky film : with a screenplay to die for",1 152327,"a ready-made Eurotrash cult",0 225221,"Nothing wrong with performances here , but the whiney characters bugged me",0 29260,"assimilated as an all-American girl with a brand new name in southern Tennessee",1 117643,"crafted a complicated hero who is a welcome relief from the usual two-dimensional offerings .",1 162000,"in the end , Pumpkin is far more offensive than it is funny",0 115535,"be more genial than ingenious",0 186899,"Report card : Does n't live up to the exalted tagline - there 's definite room for improvement .",0 4733,"another self-consciously overwritten",0 117367,"complex , politically charged tapestry",1 22154,"that 's got oodles of style and substance",1 33654,"it has just enough spice to keep it interesting",1 70019,"The urban landscapes are detailed down to the signs on the kiosks , and the color palette , with lots of somber blues and pinks , is dreamy and evocative .",1 1568,"laddish and juvenile , only teenage boys",0 118010,"delightfully unpredictable , hilarious comedy",1 215933,"the worst movie of 2002",0 58721,"the sleep-deprived Dormer ,",0 72465,"a solid cast",1 1082,"go to a picture-perfect beach during sunset",1 79803,"female friendship , spiked with raw urban humor",1 189621,"Whatever the movie 's sentimental , hypocritical lessons about sexism",0 227236,"XXX '' crowd",0 166290,"most at women 's expense",0 109608,"The best thing I can say about this film",1 209442,"plots that never quite gel",0 134909,"the best of a growing strain of daring films",1 157868,"done too often by people far more talented than Ali G",0 7288,"i like it . there is a freedom to watching stunts that are this crude , this fast-paced and this insane .",1 201341,"hoping for a stiff wind to blow it uphill or something",0 170751,"serves as a muddled and offensive cautionary tale for Hispanic Americans",0 224802,"Ming-liang 's witty , wistful new film",1 6446,"feel like they 've been patched in from an episode of miami vice",0 213218,"tediously exasperating",0 123714,"is a celebration of feminine energy , a tribute to the power of women to heal",1 134069,"than franchise possibilities",1 106825,"It 's about issues most adults have to face in marriage and",1 208343,"old bad trip",0 50243,"colorfully",1 128459,"of a movie so sloppy , so uneven , so damn unpleasant that I ca n't believe any viewer , young or old ,",0 30992,"easy pace",1 126424,"love Robin Tunney",1 182775,"Belongs in the too-hot-for-TV direct-to-video/DVD category , and this is why I have given it a one-star rating .",0 32206,"gripping film",1 133677,"surprising , subtle turn",1 232511,"is just SOOOOO tired .",0 21574,"of the sweet , gentle and occasionally cloying kind that has become an Iranian specialty",1 101987,"'s up to you to decide whether to admire these people 's dedication to their cause or be repelled by their dogmatism , manipulativeness and narrow , fearful view of American life .",0 8209,"jose campanella delivers a loosely autobiographical story brushed with sentimentality but brimming with gentle humor , bittersweet pathos , and lyric moments that linger like snapshots of memory",1 48317,"a real gift for teasing chilly poetry out of lives and settings that might otherwise seem drab and sordid",1 32153,"gory , perverted , sex-soaked riff",0 142182,", freshened up by the dunce of a Screenwriting 101 class ... Designed to provide a mix of smiles and tears , '' Crossroads '' instead provokes a handful of unintentional howlers and numerous yawns .",0 200073,"going for that PG-13 rating",1 110924,"Wang )",0 210091,"rather dull , unimaginative",0 118359,"dismissed as the tiresome rant of an aging filmmaker still thumbing his nose at convention",0 4718,"angry",0 885,"ends up slapping its target audience in the face by shooting itself in the foot",0 107772,"Mindless",0 237864,"to keep upping the ante on each other , just as their characters do in the film",1 23534,", but three times in this animated sweet film",1 101669,"'s difficult to tell who the other actors in the movie are",0 52844,"immensely entertaining look",1 41091,"My goodness , Queen Latifah has a lot to offer and",1 65002,"Denis ) accomplishes in his chilling , unnerving film",1 222031,"A jaw-droppingly beautiful work that upends nearly every cliché of Japanese animation while delivering a more than satisfactory amount of carnage .",1 203913,"it has a bigger-name cast",1 223931,"If the title is a Jeopardy question , then the answer might be `` How does Steven Seagal come across these days ? ''",0 29824,"but it 's definitely -- defiantly -- ya ya , what with all of those terrific songs and spirited performances .",1 1145,"happy",1 128252,"odd enjoyably chewy lump",1 145456,"Forced , familiar and thoroughly condescending",0 63195,"A movie that 's just plain awful but still",0 146024,"I can tell you that there 's no other reason why anyone should bother remembering it",0 21498,"of all ages",1 88335,"of a man whose engaging manner and flamboyant style made him a truly larger-than-life character",1 66618,"It 's not like having a real film of Nijinsky",0 12317,"to be diverting",1 182050,"A tedious",0 200866,"have problems , which are neither original nor are presented in convincing way .",0 33598,"it 's nonsense",0 6654,"frankly fantastical",1 13119,"with a searing lead performance",1 85050,"it is Japanese and yet feels universal",1 193695,"assign one bright shining star to Roberto Benigni 's Pinocchio --",1 134197,"that Hollywood expects people to pay to see it",0 232875,"is well worthwhile",1 89389,"on courtroom movies , a few nifty twists that are so crucial to the genre and another first-rate performance by top-billed star Bruce Willis",1 171001,"show a fair amount of intelligence and wit -- but",1 156635,"completely inane",0 40722,"A thunderous ride at first , quiet cadences of pure finesse are few and far between : their shortage dilutes the potency of otherwise respectable action . Still , this flick is fun , and host to some truly excellent sequences",1 150639,"Very bad",0 193381,"as a satisfying kids flck becomes increasingly implausible as it races through contrived plot points",0 126062,"like a poor man 's",0 114607,"are just two of the elements that will grab you .",1 36932,"should win over the most hard-hearted cynics",1 228790,"are fantastic",1 64628,"Captures the raw comic energy of one",1 179212,"your film becomes boring",0 91300,"recommend Read My Lips",1 4353,"about the film tanks",0 4829,"as a commodified , sold-out concept on the american filmmaking scene",0 120093,"find a movie character more unattractive or odorous ( than Leon )",0 24213,"2 -- quite a rarity , even in the family film market . Eventually , it wins you over",1 13003,"where janice beard falters in its recycled aspects , implausibility , and sags in pace , it rises in its courageousness , and comedic employment",1 11489,"the hapless victims",0 235855,"so distant you might as well be watching it through a telescope",0 12810,"voluptuous cheap effects",0 184731,"I was expecting",0 28057,"absolutely spooky how Lillard channels the Shagster right down to the original Casey Kasem-furnished voice",1 113457,"affirming '",1 189641,"When the twist endings were actually surprising ? When the violence actually shocked ? When the heroes were actually under 40",0 200903,"having to inhale this gutter romancer 's secondhand material",0 24671,"Anchored by a terrific performance by Abbass",1 116757,"casting Mick Jagger as director of the escort service was inspired",1 27249,"Without ever becoming didactic , director Carlos Carrera expertly weaves this novelistic story of entangled interrelationships and complex morality .",1 167605,"of money grubbing New Yorkers and their serial",0 104316,"An exhausting family drama about a porcelain empire and just as hard a flick as its subject",0 138364,"true ` epic '",1 86703,"making the right choice in the face of tempting alternatives",1 100343,"wisdom and emotion",1 109342,"Talky , artificial and opaque",0 147715,"No movement",0 40455,"you may not care",0 157436,"difficult to imagine the process that produced such a script , but here 's guessing that spray cheese and underarm noises played a crucial role",0 83,"- been-told-a - thousand-times -",0 112749,"a solid formula for successful animated movies",1 58069,"the best play of the 19th century .",1 201858,"in doubt",1 147688,"Nicks , seemingly uncertain what 's going to make people laugh",0 82356,"historically significant , and",1 149054,"That 's a cheat",0 34320,"makes the old story seem new",1 219017,"well-drawn , if standard issue , characters",1 36950,"shticks",1 203845,"it becomes a chore to sit through -- despite some first-rate performances by its lead",0 200771,"have been picked not for their acting chops , but for their looks",0 179452,"'re merely signposts marking the slow , lingering death of imagination .",0 5646,"comedic grand larceny",0 180454,", Steven Soderbergh 's space opera emerges as a numbingly dull experience .",0 115509,"be good",1 165250,"looks like it was produced in 1954 , shelved for 48 years , and repackaged for a 2002 audience .",0 223661,"His healthy sense of satire is light and fun ...",1 15296,"brings out the latent 15-year-old romantic in everyone",1 142578,", this oppressively gloomy techno-horror clambake is impossible to ignore . But as a movie",0 124873,"it 's still entertaining to watch the target practice .",1 166243,"more stunts",1 47832,"a bit exploitative but also nicely done",1 30390,"controlled , passionate adaptation of Graham Greene 's 1955 novel .",1 35560,"of young people in modern Japan",1 218890,"watered-down it almost loses what made you love it",0 29725,"bravely treads where few American films dare to delve -- into the world of ambivalence and ambiguity ...",1 189357,"Unfunny comedy with a lot of static set ups , not much camera movement , and most of the scenes",0 178801,"workmanlike in the extreme",1 21016,"is both unflinching and tantalizing",1 176615,"too forced and overwritten",0 113188,"about something , one that attempts and often achieves a level of connection and concern",1 59134,"timely than its director could ever have dreamed",1 15669,"epic landscapes and adventure",1 158125,"effectively chilling",1 211515,"should n't have been made",0 17130,"rousing , invigorating fun lacking any MTV puffery",1 79385,"evolves into what has become of us all in the era of video .",1 53463,"is extraordinarily good",1 119662,"fairly disposable yet still entertaining B",1 228731,"apart from reporting on the number of tumbleweeds blowing through the empty theatres",0 225619,"Ridiculous .",0 64880,"Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin do what he does best",1 184940,"Initial strangeness inexorably gives way to rote sentimentality and",0 108624,"Rice is too pedestrian a filmmaker to bring any edge or personality to The Rising Place that would set it apart from other Deep South stories .",0 37283,"star-making",1 61293,"'s suspenseful enough for older kids but not too scary for the school-age crowd",1 160164,"go down smoothly enough",1 230559,"entertained by the sight of someone",1 193903,"awkward hybrid",0 81841,"have a good time",1 52378,"has a well-deserved reputation as one of the cinema world 's great visual stylists",1 193199,"are still unconcerned about what they ingest",1 141481,"'s not original",0 202594,"is a load of clams left in the broiling sun for a good three days",0 204753,"laughing at his own joke",0 50786,"deserves to be considered as a possible successor to the best European directors",1 50164,"choirs at the same time , which is a pretty amazing accomplishment .",1 211759,"slapdash mess",0 150956,"Will give many ministers and Bible-study groups hours of material to discuss . But mainstream audiences will find little of interest in this film , which is often preachy and poorly acted",0 80834,"fused with their humor",1 91485,"reminds you just how comically subversive silence can be",1 3938,"a lousy movie that 's not merely unwatchable , but also unlistenable",0 209525,"poorly-constructed",0 143511,"Adam Sandler 's cartoon about Hanukkah is numbingly bad , Little Nicky bad",0 40511,"your own firmly held positions",1 106957,"It 's sort of a 21st century morality play with a Latino hip hop beat . But the second half of the movie really goes downhill .",0 172959,"that confirms one 's worse fears about civilization as we know it",0 80698,"frothy ` date movie",1 107031,"It makes me feel weird \ \/ Thinking about all the bad things in the world \ \/ Like puppies with broken legs \ \/ And butterflies that die \ \/ And movies starring pop queens",0 143488,"Accuracy and",1 230640,"everyone thinks poo-poo jokes are ` edgy",0 222240,"All the Queen 's Men is allegedly `` inspired '' was a lot funnier and more deftly enacted than what 's been cobbled together onscreen",0 222922,"Chelsea Walls deserves a medal .",1 2967,"to the finish line",1 183458,"Director Shekhar Kapur and screenwriters Michael Schiffer and Hossein Amini have tried hard to modernize and reconceptualize things , but the barriers finally prove to be too great .",0 141280,"'s clear the filmmakers were n't sure where they wanted their story to go , and even more clear that they lack the skills to get us to this undetermined destination .",0 145338,"Filmmakers have to dig deep to sink this low . Fortunately for all involved",0 77078,"compelling pre-WWII drama",1 80291,"for its originality",1 1177,"help but engage",1 75592,"best inside-show-biz",1 155855,"ca n't make this movie anything more than a trashy cop buddy comedy",0 148668,"So devoid of any kind of intelligible story",0 55044,"never existed",0 135354,"the film maintains a beguiling serenity and poise that make it accessible for a non-narrative feature .",1 70618,"Vibrantly colored",1 79047,"enjoyable trifle",1 145229,"Excessive , profane , packed with cartoonish violence and comic-strip characters .",0 63413,"A spiffy animated feature about an unruly adolescent boy who is yearning for adventure and a chance to prove his worth",1 152445,"a single iota worse",0 166255,"more than a chuckle , and more jokes land",1 31187,"epiphany",1 11333,"the entirety of the film in a coma",0 183366,"Despite Hoffman 's best efforts , Wilson remains a silent , lumpish cipher : his encounters reveal nothing about who he is or who he was before",0 50332,"compelling motion",1 181180,"-- Conrad L . Hall 's cinematography will likely be nominated for an Oscar next year -- there 's something impressive and yet lacking about everything .",1 155349,"bogged down by an overly sillified plot and stop-and-start pacing .",0 43216,"'s back-stabbing , inter-racial desire and , most importantly , singing and dancing .",1 197364,"does n't stand a ghost of a chance",0 47158,"The modern-day royals have nothing on these guys when it comes to scandals .",0 137586,"to films which will cause loads of irreparable damage that years and years of costly analysis could never fix",0 170888,"shoot on grungy video",0 110983,"Weighty and ponderous but every bit as filling as the treat of the title .",1 185542,"Just about everyone involved here seems to be coasting . There are a few modest laughs , but certainly no thrills .",0 87265,"more fascinating than the results . Last Dance , whatever its flaws , fulfills one facet of its mission in making me want to find out whether , in this case , that 's true",1 145455,"Forced , familiar and",0 67856,"None of his actors stand out ,",0 34956,"not a mass-market entertainment but an uncompromising attempt by one artist to think about another",1 97681,"thrills from your Halloween entertainment",1 30675,"delights that gets even better in hindsight , as you mull over its every nuance in your mind",1 238273,"urge to grab the old lady at the end of my aisle 's walker and toss it at the screen in frustration",0 33231,"is a happy throwback to the time when cartoons were cinema 's most idiosyncratic form instead of one of its most predictable .",1 129769,"ou 've got to love a Disney pic with as little cleavage as this one has , and a heroine as feisty and principled as Jane .",1 155746,"by going on for too long , trying to mirror every subsequent event in Chinese history : war , revolution , Communism , etc",0 98447,"to whether you 've seen pornography or documentary",0 126167,"likely to find compelling",1 6939,"handled correctly , wilde 's play is a masterpiece of elegant wit and artifice . here , alas",1 7449,"in its splendor",1 79467,"explode obnoxiously into 2 , 500 screens",0 109903,"The inherent limitations of using a video game as the source material movie",0 6188,"emotional blandness",0 182323,"Amid the cliché and foreshadowing , Cage manages a degree of casual realism ...",1 102330,", Sorvino glides gracefully from male persona to female without missing a beat . Ben Kingsley is truly funny , playing a kind of Ghandi gone bad .",1 27573,"a group of people together in a sweet and charming way , if a little convenient",1 124760,"is visually smart , cleverly written",1 158729,"fade as the film descends into unsophisticated scare tactics and B-film thuggery",0 66257,"If the film has a problem",0 18573,"A charming yet poignant tale of the irrevocable ties that bind .",1 129461,"on the shoulders of its actors",1 22810,"winning performances",1 70224,"This is a very funny , heartwarming film . It has fun with the quirks of family life , but it also treats the subject with fondness and respect",1 175598,"those comedies that just seem like a bad idea from frame one",0 234173,"not a Hollywood product",0 233336,"leads to suicide attempts and tragic deaths",0 87876,"nice twists but the ending and",1 75854,"both sides of this emotional car-wreck",0 2057,"plotless",0 145106,"Enter",1 41733,"comradeship and",1 225340,"Or doing last year 's taxes with your ex-wife .",0 86574,"make its subject interesting to those who are n't part of its supposed target audience .",1 20679,"grab your children by the imagination and amaze them and amuse them .",1 15454,"compassionate",1 13567,", compassionate drama",1 107480,"Like the excruciating End of Days , Collateral Damage presents Schwarzenegger as a tragic figure ,",0 174191,"the last plot device left standing",0 16509,"low-key quality",0 232328,"is a non-stop funny feast of warmth , colour and cringe",1 22634,"undeniable , if not a pleasure in its own right",1 97975,"to capture the chaos of France in the 1790 's",1 100015,"while illuminating an era of theatrical comedy that , while past ,",1 211661,"singing and finger snapping it might have held my attention , but as it stands I kept looking for the last exit from Brooklyn .",0 165760,"may never think of band camp as a geeky or nerdy thing again .",1 41177,"Roman Coppola may never become the filmmaker his Dad was , but heck -- few filmmakers will . But",0 187674,"Taken as a whole , The Tuxedo does n't add up to a whole lot .",0 156793,"contrived sequels that not only fails on its own , but makes you",0 121925,"have been overrun by what can only be characterized as robotic sentiment .",0 34382,"marks the outstanding feature debut of writer-director Eric Byler , who understands the power of the implicit and the virtues of simplicity and economy .",1 219565,"will prove absorbing to American audiences",1 34185,"locked in an ongoing game of cat-and-cat",0 87086,"might actually want to watch .",1 160897,"have required genuine acting from Ms . Spears",1 141460,"'s not enough here to justify the almost two hours",0 111154,"Wildly incompetent but brilliantly named Half Past Dead -- or for Seagal",0 40528,"zealous nuttiness of its antagonists",1 238353,"vulgar , sexist , racist humour",0 34364,"manual",0 210088,"ratchets up the stirring soundtrack , throws in a fish-out-of-water gag and lets the cliched dialogue rip . Or else a doggie winks .",0 239087,"you 'd think filmmaker Simon Wells would have more reverence for the material .",0 220979,"'s super - violent , super-serious and super-stupid .",0 487,"as happiness was",1 172094,"stretched to the point of evaporation",0 94838,"that really , really , really good things can come in enormous packages",1 123410,"insecure about its capacity",0 7350,"if you can get past the fantastical aspects and harsh realities of '' the isle '' you 'll get a sock-you-in-the-eye flick that is a visual tour-de-force and a story that is unlike any you",1 77698,"dances on the edge",1 58368,"the heart and",1 207647,"of carefully choreographed atrocities , which become strangely impersonal and abstract",0 194738,"bloodbath",0 178947,"wrap things up and send the viewers home",0 12840,"wants",1 226404,"The otherwise good-naturedness of Mr. Deeds , with its embrace of sheer goofiness and cameos of less - than-likely New York celebrities",1 71349,"a canny crowd pleaser , and",1 131448,"result in a movie that works against itself",0 133437,"struck less by its lavish grandeur",1 59856,"very original artist",1 50122,"character portrait , romantic comedy",1 178832,"worse than your substandard , run-of-the-mill Hollywood picture",0 16207,"is -RRB- why we go to the cinema : to be fed through the eye , the heart , the mind",1 176637,"too many characters and events",0 71593,"a fall",0 86797,"many ways the perfect festival film : a calm , self-assured portrait of small town regret , love , duty and friendship that appeals to the storytelling instincts of a slightly more literate filmgoing audience",1 142747,". Others may find it migraine-inducing , despite Moore 's attempts at whimsy and spoon feeding .",0 47272,"The touch is generally light enough and the performances , for the most part , credible",1 147877,"Oh , it 's extreme , all right . Extremely dumb . Extremely confusing . Extremely boring .",0 234834,"overly melodramatic ...",0 111581,"a breakthrough in filmmaking",1 232793,"is that there 's a casual intelligence that permeates the script .",1 54066,"keep the film grounded and",1 53782,"it also happens to be the movie 's most admirable quality",1 238210,"undisciplined",0 214409,"the death of self ... this Orgasm ( wo n't be an ) exceedingly memorable one for most people",0 111169,"Williams creates a stunning , Taxi Driver-esque portrayal of a man teetering on the edge of sanity .",1 11402,"the film is powerful , accessible and funny . you wo n't miss its messages , but you 'll be entertained as well",1 50632,"dark humor , gorgeous exterior photography",1 40969,"Intriguing and beautiful film , but",1 92784,"slam-bang",1 166135,"more adventurous",1 63046,"A flick about our infantilized culture that is n't entirely infantile",1 155221,"big loser",0 70336,"Those prone to indignation need not apply : those susceptible to blue hilarity , step right up .",1 55318,"of common concern",0 89919,"overcome his personal obstacles and",1 170943,"should be sent to and buried on Pluto",0 191389,"a standard-issue crime drama spat out from the Tinseltown assembly line .",1 186263,"My Sweet has so many flaws it would be easy for critics to shred it . It may even fall into the category of Films",0 58670,"the same time , which is a pretty amazing accomplishment",1 216311,"thinks it 's hilarious",1 32257,"haphazard administration",0 13519,", and a great way for the American people",1 24356,"A great comedy filmmaker knows great comedy need n't always make us laugh .",1 29041,"are flawless .",1 232719,"is rather like being trapped while some weird relative trots out the video he took of the family vacation to Stonehenge",0 75244,"be compelling , amusing and unsettling",1 19563,"a rawness",1 24867,"Both deeply weird and charmingly",1 31970,"funny from",1 38461,"the movie is serviceable",1 20968,"intriguing and entertaining introduction",1 42321,"made richer by his own experiences",1 68554,"Sad to say",0 126831,"marvelous series",1 168771,"people constantly checking their watches",0 44852,"Candid and comfortable",1 8752,"melodrama and",0 230504,"employs to authenticate her British persona",1 228350,"action confined to slo-mo gun firing and random glass-shattering",0 172176,"style adventure that plays like a bad soap opera , with passable performances from everyone in the cast",0 144,"a decent-enough",1 200429,"hard as this may be to believe , Here on Earth , a surprisingly similar teen drama , was a better film .",0 72623,"a sweet and sexy film",1 124096,"is hard not to be especially grateful for freedom after a film like this .",1 8916,"much entertainment value",1 221569,", the effects not as innovative , nor the story as imaginative as in the original .",0 178087,"where feelings of marginalization loom for every dreamer with a burst bubble",0 120788,"frustrated and detached",0 62546,"... Olivier Assayas has fashioned an absorbing look at provincial bourgeois French society .",1 223887,"Idiotic",0 4209,"a thoughtful , reverent portrait",1 1795,"must-see",1 139791,"who sometimes defies sympathy",0 115988,"big time stinker",0 185120,"It 's hard to imagine that even very small children will be impressed by this tired retread .",0 44505,"An important movie , a reminder of the power of film to move us and to make us examine our values",1 12579,"true and",1 120201,"fixating on a far corner of the screen at times",1 18517,"-- but , happily , a victim of none",1 69075,"Suspend your disbelief here and now , or you 'll be shaking your head all the way to the credits .",0 157582,"dismiss them",0 12845,"warmth",1 206500,"most devastating flaw",0 48348,"a romantic comedy plotline straight from the ages",1 10755,"still manages to be uplifting but not overly sentimental",1 121658,"has a key strength in its willingness to explore its principal characters with honesty , insight and humor",1 235662,"she 's really done it this time .",1 44045,"A densely constructed , highly referential film , and an audacious return to form that can comfortably sit among Jean-Luc Godard 's finest work",1 131950,"seeing this trite , predictable rehash",0 62951,"A disoriented but occasionally disarming saga",0 135567,"the insightful writer\/director",1 81100,"gives devastating testimony to both people 's capacity for evil and their heroic capacity for good .",0 161353,"hits close to home",1 75906,"brave and",1 221792,"... actually pretty good .",1 82773,"impressively",1 184857,"Imagine a film that begins as a Seven rip-off , only to switch to a mix of The Shining , The Thing , and any naked teenagers horror flick from the 1980s",0 28548,"and compassion",1 64444,"Bowling for Columbine is at its most valuable",1 51876,"found myself struggling to put my finger on that elusive '' missing thing",0 139556,"what it was that made the story relevant in the first place",0 122792,"immersed in a foreign culture only",1 187379,"Snow Dogs deserves every single one of them",1 14391,"Rare is the ` urban comedy ' that even attempts the insight and honesty of this disarming indie .",1 196607,"deadeningly drawn-out",0 134331,"that gave people seizures",0 192773,"and slack direction",0 233725,"mandates that you avoid the Godzilla",0 102544,", gritty , sometimes funny",1 221317,", director Robert J. Siegel allows the characters to inhabit their world without cleaving to a narrative arc .",1 37083,"so refreshing to see Robin Williams turn 180 degrees from the string of insultingly innocuous and sappy fiascoes he 's been making for the last several years",1 68230,"Playing a role of almost Bergmanesque intensity ... Bisset is both convincing and radiant",1 214039,"the Fist is hilarious",1 204302,"its rather routine script",0 177121,"undercut by the brutality of the jokes , most at women 's expense",0 14708,"a deftly wrought suspense yarn",1 86508,"maintain a straight face",1 126761,"manages to show the gentle and humane side of Middle Eastern world politics",1 61637,", Ice Age is consistently amusing and engrossing ...",1 2381,"spotty",0 92103,"see this",1 122716,"if the essence of magic is its make-believe promise of life that soars above the material realm",1 72303,"a risky venture that never quite goes where you expect and often surprises you with unexpected comedy",1 216788,"to Shyamalan 's self-important summer fluff",0 16221,"is a film well worth seeing , talking and singing heads and all .",1 226534,"The vampire thriller Blade II starts off as a wild hoot and then sucks the blood out of its fun -- toward the end , you can feel your veins cringing from the workout .",0 151885,"a high-powered star pedigree",1 180028,"'s the kind of movie that , aside from Robert Altman , Spike Lee , the Coen Brothers and a few others , our moviemakers do n't make often enough",1 218008,"two hours better watching",1 206809,"nasty comedy",0 57000,"simple , but gritty and well-acted ensemble",1 27394,"a breath of fresh air",1 206935,"never quite adds up",0 156879,"could have been scripted by someone who just graduated from elementary school",0 178989,"written off as indie film naturalism",0 209011,"painful , obnoxious",0 30413,"cool , slick stuff , ready to quench the thirst of an audience that misses the summer blockbusters",1 17542,"the film 's striking ending",1 238665,"which becomes something about how lame it is to try and evade your responsibilities and that you should never , ever , leave a large dog alone with a toddler",0 158244,"ends up being even dumber than its title .",0 53731,"it 's better to go in knowing full well what 's going to happen , but willing to let the earnestness of its execution and skill of its cast take you down a familiar road with a few twists . Cynics need not apply",1 155920,"can alienate even the savviest audiences .",0 38418,"the miracle of Shainberg 's film",1 34403,"mature",1 203494,"is supposed to be the star of the story , but comes across as pretty dull and wooden",0 41205,"Solid ,",1 118255,"dip in Jerry Bruckheimer 's putrid pond of retread action twaddle .",0 63187,"A mix of gritty realism , crisp storytelling and radiant compassion that effortlessly draws you in .",1 44254,"A smart , steamy mix of road movie , coming-of-age story and political satire",1 79083,"enough sentimental",1 43620,", it 's a work of enthralling drama",1 91392,"relationship and",1 185811,"Lilo & Stitch '' reach the emotion or timelessness of Disney 's great past , or even that of more recent successes such as '' Mulan '' or '' Tarzan . ''",1 124742,"is unable to save the movie",0 58414,"the incessant use of cell phones",0 239222,"your reaction : A. )",1 222072,"A reality-snubbing hodgepodge .",0 120807,"full circle",1 174206,"the lead actor phones in his autobiographical performance",0 127839,"needed to keep it from floating away",0 135739,"the more outre aspects of ` black culture ' and the dorkier aspects",0 50210,"clever adaptation",1 84978,"it also will win you over , in a big way",1 62348,", this is sure to raise audience 's spirits and leave them singing long after the credits roll .",1 191392,"a stiff wind to blow it uphill",0 64084,"As chilling and fascinating as Philippe Mora 's modern Hitler-study , Snide and Prejudice .",1 152141,"a muddled and offensive cautionary tale for Hispanic Americans",0 53705,"is what has happened already to so many silent movies , newsreels and the like . The unexpected thing is that its dying , in this shower of black-and-white psychedelia , is quite beautiful",1 119550,"exploitative for the art houses and too cynical , small",0 58068,"the best play",1 199190,"for a tale of Brits behaving badly , watch Snatch again .",1 125220,"its cutesy reliance on movie-specific cliches is n't exactly endearing",0 23366,", affecting and uniquely Almodóvar",1 160878,"have more fun setting fire to yourself in the parking lot",0 5601,"clinical ,",0 114093,"an interesting movie",1 151079,"XXX is no less subservient to Bond 's tired formula of guns , girls and gadgets while brandishing a new action hero .",0 178308,"why anyone should bother remembering it",0 117120,"clumsy and",0 58277,"the eyes of a character who , in spite of tragic loss and increasing decrepitude , knows in his bones that he is one of the luckiest men alive",1 135032,"the comic effects",1 72345,"a self-aware , often self-mocking , intelligence",1 13040,"while the humor aspects of ` jason x ' were far more entertaining than i had expected",1 143775,"An uneven look into a grim future that does n't come close to the level of intelligence and visual splendour that can be seen in other films based on Philip K . Dick stories .",0 65659,"Fresh",1 67530,"Meyjes ... has done his homework and soaked up some jazzy new revisionist theories about the origins of Nazi politics and aesthetics .",1 157961,"dreary weather",0 185384,"Its impressive images",1 68216,"Pipe Dream does have its charms .",1 226431,"The power of this script ,",1 69068,"Susan Sarandon , Dustin Hoffman and Holly Hunter , yet newcomer Ellen Pompeo pulls off the feat with aplomb",1 215032,"the middle and lurches between not-very-funny comedy , unconvincing dramatics",0 23391,", and certain individuals ' tendency to let it all hang out",1 86001,"light treat",1 117810,"cutesy romantic tale",1 200655,"has taken quite a nosedive from Alfred Hitchcock 's imaginative flight to Shyamalan 's self-important summer fluff .",0 87986,"nostalgic comments from the now middle-aged participants",1 20841,"humour to make its points about acceptance and growth",1 238822,"wind up as glum as Mr. De Niro",0 51217,"enhances the excellent performances",1 223239,"Enigma ' is a good name for a movie this delibrately obtuse and unapproachable .",0 72448,"a smile on your face",1 103620,"A gentle and engrossing character study .",1 184052,"Friday After Next",1 90545,"potential for the sequels",1 33319,"is art paying homage to art",1 228207,"a talent as outstanding as director Bruce McCulloch",1 21276,"make its points about acceptance and growth",1 26931,"The weakest of the four Harry Potter books",0 28411,"an unpretentious , sociologically pointed slice",1 8337,"lacks the inspiration of the original",0 103367,"95-minute commercial",0 175888,"to avoid ridiculous schlock like this shoddy suspense thriller",0 213369,"than an unfunny movie that thinks it 's hilarious",0 132720,"so crisp and economical in One False Move",1 179777,"'s hard to say who might enjoy this , are there Tolstoy groupies out there ? It 's dark and tragic , and lets the business of the greedy talent agents get in the way of saying something meaningful about facing death",0 123101,"in spite of all that he 's witnessed , remains surprisingly idealistic",1 41779,"derives its power",1 90384,"pleasant enough -- and",1 90557,"powerful 1957 drama",1 95784,"the funniest jokes of any movie",1 209275,"pieces do not fit .",0 99486,"vivid characters",1 85856,"leave you wanting more",1 24661,"An irresistible combination",1 78662,"dull moment",0 220929,"'s not thirsty , consuming passion which drives this movie .",1 155422,"both ugly and mindless",0 160057,"getting harder and harder to ignore the fact that Hollywood is n't laughing with us , folks . It 's laughing at us",0 219554,"will only satisfy the most emotionally malleable of filmgoers .",0 169412,"provided an engrossing dramatic through line",1 26731,"The Hours makes you examine your own life in much the same way its characters do , and the experience is profound . The Hours is what movies are supposed to be ...",1 228438,"all of this , and more",1 44484,"An exhilarating",1 9352,"of teen-speak and animal gibberish",0 103776,"A picture",1 88965,"of the best films",1 30547,"curse",0 45635,"If you dig on David Mamet 's mind tricks ... rent this movie and enjoy !",1 121068,"gets bogged down by hit-and-miss topical humour",0 222378,"And the lesson , in the end , is nothing new .",0 95981,"the kind of engaging historical drama that Hollywood appears to have given up on in favor of sentimental war movies in the vein of ` We Were Soldiers",1 222024,"A highly intriguing thriller ,",1 132159,"set in Newfoundland that cleverly captures the dry wit that 's so prevalent on The Rock .",1 217457,"to the movie 's rude and crude humor",0 25931,"Lauren Ambrose comes alive under the attention from two strangers in town - with honest performances and realistic interaction between the characters , this is a coming-of-age story with a twist .",1 171323,"slummy",0 102838,", sometimes beautiful adaptation",1 42570,"romantic and",1 145999,"I ca n't quite recommend it --",0 85803,"laughs that may make you hate yourself for giving in . Ah , what the hell",1 168956,"plays out with the drowsy heaviness of synchronized swimmer wearing a wool wetsuit",0 225690,"Savvy director Robert J. Siegel and his co-writers keep the story subtle and us in suspense .",1 118513,"does its sensitive handling of some delicate subject matter",1 222721,"But I had a lot of problems with this movie .",0 143280,"A predictable and stereotypical little B-movie",0 18217,"is ) why we go to the cinema : to be fed through the eye , the heart , the mind",1 179876,"'s not a comedic moment in this romantic comedy",0 50032,"capable of anteing up some movie star charisma",1 21166,"just another connect-the-dots , spy-on-the-run picture",0 78694,"dysfunctional parent-child relationship",0 110945,"Watching E . T now , in an era dominated by cold , loud special-effects-laden extravaganzas , one is struck less by its lavish grandeur than by its intimacy and precision .",1 181134,", writer/director Achero Manas 's film is schematic and obvious .",0 228565,"an engaging storyline ,",1 24439,"A refreshingly authentic coming-of-age tale .",1 150221,"This is a particularly toxic little bonbon , palatable to only a chosen and very jaundiced few .",0 108875,"Sex with Strangers",1 165652,"manipulative and as bland as Wonder Bread dipped in milk",0 225305,"One lousy movie .",0 157745,"does n't bring anything new to the proverbial table",0 238808,"will you be shocked .",1 212697,"strong on personality",1 162650,"is a one-joke movie , and a bad joke at that",0 30729,"deserves to be seen by anyone with even a passing interest in the events shaping the world beyond their own horizons",1 66077,"Humorous",1 103523,"A different and emotionally reserved type of survival story",1 149453,"The furious coherence that ( DeNiro ) brings to this part only underscores the fuzzy sentimentality of the movie itself , which feels , as it plods toward the end , less like a movie than like the filmed reading of a script in need of polishing .",0 92961,"so it 's not a brilliant piece of filmmaking , but it is a funny ( sometimes hilarious ) comedy with a deft sense of humor about itself , a playful spirit and a game cast",1 4842,"as a two-way time-switching myopic mystery that stalls in its lackluster gear of emotional blandness",0 132031,"seems twice as long as its 83 minutes",0 14341,"Not for everyone",0 169421,"provocative about this film",1 235422,"s face is chillingly unemotive , yet he communicates a great deal in his performance",1 59010,"this kind of thing , unlike the Americans , who have a passion for Musketeers , only to spoof them",0 43614,", interesting and confirming",1 87071,"messy and frustrating",0 238914,"with the magic he 's spun with the Hollywood empress of Ms. Leoni 's Ellie",1 160980,"he has constructed a film so labyrinthine that it defeats his larger purpose",0 236187,"survival wrapped in the heart-pounding suspense of a stylish psychological thriller",1 199565,"from a philosophical emptiness and maddeningly sedate pacing",0 179215,"your film becomes boring , and your dialogue is n't smart",0 55294,"of anti-Semitism ever seen on screen",0 222213,"Aggressive self-glorification and a manipulative whitewash .",0 233760,"may as well be called `` Jar-Jar Binks : The Movie .",0 141303,"'s driven by ambition and Does n't Know How to Have Fun",0 187646,"Sweet gentle Jesus",1 169635,"rank as one of Murphy 's better performances in one of his lesser-praised movies",1 107445,"Like The Rugrats movies , The Wild Thornberrys Movie does n't offer much more than the series , but",0 57192,"some tasty grub",1 201443,"humor , verve and fun",1 44525,"An oddity , to be sure , but one that you might wind up remembering with a degree of affection rather than revulsion",1 233148,"its execution and skill of its cast",1 41114,"Not as distinctive or even as humorous as its needs to be to stand out , but it has clearly been made with affection and care",1 224741,"Matters play out realistically if not always fairly .",1 238669,"which is worse : the poor acting by the ensemble cast , the flat dialogue by Vincent R. Nebrida or the gutless direction by Laurice Guillen",0 125427,"itself -- as well its delightful cast -- is so breezy",1 206067,"merely serves up a predictable , maudlin story that swipes heavily from Bambi and The Lion King , yet lacks the emotional resonance of either of those movies .",0 138171,"took of the family vacation",1 182310,"American and European cinema has amassed a vast Holocaust literature , but it is impossible to think of any film more challenging or depressing than The Grey Zone .",0 101517,"'s a lot of good material",1 49948,"by false sentiment or sharp , overmanipulative Hollywood practices",0 11970,"the thing about guys like evans is this : you 're never quite sure where self-promotion ends and the truth begins . but",0 63050,"A four star performance from Kevin Kline who unfortunately works with a two star script .",1 124212,"is like reading a research paper ,",0 18951,"I enjoyed the ride ( bumps and all ) , creamy depth , and ultimate theme .",1 48156,"a lot like a well-made PB & J sandwich : familiar , fairly uneventful and boasting no real surprises -- but still quite tasty and inviting all the same",1 214313,"the cliché and foreshadowing",0 83364,"inject some real vitality and even art",1 79966,"find themselves stifling a yawn or two during the first hour",0 189995,"` Sophisticated ' viewers who refuse to admit that they do n't like it",0 237887,"to meet them halfway and connect the dots instead of having things all spelled out",0 129291,"offers just enough sweet and traditional romantic comedy to counter the crudity .",1 104684,"Believes so fervently in humanity that it feels almost anachronistic , and it is too cute by half . But arriving at a particularly dark moment in history , it offers flickering reminders of the ties that bind us .",1 41203,"So many documentaries like this presuppose religious bigotry or zealous nuttiness of its antagonists , but",1 191371,"a space station in the year 2455 can be crossed off the list of ideas for the inevitable future sequels ( hey , do n't shoot the messenger )",0 17726,"think it 's in projects like the -LRB- unfortunately R-rated -RRB- Paid .",0 140766,"you have nothing better to do with 94 minutes . But be warned , you too may feel time has decided to stand still",0 12686,"unpretentious",1 105714,"Everyone 's insecure in Lovely and Amazing , a poignant and wryly amusing film about mothers , daughters and their relationships .",1 11399,"the film is powerful , accessible and funny .",1 146460,"It 's better than The Phantom Menace .",1 85749,"languishing on a shelf somewhere",0 204440,"just because it seems obligatory",0 84812,"is visually ravishing , penetrating , impenetrable .",1 179898,"'s not original enough",0 234497,"of solid female talent who build a seamless ensemble",1 119698,"falls back",0 221561,", the French-produced `` Read My Lips '' is a movie that understands characters must come first .",1 115633,"beaches",1 49794,"both inspiring and pure joy",1 92585,"should see it as soon as possible . '",1 5157,"bigger",1 188818,"There 's an admirable rigor to Jimmy 's relentless anger , and to the script 's refusal of a happy ending , but as those monologues stretch on and on , you realize there 's no place for this story to go but down",0 62780,"A beautiful , timeless and universal tale of heated passions -- jealousy , betrayal , forgiveness and murder .",1 38347,"the intelligent romantic comedy",1 124099,"is hard to dismiss -- moody , thoughtful , and",1 84112,"is credible and remarkably mature .",1 157650,"do n't go to the movies for",0 188783,"Their contrast is neither dramatic nor comic",0 41663,"both colorful pop junk and the classics that unequivocally qualify as art",1 225031,"Ms. Phoenix is completely lacking in charm and charisma , and is unable to project either Esther 's initial anomie or her eventual awakening .",0 132924,"somebody might devote time to see it",0 145443,"For single digits kidlets Stuart Little 2 is still a no brainer . If you 're looking to rekindle the magic of the first film , you 'll need a stronger stomach than us .",0 14940,"almost spooky in her sulky , calculating Lolita turn",1 81990,"he has actually bothered to construct a real story this time .",1 163035,"is more frustrating than a modem that disconnects every 10 seconds",0 16330,"it acknowledges and celebrates their cheesiness as the reason why people get a kick out of watching them today",1 200474,"has a forcefully quirky tone that quickly wears out its limited welcome",0 177707,"wastes all its star power on cliched or meaningless roles .",0 13750,": neither as funny nor as clever",0 133663,"sure the filmmakers found this a remarkable and novel concept",1 232738,"is so cool that it chills the characters , reducing our emotional stake in the outcome of `` Intacto 's '' dangerous and seductively stylish game",1 192635,"an overexposed waste of film",0 109665,"The color sense of Stuart Little 2 is its most immediate and most obvious pleasure",1 46683,"Same song , second verse , coulda been better , but it coulda been worse",0 44869,"Certainly",1 155279,"black comedy and black hole",0 145146,"Even as lame horror flicks go",0 43343,"'s the little nuances that perhaps had to escape from director Mark Romanek 's self-conscious scrutiny to happen , that finally get under your skin",0 109428,"The Good Girl '' a film worth watching .",1 154364,"at heart-tugging",1 104623,"Bale reduced mainly to batting his sensitive eyelids",0 7619,"intriguing",1 111851,"a fairly revealing study of its two main characters --",1 67859,"None of his actors stand out , but that 's less of a problem here than it would be in another film :",0 124778,"is worth your time , especially if you have Ellen Pompeo sitting next to you for the ride .",1 24971,"Chilling , well-acted , and finely directed",1 100638,"with the crisp clarity of a fall dawn",1 162687,"is a travesty of the genre and even as spoof takes itself too seriously",0 138700,"unimaginative and",0 235815,"slopped `",0 101139,"you ignore the cliches and concentrate on City by the Sea 's interpersonal drama",1 231336,"had a bad run in the market or a costly divorce , because there is no earthly reason other than money why this distinguished actor would stoop so low",0 52270,"greatest natural sportsmen",1 70419,"Tony Gayton 's script does n't give us anything we have n't seen before",0 212383,"sporadic bursts of liveliness , some so-so slapstick",0 199911,"giant William Randolph Hearst",1 155148,"better performances",1 127273,"more because you 're one of the lucky few who sought it out",1 31938,"full of fine performances , led by Josef Bierbichler as Brecht and Monica Bleibtreu as Helene Weigel , his wife",1 207937,"of psychopathic pulp",0 226574,"There are just too many characters saying too many clever things and getting into too many pointless situations .",0 5033,"be entertained as well",1 209391,"plays like the standard made-for-TV movie",0 165275,"loses his focus",0 31068,"emotionally rich",1 7739,"is n't a bad film",1 116261,"brow",1 153057,"all feels like a Monty Python sketch gone horribly wrong .",0 98328,"to surprise us with plot twists",1 222290,"An elegant film with often surprising twists and an intermingling of naiveté and sophistication .",1 25573,"Hollywood too rarely provides",1 137025,"this prickly indie comedy of manners and misanthropy",1 131725,"same stuff",0 195568,"cesspool",0 230130,"delicate , clever direction",1 51405,"exceptionally well-detailed",1 131309,"remains vividly in memory",1 200543,"has generic virtues",1 92512,"shock-you-into-laughter",1 14852,"a triumph for its maverick director",1 130360,"poignant and uplifting story",1 74283,"are advised to sit near the back and squint to avoid noticing some truly egregious lip-non-synching",0 7720,"is heavy on religious symbols but wafer-thin on dramatic substance",0 129721,"original hit movie",1 210959,"sealed with a kiss",1 233149,"its fizz is infectious .",1 49518,"be forgettable",0 139242,"was feeling this movie until it veered off too far into the Exxon zone , and left me behind at the station looking for a return ticket to realism .",0 123563,"into becoming a world-class fencer",1 228798,"are hardly enough .",0 101770,"'s nice",1 133979,"tender and heart-wrenching",1 207113,"no unifying rhythm",0 144474,"Choppy editing and too many repetitive",0 112248,"a lot of problems",0 220005,"worldly knowledge",1 8960,"muted by the very people who are intended to make it shine",0 189611,"What we get in FearDotCom is more like something from a bad Clive Barker movie . In other words , it 's badder than bad .",0 164966,"like one long",0 102355,", Windtalkers airs just about every cliche in the war movie compendium across its indulgent two-hour-and-fifteen-minute length .",0 198151,"ever spill from a projector 's lens",0 60284,"winning squareness that would make it the darling of many a kids-and-family-oriented cable channel",1 199535,"from MTV schmucks who do n't know how to tell a story for more than four minutes",0 210681,"running on empty , repeating what he 's already done way too often",0 176150,"to get to the heart of the movie",1 169136,"potentially interesting subject matter",1 149551,"The messages of compassion and mercy are clearly , squarely and specifically expounded via computer animated Old Testament tale of Jonah and the Whale . Determined to be fun ,",1 10698,"staggeringly dreadful romance",0 23439,", and there 's no denying the talent of the creative forces behind it .",1 15796,"fluidly through the story , with charming results",1 232848,"is too calm and thoughtful for agitprop , and the thinness of its characterizations makes it a failure as straight drama .",0 39587,"under the skin of a man who has just lost his wife",0 63674,"Alexandre Desplat 's haunting and sublime music",1 12903,"we never really feel involved with the story , as all of its ideas remain just that : abstract ideas",0 97009,"the wars he shows and empathizes with the victims he reveals",1 16491,"loses its bite in a last-minute happy ending that 's even less plausible than the rest of the picture . Much of the way , though , this is a refreshingly novel ride",0 155470,"breathe life into the disjointed , haphazard script by Jay Scherick and David Ronn",0 80817,"funny film",1 83154,"in the very top rank of French filmmakers",1 237101,"the new thriller proves that director M. Night Shyamalan can weave an eerie spell and that Mel Gibson can gasp , shudder and even tremble without losing his machismo .",1 66456,"It 'll keep you wide awake and ... very tense .",1 112853,"a surprisingly sensitive script co-written",1 39147,"to both architectural glories and commanding open spaces of the city",1 237982,"to the concession stand and\/or restroom",0 231698,"here seems to have recharged him .",1 165544,"make us care about them",1 122464,"holds the screen like a true star .",1 191268,"a satisfying movie experience",1 108985,"Sitting through the last reel ( spoiler alert ! ) is significantly less charming than listening to a four-year-old with a taste for exaggeration recount his Halloween trip to the Haunted House",0 54654,"may also be the first narrative film to be truly informed by the wireless",1 116385,"by a disastrous ending",0 185769,"Like an Afterschool Special with costumes by Gianni Versace , Mad Love looks better than it feels .",0 129004,"of the creative act",1 197592,"dull , unimaginative",0 201072,"hide a weak script",0 62541,"... '' Bowling for Columbine '' remains a disquieting and thought-provoking film ...",1 34777,"n't always easy to look at",0 230771,"feels stitched together from stock situations and characters from other movies .",0 119602,"extraordinary technical accomplishments",1 177575,"wander into predictably treacherous situations",0 78053,"despicable characters",0 192162,"all it amounts to is a mildly funny , sometimes tedious , ultimately insignificant film",0 2283,"simply too discouraging to let slide",0 142524,", the screenplay is stiff as a board ,",0 232113,"inspiration and",1 170976,"should just stick with Austin and Dr Evil .",0 109597,"The best didacticism is one carried by a strong sense of humanism ,",1 68674,"Secretary takes the most unexpected material and handles it in the most unexpected way .",1 190176,"a big corner office in Hell",0 142522,", the question remains whether this should , indeed , have been presented as a theatrical release .",0 23308,", I thought it could have been more .",0 228168,"a sock-you-in-the-eye flick that is a visual tour-de-force and a story that is unlike any you will likely see anywhere else",1 198338,"expected from a college comedy that 's target audience has n't graduated from junior high school",0 179570,"'s a shame",0 49556,"be treated to an impressive and highly entertaining celebration of its sounds",1 40731,"A well-made thriller with a certain level of intelligence and non-reactionary morality",1 228213,"a terrific effort",1 178557,"with cute accents performing ages-old slapstick and unfunny tricks",0 57090,"snappy dialogue",1 116586,"can enjoy as mild escapism",1 226142,"The Movie will reach far beyond its core demographic .",1 31077,"emphasizes the spare precision of the narratives and helps to give them an atavistic power , as if they were tales that had been handed down since the beginning of time",1 177138,"undermines his good intentions .",0 90411,"plenty of warmth to go around , with music and laughter and the love of family .",1 66165,"I have n't laughed that hard in years",1 58600,"the power of the Huston performance",1 97522,"this somber picture reveals itself slowly , intelligently , artfully .",1 200790,"have been worth cheering as a breakthrough but is devoid of wit and humor",0 221136,", E.T. remains the most wondrous of all Hollywood fantasies -- and the apex of Steven Spielberg 's misunderstood career .",1 163684,"it 's seldom boring",1 164480,"know you 're in for a real winner , creativity at its peak .",1 21910,"scale to satisfy as grown-up escapism",1 93798,"such high-profile talent",1 120661,"from Japan",1 226359,"The movie has an infectious exuberance that will engage anyone with a passing interest in the skate\/surf culture , the L.A. beach scene and the imaginative ( and sometimes illegal ) ways kids can make a playground out of the refuse of adults .",1 166516,"my dear , I do n't give a damn , ' have never been more appropriate .",0 192819,"annoying rather than charming",0 113842,"amused and entertained by the unfolding of Bielinsky 's cleverly constructed scenario , and greatly impressed by the skill of the actors involved in the enterprise",1 69458,"The directing and story are disjointed , flaws that have to be laid squarely on Taylor 's doorstep .",0 221769,"... Not that I mind ugly : the problem is he has no character , loveable or otherwise .",0 131318,"remarkable serenity and discipline",1 52813,"if you do n't understand what on earth is going on",0 104468,"As a thoughtful and unflinching examination of an alternative lifestyle",1 227870,"a disaster of a story",0 105835,"For all its violence , the movie is remarkably dull with only Caine making much of an impression .",0 11214,"the breathtaking landscapes and villainous varmints",1 100581,"with passion and energy",1 149278,"The charms of willful eccentricity , at least as evidenced by this latest cinematic essay , are beginning to wear a bit thin .",0 148131,"Poor",0 198628,"feature but something far more stylish and cerebral -- and , hence , more chillingly effective",1 45627,"If you 're looking for something new and hoping for something entertaining , you 're in luck .",1 182238,"All the characters are clinically depressed and have abandoned their slim hopes and dreams .",0 204604,"know whether it wants to be a suspenseful horror movie or a weepy melodrama",0 81972,"he 's one bad dude . When you 've got the wildly popular Vin Diesel in the equation",1 79682,"fare , with enough creative energy and wit to entertain all ages .",1 160340,"great monster\/science fiction flicks",1 38111,"the death penalty",0 23292,", Clooney 's a good director .",1 140333,"without the use of special effects , but rather by emphasizing the characters",1 113299,"acquire the fast-paced contemporary society",1 138112,"too long , too cutesy , too sure of its own importance , and",0 68822,"Sleeper",0 125254,"its focus always appears questionable",0 15331,"but they will almost certainly be fascinated , and undoubtedly delighted .",1 221917,": the poor acting by the ensemble cast , the flat dialogue by Vincent R. Nebrida or the gutless direction by Laurice Guillen",0 74794,"as the libretto directs , ideally capturing the opera 's drama and lyricism",1 115885,"best comedy concert movie",1 51746,"fluff stuffed with enjoyable performances",1 142052,", Witherspoon is just too dialed-up to be America 's Sweetheart .",0 223310,"Extreme Ops '' was obviously made for the `` XXX '' crowd , people who enjoy mindless action without the benefit of decent acting , writing , and direction .",0 71764,"a great piece of filmmaking",1 211485,"should be thrown back in the river",0 95592,"the fast , funny",1 91664,"rich in the tiny revelations of real life",1 223882,"I would have preferred a transfer down the hall to Mr. Holland 's class for the music , or to Robin Williams 's lecture so I could listen to a teacher with humor , passion , and verve .",0 59655,"underrated Campbell Scott gives a star performance that is nothing short of mesmerizing",1 44483,"An enthralling aesthetic experience , one that 's steeped in mystery and a ravishing , baroque beauty .",1 175766,"timeless quality",1 29159,"as a young man who uses sarcastic lies like a shield",0 108939,"Significantly better",1 61902,", first-time director Denzel Washington and a top-notch cast manage to keep things interesting .",1 155823,"by way of what can be gleaned from this three-hour endurance test built around an hour 's worth of actual material",0 63204,"A moving , if uneven , success .",1 169427,"provoking thought",1 36956,"sick comedies",0 166013,"miserable Scandinavian",0 119145,"enough finely tuned",1 58263,"the epicenter of cool , beautiful , thought-provoking foreign cinema",1 158979,"feels unsure .",0 96786,"the strength and sense of freedom the Iranian people already possess , with or without access to the ballot box",1 123823,"is a satisfying well-made romantic comedy that 's both charming and well acted .",1 226257,"The film 's most improbable feat ?",0 65001,"Dench who really steals the show",1 208308,"offers just enough insight to keep it from being simpleminded",1 46847,"Strip it of all its excess debris , and you 'd have a 90-minute , four-star movie . As it is , it 's too long and unfocused .",0 155064,"being even dumber",0 173468,"the amateurishness of The Blair Witch Project with the illogic of Series 7",0 131289,"remaining one of the most savagely hilarious social critics this side of Jonathan Swift",1 185543,"Just consider what New Best Friend does not have , beginning with the minor omission of a screenplay .",0 91505,"repellent to fully endear itself to American art house audiences ,",0 75328,"be the cat 's meow",1 158670,"exploitative garbage",0 215403,"the pre-teen crowd",1 172967,"that could only be made by African-Americans because of its broad racial insensitivity towards African-Americans",0 14096,"Huppert , a great actress tearing into a landmark role , is riveting",1 215740,"the tale with bogus profundities",0 116089,"bold ( and lovely ) experiment",1 96239,"the multiple stories in a vibrant and intoxicating fashion",1 164749,"less interesting than they already are",0 41907,"fast-moving and",1 224990,"Mr. Taylor tries to shift the tone to a thriller 's rush",1 201390,"how bad this movie was , I would go back and choose to skip it .",0 117496,"contrasting the original Ringu with the current Americanized adaptation is akin to comparing The Evil Dead with Evil Dead II",0 52019,"funny for grown-ups as for rugrats",1 125610,"kind of an authentic feel",1 78530,"donna",1 154313,"aspires to comedic grand larceny but stands convicted of nothing more than petty theft of your time .",0 93016,"sobering and powerful documentary",1 18941,"Hu and Liu offer natural , matter-of-fact performances that glint with sorrow , longing and love .",1 22580,"touches nerves and rings true",1 24606,"An amazing and incendiary movie",1 120637,"fresh , entertaining comedy",1 210297,"reflects the worst of their shallow styles",0 20758,"having so much fun with the slapstick antics and silly street patois",1 143347,"A slight and obvious effort , even for one whose target demographic is likely still in the single digits ,",0 110777,"Tsai Ming-liang 's witty , wistful new film , What Time Is It There ? , is a temporal inquiry that shoulders its philosophical burden lightly .",1 33916,"just on the basis of the wisdom , and at times , the startling optimism , of the children",1 194256,"because his character 's deceptions ultimately undo him",0 206674,"much lurking below its abstract surface",1 44598,"As the two leads , Lathan and Diggs are charming and have chemistry both as friends and lovers .",1 236742,"the best little `` horror '' movie I 've seen in years",1 18085,"with a dedicated and good-hearted professionalism",1 138408,"trying to have the best of both worlds",0 233696,"makes the silly spy vs. spy film The Sum of All Fears , starring Ben Affleck , seem downright Hitchcockian",0 86074,"like its subjects , delivers the goods and audiences will have a fun , no-frills ride .",1 122664,"ideas original",1 166344,"most repellent movie",0 86346,"love , history , memory , resistance and artistic transcendence",1 112101,"a heavy-handed indictment of parental failings and",0 182398,"An entertainment so in love with its overinflated mythology that it no longer recognizes the needs of moviegoers for real characters and compelling plots .",0 110617,"Though this saga would be terrific to read about , it is dicey screen material that only a genius should touch .",1 66009,"Hitler",0 88043,"notable for its sheer audacity and openness",1 53489,"is hardly a masterpiece",0 84756,"is the stuff of high romance , brought off with considerable wit .",1 187974,"The beautiful , unusual music is this film 's chief draw ,",1 96029,"the libretto directs , ideally capturing the opera 's drama and lyricism",1 193806,"at the expense of character",0 190196,"a black hole of dullness",0 21857,"represented , both in terms of style and ethnicity , prevents the proceedings from feeling repetitious , as does the appropriately brief 40-minute running time .",1 143930,"As your relatives swap one mundane story after another",0 164066,"its lack of whistles and bells just makes it obnoxious and stiff",0 116400,"by an adult who 's apparently been forced by his kids to watch too many Barney videos",0 80674,"from the script 's bad ideas and awkwardness",0 53084,"inject her pure fantasy character , Melanie Carmichael , with a massive infusion of old-fashioned Hollywood magic",1 225160,"No cute factor here ... Not that I mind ugly : the problem is he has no character , loveable or otherwise .",0 114892,"as does its sensitive handling of some delicate subject matter",1 54978,"my crappola radar",0 54795,"moody slice of Southern Gothic",1 227371,"` Possession , ' based on the book by A.S. Byatt , demands that LaBute deal with the subject of love head-on : trading in his cynicism for reverence and a little wit",1 69607,"The first Tunisian film I have ever seen , and it 's also probably the most good-hearted yet sensual entertainment I 'm likely to see all year .",1 142671,", you may decide it 's too high a price to pay for a shimmering picture postcard .",0 37907,"that the most powerful thing in life is",1 192803,"angry potshots",0 111519,"a bad premise",0 48611,"accurate",1 107453,"Like a pack of dynamite sticks , built for controversy . The film is explosive , but a few of those sticks are wet .",1 32879,"in its child-centered , claustrophobic context , it can be just as frightening and disturbing -- even punishing .",0 122412,"hiss",0 101545,"'s a sight to behold",1 61158,"'s no surprise that as a director Washington demands and receives excellent performances , from himself and from newcomer Derek Luke .",1 52417,"has rewards , from the exoticism of its seas of sand to the fierce grandeur of its sweeping battle scenes",1 32813,"in a fascinating , intelligent manner the intermingling of race , politics and local commerce",1 122003,"have to see it .",1 61269,"'s something vital about the movie",1 234186,"not every low-budget movie",0 3943,"a lumbering , wheezy drag",0 1681,"makes a joke out of car chases for an hour",0 150051,"There 's no emotional pulse to Solaris . With an emotional sterility to match its outer space setting , Soderbergh 's spectacular swing for the fence yields only a spectacular whiff .",0 121435,"grips and holds you in rapt attention from",1 96770,"the story , like Ravel 's Bolero , builds to a crescendo that encompasses many more paths than we started with .",1 199020,"flashy , empty sub-music video style",0 110505,"This is one of those war movies that focuses on human interaction rather than battle and action sequences ... and it 's all the stronger because of it .",1 125327,"its own languorous charm",1 170531,"see one of those comedies that just seem like a bad idea from frame one",0 58916,"there are rich veins of funny stuff in this movie",1 206923,"never finds a consistent tone and lacks bite , degenerating into a pious , preachy soap opera",0 32149,"gorgeous , sprawling swashbuckler",1 41060,"Lathan and Diggs have considerable personal charm , and",1 105204,"Consider the film a celluloid litmus test for the intellectual and emotional pedigree of your date and a giant step backward for a director I admire .",0 225937,"Staggeringly dreadful romance .",0 9444,"on a true and historically significant story",1 45239,"Festival",1 201243,"his slop",0 41141,"One of the greatest family-oriented , fantasy-adventure movies ever",1 57574,"take a reality check before you pay the full ticket price to see '' Simone , '' and consider a DVD rental instead",0 72580,"a stunning film , a one-of-a-kind tour de force",1 48297,"a pretty amazing accomplishment",1 7790,"is stillborn",0 144225,"Both the crime story and the love story",1 77446,"could make you weep",0 69578,"The film just might turn on many people to opera , in general , an art form at once visceral and spiritual , wonderfully vulgar and sublimely lofty -- and as emotionally grand as life .",1 227131,"While not quite `` Shrek '' or `` Monsters , Inc. '' , it 's not too bad .",1 102309,", Nicholas Nickleby is too much like a fragment of an underdone potato .",0 72768,"a visionary",1 197730,"elaborate futuristic sets to no particularly memorable effect",0 161508,"huge laughs",1 73862,"an intelligent screenplay and",1 235872,"so sloppily written and",0 80726,"full of elaborate and twisted characters",1 37130,"some ingenious plot devices and some lavishly built settings",1 53588,"is priceless",1 233065,"it makes for one of the most purely enjoyable and satisfying evenings at the movies I 've had in a while .",1 132936,"something a little more special behind it : music that did n't sell many records but helped change a nation",1 79684,"fare with real thematic heft .",1 60480,"worthwhile addition",1 46139,"Meeting , even exceeding expectations",1 213157,"takes you somewhere",1 218239,"unoriginal mess",0 196024,"coming from a director beginning to resemble someone 's crazy French grandfather",0 151405,"a boom-box of a movie that might have been titled ` The Loud and the Ludicrous '",0 159663,"freshened up by the dunce of a Screenwriting 101 class ...",0 143259,"A pathetic exploitation film that tries to seem sincere , and just seems worse for the effort .",0 139346,"way to entertain or inspire its viewers",1 25620,"I complain all the time about seeing the same ideas repeated in films over and over again , but The Bourne Identity proves that a fresh take is always possible .",1 11084,"that is wickedly fun to watch",1 159022,"few characters and ideas",0 107389,"Lathan and Diggs carry the film with their charisma , and",1 41264,"The film hinges on its performances , and both leads are up to the task",1 232962,"it 's one of the most beautiful , evocative works I 've seen .",1 28438,"and Drop Dead Gorgeous",1 221549,", than Leigh has created a masterful piece of artistry right here .",1 204243,"its moment",0 22242,"the big , dumb , happy movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding",1 14001,"Engagingly captures the maddening and magnetic ebb and flow of friendship .",1 23993,", who segues from Oscar winner to Oscar-winning potential with a smooth sleight of hand",1 101200,"you wish had been developed with more care",0 14736,"a gourmet meal",1 136525,"the viewer 's patience",0 164927,"like a series of toasts at a testimonial dinner than a documentary",0 220809,"'s equally distasteful to watch him sing the lyrics to `` Tonight",0 131202,"redundant and",0 24577,"Although Life or Something Like It is very much in the mold of feel-good movies , the cast and director Stephen Herek 's polished direction pour delightfully piquant wine from aged bottles .",1 129896,"overweight and out of shape",0 215221,"the obligatory outbursts of flatulence and",0 12055,"the year 's best and most unpredictable",1 228594,"an insult to every family",0 86741,"manages to be compelling , amusing and unsettling at the same time",1 235920,"something 's horribly wrong",0 154539,"bad as its trailers",0 232099,"infuriating film .",0 163791,"it fails to walk the silly walk that distinguishes the merely quirky from the surreal",0 185867,"Loosely speaking , we 're in All of Me territory again , and",0 191829,"absurd , contrived , overblown , and entirely implausible",0 16289,"is the best American movie about troubled teens since 1998 's Whatever .",1 120101,"find compelling",1 19735,"an anti-date movie",0 190508,"a fanciful motion picture",1 114013,"an epiphany",1 19348,"There 's a vastness implied in Metropolis that is just breathtaking .",1 149994,"The worst kind of independent : the one where actors play",0 35978,"perhaps ,",1 107473,"Like puppies with broken legs",0 88601,"of geriatric Dirty Harry , which will please Eastwood 's loyal fans -- and suits the story , wherein our hero must ride roughshod over incompetent cops to get his man",1 227764,"a bad slasher flick",0 35739,"oodles of vulgar",0 80970,"gets an exhilarating new interpretation in Morvern Callar",1 173594,"the carbon copy scenes from every drug movie",0 239063,"written using Mad-libs",0 12700,"until it veered off too far into the exxon zone , and left me behind at the station looking for a return ticket to realism",0 52442,"has tons of charm",1 149351,"The essential problem",0 121287,"good , dry , reliable textbook",1 141075,"'s Firestorm that my fingernails instinctively crawled towards my long-suffering eyeballs",0 70607,"Venice Beach that was a deserved co-winner of the Audience Award for documentaries at the Sundance Film Festival",1 28595,"and even promotes understanding",1 105734,"Exhilarating ,",1 227077,"When ( Reno ) lets her radical flag fly , taking angry potshots at George W. Bush , Henry Kissinger , Larry King , et al. , Reno devolves into a laugh-free lecture .",0 71855,"a journey back to your childhood",1 156872,"could have been a more multifaceted look at this interesting time and place",0 80763,"fun and funny in the middle , though",1 117572,"could have been so much more",0 115731,"been immersed in a foreign culture only to find that human nature is pretty much the same all over",1 87673,"my ribcage did n't ache by the end of Kung Pow",0 228603,"an interesting topic , some intriguing characters and a sad ending",1 213343,"than Saving Private Ryan . He may have meant the Internet short Saving Ryan 's Privates .",0 205045,"like a temperamental child begging for attention , giving audiences no reason to truly care for its decrepit freaks beyond the promise of a reprieve from their incessant whining .",0 13673,", while it paints a sad picture of the singles scene",0 125664,"knows how to inflate the mundane into the scarifying , and gets full mileage out of the rolling of a stray barrel or the unexpected blast of a phonograph record .",1 147093,"Late Marriage 's stiffness is unlikely to demonstrate the emotional clout to sweep U . S . viewers off their feet .",0 66785,"It wo n't hold up over the long haul ,",0 192544,"an even less capable trio",0 33731,"it was two centuries ago",1 220027,"worst films",0 41482,"a terrific character study ,",1 99010,"unexpected twists",1 229680,"can not be enjoyed , even on the level that one enjoys a bad slasher flick , primarily because it is dull",0 199937,"give you enough to feel good about",1 171387,"so badly",0 200893,"have written a more credible script , though with the same number of continuity errors",0 79126,"enthrall the whole family",1 205692,"make you feel guilty about ignoring what the filmmakers clearly believe",0 138759,"unrelentingly exploitative",0 107326,"Kirshner wins , but it 's close .",1 233547,"lost U.S. satellite",0 220198,"yet fail to capture its visual appeal or its atmosphere",0 103698,"A marvelous performance by Allison Lohman as an identity-seeking foster child .",1 4737,"another self-consciously overwritten story about a rag-tag bunch of would-be characters that team up for a ca n't -",0 46664,"S1M0NE 's satire is not subtle , but",0 51641,"figures prominently in this movie , and helps keep the proceedings as funny for grown-ups as for rugrats .",1 120320,"foolish",0 183098,"Christmas spirit",1 175725,"thrown in people 's faces to the fact Amber is such a joke",0 224180,"It 's hard to imagine anybody ever being `` in the mood '' to view a movie as harrowing and painful as The Grey Zone",0 165757,"may have set new standards for thrills , suspense , and gore for video games",1 153857,"are just not",0 224918,"Mr. Hartley 's distended pace and foot-dragging rhythms follow",0 132550,"sitting open too long",0 154705,"be compelling",1 235359,"retro uplifter .",1 27891,"a terrific character study",1 169880,"rehash old jokes and leave any life at the doorstep . I like Frank the Pug , though",0 54007,"its worst harangues are easy to swallow thanks to remarkable performances by Ferrera and Ontiveros",1 123362,"infatuated",1 210968,"secondhand , familiar -- and not in a good way",0 179948,"'s quite an achievement to set and shoot a movie at the Cannes Film Festival and",1 185753,"Like Mike is a slight and uninventive movie : Like the exalted Michael Jordan referred to in the title , many can aspire but none can equal .",0 70146,"There is no substitute for on-screen chemistry , and",1 62274,", the film is blazingly alive and admirable on many levels .",1 75692,"bigger , fatter heart",1 190683,"a great director at the helm",1 150630,"Vera 's technical prowess ends up selling his film short :",0 105120,"City by the Sea swings from one approach to the other , but in the end , it stays in formula -- which is a waste of De Niro , McDormand and the other good actors in the cast",0 183362,"Deserving of its critical backlash and more .",0 15776,"finds a new way to surprise",1 177329,"us jump out of our seats",1 111872,"a fascinating character 's story",1 180232,"( Tries )",1 204475,"just plain irrelevant",0 148506,"Sets up a nice concept for its fiftysomething leading ladies , but fails loudly in execution .",0 237107,"the numbers and reps decent action entertainment",1 132893,"some of the best special effects",1 13597,", invigorating fun lacking any MTV puffery",1 168985,"plot holes big enough for its titular hero to drive his sleek black BMW through",0 104360,"An off-beat and fanciful film",1 170630,"seems to have been written using Mad-libs . There can be no other explanation . Hilariously inept and ridiculous .",0 69634,"The heat of the moment prevails . It cooks Conduct in a low , smoky and inviting sizzle .",1 232492,"is historical filmmaking without the balm of right-thinking ideology , either liberal or conservative .",1 150683,"Waiting For Happiness is a bad film",0 62985,"A fascinating literary mystery story with multiple strands about the controversy of who really wrote Shakespeare 's plays .",1 80824,"funny scenes",1 44913,"Cho 's latest comic set is n't as sharp or as fresh as I 'm the One That I Want ... but it 's still damn funny stuff .",1 108953,"Silly stuff , all mixed up together like a term paper from a kid who ca n't quite distinguish one sci-fi work from another",0 2196,"satisfying",1 237939,"to see a movie that takes such a speedy swan dive from `` promising '' to `` interesting '' to `` familiar '' before landing squarely on `` stupid ''",0 32496,"higher level",1 8033,"its deft portrait",0 157024,"cross-promotion",1 43253,"'s funniest and most likeable movie in years .",1 43986,"A captivating new film .",1 76025,"building up to the climactic burst of violence",1 141435,"'s next ? D . J . Qualls as Indiana Jones ? Or Tom Green as Han Solo ?",0 5586,"clever and unflinching in its comic barbs",1 181379,"15 years old",1 209464,"point and purpose",1 165989,"mindless action",0 61155,"'s no surprise that as a director Washington demands and receives excellent performances",1 52829,"imaginative and",1 132813,"so-so animation",0 166005,"miscasts",0 153923,"are okay , not much fire in the script .",0 96711,"the sleekness",1 222040,"A living testament to the power of the eccentric and the strange .",1 90136,"paying attention , the '' big twists ''",1 224938,"Mr. Montias is n't nearly as good to his crew as he is as a director or actor .",0 94539,"that a prostitute can be as lonely and needy as any of the clients",0 38113,"the death report",0 27586,"a hero whose suffering and triumphs we can share",1 1243,"human resources was a good , straightforward tale , but time out is better . it 's haunting .",1 149591,"The movie is Dawn of the Dead crossed with John Carpenter 's Ghosts of Mars , with zombies not as ghoulish as the first and trains not as big as the second .",0 101173,"you suffer the dreadfulness of war from both sides",0 185866,"Loosely speaking , we 're in All of Me territory again ,",0 92158,"seems hopelessly juvenile",0 217638,"too much forced drama in this wildly uneven movie , about a young man 's battle with his inescapable past and uncertain future in a very shapable but largely unfulfilling present",0 181942,"A really funny fifteen-minute",1 117235,"comes not from any cinematic razzle-dazzle but from its recovery of an historical episode that , in the simple telling , proves simultaneously harrowing and uplifting",1 126678,"makes for unexpectedly giddy viewing .",1 126027,"like Saturday morning TV in the '60s",0 112207,"a little flat",0 111049,"What soured me on The Santa Clause 2 was that Santa bumps up against 21st century reality so hard , it 's icky .",0 175308,"thinner than cardboard -- or even comic-book paper",0 231577,"have had free rein to be as pretentious as he wanted",0 175780,"tired one",0 178102,"where nothing 's happening",0 84925,"it 's not a brilliant piece of filmmaking",0 160896,"have really hit the skids .",0 53569,"is one of those reputedly '' unfilmable '' novels that has bucked the odds to emerge as an exquisite motion picture in its own right",1 48075,"a good script ,",1 118716,"drawn into the exotic world of belly dancing",1 55179,"odd and",0 37895,"that should be seen by all , especially those who are n't aware of , or have forgotten about the unmentioned victims of war",1 111711,"a confession to make : I did n't particularly like E . T . the first time I saw it as a young boy . That is because - damn it !",0 1202,"his pleas",0 194813,"boorish movie",0 74865,"assassination",0 213404,"than losers",0 193986,"baloney movie biz",0 61657,", Mostly Martha will leave you with a smile on your face and a grumble in your stomach .",1 150348,"Though Moonlight Mile is replete with acclaimed actors and actresses and tackles a subject that 's potentially moving , the movie is too predictable and too self-conscious to reach a level of high drama .",0 145561,"Gets bogged down by an overly sillified plot and stop-and-start pacing .",0 129942,"pack 'em in on the subcontinent",1 196896,"devoted to the insanity of Black",0 8654,"makes your teeth hurt",0 227293,"You feel good , you feel sad , you feel pissed off , but in the end , you feel alive - which is what they did .",1 118008,"delightfully quirky movie to be made from curling",1 27348,"a Communion wafer",1 140783,"you might soon be looking for a sign . An EXIT sign , that is .",0 1072,"get in the car , bitch ,",0 7509,"in trying to be daring and original , it comes off as only occasionally satirical and never fresh .",0 190814,"a legendary professor",1 93124,"some real vitality and even art",1 8157,"its well-meaning",1 34302,"make it mostly worth the trip",1 199424,"forgotten 10 minutes",0 133324,"stirs us as well .",1 239126,"you are curious to see the darker side of what 's going on with young TV actors ( Dawson Leery did what ?!? ) , or see some interesting storytelling devices",1 223357,"Feral and uncomfortable",0 32054,"gifted director",1 58952,"thinking about how good it all was , and started doing nothing but reacting to it - feeling a part of its grand locations , thinking urgently as the protagonists struggled , feeling at the mercy of its inventiveness , gasping at its visual delights",1 234227,"nutty , consistently funny .",1 233176,"its storytelling prowess and",1 43537,", but it 's also one of the smarter , savvier spoofs to come along in some time",1 6104,"dull",0 24612,"An elegant , exquisitely modulated psychological thriller .",1 157604,"distorts reality for people who make movies and watch them",0 198672,"feel my eyelids ... getting ... very ... heavy",0 16967,"plenty of laughs",1 163884,"it offends by just being wishy-washy",0 57782,"that even cranky adults may rediscover the quivering kid inside",1 109738,"The effort is sincere and the results are honest , but the film is so bleak that it 's hardly watchable",0 37784,"that delivers",1 99468,"visual veneer",1 168987,"plot holes so large and obvious a marching band",0 231434,"has done the nearly impossible .",1 157353,"detached , uninvolving ,",0 44264,"A solid examination",1 79703,"fascinating literary mystery story",1 41455,"a lively script , sharp acting and partially",1 25294,"Fast Runner has a plot that rivals Shakespeare for intrigue , treachery and murder .",1 125404,"its unerring respect",1 82758,"impossibly long limbs",1 148966,"Swimfan ' left me with a very bad feeling .",0 18605,"A well-made and often lovely depiction",1 195044,"but extremely silly piece",0 235035,"precious commodity",1 69427,"The cast is top-notch and",1 63911,"An intelligent , multi-layered and profoundly humanist ( not to mention gently political ) meditation on the values of knowledge , education , and the",1 28726,"and often very funny",1 4680,"an ugly",0 19306,"The diversity of the artists represented , both in terms of style and ethnicity , prevents the proceedings from feeling repetitious , as does the appropriately brief 40-minute running time .",1 27381,"a bit smug",0 56375,"rambling examination",0 46775,"Sparkles in its deft portrait of Tinseltown 's seasoned veterans of gossip",1 229967,"conventional -- lots of boring talking heads , etc. -- to do the subject matter justice",0 50713,"define a generation",1 210255,"recreation to resonate",1 140199,"with only the odd enjoyably chewy lump",1 155524,"broad stereotypes and outrageously unbelievable scenarios",0 33647,"it for what it is",1 121796,"has moments of inspired humour ,",1 5029,"be charged with loitering -- so much on view , so little to offer",0 161719,"improve the over-the-top mix",0 168690,"particularly joyless ,",0 113047,"a working over . The cast is spot on and",1 94697,"that heralds something special",1 65164,"Douglas McGrath 's Nicholas Nickleby does Dickens as it should be done cinematically .",1 79859,"fighting hard for something that really matters",1 44057,"A droll ,",0 10570,"so pat it makes your teeth hurt",0 205499,"low-key , 102-minute infomercial",0 87433,"most humane and important Holocaust movies ever made .",1 200604,"has n't the stamina for the 100-minute running time",0 24672,"Anchored by a terrific performance by Abbass , Satin Rouge shows that the idea of women 's self-actualization knows few continental divides .",1 228352,"action extravaganza",1 66079,"Humorous and heartfelt",1 71668,"a fine cast",1 13043,"while the new film is much more eye-catching than its blood-drenched stephen norrington-directed predecessor , the new script by the returning david s .",1 188811,"There 's a thin line between likably old-fashioned and fuddy-duddy , and",0 102321,", Schaeffer 's film never settles into the light-footed enchantment the material needs , and the characters ' quirks and foibles never jell into charm .",0 12880,"watching its rote plot points",0 54101,"kind of heartwarming",1 233516,"look and sound great",1 32308,"has fun being grown up",1 187356,"Sling Blade and South of Heaven , West of Hell",1 185219,"It 's supposed to be post-feminist breezy but ends up as tedious as the chatter of parrots raised on Oprah .",0 165987,"mind-numbingly lengthy riff",0 195928,"comedia",1 19957,"are only slightly magnified versions of the ones that vex nearly everyone",0 230934,"for perfectly acceptable , occasionally very enjoyable children 's entertainment",1 128625,"of dreamlike ecstasy",1 44630,"Awesome creatures ,",1 43633,", it is a gripping , tidy little movie that takes Mr . Hill higher than he 's been in a while .",1 2275,"sick",0 151707,"a few laughs surrounding an unremarkable soft center",1 195965,"comes alive when poor Hermocrates and Leontine pathetically compare notes about their budding amours",1 206586,"mounted , exasperatingly well-behaved film , which ticks off Kahlo 's lifetime milestones with the dutiful precision of a tax accountant",1 9678,"perfectly pleasant if slightly pokey",1 157698,"do worse than this oddly cheerful -- but not particularly funny -- body-switching farce",0 100292,"will please Eastwood 's loyal fans -- and suits the story , wherein our hero must ride roughshod over incompetent cops to get his man",1 68155,"Payne has created a beautiful canvas , and Nicholson proves once again that he 's the best brush in the business",1 107015,"It is messy , uncouth , incomprehensible , vicious and absurd .",0 217365,"to spend their time in the theater thinking up grocery lists and ways to tell their kids how not to act like Pinocchio . As for children",0 202805,"is broken by frequent outbursts of violence and noise",0 79130,"enthusiastic",1 220790,"'s bright side .",1 205725,"makes serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer boring",0 147536,"Mr . Montias is n't nearly as good to his crew as he is as a director or actor .",0 226943,"Warm in its loving yet unforgivingly inconsistent depiction of everyday people",1 186250,"Murphy and Wilson actually make a pretty good team ...",1 78526,"done excellent work",1 198040,"esteemed writer-actor",1 188139,"The film 's hero is a bore and",0 62047,", it may rate as the most magical and most fun family fare of this or any recent holiday season .",1 79560,"fails because it demands that you suffer the dreadfulness of war from both sides",0 198550,"far more interesting than the story at hand",1 210337,"released the outtakes theatrically and used the film as a bonus feature on the DVD",0 175422,"this insecure",0 143105,"A free-for-all of half-baked thoughts",0 222601,"Best Friend Remembers",1 180641,", flashy , overlong soap opera .",0 216666,"through the pitfalls of incoherence and redundancy",0 118055,"denuded",1 229195,"be in video stores by Christmas",0 191460,"a sweaty old guy in a rain coat shopping for cheap porn",0 219309,"whiny and",0 193063,"are credited with the cliché-laden screenplay",0 130471,"possesses all the good intentions in the world , but",1 37587,"takes this never-ending confusion and hatred",0 91606,"reveal his impressively delicate range",1 126408,"loud special-effects-laden extravaganzas",1 54906,"moved by this drama",1 89142,"of this sad , compulsive life",0 27254,"Woo",1 99375,"very touching",1 12848,"wars",0 48044,"a fine , understated piece of filmmaking",1 189702,"While the story is better-focused than the incomprehensible Anne Rice novel it 's based upon , Queen Of The Damned is a pointless , meandering celebration of the goth-vampire , tortured woe-is-me lifestyle .",0 24272,"A blessed gift to film geeks and historians . If the '70 's were your idea of a good time at the movies , this will make you very happy .",1 127905,"never seems fresh and vital .",0 87118,"mildly entertaining ,",1 188697,"The story 's pathetic and the gags are puerile .",0 59452,"too long reduced to direct-to-video irrelevancy",0 48813,"almost anyone 's willingness",1 51536,"far more pointed and",1 20271,"committed",1 179505,"'s a brilliant , honest performance by Nicholson",1 149434,"The film seems a dead weight .",0 73653,"an action film that delivers on the promise of excitement",1 203714,"issues '",0 132706,"so , I trust",1 85977,"life in the performances",1 508,"aspiring",1 92458,"sharp script",1 24377,"A loving little film",1 41056,"Kaufman creates an eerie sense of not only being there at the time of these events but the very night Matthew was killed",1 217839,"true believer",1 162766,"is an odd amalgam of comedy genres , existing somewhere between the often literal riffs of early Zucker Brothers\/Abrahams films , and the decidedly foul stylings of their post-modern contemporaries , The Farrelly Brothers",1 167230,"of Patch Adams quietly freaking out",1 173380,"the Jewish Nazi",0 9929,"put together his slasher video",0 44197,"A pleasant enough romance",1 37774,"that chides the absurdity of its protagonist 's plight",0 191650,"a year late for tapping into our reality tv obsession , and",0 53636,"is still worth hearing",1 156228,"cheesy old Godzilla flicks",0 34907,"nicely",1 213427,"than the Bruckheimeresque American action flicks it emulates",0 218393,"vague without any of its sense of fun or energy",0 2344,"some good ,",1 3902,"a lie and",0 190720,"a guy with his talent ended up in a movie this bad",0 235533,"seeking an existent anti-virus",1 168552,"overreaches the logic of its own world",0 53966,"its pleasure",1 177827,"wears out her welcome in her most charmless performance",0 90017,"painstaking",1 6716,"fully endear itself",1 106853,"It 's definitely a step in the right direction .",1 72776,"a visually stunning rumination on love , memory , history and the war between art and commerce",1 12690,"unrelentingly claustrophobic",0 29923,"by deft staging and the director 's well-known narrative gamesmanship",1 202130,"inane ramblings",0 61648,", MIBII is rote work and predictable , but with a philosophical visual coming right at the end that extravagantly redeems it .",1 99940,"when the right movie comes along , especially if it begins with the name of Star Wars",1 150945,"Why make a documentary about these marginal historical figures ? Would n't one about their famous dad , author of Death in Venice , etc . , be more valuable ?",0 150229,"This is an egotistical endeavor from the daughter of horror director Dario Argento ( a producer here ) , but her raw performance and utter fearlessness make it strangely magnetic",1 145382,"Flaunts",0 173534,"the best advice",1 25325,"For all its failed connections , Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood is nurturing , in a gauzy , dithering way .",1 176989,"turns numbingly dull-witted and disquietingly creepy",0 163140,"is no longer accessible",0 26256,"Occasionally , in the course of reviewing art-house obscurities and slam-bam action flicks , a jaded critic smacks into something truly new .",1 197370,"does n't tell you anything except that the Chelsea Hotel today is populated by whiny , pathetic , starving and untalented artistes .",0 184853,"If you saw it on TV , you 'd probably turn it off , convinced that you had already seen that movie .",0 1263,"if you love him , you 'll like it",1 174124,"the insights gleaned from a lifetime of spiritual inquiry",1 38311,"the heat that ignites this gripping tale",1 30392,"controversial",0 111183,"With McConaughey in an entirely irony-free zone and Bale reduced mainly to batting his sensitive eyelids",0 92082,"see a train wreck",0 50281,"comes into its own in the second half .",1 117645,"crafted an intriguing story of maternal instincts and misguided acts of affection",1 114406,"any insight",1 52745,"how both evolve",1 187962,"The bad sound ,",0 135676,"the lovers",1 130007,"partly a shallow rumination on the emptiness of success --",0 105574,"Each of these stories has the potential for Touched by an Angel simplicity and sappiness ,",1 196781,"depressing , ruthlessly pained and depraved",0 188519,"The pacing is deadly , the narration helps little and Naipaul , a juicy writer , is negated",0 197109,"displays with somber earnestness in the new adaptation of The Cherry Orchard",1 143339,"A silly , self-indulgent film about a silly , self-indulgent filmmaker",0 123682,"is , however , a completely honest , open-hearted",1 104998,"Carrying",1 48383,"a solid build-up , a terrific climax , and some nice chills along the way",1 67613,"More of the same from Taiwanese auteur Tsai Ming-liang , which is good news to anyone who 's fallen under the sweet , melancholy spell of this unique director 's previous films",1 211899,"snore",0 6648,"fortify this turgid fable",0 71664,"a fine , focused piece of work that reopens an interesting controversy and never succumbs to sensationalism",1 210707,"ruthlessly pained",0 10289,"schaeffer has to find some hook on which to hang his persistently useless movies , and it might as well be the resuscitation of the middle-aged character",0 83321,"infinitely more wrenching",1 27634,"a little too much dancing , a few too many weeping",0 49540,"be sensational",1 116881,"charming in comedies like American Pie and dead-on in Election",1 44082,"A full world has been presented onscreen , not some series of carefully structured plot points building to a pat resolution",1 117663,"crass , then gasp for gas ,",0 141597,"'s so mediocre , despite the dynamic duo on the marquee , that we just ca n't get no satisfaction .",0 21634,"one that grows in power in retrospect",1 187087,"Sandler is losing his touch",0 27075,"Touched",1 89280,"offers winning performances and some effecting moments .",1 171239,"slasher nonsense",0 189098,"This u-boat does n't have a captain .",0 165458,"made-for-TV",0 66654,"It 's soulful and unslick",1 189976,"` Martin Lawrence Live ' is so self-pitying , I almost expected there to be a collection taken for the comedian at the end of the show .",0 37933,"the American dream",1 215827,"the uneven performances by the cast members , who seem bound and determined to duplicate Bela Lugosi 's now-cliched vampire accent",0 159827,"fun to make than it is to sit through",0 186229,"Much Ado About Something is an amicable endeavor .",1 62249,", sweet , and intermittently hilarious",1 87476,"most sincere",1 14488,"The animated subplot keenly",1 26937,"Theirs is a simple and heart-warming story , full of mirth that should charm all but the most cynical .",1 30863,"diverse cultures",1 183413,"Did no one on the set have a sense of humor , or did they not have the nerve to speak up",0 224252,"It 's that painful .",0 55691,"often intense",1 190021,"` innovative ' and ` realistic '",1 66736,"It is philosophy , illustrated through everyday events .",1 84776,"is told as the truth",1 21488,"of Vardalos ' humor , which transcends ethnic boundaries",1 70310,"This real-life Hollywood fairy-tale is more engaging than the usual fantasies Hollywood produces .",1 189222,"Tom Tykwer , director of the resonant and sense-spinning Run Lola Run",1 34179,"loathe it",0 108782,"Schaeffer 's film never settles into the light-footed enchantment the material needs ,",0 138365,"true and heartbreaking",1 3773,"a few nice twists",1 99854,"what a thrill ride .",1 235621,"seriously , folks , it does n't work .",0 147372,"Matthew McConaughey tries , and fails , to control the screen with swaggering machismo and over-the-top lunacy .",0 93083,"some flawed but rather unexceptional women",0 89800,"otherwise appealing",1 102631,", it 's one of the worst of the entire franchise .",0 81713,"has few equals this side of Aesop",1 213269,"tell you anything except that the Chelsea Hotel today is populated by whiny , pathetic , starving and untalented artistes",0 33555,"is what keeps this slightly disappointing sequel going , with enough amusing banter -- blessedly curse-free -- to keep both kids and parents entertained",1 157410,"did n't mean much to me",0 227039,"What Full Frontal lacks in thematic coherence it largely makes up for as loosey-goosey , experimental entertainment .",1 53492,"is human comedy at its most amusing , interesting and confirming .",1 189503,"Weighted down with slow , uninvolving storytelling and flat acting .",0 226668,"This is n't my favorite in the series , still I enjoyed it enough to recommend .",1 109197,"Still rapturous after all these years , Cinema Paradiso stands as one of the great films about movie love .",1 117237,"comes off as a kingdom more mild than wild",1 62252,", tender hug",1 70237,"This is more fascinating -- being real -- than anything seen on Jerry Springer .",1 109615,"The big-screen Scooby",1 56786,"seem disappointing",0 209519,"poor fit",0 142534,", the true creativity would have been to hide Treasure Planet entirely and completely reimagine it .",0 178065,"when such a good design turns out to be a cheap knockoff , we ca n't recommend anything but a rental for The Tuxedo",0 1807,"my big fat greek wedding is that rare animal known as ' a perfect family film , ' because it 's about family",1 52450,"haunts , horrifies , startles",0 222722,"But I was n't .",0 235954,"sparking debate and encouraging thought",1 54840,"more than a movie .",1 32472,"helps that the central performers are experienced actors , and that they know their roles so well",1 153646,"another regurgitated action movie",0 113660,"all the outward elements of the original",1 80294,"for its rather slow beginning",0 126227,"little grace ( Rifkin 's ) tale of precarious skid-row dignity",1 162634,"is a monument to bad in all its florid variety",0 98151,"to keep the film entertaining",1 87205,"monotone narration",0 156695,"confused in Death to Smoochy",0 172928,"that are all the more impressive for their lack of showiness",1 222006,"A fun ride .",1 133297,"still cuts all the way down to broken bone",0 92908,"smoky and",1 231621,"he 's well worth spending some time with",1 215937,"the worst movies of the year ... Watching it",0 118429,"do more than expand a TV show to movie length .",0 83442,"integrating the characters",1 188725,"The story of Trouble Every Day ... is so sketchy it amounts to little more than preliminary notes for a science-fiction horror film",0 230535,"enjoy the same free ride from critics afforded to Clint Eastwood in the lazy Bloodwork",0 223090,"Degenerates",0 141506,"'s nothing so striking or fascinating or metaphorically significant about his career as to rate two hours of our attention .",0 121063,"get you down",0 170815,"shallow and immature character",0 13327,"you 'd have a 90-minute , four-star movie . as it is , it 's too long and unfocused",0 115797,"begins to resemble the shapeless , grasping actors ' workshop that it is",0 26870,"The movie is n't just hilarious : It 's witty and inventive , too , and in hindsight , it is n't even all that dumb .",1 233838,"mess ...",0 1215,"holland lets things peter out midway , but it 's notably better acted -- and far less crass - than some other recent efforts in the burgeoning genre of films about black urban professionals .",1 57120,"so perfectly",1 24193,"19 predecessors to get THIS",0 62350,", this is the kind of movie that deserves a chance to shine .",1 201321,"honestly , I did n't care",0 26139,"My oh my , is this an invigorating , electric movie .",1 57357,"stimulate",1 66494,"It 's a setup so easy it borders on facile ,",0 207556,"of a paranoid and unlikable man",0 176575,"tone-deaf",0 6780,"gibberish",0 15397,"charismatic",1 148858,"Stealing Harvard is evidence that the Farrelly Bros . -- Peter and Bobby -- and their brand of screen comedy are wheezing to an end , along with Green 's half-hearted movie career .",0 96520,"the rarest kinds",1 143792,"An unsuccessful attempt at a movie of ideas .",0 179625,"'s an epic here",1 231572,"have forsaken the entertaining elements of the original and , instead , rehash old jokes and",0 19648,"about the ability of the human spirit to find solace in events that could easily crush it forever",1 226468,"The scope of the Silberstein family is large and we grow attached to their lives , full of strength , warmth and vitality . .",1 35187,"of cinema . another great ` what you do n't see ' is much more terrifying than what you do",1 218259,"unshapely",0 194701,"bland despite the heavy doses of weird performances and direction",0 818,"discouraging",0 98567,"touched",1 128684,"of grace",1 105370,"Demonstrates a vivid imagination and an impressive style",1 38567,"the preschool set while embracing a wholesome attitude",1 143225,"A morose little soap opera",0 190541,"a few other decent ones",1 119408,"every scrap is of the darkest variety",1 203330,"is powerful and provocative",1 71505,"a daringly preposterous thesis",0 63349,"A sentimental but entirely irresistible portrait of three",1 113007,"a way to make J . K . Rowling 's marvelous series into a deadly bore",0 41435,"a gem that could stand alone ,",1 95124,"the animation master",1 105944,"Gambling and throwing a basketball game for money is n't a new plot -- in fact Toback himself used it in Black and White . But",0 236670,"the U.S.",1 226876,"Univac-like script machine",0 143662,"Although Huppert 's intensity and focus has a raw exhilaration about it , The Piano Teacher is anything but fun .",0 93697,"stylishly directed with verve",1 111746,"a dark pit having a nightmare about bad cinema",0 227338,"\*\* holes",0 29840,"but its macabre , self-deprecating sense of humor makes up for a lot .",1 102224,", Bloody Sunday is a sobering recount of a very bleak day in Derry .",1 72582,"a stunning new young talent in one",1 181961,"A rip-off twice removed , modeled after ( Seagal 's ) earlier copycat Under Siege , sometimes referred to as Die Hard on a boat .",0 239199,"you to enjoy yourselves without feeling conned",1 231592,"have nothing better to do with 94 minutes",0 50465,"cool and crowd-pleasing",1 73850,"an inexplicable nightmare , right down to the population",0 123436,"inspire even the most retiring heart to venture forth",1 174448,"the only imaginable reason for the film to be made",0 63392,"A smart , provocative drama that does the nearly impossible : It gets under the skin of a man we only know as an evil , monstrous lunatic .",1 203545,"is the death of self ... this Orgasm ( wo n't be an ) exceedingly memorable one for most people",0 230969,"forgoes the larger socio-political picture of the situation in Northern Ireland in favour of an approach that throws one in the pulsating thick of a truly frightening situation",1 195646,"cheesy backdrops , ridiculous action sequences",0 179855,"'s neither as funny nor as charming as it thinks it is",0 183739,"Even a hardened voyeur would require the patience of Job to get through this interminable , shapeless documentary about the swinging subculture .",0 89197,"of what 's on Saturday morning TV especially the pseudo-educational stuff we all ca n't stand",0 143572,"Alas , Santa is more ho-hum than ho-ho-ho",0 14993,"and a perfect example of how art -- when done right -- can help heal ,",1 37838,"that it 's a '' true story '' and you 're likely to have one helluva time at the movies",1 210668,"ruins itself",0 148914,"Suffocated",0 58126,"the cinematic equivalent of a legal indictment ,",0 145684,"Hallmark commercial",0 84317,"is in many ways the perfect festival film : a calm , self-assured portrait of small town regret , love , duty and friendship that appeals to the storytelling instincts of a slightly more literate filmgoing audience .",1 151997,"a lot better if it were , well , more adventurous",0 150130,"These people would n't know subtle characterization if it put on a giant furry monster costume and then gave them a lapdance .",0 154815,"be slightly bored",0 87287,"more measured or polished production",1 72353,"a sense of mystery",1 49195,"are short , carefully placed and dead-center .",1 70833,"What results is the best performance from either in years",1 114868,"as beautiful ,",1 196850,"despite several attempts at lengthy dialogue scenes",0 69433,"The charm of Revolution OS is rather the way it introduces you to new , fervently held ideas and fanciful thinkers .",1 94307,"tends to remind one of a really solid Woody Allen film , with its excellent use of New York locales and sharp writing",1 49178,"are pretty valuable",1 123385,"inhabit their world without cleaving to a narrative arc",1 161864,"in flat scares and bad acting",0 108558,"Re-Fried Green Tomatoes",0 9318,"of nationalism that covers our deepest , media-soaked fears",0 102947,", this is one of those rare pictures that you root for throughout , dearly hoping that the rich promise of the script will be realized on the screen .",1 74367,"are moments of hilarity to be had .",1 87348,"more than its fair share of saucy hilarity .",1 37110,"solid , very watchable",1 142425,", set himself a task he is not nearly up to",0 76070,"but a mood in which an ominous , pervasive , and unknown threat lurks just below the proceedings and adds an almost constant mindset of suspense",1 67362,"Maintains your interest until the end and even leaves you with a few lingering animated thoughts .",1 114535,"are able to accomplish",1 40873,"Does what a fine documentary does best : It extends a warm invitation into an unfamiliar world , then illuminates it fully and allows the larger implications of the journey to sink in unobtrusively",1 99390,"vibrant and intoxicating",1 98802,"turns touching , raucously amusing , uncomfortable , and , yes , even sexy",1 62239,", structure and rhythms",1 205890,"matches about it .",1 187100,"Sara Sugarman 's whimsical comedy",1 75650,"bewilderingly brilliant and",1 123108,"in such a potentially sudsy set-up",0 229095,"b.s.",0 110834,"Unsurprisingly , the way this all works out makes the women look more like stereotypical caretakers and moral teachers , instead of serious athletes .",0 21957,"should enjoy this nonthreatening but thrilling adventure .",1 27732,"a pleasure to enjoy their eccentricities",1 156390,"cloaked in gross-out gags",0 187014,"Romanek keeps adding flourishes -- artsy fantasy sequences -- that simply feel wrong .",0 159403,"for cinematic disaster",0 55977,"pentacostal practices in general and theatrical phenomenon of Hell Houses in particular",0 212167,"some success with documentaries",1 145,"a decent-enough nail-biter",1 15583,"does with a dedicated and good-hearted professionalism",1 64479,"Brims with passion : for words , for its eccentric , accident-prone characters , and for the crazy things that keep people going in this crazy life .",1 63238,"A photographic marvel of sorts , and it",1 112013,"a giant step backward",0 122585,"huge action sequence",1 129610,"one which it fails to get",0 194113,"be distasteful to children and adults alike",0 184584,"I 've had since '' Ca n't Stop The Music . '' It may as well be called '' Jar-Jar Binks : The Movie . '' It 's that painful",0 567,"beauty",1 91015,"quirkily appealing",1 58814,"the value and respect",1 207535,"of a film that does n't know what it wants to be",0 219963,"work , love stories require the full emotional involvement and support of a viewer",1 84753,"is the refreshingly unhibited enthusiasm that the people , in spite of clearly evident poverty and hardship , bring to their music .",1 206592,"mourning in favor of bogus spiritualism",0 223819,"I have to admit I walked out of Runteldat .",0 138331,"tries its best to hide the fact that Seagal 's overweight and out of shape",0 1581,"least",0 210957,"scuttled by a plot that 's just too boring and obvious",0 16636,"national grief",0 104813,"Bond-inspired ? Certainly . Likely to have decades of life as a classic movie franchise ? Let 's hope not .",0 28951,"another platter of reheated Aliens",0 66176,"I know that I 'll never listen to Marvin Gaye or the Supremes the same way again",1 84266,"is greatness here",1 206078,"messy , murky",0 224663,"Lovely and Amazing is Holofcener 's deep , uncompromising curtsy to women she knows , and very likely is .",1 107612,"Manages to be both hugely entertaining and uplifting .",1 107064,"It thankfully goes easy on the reel\/real world dichotomy that ( Jaglom ) pursued with such enervating determination in Venice\/Venice .",1 40788,"Baran is n't the most transporting or gripping film from Iran -- or , indeed , by its director -- but it 's a worthy companion to the many fine , focused films emerging from that most surprising of nations",1 34915,"no classic , like the novel upon which it is based",0 208123,"of the plot ` surprises '",1 169234,"pretentious mess .",0 199428,"formal settings with motionless characters",0 156720,"consciousness-raising",1 198760,"felt disrespected",0 75063,"authentically",1 218351,"useless movie",0 30993,"easy to look at",1 11095,"that lacks juice and delight",0 220868,"'s like having an old friend for dinner ' .",1 34011,"learn that Andrew 's Turnabout Is Fair Play is every bit as awful as Borchardt 's Coven",0 51591,"feels empty and unsatisfying",0 123739,"is a fascinating film because there is no clear-cut hero and no all-out villain",1 27202,"What makes the movie a comedy is the way it avoids the more serious emotions involved .",1 216366,"this dog of a movie",0 171358,"smoothes over sources of conflict",1 148045,"Patchy combination of soap opera",0 209140,"patronising",0 150099,"There are touching moments in Etoiles , but for the most part this is a dull , dour documentary on what ought to be a joyful or at least fascinating subject .",0 73530,"also treats the subject with fondness and respect",1 109769,"The film 's gamble to occasionally break up the live-action scenes with animated sequences pays off , as does its sensitive handling of some delicate subject matter .",1 20349,"deeply absorbing",1 19240,"Sayles ' smart wordplay and clever plot contrivances",1 28678,"and it 's therapeutic to laugh along with them .",1 112977,"a very valuable film",1 188022,"The characters are so generic and",0 142473,", the eye candy here lacks considerable brio .",0 85631,"keep you wide awake and ... very tense",1 161831,"in bizarre unjustified fashion",0 220924,"'s not quite the genre-busting film it 's been hyped to be because it plays everything too safe .",0 131136,"recent past",1 31370,"expertly weaves this novelistic story of entangled interrelationships and complex morality .",1 164605,"late-night made-for-cable action movie",0 138679,"unfortunately , it runs for 170",0 70676,"Walter Hill 's Undisputed is like a 1940s Warner Bros . B picture",0 162929,"is how it winds up affirming the same damn moldy values the material has always held dear",0 110539,"This quiet , introspective and entertaining independent",1 23529,", but they 're each interesting .",1 1386,"is loaded with good intentions",1 187268,"Should have been worth cheering as a breakthrough but is devoid of wit and humor .",0 63414,"A spiffy animated feature about an unruly adolescent boy who is yearning for adventure and a chance to prove his worth .",1 121247,"goes beyond his usual fluttering and stammering",1 227874,"a divine monument",1 165166,"long and clunky",0 213501,"that 's too loud , too goofy and too short of an attention span",0 217760,"trashy teen-sleaze equivalent",0 88181,"of Crudup 's anchoring performance",1 115763,"befallen every other Carmen before her",1 74645,"as big a crowdpleaser as",1 180743,", it is not enough to give the film the substance it so desperately needs .",0 232380,"is almost guaranteed that even the stuffiest cinema goers will laugh their \*\*\* off for an hour-and-a-half",1 58940,"they need it to sell us on this twisted love story",0 190856,"a longtime admirer",1 237717,"to admit I walked out of Runteldat",0 79380,"evolved from star to superstar some time",1 225005,"Mr. Wollter and Ms. Seldhal give strong and convincing performances , but neither reaches into the deepest recesses of the character to unearth the quaking essence of passion , grief and fear",1 211191,"self-control to guide a loose , poorly structured film through the pitfalls of incoherence and redundancy",0 171117,"since Freddy Got Fingered",0 201350,"horribly depressing and",0 111956,"a fresh infusion",1 116229,"bring their characters to life . A little melodramatic , but with enough hope to keep you engaged .",1 144227,"Bottom-rung",0 107450,"Like a pack of dynamite sticks , built for controversy . The film is explosive ,",1 168233,"one of those comedies that just seem like a bad idea from frame one",0 120414,"for followers of the whole dead-undead genre , who deserve more from a vampire pic than a few shrieky special effects",0 167763,"of the cast or the redundant messages",0 176172,"to have dumped a whole lot of plot in favor of ... outrageous gags",0 159122,"films are weak , as are most of the subplots .",0 4979,"back and forth ca n't help but become a bit tedious",0 133347,"story , character and comedy bits",1 16342,"it has a lot in common with Piesiewicz 's and Kieslowski 's earlier work , films like The Double Life of Veronique .",1 16808,"of two marvelous performances by Michael Caine and Brendan Fraser",1 184138,"Gets the look and the period trappings right",1 194409,"been worth caring about",1 126550,"made nature film and a tribute to a woman whose passion for this region and its inhabitants still shines in her quiet blue eyes",1 149793,"The rest of the plot",1 146379,"Is there a group of more self-absorbed women than the mother and daughters featured in this film ? I do n't think so . Nothing wrong with performances here , but the whiney characters bugged me",0 147236,"Looks like a high school film project",0 61064,"'s good to see Michael Caine whipping out the dirty words and punching people in the stomach again .",1 112953,"a unique , well-crafted psychological study of grief",1 145244,"Extreme Ops '' was obviously made for the '' XXX '' crowd , people who enjoy mindless action without the benefit of decent acting , writing , and direction",0 157327,"desperate entertainment",0 120846,"funniest 5 minutes",1 147928,"One problem with the movie , directed by Joel Schumacher ,",0 94756,"that kind of impact on me these days",1 213885,"that the movie spent a lot less time trying to make a credible case for reports from the afterlife and a lot more time on the romantic urgency that 's at the center of the story",0 28304,"an aborbing if arguable case for the man 's greatness",1 142600,", unessential sequel",0 33980,"large cast",1 150005,"The young stars are too cute :",1 41015,"It helps that Lil Bow Wow ...",1 216824,"to adopt as a generational signpost",1 188681,"The slapstick is labored , and the bigger setpieces flat .",0 185430,"James Spader",1 234395,"of clichés and borrowed images",0 12946,"what 's the point",0 37779,"that could not be improved upon",1 9475,"once amusing",0 6004,"disturbing .",0 215998,"their charm does n't do a load of good",0 111759,"a dashing and resourceful hero : a lisping , reptilian villain : big fights : big hair : lavish period scenery :",1 143770,"An uneven film",0 95207,"the better film 's ability to make its subject interesting to those who are n't part of its supposed target audience . Judging by those standards , ` Scratch ' is a pretty decent little documentary",1 100014,"while his characters are acting horribly",0 3126,"whereas the extremely competent hitman films such as pulp fiction and get shorty resonate a sardonic verve to their caustic purpose for existing , who is cletis tout ?",0 107852,"Mr . Nachtwey has traveled to places in the world devastated by war , famine and poverty and documented the cruelty and suffering he has found with an devastating , eloquent clarity .",1 207572,"of a so-called ` comedy ' and not laugh",0 32207,"gripping tale",1 81238,"good old-fashioned adventure",1 60658,"'' White Oleander , '' the movie , is akin to a Reader 's Digest condensed version of the source material .",0 26308,"Only two words will tell you what you know when deciding to see it : Anthony . Hopkins .",1 71273,"a bad way",0 214309,"the cliched dialogue rip .",0 83854,"is a remarkably original work",1 213797,"that only ever walked the delicate tightrope between farcical and loathsome . In the wrong hands , i . e . Peploe 's , it 's simply unbearable",0 102086,"( Fiji diver Rusi Vulakoro and the married couple Howard and Michelle Hall ) show us the world they love and make us love it , too .",1 39005,"thoroughly delightful",1 106530,"I wanted to stand up in the theater and shout , ` Hey , Kool-Aid ! '",1 153112,"all the charm of a meltdown",0 224729,"Many went to see the attraction for the sole reason that it was hot outside and there was air conditioning inside , and I do n't think that A.C. will help this movie one bit .",0 9582,"painful to watch witherspoon 's talents wasting away inside unnecessary films like legally blonde and sweet home abomination , i mean , alabama",0 33104,"intense and thrilling",1 44726,"Birthday Girl lucks out with Chaplin and Kidman , who are capable of anteing up some movie star charisma when they need it to sell us on this twisted love story , but who can also negotiate the movie 's darker turns .",1 82112,"her material is not first-rate",0 52096,"gets all there is to get out of a peculiar premise with promise",1 12210,"this stuck pig",0 115392,"barely registering a blip on the radar screen of 2002",0 63895,"An exceptionally acted , quietly affecting cop drama .",1 145041,"Ecks this one off your must-see list .",0 23601,", epic way , daring , inventive and refreshingly unusual",1 28489,"and a zippy sampling of sounds",1 126246,"little propaganda film",0 219479,"will be delighted simply to spend more time with familiar cartoon characters",1 28725,"and often fascinating",1 109543,"The action is stilted and",0 5186,"blessed with a searing lead performance by ryan gosling ( murder by numbers ) ,",1 143309,"A sad and rote exercise in milking a played-out idea -- a straight guy has to dress up in drag -- that shockingly manages to be even worse than its title",0 28579,"and disturbing little movie",0 20868,"impossible romance",0 140878,"zero compelling storyline",0 14644,"Yet the act is still charming here .",1 230709,"faking some pretty cool stunts but a complete failure at trying to create some pretty cool characters",0 156011,"canned tuna",0 78406,"does a solid job",1 85950,"lets you brush up against the humanity of a psycho ,",1 179728,"'s especially fit for the kiddies",1 200923,"he comes across as shallow and glib though not mean-spirited , and there 's no indication that he 's been responsible for putting together any movies of particular value or merit",0 124731,"is too savvy a filmmaker to let this morph into a typical romantic triangle . Instead",1 172931,"that are n't funny",0 183489,"Disney scrape the bottom of its own cracker barrel",0 87585,"much colorful eye candy",1 196693,"degenerating",0 132696,"snappy prose but a stumblebum of a movie",0 51128,"em um desfecho que certamente fica na memória",1 78835,"elevates the experience to a more mythic level",1 109089,"Somewhere in the middle , the film compels , as Demme experiments",1 12403,"to pro-serb propaganda",0 105732,"Exceptionally",1 179946,"'s quite an achievement",1 74237,"appetizing than a side dish of asparagus . If you 're not a fan , it might be like trying to eat Brussels sprouts",0 43441,") bumbling magic takes over the film",1 48988,"an otherwise excellent film .",1 89591,"one of a really solid Woody Allen film",1 132135,"serious subject matter and dark",1 103452,"A brutal and funny work . Nicole Holofcenter , the insightful writer\/director responsible for this illuminating comedy",1 121870,"has transformed the rhetoric of Hollywood melodrama into something provocative , rich , and strange .",1 138207,"tossed in",1 130315,"please not only the fanatical adherents on either side , but also people who know nothing about the subject and",0 224420,"Its underlying mythology is a hodgepodge of inconsistencies that pose the question : Since when did dumb entertainment have to be this dumb",0 17036,"rather than substance",0 532,"back-stabbing ,",0 2103,"pta proud yet",0 160499,"hampered",0 84797,"is undoubtedly one of the finest films of the year . If you 're not deeply touched by this movie , check your pulse .",1 123965,"is clever and insightful",1 107978,"New York metropolitan area",1 71582,"a downer and a little",0 10224,"running off",0 52388,"has become the master of innuendo . It is not what you see",1 130194,"philosophical void",0 43533,", but Miss Wonton floats beyond reality with a certain degree of wit and dignity",1 145272,"Fancy",1 163263,"is really bad .",0 101308,"' ... a great , participatory spectator sport . '",1 8121,"its recycled aspects , implausibility , and",0 168691,"particularly joyless , and",0 107327,"Kirshner wins , but it 's close . )",1 207334,"obvious , preposterous , the movie will likely set the cause of woman warriors back decades .",0 177884,"well-acted movie",1 50685,"declines",0 35443,"of the creative forces behind it",1 5449,"career",1 13446,"'s a way to effectively teach kids about the dangers of drugs",1 198032,"essentially ruined --",0 141230,"'s another stale , kill-by-numbers flick , complete with blade-thin characters and terrible , pun-laden dialogue .",0 31502,"fascinating document",1 202844,"is cruel , misanthropic stuff with only weak claims to surrealism and black comedy",0 216822,"to admit it 's semi-amusing to watch Robert DeNiro belt out '' When you 're a Jet",1 83587,"into the urban heart",1 7969,"it plays like a big-budget , after-school special with a generous cast , who at times lift the material from its well-meaning clunkiness .",1 101887,"'s simply stupid , irrelevant and deeply , truly ,",0 193838,"attempts , in vain ,",0 89535,"once playful and haunting ,",1 56578,"return to a sane regimen of eating , sleeping and stress-reducing contemplation",1 97942,"to be spectacularly outrageous",1 151790,"a game of ` who 's who ' ... where the characters ' moves are often more predictable than their consequences",0 215120,"the movie as a whole is cheap junk and an insult to their death-defying efforts",0 104327,"An improvement on the feeble examples of big-screen Poke-mania that have preceded it .",1 15810,"for doing what it does with a dedicated and good-hearted professionalism",1 162762,"is an icon of moviemaking , one of the best actors , directors and producers",1 149814,"The script boasts some tart TV-insider humor , but the film has not a trace of humanity or empathy .",0 180657,", has stopped challenging himself",0 120794,"frustratingly timid and soggy",0 207228,"not without merit",1 232013,"in its own aloof , unreachable way it 's so fascinating you wo n't be able to look away for a second .",1 10450,"showtime is n't particularly assaultive , but it can still make you feel that you never want to see another car chase , explosion or gunfight again .",0 114017,"an era dominated by cold , loud special-effects-laden extravaganzas",1 43403,"( Grant 's ) bumbling magic takes over the film",1 73779,"an exhilarating new interpretation",1 136931,"this film , like the similarly ill-timed Antitrust , is easily as bad at a fraction the budget",0 27266,"Working from Elliott 's memoir , Rohmer fashions the sort of delicate , articulate character - and - relationship study he 's favored for decades .",1 62123,", often hilarious romantic jealousy comedy",1 40547,"'s a compelling story ,",1 195106,"by Kevin Bray , whose crisp framing , edgy camera work , and wholesale ineptitude with acting , tone and pace very obviously mark him as a video helmer making his feature debut",0 85045,"it holds up in an era in which computer-generated images are the norm",1 7116,"here a more annoying , though less angry version",0 102000,"'s worth ,",1 109670,"The comedy",1 134391,"that is so meditative and lyrical about Babak Payami 's boldly quirky Iranian drama Secret Ballot ... a charming and evoking little ditty that manages to show the gentle and humane side of Middle Eastern world politics",1 19878,"and rhythmic ability",1 34654,"most portraying the idiocy of the film industry --",0 188608,"The redeeming feature of Chan 's films has always been the action , but the stunts in The Tuxedo seem tired and , what 's worse , routine .",0 121289,"good a job as anyone",1 217968,"twice as bestial but half as funny",0 229534,"butt their ugly heads in a regurgitation of cinematic violence that gives brutal birth to an unlikely , but likable , hero",1 160610,"has a lulling effect",0 129559,"one of the most interesting writer\/directors",1 143539,"After Next",1 185839,"Little more than a stylish exercise in revisionism whose point ... is no doubt true , but serves as a rather thin moral to such a knowing fable .",0 60269,"willing to have fun with it",1 190965,"a moldy-oldie , not-nearly - as-nasty - as-it - thinks-it-is joke .",0 172890,"that Hollywood no longer has a monopoly on mindless action",0 109212,"Stone seems to have a knack for wrapping the theater in a cold blanket of urban desperation .",0 121597,"hands-on storytelling",1 168777,"people who ca n't come up with legitimate funny",0 180435,", Queen Of The Damned is a pointless , meandering celebration of the goth-vampire , tortured woe-is-me lifestyle .",0 94858,"that serves as a painful elegy and sobering cautionary tale",1 10300,"screamingly neurotic",0 135295,"the film 's length becomes a part of its fun",1 162985,"is lame",0 92694,"since its poignancy hooks us completely",1 98458,"to worry about being subjected to farts , urine , feces , semen , or any of the other foul substances",0 75609,"better characters",1 79398,"examines many different ideas from happiness",1 171019,"showcases Carvey 's talent for voices , but not nearly enough and not without taxing every drop of one 's patience to get to the good stuff",0 135190,"the essence of magic",1 169369,"promising ideas and failed narrative",0 201682,"imponderably stilted and self-consciously arty",0 187334,"Slackers ' jokey approach",0 123285,"incoherence",0 195055,"but its abrupt drop in IQ points as it races to the finish line proves simply too discouraging to let slide",0 54965,"multilayered",1 88451,"of black indomitability",0 110220,"The trouble with making this queen a thoroughly modern maiden is that it also makes her appear foolish and shallow rather than , as was more likely , a victim of mental illness .",0 202221,"inexpressible and",0 87486,"most touching movie of recent years",1 132585,"skip will be two hours gained",0 205833,"map thematically and stylistically , and",1 83848,"is a real filmmaker",1 101045,"you 'll laugh",1 28938,"anime magic",1 12640,"uncommonly pleasurable",1 188622,"The satire is unfocused , while the story goes nowhere .",0 63881,"An enjoyable feel-good family comedy regardless of race",1 204730,"laudable",1 197874,"ends with a large human tragedy . Alas , getting there is not even half the interest",0 50474,"corruption",0 171109,"simply does n't",0 166430,"much besides glib soullessness",0 90887,"punches",0 426,"anyone 's guess",0 51514,"fanciful ,",1 27813,"a shield",1 73593,"among three strands which allow us to view events as if through a prism",1 66299,"If you grew up on Scooby -- you 'll love this movie .",1 216182,"these ambitions , laudable in themselves",1 206898,"neither as funny nor as charming as it thinks it is",0 94340,"terrifying angst",0 40766,"An involving true story of a Chinese actor who takes up drugs and winds up in an institution",1 29710,"bottom",0 236815,"the director has n't added enough of his own ingredients",0 82194,"hilarity .",1 81492,"had the ability to mesmerize , astonish and entertain",1 108481,"Promises is a compelling piece that demonstrates just how well children can be trained to live out and carry on their parents ' anguish .",1 161037,"heartfelt enterprise",1 27153,"Warner Bros . giant Chuck Jones , who died a matter of weeks before the movie 's release",0 133017,"soothe and break",1 88907,"of strong voices",1 62947,"A difficult but worthy film that bites off more than it can chew by linking the massacre",1 26623,"Spanish film",1 93051,"solid performances and",1 8339,"lacks the inspiration of the original and has a bloated plot that stretches the running time about 10 minutes past a child 's interest and an adult 's patience .",0 120572,"forgive the flaws and love the film",1 230708,"faking some pretty cool stunts but a complete failure",0 100891,"worth revisiting",1 20045,"authentic",1 203612,"is too busy hitting all of its assigned marks to take on any life of its own .",0 187073,"Sade achieves the near-impossible : It turns the Marquis de Sade into a dullard .",0 100224,"wildly gruesome",0 218196,"uni-dimensional nonsense machine",0 76392,"canny and spiced",1 97347,"this Oscar-nominated documentary",1 49070,"anteing up some movie star charisma",1 62319,", there 's much to recommend the film .",1 22702,"vivid",1 204757,"lax and limp",0 185569,"Kang tacks on three or four more endings",0 114089,"an intelligent weepy",1 94813,"that place , that time",1 4664,"an idea , what a thrill ride . this is a more fascinating look at the future than '' bladerunner '' and",1 112737,"a sobering recount of a very bleak day in Derry",1 171928,"startlingly",1 7697,"is closer to slowtime",0 126713,"makes this movie worth seeing",1 76157,"by bad luck and their own immaturity",0 42012,"go happily",1 102078,"( Davis ) wants to cause his audience an epiphany , yet he refuses to give us real situations and characters",0 230714,"falls flat as thinking man CIA agent Jack Ryan in this summer 's new action film",0 75049,"audiences on both sides of the Atlantic love him",1 238341,"vision Clooney sustains throughout",1 99047,"unique culture",1 110513,"This is the stuff that Disney movies are made of .",1 32337,"has tapped something in himself as an actor that provides Frailty with its dark soul",1 168692,"particularly joyless , and exceedingly dull",0 32557,"his large cast in beautifully articulated portrayals",1 25938,"Led by Griffin 's smartly nuanced performance and enthusiasm",1 116676,"captures , in luminous interviews and amazingly evocative film from three decades ago , the essence of the Dogtown experience",1 15903,"good dialogue",1 125168,"its accumulated enjoyment",1 176034,"to celebratory to soppy",0 220862,"'s kinda dumb .",0 229869,"co-writer\/director Peter Jackson 's expanded vision",1 148556,"Shocking only in that it reveals the filmmaker 's bottomless pit of self-absorption .",0 55298,"of astonishing grandeur",1 127883,"never gets off the ground .",0 204689,"larded with exposition",0 6245,"episode ii -- attack of the clones is a technological exercise that lacks juice and delight .",0 141617,"'s something intrinsically funny about Sir Anthony Hopkins saying ` Get in the car , bitch , ' this Jerry Bruckheimer production has little else to offer",0 69085,"Sweetest Thing",1 50830,"dig on David Mamet 's mind tricks ... rent this movie",1 140508,"worthy predecessors",1 41466,"a plot full of twists upon knots ...",1 12925,"well-intentioned",1 157986,"drivel so sickly sweet , even the eager consumers of Moore 's pasteurized ditties",0 110004,"The movie is loaded with good intentions , but in his zeal to squeeze the action and our emotions into the all-too-familiar dramatic arc of the Holocaust escape story , Minac drains his movie of all individuality .",0 55986,"perfectly pleasant if slightly pokey comedy",1 87716,"natural acting and a look at '' the real Americans",1 114297,"anger and frustration",0 72529,"a stirring visual sequence like a surge through swirling rapids or a leap from pinnacle to pinnacle rouses us .",1 93751,"succeed in integrating the characters in the foreground into the extraordinarily rich landscape",1 146150,"I wish I could say '' Thank God It 's Friday '' , but the truth of the matter is I was glad when it was over .",0 203254,"is not it",0 62290,", the humor wry and sprightly",1 79275,"even touching story . Parents may even find that it goes by quickly , because it has some of the funniest jokes of any movie this year , including those intended for adults",1 51220,"enjoy a fast-paced comedy",1 169711,"read the fart jokes",0 138570,"uncommonly moving",1 118121,"designed as a reverie about memory and regret , but the only thing you 'll regret is remembering",0 183272,"Damon/Bourne or his predicament",1 189140,"Though the film is static",0 23805,", openly questioning social mores while ensnaring the audience with its emotional pull",1 37124,"some clever writing",1 127059,"might benefit from a helping hand and a friendly kick in the pants",0 223232,"Elaborate special effects",1 150386,"To call The Other Side of Heaven '' appalling '' would be to underestimate just how dangerous entertainments like it can be .",0 22841,"with such insight and celebratory verve",1 237480,"think of a very good reason to rush right out and see it",1 58788,"the turmoil",0 99942,"when the tears come during that final , beautiful scene",1 3187,"with good intentions",1 129757,"others will find their humor-seeking dollars best spent elsewhere .",0 52533,"heartbreak to watching it now , with older and wiser eyes , because we know what will happen after Greene 's story ends",1 230322,"doc that is n't trying simply to out-shock , out-outrage or out-depress its potential audience !",1 75362,"beautiful movement and inside information",1 42633,"shut up ''",0 77417,"could ever have hoped to be",1 186437,"Not exaggerated enough",0 185869,"Loosely speaking , we 're in All of Me territory again , and , strictly speaking , Schneider is no Steve Martin",0 183859,"Fans of Plympton 's shorts may marginally enjoy the film , but it is doubtful this listless feature will win him any new viewers .",0 42954,"uses humour",1 207885,"of no erotic or sensuous charge",0 218257,"unschooled comedy",0 201262,"histrionic",0 194402,"been titled Generic Jennifer Lopez Romantic Comedy",0 100407,"with a jarring , new-agey tone creeping into the second half",0 229987,"could be more appropriate",0 114024,"an example of the kind of lush , all-enveloping movie experience it rhapsodizes",1 215179,"the natural affability that has made Tucker a star",1 53484,"is great summer fun to watch Arnold and his buddy Gerald bounce off a quirky cast of characters .",1 102796,", refreshingly ,",1 235343,"reputedly `` unfilmable '' novels",0 101672,"'s drab . It 's uninteresting .",0 176945,"turd",0 20184,"but then fizzles like a wet stick of dynamite at the very end .",0 96136,"the mind to see a feature that concentrates on people , a project in which the script and characters hold sway",1 140102,"with an artistry that also smacks of revelation",1 25183,"Eastwood at his best .",1 61229,"'s rare for any movie to be as subtle and touching as The Son 's Room",1 51587,"feelings that profoundly deepen them",1 17994,"way to spend ninety minutes",1 49214,"argues",0 10997,"tendency",1 63122,"A journey that is as difficult for the audience to take as it is for the protagonist",0 124462,"is reasonably well-done",1 26085,"Mick Jagger gives his best movie performance since , well , Performance",1 61988,", is funny and looks professional .",1 24094,". It 's also , clearly , great fun .",1 36918,"should be credited to Dennis Quaid , in fighting trim shape as an athlete as well as an actor",1 631,"breathless anticipation",1 3705,"a crescendo that encompasses many more paths than we started with",1 161715,"improbably",0 106194,"He 's one of the few ` cool ' actors who never seems aware of his own coolness .",1 116867,"charm , cultivation and devotion to his people",1 182373,"An artsploitation movie with too much exploitation and too little art",0 174718,"the script carries Arnold ( and the viewers ) into the forbidden zone of sympathizing with terrorist motivations by presenting the '' other side of the story . ''",1 212124,"some kid who ca n't act , only echoes of Jordan , and weirdo actor Crispin Glover screwing things up old school",0 183473,"Dirty Faces",1 41159,"Provides an intriguing window",1 184119,"George 's haplessness and",0 156564,"comes off like a rejected ABC Afterschool Special , freshened up by the dunce of a Screenwriting 101 class ... Designed to provide a mix of smiles and tears , '' Crossroads '' instead provokes a handful of unintentional howlers and numerous yawns .",0 11888,"the so-bad-it 's - good camp",1 181973,"A sentimental hybrid",1 146716,"It made me feel unclean , and I 'm the guy who liked There 's Something About Mary and both American Pie movies . Oh , and Booty Call",0 100696,"with yet another remarkable yet shockingly little-known perspective",1 94123,"take the viewer inside the wave",1 37017,"sleep-deprived",0 54864,"most alive",1 206128,"might have been saved if the director , Tom Dey , had spliced together bits and pieces of Midnight Run and 48 Hours ( and , for that matter , Shrek )",0 110178,"The story is virtually impossible to follow here , but",0 204863,"less compelling than the circumstances of its making",0 143950,"At some point , all this visual trickery stops being clever and devolves into flashy , vaguely silly overkill .",0 69918,"The stars may be college kids , but the subject matter is as adult as you can get",1 18493,", too , thanks to strong , credible performances from the whole cast",1 78251,"discoveries",1 36518,"resolutely dramatic variation",1 116596,"can honestly describe as looking , sounding and simply feeling like no other film in recent history",1 49503,"be awesome to consider",1 145702,"Hardly makes the kind of points Egoyan wanted to make",0 201289,"holding Equilibrium up",0 68016,"One of the smarter offerings the horror genre",1 107387,"Lathan and Diggs carry the film with their charisma",1 116284,"build a feel-good fantasy",1 81132,"giving up",0 16595,"most accomplished",1 232417,"is best described as lukewarm .",0 137619,"to give Blade fans another look at Wesley Snipes ' iconic hero doing battle with dozens of bad guys -- at once",1 161680,"impersonal in its relentlessness",0 55980,"perfect quiet pace",1 13761,"A cop story that understands the medium",1 199136,"for Independence , complete with loads of CGI and bushels of violence , but not a drop of human blood",0 133197,"stale the material",0 124807,"it 's actually watchable . Even more baffling is that it 's funny",1 228885,"as France 's foremost cinematic poet of the workplace",1 72480,"a sort of geriatric Dirty Harry , which will please Eastwood 's loyal fans -- and suits the story , wherein our hero must ride roughshod over incompetent cops to get his man",1 75794,"bombshell",1 195448,"cardboard characters and performers",0 30830,"discomfort",0 227160,"Wilco is a phenomenal band with such an engrossing story that will capture the minds and hearts of many .",1 188068,"The dialogue is cumbersome",0 49755,"bleak",0 188983,"This is a monumental achievement in practically every facet of inept filmmaking : joyless , idiotic , annoying , heavy-handed , visually atrocious , and often downright creepy .",0 114245,"and game phenomenon",1 67175,"Left me with the visceral sensation of longing , lasting traces of Charlotte 's web of desire and desperation .",1 104633,"Barney 's crushingly self-indulgent spectacle",0 142004,", Jane Goodall 's Wild Chimpanzees is short on the thrills the oversize medium demands .",0 210486,"respectable new one",1 73202,"adding the rich details and",1 7579,"intelligence",1 46203,"Moody , heartbreaking , and filmed in a natural , unforced style that makes its characters seem entirely convincing even when its script is not .",1 21096,"it 's slow at times",0 22797,"why either is impossible -- which forces us to confront what 's possible and what we might do to make it so",1 177263,"unsurprising .",0 229522,"but rather , ` How can you charge money for this ? '",0 3195,"without stickiness",1 149380,"The film 's hackneyed message is not helped by the thin characterizations , nonexistent plot and pretentious visual style .",0 206744,"mutates into a gross-out monster movie with effects that are more silly than scary .",0 222605,"Better effects ,",1 52713,"hooked",1 26192,"Nijinsky",1 169765,"really embraces the joy of Fuhrman 's destructive escapism or the grace-in-rebellion found by his characters",1 80075,"flat-out amusing , sometimes endearing and often fabulous , with a solid cast , noteworthy characters , delicious dialogue and",1 220494,"'' is a great story , terrifically told by the man who wrote it but this Cliff Notes edition is a cheat .",1 161646,"illustrates the picture 's moral schizophrenia",0 150068,"There 's something not entirely convincing about The Quiet American . And that holds true for both the movie and the title character played by Brendan Fraser",0 226893,"Utter mush ...",0 160380,"grotesque",0 222798,"But that 's just the problem with it",0 76469,"carry the movie",1 91235,"really gives the film its oomph",1 88534,"of dumb drug jokes",0 184421,"Highly uneven",0 38365,"the kind of intimate and character-driven film that Bille August does best",1 128097,"not even a hint of joy , preferring to focus on the humiliation of Martin as he defecates in bed and urinates on the plants at his own birthday party",0 103027,", with its celeb-strewn backdrop well used .",1 193625,"as things turn nasty and tragic during the final third of the film",0 182653,"Attal 's hang-ups surrounding infidelity are so old-fashioned and",0 12109,"think by now america would have had enough of plucky british eccentrics with hearts of gold",0 53345,"is a treasure in and of itself",1 71227,"a Hollywood film",1 238576,"were that grand a failure",0 61632,", I 'll admit it , my only complaint is that we did n't get more re-creations of all those famous moments from the show .",1 3274,"'d think by now america would have had enough of plucky british eccentrics with hearts of gold",0 16218,"is a distinguished and distinctive effort by a bona-fide master , a fascinating film replete with rewards to be had by all willing to make the effort to reap them",1 16288,"is the best American movie about troubled teens since 1998 's Whatever",1 104918,"Buy is an accomplished actress",1 131659,"royally",1 185208,"It 's so devoid of joy and energy it makes even Jason X ... look positively Shakesperean by comparison .",0 160940,"having created an unusually vivid set of characters worthy of its strong cast ,",1 142289,", it created whole new levels of ugly .",0 39604,"undoubtedly , leave both camps engaged in a ferocious debate for years to come",1 35271,"of his talents",1 27570,"a grief that could lead a man across centuries",0 194838,"boring before I see this piece of crap again",0 71605,"a fascinating part",1 215645,"the somewhat predictable plot",0 36931,"should transcend any awards it bags . This is one for the ages .",1 190557,"a film , and such a stultifying ,",0 1949,"on its own , it 's not very interesting . as a remake , it 's a pale imitation .",0 212676,"strives",1 28822,"and surrounds himself with a cast of quirky -- but not stereotyped -- street characters",1 107949,"National Lampoon 's Van Wilder may aim to be the next Animal House , but",0 82093,"her considerable talents",1 110186,"The story suffers a severe case of oversimplification , superficiality and silliness .",0 162185,"inflated",0 30626,"declares its director , Zhang Yang of Shower , as a boldly experimental , contemporary stylist with a bright future .",1 177521,"visually compelling one",1 12966,"what it lacks in originality",0 10784,"stripped almost entirely of such tools as nudity , profanity and violence , labute does manage to make a few points about modern man and his problematic quest for human connection",1 156,"a dreary",0 77096,"completely forgettable",0 174694,"the same sleep-inducing effects",0 130031,"passionate and truthful",1 144844,"Die Another Day suggests that the Bond franchise has run into a creative wall that 007 can not fly over , tunnel under or barrel through",0 154725,"be entertained by",1 52049,"generosity",1 74887,"astonishingly pivotal",1 55370,"of great charm , generosity and diplomacy",1 110349,"There are problems with this film that even 3 Oscar winners ca n't overcome , but it 's a nice girl-buddy movie once it gets rock-n-rolling",1 88048,"noteworthy characters",1 119630,"fact that this is Revenge Of The Nerds Revisited",1 114691,"are the film 's Sopranos gags incredibly dated and unfunny",0 116802,"certain style and wit",1 25910,"Korean filmmaker 's",1 134888,"the battery",1 205921,"may be ploughing the same furrow once too often .",0 92291,"sentimental but entirely irresistible",1 171190,"skates blithely from one implausible situation to another , pausing only to tie up loose ends with more bows than you 'll find on a French poodle .",0 52071,"genuinely good",1 154555,"bad jokes , howling cliches and",0 137280,"tired , talky feel",0 165346,"low-budget Full Frontal",0 90317,"pity and terror",0 17355,"sulky",0 47202,"The performances are amiable and committed , and the comedy more often than not hits the bullseye .",1 18129,"would be a page-turner",1 2072,"prepare us",1 80580,"from TV shows",1 27794,"a rousing good story",1 50896,"displays in freshening the play",1 204758,"lax and limp a comedy as I 've seen in a while , a meander through worn-out material",0 142677,", you yearn for a few airborne TV sets or nude groupies on the nod to liven things up .",0 191068,"a particularly slanted , gay s/m fantasy",0 33681,"it largely makes up for as loosey-goosey , experimental entertainment . Still",1 63302,"A quietly moving",1 152647,"a vicious hangover",0 201494,"idea ( of middle-aged romance ) is not handled well and ,",0 184516,"How inept is Serving Sara ?",0 70714,"We 've seen it all before in one form or another , but director Hoffman , with great help from Kevin Kline , makes us care about this latest reincarnation of the world 's greatest teacher",1 175424,"this insipid , brutally clueless film",0 13275,"wrestle disbelief to the ground and then apply the chloroform-soaked handkerchief",0 35413,"of striking skill and depth",1 39007,"those are reasons enough to see it .",1 132181,"sets itself apart by forming a chain of relationships that come full circle to end on a positive ( if tragic ) note",1 179106,"you can pillage from Shirley Jackson , Richard Matheson ... and puke up something like ROSE RED",0 8487,"like the world of his film , hartley created a monster but did n't know how to handle it",0 60171,"who resembles Sly Stallone in a hot sake half-sleep",0 122490,"honesty , insight and humor",1 97563,"those exceedingly rare films",1 17890,"truly excellent sequences",1 1841,"no such",0 217351,"to skip the film and pick up the soundtrack",0 101913,"'s something to be said for a studio-produced film that never bothers to hand viewers a suitcase full of easy answers .",1 219295,"while the highly predictable narrative falls short , Treasure Planet is truly gorgeous to behold",1 83389,"insane comic",1 86735,"manages never to grow boring ... which proves that Rohmer still has a sense of his audience .",1 86189,"live-wire film",1 21731,"poignant and powerful narrative",1 66851,"Jackson tries to keep the plates spinning as best he can",1 24295,"A charming romantic comedy",1 158252,"ends well",1 32202,"grind on",1 77789,"decent kid-pleasing",1 140847,"younger lad",1 57646,"tells this very compelling tale with little fuss or noise ,",1 44410,"Allows us to hope that Nolan is poised to embark a major career as a commercial yet inventive filmmaker .",1 190572,"a film so graceless and devoid",0 189326,"Ultimately the , yes , snail-like pacing and lack of thematic resonance make the film more silly than scary , like some sort of Martha Stewart decorating program run amok .",0 220826,"'s guilty fun to be had here",1 142950,": Since when did dumb entertainment have to be this dumb",0 188816,"There 's an admirable rigor to Jimmy 's relentless anger , and to the script 's refusal of a happy ending ,",0 66789,"It works well enough , since the thrills pop up frequently",1 66062,"How good",1 4167,"a sufficient",1 16944,"perspective with his intelligent grasp of human foibles and contradictions",1 85944,"let Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin do what he does best , and fashion a story around him",1 203086,"is losing his touch",0 65855,"Great over-the-top",1 188826,"There 's little to recommend Snow Dogs , unless one considers cliched dialogue and perverse escapism a source of high hilarity .",0 165097,"little more than play an innocuous game of fill-in - the-blanks with a tragic past .",0 51826,"for the most part , credible",1 51932,"from his usual bumbling , tongue-tied screen persona",0 8433,"light-hearted",1 18595,"A thoughtful , moving piece",1 158139,"either the die-hard Jason fans or those who can take a good joke",0 9066,"no apparent reason except",0 108601,"Reno himself can take credit for most of the movie 's success . He 's one of the few ` cool ' actors who never seems aware of his own coolness .",1 117681,"created a brilliant motion picture",1 152561,"a superior movie",1 78776,"effects , better acting and a hilarious Kenneth Branagh . An excellent sequel",1 151094,"Yes , one enjoys seeing Joan grow from awkward young woman to strong , determined monarch",1 38122,"the depths of one man",1 42797,"the best from his large cast in beautifully articulated portrayals",1 229936,"completely loveable",1 86319,"loses its ability to shock and amaze .",0 198277,"excess layers of hipness",0 98693,"tricky and satisfying as any of David",1 180390,", I do n't know why Steven Seagal is considered a star , nor why he keeps being cast in action films when none of them are ever any good or make any money .",0 228128,"a rustic retreat and pee against a tree",0 203033,"is just as likely to blacken that organ with cold vengefulness .",0 108122,"Often shocking but ultimately worthwhile",1 119346,"even more indistinct",0 87788,"neo-Nazism",0 43034,"works on several levels ,",1 79649,"fans of Gosford Park have come to assume is just another day of Brit cinema",0 177268,"untidy",0 199041,"flatter it",1 7230,"how ridiculous and money-oriented",0 31108,"enhance",1 118960,"elicits strong performances",1 22743,"well-made and often lovely depiction",1 121632,"hardly watchable",0 78273,"disjointed",0 95839,"the grandness",1 100562,"with most of the big summer movies",1 11898,"the station looking for a return ticket to realism",0 137094,"this world more complex",1 86650,"makes the experience worthwhile",1 80147,"flops",0 23711,", it 's refreshing to see a cartoon that knows what it is , and knows the form 's history .",1 68402,"Resurrection is n't exactly quality cinema ,",0 86112,"liked it because it was so endlessly , grotesquely , inventive",1 157459,"dimwits",0 225473,"Poetic , heartbreaking .",1 156597,"commendable",1 216221,"they ca n't distract from the flawed support structure holding Equilibrium up",0 232145,"intermittently good time",1 27373,"a big middle-fingered '' shut up '' to those who talk up what is nothing more than two guys beating the hell outta",1 171926,"start to shine through",1 110210,"The town has kind of an authentic feel",1 200593,"has n't been worth caring about",0 89861,"outdoes its spectacle .",1 79987,"fine , nuanced lead performances",1 74660,"as darkly funny",1 61330,"'s truly deserving of its Oscar nomination",1 197369,"does n't tell you anything except that the Chelsea Hotel today is populated by whiny , pathetic , starving and untalented artistes",0 31658,"fine performances",1 70696,"Watching these two actors play against each other so intensely , but with restraint , is a treat .",1 184727,"I valiantly struggled to remain interested , or at least conscious",0 127031,"message resonate",1 27894,"a terrific flick replete with dazzling camera-work , dancing and music",1 16488,"long-held illusions are indeed reality",1 194637,"big fans",1 149271,"The characters are paper thin and",0 58383,"the highest production values you 've ever seen",1 36343,"rather sturdy , old-fashioned entertainment",1 105392,"Despite suffering a sense-of-humour failure",0 160573,"harder and harder to ignore the fact that Hollywood is n't laughing with us , folks . It 's laughing at us",0 186586,"One senses in World Traveler and in his earlier film that Freundlich bears a grievous but obscure complaint against fathers , and circles it obsessively , without making contact .",0 211000,"see the same old thing in a tired old setting",0 220384,"your dream",1 118987,"emerges in the front ranks of China 's now numerous , world-renowned filmmakers .",1 158048,"dumb entertainment",0 29926,"by five contemporary individuals ... a psychological masterpiece",1 101384,"'ll be rewarded with some fine acting",1 7081,"heavy-handed",0 70745,"Well-done",1 71904,"a little more humanity",1 170423,"scenes . Tom Green just gives them a bad odor .",0 206305,"moments of the movie caused me to jump in my chair ...",1 88136,"oddly colorful and",1 74462,"are vividly and painfully brought to slovenly life in this self-deprecating , biting and witty feature written by Charlie Kaufman and his twin brother , Donald , and directed by Spike Jonze",1 79732,"fear and paranoia",0 73924,"an open mind and considerable good cheer",1 47693,"Writer-director 's Mehta 's effort has tons of charm and",1 180238,"( a remake ) do anything as stomach-turning as the way Adam Sandler 's new movie rapes , pillages and incinerates Frank Capra 's classic",0 58465,"the magic of author",1 64178,"Audience Award",1 47199,"The performances are amiable and committed ,",1 31555,"feel for them",1 119936,"feels uncomfortably real",1 175517,"this preachy produce promotes is beyond us .",0 64131,"Astonishingly skillful and moving ...",1 164259,"jumbled",0 139960,"will take you places you have n't been , and also places you have",1 118708,"draw attention",1 115379,"bang your head on the seat in front of you , at its cluelessness , at its idiocy ,",0 136208,"the screen to attract and sustain an older crowd",1 13185,"witherspoon 's talents",1 115713,"becomes simply a monster chase film",0 98986,"understanding a unique culture that is presented with universal appeal",1 213167,"taking up the current teen movie concern with bodily functions",1 206267,"mixed-up relationship",1 126591,"maintains an appealing veneer without becoming too cute about it .",1 57784,"that exquisitely blends music ,",1 147300,"Made with no discernible craft and monstrously sanctimonious in dealing with childhood loss .",0 74890,"astounding on any number of levels",1 8032,"its deft",1 31526,"father and son connection",1 74464,"are well worth revisiting as many times as possible",1 184412,"High drama",1 185138,"It 's just weirdness for the sake of weirdness",0 172863,"that , however engaging , is insufficiently enlightening and inviting",0 203108,"is molto superficiale",0 193020,"ardently waste viewers ' time with a gobbler like this",0 177247,"unrecommendable",0 18673,"An involving true story of a Chinese actor who takes up drugs and winds up in an institution -- acted mostly by the actual people involved .",1 68404,"Resurrection is n't exactly quality cinema , but it is n't nearly as terrible as it cold have been",0 54237,"like .",1 217080,"to have been made by people to whom the idea of narrative logic or cohesion is an entirely foreign concept",0 94870,"that speaks of beauty , grace and a closet full of skeletons",1 130074,"pays off and is effective if you stick with it",1 155645,"but overall the Halloween series has lost its edge",0 156347,"cleverer",1 232138,"interesting cinematic devices ( cool visual backmasking ) , a solid cast ,",1 100572,"with nothing original in the way of slapstick sequences",0 153601,"and uptight characters",0 48004,"a fascinating arc",1 211714,"sitting around in their drawers to justify a film",0 204534,"keeps lifting the pedestal higher",1 217367,"to sporting one of the worst titles in recent cinematic history",0 71652,"a film that affirms the nourishing aspects of love and companionship",1 154016,"arrive stillborn",0 178817,"workshop mentality",0 16317,"it 's merely a blandly cinematic surgical examination of what makes a joke a joke",0 56257,"prurient or squeamish",0 73204,"addition to being very funny",1 232282,"is a film that 's neither .",0 68183,"Personal Velocity has a no-frills docu-Dogma plainness , yet Miller lingers on invisible , nearly psychic nuances , leaping into digressions of memory and desire . She boxes these women 's souls right open for us .",1 215265,"the oppressive , morally superior good-for-you quality that almost automatically accompanies didactic entertainment",1 143839,"Any film featuring young children threatened by a terrorist bomb can no longer pass as mere entertainment .",0 161637,"ill-conceived and expensive project",0 116654,"capable only of delivering",0 41936,"find solace",1 17898,"two marvelous performances",1 108857,"Serving Sara is little more than a mall movie designed to kill time .",0 16248,"is both preposterous and thoroughly misogynistic",0 148878,"Stiff and schmaltzy and clumsily directed .",0 59022,"this often very funny collegiate gross-out comedy goes a long way toward restoring the luster of the National Lampoon film franchise , too long reduced to direct-to-video irrelevancy .",1 84681,"is surprisingly brilliant , deftly sewing together what could have been a confusing and horrifying vision into an intense and engrossing head-trip",1 43966,"A backstage must-see for true fans of comedy",1 187680,"Talkiness is n't necessarily bad",1 5235,"both a great",1 147346,"Mark me down as a non-believer in werewolf films that are not serious and rely on stupidity as a substitute for humor .",0 167202,"of Heaven '' appalling",0 22015,"some strong performances",1 109840,"The film starts promisingly , but",0 120603,"found myself growing more and more frustrated and detached as Vincent became more and more abhorrent .",0 176609,"too dull to enjoy",0 90881,"pulls the strings that make Williams sink into melancholia",1 18071,"willing to take a chance",1 71793,"a happy , heady jumble of thought and storytelling , an insane comic undertaking that ultimately coheres into a sane and breathtakingly creative film",1 100740,"without the vulgarity and with an intelligent , life-affirming script",1 172344,"sure which half of Dragonfly is worse : The part where nothing 's happening , or the part where something 's happening",0 62460,"- funny level",1 118031,"delivers a powerful commentary on how governments lie , no matter who runs them",1 50321,"compelling anatomy",1 174085,"the home video of the 1992 Malfitano-Domingo production",1 223861,"I thought the relationships were wonderful , the comedy was funny , and the love ` real '",1 37426,"subtle plot maneuvers",1 62774,"A beautiful",1 158864,"far too clunky ,",0 79324,"every cliche",0 62412,", what an idea , what a thrill ride . This is a more fascinating look at the future than '' Bladerunner '' and one of the most high-concept sci fi adventures attempted for the screen .",1 192447,"an acting exercise or an exceptionally dark joke",0 162601,"is a few bits funnier than Malle 's dud , if only because the cast is so engagingly messing around like Slob City reductions of Damon Runyon crooks",1 44143,"A lean , deftly shot , well-acted , weirdly retro thriller that recalls a raft of '60s and '70s European-set spy pictures",1 118185,"dialog between realistic characters showing honest emotions",1 193134,"are n't many reasons anyone would want to see Crossroads if they 're not big fans of teen pop kitten Britney Spears",0 198910,"find much fascination in the swinging . What they 're doing is a matter of plumbing arrangements and mind games , of no erotic or sensuous charge .",0 175062,"the writhing and wailing , tears , rage and opium overdoses",0 113377,"acute enough",1 2373,"spirit",1 162183,"infidelity and",0 139990,"wind up sticking in one 's mind a lot more than the cool bits",1 11198,"the avant garde director of broadway 's the lion king and the film titus",1 29110,"art-house obscurities",0 185395,"Its message has merit and , in the hands of a brutally honest individual like Prophet Jack , might have made a point or two regarding life .",0 93970,"susceptible to blue hilarity ,",1 122204,"high above run-of-the-filth gangster flicks",1 163227,"is perfect",1 42912,"touch the hearts of both children and adults ,",1 43357,"'s tough to watch",0 50592,"cultural and personal self-discovery",1 69713,"The most brilliant work in this genre since the 1984 uncut version of Sergio Leone 's flawed but staggering Once Upon a Time in America .",1 212958,"supremely good",1 141499,"'s nothing here you have n't seen before",0 210108,"rather unfocused",0 56520,"remember the haunting images than the plot holes",0 20362,"demonstrate with such insight and celebratory verve",1 40311,"witnessed a great performance",1 190208,"a bored Cage",0 82579,"hypnotic portrait",1 7285,"i like it .",1 212251,"sordid and disgusting . Quelle surprise",0 221731,"-- a nice , harmless date film",1 3574,"a bad film",0 47592,"What Time Is It There ? should be seen at the very least for its spasms of absurdist humor",1 64906,"Daily struggles and simple pleasures usurp the preaching message so that , by the time the credits roll across the pat ending , a warm , fuzzy feeling prevails .",1 162208,"initially succeeds by allowing itself to go crazy ,",1 58423,"the intensity",1 79569,"fairly ludicrous",0 108253,"Our culture is headed down the toilet with the ferocity of a frozen burrito after an all-night tequila bender",0 197859,"ends up being neither",0 110974,"We never truly come to care about the main characters and whether or not they 'll wind up together , and Michele 's spiritual quest is neither amusing nor dramatic enough to sustain interest .",0 177311,"upon which to hang broad , mildly fleshed-out characters that seem to have been conjured up only 10 minutes prior to filming",0 80427,"forcefully told , with superb performances throughout",1 139318,"watching a glorified episode of '' 7th Heaven",0 106865,"It 's easy to love Robin Tunney -- she 's pretty and she can act --",1 142831,"... with the candy-like taste of it fading faster than 25-cent bubble gum , I realized this is a throwaway movie that wo n't stand the test of time . It 's a trifle .",0 76416,"captured the chaos of an urban conflagration with such fury",1 79600,"falls short of First Contact because the villain could n't pick the lint off Borg Queen Alice Krige 's cape : and finishes half a parsec ( a nose ) ahead of Generations",0 35918,"passing interest",0 204445,"just different bodies for sharp objects to rip through",0 195573,"challenging or depressing",0 27763,"a rather sturdy , old-fashioned entertainment",1 75152,"balancing deafening battle scenes with quieter domestic scenes of women back home receiving War Department telegrams",1 227276,"You both look and sound great",1 173104,"that keeps shifting focus to the journalist who wrote it",0 102286,", K-19 sinks to a Harrison Ford low .",0 160615,"has a number of holes",0 318,"accurately",1 28872,"and thrilling enough to make it abundantly clear that this movie phenomenon has once again reinvented itself for a new generation",1 136164,"the right to be favorably compared to Das Boot",1 19452,"` Bartleby ' so effectively makes it",1 231410,"has all the wiggling energy of young kitten",1 191383,"a stab at soccer hooliganism , a double-barreled rip-off of Quentin Tarantino 's climactic shootout -- and",0 5225,"boredom",0 208619,"one of the most frantic , virulent and foul-natured Christmas season pics ever delivered by a Hollywood studio",0 198520,"family values",1 80888,"generic scripts",0 176502,"to the power of the eccentric and the strange . The fact that it is n't very good",0 150,"a demented kitsch",0 210351,"relies on toilet humor , ethnic slurs",0 106104,"Guys say mean things and shoot a lot of bullets . Some of the characters die and others do n't , and the film pretends that those living have learned some sort of lesson ,",0 227010,"Well , this movie proves you wrong on both counts .",0 213681,"that is n't this painfully forced , false and fabricated",0 11167,"the acres of haute couture ca n't quite conceal that there 's nothing resembling a spine here",0 214745,"the greatest plays of the last 100 years",1 156089,"catch some quality naptime",0 165954,"mighty tedious for the viewer who has to contend with unpleasant characters , hit-and-miss performances and awkwardly staged scenes",0 183823,"Exploring value choices is a worthwhile topic for a film --",1 215500,"the right bands for the playlist and the costuming of the stars",1 141063,"'re too conscious of the effort it takes to be this spontaneous .",0 49078,"any creature-feature fan",1 214736,"the good and different idea ( of middle-aged romance ) is not handled well and , except for the fine star performances",0 153012,"aggressively sitcom-cute",0 182078,"A vile , incoherent mess ... a scummy ripoff of David Cronenberg 's brilliant ` Videodrome . '",0 27613,"a lean and engaging work",1 236425,"that does n't clue you in that something 's horribly wrong",0 224268,"It 's usually a bad sign when directors abandon their scripts and go where the moment takes them , but Olympia , Wash. , based filmmakers Anne de Marcken and Marilyn Freeman did just that and it 's what makes their project so interesting .",1 203866,"it could never really have happened this way",0 175423,"this insecure in real life",0 189728,"Wilde 's play is a masterpiece of elegant wit and artifice",1 157919,"drabness endemic to digital video .",0 91650,"rewritten , and for the uncompromising knowledge that the highest power of all is the power of love .",1 9871,"prove too convoluted",0 185095,"It 's definitely not made for kids or their parents , for that matter",0 81032,"give I Am Trying to Break Your Heart an attraction it desperately needed",0 31662,"finely directed",1 27066,"To the film 's credit , the acting is fresh and unselfconscious , and Munch is a marvel of reality versus sappy sentiment .",1 90362,"playful spirit",1 63140,"A little uneven to be the cat 's meow ,",0 50410,"conned",0 63296,"A quiet , disquieting triumph",1 112850,"a surprising , subtle turn",1 63391,"A smart , provocative drama that does the nearly impossible : It gets under the skin of a man we only know as an evil , monstrous lunatic",1 50848,"directed - a powerful drama with enough sardonic wit to keep it from being maudlin",1 185134,"It 's just a movie that happens to have Jackie Chan in it . And that makes all the difference .",1 193543,"as one of ( Witherspoon 's ) better films",1 170007,"represents nothing",0 79399,"examines many different ideas from happiness to guilt in an intriguing bit of storytelling",1 13421,"'d think by now America would have had enough of plucky British eccentrics with hearts of gold",0 233217,"just do n't really care too much about this love story .",0 117458,"constrictive Eisenhower era",1 10868,"suspenseful",1 166626,"needed so badly but what is virtually absent",0 213176,"talking to Americans . That 's muy loco , but no more ridiculous than most of",1 230598,"even if the top-billed Willis is not the most impressive player",1 193897,"awful . It 's Pauly Shore awful . Do n't say you were n't warned",0 39149,"to break past the artifice",1 7228,"how much souvlaki can you take before indigestion sets in",0 195648,"cheesy backdrops , ridiculous action sequences , and",0 58063,"the best of Herzog 's works",1 59290,"to make us examine our values",1 12881,"watching its rote plot points connect is about as exciting as gazing at an egg timer for 93 minutes",0 23582,", disarming , and just outright enjoyable",1 233799,"maybe `` How will you feel after an 88-minute rip-off of The Rock with action confined to slo-mo gun firing and random glass-shattering ? ''",0 182179,"Adrift , Bentley and Hudson stare and sniffle , respectively , as Ledger attempts , in vain , to prove that movie-star intensity can overcome bad hair design .",0 78932,"emphasizes the well-wrought story and omits needless chase scenes and swordfights as the revenge unfolds .",1 95148,"the astute direction of Cardoso and beautifully detailed performances by all of the actors",1 130604,"pretty funny movie",1 15194,"be a good half-hour too long",0 226482,"The skills of a calculus major at M.I.T. are required to balance all the formulaic equations in the long-winded heist comedy Who Is Cletis Tout ?",0 151580,"a deafening score",0 7678,"is above all",1 125027,"it is n't particularly funny",0 86339,"lots of laughs",1 207146,"none of the crackle of '' Fatal Attraction '' , '' 9 1/2 Weeks '' , or even '' Indecent Proposal ''",0 91634,"revigorates the mind to see a feature that concentrates on people , a project in which the script and characters hold sway",1 141451,"'s no surprise to see a world-class filmmaker like Zhang Yimou behind the camera for a yarn that 's ultimately rather inconsequential",0 189633,"When one hears Harry Shearer is going to make his debut as a film director , one would hope for the best",1 25208,"Elling really is about a couple of crazy guys",1 46279,"My Lips is an original",1 186654,"Paul Bettany is good at being the ultra-violent gangster wannabe",1 74358,"are less than adorable",0 13476,"'s so honest and keenly observed that it does n't feel like one",1 200362,"half-baked stand-up routine",0 206516,"most ill-conceived animated comedy",0 75972,"brings the proper conviction to his role as ( Jason Bourne ) .",1 196113,"confusing on one level or another",0 83624,"intriguing twist",1 203446,"is so resolutely cobbled together out of older movies that it even uses a totally unnecessary prologue , just because it seems obligatory .",0 184526,"Howard 's appreciation of Brown and his writing is clearly well-meaning and sincere",1 59274,"to keep it from being maudlin",0 25992,"Lilia 's transformation from strict mother to sensual siren",1 6389,"falls",0 188745,"The title , alone , should scare any sane person away .",0 25611,"I 've been as entranced and appalled by an Asian film since Shinya Tsukamoto 's Iron Man",0 8901,"moving along at a brisk , amusing pace",1 140665,"you 'll be rewarded with some fine acting .",1 113178,"about movie love",1 71480,"a creepy and dead-on performance",1 119877,"feel very much like a brand-new tomorrow",1 22544,"to say that Williams has truly inhabited a character",1 2355,"some other recent efforts in the burgeoning genre of films about black urban professionals",0 18115,"without being overstated",1 223126,"Diane Lane shines in Unfaithful .",1 123022,"in its characterizations",1 112287,"a man has made about women since Valley of the Dolls",1 86877,"matured quite a bit with Spider-Man , even though it 's one of the most plain white toast comic book films",0 26491,"Rowling 's phenomenal fantasy best sellers , this second go-round",1 60662,"'' comes from the heart",1 31567,"feels like a breath of fresh air , but only to those that allow it in .",1 77415,"could bond while watching A Walk To Remember .",1 52522,"he showcases Davies as a young woman of great charm , generosity and diplomacy",1 113311,"acted and directed , it 's clear that Washington most certainly has a new career ahead of him if he so chooses .",1 71547,"a delightful romantic comedy with plenty of bite . It 's far from a frothy piece , and the characters are complex , laden with plenty of baggage and tinged with tragic undertones .",1 164211,"jams too many prefabricated story elements",0 200130,"good woman",1 167893,"of very bad special effects",0 64270,"Beautiful ,",1 104277,"An empty exercise ,",0 138924,"veered off too far into the Exxon zone",0 211906,"so bad it does n't improve upon the experience of staring at a blank screen",0 208931,"overlong infomercial",0 97711,"through the constraints of its source",0 26519,"Sandler 's many talents",1 27105,"Undercover Brother as funny , if not more so , than both Austin Powers films",1 227479,"`` Feardotcom '' has the makings of an interesting meditation on the ethereal nature of the internet and the otherworldly energies it could channel ,",1 3819,"a generous cast",1 1785,"muccino 's characters are less worthy",0 166441,"much facile technique , such cute ideas , so little movie",0 89309,"often-funny comedy",1 180640,", fits the bill perfectly",1 193142,"are no less a menace to society than the film 's characters .",0 234996,"pointed personalities , courage , tragedy",1 196692,"deflated as he does",0 213770,"that movie 's intermittent moments of inspiration",1 61953,", human moments",1 207084,"no place for this story to go but down",0 92078,"see a movie that embraces its old-fashioned themes and in the process comes out looking like something wholly original",1 186298,"Neither as scary-funny as Tremors nor demented-funny as Starship Troopers , the movie is n't tough to take as long as you 've paid a matinee price .",0 39108,"to a great humanitarian and her vibrant ` co-stars . '",1 164520,"lacking in originality",0 36195,"promising young lad",1 165167,"long and clunky ending",0 57654,"tenor and richly handsome locations",1 40175,"with a stellar performance by Al Pacino",1 20457,"engrossing way to demonstrate the virtues of the IMAX format",1 15993,"headache",0 83379,"innocent , childlike and inherently funny",1 204805,"leave you marveling at these guys ' superhuman capacity to withstand pain",1 31021,"effort by Washington . It wo n't rock any boats",0 145514,"Fuhrman 's destructive escapism",0 81359,"great combination act",1 76129,"by a British cast",1 176221,"to justify the almost two hours",0 65238,"Earnest , unsubtle and Hollywood-predictable",0 156671,"concentrates far too much on the awkward interplay and utter lack of chemistry between Chan and Hewitt .",0 226498,"The story loses its bite in a last-minute happy ending that 's even less plausible than the rest of the picture .",0 65328,"Entirely suspenseful , extremely well-paced and ultimately",1 54443,"lumps of coal",0 84612,"is smart to vary the pitch of his movie , balancing deafening battle scenes with quieter domestic scenes of women back home receiving War Department telegrams",1 114720,"are worth the price of admission ...",1 143555,"Aggressive self-glorification and a manipulative whitewash . Stay",0 159343,"for Swamp Thing-type animation , doubled with a deafening score",0 36433,"refreshingly honest and ultimately touching tale",1 123734,"is a diverting -- if predictable -- adventure suitable for a matinee ,",1 5396,"ca n't miss it",1 203473,"is still top-heavy with blazing guns , cheatfully filmed martial arts , disintegrating bloodsucker computer effects and jagged camera moves that serve no other purpose than to call attention to themselves .",0 49275,"as good",1 102273,", I hate myself most mornings . I still like Moonlight Mile , better judgment be damned",1 105544,"Dull",0 145316,"Feels like one of those contrived , only-in -",0 176092,"to draw you deeply into its world",1 218720,"was any doubt that Peter O'Fallon did n't have an original bone in his body",0 124620,"is that it 's shot on digital video , whose tiny camera enables Shafer to navigate spaces both large ... and small ... with considerable aplomb",1 234097,"nevertheless efficiently amusing for a good while",1 177928,"were less simplistic , obvious , clumsily plotted and shallowly characterized",0 29761,"broad comedy",1 49286,"as in Ratcatcher , remains a filmmaker with an acid viewpoint and a real gift for teasing chilly poetry out of lives and settings that might otherwise seem drab and sordid .",1 165767,"may sound like it was co-written by Mattel executives and lobbyists for the tinsel industry .",0 126689,"makes its message resonate .",1 73191,"adapts to the changes required of her , but the actress and director Peter Kosminsky never get the audience to break through the wall her character erects",0 33725,"it took chances and really asks you to take these great leaps of faith and pays off",1 222482,"Ash Wednesday is not Edward Burns ' best film , but it is a good and ambitious film .",1 86293,"looking for a smart , nuanced look at de Sade and what might have happened at Picpus",1 35600,"old-fashioned swashbuckling",1 134133,"thanks to the presence of ` the King , ' it also rocks",1 150885,"When the fire burns out , we 've only come face-to-face with a couple dragons",0 18507,", you could say that a few of the characters act in ways that real people would n't ,",0 72665,"a tight , brisk 85-minute screwball thriller , ''",1 119701,"falls down",0 157375,"devoid of realism",0 129244,"off the shelf",1 97380,"this deeply touching melodrama",1 201304,"homage pokepie hat , but as a character he 's dry",0 116266,"brutally dry",0 212920,"superficial characters",0 118052,"demonstrated a knack for mixing action and idiosyncratic humor in his charming 2000 debut Shanghai Noon",1 85347,"its pathos-filled but ultimately life-affirming finale",1 16823,"old story",0 106760,"Intensely romantic , thought-provoking and even an engaging mystery .",1 149701,"The pacing is glacial , the screenplay is stiff as a board ,",0 210728,"sad but endearing characters do extremely unconventional things",1 90542,"potent chemistry",1 184996,"It 's a Frankenstein-monster of a film that does n't know what it wants to be .",0 23954,", touching and well paced .",1 83467,"intense and engrossing",1 135641,"the legendary wit 's classic mistaken identity farce",0 4900,"as such the film has a difficult time shaking its blair witch project real-time roots",0 14719,"a fascinating film replete with rewards to be had by all willing to make the effort to reap them",1 190036,"` post-feminist ' romantic comedy that takes an astonishingly condescending attitude toward women",0 176482,"to the intelligence of the true genre enthusiast",1 209682,"presents a frightening and compelling ` What if ? ' scenario that will give most parents pause",1 63313,"A refreshingly realistic , affectation-free coming-of-age tale",1 37527,"surviving footage of Burstein and his family performing , historical archives , and telling stills .",1 91811,"rouses us",1 137178,"thoughtlessly assembled",0 26881,"The perfect film",1 40600,"( Howard ) so good as Leon Barlow ... that he hardly seems to be acting",1 55224,"of His best-known creation",1 31795,"for the family , amusing and cute for both adults and kids .",1 205147,"limited to LDS Church members and undemanding armchair tourists",0 228235,"a very rainy day .",0 131314,"remarkable and novel",1 217634,"too much exploitation",0 3050,"virtually impossible",0 144473,"Choppy editing and",0 43324,"'s something auspicious , and daring , too",1 148170,"Professionally speaking , it 's tempting to jump ship in January to avoid ridiculous schlock like this shoddy suspense thriller .",0 232519,"is left slightly unfulfilled .",0 102023,"'ve had more interesting -- and , dare I say , thematically complex -- bowel movements than this long-on-the-shelf , point-and-shoot exercise in gimmicky crime drama",0 75653,"beyond Road Warrior , it owes enormous debts to Aliens and every previous dragon drama",1 46230,"Mostly Martha '' is a bright , light modern day family parable that wears its heart on its sleeve for",1 30989,"easily one of the best films of the year",1 235560,"seems timely and important .",1 177215,"universally interesting",1 39265,"to recapturing the brilliance of his Hong Kong films",1 77799,"deceptively simple ,",1 129464,"on the soullessness of work",0 126390,"lost and desolate",0 188505,"The origin story is well told",1 94693,"that he forgets to make it entertaining",0 39192,"to get on your feet and shake it",1 100427,"with a series of riveting set pieces",1 18405,", energetic music ,",1 126506,"lyrical and celebratory",1 40886,"Elling really is about a couple of crazy guys , and it 's therapeutic to laugh along with them",1 121770,"has in fact come closer than anyone could desire to the cheap , graceless , hackneyed sci-fi serials of the '30s and '40s .",0 28671,"and inventive",1 139710,"white-on-black racism",0 135250,"the far superior film",1 194282,"become apparent that the franchise 's best years are long past",0 183865,"Fans will undoubtedly enjoy it",1 158744,"failing to exploit them",0 29481,"becomes both gut-bustingly funny and crushingly depressing",1 80638,"from one of French cinema 's master craftsmen",1 55128,"not to be awed by the power and grace of one of the greatest natural sportsmen of modern times",1 34312,"makes it irresistible",1 180626,", even the funniest idea is n't funny .",0 96626,"the same way Goodall did , with a serious minded patience , respect and affection",1 63182,"A miraculous movie",1 177639,"was bored and ... decided to make a dull , pretentious version of Jesus ' Son",0 192229,"all the lyricism of a limerick scrawled in a public restroom",0 20638,"gentle melding",1 98230,"to please others",1 198446,"fails to give his audience a single character worth rooting for ( or worth rooting against , for that matter )",0 77440,"could have turned this into an Argentine retread of '' Iris '' or '' American Beauty , '' but instead pulls a little from each film and creates something more beautiful than either of those films",1 214544,"the extensive use of stock footage",0 30561,"daft",0 69930,"The story 's scope and pageantry are mesmerizing , and Mr . Day-Lewis roars with leonine power .",1 216974,"to do justice to either effort in three hours of screen time",0 79229,"evaluate what is truly ours in a world of meaningless activity",1 210128,"reach the emotion or timelessness of Disney 's great past , or even that of more recent successes such as '' Mulan '' or '' Tarzan .",1 60804,"'s a fairy tale that comes from a renowned Indian film culture that allows Americans to finally revel in its splendor .",1 146695,"It gives poor Dana Carvey nothing to do that is really funny ,",0 123176,"in the pants",1 21437,"nonetheless -- and likely inadvertently -- a timely and invaluable implicit reminder of the role that U . S .",1 9396,"of unoriginality and predictability",0 18208,"Wendigo is ) why we go to the cinema : to be fed through the eye , the heart , the mind .",1 195050,"but it 's just too too much",0 112502,"a powerful political message",1 232946,"it 's hardly a necessary enterprise .",0 174173,"the kind of linguistic fumbling not heard since Macy Gray 's game of Chinese whispers with Mr Bean",0 2338,"soderbergh seems capable only of delivering artfully lighted , earnest inquiries that lack the kind of genuine depth that would make them redeemable .",0 74984,"at the edge of your seat with its shape-shifting perils , political intrigue and brushes",1 30573,"dancing and music",1 72160,"a powerful and deeply moving example of melodramatic moviemaking",1 27890,"a terrible tragedy",0 35806,"otherwise intense",1 203614,"is too long with too little",0 57659,"terrific B movie",1 227043,"What `` Empire '' lacks in depth it makes up for with its heart .",1 71496,"a curious sick poetry ,",0 219558,"will probably find it fascinating",1 63591,"A work of extraordinary journalism ,",1 114382,"any John Waters movie has it beat by a country mile .",0 203881,"it does n't make any sense",0 78054,"despite all the backstage drama",1 195749,"clean fun",1 2917,"to call this one an eventual cult classic would be an understatement",1 44263,"A solid and refined piece of moviemaking imbued with passion and attitude .",1 147074,"Lame , haphazard teen comedy .",0 103414,"A beautiful paean to a time long past",1 79469,"exploit the familiar",0 85026,"it felt like to be a New Yorker -- or , really , to be a human being -- in the weeks after 9\/11",1 135832,"the movie will live up to the apparent skills of its makers and the talents of its actors",1 20171,"but heck",0 46065,"Made to be Jaglomized is the Cannes Film Festival , the annual Riviera spree of flesh , buzz , blab and money . The charming result is Festival in Cannes .",1 100642,"with the feral intensity of the young Bette Davis",1 11958,"the tawdry soap opera",0 48415,"a sweet , laugh-a-minute crowd pleaser that lifts your spirits",1 209864,"pseudo-philosophic",0 150753,"Weapon-derived buddy-cop movie",0 224188,"It 's hard to say who might enjoy this",0 128467,"of a phonograph record",1 233897,"mixes in as much humor as pathos to take us on his sentimental journey of the heart",1 42176,"is faithful to both architectural glories and commanding open spaces of the city",1 225321,"One well-timed explosion in a movie can be a knockout , but a hundred of them can be numbing .",0 197823,"empty , fetishistic violence in which murder is casual and fun",0 22529,"to mesmerize you",1 31484,"far from the worst , thanks to the topical issues it raises , the performances of Stewart and Hardy , and that essential feature -- a decent full-on space battle",1 41063,"Lauren Ambrose comes alive under the attention from two strangers in town - with honest performances and realistic interaction between the characters , this is a coming-of-age story with a twist",1 215727,"the surface histrionics failing to compensate for the paper-thin characterizations and facile situations",0 211178,"self-aware movies go , Who is Cletis Tout ?",1 116152,"bothers to question why somebody might devote time to see it",0 83742,"is a beautiful film to watch",1 37666,"tender and darkly comic",1 90015,"painful elegy",0 105271,"Crudup 's screen presence",1 193941,"bad hair design",0 214849,"the inherent absurdity of Ganesh 's rise",0 35397,"of shallow magnificence that only sex , scandal , and a chorus line of dangerous damsels can deliver",1 28428,"and - relationship study he 's favored for decades",1 124371,"is nothing distinguishing in a Randall Wallace film",0 238962,"wonderful acting clinic",1 33547,"is weird , wacky and wonderful",1 27519,"a film far superior to its predecessor . A movie that successfully crushes a best selling novel into a timeframe that mandates that you avoid the Godzilla sized soda",1 198395,"extended dialogue exercise",0 3068,"want to spend their time in the theater thinking up grocery lists and ways to tell their kids how not to act like pinocchio .",0 102535,", funny humor make '' ''",1 12812,"vulgar",0 54008,"itself beautifully to filming the teeming life on the reefs , making this gorgeous film a must for everyone from junior scientists to grown-up fish lovers",1 141944,", Ballistic : Ecks vs . Sever is a dumb action movie .",0 225437,"Perry 's good and his is an interesting character , but `` Serving Sara '' has n't much more to serve than silly fluff .",0 166477,"muddled and offensive",0 185108,"It 's exactly the kind of movie Toback 's detractors always accuse him of making .",0 238597,"what is missing from it",0 234195,"not life-affirming",0 123749,"is a former film editor",1 135575,"the intellectual and emotional impact",1 172539,"talent and wit to elevate it beyond its formula to the level of classic romantic comedy to which it aspires",1 134403,"that it 's funny",1 221506,", rapid-fire delivery",1 189277,"Trouble Every Day is a success in some sense ,",1 4119,"a smart , romantic drama",1 210348,"relied too much on convention",0 60118,"which is a pretty amazing accomplishment",1 195489,"carry the film on his admittedly broad shoulders",1 67135,"Lasker 's canny , meditative script distances sex and love , as Byron and Luther ...",1 94956,"that will keep them guessing",1 155924,"can also seem tedious",0 174669,"the sad schlock merchant of ` Deadly Friend",0 153955,"are television - caliber and the message of providing solace through deception is a little creepy",0 72681,"a touch too Arthouse 101 in its poetic symbolism",0 175220,"they 're seeking with Trouble Every Day",0 96237,"the multi-layers of its characters",1 30566,"dainty psychological terror on the outside with a creamy filling of familial jealousy and unrepentant domestic psychopathy .",1 218544,"vile , incoherent mess",0 129283,"offers an unexpected window",1 95496,"the dreary expanse of dead-end distaste the characters inhabit into a poem of art , music and metaphor",0 143801,"Analyze That '' is one of those crass , contrived sequels that not only fails on its own , but makes you second-guess your affection for the original .",0 211569,"shows crushingly little curiosity about , or is ill-equipped to examine , the interior lives of the characters in his film , much less incorporate them into his narrative .",0 44549,"Another one of those estrogen overdose movies like '' Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood , '' except that the writing , acting and character development are a lot better .",1 62912,"A dazzling thing to behold -- as long as you 're wearing the somewhat cumbersome 3D goggles the theater provides .",1 173889,"the film 's story does not live up to its style",0 231828,"hugely enjoyable",1 31632,"films come along that are as intelligent , exuberant , and moving as Monsoon Wedding",1 92310,"serious minded patience , respect and affection",1 198466,"fairly harmless but ultimately lifeless",0 148610,"Since when did dumb entertainment have to be this dumb",0 151007,"With its dogged Hollywood naturalism and the inexorable passage of its characters toward sainthood",0 64584,"Byron and Luther",1 87798,"never achieve the popularity of My Big Fat Greek Wedding",0 207040,"no foundation for it",0 97104,"their consistently sensitive and often exciting treatment of an ignored people",1 95287,"the chance it affords to watch Jackson , who also served as executive producer , take his smooth , shrewd , powerful act abroad",1 207868,"of misogyny and unprovoked violence",0 23188,"'s what you 're in the mood for",1 209735,"prevents us from sharing the awe in which it holds itself",0 180085,"'ve had the misfortune to watch in quite some time .",0 98197,"to make us share their enthusiasm",1 148667,"So clichéd that , at one point , they literally upset an apple cart .",0 38027,"the best films of the year with its exploration of the obstacles to happiness",1 40934,"Has a shambling charm ...",1 147451,"Milder Is n't Better",0 188401,"The movie 's ultimate point -- that everyone should be themselves -- is trite , but the screenwriter and director Michel Gondry restate it to the point of ridiculousness .",0 153662,"any attempt at a plot",0 101150,"you love the music , and I do",1 235862,"so much a movie as a picture book for the big screen .",0 127311,"more harmless",1 117974,"deftly setting off uproarious humor with an underlying seriousness that sneaks up on the viewer , providing an experience that is richer than anticipated .",1 102467,", cry and realize ,",0 79235,"even better than The Fellowship .",1 150644,"Very special effects , brilliantly bold colors and heightened reality",1 233761,"may as well be called `` Jar-Jar Binks : The Movie . ''",0 5446,"care about the thousands of americans who die hideously",0 110664,"To call this one an eventual cult classic would be an understatement , and",1 71833,"a historically significant , and personal , episode",1 19560,"a pure comedy with absolutely no meaning , and no desire",0 91226,"realize your mind is being blown .",1 135138,"the effects of living a dysfunctionally privileged lifestyle",1 200439,"hard to quibble with a flick boasting this many genuine cackles",1 147139,"Let 's hope -- shall we ? -- that the ` true story ' by which All the Queen 's Men is allegedly '' inspired '' was a lot funnier and",0 97980,"to catch the pitch of his poetics , savor the pleasure of his sounds and images , and ponder the historical , philosophical , and ethical issues that intersect with them",1 108661,"Robin Tunney",1 234944,"piss on trees , b.s. one another",0 50043,"capture so perfectly the hopes and dreams of little boys on baseball fields as well as the grown men who sit in the stands",1 46106,"Martin and Barbara are complex characters -- sometimes tender , sometimes angry",1 162173,"inevitably lead to a joke about Hawn 's breasts , which constantly threaten to upstage the woman sporting them .",0 208853,"out mediocre",0 211028,"seem great to knock back a beer with but they 're simply not funny performers",0 191839,"absurdly inappropriate ` comedy ' scenes",0 41201,"Smith profiles five extraordinary American homes , and because the owners seem fully aware of the uses and abuses of fame , it 's a pleasure to enjoy their eccentricities",1 27042,"Thrilling , provocative and darkly funny , this timely sci-fi mystery works on so many different levels that it not only invites",1 215150,"the movie itself does n't stand a ghost of a chance",0 125006,"it is also elevated by it -- the kind of movie that you enjoy more because you 're one of the lucky few who sought it out .",1 99676,"watching A Walk To Remember",1 108786,"Schaeffer is n't in this film , which may be why it works as well as it does .",1 222152,"AIDS and Africa are nothing more than part of the scenery .",0 79700,"fascinating case study",1 3634,"a charming and often affecting",1 79179,"escape the heart of the boy when the right movie comes along , especially if it begins with the name of Star Wars",1 75339,"be transported into the life of Wladyslaw Szpilman , who is not only a pianist , but a good human being",1 2954,"to see a movie that takes such a speedy swan dive from '' promising '' to '' interesting '' to '' familiar '' before landing squarely on '' stupid ''",0 115700,"becomes a sermon for most of its running time .",0 96170,"the most enchanting film",1 217993,"two directors with far less endearing disabilities",0 220539,"'' wanted and quite honestly",1 123472,"intelligence and originality",1 117648,"crafted but ultimately hollow mockumentary .",0 173837,"the execution of these twists is delivered with a hammer . Thumbs down",0 16000,"heartbreaking honesty to keep one glued to the screen",1 15648,"enough beauty to make it unforgettable",1 116927,"cheesier",0 203944,"it is not worth",0 232140,"interesting cinematic devices ( cool visual backmasking ) , a solid cast , and some wickedly sick and twisted humor",1 57551,"sweet , laugh-a-minute crowd pleaser",1 63167,"A manically generous Christmas",1 138809,"up offering nothing more than the latest Schwarzenegger or Stallone flick",0 223060,"Daughter From Danang reveals that efforts toward closure only open new wounds .",0 198517,"family dynamic",1 41975,"get some truly unique character studies and a cross-section of Americana",1 180374,", Grant and Bullock 's characters are made for each other . But you 'd never guess that from the performances .",0 84646,"is still a cinematic touchstone",1 121162,"given fair warning",0 38091,"the code-talk will fly right over everyone 's head",0 169685,"ravishing costumes ,",1 70815,"What enlivens this film , beyond the astute direction of Cardoso and beautifully detailed performances by all of the actors , is a note of defiance over social dictates .",1 13853,"An original gem about an obsession with time .",1 199186,"for a shoot-out in the o . k .",1 153984,"are unusual . But they do n't fit well together and neither is well told",0 69121,"Take Care is nicely performed by a quintet of actresses , but nonetheless it drags during its 112-minute length .",0 185180,"It 's not too fast and not too slow . It 's not too racy and it 's not too offensive . It 's not too much of anything .",0 47639,"Wilco fans will have a great time , and the movie should win the band a few new converts , too",1 110320,"There 's no question that Epps scores once or twice ,",1 99891,"what makes the movie fresh",1 88414,"of an ignored people",0 152799,"about three weeks in drive-ins",0 102006,"'s worth taking the kids to .",1 171163,"sitcom-worthy solutions",0 84253,"is good , except its timing",1 164790,"let a gag die",0 106837,"It 's an entertaining movie ,",1 227969,"a hugely enjoyable film about changing times , clashing cultures and the pleasures of a well-made pizza",1 184349,"Hate .",0 27864,"a story we have n't seen on the big screen before , and it 's a story that we as Americans , and human beings , should know",1 58513,"the movie 's various victimized audience members",0 39389,"too rarely provides",0 137930,"to the experience",1 220970,"'s so not-at-all-good",0 51558,"fashioning an engrossing entertainment out",1 60323,"with a twisted sense of humor",1 181634,"A dull , inconsistent , dishonest female bonding",0 92083,"see a train wreck that you ca n't look away from",0 40087,"why we go to the movies",1 227263,"You 'll forget about it by Monday , though , and if they 're old enough to have developed some taste , so will your kids .",0 205246,"little visible talent",0 77900,"delicate ambiguity",1 18409,", freaky and funny",1 49869,"brothers envious",0 191586,"a vehicle to showcase the Canadian 's inane ramblings",0 178037,"when he veers into sodden melodrama , punctuated by violins , it 's disastrous",0 94711,"that is both gripping and compelling",1 131964,"seem heroic deserves a look",1 69862,"The re-release of Ron Howard 's Apollo 13 in the IMAX format proves absolutely that really , really , really good things can come in enormous packages .",1 126862,"maudlin as any after-school special you can imagine",0 100163,"whose engaging manner and flamboyant style made him a truly larger-than-life character",1 35215,"of detachment that makes any given frame look like a family 's custom-made Christmas card",0 129637,"only exists to try to eke out an emotional tug of the heart , one which it fails to get",0 170699,"selfish , greedy characters",0 36187,"profiles five extraordinary American homes",1 233011,"it does mark Ms. Bullock 's best work in some time",1 72031,"a movie full of surprises",1 197387,"does sound promising in theory",1 178552,"with cliche",0 180103,"( A ) painfully flat gross-out comedy",0 205375,"looks elsewhere",0 139354,"waydowntown may not be an important movie , or even a good one ,",0 84872,"it 's an acquired taste that takes time to enjoy",0 35218,"of doing them good",1 115881,"best achievements",1 74471,"are your cup of blood",1 121101,"getting tired of the whole slo-mo , double-pistoled , ballistic-pyrotechnic Hong Kong action aesthetic",0 84439,"is n't going to make box office money that makes Michael Jordan jealous",0 74457,"are uniformly good",1 2473,"technically well-made",1 20506,"exactly as thought-provoking",1 35064,"occasionally stretches believability to its limits",0 65457,"Faithful without being forceful , sad without being shrill , '' A Walk to Remember '' succeeds through sincerity .",1 45420,"Griffiths proves she 's that rare luminary who continually raises the standard of her profession .",1 86041,"like a film that strays past the two and a half mark",0 180333,", '' it 's equally distasteful to watch him sing the lyrics to '' Tonight . ''",0 20682,"grasped its essence , composing a sorrowful and hilarious tone poem about alienated labor , or an absurdist workplace sitcom",1 115621,"be wacky without clobbering the audience over the head and still maintain a sense of urgency and suspense",1 27935,"a visceral level that transcends language",1 17287,"sophisticated , funny and good-natured treat",1 171312,"slowest",0 185386,"Its impressive images of crematorium chimney fires and stacks of dead bodies are undermined by the movie 's presentation , which is way too stagy .",0 230765,"feels like a prison stretch .",0 5130,"better effects , better acting and a hilarious kenneth branagh . an excellent sequel .",1 83833,"is a pan-American movie , with moments of genuine insight into the urban heart",1 47583,"What 's so fun about this silly , outrageous , ingenious thriller is the director 's talent .",1 32343,"has to be seen to be believed",1 167085,"oblivious to the existence of this film",0 101982,"'s unlikely we 'll see a better thriller this year",1 82859,"in a low-key , organic way that encourages you to accept it as life and go with its flow",1 172568,"tarted up with Latin flava and turned out by Hollywood playas .",0 204495,"juvenile camera movements",0 114282,"and then only as a very mild rental",0 177487,"viewers recoiling from the reality",0 173089,"that it makes films like XXX and Collateral Damage seem like thoughtful treatises",0 68221,"Playfully profound",1 28843,"and the director 's well-known narrative gamesmanship",1 83237,"incapable",0 54820,"more gory than psychological -- with a highly satisfying quotient of Friday-night excitement and Milla",1 135462,"the glorious , gaudy benefit of much stock footage of Those Days ,",1 237194,"the saccharine sentimentality",0 151145,"You see Robin Williams and psycho killer , and you think , hmmmmm . You see the movie and you think , zzzzzzzzz .",0 164360,"just waits grimly for the next shock without developing much attachment to the characters .",0 206034,"melodramatic paranormal romance",0 191087,"a personal low for everyone involved",0 123807,"is a poster boy for the geek generation .",1 209918,"purpose is never clear .",0 154013,"arrested",0 4128,"a soothing",1 17044,"real flair",1 69384,"The actors are simply too good , and the story too intriguing ,",1 80082,"flatulence",0 173153,"that of the excellent 1934 MGM version",1 140817,"you want to bang your head on the seat in front of you , at its cluelessness , at its idiocy , at its utterly misplaced earnestness",0 233382,"lies in its complexity",1 213164,"taking angry potshots at George W . Bush , Henry Kissinger , Larry King , et al .",0 103725,"A movie just for Friday fans , critics be damned . If you already like this sort of thing , this is that sort of thing all over again .",1 101174,"you swinging from the trees hooting it 's praises , but it 's definitely worth taking a look",1 142998,"A benign but forgettable sci-fi diversion .",0 42215,"is so amusingly contrived and outlandish in its coincidences",1 11913,"the story ... is inspiring , ironic , and revelatory of just how ridiculous and money-oriented the record industry really is . it",1 135360,"the film retains ambiguities that make it well worth watching .",1 238993,"would be disingenuous to call Reno a great film",0 42007,"giving it a strange combo of you-are-there closeness",1 179496,"'s a bad action movie",0 21883,"rise above its heart-on-its-sleeve writing",1 44217,"A real winner -- smart , funny , subtle , and resonant",1 48280,"a pleasant enough thing , `",1 21689,"particular interest",1 181729,"A gratingly unfunny groaner",0 138380,"truly come to care about the main characters and whether or not they 'll wind up together",1 122439,"hitting on each other",0 24623,"An epic of grandeur and scale that 's been decades",1 102882,", the film is not only a love song to the movies but it also is more fully an example of the kind of lush , all-enveloping movie experience it rhapsodizes .",1 48511,"a work of incendiary genius",1 178830,"worse sign",0 171473,"so ripe the film ca n't help but go soft and stinky",0 107838,"Mr . Chabrol 's subtlest works , but also one of his most uncanny",1 59932,"wants to tweak them with a taste of tangy new humor .",1 169694,"raw insight or both",1 105658,"Eric Schweig and Graham Greene both exude an air of dignity that 's perfect for the proud warrior that still lingers in the souls of these characters .",1 79792,"felt and vividly detailed story about newcomers in a strange new world .",1 58268,"the essence of what it is to be Ya-Ya",1 218607,"vulgar innuendo",0 69059,"Sure , it 's contrived and predictable , but",0 104503,"As plain and pedestrian as catsup",0 38424,"the most breathtakingly designed films",1 228170,"a soufflé gone wrong",0 160673,"has its moments of swaggering camaraderie , but more often just feels generic , derivative and done to death .",0 174445,"the ongoing efforts of Cube , and",1 100836,"works - mostly due to its superior cast",1 160246,"good acting and plain old bad filmmaking",0 119054,"ended so damned",0 69823,"The picture runs a mere 84 minutes , but it 's no glance .",1 199007,"flaccid satire",0 52625,"his chemistry with Shimizu is very believable",1 124448,"is pleasant enough",1 39585,"under our skin simply by crossing the nuclear line",1 454,"artfully lighted ,",1 132898,"some of this laughable dialogue",0 194202,"be swept up in Invincible",1 70947,"Wickedly funny , visually engrossing , never boring , this movie challenges us to think about the ways we consume pop culture .",1 24433,"A real story",1 204698,"largely unfulfilling",0 146393,"It 's a bad sign in a thriller when you instantly know whodunit .",0 45670,"Informative , intriguing , observant",1 123724,"is a crime that should be punishable by chainsaw",0 9414,"of would-be characters",0 161550,"idea is '' new ''",1 51284,"entirely fresh",1 44600,"As unseemly as its title",0 68489,"Rohmer still has a sense of his audience",1 162772,"is an unsettling sight , and indicative of his , if you will , out-of-kilter character , who rambles aimlessly through ill-conceived action pieces",0 99421,"viewing in university computer science departments for years to come",1 24362,"A highly intriguing thriller , coupled with some ingenious plot devices and some lavishly built settings . . it 's a worthwhile tutorial in quantum physics and slash-dash",1 21287,"makes us happy",1 180256,"( and probably should have )",0 93335,"splashy and",1 212670,"stretched to barely feature length , with a little more attention paid to the animation",0 151238,"` inspirational ' and",1 110309,"There 's no doubting that this is a highly ambitious and personal project for Egoyan , but it 's also one that , next to his best work , feels clumsy and convoluted",0 54270,"like you 're going from one room to the next and none of them have any relation to the other",0 34513,"mirth that should charm all but the most cynical",1 5089,"been patched in from an episode of miami vice",0 128195,"now we 've got something pretty damn close",1 123746,"is a filmmaker of impressive talent",1 169766,"really feel involved with the story , as all of its ideas remain just that : abstract ideas .",0 66049,"Home Movie will leave you wanting more , not to mention leaving you with some laughs and a smile on your face .",1 63351,"A sentimental but entirely irresistible portrait of three aging sisters .",1 89305,"often watchable , though goofy and lurid , blast",1 176297,"to over-romanticize the spiritual desolation of the struggling artiste",0 174226,"the lousy dialogue",0 80799,"funny , ultimately heartbreaking",1 104285,"An energizing , intoxicating documentary charting the rise of hip-hop culture in general and the art of scratching ( or turntablism ) in particular",1 47327,"There is nothing outstanding about this film , but",0 221407,", it 's hard to figure the depth of these two literary figures , and even the times in which they lived .",0 233359,"less of Mr. Eyre 's uninspired dramatics",0 64525,"Brown played in American culture as an athlete , a movie star , and an image of black indomitability",1 223421,"France 's foremost cinematic poet",1 81378,"great writer",1 91941,"say , yes , ` It 's like having an old friend for dinner '",1 54103,"kindness and",1 131100,"really adorable Italian guys .",1 139253,"was lazy but enjoyable",1 138378,"truly come to care about the main characters",1 226494,"The story is less vibrant , the jokes are a little lukewarm",0 24145,"... both hokey and super-cool , and definitely not in a hurry",1 105146,"Clint Eastwood 's efficiently minimalist style finally has failed him .",0 93174,"something special",1 92588,"show a remarkable ability to document both sides of this emotional car-wreck",1 146511,"It 's impossible to indulge the fanciful daydreams of Janice Beard ( Eileen Walsh ) when her real-life persona is so charmless and vacant .",0 45014,"Dazzling in its complexity , disturbing for its extraordinary themes",1 166805,"no great love for the original",0 41443,"a heart and",1 47323,"There is a fabric of complex ideas here , and feelings that profoundly deepen them .",1 79432,"executed it takes your breath away",1 172520,"takes too long figuring out what to do next .",0 185949,"Madonna has made herself over so often now , there 's apparently nothing left to work with , sort of like Michael Jackson 's nose .",0 131305,"remains the real masterpiece",1 111476,"a Disney pic",1 226426,"The plot 's clearly mythic structure",1 136338,"the story does seem pretty unbelievable at times",0 154552,"bad jokes",0 69494,"The ensemble cast turns in a collectively stellar performance , and the writing is tight and truthful , full of funny situations and honest observations .",1 178883,"would have been better than the fiction",0 216866,"to be anything but frustrating , boring , and forgettable",0 75478,"been remarkable about clung-to traditions",1 224955,"Mr. Polanski is in his element here :",1 229110,"badly handled",0 150057,"There 's no way to sort out the mess in our heads and deconstruct where it all went wrong . This is an hour and a half of daydreaming .",0 30525,"cruelly hilarious vein",1 232530,"is like a year late for tapping into our reality tv obsession , and even tardier for exploiting the novelty of the `` webcast .",0 138529,"unable to save the movie",0 200641,"has some unnecessary parts and",0 117343,"competently",1 86428,"lust and love",1 68533,"Runs on the pure adrenalin",1 186906,"Resident Evil is not it",0 201242,"his showboating wise-cracker stock persona sure is getting old",0 195419,"can tolerate Leon Barlow . I ca n't",0 79740,"feel ` stoked",1 84611,"is smart and dark - hallelujah for small favors .",1 191110,"a pointless , meandering celebration of the goth-vampire , tortured woe-is-me lifestyle",0 204663,"lacks the charisma and ability to carry the film on his admittedly broad shoulders .",0 30249,"colors and prankish comedy",1 184878,"In a big corner office in Hell , Satan is throwing up his hands in surrender , is firing his R&D people , and has decided he will just screen The Master of Disguise 24/7 .",0 101429,"'m sure the filmmakers found this a remarkable and novel concept",1 210701,"rush to the theatre for this one",1 119692,"falls a little flat",0 67493,"Maybe it is formula filmmaking , but there 's nothing wrong with that if the film is well-crafted and this one is",1 7093,"her confidence in her material",1 129543,"one of Mr . Chabrol 's subtlest works , but also one of his most uncanny",1 233768,"may be the best play of the 19th century .",1 213895,"that there 's really not much of a sense of action",0 64434,"Both a grand tour through 300 hundred years of Russian cultural identity and a stunning technical achievement",1 13592,", if somewhat heavy-handed ,",0 171633,"something 's just a little off-kilter",0 113005,"a way that few movies have ever approached",1 2569,"the craven of ' a nightmare on elm street ' or ` the hills have eyes , ' but the sad schlock merchant of ` deadly friend",0 30274,"comfortably into her skin",1 222614,"Beyond the cleverness , the weirdness and the pristine camerawork , One Hour Photo is a sobering meditation on why we take pictures .",1 206534,"most pitiful directing",0 156638,"completely misses its emotions",0 105387,"Despite its faults , Gangs excels in spectacle and pacing .",1 11886,"the so-bad-it 's",0 44157,"A marvel like none you 've seen .",1 114711,"are very , very good reasons for certain movies to be sealed in a jar and left on a remote shelf indefinitely",0 110235,"The unexplored story opportunities of '' Punch-Drunk Love '' may have worked against the maker 's minimalist intent but it is an interesting exercise by talented writer\/director Anderson .",1 69439,"The charm of the first movie is still there , and the story feels like the logical , unforced continuation of the careers of a pair of spy kids .",1 219794,"with passionate enthusiasms like Martin Scorsese",1 159567,"forget about any attempt at a plot",0 114143,"an overwhelming pleasure",1 54261,"like none you 've seen .",1 87581,"much about the ownership and redefinition of myth",1 100094,"who has n't lost a bit of the dry humor that first made audiences on both sides of the Atlantic love him",1 54597,"manages to be kind of heartwarming , nonetheless",1 69232,"The 1960s rebellion was misdirected",0 140160,"with imagination",1 44643,"Bad",0 83101,"in the form of dazzling pop entertainment",1 20078,"be disappointed",0 12609,"two words to say about reign of fire . great dragons",1 110510,"This is the best Star Trek movie in a long time .",1 38225,"the film is typical Miike : fast , furious and full of off-the-cuff imaginative flourishes .",1 188470,"The narrator and the other characters try to convince us that acting transfigures Esther , but she 's never seen speaking on stage : one feels cheated ,",0 38454,"the most visually stunning and thematically moving epics in recent memory",1 55682,"offers a thoughtful and rewarding glimpse",1 216347,"this arrogant Richard Pryor wannabe 's routine is offensive , puerile and unimaginatively foul-mouthed if it was at least funny",0 171998,"still kills on auto-pilot",0 235913,"some unpaid intern had just typed ` Chris Rock , ' ` Anthony Hopkins ' and ` terrorists ' into some Univac-like script machine",0 750,"curious",1 167547,"of it is clever , but it is never melodic \ \/",1 14923,"alive and well and living in LA",1 118856,"earnest inquiries",1 17905,"unassuming",0 190466,"a distinctly musty odour ,",0 195046,"but fails to keep it up and settles into clichés .",0 139391,"we feel that we truly know what makes Holly and Marina tick",1 108907,"Sheridan had a wonderful account to work from",1 201797,"in a poorly",0 31584,"few current films do",1 161735,"in Bibi 's generic angst",0 127023,"mention inappropriate and wildly undeserved",0 18353,", and to visit with some of the people who were able to make an impact in the theater world",1 197085,"disgusting . Quelle surprise",0 101095,"you can actually feel good",1 171643,"something cringe-inducing",0 121179,"gives ample opportunity for large-scale action and suspense , which director Shekhar Kapur supplies with tremendous skill .",1 158773,"fairly predictable psychological thriller",0 103406,"A baffling subplot involving smuggling drugs inside Danish cows",0 210198,"really get inside of them",1 95211,"the big finish was n't something",0 88224,"of Jim Brown , a celebrated wonder in the spotlight",1 169267,"pretty miserable , resorting to string-pulling rather than legitimate character development and intelligent",0 181797,"A loquacious and dreary piece of business .",0 206108,"might be distracted by the movie 's quick movements and sounds",0 220507,"'' is one of those crass , contrived sequels that not only fails on its own , but makes you second-guess your affection for the original .",0 124573,"is spot on",1 159145,"find little new",0 142800,"... performs is shot from behind , as if it could fool us into thinking that we 're not watching a double",0 72342,"a searing album of remembrance from those who , having survived , suffered most",1 172165,"stupid Americans",0 125934,"let you bask in your own cleverness as you figure it out",1 39286,"to shake from your conscience when night falls",1 214096,"the acting is robotically italicized ,",0 228203,"a sweet , honest , and enjoyable comedy-drama about a young woman who wants many things in life , but fears she 'll become her mother before she gets to fulfill her dreams",1 70733,"Wedding feels a bit anachronistic . Still , not every low-budget movie must be quirky or bleak , and a happy ending is no cinematic sin",1 51432,"explores all three sides of his story with a sensitivity and an inquisitiveness reminiscent of Truffaut .",1 198175,"every faltering half-step",0 189544,"What 's next ?",1 170757,"set himself a task he is not nearly up to",0 28556,"and crushingly depressing",0 220052,"would be a lot better if it pared down its plots and characters to a few rather than dozens ... or if it were subtler ... or if it had a sense of humor .",0 6443,"feel involved with the story ,",1 233666,"makes a great impression as the writer-director of this little $ 1.8 million charmer , which may not be cutting-edge indie filmmaking",1 110475,"This is a movie so insecure about its capacity to excite that it churns up not one but two flagrantly fake thunderstorms to underscore the action .",0 117063,"clever scripting solutions",1 6490,"filmmakers david weissman and bill weber benefit enormously from the cockettes ' camera craziness -- not only did they film performances ,",1 18023,"what spectacular sizzle it is ! ... In this incarnation its fizz is infectious .",1 204354,"its visual appeal",1 178696,"with which to bludgeon myself unconscious",0 50088,"celebrates the group 's playful spark of nonconformity",1 115746,"been replaced by the bottom of the barrel",0 87733,"nearly as graphic but much",0 219816,"with such patronising reverence",0 108641,"Road Trip",1 48927,"an epic",1 11755,"the power",1 120139,"finely cut diamond",1 239114,"you 're rooting for the film to hurry up and get to its subjects ' deaths just so the documentary will be over",0 201053,"here is DOA .",0 28762,"and really asks you to take these great leaps of faith and pays off",1 187266,"Shore awful .",0 76790,"cleaner , and deeper",1 13786,"A mostly intelligent , engrossing and psychologically resonant suspenser .",1 104006,"A well made indieflick in need of some trims and a more chemistry between its stars .",1 179666,"'s certainly laudable",1 225232,"Notwithstanding my problem with the movie 's final half hour , I 'm going to recommend SECRETARY , based on the wonderful acting clinic put on by Spader and Gyllenhaal , and",1 121086,"gets the feeling that the typical Hollywood disregard for historical truth and realism is at work here",0 59479,"touching for refusing to pity or memorialize themselves .",1 60741,"'re entirely unprepared",0 36371,"realistically drawn characterizations",1 28454,"and Maggie Gyllenhaal is a delight .",1 176102,"to enhance the franchise",1 111031,"What makes Esther Kahn so demanding is that it progresses in such a low-key manner that it risks monotony . But it 's worth the concentration .",1 130592,"pretentious in a way that verges on the amateurish",0 73790,"an exquisite , unfakable sense of cinema",1 193451,"as exciting to watch as two last-place basketball teams",0 227797,"a brisk pace as it races",1 84682,"is surprisingly brilliant , deftly sewing together what could have been a confusing and horrifying vision into an intense and engrossing head-trip .",1 122554,"how much they engage and even touch us",1 213498,"that 's target audience has n't graduated from junior high school",0 9499,"one of those movies that catches you up in something bigger than yourself , namely ,",1 155007,"been written using Mad-libs . There can be no other explanation . Hilariously inept and ridiculous",0 192784,"and trumped-up street credibility",0 27631,"a little more visually polished , a little funnier , and a little more",1 203624,"is too picture postcard perfect , too neat and new pin-like , too obviously a recreation to resonate",0 115787,"begin to tell you how tedious , how resolutely unamusing , how thoroughly unrewarding all of this is , and what a reckless squandering of four fine acting talents",0 164051,"its hilarity is completely unintentional",0 151453,"a category called Best Bad Film You Thought Was Going To Be Really Awful But Was n't",0 40804,"But it 's emotionally engrossing ,",1 213912,"that this film 's cast is uniformly superb",1 46525,"Poetry",1 219283,"while Banderas looks like he 's not trying to laugh at how bad",0 120287,"fly with most intelligent viewers",1 206144,"might sit through this summer that do not involve a dentist drill .",0 160417,"guilty pleasures",1 216155,"there is plenty of room for editing ,",0 163138,"is no less subservient to Bond 's tired formula of guns , girls and gadgets while brandishing a new action hero",0 70015,"The urban landscapes are detailed down to the signs on the kiosks",1 91035,"quite a vision",1 31096,"engages your brain in a way few current films do",1 163021,"is majorly ham-fisted",0 220521,"'' never cuts corners .",1 18570,"A Funeral",0 200652,"has taken away your car , your work-hours and",0 40376,"would like to dismiss the film",0 94250,"technically sumptuous but",1 112773,"a stale , overused cocktail",0 542,"banged their brains into the ground so frequently",0 177435,"very depressing",0 46948,"The Ring moderately absorbing , largely for its elegantly colorful look and sound",1 155447,"brainless",0 84471,"is nonjudgmental , and",1 224162,"It 's as if Solondz had two ideas for two movies , could n't really figure out how to flesh either out , so he just slopped ` em together here",0 112940,"a true cinematic knack",1 109612,"The big ending surprise",1 214242,"the cadence of a depressed fifteen-year-old 's suicidal poetry",0 189408,"Violent , vulgar and forgettably",0 235663,"she ca n't provide any conflict",0 196161,"contemplates a heartland so overwhelmed by its lack of purpose that it seeks excitement in manufactured high drama .",0 238352,"vulgar , sexist",0 184270,"Hallmark card sentimentality and",0 84763,"is tight and truthful , full of funny situations and honest observations",1 239117,"you 're too interested to care .",1 97459,"this marvelous documentary touches -- ever so gracefully -- on the entire history of the Yiddish theater , both in America and Israel .",1 42386,"movie that will touch the hearts of both children and adults , as well as bring audiences to the edge of their seats",1 204007,"it says far less about the horrifying historical reality than about the filmmaker 's characteristic style",0 28378,"an intriguing look",1 237585,"this uncharismatically",0 184916,"In the spirit of the season",1 211150,"seen as hip , winking social commentary",1 53837,"it is impossible not to be awed by the power and grace of one of the greatest natural sportsmen of modern times .",1 120567,"forgive any shoddy product as long as there 's a little girl-on-girl action",1 63198,"A movie that sends you out of the theater feeling like you 've actually spent time living in another community .",1 70260,"This is one of the year 's best films .",1 127322,"more interesting -- and , dare I say ,",1 25215,"Elmer Bernstein 's perfectly melodic score",1 88303,"of a big , tender hug",1 95159,"the avant-garde fused with their humor",1 13080,"will be a thoughtful , emotional movie experience",1 232293,"is a good name for a movie this delibrately obtuse and unapproachable",0 227266,"You 'll probably love it .",1 213053,"swipe 90 minutes of your time",0 36602,"rock music doc",1 189301,"Two badly interlocked stories drowned by all too clever complexity .",0 83948,"is about the people who live in them , who have carved their own comfortable niche in the world and have been kind enough to share it",1 120521,"for the thousands of Indians who fancy themselves too sophisticated for the cheese-laced spectacles that pack 'em in on the subcontinent",0 73288,"affirms",1 225708,"Scorsese 's bold images and generally smart casting ensure that `` Gangs '' is never lethargic",1 81695,"has done excellent work here .",1 110336,"There 's something unintentionally comic in the film 's drumbeat about authenticity , given the stale plot and pornographic way the film revels in swank apartments , clothes and parties .",0 122946,"in an off-kilter , dark , vaguely disturbing way",0 63512,"A time machine , a journey back to your childhood",1 4160,"a strong script , powerful direction and splendid production design allows us to be transported into the life of wladyslaw szpilman , who is not only a pianist , but a good human being .",1 196188,"contrived , unmotivated ,",0 20246,"cheated",0 66974,"K 19 stays afloat as decent drama\/action flick",1 42656,"some clever writing and",1 158333,"entertaining elements",1 206726,"must be a serious contender for the title",1 25421,"God that is accessible",1 50469,"cool stuff packed into ESPN 's Ultimate X",1 184237,"Green Dragon seem more like medicine than entertainment",0 203182,"is n't necessarily an admirable storyteller .",0 23635,", full of mirth that should charm all but the most cynical",1 158832,"fantastic sets",1 229293,"been better off as a documentary , with less of Mr. Eyre 's uninspired dramatics and more",0 28021,"about compelling questions with no easy answers",1 61362,"'s what makes it worth a recommendation",1 191085,"a personal low",0 57235,"sparkles with the the wisdom and humor of its subjects .",1 72639,"a teeth-clenching gusto",1 161345,"hit the entertainment bull 's - eye",1 35557,"of writer-director Eric Byler , who understands the power of the implicit and the virtues of simplicity and economy",1 2978,"too smart to ignore but a little too smugly superior to like ,",0 114189,"anarchists who face arrest 15 years after their crime",1 163676,"it 's often overwritten , with a surfeit of weighty revelations , flowery dialogue , and nostalgia for the past and roads not taken .",0 225792,"Simply put , `` Far From Heaven '' is a masterpiece .",1 27099,"US",1 14328,"Nemesis",0 217021,"to feel like you were n't invited to the party",0 50677,"decent instead of dead brilliant",1 140570,"would probably have worked better as a one-hour TV documentary .",0 49871,"brought back the value and respect for the term epic cinema",1 230439,"dull `` cyber-horror '' flick",0 25963,"Les Destinees is , in its quiet , epic way , daring , inventive and refreshingly unusual .",1 207253,"nothing good",0 27619,"a little broad comedy",1 39843,"warm and gentle romantic comedy",1 31308,"evocative music",1 233823,"meets Goodfellas in this easily skippable hayseeds-vs",0 42701,"stops shy of overkill ,",0 218859,"watchable yet hardly memorable .",0 203753,"it 's compelling",1 213476,"that 's consistently surprising , easy to watch -- but , oh , so dumb",0 236780,"the clichés disappear into the vertiginous perspectives opened up by the photography .",1 234224,"nubile young actors",1 104524,"As warm as it is wise , deftly setting off uproarious humor with an underlying seriousness that sneaks up on the viewer , providing an experience that is richer than anticipated .",1 137724,"to make the film relevant today , without fully understanding what it was that made the story relevant in the first place",0 49383,"at least the third-best",1 235096,"provides a fresh view of an old type",1 154817,"be so boring",0 41163,"Ray Liotta and Jason Patric do some of their best work in their underwritten roles , but do n't be fooled :",1 233857,"might imagine that most every aggrieved father cliché has been unturned .",0 6479,"fill the after-school slot",0 233158,"its most vibrant scene is one that uses clips from Brian De Palma 's Scarface",0 30441,"could touch anyone regardless of their familiarity with the sport",1 121952,"have fun in this cinematic sandbox",1 236223,"take an 85-minute brush-up course with the documentary Derrida",1 116508,"ca n't remember the last time I saw worse stunt editing or cheaper action movie production values than in Extreme Ops",0 230099,"deal with the subject of love head-on",1 183940,"First-timer John McKay is never able to pull it back on course .",0 9591,"paints - of a culture in conflict with itself",0 48887,"an all-around good time at the movies this summer",1 139582,"wheedling reluctant witnesses",0 16165,"insight and honesty",1 69976,"The structure is simple , but in its own way , Rabbit-Proof Fence is a quest story as grand as The Lord of the Rings",1 230224,"diminishing effect",0 168336,"opening the man 's head and heart is the only imaginable reason for the film to be made",0 75282,"be inside looking out , and at other times outside looking in",1 218463,"very effective",1 235809,"slight to be called any kind of masterpiece",0 52033,"gasp appalled and",0 162658,"is a poor one",0 17944,"urban comedy '",1 33153,"into something strangely diverting",1 76074,"but blatantly biased",0 8150,"its stylistic austerity",1 91797,"rotting",0 171854,"squandered",0 225146,"No , it 's the repetition of said behavior , and so",0 4847,"as a witness to several greek-american weddings -- but , happily , a victim of none -- i can testify to the comparative accuracy of ms . vardalos ' memories and insights",1 13769,"A fascinating and fun film .",1 192377,"ame and unnecessary",0 72538,"a story whose restatement is validated by the changing composition of the nation",1 119220,"entry number twenty the worst of the Brosnan bunch",0 132146,"serves as a paper skeleton for some very good acting , dialogue , comedy , direction and especially charm",1 192786,"and unoriginal mess",0 24790,"Barbershop ' shows he 's on his way .",1 17183,"she seemed to have no problem flaunting her natural gifts .",1 62325,", they never wanted to leave . Chances are you wo n't , either .",1 42945,"unelected ''",1 21658,"or an absurdist workplace sitcom",0 193900,"awfully deadly",0 41059,"Lathan and Diggs have considerable personal charm ,",1 23978,", well-acted , and finely directed",1 222098,"A tasty masala .",1 44337,"A welcome relief",1 50759,"demeaning its subjects",0 134149,"that 's hard to resist",1 171678,"sometimes inspiring ,",1 36914,"short supply in the cinema",1 133419,"strips Bible stores of the potential for sanctimoniousness , making them meaningful for both kids and church-wary adults .",1 201423,"however entertainingly presented ,",1 191100,"a plot cobbled together from largely flat and uncreative moments",0 142452,", substandard fashion",0 49916,"but reacting to it - feeling a part of its grand locations , thinking urgently as the protagonists struggled , feeling at the mercy of its inventiveness , gasping at its visual delights",1 94699,"that holds up well after two decades",1 5988,"disguise its excrescence",0 149828,"The script kicks in , and Mr . Hartley 's distended pace and foot-dragging rhythms follow .",0 197607,"dumb and cheesy",0 110565,"This wretchedly unfunny wannabe comedy",0 123321,"indie of the year",1 225158,"No better or worse than ` Truth or Consequences , N.M. ' or any other interchangeable actioner with imbecilic Mafia toolbags botching a routine assignment in a Western backwater .",0 63330,"A riveting profile of law enforcement , and a visceral , nasty journey into an urban Hades .",1 81580,"hard-won rewards",1 84256,"is gorgeously",1 30554,"cuteness",1 204932,"lifeless execution .",0 125222,"its dark , delicate treatment of these characters",1 167960,"offers the none-too-original premise",0 63219,"A much better documentary",1 203555,"is the gabbiest giant-screen movie ever ,",0 182391,"An empty shell of an epic rather than the real deal .",0 184917,"In the spirit of the season , I assign one bright shining star to Roberto Benigni 's Pinocchio -- but I guarantee that no wise men will be following after it .",0 223319,"Fairly successful at faking some pretty cool stunts but a complete failure at trying to create some pretty cool characters",0 114292,"and wonderful creatures",1 194817,"bordering on offensive , waste of time , money and celluloid",0 39083,"time-honored truth",1 76898,"colorful world",1 183338,"Demme finally succeeds in diminishing his stature from Oscar-winning master to lowly studio hack .",0 151740,"a flop with the exception of about six gags that really work",0 141049,"'re not exactly flattering",0 7554,"inspiring , ironic",1 47022,"The far future may be awesome to consider , but from period detail to matters of the heart , this film is most transporting when it stays put in the past",1 54808,"morally alert",1 117165,"combined with so much first-rate talent",1 232830,"is they have a tendency to slip into hokum .",0 142219,", however , manages just to be depressing , as the lead actor phones in his autobiographical performance .",0 67701,"Much of All About Lily Chou-Chou is mesmerizing : some of its plaintiveness could make you weep .",1 184078,"Further sad evidence",0 211078,"seems embarrassed to be part of",0 237087,"the movie will be funny",1 32444,"heartbeat",1 65016,"Deserves a place of honor next to Nanook",1 51107,"effortlessly",1 12531,"touch",1 218357,"user-friendly",1 62553,"... a guiltless film for nice evening out .",1 228119,"a retread of `` Dead Poets ' Society",0 232870,"is virtually without context -- journalistic or historical .",0 127472,"most of the pitfalls you 'd expect in such a potentially sudsy set-up",0 195170,"by its lack of purpose",0 218386,"utterly incompetent conclusion",0 102856,", that 's a liability",0 31380,"exporing sexual politics and the challenges of friendships between women",1 148896,"Succeeds in providing a disquiet world the long-dreaded completion of the Police Academy series",0 63239,"A photographic marvel of sorts , and it 's certainly an invaluable record of that special fishy community .",1 148635,"Skip this dreck , rent Animal House and go back to the source .",0 78596,"dramaturgy",0 169382,"prosaic and dull",0 212532,"static set ups ,",0 158332,"entertaining but also",1 116134,"both maintain and dismantle the facades that his genre and his character construct is a wonderous accomplishment of veracity and narrative grace",1 164207,"jackasses for jackasses",0 5572,"claims to sort the bad guys from the good , which is its essential problem .",0 192998,"appears to have been made by people to whom the idea of narrative logic or cohesion is an entirely foreign concept .",0 153216,"also looking cheap",0 1961,"one whose lessons are well worth revisiting as many times as possible",1 192346,"although the more lascivious-minded might be disappointed in the relative modesty of a movie that sports a ` topless tutorial service",0 47279,"The vistas are sweeping and the acting is far from painful",1 97206,"there are lulls",0 228481,"also rocks .",1 170941,"should be required to have ushers in the theater that hand you a cup of coffee every few minutes . Like a marathon runner trying to finish a race , you need a constant influx of liquid just to get through it",0 78479,"does not proclaim the truth about two love-struck somebodies",0 36593,"rivaling",1 17617,"the potency of otherwise respectable action .",1 20837,"humble",1 205623,"mainly unfunny",0 34623,"most compelling variations",1 106947,"It 's rare to find a film to which the adjective ` gentle ' applies , but the word perfectly describes Pauline & Paulette .",1 136219,"the script is about as interesting as a recording of conversations at the Wal-Mart checkout line",0 5924,"despite her relentless vim and winsome facial symmetry , witherspoon is just too dialed-up to be america 's sweetheart .",0 41420,"a blast of shallow magnificence",1 87929,"no solace here ,",0 150588,"Unlike his directorial efforts , La Femme Nikita and The Professional , The Transporter lacks Besson 's perspective as a storyteller .",0 86441,"made Allen 's romantic comedies so pertinent and enduring",1 91658,"rich and full life",1 105839,"For all the charm of Kevin Kline and a story that puts old-fashioned values under the microscope , there 's something creepy about this movie .",1 238176,"ugly to look at and not a Hollywood product",0 139025,"vibrant , colorful , semimusical rendition",1 159609,"found myself confused when it came time to get to the heart of the movie",0 188246,"The fourth in a series that I 'll bet most parents had thought -- hoped ! --",1 78012,"desarrollarse",0 57802,"that in the nicest possible way",1 101157,"you might want to leave your date behind for this one",0 46647,"Rock solid family fun out of the gates",1 218819,"wasted minutes of Sandler as the voice-over hero in Columbia Pictures ' perverse idea of an animated holiday movie",0 27742,"a precious twinkle of insight",1 14570,"Tremors on the modern B-scene : neither as funny nor as clever",0 227925,"a genre that 's already a joke in the United States .",0 126970,"meaty",1 26542,"Secretary",1 41115,"Not everything works ,",0 90728,"profound and",1 166858,"no real conflict",0 57180,"some of the confusions you had while watching it",0 44862,"Catch Me '' feels capable of charming the masses with star power , a pop-induced score and sentimental moments that have become a Spielberg trademark .",1 173840,"the existential overtones of a Kieslowski morality tale",1 140372,"wonderful film to bring to IMAX",1 219045,"were actually under 40",0 160845,"have come away hating the second one .",0 221361,", here 's a fun one .",1 142490,", the film starts playing like General Hospital crossed with a Saturday Night Live spoof of Dog Day Afternoon .",0 178856,"would be better off investing in the worthy EMI recording that serves as the soundtrack , or the home video of the 1992 Malfitano-Domingo production .",0 40348,"works on several levels , openly questioning social mores while ensnaring the audience with its emotional pull .",1 74046,"and often-funny drama",1 215523,"the ruthless social order that governs college cliques",0 123215,"in this Antonio Banderas-Lucy Liu faceoff . It 's still terrible",0 225672,"Sad nonsense",0 29393,"be a cut above the norm , thanks to some clever writing and sprightly acting",1 8933,"much truth",1 189095,"This stuck pig of a movie flails limply between bizarre comedy and pallid horror .",0 73276,"affecting , amusing , sad and reflective",1 194268,"because the movie serves up all of that stuff , nearly subliminally , as the old-hat province of male intrigue",0 223802,"I had a lot of problems with this movie .",0 238773,"will enjoy this sometimes wry adaptation of V.S. Naipaul 's novel",1 213942,"that were already tired 10 years ago",0 34209,"looks as if it was made without much thought -- and is best watched that way .",0 163715,"it a comedy ? A drama ? A romance ?",0 15747,"fascinating and playful",1 103593,"A forceful drama of an alienated executive who re-invents himself .",1 180284,"( no more racist portraits of Indians , for instance )",1 236044,"steals the show without resorting to camp as Nicholas ' wounded and wounding Uncle Ralph .",1 204956,"like '' si , pretty much",1 149769,"The problem with concept films is that if the concept is a poor one , there 's no saving the movie . Sorry , Charlie",0 220627,"'re entirely unprepared .",0 26210,"Not a bad journey at all .",1 184184,"Godard 's ode to tackling life 's wonderment is a rambling and incoherent manifesto about the vagueness of topical excess ...",0 160533,"happens as because she was captured by this movie when she obviously belongs in something lighter and sunnier",0 34440,"media manipulation",0 203049,"is labored",0 145414,"For all its alleged youthful fire , XXX is no less subservient to Bond 's tired formula of guns , girls and gadgets while brandishing a new action hero .",0 102720,", melodrama , sorrow , laugther , and tears",1 140541,"would have a good time here .",1 234170,"nor a cliché left unsaid",0 109992,"The movie attempts to mine laughs from a genre -- the gangster\/crime comedy -- that wore out its welcome with audiences several years ago , and its cutesy reliance on movie-specific cliches is n't exactly endearing .",0 28945,"another fish-out-of-water story that barely stays afloat",0 161325,"his skill at telling a story -- he also contributed to the screenplay --",1 230363,"does n't really believe in it , and breaks the mood with absurdly inappropriate ` comedy ' scenes .",0 164777,"less-compelling",0 80605,"from charismatic rising star Jake Gyllenhaal but also",1 84864,"it 's about a very human one",1 228456,"allowed to use the word `` new '' in its title",0 152397,"a script that takes few chances and manages to insult the intelligence of everyone in the audience",0 154393,"at putting you to sleep than a sound machine",0 96324,"the overall experience is awesome",1 165502,"make an important film about human infidelity and happenstance that he tosses a kitchen sink onto a story already overladen with plot conceits",0 44481,"An enthralling aesthetic experience ,",1 163822,"it is as tedious as one",0 39928,"well shot",1 83927,"is a welcome and heartwarming addition to the romantic comedy genre",1 157470,"directed , cowrote",1 223594,"Has it ever been possible to say that Williams has truly inhabited a character ?",0 92756,"sketchy",0 148176,"Proof that a thriller can be sleekly shot , expertly cast , paced with crisp professionalism ... and still be a letdown if its twists and turns hold no more surprise than yesterday 's weather report",0 22677,"vastness",1 104654,"Beating the Austin Powers films at their own game , this blaxploitation spoof downplays the raunch in favor of gags that rely on the strength of their own cleverness as opposed to the extent of their outrageousness .",1 167871,"of those contrived , only-in",1 71853,"a jarring , new-agey tone creeping into the second half",0 156360,"cliche-riddled but",0 86215,"loneliness and insecurity",0 52513,"he 's just adjusting",0 91734,"riveting and",1 4168,"a sufficient explanation",1 46359,"Not since Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa 's Ran have the savagery of combat and the specter of death been visualized with such operatic grandeur .",1 102653,", it has said plenty about how show business has infiltrated every corner of society -- and not always for the better .",0 92941,"so fascinating you wo n't be able to look away for a second",1 75233,"be captivated , as I was , by its moods , and by its subtly transformed star",1 6876,"great dragons",1 124887,"it 's well worth a rental .",1 192520,"an encyclopedia of cliches that shoplifts shamelessly from farewell-to-innocence movies like The Wanderers and A Bronx Tale without cribbing any of their intelligence",0 54767,"mob",0 44332,"A very well-made , funny and entertaining picture .",1 146049,"I doubt anyone will remember the picture by the time Christmas really rolls around ,",0 227063,"What the director ca n't do",0 89184,"of vegetables",1 73122,"across as darkly funny , energetic , and surprisingly gentle",1 157533,"disappear as quickly as an ice cube thrown into a pot of boiling water",0 187164,"Screenwriter Chris ver Weil 's directing debut is good-natured and never dull ,",1 79698,"fascinating , unnerving examination",1 31165,"entertaining with its unconventionally wacky but loving family",1 230967,"foremost cinematic poet",1 142596,", truly bad",0 192716,"and at times endearing",1 128103,"not fully",0 188698,"The story , touching though it is",1 19848,"and insecurity",0 112960,"a variant of the nincompoop Benigni persona",0 84232,"is funny and looks professional .",1 134293,"that do n't care about being stupid",0 53234,"is , I did n't mind all this contrived nonsense a bit",1 131944,"seeing an otherwise good movie marred beyond redemption by a disastrous ending",0 147893,"On top of a foundering performance",0 125711,"lacks visual flair",0 183712,"Episode II -- Attack of the Clones is a technological exercise that lacks juice and delight .",0 135332,"the film is , at its core , deeply pessimistic or quietly hopeful",1 9592,"paints - of a culture in conflict with itself ,",1 82415,"honesty and dignity",1 17764,"thoughtful , provocative , insistently humanizing film",1 211383,"shave ice without the topping",0 125857,"learned from watching ` Comedian '",1 120895,"future-world",1 11370,"the film 's conclusion powerful and satisfying",1 67839,"No worse a film than Breaking Out , and Breaking Out",0 76638,"cheer flick",1 71862,"a kind of hard , cold effect",0 181818,"A low-rent retread of the Alien pictures .",0 135176,"the ensemble has something fascinating to do",1 160687,"has long been plundered by similar works featuring the insight and",0 137798,"to recommend it",1 214848,"the inherent absurdity",0 19410,"Wedding",1 208681,"only ever walked the delicate tightrope between farcical and loathsome . In the wrong hands , i . e . Peploe 's , it 's simply unbearable",0 218769,"was painful",0 192853,"another peek at some of the magic we saw in Glitter here in Wisegirls",1 114831,"as a recording of conversations at the Wal-Mart checkout line",0 49450,"backstabbing",0 104225,"Amy 's Orgasm has a key strength in its willingness to explore its principal characters with honesty , insight and humor .",1 26335,"Parker 's creative interference",1 47713,"Yakusho , as always , is wonderful as the long-faced sad sack ... and",1 42047,"has just enough",1 111161,"Will probably be one of those movies barely registering a blip on the radar screen of 2002 .",0 6288,"even with all those rough edges safely sanded down , the american insomnia is still pretty darned good .",1 117330,"compelling new material",1 181708,"A generic bloodbath that often becomes",0 165737,"may be subtler than Norman Jewison 's 1975 ultraviolent futuristic corporate-sports saga . It 's also stupider",0 39436,"transporting or gripping film",1 24148,"... both hokey and super-cool , and definitely not in a hurry , so sit back ,",1 212852,"such blatant and sickening product placement",0 116613,"can obscure this movie 's lack of ideas .",0 111584,"a brief amount",1 180385,", I ca n't compare Friday After Next to them",0 90240,"perversely undercuts the joie de vivre even as he creates it , giving the movie a mournful undercurrent that places the good-time shenanigans in welcome perspective .",1 44746,"Bogdanovich puts history in perspective and , via Kirsten Dunst 's remarkable performance , he showcases Davies as a young woman of great charm , generosity and diplomacy .",1 52306,"grumbling",0 42873,"the year 's most thought-provoking film . But",1 180468,", Wilson remains a silent , lumpish cipher",0 77713,"dared to mess with some powerful people",0 161361,"hitting your head on the theater seat",0 162754,"is an embarrassment , a monotonous",0 226489,"The story 's scope and pageantry are mesmerizing , and Mr. Day-Lewis roars with leonine power .",1 178681,"with the worst",0 138165,"too violent and sordid to function as comedy",0 79752,"feel like a 10-course banquet .",1 145263,"Falters",0 165228,"looking for astute observations and coming up blank",0 40718,"A taut , intelligent psychological drama",1 29804,"but at this level of manic whimsy , it is just about right .",1 44700,"Bergman approaches Swedish fatalism using Gary Larson 's Far Side humor",1 81445,"guilt-free",1 109243,"Such a bad movie",0 18351,", and no desire",0 44265,"A solid examination of the male midlife crisis",1 33522,"is the way it avoids the more serious emotions involved .",0 23595,", effective performances , and an increasingly unsettling sense of foreboding",1 203579,"is the word for the big-fisted direction of Jez Butterworth , who manages to blast even the smallest sensitivities from the romance with his clamorous approach .",0 40799,"Branagh , in his most forceful non-Shakespeare screen performance",1 150906,"While Benigni ( who stars and co-wrote ) seems to be having a wonderful time , he might be alone in that .",0 202726,"is an amicable endeavor .",1 237635,"thriller junk",0 166069,"mix-and - match metaphors intriguing",1 193631,"as those monologues stretch on and on",0 173268,"that was made in 1978 but not released then because it was so weak , and it has been unearthed and released now , when it has become even weaker",0 230389,"done it this time",1 174273,"the middle of the road , where the thematic ironies are too obvious and the sexual politics too smug",0 219740,"with fewer deliberate laughs , more inadvertent ones and stunningly trite songs",0 137284,"tired of the whole slo-mo , double-pistoled , ballistic-pyrotechnic Hong Kong action aesthetic",0 87340,"more than enough sentimental catharsis",1 39813,"volatile combination",0 24910,"But in its child-centered , claustrophobic context , it can be just as frightening and disturbing -- even punishing .",0 221083,"( Taymor ) utilizes the idea of making Kahlo 's art a living , breathing part of the movie , often catapulting the artist into her own work .",1 188692,"The star who helped give a spark to '' Chasing Amy '' and '' Changing Lanes ''",1 105432,"Dignified CEO 's meet at a rustic retreat and pee against a tree . Can you bear the laughter ?",0 96612,"the rueful , wry humor",1 73623,"an American",1 46491,"Paul Bettany is cool . Paul Bettany playing Malcolm McDowell ? Cool .",1 182547,"Ararat feels like a book report",0 94375,"than a spy thriller like The Bourne Identity",1 171985,"stiff TV-style animation",0 182004,"A small fortune in salaries and stunt cars",0 97617,"though it begins to drag two-thirds through , when the melodramatic aspects start to overtake the comedy",0 153585,"and ponderously mope around trying to strike lightning as captured by their 1970s predecessors",0 190277,"a charm that 's conspicuously missing from the Girls ' big-screen blowout",0 184994,"It 's 51 times better than this",0 61949,", history , memory , resistance and artistic transcendence",1 143079,"A dreary rip-off of Goodfellas that serves as a muddled and offensive cautionary tale for Hispanic Americans .",0 24153,"... comes close to recapturing the brilliance of his Hong Kong films",1 160457,"had too much spitting for me to enjoy",0 212993,"surrender $ 9",0 28131,"adored",1 45135,"Elegant ,",1 238830,"wish there had been more of the `` Queen '' and less of the `` Damned",0 224246,"It 's super - violent , super-serious and super-stupid .",0 203967,"it may be because teens are looking for something to make them laugh .",1 100302,"will talk about for hours .",1 100769,"won -- and",1 46789,"Stage director Sam Mendes showcases Tom Hanks as a depression era hit-man in this dark tale of revenge .",1 118005,"deliciously nonsensical comedy",1 225983,"Stress ` dumb .",0 78971,"enduring strengths",1 131465,"retains ambiguities that make it well worth watching",1 136031,"the poor quality of Pokemon 4 Ever is any indication",0 91957,"scariest movie",1 73465,"all-star",1 195376,"can get your money back",0 21195,"kooky yet shadowy",0 124333,"is not Edward Burns ' best film",0 154543,"bad case",0 7672,"is a technological exercise that lacks juice and delight",0 232388,"is an embarrassment , a monotonous , disjointed jumble of borrowed plot points and situations",0 194118,"be easy for critics to shred it",0 226469,"The screenplay does too much meandering , Norton has to recite bland police procedural details , Fiennes wanders around in an attempt to seem weird and distanced , Hopkins looks like a drag queen .",0 203777,"it 's moving",1 156996,"creepy-crawly bug things",0 25342,"For the most part , it 's a work of incendiary genius , steering clear of knee-jerk reactions and quick solutions .",1 181321,"... lies a plot cobbled together from largely flat and uncreative moments .",0 52281,"grind that only the most hardhearted Scrooge could fail to respond",1 41359,"Two generations within one family test boundaries in this intelligent and restrained coming-of-age drama",1 42072,"heartbreaking honesty",1 19180,"Polished",1 195238,"by those willing to endure its extremely languorous rhythms , Waiting for Happiness",0 121660,"has a knack for casting , often resurrecting performers who rarely work in movies now ... and drawing flavorful performances from bland actors",1 142222,", if irritating ,",0 226933,"Wait to see it then .",0 146366,"Irwin is a man with enough charisma and audacity to carry a dozen films , but this particular result is ultimately held back from being something greater",0 212905,"suited to a quiet evening on PBS than a night out at an AMC",0 234784,"orchestrate a buoyant , darkly funny dance of death .",1 67959,"Offers big , fat , dumb laughs that may make you hate yourself for giving in . Ah , what the hell .",1 35246,"of fine performances , led by Josef Bierbichler as Brecht and Monica Bleibtreu as Helene Weigel , his wife",1 208187,"of this dog of a movie",0 137154,"though meant to be universal in its themes of loyalty , courage and dedication to a common goal , never",0 179417,"'m sure there 's a teenage boy out there somewhere who 's dying for this kind of entertainment .",0 203855,"it collapses like an overcooked soufflé .",0 33428,"is n't the most transporting or gripping film from Iran -- or , indeed , by its director",0 6130,"edge",1 54572,"makes this a high water mark for this genre",1 194886,"bother with a contemptible imitator starring a '' SNL '' has-been acting like an 8-year-old channeling Roberto Benigni",0 196973,"dips key moments from the film",0 184938,"Initial strangeness",0 106201,"Heartwarming",1 185025,"It 's a long way from Orwell 's dark , intelligent warning cry ( 1984 ) to the empty stud knockabout of Equilibrium , and",0 135639,"the least bit mesmerizing",0 21946,"shadowy",0 233184,"its tidal wave",1 166113,"montage to break the audience 's awkward silence",0 158028,"dull , ridiculous attempt",0 124902,"it ` perfection",1 84962,"it a failure as straight drama",0 175502,"this one feels like an impostor .",0 236474,"that it avoids the obvious with humour and lightness",1 29154,"as a terrible tragedy",0 39356,"to those who talk up what is nothing more than two guys beating the hell outta",0 11164,"the abiding impression , despite the mild hallucinogenic buzz , is of overwhelming waste -- the acres of haute couture ca n't quite conceal that there 's nothing resembling a spine here .",0 191359,"a snore and",0 87517,"mourns her tragedies in private",0 196190,"contrived , unmotivated , and psychologically unpersuasive",0 104425,"Another useless recycling of a brutal mid - '70s American sports movie .",0 445,"are n't very bright",0 45234,"Featuring a dangerously seductive performance from the great Daniel Auteuil , '' Sade '' covers the same period as Kaufmann 's '' Quills '' with more unsettlingly realistic results .",1 48617,"achieves its main strategic objective :",1 53249,"is Oscar-worthy",1 97447,"this is the movie for you",1 54853,"morning-glory",1 83912,"is a tribute to Shyamalan 's gifts , which are such that we 'll keep watching the skies for his next project",1 223155,"Disappointing in comparison",0 235609,"sequel-for-the-sake",0 199520,"frightful vanity film",0 200500,"has already reached its expiration date",0 237532,"this is f \*\*\* ed",0 97161,"their super-powers , their super-simple animation",0 140912,"' this schlock-filled fairy tale hits new depths of unoriginality and predictability .",0 203116,"is more interesting than the screenplay , which lags badly in the middle and lurches between not-very-funny comedy , unconvincing dramatics and some last-minute action strongly reminiscent of Run Lola Run",0 75077,"average kid-empowerment fantasy",1 147808,"Nothing debases a concept comedy quite like the grinding of bad ideas",0 171320,"slumming",0 138588,"undeniably worthy and devastating experience",1 182833,"Blair Witch video-cam footage .",1 195174,"by its predictable plot and paper-thin supporting characters",0 184705,"I saw an audience laugh so much during a movie",1 232740,"is so disgusting that viewers may be hard pressed to retain their lunch .",0 195770,"clever moments and biting dialogue",1 220649,"'s 51 times better than this .",0 216108,"there 's no rooting interest",0 150476,"Too slow , too long and too little happens",0 140627,"y apuestas bien fundadas",1 75754,"blood-curdling family intensity",1 32334,"has surpassed himself with the magic he 's spun with the Hollywood empress of Ms . Leoni 's Ellie .",1 79223,"ethical and philosophical",1 75316,"be slathered on crackers and served as a feast of bleakness",0 222459,"As if to prove a female director can make a movie with no soft edges , Kathryn Bigelow offers no sugar-coating or interludes of lightness .",1 63598,"A worthwhile documentary , whether you 're into rap or not , even if it may still leave you wanting more answers as the credits roll .",1 236550,"that the ` true story ' by which All the Queen 's Men is allegedly `` inspired '' was a lot funnier and more deftly enacted than what 's been cobbled together onscreen",0 182295,"American Beauty reeks",0 181964,"A road trip that will get you thinking , ` Are we there yet ?",0 31809,"for the usual obvious laughs at the expense of cheap-looking monsters",0 41312,"There is a kind of attentive concern that Hoffman brings to his characters , as if he has been giving them private lessons , and now it is time for their first public recital",1 220998,"'s the real damn : It is n't funny , either .",0 93487,"steal your heart",1 162256,"inspiring efforts",1 206312,"money-grubbing",0 93123,"some real vitality and even",1 75544,"believable that you feel what they feel",1 4803,"are puerile",0 95136,"the artist 's work may take on a striking new significance for anyone who sees the film",1 118102,"deserve to go down with a ship as leaky as this",0 127603,"moving and not infrequently breathtaking film",1 99204,"us care about this latest reincarnation of the world 's greatest teacher",1 108296,"Part of the film 's cheeky charm comes from its vintage schmaltz .",1 195564,"certainly wo n't be remembered as one of ( Witherspoon 's ) better films .",0 155264,"bits funnier",1 157,"a dreary indulgence",0 25757,"It 's often infuriatingly glib and posturing",0 86731,"manages a neat trick , bundling the flowers of perversity , comedy and romance into a strangely tempting bouquet of a movie",1 73038,"above-average thriller",1 78741,"eccentric and good-naturedly",1 168249,"one thing this world needs less of",0 29925,"by far the lightest Dogme film and among the most enjoyable",1 60326,"with all the usual Spielberg flair",1 36,"'s enough melodrama in this magnolia primavera to make pta proud yet director muccino 's characters are less worthy of puccini than they are of daytime television",0 217397,"to systematically destroy everything we hold dear about cinema , only now it 's begun to split up so that it can do even more damage",0 64144,"At its worst the screenplay is callow",0 27223,"While surprisingly sincere , this average little story is adorned with some awesome action photography and surfing .",1 40447,"you gotta give director Roger Michell , best known for the superfluous Notting Hill , credit for trying .",1 71774,"a guilt-free trip",1 229014,"as you watch the movie , you 're too interested to care .",1 33210,"is a compelling slice of awkward emotions",1 221384,", interesting failure",0 194803,"bona fide",1 223636,"Here is a divine monument to a single man 's struggle to regain his life , his dignity and his music .",1 157994,"drowns out",0 226311,"The innate theatrics that provide its thrills and extreme emotions",1 180880,", populating its hackneyed and meanspirited storyline with cardboard characters and performers who value cash above credibility .",0 206624,"movie-of-the-week , plain old blarney",0 169108,"positively decadent in its cinematic flash and emptiness .",0 112055,"a great American adventure",1 189658,"Whereas the extremely competent hitman films such as Pulp Fiction and Get Shorty resonate a sardonic verve to their caustic purpose for existing , Who Is Cletis Tout ? is an inexpressible and drab wannabe looking for that exact niche .",0 120945,"gaudy Hawaiian shirt",0 32620,"holds for many urban dwellers",1 12779,"veterans",1 158360,"episodic choppiness , undermining the story 's emotional thrust",0 237451,"they do n't fit well together and neither is well told",0 159957,"genuine romance",1 101609,"'s an actor 's showcase that accomplishes its primary goal without the use of special effects , but rather by emphasizing the characters -- including the supporting ones .",1 1618,"little room",0 111931,"a flat , plodding picture",0 52770,"human comedy at its most",1 1570,"lamer",0 229039,"at cheapening it",0 39640,"unique modern fairytale",1 203862,"it could channel",1 187787,"The Fugitive , Blade Runner , and Total Recall , only without much energy or tension",0 139531,"what -- and has all the dramatic weight of a raindrop",0 156020,"capable of engendering an emotional response of any kind",1 189272,"Troll the cult section of your local video store for the real deal",0 216755,"tiresome cliché",0 96229,"the movie passes inspection",1 7869,"it 's never a good sign when a film 's star spends the entirety of the film in a coma",0 101851,"'s perfect for the proud warrior that still lingers in the souls of these characters",1 19357,"This bold and lyrical first feature from Raja Amari expands the pat notion that middle-aged women just wanna have fun into a rousing treatise of sensual empowerment .",1 74428,"are telegraphed in the most blithe exchanges gives the film its lingering tug .",0 152491,"a spark of new inspiration in it , just more of the same , done with noticeably less energy and imagination",0 26452,"Reno 's immense wit and insight",1 85418,"its subject matter in a tasteful , intelligent manner",1 1488,"it sounds sick and twisted ,",0 96174,"the most genuinely sweet films",1 57994,"the ` laughing",1 158796,"falls flat where it should deliver a moral punch .",0 44346,"A witty , whimsical feature",1 164011,"its complete and utter lack",0 61355,"'s viewed as a self-reflection or cautionary tale",1 136016,"the plot , and a maddeningly insistent and repetitive piano score that made me want to scream",0 234484,"of pre-9 \/ 11 New York and",1 227933,"a good name for a movie",1 63513,"A time machine , a journey back to your childhood ,",1 106036,"Good actors have a radar for juicy roles -- there 's a plethora of characters in this picture , and not one of them is flat .",1 219296,"while the humor aspects of ` Jason X ' were far more entertaining than I had expected",1 57130,"soap opera",0 106592,"If not a home run , then at least a solid base hit .",1 69466,"The direction has a fluid , no-nonsense authority , and the performances by Harris , Phifer and Cam ` ron seal the deal",1 46032,"Liotta put on 30 pounds for the role , and has completely transformed himself from his smooth , Goodfellas image .",1 40791,"Behan 's work and",1 229491,"burn the negative and the script",0 132438,"shrewd enough",0 169336,"produced such a script , but here 's guessing that spray cheese and underarm noises played a crucial role",0 56987,"silly comedy",1 142550,", there is no real reason to see it . Wait for video -- and then do n't rent it .",0 124198,"is less the cheap thriller you 'd expect than it is a fairly revealing study of its two main characters -- damaged-goods people whose orbits will inevitably and dangerously collide",1 32722,"idiocy",0 24360,"A highly",1 6596,"for industrial-model meat freezers",0 224631,"Like being invited to a classy dinner soiree",1 134158,"that 's old-fashioned in all the best possible ways",1 222950,"Cinematic poetry",1 7588,"interested",1 61630,", I 'd take ( its ) earnest errors and hard-won rewards over the bombastic self-glorification of other feel-good fiascos like Antwone Fisher or The Emperor 's Club any time .",1 21078,"is worth seeking out .",1 4319,"a worthwhile",1 51153,"emotionally devastating",0 151988,"a long and clunky ending",0 97527,"this story about love and culture",1 239136,"you can feel your veins cringing from the workout .",0 123667,"irresponsible Sandlerian",0 121800,"has much to recommend it",1 229001,"as thrilling as it should be",1 209354,"play second fiddle to the dull effects that allow the suit to come to life",0 85290,"its invitingly upbeat overture",1 64971,"Deep intelligence",1 185353,"It stars schticky Chris Rock and stolid Anthony Hopkins , who seem barely in the same movie . Their contrast is neither dramatic nor comic",0 101604,"'s always these rehashes to feed to the younger generations",1 216494,"this strangely schizo cartoon seems suited neither to kids or adults .",0 87681,"mysterious , sensual , emotionally intense ,",1 125473,"joy and pride",1 106567,"If H . G . Wells had a time machine and could take a look at his kin 's reworked version , what would he say ? ` It looks good , Sonny , but you missed the point",0 122597,"hugely imaginative and successful casting to its great credit , as well as",1 88749,"of malaise",0 213535,"that Kate is n't very bright , but that she has n't been worth caring about and",0 72818,"a whip-crack of a buddy movie",1 68441,"Rife with the rueful , wry humor springing out of Yiddish culture and language .",1 35805,"others to stand up and applaud",1 5276,"breathtaking",1 171456,"so much funny as aggressively sitcom-cute",1 226215,"The cast is spot on and",1 203842,"it be nice if all guys got a taste of what it 's like on the other side of the bra",1 142093,", at times confusing ,",0 37902,"that takes you inside the rhythms of its subject",1 235709,"should transcend any awards it bags",1 196871,"determined , ennui-hobbled slog",0 185310,"It looks good , but it is essentially empty .",0 84631,"is so lovely toward the end",1 213655,"that has nothing",0 224078,"Intimate and panoramic",1 61440,"( Gulpilil ) is a commanding screen presence , and his character 's abundant humanism makes him the film 's moral compass",1 224288,"It does n't reach them , but the effort is gratefully received",1 200427,"happy music",1 140928,"'' The Time Machine '' is a movie that has no interest in itself . It does n't believe in itself , it has no sense of humor ... it 's just plain bored .",0 72599,"a subtle and richly internalized performance",1 51270,"entertaining , colorful , action-filled crime story",1 85067,"it is instructive",1 84871,"it 's also undeniably exceedingly clever",1 221327,", er , bubbly",1 37261,"spun afresh",1 25398,"Genuinely touching because it 's realistic about all kinds of love .",1 23349,", a celebration of living , and a sobering rumination",1 16817,"offers a refreshingly different slice of Asian cinema .",1 105167,"Comedian '",1 232861,"is ultimately quite unengaging .",0 184348,"Hate",0 130496,"potentially incredibly twisting mystery",1 23680,", importantly , entertaining",1 20127,"bold and lyrical",1 35965,"perfect actor to take us on the trip",1 8541,"look ahead and resist living in a past",1 33122,"intimate and quaint reality",1 182657,"Attal 's hang-ups surrounding infidelity are so old-fashioned and , dare I say , outdated",0 43043,"wraps back around on itself in the kind of elegant symmetry that 's rare in film today ,",1 95699,"the filmmakers come up with nothing original in the way of slapstick sequences",0 218738,"was developed hastily after Oedekerk",0 20956,"intimate and the dialogue is realistic and greatly moving . The scope of the Silberstein family",1 165723,"maudlin , sentimental mysticism that mars the Touched by an Angel school of non-God spiritual-uplift movies",0 152469,"a solid woman - finding-herself story",1 233517,"look as though they are having so much fun",1 238940,"wo n't be placed in the pantheon of the best of the swashbucklers but it is a whole lot of fun and you get to see the one of the world 's best actors , Daniel Auteuil , have a whale of a good time .",1 80547,"freshness and spirit",1 65678,"From Danang reveals that efforts toward closure only open new wounds . It does n't flinch from its unsettling prognosis , namely , that the legacy of war is a kind of perpetual pain .",1 150002,"The writers , director Wally Wolodarsky , and all the actors should start their own coeducational fraternity : Kappa Rho Alpha Phi .",0 188390,"The movie 's major and most devastating flaw is its reliance on formula , though , and it 's quite enough to lessen the overall impact the movie could have had .",0 216706,"tick-tock",0 29630,"blessedly",1 213198,"taste for '' shock humor '' will wear thin on all",0 204809,"leaves a bad taste in your mouth and questions",0 238802,"will wind up as glum as Mr. De Niro .",0 28266,"amateurishly",0 101351,"'' superior",1 194681,"bitter old crank",0 151045,"Woody Allen movie ever . He has a great cast and a great idea",1 191292,"a semi-throwback , a reminiscence without nostalgia or sentimentality",0 201420,"however , is original",1 92270,"send audiences out talking about specific scary scenes or startling moments",1 31084,"enchantment",1 214166,"the awe in which it holds itself",1 58158,"the consequences",0 159935,"generic sets",0 30695,"delivers not just the full assault of Reno 's immense wit and insight",1 67757,"Nair 's cast is so large it 's Altman-esque , but she deftly spins the multiple stories in a vibrant and intoxicating fashion .",1 90101,"passion and energy",1 147910,"One long string of cliches .",0 222134,"A working class `` us vs. them '' opera that leaves no heartstring untugged and no liberal cause unplundered .",1 231080,"fun-for-fun 's - sake communal spirit goes to the essence of Broadway",1 49150,"are easy to swallow thanks to remarkable performances by Ferrera and Ontiveros",1 184788,"If I could have looked into my future and saw how bad this movie was , I would go back and choose to skip it . Fortunately",0 70275,"This movie has a strong message about never giving up on a loved one",1 163574,"is what we call the ` wow ' factor",1 158035,"dull leftover romantic motifs basted in faux-contemporary gravy",0 60144,"who are capable of anteing up some movie star charisma when they need it to sell us on this twisted love story , but who can also negotiate the movie 's darker turns",1 158354,"episodes smell",0 171327,"smacks of purely commercial motivation",1 232754,"is suitable summer entertainment that offers escapism without requiring a great deal of thought",1 197734,"electrocute and dismember",0 215028,"the mess that is World Traveler",0 207924,"of poetry and passion",1 155626,"but it also does the absolute last thing we need Hollywood doing to us :",0 30063,"cathartic",0 195644,"cheesy backdrops",0 7213,"honest",1 17646,"the scenes from his fellow cast , as there are plenty of laughs and good lines for everyone in this comedy",1 224383,"It never plays as dramatic even when dramatic things happen to people .",0 61515,"( and it does have some very funny sequences",1 56788,"seem drab and sordid",0 160026,"gets more tiresome ,",0 195678,"choppy ending",0 144980,"Dreary",0 184513,"How can you charge money for this ?",0 82902,"in an irresistible junior-high way ,",1 175686,"thrilling sci-fi cinematic ride",1 36890,"sharp humor and insight into human nature",1 210695,"runs out of steam",0 33242,"is a movie steeped in an ambiguity that lends its conflicts a symbolic resonance",1 155760,"by lowering your expectations",0 229928,"commands interest almost solely as an exercise in gorgeous visuals .",1 23006,"'m not quite sure what the point is ...",0 165106,"little screen time and even less chemistry",0 85637,"keeps Dickens evergreen : the exuberant openness with which he expresses our most basic emotions",1 208106,"of the most depressing movie-going experiences I can think of",0 23895,", the cast has a lot of fun with the material .",1 224212,"It 's not an easy one to review .",0 88932,"of that special fishy community",1 133574,"such atmospheric ballast that shrugging off the plot 's persnickety problems",0 213721,"that it goes nowhere",0 29271,"at Oscar time for crafting this wonderful portrait of a conflicted soldier",1 15554,"distinguished and distinctive effort",1 57194,"some wonderfully fresh moments",1 187705,"Teddy Bears ' Picnic ranks",1 176713,"toothless Dog",0 74673,"as emotionally grand",1 56683,"sadness and grief",0 87324,"more sheerly beautiful film",1 202975,"is hampered by its predictable plot and paper-thin supporting characters",0 84924,"it 's not Little Nicky . And for many of us , that 's good enough",1 224783,"Message movie or an action-packed submarine spectacular",1 208311,"offers little insight into the experience of being forty , female and single .",0 10951,"takes a long time to get to its gasp-inducing ending",0 210663,"ruined by amateurish",0 35960,"people walking out halfway through",0 55138,"nothing short of mesmerizing",1 46925,"The Lion King was a roaring success when it was released eight years ago , but",1 84635,"is something rare and riveting : a wild ride that relies on more than special effects",1 28737,"and particularly eccentric people have particularly eccentric living spaces",1 135853,"the mystic genres of cinema :",1 165261,"loosens in direct proportion",0 79785,"feels unusually assured",1 179698,"'s depressing to see how far Herzog has fallen",0 198575,"fart jokes ,",0 132365,"should stick to his day job",0 227286,"You feel good ,",1 85213,"its classical music",1 196114,"confusing on one level or another ,",0 54226,"lifts your spirits",1 132531,"sincere performance",1 37932,"the American ` hosts ' and their ` guests",0 96291,"the one thing most will take away is the sense that peace is possible .",1 100538,"with its shape-shifting perils , political intrigue and brushes",1 126651,"make you laugh",1 150539,"Two bodies and hardly a laugh between them",0 28521,"and beautiful",1 80445,"forgets",0 159173,"finished film",1 47637,"Wilco fans will have a great time ,",1 228301,"about intelligent high school",1 22184,"that is in love with its own cleverness",0 131724,"same sledgehammer appeal",1 37140,"some solid performances and witty dialogue",1 63014,"A fine , rousing , G-rated family film ,",1 200720,"have a cute partnership in I Spy",1 235612,"sequences boring",0 115113,"assembled cliches and pabulum that plays like a 95-minute commercial for NBA properties .",0 235825,"slow scenes",0 113309,"acted and directed , it 's clear that Washington most certainly has a new career ahead of him",1 120310,"followed through on her defiance of the saccharine",1 126159,"liked it just enough .",1 45075,"Director of photography Benoit Delhomme shot the movie in delicious colors , and the costumes and sets are grand",1 124969,"it falls into the trap of pretention almost every time",1 217216,"to mind : So why is this so boring ?",0 28628,"and giving it humor and poignancy",1 31956,"fun being grown up",1 69870,"The rich performances",1 12392,"to make a great one",1 106495,"I laughed at",1 155173,"between false sentiment and unfunny madcap comedy",0 103046,", you 'll still be glued to the screen .",1 226756,"Time literally stops on a dime in the tries-so-hard-to-be-cool `` Clockstoppers , '' but that does n't mean it still wo n't feel like the longest 90 minutes of your movie-going life .",0 160056,"getting butchered in A . I .",0 20531,"far above the level of the usual maudlin disease movie",1 136725,"there 's a casual intelligence that permeates the script",1 235798,"sketchy characters and immature provocations can fully succeed at cheapening it .",0 36172,"privileged position",1 89156,"of those underrated professionals who deserve but rarely receive it",1 176915,"try hard",0 190942,"a middle-aged moviemaker 's attempt to surround himself with beautiful , half-naked women",0 102765,", passionate",1 93164,"something of a public service --",1 57566,"tailor-made",1 158947,"feels incomplete",0 75939,"bright stars",1 178187,"whiny",0 165300,"lots of characters",1 191820,"absolutamente predecible",0 199794,"genre a bad name .",0 10830,"sufficient",1 112122,"a highly ambitious and personal project",1 170411,"scared ? Only at the prospect of Beck 's next project . Let 's see , a haunted house , a haunted ship , what 's next ... Ghost Blimp",0 783,"delight",1 103427,"A bittersweet film , simple in form but rich with human events .",1 185928,"M . I . T .",1 46955,"The Saigon of 1952 is an uneasy mix of sensual delights and simmering violence , and The Quiet American brings us right into the center of that world .",1 1564,"laddish and juvenile",0 97671,"thrill you",1 197518,"dreamed up such blatant and sickening product placement in a movie",0 63018,"A fine effort",1 105405,"Devotees",1 9338,"of quirky characters and an engaging story",1 172053,"story which fails to rise above its disgusting source material",0 137086,"this wedding",1 93998,"sustains interest",1 114373,"anti-virus . If only there were one for this kind of movie",0 125252,"its first-time feature director",1 82843,"in a collectively stellar performance",1 107814,"More sophisticated and literate than such pictures usually are ... an amusing little catch .",1 222339,"And , thanks to the presence of ` the King , ' it also rocks .",1 208574,"one bright shining star",1 193890,"avoids all the comic possibilities of its situation , and becomes one more dumb high school comedy about sex gags and prom dates .",0 66285,"If you can get past the taboo subject matter",1 211174,"selecting interview subjects who will construct a portrait of Castro so predominantly charitable it can only be seen as propaganda",0 39334,"to the original Casey Kasem-furnished voice",1 133085,"speaks for itself",1 21764,"pretentious and filled with subtext",0 76427,"captures the unsettled tenor of that post 9-11 period far better than a more measured or polished production ever could",1 72301,"a ripping good yarn is told .",1 104302,"An enormously entertaining movie , like nothing we 've ever seen before , and yet completely familiar .",1 115985,"big stars and high production values are standard procedure",1 1052,"furiously , their capacity to explain themselves has gone the same way as their natural instinct for self-preservation",0 229774,"celebrates the human spirit with such unrelenting Dickensian decency that it turned me ( horrors ! )",1 167703,"of some truly heinous crime",0 31596,"fiercely committed",1 212412,"squarely fills the screen",1 95001,"the Audience Award for documentaries at the Sundance Film Festival",1 217622,"too many spots where it 's on slippery footing",0 47149,"The mesmerizing performances of the leads",1 193213,"are terribly wasted",0 236692,"the `` Saving Private Ryan '' battle scenes",1 151473,"a choppy , surface-effect feeling to the whole enterprise",0 168818,"period drag",0 119013,"emotionally vapid",0 48469,"a very original artist",1 110528,"This misty-eyed Southern nostalgia piece ,",1 203450,"is so slovenly done , so primitive in technique , that it ca n't really be called animation",0 173596,"the cast delivers mildly amusing performances",1 108590,"Reminiscent of Alfred Hitchcock 's thrillers , most of the scary parts in ` Signs ' occur while waiting for things to happen .",1 226283,"The film tries too hard to be funny and tries too hard to be hip .",0 235604,"senseless",0 203072,"is like sitting in a downtown café , overhearing a bunch of typical late-twenty-somethings natter on about nothing , and desperately wishing you could change tables",0 51707,"finding a new and ingenious angle",1 92455,"sharp and quick documentary",1 146314,"In the end , the movie collapses on its shaky foundation despite the best efforts of director Joe Carnahan .",0 126134,"like stereotypical caretakers and moral teachers , instead",1 125140,"it well worth watching",1 76895,"colorful , vibrant introduction",1 23907,", the film is almost unsurpassed .",1 5717,"constant smiles and",1 78736,"eat up",1 150250,"This is the first full scale WWII flick from Hong Kong 's John Woo . He 's not good with people .",0 220951,"'s quite fun in places .",1 140908,"' it is far too self-conscious to draw you deeply into its world .",0 54427,"low rent Godfather . Part Three Stooges .",0 49323,"as single-minded as John Carpenter 's original",0 213698,"that it 's offensive , but",0 161667,"immerse you in sheer , unrelenting wretchedness",0 86095,"like they were lifted from Terry Gilliam 's subconscious , pressed through Kafka 's meat grinder and into Buñuel 's casings",1 25289,"Far more imaginative and ambitious than the trivial , cash-in features",1 56643,"romantic crime comedy",1 227188,"With a large cast representing a broad cross-section , Tavernier 's film bounds along with the rat-a-tat energy of `` His Girl Friday , '' maintaining a light touch while tackling serious themes .",1 139561,"what makes Shanghai Ghetto move beyond a good , dry , reliable textbook and what allows it to rank with its worthy predecessors",1 89614,"one of the more influential works of the ` Korean New Wave ' .",1 152679,"a whole lot of laughs",1 181565,"A chilly , remote , emotionally distant piece ... so dull that its tagline should be : `",0 119613,"exuberance in All",1 221828,"... plays like a badly edited , 91-minute trailer ( and ) the director ca n't seem to get a coherent rhythm going .",0 68670,"Secret Ballot is a funny , puzzling movie ambiguous enough to be engaging and oddly moving .",1 210673,"run out screaming",0 91677,"ride for the kiddies , with enough eye",1 80903,"gentle , lapping rhythms of this film",1 213673,"that is , for about ten minutes . After that it becomes long and tedious like a classroom",0 84857,"it 's a sit down and ponder affair . And",1 79851,"fiery",1 84525,"is our story as much as it is Schmidt 's , no matter if it 's viewed as a self-reflection or cautionary tale .",1 198015,"especially the frank sex scenes ) ensure that the film is never dull",1 231440,"has flopped as surely as a soufflé gone wrong .",0 188791,"There 's a heavy stench of ` been there , done that ' hanging over the film . It 's everything you 'd expect -- but nothing more .",0 64392,"Blessed with two fine , nuanced lead performances .",1 22080,"strong performances",1 133208,"stand as intellectual masterpieces next to The Scorpion King .",1 62355,", this modern mob music drama never fails to fascinate .",1 30814,"director Michael Dowse only superficially understands his characters",0 81787,"has that rare quality of being able to creep the living hell out of you",1 124058,"is frittered away in middle-of-the-road blandness .",0 138634,"understands how to create and sustain a mood",1 17687,"the year 's most accomplished",1 80985,"gets the tone just right --",1 188926,"They presume their audience wo n't sit still for a sociology lesson , however entertainingly presented , so",1 216003,"their feces",0 133507,"subdues his natural exuberance",0 14286,"More a load of enjoyable , Conan-esque claptrap than the punishing , special-effects soul assaults the Mummy pictures",1 189586,"What little atmosphere is generated by the shadowy lighting , macabre sets",0 230908,"for a summer of good stuff",1 176577,"tongue to keep from laughing at the ridiculous dialog or the oh-so convenient plot twists",0 163482,"is the script 's endless assault of embarrassingly ham-fisted sex jokes that reek of a script rewrite designed to garner the film a '' cooler '' PG-13 rating .",0 187766,"The Chateau has one very funny joke and a few other decent ones , but all it amounts to is a mildly funny , sometimes tedious , ultimately insignificant film",0 107874,"Much credit must be given to the water-camera operating team of Don King , Sonny Miller , and Michael Stewart .",1 136152,"the rich promise",1 101451,"'re looking for an intelligent movie in which you can release your pent up anger",1 81480,"hackneyed elements",0 194576,"better than no Chekhov",1 13564,", character-driven comedy",1 14449,"Steers turns in a snappy screenplay that curls at the edges : it 's so clever you want to hate it . But he somehow pulls it off .",1 124040,"is faster , livelier and a good deal funnier than his original",1 129918,"own idiosyncratic way",1 103825,"A rather brilliant little cult item :",1 6698,"from many a hollywood romance",0 232820,"is the script 's endless assault of embarrassingly ham-fisted sex jokes that reek of a script rewrite designed to garner the film a `` cooler '' PG-13 rating .",0 33348,"is certainly not earthshaking",0 80677,"from the trees hooting it 's praises , but it 's definitely worth taking a look",1 215858,"the visual flair and bouncing bravado that characterizes better hip-hop clips and is content to recycle images and characters that were already tired 10 years ago",0 28268,"amazement",1 169366,"promising as any war\/adventure film",1 141087,"'s a 100-year old mystery that is constantly being interrupted by Elizabeth Hurley in a bathing suit .",0 217880,"try to create characters out of the obvious cliches , but wind up using them as punching bags",0 143150,"A horror movie with seriously dumb characters , which somewhat dilutes the pleasure of watching them",0 25212,"Elliott 's memoir",1 48641,"acted and funny\/gritty fable of the humanizing of one woman at the hands of the unseen forces of fate",1 98505,"too good",1 178329,"wildly implausible and",0 195125,"by a director so self-possessed he actually adds a period to his first name",0 180791,", low-key , 102-minute infomercial",0 219866,"with which it tries to pump life into overworked elements from Eastwood 's Dirty Harry period",0 196097,"concentrating on the elements of a revealing alienation among a culture of people who sadly are at hostile odds with one another through recklessness and retaliation",1 185309,"It looks good , but it is essentially empty",0 127053,"might I suggest that the wayward wooden one end it all by stuffing himself into an electric pencil sharpener",0 126966,"meant to enhance the self-image of drooling idiots",0 123473,"intelligent ,",1 98426,"to unexpected heights",1 121026,"genuinely funny",1 142920,"5 grade trash",0 18777,"Celebrated at Sundance",1 181098,", vapid and devoid",0 6497,"find a spark of its own",1 198637,"features terrible , banal dialogue : convenient , hole-ridden plotting : superficial characters and a rather dull , unimaginative car chase",0 197976,"entrepreneurial zeal",1 77163,"condescending stereotypes",0 238863,"with a message that cautions children about disturbing the world 's delicate ecological balance",1 164526,"lacks Besson 's perspective as a storyteller",0 216404,"this is a film for the under-7 crowd . But it would be better to wait for the video . And a very rainy day .",0 6885,"green 's half-hearted movie",0 30634,"deeply appealing veteran Bouquet",1 157569,"disgusting source material",0 118325,"discordant",0 169655,"rather dull",0 179254,"yuppie sailboaters",0 32167,"gradually and artfully draws us into a world where the personal and the political get",1 230180,"determine how well the schmaltz is manufactured -- to assess the quality of the manipulative engineering",0 165298,"lot more fun",1 106091,"Gussied up with so many distracting special effects and visual party tricks that it 's not clear whether we 're supposed to shriek or laugh .",0 185969,"Makes the same mistake as the music industry it criticizes ,",0 80,", like beau travil and nenette et boni , could prepare us for this gory , perverted , sex-soaked riff on the cannibal genre",0 24409,"A pleasurably jacked-up piece",1 68283,"Provides a very moving and revelatory footnote to the Holocaust",1 169180,"predictable story",0 141446,"'s no mistaking the fact that this hybrid misses the impact of the Disney classic , and even that of the excellent 1934 MGM version .",0 218529,"vies with pretension -- and sometimes plain wacky implausibility --",0 99890,"what makes it worth a recommendation",1 230366,"does n't so much phone in his performance as fax it",0 34219,"loss",0 144019,"Bad and baffling",0 201936,"in need of a scented bath",0 123994,"is disappointingly generic",0 118722,"dreamlike ecstasy",1 10020,"re-invents himself",1 104395,"Analyze This , not",0 53994,"its straight-ahead approach",1 102014,"'ve completely lowered your entertainment standards",0 178428,"winds up accomplishing neither in full ,",0 58050,"the benefit of being able to give full performances",1 161698,"impossible to claim that it is '' Based on a True Story ''",0 90760,"properly intense , claustrophobic tale",1 52280,"grimly competent and stolid and earnest military courtroom",1 195188,"by numbers , and as easy to be bored by as your ABC 's ,",0 54177,"learn a good deal",1 44095,"A giggle-inducing comedy",1 53392,"is an enjoyable and frankly told tale of a people who live among us , but not necessarily with us .",1 192595,"an insultingly inept and artificial examination of grief and its impacts upon the relationships of the survivors",0 11273,"the cumulative effect of the relentless horror on parade numbs the movie 's power as a work of drama",0 175328,"this Barbershop just does n't make the cut",0 7338,"if you 're in the right b-movie frame of mind",0 107941,"Narratively , Trouble Every Day is a plodding mess .",0 185346,"It should be interesting , it should be poignant , it turns out to be affected and boring .",0 38484,"the nuances of the emotional development of the delicate characters",1 73344,"ai n't half-bad .",1 193339,"as ` Wayne",1 215311,"the party favors to sober us up with the transparent attempts at moralizing",0 84609,"is smart",1 36720,"screwups",0 175188,"there is something about it that feels incomplete , as if the real story starts just around the corner",0 103623,"A genuinely funny ensemble comedy that also asks its audience -- in a heartwarming , nonjudgmental kind of way -- to consider what we value in our daily lives .",1 163040,"is more mindless love than mad , more grating and boring",0 126087,"like an infomercial for Ram Dass 's latest book aimed at the boomer demographic .",0 29506,"been told with such affecting grace and cultural specificity",1 40183,"with all the elements that made the other three great , scary times at the movies",1 193371,"as a low-budget series on a UHF channel",0 201407,"how so many talented people were convinced to waste their time",0 149627,"The movie takes itself too seriously and",0 164833,"lift this heartfelt enterprise out of the familiar",1 95122,"the amazing Spider-Man",1 238238,"unlikely to demonstrate the emotional clout to sweep U.S. viewers off their feet",0 81985,"he does such a good job of it that Family Fundamentals gets you riled up",1 43250,"'s fun lite",1 125295,"its make-believe promise of life",0 128554,"of better films",0 204162,"its critical backlash",0 178202,"who 's simply fab as a Spanish butler with a foot fetish",1 231471,"has plenty of laughs .",1 108573,"Reeks of rot and hack",0 15953,"has a lot in common with Piesiewicz 's and Kieslowski 's earlier work , films like The Double Life of Veronique",1 175999,"to bolt the theater in the first 10 minutes",0 63148,"A lively and engaging examination of how similar obsessions can dominate a family",1 103994,"A vivid",1 19955,"are often infectious",1 231900,"if you have no interest in the gang-infested",0 194976,"brooding and slow",0 186934,"Reyes ' directorial debut has good things to offer ,",1 13655,", these bromides would be barely enough to sustain an interstitial program on the Discovery Channel . But in Imax 3-D , the clichés disappear into the vertiginous perspectives opened up by the photography .",1 209344,"play like the worst kind of Hollywood heart-string plucking .",0 225842,"So young , so smart , such talent , such a wise \*\*\* .",1 219533,"will likely set the cause of woman warriors back decades .",0 98561,"totally weirded -",0 104709,"Berling and Béart ... continue to impress , and Isabelle Huppert ... again shows uncanny skill in getting under the skin of her characters .",1 72467,"a solid movie",1 19572,"a serious exploration",1 166556,"narrative necessity is a drunken roundhouse ,",0 196067,"completely predictable plot",0 173644,"the clumsy comedy Stealing Harvard",0 203478,"is strictly routine",0 167163,"of Balto",1 137937,"to the filmmaker 's extraordinary access to Massoud , whose charm , cultivation and devotion to his people are readily apparent",1 6591,"for fun-seeking summer audiences",1 228113,"a refreshing absence of cynicism in Stuart Little 2",1 130348,"plumbs uncharted depths of stupidity , incoherence and sub-sophomoric sexual banter .",0 211987,"so overwhelmed by its lack of purpose that it seeks excitement in manufactured high drama",0 11236,"the chaotic insanity and",0 81159,"go ape over this movie",1 205695,"make you think about existential suffering . Instead",1 175670,"three-hour endurance test",0 7652,"is a good film",1 219061,"were in diapers when the original was released in 1987 ... this story gets sillier , not scarier , as it goes along",0 19194,"Provides an intriguing window into the imagination and hermetic analysis of Todd Solondz",1 76072,"but an admirable one that tries to immerse us in a world of artistic abandon and political madness and very nearly",1 53924,"its extraordinary themes",1 175541,"this should , indeed , have been presented as a theatrical release",1 40964,"Interacting eyeball-to-eyeball and toe-to-toe , Hopkins and Norton are a winning combination --",1 34323,"makes this '' Two Weddings and a Funeral '' fun",1 26265,"Offers enough playful fun to entertain the preschool set while embracing a wholesome attitude .",1 50048,"captures an Italian immigrant family on the brink of major changes",1 200066,"goes right",1 169951,"remains inextricably stuck in an emotionally unavailable rut .",0 208216,"of two actors who do everything humanly possible to create characters who are sweet and believable , and are defeated by a screenplay that forces them into bizarre , implausible behavior",0 29961,"ca n't deny either the tragic loss of two young men in the prime of their talent or the power of this movie .",1 20300,"could change America , not only because it is full of necessary discussion points , but because it is so accessible that it makes complex politics understandable to viewers looking for nothing but energetic entertainment .",1 164713,"left me cold and wet like I was out in the Seattle drizzle without rainwear .",0 100501,"with fondness and respect",1 71433,"a company of strictly A-list players",1 126874,"may be a bit disjointed",0 93946,"surreal ache of mortal awareness emerges a radiant character portrait .",1 230215,"difficult '' movies",0 65099,"Director Todd Solondz has made a movie about critical reaction to his two previous movies , and about his responsibility to the characters that he creates .",1 118320,"disastrous ending",0 192047,"after being an object of intense scrutiny for 104 minutes , remains a complete blank",0 69143,"Takes you by the face , strokes your cheeks and coos beseechingly at you : slow down , shake off your tensions and take this picture at its own breezy , distracted rhythms",1 26348,"Personal Velocity gathers plenty of dramatic momentum .",1 24246,": fast , furious and full",1 188455,"The movie suffers from two fatal ailments -- a dearth of vitality and a story that 's shapeless and uninflected .",0 111480,"a Golden Book sprung to life",1 206888,"needs more filmmakers with passionate enthusiasms like Martin Scorsese .",1 121341,"gorgeous animation",1 49045,"and it 's what makes their project so interesting",1 107084,"It would be churlish to begrudge anyone for receiving whatever consolation that can be found in Dragonfly , yet it is impossible to find the film anything but appalling , shamelessly manipulative and contrived , and totally lacking in conviction",0 162060,"in this film , which is often preachy and poorly acted",0 95907,"the idea of why human beings long for what they do n't have , and how this gets us in trouble .",1 64756,"Collateral Damage is trash , but it earns extra points by acting as if it were n't .",0 143220,"A momentary escape from the summer heat and the sedentary doldrums that set in at this time of year",1 150215,"This is a great subject for a movie",1 80932,"geriatric Dirty Harry , which will please Eastwood 's loyal fans -- and suits the story , wherein our hero must ride roughshod over incompetent cops to get his man",1 43819,"-- but still quite tasty and inviting all the same",1 119822,"favors the scientific over the spectacular ( visually speaking ) .",1 232847,"is too calm and thoughtful for agitprop , and the thinness of its characterizations makes it a failure as straight drama",0 68558,"Saddled",0 15582,"does succeed by following a feel-good formula with a winning style",1 25664,"If you love Motown music",1 72299,"a ripper of a yarn and I for one enjoyed the thrill of the chill .",1 53290,"is a good script , good dialogue",1 166309,"most fascinating stories",1 234013,"must be a serious contender for the title .",1 147304,"Madonna still ca n't act a lick .",0 84653,"is still good fun .",1 237332,"the wit , humor and snappy dialogue",1 92644,"sick society",0 57905,"that there 's hope for popular cinema yet",1 176188,"to his formula of dimwitted comedy and even dimmer characters",0 123097,"in sorrow",0 196038,"community-college advertisement",0 61892,", even delectable",1 100146,"whole family",1 202566,"is a dud -- a romantic comedy that 's not the least bit romantic and only mildly funny",0 195199,"by some dramatic scenes that are jarring and deeply out of place in what could",0 122431,"hit on a 15-year old",0 190459,"a director so self-possessed",0 19400,"Visits spy-movie territory like a novel",1 213089,"take as many drugs as the film 's characters",0 94930,"that transforms this story about love and culture into a cinematic poem",1 71155,"You wo n't have any trouble getting kids to eat up these Veggies .",1 109145,"Stale first act , Scrooge story , blatant product placement ,",0 230213,"did they deem it necessary to document all this emotional misery ?",0 225830,"So devoid of pleasure or sensuality that it can not even be dubbed hedonistic .",0 43521,", as artificial as the video games Japanese teens play",0 84723,"is the best performance from either in years",1 212684,"strives to be more , but does n't quite get there .",0 74388,"are profound and thoughtfully delivered",1 61031,"'s far too slight and introspective to appeal to anything wider than a niche audience .",0 102688,", joyous celebration",1 185001,"It 's a barely tolerable slog over well-trod ground .",0 82750,"important political documentary",1 59328,"to rival To Live",1 63309,"A refreshing change",1 77086,"compensated in large part by the off-the-wall dialogue , visual playfulness and the outlandishness of the idea itself",1 105160,"Colorful , energetic and sweetly whimsical ...",1 227414,"`` An entire film about researchers quietly reading dusty old letters . ''",0 28029,"about real people living their lives",1 179617,"'s also far from being a realized work",0 191725,"about as humorous",0 121762,"has hugely imaginative and successful casting to its great credit , as well as one terrific score and attitude to spare",1 121080,"gets rock-n-rolling",1 202608,"is a mess .",0 221227,", ` How can you charge money for this ? '",0 183745,"Even by the intentionally low standards of frat-boy humor , Sorority Boys is a bowser .",0 101639,"'s because the laughs come from fairly basic comedic constructs",1 193410,"as bad as you think ,",0 197367,"does n't take a rocket scientist to figure out that this is a Mormon family movie , and a sappy , preachy one at that",0 52660,"his smart , edgy voice and waddling profile ( emphasized here ) accent the humor of Wilson 's plight ,",1 187392,"So putrid it is not worth the price of the match that should be used to burn every print of the film .",0 68321,"RINGU",0 59592,"twisted sense",0 176994,"turns out to be as ill-starred as you might expect",0 17348,"succeed",1 214224,"the brain is engaged",1 173563,"the bones of Queen of the Damned",1 27743,"a precious twinkle of insight into their lives",1 193959,"bad-movie",0 123884,"is almost nothing in this flat effort that will amuse or entertain them ,",0 47969,"a dizzying , volatile , pressure-cooker of a situation that quickly snowballs out of control , while focusing on the what much more than the why",1 64841,"Could use a little more humanity ,",0 79818,"ferocity and",1 184013,"Formula 51 promises a new kind of high but delivers the same old bad trip .",0 60195,"whose view of America , history and the awkwardness of human life is generous and deep",1 207943,"of randomness usually achieved only by lottery drawing",0 207625,"of being a really bad imitation of the really bad Blair Witch Project",0 49476,"baroque beauty",1 205936,"may have made a great Saturday Night Live sketch , but a great movie it is not",0 162168,"ineptitudes",0 108963,"Simplistic , silly and tedious",0 181529,"A beyond-lame satire , Teddy Bears ' Picnic ranks among the most pitiful directing debuts by an esteemed writer-actor .",0 83443,"integrating the characters in the foreground",1 220945,"'s plenty to offend everyone ...",0 21796,"quite fresh and delightful",1 69543,"The film has an infectious enthusiasm",1 31497,"fascinates",1 141584,"'s so badly made on every level that I 'm actually having a hard time believing people were paid to make it .",0 69383,"The actors are simply too good , and the story too intriguing",1 75780,"bogged down in earnest dramaturgy",0 61196,"'s on Saturday morning TV especially the pseudo-educational stuff we all ca n't stand",0 228644,"and fabulous music",1 210691,"runs for only 71 minutes and",0 16625,"n't all that bad",1 141381,"'s just a silly black genre spoof",0 62676,"1960s rebellion",0 143895,"As an actor , The Rock is aptly named .",0 206114,"might be some sort of credible gender-provoking philosophy submerged here , but who the hell cares",0 209974,"puzzles me is the lack of emphasis on music in Britney Spears ' first movie .",0 110472,"This is a movie full of grace and ,",1 83705,"is , in fact , so interesting",1 95276,"the cast is appealing",1 225764,"Short and sweet",1 225056,"Much of it comes from the brave , uninhibited performances by its lead actors .",1 63320,"A respectable venture on its own terms",1 60472,"works superbly here",1 203363,"is repeated at least four times . Every joke is repeated at least -- annoying , is n't it ?",0 235125,"pure wankery",0 45761,"It 's tough to watch ,",0 50090,"celebrates the group 's playful spark of nonconformity , glancing vividly back at what Hibiscus grandly called his ` angels of light",1 177843,"weighed down with agonizing contrivances , overheated pathos and long , wistful gazes",0 41507,"acknowledges and celebrates their cheesiness",1 194384,"been sacrificed for the sake of spectacle",0 134042,"than a mall movie designed to kill time",0 235752,"simple , sweet and romantic comedy",1 5849,"davis has energy",1 44492,"An exquisitely crafted and acted tale .",1 139480,"well-rounded",1 124841,"it 's just as wonderful on the big screen .",1 217255,"to play second fiddle to the dull effects that allow the suit to come to life",0 178949,"wrapped up into one",1 59332,"to say that the film makes the viewer feel like the movie 's various victimized audience members after a while , but it also happens to be the movie 's most admirable quality",1 62074,", like Ravel 's Bolero , builds to a crescendo that encompasses many more paths than we started with",1 96383,"the perkiness of Witherspoon ( who is always a joy to watch , even when her material is not first-rate )",1 191623,"a whole heap of nothing at the core of this slight coming-of-age/coming-out tale",0 90826,"providing deep emotional motivation for each and every one of Abagnale 's antics",1 188805,"There 's a scientific law to be discerned here that producers would be well to heed : Mediocre movies start to drag as soon as the action speeds up",0 174757,"the six-time winner",1 154306,"asks us to care about a young man whose only apparent virtue is that he is not quite as unpleasant as some of the people in his life",0 164831,"lift this heartfelt enterprise",1 67621,"More than their unique residences , Home Movie is about the people who live in them , who have carved their own comfortable niche in the world and have been kind enough to share it .",1 60849,"'s a ripper of a yarn and I for one enjoyed the thrill of the chill .",1 208224,"of useless actioners",0 169700,"reach far beyond its core demographic",1 179373,"'ll be thinking of 51 ways to leave this loser .",0 182693,"Banderas looks like he 's not trying to laugh at how bad",0 104346,"An instantly forgettable snow-and-stuntwork extravaganza that likely will be upstaged by an avalanche of more appealing holiday-season product .",0 213197,"tartly",0 141234,"'s as flat as an open can of pop left sitting in the sun",0 224311,"It has no affect on the Kurds , but it wore me down",0 118731,"drifts aimlessly for 90 minutes",0 69948,"The story line may be 127 years old , but El Crimen del Padre Amaro ... could n't be more timely in its despairing vision of corruption within the Catholic establishment",1 226225,"The concept behind Kung Pow : Enter the Fist is hilarious .",1 27307,"You wo n't like Roger",0 197586,"dull , inconsistent , dishonest",0 229466,"bring fresh , unforced naturalism to their characters .",1 184582,"I 've ever seen that had no obvious directing involved",0 200949,"he runs around and acts like a doofus",0 221560,", that would be me : fighting off the urge to doze .",0 143420,"A very long movie , dull in stretches , with entirely too much focus on meal preparation and igloo construction .",0 198535,"fantastic Reign",1 185535,"Just a bunch of good actors flailing around in a caper that 's neither original nor terribly funny",1 157785,"does n't pop Reese back",0 51369,"every shot enhances the excellent performances",1 32585,"his smart , edgy voice and waddling profile ( emphasized here )",1 31156,"entangled interrelationships and complex morality",1 149592,"The movie is a desperate miscalculation .",0 49058,"anguished",0 7360,"ill-fitting",0 3289,"'re in for a real winner , creativity at its peak",1 12154,"this is an ungainly movie , ill-fitting , with its elbows sticking out where the knees should be .",0 227490,"`` Frailty '' starts out like a typical Bible killer story , but it turns out to be significantly different ( and better ) than most films with this theme .",1 23009,"'re each interesting",1 119358,"even touch us",1 199500,"fresh , sometimes funny",1 199762,"gender politics",0 9077,"no quarter to anyone seeking to pull a cohesive story out of its 2 1\/2 - hour running time",0 226894,"Utter mush ... conceited pap",0 203003,"is in the right place , his plea for democracy and civic action laudable .",1 42256,"just as frightening and disturbing --",0 165551,"makes Chaplin 's City Lights",1 12348,"to distract you from the ricocheting",0 235252,"recommend `` Never Again",1 176259,"to make one pine for the day when Godard can no longer handle the rigors of filmmaking",0 124999,"it is a good and ambitious film . And",1 36276,"quiet , pure , elliptical film",1 143805,"Anderson 's movie is essentially a one-trick pony that , hampered by an undeveloped script , ultimately pulls up lame .",0 87623,"mug shots",0 50230,"collective",1 49278,"as great",1 200443,"hard to take her spiritual quest at all seriously",0 97581,"those rare films that come by once in a while with flawless amounts of acting , direction , story and pace",1 8074,"its lackluster gear of emotional blandness",0 31136,"enough interesting characters to fill several movies",1 165213,"look like they were borrowed from Gilligan 's Island",0 220290,"you had already seen that movie",0 105579,"Each scene wreaks of routine",0 221409,", it 's kinda dumb .",0 193336,"as The Monster horns",1 89332,"old-fashioned scary movie",1 126101,"like it or",1 23227,"( Gai ) comes closer to any actress I can remember to personifying independence in its purest and , yes , most intimidating form .",1 138965,"very compelling , sensitive",1 116457,"by the forced funniness found in the dullest kiddie flicks",0 19366,"This is such a high-energy movie where the drumming and the marching are so excellent , who cares if the story 's a little weak .",1 101049,"you 'll love this movie .",1 133466,"stuffs his debut",0 37834,"that is so intriguing that you find yourself staring hypnotically at her , trying to understand her and wondering if she 'll crack",1 227309,"You see the movie and you think , zzzzzzzzz .",0 63429,"A strong script ,",1 198780,"fetishistic violence",0 64013,"Anyone who welcomes a dash of the avant-garde fused with their humor should take pleasure in this crazed",1 5072,"because it can never be seen",0 114319,"animation back 30 years , musicals back 40 years and Judaism back at least 50",0 24501,"A warm , funny",1 165826,"meddling",0 204896,"lets the cliched dialogue rip . Or else a doggie winks",0 31558,"feel the pieces of the Star Wars saga falling into place in a way that makes your spine tingle with revelation and excitement",1 93202,"somewhat insightful",1 155380,"bore that tends to hammer home every one of its points .",0 13712,"... In this incarnation its fizz is infectious",1 155916,"can admire",1 198987,"fish-out-of-water formula",0 177792,"we do n't demand a standard of quality for the art that we choose",0 79594,"falling into the Hollywood trap",0 27759,"a rare gem",1 171382,"snoozy",0 28013,"about baseball to hit theaters since Field of Dreams .",1 35132,"of Touched by an Angel",1 233173,"its story is n't bogged down by idiocy involving the CIA and a lost U.S. satellite",1 140977,"'ll be more entertained getting hit by a bus",0 100010,"while adding the rich details and go-for-broke acting that heralds something special",1 84847,"it 's a dish that 's best served cold",0 15791,"flourishes",1 82871,"in a tasteful , intelligent manner",1 108790,"Scherfig 's light-hearted profile of emotional desperation",1 184840,"If you do n't flee , you might be seduced . If you do n't laugh , flee .",0 27884,"a symbolic resonance",1 21679,"overshadowed by some strong performances",1 65423,"Excellent performances from Jacqueline Bisset and Martha Plimpton",1 70185,"This cinema verite speculation on the assassination of John F . Kennedy may have been inspired by Blair Witch , but",1 160923,"have to gloss over the no sense ending .",0 2035,"pg-rated , nonthreatening family movies",1 486,"as fun",1 39086,"times , and lots of fun",1 226509,"The talents of the actors",1 222828,"But ticket-buyers with great expectations will wind up as glum as Mr. De Niro .",0 188931,"Things really get weird , though not particularly scary",0 153017,"agonizing contrivances , overheated pathos",0 13884,"Because you can hear about suffering Afghan refugees on the news and still be unaffected . Dramas like this make it human",1 25247,"Escapism in its purest form",1 62223,", so , hopefully , this film will attach a human face to all those little steaming cartons .",1 44374,"Again may not , strictly speaking , qualify as revolutionary .",0 18853,"Euro-film pretension",0 109649,"The characters are based on stock clichés",0 209568,"possibly will enjoy it",1 944,"faithful",1 37982,"the absurdity",0 113308,"acted and directed",0 39880,"way to bring happiness to their loved ones",1 208165,"of the worst sin of attributable to a movie like this",0 48398,"a story that 's compelling and heartfelt -- even if the heart belongs to a big",1 44572,"As an introduction to the man 's theories and influence , Derrida is all but useless",0 81715,"has filmed the opera exactly as the libretto directs , ideally capturing the opera 's drama and lyricism .",1 212159,"some serious re-working to show more of the dilemma , rather than have his characters stage shouting",0 156533,"come perilously close to being Amoses and Andys for a new generation .",0 76431,"capturing",1 102308,", Narc strikes a defiantly retro chord , and outpaces its contemporaries with daring and verve .",1 126048,"like a feature-length sitcom replete with stereotypical familial quandaries",0 185240,"It all seemed wasted like DeNiro 's once promising career and the once grand Long Beach boardwalk .",0 5376,"by the artsy and often pointless visuals",0 29478,"becomes a heady experience",1 28682,"and its fine acting",1 226385,"The only entertainment",1 154963,"been expanded and worked into a compelling single feature",1 102651,", it feels painfully redundant and inauthentic .",0 21728,"plot development",1 188999,"This is for the most part a useless movie , even with a great director at the helm .",0 99842,"what 's best about",1 187547,"Starts out mediocre , spirals downward , and thuds to the bottom of the pool with an utterly incompetent conclusion .",0 220038,"worth waiting for",1 44210,"A powerful performance from Mel Gibson",1 69740,"The movie is amateurish ,",0 114695,"are things to like about Murder By Numbers",1 127781,"nature film and a tribute",1 70420,"Tony Gayton 's script does n't give us anything we have n't seen before ,",0 25798,"It never fails to engage us .",1 102063,"( At least ) Moore is a real charmer .",1 223760,"I ca n't think of a single good reason to see this movie , even though everyone in my group extemporaneously shouted",0 110585,"Those of you who do n't believe in Santa Claus probably also think that sequels can never capture the magic of the original . Well",1 172671,"terrible , pun-laden dialogue",0 145689,"Hamlet . For Benigni it was n't Shakespeare whom he wanted to define his career with but Pinocchio . It might as well have been Problem Child IV",0 142191,", harmless diversion and little else .",0 222103,"A thought-provoking picture .",1 221467,", movies like Ghost Ship will be used as analgesic balm for overstimulated minds .",0 128177,"nothing special",0 146489,"It 's got its heart in the right place",1 189584,"What is sorely missing , however , is the edge of wild , lunatic invention that we associate with Cage 's best acting",0 221700,", you can do something fun tonight .",1 121567,"half-dimensional characters",0 60902,"'s actually sort of amazing",1 154601,"banal script",0 131979,"seem to be in a contest to see who can out-bad-act the other . ( Kirshner wins , but it 's close . )",0 168912,"play his self-deprecating act",0 221970,"A crisp psychological drama ( and ) a fascinating little thriller that would have been perfect for an old `` Twilight Zone '' episode",1 132341,"should be relegated to a dark video store corner",0 131401,"resemble the shapeless",0 107820,"Most of the storylines feel like time fillers between surf shots .",0 188852,"There 's some outrageously creative action in The Transporter ... ( b ) ut by the time Frank parachutes down onto a moving truck",1 120508,"for the insipid script he has crafted with Harris Goldberg",0 116610,"can not be revived",0 201458,"humorous , spooky , educational , but at other times as bland as a block of snow .",1 111189,"With Zoe Clarke-Williams 's lackluster thriller '' New Best Friend '' , who needs enemies ?",0 21020,"is enormous fun for thinking audiences",1 102303,", Minority Report commands interest almost solely as an exercise in gorgeous visuals . That 's not vintage Spielberg and that , finally , is minimally satisfying .",1 119092,"engaging and moving portrait",1 67372,"Makes one thing abundantly clear .",1 67201,"Less the sensational true-crime hell-jaunt purists might like and more experimental in its storytelling ( though no less horrifying for it ) .",1 52339,"handsome locations",1 184496,"Hot and the John Wayne classics",1 61042,"'s full of cheesy dialogue , but great trashy fun that finally returns De Palma to his pulpy thrillers of the early '80s .",1 22289,"the imagination and hermetic analysis",1 219965,"work as an addictive guilty pleasure but the material never overcomes its questionable satirical ambivalence . This Scarlet 's letter is A ... as in aimless , arduous , and arbitrary",0 183330,"Definitely a crowd-pleaser , but then , so was the Roman Colosseum .",1 23018,"'re not sure if you should applaud or look into having him committed",0 23967,", viciously honest coming-of-age films",1 106436,"I did n't hate this one , it 's not very good either .",0 26636,"Stay",1 224142,"It 's a visual Rorschach test and I must have failed",0 56509,"relishes every self-mocking moment .",1 143626,"All the characters are stereotypes",0 91214,"realism , crisp storytelling and radiant",1 4293,"a visually seductive , unrepentantly trashy take",1 115972,"big , juicy role",1 107714,"Men with Brooms is distinctly ordinary",0 110261,"The wonderfully lush Morvern Callar",1 56660,"rowdy slapstick",1 64607,"Can be viewed as pure composition and form --",1 40019,"while providing a precious twinkle of insight into their lives",1 232725,"is riveting .",1 69485,"The enjoyable Undercover Brother ,",1 186919,"Return to Neverland manages to straddle the line between another classic for the company and just another run-of-the-mill Disney sequel intended for the home video market",0 229024,"assumes that not only would subtlety be lost on the target audience , but that it 's also too stupid to realize that they 've already seen this exact same movie a hundred times",0 216997,"to endure its extremely languorous rhythms , Waiting for Happiness",0 202863,"is difficult to fathom",0 108026,"Nonchalantly freaky and uncommonly pleasurable",1 118331,"disgrace it",0 104252,"An already thin story boils down to surviving invaders seeking an existent anti-virus . If only there were one for this kind of movie .",0 189940,"Your nightmares",0 16772,"of sudden violence",0 233869,"might want to take a reality check before you pay the full ticket price to see `` Simone , '' and consider a DVD rental instead",0 232856,"is truly funny , playing a kind of Ghandi gone bad",1 129602,"one the public",1 106232,"Highlighted by a gritty style and an excellent cast , it 's better than one might expect when you look at the list of movies starring Ice-T in a major role .",1 103963,"A triumph , a film that hews out a world and carries us effortlessly from darkness to light",1 222703,"Build some robots , haul 'em to the theatre with you for the late show , and put on your own Mystery Science Theatre 3000 tribute to what is almost certainly going to go down as the worst -- and only -- killer website movie of this or any other year",0 231425,"has been written so well , that even a simple `` Goddammit ! ''",1 209820,"prove more distressing",0 161202,"hinges on a technicality that strains credulity and leaves the viewer haunted by the waste of potential",0 57484,"such good humor",1 121182,"gives an especially poignant portrait of her friendship with the never flagging legal investigator David Presson .",1 146640,"It appears that something has been lost in the translation to the screen .",0 169197,"preferred a transfer down the hall to Mr . Holland 's class for the music , or to Robin Williams 's lecture",0 185243,"It all unfolds predictably ,",0 194063,"be a toss-up between presiding over the end of cinema as we know it and another night of delightful hand shadows",0 161207,"hip , young adult entertainment",1 32263,"hard not to be seduced by ( Witherspoon 's ) charisma , even in this run-of-the-mill vehicle , because this girl knows how to drive it to the max",1 203252,"is not handled well",0 79279,"even while his characters are acting horribly",0 125523,"just sneers",0 40857,"Disney 's live-action division has a history of releasing cinematic flotsam , but",1 17718,"they demonstrate that there 's still a lot of life in Hong Kong cinema .",1 224379,"It might be tempting to regard Mr. Andrew and his collaborators as oddballs , but Mr. Earnhart 's quizzical , charming movie allows us to see them , finally , as artists",1 123790,"is a much better mother-daughter tale",1 182523,"Anyone who wants to start writing screenplays can just follow the same blueprint from hundreds of other films , sell it to the highest bidder and walk away without anyone truly knowing your identity .",0 112798,"a strangely sinister happy ending",1 121399,"grave",0 80176,"follow the stale , standard , connect-the-dots storyline which has become commonplace in movies that explore the seamy underbelly of the criminal world",0 194441,"beginning with the minor omission of a screenplay",0 189878,"Writer/director Burr Steers emphasizes the Q in Quirky , with mixed results .",1 214479,"the emotion or timelessness of Disney 's great past , or",1 209901,"punched through by an inconsistent , meandering , and sometimes dry plot",0 194311,"becomes just another revenge film",0 119519,"expand a TV show",1 54712,"memória",1 180255,"( and probably should have",0 31939,"full of gentle humor that chides the absurdity of its protagonist 's plight",1 108864,"Several of Steven Soderbergh 's earlier films were hailed as the works of an artist . Sadly , Full Frontal plays like the work of a dilettante .",0 113897,"an admirable reconstruction",1 185517,"Julie Davis is the Kathie Lee Gifford of film directors , sadly proving once again ego does n't always go hand in hand with talent .",0 203340,"is pretty weary",0 72702,"a train wreck",0 116644,"candid , archly funny and deeply authentic",1 133012,"soon-to-be-forgettable '' section",0 39684,"up '' to those who talk up what is nothing more than two guys beating the hell outta",0 42665,"sparklingly inventive and artful ,",1 235817,"slopped ` em together",0 232662,"is nothing less than a provocative piece of work",1 164148,"its shaky foundation",0 4201,"a testament to the integrity and vision of the band",1 12633,"ultimately too repellent to fully endear itself to american art house audiences ,",0 207689,"of decent gags",1 71807,"a heartfelt romance",1 156630,"completed the day",1 190907,"a man in drag is not in and of himself funny",0 192597,"an intelligent person is n't necessarily an admirable storyteller .",0 99831,"went to see the attraction for the sole reason that it was hot outside and there was air conditioning inside",0 191040,"a nice coffee table book",1 84480,"is not an easy film .",0 63337,"A rude black comedy",0 122541,"how desperate the makers of this ` we 're - doing-it-for - the-cash ' sequel were",0 18193,") talented and terribly charismatic , qualities essential to both movie stars and social anarchists",1 231337,"had a lot of problems with this movie .",0 126074,"like a term paper",0 41473,"a simple story , perhaps the simplest story of all",1 23569,", creator of Adaptation and Being John Malkovich",1 6751,"gentle humor , bittersweet pathos ,",1 106484,"I honestly never knew what the hell was coming next",1 116049,"blaxploitation spoof",0 84290,"is his best film yet ...",1 48171,"a majestic achievement",1 148813,"Spousal abuse is a major problem in contemporary society , but the film reduces this domestic tragedy to florid melodrama",0 56239,"provides a satisfyingly unsettling ride into the dark places of our national psyche",1 120216,"flash but little emotional resonance",0 103357,"90 punitive minutes of eardrum-dicing gunplay , screeching-metal smashups , and flaccid odd-couple sniping .",0 65658,"Frequent flurries of creative belly laughs and genuinely enthusiastic performances ... keep the movie slaloming through its hackneyed elements with enjoyable ease .",1 164925,"like a series of pretentiously awful student films",0 167973,"often boring",0 165000,"like the grittiest movie that was ever made for the Lifetime cable television network .",0 38022,"the best examples of artful Large Format filmmaking you are likely to see anytime soon",1 44480,"An enthralling aesthetic experience",1 49253,"as a touching , transcendent love story",1 34559,"more emotionally assertive",1 205032,"like a made-for-home-video quickie",0 106441,"I do n't even care that there 's no plot in this Antonio Banderas-Lucy Liu faceoff . It 's still terrible !",0 181631,"A dull , dumb and derivative horror",0 91726,"rises to its full potential as a film",1 214279,"the characters in Swimfan seem motivated by nothing short of dull , brain-deadening hangover .",0 47209,"The picture uses humor and a heartfelt conviction to tell a story about discovering your destination in life , but also acknowledging the places , and the people , from whence you came .",1 129613,"one-dimensional buffoons",0 46363,"Not the kind of film",0 37145,"some unbelievably hilarious moments",1 17136,"sad picture",0 221930,"A Rumor of Angels does n't just slip -- it avalanches into forced fuzziness",0 118650,"down the toilet with the ferocity of a frozen burrito",0 110545,"This remake of Lina Wertmuller 's 1975 eroti-comedy might just be the biggest husband-and-wife disaster since John and Bo Derek made the ridiculous Bolero .",0 71778,"a guilty pleasure",1 104409,"Animated drivel meant to enhance the self-image of drooling idiots .",0 198982,"first-rate performances",1 133649,"supplies with tremendous skill",1 119305,"even 3 Oscar winners",1 138704,"unimpressively fussy",0 149754,"The premise for this kegger comedy probably sounded brilliant four six-packs and a pitcher of margaritas in",0 190535,"a few four letter words thrown in that are generally not heard on television",0 205517,"ludicrous film",0 51238,"enjoyable one",1 109709,"The director and her capable cast appear to be caught in a heady whirl of New Age-inspired good intentions ,",1 118444,"do n't deserve any Oscars .",0 25329,"For its seriousness , high literary aspirations and stunning acting , the film can only be applauded .",1 224009,"In addition to sporting one of the worst titles in recent cinematic history , Ballistic : Ecks Vs. Sever also features terrible , banal dialogue : convenient , hole-ridden plotting : superficial characters and a rather dull , unimaginative car chase .",0 109675,"The creative animation work",1 24516,"A worthy entry",1 174995,"the waste",0 233917,"more appetizing than a side dish of asparagus",0 223469,"Gee , a second assassin shot Kennedy ?",0 97309,"things that elevate '' Glory '' above most of its ilk ,",1 237924,"to remember , in order to avoid them in the future",0 34768,"my spirit soaring out of the theater",1 144729,"De Niro may enjoy the same free ride from critics afforded to Clint Eastwood in the lazy Bloodwork .",0 168482,"over every cheap trick in the book trying to make the outrage",0 63536,"A uniquely sensual metaphorical dramatization of sexual obsession",1 68861,"So vivid a portrait of a woman",1 91654,"rich , shadowy black-and-white",1 89253,"offers a compelling investigation of faith versus intellect",1 149931,"The timing in nearly every scene seems a half beat off .",0 88838,"of pure craft and passionate heart",1 164195,"itself is uninteresting , and",0 155081,"being surprisingly dull",0 87019,"memory , resistance and artistic transcendence",1 97594,"those underrated professionals who deserve but rarely receive it",1 2938,"to losing my lunch",0 5567,"city by the sea would slip under the waves .",0 20785,"high-energy movie",1 124635,"is that it stinks",0 38163,"the entrancing music of Philip Glass",1 86626,"makes a wonderful subject for the camera .",1 141328,"'s forced to make its characters idiots in order to advance the plot",0 65920,"Hartley adds enough quirky and satirical touches in the screenplay to keep the film entertaining .",1 181863,"A movie version of a paint-by-numbers picture . We can tell what it is supposed to be , but ca n't really call it a work of art",0 122753,"if you liked the previous movies in the series , you 'll have a good time with this one too",1 146472,"It 's difficult to say whether The Tuxedo is more boring or embarrassing -- I 'm prepared to call it a draw .",0 60790,"'s a beautiful film , full of elaborate and twisted characters",1 171753,"sour taste",0 84719,"is that wind-in-the-hair exhilarating",1 14796,"a page-turner",1 81443,"guessing plot and an affectionate take on its screwed-up characters",1 63610,"Abbass 's understated",1 97867,"to a tight , brisk 85-minute screwball thriller , '' Big Trouble ''",1 146055,"I felt tired and drained and wanted to lie on my own deathbed for a while .",0 122592,"hugely entertaining and uplifting",1 31441,"fails to engage us",0 85099,"it merely lacks originality to make it a great movie",0 224238,"It 's so good that its relentless , polished wit can withstand not only inept school productions , but even Oliver Parker 's movie adaptation .",1 21756,"praise first",1 195946,"comedy spectacle",1 207985,"of simple-minded",0 12574,"tries to keep the plates spinning as best he can , but all the bouncing back and forth ca n't help but become a bit tedious -- even with the breathtaking landscapes and villainous varmints there to distract you from the ricocheting",0 181528,"A beyond-lame satire , Teddy Bears ' Picnic ranks among the most pitiful directing",0 222997,"Conrad L. Hall 's cinematography will likely be nominated for an Oscar next year --",1 228579,"an honorable , interesting failure",0 34996,"not quite satisfying",0 124650,"is that there is nothing in it to engage children emotionally .",0 47237,"The real triumphs in Igby come from Philippe , who makes Oliver far more interesting than the character 's lines would suggest , and Sarandon , who could n't be better as a cruel but weirdly likable WASP matron .",1 115528,"be liked sometimes",1 72515,"a stand up and cheer flick",1 178289,"whose only apparent",0 154227,"as pandering middle-age buddy-comedy",0 126745,"managed to create an underplayed melodrama about family dynamics and dysfunction that harks back to the spare , unchecked heartache of Yasujiro Ozu",1 85176,"its 112-minute length",0 112397,"a nagging sense",0 53259,"is a certain charm about the film that makes it a suitable entry into the fest circuit",1 21900,"satisfy your appetite",1 232309,"is a horrible movie --",0 179351,"'d have a hard time believing it was just coincidence",0 109645,"The cast is phenomenal , especially the women .",1 24634,"An impossible romance , but we root for the patronized Iranian lad .",1 1984,"our lust",0 38692,"the summer blockbusters",1 187833,"The Master of Disguise may have made a great Saturday Night Live sketch , but a great movie it is not .",0 97935,"to be revealed by the dispassionate Gantz brothers as ordinary , pasty lumpen",0 49548,"be the best and most mature comedy of the 2002 summer season speaks more of the season than the picture",1 142997,"A benign but forgettable sci-fi",0 163742,"it comes time to wrap things up and send the viewers home",0 44779,"Brian Tufano 's handsome widescreen photography and Paul Grabowsky 's excellent music turn this fairly parochial melodrama into something really rather special .",1 127076,"might just be the biggest husband-and-wife disaster since John",0 142068,", all credibility flies out the window .",0 231085,"funny even for adults",1 188736,"The superior plotline",1 30821,"directs and edits around his screenplay 's sappier elements ... and sustains Off the Hook 's buildup with remarkable assuredness for a first-timer",1 235102,"provides an invaluable service by sparking debate and encouraging thought .",1 42991,"were simply",1 215655,"the special spark between the characters that made the first film such a delight",1 51487,"fairly uneventful and",0 166053,"misses the brilliance of Jelinek 's novel by some way .",0 23519,", but rather delivers a performance of striking skill and depth",1 63339,"A rude black comedy about the catalytic effect a holy fool has upon those around him in the cutthroat world of children 's television .",0 105561,"Duvall ( also a producer ) peels layers from this character that may well not have existed on paper .",1 160666,"has done all that Heaven allows , if you wanted to make as anti-Kieslowski a pun as possible . Suffice to say its total promise is left slightly unfulfilled",0 141937,", All the Queen 's Men is finally just one long drag .",0 221778,"... a great , participatory spectator sport . '",1 220866,"'s like going to a house party and watching the host defend himself against a frothing ex-girlfriend",0 186602,"Opening up ' the play more has partly closed it down .",0 106539,"I wo n't be sitting through this one again",0 42925,"trouble and",0 77609,"crowd-pleasing goals",1 223748,"I Spy is an embarrassment , a monotonous , disjointed jumble of borrowed plot points and situations .",0 2448,"sweet",1 72795,"a warm and well-told tale",1 104453,"Arliss Howard 's ambitious , moving , and adventurous directorial debut , Big Bad Love ,",1 73592,"among the studio 's animated classics",1 29047,"are just interesting enough to make a sinner",1 140933,"'' appalling",0 16449,"lightens your wallet without leaving a sting",1 235004,"poo .",0 90016,"painful nuance",0 19727,"amusing , breezily apolitical documentary",1 35362,"of people together in a sweet and charming way , if a little convenient",1 114850,"as an actress in a role",0 203318,"is parochial , accessible to a chosen few , standoffish to everyone else , and smugly suggests a superior moral tone is more important than filmmaking skill",0 204913,"lies a plot cobbled together from largely flat and uncreative moments .",0 7064,"he does this so well",1 233640,"make several runs to the concession stand and\/or restroom",0 107481,"Like the excruciating End of Days , Collateral Damage presents Schwarzenegger as a tragic figure , but",0 165022,"like you 've seen this movie a thousand times before",0 121686,"has all the earmarks of French cinema at its best",1 95247,"the broader vision that has seen certain Trek films",1 43545,", but it would be a lot better if it stuck to Betty Fisher and left out the other stories",0 100910,"would be like to be smack in the middle of a war zone armed with nothing but a camera",1 41800,"directs the traffic well , gets a nice wintry look from his locations",1 187395,"So verbally flatfooted and so emotionally predictable or bland",0 60250,"will object to the idea of a Vietnam picture with such a rah-rah , patriotic tone",0 10871,"sustains",1 143670,"Although trying to balance self-referential humor and a normal ol' slasher plot seemed like a decent endeavor , the result does n't fully satisfy either the die-hard Jason fans or those who can take a good joke .",0 70804,"What a bewilderingly brilliant and entertaining movie",1 169187,"predominantly amateur cast is painful to watch",0 236168,"sure is getting old .",0 205161,"lingers just as long on the irrelevant as on the engaging , which gradually turns What Time Is It There ? into How Long Is This Movie ?",0 27684,"a most touching reconsideration of the familiar masterpiece",1 66255,"If the film fails to fulfill its own ambitious goals",0 198064,"even Steven Spielberg has dreamed up such blatant and sickening product placement in a movie .",0 186810,"Purdy",1 35896,"painfully marginal",0 108027,"Nonchalantly freaky and uncommonly pleasurable , Warm Water may well be the year 's best and most unpredictable comedy .",1 61138,"'s never dull",1 66423,"Inventive , fun , intoxicatingly sexy , violent , self-indulgent and maddening",1 238988,"would -- with moist eyes",1 108729,"Sadly",0 33886,"jail sentence",0 78223,"directs , ideally capturing the opera 's drama and lyricism",1 163235,"is plastered with one Hollywood cliche after another , most of which involve precocious kids getting the better of obnoxious adults .",0 124084,"is good all round , but what really sets the film apart is Debrauwer 's refusal to push the easy emotional buttons",1 96556,"the recording sessions are intriguing , and -- on the way to striking a blow for artistic integrity -- this quality band may pick up new admirers .",1 128267,"of '' Intacto 's '' dangerous and seductively stylish game",1 63971,"An unsettling , memorable cinematic experience that",1 174751,"the shrewd feminist fairy tale it could have been",0 187648,"Swiftly",1 157417,"did they deem it necessary to document all this emotional misery",0 105844,"For every cheesy scene",0 32576,"his point of view that Ayurveda works .",1 102095,"( H ) ad I suffered and bled on the hard ground of Ia Drang , I 'd want something a bit more complex than We Were Soldiers to be remembered by .",0 90877,"pulls off the feat with aplomb",1 65259,"Effective in all its aspects , Margarita Happy Hour represents an auspicious feature debut for Chaiken .",1 120237,"flawless film",1 32164,"graceful , contemplative film",1 136914,"this delicate coming-of-age tale a treat",1 127304,"more forced than usual",0 32558,"his largely amateur cast",0 101068,"you 're paying attention , the '' big twists ''",1 189974,"` Linklater fans , or pretentious types who want to appear avant-garde will suck up to this project ... '",0 206942,"never rise above the level of an after-school TV special",0 173736,"the director has n't added enough of his own ingredients .",0 191509,"a terribly obvious melodrama and rough-hewn vanity project for lead actress Andie MacDowell",0 44220,"A reasonably entertaining sequel to 1994 's surprise family",1 229454,"bounds along with the rat-a-tat energy of `` His Girl Friday , '' maintaining a light touch while tackling serious themes .",1 227254,"Yet this one makes up for in heart what it lacks in outright newness .",1 188221,"The filmmaker ascends , literally , to the Olympus of the art world",1 185306,"It looks good",1 21202,"lavish three-year-old production",1 97348,"this Oscar-nominated documentary takes you there .",1 13179,"with the titillating material",1 47438,"Told just proficiently enough to trounce its overly comfortable trappings .",1 140595,"wretched movie",0 93816,"sucks you",1 156307,"circularity itself indicated profundity",0 54661,"may be the best play of the 19th century . It 's so good that its relentless , polished wit can withstand not only inept school productions , but even Oliver Parker 's movie adaptation .",1 89258,"offers a great deal of insight into the female condition and the timeless danger of emotions repressed",1 303,"able",1 145629,"Good for a few unintentional laughs , '' Extreme Ops '' was obviously made for the '' XXX '' crowd , people who enjoy mindless action without the benefit of decent acting , writing , and direction .",0 163811,"it has no sense of humor ...",0 175156,"there 's a sense that the crux of the mystery hinges on a technicality that strains credulity and leaves the viewer haunted by the waste of potential",0 84608,"is simply brilliant .",1 60228,"will find it more than capable of rewarding them",1 218161,"undoubtedly play well in European markets , where Mr . Besson is a brand name , and in Asia , where Ms . Shu is an institution",1 90575,"powerfully evocative",1 147255,"Louiso lets the movie dawdle in classic disaffected-indie-film mode , and brother Hoffman 's script stumbles over a late-inning twist that just does n't make sense",0 6077,"dread",0 151388,"a bland , pretentious mess .",0 161608,"if you 've watched the far superior Nurse Betty or Sunset Boulevard . Even the unwatchable Soapdish is more original",0 194798,"boldly stroked , luridly coloured , uni-dimensional nonsense machine that strokes the eyeballs while it evaporates like so much crypt mist in the brain .",0 189651,"Where Tom Green stages his gags as assaults on America 's knee-jerk moral sanctimony , Jackass lacks aspirations of social upheaval .",0 143829,"Anthony Hopkins ? Big deal ! We 've already seen the prequel to The Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal",0 61788,", beloved genres",1 184831,"If you 're over 25 , have an IQ over 90 , and have a driver 's license",0 147925,"One problem with the movie",0 116570,"can certainly go the distance ,",1 84749,"is the power of love",1 215792,"the top of their lungs",1 165234,"looking like a bunch of talented thesps slumming it",0 127302,"more evil than ever",0 171806,"spit out",0 123543,"into a gentle waking coma",0 88024,"not sophomoric",1 168813,"perhaps the heaviest , most joyless movie",0 38073,"the chemistry between the women and the droll scene-stealing wit and wolfish pessimism of Anna Chancellor that makes this '' Two Weddings and a Funeral '' fun",1 123803,"is a pleasant enough dish .",1 81469,"gut-wrenching style of Joseph Heller or Kurt Vonnegut",1 34046,"liberated from the constraints of formula ,",1 199793,"genre a bad name",0 90699,"problems than finding solutions .",0 115345,"bad to be good",0 123703,"is Nicholson 's goofy , heartfelt , mesmerizing King Lear .",1 235087,"proves surprisingly serviceable",1 129796,"out by an adult who 's apparently been forced by his kids to watch too many Barney videos",0 73195,"add up to a satisfying crime drama .",1 40918,"Full of profound , real-life moments",1 216254,"they were insulted and",0 143243,"A movie that ca n't get sufficient distance from Leroy 's",0 230187,"dialog between realistic characters",1 138533,"unadorned",0 149857,"The story bogs down in a mess of purposeless violence .",0 90994,"quiet , confident craftsmanship that tells a sweet , charming tale of intergalactic friendship",1 198102,"even more predictable , cliche-ridden",0 184165,"Give Shapiro , Goldman , and Bolado credit for good intentions , but there 's nothing here that they could n't have done in half an hour .",0 36425,"refreshing change",1 175511,"this overstuffed , erratic dramedy in which he and his improbably forbearing wife contend with craziness and child-rearing in Los Angeles",0 115000,"as one of the great films about movie love",1 229450,"bother with a contemptible imitator starring a `` SNL '' has-been acting like an 8-year-old channeling Roberto Benigni",0 81333,"grandiosa",1 134308,"that even 3 Oscar winners ca n't overcome",0 88583,"of fighting hard for something that really matters",1 125744,"languorous slo-mo sequences",0 16269,"is its low-key quality and genuine tenderness .",1 17227,"snappy",1 157333,"despite Moore 's attempts",0 145701,"Hard-core slasher aficionados will find things to like ... but overall the Halloween series has lost its edge .",0 226391,"The only pain you 'll feel as the credits roll is your stomach grumbling for some tasty grub .",0 197094,"dislikable study in sociopathy",0 39929,"well shot and very tragic",1 76143,"by a warmth that is n't faked",1 219567,"will quite likely be more like hell",0 173425,"the Stepford Wives mentality does n't work in a modern context",0 43409,"( Haneke ) steers clear of the sensational and offers instead an unflinching and objective look at a decidedly perverse pathology .",1 152255,"a preamble to a bigger , more complicated story , one that never materializes",0 9904,"pull together easily accessible stories that resonate with profundity",1 137173,"thoughtful and unflinching",1 163408,"is surprisingly well-directed by Brett Ratner , who keeps things moving well -- at least until the problematic third act .",1 168464,"outright bodice-ripper",1 199570,"from a television monitor",1 74654,"as comfort food often can",1 213524,"that I just did n't care",0 66648,"It 's quite another to feel physically caught up in the process",1 28558,"and cute",1 80520,"frames ) profound ethical and philosophical questions in the form of dazzling pop entertainment",1 169768,"really finds the tonal or thematic glue it needs .",1 84689,"is tenderly observant of his characters . He watches them as they float within the seas of their personalities . His scenes are short and often unexpected .",1 20873,"impresses almost as much as her work with Haynes in 1995 's Safe",1 127151,"misguided acts of affection",0 129611,"one word that best describes this film : honest",1 4310,"a witness to several greek-american weddings -- but , happily",1 136202,"the scenic splendor",1 179694,"'s definite room for improvement",0 234923,"permeates all its aspects -- from the TV movie-esque , affected child acting to the dullest Irish pub scenes ever filmed .",0 190381,"a crazy work of disturbed genius",1 92238,"self-deprecating stammers",0 127508,"mostly believable , refreshingly low-key and quietly inspirational little sports",1 206515,"most ill-conceived",0 104094,"Affable",1 193022,"are The Greatest Musicians of All Time",1 130728,"protective cocoon",1 218543,"vile , incoherent",0 93029,"sociopath",0 52053,"generous and deep",1 154499,"away . Otherwise , this could be a passable date film",1 79248,"even its inventiveness",1 204756,"lax and",0 29752,"bring audiences to the edge of their seats",1 234894,"past the fantastical aspects and harsh realities of `` The Isle ''",1 171981,"sticks rigidly to the paradigm , rarely permitting its characters more than two obvious dimensions and repeatedly placing them in contrived , well-worn situations .",0 90600,"predict there will be plenty of female audience members drooling over Michael Idemoto as Michael",1 148174,"Proof that a thriller can be sleekly shot , expertly cast , paced with crisp professionalism ... and",1 152403,"a seemingly brainless",0 156280,"cigarette smoke",0 239008,"would have a résumé loaded with credits like `` Girl in Bar # 3 .",0 29574,"better message",1 88063,"noticing some truly egregious lip-non-synching",0 212498,"start to drag as soon as the action speeds up",0 191348,"a slice of counterculture that might be best forgotten",0 45671,"Informative , intriguing , observant ,",1 142543,", there 's no saving the movie . Sorry , Charlie",0 117927,"debut feature sucked",0 53752,"it 's like dying and going to celluloid heaven",1 38705,"the tension that keeps you in your seat",1 19662,"acceptance and growth",1 183201,"Control-Alt-Delete Simone",0 54681,"may pander to our basest desires for payback",1 212728,"stuffy and pretentious",0 59166,"to admire ... the intensity with which he 's willing to express his convictions",1 170287,"sad state",0 15881,"gives peace yet another chance",1 3382,"'s too long and unfocused",0 128941,"of technical skill and rare depth",1 192994,"appears not to have been edited at all",0 229885,"colour and depth ,",1 132670,"smarter than your average Bond .",1 61684,", Skin of Man , Heart of Beast feels unusually assured .",1 4576,"amount to much of anything",0 144655,"Credit must be given to Harland Williams , Michael Rosenbaum and Barry Watson , who inject far more good-natured spirit and talent into this project than it deserves",1 102073,"( Cuarón has ) created a substantive movie out of several cliched movie structures : the road movie , the coming-of-age movie , and the teenage sex comedy .",1 62955,"A diverse and astonishingly articulate",1 178350,"will be hard to burn out of your brain",0 66482,"It 's a head-turner -- thoughtfully written , beautifully read and , finally , deeply humanizing .",1 60301,"with Chaplin and Kidman , who are capable of anteing up some movie star charisma when they need it to sell us on this twisted love story , but who can also negotiate the movie 's darker turns",1 120441,"for its profound humanity",1 13217,"witty dialogue and",1 6541,"fluke",0 62613,"... while each moment of this broken character study is rich in emotional texture , the journey does n't really go anywhere .",0 51049,"dying",0 59844,"very compelling tale",1 197457,"down over 140 minutes",0 12152,"this is a harrowing movie about how parents know where all the buttons are , and how to push them .",1 73684,"an architect of pop culture",1 49888,"build in the mind of the viewer and take on extreme urgency .",1 223641,"High Crimes carries almost no organic intrigue as a government \/ Marine\/legal mystery",0 117931,"decent material",1 104367,"An older cad instructs a younger lad in Zen and the art of getting laid in this prickly indie comedy of manners and misanthropy .",1 149145,"The Santa Clause 2 's plot may sound like it was co-written by Mattel executives and lobbyists for the tinsel industry .",0 162449,"intricate plot",1 47450,"Too damn weird to pass up , and for the blacklight crowd , way cheaper ( and better ) than Pink Floyd tickets .",1 94961,"that without once denying the hardscrabble lives of people on the economic fringes of Margaret Thatcher 's ruinous legacy , he insists on the importance of those moments when people can connect and express their love for each other",1 63223,"A must-see for fans of thoughtful war films and those",1 237198,"the same way that Jim Brown treats his women -- as dumb , credulous , unassuming , subordinate subjects",0 85603,"keep parents away",0 70785,"What 's infuriating about Full Frontal is that it 's too close to real life to make sense . What 's invigorating about it is that it does n't give a damn .",1 156351,"cleverly worked out",1 209823,"prove that ` zany ' does n't necessarily mean ` funny",0 145612,"Godawful boring slug of a movie",0 32985,"in to the urge to get on your feet and shake it",1 163537,"is truly stirring",1 191772,"about surprising us by trying something new",1 86787,"many of us , that 's good enough",1 143376,"A strong first quarter ,",1 189288,"True to its title",1 159434,"for its incessant coarseness and banality",0 58130,"the cinematic stylings of director John Stockwell",1 189678,"While Holm is terrific as both men and Hjejle quite appealing",1 51234,"enjoyable and frankly told",1 7487,"in the long , dishonorable history of quickie teen-pop exploitation , like mike stands out for its only partly synthetic decency .",1 50276,"comes far closer than many movies to expressing the way many of us live -- someplace between consuming self-absorption and insistently demanding otherness",1 156546,"comedy Death",0 14721,"a feel-good formula with a winning style",1 217060,"to give it thumbs down",0 165442,"made me want to wrench my eyes out of my head and toss them at the screen .",0 131271,"religion that dares to question an ancient faith ,",1 708,"clearly well-meaning and sincere",1 140099,"with ambitious , eager first-time filmmakers",1 202207,"inescapable past and uncertain future",0 27886,"a tasty balance",1 119682,"fall fast asleep",0 63821,"Amy and Matthew have a bit of a phony relationship , but the film works in spite of it .",1 230307,"do n't really care too much about this love story .",0 185558,"Juwanna Mann is even more ludicrous than you 'd expect from the guy-in-a-dress genre",0 203828,"it actually hurts to watch .",0 154872,"because it 's a marketable product",1 125862,"leave feeling like you 've endured a long workout without your pulse ever racing",1 83353,"inhabit into a poem of art , music and metaphor",1 216992,"to either effort in three hours of screen time",0 48905,"an audacious return to form that can comfortably sit among Jean-Luc Godard 's finest work",1 181291,"... a movie that , quite simply , should n't have been made .",0 179409,"'m not sure which is worse : the poor acting by the ensemble cast ,",0 117428,"connect with one demographic while",1 163961,"it will never hold a candle to the original",0 156256,"choke a horse -- or",0 48451,"a treasure in and of itself",1 94476,"that 's best served cold",1 205413,"loses faith in its own viability and",0 20145,"brimming with detail and nuance",1 63693,"All comedy is subversive ,",1 226682,"This mild-mannered farce , directed by one of its writers , John C. Walsh , is corny in a way that bespeaks an expiration date passed a long time ago .",0 191969,"add up to little more than a screenful of gamesmanship that 's low on both suspense and payoff .",0 6162,"elegant wit and artifice",1 44066,"A fascinating , dark thriller that keeps you hooked on the delicious pulpiness of its lurid fiction .",1 58401,"the hypocrisy",0 228002,"a luv-spreading Dr. Feelgood",1 17437,"that he 's going to make a splash even greater than Arnold Schwarzenegger , Jean-Claud Van Damme or Steven Segal",1 37090,"so-called real movies",0 34647,"most navel-gazing film",0 228211,"a terrible adaptation of a play that only ever walked the delicate tightrope between farcical and loathsome",0 11735,"the physically spectacular",1 35629,"on fatality , classism , and ignorance",0 69971,"The strong subject matter continues to shock throughout the film . Not everyone will play the dark , challenging tune taught by The Piano Teacher .",1 70199,"This filmed Tosca -- not the first , by the way -- is a pretty good job , if it 's filmed Tosca that you want .",1 182406,"An excruciating demonstration of the unsalvageability of a movie saddled with an amateurish screenplay",0 131667,"rude and",0 51861,"form a gritty urban mosaic",1 132626,"slow , deliberate gait",0 28766,"and relies on predictable plot contrivances",0 96049,"the lives of women torn apart by a legacy of abuse",0 95827,"the good-time shenanigans",1 40243,"with remarkable assuredness for a first-timer",1 69797,"The otherwise good-naturedness of Mr . Deeds , with its embrace of sheer goofiness and cameos of less -",1 117647,"crafted but ultimately hollow mockumentary",0 34804,"n't make 'em like that anymore",1 10946,"takes a classic story , casts attractive and talented actors",1 129242,"off the path of good sense",0 85622,"keep upping the ante on each other , just as their characters do in the film .",1 24973,"Chilling but uncommercial",1 70426,"Topics that could make a sailor blush",0 97071,"the writing is tight and truthful , full of funny situations and honest observations",1 145704,"Hardly makes the kind of points Egoyan wanted to make , nor",0 186568,"One of the worst movies of the year .",0 193113,"are made for each other .",1 26230,"Not so much",0 114949,"as it is a unique , well-crafted psychological study of grief",1 49118,"approaches Swedish fatalism using Gary Larson 's Far Side humor",1 7287,"i like it . there is a freedom to watching stunts that are this crude , this fast-paced and this insane",1 76256,"ca n't quite live up to it",0 110283,"There 's a lot of good material here ,",1 116929,"cheesiest",0 29106,"arresting effects , incandescent tones and stupendous performances",1 23746,", leave both camps engaged in a ferocious debate for years to come",1 212833,"such a horrible movie could have sprung from such a great one",0 171588,"some lovely pictures",1 172675,"terribly episodic",0 185028,"It 's a lot to ask people to sit still for two hours and change watching such a character , especially when rendered in as flat and impassive a manner as Phoenix 's .",0 212886,"suffocate",0 197638,"dwindles",0 60568,"you do n't understand what on earth is going on",0 88297,"of ` laugh",1 155751,"by idiocy",0 1234,"howard 's appreciation of brown and his writing",1 9484,"one never overwhelms the other",1 223134,"Did we really need a remake of `` Charade ?",0 91872,"said that Warm Water Under a Red Bridge is a poem to the enduring strengths of women",1 63782,"America 's thirst",1 216749,"tired old vision",0 115886,"best describes this film : honest",1 158798,"falls short",0 218217,"unless you want to laugh at it",0 59744,"unsubtle",0 198897,"find adolescence difficult to wade through",0 165246,"looks like it was produced in 1954 , shelved for 48 years",0 123772,"is a just a waste",0 102070,"( Carvey 's ) characters are both overplayed and exaggerated , but then again , subtlety has never been his trademark",0 55043,"never coughed , fidgeted or romped up and down the aisles for bathroom breaks",1 21388,"n't have to add up to mesmerize you",1 219657,"with a flick boasting this many genuine cackles",1 234825,"over-the-top , and",0 207653,"of cinema 's directorial giants",1 99580,"warm , inviting , and",1 139998,"windshield",1 178603,"with lots of inane , inoffensive screaming and exaggerated facial expressions",0 193220,"are there Tolstoy groupies out there ? It 's dark and tragic",1 31556,"feel it has to prove anything",1 211561,"showing us well-thought stunts or a car chase",1 94537,"that Warm Water Under a Red Bridge is a poem to the enduring strengths of women",1 29069,"are priceless entertainment",1 2642,"the messy emotions",0 188114,"The exploitative",0 150900,"Where last time jokes flowed out of Cho 's life story , which provided an engrossing dramatic through line , here the comedian hides behind obviously constructed routines .",0 217051,"to get anywhere near the story 's center",1 89607,"one of the finest films of the year .",1 137915,"to the bravery and dedication of the world 's reporters who willingly walk into the nightmare of war not only to record the events for posterity , but to help us",1 200015,"go at all the wrong moments",0 236176,"surpassed himself with the magic he 's spun with the Hollywood empress of Ms. Leoni 's Ellie",1 79236,"even delectable",1 226219,"The casting of Raymond J. Barry as the ` assassin ' greatly enhances the quality of Neil Burger 's impressive fake documentary .",1 212170,"some visual wit",1 95824,"the glorious chicanery and self-delusion",1 233914,"morbid one",0 48437,"a terrific screenplay and fanciful direction",1 145762,"He 's a mouse , for cryin ' out loud , and all he does is milk it with despondent eyes and whine that nobody treats him human enough",0 91437,"remains to be seen whether Statham can move beyond the crime-land action genre , but then again",0 226993,"We started to wonder if ... some unpaid intern had just typed ` Chris Rock , ' ` Anthony Hopkins ' and ` terrorists ' into some Univac-like script machine",0 25454,"Greengrass has delivered an undoubted stylistic tour-de-force , and has managed elements such as sound and cinematography with skill",1 102834,", somehow it all comes together to create a very compelling , sensitive , intelligent and almost cohesive piece of film entertainment",1 91419,"reluctant",0 208084,"of the gross-out comedy",0 236473,"that it actually makes the heart soar",1 89054,"of the most entertaining Bonds in years",1 161018,"head and heart",1 39701,"up what is nothing more than two guys beating the hell outta",0 123142,"in the end it 's as sweet as Greenfingers",1 224882,"Mr. Clooney , Mr. Kaufman and all their collaborators are entitled to take a deep bow for fashioning an engrossing entertainment out of an almost sure-fire prescription for a critical and commercial disaster .",1 146648,"It ca n't decide if it wants to be a mystery\/thriller , a romance or a comedy .",0 143384,"A synthesis of cliches and absurdities",0 200478,"has a great hook , some clever bits and well-drawn , if standard issue , characters , but",1 125079,"it quickly enters the pantheon of wreckage that includes Battlefield Earth and Showgirls",0 139601,"when one mulls leaving the familiar to traverse uncharted ground",0 80900,"genre-busting film",1 71313,"a blast of adrenalin",1 8342,"lady",1 146065,"I got a headache watching this meaningless downer .",0 233003,"it chills the characters , reducing our emotional stake in the outcome of `` Intacto 's '' dangerous and seductively stylish game",0 149561,"The movie 's accumulated force still feels like an ugly knot tightening in your stomach .",0 236139,"suffers from its own difficulties",0 93848,"suited to capture these musicians in full regalia",1 216213,"they 're treading water at best in this forgettable effort",0 126447,"love the film",1 109475,"The Road Warrior",1 110330,"There 's real visual charge to the filmmaking ,",1 96157,"the more outrageous bits achieve a shock-you-into-laughter intensity of almost Dadaist proportions",1 35192,"of comradeship and community",1 154544,"bad filmmaking",0 103353,"88-minute highlight reel",0 180350,", Blade II mutates into a gross-out monster movie with effects that are more silly than scary .",0 189690,"While it 's all quite tasteful to look at , the attention process tends to do a little fleeing of its own .",0 41319,"This insightful , Oscar-nominated documentary , in which children on both sides of the ever-escalating conflict have their say away from watchful parental eyes",1 222779,"But it will just as likely make you weep , and it will do so in a way that does n't make you feel like a sucker .",1 26395,"Puccini 's famous love-jealousy",1 136361,"the subtle direction",1 63057,"A full experience ,",1 124983,"it gets rock-n-rolling",1 38305,"the heartbeat of the world , a salute to the universal language of rhythm and a zippy sampling of sounds",1 203521,"is that its own action is n't very effective",0 226278,"The film is faithful to what one presumes are the book 's twin premises -- that we become who we are on the backs of our parents , but",1 197422,"done that ... a thousand times",0 214525,"the execution is lackluster at best",0 190291,"a chore to sit through -- despite some first-rate performances by its lead",0 960,"far more interesting",1 161491,"how to suffer '",0 233686,"makes me say the obvious : Abandon all hope of a good movie ye who enter here",0 202725,"is an all-time low for Kevin Costner .",0 184798,"If anything , see it for Karen Black , who camps up a storm as a fringe feminist conspiracy theorist named Dirty Dick .",1 35439,"of the biennial Disney boy movie",1 233954,"moronic as some campus",0 202267,"insightful discourse",1 7639,"is a case of too many chefs fussing over too weak a recipe",0 171489,"so striking or fascinating or metaphorically significant about his career",1 221281,", but also more than anything else slight ... Tadpole pulls back from the consequences of its own actions and revelations .",0 221596,", the movie runs a good race , one that will have you at the edge of your seat for long stretches . '",1 70401,"To honestly address the flaws inherent in how medical aid is made available to American workers , a more balanced or fair portrayal of both sides will be needed .",0 131707,"sadly --",0 32324,"has oodles of vulgar",0 193966,"badly edited , often awkwardly directed and suffers from the addition of a wholly unnecessary pre-credit sequence designed to give some of the characters a ` back story",0 114049,"an extraordinary poignancy ,",1 7687,"is an encyclopedia of cliches that shoplifts shamelessly from farewell-to-innocence movies like the wanderers and a bronx tale without cribbing any of their intelligence",0 118784,"dumb gags ,",0 18199,"Behind the snow games and lovable Siberian huskies ( plus one sheep dog ) , the picture hosts a parka-wrapped dose of heart .",1 170200,"rotten pulp and living worms",0 135370,"the film works",1 40848,"Despite what anyone believes about the goal of its makers , the show ... represents a spectacular piece of theater , and there 's no denying the talent of the creative forces behind it",1 116894,"chasing who",1 198231,"everything we hold dear about cinema , only now it 's begun to split up so that it can do even more damage",0 77400,"corrupt and hedonistic weasels",0 66220,"IMAX sound system",1 192859,"another self-consciously overwritten story about a rag-tag bunch of would-be characters that team up for a ca n't - miss heist -- only to have it all go wrong .",0 31361,"experience it as you watch",1 234536,"of the effective horror elements are dampened through familiarity , ( yet )",0 4175,"a superb",1 186375,"No cliche escapes the perfervid treatment of gang warfare",0 150550,"Uncertain in tone ...",0 90412,"plenty to impress about E . T",1 22990,"'em like that anymore",1 142412,", resembles a bad high school production of Grease , without benefit of song .",0 78611,"draws its considerable power",1 174407,"the none-too-original premise",0 61050,"'s fun , wispy , wise and surprisingly inoffensive for a film about a teen in love with his stepmom .",1 12900,"we just do n't really care too much about this love story . in that setting , their struggle is simply too ludicrous and borderline insulting .",0 71996,"a moral",1 142919,"4Ever is harmless in the extreme and it 'll mute your kids for nearly 80 minutes ,",1 197755,"emaciated",0 193837,"attempts , in vain",0 206933,"never pushes for insights beyond the superficial tensions of the dynamic he 's dissecting",0 95653,"the film is blazingly alive and admirable on many levels .",1 61662,", Never Again is a welcome and heartwarming addition to the romantic comedy genre .",1 33075,"insightful and beautifully rendered film",1 85018,"it does turn out to be a bit of a cheat in the end",0 230986,"founders on its own preciousness -- and squanders its beautiful women",0 45867,"Jae-eun Jeong 's Take Care of My Cat brings a beguiling freshness to a coming-of-age story with such a buoyant , expressive flow of images that it emerges as another key contribution to the flowering of the South Korean cinema .",1 129569,"one of them",0 139579,"whatever fills time --",0 116730,"carries us effortlessly",1 219249,"which fails to keep 80 minutes from seeming like 800",0 110792,"Twenty-three movies into a mostly magnificent directorial career",1 113689,"all-out",0 150410,"Tom Green just gives them a bad odor",0 114244,"and funny work",1 184601,"I believe Silberling had the best intentions here",1 99776,"welcome and heartwarming addition",1 165835,"melodrama in this Magnolia Primavera",0 72436,"a smart , nuanced look at de Sade and what might have happened at Picpus",1 13771,"A feel-good picture in the best sense of the term .",1 114099,"an intriguing story of maternal instincts and misguided acts of affection",1 141536,"'s painful to watch Witherspoon 's talents wasting away inside unnecessary films like Legally Blonde and Sweet Home Abomination , I mean , Alabama .",0 184373,"Helmer Hudlin tries to make a hip comedy ,",0 3117,"when godard can no longer handle the rigors of filmmaking",0 186404,"No one involved , save Dash , shows the slightest aptitude for acting , and",0 235829,"slummer",0 130539,"predictable rehash",0 177659,"was made in 1978 but not released then because it was so weak , and it has been unearthed and released now , when it has become even weaker",0 127698,"musty",0 105728,"Examines",0 47168,"The movie does a good job of laying out some of the major issues that we encounter as we journey through life .",1 118599,"doing unpleasant things to each other and themselves",0 125459,"jerky",0 125057,"it might work better . But it has an ambition to say something about its subjects , but not a willingness",1 214090,"the ` plain ' girl who becomes a ravishing waif after applying a smear of lip-gloss . Rather , pity anyone who sees this mishmash",0 109005,"Smarter",1 226261,"The film ... presents classic moral-condundrum drama : What would you have done to survive ?",1 30338,"conflicts",0 54595,"manages at least a decent attempt at meaningful cinema",1 83922,"is a visually stunning rumination on love , memory , history and the war between art and commerce .",1 143356,"A solid film",1 133318,"stinks",0 187387,"So exaggerated and broad that it comes off as annoying rather than charming .",0 140046,"with a big heart",1 31003,"ecologically minded , wildlife friendly film",1 102583,", in spite of all that he 's witnessed , remains surprisingly idealistic",1 8715,"may be a flawed film",0 142672,", you might be wishing for a watch that makes time go faster rather than the other way around .",0 87498,"most watchable film",1 60574,"you grasp and feel the passion others have for their work",1 20713,"has a morbid appeal that 's tough to shake .",1 52087,"get in the way",0 14912,"adolescent heroes",1 143127,"A great ending",1 219539,"will need to adhere more closely to the laws of laughter",0 173714,"the decidedly foul stylings",0 122784,"immature and unappealing",0 33466,"is probably for the best",1 18307,"'s slow at times",0 145603,"God help us",0 94017,"sweet , even delectable diversion",1 230844,"first-time director Kevin Donovan managed to find something new to add to the canon of Chan",1 94753,"that keeps it from seeming predictably formulaic",1 51989,"fun to be had here . Chomp chomp",1 223544,"Grenier is terrific , bringing an unforced , rapid-fire delivery to Toback 's Heidegger - and Nietzsche-referencing dialogue .",1 104865,"British children",1 25378,"Fun , flip and terribly hip bit of cinematic entertainment .",1 178881,"would have been better off dead",0 57600,"tale of courage -- and complicity -- at Auschwitz",1 62835,"A charming but slight comedy .",1 47203,"The performances are remarkable .",1 195604,"characterizes better hip-hop clips and is content to recycle images and characters that were already tired 10 years ago",0 167474,"of gal-pal smart talk , romantic comedy and dark tragedy",1 18088,"with a lot of careful period attention as well as some very welcome wit",1 33561,"is worth the price of admission",1 131020,"rather clever",1 177858,"weirdly fascinating",1 57769,"that delivers its share of laughs and smiles",1 194536,"best part '",1 226479,"The sentimental cliches mar an otherwise excellent film .",1 10498,"slash-fest",0 34245,"loves horses",1 71360,"a catalyst for the struggle of black manhood in restrictive and chaotic America ...",1 132971,"something to be said for a studio-produced film that never bothers to hand viewers a suitcase full of easy answers",1 163074,"is n't even Madonna 's Swept Away",0 221824,"... most viewers will wish there had been more of the `` Queen '' and less of the `` Damned . ''",0 92085,"see familiar issues , like racism and homophobia , in a fresh way",1 66993,"Katz 's documentary does n't have much panache , but with material this rich it does n't need it .",1 140762,"you have Ellen Pompeo sitting next to you for the ride",1 48823,"almost unbearable",0 196,"a little too smugly superior to like",0 64457,"Brave and sweetly rendered love story .",1 49188,"are raw and will strike a nerve with anyone who 's ever had family trauma .",0 185713,"Leather",1 36073,"pops",1 64056,"Arnold ! The Movie is clever , offbeat and even gritty enough to overcome my resistance",1 144500,"Cinematic pyrotechnics aside , the only thing Avary seems to care about are mean giggles and pulchritude . It makes sense that he went back to school to check out the girls -- his film is a frat boy 's idea of a good time .",0 183422,"Diesel is n't the actor to save it",0 38744,"the unmentioned victims",0 61350,"'s very different from our own and yet instantly recognizable",1 95674,"the film never succumbs to the trap of the maudlin or tearful , offering instead with its unflinching gaze a measure of faith in the future .",1 124668,"is the conceit , this is one of those rare pictures that you root for throughout , dearly hoping that the rich promise of the script will be realized on the screen . It never is , not fully .",0 13993,"Edited and shot with a syncopated style mimicking the work of his subjects , Pray turns the idea of the documentary on its head , making it rousing , invigorating fun lacking any MTV puffery .",1 187607,"Stupid , infantile , redundant , sloppy , over-the-top , and amateurish . Yep",0 113687,"all-night",0 215493,"the ridiculousness of its premise",0 237156,"the popularity of Vin Diesel , Seth Green and Barry Pepper",1 41010,"It 's traditional moviemaking all the way , but",1 170889,"shoot on grungy video ,",0 218399,"valuable messages",1 232358,"is a strangely drab romp .",0 169954,"remains sadly unrealized .",0 185027,"It 's a long way from Orwell 's dark , intelligent warning cry ( 1984 ) to the empty stud knockabout of Equilibrium , and what once was conviction is now affectation .",0 149475,"The impact of the Armenian genocide is diluted by too much stage business in the modern day .",0 199272,"for older fans or a silly , Nickelodeon-esque kiddie flick",0 40744,"All the performances are top notch and",1 137947,"to the movie 's contrived , lame screenplay and listless direction",0 108063,"Not only a coming-of-age story and cautionary parable , but also a perfectly rendered period piece .",1 174102,"the impact of the Disney classic , and even that of the excellent 1934 MGM version",1 127517,"mostly to the tongue-in-cheek attitude of the screenplay",1 202750,"is as bad at it is cruel",0 165405,"mad , more grating and boring",0 37409,"stupendous performances",1 58725,"the slow parade of human frailty fascinates",1 233979,"mostly it 's a work that , with humor , warmth , and intelligence , captures a life interestingly lived .",1 140345,"wo n't care",0 79155,"epic scale",1 159031,"few movies explore religion that it 's disappointing to see one reduce it to an idea that fits in a sampler .",0 157672,"do n't settle for this Imposter",0 161881,"in his grave , along with my stomach",0 64369,"Bisset",1 122226,"highlight reel",1 232298,"is a great deal of fun",1 45400,"Gorgeous scenes ,",1 43573,", every shot enhances the excellent performances",1 229469,"bring their characters to life",1 198085,"even if the movie itself does n't stand a ghost of a chance",0 121040,"get an ugly , mean-spirited lashing out by an adult who 's apparently been forced by his kids to watch too many Barney videos .",0 107121,"J . K . Rowling 's marvelous series into a deadly bore",0 697,"children",1 216947,"to convince the audience that these brats will ever be anything more than losers",0 111275,"Writer-director David Jacobson",1 223236,"Empire '' lacks in depth",0 171146,"sink it faster than a leaky freighter",0 234779,"oppressively gloomy",0 154025,"arthritic",0 118202,"did go back",0 64619,"Cannon 's confidence and laid-back good spirits are , with the drumming routines , among the film 's saving graces .",1 233767,"may be the best play of the 19th century",1 137201,"throbbing sincerity",1 7036,"have made a remarkable film that explores the monster 's psychology not in order to excuse him but rather to demonstrate that his pathology evolved from human impulses that grew hideously twisted",1 100619,"with such a wallop of you-are-there immediacy",1 21824,"reasonable",1 175714,"throw a few big-name actors and cameos at a hokey script",0 158379,"ergo this sloppy drama is an empty vessel . Leave these Flowers unpicked",0 150578,"Unfaithful = do n't",0 101587,"'s also a lot of redundancy and unsuccessful crudeness accompanying it",0 237267,"the tinny self-righteousness of his voice",0 5680,"complaint",0 125495,"just about more stately than any contemporary movie this year ... a true study , a film with a questioning heart and mind that is n't afraid to admit it",1 5194,"blobby",0 34344,"manage to break past the artifice",1 208945,"overshadowed by its predictability",0 6201,"endear",1 210371,"remains a ponderous and pretentious endeavor that 's unfocused and tediously exasperating",0 35373,"of quirkiness , eccentricity , and certain individuals ' tendency to let it all hang out , and damn the consequences",1 117065,"cleverly captures the dry wit that 's so prevalent on The Rock",1 210301,"refuses to evaluate his own work",0 150206,"This ill-conceived and expensive project winds up looking like a bunch of talented thesps slumming it .",0 15811,"for epic landscapes and adventure",1 210718,"sacrificed for the sake of spectacle",0 223643,"High Crimes carries almost no organic intrigue as a government \/ Marine\/legal mystery , and",0 71524,"a deft pace master",1 73758,"an enjoyable choice for younger kids",1 63044,"A fleet-footed and pleasingly upbeat family diversion .",1 125446,"jaw-dropping action sequences ,",1 40735,"A worthy entry into a very difficult genre",1 14758,"a landmark role",1 124939,"it comes off as only occasionally satirical and never fresh .",0 213879,"that the less charitable might describe as a castrated",0 10272,"saw juwanna mann so you do n't have to",0 24330,"A difficult , absorbing film that manages to convey more substance despite its repetitions and inconsistencies than do most films than",1 58155,"the conflicted complexity of his characters",1 163386,"is stiff as a board",0 230953,"for the viewer to doze off for a few minutes or make several runs to the concession stand and\/or restroom and not feel as if he or she has missed anything",0 132741,"so insanely stupid , so awful",0 219619,"wishing , though , that the movie spent a lot less time trying to make a credible case for reports from the afterlife and a lot more time on the romantic urgency that 's at the center of the story",0 215267,"the opulent lushness of every scene",1 228155,"a side dish of asparagus",0 48845,"amiable",1 10700,"stalls",0 186679,"Personal Velocity seems to be idling in neutral",0 197820,"emptiness and maddeningly",0 69210,"That old adage about women being unknowable",1 15390,"challenges us to confront the reality of sexual aberration .",1 132791,"so solidly connect with one demographic while",1 94424,"than its fair share of saucy",1 224781,"Mention `` Solaris '' five years from now and I 'm sure those who saw it will have an opinion to share .",1 54473,"made to share the silver screen",1 117723,"crimes against humanity",0 35328,"of media manipulation",0 86253,"look at female friendship , spiked with raw urban humor .",1 128167,"nothing in it to engage children emotionally",0 153806,"are at least 10 complete misses , many coming from the amazingly lifelike Tara Reid , whose acting skills are comparable to a cardboard cutout",0 42669,"speaks volumes",1 68334,"Ramsay is clearly extraordinarily talented , and based on three short films and two features , here 's betting her third feature will be something to behold",1 63494,"A thought-provoking and often-funny drama",1 83488,"interesting slice",1 153451,"an objectionable or dull film",0 188231,"The filmmakers know how to please the eye , but",1 12163,"this is standard crime drama fare ... instantly forgettable and thoroughly dull",0 236565,"that time is a fleeting and precious commodity no matter how old you are",1 132601,"slice of Hitchcockian suspense .",1 91376,"regret",0 37386,"strikes a rewarding balance between emotion on the human scale and action\/effects on the spectacular scale .",1 172724,"than a recruitment film for future Hollywood sellouts",0 13658,", this flick is fun , and host to some truly excellent sequences",1 100887,"worth a peek",1 39893,"we learn that Andrew 's Turnabout Is Fair Play is every bit as awful as Borchardt 's Coven",0 39119,"to appreciate the film 's easygoing blend of comedy and romance",1 126086,"like an extreme action-packed film with a hint of humor",1 211559,"showing off",0 115778,"before it builds up to its insanely staged ballroom scene , in which 3000 actors appear in full regalia",1 20320,"crowd-pleaser 's",1 181592,"A dark-as-pitch comedy",0 191893,"act weird",0 41648,"believe it or",1 203442,"is so relentlessly harmless that it almost wins you over in the end",1 184832,"If you 're over 25 , have an IQ over 90 , and have a driver 's license , you should be able to find better entertainment .",0 107243,"Just a collection of this and that -- whatever fills time -- with no unified whole .",0 39884,"we 've shared a great adventure .",1 237891,"to mention absolutely refreshed .",1 204135,"its characters ' decisions",0 119593,"extra-dry",0 31343,"exemplary costumes",1 214332,"the comic possibilities",1 132011,"seems like it does . My only wish is that Celebi could take me back to a time before I saw this movie and I could just skip it",0 72955,"about long-lived friendships and the ways in which we all lose track of ourselves by trying",1 122356,"his most critically insightful",1 63327,"A riveting profile",1 129751,"others do n't ,",1 142242,", ironically , it becomes everything that the rather clumsy original was railing against",0 136548,"the war movie compendium",1 137020,"this overheated melodrama",0 186170,"More trifle than triumph",0 55558,"of the conflict that came to define a generation",1 37691,"than another platter of reheated Aliens",0 89801,"otherwise appealing picture",1 155227,"big problems",0 72792,"a warm , moving message",1 181008,", the movie would be impossible to sit through",0 234851,"paced and suspenseful Argentinian thriller",1 225296,"On that score , the film certainly does n't disappoint .",1 11765,"the problem is the needlessly poor quality of its archival prints and film footage . the images",0 231921,"impossible to claim that it is `` Based on a True Story",0 168248,"one that uses clips from Brian De Palma 's Scarface . That 's a cheat",0 93822,"suddenly pulls the rug out from under you",1 127118,"mind-numbingly awful that you hope Britney wo n't do it one more time , as far as movies are concerned .",0 64114,"Asks what truth can be discerned from non-firsthand experience , and specifically questions cinema 's capability for recording truth .",1 173002,"that everyone involved with moviemaking is a con artist and a liar",0 144085,"Beers , who , when she 's given the right lines , can charm the paint off the wall ...",1 53419,"is beautiful to behold and",1 227865,"a delightful comedy centering on food",1 101955,"'s the plot , and a maddeningly insistent and repetitive piano score that made me want to scream .",0 51393,"excel in insightful , empathetic performances",1 336,"admirably ambitious but",1 179772,"'s hard to imagine that even very small children will be impressed by this tired retread .",0 48892,"an amusing joy ride",1 125272,"its idiocy",0 230369,"does n't win any points for originality",0 169534,"putting you to sleep than a sound machine",0 106673,"Imagine the CleanFlicks version of ` Love Story , ' with Ali MacGraw 's profanities replaced by romance-novel platitudes .",0 136626,"the worthy successor to A Better Tomorrow",1 112257,"a lot to do with the casting of Juliette Binoche as Sand , who brings to the role her pale , dark beauty and characteristic warmth",1 76412,"capture the terrifying angst of the modern working man without turning the film into a cheap thriller , a dumb comedy or a sappy",1 47885,"a compelling look",1 58494,"the modern condition of rootlessness , a state",1 56616,"rip-off",0 143659,"Although ... visually striking and slickly staged",1 190471,"a documentary fails to live up to -- or offer any new insight into -- its chosen topic",0 47624,"While locals will get a kick out of spotting Cleveland sites , the rest of the world will enjoy a fast-paced comedy with quirks that might make the award-winning Coen brothers envious .",1 179635,"'s apparently nothing left to work with , sort of like Michael Jackson 's nose .",0 41405,"You might not want to hang out with Samantha , but",1 15524,"demonstrate that there 's still a lot of life in Hong Kong cinema .",1 189926,"You can practically hear George Orwell turning over .",0 185325,"It never comes close to being either funny or scary .",0 57914,"that wears its heart on its sleeve",1 25795,"It is risky , intelligent , romantic and rapturous from start to finish .",1 40287,"with this material",1 92119,"seeing justice served",1 163942,"it wants to be",1 33235,"is a little closer to human nature than what Hollywood typically concocts",1 236889,"the film does not make this statement in an easily accessible way , and -- unless prewarned -- it would be very possible for a reasonably intelligent person to sit through its tidal wave of imagery and not get this vision at all .",0 100307,"will touch you to the core in a film you will never forget -- that you should never forget .",1 111920,"a film that 's barely shocking , barely interesting and most of all , barely anything",0 49426,"auspicious , and daring ,",1 121802,"has much to recommend it , even if the top-billed Willis is not the most impressive player .",1 127798,"nearly 21\/2 hours of unfocused , excruciatingly tedious cinema",0 15318,"but it 's a compelling story , mainly because of the way it 's told by the people who were there .",1 25280,"Family Fundamentals displays a rare gift for unflinching impartiality",1 175691,"thrills of early underground work",1 31106,"engulfing you in its world",1 22586,"toward a new year of magic and mischief",1 149451,"The furious coherence",1 107517,"Looks more like a travel-agency video targeted at people who like to ride bikes",0 10527,"small in scope , yet perfectly formed",1 35508,"of the venerable Italian comedy Big Deal on Madonna Street .",1 146620,"It 's so unmemorable that it turned my ballpoint notes to invisible ink",0 41845,"emotionally rich , poetically plump and",1 36194,"profundity as he is likely to get",1 72937,"about female friendship that men can embrace and women",1 44109,"A gorgeous , high-spirited musical from India",1 62857,"A comedy that is warm , inviting , and surprising .",1 54426,"low rent Godfather",0 49193,"are rich veins of funny stuff in this movie",1 185289,"It has the right approach and the right opening premise",1 43787,", well-edited , well-directed , well-acted , bald",1 63093,"A great cast and",1 208569,"one big , dumb action movie",0 52230,"graceful , moving",1 222306,"An inspiring and heart-affecting film about the desperate attempts of Vietnamese refugees living in U.S. relocation camps to keep their hopes alive in 1975 .",1 120645,"fresh or enjoyable",1 138717,"unique , well-crafted psychological study",1 92770,"skillfully assembled , highly polished and",1 135494,"the head of the class of women 's films",1 131669,"rude and profane",0 134298,"that does n't offer any insight into why , for instance , good things happen to bad people",0 6407,"far from heaven ''",0 164130,"its quintet of writers could still use some more schooling .",0 94158,"takes hold and grips hard",1 147351,"Marries the amateurishness of The Blair Witch Project with the illogic of Series 7 :",0 213676,"that is apparently as invulnerable as its trademark villain",0 222020,"A gushy episode of `` M \* A \* S \* H '' only this time from an Asian perspective .",0 105410,"Devotees of Star Trek II : The Wrath of Khan will feel a nagging sense of deja vu , and the grandeur of the best Next Generation episodes is lacking",0 56633,"road movie , coming-of-age story and",1 151985,"a lock on the title of ugliest movie of the year",0 44684,"Below may not mark Mr . Twohy 's emergence into the mainstream , but his promise remains undiminished",1 62662,"19 stays afloat as decent drama\/action flick",1 233730,"many a Hollywood romance",1 168806,"performs neither one very well",0 26685,"Sweet Home Alabama hits the mark with critics who escaped from a small town life",1 27513,"a few too many weeping",0 215083,"the most poorly staged and lit action",0 13117,"with a great premise",1 104877,"Broomfield 's film does n't capture the effect of these tragic deaths on hip-hop culture",0 183536,"Does n't come close to justifying the hype that surrounded its debut at the Sundance Film Festival two years ago",0 235016,"possible for the viewer to doze off for a few minutes or make several runs to the concession stand and\/or restroom and not feel as if he or she has missed anything",0 195580,"change the fact that what we have here is a load of clams left in the broiling sun for a good three days",0 94823,"that proceeds from a stunningly unoriginal premise",0 7413,"in an admittedly middling film",0 190287,"a choke leash",0 77705,"dangerously honest",1 889,"engaging ,",1 46206,"More concerned with Sade 's ideas",0 52274,"grim , upsetting glimpse at the lives of some of the 1 .",0 153442,"an interesting dynamic",1 73854,"an insane comic undertaking that ultimately coheres into a sane and breathtakingly creative film",1 58509,"the most thoughtful fictional examination",1 33556,"is what keeps this slightly disappointing sequel going , with enough amusing banter -- blessedly curse-free -- to keep both kids and parents entertained .",0 227970,"a hundred of them can be numbing",0 93666,"stumbles in search of all the emotions",0 104007,"A well-made",1 24802,"Beautifully observed",1 235939,"sophisticated , discerning taste",1 165596,"makes the audience hostage",0 197375,"does n't work .",0 38080,"the cinematic collage Naqoyqatsi could be the most navel-gazing film ever .",1 30069,"celebrates the human spirit and packs an emotional wallop",1 139241,"was feeling this movie until it veered off too far into the Exxon zone , and left me behind at the station looking for a return ticket to realism",0 145237,"Expect to be reminded of other , better films , especially Seven , which director William Malone slavishly copies",0 164281,"just a big mess of a movie , full of images and events ,",0 54482,"magnificently shot",1 203410,"is so busy making reference to other films and trying to be other films",0 202601,"is a matter of plumbing arrangements and mind games , of no erotic or sensuous charge .",0 135040,"the concentration",1 193175,"are required to balance all the formulaic equations in the long-winded heist comedy Who Is Cletis Tout ?",0 171777,"spend 110 claustrophobic minutes",0 216251,"they tried to squeeze too many elements into the film",0 85038,"it has definite weaknesses",0 169578,"quite like calling a dog stupid",0 191813,"above the level of a telanovela",0 167944,"offer a free ticket ( second prize , of course , two free tickets )",1 210395,"remotely new or interesting",0 234231,"obnoxious 88-minute",0 97849,"to a T",1 216407,"this is cinema",1 95875,"the high standards of performance",1 70192,"This fascinating experiment",1 169743,"real-life persona",1 149586,"The movie has a script ( by Paul Pender ) made of wood ,",0 182869,"Boll uses a lot of quick cutting and blurry step-printing to goose things up , but dopey dialogue and sometimes inadequate performances kill the effect",0 17096,"resonant",1 198716,"feels contrived ,",0 180369,", Esther Kahn is unusual but unfortunately also irritating .",0 215442,"the protagonists ' bohemian boorishness",0 23470,", bitter black comedy .",0 37534,"sustain the poetic flights in Burdette 's dialogue",1 40140,"wimp",0 62227,", solid , kinetically-charged",1 237612,"though their story is predictable",0 140589,"wraps up",1 200232,"grievous but obscure complaint",0 227920,"a fun and funky look into an artificial creation in a world that thrives on artificiality",1 123727,"is a dark , gritty , sometimes funny little gem .",1 137708,"to light",1 150595,"Usually when I get this much syrup , I like pancakes to go with it .",0 47738,"You wo n't like Roger , but",0 238423,"warmth and longing",1 71343,"a calm , self-assured portrait",1 134898,"the best Korean film of 2002",1 157266,"demonstrate the emotional clout to sweep U . S . viewers",1 234570,"of the vulgar , sexist , racist humour",0 170983,"should offer a free ticket ( second prize , of course , two free tickets ) to anyone who can locate a genuinely honest moment in their movie .",0 10578,"so-so entertainment .",0 120104,"find it with Ring , an indisputably spooky film :",1 46417,"One from the heart",1 121109,"giddy viewing",1 36740,"see a girl-power movie that does n't feel it has to prove anything",1 47335,"This Nickleby thing might have more homosexual undertones than an Eddie Murphy film . And just when you think it ca n't get any more gay , in pops Nathan Lane",0 9572,"overwrought ,",0 182447,"An unfortunate title for a film that has nothing",0 162700,"is about as interesting as an insurance commercial",0 8500,"limply between bizarre comedy and pallid horror",0 83522,"into a cheap thriller , a dumb comedy or a sappy",0 144983,"Dreary , highly annoying ... ` Some Body ' will appeal to No One .",0 65839,"Graham Greene 's novel",1 206622,"movie-of-the-week",1 92216,"sees it as a chance to revitalize what is and always has been remarkable about clung-to traditions .",1 239131,"you ca n't miss it .",1 217188,"to make a point with poetic imagery",1 196576,"dark , intelligent",1 96552,"the recording sessions are intriguing ,",1 175777,"tired formula",0 82513,"however , Robert Rodriguez adorns his family-film plot with an elegance and maturity that even most contemporary adult movies are lacking .",1 126394,"lost in the '' soon-to-be-forgettable '' section of the quirky rip-off prison romp pile",0 172657,"tepid films like Dragonfly tossed at them",0 226330,"The mood , look and tone of the film fit the incredible storyline to a T.",1 81058,"give them a good time",1 178999,"wrong with this ricture",0 142124,", clumsily used visual tricks and self-indulgent actor moments .",0 110671,"To show these characters in the act and give them no feelings of remorse -- and to cut repeatedly to the flashback of the original rape --",0 40575,"'s not much more to this adaptation of the Nick Hornby novel",0 112507,"a powerful sequel and one of the best films of the year",1 97485,"this one makes up for in heart what it lacks in outright newness . Plus , like I already mentioned",1 23020,"'re presented with a wry dark humor .",1 166623,"needed one of the actor 's whiny jags",0 16279,"is simply the most fun you 'll ever have with a documentary",1 117662,"crass , low-wattage endeavor",0 61504,"( While The Last Metro ) was more melodramatic , confined to a single theater company and its strategies and deceptions , while Tavernier is more concerned with the entire period of history .",1 154591,"baggy , sprawling carnival",0 181525,"A beautifully shot but dull and ankle-deep ` epic . '",0 11516,"the inspiration",1 179046,"you 'll enjoy it .",1 50883,"discovering your destination in life",1 23094,"'s approached with imagination and flair",1 92510,"shock and amaze",1 40200,"with enough amusing banter -- blessedly curse-free --",1 212000,"so second-rate",0 236561,"that this doting mother would shun her kids , travel to one of the most dangerous parts of the world , don fatigues and become G.I. Jane",0 236420,"that deserved better than a ` direct-to-video ' release",1 232157,"into ` an inspiring tale of survival wrapped in the heart-pounding suspense of a stylish psychological thriller",1 144641,"Coupling disgracefully written dialogue with flailing bodily movements that substitute for acting , Circuit is the awkwardly paced soap opera-ish story .",0 216932,"to change hackneyed concepts when it comes to dreaming up romantic comedies",0 81643,"has a way of seeping into your consciousness",1 94522,"that I truly enjoyed most of Mostly Martha while I ne",1 129321,"often-hilarious farce",1 104893,"Brosnan is more feral in this film than I 've seen him before and Halle Berry does her best to keep up with him",1 125318,"its opening",1 74584,"as a director Washington demands and receives excellent performances",1 18091,"with a sense of pure wonderment and excitement",1 95914,"the illusion of work is than actual work",1 146662,"It does n't quite deserve the gong ,",0 43314,"'s really so appealing about the characters",1 93631,"strong and confident",1 134546,"that seems as though it was written for no one , but somehow",0 157634,"do it ,",1 172319,"superficial and",0 163481,"is the script 's endless assault of embarrassingly ham-fisted sex jokes that reek of a script rewrite designed to garner the film a '' cooler '' PG-13 rating",0 73751,"an engrossing story",1 139684,"while retaining an integrity and refusing to compromise his vision",1 60021,"well-deserved",1 177750,"watching this film nearly provoked me to take my own life . And if The Hours wins ` Best Picture ' I just might",0 182120,"A worthy idea , but the uninspired scripts , acting and direction never rise above the level of an after-school TV special .",0 137190,"three of the most multilayered and sympathetic female characters of the year . As each of them searches for their place in the world , Miller digs into their very minds to find an unblinking , flawed humanity",1 220974,"'s something auspicious , and daring , too , about the artistic instinct that pushes a majority-oriented director like Steven Spielberg to follow A.I. with this challenging report so liable to unnerve the majority .",1 104942,"By turns very dark and very funny",1 55434,"of love , longing , and voting",1 228497,"am not generally a huge fan of cartoons derived from TV shows , but Hey Arnold !",1 138686,"unfunny wannabe",0 18010,"well-acted , character-driven comedy",1 66718,"It has fun with the quirks of family life ,",1 98625,"tradition and warmth",1 77817,"deep emotional motivation",1 48066,"a giant misplaced ashtray",0 197478,"drag it down to mediocrity -- director Clare Peploe 's misunderstanding of Marivaux 's rhythms , and Mira Sorvino 's limitations as a classical actress",0 77087,"competence",1 224308,"It has fun with the quirks of family life , but it also treats the subject with fondness and respect .",1 118878,"easy to be cynical about documentaries in which underdogs beat the odds and the human spirit triumphs",1 130483,"postcard that is a self-glorified Martin Lawrence lovefest . If you are willing to do this , then you so crazy",0 178785,"work much better as a video installation in a museum , where viewers would be free to leave .",0 120784,"fruitful",1 28393,"an original",1 194362,"been lost in the mail",0 226868,"Unfortunately , as a writer , Mr. Montias is n't nearly as good to his crew as he is as a director or actor .",0 154,"a dream image",1 213087,"take a rocket scientist to figure out that this is a Mormon family movie , and a sappy , preachy one at that",0 203592,"is throwing up his hands in surrender , is firing his R&D people , and has decided he will just screen The Master of Disguise 24/7",0 342,"adults will certainly want to spend their time in the theater thinking up grocery lists and ways to tell their kids how not to act like pinocchio . as for children , they wo n't enjoy the movie at all .",0 107496,"Lina",1 23726,", it offers gorgeous imagery , effective performances , and an increasingly unsettling sense of foreboding .",1 15945,"happiest surprise , a movie that deals with a real subject in an always surprising way",1 193620,"as they may , Lawrence unleashes his trademark misogyny -- er , comedy -- like a human volcano or an overflowing septic tank , take your pick",0 69811,"The performances are uniformly good .",1 78307,"distinct and very welcome sense",1 204287,"its personable , amusing cast",1 29769,"buddies Chris Rock , Garry Shandling and Colin Quinn",1 144067,"Bears is bad . Not ` terrible filmmaking ' bad , but more like",0 123738,"is a fascinating film",1 169177,"predictable and sentimental that viewers are likely to lose interest before Sandrine",0 91100,"rare quality",1 224332,"It is about irrational , unexplainable life and it seems so real because it does not attempt to filter out the complexity .",1 27939,"a volatile combination",0 72417,"a skillfully assembled , highly polished and professional adaptation ...",1 148898,"Succumbs",0 38031,"the best of the series",1 232973,"it 's so fascinating you wo n't be able to look away for a second .",1 145427,"For all the writhing and wailing , tears , rage and opium overdoses , there 's no sense of actual passion being washed away in love 's dissolution .",0 106051,"Grant carries the day with impeccable comic timing , raffish charm and piercing intellect .",1 204376,"itself is actually quite vapid .",0 73492,"almost do n't notice the 129-minute running time",1 124015,"is eerily convincing as this bland blank of a man with unimaginable demons within",1 14662,"a Funeral",0 132035,"seen ( Eddie ) Murphy do the genial-rogue shtick to death , but because the plot is equally hackneyed",0 67177,"Leguizamo 's best movie work",1 98303,"to shock throughout the film",0 220051,"would be a lot better if it pared down its plots and characters to a few rather than dozens ... or if it were subtler ... or if it had a sense of humor",0 228811,"are jarring and deeply out of place in what could have ( and probably should have ) been a lighthearted comedy",0 235917,"somehow manages to escape the shackles of its own clichés to be the best espionage picture to come out in weeks .",1 66286,"If you can get past the taboo subject matter , it will be well worth your time .",1 54696,"means a great movie , but it is a refreshingly forthright one .",1 59316,"to provide an enjoyable 100 minutes in a movie theater",1 103697,"A marvelous performance by Allison Lohman as an identity-seeking foster child",1 218705,"was a better film",1 185961,"Make like the title and dodge this one",0 222168,"About half of them are funny , a few are sexy and none are useful in telling the story , which is paper-thin and decidedly unoriginal .",0 33778,"its failed connections",0 208231,"of visual charm",1 150473,"Too slow ,",0 210680,"running on empty ,",0 48413,"a surprisingly cinematic experience",1 205907,"maximum comfort and familiarity",1 171151,"sinks into a mire of sentiment",0 138605,"underdone",0 130362,"poignant and wryly amusing film",1 166981,"not scary",0 2269,"shorty resonate a sardonic verve to their caustic purpose for existing , who is cletis tout",0 143053,"A combination of standard , stiff TV-style animation and snazzy-looking digital effects that do little to disguise the fact that the characters barely move",0 63211,"A moving and weighty depiction of one family",1 193762,"at least four times . Every joke is repeated at least --",0 64008,"Anyone who 's ever suffered under a martinet music instructor",0 227695,"`` soon-to-be-forgettable '' section",0 23050,"'s a glorious groove that leaves you wanting more .",1 132311,"shooting blanks",0 199862,"gets a bit heavy handed with his message at times , and has a visual flair that waxes poetic far too much for our taste",0 236163,"superficial humour",0 207289,"nowheresville",0 85215,"its considerable power",1 64424,"Bolstered by exceptional performances and a clear-eyed take on the economics of dealing and the pathology of ghetto fabulousness",1 147755,"Normally , Rohmer 's talky films fascinate me , but when he moves his setting to the past , and relies on a historical text , he loses the richness of characterization that makes his films so memorable",0 30199,"classism , and ignorance",0 78288,"displays something more important :",1 143332,"A sermonizing and lifeless paean to teenage dullards .",0 200431,"hard to be funny in a way that 's too loud , too goofy and too short of an attention span",0 214113,"the addition of a biblical message will either improve the film for you , or it will lessen it",0 79771,"feel-good movie",1 165301,"lots of cheese",0 51973,"fulfill your wildest fantasies",1 225099,"Neatly constructed thriller .",1 70613,"Very well-written",1 174837,"the stunts together and not quite enough characterization",0 85109,"it never lacks in eye-popping visuals",1 195066,"but only among those who are drying out from spring break",0 149503,"The lack of opposing viewpoints soon grows tiresome",0 206383,"more eye-catching",1 62905,"A dashing and absorbing",1 177958,"what began as an intriguing look at youth fizzles into a dull , ridiculous attempt at heart-tugging",0 142992,"A baffling misfire ,",0 71824,"a hilarious ode",1 233702,"makes us watch as his character awakens to the notion that to be human is eventually to have to choose",1 28985,"anyone believes about the goal of its makers , the show ... represents a spectacular piece of theater",1 40468,"you what you know when deciding to see it : Anthony . Hopkins",1 131899,"see '' Blue Crush ''",1 125548,"keen eye ,",1 141682,"'s too much falseness to the second half",0 173201,"that sometimes the dreams of youth should remain just that",0 45685,"Invincible shows he 's back in form , with an astoundingly rich film .",1 182205,"After the first 10 minutes , which is worth seeing , the movie sinks into an abyss of clichés , depression and bad alternative music .",0 43239,"'s entertainingly",1 208936,"overly convenient plot twists",0 7433,"in its chicken heart ,",0 124661,"is the best little '' horror '' movie",1 7704,"is enough secondary action to keep things moving along at a brisk , amusing pace",1 21172,"just have to love the big , dumb , happy movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding",1 141221,"'s an awfully derivative story",0 9331,"of portraying the devastation of this disease",0 174719,"the script goes wrong at several key junctures .",0 134173,"that , even in all its director 's cut glory , he 's made a film that 's barely shocking , barely interesting and most of all , barely anything",0 71612,"a fascinating study of the relationship between mothers and their children or a disturbing story about sociopaths and their marks",1 207516,"of a calculus major at M . I . T .",1 188773,"The work of an exhausted , desiccated talent who ca n't get out of his own way .",1 24140,"... and sustains Off the Hook 's buildup with remarkable assuredness for a first-timer",1 67851,"Nolan 's penetrating undercurrent of cerebral and cinemantic flair",1 198234,"evokes the bottom tier of blaxploitation flicks",0 10523,"small but rewarding",1 171808,"spitting",0 106371,"I 'd much rather watch teens poking their genitals into fruit pies",0 139118,"wacky and inspired little film",1 214293,"the chatter of parrots raised on Oprah",0 44874,"Chaiken 's ) talent lies in an evocative , accurate observation of a distinctive milieu",1 48242,"a nicely understated expression",1 119939,"feels uncomfortably real , its language and locations bearing the unmistakable stamp of authority .",1 98205,"to mesmerize , astonish and entertain",1 165320,"lousy movie",0 219053,"were far more entertaining than I had expected",1 18266,"'s a beaut .",1 96093,"the margin that gives viewers a chance to learn , to grow , to travel",1 3942,"a lumbering , wheezy",0 1362,"is a movie you 've seen many times before",0 135021,"the clever credits roll",1 48396,"a stock plot",0 40962,"If it tried to do anything more , it would fail and perhaps explode , but at this level of manic whimsy , it is just about right",1 59761,"upside down , first by passion and",0 13444,"'s a nice departure from standard moviegoing fare",1 126441,"love it , too .",1 71929,"a love story and a murder mystery that expands into a meditation on the deep deceptions of innocence",1 200172,"grab us , only to keep letting go at all the wrong moments",0 149216,"The affectionate loopiness that once seemed congenital to Demme 's perspective has a tough time emerging from between the badly dated cutesy-pie mystery scenario and the newfangled Hollywood post-production effects .",0 182579,"As a director , Eastwood is off his game -- there 's no real sense of suspense , and none of the plot ` surprises ' are really surprising .",0 225903,"Sometimes is a gem .",1 181318,"... it feels like a glossy rehash .",0 132004,"seems fresh and vital",1 169500,"push-the-limits teen comedy , the type written by people who ca n't come up with legitimate funny",0 26457,"Resourceful and ingenious entertainment .",1 99044,"uniformly good",1 103688,"A lovely and beautifully photographed romance .",1 156718,"consciously dumbed-down approach",0 64145,"At its worst the screenplay is callow ,",0 179749,"'s film ' in the worst sense of the expression .",0 38829,"their screen rapport makes the old story seem new",1 28075,"achievement",1 35343,"of movie that used to be right at home at the Saturday matinee",1 122832,"improves upon the original hit movie",1 74833,"as well-written as Sexy Beast , not as gloriously flippant as Lock , Stock and Two Smoking Barrels , but stylish and moody and exceptionally well-acted .",1 178161,"which to bludgeon myself unconscious",0 25534,"Heroes",1 110682,"Toback 's deranged immediacy makes it seem fresh again",1 152089,"a more multifaceted look",1 58565,"the passion , creativity , and fearlessness",1 201270,"hitting all of its assigned marks to take on any life of its own",0 33530,"is tortured and unsettling",0 140378,"wonderfully lush",1 17379,"takes Kurys ' career to a whole new level",1 25144,"Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood may not be exactly divine",0 127116,"mind-numbingly awful that you hope Britney wo n't do it one more time , as far as",0 89870,"outright newness",1 198731,"feels like a book report",0 187234,"Shame on writer/director Vicente Aranda for making a florid biopic about mad queens , obsessive relationships , and rampant adultery so dull .",0 59193,"to be the definition of a ` bad ' police shooting",0 120815,"full of traditional layers of awakening and ripening and separation and recovery",1 69950,"The story ultimately takes hold and grips hard .",1 36980,"sin complejos",1 60509,"wry understanding",1 19051,"Legendary Irish writer Brendan Behan 's memoir , Borstal Boy , has been given a loving screen transferral .",1 1378,"is clearly well-meaning and sincere",1 110532,"This movie ... does n't deserve the energy it takes to describe how bad it is .",0 49042,"and even marvels . So",1 232720,"is rather like being trapped while some weird relative trots out the video he took of the family vacation to Stonehenge .",0 181550,"A cellophane-pop remake of the punk classic Ladies and Gentlemen , The Fabulous Stains",0 207121,"no wit , only labored gags",0 103842,"A remarkable movie",1 29318,"at this level of manic whimsy , it is just about right .",1 162161,"indulgent and pretentious",0 63556,"A well-put-together piece",1 223705,"Howard appears to have had free rein to be as pretentious as he wanted",0 7259,"i 'm all for the mentally challenged getting their fair shot in the movie business , but",0 94014,"sweet , charming",1 178566,"with energetic musicals , the humor did n't quite engage this adult",0 45564,"I ca n't wait for the sequel",1 97584,"those relationships , including that between the son and his wife , and the wife and the father , and between the two brothers , with incredible subtlety and acumen",1 17214,"sizzle and very little",0 92575,"should make it required viewing in university computer science departments for years to come",1 47594,"What a great way to spend 4 units of your day .",1 192524,"an energetic , extreme-sports adventure",1 88343,"of a particular theatrical family",1 74452,"are tops , with the two leads delivering Oscar-caliber performances",1 70298,"This odd , poetic road movie , spiked by jolts of pop music , pretty much takes place in Morton 's ever-watchful gaze -- and it 's a tribute to the actress , and to her inventive director , that the journey is such a mesmerizing one",1 228561,"an energy to Y Tu Mamá También",1 208240,"of what was created for the non-fan to figure out what makes Wilco a big deal",1 157709,"does a fine job of capturing the climate of the times and , perhaps unwittingly , relating it to what is happening in America in 2002",1 161575,"if it put on a giant furry monster costume and then gave them a lapdance",0 186427,"Not a bad premise",1 31775,"for moviegoers of any age",1 162479,"investing in the worthy EMI recording that serves as the soundtrack , or the home video of the 1992 Malfitano-Domingo production",1 2375,"spirit , purpose",1 84504,"is one adapted - from-television movie that actually looks as if it belongs on the big screen",1 106502,"I love it ... hell",1 50898,"dissidents in the streets",0 109502,"The Tuxedo was n't just bad",0 161686,"implements every hack-artist trick to give us the ooky-spookies",0 139408,"we only wish we could have spent more time in its world",1 231010,"from `` promising",1 97653,"thoughtfulness",1 162897,"is flat .",0 29432,"be snide",0 144535,"Cold Turkey",0 103241,"... strips Bible stores of the potential for sanctimoniousness , making them meaningful for both kids and church-wary adults .",1 157761,"does n't get much livelier in the three hours in between",0 89842,"out in high style",1 110410,"Thirteen Conversations About One Thing , for all its generosity and optimism , never resorts to easy feel-good sentiments",1 132662,"smart and well-crafted",1 167952,"offers few surprises and finds its stars slumming in territory",0 203769,"it 's just another cartoon with an unstoppable superman .",0 117254,"comes to resemble the kind of soft-core twaddle you 'd expect to see on Showtime 's ` Red Shoe Diaries . '",0 108275,"Painful , horrifying and oppressively tragic",0 120231,"flattering spotlight",1 226829,"Try as I may , I ca n't think of a single good reason to see this movie , even though everyone in my group extemporaneously shouted , ` Thank you ! '",0 213741,"that just does n't have big screen magic",0 232631,"is no pleasure in watching a child suffer .",0 198756,"feels stitched together from stock situations and characters from other movies",0 222952,"Cinematic poo .",0 206164,"mildly unimpressive",0 197738,"elegant visual sense",1 22307,"the most peculiar ( and peculiarly venomous ) bigotries in our increasingly frightening theocracy",0 120261,"fling gags at it",0 161589,"if saccharine earnestness were a crime , the film 's producers would be in the clink for life",0 13928,"But what spectacular sizzle it is ! ... In this incarnation its fizz is infectious .",1 179433,"'re far better served by the source material",0 6912,"had all its vital essence scooped out",0 207594,"of admission ? Absolutely not . It sucked",0 117430,"connection and concern",1 25155,"Does what a fine documentary does best",1 116255,"brooding personalities that parade about as if they were coming back from Stock Character camp -- a drowsy drama infatuated by its own pretentious self-examination",0 19544,"a pleasure in its own right",1 913,"even as it turns maddeningly predictable",0 150933,"While the script starts promisingly",1 216804,"to a few rather than dozens",0 28867,"and thoroughly delightful",1 106387,"I 'm not a fan of the phrase ` life affirming ' because it usually means ` schmaltzy , ' but Real Women Have Curves truly is life affirming .",1 232437,"is daring , inventive and impressive .",1 22347,"the same magical quality",1 131389,"rerun",0 182001,"A sluggish pace and lack of genuine narrative",0 239226,"your seat , tense with suspense",1 78438,"does n't connect in a neat way ,",0 25789,"It is a kickass , dense sci-fi action thriller hybrid that delivers and then some . I have n't seen one in so long , no wonder I did n't recognize it at first .",1 36547,"revealing and richly entertaining",1 136351,"the studio did n't offer an advance screening . '' The Adventures of Pluto Nash '' is a big time stinker",0 76802,"clever , offbeat",1 81780,"has something to say",1 67664,"Mr . Deeds '' is suitable summer entertainment that",1 14448,"Steers turns in a snappy screenplay that curls at the edges",1 182930,"Broomfield 's style of journalism is hardly journalism at all ,",0 176267,"to make this genre soar",1 231392,"harmlessly",1 223852,"I sympathize with the plight of these families , but",0 62370,", to find a place among the studio 's animated classics",1 157734,"does little here but point at things that explode into flame",0 60542,"you 've figured out Late Marriage",1 224799,"Mildly entertaining",1 191332,"a single gag sequence",0 201680,"imponderably stilted",0 154540,"bad as its trailers ?",0 216990,"to easy jokes and insults",0 233193,"itself is just SOOOOO tired .",0 227515,"`` Interview '' loses its overall sense of mystery and becomes a TV episode rather than a documentary that you actually buy into .",0 136371,"the superficial way",0 80205,"for Wow !",1 221592,", the movie is a disaster .",0 94331,"terrific date movie",1 84789,"is ultimately effective enough at achieving the modest , crowd-pleasing goals it sets for itself .",1 79772,"feel-good territory",1 29210,"as loosey-goosey , experimental entertainment .",1 184443,"Holland lets things peter out midway , but",0 130199,"photographed in the manner of a Golden Book sprung to life",1 182682,"Bailly manages to deliver",1 143768,"An unencouraging threefold expansion on the former MTV series",0 216209,"they 're merely signposts marking the slow , lingering death of imagination .",0 170883,"shock tactics and bait-and-tackle metaphors",0 36175,"probably appeal more to guys than to their girlfriends who drag them to this movie for the Hugh factor",0 20261,"coherent",1 86681,"makes you crave Chris Smith 's next movie .",1 166912,"none of the charm or charisma that might keep a more general audience even vaguely interested in his bratty character",0 30604,"de la celluloid",1 14018,"Everytime you think Undercover Brother has run out of steam",1 210664,"ruined by amateurish writing and acting",0 125023,"it is more likely to induce sleep than fright .",0 107472,"Like many Western action films , this thriller is too loud and thoroughly overbearing , but its heartfelt concern about North Korea 's recent past and South Korea 's future adds a much needed moral weight .",1 42119,"ingenious and",1 102997,", viscerally exciting , and dramatically moving , it 's the very definition of epic adventure .",1 12487,"too dark",0 155529,"brother Hoffman 's script stumbles over a late-inning twist that just does n't make sense",0 175712,"throw 40 years of cinematic history down the toilet in favor of bright flashes and loud bangs",0 180441,", Sarah 's dedication to finding her husband seems more psychotic than romantic , and nothing in the movie makes a convincing case that one woman 's broken heart outweighs all the loss we witness .",0 86766,"manner and flamboyant style",1 236094,"stuffiest",0 160842,"have called it Gutterball",0 154990,"been scripted by someone who just graduated from elementary school",0 62982,"A fascinating documentary about the long and eventful spiritual journey of the guru who helped launch the New Age .",1 101510,"'s a great deal of corny dialogue and preposterous moments",0 127941,"next to his best work , feels clumsy and convoluted",0 169390,"prostituted muse",0 12898,"we just do n't really care too much about this love story . in that setting , their struggle",0 117100,"closed-off nationalist reality",1 93701,"stylized sequences",1 45031,"Definitely funny stuff",1 185835,"Lisa Rinzler 's cinematography may be lovely , but Love Liza 's tale itself virtually collapses into an inhalant blackout , maintaining consciousness just long enough to achieve callow pretension",0 765,"dazzles the eye ,",1 41947,"focusing intently on his characters ,",1 24630,"An extraordinary Swedish film",1 101063,"you 're not a fan",0 54674,"may not be cutting-edge indie filmmaking but has a huge heart",1 151837,"a great movie in him",1 230878,"focuses on Joan 's raging hormones and sledgehammers the audience with Spanish inquisitions about her `` madness '' so much that I became mad that I wasted 123 minutes and $ 9.50 on this 21st century",0 132913,"some very good acting ,",1 135305,"the film 's vision of sport as a secular religion is a bit cloying",0 152048,"a mess of purposeless violence",0 148570,"Showtime is crammed full of them",0 152988,"afraid you wo n't get through this frankly fantastical by-the-numbers B-flick with just a suspension of disbelief . Rather",0 83895,"is a strong , character-oriented piece .",1 108588,"Reminiscent",1 99386,"vibrance and warmth",1 39391,"too suspiciously smooth",1 96104,"the massive waves that lifts Blue Crush into one of the summer 's most pleasurable movies",1 144068,"Bears is bad . Not ` terrible filmmaking ' bad , but more like , ' I once had a nightmare like this ,",0 132340,"should be punishable by chainsaw",0 229453,"bounds along with the rat-a-tat energy of `` His Girl Friday , '' maintaining a light touch while tackling serious themes",1 77952,"delivers a terrific performance in this fascinating portrait of a modern Lothario .",1 189494,"We never feel anything for these characters , and as a result the film is basically just a curiosity .",0 181558,"A cheap scam put together by some cynical creeps at Revolution Studios and Imagine Entertainment to make the suckers out there surrender $ 9 and 93 minutes of unrecoverable life .",0 150198,"This goofy gangster yarn never really elevates itself from being yet another earnestly generic crime-busting comic vehicle -- a well-intentioned remake that shows some spunk and promise but fails to register as anything distinctive or daring",0 63181,"A minor film with major pleasures from Portuguese master Manoel de Oliviera ...",1 27639,"a loosely autobiographical story brushed with sentimentality but brimming with gentle humor",1 22827,"with a rawness that that is both unflinching and tantalizing",1 150880,"When not wallowing in its characters ' frustrations , the movie is busy contriving false , sitcom-worthy solutions to their problems .",0 38023,"the best examples of how to treat a subject , you 're not fully aware is being examined , much like a photo of yourself you did n't know",1 151758,"a foundering performance",0 52710,"honest insight",1 18591,"A tender and touching drama",1 166187,"more grating than engaging",0 17316,"steady , if not very imaginative ,",1 126297,"long workout",1 63407,"A solid cast , assured direction and complete lack of modern day irony",1 106626,"If you 've grown tired of going where no man has gone before , but several movies have - take heart .",1 2975,"too much",0 186922,"Revenge :",0 72000,"a more colorful , more playful tone",1 26814,"The film is all a little Lit Crit 101",0 66084,"Huppert and Girardot give performances of exceptional honesty .",1 220288,"you give a filmmaker an unlimited amount of phony blood",0 113546,"airs just about every cliche in the war movie compendium across its indulgent two-hour-and-fifteen-minute length .",0 190087,"a Kiss wants desperately to come off as a fanciful film about the typical problems of average people . But",0 11113,"that quickly snowballs out of",0 53446,"is derivative",0 190396,"a cross between Boys Do n't Cry , Deliverance , and Ode to Billy Joe - lies somewhere in the story of Matthew Shepard , but that film is yet to be made",0 5899,"depict the french revolution from the aristocrats ' perspective",1 184939,"Initial strangeness inexorably gives way to rote sentimentality",1 43694,", she 's as morning-glory exuberant as she was in Amélie",1 74942,"at least one damn fine",1 133909,"tear-drenched quicksand",0 840,"dog",1 128599,"of creative insanity",1 196986,"directed and suffers from the addition of a wholly unnecessary pre-credit sequence designed to give some of the characters a ` back story",0 134535,"that reminds at every turn of Elizabeth Berkley 's flopping dolphin-gasm",0 49199,"are sweeping",1 43330,"'s steeped in mystery and a ravishing , baroque beauty",1 133160,"spot the culprit early-on in this predictable thriller",0 225428,"Perhaps it 's cliche to call the film ` refreshing , '",1 35334,"of mock-Tarantino scuzbag types that starts out clever but veers into overkill",0 225906,"Son of the Bride becomes an exercise in trying to predict when a preordained `` big moment '' will occur and not `` if . ''",0 236496,"that makes the formula fresh again",1 215124,"the movie could be released in this condition",1 146763,"It will come as no surprise that the movie is n't scary . But",0 45116,"Easily my choice for one of the year 's best films",1 227057,"What results is the best performance from either in years .",1 196691,"deflated",0 163444,"is the awkwardly paced soap opera-ish story",0 187370,"Smug , artificial , ill-constructed and fatally overlong ...",0 222631,"Blade II starts off as a wild hoot and then sucks the blood out",0 23290,", Auto Focus becomes both gut-bustingly funny and crushingly depressing .",1 120584,"formula mercilessly",0 177483,"viewers are likely to lose interest before Sandrine",0 236095,"stuffiest cinema goers",0 54099,"kind , unapologetic , sweetheart",1 205929,"may find The Singles Ward occasionally bewildering .",0 140653,"yield",0 94404,"than girls , who learns that believing in something does matter",1 124934,"it certainly got lost in the '' soon-to-be-forgettable '' section of the quirky rip-off prison romp pile .",0 62317,", then look no further , because here it is .",1 206079,"messy , murky ,",0 53528,"is most remarkable not because of its epic scope , but because of the startling intimacy it achieves despite that breadth .",1 122802,"imperfect , love-hate relationship",0 58285,"the fascination",1 199014,"flailing reputation",0 160624,"has a wooden delivery and encounters a substantial arc of change that does n't produce any real transformation",0 222025,"A highly intriguing thriller , coupled with some ingenious plot devices and some",1 160677,"has just enough charm and good acting to make it interesting ,",1 113909,"an adrenaline boost",1 102502,", energy and geniality to please not only the fanatical adherents on either side , but also people who know nothing about the subject and think they 're not interested .",1 82771,"impressive job",1 203270,"is nowhere near as refined as all the classic dramas it borrows from",0 116145,"both times",1 118839,"eager to please",1 134821,"the answers",1 15917,"great deal",1 75236,"be captivated , as I was , by its moods , and by its subtly transformed star , and still",1 101679,"'s enough to watch Huppert scheming , with her small , intelligent eyes as steady as any noir villain , and to enjoy the perfectly pitched web of tension that Chabrol spins",1 124062,"is full of unhappy , two-dimensional characters who are anything but compelling .",0 190902,"a made-for-home-video quickie",0 15358,"ca n't wait to see what happens next",1 6879,"great summer fun",1 117968,"definitely distinctive",1 137214,"through the audience 's meat grinder one more",0 138757,"unrelated",0 117685,"created a substantive movie out",1 63783,"America 's thirst for violence",0 40319,"wo n't convert you",0 10877,"sustains its dreamlike glide through a succession of cheesy coincidences and voluptuous cheap effects , not the least of which is rebecca romijn-stamos .",0 48508,"a wonderfully creepy mood",1 14546,"Though everything might be literate and smart , it never took off and always seemed static .",0 206565,"motionless characters",0 7764,"is omitted nor a clich left unsaid",0 152949,"add up to the time required to boil a four - minute egg",0 155601,"but Pinocchio . It might as well have been Problem Child",0 210568,"right opening premise",1 131969,"seem like such a bore",0 123891,"is also elevated by it -- the kind of movie that you enjoy more because you 're one of the lucky few who sought it out",1 172382,"suspects that Craven endorses They simply because this movie makes his own look much better by comparison",0 142495,", the humor did n't quite engage this adult",0 116681,"captures the chaotic insanity and personal tragedies that are all too abundant when human hatred spews forth unchecked .",1 62321,", they ca n't go wrong",1 228378,"admit it 's semi-amusing to watch Robert DeNiro belt out `` When you 're a Jet",1 43869,"... makes a great impression as the writer-director of this little $ 1 .",1 223883,"I would leave the theater with a lower I.Q. than when I had entered",0 58918,"there is an accuracy of observation in the work of the director , Frank Novak , that keeps the film grounded in an undeniable social realism .",1 220745,"'s actually watchable",1 186605,"Opera on film is never satisfactory . The art demands live viewing . The innate theatrics that provide its thrills and extreme emotions lose their luster when flattened onscreen .",0 90200,"perfectly inoffensive",1 211462,"shot on ugly digital video .",0 11258,"the comic scenes fly",1 48460,"a true adaptation of her book",1 143793,"An unwise amalgam",0 16476,"lo-fi",0 30477,"creates a world that 's at once surreal and disturbingly familiar : absurd , yet tremendously sad .",1 6066,"drag",0 44659,"Based",0 86431,"lustrous polished visuals",1 180714,", it 's all surprisingly predictable .",0 15101,"and well and living",1 113427,"adorably ditsy but heartfelt performances ,",1 222464,"As part of Mr. Dong 's continuing exploration of homosexuality in America , Family Fundamentals is an earnest study in despair .",1 132768,"so much first-rate talent",1 188686,"The somber pacing and lack of dramatic fireworks make Green Dragon seem more like medicine than entertainment .",0 204150,"its clever concept",1 180913,", should scare any sane person away .",0 185163,"It 's not a particularly good film ,",0 48977,"an often intense character study",1 214711,"the funniest American comedy since Graffiti Bridge",1 43822,"-- opera 's a pleasure when you do n't have to endure intermissions --",1 34963,"not be exactly divine",0 49678,"best case",1 167210,"of Janice Beard ( Eileen Walsh ) when her real-life persona is so charmless and vacant",0 81947,"have viewers guessing just who 's being conned right up to the finale",1 100001,"which very simply sets out to entertain and ends up delivering in good measure",1 103830,"A real audience-pleaser",1 122780,"imbued with strong themes of familial ties and spirituality that are powerful and moving without stooping to base melodrama",1 23271,"( the film ) addresses in a fascinating , intelligent manner the intermingling of race , politics and local commerce",1 174453,"the only thing Avary seems to care about are mean giggles and pulchritude .",0 154093,"as a result , it makes for only intermittent fun",0 54201,"legendary",1 169754,"really blow the big one",0 180176,"( Lin Chung 's ) voice is rather unexceptional",0 35704,"one out of the park for the ` they do n't make 'em like that anymore ' department",1 196023,"coming down off of Miramax 's deep shelves after a couple of aborted attempts , Waking Up in Reno makes a strong case for letting sleeping dogs lie .",0 151466,"a cheap knockoff",0 132140,"seriously bad",0 163144,"is no pleasure in watching a child suffer . Just embarrassment and a vague sense of shame .",0 70025,"The viewer takes great pleasure in watching the resourceful Molly stay a step ahead of her pursuers .",1 29146,"as a film , while at the same time being a most touching reconsideration of the familiar masterpiece",1 59521,"treasures and even marvels . So",1 111283,"Writer-director Stephen Gaghan has made the near-fatal mistake of being what the English call ` too clever by half . '",0 63348,"A sentimental but entirely irresistible portrait",1 203257,"is not one of them",0 85015,"it does n't take itself so deadly seriously",1 196463,"cross-country road trip",1 141401,"'s kinda dumb . And second , what 's with all the shooting",0 158116,"easy-going likableness",1 92796,"slathered on crackers and served as a feast of bleakness",0 224005,"In a normal screen process , these bromides would be barely enough to sustain an interstitial program on the Discovery Channel .",0 74393,"are put to perfect use in the breathtakingly beautiful outer-space documentary Space Station 3D .",1 222015,"A good documentary can make interesting a subject you thought would leave you cold .",1 69207,"That ` Alabama ' manages to be pleasant in spite of its predictability and occasional slowness is due primarily to the perkiness of Witherspoon ( who is always a joy to watch , even when her material is not first-rate )",1 143145,"A hideous , confusing spectacle",0 144739,"Dead ?",0 59706,"uniformly superb",1 8650,"makes the banger sisters a fascinating character study with laughs",1 111953,"a fresh and dramatically substantial spin",1 91631,"reverent , and subtly different",1 112840,"a summer popcorn movie . Nothing too deep or substantial .",1 87769,"needless",0 225111,"Never once predictable",1 79085,"enough to keep you interested without coming close to bowling you over",1 189000,"This is just lazy writing . Even kids deserve better .",0 80753,"fun ,",1 237459,"they toss logic and science into what is essentially a `` Dungeons and Dragons '' fantasy with modern military weaponry ...",0 60180,"who will be moved to the edge of their seats by the dynamic first act",1 78558,"drag two-thirds through ,",0 222120,"A weird little movie that 's amusing enough while you watch it , offering fine acting moments and pungent insights into modern L.A. 's show-biz and media subcultures .",1 161254,"his fake backdrops and stately pacing",0 226995,"Weaver and LaPaglia are both excellent , in the kind of low-key way that allows us to forget that they are actually movie folk .",1 179115,"you could be doing something else far more pleasurable . Something like scrubbing the toilet . Or emptying rat traps .",0 108076,"Nothing but one relentlessly depressing situation after another for its entire running time ,",0 5255,"bottom-feeder",0 139686,"while some weird relative trots out the video he took of the family vacation to Stonehenge . Before long , you 're desperate for the evening to end",0 214188,"the best of comedies",1 67417,"Margaret Thatcher 's ruinous legacy",0 30767,"dexterous as it is at times imaginatively overwhelming .",1 55441,"of male-ridden angst",0 112057,"a great American adventure and a wonderful film to bring to IMAX",1 188639,"The script , the gags , the characters are all direct-to-video stuff , and that 's where this film should have remained .",0 50375,"confident filmmaking",1 118171,"developed characters",1 86110,"likeable thanks to its cast , its cuisine and its quirky tunes .",1 143547,"After seeing the film , I can tell you that there 's no other reason why anyone should bother remembering it",0 63463,"A surprisingly charming and even witty match for the best of Hollywood 's comic-book",1 226956,"Watch Barbershop again if you 're in need of a Cube fix --",1 160152,"gloomy words",0 73655,"an action hero with table manners",1 179510,"'s a cipher , played by an actress who smiles and frowns but does n't reveal an inner life",0 5674,"compelling as it is exotic ,",1 142561,", this cross-cultural soap opera is painfully formulaic and stilted .",0 153597,"and ugly movies",0 69421,"The cast , collectively a successful example of the lovable-loser protagonist",1 7348,"if you 're up for that sort of thing",1 187097,"Santa gives gifts to grownups",1 137653,"to hide the fact that Seagal 's overweight and out of shape",0 203511,"is that it 's a brazenly misguided project .",0 96397,"the picture is so lovely toward the end",1 52321,"had a week ago that wo n't go away",0 151264,"a Bolly-Holly masala mess",0 22344,"the role , giving a tight , focused performance illuminated by shards of feeling",1 212067,"soliloquies about nothing delivered by the former Mr . Drew Barrymore",0 90128,"pathos-filled but ultimately life-affirming",1 106173,"Has no reason to exist",0 205004,"like a bad blend of an overripe episode of TV 's Dawson 's Creek and a recycled and dumbed-down version of Love Story .",0 233893,"missing from it",0 205968,"maybe too much",0 61659,", Mr . Schnitzler proves himself a deft pace master and stylist .",1 230803,"filling nearly every minute ... with a lighthearted glow , some impudent snickers , and a glorious dose of humankind 's liberating ability to triumph over a Scrooge or two",1 219340,"who gets chills from movies with giant plot holes",0 73836,"an improvement on the first Blade",1 41518,"admired it",1 119421,"everywhere",1 48745,"alienation , separation and loss",0 42329,"make a splash even greater",1 68671,"Secretary is just too original to be ignored .",1 62973,"A fascinating , unnerving examination of the delusions of one unstable man",1 191229,"a riot-control projectile or my own tortured psyche",0 55113,"nonprofessional",0 230030,"create a film that 's not merely about kicking undead \*\*\*",1 220831,"'s hard to imagine acting that could be any flatter .",0 221014,"'s touching and tender and proves that even in sorrow you can find humor",1 168206,"one is left with a sour taste in one 's mouth , and little else .",0 91723,"rise to fans ' lofty expectations",1 10280,"scare the pants",1 124636,"is that it stinks .",0 205230,"little more than punishment",0 139053,"viewed and treasured for its extraordinary intelligence and originality",1 83344,"infuses the movie with much of its slender ,",1 138650,"unerring respect",1 208450,"on humor that is not even as daring as John Ritter 's glory days on Three 's Company",0 239060,"written so well",1 147848,"Occasionally interesting but essentially unpersuasive",0 42259,"keep this unusual comedy",1 235192,"re-create the excitement of such '50s flicks",1 59701,"unforgivingly",0 103225,"... is the parade of veteran painters , confounded dealers , and miscellaneous bohos who expound upon the subject 's mysterious personality without ever explaining him .",0 52392,"has charm to spare",1 33958,"knows great comedy need n't always make us laugh .",1 217389,"to sustain a laugh",1 141225,"'s an earnest debut full of heartfelt performances , but",1 160701,"has n't added enough of his own ingredients",0 209342,"play like a milquetoast movie of the week blown up for the big screen",0 4235,"a trashy , exploitative , thoroughly unpleasant",0 45457,"Haynes ' absolute control of the film 's mood",1 219893,"without much interest in the Elizabethans",0 7154,"his beautiful , self-satisfied 22-year-old girlfriend and an equally beautiful , self-satisfied 18-year-old mistress",1 133650,"support the premise other than fling gags at it",1 91596,"retrospectively , his most personal work yet",1 232504,"is interesting but his Parisian rebirth is stillborn",0 152413,"a series of very bad special effects",0 109687,"The cumulative effect of watching this 65-minute trifle is rather like being trapped while some weird relative trots out the video he took of the family vacation to Stonehenge . Before long , you 're desperate for the evening to end .",0 202610,"is a monumental achievement",1 56649,"romped up and down the aisles for bathroom breaks",0 21359,"mostly the humor is of the sweet , gentle and occasionally cloying kind that has become an Iranian specialty",1 19590,"a sort of comfort food for the mind",1 219123,"what it promises , just not well enough to recommend it",0 18496,", vibrant",1 141397,"'s just plain lurid when it is n't downright silly .",0 133680,"surprising highs ,",1 181077,", to say nothing of boring .",0 210831,"say nothing of boring",0 91770,"rom the performances and the cinematography to the outstanding soundtrack and unconventional narrative",1 113580,"all comedy",1 121650,"has a dashing and resourceful hero : a lisping , reptilian villain : big fights : big hair : lavish period scenery : and a story",1 68053,"Overall , it 's a very entertaining , thought-provoking film with a simple message",1 151347,"a bad soap opera",0 188138,"The film 's hero is a bore",0 42000,"gives its subject",1 24458,"A sly game of cat and mouse",1 196978,"direct-to-video/DVD",0 85824,"layers",1 31415,"extremely well played and often very funny",1 57278,"spontaneous",1 150152,"This 72-minute film does have some exciting scenes ,",1 23646,", good-humored ethnic comedy",1 18309,"'s solid and affecting and exactly as thought-provoking as it should be .",1 68791,"Sillier , cuter , and",1 212887,"suffocate the illumination created by the two daughters",0 54453,"lyrical tale probes the ambiguous welcome extended by Iran to the Afghani refugees who streamed across its borders , desperate for work and food .",1 37620,"tapped something in himself as an actor that provides Frailty with its dark soul",1 174928,"the tricks alone are not enough to salvage this lifeless boxing film .",0 8329,"lack contrast , are murky",0 194960,"broadly metaphorical",1 115493,"be enjoyed as a daytime soaper",1 213684,"that is plainly dull and visually ugly when it is n't incomprehensible",0 56941,"should strike a nerve in many",0 51228,"enjoyable , if occasionally flawed , experiment",1 15866,"get an ` A ' for originality",1 132407,"show-do n't",0 12894,"we have poignancy jostling against farce , thoughtful dialogue elbowed aside by one-liners , and a visual style that incorporates rotoscope animation for no apparent reason except , maybe , that it looks neat .",0 222128,"A well-made , thoughtful , well-acted clunker , but a clunker nonetheless",0 156372,"cliches whose lives are never fully explored",0 212838,"such a well loved classic",1 224760,"Meandering and confusing .",0 59583,"turns the goose-pimple genre on its empty head and fills it with spirit , purpose and emotionally bruised characters who add up to more than body count .",1 104101,"After one gets the feeling that the typical Hollywood disregard for historical truth and realism is at work here , it 's a matter of finding entertainment in the experiences of Zishe and the fiery presence of Hanussen .",1 177148,"underwritten that you ca n't figure out just where the other characters , including Ana 's father and grandfather , come down on the issue of Ana 's future",0 135860,"the near-fatal mistake of being what the English call ` too clever by half",0 236765,"the cast and crew did n't sign a pact to burn the negative and the script and pretend the whole thing never existed",0 19,"'ll like it",1 218776,"was produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and directed by Joel Schumacher , and reflects the worst of their shallow styles :",0 114594,"are great rewards here .",1 123987,"is delicately narrated by Martin Landau and directed with sensitivity and skill by Dana Janklowicz-Mann",1 54923,"movie star charisma",1 20001,"as it should be",1 27702,"a neater trick",1 99358,"very moving and revelatory footnote",1 187188,"Seems content to dog-paddle in the mediocre end of the pool ,",0 3177,"will probably",1 134396,"that it 's a rock-solid little genre picture .",1 71117,"You 'll laugh at either the obviousness of it all or its stupidity or maybe even its inventiveness ,",1 236870,"the film 's considered approach to its subject matter is too calm and thoughtful for agitprop , and the thinness of its characterizations makes it a failure as straight drama . '",0 34926,"no sense of connecting the dots , just dots",0 46217,"More romantic , more emotional and ultimately more satisfying than the teary-eyed original",1 48038,"a film that deftly balances action and reflection as it lets you grasp and feel the passion others have for their work",1 189401,"Viewers will need all the luck they can muster just figuring out who 's who in this pretentious mess .",0 119414,"everybody else is in the background and it just seems manufactured to me and artificial",0 146268,"Imagine the James Woods character from Videodrome making a home movie of Audrey Rose and showing it to the kid from The Sixth Sense and you 've imagined The Ring .",0 134749,"the Pug big time",1 143107,"A frustrating combination",0 157781,"does n't organize it with any particular insight",0 195924,"come out in various wet T-shirt and shower scenes",0 185126,"It 's hard to quibble with a flick boasting this many genuine cackles , but Notorious C . H . O . still feels like a promising work-in-progress .",1 234963,"playing an ingenue makes her nomination as best actress even more of a an a",1 5795,"creativity at its peak",1 171388,"so badly drawn",0 221697,", you 're too interested to care .",1 124002,"is downright movie penance",1 222516,"Avary seems to care about",1 179727,"'s equally distasteful to watch him sing the lyrics to '' Tonight . ''",0 114642,"are odd and pixilated and sometimes both .",0 223932,"If there 's nothing fresh about Wannabes , which was written by Mr. DeMeo , who produced and directed the film with Charles A. Addessi , much of the time",0 209666,"premise , mopes through a dreary tract of virtually plotless meanderings and then ends with a whimper",0 230440,"dull girl",0 111318,"You 'll know a star when you see one .",1 75098,"awe and affection --",1 25098,"Dense with characters and contains some thrilling moments .",1 84808,"is very funny , but not always in a laugh-out-loud way .",1 204286,"its passages of sensitive observation",1 97407,"this film will attach a human face to all those little steaming cartons .",1 227262,"You 'll forget about it by Monday , though , and if they 're old enough to have developed some taste , so will your kids",0 13780,"A masterful film",1 23327,", Read My Lips is an original . This is a story of two misfits who do n't stand a chance alone",1 71042,"Wonderful Life",1 11481,"the grandkids or the grandparents",1 143151,"A horror movie with seriously dumb characters , which somewhat dilutes the pleasure of watching them stalked by creepy-crawly bug things that live only in the darkness .",0 189391,"Versace",1 13251,"worst",0 105032,"Chan 's uniqueness",1 227801,"a camp adventure , one of those movies that 's so bad it starts to become good",0 91119,"rather shapeless good time",1 38271,"the gears of justice",1 148150,"Preposterous and",0 111562,"a bit on the skinny side",0 61774,", are at least interesting .",1 62588,"... is so intimate and sensual and funny and psychologically self-revealing that it makes most of what passes for sex in the movies look like cheap hysterics .",1 114436,"any sexual relationship that does n't hurt anyone and works for its participants",1 48302,"a quirky , off-beat project",1 118953,"elevated by it -- the kind of movie",1 132902,"some robust and scary entertainment",1 190881,"a lot to ask people to sit still for two hours and change watching such a character , especially when rendered in as flat and impassive a manner as Phoenix 's",0 37904,"that the central performers are experienced actors , and that they know their roles so well",1 72287,"a rich and intelligent film that uses its pulpy core conceit to probe questions",1 202026,"in the middle and lurches between not-very-funny comedy , unconvincing dramatics and some last-minute action strongly reminiscent of Run Lola Run",0 40984,"It 's a terrific American sports movie and Dennis Quaid is its athletic heart",1 119323,"even betters it",1 194704,"blank yearning",0 52842,"imbued with passion and attitude .",1 48189,"a massive infusion of old-fashioned Hollywood magic",1 11758,"the preposterous hairpiece",0 132862,"some corny television",0 106191,"Haynes ( like Sirk , but differently ) has transformed the rhetoric of Hollywood melodrama into something provocative , rich , and strange .",1 237659,"ticket-buyers with great expectations will wind up as glum as Mr. De Niro .",0 213486,"that 's low on both suspense and payoff",0 11766,"the problem is the needlessly poor quality of its archival prints and film footage . the images lack contrast , are murky and are frequently too dark to be decipherable",0 224297,"It follows the basic plot trajectory of nearly every Schwarzenegger film : Someone crosses Arnie",0 91545,"resorting to camp",0 38967,"this never-ending confusion and hatred",0 159206,"five hours long",0 160651,"has been co-opted so frequently that it now seems pedestrian .",0 10964,"tangy",1 106967,"It 's sweet and fluffy at the time",1 144936,"Does n't get the job done , running off the limited chemistry created by Ralph Fiennes and Jennifer Lopez",0 206049,"merchandised-to-the-max",0 156431,"clutchy",1 187006,"Rodrigues 's",1 105697,"Every now and again , a movie comes along to remind us of how very bad a motion picture can truly be . Frank McKlusky C . I .",0 69568,"The film is insightful about Kissinger 's background and history .",1 43285,"'s no denying the potency of Miller 's strange , fleeting brew of hopeful perseverance and hopeless closure",1 219989,"worked too hard on this movie",0 99637,"was only a matter of time before some savvy producer saw the potential success inherent in the mixture of Bullock Bubble and Hugh Goo .",1 185184,"It 's obvious ( Je-Gyu is ) trying for poetry :",0 93781,"such a mesmerizing one",1 197526,"dreary and overwrought",0 36756,"seeming slow and pretentious",0 24290,"A carefully structured scream of consciousness that is tortured and unsettling -- but unquestionably alive .",1 104557,"At a time when commercialism has squeezed the life out of whatever idealism American moviemaking ever had",0 223811,"I have a confession to make : I did n't particularly like E.T. the first time I saw it as a young boy",0 119916,"feels like a prison stretch",0 2230,"seems based on ugly ideas instead of ugly behavior , as happiness was ...",0 110303,"There 's much tongue in cheek in the film and there 's no doubt the filmmaker is having fun with it all",1 124446,"is phenomenal , especially the women",1 117753,"crushingly self-indulgent spectacle",0 114701,"are too ragged to ever fit smoothly together",0 32122,"good , straightforward tale",1 54936,"moving , uplifting and funny",1 211829,"slurs",0 60363,"with nervous energy , moral ambiguity and great uncertainties",1 109548,"The actresses may have worked up a back story for the women they portray so convincingly",1 109567,"The art direction and costumes are gorgeous and finely detailed , and Kurys ' direction is clever and insightful",1 92433,"shaking your head all the way to the credits",0 200241,"gross-out flicks ,",0 227269,"You 've seen them a million times .",0 125927,"less the cheap thriller you 'd expect than it is a fairly revealing study of its two main characters -- damaged-goods people whose orbits will inevitably",1 188492,"The only reason",0 198712,"feels cheated",0 107350,"Kouyate elicits strong performances from his cast ,",1 192636,"an overly-familiar set",0 196414,"creating an emotionally complex , dramatically satisfying heroine",1 115741,"been preferable",1 193232,"are ultimately winning",1 117129,"codswallop",0 33888,"jazzes it up adroitly",1 145168,"Even in terms of the low-grade cheese standards on which it operates",0 21709,"perceptively filmed that you can almost taste the desiccated air",1 163683,"it 's sanctimonious , self-righteous and so eager to earn our love that you want to slap it",0 110973,"We never truly come to care about the main characters and whether or not they 'll wind up together , and Michele 's spiritual quest is neither amusing nor dramatic enough to sustain interest",0 175350,"this clever idea",1 145817,"His best film",1 85858,"leave you wanting more , not to mention leaving you with some laughs and a smile on your face",1 124570,"is spooky and subtly",1 173071,"that it 's tempting just to go with it for the ride",1 15359,"ca n't wait to see what happens next .",1 77923,"delightfully charming --",1 112265,"a love story as sanguine as its title",1 1793,"multi-dimensional love story and sci-fi mystery",1 4239,"a tribute",1 19128,"Nearly surreal , dabbling in French , this is no simple movie",1 109995,"The movie is gorgeously made",1 51799,"for its straight-ahead approach",1 135713,"the middle , the film compels ,",1 181048,", they 'll probably run out screaming .",0 24509,"A work of astonishing delicacy and force .",1 134817,"the anguish",0 133693,"surprisingly idealistic",1 122257,"hindered by uneven dialogue and plot lapses",0 17865,"too slowly",0 50041,"captivatingly quirky hybrid",1 92488,"sheerly beautiful",1 207347,"occasional jarring glimpses of a modern theater audience watching the events unfold",0 183755,"Even kids deserve better",0 194204,"be swept up in Invincible and overlook its drawbacks",1 163946,"it was co-written by Mattel executives and lobbyists for the tinsel industry",0 36603,"roller-coaster ride",1 205651,"make a nice coffee table book",1 144176,"Blair Witch and typical stalk-and-slash fare , where the most conservative protagonist is always the last one living",0 183766,"Every conceivable mistake a director could make in filming opera",0 57044,"slather Clearasil over the blemishes of youth",0 44098,"A giggle-inducing comedy with snappy dialogue and winning performances by an unlikely team of Oscar-winners",1 40544,"'s a British flick gleefully",1 125204,"its compassionate spirit soars every bit as high",1 32298,"has created a tour de force that is weird , wacky and wonderful .",1 28680,"and its ample charms should win over the most hard-hearted cynics .",1 63677,"Alexandre Dumas classic",1 74310,"are consistently delightful .",1 179890,"'s not funny",0 41240,"The Emperor 's New Clothes '' begins with a simple plan ...",1 9398,"of unwatchable drivel",0 11089,"that it looks neat",1 126148,"like watching an Eastern imagination explode",1 140369,"wonderful cinematography",1 201784,"in a flashy , empty sub-music video style",0 185883,"Love , the sort of bitter old crank who sits behind his light meter and harangues the supposed injustices of the artistic world-at-large",0 39010,"those reaching for more tissues and those begging for mercy",1 223013,"Corny , schmaltzy and predictable ,",0 51166,"employ their quirky and fearless ability",1 101867,"'s rare to see a movie that takes such a speedy swan dive from '' promising '' to '' interesting '' to '' familiar '' before landing squarely on '' stupid '' .",0 123984,"is definitely horse feathers",0 98372,"to the genre and another first-rate performance",1 206444,"more ridiculous",0 68395,"Renner ? s face is chillingly unemotive , yet he communicates a great deal in his performance .",1 68814,"Skins has a desolate air",0 211045,"seem tired and ,",0 222073,"A refreshingly honest and ultimately touching tale of the sort of people",1 215420,"the problem with Wendigo ,",0 41315,"This concoction , so bizarre to the adult mind",0 15224,"beauty to make it unforgettable",1 227909,"a filmmaker to let this morph into a typical romantic triangle",0 5584,"clearly well-intentioned",1 25000,"Clockstoppers will fulfill your wildest fantasies about being a different kind of time traveler , while happily killing 94 minutes .",1 15806,"fooled",0 124919,"it also makes her appear foolish and shallow rather than , as was more likely ,",0 42702,"storytelling ,",0 139245,"was filled with shootings , beatings , and more cussing than you could shake a stick at .",0 92627,"shrewd , powerful act",1 75658,"beyond the astute direction of Cardoso and beautifully detailed performances by all of the actors , is a note of defiance over social dictates .",1 218662,"want to spend their time in the theater thinking up grocery lists and ways to tell their kids how not to act like Pinocchio . As for children",0 109280,"Sure , I hated myself in the morning . But then",1 146056,"I found it slow , drab , and bordering on melodramatic .",0 159772,"from this studio than some 79-minute after-school '' cartoon",0 196738,"demonic",0 237557,"this movie strangely enough has the outdated swagger of a shameless ` 70s blaxploitation shuck-and-jive sitcom .",0 232771,"is that if the concept is a poor one , there 's no saving the movie",0 224606,"Let 's see , a haunted house , a haunted ship , what 's next",0 193683,"aspired",1 202852,"is dark , brooding and slow , and takes its central idea way too seriously .",0 186043,"May offend viewers not amused by the sick sense of humor .",0 98157,"to keep you at the edge of your seat with its shape-shifting perils , political intrigue and brushes with calamity",1 96504,"the pure adrenalin",1 30224,"closer to any actress I can remember to personifying independence in its purest and , yes , most intimidating form",1 88555,"of event movies than a spy thriller like The Bourne Identity",1 229184,"be fun , and bouncy , with energetic musicals",1 34764,"my favorite in the series , still",1 53320,"is a real treat",1 17910,"unconcerned with plausibility",0 156905,"could watch this movie and be so skeeved out that they 'd need a shower",0 30703,"demands repeated viewings",1 26151,"Nair has constructed this motion picture in such a way that even the most cynical curmudgeon with find himself or herself smiling at one time or another .",1 156190,"charmless and vacant",0 26298,"One of the most haunting , viciously honest coming-of-age films in recent memory .",1 168892,"pizazz",1 28868,"and thoroughly engage you",1 211114,"seems to have forgotten everything he ever knew about generating suspense",0 173188,"that shockingly manages to be even worse than its title",0 117827,"damaged-goods people",0 90964,"puts the dutiful efforts of more disciplined grade-grubbers",1 97539,"this unrelenting bleak insistence on opting out of any opportunity for finding meaning in relationships or work",0 13876,"At its best early on as",1 97877,"to anyone who loves both dance and cinema",1 66719,"It has that rare quality of being able to creep the living hell out of you ...",1 114857,"as any James Bond thriller",1 179381,"'ll find yourself wishing that you and they were in another movie",0 91612,"reveals an ironic manifestation of institutionalized slavery that ties a black-owned record label with a white-empowered police force .",1 193431,"as conventional as a Nike ad",0 46970,"The Wild Thornberrys Movie",1 70242,"This is n't a stand up and cheer flick : it 's a sit down and ponder affair . And thanks to Kline 's superbly nuanced performance , that pondering is highly pleasurable",1 106198,"He has improved upon the first and taken it a step further , richer and deeper .",1 85432,"its sweet spot",1 148225,"Quick : who wants to see a comedy about shoddy airport security ?",0 196507,"cult film",1 10615,"some intriguing questions about the difference between human and android life",1 75363,"beautiful outer-space documentary Space Station 3D",1 8021,"its courage , ideas ,",1 235739,"sign a pact to burn the negative and the script and pretend the whole thing never existed",0 46649,"Rock solid family fun out of the gates , extremely imaginative through out",1 208271,"offbeat sensibilities",1 135824,"the movie possesses its own languorous charm .",1 112465,"a passing twinkle",1 2983,"too smugly superior",0 888,"engaging",1 189539,"What 's most offensive is n't the waste of a good cast",0 29278,"at his best",1 38777,"the whole of Safe Conduct is less than the sum of its parts .",0 173495,"the audience is forced to endure three terminally depressed , mostly inarticulate , hyper dysfunctional families for the price of one .",0 25501,"Hawke draws out the best from his large cast in beautifully articulated portrayals that are subtle and so expressive they can sustain the poetic flights in Burdette 's dialogue .",1 103964,"A triumph , a film that hews out a world and carries us effortlessly from darkness to light .",1 157356,"determine how well the schmaltz is manufactured -- to assess the quality of the manipulative engineering . Average , at best , I 'm afraid",0 79459,"expected from any movie with a '' 2 '' at the end of its title",0 13031,"while it can be a bit repetitive",0 237181,"the reason for that is a self-aware , often self-mocking , intelligence .",1 176417,"to stand by her man , no matter how many times he demonstrates that he 's a disloyal satyr",0 238171,"typed ` Chris Rock , ' ` Anthony Hopkins ' and ` terrorists ' into some Univac-like script machine",0 218240,"unoriginal run",0 53671,"is their resemblance to everyday children .",1 225105,"Nemesis meekly goes where nearly every Star Trek movie has gone before .",0 53551,"is not show-stoppingly hilarious , but scathingly witty nonetheless",1 16302,"it 's a compelling story , mainly because of the way it 's told by the people who were there .",1 66303,"If you have n't seen the film lately , you may be surprised at the variety of tones in Spielberg 's work . Much of it is funny ,",1 79529,"extremely funny , ultimately heartbreaking",1 223834,"I love it ... hell , I dunno .",1 203396,"is simply not enough of interest onscreen to sustain its seventy-minute running time .",0 75851,"both refreshingly different",1 62214,", shrewd , powerful act",1 170747,"serve up a whole lot of laughs",1 116775,"cause loads of irreparable damage that years and years of costly analysis could never fix",0 138682,"unfunny Phonce",0 63028,"A fine effort , an interesting topic , some intriguing characters and a sad ending . Certainly the big finish was n't something Galinsky and Hawley could have planned for ... but part of being a good documentarian is being there when the rope snaps .",1 83983,"is an earnest study in despair",1 216408,"this is classic nowheresville in every sense",0 80551,"friends will be friends through thick and thin",1 193218,"are the uneven performances by the cast members , who seem bound and determined to duplicate Bela Lugosi 's now-cliched vampire accent",0 1275,"impossible",0 180671,", however , is the edge of wild , lunatic invention that we associate with Cage 's best acting",1 134828,"the apparent skills",1 202502,"is , alas , no Woody Allen .",0 207750,"of good acting",1 127495,"most splendid",1 35630,"on fatality , classism , and ignorance .",0 29512,"befuddlement",0 168625,"painfully leaden film",0 48623,"achieving some honest insight into relationships that most high-concept films candy-coat with pat storylines , precious circumstances and beautiful stars",1 174040,"the good stuff",1 16204,"is , aptly enough , a challenge and a punishment .",0 106886,"It 's just not very smart .",0 233597,"made Eddie Murphy a movie star and the man",1 55075,"no art",0 141,"a decent",1 212027,"soap opera-ish dialogue",0 201930,"in more ways that one in Clockstoppers , a sci-fi thriller as lazy as it is interminable",0 221840,"... the first 2\/3 of the film are incredibly captivating and insanely funny , thanks in part to interesting cinematic devices ( cool visual backmasking ) , a solid cast , and some wickedly sick and twisted humor ...",1 212829,"such a dependable concept was botched in execution",0 184781,"If Festival in Cannes nails hard - boiled Hollywood argot with a bracingly nasty accuracy",1 34448,"meets-new mesh",1 201436,"humanizing stuff",1 157882,"double in value a week",1 99926,"when his story ends or just ca n't tear himself away from the characters",1 179733,"'s exactly the kind of movie Toback 's detractors always accuse him of making .",0 62093,", memory , resistance and artistic transcendence",1 61742,", an interesting and at times captivating take on loss and loneliness .",1 166402,"movie that refuses to develop an energy level",0 25697,"Interacting eyeball-to-eyeball and toe-to-toe",1 77314,"continues her exploration of the outer limits of raunch with considerable brio .",1 41950,"follows a resolutely realistic path in this uncompromising insight",1 54554,"makes compelling , provocative and prescient viewing .",1 203792,"it 's pretty far from a treasure",0 102903,", the picture begins to resemble the shapeless , grasping actors ' workshop that it is .",0 93668,"stunning film",1 6800,"gives it that extra little something that makes it worth checking out at theaters",1 178160,"which tends to breed formulaic films rather than fresh ones",0 145154,"Even die-hard fans of Japanese animation ... will find this one a challenge .",0 217593,"too goodly ,",1 89969,"own breezy , distracted rhythms",1 33540,"is up there with the finest of specials",1 161191,"highly recommend Irwin",1 151411,"a bottom-feeder sequel in the Escape From New York series",0 44474,"An entertaining British hybrid",1 50673,"deceit",0 227935,"a good race , one that will have you at the edge of your seat for long stretches",1 128366,"of Pluto Nash '' is a big time stinker",0 139348,"way to make J . K . Rowling 's marvelous series into a deadly bore",0 142521,", the public is , regrettably , going to have tepid films like Dragonfly tossed at them .",0 11417,"the filmmakers have made every effort to disguise it as an unimaginative screenwriter 's invention",0 144111,"Believability was n't one of the film 's virtues .",0 111143,"Why , you may ask , why should you buy the movie milk when the TV cow is free ?",0 146029,"I could say '' Thank God It 's Friday ''",1 101024,"yet also decidedly uncinematic",0 4268,"a vehicle to showcase the canadian 's inane ramblings",0 173426,"the Super Bowl",1 196054,"competent performers from movies , television and the theater",1 43181,"'s a wickedly subversive bent to the best parts of Birthday Girl",1 230600,"even more indistinct than it is were it not for the striking , quietly vulnerable personality of Ms. Ambrose",1 112500,"a powerful look",1 188932,"Things really get weird , though not particularly scary :",0 33289,"is actually a charming triumph where its intended under-12 audience is concerned",1 12324,"to become didactic",0 27280,"Writer\/director Joe Carnahan 's grimy crime drama is a manual of precinct cliches",0 127884,"never gets too cloying thanks to the actors ' perfect comic timing and sweet , genuine chemistry .",1 87366,"moron",0 79954,"find in these characters ' foibles a timeless and unique perspective",1 191424,"a stultifyingly obvious one",0 28386,"an obsessive-compulsive 's",0 155934,"can be sleekly shot , expertly cast , paced with crisp professionalism",1 192307,"almost feels as if the movie is more interested in entertaining itself than in amusing us .",0 101701,"'s hardly over before it begins to fade from memory",0 165478,"maintains the same snail 's pace",0 8218,"joy",1 218174,"unflattering comparisons",0 213282,"tells us nothing new",0 25552,"His Best",1 196163,"contemptible",0 84558,"is quintessential Bollywood . Except it 's much , much better",1 74020,"and cinemantic flair",1 217897,"trying to have it both ways",0 77461,"could so easily have been fumbled by a lesser filmmaker",1 209593,"potentially interesting",1 29814,"but his subjects are charmers .",1 141412,"'s loud and boring",0 191503,"a terrible movie , just",0 61055,"'s funny and human and really pretty damned wonderful ,",1 118870,"easy , cynical potshots",0 59698,"unforced naturalism to their characters .",1 231368,"handle the mix of verbal jokes and slapstick well .",1 115473,"be better and more successful",1 16919,"partly because it is aware of its own grasp of the absurd",1 182354,"An amateurish , quasi-improvised acting exercise shot on ugly digital video .",0 173635,"the classic Disney adaptation of J . M",1 62968,"A fascinating , bombshell documentary",1 81095,"gives a portrayal as solid and as perfect as his outstanding performance as Bond in Die Another Day .",1 234066,"need movies like Tim McCann 's Revolution No. 9 .",1 191223,"a ridiculous wig",0 56801,"seems so larger than life and yet so fragile",1 26649,"Still , as a visual treat , the film is almost unsurpassed .",1 113561,"all , a condition only the old are privy to",0 232460,"is exactly what it wants to be : an atrociously , mind-numbingly , indescribably bad movie",0 172432,"swings annoyingly",0 131821,"schlocky",0 42026,"grab your children by the imagination and amaze them and",1 89010,"of the finest films of the year .",1 182103,"A wishy-washy melodramatic movie",0 31378,"explores the fascinating connections between women , water , nature , and sexuality",1 226518,"The threat implied in the title Pokémon 4ever is terrifying",0 63589,"A wonderfully speculative character study that made up for its rather slow beginning by drawing me into the picture .",1 6406,"far from a groundbreaking endeavor",0 183507,"Distinctly sub-par ... more likely to drown a viewer in boredom than to send any shivers down his spine",0 14964,"an easy target -- those old '50 's giant creature features --",1 60723,"'ll stay with the stage versions , however , which bite cleaner , and deeper .",0 221347,", fun , popcorn movies",1 15839,"from his fellow cast , as there are plenty of laughs and good lines for everyone in this comedy",1 129301,"offers some flashy twists and turns that occasionally fortify this turgid fable .",1 63048,"A four star performance",1 102334,", Sylvie Testud is icily brilliant .",1 86200,"living harmoniously",1 28818,"and supercharged",1 147073,"Lame , haphazard teen comedy",0 75577,"benefits from serendipity but also reminds us of our own responsibility to question what is told as the truth",1 89851,"out-outrage",0 42224,"is this an invigorating , electric movie",1 5884,"delivers not just the full assault of reno 's immense wit and insight , but a time travel back to what it felt like during those unforgettably uncertain days",1 196571,"dampened by a lackluster script and substandard performances",0 189006,"This is n't a movie : it 's a symptom",0 82397,"holds up in an era in which computer-generated images are the norm",1 33238,"is a manual of precinct cliches",0 92769,"skillfully assembled , highly polished",1 194833,"boring , pretentious waste",0 180431,", One Hour Photo lives down to its title .",0 28609,"and finely directed",1 157664,"do n't quite add up to a meal",0 218672,"wanting to abandon the theater",0 235838,"sneaks up on you and stays with you long after you have left the theatre",1 204200,"its fusty squareness",0 96581,"the right choices",1 50159,"chilly poetry",1 93512,"still consoled by his art , which is more than he has ever revealed before about the source of his spiritual survival",1 31097,"engages your brain in a way few current films do .",1 177164,"unencouraging",0 187285,"Showtime is n't particularly assaultive , but it can still make you feel that you never want to see another car chase , explosion or gunfight again",0 139117,"wacky and inspired",1 130503,"power to help people endure almost unimaginable horror",1 111547,"a better lot",1 48739,"alacrity",1 217741,"trance-noir and trumped-up street credibility",0 53757,"it 's propelled by the acting",1 206524,"most of it given to children",1 65984,"Hey Arnold ! The Movie is clever , offbeat and even gritty enough to overcome my resistance",1 71541,"a delightful romantic comedy with plenty of bite",1 41374,"We can see the wheels turning , and",1 75610,"better characters ,",1 147822,"Nothing plot-wise",0 133472,"stunning , Taxi Driver-esque portrayal",1 63386,"A smart , compelling drama",1 149962,"The two leads are almost good enough to camouflage the dopey plot , but so much naturalistic small talk , delivered in almost muffled exchanges , eventually has a lulling effect .",0 42717,"super-cool , and",1 142557,", this clever idea is far less funny than the original , Killers From Space .",0 139958,"will strike some Westerners as verging on mumbo-jumbo",0 78312,"distinguished and thoughtful film",1 177133,"undermine this adaptation",0 108250,"Other than the slightly flawed ( and fairly unbelievable ) finale , everything else is top shelf .",1 134705,"the Holocaust escape story",1 231301,"grand a failure",0 54899,"most wondrously",1 113454,"affirm",1 13651,", the overpraised Elizabeth",0 218071,"unbearable when it is n't merely offensive",0 127477,"most offensive thing",0 176957,"turkey-on-rolls , stubbly chins , liver spots , red noses and",0 91168,"reaching happiness",1 64685,"Charming and witty , it 's also somewhat clumsy .",1 74431,"are the lively intelligence of the artists and their perceptiveness about their own situations",1 146142,"I was watching a documentary about the wartime Navajos and what they accomplished instead of all this specious Hollywood hoo-ha",0 190574,"a film that are still looking for a common through-line",0 166228,"more self-absorbed women than the mother and daughters featured in this film ?",0 32981,"in this regard , On Guard delivers",1 119917,"feels like a spectator and not a participant",0 24763,"Australian director John Polson , making his American feature debut , jazzes it up adroitly .",1 180063,"'s unfocused and tediously exasperating",0 177784,"we all could have stopped watching long ago .",0 151829,"a great Broadway play",1 158948,"feels incomplete ,",0 210162,"real psychological grounding",1 153314,"an all time low",0 123466,"intellectual lector in contemplation of the auteur 's professional injuries",1 191168,"a rather poor imitation",0 95541,"the energetic frontman",1 231512,"hash",0 229431,"boils down to a transparently hypocritical work that feels as though it 's trying to set the women 's liberation movement back 20 years . '",0 27979,"a worthy companion",1 64886,"Cuaron repeatedly , perversely undercuts the joie de vivre even as he creates it , giving the movie a mournful undercurrent that places the good-time shenanigans in welcome perspective .",1 180120,"( Assayas ' ) homage to the Gallic ` tradition of quality",1 186165,"More successful",1 46897,"That is a compliment to Kuras and Miller . If I had been thinking about the visual medium , they would have been doing something wrong .",1 197930,"enough to sustain laughs",1 179394,"'ll swear that you 've seen it all before , even if you 've never come within a mile of The Longest Yard .",0 188014,"The characters are interesting",1 18515,"-- and bad --",0 20270,"comfort food for the mind",1 234751,"one that spans time and reveals meaning",1 222067,"A powerful performance from Mel Gibson and a brutal 90-minute battle sequence that does everything but issue you a dog-tag and an M-16",1 216775,"to Cranky . We do n't get paid enough to sit through crap like this",0 146117,"I slogged my way through Clockstoppers",0 102228,", Byler reveals the ways in which a sultry evening or a beer-fueled afternoon in the sun can inspire even the most retiring heart to venture forth .",1 43551,", but wanes in the middle",0 146286,"In The New Guy , even the bull gets recycled .",0 236859,"the fans of the first Men in Black have come away hating the second one",0 47833,"a bit exploitative but also nicely done ,",1 194284,"become expert fighters",1 72414,"a skillful filmmaker can impart a message without bludgeoning the audience over the head",1 132475,"silliness and",1 106954,"It 's sort of a 21st century morality play with a Latino hip hop beat .",1 231927,"impressive hybrid .",1 205420,"loses some of the intensity that made her an interesting character to begin with",0 90751,"proof of that on the cinematic front , look no further than this 20th anniversary edition of the film that Spielberg calls",1 19134,"New",1 13454,"'s enough science to make it count as educational , and enough beauty to make it unforgettable",1 117891,"daytime TV serviceability , but little more",1 188113,"The exclamation point seems to be the only bit of glee you 'll find in this dreary mess .",0 11529,"the intrigue and suspense and",1 127334,"more meaningful",1 200788,"have been worth cheering as a breakthrough",1 100465,"with attractive men",1 153450,"an oafish idiot impersonating an aristocrat",0 163691,"it 's sort of bogus and it 's ho-hum all the way through",0 1418,"is virtually impossible",0 3973,"a memorable directorial debut from king hunk",1 214896,"the kind of art shots that fill gallery shows",1 193565,"as sappy as Big Daddy",0 3982,"a modern motion picture",1 131615,"romance , dancing , singing , and unforgettable characters",1 158164,"embarrassing script",0 236113,"succeeds due to its rapid-fire delivery and enough inspired levity",1 109731,"The early and middle passages are surprising in how much they engage and even touch us . This is not a classical dramatic animated feature , nor a hip , contemporary , in-jokey one . It 's sort of in-between , and it works .",1 8770,"merit it",1 61245,"'s secondary to American Psycho but still has claws enough to get inside you and stay there for a couple of hours .",1 22953,"'' Elling ''",0 211521,"should never have been brought out of hibernation",0 218360,"uses a totally unnecessary prologue ,",0 82780,"improbable melodrama ( gored bullfighters , comatose ballerinas ) with subtly kinky bedside vigils and sensational denouements , and yet at the end",1 56009,"personal tragedy and",0 97190,"therapy ' I need",0 67766,"Nakata did it better",0 61371,"'s yet another cool crime movie that actually manages to bring something new into the mix .",1 32873,"in his most forceful non-Shakespeare screen performance",1 184627,"I ca n't say this enough : This movie is about an adult male dressed in pink jammies .",0 92899,"smartly written motion picture",1 119632,"fade from memory",0 139237,"was amused and entertained by the unfolding of Bielinsky 's cleverly constructed scenario , and greatly impressed by the skill of the actors involved in the enterprise .",1 232083,"including the assumption that `` crazy '' people are innocent , childlike and inherently funny",0 174442,"the one with the most emotional resonance",1 197315,"does n't give you enough to feel good about .",0 238642,"when you 're rooting for the film to hurry up and get to its subjects ' deaths just so the documentary will be over",0 200347,"had some success with documentaries",1 225964,"Stealing Harvard is a smorgasbord of soliloquies about nothing delivered by the former Mr. Drew Barrymore .",0 182625,"Aspires to the cracked lunacy of The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai , but thanks to an astonishingly witless script",0 142462,", the 1960 version is a far smoother ride .",1 63499,"A thoughtful and surprisingly affecting portrait of a screwed-up man who dared to mess with some powerful people",1 114548,"are an absolute joy .",1 49261,"as another key contribution",1 223535,"Great dragons !",1 10719,"starts slowly , but adrien brody in the title role helps make the film 's conclusion powerful and satisfying .",1 194852,"both Oscar winners",1 90627,"presents events partly from the perspective of Aurelie and Christelle , and infuses the film with the sensibility of a particularly nightmarish fairytale",1 68747,"Sheds light on a subject few are familiar with , and makes you care about music you may not have heard before .",1 226631,"This cinema verite speculation on the assassination of John F. Kennedy may have been inspired by Blair Witch , but it takes its techniques into such fresh territory that the film never feels derivative",1 4585,"an 88-minute highlight reel that 's 86 minutes too long",0 222271,"Amazingly dopey",0 195962,"comes alive as its own fire-breathing entity in this picture .",1 138478,"two-dimensional characters who are anything but compelling",0 233061,"it lacks in outright newness",0 33699,"it pauses for blunt exposition to make sure you",0 58416,"the inherent conflict between commerce and creativity",1 71089,"XXX flex-a-thon",1 9348,"of such tools as nudity , profanity and violence",0 197490,"drains it of the dramatic substance that would shake us in our boots ( or cinema seats )",0 72451,"a sobering meditation",1 203598,"is to see two Academy Award winning actresses ( and one Academy Award winning actor ) succumb to appearing in this junk that 's TV sitcom material at best",0 162138,"independent : the one where actors play",1 179494,"'s a Frankenstein-monster of a film that does n't know what it wants to be",0 32331,"has some touching things to say about what is important in life and why .",1 235960,"spectacular sizzle it is",1 62729,"83 minute",1 225125,"Next Pretty Good Thing",1 234530,"of the charm of Satin Rouge",1 141936,", Adam Sandler 's cartoon about Hanukkah is numbingly bad , Little Nicky bad , 10 Worst List bad .",0 196814,"deserves , at the very least ,",1 2852,"this gory , perverted , sex-soaked riff on the cannibal genre",0 178339,"will always be remembered for the 9-11 terrorist attacks . After seeing the film , I can tell you that there 's no other reason why anyone should bother remembering it .",0 57425,"struggle furiously",0 69839,"The power of Shanghai Ghetto",1 218169,"uneven movie",0 96382,"the perkiness of Witherspoon",1 208184,"of this alleged psychological thriller in search of purpose or even a plot",0 66325,"Imamura has said that Warm Water Under a Red Bridge is a poem to the enduring strengths of women . It may also be the best sex comedy about environmental pollution ever made .",1 21342,"morbid",0 148683,"So stupid , so ill-conceived , so badly drawn , it created whole new levels of ugly .",0 93435,"star-power potential in this remarkable and memorable film",1 77492,"crafted , engaging filmmaking that should attract upscale audiences hungry for quality and a nostalgic , twisty yarn that will keep them guessing",1 188132,"The film 's final hour",1 156732,"considerable more interest than the finished film , that 's a bad sign",0 723,"compelling",1 229646,"can be distinguished from a mediocre one by the better film 's ability to make its subject interesting to those who are n't part of its supposed target audience .",1 181971,"A selection of scenes in search of a movie",0 105602,"Ejemplo",1 89048,"of the more influential works",1 126484,"ludicrous enough",0 156118,"cerebral , too dull and pretentious to be engaging",0 21833,"reflecting",1 223991,"Ill-considered",0 121076,"gets its greatest play",1 94175,"takes your breath",1 89817,"our infantilized culture",0 68928,"Spectacular",1 158930,"feeling compromised",0 33910,"just fine",1 39480,"truths",1 68223,"Playfully profound ... and",1 171430,"so interminably it 's like watching a miserable relationship unfold in real time",0 100459,"with an open mind and considerable good cheer",1 120461,"for one splendidly cast pair",1 199643,"from their incessant whining",0 103890,"A smart and funny",1 96724,"the sometimes murky , always brooding look of I",0 152875,"acted , blandly directed , and could have been scripted by someone who just graduated from elementary school",0 94460,"thanks to Huston 's revelatory performance",1 199884,"gets off with a good natured warning",1 121742,"has died",0 155225,"big performances",1 177581,"wanders through CHARLIE completely unaware she needs to show some presence and star quality",0 183173,"Comedian runs out of steam after a half hour .",0 33321,"is as bold as anything the cinema",1 213502,"that 's unfocused and tediously exasperating",0 151648,"a dramatic actor -- just not in this movie",0 13783,"A masterpiece",1 139818,"whose meaning and",1 43949,"8 million charmer ,",1 49729,"big issues",0 160290,"got its heart in the right place",1 71626,"a few cheap",0 140285,"with this tortured , dull artist and monster-in-the",0 226677,"This method almost never fails him , and",1 228941,"as cutting , as witty or",1 114343,"another generic drama",0 198076,"even caught the gum stuck under my seat trying to sneak out of the theater",0 142527,", the star chemistry begs the question of whether random gags add up to a movie",0 175516,"this preachy",0 83028,"in remembrance",1 151936,"a last-second goal to win the championship",1 74093,"animation master",1 57752,"that both thrills the eye",1 184383,"Hepburn and Grant , two cinematic icons with chemistry galore",1 73520,"also decidedly uncinematic",0 197980,"episodic pacing",1 63920,"An intelligently made",1 138586,"uncovers a trail of outrageous force and craven concealment .",1 56714,"saves this deeply affecting film",1 75083,"avoids easy sentiments and explanations",1 70153,"These characters are so well established that the gang feels comfortable with taking insane liberties and doing the goofiest stuff out of left field , and I 'm all for that",1 79746,"feel as if we 're seeing something purer than the real thing",1 187478,"Sorvino makes the princess seem smug and cartoonish , and the film only really comes alive when poor Hermocrates and Leontine pathetically compare notes about their budding amours .",0 74362,"are made of little moments .",1 95026,"the Ford administration 's complicity in tearing ` orphans ' from their mothers",0 164560,"lame-old slasher nonsense",0 70134,"There is a beautiful , aching sadness to it all . Paul Cox needed to show it .",1 92451,"share their enthusiasm",1 184738,"I was sent a copyof this film to review on DVD . For",1 55782,"one of the greatest natural sportsmen of modern times",1 234652,"on It 's a Wonderful Life marathons and bored",0 178673,"with the impossible task of making them jell",0 57140,"sogginess",0 119791,"fascinating -- and timely --",1 9823,"pretension , in its own way ,",0 19037,"Kaufman creates an eerie sense of not only being there at the time of these events but the very night Matthew was killed .",1 163701,"it 's that life stinks",0 45411,"Grant 's ) bumbling magic takes over the film",1 132409,"showcase that accomplishes its primary goal without the use of special effects , but rather by emphasizing the characters",1 202,"a moody , multi-dimensional love story and sci-fi mystery , solaris is a thought-provoking , haunting film that allows the seeds of the imagination to germinate",1 36450,"reject",0 184717,"I suspect this is the kind of production that would have been funnier if the director had released the outtakes theatrically and used the film as a bonus feature on the DVD .",0 127560,"movie audiences both innocent and jaded",0 97916,"to be engaging",1 176982,"turning Leys ' fable into a listless climb down the social ladder",0 192925,"any real raw emotion , which is fatal for a film that relies on personal relationships",0 117897,"dazzling entertainment",1 232597,"is n't that much different from many a Hollywood romance",0 104825,"Both a successful adaptation and an enjoyable film in its own right .",1 155058,"being a clichéd , doddering , misogynistic boy 's club",0 116940,"childish things",0 62924,"A deliberative account of a lifestyle",1 76670,"chilling and fascinating",1 6813,"glum , numb",0 26603,"Smith profiles five extraordinary American homes , and because the owners seem fully aware of the uses and abuses of fame , it 's a pleasure to enjoy their eccentricities .",1 102461,", consistently funny . And educational !",1 137562,"to even categorize this as a smutty guilty pleasure",0 165556,"makes a better short story",0 163265,"is really closer to porn than a serious critique of what 's wrong with this increasingly pervasive aspect of gay culture",0 152131,"a movie this delibrately obtuse and unapproachable .",0 77144,"concentrates on people , a project in which the script and characters hold sway",1 19763,"an intriguing snapshot",1 47382,"This movie may not have the highest production values you 've ever seen , but",0 191473,"a tap-dancing rhino",0 218033,"ugly , revolting movie",0 125129,"it veered off too far into the Exxon zone , and left me behind at the station looking for a return ticket to realism",0 232542,"is many things -- stoner midnight flick , sci-fi deconstruction , gay fantasia -- but above all it 's a love story as sanguine as its title .",1 46399,"Olympia , Wash . , based filmmakers Anne de Marcken and Marilyn Freeman did just that and it 's what makes their project so interesting",1 30086,"challenges its audience",1 138415,"turbulent self-discovery",1 156947,"crass-a-thons",0 210130,"reached its expiration date",0 64011,"Anyone who ever fantasized about space travel but ca n't afford the $ 20 million ticket to ride a Russian rocket should catch this IMAX offering .",1 81251,"good-hearted ensemble comedy",1 142214,", hollow exercise",0 52012,"funny , touching , smart and complicated",1 58869,"the year 's most intriguing movie experiences",1 84424,"is n't afraid to try any genre and to do it his own way .",1 177464,"via a banal script",0 219096,"what New Best Friend does not have , beginning with the minor omission of a screenplay",0 49365,"astringent wit",1 208280,"offensive , waste of time , money and celluloid",0 116424,"by its intimacy and precision",1 138540,"unappealing",0 156079,"cast , but beautifully shot",1 23934,", this girl-woman who sincerely believes she can thwart the world 's misery with blind good will",0 224534,"Killing time , that 's all that 's going on here .",0 55002,"narratively complex",1 73070,"accident",0 126360,"looks pretty",1 180928,", sometimes creepy intimacy",0 150166,"This dramatically shaky contest of wills",0 218476,"very inspiring or insightful",1 195158,"by director Jon Purdy 's sledgehammer sap",0 5286,"brings documentary-like credibility",1 149286,"The corpse count ultimately overrides what little we learn along the way about vicarious redemption .",0 9260,"of embarrassment",0 56403,"reacting to it - feeling a part of its grand locations ,",1 156461,"coherent dialogue",1 223105,"Dense , exhilarating documentary .",1 31322,"exactly why a romantic relationship between a 15-year-old boy and a 40-year-old woman does n't work",0 47636,"Wilco fans will have a great time",1 32211,"gross-out contests",0 44432,"American in sensibility and style",1 210138,"reactionary ideas about women",0 161530,"humourless",0 144742,"Deadeningly dull",0 222791,"But on the whole , you 're gonna like this movie .",1 190499,"a fairly impressive debut from the director , Charles Stone III",1 157678,"do n't want to be worrying about whether the ineffectual Broomfield is going to have the courage to knock on that door",0 101136,"you have no interest in the gang-infested , East-vs . - West Coast rap wars",0 180,"a good job",1 126127,"like real life",1 104374,"An uneven mix of dark satire and childhood awakening",1 187061,"SOOOOO tired . Pair that with really poor comedic writing",0 157649,"do n't give a damn",0 155397,"boring parade",0 36776,"segues",1 31212,"espectacular",1 19890,"and the desperate struggle",0 37125,"some clever writing and sprightly acting",1 234547,"of the hapless victims of the arrogant",0 144875,"Director Ferzan Ozpetek creates an interesting dynamic with the members of this group , who live in the same apartment building . But he loses his focus when he concentrates on any single person .",0 86379,"love the opening scenes of a wintry New York City in 1899 . Cinematic poetry showcases the city 's old-world charm before machines change nearly everything .",1 20959,"into a rousing treatise of sensual empowerment",1 162641,"is a movie children should enjoy .",1 204524,"keeps adding flourishes -- artsy fantasy sequences -- that simply feel wrong .",0 119972,"few ` cool ' actors",0 108118,"Often demented in a good way , but it is an uneven film for the most part",0 67021,"Kids will love its fantasy and adventure , and grownups should appreciate its whimsical humor",1 106786,"Is not",0 199244,"for insights",1 211673,"sink the movie .",0 198893,"finally seem so impersonal or even shallow",0 133798,"tainted by cliches , painful improbability and murky points",0 235565,"seems to be missing a great deal of the acerbic repartee of the play .",0 153713,"anyone who has seen The Hunger or Cat People will find little new here",0 42678,"stands , despite its noticeable lack of emotional heft",1 102853,", tasteless and idiotic",0 50476,"corruption and ruthlessness",0 163927,"it takes itself too seriously",0 177384,"vaguely silly overkill",0 118354,"dismantle the facades that his genre and his character construct is a wonderous accomplishment of veracity and narrative grace",1 77068,"compelling , damaged characters",1 10622,"somebody was bored and ... decided to make a dull , pretentious version of jesus ' son",0 226111,"The Grey Zone gives voice to a story that needs to be heard in the sea of Holocaust movies ...",1 147886,"On the right track to something",1 26344,"People cinema at its finest .",1 32138,"good story",1 40730,"A well-made thriller with a certain level",1 146685,"It follows the basic plot trajectory of nearly every Schwarzenegger film : Someone crosses Arnie . Arnie blows things up .",0 15664,"entertaining his children to create his song history , but most powerful of all",1 173940,"the filmmaker 's bottomless pit",0 48965,"an intensely lived time , filled with nervous energy , moral ambiguity and great uncertainties",1 44196,"A perfectly pleasant if slightly pokey comedy .",1 37858,"that many more people should check out",1 148915,"Suffocated at conception",0 206302,"moments of real pleasure",1 143645,"Almost gags on its own gore .",0 64123,"Assured , glossy and shot through with brittle desperation",1 216586,"threadbare standbys",0 226632,"This cinema verite speculation on the assassination of John F. Kennedy may have been inspired by Blair Witch , but it takes its techniques into such fresh territory that the film never feels derivative .",1 233222,"just gets stupid and maudlin .",0 51442,"exquisite motion picture",1 5919,"desire to enjoy good trash every now and then",1 140784,"you might to scrutinize the ethics of Kaufman 's approach",0 128192,"now numerous , world-renowned filmmakers",1 123508,"interesting characters or even a halfway intriguing plot",1 230826,"find much fascination",1 30497,"creeped",0 227890,"a few advantages to never growing old",1 99274,"utterly distracting blunder",0 111619,"a charming and evoking little ditty that manages to show the gentle and humane side of Middle Eastern world politics",1 2556,"the car , bitch ,",0 100336,"winning flight of revisionist fancy",1 27027,"Though the controversial Korean filmmaker 's latest effort is not for all tastes , it offers gorgeous imagery , effective performances , and an increasingly unsettling sense of foreboding .",1 75201,"be a good match of the sensibilities of two directors",1 197710,"effects that are more silly than scary",0 214935,"the lazy material and",0 180605,", dishonest",0 238500,"we 've marveled at Disney 's rendering of water , snow , flames and shadows in a hand-drawn animated world .",1 187943,"The animation and backdrops are lush and inventive , yet Return to Neverland never manages to take us to that elusive , lovely place where we suspend our disbelief",1 12885,"watching these two actors play against each other so intensely , but with restraint , is a treat",1 136029,"the poor quality",0 50782,"derivative , overlong , and bombastic --",0 21095,"it 's rather messy -- but you just have to love the big , dumb , happy movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding .",1 137264,"time fillers between surf shots",0 147868,"Offers very little genuine romance and",0 7671,"is a sweet treasure and something well",1 81308,"grabs you in the dark and shakes you vigorously for its duration",1 84617,"is so convincing that by movies ' end you 'll swear you are wet in some places and feel sand creeping in others",1 205726,"makes the clothes",1 1302,"in this every-joke-has - been-told-a - thousand-times - before movie",0 90812,"provides a reasonably attractive holiday contraption , one that families looking for a clean , kid-friendly outing should investigate",1 100335,"winning family story",1 50766,"demonstrating vividly",1 150123,"There is very little dread or apprehension ,",0 188431,"The movie is concocted and carried out by folks worthy of scorn , and the nicest thing I can say is that I ca n't remember a single name responsible for it",0 85967,"lies with Kissinger . Should be required viewing for civics classes and would-be public servants alike",1 185534,"Just a bunch of good actors",1 121773,"has injected self-consciousness into the proceedings at every turn .",1 27745,"a precise and moving portrait of someone whose world is turned upside down , first by passion and then by illness",1 84991,"it certainly does n't feel like a film that strays past the two and a half mark",1 104021,"A wildly erratic drama with sequences that make you wince in embarrassment and others , thanks to the actors , that are quite touching .",1 17721,"they will almost certainly be fascinated , and undoubtedly delighted",1 66296,"If you ever wanted to be an astronaut , this is the ultimate movie experience - it 's informative and breathtakingly spectacular .",1 220312,"you only need to watch for about thirty seconds before you say to yourself , ` Ah , yes",1 140390,"wonderous accomplishment",1 39178,"to enjoy this colorful action farce",1 118072,"depressing than entertaining",0 51755,"following one 's heart",1 66109,"I 'm all for that",1 27025,"Though it 's become almost redundant to say so , major kudos go to Leigh for actually casting people who look working-class .",1 207216,"not to have been edited at all",0 184572,"I 'm giving it thumbs down due to the endlessly repetitive scenes of embarrassment . There 's got to be a more graceful way of portraying the devastation of this disease .",0 160847,"have come to term an '' ambitious failure",0 210592,"robotically",0 189693,"While some of the camera work is interesting",1 197202,"do n't even like their characters .",0 137506,"to count on",1 175366,"this doting mother",0 136306,"the spectacular ( visually speaking )",1 150935,"While there 's something intrinsically funny about Sir Anthony Hopkins saying ` Get in the car , bitch , ' this Jerry Bruckheimer production has little else to offer",1 98938,"undeniable entertainment value",1 167311,"of a pregnant premise being wasted by a script that takes few chances and manages to insult the intelligence of everyone in the audience",0 187185,"Seemingly disgusted with the lazy material and the finished product 's unshapely look , director Fisher Stevens inexplicably dips key moments from the film in Waking Life water colors .",0 172616,"television - caliber and the message of providing solace through deception is a little creepy",0 114253,"and lesbian children",0 237,"a pleasant enough romance with intellectual underpinnings , the kind of movie that entertains even as it turns maddeningly predictable .",1 153484,"an overlong visit",0 5993,"disgusting",0 124005,"is dreary and sluggish .",0 202865,"is disappointingly",0 112742,"a solid , anguished performance that eclipses nearly everything else she 's ever done",1 101671,"'s drab . It 's uninteresting",0 112856,"a sweetly affecting story about four sisters who are coping , in one way or another , with life",1 1471,"it gives devastating testimony to both people 's capacity for evil and their heroic capacity for good",1 127803,"nearly epic",1 140289,"with unanswered questions that it requires gargantuan leaps of faith just to watch it",0 215494,"the right approach",1 78928,"emphasizes the computer and the cool",1 109643,"The cast ... keeps this pretty watchable , and casting Mick Jagger as director of the escort service was inspired",1 93104,"some movies that hit you from the first scene",1 160674,"has its redundancies",0 108555,"Rarely has skin looked as beautiful , desirable , even delectable , as it does in Trouble Every Day .",1 78235,"disarmingly straightforward and strikingly devious",1 214816,"the hurried , badly cobbled look of the 1959 Godzilla , which combined scenes of a Japanese monster flick with canned shots of Raymond Burr commenting on the monster 's path of destruction",0 179999,"'s still too burdened by the actor",0 109727,"The early and middle passages are surprising in how much they engage and even touch us .",1 147650,"Never engaging ,",0 180937,", sticking its head up for a breath of fresh air now and then .",1 37051,"smarty-pants",0 19732,"an absurdist workplace sitcom",0 75696,"biggest",1 212248,"sophomore slump",0 74490,"arrive on the big screen with their super-powers , their super-simple animation and their super-dooper-adorability intact .",1 197936,"ensure that the film is never dull",1 166307,"most fail miserably and",0 182741,"Becomes a bit of a mishmash : a tearjerker that does n't and a thriller that wo n't .",0 45003,"David Caesar has stepped into the mainstream of filmmaking with an assurance worthy of international acclaim and with every cinematic tool well under his control -- driven by a natural sense for what works on screen .",1 122506,"horrifying and oppressively tragic",0 53020,"in the way the Ivan character accepts the news of his illness so quickly but still finds himself unable to react",0 63901,"An hour and a half of joyful solo performance .",1 228223,"a treat --",1 203553,"is the gabbiest giant-screen movie",0 225599,"Remember when Bond had more glamour than clamor",0 178608,"with love triangle is a well worn conceit .",0 20302,"could n't possibly fictionalize and be believed",0 93364,"sprightly spin",1 160,"a dreary tract of virtually plotless meanderings",0 199804,"genuinely pretty .",1 25107,"Despite its flaws , Secretary stays in your head and makes you question your own firmly held positions .",1 184944,"Initially gripping",1 91621,"reveals that efforts toward closure only open new wounds",1 81965,"he 's got as potent a topic as ever here",1 54499,"major issues",0 165803,"meaningless downer",0 194795,"boils down to a transparently hypocritical work that feels as though it 's trying to set the women 's liberation movement back 20 years .",0 164926,"like a series of pretentiously awful student films strung together into one feature-length horror",0 115395,"barely shocking , barely interesting",0 109942,"The locations go from stark desert to gorgeous beaches . The story plays out slowly , but the characters are intriguing and realistic",1 202127,"inane , humorless and under-inspired .",0 43824,"-- sometimes tender ,",1 104155,"All three women deliver remarkable performances .",1 171378,"snazzy-looking",1 43723,", the power of this movie is undeniable .",1 137988,"to treat its characters , weak and strong , as fallible human beings , not caricatures , and",1 102923,", there 's something creepy about this movie .",0 138571,"uncompromising , difficult",0 186206,"Mr . Besson",1 142604,", unmemorable filler .",0 35073,"of '' Big Deal on Madonna Street '' that 's a sly , amusing , laugh-filled little gem in which the ultimate '' Bellini '' begins to look like a '' real Kaputschnik",1 91095,"rare film",1 170256,"runs on empty , believing Flatbush machismo will get it through",0 90607,"predictable slapstick , ''",0 162365,"into a 90-minute movie that feels five hours long",0 35330,"of memorable performances from top",1 229902,"come with the warning",0 114337,"another character",1 39367,"toe-tapping",1 128035,"no rest period ,",0 190014,"` funny",1 120106,"find millions of eager fans .",1 197511,"draws on an elegant visual sense and a talent for easy , seductive pacing",1 60372,"with poignancy",1 159182,"first full scale WWII flick",1 138267,"transforms that reality into a lyrical and celebratory vision",1 49138,"are capable of anteing up some movie star charisma",1 111659,"a coherent , believable story",1 170,"a fresh",1 86163,"little morality tale",1 10600,"some chills and sustained unease",1 162826,"is clearly not Zhang 's forte",0 152135,"a movie which obviously did n't invest much into itself either",0 31605,"filled out his cast with appealing fresh faces",1 36435,"refreshingly serious",1 212742,"stupid , derivative horror film",0 147051,"Lacking gravitas , MacDowell is a placeholder for grief , and",0 48752,"all at once . The extent to which it succeeds is impressive",1 88097,"obnoxious title character",0 97253,"these women 's souls right open",1 167167,"of Blair Witch and typical stalk-and-slash fare , where the most conservative protagonist is always the last one living",0 24117,"... Mafia , rap stars and hood rats butt their ugly heads in a regurgitation",0 210963,"seasonal holiday kids",1 224744,"May be spoofing an easy target -- those old ' 50 's giant creature features -- but ... it acknowledges and celebrates their cheesiness as the reason why people get a kick out of watching them today",1 220846,"'s impossible to claim that it is `` Based on a True Story '' with a straight face .",0 80234,"for adventurous Indian filmmakers toward a crossover",1 230397,"doze off for a few minutes or make several runs to the concession stand and\/or restroom and not feel as if he or she has missed anything",0 185679,"Lan Yu is certainly a serviceable melodrama ,",1 9268,"of gold",1 139933,"will most likely doze off during this one .",0 8883,"most late-night bull sessions",0 34126,"liked its heart and its spirit",1 203548,"is the equivalent of French hip-hop , which also seems to play on a 10-year delay",0 188884,"There are some laughs in this movie",1 23237,"( Lawrence bounces ) all over the stage , dancing , running , sweating , mopping his face and generally displaying the wacky talent that brought him fame in the first place .",1 202253,"innovative ' and ` realistic '",1 121595,"handles the nuclear crisis sequences evenly but milks drama when she should be building suspense , and drags out too many scenes toward the end that should move quickly .",0 74087,"animated thoughts",1 95201,"the best short story writing",1 189180,"To call this film a lump of coal",0 163709,"it 's too patched together",0 135375,"the filmmaker 's extraordinary access to Massoud ,",1 98677,"treats Ana 's journey with honesty that is tragically rare in the depiction of young women in film",1 84395,"is more engaging than the usual fantasies Hollywood produces .",1 52709,"honest , sensitive story",1 65786,"Glory",1 85669,"killing its soul",0 40728,"A very witty take on change , risk and romance , and",1 24089,". Allen",0 162619,"is a grim , hollow exercise in flat scares and bad acting",0 205115,"like this alarming production , adapted from Anne Rice 's novel The Vampire Chronicles",0 148426,"Schmaltzy and unfunny , Adam Sandler 's cartoon about Hanukkah is numbingly bad , Little Nicky bad , 10 Worst List bad .",0 52398,"has dressed up this little parable in a fairly irresistible package full of privileged moments and memorable performances",1 81772,"has some of the funniest jokes of any movie this year , including those intended for adults",1 58062,"the best movies as monumental ` picture shows",1 65073,"Directed with purpose and finesse by England 's Roger Mitchell , who handily makes the move from pleasing , relatively lightweight commercial fare such as Notting Hill to commercial fare with real thematic heft .",1 187336,"Slackers ' jokey approach to college education is disappointingly simplistic -- the film 's biggest problem --",0 38716,"the time-honored truth that the most powerful thing in life is",1 28355,"an exceedingly clever piece",1 24354,"A graceful , contemplative film that gradually and artfully draws us into a world where the personal and the political get fatally intertwined .",1 104469,"As a thoughtful and unflinching examination of an alternative lifestyle , Sex with Strangers is a success .",1 52376,"has a terrific look",1 82360,"historically significant work",1 174365,"the movie turns out to be not much more than a shaggy human tale .",0 106220,"Herzog simply runs out of ideas and",0 128386,"of Steven Spielberg 's Schindler 's List",1 232717,"is rather like an overlong visit from a large group of your relatives",0 206792,"named The Husband , The Wife and The Kidnapper , emphasizing the disappointingly generic nature of the entire effort",0 181116,", we never really get inside of them .",0 61839,", confident",1 143605,"All in all , Reign of Fire will be a good ( successful ) rental . '",1 186779,"Pretend like your SAT scores are below 120 and you might not notice the flaws",0 45559,"I ca n't say it 's on par with the first one",0 234919,"period-piece movie-of-the-week",0 203964,"it makes serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer boring",0 76155,"by anything on display",0 147311,"Makes for a pretty unpleasant viewing experience .",0 8570,"love a joy",1 30856,"disturbing questions",0 143246,"A movie that tries to fuse the two ` woods ' but winds up a Bolly-Holly masala mess .",0 94380,"than an autopsy , the movie",0 206850,"neat twist",1 122463,"holds the screen like a true star",1 159199,"fitfully amusing",1 36062,"polished direction",1 209316,"plain , unimaginative",0 154728,"be even worse than its title",0 208342,"old ` juvenile delinquent ' paperbacks with titles",0 101619,"'s an unusual , thoughtful bio-drama with a rich subject and some fantastic moments and scenes",1 103359,"90-plus",1 140957,"'d create a movie better than this .",0 160089,"give the film a certain timeless quality",1 115549,"be particularly innovative",1 145220,"Exactly what it claims to be -- a simple diversion for the kids",1 97747,"tight and truthful",1 158456,"even the most elemental literacy , an inkling of genuine wit ,",1 221667,", waits until after halftime to get started .",0 170731,"sequel-itis something",0 211478,"should be poignant",0 82741,"imply terror by suggestion , rather than the overuse of special effects",1 95629,"the film , and at times , elevate it to a superior crime movie",1 215156,"the movie makes two hours feel like four .",0 182137,"Abandon spends 90 minutes trying figure out whether or not some cocky pseudo-intellectual kid has intentionally left college or was killed . The only problem is that , by the end , no one in the audience or the film seems to really care .",0 2266,"shooting itself in the foot",0 201396,"how horrible",0 14667,"a better film",1 46371,"Nothing is sacred in this gut-buster .",0 149841,"The sort of movie that gives tastelessness a bad rap .",0 16639,"near-disaster",0 11974,"the things that made the first one charming",1 192115,"alas , it collapses like an overcooked soufflé .",0 208638,"one reason it 's so lackluster",0 231182,"give `` Scratch '' a second look",1 177520,"visually compelling",1 11174,"the action switches between past and present , but the material link is too tenuous to anchor the emotional connections that purport to span a 125-year divide .",0 225144,"No , it 's the repetition of said behavior ,",0 119081,"enervating determination",1 1768,"most offensive",0 18466,", thanks to strong , credible performances from the whole cast",1 107449,"Like a pack of dynamite sticks , built for controversy . The film is explosive",1 76401,"captivates",1 119843,"featuring an Oscar-worthy performance",1 150666,"Visually rather stunning , but ultimately a handsome-looking",1 22721,"warped logic",0 163262,"is really bad",0 211365,"shamelessly money-grubbing than most third-rate horror sequels",0 150861,"When ( De Palma 's ) bad , he 's really bad , and Femme Fatale ranks with the worst he has done .",0 236562,"that this likable movie is n't more accomplished",1 144003,"Bad '' is the operative word for '' Bad Company , '' and I do n't mean that in a good way .",0 155581,"buried , drowned and smothered in the excesses of writer-director Roger Avary",0 131764,"saw the film",1 71383,"a cheap thriller , a dumb comedy",0 147872,"Offers very little genuine romance and even fewer laughs ... a sad sitcom of a movie , largely devoid of charm .",0 46383,"Old people will love this movie ,",1 43549,", but slow",0 47076,"The film is quiet , threatening and unforgettable .",1 109792,"The film fits into a genre that has been overexposed , redolent of a thousand cliches , and yet remains uniquely itself , vibrant with originality .",1 56778,"see this delightful comedy",1 124202,"is life affirming and heartbreaking , sweet without the decay factor , funny and sad .",1 64169,"At times a bit melodramatic and even a little dated ( depending upon where you live ) , Ignorant Fairies is still quite good-natured and not a bad way to spend an hour or two .",1 146748,"It takes a certain kind of horror movie to qualify as ` worse than expected , ' but Ghost Ship somehow manages to do exactly that",0 89936,"overly melodramatic but",0 109457,"The Pianist lacks the quick emotional connections of Steven Spielberg 's Schindler 's List . But Mr . Polanski creates images even more haunting than those in Mr . Spielberg 's 1993 classic .",1 180646,", for that matter , Shrek )",1 39402,"tortured and unsettling",0 120225,"flat , plodding picture",0 52065,"gentle laughs and equally gentle sentiments on the button , just as",1 63039,"A flawed but engrossing thriller .",1 18007,"well and living",1 95965,"the joie de vivre even as he creates",1 105557,"Duvall 's throbbing sincerity",1 13408,"'' Memento ''",1 11468,"the glacier-paced direction",0 162995,"is less like a children 's movie than a recruitment film for future Hollywood sellouts",0 134589,"that the pocket monster movie franchise is nearly ready to keel over",0 15803,"following a feel-good formula with a winning style",1 111745,"a dark pit",0 162207,"initially succeeds by allowing itself to go crazy",1 142833,"00",0 170729,"sequel that 's much too big for its britches .",0 16537,"many misses as hits",0 229457,"brave , uninhibited performances",1 212122,"some kid who ca n't act , only echoes of Jordan ,",0 173144,"that never take off",0 67743,"Nachtwey hates the wars he shows and empathizes with the victims he reveals",1 171417,"so funny in drag",1 75436,"becomes compulsively watchable",1 72797,"a warmth",1 21809,"rather messy",0 213394,"than into the script , which has a handful of smart jokes",1 193690,"assaults on America 's knee-jerk moral sanctimony",0 124184,"is just the point",1 191723,"about as exciting to watch as two last-place basketball teams playing one another on the final day of the season .",0 172789,"than some 79-minute after-school '' cartoon",0 34482,"might have been tighter",1 229456,"brave , uninhibited",1 147980,"Outside of Burger 's desire to make some kind of film , it 's really unclear why this project was undertaken",0 145378,"Flat , but with a revelatory performance by Michelle Williams .",0 173134,"that might have made it an exhilarating",1 101816,"'s not that funny",0 105969,"George Hickenlooper 's",1 108935,"Sia lacks visual flair . But Kouyate elicits strong performances from his cast , and he delivers a powerful commentary on how governments lie , no matter who runs them .",1 224172,"It 's far from a frothy piece , and the characters are complex , laden with plenty of baggage and tinged with tragic undertones",1 110820,"Undisputed is nearly incoherent , an excuse to get to the closing bout ... by which time it 's impossible to care who wins .",0 26031,"Majidi gets uniformly engaging performances from his largely amateur cast .",1 152566,"a surprising winner",1 103444,"A brilliant , absurd collection",1 35555,"of why we go to the movies",1 106448,"I found What Time ? to be more engaging on an emotional level , funnier , and on the whole less detached",1 226548,"The work of a filmmaker who has secrets buried at the heart of his story and knows how to take time revealing them",1 4820,"artistic malnutrition",0 54985,"mystery and a ravishing , baroque beauty",1 104450,"Arliss Howard 's ambitious , moving , and adventurous directorial debut",1 122799,"impeccable pedigree , mongrel pep",1 28395,"an original treatment of a deeply personal subject",1 220573,"'ll derive from this choppy and sloppy affair",0 146705,"It is most of the things Costner movies are known for : it 's sanctimonious , self-righteous and so eager to earn our love that you want to slap it",0 105298,"Dahmer resorts to standard slasher flick thrills when it should be most in the mind of the killer",0 176781,"tragic error",0 143047,"A clutchy , indulgent and pretentious travelogue and diatribe against ...",0 152396,"a script of even the most elemental literacy , an inkling of genuine wit , and anything resembling acting",0 77470,"courage , tragedy and the little guys vs . the big guys",1 66690,"It 's very Beavis and Butthead , yet always seems to elicit a chuckle .",1 98527,"tooled action thriller about love and terrorism",1 143543,"After all , he took three minutes of dialogue , 30 seconds of plot and turned them into a 90-minute movie that feels five hours long",0 198767,"female empowerment",1 65742,"Gently",1 183592,"Each scene drags , underscoring the obvious",0 78888,"eminently engrossing film",1 174644,"the results are tired",0 159559,"forces the audience to fidget through ten pseudo-serious minutes while waiting for the ending credits and the deleted scenes montage to break the audience 's awkward silence",0 141679,"'s too long , too repetitive , and",0 124360,"is not the most impressive player",0 172511,"takes talent to make a lifeless movie about the most heinous man who ever lived",0 98482,"tolerable-to-adults",0 84668,"is such high-wattage brainpower coupled with pitch-perfect acting and an exquisite , unfakable sense of cinema .",1 209726,"pretty listless",0 44131,"A hugely rewarding experience",1 131751,"savaged the lives and liberties of the poor and the dispossessed",0 195947,"comedy that takes an astonishingly condescending attitude toward women",0 154762,"be laughing at Britney Spears ' movie-starring debut whenever it does n't have you impatiently squinting at your watch",0 219365,"who possibly will enjoy it",0 167413,"of compassion and mercy",1 12761,"velocity represents everything wrong with '' independent film '' as a commodified , sold-out concept on the american filmmaking scene",0 44120,"A gripping movie ,",1 185259,"It could have been something special",0 178402,"will shock many with its unblinking frankness .",1 147294,"Made by jackasses for jackasses",0 140801,"you skip will be two hours gained .",0 117234,"comes from the heart .",1 83536,"into a strangely tempting bouquet of a movie",1 14248,"Lovely & Amazing",1 141571,"'s silliest and most incoherent movie",0 223323,"Faithful without being forceful , sad without being shrill , `` A Walk to Remember ''",1 67903,"Not quite",0 132787,"so sloppy , so uneven",0 109409,"The Benjamins that 's hard to resist",1 206918,"never comes close to being either funny or scary",0 205396,"loose , poorly structured",0 65963,"He nonetheless appreciates the art and reveals a music scene that transcends culture and race",1 214082,"the Venezuelans say things like '' si , pretty much '' and '' por favor , go home '' when talking to Americans . That 's muy loco , but no more ridiculous than most of the rest of '' Dragonfly . ''",0 151562,"a crock --",0 29573,"better film versions",1 93405,"stale , standard , connect-the-dots storyline",0 67604,"Mordantly funny and",1 31430,"faced",1 30699,"delivers warm , genuine characters who lie not through dishonesty , but because they genuinely believe it 's the only way to bring happiness to their loved ones .",1 4556,"amazingly lame .",0 41444,"a hoot and",1 56215,"proficiently enough to trounce its overly comfortable trappings",1 143211,"A mix of velocity and idiocy , this ruinous remake lacks the brawn -- and the brains -- of the 1970s original .",0 180709,", it 's '' Waking up in Reno . '' Go back to sleep .",0 209511,"pooper-scoopers",0 124,"a brilliant , absurd collection of vignettes that , in their own idiosyncratic way , sum up the strange horror of life in the new millennium .",1 91046,"quite the genre-busting film",1 99664,"watch these two",1 10738,"stereotypical",0 41898,"face an uphill battle",0 7815,"is too cool",1 39696,"up the man in a way to arouse further curiosity in even the most unknowing viewer",1 88354,"of a really solid Woody Allen film",1 189836,"World War II ? Um , no .",0 149656,"The only element of suspense is whether the movie will change titles or distributors again before the closing credits roll .",0 189202,"Told in scattered fashion , the movie only intermittently lives up to the stories and faces and music of the men who are its subject .",0 118086,"derivative elements into something that is often quite rich and exciting , and always a beauty to behold",1 189750,"Wilson remains a silent , lumpish cipher",0 200686,"has too many spots where it 's on slippery footing ,",0 179256,"zzzzzzzzz",0 165825,"mechanism",1 70944,"Wickedly funny , visually engrossing , never boring",1 215872,"the waste of a good cast",0 174130,"the intention is quite the opposite",0 7787,"is still charming",1 170094,"revered",1 23503,", but it does n't really deliver the delicious guilty pleasure of the better film versions .",0 109956,"The modern master of the chase sequence",1 228583,"an impossible spot because his character 's deceptions ultimately undo him and",0 21931,"sensual empowerment",1 157078,"cute ideas",1 195535,"caught up in the rush of slapstick thoroughfare",0 149333,"The elements were all there but lack of a pyschological center knocks it flat .",0 130363,"poignant picture",1 144601,"Contains a few big laughs but many more that graze the funny bone or miss it altogether , in part because the consciously dumbed-down approach wears thin",0 69282,"The Emperor 's Club , ruthless in its own placid way",1 29821,"but it 's also one of the smarter , savvier spoofs to come along in some time .",1 87373,"most aggressive and most sincere attempt",1 6404,"fantastic kathy",1 99715,"we 've marveled at Disney 's rendering of water , snow , flames and shadows in a hand-drawn animated world . Prepare to marvel again .",1 80512,"four star performance",1 111191,"With a cast of A-list Brit actors",1 194051,"be a one-trick pony",0 70078,"There 's no conversion effort , much of the writing is genuinely witty and both stars are appealing enough to probably have a good shot at a Hollywood career , if they want one",1 68297,"Puts a refreshing and comical spin on the all-too-familiar saga of the contemporary single woman",1 107420,"Less cinematically powerful",0 227228,"Wow .",1 28380,"an invigorating",1 52512,"he 's been in years",0 143078,"A dreary rip-off of Goodfellas that serves as a muddled and offensive cautionary tale for Hispanic Americans",0 177779,"we 've learned the hard way just how complex international terrorism is",0 155208,"big action sequences",1 130468,"possesses all the good intentions",1 28865,"and then some . I have n't seen one in so long , no wonder I did n't recognize it at first .",1 180687,", in the hands of a brutally honest individual like Prophet Jack , might have made a point or two regarding life",0 130746,"provide an intense experience when splashed across the immense IMAX screen",1 81230,"good in Pauline & Paulette",1 211933,"so earnest , so overwrought and so wildly implausible",0 206782,"nails hard -",1 211264,"serve than silly fluff . Nor is it",0 136192,"the same tired old gags , modernized for the extreme sports generation",0 92456,"sharp as a samurai sword",1 127075,"might inspire a trip to the video store -- in search of a better movie experience .",0 104760,"Bittersweet",1 144638,"Coupling disgracefully written dialogue",0 217167,"to listen to extremist name-calling , regardless of whether you think Kissinger was a calculating fiend or just a slippery self-promoter",0 8822,"missing in murder by numbers is any real psychological grounding for the teens ' deviant behavior . being latently gay and",0 195667,"chilly , remote , emotionally distant piece",0 221074,"( Less a movie than ) an appalling , odoriferous thing ... so rotten in almost every single facet of production that you 'll want to crawl up your own \*\*\* in embarrassment .",0 202985,"is hugely overwritten , with tons and tons of dialogue -- most of it given to children",0 110721,"Too smart to ignore but a little too smugly superior to like , this could be a movie that ends up slapping its target audience in the face by shooting itself in the foot .",0 82645,"if uneven ,",1 92350,"sets out to entertain and ends up delivering in good measure",1 133546,"succeeds with its dark , delicate treatment of these characters and its unerring respect for them .",1 141540,"'s plenty of style in Guillermo Del Toro 's sequel to the 1998 hit but why do we need 117 minutes to tell a tale that simply ca n't sustain more than 90 minutes .",0 100135,"who unfortunately works with a two star script",0 85865,"leaves shockwaves",1 198459,"fails to overcome the film 's manipulative sentimentality and annoying stereotypes",0 72174,"a pretty decent little documentary",1 111862,"a far bigger , far more meaningful story",1 22901,"you 're in a mind set for goofy comedy",1 36031,"playfulness and excitement",1 87730,"nearly as dreadful as expected . In fact , it 's quite fun in places",1 230574,"ergo this sloppy drama is an empty vessel",0 63848,"An effective portrait of a life in stasis -- of the power of inertia to arrest development in a dead-end existence",1 148596,"Simon Wells would have more reverence for the material . But this costly dud is a far cry from either the book or the beloved film",0 139299,"watch middle-age and older men drink to excess , piss on trees , b . s . one another and put on a show in drag",0 68021,"One of the year 's most weirdly engaging and unpredictable character pieces .",1 196451,"critical backlash",0 212263,"sounds like a cruel deception carried out by men of marginal intelligence , with reactionary ideas about women and a total lack of empathy",0 160199,"goes off the beaten path , not necessarily for the better",0 84703,"is that it does n't give a damn",0 103634,"A grittily beautiful film",1 168250,"one thing worse",0 151622,"a disappointingly thin slice of lower-class London life : despite the title ...",0 164808,"leukemia",0 15933,"grows less compelling the farther it meanders from its shocking start",0 215429,"the proficient , dull Sorvino",0 99515,"vulgarity , sex scenes , and",0 170255,"runs on empty ,",0 228557,"an embarrassment , a monotonous , disjointed jumble of borrowed plot points",0 44641,"B movies",0 75822,"borrows from Bad Lieutenant and Les Vampires ,",0 8127,"its rough edges",0 196267,"could easily mistake it for a sketchy work-in-progress that was inexplicably rushed to the megaplexes before its time .",0 123506,"interesting but constantly unfulfilling",0 153629,"another anemic and formulaic Lethal Weapon-derived buddy-cop movie",0 43242,"'s equally hard to imagine anybody being able to tear their eyes away from the screen once it 's started",1 80275,"for history buffs",1 158849,"far less funny than the original , Killers",0 8673,"manchild , undercut by the voice of the star of road trip",0 139883,"will be pleased to discover that Tian 's meticulous talent has not withered during his enforced hiatus",1 193721,"at a slice of counterculture that might be best forgotten",0 93869,"super-dooper-adorability",1 76809,"clever and very satisfying",1 114724,"argue with anyone who calls ` Slackers ' dumb , insulting , or childish",0 186832,"Quelle surprise",1 100771,"wonder why Paul Thomas Anderson ever had the inclination to make the most sincere and artful movie in which Adam Sandler will probably ever appear",1 63781,"America 's culture of fear",0 144358,"Calling this movie brainless would be paying it a compliment : it 's more like entertainment for trolls .",0 158978,"feels unsure",0 221513,", retrospectively , his most personal work yet .",1 229324,"before you pay the full ticket price to see `` Simone , '' and consider a DVD rental instead",0 65288,"Elegant and eloquent ( meditation ) on death and that most elusive of passions , love .",1 153137,"all the poignancy of a Hallmark card and all the comedy of a Gallagher stand-up act",0 52231,"graceful , moving tribute",1 60437,"wo n't be sorry",1 99102,"unrelenting bleak insistence",0 42361,"mesmerizing , an eye-opening tour of modern Beijing culture in a journey of rebellion",1 152527,"a strange kind of laziness",0 179852,"'s most offensive",0 172917,"that a movie about goodness is not the same thing as a good movie",0 151823,"a good portion",1 18497,", warmth and vitality",1 207194,"not funny performers",0 103534,"A domestic melodrama",1 183889,"Feardotcom '' has the makings of an interesting meditation on the ethereal nature of the internet and the otherworldly energies it could channel",1 49040,"and ear candy",1 30934,"done by the supposedly liberal media ... to the intimate and ultimately tragic heartache of maverick individuals like Hatfield and Hicks",0 213725,"that it might as well have been titled Generic Jennifer Lopez Romantic Comedy",0 167333,"of a wrong turn",0 217606,"too long with too little",0 83468,"intense and engrossing head-trip",1 62600,"... puts enough salt into the wounds of the tortured and self-conscious material to make it sting .",0 61971,", indeed almost never , is such high-wattage brainpower coupled with pitch-perfect acting and an exquisite , unfakable sense of cinema .",1 159368,"for a role he still needs to grow into",0 156511,"come across like nothing more than a glorified Nike ad",0 1067,"genuine",1 63509,"A thriller with an edge -- which is to say that it does n't follow the stale , standard , connect-the-dots storyline which has become commonplace in movies that explore the seamy underbelly of the criminal world .",1 227873,"a distinct flair",1 83200,"in this sense the movie becomes a study of the gambles of the publishing world , offering a case study that exists apart from all the movie 's political ramifications",1 14129,"Imax 3-D",1 79172,"errors",0 162862,"is dull",0 199246,"for intelligibility",1 151738,"a flop",0 36698,"sci-fi action thriller hybrid",1 186914,"Return to Never Land is much more P . C . than the original version ( no more racist portraits of Indians , for instance ) , but the excitement is missing",0 64700,"Cho 's face is ) an amazing slapstick instrument , creating a scrapbook of living mug shots .",1 111701,"a complex web",1 110325,"There 's nothing remotely topical or sexy here .",0 229347,"believe that Resident Evil is not it .",0 125804,"laughs and insight into one of the toughest ages a kid can go through .",1 118310,"dirty jokes",0 110014,"The movie worked for me right up to the final scene , and",1 108784,"Schaeffer 's film never settles into the light-footed enchantment the material needs , and the characters ' quirks and foibles never jell into charm",0 4164,"a successful adaptation",1 119053,"endearing and well-lensed",1 198805,"fewer deliberate laughs , more inadvertent ones and stunningly trite songs",0 50704,"deeply affecting film",1 18543,"... are rewarded by brutal , committed performances from Huppert and Magimel .",1 63849,"An effective portrait of a life in stasis -- of the power of inertia to arrest development in a dead-end existence .",1 202882,"is entertainment opportunism at its most glaring",1 32641,"honestly nice little film",1 54900,"most wondrously gifted artists",1 177439,"very exciting",1 75803,"boobs",1 73771,"an evanescent , seamless and sumptuous stream of consciousness",1 64078,"As a good old-fashioned adventure for kids , Spirit : Stallion of the Cimarron is a winner .",1 68225,"Playfully profound ... and crazier than Michael Jackson on the top floor of a skyscraper nursery",1 46076,"Majidi is an unconventional storyteller , capable of finding beauty in the most depressing places .",1 7960,"it lacks in originality",0 119215,"entirely stale concept",0 49427,"authentic and",1 74325,"are especially fine",1 29123,"artistic brilliance",1 235892,"some 79-minute after-school `` cartoon ''",0 56389,"rarely stoops to cheap manipulation or corny conventions to do it",1 117954,"deeply meditative picture",1 107021,"It is very difficult to care about the character",0 93509,"stifling a yawn or two",0 3663,"a cockamamie tone poem pitched precipitously between swoony lyricism and violent catastrophe ...",0 151,"a demented kitsch mess",0 169916,"relentless , all-wise-guys-all-the-time approach",1 94246,"technical achievement",1 229048,"at least he provides a strong itch to explore more .",1 24031,"-- a decent full-on space battle",1 9248,"of cliches that shoplifts shamelessly from farewell-to-innocence movies like the wanderers and a bronx tale without cribbing any of their intelligence",0 1960,"one whose lessons are well worth",1 122939,"in all the best possible ways",1 192205,"all the comic possibilities of its situation",1 236362,"that 's been given the drive of a narrative and",1 24769,"Awkward",0 134617,"that verges on the amateurish",0 117331,"compelling piece",1 171540,"sold-out concept",0 48116,"a hot sake half-sleep",0 190213,"a boring man ,",0 79775,"feeling like it was worth your seven bucks , even though it does turn out to be a bit of a cheat in the end",0 73378,"all about Anakin ... and the lustrous polished visuals rich in color and creativity and , of course , special effect",1 28497,"and admirably mature",1 123271,"inane and",0 92099,"see the attraction for the sole reason that it was hot outside and there was air conditioning inside",0 209266,"pick your nose instead because you 're sure to get more out of the latter experience",0 217614,"too many contrivances and",0 180323,") just too bratty for sympathy",0 153305,"an after-school special compiled in one place",0 69582,"The film reminds me of a vastly improved Germanic version of My Big Fat Greek Wedding --",1 102875,", the film has in Kieran Culkin a pitch-perfect Holden .",1 101546,"'s a sight to behold .",1 36604,"rolling musical back beat and supercharged cartoon warfare",1 191803,"about warning kids about the dangers of ouija boards",1 105710,"Everybody loves a David and Goliath story , and this one is told almost entirely from David 's point of view",1 178420,"wincingly",0 73835,"an improvement",1 69595,"The filmmakers ' eye for detail and the high standards of performance",1 222467,"As relationships shift , director Robert J. Siegel allows the characters to inhabit their world without cleaving to a narrative arc .",1 231911,"imagine that most every aggrieved father cliché has been unturned",0 220510,"'' is the film equivalent of a lovingly rendered coffee table book .",1 91118,"rather shapeless",0 65408,"Every moment crackles with tension , and by the end of the flick , you 're on the edge of your seat",1 228865,"are what makes it worth the trip to the theatre .",1 144130,"Best Picture",1 110463,"This is a fascinating film because there is no clear-cut hero and no all-out villain .",1 157737,"does n't add anything fresh to the myth",0 91431,"remains prominent",1 65190,"Drug abuse",0 203109,"is more a case of ` Sacre bleu ! ' than ` Magnifique '",0 20594,"forces us to confront what 's possible",1 78929,"emphasizes the well-wrought story",1 187724,"Terminally bland , painfully slow and",0 158429,"even fewer laughs",0 135549,"the inchoate but already eldritch Christian Right propaganda machine",0 99634,"was only",0 207099,"no reason to truly care for its decrepit freaks beyond the promise of a reprieve from their incessant whining",0 141483,"'s not silly fun",0 188318,"The locale ... remains far more interesting than the story at hand .",0 106949,"It 's simply stupid , irrelevant and deeply , truly , bottomlessly cynical .",0 226514,"The thought of watching this film with an audience full of teenagers fixating on its body humour and reinforcement of stereotypes",0 47812,"a bad sign",0 205745,"making his wife look so bad in a major movie",0 145700,"Hard-core slasher aficionados will find things to like ... but overall the Halloween series has lost its edge",0 128737,"of its aspiration to be a true ` epic '",1 182732,"Beauty reeks",1 197933,"enough vices to merit its 103-minute length",1 234891,"passes time until it 's time for an absurd finale of twisted metal , fireballs and revenge",0 29976,"camera-work , dancing and music",1 76626,"cheap-shot",0 193166,"are pure Hollywood",1 75940,"brilliant and brutal",1 40690,"A real movie ,",1 104320,"An eye-boggling blend",1 220125,"would want to see Crossroads if they 're not big fans of teen pop kitten Britney Spears",0 94688,"that he 's made at least one damn fine horror movie",1 47468,"Travels a fascinating arc from hope and euphoria",1 47442,"Tom Green a grimace",0 73133,"acted meditation on both the profoundly devastating events of one year ago and the slow , painful healing process that has followed in their wake",1 15973,"have a very strong back",1 229720,"can testify to the comparative accuracy of Ms. Vardalos ' memories and insights",1 7550,"insomnia",0 205451,"loud , bang-the-drum",0 95464,"the direction of Spielberg , who does a convincing impersonation here of a director enjoying himself immensely",1 149185,"The acting is stiff , the story lacks all trace of wit",0 229247,"because I had a serious urge to grab the old lady at the end of my aisle 's walker and toss it at the screen in frustration",0 71822,"a hilarious Kenneth Branagh .",1 235780,"sink this low",0 215927,"the worst kind of Hollywood heart-string plucking",0 148146,"Pow !",1 177274,"untuned",0 206081,"metaphysical claptrap",0 82502,"how this gets us in trouble",0 142091,", at least the title of this film lets you know exactly where it 's heading .",0 33861,"its subject a movie worthy of his talents",1 69157,"Tavernier 's film bounds along with the rat-a-tat energy of '' His Girl Friday , '' maintaining a light touch while tackling serious themes .",1 132075,"semi-surrealist exploration of the creative act",1 9392,"of those movies that catches you up in something bigger than yourself",1 189460,"Watchable up until the point where the situations and the dialogue spin hopelessly out of control -- that is to say , when Carol Kane appears on the screen",0 53364,"is actually a compelling look at a young woman 's tragic odyssey .",1 113530,"ai n't what it used to be .",0 81111,"gives the neighborhood -- scenery , vibe and all -- the cinematic equivalent of a big , tender hug",1 228193,"a stylish psychological thriller",1 90731,"profound ethical and philosophical questions in the form of dazzling pop entertainment",1 6360,"exudes a kind of nostalgic spy-movie charm and",1 121025,"genuine love story",1 30520,"crowd-pleaser that is n't above a little broad comedy and a few unabashedly sentimental tears",1 163186,"is numbingly bad",0 48705,"adults . The characters are interesting and often very creatively constructed from figure to backstory",1 213761,"that makes you feel like you 're watching an iceberg melt -- only",0 150775,"Well-shot but badly written tale set in a future ravaged by dragons .",0 228839,"are really going to love The Piano Teacher .",1 201050,"here his sense of story and his juvenile camera movements smack of a film school undergrad , and",0 53802,"it does somehow manage to get you under its spell",1 12500,"too ludicrous",0 185007,"It 's a boring movie about a boring man , made watchable by a bravura performance from a consummate actor incapable of being boring .",1 110794,"Twenty-three movies into a mostly magnificent directorial career , Clint Eastwood 's efficiently minimalist style finally has failed him . Big time",0 227696,"`` suck ''",0 140710,"you , like me , think an action film disguised as a war tribute is disgusting to begin with",0 92437,"shame Americans ,",0 81272,"goofy way",1 44479,"An entertaining documentary that freshly considers arguments the Bard 's immortal plays were written by somebody else .",1 153431,"an insider clique , which tends to breed formulaic films rather than fresh ones",0 193767,"at least passably",1 203220,"is never much worse than bland or better than inconsequential",0 62116,", not to mention mysterious , sensual , emotionally intense , and replete with virtuoso throat-singing .",1 23759,", lively , funny and ultimately sobering film .",1 187623,"Suffers from a flat script and a low budget",0 13751,": to be fed through the eye , the heart , the mind",1 120813,"full of stunning images and effects",1 62272,", the film has -- ironically - distanced us from the characters",0 204023,"it still seems endless",0 90801,"proves to be a good match of the sensibilities of two directors",1 33621,"it an honest , lived-in glow",1 97421,"this gets us in trouble",0 131789,"says it all . Jackass is a vulgar and cheap-looking version of Candid Camera staged for the Marquis de Sade set",0 70137,"There is a strong directorial stamp on every frame of this stylish film that is able to visualize schizophrenia but is still confident enough to step back and look at the sick character with a sane eye .",1 228725,"anyone in his right mind would even think to make the attraction a movie",0 107650,"Max pokes , provokes , takes expressionistic license and hits a nerve",1 207774,"of his passe ' chopsocky glory",0 7985,"it worth checking out at theaters",1 165220,"looked uglier",0 200297,"guns , cheatfully filmed martial arts , disintegrating bloodsucker computer effects and jagged camera moves that serve no other purpose than to call attention to themselves",0 227790,"a bored Cage spent the duration of the film 's shooting schedule waiting to scream : `` Got AIDS yet",0 80193,"for Happiness",1 103795,"A portrait of alienation",1 83748,"is a challenging film",1 196548,"cutesy romance ,",1 215684,"the story goes nowhere",0 223720,"I 'd recommend waiting for DVD and just skipping straight to her scenes .",0 91781,"romp of a film .",1 143270,"A plodding teen remake that 's so mechanical you can smell the grease on the plot",0 112487,"a poignant and wryly amusing film about mothers , daughters and their relationships",1 189323,"Ultimately , Sarah 's dedication to finding her husband seems more psychotic than romantic , and nothing in the movie makes a convincing case that one woman 's broken heart outweighs all the loss we witness .",0 177278,"unusual . But they do n't fit well together and neither is well told",0 50802,"destroy , blood ties",0 9968,"qutting may be a flawed film",0 221433,", it is still ultimately very satisfying .",1 12164,"this is standard crime drama fare ... instantly forgettable and thoroughly dull .",0 56227,"proves once again he has n't lost his touch , bringing off a superb performance in an admittedly middling film .",1 209279,"piffle is all that the airhead movie business deserves from him right now",0 225510,"Pretty Good Thing",1 47653,"With a romantic comedy plotline straight from the ages",1 53047,"incessant use",0 219712,"with cardboard characters and performers",0 25361,"Frida 's artistic brilliance is undeniable",1 179369,"'ll be a power outage during your screening so you can get your money back",0 226128,"The Master of Disguise is funny -- not `` ha ha '' funny , `` dead circus performer '' funny",0 27442,"a compelling journey ... and '' His Best Friend Remembers ''",1 232776,"is that it 's forced to make its characters idiots in order to advance the plot .",0 53892,"its Hawaiian setting , the science-fiction trimmings and some moments of rowdy slapstick",1 121221,"glorious , gaudy benefit",1 158602,"excess while remaining heartless",0 106480,"I have to admit I walked out of Runteldat . I did go back and check out the last 10 minutes , but these were more repulsive than the first 30 or 40 minutes",0 22774,"which transcends ethnic boundaries",1 14839,"a splash even greater than Arnold Schwarzenegger , Jean-Claud Van Damme or Steven Segal",1 156091,"catches dramatic fire",1 228921,"as aggressively impressive as its American counterpart",1 116828,"changed the male academic from a lower-class Brit to an American , a choice that upsets the novel 's exquisite balance and shreds the fabric of the film",0 163613,"it 's a tad slow",0 32180,"great comedy",1 117923,"debilitating",0 91111,"rated EEE for excitement .",1 980,"films such as pulp fiction and get shorty resonate a sardonic verve to their caustic purpose for existing , who is cletis tout",0 180460,", Treasure Planet is truly gorgeous to behold",1 44877,"Challenging , intermittently engrossing and unflaggingly creative .",1 166014,"miserable Scandinavian settlers",0 179405,"'m left slightly disappointed that it did n't .",0 171274,"slight and obvious",0 202366,"interpreting the play as a call for pity and sympathy",0 41734,"confusion and",0 157264,"demonizes",0 150122,"There is very little dread or apprehension",0 111009,"Westbrook 's foundation and Dalrymple 's film earn their uplift",1 228228,"a true delight .",1 77197,"confusing and horrifying vision",0 188693,"The star who helped give a spark to '' Chasing Amy '' and '' Changing Lanes '' falls flat as thinking man CIA agent Jack Ryan in this summer 's new action film , '' The Sum of All Fears . ''",0 16601,"most powerful of all",1 156669,"concentrates far too much",0 197636,"dwells on crossing-over mumbo jumbo , manipulative sentimentality , and sappy dialogue",0 226675,"This makes Minority Report necessary viewing for sci-fi fans , as the film has some of the best special effects ever .",1 73438,"all the halfhearted zeal",0 100908,"would be hard-pressed to find a movie with a bigger , fatter heart than Barbershop .",1 94883,"that suck the audience in",1 55517,"of surprises",1 173828,"the evocative aesthetics evincing the hollow state of modern love life",1 31175,"entrancing music",1 198051,"evacuations , and none-too-funny commentary on the cultural distinctions between Americans and Brits",0 130494,"potentially enticing ingredients",1 146503,"It 's hard to tell with all the crashing and banging where the salesmanship ends",0 147045,"Kwan makes the mix-and - match metaphors intriguing , while lulling us into torpor with his cultivated allergy to action .",0 99698,"watery tones",0 12242,"though clearly well-intentioned , this cross-cultural soap opera is painfully formulaic and stilted .",0 220886,"'s more enjoyable than I expected , though",1 42435,"paced to be a thriller . ( But it 's )",1 110458,"This humbling little film ,",1 141242,"'s as lumpy as two-day old porridge ... the filmmakers ' paws , sad to say , were all over this ''",0 158745,"fails .",0 40112,"will emerge with a clearer view of how the gears of justice grind on and the death report comes to share airtime alongside the farm report .",1 121935,"have completely forgotten the movie by the time you get back to your car in the parking lot",0 65964,"He watches them as they float within the seas of their personalities .",1 50767,"demonstrating vividly that the beauty and power of the opera reside primarily in the music itself",1 41297,"The story wraps back around on itself in the kind of elegant symmetry that 's rare in film today , but be warned : It 's a slow slog to get there",1 226957,"Watch Barbershop again if you 're in need of a Cube fix -- this is n't worth sitting through",0 107959,"Neil Burger here succeeded in ... making the mystery of four decades back the springboard for a more immediate mystery in the present",1 163804,"it had too much spitting for me to enjoy",0 138298,"treads predictably along familiar territory , making it a passable family film that wo n't win many fans over the age of 12",0 120062,"film to drag on for nearly three hours",0 97100,"their children or a disturbing story about sociopaths and their marks",0 54901,"motion captured on film .",1 149063,"That sure is funny ! B . ) That sure is pathetic",0 102119,"( Orlando Jones )",0 157311,"deserve the gong",0 14680,"a breath of the fresh air of true sophistication .",1 227609,"`` The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys '' has flaws ,",0 77646,"curiously depressing",0 149724,"The picture , scored by a perversely cheerful Marcus Miller accordion\/harmonica\/banjo abomination , is a monument to bad in all its florid variety .",0 102671,", it really won my heart",1 121839,"has something a little more special behind it : music that did n't sell many records but helped change a nation",1 163976,"its Ideal predecessor",1 138615,"undermines the possibility for an exploration of the thornier aspects of the nature\/nurture argument in regards",0 75960,"bringing richer meaning to the story 's morals",1 82680,"illustrated by a winning family story",1 232595,"is n't that Stealing Harvard is a horrible movie -- if only it were that grand a failure",0 140481,"worst film",0 186363,"No amount of good acting",0 227536,"`` Minority Report '' astounds .",1 44473,"An entertaining , colorful , action-filled crime story with an intimate heart .",1 223370,"First , for a movie that tries to be smart , it 's kinda dumb .",0 150487,"Topkapi this is not .",0 102066,"( Breheny 's ) lensing of the New Zealand and Cook Island locations captures both the beauty of the land and the people .",1 211865,"smeary and blurry",0 27483,"a different kind of time traveler",1 216344,"this alleged psychological thriller",0 91254,"reasonably attractive holiday contraption",1 191661,"abandoned their slim hopes and dreams",0 69524,"The film 's only missteps",0 106035,"Good actors have a radar for juicy roles -- there 's a plethora of characters in this picture , and not one of them is flat",1 23905,", the film feels like a breath of fresh air , but only to those that allow it in .",1 138639,"underwhelming",0 114984,"as monumental as Disney 's 1937 breakthrough",1 105847,"For more than two decades Mr . Nachtwey has traveled to places in the world devastated by war , famine and poverty and documented the cruelty and suffering he has found with an devastating , eloquent clarity .",1 161717,"improbably forbearing wife",0 20473,"entertaining , a David and Goliath story that 's still very much playing itself out",1 158478,"eventually the content is n't nearly as captivating as the rowdy participants think it is",0 77908,"deliciously exploitative",1 54907,"moved to tears",1 94463,"thanks to its cast , its cuisine and its quirky tunes",1 61819,", by the time the credits roll across the pat ending , a warm , fuzzy feeling prevails",1 32142,"good-deed\/bad-deed reversals are just interesting enough to make a sinner",1 15188,"balance sweetness with coarseness",1 160122,"gives us a reason to care about them",1 20755,"have to love the big , dumb , happy movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding",1 201093,"highbrow",1 103111,"-- sadly --",0 164099,"its overall sense of mystery",1 171629,"someone other than the director got into the editing room and tried to improve things by making the movie go faster",0 184213,"Gorgeous to look at but insufferably tedious and turgid ... a curiously constricted epic",0 16527,"make a splash even greater than Arnold Schwarzenegger , Jean-Claud Van Damme or Steven Segal",1 221512,", retro uplifter .",1 168562,"overstuffed , erratic dramedy",0 78841,"elevates the movie above the run-of-the-mill singles blender",1 129882,"overproduced piece of dreck is shockingly bad and absolutely unnecessary . Hmmm",0 170821,"sham actor workshops",0 140371,"wonderful creatures",1 11192,"the artsy and often pointless",0 132497,"simple in form but rich with human events",1 143262,"A perfect example of rancid , well-intentioned , but shamelessly manipulative movie making .",0 108841,"See Clockstoppers if you have nothing better to do with 94 minutes . But be warned , you too may feel time has decided to stand still . Or that the battery on your watch has died .",0 196836,"desperate for attention it nearly breaks its little neck trying to perform entertaining tricks",0 195630,"cheapen the overall effect .",0 32177,"great , scary times",1 155591,"burn out",1 202591,"is a little scattered -- ditsy , even .",0 37761,"that anyone can relate to",1 56985,"silly , outrageous , ingenious",1 11193,"the artsy and often pointless visuals",0 104352,"An invaluable historical document thanks to the filmmaker 's extraordinary access to Massoud , whose charm , cultivation and devotion to his people are readily apparent .",1 56212,"profane",0 81116,"gives these women a forum to demonstrate their acting ` chops '",1 184911,"In the end , the movie bogs down in insignificance , saying nothing about Kennedy 's assassination and revealing nothing about the pathology it pretends to investigate .",0 13472,"'s significant without being overstated",1 109742,"The ending feels at odds with the rest of the film .",1 200286,"guilty about it",0 209008,"paid enough to sit through crap like this",0 226217,"The cast is spot on and the mood is laid back .",1 87029,"menacing atmosphere",0 238660,"which I thought was rather clever",1 36465,"relentless and beautiful",1 186573,"One of those decades-spanning historical epics that strives to be intimate and socially encompassing but fails to do justice to either effort in three hours of screen time",0 158183,"emotional sterility to match its outer space setting",0 164406,"kept wishing I was watching a documentary about the wartime Navajos and what they accomplished instead of all this specious Hollywood hoo-ha .",0 102458,", compromised and sad",0 72809,"a welcome and heartwarming addition",1 217353,"to slip into hokum . A Rumor of Angels does n't just slip",0 144572,"Complete lack",0 213208,"tear-jerking",1 145142,"Eurotrash",0 138477,"two-dimensional characters",0 54480,"magnificent drama",1 146483,"It 's dumb , but more importantly , it 's just not scary .",0 168123,"on the marquee , that we just ca n't get no satisfaction",0 188895,"There is nothing funny in this every-joke-has - been-told-a - thousand-times - before movie .",0 120202,"fixating on a far corner of the screen at times because your nerves just ca n't take it any more",0 86606,"make us care about Zelda 's ultimate fate",1 141442,"'s no excuse for following up a delightful , well-crafted family film with a computer-generated cold fish .",0 154838,"be to this supposedly evenhanded presentation",0 157754,"does n't even have a great ending",0 47052,"The film brilliantly shines on all the characters , as the direction is intelligently accomplished .",1 111880,"a feel-good fantasy",1 154231,"as pop entertainment",1 111757,"a dashing and resourceful hero : a lisping , reptilian villain : big fights : big hair :",1 88831,"of popcorn . Nothing overly original",0 73858,"an intelligent , realistic portrayal of testing boundaries",1 71375,"a changing world",1 233187,"its tragic waste of life",0 203475,"is still very much worth seeing",1 223885,"IMAX cinema",1 59595,"twists the best of technology around a gripping story , delivering a riveting , pulse intensifying escapist adventure of the first order",1 229805,"cheats on itself and retreats to comfortable territory .",0 232620,"is nicely shot",1 75499,"begins in Saigon in 1952 . That 's its first sign of trouble .",0 215373,"the plot is both contrived and cliched",0 201506,"idiotic court maneuvers",0 227680,"`` interesting ''",1 602,"bile",0 87358,"more thorough transitions",1 104126,"All in all , Brown Sugar is a satisfying well-made romantic comedy that 's both charming and well acted . It will guarantee to have you leaving the theater with a smile on your face .",1 78761,"eerily suspenseful",1 65892,"Handsome and",1 65325,"Entirely suspenseful",1 191976,"adding flourishes -- artsy fantasy sequences -- that simply feel wrong",0 83993,"is an exercise in chilling style , and Twohy films the sub , inside and out",1 151834,"a great ending",1 182169,"Adam Sandler 's 8 Crazy Nights is 75 wasted minutes of Sandler as the voice-over hero in Columbia Pictures ' perverse idea of an animated holiday movie .",0 230563,"entertaining two hours",1 119422,"everywhere will forgive the flaws and love the film .",1 83531,"into a roll that could have otherwise been bland and run of the mill",1 41289,"The smartest bonehead comedy of the summer",1 121948,"have finally aged past his prime ... and ,",0 30326,"concerned about the future of an elderly , mentally handicapped family member .",1 53266,"is a creepy slice of gothic rural Americana",0 221687,", you 'd think filmmaker Simon Wells would have more reverence for the material .",0 136141,"the result is a film that 's about as subtle as a party political broadcast",0 133788,"tackled a meaty subject and",1 69309,"The Komediant is a tale worth catching .",1 85255,"its fans are hoping it will be , and in that sense is a movie that deserves recommendation",1 216518,"this vapid vehicle is downright doltish and uneventful",0 1577,"laughs",1 238080,"top billing",1 47236,"The real triumphs in Igby",1 124978,"it fills the time with drama , romance , tragedy , bravery , political intrigue , partisans and sabotage . Viva le Resistance",1 232428,"is campy fun like the Vincent Price horror classics of the '60s .",1 231272,"good action , good acting , good dialogue , good pace ,",1 7034,"have had enough of plucky british eccentrics with hearts of gold",0 41530,"allows the larger implications of the journey",1 120956,"gay coming-of-age tale",1 224822,"More mature than Fatal Attraction , more complete than Indecent Proposal and more relevant than 9 1\/2 Weeks",1 128978,"of the acting breed",1 218395,"vain for a movie",0 226394,"The only thing `` swept away '' is the one hour and thirty-three minutes spent watching this waste of time .",0 138419,"turn a larky chase movie into an emotionally satisfying exploration of the very human need",1 216265,"thin writing proves its undoing",0 17245,"so jarring that it 's hard to get back into the boys ' story",0 55047,"never know when humor ends and tragedy begins",0 76144,"by a winning family story",1 83800,"is a hilarious place to visit",1 140896,"& - white freeze frames reminiscent of a pseudo-hip luxury car commercial , ( it 's ) at its worst when it 's actually inside the ring",0 114874,"as beautifully shaped and",1 102441,", captures a life interestingly lived",1 217712,"tough to take as long as you 've paid a matinee price",0 105831,"For all its brooding quality , Ash Wednesday is suspenseful and ultimately unpredictable , with a sterling ensemble cast .",1 29248,"as you 'll ever find of why art matters , and how it can resonate far beyond museum walls and through to the most painfully marginal lives",1 181129,", with his brawny frame and cool , composed delivery , fits the bill perfectly",1 33012,"incarnates the prophetic book in a way even its exacting author might admire",1 200861,"have potential",1 104060,"About one in three gags in White 's intermittently wise script hits its mark : the rest are padding unashamedly appropriated from the teen-exploitation playbook .",0 26956,"There is a kind of attentive concern that Hoffman brings to his characters , as if he has been giving them private lessons",1 26951,"There are times when A Rumor of Angels plays like an extended episode of Touched by an Angel -- a little too much dancing , a few too many weeping scenes -- but I liked its heart and its spirit .",1 132912,"some very good acting",1 126182,"linking a halfwit plot",0 30160,"choking sense",0 112054,"a great , participatory spectator sport",1 66748,"It may be about drug dealers , kidnapping , and unsavory folks , but the tone and pacing are shockingly intimate",1 59806,"uses stereotypes in a delightful blend of sweet romance and lovingly",1 90592,"precious little substance",0 218731,"was better than Saving Private Ryan . He may have meant the Internet short Saving Ryan 's Privates .",1 192553,"an exhausted , desiccated talent",0 236062,"stoop so low",0 58110,"the charm of the original American road movies ,",1 167366,"of bad jokes , howling cliches and by-the-numbers action",0 174118,"the ingredients are there . But an unwillingness to explore beyond the surfaces of her characters prevents Nettelbeck 's film from coming together .",0 133747,"swaying back and forth as it cradles its characters , veiling tension beneath otherwise tender movements",1 157997,"drowsy heaviness",0 87151,"miraculous",1 176215,"to jerky to utter turkey",0 34528,"modern Japan",0 81631,"has a pleasing way with a metaphor .",1 204774,"leading to a tragedy which is somehow guessable from the first few minutes , maybe because it echoes the by now intolerable morbidity of so many recent movies",0 40070,"who would like to dismiss the film",0 23266,"( s ) nail-biting suspense and credible characters without relying on technology-of-the-moment technique or pretentious dialogue",1 43673,", overlong , and bombastic",0 169271,"pretty unpleasant viewing experience",0 224267,"It 's usually a bad sign when directors abandon their scripts and go where the moment takes them , but Olympia , Wash. , based filmmakers Anne de Marcken and Marilyn Freeman did just that and it 's what makes their project so interesting",1 33565,"it 's a '' true story '' and you 're likely to have one helluva time at the movies",1 46069,"Maelstrom is strange and compelling , engrossing and different",1 53785,"it ca n't be dismissed as mindless",1 7949,"it is great summer fun to watch arnold and",1 27020,"This warm and gentle romantic comedy has enough interesting characters to fill several movies",1 209547,"portray ultimate passion",1 214480,"the emotion or timelessness of Disney 's great past , or even",1 158934,"feeling touched and amused by several moments and ideas",1 31434,"facile than the earlier films",1 98903,"unafraid to throw elbows when necessary",1 127483,"most original American productions",1 188807,"There 's a scientific law to be discerned here that producers would be well to heed : Mediocre movies start to drag as soon as the action speeds up : when the explosions start , they fall to pieces",0 55951,"pat storylines , precious circumstances and beautiful stars",1 145226,"Excessive ,",0 231780,"hopefully , sets the tone for a summer of good stuff",1 198719,"feels counterproductive",0 181521,"A bad movie that happened to good actors .",0 30689,"delivers a solid mixture of sweetness",1 205020,"like a film so cold and dead",0 50725,"delicious pulpiness",1 156029,"capturing the climate of the times and , perhaps unwittingly ,",1 45430,"Hardly a masterpiece",0 27132,"Visually",1 141036,"'re better off staying home and watching The X-Files",0 209962,"puts Washington , as honest working man John Q . Archibald , on a pedestal , then keeps lifting the pedestal higher .",1 224772,"Men in Black II achieves ultimate insignificance -- it 's the sci-fi comedy spectacle as Whiffle-Ball epic",0 28100,"action\/effects on the spectacular scale",1 230763,"feels less the product of loving , well integrated homage and more like a mere excuse for the wan , thinly sketched story",0 181959,"A rip-off twice removed , modeled after ( Seagal 's ) earlier copycat Under Siege",0 122268,"hip-hop indie Snipes",1 207082,"no pastry is violated",1 142434,", so badly drawn , it created whole new levels of ugly .",0 122502,"hoping that the rich promise of the script will be realized on the screen .",1 74372,"are n't - kids-cute sentimentality by a warmth that is n't faked and a stately sense of composition",1 19293,"The Transporter is as lively and as fun as it is unapologetically dumb",1 131612,"rollicking adventure",1 222260,"Alternately hilarious and sad , aggravating and soulful , scathing and joyous",1 161996,"in the crotch , elbows in the face and spit in the eye",0 185932,"MTV schmucks who do n't know how to tell a story for more than four minutes",0 39681,"unusual comedy",1 29105,"arresting",1 99795,"well worth revisiting",1 229496,"burnt-out",0 45655,"In all , this is a watchable movie that 's not quite the memorable experience it might have been .",0 153600,"and unfunny tricks",0 136046,"the power of fantasy",1 162716,"is all the more annoying since it 's been packaged and sold back to us by Hollywood",0 184656,"I fear",0 196940,"difficult to conceive of anyone who has reached puberty actually finding the characters in Slackers or their antics amusing , let alone funny",0 207245,"nothing about who he is or who he was before",0 189197,"Toback 's ) fondness for fancy split-screen , stuttering editing and pompous references to Wittgenstein and Kirkegaard",0 150299,"This picture",1 90258,"photographed and beautifully recorded",1 17412,"than the punishing , special-effects soul assaults the Mummy pictures",0 90909,"pure composition and",1 153350,"an atmosphere of dust-caked stagnation",0 29108,"art paying homage to art",1 67720,"Murder by Numbers ' is n't a great movie",0 78756,"educates viewers with words and pictures while entertaining them",1 191111,"a polemical tract",0 179821,"'s like a drive-by",0 129063,"of the more daring and surprising American movies of the year",1 30295,"compelling journey",1 165096,"little more than collections of quirky traits lifted from a screenwriter 's outline and thrown at actors charged with the impossible task of making them jell",0 56651,"root for ( Clara and Paul ) ,",1 198353,"experienced by Southern blacks as distilled through a Caucasian perspective",0 41276,"The movie has lots of dancing and fabulous music . There are slow and repetitive parts ,",1 21183,"keeping an eye out for his next project",1 65094,"Director Peter Kosminsky gives these women a forum to demonstrate their acting ` chops '",1 11315,"the dubious feat of turning one man 's triumph of will into everyman 's romance comedy",1 80941,"get bogged down in earnest dramaturgy",0 119031,"enactments , however fascinating they may be as history ,",1 689,"challenges",0 44533,"An uncluttered",1 218990,"weightless that a decent draft in the auditorium might blow it off the screen .",0 48883,"an actor who can relate to the search for inner peace by dramatically depicting the lives of others onstage",1 38335,"the inanity",0 178059,"when lack of know-how mixes with lack of give-a-damn",0 225699,"Schepisi , aided by a cast that seems to include every top-notch British actor who did not appear in Gosford Park ( as well as one , Ms. Mirren , who did ) ,",1 31325,"examine your own life in much the same way its characters do",1 25622,"I cried , not once , but three times in this animated sweet film",1 58868,"the year 's most intriguing explorations of alientation",1 141089,"'s a bad sign",0 94648,"that examines many different ideas from happiness to guilt in an intriguing bit of storytelling",1 16750,"of intelligence and non-reactionary morality .",1 93011,"soap-opera emotion",0 96236,"the multi-layers",1 90072,"part of the fun",1 197116,"dissing the film that they did n't mind the ticket cost . In this case zero",0 31960,"fun with the material",1 193704,"astonishingly condescending attitude",0 130568,"presents himself as the boy puppet Pinocchio",1 209947,"put through torture for an hour and a half",0 24729,"As surreal as a dream and as detailed as a photograph , as visually dexterous as it is at times imaginatively overwhelming .",1 54718,"mesmerizing performances",1 37919,"that we as Americans , and human beings , should know",1 11641,"the most opaque , self-indulgent and just plain goofy an excuse for a movie as you can imagine .",0 24644,"An inspiring and heart-affecting film",1 199679,"fun of me",1 62763,"A Jewish WW II doc that is n't trying simply to out-shock , out-outrage or out-depress its potential audience ! Who knew",1 170749,"served an eviction notice at every theater stuck with it",0 104708,"Berling and Béart ... continue to impress , and Isabelle Huppert ... again shows uncanny skill in getting under the skin of her characters",1 39497,"turns his distinctive ` blundering ' style into something that could really help clear up the case .",1 77576,"cribbed",0 92912,"smooth and professional",1 71543,"a delightful romantic comedy with plenty of bite . It 's far from a frothy piece",1 163200,"is often preachy and poorly acted",0 206683,"much of a mixed bag , with enough negatives",0 172645,"tend to be cliches whose lives are never fully explored",0 70572,"Unlike lots of Hollywood fluff",1 175663,"three episodes of a rejected TV show",0 97634,"thought would leave you",0 121507,"ha '' funny",1 205866,"masquerade ball where normally good actors , even Kingsley , are made to look bad .",0 126315,"look good",1 63478,"A tasty slice",1 191030,"a neat twist , subtly rendered",1 16116,"in her sulky , calculating Lolita turn",0 50751,"delivers more goodies than lumps of coal",1 141305,"'s easy to imagine that a new software program spit out the screenplay",0 53065,"inept school productions",0 111276,"Writer-director David Jacobson and",1 215573,"the script 's refusal of a happy ending",0 53502,"is inspiring ,",1 192301,"almost entirely witless and inane ,",0 87645,"music fans",1 149742,"The plot is so predictable and sentimental that viewers are likely to lose interest before Sandrine and her goats walk off into the sunset",0 111444,"` life affirming '",1 139951,"will seem like a recycling of clichés , an assassin 's greatest hits .",0 49378,"at his most sparkling",1 200554,"has had some success with documentaries",1 125661,"knows how to inflate the mundane into the scarifying ,",1 230402,"drags on becoming boring and predictable .",0 8461,"like its parade of predecessors",0 30017,"cannibal genre",0 40663,"A great comedy filmmaker knows great comedy need n't always make us laugh . Tim Story 's not there yet - but ` Barbershop ' shows he 's on his way",1 110112,"The production values are of the highest and the performances attractive without being memorable .",1 79660,"fantasy and adventure",1 143959,"At times , the suspense is palpable , but by the end there 's a sense that the crux of the mystery hinges on a technicality that strains credulity and leaves the viewer haunted by the waste of potential",0 39787,"viciously",0 141955,", Christopher and Grace are little more than collections of quirky traits lifted from a screenwriter 's outline and thrown at actors charged with the impossible task of making them jell .",0 184681,"I like all four of the lead actors a lot and they manage to squeeze a few laughs out of the material",1 166054,"misses the impact of the Disney classic , and even that of the excellent 1934 MGM version",0 38687,"the subtitles to enjoy this colorful action farce",1 92250,"self-hatred and",0 145388,"Flick Hell",0 27325,"` Have-yourself-a-happy-little-Holocaust ' movies",0 115858,"belongs to Nicholson . Gone are the flamboyant mannerisms that are the trademark of several of his performances . As Schmidt , Nicholson walks with a slow , deliberate gait , chooses his words carefully and subdues his natural exuberance .",1 149648,"The noble tradition of men in drag hits an all-time low in Sorority Boys , whose makers apparently believe that women 's clothing can cover up any deficiency in acting , writing or direction .",0 206388,"more graceful way",1 20492,"even as you have to admit that somehow it hit you where you live",1 4705,"an unsettling picture of childhood innocence",0 234411,"of dramatic interest",1 233290,"lame .",0 217625,"too many wrong turns",0 164537,"lacks spark , with Csokas particularly unconnected",0 37744,"that 's when he really scores",1 106294,"Holocaust escape story",1 72524,"a stately sense of composition",1 211978,"so much leniency",0 71966,"a mediocre one",0 172607,"teen sex , outrageous pranks and scenes designed to push the envelope of bad taste for laughs",0 178891,"would have been to hide Treasure Planet entirely and completely reimagine it .",0 164119,"its predictable story",0 94615,"that deserves a chance to shine",1 173119,"that makes Fatal Attraction look like a classic by comparison",0 232777,"is that it 's funny .",1 57323,"stays close to the ground in a spare and simple manner and",1 81978,"he brings together",1 112480,"a pleasant enough dish",1 200090,"gone more over-the-top instead of trying to have it both ways",0 4214,"a thrill ride",1 193569,"as shallow entertainment",0 50272,"comes a similarly morose and humorless horror movie that , although flawed , is to be commended for its straight-ahead approach to creepiness",1 63191,"A modestly made but profoundly moving documentary .",1 138094,"too fluffy",0 211230,"sent back",0 31320,"exactly divine",1 210516,"revealing nothing",0 7356,"if your taste runs to ` difficult ' films you absolutely",0 54823,"more guilty of criminal activity",0 188460,"The mushy finale turns John Q into a movie-of-the-week tearjerker .",1 47413,"Those who love Cinema Paradiso will find the new scenes interesting , but few will find the movie",1 119952,"felt trapped and with no obvious escape for the entire 100 minutes .",0 89168,"of tradition and warmth",1 16159,"innocent",1 81315,"grace to call for prevention rather than to place blame , making it one of the best war movies ever made",1 131957,"seem as long as the two year affair which is its subject",0 229307,"been part of For the most part Wilde 's droll whimsy helps `` Being Earnest '' overcome its weaknesses and Parker 's creative interference",1 133863,"taking the effort to share his impressions of life and loss and time and art with us",1 231594,"have required genuine acting from Ms. Spears",1 84895,"it 's good enough to be the purr",1 218193,"unholy",0 226110,"The Grey Zone gives voice to a story that needs to be heard in the sea of Holocaust movies",1 202335,"interested in Anne Geddes , John Grisham , and Thomas Kincaid",1 100338,"winningly",1 194525,"besotted and obvious drama",0 169232,"pretentious and as impenetrable as Morvern 's thick , working-class Scottish accent .",0 225564,"Rampling gives a performance that could not be improved upon . '",1 84427,"is n't as funny as you 'd hoped",0 196224,"convinced I could keep a family of five blind , crippled , Amish people alive in this situation better than these British soldiers do at keeping themselves kicking",0 7442,"in its lackluster gear of emotional blandness",0 107335,"Klein , charming in comedies like American Pie and dead-on in Election , delivers one of the saddest action hero performances ever witnessed .",0 150621,"Van Wilder does n't bring anything new to the proverbial table , but it does possess a coherence absent in recent crass-a-thons like Tomcats , Freddy Got Fingered , and Slackers",1 203512,"is that it 's a crime movie made by someone who obviously knows nothing about crime",0 22361,"the sweet , gentle and occasionally cloying kind that has become an Iranian specialty",1 220953,"'s rare to see a movie that takes such a speedy swan dive from `` promising '' to `` interesting '' to `` familiar '' before landing squarely on `` stupid '' .",0 146466,"It 's careful , conscientious and makes no major mistakes .",1 14538,"This is what IMAX was made for : Strap on a pair of 3-D goggles , shut out the real world , and take a vicarious voyage to the last frontier -- space .",1 30601,"de entretenimiento puro y sin complejos",0 112396,"a must-see",1 219971,"work in something that does n't feel like a half-baked stand-up routine",0 222972,"Coal is n't as easy to come by as it used to be and this would be a worthy substitute for naughty children 's stockings .",0 148142,"Portentous and pretentious ,",0 177188,"unfunny and unrecommendable",0 53055,"includes the line ` My stepdad 's not mean , he 's just adjusting '",1 31109,"enhance the film 's otherworldly quality , giving it a strange combo of you-are-there closeness with the disorienting unreality of the seemingly broken-down fourth wall of the movie screen",1 15068,"and playful",1 69527,"The film 's plot may be shallow",0 23206,"( '' Take Care of My Cat '' ) is an honestly nice little film that takes us on an examination of young adult life in urban South Korea through the hearts and minds of the five principals .",1 188651,"The script was reportedly rewritten a dozen times -- either 11 times too many or else too few",0 89606,"one of the better video-game-based flicks , is that the film acknowledges upfront that the plot makes no sense , such that the lack of linearity is the point of emotional and moral departure for protagonist Alice .",1 216455,"this odd , inexplicable and unpleasant",0 13605,", it finds humor in the foibles of human behavior , and it 's a welcome return to the roots of a genre that should depend on surprises .",1 210418,"repeating what he 's already done way too often",0 38559,"the power of the implicit and the virtues of simplicity and economy",1 97744,"ties it together with efficiency and an affection for the period",1 166526,"my own deathbed for a while",0 201531,"if good-hearted , movie .",1 247,"a retread of material already thoroughly plumbed by martin scorsese",0 188716,"The story is predictable",0 132185,"sets out with no pretensions and delivers big time",1 141443,"'s no fizz",0 51484,"fairly straightforward",1 32579,"his richest roles",1 221810,"... irritating soul-searching garbage .",0 105515,"Don",1 69468,"The directive to protect the code at all costs also",1 122920,"in a very real and amusing give-and-take",1 103461,"A captivating and intimate study about dying and loving",1 228328,"absurdities and inconsistencies",0 60233,"will grip even viewers who are n't interested in rap , as it cuts to the heart of American society in an unnerving way",1 197320,"does n't have enough vices to merit its 103-minute length",0 125264,"its heart , as simple self-reflection meditation",1 130418,"poorly scripted ,",0 136918,"this equally derisive clunker",0 181153,", you know the picture is in trouble .",0 27148,"Warm",1 196476,"crude humor and vulgar innuendo",0 37669,"terrible tragedy",0 51730,"flabbergasting principals",0 83939,"is a young artist 's thoughtful consideration of fatherhood",1 20776,"her personal descent",0 89939,"overly original",1 130676,"processed comedy",0 127457,"most multilayered and sympathetic",1 169065,"poorly thought-out and substance-free",0 202132,"incapable of being boring",1 102215,", ( Goldbacher ) just lets her complicated characters be unruly , confusing and , through it all , human .",1 152094,"a mouse , for cryin ' out loud",0 11829,"the right b-movie frame",1 64507,"Broomfield is energized by Volletta Wallace 's maternal fury , her fearlessness , and",1 184440,"Hoffman 's performance is great",1 51897,"freshening",1 226252,"The film 's few ideas are stretched to the point of evaporation : the whole central section is one big chase that seems to have no goal and no urgency",0 53690,"is very believable",1 94166,"takes place in Morton 's ever-watchful gaze",1 65702,"Funny , sexy ,",1 178361,"will do for a set . Reign of Fire has the disadvantage of also looking cheap",0 76610,"charismatic rising star Jake Gyllenhaal",1 112419,"a nice change",1 232377,"is allegedly `` inspired '' was a lot funnier and more deftly enacted than what 's been cobbled together onscreen",0 66223,"Ian Holm conquers France as an earthy Napoleon",1 65606,"Forget about one Oscar nomination for Julianne Moore this year",0 117020,"classic French nuance",1 49091,"any way demeaning its subjects",0 16819,"often filled with a sense of pure wonderment and excitement not often seen in today 's cinema du sarcasm",1 226231,"The delicious trimmings ... arrive early and stay late , filling nearly every minute ... with a lighthearted glow , some impudent snickers , and a glorious dose of humankind 's liberating ability to triumph over a Scrooge or two",1 46687,"Sarandon , who could n't be better as a cruel but weirdly likable WASP matron",1 198838,"filled with crude humor and vulgar innuendo",0 40132,"will savor every minute of Cox 's work",1 44078,"A full world",1 194124,"be excited that it has n't gone straight to video ?",0 34460,"memorable performances",1 86515,"maintaining a light touch",1 16511,"lump-in-the-throat family entertainment",1 128147,"not-so-funny gags",0 199691,"funny in a way that 's too loud , too goofy and too short of an attention span",0 159302,"following up on a deeper level",1 212554,"stick figures reading lines from a TelePrompTer",0 83543,"into an ocean of trouble",0 88116,"occasionally brilliant but",1 46843,"Strip it of all its excess debris ,",0 5630,"combat hell",0 137941,"to the floor with a sickening thud",0 20276,"complete",1 34862,"necessarily apply",1 138804,"unwavering and arresting",1 205882,"match that movie 's intermittent moments of inspiration",1 169416,"providing solace through deception",1 57304,"stand-up comedy after the wrap of his legendary sitcom",1 100478,"with conspicuous success",1 182307,"American and European cinema has amassed a vast Holocaust literature ,",1 232101,"ingeniously constructed than `` Memento ''",1 49825,"brilliant and the camera just kind of sits there and lets you look at this and its like you 're going from one room to the next and none of them have any relation to the other",1 54958,"muddled narrative",0 184472,"Holm is terrific as both men and Hjejle quite appealing",1 76602,"characters who are nearly impossible to care about",0 143518,"Adam Sandler is to Gary Cooper what a gnat is to a racehorse .",0 222326,"An uncomfortable movie , suffocating and sometimes almost senseless , The Grey Zone does have a center , though a morbid one .",0 69825,"The pleasure",1 77929,"deliver a riveting and surprisingly romantic ride .",1 82004,"he slaps together his own brand of liberalism",0 166698,"never take off",0 210942,"screwing",0 182261,"Allen , at 66 , has stopped challenging himself",0 26896,"The saturation bombing of Reggio 's images and Glass ' evocative music ...",1 199707,"futility",0 66064,"How good this film might be , depends if you believe that the shocking conclusion is too much of a plunge or not .",1 215865,"the vital action sequences",1 57133,"soaringly , transparently moving",1 106801,"It 's Tommy 's job to clean the peep booths surrounding her , and after viewing this one , you 'll feel like mopping up , too",0 19026,"Jirí Hubac 's script is a gem . His characters are engaging , intimate and the dialogue is realistic and greatly moving . The scope of the Silberstein family is large and we grow attached to their lives , full of strength , warmth and vitality . .",1 8259,"just plain",0 172454,"tackles a subject that 's potentially moving",1 164199,"itself is uninteresting , and the songs are painfully undistinguished : They Might Be Giants '",0 132736,"so heartwarmingly motivate",1 59268,"to imagine anybody ever being '' in the mood '' to view a movie as harrowing and painful as The Grey Zone",0 210702,"rushed to the megaplexes",0 232402,"is as blasphemous and nonsensical as a Luis Buñuel film without the latter 's attendant intelligence , poetry , passion , and genius",0 41816,"does n't quite",0 31445,"faithful to both architectural glories and commanding open spaces of the city as it was more than two centuries ago",1 30343,"conjures the magic of author J . K . Rowling 's books",1 227186,"With a `` Spy Kids '' sequel opening next week , why bother with a contemptible imitator starring a `` SNL '' has-been acting like an 8-year-old channeling Roberto Benigni ?",0 26591,"Skip work to see it at the first opportunity .",1 154332,"astonishing voice cast",1 62349,", this is surely what they 'd look like .",1 135552,"the increasingly far-fetched events that first-time writer-director Neil Burger follows up with",0 103885,"A small gem from Belgium .",1 224914,"Mr. Haneke 's own sadistic tendencies",0 147445,"Michelle Williams",1 23286,", Adrian Lyne comes as close to profundity as he is likely to get .",1 145256,"Eyre 's uninspired dramatics",0 167443,"of embarrassingly ham-fisted sex jokes",0 163778,"it ends by blowing just about everything up",0 1832,"nightmare",0 22348,"the same magical quality as the beginning of the story",1 55120,"not because of its epic scope , but because of the startling intimacy",1 228291,"about changing times , clashing cultures and the pleasures of a well-made pizza",1 153981,"are torpid and banal",0 83330,"infuriating about Full Frontal",0 174308,"the most repellent movie of 2002",0 143253,"A painfully leaden film destined for pre-dawn cable television slots .",0 13094,"williams",1 121441,"grittily beautiful film",1 212130,"some major alterations",1 55459,"of observation in the work of the director , Frank Novak , that keeps the film grounded in an undeniable social realism",1 188015,"The characters are interesting and",1 25283,"Fans of Nijinsky will savor every minute of Cox 's work .",1 229308,"been perfect for an old `` Twilight Zone '' episode",1 218955,"weak script",0 98704,"trite",0 54871,"most depressing places",0 94607,"that deep inside righteousness can be found a tough beauty",1 42875,"these bromides would be barely enough to sustain an interstitial program on the Discovery Channel . But",0 11266,"the content is n't nearly as captivating as the rowdy participants think it is",0 155066,"being exciting",1 156940,"cranked out on an assembly line to see if stupid Americans will get a kick out of goofy Brits with cute accents performing ages-old slapstick and unfunny tricks",0 8908,"ms . seigner and mr . serrault bring fresh , unforced naturalism to their characters",1 227408,"`` A '' range",1 47737,"You wo n't like Roger ,",0 144704,"Davis ... is so enamored of her own creation that she ca n't see how insufferable the character is .",0 115606,"be too busy cursing the film 's strategically placed white sheets",0 236890,"the film ends with a large human tragedy .",0 174726,"the sedentary doldrums",0 232424,"is born out of an engaging storyline , which also is n't embarrassed to make you reach for the tissues",1 140516,"would be a rarity in Hollywood",1 232657,"is not unlike watching a glorified episode of `` 7th Heaven .",0 102821,", shoot-em-up scene",1 45172,"Even if you do n't know the band or the album 's songs by heart , you will enjoy seeing how both evolve ,",1 129593,"one terrific score and",1 146597,"It 's one of those baseball pictures where the hero is stoic , the wife is patient , the kids are as cute as all get-out and the odds against success are long enough to intimidate , but short enough to make a dream seem possible .",1 224603,"Let 's hope -- shall we",0 51603,"felt performances across the board .",1 217852,"truly funny bits",1 83563,"into that annoying specimen of humanity",0 142326,", jovial team",1 224971,"Mr. Scorsese 's",1 227275,"You bet there is and it 's what makes this rather convoluted journey worth taking",1 164625,"laughing at us",0 145880,"Hot is like saying the sun rises in the east",0 209840,"proves tiresome",0 101162,"you owe Nicolas Cage an apology .",0 212811,"succeeded only in making me groggy .",1 181997,"A slow-moving police-procedural thriller",0 189674,"While Hoffman 's performance is great",1 90730,"profound ethical and philosophical questions",1 43950,"8 million charmer , which may not be cutting-edge indie filmmaking but has a huge heart",1 94195,"talk about for hours",1 175386,"this film does but feels less repetitive",1 233436,"like a splendid meal",1 41266,"The film is all a little Lit Crit 101 , but",0 171793,"spent watching this waste of time",0 202787,"is barely an hour long . Nevertheless , it still seems endless",0 168940,"plays it straight , turning Leys ' fable into a listless climb down the social ladder .",0 226973,"Watching the chemistry between Freeman and Judd , however , almost makes this movie worth seeing .",1 213132,"takes advantage of the fact",1 47034,"The film 's intimate camera work and",1 238719,"who watched the robots getting butchered in A.I.",0 187633,"Sunk by way too much indulgence of scene-chewing , teeth-gnashing actorliness .",0 102772,", poignancy , and intelligence",1 191167,"a rather dull , unimaginative car chase",0 74334,"are familiar with , and makes you care about music you may not have heard before",1 130510,"powerful commentary",1 143241,"A movie that 's about as overbearing and over-the-top as the family it depicts .",0 59439,"told with an appropriate minimum of means .",1 23560,", considering her inexperience and her subject matter",0 27962,"a winner for Lil Bow Wow , who can now add movies to the list of things he does well .",1 58654,"the rest of the cast is uniformly superb",1 216877,"to be fully forgotten",0 173936,"the film ultimately fails",0 27769,"a refreshing absence",1 74420,"are some movies that hit you from the first scene",1 62333,", this does not really make the case the Kissinger should be tried as a war criminal .",0 29986,"can enjoy it anyway",1 136888,"this and that -- whatever fills time -- with no unified whole",0 229515,"but it works under the direction of Kevin Reynolds",1 206784,"naive dreams",0 53778,"it accumulates power and depth",1 125127,"it uses very little dialogue , making it relatively effortless to read and follow the action at the same time .",1 68714,"Sex is one of those films that aims to confuse .",0 74234,"appetizer that leaves you wanting more",1 227080,"When a film is created SOLELY because it 's a marketable product , soulless and ugly movies like this are the result .",0 116870,"charming , banter-filled comedy",1 221128,", Ballistic : Ecks Vs. Sever also features terrible , banal dialogue : convenient , hole-ridden plotting : superficial characters and a rather dull , unimaginative car chase .",0 187763,"The Chateau has one very funny joke and a few other decent ones",1 23998,", will encourage others to stand up and applaud , and will , undoubtedly , leave both camps engaged in a ferocious debate for years to come .",1 104906,"Brutally honest and told with humor and poignancy , which makes its message resonate .",1 198111,"even that 's too committed .",0 61053,"'s funny , touching , dramatically forceful , and beautifully shot .",1 211079,"seems endless",1 182082,"A waste of fearless purity",0 219993,"workplace ambition",1 54371,"looking for something new and hoping for something entertaining",1 11014,"testify to the comparative accuracy of ms",1 72197,"a pulpy concept that , in many other hands would be completely forgettable",1 219742,"with fewer gags to break the tedium .",0 97888,"to avoid noticing some truly egregious lip-non-synching",0 212566,"stifling morality tale",0 185132,"It 's horribly depressing and not very well done .",0 98078,"to get on a board and , uh , shred , dude",1 99668,"watch your Merchant Ivory productions",1 75891,"box office money that makes Michael Jordan jealous",1 12509,"too much about this love story",0 66402,"Insomnia is one of the year 's best films",1 103681,"A lot of talent",1 236569,"that upends nearly every cliché",1 140559,"would make this a moving experience for people who have n't read the book",1 11676,"the movie occasionally threatens to become didactic ,",0 75369,"beautifully detailed performances",1 127238,"monumental as Disney 's 1937 breakthrough",1 142676,", you wo n't know much more when you leave .",0 5236,"both a great and",1 220967,"'s so fascinating you wo n't be able to look away for a second .",1 166034,"miss in the way of story",0 204325,"its solemn pretension",0 179445,"'re left with a story that tries to grab us , only to keep letting go at all the wrong moments",0 173589,"the camera for a yarn that 's ultimately rather inconsequential",0 205190,"little action , almost no suspense or believable tension",0 10747,"stiff",0 93941,"surprisingly touching",1 134302,"that drifts aimlessly for 90 minutes before lodging in the cracks of that ever-growing category",0 58269,"the ethereal beauty",1 634,"brilliant",1 139700,"whip-smart",1 184044,"Freudian puppet",0 48138,"a lesson in prehistoric hilarity .",1 212597,"stomach-turning as the way Adam Sandler 's new movie rapes",0 173919,"the film itself is merely mildly charming",1 214623,"the film ratchets up the stirring soundtrack , throws in a fish-out-of-water gag and lets the cliched dialogue rip . Or else a doggie winks .",0 62270,", the film chimes in on the grieving process and strangely draws the audience into the unexplainable pain and eccentricities that are attached to the concept of loss .",1 45323,"Friel and Williams 's exceptional performances",1 162472,"invested in undergraduate doubling subtexts and ridiculous stabs",0 81538,"handles it in the most unexpected way",1 89270,"offers piercing domestic drama with spikes of sly humor",1 155299,"bliss-less",0 169236,"pretentious nonsense ,",0 81903,"have not yet recovered",0 155098,"believe these jokers are supposed to have pulled off four similar kidnappings before",0 118615,"done and perfectly",1 60068,"what makes it interesting as a character study is the fact that the story is told from Paul 's perspective",1 120898,"gadgets",1 2514,"that lack the kind of genuine depth that would make them redeemable",0 41217,"Steers turns in a snappy screenplay that curls at the edges :",1 225346,"Orange County '' is far funnier than it would seem to have any right to be .",1 172128,"strong cast",1 91829,"run for cover",0 44435,"American instigator Michael Moore 's film is a rambling examination of American gun culture that uses his usual modus operandi of crucifixion through juxtaposition .",0 14522,"There 's enough science to make it count as educational , and enough beauty to make it unforgettable .",1 63576,"A winning and wildly fascinating work .",1 84299,"is impressive for the sights and sounds of the wondrous beats",1 164908,"like a juicy , delicious plum on a hot summer day",1 66023,"Hollywood excess",0 177605,"wanted to make as anti-Kieslowski a pun as possible . Suffice to say its total promise is left slightly unfulfilled",0 106023,"Golden",1 58598,"the power and grace of one of the greatest natural sportsmen of modern times",1 171857,"squandered the opportunity , using it as a prop for warmed-over melodrama and the kind of choreographed mayhem that director John Woo has built his career on",0 34662,"most touching reconsideration",1 48757,"all it needs to be",1 207930,"of pre-9 / 11 New York and",0 152332,"a real director",1 123493,"interest almost solely as an exercise in gorgeous visuals .",1 24605,"An )",1 73803,"an honored screen veteran",1 162179,"inextricably stuck in an emotionally unavailable rut",0 52600,"higher than he 's been in a while",1 188733,"The stunt work is top-notch :",1 108598,"Reno does what he can in a thankless situation , the film ricochets from humor to violence and back again , and Ryoko Hirosue makes us wonder if she is always like that",1 204352,"its usual worst",0 39809,"visually stunning",1 153950,"are sunk by all the sanctimony .",0 46812,"Steven Spielberg brings us another masterpiece",1 23082,"'s also , clearly , great fun .",1 42404,"nicely acted and beautifully shot and",1 205561,"made The Full Monty a smashing success",1 135344,"the film is not only a love song to the movies",1 5552,"choppy",0 206155,"mild hallucinogenic buzz",0 188400,"The movie 's ultimate point -- that everyone should be themselves -- is trite , but the screenwriter and director Michel Gondry restate it to the point of ridiculousness",0 73922,"an open mind",1 91004,"quietly affecting cop drama",1 21283,"makes it much better than your typical Bond knock-offs",1 196605,"dead wife communicating from beyond the grave '' framework is even remotely new or interesting",0 209587,"potboiler until its absurd , contrived , overblown , and entirely implausible finale",0 189352,"Unfunny",0 128435,"of a film , a Southern Gothic with the emotional arc of its raw blues soundtrack",1 226317,"The last scenes of the film are anguished , bitter and truthful .",1 42274,"leave the screen sizzling",1 218060,"ultra-violent gangster wannabe",0 207674,"of course , barely begins to describe the plot and its complications .",0 145303,"Fear Dot Com is more frustrating than a modem that disconnects every 10 seconds .",0 99105,"unrelentingly grim -- and",0 60926,"'s also probably the most good-hearted yet sensual entertainment I 'm likely to see all year",1 28935,"animated sweet film",1 24158,"... one of the most ingenious and entertaining thrillers I 've seen in quite a long time .",1 27796,"a salute to the universal language of rhythm",1 232024,"in showing us well-thought stunts or a car chase that we have n't seen 10ꯠ times",1 91441,"remarkable ability to document both sides of this emotional car-wreck",1 151370,"a big mess",0 196415,"creating the characters who surround Frankie",0 31448,"false",0 198616,"favored by pretentious , untalented artistes who enjoy moaning about their cruel fate .",0 178880,"would have a universal product code instead of a title .",0 187299,"Shyamalan should stop trying to please his mom .",0 190272,"a change in expression",1 135968,"the pay-off is negligible",0 73393,"all entertaining enough",1 147399,"McConaughey 's fun to watch , the dragons are okay , not much fire in the script .",1 206354,"more confused",0 99647,"was worth your seven bucks",1 19339,"The tone is balanced , reflective and reasonable .",1 170143,"rigid and evasive",0 61192,"'s nowhere near as good as the original .",0 116693,"cardiac",0 53025,"in their cheap , B movie way , they succeed",1 229493,"burn the negative and the script and pretend the whole thing never existed",0 121010,"genteel yet decadent",1 192063,"again ransacks its archives for a quick-buck sequel .",0 80942,"get caught up in the thrill of the company 's astonishing growth",1 227417,"`` Austin Powers in Goldmember '' has the right stuff for silly summer entertainment and has enough laughs to sustain interest to the end .",1 14816,"a refreshingly novel ride",1 210271,"rediscovers",1 82444,"horrendously",0 115494,"be enjoyed as a daytime soaper .",1 157566,"disguised as comedy",0 184425,"Highly uneven and inconsistent ... Margarita Happy Hour kinda",0 143320,"A sensual performance from Abbass buoys the flimsy story , but her inner journey is largely unexplored and we 're left wondering about this exotic-looking woman whose emotional depths are only hinted at .",1 3641,"a cheap scam put together by some cynical creeps at revolution studios and imagine entertainment to make the suckers out there surrender $ 9 and 93 minutes of unrecoverable life .",0 7311,"if nothing else , this movie introduces a promising , unusual kind of psychological horror .",1 62260,", the characters are too strange and dysfunctional , Tom included , to ever get under the skin",0 102592,", insight and humor",1 49228,"artless",0 158038,"dull-witted and",0 179887,"'s not enough substance here",0 31772,"for mercy",0 217119,"to invest such subtlety and warmth in an animatronic bear when the humans are acting like puppets",0 179218,"your generic sand 'n' sandal adventure",0 14437,"Some actors have so much charisma that you 'd be happy to listen to them reading the phone book . Hugh Grant and Sandra Bullock are two such likeable actors .",1 160030,"gets muted and routine .",0 143430,"A well-acted movie that simply does n't",1 94032,"sweet-tempered comedy",1 73287,"affects of cultural and geographical displacement .",1 26504,"S&M",1 6902,"gunning to make a great one",1 85048,"it introduces you to new , fervently held ideas and fanciful thinkers",1 203935,"it is impossible to think of any film more challenging or depressing than The Grey Zone",0 22287,"the humor is of the sweet , gentle and occasionally cloying kind that has become an Iranian specialty",1 5716,"constant smiles",1 162594,"is a dumb action movie .",0 64142,"At its most basic , this cartoon adventure is that wind-in-the-hair exhilarating .",1 212402,"spreads them pretty thin",0 107476,"Like puppies with broken legs \ \/ And butterflies that die \ \/ And movies starring pop queens",0 177544,"vulgarities",0 23467,", best known for the superfluous Notting Hill",0 100862,"works so well for the first 89 minutes ,",1 232037,"in the kind of low-key way that allows us to forget that they are actually movie folk",1 166856,"no pleasure in watching a child suffer . Just embarrassment and a vague sense of shame",0 223028,"Crummy",0 133857,"taking a fresh approach to familiar material",1 163651,"it 's good , but only if you slide in on a freebie",0 43868,"... is inspiring , ironic , and revelatory of just how ridiculous and money-oriented the record industry really is . It is also a testament to the integrity and vision of the band .",1 102024,"'ve had more interesting -- and , dare I say , thematically complex -- bowel movements than this long-on-the-shelf , point-and-shoot exercise in gimmicky crime drama .",0 113088,"able to appreciate the wonderful cinematography and naturalistic acting",1 47803,"a Shakespearean tragedy",0 151992,"a long soap opera in which only the first episode was any good",0 213301,"tension , eloquence , spiritual challenge -- things that have made the original New Testament stories so compelling for 20 centuries",1 111643,"a classic mother\/daughter struggle in recycled paper with a shiny new bow",0 40089,"wickedly eccentric enchantment",1 1666,"mainstream matinee-style entertainment",1 64317,"Below casts its spooky net out into the Atlantic Ocean and spits it back , grizzled and charred , somewhere northwest of the Bermuda Triangle .",1 20688,"greatly moving",1 32640,"honestly nice",1 100540,"with its subject matter in a tasteful , intelligent manner , rather than forcing us to endure every plot contrivance that the cliché-riddled genre can offer",1 19467,"a bravura lead performance by Bruce Campbell that does n't deserve to leave the building until everyone is aware of it",1 205565,"made Tucker a star",1 21031,"is interesting and entertaining",1 67156,"Leading a double life in an American film only comes to no good , but not here . Matters play out realistically if not always fairly .",1 48067,"a glorious failure",0 140620,"written for no one",1 193077,"are fascinating",1 44169,"A moody , multi-dimensional love story and sci-fi mystery , Solaris is a thought-provoking , haunting film that allows the seeds of the imagination to germinate .",1 40942,"Hilarious ,",1 227943,"a great deal of fun",1 196759,"depend on empathy . If there ai n't none , you have a problem",0 44588,"As literary desecrations go",0 46615,"Recoing 's bizzarre reaction to his unemployment . Good film , but very",1 140031,"with Peter Sellers , Kenneth Williams , et al .",1 52079,"get a kick out",1 106464,"I have a confession to make : I did n't particularly like E . T . the first time I saw it as a young boy . That is because - damn it ! -",0 77540,"creates a portrait of two strong men in conflict , inextricably entwined through family history , each seeing himself in the other , neither liking what he sees .",1 17895,"turns in a snappy screenplay that curls at the edges",1 58253,"the end of his vitality",0 236344,"thanks in part to interesting cinematic devices ( cool visual backmasking ) , a solid cast , and some wickedly sick and twisted humor",1 151495,"a clichéd , doddering , misogynistic boy 's club",0 84447,"is n't the most edgy piece of Disney animation",0 156503,"colorful characters",1 60219,"will be moved to the edge of their seats by the dynamic first act",1 225899,"Sometimes entertaining",1 112782,"a stereotypical one of self-discovery",0 43131,"'re in luck .",1 223951,"If you 're not into the Pokemon franchise , this fourth animated movie in four years wo n't convert you -- or even keep your eyes open .",0 189655,"Where their heads were",0 134506,"that parade about as if they were coming back from Stock Character camp -- a drowsy drama infatuated by its own pretentious self-examination",0 210034,"quite vapid",0 83813,"is a masterfully",1 195879,"collapses when Mr . Taylor tries to shift the tone to a thriller 's rush .",0 70195,"This film is so different from The Apple and so striking that it can only encourage us to see Samira Makhmalbaf as a very distinctive sensibility , working to develop her own film language with conspicuous success .",1 145913,"Hudlin is stuck trying to light a fire with soggy leaves .",0 23763,", luminous yet careworn in Jane Hamilton 's exemplary costumes",1 33066,"innocence and wisdom",1 173350,"the Crypt",1 88868,"of screwball farce and blood-curdling family intensity on one continuum",1 195400,"can only provide it with so much leniency .",0 170470,"screen violence",0 30226,"clueless",0 190857,"a longtime admirer of his work",1 108165,"One of the most exciting action films",1 127512,"mostly magnificent directorial career",1 85151,"it was so endlessly , grotesquely , inventive",1 164745,"lent the film a bit more depth",1 238948,"wo n't rock any boats but is solid meat-and-potatoes filmmaking",1 110282,"There 's a lot of good material here",1 107013,"It is hard not to be especially grateful for freedom after a film like this .",1 235044,"preferred a transfer down the hall to Mr. Holland 's class for the music , or to Robin Williams 's lecture",0 149961,"The two leads are almost good enough to camouflage the dopey plot , but so much naturalistic small talk , delivered in almost muffled exchanges , eventually has a lulling effect",0 205746,"making it awfully hard to buy the impetus for the complicated love triangle that develops between the three central characters",0 231612,"having an old friend for dinner '",1 188950,"This Sade is hardly a perverse , dangerous libertine and agitator -- which would have made for better drama . He 's just a sad aristocrat in tattered finery , and the film seems as deflated as he does .",0 14172,"It helps that Lil Bow Wow ... tones down his pint-sized gangsta act to play someone who resembles a real kid .",1 95095,"the ability to mesmerize , astonish and entertain",1 209054,"parallel clone-gag",0 149598,"The movie is a lumbering load of hokum but ...",0 217952,"turns out to be affected and boring",0 13649,", the movie keeps you diverted and best of all , it lightens your wallet without leaving a sting .",1 43001,"why either is impossible -- which forces us to confront what 's possible",1 43791,", will find Morrison 's iconoclastic uses of technology to be liberating .",1 66476,"It 's a feel-good movie about which you can actually feel good .",1 65690,"Fudges fact and fancy with such confidence that we feel as if we 're seeing something purer than the real thing .",1 139123,"waged among victims and predators settle into an undistinguished rhythm of artificial suspense",0 34702,"moviegoing pleasures",1 61048,"'s fun , wispy , wise and surprisingly inoffensive",1 182751,"Been there done that",0 180832,", movies like Ghost Ship will be used as analgesic balm for overstimulated minds . Right now",0 75186,"be , by its art and heart , a necessary one",1 61781,", assured of the wrong things , and scared to admit how much they may really need the company of others",0 6257,"erotic",1 172362,"surprising winner",1 226204,"The best movie of its kind since ` Brazil",1 142740,". It 's a cookie-cutter movie , a cut-and-paste job .",0 146737,"It should be mentioned that the set design and interiors of the haunted vessel are more than effectively creepy and moodily lit .",1 204869,"less funny than it thinks it is",0 194262,"because it echoes the by now intolerable morbidity of so many recent movies",0 124105,"is heartening in the same way that each season marks a new start",1 162564,"is Wang 's pacing that none of the excellent cast are given air to breathe",0 236401,"that are among cinema 's finest this year",1 150046,"There 's no denying the elaborateness of the artist 's conceptions , nor his ability to depict them with outrageous elan ,",1 82663,"if you have the patience for it",0 116872,"charming , funny and beautifully crafted import",1 24860,"Bola",0 100742,"without vulgarity , sex scenes , and cussing",1 200786,"have been this odd , inexplicable and unpleasant .",0 195515,"casual and fun",1 112586,"a really cool bit",1 6607,"for serious",0 154876,"because it is all windup and not much of a pitch",0 121663,"has a lot of charm",1 137804,"to rescue me from a summer of teen-driven , toilet-humor codswallop",1 218518,"video before month 's end",0 205955,"may not have a novel thought in his head",0 15142,"art -- when done right -- can help heal",1 73175,"actually manages to bring something new into the mix",1 44781,"Brilliantly",1 214274,"the characters are n't interesting enough to watch them go about their daily activities for two whole hours",0 103386,"A '' black Austin Powers ? '' I prefer to think of it as '' Pootie Tang with a budget . '' Sa da TAY",0 179901,"'s not scary in the slightest",0 81146,"glinting charm",1 226208,"The best part about `` Gangs '' was Daniel Day-Lewis .",1 63144,"A live-wire film",1 237344,"the world 's best actors , Daniel Auteuil",1 119316,"even after the most awful acts are committed , is an overwhelming sadness that feels as if it has made its way into your very bloodstream .",1 65329,"Entirely suspenseful , extremely well-paced and ultimately ...",1 141214,"'s also simple-minded and contrived",0 33571,"it 's a worthy companion to the many fine , focused films emerging from that most surprising of nations",1 60169,"who makes Oliver far more interesting than the character 's lines would suggest",1 4315,"a work of drama",1 99592,"warm up to",1 18704,"As green-guts monster movies go , it 's a beaut .",1 142766,"... a big , baggy , sprawling carnival of a movie , stretching out before us with little rhyme or reason .",0 17774,"time to tell its story",1 75404,"because of the universal themes , earnest performances ... and excellent use of music by India 's popular Gulzar and Jagjit Singh",1 116735,"carries you along in a torrent of emotion",1 68793,"Sillier , cuter , and shorter than the first ( as best I remember ) , but still a very good time at the cinema .",1 60554,"you are watching them , and the slow parade of human frailty fascinates you",1 217447,"to the idiocy of its last frames",0 68573,"Salma goes native and she 's never been better in this colorful bio-pic of a Mexican icon .",1 18128,"worth seeing , talking and singing heads and all",1 137074,"this too-long , spoofy update",0 193289,"artistes",1 120689,"from a summer of teen-driven , toilet-humor codswallop",0 39179,"to entertain",1 81104,"gives one of his most daring , and complicated , performances",1 71213,"` stoked",1 126427,"love a Disney pic with as little cleavage as this one has",1 185023,"It 's a long way from Orwell 's dark , intelligent warning cry ( 1984 ) to the empty stud knockabout of Equilibrium",0 55515,"of substance about a teacher",1 13821,"A very funny movie",1 108409,"Pleasant but not more than recycled jock piffle .",0 41519,"admired it ,",1 38960,"this mothball-y stuff",0 71353,"a career-defining revelation",1 175567,"this time , there is n't much",0 126464,"low-budget filmmaking",0 21531,"of movie that invites you to pick apart its faults even as you have to admit that somehow it hit you where you live",1 71489,"a cruelly funny twist on teen comedy",1 222204,"After that , it just gets stupid and maudlin .",0 57198,"somehow makes it all the more compelling .",1 66349,"In a summer overrun with movies dominated by CGI aliens and super heroes , it revigorates the mind to see a feature that concentrates on people , a project in which the script and characters hold sway .",1 81669,"has been awarded mythic status in contemporary culture",1 51116,"elegantly colorful look",1 9734,"play against each other so intensely ,",1 137524,"to deliver a fair bit of vampire fun",1 87203,"moments to keep it entertaining",1 57729,"that Nolan is poised to embark a major career as a commercial yet inventive filmmaker",1 153379,"an end , along with Green 's half-hearted movie career",0 37117,"solid mixture",1 217923,"turn it off",0 95429,"the dark theater",0 41894,"extends a warm invitation into an unfamiliar world , then illuminates it fully and",1 71834,"a historically significant work",1 188790,"There 's a heavy stench of ` been there , done that ' hanging over the film .",0 79761,"feel realistic .",1 80761,"fun and funny in the middle",1 140142,"with flabby rolls",0 111235,"Wonder of wonders -- a teen movie with a humanistic message .",1 214941,"the least demanding",0 32694,"humor and humanity",1 211509,"should have gotten more out of it than you did",0 149457,"The heavy-handed film is almost laughable as a consequence .",0 67863,"None of this is meaningful or memorable",0 213274,"tells a moldy-oldie , not-nearly - as-nasty - as-it - thinks-it-is joke . Over and over again",0 234761,"one-sidedness",0 86644,"makes it attractive throughout",1 35756,"opportunity to observe the inequities in the death penalty , not just the inherent immorality",1 101574,"'s all bluster -- in the end it 's as sweet as Greenfingers",1 22013,"solid and affecting and exactly as thought-provoking as it should be",1 69922,"The stars may be college kids , but the subject matter is as adult as you can get : the temptations of the flesh are unleashed by a slightly crazed , overtly determined young woman and a one-night swim turns into an ocean of trouble",1 195778,"cliched dialogue and perverse escapism a source of high hilarity",0 106365,"Huppert scheming , with her small , intelligent eyes",1 139897,"will cause loads of irreparable damage that years and years of costly analysis could never fix",0 189071,"This pathetic junk",0 121680,"has a whip-smart sense of narrative bluffs .",1 27645,"a lot of good cheer",1 124725,"is too loud and thoroughly overbearing",0 199485,"freakish",1 95830,"the goods and audiences will have a fun , no-frills ride",1 87782,"neglected over the years",0 218729,"was beginning to hate it",0 227545,"`` New Best Friend ''",1 190985,"a movie about the power of poetry and passion",1 217229,"to old movies , when you could just rent those movies instead , let alone seek out a respectable new one",0 102611,", it 's a howler .",1 102917,", then the film is a pleasant enough dish .",1 62871,"A compelling pre-WWII drama",1 132677,"smartly and wistfully",1 166418,"moving well",1 179687,"'s crap on a leash -- far too polite to scale the lunatic heights of Joe Dante 's similarly styled Gremlins .",0 51686,"filter out the complexity",1 193153,"are on the loose ! Run for your lives !",0 203979,"it must have read ` seeking anyone with acting ambition but no sense of pride or shame . '",0 84565,"is rather the way it introduces you to new , fervently held ideas and fanciful thinkers",1 189661,"Whether Quitting will prove absorbing to American audiences",1 197192,"do n't care about the truth",0 40010,"which is probably for the best . And if you 're not nearly moved to tears by a couple of scenes",1 29745,"brilliant anti-Hollywood satire",1 210919,"scratching your head",0 45618,"If you 're a fan of the series you 'll love it and probably want to see it twice .",1 207295,"numbing .",0 100223,"wildly fascinating",1 209460,"poetry and passion",1 123304,"incredibly dated and unfunny",0 116552,"can actually trick you into thinking some of this worn-out , pandering palaver is actually funny",0 115100,"asking of us",1 61612,", Finch 's tale provides the forgettable pleasures of a Saturday matinee",1 183958,"Fluffy neo-noir hiding behind cutesy film references .",0 62109,", no matter how degraded things get .",0 14783,"a mild headache",0 119702,"falls down in its attempts to humanize its subject",0 215331,"the perfect face to play a handsome blank yearning to find himself",1 173913,"the film is less poetic than simply pretentious .",0 191164,"a rambling and incoherent manifesto about the vagueness of topical excess",0 61088,"'s immensely ambitious , different than anything that 's been done before and amazingly successful in terms of what it 's trying to do .",1 2460,"swims away with the sleeper movie of the summer award",1 208949,"overstimulated minds",0 96873,"the thrill of the company 's astonishing growth",1 59501,"transcendent",1 103343,"77 minutes of Pokemon",0 131063,"real documentary",1 47878,"a clever adaptation",1 203184,"is n't one moment in the film that surprises or delights",0 198823,"figure the power-lunchers do n't care to understand",0 84049,"is at its most valuable",1 135703,"the meaning and value",1 173935,"the film trails off into inconsequentiality .",0 6215,"enough of plucky british eccentrics",0 131157,"recommended -- as visually bland as a dentist 's waiting room , complete with soothing Muzak and",0 149441,"The film would work much better as a video installation in a museum , where viewers would be free to leave . Immediately .",0 16634,"n't walk , to see this barbed and bracing comedy on the big screen",1 30447,"coupled with some arresting effects , incandescent tones and stupendous performances",1 233960,"most enjoyable releases",1 148376,"Sam Mendes has become valedictorian at the School for Soft Landings and Easy Ways Out .",0 132366,"should stick to his day job .",0 30552,"cute and sometimes side-splittingly",1 112991,"a wacky and inspired little film",1 16371,"its boasts a huge charm factor and smacks of originality",1 207259,"nothing more than warmed-over Cold War paranoia",0 59784,"us to hope that Nolan is poised to embark a major career as a commercial yet inventive filmmaker",1 197029,"director Michael Cacoyannis displays with somber earnestness in the new adaptation of The Cherry Orchard",1 194108,"be delighted simply to spend more time with familiar cartoon characters",1 13042,"while the new film is much more eye-catching than its blood-drenched stephen norrington-directed predecessor ,",1 69936,"The story has some nice twists but the ending and some of the back-story is a little tired . The performances are all solid",1 171606,"some script weaknesses",0 113391,"adds a much needed moral weight",1 100120,"who mourns her tragedies in private and embraces life in public",1 166980,"not really funny",0 15040,"and healing",1 35880,"own shortcomings",0 61914,", fun-for-fun 's - sake communal spirit goes to the essence of Broadway .",1 141319,"'s extreme , all right . Extremely dumb . Extremely confusing . Extremely boring .",0 57310,"star power , a pop-induced score",1 1825,"nenette et",0 40154,"wit and insight",1 34280,"made with great evident care",1 140657,"you 'd be wise to send your regrets",0 137918,"to the cheap , graceless , hackneyed sci-fi serials of the '30s and '40s",0 193241,"are worse",0 98146,"to keep grown-ups from squirming in their seats",1 118108,"deserves a look",1 28292,"amuse and provoke adventurous adults in specialty venues",1 36682,"scams",0 76971,"comes from its soul 's - eye view of how well-meaning patronizing masked a social injustice , at least as represented by this case",1 189327,"Ultimately this is a frustrating patchwork : an uneasy marriage of Louis Begley 's source novel ( About Schmidt ) and an old Payne screenplay .",0 146031,"I cry for I Spy --",0 180638,", fine music never heard",1 102113,"( MacDowell ) ventures beyond her abilities several times here and reveals how bad an actress she is .",0 92803,"slickest",1 119490,"excruciatingly",1 228560,"an embarrassment .",0 143615,"All that ( Powerpuff Girls ) charm is present in the movie , but",1 75018,"atmospheric weirdness",1 66848,"Jackson , who also served as executive producer , take his smooth , shrewd , powerful act abroad",1 101864,"'s probably not easy to make such a worthless film ...",0 99894,"what may be the performances of their careers",1 35478,"of the most significant moviegoing pleasures",1 172518,"takes too long",0 62061,", it will be well worth your time .",1 21397,"n't wait to see what they do next",1 188268,"The high-concept scenario soon proves preposterous , the acting is robotically italicized , and truth-in-advertising hounds take note",0 181680,"A film really has to be exceptional to justify a three hour running time",1 86226,"long , intricate , star-studded and visually flashy",1 48272,"a picaresque view",1 221176,", Kissing Jessica Steinis quirky , charming and often hilarious .",1 185465,"Jeunet",1 167352,"of an oafish idiot impersonating an aristocrat",0 1296,"in the manner of a golden book sprung to life",1 43467,", I found myself struggling to put my finger on that elusive '' missing thing . ''",0 74291,"are appealing enough to probably have a good shot at a Hollywood career , if they want one",1 209252,"phone in his performance as fax it . No , even that 's too committed . He gets his secretary to fax it",0 105581,"Each scene wreaks of routine : the film never manages to generate a single threat of suspense",0 237218,"the silly spy vs. spy film The Sum of All Fears , starring Ben Affleck , seem downright Hitchcockian",1 185172,"It 's not the worst comedy of the year",0 115794,"begins to fade from memory",0 94114,"take on courtroom movies , a few nifty twists that are so crucial to the genre and another first-rate performance by top-billed star Bruce Willis .",1 118539,"does n't know the meaning of the word ` quit . '",0 360,"all its technical virtuosity",1 224320,"It haunts you , you ca n't forget it , you admire its conception and are able to resolve some of the confusions you had while watching it",1 139375,"we also need movies like Tim McCann 's Revolution No . 9 .",1 41707,"charming yet",1 112089,"a handful of virtuosic set pieces",1 78003,"depicts this relationship with economical grace , letting his superb actors convey Martin 's deterioration and Barbara 's sadness -- and , occasionally",1 157783,"does n't overcome the tumult of maudlin tragedy .",0 170672,"self-congratulatory 3D",0 125985,"life-changing",1 188421,"The movie is a little tired",0 50803,"destroy is also a creative urge",0 191752,"about mad queens , obsessive relationships , and rampant adultery",1 149660,"The only question ... is to determine how well the schmaltz is manufactured -- to assess the quality of the manipulative engineering . Average , at best , I 'm afraid .",0 95669,"the film lately , you may be surprised at the variety of tones in Spielberg 's work .",1 29367,"backed by a likable cast",1 194157,"be lovely",1 111752,"a dashing and resourceful hero : a lisping , reptilian villain",1 116617,"can out-bad-act the other",0 107668,"Mazel tov to a film about a family 's joyous life acting on the Yiddish stage .",1 4858,"as artificial as the video games japanese teens play in a nightclub sequence",0 189393,"Very much a home video , and so devoid of artifice and purpose that it appears not to have been edited at all .",0 223848,"I still like Moonlight Mile , better judgment be damned .",1 97311,"things that elevate '' Glory '' above most of its ilk , most notably the mere presence of Duvall",1 175484,"this movie has a glossy coat of action movie excess while remaining heartless at its core .",0 180893,", redundant , sloppy , over-the-top ,",0 16687,"not sure even Miyazaki himself does",0 101783,"'s no point in extracting the bare bones of Byatt 's plot for purposes of bland Hollywood romance .",0 41949,"following a feel-good formula",1 153611,"anemic and",0 61974,", inspiring",1 60416,"without any of the pretension associated with the term",1 64086,"As commander-in-chief of this film , Bigelow demonstrates a breadth of vision and an attention to detail that propels her into the upper echelons of the directing world .",1 85041,"it has some cute moments , funny scenes , and hits the target audience ( young Bow Wow fans ) - with nothing but net",1 50222,"closer to the mark",1 188308,"The latest vapid actor 's exercise to appropriate the structure of Arthur Schnitzler 's Reigen .",0 46989,"The bodily function jokes are about what you 'd expect , but there are rich veins of funny stuff in this movie .",1 41301,"There are a few stabs at absurdist comedy ...",1 97692,"through a remarkable amount of material in the film 's short 90 minutes",1 28069,"accomplished here",1 84696,"is that even the most unlikely can link together to conquer all kinds of obstacles , whether they be of nature , of man or of one another",1 155250,"bilked unsuspecting moviegoers",0 115346,"bad writing",0 131297,"remains brightly optimistic , coming through in the end",1 162407,"into sham truths and routine '' indie '' filmmaking , Freundlich has made just another safe movie",0 189346,"Unfortunately , One Hour Photo lives down to its title . Thanks largely to Williams , all the interesting developments are processed in 60 minutes -- the rest is just an overexposed waste of film",0 98736,"truth and fiction are equally strange , and his for the taking .",1 41269,"The film is painfully authentic , and",1 166299,"most dangerous",0 190589,"a first-rate cast",1 34423,"may not have generated many",0 135980,"the perfect movie",1 38659,"the spectacle",1 188378,"The movie 's downfall is to substitute plot for personality . It does n't really know or care about the characters , and uses them as markers for a series of preordained events .",0 190635,"a generational signpost",1 57515,"sure to ultimately disappoint the action",0 81165,"go down as one of the all-time great apocalypse movies",1 86855,"masterful British actor Ian Holm",1 75477,"been remarkable",1 29357,"avoids the stupid cliches and formulaic potholes that befall its brethren",1 73907,"an odd but ultimately satisfying blend",1 52411,"has more than enough",1 123258,"in which underdogs beat the odds and the human spirit triumphs",1 99597,"warmth to go around , with music and laughter",1 189664,"Whether it 's the worst movie of 2002 , I ca n't say for sure",0 179837,"'s meandering , low on energy , and too eager",0 109435,"The Importance of Being Earnest , so thick with wit it plays like a reading from Bartlett 's Familiar Quotations",1 223029,"Crummy .",0 211467,"should 've been so much more even if it was only made for teenage boys and wrestling fans",0 22481,"to add up to mesmerize you",1 26250,"Noyce 's film is contemplative and mournfully reflective .",1 138133,"too much like an infomercial for Ram Dass 's latest book aimed at the boomer demographic .",0 215527,"the same as one battle followed by killer CGI effects",1 62059,", it tells a story whose restatement is validated by the changing composition of the nation .",1 140823,"you wo n't care",0 133737,"sustain interest",1 6535,"flat , misguided comedy .",0 134238,"that any art-house moviegoer is likely to find compelling",1 16166,"insightful",1 128531,"of an impression",1 46367,"Not the kind of film that will appeal to a mainstream American audience , but there is a certain charm about the film that makes it a suitable entry into the fest circuit",1 155137,"best seller",1 169252,"pretty cynical and condescending",0 57553,"sweet and modest",1 191842,"abused",0 93206,"somewhat tired",0 106167,"Has its charming quirks and its dull spots",1 76624,"cheap hysterics",0 221749,"-- in the title role -- helps make the film 's conclusion powerful and satisfying",1 150352,"Though a bit of a patchwork in script and production , a glossy , rich green , environment almost makes the picture work .",1 199551,"from a director beginning to resemble someone 's crazy French grandfather",0 186432,"Not easily and , in the end , not well enough",0 50363,"con",0 70128,"There are some movies that hit you from the first scene and you know it 's going to be a trip . Igby Goes Down is one of those movies .",1 154822,"be stomping through them in clown clothes , playing a college football fight song on untuned instruments",0 20063,"bangs a very cliched drum at times",0 185058,"It 's an odd show , pregnant with moods , stillborn except as a harsh conceptual exercise .",0 184200,"Good-looking",1 223724,"I 'll certainly be keeping an eye out for his next project .",1 147171,"Like a tone-deaf singer at a benefit concert , John Q . is a bad movie appearing on behalf of a good cause .",0 11630,"the most high-concept sci fi",1 25239,"Erika a persona that is so intriguing that you find yourself staring hypnotically at her , trying to understand her and wondering if she 'll crack",1 128833,"of our best actors",1 24448,"A richly imagined and admirably mature work from a gifted director who definitely has something on his mind .",1 195705,"cinematography and exhilarating",1 106970,"It 's the type of stunt the Academy loves",1 218086,"uncool the only thing missing is the '' Gadzooks ! ''",0 51598,"feels the dimming of a certain ambition , but in its place a sweetness , clarity and emotional openness that recalls the classics of early Italian neorealism",1 105976,"Ghandi",1 69022,"Strange and beautiful film .",1 1899,"of genuine depth that would make them redeemable",0 145232,"Expect the same-old , lame-old slasher nonsense",0 38617,"the sensation of having just witnessed a great performance",1 55943,"passion and attitude",1 111171,"Wilson and Murphy",1 182436,"An overwrought Taiwanese soaper",0 159953,"genres that do n't add up to a whole lot of sense",0 49613,"been perfect for an old '' Twilight Zone '' episode",1 232704,"is pathetic !",0 200001,"glossy rehash",0 196129,"consistently amusing",1 124249,"is more about the optimism of a group of people who are struggling to give themselves a better lot in life than the ones",1 21872,"ribald humor and touching nostalgia",1 20459,"enjoyable to watch as it is enlightening to listen to new sides of a previous reality , and to visit with some of the people who were able to make an impact in the theater world",1 34443,"meditative , clinical and poetic",1 221348,", fun-for-fun 's - sake communal spirit goes to the essence of Broadway",1 102295,", Longley 's film lacks balance ... and fails to put the struggle into meaningful historical context .",0 14955,"amusing about how we go about our lives",1 39359,"to treat a subject , you 're not fully aware is being examined , much like a photo of yourself you did n't know",1 169237,"pretentious nonsense , lavishly praised by those who equate obscurity with profundity",0 61181,"'s nothing more satisfying during a summer of event movies than a spy thriller like The Bourne Identity that 's packed with just as much intelligence as action",1 20509,"examines a footnote to history seldom brought to light on the screen , and keeps you guessing from first frame to last",1 72578,"a stunning film",1 205400,"loosely connected",0 21369,"much better than your typical Bond knock-offs",1 166775,"no denying the elaborateness of the artist 's conceptions , nor his ability to depict them with outrageous elan",1 113014,"a welcome , if downbeat , missive from a forgotten front",1 133887,"target practice",1 135982,"the perfectly pitched web",1 58264,"the epicenter of cool , beautiful , thought-provoking foreign cinema is smack-dab in the middle of Dubya",1 38649,"the sort of delicate , articulate character - and - relationship study he 's favored for decades",1 45204,"Executed with such gentle but insistent sincerity , with such good humor and appreciation of the daily grind that only the most hardhearted Scrooge could fail to respond",1 112471,"a philosophical void",0 40050,"who lie not through dishonesty , but because they genuinely believe it 's the only way to bring happiness to their loved ones",1 134748,"the Psychology 101 study of romantic obsession",1 207204,"not number 1",0 41531,"allying you",1 39806,"visually polished",1 42001,"gives peace",1 3313,"'s also built on a faulty premise , one it follows into melodrama and silliness",0 103781,"A piece of mildly entertaining , inoffensive fluff that drifts aimlessly for 90 minutes before lodging in the cracks of that ever-growing category :",0 99585,"warm and charming package",1 236167,"sure is funny",1 36903,"sheer insanity",0 33703,"it really counts",1 121318,"good spaghetti western",1 228131,"a sardine",0 109142,"Stale first act , Scrooge story",0 146114,"I saw a theater full of people constantly checking their watches",0 41054,"Jules and",1 168207,"one is poised for titillation , raw insight or both . Instead",0 134242,"that are quite touching",1 233407,"like John Le Carré with a couple of burnt-out cylinders",0 45505,"Hoffman notches in the nuances of pain , but",1 32755,"ignites this gripping tale",1 204436,"just another teen movie , which means he can be forgiven for frequently pandering to fans of the gross-out comedy",0 174053,"the grotesque",0 201790,"in a mess of mixed messages , over-blown drama and Bruce Willis",0 41284,"The pleasures of Super Troopers may be fleeting , but they 'll register strongly with anybody who still retains a soft spot for precollegiate humor",1 3446,"( toback 's ) fondness for fancy split-screen , stuttering editing and pompous references to wittgenstein and kirkegaard ...",0 95244,"the brilliant surfing photography",1 35251,"of fresh air",1 2716,"the sickly sweet gender normative",0 43162,"'s a glorious spectacle like those D . W . Griffith made in the early days of silent film .",1 79860,"fights a good fight",1 134122,"than this long-on-the-shelf , point-and-shoot exercise in gimmicky crime drama",0 97200,"there 's nothing wrong with that if the film is well-crafted and this one is",1 2963,"to teach a young audience , which will probably be perfectly happy with the sloppy slapstick comedy",1 110662,"To call this one an eventual cult classic would be an understatement",1 37795,"that every other character seems overlooked",0 29776,"busy",0 200669,"has the outdated swagger of a shameless '70s blaxploitation shuck-and-jive sitcom",0 216252,"they trot out the conventional science-fiction elements of bug-eyed monsters and futuristic women in skimpy clothes",0 204178,"its dreaminess may lull you to sleep",0 132249,"sharp comic timing that makes the more hackneyed elements of the film easier to digest",1 73773,"an excellent companion piece",1 53240,"is Corcuera 's attention to detail .",1 214824,"the idea of the white man arriving on foreign shores to show wary natives the true light is abhorrent to you",0 214690,"the flawed support structure holding Equilibrium up",0 225927,"Spinning a web of dazzling entertainment may be overstating it ,",1 173120,"that makes his films so memorable",1 65492,"Fathers and sons , and the uneasy bonds between them , rarely have received such a sophisticated and unsentimental treatment on the big screen as they do in this marvelous film .",1 155118,"benefitted the dialogue",1 51608,"fest that 'll put hairs on your chest",1 190446,"a depressed fifteen-year-old 's suicidal poetry",0 147533,"Mr . Hartley 's distended pace and foot-dragging rhythms follow",0 207720,"of exploiting molestation for laughs",0 141624,"'s spread too thin",0 9934,"puts an exclamation point",1 202707,"is almost entirely witless and inane , carrying every gag two or three times beyond its limit to sustain a laugh",0 57241,"speak for it while it forces you to ponder anew what a movie can be .",1 40444,"you feel the pieces of the Star Wars saga falling into place in a way that makes your spine tingle with revelation and excitement .",1 88956,"of the all-time great apocalypse movies",1 235261,"recycles every cliché about gays in what is essentially an extended soap opera",0 21185,"keeps the film constantly taut ... reflecting the character 's instability with a metaphorical visual style and an unnerving , heartbeat-like score .",1 184967,"Interview With the Assassin is structured less as a documentary and more as a found relic , and as such the film has a difficult time shaking its Blair Witch Project real-time roots",0 27515,"a film , while at the same time being a most touching reconsideration of the familiar masterpiece",1 89727,"openness , the little surprises",1 233017,"it does somehow manage to get you under its spell .",1 124035,"is familiar but enjoyable .",1 62807,"A bracing , unblinking work that serves as a painful elegy and sobering cautionary tale .",1 204118,"its apparent glee is derived from a lobotomy , having had all its vital essence scooped out and discarded .",0 45819,"It is sentimental but feels free to offend , is analytical and then surrenders to the illogic of its characters , is about grief and yet permits laughter .",1 179978,"'s so devoid of joy and energy it makes even Jason X ... look positively Shakesperean by comparison .",0 74190,"anyone who has ever suspected Hollywood of being overrun by corrupt and hedonistic weasels",0 155035,"beginnings",1 138405,"trying to cope with the mysterious and brutal nature of adults",0 4112,"a small but rewarding",1 94839,"that really gives the film its oomph",1 215789,"the too-hot-for-TV direct-to-video/DVD category ,",0 41945,"focused and",1 114052,"an extreme action-packed film",1 158047,"dumb characters",0 189608,"What they see in each other also is difficult to fathom",0 180619,", empty sub-music video style",0 230255,"disguise the slack complacency of ( Godard 's ) vision",0 203028,"is just another unoriginal run of the mill sci-fi film with a flimsy ending and lots of hype .",0 1798,"must-see viewing for anyone involved in the high-tech industry .",1 32527,"his best movie",1 24885,"Bright",1 12897,"we just do n't really care too much about this love story . in that setting ,",0 130600,"pretty convincing",1 222162,"About Schmidt is undoubtedly one of the finest films of the year .",1 112199,"a liability",0 42814,"the first and",1 150926,"While the film is competent , it 's also uninspired , lacking the real talent and wit to elevate it beyond its formula to the level of classic romantic comedy to which it aspires .",0 201317,"honest working man John Q . Archibald ,",1 232249,"is a beautiful , aching sadness to it all .",1 44368,"Affectionately reminds us that , in any language , the huge stuff in life can usually be traced back to the little things .",1 102677,", it still cuts all the way down to broken bone .",0 47208,"The picture uses humor and a heartfelt conviction to tell a story about discovering your destination in life , but also acknowledging the places , and the people , from whence you came",1 83135,"in the reassuring manner of a beautifully sung holiday carol",1 64290,"Beautifully reclaiming the story of Carmen and",1 22086,"style and substance",1 146551,"It 's not as awful as some of the recent Hollywood trip tripe ... but it 's far from a groundbreaking endeavor .",0 214798,"the horrible pains of a death",0 24429,"A quietly reflective and melancholy New Zealand film about an eventful summer in a 13-year-old girl 's life .",1 160477,"half-baked thoughts",0 197266,"does a disservice to the audience and to the genre",0 98574,"touching , raucously amusing",1 142282,", it 's the CliffsNotes with pages missing .",0 174155,"the joy of Fuhrman 's destructive escapism or",1 203856,"it comes off as annoying rather than charming",0 21402,"nails the role , giving a tight , focused performance illuminated by shards of feeling .",1 71745,"a good shot",1 138032,"to you .",1 163933,"it tries to be thrilling , touching or , yikes , uproarious",0 98555,"toss logic and science into what is essentially a '' Dungeons and Dragons '' fantasy with modern military weaponry ...",0 169897,"rekindled by the Kathleen Soliah trial and the upcoming trial of SLA members Emily and William Harris , not to mention Sept . 11 , its difficult these days to appreciate Fire 's bright side",0 84910,"it 's inoffensive and actually rather sweet",1 238913,"with the lovely Hush",1 178310,"why did it have to seem like it took another thousand to tell it to us ?",0 204598,"know that ten bucks you 'd spend on a ticket ? Just send it to Cranky . We do n't get paid enough to sit through crap like this .",0 64136,"At its best ( and it does have some very funny sequences ) Looking for Leonard",1 63303,"A quietly moving look back at what it was to be Iranian-American in 1979 .",1 180100,"( A ) boldly stroked , luridly coloured , uni-dimensional nonsense machine that strokes the eyeballs while it evaporates like so much crypt mist in the brain .",0 59040,"this unhurried , low-key film that is so off-Hollywood that it seems positively French in its rhythms and resonance",1 182978,"Ca n't Stop The Music . '' It may as well be called '' Jar-Jar Binks : The Movie . '' It 's that painful",0 232281,"is a film far superior to its predecessor .",1 122027,"he can be wacky without clobbering the audience over the head and still maintain a sense of urgency and suspense",1 5977,"disappointing",0 233392,"lighthearted glow",1 72469,"a solid sci-fi thriller",1 15090,"and that he 's going to make a splash even greater than Arnold Schwarzenegger , Jean-Claud Van Damme or Steven Segal",1 139173,"want to lie down in a dark room with something cool to my brow",0 64547,"Burns 's strongest film",1 58995,"this grandiloquent quartet lolling",1 45790,"It has more than a few moments that are insightful enough to be fondly remembered in the endlessly challenging maze of moviegoing .",1 190333,"a comedian who starts off promisingly but then proceeds to flop",0 216921,"to build up a pressure cooker of horrified awe",0 133654,"suppose it 's lovely that Cal works out his issues with his dad and comes to terms with his picture-perfect life",1 28413,"an unsettlingly familiar figure",0 84654,"is still quite good-natured",1 235062,"pride themselves on sophisticated , discerning taste",1 196629,"debt Miramax felt they owed to Benigni",1 113386,"addition to scoring high for originality of plot",1 155324,"blue-light-special",0 29829,"but it 's still pretty tasty .",1 117861,"dark , gritty , sometimes funny",1 5490,"challenging , sometimes clever ,",1 198507,"familiar and predictable ,",0 143383,"A synthesis",1 21990,"slog to get there",0 55051,"new and ingenious angle",1 90130,"patience , respect and affection",1 223721,"I 'll at least remember their characters .",1 61845,", convincing",1 122757,"ignore but a little too smugly superior",0 67091,"Kwan is a master of shadow , quietude , and room noise , and Lan Yu is a disarmingly lived-in movie",1 182880,"Both shrill and soporific , and because everything is repeated five or six times , it can seem tiresomely simpleminded .",0 67566,"Miller comes at film with bracing intelligence and a vision both painterly and literary .",1 214967,"the limited range of a comedian",0 199694,"funny performers",1 231586,"have no affinity for most of the characters .",0 183150,"Cold , pretentious , thoroughly dislikable study in sociopathy .",0 156828,"cool jackets",1 66227,"Ice Age is consistently amusing and engrossing ...",1 124963,"it ends up falling short as a whole",0 123237,"in treading the line between sappy and sanguine",0 43486,", Scotland , PA would be forgettable if it were n't such a clever adaptation of the bard 's tragic play .",1 51915,"from Philippe , who makes Oliver far more interesting than the character 's lines would suggest , and Sarandon , who could n't be better as a cruel but weirdly likable WASP matron",1 146266,"Imagine the James Woods character from Videodrome making a home movie of Audrey Rose and showing it to the kid from The Sixth Sense and",0 104027,"A wretched movie that reduces the Second World War to one man 's quest to find an old flame .",0 110595,"Though her fans will assuredly have their funny bones tickled , others will find their humor-seeking dollars best spent elsewhere .",0 147431,"Message movie or an action-packed submarine spectacular ? Alas , it 's neither .",0 131702,"sacrificing its high-minded appeal",0 230378,"does too much meandering , Norton has to recite bland police procedural details , Fiennes wanders around in an attempt to seem weird and distanced , Hopkins looks like a drag queen .",0 72327,"a satisfactory overview of the bizarre world of extreme athletes as several daredevils",1 37471,"super-cool , and definitely not in a hurry",1 39099,"to Elmer Bernstein 's perfectly melodic score",1 92967,"so many bad romances out there",0 59237,"to filming the teeming life on the reefs , making this gorgeous film a must for everyone from junior scientists to grown-up fish lovers",1 226425,"The plan to make Enough into ` an inspiring tale of survival wrapped in the heart-pounding suspense of a stylish psychological thriller ' has flopped as surely as a soufflé gone wrong .",0 60327,"with an acid viewpoint and a real gift for teasing chilly poetry out of lives and settings that might otherwise seem drab and sordid",1 124470,"is remarkably engaging despite being noticeably derivative of Goodfellas and at least a half dozen other trouble-in-the-ghetto flicks .",1 116866,"charm , cultivation and devotion",1 70799,"What Lee does so marvelously compelling is present Brown as a catalyst for the struggle of black manhood in restrictive and chaotic America ... sketchy but nevertheless gripping portrait of Jim Brown , a celebrated wonder in the spotlight",1 33459,"is part homage and part remake of the Italian masterpiece",1 193296,"artistic aspirations",1 217928,"turn stupid ? '' Um ... is n't that the basis for the entire plot",0 159550,"forced and heavy-handed ,",0 35680,"one for the masses",1 59459,"torture and self-mutilation",0 41500,"absorbs us",1 110274,"There 's a delightfully quirky movie to be made from curling ,",1 160912,"have the courage to knock on that door",1 37414,"stylish and energetic",1 44193,"A party-hearty teen",1 175143,"then as an occasionally insightful acting exercise .",1 11683,"the music makes a nice album ,",1 215829,"the uninspired scripts , acting and direction",0 160492,"hamfisted",0 64251,"Barry convinces us he 's a dangerous , secretly unhinged guy who could easily have killed a president because it made him feel powerful .",1 59614,"ultimately more satisfying than the teary-eyed original",1 131213,"reflected in almost every scene",1 201465,"hurts the overall impact of the film",0 216616,"threw loads of money at an idea that should 've been so much more even if it was only made for teenage boys and wrestling fans .",0 74828,"as well-written as Sexy Beast , not as gloriously flippant as Lock , Stock and Two Smoking Barrels ,",1 155146,"better off dead",0 134855,"the auditorium feeling dizzy , confused",0 179560,"'s a pretty listless collection of kid-movie clichés",0 139024,"vibrant , colorful , semimusical",1 208079,"of the gay community as an all-inclusive world where uptight , middle class bores like Antonia can feel good about themselves",0 55413,"of its lurid fiction",1 87442,"most oddly honest",1 15711,"exhilarate you",1 122134,"helped change a nation",1 10899,"swims in mediocrity , sticking its head up for a breath of fresh air now and then .",0 152525,"a strainingly cute film -- with a blind orphan at its center , no less -- indicates where his ambitions have wandered",1 99031,"unfolds with grace and humor and gradually",1 143142,"A hamfisted romantic comedy that makes our girl the hapless facilitator of an extended cheap shot across the Mason-Dixon line .",0 70932,"White Oleander may leave you rolling your eyes in the dark , but that does n't mean you wo n't like looking at it .",1 60331,"with an effortlessly regal charisma",1 128259,"oddly humorous to tediously sentimental",1 159372,"for a slummy Hollywood caper flick",0 214162,"the audience was put through torture for an hour and a half",0 59733,"unreligious",0 86904,"may choose to interpret the film 's end as hopeful or optimistic",1 173298,"that you ca n't help but become more disappointed as each overwrought new sequence plods",0 43831,". I loved this film .",1 103990,"A visual spectacle full of stunning images and effects",1 23548,", character development -- and more importantly , character empathy -- is at the heart of Italian for Beginners .",1 136656,"their closed-off nationalist reality",0 141504,"'s nothing so striking or fascinating or metaphorically significant about his career",0 47916,"a critical and commercial disaster",0 225818,"Sluggish ,",0 76462,"carries a charge of genuine excitement",1 93741,"subtlest and most complexly evil Uncle Ralph",0 130246,"piss on trees",0 138515,"ultimately unpredictable",1 106141,"Harks",1 32765,"imaginative and ambitious",1 20467,"enormous fun",1 139099,"vivid imagination",1 208324,"often it 's meandering , low on energy , and too eager to be quirky at moments when a little old-fashioned storytelling would come in handy",0 96213,"the movie benefits from having a real writer plot out all of the characters ' moves and overlapping story .",1 146641,"It asks us to care about a young man whose only apparent virtue is that he is not quite as unpleasant as some of the people in his life",0 58777,"the the wisdom and humor of its subjects",1 225628,"Ringu is a disaster of a story , full of holes and completely lacking in chills .",0 90913,"pure craft and",1 109776,"The film ) tackles the topic of relationships in such a straightforward , emotionally honest manner that by the end",1 183820,"Exploring",1 75221,"be an enjoyable choice for younger kids",1 64153,"At once disarmingly straightforward and strikingly devious .",1 150974,"Wince-inducing dialogue , thrift-shop costumes",0 4043,"a pretty unpleasant",0 31634,"films it so beautifully",1 93478,"stay with the stage versions , however , which bite cleaner , and deeper",0 165336,"loveless hook ups .",0 83709,"is ... very funny as you peek at it through the fingers in front of your eyes",1 98638,"train wreck",0 233531,"look smeary and blurry , to the point of distraction",0 8689,"many a parent and their teen ( or preteen ) kid could bond while watching a walk to remember . so could young romantics out on a date .",1 237328,"the whole package certainly captures the intended , er , spirit of the piece",1 98789,"turning in some delightful work on indie projects",1 79778,"feels a bit anachronistic .",0 22055,"sterling",1 5623,"cold-hearted",0 206347,"more challenging or depressing",0 179225,"your least favorite James Bond movie seem as cleverly plotted as The Usual Suspects",0 115565,"be rewarded with some fine acting",1 116117,"botches",0 119255,"equate to being good ,",1 192256,"all too clever complexity",1 96310,"the origins",1 17506,"the cinema : to be fed through the eye , the heart , the mind",1 117678,"create some episodes that rival vintage Looney Tunes for the most creative mayhem in a brief amount of time .",1 195187,"by now intolerable morbidity",0 124359,"is not the first time that director Sara Sugarman stoops to having characters drop their pants for laughs and not the last time",0 233351,"leaves no heartstring untugged and no liberal cause unplundered",1 186653,"Parker exposes the limitations of his skill and the basic flaws in his vision . '",0 123159,"in the manner of a Golden Book sprung to life",1 123222,"in this flat effort",0 66305,"If you have n't seen the film lately , you may be surprised at the variety of tones in Spielberg 's work . Much of it is funny , but there are also some startling , surrealistic moments",1 115871,"benefits from several funny moments",1 91923,"saved from",1 41775,"delivered to the big screen safe and sound ,",1 39095,"to Clooney fans or adventure buffs",1 27002,"This riveting World War II moral suspense story deals with the shadow side of American culture",1 14,"' a perfect family film ,",1 145703,"Hardly makes the kind of points Egoyan wanted to make ,",0 53868,"it succeeds",1 139765,"who is chasing who or",0 28920,"and yell ` Safe",0 102030,"'ve seen ( Eddie ) Murphy do the genial-rogue shtick to death , but because the plot is equally hackneyed",0 71068,"Worth catching for Griffiths ' warm and winning central performance",1 10781,"stripped almost entirely of such tools as nudity , profanity and violence",1 8368,"laughter",1 205845,"marking the slow , lingering death of imagination",0 33570,"it 's a worthwhile tutorial in quantum physics and slash-dash",1 227777,"a bit cold and",0 220740,"'s about following your dreams , no matter what your parents think",1 8122,"its recycled aspects , implausibility , and sags",0 165827,"mediocre TV-movie",0 221211,", Sorvino glides gracefully from male persona to female without missing a beat .",1 49644,"being Wasabi 's big selling point",1 68817,"Skins has a desolate air , but Eyre , a Native American raised by white parents , manages to infuse the rocky path to sibling reconciliation with flashes of warmth and gentle humor",1 24235,": All American at long last gives its subject a movie worthy of his talents",1 185931,"MTV schmucks",0 62757,"A B-movie you can sit through , enjoy on a certain level and then forget .",1 238658,"whether to admire the film 's stately nature and call it classicism or be exasperated by a noticeable lack of pace",0 124173,"is its most immediate and most obvious pleasure",1 232287,"is a flop with the exception of about six gags that really work .",0 92956,"so intimate and sensual and funny and",1 42733,"takes a bit too long",0 35160,"of always enticing Sayles dialogue",1 44013,"A compelling motion picture that illustrates an American tragedy .",1 167116,"obviously belongs in something lighter and sunnier",0 222201,"After seeing ` Analyze That , ' I feel better already .",1 33332,"is at times imaginatively overwhelming",1 65518,"Fessenden 's narrative is just as much about the ownership and redefinition of myth as it is about a domestic unit finding their way to joy .",1 164997,"like the filmed reading of a script in need of polishing",0 117971,"definitive explanation",1 73899,"an irresistible blend of warmth and humor and a consistent embracing humanity in the face of life 's harshness",1 10426,"should be charged with loitering -- so much on view , so little to offer",0 111335,"You can fire a torpedo through some of Clancy 's holes ,",0 107000,"It falls far short",0 227811,"a cinema classic",1 153396,"an horrific but weirdly unemotional spectacle",0 86839,"marvelous documentary touches -- ever so gracefully -- on the entire history of the Yiddish theater , both in America and Israel .",1 134402,"that it 's exhausting to watch",0 110459,"This humbling little film , fueled by the light comedic work of Zhao Benshan and the delicate ways of Dong Jie",1 61222,"'s pure entertainment",1 49140,"are celebrated",1 222495,"At its best , which occurs often , Michael Moore 's Bowling for Columbine rekindles the muckraking , soul-searching spirit of the ` Are we a sick society ? '",1 200610,"has neither the charisma nor the natural affability that has made Tucker a star .",0 102032,"'ve seen before",0 98122,"to imagine anyone managing to steal a movie not only from charismatic rising star Jake Gyllenhaal but also from accomplished Oscar winners Susan Sarandon , Dustin Hoffman and Holly Hunter , yet newcomer Ellen Pompeo pulls off the feat with aplomb",1 121188,"gives her best performance since Abel Ferrara had her beaten to a pulp in his Dangerous Game .",1 74899,"at 18 or 80",1 62032,", it does so without compromising that complexity .",1 143236,"A movie in which laughter and self-exploitation merge into jolly soft-porn 'em powerment . '",1 212814,"succeeds in making neither",0 33491,"is steeped in the atmosphere of wartime England",1 219044,"were actually surprising ? When the violence actually shocked ? When the heroes were actually under 40",0 69298,"The Hours , a delicately crafted film",1 235941,"sort of loved the people onscreen , even though I could not stand them .",1 20895,"in events that could easily crush it forever",0 105612,"Ellen Pompeo sitting next to you for the ride",1 108204,"One scene after another in this supposedly funny movie",0 106045,"Graced with the kind of social texture and realism that would be foreign in American teen comedies",1 192744,"and mind-numbing indifference",0 128125,"not taking the Shakespeare parallels quite far enough",0 179150,"you might be wishing for a watch that makes time go faster rather than the other way around .",0 148877,"Stiff and schmaltzy and clumsily",0 10728,"stealing harvard aspires to comedic grand larceny but stands convicted of nothing",0 15073,"and self-absorbed",0 189173,"Time literally stops on a dime in the tries-so-hard-to-be-cool '' Clockstoppers , '' but that does n't mean it still wo n't feel like the longest 90 minutes of your movie-going life .",0 134277,"that cuts to the chase of the modern girl 's dilemma",1 97652,"thoughtfully written",1 224714,"Man cliché",0 229574,"by a noticeable lack of pace",0 175971,"to be somewhat well-acted , not badly art-directed and utterly unengaging no matter how hard it tries to be thrilling , touching or , yikes , uproarious",0 34417,"may just be living well because this film , unlike other Dumas adaptations , is far more likened to a treasure than a lengthy jail sentence",1 163638,"it 's difficult not to cuss him out severely for bungling the big stuff",0 95654,"the film is doing something of a public service -- shedding light on a group of extremely talented musicians who might otherwise go unnoticed and underappreciated by music fans .",1 91598,"returns De Palma to his pulpy thrillers of the early '80s",1 210023,"quite makes it to the boiling point , but manages to sustain a good simmer for most of its running time .",1 41571,"are also",1 66157,"I had more fun watching Spy than I had with most of the big summer movies .",1 119907,"feels labored ,",0 191536,"a throwback war movie",1 17750,"this uncompromising insight",1 78501,"doing its namesake proud",1 27876,"a subtle way of getting under your skin and sticking with you long after it 's over",1 111461,"a $ 40 million version of a game",0 89914,"overall feelings , broader ideas ,",1 108557,"Re-Fried",0 59209,"to confront their problems openly",1 236762,"the cartoonish clichés and sneering humor",0 102465,", credible compassion",1 18571,"A charming yet poignant tale",1 130694,"profound humanity",1 50076,"categorisation .",1 51574,"feel cheated by the high infidelity of Unfaithful",0 109256,"Suffers from a lack of clarity and audacity that a subject as monstrous and pathetic as Dahmer",0 217802,"tries to touch on spousal abuse but veers off course and",0 38839,"them good",1 32212,"gross-out gags",0 104658,"Beautifully filmed",1 143826,"Another rent installment for the Ian Fleming estate .",0 163587,"is workmanlike in the extreme .",0 46534,"Polanski 's best film",1 170232,"run into a creative wall",0 48250,"a novice to the form comes away exhilarated",1 152462,"a slow , soggy , soporific , visually dank crime melodrama\/character study",0 26945,"There are just enough twists in the tale to make it far more satisfying than almost any horror film in recent memory .",1 10126,"resourceful and ingenious",1 84134,"is delightful in the central role .",1 192075,"aggressively anti-erotic",0 10124,"resourceful",1 135433,"the funniest 5 minutes",1 214212,"the boho art-house crowd",1 162243,"insipid vulgarity",0 99038,"unhappy , repressed and twisted",0 60069,"what makes their project so interesting",1 150768,"Well-nigh",1 50735,"delights and simmering",1 186698,"Pictures",1 145776,"Heaven allows , if you wanted to make as anti-Kieslowski a pun as possible . Suffice to say its total promise is left slightly unfulfilled",0 9025,"needs to pull his head out of his butt",0 41862,"entertaining period drama ...",1 37764,"that are as intelligent , exuberant",1 217591,"too full",0 86335,"lot to recommend Read My Lips",1 233969,"most multilayered and sympathetic female characters",1 149559,"The most hopelessly monotonous film of the year , noteworthy only for the gimmick of being filmed as a single unbroken 87-minute take .",0 219473,"will be adequately served by the movie 's sophomoric blend of shenanigans and slapstick , although the more lascivious-minded might be disappointed in the relative modesty of a movie that sports a ` topless tutorial service . '",0 203817,"it 's true",1 152484,"a sour taste in one 's mouth",0 175892,"to baffle the faithful with his games of hide-and-seek",0 101954,"'s the plot , and a maddeningly insistent and repetitive piano score that made me want to scream",0 63280,"A pretty decent kid-pleasing , tolerable-to-adults lark of a movie",1 28998,"appalled by an Asian film since Shinya Tsukamoto 's Iron Man",0 84779,"is too heavy for all that has preceded it .",0 173014,"that good bits are hopelessly overshadowed",0 85490,"joins the ranks of those gay filmmakers who have used the emigre experience to explore same-sex culture in ways that elude the more nationally settled .",1 103834,"A realistically terrifying movie that puts another notch",1 188853,"There 's some outrageously creative action in The Transporter ... ( b ) ut by the time Frank parachutes down onto a moving truck , it 's just another cartoon with an unstoppable superman .",0 102053,"( A ) soulless ,",0 132033,"seems unsure of how to evoke any sort of naturalism on the set .",0 144321,"By the miserable standards to which the slasher genre has sunk",0 40253,"with some ingenious plot devices and some lavishly built settings .",1 193541,"as on the engaging",1 226133,"The Movie could have been made 40 years ago , and",0 53416,"is authentic to the core of his being .",1 55821,"opera 's a pleasure when you do n't have to endure intermissions",1 29317,"at this level of manic whimsy , it is just about right",1 56204,"probably want to see it twice",1 59551,"true to the essence of what it is to be Ya-Ya",1 216053,"them are funny , a few are sexy and",1 69858,"The rare movie that 's as crisp and to the point as the novel on which it 's based",1 235025,"powerfully drawn toward the light -- the light of the exit sign",0 215380,"the point of real interest - -- audience sadism",0 131142,"recite some of this laughable dialogue with a straight face",1 11650,"the movie 's accumulated force still",1 149460,"The humor is hinged on the belief that knees in the crotch , elbows in the face and spit in the eye are inherently funny .",0 129900,"overwhelming pleasure",1 210087,"ratchets up the stirring soundtrack , throws in a fish-out-of-water gag and lets the cliched dialogue rip . Or else a doggie winks",0 193131,"are n't interesting enough to watch them go about their daily activities for two whole hours",0 153654,"another video movie photographed like a film , with the bad lighting that 's often written off as indie film naturalism",0 101627,"'s as rude and profane as ever , always hilarious and , most of the time , absolutely right",1 49480,"based filmmakers Anne de Marcken and Marilyn Freeman did just that and it 's what makes their project so interesting",1 43026,"wonder about big questions",1 218275,"until things fall apart",0 231757,"hogwash",0 6765,"get past the fantastical aspects and harsh realities of '' the isle '' you 'll get a sock-you-in-the-eye flick that is a visual tour-de-force and a story that is unlike any",1 228541,"an appealing couple",1 233535,"looking for a tale of Brits behaving badly",0 113502,"against a tree",1 203081,"is long gone",0 71280,"a beautiful film , full of elaborate and twisted characters",1 107886,"Much smarter and more attentive than it first sets out to be .",1 228165,"a smart , solid , kinetically-charged spy flick worthy of a couple hours of summertime and a bucket of popcorn",1 135207,"the execution",0 61453,"( Hayek ) throws herself into this dream Hispanic role with a teeth-clenching gusto , she strikes a potent chemistry with Molina and she gradually makes us believe she is Kahlo .",1 103966,"A venturesome , beautifully realized psychological mood piece that reveals its first-time feature director",1 70226,"This is a visually stunning rumination on love , memory , history and the war between art and commerce .",1 87072,"messy and frustrating ,",0 15586,"doing what it does with a dedicated and good-hearted professionalism",1 126491,"lulled",0 48677,"add up to another ` spectacular spectacle .",1 85561,"just do n't work in concert",0 204482,"just such a dungpile",0 160267,"good qualities",1 14202,"Just a Kiss seem minty fresh",1 153804,"are as thick as the cigarette smoke",0 3529," the gift of the magi relocated to the scuzzy underbelly of nyc 's drug scene . merry friggin ' christmas",0 198722,"feels from being dragged through a sad , sordid universe of guns , drugs , avarice and damaged dreams",0 53512,"is itself Intacto 's luckiest stroke",1 27610,"a kind of attentive concern that Hoffman brings to his characters , as if he has been giving them private lessons",1 199511,"friendly demeanor",1 65801,"Going to this movie is a little like chewing whale blubber -",0 173719,"the details have faded like photographs from the Spanish-American War",0 72437,"a smart , solid , kinetically-charged spy",1 17688,"the year 's most accomplished and riveting film performances",1 37151,"some will try",1 84123,"is deceptively simple , deeply satisfying",1 26941,"There 's no denying the physically spectacular qualities of the film ... or the emotional integrity of the performances .",1 119749,"fans clamoring for another ride",1 195401,"can only remind us of brilliant crime dramas without becoming one itself",0 78847,"eloquent ( meditation ) on death and",1 202679,"is about as deep as that sentiment",0 213109,"take us by surprise ...",1 179258,"! Oh , look at that clever angle ! Wow , a jump cut !",0 152954,"addition to the overcooked , ham-fisted direction , which has all the actors reaching for the back row",0 181036,", then you will probably have a reasonably good time with The Salton Sea .",1 60863,"'s a solid movie about people whose lives are anything but",1 233720,"managed to find something new to add to the canon of Chan",1 144588,"Consider the title 's clunk-on-the-head that suggests the overtime someone put in to come up with an irritatingly unimaginative retread concept",0 16081,"iconic",1 42252,"jazzes it",1 138003,"to visit , this laboratory of laughter",1 3743,"a dull , pretentious version of jesus ' son",0 138697,"unimaginable",0 186329,"Nice piece",1 133860,"taking the easy Hollywood road",1 71290,"a big , tender hug",1 115182,"at least it looks pretty",1 229486,"bug-eye theatre and dead-eye",0 142278,", it 's really unclear why this project was undertaken",0 65084,"Director Juan Jose Campanella could have turned this into an Argentine retread of '' Iris '' or '' American Beauty , '' but instead pulls a little from each film and creates something more beautiful than either of those films .",1 108781,"Schaeffer 's film never settles into the light-footed enchantment the material needs",0 15120,"anyone who ever shook , rattled , or rolled",1 151530,"a competent enough filmmaker",1 213962,"that you 've seen it all before , even if you 've never come within a mile of The Longest Yard",0 170491,"searching enough questions",1 146753,"It treats women like idiots .",0 198124,"even those with an avid interest in the subject will grow impatient",0 235078,"promised ( or threatened ) for later this year",0 23775,", mind-blowing , breath-taking mess",1 12303,"to alienate the mainstream audience while ringing cliched to hardened indie-heads",0 88039,"not to mention mysterious , sensual , emotionally intense , and replete with virtuoso throat-singing",1 225205,"Not really as bad as you might think !",1 123165,"in the mind of the killer",1 95992,"the kind of visual flair that shows what great cinema can really do",1 69294,"The Full Monty , but a really strong second effort",1 144138,"Between bedroom scenes , viewers may find themselves wishing they could roll over and take a nap .",0 141414,"'s low-cal Woody at best .",0 152476,"a sort of cinematic high crime , one that brings military courtroom dramas down very , very low",0 83515,"intimate feeling",1 53486,"is hard to forget .",1 128114,"not only to record the events for posterity , but to help us",1 124571,"is spooky and subtly in love with myth",1 102707,", loud special-effects-laden extravaganzas",1 212689,"strokes the eyeballs while it evaporates like so much crypt mist in the brain",0 128337,"of Jaglom 's own profession",0 77762,"dead dog",0 316,"abrupt",0 233490,"live the mood",1 201318,"honest working man John Q . Archibald , on a pedestal",1 36367,"realistic about all kinds of love",1 217311,"to see how far Herzog has fallen",0 5581,"claustrophobic",0 196371,"crappy",0 164346,"just stuff . Watching Scarlet Diva , one is poised for titillation , raw insight or both . Instead , we just get messy anger , a movie as personal therapy",0 204011,"it should be poignant",1 158152,"elegantly crafted as it often is",1 147921,"One of those movies where you walk out of the theater not feeling cheated exactly , but feeling pandered to , which , in the end , might be all the more infuriating .",0 63352,"A sexy , surprising romance",1 156046,"care too much about this love story . In that setting , their struggle is simply too ludicrous and borderline insulting",0 95174,"the beat of a different drum",1 175603,"those crass",0 87572,"moving moments and an intelligent subtlety",1 104847,"Bravo 's",1 106278,"Hollywood has crafted a solid formula for successful animated movies , and Ice Age only improves on it , with terrific computer graphics , inventive action sequences and a droll sense of humor .",1 47224,"The production has been made with an enormous amount of affection , so",1 45980,"Lan Yu is at times too restrained",0 189966,"` Fatal Attraction ' for the teeny-bopper set",0 33206,"is Undercover Brother as funny , if not more so , than both Austin Powers films",1 85689,"know it 's going to be a trip .",1 35332,"of mirth that should charm all but the most cynical",1 48959,"an inspired portrait of male-ridden angst",1 91212,"realism , crisp storytelling",1 277,"a subculture hell-bent on expressing itself in every way imaginable",1 220845,"'s impossible to claim that it is `` Based on a True Story '' with a straight face",0 140824,"you wondering about the characters ' lives after the clever credits roll",1 167011,"not-quite jokes",0 218690,"warm your heart without making you feel guilty about it .",1 147404,"Me If You Can is n't badly made",1 205633,"major acting lessons and maybe a little coffee",0 195314,"called a solid success",1 215052,"the molehill",0 101259,"your seat with its shape-shifting perils , political intrigue and brushes",1 205380,"looks great , has solid acting and a neat premise",1 53217,"inventive , consistently intelligent and sickeningly savage",1 121429,"grim message",0 166847,"no other reason why anyone should bother remembering it",0 195124,"by a desire to match mortarboards with Dead Poets Society and Good Will Hunting than by its own story",0 166662,"nerdy folks",0 60035,"well-made PB & J sandwich",1 29044,"are hilarious throughout",1 81171,"go unnoticed and underappreciated",1 55922,"palpable",1 21875,"richer in the bargain .",1 11364,"the film 's action",1 110247,"The waterlogged script",0 43643,", its characters all the more touching for refusing to pity or memorialize themselves .",1 14676,"a bona-fide master",1 100666,"with the sensibility of a video director",1 173497,"the audience to fidget through ten pseudo-serious minutes while waiting for the ending credits and the deleted scenes montage to break the audience 's awkward silence",0 132760,"so meditative and lyrical about Babak Payami 's boldly quirky Iranian drama Secret Ballot ... a charming and evoking little ditty that manages to show the gentle and humane side of Middle Eastern world politics",1 53638,"is strange and compelling",1 179581,"'s a thin line between likably old-fashioned and fuddy-duddy",0 178843,"worthy EMI recording",1 233850,"might be intolerable company",0 180034,"'s the most positive thing that can be said about the new Rob Schneider vehicle",1 35412,"of spiritual guidance",1 126455,"lovely and",1 89241,"offer a fascinating glimpse into the subculture of extreme athletes whose derring-do puts the X into the games",1 97042,"the wise-beyond-her-years teen",1 22290,"the imagination and hermetic analysis of Todd Solondz",1 148412,"Scene-by-scene , things happen , but you 'd be hard-pressed to say what or why .",0 84606,"is simple but absorbing .",1 188543,"The plot 's contrivances are uncomfortably strained .",0 49633,"begins with promise , but runs",0 135042,"the confusing sexual messages",0 89449,"on straight versus gay personal ads , on how men would act if they had periods , and on the perils of a certain outré sexual practice",1 53723,"it 's a worthy entry in the French coming-of-age genre",1 195330,"cameos do not automatically equal laughs . And neither do cliches , no matter how ` inside ' they are",0 84111,"is credible and remarkably mature",1 104286,"An energizing , intoxicating documentary charting the rise of hip-hop culture in general and the art of scratching ( or turntablism ) in particular .",1 40229,"with its fully-written characters , its determined stylishness ( which always relates to characters and story ) and Johnny Dankworth 's best soundtrack in years",1 179033,"yet humorless disquisition on the thin line between sucking face and literally sucking face .",0 142768,"... a boring parade of talking heads and technical gibberish that will do little to advance the Linux cause .",0 119817,"favorably compared to Das Boot",1 221555,", that 's a pretty big problem .",0 4114,"a small but rewarding comedy that takes aim at contemporary southern adolescence and never lets up",1 194379,"been responsible for putting together any movies of particular value or merit",0 183353,"Depressingly thin and exhaustingly contrived . Only masochistic moviegoers need apply .",0 234724,"one of Mr. Chabrol 's subtlest works",1 114250,"and inventive moments",1 203504,"is terrific as both men",1 39128,"to be completely forgotten",0 109979,"The most opaque , self-indulgent and just plain goofy",0 166759,"no aspirations",0 233254,"kinda dumb",0 179634,"'s apparently nothing left to work with , sort of like Michael Jackson 's nose",0 175279,"think of a single good reason to see this movie , even though everyone in my group extemporaneously shouted , ` Thank you ! ' when Leguizamo finally plugged an irritating character late in the movie",0 206228,"miserable and",0 83231,"in world cinema",1 99141,"until the film is well under way -- and yet it 's hard to stop watching",1 33384,"is higher than in Mary and most other recent comedies",1 121858,"has the potential for Touched by an Angel simplicity and sappiness",0 29192,"as gory or explicit",0 208590,"one hears Harry Shearer is going to make his debut as a film director",1 27567,"a great humanitarian and her vibrant ` co-stars",1 45494,"His best-known creation",1 228327,"absurdist humor",0 69954,"The storylines are woven together skilfully , the magnificent swooping aerial shots are breathtaking , and",1 176850,"tries to fuse the two ` woods ' but winds up a Bolly-Holly masala mess",0 141094,"'s a bad thing when a movie has about as much substance as its end credits blooper reel .",0 90718,"profesores",1 236709,"the absurdities and inconsistencies",0 233644,"make the attraction a movie",1 65326,"Entirely suspenseful ,",1 193112,"are lush and inventive",1 71917,"a lot going for it , not least the brilliant performances by Testud ... and",1 182537,"Appropriately cynical social commentary aside ,",0 117239,"comes off as only occasionally satirical and never fresh .",0 106032,"Good actors",1 105444,"Director Chris Wedge and screenwriters Michael Berg , Michael J . Wilson and Peter Ackerman create some episodes that rival vintage Looney Tunes for the most creative mayhem in a brief amount of time .",1 141543,"'s pretty toxic in its own right .",0 217695,"torments and angst",0 179956,"'s really just another silly Hollywood action film , one among a multitude of simple-minded , yahoo-ing death shows .",0 119484,"exciting , clever story",1 161410,"hooey",0 177712,"watch Witherspoon 's talents wasting away inside unnecessary films like Legally Blonde and Sweet Home Abomination , I mean , Alabama",0 147563,"Murder By Numbers is like a couple of mediocre TV-movie - of-the-week films clumsily stuck together",0 98513,"too many , although in reality they are not enough .",0 226344,"The movie 's messages are quite admirable",1 73342,"ai n't art , by a long shot",0 111410,"` If you are in the mood for an intelligent weepy , it can easily worm its way into your heart . '",1 8023,"its courage , ideas , technical proficiency and",1 196935,"dies",0 24363,"A historical epic",1 6459,"feels like an after-school special gussied up with some fancy special effects",0 131709,"sags in pace",0 229298,"been done before but never so vividly or with so much passion",1 24610,"An effectively creepy , fear-inducing ( not fear-reducing ) film from Japanese director Hideo Nakata , who takes the superstitious curse on chain letters and actually applies it .",1 96303,"the opening scenes of a wintry New York City in 1899 . Cinematic poetry showcases the city 's old-world charm",1 81992,"he has been able to share his story so compellingly with us is a minor miracle",1 212273,"sour , bloody and mean",0 155312,"blow $ 100 million on this",0 25751,"It 's hard not to be seduced by ( Witherspoon 's ) charisma , even in this run-of-the-mill vehicle , because this girl knows how to drive it to the max .",1 154453,"audience to fidget through ten pseudo-serious minutes while waiting for the ending credits and the deleted scenes montage to break the audience 's awkward silence",0 125854,"learn a nonchallenging , life-affirming lesson while walking around a foreign city with stunning architecture",1 63361,"A sharp satire of desperation and cinematic deception .",1 223515,"Good-naturedly cornball sequel .",1 110371,"There is a real subject here",1 177078,"unapologetic mess",0 159967,"genuinely honest",1 23963,", undoubtedly , leave both camps engaged in a ferocious debate for years to come",1 185418,"Jack O '",1 192527,"an enjoyable level of ridiculousness",1 13432,"'s a British flick gleefully unconcerned with plausibility , yet just as determined to entertain you .",1 15878,"give you a mild headache",0 200863,"have potential as a cult film ,",1 6277,"evelyn may be based on a true and historically significant story , but the filmmakers have made every effort to disguise it as an unimaginative screenwriter 's invention .",0 58477,"the masses with star power , a pop-induced score and sentimental",1 206559,"mostly wordless ethnographic extras",0 71359,"a catalyst for the struggle of black manhood in restrictive and chaotic America",1 95484,"the diverse , marvelously twisted shapes history",1 202573,"is a fragmented film ,",0 1436,"it 's frustrating to see these guys -- who are obviously pretty clever -- waste their talent on parodies of things they probably thought were funniest when they were high",0 200380,"hampered by Taylor 's cartoonish performance and the film 's ill-considered notion that Hitler 's destiny was shaped by the most random of chances",0 42998,"why art matters ,",1 50551,"creativity , and fearlessness",1 175952,"to be mighty bored to even think of staying with this for more than , say , ten ... make that three minutes",0 157860,"done his best",1 59573,"turn this fairly parochial melodrama into something really rather special",1 140455,"works out",1 12533,"tour-de-force",1 112473,"a phlegmatic bore ,",0 172720,"than a modem that disconnects every 10 seconds",0 17110,"richer shadings",1 13442,"'s a minor comedy that tries to balance sweetness with coarseness , while it paints a sad picture of the singles scene",1 103730,"A movie of technical skill and rare depth of intellect and feeling",1 168969,"pleasuring",1 93638,"strong itch to explore more",1 70345,"Though Jackson does n't always succeed in integrating the characters in the foreground into the extraordinarily rich landscape",0 2028,"perverted",0 134996,"the charm of Kevin Kline and",1 204219,"its lack of poetic frissons",0 166571,"naughty children 's",0 175311,"third-rate",0 164567,"lapses into an insider 's lingo and mindset that the uninitiated may find hard to follow , or care about .",0 162812,"is busy contriving false , sitcom-worthy solutions to their problems",0 22897,"you 'll be taking a risk if you choose to see it .",0 2137,"regard",1 5660,"comic relief",1 15759,"feels funny and true",1 188360,"The most horrific movie experience I 've had since '' Ca n't Stop The Music . '' It may as well be called '' Jar-Jar Binks : The Movie . '' It 's that painful .",0 40828,"Cuts right through the B . S . giving a big middle-fingered '' shut up '' to those who talk up what is nothing more than two guys beating the hell outta one another",0 123641,"introspective portrait",1 27440,"a community striving to anchor itself in new grounds",1 220347,"you were n't invited to the party",0 126500,"luminous interviews and amazingly evocative film from three decades ago",1 136949,"this good",1 189943,"Your nightmares , on the other hand ,",0 41504,"accessible and",1 157955,"dreadful live-action movie .",0 143564,"Ahola 's inadequate performance",0 64893,"Cut through the layers of soap-opera emotion",1 200490,"has all the lyricism of a limerick scrawled in a public restroom",0 124892,"it , ` Hungry-Man portions of bad '",0 69770,"The new Insomnia is a surprisingly faithful remake of its chilly predecessor , and",1 68628,"Scooby Doo is surely everything its fans are hoping it will be , and in that sense is a movie that deserves recommendation .",1 20350,"deeply thought-provoking",1 155563,"built to inspire the young people",1 41914,"feel emotionally cheated",0 40747,"An absorbing ,",1 213592,"that could have wrapped things up at 80 minutes",0 46413,"One Hour Photo may seem disappointing in its generalities , but it 's the little nuances that perhaps had to escape from director Mark Romanek 's self-conscious scrutiny to happen , that finally get under your skin",0 192485,"an artist who is simply tired",0 54394,"love , loyalty and",1 83346,"infuses the movie with much of its slender , glinting charm .",1 112133,"a hint of joy , preferring to focus on the humiliation of Martin as he defecates in bed and urinates on the plants at his own birthday party",0 222524,"B picture , and I mean that as a compliment",1 22369,"the troopers will entertain with their gross outs , bawdy comedy and head games .",1 164221,"jerking off in all its Byzantine incarnations to bother pleasuring its audience",0 99586,"warm and well-told",1 77906,"delicious crime drama",1 138693,"unhappy at the prospect of the human race splitting in two",0 211529,"should serve detention",0 31051,"embrace the bounties of cultural artifacts inside St . Petersburg",1 52418,"has rewards , from the exoticism of its seas of sand to the fierce grandeur of its sweeping battle scenes .",1 209056,"paranoid and unlikable",0 235208,"reality shows for God 's sake",0 39775,"very much like the first movie based on J . K .",1 103677,"A light , engaging comedy that fumbles away almost all of its accumulated enjoyment with a crucial third act miscalculation .",0 149739,"The plot is plastered with one Hollywood cliche after another , most of which involve precocious kids getting the better of obnoxious adults .",0 157131,"dazed and enervated",0 13181,"with wit",1 28676,"and it 's a story that we as Americans , and human beings , should know",1 5317,"brushed with sentimentality but brimming with gentle humor , bittersweet pathos , and lyric moments",1 110065,"The package in which this fascinating -- and timely -- content comes wrapped is disappointingly generic .",0 7841,"it 's a boom-box of a movie that might have been titled ` the loud and the ludicrous ' ...",0 139213,"warm as it is wise",1 94778,"that manages to find greatness in the hue of its drastic iconography",1 146974,"Just when the movie seems confident enough to handle subtlety , it dives into soapy bathos .",0 188870,"There are deeply religious and spiritual people in this world who would argue that entering a church , synagogue or temple does n't mean you have to check your brain at the door . The same should go for movie theaters .",0 92524,"shoestring and unevenly",0 56565,"resonant gem that relays its universal points without lectures or confrontations",1 73495,"almost every relationship and personality in the film yields surprises .",1 130378,"points for style",1 48806,"allows his cast the benefit of being able to give full performances",1 4787,"are immaculate",1 145624,"Goldmember has none of the visual wit of the previous pictures , and it looks as though Jay Roach directed the film from the back of a taxicab .",0 128181,"nothing we have n't seen before from Murphy",0 63854,"An eloquent , reflective and beautifully",1 16498,"love it",1 165641,"manages to do virtually everything wrong",0 185121,"It 's hard to pity the ` plain ' girl who becomes a ravishing waif after applying a smear of lip-gloss . Rather , pity anyone who sees this mishmash .",0 4600,"an actress whose face projects that woman 's doubts and yearnings",1 70372,"Though the story ... is hackneyed , the characters have a freshness and modesty that transcends their predicament .",1 203991,"it plays like the standard made-for-TV movie",0 138072,"too crazy",0 217644,"too narrow to attract crossover viewers",0 159779,"frustrated maniac",0 278,"a technically well-made",1 9602,"paranoia",0 38767,"the wacky talent that brought him fame in the first place",1 154554,"bad jokes , howling cliches",0 6218,"enough secondary action to keep things moving along at a brisk , amusing pace",1 192832,"another classic for the company",1 62804,"A bracing",1 88144,"oddly whimsical",1 180450,", Spirited Away is a triumph of imagination",1 27384,"a bittersweet and lyrical mix of elements",1 124728,"is too pedestrian a filmmaker to bring any edge or personality to The Rising Place that would set it apart from other Deep South stories",0 32978,"in this intelligent and restrained coming-of-age drama",1 41887,"experience it",1 30115,"charming , quirky and leisurely",1 225483,"Polished , well-structured film",1 62411,", what a thrill ride . This is a more fascinating look at the future than '' Bladerunner '' and one of the most high-concept sci fi adventures attempted for the screen",1 38400,"the man in a way to arouse further curiosity in even the most unknowing viewer",1 101172,"you still have to see this !",1 164140,"its relatively scant 97 minutes",0 3668,"a cocky , after-hours",0 99897,"what passes for sex in the movies look like cheap hysterics",0 63856,"An emotionally and spiritually compelling journey",1 225420,"Pauly Shore awful",0 143072,"A dreary , incoherent , self-indulgent mess",0 229734,"captures the intended , er , spirit of the piece",1 49106,"appealingly",1 82527,"hugely enjoyable in its own right though not really",1 25173,"Drop",0 230639,"everyone in my group extemporaneously shouted",1 186341,"Nicolas Cage is n't the first actor to lead a group of talented friends astray ,",0 50419,"considered as a possible successor",1 200572,"has little enthusiasm for such antique pulp",0 166492,"mundane story",0 105946,"Gambling and throwing a basketball game for money is n't a new plot -- in fact Toback himself used it in Black and White . But Toback 's deranged immediacy makes it seem fresh again .",1 154668,"be a thousand years old , but why did it have to seem like it took another thousand to tell it to us ?",0 136808,"they portray so convincingly",1 121863,"has the stomach-knotting suspense of a legal thriller ,",1 112314,"a mesmerizing performance as a full-fledged sex addict",1 210918,"scratch a hole in your head",0 79238,"even his lesser works outshine the best some directors",1 39337,"to the service of a vision of the past that is faithful to both architectural glories and commanding open spaces of the city as it was more than two centuries ago",1 113620,"all round , but what really sets the film apart is Debrauwer 's refusal to push the easy emotional buttons",1 213858,"that takes an astonishingly condescending attitude toward women",0 80391,"for the whole family . Maybe not a classic",1 217601,"too literally",0 206652,"much about the film , including some of its casting ,",1 103955,"A touching drama about old age and grief",1 135786,"the most wondrous of all Hollywood fantasies -- and",1 174540,"the piquant",1 136276,"the slightly flawed ( and fairly unbelievable ) finale ,",0 133063,"spaces both large ... and small ... with considerable aplomb",1 229280,"becomes more and more frustrating as the film goes on",0 52075,"genuinely moving and wisely unsentimental drama",1 198590,"fascinating , ludicrous , provocative and vainglorious",1 90815,"provides an accessible introduction as well as some intelligent observations on the success of Bollywood in the Western world",1 169721,"ready to take off ... the other direction",0 237200,"the screenplay by Billy Ray and Terry George leaves something to be desired .",0 19063,"Mama takes a bit too long to find its rhythm and a third-act plot development is somewhat melodramatic",0 235379,"ripe recipe , inspiring",1 109208,"Stock Character camp",0 48941,"an extraordinary piece of music",1 234248,"odoriferous thing ...",0 61711,", Washington has a sure hand . His work with actors is particularly impressive .",1 8168,"jacquot 's tosca is a treat",1 181978,"A serious movie",1 145595,"Glover , the irrepressible eccentric of River 's Edge , Dead Man and Back to the Future ,",1 238787,"will laugh their \*\*\* off for an hour-and-a-half",1 200372,"halfway through this picture I was beginning to hate it",0 17393,"technical , logistical feat",1 231281,"gorgeous piano",1 45721,"It 's a scattershot affair",0 49766,"bluff",0 75306,"be quirky or bleak",0 204637,"lacking any of the rollicking dark humor so necessary",0 43504,", accurate",1 71522,"a definitive account",1 107344,"Kong master John Woo",0 49067,"another winning star vehicle",1 235681,"should avoid this like the dreaded King Brown snake .",0 32007,"genius",1 23433,", and the experience is profound . The Hours is what movies are supposed to be ...",1 44137,"A knowing sense of humor",1 31012,"effect of loss",0 44950,"Clooney directs this film always keeping the balance between the fantastic and the believable ...",1 183329,"Deep down , I realized the harsh reality of my situation : I would leave the theater with a lower I . Q . than when I had entered .",0 24320,"A deliciously mordant , bitter black comedy .",1 39538,"typical kiddie-flick sentimentality",0 140261,"with the hail of bullets , none of which ever seem to hit",0 176251,"to make a lifeless movie about the most heinous man who ever lived",0 84489,"is not only the best date movie of the year",1 12240,"though clearly well-intentioned , this cross-cultural soap opera",0 9309,"of merit",1 27393,"a brave attempt to tap into the heartbeat of the world , a salute to the universal language of rhythm and a zippy sampling of sounds",1 106040,"Gooding offers a desperately ingratiating performance .",0 16644,"nervous film",0 28228,"almost unsurpassed",1 19132,"Never mind whether you buy the stuff about Barris being a CIA hit man .",0 204836,"left to work with , sort of like Michael Jackson 's nose",0 114130,"an ordeal",0 39569,"unassuming and pure of heart , you ca n't help but warmly extend your arms and yell ` Safe ! '",1 3016,"uncomfortably close",0 189916,"You 'll cry for your money back .",0 78764,"effecting change",1 102654,", it is a failure",0 209856,"providing no real sense of suspense",0 97162,"their super-powers , their super-simple animation and",1 190506,"a fanciful film",1 126829,"martial arts and gunplay with too little excitement and zero compelling storyline .",0 121290,"good actors",1 224226,"It 's packed with adventure and a worthwhile environmental message ,",1 129345,"old-fashioned but emotionally stirring adventure tale",1 63059,"A full experience , a love story and a murder mystery that expands into a meditation on the deep deceptions of innocence .",1 163342,"is so formulaic that it seems to be on auto-pilot",0 130936,"quite '' Shrek '' or Monsters , Inc .",1 69126,"Take any 12-year-old boy to see this picture , and he 'll be your slave for a year",1 37793,"that every frame produces new joys",1 34610,"more to the point , the issues are subtly presented , managing to walk a fine line with regard to the question of Joan 's madness .",1 55436,"of love and destiny",1 92705,"sing beautifully and act adequately .",1 84577,"is richly detailed , deftly executed and utterly absorbing",1 153393,"an extraordinary",1 157641,"do much to enhance the franchise",1 13875,"At heart the movie is a deftly wrought suspense yarn whose richer shadings work as coloring rather than substance .",1 212688,"strokes the eyeballs",1 156711,"connect with on any deeper level",1 25344,"For the most part Wilde 's droll whimsy helps '' Being Earnest '' overcome its weaknesses and Parker 's creative interference",0 7705,"is enticing",1 157148,"dealing in broad stereotypes and outrageously unbelievable scenarios ,",0 71816,"a high-end John Hughes comedy ,",1 63356,"A sharp and quick documentary",1 168761,"pee jokes",0 123622,"intoxicating documentary charting the rise of hip-hop culture in general and the art of scratching ( or turntablism ) in particular",1 181226,"-- to its own detriment -- much",0 218119,"undercut by its awkward structure and a final veering toward melodrama",0 116612,"can obscure this movie 's lack of ideas",0 64077,"As a good old-fashioned adventure for kids , Spirit",1 148847,"Starts out with tremendous promise ,",1 77876,"deftly captures the wise-beyond-her-years teen",1 102660,", it is only mildly amusing when it could have been so much more",0 81746,"has none of the pushiness and decibel volume of most contemporary comedies",1 89888,"outstanding thrillers",1 124850,"it 's not bad prose",1 182540,"April",1 64797,"Confounding because it solemnly advances a daringly preposterous thesis . Acting can not be acted .",1 44548,"Another one of those estrogen",0 114520,"approached the usher and said that if she had to sit through it again , she should ask for a raise .",0 201648,"imaginative premise",1 61549,"( sometimes hilarious )",1 236404,"that avoids the cartoonish clichés and sneering humor of the genre as it provides a fresh view of an old type",1 46943,"The Ring '' is pretty much an English-language copy of the film that inspired it ,",0 142339,", low-budget and tired",0 85595,"keenest pleasures",1 145558,"Get in the car , bitch ,",0 160022,"gets clunky on the screen",0 235702,"should have fun meeting a brand-new Pokemon called Celebi .",1 212762,"stylish weaponry",1 176666,"too much spitting for me to enjoy",0 142447,", stay away . Otherwise , this could be a passable date film .",0 197148,"diverting and modest",1 110478,"This is a movie that refreshes the mind and spirit along with the body , so",1 143944,"At first , the sight of a blind man directing a film is hilarious , but as the film goes on , the joke wears thin .",0 209673,"preposterous , the movie will likely set the cause of woman warriors back decades .",0 24686,"Andy Garcia enjoys one of his richest roles in years",1 5278,"brimming",1 80142,"floating narrative",1 35652,"on technology-of-the-moment technique or pretentious dialogue",0 194271,"because there is no foundation for it",0 26766,"The best film about baseball to hit theaters since Field of Dreams .",1 170012,"repulsively sadistic and",0 91809,"round out the square edges .",1 194481,"being insightful",1 137612,"to get a coherent rhythm going",0 234213,"nothing could be more appropriate",1 137370,"to affirm love 's power to help people endure almost unimaginable horror",1 231269,"good action , good acting , good dialogue",1 110328,"There 's nothing to gain from watching They . It is n't scary . It hates its characters . It finds no way to entertain or inspire its viewers .",0 217528,"to work as shallow entertainment , not remotely incisive enough to qualify as drama , Monsoon",0 80897,"genial and decent",1 111649,"a classical dramatic animated feature ,",1 53970,"its rapid-fire delivery",1 136791,"they ca n't generate enough heat in this cold vacuum of a comedy to start a reaction .",0 173533,"the best actors , directors and producers",1 218577,"visual gags",0 205610,"made without a glimmer of intelligence or invention",0 131943,"seedy clash",0 200249,"grossly contradictory",0 7755,"is negated",0 29697,"both leads are up to the task .",1 170627,"seems to be under the illusion that he 's shooting the latest System of a Down video .",0 72071,"a nicely",1 214837,"the impression the creators of Do n't Ask Do n't Tell laughed a hell of a lot at their own jokes .",0 181867,"A muddy psychological thriller rife with miscalculations .",0 26287,"Once you get into its rhythm ... the movie becomes a heady experience .",1 25796,"It is so refreshing to see Robin Williams turn 180 degrees from the string of insultingly innocuous and sappy fiascoes he 's been making for the last several years .",1 147377,"Maudlin and melodramatic we expected .",0 142529,", the story gets more tiresome , especially as it continues to mount a conspicuous effort to be profound .",0 228998,"as though they are having so much fun",1 205251,"live in denial about",0 52043,"general audiences might not come away with a greater knowledge of the facts of Cuban music",0 43559,", creativity , and fearlessness",1 155822,"by way of Very Bad Things",0 224415,"Its one-sidedness",0 191118,"a pop-influenced prank whose charms are immediately apparent",1 174372,"the movie with a shred of plausibility , not an event that is believable , not a confrontation that is not staged",0 212310,"spend with these people",1 216935,"to check your brain at the door",0 32413,"he has drawn excellent performances from his cast",1 35384,"of reminding yourself that it 's a '' true story '' and you 're likely to have one helluva time at the movies",1 147846,"Occasionally funny , sometimes inspiring ,",1 200971,"health with boundless energy until a few days before she dies . This is absolutely and completely ridiculous",0 211187,"self-consciously flashy camera effects , droning house music and",0 179291,"' the play more has partly closed it down .",0 178038,"when her real-life persona is so charmless and vacant",0 198450,"fails to justify the build-up .",0 173601,"the cast or the redundant messages",0 209792,"projector 's",1 192674,"anachronistic phantasms haunting the imagined glory of their own pasts",1 101677,"'s endgame",1 63097,"A hallmark film in an increasingly important film industry and worth the look",1 201771,"in a bad-movie way",0 225182,"Norton has to recite bland police procedural details , Fiennes wanders around in an attempt to seem weird and distanced",0 320,"acrid",0 57754,"that both thrills the eye and , in its over-the-top way ,",1 100339,"wins still",1 219434,"why anyone in his right mind would even think to make the attraction a movie .",0 220103,"would n't matter so much that this arrogant Richard Pryor wannabe 's routine is offensive , puerile and unimaginatively foul-mouthed if it was at least funny .",0 136962,"this is downright movie penance",0 129641,"only is entry number twenty the worst of the Brosnan bunch",0 40897,"Exquisitely acted and masterfully if preciously interwoven ... ( the film ) addresses in a fascinating , intelligent manner the intermingling of race , politics and local commerce",1 203727,"it 's a pretty listless collection of kid-movie clichés .",0 103204,"... broad streaks of common sense emerge with unimpeachable clarity .",1 38480,"the novel",1 38459,"the movie becomes a heady experience .",1 119281,"especially well",1 162333,"interesting study",1 100240,"will be something to behold",1 120759,"from the screenplay , but rather the mediocre performances",0 97857,"to a more mythic level",1 49304,"as moving , uplifting and funny",1 41463,"a nicely detailed world of pawns , bishops and kings ,",1 98127,"to include every top-notch British actor who did not appear in Gosford Park ( as well as one , Ms . Mirren , who did )",1 61959,", if not memorable , are at least interesting .",1 28705,"and masterfully if preciously interwoven",1 74078,"and witty feature",1 228535,"an amusing concept",1 64992,"Delivers roughly equal amounts of beautiful movement and inside information .",1 159773,"from this three-hour endurance test built around an hour 's worth of actual material",0 40757,"An enthralling ,",1 39084,"time-wasting",0 109102,"Sorvino glides gracefully from male persona to female without missing a beat . Ben Kingsley is truly funny , playing a kind of Ghandi gone bad .",1 3954,"a masterpiece",1 18661,"An impressive debut for first-time writer-director Mark Romanek",1 107373,"Laggard drama wending its way to an uninspired philosophical epiphany .",0 216509,"this trifling romantic comedy in which opposites attract for no better reason than that the screenplay demands it",0 203299,"is one reason it 's so lackluster .",0 136452,"the transcendent performance",1 151626,"a disjointed , substandard fashion",0 227391,"` it 's just a kids ' flick",0 162074,"in undergraduate doubling subtexts and ridiculous stabs",0 71791,"a happy , heady jumble of thought and storytelling",1 7068,"heart and humor",1 75311,"be revealed by the dispassionate Gantz brothers as ordinary , pasty lumpen",0 1270,"imaginable",1 41921,"fiction for grown-ups",1 60125,"which pokes fun at the price of popularity and small-town pretension in the Lone Star State",1 128178,"nothing to drink",1 1528,"juvenile",0 33436,"is not a mass-market entertainment but an uncompromising attempt by one artist to think about another .",1 208419,"on an elegant visual sense and a talent",1 208275,"offend viewers not amused by the sick sense of humor .",0 120428,"for it other than its exploitive array of obligatory cheap",0 215262,"the only way for a reasonably intelligent person to get through The Country Bears",0 73573,"ambiguity to suggest possibilities which imbue the theme with added depth and resonance .",1 164759,"less poetic",0 91794,"rote work and predictable",0 195735,"classic dramas",1 136419,"the tiresome rant of an aging filmmaker still thumbing his nose at convention",0 188638,"The script , the gags , the characters are all direct-to-video stuff , and that 's where this film should have remained",0 43477,", No Such Thing is a fascinating little tale .",1 64808,"Contrived as this may sound , Mr . Rose 's updating works surprisingly well .",1 124256,"is more in love with strangeness than excellence",0 74730,"as laugh-out-loud lunacy with a pronounced Monty Pythonesque flavor",1 223637,"Here the love scenes all end in someone screaming .",0 169261,"pretty mediocre",0 27302,"You might not want to hang out with Samantha",0 68888,"Some people march to the beat of a different drum , and if you ever wondered what kind of houses those people live in , this documentary takes a look at 5 alternative housing options",1 98077,"to get inside you and stay there for a couple of hours",1 133408,"striking , quietly vulnerable personality",1 186601,"Opening up",1 220987,"'s the chemistry between the women and the droll scene-stealing wit and wolfish pessimism of Anna Chancellor that makes this `` Two Weddings and a Funeral '' fun .",1 205263,"lives up to the stories and faces and music of the men who are its subject",1 29518,"beguiling",1 36656,"sappy fiascoes he 's been making for the last several years",0 154133,"as awful as some of the recent Hollywood trip tripe",0 161846,"in convoluted melodrama",0 234364,"of a stylish psychological thriller",1 104177,"Alternating between facetious comic parody and pulp melodrama , this smart-aleck movie ... tosses around some intriguing questions about the difference between human and android life",1 209119,"passe '",0 80990,"gets under our skin and draws us in long before the plot kicks into gear",1 67277,"Like the best of Godard 's movies",1 228365,"actually pretty good .",1 210916,"scorchingly plotted dramatic scenario",0 40145,"winning lead performances",1 202705,"is almost completely lacking in suspense , surprise and consistent emotional conviction .",0 43178,"'s a sweet , laugh-a-minute crowd pleaser that lifts your spirits as well as the corners of your mouth .",1 216464,"this piece of crap",0 152545,"a submarine epic",1 123057,"in need of some trims and a more chemistry between its stars",0 160215,"going on for too long ,",0 48111,"a highly satisfying quotient",1 105495,"Does a good job",1 155329,"blurs the line between black comedy and black hole",0 218485,"very much worth",1 53768,"it 's the work of an artist , one whose view of America , history and the awkwardness of human life is generous and deep",1 149309,"The disjointed mess flows as naturally as Jolie 's hideous yellow ` do .",0 219702,"with beautiful , half-naked women",1 76167,"by even the corniest and most hackneyed contrivances",0 54719,"methamphetamines",0 222531,"Bad '' is the operative word for `` Bad Company",0 148716,"Some Body ' will appeal to No One",0 146688,"It gets old quickly . Watch Barbershop again if you 're in need of a Cube fix -- this is n't worth sitting through",0 9082,"no small amount of poetry in girls",0 225725,"Seemingly a vehicle to showcase the Canadian 's inane ramblings , Stealing Harvard is a smorgasbord of soliloquies about nothing delivered by the former Mr. Drew Barrymore .",0 222704,"Build some robots , haul 'em to the theatre with you for the late show , and put on your own Mystery Science Theatre 3000 tribute to what is almost certainly going to go down as the worst -- and only -- killer website movie of this or any other year .",0 152672,"a waterlogged equivalent of a haunted-house movie",0 218822,"wasted potential",0 16463,"likeable",1 7436,"in its chicken heart , crush goes to absurd lengths to duck the very issues it raises .",0 56417,"real gift",1 16286,"is the ` urban comedy ' that even attempts the insight and honesty of this disarming indie",1 236169,"sure the filmmaker would disagree , but , honestly , I do n't see the point",0 226740,"Thoughtless , random , superficial humour and a lot",0 44096,"A giggle-inducing comedy with snappy dialogue",1 214616,"the film more silly than scary",0 122785,"immature and unappealing to care about",0 40454,"you loved about it in 1982",1 72161,"a powerful and reasonably fulfilling gestalt",1 200373,"halfway through this picture I was beginning to hate it ,",0 25601,"Human Resources was a good , straightforward tale , but Time Out is better . It 's haunting .",1 83943,"is about a domestic unit finding their way to joy",1 996,"flaws",0 49598,"becomes an exercise in trying to predict when a preordained '' big moment '' will occur and not '' if .",0 166202,"more mindless drivel",0 40398,"yes , but one with characters who think and talk about their goals , and are working on hard decisions .",1 93229,"sound like a mere disease-of - the-week TV movie",0 204031,"it takes an abrupt turn into glucose sentimentality and laughable contrivance",0 157412,"did n't mean much to me and played too skewed to ever get a hold on",0 98715,"true wonder",1 155434,"bottomless pit",0 76168,"by exceptional performances",1 169251,"pretty cool stunts",1 59705,"unhurried , low-key film",0 234640,"often surprising twists",1 176002,"to bother pleasuring its audience",0 101025,"yet another remarkable yet shockingly little-known perspective",1 41645,"being pushed and pulled ( literally and figuratively ) by desire ...",1 20826,"horrid",0 77245,"consistent embracing humanity",1 125687,"labours as storytelling",0 4056,"a psychologically rich and suspenseful moral thriller with a stellar performance by al pacino .",1 27705,"a necessary political work and a fascinating documentary",1 181088,", uneven action comedy",0 71339,"a caffeinated , sloppy brilliance ,",1 5726,"continually challenges perceptions of guilt and innocence , of good guys and bad , and asks us",1 142786,"... is a brilliantly played , deeply unsettling experience .",1 217927,"turn out okay",1 187503,"Spirit is a visual treat , and it takes chances that are bold by studio standards",1 132665,"smart to ignore but a little too smugly superior to like",0 15559,"diverted and best of all",1 115116,"assembles a fascinating profile of a deeply humanistic artist who , in spite of all that he 's witnessed , remains surprisingly idealistic , and",1 198227,"everything humanly possible to create characters who are sweet and believable , and are defeated by a screenplay that forces them into bizarre , implausible behavior",0 194435,"begging for attention",0 170989,"should share screenwriting credit",1 172342,"sure to be entertained",1 84473,"is not Chabrol 's best",0 223526,"Grant and Bullock make it look as though they are having so much fun",1 30618,"deceitful",0 91932,"savory and",1 65567,"Fontaine 's direction , especially her agreeably startling use of close-ups and her grace with a moving camera , creates sheerly cinematic appeal .",1 179085,"you 've seen many times before",0 142674,", you need a constant influx of liquid just to get through it",0 108112,"Offers no new insight on the matter , nor",0 143643,"Almost gags",0 143271,"A plodding teen remake that 's so mechanical you can smell the grease on the plot twists .",0 48516,"a worthy entry in the French coming-of-age genre",1 31236,"even better in hindsight , as you mull over its every nuance in your mind",1 215930,"the worst kind of mythologizing ,",0 64775,"Compared to his series of spectacular belly flops both on and off the screen , RunTelDat is something of a triumph .",1 218703,"was , uh , Michael Zaidan , was supposed to have like written the screenplay or something",0 91186,"real dawns , comic relief",1 69243,"The Accidental Spy is a solid action pic that returns the martial arts master to top form",1 223983,"If you like quirky , odd movies and\/or the ironic",1 198131,"even very small children will be impressed by this tired retread",1 34326,"makes up for in intelligence and B-grade stylishness",1 84354,"is lightweight filmmaking",0 214473,"the el cheapo margaritas",0 234946,"pitiful Insurrection",0 73079,"accomplished and richly resonant work .",1 72266,"a remarkably cohesive whole , both visually and thematically , through their consistently sensitive and often exciting treatment of an ignored people",1 189622,"Whatever the movie 's sentimental , hypocritical lessons about sexism , its true colors come out in various wet T-shirt and shower scenes .",0 177050,"ultimate Depression-era gangster movie",1 68217,"Pipe Dream does have its charms . The leads are natural and lovely",1 34123,"like to dismiss the film",0 711,"clever",1 29738,"breezy , diverting , conventional , well-acted tale",1 107251,"Just another generic drama that has nothing going for it other than its exploitive array of obligatory cheap",0 39639,"unindicted here , which is probably for the best . And if you 're not nearly moved to tears by a couple of scenes",1 223580,"Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets finds a way to make J.K. Rowling 's marvelous series into a deadly bore .",0 50028,"candidly detailing the politics involved in the creation of an extraordinary piece of music",1 192619,"an odd show , pregnant with moods , stillborn except as a harsh conceptual exercise",0 191361,"a so-called ` comedy '",0 177076,"unable to get the full brunt of the comedy",0 123343,"induces headaches",0 24513,"A work of the utmost subtlety and perception , it marks the outstanding feature debut of writer-director Eric Byler , who understands the power of the implicit and the virtues of simplicity and economy .",1 232321,"is a movie about passion .",1 35723,"only be applauded",1 33010,"incarnated in the movie 's soundtrack , a joyful effusion of disco Bollywood that , by the end of Monsoon Wedding , sent my spirit soaring out of the theater",1 151700,"a few cute ideas and several modest chuckles",1 217596,"too goodly , wise and knowing or downright comically evil",1 228489,"although this idea is `` new '' the results are tired .",0 34150,"little more than live-action cartoons",0 61041,"'s full of cheesy dialogue , but great trashy fun that finally returns De Palma to his pulpy thrillers of the early '80s",1 32300,"has delivered an undoubted stylistic tour-de-force",1 40430,"you ca n't help but warmly extend your arms and yell ` Safe ! '",1 203175,"is n't much fun without the highs and lows",0 215751,"the tear-jerking demands",1 215936,"the worst movies of the year",0 209553,"portrays their",1 76617,"charming but slight tale",1 182660,"Attal 's hang-ups surrounding infidelity are so old-fashioned and , dare I say , outdated , it 's a wonder that he could n't have brought something fresher to the proceedings simply by accident .",0 199213,"for bad movies",0 29988,"can feel the heat that ignites this gripping tale , and the humor and humanity that root it in feeling",1 84881,"it 's been hyped to be because it plays everything too safe",0 136091,"the quick emotional connections of Steven Spielberg 's Schindler 's List",1 44577,"As any creature-feature fan knows , when you cross toxic chemicals with a bunch of exotic creatures , you get a lot of running around , screaming and death . On that score , the film certainly does n't disappoint .",1 134354,"that held my interest precisely because it did n't try to",1 117348,"complete denial about his obsessive behavior",0 43235,"'s energetic and satisfying if not deep and psychological",1 12716,"upper west sidey exercise in narcissism and self-congratulation",0 97364,"this broken character study",0 16220,"is a film well worth seeing , talking and singing heads and all",1 168889,"pitch your expectations at an all time low",0 125197,"its characters , weak and strong",0 23842,", revealing and richly entertaining",1 103450,"A brutal and funny work . Nicole Holofcenter ,",1 207260,"nothing new to see",0 229751,"carries almost no organic intrigue as a government \/ Marine\/legal mystery",0 1092,"good",1 118880,"easy to make such a worthless film",0 58766,"the surest bet",1 203432,"is so film-culture referential that the final product is a ghost",0 180734,", it covers just about every cliche in the compendium about crass , jaded movie types and the phony baloney movie biz .",0 103770,"A perceptive , good-natured movie .",1 155887,"caliber and the message of providing solace through deception is a little creepy",0 138652,"uneven directorial debut",0 135411,"the free-wheeling noir spirit",1 157772,"does n't help that the director and cinematographer Stephen Kazmierski shoot on grungy video , giving the whole thing a dirty , tasteless feel .",0 72518,"a stark portrait of motherhood deferred and desire",1 88038,"not to mention leaving you with some laughs and a smile on your face",1 74844,"as you peek at it through the fingers in front of your eyes",1 119711,"falls to the floor with a sickening thud",0 59437,"told well by a master storyteller",1 173040,"that include extraordinary strength and laser-beam eyes , which unfortunately do n't enable them to discern flimsy screenplays",0 11155,"the ` assassin ' greatly enhances the quality of neil burger 's impressive fake documentary",0 183578,"Donovan ... squanders his main asset , Jackie Chan , and",0 27829,"a sly , amusing , laugh-filled little gem in which the ultimate '' Bellini '' begins to look like a '' real Kaputschnik",1 124315,"is nearly incoherent , an excuse to get to the closing bout ... by which time it 's impossible to care who wins .",0 94162,"takes its techniques into such fresh territory that the film never feels derivative",1 148526,"Shakespeare whom he wanted to define his career with but Pinocchio . It might as well have been Problem Child IV",0 86828,"marvel again",1 23597,", elliptical film",1 225550,"Quaid is utterly fearless as the tortured husband living a painful lie , and",1 4755,"anyone who has seen chicago on stage will leave the theater feeling they 've watched nothing but a pale imitation of the real deal",0 226759,"To call The Other Side of Heaven `` appalling '' would be to underestimate just how dangerous entertainments like it can be .",0 207192,"not everyone thinks poo-poo jokes are ` edgy . '",0 146869,"Jerry Springer crowd",0 17820,"to outshine the original",1 81797,"has the scope and shape of an especially well-executed television movie",1 115181,"at least it 's a funny no-brainer",1 122537,"how bad it is",0 33551,"is well plotted , visually striking and filled with enjoyably complex characters who are never what they first appear",1 32374,"have more homosexual undertones than an Eddie Murphy film",0 102776,", pointless meditation on losers in a gone-to-seed hotel .",0 48976,"an offbeat treat that pokes fun at the democratic exercise while also examining its significance for those who take part",1 182067,"A tired , unnecessary retread",0 184005,"Forgettable , if good-hearted , movie .",0 108693,"Roussillon providing comic relief",1 177019,"two not very absorbing characters are engaged in a romance",0 162159,"indulge the fanciful daydreams of Janice Beard ( Eileen Walsh ) when her real-life persona is so charmless and vacant",0 198701,"feels all too familiar",0 157794,"does n't think much of its characters , its protagonist , or of us",0 171735,"soulless and ugly movies like this are the result . Let your silly childhood nostalgia slumber unmolested .",0 203832,"it almost loses what made you love it",0 74282,"are acting horribly",0 143233,"A movie far more cynical and lazy than anything a fictitious Charlie Kaufman might object to .",0 121859,"has the right stuff for silly summer entertainment",1 97546,"this vision can hardly be underestimated",1 81259,"gooeyness",0 279,"a technically well-made suspenser",1 71350,"a canny crowd pleaser , and The Last Kiss",1 200763,"have been funnier if the director had released the outtakes theatrically and used the film as a bonus feature on the DVD",0 132731,"so grainy and rough , so",1 138591,"under its own thinness",0 66708,"It establishes its ominous mood and tension swiftly , and if the suspense never rises to a higher level , it is nevertheless maintained throughout",1 27196,"What better message than ` love thyself ' could young women of any size receive ?",1 72229,"a real human soul",1 17931,"unique",1 52056,"gentle but",1 28871,"and thrilling",1 50498,"could n't have done any better in bringing the story of Spider-Man to the big screen .",1 23705,", it 's also full of sharp , smart satire .",1 234730,"one of the best films",1 122378,"his penchant for tearing up on cue --",1 116079,"bogs",0 121644,"harvests a few movie moment gems",1 202003,"in the conception than it does in the execution",0 129190,"of traditional layers of awakening and ripening and separation and recovery",1 68827,"Slight but enjoyable documentary .",1 185780,"Like leafing through an album of photos accompanied by the sketchiest of captions .",0 204339,"its thrills and extreme emotions",1 12354,"to extremist name-calling",0 113708,"allusions",1 69251,"The Bai brothers have taken an small slice of history and opened it up for all of us to understand , and they 've told a nice little story in the process .",1 31447,"falling into place in a way that makes your spine tingle with revelation and excitement",1 67159,"Leaping from one arresting image to another , Songs from the Second Floor has all the enjoyable randomness of a very lively dream and so manages to be compelling , amusing and unsettling at the same time .",1 176195,"to ignore the fact that Hollywood is n't laughing with us , folks . It 's laughing at us",0 36445,"regurgitation",0 95884,"the historical , philosophical , and",1 98888,"ultimately life-affirming",1 80827,"funny situations and honest observations",1 233178,"its storytelling prowess and special effects are both listless .",0 124968,"it falls down in its attempts to humanize its subject",0 30788,"digs deep emotionally , perhaps because he 's been stirred by the powerful work of his co-stars .",1 47692,"Writer-director 's Mehta 's effort has tons of charm",1 54964,"multi-dimensional love story and sci-fi mystery , Solaris",1 39365,"to weigh any arguments one way or the other . He simply presents his point of view that Ayurveda works .",1 229429,"body humour and reinforcement",1 107960,"Neil Burger here succeeded in ... making the mystery of four decades back the springboard for a more immediate mystery in the present .",1 72813,"a well-written and occasionally challenging social drama",1 195009,"bungle their way through the narrative as if it were a series of Bible parables and not an actual story",0 101543,"'s a sheer unbridled delight in the way the story unfurls",1 238070,"too much like an infomercial for Ram Dass 's latest book",0 7846,"it 's a brilliant , honest performance by nicholson , but",1 79696,"fascinate in their recklessness",1 106625,"If you 've got a house full of tots -- do n't worry , this will be on video long before they grow up and you can wait till then .",0 155123,"besides glib soullessness",0 64736,"Cletis is playful but highly studied and dependent for its success on a patient viewer .",1 36674,"savored",1 183681,"Enigma looks great , has solid acting and a neat premise .",1 234738,"one of those crass , contrived sequels that not only fails on its own , but makes you second-guess your affection for the original",0 115514,"be hard put to find a movie character more unattractive or odorous ( than Leon )",0 176634,"too little happens",0 195910,"come close to justifying the hype that surrounded its debut at the Sundance Film Festival two years ago",1 159400,"for cable rather than",0 206402,"more inexplicable as the characterizations turn more crassly reductive",0 9705,"physically spectacular",1 166004,"misanthropic tale",0 81734,"has n't lost a bit of the dry humor that first made audiences on both sides of the Atlantic love him",1 26826,"The film runs on equal parts of innocence and wisdom -- wisdom that comes with experience . It has fun being grown up .",1 200783,"have been the ultimate IMAX trip",1 124342,"is not as funny or entertaining",0 150890,"When the first few villians are introduced as '' Spider '' and '' Snake '' you know you 're in for a real winner , creativity at its peak .",1 131620,"romance-novel",1 116084,"bogus story",0 16582,"misses",0 188016,"The characters are interesting and the relationship between Yosuke and Saeko is worth watching as it develops",1 195169,"by its awkward structure and a final veering",0 80161,"fluid , no-nonsense authority",1 195619,"charmless witch",0 161060,"heavy-handed metaphors to choke a horse -- or at least slow him down to a canter",0 95424,"the dark , challenging tune",1 52762,"however , it 's invaluable",1 149005,"Take away all the cliches and the carbon copy scenes from every drug movie we 've seen and all you have left",0 3751,"a fascinating character study",1 69875,"The riveting performances by the incredibly flexible cast",1 158854,"far more good-natured",1 73218,"adds substantial depth to this shocking testament to anti-Semitism and neo-fascism",1 5958,"die",0 49965,"by the sogginess of its contemporary characters , and actors",0 124238,"is many things -- stoner midnight flick , sci-fi deconstruction , gay fantasia --",0 163530,"is too scattershot",0 12501,"too ludicrous and",0 18851,"Energetic and boldly provocative .",1 193003,"applauded for finding a new angle on a tireless story",1 150332,"Those who managed to avoid the Deconstructionist theorizing of French philosopher Jacques Derrida in college can now take an 85-minute brush-up course with the documentary Derrida .",0 75433,"becomes a testament",1 90178,"perception , conviction",1 32434,"heart enough for everyone",1 50665,"deals with first love sweetly but also seriously .",1 41062,"Lauren Ambrose comes alive under the attention from two strangers in town -",1 226000,"Such master screenwriting comes courtesy of John Pogue , the Yale grad who previously gave us `` The Skulls '' and last year 's `` Rollerball .",1 106407,"I 've yet to find an actual Vietnam War combat movie actually produced by either the North or South Vietnamese",0 150020,"Then lower them a bit more .",0 53317,"is a rambling examination of American gun culture that uses his usual modus operandi of crucifixion through juxtaposition .",0 136235,"the self-image",1 120538,"for unexpectedly giddy viewing",0 199799,"gentle , endearing 1975 children 's novel",1 237443,"they 're talking about `` Talk to Her",1 4047,"a promising ,",1 159767,"from the summer heat and the sedentary doldrums that set in at this time of year",0 43260,"'s guilty fun to be had here . Chomp chomp",1 4044,"a pretty unpleasant viewing",0 101782,"'s no point in extracting the bare bones of Byatt 's plot for purposes of bland Hollywood romance",0 225203,"Not only is entry number twenty the worst of the Brosnan bunch , it 's one of the worst of the entire franchise .",0 20715,"has a soft , percolating magic , a deadpan suspense .",1 9576,"overwrought existentialism and",0 30052,"cast actors who are , generally speaking , adored by the movie-going public",1 201368,"hot-button items",1 73230,"admirable one",1 116086,"boils down to surviving invaders seeking an existent anti-virus . If only there were one for this kind of movie",0 6155,"elbowed aside",0 209537,"populated by whiny , pathetic , starving and untalented artistes",0 66377,"In the affable Maid in Manhattan , Jennifer Lopez 's most aggressive and most sincere attempt to take movies by storm",1 190514,"a fascinating curiosity piece -- fascinating , that is , for about ten minutes . After that it becomes long and tedious like a classroom play in a college history course .",0 186445,"Not good enough to pass for a litmus test of the generation gap and not bad enough to repulse any generation of its fans .",0 195706,"cinematography and exhilarating point-of-view shots",1 237467,"things that elevate `` Glory '' above most of its ilk",1 113639,"all the dramatic weight of a raindrop",0 132361,"should not consider this a diss . Consider it ` perfection",1 19504,"a glossy , glib charm that 's hard to beat",1 205286,"long , dull procession",0 27491,"a duty of art to reflect life",1 134247,"that attracts the young and fit",1 151593,"a deeply serious movie",1 49722,"big , brassy , disturbing",0 56112,"positive impression",1 43156,"'s a diverting enough hour-and-a-half for the family audience .",1 117833,"damned .",0 180440,", Sandler does n't understand that the idea of exploiting molestation for laughs is funny , not actually exploiting it yourself .",0 143129,"A great ending does n't make up for a weak movie ,",0 91513,"represents an auspicious feature debut for Chaiken",1 165338,"lovely costumes ,",1 142484,", the film loses credibility .",0 224055,"Indeed , the more outrageous bits achieve a shock-you-into-laughter intensity of almost Dadaist proportions .",1 182801,"Big Payoff",1 117646,"crafted but",1 209178,"people to whom the idea of narrative logic or cohesion is an entirely foreign concept",0 2080,"presents events partly from the perspective of aurelie and christelle , and infuses the film with the sensibility of a particularly nightmarish fairytale",1 8911,"much ado about something",1 225468,"Plummer steals the show without resorting to camp as Nicholas ' wounded and wounding Uncle Ralph .",1 110229,"The unexplored story opportunities",1 167044,"novel charm",1 115554,"be prescribed than recommended -- as visually bland as a dentist 's waiting room , complete with soothing Muzak and a cushion of predictable narrative rhythms",0 157962,"dreck disguised as comedy",0 39804,"visually and in the writing",1 153378,"an empty vessel",0 197251,"docile , mostly wordless ethnographic extras",0 176157,"to go see it",1 213859,"that takes itself all too seriously",0 26662,"Submarine flick , Half Ghost Story , All in one criminally",0 113696,"allegedly inspiring and easily marketable",1 184583,"I 've got to give it thumbs down",0 192051,"after that , the potency wanes dramatically",0 208779,"ordinary and",1 188717,"The story is predictable , the jokes are typical Sandler fare ,",0 39780,"very solid , very watchable first feature for director Peter Sheridan",1 222533,"Bad movie .",0 127752,"narrative arc",1 183699,"Entertainment more disposable than Hanna-Barbera 's half-hour cartoons",0 44688,"Beneath Clouds establishes Sen as a filmmaker of considerable potential .",1 164941,"like calling a dog stupid",0 62331,", this deeply moving French drama develops a startling story that works both as a detailed personal portrait and as a rather frightening examination of modern times .",1 223227,"Eh",0 186756,"Predictable and",0 218216,"unless one considers cliched dialogue and perverse escapism a source of high hilarity",0 204431,"just another run-of-the-mill Disney sequel intended for the home video market",0 63184,"A miraculous movie , I 'm Going Home is so slight , yet overflows with wisdom and emotion .",1 113591,"all its agonizing , Catch-22 glory",1 211328,"sex gags and prom dates",0 6875,"great acting",1 203594,"is to be mesmerised",1 24425,"A quiet treasure",1 91866,"sad without being shrill , '' A Walk to Remember '' succeeds through sincerity .",1 65261,"Efteriades gives the neighborhood -- scenery , vibe and all -- the cinematic equivalent of a big , tender hug .",1 9694,"personality",1 141961,", Crystal and De Niro share little screen time and even less chemistry .",0 80711,"fulfill its own ambitious goals",1 150260,"This kind of dark comedy requires a delicate , surgical touch . But director Danny DeVito and screenwriter Adam Resnick ( remember Cabin Boy ? ) just pound away",0 63023,"A fine effort , an interesting topic , some intriguing characters and a sad ending .",1 129256,"offend everyone",0 195876,"collapses like an overcooked soufflé",0 172001,"still would n't add up to the time required to boil a four - minute egg .",0 181520,"A bad movie that",0 77969,"demands and receives excellent performances",1 146807,"Ja Rule and Kurupt should have gotten to rap . It would have benefitted the dialogue .",0 84581,"is right at home in this French shocker playing his usual bad boy weirdo role .",1 71490,"a cruelly funny twist on teen comedy packed with inventive cinematic tricks and an ironically killer soundtrack",1 103848,"A remarkably insightful look at the backstage angst of the stand-up comic .",1 125389,"its title notwithstanding",0 185080,"It 's better suited for the history or biography channel ,",0 114723,"argue that any sexual relationship that does n't hurt anyone and works for its participants is a relationship that is worthy of our respect",1 40445,"you find yourself staring hypnotically at her , trying to understand her and wondering if she 'll crack",1 215502,"the right frame of mind",1 66854,"Jackson tries to keep the plates spinning as best he can , but all the bouncing back and forth ca n't help but become a bit tedious -- even with the breathtaking landscapes and villainous varmints there to distract you from the ricocheting",0 203212,"is never able to pull it back on course .",0 113509,"against itself",1 169497,"push-the-limits",1 126504,"lush , all-enveloping movie experience",1 10108,"reno 's immense wit",1 227365,"` How can you charge money for this ? '",0 212881,"suffers from the awkwardness that results from adhering to the messiness of true stories .",0 109710,"The director and her capable cast appear to be caught in a heady whirl of New Age-inspired good intentions , but",1 163250,"is pretty miserable , resorting to string-pulling rather than legitimate character development and intelligent plotting .",0 114729,"arising that the movie will live up to the apparent skills of its makers and the talents of its actors",1 43347,"'s the perfect star vehicle for Grant",1 140440,"works against itself",0 76201,"by proving that he 's now , more than ever , choosing his roles with the precision of the insurance actuary",1 85576,"just plain awful but",0 191756,"about motives and context , which drains it of the dramatic substance that would shake us in our boots ( or cinema seats )",1 70800,"What Time offers Tsai 's usual style and themes",1 188302,"The kind of film that leaves you scratching your head in amazement over the fact that so many talented people could participate in such an ill-advised and poorly executed idea .",0 38026,"the best films of the year",1 65330,"Entirely suspenseful , extremely well-paced and ultimately ... dare I say , entertaining !",1 193073,"are entertaining and audacious moments",1 219945,"wondering why Lee 's character did n't just go to a bank manager and save everyone the misery",1 206651,"much about the film , including some of its casting",1 63377,"A sloppy , amusing comedy that proceeds from a stunningly unoriginal premise",0 29183,"as detailed as a photograph",1 149584,"The movie gets muted and routine .",0 23053,"'s a good film -- not a classic , but odd , entertaining and authentic",1 211816,"slow , predictable",0 201662,"immediate inclination to provide a fourth book",1 60940,"'s an often-cute film",1 24535,"Achieves a sort of filmic epiphany that revels in the true potential of the medium .",1 54231,"light modern day family parable",1 99351,"very good viewing alternative",1 233802,"me feel weird \/ Thinking about all the bad things in the world \/ Like puppies with broken legs \/ And butterflies that die \/ And movies starring pop queens",0 84394,"is more engaging than the usual fantasies Hollywood produces",1 106106,"Guys say mean things and shoot a lot of bullets . Some of the characters die and others do n't , and the film pretends that those living have learned some sort of lesson , and , really ,",0 203739,"it 's all quite tasteful to look at",1 47659,"With or without the sex , a wonderful tale of love and destiny",1 60450,"wonderful as the long-faced sad sack",1 212047,"socially encompassing",1 115224,"at this time , with this cast , this movie is hopeless",0 76255,"ca n't possibly be enough",0 30846,"displays a rare gift for unflinching impartiality",1 187839,"The Mothman Prophecies , which is mostly a bore ,",0 175016,"the weaknesses of ,",0 230068,"cute alien",1 175586,"this would be a worthy substitute for naughty children 's stockings",0 186295,"Neither as scary-funny as Tremors",0 111966,"a fudged opportunity of gigantic proportions -- a lunar mission with no signs of life",0 142003,", Jacquot takes a slightly anarchic approach that works only sporadically .",0 180816,", mind-numbingly , indescribably bad movie",0 184161,"Give Shapiro , Goldman , and Bolado credit for good intentions",1 154432,"atonal estrogen opera",0 32341,"has the courage to wonder about big questions with sincerity and devotion",1 33923,"just witnessed a great performance",1 165477,"maintains a dark mood that makes the film seem like something to endure instead of enjoy .",0 39926,"well played",1 235670,"shines in Unfaithful .",1 44146,"A literary detective story is still a detective story",0 114679,"are stanzas of breathtaking , awe-inspiring visual poetry .",1 202525,"is Ballistic : Ecks vs . Sever",1 7880,"it 's not helpful to listen to extremist name-calling , regardless of whether you think kissinger was a calculating fiend or just a slippery self-promoter .",0 230996,"fresh-faced , big-hearted and frequently",1 218588,"visually ugly",0 152159,"a new art form",1 166604,"need a constant influx of liquid",0 69197,"Thanks to a small star with big heart , this family film sequel is plenty of fun for all .",1 91745,"robbed",0 59208,"to confident filmmaking and a pair of fascinating performances",1 14114,"If nothing else , this movie introduces a promising , unusual kind of psychological horror .",1 151206,"` Enigma ' is a good name for a movie this delibrately obtuse and unapproachable . A waste of good performances .",0 82812,"in Ireland over a man",1 189311,"Tykwer 's surface flash is n't just a poor fit with Kieslowski 's lyrical pessimism :",0 227051,"What happened with Pluto Nash ?",0 36211,"providing a precious twinkle of insight into their lives",1 124221,"is listless , witless , and devoid of anything resembling humor",0 55482,"of privileged moments and memorable performances",1 227416,"`` Antwone Fisher '' is an earnest , by-the-numbers effort by Washington .",1 82381,"hits home with disorienting force .",1 228829,"are of course stultifyingly contrived and too stylized by half .",0 108407,"Pleasant but not",1 205248,"little visible talent and no energy",0 123980,"is corny in a way that bespeaks an expiration date passed a long time ago .",0 66676,"It 's the sweet Cinderella story that '' Pretty Woman",1 8024,"its courage , ideas , technical proficiency and great acting",1 93341,"spontaneous creativity and authentic co-operative interaction",1 221465,", mind-numbingly , indescribably bad",0 31590,"fiascoes he 's been making for the last several years",0 2861,"this is so de palma . if you love him , you 'll like it . if you do n't ...",1 222220,"Alan Taylor ,",1 43358,"'s tremendously moving",1 54390,"love , longing ,",1 198654,"feel like a half-baked stand-up routine",0 119314,"even a story immersed in love , lust , and sin could n't keep my attention",0 48782,"all these distortions",0 100823,"worked wonders with the material",1 15967,"has seen the release of some of the worst film comedies in decades",0 56454,"reduced to direct-to-video irrelevancy",0 232329,"is a non-stop funny feast of warmth , colour and cringe .",1 205027,"like a highbrow , low-key , 102-minute infomercial",0 80913,"gently political",1 54436,"luckiest stroke",1 210776,"sappy script",0 92568,"should have been deeper",0 215113,"the movie 's wildly careening tone and an extremely flat lead performance",0 21762,"presenting an impossible romance in an impossible world",1 78361,"do n't notice the 129-minute running time",1 31894,"from his large cast in beautifully articulated portrayals that are subtle and so expressive they can sustain the poetic flights in Burdette 's dialogue",1 136882,"this a diss . Consider it ` perfection",1 28405,"an undoubted stylistic tour-de-force",1 92169,"seems to include every top-notch British actor who did not appear in Gosford Park ( as well as one , Ms . Mirren , who did )",1 62466,"-- and at times , All",1 153621,"annoyingly",0 12637,"uncertain",0 124468,"is remarkably dull with only Caine making much of an impression .",0 36019,"pitched precipitously between swoony lyricism and violent catastrophe ... the most aggressively nerve-wracking and screamingly neurotic romantic comedy in cinema history .",0 67879,"Not about scares but a mood in which an ominous , pervasive , and unknown threat lurks just below the proceedings and adds an almost constant mindset of suspense",1 150800,"What 's missing is what we call the ` wow ' factor .",0 146363,"Irwin is a man with enough charisma and audacity to carry a dozen films",1 131362,"repetition and languorous slo-mo sequences",0 12444,"to the vast majority of more casual filmgoers , it will probably be a talky bore .",0 102315,", Promises offers an unexpected window into the complexities of the Middle East struggle and into the humanity of its people .",1 15272,"blessing",1 93272,"speaks volumes , offering up a hallucinatory dreamscape that frustrates and captivates .",1 220500,"'' is a sweet treasure and something well worth your time .",1 43434,"( and ) personal illusion",1 114065,"an impeccable pedigree , mongrel pep , and almost indecipherable plot complications",0 32614,"hokey",0 167082,"objectionable or dull film",0 138206,"torturing each other psychologically and talking about their genitals in public",0 75795,"bombshell documentary",1 184525,"Howard 's appreciation of Brown and his writing",1 18373,", but Kinnear 's performance is razor sharp .",1 191048,"a no-surprise series of explosions and violence while Banderas looks like he 's not trying to laugh at how bad",0 13041,"while the new film is much more eye-catching than its blood-drenched stephen norrington-directed predecessor",1 97724,"through with originality , humour and pathos",1 9700,"petty",0 52536,"heartbreaking , and filmed in a natural , unforced style that makes its characters",1 124802,"it 's a riot to see Rob Schneider in a young woman 's clothes",1 87434,"most intense",1 51414,"exhilarating futuristic thriller-noir",1 14011,"Ernest Hemmingway at accelerated speed and volume",1 209223,"personable , amusing cast",1 32157,"got dropped from their record label , proving that one man 's ruin may be another 's fortune",0 165530,"make something out of Ellis ' nothing novel",1 98210,"to narrative filmmaking with a visually masterful work of quiet power",1 146429,"It 's a very sincere work ,",1 11111,"that proposes as epic tragedy the plight of a callow rich boy who is forced to choose between his beautiful , self-satisfied 22-year-old girlfriend and an equally beautiful , self-satisfied 18-year-old mistress",1 236687,"the `` Miami Vice '' checklist",0 180718,", it 's exploitive without being insightful .",0 45599,"I would have liked it much more if Harry & Tonto never existed",0 34750,"murder-suicide fandango with great cinematic innovation",1 63453,"A sun-drenched masterpiece , part parlor game , part psychological case study , part droll social satire .",1 18690,"Anna Battista , an Italian superstar and aspiring directress who just happens to be her own worst enemy",0 180392,", I fear , will be put to sleep or bewildered by the artsy and often pointless visuals .",0 134529,"that real natural , even-flowing tone",1 220122,"would sink Laurence Olivier",0 172927,"that anyone without a fortified sweet tooth will likely go into sugar shock",0 158020,"dull '' cyber-horror '' flick",0 80437,"forged in still-raw emotions",1 84551,"is present Brown as a catalyst for the struggle of black manhood in restrictive and chaotic America ... sketchy but nevertheless gripping portrait of Jim Brown , a celebrated wonder in the spotlight",1 58980,"this contrived nonsense",0 2968,"to the holocaust",0 116861,"charged , but ultimately lacking in substance , not to mention dragged down by a leaden closing act .",0 151974,"a little less bling-bling and a lot more romance",1 163202,"is old-fashioned , occasionally charming and as subtle as boldface .",1 26606,"So many documentaries like this presuppose religious bigotry or zealous nuttiness of its antagonists , but Family Fundamentals displays a rare gift for unflinching impartiality .",1 203899,"it feels more like the pilot episode of a TV series than a feature film",0 103708,"A melancholy , emotional film",1 219969,"work as shallow entertainment , not remotely incisive enough to qualify as drama , Monsoon",0 66448,"Is truth stranger than fiction ? In ( screenwriter ) Charlie Kaufman 's world , truth and fiction are equally strange , and his for the taking .",1 151175,"Ze movie starts out so funny , then she is nothing",0 56679,"sacred in this gut-buster",1 201529,"if forgettable",0 116846,"characteristically startling visual style and an almost palpable sense of intensity",1 104265,"An awful lot like one of ( Spears ' ) music videos in content -- except that it goes on for at least 90 more minutes and , worse , that you have to pay if you want to see it .",0 29117,"articulate character",1 177471,"vicious hangover",0 63754,"Although it does n't always hang together -- violence and whimsy do n't combine easily -- '' Cherish '' certainly is n't dull .",1 198438,"failing , ultimately ,",0 80734,"full of the kind of energy it 's documenting",1 24154,"... create engaging characterizations in Imamura 's lively and enjoyable cultural mix .",1 29812,"but his script and direction hums with a confidence",1 138166,"too-extreme-for-TV",0 101885,"'s simply stupid , irrelevant and deeply ,",0 214697,"the forced New Jersey lowbrow accent Uma",0 15628,"effective and claustrophobic",0 188820,"There 's an epic here",1 95645,"the film does pack some serious suspense .",1 66182,"I like this movie a lot . I like that Smith , he 's not making fun of these people , he 's not laughing at them .",1 123408,"insanely stupid",0 222303,"An impressive hybrid .",1 110155,"The setting turns out to be more interesting than any of the character dramas , which never reach satisfying conclusions .",0 224417,"Its one-sidedness ... flirts with propaganda",0 108392,"Piercingly affecting ... while clearly a manipulative film , emerges as powerful rather than cloying",1 54328,"loneliness and the chilly anonymity of the environments where so many of us spend so much of our time",0 211620,"simpering soundtrack",0 16673,"no problem flaunting her natural gifts",1 173903,"the film falls into a soothing formula of brotherly conflict and reconciliation .",1 90446,"pointed , often incisive satire and unabashed sweetness",1 238949,"wo n't rock any boats but is solid meat-and-potatoes filmmaking .",1 98204,"to mention mysterious , sensual , emotionally intense , and replete with virtuoso throat-singing",1 27045,"Throwing caution to the wind with an invitation to the hedonist in us all",1 229109,"bad slasher flick",0 13829,"Absorbing and disturbing -- perhaps more disturbing than originally intended -- but a little clarity would have gone a long way .",0 153436,"an integral part",1 24358,"A gripping , searing portrait",1 126754,"manages to generate the belly laughs of lowbrow comedy without sacrificing its high-minded appeal",1 210955,"scummy ripoff",0 137869,"to squander Jennifer Love Hewitt",0 209724,"pretty good team",1 184121,"George Orwell turning over",0 157601,"distinguishes the merely quirky from the surreal",1 34785,"n't deny either the tragic loss of two young men in the prime of their talent or the power of this movie",1 219524,"will indie filmmakers subject us to boring , self-important stories of how horrible we are to ourselves and each other",0 195624,"cheap junk and",0 70041,"The writing is clever and the cast is appealing",1 102961,", this space-based homage to Robert Louis Stevenson 's Treasure Island fires on all plasma conduits .",1 118442,"do n't derive from the screenplay , but rather the mediocre performances by most of the actors involved",0 171087,"silly rather than plausible",0 96550,"the recording sessions",1 172918,"that a movie as artificial and soulless as The Country Bears owes its genesis to an animatronic display at Disneyland",0 230855,"flatula",0 44808,"Burns ' visuals , characters and his punchy dialogue ,",1 138169,"too-long , spoofy update",0 163766,"it does n't have any huge laughs in its story of irresponsible cops who love to play pranks",0 50001,"can be made",1 205722,"makes no difference in the least",0 180244,"( and frustrating",0 161732,"in 8 Crazy Nights than a proctologist is apt to encounter in an entire career",0 186168,"More tiring than anything .",0 91162,"reach much further than we imagine",1 19019,"Jacquot 's Tosca is a treat .",1 99821,"well-told",1 40768,"An original gem about an obsession with time",1 212091,"some dramatic scenes that are jarring and deeply out of place in what could",0 69407,"The best way",1 203953,"it just sits there like a side dish no one ordered .",0 69188,"Texan director George Ratliff had unlimited access to families and church meetings , and he delivers fascinating psychological fare",1 89154,"of those rare films that come by once in a while with flawless amounts of acting , direction , story and pace",1 121175,"gives ample opportunity",1 171298,"slogged my way through Clockstoppers",0 182526,"Apparently , romantic comedy with a fresh point of view just does n't figure in the present Hollywood program .",0 86806,"marked by acute writing and a host of splendid performances",1 177254,"unsatisfying hybrid",0 6099,"duck the very issues it raises",0 121556,"hairline , weathered countenance and American Breckin Meyer 's ridiculously inappropriate Valley Boy voice",0 205378,"looks elsewhere , seizing on George 's haplessness and Lucy 's personality tics .",0 232405,"is astonishing .",1 170831,"shapeless blob of desperate entertainment",0 99990,"which is good news to anyone who 's fallen under the sweet , melancholy spell of this unique director 's previous films",1 164268,"jump out of our seats",1 158049,"dumb excuse",0 64939,"Dave Barry 's popular book of the same name",1 147762,"Not ` terrible filmmaking ' bad , but more like",0 51379,"evolve",1 104452,"Arliss Howard 's ambitious , moving , and adventurous directorial debut , Big Bad Love",1 111393,"\ \/ Thinking",1 114329,"annoyance",0 11079,"that is heavy on religious symbols but wafer-thin on dramatic substance",0 8615,"make her heroine 's book sound convincing , the gender-war ideas original , or the comic scenes fly",1 126522,"made Swimfan anyway",1 54994,"nails all of Orlean 's themes without being a true adaptation of her book",1 163831,"it is far too self-conscious to draw you deeply into its world .",0 160901,"have set new standards for thrills , suspense , and gore for video games",1 171549,"solid fight choreography and",1 14996,"and a story that is unlike any",1 80159,"flows forwards and back , weaving themes among three strands which allow us to view events as if through a prism",1 226567,"There 's no disguising this as one of the worst films of the summer .",0 198308,"exhaustingly",0 57308,"star power",1 61400,"( A ) devastatingly powerful and astonishingly vivid Holocaust drama .",1 2930,"to have settled comfortably into her skin",1 47605,"Whenever you think you 've figured out Late Marriage",1 30387,"contrived and outlandish",0 219402,"wholly unconvincing",0 46080,"Malcolm McDowell is cool .",1 51601,"felt performances",1 78254,"discovery and humor between Chaplin and Kidman",1 132479,"silly and tedious",0 188333,"The mantra behind the project seems to have been ` it 's just a kids ' flick . ' Translation",0 25317,"Flavorful and romantic",1 38974,"this one is a feast .",1 2351,"some good , organic character work , lots of obvious political insights and little room",1 236902,"the film never recovers from the clumsy cliché of the ugly American abroad , and",0 174287,"the more irritating cartoons",0 54349,"look as good or better than in the original",1 226871,"Unfortunately , that 's precisely what Arthur Dong 's Family Fundamentals does .",0 161358,"hits so close to home so much as that it hits close to home while engaging in such silliness as that snake-down-the-throat business and the inevitable shot of Schwarzenegger",0 110817,"Underachieves only in not taking the Shakespeare parallels quite far enough",0 175514,"this particular result is ultimately held back from being something greater",0 200278,"guest appearance",1 237531,"this is even better than The Fellowship .",1 221632,", this Halloween is a gory slash-fest .",1 120211,"flagrantly fake thunderstorms",0 141718,"'ve already seen this kind of thing",0 124722,"is too heady for children , and too preachy",0 194166,"be mindless without being the peak of all things insipid",0 190392,"a credible case for reports",1 183663,"Elmo",1 219498,"will enjoy .",1 62347,", this is one adapted - from-television movie that actually looks as if it belongs on the big screen .",1 155131,"best efforts",1 38292,"the grand , intelligent entertainment of a superior cast playing smart people amid a compelling plot",1 119008,"emotionally satisfying exploration",1 11249,"the cold light",0 84953,"it 's unburdened by pretensions to great artistic significance",1 218622,"waiting for Frida to just die already",0 149774,"The problem with this film is that it lacks focus . I sympathize with the plight of these families",0 212101,"some fine sex onscreen , and some tense arguing , but not a whole lot more",0 15975,"have fun",1 183605,"Ear-splitting",0 212116,"some good material in their story about a retail clerk wanting more out of life",1 175102,"their interaction is numbingly predictable",0 21007,"is an intriguing snapshot of one man and his delusions",1 176260,"to make people laugh",1 51054,"dynamic",1 169621,"rancid crème brûlée",0 131867,"scum",0 84714,"is that the whole damned thing did n't get our moral hackles up",0 165545,"make us jump out of our seats",1 11353,"the fantastical aspects and",1 183616,"Eastwood winces , clutches",0 45397,"Goodfellas",1 153386,"an eviction notice",0 45455,"Haynes ' ) homage to such films as '' All That Heaven Allows '' and '' Imitation of Life '' transcends them . Simply put",1 39607,"uneasily as a horror picture",0 56730,"scathingly witty",1 232904,"it 'll probably be in video stores by Christmas , and it might just be better suited to a night in the living room than a night at the movies",0 180496,", and as easy to be bored by as your ABC 's",0 103899,"A solidly constructed , entertaining thriller that stops short of true inspiration .",1 79436,"exhilarating new",1 203390,"is shallow , offensive and redundant ,",0 58781,"the throes of rapid change",1 175359,"this crude '70s throwback",0 92304,"separates comics from the people laughing in the crowd",1 123889,"is also as unoriginal as they come , already having been recycled more times than I 'd care to count .",0 53979,"its share of laughs",1 192397,"amusedly ,",1 214977,"the loose ! Run for your lives",0 169634,"ranges from bad to bodacious",0 39999,"where few American films dare to delve -- into the world of ambivalence and ambiguity",1 26768,"The best revenge may just be living well because this film , unlike other Dumas adaptations , is far more likened to a treasure than a lengthy jail sentence .",1 70138,"There is a welcome lack of pretension about the film , which very simply sets out to entertain and ends up delivering in good measure .",1 145739,"Has little on its mind aside from scoring points with drag gags",0 202831,"is confusing on one level or another , making Ararat far more demanding than it needs to be",0 41081,"Maybe it 's just because this past year has seen the release of some of the worst film comedies in decades ...",0 222106,"A touch of humor or an unexpected plot twist",1 210028,"quite possibly the sturdiest example yet of why the DV revolution has cheapened the artistry of making a film",0 206188,"mindless action flick",0 192089,"aimless ,",0 73865,"an intense and engrossing head-trip",1 9266,"of fright and dread",0 102331,", Star Trek : Nemesis is even more suggestive of a 65th class reunion mixer where only eight surviving members show up -- and there 's nothing to drink .",0 224994,"Mr. Tsai is a very original artist in his medium , and",1 103855,"A searing , epic treatment of a nationwide blight that seems to be , horrifyingly , ever on the rise .",1 50355,"compliment to say that the film makes the viewer feel like the movie 's various victimized audience members after a while , but it also happens to be the movie 's most admirable quality",1 112784,"a stick",1 96601,"the rotting underbelly of Middle America",0 129479,"on theory , sleight-of-hand , and ill-wrought hypothesis",0 128261,"oddly sweet comedy",1 62400,", violent , self-indulgent and maddening",0 184924,"In this poor remake of such a well loved classic , Parker exposes the limitations of his skill and the basic flaws in his vision . '",0 101331,"'' Safe Conduct",1 11574,"the lion king",1 188203,"The film is way too full of itself",0 37602,"talented young Gaghan 's resume .",1 81980,"he can rest contentedly with the knowledge that he 's made at least one damn fine horror movie",1 172524,"takes what worked last time , repeats it and adds more characters , more stunts , more stuff in attempt to camouflage its sameness",0 124801,"it 's a pleasure to have a film like The Hours as an alternative .",1 32474,"helps to give them an atavistic power",1 180897,", repetitive and ragged",0 62363,", those who do will have found a cult favorite to enjoy for a lifetime .",1 54213,"lets you grasp and feel the passion others have for their work",1 123459,"intellect and feeling",1 118767,"duds",0 163784,"it ends up being surprisingly dull",0 187723,"Terminally bland , painfully slow",0 18111,"with two of the year 's most accomplished and riveting film performances",1 224139,"It 's a treat -- a delightful , witty , improbable romantic comedy with a zippy jazzy score ... Grant and Bullock make it look as though they are having so much fun",1 149693,"The overall feel of the film is pretty cheesy , but there 's still a real sense that the Star Trek tradition has been honored as best it can , given the embarrassing script and weak direction",0 158299,"enough . Do we really need the Tiger Beat version",0 212774,"sub-par",0 223520,"Got AIDS",0 41691,"candid and",1 75099,"awe and affection -- and",1 208940,"overly-familiar and poorly-constructed comedy",0 170178,"romantic and full",1 234840,"overstylized , puréed mélange",0 117610,"courage and",1 83898,"is a stunning film , a one-of-a-kind tour de force",1 154209,"as lame horror flicks go",0 135780,"the most splendid",1 24972,"Chilling , well-acted , and finely directed : David Jacobson 's Dahmer .",1 41390,"Windtalkers blows this way and that , but there 's no mistaking the filmmaker in the tall grass , true to himself",1 53145,"intense and effective film",1 173264,"that uses clips from Brian De Palma 's Scarface . That 's a cheat",0 206290,"modest laughs",1 17560,"the harsh existence",0 39071,"thwart the world 's misery with blind good will",1 161635,"ill-conceived and",0 109574,"The artwork",1 102372,", also like its hero , it remains brightly optimistic , coming through in the end",1 25894,"Kaufman 's script is still memorable for some great one-liners .",1 150091,"There are simply too many ideas floating around -- part farce , part Sliding Doors , part pop video --",0 2842,"this every-joke-has - been-told-a - thousand-times -",0 25996,"Lillard channels the Shagster right down to the original Casey Kasem-furnished voice",1 16900,"overpraised Elizabeth",0 151726,"a film with an idea buried somewhere inside its fabric , but never clearly seen or felt",0 206016,"mediocre screenplay",0 106993,"It does n't make for great cinema ,",0 175715,"throwaway , junk-food movie",0 61255,"'s simultaneously painful and refreshing",1 33524,"is this an invigorating , electric movie .",1 220604,"'m afraid you wo n't get through this frankly fantastical by-the-numbers B-flick with just a suspension of disbelief",0 171284,"slightly better than Men in Black 2 as far as slapdash extraterrestrial comedies go",1 6845,"goodwill",1 169192,"prefabricated",0 89982,"own self-referential hot air",0 75588,"best and most exciting movies",1 60905,"'s all a rather shapeless good time",1 66767,"It must be the end of the world :",0 103532,"A direct-to-void release , heading nowhere",0 99473,"visually and thematically",1 238305,"value can not be denied",1 107494,"Lilo & Stitch has a number of other assets to commend it to movie audiences both innocent and jaded .",1 86359,"love The Piano Teacher",1 49699,"better than in the original",1 101933,"'s such a mechanical endeavor ( that ) it never bothers to question why somebody might devote time to see it",0 63685,"Alias Betty is richly detailed , deftly executed and utterly absorbing .",1 135792,"the movie 's conception of a future-world holographic librarian ( Orlando Jones ) who knows everything and answers all questions , is visually smart , cleverly written , and nicely realized",1 39092,"tingle",1 43641,", it throws you for a loop .",1 21286,"makes the film 's occasional overindulgence forgivable .",1 174379,"the musty scent",0 156993,"creepy ideas",0 88110,"obvious at times but evocative and heartfelt",1 114686,"are surprising in how much they engage and even touch us .",1 165408,"maddeningly slow",0 37827,"that is enlightening -- and how appreciative you are of this depends on your level of fandom",1 92461,"sharply comic",1 100679,"with their super-powers , their super-simple animation and their super-dooper-adorability intact",1 193822,"at-a-frat-party school of screenwriting",0 32874,"in his most forceful non-Shakespeare screen performance , grounds even the softest moments in the angry revolt of his wit",1 207541,"of a happy ending",1 169151,"praised by those who equate obscurity with profundity",0 83781,"is a frighteningly fascinating contradiction .",1 105116,"City by the Sea swings from one",1 216223,"they can swim",1 150725,"Watching Trouble Every Day , at least if you do n't know what 's coming",0 38297,"the growing canon of post-Saving Private Ryan tributes to the greatest generation",1 230269,"dissolves into a routine courtroom drama , better suited for a movie titled `` Glory : A Soldier 's Story",0 50876,"disappoint the action",0 91917,"satisfying evening",1 153493,"an ugly chapter of the twentieth century",0 48072,"a good charitable enterprise and some interesting real people",1 218342,"used my two hours better watching Being John Malkovich again",0 78983,"energy and wit",1 92909,"smoky and inviting",1 94792,"that my enjoyment came at the expense of seeing justice served , even if it 's a dish that 's best served cold",1 114003,"an entertaining ride , despite many talky , slow scenes . But something seems to be missing . A sense of real magic",1 42777,"that is tortured and unsettling -- but",0 168441,"out of character and logically",0 238610,"what spectacular sizzle it is",1 193194,"are so unmemorable , despite several attempts at lengthy dialogue scenes , that one eventually resents having to inhale this gutter romancer 's secondhand material",0 3128,"whereas the extremely competent hitman films such as pulp fiction and get shorty resonate a sardonic verve to their caustic purpose for existing , who is cletis tout ? is an inexpressible and drab wannabe looking for that exact niche .",0 121212,"glides gracefully from male persona to female without missing a beat . Ben Kingsley is truly funny , playing a kind of Ghandi gone bad",1 66429,"Invigorating , surreal , and resonant with a rainbow of emotion .",1 225259,"Occasionally funny ,",1 195616,"charitable it can only be seen as propaganda",0 163997,"its brains are in no particular place at all",0 192585,"an incredibly heavy-handed , manipulative dud that feels all too familiar .",0 193235,"are undermined by the movie 's presentation , which is way too stagy",0 211280,"serves mostly to whet one 's appetite for the Bollywood films .",1 47113,"The hard-to-predict and absolutely essential chemistry between the down-to-earth Bullock and the nonchalant Grant proves to be sensational , and everything meshes in this elegant entertainment .",1 176749,"totally formulaic movie",0 104731,"Bible stores of the potential for sanctimoniousness , making them meaningful for both kids and church-wary adults",1 213657,"that have made the original New Testament stories so compelling for 20 centuries",1 224572,"Laughably , irredeemably awful .",0 138744,"unparalleled",1 141979,", Hopkins looks like a drag queen .",0 221710,", you need a constant influx of liquid just to get through it .",0 195353,"can be expected from a college comedy that 's target audience has n't graduated from junior high school",0 73597,"amounts of beautiful movement and inside information",1 3872,"a harrowing movie",1 2170,"reynolds",1 210386,"remember the last time I saw an audience laugh so much during a movie",1 145471,"Frank Novak 's irritating slice",0 4370,"accepting him",1 62005,", it 's also somewhat clumsy .",0 226179,"The Weight of Water comes off as a two-way time-switching myopic mystery that stalls in its lackluster gear of emotional blandness .",0 220713,"'s a part of us that can not help be entertained by the sight of someone getting away with something",1 226352,"The movie achieves as great an impact by keeping these thoughts hidden as ...",1 25765,"It 's the cinematic equivalent of a good page-turner",1 128971,"of the Solomonic decision facing Jewish parents in those turbulent times",1 235653,"sharp comedy , old-fashioned monster movie atmospherics ,",1 45197,"Exciting and direct , with ghost imagery that shows just enough to keep us on our toes",1 102291,", LaBute does manage to make a few points about modern man and his problematic quest for human connection .",1 127471,"most of the movie 's success",1 142194,", he 's really bad",0 188595,"The punch lines that miss",0 30258,"come to looking through a photographer 's viewfinder as he works",1 167298,"of a modern situation comedy",1 114902,"as far as art is concerned , it 's mission accomplished",1 234701,"on the whole , you 're gonna like this movie .",1 170807,"shake your head in disbelief -- and worry about what classic Oliver Parker intends to mangle next time",0 230738,"fast paced and suspenseful Argentinian thriller",1 131155,"recommended -- as visually bland as a dentist 's waiting room ,",0 20476,"entertaining even if none of it makes a lick of sense",1 228813,"are just too many characters saying too many clever things and getting into too many pointless situations",0 76451,"caring ,",1 114045,"an extra-dry office comedy that seems twice as long as its 83 minutes",0 144021,"Bad and baffling from the get-go .",0 199399,"forced drama in this wildly uneven movie ,",0 86835,"marvelous Verdu",1 608,"black urban professionals",0 138201,"tortured , dull artist",0 74952,"at little kids but with plenty of entertainment value",1 159427,"for hemlock",0 21868,"rewarded by brutal , committed performances from Huppert and Magimel",1 91032,"quite a bit of heart ,",1 181349,"... was unable to reproduce the special spark between the characters that made the first film such a delight .",0 192943,"anyone in his right mind would want to see the it",1 45799,"It haunts , horrifies , startles and fascinates : it is impossible to look away . Ah yes ,",1 84502,"is often very funny",1 17428,"that gives Secret Life its intermittent unease , reaffirming that long-held illusions are indeed reality , and that erasing them recasts the self",1 28254,"always easy to look at",1 106894,"It 's like an all-star salute to Disney 's cheesy commercialism .",0 232021,"in picking apart human foibles , not afraid to lay her life bare in front of an audience",1 59841,"very best",1 5597,"cliches and pat storytelling",0 66665,"It 's still a comic book ,",0 59925,"want to see it twice",1 172119,"strolls",1 132114,"sequels can never capture the magic of the original . Well",0 24514,"A worthwhile way",1 172156,"stumbles over a late-inning twist that just does n't make sense",0 188411,"The movie certainly has its share of clever moments and biting dialogue , but",1 63266,"A polished and vastly entertaining caper",1 93888,"superior horror flick",1 103121,"-- worst of all --",0 215710,"the subject of love head-on :",1 203923,"it is a rather poor imitation",0 218811,"waste their time on it",0 68792,"Sillier , cuter , and shorter than the first ( as best I remember ) , but still a very good time at the cinema",1 130204,"physical beauty",1 7895,"it 's still pretty tasty",1 216862,"to be a wacky , screwball comedy",1 131839,"scoring high for originality of plot",1 22340,"the ride ( bumps and all ) , creamy depth , and ultimate theme",1 65843,"Grainy photography",0 217698,"tossed off",0 102047,"( '' Safe Conduct '' ) is a long movie at 163 minutes but it fills the time with drama , romance , tragedy , bravery , political intrigue , partisans and sabotage . Viva le Resistance",1 211201,"self-mutilating sideshow geeks",0 232894,"is wonderful .",1 184188,"Godard uses his characters -- if that 's not too glorified a term -- as art things , mouthpieces , visual motifs , blanks .",0 180373,", Ghost Ship is pretty landbound , with its leaden acting , dull exposition and telegraphed ` surprises . '",0 37443,"such a fine job",1 210752,"same easy targets",0 165184,"long-dreaded completion",0 146795,"Its save-the-planet message clashes with its crass marketing",0 99673,"watches his own appearance on Letterman with a clinical eye",0 152544,"a subject that could be mistaken for giving a public oration , rather than contributing to a film 's narrative",1 104509,"As refreshing",1 80813,"funny as you 'd hoped .",1 145881,"Hot with the WWII espionage thriller",1 170824,"sham truths",0 13792,"A refreshing Korean film about five female high school friends who face an uphill battle when they try to take their relationships into deeper waters .",1 141737,"'ve lost weight",1 198264,"except that the Chelsea Hotel today is populated by whiny , pathetic , starving and untalented artistes",0 135984,"the performances are often engaging",1 206924,"never finds its tone and several scenes run too long .",0 205994,"meanders from gripping to plodding and back .",0 113783,"alternately melancholic , hopeful and strangely funny",1 33272,"is a surprisingly engaging film .",1 48736,"aims to be funny , uplifting and moving , sometimes all at once . The extent to which it succeeds is impressive .",1 101538,"'s a rollicking adventure for you and all your mateys , regardless of their ages .",1 229788,"certainly is n't dull .",1 219848,"with the transparent attempts at moralizing",0 223704,"How will you feel after an 88-minute rip-off of The Rock with action confined to slo-mo gun firing and random glass-shattering ? ''",0 3876,"a haunted house ,",0 211969,"so many talented people could participate in such an",1 81226,"good documentary",1 123675,"is , arguably , the most accomplished work to date from Hong Kong 's versatile Stanley Kwan",1 203549,"is the equivalent of French hip-hop , which also seems to play on a 10-year delay .",0 41948,"foibles and",1 189151,"Thriller",1 214314,"the cliché-laden screenplay",0 238603,"what it is supposed to be , but ca n't really call it a work of art",0 13175,"with the lovely hush",1 22756,"what to praise first",1 130152,"perfectly rendered period piece",1 174988,"the visuals and eccentricities of many of the characters",1 121813,"has no snap",0 1399,"is so de palma . if you love him , you 'll like it .",1 111225,"Without resorting to camp or parody , Haynes ( like Sirk , but differently ) has transformed the rhetoric of Hollywood melodrama into something provocative , rich , and strange .",1 226553,"Their contrast is neither dramatic nor comic -- it 's just a weird fizzle",0 134031,"than I expected , though , and that 's because the laughs come from fairly basic comedic constructs .",1 163696,"it 's still a mistake to go see it .",0 198972,"first film something of a sleeper success",1 99814,"well-made evocation",1 7983,"it wo n't be long before you 'll spy i spy at a video store near you .",0 41326,"This is one of the most visually stunning and thematically moving epics in recent memory ,",1 127488,"most positive comment",1 52228,"gothic rural Americana",1 40754,"An enjoyable film for the family , amusing and cute for both adults and kids",1 170598,"seems a half beat off .",0 114909,"as garnish . Not only is entry number twenty the worst of the Brosnan bunch",0 222209,"Aggravating and",0 233052,"it is thought-provoking .",1 226564,"There 's already been too many of these films ...",0 27767,"a raw and disturbing tale",1 77834,"deeply moving",1 61721,", a ripping good yarn is told .",1 74843,"as you might to resist , if you 've got a place in your heart for Smokey Robinson",1 140178,"with lots of laughs",1 60291,"wise , wizened",1 145105,"Enron stock",0 151095,"Yes , one enjoys seeing Joan grow from awkward young woman to strong , determined monarch ,",1 104261,"An amused indictment of Jaglom 's own profession .",1 7394,"impression",1 48172,"a majestic achievement ,",1 176932,"trying to pass off its lack of imagination as hip knowingness",0 80841,"gag",0 31429,"fabulous music .",1 143565,"Ahola )",0 171217,"skippable",0 225896,"Something like scrubbing the toilet .",0 73064,"accept it as life and",0 128946,"of terrific",1 197608,"dumb and derivative horror",0 159216,"flat and boring",0 237184,"the relentless gaiety",0 123958,"is by far the worst movie of the year",0 191833,"absurd plot twists ,",0 45390,"Good car chases , great fight scenes ,",1 113751,"already relayed by superb",1 30118,"charming romantic comedy",1 130552,"premisa , pues el resultado es francamente aburrido y",0 163413,"is that , having created an unusually vivid set of characters worthy of its strong cast , the film flounders when it comes to giving them something to do",0 187533,"Starts as a tart little lemon drop of a movie",0 196057,"complaining when a film clocks in around 90 minutes these days",1 212056,"soggy performances",0 90621,"present an unflinching look at one man 's downfall , brought about by his lack of self-awareness",1 132478,"silly and crude storyline",0 41103,"Nervy and",1 224427,"J. Lo will earn her share of the holiday box office pie , although this movie makes one thing perfectly clear : She 's a pretty woman , but she 's no working girl",0 231397,"has a bloated plot that stretches the running time about 10 minutes past a child 's interest and an adult 's patience",0 105743,"Expecting",1 106501,"I liked it just enough .",1 23816,", perhaps , give in to the urge to get on your feet and shake it",1 146105,"I realized this is a throwaway movie that wo n't stand the test of time . It 's a trifle .",0 55461,"of old-fashioned Hollywood magic",1 126126,"like reading a research paper",1 152312,"a rancorous curiosity : a movie without an apparent audience",0 12117,"this crude",0 43672,", overall it 's an entertaining and informative documentary .",1 194832,"bores",0 24784,"Baran is n't the most transporting or gripping film from Iran -- or , indeed , by its director",0 13693,"-LRB- But it 's -RRB- worth recommending because of two marvelous performances by Michael Caine and Brendan Fraser",1 27049,"Thurman and Lewis are hilarious throughout .",1 67107,"Lagaan is quintessential Bollywood . Except it 's much , much better .",1 194479,"being funny",1 61306,"'s the Russian word for Wow !",1 89017,"of the funniest motion",1 11729,"the philosophical musings",1 23722,", it is just about right",1 150095,"There are touching moments in Etoiles",1 36077,"popular and powerful in this high-tech age , speaking its truths with spellbinding imagery and the entrancing music of Philip Glass",1 125385,"its through-line of family and community is heartening in the same way that each season marks a new start .",1 168908,"plastered with one Hollywood cliche",0 1268,"illustrating the demons bedevilling the modern masculine journey",0 203034,"is just as obvious as telling a country skunk",0 69620,"The fun of the movie is the chance it affords to watch Jackson , who also served as executive producer , take his smooth , shrewd , powerful act abroad .",1 231306,"greatest mistake",0 42211,"is shapelessly gratifying",1 6041,"does n't really know or care about the characters ,",0 48438,"a testament of quiet endurance , of common concern ,",1 35002,"not there yet",0 196970,"dip into your wallet , swipe 90 minutes of your time , and",1 64932,"Darkly funny and frequently insightful .",1 19736,"an anti-date movie is more like it",0 74383,"are often funny fanatics",1 104373,"An uneven mix",0 207534,"of a film that are still looking for a common through-line",0 224495,"Just embarrassment and a vague sense of shame",0 21779,"proves he 's quite a talented director and Sam Rockwell shows us",1 158756,"fails to hit the entertainment bull 's - eye",0 194760,"boasts at least a few good ideas and features some decent performances",1 206858,"need all the luck they can muster just figuring out who 's who in this pretentious mess",0 140402,"work as a jaunt down memory lane for teens and young adults who grew up on televised Scooby-Doo shows or reruns",1 92666,"similar obsessions can dominate a family",0 218982,"weighed down by supporting characters who are either too goodly , wise and knowing or downright comically evil",0 86832,"marveled at Disney 's rendering of water , snow , flames and shadows",1 81642,"has a true talent for drawing wrenching performances from his actors ( improvised over many months ) and for conveying the way tiny acts of kindness make ordinary life survivable .",1 72360,"a series of perfect black pearls clicking together to form a string .",1 43972,"A beguiling splash of pastel colors and prankish comedy from Disney",1 143913,"As social exposé , Skins has its heart in the right place",1 101888,"'s simply stupid , irrelevant and deeply , truly , bottomlessly cynical",0 189536,"What 's missing in Murder by Numbers",0 178168,"while cleverly worked out , can not overcome blah characters",0 169013,"poetry in voice-over",1 138462,"two flagrantly fake thunderstorms",0 11322,"the emotional integrity",1 53677,"is to be lauded for finding a new and ingenious angle",1 196487,"crummy-looking videotape",0 234385,"of borrowed plot points",0 22973,"'' begins with a simple plan",1 4154,"a strong script",1 34593,"more than a",1 84894,"it 's going to be a trip",1 185247,"It almost feels as if the movie is more interested in entertaining itself than in amusing us .",0 67646,"Mostly Martha is mostly unsurprising",0 36150,"presented with a wry dark humor",1 53211,"intriguing what-if premise",1 47390,"This riveting World War II moral suspense story deals with the shadow side of American culture :",1 173787,"the eccentric and the strange .",0 66734,"It is an unstinting look at a collaboration between damaged people that may or may not qual",1 161683,"impish augmentation",0 211722,"sitting through this sloppy , made-for-movie comedy special",0 105570,"EXIT sign",0 42595,"see this movie",1 53349,"is a verbal duel between two gifted performers .",1 103506,"A confluence of kiddie entertainment , sophisticated wit and symbolic graphic design",1 165944,"might say Tykwer has done all that Heaven allows , if you wanted to make as anti-Kieslowski a pun as possible . Suffice to say its total promise is left slightly unfulfilled .",0 177694,"was vile enough . Do we really need the Tiger Beat version",0 5014,"based on a true and historically significant story",1 71743,"a good one",1 100457,"with an intimate feeling , a saga of the ups and downs of friendships",1 80905,"gentle , mesmerizing portrait",1 213898,"that these brats will ever be anything more than losers",0 230841,"first-class , natural acting and",1 154116,"as an intense political and psychological thriller",1 40654,"A feel-good picture in the best sense of the term",1 84649,"is still a deeply moving effort to put a human face on the travail of thousands of Vietnamese .",1 156736,"considering some of the other dreck out there right now",0 205207,"little enthusiasm",0 108489,"Prozac Nation",0 183710,"Episode II --",1 133420,"strong , measured work",1 197588,"dull , simple-minded and stereotypical",0 10602,"some cynical creeps",0 45099,"Drumline ' shows a level of young , Black manhood that is funny , touching , smart and complicated",1 202821,"is clear : Not easily and , in the end , not well enough",0 132803,"so true and heartbreaking",1 206319,"month",1 235494,"seamless ensemble",1 17320,"sticking to the facts",1 153948,"are stretched to the point of evaporation",0 78523,"done a fine job of updating White 's dry wit to a new age",1 147112,"Legally Blonde and Sweet Home Abomination",0 60037,"well-written",1 68548,"Ryan Gosling ( Murder By Numbers ) delivers a magnetic performance .",1 231973,"in a grisly sort of way",0 230265,"dismay",0 232355,"is a smorgasbord of soliloquies about nothing delivered by the former Mr. Drew Barrymore",0 108551,"Ramsay and Morton fill this character study with poetic force and buoyant feeling .",1 218748,"was inexplicably rushed to the megaplexes before its time",0 26833,"The format gets used best ... to capture the dizzying heights achieved by motocross and BMX riders , whose balletic hotdogging occasionally ends in bone-crushing screwups .",1 27073,"Too sincere to exploit its subjects and too honest to manipulate its audience",1 63334,"A rock-solid gangster movie with a fair amount",1 238101,"transforms its wearer into a superman",1 121146,"give the movie points for",1 136937,"this film should not be missed .",1 30362,"considerably more scenery with their acting than fire-breathing monsters barbecue with their breath",1 124415,"is one that any art-house moviegoer is likely to find compelling .",1 32824,"in a nasty sea",0 141430,"'s needed so badly but what is virtually absent",0 39052,"through memory , a celebration of living , and a sobering rumination",1 33426,"is n't just hilarious",1 29336,"attentive",1 177997,"what the reaction of Israelis will be to this supposedly evenhanded presentation",0 116694,"cardiac arrest",0 155485,"brilliant original",1 24382,"A marvellous",1 183781,"Every visual joke is milked , every set-up obvious and lengthy ,",0 114200,"and , because of its heightened , well-shaped dramas , twice as powerful",1 53482,"is good enough and will likely be appreciated most by sailors and folks who know their way around a submarine",1 12284,"tired",0 194474,"being dragged through a sad , sordid universe of guns , drugs , avarice and damaged dreams",0 74638,"as any other Arnie musclefest",0 148958,"Swamp Thing-type animation",0 108245,"Oscar-size . Quaid is utterly fearless as the tortured husband living a painful lie",1 42299,"look like a ''",1 89695,"only scratches the surface",0 69343,"The Powerpuff Girls arrive on the big screen with their super-powers , their super-simple animation and their super-dooper-adorability intact .",1 216702,"thuds",0 171702,"somnolent show",0 51939,"from many a Hollywood romance . What sets it apart is the vision that Taymor , the avant garde director of Broadway 's The Lion King and the film Titus , brings",1 15059,"and love it",1 210749,"salvos hitting a discernible target .",1 68865,"Soderbergh is n't afraid to try any genre and to do it his own way .",1 81579,"hard-won",1 115889,"best little '' horror '' movie",1 184610,"I ca n't recommend it .",0 104675,"Being unique",1 18204,"If there 's a way to effectively teach kids about the dangers of drugs , I think it 's in projects like the ( unfortunately R-rated ) Paid .",1 110355,"There are some fairly unsettling scenes , but they never succeed in really rattling the viewer",0 49411,"at their noble endeavor",1 94395,"than either of those films",0 86166,"little revision works",1 183817,"Exhibits the shallow sensationalism characteristic of soap opera ...",0 53415,"is authentic to the core of his being",1 132108,"sentimental chick-flicks",1 13593,", if you 're a connoisseur of psychological horror , this is your ticket .",1 212441,"staggeringly well-produced",1 30920,"does n't really deliver the delicious guilty pleasure of the better film versions",0 116684,"captures the soul of a man in pain who gradually comes to recognize it and deal with it",1 198549,"far more interested in gross-out humor than in showing us well-thought stunts or a car chase that we have n't seen 10",0 43044,"wraps back around on itself in the kind of elegant symmetry that 's rare in film today , but",1 203672,"is way , way off",0 22336,"the rare director",1 230427,"drown out",0 169448,"puke up",0 98573,"touching , dramatically forceful , and beautifully shot",1 2687,"the performances are so leaden , michael rymer 's direction is so bloodless",0 81429,"grows on you .",1 224833,"Most of the supporting characters in Eastwood films are weak , as are most of the subplots .",0 47924,"a day at the beach",1 140024,"with Ben Stiller 's Zoolander , which I thought was rather clever .",1 12265,"thrills and a mystery",1 161586,"if rather precious",1 151538,"a con artist and",1 237404,"there 's no plot in this Antonio Banderas-Lucy Liu faceoff",0 223797,"I found myself struggling to put my finger on that elusive `` missing thing . ''",0 65303,"England 's Roger Mitchell , who handily makes the move from pleasing",1 194220,"be used as analgesic balm for overstimulated minds . Right now",0 76246,"ca n't get no satisfaction without the latter",0 131320,"remarkably alluring film",1 137769,"to plant smile-button faces on that segment of the populace that made A Walk to Remember a niche hit",1 116466,"by the time it 's done with us , Mira Nair 's new movie has its audience giddy with the delight of discovery ,",1 107088,"It wraps up a classic mother\/daughter struggle in recycled paper with a shiny new bow and while the audience can tell it 's not all new , at least it looks pretty",1 169818,"recognize that this story is too goofy ... even for Disney",0 150283,"This one is a few bits funnier than Malle 's dud , if only because the cast is so engagingly messing around like Slob City reductions of Damon Runyon crooks .",1 174237,"the majority of the film that shows a stationary camera on a subject that could be mistaken for giving a public oration , rather than contributing to a film 's narrative",0 121047,"get him a few laughs but nothing else",0 195738,"classic moral-condundrum drama : What would you have done to survive ?",0 190654,"a good cast",1 44870,"Certainly the performances are worthwhile .",1 194071,"be all too familiar",1 42425,"only sex , scandal",0 119126,"enjoy the ride",1 76742,"cinematic touchstone",1 156861,"could be mistaken for giving a public oration , rather than contributing to a film 's narrative",1 181059,", this film 's impressive performances and adept direction are n't likely to leave a lasting impression .",0 141079,"'s John Turturro , who 's simply fab as a Spanish butler with a foot fetish",1 66420,"Inventive ,",1 34089,"like a nail-biting thriller",1 67741,"Nachtwey clears the cynicism right out of you",1 24238,": For the first time since Desperately Seeking Susan , Madonna does n't suck as an actress .",1 27934,"a visceral level",1 201239,"his sense of story and his juvenile camera movements smack of a film school undergrad",0 177640,"was captured by this movie when she obviously belongs in something lighter and sunnier",0 75553,"believing in something does matter",1 104805,"Bogdanich is unashamedly pro-Serbian and makes little attempt to give voice to the other side .",0 36158,"pretentious dialogue",0 46670,"Safe Conduct is so rich with period minutiae it 's like dying and going to celluloid heaven .",1 209013,"painfully bad",0 165048,"lip-synching , tragedy",0 152825,"absorbing characters",1 72743,"a vastly improved Germanic version",1 55407,"of its characters ' lives",1 186565,"One of the worst films of 2002",0 177948,"what 's supposed to be a comedy",0 47175,"The movie is hardly a masterpiece , but it does mark Ms . Bullock 's best work in some time .",1 108266,"P )",0 27797,"a salute to the universal language of rhythm and a zippy sampling of sounds",1 220216,"you 'd want to watch if you only had a week to live",1 101799,"'s not enough substance in the story to actually give them life",0 66324,"Imamura has said that Warm Water Under a Red Bridge is a poem to the enduring strengths of women .",1 192284,"almost Shakespearean -- both in depth and breadth --",1 61447,"( Hayek )",1 165013,"like this shoddy suspense thriller",0 224757,"Me no lika da accents so good , but",0 6788,"give a backbone to the company",1 73776,"an exercise in chilling style ,",1 158129,"egotistical",0 100544,"with its wry observations",1 84153,"is either a more rigid , Blair Witch-style commitment to its mockumentary format , or a more straightforward , dramatic treatment , with all the grandiosity that that implies",1 144162,"Birot is a competent enough filmmaker ,",1 1459,"it 's truly awful and heartbreaking subject matter",0 183804,"Everything that was right about Blade is wrong in its sequel .",0 196551,"cutesy romance , dark satire and murder mystery",1 65381,"Even when there are lulls , the emotions seem authentic ,",1 235399,"rotten in almost every single facet of production that you 'll want to crawl up your own \*\*\* in embarrassment .",0 27195,"What better message than ` love thyself '",1 167013,"not-quite-suburban milieu as to have viewers recoiling from the reality",1 103038,", you 'll be rewarded with some fine acting .",1 45018,"De Niro and Crystal having fun",1 76947,"comedies to hit the screen in years",1 180456,", The Four Feathers comes up short",0 45835,"It wants to tweak them with a taste of tangy new humor .",1 192334,"also is difficult to fathom",0 101047,"you 'll like it .",1 124408,"is one of those rare pictures",1 94807,"that peace is possible .",1 133125,"spirituality that are powerful and moving without stooping to base melodrama",1 109430,"The Good Girl is a film in which the talent is undeniable but",1 87816,"never seems hopelessly juvenile .",0 99829,"went back to Newcastle , the first half of Gangster No . 1 drips with style and , at times , blood",1 66572,"It 's light on the chills and heavy on the atmospheric weirdness ,",1 27805,"a sense of playfulness and excitement",1 203047,"is just too easy to be genuinely satisfying .",0 103900,"A solidly entertaining",1 123816,"is a really cool bit -- the movie 's conception of a future-world holographic librarian ( Orlando Jones ) who knows everything and answers all questions , is visually smart , cleverly written , and nicely realized",1 11862,"the script is a dim-witted pairing of teen-speak and animal gibberish .",0 132007,"seems impossible that an epic four-hour Indian musical about a cricket game could be this good",1 208263,"off with an inauspicious premise , mopes through a dreary tract of virtually plotless meanderings and then ends with a whimper .",0 172116,"stripped away its inspirations",0 65851,"Great dragons",1 41131,"Often moving and",1 23143,"'s no denying the talent of the creative forces behind it",1 186536,"One big blustery movie",0 7938,"it feels like an after-school special gussied up with some fancy special effects , and watching its rote plot points connect is about as exciting as gazing at an egg timer for 93 minutes",0 162807,"is best described as lukewarm . Maybe",0 48729,"aging Sandeman",0 130335,"plot and pornographic way",0 7008,"has run its course",0 178404,"will stomp away in disgust .",0 44124,"A heartening tale of small victories",1 204500,"keep 80 minutes from seeming like 800",1 88596,"of fun and funny in the middle , though somewhat less hard-hitting",1 71430,"a commanding screen presence",1 57453,"stylists",1 17571,"the inner struggles of our adolescent heroes - insecure , uncontrolled , and intense",1 47934,"a decent attempt",1 127951,"niches",1 160481,"half-formed wit",0 233615,"make Gangster No. 1 a worthwhile moviegoing experience",1 171043,"shun her kids ,",0 127420,"most creative mayhem",1 124126,"is icily brilliant",1 223992,"Ill-considered , unholy hokum .",0 161057,"heavy-handed and portent-heavy",0 20058,"bad it does n't have more flashes of insight",0 36608,"romantic and rapturous",1 184324,"Has all the scenic appeal of a cesspool",0 140322,"without sacrificing its high-minded appeal",1 170261,"runs the gamut from stale parody to raunchy sex gags to formula romantic comedy",0 194050,"be a lot better if it pared down its plots and characters to a few rather than dozens ... or if it were subtler ... or if it had a sense of humor",0 100882,"worldly-wise and very funny script",1 202287,"instead has all the lyricism of a limerick scrawled in a public restroom",0 181991,"A sleep-inducingly slow-paced crime drama",0 36521,"resonant tale",1 62129,", one that spans time and reveals meaning ? You bet there is and it 's what makes this rather convoluted journey worth taking .",1 68019,"One of the very best movies ever made about the life of moviemaking .",1 147161,"Like a can of 2-day old Coke .",0 72509,"a staggeringly compelling character , a young man whose sharp intellect is at the very root of his contradictory , self-hating , self-destructive ways",1 130129,"perfect teaming",1 104111,"Alarms for Duvall 's throbbing sincerity and his elderly propensity for patting people while he talks .",1 83523,"into a cinematic poem",1 126462,"lovingly rendered",1 36033,"plays like an extended episode of Touched by an Angel -- a little too much dancing , a few too many weeping scenes --",0 207282,"now , told by Hollywood , and much more ordinary for it",0 63758,"Although it lacks the detail of the book , the film does pack some serious suspense .",1 78364,"do n't seem ever to run out of ideas",1 37920,"that will , hopefully , be remembered as one of the most important stories to be told in Australia 's film history",1 25109,"Despite what anyone believes about the goal of its makers , the show ... represents a spectacular piece of theater",1 145875,"Hong Kong 's John Woo",1 201579,"if the laborious pacing and endless exposition had been tightened",0 221823,"... may work as an addictive guilty pleasure but the material never overcomes its questionable satirical ambivalence .",0 99804,"well-constructed narrative",1 125449,"jaw-dropping action sequences , striking villains , a gorgeous color palette",1 228871,"around any scenes that might have required genuine acting from Ms. Spears",0 118316,"disappointingly",0 29556,"best examples",1 67603,"Mordantly funny",1 141576,"'s slow and unwieldy",0 132467,"significantly less charming than listening to a four-year-old",0 103524,"A different and emotionally reserved type of survival story -- a film less about refracting all of World War II through the specific conditions of one man , and more about that man",1 82569,"hungry for quality and a nostalgic , twisty yarn that will keep them guessing",1 39558,"un buen ejemplo",1 157746,"does n't come close to the level of intelligence and visual splendour that can be seen in other films",0 221551,", thanks to the presence of ` the King , ' it also rocks .",1 130601,"pretty convincing performance",1 57406,"street-smart",1 91916,"satisfying during a summer of event movies than a spy thriller like The Bourne Identity that 's packed with just as much intelligence as action",1 227766,"a badly handled screenplay of what is really an amusing concept -- a high-tech tux that transforms its wearer into a superman",0 143824,"Another rent installment",0 15061,"and masterfully",1 134165,"that 's sustained through the surprisingly somber conclusion",1 103317,"4Ever has the same sledgehammer appeal as Pokemon videos ,",0 12851,"was feeling this movie until it veered off too far into the exxon zone , and left me behind at the station looking for a return ticket to realism",0 223701,"How did it ever get made ?",0 56466,"refreshing departure",1 84204,"is filled with humorous observations about the general absurdity of modern life as seen through the eyes outsiders",1 166015,"miserable excuse",0 231043,"from the great Daniel Auteuil",1 24538,"Add yet another hat to a talented head",1 143361,"A sophomoric exploration of ` life problems ' most people solved",0 75039,"attractive men",1 120633,"freeing",1 76127,"by Volletta Wallace 's maternal fury , her fearlessness",1 76264,"ca n't stand",0 86632,"makes for a touching love story ,",1 143005,"A bigger holiday downer than your end-of-year 401 ( k ) statement .",0 116986,"cinema fans",1 26809,"The film benefits greatly from a less manic tone than its predecessor , as Cho appears to have settled comfortably into her skin .",1 160171,"go rent '' Shakes The Clown '' , a much funnier film with a similar theme and an equally great Robin Williams performance",0 177485,"viewers may be hard pressed to retain their lunch",0 113859,"an American , a choice that upsets the novel 's exquisite balance and shreds the fabric of the film",0 124395,"is one helluva singer .",1 100986,"writing , skewed characters",0 176784,"trails",1 217102,"to hold onto what 's left of his passe ' chopsocky glory",0 224183,"It 's hard to imagine anybody ever being `` in the mood '' to view a movie as harrowing and painful as The Grey Zone , but it 's equally hard to imagine anybody being able to tear their eyes away from the screen once it 's started",0 122752,"if you liked the previous movies in the series",1 18242,"'' Personal Freedom First",1 30914,"does n't give you time",0 233677,"makes for perfectly acceptable , occasionally very enjoyable children 's entertainment",1 47368,"This is human comedy at its most amusing , interesting and confirming .",1 35578,"official repression",0 130756,"provides a tenacious demonstration of death as the great equalizer .",0 191032,"a neat twist , subtly rendered , that could have wrapped things up at 80 minutes",1 144241,"Brainless",0 213874,"that the film is never dull",1 68704,"Sensitive ensemble performances and good period reconstruction add up to a moving tragedy with some buoyant human moments .",1 172966,"that could not find a buyer to play it on the tube",0 188989,"This is a picture that Maik , the firebrand turned savvy ad man , would be envious of : it hijacks the heat of revolution and turns it into a sales tool",1 228574,"an exercise in gross romanticization of the delusional personality type",0 227389,"` direct-to-video ' release",0 66277,"If you 're not a fan , it might be like trying to eat Brussels sprouts",0 18669,"An intriguing and entertaining introduction to Johnson",1 131531,"rich historical subject",1 88402,"of almost Bergmanesque intensity",1 70619,"Vibrantly colored and",1 134635,"that wore out its welcome with audiences several years ago",0 103800,"A powerful , chilling , and affecting study",1 43144,"'s a beautiful madness",1 47948,"a delightfully dour",1 134167,"that 's what I liked about it -- the real issues tucked between the silly and crude storyline",1 208756,"or , worse yet , nonexistent --",0 43187,"'s a work of enthralling drama",1 181983,"A shoddy male hip hop fantasy filled with guns , expensive cars , lots of naked women and Rocawear clothing .",0 93665,"stumbles",0 79898,"film that 's flawed and brilliant in equal measure .",1 40741,"Achieves a sort of filmic epiphany",1 81611,"has a good bark , far from being a bow-wow",1 43737,", there is an accuracy of observation in the work of the director , Frank Novak , that keeps the film grounded in an undeniable social realism .",1 206139,"might not have gotten him into film school in the first place",0 67710,"Much of what we see is horrible but it 's also undeniably exceedingly clever .",1 131935,"see this terrific film with your kids -- if you do n't have kids borrow some",1 83524,"into a classic genre",1 120829,"fun , curiously adolescent movie",1 222901,"Certainly the big finish was n't something Galinsky and Hawley could have planned for ... but part of being a good documentarian is being there when the rope snaps .",1 7800,"is that knot from dramatic tension or a symptom of artistic malnutrition",0 175750,"time bombs and",0 195247,"by whiny , pathetic , starving and untalented artistes",0 183575,"Donovan ... squanders his main asset ,",0 202483,"irritating ( at least to this Western ear )",0 107575,"Macy",1 943,"fairytale",1 143137,"A grim , flat and boring werewolf",0 93954,"surrounding us with hyper-artificiality",0 61268,"'s something there .",1 7299,"i was feeling this movie until it veered off too far into the exxon zone , and left me behind at the station looking for a return ticket to realism .",0 57525,"surprisingly cinematic experience",1 86011,"lightweight filmmaking",0 84546,"is plenty of fun for all .",1 187346,"Slap her - she 's not funny ! No French people were harmed during the making of this movie , but",0 128722,"of ineptly",0 195903,"come as they may , Lawrence unleashes his trademark misogyny -- er , comedy -- like a human volcano or an overflowing septic tank , take your pick",0 222799,"But that 's just the problem with it -",0 1413,"is this love or",1 230539,"enjoyably overblown in the traditional Almodóvar style",1 126361,"looks to be going through the motions , beginning with the pale script",0 222488,"Astonishing is n't the word --",1 226445,"The problem is the needlessly poor quality of its archival prints and film footage .",0 54211,"lethargically",0 98584,"touching good sense",1 13095,"williams plays sy , another of his open-faced , smiling madmen , like the killer in insomnia",1 120095,"find an escape clause",0 93671,"stunningly",1 8632,"makes for a pretty unpleasant viewing experience .",0 62063,", it works beautifully as a movie without sacrificing the integrity of the opera .",1 92039,"search of something different",1 87627,"multi-layered and profoundly",1 65358,"Even during the climactic hourlong cricket match , boredom never takes hold .",1 202276,"inspires more than an interested detachment",1 112949,"a tuba-playing dwarf rolled down a hill in a trash can ? Do you chuckle at the thought of an ancient librarian whacking a certain part of a man 's body ? If you answered yes , by all means enjoy The New Guy",1 109619,"The bland",0 53597,"is quite entertaining",1 238376,"walked the delicate tightrope between farcical and loathsome",0 55603,"of the refuse of adults",0 107470,"Like many Western action films , this thriller is too loud and thoroughly overbearing , but",0 105219,"Contains the humor , characterization , poignancy , and intelligence of a bad sitcom .",0 107284,"Karmen 's enthronement among the cinema 's memorable women",1 119063,"ends up falling short as a whole",0 51354,"eventually prevail",1 51057,"dynamism",1 202563,"is a disaster , with cloying messages and irksome characters",0 238091,"toward the light -- the light of the exit sign",0 214328,"the comic elements of the premise ,",1 155388,"boring , sad man",0 94092,"take a complete moron",0 103663,"A journey spanning nearly three decades of bittersweet camaraderie and history , in which we feel that we truly know what makes Holly and Marina tick",1 226699,"This seductive tease of a thriller",1 150224,"This is a train wreck of an action film -- a stupefying attempt by the filmmakers to force-feed James Bond into the mindless XXX mold and throw 40 years of cinematic history down the toilet in favor of bright flashes and loud bangs .",0 112374,"a movie that , its title notwithstanding , should have been a lot nastier",0 199289,"for realizing that you 've spent the past 20 minutes looking at your watch and waiting for Frida to just die already",0 87306,"more playful",1 16968,"plenty of laughs and good lines for everyone in this comedy",1 62440,", you 're gonna like this movie",1 4135,"a splash when it 's released , and will not be remembered long afterwards",0 18296,"'s not terribly original",0 81664,"has at least one more story to tell : his own",1 2621,"the holocaust",0 142986,"A TV episode inflated past its natural length .",0 141804,"( Plays )",1 149792,"The reason we keep seeing the same movie with roughly the same people every year is because so many of us keep going and then , out of embarrassment or stupidity , not warning anyone .",0 23981,", well-shot and , importantly , entertaining",1 208630,"one of those art house films that makes you feel like you 're watching an iceberg melt -- only",0 202965,"is great material for a film -- rowdy , brawny and lyrical in the best Irish sense",1 176998,"turns out to be neither funny nor provocative - only dull",0 90793,"proves once again that he 's the best brush in the business",1 183022,"Carvey 's glory days",1 73867,"an intense indoor drama about compassion , sacrifice , and Christian love",1 221417,", it 's quite fun in places .",1 168524,"overcomes its questionable in-the-ring match-up with solid fight choreography and gritty prison authenticity",1 234694,"on the level that one enjoys a bad slasher flick",0 225081,"My reaction in a word : disappointment",0 114588,"are fun and reminiscent of combat scenes from the Star Wars series .",1 187505,"Spirit is a visual treat , and it takes chances that are bold by studio standards , but",1 215398,"the power of poetry and passion",1 103637,"A grittily beautiful film that looks , sounds , and feels more like an extended , open-ended poem than a traditionally structured story .",1 22523,"to make an impact in the theater world",1 99538,"wander into the dark areas of parent-child relationships",0 186614,"Originality is sorely lacking .",0 138351,"triumphant about this motion picture",1 215492,"the ridiculousness",0 79507,"extends to his supple understanding of the role",1 186073,"Mediocre movies",0 53143,"intense , brooding character study",1 195493,"cartoon characters",1 167776,"of the eccentric and the strange . The fact that it is n't very good",0 13935,"Care",1 119789,"fascinating , compelling story",1 128169,"nothing in this flat effort that will amuse or entertain them",0 38897,"they invariably shake up the formula and make it more interesting .",1 150203,"This idea has lost its originality ... and neither star appears very excited at rehashing what was basically a one-joke picture",0 15277,"bona-fide master",1 23920,", the startling optimism ,",1 15401,"charming old reel-to-reel recordings",1 61640,", Iwai 's gorgeous visuals seduce .",1 204979,"like Holly",1 220040,"worthy idea",1 190653,"a good case while failing to provide a reason for us to care beyond the very basic dictums of human decency",0 134432,"that it quickly enters the pantheon of wreckage that includes Battlefield Earth and Showgirls",0 8845,"more annoying",0 116118,"botching",0 173686,"the credits finally roll and you get to leave the theater",0 182931,"Broomfield 's style of journalism is hardly journalism at all , and",0 168369,"original character , siuation or joke",1 102714,", magnificent to behold in its sparkling beauty yet in reality it 's one tough rock .",1 99211,"us see familiar issues , like racism and homophobia , in a fresh way",1 158654,"expects us to laugh because he acts so goofy all the time",0 49362,"astoundingly rich",1 203309,"is out of his league",0 142507,", the movie lacks wit , feeling and believability to compensate for its incessant coarseness and banality .",0 60969,"'s being conned right up to the finale",0 75935,"bright , inventive",1 13363,"you do n't have the slightest difficulty accepting him in the role",1 65145,"Dogtown and Z-Boys more than exposes the roots of the skateboarding boom that would become '' the punk kids ' revolution . ''",1 150632,"Vera 's technical prowess ends up selling his film short : he smoothes over hard truths even as he uncovers them .",0 186486,"Notorious C . H . O . still feels like a promising work-in-progress",1 39054,"through on some solid performances and witty dialogue",1 177058,"ultimately fails by spinning out of control",0 121420,"greatest hits",1 80038,"first-time director Denzel Washington and a top-notch cast",1 235296,"relatively nothing",0 219495,"will dip into your wallet , swipe 90 minutes of your time , and offer you precisely this in recompense : A few early laughs scattered around a plot as thin as it is repetitious .",0 126144,"like this that puts flimsy flicks like this behind bars",0 3776,"a few nice twists in a standard plot and the charisma of hugh grant and sandra bullock",1 75140,"balance pointed , often incisive satire and unabashed sweetness ,",1 191378,"a stab",0 74696,"as he creates",1 2959,"to spare wildlife",1 102324,", Shiri is a must for genre fans .",1 132538,"sinister happy ending",1 162675,"is a statement and issue worthy of a much more thoughtfulness and insight than a melodramatic and wholly predictable thriller",0 123156,"in the immediate aftermath of the terrorist attacks",1 88295,"of ` We Were Soldiers",1 187187,"Seems content to dog-paddle in the mediocre end of the pool",0 7564,"instead of kicking off the intrigue and suspense and mystery of the whole thing",0 110500,"This is one of those rare docs that paints a grand picture of an era and makes the journey feel like a party .",1 139964,"will upset or frighten young viewers",0 205707,"makes even Elizabeth Hurley seem graceless and ugly",0 156470,"cold , grey , antiseptic",0 102503,", entertaining comedy",1 17529,"the ever-escalating conflict",0 30876,"divine",1 186888,"Remember back when thrillers actually thrilled ? When the twist endings were actually surprising ? When the violence actually shocked ? When the heroes were actually under 40",0 170191,"root for convicted violent felons over those assigned to protect us from same",1 199474,"frantic than involving ,",0 23772,", meditative , clinical and poetic , The Piano Teacher is a daring work of genius .",1 31423,"eye-opening",1 216670,"through this picture I was beginning to hate it",0 20604,"freaky and funny",1 5424,"can take the grandkids or the grandparents and",1 234892,"passes time until it 's time for an absurd finale of twisted metal , fireballs and revenge .",0 80864,"gasp , shudder",0 44216,"A real winner --",1 185614,"Killed My Father is one of those art house films that makes you feel like you 're watching an iceberg melt -- only",0 87561,"moving , if uneven , success",1 239091,"you 'll derive from this choppy and sloppy affair",0 129954,"painful improbability",0 52246,"graves problemas",0 223308,"Extraordinary debut from Josh Koury .",1 102218,", Amy 's Orgasm has a key strength in its willingness to explore its principal characters with honesty , insight and humor .",1 210930,"screen been so aggressively anti-erotic",0 63565,"A wild comedy that could only spring from the demented mind",1 38785,"the wisdom",1 110566,"This wretchedly unfunny wannabe comedy is inane and awful",0 61044,"'s fun , splashy and entertainingly nasty",1 79154,"epic American story",1 138225,"tov to a film about a family 's joyous life",1 39552,"ultimately touching",1 191946,"acts light on great scares and a good surprise ending",1 137654,"to his best work",1 75176,"based on three short films and two features , here 's betting her third feature will be something to behold",1 192299,"almost enough chuckles for a three-minute sketch , and",0 120827,"fumbles away",0 151486,"a classic whose witty dialogue is treated with a baffling casual approach",1 11552,"the kind of movie that leaves vague impressions and a nasty aftertaste but little clear memory of its operational mechanics .",0 113297,"acquainted with the author 's work , on the other hand ,",1 221222,", Treasure Planet maintains a brisk pace as it races through the familiar story .",1 118047,"demographic while",1 173061,"that is willfully overwrought",0 80755,"fun , splashy and entertainingly nasty",1 121243,"go with this claustrophobic concept",0 227875,"a divine monument to a single man 's struggle to regain his life , his dignity and his music",1 92592,"show his penchant for wry , contentious configurations",1 169328,"produce something that makes Fatal Attraction look like a classic by comparison",0 52068,"gently funny , sweetly adventurous film",1 67951,"Offers a guilt-free trip into feel-good territory",1 199724,"gags to break the tedium",0 108255,"Our culture is headed down the toilet with the ferocity of a frozen burrito after an all-night tequila bender -- and",0 64396,"Blithely anachronistic and slyly achronological",0 154889,"because she was captured by this movie when she obviously belongs in something lighter and sunnier",0 24380,"A map of the inner rhythms of love and jealousy and sacrifice",1 229978,"cornball sequel",0 167019,"nothing 's happening",0 39064,"throughout his resolutely dramatic variation on the novel",1 20870,"impress",1 235389,"rolled down a hill in a trash can",0 114749,"arriving at a particularly dark moment in history , it offers flickering reminders of the ties that bind us",1 195264,"ca n't help herself",1 55615,"of the unsung heroes of 20th century",1 115647,"beat each other to a pulp",0 71847,"a huge sacrifice",1 103251,"... too sappy for its own good .",0 163921,"it still feels like it was made by some very stoned college students",0 225487,"Pompous",0 27774,"a refreshingly serious look",1 4612,"an agonizing bore except when the fantastic kathy bates turns up .",0 219277,"which ticks off Kahlo 's lifetime milestones with the dutiful precision of a tax accountant",0 7783,"is so fresh and free of the usual thriller nonsense",1 39891,"we have n't seen on the big screen before",1 52221,"gory as the scenes of torture and self-mutilation",0 167307,"of a patchwork in script and production",0 104183,"Although I did n't hate this one , it 's not very good either .",0 72562,"a strong dramatic and emotional pull",1 37058,"smug",0 192748,"and no one )",1 35145,"of a good time at the movies",1 44401,"All-in-all , the film is an enjoyable and frankly told tale of a people who live among us , but not necessarily with us .",1 23550,", charming tale",1 44189,"A no-holds-barred cinematic",1 93480,"stays there for the duration",1 121537,"had more to do with imagination than market research",1 172916,"that a life like this can sound so dull",0 2055,"pleasing the crowds",1 165095,"little more than a well-acted television melodrama shot for the big screen .",0 228028,"a movie in which a guy dressed as a children 's party clown gets violently gang-raped",0 7540,"insane",0 226463,"The result is somewhat satisfying --",1 195189,"by on humor that is not even as daring as John Ritter 's glory days on Three 's Company",0 90246,"phenomenal band",1 106956,"It 's sort of a 21st century morality play with a Latino hip hop beat . But the second half of the movie really goes downhill",0 217436,"to the endlessly repetitive scenes of embarrassment",0 38609,"the same ideas repeated in films over and over again",0 35690,"one of his richest roles",1 199133,"for Damon/Bourne or his predicament",1 206115,"might be some sort of credible gender-provoking philosophy submerged here , but who the hell cares ?",0 193464,"as hilarious",1 137177,"thoughtlessly",0 121191,"gives his best screen performance with an oddly winning portrayal of one of life 's ultimate losers",1 227300,"You might want to take a reality check before you pay the full ticket price to see `` Simone , '' and consider a DVD rental instead .",0 238627,"when Leguizamo finally plugged an irritating character late in the movie .",0 177588,"want to bolt the theater in the first 10 minutes",0 54782,"moment",1 179276,"' dwells on crossing-over mumbo jumbo , manipulative sentimentality , and sappy dialogue .",0 168684,"particular dishonor",0 126513,"made , on all levels ,",1 26659,"Sturdy , entertaining period drama ... both Caine and Fraser have their moments .",1 215595,"the shabby digital photography",0 30725,"deserves a wide audience",1 160415,"guffaw with a script",0 82078,"help overcome the problematic script .",0 173778,"the dynamic duo on the marquee , that we just ca n't get no satisfaction",0 44286,"A subject like this should inspire reaction in its audience :",1 105215,"Constantly touching , surprisingly funny ,",1 169781,"really ripe for a warmed-over James Bond adventure , with a village idiot as the 007 clone",0 203997,"it pretends to investigate",0 25395,"Generally , Clockstoppers will fulfill your wildest fantasies about being a different kind of time traveler , while happily killing 94 minutes .",1 189982,"` Opening up ' the play more has partly closed it down .",0 224313,"It has plenty of laughs .",1 156176,"charm -- especially Allodi and Nolden --",1 100835,"works -",1 85134,"it still manages to build to a terrifying , if obvious , conclusion",1 216073,"then becomes unwatchable",0 149821,"The script is n't very good :",0 84994,"it conjures up the intoxicating fumes and emotional ghosts of a freshly painted Rembrandt",1 100641,"with the fast , funny",1 122198,"hide new secretions",0 102773,", poignant picture",1 150917,"While it is welcome to see a Chinese film depict a homosexual relationship in a mature and frank fashion",1 134019,"texture and realism",1 121187,"gives her best performance since Abel Ferrara had her beaten to a pulp in his Dangerous Game",1 138750,"unpredictable , hilarious",1 73002,"about the people who live in them , who have carved their own comfortable niche in the world and have been kind enough to share it",1 223037,"Curiously , Super Troopers suffers because it does n't have enough vices to merit its 103-minute length .",0 231475,"has so many flaws it would be easy for critics to shred it",0 36897,"she is backed by a likable cast",1 81963,"he 's a dangerous , secretly unhinged guy who could easily have killed a president because it made him feel powerful .",0 39673,"unsavory characters and WWF mentality",0 85640,"keeps it from seeming predictably formulaic",1 28500,"and affection",1 229893,"come from a Xerox machine rather than ( writer-director ) Franc",0 146746,"It takes a certain kind of horror movie to qualify as ` worse than expected , '",0 174359,"the movie only proves that Hollywood no longer has a monopoly on mindless action",0 67909,"Not quite as miraculous as its DreamWorks makers would have you believe , but it more than adequately fills the eyes and stirs the emotions .",1 35449,"of the familiar masterpiece",1 119168,"enough to make even Jean-Claude Van Damme look good",1 193554,"as particularly memorable or even all that funny",0 168268,"only a depiction of pain , today 's version of Greek tragedy",0 137495,"to compensate for the movie 's failings",0 72216,"a rather simplistic one : grief drives her , love drives him , and a second chance to find love in the most unlikely place",1 203554,"is the gabbiest giant-screen movie ever",0 43710,", the French-produced '' Read My Lips '' is a movie that understands characters must come first .",1 141148,"'s a rather listless amble down the middle of the road , where the thematic ironies are too obvious and the sexual politics too smug .",0 45196,"Exciting and direct ,",1 227610,"`` The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys '' has flaws , but",0 125173,"its aspiration to be a true ` epic '",1 218795,"was the best the contest received",1 6373,"facetious comic parody and pulp melodrama",0 148218,"Queen of the Damned as you might have guessed , makes sorry use of Aaliyah in her one and only starring role --",0 63475,"A sweet-tempered comedy that forgoes the knee-jerk misogyny that passes for humor in so many teenage comedies .",1 35429,"of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood",1 41611,"at once exhilarating , silly , perverse , hopeful and",1 215616,"the simple fact",1 80798,"funny , touching , dramatically forceful , and beautifully shot",1 146403,"It 's a decent glimpse into a time period , and an outcast , that is no longer accessible ,",1 146803,"Its well of thorn and vinegar ( and simple humanity ) has long been plundered by similar works featuring the insight and punch this picture so conspicuously lacks .",0 115130,"assuredly",1 36766,"seems to be acting",0 185059,"It 's as if Allen , at 66 , has stopped challenging himself .",0 188778,"The world needs more filmmakers with passionate enthusiasms like Martin Scorsese . But it does n't need Gangs of New York .",0 142811,"... the last time I saw a theater full of people constantly checking their watches was during my SATs .",0 35164,"of an event that has to be seen to be believed",1 47968,"a diverting enough hour-and-a-half for the family audience",1 136116,"the real issues",1 10116,"represents everything wrong with '' independent film '' as a commodified , sold-out concept on the american filmmaking scene",0 202685,"is about the worst thing Chan has done in the United States",0 45201,"Executed with such gentle but insistent sincerity ,",1 209935,"put away the guitar ,",1 238302,"utilizes the idea of making Kahlo 's art a living , breathing part of the movie , often catapulting the artist into her own work",1 238654,"where the old adage `` be careful what you wish for ''",0 49129,"are all understated and touching",1 37557,"symbolic resonance",1 177547,"wading",0 85690,"know it would n't exist without the precedent of Yiddish theater , whose jolly , fun-for-fun 's - sake communal spirit goes to the essence of Broadway .",1 98098,"to hand it to director George Clooney for biting off such a big job the first time out",1 48010,"a fascinating glimpse of urban life and",1 89867,"outing with one of France 's most inventive directors",1 69727,"The movie 's thesis -- elegant technology for the masses --",1 22834,"with honesty and beauty",1 58206,"the depth and breadth",1 127119,"mindless pace",0 87776,"needs more substance to fill the time or some judicious editing",0 64647,"Cedar 's",1 7087,"helps little",0 201781,"in a film that is , overall , far too staid for its subject matter",0 101924,"'s still not a good movie",0 56886,"shaped by director Peter Kosminsky into sharp slivers and cutting impressions",1 234995,"pointed personalities , courage ,",1 225881,"Some of the characters die and others do n't , and the film pretends that those living have learned some sort of lesson ,",0 33971,"lacks in thematic coherence it largely makes up for as loosey-goosey , experimental entertainment . Still",0 164868,"like Legally Blonde and Sweet Home Abomination",0 87264,"more fascinating look",1 91873,"said that he is an imaginative filmmaker who can see the forest for the trees",1 206138,"might not have been such a bad day after all",1 112031,"a good deal funnier than his original",1 156459,"cogent story-telling and visual clarity",1 103436,"A boring , pretentious muddle that uses a sensational , real-life 19th-Century crime as a metaphor for --",0 3264,"'' cremaster 3 '' should come with the warning '' for serious film buffs only !",0 47219,"The primitive force of this film seems to bubble up from the vast collective memory of the combatants .",1 107297,"Kids should have a stirring time at this beautifully drawn movie . And",1 69569,"The film is moody , oozing , chilling and heart-warming all at once ... a twisting , unpredictable , cat-and-mouse thriller .",1 108900,"She 's a pretty woman ,",1 60773,"'s Dench who really steals the show",1 75834,"both a revealing look at the collaborative process and a timely , tongue-in-cheek profile of the corporate circus that is the recording industry in the current climate of mergers and downsizing",1 183593,"Each scene drags , underscoring the obvious ,",0 32115,"goes unindicted here , which is probably for the best . And if you 're not nearly moved to tears by a couple of scenes",1 86142,"linking the massacre",0 181295,"... about as exciting to watch as two last-place basketball teams playing one another on the final day of the season .",0 86725,"manages , with terrific flair",1 1113,"got some good , organic character work , lots of obvious political insights and little room for engaging , imaginative filmmaking in its nearly 2 1/2",1 42597,"see this movie -- for its historical significance",1 196241,"copycat",0 188291,"The irony is that this film 's cast is uniformly superb : their performances could have -- should have -- been allowed to stand on their own .",1 187909,"The acting is amateurish ,",0 198975,"first mistake",0 153422,"an inkling of genuine wit",1 103754,"A not-so-Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood with a hefty helping of Re-Fried Green Tomatoes .",0 180224,"( The kid 's ) just too bratty for sympathy ,",0 8918,"much interest",1 123664,"irreparable",0 183964,"For a film about action , Ultimate X is the gabbiest giant-screen movie ever , bogging down in a barrage of hype .",0 47207,"The picture uses humor and a heartfelt conviction to tell a story about discovering your destination in life , but",1 59182,"to be funny , uplifting and moving , sometimes all at once . The extent to which it succeeds is impressive",1 140177,"with lots of downtime in between",0 149215,"The affectionate loopiness that once seemed congenital to Demme 's perspective",1 215177,"the name of High Art",1 781,"definitely in the guilty pleasure b-movie category , reign of fire is so incredibly inane that it is laughingly enjoyable",1 12867,"watch witherspoon 's talents",1 78588,"dramatic urgency",1 211818,"slow , predictable and not very amusing",0 169968,"remembered for the 9-11 terrorist attacks",0 234214,"nothing delivered by the former Mr. Drew Barrymore",0 16202,"involves us because it is so incisive , so bleakly amusing about how we go about our lives .",1 7655,"is a harrowing movie about how parents know where all the buttons are , and how to push them",1 71604,"a fantastic dual performance from Ian Holm",1 139844,"why should you buy the movie milk when the TV cow is free ?",0 183594,"Each scene drags , underscoring the obvious , and",0 59820,"utterly delightful .",1 95678,"the film should instead be called ` My Husband Is Travis Bickle '",0 3267,"'' home movie '' is a sweet treasure and something well worth your time",1 182734,"Because the intelligence level of the characters must be low , very low , very very low , for the masquerade to work , the movie contains no wit , only labored gags .",0 121807,"has n't developed characters so much as caricatures , one-dimensional buffoons that get him a few laughs but nothing else .",0 201860,"in each other also is difficult to fathom",0 90141,"peace is possible .",1 184802,"If legendary shlockmeister Ed Wood had ever made a movie about a vampire",1 125075,"it progresses in such a low-key manner that it risks monotony . But it 's worth the concentration",1 11872,"the second coming of harry potter is a film far superior to its predecessor . a movie that successfully crushes a best selling novel into a timeframe that mandates that you avoid the godzilla sized soda",1 26407,"Quite funny for the type of movie it is ...",1 347,"against all odds",1 28000,"about Hollywood",1 232746,"is so stale , in fact , that its most vibrant scene is one that uses clips from Brian De Palma 's Scarface .",0 149955,"The twist that ends the movie is the one with the most emotional resonance , but twists are getting irritating , and",0 39381,"too commercial since his two Oscar nominated films in 2000",0 10336,"seemingly a vehicle to showcase the canadian 's inane ramblings , stealing harvard is a smorgasbord of soliloquies about nothing delivered by the former mr .",0 213826,"that shoplifts shamelessly from farewell-to-innocence movies like The Wanderers and A Bronx Tale without cribbing any of their intelligence",0 154724,"be entertained",1 218069,"unbalanced",0 15087,"and terribly charismatic , qualities essential to both movie stars and social anarchists",1 142647,", with half the demons , half the daring , much less talent , many fewer laughs .",0 14634,"With the film 's striking ending",1 208639,"one resurrection too many .",0 175144,"then bothersome",0 187500,"Spirit is a visual treat",1 140234,"with style and empathy",1 41069,"Lilia 's transformation from strict mother to sensual siren is superficially preposterous ,",0 98167,"to leave your date behind for this one",0 104692,"Ben Stiller 's Zoolander , which I thought was rather clever .",1 32427,"headlong",1 166644,"needs to show some presence and star quality",0 120724,"from its recovery of an historical episode that , in the simple telling , proves simultaneously harrowing and uplifting",1 29249,"as you mull over its every nuance in your mind",1 52687,"history in perspective",1 137359,"to activate girlish tear ducts does n't mean it 's good enough for our girls",0 32977,"in this high-tech age , speaking its truths with spellbinding imagery and the entrancing music of Philip Glass",1 75619,"better than Sorcerer 's Stone",1 35239,"of family drama and frenetic comedy .",1 203085,"is loopy and ludicrous ... that it could have been a hoot in a bad-movie way if the laborious pacing and endless exposition had been tightened .",0 26149,"Naipaul 's lively mix of characters from the page",1 132381,"shouts classic French nuance",1 12782,"victims",0 101916,"'s something unintentionally comic in the film 's drumbeat about authenticity , given the stale plot and pornographic way the film revels in swank apartments , clothes and parties .",0 52125,"giddy and whimsical and relevant today",1 36430,"refreshingly authentic coming-of-age tale .",1 82382,"hits the target audience ( young Bow Wow fans )",1 160329,"greased with every emotional device known to man .",0 182723,"Bean drops the ball too many times",0 131317,"remarkable movie",1 7327,"if somebody was bored and ... decided to make a dull , pretentious version of jesus ' son , they 'd come up with something like bart freundlich 's world traveler .",0 38470,"the narcotizing bland ( sinister , though not nearly so sinister as the biennial Disney girl movie ) machinations of the biennial Disney boy movie",0 121610,"happily glib and vicious as its characters",1 144582,"Confirms the nagging suspicion that Ethan Hawke would be even worse behind the camera than he is in front of it",0 163126,"is never as daft",0 183597,"Each scene immediately succumbs to gravity and plummets to earth",0 36533,"respects the Marvel version without becoming",1 134190,"that Chin 's film serves up with style and empathy",1 145847,"Hollywood Ending is the most disappointing Woody Allen movie ever . He has a great cast and a great idea . But the execution is a flop with the exception of about six gags that really work",0 179411,"'m not sure which is worse : the poor acting by the ensemble cast , the flat dialogue by Vincent R . Nebrida or the gutless direction by Laurice Guillen",0 239154,"you get to see the one of the world 's best actors , Daniel Auteuil ,",1 111921,"a film that hews out a world and carries us effortlessly from darkness to light",1 195607,"characters ramble",0 199774,"generates little narrative momentum , and invites unflattering comparisons to other installments in the Ryan series",0 165858,"merely quirky",0 22005,"so much fun with the slapstick antics and silly street patois",1 169070,"pop up in a cinematic year already littered with celluloid garbage",0 209645,"predictable or bland",0 150192,"This film looks like it was produced in 1954 , shelved for 48 years , and repackaged for a 2002 audience .",0 121190,"gives his best screen performance",1 226157,"The Pianist ( is ) a supremely hopeful cautionary tale of war 's madness remembered that we , today , can prevent its tragic waste of life .",1 218502,"very small children who will be delighted simply to spend more time with familiar cartoon characters .",1 186290,"Needs more impressionistic cinematography and exhilarating point-of-view shots and fewer slow-motion ` grandeur ' shots and quick-cut edits that often detract from the athleticism .",0 26068,"McGrath crafts quite moving scenes throughout his resolutely dramatic variation on the novel .",1 15897,"gone a long way",1 215407,"the preposterous hairpiece worn by Lai 's villainous father to the endless action sequences",0 68174,"Performances all around are tops , with the two leads delivering Oscar-caliber performances .",1 74612,"as a treatise on spirituality as well as a solid sci-fi thriller",1 231268,"good action , good acting ,",1 226685,"This movie is to be cherished .",1 207206,"not one clever line of dialogue",0 91780,"romp of a film",1 23422,", and one to ponder after the credits roll",1 186088,"Memorable for a peculiar malaise that renders its tension flaccid and , by extension , its surprises limp and its resolutions ritual .",0 87016,"memorable directorial debut",1 52749,"how exciting and",1 8846,"more annoying ,",0 30166,"cine",0 45642,"Immersing",1 115096,"ask for a raise",1 215757,"the testosterone-charged wizardry of Jerry Bruckheimer productions",1 40912,"Frailty is n't as gory or explicit . But in its child-centered , claustrophobic context , it can be just as frightening and disturbing -- even punishing",1 62482,"-- drama , conflict , tears and surprise --",1 69613,"The fluid motion is astounding on any number of levels",1 197334,"does n't live up to material",0 235335,"rent `` Shakes The Clown '' , a much funnier film with a similar theme and an equally great Robin Williams performance",0 94079,"tackles its relatively serious subject with an open mind and considerable good cheer ,",1 28294,"amused",1 119297,"establishes itself as a durable part of the movie landscape : a James Bond series for kids .",1 110564,"This was lazy but enjoyable",1 39754,"vein",1 201487,"icons",1 181102,", virulent and foul-natured",0 206466,"more than a tepid",0 36392,"recapturing the brilliance of his Hong Kong films",1 171421,"so graphically excessive",0 44497,"An immensely entertaining look",1 221698,", you ca n't miss it .",1 169674,"rather too plainly",0 58577,"the performances are worthwhile .",1 24149,"... both hokey and super-cool , and definitely not in a hurry , so sit back , relax and have a few laughs while the little ones get a fuzzy treat . '",1 94995,"the 30-year friendship between two English women",1 124627,"is that it does have a few cute moments .",1 12769,"very human and very true to life",1 206928,"never inspired",0 132280,"sheer unbridled delight",1 191844,"abyss",0 145373,"Flashy , pretentious and as impenetrable as Morvern 's thick , working-class Scottish accent .",0 109780,"The film becomes an overwhelming pleasure , and you find yourself rooting for Gai 's character to avoid the fate that has befallen every other Carmen before her",1 206430,"more overtly silly dialogue",0 45718,"It 's a rare window on an artistic collaboration .",1 45362,"George Orwell might have imagined had today 's mood-altering drug therapy been envisioned by chemists in 1949",1 183704,"Entertains not so much because of its music or comic antics , but through the perverse pleasure of watching Disney scrape the bottom of its own cracker barrel .",0 233064,"it looks like Woo 's a P.O.W.",0 226617,"Thin",0 225131,"Nicole Holofcenter , the insightful writer\/director responsible for this illuminating comedy",1 69396,"The audacity to view one of Shakespeare 's better known tragedies as a dark comedy is , by itself , deserving of discussion .",0 196714,"delivered ,",1 25542,"Highbrow",1 44032,"A delicious , quirky movie with a terrific screenplay and fanciful direction",1 196750,"denouement",0 156349,"cleverer , better written",1 103715,"A mimetic approximation of better films",0 177428,"very complex",1 181617,"A disaster of a drama , saved only by its winged assailants .",0 131381,"repulsive",0 138563,"uncharted depths of stupidity , incoherence and sub-sophomoric sexual banter",0 953,"fan",1 225400,"Part low rent Godfather .",0 190690,"a great movie it is not",0 128458,"of a movie , a vampire soap opera that does n't make much",0 117857,"dark , disturbing , painful to watch",0 205594,"made me realize that we really have n't had a good cheesy B-movie playing in theaters since ... well ... since last week 's Reign of Fire",0 133752,"sweet , funny , charming ,",1 201427,"huge disappointment coming",0 31332,"excellent performances from his cast",1 186094,"Memories of Rollerball have faded , and I skipped Country Bears . But this new jangle of noise , mayhem and stupidity must be a serious contender for the title",0 43799,", you 're in luck .",1 121320,"good the execution",1 108289,"Parker should be commended for taking a fresh approach to familiar material",1 61486,"( Russell ) makes good B movies ( The Mask , The Blob ) , and The Scorpion King more than ably meets those standards",1 220329,"you slice it",1 134789,"the ability of the human spirit to overcome adversity",1 176476,"to the fact Amber is such a joke",0 84423,"is n't afraid to try any genre and to do it his own way",1 152874,"acted , blandly directed , and",0 3115,"what you get with empire is a movie you 've seen many times before , repackaged as new material because there is a latino in the lead .",0 142111,", but not enough to make this anything more than another big-budget bust",0 44495,"An honest , sensitive story from a Vietnamese point of view",1 42610,"sensitive and",1 28244,"also refreshing , disarming , and just outright enjoyable despite its ridiculousness",1 186418,"None of this sounds promising and , indeed , the first half of Sorority Boys is as appalling as any ` comedy ' to ever spill from a projector 's lens",0 125285,"its lavish grandeur",1 41743,"coupled with some ingenious plot devices and some lavishly built settings .",1 33872,"its weaknesses",0 233371,"let the earnestness of its execution and skill of its cast take you down a familiar road with a few twists",1 158625,"exercise in sham actor workshops and an affected malaise",0 57894,"that the epicenter of cool , beautiful , thought-provoking foreign cinema is smack-dab in the middle of Dubya",1 107653,"Max pokes , provokes , takes expressionistic license and hits a nerve ... as far as art is concerned , it 's mission accomplished .",1 13848,"An idealistic love story",1 15091,"and this is a better film than his earlier English-language movie , the overpraised Elizabeth .",1 32630,"honest , lived-in glow",1 143144,"A harmless and mildly amusing family comedy .",1 122278,"his boisterous energy fails to spark this leaden comedy",0 129595,"one terrific story",1 210005,"quickly writes himself into a corner",0 20714,"has a soft , percolating magic , a deadpan suspense",1 9385,"of the year 's best films",1 7866,"it 's hard to care about a film that proposes as epic tragedy the plight of a callow rich boy who is forced to choose between his beautiful , self-satisfied 22-year-old girlfriend and an equally beautiful , self-satisfied 18-year-old mistress .",0 164709,"left a few crucial things out , like character development and coherence",0 20333,"damn",0 225945,"Start reading your scripts before signing that dotted line .",0 208225,"of using George and Lucy 's most obvious differences to ignite sparks",1 290,"a very moving and revelatory footnote to the holocaust",1 21628,"once you get through the accents , All or Nothing becomes an emotional , though still positive , wrench of a sit .",0 221593,", the movie is powerful and provocative .",1 19720,"amaze",1 197366,"does n't sustain interest beyond the first half-hour .",0 191641,"a woozy quality",0 63005,"A film of quiet power",1 26905,"The smartest bonehead comedy of the summer .",1 18491,", though that did n't stop me from enjoying much of it",1 154510,"awfulness",0 109997,"The movie is gorgeously made , but",1 162898,"is flushed down the latrine of heroism",0 199690,"funny and light",1 122149,"her cheery and tranquil suburban life",1 124803,"it 's a rock-solid little genre picture",1 104985,"Canadian filmmaker Gary Burns ' inventive and mordantly humorous",1 85521,"joyous documentary",1 189788,"With its paint fights , motorized scooter chases and dewy-eyed sentiment , it 's a pretty listless collection of kid-movie clichés .",0 37852,"that makes us consider our own eccentricities and how they are expressed through our homes",1 68196,"Phillip Noyce and all of his actors -- as well as his cinematographer , Christopher Doyle -- understand the delicate forcefulness of Greene 's prose",1 120543,"for wrapping the theater in a cold blanket of urban desperation",0 68315,"Qutting may be a flawed film ,",0 180576,", but through the perverse pleasure of watching Disney scrape the bottom of its own cracker barrel",0 185265,"It desperately wants to be a wacky , screwball comedy",0 61147,"'s no classic",0 5939,"deuces wild is an encyclopedia of cliches that shoplifts shamelessly from farewell-to-innocence movies like the wanderers and a bronx tale without cribbing any of their intelligence .",0 67170,"Lee 's achievement extends to his supple understanding of the role that Brown played in American culture as an athlete , a movie star , and an image of black indomitability .",1 131799,"scarily funny",1 66186,"I loved on first sight and , even more important",1 4967,"avoid the godzilla sized soda",0 70065,"There 's ... an underlying Old World sexism to Monday Morning that undercuts its charm",0 98846,"two maladjusted teens in a downward narcotized spiral",0 74440,"are the whole show here , with their memorable and resourceful performances .",1 96064,"the love of family",1 1686,"makes it interesting trying to find out",1 190134,"a bad taste in your mouth and questions",0 154907,"become even weaker",0 47314,"There 's really only one good idea in this movie , but the director runs with it and presents it with an unforgettable visual panache .",1 138332,"tries its best to hide the fact that Seagal 's overweight and out of shape .",0 225377,"P.T. Anderson understands the grandness of romance and how love is the great equalizer that can calm us of our daily ills and bring out joys in our lives that we never knew were possible",1 162242,"insipid , brutally clueless film",0 151133,"You get the impression that writer and director Burr Steers knows the territory ...",1 90194,"perfect show",1 114693,"are the flamboyant mannerisms that are the trademark of several of his performances .",1 13721,"... tones down his pint-sized gangsta act to play someone who resembles a real kid .",1 23776,", miraculously unsentimental comedy-drama .",1 136221,"the scripters do n't deserve any Oscars .",0 50414,"consider a DVD rental instead",0 40148,"wins you over .",1 121746,"has elements of romance , tragedy and even silent-movie comedy",1 86197,"lives count",1 165883,"metaphors to choke a horse -- or at least slow him down to a canter",0 39568,"unassuming and pure of heart",1 104694,"Beneath the film 's obvious determination to shock at any cost lies considerable skill and determination , backed by sheer nerve .",1 13354,"you can take the grandkids or the grandparents and never worry about anyone being bored ... audience is a sea of constant smiles and frequent laughter",1 69774,"The obnoxious title character provides the drama that gives added clout to this doc .",1 12532,"touching",1 26119,"Mr . Allen has surpassed himself with the magic he 's spun with the Hollywood empress of Ms . Leoni 's Ellie .",1 127973,"no amount of imagination ,",0 117152,"colorful event",1 86610,"make you misty even when you do n't",1 93516,"still have to see this !",1 5734,"contrived pastiche of caper clich s .",0 109339,"Talk To Her is not the perfect movie many have made it out to be , but it 's still quite worth seeing .",1 232644,"is not a classical dramatic animated feature , nor a hip , contemporary , in-jokey one .",0 56758,"scrutiny",0 23436,", and the result is a compelling slice of awkward emotions .",1 70364,"Though it lacks the utter authority of a genre gem , there 's a certain robustness to this engaging mix of love and bloodletting .",1 134350,"that he can cross swords with the best of them and helm a more traditionally plotted popcorn thriller while surrendering little of his intellectual rigor or creative composure",1 222561,"Beautifully produced .",1 80935,"get all five",1 185294,"It is bad , but certainly not without merit as entertainment .",0 191456,"a suspenseful horror movie",1 226654,"This is absolutely and completely ridiculous and an insult to every family whose mother has suffered through the horrible pains of a death by cancer .",0 57225,"sophisticated film",1 176906,"truly bad",0 171422,"so gross",0 180419,", Lawrence sounds whiny and defensive , as if his life-altering experiences made him bitter and less mature .",0 106832,"It 's always enthralling .",1 45973,"Laced with liberal doses of dark humor , gorgeous exterior photography , and a stable-full of solid performances",1 176857,"tries too hard , and overreaches the logic of its own world",0 53537,"is n't that the picture is unfamiliar , but that it manages to find new avenues of discourse on old problems .",1 228789,"are fantasti",1 60896,"'s about as convincing as any other Arnie musclefest , but has a little too much resonance with real world events and",0 199420,"forgiven for realizing that you 've spent the past 20 minutes looking at your watch and waiting for Frida to just die already",0 125122,"it ultimately satisfies with its moving story",1 47110,"The hard-to-predict and absolutely essential chemistry between the down-to-earth Bullock and the nonchalant Grant proves to be sensational ,",1 30286,"common sense",1 142122,", cliche-bound epic-horror yarn",0 41005,"It 's rare to find a film that dazzles the eye , challenges the brain , AND satisfies our lust for fast-paced action , but Minority Report delivers all that and a whole lot more",1 59131,"tightly organized efficiency , numerous flashbacks and",1 23184,"'s therapeutic to laugh along with them",1 175239,"they instead pummel the audience",0 152253,"a powerful portrayal by Binoche",1 172886,"that Ethan Hawke would be even worse behind the camera than he is in front of it",0 135066,"the creative act",1 114687,"are terribly convincing",1 178615,"with naughty fun",1 142882,"1995 's Forget Paris",1 75873,"boundary-hopping formal innovations and glimpse",1 131429,"respectable sequel",1 177797,"we just ca n't get no satisfaction",0 45673,"Informative , intriguing , observant , often touching ...",1 37277,"stand out",1 188374,"The movie 's biggest shocks come from seeing former nymphette Juliette Lewis playing a salt-of-the-earth mommy named Minnie and watching Slim travel incognito in a ridiculous wig no respectable Halloween costume shop would ever try to sell .",0 150127,"There ought to be a directing license , so that Ed Burns can have his revoked .",0 155820,"by violins",1 105380,"Despite an impressive roster of stars and direction from Kathryn Bigelow",1 62497,"-- that you should never forget",1 232325,"is a movie that makes it possible for the viewer to doze off for a few minutes or make several runs to the concession stand and\/or restroom and not feel as if he or she has missed anything .",0 98945,"undeniably moving",1 72109,"a perfect Wildean actor",1 102847,", subtlety has never been his trademark",0 112,"a bang-up job",1 112941,"a true star",1 163240,"is poised for titillation , raw insight or both . Instead",1 78508,"domestic abuse",0 65294,"Ellen Pompeo pulls off the feat with aplomb",1 69722,"The movie 's seams may show ...",0 116474,"by then",1 12687,"unrecoverable",0 164949,"like horrible poetry",0 31436,"fail",0 199702,"fuse at least three dull plots",0 237243,"the stuffiest cinema goers",0 52532,"heartbreak",0 25725,"It 's a comedy full of gentle humor that chides the absurdity of its protagonist 's plight .",1 9425,"offers big , fat , dumb laughs that may make you hate yourself for giving in . ah , what the hell",1 213104,"take the warning literally",0 129549,"one of the cleverest , most deceptively amusing comedies of the year",1 236076,"strikes hardest ... when it reminds you how pertinent its dynamics remain",1 117313,"company once again dazzle and delight us",1 232498,"is in the end an honorable , interesting failure",0 195020,"burning , blasting , stabbing",0 125538,"justifies",1 49497,"be a somewhat backhanded compliment to say that the film makes the viewer feel like the movie 's various victimized audience members after a while , but it also happens to be the movie 's most admirable quality",1 225984,"Stress ` dumb . '",0 80954,"get our moral hackles",0 52002,"funny ,",1 41254,"The ending does leave you unfulfilled ,",0 64422,"Bolstered by exceptional performances",1 217785,"tried to squeeze too many elements into the film",0 197637,"dwells on crossing-over mumbo jumbo , manipulative sentimentality , and sappy dialogue .",0 47526,"Vera 's three actors -- Mollà , Gil and Bardem -- excel in insightful , empathetic performances .",1 114353,"another shameless attempt",0 57218,"somewhere along the way K-19 jettisoned some crucial drama .",1 84476,"is not a movie about fetishism . It is a movie about passion",1 65533,"Filmmaker Stacy Peralta has a flashy editing style that does n't always jell with Sean Penn 's monotone narration , but",0 228494,"always very colorful",1 85732,"lacks the detail of the book",0 108893,"Shanghai Ghetto may not be as dramatic as Roman Polanski 's The Pianist , but",0 58244,"the earnestness of its execution and",1 16294,"is your ticket",1 171951,"stay in the past : a lesson this film teaches all too well",0 3092,"well-lensed",1 160705,"has n't escaped the rut dug by the last one .",0 190718,"a guy dressed as a children 's party clown gets violently gang-raped ?",0 181554,"A characteristically engorged and sloppy",0 15717,"expectations . Good fun , good action ,",1 121184,"gives give a solid , anguished performance that eclipses nearly everything else she 's ever done .",1 30095,"character development -- and more importantly , character empathy -- is at the heart of Italian for Beginners .",1 89843,"out of Eudora Welty",1 121129,"give Blade fans another look at Wesley Snipes ' iconic hero doing battle with dozens of bad guys -- at once",1 87015,"memorable cinematic experience",1 115462,"be another shameless attempt by Disney to rake in dough from baby boomer families",0 129780,"our close ties with animals",1 212303,"speculation , conspiracy theories or , at best , circumstantial evidence",0 102620,", it 's clear that Washington most certainly has a new career ahead of him",1 203551,"is the first film I 've ever seen that had no obvious directing involved",0 30030,"captures the often futile lifestyle of young people in modern Japan",1 203071,"is like having two guys yelling in your face for two hours .",0 232610,"is never quite able to overcome the cultural moat surrounding its ludicrous and contrived plot",0 228141,"a serious actioner",1 93734,"subtle and visceral",1 141690,"'s tough , astringent , darkly funny",1 141338,"'s getting harder and harder to ignore the fact that Hollywood is n't laughing with us , folks . It 's laughing at us",0 13868,"As lo-fi as the special effects are , the folks who cobbled Nemesis together indulge the force of humanity over hardware in a way that George Lucas has long forgotten .",1 234392,"of childhood innocence combined with indoctrinated prejudice",0 178372,"will find little new here",0 128096,"not enough fizz",0 42483,"prevents the proceedings",0 8256,"just one long",0 90789,"proves itself a more streamlined",1 143857,"Apparently kissing leads to suicide attempts and tragic deaths . Marisa Tomei is good , but Just A Kiss is just a mess",0 90817,"provides more than enough sentimental catharsis for a satisfying evening at the multiplex",1 202781,"is badly edited , often awkwardly directed and suffers from the addition of a wholly unnecessary pre-credit sequence designed to give some of the characters a ` back story .",0 233203,"jokes : a setup , delivery and payoff",1 28368,"an honestly nice little film that takes us on an examination of young adult life in urban South Korea through the hearts and minds of the five principals",1 118000,"delicately calibrated in tone",1 109880,"The hackneyed story",0 107059,"It seems impossible that an epic four-hour Indian musical about a cricket game could be this good , but it is .",1 206018,"mediocrity .",0 166415,"movies about college that are written and directed by people who could n't pass an entrance exam",0 23318,", Mr . Allen has surpassed himself with the magic he 's spun with the Hollywood empress of Ms . Leoni 's Ellie .",1 62427,", with increasingly amused irony , the relationship between reluctant captors and befuddled captives .",1 82313,"his self-inflicted retaliation",0 31801,"for the most part )",1 156514,"come as no surprise that the movie is n't scary",0 181411,"20th-century footnotes",1 28502,"and allying you with its characters ' choices , good and ill , that its shortcomings are remembered only as an afterthought",1 196069,"completely wreaked",0 101526,"'s a pity that ( Nelson 's ) achievement does n't match his ambition",0 110409,"Thirteen Conversations About One Thing , for all its generosity and optimism ,",1 6659,"freedom",1 93368,"springing",1 28543,"and coldly self-interested",0 43714,", the film ascends to a kinetic life so teeming that even cranky adults may rediscover the quivering kid inside .",1 200461,"has a brilliant director and charismatic star",1 116140,"both the beauty of the land and the people",1 49899,"buoyant , expressive",1 224119,"It 's a cool event for the whole family .",1 83757,"is a convincing one ,",1 152734,"about a slapstick comedy , that 's a pretty big problem",0 152981,"affluent slacker characters",0 102454,", comfortable",1 221539,", starring Ben Affleck , seem downright Hitchcockian",1 225759,"She is a lioness ,",1 72312,"a romance this smart",1 149840,"The sort of movie that gives",1 62443,", you ca n't help but get caught up in the thrill of the company 's astonishing growth .",1 25019,"Compelling as it is exotic , Fast Runner has a plot that rivals Shakespeare for intrigue , treachery and murder .",1 232510,"is just SOOOOO tired",0 62353,", this marvelous documentary touches -- ever so gracefully -- on the entire history of the Yiddish theater , both in America and Israel .",1 233177,"its storytelling prowess and special effects",1 70551,"Uneven but a lot of fun .",1 3832,"a good-natured",1 98871,"typically observant , carefully nuanced and intimate French coming-of-age film that is an encouraging debut feature but has a needlessly downbeat ending that",1 198720,"feels especially thin stretched over the nearly 80-minute running time",0 25,"'s a visual delight and a decent popcorn adventure ,",1 4151,"a strangely stirring experience that finds warmth in the coldest environment and makes each crumb of emotional comfort feel like a 10-course banquet",1 5875,"deft punctuation",1 115103,"asks the right questions at the right time in the history of our country",1 88100,"observations reflect a woman 's point-of-view",1 232367,"is a sweet treasure and something well worth",1 20008,"as much about gender , sexual preference or political agitprop as they were simply a triumph of the indomitable human will to rebel , connect and create",1 15362,"calcified into chronic cynicism and fear",0 144501,"Circuit is the awkwardly paced soap opera-ish story .",0 95542,"the energy humming",1 163563,"is virtually absent",0 34444,"meditative , clinical and poetic , The Piano Teacher is a daring work of genius .",1 79706,"fascinating study",1 88865,"of sanctimony , self-awareness , self-hatred and self-determination",1 59252,"to go see this unique and entertaining twist on the classic whale 's tale",1 17180,"sharp",1 79793,"felt like to be a New Yorker -- or , really , to be a human being -- in the weeks after 9\/11",1 141977,", Hewitt 's forte is leaning forward while wearing low-cut gowns , not making snappy comebacks .",0 108163,"One of the funnier movies in town",1 56625,"riveted",1 30119,"charming tale",1 10917,"symmetry",1 239015,"would have been just another bad movie",0 130480,"post-war art world",1 70557,"Unexpected moments of authentically impulsive humor are the hallmark of this bittersweet , uncommonly sincere movie that portrays the frank humanity of ... emotional recovery .",1 235683,"should be expected from any movie with a `` 2 '' at the end of its title .",0 40122,"will have people walking out halfway through",0 9191,"numbs the movie 's power as a work of drama",0 147791,"Not only does the movie fail to make us part of its reality",0 160718,"has nothing fresh or particularly interesting to say about them",0 235509,"see `` Blue Crush '' is the phenomenal , water-born cinematography by David Hennings",1 199743,"gaping",0 43776,", unforced style",1 90323,"places the good-time shenanigans in welcome perspective",1 68272,"Promises is one film that 's truly deserving of its Oscar nomination .",1 15671,"epic quality often associated with Stevenson 's tale as well as with earlier Disney efforts",1 215231,"the occasional bursts of sharp writing",1 193997,"barely adequate",1 5281,"bring fresh , unforced naturalism to their characters",1 205842,"mark it takes an abrupt turn into glucose sentimentality and laughable contrivance .",0 211056,"seem to match the power of their surroundings .",1 84499,"is now outselling the electric guitar ...",1 70451,"Transforms one of ( Shakespeare 's ) deepest tragedies",1 124400,"is one of the greatest date movies in years",1 55743,"on its taut performances and creepy atmosphere",0 224294,"It falls far short of poetry , but",0 103700,"A mature , deeply felt fantasy of a director 's travel through 300 years of Russian history .",1 198240,"exactly wrong",0 133022,"sophisticated and surprising",1 131525,"rich , and strange",1 223175,"Does n't live up to the exalted tagline",0 71571,"a documentary to disregard available bias",1 82510,"how well flatulence gags fit into your holiday concept",0 226418,"The photographer 's show-don ` t-tell stance is admirable",1 115479,"be caught in a heady whirl of New Age-inspired good intentions",1 232822,"is the sense that peace is possible",1 31912,"from the lack of a compelling or comprehensible narrative",0 151263,"a 90-minute movie that feels five hours long",0 98784,"turned this",1 202791,"is beginning to feel",1 227954,"a guy dressed as a children 's party clown gets violently gang-raped",0 237573,"this simple , sweet and romantic comedy",1 27305,"You wo n't believe much of it",0 129365,"on a job well done",1 58633,"the reality of its characters to go over the edge . A touch of humor or",1 69108,"Tackles the difficult subject of grief and loss with such life-embracing spirit that the theme does n't drag an audience down .",1 5794,"creativity",1 221690,", you 'll still have a good time . ''",1 150771,"Well-nigh unendurable ... though the picture strains to become cinematic poetry , it remains depressingly prosaic and dull",0 178903,"would have preferred a transfer down the hall to Mr . Holland 's class for the music , or to Robin Williams 's lecture so I could listen to a teacher with humor , passion , and verve .",0 205628,"maintaining consciousness just long enough",0 219353,"who is great fun to watch performing in a film that is only mildly diverting",1 146128,"I suspect , not to offend by appearing either too serious or too lighthearted , it offends by just being wishy-washy",0 69218,"That rare film whose real-life basis is , in fact , so interesting that no embellishment is needed .",1 178967,"writer and director Burr Steers knows the territory",1 19542,"a painful incident",0 25282,"Fans of Nijinsky",1 148275,"Returning aggressively to his formula of dimwitted comedy and even dimmer characters",0 111,"a bang-up",1 104,"` get in the car , bitch ,",0 125279,"its intriguing subject",1 200840,"have meant the Internet short Saving Ryan 's Privates",0 90739,"promising debut",1 77949,"delivers a perfect performance that captures the innocence and budding demons within a wallflower",1 101422,"'m happy to have seen it -- not as an alternate version , but as the ultimate exercise in viewing deleted scenes",1 28074,"achieved by motocross and BMX riders , whose balletic hotdogging occasionally ends in bone-crushing screwups",1 195902,"combined scenes of a Japanese monster flick with canned shots of Raymond Burr commenting on the monster 's path of destruction",0 39012,"those terrific songs and spirited performances",1 52969,"in pretty Irish settings",1 91343,"reel in the audience",1 175255,"thick as the cigarette smoke",0 10485,"sits uneasily as a horror picture ... but",0 50289,"comes to the characters and writing ... but works its way underneath the skin like few movies",1 229146,"be as cutting , as witty or as true as back",1 111965,"a fudged opportunity of gigantic proportions --",0 77647,"curiously stylized",1 129132,"of the two bewitched adolescents",0 215050,"the modern rut",0 104670,"Befuddled in its characterizations",0 136573,"the whole dead-undead genre , who deserve more from a vampire pic than a few shrieky special effects",0 183677,"Enigma is well-made ,",1 121709,"has been overexposed , redolent of a thousand cliches , and",0 197512,"dreaded",0 70925,"White 's dry wit",1 18401,", distracted audience",0 47035,"The film 's intimate camera work and searing performances",1 112501,"a powerful look at a failure of our justice system",1 125505,"just fell apart",0 173799,"the embarrassing script and weak direction",0 162967,"is just futile silliness looking to tap into the kiddie sensibilities .",0 11517,"the inspiration of the original",1 127248,"moralizing",1 63767,"Although the film boils down to a lightweight story about matchmaking , the characters make Italian for Beginners worth the journey",1 92499,"shimmeringly lovely",1 177436,"very depressing movie",0 151300,"a Lifetime-channel kind of plot and a lead actress who is out of her depth",0 147770,"Not always too whimsical for its own good ( but enough to do harm ) , this strange hybrid of crime thriller , quirky character study , third-rate romance and female empowerment fantasy",0 224263,"It 's too harsh to work as a piece of storytelling , but as an intellectual exercise -- an unpleasant debate that 's been given the drive of a narrative and that 's been acted out -- The Believer is nothing less than a provocative piece of work .",1 202286,"instead gets ( sci-fi ) rehash",0 108177,"One of the most splendid entertainments to emerge from the French film industry in years .",1 225234,"Notwithstanding my problem with the movie 's final half hour , I 'm going to recommend SECRETARY , based on the wonderful acting clinic put on by Spader and Gyllenhaal , and also the unique way Shainberg goes about telling what at heart is a sweet little girl -",1 26582,"Simone , Andrew Niccol 's brilliant anti-Hollywood satire ,",1 235246,"recommend Big Bad Love only",1 209775,"production exists only to capitalize on Hopkins ' inclination to play Hannibal Lecter again , even though Harris has no immediate inclination to provide a fourth book",0 96141,"the misconceived final 5",1 44101,"A giggle-inducing comedy with snappy dialogue and winning performances by an unlikely team of Oscar-winners : Susan Sarandon and Goldie Hawn .",1 12248,"though impostor deviously adopts the guise of a modern motion picture , it too is a bomb .",0 171273,"slides downhill as soon as macho action conventions assert themselves .",0 99796,"well worth revisiting as many times",1 200147,"gore for suspense",0 194373,"been nice if the screenwriters had trusted audiences to understand a complex story , and left off the film 's predictable denouement .",1 93532,"stirring road movie .",1 68790,"Sillier , cuter ,",1 177678,"was perplexed to watch it unfold with an astonishing lack of passion or uniqueness",0 211418,"shimmering , beautifully costumed",1 222880,"Caine makes us watch as his character awakens to the notion that to be human is eventually to have to choose .",1 235576,"seems to lack substance .",0 75082,"avoid noticing some truly egregious lip-non-synching",0 101442,"'re in for a painful ride",0 58532,"the new scenes interesting",1 58680,"the score is too insistent",0 128075,"nonjudgmentally",1 105607,"Elegantly produced and",1 136821,"they will have a showdown , but , by then , your senses are as mushy as peas",0 82126,"her petite frame and vulnerable persona emphasising her plight and isolation",1 152242,"a pointless endeavor",0 201785,"in a flat manner",0 141292,"'s difficult to say whether The Tuxedo is more boring or embarrassing",0 132899,"some of this worn-out , pandering palaver",0 104288,"An engrossing Iranian film about two itinerant teachers",1 134214,"that Seagal 's overweight and out of shape",0 64279,"Beautiful to watch and holds a certain charm",1 228173,"a speed that is slow to those of us in middle age",0 63237,"A photographic marvel",1 33680,"it jumps through the expected hoops with style and even some depth .",1 85167,"it worth watching",1 20697,"grown-up escapism",1 59005,"this is the same movie you probably loved in 1994 , except that it looks even better .",1 214433,"the director , Tom Dey , had spliced together bits and pieces of Midnight Run and 48 Hours ( and , for that matter , Shrek )",1 79939,"finally revel in its splendor",1 232829,"is they have a tendency to slip into hokum",0 14633,"With a cast that includes some of the top actors working in independent film , Lovely & Amazing involves us because it is so incisive , so bleakly amusing about how we go about our lives .",1 204924,"life-affirming message",1 166199,"more like entertainment for trolls",0 55699,"old enough to have developed some taste",1 73464,"all-powerful , a voice for a pop-cyber culture that feeds on her Bjorkness",1 74923,"at female friendship , spiked with raw urban humor",1 107184,"Jerry Bruckheimer 's putrid pond of retread action twaddle",0 93403,"stakes out the emotional heart of Happy .",1 198818,"fighting the same fights",0 170482,"script weaknesses",0 9994,"rape-payback",0 188429,"The movie is concocted and carried out by folks worthy of scorn ,",0 115391,"barely interesting",0 140771,"you laugh once ( maybe twice )",0 41939,"finds humor",1 35554,"of why art matters , and how it can resonate far beyond museum walls and through to the most painfully marginal lives",1 142793,"... it wastes all its star power on cliched or meaningless roles .",0 141445,"'s no mistaking the fact that this hybrid misses the impact of the Disney classic , and even that of the excellent 1934 MGM version",0 62444,", you can enjoy much of Jonah simply , and gratefully , as laugh-out-loud lunacy with a pronounced Monty Pythonesque flavor .",1 61704,", Thirteen Conversations About One Thing is a small gem .",1 172297,"suicide race",0 209138,"pathetic junk",0 115333,"bad direction and bad acting --",0 14526,"This delicately",1 43709,", sweet ` Evelyn",1 159570,"forget its absurdity .",0 238454,"was reading the minds of the audience .",1 110773,"Tsai Ming-liang 's witty , wistful new film",1 44725,"Birthday Girl is an amusing joy ride , with some surprisingly violent moments .",1 85946,"lets the pictures do the punching",1 41762,"daring ,",1 183002,"Can be classified as one of those ` alternate reality ' movies ... except that it would have worked so much better dealing in only one reality .",0 12289,"titled ` the loud and the ludicrous",0 191386,"a stale copy of a picture that was n't all that great to begin with",0 98779,"turn out to be delightfully compatible here",1 68004,"One of the finest , most humane and important Holocaust movies ever made .",1 173163,"that probably the only way to have saved the film is with the aid of those wisecracking Mystery Science Theater 3000 guys",0 219972,"work more than it probably should",0 202962,"is good-natured and never dull",1 121713,"has been properly digested .",1 96452,"the precious trappings",1 154053,"as Jolie 's hideous yellow ` do",0 74319,"are equal parts poetry and politics , obvious at times but evocative and heartfelt .",1 62548,"... Rogers 's mouth never stops shut about the war between the sexes and how to win the battle .",1 194247,"beautiful , unusual music",1 127546,"move with grace and panache",1 81873,"have ever seen , constantly pulling the rug from underneath us , seeing things from new sides , plunging deeper , getting more intense",1 88257,"of Read My Lips",1 110205,"The thing just never gets off the ground .",0 188485,"The obnoxious special effects , the obligatory outbursts of flatulence and the incessant , so-five-minutes-ago pop music on the soundtrack",0 59385,"to the flowering of the South Korean cinema",1 22332,"the perfect ingredients",1 145827,"Historical dramas fused with love triangle is a well worn conceit . But",1 124952,"it does . My only wish is that Celebi could take me back to a time before I saw this movie",0 65621,"Frailty will turn Bill Paxton into an A-list director",1 150271,"This miserable excuse",0 116439,"by sheer force of charm",1 138302,"treat for its depiction on not giving up on dreams when you 're a struggling nobody",1 104547,"Assured , vital and well wrought",1 41799,"directs the traffic well ,",1 206982,"niftiest",1 108047,"Not a film for the faint of heart or conservative of spirit , but for the rest of us -- especially San Francisco lovers --",1 237940,"to see how many times they can work the words `` radical '' or `` suck '' into a sentence",0 194136,"be funny in a way that 's too loud , too goofy and too short of an attention span",0 54072,"keep us riveted to our seats",1 83002,"in me",1 13513,", a movie that deals with a real subject in an always surprising way",1 16909,"paints a sad picture of the singles scene",0 171548,"solid fight choreography",1 66119,"I 'm sure mainstream audiences will be baffled , but , for those with at least a minimal appreciation of Woolf and Clarissa Dalloway , The Hours represents two of those well spent .",1 8301,"killer",0 238186,"uncharismatically",0 93314,"spiked with raw urban humor",1 93887,"superior crime movie",1 117667,"crawls along",0 85329,"its old-hat set-up and",0 183199,"Contrived pastiche of caper clichés .",0 157797,"does not achieve the kind of dramatic unity that transports you",0 153269,"an American movie might demand",1 204041,"it traps audiences in a series of relentlessly nasty situations that we would pay a considerable ransom not to be looking at .",0 210061,"rampant vampire devaluation",0 78947,"encouraging to see a three-dimensional , average , middle-aged woman 's experience of self-discovery handled with such sensitivity",1 101418,"'m going to give it a marginal thumbs up",1 124148,"is instead a cheap cliché",0 230257,"disguise the slack complacency of ( Godard 's ) vision , any more than the gorgeous piano and strings on the soundtrack can drown out the tinny self-righteousness of his voice",0 10878,"swaggering",1 140733,"you could fit all of Pootie Tang in between its punchlines",0 160206,"goes where nearly every Star Trek movie has gone before",0 88867,"of saucy",1 194350,"been astronomically bad",0 174533,"the picture refuses to offer much accompanying sustenance in the way of characterization , humor or plain old popcorn fun .",0 211697,"sit still for two hours and change watching such a character , especially when rendered in as flat and impassive a manner as Phoenix 's",0 207159,"nonsense machine",0 100583,"with pitch-perfect acting",1 146710,"It just did n't mean much to me and played too skewed to ever get a hold on ( or be entertained by )",0 218942,"we never really get inside of them .",0 157359,"detracts",0 40758,"An enthralling , playful film that constantly frustrates our desire to know the ` truth ' about this man , while deconstructing the very format of the biography in a manner that Derrida would doubtless give his blessing to",1 26853,"The magic of the film",1 166495,"murkiest , intentionally obscure and self-indulgent pictures",0 27133,"Visually imaginative",1 108635,"Rifkin no doubt fancies himself something of a Hubert Selby Jr . , but there is n't an ounce of honest poetry in his entire script : it 's simply crude and unrelentingly exploitative .",0 102699,", less a movie-movie than a funny and weird meditation on Hollywood , success , artistic integrity and intellectual bankruptcy .",0 22116,"take on change , risk and romance",1 133374,"strange and wonderful creatures",1 24789,"Barbershop ' shows he 's on his way",1 61080,"'s hard to resist his enthusiasm",1 103948,"A tired , unimaginative and derivative variation of that already-shallow genre .",0 217069,"to grab us , only to keep letting go at all the wrong moments",0 20446,"emotionally engrossing",1 163679,"it 's only fair in the interest of full disclosure to say that -- on the basis of this film alone -- I 'm not one of them",0 75474,"been more geeked when I heard that Apollo 13 was going to be released in IMAX format ?",1 232736,"is slow to those of us in middle age",0 101411,"'ll still be glued to the screen",1 64622,"Captivates and",1 124761,"is wasted in this crass , low-wattage endeavor",0 193372,"as a mechanical apparatus",1 18332,", Clockstoppers is a lively and enjoyable adventure for all ages at any time .",1 104017,"A wildly entertaining",1 169193,"prefabricated story elements",0 124352,"is not really a film as much as it is a loose collection of not-so-funny gags , scattered moments of lazy humor .",0 197435,"dopey dialogue and sometimes inadequate performances",0 63506,"A thriller with an edge",1 37449,"such affecting grace and cultural specificity",1 210022,"quite makes it to the boiling point , but manages to sustain a good simmer for most of its running time",1 14159,"It 's a minor comedy that tries to balance sweetness with coarseness , while it paints a sad picture of the singles scene .",1 223600,"Hashiguchi covers this territory with wit and originality , suggesting that with his fourth feature -- the first to be released in the U.S. --",1 180957,", the cartoons look almost Shakespearean -- both in depth and breadth -- after watching this digital-effects-heavy , supposed family-friendly comedy .",0 26218,"Not as distinctive or even as humorous as its needs to be to stand out",0 183957,"Fluffy neo-noir hiding behind cutesy film references",0 13407,"'' Extreme Ops '' exceeds expectations . Good fun , good action , good acting , good dialogue , good pace , good cinematography .",1 186662,"Pauly Shore awful .",0 63362,"A shimmeringly lovely coming-of-age portrait",1 66977,"K-19 will not go down in the annals of cinema as one of the great submarine stories ,",0 190725,"a ham-fisted sermon",0 121246,"go your emotions , taking them to surprising highs , sorrowful lows and hidden impulsive niches ... gorgeous , passionate , and at times uncommonly moving",1 167910,"of whimsy",1 86689,"making a film that is n't nearly as graphic but much more powerful , brutally shocking and difficult to watch",1 118257,"direct hit",1 78048,"desperation and cinematic deception",0 199906,"getting in its own way to be anything but frustrating , boring , and forgettable",0 197340,"does n't need Gangs of New York",0 35951,"people 's homes are extensions of themselves",1 225743,"Sexy and",1 90631,"presents visceral and dangerously honest revelations about the men and machines behind the curtains of our planet",1 206450,"more silly than scary",0 101293,"zings along with vibrance and warmth",1 186580,"One of those staggeringly well-produced ,",1 146619,"It 's so underwritten that you ca n't figure out just where the other characters , including Ana 's father and grandfather , come down on the issue of Ana 's future .",0 106193,"He 's changed the male academic from a lower-class Brit to an American , a choice that upsets the novel 's exquisite balance and shreds the fabric of the film",0 120876,"funny in the way that makes you ache with sadness ( the way Chekhov is funny ) , profound without ever being self-important , warm without ever succumbing to sentimentality",1 42470,"polished and",1 187616,"Such a premise is ripe for all manner of lunacy , but Kaufman and Gondry rarely seem sure of where it should go",0 29863,"but the miracle of Shainberg 's film is that it truly is romance",1 30674,"delights",1 158251,"ends up selling his film short",0 162968,"is just repulsive",0 47122,"The ingenuity that Parker displays in freshening the play is almost in a class with that of Wilde himself .",1 123024,"in its final surprising shots",1 28284,"among recent Iranian films",1 35543,"of visual amazement",1 48854,"amuse and",1 229572,"by a badly handled screenplay of what is really an amusing concept -- a high-tech tux that transforms its wearer into a superman",0 23864,", so bizarre to the adult mind ,",0 124694,"is the rare common-man artist who 's wise enough to recognize that there are few things in this world more complex -- and , as it turns out , more fragile -- than happiness",1 205104,"like the old disease-of-the-week small-screen melodramas .",0 18546,"... if you 're in a mind set for goofy comedy , the troopers will entertain with their gross outs , bawdy comedy and head games .",1 63401,"A sobering and powerful documentary about the most severe kind of personal loss : rejection by one 's mother .",1 144929,"Do not see this film .",0 181938,"A ragbag of cliches .",0 145518,"Full of flatulence jokes and mild sexual references , Kung Pow ! is the kind of movie that 's critic-proof , simply because it aims so low .",0 189840,"Worthless",0 228599,"an interesting storyline",1 116687,"captures them by freeing them from artefact",1 93682,"style and bold colors",1 200081,"going to show up soon .",1 220865,"'s like an old Warner Bros. costumer jived with sex",0 189068,"This painfully unfunny farce traffics in tired stereotypes and encumbers itself with complications ...",0 81594,"has a bracing truth that 's refreshing after the phoniness of female-bonding pictures like Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood .",1 72749,"a very entertaining , thought-provoking film",1 40612,", but I cried , not once , but three times in this animated sweet film",1 41896,"extremely well played and",1 54859,"most American love stories",1 173007,"that feels not only manufactured , but also so false you can see the filmmakers ' puppet strings",0 46997,"The characters are interesting and often very creatively constructed from figure to backstory",1 206769,"my seat trying to sneak out of the theater",0 186264,"My Sweet has so many flaws it would be easy for critics to shred it . It may even fall into the category of Films You Love to Hate . I admit it",0 102096,"( Harmon )",1 167069,"nutty cliches",0 62158,", pristine style and bold colors make it as much fun as reading an oversized picture book before bedtime .",1 82359,"historically significant , and personal , episode",1 136034,"the populace that made A Walk to Remember a niche hit",1 80809,"funny and touching",1 132289,"shines through every frame",1 100486,"with energy , intelligence and verve , enhanced by a surplus of vintage archive footage",1 84798,"is uniquely felt with a sardonic jolt",1 220650,"'s Black Hawk Down with more heart",1 63021,"A fine effort , an interesting topic ,",1 116294,"built for controversy",1 167418,"of creating historical context and waltzes off into a hectic soap about the ups and downs of the heavy breathing between the two artists",0 128119,"not quite '' Shrek '' or Monsters , Inc . ''",0 129905,"overwrought you 'd swear he just stepped out of a Buñuel retrospective",0 140240,"with the American Dream",1 68015,"One of the most genuinely sweet films to come along in quite some time .",1 233403,"like High Crimes flog the dead horse of surprise as if it were an obligation .",0 63426,"A strong first act and absolutely , inescapably gorgeous , skyscraper-trapeze motion of the amazing Spider-Man",1 147884,"On the bright side",1 78687,"dutifully pulling on heartstrings",1 27449,"a compelling slice of awkward emotions",1 227904,"a film so unabashedly hopeful that it actually makes the heart soar",1 225383,"Painfully",0 55014,"necessary and timely one",1 82428,"hooks us",1 37772,"that can be snide",0 143925,"As vulgar as it is banal .",0 205752,"making no sense at all",0 233705,"making Kahlo 's art a living",1 186442,"Not good",0 209988,"quibble with a flick boasting this many genuine cackles",1 43255,"'s good , hard-edged stuff , violent and a bit exploitative but also nicely done , morally alert and street-smart",1 217668,"too slow .",0 177874,"well acted and",1 104579,"At the one-hour mark , Herzog simply runs out of ideas and the pace turns positively leaden as the movie sputters to its inevitable tragic conclusion .",0 122306,"his excellent cast",1 56240,"provides a satisfyingly unsettling ride into the dark places of our national psyche .",1 18386,", but spiced with wry humor and genuine pathos , especially between Morgan and Redgrave",1 233923,"more engaging on an emotional level , funnier , and on the whole less",1 44244,"A sharp , amusing study of the cult of celebrity .",1 66168,"I have two words to say about Reign of Fire . Great dragons !",1 79116,"entertaining mix",1 214265,"the central story",1 201285,"hold our attention",1 153830,"are films that try the patience of even the most cinema-besotted critic -- and this was one of them",0 177665,"was n't feeling any of it",0 70663,"Walk to Remember",1 73569,"amazing slapstick",1 53298,"is a haunting dramatization of a couple 's moral ascension .",1 62217,", sloppy",0 66637,"It 's plotless , shapeless -- and yet ,",0 53459,"is every bit as awful",0 175174,"there 's something intrinsically funny about Sir Anthony Hopkins saying ` Get in the car , bitch , ' this Jerry Bruckheimer production has little else to offer",0 60183,"wholesome twist",1 59076,"thoughtful and",1 35512,"of the world 's remarkably varying human population and mindset , and its capacity to heal using creative , natural and ancient antidotes",1 53368,"is all but washed away by sumptuous ocean visuals and the cinematic stylings of director John Stockwell .",1 130911,"quietly vulnerable",1 7214,"honesty",1 107187,"Jet",1 17029,"ragged , cheap and unassuming way",0 172704,"than a chronicle of the ups and downs that accompany lifelong friendships",1 89879,"outshine the best some directors",1 124353,"is not rooted in that decade",1 149404,"The film has a few cute ideas and several modest chuckles",1 92608,"shows excess in business and pleasure , allowing us to find the small , human moments , and leaving off with a grand whimper",1 158228,"endlessly superficial .",0 34266,"macabre",0 207762,"of hell",0 66306,"If you have n't seen the film lately , you may be surprised at the variety of tones in Spielberg 's work . Much of it is funny , but there are also some startling , surrealistic moments ...",1 85988,"lifelong concern",1 169761,"really does n't fit the part",0 72115,"a perfectly acceptable widget",1 77879,"deftly manages to avoid many of the condescending stereotypes that so often plague films dealing with the mentally ill",1 175401,"this frankly fantastical by-the-numbers B-flick with just a suspension of disbelief . Rather",0 145736,"Has all the poignancy of a Hallmark card and all the comedy of a Gallagher stand-up act",1 24331,"A difficult , absorbing film that manages to convey more substance despite its repetitions and inconsistencies than do most films than are far more pointed and clear .",1 200231,"grievous but obscure",0 141724,"'ve been here , done that",0 98373,"to the gifted Korean American stand-up",1 187357,"Slow , silly and unintentionally",0 181643,"A dull , somnambulant exercise in pretension whose pervasive quiet is broken by frequent outbursts of violence and noise .",0 133056,"sour",0 30043,"careworn in Jane Hamilton 's exemplary costumes",1 110811,"Unbreakable",1 190243,"a bunch of other , better movies slapped together .",0 85844,"leather pants &",1 211062,"seemed wasted like DeNiro 's once promising career and the once grand Long Beach boardwalk .",0 147159,"Like It has its share of high points",1 2893,"thought-provoking",1 213945,"that will be best appreciated by those willing to endure its extremely languorous rhythms , Waiting for Happiness",0 225047,"Ms. Shreve 's novel proved too difficult a text to ` lick , ' despite the efforts of a first-rate cast .",0 88098,"obnoxiously",0 141958,", Collateral Damage would have been just another bad movie . Now it 's a bad , embarrassing movie .",0 162432,"into this project than it deserves",0 198235,"evokes the bottom tier of blaxploitation flicks from the 1970s",0 2442,"supporting",1 101152,"you may forget all about the original conflict , just like the movie does",0 23418,", and lyric moments that linger like snapshots of memory",1 63560,"A whole lot of fun and funny in the middle , though somewhat less hard-hitting at the start and finish",1 19105,"Most impressive , though , is the film 's open-ended finale that refuses to entirely close its characters ' emotional wounds .",1 237162,"the predictable parent vs. child coming-of-age theme",0 63637,"Adam Sandler",1 235693,"should definitely get top billing",1 183613,"Earnest yet curiously tepid and choppy recycling in which predictability is the only winner .",0 55959,"pay the full ticket price to see '' Simone , ''",1 1643,"lovers of the book",1 20815,"his words and images do n't have to add up to mesmerize you .",1 99337,"very entertaining",1 83661,"involving Aragorn 's dreams of Arwen , this is even better than The Fellowship . There are scenes of cinematic perfection that steal your heart away .",1 219299,"while the story goes nowhere",0 127280,"more charming than in About a Boy",1 138528,"unabashedly hopeful",1 209294,"pitched to the cadence of a depressed fifteen-year-old 's suicidal poetry .",0 103812,"A processed comedy chop suey .",0 225529,"Pumpkin means to be an outrageous dark satire on fraternity life , but its ambitions far exceed the abilities of writer Adam Larson Broder and his co-director , Tony R. Abrams , in their feature debut .",0 178066,"when the credits finally roll and you get to leave the theater",0 62598,"... plenty of warmth to go around , with music and laughter and the love of family .",1 108453,"Possession is in the end an honorable , interesting failure . It falls far short of poetry",0 168474,"outtakes in which most of the characters forget their lines and",0 211388,"she 's not funny !",0 137788,"to rank with its worthy predecessors",1 94563,"that at the very least has a spark of life to it -- more than you can say for plenty of movies that flow through the Hollywood pipeline without a hitch",1 115546,"be one of those vanity projects in which a renowned filmmaker attempts to show off his talent by surrounding himself with untalented people",0 232669,"is off .",0 109782,"The film boasts dry humor and jarring shocks , plus moments of breathtaking mystery .",1 66261,"If the film has a problem , its shortness disappoints : You want the story to go on and on .",1 121516,"hack",0 74292,"are as subtle and as enigmatic",1 74635,"as an important , original talent in international cinema",1 129797,"out feeling strangely unsatisfied",0 196833,"desire to match mortarboards with Dead Poets Society and Good Will Hunting than by its own story",0 54819,"more gory than",0 77856,"defining",1 69819,"The performers are so spot on , it is hard to conceive anyone else in their roles .",1 94749,"that jumps off the page , and for the memorable character creations",1 13038,"while not all transitions to adulthood are so fraught , there 's much truth and no small amount of poetry in girls ca n't swim .",0 202646,"is a slight and uninventive movie",0 69756,"The movie is well crafted , and well executed . If you 're paying attention , the '' big twists '' are pretty easy to guess - but that does n't make the movie any less entertaining .",1 60593,"you wish Jacquot had left well enough alone and just filmed the opera without all these distortions of perspective",0 86369,"love interest",1 123612,"into thinking some of this worn-out , pandering palaver is actually funny",0 6368,"facetious",0 85653,"kid-friendly outing",1 221613,", their struggle is simply too ludicrous and borderline insulting .",0 184460,"Hollywood is sordid and disgusting . Quelle surprise !",0 102879,", the film is also imbued with strong themes of familial ties and spirituality that are powerful and moving without stooping to base melodrama",1 103425,"A bittersweet film ,",1 138668,"unfocused , excruciatingly tedious cinema",0 165373,"lulling",0 151666,"a fairly terrible movie",0 165147,"lobotomized",0 169689,"ravishing costumes , eye-filling , wide-screen production design and",1 141237,"'s as if De Palma spent an hour setting a fancy table and then served up Kraft Macaroni and Cheese .",0 184755,"IMAX trip",1 45849,"Its sheer dynamism",1 81690,"has created a provocative , absorbing drama that reveals the curse of a self-hatred instilled by rigid social mores .",1 151664,"a failure at life",0 194468,"being a total rehash",0 43880,"10 or 15 minutes could be cut",0 140166,"with its celeb-strewn backdrop well used .",1 22356,"the strange , stark beauty",1 41332,"This is the kind of movie that used to be right at home at the Saturday matinee , and",1 224692,"Made me unintentionally famous -- as the queasy-stomached critic who staggered from the theater and blacked out in the lobby",0 207321,"obnoxious special effects",0 185029,"It 's a masterpiece .",1 71812,"a heavyweight film that fights a good fight on behalf of the world 's endangered reefs",1 169433,"pseudo-sophisticated",0 228967,"as moronic as some campus",0 52000,"funniest and most likeable movie",1 53854,"it ranks with the best of Herzog 's works",1 92612,"shows its indie tatters and self-conscious seams",0 104986,"Canadian filmmaker Gary Burns ' inventive and mordantly humorous take on the soullessness of work in the city .",1 184877,"In a big corner office in Hell",0 222819,"But they do n't fit well together and neither is well told .",0 213175,"talking a talk that appeals to me",1 97107,"their culture 's manic mix of millennial brusqueness and undying , traditional politesse",1 160128,"giving a damn about",0 109320,"Take away the controversy , and it 's not much more watchable than a Mexican soap opera .",0 99658,"watch and -- especially -- to listen to",1 166821,"no level whatsoever for me",0 181081,", trivializes the movie with too many nervous gags and pratfalls .",0 61872,", dramatic treatment",1 227885,"a fascinating curiosity piece -- fascinating , that is , for about ten minutes",0 108441,"Pokemon 4Ever",1 198646,"feel anything much while watching this movie ,",0 129872,"overlong and",0 5603,"clinical , detached ,",0 8333,"lackluster",0 229421,"blasphemous and nonsensical",0 130577,"preserves Tosca 's intoxicating ardor through his use of the camera",1 186907,"Resident Evil is what comes from taking John Carpenter 's Ghosts of Mars and eliminating the beheadings . In other words , about as bad a film you 're likely to see all year .",0 238055,"too deep or substantial .",0 119461,"excellence",1 196134,"consistently surprising",1 189036,"This is the kind of movie where the big scene is a man shot out of a cannon into a vat of ice cream .",0 15342,"by all willing to make the effort to reap them",0 110608,"Though the film is well-intentioned",1 41232,"Sure , it 's more of the same , but as the film proves , that 's not always a bad thing",1 113880,"an act of spiritual faith -- an eloquent , deeply felt meditation on the nature of compassion",1 52005,"funny , fast and loose ,",1 108964,"Simplistic , silly and tedious .",0 47148,"The mesmerizing performances",1 100264,"will have you at the edge of your seat for long stretches .",1 100360,"wit and hoopla",1 138301,"treat for its depiction",1 60549,"you angry",0 215149,"the movie is so clumsily sentimental and ineptly directed it may leave you speaking in tongues .",0 124698,"is the score , as in the songs translate well to film",1 94164,"takes on Nickleby with all the halfhearted zeal of an 8th grade boy delving into required reading",0 187456,"Somewhere inside the mess that is World Traveler , there is a mediocre movie trying to get out .",0 54210,"let the earnestness of its execution and skill of its cast take you down a familiar road with a few twists .",1 74273,"are ...",1 181103,", virulently unpleasant excuse",0 19078,"Michele Petin 's impeccable screenplay penetrates with a rawness that that is both unflinching and tantalizing",1 34886,"never fun",0 217841,"true intent",1 115255,"attracting",1 143177,"A long-winded , predictable scenario .",0 23474,", broad comedy",1 65030,"Despite lagging near the finish line",0 214005,"the Beat he hears in his soul",1 237021,"the latter 's attendant intelligence , poetry , passion , and genius",1 212696,"strong narrative",1 15880,"gives Secret Life its intermittent unease , reaffirming that long-held illusions are indeed reality , and that erasing them recasts the self",1 97196,"there 's enough cool fun here to warm the hearts of animation enthusiasts of all ages .",1 116481,"by what can only be characterized as robotic sentiment",0 185142,"It 's just weirdness for the sake of weirdness , and where Human Nature should be ingratiating , it 's just grating .",0 81657,"has an eye for the ways people of different ethnicities talk to and about others outside the group .",1 36039,"pleasurable , featherweight charm",1 196789,"derailed by a failure to seek and strike just the right tone",0 57245,"speak to the ways in which need , history and presumption tangle , and",1 117309,"communicate the truth of the world around him",1 28905,"and well-crafted",1 28306,"an abundance",0 189493,"We never feel anything for these characters , and as a result the film is basically just a curiosity",0 194313,"becomes long and tedious like a classroom",0 149583,"The movie feels like it 's going to be great , and it carries on feeling that way for a long time , but takeoff just never happens .",0 56423,"real triumphs",1 182437,"An overwrought Taiwanese soaper about three people and their mixed-up relationship",0 36870,"shaky as the plot is",0 146642,"It becomes gimmicky instead of compelling",0 60029,"well-edited",1 56950,"show-stoppingly hilarious , but",1 237446,"they are having so much fun",1 14158,"It 's a hoot and a half , and a great way for the American people to see what a candidate is like when he 's not giving the same 15-cent stump speech .",1 183179,"Comes off like a bad imitation of the Bard",0 38018,"the beauty of baseball",1 125563,"keep you engaged",1 125660,"knows how to inflate the mundane into the scarifying",1 4878,"as if to prove a female director can make a movie with no soft edges , kathryn bigelow offers no sugar-coating or interludes of lightness . her film is unrelentingly claustrophobic and unpleasant",0 42108,"impressive control ,",1 116685,"captures the wonders and worries of childhood",1 89925,"overdoing",0 93770,"succumbs to sensationalism",1 146534,"It 's like every bad idea that 's ever gone into an after-school special compiled in one place , minus those daytime programs ' slickness and sophistication ( and who knew they even had any ? ) .",0 192343,"alternate sexuality",1 95293,"the chaos of an urban conflagration",0 132807,"so uninspiring",0 162505,"irrevocably bizarre to the point of utter nonsense",0 87607,"much of the film with a creepy and dead-on performance",0 7786,"is standard crime drama fare ... instantly forgettable and thoroughly dull",0 160347,"greedy characters",0 60815,"'s a fine , focused piece of work that reopens an interesting controversy and never succumbs to sensationalism",1 133110,"spent screen series",0 141084,"'s Splash without the jokes .",0 69296,"The Guys is a somber trip worth taking .",1 67975,"Olivier Assayas ' elegantly appointed period drama",1 34259,"lying",0 25290,"Far more imaginative and ambitious than the trivial , cash-in features Nickelodeon",1 34087,"like a minor miracle",1 126568,"magnificent to behold in its sparkling beauty yet in reality it 's one tough rock .",1 29809,"but finds surprising depth in its look at the binds of a small family",1 135947,"the pale script",0 216753,"tireless story",0 167577,"of kinky soft-core imagery with naughty fun",1 83852,"is a remarkably accessible and haunting film",1 26061,"Maud and Roland 's search for an unknowable past makes for a haunting literary detective story , but LaBute pulls off a neater trick in Possession : He makes language sexy .",1 72077,"a noble teacher who embraces a strict moral code",1 12364,"to get to its gasp-inducing ending",1 15195,"be a page-turner",1 126706,"makes the silly original cartoon seem smart and well-crafted in comparison",1 160450,"had more glamour than clamor ? No more",0 109481,"The Salton Sea works the way a good noir should",1 18726,"Benefits from a strong performance from Zhao , but it 's Dong Jie 's face you remember at the end .",1 160711,"has no idea of it is serious",0 105422,"Dickens ' wonderfully sprawling soap opera , the better",1 91023,"quirky and satirical touches",1 164525,"lackluster movie",0 177051,"ultimate point",1 184077,"Full Frontal , which opens today nationwide , could almost be classified as a movie-industry satire , but it lacks the generous inclusiveness that is the genre 's definitive , if disingenuous , feature .",0 157029,"crossed with John Carpenter 's Ghosts of Mars , with zombies",1 207808,"of its attractive young leads",1 211420,"shining star",1 18151,"yet lacerating and darkly funny fable",1 140237,"with such exuberance and passion",1 78740,"eccentric and",1 203691,"is what comes from taking John Carpenter 's Ghosts of Mars and eliminating the beheadings . In other words , about as bad a film you 're likely to see all year .",0 94752,"that keeps Dickens evergreen : the exuberant openness with which he expresses our most basic emotions",1 210767,"sane person",1 98965,"undercuts its charm",0 237097,"the nerve-raked acting , the crackle of lines , the impressive stagings of hardware , make for some robust and scary entertainment .",1 12485,"too convoluted",0 100422,"with a pronounced Monty Pythonesque flavor",1 239041,"would seem to be surefire casting .",1 16533,"makes a strong case for the importance of the musicians in creating the Motown sound",1 34442,"meditative",1 190575,"a film that begins as a Seven rip-off , only to switch to a mix of The Shining , The Thing , and any naked teenagers horror flick from the 1980s",0 45119,"Easily the most thoughtful fictional examination",1 86111,"liked it",1 119210,"entirely charming",1 7976,"it treats ana 's journey with honesty that is tragically rare in the depiction of young women in film .",1 69021,"Strange and beautiful film",1 222239,"All that 's missing is the spontaneity , originality and delight .",0 189870,"Writer-director Randall Wallace has bitten off more than he or anyone else could chew , and his movie veers like a drunken driver through heavy traffic .",0 86961,"mean that as a compliment",1 91556,"respects the material without sentimentalizing it",1 31260,"even sterile , yet compulsively",1 56049,"play well with the affable cast",1 232193,"involving Aragorn 's dreams of Arwen , this is even better than The Fellowship .",1 151768,"a freak show , too mercenary and obvious to be cerebral , too dull and pretentious to be engaging",0 112119,"a high enough level",1 185209,"It 's so downbeat and nearly humorless that it becomes a chore to sit through -- despite some first-rate performances by its lead .",0 21094,"it 's rather messy",0 93593,"strangling the life out",0 35753,"oportunidad de cultura ( aunque sea condensada ) que bien vale la pena aprovechar",1 47495,"Two hours fly by -- opera 's a pleasure when you do n't have to endure intermissions -- and even a novice to the form comes away exhilarated .",1 84271,"is gripping , as are the scenes of Jia with his family .",1 74832,"as well-written as Sexy Beast , not as gloriously flippant as Lock , Stock and Two Smoking Barrels , but stylish and moody and exceptionally well-acted",1 206694,"much to do , too little time to do it in",0 203633,"is ultimately about as inspiring as a Hallmark card .",0 213390,"than in creating an emotionally complex , dramatically satisfying heroine",1 59926,"want to take a reality check before you pay the full ticket price to see '' Simone , '' and consider a DVD rental instead",0 40345,"works better than its predecessors is that Myers is no longer simply spoofing the mini-mod-madness of '60s spy movies",1 85307,"its makers actually seem to understand what made Allen 's romantic comedies so pertinent and enduring",1 213088,"take as long as you 've paid a matinee price",0 54904,"move away from his usual bumbling , tongue-tied screen persona",1 188346,"The metaphors are provocative , but",1 57409,"strengths and",1 170370,"save for the ways in which it studiously avoids provoking thought",0 10268,"savvy director robert j . siegel and his co-writers keep the story subtle and us in suspense",1 3614,"a brisk , amusing pace",1 137442,"to be somebody , and",1 130933,"quite '' Shrek",1 103112,"-- sadly -- dull",0 106983,"It all looks and plays like a $ 40 million version of a game you 're more likely to enjoy on a computer .",0 186558,"One of the most depressing movie-going experiences I can think of is to sit through about 90 minutes of a so-called ` comedy ' and not laugh once .",0 147369,"Mattel",1 93999,"sustains interest during the long build-up of expository material",1 18142,"wrought suspense yarn",1 165480,"major mistakes",0 7988,"italy beckons us",1 129794,"ourselves is One Hour Photo 's real strength",1 135331,"the film is , arguably , the most accomplished work to date from Hong Kong 's versatile Stanley Kwan .",1 146756,"It virtually defines a comedy that 's strongly mediocre , with funny bits surfacing every once in a while .",0 184547,"Humorless , self-conscious art drivel ,",0 161689,"implodes in a series of very bad special effects",0 13580,", gets a nice wintry look from his locations , absorbs us with the movie 's spycraft and uses Damon 's ability to be focused and sincere",1 235610,"sequel-itis something fierce",0 117059,"clever dialogue and likeable characters",1 1735,"might be tempting to regard mr . andrew and his collaborators as oddballs",0 77420,"could hardly",0 206817,"natured",1 42139,"is , in its quiet",1 232577,"is n't dull .",1 65431,"Expect no major discoveries , nor any stylish sizzle , but the film sits with square conviction and touching good sense on the experience of its women",1 87488,"most undeserving",0 2686,"the performances are so leaden ,",0 114596,"are immaculate , with Roussillon providing comic relief",1 17113,"right place",1 112793,"a story without surprises",0 218221,"unlikable , uninteresting ,",0 4923,"aspires",1 58711,"the sight of this grandiloquent quartet lolling in pretty Irish settings",1 44367,"Affectionately",1 13070,"whose riveting memories are rendered with such clarity that it 's as if it all happened only yesterday",1 174568,"the predictable plot",0 163038,"is more mindless",0 210584,"rises above the level of a telanovela .",1 50070,"cast and well directed - a powerful drama with enough sardonic wit to keep it from being maudlin",1 58965,"this Cinderella story does n't have a single surprise up its sleeve .",0 238832,"wit and warmth than should be expected from any movie with a `` 2 '' at the end of its title .",1 183110,"City by the Sea is a gritty police thriller with all the dysfunctional family dynamics one could wish for .",1 206070,"merit its 103-minute length",1 72777,"a vivid , thoughtful , unapologetically raw coming-of-age tale",1 31192,"equal parts of innocence and wisdom",1 159488,"for the future when a good portion of the respected critical community in this country consider Blue Crush to be an intelligent film about young women",1 225398,"Parker can not sustain the buoyant energy level of the film 's city beginnings into its country conclusion '",0 34098,"like an extended episode of Touched by an Angel -- a little too much dancing , a few too many weeping scenes --",0 32593,"his tale a warm glow",1 25652,"If it seems like a minor miracle that its septuagenarian star is young enough to be the nonagenarian filmmaker 's son , more incredible still are the clear-eyed boldness and quiet irony with which actor and director take on life 's urgent questions .",1 51869,"fosters moments of spontaneous intimacy",1 29593,"bien",1 232805,"is the most disappointing Woody Allen movie ever",0 68271,"Promises",1 146656,"It does n't do the original any particular dishonor ,",1 79063,"enormously good",1 130547,"prefer to think of it as '' Pootie Tang with a budget",0 97392,"this family film sequel is plenty of fun for all .",1 161127,"her real-life persona is so charmless and vacant",0 238366,"walked away from this new version of E.T. just as I hoped I would -- with moist eyes .",1 137618,"to get to the closing bout ... by which time it 's impossible to care who wins",0 74156,"any gag that would force you to give it a millisecond of thought",0 57429,"struggle tragically",0 148792,"Special without the courage of its convictions .",0 153854,"are interesting",1 26705,"That rara avis : the intelligent romantic comedy with actual ideas on its mind .",1 70027,"The whole mildly pleasant outing",1 146212,"If this is an example of the type of project that Robert Redford 's lab is willing to lend its imprimatur to , then perhaps it 's time to rethink independent films .",0 117684,"created a substantive movie",1 84538,"is perfectly serviceable and because he gives the story some soul",1 84293,"is historical filmmaking without the balm of right-thinking ideology , either liberal or conservative . Mr . Scorsese 's bravery and integrity in advancing this vision can hardly be underestimated .",1 65435,"Exploits ( headbanger ) stereotypes in good fun , while adding a bit of heart and unsettling subject matter .",1 54439,"lucks out with Chaplin and Kidman , who are capable of anteing up some movie star charisma when they need it to sell us on this twisted love story , but who can also negotiate the movie 's darker turns",1 186933,"Reyes ' directorial debut has good things to offer",1 106128,"Hampered -- no , paralyzed -- by a self-indulgent script",0 226451,"The problem with the film is whether these ambitions , laudable in themselves , justify a theatrical simulation of the death camp of Auschwitz II-Birkenau .",0 174337,"the movie does n't quite fly .",0 238757,"will be delighted with the fast , funny , and even touching story .",1 28939,"another 's fortune",1 101100,"you can only love the players it brings to the fore for the gifted but no-nonsense human beings they are and for the still-inestimable contribution they have made to our shared history .",1 94689,"that he 's now , more than ever , choosing his roles with the precision of the insurance actuary",1 19358,"This clever caper movie",1 17781,"to be a thriller . -LRB- But it 's -RRB- worth recommending because of two marvelous performances by Michael Caine and Brendan Fraser",1 105858,"Foreman 's barking-mad Taylor to Thewlis 's smoothly sinister Freddie and Bettany\/McDowell 's hard-eyed gangster",1 229316,"before but never so vividly",1 68852,"Snide and Prejudice",0 12004,"the very people who are intended to make it shine",0 10942,"taken the protagonists a full hour",0 18494,", tossing around obscure expressions like Bellini and Mullinski , that the compact 86 minutes breezes by",1 196418,"creative storytelling",1 164040,"its good nature and",1 220145,"writer-director Attal thought he need only cast himself",0 229508,"but boilerplate clichés",0 234132,"no interest in the gang-infested",0 83929,"is a welcome lack of pretension about the film , which very simply sets out to entertain and ends up delivering in good measure",1 210317,"rejected must have been astronomically bad",0 194129,"be fertile sources of humor",1 41592,"as Hollywood action epics",1 121347,"gorgeous beaches",1 62406,", we are forced to reflect that its visual imagination is breathtaking",1 128300,"of China 's now numerous , world-renowned filmmakers",1 175782,"tiresomely grave and long-winded",0 7219,"horrifying",0 213618,"that everlasting conundrum experienced by every human who ever lived : too much to do , too little time to do it in",1 91074,"raises the film above anything Sandler 's been attached to before",1 22026,"sophisticated entertainment",1 8839,"monotonous",0 15962,"has nothing",0 38223,"the film is a refreshingly serious look at young women .",1 175246,"they should know better",0 178914,"would n't be my preferred way of spending 100 minutes or $ 7 . 00",0 220006,"worldly knowledge comes from TV reruns and supermarket tabloids",0 102806,", road-trip version",1 145150,"Even by dumb action-movie standards",0 112499,"a powerful emotional wallop",1 20522,"eye-popping visual effects",1 211327,"sewage",0 183757,"Even on its own ludicrous terms , The Sum of All Fears generates little narrative momentum , and invites unflattering comparisons to other installments in the Ryan series .",0 73171,"acts with the feral intensity of the young Bette Davis .",1 179813,"'s just too dry and too placid",0 205506,"low-rent -- and even lower-wit -- rip-off",0 226919,"Viva le",1 146938,"Just A Kiss is just a mess",0 234770,"only thing to fear about `` Fear Dot Com ''",0 160882,"have n't seen such hilarity since Say It Is n't So",1 66297,"If you ever wondered what it would be like to be smack in the middle of a war zone armed with nothing but a camera",1 48315,"a real gift",1 47755,"Zhang ... has done an amazing job of getting realistic performances from his mainly nonprofessional cast .",1 26818,"The film is beautifully mounted , but , more to the point , the issues are subtly presented , managing to walk a fine line with regard to the question of Joan 's madness .",1 177730,"watching a 76-minute commercial",0 102305,", Mr . Nelson has made a film that is an undeniably worthy and devastating experience .",1 74921,"at either the obviousness of it all or its stupidity or maybe even its inventiveness",0 56595,"revel in those visual in-jokes , as in the film 's verbal pokes at everything from the likes of Miramax chief Harvey Weinstein 's bluff personal style to the stylistic rigors of Denmark 's Dogma movement",1 19538,"a movie that 's got oodles of style and substance",1 195675,"chokes on its own self-consciousness .",0 73863,"an intelligent screenplay and gripping performances",1 33092,"intelligent , earnest , intimate film",1 176506,"to the same kind of maudlin , sentimental mysticism that mars the Touched by an Angel school of non-God spiritual-uplift movies",0 52754,"how important our special talents can be when put in service of of others .",1 213488,"that 's neither original nor terribly funny",0 209234,"personified in the film 's simple title",0 154787,"be on video by then",0 152188,"a one-joke movie ,",0 235682,"should be expected from any movie with a `` 2 '' at the end of its title",0 5668,"compassionately",1 196666,"deeply biased",0 203626,"is trite",0 194538,"best story",1 114230,"and crude storyline",0 136027,"the poor and",0 201672,"impenetrable and insufferable ball",0 226256,"The film 's lack of personality permeates all its aspects -- from the TV movie-esque , affected child acting to the dullest Irish pub scenes ever filmed .",0 64938,"Dave Barry 's popular book",1 138657,"unexpected fable",1 33903,"just about right",1 68695,"Seems based on ugly ideas instead of ugly behavior , as Happiness was ...",0 217618,"too many nervous gags",0 70329,"This story of a determined woman 's courage to find her husband in a war zone offers winning performances and some effecting moments .",1 43286,"'s no denying the potency of Miller 's strange , fleeting brew of hopeful perseverance and hopeless closure .",1 137312,"to Lawrence 's over-indulgent tirade",0 144368,"Capra and Cooper are rolling over in their graves",0 91387,"rekindles",1 33410,"is mesmerizing .",1 164938,"like an ugly knot tightening in your stomach",0 61244,"'s secondary to American Psycho but still has claws enough to get inside you and stay there for a couple of hours",1 186249,"Murphy and Wilson actually make a pretty good team",1 6539,"flounders",0 140814,"you value your time and money",1 16500,"loved",1 72168,"a predictable connect-the-dots course",0 103418,"A big fat pain .",0 74956,"at once both refreshingly different and reassuringly familiar",1 116663,"capitalizes on this concept and opts for the breezy and amateurish feel of an after school special on the subject of tolerance .",0 74075,"and unsettling subject matter",0 135445,"the gay '70s",1 216397,"this interminable , shapeless documentary",0 220316,"you reasonably entertained",1 14476,"Tender",1 237627,"three vapid , insensitive people",0 136400,"the thin soup of canned humor",0 205414,"loses faith in its own viability and succumbs to joyless special-effects excess",0 223588,"Has an uppity musical beat that you can dance to",1 104236,"An achingly enthralling premise , the film is hindered by uneven dialogue and plot lapses .",0 45604,"If ( Jaglom 's ) latest effort is not the director at his most sparkling , some of its repartee is still worth hearing .",1 111054,"What ultimately makes Windtalkers a disappointment is the superficial way it deals with its story .",0 161524,"humor , passion , and verve",1 69923,"The stars may be college kids , but the subject matter is as adult as you can get : the temptations of the flesh are unleashed by a slightly crazed , overtly determined young woman and a one-night swim turns into an ocean of trouble .",1 121332,"goofily endearing and well-lensed gorefest",1 129838,"over the spectacular ( visually speaking )",1 27203,"What might have been a predictably heartwarming tale",0 177265,"unsuspenseful",0 136930,"this film , like the similarly ill-timed Antitrust ,",0 122286,"his charming 2000 debut Shanghai Noon",1 188085,"The dramatic scenes are frequently unintentionally funny , and the action sequences -- clearly the main event -- are surprisingly uninvolving",0 85036,"it has been deemed important enough to make a film in which someone has to be hired to portray Richard Dawson",1 32943,"in the majesty of Tolkien 's writing",1 200688,"has too many spots where it 's on slippery footing , but is acceptable entertainment for the entire family and one that 's especially fit for the kiddies",1 227878,"a dull girl ,",0 66236,"If '' Lilo & Stitch '' is n't the most edgy piece of Disney animation to hit the silver screen , then this first film to use a watercolor background since '' Dumbo '' certainly ranks as the most original in years .",1 47702,"Writer\/director Joe Carnahan 's grimy crime drama is a manual of precinct cliches , but",0 40278,"with the shadow side of American culture",1 93696,"stylishly",1 105415,"Diane Lane 's sophisticated performance ca n't rescue Adrian Lyne 's Unfaithful from its sleazy moralizing .",0 229011,"as with all ambitious films , it has some problems",0 9074,"no quarter to anyone seeking to pull a cohesive story out",0 105244,"Count on his movie to work at the back of your neck long after you leave the theater",1 7829,"is unsettling , from the preposterous hairpiece worn by lai 's villainous father to the endless action sequences",0 29185,"as drama",0 107771,"Minac drains his movie of all individuality",0 175300,"thinks he 's tough \ \/ And Velma",1 123661,"ironic cultural satire",1 137459,"to being too bleak , too pessimistic and too unflinching for its own good",0 1500,"its empty head",0 186567,"One of the worst movies of the year",0 141423,"'s more determined to become the next Texas Chainsaw Massacre . But what about the countless other people who 'd merely like to watch a solid tale about a universally interesting soul ?",0 67552,"Michael Moore has perfected the art of highly entertaining , self-aggrandizing , politically motivated documentary-making , and",1 60960,"'s as raw and action-packed an experience as a ringside seat at a tough-man contest",1 190701,"a grenade with his teeth",0 23014,"'re likely to have one helluva time at the movies",1 225892,"Somehow we 're meant to buy that this doting mother would shun her kids , travel to one of the most dangerous parts of the world , don fatigues and become G.I. Jane .",0 233408,"like John Le Carré with a couple of burnt-out cylinders .",0 90973,"quality band",1 123283,"includes Battlefield Earth and Showgirls",0 28322,"an ambling , broad comedy about all",1 10482,"sits uneasily",0 194937,"breaks no new ground",0 122762,"illuminating comedy",1 54854,"morning-glory exuberant",1 123018,"in how much they engage and even touch us",1 141456,"'s not an original character , siuation or joke in the entire movie",0 341,"adults will certainly want to spend their time in the theater thinking up grocery lists and ways to tell their kids how not to act like pinocchio . as for children , they wo n't enjoy the movie at all",0 160222,"going to a dinner party and being forced to watch the host and hostess",0 105837,"For all its visual panache and compelling supporting characters , the heart of the film rests in the relationship between Sullivan and his son .",1 154549,"bad ideas",0 227434,"`` Being Earnest '' overcome its weaknesses",1 169222,"presents the kind of linguistic fumbling not heard since Macy Gray 's game of Chinese whispers with Mr Bean",0 613,"blood",0 7558,"inspiring , ironic , and revelatory of just how ridiculous and money-oriented the record industry really is",1 190660,"a good idea that was followed by the bad idea to turn it into a movie",0 160544,"hard pressed to retain their lunch",0 161408,"honored as best it can",1 123968,"is compelling enough",1 144237,"Boyd 's screenplay ( co-written with Guardian hack Nick Davies ) has a florid turn of phrase that owes more to Guy Ritchie than the Bard of Avon .",0 43229,"'s compelling and heartfelt --",1 226321,"The little girls understand , and McCracken knows that 's all that matters .",1 126606,"make ` Cherish ' a very good ( but not great ) movie .",1 17745,"this movie introduces a promising , unusual kind of psychological horror .",1 98217,"to overcome his personal obstacles and become a good man",1 158739,"fail to generate any interest in an unsympathetic hero caught up in an intricate plot that while cleverly worked out , can not overcome blah characters .",0 55309,"of charming the masses with star power , a pop-induced score and sentimental moments that have become a Spielberg trademark",1 159073,"fighting off the urge to doze",0 163561,"is very little dread or apprehension",0 164220,"jerking off in all its Byzantine incarnations",0 163449,"is the case of a pregnant premise being wasted by a script that takes few chances and manages to insult the intelligence of everyone in the audience .",0 145194,"Every bit as bogus as most Disney live action",0 181852,"A movie that harps on media-constructed ` issues ' like whether compromise is the death of self ... this Orgasm ( wo n't be an ) exceedingly memorable one for most people .",0 122389,"his reserved but existential poignancy",1 192652,"an uneasy marriage of Louis Begley 's source novel ( About Schmidt )",0 30440,"could stand alone",1 27052,"Tierney and the inimitable Walken especially --",1 130943,"quite good at providing some good old fashioned spooks",1 7053,"having had all its vital essence scooped out and discarded",0 113017,"a well-made and satisfying thriller",1 28801,"and spirited performances",1 196953,"dim-witted and",0 3478,"... one of the most ingenious and entertaining thrillers i 've seen in quite a long time .",1 171202,"sketchy material",0 187934,"The actors pull out all the stops in nearly every scene , but",1 194288,"become just another situation romance about a couple of saps stuck in an inarticulate screenplay",0 184398,"Hey Arnold ! is now stretched to barely feature length , with a little more attention paid to the animation",0 143443,"A woozy , roisterous , exhausting mess , and",0 149235,"The best drug addition movies are usually depressing but rewarding . Quitting , however , manages just to be depressing , as the lead actor phones in his autobiographical performance .",0 72925,"about art , ethics , and the cost of moral compromise",1 32249,"handily directs and edits around his screenplay 's sappier elements ... and sustains Off the Hook 's buildup with remarkable assuredness for a first-timer .",1 90504,"populates his movie with a wonderful ensemble cast of characters that bring the routine day to day struggles of the working class to life",1 68956,"Spirit 's visual imagination reminds you of why animation is such a perfect medium for children , because of the way it allows the mind to enter and accept another world .",1 37794,"that every frame produces new joys , whether you 're a fan of the books or not",1 146052,"I doubt anyone will remember the picture by the time Christmas really rolls around , but maybe it 'll be on video by then .",0 231134,"get the enjoyable basic minimum",1 158264,"energetic musicals",1 150714,"Waste",0 211102,"seems to be coasting . There are a few modest laughs ,",0 52748,"how exciting",1 95177,"the best Herzog",1 193068,"are defeated by a screenplay that forces them into bizarre , implausible behavior",0 176747,"total winner",1 104274,"An elegant work , Food of Love",1 147531,"Mr . Haneke 's own sadistic tendencies toward his audience",0 161166,"hideous , confusing spectacle",0 13359,"you can thank me for this . i saw juwanna mann so you do n't have to",0 30614,"death penalty",0 167671,"of required poignancy , a salute that I 'd hoped the movie would avoid",0 6795,"gives a good performance",1 105573,"Each of these stories has the potential for Touched by an Angel simplicity and sappiness",0 159243,"flies out the window",0 103502,"A compelling story of musical passion against governmental odds .",1 110333,"There 's real visual charge to the filmmaking , and a strong erotic spark to the most crucial lip-reading sequence .",1 125477,"joyous films that leaps over national boundaries and celebrates universal human nature .",1 174538,"the pile of Hollywood dreck",0 12931,"well-paced",1 147191,"Liman , of Swingers and Go , makes his big-budget action film debut something of a clunker as he delivers a long , low-heat chase , interrupted by a middling car chase .",0 49400,"at the hypocrisy of political correctness",0 166560,"nascent",1 222358,"And if you 're not nearly moved to tears by a couple of scenes , you 've got ice water in your veins .",1 219834,"with the lazy material and the finished product 's unshapely look",0 191282,"a scummy ripoff",0 24305,"A comic gem",1 204311,"its scrapbook of oddballs",0 108276,"Painful , horrifying and oppressively tragic , this film should not be missed .",1 2808,"there 's a certain style and wit to the dialogue",1 128496,"of a young American , a decision that plucks '' The Four Feathers ''",1 118603,"dollars",1 206256,"mistake it for an endorsement of the very things that Bean abhors",0 80538,"fresh by an intelligent screenplay and gripping performances",1 126849,"material realm",1 42504,"puts far more polished documentaries",1 123955,"is boring",0 102393,", and unforgettable characters",1 177620,"warmed-over James Bond adventure",0 152263,"a pretty big problem",0 144723,"De Niro and McDormand give solid performances , but their screen time is sabotaged by the story 's inability to create interest .",1 76382,"candy and cheeky",1 150470,"Too simple for its own good",0 212195,"something creepy and vague",0 78010,"derived from far less sophisticated and knowing horror films",0 166945,"not enough to make this anything more than another big-budget bust",0 232374,"is absolutely and completely ridiculous and an insult to every family whose mother has suffered through the horrible pains of a death by cancer .",0 36197,"promotes understanding",1 131933,"see this terrific film with your kids",1 223019,"Could the whole plan here have been to produce something that makes Fatal Attraction look like a classic by comparison ?",0 77656,"cussing",0 37680,"terror",0 50668,"death . On that score , the film certainly does n't disappoint",1 188751,"The trouble is , its filmmakers run out of clever ideas and visual gags about halfway through .",0 238946,"wo n't have you swinging from the trees hooting it 's praises",0 48463,"a typical Bible killer story",0 193490,"as ill-fitting as Shadyac 's perfunctory directing chops",0 202430,"into splatter movies",0 237096,"the negative and the script",0 176316,"to pose as an actual feature movie , the kind that charges full admission and gets hyped on TV and purports to amuse small children and ostensible adults",0 41392,"Workmanlike , maybe , but still a film with all the elements that made the other three great , scary times at the movies",1 193881,"avoid this like the dreaded King Brown snake . Personally",0 223456,"Gambling and throwing a basketball game for money is n't a new plot -- in fact Toback himself used it in Black and White",0 201810,"in a way that 's too loud , too goofy and too short of an attention span",0 32312,"has just enough spice to keep it interesting",1 86841,"marvelous first",1 97703,"through love",1 169188,"predominantly amateur cast is painful to watch ,",0 193133,"are n't likely to leave a lasting impression .",0 154689,"be as bad as its trailers ? In a word -- yes",0 68309,"Quite simply , a joy to watch and -- especially -- to listen to",1 222506,"Audacious-impossible",0 203874,"it does mostly hold one 's interest",1 104256,"An alternately raucous and sappy ethnic sitcom ... you 'd be wise to send your regrets .",0 12101,"they may , lawrence unleashes his trademark misogyny -- er , comedy -- like a human volcano or an overflowing septic tank , take your pick",0 1466,"it brings tears to your eyes",0 24915,"But tongue-in-cheek preposterousness has always been part of For the most part Wilde 's droll whimsy helps '' Being Earnest '' overcome its weaknesses and Parker 's creative interference ...",1 104527,"As well-acted and well-intentioned",1 23613,", except gently and in that way that makes us consider our own eccentricities and how they are expressed through our homes",1 188635,"The script , the gags , the characters are all direct-to-video stuff",0 139673,"while certainly clever in spots",1 60649,"'' Brown Sugar '' admirably aspires to be more than another '' Best Man '' clone by weaving a theme throughout this funny film .",1 78923,"emotionally strong and politically potent",1 170855,"she looks like the six-time winner of the Miss Hawaiian Tropic Pageant , so I do n't know what she 's doing in here",1 41873,"evokes shame",0 197558,"drowned out",0 70365,"Though it never rises to its full potential as a film",0 14270,"McFarlane 's animation lifts the film firmly above the level of other coming-of-age films",1 153368,"an egotistical endeavor",0 93795,"such conviction",1 141960,", Crush goes to absurd lengths to duck the very issues it raises .",0 49672,"bends technical know-how to the service of psychological insight",1 143391,"A thinly veiled excuse",0 101846,"'s one of the worst of the entire franchise",0 13759,"A classy item by a legend who may have nothing left to prove but still has the chops and drive to show how its done .",1 70404,"Todd Solondz takes aim on political correctness and suburban families .",1 214209,"the black-and-white archival footage of their act showcases pretty mediocre shtick .",0 208710,"only to keep letting go at all the wrong moments",0 127751,"narrative and ( too ) short",0 79657,"fantasized about what an unhappy , repressed and twisted personal life their tormentor deserved . These people are really going to love The Piano Teacher",1 220806,"'s endearing to hear Madame D. refer to her husband as ` Jackie ' -- and he does make for excellent company , not least as a self-conscious performer",1 48358,"a satisfyingly unsettling ride",1 207268,"nothing special and , until the final act , nothing",0 143866,"Armenian genocide",0 210361,"remain an unchanged dullard",0 201306,"homage pokepie hat , but as a character he 's dry , dry , dry",0 63342,"A savage John Waters-like humor that dances on the edge of tastelessness",0 72340,"a screwed-up man who dared to mess with some powerful people",0 53208,"intriguing and honorable",1 103438,"A boring , pretentious muddle that uses a sensational , real-life 19th-Century crime as a metaphor for -- well , I 'm not exactly sure what -- and has all the dramatic weight of a raindrop .",0 168031,"on Philip K . Dick stories",1 180779,", let alone funny",0 15645,"enjoyed Time of Favor while I was watching it",1 52887,"in a fairly irresistible package full of privileged moments and memorable performances",1 120641,"fresh and vital",1 35199,"of considerable power",1 151899,"a hollow joke told by a cinematic gymnast having too much fun embellishing the misanthropic tale to actually engage it .",0 221198,", Nicholson walks with a slow , deliberate gait , chooses his words carefully and subdues his natural exuberance .",1 97046,"the wit and revolutionary spirit",1 224093,"Is it a comedy ?",0 135288,"the film 's crisp , unaffected style and air of gentle longing",1 110085,"The picture 's fascinating byways are littered with trenchant satirical jabs at the peculiar egocentricities of the acting breed .",1 5973,"director rob marshall went out gunning to make a great one",1 109572,"The art direction is often exquisite , and the anthropomorphic animal characters are beautifully realized through clever makeup design , leaving one to hope that the eventual DVD release will offer subtitles and the original Italian-language soundtrack",1 126667,"makes an amazing breakthrough",1 63189,"A modestly made but",1 96679,"the shrill side ,",0 65472,"Fast and funny",1 113572,"all awkward ,",0 6072,"drags",0 177244,"unplundered",0 111327,"You 're never quite sure where self-promotion ends and the truth begins . But as you watch the movie , you 're too interested to care",1 168790,"perfect metaphor",1 68009,"One of the funniest motion pictures of the year , but ... also one of the most curiously depressing",1 119177,"ensures the film never feels draggy",1 390,"an aspiring writer 's coming-of-age",1 222177,"Abysmally",0 87014,"memorable character creations",1 74943,"at least one damn fine horror movie",1 19062,"Mama takes a bit too long to find its rhythm",0 105326,"Davis ' candid , archly funny and deeply authentic take on intimate relationships comes to fruition in her sophomore effort .",1 1130,"guts",1 170416,"scary here except for some awful acting and lame special effects .",1 139487,"welled up in my eyes both times",1 70036,"The work of an artist",1 212270,"sounds whiny and defensive , as if his life-altering experiences made him bitter and less mature .",0 61596,", Cletis Tout is a winning comedy that excites the imagination and tickles the funny bone .",1 106936,"It 's not particularly well made , but",0 78844,"elite",1 52915,"in control of both his medium and his message",1 91735,"riveting and surprisingly romantic",1 154906,"become downright despicable",0 90929,"pushed to their most virtuous limits",1 102445,", charismatic and tragically",1 104504,"As plain and pedestrian as catsup --",0 188601,"The question hanging over The Time Machine is not , as the main character suggests , ` what if ? ' but rather , ` How can you charge money for this ? '",0 142207,", her movie is really bad .",0 115229,"ate",0 153938,"are simultaneously buried , drowned and smothered in the excesses of writer-director Roger Avary .",0 204506,"keep it from being simpleminded",1 57632,"technology around a gripping story",1 181789,"A long , dull procession of despair , set to cello music",0 194947,"briefly enliven the film",1 107522,"Lopez himself , who approaches his difficult , endless work with remarkable serenity and discipline .",1 29039,"are far more pointed and clear .",1 238379,"wallowing in hormonal melodrama",0 224804,"Minority Report commands interest almost solely as an exercise in gorgeous visuals .",1 111969,"a fullness that does not negate the subject",1 88623,"of her considerable talents",1 100245,"will eat up like so much gelati",1 193603,"as the old-hat province of male intrigue",0 28105,"actors who are , generally speaking , adored by the movie-going public",1 22420,"they were simply a triumph of the indomitable human will to rebel , connect and create",1 203416,"is so clumsily sentimental and ineptly directed it may leave you speaking in tongues",0 219216,"where the big scene is a man shot out of a cannon into a vat of ice cream",0 159945,"genre conventions",1 13045,"while the new film is much more eye-catching than its blood-drenched stephen norrington-directed predecessor , the new script by the returning david s . goyer is much sillier",1 215953,"the writing is indifferent , and",0 72716,"a troubadour",1 130328,"plodding",0 122164,"her own screenplay , jumps to the head of the class of women 's films that manage to avoid the ghetto of sentimental chick-flicks by treating female follies with a satirical style",1 97976,"to capture the novel 's deeper intimate resonances",1 69914,"The stars",1 138081,"too dense &",0 43534,", but Miss Wonton floats beyond reality with a certain degree of wit and dignity .",1 226562,"There 's a reason the studio did n't offer an advance screening .",0 132388,"show business has infiltrated every corner of society -- and not always for the better",1 184895,"In my own very humble opinion , In Praise of Love lacks even the most fragmented charms I have found in almost all of his previous works .",0 112759,"a speed that is slow to those of us in middle age and deathly slow to any teen . With a cast of A-list Brit actors",0 58230,"the distance",1 141479,"'s not nearly as good as any of its influences",0 212567,"stiflingly",0 7115,"here a more annoying , though less angry",0 222376,"And that makes all the difference .",1 219849,"with the unfortunate trump card being the dreary mid-section of the film",0 20093,"because it is full of necessary discussion points",1 41008,"It 's the cinematic equivalent of a good page-turner , and even if it 's nonsense , its claws dig surprisingly deep",1 61734,", along with his sister , Sofia , is a real filmmaker .",1 80705,"frustrates and",0 4435,"afraid to pitch into farce , yet only half-hearted in its spy mechanics , all the queen 's men",0 211445,"shoplifts shamelessly from farewell-to-innocence movies like The Wanderers and A Bronx Tale without cribbing any of their intelligence",0 132982,"sometimes descends into sub-Tarantino cuteness",1 76345,"can not be acted .",0 184545,"Humorless ,",0 36391,"recapturing",1 207632,"of bitter old crank",0 69600,"The first Bond movie in ages that is n't fake fun",1 40082,"whose suffering and triumphs we can share",1 81719,"has fun with the quirks of family life",1 86059,"like any of these despicable characters",0 71815,"a high-end John Hughes comedy",1 32623,"holds the film together with an engaging and warm performance ...",1 226653,"This is a story of two misfits who do n't stand a chance alone , but together they are magnificent .",1 168544,"overplotted , Anne Rice rock",0 7860,"it 's an enjoyable one",1 190805,"a large human tragedy . Alas ,",0 81842,"have a good time as it doles out pieces of the famous director 's life",1 13617,", or bored or frustrated by the film",0 12067,"their estranged",0 103568,"A fifty car pileup",0 187279,"Showtime 's starry cast",1 91217,"realistic , non-exploitive approach",1 68403,"Resurrection is n't exactly quality cinema , but",0 146355,"Involves two mysteries -- one it gives away and the other featuring such badly drawn characters that its outcome hardly matters",0 3516,"77 minutes of pokemon may not last 4ever , it just seems like it does . my only wish is that celebi could take me back to a time before i saw this movie and i could just skip it .",0 27383,"a bittersweet and lyrical mix",1 31214,"essential feature",1 16413,"keep one glued to the screen",1 20749,"have in our hearts for acceptance within the family circle",1 26607,"So refreshingly incisive",1 231252,"goes unindicted here , which is probably for the best",0 170347,"sank from quirky",0 212026,"soap opera that Tornatore was right to cut",0 125248,"its extraordinary intelligence and originality",1 110147,"The script by Vincent R . Nebrida ... tries to cram too many ingredients into one small pot .",0 19941,"are all fine",1 71065,"Worth a look as a curiosity",1 170308,"salient points",1 6207,"energizes it",1 238928,"without cheesy fun factor .",1 11080,"that is made almost impossible by events that set the plot in motion",1 139098,"vivid , spicy footnote",1 161657,"imagine the process that produced such a script , but here 's guessing that spray cheese and underarm noises played a crucial role",0 162584,"is a deeply unpleasant experience",0 157821,"does so many of the little things right that it 's difficult not to cuss him out severely for bungling the big stuff",0 208626,"one of the worst titles in recent cinematic history",0 166577,"near gripping enough",1 160765,"has very little to offer besides unintentional laughs",0 101021,"yearning for adventure and a chance to prove his worth",1 163816,"it holds even less when it turns into an elegiacally soggy Saving Private Ryanovich",0 124995,"it is a copy of a copy of a copy",0 126817,"marks a modest if encouraging return to form",1 182594,"As it stands , Crocodile Hunter has the hurried , badly cobbled look of the 1959 Godzilla , which combined scenes of a Japanese monster flick with canned shots of Raymond Burr commenting on the monster 's path of destruction .",0 14865,"ability to be focused and sincere",1 106412,"I Killed My Father would be a rarity in Hollywood .",1 83039,"in some delightful work on indie projects",1 212406,"squander on offal like this",0 51457,"exudes the urbane sweetness",1 231319,"grounded in the reality of its characters to go over the edge",1 109685,"The cumulative effect of the movie is repulsive and depressing .",0 123908,"is an elegantly balanced movie -- every member of the ensemble has something fascinating to do -- that does n't reveal even a hint of artifice",1 13539,", aptly enough , a challenge and a punishment .",0 65941,"Hatfield and Hicks make the oddest of couples , and in this sense the movie becomes a study of the gambles of the publishing world , offering a case study that exists apart from all the movie 's political ramifications",1 117930,"decent ` intro ' documentary",1 104249,"An almost unbearably morbid",0 51626,"fierce",1 145431,"For close to two hours the audience is forced to endure three terminally depressed , mostly inarticulate , hyper dysfunctional families for the price of one .",0 4663,"an idea , what a thrill ride . this is a more fascinating look at the future than '' bladerunner ''",1 18055,"will be rewarded by Borstal Boy",1 47418,"Though few will argue that it ranks with the best of Herzog 's works , Invincible shows he 's back in form , with an astoundingly rich film .",1 226702,"This self-infatuated goofball is far from the only thing wrong with the clumsy comedy Stealing Harvard , but he 's the most obvious one",0 235253,"recommend it ,",1 35869,"overwhelmingly cogent",1 192644,"an ultra-loud blast of pointless mayhem ,",0 124166,"is it as smart",1 25224,"Engrossing and affecting , if ultimately not quite satisfying",0 178033,"when he goes out into public , to avoid being recognized as the man who bilked unsuspecting moviegoers",0 100649,"with the kind of visual flair that shows what great cinema can really do",1 14351,"Offers that rare combination of entertainment and education .",1 73943,"an undeniable entertainment value",1 130452,"portrayed with almost supernatural powers to humble , teach and ultimately redeem their mentally '' superior '' friends , family",1 80367,"for the ones that do n't come off",1 144645,"Craven endorses They simply because this movie makes his own look much better by comparison",0 6252,"equally beautiful , self-satisfied",1 156725,"consider a different destination -- some jolly country embroiled in a bloody civil war , perhaps",0 143758,"An overstuffed compendium of teen-Catholic-movie dogma .",0 168223,"one of the film 's stars recently said , a tortuous comment that perfectly illustrates the picture 's moral schizophrenia .",0 162917,"is hampered by a made-for-TV look , rigid performances and an asinine ` twist ' that brazenly rips off The Sixth Sense",0 205299,"long way to go before it reaches the level of crudity in the latest Austin Powers extravaganza",0 118475,"do well to cram earplugs in their ears and put pillowcases over their heads for 87 minutes",0 137007,"this movie proves you wrong on both counts .",1 92286,"sensual and",1 43372,"'s witty and inventive ,",1 168183,"one big laugh ,",1 239105,"you 're desperate for the evening to end .",0 106240,"Hip-hop prison thriller of stupefying absurdity .",0 72009,"a more measured or polished production ever could",1 106186,"Haynes ' style apes films from the period",1 49838,"bring fresh good looks and an ease in front of the camera to the work",1 177467,"vibes when in fact the film is n't as flippant or slick as it thinks it is",0 122843,"in Derry",0 126170,"limitations",0 226414,"The performances are so overstated , the effect comes off as self-parody .",0 99001,"uneasy bonds",0 102049,"( A ) rather thinly-conceived movie .",0 197849,"ended up in a movie this bad",0 104853,"Breen 's script is sketchy with actorish notations on the margin of acting .",0 140688,"you 're likely wondering why you 've been watching all this strutting and posturing .",0 33957,"knows great comedy need n't always make us laugh",1 90239,"perversely",0 223489,"Giggling at the absurdities and inconsistencies is part of the fun .",1 186861,"Real-life strongman Ahola lacks the charisma and ability to carry the film on his admittedly broad shoulders .",0 177962,"what could have been a more multifaceted look at this interesting time and place",1 84363,"is little question that this is a serious work by an important director who has something new to say about how , in the flip-flop of courtship , we often reel in when we should be playing out",1 121354,"gorgeousness .",1 104476,"As an entertainment destination for the general public",1 170852,"she does little here but point at things that explode into flame",0 229615,"ca n't hide the giant Achilles ' heel in `` Stuart Little 2 `` : There 's just no story , folks",0 72853,"a world of artistic abandon and political madness and very nearly",1 84109,"is consistently amusing and engrossing ...",1 41235,"Tautou remains captivating throughout Michele 's religious and romantic quests , and",1 235851,"so cognizant of the cultural and moral issues involved in the process",1 129273,"offering next to little insight",0 113296,"achingly unfunny Phonce",0 182586,"As aimless as an old pickup skidding completely out of control on a long patch of black ice",0 140895,"& - white freeze frames reminiscent of a pseudo-hip luxury car commercial , ( it 's )",0 116651,"capable Clayburgh",0 225635,"Robert Duvall",1 182654,"Attal 's hang-ups surrounding infidelity are so old-fashioned and ,",0 210367,"remains a complete blank",0 66865,"Jagger 's bone-dry , mournfully brittle delivery that gives the film its bittersweet bite",1 136549,"the war movie compendium across its indulgent two-hour-and-fifteen-minute length",0 230811,"film that presents an audacious tour of the past and takes within its warm",1 198290,"excruciating demonstration",0 46143,"Mel",0 169828,"recommend waiting for DVD and just skipping straight to her scenes",0 65504,"Features one of the most affecting depictions of a love affair ever committed to film .",1 210140,"reactionary ideas about women and a total lack of empathy",0 106686,"In Praise of Love ' is the director 's epitaph for himself",1 90184,"perfect Wildean actor",1 230918,"for as loosey-goosey , experimental entertainment",1 84603,"is silly but strangely believable .",1 30323,"conceit",0 64277,"Beautiful to watch",1 105953,"Gangs excels in spectacle and pacing .",1 215137,"the movie has a tougher time balancing its violence with Kafka-inspired philosophy",0 102668,", it never seems fresh and vital . It never plays as dramatic even when dramatic things happen to people . It labours as storytelling .",0 130508,"powerful and moving",1 112882,"a testament to the film 's considerable charm that it succeeds in entertaining , despite playing out like a feature-length sitcom replete with stereotypical familial quandaries",1 13064,"who re-invents himself",1 231310,"gripping drama .",1 213829,"that should be thrown back in the river",0 237048,"the magic he 's spun with the Hollywood empress of Ms. Leoni 's Ellie",1 104567,"At its worst , the movie is pretty diverting :",0 109654,"The characters are never more than sketches ... which leaves any true emotional connection or identification frustratingly out of reach .",0 63341,"A savage John Waters-like humor that dances on the edge",1 69360,"The Sweetest Thing , a romantic comedy with outrageous tendencies ,",1 40022,"whiplash",0 109841,"The film starts promisingly , but the ending is all too predictable and far too cliched to really work",0 34274,"made but a winsome cast and nice dialogue keeps it going",1 157730,"does little , apart from raising the topic , to further stoke the conversation",0 60386,"with such a buoyant , expressive flow of images",1 170324,"same premise",0 129295,"offers much to absorb and even more to think about after the final frame .",1 56246,"provides its target audience of youngsters enough stimulating eye and ear candy to make its moral medicine go down",1 196091,"conceive of anyone who has reached puberty actually finding the characters in Slackers or their antics amusing , let alone funny",0 202060,"in the translation ... another routine Hollywood frightfest in which the slack execution italicizes the absurdity of the premise",0 31957,"fun meeting",1 7578,"integrity",1 34405,"maturity displayed by this 33-year-old first-time feature director",1 223290,"Every so often a film comes along that is so insanely stupid , so awful in so many ways that watching it leaves you giddy .",0 221789,"... a sour little movie at its core : an exploration of the emptiness that underlay the relentless gaiety of the 1920 's ... The film 's ending has a `` What was it all for ? ''",0 209588,"potboiler until its absurd , contrived , overblown , and entirely implausible finale .",0 64286,"Beautifully crafted and cooly unsettling ... recreates",1 188410,"The movie certainly has its share of clever moments and biting dialogue ,",1 122228,"highly ambitious and personal project",1 213149,"takes its title all too literally",0 207154,"none-too-funny commentary",0 210220,"reap more rewards",1 37008,"skillfully",1 186397,"No one can doubt the filmmakers ' motives , but The Guys still feels counterproductive .",0 179374,"'ll be wistful for the testosterone-charged wizardry of Jerry Bruckheimer productions , especially because Half Past Dead is like The Rock on a Wal-Mart budget",0 65886,"Hailed as a clever exercise in neo-Hitchcockianism , this clever and very satisfying picture is more accurately Chabrolian .",1 77410,"could be looking at his 12th Oscar nomination by proving that he 's now , more than ever , choosing his roles with the precision of the insurance actuary",1 3511,"77 minutes of pokemon may not last 4ever , it just",0 118636,"double-cross that made Mamet 's '' House of Games '' and last fall 's '' Heist '' so much fun",1 126378,"loses its fire",0 13586,", held together by skilled ensemble actors .",1 76436,"capturing the precarious balance between the extravagant confidence of the exiled aristocracy and the cruel earnestness of the victorious revolutionaries",1 117680,"created a breathtakingly assured and stylish work of spare dialogue and acute expressiveness",1 108286,"Parents beware :",1 113243,"absolute joy",1 238367,"walked away not really know who `` they '' were , what `` they '' looked like",0 77910,"delighted with the fast , funny",1 226221,"The characters are interesting and often very creatively constructed from figure to backstory .",1 195076,"but the material never overcomes its questionable satirical ambivalence .",0 222327,"An unencouraging threefold expansion on the former MTV series , accompanying the stunt-hungry dimwits in a random series of collected gags , pranks , pratfalls , dares , injuries , etc. .",0 225641,"Rock 's stand-up magic",1 194825,"bored by as your ABC 's",0 84676,"is surely the funniest and most accurate depiction of writer",1 202797,"is better than you might think .",1 174254,"the mediocrity that is Kung Pow : Enter the Fist",0 124377,"is of the darkest variety",0 167632,"of other quirky movies that try to score hipness",0 36107,"potentially forgettable",0 160850,"have done so",0 159743,"from stale parody",0 87148,"minor film",0 188688,"The sort of picture in which , whenever one of the characters has some serious soul searching to do , they go to a picture-perfect beach during sunset .",0 164835,"lifted from a screenwriter 's outline and",0 27642,"a lot of energy",1 124440,"is paced at a speed that is slow to those of us in middle age and deathly slow to any teen . With a cast of A-list Brit actors",0 154720,"be enjoyed , even on the level that one enjoys a bad slasher flick , primarily because it is dull",0 203022,"is just a corny examination of a young actress trying to find her way .",0 8990,"narcissism and",0 102083,"( Ferrera ) has the charisma of a young woman who knows how to hold the screen .",1 85983,"life-embracing",1 217124,"to its clever what-if concept",1 30636,"deeply emotional eyes",1 181105,", wanna watch a movie in which a guy dressed as a children 's party clown gets violently gang-raped ?",0 87416,"most enchanting",1 237746,"to be in a contest to see who can out-bad-act the other",0 139458,"well directed",1 97388,"this engaging film about two men who discover what William James once called ` the gift of tears",1 172596,"tedious adolescent melodramatics",0 4033,"a perfectly pleasant if slightly pokey comedy .",1 204144,"its charms and",1 83278,"indie .",1 39009,"those rare , exhilarating cinematic",1 208706,"only so much baked cardboard",0 226698,"This pathetic junk is barely an hour long .",0 24060,"-- filled with menace and squalor",1 213439,"than the very sluggish pace",0 75867,"bothered to construct a real story this time",1 84746,"is the piece works brilliantly",1 235395,"rooting for the film",1 88812,"of passion",1 181517,"A ` Girls Gone Wild ' video for the boho art-house crowd , The Burning Sensation is n't a definitive counter-cultural document -- its makers are n't removed and inquisitive enough for that",0 113951,"an amusement",1 91178,"reaffirms life as it looks in the face of death",1 18668,"An intriguing and entertaining introduction",1 104031,"A wry , affectionate delight .",1 83419,"inspirational status",1 94504,"that , by the time the credits roll across the pat ending , a warm , fuzzy feeling prevails",1 111544,"a best-foreign-film Oscar",1 48312,"a rare window on an artistic collaboration",1 135894,"the odd enjoyably chewy lump",1 223793,"I enjoyed it just as much !",1 149738,"The plot has a number of holes , and at times it 's simply baffling .",0 24955,"Cedar takes a very open-minded approach to this sensitive material , showing impressive control , both visually and in the writing .",1 80988,"gets under our skin and",1 179817,"'s kind of sad that so many people put so much time and energy into this turkey",0 214581,"the film , while it 's not completely wreaked , is seriously compromised by that",0 115654,"beautifully made",1 90235,"pervasive",1 125939,"lets her character become a caricature -- not even with that radioactive hair",0 80916,"genuine and sweet",1 50681,"decided to leave a light on every night from now on",1 128021,"no plot in this Antonio Banderas-Lucy Liu faceoff . It 's still terrible",0 230746,"fearless in picking apart human foibles , not afraid to lay her life bare in front of an audience",1 181791,"A look",1 198776,"fest of self-congratulation between actor and director that leaves scant place for the viewer",0 143999,"Bad '' is the operative word for '' Bad Company ,",0 37833,"that is part homage and part remake of the Italian masterpiece",1 49610,"been made with an enormous amount of affection",1 161774,"in a blur of dead ends and distracting camera work",0 113724,"almost saves the movie",0 5265,"bratty",0 51120,"elevated by the wholesome twist of a pesky mother interfering during her son 's discovery of his homosexuality .",1 63096,"A hallmark film",1 219103,"what comes from taking John Carpenter 's Ghosts of Mars and eliminating the beheadings . In other words , about as bad a film you 're likely to see all year",0 202531,"is Lilia herself . She 's a cipher , played by an actress who smiles and frowns but does n't reveal an inner life",0 171672,"something that makes Fatal Attraction look like a classic by comparison",0 28066,"abuse",0 73737,"an eloquent memorial",1 222951,"Cinematic poetry showcases the city 's old-world charm before machines change nearly everything .",1 231771,"honest working man John Q. Archibald , on a pedestal , then keeps lifting the pedestal higher",1 50999,"dour",0 13598,", it 's a far more thoughtful film than any slice of Hugh Grant whimsy .",1 213070,"t 's certainly laudable that the movie deals with hot-button issues in a comedic context",1 28650,"and historians",1 164931,"like a volatile and overlong W magazine fashion",0 209795,"prolonged extrusion",0 201801,"in a ridiculous wig no respectable Halloween costume shop would ever try to sell",0 102804,", riveting and handsomely",1 124678,"is the film equivalent of a lovingly rendered coffee table book",0 48838,"also shows how deeply felt emotions can draw people together across the walls that might otherwise separate them .",1 211595,"signposts marking the slow , lingering death of imagination",0 227936,"a good script , good dialogue ,",1 231331,"gut-wrenching , frightening war scenes since `` Saving Private Ryan ''",1 188188,"The film has a nearly terminal case of the cutes , and it 's neither as funny nor as charming as it thinks it is .",0 130558,"prescribed than recommended -- as visually bland as a dentist 's waiting room , complete with soothing Muzak and a cushion of predictable narrative rhythms",0 147652,"Never engaging , utterly predictable and completely void of anything",0 189656,"Whereas the extremely competent hitman films such as Pulp Fiction and Get Shorty resonate a sardonic verve to their caustic purpose for existing",1 182933,"Broomfield 's style of journalism is hardly journalism at all , and even those with an avid interest in the subject will grow impatient .",0 4206,"a thoughtful , emotional movie",1 29051,"are lives worth watching , paths worth following",1 72387,"a sick , twisted sort of way",0 179545,"'s a masterpiece",1 40926,"Goyer 's screenplay and direction are thankfully understated , and",1 1789,"multi-dimensional love",1 223346,"Featuring a dangerously seductive performance from the great Daniel Auteuil",1 152045,"a mediocre trifle",0 136592,"the wonderful cinematography and naturalistic acting",1 138384,"truly distinctive and a deeply pertinent film",1 227940,"a gorgeous film - vivid with color , music and life",1 174875,"the test of time",1 51263,"ensemble cast",1 226859,"Ultimately , the film never recovers from the clumsy cliché of the ugly American abroad , and the too-frosty exterior Ms. Paltrow employs to authenticate her British persona is another liability .",0 109235,"Stuart Little 2 manages sweetness largely without stickiness .",1 102761,", painful improbability",0 48991,"an otherwise excellent film . A powerful performance from Mel Gibson and a brutal 90-minute battle sequence that does everything but issue you a dog-tag and an M-16",1 185826,"Liotta is put in an impossible spot because his character 's deceptions ultimately undo him and the believability of the entire scenario . Too bad",0 53128,"inspiring , ironic , and revelatory of just",1 188564,"The pretensions -- and disposable story -- sink the movie .",0 122210,"high points to keep this from being a complete waste of time",0 109804,"The film is ... determined to treat its characters , weak and strong , as fallible human beings , not caricatures , and to carefully delineate the cost of the inevitable conflicts between human urges and an institution concerned with self-preservation .",1 164916,"like a nature film",1 83019,"in private",1 103731,"A movie of technical skill and rare depth of intellect and feeling .",1 158107,"easily skippable",0 230175,"despite the long running time , the pace never feels slack -- there 's no scene that screams `` bathroom break",1 160339,"great love",1 84228,"is funny , insightfully human and",1 168945,"plays like a bad soap opera , with passable performances from everyone in the cast",0 158111,"easy smiles",1 72807,"a weary journalist",0 231843,"humor and snappy dialogue",1 231772,"honestly , I do n't see the point",0 15551,"distinctive",1 108171,"One of the most incoherent features in recent memory .",0 23115,"'s easily his finest American film ... comes close to recapturing the brilliance of his Hong Kong films",1 79754,"feel like it 's wasted yours",0 203348,"is really , really stupid",0 53156,"interesting and often",1 94854,"that sends you out of the theater feeling",1 42551,"resent it",0 76640,"cheered at just that",1 220984,"'s that painful .",0 20744,"has twists worthy of David Mamet and is enormous fun for thinking audiences .",1 70143,"There is no solace here , no entertainment value , merely a fierce lesson in where filmmaking can take us .",0 204765,"lead a group of talented friends",1 58382,"the highest production values",1 26446,"Reinforces the often forgotten fact of the world 's remarkably varying human population and mindset , and its capacity to heal using creative , natural and ancient antidotes",1 78733,"easy to guess",0 168725,"past its natural length",0 84662,"is such a mesmerizing one",1 114704,"are usually",1 29122,"artistic befuddlement",0 198312,"exhaustion , from watching a movie that is dark ( dark green , to be exact )",0 163792,"it falls short",0 96805,"the subject with fondness and respect",1 231650,"healthy eccentric inspiration and ambition",1 43870,"... once the true impact of the day unfolds , the power of this movie is undeniable .",1 227394,"` terrible filmmaking ' bad , but more like , ' I once had a nightmare like this ,",0 195598,"characteristically engorged",1 138128,"too many tried-and-true shenanigans",0 147783,"Not even the Hanson Brothers can save it",0 55214,"of E . T . just as I hoped I would --",1 197454,"down badly as we absorb Jia 's moody , bad-boy behavior which he portrays himself in a one-note performance .",0 222710,"Buries an interesting storyline about morality and the choices we make underneath such a mountain of clichés and borrowed images that it might more accurately be titled Mr. Chips off the Old Block .",0 99212,"us share their enthusiasm",1 209389,"plays like an extended dialogue exercise in Retard 101 .",0 34397,"matched by Schweig , who carries the film on his broad , handsome shoulders",1 77543,"creates an impeccable sense of place , while Thurman and Lewis give what can easily be considered career-best performances",1 139689,"while the audience can tell it 's not all new , at least it looks pretty",1 120107,"find ourselves surprised at how much we care about the story",1 136685,"their own cleverness",1 127695,"muster a lot of emotional resonance",1 124445,"is perfectly creepy and believable .",1 227540,"`` Mr. Deeds '' is suitable summer entertainment that offers escapism without requiring a great deal of thought .",1 29783,"but Family Fundamentals displays a rare gift for unflinching impartiality .",1 149302,"The director knows how to apply textural gloss ,",1 122289,"his constant need to suddenly transpose himself into another character",0 185390,"Its initial excitement settles into a warmed over pastiche .",0 63537,"A uniquely sensual metaphorical dramatization of sexual obsession that spends a bit too much time on its fairly ludicrous plot .",1 225278,"Officially , it is twice as bestial but half as funny .",0 198493,"falls victim to frazzled wackiness and frayed satire",0 193880,"avid interest",1 92991,"so that it certainly does n't feel like a film that strays past the two and a half mark",1 2782,"their hearts in the right place",1 95206,"the better film 's",1 80402,"for two crimes from which many of us have not yet recovered",0 35708,"one that pushes the boundaries of biography , and challenges its audience .",1 208407,"on a ride that 's consistently surprising , easy to watch -- but , oh , so dumb",1 72379,"a shock-you-into-laughter intensity",1 33181,"inventive photography and cutting",1 124119,"is hindered by uneven dialogue and plot lapses",0 29257,"assembles an elaborate haunted house each year to scare",1 45193,"Exciting",1 139460,"well dressed",1 218004,"two guys who desperately want to be Quentin Tarantino when they grow up",0 142993,"A baffling misfire , and",0 171471,"so rambling and",0 163437,"is that the filmmakers and studio are brazen enough to attempt to pass this stinker off as a scary movie",0 213315,"terrible , banal dialogue",0 71412,"a clever exercise in neo-Hitchcockianism",1 86815,"marred only by an inexplicable , utterly distracting blunder at the very end",0 184999,"It 's a bad action movie because there 's no rooting interest and the spectacle is grotesque and boring",0 35479,"of the most significant moviegoing pleasures of the year .",1 9434,"often pointless",0 219111,"what he gets instead has all the lyricism of a limerick scrawled in a public restroom",0 225211,"Nothing but an episode of Smackdown",0 133292,"stifles creativity and",0 19950,"are just that damn good .",1 142457,", tarted up with Latin flava and turned out by Hollywood playas .",0 120435,"for its excellent storytelling , its economical",1 53357,"is a winning ensemble comedy that shows Canadians can put gentle laughs and equally gentle sentiments on the button , just as easily as their counterparts anywhere else in the world .",1 37572,"take the movie to a higher level .",1 61625,", Hoffman keeps us riveted with every painful nuance , unexpected flashes of dark comedy and the character 's gripping humanity .",1 160777,"hated every minute of it .",0 45610,"If Steven Soderbergh 's ` Solaris ' is a failure it is a glorious failure .",1 19472,"a crash course in movie mythology",1 208624,"one of the worst movies of the year .",0 105598,"Edward Burns ' best film",1 118524,"does n't deserve the energy it takes to describe how bad it is .",0 202719,"is an ` action film ' mired in stasis",0 9401,"of vulgar highlights",0 152722,"about Hawn 's breasts",0 109146,"Stale first act , Scrooge story , blatant product placement , some very good comedic songs , strong finish",1 177054,"ultimately disappointing",0 182195,"After a while , the only way for a reasonably intelligent person to get through The Country Bears is to ponder how a whole segment of pop-music history has been allowed to get wet , fuzzy and sticky .",0 202410,"into corny sentimentality",0 138781,"untalented",0 210782,"satisfactorily",1 180946,", tedious",0 60379,"with snappy dialogue",1 185970,"Makes the same mistake as the music industry it criticizes , becoming so slick and watered-down it almost loses what made you love it",0 58693,"the seeds of hope",1 197532,"dredge up",0 202773,"is authentic .",1 22272,"the film , which skirts that rapidly deteriorating line between fantasy and reality ... takes a tongue-in-cheek attitude even as it pushes the Croc Hunter agenda .",1 150140,"They should have called it Gutterball .",0 171054,"sickly entertainment at best and mind-destroying cinematic pollution at worst",0 566,"beautifully",1 88597,"of fun for all",1 13584,", good pace",1 213802,"that piffle is all that the airhead movie business deserves from him right now",0 125332,"its own thinness",0 226166,"The Rock is destined to be the 21st Century 's new `` Conan '' and that he 's going to make a splash even greater than Arnold Schwarzenegger , Jean-Claud Van Damme or Steven Segal .",1 119190,"entertaining , if ultimately minor ,",1 147737,"No worse than a lot of the crap we 've been offered this summer , and",0 121714,"has been replaced by the bottom of the barrel",0 92564,"should drop everything and run to Ichi .",1 188147,"The film 's needlessly opaque intro takes its doe-eyed Crudup out of pre-9 / 11 New York and onto a cross-country road trip of the Homeric kind .",0 92704,"sing beautifully and act adequately",1 182395,"An enigmatic film that 's too clever for its own good",0 207071,"no obvious directing",0 110548,"This rich , bittersweet Israeli documentary , about the life of song-and-dance-man Pasach ` ke Burstein and his family",1 81744,"has no doubt fantasized about what an unhappy , repressed and twisted personal life their tormentor deserved . These people are really going to love The Piano Teacher .",1 72103,"a patient viewer",1 177101,"unconvincing and criminally badly acted",0 6263,"especially so",1 14617,"Whether or not you 're enlightened by any of Derrida 's lectures on '' the other '' and '' the self , '' Derrida is an undeniably fascinating and playful fellow .",1 37741,"that 's what makes it irresistible",1 121093,"gets too cloying thanks to the actors ' perfect comic timing and sweet , genuine chemistry .",1 192993,"appears miserable throughout as he swaggers through his scenes",0 63703,"All leather pants & augmented boobs , Hawn",0 103125,". Better",1 52203,"good use",1 204641,"lacking any sense of commitment to or",0 23871,", sprawling swashbuckler",1 7843,"it 's a boom-box of a movie that might have been titled ` the loud and the ludicrous ' ... the pandering to a moviegoing audience dominated by young males is all too calculated .",0 102960,", this sad , occasionally horrifying but often inspiring film is among Wiseman 's warmest .",1 220949,"'s pure PR hype .",0 17329,"still photographs and charming old reel-to-reel recordings of Meeropol entertaining his children to create his song history , but most powerful of all",1 196005,"comic touch",1 227464,"`` Die Another Day '' one of the most entertaining Bonds in years",1 220801,"'s emotionally engrossing , too , thanks to strong , credible performances from the whole cast",1 127730,"mysterious and brutal nature",0 110993,"Wendigo wants to be a monster movie for the art-house crowd , but it falls into the trap of pretention almost every time",0 21277,"make of Steven Soderbergh 's Full Frontal , though that did n't stop me from enjoying much of it",1 152642,"a very bad feeling",0 42544,"remembered at Oscar time",1 214234,"the butt",0 62977,"A fascinating case study of flower-power liberation --",1 224210,"It 's not a motion picture : it 's an utterly static picture",0 18486,", this lavish three-year-old production has enough grandeur and scale to satisfy as grown-up escapism .",1 107352,"Kouyate elicits strong performances from his cast , and he delivers a powerful commentary on how governments lie , no matter who runs them",1 188427,"The movie is almost completely lacking in suspense , surprise and consistent emotional conviction .",0 21892,"saddest films",0 160689,"has long been plundered by similar works featuring the insight and punch this picture so conspicuously",0 91597,"return to form for director Peter Bogdanovich",1 56726,"scariest movies to come along in a long , long time",1 152010,"a low-budget hybrid of Scarface or",0 10937,"take me back to a time before i saw this movie and i could just skip it",0 187454,"Sometimes makes less sense than the Bruckheimeresque American action flicks it emulates .",0 197825,"empty , ugly exercise",0 171642,"something both ugly and mindless",0 68392,"Remove Spider-Man the movie from its red herring surroundings and it 's apparent that this is one summer film that satisfies",1 96944,"the universal themes , earnest performances",1 137054,"this space-based homage to Robert Louis Stevenson 's Treasure Island fires on all plasma conduits .",1 234210,"nothing but boilerplate clichés",0 83499,"intermittently powerful study",1 79424,"excites",1 143566,"Ahola is simply not an actor .",0 5846,"david weissman and bill weber benefit enormously from the cockettes ' camera craziness -- not",1 87775,"needs mind-bending drugs when they can see this , the final part of the ` qatsi ' trilogy , directed by Godfrey Reggio , with music by Philip Glass ?",0 44266,"A solid examination of the male midlife crisis .",1 43130,"'re in luck",1 29038,"are far more pointed and clear",1 40218,"with humor and a few fanciful touches",1 31786,"for the David Mamet enthusiast and for anyone who appreciates intelligent , stylish moviemaking",1 150139,"They ought to be a whole lot scarier than they are in this tepid genre offering .",0 182087,"A waterlogged version of ` Fatal Attraction ' for the teeny-bopper set ...",0 15497,"cynicism",0 226711,"This time Mr. Burns is trying something in the Martin Scorsese street-realist mode , but his self-regarding sentimentality trips him up again .",0 162509,"irritatingly",0 189382,"Vaguely interesting , but it 's just too too much",0 215701,"the stunning star",1 30600,"de cultura ( aunque sea condensada ) que bien vale la pena aprovechar",1 70583,"Until its final minutes this is a perceptive study of two families in crisis -- and of two girls whose friendship is severely tested by bad luck and their own immaturity .",0 4073,"a real winner , creativity at its peak",1 23410,", and it 's directed by ... Neil LaBute . Hmm .",0 38847,"thematically instructive and thoroughly delightful",1 20726,"has constructed a remarkably coherent , horrifically vivid snapshot of those turbulent days",1 110903,"Vulgar",0 144688,"Danilo Donati 's witty designs and",1 47166,"The movie 's relatively simple plot and uncomplicated morality play well with the affable cast .",1 110626,"Tian 's meticulous talent",1 149750,"The plot is very clever , but Boyd weighs it down with too many characters and events , all intertwined and far too complicated to keep track of .",0 220677,"'s a beautiful madness .",1 126012,"like Bartleby , is something of a stiff -- an extra-dry office comedy that seems twice as long as its 83 minutes .",0 48015,"a fast , frenetic , funny , even punny 6",1 165428,"made in 1978 but not released then because it was so weak , and it has been unearthed",0 89807,"otherwise the production is suitably elegant",1 22733,"weakened",0 162867,"is emblematic of the witless ageism",0 75247,"be considered a funny little film",1 204819,"leaves you with the impression that you should have gotten more out of it than you did",0 153878,"are missing -- anything approaching a visceral kick , and anything approaching even a vague reason to sit through it all .",0 97977,"to capture these musicians in full regalia",1 164791,"let down",0 68623,"Schrader relies on subtle ironies and visual devices to convey point of view .",1 82037,"heart what it lacks in outright newness . Plus , like I already mentioned",1 83642,"inventive director",1 183391,"Despite the opulent lushness of every scene , the characters never seem to match the power of their surroundings .",0 95934,"the inevitable Hollywood remake flattens out all its odd , intriguing wrinkles",1 105324,"Davis ' candid , archly funny and deeply authentic take",1 40336,"work from a gifted director who definitely has something on his mind",1 191043,"a nifty plot line in Steven Soderbergh 's Traffic fails to arrive at any satisfying destination",0 58810,"the unthinkable , the unacceptable , the unmentionable",0 34121,"like this presuppose religious bigotry",0 188404,"The movie 's vision of a white American zealously spreading a Puritanical brand of Christianity to South Seas islanders is one only a true believer could relish .",0 166778,"no discernible craft and monstrously sanctimonious",0 207873,"of most convincing emotional gravity from a scene where Santa gives gifts to grownups",1 2995,"truth",1 146992,"Kate 's jealous female friends become downright despicable",0 5166,"bit too precious at the start and a little too familiar at the end",0 194700,"bland as a block of snow",0 43848,"... a fun little timewaster , helped especially by the cool presence of Jean Reno .",1 95180,"the best brush",1 84240,"is genuinely witty",1 105138,"Cleaver",1 185063,"It 's as if Solondz had two ideas for two movies , could n't really figure out how to flesh either out , so he just slopped 'em together here",0 171451,"so much as distasteful",0 49208,"are well-honed",1 71070,"Worth seeing just for Weaver and LaPaglia",1 92557,"should be expected from any movie with a '' 2 '' at the end of its title",0 79200,"especially the pseudo-educational stuff we all ca n't stand",0 191346,"a slice of American Pie hijinks",1 26075,"Merchant effectively translates Naipaul 's lively mix of characters from the page to screen .",1 192448,"an action icon",1 170036,"resembles a bad high school production of Grease ,",0 222656,"Boring and meandering .",0 16668,"no means his best work",0 124431,"is oppressively heavy .",0 55430,"of laying out some of the major issues that we encounter as we journey through life",1 4560,"ambivalence and ambiguity",0 62847,"A classy , sprightly spin",1 149801,"The screenplay by James Eric , James Horton and director Peter O'Fallon ... is so pat it makes your teeth hurt .",0 177775,"we 're subjected to one mind-numbingly lengthy riff on poo and pee jokes after another",0 27308,"You wo n't like Roger , but you will quickly recognize him . And that 's a big part of why we go to the movies .",1 80584,"from Venice Beach that was a deserved co-winner of the Audience Award for documentaries at the Sundance Film Festival",1 178815,"works so well I 'm almost recommending it , anyway -- maybe not to everybody , but certainly to people with a curiosity about",1 191882,"achieves the feel of a fanciful motion picture",1 152532,"a strong , unified showing",1 119026,"enables Shafer to navigate spaces both large ... and small ... with considerable aplomb",1 127853,"negotiate the many inconsistencies in Janice 's behavior or compensate for them by sheer force of charm",1 33090,"insultingly innocuous",0 124674,"is the fact that there is nothing distinguishing in a Randall Wallace film",0 233939,"more simply intrusive",0 220175,"wrong with a comedy where the only belly laughs come from the selection of outtakes tacked onto the end credits",0 144291,"Bullock 's complete lack of focus and ability quickly derails the film",0 76976,"comes off winningly",1 218666,"want to watch if you only had a week to live",1 102866,", the documentary gives an especially poignant portrait of her friendship with the never flagging legal investigator David Presson .",1 124659,"is the best kind of documentary , one that makes a depleted yesterday feel very much like a brand-new tomorrow",1 203327,"is plenty fetching enough",1 188732,"The stunt work is top-notch",1 42099,"honest performances and",1 173831,"the exception of about six gags",0 47021,"The far future may be awesome to consider , but",1 128431,"of a deeply humanistic artist who , in spite of all that he 's witnessed , remains surprisingly idealistic",1 84628,"is so intimate and sensual and funny and psychologically self-revealing that it makes most of what passes for sex in the movies look like cheap hysterics",1 94695,"that he is an imaginative filmmaker who can see the forest for the trees",1 60376,"with resonance",1 56564,"resonant gem",1 124618,"is that it 's also one of the smartest",1 201495,"idea ( of middle-aged romance ) is not handled well and , except for the fine star performances",0 37811,"that intrigues and even fascinates us",1 215234,"the odd distinction of being playful without being fun",0 149280,"The cold and dreary weather is a perfect metaphor for the movie itself , which contains few laughs and not much drama .",0 146605,"It 's push-the-limits teen comedy , the type written by people who ca n't come up with legitimate funny , and",0 103044,", you 'll have a good time with this one too",1 118810,"dying a slow death",0 184000,"Forages for audience sympathy like a temperamental child begging for attention , giving audiences no reason to truly care for its decrepit freaks beyond the promise of a reprieve from their incessant whining .",0 7514,"incredibly flexible",1 108368,"Peter Jackson and company once again dazzle and delight us",1 157855,"done all that Heaven allows , if you wanted to make as anti-Kieslowski a pun as possible . Suffice to say its total promise is left slightly unfulfilled",0 88675,"of important developments of the computer industry",1 120436,"for its excellent storytelling , its economical , compressed characterisations and for its profound humanity",1 61994,", is such high-wattage brainpower coupled with pitch-perfect acting and an exquisite , unfakable sense of cinema .",1 64261,"Be prepared to cling to the edge of your seat",1 162859,"is diluted by too much stage business in the modern day .",0 192841,"another genre exercise",0 136591,"the wonderful cinematography and",1 146601,"It 's played in the most straight-faced fashion , with little humor to lighten things up .",0 198499,"faltering",0 29713,"bounces ) all over the stage , dancing , running , sweating , mopping his face and generally displaying the wacky talent that brought him fame in the first place .",1 29723,"brave attempt to tap into the heartbeat of the world , a salute to the universal language of rhythm and a zippy sampling of sounds",1 96830,"the tale commands attention .",1 99346,"very funny as you peek at it through the fingers in front of your eyes",1 132012,"seems like it does . My only wish is that Celebi could take me back to a time before I saw this movie and I could just skip it .",0 173520,"the bastard child of the Beatnik generation",0 96343,"the past year , which means that Birthday Girl is the kind of quirkily appealing minor movie she might not make for a while",1 157284,"depict a homosexual relationship in a mature and frank fashion",1 119340,"even lazier",0 62072,", life-affirming script",1 181025,", the updated Dickensian sensibility of writer Craig Bartlett 's story is appealing .",1 75381,"beauty , grace and",1 197215,"do n't mind crappy movies as much as adults , provided there 's lots of cute animals and clumsy people . ` Snow Dogs ' has both .",0 186566,"One of the worst films of 2002 .",0 26650,"Still , it gets the job done -- a sleepy afternoon rental .",0 73166,"actors to draw out the menace of its sparse dialogue",0 29013,"appreciative you are of this",1 209503,"ponderous and",0 235950,"sound great",1 2233,"seems capable",1 219395,"whole hours",1 162293,"intellectual entertainment",1 98307,"to sit back and enjoy a couple of great actors hamming it up",1 229864,"clunker .",0 75901,"bracing truth",1 220766,"'s appealingly manic and energetic",1 182012,"A so-so , made-for-TV something posing as a real movie .",0 14829,"a sense of pure wonderment and excitement",1 218295,"up more of a creaky '' Pretty Woman '' retread , with the emphasis on self-empowering schmaltz and big-wave surfing that gives pic its title an afterthought",0 29881,"but veers into overkill",0 100145,"whole damned thing",0 99477,"visually masterful work",1 78402,"does a great combination act as narrator , Jewish grandmother and subject",1 62882,"A conventional but heartwarming tale",1 178694,"with unpleasant characters , hit-and-miss performances and awkwardly staged scenes",0 189607,"What they 're doing is a matter of plumbing arrangements and mind games , of no erotic or sensuous charge .",0 130046,"pathetic as Dahmer",0 166792,"no goal and no urgency . It 's just filler",0 118914,"efficiently minimalist style",1 40118,"will fulfill your wildest fantasies about being a different kind of time traveler , while happily killing 94 minutes",1 191352,"a smear",0 10940,"taken",0 24444,"A resonant tale of racism , revenge and retribution .",1 188140,"The film 's hero is a bore and his innocence soon becomes a questionable kind of inexcusable dumb innocence",0 119699,"falls back on too many tried-and-true shenanigans that hardly distinguish it from the next teen comedy",0 220422,"yourself wishing that you and they were in another movie",0 170341,"sanctimonious , self-righteous and",0 109803,"The film has the high-buffed gloss and high-octane jolts you expect of De Palma , but what makes it transporting is that it 's also one of the smartest , most pleasurable expressions of pure movie love to come from an American director in years .",1 36128,"precise and moving",1 26637,"Stay clear of reminding yourself that it 's a '' true story '' and you 're likely to have one helluva time at the movies .",1 51760,"fondly remembered in the endlessly challenging maze of moviegoing",1 36550,"revelation",1 11368,"the film 's best trick is the way that it treats conspiracy as a kind of political blair witch , a monstrous murk that haunts us precisely because it can never be seen .",1 51275,"entertainingly",1 207018,"no chemistry or engaging charisma",0 726,"conflict",0 164944,"like every bad idea that 's ever gone into an after-school special compiled in one place , minus those daytime programs ' slickness and sophistication ( and who knew they even had any ? )",0 201702,"improvise and scream",1 135640,"the legendary wit 's",1 150478,"Too stagey",0 182136,"Abandon spends 90 minutes trying figure out whether or not some cocky pseudo-intellectual kid has intentionally left college or was killed .",0 57814,"that it 'll probably be the best and most mature comedy of the 2002 summer season speaks more of the season than the picture",1 179936,"'s plenty of evidence",1 156679,"conciliatory tone that Three Seasons achieved but loses its way in rhetorical excess and blatant sentimentality",0 210954,"scummy",0 119217,"entrapment in the maze of modern life",1 108863,"Several of Steven Soderbergh 's earlier films were hailed as the works of an artist",1 178933,"would work much better as a one-hour TV documentary .",0 59659,"understands like few others",1 116765,"catastrophic collision",0 226999,"Wedding feels a bit anachronistic .",0 210713,"sabotaged by pomposity",0 47820,"a big , brassy , disturbing , unusual and highly successful film",1 157275,"densely packed",0 78659,"dubious human being",0 145309,"Feels familiar and tired .",0 36153,"presents an audacious tour of the past and takes within its warm embrace the bounties of cultural artifacts inside St . Petersburg",1 223783,"I do .",1 42077,"held together",1 180877,", point and purpose",1 61848,", crisp storytelling",1 122261,"hip hop beat",1 195892,"college keg party",0 230948,"for the striking , quietly vulnerable personality of Ms. Ambrose",1 62601,"... spellbinding fun and deliciously exploitative .",1 81899,"have n't seen the film lately , you may be surprised at the variety of tones in Spielberg 's work .",1 91584,"resuscitate",1 97371,"this colorful bio-pic of a Mexican icon",1 55440,"of making us care about its protagonist and celebrate his victories",1 224941,"Mr. Murray , a prolific director of music videos",1 116026,"bland actors",0 181764,"A limp Eddie Murphy vehicle that even he seems embarrassed to be part of .",0 150845,"What was subtle and mystifying in the novella",1 160247,"good actor",1 124496,"is sincere",1 177509,"virtually no interesting elements",0 40847,"Despite what anyone believes about the goal of its makers , the show ... represents a spectacular piece of theater , and",1 3402,"( haynes ' ) homage to such films as '' all that heaven allows '' and '' imitation of life '' transcends them . simply put , '' far from heaven '' is a masterpiece .",1 11073,"that if the filmmakers just follow the books , they ca n't go wrong",1 54361,"look at the star-making machinery of tinseltown .",1 41542,"amusing and",1 156563,"comes off like a rejected ABC Afterschool Special",0 153486,"an overly deliberate pace",0 7563,"instead of a title",0 124967,"it fails to get",0 133336,"stooping to base melodrama",0 212022,"so-so , made-for-TV",0 124568,"is somewhat problematic",1 157329,"desperate measures",0 106676,"Impeccably",1 239165,"you have to give the audience a reason to want to put for that effort",0 112984,"a virgin with a chastity belt .",1 156865,"could benefit from a Three 's Company-style laugh track",0 159837,"funny ! B .",1 47733,"You 'll gasp appalled and laugh outraged and possibly , watching the spectacle of a promising young lad treading desperately in a nasty sea , shed an errant tear",1 127269,"more appropriate",1 65657,"Frequent flurries of creative belly laughs and genuinely enthusiastic performances",1 10237,"saddled with an unwieldy cast of characters and angles",0 9360,"of the film in a coma",0 57475,"such a clever adaptation of the bard 's tragic play",1 39827,"wall",1 186632,"Overly long and worshipful bio-doc .",0 163303,"is short on the thrills the oversize medium demands",0 47019,"The far future may be awesome to consider",1 26262,"Offers an unusual opportunity to observe the inequities in the death penalty , not just the inherent immorality but also the haphazard administration of it and public misperception of how the whole thing works",1 131528,"rich and luscious",1 131788,"says a lot about a filmmaker when he can be wacky without clobbering the audience over the head and still maintain a sense of urgency and suspense .",1 207224,"not very informative about its titular",0 170171,"roll over and take a nap",0 35514,"of the year 's best acting",1 211260,"sermonize",0 139644,"which awards animals the respect they",1 93117,"some powerful people",1 25357,"Francophiles will snicker knowingly and you 'll want to slap them .",0 99964,"where you expect and often surprises you with unexpected comedy",1 230590,"even a must-see",1 138307,"treating female follies",1 223530,"Grating and tedious",0 56092,"pokes fun at the democratic exercise while also examining its significance for those who take part",1 112952,"a unique , well-crafted psychological study",1 162180,"infantile humor",0 184219,"Got some good , organic character work , lots of obvious political insights and little room for engaging , imaginative filmmaking in its nearly 2 1/2 - hour , dissipated length .",1 226683,"This movie got me grinning .",1 645,"bullock",1 30782,"dig surprisingly deep",1 223788,"I do n't think so .",0 93880,"superb performances",1 220085,"would have no problem giving it an unqualified recommendation",1 143921,"As the sulking , moody male hustler in the title role , ( Franco ) has all of Dean 's mannerisms and self-indulgence , but none of his sweetness and vulnerability .",0 183847,"Family togetherness",1 102733,", my mind kept returning to one anecdote for comparison : the cartoon in Japan that gave people seizures .",0 62783,"A beautifully tooled action thriller about love and terrorism in Korea .",1 103437,"A boring , pretentious muddle that uses a sensational , real-life 19th-Century crime as a metaphor for -- well , I 'm not exactly sure what -- and has all the dramatic weight of a raindrop",0 224412,"Its inescapable absurdities are tantamount to insulting the intelligence of anyone who has n't been living under a rock ( since Sept. 11 ) .",0 231845,"humor or an unexpected plot twist",1 162542,"is : ` Scooby ' do n't",0 162106,"inarticulate",0 228672,"angling to see how many times they can work the words `` radical '' or `` suck '' into a sentence",0 171930,"starts gasping like a beached grouper",0 230569,"equal parts of innocence and wisdom --",1 199271,"for occasional smiles",1 204113,"its abrupt drop in IQ points as it races to the finish line proves simply too discouraging to let slide",0 99260,"usual whoopee-cushion effort",0 163883,"it obnoxious and stiff",0 61139,"'s never dull and",1 191504,"a terrible movie , just a stultifyingly obvious one",0 42926,"true story ''",1 186783,"Priggish , lethargically paced parable of renewal .",0 189191,"To the filmmakers , Ivan is a prince of a fellow , but he comes across as shallow and glib though not mean-spirited , and there 's no indication that he 's been responsible for putting together any movies of particular value or merit",0 72845,"a word : No",0 70069,"There 's just something about watching a squad of psychopathic underdogs whale the tar out of unsuspecting lawmen that reaches across time and distance .",1 174654,"the ridiculous dialog or the oh-so convenient plot twists",0 118035,"delivers few moments of inspiration amid the bland animation and simplistic story .",0 135841,"the mundane",0 233579,"loved the people onscreen ,",1 67609,"More good than great",1 229111,"badly handled screenplay",0 53378,"is amusing",1 86553,"make box office money that makes Michael Jordan jealous",1 183447,"Director Jay Russell weighs down his capricious fairy-tale with heavy sentiment and lightweight meaning .",0 19633,"able to make an impact in the theater world",1 211473,"should be complaining when a film clocks in around 90 minutes these days",0 179534,"'s a heavy stench of ` been there , done that ' hanging over the film .",0 47031,"The film 's almost unbearable portrait of sadness and grief",0 175947,"to be hip . The end result is a film that 's neither",0 42030,"grasped its essence ,",1 80779,"funnier version of the old Police Academy flicks .",1 6844,"good-natured and sometimes quite funny",1 167071,"nutty cliches and far too much",0 22171,"that did n't stop me from enjoying much of it",1 220850,"'s invigorating about",1 235478,"scenario that will give most parents pause ... Then , something terrible happens",0 53131,"instead comes far closer than many movies to expressing the way many of us live -- someplace between consuming self-absorption and insistently demanding otherness .",1 80730,"full of nuance and character dimension",1 1163,"have a stirring time",1 163383,"is splendidly",1 63235,"A perfectly respectable , perfectly inoffensive",1 128636,"of emotional desperation",0 177662,"was n't Shakespeare whom he wanted to define his career with but Pinocchio . It might as well have been Problem Child IV",0 73889,"an intriguing species",1 143135,"A great idea",1 100580,"with passion",1 234936,"picking apart human foibles , not afraid to lay her life bare in front of an audience",1 151965,"a lifeless movie",0 66689,"It 's up to ( Watts ) to lend credibility to this strange scenario , and her presence succeeds in making us believe .",1 147862,"Offensive in the way it exploits the hot-button issue of domestic abuse for cheap thrills",0 77629,"cultural and economic subtext",1 177535,"volatile and overlong",0 185035,"It 's a spectacular performance - ahem",1 238927,"without being funny simply by structuring the scenes as if they were jokes : a setup , delivery and payoff",1 229856,"cling to the edge of your seat , tense with suspense",1 196567,"daft by half ... but supremely good natured",1 108230,"Oprahfication",0 187740,"That such a horrible movie could have sprung from such a great one is one of the year 's worst cinematic tragedies .",0 84374,"is masterly",1 51366,"every self-mocking moment",1 59922,"want nothing else than to show us a good time",1 130536,"predictable plotting",0 9122,"not all",0 128016,"no new insight",0 79002,"engaging historical drama that Hollywood appears to have given up on in favor of sentimental war movies in the vein of ` We Were Soldiers",1 213478,"that 's enough to sustain laughs",1 223241,"Enough is not a bad movie , just mediocre .",0 64302,"Because the film deliberately lacks irony , it has a genuine dramatic impact : it plays like a powerful 1957 drama we 've somehow never seen before .",1 101606,"'s an actor 's showcase that accomplishes its primary goal without the use of special effects , but rather by emphasizing the characters",1 52589,"high comedy to evoke surprising poignance",1 101634,"'s awfully entertaining to watch",1 2511,"that it is laughingly enjoyable",1 166897,"noisy and pretentious",0 5460,"cast , but never quite gets off the ground",0 229185,"be funny , uplifting and moving , sometimes",1 132451,"shtick",0 231919,"implied in the title Pokémon 4ever is terrifying",0 61830,", claustrophobic",0 11086,"that it 's disappointing to see one reduce it to an idea that fits in a sampler",0 38117,"the deeply appealing veteran Bouquet and the chilling but quite human Berling",1 187699,"Taylor 's cartoonish performance and the film 's ill-considered notion",0 224074,"Intelligent and moving .",1 183305,"DeMeo is not without talent",1 204006,"it reaches the level of crudity in the latest Austin Powers extravaganza",0 94022,"sweet and enjoyable fantasy",1 147945,"Opens as promising as any war\/adventure film you 'll ever see and dissolves into a routine courtroom drama , better suited for a movie titled '' Glory : A Soldier 's Story . ''",0 228815,"are lukewarm and quick to pass .",0 116643,"candid , archly funny and",1 38537,"the pitfalls",1 178896,"would have likely wound up a TNT Original",0 114365,"anthropomorphic",1 41031,"It wo n't bust your gut -- and it 's not intended to --",1 63520,"A timely look back at civil disobedience , anti-war movements and the power of strong voices .",1 212481,"stare and sniffle",0 221455,", kinetically-charged spy flick worthy",1 23838,", refuses to be simple",1 69482,"The emotion is impressively true for being so hot-blooded , and both leads are up to the task",1 3136,"while howard 's appreciation of brown and his writing is clearly well-meaning and sincere , the movie would be impossible to sit through",0 41929,"filled with a sense of pure wonderment and excitement",1 116666,"captivating and intimate",1 198477,"fall dreadfully short",0 83955,"is actually one of its strengths . Entirely appropriately , the tale unfolds like a lazy summer afternoon and concludes with the crisp clarity of a fall dawn .",1 26454,"Repulsion",0 189936,"You know that ten bucks you 'd spend on a ticket ? Just send it to Cranky . We do n't get paid enough to sit through crap like this .",0 149197,"The actors are appealing",1 200936,"he is n't talking a talk that appeals to me",0 107652,"Max pokes , provokes , takes expressionistic license and hits a nerve ... as far as art is concerned , it 's mission accomplished",1 214640,"the filmmaking in Invincible is such that the movie does not do them justice",0 13602,", it 's significant without being overstated .",1 20722,"has been given a loving screen transferral .",1 92474,"she might not make for a while",0 146517,"It 's inoffensive , cheerful , built to inspire the young people , set to an unending soundtrack of beach party pop numbers and aside from its remarkable camerawork and awesome scenery , it 's about as exciting as a sunburn .",0 235783,"sit back , relax and",1 108193,"One of those films that seems tailor made to air on pay cable to offer some modest amusements when one has nothing else to watch .",0 118097,"describes this film : honest",1 119467,"excellent storytelling",1 98359,"to the core in a film you will never forget -- that you should never forget",1 18439,", mesmerizing and exceedingly hard",1 20458,"enjoy this nonthreatening but thrilling adventure",1 6890,"groundbreaking",1 198284,"excited that it has n't gone straight to video",1 115136,"astounds",1 228390,"affected child acting to the dullest Irish pub scenes",0 160838,"have been worse",0 37797,"that exposes the generally sad existence of the Bedouins",0 69597,"The filmmakers try to balance pointed , often incisive satire and unabashed sweetness , with results that are sometimes bracing , sometimes baffling and quite often , and in unexpected ways , touching .",1 194259,"because it 's lousy",0 180695,", inexplicable and unpleasant",0 31490,"far more polished",1 2376,"spirit , purpose and",1 191272,"a schlocky creature",0 86282,"look no further , because here it is .",1 63292,"A pure participatory event that malnourished intellectuals",0 81542,"handsome execution",1 223147,"Director Chris Wedge and screenwriters Michael Berg , Michael J. Wilson and Peter Ackerman create some episodes that rival vintage Looney Tunes for the most creative mayhem in a brief amount of time .",1 95393,"the creativity but without any more substance ... indulgently entertaining",1 84468,"is no substitute for on-screen chemistry",0 237523,"this frankly fantastical by-the-numbers B-flick with just a suspension of disbelief",1 100037,"whimsicality , narrative discipline and serious improvisation",1 110334,"There 's something poignant about an artist of 90-plus years taking the effort to share his impressions of life and loss and time and art with us .",1 98733,"trusts the story it sets out to tell .",1 159737,"from rambling , repetitive dialogue and the visual",0 216624,"thriller as lazy",0 20137,"bravura lead performance",1 64777,"Compulsively watchable",1 37816,"that is a little closer to human nature than what Hollywood typically concocts",1 141926,", ' this schlock-filled fairy tale hits new depths of unoriginality and predictability .",0 193911,"babies are the kiss of death in this bitter Italian comedy",0 215370,"the plot almost arbitrary",0 125038,"it is were it not for the striking , quietly vulnerable personality of Ms . Ambrose",1 39441,"treading desperately in a nasty sea",0 70045,"The year 's greatest adventure ,",1 229393,"between realistic characters",1 159641,"freak show",0 31412,"extraordinary American homes",1 187476,"Sorvino makes the princess seem smug and cartoonish , and",0 205128,"liked the movie",1 89622,"one of the rarest kinds of films : a family-oriented non-Disney film that is actually funny without hitting below the belt",1 70896,"While obviously aimed at kids , The Country Bears ... should keep parents amused with its low groan-to-guffaw ratio .",1 180293,"( other than the very sluggish pace )",0 208012,"of such a well loved classic",1 220119,"would require the patience of Job to get through this interminable , shapeless documentary about the swinging subculture",0 64535,"Bullock 's memorable first interrogation",1 53313,"is a pretty amazing accomplishment",1 232706,"is poised for titillation , raw insight or both",1 133114,"spicy",1 181831,"A minor-league soccer remake",0 209196,"performance - ahem",0 98854,"two star script",0 44568,"Arteta directs one of the best ensemble casts of the year",1 156746,"conspire to test Trekkie loyalty",0 184478,"Holofcener 's film offers just enough insight to keep it from being simpleminded , and the ensemble cast is engaging enough to keep you from shifting in your chair too often",1 111807,"a distinct rarity",1 174870,"the tedium of all its generational bonding",1 222629,"Black-and-white and unrealistic",0 221092,"( `` Safe Conduct '' ) is a long movie at 163 minutes",0 180051,"'s too much forced drama in this wildly uneven movie , about a young man 's battle with his inescapable past and uncertain future in a very shapable but largely unfulfilling present",0 57154,"somber , absurd , and",0 116414,"by forming a chain of relationships that come full circle to end on a positive ( if tragic ) note",1 183780,"Every visual joke is milked , every set-up obvious and lengthy",0 102124,"( Reynolds ) takes a classic story , casts attractive and talented actors and uses a magnificent landscape to create a feature film that is wickedly fun to watch .",1 139283,"watch , giggle",1 29247,"as well as warmth",1 96769,"the story , like Ravel 's Bolero , builds to a crescendo that encompasses many more paths than we started with",1 100895,"worth watching",1 179278,"' hanging over the film",0 146947,"Just another disjointed",0 24762,"Australian director John Polson , making his American feature debut , jazzes it up adroitly",1 72439,"a smart , solid , kinetically-charged spy flick worthy of a couple hours of summertime and a bucket of popcorn . Nothing overly original , mind you , but solidly entertaining",1 135282,"the film 's considerable charm",1 133664,"sure what -- and has all the dramatic weight of a raindrop",0 163924,"it studiously avoids provoking thought",0 57215,"somewhat clumsy and too lethargically paced",0 153289,"an action movie that is not very thrilling",0 3760,"a feature film that is wickedly fun to watch",1 33998,"lavishly built settings",1 111015,"What 's so striking about Jolie 's performance is that she never lets her character become a caricature -- not even with that radioactive hair .",1 98751,"trying simply to out-shock , out-outrage or out-depress",0 221264,", are about a half dozen young Turks angling to see how many times they can work the words `` radical '' or `` suck '' into a sentence .",0 12588,"tsai ming-liang 's ghosts are painfully aware of their not-being",0 126064,"like a prison stretch",0 32131,"good film",1 37577,"taken as a stylish and energetic one-shot , The Queen of the Damned can not be said to suck .",1 169231,"pretentious and as impenetrable as Morvern",0 77557,"creative belly laughs",1 195029,"busts out of its comfy little cell",1 235132,"put my finger on that elusive `` missing thing",0 64495,"Brings together",1 58154,"the conflicted complexity",0 202135,"incessant whining",0 233079,"it probably wo n't have you swinging from the trees hooting it 's praises",0 166760,"no atmosphere",0 86857,"masterfully controlled .",1 182991,"Call me a cynic ,",0 172600,"tedious sex farce .",0 65143,"Dogtown & Z-Boys evokes the blithe rebel fantasy with the kind of insouciance embedded in the sexy demise of James Dean .",1 225922,"Spider-man is better than any summer blockbuster we had to endure last summer , and hopefully , sets the tone for a summer of good stuff .",1 209621,"preach exclusively to the converted .",0 109555,"The animated sequences are well done and perfectly constructed to convey a sense of childhood imagination and",1 52004,"funny , fast and loose",1 13457,"'s exciting on the field and a story",1 205101,"like the longest 90 minutes of your movie-going life",0 154532,"bad , embarrassing movie",0 156359,"cliche-riddled",0 100361,"wit and interesting characters",1 29055,"are moments it can be heart-rending in an honest and unaffected ( and gentle ) way",1 144015,"Bad Film You Thought Was Going To Be Really Awful",0 80785,"funny ( sometimes hilarious ) comedy",1 3305,"'s a boom-box of a movie that might have been titled ` the loud and the ludicrous '",0 122337,"his intellectual rigor",1 177028,"two ships passing in the night rather than any insights into gay love",0 130900,"quickly forgettable",0 174884,"the thin characterizations",0 224395,"It throws quirky characters , odd situations , and off-kilter dialogue at us , all as if to say , `` Look at this !",1 128664,"of flat champagne",0 157267,"demonstrate the emotional clout to sweep U . S . viewers off their feet",1 185739,"Less funny than it should be and",0 118882,"easy to watch",1 1867,"nothing funny in this every-joke-has - been-told-a - thousand-times - before movie",0 105627,"Engages",1 95982,"the kind of entertainment that parents love to have their kids",1 111598,"a casual intelligence that permeates the script",1 214451,"the dreaded King Brown snake . Personally",0 4178,"a surprisingly anemic",0 79107,"enters a realm where few non-porn films venture , and comes across as darkly funny , energetic , and surprisingly gentle",1 32499,"highly enjoyable",1 216661,"through the mire of this alleged psychological thriller in search of purpose or even a plot",0 194466,"being a realized work",1 100631,"with tension",0 13024,"while certainly more naturalistic than its australian counterpart , amari 's film falls short in building the drama of lilia 's journey .",0 44235,"A sensitive , moving",1 194822,"bore-athon",0 23250,"( Villeneuve ) seems to realize intuitively that even morality is reduced to an option by the ultimate mysteries of life and death .",1 81556,"hard , cold effect",0 3826,"a good sign",1 61391,"'ve never seen the deep like you see it in these harrowing surf shots",1 186737,"Pollyana would reach for a barf bag",0 31374,"exploit its subjects",0 104271,"An ebullient Tunisian film about the startling transformation of a tradition-bound widow who is drawn into the exotic world of belly dancing .",1 143476,"About as cutting-edge as Pet Rock :",0 158976,"feels unfocused and underdeveloped",0 142002,", I would recommend Big Bad Love only to Winger fans who have missed her since 1995 's Forget Paris . But even then , I 'd recommend waiting for DVD and just skipping straight to her scenes .",0 184076,"Full Frontal , which opens today nationwide , could almost be classified as a movie-industry satire , but it lacks the generous inclusiveness that is the genre 's definitive , if disingenuous , feature",0 162086,"in which most of the characters forget their lines",0 194920,"brash young men set out to conquer the online world with laptops , cell phones and sketchy business plans",1 37759,"that a fresh take is always possible",1 170803,"shake your head",0 20353,"defines a generation",1 108469,"Precocious smarter-than-thou wayward teen struggles to rebel against his oppressive , right-wing , propriety-obsessed family . Anyone else seen this before ?",0 110878,"Viewers are asked so often to suspend belief that were it not for Holm 's performance",0 100266,"will have you talking 'til the end of the year",1 118342,"dishonest and pat as any Hollywood fluff .",0 138495,"ugly , pointless , stupid movie",0 129427,"on the banality and hypocrisy of too much kid-vid",0 89073,"of the pushiness and decibel volume of most contemporary comedies",1 18032,"which the bursts of sudden violence are all the more startling for the slow buildup that has preceded them",1 174163,"the kids are as cute as all get-out",1 192575,"an idea that should 've been so much more even if it was only made for teenage boys and wrestling fans",0 88985,"of the company 's astonishing growth",1 149667,"The only thing scary about feardotcom",0 32356,"have a distinct flair . His warriors collide in balletic explosion that implies an underlying order throughout the chaos",1 86254,"look at how Western foreign policy - however well intentioned - can wreak havoc in other cultures",0 193139,"are neither original nor are presented in convincing way",0 186406,"No one involved , save Dash , shows the slightest aptitude for acting , and the script , credited to director Abdul Malik Abbott and Ernest ` Tron ' Anderson , seems entirely improvised .",0 17086,"replete with a flattering sense of mystery and quietness",1 91245,"really steals the show",1 175675,"threw them into a blender",0 53604,"is sacred in this gut-buster .",1 217370,"to squeeze out some good laughs but not enough to make this silly con job sing",0 223990,"Ignore the reputation , and ignore the film .",0 24926,"Byler reveals his characters in a way that intrigues and even fascinates us",1 13441,"'s a metaphor for this love story",1 43133,"'re looking for something new and hoping for something entertaining",1 23087,"'s among the most breathtakingly designed films I 've ever seen",1 100285,"will not be able to stomach so much tongue-in-cheek weirdness",0 224594,"Leigh is one of the rare directors who feels acting is the heart and soul of cinema .",1 94765,"that loves its characters and communicates something rather beautiful about human nature",1 26690,"TV",1 178764,"wonder why . They felt like the same movie to me",0 78093,"developed with more care",1 176286,"to offend by appearing either too serious or too lighthearted",0 184819,"If there was ever a movie where the upbeat ending feels like a copout",0 181282,"... Blade II is still top-heavy with blazing guns , cheatfully filmed martial arts , disintegrating bloodsucker computer effects and jagged camera moves that serve no other purpose than to call attention to themselves .",0 186453,"Not only does the thoroughly formulaic film represent totally exemplify middle-of-the-road mainstream , it also represents glossy Hollywood at its laziest .",0 3596,"a bloated plot that stretches the running time about 10 minutes past a child 's interest and an adult 's patience .",0 91448,"remarkable new trick",1 190647,"a glossy rehash",0 62398,", vibrant introduction",1 228106,"a random series of collected gags , pranks , pratfalls , dares , injuries , etc.",0 98260,"to reflect that its visual imagination is breathtaking",1 115839,"being trapped while some weird relative trots out the video he took of the family vacation to Stonehenge . Before long , you 're desperate for the evening to end",0 207759,"of hackery",0 191617,"a werewolf itself by avoiding eye contact and walking slowly away . It 's fun",1 153799,"are appealing",1 87183,"modern-day comedies",1 27517,"a film as Byatt fans could hope for",1 63442,"A summer entertainment adults can see without feeling embarrassed ,",1 224622,"Like The English Patient and The Unbearable Lightness of Being , The Hours is one of those reputedly `` unfilmable '' novels that has bucked the odds to emerge as an exquisite motion picture in its own right .",1 128074,"nonjudgmental kind",1 115529,"be looking for a sign . An EXIT sign , that is",0 213451,"than typical documentary footage which hurts the overall impact of the film",0 191119,"a porno flick",0 85102,"it might just be the movie you 're looking for",1 45824,"It makes compelling , provocative and prescient viewing .",1 214934,"the lazy material",0 47125,"The inspirational screenplay by Mike Rich covers a lot of ground , perhaps too much , but ties things together , neatly , by the end .",1 187539,"Starts off witty and sophisticated and you",1 210572,"rings false",0 165905,"might be Swept Under the Rug .",0 16979,"possible for a sequel to outshine the original",1 175362,"this delibrately obtuse and unapproachable .",0 159975,"get a kick out of goofy Brits",1 95749,"the floppy hair",1 57700,"than to show us a good time",1 14810,"a real flair for epic landscapes and adventure",1 224265,"It 's uninteresting .",0 154971,"been here , done that",0 172435,"swings between false sentiment and unfunny madcap comedy",0 118416,"do a great job of anchoring the characters in the emotional realities of middle age",1 183642,"Egoyan has done too much .",0 84161,"is enormously good fun .",1 45595,"I walked away from this new version of E . T . just as I hoped I would -- with moist eyes .",1 111580,"a breakthrough",1 197474,"drag audience enthusiasm",0 118314,"disappointed by a movie",0 163729,"it aspires",1 33178,"invariably shake up the formula and make it more interesting .",1 13603,", it finds a new way to surprise and amuse .",1 20843,"ideological",1 47545,"Vividly conveys the passion , creativity , and fearlessness of one of Mexico 's most colorful and controversial artists -- a captivating drama that will speak to the nonconformist in us all .",1 193902,"awfully hard to buy the impetus for the complicated love triangle that develops between the three central characters",0 8064,"its insights into the dream world of teen life , and its electronic expression through cyber culture",1 223295,"Evokes the style and flash of the double-cross that made Mamet 's `` House of Games '' and last fall 's `` Heist '' so much fun .",1 188478,"The nonstop artifice ultimately proves tiresome , with the surface histrionics failing to compensate for the paper-thin characterizations and facile situations .",0 37677,"terrific songs",1 35993,"personifying independence in its purest and , yes , most intimidating form",1 103585,"A film with a great premise but only a great premise",0 10154,"rice 's second",0 191941,"actory concoctions , defined by childlike dimness and a handful of quirks",0 107526,"Loses its sense of humor in a vat of failed jokes , twitchy acting , and general boorishness .",0 231411,"has always been part of For the most part Wilde 's droll whimsy helps `` Being Earnest '' overcome its weaknesses and Parker 's creative interference",1 224820,"More mature than Fatal Attraction , more complete than Indecent Proposal",1 57702,"thanks in large measure",1 8362,"laugh at the ongoing efforts of cube",1 41178,"Roman Coppola may never become the filmmaker his Dad was , but heck -- few filmmakers will . But based on CQ , I 'll certainly be keeping an eye out for his next project",1 23332,", Scorsese 's best in more than a decade",1 44356,"About a Boy injects just enough freshness into the proceedings to provide an enjoyable 100 minutes in a movie theater .",1 151943,"a lazy exercise in bad filmmaking",0 141124,"'s a grab bag of genres that do n't add up to a whole lot of sense",0 81932,"have thought possible",1 193859,"authentic Christmas spirit",1 19675,"admired it , particularly that unexpected downer of an ending",1 180112,"( Allen 's ) been making piffle for a long while , and",0 13451,"'s also so jarring that it 's hard to get back into the boys ' story .",0 173879,"the film 's comic characters come perilously close to being Amoses and Andys for a new generation .",0 33544,"is very much in the mold of feel-good movies",1 170685,"self-indulgent and remarkably ugly to look at , it 's ... like a series of pretentiously awful student films strung together into one feature-length horror .",0 79215,"este fato com elegante abandono , numa triste constatação da realidade histórica",1 62306,", the production works more often than it does n't .",1 28797,"and some unbelievably hilarious moments",1 42454,"pick apart its faults",0 180315,") becomes more specimen than character",0 176753,"touches to a shrill , didactic cartoon",0 7254,"i 'm afraid you wo n't get through this frankly fantastical by-the-numbers b-flick with just a suspension of disbelief . rather , you",0 8367,"laughs that may make you hate yourself for giving in . ah , what the hell",1 224345,"It labours as storytelling .",0 209447,"plotting and mindless",0 96483,"the process created a masterful work of art of their own",1 209779,"proficient , dull Sorvino",0 227028,"What 's invigorating about",1 213547,"that Tom Tykwer , director of the resonant and sense-spinning Run Lola Run , has turned out to be a one-trick pony",0 19739,"an astute appraisal",1 117360,"completely honest , open-hearted",1 10163,"rights",1 4599,"an actress",1 69714,"The most compelling performance",1 131478,"retread ,",0 159419,"for following up a delightful , well-crafted family film with a computer-generated cold fish",1 145591,"Glib , satirical documentary that fudges facts , makes facile points and engages in the cinematic equivalent of tabloid journalism .",0 48249,"a novice to the form",0 156291,"cinematic high crime , one that brings military courtroom dramas down very",0 205496,"low-brow humor , gratuitous violence and a disturbing disregard",0 210362,"remain interested , or at least conscious",0 178107,"where the film ultimately fails",0 229951,"conjures the magic of author J.K. Rowling 's books",1 181243,". Disturbing . Disgusting .",0 168543,"overplotted",0 194263,"because it has a bigger-name cast",1 238616,"what you wish for",1 60013,"well done , but slow",1 157538,"disappointingly superficial",0 102439,", by all means enjoy The New Guy",1 94794,"that never quite goes where you expect and often surprises you with unexpected comedy",1 180480,", a standard-issue crime drama spat out from the Tinseltown assembly line .",0 112198,"a level of connection and concern",1 10542,"smiling",1 141607,"'s something cringe-inducing about seeing an American football stadium nuked as pop entertainment",0 129392,"on dumb gags , anatomical humor , or character cliches",0 211590,"sick sight",0 10608,"some flashy twists",1 201690,"impressive and yet lacking about everything",0 190223,"a bravura performance",1 87515,"mourns",0 40709,"A splendid entertainment ,",1 227239,"Y Tu Mamá También is hilariously , gloriously alive , and quite often hotter than Georgia asphalt .",1 8538,"loitering",0 211791,"slimed in the name of High Art",0 192457,"an actual story",1 157738,"does n't add anything fresh to the myth .",0 51398,"except that it looks even better",1 181719,"A good-natured ensemble comedy",1 27039,"Thrilling",1 115329,"bad cinema",0 23181,"'s the pity .",0 28125,"admirable achievement",1 170979,"should not be forgiven . Why he was given free reign over this project -- he wrote , directed , starred and produced --",0 186908,"Resurrection has the dubious distinction of being a really bad imitation of the really bad Blair Witch Project .",0 188509,"The origin story is well told , and the characters will not disappoint anyone who values the original comic books . It 's in the action scenes that things fall apart .",1 182208,"Ago",1 107164,"Jason Patric and Ray Liotta make for one splendidly cast pair .",1 235034,"prechewed racial clichés that have already been through the corporate stand-up-comedy mill",0 137258,"time and art",1 158790,"falls back on the same old formula of teen sex , outrageous pranks and scenes designed to push the envelope of bad taste for laughs .",0 90375,"plays out ... like a high-end John Hughes comedy , a kind of Elder Bueller 's Time Out .",1 219265,"which lags badly in the middle and lurches between not-very-funny comedy , unconvincing dramatics and some last-minute action strongly reminiscent of Run Lola Run",0 41840,"effective and",1 38182,"the faithful",1 41992,"give his blessing",1 217612,"too mainstream",0 79561,"fails because it demands that you suffer the dreadfulness of war from both sides .",0 58561,"the parents",1 126714,"makes this movie worth seeing .",1 60672,"'' leaves us with the terrifying message that the real horror may be waiting for us at home",1 233188,"its unbelievable naïveté and arbitrary flashbacks",0 10987,"teen-pop",1 149,"a demented",0 72203,"a radiant character portrait",1 16716,"of Meeropol entertaining his children to create his song history , but most powerful of all",1 173584,"the brutality of the jokes , most at women 's expense",0 14497,"The film overcomes the regular minefield of coming-of-age cliches with potent doses of honesty and sensitivity .",1 196810,"deserve better",0 65944,"Hatosy ... portrays young Brendan with his usual intelligence and subtlety , not to mention a convincing brogue .",1 101586,"'s already comfortable enough in her own skin to be proud of her Rubenesque physique",1 92702,"sing beautifully",1 217859,"trumps",1 191445,"a superior moral tone",1 201449,"humor and heart and very talented young actors",1 87253,"more diverting and thought-provoking",1 132491,"similarly ill-timed Antitrust",0 179157,"you pitch your expectations at an all time low",0 206887,"needs more filmmakers with passionate enthusiasms like Martin Scorsese",1 79584,"faked",0 44108,"A gorgeous , high-spirited musical",1 235731,"shows how deeply felt emotions can draw people together across the walls that might otherwise separate them .",1 30916,"does n't go for the usual obvious laughs at the expense of cheap-looking monsters -- unless you count Elvira 's hooters .",1 130190,"philosophers , not",0 24055,"-- but unquestionably alive",1 102510,", even-flowing tone",1 150706,"Was I scared ? Only at the prospect of Beck 's next project . Let 's see , a haunted house , a haunted ship , what 's next ... Ghost Blimp",0 207641,"of brilliant crime dramas",1 33015,"incendiary movie",1 153533,"anarchy .",0 195196,"by sending the audience straight to hell",0 165032,"limited chemistry",0 221397,", it 's a bargain-basement European pickup .",0 65724,"Gangster No . 1 a worthwhile moviegoing experience",1 182405,"An excruciating demonstration of the unsalvageability",0 204648,"lacks a strong narrative",0 109660,"The closest thing to the experience of space travel",1 201628,"ill-equipped to examine , the interior lives of the characters in his film , much less incorporate them into his narrative",0 177850,"weighty revelations , flowery dialogue ,",1 171493,"so that Ed Burns can have his revoked",0 139865,"will all but take you to outer space",1 208008,"of strung-together moments",0 218062,"un drama",0 13145,"with miscast leads , banal dialogue and an absurdly overblown climax",0 31431,"faced by five contemporary individuals ... a psychological masterpiece",1 37487,"superstitious curse",0 53346,"is a triumph of gentility that earns its moments of pathos",1 141321,"'s extremely hard to relate to any of the characters",0 213718,"that it fails to have a heart , mind or humor of its own",0 152179,"a non-starter",0 50314,"commercial yet inventive filmmaker",1 25628,"I enjoyed it enough to recommend .",1 88528,"of diverse political perspectives",1 63955,"An undeniably moving film to experience ,",1 112963,"a vat of failed jokes , twitchy acting , and general boorishness",0 83514,"intimate and intelligent",1 188359,"The most horrific movie",0 237959,"to some lovely comedic moments and several fine performances",1 13842,"An engaging overview of Johnson 's eccentric career .",1 179176,"you took Orwell , Bradbury , Kafka , George Lucas and the Wachowski Brothers and threw them into a blender . But that 's just the problem with it",0 237064,"the more outrageous bits achieve a shock-you-into-laughter intensity of almost Dadaist proportions .",1 129204,"of unhappy",0 98535,"top form",1 212297,"spectacularly ugly-looking",0 225574,"Rather , pity anyone who sees this mishmash .",0 20983,"is , as usual , brilliant .",1 54913,"moves beyond the original 's nostalgia for the communal film experiences of yesteryear to a deeper realization of cinema 's inability to stand in for true , lived experience .",1 202728,"is an encyclopedia of cliches that shoplifts shamelessly from farewell-to-innocence movies like The Wanderers and A Bronx Tale without cribbing any of their intelligence",0 233556,"lots of cute animals and clumsy people",1 43696,", slow-moving parable",0 118318,"disaster flick",0 135745,"the most accomplished work",1 222966,"Clooney 's ) debut can be accused of being a bit undisciplined",0 53245,"is NOT",0 185427,"Jam-packed",1 198662,"feel like three hours",0 192140,"all arty and jazzy",1 33693,"it never loses touch with the reality of the grim situation",1 190355,"a consummate actor incapable of being boring",1 74733,"as long as you 're wearing the somewhat cumbersome 3D goggles",0 85710,"knows its classical music",1 81358,"great cinema can really do",1 86318,"loses its ability to shock and amaze",0 235049,"presents a frightening and compelling ` What if",1 69728,"The movie 's thesis -- elegant technology for the masses -- is surprisingly refreshing .",1 18102,"with his intelligent grasp of human foibles and contradictions",1 22991,"'ll be glad you went along for the ride",1 226242,"The fact that it is n't very good is almost beside the point .",0 20698,"grows in power in retrospect",1 196930,"did they not",1 236486,"that its `` dead wife communicating from beyond the grave '' framework is even remotely new or interesting",0 159882,"gal-pal smart talk , romantic comedy",1 104247,"An affable but undernourished romantic comedy that fails to match the freshness of the actress-producer and writer",0 51886,"frailty to suggest the ravages of a life of corruption and ruthlessness",1 156247,"chipper",1 136734,"there 's little to be learned from watching ` Comedian '",0 117608,"counts heart as important as humor",1 128445,"of a handsome and well-made entertainment",1 126081,"like an all-star salute",1 143148,"A hideous , confusing spectacle , one that may well put the nail in the coffin of any future Rice adaptations .",0 99582,"warm , moving",1 27135,"Visually imaginative , thematically instructive and thoroughly delightful , it takes us on a roller-coaster ride from innocence to experience without even a hint of that typical kiddie-flick sentimentality .",1 218809,"waste of time , money and celluloid",0 75760,"blown up to the size of a house",1 19540,"a new year of magic and mischief",1 149418,"The film is flat .",0 57766,"that deftly balances action and reflection as it lets you grasp and feel the passion others have for their work",1 19187,"Post 9\/11 the philosophical message of '' Personal Freedom First '' might not be as palatable as intended .",0 89898,"over the head with a moral",1 152181,"a non-stop cry for attention",0 187436,"Some movies were made for the big screen , some for the small screen , and some , like Ballistic : Ecks vs . Sever , were made for the palm screen",0 102226,", Brown Sugar is a satisfying well-made romantic comedy that 's both charming and well acted .",1 188264,"The great pity is that those responsible did n't cut their losses -- and ours -- and retitle it The Adventures of Direct-to-Video Nash , and send it to its proper home .",0 220464,"' is a good name for a movie this delibrately obtuse and unapproachable .",0 83957,"is actually quite entertaining .",1 13130,"with gentle humor , bittersweet pathos , and lyric moments",1 167134,"occasionally simply unpleasant",0 163849,"it is welcome to see a Chinese film depict a homosexual relationship in a mature and frank fashion",1 203025,"is just a little bit hard to love .",0 152725,"about Sir Anthony Hopkins saying ` Get in the car , bitch , ' this Jerry Bruckheimer production has little else to offer",0 202111,"in which opposites attract for no better reason than that the screenplay demands it",0 168976,"ploddingly sociological",0 112741,"a solid , anguished performance",1 52077,"genuinely spooky premise",1 203510,"is that it 's a brazenly misguided project",0 161335,"his sweetness and vulnerability",1 138791,"unusual , thoughtful bio-drama",1 152540,"a stupefying attempt by the filmmakers to force-feed James Bond into the mindless XXX mold and throw 40 years of cinematic history down the toilet in favor of bright flashes and loud bangs",0 25661,"If you 're not into the Pokemon franchise , this fourth animated movie in four years wo n't convert you -- or even keep your eyes open . But fans should have fun meeting a brand-new Pokemon called Celebi .",0 43587,", funny and poignant",1 2096,"provides",1 13885,"Because you can hear about suffering Afghan refugees on the news and still be unaffected . Dramas like this make it human .",1 1244,"human resources was a good , straightforward tale , but time out is better . it 's haunting . it 's like a poem",1 111045,"What sets Ms . Birot 's film apart from others in the genre is a greater attention to the parents -- and particularly the fateful fathers -- in the emotional evolution of the two bewitched adolescents .",1 124098,"is hard to dismiss -- moody , thoughtful ,",1 41881,"expect any surprises",1 129288,"offers copious hints along the way -- myriad signs , if you will -- that beneath the familiar , funny surface is a far bigger , far more meaningful story than one in which little green men come to Earth for harvesting purposes .",1 140507,"worthy of our respect",1 46382,"Old people will love this movie",1 90752,"proof of that on the cinematic front , look no further than this 20th anniversary edition of the film that Spielberg calls , retrospectively , his most personal work yet",1 62315,", the women shine .",1 41019,"It is ridiculous , of course ...",0 205874,"masterpiece ' and ` triumph '",1 131704,"saddest action hero performances",0 151469,"a child suffer",0 91638,"revisionist",1 77559,"creative film",1 44206,"A positively thrilling combination of ethnography and all the intrigue , betrayal , deceit and murder",1 154828,"be the most tuneless tune",0 84157,"is emerging in world cinema",1 194927,"brazenly misguided project",0 167779,"of the excellent 1934 MGM version",1 167040,"nothing to write home about",0 127162,"missing a great deal of the acerbic repartee of the play",0 191500,"a terrible film",0 48308,"a rambling examination of American gun culture that uses his usual modus operandi of crucifixion through juxtaposition",0 107431,"Let 's issue a moratorium , effective immediately , on treacly films about inspirational prep-school professors and the children they so heartwarmingly motivate .",1 111289,"Xmas",1 220503,"'' is an intelligent flick that examines many different ideas from happiness to guilt in an intriguing bit of storytelling .",1 183676,"Enigma is well-made",1 36381,"really need a 77-minute film to tell us exactly why a romantic relationship between a 15-year-old boy and a 40-year-old woman does n't work ?",0 201802,"in a sea of visual and verbal clichés",0 23463,", because it thinks the gamble is worth the promise",1 155370,"bong",1 58964,"this Cinderella story",1 163087,"is n't much fun",0 133248,"started out as a taut contest of wills between Bacon and Theron , deteriorates into a protracted and borderline silly chase sequence",0 199595,"from largely flat and uncreative moments",0 36607,"romance , music , suspense and action",1 169456,"pulled under by the pacing and lack of creativity within",0 158238,"ends the movie is the one with the most emotional resonance",1 229954,"consider this a diss",0 236390,"that `` Gangs '' is never lethargic",1 158507,"every conceivable area",0 190999,"a movie that , quite simply , should n't have been made .",0 19355,"This bold and lyrical first feature",1 237468,"things that elevate `` Glory '' above most of its ilk ,",1 115925,"better than mid-range Steven Seagal , but",1 31519,"fast-moving and remarkable",1 155522,"broad stereotypes",0 48110,"a high water mark for this genre",1 96966,"the values of knowledge , education , and the",1 180820,", miserable and smug . This is one of the biggest disappointments of the year .",0 138264,"transformed the rhetoric of Hollywood melodrama",1 121005,"genteel and",1 45393,"Good car chases , great fight scenes , and a distinctive blend of European , American and Asian influences .",1 26053,"Marvelous , merry and , yes , melancholy film .",1 231053,"from this studio than some 79-minute after-school `` cartoon ''",0 208348,"old disease-of-the-week small-screen melodramas",0 228069,"a perfect family film to take everyone to since there 's no new `` A Christmas Carol '' out in the theaters this year",1 237917,"to recite bland police procedural details , Fiennes wanders around in an attempt",0 180048,"'s too loud",0 205751,"making no sense",0 141696,"'s ultimately rather inconsequential",0 67950,"Offers a guilt-free trip",1 211750,"skit-com material fervently deposited on the big screen .",0 101111,"you do n't have the slightest difficulty accepting him in the role .",1 151888,"a hit-to-miss ratio that does n't exactly favour the audience",0 83736,"is Scott 's convincing portrayal of Roger the sad cad that really gives the film its oomph",1 202742,"is any real psychological grounding for the teens ' deviant behaviour . Being latently gay and liking to read are hardly enough .",0 51229,"enjoyable ...",1 52015,"funny and entertaining",1 33197,"is , in its quiet , epic way , daring , inventive and refreshingly unusual",1 121509,"ha ha '' funny ,",1 92486,"sheer goofiness and cameos",1 156855,"could be a passable date film",1 86597,"make this a charmer",1 221403,", it 's an observant , unfussily poetic meditation about identity and alienation .",1 76587,"character-oriented",1 60294,"wiser",1 169041,"politics and drama , an admirable ambition . It 's too bad that the helping hand he uses to stir his ingredients is also a heavy one",0 20460,"enjoyed the ride ( bumps and all ) , creamy depth , and ultimate theme",1 19463,"a bit too long",0 138127,"too many scenes toward the end that should move quickly",0 120894,"fussy",0 173221,"that the characters barely move",0 128088,"not a movie make",0 62888,"A creepy , intermittently powerful study of a self-destructive man ...",1 103820,"A quirky comedy set in Newfoundland that cleverly captures the dry wit that 's so prevalent on The Rock .",1 117622,"covers huge , heavy topics in a bland , surfacey way that does n't offer any insight into why , for instance , good things happen to bad people .",0 111196,"With an obvious rapport with her actors and a striking style behind the camera",1 28396,"an otherwise intense , twist-and-turn thriller",1 90192,"perfect medium",1 176659,"too much falseness to the second half",0 189917,"You 'll find yourself wishing that you and they were in another movie",0 237584,"this turkey rotting from miles away",0 165132,"live up to the sum of its parts",0 138394,"truly revelatory about his psyche",1 100557,"with moments of genuine insight into the urban heart",1 70851,"When twentysomething hotsies make movies about their lives , hard-driving narcissism is a given , but",0 232987,"it 's worth the concentration .",1 181306,"... familiar and predictable , and 4/5ths of it might as well have come from a Xerox machine rather than ( writer-director ) Franc . Reyes ' word processor .",0 95100,"the actors make this worth a peek",1 29887,"but you will laugh at the audacity , at the who 's who casting and the sheer insanity of it all .",1 206260,"misunderstanding of Marivaux 's rhythms , and Mira Sorvino 's limitations as a classical actress",0 73638,"an absolute delight",1 102288,", Kissing Jessica Stein is one of the greatest date movies in years .",1 21097,"it , particularly that unexpected downer of an ending",0 23530,", but they bring a fresh , quirky charm to the formula .",1 217179,"to love .",1 40186,"with an interest in new or singular sorts of film experiences",1 131070,"real star",1 28116,"adding",1 122011,"have you leaving the theater with a smile on your face",1 128916,"of special effects that run the gamut from cheesy to cheesier to cheesiest",0 5239,"both a successful adaptation and",1 159374,"for a thrilling sci-fi cinematic ride",1 238766,"will certainly want to spend their time in the theater thinking up grocery lists and ways to tell their kids how not to act like Pinocchio",0 216592,"three hours and with very little story or character",0 158886,"favour",1 230466,"earthly",1 169281,"prevents the picture from rising above your generic sand 'n' sandal adventure .",0 131118,"really work",1 52216,"gorgeous , high-spirited musical",1 162997,"is less poetic than simply pretentious",0 155766,"by people who could n't pass an entrance exam",0 191630,"a wickedly undramatic central theme",0 7707,"is enticing and italy beckons us all",1 178545,"with blade-thin characters",0 167761,"of the best actors , directors and producers",1 227861,"a decomposition of healthy eccentric inspiration and ambition -- wearing a cloak of unsentimental , straightforward text --",0 233152,"its lack of empathy",0 231710,"hilariously , gloriously alive , and quite often hotter",1 20536,"feeling repetitious",0 113722,"almost perpetually wasted characters",0 12036,"the wild thornberrys movie is a jolly surprise",1 132230,"sexually explicit",0 52367,"has a delightfully dour , deadpan tone and stylistic consistency .",1 144290,"Bullock 's complete lack of focus and ability",0 129654,"only the odd enjoyably chewy lump",1 36432,"refreshingly honest and ultimately touching",1 66885,"Japanese epic",1 14326,"Narc may not get an ` A ' for originality",0 205007,"like a cartoon in the end",0 160598,"has a dull , costumey feel",0 175122,"their struggle is simply too ludicrous and borderline insulting",0 12155,"this is n't exactly profound cinema",0 93459,"starts out bizarre and just",0 211520,"should never appear together on a marquee , especially when the payoff is an unschooled comedy like Stealing Harvard , which fails to keep 80 minutes from seeming like 800 .",0 24526,"Abbas infuses the role with an unimpeachable core of emotional truth",1 158204,"enacted than what 's been cobbled together onscreen",0 188066,"The densest distillation of Roberts ' movies",0 220683,"'s a dull girl , that 's all",0 131977,"seem so real",1 114611,"are left with a handful of disparate funny moments of no real consequence .",0 216019,"their lives , loves and the art",1 209929,"pushes too hard to make this a comedy or serious drama .",0 194998,"built-in audience",1 156636,"completely lacking in chills",0 63090,"A gracious , eloquent film that by its end offers a ray of hope to the refugees able to look ahead and resist living in a past",1 154349,"at all the wrong times",0 17365,"surprises",1 115601,"be the worst National Lampoon film",0 43370,"'s willing to express his convictions",1 176694,"too slow , too boring , and occasionally annoying .",0 224135,"It 's a stale , overused cocktail using the same olives since 1962 as garnish .",0 31561,"feel-good movies",1 4275,"a very well-made , funny and entertaining picture",1 231633,"he loses his focus when he concentrates on any single person .",0 34661,"most tedious scenes",0 109323,"Take nothing seriously and",1 84383,"is more accurate than anything",1 212602,"stop buying tickets to these movies",0 38965,"this movie phenomenon",1 19819,"and delightful",1 170769,"set to an unending soundtrack of beach party pop numbers and aside from its remarkable camerawork and awesome scenery",1 80826,"funny situations and",1 132217,"sex threatens to overwhelm everything else",0 116133,"both large ... and small ... with considerable aplomb",1 197022,"director Jon Purdy 's sledgehammer sap",0 81845,"have absolutely no idea who the main characters are until the film is well under way -- and yet it 's hard to stop watching .",1 157156,"death is lurking around the corner , just waiting to spoil things",0 204208,"its hackneyed and meanspirited storyline with cardboard characters and performers who",0 13313,"wry and engrossing",1 181111,", we get a stab at soccer hooliganism , a double-barreled rip-off of Quentin Tarantino 's climactic shootout -- and Meat Loaf explodes",0 194349,"been any easier to sit through than this hastily dubbed disaster",0 73898,"an irresistible blend of warmth and humor and",1 180591,", credulous , unassuming , subordinate subjects .",0 32187,"great leaps",1 31796,"for the first time he 'll probably appeal more to guys than to their girlfriends who drag them to this movie for the Hugh factor",1 41977,"gets a nice wintry look",1 19934,"appropriately brief 40-minute running time",1 116981,"churn out one mediocre movie",0 192541,"an essentially awkward version of the lightweight female empowerment picture we 've been watching for decades",0 143065,"A didactic and dull documentary glorifying software",0 90175,"peppered with false starts and",0 2088,"promising ''",1 202035,"in the pile of useless actioners from MTV schmucks who do n't know how to tell a story for more than four minutes",0 54091,"kids who read , kids who dream",1 128940,"of tastelessness and gall",0 146514,"It 's inoffensive , cheerful , built to inspire the young people , set to an unending soundtrack of beach party pop numbers and aside from its remarkable camerawork and awesome scenery",1 198502,"famed charisma",1 34709,"moving and wise",1 218223,"unlikable , uninteresting , unfunny ,",0 20838,"humble effort",1 163612,"it 's a sitcom without the snap-crackle .",0 197063,"discloses almost nothing",0 87927,"no satisfaction",0 64366,"Birthday Girl does n't try to surprise us with plot twists , but rather seems to enjoy its own transparency .",1 65023,"Despite its floating narrative",0 125916,"less ambitious",0 55877,"outgag any of those young whippersnappers making moving pictures today",1 200238,"groaners",0 228380,"admittedly limited",0 21459,"nothing fresh",0 184287,"Haneke 's script ( from Elfriede Jelinek 's novel ) is contrived , unmotivated , and psychologically unpersuasive , with an inconclusive ending .",0 51639,"figures prominently in this movie , and",1 33031,"indeed a duty of art to reflect life",1 14653,"Yvan 's rambunctious , Jewish sister and her non-Jew husband",0 140123,"with breathless anticipation for a new Hal Hartley movie",1 7275,"i did n't laugh at the ongoing efforts of cube , and his skinny buddy mike epps , to make like laurel and hardy 'n the hood",0 116099,"boom mikes",1 12910,"wealth",1 221931,"A Rumor of Angels does n't just slip -- it avalanches into forced fuzziness .",0 79670,"far less sophisticated and",0 203569,"is the one",1 22403,"there 's much truth",1 90805,"provide insight",1 138643,"undistinguished",0 53130,"inspiring and pure joy",1 53284,"is a fine , understated piece of filmmaking .",1 26205,"No wonder they 're talking about '' Talk to Her . '' It 's astonishing .",1 180762,", it wears out its welcome as tryingly as the title character .",0 143610,"All that 's missing",1 181621,"A distinctly minor effort that will be seen to better advantage on cable , especially considering its barely feature-length running time of one hour .",0 121529,"had a wonderful account to work from",1 233685,"makes me feel weird \/ Thinking about all the bad things in the world \/ Like puppies with broken legs \/ And butterflies that die \/ And movies starring pop queens",0 142266,", it 's extreme , all right . Extremely dumb . Extremely confusing . Extremely boring .",0 231258,"going to face frightening late fees",0 149160,"The Transporter bombards the viewer with so many explosions and",0 190313,"a clever gimmick",1 184777,"If Deuces Wild had been tweaked up a notch it would have become a camp adventure , one of those movies that 's so bad it starts to become good . But it was n't",0 36504,"repetitions",0 150977,"Wince-inducing dialogue , thrift-shop costumes , prosthetic makeup by Silly Putty and",0 55954,"patriotic",1 47982,"a fabric of complex ideas here , and feelings that profoundly deepen them",1 76820,"clients",1 44507,"An infectious cultural fable with a tasty balance",1 167276,"of a Down video",0 187449,"Some writer dude , I think his name was , uh , Michael Zaidan , was supposed to have like written the screenplay or something , but , dude , the only thing that I ever saw that was written down were the zeroes on my paycheck",0 123977,"is conversational bordering on confessional",1 236716,"the annoying demeanour",0 190086,"a Kiss wants desperately to come off as a fanciful film about the typical problems of average people .",1 45620,"If you 're as happy listening to movies as you are watching them , and the slow parade of human frailty fascinates you",1 210058,"rambling incoherence",0 74316,"are easy to forgive because the intentions are lofty",1 146047,"I do n't think so",0 5348,"by al pacino",1 55231,"of Miller 's strange , fleeting brew of hopeful perseverance and hopeless closure",1 188798,"There 's a neat twist , subtly rendered , that could have wrapped things up at 80 minutes ,",0 215175,"the nadir of the thriller/horror",0 80482,"formulaic sports drama that carries a charge of genuine excitement",1 65231,"EEE for excitement",1 52113,"gets vivid performances from her cast and",1 142591,", too boring , and occasionally annoying .",0 6412,"farce",0 206938,"never quite makes it to the boiling point , but manages to sustain a good simmer for most of its running time .",1 98929,"uncommonly sincere movie that portrays the frank humanity of ... emotional recovery",1 217873,"try for the greatness",1 76811,"clever exercise",1 107375,"Laissez-passer has all the earmarks of French cinema at its best .",1 229716,"can take credit for most of the movie 's success .",1 101287,"zinger-filled",1 96797,"the stuff to stand tall with Pryor , Carlin and Murphy",1 175467,"this mess",0 46070,"Maelstrom is strange and compelling , engrossing and different ,",1 43435,"( and ) personal illusion is deconstructed with poignancy",1 233109,"it would be easy for critics to shred it",0 41000,"It 's predictable ,",0 195759,"clever enough",1 34242,"lovely film",1 200535,"has dreamed up such blatant and sickening product placement in a movie",0 102019,"'ve got something pretty damn close",1 68500,"Romantic",1 108484,"Proves a servicable World War II drama that ca n't totally hide its contrivances , but it at least calls attention to a problem Hollywood too long has ignored .",1 147662,"New Best Friend 's",1 77632,"cultural elite",1 115944,"between its powerful moments",1 1465,"it accurately reflects the rage and alienation that fuels the self-destructiveness of many young people",0 5595,"cliches and",0 78668,"dumb comedy",0 206845,"nearly terminal case",0 125316,"its one-joke premise",1 11367,"the film 's best trick is the way that it treats conspiracy as a kind of political blair witch , a monstrous murk that haunts us precisely because it can never be seen",1 90833,"provocative material",1 202441,"into the script , which has a handful of smart jokes",1 80334,"for sex in the movies look like cheap hysterics",0 7758,"is not only a pianist , but a good human being",1 30344,"connecting",1 22248,"the character 's instability with a metaphorical visual style and an unnerving , heartbeat-like score",1 32274,"has a subtle way of getting under your skin and sticking with you long after it 's over",1 238726,"whose jolly , fun-for-fun 's - sake communal spirit goes to the essence of Broadway",1 184566,"I 'm all for the mentally challenged getting their fair shot in the movie business ,",0 183154,"Collapses",0 37877,"that pushes the boundaries of biography , and challenges its audience",1 146075,"I highly recommend Irwin ,",1 86648,"makes no sense",0 84732,"is the kind of engaging historical drama that Hollywood appears to have given up on in favor of sentimental war movies in the vein of ` We Were Soldiers",1 200767,"have been made by people to whom the idea of narrative logic or cohesion is an entirely foreign concept",0 221966,"A compelling coming-of-age drama",1 41011,"It 's traditional moviemaking all the way , but it 's done with a lot of careful period attention as well as some very welcome wit",1 124593,"is telegraphed well in advance , every performance respectably muted : the movie itself seems to have been made under the influence of Rohypnol",0 24603,"Americans",1 93585,"strangely liberating",1 85210,"its charm",1 146356,"Involves two mysteries -- one it gives away and the other featuring such badly drawn characters that its outcome hardly matters .",0 165575,"makes his big-budget action film debut something of a clunker as he delivers a long , low-heat chase , interrupted by a middling car chase .",0 208951,"overstuffed and undernourished",0 77571,"creepy , intermittently powerful study",1 70739,"Weird",0 4258,"a universal",1 82841,"in a class by itself",1 76615,"charming but slight",1 100707,"without being forceful",1 143426,"A waste of good performances",0 68210,"Piccoli gives a superb performance full of deep feeling .",1 146135,"I was looking for something hard with which to bludgeon myself unconscious .",0 52199,"good piece",1 78646,"drug dealers",0 191449,"a surgeon mends a broken heart",1 57542,"sustains it",1 204463,"just lapses into unhidden British",0 117672,"create a very compelling , sensitive , intelligent and almost cohesive piece of film entertainment",1 217636,"too much exploitation and too little",0 17094,"resolutely realistic",1 3579,"a best selling",1 106462,"I hated myself in the morning .",0 157680,"do something fun",1 66143,"I do n't know if Frailty will turn Bill Paxton into an A-list director , but he can rest contentedly with the knowledge that he 's made at least one damn fine horror movie",1 42771,"thanks to strong , credible performances",1 128621,"of documentary , one that makes a depleted yesterday feel very much like a brand-new tomorrow",1 84556,"is pure , exciting moviemaking",1 180616,", eloquence , spiritual challenge",1 159207,"flailing",0 78667,"dumb , sweet , and intermittently hilarious",1 206999,"no affinity",0 71616,"a feat any thinking person is bound to appreciate",1 176606,"too conventional",0 82564,"humorous observations",1 209312,"placed on any list of favorites",1 154574,"badly acted",0 213654,"that has no point and goes nowhere",0 146905,"John McTiernan 's botched remake",0 115657,"beautifully shaped",1 102084,"( Fiji diver Rusi Vulakoro and the married couple Howard and Michelle Hall )",1 135746,"the most accomplished work to date from Hong Kong 's versatile Stanley Kwan",1 64611,"Canada 's arctic light",1 1050,"furiously ,",0 5085,"been as dull",0 238816,"wilt .",0 111168,"Williams absolutely nails Sy 's queasy infatuation and overall strangeness .",1 57881,"that shows Canadians can put gentle laughs and equally gentle sentiments on the button , just as easily as their counterparts anywhere else in the world",1 22617,"twists worthy of David Mamet",1 2087,"promising",1 65411,"Everything about The Quiet American is good , except its timing .",1 158195,"empty vessel",0 62434,", you 'll be more acquainted with the tiniest details of Tom Hanks ' face than his wife is",1 91488,"reminds you of why animation is such a perfect medium for children , because of the way it allows the mind to enter and accept another world .",1 86988,"meets those standards",1 226968,"Watching `` Ending '' is too often like looking over the outdated clothes and plastic knickknacks at your neighbor 's garage sale .",0 5905,"derivative and done to death",0 119709,"falls prey to the contradiction that afflicts so many movies about writers .",0 138720,"uniquely itself",1 118798,"during the offbeat musical numbers",0 166218,"more reverence",1 209135,"pathetic , starving and untalented",0 51303,"equal amounts of naiveté , passion and talent",1 141223,"'s an earnest debut full of heartfelt performances",1 210385,"remember the last time I saw a movie where I wanted so badly for the protagonist to fail",0 97701,"through its flaws , Revolution # 9 proves to be a compelling",1 141560,"'s relentlessly folksy , a procession of stagy set pieces stacked with binary oppositions",0 173527,"the beloved film",1 213928,"that was n't all that great to begin with",0 122124,"held my interest precisely because it did n't try to",1 45287,"Forgettable horror -- more gory than psychological -- with a highly satisfying quotient of Friday-night excitement and Milla power",0 141821,"( T ) hose same extremes prevent us from taking its message seriously , and",0 45212,"Familiar but utterly delightful .",1 182932,"Broomfield 's style of journalism is hardly journalism at all , and even those with an avid interest in the subject will grow impatient",0 226629,"This cinema verite speculation on the assassination of John F. Kennedy may have been inspired by Blair Witch ,",0 8253,"just like the deli sandwich : lots of ham , lots of cheese , with a sickly sweet coating to disguise its excrescence until just after ( or during ) consumption of its second half",0 39960,"what keeps this slightly disappointing sequel going , with enough amusing banter -- blessedly curse-free -- to keep both kids and parents entertained",1 61103,"'s just one that could easily wait for your pay per view dollar .",0 28661,"and in hindsight , it is n't even all that dumb",1 63751,"Although devoid of objectivity and full of nostalgic comments from the now middle-aged participants",0 60793,"'s a big , comforting jar of Marmite , to be slathered on crackers and served as a feast of bleakness",0 210692,"runs for only 71 minutes and feels like three hours",0 66591,"It 's no lie",1 176020,"to camouflage its sameness",0 34685,"moves fast enough to cover its clunky dialogue and lapses in logic",0 151408,"a boring parade",0 107217,"Jonathan Parker 's Bartleby should have been the be-all-end-all of the modern-office anomie films .",1 2388,"squeeze the action and our emotions",1 88611,"of gritty realism , crisp storytelling and radiant compassion that effortlessly draws you in",1 25288,"Far more imaginative and ambitious",1 136645,"theaters . It 's hard to imagine acting that could be any flatter",0 38918,"this a two-actor master class",1 31210,"especially tough",1 78676,"during that final , beautiful scene",1 69671,"The leanest and meanest",1 99409,"viewed as pure composition and form --",1 47936,"a deep bow",1 191547,"a tiresome cliché",0 127531,"motivate",1 101877,"'s shot on digital video , whose tiny camera enables Shafer to navigate spaces both large ... and small ... with considerable aplomb",1 163043,"is more than just a filmed opera",1 219859,"with too little",0 81442,"guessing plot and an affectionate",1 82540,"human moments",1 130581,"pressed to think of a film more cloyingly sappy than Evelyn this year",0 185786,"Like most movies about the pitfalls of bad behavior ... Circuit gets drawn into the party .",0 4303,"a well-made thriller with a certain level",1 180417,", LaBute continues to improve .",1 164349,"just tired",0 81849,"have an honesty and dignity that breaks your heart .",1 158163,"embarrassing movie",0 64459,"Bravo for history",1 212959,"supremely good natured",1 212092,"some entertainment value",1 220429,"zero thrills , too many flashbacks and a choppy ending make for a bad film",0 132275,"sheer dumbness",0 63936,"An old-fashioned scary movie , one that relies on lingering terror punctuated by sudden shocks and not constant bloodshed",1 119583,"extended , open-ended poem",1 149759,"The premise is in extremely bad taste",0 96681,"the sick character",0 214412,"the delete key",0 144310,"But the power of these ( subjects ) is obscured by the majority of the film that shows a stationary camera on a subject that could be mistaken for giving a public oration , rather than contributing to a film 's narrative .",0 147515,"Moves in such odd plot directions and descends into such message-mongering moralism that its good qualities are obscured .",0 138395,"truncated",0 78381,"documentarian",1 90398,"pleasing way",1 193743,"at hostile odds with one another",0 9494,"one of those films that started with a great premise and then just fell apart",0 112420,"a nice change of mindless pace in collision",1 196385,"crass and insulting homage",0 124414,"is one that any art-house moviegoer is likely to find compelling",1 141047,"'re meant to buy that this doting mother would shun her kids , travel to one of the most dangerous parts of the world , don fatigues and become G . I . Jane .",0 108391,"Piercingly affecting ...",1 54068,"keep the film grounded and keep the audience riveted .",1 90972,"quality and a nostalgic , twisty yarn that will keep them guessing",1 194336,"been a hoot in a bad-movie way",0 201621,"ill-advised and",0 24856,"Bogdanovich tantalizes by offering a peep show into the lives of the era 's creme de la celluloid .",1 115977,"big hairy deal",0 128942,"of teen-driven , toilet-humor codswallop",0 231212,"gives this aging series a much needed kick , making `` Die Another Day '' one of the most entertaining Bonds in years",1 17184,"sheep",0 133933,"teenage sex comedy",1 60966,"'s been done before",0 7244,"human hatred spews forth unchecked",0 42442,"penetrates with a rawness",1 194160,"be low , very low , very very low , for the masquerade to work",0 185605,"Kicks off with an inauspicious premise , mopes through a dreary tract of virtually plotless meanderings and then ends with a whimper .",0 71282,"a beautiful film to watch",1 47768,"` Easily my choice for one of the year 's best films . '",1 101205,"you wo n't be disappointed",1 113332,"action hero performances",1 149347,"The episodic film makes valid points about the depersonalization of modern life .",1 43406,"( Grant 's ) bumbling magic takes over the film , and it turns out to be another winning star vehicle",1 33081,"inspire the affection of even those unlucky people who never owned a cassette of Def Leppard 's Pyromania",1 226725,"Those moviegoers who would automatically bypass a hip-hop documentary should give `` Scratch '' a second look .",1 111551,"a better thriller",1 45753,"It 's somewhat clumsy and too lethargically paced --",0 33381,"is funny from",1 162695,"is about a boring , sad man being boring and sad",0 143012,"A bloated gasbag thesis grotesquely impressed by its own gargantuan aura of self-importance ...",0 81400,"gripping and handsome execution",1 14162,"It 's not exactly a gourmet meal",0 174770,"the smug and self-congratulatory kind",0 222581,"Below may not mark Mr. Twohy 's emergence into the mainstream , but his promise remains undiminished",1 219823,"with the destruction of property and , potentially , of life",1 237340,"the words `` radical '' or `` suck ''",0 75922,"breathes life into a roll that could have otherwise been bland and run of the mill .",1 176853,"tries to seem sincere , and just",0 204096,"it would have worked so much better dealing in only one reality",0 199681,"fun or energy",1 46927,"The Lion King was a roaring success when it was released eight years ago , but on Imax it seems better , not just bigger .",1 125104,"it still feels somewhat unfinished .",0 41100,"Nearly surreal , dabbling in French , this is no simple movie , and",1 211794,"slippery footing",0 3560,"a 10-course banquet",1 41282,"The pleasures of Super Troopers may be fleeting ,",1 112497,"a powerful , naturally dramatic piece of low-budget filmmaking",1 164981,"like real people",1 233805,"me say the obvious : Abandon all hope of a good movie ye who enter here",0 89503,"on the whole , you 're gonna like this movie",1 34656,"most powerful thing",1 63873,"An engrossing and grim portrait of hookers : what they think of themselves and their clients",1 106165,"Has enough wit",1 94332,"terrific documentaries",1 54546,"makes Oliver far more interesting than the character 's lines would suggest",1 198375,"explored with infinitely more grace and eloquence",1 36958,"sickness",0 96661,"the sense of fierce competition",1 133580,"sucked",0 201686,"impossibly contrived situations",0 98590,"touching story",1 224315,"It haunts , horrifies , startles and fascinates : it is impossible to look away .",1 4001,"a movie that tries to fuse the two ` woods ' but winds up a bolly-holly masala mess",0 2290,"sincere",1 176222,"to keep from laughing at the ridiculous dialog or the oh-so convenient plot twists",0 94572,"that between the son and his wife , and the wife and the father , and between the two brothers",1 7570,"instead of letting the laughs",0 226996,"Weaves a spell over you",1 171412,"so formulaic",0 57581,"take us on his sentimental journey of the heart . It really is a shame that more wo n't get an opportunity to embrace small , sweet ` Evelyn",1 190481,"a dreary , humorless soap opera",0 225175,"Nonsensical , dull `` cyber-horror '' flick",0 228103,"a provocative piece of work",1 60647,"'' American Beauty",1 49733,"big time",1 7973,"it shine",1 64051,"Armed with a game supporting cast , from the pitch-perfect Forster to the always hilarious Meara and Levy , Like Mike shoots and scores , doing its namesake proud .",1 235402,"run-of-the-mill .",0 63072,"A giddy and provocative sexual",1 68639,"Scotland looks wonderful ,",1 155368,"bombs",0 44692,"Bennett 's naturalistic performance speaks volumes more truth than any ` reality ' show ,",1 160696,"has made a film of intoxicating atmosphere and little else .",0 133832,"take you places you have n't been , and also places you have",1 113955,"an ancient librarian whacking a certain part of a man 's body",0 230624,"every aggrieved father cliché",0 140677,"you 'll still be glued to the screen .",1 141781,"( It 's ) difficult to get beyond the overall blandness of American Chai",0 219399,"whole subplots have no explanation or even plot relevance",0 123851,"is a visual treat for all audiences",1 232678,"is one big excuse to play one lewd scene after another .",0 190189,"a black comedy ,",1 232295,"is a good script , good dialogue , funny even for adults .",1 200512,"has been , pardon the pun , sucked out and replaced by goth goofiness .",0 57560,"symbolic examination",1 182425,"An inept , tedious spoof of '70s",0 26127,"Much of the movie 's charm lies in the utter cuteness of Stuart and Margolo . Their computer-animated faces are very expressive .",1 186900,"Report card : Does n't live up to the exalted tagline - there 's definite room for improvement . Does n't deserve a passing grade ( even on a curve ) .",0 143250,"A one-trick pony whose few T&A bits",0 143046,"A clutchy , indulgent and pretentious travelogue and diatribe against",0 111922,"a film to be taken literally on any level",1 177334,"us to care about a young man whose only apparent virtue is that he is not quite as unpleasant as some of the people in his life",0 142467,", the conversation presents the kind of linguistic fumbling not heard since Macy Gray 's game of Chinese whispers with Mr Bean .",0 92021,"screwball farce and blood-curdling family intensity on one continuum",1 44102,"A good film",1 225513,"Price horror classics",1 94469,"that 's a lot richer than the ones Hollywood action screenwriters usually come up with on their own",1 27092,"Two generations within one family test boundaries in this intelligent and restrained coming-of-age drama .",1 152052,"a midlevel sort of way",0 8719,"may be little more than another platter of reheated aliens",0 77671,"cuts against this natural grain , producing a work that 's more interested in asking questions than in answering them",1 122031,"he defecates in bed",0 10284,"scared ? only at the prospect of beck 's next project . let 's see , a haunted house , a haunted ship , what 's next ... ghost blimp",0 178981,"written ... in the thrall of a vicious hangover",0 47894,"a confident , richly acted , emotionally devastating piece of work and 2002 's first great film",1 217608,"too loud , too goofy",0 189938,"You may be galled that you 've wasted nearly two hours of your own precious life with this silly little puddle of a movie .",0 39021,"those who loved Cool as Ice have at last found a worthy follow-up",1 81050,"give exposure to some talented performers",1 88552,"of epic scale",1 126559,"made under the influence of Rohypnol",0 32605,"historical epic",1 172763,"than it was written by teenagers",0 149617,"The movie quickly drags on becoming boring and predictable .",0 93771,"succumbs to the trap of the maudlin or tearful",0 82779,"improbable as this premise may seem , Abbass 's understated",1 148431,"Schneidermeister ... Makin ' a fool of himself ... Losin ' his fan base",0 196550,"cutesy romance , dark satire and",1 229836,"clear point",1 148891,"Stuffy , full of itself ,",0 238315,"very attractive about this movie",1 141009,"'m afraid you wo n't get through this frankly fantastical by-the-numbers B-flick with just a suspension of disbelief . Rather",0 23357,", a salute to the universal language of rhythm and a zippy sampling of sounds",1 129068,"of the most interesting writer\/directors",1 228780,"are both superb",1 24100,". Petersburg",0 15379,"careful period attention as well as some very welcome wit",1 142567,", this is lame .",0 117893,"dazzle",1 13824,"A well-made thriller with a certain level of intelligence and non-reactionary morality .",1 37390,"striving to anchor itself in new grounds",1 143069,"A disappointment for those who love alternate versions of the Bard , particularly ones that involve deep fryers and hamburgers .",0 28126,"admirably mature",1 7377,"immense",1 64373,"Blade 2 is definitely a cut above the rest .",1 191511,"a text to ` lick",1 149875,"The story is naturally poignant ,",1 151520,"a comedy that 's not very funny and",0 108472,"Presents a side of contemporary Chinese life that many outsiders will be surprised to know exists , and does so with an artistry that also smacks of revelation .",1 60147,"who artfully bends technical know-how to the service of psychological insight",1 69318,"The Laramie Project is worthwhile for reminding us that this sort of thing does , in fact , still happen in America",1 35023,"now 82 , to find a way to bend current technique to the service of a vision of the past that is faithful to both architectural glories and commanding open spaces of the city as it was more than two centuries ago",1 235182,"rarely dampens her diva persona enough to spark genuine chemistry with Townsend .",0 141935,", 84 minutes is short",1 193124,"are more shots of children smiling for the camera than typical documentary footage which hurts the overall impact of the film .",0 109788,"The film fearlessly gets under the skin of the people involved ... This makes it not only a detailed historical document , but an engaging and moving portrait of a subculture",1 44487,"An exhilarating futuristic thriller-noir , Minority Report",1 193299,"artistically inept",0 215559,"the screen -- loud , violent and mindless",0 80797,"funny , sexy , and rousing",1 233927,"more fascinating than the results",1 121733,"has created a film that one can honestly describe as looking , sounding and simply feeling like no other film in recent history .",1 34414,"may be the best same-sex romance I have seen",1 142144,", disjointed jumble of borrowed plot points and situations .",0 133843,"takes a surprising , subtle turn at the midway point .",1 62160,", protecting her cub , and he a reluctant villain ,",1 50946,"does give a taste of the Burning Man ethos , an appealing blend of counter-cultural idealism and hedonistic creativity",1 29550,"benefits greatly from a less manic tone than its predecessor , as Cho appears to have settled comfortably into her skin",1 65962,"He makes you realize that deep inside righteousness can be found a tough beauty .",1 123809,"is a powerful , naturally dramatic piece of low-budget filmmaking",1 145961,"I 'm not sure which half of Dragonfly is worse : The part where nothing 's happening , or the part where something 's happening , but it 's stupid .",0 211996,"so primitive in technique",0 39155,"to cast actors who are , generally speaking , adored by the movie-going public",1 66246,"If a horror movie 's primary goal is to frighten and disturb , then They works spectacularly well ... A shiver-inducing , nerve-rattling ride .",1 137526,"to describe how bad it is",0 110809,"Ultimately ... the movie is too heady for children , and too preachy for adults .",0 7272,"i did n't laugh at the ongoing efforts of cube",0 83998,"is an extraordinary film , not least because it is Japanese and yet feels universal",1 19157,"Often gruelling and heartbreaking to witness , but Seldahl and Wollter 's sterling performances raise this far above the level of the usual maudlin disease movie .",1 2337,"soderbergh seems capable only of delivering artfully lighted , earnest inquiries that lack the kind of genuine depth that would make them redeemable",0 210262,"recycled and dumbed-down version",0 127438,"most important and exhilarating forms",1 190578,"a film that has nothing",0 187275,"Shows moments of promise but",1 231288,"got me grinning",1 226093,"The Believer is nothing less than a provocative piece of work",1 87186,"modestly made",1 102944,", this film should not be missed .",1 88631,"of highly entertaining , self-aggrandizing , politically motivated documentary-making",1 38298,"the haphazard administration",0 147403,"Me , I did n't care for it",0 53819,"it intriguing , bizarre , Dogma-like in spots - and quite truthful",1 70500,"Tully is in many ways the perfect festival film : a calm , self-assured portrait of small town regret , love , duty and friendship that appeals to the storytelling instincts of a slightly more literate filmgoing audience .",1 53456,"is enough originality in ` Life ' to distance it from the pack of paint-by-number romantic comedies that so often end up on cinema screens",1 9840,"problematic",0 50012,"can improvise like a jazzman",1 66035,"Holm does his sly , intricate magic ,",1 230848,"fit the incredible storyline to a T.",1 76724,"cinemantic flair",1 237236,"the story as imaginative as in the original",1 171500,"so unmemorable",0 82398,"holds up well",1 92360,"settles in and becomes compulsively watchable in a guilty-pleasure , daytime-drama sort of fashion .",1 56307,"put gentle laughs and equally gentle sentiments on the button , just as easily as their counterparts anywhere else in the world",1 110347,"There are problems with this film that even 3 Oscar winners ca n't overcome ,",0 214541,"the explosions tend to simply hit their marks , pyro-correctly",0 165580,"makes it obnoxious and stiff",0 100273,"will leave you wanting more , not to mention leaving you with some laughs and a smile on your face .",1 47201,"The performances are amiable and committed , and the comedy more often than not hits the bullseye",1 72284,"a rich and intelligent film",1 157920,"drag gags",0 110022,"The music makes a nice album , the food is enticing and",1 20568,"focusing intently on his characters , making them quirky individuals rather than figures of fun",1 232915,"it 's a bad , embarrassing movie .",0 172369,"surreal dubbing ( featuring the voices of Glenn Close , Regis Philbin and Breckin Meyer )",1 163893,"it projects the same lazy affability as its nominal star , David Arquette .",0 233839,"metal , fireballs and revenge",1 145311,"Feels less",0 223895,"If I could have looked into my future and saw how bad this movie was",0 91846,"rusted-out ruin and ultimate collapse",0 49386,"at least the third-best , and maybe even a notch above the previous runner-up , Nicholas Meyer 's Star Trek VI",1 212161,"some sort of Martha Stewart decorating program run amok",0 111019,"What a dumb , fun , curiously adolescent movie this",1 38972,"this one included )",0 151239,"` inspirational ' and ` uplifting '",1 123219,"in this crass , low-wattage endeavor",0 211413,"shenanigans and slapstick",1 83450,"intelligence and subtlety",1 132349,"should have been a more compelling excuse to pair Susan Sarandon and Goldie Hawn .",0 132917,"some very good comedic songs ,",1 30919,"does n't quite fit",0 86912,"may have expected to record with their mini DV",1 162423,"into the kiddie sensibilities",1 216714,"tidal",1 141330,"'s full of throwaway one-liners , not-quite jokes , and a determined TV amiability",0 55721,"on Imax it seems better , not just bigger",1 70397,"To Remember",1 117669,"crazy , mixed-up films",0 225515,"Producer John Penotti surveyed high school students ... and came back with the astonishing revelation that `` they wanted to see something that did n't talk down to them . ''",1 117094,"close to being the barn-burningly bad movie it promised it would be",0 88987,"of the condescending stereotypes that so often plague films dealing with the mentally ill",0 31603,"fill their scenes and , fine judges both , never overcook the hysteria",1 179187,"you wo n't need a magic watch to stop time",0 165576,"makes his films so memorable",1 135070,"the cruelty and suffering he has found with an devastating , eloquent clarity",1 215001,"the makings of an interesting meditation on the ethereal nature of the internet and the otherworldly energies it could channel",1 215369,"the plot ` surprises '",1 132809,"so warm and fuzzy",1 167554,"of its characters , its protagonist , or of us",1 14882,"about real people , that gives us a rare glimpse into a culture most of us do n't know .",1 224683,"MY LITTLE EYE is the best little `` horror '' movie I 've seen in years .",1 34139,"literary detective story",1 196197,"contrived plotting ,",0 52126,"gifted artists",1 2200,"savvy about celebrity",1 108835,"Secretary '' is owned by its costars , Spader and",1 186214,"Mr . Shyamalan is undone by his pretensions .",0 233384,"lies in the utter cuteness of Stuart and Margolo",1 40831,"Daring , mesmerizing and",1 74126,"another retelling of Alexandre Dumas ' classic . Why ? Who knows",0 44834,"CQ 's reflection of artists and the love of cinema-and-self suggests nothing less than a new voice that deserves to be considered as a possible successor to the best European directors .",1 196115,"confusing on one level or another , making Ararat far more demanding than it needs to be",0 9737,"play against each other so intensely , but with restraint ,",1 192938,"any way of gripping what its point is ,",0 151138,"You might say Tykwer has done all that Heaven allows , if you wanted to make as anti-Kieslowski a pun as possible . Suffice to say its total promise is left slightly unfulfilled .",0 63282,"A properly spooky film",1 73518,"also a -- dare I say it twice -- delightfully charming -- and totally American , I might add -- slice of comedic bliss",1 6578,"for all of its insights into the dream world of teen life , and its electronic expression through cyber culture , the film gives no quarter to anyone seeking to pull a cohesive story out of its 2 1\/2 - hour running time .",0 60425,"without thrills",0 191375,"a sprawl of uncoordinated vectors",0 189014,"This is not a Jackie Chan movie .",0 24947,"Carrera",0 19731,"an Italian superstar and aspiring directress who just happens to be her own worst enemy",0 199089,"focusing on eccentricity but failing , ultimately , to make something bigger out of its scrapbook of oddballs",0 122007,"have worked up a back story for the women they portray so convincingly",1 2158,"respectful",1 112766,"a splendid job of racial profiling Hollywood style -- casting excellent Latin actors of all ages --",1 22176,"that everyone see this movie -- for its historical significance alone",1 106883,"It 's hard to imagine any recent film , independent or otherwise , that makes as much of a mess as this one .",0 227180,"With Notorious C.H.O. Cho proves she has the stuff to stand tall with Pryor , Carlin and Murphy .",1 18359,", as usual ,",0 105000,"Carrying off a spot-on Scottish burr",1 157179,"decided to make a dull , pretentious version of Jesus ' Son",0 44593,"As simple and innocent a movie as you can imagine .",1 138061,"too bleak , too pessimistic",0 41636,"beautiful and",1 28704,"and masterfully if",1 216359,"this cinematic snow cone is as innocuous as it is flavorless .",0 103205,"... by the time it 's done with us , Mira Nair 's new movie has its audience giddy with the delight of discovery , of having been immersed in a foreign culture only to find that human nature is pretty much the same all over .",1 222409,"Anyone else who may , for whatever reason , be thinking about going to see this movie is hereby given fair warning .",0 61439,"( Gulpilil ) is a commanding screen presence , and",1 222517,"Average , at best , I 'm afraid .",0 226117,"The Hours makes you examine your own life in much the same way its characters do , and the experience is profound",1 63430,"A strong script , powerful direction",1 125152,"it with Ring , an indisputably spooky film :",1 222079,"A semi-autobiographical film that 's so sloppily written and cast that you can not believe anyone more central to the creation of Bugsy than the caterer",0 16231,"is a sophisticated , funny and good-natured treat , slight but a pleasure .",1 126820,"marks him as one of the most interesting writer\/directors working today",1 83923,"is a warm and well-told tale of one recent Chinese immigrant 's experiences in New York City",1 164902,"like a decent endeavor",1 48281,"a pleasant enough thing , ` tis",1 112701,"a side of contemporary Chinese life that many outsiders will be surprised to know exists , and does so with an artistry that also smacks of revelation .",1 154827,"be the most repellent movie of 2002",0 131315,"remarkable feat",1 205284,"loneliness and is n't afraid to provoke introspection in both its characters and its audience .",1 151218,"` Some Body ' will appeal to No One .",0 157074,"cut-and-paste job",0 46773,"Sparkles",1 209938,"put away the guitar , sell the amp , and",0 92049,"second helpings of love , romance , tragedy , false dawns , real dawns , comic relief , two separate crises during marriage ceremonies , and",1 78750,"edited so that it certainly does n't feel like a film that strays past the two and a half mark",1 47384,"This movie may not have the highest production values you 've ever seen , but it 's the work of an artist , one whose view of America , history and the awkwardness of human life is generous and deep .",1 220031,"worst sin",0 3753,"a fault",0 56394,"rather special",1 207956,"of routine stuff Yuen",0 198489,"falls short on tension , eloquence , spiritual challenge -- things that have made the original New Testament stories so compelling for 20 centuries .",0 50624,"dangerously seductive performance",1 91954,"scare while we delight in the images",1 19886,"and strangely soulful movie",1 192574,"an iceberg melt -- only",1 84453,"is needed to live a rich and full life",1 236217,"swinging from the trees hooting it 's praises",1 161123,"her raw performance and",1 151027,"Without September 11 , Collateral Damage would have been just another bad movie . Now it 's a bad , embarrassing movie .",0 184661,"I found it slow , predictable and not very amusing .",0 79601,"falls short of First Contact because the villain could n't pick the lint off Borg Queen Alice Krige 's cape : and finishes half a parsec ( a nose ) ahead of Generations .",0 202633,"is a rambling and incoherent manifesto about the vagueness of topical excess",0 205881,"match mortarboards with Dead Poets Society and Good Will Hunting than by its own story",0 186897,"Replacing John Carpenter 's stylish tracking shots is degraded , handheld Blair Witch video-cam footage . Of all the Halloween 's , this is the most visually unappealing .",0 6074,"drags it back",0 149196,"The action switches between past and present , but the material link is too tenuous to anchor the emotional connections that purport to span a 125-year divide .",0 224779,"Mention `` Solaris '' five years from now and",0 168697,"particularly well-drawn",1 67498,"Me Without You has a bracing truth that 's refreshing after the phoniness of female-bonding pictures like Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood .",1 154371,"at its worst when it 's actually inside the ring",0 149782,"The production values are up there . The use of CGI and",1 91427,"remains a perfect Wildean actor",1 83464,"intended the film to be more than that",0 68728,"Shattering , devastating documentary on two maladjusted teens in a downward narcotized spiral . Extraordinary debut from Josh Koury",1 227930,"a glorious dose of humankind 's liberating ability",1 53159,"interesting bit",1 213039,"sway , where all relationships are simultaneously broadly metaphorical , oddly abstract , and excruciatingly literal",0 165158,"long , convoluted",0 159553,"forced and overwritten",0 67650,"Mostly works because of the universal themes , earnest performances ... and excellent use of music by India 's popular Gulzar and Jagjit Singh .",1 174801,"the stale material",0 208620,"one of the movies you 'd want to watch if you only had a week to live",1 141644,"'s that life stinks",0 87234,"more beautiful than either of those films",1 47381,"This movie may not have the highest production values you 've ever seen ,",0 111029,"What little grace ( Rifkin 's ) tale of precarious skid-row dignity achieves is pushed into the margins by predictable plotting and tiresome histrionics .",0 196532,"cute animals",1 71384,"a cheap thriller , a dumb comedy or",0 62573,"... deliver a riveting and surprisingly romantic ride .",1 172323,"superficial in its approach to the material",0 59814,"utilizing",1 162371,"into a dull , ridiculous attempt at heart-tugging",0 80548,"fret",0 72101,"a pathetic , endearing hero",1 37770,"that boasts both a heart and a mind",1 106507,"I never thought I 'd say this , but I 'd much rather watch teens poking their genitals into fruit pies !",0 219259,"which is mostly a bore",0 198369,"exploiting it yourself",0 83294,"indulging its characters ' striving solipsism",1 192724,"and damaged dreams",0 144595,"Considering the harsh locations and demanding stunts , this must have been a difficult shoot , but the movie proves rough going for the audience as well",0 57436,"stuck in Heaven because He 's afraid of His best-known creation ?",0 6529,"flails",0 11887,"the so-bad-it 's -",0 196861,"destroy everything we hold dear about cinema , only now it 's begun to split up so that it can do even more damage",0 47142,"The limited sets and",0 163487,"is the sort of infantile that makes you wonder about changing the director and writer 's diapers",0 109387,"That regurgitates and waters",0 187892,"The Tuxedo does n't add up to a whole lot .",0 34014,"leave both camps engaged in a ferocious debate for years to come",1 119655,"faint of heart or conservative of spirit",0 81410,"gritty realism , crisp storytelling and radiant compassion",1 3831,"a good-hearted ensemble comedy with a variety of quirky characters and an engaging story",1 160463,"half of Dragonfly is worse : The part where nothing 's happening , or the part where something 's happening",0 165823,"mechanical and joyless .",0 85969,"life 's harshness",0 188642,"The script is a dim-witted pairing of teen-speak and animal gibberish .",0 28079,"achieves a mesmerizing poetry",1 57151,"solidly entertaining",1 121767,"has in Kieran Culkin a pitch-perfect Holden .",1 191366,"a sour taste in your mouth",0 104655,"Beautifully crafted and brutally honest",1 42317,"lyricism and",1 51137,"embrace small , sweet ` Evelyn",1 148326,"Roger Michell , who did an appealing job directing Persuasion and Notting Hill in England",1 209828,"proved too difficult a text to ` lick , ' despite the efforts of a first-rate cast",0 75245,"be compelling , amusing and unsettling at the same time",1 31691,"flaky",0 168710,"pass this stinker off",0 58807,"the unsung heroes of 20th century",1 125246,"its exploitive array of obligatory cheap",0 104705,"Berling and Béart ... continue to impress",1 191954,"actually happened as if it were the third ending of Clue",1 217587,"too few",0 139980,"win over",1 63329,"A riveting profile of law enforcement , and a visceral , nasty journey into an urban Hades",1 14234,"Like Mike does n't win any points for originality . It does succeed by following a feel-good formula with a winning style , and by offering its target audience of urban kids some welcome role models and optimism .",1 86558,"make great marching bands",1 98538,"top-notch British actor",1 114030,"an exciting , clever story with a batch of appealing characters",1 222012,"A giggle a minute",1 173251,"that this hybrid misses the impact of the Disney classic , and even that of the excellent 1934 MGM version",0 50722,"delicate performances",1 189598,"What more can be expected from a college comedy that 's target audience has n't graduated from junior high school ?",0 57347,"still comes off as a touching , transcendent love story .",1 83669,"irresistibly",1 218283,"up a storm as a fringe feminist conspiracy theorist named Dirty Dick",0 195116,"by The Full Monty",1 70268,"This is unusual , food-for-thought cinema that 's as entertaining as it is instructive .",1 203391,"is shallow , offensive and redundant , with pitifully few real laughs",0 42336,"makes complex politics",1 64974,"Deep intelligence and a warm , enveloping affection breathe out of every frame .",1 187513,"Spreads itself too thin , leaving these actors , as well as the members of the commune ,",0 212447,"stand a ghost of a chance",0 63043,"A fleet-footed and pleasingly upbeat family",1 30317,"comprehensive and provocative film",1 184740,"I was sent a copyof this film to review on DVD . For free . I still want my money back .",0 78753,"educates",1 119756,"fantastic performance",1 98362,"to the dustbin of history",0 130559,"presence to become a major-league leading lady , ( but )",1 33713,"it sounds sick and twisted , but the miracle of Shainberg 's film is that it truly is romance",1 34485,"might not want to hang out with Samantha",0 111142,"Whole stretches of the film may be incomprehensible to moviegoers not already clad in basic black .",0 84282,"is highly pleasurable",1 134648,"that you hope Britney wo n't do it one more time , as far as",0 86545,"make a person who has lived her life half-asleep suddenly wake up",1 89268,"offers much colorful eye candy , including the spectacle of Gere in his dancing shoes , hoofing and crooning with the best of them",1 88035,"not to mention a convincing brogue",1 150980,"Winds up feeling like lots of other quirky movies that try to score hipness points with young adults .",0 140495,"worth telling",1 100941,"would require many sessions on the couch of Dr . Freud .",0 61608,", Everett remains a perfect Wildean actor , and a relaxed Firth displays impeccable comic skill .",1 223763,"I can easily imagine Benigni 's Pinocchio becoming a Christmas perennial .",1 48220,"a muddle",0 214607,"the film is just hectic and homiletic : two parts exhausting Men in Black mayhem to one part family values .",0 5258,"bounce off a quirky cast of characters",1 142248,", it 's John Turturro , who 's simply fab as a Spanish butler with a foot fetish .",1 198522,"family-friendly comedy",1 78996,"engaging and unpredictable character pieces",1 222805,"But the characters tend to be cliches whose lives are never fully explored .",0 162553,"is I was glad when it was over",0 219791,"with nothing but a Savage Garden music video on his resume , he has no clue about making a movie",0 138311,"trembling incoherence",0 175533,"this sad-sack waste of a movie",0 226274,"The film is explosive , but a few of those sticks are wet",0 225429,"Perhaps it 's cliche to call the film ` refreshing , ' but",1 124031,"is exactly how genteel and unsurprising the execution turns out to be",0 124733,"is too steeped in fairy tales and other childish things to appeal much to teenagers",0 153973,"are thinner than cardboard -- or even comic-book paper .",0 28088,"acted by the deeply appealing veteran Bouquet and the chilling but quite human Berling",1 197217,"do n't need to try very hard",0 187596,"Strident and inelegant",0 212223,"sometimes creepy intimacy",1 54157,"laugh-a-minute",1 181118,", well-made B movie",1 212565,"stifled by the very prevalence of the fast-forward technology that he so stringently takes to task",0 203771,"it 's just tediously bad , something to be fully forgotten",0 76816,"cliché-riddled genre",0 231851,"hurry up and get to its subjects ' deaths just so the documentary will be over",0 78362,"do n't really care for the candidate",0 93526,"still-raw emotions",1 124554,"is so warm and fuzzy",1 60483,"would be forgettable if it were n't such a clever adaptation of the bard 's tragic play",1 115040,"as the film has some of the best special effects ever",1 28722,"and novelist Byatt",0 158410,"evasive",0 49854,"brings an absolutely riveting conviction to her role",1 132851,"solid emotional impact",1 88973,"of the better video-game-based flicks ,",1 46213,"More romantic",1 86562,"make it a great movie",1 137341,"to a man whose achievements -- and complexities -- reached far beyond the end zone",1 165412,"made a decent children 's movie -- if only Benigni had n't insisted on casting himself in the title role",0 207141,"none of the crackle of '' Fatal Attraction '' ,",0 235317,"remarkable skill",1 218498,"very sluggish",0 158758,"fails to lend the characters ' individual stories enough dramatic resonance to make us care about them",0 50956,"does n't disappoint",1 206393,"more if it had just gone that one step further .",1 77954,"delivers on that promise",1 196494,"crush each other under cars , throw each other out windows , electrocute and dismember their victims in full consciousness .",0 233369,"less-than-thrilling",0 67902,"Not only does Spider-Man deliver , but I suspect it might deliver again and again .",1 17066,"redneck",0 177695,"was vile enough . Do we really need the Tiger Beat version ?",0 211403,"she is merely a charmless witch .",0 111467,"a 65th class reunion mixer",0 170073,"restrained to be a freak show , too mercenary and obvious to be cerebral , too dull and pretentious to be engaging",0 96039,"the lines work",1 179483,"'s Pauly Shore awful . Do n't say you were n't warned",0 155740,"by dumb action-movie standards",0 137599,"to focus on the humiliation of Martin as he defecates in bed",0 19721,"amaze them",1 26557,"Several degrees",1 221563,", the `` big twists '' are pretty easy to guess",0 85736,"lagging",0 29011,"appreciates intelligent , stylish moviemaking",1 97922,"to be ignored",0 47705,"Writer\/director Mark Romanek spotlights the underlying caste system in America . It 's a scathing portrayal .",1 201457,"humorous , all-too-human look",1 20685,"great meet-cute gimmick",1 142277,", it 's only a matter of time before he gets the upper hand in matters of the heart .",1 130451,"portrayed with almost supernatural powers",1 24715,"As a revenge thriller , the movie is serviceable , but it does n't really deliver the delicious guilty pleasure of the better film versions .",0 108354,"Peralta captures , in luminous interviews and amazingly evocative film from three decades ago , the essence of the Dogtown experience .",1 84916,"it 's just another sports drama\/character study . Yet this one makes up for in heart what it lacks in outright newness . Plus , like I already mentioned ... it 's Robert Duvall ! C'mon !",1 25257,"Even when foreign directors ... borrow stuff from Hollywood , they invariably shake up the formula and make it more interesting .",1 94247,"technical flaws",0 165206,"look forward to the Russos ' next offering",1 23158,"'s possible to make a narrative film about September 11th , though I 'm sure some will try",0 66710,"It excels because , unlike so many other Hollywood movies of its ilk , it offers hope .",1 193608,"as the shabby digital photography",0 181027,", the viewer is left puzzled by the mechanics of the delivery",0 198126,"even though I could not stand them .",0 185473,"Jia 's moody , bad-boy behavior which he portrays himself in a one-note performance",0 192396,"amusedly",1 174353,"the movie is such a blip on the year 's radar screen that it 's tempting just to go with it for the ride . But this time , the old MIB label stands for Milder Is n't Better .",0 14561,"Tok and O orchestrate a buoyant , darkly funny dance of death",1 149668,"The only thing scary about feardotcom is that the filmmakers and studio are brazen enough to attempt to pass this stinker off as a scary movie .",0 37537,"swallowing a Communion wafer without the wine",0 170466,"screams out ` amateur ' in almost every frame",0 119882,"feeling a little sticky and unsatisfied",0 189255,"Traffic",1 191236,"a romantic comedy that 's not the least bit romantic and only mildly funny",0 189431,"Wallace , who wrote Gibson 's Braveheart as well as the recent Pearl Harbor , has such an irrepressible passion for sappy situations and dialogue",0 5908,"derived from a lobotomy ,",0 23005,"'m not quite sure what the point is",0 222625,"Binoche makes it interesting trying to find out .",1 100793,"wondrous",1 235784,"sit back , relax and have a few",1 197213,"do n't manage an equally assured narrative coinage",0 47372,"This is wild surreal stuff , but",1 101729,"'s kind of insulting",0 50219,"closely matched the spirit of a man and his work",1 48002,"a fantastic movie",1 173212,"that suggests the overtime someone put in to come up with an irritatingly unimaginative retread concept",0 146202,"If the movie succeeds in instilling a wary sense of ` there but for the grace of God , ' it is far too self-conscious to draw you deeply into its world .",0 76206,"by splendid performances",1 40674,"A masterpiece four years",1 154866,"becalmed",1 60049,"were written by somebody else",0 132937,"something cool",1 200846,"have n't seen such self-amused trash since Freddy Got Fingered",0 15426,"clashes",0 232473,"is fun , and host to some truly excellent sequences .",1 69425,"The cast delivers without sham the raw-nerved story .",1 199015,"flails limply between bizarre comedy and pallid horror .",0 127026,"merely way-cool by a basic , credible compassion",1 180790,", lovely",1 160055,"gets too artsy in his American debut .",0 100846,"works because of the universal themes , earnest performances ... and excellent use of music by India 's popular Gulzar and Jagjit Singh",1 103965,"A venturesome , beautifully realized psychological mood piece",1 60722,"'ll stay with the stage versions , however , which bite cleaner , and deeper",0 192188,"all relationships are simultaneously broadly metaphorical , oddly abstract , and excruciatingly literal",0 30170,"cinema 's finest this year",1 152835,"acclaimed",1 43662,", neatly ,",1 75303,"be pleasant in spite of its predictability",1 216872,"to be drained of human emotion",0 146457,"It 's been 13 months and 295 preview screenings since I last walked out on a movie , but Resident Evil really earned my indignant , preemptive departure",0 77955,"delivers on the promise of excitement",1 71321,"a bracing truth that 's refreshing after the phoniness of female-bonding pictures like Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood",1 124870,"it 's so poorly made , on all levels , that it does n't even qualify as a spoof of such",0 82775,"impressively discreet filmmakers",1 23142,"'s no denying the physically spectacular qualities of the film ... or the emotional integrity of the performances .",1 218094,"und drung , but explains its characters ' decisions only unsatisfactorily .",0 56436,"really special walk",1 24767,"Auto Focus '' works as an unusual biopic and document of male swingers in the Playboy era",1 92903,"smirk",0 95977,"the kids will want to see over and over again",1 27999,"about Full Frontal",1 49158,"are homages to a classic low-budget film noir movie",1 133908,"tear-drenched",1 221220,", The Weight of Water comes off as a two-way time-switching myopic mystery that stalls in its lackluster gear of emotional blandness .",0 85945,"lethargic",0 96032,"the life of Wladyslaw Szpilman , who is not only a pianist , but a good human being",1 51590,"feels capable of charming the masses with star power , a pop-induced score and sentimental moments that have become a Spielberg trademark",1 2572,"the day when godard can no longer handle the rigors of filmmaking",0 19160,"One Hour Photo is an intriguing snapshot of one man and his delusions : it 's just too bad it does n't have more flashes of insight .",0 161019,"head-banging",0 15640,"enjoy a close look at people they do n't really want to know",1 104185,"Although bright , well-acted and thought-provoking",1 102191,"( the film ) works , due mostly to the tongue-in-cheek attitude of the screenplay",1 86416,"lunacy",0 201581,"if the movie itself does n't stand a ghost of a chance",0 214333,"the comic touch",1 141642,"'s tempting to jump ship in January to avoid ridiculous schlock like this shoddy suspense thriller",0 209343,"play like the worst kind of Hollywood heart-string plucking",0 166680,"never knows when to let a gag die",0 150741,"We hate ( Madonna ) within the film 's first five minutes , and",0 24404,"A pleasant enough comedy that should have found a summer",1 213805,"that powerhouse",1 158511,"every drop of one 's patience to get to the good stuff",0 39881,"way to lay bare the tragedies of its setting with a good deal of warmth and humor",1 234631,"offers flickering reminders of the ties that bind us .",1 156362,"cliche-riddled but self-serious spy thriller",0 82855,"in a laugh-out-loud way",1 138549,"unbearably beautiful",1 102716,", may not touch the planet 's skin , but understands the workings of its spirit .",1 233572,"love the opening scenes of a wintry New York City in 1899 .",1 225176,"Nonsensical , dull `` cyber-horror '' flick is a grim , hollow exercise in flat scares and bad acting .",0 99484,"vivid , thoughtful , unapologetically raw",1 160843,"have changed 20th-Century history",1 63596,"A worthwhile documentary ,",1 20636,"gentle and occasionally cloying",1 211623,"simple title",1 180752,", it probably would look a lot like this alarming production , adapted from Anne Rice 's novel The Vampire Chronicles .",0 167954,"offers little beyond the momentary joys of pretty and weightless intellectual entertainment",0 201107,"hijacks the heat of revolution and turns it into a sales tool",0 204537,"keeps things interesting ,",1 87520,"move beyond the crime-land action genre",1 166837,"no mistaking the fact that this hybrid misses the impact of the Disney classic , and even that of the excellent 1934 MGM version",0 158009,"dud",0 45594,"I thought the relationships were wonderful , the comedy was funny , and the love ` real ' .",1 115497,"be even more indistinct than it is were it not for the striking , quietly vulnerable personality of Ms . Ambrose",1 141557,"'s really yet another anemic and formulaic Lethal Weapon-derived buddy-cop movie , trying to pass off its lack of imagination as hip knowingness .",0 172261,"sucks the humanity from the film",0 139528,"what 's nice is that there 's a casual intelligence that permeates the script",1 219626,"wit and humor",1 118473,"do well to cram earplugs in their ears",0 185383,"Its audacious ambitions sabotaged by pomposity , Steven Soderbergh 's space opera emerges as a numbingly dull experience .",0 68082,"Paid in Full has clever ways of capturing inner-city life during the Reagan years .",1 215888,"the wheezing terrorist subplot",0 227645,"`` White Oleander , '' the movie , is akin to a Reader 's Digest condensed version of the source material .",0 116268,"brutally labored and unfunny",0 215780,"the title , many can aspire but none can equal",0 140894,"& - white freeze frames reminiscent of a pseudo-hip luxury car commercial ,",0 84131,"is definitely its screenplay , both for the rhapsodic dialogue that jumps off the page , and for the memorable character creations",1 15262,"bigger-than-life",1 99737,"we only know as an evil , monstrous lunatic",0 170024,"requires a taste for Swamp Thing-type animation , doubled with a deafening score",0 210622,"romantic comedy with a fresh point of view just does n't figure in the present Hollywood program .",1 87077,"mettle",1 210080,"rarely seem sure of where it should go",0 57829,"that lends the setting the ethereal beauty of an Asian landscape painting",1 188130,"The film 's darker moments become smoothed over by an overwhelming need to tender inspirational tidings , especially in the last few cloying moments",0 118188,"dialogue and inventive moments",1 20872,"impresses",1 2187,"sad to say -- it accurately reflects the rage and alienation that fuels the self-destructiveness of many young people",0 145631,"Goodfellas that serves as a muddled and offensive cautionary tale for Hispanic Americans",0 188271,"The high-concept scenario soon proves preposterous , the acting is robotically italicized , and truth-in-advertising hounds take note : There 's very little hustling on view .",0 44328,"A very funny romantic comedy",1 234550,"of the most beautiful , evocative works I 've seen",1 79283,"even witty",1 168885,"pinned to its huckster lapel",0 140983,"'ll enjoy it .",1 30645,"defined , that every other character seems overlooked",0 60740,"'re engulfed by it .",1 93070,"some cute moments , funny scenes , and hits the target audience ( young Bow Wow fans )",1 131594,"riveting power and sadness",1 141306,"'s enough here to make us look forward to the Russos ' next offering",1 73596,"amoral assassin",0 154626,"bastard child",0 68391,"Remove Spider-Man the movie from its red herring surroundings and",0 164358,"just utter ` uhhh , ' which is better than most of the writing in the movie",0 139229,"was Daniel Day-Lewis .",1 103748,"A must for fans of British cinema , if only because so many titans of the industry are along for the ride .",1 81312,"grace that still leaves shockwaves",1 152839,"accompanying sustenance",1 18186,"( Drumline ) is entertaining for what it does , and admirable for what it does n't do .",1 146230,"If you 're looking to rekindle the magic of the first film , you 'll need a stronger stomach than us .",0 67514,"Merchant Ivory productions",1 90678,"primary visual influence",1 15032,"and fun to see Goodall and her chimpanzees on the bigger-than-life screen",1 58449,"the little nuances",0 142764,"... Tara Reid plays a college journalist , but she looks like the six-time winner of the Miss Hawaiian Tropic Pageant , so I do n't know what she 's doing in here ...",0 189403,"Viewing this underdramatized but overstated film",0 221357,", he is always sympathetic .",1 26137,"My Lips is an original .",1 159441,"for laughs",1 62102,", multi-layered and profoundly humanist ( not to mention gently political ) meditation",1 196312,"could n't find stardom if MapQuest emailed him point-to-point driving directions .",0 62862,"A coming-of-age movie that Hollywood would n't have the guts to make .",1 63624,"About Schmidt is undoubtedly one of the finest films of the year . If you 're not deeply touched by this movie , check your pulse .",1 203870,"it did n't",0 150303,"This piece of Channel 5 grade trash is , quite frankly , an insult to the intelligence of the true genre enthusiast .",0 231430,"has created a masterful piece of artistry right here .",1 52263,"great summer fun to watch Arnold and his buddy Gerald bounce off a quirky cast of characters",1 96955,"the ups and downs of friendships",1 89601,"one of the best gay love stories",1 146308,"In the end , Ted Bundy 's only justification is the director 's common but unexplored fascination with the frustrated maniac",0 77633,"cultural identity",1 231631,"he is not more lucratively engaged in the shameless self-caricature of ` Analyze This ' ( 1999 ) and ` Analyze That , ' promised ( or threatened ) for later this year",0 110476,"This is a movie that refreshes the mind and spirit along with the body",1 47917,"a cruel but weirdly likable WASP matron",1 153612,"anemic and formulaic",0 73044,"absolutely , inescapably gorgeous , skyscraper-trapeze motion",1 64143,"At its worst",0 134805,"the actors ' perfect comic timing and",1 52430,"has stepped into the mainstream of filmmaking with an assurance worthy of international acclaim and with every cinematic tool well under his control -- driven by a natural sense for what works",1 108868,"Several uninteresting , unlikeable people do bad things to and with each other in '' Unfaithful . ''",0 211172,"seizing on George 's haplessness and Lucy 's personality tics",0 121977,"have nothing better to do with 94 minutes .",0 73154,"action-packed an experience",1 194930,"breaking codes",1 85726,"lacks in clarity",0 109531,"The acting in Pauline And Paulette is good all round , but what really sets the film apart is Debrauwer 's refusal to push the easy emotional buttons .",1 80947,"get more re-creations of all those famous moments",1 231604,"have to put up with 146 minutes of it",0 81451,"guilty-pleasure , daytime-drama sort",1 221255,", and enjoyable",1 210308,"regards Reign of Fire with awe . What a vast enterprise has been marshaled in the service of such a minute idea .",1 183364,"Despite Hoffman 's best efforts , Wilson remains a silent , lumpish cipher",0 2403,"steals so freely from other movies and",0 44876,"Challenging ,",1 228330,"acceptable , occasionally very enjoyable",1 140537,"would ever work in a McCulloch production again if they looked at how this movie turned out",0 39904,"weak or careless performance",0 190498,"a fairly impressive debut",1 62496,"-- sometimes tedious --",0 132032,"seems unsure of how to evoke any sort of naturalism on the set",0 45244,"Filled with honest performances and exceptional detail , Baran is a gentle film with dramatic punch , a haunting ode to humanity .",1 147904,"Once the audience figure out what 's being said , the filmmaker 's relative passivity will make it tough for them to really care .",0 96457,"the predictable parent vs .",0 152890,"action movie excess while remaining heartless",0 83931,"is a winner",1 69775,"The observations",1 39728,"us on an examination of young adult life in urban South Korea through the hearts and minds of the five principals",1 77246,"consistent with the messages espoused in the company 's previous video work",1 120232,"flavorful",1 180106,"( A ) stale retread of the '53 original",0 223616,"He does this so well you do n't have the slightest difficulty accepting him in the role .",1 214065,"the Olympus of the art world",1 182442,"An undistinguished attempt to make a classic theater piece cinematic .",0 103998,"A vivid , sometimes surreal , glimpse into the mysteries of human behavior .",1 174373,"the movie with a shred of plausibility , not an event that is believable , not a confrontation that is not staged ,",0 58402,"the hypocrisy of political correctness",0 15836,"from a master filmmaker",1 31649,"finds a way to lay bare the tragedies of its setting with a good deal of warmth and humor",1 225549,"Quaid is utterly fearless as the tortured husband living a painful lie ,",1 138957,"very ambitious project",1 116270,"bubbles with the excitement of the festival in Cannes",1 70841,"Whatever heartwarming scene the impressively discreet filmmakers may have expected to record with their mini DV , they show a remarkable ability to document both sides of this emotional car-wreck .",1 232381,"is also a troubling interpretation of Ecclesiastes",0 67412,"Many went to see the attraction for the sole reason that it was hot outside and there was air conditioning inside , and",0 2311,"sloppy",0 230122,"defeated the film ... It was the unfulfilling , incongruous , `` wait a second",0 210489,"responsible for one of the worst movies of one year",0 59580,"turns out to be another winning star vehicle",1 58260,"the enjoyable basic minimum .",1 225882,"Some of the characters die and others do n't , and the film pretends that those living have learned some sort of lesson , and",0 112761,"a spirited film",1 85496,"jolt you out of your seat a couple of times , give you a few laughs",1 190045,"` triumph '",1 82556,"humor and technological finish",1 224276,"It cuts to the core of what it actually means to face your fears , to be a girl in a world of boys , to be a boy truly in love with a girl , and to ride the big metaphorical wave that is life -- wherever it takes you .",1 91919,"saucy , full-bodied performance gives this aging series a much needed kick , making '' Die Another Day '' one of the most entertaining Bonds in years",1 42870,"the writings of Jean Genet and John Rechy , the films of Fassbinder , perhaps",1 63552,"A well-crafted film that is all the more remarkable because it achieves its emotional power and moments of revelation with restraint and a delicate ambiguity .",1 70112,"There are laughs aplenty , and",1 50639,"darker",0 47494,"Two hours fly by -- opera 's a pleasure when you do n't have to endure intermissions -- and even a novice to the form comes away exhilarated",1 8537,"lobotomy",0 120588,"formulaic , its plot and pacing typical Hollywood war-movie stuff , while the performances elicit more of a sense of deja vu than awe",0 215338,"the performances by Phifer and Black are ultimately winning .",1 82412,"honest observations",1 166574,"nausea",0 7182,"his persistently useless",0 53207,"intriguing , observant",1 203690,"is what comes from taking John Carpenter 's Ghosts of Mars and eliminating the beheadings . In other words , about as bad a film you 're likely to see all year",0 92205,"seen through the right eyes , with the right actors and with the kind of visual flair that shows what great cinema can really do",1 238129,"truest sense",1 25841,"Japan 's premier stylist of sex and blood",1 81687,"has created a predictably efficient piece of business notable largely for its overwhelming creepiness , for an eagerness to create images you wish you had n't seen , which , in this day and age , is of course the point",1 137953,"to the otherwise bleak tale",0 3881,"a hilarious",1 13194,"without ( de niro ) , city by the sea would slip under the waves . he drags it back , single-handed",0 138296,"treads predictably along familiar territory",0 13114,"with a bouncy score",1 184747,"I would go back and choose to skip it .",0 222057,"A meatier deeper beginning and\/or ending would have easily tipped this film into the `` A '' range , as is , it 's a very very strong `` B + . ''",1 154789,"be paying it a compliment",1 64967,"Death to Smoochy is often very funny , but what 's even more remarkable is the integrity of DeVito 's misanthropic vision .",1 119754,"fans of the show should not consider this a diss . Consider it ` perfection",1 93602,"strength and sense",1 179065,"you 're in trouble",0 80923,"genuinely bone-chilling tale",1 107910,"My Wife is an Actress has its moments in looking at the comic effects of jealousy .",1 67391,"Manages to be wholesome and subversive at the same time .",1 103599,"A frustrating ` tweener ' -- too slick",0 106089,"Gussied up with so many distracting special effects and visual party tricks that it 's not clear whether we 're supposed to shriek or",0 137406,"to be called any kind of masterpiece . It is , however , a completely honest , open-hearted",1 224157,"It 's an effort to watch this movie ,",0 44632,"Awesome creatures , breathtaking scenery ,",1 225279,"Often hilarious",1 223472,"Genuinely unnerving",0 125778,"last year 's Kubrick-meets-Spielberg exercise",1 190226,"a brilliant , honest performance by Nicholson",1 145161,"Even horror fans will most likely not find what they 're seeking with Trouble Every Day : the movie lacks both thrills and humor .",0 202832,"is confusing on one level or another , making Ararat far more demanding than it needs to be .",0 196438,"crime drama fare",1 84441,"is n't much about K-19",0 216812,"to a transparently hypocritical work that feels as though it 's trying to set the women 's liberation movement back 20 years",0 107183,"Jerry Bruckheimer 's putrid pond",0 94353,"tested by bad luck and their own immaturity",0 13927,"But watching Huppert , a great actress tearing into a landmark role , is riveting .",1 107079,"It winds up moving in many directions as it searches ( vainly , I think ) for something fresh to say .",0 54685,"may seem long at 110 minutes if you 're not a fan , because it includes segments of 12 songs at a reunion concert .",0 204659,"lacks it .",0 181540,"A bizarre piece of work , with premise and dialogue",1 48994,"an unconventional storyteller , capable of finding beauty in the most depressing places",1 157269,"demonstrates a great eye as a director",1 96839,"the tale unfolds like a lazy summer afternoon and concludes with the crisp clarity of a fall dawn",1 215601,"the sheer ugliness of everything else",0 35928,"paths worth following",1 69887,"The script by David Koepp is perfectly serviceable and because he gives the story some soul",1 34000,"lay bare the tragedies of its setting with a good deal of warmth and humor",1 42560,"rewarded by brutal , committed performances",1 188054,"The crassness of this reactionary thriller",0 218515,"video , and so devoid of artifice and purpose",0 137346,"to a problem Hollywood too long has ignored",1 233342,"leave a large dog alone",0 162577,"is a comedy that 's not very funny and an action movie that is not very thrilling ( and an uneasy alliance , at that )",0 25316,"Flavorful",1 63165,"A low-key labor of love that strikes a very resonant chord",1 45065,"Director Andrew Niccol ... demonstrates a wry understanding of the quirks of fame . His healthy sense of satire is light and fun ...",1 63201,"A movie that will wear you out and make you misty even when you do n't",1 40922,"Good movie . Good actress",1 96660,"the sensational true-crime hell-jaunt purists might like and more experimental in its storytelling ( though no less horrifying for it ) .",1 237987,"to the core of what it actually means to face your fears , to be a girl in a world of boys , to be a boy truly in love with a girl ,",1 66536,"It 's another retelling of Alexandre Dumas ' classic . Why ? Who knows",0 181777,"A little more intensity and a little less charm would have saved this film a world of hurt .",0 192271,"all-over-the-map movie would be a lot better if it pared down its plots and characters to a few rather than dozens ... or if it were subtler ... or if it had a sense of humor .",0 223862,"I thought was rather clever",1 56703,"satisfying than the teary-eyed original",1 19798,"and affecting",1 20825,"honesty and beauty",1 141728,"'ve been trying to forget",0 41866,"epic way ,",1 86666,"makes up for in heart .",1 183918,"Fessenden continues to do interesting work , and it would be nice to see what he could make with a decent budget . But",1 8687,"many a parent and their teen ( or preteen ) kid could bond while watching a walk to remember . so",1 218862,"watching Seinfeld ( who is also one of the film 's producers ) do everything he can to look like a good guy",1 37,"'s enough to make one pine for the day when godard can no longer handle the rigors of filmmaking",0 95192,"the best performance",1 190891,"a low-budget series",0 103129,". E aqueles que decidiram",1 182058,"A thriller without thrills and a mystery devoid",0 103488,"A colorful , joyous celebration of life : a tapestry woven of romance , dancing , singing , and unforgettable characters",1 195191,"by orchestrating a finale that is impenetrable and dull",0 203891,"it eventually works its way up to merely bad rather than painfully awful .",0 208281,"offensive and redundant",0 125373,"its story just is n't worth telling",0 190987,"a movie can be mindless without being the peak of all things insipid",0 33171,"intriguing look",1 84685,"is sympathetic without being gullible",1 161196,"himself a task he is not nearly up to",0 15887,"gleefully unconcerned with plausibility , yet just as determined to entertain you",1 238378,"walks with a slow , deliberate gait , chooses his words carefully and subdues his natural exuberance .",1 191429,"a suburban architect",1 41006,"It 's the cinematic equivalent of a good page-turner ,",1 2504,"that fuels the self-destructiveness of many young people",0 186171,"More trifle than triumph .",0 193208,"are tantamount to insulting the intelligence of anyone who has n't been living under a rock",0 65390,"Everett remains a perfect Wildean actor , and",1 100357,"wistful everyday ironies",1 234487,"of prechewed racial clichés that have already been through the corporate stand-up-comedy mill",0 224155,"It 's an ambitious film , and",1 40364,"worth the promise",1 56065,"pleases",1 210107,"rather unexceptional",0 111473,"a Copenhagen neighborhood coping with the befuddling complications life",1 173944,"the filmmaker would disagree",0 45459,"He allows his cast members to make creative contributions to the story and dialogue .",1 233747,"masterfully controlled",1 64180,"Audiences are advised to sit near the back and squint to avoid noticing some truly egregious lip-non-synching ,",0 221095,"( `` Safe Conduct '' ) is a long movie at 163 minutes but it fills the time with drama , romance , tragedy , bravery , political intrigue , partisans and sabotage .",1 132935,"something a little more special behind it :",1 132729,"so grainy and rough",0 221656,", to my great pleasure ,",1 223294,"Evokes the style and flash of the double-cross that made Mamet 's `` House of Games '' and last fall 's `` Heist '' so much fun",1 86809,"marks a return to form for director Peter Bogdanovich",1 6947,"hang his persistently useless movies",0 125621,"knew what the hell was coming next",0 124181,"is just garbage .",0 79071,"enough cool",1 9488,"one of the most ingenious and entertaining thrillers i",1 110843,"Upsetting and thought-provoking , the film has an odd purity that does n't bring you into the characters so much as it has you study them .",1 42861,"the sort of delicate , articulate character -",1 122097,"heartfelt and achingly real",1 2845,"this goofily endearing and well-lensed gorefest",1 203272,"is offensive , puerile and unimaginatively foul-mouthed",0 191377,"a squirm-inducing fish-out-of-water formula that goes nowhere and goes there very , very slowly",0 96221,"the movie had worked a little harder to conceal its contrivances",1 138436,"turns a blind eye",0 28840,"and the choking sense of hollow despair",0 191016,"a much shorter cut surely would have resulted in a smoother , more focused narrative without sacrificing any of the cultural intrigue",0 171356,"smoothes over hard truths",1 104250,"An almost unbearably morbid love story .",0 35088,"of Dreams",1 99788,"well executed .",1 30291,"comparable to the classic films of Jean Renoir",1 24288,"A captivating cross-cultural comedy of manners .",1 46424,"One of the most gloriously unsubtle and adrenalized extreme",1 59672,"unemployment",0 34454,"melodic",1 126078,"like a wet burlap sack of gloom",0 164458,"knockoff",0 131435,"respective charms",1 70843,"Whatever one makes of its political edge , this is beautiful filmmaking from one of French cinema 's master craftsmen .",1 12628,"ultimately succumbs to cliches and pat storytelling",0 125701,"lacking the slightest bit",0 197674,"easy , seductive",1 75464,"been filmed more irresistibly than in ` Baran",1 221116,") That sure is pathetic !",0 37153,"something far richer",1 67258,"Like all of Egoyan 's work , Ararat is fiercely intelligent and uncommonly ambitious .",1 222982,"Combines sharp comedy , old-fashioned monster movie atmospherics , and genuine heart to create a film that 's not merely about kicking undead \*\*\* , but also about dealing with regret and , ultimately , finding redemption",1 141661,"'s the star power of the cast or the redundant messages",0 201836,"in breaking codes and making movies .",1 222053,"A meatier deeper beginning",1 158160,"elevates itself from being yet",1 138829,"uproarious humor with an underlying seriousness that sneaks up on the viewer , providing an experience that is richer than anticipated",1 186561,"One of the most plain , unimaginative romantic comedies I",0 140482,"worst kind",0 23481,", but Sweet Home Alabama hits the mark with critics who escaped from a small town life .",1 190772,"a huge disappointment coming , as it does ,",0 171481,"so skeeved out that they 'd need a shower",1 194492,"being the dreary mid-section of the film",0 210428,"repetitively stretched out to feature length , awash in self-consciously flashy camera effects , droning house music and flat , flat dialogue",0 199652,"from which no interesting concept can escape",0 94328,"terrific as Rachel",1 62300,", the movie is hindered by a central plot that 's peppered with false starts and populated by characters who are nearly impossible to care about .",0 136488,"the unhurried , low-key style",1 75168,"barely makes it any less entertaining",1 153608,"and withholds delivery",0 186081,"Memorable for a peculiar malaise that renders its tension",1 141530,"'s own sadistic tendencies toward his audience",0 155382,"bored to care",0 155315,"blowing just about everything",0 81318,"gracious , eloquent film",1 61130,"'s much , much better",1 11274,"the cumulative effect of the relentless horror on parade numbs the movie 's power as a work of drama .",0 129104,"of the qualities that made the first film so special",1 207122,"no-surprise",0 3594,"a bloated",0 210775,"sappy dialogue",0 95655,"the film is every bit as fascinating as it is flawed .",1 223437,"From the opening strains of the Average White Band 's `` Pick up the Pieces '' , you can feel the love .",1 214348,"the condition of art",1 27566,"a great humanitarian",1 107177,"Jeffs has created a breathtakingly assured and stylish work of spare dialogue and acute expressiveness .",1 90311,"pissed off",0 43970,"A beguiling , slow-moving parable about the collision of past and present on a remote seacoast in Iran",1 177060,"ultimately pulled under by the pacing and lack of creativity within .",0 197218,"do n't quite fit together",0 74405,"are simply intoxicating",1 178341,"will anyone really care",0 106961,"It 's sweet , funny , charming , and completely delightful .",1 38024,"the best family film",1 104454,"Arliss Howard 's ambitious , moving , and adventurous directorial debut , Big Bad Love , meets so many of the challenges it poses for itself that one can forgive the film its flaws .",1 115041,"as the filmmakers look down on their working-class subjects from their lofty perch , that finally makes Sex With Strangers , which opens today in the New York metropolitan area , so distasteful",0 116509,"ca n't remember the last time I saw worse stunt editing or cheaper action movie production values than in Extreme Ops .",0 87338,"more than another '' Best Man '' clone by weaving a theme throughout this funny film",1 22620,"ultimately stands forth as an important chronicle of the abuses of one of Latin America 's most oppressive regimes .",1 65343,"Especially give credit to Affleck",1 45128,"Efficient , suitably anonymous chiller",1 117905,"dead-on in Election",1 201055,"here is unusually tame",0 183399,"Deuces Wild is an encyclopedia of cliches that shoplifts shamelessly from farewell-to-innocence movies like The Wanderers and A Bronx Tale without cribbing any of their intelligence .",0 28578,"and disgusted with this material",0 122352,"his latest feature , R Xmas , marks a modest if encouraging return to form",1 108761,"Satisfyingly scarifying ,",1 191412,"a strong-minded viewpoint , or a sense of humor",1 185385,"Its impressive images of crematorium chimney fires and stacks of dead bodies",1 154166,"as fun ( and scary )",1 42005,"giving a big middle-fingered '' shut up '' to those who talk up what is nothing more than two guys beating the hell outta",0 185546,"Just dreadful . I do n't blame Eddie Murphy but should n't",0 29190,"as funny , if not more so ,",1 30239,"coldly self-interested",0 64991,"Delivers more than its fair share of saucy hilarity .",1 4189,"a taste of tangy new humor",1 64492,"Brings to a spectacular completion one",1 208618,"one of the greatest plays of the last 100 years",1 188447,"The movie is the equivalent of French hip-hop , which also seems to play on a 10-year delay .",0 124759,"is visually smart ,",1 20757,"have to watch them because you ca n't wait to see what they do next .",1 74154,"any flaws that come later",0 129292,"offers large rewards",1 93047,"solid cast",1 85706,"knows how to tell us about people",1 205149,"limp Eddie Murphy",0 33707,"it so lovingly",1 231027,"from its ripe recipe , inspiring ingredients , certified",1 220881,"'s mired in a shabby script that piles layer upon layer of Action Man cliché atop wooden dialogue and a shifting tone that falls far short of the peculiarly moral amorality of ( Woo 's ) best work .",0 156491,"collections of quirky traits lifted from a screenwriter 's outline and thrown at actors charged with the impossible task of making them jell",0 216912,"to blast even the smallest sensitivities from the romance with his clamorous approach",0 30153,"chilling",1 132737,"so hideously and clumsily",0 142840,"100 %",1 190799,"a lackluster script and substandard performances",0 122501,"hoping that the audience will not notice the glaring triteness of the plot device",0 83071,"in the annals of cinema",1 197096,"dismember",0 189847,"Would 've been nice if the screenwriters had trusted audiences to understand a complex story , and left off the film 's predictable denouement . Then Nadia 's birthday might not have been such a bad day after all",0 17928,"unforgettable",1 73947,"an undercurrent of loneliness and isolation",0 111810,"a distinct rarity , and an event",1 201759,"in Trapped",0 143375,"A strong first quarter",1 178700,"with your green plastic army men were more exciting",0 15424,"clarify , and comfort",1 121342,"gorgeous animation and",1 26003,"Look , this is a terrific flick replete with dazzling camera-work , dancing and music .",1 102471,", dancing , singing , and unforgettable characters",1 203285,"is one dumb movie",0 21968,"simply a triumph of the indomitable human will to rebel , connect and create",1 3470,"... a hollow joke",0 229197,"be intolerable company",0 239184,"you second-guess your affection for the original",0 237567,"this opera is n't a favorite , so it 's a long time before the fat lady sings .",0 141227,"'s an earnest debut full of heartfelt performances , but is ultimately let down by a story that is all too predictable .",0 91006,"quietly moving moments and an intelligent subtlety",1 218786,"was right to cut",1 159169,"finest chef",1 182327,"Amid the shock and curiosity factors , the film is just a corny examination of a young actress trying to find her way .",0 16451,"likable",1 56318,"put off by the film 's austerity",0 219753,"with his talent",1 104117,"Alfred Hitchcock 's thrillers ,",0 151743,"a florid , overplotted , Anne Rice rock 'n' roll vampire novel",0 107137,"Jacobi , the most fluent of actors ,",1 16087,"if overly talky",0 47540,"Visually imaginative ,",1 216414,"this is the kind of production that would have been funnier if the director had released the outtakes theatrically and used the film as a bonus feature on the DVD",0 17522,"the dramatic gut-wrenching impact of other Holocaust films",1 75622,"better video-game-based flicks ,",0 109023,"So fiendishly cunning that even the most jaded cinema audiences will leave the auditorium feeling dizzy , confused , and totally disorientated . Not to mention absolutely refreshed .",1 36044,"plentiful",1 227284,"You can taste it , but there 's no fizz .",0 163750,"it could be a lot better if it were , well , more adventurous .",0 70355,"Though intrepid in exploring an attraction that crosses sexual identity",1 49543,"be sorry",0 107391,"Lathan and Diggs carry the film with their charisma , and both exhibit sharp comic timing that makes the more hackneyed elements of the film easier to digest .",1 122,"a brilliant , absurd collection",1 99006,"unexpected comedy",1 113890,"an actual Vietnam War combat movie",1 85701,"knowledge , education , and",1 196336,"could very well clinch him this year 's Razzie",0 155572,"bumping his head on the way out of the closet",0 162715,"is all the more annoying",0 180567,", but its not very informative about its titular character and no more challenging than your average television biopic",0 237108,"the numerous scenes of gory mayhem are worth the price of admission ... if `` gory mayhem '' is your idea of a good time",1 122613,"humanity 's greatest shame",0 151525,"a commodified , sold-out concept on the American filmmaking scene",0 218382,"utter tripe",0 219576,"will undoubtedly enjoy it",1 233998,"much funnier than anything",1 19834,"and good-natured spunk",1 39791,"viewers to question their deepest notions of moral right and wrong",1 66116,"I 'm sure mainstream audiences will be baffled ,",0 104747,"Bill Morrison 's Decasia is uncompromising , difficult and unbearably beautiful .",1 189760,"Windtalkers seems to have ransacked every old World War II movie for overly familiar material .",0 132608,"slightly flawed ( and fairly unbelievable ) finale",0 23637,", funny , highly enjoyable",1 52214,"goodies",1 93882,"superbly acted offbeat thriller",1 192776,"and sometimes dry",0 86271,"look easy",1 83256,"inconsistencies is part of the fun . But the talented cast alone will keep you watching",1 5596,"cliches and pat",0 221827,"... pitiful , slapdash disaster .",0 6208,"engrossing",1 108866,"Several uninteresting , unlikeable people do bad things to and with each other in '' Unfaithful",0 144017,"Bad Things",0 171746,"sounds like horrible poetry",0 175235,"they do n't fit well together",0 51474,"failure",0 208508,"on the monster 's path of destruction",0 134632,"that will upset or frighten young viewers",0 76367,"can see the forest for the trees",1 211493,"should dispense the same advice to film directors .",0 150525,"Try this obscenely bad dark comedy , so crass that it makes Edward Burns ' Sidewalks of New York look like Oscar Wilde .",0 14019,"Everytime you think Undercover Brother has run out of steam , it finds a new way to surprise and amuse .",1 141085,"'s Young Guns meets Goodfellas in this easily skippable hayseeds-vs",0 139126,"wait to see this terrific film with your kids -- if you do n't have kids borrow some",1 210629,"romp masquerading as a thriller about the ruthless social order that governs college cliques",0 170160,"robbed of the element of surprise",0 27600,"a joke at once flaky and resonant , lightweight and bizarrely original .",1 29244,"as well as the integrity of the filmmakers",1 57282,"sporting a breezy spontaneity and",1 175839,"to a boatload of screenwriting cliches that sink it faster than a leaky freighter",0 63527,"A tremendous piece of work",1 100508,"with great sympathy and intelligence",1 161113,"her movie is really bad .",0 66294,"If you ever wanted to be an astronaut , this is the ultimate movie experience -",1 80269,"for finding meaning in relationships or work",1 39273,"to say so",1 88289,"of Wladyslaw Szpilman , who is not only a pianist , but a good human being",1 133424,"strong arguments regarding the social status of America 's indigenous people",1 132164,"set in the world of lingerie models and bar dancers in the Midwest that held my interest precisely because it did n't try to",1 198434,"fad",0 27819,"a simple and heart-warming story",1 201401,"how it washed out despite all of that",0 179273,"' and ` realistic '",1 49209,"are well-honed .",1 165312,"loud and thoroughly",1 64599,"Call this The Full Monty on ice ,",1 219882,"without bestowing the subject with the intelligence or sincerity it unequivocally deserves",0 88436,"of authentically impulsive humor",1 190974,"a more credible script , though",1 55755,"on the delicious pulpiness of its lurid fiction",1 35682,"one helluva time at the movies",1 81804,"has the usual impossible stunts",1 67957,"Offers an interesting look at the rapidly changing face of Beijing .",1 116588,"can fire a torpedo through some of Clancy 's holes",0 610,"bland but",0 25561,"Hoffman brings to his characters , as if he has been giving them private lessons",1 55784,"one of the rare directors who feels acting is the heart and soul of cinema . He allows his cast members to make creative contributions to the story and dialogue . This method almost never fails him , and it works superbly here",1 6553,"fondness for fancy split-screen , stuttering editing and pompous references to wittgenstein and kirkegaard",0 26612,"Some movies are like a tasty hors-d'oeuvre",1 104037,"A-list Brit actors",1 36741,"see again",1 63464,"A surprisingly charming and even witty match for the best of Hollywood 's comic-book adaptations .",1 124547,"is so poorly paced you could fit all of Pootie Tang in between its punchlines",0 171150,"sink this low . Fortunately for all involved",0 63274,"A powerful and telling story",1 190777,"a humorous , all-too-human look at how hope can breed a certain kind of madness -- and strength",1 103722,"A mostly believable , refreshingly low-key and quietly inspirational little sports drama .",1 80297,"for its success on a patient viewer",1 74280,"are a little too big for her mouth",0 191213,"a retread story , bad writing",0 136194,"the same tired old gags , modernized for the extreme sports generation . There 's already been too many of these films",0 25068,"Dark , resonant ,",0 221995,"A fast paced and suspenseful Argentinian thriller about the shadow side",1 236086,"struggling to put my finger on that elusive `` missing thing",0 132422,"shows off a lot of stamina and vitality ,",1 197255,"dodge",1 94143,"takes a walking-dead , cop-flick subgenre and beats new life into it",1 175591,"thorn and vinegar",0 41050,"Jason X has cheesy effects and a hoary plot , but its macabre , self-deprecating sense of humor makes up for a lot",1 211605,"silly and unintentionally",0 191104,"a plot twist instead of trusting the material",0 83134,"in the process created a masterful work of art of their own",1 45052,"Despite its shortcomings , Girls Ca n't Swim represents an engaging and intimate first feature by a talented director to watch , and it 's a worthy entry in the French coming-of-age genre .",1 103571,"A film neither bitter nor sweet",0 190270,"a cesspool",0 25748,"It 's fascinating to see how Bettany and McDowell play off each other .",1 36538,"restraint as well as warmth",1 79758,"feel pissed off",0 123887,"is also as unoriginal",0 52568,"her pure fantasy character",1 238686,"who approaches his difficult , endless work with remarkable serenity and discipline .",1 34691,"movie it is",1 113284,"achieves its best",1 80862,"garbage",0 113072,"a young boy",1 49595,"becomes about seduction , where backstabbing and betrayals are celebrated",0 155330,"blurs the line between black comedy and black hole .",0 36917,"should at least invade an abundance of mindsets",1 18205,"Its mysteries are transparently obvious , and it 's too slowly paced to be a thriller . ( But it 's ) worth recommending because of two marvelous performances by Michael Caine and Brendan Fraser .",1 192580,"an incongruous summer playoff",0 115790,"begins as a conventional thriller evolves into a gorgeously atmospheric meditation on life-changing chance encounters",1 195905,"come away thinking not only that Kate is n't very bright , but that she has n't been worth caring about and that maybe she , Janine and Molly -- an all-woman dysfunctional family -- deserve one another",0 1864,"nothing denis has made before , like beau travil and nenette et boni , could prepare us for this gory , perverted , sex-soaked riff on the cannibal genre",0 20827,"horrifically",0 163168,"is not sufficiently developed to support a film constructed around him",0 26838,"The inherent strength of the material as well as the integrity of the filmmakers",1 215908,"the words '' radical",0 145416,"For all its highfalutin title and corkscrew narrative , the movie turns out to be not much more than a shaggy human tale .",0 135585,"the intimate , unguarded moments of folks who live in unusual homes --",0 172421,"sweet sentimentality",1 153952,"are sunk by the film 's primitive approach to the mechanics of comedy .",0 80078,"flat-out amusing , sometimes endearing and often fabulous , with a solid cast , noteworthy characters , delicious dialogue and a wide supply of effective sight gags .",1 122310,"his film overwhelmed",1 212120,"some kid who ca n't act , only",0 107078,"It will guarantee to have you leaving the theater with a smile on your face .",1 116812,"certainly wo n't win any awards in the plot department",0 231611,"having an old friend",1 69371,"The Way Home",1 36400,"recognize even without the Elizabethan prose , the play behind the thing",1 31221,"ethics",1 66794,"It would take a complete moron to foul up a screen adaptation of Oscar Wilde 's classic satire .",0 163432,"is that knot from dramatic tension or a symptom of artistic malnutrition ?",0 143136,"A great idea becomes a not-great movie .",0 172227,"succeeds in instilling a wary sense of ` there but for the grace of God",1 48921,"an enjoyable 100 minutes in a movie theater",1 202492,"is ) a fascinating character , and deserves a better vehicle than this facetious smirk of a movie",0 21755,"praise",1 231355,"half-assed",0 101699,"'s hard to resist",1 73575,"ambiguous enough to be engaging",1 218154,"undistinguished attempt to make a classic theater piece",0 137707,"to lift the spirits of the whole family",1 86840,"marvelous film",1 134809,"the actors must struggle with the fact that they 're playing characters who sometimes feel more like literary conceits than flesh-and-blood humans",0 148844,"Starts as an intense political and psychological thriller but is sabotaged by ticking time bombs and other Hollywood-action cliches .",0 181284,"... Liotta is put in an impossible spot because his character 's deceptions ultimately undo him and the believability of the entire scenario . Too bad .",0 12870,"watched nothing but a pale imitation of the real deal",0 13304,"writhing under dialogue like ` you 're from two different worlds ' and ` tonight the maid is a lie and this , this is who you are , ' this schlock-filled fairy tale hits new depths of unoriginality and predictability .",0 32269,"has a lot of fun with the material .",1 60923,"'s also a -- dare I say it twice -- delightfully charming -- and totally American , I might add -- slice of comedic bliss .",1 192083,"ai n't a lot more painful than an unfunny movie that thinks it 's hilarious .",0 90814,"provides an accessible introduction as well as some intelligent observations on the success of Bollywood",1 228882,"artifact , capturing a brief era of insanity in the sports arena that surely can not last .",1 136374,"the surprise ending",1 212362,"spits out Denzel Washington 's fine performance in the title role",1 80465,"form at once visceral and spiritual , wonderfully vulgar and sublimely lofty -- and as emotionally grand",1 161027,"heard that the fans of the first Men in Black have come away hating the second one .",0 155385,"boring , and",0 81905,"have one saving grace .",1 33709,"it so lovingly and films it so beautifully that I could n't help being captivated by it",1 154394,"at rehashing what was basically a one-joke picture",0 17222,"slight but a pleasure",1 65743,"Gently humorous and touching .",1 59149,"to Martin Scorsese",1 71136,"You do n't need to be a hip-hop fan to appreciate Scratch ,",1 121155,"give us real situations and characters",1 192817,"annoying , heavy-handed",0 3037,"very jaundiced few",0 149472,"The ill-conceived modern-day ending falls flat where it should deliver a moral punch .",0 64795,"Confounding",0 187968,"The band performances featured in Drumline are red hot",1 32238,"half-wit remake",0 200079,"going to jell",1 66180,"I like that Smith , he 's not making fun of these people , he 's not laughing at them .",1 13352,"you can take the grandkids or the grandparents and never worry about anyone being bored",1 51279,"enthralling drama",1 64150,"At just over an hour , Home Movie will leave you wanting more , not to mention leaving you with some laughs and a smile on your face .",1 27860,"a story powerful enough to leave the screen sizzling with intrigue",1 166270,"more than jerking the audience 's chain",0 220965,"'s slow -- very , very slow .",0 37548,"sweet and wickedly satisfying at the same time",1 231275,"good cinematography",1 235066,"probably also think that sequels can never capture the magic of the original .",1 181449,"80 minutes of these shenanigans exhausting",0 215605,"the show 's concept",1 47068,"The film is beautifully mounted , but , more to the point , the issues are subtly presented",1 156083,"casting for the role",1 155085,"being wasted by a script that takes few chances and manages to insult the intelligence of everyone in the audience",0 198157,"every articulate player",1 120418,"for genre fans",1 184189,"Goldbacher draws on an elegant visual sense and a talent for easy , seductive pacing",1 9921,"put to sleep or bewildered by the artsy and often pointless visuals",0 35365,"of playfulness and excitement",1 95828,"the good-time shenanigans in welcome perspective",1 163525,"is too obvious or simplistic for this movie",0 133830,"take what was otherwise a fascinating , riveting story and send it down the path of the mundane",0 22108,"supportive but unsentimental look",1 8534,"living far too much in its own head",0 41452,"a lively script ,",1 221959,"A collage of clichés and a dim",0 163187,"is numbingly predictable",0 219832,"with the intelligence or sincerity it unequivocally deserves",1 187286,"Showtime is n't particularly assaultive , but it can still make you feel that you never want to see another car chase , explosion or gunfight again .",0 36256,"qualify as art",1 156795,"contriving",0 8819,"miss its messages",0 236050,"still does n't quite know how to fill a frame .",0 187121,"Saving Private Ryan . He may have meant the Internet short Saving Ryan 's Privates",0 184101,"Gaping plot holes sink this ` sub ' - standard thriller and drag audience enthusiasm to crush depth",0 227359,"` Barbershop ' shows he 's on his way",1 219436,"why bother with a contemptible imitator starring a '' SNL '' has-been acting like an 8-year-old channeling Roberto Benigni ?",0 33807,"its noticeable lack",0 194211,"be themselves",0 19958,"are rewarded by brutal , committed performances from Huppert and Magimel",1 97353,"this ` Blood ' seems as tired as its protagonist",0 69480,"The emotion is impressively true for being so hot-blooded ,",1 20100,"becoming a postmodern joke",0 218630,"walked out muttering words like '' horrible '' and",0 170665,"seen this movie",0 858,"dumb",0 198390,"express warmth",1 205234,"little objectivity",0 130775,"psychedelic devices , special effects and backgrounds ,",1 210653,"routine is offensive , puerile and unimaginatively foul-mouthed if it was at least funny",0 109456,"The Pianist lacks the quick emotional connections of Steven Spielberg 's Schindler 's List . But Mr . Polanski creates images even more haunting than those in Mr . Spielberg 's 1993 classic",1 13252,"worth your time",1 89009,"of the finest films of the year",1 126089,"like an old Warner Bros . costumer jived with sex",1 14743,"a great glimpse",1 110604,"Though overall an overwhelmingly positive portrayal",1 78055,"despite all the backstage drama , this is a movie that tells stories that work -- is charming , is moving",1 143080,"A dumb movie",0 193708,"at , but its not very informative about its titular character and no more challenging than your average television biopic",0 212108,"some futile concoction",0 202622,"is a no-surprise series of explosions and violence while Banderas looks like he 's not trying to laugh at how bad",0 54037,"junkie",0 16395,"its ragged , cheap and unassuming way",0 188423,"The movie is a little tired : maybe the original inspiration has run its course",0 200395,"hands out awards -- with phony humility barely camouflaging grotesque narcissism",0 194185,"be probing why a guy with his talent ended up in a movie this bad",0 218390,"utterly pointless",0 80150,"flow through the Hollywood pipeline without a hitch",1 149471,"The ill-conceived modern-day ending",0 190734,"a heart , mind or humor",1 170404,"saying too many clever things and getting into too many pointless situations",0 37829,"that is miraculously able to entertain anyway",1 117346,"complain that ` they do n't make movies like they used to anymore",0 125089,"it risks monotony .",0 138557,"unbridled delight",1 17235,"so clever you want to hate it",1 149597,"The movie is a lumbering load of hokum but",0 54570,"makes the viewer feel like the movie 's various victimized audience members after a while , but it also happens to be the movie 's most admirable quality",1 102662,", it just seems like it does . My only wish is that Celebi could take me back to a time before I saw this movie and I could just skip it .",0 198908,"find it uninteresting",0 114481,"appalling , shamelessly manipulative and contrived , and",0 66075,"Hughes comedy",1 57150,"solid piece",1 82192,"hilariously wicked black comedy",1 145902,"Howard demonstrates a great eye as a director",1 148831,"Star Trek : Nemesis meekly goes where nearly every Star Trek movie has gone before . Wince-inducing dialogue , thrift-shop costumes , prosthetic makeup by Silly Putty and Kmart blue-light-special effects all",0 59379,"to the courage of New York 's finest and a nicely understated expression of the grief",1 4810,"are worthwhile",1 102221,", Barbershop gets its greatest play from the timeless spectacle of people really talking to each other .",1 111328,"You 've already seen City by the Sea under a variety of titles",0 201393,"how far Herzog has fallen",0 55233,"of Neil Burger 's impressive fake documentary",1 213922,"that underlies the best of comedies",1 7383,"implausible platonic",0 219310,"whiny and defensive",0 186513,"Often likable , but just as often it 's meandering , low on energy , and too eager to be quirky at moments when a little old-fashioned storytelling would come in handy .",1 20445,"emotionally cheated by the film 's tart , sugar-free wit",0 230528,"engaging on an emotional level , funnier , and on the whole less",1 30298,"compelling plot",1 112130,"a hint of joy ,",1 62592,"... its three-hour running time plays closer to two .",0 233832,"mentally `` superior '' friends",1 212909,"suits the script",1 108828,"Seagal ran out of movies years ago",0 21377,"my adoration",1 10278,"scam",0 18279,"'s almost impossible not to be moved by the movie 's depiction of sacrifice and its stirring epilogue in post-Soviet Russia .",1 36329,"rapturous",0 220612,"'m sure the filmmaker would disagree , but , honestly , I do n't see the point",0 158775,"fairly terrible movie",0 61523,"( but ) there is n't much about K-19",0 25382,"Funny and , at times , poignant , the film",1 53370,"is almost completely deadpan",0 222173,"Absurdities",0 204220,"its lack of purpose",0 78722,"earthy",1 172924,"that all you can do is shake your head in disbelief -- and worry about what classic Oliver Parker intends to mangle next time",0 24587,"Although very much like the first movie based on J . K . Rowling 's phenomenal fantasy best sellers , this second go-round possesses a quite pleasing , headlong thrust and a likably delinquent attitude .",1 198768,"female population",0 43782,", violent and a bit exploitative but also nicely done , morally alert and street-smart",1 224232,"It 's plotless , shapeless -- and yet , it must be admitted , not entirely humorless .",0 184282,"Handsome and sincere but slightly awkward",1 101001,"wrong things",0 37305,"stays afloat",1 202034,"in the pile of useless actioners",0 46205,"Moonlight Mile gives itself the freedom to feel contradictory things . It is sentimental but feels free to offend , is analytical and then surrenders to the illogic of its characters , is about grief and yet permits laughter .",1 130590,"pretention",0 146498,"It 's hard to like a film about a guy who is utterly unlikeable",0 3896,"a juicy",1 114237,"and engaging film",1 91630,"revenge , and romance",1 129018,"of the expressive power of the camera",1 224815,"Moot point .",0 46387,"Old people will love this movie , and I mean that in the nicest possible way : Last Orders will touch the heart of anyone old enough to have earned a 50-year friendship",1 41489,"a winsome cast and",1 78046,"desperately needed",0 172359,"surprising less moldy and trite than the last two",0 76251,"ca n't help but get caught up in the thrill of the company 's astonishing growth",1 156682,"condescending and",0 103045,", you 'll see Del Toro has brought unexpected gravity to Blade II .",1 1589,"less manic",1 38779,"the wide-ranging effects",1 120034,"filling the screen with this tortured , dull artist and monster-in-the",0 141512,"'s often overwritten ,",0 84801,"is unusual , food-for-thought cinema that 's as entertaining as it is instructive .",1 125627,"knock yourself out and enjoy the big screen postcard that is a self-glorified Martin Lawrence lovefest . If you are willing to do this , then you so crazy !",0 115522,"be interested in knowing any of them personally",1 61100,"'s its first sign of trouble",0 236599,"that you get when sitting around a campfire around midnight , telling creepy stories to give each other the willies",1 164691,"leaves a hole in the center of The Salton Sea",0 22956,"'' His Best Friend Remembers ''",1 79638,"famous moments",1 237343,"the world 's best actors ,",1 27583,"a heart-wrenching showcase",1 210902,"sci-fi drama that takes itself all too seriously .",0 49326,"as the credits roll is your stomach grumbling for some tasty grub",1 100833,"working to develop her own film language with conspicuous success",1 219379,"who take as many drugs as the film 's characters",0 2744,"the story and the more contemporary , naturalistic tone",1 131565,"rigor",0 96610,"the routine day to day",1 78972,"energetic , violent movie",1 201591,"if this sappy script was the best the contest received , those rejected must have been astronomically bad .",0 158921,"feel uneasy , even queasy ,",0 191926,"action-oriented World War",1 36582,"right over everyone 's head",0 203641,"is unconvincing",0 113036,"a wonderfully warm human drama that remains vividly in memory long",1 121425,"grenade",0 210520,"reveals the true intent of her film by carefully selecting interview subjects who will construct a portrait of Castro so predominantly charitable it can only be seen as propaganda .",0 99934,"when people can connect and express their love for each other",1 128990,"of the best of a growing strain of daring films",1 124433,"is otherwise a sumptuous work of B-movie imagination",1 229474,"bringing an unforced , rapid-fire delivery to Toback 's Heidegger - and Nietzsche-referencing dialogue",1 23624,", featherweight charm",1 105849,"For those who like quirky , slightly strange French films",1 105800,"Ferrara 's best film in years .",1 208077,"of the fine work done by most of the rest of her cast",1 231909,"imagine Benigni 's Pinocchio becoming a Christmas perennial",1 84707,"is that rare animal known as ' a perfect family film ,",1 64786,"Confessions is without a doubt a memorable directorial debut from King Hunk .",1 175167,"there 's not an original character , siuation or joke in the entire movie",0 22226,"the abuses of one of Latin America 's most oppressive regimes",0 185229,"It 's the kind of movie that , aside from Robert Altman , Spike Lee , the Coen Brothers and a few others , our moviemakers do n't make often enough .",1 193583,"as that sentiment",1 216367,"this dreary mess",0 150218,"This is a great subject for a movie , but Hollywood has squandered the opportunity , using it as a prop for warmed-over melodrama and the kind of choreographed mayhem that director John Woo has built his career on",0 4772,"aptly named , this shimmering , beautifully costumed and filmed production",1 102649,", it does a bang-up job of pleasing the crowds",1 130732,"prove more potent and riveting",1 223464,"García Bernal and Talancón are an immensely appealing couple",1 4782,"are becoming irritating",0 139918,"will have a showdown",1 110519,"This mess",0 107785,"Miyazaki 's nonstop images are so stunning ,",1 148730,"Some elements of it really blow the big one ,",0 71467,"a cool event for the whole family . Maybe not a classic , but",1 183544,"Does n't deserve a passing grade ( even on a curve ) .",0 136263,"the six musical numbers crystallize key plot moments into minutely detailed wonders of dreamlike ecstasy .",1 68043,"Oscar Wilde 's classic satire",1 182857,"Boasting some of the most poorly staged and lit action in memory , Impostor is as close as you can get to an imitation movie .",0 125396,"its true-to-life characters , its sensitive acting , its unadorned view of rural life and",1 138375,"true-to-life characters",1 190773,"a huge disappointment coming , as it does , from filmmakers and performers of this calibre",0 61674,", Rocky-like",1 14863,"a winning style",1 110556,"This submarine drama earns the right to be favorably compared to Das Boot .",1 187776,"The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys ' take on adolescence",1 77891,"dehumanizing and ego-destroying process",0 146512,"It 's inoffensive",1 180936,", starving and untalented",0 59314,"to present the biblical message of forgiveness without it ever becoming preachy or syrupy",1 120492,"for the Marquis de Sade set",0 153647,"another regurgitated action movie you 're after",0 85132,"it still comes from Spielberg , who has never made anything that was n't at least watchable",1 48294,"a precise and moving portrait of someone",1 27969,"a wonderful all-ages triumph besides --",1 33609,"it 's the only way to bring happiness to their loved ones",1 54587,"male hooker",0 237879,"to make as anti-Kieslowski a pun as possible",0 107729,"Meticulously uncovers a trail of outrageous force and craven concealment .",1 233280,"lacks grandeur and that epic quality often associated with Stevenson 's tale as well as with earlier Disney efforts",0 206885,"needs better material",0 166110,"monstrously",0 3572,"a backbone",1 42737,"takes a very open-minded approach to this sensitive material ,",1 103984,"A visionary marvel",1 216194,"these shenanigans exhausting",0 27327,"` Lovely ! Brilliant ! '",1 191953,"actually finding the characters in Slackers or their antics amusing , let alone funny",0 118625,"doofus",0 97360,"this batch is pretty cute",1 23522,", but the code-talk will fly right over everyone 's head",0 194841,"boring movie",0 228766,"are about a half dozen young Turks angling to see how many times they can work the words `` radical '' or `` suck '' into a sentence .",0 34180,"local",1 33366,"is even more rigged than it was two centuries ago .",0 81636,"has a spark of life to it -- more than you can say for plenty of movies that flow through the Hollywood pipeline without a hitch",1 203218,"is never especially clever and often is rather pretentious",0 126589,"maintains an appealing veneer",1 168303,"only saving grace is that it ends by blowing just about everything up",0 173131,"that may well put the nail in the coffin of any future Rice adaptations",0 961,"far more interesting to the soderbergh faithful",1 101921,"'s still a guilty pleasure to watch .",1 208264,"off witty and sophisticated",1 170901,"short enough to make a dream seem possible",1 129420,"on televised Scooby-Doo shows or reruns",1 45578,"I have no way of knowing exactly how much is exaggeration , but",0 58971,"this Hollywood contrivance orbits around",0 66275,"If you 're looking for a smart , nuanced look at de Sade and what might have happened at Picpus , Sade is your film .",1 13563,", casts mostly little-known performers in key roles , and introduces some intriguing ambiguity",1 130006,"partly a shallow rumination on the emptiness of success",0 15323,"but its heart is in the right place ... innocent and well-meaning",1 90753,"propels",1 235447,"saw how bad this movie was",0 175245,"they should have avoided .",0 233966,"most inventive",1 107591,"Maggie Smith as the Ya-Ya member with the O2-tank will absolutely crack you up with her crass , then gasp for gas , verbal deportment .",1 223598,"Has none of the crackle of `` Fatal Attraction '' , `` 9 1\/2 Weeks '' , or even `` Indecent Proposal '' , and feels more like Lyne 's stolid remake of `` Lolita '' .",0 22981,"'' shut up '' to those who talk up what is nothing more than two guys beating the hell outta",0 157502,"director Marcus Adams just copies from various sources -- good sources , bad mixture",0 111587,"a brilliant motion picture",1 186117,"Michael Zaidan , was supposed to have like written the screenplay or something",0 182822,"Blade II mutates into a gross-out monster movie with effects that are more silly than scary .",0 72753,"a very good time at the cinema",1 15328,"but still has the chops and drive to show how its done",1 26229,"Not only is Undercover Brother as funny , if not more so , than both Austin Powers films , but it 's also one of the smarter , savvier spoofs to come along in some time .",1 48258,"a passing interest in the skate\/surf culture , the L . A . beach scene and",1 46998,"The charming result",1 105356,"Del",1 40701,"A savvy exploration of paranoia and insecurity in America 's culture",1 12667,"unforgettably uncertain",0 183271,"Damon/Bourne or",1 224511,"Just when you think you are making sense of it , something happens that tells you there is no sense .",0 55886,"overall it 's an entertaining and informative documentary .",1 153485,"an overlong visit from a large group of your relatives",0 117060,"clever in spots",1 41638,"becomes an enemy",0 223094,"Deliciously slow .",1 82852,"in a guilty-pleasure , daytime-drama sort of fashion",1 63998,"Another entertaining romp from Robert Rodriguez .",1 108399,"Pixar 's",1 154441,"attempt to be profound",0 122398,"his surprising discovery",1 175421,"this indie flick never found its audience , probably because it 's extremely hard to relate to any of the characters .",0 196578,"dark and bittersweet",1 59255,"to have bitterly forsaken",0 47730,"You 'll forget about it by Monday , though , and",0 67726,"Murderous Maids has a lot going for it , not least the brilliant performances by Testud ... and Parmentier .",1 131077,"realistic atmosphere",1 220768,"'s as good",1 30422,"could be her breakthrough role .",1 179427,"'re definitely convinced that these women are spectacular",1 216092,"there 's a heaven for bad movies",0 79562,"fails to fascinate",0 59143,"to Haynes ' absolute control of the film 's mood",1 183287,"David Letterman and The Onion",1 51525,"fantastically vital movie",1 161967,"in something lighter and sunnier",1 8233,"just a suspension of disbelief .",0 87153,"miraculous movie",1 214667,"the first film I 've ever seen that had no obvious directing involved",0 180955,", the attention process tends to do a little fleeing of its own .",0 97379,"this deeply moving French drama develops a startling story that works both as a detailed personal portrait and as a rather frightening examination of modern times .",1 7347,"if you 're not a prepubescent girl , you 'll be laughing at britney spears ' movie-starring debut whenever it does n't have you impatiently squinting at your watch .",0 215496,"the right approach and the right opening premise",1 174647,"the resurrection of the Halloween franchise",1 200129,"good video game movie",1 157406,"did n't he just do it , instead of using bad sci-fi as window dressing ?",0 187129,"Schaefer 's ... determination to inject farcical raunch",0 144938,"Does n't offer",0 7947,"it is exotic",1 165494,"make a dull , pretentious version of Jesus ' Son",0 211798,"slopped",0 150092,"There are simply too many ideas floating around -- part farce , part Sliding Doors , part pop video -- and",0 142432,", sketchiest movie",0 60782,"'s Kidman who holds the film together with a supremely kittenish performance that gradually accumulates more layers",1 230808,"fills the time with drama , romance , tragedy , bravery , political intrigue , partisans and sabotage",1 93664,"stuff to stand tall with Pryor , Carlin and Murphy",1 234908,"people may be wondering what all that jazz was about `` Chicago '' in 2002 .",0 164107,"its own head-banging obviousness",0 95962,"the intricate preciseness",1 145001,"Due to some script weaknesses and the casting of the director 's brother , the film trails off into inconsequentiality .",0 77349,"convey a strong sense of the girls ' environment",1 117019,"class reunion mixer",1 236589,"that would be me : fighting off the urge to doze .",0 3193,"with the sloppy slapstick comedy",0 83949,"is about the people who live in them , who have carved their own comfortable niche in the world and have been kind enough to share it .",1 66280,"If you 're not totally weirded - out by the notion of cinema as community-therapy spectacle",0 86672,"makes up for with a great , fiery passion .",1 83811,"is a little like chewing whale blubber",0 173847,"the eye candy here lacks considerable brio .",0 76131,"by a central plot that 's peppered with false starts and populated by characters who are nearly impossible to care about",0 156970,"creates an interesting dynamic",1 188372,"The most surprising thing about this film is that they are actually releasing it into theaters .",0 225436,"Perry 's good and his is an interesting character , but `` Serving Sara '' has n't much more to serve than silly fluff",0 99719,"we are forced to reflect that its visual imagination is breathtaking",1 113003,"a way of gently swaying back and forth as it cradles its characters , veiling tension beneath otherwise tender movements",1 23281,", '' Moretti 's film makes its own , quieter observations",1 1648,"lovingly photographed in the manner of a golden book sprung to life ,",1 51306,"equally gentle sentiments on the button",1 1165,"have banged their brains into the ground so frequently",0 67099,"LaBute masterfully balances both Traditional or Modern stories together in a manner that one never overwhelms the other . Something for everyone .",1 102538,", genuine",1 198160,"every bad action-movie line in history",0 180024,"'s the funniest American comedy since Graffiti Bridge .",1 180902,", save your disgust and your indifference",0 103760,"A pathetically",0 54715,"merrily",1 65599,"For those in search of something different , Wendigo is a genuinely bone-chilling tale .",1 136682,"their often heartbreaking testimony , spoken directly into director Patricio Guzman 's camera , pack a powerful emotional wallop",1 140919,"'' Men in Black II , '' has all the earmarks of a sequel . The story is less vibrant , the jokes are a little lukewarm , but will anyone really care ?",0 210472,"resembles the el cheapo margaritas served within .",0 102876,", the film is , arguably , the most accomplished work to date from Hong Kong 's versatile Stanley Kwan .",1 1093,"good ,",1 118752,"druggy and self-indulgent ,",0 40013,"while Russell and Dreyfus are a romantic pairing of hearts , preciously exposed as history corners them .",1 128927,"of stupefying absurdity",0 119294,"establishes itself as a durable part of the movie landscape",1 23480,", but LaBute pulls off a neater trick in Possession",1 124109,"is hell",0 196577,"dark , intelligent warning cry",1 103198,"... again shows uncanny skill in getting under the skin of her characters",1 196688,"definitive , if disingenuous ,",0 109513,"The Weight of Water comes off as a two-way time-switching myopic mystery that stalls in its lackluster gear of emotional blandness",0 131169,"recycled more times",0 11940,"the sweetest",1 147137,"Let 's cut to the consumer-advice bottom line : Stay home .",0 36762,"seems compelling and even original",1 115003,"as padded as Allen 's jelly belly",0 32949,"in the movie 's soundtrack , a joyful effusion of disco Bollywood that , by the end of Monsoon Wedding , sent my spirit soaring out of the theater",1 92888,"smart movie",1 71856,"a joy to watch , even when her material is not first-rate",1 194828,"boredom to the point of collapse ,",0 211762,"slapped together .",0 61323,"'s there to scare while we delight in the images",1 220083,"would have liked it more if it had just gone that one step further .",0 203533,"is that those responsible did n't cut their losses -- and ours -- and retitle it The Adventures of Direct-to-Video Nash , and send it to its proper home",0 44724,"Birthday Girl '' is an actor 's movie first and foremost .",1 14100,"I admired this work a lot .",1 223565,"Handled correctly",1 66310,"If you like blood , guts and crazy beasts stalking men with guns though ... you will likely enjoy this monster .",1 167355,"of an unwieldy mess",0 23858,", showing impressive control , both visually and in the writing",1 203162,"is n't as quirky as it thinks it is and its comedy is generally mean-spirited",0 92735,"sit through , enjoy on a certain level and then",1 204451,"just does n't have the restraint to fully realize them",0 179683,"'s consistently surprising , easy to watch -- but ,",1 191808,"about whose fate it is hard to care",0 81506,"half the fun of college football games",1 217136,"to just die already",0 203693,"is wholly unconvincing",0 16047,"homespun",1 60332,"with an enormous amount of affection",1 233804,"me grinning",1 99465,"visual playfulness",1 233770,"may be wondering what all that jazz was about `` Chicago '' in 2002 .",0 6392,"falters",0 27750,"a profound way , comparable to the classic films of Jean Renoir",1 161459,"how bad his movie is",0 122770,"images lack contrast",0 146711,"It just did n't mean much to me and played too skewed to ever get a hold on ( or be entertained by ) .",0 177120,"undercut by its own head-banging obviousness",0 72438,"a smart , solid , kinetically-charged spy flick worthy of a couple hours of summertime and a bucket of popcorn . Nothing overly original , mind you",1 47099,"The fly-on-the-wall method used to document rural French school life is a refreshing departure from the now more prevalent technique of the docu-makers being a visible part of their work .",1 214183,"the bellyaching of a paranoid and unlikable man",0 5188,"blessed with a searing lead performance by ryan gosling ( murder by numbers ) , the movie is powerful",1 42909,"tortured and",0 165607,"makes the picture work",1 62594,"... less a story than an inexplicable nightmare , right down to the population 's shrugging acceptance to each new horror .",0 34497,"mindsets",1 19328,"The result is something quite fresh and delightful .",1 101028,"yet feels universal",1 101719,"'s just as wonderful on the big screen",1 83686,"is , also , frequently hilarious",1 178095,"where it all went wrong",0 10451,"showtime is one of the hapless victims of the arrogant '' if we put together a wry white man and a chatty black man and give them guns , the movie will be funny '' syndrome",0 121745,"has drenched in swoony music and fever-pitched melodrama",0 123754,"is a gem .",1 22645,"unique tug-of-war",1 78011,"derring-do",1 193000,"appears to have been modeled on the worst revenge-of-the-nerds clichés the filmmakers could dredge up .",0 19548,"a polished , sophisticated entertainment",1 225235,"Now , if it only had a brain .",0 231070,"fun , popcorn movies",1 126466,"low-grade dreck",0 134615,"that usually goes straight to video -- with a lousy script , inept direction , pathetic acting , poorly dubbed dialogue and murky cinematography",0 158834,"fantastic sets , extras",1 154964,"been explored previously with better aplomb and sardonic wit",0 49009,"an utterly charming French comedy",1 83658,"involved , starting with Spielberg and going right through the ranks of the players -- on-camera and off -- that he brings together .",1 99643,"was so endlessly , grotesquely , inventive",1 189646,"When you find yourself rooting for the monsters in a horror movie , you know the picture is in trouble .",0 6420,"farewell-to-innocence movies",0 121626,"hard-to-swallow premise",0 4597,"an acting bond",1 41834,"drops the ball",0 138616,"undermines the possibility for an exploration of the thornier aspects of the nature\/nurture argument in regards to homosexuality",0 221511,", resonant gem",1 30139,"cheesy effects and a hoary plot",0 55331,"of dead brilliant",1 56988,"silly horror movies",0 29364,"awkward emotions",0 19984,"as a sort of comfort food for the mind",1 115344,"bad things",0 139842,"why it works as well as it does",1 202592,"is a little too in love",0 201348,"horrible pains",0 125575,"keeps this pretty watchable",1 12197,"this shimmering",1 131556,"right stuff",1 162578,"is a comedy that 's not very funny and an action movie that is not very thrilling ( and an uneasy alliance , at that ) .",0 101697,"'s hard to imagine any recent film , independent or otherwise , that makes as much of a mess as this one",0 109827,"The film occasionally tries the viewer 's patience with slow pacing and a main character who sometimes defies sympathy",0 181925,"A puzzle whose pieces do not fit .",0 114087,"an intelligent movie",1 222777,"But it still jingles in the pocket .",1 189378,"Upper West Sidey exercise in narcissism and self-congratulation disguised as a tribute .",0 169134,"postmodern conceit",0 32127,"good deal",1 209827,"proved too difficult",0 212205,"something hip and transgressive",1 175365,"this domestic tragedy",0 100421,"with a pleasing verisimilitude",1 231506,"has to be a few advantages to never growing old .",1 137252,"tie together beautifully",1 75765,"bludgeoning the audience",0 195351,"can be considered work",1 33961,"knows what it is , and knows the form 's history",1 43241,"'s equally hard to imagine anybody being able to tear their eyes away from the screen",1 222386,"And yet , it still works .",1 60873,"'s a taunt - a call for justice for two crimes from which many of us have not yet recovered",0 7536,"informative , intriguing , observant , often touching ... gives a human face to what 's often discussed in purely abstract terms .",1 126092,"like being stuck in a dark pit having a nightmare about bad cinema",0 160034,"gets old quickly . Watch Barbershop again if you 're in need of a Cube fix",0 48817,"almost humdrum approach",0 139481,"well-rounded tribute",1 232748,"is somehow making its way instead to theaters",0 47073,"The film is powerful , accessible and funny . You wo n't miss its messages , but",1 129592,"one terrific score",1 124709,"is this films reason for being .",1 169012,"poetically romantic and full",1 135833,"the movie would have benefited from a little more dramatic tension and some more editing .",0 177180,"unforgivably trite in its last 10 minutes",0 62395,", unusual , even nutty",1 74689,"as good , if not better than much of what 's on Saturday morning TV especially the pseudo-educational stuff we all ca n't stand",1 134320,"that few movies are able to accomplish",1 103872,"A showcase",1 188251,"The gifted Crudup has the perfect face to play a handsome blank yearning to find himself , and",1 16319,"it 's not intended to",0 12114,"this cross-cultural",1 219244,"which become strangely impersonal and abstract",0 143359,"A sometimes tedious film .",0 24023,"- meets-new mesh is incarnated in the movie 's soundtrack , a joyful effusion of disco Bollywood that , by the end of Monsoon Wedding , sent my spirit soaring out of the theater .",1 38590,"the result is a compelling slice of awkward emotions .",1 31877,"from Oscar winner",1 23931,", this depiction of fluctuating female sexuality has two winning lead performances and charm to spare .",1 3869,"a half-hearted",0 48933,"an exceptional thriller",1 185858,"Long on twinkly-eyed close-ups and short",0 112708,"a silly hack-and-slash flick",0 230048,"cringe",0 128170,"nothing interesting in Unfaithful",0 94323,"terrible as the synergistic impulse that created it",0 108057,"Not as good as the original",0 135369,"the film with their charisma",1 175425,"this interesting study",1 136286,"the songs translate well to film",1 173761,"the dramatics that follow",1 191610,"a weepy melodrama",0 68397,"Renner carries much of the film with a creepy and dead-on performance .",1 194565,"better movie",1 217347,"to sit through about 90 minutes of a so-called ` comedy ' and not laugh once",0 177178,"unfold with an astonishing lack of passion or uniqueness",0 162998,"is less poetic than simply pretentious .",0 173741,"the disadvantage of also looking cheap",0 118759,"dry humor and jarring shocks , plus",1 209273,"picture-perfect beach",1 146706,"It is most of the things Costner movies are known for : it 's sanctimonious , self-righteous and so eager to earn our love that you want to slap it .",0 212202,"something goes bump in the night and nobody cares",0 79401,"exceedingly rare films",1 109221,"Straightforward and",1 46740,"Simultaneously heart-breaking and very funny",1 81393,"grief drives her",0 38621,"the service of a vision of the past that is faithful to both architectural glories and commanding open spaces of the city as it was more than two centuries ago",1 171461,"so much naturalistic small talk , delivered in almost muffled exchanges ,",0 72791,"a warm , fuzzy feeling prevails",1 160025,"gets more tiresome",0 3903,"a lie and this",0 141683,"'s too patched together",0 132016,"seems so similar to the 1953 Disney classic that it makes one long for a geriatric Peter .",0 71827,"a hilarious ode to middle America and middle age with this unlikely odyssey",1 10777,"strip it of all its excess debris , and you 'd have a 90-minute , four-star movie . as it is , it 's too long and unfocused",0 206823,"navigates a fast fade into pomposity and pretentiousness .",0 50906,"distinctive milieu",1 75966,"brings a youthful , out-to-change-the-world aggressiveness to the project , as if she 's cut open a vein",1 92749,"sixties-style slickness in which the hero might wind up",1 34763,"my favorite in the series",1 192677,"anachronistic quick edits and occasional jarring glimpses of a modern theater audience watching the events unfold",1 143831,"Anthony Hopkins ? Big deal ! We 've already seen the prequel to The Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal -- and",0 234390,"of carnage",0 115286,"avoids most of the pitfalls you 'd expect in such a potentially sudsy set-up",1 128442,"of a good time for both children and parents",1 173065,"that it 's enough to make one pine for the day when Godard can no longer handle the rigors of filmmaking",0 211771,"sleep-inducingly",0 55390,"of his top-notch creative team",1 103196,"... a sweetly affecting story about four sisters who are coping , in one way or another , with life 's endgame .",1 154654,"be a freak show , too mercenary and obvious to be cerebral , too dull and pretentious to be engaging",0 84053,"is at once playful and haunting , an in-depth portrait of an iconoclastic artist who was fundamentally unknowable even to his closest friends",1 7269,"i can testify to the comparative accuracy of ms",1 182527,"Apparently writer-director Attal thought he need only cast himself",0 42554,"respects the Marvel version",1 84008,"is an inspirational love story",1 237352,"the world 's political situation seems little different , and ( director Phillip ) Noyce brings out the allegory with remarkable skill .",1 43328,"'s somewhat clumsy and too lethargically paced",0 95622,"the film 's winning tone",1 197603,"dulled your senses faster and deeper",0 51406,"exceptionally well-detailed characters",1 195864,"coke . If you 're looking for a tale of Brits behaving badly , watch Snatch again .",0 91601,"returns the martial arts master to top form",1 237749,"to be more than another `` Best Man '' clone by weaving a theme throughout this funny film",1 67644,"Most thrillers send audiences out talking about specific scary scenes or startling moments : '' Frailty '' leaves us with the terrifying message that the real horror may be waiting for us at home",1 108634,"Rifkin no doubt fancies himself something of a Hubert Selby Jr . , but there is n't an ounce of honest poetry in his entire script : it 's simply crude and unrelentingly exploitative",0 54797,"moral ascension",1 65110,"Disappointingly",0 56382,"rare directors",1 176740,"tosses us a romantic scenario that is just as simplistic as a Hollywood production",0 109029,"So unique and stubborn and charismatic",1 15098,"and uses Damon 's ability to be focused and sincere",1 63645,"Adaptation 's success in engaging the audience in the travails of creating a screenplay",1 117715,"creepy and believable",1 21303,"may well be the most comprehensive of these films and also strike closest to the truth .",1 177440,"very experienced",1 26201,"No question",1 71410,"a clever and cutting , quick and dirty look at modern living and movie life",1 232363,"is a subzero version of Monsters , Inc. , without the latter 's imagination , visual charm or texture .",0 171529,"soft-porn 'em powerment",1 157784,"does n't pay",0 38455,"the movie 's charm",1 119746,"fancy themselves too sophisticated for the cheese-laced spectacles that pack 'em in on the subcontinent",0 142951,": The Island of Lost Dreams writer\/director\/producer Robert Rodriguez has cobbled together a film that feels like a sugar high gone awry .",0 227210,"Woefully pretentious .",0 133596,"suffered and bled",0 140479,"worse stunt editing or cheaper action movie production values than in Extreme Ops",0 11064,"that finds warmth in the coldest environment and makes each crumb of emotional comfort",1 237680,"titillation , raw insight or both",1 142325,", its soap-opera morality tales have the antiseptic , preprogrammed feel of an after-school special .",0 191478,"a tattered and ugly past with rose-tinted glasses",0 169749,"really , we 've been here , done that",0 41377,"We can see the wheels turning , and we might resent it sometimes , but this is still a nice little picture , made by bright and friendly souls with a lot of good cheer",1 8915,"much entertainment",1 118657,"downright intoxicating",1 203156,"is n't afraid to provoke introspection in both its characters and its audience",1 235388,"roiling black-and-white inspires trembling and gratitude .",1 162950,"is its complete and utter lack of tension",0 232816,"is the picture of health with boundless energy until a few days before she dies",1 221199,", Norton has to recite bland police procedural details , Fiennes wanders around in an attempt to seem weird and distanced ,",0 139457,"well acted by Diane Lane and Richard Gere .",1 62501,"-- violence and whimsy do n't combine easily -- '' Cherish '' certainly is n't dull .",1 29436,"be the most memorable cinema session but its profound self-evaluation message about our fragile existence and the absence of spiritual guidance should at least invade an abundance of mindsets",1 139930,"will make you laugh",1 17710,"these bromides",0 111241,"Woody Allen can write and deliver a one liner as well as anybody . But I had a lot of problems with this movie .",0 72826,"a wild-and-woolly , wall-to-wall good time",1 194289,"become strangely impersonal and abstract",0 186851,"Rarely does a film so graceless and devoid of merit as this one come along .",0 66056,"Horns and Halos benefits from serendipity but also reminds us of our own responsibility to question what is told as the truth .",1 89061,"of the other foul substances",0 855,"dreary",0 212542,"stay on the light , comic side of the issue , despite the difficulty of doing so when dealing with the destruction of property and , potentially , of life itself",1 22606,"true to Wilde 's own vision of a pure comedy with absolutely no meaning , and no desire to be anything but a polished , sophisticated entertainment that is in love with its own cleverness",1 113668,"all the stronger",1 22701,"visual style",1 70020,"The usual movie rah-rah",0 199630,"from the movie gods on a silver platter",1 105172,"Completely awful",0 158233,"ends by blowing just about everything up",0 172473,"take more than a man in a Bullwinkle costume",0 226710,"This time Mr. Burns is trying something in the Martin Scorsese street-realist mode , but his self-regarding sentimentality trips him up again",0 93207,"somewhat tired premise",0 184235,"Greatest Musicians",1 99895,"what might be going on inside each trailer park you drive past -- even if it chiefly inspires you to drive a little faster",1 197290,"does n't bode well for the rest of it",0 153633,"another bad movie .",0 117449,"consistently funny . And educational !",1 109233,"Stripped almost entirely of such tools as nudity , profanity and violence",0 34346,"managed elements such as sound and cinematography with skill",1 50119,"channeling Kathy Baker 's creepy turn as the repressed mother on Boston Public just as much as 8 Women 's Augustine",0 61341,"'s updating works surprisingly well",1 173832,"the exception of some fleetingly amusing improvisations by Cedric the Entertainer as Perry 's boss",1 191860,"accepting this in the right frame of mind can only provide it with so much leniency .",1 174150,"the jokes are a little lukewarm",0 207791,"of hype",0 66590,"It 's no accident that The Accidental Spy is a solid action pic that returns the martial arts master to top form .",1 3365,"'s rare to find a film to which the adjective ` gentle ' applies",1 83751,"is a clever and cutting , quick and dirty look at modern living and movie life",1 17878,"transparently",1 32746,"if they were tales that had been handed down since the beginning of time",1 229275,"becomes gimmicky instead of compelling .",0 153334,"an arthritic attempt",0 140632,"yawning",0 73656,"an action hero with table manners ,",1 81053,"give life",1 8879,"most ingenious and",1 134968,"the cartoon in Japan that gave people seizures",0 163405,"is surprising less moldy and trite than the last two , likely because much of the Japanese anime is set in a scenic forest where Pokemon graze in peace",1 28307,"an abundance of mindsets",1 108832,"Seagal ran out of movies years ago , and this is just the proof .",0 16051,"honesty and sensitivity",1 9724,"pity",0 68488,"Rohmer 's drama builds to an intense indoor drama about compassion , sacrifice , and Christian love in the face of political corruption",1 132959,"something poignant about an artist of 90-plus years taking the effort to share his impressions of life and loss and time and art with us",1 205608,"made with careful attention",1 37464,"suggests the wide-ranging effects of media manipulation , from the kind of reporting that is done by the supposedly liberal media ... to the intimate and ultimately tragic heartache of maverick individuals like Hatfield and Hicks",1 4701,"an unimaginative screenwriter 's",0 26908,"The spark of special anime magic here is unmistakable and hard to resist .",1 156080,"cast , but beautifully shot .",1 137585,"to fill a frame . Like the Hanks character",0 233332,"lays it on so thick this time",0 43872,"... very funny , very enjoyable ...",1 195074,"but something far more stylish and cerebral -- and , hence , more chillingly effective",1 187745,"The Adventures of Direct-to-Video Nash",0 69316,"The Lady and the Duke surprisingly manages never to grow boring ... which proves that Rohmer still has a sense of his audience .",1 94176,"takes your breath away",1 21735,"polished and relatively sincere piece",1 213303,"tepid and",0 110641,"Time Out is as serious as a pink slip . And more than that , it 's an observant , unfussily poetic meditation about identity and alienation",1 158659,"experiences you bring to it",1 66547,"It 's crafty , energetic and smart --",1 158932,"feeling pandered to , which , in the end , might be all the more infuriating",0 53170,"intermittently engrossing and",1 34499,"miniscule",0 101481,"'s Lovely and Amazing , from her own screenplay , jumps to the head of the class of women 's films that manage to avoid the ghetto of sentimental chick-flicks by treating female follies with a satirical style",1 204268,"its own ironic implications",0 139539,"what a reckless squandering of four fine acting talents",0 27798,"a scathing indictment",0 105218,"Contains the humor , characterization , poignancy , and intelligence of a bad sitcom",0 70258,"This is one of the outstanding thrillers of recent years .",1 83436,"insurance",1 56852,"sensuality , and sympathy into a story about two adolescent boys .",1 225917,"Special P.O.V. camera mounts on bikes , skateboards , and motorcycles provide an intense experience when splashed across the immense IMAX screen .",1 14624,"While The Isle is both preposterous and thoroughly misogynistic , its vistas are incredibly beautiful to look at .",1 231067,"fun , and bouncy",1 101780,"'s no good answer to that one .",0 160579,"harmless and mildly amusing family",1 91270,"recalls the Cary Grant of Room for One More , Houseboat and Father Goose in its affectionate depiction of the gentle war between a reluctant , irresponsible man and the kid who latches onto him .",1 233238,"keep the viewer wide-awake all the way through .",1 101508,"'s a great American adventure and a wonderful film to bring to IMAX",1 214321,"the comedy equivalent",1 237760,"to blend politics and drama , an admirable ambition",1 5657,"comfort",1 62545,"... Despite lagging near the finish line , the movie runs a good race , one that will have you at the edge of your seat for long stretches . '",1 122635,"humor to cover up the yawning chasm where the plot should be",0 119898,"feels as immediate as the latest news footage from Gaza and , because of its heightened , well-shaped dramas , twice as powerful .",1 28838,"and the challenges of friendships between women",0 37122,"some awesome action photography",1 164544,"lacks the novel charm that made Spy Kids a surprising winner with both adults and younger audiences",0 125151,"it with Ring , an indisputably spooky film",1 14138,"In scope , ambition and accomplishment , Children of the Century ... takes Kurys ' career to a whole new level .",1 167759,"of the arrogant '' if we put together a wry white man and a chatty black man and give them guns , the movie",0 50866,"directorial tour de force",1 79776,"feeling like you 've seen a movie instead of an endless trailer",1 74634,"as an exploratory medical procedure or an autopsy",0 7733,"is just too dialed-up to be america 's sweetheart",0 94553,"that appeals to the storytelling instincts of a slightly more literate filmgoing audience",1 155065,"being even dumber than its title",0 101525,"'s a nice girl-buddy movie once it gets rock-n-rolling",1 225991,"Stultifyingly , dumbfoundingly , mind-numbingly bad .",0 236060,"sting like bees",0 87460,"most politically audacious films",1 184818,"If there was any doubt that Peter O'Fallon did n't have an original bone in his body , A Rumor of Angels should dispel it .",0 174743,"the sexual politics too smug",0 151623,"a disappointingly thin slice of lower-class London life : despite the title ... amounts to surprisingly little",0 16034,"his intelligent grasp",1 92507,"shining performance offers us the sense that on some elemental level , Lilia deeply wants to break free of her old life .",1 141314,"'s everything you do n't go to the movies for",0 112422,"a niche hit",1 138516,"ultimately vapid",0 212217,"something to be ` fully experienced '",1 63131,"A knowing look at female friendship , spiked with raw urban humor .",1 46259,"Mr . Tsai is a very original artist in his medium , and What Time Is It There ? should be seen at the very least for its spasms of absurdist humor",1 227398,"` terrorists",0 103941,"A thoughtful , reverent portrait of what",1 15814,"for its posse of trailer park denizens",0 130611,"pretty stupid . I had more fun with Ben Stiller 's Zoolander , which I thought was rather clever . But there 's plenty to offend everyone",0 237520,"this films lacks the passion required to sell the material .",0 232671,"is omitted nor a cliché left unsaid",0 153341,"an astonishing voice cast",1 185670,"Lacks the visual flair and bouncing bravado that characterizes better hip-hop clips and is content to recycle images and characters that were already tired 10 years ago .",0 178482,"with a blind orphan at its center",0 54243,"like a documentary in the way",0 136309,"the spell they cast is n't the least bit mesmerizing",0 72928,"about being subjected to farts , urine , feces , semen , or any of the other foul substances",0 66608,"It 's not just a feel-good movie ,",1 235338,"reporting on the number of tumbleweeds blowing through the empty theatres",0 87969,"nonetheless appreciates the art and reveals a music scene that transcends culture and race",1 48884,"an admirable look",1 211980,"so much of the movie -- again , as in The Animal -- is a slapdash mess",0 186339,"Nicks refuses to let Slackers be seen as just another teen movie , which means he can be forgiven for frequently pandering to fans of the gross-out comedy .",1 107130,"Jackass is a vulgar",0 56883,"sexy , peculiar and always entertaining costume drama",1 174119,"the ingredients do n't quite add up to a meal",0 144242,"Brainless ,",0 215835,"the updated Dickensian sensibility of writer Craig Bartlett 's story",1 178139,"which fails to rise above its disgusting source material",0 195339,"camouflaging grotesque narcissism",0 196324,"could not stand them",0 7003,"has n't lost his touch , bringing off a superb performance in an admittedly middling film",1 123627,"intriguing plot",1 54057,"just loved every minute of this film .",1 229509,"but fun",1 217388,"to sustain a good simmer for most of its running time",1 12656,"undone by a filmmaking methodology that 's just experimental enough to alienate the mainstream audience while ringing cliched to hardened indie-heads",0 183835,"Fails in making this character understandable , in getting under her skin , in exploring motivation ... Well before the end , the film grows as dull as its characters , about whose fate it is hard to care .",0 127862,"neorealism 's",0 30770,"dicey material",0 212308,"spend on a ticket ?",0 213778,"that never amount to a satisfying complete picture of this particular , anciently demanding métier",0 106120,"Half Past Dead -- or for Seagal",0 184182,"Godard 's ode to tackling life 's wonderment",1 36880,"share",1 223443,"Fun and",1 166094,"moldy and",0 41327,"This is one of the most visually stunning and thematically moving epics in recent memory , and",1 231075,"fun one",1 160754,"has to contend with unpleasant characters , hit-and-miss performances and awkwardly staged scenes",0 202558,"is a confusing melange of tones and styles , one moment a romantic trifle and the next a turgid drama .",0 6455,"feels less like a change in ( herzog 's ) personal policy than a half-hearted fluke",0 134343,"that has nothing going for it other than its exploitive array of obligatory cheap",0 156443,"coarse and stupid",0 28030,"about right",1 196378,"crash-and-bash action",1 109781,"The film becomes an overwhelming pleasure , and you find yourself rooting for Gai 's character to avoid the fate that has befallen every other Carmen before her .",1 34994,"not only than a frighteningly capable debut and genre piece , but also a snapshot of a dangerous political situation on the verge of coming to a head",1 97737,"thus",1 54227,"light , fun cheese puff",1 234904,"peerlessly",1 31185,"epic way",1 235100,"provides a strong itch to explore more .",1 22807,"will win you over .",1 108773,"Savvy director Robert J . Siegel",1 62024,", it also has plenty for those ( like me ) who are n't .",1 116024,"bland , surfacey way",0 227859,"a decomposition",0 133538,"succeeds as a powerful look at a failure of our justice system .",1 118586,"does strong , measured work",1 85125,"it sees those relationships , including that between the son and his wife , and the wife and the father , and between the two brothers , with incredible subtlety and acumen",1 223214,"Each scene immediately succumbs to gravity and plummets to earth .",0 22022,"something the true film buff will enjoy .",1 93898,"supremely",1 94862,"that should shame Americans , regardless of whether or not ultimate blame",0 205690,"make up for an unfocused screenplay",0 3277,"'ll be laughing at britney spears ' movie-starring debut whenever it does n't have you impatiently squinting at your watch",0 101489,"'s The Gift of the Magi relocated to the scuzzy underbelly of NYC 's drug scene . Merry friggin ' Christmas !",1 146338,"Instead of making his own style , director Marcus Adams just copies from various sources -- good sources , bad mixture",0 205403,"loosely connected characters and plots that never quite gel",0 110006,"The movie is so contrived , nonsensical and formulaic that , come to think of it , the day-old shelf would be a more appropriate location to store it .",0 101763,"'s my advice , Kev . Start reading your scripts before signing that dotted line .",0 123034,"in its willingness to explore its principal characters with honesty , insight and humor",1 67273,"Like other great documentaries",1 71892,"a likable story",1 231842,"humor and plenty",1 67667,"Mr . Deeds is , as comedy goes , very silly",0 218815,"wasted a lot of their time ( including mine ) on something very inconsequential .",0 50517,"courage -- and complicity -- at Auschwitz",1 183523,"Dodgy",0 163694,"it 's sort of true and it 's sort of bogus and it 's ho-hum all the way through",0 231829,"hugely enjoyable film",1 222046,"A major waste",0 128617,"of discovery",1 136822,"they will have a showdown , but , by then , your senses are as mushy as peas and",0 121756,"has finally made a movie that is n't just offensive",1 81622,"has a no-frills docu-Dogma",1 143255,"A particularly joyless , and exceedingly dull , period",0 233723,"manages to escape the shackles of its own clichés to be the best espionage picture to come out in weeks",1 45614,"If there 's no art here",0 48431,"a technically superb film , shining with all the usual Spielberg flair , expertly utilizing the talents of his top-notch creative team",1 235650,"sharp comedy",1 73341,"ai n't art ,",0 198790,"few good ideas",1 8506,"listen to extremist name-calling",0 193188,"are so old-fashioned",0 61328,"'s truly awful and heartbreaking subject matter , but one whose lessons are well worth revisiting as many times as possible",1 62322,", they finally feel absolutely earned",1 90797,"proves that director M . Night Shyamalan can weave an eerie spell and that Mel Gibson can gasp , shudder and even tremble without losing his machismo",1 162101,"inadequate performance",0 5242,"both a successful adaptation and an enjoyable film in its own right .",1 206233,"miserable throughout as he swaggers through his scenes",0 21347,"more than satisfy your appetite",1 180404,", In Praise of Love lacks even the most fragmented charms I have found in almost all of his previous works .",0 75040,"attractive throughout",1 102891,", the heart of the film rests in the relationship between Sullivan and his son .",1 10984,"tedious",0 194713,"blaxploitation shuck-and-jive sitcom",0 230593,"even after 90 minutes of playing opposite each other",0 238496,"way to make J.K. Rowling 's marvelous series into a deadly bore",0 198430,"faced with the possibility that her life is meaningless , vapid and devoid of substance , in a movie that is definitely meaningless , vapid and devoid of substance .",0 62928,"A delightful , if minor , pastry of a movie .",1 41014,"It dares to be a little different , and that shading is what makes it worthwhile",1 94725,"that is presented with universal appeal",1 31338,"excessive moral baggage",0 138959,"very bleak",0 211566,"shows crushingly little curiosity about ,",0 115373,"bang your head",0 3754,"a faulty",0 162972,"is just too , too precious in the end",1 119101,"engaging offbeat touches",1 122584,"huge , heavy topics in a bland , surfacey way that does n't offer any insight into why , for instance , good things happen to bad people",0 32502,"hilarious romantic comedy .",1 235596,"self-righteousness",0 195078,"but the project surrounding them is distressingly rote",0 147780,"Not counting a few gross-out comedies I 've been trying to forget",0 152873,"acted , blandly directed ,",0 231248,"goes downhill .",0 172108,"string the bastard",0 18057,"will be rewarded with two of the year 's most accomplished and riveting film performances",1 120280,"fluttering",1 199165,"for a film -- rowdy , brawny and lyrical in the best Irish sense",1 105914,"Full Frontal had no effect and elicited no sympathies for any of the characters .",0 125256,"its fun",1 85485,"jell with Sean Penn 's monotone narration",0 8155,"its ultimate",1 225159,"No cute factor",0 93636,"strong education",1 151564,"a crock -- or something like it",0 172009,"stinky",0 118955,"elicit more of a sense of deja vu than awe",0 106821,"It 's a very tasteful rock and roll movie .",1 227951,"a group of dedicated artists",1 22203,"that the compact 86 minutes breezes by",1 84178,"is even more embracing than Monty ,",1 154727,"be even worse behind the camera than he is in front of it",0 224347,"It looks good , Sonny ,",1 66542,"It 's both degrading and strangely liberating to see people working so hard at leading lives of sexy intrigue , only to be revealed by the dispassionate Gantz brothers as ordinary , pasty lumpen .",1 177330,"us look forward to the Russos ' next offering",1 90494,"popcorn . Nothing overly original",0 9797,"powerful",1 196331,"could relish",1 208977,"own cremaster",1 92806,"slight and introspective",1 73482,"allows a gawky actor like Spall -- who could too easily become comic relief in any other film -- to reveal his impressively delicate range",1 117664,"crass , then gasp for gas , verbal deportment",0 39366,"to wonder about big questions with sincerity and devotion",1 229785,"certainly does n't disappoint .",1 199009,"flaccid satire and what",0 17456,"the -LRB- unfortunately R-rated -RRB-",0 188301,"The kind of film that leaves you scratching your head in amazement over the fact that so many talented people could participate in such an ill-advised and poorly",0 144475,"Choppy editing and too many repetitive scenes",0 219547,"will no doubt rally to its cause , trotting out threadbare standbys like ` masterpiece ' and ` triumph ' and all that malarkey , but rarely",0 202024,"in the media",0 96459,"the predictable parent vs . child coming-of-age theme ,",0 109196,"Still rapturous after all these years",1 81065,"give what may be the performances of their careers",1 222189,"Action Man cliché atop wooden dialogue",0 222318,"An overstylized , puréed mélange of sex , psychology , drugs and philosophy .",0 80871,"gay love stories",1 178659,"with the bad lighting that 's often written off as indie film naturalism",0 88598,"of funny situations and honest observations",1 121924,"have been overrun by what can only be characterized as robotic sentiment",0 11177,"the adjective ` gentle",1 180920,", slow and dreary",0 82377,"hits every cliche we 've come to expect , including the assumption that '' crazy '' people are innocent , childlike and inherently funny",0 193771,"at least three dull plots",0 67,"( although the smeary digital video does match the muddled narrative",0 166737,"next ? D . J . Qualls as Indiana Jones ? Or Tom Green as Han Solo",0 108625,"Rich in atmosphere of the post-war art world",1 173238,"that the uninitiated may find hard to follow ,",0 25180,"Earns its laughs from stock redneck ` types ' and from the many , many moments when we recognize even without the Elizabethan prose , the play behind the thing .",1 55280,"of absurdist",0 78114,"did , with a serious minded patience , respect and affection",1 205944,"may look classy in a '60s - homage pokepie hat , but as a character he 's dry , dry , dry",0 213234,"teen-sleaze",0 41549,"an eye-opening tour of modern Beijing culture",1 57243,"speak to the ways in which need , history and presumption tangle",1 226411,"The performances are all solid :",1 21061,"is still ultimately very satisfying",1 118032,"delivers big time",1 160823,"have been groundbreaking",1 224414,"Its mysteries are transparently obvious , and it 's too slowly paced to be a thriller .",0 42190,"is n't the most transporting or gripping film from Iran -- or , indeed",0 200263,"grows boring despite the scenery",0 15430,"clever and captivating romantic comedy",1 33509,"is that despite its overt self-awareness , parts of the movie still manage to break past the artifice and thoroughly engage you",1 200646,"has something significant to say",1 99013,"unexpected ways , touching",1 71289,"a big , comforting jar of Marmite",1 191007,"a movie that starts out like Heathers , then becomes Bring it On , then becomes unwatchable",0 187345,"Slap her - she 's not funny ! No French people were harmed during the making of this movie ,",0 188121,"The fact that the ` best part ' of the movie comes from a 60-second homage to one of Demme 's good films",0 137685,"to its inevitable tragic conclusion",0 143734,"An ill-conceived jumble that 's not scary , not smart and not engaging .",0 193412,"as bad as you think , and worse than you can imagine",0 62381,", twisty yarn",1 179826,"'s little to recommend Snow Dogs ,",0 73201,"adding the rich details",1 194615,"beyond its limit to sustain a laugh",0 49176,"are pitted against shimmering cinematography that lends the setting the ethereal beauty of an Asian landscape painting",1 201206,"his most ardent fans",1 31404,"extensions of themselves",1 232077,"in what is essentially an extended soap opera",0 64667,"Changing Lanes is an anomaly for a Hollywood movie : it 's a well-written and occasionally challenging social drama that actually has something interesting to say",1 28161,"aged",0 179970,"'s self-defeatingly decorous",0 102543,", graceless , hackneyed",0 83599,"into your heart",1 71190,"` Barbershop '' is a good-hearted ensemble comedy with a variety of quirky characters and an engaging story .",1 5000,"bared his soul and",1 149513,"The last 20 minutes are somewhat redeeming , but most of the movie is the same teenage American road-trip drek we 've seen before",0 24552,"Against all odds in heaven and hell , it creeped me out just fine .",1 56182,"prevail",1 58074,"the best sports movie",1 102332,", Storytelling fails to provide much more insight than the inside column of a torn book jacket .",0 36269,"questioning social mores while ensnaring the audience with its emotional pull",1 226806,"Translation : ` We do n't need to try very hard",0 186894,"Replacing John Carpenter 's stylish tracking shots",0 189799,"With more character development this might have been an eerie thriller : with better payoffs , it could have been a thinking man 's monster movie .",0 233724,"manages to escape the shackles of its own clichés to be the best espionage picture to come out in weeks .",1 7675,"is a visual tour-de-force and a story that is unlike any",1 55843,"originality in ` Life '",1 233589,"ludicrous and",0 36977,"simply the best family film",1 176739,"tosses around sex toys and offers half-hearted paeans to empowerment that are repeatedly undercut by the brutality of the jokes , most at women 's expense .",0 135161,"the end Sum of All Fears morphs into a mundane '70s disaster flick .",0 87778,"needs to stay afloat in Hollywood",0 193637,"as tryingly as the title",0 12489,"too dialed-up",0 188899,"There might be some sort of credible gender-provoking philosophy submerged here , but who the hell cares ?",0 33335,"is beautiful to behold",1 26948,"There are moments it can be heart-rending in an honest and unaffected ( and gentle ) way .",1 114638,"are now two signs that M . Night Shyamalan 's debut feature sucked up all he has to give to the mystic genres of cinema : Unbreakable and Signs .",0 220854,"'s just a movie that happens to have Jackie Chan in it .",0 208051,"of the charm and little",1 163365,"is so stale , in fact , that its most vibrant scene is one that uses clips from Brian De Palma 's Scarface . That 's a cheat",0 214125,"the airhead movie business",0 118679,"drags out",0 231148,"gets old quickly",0 82134,"her third feature will be something to behold",1 11945,"the sweetest thing , a romantic comedy with outrageous tendencies , may be a mess in a lot of ways",1 161613,"if you grew up on the stalker flicks of the 1980",0 136920,"this exciting new filmmaker",1 211806,"sloppy , over-the-top ,",0 203941,"it is nearly impossible to look at or understand",0 156339,"clearer , more memorable",1 189894,"Yes , Spirited Away is a triumph of imagination",1 63863,"An energetic , violent movie with a momentum that never lets up .",1 227697,"`` superior ''",1 144779,"Depicts the sorriest and most sordid of human behavior on the screen , then laughs at how clever it 's being .",0 24135,"... an inviting piece of film .",1 21168,"just breathtaking",1 219303,"while you watch it , offering fine acting moments and pungent insights into modern L . A .",1 197107,"display than a movie , which normally is expected to have characters and a storyline",0 152831,"abundance of hackneyed dialogue and",0 96328,"the overuse of special effects",0 59102,"thrives on its taut performances and creepy atmosphere",1 9943,"quality cinema",1 121041,"get at something",1 141025,"'m sure if you 're a Hartley fan , you might enjoy yourself",1 177964,"what critics have come to term an '' ambitious failure",0 118235,"difficult to spot the culprit early-on in this predictable thriller",1 59600,"two gifted performers",1 223768,"I can imagine this movie as a b & w British comedy , circa 1960 , with Peter Sellers , Kenneth Williams , et al. , but at this time , with this cast , this movie is hopeless .",0 133042,"soullessness",0 49166,"are moments it captures the erotics of intimacy in a way that makes most American love stories look downright unfree",1 127100,"mildly interesting",1 161354,"hits close to home while engaging in such silliness as that snake-down-the-throat business and the inevitable shot of Schwarzenegger",1 195197,"by some Freudian puppet",0 24301,"A cockamamie tone poem pitched precipitously between swoony lyricism and violent catastrophe ... the most aggressively nerve-wracking and screamingly neurotic romantic comedy in cinema history .",1 100955,"wounding Uncle Ralph . It 's a great performance and a reminder of Dickens ' grandeur",1 191193,"a recycled and dumbed-down version",0 91964,"scathing and joyous . It 's a masterpeice .",1 66527,"It 's an ambitious film , and as with all ambitious films , it has some problems . But on the whole , you 're gonna like this movie .",1 88999,"of the dry humor that first made audiences on both sides of the Atlantic love him",1 216111,"there 's not nearly enough that 's right",0 211105,"seems to be coasting . There are a few modest laughs , but certainly no thrills",0 152360,"a right to yawp",1 157316,"deserves credit",1 56470,"refreshingly natural",1 197040,"directs The Pianist like a surgeon mends a broken heart : very meticulously but without any passion",0 70614,"Very well-written and",1 150827,"What happens to John Q",0 12387,"to liven things up",1 120212,"flakiness",0 209139,"pathetically compare notes about their budding amours",0 94342,"terrifying message",0 209010,"pained",0 119077,"energy and geniality",1 150806,"What 's next : '' My Mother the Car",0 73080,"accomplishes in his chilling , unnerving film",1 153780,"are -- no real plot , no real conflict , no real point .",0 202631,"is a poster movie , a mediocre tribute to films like Them !",0 174419,"the oddest thing about the movie is how it winds up affirming the same damn moldy values the material has always held dear .",0 180180,"( Lin Chung 's ) voice is rather unexceptional , even irritating ( at least to this Western ear ) , making it awfully hard to buy the impetus for the complicated love triangle that develops between the three central characters .",0 97861,"to a satisfying crime drama",1 162788,"is as reliably soul-killing as its title is nearly meaningless",0 105703,"Every sequel you skip will be two hours gained . Consider this review life-affirming .",0 97728,"throughout this funny film",1 119774,"far more meaningful story",1 111536,"a battle of wills that is impossible to care about and is n't very funny",0 71804,"a head-turner -- thoughtfully written , beautifully read and , finally , deeply humanizing",1 73873,"an interesting look at the life of the campaign-trail press , especially ones",1 45651,"In The Pianist , Polanski is saying what he has long wanted to say , confronting the roots of his own preoccupations and obsessions , and he allows nothing to get in the way .",1 84164,"is enriched by an imaginatively mixed cast of antic spirits , headed by Christopher Plummer as the subtlest and most complexly evil Uncle Ralph I 've ever seen in the many film and stage adaptations of the work .",1 45376,"Girls Ca n't Swim represents an engaging and intimate first feature by a talented director to watch , and",1 176987,"turns into a film wreck",0 36773,"seen on a 10-inch television screen or at your local multiplex",0 57274,"spite of tragic loss and increasing decrepitude",0 229719,"can tell you that there 's no other reason why anyone should bother remembering it .",0 117202,"come up with an original idea for a teen movie",0 82358,"historically significant , and personal ,",1 153917,"are off almost from the get-go",0 80710,"fu",0 146912,"John Turturro , who 's simply fab as a Spanish butler with a foot fetish",1 133697,"surprisingly sweet and gentle",1 143741,"An instant candidate for worst movie of the year .",0 130375,"pointless meditation",0 188938,"Third time 's the charm",1 79435,"exhausted by documentarians",0 34689,"movie -- go see it",1 47286,"The vivid lead performances sustain interest and empathy ,",1 33603,"it 's rarely been told with such affecting grace and cultural specificity",1 125347,"its provocative conclusion",1 181016,", the rest of the cast comes across as stick figures reading lines from a TelePrompTer .",0 100440,"with a visual style unique and inherent",1 42539,"relax and have a few laughs while the little ones get a fuzzy treat .",1 210998,"see the it",1 162020,"in the lazy Bloodwork",0 137656,"to his craft , but to his legend",1 59960,"watching De Niro and Crystal having fun",1 218505,"very talented but underutilized",0 132294,"shiny new bow",1 160358,"grim , hollow exercise",0 136684,"their own brightly colored dreams",1 60597,"young , Black manhood that is funny , touching , smart and complicated",1 34892,"never to tease , except gently and in that way that makes us consider our own eccentricities and how they are expressed through our homes",1 187917,"The acting is amateurish , the cinematography is atrocious , the direction is clumsy , the writing is insipid and the violence is at once luridly graphic and laughably unconvincing .",0 125991,"light , innocuous and unremarkable",0 176660,"too much heart",0 25095,"Dense",0 150065,"There 's something fundamental missing from this story : something or someone to care about .",0 51422,"experienced by millions",1 202584,"is a gritty police thriller with all the dysfunctional family dynamics one could wish for .",1 101966,"'s too bad that the rest is n't more compelling",0 6433,"featherweight",0 228233,"a vehicle to savour Binoche 's skill",1 8863,"more naturalistic than its australian counterpart",1 131398,"research library dust",0 165089,"little left",0 42323,"made richer by his own experiences , making his other movies somehow richer in the bargain",1 184260,"Halfway through , however , having sucked dry the undead action flick formula , Blade II mutates into a gross-out monster movie with effects that are more silly than scary .",0 115409,"barn-burningly bad movie",0 62341,", this is a movie that tells stories that work -- is charming , is moving",1 160555,"hard to follow",0 212390,"spotty script",0 227668,"`` gory mayhem '' is your idea of a good time",1 149452,"The furious coherence that ( DeNiro ) brings to this part",1 223577,"Hard to resist .",1 50546,"creative sequel",1 162639,"is a movie about a bus wreck that turns into a film wreck .",0 133841,"takes a hat-in-hand approach to Rowling that stifles creativity and allows the film to drag on for nearly three hours .",0 137355,"to accommodate to fit in and gain the unconditional love she seeks",1 10061,"reheated aliens",0 151291,"a Hartley fan",1 90566,"powerful and telling story",1 60871,"'s a talking head documentary , but a great one",1 217711,"tough to be startled when you 're almost dozing",0 216615,"threw loads of money at an idea that should 've been so much more even if it was only made for teenage boys and wrestling fans",0 38181,"the face of official repression",0 95781,"the funniest and most accurate depiction",1 130509,"powerful and moving without stooping to base melodrama",1 26046,"Marquis",1 101589,"'s also curious to note that this film , like the similarly ill-timed Antitrust , is easily as bad at a fraction the budget .",0 137905,"to the Haunted House",0 156605,"commonly",0 52606,"highly satisfying",1 54778,"modern-day royals",1 162891,"is far too self-conscious to draw you deeply into its world .",0 115375,"bang your head on the seat in front of you ,",0 188494,"The only reason you should see this movie is if you have a case of masochism and an hour and a half to blow .",0 101343,"'' is a fun",1 217814,"trivializes the movie with too many nervous gags",0 197723,"either moderately amusing or",1 133900,"tawdry B-movie flamboyance",0 76660,"children , a heartfelt romance for teenagers and",1 137578,"to feed to the younger generations",1 7684,"is also a testament to the integrity and vision of the band",1 55082,"no means a slam-dunk and sure to ultimately disappoint the action fans who will be moved to the edge of their seats by the dynamic first act",0 46467,"Pacino is the best he 's been in years",1 47930,"a dazzling conceptual feat",1 26006,"Looking aristocratic , luminous yet careworn in Jane Hamilton 's exemplary costumes , Rampling gives a performance that could not be improved upon .",1 147270,"Lovingly choreographed bloodshed taking place in a pristine movie neverland , basically .",1 29696,"both leads are up to the task",1 42003,"gives us a rare glimpse",1 44302,"A terrific B movie -- in fact , the best in recent memory",1 131031,"rattling the viewer",1 200811,"have expected a little more human being , and a little less product",0 38554,"the possibility of hope",1 168749,"pay for his next project",1 8430,"light romantic comedy ,",1 197469,"drab and inert",0 172566,"tarted up with Latin flava and",1 161527,"humorless disquisition",0 152608,"a tone-deaf singer",0 138505,"ultimately empty",0 145184,"Even the imaginative gore ca n't hide the musty scent of Todd Farmer 's screenplay , which is a simple retread of the 1979 Alien , with a plucky heroine battling a monster loose in a spaceship .",0 12047,"the worst",0 18513,"-- and admirably -- uncommercial",1 12940,"were once amusing",0 130881,"quasi-documentary",1 19591,"a strong performance",1 138703,"unimpressively",0 187328,"Skip this turd and pick your nose instead because you 're sure to get more out of the latter experience",0 114133,"an original and highly cerebral examination",1 228070,"a performance of sustained intelligence from Stanford and another of subtle humour from Bebe Neuwirth",1 169811,"recently said , a tortuous comment that perfectly illustrates the picture 's moral schizophrenia .",0 33769,"its dumbness",0 44504,"An important movie ,",1 52154,"glancing vividly back",1 127424,"most deceptively amusing comedies",1 108486,"Provides a porthole into that noble , trembling incoherence that defines us all",1 93951,"surrounded by open windows",1 60334,"with an intimate heart",1 36342,"rather sturdy",1 173544,"the big loser",0 25408,"Gets under the skin of a man who has just lost his wife .",1 219786,"with nary an original idea ( or role , or edit , or score , or anything , really ) in sight",0 220230,"you 're definitely convinced that these women are spectacular .",1 97646,"thoughtful war films",1 66205,"I simply ca n't recommend it enough .",1 45339,"Funny but perilously slight .",1 55787,"one of those reputedly '' unfilmable '' novels that has bucked the odds to emerge as an exquisite motion picture in its own right",1 157440,"difficult-to-swallow setting",0 11924,"the stunt work is top-notch",1 158598,"except to show fisticuffs in this sort of stop-go slow motion that makes the gang rumbles look like they 're being streamed",0 124389,"is on full , irritating display in ( this ) meandering and pointless French coming-of-age import from writer-director Anne-Sophie Birot",0 809,"devastating testimony",0 193059,"are clinically depressed",0 27303,"You might not want to hang out with Samantha , but you 'll probably see a bit of yourself in her unfinished story .",1 216423,"this listless feature",0 32770,"immorality",0 67963,"Often overwrought",0 90999,"quiet power",1 3166,"wildlife",1 18358,", as does the appropriately brief 40-minute running time",1 203151,"is n't a terrible film by any means",1 210286,"reeked of a been-there , done-that sameness",0 75002,"at the very root of his contradictory , self-hating , self-destructive ways",0 55289,"of an artist , one whose view of America , history and the awkwardness of human life is generous and deep",1 34909,"nicely acted and beautifully shot and scored",1 227187,"With a cast of A-list Brit actors , it is worth searching out .",1 172512,"takes talent to make a lifeless movie about the most heinous man who ever lived .",0 12522,"top-notch",1 46933,"The Piano Teacher is a film that defies categorisation . It haunts , horrifies , startles and fascinates : it is impossible to look away . Ah yes , and then there 's the music ...",1 100781,"wonderful but sometimes confusing flashback",1 222987,"Compellingly watchable .",1 230859,"flavours",1 132947,"something fascinating",1 182334,"Amy 's career success",1 100694,"with wit and originality",1 37198,"sparklingly inventive and artful , always fast and furious tale",1 89774,"other Imax films do n't : chimps , lots of chimps , all blown up to the size of a house .",0 33371,"is far from the worst , thanks to the topical issues it raises , the performances of Stewart and Hardy , and that essential feature -- a decent full-on space battle",0 170353,"sappy ethnic sleeper",0 228091,"a popcorn film , not a must-own ,",1 13612,", lump-in-the-throat family entertainment that derives its power by sticking to the facts .",1 20700,"gruelling",0 146944,"Just a string of stale gags , with no good inside dope , and no particular bite .",0 184847,"If you really want to understand what this story is really all about , you 're far better served by the source material .",0 135907,"the only drama is in waiting to hear how John Malkovich 's reedy consigliere will pronounce his next line",0 48584,"absolutely riveting conviction",1 131033,"raucous and sappy",0 43753,", this nervy oddity , like modern art should .",1 71512,"a dead-end existence",0 212338,"spin hopelessly out of control -- that is to say",0 145941,"I 'm afraid you wo n't get through this frankly fantastical by-the-numbers B-flick with just a suspension of disbelief . Rather",0 154030,"artificial and soulless",0 135255,"the feeble examples",0 24504,"A warm but realistic meditation on friendship , family and affection",1 80064,"flashy editing style",1 21439,"nonthreatening but thrilling adventure",1 172039,"stops being clever and devolves into flashy , vaguely silly overkill",0 77824,"deeper every time",1 176858,"tries too hard , and overreaches the logic of its own world .",0 62624,"10-course banquet",1 149578,"The movie feels like it 's going to be great , and",1 36228,"pulls us into its world , gives us a hero whose suffering and triumphs we can share , surrounds him with interesting characters and sends us out of the theater feeling",1 118048,"demonstrate how desperate the makers of this ` we 're - doing-it-for - the-cash ' sequel were",0 228568,"an enthusiastic charm",1 102532,", from the incongruous but chemically",0 218025,"typical documentary footage which hurts the overall impact of the film",0 86505,"mainstream audiences have rarely seen",1 70963,"Wiseman is patient",1 73866,"an intense indoor drama",1 28343,"an epic documentary",1 65271,"Eileen Walsh , an engaging , wide-eyed actress whose teeth are a little too big for her mouth , infuses the movie with much of its slender , glinting charm .",1 188071,"The dialogue is cumbersome , the simpering soundtrack and editing more so .",0 188212,"The film rehashes several old themes and is capped with pointless extremes -- it 's insanely violent and very graphic",0 122630,"humor , warmth ,",1 149356,"The experience of going to a film festival is a rewarding one :",1 54067,"keep the film grounded and keep the audience riveted",1 222712,"But , like Silence , it 's a movie that gets under your skin .",0 173147,"that none of the characters comes off as big",0 23536,", but together they are magnificent .",1 30361,"considerably more scenery",1 236593,"that you 'll want to crawl up your own \*\*\* in embarrassment",0 194584,"better to wait for the video . And a very rainy day",0 73033,"above pat inspirational status",1 171821,"spoof takes itself too seriously",0 215538,"the same number of continuity errors",0 31089,"ends in bone-crushing screwups",0 63231,"A new film from Bill Plympton , the animation master , is always welcome .",1 59177,"to be clever , amusing and unpredictable",1 182272,"Aloof and",0 103858,"A sensitive and astute",1 233813,"means to face your fears",1 19509,"a good old fashion romance and someone who shamelessly loves to eat , then Mostly Martha",1 137270,"times uncommonly moving",1 127385,"mornings . I still like Moonlight Mile , better judgment be damned",1 150219,"This is a great subject for a movie , but Hollywood has squandered the opportunity , using it as a prop for warmed-over melodrama and the kind of choreographed mayhem that director John Woo has built his career on .",0 173115,"that made Spy Kids a surprising winner with both adults and younger audiences",1 123532,"intimacy and precision",1 2674,"the movie is loaded with good intentions , but in his zeal to squeeze the action and our emotions into the all-too-familiar dramatic arc of the holocaust escape story , minac drains his movie of all individuality .",0 196240,"copout",0 12952,"what a concept , what an idea , what a thrill ride . this is a more fascinating look at the future than '' bladerunner '' and one of the most high-concept sci fi adventures attempted for the screen .",1 29454,"beautifully accomplished lyrical meditation",1 120831,"fun , with its celeb-strewn backdrop well used .",1 218252,"unromantic",0 108020,"Nohe has made a decent ` intro ' documentary , but he feels like a spectator and not a participant",0 114277,"and resourceful hero",1 176617,"too formulaic and",0 82778,"improbable as this premise may seem",0 195253,"ca n't act",0 9862,"proof once again that if the filmmakers just follow the books , they ca n't go wrong . better effects , better acting and a hilarious kenneth branagh . an excellent sequel .",1 148933,"Suggests puns about ingredients and soup and somebody being off their noodle , but let 's just say the ingredients do n't quite add up to a meal",0 25077,"Davis",1 128071,"none of these words really gets at the very special type of badness that is Deuces Wild .",0 158876,"fascinating but choppy documentary",1 227345,"\/ You both look and sound great",1 63,"'s truly awful and heartbreaking subject matter",0 159492,"for the most part this is a dull , dour documentary on what ought to be a joyful or at least fascinating subject",0 174711,"the screenplay is stiff as a board",0 140875,"zeal to spread propaganda",0 197405,"doing its usual worst to guilt-trip parents",0 20716,"has a watchful affection for the monster",1 195987,"comes to mind : So why is this so boring ?",0 66332,"Implicitly acknowledges and celebrates the glorious chicanery and self-delusion of this most American of businesses , and for that reason it may be the most oddly honest Hollywood document of all .",1 147054,"Lacking gravitas , MacDowell is a placeholder for grief , and ergo this sloppy drama is an empty vessel . Leave these Flowers unpicked -- they 're dead on the vine",0 133534,"succeed in producing that most frightening of all movies -- a mediocre horror film too bad to be good and too good to be bad .",0 150383,"To be oblivious to the existence of this film",0 9384,"of the witless ageism afflicting films",0 147961,"Ostensibly celebrates middle-aged girl power , even as it presents friendship between women as pathetic , dysfunctional and destructive .",0 128124,"not since Grumpy Old Men have I heard a film so solidly connect with one demographic while striking out with another .",1 230877,"focuses on Joan 's raging hormones and sledgehammers the audience with Spanish inquisitions about her `` madness '' so much",0 84292,"is historical filmmaking without the balm of right-thinking ideology , either liberal or conservative . Mr . Scorsese 's bravery and integrity in advancing this vision can hardly be underestimated",1 230177,"despite the long running time , the pace never feels slack -- there 's no scene that screams `` bathroom break ! ''",1 237913,"to re-create the excitement of such '50s flicks as Jules Verne 's ' 20ꯠ Leagues Under the Sea ' and the George Pal version of H.G. Wells ' ` The Time Machine",1 81857,"have been kind enough to share it",1 77523,"create images you wish you had n't seen",0 9888,"psychological",1 230279,"divine monument",1 133676,"surprising , subtle",1 102404,", at last count , numbered 52 different versions",0 56114,"positively thrilling combination",1 71884,"a light , yet engrossing piece . Lux , now in her eighties",1 182384,"An empty , purposeless",0 223388,"For a film that 's being advertised as a comedy , Sweet Home Alabama is n't as funny as you 'd hoped .",0 17802,"to go to the movies to have fun",1 71583,"a downward narcotized spiral",0 156058,"cares passionately about its subject , but too often becomes ponderous in its teaching of history ,",0 130855,"put to find a movie character more unattractive or odorous ( than Leon )",0 7732,"is just too dialed-up",0 33658,"it held my interest from start to finish .",1 207834,"of just slapping extreme humor and gross-out gags",0 83241,"include every top-notch British actor who did not appear in Gosford Park ( as well as one , Ms . Mirren , who did )",1 14226,"Laissez-Passer is a distinguished and distinctive effort by a bona-fide master , a fascinating film replete with rewards to be had by all willing to make the effort to reap them .",1 106130,"Hampered -- no , paralyzed -- by a self-indulgent script ... that aims for poetry and ends up sounding like satire",0 72607,"a superior crime movie",1 199802,"genuine narrative",1 198836,"fill time",0 101876,"'s serious , poetic , earnest and -- sadly -- dull .",0 162511,"irritatingly unimaginative retread concept",0 106046,"Graced with the kind of social texture and realism that would be foreign in American teen comedies .",1 191059,"a paint-by-numbers picture",0 203345,"is quite possibly the sturdiest example yet of why the DV revolution has cheapened the artistry of making a film .",0 98159,"to know your Ice-T 's from your Cool-J 's to realize that as far as these shootings are concerned , something is rotten in the state of California",0 128472,"of a raindrop",1 228027,"a movie comes along to remind us of how very bad a motion picture can truly be .",0 155717,"by a terrorist bomb",0 212463,"standard thriller and drag audience enthusiasm to crush depth",0 65467,"Fans of critics ' darling band Wilco will marvel at the sometimes murky , always brooding look of I Am Trying to Break Your Heart .",1 162786,"is as far as you can get from racy ,",0 51011,"dramatic , funny and poignant",1 38244,"the finest of specials",1 148643,"Slick piece of cross-promotion .",1 33241,"is a miracle akin to the story the film portrays .",1 103077,"-- and not always for the better",0 53342,"is a testament of quiet endurance , of common concern , of reconciled survival",1 175163,"there 's no larger point , and little social context",0 112521,"a pretentious and ultimately empty examination of a sick and evil woman .",0 12669,"unimaginative",0 62906,"A dashing and absorbing outing with one of France 's most inventive directors",1 131084,"reality shows -- reality shows for God 's sake ! -- is a crime that should be punishable by chainsaw .",0 114346,"another iteration of what 's become one of the movies ' creepiest conventions , in which the developmentally disabled",0 186296,"Neither as scary-funny as Tremors nor",0 86397,"loves its characters and communicates something",1 102299,", Madonna is one helluva singer . As the Mediterranean sparkles , ` Swept Away ' sinks .",0 62268,", the film , directed by Joel Zwick , is heartfelt and hilarious in ways you ca n't fake .",1 64802,"Contradicts",0 90523,"portrays young Brendan with his usual intelligence and subtlety , not to mention a convincing brogue .",1 75593,"best movie work",1 119258,"eroti-comedy",0 211790,"slimed",0 30218,"clinical and poetic",1 129760,"otherwise dull",0 46140,"Meeting , even exceeding expectations , it 's the best sequel since The Empire Strikes Back ... a majestic achievement , an epic of astonishing grandeur and surprising emotional depth .",1 24639,"An incredibly low-rent Danish film",0 167912,"of willful eccentricity",1 217506,"to wait for the video",0 155133,"best films ,",1 136187,"the same sledgehammer appeal as Pokemon videos",0 69571,"The film is predictable in the reassuring manner of a beautifully sung holiday carol .",1 209917,"purpose is never clear",0 50687,"deconstructed",0 31499,"fascinating , intelligent manner",1 93296,"spellbinding fun",1 63372,"A slam-bang extravaganza that",1 57844,"that may not always work",0 133954,"tell stance is admirable , but it can make him a problematic documentary subject",0 106941,"It 's pretentious in a way that verges on the amateurish .",0 49359,"assurance worthy",1 133542,"succeeds mainly",1 8511,"literally bruising jokes",0 3835,"a good-natured ensemble comedy that tries hard to make the most of a bumper",1 199326,"for the earnest emotional core",1 148505,"Sets up a nice concept for its fiftysomething leading ladies , but fails loudly in execution",0 60197,"why it 's so successful at lodging itself in the brain",1 170351,"sappy and , worse , runs away from its own provocative theme",0 10928,"tadpole is emblematic of the witless ageism afflicting films",0 33770,"its emotional pull",1 6827,"good actress",1 50737,"deliriously funny , fast and loose , accessible to the uninitiated , and full",1 179119,"you do n't go to the movies for",0 31969,"funny blend",1 80647,"from squirming in their seats",0 94714,"that is gorgeously",1 163448,"is the case of a pregnant premise being wasted by a script that takes few chances and manages to insult the intelligence of everyone in the audience",0 103184,"... a cheap , ludicrous attempt at serious horror .",0 39090,"times when A Rumor of Angels plays like an extended episode of Touched by an Angel -- a little too much dancing , a few too many weeping scenes --",0 213567,"that appeals to me",1 3723,"a didactic and dull documentary glorifying software",0 54209,"less than a new voice that deserves to be considered as a possible successor to the best European directors",1 228641,"and drab wannabe",0 133365,"straight-shooting family film",1 150211,"This is a good movie in spurts ,",1 107684,"McKay seems embarrassed by his own invention and tries to rush through the intermediary passages , apparently hoping that the audience will not notice the glaring triteness of the plot device he has put in service .",0 229430,"boilerplate clichés",0 25174,"Drop Dead Gorgeous",1 184555,"Hypnotically dull , relentlessly downbeat , laughably predictable wail pitched to the cadence of a depressed fifteen-year-old 's suicidal poetry .",0 58157,"the confusions you had while watching it",0 46869,"Sweet and memorable film .",1 6079,"dreadful romance",0 92463,"sharply comic and surprisingly touching",1 57662,"terrific climax",1 68006,"One of the funniest motion pictures of the year",1 151113,"You 've seen them a million times",0 65594,"For most of its footage , the new thriller proves that director M . Night Shyamalan can weave an eerie spell and that Mel Gibson can gasp , shudder and even tremble without losing his machismo .",1 231600,"have to admit that I am baffled by Jason X.",0 89996,"pack some serious suspense",1 17592,"the most fun",1 93693,"stylish film",1 123256,"in which the talent is undeniable",1 100632,"with terrific flair",1 75455,"been better",0 204656,"lacks even the most fragmented charms I have found in almost all of his previous works",0 59858,"very well shot",1 33997,"lavishly built",1 3984,"a modest pleasure",1 36072,"pop junk",0 211681,"sinks into by-the-numbers territory .",0 109226,"Strangely comes off as a kingdom more mild than wild .",1 193180,"are simply named The Husband , The Wife and The Kidnapper , emphasizing the disappointingly generic nature of the entire effort",0 1881,"of ` deadly friend",0 47541,"Visually imaginative , thematically instructive",1 106763,"Intriguing and downright intoxicating .",1 53452,"is economically packed with telling scenes .",1 163939,"it ultimately disappoints",0 85871,"leaves you cool",1 91124,"rather slow beginning",0 188603,"The redeeming feature of Chan 's films",1 72888,"able to inject some real vitality and even art into a pulpy concept that , in many other hands would be completely forgettable",1 208274,"offend viewers not amused by the sick sense of humor",0 165451,"made this a superior movie",1 202484,"irritating ( at least to this Western ear ) ,",0 51991,"fun to watch Arnold and his buddy Gerald bounce off a quirky cast of characters",1 163151,"is not ` Who ?",1 126255,"little too obvious ,",0 123168,"in the mood for an intelligent weepy",1 12704,"unwatchable",0 85579,"just right",1 175230,"they are wincing back in repugnance",0 109048,"Some Body will take you places you have n't been , and also places you have .",1 122461,"holds interest",1 197589,"dull , simple-minded and stereotypical tale",0 193602,"as the old saying goes , because it 's true",1 180507,", and not worth",0 20215,"by the movie 's depiction of sacrifice and its stirring epilogue in post-Soviet Russia",1 20080,"be her own worst enemy",0 161008,"he uncovers them",1 222050,"A man leaving the screening said the film was better than Saving Private Ryan .",1 35807,"otherwise intense , twist-and-turn thriller",1 85651,"kid-empowerment fantasy",1 197503,"dramatically satisfying",1 238260,"up out of John C. Walsh 's Pipe Dream",0 176332,"to reach a level of high drama",1 48045,"a fine little amuse-bouche to keep your appetite",1 104614,"Bad Company",0 7784,"is so fresh and free of the usual thriller nonsense that it all seems to be happening for the first time",1 223256,"Even at its worst , it 's not half-bad .",1 42107,"impresses almost as much as her work",1 214335,"the compassion , good-natured humor",1 62221,", smoky and inviting",1 110518,"This makes it not only a detailed historical document , but an engaging and moving portrait of a subculture",1 196479,"cruel , misanthropic stuff",0 193649,"as well-conceived as either of those films",1 93616,"striking a blow for artistic integrity",1 52800,"if occasionally flawed ,",0 178958,"wretched work",0 139641,"which also dealt with British children rediscovering the power of fantasy during wartime",1 30503,"cried , not once , but three times in this animated sweet film",1 99604,"was a deserved co-winner of the Audience Award for documentaries at the Sundance Film Festival",1 33208,"is a brief shooting star of love",1 29866,"but there is no sense of connecting the dots , just dots .",0 158346,"entirely unexamined in this startlingly unfunny comedy",0 52261,"great power , yet",1 48269,"a perpetual sense of urgency , which , for a film that takes nearly three hours to unspool , is both funny and irritating",1 166429,"much bad",0 230992,"free to go get popcorn whenever he 's not onscreen",0 81758,"has rarely been more fun than it is in Nine Queens",1 207437,"of Hollywood heart-string plucking",0 213869,"that the answer is as conventional as can be",0 198738,"feels like a teenybopper Ed Wood film , replete with the pubescent scandalous innuendo and the high-strung but flaccid drama",0 229164,"be cherished",1 125084,"it requires gargantuan leaps of faith just to watch it",0 63145,"A live-wire film that",1 131960,"seem downright Hitchcockian",1 39044,"thrilling moments",1 38372,"the lack of a compelling or comprehensible narrative",0 215696,"the storyline and its underlying themes ... finally seem so impersonal or even shallow",0 174035,"the girls -- his film is a frat boy 's idea of a good time",0 187090,"Sandra Bullock , despite downplaying her good looks , carries a little too much ai n't - she-cute baggage into her lead role as a troubled and determined homicide cop to quite pull off the heavy stuff .",0 73691,"an astounding performance",1 187625,"Suffers from unlikable characters and a self-conscious sense",0 189581,"What happens when something goes bump in the night and nobody cares ?",0 76970,"comes from a renowned Indian film culture that allows Americans to finally revel in its splendor",1 38085,"the classic films of Jean Renoir",1 218213,"unlaughable",0 1273,"imitation",0 112178,"a kingdom more mild than wild",0 109118,"Special P . O . V . camera mounts on bikes , skateboards , and motorcycles provide an intense experience when splashed across the immense IMAX screen .",1 208690,"only in making me groggy",0 166568,"naturalistic small talk",1 128355,"of Middle Eastern world politics",1 154487,"avoid imprisonment",1 212831,"such a great one",1 189010,"This is n't a terrible film by any means , but",1 85625,"keep you at the edge of your seat with its shape-shifting perils , political intrigue and brushes",1 163923,"it strangely magnetic",1 221688,", you 'll cheer .",1 206862,"need more X and less blab",0 66514,"It 's a wonderful , sobering , heart-felt drama .",1 175406,"this half-hearted messing-about",0 238172,"ugh",0 72759,"a very moving and revelatory footnote to the Holocaust",1 167426,"of defensive driving : It 's careful , conscientious and makes no major mistakes .",1 104820,"Both a beautifully",1 59301,"to offend and put off everyone",0 202222,"inexpressible and drab",0 96834,"the tale has turned from sweet to bittersweet , and when the tears come during that final , beautiful scene , they finally feel absolutely earned",1 84181,"is every bit as fascinating",1 236541,"that surely can not last",0 182359,"An ambitious ` what if ? ' that works .",1 52858,"impressive fake documentary",1 91301,"recommend it",1 124590,"is suspenseful and ultimately unpredictable , with a sterling ensemble cast .",1 137546,"to eke out an emotional tug of the heart , one which it fails to get",0 126842,"match the freshness of the actress-producer and writer",1 153937,"are simultaneously buried , drowned and smothered in the excesses of writer-director Roger Avary",0 60185,"wholly believable and heart-wrenching",1 126788,"many good ideas as bad is the cold comfort that Chin 's film serves up with style and empathy",0 118261,"directed , highly professional film that 's old-fashioned in all the best possible ways",1 236787,"the consequences of its own actions and revelations",0 226389,"The only fun part of the movie is playing the obvious game .",0 49160,"are in perfect balance",1 45634,"If you dig on David Mamet 's mind tricks ... rent this movie and enjoy",1 112188,"a lame story",0 169665,"rather lopsided conception",0 236345,"thanks to Kline 's superbly nuanced performance , that pondering is highly pleasurable .",1 194180,"be over",1 195597,"characteristic style",1 203793,"it 's quite enough to lessen the overall impact the movie could have had",0 145949,"I 'm not exactly sure what this movie thinks it is about .",0 134993,"the charismatic Jackie Chan to",1 151220,"` Synthetic ' is the best description of this well-meaning , beautifully produced film that sacrifices its promise for a high-powered star pedigree .",0 100664,"with the right actors and with the kind of visual flair that shows what great cinema can really do",1 237215,"the silly showdown",0 73099,"achieving the modest , crowd-pleasing goals it sets for itself",1 93012,"soars",1 36312,"race , politics and local commerce",1 226406,"The otherwise good-naturedness of Mr. Deeds , with its embrace of sheer goofiness and cameos of less - than-likely New York celebrities ... certainly raises the film above anything Sandler 's been attached to before .",1 70403,"To the degree that ivans xtc . works , it 's thanks to Huston 's revelatory performance .",1 195285,"ca n't shake the feeling that Crossroads is nothing more than an hour-and-a-half-long commercial for Britney 's latest album",0 95358,"the con",0 165562,"makes a tragic error by going on for too long , trying to mirror every subsequent event in Chinese history : war , revolution , Communism , etc .",0 177,"a good , straightforward tale",1 177424,"very bad sign",0 135496,"the heart of the film",1 166029,"mismatched buddies",0 85489,"joins the ranks of those gay filmmakers who have used the emigre experience to explore same-sex culture in ways that elude the more nationally settled",1 57509,"sumptuous ocean visuals and the cinematic stylings of director John Stockwell",1 149378,"The film 's few ideas are stretched to the point of evaporation : the whole central section is one big chase that seems to have no goal and no urgency . It 's just filler .",0 103804,"A powerful , inflammatory film about religion that dares to question an ancient faith , and about hatred that offers no easy , comfortable resolution",1 99056,"uniquely sensual metaphorical dramatization",1 20122,"big , dumb , happy movie",1 166476,"much too big for its britches",0 84133,"is delightful in the central role",1 169724,"real conflict",1 67985,"Once folks started hanging out at the barbershop , they never wanted to leave . Chances are you wo n't , either .",1 17285,"sophisticated , brash , sardonic , completely joyful in its execution",1 20761,"he 's quite a talented director",1 193962,"badder than bad",0 66315,"If you love the music , and I do",1 81835,"have a freshness and modesty that transcends their predicament .",1 40252,"with some awesome action photography and surfing",1 123534,"intimate contemplation",1 200904,"having two guys yelling in your face for two hours",0 188533,"The performances are so overstated",0 124093,"is handsome",1 144001,"Bad '' is the operative word for '' Bad Company , '' and",0 30897,"do n't see",0 169815,"recognize that this story is too goofy",0 164752,"less like a coming-of-age romance than an infomercial .",0 139061,"vintage Looney Tunes",1 65675,"Frodo 's quest remains unfulfilled",0 181006,", the movie will likely set the cause of woman warriors back decades .",0 84706,"is that rare animal known as ' a perfect family film",1 160374,"groan-inducing familiarity",0 11039,"that allows americans to finally revel in its splendor",1 140972,"'d think filmmaker Simon Wells would have more reverence for the material . But this costly dud is a far cry from either the book or the beloved film .",0 102865,", the disparate elements do n't gel",0 143757,"An overstuffed compendium of teen-Catholic-movie dogma",0 149980,"The whole affair , true story or not , feels incredibly hokey",0 99299,"vanity project",0 36774,"seen on the big screen before",0 51712,"finest work",1 167670,"of rehashed sight gags",0 93647,"strongest and most touching movie of recent years",1 144886,"Disaster",0 36092,"possesses a quite pleasing , headlong thrust and a likably delinquent attitude",1 230344,"does have a heart .",1 146906,"John McTiernan 's botched remake may be subtler than Norman Jewison 's 1975 ultraviolent futuristic corporate-sports saga . It 's also stupider .",0 117045,"clear-cut",1 238578,"what 's nice is that there 's a casual intelligence that permeates the script .",1 42916,"translates Naipaul 's lively mix of characters from the page",1 48017,"a fast , frenetic , funny , even punny 6 -- aimed specifically at a grade-school audience",1 114646,"are often engaging",1 102317,", Rain is the far superior film .",1 1553,"kids should have a stirring time at this beautifully drawn movie . and adults will at least have a dream image of the west to savor whenever the film 's lamer instincts are in the saddle",1 30281,"commanding",1 226940,"Warm and",1 202093,"in three words : Thumbs Friggin ' Down",0 57141,"solid , spooky",1 19077,"Michele Petin 's impeccable screenplay",1 232753,"is still charming here .",1 170830,"shamelessly manipulative",0 156655,"composed of snappy patter and pseudo-sophisticated cultural observations , while the remainder ... would be more at home on a daytime television serial",0 92884,"smart and dark -",1 238984,"worth the trip to the theatre",1 179900,"'s not really funny",0 122189,"hews out a world and carries us effortlessly from darkness to light",1 205438,"lost the politics and the social observation and become just another situation romance about a couple of saps stuck in an inarticulate screenplay",0 76641,"cheesy dialogue",0 19112,"Mr . Ratliff wisely rejects the temptation to make fun of his subjects .",1 21783,"pulled ( literally and figuratively ) by desire",1 182092,"A weird little movie that 's amusing enough while you watch it , offering fine acting moments and pungent insights into modern L . A . 's show-biz",1 11865,"the scuzzy underbelly of nyc 's drug scene",0 80689,"from-television movie that actually looks as if it belongs on the big screen",1 165322,"love alternate versions of the Bard",0 189901,"Yet another Arnold vehicle that fails to make adequate use of his particular talents .",0 50790,"desperate for work and food",0 109581,"The attraction between these two marginal characters is complex from the start -- and , refreshingly , stays that way .",1 179707,"'s difficult to feel anything much while watching this movie , beyond mild disturbance or detached pleasure at the acting",0 58000,"the absurdity of the situation in a well-balanced fashion",1 14006,"Enormously likable , partly because it is aware of its own grasp of the absurd .",1 77378,"coos beseechingly",1 111281,"Writer-director David Jacobson and his star , Jeremy Renner , have made a remarkable film that explores the monster 's psychology not in order to excuse him but rather to demonstrate that his pathology evolved from human impulses that grew hideously twisted .",1 110651,"To be influenced chiefly by humanity 's greatest shame , reality shows -- reality shows for God 's sake ! -- is a crime that should be punishable by chainsaw .",0 205476,"loved the people onscreen",1 49665,"believed in their small-budget film",1 103194,"... a quietly introspective portrait of the self-esteem of employment and the shame of losing a job ...",1 145158,"Even horror fans will most likely not find what they 're seeking with Trouble Every Day",0 135317,"the film compels",1 160054,"gets too artsy in his American debut",0 218178,"unforgettably stupid",0 181646,"A fairly harmless but ultimately lifeless feature-length afterschool special .",0 232199,"irrelevant as on the engaging , which gradually turns What",0 156539,"come up with one cogent point , unless it 's that life stinks , especially for sensitive married women who really love other women",0 10769,"stretches the running time about 10 minutes past a child 's interest and an adult 's patience .",0 111229,"Witless , pointless , tasteless and idiotic .",0 186769,"Press the delete key .",0 61104,"'s just plain awful but still",0 58667,"the same sort of good-natured fun found in films like Tremors",1 62986,"A fiercely clever and subtle film",1 95386,"the courage of its convictions and",1 158159,"elevates itself",1 235823,"slow -- very , very slow",0 144295,"Burdette 's collage-form scenario tends to over-romanticize the spiritual desolation of the struggling artiste",0 211018,"seeking anyone with acting ambition but no sense of pride or shame",0 79379,"evolved from star to superstar",1 49756,"bleak and",0 126237,"little more dramatic",1 119650,"fails to put the struggle into meaningful historical context",0 84623,"is so earnest that it 's hard to resist his pleas to spare wildlife and respect their environs .",1 216377,"this film 's impressive performances",1 72549,"a strength of a documentary to disregard available bias",1 104671,"Befuddled in its characterizations as it begins to seem as long as the two year affair which is its subject",0 15777,"finds a new way to surprise and amuse",1 27157,"Washington . It wo n't rock any boats",0 3345,"'s never a good sign when a film 's star spends the entirety of the film in a coma",0 211580,"shtick and sentimentality",0 39386,"too much dancing",0 835,"does a good job",1 41209,"Somewhat blurred ,",0 89597,"one of its strengths . Entirely appropriately , the tale unfolds like a lazy summer afternoon and concludes with the crisp clarity of a fall dawn",1 13844,"An enthralling , playful film that constantly frustrates our desire to know the ` truth ' about this man , while deconstructing the very format of the biography in a manner that Derrida would doubtless give his blessing to .",1 34621,"most closely",1 215999,"their cruel fate",0 233080,"it progresses in such a low-key manner that it risks monotony",0 85306,"its mainland setting",1 117456,"constantly unfulfilling",0 204625,"lack a strong-minded viewpoint , or a sense of humor",0 196858,"destined to be measured against Anthony Asquith 's acclaimed 1952 screen adaptation .",1 69904,"The series ' message about making the right choice in the face of tempting alternatives",1 105090,"Chouraqui no doubt intended the film to affirm love 's power to help people endure almost unimaginable horror",1 59019,"this nervy oddity , like modern art should .",1 79511,"extra points",1 5093,"before you 'll spy i spy at a video store near you",0 112316,"a mess as this one",0 89527,"once again that he 's the best brush in the business",1 225103,"Neither the funniest film that Eddie Murphy nor Robert De Niro has ever made , Showtime is nevertheless efficiently amusing for a good while .",1 19430,"Will grab your children by the imagination and amaze them and amuse them .",1 40896,"Exquisitely acted and masterfully if preciously interwoven ...",1 198947,"fine performance",1 155054,"behind the crap ( literally )",0 194279,"become almost as operatic to us",0 191189,"a reasonably good time with The Salton Sea",1 221528,", so sit back , relax and have a few laughs while the little ones get a fuzzy treat . '",1 190602,"a flick boasting this many genuine cackles",1 141291,"'s difficult to imagine the process that produced such a script , but here 's guessing that spray cheese and underarm noises played a crucial role .",0 19528,"a loving screen transferral",1 136328,"the stomach-knotting suspense of a legal thriller",1 150357,"Though it draws several decent laughs",1 238888,"with if you took Orwell , Bradbury , Kafka , George Lucas and the Wachowski Brothers and threw them into a blender",1 12158,"this is n't exactly profound cinema , but it 's good-natured and sometimes quite funny",1 99924,"when cares melted away in the dark theater",1 157169,"decent acting , writing , and",1 174840,"the subject matter would suggest , but is a little like a nature film , showing a patient predator and his foolish prey",0 101248,"your interest until the end and",1 95196,"the best script",1 55785,"one of the year 's most intriguing movie experiences",1 34860,"neatly into the category of Good Stupid Fun .",1 40656,"A film that takes you inside the rhythms of its subject : You experience it as you watch",1 26078,"Michel",1 85161,"it will be well worth your time .",1 207749,"of good",1 36298,"quite a rarity",1 170270,"s two personas interesting or worth caring about .",1 85319,"its objective portrait",1 160560,"hard to think of a recent movie that has worked this hard to achieve this little fun",0 51236,"enjoyable basic",1 137648,"to hear how John Malkovich 's reedy consigliere will pronounce his next line",1 145056,"Egoyan 's work often elegantly considers various levels of reality and uses shifting points of view , but here he has constructed a film so labyrinthine that it defeats his larger purpose",0 36212,"providing good , lively company",1 5980,"disbelief",0 129163,"of this and that -- whatever fills time -- with no unified whole",0 216064,"themselves are n't all that interesting",0 125060,"it more closely resembles this year 's version of Tomcats",1 90649,"pretty decent little documentary",1 206174,"mind crappy movies as much",0 82226,"his character 's abundant humanism makes him the film 's moral compass",1 175475,"this movie . No",0 76287,"calm , self-assured portrait",1 72561,"a strong directorial stamp on every frame of this stylish film that is able to visualize schizophrenia but is still confident enough to step back and look at the sick character with a sane eye",1 40072,"wholesome attitude",1 164255,"juicy , delicious plum",1 73676,"an amiably idiosyncratic work",1 228913,"as a piece of storytelling",1 63017,"A fine documentary can be distinguished from a mediocre one by the better film 's ability to make its subject interesting to those who are n't part of its supposed target audience . Judging by those standards , ` Scratch ' is a pretty decent little documentary .",1 21956,"should enjoy this nonthreatening but thrilling adventure",1 69856,"The rare movie",1 117561,"could become a cult classic",1 95694,"the film works well enough to make it worth watching",1 181956,"A rip-off",0 21316,"mesmerizing and exceedingly hard",1 220890,"'s muy loco , but no more ridiculous",0 208662,"one-dimensional characters",0 205039,"like a ruse , a tactic to cover up the fact that the picture is constructed around a core of flimsy -- or , worse yet , nonexistent -- ideas",0 37060,"snags and stumblings",0 142285,", it barely gives one pause when considering some of the other dreck out there right now .",0 201666,"impacts",1 32451,"heartwarming digitally animated feature film with plenty of slapstick humor for the kids , lots of in-jokes for the adults and heart enough for everyone .",1 46593,"Rarely , a movie is more than a movie . Go .",1 215415,"the price of admission ? Absolutely not . It sucked .",0 7215,"honesty that is tragically rare in the depiction of young women in film",1 48658,"action movies",1 74326,"are especially fine .",1 75582,"best 60 Minutes",1 195440,"captive by mediocrity . Not bad",1 142501,", the more you 'll enjoy it .",1 213705,"that it appears not to have been edited at all",0 84311,"is in his hypermasculine element here , once again able to inject some real vitality and even art into a pulpy concept that , in many other hands would be completely forgettable .",1 221649,", this second go-round possesses a quite pleasing , headlong thrust and a likably delinquent attitude .",1 203490,"is supposed to be madcap farce .",0 69859,"The rare movie that 's as crisp and to the point as the novel on which it 's based .",1 92964,"so likable",1 103176,"... ( the film ) works , due mostly to the tongue-in-cheek attitude of the screenplay .",1 52768,"hugely rewarding",1 105975,"Gets better after Foster leaves that little room .",1 211846,"smart , not cloying",1 59320,"to read Stevenson 's book , which is a treasure in and of itself",1 215703,"the stunts in The Tuxedo seem tired and , what 's worse , routine",0 189980,"` Matrix ' - style massacres erupt throughout ... but the movie has a tougher time balancing its violence with Kafka-inspired philosophy .",0 178630,"with passable performances from everyone in the cast",1 32071,"gives Erika a persona that is so intriguing that you find yourself staring hypnotically at her , trying to understand her and wondering if she 'll crack .",1 61660,", Murder hits and generally sustains a higher plateau with Bullock 's memorable first interrogation of Gosling .",1 114774,"as '' Pootie Tang with a budget",0 221369,", if it only had a brain .",0 28108,"actually a charming triumph where its intended under-12 audience is concerned",1 32933,"in the death penalty , not just the inherent immorality",0 41318,"This insightful , Oscar-nominated documentary ,",1 83680,"irritates and saddens",0 223735,"I 'm telling you , this is f \*\*\* ed",0 65208,"Dumb",0 79102,"enter and accept another world",1 147734,"No worse than a lot of the crap",0 49196,"are some wonderfully fresh moments that smooth the moral stiffness with human kindness and hopefulness",1 127673,"music and life",1 163131,"is no entry portal in The Rules of Attraction",0 238523,"we just get messy anger , a movie as personal therapy .",0 68594,"Satin Rouge is not a new , or inventive , journey , but",0 191306,"a serious contender for the title",1 134895,"the belly laughs of lowbrow comedy",1 23916,", the picture becomes increasingly mesmerizing .",1 140575,"would seem less of a trifle if Ms . Sugarman followed through on her defiance of the saccharine .",0 123317,"independent-community guiding lights",1 5610,"clumsily",0 64844,"Could use a little more humanity , but it never lacks in eye-popping visuals .",1 41773,"deliver up",1 223551,"Guided more by intellect than heart , his story flattens instead of sharpens .",0 2100,"provides a window into a subculture hell-bent on expressing itself in every way imaginable",1 73827,"an important message to tell",1 113903,"an admirably dark first script by Brent Hanley",1 63733,"Almost everyone growing up believes their family must look like '' The Addams Family '' to everyone looking in ... '' My Big Fat Greek Wedding '' comes from the heart ...",1 120891,"furiously funny pace",1 112720,"a slow , deliberate gait",0 99826,"well-wrought",1 188700,"The story , touching though it is , does not quite have enough emotional resonance or variety of incident to sustain a feature",0 57206,"sometimes all at once . The extent to which it succeeds is impressive",1 15894,"go to the movies to have fun",1 47410,"Thornberrys Movie",1 46018,"Light years \ \/ several warp speeds \ \/ levels and levels of dilithium crystals better than the pitiful Insurrection . Which is n't to say that it 's the equal of some of its predecessors .",0 152483,"a sour taste",0 61687,", Soderbergh 's Solaris is a gorgeous and deceptively minimalist cinematic tone poem .",1 191831,"absurd finale",0 74303,"are breathtaking",1 180980,", the film of '' The Kid Stays in the Picture '' would be an abridged edition",0 73742,"an encouraging new direction for La Salle",1 95305,"the chief reasons Brown Sugar is such a sweet and sexy film",1 179100,"you ca n't help but become more disappointed as each overwrought new sequence plods",0 79625,"family film sequel",1 186557,"One of the most depressing movie-going experiences I can think of",0 207690,"of delightful hand shadows",1 212528,"states at one point in this movie that we '' do n't care about the truth",0 69583,"The film reminds me of a vastly improved Germanic version of My Big Fat Greek Wedding -- with better characters , some genuine quirkiness and at least a measure of style . The difference is that I truly enjoyed most of Mostly Martha while I ne",1 17013,"pure",1 7336,"if we put together a wry white man and a chatty black man and give them guns , the movie will be funny",1 214466,"the edge of wild , lunatic invention",1 17476,"the ` urban comedy ' that even attempts the insight and honesty of this disarming indie",1 78465,"does n't really go anywhere",0 5223,"bored and ...",0 232068,"in this simple , sweet and romantic comedy",1 146961,"Just like every other Seagal movie , only louder and without that silly ponytail",0 152961,"admire the ensemble players and wonder what the point of it is",0 155584,"buried somewhere inside its fabric , but never clearly",0 72600,"a successful example",1 229437,"borrowed images",0 238372,"walked out muttering words like `` horrible '' and `` terrible , '' but",0 5486,"challenges perceptions of guilt and innocence , of good guys and bad , and asks",1 211648,"since it is exactly what it wants to be : an atrociously , mind-numbingly , indescribably bad movie . Unfortunately",0 202667,"is a total misfire .",0 47026,"The fascination comes in the power of the Huston performance , which seems so larger than life and yet so fragile ,",1 101986,"'s up to you to decide whether to admire these people 's dedication to their cause or be repelled by their dogmatism , manipulativeness and narrow , fearful view of American life",0 15345,"by no means a perfect film",0 166975,"not only manufactured , but also",0 221681,", will be ahead of the plot at all times",1 28742,"and poetic",1 3075,"waste their talent",0 229086,"avoids the cartoonish clichés and sneering humor of the genre as it provides a fresh view of an old type",1 131627,"romantic lives",1 101394,"'ll find it with Ring , an indisputably spooky film : with a screenplay to die for",1 228598,"an interesting story of pointed personalities , courage , tragedy and the little guys vs. the big guys",1 44011,"A compelling Spanish film about the withering effects of jealousy in the life of a young monarch whose sexual passion for her husband becomes an obsession",1 97048,"the wobbly premise work",0 201516,"if Allen , at 66 , has stopped challenging himself",0 24490,"A tale of horror and revenge that is nearly perfect in its relentless descent to the depths of one man 's tortured soul .",1 179126,"you feel like you 've seen this movie a thousand times before",0 47623,"While locals will get a kick out of spotting Cleveland sites",1 212312,"spends 90 minutes trying figure out whether or not some cocky pseudo-intellectual kid has intentionally left college or was killed .",0 103764,"A peculiar misfire that even Tunney ca n't save .",0 146228,"If you 're looking for comedy to be served up , better look elsewhere .",0 196496,"crushing disappointment",0 227142,"Who , exactly , is fighting whom here ?",0 5034,"be funny",1 198670,"feel my eyelids ... getting ... very",0 29572,"betrayal , revenge and above all , faith",1 110351,"There are so few films about the plight of American Indians in modern America that Skins comes as a welcome , if downbeat , missive from a forgotten front .",1 12225,"those films that started with a great premise and then just fell apart",0 200469,"has a cinematic fluidity and sense of intelligence that makes it work more than it probably should .",1 142556,", this Southern Gothic drama is sadly a tough sit , with an undeveloped narrative and enough flashbacks and heavy-handed metaphors to choke a horse -- or at least slow him down to a canter .",0 179641,"'s as sorry a mess as its director 's diabolical debut , Mad Cows",0 58198,"the delicious pulpiness",1 192364,"ambition but no sense of pride or shame",0 41287,"The principals in this cast are all fine , but Bishop and Stevenson are standouts",1 116842,"characteristic warmth",1 205990,"meandering , low on energy ,",0 187695,"Tartakovsky 's team has some freakish powers of visual charm , but the five writers slip into the modern rut of narrative banality .",0 231540,"have a whale of a good time",1 104565,"At its worst , it 's Rambo - meets-John Ford",1 135272,"the few ` cool ' actors",1 180091,"'ve reeked of a been-there , done-that sameness",0 64090,"As home movie gone haywire , it 's pretty enjoyable , but",1 147063,"Laconic and very stilted in its dialogue , this indie flick never found its audience , probably because it 's extremely hard to relate to any of the characters .",0 190593,"a fish that 's lived too long",0 27160,"Watstein handily directs and edits around his screenplay 's sappier elements ... and sustains Off the Hook 's buildup with remarkable assuredness for a first-timer .",1 192269,"all-over-the-map",0 34734,"much the same way",1 73220,"adds up to big box office bucks all but guaranteed",1 214399,"the dead ( water ) weight of the other",0 202925,"is fascinating , though",1 21936,"serves as an examination of a society in transition .",1 210194,"really busts out of its comfy little cell",1 205950,"may mistake Love Liza for an Adam Sandler Chanukah song",0 77527,"created a provocative",1 73945,"an undeniably intriguing film from an adventurous young talent who finds his inspiration on the fringes of the American underground",1 8806,"miscast leads ,",0 81843,"have a passion for the material",1 36247,"puts a human face on it",1 82357,"historically significant , and personal",1 189032,"This is the kind of movie that you only need to watch for about thirty seconds before you say to yourself , ` Ah , yes , here we have a bad , bad , bad movie",0 198473,"fake , dishonest",0 122182,"hero performances",1 65111,"Disappointingly , the characters are too strange and dysfunctional , Tom included , to ever get under the skin",0 86043,"like a high-end John Hughes comedy , a kind of Elder Bueller 's Time Out",1 204459,"just hectic and homiletic",0 152468,"a solid tale",1 176861,"tries too hard to be funny and",0 141485,"'s not silly fun unless you enjoy really bad movies .",0 65568,"Fontaine 's willingness to wander into the dark areas of parent-child relationships without flinching",1 206936,"never quite gel",0 101469,"'s ... worth the extra effort to see an artist , still committed to growth in his ninth decade , change while remaining true to his principles with a film whose very subject is , quite pointedly , about the peril of such efforts",1 235467,"says ` I 'm telling you , this is f \*\*\* ed '",0 72551,"a strict reality",1 210997,"see strange young guys doing strange guy things",0 208633,"one only a true believer could relish",1 89277,"offers us the sense that on some elemental level , Lilia deeply wants to break free of her old life",1 67038,"Kinnear and Dafoe give what may be the performances of their careers .",1 108523,"Quiet , adult and just about more stately than any contemporary movie this year ... a true study , a film with a questioning heart and mind that is n't afraid to admit it",1 176927,"trying to forget",0 160228,"going to inspire me",1 123320,"indie comedy",1 119252,"equals the original and in some ways even betters it",1 43858,"... brings an absolutely riveting conviction to her role .",1 29301,"at other times candidly revealing",1 50084,"causes of anti-Semitism ever seen on screen .",0 14457,"Steve Irwin 's method is Ernest Hemmingway at accelerated speed and volume .",1 26837,"The inherent strength",1 77075,"compelling dramatic means",1 32043,"gets used best",1 81279,"gorgeous ,",1 40837,"David and",1 193942,"bad imitation",0 23360,", a volatile combination .",0 225667,"SNL '' has-been",0 124154,"is interesting to see where one 's imagination will lead when given the opportunity",1 87887,"no art grows from a vacuum",0 229886,"colour and depth , and",1 62761,"A French film with a more down-home flavor .",1 89626,"one of those all-star reunions",1 142597,", ugly , pointless and depressing , even if you hate clowns .",0 35835,"out with Samantha",1 230411,"dramatic tension or a symptom of artistic malnutrition",0 94154,"takes great pleasure in watching the resourceful Molly stay a step ahead of her pursuers .",1 203449,"is so sketchy it amounts to little more than preliminary notes for a science-fiction horror film",0 109734,"The effort is sincere and",1 112735,"a snail 's pace",0 124625,"is that it counts heart as important as humor .",1 81242,"good race",1 190614,"a fourth-rate Jim Carrey who does n't understand the difference between dumb fun and just plain dumb",0 48509,"a work by an artist",1 154895,"because there 's not an original character , siuation or joke in the entire movie",0 233741,"mark Ms. Bullock 's best work",1 105583,"Earnest ,",1 26072,"Men",1 15655,"enough science to make it count as educational , and enough beauty to make it unforgettable",1 86738,"manages the rare trick of seeming at once both refreshingly different and reassuringly familiar",1 17668,"the top actors",1 86174,"little-known perspective",0 78047,"desperation",0 220718,"'s a reason the studio did n't offer an advance screening .",0 78975,"energetic frontman",1 176203,"to indulge the fanciful daydreams of Janice Beard ( Eileen Walsh ) when her real-life persona is so charmless and vacant",0 141658,"'s the repetition of said behavior",0 133549,"successful on other levels",1 120990,"genial is the conceit , this is one of those rare pictures that you root for throughout , dearly hoping that the rich promise of the script will be realized on the screen . It never is , not fully .",1 104012,"A well-rounded tribute to a man whose achievements -- and complexities -- reached far beyond the end zone .",1 84543,"is pleasingly emphatic in this properly intense , claustrophobic tale of obsessive love",1 7719,"is heavy on religious symbols but wafer-thin",0 183956,"Fluffy neo-noir",0 15462,"complex",1 153161,"all you can do is shake your head in disbelief -- and worry about what classic Oliver Parker intends to mangle next time",0 42869,"the worst ,",0 146970,"Just one more collection of penis , breast and flatulence gags in search of a story . Or a profit . Or some damn thing .",0 26764,"The band 's courage in the face of official repression is inspiring , especially for aging hippies ( this one included ) .",1 195855,"cobbled together out of older movies",0 193182,"are simply too bland to be interesting",0 196021,"coming down off of Miramax 's deep shelves after a couple of aborted attempts , Waking Up in Reno makes",0 154875,"because it aims so low",0 142154,", dramatized PBS program",0 78990,"engages less for its story of actorly existential despair than for its boundary-hopping formal innovations and glimpse into another kind of Chinese ` cultural revolution . '",1 226124,"The Master of Disguise is awful .",0 230370,"does n't win any points for originality .",0 35851,"over everyone 's head",0 24579,"Although it 's a bit smug and repetitive , this documentary engages your brain in a way few current films do .",1 224911,"Mr. Goyer 's loose , unaccountable direction",0 176650,"too many recent action-fantasy extravaganzas in which special effects overpower cogent story-telling and visual clarity during the big action sequences",0 138852,"us ''",1 160192,"goes beyond comic book status .",1 27790,"a romantic pairing of hearts",1 203040,"is just hectic and homiletic : two parts exhausting Men in Black mayhem to one part family values",0 31758,"for everybody who wants to be a kid again , or show it to their own kids",1 233302,"laugh if a tuba-playing dwarf rolled down a hill in a trash can",0 141612,"'s something deeply creepy about Never Again , a new arrow in Schaeffer 's quiver of ineptitudes .",0 105546,"Dull and mechanical",0 101896,"'s so laddish and juvenile",0 164546,"lacks the punch and verve needed to make this genre soar",0 68907,"Songs from the Second Floor has all the enjoyable randomness of a very lively dream and so manages to be compelling , amusing and unsettling at the same time .",1 114398,"any definitive explanation for it would have felt like a cheat",0 14436,"Some actors have so much charisma that you 'd be happy to listen to them reading the phone book .",1 116876,"charming and evoking",1 238900,"with regret and , ultimately , finding redemption",0 219028,"well-thought stunts or a car chase",1 70295,"This odd , poetic road movie , spiked by jolts of pop music , pretty much takes place in Morton 's ever-watchful gaze",1 27893,"a terrific flick",1 161042,"heartrending look at the divide between religious fundamentalists and their gay relatives .",1 37715,"than the trivial , cash-in features",0 62368,", three-dimensional characters",1 106479,"I have to admit I walked out of Runteldat . I did go back and check out the last 10 minutes , but",0 27352,"a Funeral '' fun",1 87357,"more than you can say for plenty of movies that flow through the Hollywood pipeline without a hitch",1 204832,"left off the film 's predictable denouement",0 15496,"cute and forgettable",0 63925,"An interesting psychological game of cat-and-mouse , three-dimensional characters and believable performances all add up to a satisfying crime drama .",1 20004,"as lively and as fun as it is unapologetically dumb",1 163115,"is naturally poignant",1 235300,"relaxed in its perfect quiet pace and proud in its message .",1 128760,"of lame entertainment",0 238243,"unpaid",0 208189,"of this reactionary thriller",1 197717,"either 11 times too many or else",0 62425,", with a solid cast ,",1 77950,"delivers a perfect performance that captures the innocence and budding demons within a wallflower .",1 230485,"elements are dampened through familiarity , ( yet )",0 146101,"I must have failed",0 166901,"non-God spiritual-uplift movies",0 149355,"The experience of going to a film festival is a rewarding one",1 189548,"What 's really sad is to see two Academy Award winning actresses ( and one Academy Award winning actor ) succumb to appearing in this junk that 's TV sitcom material at best .",0 173277,"that while cleverly worked out , can not overcome blah characters",0 13063,"who loses his faith",0 96100,"the marvelous first 101 minutes",1 73639,"an absolute delight for all audiences",1 144925,"Do n't waste your money .",0 73234,"admire this film for its harsh objectivity and refusal to seek our tears , our sympathies .",1 48330,"a remarkable gift for storytelling",1 35990,"personified by Michel Piccoli",1 26114,"Mostly Martha could make Deutchland a popular destination for hungry tourists .",1 9450,"on parade",1 49170,"are n't interested in rap",0 186044,"May puzzle his most ardent fans .",0 22522,"to love the big , dumb , happy movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding",1 149493,"The jokes are sophomoric , stereotypes are sprinkled everywhere and",0 146148,"I wish I could say '' Thank God It 's Friday '' , but",0 72698,"a tragedy",0 235176,"rank as three of the most multilayered and sympathetic female characters of the year",1 177556,"waiting for DVD and just skipping straight to her scenes",0 126590,"maintains an appealing veneer without becoming too cute about it",1 149751,"The predominantly amateur cast is painful to watch , so stilted and unconvincing",0 182599,"As original and insightful",1 84648,"is still a deeply moving effort to put a human face on the travail of thousands of Vietnamese",1 138967,"very compelling , sensitive , intelligent",1 109777,"The film becomes an overwhelming pleasure",1 26808,"The film 's welcome breeziness and some unbelievably hilarious moments -- most portraying the idiocy of the film industry -- make it mostly worth the trip .",1 97941,"to be something really good",1 53931,"its fully-written characters ,",1 211375,"share no chemistry or engaging charisma .",0 64885,"Cuaron repeatedly",0 135357,"the film never manages to generate a single threat of suspense",0 197269,"does a film so graceless and devoid of merit as this one come along .",0 142616,", we all could have stopped watching long ago .",0 225973,"Still , this flick is fun , and host to some truly excellent sequences .",1 210143,"read ` seeking anyone with acting ambition but no sense of pride or shame",0 229580,"by going on for too long , trying to mirror every subsequent event in Chinese history : war , revolution , Communism , etc.",0 112697,"a sick and evil woman",0 174172,"the kind of linguistic fumbling",0 140387,"wondering less about its ideas and more about its characterization of Hitler and the contrived nature of its provocative conclusion",0 183623,"Eckstraordinarily",1 79592,"fallen under the sweet , melancholy spell of this unique director 's previous films",1 152082,"a monument to bad in all its florid variety",0 37227,"spirit and sense",1 205225,"little more than a particularly slanted , gay s/m fantasy , enervating and",0 77925,"delightfully charming -- and totally American",1 109008,"Smith examines the intimate , unguarded moments of folks who live in unusual homes -- which pop up in nearly every corner of the country .",1 231575,"have fun meeting a brand-new Pokemon called Celebi",1 219210,"where it plainly has no business going",0 211940,"so flabby",0 123901,"is amusing for about three minutes .",0 182965,"By halfway through this picture I was beginning to hate it , and , of course , feeling guilty for it ... Then , miracle of miracles , the movie does a flip-flop .",1 84600,"is shockingly devoid of your typical Majid Majidi shoe-loving , crippled children",0 76052,"bursting with incident",1 90400,"pleasingly emphatic in this properly intense , claustrophobic tale of obsessive love",1 221162,", I hate myself most mornings .",0 98289,"to see a three-dimensional , average , middle-aged woman 's experience of self-discovery handled with such sensitivity",1 171447,"so memorable",1 115556,"be punishable by chainsaw",0 110401,"They were afraid to show this movie to reviewers before its opening , afraid of the bad reviews they thought they 'd earn . They were right .",0 113733,"almost unbearably",0 119390,"every bit as high",1 61490,"( Skins ' ) faults are easy to forgive because the intentions are lofty",1 80915,"genuine and singular artist",1 194944,"breed a certain kind of madness -- and strength",1 205461,"lousy John Q",0 216444,"this movie so much as produced it -- like sausage",0 53913,"its dying ,",0 173583,"the brutality",0 145246,"Extremely boring",0 58821,"the viewer feel like the movie 's various victimized audience members after a while",0 119184,"entertain or",1 16890,"outshine the original",1 69842,"The power of Shanghai Ghetto , a documentary by Dana Janklowicz-Mann and Amir Mann ,",1 62608,"... the tale of her passionate , tumultuous affair with Musset unfolds as Sand 's masculine persona , with its love of life and beauty , takes form .",1 170146,"ripe for a documentary -- just not this one",0 189409,"Violent , vulgar and forgettably entertaining",0 202112,"in which the hero might have an opportunity to triumphantly sermonize",1 210672,"run out of clever ideas and visual gags about halfway through",0 40075,"whose bittersweet themes are reinforced",1 158310,"enough mindless",0 100842,"works beautifully as a movie without sacrificing the integrity of the opera",1 139291,"watch Huppert scheming , with her small , intelligent eyes as steady as any noir villain",1 85195,"its best ( and it does have some very funny sequences ) Looking for Leonard",1 39685,"up a cruel reminder of the fate of hundreds of thousands of Chinese , one which can only qualify as a terrible tragedy",0 128102,"not from any cinematic razzle-dazzle but from its recovery of an historical episode that , in the simple telling , proves simultaneously harrowing and uplifting",1 141857,"( but ) the script goes wrong at several key junctures .",0 121319,"good taste",1 112024,"a glorified sitcom , and",0 91679,"ride for the kiddies , with enough eye candy and cheeky wit to keep parents away from the concession stand .",1 42309,"loving what you 're seeing ,",1 180973,", the film goes right over the edge and kills every sense of believability",0 99296,"van der Groen , described as ` Belgium 's national treasure , '",1 47404,"This version does justice both to Stevenson and to the sci-fi genre .",1 103401,"A backhanded ode to female camaraderie penned by a man who has little clue about either the nature of women or of friendship .",0 123182,"in the same old story",0 203388,"is set in a world that is very , very far from the one most of us",1 54313,"loathe him",0 38447,"the most powerful thing in life is",1 123786,"is a movie so insecure about its capacity to excite that it churns up not one but two flagrantly fake thunderstorms to underscore the action .",0 123731,"is a distinct rarity , and an event",1 226202,"The best didacticism is one carried by a strong sense of humanism , and Bertrand Tavernier 's oft-brilliant Safe Conduct ( `` Laissez-passer '' ) wears its heart on its sleeve .",1 155721,"by amateurish execution",0 7127,"hey arnold ! the movie is what happens when you blow up small potatoes to 10 times their natural size , and",0 106243,"His Secret Life is light , innocuous and unremarkable .",0 150200,"This idea has lost its originality",0 103469,"A charming and funny story",1 5346,"by a cinematic gymnast having too much fun embellishing the misanthropic tale to actually engage it",0 48621,"achieving some honest insight",1 92174,"seen , constantly pulling the rug from underneath us , seeing things from new sides , plunging deeper , getting more intense",1 22992,"'ll be left with the sensation of having just witnessed a great performance and , perhaps , give in to the urge to get on your feet and shake it",1 4027,"a pasolini film without passion or politics , or an almodovar movie without beauty or humor",0 236068,"storytelling prowess",1 199337,"for the full 90 minutes , especially with the weak payoff",0 53024,"in their cheap , B movie way",0 181607,"A determined , ennui-hobbled slog",0 139920,"will have completely forgotten the movie by the time you get back to your car in the parking lot .",0 43475,", Miller eloquently captures the moment when a woman 's life , out of a deep-seated , emotional need , is about to turn onto a different path .",1 141969,", Frank Novak 's irritating slice of lumpen life is as reliably soul-killing as its title is nearly meaningless .",0 222735,"But buying into sham truths and routine `` indie '' filmmaking , Freundlich has made just another safe movie .",0 89182,"of updating White 's dry wit to a new age",1 136878,"this Nicholas Nickleby finds itself in reduced circumstances -- and , also like its hero , it remains brightly optimistic , coming through in the end",1 182415,"An impenetrable and insufferable ball of pseudo-philosophic twaddle",0 31040,"elements such as sound and cinematography with skill",1 21630,"one man and his delusions",0 103958,"A tour de force",1 237110,"the occasional belly laugh",1 233956,"most beautiful , evocative",1 229398,"bibbidy-bobbidi-bland .",0 78850,"eloquent film",1 40745,"All the performances are top notch and ,",1 132198,"several cliched movie structures :",0 47388,"This remake gets all there is to get out of a peculiar premise with promise : Al Pacino loathing Robin Williams",1 51121,"eloquently",1 22258,"the dialogue is realistic and greatly moving . The scope of the Silberstein family",1 204385,"jagged , as if filmed directly from a television monitor",0 212699,"strong supporting players",1 180594,", dazzling",1 122250,"him to churn out one mediocre movie after another",0 168504,"overacted",0 207119,"no wit ,",0 54484,"magnificently shot and gripping enough",1 51039,"drum up",0 176635,"too long , too repetitive",0 208625,"one of the worst movies of the year . It 's just merely very bad",0 105364,"Delight",1 90208,"performances of exceptional honesty",1 210009,"quirky at moments",1 6429,"faulty",0 45757,"It 's the filmmakers ' post-camp comprehension of what made old-time B movies good-bad that makes Eight Legged Freaks a perfectly entertaining summer diversion .",1 91705,"right ways",1 102745,", não há como negar o brilhantismo da argumentação de seu diretor .",1 225632,"Robert De Niro performance",1 1432,"it 's all pretty tame . the most offensive thing about the movie is that hollywood expects people to pay to see it .",0 197194,"do n't care what kind of sewage they shovel into their mental gullets to simulate sustenance",0 182747,"Been there , done that , liked it much better the first time around - when it was called The Professional",0 152651,"a video installation in a museum , where viewers would be free to leave",0 98371,"to the fore for the gifted but no-nonsense human beings they are and for the still-inestimable contribution they have made to our shared history",1 106830,"It 's all pretty tame . The most offensive thing about the movie is that Hollywood expects people to pay to see it .",0 114229,"and crude film",0 205591,"made it all work",1 188216,"The film was produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and directed by Joel Schumacher , and reflects the worst of their shallow styles : wildly overproduced , inadequately motivated every step of the way and demographically targeted to please every one ( and no one ) .",0 38291,"the grand , intelligent entertainment",1 113382,"add beyond the dark visions already relayed by superb",1 102888,", the film works as well as it does because of the performances .",1 80071,"flat-out amusing , sometimes endearing and often fabulous , with a solid cast ,",1 180912,", should n't the reality seem at least passably real ?",0 178125,"whether The Tuxedo is more boring or embarrassing",0 123967,"is commentary enough",1 63067,"A gem of a movie",1 155792,"by the impressive cast list",1 206442,"more recent successes such",1 18035,"while deconstructing the very format of the biography in a manner",0 53117,"inspire a few younger moviegoers to read Stevenson 's book , which is a treasure in and of itself",1 192247,"all the trappings of an energetic , extreme-sports adventure",1 235305,"relies less on forced air than on Petter Næss ' delicate , clever direction ... and a wonderful , imaginative script",1 123434,"inspire a trip to the video store -- in search of a better movie experience",0 142435,", so little to offer",0 26391,"Provide ( s ) nail-biting suspense and credible characters without relying on technology-of-the-moment technique or pretentious dialogue",1 2685,"the performances are so leaden",0 115343,"bad the screenwriters eventually shoot themselves in the feet with cop flick cliches like an oily arms dealer , squad car pile-ups and the requisite screaming captain",0 141672,"'s too busy flying a lot of metaphoric flags .",0 110068,"The party scenes deliver some tawdry kicks . The rest of the film ... is dudsville",0 56046,"play equally well on both the standard and giant screens",1 50509,"counter-cultural idealism and hedonistic creativity",1 225688,"Savvy director Robert J. Siegel and",1 188056,"The dark and bittersweet twist",1 113038,"a wonderous accomplishment",1 52396,"has done an amazing job of getting realistic performances from his mainly nonprofessional cast",1 212201,"something from a bad Clive Barker movie",0 139774,"who knows how to hold the screen",1 30080,"certainly not earthshaking",0 234828,"overblown in the traditional Almodóvar style",0 97249,"these two literary figures , and even the times",1 179397,"'ll wait in vain for a movie to happen",0 140087,"with a sweet",1 177551,"wait till you see Maid in Manhattan .",1 90196,"perfect use in the breathtakingly beautiful outer-space documentary Space Station 3D",1 62447,", you come to believe that Nachtwey hates the wars he shows and empathizes with the victims he reveals .",1 171469,"so preposterous",0 58912,"there 's no denying the fun of watching De Niro and Crystal having fun .",1 18171,"you want to hate it",0 146467,"It 's clear the filmmakers were n't sure where they wanted their story to go , and even more clear that they lack the skills to get us to this undetermined destination .",0 120259,"fling",1 162455,"intriguing glimpses",1 127423,"most deceptively amusing",1 129551,"one of the few ` cool ' actors who never seems aware of his own coolness",1 229818,"cinema classic",1 197718,"either 11 times too many or else too few",0 70871,"While Cherish does n't completely survive its tonal transformation from dark comedy to suspense thriller",0 198129,"even uses a totally unnecessary prologue , just because it seems obligatory",0 69755,"The movie is well crafted , and well executed . If you 're paying attention , the '' big twists '' are pretty easy to guess - but that does n't make the movie any less entertaining",1 119913,"feels less the product of loving , well integrated homage and more like a mere excuse for the wan , thinly sketched story . Killing time , that 's all that 's going on here .",0 217379,"to stodgy , soap opera-ish dialogue",0 136917,"this engaging and literate psychodrama",1 64857,"Crammed with incident , and bristles with passion and energy",1 204246,"its most glaring",0 225502,"Precocious smarter-than-thou wayward teen struggles to rebel against his oppressive , right-wing , propriety-obsessed family .",1 149616,"The movie makes absolutely no sense . Its underlying mythology is a hodgepodge of inconsistencies that pose the question : Since when did dumb entertainment have to be this dumb ?",0 39425,"transcend any awards it bags . This is one for the ages",1 147042,"Kung Pow is Oedekerk 's realization of his childhood dream to be in a martial-arts flick , and proves that sometimes the dreams of youth should remain just that .",0 140305,"without a map",0 98682,"tremble without losing his machismo",1 2218,"see it",1 13606,", it lacks grandeur",0 133367,"straightforward , emotionally honest manner",1 18452,", reflective and reasonable",1 165801,"meandering , inarticulate and ultimately disappointing film",0 101696,"'s hard to imagine acting that could be any flatter",0 129523,"one could rent the original and get the same love story and parable .",0 38611,"the screen sizzling with intrigue",1 21304,"me from enjoying much of it",0 184963,"Internet",1 103839,"A remarkable film",1 131752,"savagely",0 47171,"The movie is hardly a masterpiece",0 231760,"holds its goodwill close ,",1 18891,"George Clooney proves he 's quite a talented director and Sam Rockwell shows us he 's a world-class actor with Confessions of a Dangerous Mind .",1 233617,"make J.K. Rowling 's marvelous series",1 155037,"beginnings and middles",0 112284,"a mall movie designed to kill time",0 181566,"A chilly , remote , emotionally distant piece ... so dull that its tagline should be : ` In space , no one can hear you snore",0 144179,"Blessed with immense physical prowess he may well be ,",1 104517,"As the Mediterranean sparkles",1 219234,"whether these ambitions , laudable in themselves , justify a theatrical simulation of the death camp of Auschwitz II-Birkenau",0 235955,"speak fluent flatula",0 83055,"in such a gloriously goofy way",1 83026,"in reality they are not enough",0 202166,"inconsistent , meandering , and sometimes dry plot",0 122290,"his constant need to suddenly transpose himself into another character undermines the story 's continuity and progression",0 118330,"disgrace",0 153731,"anything remotely intelligent",0 81697,"has done his homework and",1 210277,"redone for horses , with fewer deliberate laughs , more inadvertent ones and stunningly trite songs by Bryan Adams , the world 's most generic rock star",0 77838,"deeply touched by this movie",1 148980,"TV 's defunct Cleopatra 2525",0 62596,"... one of the more influential works of the ` Korean New Wave ' .",1 108562,"Really does feel like a short stretched out to feature length .",0 79201,"especially well-executed",1 185351,"It sounds like another clever if pointless excursion into the abyss , and that 's more or less how it plays out .",0 12705,"unwatchable drivel",0 148893,"Stultifyingly",0 236165,"supremely hopeful",1 235504,"see Mendes and company getting together before a single frame had been shot and collectively vowing , ` This is going to be something really good",1 205720,"makes me wonder if Lawrence hates criticism so much that he refuses to evaluate his own work",0 224271,"It ca n't escape its past , and",0 54056,"just kind of sits there and lets you look at this and its like you 're going from one room to the next and none of them have any relation to the other",0 104462,"As a movie , it never seems fresh and vital . It never plays as dramatic even when dramatic things happen to people . It labours as storytelling .",0 121940,"have enough finely tuned acting to compensate for the movie 's failings",1 203707,"is worth watching as it develops",1 142489,", the film shows signs that someone other than the director got into the editing room and tried to improve things by making the movie go faster .",0 122432,"hit on a 15-year old when you 're over 100",0 74548,"as I was , by its moods , and by its subtly transformed star",1 69512,"The film 's constant mood of melancholy and its unhurried narrative are masterfully controlled . But ...",1 31256,"even promotes understanding",1 218830,"wastes its time on mood rather than riding with the inherent absurdity of Ganesh 's rise up the social ladder",0 231344,"had free rein to be as pretentious as he wanted",0 158556,"eviction",1 120125,"finds amusing juxtapositions that justify his exercise .",1 62126,", old-fashioned-movie movie",1 20708,"happens to be her own worst enemy",0 23681,", in a gauzy , dithering way",0 150435,"Too clunky and too busy ribbing itself to be truly entertaining .",0 86518,"maintains suspense on different levels throughout a film that is both gripping and compelling",1 216515,"this unimaginative comedian",0 41758,"cute and",1 11737,"the physically spectacular qualities of the film",1 113781,"alternately melancholic , hopeful",1 202577,"is a frustrating patchwork : an uneasy marriage of Louis Begley 's source novel ( About Schmidt ) and an old Payne screenplay .",0 181910,"A preposterously melodramatic paean",0 71859,"a joyous communal festival of rhythm",1 203755,"it 's equally distasteful to watch him sing the lyrics to '' Tonight . ''",0 157577,"disjointed mess",0 144627,"Could The Country Bears really be as bad as its trailers ? In a word -- yes .",0 227207,"Witty dialog between realistic characters showing honest emotions .",1 198879,"filmmaking that is plainly dull and visually ugly when it is n't incomprehensible",0 130300,"plays like a student film .",0 36057,"poetically plump",1 51904,"friendship ,",1 180512,", and their personalities undergo radical changes when it suits the script",0 119463,"excellent Latin actors",1 35594,"ol' urban legend stuff .",1 130737,"proves as clear and reliable an authority on that",1 97306,"things interesting",1 230772,"feels strange",0 114162,"an uneasy blend",0 236587,"that will have you at the edge of your seat for long stretches",1 160345,"greatest star wattage",1 142613,", we 've been here , done that",0 72673,"a ton of laughs",1 18367,", believe it or not , immensely entertaining , a David and Goliath story that 's still very much playing itself out",1 105904,"Freundlich 's World Traveler might have been one of the more daring and surprising American movies of the year .",1 33129,"into a significant character study that is both moving and wise",1 233681,"makes it seem fresh again .",1 226203,"The best drug addition movies",1 139329,"water torture seem appealing",0 204244,"its moment of most convincing emotional gravity from a scene where Santa gives gifts to grownups",1 2698,"the right place",1 36711,"screen thrills",1 142656,", you 'll have to wrestle disbelief to the ground and then apply the chloroform-soaked handkerchief .",0 63593,"A work of extraordinary journalism , but it is also a work of deft and subtle poetry",1 211735,"sketchy it amounts to little more than preliminary notes for a science-fiction horror film",0 200215,"great presence",1 131591,"rivals the top Japanese animations of recent vintage .",1 215867,"the voice-over hero in Columbia Pictures ' perverse idea of an animated holiday movie",0 127352,"more repetition than creativity throughout the movie",0 106438,"I did n't particularly like E . T . the first time",0 227415,"`` Analyze That '' is one of those crass , contrived sequels that not only fails on its own , but makes you second-guess your affection for the original .",0 21633,"one of the saddest films I have ever seen that still manages to be uplifting but not overly sentimental",1 51348,"even marvels . So",1 204504,"keep it from being a total rehash",0 64063,"As Antonia is assimilated into this newfangled community , the film settles in and becomes compulsively watchable in a guilty-pleasure , daytime-drama sort of fashion .",1 112268,"a low-budget movie in which inexperienced children play the two main characters",0 64398,"Blob",0 103791,"A pointed , often tender , examination of the pros and cons of unconditional",1 101832,"'s nothing remotely topical or sexy here .",0 214092,"the absurdity of the premise",0 47784,"` laughing",1 80733,"full of surprises",1 80816,"funny fanatics",1 96748,"the stale , standard , connect-the-dots storyline",0 84622,"is so different from The Apple and so striking that it can only encourage us to see Samira Makhmalbaf as a very distinctive sensibility , working to develop her own film language with conspicuous success .",1 210207,"really know who '' they '' were , what '' they '' looked like . Why '' they '' were here and what '' they '' wanted and quite honestly , I did n't care",0 107885,"Much of the cast is stiff or just plain bad .",0 24581,"Although laced with humor and a few fanciful touches , the film is a refreshingly serious look at young women .",1 18271,"'s a slow slog to get there",0 141215,"'s also stupider",0 220226,"you 're a Jet all the way",1 3031,"us to see them , finally , as artists",1 188074,"The documentary is much too conventional -- lots of boring talking heads , etc . -- to do the subject matter justice .",0 105214,"Constantly touching , surprisingly funny",1 203207,"is n't very bright",0 97515,"this shocking testament to anti-Semitism and neo-fascism",0 174064,"the hapless victims of the arrogant '' if we put together a wry white man and a chatty black man and give them guns , the movie will be funny '' syndrome",0 163848,"it is truly stirring",1 230748,"features a standout performance",1 16611,"moved",1 124208,"is like cold porridge with only the odd enjoyably chewy lump .",0 164050,"its hilarity",1 176868,"tries way too hard and gets tiring in no time at all",0 73077,"accomplished and",1 45097,"Drops you into a dizzying , volatile , pressure-cooker of a situation that quickly snowballs out of control , while focusing on the what much more than the why .",1 55576,"of the grief",0 75979,"brisk delight",1 67998,"One of the best inside-show-biz yarns ever .",1 180895,", remote , emotionally distant piece",0 221164,", I love it ... hell , I dunno .",1 56006,"personal self-discovery",1 66559,"It 's got some pretentious eye-rolling moments",0 131414,"resist temptation",1 122317,"his flick-knife diction in the role of Roger Swanson",1 106856,"It 's drab . It 's uninteresting . It squanders Chan 's uniqueness :",0 21348,"most comprehensive",1 227170,"Wince-inducing dialogue , thrift-shop costumes , prosthetic makeup by Silly Putty and Kmart blue-light-special effects all",0 5685,"conceal that there 's nothing resembling a spine here",0 94330,"terrific as Rachel : her petite frame and vulnerable persona emphasising her plight and isolation",1 28253,"always been something likable about the Marquis de Sade",1 172521,"takes too long getting to the good stuff",0 208230,"of visual and verbal clichés",0 164240,"jovial air",1 214458,"the dullest science fiction",0 188244,"The following things are not at all entertaining : The bad sound , the lack of climax and , worst of all , watching Seinfeld ( who is also one of the film 's producers ) do everything he can to look like a good guy .",0 32959,"in the right direction",1 182728,"Bears is even worse than I imagined a movie ever could be .",0 10667,"spends too much time wallowing in bibi 's generic angst ( there are a lot of shots of her gazing out windows )",0 65443,"Exudes the fizz of a Busby Berkeley musical and the visceral excitement of a sports extravaganza .",1 84305,"is in his element",1 81858,"have been more geeked when I heard that Apollo 13 was going to be released in IMAX format ? In a word : No",1 230502,"emotionally belittle a cinema classic .",0 112444,"a one liner as well as anybody",1 166466,"much of the Japanese anime is set in a scenic forest where Pokemon graze in peace",0 24328,"A deviant topical comedy which is funny from start to finish .",1 44668,"Beautifully shot , delicately",1 40800,"Branagh , in his most forceful non-Shakespeare screen performance ,",1 117095,"close to being too bleak , too pessimistic and too unflinching for its own good",0 106153,"Hart 's War has much to recommend it , even if the top-billed Willis is not the most impressive player . As a story of dramatic enlightenment , the screenplay by Billy Ray and Terry George leaves something to be desired .",1 117364,"completely serviceable and quickly forgettable",0 100844,"works because of the ideal casting of the masterful British actor Ian Holm",1 230394,"down to whether you can tolerate Leon Barlow",0 117245,"comes perilously close to being too bleak , too pessimistic and too unflinching for its own good .",0 48870,"an above-average cast",1 9482,"one man 's triumph of will",1 160500,"hampered by a Lifetime-channel kind of plot and a lead actress who is out of her depth",0 53951,"its moral medicine",1 33226,"is a gem that could stand alone , a perfectly realized observation of mood , behavior and intent",1 117189,"come out feeling strangely unsatisfied",0 50196,"clarity and",1 202733,"is an exercise not in biography but in hero worship .",1 172650,"tends to breed formulaic films rather than fresh ones",0 79532,"extremely thorough",1 23111,"'s both saucy and endearing",1 233259,"know I would have liked it more if it had just gone that one step further",0 25285,"Fans of the animated wildlife adventure show will be in warthog heaven",1 110374,"There is a real subject here , and it is handled with intelligence and care",1 139653,"which is powerful in itself",1 93030,"sociopath who 's the scariest of sadists",1 38462,"the movie never feels formulaic , because the attention is on the nuances of the emotional development of the delicate characters .",1 35348,"of off-the-cuff imaginative flourishes",1 120141,"finely tuned",1 129681,"opens today in the New York metropolitan area",1 212604,"stopped challenging himself",0 127541,"mounts on bikes , skateboards , and motorcycles provide an intense experience when splashed across the immense IMAX screen .",1 106581,"If The Tuxedo actually were a suit , it would fit Chan like a $ 99 bargain-basement special .",0 61144,"'s no accident",1 228191,"a stylish and energetic one-shot ,",1 12857,"was immensely enjoyable thanks to great performances by both steve buscemi and rosario dawson",1 171976,"sticks his mug in the window of the couple 's BMW and begins haranguing the wife in bad stage dialogue",0 59266,"to imagine Alan Arkin being better than he is in this performance",1 195414,"can tell almost immediately that Welcome to Collinwood is n't going to jell .",0 180915,", silly and monotonous",0 188489,"The only fun part of the movie is playing the obvious game . You try to guess the order in which the kids in the house will be gored .",0 3593,"a bland murder-on-campus",0 135750,"the most creative mayhem",1 3979,"a model of what films like this should be like .",1 103581,"A film that begins with the everyday lives of naval personnel in San Diego and ends with scenes so true and heartbreaking that tears welled up in my eyes both times I saw the film .",1 14095,"Huppert , a great actress tearing into a landmark role ,",1 19585,"a soft , percolating magic",1 20088,"be the most comprehensive of these films",1 186847,"Randall Wallace",1 30727,"deserves to be remembered at Oscar time for crafting this wonderful portrait of a conflicted soldier",1 25277,"Falls neatly into the category of Good Stupid Fun .",1 79052,"enjoyed most of Mostly Martha while I ne",1 211091,"seems like some futile concoction that was developed hastily after Oedekerk",0 159294,"folks . It 's laughing at us",0 143290,"A real clunker . A well-made , thoughtful , well-acted clunker , but a clunker nonetheless .",0 145319,"Feels like six different movies fighting each other for attention .",0 97372,"this comic slugfest",1 75539,"being wickedly funny and just plain wicked",1 178406,"will wish the movie were less simplistic , obvious , clumsily plotted and shallowly characterized . But what are adults doing in the theater at all ?",0 188800,"There 's a neat twist , subtly rendered , that could have wrapped things up at 80 minutes , but Kang tacks on three or four more endings",0 109520,"The Wild Thornberrys Movie is pleasant enough and",1 220876,"'s mildly entertaining",1 154104,"as a video installation in a museum , where viewers would be free to leave .",0 71919,"a lot more smarts , but just as endearing and easy to watch",1 116249,"broadcast",1 105012,"Carvey 's rubber-face routine is no match for the insipid script he has crafted with Harris Goldberg .",0 55656,"of wit and dignity",1 50532,"crafted and acted tale",1 231628,"he has no character , loveable or otherwise",0 52161,"gloriously unsubtle",1 180629,", everything else about the film tanks .",0 69979,"The subtitled costume drama is set in a remote African empire before cell phones , guns , and the internal combustion engine",1 101007,"wry observations",1 161559,"if I 'd been sitting naked on an igloo",0 104512,"As relationships shift , director Robert J . Siegel allows the characters to inhabit their world without cleaving to a narrative arc .",1 51783,"for bathroom breaks",0 143478,"About as cutting-edge as Pet Rock : The Movie .",0 152353,"a relic from a bygone era , and its convolutions ... feel silly rather than plausible",0 179593,"'s actually pretty funny ,",1 211298,"set the cause of woman warriors back decades",0 26756,"The actors are so terrific at conveying their young angst",1 227294,"You have no affinity for most of the characters .",0 128219,"observant , unfussily poetic",1 125470,"journey into a philosophical void",1 238192,"uncool the only thing missing is the `` Gadzooks",0 49704,"between commerce and creativity",1 225874,"Some movies were made for the big screen , some for the small screen , and some , like Ballistic : Ecks vs. Sever , were made for the palm screen",0 199635,"from the preposterous hairpiece worn by Lai 's villainous father to the endless action sequences",0 104659,"Beautifully filmed and well acted ... but admittedly problematic in its narrative specifics .",1 133332,"stoner midnight flick , sci-fi deconstruction",0 118030,"delivers a powerful commentary on how governments lie ,",1 137458,"to being the barn-burningly bad movie it promised it would be",0 63913,"An intelligent and deeply",1 114113,"an oddly winning portrayal",1 219029,"well-timed",1 30107,"characters who think and talk about their goals , and are working on hard decisions",1 1353,"irwin is so earnest that it 's hard to resist his pleas to spare wildlife and respect their environs",1 30785,"digitally animated feature film with plenty of slapstick humor for the kids , lots of in-jokes for the adults and heart enough for everyone",1 119345,"even more haunting than those in Mr . Spielberg 's 1993 classic",1 39478,"truly new",1 55786,"one of this year 's very best pictures",1 229380,"better suited to a night in the living room than a night at the movies",0 102075,"( Davis ) wants to cause his audience an epiphany",1 95741,"the flaws",0 63862,"An energetic , violent movie with a momentum that never lets up",1 31769,"for its soccer action and its fine acting",1 57808,"that is funny , touching , smart and complicated",1 181313,"... in the pile of useless actioners from MTV schmucks who do n't know how to tell a story for more than four minutes .",0 38869,"there is no sense of connecting the dots , just dots .",0 49380,"at its visual delights",1 8030,"its creepy",0 188975,"This is Sandler running on empty , repeating what he 's already done way too often .",0 221216,", The Hours is one of those reputedly `` unfilmable '' novels that has bucked the odds to emerge as an exquisite motion picture in its own right .",1 202546,"is a bit like getting all excited about a chocolate eclair and then biting into it and finding the filling missing",0 100616,"with square conviction",1 25134,"Disney 's more faithful 1950 live-action swashbuckling classic",1 74967,"at one man 's occupational angst and its subsequent reinvention , a terrifying study of bourgeois",0 3649,"a cinematic gymnast having too much fun embellishing the misanthropic tale to actually engage it",0 184208,"Gooding and Coburn are both Oscar winners , a fact which , as you watch them clumsily mugging their way through Snow Dogs , seems inconceivable .",0 63542,"A very good film",1 53013,"in the reality of its characters to go over the edge . A touch of humor or an unexpected plot twist always pulls it back",1 7852,"it 's a compelling and horrifying story ,",1 70740,"Weird ,",0 185111,"It 's funny , as the old saying goes , because it 's true .",1 203759,"it 's hard to like a film so cold and dead",0 204418,"jumps around with little logic or continuity",0 28335,"an emotionally rich , poetically plump and visually fulsome , but never showy , film",1 229272,"becomes an exercise in trying to predict when a preordained `` big moment '' will occur and not `` if",0 224149,"It 's also not smart or barbed enough for older viewers -- not everyone thinks poo-poo jokes are ` edgy .",0 68615,"Schepisi , aided by a cast that seems to include every top-notch British actor who did not appear in Gosford Park ( as well as one , Ms . Mirren , who did ) ,",1 195975,"comes off as annoying rather than charming",0 144199,"Bolstered by an astonishing voice cast ( excepting Love Hewitt ) , an interesting racial tension , and a storyline that I have n't encountered since at least Pete 's Dragon",1 146006,"I ca n't think of a single good reason to see this movie , even though everyone in my group extemporaneously shouted , ` Thank you ! ' when Leguizamo finally plugged an irritating character late in the movie .",0 133130,"splashed with bloody beauty as vivid as any Scorsese has ever given us",1 173359,"the Disney classic",1 49037,"and crudely literal",0 116905,"cheap-looking version of Candid Camera",0 131545,"ride , with jaw-dropping action sequences , striking villains , a gorgeous color palette , astounding technology , stirring music and a boffo last hour that leads up to a strangely sinister happy ending .",1 29310,"at the heart of more universal concerns",1 126071,"like a spring-break orgy for pretentious arts majors",0 115769,"before Janice comes racing to the rescue in the final reel",1 199100,"follow the same blueprint from hundreds of other films",0 179942,"'s pretty but dumb",0 71311,"a bit too enigmatic and",0 83770,"is a fierce dance of destruction . Its flame-like , roiling black-and-white inspires trembling and gratitude .",1 223329,"Family togetherness takes a back seat to inter-family rivalry and workplace ambition ... whole subplots have no explanation or even plot relevance .",0 94866,"that some movie formulas do n't need messing with",1 234399,"of cool stuff packed into ESPN 's Ultimate X.",1 151881,"a heretofore unfathomable question : Is it possible for computer-generated characters",0 69792,"The otherwise good-naturedness of Mr . Deeds",1 210268,"redeeming features",1 118137,"desperate attempt",0 211914,"so compelling",1 10042,"recycled",0 137814,"to save the movie",0 57485,"such operatic grandeur",1 3841,"a gorgeously strange movie , heaven",1 191595,"a video helmer",1 130537,"predictable plotting and",0 121748,"has enough",1 230358,"does n't leave you with much .",0 220837,"'s harder still to believe that anyone in his right mind would want to see the it .",0 127667,"mush",0 196168,"content to dog-paddle in the mediocre end of the pool",0 140444,"works effortlessly at delivering genuine , acerbic laughs",1 15249,"best American movie",1 231231,"go down as the worst -- and only -- killer website movie of this or any other year",0 237098,"the new film is a subzero version of Monsters , Inc. , without the latter 's imagination , visual charm or texture .",0 141224,"'s an earnest debut full of heartfelt performances ,",1 66036,"Holm does his sly , intricate magic , and",1 226220,"The catch is that they 're stuck with a script that prevents them from firing on all cylinders .",0 124711,"is to be viewed and treasured for its extraordinary intelligence and originality as well as its lyrical variations on the game of love .",1 37212,"spectacular piece",1 162451,"intriguing and alluring",1 220479,"'' certainly is n't dull .",1 72247,"a refreshing and comical spin on the all-too-familiar saga of the contemporary single woman",1 66624,"It 's not particularly subtle ...",0 8112,"its rawness and",1 129938,"paced at a speed that is slow to those of us in middle age and deathly slow to any teen . With a cast of A-list Brit actors",0 151344,"a bad sign in a thriller when you instantly know whodunit",0 207069,"no new friends",0 169280,"prevents the picture from rising above your generic sand 'n' sandal adventure",0 140937,"'' is one of those crass",0 54544,"makes Eight Legged Freaks a perfectly entertaining summer diversion",1 203816,"it 's too loud to shout insults at the screen",0 32834,"in a way that makes your spine tingle with revelation and excitement",1 77874,"deft sense",1 131703,"sad , occasionally horrifying but often inspiring film",1 154345,"at a perpetual frat party ... How can something so gross be so boring ?",0 63764,"Although some viewers will not be able to stomach so much tongue-in-cheek weirdness",0 113459,"affirming and heartbreaking",1 172742,"than collections of quirky traits lifted from a screenwriter 's outline and thrown at actors charged with the impossible task of making them jell",0 115683,"become a cult classic",1 181542,"A bizarre piece of work , with premise and dialogue at the level of kids ' television and plot threads as morose as teen pregnancy , rape and suspected murder",0 56629,"riveting World War",1 93549,"stops short of indulging its characters ' striving solipsism",0 140731,"you care about the characters",1 21684,"own worst enemy",0 231187,"give a spark to `` Chasing Amy '' and `` Changing Lanes '' falls flat as thinking man CIA agent Jack Ryan in this summer 's new action film ,",0 25633,"I liked its heart and its spirit .",1 170600,"seems a prostituted muse ...",0 32418,"he is for on screen thrills",1 66002,"Hitchcockian",1 211867,"smeary and blurry , to the point",0 56817,"seen by anyone",1 90176,"peppered with false starts and populated by characters who are nearly impossible to care about",0 122282,"his character awakens to the notion that to be human",0 125703,"lackluster thriller ''",0 232453,"is entertaining on an inferior level",0 227926,"a geriatric",0 202701,"is all that the airhead movie business deserves from him right now",0 220086,"would have no problem giving it an unqualified recommendation .",1 12660,"uneasily",0 62938,"A delightful surprise because despite all the backstage drama , this is a movie that tells stories that work -- is charming , is moving , is funny and looks professional .",1 172992,"that ends up festooning U . S . art house screens for no reason other than the fact that it 's in French ( well , mostly ) with English subtitles and is magically ` significant ' because of that",0 44209,"A powerful performance",1 179824,"'s likely very little crossover appeal to those without much interest in the Elizabethans ( as well as rank frustration from those in the know about Rubbo 's dumbed-down tactics )",0 199243,"for improvement",0 38487,"the obstacles to happiness",1 141353,"'s hard to imagine a more generic effort in the genre",0 48113,"a historic scandal",0 178067,"when the intention is quite the opposite",0 7910,"it all seems to be happening for the first time",1 50889,"dished out humor",1 109943,"The locations go from stark desert to gorgeous beaches . The story plays out slowly , but the characters are intriguing and realistic .",1 231044,"from the lack",0 135489,"the hand that has finally , to some extent , warmed up to him",1 53356,"is a winning ensemble comedy that shows Canadians can put gentle laughs and equally gentle sentiments on the button , just as easily as their counterparts anywhere else in the world",1 15145,"as bouncy animation and catchy songs escort you through the entire 85 minutes",1 95140,"the assumption that '' crazy '' people are innocent , childlike and inherently funny",1 41016,"It helps that Lil Bow Wow ... tones down his pint-sized gangsta act to play someone who resembles a real kid",1 62999,"A film in a class with Spike Lee 's masterful Do The Right Thing .",1 196979,"direct-to-video/DVD category",0 91472,"remind one of a really solid Woody Allen film",1 154646,"be a directing license , so that Ed Burns can have his revoked",0 195383,"can inspire a few kids not to grow up to be greedy",1 99104,"unrelentingly grim --",0 172884,"that Donovan adopts throughout the stupidly named Pipe Dream",0 102483,", despite many talky , slow scenes . But something seems to be missing . A sense of real magic",0 87323,"more shapely than the two-hour version released here in 1990",1 109915,"The jokes are flat ,",0 112837,"a summer popcorn movie",1 206356,"more confused , less interesting",0 56867,"seriously intended movie",1 58061,"the best movies",1 76788,"clean , kid-friendly outing",1 93680,"style , structure and rhythms",1 44515,"An interesting story",1 69684,"The low-key direction is pleasingly emphatic in this properly intense , claustrophobic tale of obsessive love .",1 190876,"a lot of static set ups , not much camera movement , and most of the scenes",0 63883,"An entertaining mix",1 132788,"so sloppy , so uneven ,",0 211083,"seems far more interested in gross-out humor than in showing us well-thought stunts or a car chase that we have n't seen 10 , 000 times",0 35371,"of profound , real-life moments that anyone can relate to",1 98054,"to find a movie with a bigger , fatter heart than Barbershop",1 77868,"deform families , then tear them apart",0 67993,"One of the best films I have ever seen , constantly pulling the rug from underneath us , seeing things from new sides , plunging deeper , getting more intense .",1 188191,"The film is a confusing melange of tones and styles , one moment a romantic trifle and the next a turgid drama .",0 208717,"only without much energy or tension",0 91837,"runs a good race",1 180830,", mouthpieces , visual motifs , blanks .",0 227255,"Yet why it fails is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma .",0 67653,"Moulin Rouge",1 234185,"not even Ms. Redgrave 's noblest efforts can redeem it from hopeless sentimentality .",0 170555,"seeing because it 's so bad",0 53295,"is a harrowing drama that tries to tell of the unspeakable",1 82016,"head-turner",1 201619,"ignoring what the filmmakers clearly believe",0 216440,"this movie loves women at all",1 46562,"Pumpkin takes an admirable look at the hypocrisy of political correctness ,",1 23378,", and Spike Lee 's Jim Brown : All American at long last gives its subject a movie worthy of his talents .",1 173347,"the CliffsNotes with pages missing",0 33678,"it is time for their first public recital",0 24728,"As surreal as a dream and as detailed as a photograph",1 124534,"is so insanely dysfunctional that the rampantly designed Equilibrium becomes a concept doofus .",0 123811,"is a question for philosophers , not filmmakers : all the filmmakers need to do",1 73874,"an interesting look at the life of the campaign-trail press , especially ones that do n't really care for the candidate",1 29943,"by the deeply appealing veteran Bouquet and the chilling but quite human Berling",1 190853,"a long patch of black ice",0 174802,"the staleness",0 217629,"too much Norma Rae",0 33788,"its heart is so much in the right place it is difficult to get really peeved at it .",1 21227,"like the new footage and still love the old stuff",1 104275,"An elegant work , Food of Love is as consistently engaging as it is revealing .",1 184619,"I ca n't remember the last time I saw an audience laugh so much during a movie , but there 's only one problem",1 120597,"found his groove",1 164708,"left a few crucial things out ,",0 40432,"you can hate yourself later .",0 34980,"not into the Pokemon franchise , this fourth animated movie in four years wo n't convert you -- or even keep your eyes open .",0 176124,"to finish a race",1 192972,"appalling as any ` comedy '",0 203420,"is so convinced of its own brilliance that , if it were a person , you 'd want to smash its face in .",0 31723,"for Lil Bow Wow , who can now add movies to the list of things he does well",1 73382,"all add up to a satisfying crime drama .",1 22920,"you just have to love the big , dumb , happy movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding .",1 151942,"a lazy exercise",0 138550,"unbearably dull",0 165497,"make a hotdog into anything more than a hotdog",0 119473,"except that it goes on for at least 90 more minutes and , worse , that you have to pay if you want to see it",0 52597,"high-profile name",1 202699,"is all over the place , really .",0 99086,"unnoticed",0 189920,"You 've seen it all before",0 110530,"This misty-eyed Southern nostalgia piece , in treading the line between sappy and sanguine ,",1 34713,"moving film that respects its audience and its source material .",1 29871,"but this is one occasion when they have unearthed a rare gem .",1 127234,"monster-in-the",0 181162,", you wo n't find anything to get excited about on this DVD .",0 162205,"initial high",1 221271,", at least he provides a strong itch to explore more .",1 48746,"alientation",0 96381,"the perkiness",1 18059,"will delight newcomers to the story and those who know it from bygone days",1 130916,"quirky , fun , popcorn movies with a touch of silliness and a little bloodshed",1 162322,"interesting and good",1 99761,"weaving themes among three strands which allow us to view events as if through a prism",1 142548,", there is n't a redeeming moment here .",0 80350,"for the best of Hollywood 's comic-book",1 106999,"It does n't work as either .",0 77442,"could love Safe Conduct ( Laissez Passer ) for being a subtitled French movie that is 170 minutes long",1 188660,"The self-serious Equilibrium makes its point too well :",0 74248,"appreciated equally",1 4025,"a pasolini film without passion or politics ,",0 145606,"God help us , but Capra and Cooper are rolling over in their graves",0 136327,"the stomach-knotting suspense",1 94623,"that do n't really care for the candidate",0 225401,"Part of the charm of Satin Rouge",1 23220,"( D ) oes n't bother being as cloying or preachy as equivalent evangelical Christian movies -- maybe the filmmakers know that the likely audience will already be among the faithful .",1 124656,"is the best Star Trek movie in a long time .",1 12930,"well-meaning to a fault , antwone fisher manages the dubious feat of turning one man 's triumph of will into everyman 's romance comedy .",1 38212,"the film a fuller experience , like an old friend haunted by the exigencies of time",1 173455,"the action scenes are poorly delivered",0 204199,"its funny moments",1 223137,"Diesel is n't the actor to save it .",0 126751,"manages to find that real natural , even-flowing tone that few movies are able to accomplish",1 122919,"in a vat of failed jokes , twitchy acting , and general boorishness",0 39427,"transcends language",1 26512,"Sam Mendes",1 44322,"A touching , sophisticated film that almost seems like a documentary in the way",1 25253,"Even those",1 178790,"worked last time ,",0 235245,"recite bland police procedural details , Fiennes wanders around in an attempt",0 123208,"in the worst way",0 26357,"Piccoli",0 100446,"with all its flaws",0 191109,"a pointless , meandering celebration",0 67549,"Michael Moore gives us the perfect starting point for a national conversation about guns , violence , and fear .",1 58353,"the greater beause director Zhang 's last film , the cuddly Shower , was a non-threatening multi-character piece centered around a public bath house",1 112525,"a pretty good overall picture of the situation",1 137434,"to be proud of her Rubenesque physique",1 163673,"it 's not that big a deal",0 118681,"drama , romance , tragedy , bravery , political intrigue",1 177570,"walked out on a movie",0 42654,"solid and affecting and",1 227443,"`` Birthday Girl '' is an actor 's movie first and foremost .",1 238191,"uncompelling the movie is unless it happens to cover your particular area of interest",0 131743,"satisfied",1 155910,"camouflage how bad his movie is",0 233122,"its ambitions far exceed the abilities of writer Adam Larson Broder and his co-director , Tony R. Abrams , in their feature debut",0 181070,", this somber cop drama ultimately feels as flat as the scruffy sands of its titular community .",0 49727,"big , brassy , disturbing , unusual and highly successful film",1 105580,"Each scene wreaks of routine :",0 115620,"be wacky without clobbering the audience over the head and",1 61150,"'s no conversion effort",0 54938,"moving and solidly entertaining comedy\/drama",1 181663,"A feeble Tootsie knockoff .",0 135764,"the most irresponsible picture ever released by a major film studio .",0 155082,"being trapped at a bad rock concert",0 237074,"the most purely enjoyable and satisfying evenings at the movies I 've had in a while",1 232095,"influenced by some of the filmmakers who have directed him , especially the Coen brothers and Steven Soderbergh",1 37115,"solid meat-and-potatoes filmmaking",1 151874,"a headache",0 170616,"seems skimpy and unclear",0 108785,"Schaeffer 's film never settles into the light-footed enchantment the material needs , and the characters ' quirks and foibles never jell into charm .",0 188103,"The entire point of a shaggy dog story , of course , is that it goes nowhere , and this is classic nowheresville in every sense .",0 215873,"the wasted potential",0 115187,"at odds with the rest of the film",0 214807,"the humanizing stuff that will probably sink the film for anyone who does n't think about percentages all day long",0 98686,"tremendous chemistry",1 211219,"sending the audience straight to hell",0 64074,"As a director , Paxton is surprisingly brilliant , deftly sewing together what could have been a confusing and horrifying vision into an intense and engrossing head-trip .",1 107256,"Just as the recent Argentine film Son of the Bride reminded us that a feel-good movie can still show real heart , Time of Favor presents us with an action movie that actually has a brain .",1 116500,"ca n't generate enough heat in this cold vacuum of a comedy to start a reaction",0 3093,"well-made",1 73564,"am not generally a huge fan of cartoons derived from TV shows",0 228218,"a timely and invaluable implicit reminder of the role",1 54814,"more attuned to the anarchist maxim that ` the urge to destroy is also a creative urge ' , or more willing to see with their own eyes , will find Morrison 's iconoclastic uses of technology to be liberating .",1 179996,"'s something impressive and yet lacking about everything .",0 61560,") an astounding performance that deftly , gradually reveals a real human soul buried beneath a spellbinding serpent 's smirk .",1 10047,"reduce it",0 77889,"dehumanizing and",0 7141,"highly recommended viewing for its courage , ideas , technical proficiency and great acting",1 210722,"sad , soggy potboiler",0 143729,"An eccentric little comic\/thriller",1 218554,"virtually chokes on its own self-consciousness .",0 72691,"a tour de force ,",1 237761,"to blow it",0 226065,"Thanks largely to Williams , all the interesting developments are processed in 60 minutes",1 69750,"The movie is well crafted ,",1 106904,"It 's more enjoyable than I expected , though , and that 's because the laughs come from fairly basic comedic constructs .",1 209127,"past Love Story derisions",0 35405,"of sophisticated , challenging filmmaking",1 21989,"slog",0 108646,"Road to Perdition does display greatness , and it 's worth seeing .",1 178926,"would shun her kids , travel to one of the most dangerous parts of the world , don fatigues and become G . I . Jane",0 187405,"Soderbergh faithful",1 80061,"flashes of warmth and gentle humor",1 182237,"All the Queen 's Men is a throwback war movie that fails on so many levels , it should pay reparations to viewers .",0 221825,"... overly melodramatic ...",0 212850,"such as skateboarder Tony Hawk or BMX rider Mat Hoffman , are about a half dozen young Turks angling to see how many times they can work the words '' radical '' or '' suck '' into a sentence .",0 124328,"is no match for the insipid script he has crafted with Harris Goldberg",0 39920,"weirdly",0 134526,"that rare combination of bad writing , bad direction and bad acting -- the trifecta of badness",0 204668,"lacks the visual panache , the comic touch , and perhaps the budget of Sommers 's title-bout features",0 22749,"wet stick",0 226074,"That 's not vintage Spielberg and",0 187280,"Showtime 's starry cast could be both an asset and a detriment . Those who trek to the ` plex predisposed to like it probably will enjoy themselves . But ticket-buyers with great expectations will wind up as glum as Mr . De Niro .",0 15958,"has calcified into chronic cynicism and fear",0 125543,"ke",1 34551,"moral codes and ideals",1 139358,"wayward",0 34262,"lyrical meditation",1 219317,"who '' they '' were , what '' they '' looked like . Why '' they '' were here and what '' they '' wanted and quite honestly , I did n't care",0 11763,"the problem is the needlessly poor quality of its archival prints and film footage",0 181583,"A cross between Blow and Boyz N",1 32853,"in detail , gorgeously shot and beautifully",1 184858,"Imagine a film that begins as a Seven rip-off , only to switch to a mix of The Shining , The Thing , and any naked teenagers horror flick from the 1980s .",0 169857,"redundant messages",0 180776,", laughably predictable wail pitched to the cadence of a depressed fifteen-year-old 's suicidal poetry .",0 189639,"When the screenwriter responsible for one of the worst movies of one year directs an equally miserable film the following year",0 157674,"do n't think I laughed out loud once . And when you 're talking about a slapstick comedy , that 's a pretty big problem",0 18607,"A well-made and often lovely depiction of the mysteries of friendship .",1 112004,"a gentle waking coma",0 205621,"main asset",1 152912,"actors charged with the impossible task of making them jell",0 83611,"intricate , intimate and intelligent",1 54944,"much humor",1 170768,"set to an unending soundtrack of beach party pop numbers and",0 83161,"in the way they help increase an average student 's self-esteem",1 119790,"fascinating , riveting story",1 239192,"you think , zzzzzzzzz",0 201386,"how Sandler is losing his touch",0 93004,"so willing to champion the fallibility of the human heart",1 203469,"is static , stilted .",0 47309,"There 's plenty to enjoy -- in no small part thanks to Lau .",1 127029,"mess that it feels less like bad cinema than like being stuck in a dark pit having a nightmare about bad cinema",0 99217,"us to remember that life 's ultimately a gamble and last orders are to be embraced .",1 192721,"and civic action laudable",1 135911,"the only reason",1 107368,"LaBute does manage to make a few points about modern man and his problematic quest for human connection .",1 14821,"a responsive chord with many South Koreans",1 50872,"directs this film always keeping the balance between the fantastic and the believable ...",1 114657,"are presented in such a lousy way , complete with some of the year 's ( unintentionally ) funniest moments , that it 's impossible to care",0 63095,"A great cast and a wonderful but sometimes confusing flashback movie about growing up in a dysfunctional family .",1 202964,"is great fun to watch performing in a film that is only mildly diverting",1 6598,"for its courage , ideas , technical proficiency and great acting",1 99242,"uses the last act to reel in the audience",1 99032,"unforced comedy-drama",1 233069,"it might be like trying to eat Brussels sprouts .",0 69630,"The heart of the film",1 160210,"going for it",1 55926,"pander to our basest desires",1 38605,"the rough waters of contradiction",0 163664,"it 's more comedy",1 223688,"Hopkins , squarely fills the screen .",1 48188,"a massive infusion",0 125828,"lazy plotting",0 134299,"that does n't reveal even a hint of artifice",0 225423,"Pedro",1 219276,"which suffers from a lackluster screenplay",0 31286,"every bit as awful",0 151949,"a lesser Harrison Ford movie",0 137596,"to finish , like a wet burlap sack of gloom",0 104635,"Barry 's terrific performance",1 18285,"'s got oodles of style and substance",1 6556,"fool",0 220075,"would go back and choose to skip it .",0 207200,"not mean-spirited",1 167849,"of the year , noteworthy only for the gimmick of being filmed as a single unbroken 87-minute",0 14632,"With a cast that includes some of the top actors working in independent film",1 236588,"that works .",1 235665,"she gets to fulfill her dreams",1 145299,"Faultlessly professional",1 189601,"What should have been a cutting Hollywood satire is instead about as fresh as last week 's issue of Variety .",0 204458,"just have problems , which are neither original nor are presented in convincing way .",0 75953,"bring out joys in our lives that we never knew",1 27926,"a valuable time",1 45076,"Director of photography Benoit Delhomme shot the movie in delicious colors , and the costumes and sets are grand .",1 178304,"whose witty dialogue",1 217924,"turn more crassly reductive",0 157740,"does n't add up .",0 52689,"hit that may strain adult credibility .",0 83605,"intoxicatingly sexy , violent , self-indulgent and maddening",1 84237,"is generally quite funny",1 63405,"A solid cast",1 120399,"for both the scenic splendor of the mountains and for legendary actor Michel Serrault , the film",1 118854,"earn their uplift",1 84325,"is insightful about Kissinger 's background and history",1 170269,"s two personas interesting or worth caring about",1 150503,"Trite",0 78670,"dumb humor",0 224446,"Jackass is a vulgar and cheap-looking version of Candid Camera staged for the Marquis de Sade set .",0 129197,"of two unrelated shorts that falls far short",0 28055,"absolutely ca n't miss it .",1 16477,"lo-fi as the special effects are",0 27180,"Well-written , nicely acted and beautifully shot and scored , the film works on several levels , openly questioning social mores while ensnaring the audience with its emotional pull .",1 86994,"melancholic",0 13720,"... there are enough moments of heartbreaking honesty to keep one glued to the screen .",1 25711,"Is it a total success ? No . Is it something any true film addict will want to check out",1 220047,"would anyone cast the magnificent Jackie Chan in a movie full of stunt doubles and special effects ?",0 234839,"overstylized",0 171557,"some appealing ingredients",1 132730,"so grainy and rough ,",0 72138,"a playful recapitulation of the artist 's career",1 122232,"highly professional film",1 49148,"are complex characters -- sometimes tender , sometimes angry",1 116908,"cheapo",0 186271,"Naipaul , a juicy writer",1 203479,"is strictly routine .",0 110133,"The result , however well-intentioned ,",0 42227,"is well",1 180926,", someone should dispense the same advice to film directors .",0 26516,"San Francisco 's most vital , if least widely recognized , creative fountainheads",1 134381,"that is impossible to care about and is n't very funny",0 80778,"funnier version of the old Police Academy flicks",1 72692,"a tour de force , written and directed so quietly that it 's implosion",1 197504,"dramatically satisfying heroine",1 56218,"profoundly deepen them",1 16540,"marks a cinematic milestone",1 153253,"amid clanging film references that make Jay and Silent Bob 's Excellent Adventure seem understated",0 196557,"cynical creeps",0 74576,"as a compliment",1 206730,"must have been astronomically bad",0 141853,"( and torturing )",0 171803,"spiritual-uplift",1 106714,"In the era of The Sopranos , it feels painfully redundant and inauthentic .",0 102343,", The Weight of Water is oppressively heavy .",0 170677,"self-glorification and",0 20400,"do n't know precisely what to make of Steven Soderbergh 's Full Frontal , though that did n't stop me from enjoying much of it",1 172111,"string the stunts together and not quite enough characterization to keep the faces straight",0 54890,"most of the distance",0 30980,"eagerly",1 67432,"Marshall puts a suspenseful spin on standard horror flick formula .",1 93924,"surprising romance",1 63233,"A penetrating , potent exploration of sanctimony , self-awareness , self-hatred and self-determination",1 236209,"sweeping , dramatic , Hollywood moments",1 190215,"a boring movie",0 156153,"character-who-shall - remain-nameless",0 132715,"so convincingly",1 16206,"is -RRB- talented and terribly charismatic , qualities essential to both movie stars and social anarchists .",1 115569,"be said to squander Jennifer Love Hewitt",0 19424,"Who knows what exactly Godard is on about in this film , but his words and images do n't have to add up to mesmerize you .",1 143820,"Another big , dumb action movie in the vein of XXX , The Transporter is riddled with plot holes big enough for its titular hero to drive his sleek black BMW through .",0 77626,"cultural , sexual and social discord",0 123573,"into minutely detailed wonders of dreamlike ecstasy",1 155815,"by this latest cinematic essay",1 16663,"nice wintry look",1 55978,"perfect balance",1 26323,"Pacino is brilliant as the sleep-deprived Dormer , his increasing weariness as much existential as it is physical .",1 146639,"It almost plays like Solaris , but with guns and jokes .",1 40599,"( Howard ) so good as Leon Barlow ...",1 204434,"just another teen movie",0 174676,"the same damn moldy values",0 166118,"moody male hustler",0 38453,"the most visually stunning and thematically moving epics",1 165678,"many silly costumes",0 224326,"It is , however , a completely honest , open-hearted film that should appeal to anyone willing to succumb to it .",1 133105,"spend $ 9 on the same stuff you can get for a buck or so in that greasy little vidgame pit in the theater lobby ?",0 234576,"of things that elevate `` Glory '' above most of its ilk , most notably the mere presence of Duvall",1 80022,"first major studio production",1 152625,"a trashy cop buddy comedy",0 103680,"A lot more dimensional and complex than its sunny disposition would lead you to believe .",1 214629,"the film was better than Saving Private Ryan . He may have meant the Internet short Saving Ryan 's Privates .",0 42018,"gorgeous imagery , effective performances",1 90286,"picked me up , swung me around , and dropped me back in my seat with more emotional force than any other recent film .",1 4018,"a noble end",1 184319,"Hart 's War seems to want to be a character study , but apparently ca n't quite decide which character .",0 32366,"have been tighter",0 17631,"the release of some of the worst film comedies in decades",0 168506,"overall blandness",0 8948,"murderous",0 203198,"is n't talking a talk that appeals to me",0 237140,"the performances of Pacino , Williams , and Swank keep the viewer wide-awake all the way through .",1 195364,"can disguise the fact that the new film is a lame kiddie flick and that Carvey 's considerable talents are wasted in it",0 21379,"myriad flaws",0 151683,"a feature-length adaptation of one of those '' Can This Marriage Be Saved ? '' columns from Ladies Home Journal",0 63034,"A first-class , thoroughly involving B movie that effectively combines two surefire , beloved genres",1 101306,"' ... a great , participatory spectator sport",1 50279,"comes into its own",1 74783,"as temptingly easy as it would have been with this premise",1 84061,"is beautiful filmmaking from one of French cinema 's master craftsmen",1 187157,"Scotland , PA is entirely too straight-faced to transcend its clever concept .",0 163220,"is overblown in its plotting , hackneyed in its dialogue and anachronistic in its style .",0 3894,"a jolly surprise",1 40736,"A worthy tribute to a great humanitarian and her vibrant ` co-stars",1 37883,"that revels in the true potential of the medium .",1 184786,"If Hill is n't quite his generation 's Don Siegel ( or Robert Aldrich ) , it 's because there 's no discernible feeling beneath the chest hair : it 's all bluster and cliché",0 180227,"( The kid 's ) just too bratty for sympathy , and as the film grows to its finale , his little changes ring hollow .",0 175741,"tickle many a preschooler 's fancy , but when it costs a family of four about $ 40 to see a film in theaters , why spend money on a dog like this when you can rent a pedigree instead",0 48371,"a similarly morose and humorless horror movie that , although flawed , is to be commended for its straight-ahead approach to creepiness",1 93977,"suspense ,",1 192874,"anti-",0 151332,"a bad case of arrested development",0 84829,"is working properly",1 97436,"this is beautiful filmmaking from one of French cinema 's master craftsmen .",1 150918,"While it is welcome to see a Chinese film depict a homosexual relationship in a mature and frank fashion , Lan Yu never catches dramatic fire .",0 68922,"Sparkling , often hilarious romantic jealousy comedy ... Attal looks so much like a young Robert DeNiro that it seems the film should instead be called ` My Husband Is Travis Bickle ' .",1 187431,"Some movies can get by without being funny simply by structuring the scenes as if they were jokes : a setup , delivery and payoff . Stealing Harvard ca n't even do that much . Each scene immediately succumbs to gravity and plummets to earth",0 187885,"The Sweetest Thing leaves a bitter taste .",0 152600,"a thrilling sci-fi cinematic ride",1 53627,"is so off-Hollywood that it seems positively French in its rhythms and resonance",1 184386,"Here 's a case of two actors who do everything humanly possible to create characters who are sweet and believable , and are defeated by a screenplay that forces them into bizarre , implausible behavior .",0 104514,"As saccharine movies go , this is likely to cause massive cardiac arrest if taken in large doses .",0 67829,"Nicole Kidman evolved from star to superstar some time over the past year , which means that Birthday Girl is the kind of quirkily appealing minor movie she might not make for a while .",1 144525,"Cliches",0 178644,"with silly action sequences",0 34626,"most demented",0 79774,"feeling embarrassed",0 63839,"An awfully good , achingly human picture .",1 168375,"originality , wit ,",1 77881,"deftly spins the multiple stories in a vibrant and intoxicating fashion",1 100100,"who holds the film together with a supremely kittenish performance that gradually accumulates more layers",1 87225,"more accurate than anything",1 98354,"to the changes required of her , but the actress and director Peter Kosminsky never get the audience to break through the wall her character erects",0 128629,"of eager fans",1 12841,"wants to tweak them with a taste of tangy new humor",1 23340,", The Grey Zone is honest enough to deny the possibility of hope in Auschwitz .",1 135512,"the highest degree",1 62301,", the movie is in a class by itself",1 171685,"somewhat dilutes the pleasure of watching them",0 122095,"heartening in the same way that each season marks a new start",1 155424,"both wildly implausible and strangely conventional",1 65988,"Highly recommended viewing for its courage , ideas , technical proficiency and great acting .",1 177507,"virtually everything wrong",0 135398,"the first film so special",1 155787,"by the brutality of the jokes , most at women 's expense",0 59811,"usual Spielberg flair",1 10669,"spews forth unchecked",0 13572,", engrossing and psychologically resonant",1 134469,"that manage to avoid the ghetto of sentimental chick-flicks by treating female follies with a satirical style",1 4215,"a thrill ride .",1 113802,"amazingly evocative film",1 20116,"better-than-average movie-making",1 41605,"at once exhilarating ,",1 44357,"About a manga-like heroine who fights back at her abusers",1 46273,"Much of this slick and sprightly CGI feature is sufficiently funny to amuse even the most resolutely unreligious parents who escort their little ones to megaplex screenings .",1 218651,"want my money back",0 78997,"engaging criminal",1 29657,"bold and subversive",1 108944,"Signs is a good film , and",1 231435,"has done too much",0 4949,"attack",0 176771,"towards my long-suffering eyeballs",0 110299,"There 's an excellent 90-minute film here : unfortunately , it runs for 170 .",0 82280,"his most daring , and complicated , performances",1 84407,"is more timely now than ever .",1 196908,"did n't care",0 85881,"lecherous",0 201575,"if the director had released the outtakes theatrically and used the film as a bonus feature on the DVD",0 71348,"a canny crowd pleaser ,",1 93997,"sustains a higher plateau with Bullock 's memorable first interrogation of Gosling",1 207753,"of good intentions derailed by a failure to seek and strike just the right tone",0 116591,"can get on television for free",0 41280,"The movie is n't always easy to look at . But if it is indeed a duty of art to reflect life , than Leigh has created a masterful piece of artistry right here",1 84557,"is pure , exciting moviemaking .",1 125453,"jaw-dropping action sequences , striking villains , a gorgeous color palette , astounding technology , stirring music",1 121710,"has been overexposed , redolent of a thousand cliches , and yet",0 27414,"a celebration of living",1 48439,"a testament of quiet endurance , of common concern , of reconciled survival",1 93618,"striking new significance",1 79412,"excels as the enigmatic Mika and Anna Mouglalis is a stunning new young talent in one of Chabrol 's most intense psychological mysteries .",1 213871,"that the bulk of the movie centers on the wrong character",0 117167,"combines psychological drama , sociological reflection , and high-octane thriller",1 152567,"a surprising winner with both adults and younger audiences",1 78421,"does his sly , intricate magic",1 137502,"to convey a sense of childhood imagination",1 154154,"as daft",0 67276,"Like the best 60 Minutes exposé , the film ( at 80 minutes ) is actually quite entertaining .",1 201481,"hypocritical work",0 157988,"drives this movie . No , it 's the repetition of said behavior",0 56059,"plays as well as it does thanks in large measure to Anspaugh 's three lead actresses .",1 37532,"suspiciously",0 56627,"riveting , pulse intensifying escapist adventure",1 172169,"stupidest",0 161722,"improvisations",1 148832,"Star Trek : Nemesis meekly goes where nearly every Star Trek movie has gone before . Wince-inducing dialogue , thrift-shop costumes , prosthetic makeup by Silly Putty and Kmart blue-light-special effects all conspire to test Trekkie loyalty .",0 170055,"resorts to desperate measures",0 106553,"Ice Age wo n't drop your jaw",0 104292,"An engrossing portrait of uncompromising artists trying to create something original",1 18545,"... has freaky scenes where the crew wonder if they 're ghosts imagining themselves as alive . It 's a sly wink to The Others without becoming a postmodern joke , made creepy by its '' men in a sardine can '' warped logic .",1 145177,"Even on those rare occasions when the narrator stops yammering , Miller 's hand often feels unsure .",0 77472,"courageous",1 154445,"attempts to do too many things in this story about ethics , payola , vice , murder , kids ' TV and revenge .",0 89576,"one makes",1 125484,"jumps to the head of the class of women 's films",1 112764,"a splendid job",1 120995,"geniality",1 176003,"to break the audience 's awkward silence",0 177841,"weighed down with agonizing contrivances , overheated pathos",0 8015,"its chicken heart",0 126430,"love a Disney pic with as little cleavage as this one has , and a heroine as feisty and principled as Jane",1 51527,"fantasy pablum",0 73825,"an important director",1 56945,"show to steal",1 48862,"an Actress is an utterly charming French comedy that feels so American in sensibility and style",1 193853,"attributable to a movie like this",1 16077,"humor in the foibles of human behavior",1 86051,"like a surge through swirling rapids or a leap from pinnacle",1 149510,"The last 20 minutes are somewhat redeeming",1 192336,"also represents glossy Hollywood at its laziest .",0 221446,", it seems to lack substance .",0 233057,"it just gets stupid and maudlin .",0 214553,"the fantastic Kathy Bates turns up",1 185589,"Ken Russell would love this .",1 69261,"The Bourne Identity should n't be half as entertaining as it is , but",1 207687,"of dead bodies",1 51476,"fairly effective",1 128525,"of an authentic feel",1 93802,"such high-wattage brainpower coupled with pitch-perfect acting and",1 122253,"himself , who approaches his difficult , endless work with remarkable serenity and discipline",1 174667,"the sad decline",0 224351,"It looks good , Sonny , but you missed the point . '",0 219442,"why it fails is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma",0 27755,"a quirky and poignant Japanese film",1 227701,"`` the road paved with good intentions leads to the video store ''",1 129541,"one not-so-small problem",0 200033,"go to a bank manager and save everyone the misery",0 89872,"outright newness . Plus",1 232676,"is one big chase that seems to have no goal and no urgency",0 143573,"Alcatraz",1 136107,"the rare capability to soothe and break your heart with a single stroke",1 53560,"is on his way to becoming the American Indian Spike Lee .",1 81930,"have the patience for it",0 216314,"thinks poo-poo jokes are ` edgy .",0 92034,"seamless and sumptuous stream",1 129587,"one splendidly cast pair",1 63533,"A typically observant , carefully nuanced and intimate French coming-of-age film that is an encouraging debut feature but has a needlessly downbeat ending that",1 170291,"sad-sack waste",0 85295,"its lavish formalism",1 172190,"sub-aquatic mess",0 29403,"be completely forgotten",0 76707,"choreographed",1 237491,"thinking up grocery lists and ways to tell their kids how not to act like Pinocchio",0 34885,"never feels formulaic , because the attention is on the nuances of the emotional development of the delicate characters .",1 66338,"In Auteil 's less dramatic but equally incisive performance",1 144724,"De Niro looks bored",0 120136,"finely crafted , finely written",1 157852,"done a great disservice by a lack of critical distance and a sad trust in liberal arts college bumper sticker platitudes",0 155412,"both repulsively sadistic and mundane",0 17255,"solidly",1 160304,"graduated",1 228810,"are jarring and deeply out of place in what could have ( and probably should have )",0 127182,"mixing action and idiosyncratic humor in his charming 2000 debut Shanghai Noon",1 123458,"intellect and",1 71099,"Yes , it 's as good as you remember . In fact , even better .",1 79691,"farts , urine , feces , semen",0 124001,"is doomed by its smallness",0 168018,"old-fashioned , occasionally charming and as subtle",1 18629,"All the performances are top notch and , once you get through the accents , All or Nothing becomes an emotional , though still positive , wrench of a sit .",1 159354,"for a few laughs , as are Chan and Hewitt",1 217371,"to squeeze too many elements into the film",0 213497,"that 's surprisingly short of both adventure and song",0 184591,"I 've seen some bad singer-turned actors , but Lil Bow Wow takes the cake .",0 51143,"emerges as another key contribution",1 87729,"nearly as dreadful",0 129842,"over-indulgent",0 11514,"the incredibly flexible",1 21390,"n't it great",1 147050,"Lacking gravitas , MacDowell is a placeholder for grief ,",0 166422,"much accompanying sustenance",1 178834,"worst boxing movie",0 24807,"Beijing",1 133398,"strike a chord",1 75130,"bad luck",0 159547,"force-feed James Bond",0 144354,"Calling this movie brainless",0 213292,"tender inspirational tidings",1 20337,"dares us to say why either is impossible -- which forces us to confront what 's possible and what we might do to make it so",1 20994,"is a movie that 's got oodles of style and substance",1 46511,"Philippe , who makes Oliver far more interesting than the character 's lines would suggest , and",1 18095,"with a welcome pinch of tartness",1 13805,"A somewhat crudely constructed but gripping , questing look at a person so racked with self-loathing",1 170595,"seems a disappointingly thin slice of lower-class London life : despite the title ... amounts to surprisingly little",0 108680,"Romantic , riveting and handsomely",1 83641,"inventive cinematic tricks and an ironically killer soundtrack",1 13537,", and this is a better film than his earlier English-language movie , the overpraised Elizabeth .",1 220508,"'' is owned by its costars , Spader and Gyllenhaal .",1 174414,"the notion that a strong , unified showing among Germany and Eastern European Jews might have changed 20th-Century history is undermined by Ahola 's inadequate performance",0 111850,"a fairly revealing study of its two main characters",1 193152,"are on the loose ! Run for your lives",0 143942,"At first , the sight of a blind man directing a film is hilarious , but",1 71828,"a hilarious place to visit",1 22456,"though that did n't stop me from enjoying much of it",1 170783,"several modest chuckles",1 878,"emotionally bruised characters who add up to more than body count",0 50947,"does give a taste of the Burning Man ethos , an appealing blend of counter-cultural idealism and hedonistic creativity .",1 18687,"Andersson 's rigorous personal vision is not only distanced but distancing .",0 22283,"the gentle melding",1 44698,"Beresford nicely mixes in as much humor as pathos to take us on his sentimental journey of the heart . It really is a shame that more wo n't get an opportunity to embrace small , sweet ` Evelyn . '",1 87274,"more grueling and time-consuming",0 224134,"It 's a spectacular performance - ahem , we hope it 's only acting .",1 63419,"A strangely stirring experience that finds warmth in the coldest environment and makes each crumb of emotional comfort",1 217804,"tries to touch on spousal abuse but veers off course and becomes just another revenge film .",0 18273,"'s a terrific American sports movie",1 195466,"career success",1 91700,"right through the ranks of the players -- on-camera and off -- that he brings together",1 183537,"Does n't come close to justifying the hype that surrounded its debut at the Sundance Film Festival two years ago .",0 218507,"very talented young actors",1 130230,"pile too many '' serious issues '' on its plate at times ,",0 179861,"'s next ? Rob Schneider , Dana Carvey and Sarah Michelle Gellar in The Philadelphia Story ? David Spade as Citizen Kane",0 23040,"'s a big part of why we go to the movies",1 115512,"be hard pressed to succumb to the call of the wild",0 213831,"that should have been the ultimate IMAX trip",1 186231,"Much like Robin Williams , Death to Smoochy has already reached its expiration date .",0 102868,", the fact remains that a wacky concept does not a movie make .",0 68401,"Resurrection is n't exactly quality cinema",0 154229,"as pathetic , dysfunctional and destructive",0 168554,"overrides what little we learn along the way about vicarious redemption",0 169859,"reek of a script",0 58162,"the cool presence of Jean Reno",1 206503,"most entertaining moments",1 149764,"The premise is overshadowed by the uberviolence of the Clericks as this becomes just another kung-fu sci-fi movie with silly action sequences .",0 130349,"plummets",0 30644,"defined",1 86517,"maintains suspense on different levels",1 190290,"a choppy ending",0 50092,"celebrates the group 's playful spark of nonconformity , glancing vividly back at what Hibiscus grandly called his ` angels of light . '",1 222808,"But the feelings evoked in the film are lukewarm and quick to pass .",0 147026,"Kim ) begins to overplay the shock tactics and bait-and-tackle metaphors",0 6687,"from both a great and a terrible story , mr . nelson",1 224795,"Mike White 's deft combination of serious subject matter and dark , funny humor make `` The Good Girl '' a film worth watching .",1 154509,"awfully like one long tourist spot for a Mississippi that may never have existed outside of a scriptwriter 's imagination .",0 192962,"anything except that the Chelsea Hotel today is populated by whiny , pathetic , starving and untalented artistes",0 203893,"it fails to have a heart , mind or humor of its own",0 30322,"comradeship and community",1 26313,"Oscar nominated films",1 10680,"splash",1 49686,"best sports movie",1 137645,"to have you leaving the theater with a smile on your face",1 232785,"is that it lacks focus .",0 188398,"The movie 's ultimate point -- that everyone should be themselves -- is trite ,",0 42029,"grasped its essence",1 208291,"offer audiences any way of gripping what its point is , or even its attitude toward its subject",0 210882,"schizo cartoon",0 86205,"lofty",1 208410,"on a squirm-inducing fish-out-of-water formula that goes nowhere and goes there very , very slowly",0 166625,"needed so badly",0 73603,"amusing , sad and reflective",1 97366,"this cartoon adventure is that wind-in-the-hair exhilarating .",1 142472,", the dramatics that follow are utter hooey .",0 90900,"pungent bite",1 52018,"funny even for adults . The characters are interesting and often very creatively constructed from figure to backstory .",1 143032,"A chaotic panorama that 's too busy flying a lot of metaphoric flags .",0 197190,"do n't blame Eddie Murphy but",0 215271,"the original New Testament stories so compelling",1 184450,"Hollywood Ending is a depressing experience",0 132307,"shoot themselves in the feet with cop flick cliches like an oily arms dealer , squad car pile-ups and the requisite screaming captain",0 229542,"buy the soundtrack",1 179290,"' should never have been brought out of hibernation",0 36362,"real people living their lives",1 28414,"an unsettlingly familiar figure -- in turns loyal and deceitful , responsible and reckless , idealistically selfless and coldly self-interested",0 90940,"put a lump in your throat while reaffirming Washington as possibly the best actor working in movies today",1 219274,"which should appeal to women",1 86744,"manages to breathe life into this somewhat tired premise .",1 49451,"backstabbing and",0 101302,"$ 99 bargain-basement special",0 205941,"may just end up trying to drown yourself in a lake afterwards",0 227072,"What you would end up with if you took Orwell , Bradbury , Kafka , George Lucas and the Wachowski Brothers and threw them into a blender",1 233329,"layered performance",1 231077,"fun to watch .",1 212144,"some of the more overtly silly dialogue would sink Laurence Olivier",0 81832,"have I seen a film so willing to champion the fallibility of the human heart .",1 79687,"farts , urine",0 192327,"already tired",0 210869,"scene-chewing",0 197761,"embellished by editing",1 200134,"good-looking but ultimately pointless",0 62606,"... the one thing this Wild film has that other Imax films do n't : chimps , lots of chimps , all blown up to the size of a house . That 's fun for kids of any age .",1 225588,"Refreshing",1 232928,"it 's also disappointing to a certain degree .",0 227367,"` It looks good , Sonny , but you missed the point . '",0 91857,"sacrificing the integrity of the opera",0 157312,"deserve the trash",0 20608,"fresh and delightful",1 235655,"sharp comedy , old-fashioned monster movie atmospherics , and genuine heart",1 39177,"to enjoy their eccentricities",1 22051,"stands forth as an important chronicle of the abuses of one of Latin America 's most oppressive regimes .",0 82608,"if also somewhat hermetic .",1 210299,"refused",1 156452,"cobbled together a film that feels like a sugar high gone awry",0 107818,"Most of the problems with the film do n't derive from the screenplay , but rather the mediocre performances by most of the actors involved",0 145901,"Howard and his co-stars all give committed performances , but they 're often undone by Howard 's self-conscious attempts to find a ` literary ' filmmaking style to match his subject .",0 153206,"already littered with celluloid garbage",0 75377,"beautifully sung",1 218370,"using a plot that could have come from an animated-movie screenwriting textbook",0 70204,"This is Christmas Future for a lot of baby boomers .",1 226705,"This starts off with a 1950 's Doris Day feel and it gets very ugly , very fast .",0 76075,"but blatantly biased .",0 238152,"turns into a dire drama partway",0 49584,"because it includes segments of 12 songs at a reunion concert",1 17143,"school friends",1 216296,"think this movie loves women at all",0 236224,"take centre screen",1 102985,", uncouth , incomprehensible , vicious and absurd",0 156376,"clichés and telegraphed episodes smell of old soap opera",0 225538,"Puportedly `` Based on True Events , '' a convolution of language that suggests it 's impossible to claim that it is `` Based on a True Story '' with a straight face .",0 229319,"before landing squarely on `` stupid ''",0 140094,"with all its botches",0 44579,"As broad and cartoonish as the screenplay is , there is an accuracy of observation in the work of the director , Frank Novak , that keeps the film grounded in an undeniable social realism .",1 141680,"'s too long , too repetitive , and takes way too many years to resolve to be a total winner",0 84195,"is far from disappointing , offering an original",1 48787,"all three sides of his story with a sensitivity and an inquisitiveness reminiscent of Truffaut",1 69985,"The success of Undercover Brother",1 118278,"director Chris Columbus takes a hat-in-hand approach to Rowling that stifles creativity and allows the film to drag on for nearly three hours .",0 153082,"all of Dean 's mannerisms and self-indulgence , but none of his sweetness and vulnerability",0 67318,"Lost Dreams",0 214202,"the bigger setpieces flat",0 30735,"despite its noticeable lack of emotional heft",0 189567,"What a pity ... that the material is so second-rate .",0 127367,"more than people",1 142060,", a ready-made Eurotrash cult object .",0 238282,"us watch as his character awakens to the notion that to be human is eventually to have to choose",1 41634,"be the most memorable cinema session",1 125942,"liability",0 7349,"if you can get past the fantastical aspects and harsh realities of '' the isle '' you 'll get a sock-you-in-the-eye flick that is a visual tour-de-force and a story that is unlike any",0 125986,"life-changing chance encounters",1 111146,"Why anyone who is not a character in this movie should care is beyond me",0 49107,"appealingly juvenile",1 230632,"every suspenseful cliché",0 115245,"attempts to mine laughs from a genre -- the gangster\/crime comedy -- that wore out its welcome with audiences several years ago",0 170629,"seems to have been written using Mad-libs . There can be no other explanation . Hilariously inept and ridiculous",0 124851,"it 's not clear whether we 're supposed to shriek",0 40941,"High on melodrama . But it 's emotionally engrossing , too , thanks to strong , credible performances from the whole cast",1 140127,"with clever dialogue and likeable characters",1 84315,"is in many ways a conventional , even predictable remake",0 124097,"is hard to dismiss -- moody , thoughtful",1 196560,"dabbles all around",0 204633,"lackadaisical plotting and mindless action",0 189284,"True to its animatronic roots",1 195266,"ca n't help suspecting that it was improvised on a day-to-day basis during production .",0 99888,"what made Allen 's romantic comedies so pertinent and enduring",1 104128,"All in all , Road to Perdition is more in love with strangeness than excellence .",1 55365,"of gentility",1 220271,"you could just rent those movies instead , let alone seek out a respectable new one",0 160252,"good ear",1 137269,"timeout",0 1684,"makes a joke out of car chases for an hour and then gives us half an hour of car chases",0 146521,"It 's just disappointingly superficial -- a movie that has all the elements necessary to be a fascinating , involving character study , but never does more than scratch the surface",0 104862,"Bring on the sequel .",1 170847,"she 's given the right lines",1 106847,"It 's dark but has wonderfully funny moments :",1 77486,"crack cast",1 123186,"in the simple telling",1 94513,"that Birthday Girl is the kind of quirkily appealing minor movie she might not make for a while",1 29340,"audacity",0 55049,"new and",1 236368,"that 's so bad it starts to become good",1 23521,", but the average is higher than in Mary and most other recent comedies .",1 63841,"An earnest , roughshod document , it serves as a workable primer for the region 's recent history , and would make a terrific 10th-grade learning tool .",1 107099,"Its plot and animation offer daytime TV serviceability , but little more .",0 152251,"a potentially terrific flick",1 56374,"rambling",0 94971,"that you ca n't look away from",1 224784,"Message movie or an action-packed submarine spectacular ?",1 63243,"A playful Iranian parable",1 48054,"a fun little timewaster , helped especially by the cool presence of Jean Reno .",1 173006,"that feels like a sugar high gone awry",0 189073,"This picture is murder by numbers , and as easy to be bored by as your ABC 's , despite a few whopping shootouts .",0 201876,"in formula crash-and-bash action",0 139683,"while remaining true to his principles",1 40755,"An enjoyably half-wit remake of the venerable Italian comedy Big Deal",1 100785,"wonderfully edited",1 222389,"Anemic ,",0 10004,"rates an ` e ' for effort -- and a ` b ' for boring",0 42319,"made headlines",1 197542,"driven by the pathetic idea",0 172717,"than a mediocre trifle",0 140953,"'d bother watching past the second commercial break",0 45804,"It inspires a continuing and deeply satisfying awareness of the best movies as monumental ` picture shows . '",1 171367,"smug grin",0 104103,"After you laugh once ( maybe twice ) , you will have completely forgotten the movie by the time you get back to your car in the parking lot .",0 13087,"will likely",1 163301,"is shake your head in disbelief -- and worry about what classic Oliver Parker intends to mangle next time",0 69061,"Sure , it 's contrived and predictable , but its performances are so well tuned that the film comes off winningly , even though it 's never as solid as you want it to be .",1 227031,"What 's missing in Murder by Numbers is any real psychological grounding for the teens ' deviant behaviour .",0 184375,"Helmer Hudlin tries to make a hip comedy , but his dependence on slapstick defeats the possibility of creating a more darkly edged tome",0 33313,"is an incurious , uncharismatic , overgrown frat boy with a mean streak a mile wide .",0 122479,"hollow tribute",0 188629,"The screenplay is hugely overwritten , with tons and tons of dialogue -- most of it given to children .",0 74627,"as an articulate , grown-up voice in African-American cinema",1 206996,"no Steve Martin",0 121845,"has tackled a meaty subject and drawn engaging characters while peppering the pages with memorable zingers",1 73649,"an acting bond that makes The Banger Sisters a fascinating character study with laughs to spare",1 93844,"suicide",0 92955,"so intimate and sensual and funny",1 35148,"of a lost soul trying to find her way through life .",1 147828,"Now here 's a sadistic bike flick that would have made Vittorio De Sica proud .",1 69355,"The Scorpion King more than ably",1 89128,"of them verge on the bizarre as the film winds down",0 6030,"does n't amount to much of anything",0 90824,"provides the forgettable pleasures of a Saturday matinee",0 48167,"a magnificent drama well worth",1 60221,"will engage anyone with a passing interest in the skate\/surf culture , the L . A . beach scene and the imaginative ( and sometimes illegal ) ways kids can make a playground out of the refuse of adults",1 79291,"eventually gets around to its real emotional business , striking deep chords of sadness",1 230570,"equal parts of innocence and wisdom -- wisdom that comes with experience",1 119635,"failed jokes ,",0 204976,"like Heathers , then becomes Bring it On , then becomes unwatchable",0 51535,"far more interesting than the final destination",1 183967,"For a film that celebrates radical",1 68380,"Reign of Fire is hardly the most original fantasy film ever made -- beyond Road Warrior , it owes enormous debts to Aliens and every previous dragon drama",1 235834,"smart , solid , kinetically-charged spy flick worthy",1 120296,"focuses too much on Max when he should be filling the screen with this tortured , dull artist and monster-in-the",0 236553,"that the fans of the first Men in Black have come away hating the second one",0 60344,"with every cinematic tool well under his control",1 102475,", deeply felt",1 23674,", if least widely recognized ,",1 198559,"far too polite to scale the lunatic heights of Joe Dante 's similarly styled Gremlins",1 43341,"'s the filmmakers ' post-camp comprehension of what made old-time B movies good-bad that makes Eight Legged Freaks a perfectly entertaining summer diversion",1 143172,"A long slog for anyone but the most committed Pokemon fan",0 153760,"appears very excited at rehashing what was basically a one-joke picture",0 11330,"the endlessly repetitive scenes",0 78812,"elegant technology for the masses",1 33109,"interesting in concept",1 237244,"the stunning star turn",1 140109,"with an unflappable '50s dignity somewhere between Jane Wyman and June Cleaver",1 90906,"pure Disney",1 230981,"founders on its lack of empathy",0 102571,", however , the film comes perilously close to being too bleak , too pessimistic and too unflinching for its own good .",0 41905,"fascinating and",1 54647,"masterfully calibrated psychological thriller",1 236058,"still want my money back .",0 184410,"High Crimes is a cinematic misdemeanor",0 34910,"nicely acted and beautifully shot and scored , the film works on several levels , openly questioning social mores while ensnaring the audience with its emotional pull .",1 33361,"is done by the supposedly liberal media ... to the intimate and ultimately tragic heartache of maverick individuals like Hatfield and Hicks",0 150009,"The young stars are too cute : the story and ensuing complications are too manipulative : the message is too blatant :",0 162737,"is also , at times , curiously moving .",1 2119,"rare to find a film that dazzles the eye , challenges the brain , and satisfies our lust for fast-paced action",1 77219,"conniving wit",1 13825,"Absorbing",1 159165,"finds its stars slumming in territory",0 163971,"it wrote itself as a newly automated Final Draft computer program",0 229839,"clears the cynicism right out of you .",1 41187,"Sensitive ,",1 19432,"Williams has truly inhabited a character",1 236154,"super -",1 92975,"so much that one viewing ca n't possibly be enough",1 226476,"The script kicks in , and Mr. Hartley 's distended pace and foot-dragging rhythms follow",0 95088,"the ` Are we a sick society ? ' journalism",0 26815,"The film is all a little Lit Crit 101 , but it 's extremely well played and often very funny .",1 103922,"A straight-shooting family film which awards animals the respect they 've rarely been given .",1 165372,"lukewarm . Maybe",0 152499,"a staple",1 70438,"Trade Center tragedy",0 26823,"The film often achieves a mesmerizing poetry .",1 197282,"does leave you marveling at these guys ' superhuman capacity to withstand pain",1 110419,"This Chicago has hugely imaginative and successful casting to its great credit , as well as one terrific score and attitude to spare .",1 151375,"a bigger , more complicated story , one that never materializes",0 68931,"Spectacularly",1 113931,"an almost palpable sense of intensity",1 71460,"a convincing brogue",1 155975,"can render it anything but laughable",0 84397,"is more fascinating -- being real -- than anything seen on Jerry Springer .",1 33592,"it 's easily his finest American film ... comes close to recapturing the brilliance of his Hong Kong films",1 63192,"A modestly surprising movie",1 8476,"like mike is n't interested in recycling old cliches . it wants to tweak them with a taste of tangy new humor .",1 210883,"schlocky creature",0 44959,"Contando com uma premissa curiosa , o filme mergulha o espectador em um clima de forte suspense , culminando em um desfecho que certamente fica na memória .",1 97393,"this fascinating portrait",1 62943,"A different movie -- sometimes tedious --",0 173257,"that tries to fuse the two ` woods ' but winds up a Bolly-Holly masala mess",0 157132,"dazed and enervated ,",1 106138,"Happy Times maintains an appealing veneer without becoming too cute about it .",1 115347,"bad writing ,",0 150710,"Wasabi is slight fare indeed , with the entire project having the feel of something tossed off quickly ( like one of Hubert 's punches ) ,",0 20912,"in terms of style and ethnicity , prevents the proceedings from feeling repetitious , as does the appropriately brief 40-minute running time",1 130535,"predictable outcome",0 12683,"unoriginality and predictability",0 168567,"overwhelmed by predictability",0 84541,"is playful but highly studied and dependent for its success on a patient viewer",1 107982,"New ways of describing badness",0 197989,"equals the sum of its pretensions .",0 230349,"does n't beat that one , either .",0 184239,"Green ruins every single scene he 's in",0 45104,"Duvall is strong as always .",1 124180,"is just garbage",0 170554,"seeing an American football stadium nuked as pop entertainment",0 104845,"Brady",1 163892,"it presents friendship between women as pathetic , dysfunctional and destructive",0 27804,"a sense of epic struggle -- inner and outer -- that 's all too rare in Hollywood 's hastier productions",1 119786,"farcically bawdy",0 185531,"Just a Kiss wants desperately to come off as a fanciful film about the typical problems of average people . But it is set in a world that is very , very far from the one most of us",0 69027,"Stuart 's poor-me persona",0 6220,"enough twists in the tale to make it far more satisfying than almost any horror film in recent memory",1 63130,"A knowing",1 115157,"at childhood",1 157743,"does n't always improve the over-the-top mix",0 94287,"tempered by a soft southern gentility that speaks of beauty , grace and a closet full of skeletons",1 8544,"looking for a return ticket to realism",0 216287,"think is supposed to be an attempt at hardass American but sometimes just lapses into unhidden British",0 7337,"if we put together a wry white man and a chatty black man and give them guns , the movie will be funny ''",0 88334,"of a man we only know as an evil , monstrous lunatic",0 166985,"not smart and not engaging",0 63891,"An example of quiet , confident craftsmanship that tells a sweet , charming tale of intergalactic friendship",1 191647,"a worthwhile topic for a film",1 82700,"immaturity",0 33281,"is a winner for kids , and no doubt a winner for Lil Bow Wow , who can now add movies to the list of things he does well .",1 78076,"determined New Zealanders",1 24393,"A movie for 11-year-old boys with sports dreams of their own and the preteen girls who worship Lil ' Bow Wow .",1 193,"a less manic tone",1 140477,"worse stunt editing or",0 148134,"Poor editing , bad bluescreen",0 221314,", despite many talky , slow scenes",0 235963,"spend on a ticket",0 74341,"are good in Pauline & Paulette",1 2650,"the modern masculine",1 88683,"of intergalactic friendship",1 143593,"All I can say is fuhgeddaboutit .",0 123752,"is a fun",1 46451,"Oscar Wilde 's masterpiece , The Importance of Being Earnest ,",1 23968,", visually striking",1 30990,"easily rivaling Blair Witch or The Others",1 140374,"wonderful performances",1 211119,"seems to have ransacked every old World War II movie for overly familiar material .",0 64623,"Captivates and shows",1 73768,"an era of theatrical comedy that , while past ,",1 51805,"for picking roles that magnify her outrageous charm",1 223863,"I walked away from this new version of E.T. just as I hoped I would -- with moist eyes .",1 15230,"becomes an enemy to his own race",0 190878,"a lot of their time ( including mine ) on something very inconsequential",1 40898,"Fans of the animated wildlife adventure show will be in warthog heaven :",1 32192,"greatly from a less manic tone than its predecessor , as Cho appears to have settled comfortably into her skin",1 207055,"no matter how fantastic Reign of Fire looked , its story was making no sense at all",0 86157,"little film noir organized crime story",1 108339,"Payami tries to raise some serious issues about Iran 's electoral process ,",0 169949,"remains indistinct",0 106131,"Hampered -- no , paralyzed -- by a self-indulgent script ... that aims for poetry and ends up sounding like satire .",0 68882,"Some of the most ravaging , gut-wrenching , frightening war scenes since '' Saving Private Ryan ''",1 179782,"'s hard to understand why anyone in his right mind would even think to make the attraction a movie .",0 79331,"every once in a while , a movie will come along that turns me into that annoying specimen of humanity that I usually dread encountering the most - The Fanboy",1 52200,"good script",1 195992,"comfy",1 120849,"funniest moments",1 229910,"comes along that is so insanely stupid , so awful in so many ways that watching it leaves you giddy .",0 11685,"the music makes a nice album , the food is enticing and italy beckons us all",1 193613,"as the voice-over hero in Columbia Pictures ' perverse idea of an animated holiday movie",0 39634,"uniformly engaging performances from his largely amateur cast",1 192858,"another run-of-the-mill Disney sequel intended for the home video market",0 45606,"If Ayurveda can help us return to a sane regimen of eating , sleeping and stress-reducing contemplation , it is clearly a good thing .",1 220561,"'ll be at the dollar theatres by the time Christmas rolls around",0 78754,"educates viewers",1 101853,"'s plenty to offend everyone",0 165956,"migraine-inducing , despite Moore 's attempts",0 237441,"they 're each interesting",1 130318,"pleasurable expressions",1 126836,"masterful .",1 151727,"a film wreck",0 230655,"excellent sequel .",1 178092,"where feelings of marginalization loom for every dreamer with a burst bubble , The Dogwalker has a few characters and ideas , but it never manages to put them on the same path .",0 212321,"spent the past 20 minutes looking at your watch",0 185313,"It makes even Elizabeth Hurley seem graceless and ugly .",0 131963,"seem fresh again",1 98773,"turn on many people to opera ,",1 63869,"An engaging criminal romp that will have viewers guessing just who 's being conned right up to the finale .",1 68178,"Perhaps the grossest movie",0 69373,"The Widowmaker is a great yarn .",1 76999,"comic chiller",1 193475,"as if even the filmmakers did n't know what kind of movie they were making",0 116097,"book report",0 47593,"What a great way to spend 4 units of your day",1 209664,"premise , mopes through a dreary tract of virtually plotless meanderings",0 91070,"raise audience 's spirits and",1 133296,"still committed to growth in his ninth decade",1 115408,"barn-burningly",0 67675,"Mr . Polanski is in his element here",1 14557,"Together , Tok and O orchestrate a buoyant , darkly funny dance of death . In the process",1 141015,"'m just too bored to care",0 114928,"as if the film careens from one colorful event to another without respite",1 171884,"stale parody",0 224444,"Jackass is a vulgar and",0 183163,"Collateral Damage offers formula payback and the Big Payoff , but the explosions tend to simply hit their marks , pyro-correctly",1 52256,"great laughs",1 104810,"Bond thriller",1 109458,"The Piano Teacher , like its title character , is repellantly out of control .",0 118025,"delivering a wholesome fantasy for kids",1 123059,"in not taking the Shakespeare parallels quite far enough",0 51907,"friendship , love , and",1 198634,"feature-length stretch",0 83863,"is a riveting , brisk delight .",1 149669,"The only thing that could possibly make them less interesting than they already are",0 178740,"wo n't join the pantheon of great monster\/science fiction flicks that we have come to love",0 206288,"modernize it with encomia",1 57833,"that makes Eight Legged Freaks a perfectly entertaining summer diversion",1 238555,"went back to Newcastle , the first half of Gangster No. 1 drips with style and , at times , blood .",1 148665,"So boring that even its target audience talked all the way through it .",0 104369,"An ugly , pointless , stupid movie .",0 84155,"is elevated by Michael Caine 's performance as a weary journalist in a changing world",1 85234,"its emotional power",1 104344,"An instantly forgettable snow-and-stuntwork extravaganza",0 17182,"sharp acting and partially animated interludes",1 236131,"such unrelenting Dickensian decency that it turned me",1 46982,"The best film about baseball",1 238257,"unwillingness to define his hero 's background or motivations",0 145099,"Enough trivializes",0 198287,"exciting to watch as two last-place basketball",0 5943,"devoid of urgent questions",0 1427,"it 's a visual delight and a decent popcorn adventure , as long as you do n't try to look too deep into the story",1 18178,"your wallet without leaving a sting",1 15459,"compelling in its fatalist worldview .",1 179816,"'s kind of sad",0 91249,"really vocalized",1 104353,"An involving , inspirational drama",1 200433,"hard to believe that something so short could be so flabby",0 100218,"wild-and-woolly",1 72082,"a nostalgic , twisty yarn that will keep them guessing",1 49459,"bad behavior",0 90497,"popular Gulzar and Jagjit Singh",1 69668,"The large-format film is well suited to capture these musicians in full regalia and the incredible IMAX sound system lets you feel the beat down to your toes .",1 218886,"watered down",0 114643,"are of the highest and the performances",1 66841,"Jackie Chan movies are a guilty pleasure - he 's easy to like and always leaves us laughing",1 3775,"a few nice twists in a standard plot and",1 69997,"The tonal shifts are jolting , and",0 15722,"extremely effective",1 162188,"inflated past its natural length .",0 207804,"of intense scrutiny for 104 minutes",0 26232,"Not so much a movie as a picture book for the big screen . This is n't my favorite in the series , still I enjoyed it enough to recommend .",1 34387,"marvel",1 15899,"good action",1 205475,"loved classic",1 222797,"But seriously , folks , it does n't work .",0 221221,", Treasure Planet is truly gorgeous to behold .",1 117896,"dazzle and delight us",1 168270,"only a depiction of pain , today 's version of Greek tragedy , the talk-show guest decrying her fate",0 110814,"Under a Red Bridge is a celebration of feminine energy , a tribute to the power of women to heal .",1 142762,"... Burdette 's collage-form scenario tends to over-romanticize the spiritual desolation of the struggling artiste .",0 101504,"'s a funny no-brainer",1 202684,"is about as necessary as a hole in the head",0 238365,"walked away from this new version of E.T. just as I hoped I would -- with moist eyes",1 189898,"Yes , Spirited Away is a triumph of imagination , but it 's also a failure of storytelling .",0 96822,"the sweet Cinderella story that '' Pretty Woman",1 167717,"of stop-go slow motion that makes the gang rumbles look like they 're being streamed",0 101364,"'d be hard put to find a movie character more unattractive or odorous ( than Leon )",0 182838,"Bledel",1 86228,"long and eventful",1 136747,"there are for children and dog lovers",1 65569,"Fontaine masterfully",1 17911,"unconcerned with plausibility , yet just as determined",1 32880,"in its coincidences",1 33968,"lackadaisical charm",1 91257,"reassuring manner",1 131502,"revelatory about his psyche",1 167545,"of intoxicating atmosphere and little else",0 10140,"reunion",1 53468,"is far more interesting than the final destination",1 212269,"sounds whiny and defensive , as if his life-altering experiences made him bitter and less mature",0 234794,"other than money why this distinguished actor would stoop so low",0 69514,"The film 's constant mood of melancholy and its unhurried narrative are masterfully controlled . But ... in trying to capture the novel 's deeper intimate resonances , the film has -- ironically - distanced us from the characters .",0 197749,"eludes Madonna and , playing a charmless witch",1 229374,"better off as a documentary , with less of Mr. Eyre 's uninspired dramatics and more",0 225567,"Ranges from laugh-out-loud hilarious to wonder-what",1 130689,"professional film",1 90019,"paint-by-number American blockbusters like Pearl Harbor",0 202841,"is creepy in a Michael Jackson sort of way",0 100872,"works well enough , since the thrills pop up frequently",1 185179,"It 's not too fast and not too slow . It 's not too racy and it 's not too offensive .",1 11670,"the movie is too impressed with its own solemn insights to work up much entertainment value",0 65043,"Devos and Cassel have tremendous chemistry --",1 126692,"makes me feel weird \ \/ Thinking about all the bad things in the world \ \/ Like puppies with broken legs \ \/ And butterflies that die \ \/ And movies starring pop queens",0 15650,"enough moments of heartbreaking honesty to keep one glued to the screen",1 98396,"to the titular character 's paintings and in the process created a masterful work of art of their own",1 209705,"pretends to expose the life of male hustlers",0 87410,"most daring , and complicated , performances",1 178525,"with acclaimed actors and actresses",1 79869,"figures out how to make us share their enthusiasm .",1 238982,"worst -- and only --",0 66995,"Kaufman and Jonze take huge risks to ponder the whole notion of passion",1 152789,"about the folly of superficiality that is itself",0 158940,"feels as if it might have been made in the '70s or '80s , and",0 187666,"TV episodes",1 97534,"this unexpectedly moving meditation on love , history , memory , resistance and artistic transcendence",1 62277,", the film is extremely thorough .",1 6268,"estranged",0 153733,"anywhere could have thought they 'd make audiences guffaw with a script as utterly diabolical as this",0 120705,"from being merely way-cool by a basic , credible compassion",1 6167,"elling builds gradually until you feel fully embraced by this gentle comedy .",1 91204,"real-life Hollywood fairy-tale",1 191998,"admit it 's semi-amusing to watch Robert DeNiro belt out '' When you 're a Jet",1 170604,"seems just a long , convoluted ploy to get men into drag",0 5450,"cares",1 24241,": It 's a comedy full of gentle humor that chides the absurdity of its protagonist 's plight .",1 122624,"humbling little film",1 188905,"These self-styled athletes have banged their brains into the ground so frequently",0 189989,"` Sacre bleu ! ' than ` Magnifique '",0 55349,"of exotic creatures",1 52030,"futuristic thriller-noir",1 226942,"Warm and exotic .",1 103139,". I have not been this disappointed by a movie in a long time .",0 169025,"poised for titillation , raw insight or both .",1 45050,"Despite its Hawaiian setting , the science-fiction trimmings and some moments of rowdy slapstick , the basic plot of '' Lilo '' could have been pulled from a tear-stained vintage Shirley Temple script .",0 124810,"it 's all the stronger because of it",1 214211,"the boat loads of people who try to escape the country",0 177035,"typical stalk-and-slash fare ,",0 202759,"is as generic as its title",0 47849,"a bumpy but satisfying journey of the heart",1 125656,"knows everything and answers all questions , is visually smart , cleverly written , and nicely",1 112826,"a successful adaptation and",1 144609,"Contrived , awkward and filled with unintended laughs , the film shows signs that someone other than the director got into the editing room and tried to improve things by making the movie go faster .",0 118766,"ducts does n't mean it 's good enough for our girls",0 65287,"Elegant and eloquent ( meditation ) on death and that most elusive of passions",1 25518,"Hell",0 11419,"the filmmakers just follow the books",0 229722,"can tolerate Leon Barlow",0 63753,"Although it does n't always hang together",0 106905,"It 's more enjoyable than I expected , though , and that 's because the laughs come from fairly basic comedic constructs . Cinematic pratfalls given a working over . The cast is spot on and the mood is laid back .",1 194383,"been sacrificed for skin",0 187702,"Technically and artistically inept .",0 219278,"which undercuts the devastatingly telling impact of utter loss personified in the film 's simple title",1 166614,"need every bit of sympathy the cons can muster : this time , there is n't much .",0 57370,"stoops to cheap manipulation or corny conventions to do it",0 175060,"the would-be surprises coming a mile away",0 106777,"Irwin and his director never come up with an adequate reason why we should pay money for what we can get on television for free .",0 109935,"The lively appeal",1 224194,"It 's just that it 's so not-at-all-good .",0 23949,", though perhaps it 's an emotion closer to pity",0 98105,"to have their kids",1 12864,"wasting away inside unnecessary films like legally blonde and sweet home abomination , i mean , alabama",0 74068,"and twisted characters",1 61069,"'s got some pretentious eye-rolling moments",0 65755,"George Ratliff 's documentary , Hell House , reflects their earnestness -- which makes for a terrifying film",1 226053,"Tends to pile too many `` serious issues '' on its plate at times , yet",0 181041,", there is a mediocre movie trying to get out .",0 132815,"so-so animation and an exciting , clever story with a batch of appealing characters",1 146981,"K-19 may not hold a lot of water as a submarine epic , but it holds even less when it turns into an elegiacally soggy Saving Private Ryanovich .",0 112201,"a life interestingly lived",1 222289,"An elegant film with often surprising twists and an intermingling of naiveté and sophistication",1 202698,"is all over the place , really",0 195577,"change tables",1 115684,"become a household name",1 233930,"more if it had just gone that one step further",0 200350,"had the best intentions here",1 199891,"gets sillier , not scarier",0 121331,"goodness that is flawed , compromised and sad",0 83111,"in the manner in which it addresses current terrorism anxieties and sidesteps them at the same time",1 37165,"sometimes bad",0 33155,"into something truly new",1 198554,"far more stylish",1 31006,"edge-of-your-seat , educational antics",1 156122,"certainly ca n't recommend it",0 103580,"A film that begins with the everyday lives of naval personnel in San Diego and ends with scenes so true and heartbreaking that tears welled up in my eyes both times I",1 63147,"A lively and engaging examination",1 179232,"your must-see list",1 29858,"but sincere",1 130629,"prey to its sob-story trappings .",0 141831,"( U ) nrelentingly stupid .",0 193030,"are about a half dozen young Turks angling to see how many times they can work the words '' radical '' or '' suck '' into a sentence",0 158054,"dumber",0 32367,"have considerable personal charm",1 111761,"a dashing and resourceful hero : a lisping , reptilian villain : big fights : big hair : lavish period scenery : and a story",1 70699,"Watching this gentle , mesmerizing portrait of a man coming to terms with time",1 102650,", it feels more forced than usual .",0 203722,"it 's a conundrum not worth solving .",0 183075,"Chen films the resolutely downbeat Smokers Only with every indulgent , indie trick in the book",0 137663,"to hit all of its marks",1 168537,"overly deliberate",0 82534,"human darkness",0 8774,"merry and , yes ,",1 154020,"arrives we still do n't feel enough of an attachment to these guys to care one way or another",0 15931,"gripping , questing look at a person",1 208551,"once she lets her love depraved leads meet , ( Denis ' ) story becomes a hopeless , unsatisfying muddle",0 184079,"Further sad evidence that Tom Tykwer , director of the resonant and sense-spinning Run Lola Run , has turned out to be a one-trick pony",0 77317,"continues to shock throughout the film",1 141386,"'s just hard to believe that a life like this can sound so dull",0 118966,"eloquent , deeply felt",1 41772,"delight newcomers",1 5743,"conversations '' holds its goodwill close ,",1 130142,"perfectly describes Pauline & Paulette",1 165664,"many excesses",0 88930,"of that on the cinematic front , look no further than this 20th anniversary edition of the film that Spielberg calls",1 101327,"'' Look at this !",1 52998,"in the lively , convincing dialogue",1 228227,"a tremendous , offbeat sense of style and humor that suggests he was influenced by some of the filmmakers who have directed him , especially the Coen brothers and Steven Soderbergh",1 21240,"lively and enjoyable",1 201822,"in an impossible spot",0 42679,"stands , despite its noticeable lack of emotional heft ,",0 186479,"Nothing more than a stifling morality tale dressed up in peekaboo clothing .",0 180269,"( but ultimately silly",0 57479,"such a strong impression",1 30730,"deserves to be seen by anyone with even a passing interest in the events shaping the world beyond their own horizons .",1 13206,"without the dark spookiness of crystal lake camp , the horror concept completely",0 188156,"The film 's trailer also looked like crap , so crap is what I was expecting .",0 82574,"hyper-artificiality",0 131858,"screenwriters Michael Berg , Michael J . Wilson",1 139682,"while remaining one of the most savagely hilarious social critics this side of Jonathan Swift",1 159612,"found myself finally unmoved by this film , which is immaculately produced",0 149200,"The actors are appealing , but Elysian Fields is idiotic and absurdly sentimental",0 131375,"represents Adam Sandler 's latest attempt to dumb down the universe",0 27883,"a sweet and charming way",1 136291,"the soul of a man in pain who gradually comes to recognize it and deal with it",1 141363,"'s ho-hum all the way through",0 219247,"which director Michael Cacoyannis displays with somber earnestness in the new adaptation of The Cherry Orchard",1 101648,"'s both charming",1 179161,"you see this film you 'll know too",1 29327,"atavistic power",1 124982,"it gets harder and harder to understand her choices",1 197216,"do n't need the lesson in repugnance . It 's also not smart or barbed enough for older viewers",0 9972,"qutting may be a flawed film , but it is nothing if not sincere .",1 24426,"A quiet treasure -- a film to be savored .",1 88280,"of The Little Mermaid and Aladdin",1 29422,"be remembered as one of the most important stories to be told in Australia 's film history",1 74802,"as the synergistic impulse that created it",1 145937,"I 'll bet the video game is a lot more fun than the film .",0 158126,"effectively chilling guilty pleasure",1 48119,"a huge amount of the credit for the film 's thoroughly winning tone",1 138197,"torn book jacket",1 133013,"soon-to-be-forgettable '' section of the quirky rip-off prison",0 101800,"'s not entirely memorable",0 36278,"quiet freak-outs",0 75065,"authentically impulsive humor",1 32389,"have to know about music to appreciate the film 's easygoing blend of comedy and romance",1 19518,"a keen , unsentimental look",1 117453,"constant fits of laughter",1 44521,"An inventive , absorbing movie that 's as hard to classify as it is hard to resist",1 8453,"like an overcooked souffl",0 33917,"just outright enjoyable",1 146179,"If Melville is creatively a great whale",1 198339,"expected there to be a collection taken for the comedian at the end of the show",0 102298,", Madonna is one helluva singer .",1 226284,"The film would work much better as a video installation in a museum , where viewers would be free to leave .",0 54645,"master class .",1 56646,"romp that 's always fun to watch .",1 15536,"desire to know the ` truth ' about this man , while deconstructing the very format of the biography in a manner that Derrida would doubtless give his blessing to",1 50606,"cutting impressions",1 22462,"thriller nonsense",0 111779,"a dentist 's waiting room",0 138281,"trash can",0 212650,"street gangs and turf wars in 1958 Brooklyn -- stale cliches ,",0 182010,"A smug and convoluted action-comedy that does n't allow an earnest moment to pass without reminding audiences that it 's only a movie .",0 194192,"be seen as a conversation starter . It 's not an easy one to review",1 219333,"who do everything humanly possible to create characters who are sweet and believable , and are defeated by a screenplay that forces them into bizarre , implausible behavior",0 103799,"A portrait of alienation so perfect , it will certainly succeed in alienating most viewers .",0 64624,"Captivates and shows how a skillful filmmaker can impart a message without bludgeoning the audience over the head .",1 68116,"Parker and co-writer Catherine di Napoli are faithful to Melville 's plotline , they and a fully engaged supporting cast ... have made the old boy 's characters more quick-witted than any English Lit",1 79260,"even predictable remake",0 81792,"has the courage of its convictions and excellent performances on its side .",1 9117,"not a cozy or ingratiating work , but it 's challenging , sometimes clever , and always interesting , and those are reasons enough to see it",1 203002,"is in the right place , his plea for democracy and civic action laudable",1 35356,"of overkill",0 100758,"wo n't score points for political correctness",0 77494,"crafted a deceptively casual ode",1 81092,"gives a performance that is masterly .",1 7455,"in murder by numbers is any real psychological grounding for the teens ' deviant behavior . being latently gay",0 40373,"worthy follow-up",1 164298,"just copies",0 169527,"puts a small child in jeopardy ,",0 234432,"of how uncompelling the movie is unless it happens to cover your particular area of interest",0 41311,"There is a kind of attentive concern that Hoffman brings to his characters , as if he has been giving them private lessons , and",1 149272,"The characters are paper thin and the plot is so cliched and contrived that it makes your least favorite James Bond movie seem as cleverly plotted as The Usual Suspects",0 236875,"the film ... It was the unfulfilling , incongruous , `` wait a second",0 199963,"gives new meaning to the phrase ` fatal script error",0 208622,"one of the worst films of the summer",0 46416,"One feels the dimming of a certain ambition , but in its place a sweetness , clarity and emotional openness that recalls the classics of early Italian neorealism .",1 108851,"Serious",1 124871,"it 's something else altogether -- clownish and offensive and nothing at all like real life",0 107400,"Laugh-out-loud lines , adorably ditsy but heartfelt performances , and sparkling , bittersweet dialogue that cuts to the chase of the modern girl 's dilemma .",1 217578,"too difficult",0 126537,"made from a completist 's checklist rather than with a cultist 's passion .",0 151351,"a bad taste , not only because of its bad-luck timing ,",0 96353,"the payoff is powerful and revelatory",1 103711,"A metaphor for a modern-day urban China",1 142487,", the film never percolates beyond a monotonous whine .",0 120003,"few things more frustrating to a film buff",0 237222,"the slack complacency of ( Godard 's ) vision",0 73511,"aloof",0 58182,"the dark places of our national psyche",0 165953,"mighty bored to even think of staying with this for more than , say , ten ... make that three minutes",0 106062,"Graphic sex may be what 's attracting audiences to Unfaithful , but gripping performances by Lane and Gere are what will keep them awake .",1 158468,"even worse",0 15575,"does capture the complexity of a big family and its trials and tribulations ...",1 109994,"The movie is as padded as Allen 's jelly belly .",0 100604,"with second helpings of love , romance , tragedy , false dawns , real dawns , comic relief , two separate crises during marriage ceremonies , and the lush scenery of the Cotswolds",1 9774,"pointless",0 70689,"Washington as possibly the best actor working in movies today",1 55123,"not for every taste",0 226761,"To others , it will remind them that Hong Kong action cinema is still alive and kicking .",1 233715,"maladjusted teens in a downward narcotized spiral",0 229503,"but a complete failure",0 220243,"you 're not interested in discretion in your entertainment choices",0 228148,"a shabby script",0 143742,"An intermittently pleasing but mostly routine effort",1 232432,"is clear : Not easily and , in the end , not well enough .",0 101741,"'s likely to irk viewers",0 111236,"Woo has as much right to make a huge action sequence as any director",1 164238,"journalistic or historical . What 's worse is that Pelosi knows it",0 185526,"Juliette Binoche 's Sand is vivacious ,",1 24157,"... mesmerizing , an eye-opening tour of modern Beijing culture in a journey of rebellion , retreat into oblivion and return .",1 59888,"visual clarity and deeply",1 53329,"is a shame that more wo n't get an opportunity to embrace small , sweet ` Evelyn",1 178672,"with the illogic of Series 7",0 102282,", I would imagine , as searching for a quarter in a giant pile of elephant feces ... positively dreadful .",0 181627,"A distinctly mixed bag , the occasional bursts of sharp writing alternating with lots of sloppiness and the obligatory moments of sentimental ooze .",0 132506,"simply feeling like no other film in recent history",1 59469,"touches the heart",1 232256,"is a children 's film in the truest sense .",1 185068,"It 's as if a bored Cage spent the duration of the film 's shooting schedule waiting to scream : '' Got AIDS yet",0 46109,"Martin and Barbara are complex characters -- sometimes tender , sometimes angry -- and the delicate performances by Sven Wollter and Viveka Seldahl make their hopes and frustrations vivid",1 89791,"other than to sit back and enjoy a couple of great actors hamming it up",1 71752,"a grand tour through 300 hundred years of Russian cultural identity and a stunning technical achievement",1 233220,"just does n't have much else ... especially in a moral sense .",0 37609,"talk up what is nothing more than two guys beating the hell outta",0 153235,"amateur ' in almost every frame",0 146610,"It 's slow --",0 27474,"a decent full-on space battle",1 199124,"for '' shock humor '' will wear thin on all",0 185043,"It 's actually too sincere",0 185827,"Liotta is put in an impossible spot because his character 's deceptions ultimately undo him and the believability of the entire scenario . Too bad .",0 210191,"really as bad as you might think ! ''",0 175649,"thoughtfulness and insight than a melodramatic",1 125693,"lack the nerve ... to fully exploit the script 's potential for sick humor .",0 19601,"a third-act plot development is somewhat melodramatic",0 76852,"co-winner",1 44833,"CQ 's reflection of artists and the love of cinema-and-self",1 149415,"The film is based on truth and yet there is something about it that feels incomplete , as if the real story starts just around the corner",0 104522,"As the princess , Sorvino glides gracefully from male persona to female without missing a beat . Ben Kingsley is truly funny , playing a kind of Ghandi gone bad .",1 66587,"It 's mostly a pleasure to watch . And the reason for that is a self-aware , often self-mocking , intelligence",1 235104,"provocative piece",1 115707,"becomes just another voyeuristic spectacle , to be consumed and forgotten .",0 95529,"the emotions seem authentic",1 221015,"'s touching and tender and proves that even in sorrow you can find humor .",1 7712,"is evidence that the farrelly bros . -- peter and bobby -- and their brand of screen comedy are wheezing to an end , along with green 's half-hearted movie career",0 41211,"Somewhat blurred , but Kinnear 's performance is razor sharp",1 25473,"Happily",1 142837,"10 Worst List",0 11414,"the film was immensely enjoyable thanks to great performances by both steve buscemi and rosario dawson",1 96224,"the movie is hindered by a central plot that 's peppered with false starts and populated by characters who are nearly impossible to care about .",0 175752,"time frame right",1 35691,"one of his richest roles in years",1 19098,"Moore 's complex and important film is also , believe it or not , immensely entertaining , a David and Goliath story that 's still very much playing itself out .",1 28167,"aging hippies ( this one included )",0 221438,", it lacks grandeur and that epic quality often associated with Stevenson 's tale as well as with earlier Disney efforts .",0 81789,"has the chops of a smart-aleck film school brat and the imagination of a big kid",1 122486,"honest attempt to get at something",1 32190,"great performance",1 231936,"in Asia , where Ms. Shu is an institution",1 157932,"drama and exasperatingly slow journey",0 80616,"from grace that still leaves shockwaves",1 70235,"This is lightweight filmmaking , to be sure , but it 's pleasant enough -- and oozing with attractive men",1 38366,"the kind of intimate and character-driven film that Bille August does best .",1 51704,"find the seeds of hope",1 7318,"if signs is a good film , and it is",1 142525,", the script carries Arnold ( and the viewers ) into the forbidden zone of sympathizing with terrorist motivations by presenting the '' other side of the story . ''",0 54448,"lurid topic",0 197487,"drags the film down .",0 156284,"cinematic disaster",0 216011,"their idol 's energy and passion",1 123424,"insipid script",0 60819,"'s a fun adventure movie for kids ( of all ages ) that like adventure",1 139595,"when it could have been so much more",0 188043,"The concept is a hoot . The trailer is a riot . The movie is a dud .",0 165347,"low-budget TV pilot",0 201013,"helpful to listen to extremist name-calling , regardless of whether you think Kissinger was a calculating fiend or just a slippery self-promoter",0 223615,"He does n't , however , deliver nearly enough of the show 's trademark style and flash .",0 8748,"meets his future wife",1 3314,"'s an 88-minute highlight reel that 's 86 minutes too long",0 211833,"smack of a film school undergrad",0 10834,"suffocated at conception by its munchausen-by-proxy mum .",0 52181,"goes wrong thanks to culture shock and a refusal",0 221640,", this is the most visually unappealing .",0 131125,"reassures",1 142028,", Queen is campy fun like the Vincent Price horror classics of the '60s . At its worst , it implodes in a series of very bad special effects .",1 96365,"the percussion rhythm , the brass soul and the sense of fierce competition that helps make great marching bands half the fun of college football games",1 202490,"is ) a fascinating character ,",1 86099,"like this movie a lot .",1 170053,"resonance to make us care about them",1 69051,"Superb",1 112591,"a reason the studio did n't offer an advance screening . '' The Adventures of Pluto Nash '' is a big time stinker",0 42382,"moved and love it ,",1 82525,"hugely enjoyable in its own right",1 156858,"could be a single iota worse ... a soulless hunk of exploitative garbage",0 32833,"in a way that intrigues and even fascinates us",1 154545,"bad for King , who 's honestly trying , and Schwartzman , who 's shot himself in the foot",0 78854,"eloquently performed yet also decidedly uncinematic",1 84219,"is fully formed and remarkably assured",1 11255,"the comedy makes social commentary more palatable .",1 51842,"for true fans",1 224323,"It is , by conventional standards , a fairly terrible movie ...",0 151013,"With jump cuts , fast editing and lots of pyrotechnics , Yu clearly hopes to camouflage how bad his movie is . He fails .",0 133569,"such a straightforward , emotionally honest manner that by the end",1 172294,"suicide attempts and tragic deaths",0 195805,"clone-gag",0 182450,"An unholy mess ,",0 107614,"Margarita feels like a hazy high that takes too long to shake .",0 8087,"its overly complicated and derivative screenplay",0 123198,"in the unfolding crisis",0 127437,"most important and exhilarating",1 3665,"a cockamamie tone poem pitched precipitously between swoony lyricism and violent catastrophe ... the most aggressively nerve-wracking and screamingly neurotic romantic comedy in cinema history .",0 33303,"is amazing on a technical level .",1 159852,"funny nor provocative -",0 158430,"even for one whose target demographic is likely still in the single digits",0 24249,": the intelligent romantic comedy with actual ideas on its mind .",1 67481,"May lack the pungent bite of its title , but",0 19927,"applaud",1 132240,"shambles",0 135463,"the glorious , gaudy benefit of much stock footage of Those Days , featuring all manner of drag queen , bearded lady and lactating hippie",1 121480,"guarantee",1 200096,"good actors , even Kingsley",1 62027,", it demonstrates that Werner Herzog can still leave us with a sense of wonder at the diverse , marvelously twisted shapes history has taken .",1 194776,"bogs down in a surfeit of characters and unnecessary",0 25621,"I could n't help being captivated by it",1 220421,"yourself rooting for the monsters in a horror movie",0 41861,"entertaining his children",1 121818,"has nothing else to watch",0 212007,"so slick and",1 209457,"poetically states at one point in this movie that we '' do n't care about the truth",0 153426,"an innocuous game of fill-in - the-blanks with a tragic past",0 53571,"is one of two things : unadulterated thrills or genuine laughs",1 83267,"incredible IMAX sound system",1 70271,"This may be Dover Kosashvili 's feature directing debut ,",1 49592,"becomes a soulful , incisive meditation",1 12081,"thematically",1 203666,"is violated",0 238388,"want to crawl up your own \*\*\* in embarrassment",0 12846,"warmth in the coldest environment",1 26285,"Once again , director Jackson strikes a rewarding balance between emotion on the human scale and action\/effects on the spectacular scale .",1 151463,"a character worth giving a damn about",1 130075,"peaked",1 123561,"into an uneasy blend of Ghost and Close Encounters of the Third Kind",0 232587,"is n't much fun .",0 158622,"exemplary Sexy Beast",1 209024,"painfully unfunny farce",0 49279,"as great an impact",1 219612,"wish it would have just gone more over-the-top instead of trying to have it both ways",0 149903,"The subject of swinging still seems ripe for a documentary -- just not this one .",0 31372,"explode",1 36252,"puzzlement among critics about what the election symbolizes",0 99862,"what can easily be considered career-best performances",1 58167,"the costumes and sets are grand",1 221805,"... hypnotically dull .",0 205351,"looked like crap",0 47075,"The film is powerful , accessible and funny . You wo n't miss its messages , but you 'll be entertained as well .",1 190966,"a moldy-oldie , not-nearly - as-nasty - as-it - thinks-it-is joke . Over and over again",0 13029,"while i ca n't say it 's on par with the first one , stuart little 2 is a light , fun cheese puff of a movie",1 176603,"too conscious of the effort it takes to be this spontaneous",0 30485,"creative forces",1 18776,"Celebrated",1 236340,"than what you do see thriller , coupled with some arresting effects , incandescent tones and stupendous performances",1 117743,"crude and unrelentingly exploitative",0 116087,"boils down to surviving invaders seeking an existent anti-virus . If only there were one for this kind of movie .",0 34070,"likable ,",1 77554,"creating an intriguing species of artifice",1 204112,"its abrupt drop in IQ",0 190860,"a loose , poorly structured film",0 206680,"much more than",1 206044,"men of marginal intelligence",0 142483,", the film is so mired in juvenile and near-xenophobic pedagogy that it 's enough to make one pine for the day when Godard can no longer handle the rigors of filmmaking .",0 157729,"does little",0 11448,"the full assault of reno 's immense wit and insight",1 217523,"to which the girls-behaving-badly film has fallen",0 205312,"look almost Shakespearean -- both in depth and breadth -- after watching this digital-effects-heavy , supposed family-friendly comedy",0 4213,"a thrill",1 224339,"It is supremely unfunny and unentertaining to watch middle-age and",0 40571,"'s merely",1 135672,"the looseness of the piece",0 213324,"terribly monotonous",0 77253,"consistently sensitive and",1 35274,"of horror and revenge",0 162317,"intentionally obscure and self-indulgent pictures",0 146782,"Its generic villains lack any intrigue ( other than their funny accents )",0 181901,"A potentially good comic premise and excellent cast are terribly wasted .",0 122751,"if you have nothing better to do with 94 minutes . But be warned , you too may feel time has decided to stand still .",0 140812,"you to watch people doing unpleasant things to each other and themselves",0 30892,"do n't have to know about music to appreciate the film 's easygoing blend of comedy and romance",1 5612,"clunky",0 127016,"mental illness",0 142482,", the film is overblown in its plotting , hackneyed in its dialogue and anachronistic in its style .",0 123929,"is as consistently engaging as it is revealing .",1 129099,"of the potential for sanctimoniousness",0 181107,", we 'd prefer a simple misfire .",0 15886,"gleefully",1 36923,"should come with the warning '' For serious film buffs only",0 38817,"their loved ones",1 100774,"wonderful , ghastly",1 146210,"If this holiday movie is supposed to be a gift , somebody unwrapped it early , took out all the good stuff , and left behind the crap ( literally ) .",0 228358,"actor Raymond J. Barry is perfectly creepy and believable .",1 116234,"bringing a barf bag",0 158799,"falls short in building the drama of Lilia 's journey",0 53787,"it captures the erotics of intimacy in a way that makes most American love stories look downright unfree",1 3317,"'s an entertaining and informative documentary",1 121706,"has been overexposed ,",0 30340,"confusion and hatred",0 115866,"beneath the familiar , funny surface",1 236744,"the best play of the 19th century",1 153880,"are more alive than its characters",0 139390,"we feel is n't mainly suspense or excitement",0 145517,"Full of flatulence jokes and mild sexual references , Kung Pow !",0 157611,"ditched the artsy pretensions",1 68658,"Sea 's",1 191665,"ability to startle",1 36093,"possesses a quite pleasing , headlong thrust and a likably delinquent attitude .",1 99451,"visceral and spiritual",1 95149,"the atmosphere of the crime expertly",1 218206,"uninspired , and peopled mainly by characters so unsympathetic that you 're left with a sour taste in your mouth",0 234369,"of a well-made pizza",1 139715,"who 's wise enough to recognize that there are few things in this world more complex -- and , as it turns out , more fragile -- than happiness",1 99309,"vastly improved Germanic version",1 215581,"the scruffy sands of its titular community",0 130138,"perfectly competent and",1 114068,"an important movie",1 54932,"moving , effective little film",1 198939,"finds its tone and several scenes run",1 110241,"The unique niche of self-critical , behind-the-scenes navel-gazing Kaufman has carved from Orleans ' story and his own infinite insecurity is a work of outstanding originality .",1 154632,"battles you staged with your green plastic army men were more exciting and almost certainly made more sense",0 184532,"Hrs . made Eddie Murphy a movie star and the man has n't aged a day .",1 192676,"anachronistic quick edits and",1 147916,"One of those movies where you walk out of the theater not feeling",0 27701,"a nearly impeccable cinematic experience -- and a wonderful all-ages triumph besides --",1 179832,"'s lots of cute animals and clumsy people . ` Snow Dogs ' has both",1 18810,"Daring , mesmerizing and exceedingly hard to forget .",1 222937,"Chris Rock , ' ` Anthony Hopkins ' and ` terrorists ' into some Univac-like script machine",0 205154,"limpid and conventional historical fiction",0 141758,"( De Palma 's ) bad , he 's really bad , and Femme Fatale ranks with the worst",0 102010,"'ve already seen City by the Sea under a variety of titles",0 116186,"breathes more on the big screen",1 16984,"powerful of all",1 98313,"to spoof both black and white stereotypes equally",1 107551,"Low rent from frame one .",0 116230,"bring to IMAX",1 181744,"A hit",1 127925,"new ground",1 138118,"too loud",0 69547,"The film has the courage of its convictions and excellent performances on its side .",1 7042,"have the slightest difficulty accepting him in the role",0 38835,"them , though perhaps it 's an emotion closer to pity",0 196543,"cuteness , Amy 's career success ( she 's a best-selling writer of self-help books who ca n't help herself ) , and",1 137823,"to scoring high for originality of plot",1 84081,"is bright and flashy in all the right ways",1 140598,"wretchedly unfunny wannabe comedy",0 156697,"confused mediocrity",0 219714,"with chemistry galore",1 16243,"is as gritty as a movie gets these days",0 154137,"as best it can",1 74607,"as a root cause of gun violence",0 202489,"is ) a fascinating character",1 229698,"can not help but love Cinema Paradiso , whether the original version or new Director 's Cut",1 176751,"touched and amused by several moments and ideas",1 166095,"moldy and obvious",0 187923,"The action here is unusually tame",0 60729,"'m not generally a fan of vegetables",0 19980,"as Hollywood action epics . Is this progress",1 46763,"Sometimes is a brilliant movie . It is about irrational , unexplainable life and it seems so real because it does not attempt to filter out the complexity .",1 234979,"pleasure or",1 21334,"mischief",0 223794,"I expect much more from a talent as outstanding as director Bruce McCulloch .",0 175319,"thirty-five minutes of inflated nonsense",0 117838,"damning and damned compelling",1 30532,"cult classic",1 183599,"Each story is built on a potentially interesting idea ,",1 184510,"How can such a cold movie claim to express warmth and",0 7246,"human impulses that grew hideously twisted",0 202808,"is capped with pointless extremes",0 117102,"closer to the failure of the third Revenge of the Nerds sequel",0 172336,"supposedly evenhanded presentation",0 95900,"the humor is recognizably Plympton",1 4999,"bared his soul",1 226784,"Tony Gayton 's script does n't give us anything we have n't seen before , but director D.J. Caruso 's grimy visual veneer and Kilmer 's absorbing performance increase the gravitational pull considerably",1 26063,"May be far from the best of the series , but it 's assured , wonderfully respectful of its past and thrilling enough to make it abundantly clear that this movie phenomenon has once again reinvented itself for a new generation .",1 2876,"this movie , a certain scene in particular , brought me uncomfortably close to losing my lunch .",0 39358,"to transcend the sex , drugs and show-tunes plot into something far richer .",1 143179,"A long-winded and stagy session of romantic contrivances that never",0 98892,"ultimately takes hold and grips hard .",1 119636,"failed jokes , twitchy acting",0 31505,"fascinating to see how Bettany and McDowell play off each other",1 91931,"savory",1 198935,"finds a consistent tone and lacks bite",0 48048,"a flair for dialogue comedy",1 180111,"( Allen 's ) been making piffle for a long while ,",0 183587,"Due to stodgy , soap opera-ish dialogue , the rest of the cast comes across as stick figures reading lines from a TelePrompTer .",0 90204,"perfectly respectable , perfectly inoffensive",1 34920,"no human screenwriter could have hoped to match",1 116228,"bring their characters to life . A little melodramatic , but with enough hope to keep you engaged",1 164666,"leaky script",0 91203,"real writer plot",1 179878,"'s not a fresh idea at the core of this tale .",0 156959,"created SOLELY because it 's a marketable product",0 18820,"Day is not a great Bond movie",0 102594,", insulting , or childish",0 69193,"Tezuka 's status as both the primary visual influence",1 60935,"'s an enjoyable trifle nonetheless",1 70700,"Watching this gentle , mesmerizing portrait of a man coming to terms with time , you barely realize your mind is being blown .",1 98685,"trembling and gratitude",1 46298,"Nair does n't treat the issues lightly .",1 165493,"make a dream seem possible",1 20342,"dazzlingly",1 21051,"is razor sharp",1 234526,"of the bad reviews",0 31685,"five contemporary individuals ... a psychological masterpiece",1 60704,"'ll end up moved",1 33346,"is by far the lightest Dogme film and among the most enjoyable",1 195406,"can see coming a mile away",0 78488,"does pack some serious suspense .",1 223707,"However , it lacks grandeur and that epic quality often associated with Stevenson 's tale as well as with earlier Disney efforts .",0 55300,"of being able to give full performances",1 99359,"very much like life",1 1463,"it 's truly awful and heartbreaking subject matter , but one whose lessons are well worth revisiting as many times as possible .",1 165604,"makes the mix-and - match metaphors intriguing , while lulling us into torpor with his cultivated allergy",0 160517,"hang onto that ski mask , as robbery may be the only way to pay for his next project",0 1837,"no doubt the star and everyone else involved",1 72147,"a poem to the enduring strengths of women",1 121119,"girl entry",1 88886,"of slapstick sequences",1 87068,"messing",0 237701,"to Winger fans who have missed her since 1995 's Forget Paris",1 52503,"have to be a most hard-hearted person not to be moved by this drama",1 72401,"a sincerely crafted picture",1 47501,"Ultimately , '' MIB II '' succeeds due to its rapid-fire delivery and enough inspired levity that it ca n't be dismissed as mindless .",1 187181,"Seemingly",1 102478,", deftly setting off uproarious humor with an underlying seriousness that sneaks up on the viewer , providing an experience that is richer than anticipated .",1 165330,"love with its own quirky personality",1 146603,"It 's push-the-limits teen comedy , the type written by people who ca n't come up with legitimate funny",0 31639,"find a way to bend current technique to the service of a vision of the past that is faithful to both architectural glories and commanding open spaces of the city as it was more than two centuries ago",1 224894,"Mr. Deeds is , as comedy goes , very silly -- and in the best way .",1 46986,"The bodily function jokes are about what you 'd expect ,",0 200515,"has been grossly underestimated",1 9104,"nonchalantly freaky and uncommonly pleasurable , warm water may well be the year 's best and most unpredictable comedy .",1 98275,"to satisfy the boom-bam crowd without a huge sacrifice of character and mood",1 175027,"the whole enterprise",1 171393,"so boring",0 57348,"still dealing with its fascist past",0 141865,"( director ) O'Fallon manages to put some lovely pictures up on the big screen , but",1 88476,"of cinematic perfection",1 63517,"A time machine , a journey back to your childhood , when cares melted away in the dark theater , and films had the ability to mesmerize , astonish and entertain",1 193808,"at the least demanding of demographic groups",0 75340,"be tried as a war criminal",0 132805,"so unabashedly hopeful that it actually makes the heart soar . Yes , soar",1 2665,"the movie addresses a hungry need for pg-rated , nonthreatening family movies",1 23233,"( Howard ) so good as Leon Barlow",1 189128,"Though Tom Shadyac 's film kicks off spookily enough",1 151004,"With an emotional sterility to match its outer space setting",0 152116,"a movie forged in the fires of Chick Flick Hell",0 104505,"As pure over-the-top trash",0 166850,"no particular bite",0 227029,"What 's invigorating about it is that it does n't give a damn .",1 199985,"glamorous",1 219912,"witlessness between a not-so-bright mother and daughter and an even less capable trio of criminals",0 28773,"and revenge",0 89473,"on the edge of your seat",1 95300,"the characters are too strange and dysfunctional , Tom included , to ever get under the skin",0 133183,"squeeze the action and our emotions into the all-too-familiar dramatic arc of the Holocaust escape story",0 94959,"that wind-in-the-hair exhilarating",1 28362,"an eye-opening tour of modern Beijing culture in a journey of rebellion ,",1 142560,", this could be the worst thing Soderbergh has ever done .",0 24420,"A psychological thriller",1 13316,"yawner",0 171542,"sole purpose",1 61271,"'s soulful and unslick",0 124074,"is funny enough to justify the embarrassment of bringing a barf bag to the moviehouse .",1 108280,"Panic",0 113862,"an Angel simplicity",1 78870,"embraces life in public",1 27382,"a bit smug and repetitive",0 181743,"A handsome but unfulfilling suspense drama more suited to a quiet evening on PBS than a night out at an AMC .",0 165566,"makes facile points",0 17010,"pulls it off",1 225607,"Report card : Does n't live up to the exalted tagline -",0 203820,"it 's unlikely to inspire anything more than a visit to McDonald 's , let alone some savvy street activism",0 221666,", uninhibited",1 54252,"like every other tale of a totalitarian tomorrow",0 191883,"achieves the feel of a fanciful motion picture .",1 155897,"called Freddy Gets Molested by a Dog",0 74463,"are vividly and painfully brought to slovenly life in this self-deprecating , biting and witty feature written by Charlie Kaufman and his twin brother , Donald , and directed by Spike Jonze .",1 82355,"historically significant ,",1 12624,"ultimately feels like just one more in the long line of films this year about",0 219924,"wo n't find anything to get excited about on this DVD",0 190028,"` masterpiece ' and ` triumph ' and",1 124603,"is that Celebi could take me back to a time before I saw this movie",0 140144,"with grace and panache",1 12541,"transcend",1 217752,"trapped inside a huge video game",0 173135,"that might have required genuine acting from Ms . Spears",0 33701,"it puts far more polished documentaries to shame .",1 186853,"Rarely has sex on screen been so aggressively anti-erotic .",0 140140,"with fascinating connections",1 222684,"Britney Spears has popped up with more mindless drivel",0 182659,"Attal 's hang-ups surrounding infidelity are so old-fashioned and , dare I say , outdated , it 's a wonder that he could n't have brought something fresher to the proceedings simply by accident",0 173708,"the daring , much less talent ,",0 98425,"to understand what made Allen 's romantic comedies so pertinent and enduring",1 130373,"pointless , stupid",0 155602,"but a clunker",0 106329,"Howard conjures the past via surrealist flourishes so overwrought you 'd swear he just stepped out of a Buñuel retrospective .",1 234948,"pity anyone who sees this mishmash .",0 26059,"Maud and Roland 's search for an unknowable past makes for a haunting literary detective story",1 202857,"is depressing , ruthlessly pained and depraved",1 4868,"as gazing at an egg timer for 93 minutes",0 178348,"will be able to recognize that this story is too goofy ... even for Disney .",0 87299,"more offended by his lack of faith in his audience than by anything on display",0 136840,"think of a film more cloyingly sappy than Evelyn",0 51189,"ends in a muddle",0 202768,"is at once luridly graphic and laughably unconvincing",0 168155,"on those rare occasions when the narrator stops yammering",0 77191,"confused",0 104380,"An unremarkable ,",0 73216,"adds enough quirky and satirical touches in the screenplay to keep the film entertaining .",1 22650,"unsentimental",0 184461,"Hollywood program",1 40403,"yet it has been made with great evident care and manages to deliver up the man in a way to arouse further curiosity in even the most unknowing viewer",1 172286,"sugary sentiment and withholds delivery",0 29750,"brimming with gentle humor",1 202482,"irreverent energy",1 193061,"are clinically depressed and have abandoned their slim hopes and dreams",0 78086,"devastating indictment",1 20874,"impresses almost as much as her work with Haynes in 1995 's Safe .",1 86726,"manages , with terrific flair ,",1 194780,"bogs down in insignificance , saying nothing about Kennedy 's assassination and revealing nothing about the pathology it pretends to investigate .",0 197945,"entertaining and , ultimately , more perceptive",1 4764,"appears to have blown his entire budget on soundtrack rights and had nothing left over for jokes",0 134562,"that sneaks up on the viewer , providing an experience that is richer than anticipated",1 238041,"told fairly well and scored to perfection , I found myself struggling to put my finger on that elusive `` missing thing . ''",1 109241,"Successfully blended satire , high camp and yet another sexual taboo into a really funny movie",1 35967,"perfect in its relentless descent",1 201523,"if a bored Cage spent the duration of the film 's shooting schedule waiting to scream",0 118830,"each one of these people stand out and",1 45626,"If you 're looking for something new and hoping for something entertaining",1 195679,"choppy recycling",0 47825,"a big deal , indeed -- at least the third-best , and maybe even a notch above the previous runner-up , Nicholas Meyer 's Star Trek VI",1 17002,"provides perspective with his intelligent grasp of human foibles and contradictions",1 16474,"lively script",1 221794,"... are of course stultifyingly contrived and too stylized by half .",0 58702,"the sex , a wonderful tale of love and destiny",1 98801,"turns out to be smarter and more diabolical than you could have guessed at the beginning .",1 68999,"Steers refreshingly clear of the usual cliches",1 95467,"the director of such Hollywood blockbusters as Patriot Games can still turn out a small , personal film with an emotional wallop",1 62639,"12th Oscar nomination",1 190685,"a great hook ,",1 207124,"nobody here bothered to check it twice .",1 185952,"Maid in Manhattan proves that it 's easier to change the sheets than to change hackneyed concepts when it comes to dreaming up romantic comedies .",0 211123,"seems to remain an unchanged dullard",0 23035,"'s a '' true story '' and you 're likely to have one helluva time at the movies",1 216139,"there are side stories aplenty -- none of them memorable",0 122643,"husband-and-wife disaster",0 154588,"baffling casual approach",0 186676,"Perry 's good and",1 230494,"else who may , for whatever reason , be thinking about going to see this movie",0 12,"' a nightmare on elm street ' or ` the hills",0 138587,"undeniable enjoyment to be had from films crammed with movie references",1 17098,"respectable action",1 75921,"breathes life into a roll that could have otherwise been bland and run of the mill",1 62932,"A delightful entree in the tradition of food movies .",1 76465,"carries much of the film with a creepy and dead-on performance",1 186464,"Nothing about the film -- with the possible exception of Elizabeth Hurley 's breasts --",0 151611,"a difficult-to-swallow setting",0 14833,"a solid , if somewhat heavy-handed , account of the near-disaster",1 184054,"Friday After Next spreads them pretty thin",0 18069,"willing to make the effort to reap them",1 150571,"Uneasy mishmash",0 164243,"joyful or",1 226388,"The only fun part of the movie",0 80321,"for people who like their romances to have that French realism",1 99898,"what punk",0 218860,"watching Disney scrape the bottom of its own cracker barrel",0 127402,"most anti-human",0 228329,"acceptable ,",1 42039,"happiest surprise ,",1 24447,"A richly imagined and admirably mature",1 80461,"form a remarkably cohesive whole , both visually and thematically , through their consistently sensitive and often exciting treatment of an ignored people .",1 223400,"For proof of that on the cinematic front , look no further than this 20th anniversary edition of the film that Spielberg calls , retrospectively , his most personal work yet .",1 3024,"uneven performances and",0 44256,"A smart , witty follow-up",1 198197,"every punchline predictable",0 199444,"foul up Shum 's good intentions .",0 142538,", then takes too long figuring out what to do next .",0 234954,"plain bad .",0 227424,"`` Bad '' is the operative word for `` Bad Company , '' and",0 151656,"a dull , dour documentary on what ought to be a joyful or at least fascinating subject",0 221201,", On Guard delivers .",1 145802,"Hey Arnold ! The Movie is what happens when you blow up small potatoes to 10 times their natural size , and",0 189555,"What Antwone Fisher is n't , however , is original .",0 90471,"politically potent",1 203036,"is just as obvious as telling a country skunk that he has severe body odor .",0 75355,"beats new life",1 127660,"mundane '70s",0 186176,"Morvern Callar as the characters are in it .",1 128024,"no point in extracting the bare bones of Byatt 's plot for purposes of bland Hollywood romance",0 132604,"slight but unendurable",0 160480,"half-formed",0 198659,"feel like the longest 90 minutes of your movie-going life",0 144245,"Brainless , but enjoyably over-the-top ,",1 121598,"handsome and well-made entertainment",1 21829,"recommend that everyone see this movie -- for its historical significance alone .",1 171488,"so striking or fascinating or",1 214499,"the ensemble cast is engaging enough to keep you from shifting in your chair too often",1 209824,"prove that movie-star intensity can overcome bad hair design",1 71930,"a loved one",1 124799,"it 's a nice girl-buddy movie once it gets rock-n-rolling",1 33100,"intelligent entertainment",1 34981,"not just the full assault of Reno 's immense wit and insight",1 186750,"Potty-mouthed enough",0 17181,"sharp acting",1 7535,"informative , intriguing , observant , often touching ... gives a human face to what 's often discussed in purely abstract terms",1 22716,"wants them to be part of the action , the wallpaper of his chosen reality . Here , thankfully",1 238891,"with its unbelievable naïveté and arbitrary flashbacks",0 210550,"ridiculous action sequences",0 20717,"has a watchful affection for the monster .",1 15511,"dedicated and good-hearted",1 182700,"Barbershop is n't as funny as it should be",0 143194,"A mess .",0 135616,"the lack-of-attention span",0 140834,"young children",1 234861,"pact to burn the negative and the script and pretend the whole thing never existed",0 49532,"be moved by this drama",1 129162,"of this ` we 're - doing-it-for - the-cash ' sequel",0 194483,"being invited to a classy dinner soiree and",1 79261,"even sexy",1 130302,"plays like one of Robert Altman 's lesser works .",0 237323,"the website feardotcom.com or the improperly hammy performance from poor Stephen Rea",0 131141,"recite some of this laughable dialogue",0 60087,"when it comes to the characters and writing ... but works its way underneath the skin like few movies",1 171723,"sorry use of Aaliyah in her one and only starring role",0 210597,"rode the Zipper",0 117391,"compromised and sad",0 226508,"The subtle strength of `` Elling '' is that it never loses touch with the reality of the grim situation .",1 222256,"Almost everyone growing up believes their family must look like `` The Addams Family '' to everyone looking in ... `` My Big Fat Greek Wedding '' comes from the heart ...",1 39844,"warm but realistic",1 111310,"Yet another iteration of what 's become one of the movies ' creepiest conventions , in which the developmentally disabled are portrayed with almost supernatural powers to humble , teach and ultimately redeem their mentally '' superior '' friends , family ...",0 234121,"no atmosphere , no tension -- nothing but Costner",0 8982,"nap for an hour",0 70210,"This is a film that manages to find greatness in the hue of its drastic iconography .",1 39573,"unbelievably hilarious moments",1 22552,"to strong , credible performances",1 73576,"ambiguous enough to be engaging and",1 142982,"A Rumor of Angels reveals itself to be a sudsy tub of supernatural hokum , not even Ms .",0 67452,"Marvelously entertaining and deliriously",1 124100,"is hard to dismiss -- moody , thoughtful , and lit by flashes of mordant humor",1 124128,"is impossible to care about",0 182191,"African American professionals",1 128410,"of ` the King , ' it also",1 55375,"of heartfelt performances",1 209662,"preliminary notes for a science-fiction horror film",1 32870,"in hindsight , it is n't even all that dumb",0 58714,"the silliness",1 131631,"romantic tale",1 60961,"'s as raw and action-packed an experience as a ringside seat at a tough-man contest .",1 30480,"creates an emotionally rich , poetically plump and visually fulsome , but never showy , film whose bittersweet themes are reinforced and brilliantly personified by Michel Piccoli .",1 203208,"is n't very effective",0 33549,"is weirdly sympathetic to both and manages to be tender and darkly comic",1 173143,"that never springs to life",0 43109,"'ll love it",1 172669,"terminally depressed , mostly inarticulate , hyper dysfunctional families",0 143771,"An uneven film dealing with too many problems to be taken seriously",0 36667,"saucy and endearing",1 156559,"comes across rather too plainly as allegory",0 161572,"if it could fool us into thinking that we 're not watching a double",0 226706,"This surreal Gilliam-esque film is also a troubling interpretation of Ecclesiastes .",1 183841,"Fails to satisfactorily exploit its gender politics , genre thrills or inherent humor",0 128587,"of common sense",1 113681,"all works out",1 120444,"for juicy roles",1 13801,"A smart , sweet and playful romantic comedy .",1 219905,"without thrills and a mystery devoid",0 75212,"be able to look away for a second",1 42462,"play out as a clever , charming tale -- as pleasantly in its own way",1 68929,"Spectacular in every sense of the word , even if you don ' t",1 187416,"Some Body is a shaky , uncertain film that nevertheless touches a few raw nerves .",1 41661,"both architectural glories and",1 238998,"would be rendered tedious by Avary 's failure to construct a story with even a trace of dramatic interest",0 132627,"slow death",0 119453,"examines general issues of race and justice among the poor , and specifically raises serious questions about the death penalty and asks what good the execution of a mentally challenged woman could possibly do",1 23787,", nature , and sexuality",1 184910,"In the end , the film feels homogenized and a bit contrived , as if we 're looking back at a tattered and ugly past with rose-tinted glasses .",0 202614,"is a monumental achievement in practically every facet of inept filmmaking : joyless , idiotic , annoying , heavy-handed , visually atrocious , and often downright creepy .",0 162993,"is left with a sour taste in one 's mouth , and little else",0 185892,"Low comedy",0 203827,"it achieves some kind of goofy grandeur",1 19363,"This is a film brimming with detail and nuance and one that speaks volumes about the ability of the human spirit to find solace in events that could easily crush it forever .",1 116326,"but it 's difficult to shrug off the annoyance of that chatty fish",0 43717,", the film gets great laughs , but never at the expense of its characters",1 222323,"An uncomfortable movie , suffocating and sometimes almost senseless",0 37712,"than the first and simply the best family film of the year",1 34207,"looks as if it was made without much thought",0 163440,"is that the movie has no idea of it is serious or not .",0 83584,"into the subculture of extreme athletes whose derring-do puts the X into the games",1 40179,"with a wry dark humor",1 55808,"only pain",0 116426,"by its own pretentious self-examination",0 47628,"While some will object to the idea of a Vietnam picture with such a rah-rah , patriotic tone , Soldiers ultimately achieves its main strategic objective : dramatizing the human cost of the conflict that came to define a generation .",0 137517,"to cut a swathe through mainstream Hollywood",1 156983,"creatively stillborn",0 135991,"the period 's volatile romantic lives",1 22546,"to see what they do next",1 141923,", ' I once had a nightmare like this ,",0 149368,"The fight scenes are fun , but it grows tedious .",0 101391,"'ll enjoy this movie .",1 181075,", thumpingly hyperbolic terms",0 90486,"poor-me persona",0 153218,"also wilts after awhile",0 148182,"Proves that a movie about goodness is not the same thing as a good movie .",0 223947,"If you 're not a fan , it might be like trying to eat Brussels sprouts .",0 59625,"unacceptable",0 39656,"unlucky",0 194363,"been lost in the translation ... another routine Hollywood frightfest in which the slack execution italicizes the absurdity of the premise",0 185002,"It 's a big idea",1 206216,"miracles",1 37015,"slapstick humor for the kids , lots of in-jokes for the adults and heart enough for everyone",1 101596,"'s also not very good .",0 188164,"The film boasts at least a few good ideas and features some decent performances , but the result is disappointing",0 217718,"touts his drug as being 51 times stronger than coke . If you 're looking for a tale of Brits behaving badly , watch Snatch again . It 's 51 times better than this .",0 71438,"a compelling investigation",1 10654,"sparkles in its deft portrait of tinseltown 's seasoned veterans of gossip , wealth , paranoia , and celebrityhood",1 15035,"and good-hearted",1 111528,"a barf bag",0 220725,"'s a smart , solid , kinetically-charged spy flick worthy of a couple hours of summertime and a bucket of popcorn",1 31858,"fresh take",1 69000,"Steers refreshingly clear of the usual cliches .",1 132664,"smart comedy",1 22126,"talented director",1 131124,"reasons to watch the film , which director Gerardo Vera has drenched in swoony music and fever-pitched melodrama",1 170765,"set of believable and comprehensible impulses , no matter how many drugs they do or how much artistic license Avary employs",1 83754,"is a commanding screen presence",1 109569,"The art direction is often exquisite",1 158597,"except that it seems to take itself far more seriously .",0 222839,"But while the highly predictable narrative falls short , Treasure Planet is truly gorgeous to behold .",1 224060,"Inside the film 's conflict-powered plot there is a decent moral trying to get out , but it 's not that , it 's the tension that keeps you in your seat",1 142755,". This is a shameless sham , calculated to cash in on the popularity of its stars .",0 210073,"rap and R&B names",1 26475,"Roger Michell , best known for the superfluous Notting Hill",1 66997,"Kaufman and Jonze take huge risks to ponder the whole notion of passion -- our desire as human beings for passion in our lives and the emptiness one feels when it is missing",1 113576,"all awkward , static , and lifeless rumblings",0 146622,"It 's the kind of movie that ends up festooning U . S . art house screens for no reason other than the fact that it 's in French ( well , mostly ) with English subtitles and is magically ` significant ' because of that .",0 33463,"is popular and powerful in this high-tech age , speaking its truths with spellbinding imagery and the entrancing music of Philip Glass .",1 167753,"of the Police Academy series",0 196943,"difficult to feel anything much while watching this movie , beyond mild disturbance or detached pleasure at the acting",0 5533,"chelsea walls is a case of too many chefs fussing over too weak a recipe .",0 176965,"turn out to be the most repellent movie of 2002",0 212478,"star to play second fiddle to the dull effects that allow the suit to come to life",0 48963,"an intensely lived time",1 58127,"the cinematic equivalent of a legal indictment , and",0 67982,"On its own staggeringly unoriginal terms , this gender-bending comedy is generally quite funny .",1 20935,"indomitable human will",1 199044,"flavorless",0 199896,"gets tiresome",0 79921,"filmmaking from one of French cinema 's master craftsmen",1 62028,", it deserved all the hearts it won -- and wins still , 20 years later .",1 232912,"it 's Robert Duvall !",1 161676,"impeccable acting ...",1 60898,"'s about as convincing as any other Arnie musclefest , but has a little too much resonance with real world events and ultimately comes off as insultingly simplistic .",0 63199,"A movie that will thrill you , touch you and make you",1 134207,"that M . Night Shyamalan 's debut feature sucked",0 52269,"greater sense",1 183426,"Direct-to-Video",0 176245,"to lose the smug self-satisfaction usually associated with the better private schools",0 189860,"Would that Greengrass had gone a tad less for grit and a lot more for intelligibility .",0 132002,"seems embarrassed by his own invention and",0 136571,"the whole dead-undead genre",0 214626,"the film should be seen as a conversation starter . It 's not an easy one to review .",0 3355,"'s not much to hang a soap opera on",0 198472,"fairly weak retooling",0 119114,"enjoy as mild escapism",1 151696,"a few characters and ideas",1 147878,"Oh come on . Like you could n't smell this turkey rotting from miles away .",0 42798,"the best kind :",1 203226,"is no '' Waterboy ! ''",0 50928,"do n't want to use your brain .",0 2470,"tears",0 42341,"makes your spine tingle",1 91970,"scenery , vibe",1 147166,"Like a can of 2-day old Coke . You can taste it , but there 's no fizz .",0 224775,"Mendes and company getting together before a single frame had been shot and collectively vowing , ` This is going to be something really good",1 43011,"will almost certainly be fascinated , and undoubtedly",1 23428,", and that 's what makes it irresistible .",1 80731,"full of sex , drugs and rock",1 200098,"good actors , even Kingsley , are made to look bad",0 84085,"is brilliant , really",1 55678,"offering exceptionally well-detailed characters",1 51006,"drab and",0 216482,"this silly little puddle of a movie",0 124044,"is filled with strange and wonderful creatures .",1 126105,"like its hero",1 10852,"surefire casting",1 227425,"`` Bad '' is the operative word for `` Bad Company , '' and I do n't mean that in a good way",0 4372,"accessible",1 81638,"has a strong message about never giving up on a loved one",1 182491,"Anthony Asquith 's acclaimed 1952 screen adaptation",1 215000,"the makings of an interesting meditation on the ethereal nature of the internet and the otherworldly energies",1 101423,"'m happy to have seen it -- not as an alternate version , but as the ultimate exercise in viewing deleted scenes .",1 203912,"it happens to flat characters",0 185726,"Leon Barlow .",1 103569,"A fifty car pileup of cliches",0 40166,"with a final lap that 's all too suspiciously smooth",1 156055,"cares passionately about its subject ,",1 43805,", you will enjoy seeing how both evolve",1 182029,"A sugar-coated Rocky",0 145423,"For all its technical virtuosity , the film is so mired in juvenile and near-xenophobic pedagogy that it 's enough to make one pine for the day when Godard can no longer handle the rigors of filmmaking .",0 25488,"Has a shambling charm",1 91007,"quietly suggesting the sadness and obsession beneath Hearst 's forced avuncular chortles",0 163775,"it dull , lifeless , and irritating",0 220074,"would go back and choose to skip it",0 70350,"Though a touch too Arthouse 101 in its poetic symbolism , Heaven proves to be a good match of the sensibilities of two directors .",1 70269,"This may be Burns 's strongest film since The Brothers McMullen .",1 232100,"ingenious fun",1 237136,"the peculiarly moral amorality of ( Woo 's ) best work",1 227056,"What parents will suspect is that they 're watching a 76-minute commercial .",0 119455,"examines the intimate , unguarded moments of folks who live in unusual homes -- which pop up in nearly every corner of the country",1 87439,"most magical and most",1 228143,"a serious actioner : the next",1 71943,"a major director is emerging in world cinema",1 36596,"riveting World War II",1 208627,"one of the year 's worst cinematic tragedies",0 200590,"has n't aged a day",1 230850,"fizzles like a wet stick of dynamite",0 177371,"utter lack",0 175613,"those who ca n't tell the difference between the good , the bad and the ugly",0 141528,"'s only so much anyone can do with a florid , overplotted , Anne Rice rock 'n' roll vampire novel before the built-in silliness of the whole affair defeats them",0 219606,"wise folks that they are",1 59563,"trying to predict when a preordained '' big moment '' will occur",0 180623,", especially with the weak payoff",0 188612,"The result is so tame that even slightly wised-up kids would quickly change the channel .",0 33307,"is an engaging look at the controversial eponymous and fiercely atheistic hero .",1 197915,"enough not to hate",1 230198,"did n't care .",0 235572,"seems to have been written using Mad-libs .",0 125688,"labyrinthine",1 189804,"With nary a glimmer of self-knowledge , ( Crane ) becomes more specimen than character -- and Auto Focus remains a chilly , clinical lab report",0 4956,"attractive and talented",1 123810,"is a powerful , naturally dramatic piece of low-budget filmmaking .",1 135352,"the film itself -- as well its delightful cast -- is so breezy , pretty and gifted , it really won my heart",1 125420,"its worthy predecessors",1 45579,"I have no way of knowing exactly how much is exaggeration , but I 've got a creepy feeling that the film is closer to the mark than I want to believe",1 49521,"be funny , uplifting and moving ,",1 127461,"most of his budget",0 111734,"a crucial third act miscalculation",0 138108,"too long , too cutesy",0 166862,"no real plot ,",0 23023,"'re talking about '' Talk to Her",0 237830,"to go down as the worst -- and only -- killer website movie of this or any other year",0 29370,"bad thing",0 182038,"A superfluous sequel ... plagued by that old familiar feeling of ` let 's get this thing over with ' :",0 99641,"was so endlessly , grotesquely",0 225162,"No more .",0 74222,"appealing character quirks",1 20817,"historical significance",1 11393,"the film is a contrivance , as artificial as the video games japanese teens play in a nightclub sequence ,",0 215142,"the movie is better than you might think .",1 194779,"bogs down in insignificance , saying nothing about Kennedy 's assassination and revealing nothing about the pathology it pretends to investigate",0 124247,"is messy , uncouth , incomprehensible , vicious and absurd .",0 195663,"children behave like adults and everyone",0 28175,"airs out a tight plot with an easy pace and a focus on character drama over crime-film complications",1 183304,"De Niro cries . You 'll cry for your money back .",0 170726,"sentiment and unfunny madcap comedy",0 76949,"comedy fare",1 81176,"goes a long way toward keeping the picture compelling",1 86858,"masterly",1 85455,"its unsettling prognosis",0 52386,"has an infectious exuberance that will engage anyone with a passing interest in the skate\/surf culture , the L . A . beach scene and the imaginative ( and sometimes illegal ) ways kids can make a playground out of the refuse of adults .",1 231109,"genial is the conceit ,",0 186760,"Predictable and cloying , though Brown Sugar is so earnest in its yearning for the days before rap went nihilistic that it summons more spirit and bite than your average formulaic romantic quadrangle .",1 202570,"is a film for the under-7 crowd",0 203986,"it otherwise drowns in a sea of visual and verbal clichés",0 153417,"an important film",1 74426,"are such that we 'll keep watching the skies for his next project",1 114578,"are few things in this world more complex -- and , as it turns out , more fragile",1 28833,"and that shading is what makes it worthwhile .",1 42806,"the dialogue is realistic and greatly moving .",1 18757,"But based on CQ , I 'll certainly be keeping an eye out for his next project .",1 66130,"I am highly amused by the idea that we have come to a point in society where it has been deemed important enough to make a film in which someone has to be hired to portray Richard Dawson .",1 69284,"The Emperor 's Club , ruthless in its own placid way , finds one of our most conservative and hidebound movie-making traditions and gives it new texture , new relevance , new reality .",1 181336,"... simultaneously degrades its characters , its stars and its audience .",0 158644,"expanded and worked into a compelling single feature",1 136936,"this film asks the right questions at the right time in the history of our country",1 116114,"boring , pretentious",0 179701,"'s difficult for a longtime admirer of his work to not be swept up in Invincible and overlook its drawbacks",1 34478,"might admire",1 85394,"its soul",1 48259,"a passing interest in the skate\/surf culture , the L . A . beach scene and the imaginative ( and sometimes illegal ) ways kids can make a playground out of the refuse of adults",1 28580,"and disturbingly familiar",0 69324,"The Last Metro )",1 89618,"one of the most plain white toast comic book films",0 160359,"grim future",0 40593,"( A ) rare , beautiful film",1 78115,"did it better",0 234453,"of life and small delights",1 27918,"a twisty double-cross",1 28195,"all its failed connections",0 117284,"coming back to the achingly unfunny Phonce and his several silly subplots",0 75938,"bright on this frozen tundra soap opera that breathes extraordinary life into the private existence of the Inuit people",1 52843,"immensely entertaining",1 76089,"but oddly compelling",1 44038,"A delightful stimulus for the optic nerves , so much that it 's forgivable that the plot feels like every other tale of a totalitarian tomorrow .",1 72364,"a serious minded patience , respect and affection",1 211853,"smash 'em - up ,",0 154700,"be cleverer , better written and of",1 90377,"plays up the cartoon 's more obvious strength of snazziness",1 112043,"a good time with this one too",1 12395,"to make it far more satisfying than almost any horror film in recent memory",1 2313,"smart",1 213992,"the 37-minute Santa vs .",1 199992,"glitzy but extremely silly piece",0 197793,"emotionally distant piece",0 67634,"Morvern Callar confirms Lynne Ramsay as an important , original talent in international cinema .",1 184118,"George 's haplessness",0 182124,"A zombie movie in every sense of the word -- mindless , lifeless , meandering , loud , painful , obnoxious",0 152585,"a terrible true story",0 77342,"conventional direction to give the film a soul and an unabashed sense of good old-fashioned escapism",1 204671,"lacks the wit necessary to fully exploit the comic elements of the premise , making the proceedings more bizarre than actually amusing .",0 5588,"clever and unflinching in its comic barbs , slap her",1 179029,"yet another example of the sad decline of British comedies",0 230849,"fixating on its body humour and reinforcement of stereotypes",0 24708,"As Hugh Grant says repeatedly throughout the movie , ` Lovely ! Brilliant ! '",1 238652,"where nothing really happens",0 226243,"The faithful will enjoy this sometimes wry adaptation of V.S. Naipaul 's novel",1 23414,", and its capacity to heal using creative , natural and ancient antidotes",1 185334,"It reduces the complexities to bromides and slogans and it gets so preachy-keen and so tub-thumpingly loud it makes you feel like a chump just for sitting through it .",0 60825,"'s a hoot watching The Rock chomp on jumbo ants , pull an arrow out of his back , and leap unscathed through raging fire",1 22672,"usual thriller nonsense",0 182649,"Attack of the Clones is a technological exercise that lacks juice and delight",0 83206,"in trying to capture the novel 's deeper intimate resonances , the film has -- ironically - distanced us from the characters",0 54678,"may not have the highest production values you 've ever seen",0 87067,"messiness",0 138718,"unique niche",1 162774,"is anything but fun",0 97464,"this modern mob music drama",1 69675,"The level of acting elevates the material above pat inspirational status and gives it a sturdiness and solidity that we 've long associated with Washington the actor .",1 163346,"is so graphically excessive",0 103720,"A mischievous visual style and oodles of charm make ` Cherish ' a very good ( but not great ) movie .",1 189998,"` The Country Bears ' should never have been brought out of hibernation",0 57589,"takes nearly three hours to unspool",0 141347,"'s hampered by a Lifetime-channel kind of plot and a lead actress who is out of her depth .",0 232945,"it 's harder still to believe that anyone in his right mind would want to see the it .",0 164803,"lets the audience completely off the hook",0 66156,"I found myself strangely moved by even the corniest and most hackneyed contrivances .",1 191948,"acts like a doofus",0 163436,"is that the faith of the Tonga people is in every way inferior to that of John .",0 169011,"poetic tragedy",0 196785,"depressingly retrograde",0 170136,"right now like we need doomsday thrillers",0 152866,"across as clinical , detached , uninvolving , possibly prompting audience members to wonder , ` What 's the point ? '",0 58920,"there is enough originality in ` Life ' to distance it from the pack of paint-by-number romantic comedies that so often end up on cinema screens .",1 103485,"A colorful , joyous celebration",1 95261,"the capability of effecting change and inspiring hope",1 163589,"is worse :",0 136731,"there 's a plethora of characters in this picture , and not one of them is flat",1 70478,"Triumph of Love is a very silly movie",0 158373,"equate obscurity with profundity",0 106482,"I have to admit that I am baffled by Jason X .",0 98070,"to foul up a screen adaptation of Oscar Wilde 's classic satire",0 90602,"predictable in the reassuring manner of a beautifully sung holiday carol",1 116177,"breach gaps in their relationships with their fathers",1 39899,"we root for the patronized Iranian lad",1 100594,"with really solid performances by Ving Rhames and Wesley Snipes",1 36102,"post-Saving Private Ryan tributes to the greatest generation",1 177696,"was watching a documentary about the wartime Navajos",0 221636,", this is a refreshingly novel ride .",1 5768,"could n't have been as dull a person as this film makes him out to be",0 141844,"( and literally ) tosses around sex toys and offers half-hearted paeans to empowerment that are repeatedly undercut by the brutality of the jokes , most at women 's expense .",0 190619,"a frightful vanity film",0 53809,"it far above",1 130603,"pretty diverting",1 200097,"good actors , even Kingsley ,",1 82819,"in Manhattan , Jennifer Lopez 's most aggressive and most sincere attempt",1 139559,"what makes Shanghai Ghetto move beyond a good , dry , reliable textbook",1 9467,"on which to hang his persistently useless movies",0 42840,"the most transporting or gripping film from Iran -- or ,",1 185358,"It takes a really long , slow and dreary time to dope out what TUCK EVERLASTING is about . So here it is",0 171742,"sound so dull",0 48018,"a fast-paced comedy",1 105863,"Forget the Psychology 101 study of romantic obsession and just watch the procession of costumes in castles and this wo n't seem like such a bore",0 19881,"and scale to satisfy as grown-up escapism",1 54454,"macabre and",0 220856,"'s just merely very bad .",0 90272,"physically caught up in the process",1 46196,"Miyazaki is one of world cinema 's most wondrously gifted artists and storytellers .",1 29010,"appreciates",1 154752,"be hard-pressed to say what or why",0 220858,"'s just that it 's so not-at-all-good .",0 195547,"cellophane-pop remake",0 108681,"Romantic , riveting and handsomely animated .",1 83047,"in spite of clearly evident poverty and hardship",1 198199,"every punchline predictable . There 's no energy",0 37908,"that they know their roles so well",1 90277,"pick up the slack",0 53420,"is beautifully",1 74527,"articulates the tangled feelings of particular New Yorkers deeply touched by an unprecedented tragedy .",1 108019,"Nohe has made a decent ` intro ' documentary , but",1 97213,"there is and it 's what makes this rather convoluted journey worth taking",1 162286,"insult",0 79122,"entertainment adults can see without feeling embarrassed",1 24261,"A beautiful and haunting examination of the stories",1 196652,"decides whether it wants to be a black comedy , drama , melodrama or some combination of the three .",0 185056,"It 's always disappointing when a documentary fails to live up to -- or offer any new insight into -- its chosen topic . Unfortunately",0 53406,"is as respectful a film as Byatt fans could hope for ,",1 74136,"anti-establishment message",0 202240,"inhale this gutter romancer 's secondhand material",0 89055,"of the most genuinely sweet films",1 154021,"arrives we still do n't feel enough of an attachment to these guys to care one way or another .",0 98985,"understand what made Allen 's romantic comedies so pertinent and enduring",1 3558,"a $ 40 million version of a game you 're more likely to enjoy on a computer",0 22519,"to light on the screen",1 16752,"of its own self-contained universe",1 211259,"serious soul",1 51818,"for the David Mamet enthusiast and",1 163906,"it seems to me the film is about the art of ripping people off without ever letting them consciously know you have done so",0 156211,"cheats on itself and retreats to comfortable territory . Too bad",0 171764,"special effects overpower cogent story-telling and visual clarity during the big action sequences",0 52475,"have been waiting my whole life for this movie",1 223174,"Does n't do more than expand a TV show to movie length .",0 90967,"puzzling",0 182133,"Abandon '' will leave you wanting to abandon the theater",0 44526,"An oddity , to be sure , but one that you might wind up remembering with a degree of affection rather than revulsion .",1 122467,"holes that will be obvious even to those who are n't looking for them",0 237514,"this delibrately obtuse and unapproachable",0 30825,"disarming , and just outright enjoyable",1 51197,"energetic and always surprising",1 198476,"fall apart",0 178162,"which to hang broad , mildly fleshed-out characters that seem to have been conjured up only 10 minutes prior to filming",0 13798,"A simmering psychological drama",1 87039,"mention leaving you with some laughs and a smile on your face",1 128398,"of Tomcats",1 108256,"Our culture is headed down the toilet with the ferocity of a frozen burrito after an all-night tequila bender -- and I know this because I 've seen ` jackass : the movie",0 9042,"never worry about anyone being bored",1 131822,"schlocky horror\/action hybrid",0 111186,"With Spy Kids 2 : The Island of Lost Dreams , the Spy Kids franchise establishes itself as a durable part of the movie landscape : a James Bond series for kids .",1 169611,"rambles",0 236477,"that it can not even be dubbed hedonistic .",0 73052,"abstract approach",1 198469,"fairly impressive debut",1 69778,"The off-center humor",1 143520,"Adams just copies from various sources",0 73701,"an attention to detail that propels her into the upper echelons of the directing world",1 135721,"the misleading title",0 109189,"Steven Soderbergh 's earlier films were hailed as the works of an artist",1 166795,"no good inside dope , and",0 167631,"of other , better films , especially Seven , which director William Malone slavishly copies",0 161206,"hip ,",1 65017,"Deserves a place of honor next to Nanook as a landmark in film history",1 91473,"remind one of a really solid Woody Allen film ,",1 232615,"is never satisfactory .",0 231388,"harder and harder to ignore the fact that Hollywood is n't laughing with us , folks",0 35944,"peeved",0 65351,"Evelyn 's strong cast and surehanded direction",1 220215,"you 'd want to smash its face in",0 37228,"spirited",1 232682,"is one of my least favourite emotions , especially when I have to put up with 146 minutes of it",0 221006,"'s to this film 's ( and its makers ' ) credit that we believe that that 's exactly what these two people need to find each other -- and themselves",1 5335,"but a pale imitation of the real deal",0 50793,"despite a fairly slow paced , almost humdrum approach to character development , still manages at least a decent attempt at meaningful cinema",1 14962,"an amazing performance that dwarfs everything else in the film",1 35939,"pays off",1 189772,"With a '' Spy Kids '' sequel opening next week , why bother with a contemptible imitator starring a '' SNL '' has-been acting like an 8-year-old channeling Roberto Benigni ?",0 20701,"guessing from first frame to last",1 75105,"awfully good , achingly human",1 228197,"a supremely hopeful cautionary tale",1 92985,"so recognizable and true that , as in real life , we 're never sure how things will work out",1 109037,"Solaris '' is a shapeless inconsequential move relying on the viewer to do most of the work",0 229388,"better to go in knowing full well what 's going to happen , but willing to let the earnestness of its execution and skill of its cast take you down a familiar road with a few twists",1 163527,"is too predictable and too self-conscious",0 38053,"the camera looks there is something worth seeing .",1 101845,"'s one of the few ` cool ' actors who never seems aware of his own coolness .",1 202167,"inconsistent and",0 38369,"the kind of pigeonhole-resisting romp that Hollywood too rarely provides",1 89307,"often-cute film",1 201704,"improvise and scream their way around this movie directionless , lacking any of the rollicking dark humor so necessary to make this kind of idea work on screen",0 160542,"hard and bitter",0 41328,"This is one of the most visually stunning and thematically moving epics in recent memory , and in spite of numerous minor flaws , Scorsese 's best in more than a decade",1 85089,"it makes up for in effective if cheap moments of fright and dread .",0 43104,"'ll forget about it by Monday , though",0 11921,"the story subtle and us in suspense",1 160812,"have been better off as a documentary , with less of Mr . Eyre 's uninspired dramatics and more of his sense of observation and outrage",0 46926,"The Lion King was a roaring success when it was released eight years ago , but on Imax it seems better , not just bigger",1 1182,"hence , storytelling is far more appealing",1 60882,"'s a tribute to the actress , and to her inventive director ,",1 104643,"Batman",1 124595,"is terrific",1 35516,"of the year with its exploration of the obstacles to happiness",1 30209,"clear-eyed boldness and quiet irony",1 93645,"strongest",1 223791,"I enjoyed Barbershop",1 128563,"of both thematic content and narrative strength",1 142823,"... too gory to be a comedy and too silly to be an effective horror film .",0 22891,"wry humor and genuine pathos",1 138064,"too busy",0 8331,"lack contrast , are murky and are frequently too dark to be decipherable",0 44134,"A hugely rewarding experience that 's every bit as enlightening , insightful and entertaining as Grant 's two best films -- Four Weddings and a Funeral and Bridget Jones 's Diary",1 64353,"Big Fat Liar is a real charmer",1 224026,"In one scene , we get a stab at soccer hooliganism , a double-barreled rip-off of Quentin Tarantino 's climactic shootout -- and Meat Loaf explodes .",0 29057,"are more than compensated for by its wryly subversive tone",1 76822,"climactic burst",1 72911,"about a domestic unit finding their way to joy",1 7402,"in a film that does n't merit it",0 40557,"'s absolutely spooky",1 44292,"A taut psychological thriller",1 71653,"a film that comes along every day .",0 42247,"its seriousness , high literary aspirations",1 158287,"enjoyably over-the-top",1 218606,"vulgar and forgettably",0 101493,"'s ` Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood",1 23186,"'s tortured soul .",0 34061,"life inside a one-room schoolhouse in northern France in his documentary To Be and to Have , easily one of the best films of the year",1 45815,"It is great summer fun to watch Arnold and his buddy Gerald bounce off a quirky cast of characters .",1 30953,"draws out the best from his large cast in beautifully articulated portrayals that are subtle and so expressive they can sustain the poetic flights in Burdette 's dialogue",1 217757,"traps audiences in a series of relentlessly nasty situations that we would pay a considerable ransom not to be looking at",0 204930,"lifeless , meandering , loud , painful , obnoxious",0 53792,"it cuts to the heart of American society in an unnerving way",0 233324,"lay her life bare in front of an audience",1 225467,"Plays like one of those conversations that Comic Book Guy on `` The Simpsons '' has .",0 208584,"one fantastic visual trope",1 53659,"is the film Roman Polanski may have been born to make",1 213812,"that really does n't have much to say beyond the news",0 6877,"great performances",1 7773,"is relatively slow to come to the point",0 23923,", then illuminates it fully and allows the larger implications of the journey to sink in unobtrusively",1 183644,"Egypt from 1998",1 41295,"The story may not be new , but Australian director John Polson , making his American feature debut , jazzes it up adroitly",1 196642,"decent performance",1 56310,"put in fine performances",1 145344,"Fincher takes no apparent joy in making movies , and",0 222823,"But this films lacks the passion required to sell the material .",0 38615,"the self-interest and paranoia that shape most American representations of Castro",0 128806,"of motherhood and desperate mothers",0 213884,"that the movie has virtually nothing to show",0 133210,"stand up in the theater",1 143786,"An unsatisfying hybrid",0 217141,"to keep 80 minutes from seeming like 800",0 151532,"a complete failure at trying to create some pretty cool characters",0 70333,"Those prone to indignation need not apply",0 221773,"... The movie feels stitched together from stock situations and characters from other movies .",0 114577,"are far more alienating than involving .",0 99024,"unflappable air",1 94852,"that seek to remake Sleepless in Seattle again and again",0 139809,"whose achievements -- and complexities --",1 94561,"that as far as these shootings are concerned , something is rotten in the state of California",0 185796,"Like the Tuck family themselves , this movie just goes on and on and on and on",0 127499,"most uncanny",1 124768,"is worth a look for its true-to-life characters , its sensitive acting , its unadorned view of rural life and the subtle direction of first-timer Hilary Birmingham",1 149852,"The story and",1 84605,"is simple but absorbing",1 132968,"something that is so meditative and lyrical about Babak Payami 's boldly quirky Iranian drama Secret Ballot ... a charming and evoking little ditty that manages to show the gentle and humane side of Middle Eastern world politics",1 81973,"he 's the best brush in the business",1 189758,"Wimps out by going for that PG-13 rating , so the more graphic violence is mostly off-screen and the sexuality is muted .",0 152120,"a movie is truly going to inspire me",1 94318,"tepid Star Trek",0 108349,"Peppered with witty dialogue and inventive moments",1 207738,"of fools who saw Quentin Tarantino 's handful of raucous gangster films and branched out into their own pseudo-witty copycat interpretations",0 474,"as cho appears to have settled comfortably into her skin",1 1440,"it 's haunting .",1 38269,"the game is even more rigged than it was two centuries ago .",0 132288,"shines like a lonely beacon .",1 205531,"lurches between not-very-funny comedy",0 226910,"Very special effects , brilliantly bold colors and heightened reality ca n't hide the giant Achilles ' heel in `` Stuart Little 2 `` : There 's just no story , folks .",0 11115,"that rivals shakespeare for intrigue , treachery and murder",1 61065,"'s got as potent a topic as ever here",1 26903,"The second coming of Harry Potter is a film far superior to its predecessor . A movie that successfully crushes a best selling novel into a timeframe that mandates that you avoid the Godzilla sized soda .",1 127690,"must indeed be good to recite some of this laughable dialogue with a straight face",0 103693,"A marvel of production design",1 145102,"Enough trivializes an important crisis , reduces it to an almost comic embarrassment .",0 40832,"Dark ,",1 63587,"A wonderful , ghastly film .",1 27950,"a way to lay bare the tragedies of its setting with a good deal of warmth and humor",1 146191,"If it 's seldom boring",1 177749,"watching this film nearly provoked me to take my own life . And",0 124551,"is so prolonged and boring it is n't even close to being the barn-burningly bad movie it promised it would be .",0 137045,"this sensuous and spirited tale",1 136793,"they come , already having been recycled more times than I 'd care to count",0 163706,"it 's the star power of the cast or the redundant messages",0 59852,"very good for what it 's trying to do",1 114652,"are padding unashamedly appropriated from the teen-exploitation playbook",0 12513,"too much time",0 124520,"is so cool that it chills the characters , reducing our emotional stake in the outcome of '' Intacto 's '' dangerous and seductively stylish game",1 203515,"is that it 's far too sentimental .",0 60481,"worthy of the price of a ticket",1 75733,"blazingly alive and admirable",1 197114,"dissing the film",0 235224,"really has no place to go since Simone is not real",0 48960,"an inspired portrait of male-ridden angst and",1 198752,"feels rigged and sluggish",0 136833,"things to like about Murder By Numbers",1 150570,"Uneasy",0 158966,"feels like it 's going to be great",1 72751,"a very funny , heartwarming film",1 198041,"estranged from reality",0 139924,"will leave fans clamoring for another ride",1 13342,"you 're never quite sure where self-promotion ends and the truth begins",0 212654,"street gangs and turf wars in 1958 Brooklyn -- stale cliches , gratuitous violence , or empty machismo",0 202938,"is frustratingly unconvincing .",0 233847,"might as well have come from a Xerox machine rather than ( writer-director ) Franc .",0 206342,"more bluster",0 130041,"pat , fairy-tale conclusion",1 86829,"marvel at the sometimes murky , always brooding look of I",1 220603,"'m afraid .",0 29459,"beautifully shot and scored",1 137643,"to have the best of both worlds",1 120097,"find an escape clause and avoid seeing this trite , predictable rehash",0 123626,"intriguing and realistic",1 11071,"that hinges on the subgenre 's most enabling victim ... and an ebullient affection for industrial-model meat freezers",0 83697,"is , by itself , deserving of discussion .",1 158788,"falls apart long before the end",0 37914,"that unequivocally qualify as art",1 78024,"deserved all the hearts it won -- and wins still ,",1 207587,"of aborted attempts",0 152192,"a one-trick pony",0 138572,"uncompromising , difficult and",0 8991,"narcissism and self-congratulation",0 213848,"that starts out like Heathers , then becomes Bring it On , then becomes unwatchable",0 226306,"The holiday message of the 37-minute Santa vs. the Snowman leaves a lot to be desired .",0 90407,"plenty of female audience members drooling over Michael Idemoto as Michael",1 128957,"of the Austin Powers films",1 197171,"do everything humanly possible to create characters who are sweet and believable , and are defeated by a screenplay that forces them into bizarre , implausible behavior",0 35773,"or have forgotten about the unmentioned victims of war",1 190886,"a lovely trifle that , unfortunately , is a little too in love with its own cuteness",0 49647,"being able to give full performances",1 70084,"There 's none of the happily-ever - after spangle of Monsoon Wedding in Late Marriage -- and that 's part of what makes Dover Kosashvili 's outstanding feature debut so potent .",1 159592,"formulaic chiller",0 139661,"which ones shtick",0 162261,"instantly know whodunit",0 168961,"pleasant from start to finish",1 137453,"to become a household name on the basis of his first starring vehicle",1 51905,"friendship , love",1 204481,"just slopped 'em together here",0 225097,"Neatly",1 200136,"good-natured and never dull",1 16649,"never hogs the scenes from his fellow cast , as there are plenty of laughs and good lines for everyone in this comedy",1 28490,"and ably captures the speech patterns , moral codes and ideals of the 1940s .",1 6316,"except when the fantastic kathy bates turns up",1 31666,"fire-breathing monsters barbecue",1 237282,"the trees hooting it 's praises",1 193582,"as telling a country skunk",0 9262,"of emotional comfort",1 116246,"broad streaks of common sense",1 137580,"to feel sorry for Mick Jagger 's sex life",0 13753,": their shortage dilutes the potency of otherwise respectable action . Still , this flick is fun , and host to some truly excellent sequences .",1 13500,", Narc is as gritty as a movie gets these days .",1 150090,"There are plot holes big enough for Shamu the killer whale to swim through .",0 19602,"a tight , focused performance",1 223815,"I have returned from the beyond to warn you",0 174306,"the most offensive action",0 75987,"broader vision",1 31652,"fine acting",1 216756,"tiresome jargon",0 203754,"it 's easier to change the sheets than to change hackneyed concepts when it comes to dreaming up romantic comedies",0 84252,"is good ,",1 235714,"show this movie to reviewers before its opening , afraid of the bad reviews they thought they 'd earn",0 15421,"circles around her better known co-star , Mark Wahlberg",1 150477,"Too slow , too long and too little happens .",0 191528,"a third-person story now , told by Hollywood , and much more ordinary for it",0 113664,"all the right elements",1 3230,"you enjoy being rewarded by a script that assumes you are n't very bright",0 30943,"drag them to this movie for the Hugh factor",1 74694,"as grand as The Lord of the Rings",1 149379,"The film 's hackneyed message",0 60351,"with human kindness and hopefulness",1 214644,"the final day of the season",1 155569,"bumper sticker platitudes",0 531,"back-stabbing",0 53714,"issue you a dog-tag and an M-16",0 203958,"it lacks the zest and it goes for a plot twist instead of trusting the material",0 215141,"the movie is all portent and no content",0 158526,"every major stunt Seagal 's character ... performs is shot from behind , as if it could fool us into thinking that we 're not watching a double",0 156049,"careens from dark satire to cartoonish slapstick",0 77482,"covers this territory with wit and originality ,",1 1361,"is a movie you 've seen many times",0 52481,"have developed some taste",1 27481,"a departure from the noble characters he has played in the past",1 218867,"watching as it develops",1 53568,"is one of this year 's very best pictures .",1 4640,"an enjoyable",1 115681,"beckons us all",1 231858,"i.e. , a banal spiritual quest",0 183543,"Does n't deserve a passing grade ( even on a curve )",0 83784,"is a funny , puzzling movie ambiguous enough to be engaging and oddly moving .",1 203649,"is unfocused ,",0 103200,"... an adorably whimsical comedy that deserves more than a passing twinkle .",1 138246,"tragic coming-of-age saga",1 135125,"the earmarks",1 213899,"that these women are spectacular",1 124507,"is smarter and subtler than ( Total Recall and Blade Runner ) ,",1 104552,"At 90 minutes this movie is short",0 82010,"head and shoulders above much of the director 's previous popcorn work",1 13136,"with its elbows sticking out where the knees should be",0 86842,"marvelous first 101",1 8454,"like an ugly knot tightening in your stomach . but is that knot from dramatic tension or a symptom of artistic malnutrition",0 233443,"like being trapped while some weird relative trots out the video he took of the family vacation to Stonehenge",0 194413,"been-there material",0 218594,"voice is rather unexceptional",0 3709,"a cutesy romantic",1 148119,"Plays like a volatile and overlong W magazine fashion spread .",0 231267,"good action , good acting",1 203395,"is simply not enough of interest onscreen to sustain its seventy-minute running time",0 233616,"make Gangster No. 1 a worthwhile moviegoing experience .",1 63605,"A-list players",1 102499,", emotionally honest",1 25722,"It 's a bittersweet and lyrical mix of elements .",1 39110,"to a higher level",1 948,"familiar '' before landing squarely on '' stupid",0 114908,"as funny or entertaining",1 229933,"compelling film .",1 38464,"the movie to a higher level",1 198007,"especially because Half Past Dead is like The Rock on a Wal-Mart budget",0 48949,"an impressive and highly entertaining celebration",1 102955,", this movie proves you wrong on both counts .",1 113493,"afterlife",1 64082,"As banal as the telling may be -- and at times , All My Loved Ones more than flirts with kitsch -- the tale commands attention .",1 112233,"a loose collection",0 156535,"come to love",1 212234,"somewhat disappointing and meandering",0 97959,"to blue hilarity",1 31456,"familiar masterpiece",1 76537,"cell phones , guns , and",1 191771,"about street gangs and turf wars in 1958 Brooklyn -- stale cliches , gratuitous violence , or empty machismo",0 134216,"that Skins comes as a welcome , if downbeat , missive from a forgotten front",1 78419,"does have its charms .",1 17601,"the near-disaster",0 175002,"the way it exploits the hot-button issue of domestic abuse for cheap",0 158795,"falls flat where it should deliver a moral punch",0 61787,", beautiful scene",1 233291,"lame comedy .",0 131916,"see because the theater",1 183015,"Carrying this wafer-thin movie on his nimble shoulders",0 184841,"If you do n't laugh",1 46364,"Not the kind of film that will appeal to a mainstream American audience",0 139102,"vivid with color , music and life . Delight your senses and crash this wedding",1 103017,", which is powerful in itself .",1 60812,"'s a film that 's destined to win a wide summer audience through word-of-mouth reviews and , not far down the line , to find a place among the studio 's animated classics .",1 102952,", this loose collection of largely improvised numbers would probably have worked better as a one-hour TV documentary .",0 210421,"repetitive and",0 60927,"'s also somewhat clumsy",0 223806,"I had to look away - this was god awful .",0 137868,"to spread propaganda",0 188050,"The connected stories of Breitbart and Hanussen are actually fascinating , but the filmmaking in Invincible is such that the movie does not do them justice .",0 210441,"represent totally exemplify middle-of-the-road mainstream",1 108134,"Old-fashioned but thoroughly satisfying entertainment",1 94471,"that 's apparently just what ( Aniston ) has always needed to grow into a movie career",1 6865,"grace",1 63468,"A sweet , tender sermon about a 12-year-old Welsh boy more curious",1 139972,"willingness to explore its principal characters with honesty , insight and humor",1 58191,"the debate it joins is a necessary and timely one",1 56618,"rip-roaring comedy action",1 7557,"inspiring , ironic , and revelatory",1 83337,"infused with the sensibility of a video director",1 233803,"me feeling refreshed and hopeful",1 79582,"faithful to Melville 's plotline",1 52345,"happened already to so many silent movies , newsreels",0 176204,"to inspire me",1 152379,"a salute that I 'd hoped the movie would avoid",0 227833,"a compelling journey ... and `` His Best Friend Remembers '' is up there with the finest of specials .",1 30434,"could lead a man across centuries",1 103672,"A lame romantic comedy about an unsympathetic character and someone who would not likely be so stupid as to get",0 40714,"A stunning piece of visual poetry that will , hopefully , be remembered as one of the most important stories to be told in Australia 's film history",1 94222,"tasty slice",1 43359,"'s truly cinematic in scope",1 113127,"about an artist of 90-plus years taking the effort to share his impressions of life and loss and time and art with us",1 54104,"kindness and hopefulness",1 92876,"smart , provocative drama",1 3023,"uneven performances",0 157579,"dislike it",0 101600,"'s also one that , next to his best work , feels clumsy and convoluted",0 171682,"sometimes maddeningly slow film",0 223730,"I 'm not sure which is worse : the poor acting by the ensemble cast , the flat dialogue by Vincent R. Nebrida or the gutless direction by Laurice Guillen .",0 63861,"An energetic , violent movie",1 39499,"turns out to be a cut above the norm , thanks to some clever writing and sprightly acting",1 108843,"Seinfeld 's real life is boring",0 46071,"Maelstrom is strange and compelling , engrossing and different , a moral tale with a twisted sense of humor",1 136771,"these annoyances",0 160937,"having a hard time believing people were paid to make it",0 123969,"is compelling enough ,",1 122064,"he will once again be an honest and loving one",1 166667,"never builds any suspense",0 146312,"In the end , White Oleander is n't an adaptation of a novel . It 's a flashy , star-splashed reduction .",0 130329,"plodding mess",0 161534,"hurting",0 32096,"glides through on some solid performances and witty dialogue .",1 43584,", fun cheese puff",1 72330,"a satisfying evening",1 34665,"most visually stunning and thematically moving",1 14178,"It might be tempting to regard Mr . Andrew and his collaborators as oddballs , but Mr . Earnhart 's quizzical , charming movie allows us to see them , finally , as artists .",1 158995,"felt tired and drained and wanted to lie on my own deathbed for a while .",0 139261,"was n't as bad as I thought it was going to be",1 226357,"The movie feels stitched together from stock situations and characters from other movies .",0 195178,"by killer CGI effects",1 159012,"festooning U . S . art house screens for no reason other than the fact that it 's in French ( well , mostly ) with English subtitles",0 40399,"yet another hat to a talented head",1 123474,"intelligent , and",1 48495,"a wickedly subversive bent",1 127578,"movie sputters",0 200894,"have you scratching your head than hiding under your seat",0 236381,"that I wasted 123 minutes and $ 9.50 on this 21st century",0 166796,"no good inside dope , and no particular bite",0 98771,"turn on many people",1 41130,"Often gruelling and",0 50556,"creeped me out",0 226298,"The gorgeously elaborate continuation",1 6266,"essential",1 20351,"deeply thought-provoking look",1 108319,"Passion , melodrama , sorrow , laugther , and tears cascade over the screen effortlessly ...",1 121617,"hard to imagine acting that could be any flatter",0 119464,"excellent Latin actors of all ages",1 78880,"emerges as the very best of them",1 8643,"makes s & m seem very romantic",1 8113,"its rawness and vitality",1 143098,"A fragile framework",0 3509,"77 minutes of pokemon may not last 4ever ,",0 35188,"of cinematic entertainment",1 15948,"hard to get back into the boys ' story",0 10835,"suffocated at conception by its munchausen-by-proxy mum . punish the vehicle to adore the star",0 20179,"but mostly the humor is of the sweet , gentle and occasionally cloying kind that has become an Iranian specialty .",1 192745,"and much better",1 43598,", high-spirited musical",1 187793,"The Greatest Musicians",1 58648,"the remarkable ensemble cast brings them to life",1 147049,"Lacking gravitas , MacDowell is a placeholder for grief",0 97351,"this Wild film",1 170144,"rigid performances",0 100275,"will leave you with a smile on your face and a grumble in your stomach .",1 191027,"a neat premise",1 12922,"weissman and bill weber benefit enormously",1 191995,"admission ? Absolutely not",0 222071,"A real snooze .",0 231692,"here 's a fun one .",1 232391,"is an icon of moviemaking , one of the best actors , directors and producers around , responsible for some excellent work",1 4051,"a psychologically rich and suspenseful",1 170957,"should enjoy",1 159854,"funny nor suspenseful",0 68501,"Romantic comedy",1 136828,"thin -- then out -- when there 's nothing else happening",0 169830,"recommending it ,",1 160372,"gritty prison authenticity",1 25079,"Dazzles",1 199772,"generates little narrative momentum ,",0 164849,"likable performances",1 72620,"a sweet , charming tale of intergalactic friendship",1 112368,"a movie full of grace",1 186038,"Matthew 's predicament",1 36906,"shine through this bogus veneer ...",0 2167,"revisiting as many times as possible",1 195651,"cheesy fun factor",1 108796,"Scherfig , the writer-director , has made a film so unabashedly hopeful that it actually makes the heart soar . Yes , soar .",1 63384,"A small movie with a big impact",1 216656,"through recklessness and retaliation",0 83108,"in the knowledge imparted",1 212014,"so unsympathetic",0 196601,"dead ( water ) weight",0 217565,"too amateurishly square",0 205718,"makes less sense than the Bruckheimeresque American action flicks it emulates .",0 204669,"lacks the visual panache , the comic touch , and perhaps the budget of Sommers 's title-bout features .",0 230912,"for all the wrong reasons besides .",0 148419,"Schaeffer has to find some hook on which to hang his persistently useless movies , and it might as well be the resuscitation of the middle-aged character .",0 26897,"The saturation bombing of Reggio 's images and Glass ' evocative music ... ultimately leaves viewers with the task of divining meaning .",0 27224,"While the glass slipper does n't quite fit",0 167531,"of inconsistencies that pose the question",0 213326,"terribly obvious melodrama and rough-hewn vanity project",0 190988,"a movie ever could be",1 129960,"paints a grand picture of an era",1 182424,"An inept , tedious spoof",0 58706,"the sheer , selfish , wound-licking , bar-scrapping doggedness of Leon 's struggle to face and transmute his demons",1 177395,"vaporize from your memory minutes after it ends",0 179413,"'m not sure which will take longer to heal : the welt on Johnny Knoxville 's stomach from a riot-control projectile or my own tortured psyche",0 177261,"unsophisticated scare tactics and B-film thuggery",0 48126,"a kind , unapologetic , sweetheart of a movie",1 44253,"A smart , steamy mix",1 158516,"every hack-artist trick to give us the ooky-spookies",0 185323,"It might not be 1970s animation , but everything else about it is straight from the Saturday morning cartoons -- a retread story , bad writing , and the same old silliness .",0 187550,"Starts out strongly before quickly losing its focus , point and purpose in a mess of mixed messages , over-blown drama and Bruce Willis with a scar .",0 22486,"to be disappointed",0 60888,"'s a wonderful , sobering , heart-felt drama",1 190423,"a cutting Hollywood satire",1 41682,"by far the lightest Dogme film and",1 41609,"at once exhilarating , silly , perverse ,",1 103629,"A great companion piece to other Napoleon films",1 187553,"State Property does n't end up being very inspiring or insightful .",0 221572,", the film 's power lies in its complexity .",1 7743,"is n't going to win any academy awards",0 102873,", the film has a gentle , unforced intimacy that never becomes claustrophobic .",1 180699,", intelligent",1 95809,"the giant screen and its hyper-realistic images",1 33279,"is a very fine movie -- go see it .",1 25935,"Leave it to Rohmer , now 82 , to find a way to bend current technique to the service of a vision of the past that is faithful to both architectural glories and commanding open spaces of the city as it was more than two centuries ago",1 43210,"'s as morning-glory exuberant as she was in Amélie",1 162884,"is far from the only thing wrong with the clumsy comedy Stealing Harvard",0 121540,"had no effect and elicited no sympathies for any of the characters",0 32744,"if the picture also shares the weaknesses of both genres , more",0 190062,"a B-movie revenge",0 7921,"it can still make you feel that you never want to see another car chase , explosion or gunfight again",0 192144,"all but spits out Denzel Washington 's fine performance in the title role .",1 37522,"surrounds him with interesting characters and sends us out of the theater feeling",1 210817,"saw a movie where I wanted so badly for the protagonist to fail",0 228525,"an actor this uncharismatically beautiful",1 107893,"Murphy do the genial-rogue shtick to death ,",0 207275,"notorious reputation",0 74958,"at once visceral and spiritual",1 115311,"back the springboard for a more immediate mystery in the present",1 222404,"Any rock pile will do for a set .",0 218329,"us nothing new",0 77334,"conventional ,",0 84018,"is an oddly fascinating depiction of an architect of pop culture",1 24196,"1950 live-action swashbuckling classic",1 228001,"a lower I.Q. than when I had entered",0 143354,"A soggy , shapeless mess ... just a dumb excuse for a waterlogged equivalent of a haunted-house movie",0 116779,"cautions",0 179888,"'s not enough substance here to sustain interest for the full 90 minutes , especially with the weak payoff",0 183016,"Carrying this wafer-thin movie on his nimble shoulders , Chan wades through putrid writing , direction and timing with a smile that says , ` If I stay positive , maybe I can channel one of my greatest pictures , Drunken Master . '",0 142602,", unfunny and unrecommendable",0 23733,", it wins you over .",1 203147,"is n't a disaster , exactly , but a very handsomely produced let-down",0 156403,"close to being exciting",1 136913,"this delicate coming-of-age tale",1 78420,"does have some very funny sequences",1 21889,"rough edges",0 124853,"it 's not half-bad",1 111928,"a filmmaker when he can be wacky without clobbering the audience over the head and still maintain a sense of urgency and suspense",1 39048,"through dishonesty , but because they genuinely believe it 's the only way to bring happiness to their loved ones",1 232817,"is the picture of health with boundless energy until a few days before she dies .",1 219888,"without intent",1 172749,"than enchanting ... terribly episodic and lacking the spark of imagination that might have made it an exhilarating",0 31120,"enjoyably complex",1 71729,"a gleefully grungy",1 120575,"forgotten the movie",0 209723,"pretty far from a treasure",0 120591,"formulaic and forgettable that it 's hardly over before it begins to fade from memory",0 30871,"dives straight into the rough waters of contradiction",0 76213,"by the better film 's ability to make its subject interesting to those who are n't part of its supposed target audience . Judging by those standards , ` Scratch ' is a pretty decent little documentary",1 152746,"about canning his stockbroker and repairing his pool",1 71625,"a female friendship that is more complex and honest than anything represented in a Hollywood film",1 158083,"early work",1 22421,"think he 'd appreciate this attempt to turn his life into art",1 174322,"the movie 's strengths",1 166803,"no good scenes",0 87656,"must be admitted , not entirely humorless . Indeed",0 121875,"has turned out nearly 21\/2 hours of unfocused , excruciatingly tedious cinema that , half an hour in , starts making water torture seem appealing",0 128089,"not a participant",0 38285,"the goods",1 96503,"the punk kids ' revolution",1 99071,"unlike so many other Hollywood movies of its ilk",1 181211,"-- lots of boring talking heads , etc . --",0 180675,", humorous , spooky , educational , but at other times as bland as a block of snow .",0 209248,"phenomenal performances",1 101730,"'s kind of insulting ,",0 181460,"9 seconds of Jesse Helms ' anti- Castro rhetoric",0 88564,"of expository material",1 60168,"who love Cinema Paradiso will find the new scenes interesting , but few will find the movie",1 44820,"By no means a slam-dunk and sure to ultimately disappoint the action fans who will be moved to the edge of their seats by the dynamic first act , it still comes off as a touching , transcendent love story .",0 100404,"with a grand whimper",0 217316,"to see two Academy Award winning actresses ( and one Academy Award winning actor ) succumb to appearing in this junk that 's TV sitcom material at best",0 91359,"refreshing to see a romance this smart",1 232286,"is a fleeting and precious commodity no matter how old you are",1 147582,"Must-see viewing for anyone involved in the high-tech industry",1 27009,"This romantic thriller is steeped in the atmosphere of wartime England , and ably captures the speech patterns , moral codes and ideals of the 1940s .",1 180267,"( but ) from a mere story point of view , the film 's ice cold",0 10404,"shine",1 236457,"that is a visual tour-de-force and a story that is unlike any you will likely see anywhere else",1 211672,"sink the film for anyone who does n't think about percentages all day long",0 162730,"is almost impossible",0 228336,"accumulate like lint in a fat man 's navel",0 101169,"you see it in these harrowing surf shots",1 148865,"Steven Shainberg 's adaptation of Mary Gaitskill 's harrowing short story ... is a brilliantly played , deeply unsettling experience .",1 217721,"toward maximum comfort and familiarity",1 58426,"the intensity with which he 's willing to express his convictions",1 130240,"pinheads",0 98185,"to make box office money that makes Michael Jordan jealous",1 149306,"The director mostly plays it straight , turning Leys ' fable into a listless climb down the social ladder .",0 222725,"But Toback 's deranged immediacy makes it seem fresh again .",1 149755,"The premise for this kegger comedy probably sounded brilliant four six-packs and a pitcher of margaritas in ,",0 96336,"the paranoid claustrophobia of a submarine movie with the unsettling spookiness of the supernatural -- why did n't Hollywood think of this sooner ?",1 31610,"filled with scams within scams within scams .",0 195047,"but filmmaker Yvan Attal quickly writes himself into a corner",0 119606,"extreme action-packed film",1 172316,"sunk by the film 's primitive approach to the mechanics of comedy",0 8423,"life type of flick",1 39447,"tremendous energy from the cast , a sense of playfulness and excitement",1 182445,"An uneasy mix of run-of-the-mill raunchy humor and seemingly sincere personal reflection .",0 22732,"we would expect nothing less from this bunch",1 61653,", Metropolis is a feast for the eyes .",1 111106,"While easier to sit through than most of Jaglom 's self-conscious and gratingly irritating films , it 's still tainted by cliches , painful improbability and murky points .",0 132001,"seems embarrassed by his own invention",0 39847,"warm invitation",1 526,"award",1 93098,"some laughs and a smile",1 171173,"sitting through it is something akin to an act of cinematic penance",0 179495,"'s a Frankenstein-monster of a film that does n't know what it wants to be .",0 41042,"Its mysteries are transparently obvious , and",0 234425,"of goofball stunts any `` Jackass '' fan",0 172582,"teaches all too well",1 10682,"splendid production",1 226136,"The Movie is clever , offbeat and even gritty enough to overcome my resistance .",1 140450,"works on some levels and",1 155158,"better than Pokemon 4Ever",1 187737,"That neither protagonist has a distinguishable condition hardly matters because both are just actory concoctions , defined by childlike dimness and a handful of quirks .",0 14012,"Everlasting",1 98599,"tough enough to fit in any modern action movie",1 192937,"any way of gripping what its point is",0 85360,"its predecessors proud",1 53692,"is very much a step in the right direction",1 216151,"there is no foundation for it",0 22109,"sure to please anyone in search of a Jules and Jim for the new millennium",1 111610,"a certain part of a man 's body",1 17811,"to listen to them reading the phone book",0 203406,"is so bad it does n't improve upon the experience of staring at a blank screen",0 163614,"it 's about as exciting as a sunburn",0 52943,"in its loving yet unforgivingly inconsistent depiction of everyday people , relaxed in its perfect quiet pace",1 40326,"women , water , nature , and sexuality",1 116977,"churlish",0 73477,"allowing us to find the small , human moments , and leaving off with a grand whimper",1 18780,"Chalk it up to my adoration for both De Niro and Murphy",1 182633,"At every opportunity to do something clever",1 60152,"who continually raises the standard of her profession",1 139564,"what really sets the film apart is Debrauwer 's refusal to push the easy emotional buttons",1 92469,"she 's never been better in this colorful bio-pic of a Mexican icon",1 99987,"which has been held hostage by generic scripts that seek to remake Sleepless in Seattle again and again",0 135350,"the film its flaws",0 48295,"a preordained '' big moment ''",1 45249,"Filmmakers who can deftly change moods are treasures and even marvels . So , too , is this comedy about mild culture clashing in today 's New Delhi .",1 7832,"is wickedly fun",1 64888,"Cube 's charisma and chemistry",1 24714,"As a revenge thriller , the movie is serviceable",1 49549,"be the best play of the 19th century . It 's so good that its relentless , polished wit can withstand not only inept school productions , but even Oliver Parker 's movie adaptation",1 16438,"lectures on '' the other '' and '' the self",0 45743,"It 's made with deftly unsettling genre flair .",1 73029,"above its oh-so-Hollywood rejiggering and its conventional direction to give the film a soul and an unabashed sense of good old-fashioned escapism",1 234030,"my least favourite emotions , especially when I have to put up with 146 minutes of it",0 124217,"is likely to cause massive cardiac arrest if taken in large doses",0 81723,"has its rewards .",1 119195,"entertaining movie",1 37358,"stirred by the powerful work of his co-stars",1 80113,"fleeting joys",1 189125,"Though Impostor deviously adopts the guise of a modern motion picture , it too is a bomb .",0 44086,"A gem of a romantic crime comedy that turns out to be clever , amusing and unpredictable .",1 9771,"poignancy",0 166766,"no better film than Half Past Dead",1 218475,"very informative",1 17484,"the benchmark against which all other Best Picture contenders should be measured",1 69144,"Takes you by the face , strokes your cheeks and coos beseechingly at you : slow down , shake off your tensions and take this picture at its own breezy , distracted rhythms .",1 40636,"A candid and often fascinating documentary about a Pentecostal church in Dallas",1 36695,"scene-stealing wit and wolfish pessimism",1 90778,"prove diverting enough",1 121020,"gentle longing",1 51151,"emotionally and narratively complex",1 214299,"the choppy editing",0 129317,"often looks like an episode of the TV show Blind Date , only less technically proficient and without the pop-up comments .",0 130531,"precious and finely cut diamond",1 24921,"By the time we learn that Andrew 's Turnabout Is Fair Play is every bit as awful as Borchardt 's Coven",0 191020,"a multitude of simple-minded",0 138860,"us of how very bad a motion picture can truly be . Frank McKlusky C . I",0 82190,"hilarious place to visit",1 86378,"love the opening scenes of a wintry New York City in 1899 . Cinematic poetry showcases the city 's old-world charm before machines change nearly everything",1 73560,"am more offended by his lack of faith in his audience than by anything on display",0 194759,"boasting this many genuine cackles",1 127931,"new swings",1 74447,"are too strange and dysfunctional",0 33608,"it 's still pretty tasty .",1 202816,"is cheap junk and an insult to their death-defying efforts",0 199252,"for kids or their parents , for that matter",0 134500,"that only seems to care about the bottom line",0 72676,"a top-notch cast",1 19975,"artfully camouflaged as everyday activities",1 177706,"wastes all its star power on cliched or meaningless roles",0 179697,"'s denial of sincere grief and mourning in favor of bogus spiritualism",0 111776,"a delightfully unpredictable , hilarious comedy with wonderful performances that tug at your heart in ways that utterly transcend gender",1 191115,"a poor fit with Kieslowski 's lyrical pessimism",0 173651,"the concept is a poor one",0 41586,"are so funny ,",1 157434,"difficult to connect with on any deeper level",0 126035,"like `",1 220222,"you 'll leave the theater wondering why these people mattered",0 133645,"supplied",1 221401,", it 's a very very strong `` B + . ''",1 205293,"long gone bottom-of-the-bill fare",0 214767,"the harsh reality of my situation",0 68820,"Slap Her",0 96066,"the lovely Hush !",1 18344,", a genre movie that delivers -- in a couple of genres , no less .",1 129663,"only wish we could have spent more time in its world",1 49571,"beautiful city",1 75833,"both a level of sophisticated intrigue and human-scale characters that suck the audience in",1 223729,"I 'm just about ready to go to the U.N. and ask permission for a preemptive strike",0 190276,"a charm",1 22293,"the kind of elegant symmetry that 's rare in film today",1 113663,"all the pleasure of a handsome and well-made entertainment",1 216049,"their way around this movie directionless , lacking any of the rollicking dark humor so necessary",0 222609,"Better still , he does all of this , and more , while remaining one of the most savagely hilarious social critics this side of Jonathan Swift .",1 147406,"Meandering , sub-aquatic mess",0 84642,"is stark , straightforward and deadly ...",1 131123,"reasonably well-done",1 116664,"captain",1 161020,"head-banging obviousness",0 75197,"be a bit of a cheat in the end",0 105534,"Drawing on an irresistible , languid romanticism , Byler reveals the ways in which a sultry evening or a beer-fueled afternoon in the sun can inspire even the most retiring heart to venture forth .",1 28643,"and heart-warming",1 198224,"everything except someone pulling the pin from a grenade with his teeth",0 208355,"old movies , when you could just rent those movies instead , let alone seek out a respectable new one",0 114009,"an entirely stale concept",0 238698,"who feels acting is the heart and soul of cinema",1 30692,"delivers a typically solid performance in a role that is a bit of a departure from the noble characters he has played in the past",1 65436,"Extraordinary",1 83613,"intricate magic",1 171608,"some script weaknesses and the casting of the director 's brother",0 222251,"Almost as offensive as `` Freddy Got Fingered . ''",0 11052,"that could easily wait for your pay per view dollar",0 227559,"`` Project Greenlight '' winner",1 95845,"the great equalizer that can calm us of our daily ills and bring out joys in our lives that we never knew",1 34438,"meat-and-potatoes",0 4374,"accomplishes its goals",1 164724,"left wondering about this exotic-looking woman whose emotional depths are only hinted at",0 100246,"will enjoy this sometimes wry adaptation of V . S . Naipaul 's novel",1 170978,"should n't have gone straight to video",1 106646,"If you open yourself up to Mr . Reggio 's theory of this imagery as the movie 's set",1 28912,"and without fuss :",1 49189,"are relegated to the background -- a welcome step forward from the Sally Jesse Raphael atmosphere of films like Philadelphia and American Beauty",1 42804,"the description '' unelected '' have suspected all along",0 58845,"the whimsy is in the mixture , the intoxicating masala , of cultures and film genres",1 202906,"is exhaustion , from watching a movie that is dark ( dark green , to be exact ) , sour , bloody and mean .",0 232421,"is better than any summer blockbuster we had to endure last summer , and hopefully , sets the tone for a summer of good stuff .",1 171035,"shows some spunk and promise",1 186628,"Overall tomfoolery like this is a matter of taste .",0 213863,"that tells us nothing new",0 235298,"relaxed in its perfect quiet pace and",1 224696,"Made to be Jaglomized is the Cannes Film Festival , the annual Riviera spree of flesh , buzz , blab and money .",0 6189,"emotional comfort",1 86627,"makes an unusual but pleasantly haunting debut behind the camera",1 159269,"flows as naturally",1 7148,"his beautiful",1 217410,"to that elusive , lovely place",1 65669,"Friel pulls the strings that make Williams sink into melancholia",0 4220,"a thriller without thrills and a mystery devoid of urgent questions",0 106353,"Humorous , artsy , and even cute",1 78599,"draw out the menace of its sparse dialogue",0 72586,"a sturdiness and solidity",1 40363,"worth the price of admission",1 15244,"beloved",1 125869,"leave us stranded with nothing more than our lesser appetites .",0 95242,"the brilliant performances",1 116839,"character to avoid the fate that has befallen every other Carmen before her",1 98481,"told with the intricate preciseness of the best short story writing .",1 93474,"stay with the stage versions",0 67918,"Nothing can detract from the affection of that moral favorite : friends will be friends through thick and thin .",1 13260,"would seem to be surefire casting",1 74229,"appeals to the storytelling instincts of a slightly more literate filmgoing audience",1 152350,"a rejected ABC Afterschool Special",0 98655,"transforms this story about love and culture",1 11733,"the philosophical musings of the dialogue jar against the tawdry soap opera antics of the film 's action in a way that is surprisingly enjoyable",1 29030,"are among cinema 's finest this year . Unfortunately",1 194778,"bogs down in insignificance ,",0 90533,"possibly the best actor working in movies today",1 137166,"thought was rather clever .",1 17737,"this is a better film than his earlier English-language movie , the overpraised Elizabeth",1 8717,"may be based on a true and historically significant story",1 103347,"7th Heaven",0 192870,"another unoriginal run of the mill sci-fi film with a flimsy ending and lots of hype",0 64018,"Apart from its own considerable achievement",1 180270,"( but ultimately silly )",0 53995,"its sweeping battle scenes",1 56640,"rollicking good time",1 39257,"to ponder and chew on as its unusual relationship slowly unfolds",1 237588,"thoroughly awful movie",0 62586,"... is at once playful and haunting , an in-depth portrait of an iconoclastic artist who was fundamentally unknowable even to his closest friends .",1 227491,"`` Freaky Friday , '' it 's not .",0 31347,"exigencies",1 200694,"has virtually nothing to show",0 136789,"they also demonstrate how desperate the makers of this ` we 're - doing-it-for - the-cash ' sequel were .",0 26725,"The Good Girl is a refreshingly adult take on adultery ...",1 230457,"dupe the viewer into taking it all as Very Important",0 34354,"managing to walk a fine line with regard to the question of Joan 's madness",1 8366,"laughing at britney spears ' movie-starring debut whenever it does n't have you impatiently squinting at your watch",0 37265,"spunky , original",1 172829,"that 's creepy and effective",1 181824,"A man leaving the screening said the film was better than Saving Private Ryan . He may have meant the Internet short Saving Ryan 's Privates . But Windtalkers does n't beat that one , either .",0 112312,"a mere excuse for the wan , thinly sketched story . Killing time , that 's all that 's going on here",0 21404,"natural , matter-of-fact performances that glint with sorrow , longing and love",1 36733,"second round to see the subtleties of Ramsay 's portrait of grief",1 116465,"by the time it 's done with us , Mira Nair 's new movie has its audience giddy with the delight of discovery",1 164555,"lame horror flicks",0 157564,"disguise the fact that , really , we 've been here , done that",0 66581,"It 's mildly entertaining , especially if you find comfort in familiarity .",1 39629,"unfulfilled",0 229728,"captive by mediocrity",0 42903,"to display his cadness to perfection , but also",1 7974,"it thumbs down due to the endlessly repetitive scenes of embarrassment",0 226195,"The appeal of the vulgar , sexist , racist humour went over my head or -- considering just how low brow it is -- perhaps it snuck under my feet .",0 61140,"'s never dull and always looks good",1 72016,"a more sheerly beautiful film",1 187039,"Russell lacks the visual panache , the comic touch , and perhaps the budget of Sommers 's title-bout features .",0 41551,"an inviting piece of film",1 81937,"have to salute writer-director Haneke ( he adapted Elfriede Jelinek 's novel ) for making a film that is n't nearly as graphic but much more powerful , brutally shocking and difficult to watch .",1 182652,"Attal 's hang-ups surrounding infidelity are so old-fashioned",0 48244,"a nightmare made flesh",0 39056,"through the B . S . giving a big middle-fingered '' shut up '' to those who talk up what is nothing more than two guys beating the hell outta one another",0 139590,"when he can be wacky without clobbering the audience over the head and still maintain a sense of urgency and suspense",1 78861,"embarrassed",0 31342,"exemplary",1 27599,"a joke at once flaky and resonant , lightweight and bizarrely original",1 175701,"through ten pseudo-serious minutes",0 88591,"of four Englishmen facing the prospect of their own mortality",0 165814,"meant well in its horse tale about freedom , but was n't able to reach the heart because it was too overbearing",0 79254,"even more reassuring is how its makers actually seem to understand what made Allen 's romantic comedies so pertinent and enduring",1 91830,"run of the mill",0 1099,"goofily endearing and well-lensed",1 50328,"compelling characters",1 37746,"that , by the end of Monsoon Wedding , sent my spirit soaring out of the theater",1 218108,"under your belt",1 88658,"of hopeful",1 207145,"none of the crackle of '' Fatal Attraction '' , '' 9 1/2 Weeks '' , or",0 66537,"It 's another retelling of Alexandre Dumas ' classic . Why ? Who knows ,",0 37595,"takes you inside the rhythms of its subject",1 5465,"catastrophe",0 96885,"the tiny events that could make a person who has lived her life half-asleep suddenly wake up and take notice",1 237067,"the most disappointing Woody Allen movie",0 86754,"manages to keep you at the edge of your seat with its shape-shifting perils , political intrigue and brushes with calamity",1 206220,"mired in stasis",0 199167,"for a film that has nothing",0 18207,"Schweiger is ) talented and terribly charismatic , qualities essential to both movie stars and social anarchists .",1 176618,"too formulaic and too familiar to produce the transgressive",0 193507,"as it is flavorless",0 101829,"'s nothing interesting in Unfaithful whatsoever .",0 144541,"Collateral Damage paints an absurdly simplistic picture .",0 77862,"definitive account",1 226092,"The Adventures of Pluto Nash '' is a big time stinker .",0 238131,"truly frightening situation",1 113239,"above run-of-the-filth gangster flicks",1 101994,"'s why Sex and Lucia is so alluring",1 158364,"equally great Robin Williams performance",1 27960,"a winner",1 187693,"Tartakovsky 's team has some freakish powers of visual charm , but",1 68920,"Sparkling , often hilarious romantic jealousy comedy ...",1 228410,"aggressively impressive as its American counterpart",1 161384,"hold no more surprise",0 226386,"The only entertainment you 'll derive from this choppy and sloppy affair",0 141505,"'s nothing so striking or fascinating or metaphorically significant about his career as to rate two hours of our attention",0 154778,"be my preferred way of spending 100 minutes or $ 7 . 00",1 55941,"passion , creativity , and fearlessness",1 104940,"By turns gripping , amusing , tender and heart-wrenching",1 20299,"could change America , not only because it is full of necessary discussion points , but because it is so accessible that it makes complex politics understandable to viewers looking for nothing but energetic entertainment",1 188776,"The world needs more filmmakers with passionate enthusiasms like Martin Scorsese . But",1 191355,"a smoother , more focused",1 20493,"even if none of it makes a lick of sense",0 131746,"satisfying destination",1 115483,"be commended for taking a fresh approach to familiar material",1 142691,"-- and it is n't that funny .",0 32830,"in a sweet and charming way",1 107711,"Melds derivative elements into something that is often quite rich and exciting , and always a beauty to behold .",1 6250,"equally beautiful",1 169865,"refuses to develop an energy level",0 133279,"stereotypical one",0 207638,"of boring",0 197822,"empty , fetishistic violence",0 121707,"has been overexposed , redolent of a thousand cliches",0 51382,"exactly how much is exaggeration",0 57502,"summer blockbuster",1 101041,"you 'll be shaking your head all the way to the credits",0 46474,"Parker displays in freshening the play",1 37971,"the Shadows of Motown",1 30646,"definitely -- defiantly --",1 151572,"a customarily jovial air",1 229080,"authenticate",1 217835,"trudge out",0 6035,"does n't have to be as a collection of keening and self-mutilating sideshow geeks",0 83976,"is always welcome",1 69034,"Succeeds as a well-made evocation of a subculture .",1 213824,"that serve no other purpose than to call attention to themselves",0 139352,"waydowntown manages to nail the spirit-crushing ennui of denuded urban living without giving in to it .",1 136140,"the rest of us will be lulled into a coma .",0 103845,"A remarkably alluring film",1 157317,"deserves credit for bringing audiences into this hard and bitter place",1 195224,"by the pathetic idea",0 20450,"enchanting",1 1808,"my big fat greek wedding is that rare animal known as ' a perfect family film , ' because it 's about family .",1 218926,"we do n't avert our eyes for a moment",1 25736,"It 's a remarkably solid and subtly satirical tour de force .",1 163030,"is missing from it all is a moral . What is the filmmakers ' point ?",0 109236,"Studios",1 175736,"tick off every point of '' The Longest Yard '' playbook like a checklist .",0 16553,"may not have the dramatic gut-wrenching impact of other Holocaust films",0 144134,"Better at putting you to sleep than a sound machine",0 53088,"injects just enough freshness into the proceedings to provide an enjoyable 100 minutes in a movie theater",1 21821,"realistic and greatly moving",1 30954,"draws out the best from his large cast in beautifully articulated portrayals that are subtle and so expressive they can sustain the poetic flights in Burdette 's dialogue .",1 123148,"in the film 's drumbeat about authenticity , given the stale plot and pornographic way the film revels in swank apartments , clothes and parties",1 67106,"Lagaan",1 26683,"Sweet",1 195462,"cared much about any aspect of it , from its cheesy screenplay",0 157106,"dangerously slow",0 96255,"the new thriller proves that director M . Night Shyamalan can weave an eerie spell and that Mel Gibson can gasp , shudder and even tremble without losing his machismo .",1 17556,"the fresh air of true sophistication",1 10445,"showtime is closer to slowtime .",0 122825,"improved upon the first",1 141069,"'s ... like a series of pretentiously awful student films strung together into one feature-length horror",0 32489,"here is unmistakable and hard to resist .",1 213671,"that if you give a filmmaker an unlimited amount of phony blood , nothing good can happen",0 230966,"forces the viewer to totally suspend disbelief",0 114897,"as erratic as its central character",0 116951,"chilling , and affecting",1 180724,", it 's pretty but dumb .",0 27167,"We need ( Moore 's ) noisy , cocky energy , his passion and class consciousness : we need his shticks , we need his stones .",1 112904,"a topnotch foursome",1 144635,"Could the whole plan here have been to produce something that makes Fatal Attraction look like a classic by comparison ? That 's the only sane rationale I can think of for Swimfan 's existence .",0 233101,"it was n't the subject matter that ultimately defeated the film ... It was the unfulfilling , incongruous , `` wait a second",0 62833,"A charmer from Belgium .",1 57893,"that the debate it joins is a necessary and timely one",1 21102,"it exudes a kind of nostalgic spy-movie charm and , at the same time , is so fresh and free of the usual thriller nonsense that it all seems to be happening for the first time .",1 188546,"The plot is paper-thin and the characters are n't interesting enough to watch them go about their daily activities for two whole hours",0 209631,"precious little of either",0 67947,"Of Favor manages not only to find a compelling dramatic means of addressing a complex situation",1 159208,"flailing away",0 238117,"tries too hard to be funny and tries too hard to be hip",0 131665,"rubbish that is listless , witless , and devoid of anything resembling humor .",0 8114,"its rawness and vitality give it considerable punch",1 50005,"can deftly change moods are treasures and even marvels . So",1 209853,"provided his own broadside",0 170512,"sedentary doldrums",0 199549,"from a consummate actor incapable of being boring",1 129038,"of the hilarious writer-director himself",1 92960,"so it 's not a brilliant piece of filmmaking , but",0 58572,"the perfect kind of film",1 168631,"paint-by-numbers",0 27388,"a boldly experimental , contemporary stylist with a bright future",1 161642,"ill-starred",0 69617,"The fluid motion is astounding on any number of levels -- including the physical demands made on Büttner -- and it implies in its wake the intractable , irreversible flow of history .",1 32609,"hits audiences with what may be his most demented film to date",0 167720,"of styles and genres",1 157912,"downright silly",0 160791,"have a great ending",1 150809,"What 's next ? D . J . Qualls as Indiana Jones ? Or Tom Green as Han Solo ?",0 24522,"A yarn that respects the Marvel version without becoming ensnared by it .",1 189859,"Would that Greengrass had gone a tad less for grit and a lot more for intelligibility",0 209878,"psychotic than romantic",0 226812,"Triple X is a double agent , and he 's one bad dude",1 77421,"could hardly ask for more",1 200933,"he has something significant to say",1 143017,"A boring , wincingly cute and nauseatingly politically correct cartoon",0 237930,"to rush right out and see it",1 5814,"crushes",1 165932,"might have helped",1 210449,"reproduce the special spark between the characters that made the first film such a delight",1 182602,"As pedestrian as they come .",0 86776,"many different ideas from happiness",1 9832,"pretty unpleasant",0 98770,"turn down a big bowl of that",0 115541,"be occupied for 72 minutes",0 175375,"this emotional misery",0 234760,"one-sided , outwardly sexist or mean-spirited",0 87215,"moral favorite",1 93705,"sub",0 221190,", Mr. Ratliff wisely rejects the temptation to make fun of his subjects .",1 99721,"we believe in them",1 88312,"of a determined woman 's courage to find her husband in a war zone",1 86195,"lively dream",1 194608,"between presiding over the end of cinema as we know it and another night of delightful hand shadows",0 118126,"designed strictly for children 's home video ,",0 236027,"starring a `` SNL '' has-been acting like an 8-year-old channeling Roberto Benigni",0 109652,"The characters are based on stock clichés , and the attempt to complicate the story only defies credibility",0 58443,"the level of the comedy declines as the movie proceeds",0 194500,"believe a movie can be mindless without being the peak of all things insipid",0 85274,"its funny , moving yarn that holds up well after two decades",1 159287,"focuses on Joan 's raging hormones and sledgehammers",0 90479,"pollution",0 52602,"highest production values",1 236696,"the `` XXX '' crowd , people who enjoy mindless action without the benefit of decent acting , writing , and direction",0 34079,"like L'Avventura and Repulsion",1 210815,"saw Quentin Tarantino 's handful of raucous gangster films and branched out into their own pseudo-witty copycat interpretations",0 138683,"unfunny and",0 148892,"Stuffy , full of itself , morally ambiguous and nothing to shout about .",0 65081,"Director Douglas McGrath",1 119712,"falls to the floor with a sickening thud .",0 5652,"comes from a renowned indian film culture that allows americans to finally revel in its splendor",1 33274,"is a terrific character study , a probe into the life of a complex man .",1 97741,"tickles",1 28607,"and filled with enjoyably complex characters who are never what they first appear",1 98164,"to learn , to grow ,",1 6378,"failing",0 68017,"One of the smarter offerings the horror genre has produced in recent memory , even if it 's far tamer than advertised .",1 177298,"up . Wiser souls would have tactfully pretended not to see it",0 214830,"the imaginary sport it projects onto the screen -- loud , violent and mindless",0 28946,"another fish-out-of-water story that barely stays afloat .",0 58457,"the long-faced sad sack",0 27778,"a reject from Monty Python 's Meaning of Life",0 116938,"childish",0 5677,"compelling as it is exotic , fast runner has a plot that rivals shakespeare for intrigue , treachery and murder .",1 89602,"one of the best gay love stories ever made",1 219213,"where normally good actors , even Kingsley , are made to look bad",0 235649,"shameless self-caricature",0 170632,"seems to have dumped a whole lot of plot in favor of ... outrageous gags .",0 144374,"Care deftly captures the wonder and menace of growing up , but he never really embraces the joy of Fuhrman 's destructive escapism or the grace-in-rebellion found by his characters",0 225425,"Pellington gives `` Mothman '' an irresistibly uncanny ambience that goes a long way toward keeping the picture compelling",1 143425,"A waste",0 67249,"Like a child with an important message to tell ... ( Skins ' ) faults are easy to forgive because the intentions are lofty .",1 229850,"clichés and a dim",0 188753,"The troubling thing about Clockstoppers",0 7507,"in trying to be daring and original , it",0 167453,"of even the most elemental literacy , an inkling of genuine wit , and anything resembling acting",0 134547,"that seems tailor",1 187941,"The animation and backdrops are lush and inventive ,",1 205044,"like a temperamental child begging for attention , giving audiences no reason to truly care for its decrepit freaks beyond the promise of a reprieve from their incessant whining",0 186765,"Presents nothing special and , until the final act , nothing overtly disagreeable",0 106845,"It 's clotted with heavy-handed symbolism , dime-store psychology and endless scenic shots that make 105 minutes seem twice as long .",0 22309,"the most persnickety preteens should enjoy this nonthreatening but thrilling adventure .",1 34502,"minor flaws",0 23947,", though lovers of the book may wonder why it 's necessary",0 61246,"'s sharply comic and surprisingly touching",1 189953,"ZigZag might have been richer and more observant if it were less densely plotted .",0 232270,"is a diverting -- if predictable -- adventure suitable for a matinee , with a message that cautions children about disturbing the world 's delicate ecological balance .",1 27710,"a nicely detailed world of pawns , bishops and kings , of wagers in dingy backrooms or pristine forests",1 199546,"from a Xerox machine rather than ( writer-director ) Franc . Reyes ' word processor",0 9364,"of the killing field and the barbarism of ` ethnic cleansing",0 17417,"that Derrida would doubtless give his blessing to",1 66638,"It 's plotless , shapeless -- and yet , it must be admitted , not entirely humorless . Indeed",0 232356,"is a smorgasbord of soliloquies about nothing delivered by the former Mr. Drew Barrymore .",0 38898,"they know their roles so well",1 162763,"is an icon of moviemaking , one of the best actors , directors and producers around",1 189540,"What 's most offensive is n't the waste of a good cast ,",0 101979,"'s uninteresting",0 72352,"a sense of light-heartedness , that makes it attractive throughout",1 2870,"this may be the dumbest , sketchiest movie on record about an aspiring writer 's coming-of-age .",0 121888,"hated myself",0 113582,"all derivative",0 87363,"more wrenching",0 110520,"This mess of a movie",0 211307,"settle for",0 23203,"'ve shared a great adventure",1 161850,"in deriding James Bond for being a clichéd , doddering , misogynistic boy 's club",0 187324,"Skillful as he is",1 20430,"dynamite at the very end",1 37893,"that shading is what makes it worthwhile .",1 129670,"oodles of charm",1 234959,"play one lewd scene after another",0 157813,"does nothing new with the old story , except to show fisticuffs in this sort of stop-go slow motion that makes the gang rumbles look like they 're being streamed over a 28K modem .",0 202499,"is ) the comedy equivalent of Saddam Hussein , and I 'm just about ready to go to the U . N . and ask permission for a preemptive strike",0 195119,"by Vincent R . Nebrida or the gutless direction",0 81708,"has far more energy",1 136843,"think of it as '' Pootie Tang with a budget",0 33628,"it avoids the stupid cliches and formulaic potholes that befall its brethren .",1 85425,"its superior cast",1 93670,"stunning technical achievement",1 55379,"of her profession",1 66677,"It 's the sweet Cinderella story that '' Pretty Woman '' wanted to be .",1 175825,"to Ram Dass",1 81324,"gradually sneaks up on the audience",1 14499,"The invincible Werner Herzog",1 201105,"hijacks the heat of revolution",0 40459,"you think it ca n't get any more gay , in pops Nathan Lane",0 123748,"is a filmmaker with a bright future ahead of him",1 148684,"So unremittingly awful",0 11710,"the pacing is deadly",0 79956,"find love in the most unlikely place",1 84005,"is an impressive achievement in spite of a river of sadness that pours into every frame .",1 216522,"this woefully hackneyed movie",0 94587,"that collect a bunch of people who are enthusiastic about something and then",1 231216,"giving a big middle-fingered `` shut up '' to those who talk up what is nothing more than two guys beating the hell outta one another",0 192496,"an atrociously , mind-numbingly , indescribably bad movie",0 99625,"was more diverting and thought-provoking than I 'd expected it to be",1 149206,"The actors do n't inhabit their roles -- they 're trapped by them , forced to change behavior in bizarre unjustified fashion and spout dialog that consists mostly of platitudes .",0 59086,"three excellent principal singers",1 162232,"insensitive",0 213921,"that tries to grab us , only to keep letting go at all the wrong moments",0 95692,"the film works - mostly due to its superior cast of characters .",1 119191,"entertaining , if ultimately minor , thriller",1 146650,"It concentrates far too much on the awkward interplay and utter lack of chemistry between Chan and Hewitt .",0 179652,"'s because there 's no discernible feeling beneath the chest hair",0 231897,"if you appreciate the one-sided theme to Lawrence 's over-indulgent tirade , then knock yourself out and enjoy the big screen postcard that is a self-glorified Martin Lawrence lovefest .",0 137461,"to believe in something that is improbable",0 169762,"really earned my indignant , preemptive departure",0 75625,"between Chaplin and Kidman",1 186554,"One look at a girl in tight pants and big tits and you turn stupid ? '' Um ... is n't that the basis for the entire plot ?",0 177578,"wandered",1 21972,"singles out any of these performances as award-worthy",1 35021,"novelistic story",1 86613,"makes Dover Kosashvili 's outstanding feature debut so potent",1 211358,"shallow styles",0 1650,"lovingly photographed in the manner of a golden book sprung to life , stuart little 2 manages sweetness largely without stickiness",1 81252,"good-naturedly",1 90312,"pitch-perfect",1 132427,"shows that some studios firmly believe that people have lost the ability to think and will forgive any shoddy product as long as there 's a little girl-on-girl action",0 132571,"skewed melodrama",0 190020,"` hypertime '",1 29668,"bonehead comedy",0 29269,"astounding",1 233479,"little $ 1.8 million charmer",1 175390,"this film is that it 's forced to make its characters idiots in order to advance the plot .",0 174675,"the same as what Christmas-tree flocking in a spray can is to actual snow : a poor -- if durable -- imitation",0 223398,"For most of its footage , the new thriller proves that director M. Night Shyamalan can weave an eerie spell and that Mel Gibson can gasp , shudder and even tremble without losing his machismo .",1 155669,"buying into sham truths and routine '' indie '' filmmaking , Freundlich has made just another safe movie",0 194827,"boredom to the point of collapse",0 62958,"A documentary to make the stones weep -- as shameful as it is scary .",0 230227,"direct-to-video ' release",0 25331,"For the first time in several years",1 108150,"One of ( Jaglom 's ) better efforts --",1 115708,"becomes lifeless",0 208156,"of the word -- mindless , lifeless , meandering , loud , painful , obnoxious",0 180065,"'s unfortunate that Wallace , who wrote Gibson 's Braveheart as well as the recent Pearl Harbor , has such an irrepressible passion for sappy situations and dialogue",0 198597,"fast-forward",0 98867,"typically observant ,",1 99559,"want to watch",1 60826,"'s a hoot watching The Rock chomp on jumbo ants , pull an arrow out of his back , and leap unscathed through raging fire !",1 163177,"is nothing but familiar territory",0 115922,"better than its predecessor",1 75106,"awfully good , achingly human picture",1 173087,"that it makes Edward Burns ' Sidewalks of New York look like Oscar Wilde",0 42488,"provides some great insight",1 175160,"there 's little to love about this English trifle .",0 170540,"see this film",1 237412,"there 's something there",1 202884,"is entirely too straight-faced",0 176722,"tortuous",0 95994,"the knee-jerk misogyny",0 22739,"well , that even a simple '' Goddammit ! '' near the end takes on a whole other meaning",0 125980,"life affirming and heartbreaking , sweet without the decay factor , funny and sad",1 12408,"to pull his head out of his butt",0 185483,"Joan and Philip 's repetitive arguments , schemes and treachery",0 219052,"were convinced to waste their time",0 235844,"snooze .",0 202081,"in this forgettable effort",0 224890,"Mr. Deeds '' is suitable summer entertainment that offers escapism without requiring a great deal of thought .",1 7508,"in trying to be daring and original , it comes off as only occasionally satirical and never fresh",0 108942,"Signs is a good film",1 94903,"that the highest power of all is the power of love",1 207252,"nothing funny in this every-joke-has - been-told-a -",0 106172,"Has its moments -- and almost as many subplots .",1 194085,"be as bored watching Morvern Callar as the characters are in it . If you go , pack your knitting needles",0 111824,"a drawling , slobbering , lovable run-on sentence of a film , a Southern Gothic with the emotional arc of its raw blues soundtrack",1 84969,"it ai n't half-bad .",1 220411,"your pooper-scoopers",0 112820,"a stunning fusion of music and images",1 213966,"that you feel like running out screaming",0 199028,"flat as the scruffy sands of its titular community",0 154548,"bad idea for a movie",0 198496,"false and",0 141448,"'s no palpable chemistry between Lopez and male lead Ralph Fiennes",0 160241,"good ( successful )",1 91436,"remains sporadically funny throughout",1 59006,"this is your ticket right here .",1 157331,"desperately unsuspenseful when it tries to make us jump out of our seats",0 86846,"marvelously twisted shapes history",1 83881,"is a sobering meditation on why we take pictures .",1 29868,"but they 'll register strongly with anybody who still retains a soft spot for precollegiate humor .",1 94889,"that tells a sweet , charming tale of intergalactic friendship",1 58076,"the best sports movie I 've ever seen .",1 130292,"plays like a badly edited , 91-minute trailer ( and ) the director ca n't seem to get a coherent rhythm going .",0 92280,"sense . What 's invigorating about it is that it does n't give a damn",1 222751,"But how it washed out despite all of that is the project 's prime mystery .",0 3427,"( p ) artnering murphy with robert de niro for the tv-cops comedy showtime would seem to be surefire casting . the catch is that they 're stuck with a script that prevents them from firing on all cylinders .",0 53292,"is a good script , good dialogue , funny even for adults . The characters are interesting and often very creatively constructed from figure to backstory .",1 94832,"that rare family movie",1 200294,"guns , cheatfully filmed martial arts",0 179989,"'s some fine sex onscreen , and some tense arguing , but not a whole lot more .",1 113906,"an adorably whimsical comedy",1 63455,"A superlative B movie --",1 133266,"stays in formula -- which is a waste of De Niro , McDormand and the other good actors in the cast",0 81188,"going at a rapid pace ,",1 165731,"may be a thousand years old , but why did it have to seem like it took another thousand to tell it to us ?",0 143455,"ABC Kiarostami . For AIDS and Africa are nothing more than part of the scenery",0 112887,"a thoroughly modern maiden",1 188943,"This 90-minute dud could pass for Mike Tyson 's E ! True Hollywood Story .",0 39817,"wacky talent",1 178729,"witless attempt",0 209967,"putting together any movies of particular value or merit",1 137243,"thud",0 63775,"Amazing !",1 102238,", Duvall ( also a producer ) peels layers from this character that may well not have existed on paper .",1 10392,"several survivors ,",1 153748,"appeal to No One",0 15904,"good half-hour",1 165727,"mawkish self-parody",0 36811,"sensitive and expertly",1 143061,"A cumbersome and cliche-ridden movie greased with every emotional device known to man .",0 137130,"those rare docs that paints a grand picture of an era and makes the journey feel like a party",1 124740,"is ultimately what makes Shanghai Ghetto move beyond a good , dry , reliable textbook and what allows it to rank with its worthy predecessors",1 87199,"moments of jaw-droppingly odd behavior",1 20563,"fizzles",0 42647,"smart and",1 61120,"'s most refreshing about Real Women Have Curves",1 195608,"characters so unsympathetic",0 118909,"effectively creepy-scary thriller",1 65954,"He 's the God of Second Chances '",1 128523,"of an alternative lifestyle",1 155928,"can be gleaned from this three-hour endurance test built around an hour 's worth of actual material",0 167444,"of embarrassment or stupidity",0 191373,"a spectacular performance - ahem",1 123916,"is an interesting movie",1 219718,"with complicated plotting and banal dialogue",0 5599,"climax",1 163020,"is magically ` significant ' because of that",1 219465,"wildly overproduced , inadequately motivated every step",0 212792,"subscriber",0 112780,"a step further , richer and deeper",1 160274,"good stuff",1 44215,"A real winner",1 170492,"searching enough questions to justify its pretensions",1 128136,"not too filling",0 111181,"Wiseman 's warmest",1 146955,"Just embarrassment and a vague sense",0 50425,"constant edge",1 28741,"and philosophical depth",1 197443,"double-barreled rip-off",0 49224,"artfully bends technical know-how to the service of psychological insight",1 51638,"figures prominently in this movie ,",1 25762,"It 's rather like a Lifetime special -- pleasant , sweet and forgettable .",1 238524,"we make underneath such a mountain of clichés and borrowed images",0 112811,"a struggling nobody",0 91690,"right choices",1 199629,"from the guy-in-a-dress genre",0 61792,", big-hearted and frequently funny thrill",1 175227,"they are in this tepid genre offering",0 177975,"what happens when lack of know-how mixes with lack of give-a-damn",0 36652,"sandwiched in between the most impossibly dry account of Kahlo 's life imaginable",0 62080,", look no further than this 20th anniversary edition of the film that Spielberg calls",1 216830,"to an imitation movie",1 93899,"supremely kittenish",1 156782,"continues to mount a conspicuous effort to be profound",0 38888,"they can sustain the poetic flights in Burdette 's dialogue",1 160954,"he 's really bad",0 160193,"goes entirely unexamined in this startlingly unfunny comedy",0 132735,"so heartwarmingly",1 198612,"faux-urban",0 22188,"that it makes complex politics understandable to viewers looking for nothing but energetic entertainment",1 31997,"geeks and historians",0 206533,"most pitiful",0 39832,"want to hang out with Samantha",1 93227,"soulful gravity",1 236105,"substitutable",0 173112,"that lies in store for moviegoers lured to the mediocrity that is Kung Pow : Enter the Fist",0 69541,"The film grows on you . And how .",1 186405,"No one involved , save Dash , shows the slightest aptitude for acting , and the script , credited to director Abdul Malik Abbott and Ernest ` Tron ' Anderson , seems entirely improvised",0 45468,"Heaven",1 42206,"is popular and powerful in this high-tech age ,",1 71985,"a minor treat",1 107532,"Lots of effort and intelligence are on display but in execution it is all awkward , static , and lifeless rumblings .",0 54024,"jolly surprise",1 136479,"the unconditional love she seeks",1 61319,"'s the sweet Cinderella story that '' Pretty Woman",1 178530,"with all the boozy self-indulgence that brings out the worst in otherwise talented actors",0 78515,"dominate the story",1 86045,"like a mere disease-of - the-week TV movie",0 32562,"his most demented film",1 200248,"grossly",0 70150,"These characters are so well established that the gang feels comfortable with taking insane liberties and doing the goofiest stuff out of left field",1 89063,"of the outstanding thrillers of recent years",1 135315,"the film careens from one colorful event to another without respite",1 193214,"are terribly wasted .",0 32642,"hood rats",0 103429,"A bodice-ripper for intellectuals",1 53891,"its Hawaiian setting , the science-fiction trimmings and",1 40475,"you with its open-endedness and surprises",1 64995,"Delivers the sexy razzle-dazzle that everyone , especially movie musical fans , has been hoping for .",1 216454,"this new jangle of noise , mayhem and stupidity must be a serious contender for the title",0 181094,", unnecessary",0 40260,"with style and even some depth",1 7253,"i 'm afraid you wo n't get through this frankly fantastical by-the-numbers b-flick with just a suspension of disbelief . rather ,",0 40966,"Interacting eyeball-to-eyeball and toe-to-toe , Hopkins and Norton are a winning combination -- but Fiennes steals ` Red Dragon ' right from under their noses",1 200775,"have been right at home as a nifty plot line in Steven Soderbergh 's Traffic fails to arrive at any satisfying destination",0 188358,"The most excruciating 86 minutes one might sit through this summer that do not involve a dentist drill .",0 91052,"racism and",0 104611,"Bacon",1 213588,"that comes through all too painfully in the execution",0 185032,"It 's a mystery how the movie could be released in this condition .",0 121809,"has never been more charming than in About a Boy",1 120654,"frittered away in middle-of-the-road blandness",0 185995,"Manipulative claptrap , a period-piece movie-of-the-week , plain old blarney ... take your pick . All three descriptions suit Evelyn , a besotted and obvious drama that tells us nothing new .",0 174557,"the point where it almost stops the blood flow to your brain",0 172998,"that even an ambitious adaptation and elaborate production like Mr . Schepisi 's seems skimpy and unclear",0 158712,"eye-filling",1 49525,"be kind of heartwarming",1 73879,"an interesting story of pointed personalities",1 198523,"family-friendly fantasy",1 95375,"the core in a film you will never forget -- that you should never forget",1 85034,"it has a genuine dramatic impact",1 197292,"does n't clue you in that something 's horribly wrong , nothing will",0 164529,"lacks all trace of wit",0 111834,"a durable part",1 15980,"have no problem flaunting her natural gifts",1 122026,"he can actually trick you into thinking some of this worn-out , pandering palaver is actually funny",0 215348,"the phrase ` fatal script error",0 225170,"No. 1",1 17539,"the farther it meanders from its shocking start",0 12201,"this shimmering , beautifully costumed and",1 22442,"this nonthreatening but thrilling adventure",1 53171,"intermittently engrossing and unflaggingly creative .",1 21419,"new sides of a previous reality",1 70916,"While there are times when the film 's reach exceeds its grasp , the production works more often than it does n't .",1 60022,"well-deserved reputation",1 90316,"pity and",0 53200,"intricately",1 111219,"Without ( De Niro ) , City By The Sea would slip under the waves . He drags it back , single-handed .",1 124269,"is n't able to muster for a movie that , its title notwithstanding , should have been a lot nastier",0 232579,"is n't enough clever innuendo to fil",0 73875,"an interesting slice",1 97455,"this little-known story of Native Americans and",1 228135,"a seamless ensemble",1 85196,"its best ,",1 138594,"under the skin of her characters",1 78028,"deserves a chance to shine",1 51648,"film a must",1 143957,"At times , the suspense is palpable ,",1 212898,"suitably kooky which should appeal to women and",1 184961,"Interminably bleak",0 121838,"has some of the best special effects ever",1 127691,"must indeed be good to recite some of this laughable dialogue with a straight face .",1 99340,"very fast .",1 141396,"'s just plain lurid when it is n't downright silly",0 187421,"Some fine acting , but ultimately a movie with no reason for being .",0 78938,"encounter than the original could ever have hoped to be",1 107810,"More sophisticated and literate than such pictures",1 232352,"is a shame that more wo n't get an opportunity to embrace small , sweet ` Evelyn .",1 94630,"that effortlessly draws you in",1 211265,"served by the movie 's sophomoric blend of shenanigans and slapstick",0 106862,"It 's easy to be cynical about documentaries in which underdogs beat the odds and the human spirit triumphs , but Westbrook 's foundation and Dalrymple 's film earn their uplift",1 183776,"Every note rings false .",0 66793,"It works well enough , since the thrills pop up frequently , and the dispatching of the cast is as often imaginative as it is gory .",1 138119,"too loud and",0 166925,"nonsensical jargon and stiff-upper-lip laboriousness",0 149862,"The story has its redundancies , and the young actors , not very experienced , are sometimes inexpressive",0 150220,"This is a movie where the most notable observation is how long you 've been sitting still .",0 146462,"It 's better than The Phantom Menace . But unless you 're an absolute raving Star Wars junkie , it is n't much fun",0 151847,"a grim , hollow exercise",0 224193,"It 's just merely very bad .",0 52170,"go see this unique and entertaining twist on the classic whale 's tale",1 109758,"The farcical elements seemed too pat and familiar to hold my interest ,",0 94088,"take ( its ) earnest errors and hard-won rewards over the bombastic self-glorification of other feel-good fiascos like Antwone Fisher or The Emperor 's Club any time",1 164633,"laughter and self-exploitation",1 44272,"A spellbinding African film about the modern condition of rootlessness , a state experienced by millions around the globe .",1 230226,"dire drama partway",0 197669,"earnest moment",1 158530,"every opportunity for a breakthrough",1 188573,"The problem with The Bread , My Sweet",0 44126,"A heartening tale of small victories and enduring",1 7808,"is the only winner",1 133156,"sporadic dips",1 88607,"of great actors hamming it up",0 119666,"fairly pretty pictures",1 126046,"like a cold old man going through the motions",0 220744,"'s actually pretty funny , but in all the wrong places .",0 26318,"Oscar-winning potential with a smooth sleight of hand",1 221937,"A `` Home Alone '' film that is staged like `` Rosemary 's Baby , '' but is not as well-conceived as either of those films .",0 33085,"inspiring and heart-affecting film",1 102357,", ` Swept Away ' sinks .",0 49445,"awesome to consider",1 11656,"the movie 's downfall is to substitute plot for personality . it",0 172772,"than like the filmed reading of a script in need of polishing",0 102087,"( Garbus )",1 74959,"at once visceral and spiritual ,",1 187559,"Stealing Harvard is too busy getting in its own way to be anything but frustrating , boring , and forgettable",0 80464,"form an acting bond that makes The Banger Sisters a fascinating character study with laughs to spare .",1 161803,"in a series of very bad special effects",0 1631,"look too deep into the story",0 32966,"in the utter cuteness of Stuart and Margolo . Their computer-animated faces are very expressive",1 175070,"the year , noteworthy only for the gimmick of being filmed as a single unbroken 87-minute",0 142576,", this one is pretty miserable , resorting to string-pulling rather than legitimate character development and intelligent plotting .",0 188702,"The story , touching though it is , does not quite have enough emotional resonance or variety of incident to sustain a feature , and",0 194775,"bogs down in a surfeit of characters and",0 152702,"a young man whose only apparent virtue is that he is not quite as unpleasant as some of the people in his life",0 100809,"work of extraordinary journalism",1 190306,"a clarity of purpose and even-handedness",1 36163,"priceless entertainment",1 62448,", you feel alive - which is what they did",1 154931,"becomes weighed down with agonizing contrivances , overheated pathos and long , wistful gazes",0 62318,", there 's a certain robustness to this engaging mix of love and bloodletting .",1 169800,"recent Dumas botch-jobs",0 133570,"such a tragedy",0 54164,"layered",1 189123,"Though Harris is affecting at times , he can not overcome the sense that Pumpkin is a mere plot pawn for two directors with far less endearing disabilities .",0 130610,"pretty stupid . I had more fun with Ben Stiller 's Zoolander , which I thought was rather clever . But",0 113058,"a worthwhile glimpse of independent-community guiding lights",1 231076,"fun to be had here",1 13039,"while ringing cliched to hardened indie-heads",0 53610,"is sentimental",1 97864,"to a spectacular completion one",1 57344,"stereotypes",0 137351,"to a strangely sinister happy ending",1 33341,"is better .",1 58366,"the haphazardness of evil",0 196033,"common through-line",1 164166,"its superstar",1 117068,"cleverly written",1 192053,"after watching this digital-effects-heavy , supposed family-friendly comedy",0 225732,"Sensitive , insightful and beautifully rendered film .",1 166653,"neither light nor magical enough to bring off this kind of whimsy",0 64196,"Auteuil is a goofy pleasure",1 77589,"crisp and purposeful without overdoing it",1 32161,"gotta give director Roger Michell , best known for the superfluous Notting Hill , credit for trying",1 132952,"something more recyclable than significant",0 66408,"Instead of hitting the audience over the head with a moral , Schrader relies on subtle ironies and visual devices to convey point of view .",1 186211,"Mr . Plympton",1 1355,"irwin is so earnest that it 's hard to resist his pleas to spare wildlife and respect their environs . there",1 101137,"you have the patience for it",0 30308,"completely forgotten",0 151616,"a dirty , tasteless feel",0 84793,"is undeniably subversive and involving in its bold presentation .",1 56054,"playfulness and",1 133665,"sure where self-promotion ends and the truth begins .",0 222242,"All the characters are stereotypes , and",0 29201,"as it is at times imaginatively overwhelming",0 173555,"the bloody climax arrives we still do n't feel enough of an attachment to these guys to care one way or another .",0 69123,"Take any 12-year-old boy to see this picture",1 190025,"` just letting the mountain tell you what to do",1 55290,"of an extraordinary piece of music",1 127605,"moving experience",1 87648,"music you may not have heard before",1 104341,"An inelegant combination of two unrelated shorts that falls far short of the director 's previous work in terms of both thematic content and narrative strength .",0 75820,"borrows a bit from the classics '' Wait Until Dark '' and '' Extremities '' ... But in terms of its style , the movie is in a class by itself .",1 167915,"of witless",0 77351,"convey a tiny sense of hope",1 235543,"seem like the proper cup of tea",1 123299,"increasingly disturbed",0 117217,"comedy since Being John Malkovich",1 134992,"the charismatic Jackie Chan",1 97909,"to be as subtle and touching as The Son 's Room",1 145346,"Fincher takes no apparent joy in making movies , and he gives none to the audience .",0 141174,"'s about as exciting as a sunburn",0 201150,"his characters stage",1 44364,"Adaptation is intricately constructed and",1 81186,"goes where you expect and often surprises you with unexpected comedy",1 155866,"ca n't save the script , rooted in a novel by Joseph Finder , from some opportunism .",0 78374,"do well to check this one out because it 's straight up Twin Peaks action",1 6884,"green 's half-hearted",0 167662,"of purposeless violence",0 119326,"even cute",1 219272,"which presses familiar Herzog tropes into the service of a limpid and conventional historical fiction , when really what we demand of the director",0 32259,"happily killing 94 minutes",1 25739,"It 's also , clearly , great fun .",1 211183,"self-consciously arty",0 1129,"guilty",0 90000,"packed with just as much intelligence",1 141449,"'s no saving the movie . Sorry , Charlie",0 91755,"rock-solid",1 67677,"Mr . Polanski is in his element here : alone , abandoned , but still consoled by his art , which is more than he has ever revealed before about the source of his spiritual survival",1 116416,"by half-baked setups and sluggish pacing",0 127854,"negotiate their imperfect , love-hate relationship",0 183046,"Chan 's action sequences boring",0 230687,"explode obnoxiously into 2귔 screens",0 23084,"'s also full of sharp , smart satire .",1 182439,"An ugly , revolting movie",0 5626,"collapses like an overcooked souffl",0 72790,"a warm , fuzzy feeling",1 138931,"veiling tension beneath otherwise tender movements",1 212612,"story becomes a hopeless , unsatisfying muddle",0 4491,"all the bouncing",0 145615,"Goes on and on to the point of nausea",0 166872,"no sense .",0 108148,"One funny popcorn flick .",1 14697,"a clever and captivating romantic comedy",1 200237,"groaner",0 38360,"the issues are subtly presented",1 118714,"drawn engaging characters",1 24001,", with enough amusing banter -- blessedly curse-free -- to keep both kids and parents entertained",1 105488,"Do n't wait to see this terrific film with your kids -- if you do n't have kids borrow some",1 139304,"watch the film",1 140299,"with wonderful performances that tug at your heart in ways that utterly transcend gender",1 54355,"look at morality , family , and social expectation",1 192103,"aimlessly and unsuccessfully",0 190895,"a lower I . Q",0 113666,"all the sibling rivalry and",0 98088,"to go around , with music and laughter",1 78619,"draws you in",1 217280,"to recovering from its demented premise",0 34118,"like the first movie based on J . K .",1 30247,"colorful set pieces",1 197160,"do anything as stomach-turning as the way Adam Sandler 's new movie rapes",0 46010,"Leguizamo and Jones are both excellent and the rest of the cast is uniformly superb",1 92460,"sharply",1 232451,"is entertaining",1 2232,"seems based on ugly ideas instead of ugly behavior , as happiness was ... hence , storytelling is far more appealing .",1 198254,"exceedingly memorable one for most people",1 219653,"with a distinctly musty odour , its expiry date long gone",0 41470,"a serious read ,",1 50390,"confirms Fincher 's status as a film maker who artfully bends technical know-how to the service of psychological insight .",1 187835,"The Merchant-Ivory team continues to systematically destroy everything we hold dear about cinema , only now it 's begun to split up so that it can do even more damage .",0 180380,", Howard 's film is really a series of strung-together moments , with all the spaces in between filled with fantasies , daydreams , memories and one fantastic visual trope after another .",0 112890,"a thoughtful examination",1 231012,"from a Xerox machine rather than ( writer-director ) Franc",0 85272,"its full potential",1 110265,"The wonderfully lush Morvern Callar is pure punk existentialism , and Ms . Ramsay and her co-writer , Liana Dognini , have dramatized the Alan Warner novel , which itself felt like an answer to Irvine Welsh 's book Trainspotting",1 348,"against her natural likability",0 62949,"A difficult but worthy film that bites off more than it can chew by linking the massacre of Armenians in 1915 with some difficult relationships in the present",1 200030,"go straight to video",0 97872,"to always make it look easy , even though the reality is anything but",1 206751,"muy loco , but no more ridiculous",0 45149,"Enough may pander to our basest desires for payback , but unlike many revenge fantasies , it ultimately delivers .",1 195650,"cheesy fun",1 111497,"a Pasolini film without passion or politics",0 167028,"nothing but familiar territory",0 24052,"-- but it 's a worthy companion to the many fine , focused films emerging from that most surprising of nations .",1 212577,"still lingers over every point until the slowest viewer grasps it",0 225416,"Paul Bettany is cool .",1 33102,"intelligent romantic comedy",1 60652,"'' Me Without You '' is a probing examination of a female friendship set against a few dynamic decades .",1 146754,"It tries too hard , and overreaches the logic of its own world .",0 29001,"appealing fresh faces",1 144812,"Despite the authenticity of the trappings , the film is overblown in its plotting , hackneyed in its dialogue and anachronistic in its style .",0 100506,"with grace and humor and gradually",1 163726,"it also does the absolute last thing we need Hollywood doing to us",0 113306,"acted ... but",0 233690,"makes sense , with its unbelievable naïveté and arbitrary flashbacks .",0 162325,"interesting elements",1 233577,"loveable or otherwise",1 44090,"A gently funny , sweetly adventurous film that makes you feel genuinely good , that is to say",1 22414,"these flicks are just that damn good . Is n't it great ?",1 142687,"- it 's a piece of dreck disguised as comedy .",0 106857,"It 's drab . It 's uninteresting . It squanders Chan 's uniqueness : it could even be said to squander Jennifer Love Hewitt",0 37156,"something likable",1 147528,"Mr . Eyre 's uninspired dramatics and",0 167091,"obnoxious comedy",0 195220,"by the most random of chances",0 121899,"have a confession to make : I did n't particularly like E . T . the first time I saw it as a young boy . That is because - damn it !",0 216750,"tired retread",0 22001,"so lovingly",1 29632,"blessedly curse-free --",1 125093,"it searches ( vainly , I think ) for something fresh to say",0 191240,"a rousing success",1 134784,"the Year selection",1 50993,"done , but slow",0 101109,"you crave Chris Smith 's next movie",1 127257,"more abhorrent",0 33645,"it far more satisfying than almost any horror film in recent memory",1 148468,"Screenwriters Scott Abbott and Michael Petroni have turned Rice 's complex Akasha into a cartoon monster .",0 4716,"anemic",0 33553,"is well shot and very tragic , and one to ponder after the credits roll",1 84255,"is good news to anyone who 's fallen under the sweet , melancholy spell of this unique director 's previous films",1 115706,"becomes just another voyeuristic spectacle , to be consumed and forgotten",0 110907,"WEIRD that I honestly never knew what the hell was coming next",1 170942,"should be required to have ushers in the theater that hand you a cup of coffee every few minutes . Like a marathon runner trying to finish a race , you need a constant influx of liquid just to get through it .",0 188991,"This is a poster movie , a mediocre tribute to films like Them !",0 83188,"in this engaging film about two men who discover what William James once called ` the gift of tears",1 205345,"look smeary and blurry , to the point of distraction . Then again , in a better movie",0 144583,"Confirms the nagging suspicion that Ethan Hawke would be even worse behind the camera than he is in front of it .",0 25829,"Jagger the actor is someone you want to see again .",1 155832,"bypassing no opportunity to trivialize the material",0 3784,"a film that does n't merit it",0 106016,"Godard can still be smarter than any 50 other filmmakers still at work .",1 132842,"solely as an exercise in gorgeous visuals",1 94267,"teeth-clenching",1 8408,"less like",0 184245,"Greenlight",1 84912,"it 's just another sports drama\/character study . Yet",0 178429,"winds up accomplishing neither in full , and",0 85424,"its success on a patient viewer",1 84614,"is smart writing , skewed characters , and the title performance by Kieran Culkin",1 31946,"full-on space battle",1 101806,"'s not much more watchable than a Mexican soap opera",0 175547,"this startlingly unfunny comedy",0 22431,"this crowd-pleaser 's fresh dialogue , energetic music , and good-natured spunk",1 73721,"an earnest study",1 75603,"bet there is and it 's what makes this rather convoluted journey worth taking",1 153835,"are forced to grapple with hazy motivations that never come into focus",0 35616,"on a roller-coaster ride from innocence to experience without even a hint of that typical kiddie-flick sentimentality",1 185813,"Limps along",0 149366,"The fight scenes are fun , but",1 220920,"'s not life-affirming -- its vulgar and",0 186252,"Murphy and Wilson actually make a pretty good team ... but the project surrounding them is distressingly rote .",0 118892,"eclipses nearly everything else she 's ever done",1 163735,"it can",1 238566,"were afraid to show this movie to reviewers before its opening , afraid of the bad reviews they thought they 'd earn",0 206191,"mindless junk like this that makes you appreciate original romantic comedies like Punch-Drunk Love",0 119638,"failed jokes , twitchy acting , and",0 164699,"leaves us feeling touched and amused by several moments and ideas",1 147602,"Myers never knows when to let a gag die",0 62750,"? Well , it probably wo n't have you swinging from the trees hooting it 's praises , but it 's definitely worth taking a look .",1 119502,"exhausting family drama",0 218026,"typical late-twenty-somethings natter",0 163214,"is one that uses clips from Brian De Palma 's Scarface . That 's a cheat",0 33580,"it 's an unpretentious , sociologically pointed slice of life .",1 179138,"you have to gloss over the no sense ending .",0 138920,"various amusing sidekicks",1 137057,"this story and the 1971 musical '' Bedknobs and Broomsticks , '' which also dealt with British children rediscovering the power of fantasy during wartime",1 188637,"The script , the gags , the characters are all direct-to-video stuff , and",0 197376,"does n't work because there is no foundation for it",0 231929,"impudent",0 77337,"conventional , but well-crafted film",1 62997,"A film centering on a traditional Indian wedding in contemporary New Delhi may not sound like specialized fare , but Mira Nair 's film is an absolute delight for all audiences .",1 179781,"'s hard to take her spiritual quest at all seriously",0 202019,"in the latest",1 123695,"is Caddyshack",1 160501,"hampered by a made-for-TV look , rigid performances and an asinine ` twist ' that brazenly rips off The Sixth Sense",0 118186,"dialogue and a heroine who comes across as both shallow and dim-witted",0 84461,"is nicely performed by a quintet of actresses",1 102560,", here comes the first lousy Guy Ritchie imitation .",0 64276,"Beautiful , cold , oddly colorful and just plain otherworldly , a freaky bit of art that 's there to scare while we delight in the images .",1 31421,"exude a chemistry and comfort level that 's both saucy and endearing",1 67884,"Not all of the stories work and the ones that do are thin and scattered ,",0 151065,"Writer\/director John McKay ignites some charming chemistry between Kate and Jed but",1 157455,"diminishes",0 132817,"soap-opera quality twist",1 221365,", honest , and enjoyable comedy-drama",1 47146,"The mark of a respectable summer blockbuster",1 3086,"weird performances and",0 76965,"comes along only occasionally , one so unconventional , gutsy and perfectly",1 94027,"sweet treasure and something",1 106710,"In the end , the film is less the cheap thriller you 'd expect than it is a fairly revealing study of its two main characters -- damaged-goods people whose orbits will inevitably and dangerously collide .",1 195541,"celebrates radical",1 30054,"cast of solid female talent who build a seamless ensemble . There is n't a weak or careless performance amongst them",1 96655,"the secret 's eventual discovery",1 178149,"which is immaculately produced",1 153819,"are cloaked in gross-out gags .",0 177823,"wearisome",0 12729,"using bad sci-fi",0 197925,"enough to make you put away the guitar , sell the amp , and apply to medical school",1 104419,"Another in a long line of ultra-violent war movies , this one is not quite what it could have been as a film , but the story and theme make up for it",1 104124,"Alice 's adventure through the looking glass and into zombie-land ' is filled with strange and wonderful creatures .",1 222313,"An obvious copy of one of the best films ever made , how could it not be ?",0 139679,"while he talks",1 135890,"the numerous scenes of gory mayhem",0 209112,"passable enough for a shoot-out in the o . k . court house",1 131783,"say the least , not to mention inappropriate and wildly undeserved",0 182178,"Adrift , Bentley and Hudson",0 103617,"A generic international version of a typical American horror film",0 4894,"as social expos , skins has its heart in the right place , but that 's not much to hang a soap opera on",0 233355,"left the theatre",0 193222,"are to ourselves and each other",1 20992,"is a lively and enjoyable adventure for all ages at any time",1 225557,"Quietly engaging .",1 59461,"tossed out",0 142136,", darkly funny",1 190658,"a good idea",1 112477,"a pitch-perfect Holden",1 6825,"gold",1 66123,"I 've never seen or heard anything quite like this film ,",1 176385,"to see this turd squashed under a truck , preferably a semi",0 208338,"old World War",1 220880,"'s mired in a shabby script that piles layer upon layer of Action Man cliché atop wooden dialogue and a shifting tone that falls far short of the peculiarly moral amorality of ( Woo 's ) best work",0 70148,"There is no substitute for on-screen chemistry , and when Friel pulls the strings that make Williams sink into melancholia , the reaction in Williams is as visceral as a gut punch .",1 53828,"it is a kind , unapologetic , sweetheart of a movie , and Mandy Moore leaves a positive impression",1 81381,"greatest teacher",1 51613,"few new converts",0 229691,"can not even be dubbed hedonistic",0 8125,"its rote plot points",0 16176,"intensely personal",1 36532,"respects its audience and its source material",1 35030,"nuanced narrative",1 163113,"is n't very good",0 51459,"exudes the urbane sweetness that Woody Allen seems to have bitterly forsaken .",1 217221,"to much more than trite observations on the human condition",0 112931,"a travesty of a transvestite comedy",0 36620,"root for the patronized Iranian lad",1 238060,"too hard to be hip",0 130340,"plot lapses",0 20499,"ever been possible to say that Williams has truly inhabited a character",1 186373,"No big whoop , nothing new to see , zero thrills , too many flashbacks and a choppy ending make for a bad film .",0 8554,"loses",0 149274,"The charms of willful eccentricity",1 89303,"often watchable",1 233958,"most disappointing",0 116991,"cinematic poet",1 218264,"untalented artistes",0 1492,"it truly is romance",1 46185,"Miller eloquently captures the moment when a woman 's life , out of a deep-seated , emotional need , is about to turn onto a different path .",1 138897,"utterly misplaced",0 114243,"and funny story",1 4116,"a smart",1 207007,"no business going",1 199657,"fuddled about motives and context , which drains it of the dramatic substance that would shake us in our boots ( or cinema seats )",0 30502,"cried",0 233368,"less the product of loving , well integrated homage and more like a mere excuse for the wan , thinly sketched story",0 210007,"quirky and taken with its own style",1 208369,"old-fashioned storytelling",1 68593,"Satin Rouge is not a new , or inventive , journey ,",0 106276,"Hollywood has crafted a solid formula for successful animated movies , and",1 163718,"it actually has a bundle in common with them , as the film diffuses every opportunity for a breakthrough",0 5221,"bored",0 98730,"trumpet blast that there may be a New Mexican Cinema a-bornin ' .",1 17264,"some of the top actors working in independent film",1 118029,"delivers a powerful commentary on how governments lie",1 67669,"Mr . Deeds is , as comedy goes , very silly -- and in the best way",1 203422,"is so deadly dull",0 190061,"a 60-second homage",1 230249,"disappear into the vertiginous perspectives opened up by the photography .",1 138182,"top shelf",1 232981,"it 's too long and too convoluted and",0 40142,"wind",1 109065,"Some of the visual flourishes",1 152189,"a one-joke movie , and",0 70227,"This is an exercise in chilling style , and Twohy films the sub , inside and out , with an eye on preserving a sense of mystery .",1 84522,"is one summer film that satisfies",1 204027,"it suffers from too much Norma Rae and not enough Pretty Woman",0 44575,"As an introduction to the man 's theories and influence , Derrida is all but useless : as a portrait of the artist as an endlessly inquisitive old man , however , it 's invaluable .",1 82160,"high romance ,",1 98966,"undercuts the joie de vivre even as he creates",0 23506,", but it held my interest from start to finish .",1 30398,"conventional , well-acted tale",1 68683,"See it now ,",1 50057,"care about its protagonist and celebrate his victories",1 51305,"equally gentle sentiments",1 146546,"It 's never a good sign when a film 's star spends the entirety of the film in a coma . It 's a worse sign when you begin to envy her condition .",0 100993,"written and directed so quietly",1 137106,"thoroughly satisfying entertainment",1 235852,"so crazy !",1 131001,"rare capability to soothe and break your heart with a single stroke",1 205379,"looks genuinely pretty . Your nightmares , on the other hand , will be anything but .",1 90570,"powerful entity",1 122945,"in an era dominated by cold , loud special-effects-laden extravaganzas , one is struck less by its lavish grandeur than by its intimacy and precision .",1 78954,"endearing , caring , warm .",1 101781,"'s no plot in this Antonio Banderas-Lucy Liu faceoff . It 's still terrible",0 167938,"off-puttingly cold",0 63143,"A little uneven to be the cat 's meow , but it 's good enough to be the purr .",1 206140,"might not have noticed",0 58421,"the intelligent French drama",1 80815,"funny documentary",1 99106,"unrelentingly grim -- and equally engrossing",1 204227,"its leaden acting ,",0 50633,"dark humor , gorgeous exterior photography ,",1 215324,"the peak of all things insipid",0 114289,"and well acted ... but admittedly problematic in its narrative specifics",1 30463,"crafting",1 50320,"compelling Wiseman epic",1 42433,"overcomes the regular minefield of coming-of-age cliches",1 46512,"Philippe , who makes Oliver far more interesting than the character 's lines would suggest , and Sarandon , who could n't be better as a cruel but weirdly likable WASP matron",1 185882,"Love ,",0 104115,"Alfred Hitchcock 's",1 190377,"a country skunk",0 37290,"starring Piper Perabo in what could be her breakthrough role .",1 133351,"story and theme",1 191588,"a very good movie",1 168635,"paints an absurdly simplistic picture .",0 150328,"This toothless Dog , already on cable ,",0 14583,"Undercover Brother has run out of steam",0 23870,", sporting a breezy spontaneity and realistically drawn characterizations ,",1 39176,"to enjoy in a memorable ensemble piece",1 110121,"The real star of this movie is the score , as in the songs translate well to film ,",1 156320,"classic '",1 26901,"The second coming",1 211976,"so much crypt mist in the brain",0 85103,"it more than adequately fills the eyes and stirs the emotions",1 105254,"Cox is far more concerned with aggrandizing madness , not the man , and the results might drive you crazy",0 234897,"pay the full ticket price to see `` Simone , '' and consider a DVD rental instead",0 229829,"claim to express warmth and longing",1 237195,"the saccharine sentimentality of Bicentennial Man",0 200379,"hampered by Taylor 's cartoonish performance and the film 's ill-considered notion",0 219673,"with a single",1 95684,"the film tackles its relatively serious subject with an open mind and considerable good cheer , and is never less than engaging .",1 233600,"made by and for those folks who collect the serial killer cards and are fascinated by the mere suggestion of serial killers",0 196003,"comic sparks",1 142344,", meanwhile , reads more like Driving Miss Daisy than GoodFellas",0 221915,": an atrociously , mind-numbingly , indescribably bad movie",0 175705,"through this frankly fantastical by-the-numbers B-flick with just a suspension of disbelief . Rather",0 71935,"a low , smoky and inviting sizzle",1 190936,"a mere plot pawn for two directors with far less endearing disabilities",0 216082,"then ruins itself with too many contrivances and goofy situations .",0 132239,"shallow rumination",0 161228,"his ambitions have wandered",0 201681,"imponderably stilted and",0 171706,"soothing formula",1 180498,", and at times endearing , humorous , spooky , educational , but at other times as bland as a block of snow .",0 196761,"depend on your threshold for pop manifestations of the Holy Spirit",0 143051,"A coarse and stupid gross-out .",0 174171,"the kind of film that could only be made by African-Americans because of its broad racial insensitivity towards African-Americans",0 163801,"it goes further than both",1 224396,"It was the unfulfilling , incongruous , `` wait a second",0 67264,"Like its New England characters , most of whom wander about in thick clouds of denial , the movie eventually gets around to its real emotional business , striking deep chords of sadness .",1 123692,"is , truly and thankfully , a one-of-a-kind work .",1 226078,"That 's why Sex and Lucia is so alluring .",1 180778,", let alone conscious of each other 's existence .",0 21218,"light on the screen",1 119377,"ever fit smoothly together",1 148374,"Safe Conduct , however ambitious and well-intentioned , fails to hit the entertainment bull 's - eye .",0 171279,"slightly believable love triangle",1 153243,"ambitious , serious film",1 119951,"felt trapped and with no obvious escape for the entire 100 minutes",0 158331,"entertaining but",1 28170,"agreeable time-wasting",0 1003,"for a guy who has waited three years with breathless anticipation for a new hal hartley movie to pore over ,",1 188379,"The movie 's gloomy atmosphere",0 19650,"above its heart-on-its-sleeve writing",1 215014,"the material never overcomes its questionable satirical ambivalence",0 24146,"... both hokey and super-cool , and definitely not in a hurry , so",1 56304,"pushes a majority-oriented director like Steven Spielberg",1 155090,"believe any of this",0 75695,"bigger and more ambitious than the first installment",1 197696,"echoes the by now intolerable morbidity of so many recent movies",0 55068,"nicely done",1 154530,"bad , but",0 228823,"are names to remember , in order to avoid them in the future",0 237580,"this story gets sillier , not scarier , as it goes along ...",0 152728,"about a bus wreck",0 87770,"needless chase scenes and swordfights as the revenge unfolds",0 15191,"barbed and bracing comedy",1 204321,"its sincere acting",1 230139,"delivering a more than satisfactory amount of carnage",1 63903,"An infinitely wittier version of the Home Alone formula",1 125684,"labors so hard to whip life into The Importance of Being Earnest that he probably pulled a muscle or two",0 117439,"considerable aplomb",1 3106,"wes craven 's presence is felt ; not the craven of ' a nightmare on elm street ' or ` the hills have eyes , ' but the sad schlock merchant of ` deadly friend",0 205133,"likely to find on the next inevitable incarnation of The Love Boat",0 205599,"made the first film such a delight",1 48387,"a solid performance by Arliss Howard",1 183513,"Do n't Ask",1 96453,"the precious trappings of most romantic comedies , infusing into the story",1 112486,"a poignant and wryly amusing film",1 3588,"a bit tedious",0 173056,"that is not very thrilling",0 24441,"A refreshingly honest and ultimately touching tale of the sort of people usually ignored in contemporary American film .",1 74780,"as subtle and as enigmatic",1 130731,"proud warrior",1 100348,"wise-beyond-her-years",1 152203,"a patchwork in script and production",0 35502,"of the theater",1 87849,"new texture , new relevance , new reality",1 220524,"'' or `` suck ''",0 151915,"a juicy , delicious plum on a hot summer day",1 89942,"overrun",0 4301,"a well-made evocation of a subculture",1 160469,"half the excitement of Balto ,",0 164521,"lacking in originality that if you stripped away its inspirations there",0 78824,"elevate",1 170545,"see this movie , even though everyone in my group extemporaneously shouted , ` Thank you ! '",1 155756,"by its own head-banging obviousness",0 94963,"that works as a treatise on spirituality as well as a solid sci-fi thriller",1 34628,"most enjoyable",1 93606,"stretches the running time about 10 minutes past a child 's interest and an adult 's patience",0 187386,"So exaggerated and broad",0 180612,", dry",0 224284,"It does n't quite deserve the gong , but there are more fascinating acts than `` Confessions of a Dangerous Mind .",0 62966,"A fantastic premise anchors this movie , but what it needs",1 180384,", I assign one bright shining star to Roberto Benigni 's Pinocchio -- but I guarantee that no wise men will be following after it .",0 233292,"landing squarely on `` stupid ''",0 29423,"be remembered at Oscar time for crafting this wonderful portrait of a conflicted soldier",1 19624,"a wet stick of dynamite at the very end",0 43141,"'s Axis of Evil .",0 104075,"Adam Sandler 's heart may be in the right place",1 52051,"generosity and diplomacy",1 182400,"An even more predictable , cliche-ridden endeavor than its predecessor .",0 234085,"neither can I think of a very good reason to rush right out and see it",0 49314,"as only a document of the worst possibilities of mankind can be",0 124013,"is easy to take this film at face value and enjoy its slightly humorous and tender story",1 84832,"is worth a look ,",1 51131,"embark a major career as a commercial yet inventive filmmaker",1 138111,"too long , too cutesy , too sure of its own importance ,",0 28596,"and even some depth",1 131055,"reading your scripts before signing that dotted line",0 84017,"is an odd but ultimately satisfying blend of the sophomoric and the sublime .",1 112370,"a movie like Ballistic : Ecks Vs . Sever is more of an ordeal than an amusement .",0 228305,"about nothing delivered by the former Mr. Drew Barrymore",0 35782,"or show it to their own kids",1 106992,"It does n't make for great cinema",0 124623,"is that it also makes her appear foolish and shallow rather than , as was more likely , a victim of mental illness .",0 212070,"somber earnestness in the new adaptation of The Cherry Orchard",1 41172,"Resourceful and",1 21745,"possible to say that Williams has truly inhabited a character",1 88701,"of its rough-around-the-edges , low-budget constraints",0 15668,"epic landscapes",1 80649,"from start to finish , featuring a fall from grace that still leaves shockwaves",1 153228,"although this idea is '' new '' the results are tired .",0 149257,"The cast is uniformly excellent ...",1 102795,", reality shows -- reality shows for God 's sake ! -- is a crime that should be punishable by chainsaw .",0 197778,"eminently forgettable",0 219559,"will probably have a reasonably good time with The Salton Sea",1 52808,"if you 've paid a matinee price and bought a big tub of popcorn , there 's guilty fun to be had here . Chomp chomp",1 50424,"consistently intelligent",1 200497,"has all the trappings of an energetic , extreme-sports adventure , but ends up more of a creaky '' Pretty Woman '' retread , with the emphasis on self-empowering schmaltz and big-wave surfing that gives pic its title an afterthought",0 12542,"transcend genre",1 118443,"do n't deserve any Oscars",0 33748,"its capacity to heal using creative , natural and ancient antidotes",1 15581,"does n't win any points for originality . It does succeed by following a feel-good formula with a winning style , and by offering its target audience of urban kids some welcome role models and optimism .",1 80748,"fully formed and remarkably assured",1 28198,"all kinds of love",1 205417,"loses himself to the film 's circular structure",0 89273,"offers rare insight into the structure of relationships",1 169303,"prize winner",1 77238,"considered a funny little film",1 137084,"this viewer",1 25851,"Jason X has cheesy effects and a hoary plot , but its macabre , self-deprecating sense of humor makes up for a lot .",1 234103,"new collectible",1 92406,"sexy , surprising romance",1 199472,"frantic , virulent and foul-natured",0 190525,"a few chuckles ,",1 45445,"Harvey Weinstein 's bluff personal style",1 22019,"somehow it hit you where you live",1 129544,"one of Robert Altman 's lesser works",0 17597,"the movie keeps you diverted and best of all ,",1 20969,"intriguing snapshot",1 107008,"It is , however , a completely honest , open-hearted",1 66681,"It 's the type of film about growing up that we do n't see often enough these days : realistic , urgent , and not",1 44318,"A touching , small-scale story of family responsibility and care",1 46700,"Scott 's charismatic Roger and",1 12406,"to provide the pleasures of a slightly naughty , just-above-average off - broadway play",1 62926,"A delightful , if minor , pastry",1 199538,"from Oscar-winning master",1 221693,", you 're entirely unprepared .",0 229681,"can not be enjoyed , even on the level that one enjoys a bad slasher flick , primarily because it is dull .",0 56413,"read like a discarded House Beautiful spread",1 237636,"thriller junk .",0 156626,"complete with blade-thin characters",0 160315,"grating than engaging",0 81262,"goofiest",1 55879,"outrageous charm",1 7611,"into the life of wladyslaw szpilman , who is not only a pianist , but a good human being",1 183078,"Cherish would 've worked a lot better had it been a short film .",0 211680,"sinks into by-the-numbers territory",0 49656,"being snared in its own tangled plot",0 124606,"is that I ca n't wait to see what the director does next",1 84636,"is something rare and riveting : a wild ride that relies on more than special effects .",1 109379,"That Haynes can both maintain and dismantle the facades that his genre and his character construct is a wonderous accomplishment of veracity and narrative grace .",1 34330,"makes up for with its heart",1 224387,"It really is a shame that more wo n't get an opportunity to embrace small , sweet ` Evelyn . '",1 194410,"been worth cheering as a breakthrough",1 60378,"with sharp ears and eyes",1 236471,"that it 's so not-at-all-good",0 83896,"is a strong directorial stamp on every frame of this stylish film that is able to visualize schizophrenia but is still confident enough to step back and look at the sick character with a sane eye",1 235726,"showing us well-thought stunts or a car chase that we have n't seen 10ꯠ times",1 63370,"A simple tale of an unlikely friendship , but thanks to the gorgeous locales and exceptional lead performances , it has considerable charm .",1 210986,"see her Esther blossom as an actress ,",1 17479,"the absurd",0 118505,"does give a pretty good overall picture of the situation in Laramie following the murder of Matthew Shepard .",1 176198,"to imagine the process that produced such a script , but here 's guessing that spray cheese and underarm noises played a crucial role",0 211034,"seem more like medicine",0 109132,"Spy Kids 2 also happens to be that rarity among sequels",1 11031,"thank me for this",1 204850,"lends itself to easy jokes and insults",0 105435,"Directed without the expected flair or imagination by Hong Kong master John Woo , Windtalkers airs just about every cliche in the war movie compendium across its indulgent two-hour-and-fifteen-minute length .",0 30479,"creates an emotionally rich , poetically plump and visually fulsome , but never showy , film whose bittersweet themes are reinforced and brilliantly personified by Michel Piccoli",1 148044,"Patchy combination",0 198174,"every fake , dishonest , entertaining and , ultimately , more perceptive moment in Bridget Jones 's Diary",0 3988,"a monster",0 220282,"you feel like running out screaming",0 151195,"` Abandon all hope , ye who enter here ' ...",0 40462,"you unfulfilled",0 186671,"Perhaps the film should be seen as a conversation starter . It 's not an easy one to review .",1 143885,"As ` chick flicks ' go , this one is pretty miserable , resorting to string-pulling rather than legitimate character development and intelligent plotting .",0 232980,"it 's too grounded in the reality of its characters to go over the edge",0 28077,"achieves a delicate balance of romantic innocence and philosophical depth",1 169556,"quickly drags on becoming boring and predictable",0 125409,"its utterly misplaced earnestness",0 170626,"seems to be under the illusion that he 's shooting the latest System of a Down video",0 238062,"too many `` serious issues ''",0 107357,"Kung Pow sets a new benchmark for lameness .",0 10054,"refuses",0 102107,"( Jeff 's ) gorgeous , fluid compositions , underlined by Neil Finn and Edmund McWilliams 's melancholy music , are charged with metaphor , but rarely easy , obvious or self-indulgent .",1 108164,"One of the funnier movies in town .",1 102704,", like many before his , makes for snappy prose but a stumblebum of a movie .",0 8668,"manages to be uplifting but not overly sentimental",1 198451,"fails to keep 80 minutes from seeming like 800",0 153290,"an action movie that is not very thrilling ( and an uneasy alliance , at that )",0 109909,"The isolated moments of creative insanity",1 54363,"look at this and its like you 're going from one room to the next and none of them have any relation to the other",0 109240,"Successfully blended satire ,",1 43495,", The Hours is one of those reputedly '' unfilmable '' novels that has bucked the odds to emerge as an exquisite motion picture in its own right .",1 114227,"and comedy bits",1 232201,"irritates and saddens me that Martin Lawrence 's latest vehicle can explode obnoxiously into 2귔 screens while something of Bubba Ho-Tep 's clearly evident quality may end up languishing on a shelf somewhere",0 219731,"with enough negatives",0 227843,"a cool event for the whole family",1 198521,"family-friendly",1 5337,"but it 's challenging , sometimes clever , and always interesting",1 96641,"the screenplay to keep the film entertaining",1 81621,"has a needlessly downbeat ending that",0 221509,", relaxed in its perfect quiet pace and proud in its message .",1 145599,"God help the poor woman if Attal is this insecure in real life",0 147844,"Obvious politics and rudimentary animation",0 120410,"for crimes against humanity",1 112036,"a good indication of how serious-minded the film is",1 180974,", the film grows as dull as its characters , about whose fate it is hard to care .",0 192907,"any movie with a life-affirming message",1 131662,"rubber-face routine",0 7320,"if signs is a good film , and it is , the essence of a great one",1 4477,"alienated",0 103252,"... tries to cram too many ingredients into one small pot .",0 186484,"Nothing sticks , really , except a lingering creepiness one feels from being dragged through a sad , sordid universe of guns , drugs , avarice and damaged dreams .",0 1866,"nothing funny",0 225993,"Stupid , infantile , redundant , sloppy",0 14711,"a distinguished and distinctive effort by a bona-fide master , a fascinating film replete with rewards to be had by all willing to make the effort to reap them",1 3965,"a mawkish self-parody that plays like some weird masterpiece theater sketch with neither a point of view nor a compelling reason for being .",0 26444,"Reign of Fire may be little more than another platter of reheated Aliens , but it 's still pretty tasty .",1 28921,"and yet it has been made with great evident care and manages to deliver up the man in a way to arouse further curiosity in even the most unknowing viewer .",1 101530,"'s a pretty woman",1 92145,"seem to keep upping the ante on each other , just as their characters do in the film .",1 146113,"I saw Knockaround Guys yesterday , and already the details have faded like photographs from the Spanish-American War ... It 's so unmemorable that it turned my ballpoint notes to invisible ink .",0 188473,"The narrator and the other characters try to convince us that acting transfigures Esther , but she 's never seen speaking on stage : one feels cheated , and Esther seems to remain an unchanged dullard .",0 174587,"the problems of the characters never become important to us ,",0 185106,"It 's dull , spiritless , silly and monotonous : an ultra-loud blast of pointless mayhem , going nowhere fast .",0 131377,"represents the worst kind of filmmaking , the kind that pretends to be passionate and truthful but is really frustratingly timid and soggy",0 101661,"'s clotted with heavy-handed symbolism , dime-store psychology and endless scenic shots that make 105 minutes seem twice as long",0 202822,"is clever enough",1 108651,"Rob Schneider actually turns in a pretty convincing performance as a prissy teenage girl",1 72110,"a perfect medium",1 237157,"the positive change in tone here seems to have recharged him .",1 179533,"'s a heavy stench of ` been there , done that ' hanging over the film",0 40219,"with images that seem more like disturbing hallucinations",0 127613,"much first-rate",1 54113,"know the band or the album 's songs by heart",1 238870,"with a winning style , and by offering its target audience of urban kids",1 113541,"air of gentle longing",1 138353,"trivializing it",0 24438,"A recent favourite at Sundance , this white-trash satire will inspire the affection of even those unlucky people who never owned a cassette of Def Leppard 's Pyromania .",1 103648,"A high-spirited buddy movie about the reunion of Berlin anarchists who face arrest 15 years after their crime .",1 89024,"of the greatest films",1 54844,"more than that , it 's a work of enthralling drama",1 96659,"the sensational true-crime hell-jaunt purists might like and more experimental in its storytelling ( though no less horrifying for it )",1 114911,"as guarded as a virgin with a chastity belt . That 's why Sex and Lucia is so alluring",1 101595,"'s also nice to see a movie with its heart so thoroughly , unabashedly on its sleeve",1 226605,"There may have been a good film in `` Trouble Every Day , '' but it is not what is on the screen .",0 16734,"of educational energy",1 577,"been-told-a - thousand-times",0 198326,"expands the horizons of boredom to the point of collapse , turning into a black hole of dullness , from which no interesting concept can escape",0 169077,"popular predecessor",1 175537,"this schlock-filled fairy tale hits new depths of unoriginality and predictability .",0 127442,"most incoherent",0 28769,"and resonant",1 109842,"The film starts promisingly , but the ending is all too predictable and far too cliched to really work .",0 232488,"is hilariously , gloriously alive , and quite often hotter",1 114114,"an oddly winning portrayal of one",1 201691,"impressive images",1 123564,"into brutally labored and unfunny hokum",0 219293,"while the extensive use of stock footage quickly becomes a tiresome cliché",0 179498,"'s a barely tolerable slog over well-trod ground",0 230897,"for `` shock humor '' will wear thin on all",0 215704,"the sturdiest example yet",1 190228,"a brilliant college student --",1 171237,"slasher film",0 170304,"sainthood",0 117010,"clamoring for another ride",1 201445,"humor and eye-popping",1 139370,"we 've seen ( Eddie ) Murphy do the genial-rogue shtick to death , but because the plot is equally hackneyed",0 178845,"worthy of Puccini",1 151848,"a grim , hollow exercise in flat scares and bad acting",0 86386,"loved on first sight and , even more important",1 183541,"Does n't deliver a great story , nor is the action as gripping as in past Seagal films",0 179112,"you can smell the grease on the plot",0 80496,"found it weirdly appealing",1 109892,"The images lack contrast",0 176721,"torpid and banal",0 129399,"on his movie to work at the back of your neck long after you leave the theater",1 117064,"cleverest",1 84278,"is haunting ... ( It 's ) what punk rock music used to be , and what the video medium could use more of : spirit , perception , conviction .",1 13226,"wo n't make much of a splash when it 's released , and will not be remembered long afterwards",0 4248,"a truly wonderful",1 219297,"while the humor aspects of ` Jason X ' were far more entertaining than I had expected , everything else about the film tanks .",0 113231,"about whimsical folk",1 54516,"make good use of the hefty audio system",1 106915,"It 's nice to see Piscopo again after all these years , and Chaykin and Headly are priceless",1 60307,"with a certain degree of wit and dignity",1 136001,"the picture realizes a fullness that does not negate the subject .",1 212184,"someone understands the need for the bad boy",1 112815,"a stumblebum",0 166611,"need a stronger stomach than us",0 33899,"just a big , gorgeous , mind-blowing , breath-taking mess",1 89764,"originality , humour and pathos",1 119196,"entertaining ride",1 157101,"dampens her diva persona enough to spark genuine chemistry with Townsend . When she speaks",1 180008,"'s supposed to be post-feminist breezy but ends up as tedious as the chatter of parrots raised on Oprah",0 58306,"the film gets great laughs , but never at the expense of its characters",1 105161,"Colorful , energetic and sweetly whimsical ... the rare sequel that 's better than its predecessor",1 37763,"that are among cinema 's finest this year . Unfortunately",1 172676,"terribly episodic and",0 124545,"is so pedestrian that the most positive comment we can make is that Rob Schneider actually turns in a pretty convincing performance as a prissy teenage girl",0 233339,"least favourite",0 216424,"this listless feature will win him any new viewers",0 190334,"a comedic context",1 224831,"Most new movies have a bright sheen .",1 76649,"chicken barely give a thought to the folks who prepare and deliver it",0 76359,"can open the door to liberation .",1 96326,"the overall feeling is genial and decent",1 154312,"aspires to comedic grand larceny but stands convicted of nothing more than petty theft of your time",0 221120,") taste for `` shock humor '' will wear thin on all",0 61258,"'s so much to look at in Metropolis you hate to tear your eyes away from the images long enough to read the subtitles",1 43355,"'s too grounded in the reality of its characters to go over the edge . A touch of humor or an unexpected plot twist always pulls it back",1 203803,"it 's supposed to feel funny and light",0 35570,"offering itself up in subtle plot maneuvers",1 107673,"McCoist , the players",1 118049,"demonstrate how desperate the makers of this ` we 're - doing-it-for - the-cash ' sequel were .",0 84450,"is n't trying simply to out-shock , out-outrage or out-depress its potential audience ! Who knew",1 82063,"held hostage",0 172193,"subjected to one mind-numbingly lengthy riff on poo and pee jokes after another",0 26841,"The inhospitability of the land",0 103224,"... is funny in the way that makes you ache with sadness ( the way Chekhov is funny ) , profound without ever being self-important , warm without ever succumbing to sentimentality .",1 143158,"A jumbled fantasy comedy that did not figure out a coherent game plan at scripting , shooting or post-production stages .",0 104335,"An indispensable peek at the art and the agony of making people laugh .",1 65929,"Has the capability of effecting change and inspiring hope",1 118986,"emerges in the front ranks of China 's now numerous , world-renowned filmmakers",1 208325,"often look smeary and blurry , to the point of distraction . Then again , in a better movie",0 145040,"Ecks this one off your must-see list",0 137914,"to the bloated costume drama",0 72074,"a no-bull throwback to 1970s action films",1 202459,"invited to a classy dinner soiree",1 50398,"conflicted emotions that carries it far above ...",1 56323,"put on 30 pounds for the role , and has completely transformed himself from his smooth , Goodfellas image",1 7343,"if you 're not a prepubescent girl",0 59851,"very funny romantic comedy",1 96628,"the scariest movie",1 107862,"Ms . Birot 's film apart from others in the genre is a greater attention to the parents -- and particularly the fateful fathers -- in the emotional evolution of the two bewitched adolescents",1 15107,"animation and catchy songs",1 224970,"Mr. Schnitzler proves himself a deft pace master and stylist .",1 211758,"slapdash disaster . A DOA dud from frame one .",0 50926,"do n't understand what on earth is going on",0 31177,"entretenimiento",1 114712,"are very , very good reasons for certain movies to be sealed in a jar and left on a remote shelf indefinitely .",0 105630,"Engages us in constant fits of laughter ,",1 116393,"by a self-indulgent script",0 69752,"The movie is well crafted , and well executed . If you 're paying attention , the '' big twists '' are pretty easy to guess",1 175354,"this costly dud",0 104537,"Ash Wednesday is suspenseful and ultimately unpredictable , with a sterling ensemble cast .",1 226360,"The movie has lots of dancing and fabulous music .",1 107072,"It throws quirky characters , odd situations , and off-kilter dialogue at us , all as if to say , '' Look at this ! This is an interesting movie ! '' But the film itself is ultimately quite unengaging .",0 141013,"'m guessing the director is a magician .",1 71913,"a lost ideal",0 234215,"nothing fresh about Wannabes , which was written by Mr. DeMeo , who produced and directed the film with Charles A. Addessi , much of the time",0 99329,"very capable nailbiter",1 146413,"It 's a film that hinges on its casting , and Glover really does n't fit the part .",0 23743,", lackadaisical charm",1 169851,"reduces this domestic tragedy to florid melodrama",0 162278,"instinctively crawled towards my long-suffering eyeballs",0 158651,"expect us to root for convicted violent felons over those assigned to protect us from same",0 221363,", his most personal work yet .",1 46746,"Smart , provocative",1 39477,"truly is romance",1 119875,"feel time has decided to stand still",0 18696,"As a director , Mr . Ratliff wisely rejects the temptation to make fun of his subjects .",1 153097,"all right . Extremely dumb",0 225684,"Samuel L. Jackson",1 230834,"finds its humour in a black man getting humiliated by a pack of dogs who are smarter than him",0 112778,"a step further , richer",1 51375,"evocative , accurate",1 160589,"has , in his first film , set himself a task he is not nearly up to .",0 129289,"offers flickering reminders of the ties that bind us",1 15783,"first , quiet cadences of pure finesse",1 133716,"survive a screening with little harm done",0 194835,"boring , self-important stories of how horrible we are to ourselves and each other",0 166982,"not scary , not smart and not engaging",0 110963,"Waters",0 8126,"its rough",0 83906,"is a tale worth catching",1 132978,"sometimes beautiful",1 36347,"ravishing consciousness-raiser",1 95294,"the character 's gripping humanity",1 211090,"seems just as expectant of an adoring , wide-smiling reception",0 77565,"creep the living hell out of you",1 21345,"more flashes of insight",1 8807,"miscast leads , banal dialogue",0 72579,"a stunning film ,",1 18659,"An endearingly offbeat romantic comedy with a great meet-cute gimmick .",1 209803,"promises a new kind of high",1 9067,"no denying the physically spectacular qualities of the film",1 40045,"who drag them to this movie for the Hugh factor",0 46418,"One from the heart .",1 141647,"'s the kind of movie that ends up festooning U . S . art house screens for no reason other than the fact that it 's in French ( well , mostly ) with English subtitles and is magically ` significant ' because of that",0 194664,"biography channel",1 181695,"A film which presses familiar Herzog tropes into the service of a limpid and conventional historical fiction , when really what we demand of the director",0 167890,"of utter nonsense",0 202765,"is as lax and limp a comedy as I 've seen in a while , a meander through worn-out material .",0 203883,"it does n't offer any insights that have n't been thoroughly debated in the media already , back in the Dahmer heyday of the mid - '90s",0 119478,"excessively quirky",1 47834,"a bit exploitative but also nicely done , morally alert",1 185327,"It never rises to its clever what-if concept .",0 159267,"flowery",1 168596,"own worst instincts",0 67521,"Metropolis you hate to tear your eyes away from the images long enough to read the subtitles",1 59277,"to leave a light on every night from now on",1 216451,"this nasty comedy pokes fun at the same easy targets as other rowdy raunch-fests -- farts , boobs , unmentionables -- without much success .",0 208682,"only for the film 's publicists or for people who take as many drugs as the film 's characters",0 124011,"is easily",1 55961,"pay the full ticket price to see '' Simone , '' and consider a DVD rental instead",0 201162,"his dependence on slapstick",0 2505,"that has no teeth",0 4448,"again ego does n't always go hand in hand with talent",0 34285,"major kudos",1 122201,"hide the fact that Seagal 's overweight and out of shape",0 117858,"dark , disturbing , painful to watch ,",0 38788,"the world 's best cuisine",1 124239,"is masterful . This makes Minority Report necessary viewing for sci-fi fans",1 97375,"this crazy life",1 93562,"storytelling ability",1 187896,"The Uncertainty Principle , as verbally pretentious as the title may be",0 135931,"the original hit movie",1 6811,"glum",0 9400,"of view nor a compelling reason",0 85815,"law enforcement , and a visceral , nasty journey",0 143772,"An uneven film dealing with too many problems to be taken seriously .",0 177632,"was an amusing lark that will probably rank as one of Murphy 's better performances in one of his lesser-praised movies .",1 145227,"Excessive , profane",0 123691,"is , truly and thankfully , a one-of-a-kind work",0 48459,"a true adaptation",1 126339,"looking for a story",0 87187,"modestly surprising",1 93676,"stupidity",0 81023,"gifted Korean American stand-up",1 3714,"a delight",1 214689,"the flawed support structure",0 127146,"misfire that even Tunney ca n't save .",0 198161,"every bit as imperious",0 234960,"play out realistically if not always fairly .",1 90234,"pertinent and enduring",1 163902,"it seeks to frighten",0 42848,"the physically spectacular qualities of the film ... or",1 96887,"the tiny revelations of real life",1 87425,"most good-hearted",1 143357,"A solid film ... but more conscientious than it is truly stirring .",1 221760,"-- violence and whimsy do n't combine easily -- `` Cherish '' certainly is n't dull .",1 11658,"the movie 's downfall is to substitute plot for personality . it does n't really know or care about the characters , and uses them as markers for a series of preordained events .",0 188596,"The punch lines that miss , unfortunately , outnumber the hits by three-to-one .",0 200370,"halfway mark it takes an abrupt turn into glucose sentimentality and laughable contrivance .",0 103058,", you too may feel time has decided to stand still",0 47415,"Though a capable thriller",1 124152,"is interesting but constantly unfulfilling",0 39053,"through memory , a celebration of living , and a sobering rumination on fatality , classism , and ignorance .",1 103892,"A smart and funny , albeit sometimes superficial , cautionary tale of a technology in search of an artist",1 42649,"so incisive ,",1 74013,"and artistic transcendence",1 230606,"even the stuffiest cinema goers will laugh their \*\*\* off for an hour-and-a-half",1 33687,"it more as a shocking history lesson",1 155511,"brings military courtroom dramas down very",0 137397,"to be a part of that elusive adult world",1 62953,"A distinguished and thoughtful film",1 144596,"Considering the harsh locations and demanding stunts , this must have been a difficult shoot , but the movie proves rough going for the audience as well .",0 81138,"glaring",0 196818,"deserves a better vehicle than this facetious smirk of a movie",0 150484,"Too timid",0 183147,"Cold , Sterile And Lacking Any Color Or Warmth .",0 203107,"is misbegotten",0 184863,"Impostor is a step down for director Gary Fleder .",0 13631,", shut out the real world , and take a vicarious voyage to the last frontier",1 72977,"about tattoos",1 202404,"into an inhalant blackout",0 100502,"with formalist experimentation in cinematic art",1 146043,"I do n't mean that in a good way",0 193615,"as the worst kind of hubristic folly",0 43200,"'s always fun to watch",1 64867,"Credit director Ramsay for taking the sometimes improbable story and making it feel realistic .",1 108908,"Sheridan had a wonderful account to work from ,",1 48990,"an otherwise excellent film . A powerful performance from Mel Gibson and",1 133298,"still cuts all the way down to broken bone .",1 222785,"But mainstream audiences will find little of interest in this film , which is often preachy and poorly acted .",0 129804,"out to be",1 191673,"aborted attempts",0 67140,"Last Orders nurtures the multi-layers of its characters , allowing us to remember that life 's ultimately a gamble and last orders are to be embraced . It 's affecting , amusing , sad and reflective .",1 205350,"looked like as a low-budget series on a UHF channel",0 59270,"to inject her pure fantasy character , Melanie Carmichael , with a massive infusion of old-fashioned Hollywood magic",1 184183,"Godard 's ode to tackling life 's wonderment is a rambling and incoherent manifesto about the vagueness of topical excess",0 48388,"a somewhat backhanded compliment to say that the film makes the viewer feel like the movie 's various victimized audience members after a while , but it also happens to be the movie 's most admirable quality",1 1511,"its own",1 130668,"problem ? No laughs",0 42449,"personalities , inventive photography and cutting ,",1 99952,"when you wish that the movie had worked a little harder to conceal its contrivances",0 46705,"Seen in that light",1 156367,"cliched or meaningless",0 100196,"why human beings long for what they do n't have",1 193545,"as one of the worst films of the summer",0 37416,"stylishness",1 42392,"nails the role ,",1 235425,"sabotages the movie 's strengths at almost every juncture",0 120720,"from humor",1 77408,"could be considered a funny little film",1 61698,", Tavernier 's film bounds along with the rat-a-tat energy of '' His Girl Friday , '' maintaining a light touch while tackling serious themes .",1 93769,"successfully recreates both the physical setting and emotional tensions of the Papin sisters",1 128543,"of awakening and ripening",1 194996,"built on the premise that middle-class Arkansas consists of monster truck-loving good ol' boys and peroxide blond honeys whose worldly knowledge comes from TV reruns and supermarket tabloids",0 12384,"to lighten things up",1 189609,"What to Do in Case of Fire ? lazily and glumly",0 11328,"the endlessly",0 238224,"uninspired preachy and clichéd",0 102290,", Kung Pow sets a new benchmark for lameness .",0 88644,"of his most daring , and complicated , performances",1 50963,"does n't just make the most out of its characters ' flaws but",1 200218,"great scares and a good surprise ending",1 8705,"marvelous , merry and , yes , melancholy film",1 54949,"much of a splash",1 227725,"a Hollywood satire but winds up as the kind of film that should be the target of something",0 119758,"fantasy of a director 's travel",1 149292,"The creaking , rusty ship makes a fine backdrop , but the ghosts ' haunting is routine .",0 50505,"coulda been better , but it coulda",0 63091,"A gracious , eloquent film that by its end offers a ray of hope to the refugees able to look ahead and resist living in a past forever lost .",1 207843,"of liveliness",1 174234,"the maid is a lie",0 105108,"Cinema Paradiso stands as one of the great films about movie love .",1 3279,"'ll have to wrestle disbelief to the ground and then apply the chloroform-soaked handkerchief",0 160313,"grasps",1 31146,"enough to see it",1 61184,"'s nothing wrong with that if the film is well-crafted and this one is",1 136948,"this girl deserves a sequel",1 227728,"a Luis Buñuel film",1 87629,"multi-layers",1 226672,"This is one of Mr. Chabrol 's subtlest works , but also one of his most uncanny .",1 127087,"might survive a screening with little harm done , except maybe for the last 15 minutes , which are as maudlin as any after-school special you can imagine .",0 141369,"'s impossible to claim that it is '' Based on a True Story '' with a straight face",0 96502,"the pungent bite of its title",0 238505,"we also need movies like Tim McCann 's Revolution No. 9 .",1 101398,"'ll have a good time with this one too",1 31111,"enjoy in a memorable ensemble piece",1 15756,"feel-good",1 164351,"just too many characters saying too many clever things and getting into too many pointless situations .",0 37436,"subversive",0 149557,"The most hopelessly monotonous film",0 30787,"digs deep emotionally , perhaps because he 's been stirred by the powerful work of his co-stars",1 238600,"what is really an amusing concept -- a high-tech tux that transforms its wearer into a superman",1 233652,"make you think about existential suffering",1 169104,"posing , rather than acting",0 46352,"Not everyone will welcome or accept The Trials of Henry Kissinger as faithful portraiture , but",0 160702,"has n't added enough of his own ingredients .",0 176205,"to inspire the young people",1 67852,"Nolan 's penetrating undercurrent of cerebral and cinemantic flair lends ( it ) stimulating depth .",1 132766,"so much farcical as sour .",0 96582,"the right choices at every turn",1 75127,"bad dude . When you 've got the wildly popular Vin Diesel in the equation",0 8027,"its courageousness , and",1 118642,"dough from baby boomer families",0 224570,"Late Marriage 's stiffness is unlikely to demonstrate the emotional clout to sweep U.S. viewers off their feet .",0 62343,", this is beautiful filmmaking from one of French cinema 's master craftsmen .",1 151742,"a florid , overplotted , Anne Rice rock 'n'",0 190440,"a definitive counter-cultural document",1 99581,"warm , inviting , and surprising",1 92442,"shapeless",0 11477,"the good ,",1 4696,"an ungainly movie , ill-fitting",0 115813,"behind this superficially loose , larky documentary",0 60900,"'s about individual moments of mood , and an aimlessness that 's actually sort of amazing .",1 8059,"its goodwill close",1 117559,"could be the worst film a man has made about women since Valley of the Dolls .",0 48907,"an ease in front of the camera",1 205404,"loosely tied",0 196515,"curiosity factors",1 55067,"nice chills",1 192546,"an example to up-and-coming documentarians",1 220860,"'s kind of insulting , both to men and women",0 101793,"'s not clear",0 127055,"might as well be watching a rerun",0 169449,"puke up something like ROSE RED",0 155170,"between black comedy and black hole",0 174062,"the hapless facilitator",0 34646,"most memorable cinema session",1 79072,"enough cool fun",1 202939,"is funny ,",1 117263,"comfortable enough in her own skin to be proud of her Rubenesque physique",1 141219,"'s also uninspired , lacking the real talent and wit to elevate it beyond its formula to the level of classic romantic comedy to which it aspires .",0 198829,"figuring it out would n't make Trouble Every Day any better",0 188868,"There are cheesy backdrops , ridiculous action sequences , and many tired jokes about men in heels .",0 35117,"of Nijinsky",1 162464,"introducing an intriguing and alluring premise , only to fall prey to a boatload of screenwriting cliches that sink it faster than a leaky freighter",0 54149,"last 15 years",1 159900,"gasping like a beached grouper",0 187166,"Screenwriter Chris ver Weil 's directing debut is good-natured and never dull , but its virtues are small and easily overshadowed by its predictability",1 13453,"'s done with a lot of careful period attention as well as some very welcome wit",1 109931,"The lack of naturalness makes everything seem self-consciously poetic and forced ... It 's a pity that ( Nelson 's ) achievement does n't match his ambition .",0 58296,"the film 's power lies in its complexity . Nothing is black and white .",1 209360,"played game of absurd plot twists , idiotic court maneuvers and stupid characters that even Freeman ca n't save it .",0 184809,"If swimfan does catch on , it may be because teens are looking for something to make them laugh .",0 140976,"'ll be laughing at Britney Spears ' movie-starring debut whenever it does n't have you impatiently squinting at your watch .",0 216370,"this every-joke-has - been-told-a",0 100030,"while we delight in the images",1 123440,"instantly forgettable snow-and-stuntwork extravaganza",0 228860,"are up there .",1 78916,"emotionally belittle",0 26911,"The story feels more like a serious read , filled with heavy doses of always enticing Sayles dialogue .",1 100541,"with its subjects",1 77013,"coming-of-age comedy .",1 48190,"a master",1 67420,"Margarita Happy Hour represents an auspicious feature debut for Chaiken .",1 121389,"graphic treatment",1 127349,"more recyclable than",0 161035,"heart attack",0 150472,"Too slow",0 171905,"stands convicted of nothing more than petty theft of your time",0 172244,"such message-mongering moralism",0 67088,"Kwan is a master of shadow , quietude , and room noise",1 180035,"'s the movie equivalent of a sweaty old guy in a rain coat shopping for cheap porn",0 103345,"77 minutes of Pokemon may not last 4ever , it just seems like it does . My only wish is that Celebi could take me back to a time before I saw this movie and I could just skip it .",0 69122,"Take Care of My Cat emerges as the very best of them",1 132870,"some effective moments",1 69428,"The cast is top-notch and I predict there will be plenty of female audience members drooling over Michael Idemoto as Michael",1 43111,"'ll love it and probably want to see it twice",1 133328,"stomach-knotting suspense",1 1038,"friend",1 72006,"a more fascinating look at the future than '' Bladerunner '' and one",1 187412,"Solondz may be convinced that he has something significant to say , but",0 218959,"wear down possible pupils",0 225523,"Psychologically revealing",1 34063,"light-hearted comedy",1 187771,"The Country Bears ' should never have been brought out of hibernation",0 196968,"dip into your wallet , swipe 90 minutes of your time",0 235770,"since it is exactly what it wants to be : an atrociously , mind-numbingly , indescribably bad movie",0 128577,"of characters in this picture",1 150858,"Whatever Eyre 's failings as a dramatist",0 186904,"Represents the depths to which the girls-behaving-badly film has fallen",0 20504,"everyone see this movie -- for its historical significance alone",1 19228,"Roman Coppola may never become the filmmaker his Dad was , but heck -- few filmmakers will . But based on CQ , I 'll certainly be keeping an eye out for his next project .",1 101886,"'s simply stupid , irrelevant and deeply , truly",0 28363,"an honest , lived-in glow",1 71589,"a dysfunctional parent-child relationship",0 152676,"a well-acted television melodrama",1 155272,"bizarre , funny , tragic - like love in New York )",1 233190,"its vulgar",0 160061,"getting irritating",0 192294,"almost completely dry of humor , verve and fun",0 233367,"less than the sum of its underventilated père-fils confrontations",0 126593,"major opportunity to be truly revelatory about his psyche",1 131225,"refusal to recognise any of the signposts , as if discovering a way through to the bitter end without a map",0 191360,"a snore and utter tripe",0 213082,"tacky nonsense",0 188664,"The sequel is everything the original was not :",1 78869,"embraces life",1 73749,"an engaging and exciting narrative",1 25802,"It suggests the wide-ranging effects of media manipulation , from the kind of reporting that is done by the supposedly liberal media ... to the intimate and ultimately tragic heartache of maverick individuals like Hatfield and Hicks .",1 2869,"this may be the dumbest , sketchiest movie on record about an aspiring writer 's coming-of-age",0 86876,"matured quite a bit with Spider-Man ,",1 231084,"funny , and even touching",1 120970,"general family chaos to which anyone can relate",1 118789,"dumped",0 143713,"An authentically vague , but ultimately purposeless , study",0 11525,"the interplay within partnerships and among partnerships and the general air of gator-bashing are consistently delightful",1 193939,"bad enough",0 137587,"to find a movie character more unattractive or odorous ( than Leon )",0 116314,"but a tedious picture",0 162709,"is admire the ensemble players and wonder what the point of it is",0 157563,"disguise the emptiness at the center of the story",0 103510,"A cutesy romantic tale with a twist .",1 151099,"Yes , you are",1 105253,"Cox is far more concerned with aggrandizing madness , not the man , and",0 10684,"splendor",1 38015,"the basis of the wisdom",1 36333,"rare , exhilarating cinematic",1 225847,"Soderbergh 's best films ,",1 145956,"I 'm not sure these words have ever been together in the same sentence : This erotic cannibal movie is boring .",0 150942,"Why come up with something even quasi-original , when you can pillage from Shirley Jackson , Richard Matheson ... and puke up something like ROSE RED ?",0 187676,"Takes a clunky TV-movie approach to detailing a chapter in the life of the celebrated Irish playwright , poet and drinker .",0 222281,"An already thin story boils down to surviving invaders seeking an existent anti-virus .",0 145415,"For all its highfalutin title and corkscrew narrative",0 73178,"acumen",1 115503,"be fruitful",1 111678,"a comedy to start a reaction",1 191713,"about an hour",1 232731,"is significantly less charming than listening to a four-year-old with a taste for exaggeration recount his Halloween trip to the Haunted House .",0 168557,"overshadowed by the uberviolence of the Clericks as this becomes just another kung-fu sci-fi movie with silly action sequences",0 170455,"scoring points with drag gags",1 143764,"An unclassifiably awful study",0 202730,"is an entirely foreign concept",0 206647,"much a home video , and so devoid of artifice and purpose that it appears not to have been edited at all .",0 189890,"XXX '' is that its own action is n't very effective",0 100003,"which works so well for the first 89 minutes , but ends so horrendously confusing",0 18520,"-- for its historical significance alone",1 143256,"A particularly joyless , and exceedingly dull , period coming-of-age tale .",0 77102,"complex ,",1 86637,"makes it a comic book with soul",1 164471,"know how to suffer ' and if you see this film you 'll know too .",0 189501,"Weighted down with slow , uninvolving storytelling and",0 231499,"has the twinkling eyes , repressed smile and determined face needed to carry out a Dickensian hero",1 1143,"happiness",1 38309,"the hearts of both children and adults",1 50255,"come from a family that eats , meddles , argues , laughs , kibbitzes and fights together",1 234041,"names to remember , in order to avoid them in the future",0 59537,"trifle that delivers its share of laughs and smiles .",1 179105,"you can get from racy",0 65090,"Director Paul Cox 's unorthodox , abstract approach",1 226268,"The film is a fierce dance of destruction .",1 220278,"you enough to feel good about",1 12418,"to several greek-american weddings -- but , happily",1 209646,"predictable plot and paper-thin supporting characters",0 82842,"in a class with Spike Lee 's masterful",1 156519,"come close to the level of intelligence and visual splendour that can be seen in other films",0 15974,"have called this gutsy and at times exhilarating movie a great yarn",1 192417,"an 8-year-old channeling Roberto Benigni",0 213111,"take us to that elusive , lovely place where we suspend our disbelief",1 216640,"thrills and extreme emotions",1 48323,"a refreshing departure from the now more prevalent technique of the docu-makers being a visible part of their work",1 129527,"one has nothing else to watch",0 200492,"has all the same problems the majority of action comedies have",0 32034,"gets terrific performances from them all",1 196641,"decent ones",1 103238,"... something",1 130506,"powerful , naturally dramatic",1 51654,"film legacy",1 166671,"never clearly defines his characters or",0 146327,"Indifferently implausible popcorn programmer of a movie",0 46954,"The Saigon of 1952 is an uneasy mix of sensual delights and simmering violence , and The Quiet American brings us right into the center of that world",1 150297,"This pep-talk for faith , hope and charity does little to offend , but if saccharine earnestness were a crime , the film 's producers would be in the clink for life",0 140986,"'ll ever see and dissolves into a routine courtroom drama , better suited for a movie titled '' Glory : A Soldier 's Story .",0 154961,"been cobbled together onscreen",0 170903,"short of being interesting or entertaining",0 48150,"a loosely autobiographical story brushed with sentimentality but brimming with gentle humor , bittersweet pathos , and",1 196865,"detention",0 17494,"the bigger-than-life screen",1 104358,"An odd drama",0 157917,"drabness",0 228856,"are treasures and even marvels .",1 1405,"is so mired in juvenile and near-xenophobic pedagogy that it 's enough to make one pine for the day when godard can no longer handle the rigors of filmmaking",0 108998,"Skip the film and buy the Philip Glass soundtrack CD .",0 154226,"as overbearing and over-the-top as the family",0 105679,"Even if it pushes its agenda too forcefully , this remains a film about something , one that attempts and often achieves a level of connection and concern .",1 118118,"designed as a reverie about memory and regret ,",1 210951,"scruffy , dopey old",0 72117,"a persecuted",0 107399,"Laugh-out-loud lines , adorably ditsy but heartfelt performances , and sparkling ,",1 71667,"a fine , old-fashioned-movie movie , which is to say it 's unburdened by pretensions to great artistic significance",1 143154,"A journey that 's too random and inconclusive to be compelling , but which Hoffman 's brilliance",0 33926,"keep it interesting",1 159232,"fleshed out a little more instead of going for easy smiles",0 83888,"is a story that zings all the way through with originality , humour and pathos .",1 34917,"no denying the talent of the creative forces behind it",1 42205,"is popular and powerful in this high-tech age",1 195585,"change watching such a character , especially when rendered in as flat and",0 123310,"incredibly thoughtful , deeply meditative picture",1 52814,"ignite",1 142565,", this indie flick never found its audience , probably because it 's extremely hard to relate to any of the characters .",0 63411,"A special kind of movie , this melancholic film noir reminded me a lot of Memento ...",1 30913,"does n't feel it has to prove anything",1 205258,"live-action cartoon",0 133578,"such exuberance and passion",1 127127,"minimally satisfying",0 185702,"Lawrence unleashes his trademark misogyny -- er , comedy -- like a human volcano or an overflowing septic tank ,",1 136112,"the rare trick of recreating",1 32799,"in Jane Hamilton 's exemplary costumes",1 124399,"is one of the best actors there is",1 151317,"a TV episode rather than a documentary",0 1672,"majidi 's direction has never been smoother or more confident",1 59446,"tons of charm",1 46494,"Paul Grabowsky 's excellent music",1 208963,"overwrought comedy/drama",0 94953,"that will capture the minds and hearts of many",1 211218,"sending the audience",1 37077,"so long",0 238672,"while Huppert ... is magnificent",1 57388,"straight from the ages",1 120041,"film : honest",1 206484,"more ways that one in Clockstoppers , a sci-fi thriller as lazy as it is interminable",0 41080,"May be spoofing an easy target -- those old '50 's giant creature features -- but ... it acknowledges and celebrates their cheesiness as the reason why people get a kick out of watching them today",1 64281,"Beautifully crafted",1 232614,"is never satisfactory",0 105799,"Ferrara 's best film in years",1 170292,"saddled with a general air of misogyny",0 175592,"thoroughly condescending",0 29525,"being a most touching reconsideration of the familiar masterpiece",1 224224,"It 's one thing to read about or rail against the ongoing - and unprecedented - construction project going on over our heads .",0 238504,"we a sick society",0 192606,"an interesting meditation",1 205440,"lot less time",1 109893,"The increasingly diverse French director",1 130156,"perfunctory conclusion",0 96214,"the movie completely transfixes the audience .",1 47139,"The leaping story line , shaped by director Peter Kosminsky into sharp slivers and cutting impressions ,",1 227166,"Will undoubtedly play well in European markets , where Mr. Besson is a brand name , and in Asia , where Ms. Shu is an institution , but American audiences will probably find it familiar and insufficiently cathartic",0 100332,"winning and wildly fascinating",1 237119,"the one thing most will take away is the sense that peace is possible",1 107658,"May be more genial than ingenious , but it gets the job done",1 120324,"footage that might have made No Such Thing a trenchant , ironic cultural satire instead of a frustrating misfire",0 90385,"pleasant enough -- and oozing with attractive men",1 236157,"super - violent , super-serious",1 125957,"lies considerable skill and determination , backed by sheer nerve .",1 114287,"and weakly acted",0 197641,"dynamited",1 145622,"Goldmember has none of the visual wit of the previous pictures , and",0 226005,"Suffice to say its total promise is left slightly unfulfilled .",0 102717,", mean-spirited lashing",0 31489,"far more pointed and clear",1 181878,"A painfully slow cliche-ridden film filled with more holes than Clyde Barrow 's car .",0 52174,"goes a long way toward restoring the luster of the National Lampoon film franchise , too long reduced to direct-to-video irrelevancy",1 65386,"Even when there are lulls , the emotions seem authentic , and the picture is so lovely toward the end ... you almost do n't notice the 129-minute running time .",1 218198,"uniformly well acted",1 118190,"dialogue and murky cinematography",0 207387,"of American Pie hijinks",0 196062,"completely contradicts everything Kieslowski 's work aspired to , including the condition of art",0 15906,"good lines for everyone in this comedy",1 101421,"'m happy to have seen it --",1 134640,"that would make this a moving experience for people who have n't read the book",1 196185,"contrived , overblown and tie-in",0 153293,"an actual feature movie ,",1 47987,"a fair amount of B-movie excitement",1 54896,"most thoughtful",1 170498,"second prize ,",1 3348,"'s no sense of actual passion being washed away in love 's dissolution",0 33791,"its laughs",1 182506,"Any enjoyment",1 14661,"a British flick gleefully unconcerned with plausibility , yet just as determined to entertain you",1 151703,"a few laughs ,",1 228096,"a precisely layered performance",1 198970,"first computer-generated feature cartoon",1 76961,"comes along only occasionally",1 28463,"and Parker 's creative interference",1 80968,"get under the skin",1 138056,"too bad to be good",0 201928,"in modern alienation",0 105925,"Full of detail about the man and his country , and is well worth seeing .",1 65315,"Enjoyably dumb , sweet , and intermittently hilarious -- if you 've a taste for the quirky , steal a glimpse .",1 169146,"powers that include extraordinary strength and laser-beam eyes , which unfortunately do n't enable them to discern flimsy screenplays",0 208467,"on offensive , waste of time , money and celluloid",0 188885,"There are some laughs in this movie ,",1 227739,"a ` direct-to-video ' release",0 52370,"has a flair for dialogue comedy",1 164231,"jokes , dealing in broad stereotypes and outrageously unbelievable scenarios , and saddled with a general air of misogyny",0 7757,"is not",0 148627,"Skins has a right to yawp , and we have a right to our grains of salt",0 63252,"A pleasing , often-funny comedy .",1 138851,"urinates on the plants at his own birthday party",1 74395,"are really going to love The Piano Teacher",1 236423,"that director M. Night Shyamalan can weave an eerie spell and",1 42931,"turns the idea of the documentary on its head",1 66529,"It 's an interesting effort ( particularly for JFK conspiracy nuts )",1 100931,"would make an excellent companion piece to the similarly themed ` The French Lieutenant 's Woman",1 165896,"middle-brow film",0 27413,"a celebration",1 48345,"a rollicking good time",1 229608,"ca n't accuse Kung Pow for misfiring , since it is exactly what it wants to be : an atrociously , mind-numbingly , indescribably bad movie .",0 615,"bloodless",0 147368,"Mattei is tiresomely grave and long-winded , as if circularity itself indicated profundity .",0 85609,"keep the film entertaining",1 10699,"staggeringly dreadful romance .",0 192599,"an interesting , even sexy premise",1 44195,"A perfectly pleasant if slightly pokey comedy",1 23650,", great fun",1 178733,"witty .",1 115480,"be characterized as robotic sentiment",0 185653,"La cinta comienza intentando",1 29302,"at stake , just a twisty double-cross you can smell a mile away",0 74407,"are simply too good",1 162755,"is an empty vessel",0 131301,"remains that a wacky concept does not a movie make",0 196765,"depends a lot on how interesting and likable you find them",1 106864,"It 's easy to love Robin Tunney",1 41135,"On the surface , it 's a lovers-on-the-run crime flick , but",1 22185,"that is just breathtaking",1 155930,"can be no other explanation . Hilariously inept and ridiculous",0 75590,"best date movie",1 61030,"'s far too slight and introspective to appeal to anything wider than a niche audience",0 68170,"Peppering this urban study with references to Norwegian folktales , Villeneuve creates in Maelstrom a world where the bizarre is credible and the real turns magical .",1 38210,"the film , sporting a breezy spontaneity and realistically drawn characterizations , develops into a significant character study that is both moving and wise",1 36143,"premier stylist",1 17415,"that 's exciting on the field and a story",1 170559,"seeing the same movie with roughly the same people every year",0 111534,"a batch of appealing characters",1 165394,"lying , cheating ,",0 15516,"deeply felt and masterfully stylized ,",1 39559,"un buen ejemplo de lo que es el cine de entretenimiento puro y sin complejos",1 231327,"gushing --",1 172910,"that Soderbergh 's best films , '' Erin Brockovich , ''",1 147700,"Nijinsky says , ' I know how to suffer ' and if you see this film you 'll know too .",0 102670,", it offers much to absorb and even more to think about after the final frame .",1 201434,"human emotion",1 206700,"much worse than bland",0 179075,"you 're watching a soap opera rather than a chronicle of the ups and downs that accompany lifelong friendships",0 164415,"kiddie-friendly",1 199746,"gaping enough to pilot an entire Olympic swim team through",0 80070,"flat-out amusing , sometimes endearing and often fabulous",1 159371,"for a shimmering picture postcard",1 21744,"positive ,",1 200410,"hanging over The Time Machine is not , as the main character suggests , ` what if ? ' but rather , ` How can you charge money for this ? '",0 60268,"willing to express his convictions",0 161262,"his films so memorable",1 43155,"'s a diverting enough hour-and-a-half for the family audience",1 24349,"A gentle blend",1 34426,"may surprise some who thought light-hearted comedy was his forte",1 143231,"A mostly tired retread of several other mob tales .",0 27708,"a nice little picture , made by bright and friendly souls with a lot of good cheer",1 148411,"Scene-by-scene , things happen , but you 'd be hard-pressed to say what or why",0 51362,"every moviegoer 's appetite",1 139535,"what a film can be",1 172068,"strain credibility",0 205393,"loopy and",0 87156,"misconceived",0 88339,"of a movie that keeps throwing fastballs",1 38681,"the string of insultingly innocuous",0 36354,"reactions",1 177240,"unpleasant characters , hit-and-miss performances",0 138996,"very little to add beyond the dark visions already relayed by superb",0 232027,"in that something 's horribly wrong",0 164917,"like a non-stop cry for attention",0 225813,"Sleek",1 4113,"a small but rewarding comedy",1 175915,"to be an effectively chilling guilty pleasure",1 148843,"Starts as an intense political and psychological thriller",1 40366,"worth the trip",1 28971,"any given frame look like a family 's custom-made Christmas card",1 229066,"at this nonsensical story",0 205384,"looks like a made-for-home-video quickie .",0 98106,"to head off in its own direction",1 89637,"one teenager 's uncomfortable class resentment and",0 178567,"with enough charisma and audacity",1 128519,"of an aging filmmaker still thumbing his nose at convention",0 211721,"sitting through Dahmer 's two hours amounts to little more than punishment",0 144820,"Determined",1 98521,"too strange and dysfunctional",0 114091,"an interesting exercise",1 145279,"Fans of the TV series will be disappointed , and everyone else will be slightly bored",0 185454,"Jaw-droppingly superficial , straining to get by on humor that is not even as daring as John Ritter 's glory days on Three 's Company .",0 196866,"deteriorates into a terribly obvious melodrama and rough-hewn vanity project for lead actress Andie MacDowell",0 105427,"Die Another Day is only intermittently entertaining but it 's hard not to be a sucker for its charms , or perhaps it 's just impossible not to feel nostalgia for movies you grew up with",1 45697,"Is this love or is it masochism ? Binoche makes it interesting trying to find out .",1 60403,"with the intelligent French drama",1 107245,"Just another combination of bad animation and mindless violence",0 60781,"'s Jagger 's bone-dry , mournfully brittle delivery that gives the film its bittersweet bite .",1 190715,"a guarantee",1 105802,"Festival in Cannes bubbles with the excitement of the festival in Cannes .",1 223448,"Funny and touching",1 138952,"version of the irresponsible Sandlerian manchild , undercut by the voice of the star of Road Trip",0 84001,"is an imaginative teacher of emotional intelligence in this engaging film about two men who discover what William James once called ` the gift of tears",1 81120,"gives us compelling , damaged characters who we want to help -- or hurt .",1 119431,"evoking memories of Day of the Jackal , The French Connection , and Heat",1 12623,"ultimately , the film amounts to being lectured to by tech-geeks , if you 're up for that sort of thing .",0 80356,"for the film 's winning tone",1 32313,"has just lost his wife",0 150398,"To say this was done better in Wilder 's Some Like It Hot is like saying the sun rises in the east .",0 194097,"be called a solid success , although there 's plenty of evidence here to indicate Clooney might have better luck next time",1 213357,"than a particularly slanted , gay s/m fantasy",0 32550,"his finest American film",1 44198,"A pleasant enough romance with intellectual underpinnings",1 144178,"Blessed with immense physical prowess he may well be",1 201315,"honest performance",1 193469,"as if ( there 's ) a choke leash around your neck so director Nick Cassavetes can give it a good , hard yank whenever he wants you to feel something",0 86326,"lost .",0 210181,"realized the harsh reality of my situation",0 35056,"obstacles",0 81364,"great game",1 237598,"those reputedly `` unfilmable '' novels that has bucked the odds to emerge as an exquisite motion picture in its own right",1 87790,"neo-fascism",0 191613,"a well loved classic",1 150939,"Who , exactly , is fighting whom here ? Ah , yes , that would be me : fighting off the urge to doze .",0 180805,", maudlin and cliche-ridden",0 87450,"most of what passes for sex in the movies look like cheap hysterics",0 88314,"of a director enjoying himself immensely",1 207225,"not very informative about its titular character",0 101801,"'s not exactly worth",0 64408,"Bluer than the Atlantic",0 187189,"Seems content to dog-paddle in the mediocre end of the pool , and",0 212618,"story to show us why it 's compelling",1 208794,"original nor terribly funny",0 145829,"Historical dramas fused with love triangle is a well worn conceit . But this films lacks the passion required to sell the material .",0 221288,", but not all that good",0 102260,", Hoffman 's quirks and mannerisms , particularly his penchant for tearing up on cue -- things that seem so real in small doses -- become annoying and artificial .",0 85054,"it is a hilarious place to visit",1 13782,"A masterful film from a master filmmaker , unique in its deceptive grimness , compelling in its fatalist worldview .",1 152081,"a monotonous whine",0 134154,"that 's neither completely enlightening , nor",0 101626,"'s as rude and profane as ever , always hilarious and , most of the time , absolutely",1 219441,"why it fails",0 190442,"a degree of randomness usually achieved only by lottery drawing",0 155592,"burn out of your brain",0 138475,"two-dimensional and",0 43630,", it 's too long and unfocused",0 26775,"The comic performances are all spot on , especially Lee Ross 's turn as Ken .",1 226120,"The Importance of Being Earnest movie seems to be missing a great deal of the acerbic repartee of the play . ''",0 115728,"been forced by his kids to watch too many Barney videos",0 97108,"their earnestness",1 15702,"exactly a gourmet meal",1 8204,"jolie gives it that extra little something that makes it worth checking out at theaters , especially if you 're in the mood for something more comfortable than challenging",1 12535,"traditional",1 160713,"has no sense of humor",0 1848,"not a film to rival to live , but a fine little amuse-bouche to keep your appetite whetted",1 99129,"unstable",0 112279,"a major opportunity to be truly revelatory about his psyche",1 110609,"Though the film is well-intentioned , one could rent the original and get the same love story and parable .",1 53530,"is n't as sharp or as fresh",0 147208,"Literally nothing in The Pool is new ,",0 232265,"is a director to watch .",1 168886,"pinned to its huckster lapel while a yellow streak a mile wide decorates its back",0 72604,"a summer of event movies than a spy thriller like The Bourne Identity that 's packed with just as much intelligence as action",1 35389,"of rolling musical back beat and supercharged cartoon warfare",1 188270,"The high-concept scenario soon proves preposterous , the acting is robotically italicized , and truth-in-advertising hounds take note : There 's very little hustling on view",0 222038,"A little melodramatic , but with enough hope to keep you engaged .",1 59127,"tightly organized",1 43542,", but it introduces viewers to a good charitable enterprise and some interesting real people .",1 70931,"White Oleander may leave you rolling your eyes in the dark , but that does n't mean you wo n't like looking at it",1 17119,"riveting film performances",1 9284,"of institutionalized slavery that ties a black-owned record label with a white-empowered police force",0 34174,"living well because this film , unlike other Dumas adaptations , is far more likened to a treasure than a lengthy jail sentence",1 234819,"outwardly sexist",0 27123,"Viewed on its own terms , Treasure Planet is better-than-average family entertainment",1 106669,"Imagine Kevin Smith , the blasphemous bad boy of suburban Jersey , if he were stripped of most of his budget and all of his sense of humor . The result might look like Vulgar .",0 76974,"comes off as a pale successor .",0 202457,"invest such subtlety and warmth in an animatronic bear when the humans are acting like puppets",0 23660,", heartwarming digitally animated feature film with plenty of slapstick humor for the kids , lots of in-jokes for the adults and heart enough for everyone .",1 134208,"that M . Night Shyamalan 's debut feature sucked up all",0 22101,"sucker",0 16970,"plus",1 235710,"should transcend any awards it bags .",1 56281,"pulls us into its world , gives us a hero whose suffering and triumphs we can share , surrounds him with interesting characters and",1 62933,"A delightful little film",1 163333,"is so dumb and so exploitative in its violence",0 194497,"being very inspiring or insightful",1 51274,"entertaining film",1 163661,"it 's left a few crucial things out , like character development and coherence",0 1458,"it 's sweet , harmless , dumb , occasionally funny and about as compelling as a fishing show .",1 145391,"Flotsam in the sea of moviemaking ,",0 44527,"An old-fashioned drama",1 178254,"who ultimately does n't learn at the center of a kids ' story",0 12664,"unfocused",0 12896,"we just do n't really care too much about this love story . in that setting",0 77066,"compatible",1 127052,"midway point",1 205790,"manages to embody the worst excesses of nouvelle vague without any of its sense of fun or energy .",0 233048,"it is only mildly amusing when it could have been so much more .",0 203854,"it certainly wo n't win any honors",0 116819,"championship",1 222066,"A non-mystery mystery .",0 81777,"has some special qualities and the soulful gravity of Crudup 's anchoring performance .",1 26923,"The visuals alone make Metropolis worth seeing .",1 51226,"enjoy yourselves without feeling conned .",1 22637,"understandable to viewers looking for nothing",0 205344,"look smeary and blurry , to the point of distraction . Then again ,",0 33234,"is a kind of attentive concern that Hoffman brings to his characters , as if he has been giving them private lessons",1 173005,"that feels incomplete , as if the real story starts just around the corner",0 196562,"dabbles all around , never gaining much momentum",0 72169,"a predictably efficient piece",1 123838,"is a temporal inquiry that shoulders its philosophical burden lightly .",0 229012,"as witty",1 216077,"then it 's the perfect cure for insomnia .",0 126171,"limited appeal",0 120326,"for , it certainly got lost in the '' soon-to-be-forgettable '' section of the quirky rip-off prison romp pile . It 's petty thievery",0 133890,"targeted to the tiniest segment of an already obscure demographic .",0 138604,"underdogs beat the odds and the human spirit triumphs",1 173531,"the best actors , directors",1 103608,"A funny , triumphant , and moving documentary .",1 1372,"is as respectful a film as byatt fans could hope for",1 166242,"more stuff in attempt to camouflage its sameness",0 112364,"a movie character more unattractive or odorous ( than Leon )",0 177796,"we have come to love",1 163069,"is n't badly made",1 147720,"No movement , no yuks , not much of anything .",0 224819,"More mature than Fatal Attraction ,",1 213280,"tells its story in a flat manner and leaves you with the impression that you should have gotten more out of it than you did",0 145266,"Falters when it takes itself too seriously and when it depends too heavily on its otherwise talented cast to clown in situations that are n't funny",0 2346,"some good , organic character",1 163402,"is such a blip on the year 's radar screen that it 's tempting just to go with it for the ride .",0 104807,"Boldly engineering a collision between tawdry B-movie flamboyance and grandiose spiritual anomie",1 236280,"terrific effort",1 49811,"bracingly truthful",1 110775,"Tsai Ming-liang 's witty , wistful new film , What Time Is It There ?",1 190667,"a good three days",1 24284,"A candid and often fascinating documentary",1 177986,"what mostly resembles a real-life , big-budget NC-17 version of Tank Girl",0 60682,"'d do well to check this one out because it 's straight up Twin Peaks action",1 38472,"the nauseating fictions",0 231673,"helps `` Being Earnest '' overcome its weaknesses",1 176910,"truly jolting scares",1 131449,"result in a movie that works against itself .",0 150406,"Tok ( Andy Lau ) , a sleek sociopath on the trail",0 130631,"prickly indie comedy",0 111999,"a genre-curling crime story that revives the free-wheeling noir spirit of old French cinema",1 47176,"The movie is n't just hilarious :",1 103005,", we get an ugly , mean-spirited lashing out by an adult who 's apparently been forced by his kids to watch too many Barney videos .",0 92927,"so compellingly with us is a minor miracle",1 109388,"That regurgitates and waters down many",0 222792,"But once the falcon arrives in the skies above Manhattan , the adventure is on red alert .",1 60853,"'s a sincere mess",0 217581,"too dry",0 190157,"a besotted and obvious drama",0 99200,"us a slice of life that 's very different from our own and yet instantly recognizable",1 109977,"The most offensive thing about the movie",0 87396,"most complex , generous and subversive artworks",1 71883,"a light ( yet unsentimental ) touch",1 40273,"with the kind of detachment that makes any given frame look like a family 's custom-made Christmas card",1 197922,"enough to feel good about",1 1799,"must-see viewing for anyone involved in the high-tech industry . others",1 187487,"South Park",1 148574,"Shreve 's graceful dual narrative",1 179630,"'s an unhappy situation",0 133480,"stupidities",0 206535,"most plain , unimaginative",0 113201,"about the life",1 177282,"unwatchable Soapdish",0 130768,"provoked to intolerable levels",0 223272,"Even the unwatchable Soapdish",0 71135,"You do n't need to be a hip-hop fan to appreciate Scratch",1 230962,"force the movie off track in its final half hour .",0 73974,"an unusual but pleasantly haunting debut behind the camera",1 123930,"is as deep as a Petri dish and as well-characterized",0 148618,"Sit through this one , and you wo n't need a magic watch to stop time",0 128719,"of impressive talent",1 212524,"starving and",0 18788,"Christian",1 14059,"Good fun",1 173672,"the coolness",1 33537,"is unmistakable and hard to resist",1 160123,"gives us episodic choppiness , undermining the story 's emotional thrust",0 158253,"ends well ,",1 130865,"puts the ` ick ' in ` classic .",0 126085,"like an extreme action-packed film",1 84561,"is quite a vision .",1 131975,"seem smart and well-crafted",1 136705,"then Triple X marks the spot .",1 217495,"to truly care for its decrepit freaks beyond the promise of a reprieve from their incessant whining",0 135285,"the film 's creepy , scary effectiveness",1 90259,"photographed and beautifully recorded .",1 53476,"is funny , touching , smart and complicated",1 24310,"A compelling Spanish film about the withering effects of jealousy in the life of a young monarch whose sexual passion for her husband becomes an obsession .",1 227774,"a big middle-fingered `` shut up '' to those who talk up what is nothing more than two guys beating the hell outta",0 99444,"virtuoso throat-singing",1 30483,"creative",1 128197,"numb experience",0 13265,"wow ,",1 227677,"`` if we put together a wry white man and a chatty black man and give them guns , the movie will be funny '' syndrome",0 68843,"Smart and fun , but far more witty than it is wise .",1 121415,"great rewards",1 18484,", this crowd-pleaser 's fresh dialogue , energetic music , and good-natured spunk are often infectious .",1 77008,"comical",1 53494,"is impossible not to be awed by the power and grace of one of the greatest natural sportsmen of modern times",1 34723,"much more emotional",1 28422,"and , at times , poignant , the film",1 21130,"its ambitions",1 53287,"is a ghost story , an account of a nervous breakdown , a trip down memory lane , all three or none of the above",0 212568,"stiflingly unfunny and unoriginal mess",0 46114,"Maud and Roland 's search for an unknowable past makes for a haunting literary detective story , but",1 219090,"what 's left of his passe ' chopsocky glory",0 75289,"be lying if I said my ribcage did n't ache by the end of Kung Pow",1 7524,"indoctrinated prejudice",0 68238,"Poignant Japanese epic",1 98010,"to develop her own film language with conspicuous success",1 60956,"'s as good as you remember . In fact , even better",1 70788,"What 's most refreshing about Real Women Have Curves",1 99493,"vividly detailed story about newcomers in a strange new world",1 138236,"traditional layers of awakening and ripening and separation and recovery",1 9801,"powerful , accessible and funny",1 165156,"logistically",1 134629,"that will leave you wondering about the characters ' lives after the clever credits roll",1 176837,"tricks and self-indulgent actor moments",0 46793,"Stands as one of the year 's most intriguing movie experiences , letting its imagery speak for it while it forces you to ponder anew what a movie can be .",1 106909,"It 's never laugh-out-loud funny , but it is frequently amusing",1 171917,"starred in borders on the grotesque",0 132639,"slow to those of us in middle age and deathly slow to any teen",0 34668,"most vital , if least widely recognized ,",1 177080,"unapproachable .",0 154925,"becomes just another kung-fu sci-fi movie with silly action sequences",0 49105,"appealing blend",1 201397,"how horrible we are to ourselves and each other",0 184548,"Humorless , self-conscious art drivel , made without a glimmer of intelligence or invention .",0 13148,"with miscast leads , banal dialogue and an absurdly overblown climax , killing me softly",0 199967,"gives out",1 94808,"that perverse element",0 8089,"its overly complicated and derivative screenplay , the glacier-paced direction and the stereotypical characters",0 215910,"the working",1 89016,"of the funniest jokes of any movie",1 51462,"fable of the humanizing of one woman",1 65053,"Dickens ' words",1 3398,"( haynes ' ) homage to such films as '' all that heaven allows '' and '' imitation of life '' transcends them . simply put ,",1 13131,"with green 's half-hearted movie career",0 237209,"the shameless self-caricature",0 223552,"Guys say mean things and shoot a lot of bullets .",0 212793,"substandard performances",0 53848,"it might have been",0 146775,"It would be hard to think of a recent movie that has worked this hard to achieve this little fun .",0 177183,"unfortunately , occurs too infrequently to make the film even a guilty pleasure",0 199582,"from developing any storytelling flow",0 161823,"in an intricate plot",1 138706,"uninspired philosophical",0 51540,"fascinating ... an often intense character study about fathers and sons , loyalty and duty .",1 172236,"such a good design",1 53089,"injects just enough freshness into the proceedings to provide an enjoyable 100 minutes in a movie theater .",1 205768,"malarkey",0 57161,"some contrived banter , cliches and some loose ends",0 7128,"hey arnold ! the movie is what happens when you blow up small potatoes to 10 times their natural size , and it ai n't pretty",0 172489,"takeoff just never happens",0 49824,"brilliant and the camera",1 234211,"nothing but boilerplate clichés from start",0 116909,"cheapo animation",0 161529,"humorless disquisition on the thin line between sucking face and literally sucking face .",0 124380,"is off-putting",0 110473,"This is a movie full of grace and , ultimately , hope",1 70845,"When a movie has stuck around for this long , you know there 's something there . It 's that good .",1 197346,"does n't quite do justice to the awfulness of the movie , for that comes through all too painfully in the execution",0 176137,"to further stoke the conversation",1 155642,"but nothing more",0 53656,"is the director 's talent .",1 134730,"the Mediterranean",1 157247,"delivered so little entertainment",0 52406,"has here a thriller without thrills",0 75290,"be mildly amusing",1 144989,"Dripping with cliche and bypassing no opportunity to trivialize the material .",0 48487,"a well-balanced fashion",1 174374,"the movie with a shred of plausibility , not an event that is believable , not a confrontation that is not staged , not",0 204292,"its predictable plot and paper-thin supporting characters",0 160721,"has nothing going for it",0 110009,"The movie starts with a legend and ends with a story that is so far-fetched it would be impossible to believe if it were n't true .",0 174271,"the message is too blatant",0 169494,"purposeless violence",0 76747,"cinematography to the outstanding soundtrack and",1 81726,"has layered , well-developed characters and some surprises .",1 98718,"truly capture the terrifying angst of the modern working man without turning the film into a cheap thriller , a dumb comedy or a sappy",1 25657,"If the '70 's were your idea of a good time at the movies",1 94453,"than well-constructed narrative",1 143870,"Arnold ! The Movie could have been made 40 years ago",0 179745,"'s far too sentimental",0 66472,"It 's a compelling and horrifying story , and The Laramie Project is worthwhile for reminding us that this sort of thing does , in fact , still happen in America .",1 73884,"an intimate feeling ,",1 196808,"deserve a passing grade",1 124589,"is suspenseful and ultimately unpredictable , with a sterling ensemble cast",1 238164,"two marvelous performances by Michael Caine and Brendan",1 99925,"when her material is not first-rate",0 182934,"Broomfield dresses it up",1 186702,"Pinocchio never quite achieves the feel of a fanciful motion picture .",0 85219,"its creative mettle",1 229075,"attempts to be grandiloquent , but ends up merely pretentious -- in a grisly sort of way .",0 173923,"the film must have been written ... in the thrall of a vicious hangover",0 236888,"the film does not make this statement in an easily accessible way , and -- unless prewarned -- it would be very possible for a reasonably intelligent person to sit through its tidal wave of imagery and not get this vision at all",0 4735,"another self-consciously overwritten story about a rag-tag bunch of would-be characters",0 29067,"are perfect in these roles .",1 161570,"if ever a movie needed one of the actor 's whiny jags to pump it up , this has to be among the rare ones",0 227067,"What they see in each other also is difficult to fathom .",0 181135,", yet not as hilariously raunchy as South Park , this strangely schizo cartoon seems suited neither to kids or adults .",0 246,"a retread of material already thoroughly",0 99762,"wedding sequence",1 188351,"The milieu is wholly unconvincing ...",0 187814,"The Irwins ' scenes are fascinating : the movie as a whole is cheap junk and an insult to their death-defying efforts .",0 86543,"make a gorgeous pair ...",1 134004,"terrific special effects and funnier gags",1 5997,"dissolution",0 223161,"Disjointed",0 234174,"not a classic ,",0 35378,"of racism , revenge and retribution .",0 227150,"Why ?",0 105147,"Clint Eastwood 's efficiently minimalist style finally has failed him . Big time",0 24584,"Although the editing might have been tighter",0 13347,"you avoid the godzilla sized soda",0 146696,"It has all the excitement of eating oatmeal .",0 233968,"most mornings",1 104102,"After you laugh once ( maybe twice )",0 24128,"... a psychological masterpiece",1 177904,"well-written television series where you 've missed the first half-dozen episodes and probably wo n't see the next six .",0 21703,"penetrates with a rawness that that is both unflinching and tantalizing",1 190444,"a dependable concept",1 183620,"Eccentric",1 7055,"having too much fun embellishing the misanthropic tale to actually engage it",0 225995,"Stupid , infantile , redundant , sloppy , over-the-top , and amateurish .",0 118816,"dynamics and dysfunction",1 41501,"absurd ,",0 2118,"rare",1 221680,", why should you buy the movie milk when the TV cow is free ?",0 166879,"no surprise to see a world-class filmmaker like Zhang Yimou behind the camera for a yarn that 's ultimately rather inconsequential",0 26026,"Maguire is a surprisingly effective Peter\/Spider-Man .",1 225658,"Run for your lives",0 140231,"with strangeness than excellence",0 177372,"utter nonsense",0 94962,"that work -- is charming , is moving",1 13153,"with morality",1 29563,"best same-sex romance",1 128465,"of a parody of a comedy of a premise",0 23841,", responsible and reckless , idealistically selfless and coldly self-interested",0 1498,"its abrupt drop in iq points as it races to the finish line",0 201935,"in narcissism and self-congratulation disguised as a tribute",0 67922,"Now as a former Gong Show addict , I 'll admit it , my only complaint is that we did n't get more re-creations of all those famous moments from the show .",1 81319,"grade",1 49617,"been visualized with such operatic grandeur",1 1288,"in juvenile and near-xenophobic pedagogy",0 167109,"obsolete , if irritating ,",0 61602,", Dong stakes out the emotional heart of Happy .",1 3656,"a clunky tv-movie approach to detailing a chapter in the life of the celebrated irish playwright , poet and drinker",0 194670,"bit of piffle .",0 60320,"with a solid pedigree both in front of and , more specifically , behind the camera",1 180706,", is pleasant , diverting and modest -- definitely a step in the right direction .",1 192403,"amusing ,",1 161026,"heard since Macy Gray 's game of Chinese whispers with Mr Bean",0 212517,"starts off so bad",0 220921,"'s not life-affirming -- its vulgar and mean",0 45561,"I ca n't say that I liked Homeboy :",0 136539,"the vital comic ingredient",1 156216,"cheerful",1 160188,"god awful",0 149822,"The script is n't very good : not even someone as gifted as Hoffman ( the actor ) can make it work",0 161590,"if stupid Americans will get a kick out of goofy Brits with cute accents performing ages-old slapstick and unfunny tricks",0 128992,"of the best special effects",1 199508,"freshman fluke",0 226586,"There are slow and repetitive parts , but",0 173767,"the drowsy heaviness of synchronized swimmer",0 147107,"Leaves you with a knot in your stomach",0 175640,"thought they could achieve an air of frantic spontaneity by simply tossing in lots of characters doing silly stuff and stirring the pot",0 8768,"merely unwatchable",0 134960,"the call of the wild",1 144303,"Busy urban comedy is clearly not Zhang 's forte , his directorial touch is neither light nor magical enough to bring off this kind of whimsy .",0 217567,"too becomes off-putting",0 177012,"twitchy sketchbook style and adroit perspective shifts",0 107976,"New Age-inspired good intentions",1 13785,"A mostly intelligent , engrossing and psychologically resonant suspenser",1 10330,"seem dispassionate",0 136809,"they see the joy the characters take in this creed",1 43110,"'ll love it and",1 128873,"of relationships that come full circle to end on a positive ( if tragic ) note",1 50526,"covers a lot of ground , perhaps too much , but ties things together , neatly , by the end .",1 55013,"necessary and timely",1 31128,"enough amusing",1 230271,"distended pace and foot-dragging rhythms",0 43047,"written ,",1 102187,"( the ) superfluous",0 49232,"as Corcuera manages to find the seeds of hope in the form of collective action",1 51058,"dysfunctional",0 71115,"You 'll end up moved .",1 23826,", provocative",1 143037,"A chiller resolutely without chills .",0 4257,"a two-way time-switching myopic mystery that stalls in its lackluster gear of emotional blandness",0 81709,"has far more energy , wit and warmth than should be expected from any movie with a '' 2 '' at the end of its title .",1 139959,"will surely widen the perspective of those of us who see the continent through rose-colored glasses",1 136590,"the wonderful cinematography",1 80348,"for that sense of openness , the little surprises",1 109590,"The beauty of the piece",1 134025,"than Home Alone raised to a new , self-deprecating level",0 213007,"suspect that you 'll be as bored watching Morvern Callar as the characters are in it . If you go , pack your knitting needles .",0 102392,", and totally disorientated .",0 140687,"you 're just in the mood for a fun -- but bad -- movie",1 29691,"both hokey",0 86454,"made audiences on both sides of the Atlantic love him",1 177705,"wastes",0 109716,"The dirty jokes provide the funniest moments in this oddly sweet comedy about jokester highway patrolmen .",1 21098,"it bangs a very cliched drum at times",0 141847,"( and semi-coherent",0 52192,"good at this kind of thing , unlike the Americans , who have a passion for Musketeers , only to spoof them",1 85185,"its ability to shock and amaze",1 36012,"picture that extols the virtues of comradeship and community in a spunky , spirited fashion .",1 229155,"be at the dollar theatres by the time Christmas rolls around",0 170945,"should be served an eviction notice at every theater stuck with it",0 43483,", Punch-Drunk Love is never heavy-handed . The jabs it employs are short , carefully placed and dead-center .",1 92981,"so perfect for a ballplayer",1 62777,"A beautiful , timeless and universal tale of heated passions",1 236779,"the cliched dialogue rip",0 149163,"The Transporter is riddled with plot holes big enough for its titular hero to drive his sleek black BMW through .",0 165802,"meandering sketch inspired by the works of John Waters and Todd Solondz , rather than a fully developed story",0 221830,"... quite endearing .",1 28527,"and blood",0 102246,", Freundlich 's World Traveler might have been one of the more daring and surprising American movies of the year .",1 158050,"dumb movie",0 157679,"do n't want to be worrying about whether the ineffectual Broomfield is going to have the courage to knock on that door .",1 93907,"surefire , beloved genres",1 41098,"Nearly surreal , dabbling in French",1 108703,"Rusi Vulakoro",1 39570,"unbearable",0 181054,", they wo n't enjoy the movie at all .",0 25263,"Everywhere the camera looks there is something worth seeing .",1 95396,"the credits roll across the pat ending",0 157198,"deem it necessary to document all this emotional misery",0 63968,"An unorthodox little film noir organized crime story that includes one of the strangest",1 94103,"take its sweet time to get wherever it 's going",0 159509,"for the straight-to-video sci-fi rental shelf",0 72271,"a renowned Indian film culture",1 18272,"'s a sly wink to The Others without becoming a postmodern joke",1 163534,"is true",1 198259,"except as a harsh conceptual exercise",0 22076,"strike closest to the truth",1 152614,"a tough sit",0 71479,"a courageous Scottish lady",1 109104,"South Korea 's future",1 142253,", it 's a pretty mediocre family film .",0 5524,"cheese , with a sickly sweet coating to disguise its excrescence until just after ( or during ) consumption of its second half",0 157292,"depressing but",0 168605,"pacing and indifferent craftsmanship",0 83358,"inhuman",0 801,"despite its raucous intent ,",0 163635,"it 's certainly not a champion",0 86270,"look behind the curtain that separates comics from the people laughing in the crowd .",1 203369,"is robotically italicized",0 37592,"takes us on an examination of young adult life in urban South Korea through the hearts and minds of the five principals",1 219960,"work , especially since the actresses in the lead roles are all more than competent",1 199066,"flimsy ending",0 93902,"sure hand",1 84835,"is worthwhile for reminding us that this sort of thing does , in fact , still happen in America",1 146959,"Just like Hearst 's enormous yacht",1 30756,"detective story",1 202932,"is firing his R&D people",0 204998,"like The Rock on a Wal-Mart budget",0 146943,"Just a string of stale gags , with no good inside dope , and no particular bite",0 202970,"is grossly contradictory in conveying its social message ,",0 176587,"too blatant",0 226802,"Translating complex characters from novels to the big screen is an impossible task but they are true to the essence of what it is to be Ya-Ya",1 31609,"filled with scams within scams within scams",0 134731,"the Mediterranean sparkles",1 222804,"But the actors make this worth a peek .",1 74110,"another cool crime movie that actually manages to bring something new into the mix",1 222829,"But tongue-in-cheek preposterousness has always been part of For the most part Wilde 's droll whimsy helps `` Being Earnest '' overcome its weaknesses and Parker 's creative interference ...",1 188586,"The problematic characters and",0 19370,"Though Mama takes a bit too long to find its rhythm and a third-act plot development is somewhat melodramatic , its ribald humor and touching nostalgia are sure to please anyone in search of a Jules and Jim for the new millennium .",1 230473,"echo of allusions",1 67480,"May lack the pungent bite of its title ,",0 103575,"A film neither bitter nor sweet , neither romantic nor comedic , neither warm nor fuzzy",0 221308,", contrived sequels",0 199811,"get a cinematic postcard that 's superficial and unrealized",0 77294,"contains some hefty thematic material on time , death , eternity , and what",1 55260,"of a good sitcom",1 69952,"The storylines are woven together skilfully",1 136372,"the superficial way it deals with its story",0 21860,"respect than enthuse over",1 188843,"There 's nothing exactly wrong here , but",0 135591,"the joy the characters take in this creed",1 103673,"A lame romantic comedy about an unsympathetic character and someone who would not likely be so stupid as to get involved with her .",0 36346,"ravishing",1 230612,"even though their story is predictable , you 'll want things to work out",1 206884,"needlessly opaque intro",0 112867,"a tawdry B-movie scum",0 231087,"funny film .",1 204877,"less sophisticated",0 99545,"want the story to go on and on",1 39219,"to keep both kids and parents entertained",1 42837,"the most haunting ,",1 40542,"'re not sure",0 111970,"a fun -- but bad -- movie",0 141502,"'s nothing provocative about this film save for the ways in which it studiously avoids provoking thought",0 145994,"I Spy were funny ( enough ) or exciting ( enough )",1 219482,"will be following after it",1 79,", like beau travil and nenette et boni ,",0 185778,"Like its title character , Esther Kahn is unusual but unfortunately also irritating .",0 80807,"funny and human and really pretty damned wonderful",1 31855,"fresh examination",1 219922,"wo n't enjoy the movie at all .",0 110742,"Trailer park Magnolia",0 103255,"... what a banal bore the preachy Circuit turns out to be",0 158027,"dull , ridiculous",0 181861,"A movie version of a paint-by-numbers picture . We can tell what it is supposed to be ,",0 18582,"A model",1 158292,"enjoys seeing Joan grow from awkward young woman to strong , determined monarch",1 52128,"giggle-inducing",1 187483,"Soulless and -- even more damning -- virtually joyless ,",0 98653,"transforms the dreary expanse of dead-end distaste the characters inhabit into a poem of art , music and metaphor",1 159706,"from behind",1 220007,"worn a bit thin",0 139624,"where one 's imagination will lead when given the opportunity",1 35012,"nothing satisfies like old-fashioned swashbuckling .",1 141172,"'s about all it does well",0 103290,"20 years apart",1 120483,"for someone like Judd , who really ought to be playing villains",0 222539,"Ballistic : Ecks vs. Sever is a dumb action movie .",0 86539,"make Showtime the most savory and hilarious guilty pleasure of many a recent movie season .",1 212894,"suggests a superior moral tone is more important than filmmaking skill",0 71750,"a gorgeous pair",1 39320,"to the description '' unelected '' have suspected all along : George W . Bush",0 117592,"could put it on a coffee table anywhere .",1 89794,"otherwise appalling",0 173621,"the charm or charisma that might keep a more general audience even vaguely interested in his bratty character",0 159288,"focuses on Joan 's raging hormones and sledgehammers the audience with Spanish inquisitions about her '' madness '' so much that I became mad that I wasted 123 minutes and $ 9 .",0 60756,"'re not merely watching history",1 69330,"The Lord of the Rings",1 190178,"a big splash",1 39913,"weaves this novelistic story of entangled interrelationships and complex morality .",1 62813,"A brilliant gag",1 194357,"been gathering dust on MGM 's shelf",0 6836,"good movie . good actress .",1 42168,"is astonishing",1 187323,"Skillful",1 224230,"It 's petty thievery like this that puts flimsy flicks like this behind bars",0 89082,"of the skateboarding boom",1 204068,"it was only made for teenage boys and wrestling fans",0 121071,"gets full mileage",1 57968,"the Hollywood ` suits ' trying to put together the cast and filmmaking team for the all-too - inevitable American remake",0 61694,", Storytelling is far more appealing",1 126076,"like a true star",1 45198,"Exciting and direct , with ghost imagery that shows just enough to keep us on our toes .",1 19079,"Michele Petin 's impeccable screenplay penetrates with a rawness that that is both unflinching and tantalizing .",1 87996,"not always a narratively cohesive one .",0 21356,"most thought-provoking",1 25701,"Invincible is a wonderful movie .",1 150466,"Too restrained to be a freak show , too mercenary and obvious to be cerebral , too dull and pretentious to be engaging ... The Isle defies an easy categorization",0 110468,"This is a gorgeous film - vivid with color , music and life . Delight your senses and crash this wedding",1 134410,"that it 's more than a worthwhile effort",1 134376,"that is dark , disturbing , painful to watch , yet compelling",1 94455,"than you could have guessed at the beginning",1 20003,"as lively and as fun",1 81402,"gripping humanity",1 193727,"at an idea that should 've been so much more even if it was only made for teenage boys and wrestling fans",0 156467,"cold , bliss-less work",0 51642,"filled with love for the movies of the 1960s",1 112717,"a slight , weightless fairy tale",0 236672,"the Vincent Price horror classics",1 25675,"In Adobo , ethnicity is not just the spice , but at the heart of more universal concerns .",1 66586,"It 's mostly a pleasure to watch . And",1 225623,"Rifkin no doubt fancies himself something of a Hubert Selby Jr. , but there is n't an ounce of honest poetry in his entire script",0 170380,"saving the movie . Sorry , Charlie",0 138016,"to watch too many Barney videos",1 56546,"repressed",0 62345,", this is grand-scale moviemaking for a larger-than-life figure , an artist who has been awarded mythic status in contemporary culture .",1 136538,"the visuals and enveloping sounds of Blue Crush make this surprisingly decent flick worth a summertime look-see .",1 80994,"gets under your skin and , some plot blips aside",1 64273,"Beautiful , angry and sad , with a curious sick poetry , as if the Marquis de Sade",1 86368,"love in remembrance .",1 30120,"charming triumph",1 95867,"the heart as well as",1 61639,", Interview with the Assassin draws its considerable power from simplicity .",1 33257,"is a refreshingly adult take on adultery ...",1 155283,"blade-thin",0 118521,"does n't conjure proper respect for followers of the whole dead-undead genre , who deserve more from a vampire pic than a few shrieky special effects",0 123628,"intriguing questions",1 43225,"'s cliche to call the film ` refreshing",0 13170,"with such clarity",1 171360,"smoothly enough",1 40116,"will find What Time Is It There ? well worth the time .",1 188335,"The mantra behind the project seems to have been ` it 's just a kids ' flick . ' Translation : `",0 79119,"entertaining two hours . You get the idea , though , that Kapur intended the film to be more than that .",1 220739,"'s about following your dreams ,",1 183446,"Director Jay Russell stomps in hobnail boots over Natalie Babbitt 's gentle , endearing 1975 children 's novel .",0 97319,"think it 's in danger of going wrong",0 230134,"delightful , witty , improbable romantic comedy",1 113557,"alienating most viewers",0 211423,"shlockmeister",0 30204,"clear of knee-jerk reactions and quick solutions",1 234956,"plain silly",0 27706,"a new generation",1 31965,"funny and consistently odd",1 83930,"is a welcome lack of pretension about the film , which very simply sets out to entertain and ends up delivering in good measure .",1 133523,"subtle direction",0 52250,"great crimes",1 22688,"very witty",1 35922,"passionate adaptation of Graham Greene 's 1955 novel",1 189457,"Watchable up until the point",0 29048,"are like a tasty hors-d'oeuvre",1 93153,"something different",1 222182,"Ace Ventura ' rip-off",0 5800,"creeps",0 220460,"' begins and ends with scenes so terrifying I 'm still stunned .",1 141112,"'s a deeply serious movie that cares passionately about its subject , but too often becomes ponderous in its teaching of history , or lost in the intricate connections and multiple timelines of its story",0 100752,"wo n't have any trouble getting kids to eat up these Veggies",1 83737,"is Scott 's convincing portrayal of Roger the sad cad that really gives the film its oomph .",1 155983,"can see where this dumbed-down concoction is going",0 17859,"together through previous adventures and perils",1 24834,"Bille August does best",1 124953,"it does . My only wish is that Celebi could take me back to a time before I saw this movie and",0 103635,"A grittily beautiful film that looks",1 117143,"collapses into exactly the kind of buddy cop comedy it set out to lampoon , anyway",0 115028,"as some of the better drug-related pictures",1 142976,"A Blair Witch - style adventure that plays like a bad soap opera , with passable performances from everyone in the cast .",0 41047,"Its scenes and sensibility are all more than familiar , but it exudes a kind of nostalgic spy-movie charm and , at the same time , is so fresh and free of the usual thriller nonsense that it all seems to be happening for the first time",1 190488,"a dud --",0 222757,"But it 's ) worth recommending because of two marvelous performances by Michael Caine and Brendan",1 183532,"Does little to elaborate the conceit of setting this blood-soaked tragedy of murderous ambition in the era of Richard Nixon",0 7324,"if somebody was bored and ... decided to make a dull , pretentious version of jesus ' son ,",0 178622,"with nutty cliches and far too much dialogue",0 97752,"time , death",0 142822,"... too dull to enjoy .",0 204449,"just does n't have big screen magic",0 154978,"been lost in the translation to the screen",0 103494,"A compelling , gut-clutching piece of advocacy cinema that carries you along in a torrent of emotion as it explores the awful complications of one terrifying day",1 120403,"for casting , often resurrecting performers who rarely work in movies now ... and drawing flavorful performances from bland actors",1 85240,"its excellent use",1 13030,"while i ca n't say it 's on par with the first one , stuart little 2 is a light , fun cheese puff of a movie .",1 164410,"kicks that it ends up being surprisingly dull",0 66750,"It may not be a great piece of filmmaking",0 118385,"distinct rarity",1 229269,"become the next Texas Chainsaw Massacre",1 37646,"technology-of-the-moment technique or pretentious dialogue",0 149813,"The script boasts some tart TV-insider humor , but the film has not a trace of humanity or empathy",0 127175,"mixed up together like a term paper",0 12124,"this date-night diversion will definitely win some hearts",1 32805,"in Possession",0 147261,"Love may have been in the air onscreen , but I certainly was n't feeling any of it",0 21145,"its many infuriating flaws",0 60890,"'s about a very human one",1 127876,"never come up with an adequate reason why we should pay money for what we can get on television for free",0 236211,"sweeping and gliding",1 102561,", high-adrenaline documentary .",1 58265,"the equal of some of its predecessors",1 187575,"Steven Soderbergh 's space opera emerges as a numbingly dull experience .",0 160507,"handheld",1 133916,"technical skill and rare depth",1 199362,"for the teens ' deviant behaviour . Being latently gay and liking to read are hardly enough",0 43013,"will encourage others to stand up and applaud ,",1 25311,"Fine acting but there is no sense of connecting the dots , just dots .",0 183185,"Conrad L . Hall 's cinematography will likely be nominated for an Oscar next year",1 86831,"marveled",1 134418,"that it could become a cult classic",1 224751,"Maybe not a classic , but a movie the kids will want to see over and over again .",1 125736,"landmark as monumental as Disney 's 1937 breakthrough Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs .",1 83837,"is a phenomenal band with such an engrossing story that will capture the minds and hearts of many",1 20057,"bad --",0 61280,"'s stuff",1 238861,"with a lighthearted glow , some impudent snickers , and a glorious dose of humankind 's liberating ability",1 68259,"Prepare",1 192322,"alone conscious of each other 's existence",1 223589,"Has an uppity musical beat that you can dance to ,",1 215480,"the rest is just an overexposed waste of film",0 216236,"they lack their idol 's energy and passion for detail",0 64198,"Auto Focus is not your standard Hollywood bio-pic . Schrader aims to present an unflinching look at one man 's downfall , brought about by his lack of self-awareness .",1 119133,"enjoyed it just",1 53813,"it hits its mark",1 103189,"... a good film that must have baffled the folks in the marketing department .",1 42226,"is up there",1 174565,"the power of the eccentric and the strange . The fact that it is n't very good",0 125148,"it will warm your heart , and I 'm giving it a strong thumbs up",1 236802,"the cynicism right out of you",1 67223,"Light-years ahead of paint-by-number American blockbusters like Pearl Harbor , at least artistically .",1 85339,"its own breezy , distracted rhythms",1 180580,", carries a little too much ai n't - she-cute baggage into her lead role as a troubled and determined homicide cop to quite pull off the heavy stuff .",0 170728,"sequel that 's much too big for its britches",0 207659,"of clichés , depression and bad alternative music",0 121732,"has created a film that one can honestly describe as looking , sounding and simply feeling like no other film in recent history",1 27290,"You 'll be left with the sensation of having just witnessed a great performance and , perhaps , give in to the urge to get on your feet and shake it .",1 119622,"face arrest 15 years after their crime",0 170609,"seems less like he 's been burning to tell a war story than he 's been itching to somehow tack one together",0 2366,"spaghetti",1 211451,"short running",0 87222,"more . It does n't reach them ,",0 199929,"give it thumbs down",0 199249,"for its lack of logic and misuse of two fine actors , Morgan Freeman and Ashley Judd",0 42874,"the year 's most thought-provoking film . But it pays a price for its intricate intellectual gamesmanship",1 177157,"undone by Howard 's self-conscious attempts to find a ` literary ' filmmaking style to match his subject",0 227692,"`` shock humor '' will wear thin on all",0 62026,", it comes to life in the performances .",1 24156,"... it does possess a loose , lackadaisical charm .",1 197736,"electrocute and dismember their victims in full consciousness .",0 203463,"is sorely lacking .",0 128240,"occasionally satirical",1 216985,"to drown a viewer in boredom than to send any shivers down his spine",0 163233,"is perhaps too effective in creating an atmosphere of dust-caked stagnation and labored gentility .",0 171856,"squandered the opportunity ,",0 73180,"acute writing",1 212512,"starts off as a satisfying kids flck becomes increasingly implausible as it races through contrived plot points",0 151601,"a desperate miscalculation",0 15921,"great way",1 218816,"wasted in it",0 220394,"your indifference",0 159156,"find themselves wishing they could roll over and take a nap",0 44749,"Bogdanovich taps deep into the Hearst mystique , entertainingly reenacting a historic scandal .",1 171262,"slick , superficial and trend-hoppy",0 1422,"it 's a demented kitsch mess ( although the smeary digital video does match the muddled narrative )",0 84827,"is wonderful . As Warren he stumbles in search of all the emotions and life experiences he 's neglected over the years",1 96524,"the rather simplistic filmmaking",0 200661,"has the dubious distinction of being a really bad imitation of the really bad Blair Witch Project .",0 93776,"such a big job",1 104483,"As directed by Dani Kouyate of Burkina Faso , Sia lacks visual flair . But Kouyate elicits strong performances from his cast , and he delivers a powerful commentary on how governments lie , no matter who runs them .",1 55540,"of the ` laughing at ' variety than the ` laughing with",0 111875,"a fatal mistake",0 171215,"skip , even for horror movie fanatics",0 215432,"the proficient , dull Sorvino has no light touch , and",0 105252,"Cox is far more concerned with aggrandizing madness , not the man ,",0 235550,"seems endless .",0 226833,"Twenty years later , E.T. is still a cinematic touchstone .",1 217988,"two cinematic icons",1 28844,"and the droll scene-stealing wit and wolfish pessimism of Anna Chancellor that makes this '' Two Weddings and a Funeral '' fun",1 214948,"the level of an after-school TV special",0 163528,"is too predictable and too self-conscious to reach a level of high drama",0 138333,"tries the viewer 's patience with slow pacing and a main character who sometimes defies sympathy",0 83594,"into this somewhat tired premise",0 24532,"About nowhere kids who appropriated turfs as they found them and become self-made celebrity athletes -- a low-down version of the American dream .",1 67882,"Not all of the stories work and the ones that do",0 232330,"is a perfect family film to take everyone to since there 's no new `` A Christmas Carol '' out in the theaters this year",1 121432,"gripping performances by Lane and Gere",1 147749,"Nonsensical , dull '' cyber-horror '' flick",0 29515,"begin with",1 55810,"only the most hardhearted Scrooge could fail to respond",1 73112,"acknowledges upfront that the plot makes no sense ,",0 222646,"Blue Crush is as predictable as the tides .",0 66634,"It 's plotless , shapeless --",0 231451,"has lots of dancing and fabulous music .",1 44971,"Corny",0 112329,"a mood that 's sustained through the surprisingly somber conclusion",1 99005,"unexceptional",0 192406,"amusing , let alone funny",1 108991,"Skin Of Man gets a few cheap shocks from its kids-in-peril theatrics , but it also taps into the primal fears of young people trying to cope with the mysterious and brutal nature of adults",1 102481,", delusional man",0 226986,"We assume he had a bad run in the market or a costly divorce , because there is no earthly reason other than money why this distinguished actor would stoop so low .",0 46699,"Scotland , PA would be forgettable if it were n't such a clever adaptation of the bard 's tragic play .",1 83498,"intermittently powerful",1 209591,"potentially good",1 235940,"sordid and disgusting",0 138576,"unconditional",1 82070,"hellish",0 121862,"has the stomach-knotting suspense of a legal thriller",1 24412,"A poignant , artfully crafted meditation on mortality .",1 147492,"Moretti plays Giovanni , a psychiatrist who predictably finds it difficult to sustain interest in his profession after the family tragedy . Too predictably , in fact .",0 180378,", Hollywood is sordid and disgusting . Quelle surprise !",0 127132,"minutely detailed wonders",1 190227,"a brilliant college student",1 97500,"this quality band",1 212458,"stand-up magic wanes . Hopkins , squarely fills the screen",1 61128,"'s mostly a pleasure to watch",1 180029,"'s the kind of movie that , aside from Robert Altman , Spike Lee , the Coen Brothers and a few others , our moviemakers do n't make often enough .",1 214596,"the film goes right over the edge and kills every sense of believability",0 87351,"more than makes up for in drama , suspense , revenge , and romance",1 143952,"At the bottom rung of the series ' entries .",0 203861,"it contains almost enough chuckles for a three-minute sketch , and no more .",0 200640,"has some unnecessary parts",0 148775,"Sounding like Arnold Schwarzenegger , with a physique to match , ( Ahola ) has a wooden delivery and encounters a substantial arc of change that does n't produce any real transformation .",0 154943,"been a neat little story about believing in yourself",1 230506,"enchanting film that presents an audacious tour of the past and takes within its warm",1 187212,"Set in a 1986 Harlem that does n't look much like anywhere in New York",0 181191,"-- and some staggeringly boring cinema .",0 223576,"Hard , endearing , caring ,",1 212727,"stuffy and",0 34573,"more interesting",1 128596,"of corny dialogue and preposterous moments",0 146758,"It wants to be thought of as a subversive little indie film ,",0 152067,"a mistake to go see it",0 133027,"sophomore effort",0 52330,"had the good sense",1 66561,"It 's got some pretentious eye-rolling moments and it did n't entirely grab me",0 127965,"no , paralyzed",0 87724,"naturally funny",1 150506,"Trite , banal , cliched ,",0 227765,"a badly handled screenplay",0 156205,"cheap trick",0 216525,"this woefully hackneyed movie , directed by Scott Kalvert ,",0 215742,"the talented cast generally",1 150859,"Whatever Eyre 's failings as a dramatist , he deserves credit for bringing audiences into this hard and bitter place .",1 236007,"staged like `` Rosemary 's Baby , '' but is not as well-conceived as either of those films",0 148559,"Shot like a postcard",1 131078,"realistic characters",1 121453,"gross out",0 12631,"ultimately too repellent",0 154506,"awful study",0 14563,"Trapped",0 132244,"shamelessly manipulative and contrived",0 7530,"informative",1 153572,"and it is n't that funny",0 200045,"goes bump in the night and nobody cares",0 114505,"appears to have been lost in the translation this time . The Importance of Being Earnest movie seems to be missing a great deal of the acerbic repartee of the play .",0 204260,"its own brilliance",1 199781,"generational signpost",1 26042,"Manages to transcend the sex , drugs and show-tunes plot into something far richer .",1 212337,"spin hopelessly out",0 43183,"'s a work by an artist",1 45796,"It haunts , horrifies , startles and fascinates",1 199025,"flat acting",0 175459,"this likable movie",1 74658,"as crisp and",1 142816,"... there 's a choppy , surface-effect feeling to the whole enterprise .",0 110770,"Trying to make head or tail of the story in the hip-hop indie Snipes is enough to give you brain strain -- and the pay-off is negligible",0 47401,"This time , the hype is quieter , and",0 185055,"It 's also not smart or barbed enough for older viewers",0 87820,"never succumbs to sensationalism",1 106633,"If you are in the mood for an intelligent weepy",1 149432,"The film meant well in its horse tale about freedom , but was n't able to reach the heart because it was too overbearing .",0 84602,"is silly but strangely believable",1 84534,"is particularly impressive .",1 24107,". Still , it gets the job done -- a sleepy afternoon rental .",1 41878,"examines a footnote to history seldom brought to light on the screen , and",1 20777,"her personal descent into post-breakup perdition",0 32526,"his best",1 40925,"Goyer 's screenplay and direction are thankfully understated ,",1 131019,"rather choppy",0 111037,"What one is left with , even after the most awful acts are committed , is an overwhelming sadness that feels as if it has made its way into your very bloodstream .",1 35664,"on the nuances of the emotional development of the delicate characters",1 139247,"was immensely enjoyable thanks to great performances by both Steve Buscemi and Rosario Dawson ...",1 120848,"funniest moment",1 202108,"in which a high school swimming pool substitutes for a bathtub",0 81218,"good B movies",1 81389,"grew up on Scooby -- you 'll love this movie .",1 45812,"It is amusing , and that 's all it needs to be",1 29483,"becomes increasingly mesmerizing",1 11977,"the titillating",1 99341,"very fast . The first five minutes will have you talking 'til the end of the year",1 55401,"of international acclaim",1 191712,"about an adult male dressed in pink jammies",0 188432,"The movie is concocted and carried out by folks worthy of scorn , and the nicest thing I can say is that I ca n't remember a single name responsible for it .",0 23509,", but it jumps through the expected hoops with style and even some depth .",1 225878,"Some of it is clever ,",1 209933,"put away",0 21450,"not so much enjoyable to watch as it is enlightening to listen to new sides of a previous reality , and to visit with some of the people who were able to make an impact in the theater world",0 173992,"the folly of superficiality that is itself",0 103009,", weightless fairy tale",0 70259,"This is one of the rarest kinds of films : a family-oriented non-Disney film that is actually funny without hitting below the belt .",1 19582,"a snapshot of modern China in microcosm as it is a crash course in movie mythology",1 158841,"far as slapdash",1 68434,"Richly entertaining and suggestive of any number of metaphorical readings",1 166252,"more than a chuckle",1 91914,"satisfy the boom-bam crowd without a huge sacrifice of character and mood",1 48590,"absorbing as well as",1 231712,"himself can take credit for most of the movie 's success .",1 123548,"into a mundane '70s disaster flick",0 193468,"as honest working man John Q . Archibald , on a pedestal , then keeps lifting the pedestal higher",1 113807,"ambitious , eager",1 121017,"gentle and humane",1 239103,"you 're a fan of the series",1 142918,"4Ever is harmless in the extreme and it 'll mute your kids for nearly 80 minutes",1 82275,"his lack of self-awareness",0 37412,"style and even some depth",1 1482,"it might be tempting to regard mr . andrew and his collaborators as oddballs , but mr . earnhart 's quizzical , charming movie allows us to see them , finally , as artists",1 225909,"Sorvino glides gracefully from male persona to female without missing a beat .",1 171796,"spinning its wheels",0 82694,"imagine having more fun watching a documentary",0 47482,"Tsai has a well-deserved reputation as one of the cinema world 's great visual stylists , and",1 8910,"much ado",1 201954,"in repugnance . It 's also not smart or barbed enough for older viewers",0 119235,"epilogue that leaks suspension of disbelief like a sieve",0 106687,"In addition to scoring high for originality of plot",1 100929,"would look like something like this",1 51272,"entertaining and informative documentary",1 134614,"that uses a sensational , real-life 19th-Century crime as a metaphor for",1 145838,"Holden Caulfield did it better .",0 183148,"Cold , pretentious",0 4532,"almost laughable as a consequence",0 130861,"puts itself squarely in the service of the lovers who inhabit it",1 68025,"One of those rare films that come by once in a while with flawless amounts of acting , direction , story and pace .",1 160000,"get ready to take off ... the other direction .",0 121111,"gigantic proportions",1 182983,"Cacoyannis ' vision is far less mature , interpreting the play as a call for pity and sympathy for anachronistic phantasms haunting the imagined glory of their own pasts .",0 143603,"All ends well , sort of , but the frenzied comic moments never click .",0 185956,"Maik , the firebrand turned savvy ad man ,",1 182720,"Be forewarned , if you 're depressed about anything before watching this film , you may just end up trying to drown yourself in a lake afterwards .",0 16493,"lot to offer",1 19493,"a footnote to history seldom brought to light on the screen",1 63003,"A film of ideas and wry comic mayhem",1 49966,"by the way it deals with big issues like death and destiny",1 167061,"numbingly dull-witted and disquietingly creepy",0 238222,"uninhibited",1 94074,"taboo",0 36505,"repetitions and inconsistencies",0 17446,"that rare combination of entertainment and education .",1 101704,"'s icky .",0 79784,"feels universal",1 189475,"We ca n't accuse Kung Pow for misfiring , since it is exactly what it wants to be : an atrociously , mind-numbingly , indescribably bad movie . Unfortunately",0 215804,"the tries-so-hard-to-be-cool '' Clockstoppers",0 96377,"the performances that come with it",1 161308,"his self-deprecating act",0 232922,"it 's a rushed , slapdash , sequel-for-the-sake - of-a-sequel with less than half",0 188122,"The fact that the ` best part ' of the movie comes from a 60-second homage to one of Demme 's good films does n't bode well for the rest of it .",0 215811,"the twist endings",1 224763,"Mediterranean sparkles",1 57123,"so rich with period minutiae",1 228988,"as the queasy-stomached critic who staggered from the theater and blacked out in the lobby",0 75215,"be about everything that 's plaguing the human spirit in a relentlessly globalizing world",1 76612,"charming and funny",1 21535,"of one of Latin America 's most oppressive regimes",0 198391,"expresses empathy",1 46888,"Thanks to Haynes ' absolute control of the film 's mood ,",1 163170,"is not the same thing as a good movie",0 156785,"contrasting and interlocking stories about miserable Scandinavian settlers",1 78635,"driven by appealing leads",1 237624,"thought would leave you cold",0 5272,"bravado kathy",1 211405,"she needs to shake up the mix , and work in something that does n't feel like a half-baked stand-up routine",0 70231,"This is historical filmmaking without the balm of right-thinking ideology , either liberal or conservative . Mr . Scorsese 's bravery and integrity in advancing this vision can hardly be underestimated .",1 15322,"but its boasts a huge charm factor and smacks of originality .",1 134012,"terrorists are more evil than ever !",0 118172,"developed characters so much",1 126461,"loves them to pieces",1 153090,"all over the map",0 66817,"Its metaphors are opaque enough to avoid didacticism , and the film succeeds as an emotionally accessible , almost mystical work .",1 130505,"powerful , inflammatory film",1 64334,"Better",1 195233,"by the surprisingly shoddy makeup work",0 94771,"that makes The Banger Sisters a fascinating character study with laughs to spare",1 130267,"plant smile-button faces",1 70747,"Well-done supernatural thriller with keen insights",1 18999,"It 's solid and affecting and exactly as thought-provoking as it should be .",1 97166,"their teen ( or preteen ) kid could bond while watching A Walk To Remember .",1 36866,"shake up the formula and make it more interesting",1 170537,"see the would-be surprises coming a mile away",0 27821,"a simple plan",1 178865,"would be hard to think of a recent movie that has worked this hard to achieve this little fun .",0 24518,"A worthy tribute",1 70249,"This is not Chabrol 's best",0 154616,"based in insipid vulgarity .",0 45755,"It 's somewhat clumsy and too lethargically paced -- but its story about a mysterious creature with psychic abilities offers a solid build-up , a terrific climax , and some nice chills along the way",0 234554,"of the most purely enjoyable and satisfying evenings at the movies I 've had in a while",1 37045,"smart people amid a compelling plot",1 15231,"becomes an enemy to his own race .",0 201808,"in a tired old setting",0 75459,"been deemed important enough to make a film in which someone has to be hired to portray Richard Dawson",1 132165,"set in the world of lingerie models and bar dancers in the Midwest that held my interest precisely because it did n't try to .",1 548,"based on ugly ideas instead of ugly behavior",0 28330,"an easy pace",1 145836,"Hoffman 's brilliance",1 128317,"of Ellis ' book",1 175169,"there 's nothing so striking or fascinating or metaphorically significant about his career as to rate two hours of our attention .",0 32073,"gives a performance that could not be improved upon .",1 4697,"an ungainly movie , ill-fitting ,",0 148245,"Rates an ` E ' for effort -- and a ` B ' for boring",0 235268,"redundant , sloppy",0 29921,"by bright and friendly souls with a lot of good cheer",1 50608,"cutting-edge indie filmmaking",1 222649,"Boisterous , heartfelt comedy .",1 74831,"as well-written as Sexy Beast , not as gloriously flippant as Lock , Stock and Two Smoking Barrels , but stylish and moody and",1 14141,"In this incarnation its fizz is infectious",1 53575,"is one of world cinema 's most wondrously gifted artists and storytellers",1 46081,"Malcolm McDowell is cool . Paul Bettany is cool . Paul Bettany playing Malcolm McDowell ? Cool .",1 39089,"times funny and at other times candidly revealing",1 67148,"Lead actress Gaï , she of the impossibly long limbs and sweetly conspiratorial smile , is a towering siren .",1 222400,"Antonio Banderas",1 94646,"that everyone can enjoy",1 188341,"The material and the production",1 73857,"an intelligent , realistic portrayal",1 134773,"the Vertical Limit of surfing movies",1 170925,"shot himself in the foot",0 68947,"Spielberg has managed to marry science fiction with film noir and action flicks with philosophical inquiry .",1 109284,"Surprisingly , the film is a hilarious adventure and I shamelessly enjoyed it .",1 134285,"that derives from a workman 's grasp of pun and entendre and its attendant",1 16146,"includes some of the top actors working in independent film",1 80515,"fourth feature",1 189691,"While it may not add up to the sum of its parts",0 74065,"and the thinness of its characterizations makes it a failure as straight drama . '",0 1853,"not a good movie , but it",0 23062,"'s a pleasure to enjoy their eccentricities",1 69486,"The enjoyable Undercover Brother , a zany mix of Saturday Night Live-style parody , '70s Blaxploitation films and goofball action comedy gone wild",1 39877,"watching the spectacle of a promising young lad treading desperately in a nasty sea , shed an errant tear",0 162699,"is about as convincing on the sci-fi front as TV 's defunct Cleopatra 2525 .",0 204402,"joyless , idiotic , annoying , heavy-handed ,",0 121544,"had the balance shifted in favor of water-bound action over the land-based ` drama",0 100591,"with raw urban humor",1 120556,"forceful drama",1 27363,"a bad journey at all",0 139716,"who , in spite of all that he 's witnessed , remains surprisingly idealistic",1 8037,"its dreamlike glide",1 150810,"What 's the point ?",0 18831,"Dennis Quaid is its athletic heart",1 203498,"is surely one of the most frantic , virulent and foul-natured Christmas season pics ever delivered by a Hollywood studio .",0 125593,"kiddie entertainment ,",1 230552,"enough clever innuendo to fil",1 40211,"with his affection for Astoria and its people he has given his tale a warm glow",1 224455,"Jar-Jar Binks : The Movie",0 200718,"have a case of masochism and an hour and a half",0 205485,"low , very low , very",0 232044,"in the pantheon of the best of the swashbucklers",1 106902,"It 's mildly interesting to ponder the peculiar American style of justice that plays out here , but it 's so muddled and derivative that few will bother thinking it all through",0 218411,"vanity film",0 213408,"than most third-rate horror sequels",0 106499,"I liked a lot of the smaller scenes .",1 33184,"inventively detailed",1 235036,"precisely layered performance",1 37111,"solid and subtly",1 16506,"loving what you 're seeing",1 50132,"charged music to the ears of Cho 's fans",1 187697,"Taylor 's cartoonish performance",0 174104,"the impossible task of making them jell",0 163644,"it 's forced to make its characters idiots in order to advance the plot",0 114714,"are well done and perfectly constructed to convey a sense of childhood imagination",1 71983,"a minor miracle in Unfaithful",1 35432,"of the best examples of artful Large Format filmmaking you are likely to see anytime soon",1 134972,"the central flaw",0 179908,"'s not too much of anything .",0 185295,"It is dark , brooding and slow , and takes its central idea way too seriously .",0 188070,"The dialogue is cumbersome , the simpering soundtrack and editing more so",0 59185,"to be lauded for finding a new and ingenious angle",1 118690,"dramatic animated feature",1 7901,"it 's the kind of motion picture that wo n't make much of a splash when it 's released , and will not be remembered long afterwards",0 81862,"have been without the vulgarity and with an intelligent , life-affirming script",1 80104,"flaws Igby",0 46331,"No , it 's not as single-minded as John Carpenter 's original , but it 's sure a lot smarter and more unnerving than the sequels",1 133840,"takes a hat-in-hand approach to Rowling that stifles creativity and allows the film to drag on for nearly three hours",0 113013,"a welcome , if downbeat , missive",1 165028,"likely to lose interest before Sandrine",0 71952,"a masterful work of art of their own",1 230337,"does all of this , and more , while remaining one of the most savagely hilarious social critics this side of Jonathan Swift .",1 139851,"wide-awake all the way",1 161068,"heft to justify its two-hour running time",0 64271,"Beautiful , angry and sad",1 102924,", there are great rewards here .",1 95665,"the film is well-crafted",1 108839,"See Clockstoppers",1 134286,"that deserves more than a passing twinkle",1 225507,"Pretend it 's a werewolf itself by avoiding eye contact and walking slowly away",0 232715,"is quintessential Bollywood",1 81945,"have two words to say about Reign of Fire . Great dragons !",1 95262,"the career peak",1 212413,"squeeze a few laughs",1 152630,"a travesty of the genre and even as spoof takes itself too seriously",0 189863,"Wraps itself in the guise of a dark and quirky comedy",0 116982,"churn out one mediocre movie after another",0 197606,"dumb and",0 214020,"the Canadian 's inane ramblings",0 16007,"held together by skilled ensemble actors .",1 125071,"it points out how inseparable the two are",1 193356,"as a cult film",1 92292,"sentimental but entirely irresistible portrait",1 130367,"pointed , often tender ,",1 172994,"that even Yu 's high-energy action stylings ca n't break through the stupor",0 63902,"An infinitely wittier version",1 155518,"broad , mildly fleshed-out characters that seem to have been conjured up only 10 minutes prior to filming",0 138841,"upstaged by an avalanche of more appealing holiday-season product",1 76904,"comatose",0 121536,"had more interesting -- and , dare I say , thematically complex -- bowel movements than this long-on-the-shelf , point-and-shoot exercise in gimmicky crime drama",0 75035,"attract upscale audiences hungry for quality and a nostalgic , twisty yarn that will keep them guessing",1 221008,"'s too close to real life to make sense",0 224148,"It 's also not smart or barbed enough for older viewers -- not everyone thinks poo-poo jokes are ` edgy",0 63894,"An exceptionally",1 92989,"so striking",1 136737,"there 's not enough intelligence , wit or innovation on the screen to attract and sustain an older crowd .",0 43102,"'ll be treated to an impressive and highly entertaining celebration of its sounds .",1 174143,"the job done , running off the limited chemistry created by Ralph Fiennes and Jennifer Lopez",0 62470,"-- and deeply appealing",1 211186,"self-consciously flashy camera effects , droning house music",0 151940,"a laugh",1 141426,"'s more scatological action in 8 Crazy Nights than a proctologist is apt to encounter in an entire career .",0 156222,"cheerful enough",1 70917,"While this gentle and affecting melodrama will have luvvies in raptures",1 134464,"that makes a depleted yesterday feel very much like a brand-new tomorrow",1 227373,"` Scratch ' is a pretty decent little documentary .",1 56146,"precise and",1 118206,"did n't hate this one , it 's not very good either .",0 141829,"( Two ) fairly dull -- contrasting and interlocking stories about miserable Scandinavian settlers in 18th-century Canada , and yuppie sailboaters in the here and now .",0 163907,"it seems to take itself far more seriously .",0 195877,"collapses like an overcooked soufflé .",0 148664,"So boring",0 165668,"many laughs in this interesting study of the cultural mores of Georgian Jews in Tel Aviv",1 132821,"soar .",1 111682,"a coming-of-age story and cautionary parable",1 155839,"ca n't decide if it wants to be a mystery\/thriller , a romance or a comedy .",0 84616,"is so convincing",1 167536,"of inflated nonsense",0 236138,"sucks the blood out",0 100959,"wow factors",1 183750,"Even if it is generally amusing from time to time , I Spy has all the same problems the majority of action comedies have .",0 36242,"pushes viewers to question their deepest notions of moral right and wrong",1 33839,"its ridiculousness",0 37983,"the absurdity of its protagonist 's plight",0 236728,"the audience to meet them halfway and connect the dots instead of having things all spelled out",1 44005,"A coming-of-age tale",1 211554,"showcase the Canadian 's inane ramblings",0 78900,"emotional heart",1 121894,"have .",1 210435,"replete with the pubescent scandalous",0 85003,"it displays something more important : respect for its flawed , crazy people",1 59651,"underlying concern",0 130651,"prissy",0 44054,"A drama of great power , yet some members of the audience",1 237511,"this costly dud is a far cry from either the book or the beloved film .",0 81396,"grin",1 33265,"is a simple and heart-warming story , full of mirth that should charm all but the most cynical .",1 189739,"Will no doubt delight Plympton 's legion of fans : others may find 80 minutes of these shenanigans exhausting",0 81129,"giving the cast ample opportunity to use that term as often as possible .",0 233846,"might as well have come from a Xerox machine rather than ( writer-director ) Franc",0 238632,"when he is not more lucratively engaged in the shameless self-caricature of ` Analyze This ' ( 1999 ) and ` Analyze That , ' promised ( or threatened ) for later this year",0 6160,"elegant wit",1 15741,"far more thoughtful film",1 79237,"even gritty enough",1 131562,"right-wing , propriety-obsessed family",0 12258,"thrill",1 114480,"appalling , shamelessly manipulative and contrived ,",0 233348,"leave you cold",0 124699,"is the sort of low-grade dreck that usually goes straight to video -- with a lousy script , inept direction , pathetic acting , poorly dubbed dialogue and murky cinematography , complete with visible boom mikes",0 25021,"Complex , affecting and uniquely Almodóvar",1 225924,"Spiderman ROCKS",1 82909,"in artful , watery tones of blue , green and brown",1 175795,"titled , given the heavy-handedness of it drama",0 206061,"merely indulges in the worst elements of all of them .",0 75793,"bombastic self-glorification",0 180809,", meandering",0 160636,"has all the elements necessary to be a fascinating , involving character study , but never does more than",1 116235,"bringing a barf bag to the moviehouse",0 199412,"forewarned , if you 're depressed about anything before watching this film",0 143263,"A perplexing example",0 110657,"To better understand why this did n't connect with me would require another viewing , and I wo n't be sitting through this one again ... that in itself is commentary enough",0 66631,"It 's one thing to read about or rail against the ongoing - and unprecedented - construction project going on over our heads . It 's quite another to feel physically caught up in the process .",1 100151,"wholesome and",1 59527,"tremendous energy from the cast ,",1 238980,"worse : the poor acting by the ensemble cast , the flat dialogue by Vincent R. Nebrida or the gutless direction by Laurice Guillen",0 126397,"lost in the translation this time . The Importance of Being Earnest movie seems to be missing a great deal of the acerbic repartee of the play",0 119134,"enjoyed it just as much",1 232480,"is hamstrung by a badly handled screenplay of what is really an amusing concept -- a high-tech tux that transforms its wearer into a superman .",0 75342,"be viewed as pure composition and form --",1 170740,"seriously dumb characters",0 217345,"to sit still for two hours and change watching such a character , especially when rendered in as flat and impassive a manner as Phoenix 's",0 37040,"small treasure",1 71599,"a familiar story , but one that is presented with great sympathy and intelligence",1 78491,"does so without compromising that complexity",1 160918,"have to be really dumb not to see where this is going",0 106818,"It 's a stale , overused cocktail using the same olives since 1962 as garnish . Not only is entry number twenty the worst of the Brosnan bunch",0 44467,"An effectively creepy ,",1 226515,"The thought of watching this film with an audience full of teenagers fixating on its body humour and reinforcement of stereotypes ( of which they 'll get plenty )",0 195259,"ca n't distract from the flawed support structure holding Equilibrium up",0 146604,"It 's push-the-limits teen comedy , the type written by people who ca n't come up with legitimate funny ,",0 34249,"low-down version",0 7024,"have a 90-minute , four-star movie . as it is , it 's too long and unfocused",0 25336,"For the first time since Desperately Seeking Susan , Madonna does n't suck as an actress",1 138964,"very compelling ,",1 238492,"watching this film nearly provoked me to take my own life",0 236862,"the feel of a summer popcorn movie",1 47394,"This story still seems timely and important . And",1 58270,"the ethereal beauty of an Asian landscape painting",1 182638,"At least it 's a fairly impressive debut from the director , Charles Stone III .",1 70409,"Toes the fine line between cheese and earnestness remarkably well : everything is delivered with such conviction that it 's hard not to be carried away .",1 24432,"A rarity among recent Iranian films : It 's a comedy full of gentle humor that chides the absurdity of its protagonist 's plight .",1 24699,"Antwone Fisher '' is an earnest",1 194574,"better than inconsequential",1 220598,"'ll still have a good time",1 176315,"to portray its literarily talented and notorious subject as anything much more than a dirty old man",0 27789,"a romantic pairing",1 32611,"hits the mark with critics who escaped from a small town life",1 157291,"depressing , even if you",0 221375,", in itself , is extraordinary .",1 49586,"because of its epic scope",1 100552,"with maggots crawling on a dead dog",0 25665,"If you love Motown music , you 'll love this documentary .",1 164776,"less worthy of Puccini than they are of daytime television",0 140172,"with jaw-dropping action sequences , striking villains , a gorgeous color palette , astounding technology , stirring music and a boffo last hour",1 2703,"the sad schlock merchant",0 182037,"A superfluous sequel ... plagued by that old familiar feeling of ` let 's get this thing over with '",0 216582,"thoughtful without having much dramatic impact",0 4371,"accepting him in the role",1 7657,"is a lie and this",0 79742,"feel absolutely earned",1 49252,"as a tarantula , Helga",0 107587,"Madonna is one helluva singer .",1 73463,"all-powerful ,",1 190329,"a college comedy that 's target audience has n't graduated from junior high school",0 190554,"a film 's title served such dire warning",0 204486,"just unlikable",0 190765,"a hoot in a bad-movie way",0 105462,"Director Tom Dey demonstrated a knack for mixing action and idiosyncratic humor in his charming 2000 debut Shanghai Noon , but Showtime 's uninspired send-up of TV cop show cliches mostly leaves him shooting blanks",0 112003,"a gentle , unforced intimacy that never becomes claustrophobic",1 58761,"the stuff of lurid melodrama",1 15662,"entertaining for what it does , and admirable for what it does n't do",1 131383,"repulsive and depressing",0 131452,"resultado su premisa , pues el resultado es francamente aburrido y",1 236417,"that deals with first love sweetly",1 159308,"follows the formula , but throws in too many conflicts to keep the story compelling",0 790,"demons",0 183856,"Fans of Plympton 's shorts may marginally enjoy the film ,",1 214189,"the best story",1 98640,"transcend its genre with a curiously stylized , quasi-Shakespearean portrait of pure misogynist evil",1 59191,"to be significantly different ( and better ) than most films with this theme",1 63221,"A much better documentary -- more revealing , more emotional and more surprising -- than its pedestrian English title",1 182605,"As predictable as the outcome of a Globetrotters-Generals game , Juwanna Mann is even more ludicrous than you 'd expect from the guy-in-a-dress genre ,",0 208154,"of the week blown up for the big screen",0 76941,"come when various characters express their quirky inner selves",1 48368,"a sharp eye",1 44211,"A psychological thriller with a genuinely spooky premise and an above-average cast , actor Bill Paxton 's directing debut",1 223365,"Film aficionados can not help but love Cinema Paradiso , whether the original version or new Director 's Cut . '",1 22316,"the music is simply sublime",1 141951,", Blue Crush is highly enjoyable . When it 's on dry land , though , this surfer-girl melodrama starts gasping like a beached grouper .",1 198709,"feels as if the movie is more interested in entertaining itself than in amusing us",0 122071,"heading",1 161030,"heart , depth",1 60119,"which is a treasure in and of itself",1 53844,"it looks even better",1 79988,"fine , old-fashioned-movie movie",1 70913,"While the story 's undeniably hard to follow",0 205187,"little action",0 43205,"'s an offbeat treat that pokes fun at the democratic exercise while also examining its significance for those who take part",1 195562,"certainly no",1 87110,"might turn on many people to opera , in general",1 211049,"seem to find the oddest places to dwell",0 104555,"At 90 minutes this movie is short , but it feels much longer",0 219814,"with subplots involving the various Silbersteins that it feels more like the pilot episode of a TV series than a feature film",0 106831,"It 's also curious to note that this film , like the similarly ill-timed Antitrust , is easily as bad at a fraction the budget .",0 74429,"are the hallmark of this bittersweet , uncommonly sincere movie that portrays the frank humanity of ... emotional recovery",1 235732,"shows them the respect they are due .",1 204636,"lacking about everything",0 16057,"horrifying documents of lynchings , still photographs and charming old reel-to-reel recordings of Meeropol entertaining his children to create his song history , but most powerful of all",1 101399,"'ll have an idea of the film 's creepy , scary effectiveness",1 230382,"doing something else far more pleasurable",0 9367,"of the most high-concept sci fi adventures attempted for the screen",1 91051,"racial tension",0 184760,"Ice Age is the first computer-generated feature cartoon to feel like other movies",1 83940,"is able to visualize schizophrenia",1 187932,"The actors pull out all the stops in nearly every scene",1 66770,"It picked me up , swung me around , and dropped me back in my seat with more emotional force than any other recent film .",1 81839,"have a good shot at a Hollywood career ,",1 136056,"the presence of ` the King , ' it also",0 132901,"some profound social commentary",1 62784,"A beguiling evocation",1 47223,"The production has been made with an enormous amount of affection ,",1 216842,"to balance all the formulaic equations in the long-winded heist comedy",0 56954,"showcases Tom Hanks as a depression era hit-man in this dark tale of revenge .",1 223591,"Has an uppity musical beat that you can dance to , but its energy ca n't compare to the wit , humor and snappy dialogue of the original",1 66546,"It 's crafty , energetic and smart",1 165983,"mind having my heartstrings pulled , but do n't treat me like a fool",0 219100,"what anyone saw in this film that allowed it to get made",0 76580,"character creations",1 91713,"rigid",0 200951,"he seems embarrassed to be part of",0 125971,"life . A little melodramatic",1 16148,"incredibly beautiful to look at",1 92954,"so intimate and",1 177798,"we just get messy anger , a movie as personal therapy",0 201649,"imagine another director ever making his wife look so bad in a major movie",0 82672,"ills",0 182724,"Bean drops the ball too many times ...",0 178365,"will do little to boost Stallone 's career",0 186237,"Muddled , simplistic and more than a little pretentious",0 83667,"irresistible blend",1 98847,"two men who discover what William James once called ` the gift of tears",1 201202,"his maudlin ending",0 11036,"that 's just experimental enough to alienate the mainstream audience while ringing cliched to hardened indie-heads",0 190391,"a credible case",1 172188,"stylized with lots of flash black",1 203506,"is that , by the end , no one in the audience or the film seems to really care .",0 143940,"At first , the sight of a blind man directing a film is hilarious",1 187881,"The Sum of All Fears pretends to be a serious exploration of nuclear terrorism , but",0 33950,"know that the likely audience will already be among the faithful",1 196668,"deeply biased , and",0 163419,"is that he obviously does n't have his heart in it",0 121987,"have stayed there",1 47386,"This remake gets all there is to get out of a peculiar premise with promise",1 189038,"This kiddie-oriented stinker",0 190058,"a 1986 Harlem that does n't look much like anywhere in New York",0 14858,"a welcome pinch",1 87196,"moments of genuine insight into the urban heart",1 181644,"A fairly harmless but ultimately lifeless feature-length",0 29213,"as one of the most important stories to be told in Australia 's film history",1 212721,"studio hack",0 6510,"firmly",1 227083,"When a set of pre-shooting guidelines a director came up with for his actors turns out to be cleverer , better written and of considerable more interest than the finished film , that 's a bad sign .",0 144317,"By Numbers is like a couple of mediocre TV-movie",0 151074,"Writhing under dialogue like ` You 're from two different worlds ' and ` Tonight the maid is a lie and this , this is who you are",0 102782,", predictable rehash",0 87361,"more timely in its despairing vision of corruption",1 73554,"always make it look easy , even though the reality is anything but",1 65960,"He does this so well",1 117795,"cursing",0 49144,"are charming and have chemistry both as friends and lovers .",1 230979,"found myself struggling to put my finger on that elusive `` missing thing . ''",0 23663,", his approach to storytelling might be called Iranian .",0 148842,"Stars Matthew Perry and Elizabeth Hurley illicit more than a chuckle , and more jokes land than crash , but ultimately Serving Sara does n't distinguish itself from the herd .",0 234124,"no character , loveable or otherwise",0 50443,"contrived banter",0 10001,"rarely does a film so graceless and devoid of merit as this one come along",0 59468,"touch the heart of anyone old enough to have earned a 50-year friendship",1 51394,"excel in insightful , empathetic performances .",1 198255,"exceedingly pleasant , designed",1 129964,"pairing Clayburgh and Tambor",1 227839,"a confusing drudgery .",0 45759,"It 's the perfect star vehicle for Grant , allowing him to finally move away from his usual bumbling , tongue-tied screen persona .",1 171947,"stay away . Otherwise , this could be a passable date film",0 171134,"single digits kidlets Stuart Little 2 is still a no brainer .",0 192181,"all over the map thematically and stylistically , and borrows heavily from Lynch , Jeunet , and von Trier while failing to find a spark of its own",0 197423,"done that ... a thousand times already",0 137066,"this thriller is too loud and thoroughly overbearing",0 165773,"maybe it 'll be on video by then",0 21438,"nonthreatening but thrilling",1 158702,"extremely bad",0 137706,"to life . A little melodramatic , but with enough hope",1 202624,"is a particularly vexing handicap",0 117932,"deceptively amusing",1 76012,"bubbles up out of John C . Walsh 's Pipe Dream is the distinct and very welcome sense of watching intelligent people making a movie",1 46016,"Lifetime Channel-style anthology",1 3974,"a mess",0 75968,"brings a youthful , out-to-change-the-world aggressiveness to the project , as if she 's cut open a vein and bled the raw film stock",1 149549,"The messages of compassion and mercy are clearly , squarely and",1 130488,"pot",1 67999,"One of the best movies of the year",1 162831,"is completely",1 65270,"Eileen Walsh , an engaging , wide-eyed actress whose teeth are a little too big for her mouth ,",0 15666,"enthralling",1 157938,"dramatic unity",1 192102,"aimlessly and",0 166783,"no excuse",0 72228,"a real filmmaker 's eye",1 22501,"to find a film that dazzles the eye , challenges the brain",1 69490,"The ensemble cast turns in a collectively stellar performance",1 147604,"Myers never knows when to let a gag die : thus , we 're subjected to one mind-numbingly lengthy riff on poo and pee jokes after another",0 119042,"encouraging thought . Better still , he does all of this , and",1 205988,"meandering , loud , painful , obnoxious",0 142620,", we deserve the trash that we get .",0 237881,"to make its subject interesting to those who are n't part of its supposed target audience",1 72856,"a worldly-wise and very funny script",1 204380,"itself virtually collapses into an inhalant blackout , maintaining consciousness just long enough to achieve callow pretension",0 10729,"stealing harvard aspires to comedic grand larceny but stands convicted of nothing more than petty theft of your time",0 84497,"is nothing short of a great one .",1 148373,"Safe Conduct , however ambitious and well-intentioned ,",1 52939,"in its complexity . Nothing",0 70448,"Transcends its agenda to deliver awe-inspiring , at times sublime , visuals and offer a fascinating glimpse into the subculture of extreme athletes whose derring-do puts the X into the games .",1 17033,"rare , beautiful film .",1 124231,"is lost , leaving the character of Critical Jim two-dimensional and pointless",0 12972,"what remains is a variant of the nincompoop benigni persona , here a more annoying , though less angry version of the irresponsible sandlerian",0 42741,"takes its time to tell its story , casts mostly little-known performers in key roles , and",1 130671,"problematic quest",0 143289,"A real clunker . A well-made , thoughtful , well-acted clunker , but a clunker",0 124087,"is guaranteed to lift the spirits of the whole family",1 131003,"rare depth",1 22187,"that it 's slow at times",0 181265,". Still , it just sits there like a side dish no one ordered .",0 179760,"'s get this thing over with",0 39630,"unhappily",0 144563,"Comes off more like a misdemeanor , a flat , unconvincing drama that never catches fire .",0 101521,"'s a love story as sanguine as its title",1 196489,"crush each other",0 27467,"a cute and sometimes side-splittingly funny blend",1 91381,"reinvigorated the romance genre",1 126154,"liked a lot of the smaller scenes",1 198541,"far from being a realized work",0 136676,"their mentally '' superior",1 170597,"seems a half beat off",0 233051,"it is that it does n't give a damn .",0 179862,"'s next ? Rob Schneider , Dana Carvey and Sarah Michelle Gellar in The Philadelphia Story ? David Spade as Citizen Kane ?",0 189183,"To me , it sounds like a cruel deception carried out by men of marginal intelligence , with reactionary ideas about women and a total lack of empathy .",0 36466,"relentless descent",0 172919,"that a new software program spit out the screenplay",0 203571,"is the picture of health with boundless energy until a few days before she dies . This is absolutely and completely ridiculous and an insult to every family whose mother has suffered through the horrible pains of a death by cancer",0 175322,"thirty-three minutes spent watching this waste of time",0 113221,"about this traditional thriller , moderately successful but not completely satisfying , is exactly how genteel and unsurprising the execution turns out to be .",0 186233,"Much of the digitally altered footage appears jagged , as if filmed directly from a television monitor , while the extensive use of stock footage quickly becomes a tiresome cliché .",0 182516,"Anyone not into high-tech splatterfests",0 108934,"Sia lacks visual flair . But Kouyate elicits strong performances from his cast , and he delivers a powerful commentary on how governments lie , no matter who runs them",0 230351,"does n't do much to weigh any arguments one way or the other",0 210212,"really poor comedic writing",0 222782,"But its storytelling prowess and special effects are both listless .",0 43953,": Land Beyond Time is an enjoyable Big Movie primarily because Australia is a weirdly beautiful place .",1 136377,"the sweetness",1 110089,"The plot grows thin soon , and you find yourself praying for a quick resolution",0 223079,"Debut effort by `` Project Greenlight '' winner",1 171598,"some pretty cool characters",1 235092,"provide any conflict",0 222489,"Astonishing is n't the word -- neither is incompetent , incoherent or just plain crap .",0 75468,"been hoping for",1 197956,"entertainment opportunism at its most glaring",0 98989,"understands , in a way that speaks forcefully enough about the mechanisms of poverty to transcend the rather simplistic filmmaking .",1 38499,"the only way to bring happiness to their loved ones",1 155155,"better suited for the small screen",0 62846,"A chronicle not only of one man 's quest to be president , but of how that man single-handedly turned a plane full of hard-bitten , cynical journalists into what was essentially , by campaign 's end , an extended publicity department .",1 148523,"Shadyac shoots his film like an M . Night Shyamalan movie , and he frequently maintains the same snail 's pace : he just forgot to add any genuine tension .",0 91463,"remarkably original",1 150505,"Trite , banal , cliched",0 117760,"crystallize key plot moments into minutely detailed wonders of dreamlike ecstasy",1 130810,"punishable by chainsaw",0 92699,"sincere mess",0 57980,"the National Lampoon film franchise ,",1 27549,"a gifted director",1 4929,"at an egg timer for 93 minutes",0 167557,"of its groundbreaking small-screen progenitor",1 149540,"The makers have forsaken the entertaining elements of the original and",0 100612,"with some powerful people",1 18671,"An involving true story",1 3096,"were funniest",1 120602,"found myself growing more and more frustrated and detached as Vincent became more and more abhorrent",0 171252,"sleep by the movie",0 114650,"are once again made all too clear in this schlocky horror\/action hybrid .",0 110023,"The music makes a nice album , the food is enticing and Italy beckons us all",1 225464,"Pinocchio he directed , cowrote and starred in borders on the grotesque .",0 75907,"brave and challenging",1 90186,"perfect black pearls",1 109166,"Star Trek was kind of terrific once , but now it is a copy of a copy of a copy .",0 183913,"Femme Fatale offers nothing more than a bait-and-switch that is beyond playing fair with the audience . Are we dealing with dreams , visions or being told what actually happened as if it were the third ending of Clue ?",0 42760,"teen movies go ,",1 4141,"a sports movie with action that 's exciting on the field and a story you care about off it .",1 38570,"the price",1 81919,"have reinvigorated the romance genre",1 176078,"to disguise the fact that the characters barely move",0 26697,"Tautou remains captivating throughout Michele 's religious and romantic quests , and she is backed by a likable cast .",1 62494,"-- on the way to striking a blow for artistic integrity --",1 83756,"is a convincing one",1 121690,"has all the sibling rivalry and general family chaos to which anyone can relate .",1 70819,"What makes Barbershop so likable",1 61772,", and yet at the end",1 2194,"satisfies our lust",1 154493,"avoid them",0 180713,", it 's a real shame that so much of the movie -- again , as in The Animal -- is a slapdash mess .",0 237986,"to the core of what it actually means to face your fears , to be a girl in a world of boys , to be a boy truly in love with a girl",1 132573,"skid-row",0 223069,"Dazzling in its complexity , disturbing for its extraordinary themes , The Piano Teacher is a film that defies categorisation .",1 147963,"Other Side of Heaven '' appalling ''",0 147083,"Lanie 's professional success means she must be a failure at life , because she 's driven by ambition and Does n't Know How to Have Fun .",0 96783,"the storytelling instincts of a slightly more literate filmgoing audience",1 60759,"'re on the edge of your seat",1 68903,"Son of the Bride , proves it 's never too late to learn .",1 36137,"predictably",0 90646,"pretty damned wonderful",1 63701,"All in all , an interesting look at the life of the campaign-trail press , especially ones that do n't really care for the candidate they 're forced to follow .",1 154234,"as punishment for paying money to see the last James Bond movie",0 169937,"rely on stupidity as a substitute for humor",0 81357,"great cinema",1 12497,"too long",0 119885,"feeling like you 've completely lowered your entertainment standards",0 60954,"'s as entertaining as it is instructive",1 21847,"remarkably coherent , horrifically vivid snapshot",1 37336,"still are the clear-eyed boldness and quiet irony with which actor and director take on life 's urgent questions .",1 80572,"from Lang 's Metropolis , Welles ' Kane , and Eisenstein 's Potemkin",1 47194,"The overall fabric is hypnotic ,",1 224317,"It haunts you ,",1 73205,"addition to gluing you to the edge of your seat",1 140158,"with humor and poignancy",1 166211,"more or less slogs its way through",0 126494,"lulls you into a gentle waking coma",0 142075,", along the way ,",1 51802,"for one of the year 's best films",1 207118,"no wit",0 22033,"soulful movie",1 233809,"meandering , Norton has to recite bland police procedural details , Fiennes wanders around in an attempt to seem weird and distanced , Hopkins looks like a drag queen",0 216626,"thriller remarkable",1 86049,"like a rather unbelievable love interest and a meandering ending --",0 108764,"Satisfyingly scarifying , fresh and old-fashioned at the same time",1 226340,"The most repugnant adaptation of a classic text since Roland Joffé and Demi Moore 's The Scarlet Letter .",0 52452,"haunts , horrifies , startles and fascinates",1 9234,"of artistic malnutrition",0 71894,"a likable story , told with competence",1 95682,"the film special",1 157374,"devoid of any kind of intelligible story",0 53827,"it is a kind , unapologetic , sweetheart of a movie , and",1 4547,"always interesting",1 56473,"refusal",0 165935,"might have made a decent children 's movie -- if only Benigni had n't insisted on casting himself in the title role .",0 228772,"are an immensely appealing couple",1 181676,"A few zingers aside",1 12672,"unleashes",1 157975,"drifts so inexorably into cliches",0 161965,"in situations that are n't funny",0 236039,"stays with you",1 166310,"most heinous man",0 157793,"does n't signify a whole lot either",0 129357,"on Max when he should be filling the screen with this tortured , dull artist and monster-in-the",0 67221,"Light the candles , bring out the cake and do n't fret about the calories because there 's precious little substance in Birthday Girl -- it 's simply , and surprisingly , a nice , light treat .",1 116398,"by all means enjoy The New Guy",1 110079,"The philosophical musings of the dialogue jar against the tawdry soap opera antics of the film 's action in a way that is surprisingly enjoyable",1 130228,"piffle .",0 138432,"turned out nearly 21\/2 hours of unfocused , excruciatingly tedious cinema",0 8381,"leave you wanting more answers as the credits roll",1 188901,"These characters become wearisome .",0 66501,"It 's a smart , funny look at an arcane area of popular culture , and",1 66577,"It 's light on the chills and heavy on the atmospheric weirdness , and there are moments of jaw-droppingly odd behavior -- yet I found it weirdly appealing .",1 30795,"directed the stage version of Elling , and gets fine performances from his two leads who originated the characters on stage",1 107826,"Mostly , ( Goldbacher ) just lets her complicated characters be unruly , confusing and , through it all , human .",1 161675,"impeccable acting",1 94779,"that manages to have a good time as it doles out pieces of the famous director 's life",1 95239,"the breathtaking landscapes and villainous",1 169401,"proves that not only blockbusters pollute the summer movie pool",0 72233,"a realistic , non-exploitive approach",1 222493,"At its best , Queen is campy fun like the Vincent Price horror classics of the '60s .",1 225827,"So , too , is this comedy about mild culture clashing in today 's New Delhi .",1 235033,"prechewed racial clichés",0 146159,"I would recommend Big Bad Love only to Winger fans who have missed her since 1995 's Forget Paris . But even then , I 'd recommend waiting for DVD and just skipping straight to her scenes",0 94486,"that 's part of what makes Dover Kosashvili 's outstanding feature debut so potent",1 26810,"The film delivers not just the full assault of Reno 's immense wit and insight",1 23869,", spirited fashion",1 153409,"an idea buried somewhere inside its fabric , but never clearly seen or felt",0 65438,"Extraordinary debut from Josh Koury",1 143076,"A dreary , incoherent , self-indulgent mess of a movie in which a bunch of pompous windbags drone on inanely for two hours ... a cacophony of pretentious , meaningless prattle .",0 209458,"poetically states at one point in this movie that we '' do n't care about the truth .",0 25343,"For the most part Stevens glides through on some solid performances and witty dialogue .",1 164512,"lack of know-how",0 112494,"a potentially incredibly twisting mystery",1 110568,"This wretchedly unfunny wannabe comedy is inane and awful - no doubt , it 's the worst movie I 've seen this summer",0 79528,"extremely funny",1 47872,"a character who , in spite of tragic loss and increasing decrepitude , knows in his bones that he is one of the luckiest men alive",1 216146,"there is a mediocre movie trying to get out .",0 214100,"the action sequences -- clearly the main event -- are surprisingly uninvolving",0 43863,"... embodies the character with an effortlessly regal charisma .",1 83838,"is a phenomenal band with such an engrossing story that will capture the minds and hearts of many .",1 50468,"cool stuff",1 150502,"Tries to add some spice to its quirky sentiments but the taste is all too familiar .",0 214720,"the gay community as an all-inclusive world where uptight , middle class bores like Antonia can feel good about themselves",0 205963,"may work as an addictive guilty pleasure but the material never overcomes its questionable satirical ambivalence . This Scarlet 's letter is A ... as in aimless , arduous , and arbitrary .",0 8941,"murder and mayhem of this sort quickly becomes monotonous",0 41706,"charming or",1 226570,"There 's plenty to impress about E.T.",1 116865,"charismatic and tragically",1 180707,", is the edge of wild , lunatic invention that we associate with Cage 's best acting",1 8311,"knew charles dickens could be so light-hearted",1 62910,"A dazzling dream of a documentary .",1 34618,"most aggressively nerve-wracking and screamingly neurotic romantic comedy",0 115877,"best Korean film",1 210004,"quickly wears out its limited welcome",0 166634,"needs a little gravity , beyond good hair and humping .",0 81959,"havoc",0 122536,"how bad an actress she is",0 93358,"spot on",1 172629,"tell you that there 's no other reason why anyone should bother remembering it",0 144982,"Dreary , highly annoying",0 195634,"cheatfully",0 137761,"to overwhelm everything else",0 228545,"an arthritic attempt at directing by Callie Khouri",0 107932,"Naipaul fans may be disappointed . Those who are not acquainted with the author 's work , on the other hand , may fall fast asleep",0 47731,"You 'll forget about it by Monday , though , and if they 're old enough to have developed some taste",0 167380,"of bogus",0 6585,"for boring",0 235050,"presents a frightening and compelling ` What if ?",1 234989,"poetically states at one point in this movie that we `` do n't care about the truth .",0 154897,"because they 're clueless and inept",0 131748,"satisfying well-made",1 207183,"not as outrageous or funny",0 125243,"its excellent storytelling ,",1 27556,"a good deal",1 30410,"conveys the heaving passion of Puccini 's famous love-jealousy - murder-suicide fandango with great cinematic innovation .",1 230626,"every cliche we 've come to expect , including the assumption that `` crazy '' people are innocent , childlike and inherently funny",0 232607,"is never clear .",0 54792,"moodiness",0 143449,"A working class '' us vs . them '' opera that leaves no heartstring untugged and no liberal cause unplundered .",1 106516,"I suggest that the wayward wooden one end it all by stuffing himself into an electric pencil sharpener",0 120263,"flirts with bathos and pathos and the further Oprahfication of the world as we know it",0 91489,"reminds you that the key to stand-up is to always make it look easy , even though the reality is anything but",1 31748,"for blunt exposition",1 103578,"A film of delicate interpersonal dances . Caine makes us watch as his character awakens to the notion that to be human is eventually to have to choose .",1 36053,"poetic",1 170727,"sentiment and withholds delivery",0 204229,"its leaden acting , dull exposition and",0 65258,"Effective in all its aspects",1 136885,"this all works out",1 75126,"bad dude .",0 94464,"thanks to the gorgeous locales and exceptional lead performances",1 160628,"has all of Dean 's mannerisms and self-indulgence , but none of his sweetness and vulnerability .",0 163606,"it 's a marketable product",1 15541,"dilutes the potency of otherwise respectable action . Still",0 221057,"( Clooney 's ) debut can be accused of being a bit undisciplined , but",0 142078,", and amateurishly",0 123487,"intentionally introducing your kids to films which will cause loads of irreparable damage that years and years of costly analysis could never fix",0 165862,"merely unwatchable , but also unlistenable",0 194851,"botched in execution",0 1272,"imaginative",1 139792,"who sometimes feel more like literary conceits than flesh-and-blood humans",0 111084,"When it 's this rich and luscious",1 118254,"dip in Jerry Bruckheimer 's putrid pond of retread action twaddle",0 41182,"Sandler , liberated from the constraints of formula",1 66791,"It works well enough , since the thrills pop up frequently , and",1 7516,"independent film",1 228620,"an unusual biopic and document of male swingers in the Playboy era",1 38147,"the edge-of-your-seat , educational antics of Steve Irwin",1 147761,"Norton has to recite bland police procedural details ,",0 87683,"mysterious , sensual , emotionally intense , and replete",1 19522,"a leading man away from perfection",1 109064,"Some of the computer animation is handsome , and various amusing sidekicks add much-needed levity to the otherwise bleak tale , but overall the film never rises above mediocrity .",0 123364,"infatuation",1 55501,"of self-importance",0 196420,"credible account",1 84983,"it begins to drag two-thirds through , when the melodramatic aspects start to overtake the comedy",0 83384,"inoffensive",0 46531,"Poignant and",1 5758,"correctly , wilde 's play is a masterpiece of elegant wit and artifice",1 113125,"about all the bad things in the world \",0 141103,"'s a boom-box of a movie that might have been titled ` The Loud and the Ludicrous '",0 119578,"expressively performed",1 232296,"is a gorgeous film - vivid with color , music and life",1 167080,"objectionable or",0 160296,"gotten respectful critical praise in a different era",1 188677,"The slapstick is labored",0 205511,"lower-wit",0 110069,"The party scenes deliver some tawdry kicks . The rest of the film ... is dudsville .",0 127686,"must for fans of British cinema , if only because so many titans of the industry are along for the ride .",1 20602,"foul , freaky and funny .",1 34724,"much more emotional journey",1 200736,"have all the suspense of a 20-car pileup",0 105487,"Do n't judge this one too soon - it 's a dark , gritty story but it takes off in totally unexpected directions and keeps on going .",1 115404,"bargain-basement",0 201078,"high humidity",0 235183,"ratchets up the stirring soundtrack , throws in a fish-out-of-water gag and lets the cliched dialogue rip",0 172482,"take turns hurting each other",0 134543,"that rival vintage Looney Tunes for the most creative mayhem in a brief amount of time",1 6668,"fresh , unforced naturalism to their characters",1 31016,"effective performances , and an increasingly unsettling sense of foreboding",1 78922,"emotionally strong and",1 38006,"the audience with its emotional pull",1 162994,"is left with a sour taste in one 's mouth , and little else .",0 236986,"the idea of why human beings long for what they do n't have , and how this gets us in trouble",0 41262,"The film hinges on its performances ,",1 233170,"its spasms of absurdist humor",1 162506,"irritating ,",0 136616,"the worst National Lampoon film",0 235416,"rushed , slapdash , sequel-for-the-sake",0 18654,"An amusing , breezily apolitical documentary about life on the campaign trail .",1 194419,"before booking passage",1 204643,"lacking in imagination and authentic Christmas spirit",0 132073,"sell many records",1 138494,"ugly , pointless , stupid",0 61673,", Robert Rodriguez adorns his family-film plot with an elegance and maturity that even most contemporary adult movies are lacking .",1 218633,"walked out muttering words like '' horrible '' and '' terrible , ''",0 196022,"coming down off of Miramax 's deep shelves after a couple of aborted attempts , Waking Up in Reno makes a strong case for letting sleeping dogs lie",0 229411,"black Austin",0 186524,"On its icy face , the new film is a subzero version of Monsters , Inc . , without the latter 's imagination , visual charm or texture .",0 185355,"It stars schticky Chris Rock and stolid Anthony Hopkins , who seem barely in the same movie . Their contrast is neither dramatic nor comic -- it 's just a weird fizzle",0 181047,", there would be a toss-up between presiding over the end of cinema as we know it and another night of delightful hand shadows .",0 149761,"The premise is in extremely bad taste , and",0 132977,"sometime bitter movie about love",1 213079,"tacks on three or four more endings",0 207227,"not without cheesy fun factor",1 163780,"it ends up being ,",0 200216,"great scares",1 148460,"Scotland , Pa . is a strangely drab romp . Some studio pizazz might have helped .",0 232534,"is little else",0 90469,"politically audacious",1 67620,"More than their unique residences",1 60410,"with this moving , effective little film",1 53118,"inspire reaction",1 189986,"` Punch-Drunk Love is so convinced of its own brilliance that , if it were a person , you 'd want to smash its face in . '",0 114037,"an experience that is richer than anticipated",1 104052,"About The Benjamins that 's hard to resist",1 226745,"Thumbs down",0 54118,"know-how",1 234164,"none of the crackle of `` Fatal Attraction '' , `` 9 1\/2 Weeks '' , or",0 34253,"loyal",1 157639,"do little to disguise the fact that the characters barely move",0 67341,"M . Night Shyamalan",1 103587,"A film with almost as many",1 80253,"for completely empty entertainment",0 47371,"This is wild surreal stuff ,",1 92010,"screen presence",1 53500,"is infectious .",1 2576,"the difficulties",0 238371,"walked out muttering words like `` horrible '' and `` terrible , ''",0 113568,"all aliens",0 70141,"There is never really a true '' us '' versus '' them ''",1 209715,"pretentiousness",0 229544,"buying into sham truths and routine `` indie '' filmmaking , Freundlich has made just another safe movie .",0 20370,"designed to make viewers of all ages",1 216395,"this in recompense : A few early laughs scattered around a plot as thin",0 220832,"'s hard to imagine anybody ever being `` in the mood '' to view a movie as harrowing and painful as The Grey Zone",0 117562,"could desire to the cheap , graceless , hackneyed sci-fi serials of the '30s and '40s",0 123795,"is a must for genre fans",1 85133,"it still comes from Spielberg , who has never made anything that was n't at least watchable .",1 231112,"genial is the conceit , this is one of those rare pictures that you root for throughout , dearly hoping that the rich promise of the script will be realized on the screen",1 232489,"is hilariously , gloriously alive , and quite often hotter than Georgia asphalt",1 177787,"we ca n't recommend anything but a rental for The Tuxedo",0 58072,"the best sequel since The Empire Strikes Back ... a majestic achievement , an epic of astonishing grandeur and surprising emotional depth",1 68339,"Rarely have I seen a film so willing to champion the fallibility of the human heart .",1 233445,"like having an old friend for dinner '",1 173276,"that we just ca n't get no satisfaction",0 204238,"its makers are n't removed and inquisitive enough for that",0 150254,"This is the sort of burly action flick where one coincidence pummels another , narrative necessity is a drunken roundhouse , and",0 235121,"punk kids '",0 22355,"the slapstick antics and silly street patois",1 78851,"eloquent memorial",1 145473,"Frank Novak 's irritating slice of lumpen life is as reliably soul-killing as its title is nearly meaningless .",0 163368,"is so trite that even Yu 's high-energy action stylings ca n't break through the stupor",0 58960,"thirsty for reflection",1 106447,"I felt trapped and with no obvious escape for the entire 100 minutes .",0 74725,"as it pays earnest homage to turntablists and beat jugglers , old schoolers and current innovators",1 34692,"movie phenomenon",1 183503,"Distances you by throwing out so many red herrings , so many false scares , that the genuine ones barely register .",0 58359,"the group 's playful spark",1 143412,"A very depressing movie",0 103841,"A remarkable film by Bernard Rose .",1 69269,"The Chateau , a sense of light-heartedness , that makes it attractive throughout",1 232902,"it 'll probably be in video stores by Christmas ,",0 201284,"hold onto what 's left of his passe ' chopsocky glory",0 51301,"epiphanies",1 212651,"street gangs and turf wars in 1958 Brooklyn -- stale cliches , gratuitous violence",0 198039,"esteemed",1 99747,"wear you out and make you misty even when you do n't",1 188830,"There 's no real reason to see it ,",0 114617,"are lost in the thin soup of canned humor .",0 66379,"In the long , dishonorable history of quickie teen-pop exploitation",0 233708,"making Kahlo 's art a living , breathing part of the movie ,",1 83953,"is actually funny without hitting below the belt",1 109247,"Such an incomprehensible mess that it feels less like bad cinema than like being stuck in a dark pit having a nightmare about bad cinema .",0 177001,"turns out to be not much more than a shaggy human tale .",0 173726,"the direction unfocused",0 163688,"it 's so devoid of realism that its lack of whistles and bells just makes it obnoxious and stiff",0 19719,"always remains movingly genuine .",1 216327,"this DVD",1 3342,"'s neither too erotic nor very thrilling ,",0 85662,"kids-cute",1 199771,"generates little narrative momentum",0 66279,"If you 're not deeply touched by this movie , check your pulse",1 187502,"Spirit is a visual treat , and",1 161052,"heavy doses of mean-spiritedness",0 94052,"swooping down on a string of exotic locales ,",1 15138,"are two such likeable actors",1 169543,"quality naptime",0 79406,"excellent use",1 90784,"proves absolutely that really , really , really good things can come in enormous packages .",1 137882,"to surprising highs , sorrowful lows and hidden impulsive niches ... gorgeous , passionate , and at times uncommonly moving",1 117993,"delicate balance of style , text , and subtext that 's so simple and precise that anything discordant would topple the balance",1 165822,"mechanical and joyless",0 70934,"Who cares ?",0 135966,"the path of the mundane",0 204193,"its face",1 2991,"truly",1 29144,"as a clever , charming tale -- as pleasantly in its own way as its self-dramatizing characters",1 112992,"a wacky and inspired little film that works effortlessly at delivering genuine , acerbic laughs",1 103704,"A mechanical action-comedy whose seeming purpose is to market the charismatic Jackie Chan to even younger audiences",0 195130,"by a screenplay that forces them into bizarre , implausible behavior",0 3917,"a literate presentation that wonderfully weaves a murderous event in 1873 with murderous rage in 2002 .",1 7149,"his beautiful ,",1 111686,"a commentary",0 180833,", much about the film , including some of its casting , is frustratingly unconvincing .",0 123918,"is an ode to unconditional love and compassion garnered from years of seeing it all , a condition only the old are privy to , and ... often misconstrued as weakness",1 57761,"that carries it far above",1 237655,"throws quirky characters , odd situations , and off-kilter dialogue at us , all as if to say , `` Look at this !",0 55794,"one whose view of America , history and the awkwardness of human life is generous and deep",1 88798,"of oral storytelling frozen onto film",1 1307,"inanities",0 63582,"A witty",1 25788,"It is a kickass , dense sci-fi action thriller hybrid that delivers",1 142776,"... an unimaginative , nasty , glibly cynical piece of work .",0 207838,"of last summer 's bloated effects",0 154198,"as it often is",1 110471,"This is a movie full of grace and",1 22339,"the ride ( bumps and all )",1 4072,"a real winner ,",1 26862,"The movie exists for its soccer action and its fine acting .",1 140695,"you 're the kind of parent who enjoys intentionally introducing your kids to films which will cause loads of irreparable damage that years and years of costly analysis could never fix",0 125333,"its parade of almost perpetually wasted characters",0 133851,"takes off in totally unexpected directions and",1 90289,"picture that at the very least has a spark of life to it -- more than you can say for plenty of movies that flow through the Hollywood pipeline without a hitch .",1 237820,"to forget that they are actually movie folk",1 142590,", thoughtful , well-acted clunker",1 231334,"had a bad run in the market or a costly divorce",0 3600,"a bomb",0 195217,"by the man who wrote it",1 161584,"if only because the cast is so engagingly messing around like Slob City reductions of Damon Runyon crooks",0 236971,"the hastily and amateurishly",0 121440,"grittily beautiful",1 39163,"to cover its clunky dialogue and lapses in logic",0 43092,"'d be more accurate to say that I found it intriguing , bizarre , Dogma-like in spots - and quite truthful , in its way",1 183130,"Clueless Does South Fork",0 217992,"two dimension tale",1 208288,"offer any new insight",1 220430,"zero thrills , too many flashbacks and a choppy ending make for a bad film .",0 63929,"An intriguing look at the French film industry during the German occupation : its most delightful moments come when various characters express their quirky inner selves",1 83263,"increasingly amused irony",1 8246,"just how ridiculous and money-oriented",0 23970,", wacky and wonderful",1 141990,", I do n't see the point .",0 208119,"of the other",1 119816,"favorably",1 55614,"of the unspeakable",0 159901,"gaudy bag",0 95661,"the film is well under way --",1 226752,"Time literally stops on a dime in the tries-so-hard-to-be-cool `` Clockstoppers ,",0 83227,"in which the script and characters hold sway",1 83701,"is , in a word , brilliant as the conflicted Daniel",1 190968,"a monsterous one",0 70562,"Unfolds as one of the most politically audacious films of recent decades from any country , but especially from France .",1 223418,"Fortunately for all involved , this movie is likely to disappear as quickly as an ice cube thrown into a pot of boiling water .",0 71381,"a cheap thriller",0 91408,"relentlessly globalizing",0 40995,"It 's not exactly a gourmet meal but",1 84411,"is mostly well-constructed fluff , which is all it seems intended to be .",1 154916,"becomes a cliche-drenched melodrama",0 46262,"Ms . Bullock 's best work",1 23769,", manipulative , pencil-thin story",0 142146,", diverting fluff",0 211908,"so bland",0 122894,"in a heartwarming , nonjudgmental kind of way",1 119888,"feeling this movie until it veered off too far into the Exxon zone , and left me behind at the station looking for a return ticket to realism",0 114482,"appalling , shamelessly manipulative and contrived , and totally lacking",0 61943,", heartwarming yarn",1 140549,"would have benefited from a little more dramatic tension and some more editing .",0 9068,"no denying the physically spectacular qualities of the film ...",1 62556,"... a rich and intelligent film that uses its pulpy core conceit to probe questions of attraction and interdependence",1 13116,"with a generous cast , who at times lift the material from its well-meaning clunkiness",1 179372,"'ll be thinking of 51 ways to leave this loser",0 67848,"Nohe 's documentary about the event is sympathetic without being gullible : He is n't blind to the silliness , but also captures moments of spontaneous creativity and authentic co-operative interaction .",1 10484,"sits uneasily as a horror picture ...",0 79483,"explosive physical energy",1 173365,"the Farrelly Bros . -- Peter and Bobby -- and their brand of screen comedy are wheezing to an end , along with Green 's half-hearted movie career",0 22020,"something quite fresh and delightful",1 203500,"is tedious though Ford and Neeson capably hold our interest , but its just not a thrilling movie",0 71811,"a heavyweight film",1 34958,"not afraid to lay her life bare in front of an audience .",1 27574,"a happy throwback",1 128883,"of rot and hack",0 53123,"inspired portrait",1 59462,"tossed out the window with the intelligent French drama",0 145366,"Fish out of water usually die",0 226661,"This is n't a `` Friday '' worth waiting for .",0 2784,"their hearts in the right place . where their heads were is anyone 's guess",0 186032,"Master of Disguise runs for only 71 minutes and feels like three hours .",0 53404,"is as delightful as it is derivative .",1 26592,"Smart",1 38386,"the list of things he does well",1 188662,"The self-serious Equilibrium makes its point too well : a movie , like life , is n't much fun without the highs and lows .",0 35882,"own touches",1 13677,", you ca n't wait to see what happens next .",1 88449,"of being the big",0 21757,"precious increments",1 37985,"the acting is fresh and unselfconscious",1 220293,"you have to admit it 's semi-amusing to watch Robert DeNiro belt out '' When you 're a Jet",1 7770,"is powerful , accessible and funny",1 101814,"'s not so much a movie as a joint promotion for the National Basketball Association and teenaged rap and adolescent poster-boy Lil ' Bow Wow",0 194219,"be used as analgesic balm for overstimulated minds .",0 86399,"loves its characters and communicates something rather beautiful about human nature",1 164985,"like six different movies fighting each other for attention .",0 131554,"right elements",1 219408,"whom the name Woody Allen was once a guarantee of something fresh , sometimes funny , and usually genuinely worthwhile",1 162132,"incredibly hokey",0 86123,"limited but enthusiastic",1 110100,"The problem is that it is one that allows him to churn out one mediocre movie after another .",0 137830,"to see a movie with its heart",1 47574,"Well cast and well directed - a powerful drama with enough sardonic wit to keep it from being maudlin .",1 132738,"so insanely dysfunctional",0 228511,"an 88-minute rip-off",0 97787,"tinged with tragic undertones",0 85724,"lacks in",0 22596,"tremendous performance",1 182204,"After the first 10 minutes , which is worth seeing",1 202541,"is a battle of witlessness between a not-so-bright mother and daughter and an even less capable trio of criminals",0 54305,"live happily ever",1 93557,"story and pace",1 68756,"Shiri is an action film that delivers on the promise of excitement",1 1850,"not a good movie",0 136663,"their dogmatism , manipulativeness and narrow , fearful view of American life",0 186474,"Nothing happens ,",0 232797,"is the best little `` horror '' movie I 've seen in years",1 5134,"between facetious comic parody and pulp melodrama , this smart-aleck movie",0 202817,"is cinema",1 210276,"redone for horses , with fewer deliberate laughs , more inadvertent ones and stunningly trite songs",0 102456,", compelling story",1 225626,"Rifkin no doubt fancies himself something of a Hubert Selby Jr. , but there is n't an ounce of honest poetry in his entire script : it 's simply crude and unrelentingly exploitative .",0 203235,"is no psychology here , and no real narrative logic -- just a series of carefully choreographed atrocities , which become strangely impersonal and abstract",0 118724,"dreary and",0 214637,"the filmmakers could dredge up",0 15732,"family entertainment",1 237587,"thoroughly awful",0 157061,"curiously moving",1 126951,"meandering and pointless French coming-of-age import from writer-director Anne-Sophie Birot",0 51227,"enjoyable , if occasionally flawed ,",1 121841,"has something fascinating to do",1 28774,"and richly entertaining",1 73725,"an easy film",1 119187,"entertained by the unfolding of Bielinsky 's",1 67618,"More than simply a portrait of early extreme sports , this peek into the 1970s skateboard revolution",1 227990,"a lighthearted glow , some impudent snickers , and a glorious dose of humankind 's liberating ability",1 177819,"wearing low-cut gowns",1 68764,"Short-story quaint",1 133303,"still fun and enjoyable",1 171482,"so stale",0 23334,", Simone , Andrew Niccol 's brilliant anti-Hollywood satire , has a wickedly eccentric enchantment to it .",1 195202,"by someone who obviously knows nothing about crime",0 108807,"Schneider 's mugging is relentless and his constant need to suddenly transpose himself into another character undermines the story 's continuity and progression",0 37830,"that is miraculously able to entertain anyway .",1 10449,"showtime is n't particularly assaultive , but it can still make you feel that you never want to see another car chase , explosion or gunfight again",0 144005,"Bad . Very bad",0 113419,"adopt a somewhat mannered tone ... that ultimately dulls the human tragedy at the story 's core",0 150447,"Too loud ,",0 193887,"avoids all the comic possibilities of its situation ,",0 18631,"Although it bangs a very cliched drum at times",0 186584,"One senses",1 221571,", the film 's more determined to become the next Texas Chainsaw Massacre .",0 25749,"It 's fun",1 164064,"its lack of imagination",0 221585,", the film ratchets up the stirring soundtrack , throws in a fish-out-of-water gag and lets the cliched dialogue rip .",0 162107,"incapable of conveying any emotion",0 22123,"takes up drugs and winds up in an institution",0 203079,"is little else to recommend '' Never Again . ''",0 149421,"The film is old-fashioned , occasionally charming and as subtle as boldface .",1 107969,"Nerds",1 135748,"the most awful acts",0 184822,"If they broke out into elaborate choreography , singing and finger snapping it might have held my attention , but as it stands I kept looking for the last exit from Brooklyn .",0 228085,"a plotline that 's as lumpy as two-day old porridge ... the filmmakers ' paws , sad to say , were all over this `` un-bear-able '' project",0 185409,"Its simplicity puts an exclamation point on the fact that this is n't something to be taken seriously , but it also wrecks any chance of the movie rising above similar fare .",0 27892,"a terrific character study , a probe into the life of a complex man",1 238561,"went over my head or -- considering just",0 119901,"feels clumsy and convoluted",0 135871,"the nerve-raked acting , the crackle of lines , the impressive stagings of hardware , make for some robust and scary entertainment",1 39197,"to good fun",1 185986,"Mandel Holland 's direction is uninspired , and his scripting unsurprising , but",0 106996,"It does n't make for great cinema , but it is interesting to see where one 's imagination will lead when given the opportunity .",0 28327,"an audacious tour of the past",1 23434,", and the humor and humanity that root it in feeling",1 220062,"would be easy for critics to shred it .",0 12893,"we have poignancy jostling against farce , thoughtful dialogue elbowed aside by one-liners , and a visual style that incorporates rotoscope animation for no apparent reason except , maybe , that it looks neat",0 131592,"riveting and handsomely",1 152266,"a pretty mediocre family film",0 137124,"those movies barely registering a blip on the radar screen of 2002",0 132202,"several cliched movie structures : the road movie , the coming-of-age movie ,",0 185137,"It 's just rather leaden and dull .",0 102437,", but to his legend",1 221253,", an actor this uncharismatically beautiful would have a résumé loaded with credits like `` Girl in Bar # 3 . ''",0 4017,"a noble",1 150240,"This is not the undisputed worst boxing movie ever , but",0 13288,"writer-director david jacobson and his star , jeremy renner , have made a remarkable film that explores the monster 's psychology not in order to excuse him but rather to demonstrate that his pathology evolved from human impulses that grew hideously twisted .",1 83650,"invisible , nearly psychic nuances , leaping into digressions of memory and desire",1 52856,"impressive and highly entertaining",1 177321,"urban comedy is clearly not Zhang 's forte",0 236297,"than ` Magnifique",1 98946,"undeniably moving film",1 190609,"a forcefully quirky tone that quickly wears out its limited welcome",0 2306,"slapping its target audience in the face",0 99387,"vibrant , and intelligent",1 35998,"pessimism",0 199680,"fun or",1 59974,"ways kids can make a playground out of the refuse of adults",1 141119,"'s a film that hinges on its casting",0 164550,"lacks wit , feeling and believability",0 36702,"scored to perfection with some tasty boogaloo beats",1 28357,"an exceedingly clever piece of cinema . another great ` what you do n't see ' is much more terrifying than what you do see thriller , coupled with some arresting effects , incandescent tones and stupendous performances",1 17926,"undoubtedly delighted",1 189132,"Though it inspires some ( out-of-field ) creative thought",1 87677,"mysterious ,",1 141780,"( It 's ) a prison soccer movie starring charismatic tough guy Vinnie Jones , but it had too much spitting for me to enjoy .",0 193639,"as ugly as the shabby digital photography",0 43921,"20th",1 146265,"Imagine the James Woods character from Videodrome making a home movie of Audrey Rose and showing it to the kid from The Sixth Sense",0 47129,"The large-frame IMAX camera lends itself beautifully to filming the teeming life on the reefs , making this gorgeous film a must for everyone from junior scientists to grown-up fish lovers .",1 153184,"almost forget the sheer",0 7370,"imagine entertainment to make the suckers out there surrender $ 9 and 93 minutes of unrecoverable life",0 133990,"terrible events",0 113251,"aburrido",0 24266,"A big , gorgeous , sprawling swashbuckler that",1 213559,"that acting transfigures Esther",1 192506,"an autopilot Hollywood concoction lacking in imagination and authentic Christmas spirit",0 48497,"a winner for Lil Bow Wow",1 62471,"-- and deeply appealing --",1 160946,"hazy motivations",0 142791,"... is that he obviously does n't have his heart in it .",0 75160,"banal as the telling",0 139364,"we 're left thinking the only reason to make the movie is because present standards allow for plenty of nudity",0 119651,"fails to spark this leaden comedy",0 167003,"not to see it",0 221059,"( Clooney 's ) debut can be accused of being a bit undisciplined , but it has a tremendous , offbeat sense of style and humor that suggests he was influenced by some of the filmmakers who have directed him , especially the Coen brothers and Steven Soderbergh .",1 103050,", you are likely to be as heartily sick of mayhem as Cage 's war-weary marine .",0 119354,"even the most jaded cinema audiences will leave the auditorium feeling dizzy , confused , and totally disorientated .",0 28902,"and warm performance",1 128550,"of being released a few decades too late",0 79095,"enriched by an imaginatively mixed cast of antic spirits , headed by Christopher Plummer as the subtlest and most complexly evil Uncle Ralph I 've ever seen in the many film and stage adaptations of the work",1 34970,"not earthshaking",0 136324,"the start -- and , refreshingly , stays that way",1 89135,"of things that elevate '' Glory '' above most of its ilk , most notably the mere presence of Duvall",1 66703,"It does n't flinch from its unsettling prognosis , namely , that the legacy of war is a kind of perpetual pain .",0 130461,"positive ( if tragic )",1 210618,"romantic comedy boilerplate",0 53006,"in the most depressing places",0 39303,"to stand up and applaud",1 30214,"clever , charming tale",1 87028,"menacing",0 231754,"hits every cliche we 've come to expect , including the assumption that `` crazy '' people are innocent , childlike and inherently funny",0 140488,"worth a look for its true-to-life characters , its sensitive acting , its unadorned view of rural life and the subtle direction of first-timer Hilary Birmingham",1 181087,", unconvincing dramatics",0 146310,"In the end , Ted Bundy 's only justification is the director 's common but unexplored fascination with the frustrated maniac : there 's no larger point , and little social context",0 47150,"The mesmerizing performances of the leads keep the film grounded and keep the audience riveted .",1 118822,"dystopian",1 222202,"After seeing the film , I can tell you that there 's no other reason why anyone should bother remembering it .",0 127290,"more daring and surprising",1 225525,"Psychologically savvy",1 3034,"very bright",1 232300,"is a great story , terrifically told by the man who wrote it but this Cliff Notes edition is a cheat",1 146516,"It 's inoffensive , cheerful , built to inspire the young people , set to an unending soundtrack of beach party pop numbers and aside from its remarkable camerawork and awesome scenery , it 's about as exciting as a sunburn",0 50915,"disturbing examination",1 123943,"is as serious as a pink slip .",0 128183,"notice the glaring triteness of the plot device",0 47629,"While the film is not entirely successful",0 225577,"Rather less than the sum of its underventilated père-fils confrontations .",0 2627,"the imagination",1 75304,"be plenty of female audience members drooling over Michael Idemoto as Michael",1 186352,"No , I do n't know why Steven Seagal is considered a star , nor why he keeps being cast in action films when none of them are ever any good or make any money .",0 15058,"and lovable Siberian huskies -LRB- plus one sheep dog -RRB-",1 94349,"terrorism anxieties",0 40963,"Impresses you",1 231599,"have to admit it 's semi-amusing to watch Robert DeNiro belt out `` When you 're a Jet",1 44471,"An entertaining , colorful , action-filled crime story",1 122903,"in a new way",1 208424,"on audience patience",0 185382,"Its audacious ambitions sabotaged by pomposity",0 127754,"narrative continuity",1 237351,"the world 's political situation seems little different , and ( director Phillip ) Noyce brings out the allegory with remarkable skill",1 154243,"as some of the recent Hollywood trip tripe",0 179678,"'s coherent , well shot , and tartly",1 211152,"seen as propaganda",0 173069,"that it 's left a few crucial things out , like character development and coherence",0 145028,"Earnest falls short of its Ideal predecessor largely due to Parker 's ill-advised meddling with the timeless source material .",0 227090,"When it comes out on video , then it 's the perfect cure for insomnia .",0 89746,"oral storytelling frozen onto film",1 193839,"attempts , in vain , to prove that movie-star intensity can overcome bad hair design",0 196226,"convinced that these women are spectacular",1 224895,"Mr. Deeds is not really a film as much as it is a loose collection of not-so-funny gags , scattered moments of lazy humor .",0 34597,"more than enough charm to make it memorable",1 144198,"Bolstered by an astonishing voice cast ( excepting Love Hewitt ) , an interesting racial tension , and a storyline",1 215315,"the pathology it pretends to investigate",0 125936,"lethally dull",0 236778,"the cinematography is cloudy , the picture making becalmed .",0 125519,"just plain crap",0 124280,"is n't in this film , which may be why it works as well as it does",1 174834,"the strain of its plot contrivances and its need to reassure",0 188042,"The concept is a hoot .",1 199323,"for the complicated love triangle that develops between the three central characters",1 134409,"that it 's inauthentic at its core and that its story just is n't worth telling",0 159001,"feminist action fantasy",1 82899,"in an independent film of satiric fire and emotional turmoil",1 189934,"You have no affinity for most of the characters . Nothing about them is attractive . What they see in each other also is difficult to fathom .",0 80534,"frequently hilarious",1 198674,"feel of a bunch of strung-together TV episodes .",0 161605,"if you 're more than six years old",0 231265,"gone wrong",0 189185,"To say that this vapid vehicle is downright doltish and uneventful is just as obvious as telling a country skunk that he has severe body odor .",0 50262,"comedy , caper thrills",1 84377,"is moody , oozing , chilling and heart-warming",1 27165,"We know the plot 's a little crazy , but it held my interest from start to finish .",1 83159,"in the way of a too-conscientious adaptation",0 30058,"casual fans could correct in their sleep",0 226971,"Watching it was painful",0 147363,"Massacre .",0 6665,"fresh ,",1 16360,"it wears its B-movie heritage like a badge of honor .",1 75223,"be appreciated equally as an abstract Frank Tashlin comedy and as a playful recapitulation of the artist 's career",1 180086,"'ve looked like as a low-budget series on a UHF channel",0 237764,"to burn the negative and the script and pretend the whole thing never existed",0 234357,"of a filmmaker who has secrets buried at the heart of his story and knows how to take time revealing them",1 159985,"get laughs",1 4720,"anguish",0 190412,"a crusty treatment of a clever gimmick",0 195698,"cinematic fluidity and sense",1 19285,"The Good Girl a date movie ( an anti-date movie is more like it )",0 91672,"richly detailed , deftly executed and",1 156750,"constantly checking their watches",0 166931,"not Zhang 's forte",0 93598,"strays past the two and a half mark",0 54424,"loving yet unforgivingly inconsistent depiction",1 211524,"should scare any sane person away",0 192401,"amuses",1 59519,"treading desperately",0 34329,"makes up for its mawkish posing by offering rousing spates of genuine feeling .",1 213076,"tackles more than she can handle .",0 93161,"something of Bubba Ho-Tep 's clearly evident quality",1 63958,"An undeniably moving film to experience , and ultimately that 's what makes it worth a recommendation .",1 98467,"together in a manner that one never overwhelms the other .",1 169445,"puffery with a sour cliche and",0 100807,"work as well as a remarkably faithful one",1 227086,"When it 's all wet , Blue Crush is highly enjoyable .",1 171386,"so I do n't know what she 's doing in here",0 218106,"under the weight of too many story lines",0 51953,"from the ages",1 73466,"all-star reunions",1 159620,"found the movie as divided against itself as the dysfunctional family it portrays .",0 55438,"of lurid melodrama",0 234086,"neither do cliches , no matter how ` inside ' they are .",0 61235,"'s refreshing to see a romance this smart .",1 182374,"An artsploitation movie with too much exploitation and too little art .",0 20267,"comedy with a serious exploration of ego and jealousy",1 142206,", her creepy Egyptian demigod voice is as computer processed and overproduced as it was in her music .",0 209986,"questionable satirical ambivalence",0 191050,"a not-so-bright mother and daughter",0 69392,"The amazing film work is so convincing that by movies ' end you 'll swear you are wet in some places and feel sand creeping in others .",1 78826,"elevate '' Glory",1 44293,"A taut psychological thriller that does n't waste a moment",1 142013,", Lily Chou-Chou never really builds up a head of emotional steam .",0 82730,"impeccable sense",1 147603,"Myers never knows when to let a gag die :",0 208520,"on the worst revenge-of-the-nerds clichés the filmmakers could dredge up",0 194094,"be bored by as your ABC 's",0 182509,"Any film that does n't even in passing mention political prisoners , poverty and the boat loads of people who try to escape the country is less a documentary and more propaganda by way of a valentine sealed with a kiss .",0 190923,"a mediocre collection of cookie-cutter action scenes",0 3071,"was a good , straightforward tale",1 188617,"The romance between the leads is n't as compelling or as believable as it should be .",0 25686,"Inside",1 204514,"keep pushing the jokes at the expense of character until things fall apart .",0 157414,"did n't quite engage this adult",0 59749,"unwary",0 202403,"into an excruciating film",0 226055,"Tends to plod",0 64001,"Another love story in 2002 's remarkable procession of sweeping pictures that have reinvigorated the romance genre .",1 94867,"that spans time and reveals meaning",1 214632,"the filmmaker 's characteristic style",1 44335,"A weird , arresting little ride",0 186670,"Perhaps even the SLC high command found writer-director Mitch Davis 's wall of kitsch hard going .",0 192894,"any easier to sit through than this hastily dubbed disaster",0 91841,"runs through Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress that transforms this story about love and culture into a cinematic poem",1 124157,"is intriguing , provocative stuff",1 74849,"as you would expect from the directors of The Little Mermaid and Aladdin",1 114055,"an honest and loving one",1 63088,"A gorgeously strange movie , Heaven is deeply concerned with morality , but it refuses to spell things out for viewers .",1 183904,"Feels like the work of an artist who is simply tired -- of fighting the same fights , of putting the weight of the world on his shoulders , of playing with narrative form .",0 66061,"How I Killed My Father compelling",1 134796,"the achingly unfunny Phonce",0 195350,"can be as tiresome as 9 seconds of Jesse Helms ' anti- Castro rhetoric , which are included",0 230480,"either of Val Kilmer 's two personas interesting or worth caring about",0 99301,"various characters express their quirky inner selves",1 225488,"Pompous and",0 142949,": It 's so bad it 's good , but only if you slide in on a freebie .",0 81150,"gloriously flippant as Lock , Stock and Two Smoking Barrels",1 41445,"a hoot and a half ,",1 81240,"good one",1 45254,"Films about loss , grief and recovery are pretty valuable these days . Seen in that light",1 29198,"as if they were tales that had been handed down since the beginning of time",1 118026,"delivering genuine , acerbic laughs",1 56045,"play equally well",1 23821,", pleasurable , featherweight charm",1 188253,"The gifted Crudup has the perfect face to play a handsome blank yearning to find himself , and his cipherlike personality and bad behavior would play fine if the movie knew what to do with him .",0 16339,"it finds humor in the foibles of human behavior ,",1 29994,"can only be applauded .",1 211121,"seems to play on a 10-year delay",0 74615,"as a visionary with a tale full of nuance and character dimension",1 115107,"asks you to feel sorry for Mick Jagger 's sex life",0 63228,"A naturally funny film , Home Movie makes you crave Chris Smith 's next movie .",1 79320,"every bit as fascinating",1 106218,"Here is a VH1 Behind the Music special that has something a little more special behind it : music that did n't sell many records but helped change a nation .",1 217772,"treasure chest",1 7951,"it is great summer fun to watch arnold and his buddy gerald bounce off a quirky cast of characters .",1 81733,"has managed to marry science fiction with film noir and action flicks with philosophical inquiry .",1 205808,"many bona fide groaners among too few laughs",0 205979,"me want to pack raw dough in my ears",0 31184,"epic struggle -- inner and outer -- that 's all too rare in Hollywood 's hastier productions",1 48490,"a well-deserved reputation as one of the cinema world 's great visual stylists",1 151583,"a decent children 's movie",1 74693,"as good as you remember .",1 41437,"a good Bond movie ,",1 164968,"like one long , meandering sketch inspired by the works of John Waters and Todd Solondz , rather than a fully developed story",0 226324,"The main problem",0 4246,"a true and historically significant",1 17263,"some of the stunts are so outlandish that they border on being cartoonlike .",0 173705,"the daddy of all slashers",1 214002,"the Battle Bots",1 58626,"the quirks of fame . His healthy sense of satire is light and fun",1 157839,"doing silly stuff",0 179774,"'s hard to pity the ` plain ' girl who becomes a ravishing waif after applying a smear of lip-gloss . Rather , pity anyone who sees this mishmash",0 215666,"the standard made-for-TV movie",0 156572,"comes up shorter than Britney 's cutoffs .",0 57356,"still seems timely and important .",1 223622,"He has not learnt that storytelling is what the movies are about .",0 143789,"An unsuccessful attempt",0 27664,"a masterful piece of artistry",1 237057,"the maudlin way its story unfolds",0 201098,"highly predictable",0 18599,"A triumph",1 173066,"that it 's forced to make its characters idiots in order to advance the plot",0 22125,"taking a risk if you choose to see it",0 178223,"who has to contend with unpleasant characters , hit-and-miss performances and awkwardly staged scenes",0 155989,"can something so gross be so boring ?",0 126047,"like a cold old man going through the motions .",0 192163,"all its effective moments",1 11757,"the preposterous",0 21122,"it pays a price for its intricate intellectual gamesmanship",0 185388,"Its inescapable absurdities are tantamount to insulting the intelligence of anyone who has n't been living under a rock ( since Sept . 11 ) .",0 28271,"ambiguity and creating mood",1 43270,"'s like dying and going to celluloid heaven",1 169648,"rarely permitting its characters more than two obvious dimensions and repeatedly placing them in contrived , well-worn situations",0 102690,", just for them",1 169394,"proud yet director Muccino 's characters are less worthy of Puccini than they are of daytime television",0 97931,"to be pleasant in spite of its predictability",1 75772,"blunder",0 122638,"humorous .",1 162878,"is exhausting .",0 4678,"an overflowing septic",0 71837,"a hoot watching The Rock chomp on jumbo ants , pull an arrow out of his back , and leap unscathed through raging fire",1 36642,"said to suck",0 152169,"a nice vomit bath at his wedding",0 186745,"Posey",1 138661,"unexpectedly rewarding",1 38574,"the prime villain",0 231967,"in `` Unfaithful",0 209,"a new hal",1 110888,"Vincent became more and more abhorrent",0 35551,"of watching blobby old-school CGI animation in this superlarge format",0 201540,"if it had been only half-an-hour long or a TV special , the humor would have been fast and furious -- at ninety minutes , it drags .",0 201320,"honest working man John Q . Archibald , on a pedestal , then keeps lifting the pedestal higher",0 52838,"imagine anybody ever being '' in the mood '' to view a movie as harrowing and painful as The Grey Zone",0 229089,"award-winning English cinematographer Giles Nuttgens",1 163523,"is too forced and overwritten to be funny or believable much of the time",0 188709,"The story is bogus and its characters tissue-thin",0 222095,"A supernatural mystery that does n't know whether it wants to be a suspenseful horror movie or a weepy melodrama .",0 232585,"is n't mainly suspense or excitement .",0 195786,"cliché-laden screenplay",0 161097,"her goats",1 156612,"compassion and mercy",1 63318,"A reminder that beyond all the hype and recent digital glitz , Spielberg knows how to tell us about people .",1 110950,"Watching Harris ham it up while physically and emotionally disintegrating over the course of the movie has a certain poignancy in light of his recent death , but Boyd 's film offers little else of consequence",0 197604,"dulled your senses faster and deeper than any recreational drug on the market",0 77833,"deeply humanizing",1 45091,"Dogma-like in spots - and quite truthful",1 103497,"A compelling French psychological drama examining the encounter of an aloof father and his chilly son after 20 years apart",1 6617,"for the most part , the film is deadly dull",0 203418,"is so convinced of its own brilliance",1 185890,"Love in the Time of Money",1 20115,"better-than-average",1 30471,"create a completely numbing experience",0 21999,"so funny",1 238738,"why this distinguished actor would stoop so low",0 177727,"watched the far superior Nurse Betty or Sunset Boulevard . Even the unwatchable Soapdish is more original",0 75370,"beautifully detailed performances by all of the actors",1 93791,"such an engrossing story that will capture the minds and hearts of many",1 6994,"has its moments of swaggering camaraderie",1 147722,"No number of fantastic sets , extras , costumes and spectacular locales",1 188228,"The filmmakers keep pushing the jokes at the expense of character until things fall apart .",0 43775,", unforced naturalism to their characters .",1 117554,"could be any flatter",0 200738,"have all the suspense of a 20-car pileup , while the plot holes are big enough for a train car to drive through -- if Kaos had n't blown them all up",0 170033,"resemblance to , and shares the weaknesses of , too many recent action-fantasy extravaganzas in which special effects overpower cogent story-telling and visual clarity during the big action sequences",0 57057,"slightly less successful than the first",0 232195,"ironically has little to do with the story , which becomes something about how lame it is to try and evade your responsibilities and that you should never , ever , leave a large dog alone with a toddler .",0 219658,"with a flimsy ending",0 93192,"sometimes improbable story",0 222044,"A low-budget affair , Tadpole was shot on digital video , and the images often look smeary and blurry , to the point of distraction",0 227260,"You 'll feel like you ate a Reeses without the peanut butter ... '",0 228978,"as simultaneously funny ,",1 109253,"Such master screenwriting comes courtesy of John Pogue , the Yale grad who previously gave us '' The Skulls '' and last year 's '' Rollerball . '' Enough said ,",1 10207,"rotoscope animation for no apparent reason except",0 178245,"who predictably finds it difficult to sustain interest in his profession after the family tragedy . Too predictably , in fact",0 164648,"lazy people",0 234732,"one of the finest films of the year",1 188579,"The problem with movies about angels is they have a tendency to slip into hokum . A Rumor of Angels does n't just slip --",0 162629,"is a magician",1 28667,"and ingenious entertainment",1 56300,"purposefully",1 6837,"good movie . good actress . but if you expect light romantic comedy , good gosh ,",0 236527,"that screams `` bathroom break",0 52818,"illogic",0 31975,"further curiosity in even the most unknowing viewer",1 108990,"Skin Of Man gets a few cheap shocks from its kids-in-peril theatrics , but",0 25655,"If it tried to do anything more , it would fail and perhaps explode , but at this level of manic whimsy , it is just about right .",1 13959,"Damon 's ability to be focused and sincere",1 125577,"keeps this pretty watchable , and",1 176174,"to have no goal and no urgency . It 's just filler",0 182118,"A work that lacks both a purpose and a strong pulse .",0 220722,"'s a sly , amusing , laugh-filled little gem in which the ultimate `` Bellini '' begins to look like a `` real Kaputschnik",1 210499,"results from adhering to the messiness of true stories",0 211903,"so aggressively anti-erotic",0 58122,"the chilly production",1 61718,", a hardy group of determined New Zealanders has proved its creative mettle .",1 43713,", the film 's power lies in its complexity . Nothing is black and white .",1 149850,"The story 's so preposterous that I did n't believe it for a second , despite the best efforts of everyone involved .",0 237801,"to enjoy yourselves without feeling conned",1 180696,", infantile , redundant , sloppy , over-the-top ,",0 23943,", this will make you very happy .",1 171779,"spend money on a dog like this when you can rent a pedigree instead",0 71640,"a fierce dance of destruction . Its flame-like , roiling black-and-white inspires trembling and gratitude",1 169760,"really develops beyond attacking obvious target",0 42151,"is a future cult classic or",1 176866,"tries way too hard",0 133196,"stale plot and pornographic way",0 12550,"trashy",0 107083,"It would be churlish to begrudge anyone for receiving whatever consolation that can be found in Dragonfly , yet",0 189626,"When ` science fiction ' takes advantage of the fact that its intended audience has n't yet had much science , it does a disservice to the audience and to the genre .",0 186623,"Oscar-winning master",1 222490,"At about 95 minutes , Treasure Planet maintains a brisk pace as it races through the familiar story .",1 167962,"offers the none-too-original premise that everyone involved with moviemaking is a con artist and a liar .",0 106359,"Hungry-Man portions of bad '",0 67731,"My Big Fat Greek Wedding is not only the best date movie of the year",1 40355,"works with Weaver 's sensitive reactions to make this a two-actor master class",1 81444,"guilt in an intriguing bit of storytelling",1 103751,"A non-Britney person might survive a screening with little harm done , except maybe for the last 15 minutes , which are as maudlin as any after-school special you can imagine .",0 203393,"is silly beyond comprehension",0 190011,"` epic",1 148181,"Proves that a movie about goodness is not the same thing as a good movie",0 223427,"Fred Schepisi 's film is paced at a speed that is slow to those of us in middle age and deathly slow to any teen .",0 56141,"practically any like-themed film other than its Oscar-sweeping franchise predecessor",1 166327,"most of the characters forget their lines",0 90520,"portrays young Brendan with his usual intelligence and subtlety",1 147254,"Louiso lets the movie dawdle in classic disaffected-indie-film mode , and",0 71125,"You can almost see Mendes and company getting together before a single frame had been shot and collectively vowing , ` This is going to be something really good . ' And",1 4230,"a touch of humor",1 70805,"What a bewilderingly brilliant and entertaining movie this is .",1 23049,"'s a glorious groove that leaves you wanting more",1 159925,"generate any interest in an unsympathetic hero caught up in an intricate plot that while cleverly worked out , can not overcome blah characters",0 48096,"a gripping , tidy little movie",1 40988,"It 's endearing to hear Madame D . refer to her husband as ` Jackie ' --",1 148632,"Skip this dreck , rent Animal House",0 122085,"heart or conservative",1 40868,"Do n't plan on the perfect ending , but Sweet Home Alabama hits the mark with critics who escaped from a small town life",1 61627,", Home Movie is about the people who live in them , who have carved their own comfortable niche in the world and have been kind enough to share it .",1 101922,"'s still entertaining to watch the target practice",1 25679,"In his debut as a film director , Denzel Washington delivers a lean and engaging work .",1 14275,"Merely as a technical , logistical feat",1 80790,"funny , harmless and as substantial as a tub of popcorn",1 96690,"the silliness has a pedigree",1 142780,"... del Toro maintains a dark mood that makes the film seem like something to endure instead of enjoy .",0 191097,"a pious , preachy soap opera",0 32030,"gets even better in hindsight , as you mull over its every nuance in your mind",1 123106,"in such a lousy way , complete with some of the year 's ( unintentionally ) funniest moments , that it 's impossible to care",0 185896,"Lucky Break is perfectly inoffensive and harmless ,",1 139523,"what 's attracting audiences to Unfaithful",1 60833,"'s a lovely , sad dance highlighted by Kwan 's unique directing style",1 193333,"as South Park",0 141142,"'s a piece of dreck disguised as comedy .",0 127926,"new insight",1 119448,"examines Crane 's decline with unblinking candor .",1 39892,"we have n't seen on the big screen before , and it 's a story that we as Americans , and human beings , should know",1 4318,"a worse sign when you begin to envy her condition",0 192640,"an overripe episode of TV 's Dawson 's Creek and a recycled and dumbed-down version of Love Story",0 18428,", it 's only because we would expect nothing less from this bunch .",1 53591,"is prime escapist fare .",1 237521,"this flick is fun , and host to some truly excellent sequences .",1 129553,"one of the great films about movie love",1 236472,"that it 's too close to real life to make sense",0 231971,"in a fat man 's navel",0 124609,"is that Van Wilder does little that is actually funny with the material",0 52279,"grimly competent and stolid and earnest",1 52410,"has more than a few moments that are insightful enough to be fondly remembered in the endlessly challenging maze of moviegoing .",1 42515,"re-enactments ,",1 6006,"disturbing . disgusting .",0 207789,"of humor , verve and fun",1 69093,"Sy , another of his open-faced , smiling madmen ,",1 2400,"steals",0 210238,"recent successes",1 134274,"that come full circle to end on a positive ( if tragic ) note",1 40465,"you wanting more",1 117970,"definitely tasty and sweet",1 7033,"have ever seen that still manages to be uplifting but not overly sentimental",1 74911,"at a tough-man contest",0 223215,"Earnest but heavy-handed",1 157481,"directed the film from the back of a taxicab",0 118297,"director Sara Sugarman stoops to having characters drop their pants for laughs and not the last time",0 29312,"at the same time being a most touching reconsideration of the familiar masterpiece",1 105027,"Chamber of Secrets",1 237893,"to my great pleasure",1 171416,"so full of wrong choices",0 104715,"Best indie of the year , so far .",1 189459,"Watchable up until the point where the situations and the dialogue spin hopelessly out of control -- that is to say ,",0 192032,"after ( Seagal 's ) earlier copycat Under Siege",0 237530,"this is a refreshingly novel ride .",1 125528,"just too bad the screenwriters eventually shoot themselves in the feet with cop flick cliches like an oily arms dealer , squad car pile-ups and the requisite screaming captain",0 91662,"rich in color and creativity",1 233915,"more accomplished",1 133889,"targeted to the tiniest segment of an already obscure demographic",0 162598,"is a far smoother ride .",1 30124,"cheap-looking monsters",0 33585,"it 's assured , wonderfully respectful of its past and thrilling enough to make it abundantly clear that this movie phenomenon has once again reinvented itself for a new generation .",1 172308,"sums up the sad state of his recent career",0 148115,"Plays as hollow catharsis , with lots of tears but very little in the way of insights",0 31428,"fabulous music",1 9713,"pile too many '' serious issues",0 116662,"capitalizes on this concept and opts for the breezy and amateurish feel of an after school special on the subject of tolerance",0 40669,"A love for films shines through each frame and the era is recreated with obvious affection , scored to perfection with some tasty boogaloo beats",1 34196,"look at life in U . S . relocation camps .",0 200588,"has much to learn",0 212408,"squanders as much as it gives out .",0 42918,"treads where few American films dare to delve",1 166125,"morality tale whose thought-provoking potential is hampered by a made-for-TV look , rigid performances and an asinine ` twist ' that brazenly rips off The Sixth Sense .",0 3883,"a hilarious kenneth branagh",1 213793,"that one eventually resents having to inhale this gutter romancer 's secondhand material",0 120479,"for silly summer entertainment",1 2711,"the self-destructiveness of many young people",0 22156,"that 's rare in film today",1 129024,"of the film 's cheeky charm",1 90787,"proves it 's never too late to learn",1 178698,"with young adults",1 1973,"open",1 155610,"but at least this time there 's some centered storytelling to go along with all the weird stuff .",1 213297,"tense arguing",0 70853,"When twentysomething hotsies make movies about their lives , hard-driving narcissism is a given , but what a world we 'd live in if Argento 's Hollywood counterparts ... had this much imagination and nerve .",1 61649,", Margarita Happy Hour represents an auspicious feature debut for Chaiken .",1 54004,"its visual delights",1 189026,"This is standard crime drama fare ... instantly forgettable and thoroughly dull .",0 83780,"is a frighteningly fascinating contradiction",1 61955,", humorous , illuminating study",1 133960,"tell you how tedious ,",0 8288,"keep the plates spinning as best he can , but all the bouncing back and forth ca n't help but become a bit tedious -- even with the breathtaking landscapes and villainous varmints there to distract you from the ricocheting",0 165090,"little less bling-bling",0 188598,"The punch lines that miss , unfortunately , outnumber the hits by three-to-one . But Death to Smoochy keeps firing until the bitter end",0 194232,"bears a grievous but obscure complaint against fathers ,",0 38307,"the hearts and minds",1 235634,"seven days left to live",0 218413,"vapid actor 's exercise to appropriate the structure of Arthur Schnitzler 's Reigen",0 181573,"A clash between the artificial structure of the story and the more contemporary , naturalistic tone of the film ...",0 184358,"Hawke 's film , a boring , pretentious waste of nearly two hours ,",0 24463,"A sober and affecting chronicle",1 165564,"makes absolutely no sense . Its underlying mythology is a hodgepodge of inconsistencies that pose the question : Since when did dumb entertainment have to be this dumb",0 98479,"told with competence",1 20500,"ever seen that still manages to be uplifting but not overly sentimental",1 139426,"wears thin -- then out -- when there 's nothing else happening",0 109390,"That regurgitates and waters down many of the previous film 's successes ,",0 167610,"of movie that gives",1 218808,"washed out despite all of that",0 44502,"An impeccable study in perversity .",1 129874,"overlong and not well-acted ,",0 105414,"Diane Lane 's sophisticated performance",1 149856,"The story and the friendship proceeds in such a way that you 're watching a soap opera rather than a chronicle of the ups and downs that accompany lifelong friendships .",0 62176,", really good",1 75845,"both gripping and compelling",1 69483,"The emotion is impressively true for being so hot-blooded , and both leads are up to the task .",1 46815,"Stevens ' vibrant creative instincts are the difference between this and countless other flicks about guys and dolls .",1 140278,"with the unexplained baboon cameo",0 188919,"They do a good job of painting this family dynamic for the audience",1 135439,"the further Oprahfication of the world",0 175053,"the worst thing to come out of National Lampoon since Class Reunion",0 211263,"serve no other purpose than to call attention to themselves",0 182639,"At once overly old-fashioned in its sudsy plotting",0 123192,"in the sun",1 132925,"somehow it all comes together to create a very compelling , sensitive , intelligent and almost cohesive piece of film entertainment",1 235559,"seems more tacky and reprehensible , manipulating our collective fear without bestowing the subject with the intelligence or sincerity it unequivocally deserves .",0 187777,"The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys ' take on adolescence feels painfully true .",1 61313,"'s the cute frissons of discovery and humor between Chaplin and Kidman that keep this nicely wound clock not just ticking , but humming",1 198093,"even less capable trio",0 110150,"The script is high on squaddie banter , low on shocks .",1 79715,"fast , funny",1 81997,"he is an imaginative filmmaker who can see the forest for the trees",1 109194,"Steven Spielberg got it right",1 55654,"of what made old-time B movies good-bad that makes Eight Legged Freaks a perfectly entertaining summer diversion",1 33809,"its open-endedness and surprises",1 22667,"uses a hit-or-miss aesthetic that hits often enough to keep the film entertaining even if none of it makes a lick of sense",1 203262,"is not worth",0 226791,"Too often , Son of the Bride becomes an exercise in trying to predict when a preordained `` big moment '' will occur and not `` if . ''",0 176371,"to say what or why",0 98272,"to rival Gosford Park 's",1 187101,"Sara Sugarman 's whimsical comedy Very Annie-Mary",1 1624,"live spoof of dog day afternoon",0 84815,"is well done",1 157593,"dissolves into a routine courtroom drama , better suited for a movie titled '' Glory : A Soldier 's Story",0 120734,"from one colorful event to another",1 217538,"together with the contrivances and overwrought emotion of soap",0 28816,"and super-cool , and definitely not in a hurry",1 186637,"Oversexed , at times overwrought comedy/drama that",0 86763,"manically generous",1 193055,"are cast adrift in various New York City locations with no unifying rhythm or visual style",0 145946,"I 'm guessing the director is a magician . After all , he took three minutes of dialogue , 30 seconds of plot and turned them into a 90-minute movie that feels five hours long",0 41045,"Its scenes and sensibility are all more than familiar ,",0 107483,"Like the excruciating End of Days , Collateral Damage presents Schwarzenegger as a tragic figure , but sympathy really belongs with any viewer forced to watch him try out so many complicated facial expressions .",0 189341,"Uneven performances and a spotty script add up to a biting satire that has no teeth .",0 178210,"who can count to five ( the film 's target market ? )",0 219262,"which is way too stagy",0 175575,"this visual trickery",0 87500,"most wondrous love story",1 205257,"live viewing . The innate theatrics that provide its thrills and extreme emotions lose their luster when flattened onscreen",0 116916,"checkout",1 317,"absurd",0 153971,"are they like humans , only hairier",0 48981,"an often intense character study about fathers and sons , loyalty and duty .",1 239175,"you might imagine that most every aggrieved father cliché has been unturned .",0 75802,"bonus",1 103349,"8 Crazy Nights comes close to hitting a comedic or satirical target",1 173184,"that serves as a muddled and offensive cautionary tale for Hispanic Americans",0 107972,"Nettelbeck sees working women -- or at least this working woman -- for whom she shows little understanding",0 91945,"say for plenty of movies that flow through the Hollywood pipeline without a hitch",1 178219,"who has been mass-murdering since 1978 but has never been seen doing laundry",0 75598,"best short",1 178413,"wilts",0 2527,"the all-too-familiar dramatic",0 217869,"trusting the material",1 52715,"hooked on the delicious pulpiness of its lurid fiction .",1 63336,"A rock-solid gangster movie with a fair amount of suspense , intriguing characters and bizarre bank robberies , plus a heavy dose of father-and-son dynamics .",1 34263,"lyrical work",1 157978,"drifts so inexorably into cliches about tortured ( and torturing ) artists and consuming but impossible love that you ca n't help but become more disappointed as each overwrought new sequence plods on .",0 49444,"awed by the power and grace of one of the greatest natural sportsmen of modern times",1 30732,"desperate attempts",0 232003,"in full consciousness",1 59712,"unique and entertaining",1 235297,"relatively nothing happens",0 109024,"So genial is the conceit , this is one of those rare pictures that you root for throughout , dearly hoping that the rich promise of the script will be realized on the screen . It never is , not fully .",1 232950,"it 's kinda dumb .",0 37349,"still there , for everybody who wants to be a kid again , or show it to their own kids",1 170235,"run over two hours",0 75479,"been shot",0 136318,"the stale plot and pornographic way",0 113772,"also taps into the primal fears of young people trying to cope with the mysterious and brutal nature of adults",1 125509,"just is n't worth telling",0 35688,"one occasion when they have unearthed a rare gem",1 57744,"that at its best",1 146371,"Is it a comedy ? A drama ? A romance ? A cartoon ?",0 80315,"for ordinary louts whose idea of exercise is climbing the steps of a stadium-seat megaplex",0 62745,": He 's the con , and you 're just the mark .",0 108372,"Peter Jackson has done the nearly impossible . He has improved upon the first and taken it a step further , richer and deeper .",1 129969,"pandering palaver",1 137412,"to be especially grateful for freedom after a film like this",1 145033,"Eastwood is an icon of moviemaking , one of the best actors , directors and producers around , responsible for some excellent work . But",1 236024,"stands for Milder Is n't Better .",0 80802,"funny and , in the end ,",1 24515,"A worthwhile way to spend two hours .",1 150869,"When a set of pre-shooting guidelines a director came up with for his actors turns out to be cleverer , better written and of considerable more interest than the finished film , that 's a bad sign . A very bad sign .",0 168355,"option to slap her creators because they 're clueless and inept",0 44225,"A rip-roaring comedy action",1 39888,"we do indeed feel for them .",1 22235,"the audience , like Beatrice , has a watchful affection for the monster .",1 172030,"stoned",0 238339,"virtually no one",0 63990,"Angelina Jolie 's surprising flair",1 23178,"'s the kind of pigeonhole-resisting romp that Hollywood too rarely provides .",1 122455,"hold up pretty well",1 23893,", the acting is fresh and unselfconscious , and Munch is a marvel of reality versus sappy sentiment .",1 223459,"Gangster No. 1 a worthwhile moviegoing experience",1 20089,"be the most comprehensive of these films and also strike closest to the truth",1 119398,"every member of the ensemble has something fascinating to do",1 175100,"their high heels",1 96417,"the pleasure of his sounds and images",1 82688,"imagination in the soulful development of two rowdy teenagers",1 143350,"A soggy , cliche-bound epic-horror yarn that",0 6226,"entertaining and informative",1 2840,"this beautifully drawn movie",1 32761,"illuminates",1 224075,"Interview '' loses its overall sense of mystery and becomes a TV episode rather than a documentary that you actually buy into .",0 65119,"Discursive but oddly riveting documentary",1 194460,"behind cutesy film references",1 12342,"to describe exactly how bad it is",0 27686,"a movie as a picture book for the big screen .",1 60385,"with star power , a pop-induced score",1 123671,"is ) one of the few reasons to watch the film , which director Gerardo Vera has drenched in swoony music and fever-pitched melodrama",1 137167,"thought-provoking and",1 105673,"Even better",1 37639,"teasing",0 232857,"is truly funny , playing a kind of Ghandi gone bad .",1 212687,"stroked , luridly coloured , uni-dimensional nonsense machine that strokes the eyeballs while it evaporates like so much crypt mist in the brain .",0 70784,"What 's infuriating about Full Frontal",0 90599,"predicament",0 229891,"combined with a tinge of understanding for her actions",1 187182,"Seemingly a vehicle to showcase the Canadian 's inane ramblings",0 95732,"the first to be released in the U . S",1 28325,"an athlete as well as an actor",1 225534,"Punish the vehicle to adore the star .",0 172224,"succeeds by allowing itself to go crazy",1 67187,"Leigh makes these lives count . And he allows a gawky actor like Spall -- who could too easily become comic relief in any other film -- to reveal his impressively delicate range .",1 110035,"The next big thing 's not-so-big ( and not-so-hot )",0 32089,"glad you went along for the ride",1 161731,"in 2002 , such revelations wilt",0 8108,"its plot may prove too convoluted for fun-seeking summer audiences",0 181136,", you 'd grab your kids and run and then probably call the police .",0 45647,"Imperfect ?",0 45590,"I loved this film .",1 60878,"'s a tour de force , written and directed so quietly that it 's implosion rather than explosion you fear .",1 22280,"the filmmaker his Dad was , but heck -- few filmmakers will .",0 147295,"Made by jackasses for jackasses .",0 158457,"even the most elemental literacy , an inkling of genuine wit , and",0 206952,"nevertheless works up a few scares",1 20356,"delivers -- in a couple of genres , no less",1 180040,"'s the worst movie of 2002",0 37798,"that extols the virtues of comradeship and community in a spunky , spirited fashion",1 19227,"Roman Coppola may never become the filmmaker his Dad was , but heck -- few filmmakers will .",1 130971,"raised to a new , self-deprecating level",1 176893,"true ' bad",0 152172,"a nightmare date with a half-formed wit done a great disservice by a lack of critical distance and a sad trust in liberal arts college bumper sticker platitudes .",0 144357,"Calling this movie brainless would be paying it a compliment : it 's more like entertainment for trolls",0 167088,"obnoxious and",0 87158,"misconceived final 5",0 125365,"its slightly humorous and tender story",1 234288,"of Mr. Eyre 's uninspired dramatics",0 181332,"... post-September 11 , '' The Sum Of All Fears '' seems more tacky and reprehensible , manipulating our collective fear without bestowing the subject with the intelligence or sincerity it unequivocally deserves .",0 34962,"not as aggressively impressive as its American counterpart , '' In the Bedroom , '' Moretti 's film makes its own , quieter observations",0 199251,"for kids or their parents",1 95635,"the film above anything Sandler",1 146850,"Jason X is positively anti-Darwinian : nine sequels and 400 years later , the teens are none the wiser and Jason still kills on auto-pilot .",0 117526,"cope with the mysterious and brutal nature of adults",1 157661,"do n't pile on this much syrup",0 21924,"seems to be that all sexual desire disrupts life 's stasis .",0 54774,"modern masculine journey",1 215389,"the poor acting",0 187831,"The Master of Disguise falls under the category of ` should have been a sketch on Saturday Night Live . '",0 119730,"familiar you might as well be watching a rerun",0 83738,"is Serry 's ability to take what is essentially a contained family conflict and put it into a much larger historical context",1 177339,"use more poetic license",0 232255,"is a children 's film in the truest sense",1 78769,"effective enough at achieving the modest , crowd-pleasing goals it sets for itself",1 199480,"frayed satire",0 234585,"of those reputedly `` unfilmable '' novels that has bucked the odds to emerge as an exquisite motion picture in its own right",1 8235,"just as i hoped i would",1 192801,"angling to see how many times they can work the words '' radical '' or '' suck '' into a sentence",0 186723,"Plot , characters ,",1 232787,"is that it progresses in such a low-key manner that it risks monotony .",0 63647,"Adaptation is simply brilliant .",1 200457,"harsh conceptual exercise",0 152156,"a new action hero",1 24857,"Boisterous",1 192957,"anything but frustrating ,",1 207329,"obsessively",0 136418,"the tiresome rant",0 232343,"is a refreshingly novel ride .",1 229533,"butchered in A.I.",0 98323,"to stop watching",0 34908,"nicely acted",1 36101,"post-Saving Private Ryan tributes",1 90564,"powerful and reasonably fulfilling gestalt",1 84254,"is good , except its timing .",1 108142,"Once again , director Chris Columbus takes a hat-in-hand approach to Rowling that stifles creativity and allows the film to drag on for nearly three hours .",0 69799,"The otherwise good-naturedness of Mr . Deeds , with its embrace of sheer goofiness and cameos of less - than-likely New York celebrities ...",1 205074,"like looking over the outdated clothes and plastic knickknacks at your neighbor 's garage sale .",0 86046,"like a powerful 1957 drama we 've somehow never seen before",1 69864,"The result is somewhat satisfying -- it still comes from Spielberg , who has never made anything that was n't at least watchable . But",1 77979,"demonstrates that Werner Herzog can still leave us with a sense of wonder at the diverse , marvelously twisted shapes history has taken .",1 88321,"of a female friendship that is more complex and honest than anything represented in a Hollywood film",1 232867,"is unlikely to demonstrate the emotional clout to sweep U.S. viewers off their feet .",0 174823,"the story is just too slim",0 183732,"Evelyn may be based on a true and historically significant story , but the filmmakers have made every effort to disguise it as an unimaginative screenwriter 's invention",0 76055,"bursting with incident , and with scores of characters , some fictional , some from history",1 136797,"they engage and even touch us",1 93032,"sociopaths",0 92679,"simply ca n't recommend it enough .",1 36250,"puts far more polished documentaries to shame .",1 203096,"is merely Anne-Sophie Birot 's off-handed way of saying girls find adolescence difficult to wade through",0 188835,"There 's not a fresh idea at the core of this tale .",0 180993,", the movie bogs down in insignificance , saying nothing about Kennedy 's assassination and revealing nothing about the pathology it pretends to investigate .",0 207019,"no clue",0 140991,"'ll have more fun setting fire to yourself in the parking lot .",0 22104,"superlative",1 182171,"Admirably",1 190665,"a good simmer",1 202136,"incessantly",0 49850,"brings a beguiling freshness to a coming-of-age story with such a buoyant , expressive flow of images that it emerges as another key contribution to the flowering of the South Korean cinema .",1 139223,"warped logic by writer-director Kurt Wimmer",0 72450,"a smile on your face and a grumble in your stomach",1 93222,"soul-searching",1 212991,"surprisingly uninvolving",0 186596,"Only masochistic moviegoers",0 38854,"then illuminates it fully and allows the larger implications of the journey to sink in unobtrusively",1 49712,"between two gifted performers",1 101030,"yet it 's potentially just as rewarding",1 2817,"there is nothing funny in this every-joke-has - been-told-a - thousand-times - before movie",0 85630,"keep you wide awake and ...",1 163354,"is so rambling and disconnected it never builds any suspense",0 6216,"enough secondary",0 39654,"unlikely , but likable ,",1 133712,"surveyed high school students ... and came back with the astonishing revelation that '' they wanted to see something that did n't talk down to them . ''",1 37981,"the absence of spiritual guidance",0 190847,"a little violence and lots of sex in a bid to hold our attention",0 136150,"the rich and sudden wisdom ,",1 93544,"stooping to gooeyness",0 35959,"people usually ignored in contemporary American film .",0 139007,"very smart",1 82054,"heated sexuality",1 100069,"who ca n't quite live up to it",0 46900,"The Chateau cleverly probes the cross-cultural differences between Gauls and Yanks .",1 27134,"Visually imaginative , thematically instructive and thoroughly delightful",1 1753,"more confident",1 85468,"itself , a playful spirit and",1 194482,"being invited to a classy dinner soiree",1 13776,"A gentle , compassionate drama about grief and healing .",1 135466,"the glum , numb experience of watching O Fantasma",0 229931,"compare to the wit , humor and snappy dialogue of the original",0 165615,"makes worth taking",1 141459,"'s not enough here",0 10298,"score",1 153375,"an emotional response of any kind",1 42646,"slow and",0 72924,"about an unruly adolescent boy who is yearning for adventure and a chance to prove his worth",1 148432,"Schneidermeister ... Makin ' a fool of himself ... Losin ' his fan base ...",0 182546,"Ararat far more demanding than it needs to be",0 183741,"Even as I valiantly struggled to remain interested , or at least conscious",0 14780,"a master filmmaker",1 175557,"this surfer-girl melodrama",0 99928,"when it does , you 're entirely unprepared",1 139135,"waiting for things",1 54230,"light enough",1 139020,"very valuable",1 35288,"of innocence and wisdom",1 169235,"pretentious nonsense",0 238743,"wiggling energy",1 181615,"A disaster",0 66738,"It is refreshingly undogmatic about its characters .",1 166292,"most charmless",0 25360,"Frida 's artistic brilliance",1 28270,"amazing on a technical level",1 113954,"an ancient librarian",0 141715,"'ve already seen Heartbreak if you 've watched the far superior Nurse Betty or Sunset Boulevard . Even the unwatchable Soapdish is more original",0 1112,"got some good , organic character work , lots of obvious political insights and little room",1 99806,"well-crafted film",1 2324,"so freely",1 234273,"of Holocaust movies",0 224993,"Mr. Tsai is a very original artist in his medium ,",1 126660,"makes Salton Sea surprisingly engrossing",1 68798,"Simply and eloquently",1 45318,"Friday-night excitement",1 103985,"A visionary marvel ,",1 99578,"warm , inviting",1 98249,"to raise audience 's spirits and leave them singing long after the credits roll",1 100070,"who can rise to fans ' lofty expectations",1 168566,"overtones",1 81362,"great fun ,",1 116583,"can easily worm its way into your heart",1 223922,"If religious films are n't your bailiwick , stay away .",0 226303,"The history is fascinating : the action is dazzling",1 225659,"Run for your lives !",0 124253,"is more fully",1 63040,"A flawed film",0 83956,"is actually quite entertaining",1 171774,"spectacular whiff",1 24456,"A slick , well-oiled machine , exquisitely polished and upholstered .",1 175699,"through ill-conceived action pieces",0 49205,"are true to the essence of what it is to be Ya-Ya",1 28616,"and fresh examination",1 225665,"S1M0NE 's satire is not subtle , but it is effective",1 52607,"highly satisfying quotient",1 49998,"can also negotiate the movie 's darker turns",0 137913,"to the bitter end",0 2885,"though it draws several decent laughs",1 150151,"This 72-minute film does have some exciting scenes",1 173658,"the consciously dumbed-down approach wears thin",0 28432,"and BMX riders",1 184743,"I was trying to decide what annoyed me most about God is Great ...",0 211043,"seem tired",0 43323,"'s something auspicious , and daring ,",1 87447,"most of its ilk",0 95029,"the French to truly capture the terrifying angst of the modern working man without turning the film into a cheap thriller , a dumb comedy or a sappy melodrama",1 227278,"You can not guess why the cast and crew did n't sign a pact to burn the negative and the script and pretend the whole thing never existed .",0 130364,"poignant portrait",1 213549,"that Wallace , who wrote Gibson 's Braveheart as well as the recent Pearl Harbor , has such an irrepressible passion for sappy situations and dialogue",0 122077,"heaps",1 197129,"distinguishable",1 77549,"creates sheerly cinematic appeal .",1 182528,"Apparently writer-director Attal thought he need only cast himself and",0 232658,"is not unlike watching a glorified episode of `` 7th Heaven . ''",0 100784,"wonderful thing",1 148017,"Parker 's ill-advised meddling with the timeless source material",0 43769,", transparently moving",1 133135,"splendidly cast pair",1 217254,"to play one lewd scene after another . About half of them are funny , a few are sexy and none are useful in telling the story , which is paper-thin and decidedly unoriginal",0 232596,"is n't that Stealing Harvard is a horrible movie -- if only it were that grand a failure !",0 86360,"love affair",1 113456,"affirming",1 146258,"Illiterate , often inert sci-fi action thriller .",0 172163,"stunt-hungry dimwits",0 238067,"too many films",0 158055,"dumbest , sketchiest movie",0 104423,"Another useless recycling of a brutal mid -",0 207120,"no wit , only",0 223012,"Corny , schmaltzy and predictable",0 27438,"a coming-of-age story with a twist",1 48698,"adrenaline jolt",1 25149,"Do n't expect any surprises in this checklist of teamwork cliches ...",0 160154,"glorifying software",0 52797,"if it were n't such a clever adaptation of the bard 's tragic play",1 66092,"I 'd rather listen to old Tori Amos records",0 220013,"worn-out material",0 133912,"tears welled up in my eyes both times",1 91854,"s face is chillingly unemotive , yet",0 39635,"uniformly excellent",1 217274,"to quibble with a flick boasting this many genuine cackles",1 224233,"It 's probably worth catching solely on its visual merits .",1 195007,"bungle their way",0 80502,"found myself strangely moved by even the corniest and most hackneyed contrivances",1 197268,"does a film so graceless and devoid of merit as this one come along",0 170977,"should know better",0 10262,"savvy director",1 118538,"does n't ignore the more problematic aspects of Brown 's life .",1 225276,"Of course , by more objective measurements it 's still quite bad .",0 172395,"sustain interest in his profession after the family tragedy . Too predictably",0 204523,"keeps adding flourishes -- artsy fantasy sequences -- that simply feel wrong",0 42094,"holds the film",1 95337,"the collaborative process",1 145596,"Glover , the irrepressible eccentric of River 's Edge , Dead Man and Back to the Future , is perfect casting for the role",1 29158,"as a visual treat , the film is almost unsurpassed .",1 107797,"Monsters , Inc",1 171011,"show some presence and star quality",1 145557,"Get",1 143441,"A woozy , roisterous , exhausting mess",0 61624,", His Secret Life will leave you thinking",1 34085,"like a breath of fresh air , but only to those that allow it in",1 237390,"then sucks the blood out",0 135168,"the end it 's as sweet as Greenfingers",1 7258,"i 'm all for the mentally challenged getting their fair shot in the movie business ,",0 68692,"Seeks to transcend its genre with a curiously stylized , quasi-Shakespearean portrait of pure misogynist evil .",1 27959,"a wimp",0 181934,"A quaint ,",1 192238,"all the spaces in between filled with fantasies , daydreams , memories and one fantastic visual trope after another",1 26985,"This is a terrific character study , a probe into the life of a complex man .",1 220675,"'s a bargain-basement European pickup",0 14776,"a lot of life in Hong Kong cinema",1 35444,"of the delicate characters",1 107552,"Loyal",1 12768,"very human and very true",1 55393,"of hopeful perseverance and hopeless closure",1 52988,"in the creation of an extraordinary piece of music",1 116023,"bland , surfacey",0 190663,"a good movie ye who enter here",1 163559,"is very funny but too concerned with giving us a plot",1 9103,"nonchalantly freaky and uncommonly pleasurable , warm water may well be the year 's best and most unpredictable comedy",1 59178,"to be commended for its straight-ahead approach to creepiness",1 234007,"much too conventional -- lots of boring talking heads , etc. -- to do the subject matter justice",0 126192,"listless , witless",0 58569,"the passion , creativity , and fearlessness of one of Mexico 's most colorful and controversial artists -- a captivating drama that will speak to the nonconformist in us all",1 226888,"Upper Teens may get cynical .",0 120086,"finally , is minimally satisfying",1 183049,"Chan 's stunts are limited and so embellished by editing that there 's really not much of a sense of action or even action-comedy .",0 144458,"Cho 's fans are sure to be entertained : it 's only fair in the interest of full disclosure to say that -- on the basis of this film alone -- I 'm not one of them .",0 161431,"horror concept",0 110070,"The performances are an absolute joy .",1 65166,"Douglas McGrath 's version of ` Nicholas Nickleby ' left me feeling refreshed and hopeful .",1 115296,"awfully entertaining",1 19843,"and hope",1 219949,"woozy quality",0 190606,"a florid biopic about mad queens , obsessive relationships , and rampant adultery",0 208680,"only ever walked the delicate tightrope between farcical and loathsome . In the wrong hands",0 223383,"For Benigni it was n't Shakespeare whom he wanted to define his career with but Pinocchio .",1 222825,"But this new jangle of noise , mayhem and stupidity must be a serious contender for the title .",0 216106,"there 's no real sense of suspense , and",0 80908,"gentle and affecting",1 123232,"in three gags in White 's intermittently wise script",1 209078,"particular , anciently demanding métier",0 10412,"shoplifts shamelessly",0 110139,"The script 's snazzy dialogue",1 74531,"artistic significance",1 102628,", it 's not too bad . It 's worth taking the kids to .",1 147434,"Meyjes 's movie , like Max Rothman 's future , does not work .",0 15204,"be had by all willing to make the effort to reap them",1 154814,"be sleekly shot , expertly cast , paced with crisp professionalism",1 163840,"it is n't much fun",0 173216,"that the Bond franchise has run into a creative wall that 007 can not fly over",0 211955,"so many flaws",0 224610,"Light , silly",1 137447,"to be that rarity among sequels",1 112193,"a laundry list of minor shortcomings",0 40854,"Director Kapur is a filmmaker with a real flair for epic landscapes and adventure , and",1 164980,"like reading a Times Portrait of Grief that keeps shifting focus to the journalist who wrote it",0 46608,"Real Women Have Curves wears its empowerment on its sleeve but even its worst harangues are easy to swallow thanks to remarkable performances by Ferrera and Ontiveros .",1 184585,"I 've never seen ( a remake ) do anything as stomach-turning as the way Adam Sandler 's new movie rapes , pillages and incinerates Frank Capra 's classic ...",0 157463,"dinner party",1 79093,"enriched by an imaginatively mixed cast of antic spirits , headed by Christopher Plummer as the subtlest and most complexly evil Uncle Ralph I 've ever seen in the many film",1 61162,"'s not a brilliant piece of filmmaking",1 44482,"An enthralling aesthetic experience , one that 's steeped in mystery and a ravishing , baroque beauty",1 53339,"is a succinct low-budget film whose compelling characters and intelligent script are exactly what was missing from Rabbit-Proof Fence .",1 224159,"It 's an effort to watch this movie , but it eventually pays off and is effective if you stick with it",1 96764,"the stories work and",1 211948,"so in love with its overinflated mythology that it no longer recognizes the needs of moviegoers for real characters and compelling plots .",0 80051,"flakeball",0 128084,"not '' ha ha '' funny , '' dead circus performer '' funny . And for all the wrong reasons besides",0 132248,"sharp comic timing",1 217905,"trying to sneak out of the theater",0 155871,"ca n't think of a single good reason to see this movie , even though everyone in my group extemporaneously shouted , ` Thank you ! ' when Leguizamo finally plugged an irritating character late in the movie .",0 179605,"'s all quite tasteful to look at",1 165274,"loses credibility .",0 36046,"plenty of slapstick humor for the kids , lots of in-jokes for the adults and heart enough for everyone",1 47105,"The gentle comic treatment of adolescent sturm und drang",1 200648,"has stopped challenging himself",0 217152,"to knock back a beer with but they 're simply not funny performers",0 208244,"of why the DV revolution has cheapened the artistry of making a film",0 229309,"been replaced with Morph , a cute alien creature who mimics everyone and everything around",1 200536,"has dreamed up such blatant and sickening product placement in a movie .",0 34369,"many documentaries like this presuppose religious bigotry or zealous nuttiness of its antagonists",0 104058,"About one in three gags in White 's intermittently wise script hits its mark :",0 167350,"of an improbable thriller",0 156825,"cookie-cutter movie",0 213887,"that the new film is a lame kiddie flick and",0 218197,"uniformly well",1 50920,"do cinema , eu estava feliz",1 96808,"the subtlest and most complexly evil Uncle Ralph I 've ever seen in the many film",1 28941,"another cautionary fable is allowed to play out as a clever , charming tale -- as pleasantly in its own way as its self-dramatizing characters .",1 143862,"Arguably the year 's silliest and most incoherent movie .",0 149649,"The notion that bombing buildings is the funniest thing in the world",0 197817,"empowerment tale thinly",0 54561,"makes it all the more compelling .",1 12829,"wanders all over the map thematically and stylistically ,",0 166869,"no real reason to see it . Wait for video -- and then do n't rent it",0 184439,"Hoffman 's best efforts",1 181803,"A loud , ugly , irritating movie without any of its satirical",0 20993,"is a lively and enjoyable adventure for all ages at any time .",1 113853,"amusing sidekicks",1 181870,"A muddy psychological thriller rife with miscalculations . It makes me say the obvious : Abandon all hope of a good movie ye who enter here",0 106921,"It 's not a film to be taken literally on any level , but its focus always appears questionable",1 41387,"Who knows what exactly Godard is on about in this film , but his words and images do n't have to add up to mesmerize you",1 16361,"it will connect",1 188888,"There are some laughs in this movie , but Williams ' anarchy gets tiresome , the satire is weak .",0 191667,"abject suffering",0 146522,"It 's just disappointingly superficial -- a movie that has all the elements necessary to be a fascinating , involving character study , but never does more than scratch the surface .",0 83329,"informative and breathtakingly spectacular",1 133898,"tasty and sweet",1 52142,"gives a human face to what 's often discussed in purely abstract terms .",1 33796,"its macabre , self-deprecating sense of humor makes up for a lot",1 79190,"especially Williams , an American actress who becomes fully English",1 233325,"layer of Action Man cliché atop wooden dialogue",0 166427,"much as distasteful",0 37909,"that this movie phenomenon has once again reinvented itself for a new generation",1 26929,"The way Coppola professes his love for movies -- both colorful pop junk and the classics that unequivocally qualify as art -- is giddily entertaining .",1 229199,"be lost on the target audience",0 85117,"it plays like a powerful 1957 drama we 've somehow never seen before",1 225218,"Nothing too deep or substantial .",0 117265,"comforting fantasies",1 237695,"to Newcastle , the first half of Gangster No. 1 drips with style and , at times , blood",1 114661,"are problems with this film that even 3 Oscar winners ca n't overcome",0 131378,"represents the worst kind of filmmaking , the kind that pretends to be passionate and truthful but is really frustratingly timid and soggy .",0 80261,"for drawing wrenching performances from his actors ( improvised over many months ) and for conveying the way tiny acts of kindness make ordinary life survivable",1 41321,"This is a raw and disturbing tale that took five years to make , and",1 119051,"end up walking out not only satisfied but also somewhat touched",1 213499,"that 's too clever for its own good",0 181149,", you ca n't help suspecting that it was improvised on a day-to-day basis during production .",0 225701,"Scherfig , the writer-director , has made a film so unabashedly hopeful that it actually makes the heart soar .",1 43436,"( and better",1 228863,"are weak , as are most of the subplots .",0 59458,"torture and",0 19849,"and insights",1 65527,"Filled with Alexandre Desplat 's haunting and sublime music , the movie completely transfixes the audience .",1 145437,"For most movies , 84 minutes is short",0 56600,"revolutionary",1 153264,"amusing lark",1 107109,"Its use of the thriller form to examine the labyrinthine ways in which people 's lives cross and change , buffeted by events seemingly out of their control",1 208822,"other words , about as bad a film you 're likely to see all year",0 175412,"this holiday movie",1 13099,"williams plays sy , another of his open-faced , smiling madmen , like the killer in insomnia . he does this so well you do n't have the slightest difficulty accepting him in the role .",1 152358,"a rewarding one",1 88741,"of longing , lasting traces of Charlotte 's web of desire and desperation",1 11057,"that encompasses many more paths than we started with",1 101947,"'s the element of condescension , as the filmmakers look down on their working-class subjects from their lofty perch , that finally makes Sex With Strangers , which opens today in the New York metropolitan area , so distasteful",0 221740,"-- but it 's a rushed , slapdash , sequel-for-the-sake - of-a-sequel with less than half the plot and ingenuity",0 35398,"of sharp , smart satire",1 44028,"A delectable and intriguing thriller filled with surprises , Read My Lips is an original . This is a story of two misfits who do n't stand a chance alone ,",1 210783,"satisfactorily exploit its gender politics , genre thrills or inherent humor",0 149008,"Taken individually or collectively , the stories never add up to as much as they promise .",0 198900,"find anything to get excited about on this DVD",0 69118,"Take Care is nicely performed by a quintet of actresses ,",1 141626,"'s still a mistake to go see it .",0 177845,"weighs it down",0 128514,"of almost perpetually wasted characters",0 129667,"oo many of these gross",0 137837,"to see what all the fuss is about",1 90445,"point the way for adventurous Indian filmmakers toward a crossover into nonethnic markets .",1 122888,"in a doctor 's office , emergency room , hospital bed or insurance company office",0 169662,"rather like viewing a long soap opera in which only the first episode was any good",0 11531,"the irresponsible",0 230178,"destined to be the 21st Century 's new `` Conan '' and that he 's going to make a splash even greater than Arnold Schwarzenegger , Jean-Claud Van Damme or Steven Segal",1 186862,"Really dumb but occasionally really funny",1 78624,"dreams and aspirations",1 149679,"The only way to tolerate this insipid , brutally clueless film might be with a large dose of painkillers .",0 9930,"put together his slasher video from spare parts",0 118104,"deserve to hear the full story of Jonah 's despair -- in all its agonizing , Catch-22 glory -- even if they spend years trying to comprehend it .",0 58873,"their cheap , B movie way",0 219909,"witlessness",0 199863,"gets a bit heavy handed with his message at times , and has a visual flair that waxes poetic far too much for our taste .",0 132168,"set it apart from other Deep South stories",1 48679,"addition to Hoffman 's powerful acting clinic",1 82157,"hideousness",0 124183,"is just such an achievement",1 129294,"offers much to absorb and even more to think about after the final frame",1 224160,"It 's an effort to watch this movie , but it eventually pays off and is effective if you stick with it .",1 90684,"pristine style and bold colors",1 220892,"'s muy loco , but no more ridiculous than most of the rest of `` Dragonfly .",0 50383,"confining",0 194942,"breaks the mood with absurdly inappropriate ` comedy ' scenes",0 66672,"It 's that good .",1 179891,"'s not helpful to listen to extremist name-calling , regardless of whether you think Kissinger was a calculating fiend or just a slippery self-promoter",0 40150,"wisdom",1 199024,"flat , flat dialogue",0 88377,"of a vastly improved Germanic version of My Big Fat Greek Wedding",1 207552,"of a movie saddled with an amateurish screenplay",0 33018,"inconsistencies",0 269,"a soul-stirring documentary about the israeli/palestinian conflict as revealed through the eyes of some children who remain curious about each other against all odds",1 12350,"to enjoy good trash every now and then",1 14413,"Sandra Nettelbeck beautifully orchestrates the transformation of the chilly , neurotic , and self-absorbed Martha as her heart begins to open .",1 71863,"a kind of perpetual pain",0 76082,"but film buffs should get to know",1 68056,"Overall , it 's a very entertaining , thought-provoking film with a simple message : God is love .",1 150451,"Too loud , too long and too frantic by half , Die Another Day suggests that the Bond franchise has run into a creative wall that 007 can not fly over , tunnel under or barrel through .",0 61685,", Slap Her is a small but rewarding comedy that takes aim at contemporary southern adolescence and never lets up .",1 168899,"plain old bad filmmaking",0 230537,"enjoy yourselves without feeling conned",1 113627,"all that matters",1 124250,"is more depressing than entertaining",0 17335,"strong case",1 200553,"has had a successful career in TV",1 45332,"Fun ,",1 46557,"Probably the best case for Christianity since Chesterton and Lewis .",1 190200,"a blinding embarrassment",0 188448,"The movie is too amateurishly square to make the most of its own ironic implications .",0 80263,"for each other",1 189705,"While there 's likely very little crossover appeal to those without much interest in the Elizabethans ( as well as rank frustration from those in the know about Rubbo 's dumbed-down tactics )",0 109455,"The Pianist lacks the quick emotional connections of Steven Spielberg 's Schindler 's List . But",0 34003,"lead performances",1 145805,"High Crimes miscasts nearly every leading character .",0 137566,"to excess , piss on trees , b . s .",0 157668,"do n't really seem all that profound , at least by way of what can be gleaned from this three-hour endurance test built around an hour 's worth of actual material .",0 16724,"of a dormant national grief and curiosity that has calcified into chronic cynicism and fear",0 143463,"Abandon",0 91115,"rather convoluted journey",0 47512,"United States",1 128547,"of bad writing , bad direction and bad acting -- the trifecta of badness",0 189956,"Zoom !",1 128152,"not-so-small problem",0 212855,"such self-amused trash",0 231869,"if a bored Cage spent the duration of the film 's shooting schedule waiting to scream : `` Got AIDS yet",0 142352,", more or less slogs its way through soggy Paris , tongue uncomfortably in cheek .",0 133401,"strike some Westerners as verging on mumbo-jumbo",0 140340,"witty , wistful new film",1 170267,"rut",0 88545,"of emotional intelligence in this engaging film about two men who discover what William James once called ` the gift of tears",1 125709,"lacks the quick emotional connections of Steven Spielberg 's Schindler 's List",0 127857,"neither is incompetent , incoherent or just plain crap",0 79005,"engaging simplicity",1 33357,"is definitely a unique modern fairytale",1 63491,"A thoroughly enjoyable , heartfelt",1 47513,"Uplifting",1 60860,"'s a smart , solid , kinetically-charged spy flick worthy of a couple hours of summertime and a bucket of popcorn . Nothing overly original , mind you , but solidly entertaining .",1 178105,"where something 's happening",1 175466,"this meaningless downer",0 177534,"volatile and",0 225075,"My goodness , Queen Latifah has a lot to offer and she seemed to have no problem flaunting her natural gifts",1 111074,"When a movie asks you to feel sorry for Mick Jagger 's sex life , it already has one strike against it .",0 161375,"hodgepodge",0 19559,"a pure comedy",1 12048,"the worst film",0 83883,"is a somber trip worth taking",1 95181,"the best brush in the business",1 25051,"Cute , funny , heartwarming digitally animated feature film with plenty of slapstick humor for the kids , lots of in-jokes for the adults and heart enough for everyone .",1 27330,"` blundering ' style",0 213436,"than the screenplay , which lags badly in the middle and lurches between not-very-funny comedy , unconvincing dramatics and some last-minute action strongly reminiscent of Run Lola Run",0 163617,"it 's actually pretty good in the first few minutes",1 100426,"with a sense of wonder",1 183484,"Disney 's great past",1 111715,"a contest to see who can out-bad-act the other .",0 239138,"you can get past the fantastical aspects and harsh realities of `` The Isle ''",1 126325,"looked as beautiful , desirable , even delectable , as it does in Trouble Every Day",1 181562,"A chilly , remote , emotionally distant piece ... so dull that its tagline",0 128012,"no match for the insipid script he has crafted with Harris Goldberg",0 232635,"is nonetheless -- and likely inadvertently -- a timely and invaluable implicit reminder of the role that U.S. foreign policy has played in the rise of Castro",1 185345,"It should be interesting , it should be poignant , it turns out to be affected and boring",0 169174,"predictable and",0 148040,"Patch Adams , for which he should not be forgiven . Why he was given free reign over this project -- he wrote , directed , starred and produced --",0 169992,"repackaged for a 2002 audience",0 57666,"terrorist",0 222541,"Banal",0 51208,"engaging and intimate first feature",1 31655,"fine judges",1 157139,"dead ends and",0 21220,"like Beatrice , has a watchful affection for the monster .",1 222855,"By-the-numbers yarn .",0 10165,"ring hollow",0 146037,"I did n't care for it",0 181303,"... but its abrupt drop in IQ points as it races to the finish line proves simply too discouraging to let slide .",0 21083,"it 's a beaut .",1 207010,"no charm , no laughs",0 224443,"Jack Ryan , Tom Clancy 's intrepid hero",1 103786,"A pleasant and engaging enough sit ,",1 90704,"process of imparting knowledge .",1 123134,"in the dullest kiddie flicks",0 77159,"concrete story and definitive answers",1 107856,"Mr . Reggio 's theory of this imagery as the movie 's set",1 227710,"`` unfilmable '' novels",0 76953,"comedy that is warm , inviting , and surprising",1 152844,"accomplished . The actors try hard but come off too amateurish and awkward",0 42653,"solid and",1 157210,"deeply unsettling",0 55641,"of tragic loss and increasing decrepitude",0 68396,"Renner ? s face is chillingly unemotive , yet he communicates a great deal in his performance . See it for his performance if nothing else .",1 17073,"refreshingly",1 78317,"distracts",0 38202,"the film 's easygoing blend",1 166616,"need kidnapping suspense dramas right now like we need doomsday thrillers",0 192662,"an unschooled comedy",0 5733,"contrived pastiche of caper clich s",0 104147,"All the movie 's narrative gymnastics ca n't disguise the fact that it 's inauthentic at its core and that its story just is n't worth telling .",0 161961,"in self - and audience-abuse",0 203347,"is rather unexceptional",0 120030,"filled with strange and wonderful creatures",1 140728,"you can release your pent up anger",1 67026,"Killer",0 98311,"to some talented performers",1 136409,"the thriller form to examine the labyrinthine ways in which people 's lives cross and change",1 207169,"normally good actors , even Kingsley , are made to look bad",0 107761,"Mike White 's deft combination of serious subject matter and dark",1 171818,"spoil what could have been an important documentary about stand-up comedy",0 189801,"With nary a glimmer of self-knowledge , ( Crane ) becomes more specimen than character",0 230297,"do n't care whether that cold-hearted snake Petrovich ( that would be Reno ) gets his comeuppance .",0 179521,"'s a documentary that says that the alternate sexuality meant to set you free may require so much relationship maintenance that celibacy can start looking good .",0 220,"a particularly nightmarish fairytale",0 836,"does a good job here of working against her natural likability",1 159807,"full of wrong choices",0 90995,"quiet , decisive moments",1 84080,"is bright and flashy",1 86898,"may be surprised at the variety of tones in Spielberg 's work",1 211139,"seems uncertain whether it wants to be an acidic all-male All About Eve or a lush , swooning melodrama in the Intermezzo strain .",0 143207,"A misogynistic piece",0 177431,"very cute ,",1 144934,"Does n't amount to much of anything",0 175377,"this equally brutal outing",0 208474,"on shame",0 229709,"can scale a building like a super hero",1 143480,"About as satisfying and predictable as the fare at your local",0 163312,"is simply distasteful to audiences not already sharing ( the movie 's ) mindset .",0 19497,"a gem . His characters are engaging , intimate and the dialogue is realistic and greatly moving . The scope of the Silberstein family is large and we grow attached to their lives , full of strength , warmth and vitality .",1 69131,"Takes a fresh and absorbing look at a figure whose legacy had begun to bronze .",1 212816,"successful one",1 43112,"'ll probably be the best and most mature comedy of the 2002 summer season speaks more of the season than the picture",1 141144,"'s a pretty mediocre family film",0 144228,"Bottom-rung New Jack City",0 78786,"ego-destroying",0 12472,"told by a cinematic gymnast having too much fun embellishing the misanthropic tale to actually engage it",0 239075,"yet , it must be admitted , not entirely humorless",1 166859,"no real conflict ,",0 83449,"intelligence and a vision both painterly and literary",1 162417,"into the disjointed , haphazard script",0 28062,"absurdity",0 163247,"is pretty cheesy",0 205385,"looks like he 's not trying to laugh at how bad",0 225161,"No laughs .",0 132337,"should be commended for taking a fresh approach to familiar material",1 72727,"a truly larger-than-life character",1 119704,"falls flat",0 53256,"is a bright , light modern day family parable that wears its heart on its sleeve",1 30172,"cinema 's most idiosyncratic form",1 35847,"outta",0 237670,"tinny self-righteousness",0 36335,"rare gift",1 193967,"badly interlocked stories drowned by all too clever complexity .",0 168859,"phrase ` comedy gag",0 161638,"ill-conceived folly",0 34458,"memorable ensemble piece",1 121360,"got it right",1 86023,"like Ravel 's Bolero",1 178298,"whose rap soundtrack was better tended to than the film itself",0 205905,"maudlin focus",0 180166,"( Janey ) forgets about her other obligations , leading to a tragedy which is somehow guessable from the first few minutes , maybe because it echoes the by now intolerable morbidity of so many recent movies .",0 91978,"scenes of cinematic perfection",1 188381,"The movie 's heavy-handed screenplay",0 106020,"Goldbacher",0 189175,"Time stands still in more ways that one in Clockstoppers , a sci-fi thriller as lazy as it is interminable .",0 9512,"one thing 's for sure if george romero had directed this movie , it would n't have taken the protagonists a full hour to determine that in order to kill a zombie you must shoot it in the head .",0 173136,"that might keep a more general audience even vaguely interested in his bratty character",0 116774,"cause loads of irreparable damage",0 176691,"too skewed to ever get a hold on",0 80882,"generally a huge fan",1 34566,"more gay",0 70937,"Who needs mind-bending drugs when they can see this , the final part of the ` qatsi ' trilogy , directed by Godfrey Reggio , with music by Philip Glass ?",1 56639,"rollicking",1 47502,"Unbearable",0 107252,"Just another generic drama that has nothing going for it other than its exploitive array of obligatory cheap thrills .",0 56344,"quirkiness , eccentricity , and certain individuals ' tendency to let it all hang out ,",1 132186,"sets the film apart is Debrauwer 's refusal to push the easy emotional buttons",1 210611,"rollicking dark humor",1 111955,"a fresh approach",1 108258,"Our culture is headed down the toilet with the ferocity of a frozen burrito after an all-night tequila bender -- and I know this because I 've seen ` jackass : the movie . '",0 101765,"'s neither too erotic nor very thrilling , either .",0 19000,"It 's still worth a look .",1 114832,"as a retooling of Fahrenheit 451 , and even as a rip-off of The Matrix",0 231250,"goes for sick and demented humor simply to do so .",0 71398,"a cinematic touchstone",1 140608,"writer-director Michael Kalesniko 's How to Kill Your Neighbor 's Dog is slight but unendurable .",0 90223,"persistence that is sure to win viewers ' hearts",1 164559,"lame-old",0 6445,"feel like a 10-course banquet",1 91935,"savvy producer",1 69030,"Stuart 's poor-me persona needs a whole bunch of Snowball 's cynicism to cut through the sugar coating . But once the falcon arrives in the skies above Manhattan , the adventure is on red alert",1 222572,"Being Earnest '' overcome its weaknesses",1 184517,"How inept is Serving Sara ? It makes even Elizabeth Hurley seem graceless and ugly .",0 116310,"but a convenient conveyor belt of brooding personalities that parade about as if they were coming back from Stock Character camp -- a drowsy drama infatuated by its own pretentious self-examination",0 68335,"Ramsay is clearly extraordinarily talented , and based on three short films and two features , here 's betting her third feature will be something to behold .",1 133571,"such a worthless film",0 71717,"a gamble and last orders are to be embraced .",1 217713,"tough to tell which is in more abundant supply in this woefully hackneyed movie , directed by Scott Kalvert , about street gangs and turf wars in 1958 Brooklyn -- stale cliches , gratuitous violence , or empty machismo",0 81711,"has fashioned an absorbing look at provincial bourgeois French society",1 192736,"and insufferable ball",0 33232,"is a heart-wrenching showcase indeed",1 113791,"altogether too slight to be called any kind of masterpiece . It is , however , a completely honest , open-hearted film",1 137631,"to go with this claustrophobic concept",0 90693,"probably wo n't stand the cold light of day",0 78717,"earnest study",1 30761,"deviant topical comedy",1 51299,"epic tale",1 148004,"Pa . is a strangely drab romp . Some studio pizazz",0 207824,"of its pretensions",0 179825,"'s little to recommend Snow Dogs",0 118541,"does n't make for great cinema",0 10811,"succeeds",1 189610,"What we get in FearDotCom is more like something from a bad Clive Barker movie . In other words",0 36948,"showy",0 164374,"keep from laughing at the ridiculous dialog or the oh-so convenient plot twists",0 118350,"dismal",0 214822,"the idea of narrative logic or cohesion is an entirely foreign concept",0 203244,"is not always the prettiest pictures that tell the best story",1 167030,"nothing fresh or particularly interesting",0 12982,"when a film 's star spends the entirety of the film in a coma",0 106838,"It 's an entertaining movie , and",1 184153,"Girlfriends are bad , wives are worse and babies are the kiss of death in this bitter Italian comedy .",0 107547,"Lovingly",1 117744,"crude film",0 110793,"Twenty-three movies into a mostly magnificent directorial career ,",1 112914,"a tradition-bound widow who is drawn into the exotic world of belly dancing",1 172020,"stolid to be funny",0 172956,"that cares passionately about its subject , but too often becomes ponderous in its teaching of history , or lost in the intricate connections and multiple timelines of its story",0 54593,"manage to get you under its spell",1 112462,"a party political broadcast",0 213886,"that the new film is a lame kiddie flick",0 10044,"recycling old cliches",0 21371,"much of Vardalos ' humor , which transcends ethnic boundaries",1 97221,"there will be plenty of female audience members drooling over Michael Idemoto as Michael",1 173140,"that never catches fire",0 88085,"nurtures the multi-layers of its characters ,",1 45256,"Films about loss , grief and recovery are pretty valuable these days . Seen in that light , Moonlight Mile",1 231429,"has crafted an engaging fantasy of flavours and emotions , one part romance novel , one part recipe book .",1 180117,"( An ) absorbing documentary",1 156001,"can this limping but dearly-loved franchise survive",0 105787,"Features Fincher 's characteristically startling visual style and an almost palpable sense of intensity .",1 7766,"is one of the hapless victims of the arrogant '' if we put together a wry white man and a chatty black man and give them guns , the movie will be funny '' syndrome",0 154513,"awkward and indigestible",0 191170,"a rather toothless take",0 43060,"' ( The Cockettes ) provides a window into a subculture hell-bent on expressing itself in every way imaginable . '",1 203787,"it 's offensive",0 182896,"Bray excels",1 78348,"do n't demand much more than a few cheap thrills from your Halloween entertainment",0 119194,"entertaining feature",1 32191,"greatest generation",1 183524,"Dodgy mixture",0 163400,"is such a blip on the year 's radar screen",0 211461,"shot on ugly digital video",0 141107,"'s a choppy , surface-effect feeling to the whole enterprise",0 84074,"is both convincing and radiant",1 84688,"is tenderly observant of his characters . He watches them as they float within the seas of their personalities . His scenes are short and often unexpected",1 106535,"I wo n't argue with anyone who calls ` Slackers ' dumb , insulting , or childish ...",0 23584,", divertida y demencial que su predecesora ,",1 125393,"its true-to-life characters , its sensitive acting",1 44535,"An uncluttered , resonant gem that relays its universal points without lectures or confrontations",1 131800,"scarily funny ,",1 134776,"the Wal-Mart checkout line",0 115378,"bang your head on the seat in front of you , at its cluelessness , at its idiocy",0 43297,"'s one for you",1 132500,"simpler , leaner",1 97547,"this will be an enjoyable choice for younger kids .",1 162298,"intellectually and logistically",1 127791,"near-fatal mistake",0 205006,"like a book report",0 191039,"a nice Belgian waffle",1 10356,"self-mutilating",0 98588,"touching movie",1 5941,"deviant",0 103733,"A movie so bad that it quickly enters the pantheon of wreckage that includes Battlefield Earth and Showgirls .",0 37841,"that it pulls us into its world , gives us a hero whose suffering and triumphs we can share , surrounds him with interesting characters and sends us out of the theater feeling",1 159590,"formulaic and stilted",0 146820,"Jaglom offers the none-too-original premise that everyone involved with moviemaking is a con artist and a liar .",0 192242,"all the substance of a Twinkie -- easy to swallow , but scarcely nourishing",0 58601,"the power of the Huston performance ,",1 165417,"made by people who have never sung those blues",0 139900,"will earn her share of the holiday box office pie , although this movie makes one thing perfectly clear",1 193865,"auto-critique",0 207202,"not morally bankrupt , at least terribly monotonous",0 128838,"of our making",1 105629,"Engages us in constant fits of laughter",1 215041,"the mill sci-fi film with a flimsy ending and lots of hype",0 234095,"never recovers from the clumsy cliché of the ugly American abroad",0 19552,"a polished and relatively sincere piece of escapism .",1 202241,"inherent absurdity",0 210436,"replete with the pubescent scandalous innuendo",0 227136,"While you have to admit it 's semi-amusing to watch Robert DeNiro belt out `` When you 're a Jet , you 're a Jet all the way , '' it 's equally distasteful to watch him sing the lyrics to `` Tonight . ''",0 11535,"the isle '' you 'll get a sock-you-in-the-eye flick that is a visual tour-de-force and a story that is unlike any",1 81125,"gives viewers a chance to learn , to grow , to travel",1 179758,"'s funny , as the old saying goes , because it 's true .",1 39037,"three times in this animated sweet film",1 61079,"'s hard to imagine anyone managing to steal a movie not only from charismatic rising star Jake Gyllenhaal but also from accomplished Oscar winners Susan Sarandon , Dustin Hoffman and Holly Hunter , yet newcomer Ellen Pompeo pulls off the feat with aplomb .",1 206873,"need to reap more rewards than spiffy bluescreen technique and stylish weaponry",0 60667,"'' is a good-hearted ensemble comedy with a variety of quirky characters and an engaging story .",1 171300,"slogs its way",0 16526,"make Just a Kiss seem minty fresh",1 203748,"it 's badder than bad .",0 7147,"hinges on the subgenre 's most enabling victim ... and an ebullient affection for industrial-model meat freezers",0 223531,"Grating and tedious .",0 193595,"as the film lacks momentum and its position remains mostly undeterminable",0 58618,"the project is sensational and revelatory , even if scratching makes you itch .",1 188242,"The following things are not at all entertaining :",0 85863,"leave your date behind for this one",0 122460,"holds as many good ideas as bad is the cold comfort that Chin 's film serves up with style and empathy .",1 142803,"... plot holes so large and obvious a marching band might as well be stomping through them in clown clothes , playing a college football fight song on untuned instruments .",0 32070,"gives Erika a persona that is so intriguing that you find yourself staring hypnotically at her , trying to understand her and wondering if she 'll crack",1 203373,"is rote drivel aimed at Mom and Dad 's wallet .",0 212946,"supposed to be a humorous , all-too-human look at how hope can breed a certain kind of madness -- and strength",0 47077,"The film is visually dazzling",1 162524,"is , despite its alleged provocation post-9 \ \/ 11 , an antique , in the end . As are its star , its attitude and its obliviousness",0 166144,"more boring or",0 227691,"`` shock humor ''",0 220268,"you can with a stuttering script",0 110795,"Twenty-three movies into a mostly magnificent directorial career , Clint Eastwood 's efficiently minimalist style finally has failed him . Big time .",0 80489,"foul substances",0 213026,"sustain an enjoyable level of ridiculousness",1 54352,"look as good or better than in the original , while the Oscar-winning sound and James Horner 's rousing score make good use of the hefty audio system .",1 186876,"Reign of Fire never comes close to recovering from its demented premise , but",0 197600,"dull procession",0 215034,"the middle and lurches between not-very-funny comedy , unconvincing dramatics and some last-minute action strongly reminiscent of Run Lola Run",0 177402,"vastly more affronted",0 36660,"satirical tour",1 207688,"of death in this bitter Italian comedy",0 33879,"itself to the narcotizing bland ( sinister , though not nearly so sinister as the biennial Disney girl movie ) machinations of the biennial Disney boy movie",0 23757,", literary lyricism and profound common sense .",1 195600,"characteristically engorged and sloppy",0 231576,"have gone straight to video .",0 200268,"guarantee that no wise men will be following after it",0 238512,"we get a stab at soccer hooliganism , a double-barreled rip-off of Quentin Tarantino 's climactic shootout -- and Meat Loaf explodes .",0 232578,"is n't embarrassed to make you reach for the tissues",1 181580,"A crass and insulting homage to great films",0 200326,"had been more of the '' Queen '' and less of the '' Damned",0 52836,"imagine anybody being able to tear their eyes away from the screen",1 44519,"An inventive",1 66495,"It 's a setup so easy it borders on facile , but",0 31794,"for the family , amusing and cute",1 157995,"drowns out the lousy dialogue",0 954,"fans",1 58481,"the memorable experience",1 76969,"comes from Spielberg , who has never made anything that was n't at least watchable",1 206761,"my greatest pictures",1 167099,"obscured by the majority of the film that shows a stationary camera on a subject that could be mistaken for giving a public oration , rather than contributing to a film 's narrative",0 182688,"Bambi",1 189834,"Works better in the conception than it does in the execution ... winds up seeming just a little too clever",0 232250,"is a big time stinker .",0 180249,"( and its palate )",0 85057,"it is about a domestic unit finding their way to joy",1 217385,"to surrealism and black comedy",1 115089,"as you might to scrutinize the ethics of Kaufman 's approach , somehow it all comes together to create a very compelling , sensitive , intelligent and almost cohesive piece of film entertainment",1 127801,"nearly as fresh or enjoyable as its predecessor",1 86501,"mainly because Blanchett and Ribisi compellingly tap into a spiritual aspect of their characters ' suffering",1 213361,"than a stifling morality tale",0 205613,"made-for-TV movie",0 149505,"The lack of opposing viewpoints soon grows tiresome -- the film feels more like a series of toasts at a testimonial dinner than a documentary",0 199899,"gets violently gang-raped",0 197345,"does n't offer much in terms of plot or acting .",0 160572,"hard-to-believe plot twists force the movie off track in its final half hour",0 168802,"performing ages-old slapstick and unfunny tricks",0 226322,"The long-range appeal of `` Minority Report ''",1 58411,"the implications",0 167081,"objectionable or dull",0 95526,"the emotional heart of Happy",1 29764,"brushed with sentimentality but brimming with gentle humor",1 211628,"simplistic -- the film 's biggest problem --",0 233458,"like the St. Louis Rams in the Super Bowl , waits until after halftime to get started .",0 21116,"it is still ultimately very satisfying . Think of it as a sort of comfort food for the mind .",1 1922,"of the imagination to germinate",1 108632,"Rifkin no doubt fancies himself something of a Hubert Selby Jr . , but there is n't an ounce of honest poetry in his entire script",0 149322,"The editing is chaotic , the photography grainy and badly focused , the writing unintentionally hilarious , the direction unfocused",0 156976,"creating an atmosphere of dust-caked stagnation",0 69400,"The auteur 's ear for the way fears and slights are telegraphed in the most blithe exchanges gives the film its lingering tug .",1 73752,"an engrossing story about a horrifying historical event",1 26194,"Nine Queens is not only than a frighteningly capable debut and genre piece , but also a snapshot of a dangerous political situation on the verge of coming to a head .",1 2715,"the sickly sweet gender",0 197028,"director Michael Cacoyannis",1 91963,"scathing and joyous . It 's a masterpeice",1 232685,"is one of the biggest disappointments of the year .",0 190874,"a lot of people wasted a lot of their time ( including mine ) on something very inconsequential .",0 67971,"Oliver Stone 's conspiracy thriller JFK was long , intricate , star-studded and visually flashy",1 42958,"visually polished , a little funnier",1 138057,"too bad to be good and",0 26950,"There are times when A Rumor of Angels plays like an extended episode of Touched by an Angel -- a little too much dancing , a few too many weeping scenes --",0 99048,"unique directing style",1 10263,"savvy director robert",1 53314,"is a purposefully reductive movie -- which may be why it 's so successful at lodging itself in the brain",1 188112,"The exclamation point seems to be the only bit of glee",0 169346,"profane and exploitative as the most offensive action",0 197847,"endeavors",1 7668,"is a smart , romantic drama that dares to depict the french revolution from the aristocrats ' perspective",1 187455,"Somewhere inside the mess that is World Traveler",0 101734,"'s like Rocky and Bullwinkle on Speed",1 231468,"has not learnt that storytelling is what the movies are about .",0 113034,"a wonderful film to bring to IMAX",1 205022,"like a glossy melodrama that occasionally verges on camp .",0 222322,"An uncomfortable movie ,",0 92276,"sensational denouements",1 8206,"jolly",1 41769,"defines its music",1 9631,"passable entertainment , but it 's the kind of motion picture that wo n't make much of a splash when it 's released , and will not be remembered long afterwards",0 66711,"It finds its moviegoing pleasures in the tiny events that could make a person who has lived her life half-asleep suddenly wake up and take notice .",1 191975,"addictive guilty pleasure",1 51452,"extraordinary themes",1 238795,"will probably be in wedgie heaven .",0 45994,"Last Orders will touch the heart of anyone old enough to have earned a 50-year friendship",1 97538,"this unrelenting bleak insistence",0 14998,"and acts circles around her better known co-star , Mark Wahlberg",1 162702,"is about as true to the spirit of the Festival of Lights",1 131624,"romantic and serenely",1 155115,"benefit from a Three 's Company-style laugh track",1 105273,"Crush could be the worst film a man has made about women since Valley of the Dolls .",0 69406,"The best of the Pierce Brosnan James Bond films to date .",1 57504,"summer fun to watch Arnold and his buddy Gerald bounce off a quirky cast of characters",1 181649,"A fake street drama that keeps telling you things instead of showing them",0 20742,"has twists worthy of David Mamet",1 75148,"balances real-time rhythms",1 153390,"an exercise in pointlessness",0 119090,"engaging and literate",1 208425,"on badly-rendered CGI effects",0 31751,"for both adults and kids .",1 175926,"to be cliches whose lives are never fully explored",0 109200,"Stinks",0 162748,"is an arthritic attempt at directing by Callie Khouri . I had to look away -",0 30553,"cute and sometimes side-splittingly funny blend",1 178852,"would avoid",0 191568,"a treasure chest of material",1 237581,"this studio than some 79-minute after-school `` cartoon ''",0 231305,"great to look at , and funny",1 238294,"uses its pulpy core conceit",0 127983,"no denying that Burns is a filmmaker with a bright future ahead of him",1 161488,"how to please a crowd ,",1 10402,"she does n't bother to make her heroine 's book sound convincing , the gender-war ideas original , or the comic scenes fly",0 186578,"One of those so-so films that could have been much better .",0 167032,"nothing going for it",0 27597,"a jaded critic",0 137357,"to accomplish what few sequels can",1 94578,"that bring the routine day to day struggles of the working class to life",1 86807,"marked by acute writing and a host of splendid performances .",1 215110,"the movie 's sophomoric blend of shenanigans and slapstick",0 35254,"of fun with the material",1 33280,"is a winner for kids , and no doubt",1 122656,"ick '",0 232446,"is difficult to fathom .",0 163824,"it is bland",0 25699,"Interacting eyeball-to-eyeball and toe-to-toe , Hopkins and Norton are a winning combination -- but Fiennes steals ` Red Dragon ' right from under their noses .",1 199571,"from a treasure",1 186438,"Not exaggerated enough to be a parody of gross-out flicks , college flicks ,",0 122018,"hazy high",1 143716,"An average B-movie",0 37459,"suffused",0 159982,"get in the way of what should be the lighter-than-air adventure",1 149424,"The film is surprisingly well-directed by Brett Ratner , who keeps things moving well -- at least until the problematic third act .",1 30016,"candidly revealing",1 10407,"shoot",0 180195,"( Seagal 's ) strenuous attempt at a change in expression could very well clinch him this year 's Razzie .",0 166688,"never quite gets there",0 94880,"that stretches the running time about 10 minutes past a child 's interest and an adult 's patience",0 236208,"sweeping , dramatic ,",1 175867,"to advance the plot",1 134246,"that attempts and often achieves a level of connection and concern",1 124383,"is off-putting , to say the least , not to mention inappropriate and wildly undeserved .",0 60520,"yet permits laughter",1 226760,"To get at the root psychology of this film would require many sessions on the couch of Dr. Freud .",0 105404,"Devoid of any of the qualities that made the first film so special .",0 137737,"to mention inappropriate and wildly undeserved",0 153699,"any scenes that might have required genuine acting from Ms . Spears",0 237912,"to put up with 146 minutes of it",0 108141,"On its own , it 's not very interesting . As a remake , it 's a pale imitation .",0 138618,"undermines the story 's continuity and progression",0 161362,"hitting your head on the theater seat in front of you",0 5104,"being lectured to by tech-geeks",0 170279,"sacrifices its promise",0 60522,"yet surprisingly entertaining",1 120828,"fumbles away almost all of its accumulated enjoyment with a crucial third act miscalculation",0 121541,"had no effect and elicited no sympathies for any of the characters .",0 8887,"most ordinary and obvious",0 119249,"equally spoofs and celebrates the more outre aspects of ` black culture ' and the dorkier aspects of ` white culture , ' even as it points out how inseparable the two are .",1 217652,"too often spins its wheels with familiar situations and repetitive scenes",0 171166,"sits in a patch somewhere between mirthless Todd Solondzian satire and callow student film",0 98891,"ultimately satisfying",1 115463,"be any flatter",0 17787,"to be original , even though it rips off many of its ideas .",0 176654,"too mercenary and obvious",0 160519,"haphazard ,",0 163798,"it gets ever so wrong",0 153711,"anyone who has seen Chicago on stage will leave the theater feeling they 've watched nothing but a pale imitation of the real deal",0 218048,"ultimately it 's undone by a sloppy script",0 153802,"are as predictable and as lowbrow as the endless pratfalls the boys take in their high heels",0 24025,"- relationship study",1 85931,"less than adorable",0 36591,"risky , intelligent , romantic and rapturous",1 188189,"The film has the thrown-together feel of a summer-camp talent show : hastily written , underrehearsed , arbitrarily plotted and filled with crude humor and vulgar innuendo .",0 224774,"Men in Black II has sequel-itis something fierce .",0 12844,"warm water",1 161429,"horrific",0 103828,"A rather tired",0 68435,"Richly entertaining and suggestive of any number of metaphorical readings .",1 125451,"jaw-dropping action sequences , striking villains , a gorgeous color palette , astounding technology",1 199579,"from being dragged through a sad , sordid universe of guns , drugs , avarice and damaged dreams",0 112311,"a mere excuse",0 3213,"worthy",1 163854,"it lacks the novel charm that made Spy Kids a surprising winner with both adults and younger audiences",0 67179,"Leguizamo 's best movie work so far ,",1 60209,"will admire the way it accumulates power and depth",1 217534,"today 's hottest and hippest acts from the world of television , music and stand-up comedy",1 203059,"is less a documentary and more propaganda by way of a valentine sealed with a kiss .",0 12149,"this is a film living far too much in its own head",0 170294,"sadistic bike flick",0 101459,"'re playing characters who sometimes feel more like literary conceits than flesh-and-blood humans",0 76414,"capture these musicians in full regalia",1 229609,"ca n't compare to the wit , humor and snappy dialogue of the original",0 68229,"Playing a role of almost Bergmanesque intensity ...",1 164036,"its fussy script and uptight characters",0 40008,"which is funny from",1 160741,"has squandered the opportunity , using it as a prop for warmed-over melodrama and the kind of choreographed mayhem that director John Woo has built his career on",0 187930,"The action scenes have all the suspense of a 20-car pileup , while the plot holes are big enough for a train car to drive through -- if Kaos had n't blown them all up .",0 161828,"in bad filmmaking",0 41345,"This version 's no classic like its predecessor , but its pleasures are still plentiful",1 36499,"repeated",0 60455,"wonderfully fresh moments",1 181300,"... as stiff , ponderous and charmless as a mechanical apparatus",0 229526,"but still manages to be kind of heartwarming , nonetheless .",1 5658,"comfortable",1 221716,"- West Coast rap wars , this modern mob music drama never fails to fascinate .",1 169410,"provide scant reason to care in this crude '70s throwback",0 149594,"The movie is a desperate miscalculation . It gives poor Dana Carvey nothing to do that is really funny , and",0 189563,"What ` Blade Runner ' would 've looked like as a low-budget series on a UHF channel .",0 129967,"pale imitation",0 177580,"wanders around in an attempt to seem weird and distanced",0 202780,"is badly edited , often awkwardly directed and suffers from the addition of a wholly unnecessary pre-credit sequence designed to give some of the characters a ` back story",0 9038,"never fresh",0 188046,"The connected stories of Breitbart and Hanussen are actually fascinating",1 237469,"things that elevate `` Glory '' above most of its ilk , most notably",1 210732,"sadly imitative of innumerable",0 150613,"Van Wilder brings a whole new meaning to the phrase ` comedy gag",0 124505,"is smart and entirely charming in intent and execution .",1 170874,"shifts abruptly from tense to celebratory to soppy",0 33337,"is beautiful to behold and engages one in a sense of epic struggle -- inner and outer -- that 's all too rare in Hollywood 's hastier productions .",1 218214,"unleashes his trademark misogyny",0 230102,"deathly slow to any teen",0 211199,"self-important summer fluff",0 15971,"hate it",0 38119,"the delicious guilty pleasure",1 120210,"flagrantly",0 22048,"stabs",0 18971,"Intriguing and beautiful film , but those of you who read the book",1 194112,"be distasteful to children and adults",0 231026,"from its ripe recipe , inspiring ingredients ,",1 91616,"reveals itself slowly , intelligently",1 158077,"each overwrought new sequence",0 158833,"fantastic sets ,",1 122273,"his audience an epiphany",1 182750,"Been there , done that ... a thousand times already , and better .",0 57296,"squareness that would make it the darling of many a kids-and-family-oriented cable channel",1 141712,"'s worth watching in Birthday Girl , a film by the stage-trained Jez Butterworth ( Mojo ) that serves as yet another example of the sad decline of British comedies in the post-Full Monty world",0 204762,"lazy material",0 85365,"its pulpy core conceit",0 142469,", the dialogue sounds like horrible poetry .",0 151864,"a handful of unintentional howlers and numerous yawns",0 145954,"I 'm not sure these words have ever been together in the same sentence :",0 84992,"it chiefly inspires you to drive a little faster",1 139244,"was filled with shootings , beatings , and more cussing than you could shake a stick at",0 137973,"to theaters . It 's hard to imagine acting that could be any flatter",0 126981,"mediocre special effects",0 183158,"Collapses under its own meager weight",0 147890,"On the right track to something that 's creepy and effective ... It 's just going to take more than a man in a Bullwinkle costume to get there .",0 224358,"It makes me feel weird \/ Thinking about all the bad things in the world \/ Like puppies with broken legs \/ And butterflies that die \/ And movies starring pop queens",0 224251,"It 's sweet and fluffy at the time , but it may leave you feeling a little sticky and unsatisfied .",0 111102,"While Solondz tries and tries hard , Storytelling fails to provide much more insight than the inside column of a torn book jacket .",0 174230,"the low-grade cheese standards on which it operates",0 60749,"'re just a couple of cops in Copmovieland , these two",0 63941,"An overly familiar scenario",0 147922,"One of those pictures whose promising , if rather precious , premise is undercut by amateurish execution .",0 228171,"a sour little movie",0 123085,"in search of a better movie experience",0 180389,", I did n't care",0 121801,"has much to recommend it ,",1 189631,"When it comes to the battle of Hollywood vs . Woo , it looks like Woo 's a P . O . W .",0 148121,"Plays like one of those conversations that Comic Book Guy on '' The Simpsons '' has .",0 238633,"when it 's really an exercise in gross romanticization of the delusional personality type",0 224630,"Like being able to hit on a 15-year old when you 're over 100 .",0 201906,"in its committed dumbness",0 168975,"plodding teen remake",0 235900,"some interesting storytelling devices",1 31878,"from Oscar winner to Oscar-winning potential with a smooth sleight of hand",1 130560,"present Ah Na 's life",1 207938,"of purpose and even-handedness",1 148830,"Star Trek : Nemesis meekly goes where nearly every Star Trek movie has gone before . Wince-inducing dialogue , thrift-shop costumes , prosthetic makeup by Silly Putty and Kmart blue-light-special effects",0 130899,"quickly enters the pantheon of wreckage that includes Battlefield Earth and Showgirls",0 36374,"realize intuitively that even morality is reduced to an option by the ultimate mysteries of life and death",1 47650,"With Dirty Deeds , David Caesar has stepped into the mainstream of filmmaking with an assurance worthy of international acclaim and with every cinematic tool well under his control -- driven by a natural sense for what works on screen .",1 44625,"Auto Focus bears out as your typical junkie opera ...",0 68294,"Pure cinematic intoxication , a wildly inventive mixture of comedy and melodrama , tastelessness and swooning elegance .",1 86191,"lived in a state of quiet desperation",0 138721,"uniqueness",1 205798,"manipulation ,",0 164282,"just a big mess of a movie , full of images and events , but no tension or surprise",0 197176,"do justice",1 162792,"is banal",0 192554,"an exhausted , desiccated talent who ca n't get out of his own way",0 41090,"My goodness ,",1 136337,"the story compels",1 222212,"Aggressive self-glorification and a manipulative whitewash",0 203113,"is more interesting",1 183602,"Each story is built on a potentially interesting idea , but the first two are ruined by amateurish writing and acting , while the third feels limited by its short running time .",0 20774,"her makes it successful and accessible",1 15643,"enjoyable , Conan-esque claptrap than the punishing , special-effects soul assaults the Mummy pictures",1 25405,"German cooking does not come readily to mind when considering the world 's best cuisine",0 174712,"the screenplay is stiff as a board ,",0 80379,"for the slain rappers",0 36799,"sellers",1 33040,"indulgent dead-end experimentation",0 94926,"that trademark grin of his --",1 203588,"is throwing up his hands in surrender ,",0 219433,"why a guy with his talent ended up in a movie this bad",0 186254,"Mushes the college-friends genre ( The Big Chill ) together with the contrivances and overwrought emotion of soap",0 142309,", it projects the same lazy affability as its nominal star , David Arquette .",0 190845,"a little too much ai n't - she-cute baggage into her lead role as a troubled and determined homicide cop to quite pull off the heavy stuff",0 233706,"making Kahlo 's art a living ,",1 141185,"'s all bad",0 233934,"more of a creaky `` Pretty Woman '' retread , with the emphasis on self-empowering schmaltz and big-wave surfing that gives pic its title an afterthought",0 108943,"Signs is a good film ,",1 204064,"it was made with careful attention to detail and is well-acted by James Spader and Maggie Gyllenhaal",1 132955,"something of a stiff --",0 207539,"of a good vampire tale",1 1942,"on expressing itself in every way imaginable",1 162352,"interrupted",0 22060,"still positive ,",1 156835,"cop-out . What happens to John Q ?",0 231509,"has to recite bland police procedural details , Fiennes wanders around in an attempt to seem weird and distanced",0 158859,"far more talented than Ali G",1 121864,"has the stomach-knotting suspense of a legal thriller , while the testimony of witnesses lends the film a resonant undertone of tragedy",1 155414,"both sitcomishly predictable and cloying in its attempts",0 104931,"By its modest , straight-ahead standards , Undisputed scores a direct hit .",1 156130,"change behavior in bizarre unjustified fashion",0 93501,"stereotypes in good fun ,",1 8334,"lacks",0 100487,"with enjoyable ease",1 3829,"a good-hearted ensemble",1 120235,"flawed , compromised and sad",0 28093,"acting range that may surprise some who thought light-hearted comedy was his forte",1 90562,"powerful and deeply moving example",1 98026,"to endure every plot contrivance that the cliché-riddled genre can offer",0 128725,"of inspired humour",1 139222,"warnings",1 136944,"this fresh .",1 110833,"Unsurprisingly",0 226886,"Unwieldy contraption .",0 179599,"'s all bluster and cliché",0 113316,"acted by Diane Lane and Richard Gere .",1 220712,"'s a pale imitation .",0 14179,"It will delight newcomers to the story and those who know it from bygone days .",1 100,"` blue crush",1 16429,"last-minute",0 9472,"once again ego does n't always go hand in hand with talent",0 67954,"Offers a persuasive look at a defeated but defiant nation in flux .",1 46565,"Pumpkin takes an admirable look at the hypocrisy of political correctness , but it does so with such an uneven tone that you never know when humor ends and tragedy begins .",0 118497,"does a splendid job of racial profiling Hollywood style -- casting excellent Latin actors of all ages -- a trend long overdue .",1 175190,"there just is n't much to laugh at .",0 189383,"Vaguely interesting , but it 's just too too much .",0 86745,"manages to bring something new into the mix",1 203601,"is to sit through about 90 minutes of a so-called ` comedy ' and not laugh once .",0 199766,"generally mean-spirited",1 39790,"viewers may be more exhausted than the athletes onscreen",0 94657,"that fights a good fight on behalf of the world 's endangered reefs",1 124244,"is merely a transition is a common tenet in the world 's religions . This deeply spiritual film taps into the meaning and consolation in afterlife communications",1 112674,"a sermon for most of its running time",0 123640,"introspective and entertaining",1 85068,"it is missing",0 53772,"it 's tremendously moving",1 93672,"stunningly unoriginal",0 70306,"This ready-made midnight movie probably wo n't stand the cold light of day , but",0 42153,"is a kind of attentive concern",1 131294,"remains as guarded as a virgin with a chastity belt . That 's why Sex and Lucia is so alluring",1 170511,"sedentary",0 37952,"the Harry Potter series",0 196040,"comparatively sane and healthy",1 182874,"Borrows from other movies",0 164905,"like a film about a guy who is utterly unlikeable",0 182362,"An ambitiously naturalistic , albeit half-baked , drama about an abused , inner-city autistic teen .",1 141980,", Hunter -- starring Irwin and his American wife\/colleague , Terri -- is a movie children should enjoy .",1 169792,"reason to see it",1 147838,"Obstacles are too easily overcome and",0 20818,"history seldom brought to light on the screen",1 149807,"The screenplay sabotages the movie 's strengths at almost every juncture . All the characters are stereotypes , and",0 208838,"our eyes",1 99424,"views youthful affluence not as a lost ideal but a starting point .",1 67792,"Never Again is a welcome and heartwarming addition to the romantic comedy genre .",1 230761,"feels acting is the heart and soul of cinema",1 11490,"the hapless victims of the arrogant '' if we put together a wry white man and a chatty black man and give them guns , the movie will be funny ''",0 21449,"not overly sentimental",1 150865,"When a film is created SOLELY because it 's a marketable product",0 81573,"hard-driving narcissism is a given",0 72722,"a trove",1 176983,"turning in his grave , along with my stomach",0 13044,"while the new film is much more eye-catching than its blood-drenched stephen norrington-directed predecessor , the new script by the returning david s . goyer",1 81685,"has crafted here a worldly-wise and very funny script .",1 60771,"'s - sake communal spirit goes to the essence of Broadway .",1 84323,"is ingenious fun . See it",1 33496,"is still there , for everybody who wants to be a kid again , or show it to their own kids .",1 138115,"too long has ignored",0 216245,"they poorly rejigger Fatal Attraction into a high school setting",0 51495,"falls somewhat short",0 98664,"transports the viewer",1 100808,"work in concert",1 132241,"shameless",0 149161,"The Transporter bombards the viewer with so many explosions and side snap kicks that it ends up being surprisingly dull",0 102859,", the ( opening ) dance guarantees Karmen 's enthronement among the cinema 's memorable women .",1 231408,"has all the trappings of an energetic , extreme-sports adventure , but ends up more of a creaky `` Pretty Woman '' retread , with the emphasis on self-empowering schmaltz and big-wave surfing that gives pic its title an afterthought",0 104166,"Almost nothing else",0 167132,"occasionally insightful",1 71471,"a couple hours of summertime",1 153492,"an ugly chapter",0 118952,"elephant feces",0 89799,"otherwise appalling , and downright creepy , subject",0 156814,"convicted violent felons over those assigned to protect us from same",0 102825,", simple and soapy",1 62,"'s sweet , harmless , dumb , occasionally funny and about as compelling as a fishing show",0 10897,"swims in mediocrity ,",0 159724,"from hopeless sentimentality",0 201422,"however entertainingly presented",1 28318,"an ambiguity that lends its conflicts a symbolic resonance",1 62492,"-- more revealing , more emotional and more surprising --",1 150822,"What could and should have been biting and droll",0 181798,"A lot like the imaginary sport it projects onto the screen -- loud , violent and mindless .",0 121506,"ha",1 52329,"had so much fun in two decades , since he was schlepping Indiana Jones around the globe in search of a giant misplaced ashtray",1 44320,"A touching , small-scale story of family responsibility and care in the community .",1 23913,", the movie is serviceable",1 95243,"the brilliant performances by Testud",1 137165,"thought was rather clever",1 185065,"It 's as if a bored Cage spent the duration of the film 's shooting schedule waiting to scream",0 217230,"to one of Demme 's good films",1 17380,"takes Kurys ' career to a whole new level .",1 172443,"sympathizing",1 239062,"written so well , that even a simple `` Goddammit",1 1412,"is this love",1 73960,"an unnatural calm",1 142587,", thoroughly unpleasant",0 72293,"a ride , basically the kind of greatest-hits reel that might come with a subscription to ESPN the Magazine",1 54179,"learn a lot about dying coral",1 13141,"with laughs",1 44313,"A thoughtful movie , a movie that is concerned with souls and risk and schemes and the consequences of one 's actions .",1 177897,"well-meaning clunkiness",0 144698,"Daphne , you 're too Buff \ \/ Fred thinks he 's tough \ \/ And Velma",0 18161,"you ca n't wait to see what happens next .",1 167447,"of enjoyable thanks",1 156175,"charm , wit and invention",1 14558,"Together , Tok and O orchestrate a buoyant , darkly funny dance of death . In the process , they demonstrate that there 's still a lot of life in Hong Kong cinema .",1 58785,"the true impact",1 68494,"Roman Polanski 's autobiographical gesture at redemption is better than ` Shindler 's List ' -",1 167823,"of the recent Hollywood trip tripe",0 130416,"poorly paced you could fit all of Pootie Tang in between its punchlines",0 175534,"this sad-sack waste of a movie is a City of ruins",0 87610,"much of what 's on Saturday morning TV especially the pseudo-educational stuff we all ca n't stand",0 149481,"The impulses that produced this project ... are commendable , but the results are uneven",0 155491,"bring anything new",1 25227,"Enjoy it for what it is",1 5121,"best he can , but all the bouncing back and forth ca n't help but become a bit tedious",0 144916,"Do n't expect any subtlety from this latest entry in the increasingly threadbare gross-out comedy cycle",0 198636,"features some decent performances",1 175946,"to be having a wonderful time",1 62937,"A delightful surprise because despite all the backstage drama , this is a movie that tells stories that work -- is charming , is moving",1 163498,"is tiresomely grave and long-winded ,",0 150310,"This self-infatuated goofball is far from the only thing wrong with the clumsy comedy Stealing Harvard ,",0 225093,"Naomi Watts is terrific as Rachel :",1 124944,"it could have been so much more",0 210773,"sappy and amateurish",0 49455,"backstage must-see",1 133026,"sophisticated wit",1 191062,"a parody of gross-out flicks , college flicks ,",0 168765,"pegs itself for the straight-to-video sci-fi rental shelf .",0 66669,"It 's stylishly directed with verve ...",1 145897,"Howard and his co-stars all give committed performances",1 103759,"A passionately inquisitive film determined to uncover the truth and hopefully inspire action .",1 139840,"why it works",1 63441,"A summer entertainment adults can see without feeling embarrassed",1 177380,"utterly unlikeable",0 45769,"It 's usually a bad sign when directors abandon their scripts and go where the moment takes them , but Olympia , Wash . , based filmmakers Anne de Marcken and Marilyn Freeman did just that and it 's what makes their project so interesting",1 212857,"such superficial treatment",0 41924,"fighting trim shape",1 225126,"Nicholas Nickleby '' is a perfect family film to take everyone to since there 's no new `` A Christmas Carol '' out in the theaters this year .",1 186706,"Plays like a bad blend of an overripe episode of TV 's Dawson 's Creek and a recycled and dumbed-down version of Love Story .",0 23933,", this fourth animated movie in four years wo n't convert you",0 40681,"A pleasant enough movie ,",1 228212,"a terrible adaptation of a play that only ever walked the delicate tightrope between farcical and loathsome .",0 47190,"The only pain",0 238215,"unflaggingly creative",1 161760,"in Schaeffer 's quiver of ineptitudes",0 177788,"we call the ` wow ' factor",1 11051,"that comes from a renowned indian film culture that allows americans to finally revel in its splendor",1 62779,"A beautiful , timeless and universal tale of heated passions -- jealousy , betrayal , forgiveness and murder",1 47417,"Though few will argue that it ranks with the best of Herzog 's works",1 39082,"time-honored",1 73445,"all the more remarkable because it",1 73039,"abrasive",0 238386,"want to check it out",1 130355,"poetic force",1 123423,"insipid",0 140131,"with considerable appeal",1 207098,"no reason for being",0 72896,"ably captures the complicated relationships in a marching band .",1 52910,"in any way demeaning its subjects",0 121168,"given the stale plot and pornographic way the film revels in swank apartments , clothes and parties",0 196143,"constricted",0 51709,"finding beauty in the most depressing places",1 227452,"`` Cherish '' certainly is n't dull .",1 215122,"the movie bogs down in rhetoric and cliché .",0 126350,"looks back on those places he saw at childhood , and captures them by freeing them from artefact , and by showing them heartbreakingly drably",0 63278,"A pretty decent kid-pleasing",1 83978,"is amateurish",0 64842,"Could use a little more humanity , but",0 229808,"cherished",1 130712,"promisingly",1 11484,"the guise of a modern motion picture",0 193819,"at your neighbor 's garage sale",0 107518,"Looks more like a travel-agency video targeted at people who like to ride bikes topless and roll in the mud than a worthwhile glimpse of independent-community guiding lights .",0 100819,"worked",1 155348,"bogged down by an overly sillified plot and stop-and-start pacing",0 41052,"Jean Genet and John Rechy , the films of Fassbinder",1 59144,"to Hoffman 's powerful acting clinic",1 14263,"May be spoofing an easy target -- those old '50 's giant creature features -- but ... it acknowledges and celebrates their cheesiness as the reason why people get a kick out of watching them today .",1 43871,"... there is enough originality in ` Life ' to distance it from the pack of paint-by-number romantic comedies that so often end up on cinema screens .",1 226338,"The most repugnant adaptation",0 201872,"in favor",1 113771,"also somewhat touched",1 101894,"'s sincere to a fault , but , unfortunately , not very compelling or much fun",0 71526,"a deft pace master and stylist",1 221154,", I ca n't think of a single good reason to see this movie , even though everyone in my group extemporaneously shouted , `",0 110876,"Viewed as a comedy , a romance , a fairy tale , or a drama",1 90792,"proves itself a more streamlined and thought out encounter than the original could ever have hoped to be .",1 90945,"put together a bold biographical fantasia",1 228370,"adapted by Kevin Molony from Simon Leys ' novel `` The Death of Napoleon '' and directed by Alan Taylor , Napoleon 's journey is interesting but his Parisian rebirth is stillborn",0 58770,"the talents of his top-notch creative team",1 27275,"Worth the effort to watch",1 98274,"to salute writer-director Haneke ( he adapted Elfriede Jelinek 's novel ) for making a film that is n't nearly as graphic but much more powerful , brutally shocking and difficult to watch",1 135014,"the cinematic canon ,",1 89978,"own placid way",0 102615,", it 's also not very good . Especially compared with the television series that inspired the movie .",0 72486,"a spark of life to it -- more than you can say for plenty of movies that flow through the Hollywood pipeline without a hitch",1 227003,"Weird .",0 145173,"Even legends like Alfred Hitchcock and John Huston occasionally directed trifles ...",0 158693,"extensively",1 183609,"Earnest and heartfelt but undernourished and plodding .",1 24704,"Armenian-Canadian",1 81495,"had this much imagination and nerve",1 206105,"might be disappointed in the relative modesty of a movie that sports a ` topless tutorial service",0 74365,"are mesmerizing",1 134928,"the blanket statements and dime-store ruminations",0 192649,"an unbalanced mixture of graphic combat footage and almost saccharine domestic interludes that are pure Hollywood",0 156405,"close to the level of intelligence and visual splendour that can be seen in other films",1 213299,"tension , eloquence , spiritual challenge",1 234166,"none of the crackle of `` Fatal Attraction '' , `` 9 1\/2 Weeks '' , or even `` Indecent Proposal ''",0 106721,"In the wake of Saving Private Ryan , Black Hawk Down and We Were Soldiers , you are likely to be as heartily sick of mayhem as Cage 's war-weary marine .",0 100762,"wobbly premise work",0 9489,"one of the saddest films i have ever seen that still manages to be uplifting but not overly sentimental",1 185759,"Like a comedian who starts off promisingly but then proceeds to flop , Comedian runs out of steam after a half hour .",0 181662,"A faster paced family flick . Upper Teens may get cynical . Smaller numbered kidlets will enjoy .",1 65903,"Happiness",1 193104,"are just actory concoctions , defined by childlike dimness and a handful of quirks",0 47292,"The volatile dynamics of female friendship is the subject of this unhurried , low-key film that is so off-Hollywood that it seems positively French in its rhythms and resonance .",1 118667,"dozens of bad guys",0 219850,"with the weak payoff",0 77777,"deals with its subject matter in a tasteful , intelligent manner , rather than forcing us to endure every plot contrivance that the cliché-riddled genre can offer",1 166412,"moviemaking , one of the best actors , directors and producers",1 91143,"raw urban humor",1 157801,"does not make for much of a movie",0 200482,"has a great presence but one battle after another is not the same as one battle followed by killer CGI effects .",1 126495,"lulls you into a gentle waking coma .",0 154340,"at a bad rock concert",0 85793,"laugh-out-loud",1 120118,"find yourself rooting for Gai 's character to avoid the fate that has befallen every other Carmen before her",1 85509,"jolts the laughs from the audience -- as if by cattle prod .",1 153964,"are the two best adjectives to describe Ghost Ship",1 50564,"criminal activity",0 66784,"It wo n't hold up over the long haul",0 19717,"also tempered with elements which prove the direct antithesis of what it gets right",0 224711,"Mamet 's `` House of Games '' and last fall 's `` Heist '' so much fun",1 82153,"hey , those farts got to my inner nine-year-old",1 222083,"A serious movie with serious ideas",1 100747,"wo n't be able to look away for a second",1 6090,"drops you into a dizzying , volatile , pressure-cooker of a situation that quickly snowballs out of",0 7322,"if signs is a good film , and it is , the essence of a great one is in there somewhere .",1 78351,"do n't fret about the calories because there 's precious little substance in Birthday Girl",0 126585,"maintains a surprisingly buoyant tone throughout",1 237678,"titillation , raw insight",1 62515,". Great dragons",1 28379,"an intriguing look at two performers who put themselves out there because they love what they do",1 118251,"dime-store ruminations",0 181816,"A low-rent retread",0 177092,"unclassifiably awful study",0 104536,"Ash Wednesday is not Edward Burns ' best film , but it is a good and ambitious film . And it marks him as one of the most interesting writer\/directors working today .",1 166669,"never catches fire",0 165138,"liven up its predictable story and will leave even",0 105426,"Die Another Day is only intermittently entertaining but it 's hard not to be a sucker for its charms , or",1 185000,"It 's a bad action movie because there 's no rooting interest and the spectacle is grotesque and boring .",0 88086,"nurtures the multi-layers of its characters , allowing us to remember that life 's ultimately a gamble and last orders are to be embraced .",1 103625,"A good music documentary ,",1 31116,"enjoyable family film",1 187348,"Slap her - she 's not funny ! No French people were harmed during the making of this movie , but they were insulted and the audience was put through torture for an hour and a half .",0 24342,"A film about a young man finding God that is accessible and touching to the marrow .",1 68645,"Scott 's convincing portrayal of Roger the sad cad that really gives the film its oomph",1 29029,"are all spot on , especially Lee Ross 's turn as Ken .",1 215830,"the uninspired scripts , acting and direction never rise above the level of an after-school TV special",0 37828,"that is faithful to both architectural glories and commanding open spaces of the city as it was more than two centuries ago",1 32290,"has been transformed into the stronger of the two films by the thinnest of margins",1 76590,"characteristically complex",1 171664,"something needed to balance out the violence",0 156166,"characters worthy of its strong cast",1 166047,"missed the boat",0 192856,"another routine Hollywood frightfest in which the slack execution italicizes the absurdity of the premise",0 158857,"far more pleasurable . Something like scrubbing the toilet .",0 134786,"the ` ick '",0 156739,"consistently unimaginative",0 163085,"is n't likely to rouse the Rush Hour crowd .",0 103650,"A highly personal look at the effects of living a dysfunctionally privileged lifestyle",1 27024,"Though it 's become almost redundant to say so",0 223282,"Every individual will see the movie through the prism of his or her own beliefs and prejudices , but the one thing most will take away is the sense that peace is possible",1 189257,"Trailer trash cinema",0 105870,"Fortunately , Elling never gets too cloying thanks to the actors ' perfect comic timing and sweet , genuine chemistry .",1 135154,"the emphasis on the latter leaves Blue Crush waterlogged",0 21538,"of particular interest to students and enthusiast of international dance and world music",1 134441,"that its story just is n't worth telling",0 157973,"dresses them in lovely costumes , Southern California locations and star power",1 119466,"excellent choice",1 78927,"emphasising her plight and isolation",1 68831,"Slow and ponderous ,",0 177064,"ultimately weak",0 113858,"an American ,",1 110237,"The unique niche of self-critical , behind-the-scenes navel-gazing Kaufman",1 134834,"the arguments",1 6681,"from a groundbreaking endeavor",1 146156,"I would recommend Big Bad Love only to Winger fans who have missed her since 1995 's Forget Paris .",0 63089,"A gracious , eloquent film",1 119075,"energetic and sweetly whimsical",1 163381,"is spiked with unintentional laughter that , unfortunately , occurs too infrequently to make the film even a guilty pleasure",0 20462,"enjoying",1 36864,"shake it",1 89490,"on the promise of excitement",1 62191,", sad without being shrill , '' A Walk to Remember '' succeeds through sincerity .",1 44205,"A positively thrilling combination",1 33744,"its audience in two separate groups , those reaching for more tissues and those begging for mercy",0 179991,"'s some outrageously creative action in The Transporter ... ( b ) ut by the time Frank parachutes down onto a moving truck",1 101925,"'s still quite worth",1 6981,"harvard is a smorgasbord of soliloquies about nothing delivered by the former mr",0 188109,"The ethos of the Chelsea Hotel may shape Hawke 's artistic aspirations , but he has n't yet coordinated his own DV poetry with the Beat he hears in his soul",0 152125,"a movie that has n't been focus-grouped into tedium",1 133797,"tainted",0 160489,"ham-fisted",0 7274,"i did n't laugh at the ongoing efforts of cube , and",0 181810,"A low-budget affair , Tadpole",0 199027,"flat as a spoof",0 146587,"It 's often faintly amusing , but the problems of the characters never become important to us , and the story never takes hold .",0 204447,"just does n't figure in the present Hollywood program .",0 155045,"begs the question of whether random gags add up to a movie",0 211486,"should be used to burn every print of the film",0 97378,"this deeply moving French drama",1 111052,"What starts off as a potentially incredibly twisting mystery becomes simply a monster chase film .",0 125041,"it just seems like it does . My only wish is that Celebi could take me back to a time before I saw this movie and I could just skip it .",0 16684,"not have the dramatic gut-wrenching impact of other Holocaust films",0 27425,"a chorus line",1 144905,"Divertingly ridiculous , headbangingly noisy .",0 61364,"'s when you 're in the most trouble",0 33044,"inexperience",0 120220,"flashbulb editing as cover for the absence of narrative continuity",0 25083,"Dazzling and sugar-sweet , a blast of shallow magnificence that only sex , scandal , and a chorus line of dangerous damsels can deliver .",1 114568,"are certainly welcome",1 50528,"covers the same period as Kaufmann 's '' Quills '' with more unsettlingly realistic results",1 180547,", bloody and mean",0 20102,"been possible to say that Williams has truly inhabited a character",1 149191,"The acting is stiff , the story lacks all trace of wit , the sets look like they were borrowed from Gilligan 's Island -- and the CGI Scooby might well be the worst special-effects creation of the year .",0 64931,"Darkly funny and frequently insightful",1 72675,"a too-conscientious adaptation",0 124129,"is impossible to care about and",0 68014,"One of the most genuinely sweet films to come along in quite some time",1 144576,"Completely creatively stillborn and executed in a manner that I 'm not sure",0 232692,"is one of those crass , contrived sequels that not only fails on its own , but makes you second-guess your affection for the original .",0 71379,"a charismatic charmer likely to seduce and conquer",1 168077,"on grungy video",0 24034,"-- a low-down version of the American dream .",1 223397,"For more than two decades Mr. Nachtwey has traveled to places in the world devastated by war , famine and poverty and documented the cruelty and suffering he has found with an devastating , eloquent clarity .",1 149053,"That '' is one of those crass",0 170147,"ripe for a warmed-over James Bond adventure , with a village idiot as the 007 clone",0 156206,"cheated exactly",0 72901,"about E . T",1 219941,"wonder what anyone saw in this film that allowed it to get made",0 200518,"has been marshaled in the service of such a minute idea",0 71820,"a highly gifted 12-year-old instead of a grown man",1 38017,"the beauty",1 71573,"a domestic unit finding their way to joy",1 43220,"'s been made with an innocent yet fervid conviction that our Hollywood has all but lost",1 52572,"her pure fantasy character , Melanie Carmichael , with a massive infusion of old-fashioned Hollywood magic",1 209208,"period trappings",0 49694,"better , but",1 34457,"member",1 236111,"succeed by following a feel-good formula with a winning style , and by offering its target audience of urban kids some welcome role models and optimism",1 197231,"do not fit .",0 214456,"the dull effects",0 41618,"barbed and",0 196467,"crossed off the list of ideas for the inevitable future sequels ( hey , do n't shoot the messenger )",0 202473,"irksome , tiresome nature",0 147486,"More dutiful than enchanting ... terribly episodic and lacking the spark of imagination that might have made it an exhilarating treat .",0 97970,"to bursting with incident , and with scores of characters , some fictional , some from history",1 23303,", Hopkins and Norton are a winning combination",1 106215,"Here 's my advice , Kev . Start reading your scripts before signing that dotted line .",0 223732,"I 'm sure the filmmaker would disagree , but , honestly , I do n't see the point .",0 177523,"visually drab",0 201613,"ignite sparks",1 190122,"a bad , bad , bad movie",0 22564,"to viewers looking for nothing",0 235723,"showcases the city 's old-world charm before machines change nearly everything",1 75134,"bad romances",0 5059,"be the worst thing",0 114910,"as good a job as anyone",1 164893,"like a children 's movie than a recruitment film for future Hollywood sellouts",0 74672,"as dreadful",0 75435,"becomes a testament to faith .",1 120640,"fresh and dramatically substantial spin",1 104800,"Boasts a handful of virtuosic set pieces",1 178393,"will probably rank as one of Murphy 's better performances in one of his lesser-praised movies",1 185647,"Kurys seems intimidated by both her subject matter and the period trappings of this debut venture into the heritage business .",0 15216,"be unaffected",0 59939,"was , and started doing nothing but reacting to it - feeling a part of its grand locations , thinking urgently as the protagonists struggled , feeling at the mercy of its inventiveness , gasping at its visual delights",1 180769,", its story was making no sense at all",0 49731,"big moment",1 190939,"a mess as its director 's diabolical debut , Mad Cows",0 33564,"is young enough to be the nonagenarian filmmaker 's son , more incredible",1 38301,"the heart of Italian for Beginners",1 205653,"make a point with poetic imagery",1 158148,"elbows in the face and spit in the eye",0 23045,"'s a brave attempt to tap into the heartbeat of the world , a salute to the universal language of rhythm and a zippy sampling of sounds .",1 187716,"Ten Little Indians meets Friday the 13th by way of Clean and Sober , filmed on the set of Carpenter 's The Thing and loaded with actors you 're most likely to find on the next inevitable incarnation of The Love Boat",0 120854,"funny , smart , visually inventive",1 192601,"an interesting character ,",1 23526,", but there 's no mistaking the filmmaker in the tall grass , true to himself .",1 20849,"if they 're ghosts imagining themselves as alive .",0 184983,"Is it possible for a documentary to be utterly entranced by its subject and still show virtually no understanding of it",0 88898,"of spectacular belly flops",0 232014,"in itself , is extraordinary .",1 40753,"An enjoyable film for the family , amusing and cute",1 76994,"comforting",1 84078,"is bound to appreciate",1 226666,"This is n't my favorite in the series ,",0 42269,"kooky yet",1 186068,"Meandering and glacially paced , and often just plain dull",0 69552,"The film is a very good viewing alternative for young women .",1 87806,"never lacks in eye-popping visuals",1 30733,"desperately",0 210734,"safe as to often play like a milquetoast movie of the week blown up for the big screen",0 233163,"its own clichés",0 25671,"Impresses",1 70395,"Time is a beautiful film to watch",1 95413,"the curse of a self-hatred instilled",0 209896,"pump life into overworked elements from Eastwood 's Dirty Harry period",1 184980,"Is Great",1 238917,"with the rat-a-tat energy of `` His Girl Friday , '' maintaining a light touch while tackling serious themes",1 193764,"at least four times . Every joke is repeated at least -- annoying , is n't it",0 54764,"mixes in as much humor as pathos to take us on his sentimental journey of the heart . It really is a shame that more wo n't get an opportunity to embrace small , sweet ` Evelyn",1 110479,"This is a movie that refreshes the mind and spirit along with the body , so original is its content , look , and style",1 11950,"the sweetest thing , a romantic comedy with outrageous tendencies , may be a mess in a lot of ways . but it does have one saving grace . a lot of its gags and observations reflect a woman 's point-of-view",1 4518,"allows americans to finally revel in its splendor",1 159054,"fierce . An ungainly , comedy-deficient , B-movie rush job",0 166765,"no better film",0 189841,"Worthless ,",0 80050,"fits into a classic genre , in its script and execution",1 211977,"so much fun dissing the film that they did n't mind the ticket cost . In this case zero",0 67886,"Not all of the stories work and the ones that do are thin and scattered , but the film works well enough to make it worth watching",1 15133,"are nice to look at while you wait for the story to get going",1 215947,"the worst titles",0 138173,"toolbags",0 4207,"a thoughtful , emotional movie experience",1 227483,"`` Frailty '' has been written so well , that even a simple `` Goddammit ! ''",1 67761,"Nair does n't use ( Monsoon Wedding ) to lament the loss of culture",1 52879,"in Venice",1 149340,"The ending is a cop-out . What happens to John Q ?",0 113375,"actually turns in a pretty convincing performance as a prissy teenage girl",1 68432,"Richly",1 71139,"You do n't need to be a hip-hop fan to appreciate Scratch , and that 's the mark of a documentary that works .",1 124840,"it 's inauthentic at its core",0 31202,"es un buen ejemplo de lo que es el cine de entretenimiento puro y sin complejos",1 88509,"of deadpan cool , wry humor and just the measure",1 178666,"with the drowsy heaviness of synchronized swimmer wearing a wool wetsuit",0 87934,"no substitute for on-screen chemistry",1 189700,"While the production details are lavish , film has little insight into the historical period and its artists , particularly in how Sand developed a notorious reputation .",0 235975,"spiritual film taps into the meaning and consolation in afterlife communications",1 232876,"is well worthwhile .",1 69943,"The story is a rather simplistic one : grief drives her , love drives him , and a second chance to find love in the most unlikely place - it struck a chord in me .",1 191169,"a rather thin moral",0 58859,"the worst possibilities",0 62436,", you 'll like Promises .",1 94390,"than anything that 's been done before",1 97413,"this funny film",1 72641,"a tenacious , humane fighter",1 139926,"will leave you wondering about the characters ' lives after the clever credits roll",1 145540,"Generic slasher-movie nonsense",0 168967,"pleasurable . Something like scrubbing the toilet .",0 25689,"Inside the film 's conflict-powered plot there is a decent moral trying to get out , but it 's not that , it 's the tension that keeps you in your seat .",1 101642,"'s better than its predecessor",1 98357,"to the climactic burst of violence",1 137942,"to the head of the class of women 's films",1 223528,"Grating",0 18100,"with coarseness",0 61302,"'s that rare family movie -- genuine and sweet",1 207631,"of belly laughs ( including a knockout of a closing line )",1 92944,"so gracefully",1 193824,"atrociously",0 5127,"better acting and a hilarious kenneth branagh . an excellent sequel .",1 22747,"were simply a triumph of the indomitable human will to rebel , connect and create",1 210927,"screams at the top of their lungs no matter what the situation",0 102054,"( A ) soulless , stupid sequel",0 131270,"religion that dares to question an ancient faith",1 233247,"keeps things interesting , but do n't go out of your way to pay full price .",0 194173,"be nominated for an Oscar next year",1 9525,"only occasionally satirical and",1 205443,"lots of boring talking heads , etc .",0 126690,"makes little attempt",0 50707,"deeply satisfying awareness of the best movies as monumental ` picture shows",1 144031,"Ballistic is oddly lifeless .",0 95302,"the characters inhabit into a poem of art , music and metaphor",1 205689,"make this silly con job sing",1 119503,"exhausting to watch",0 163603,"it 's a humorless , disjointed mess .",0 34955,"not a classic , but odd , entertaining and authentic",1 108941,"Significantly better than its 2002 children 's - movie competition .",1 9436,"old cliches",0 166230,"more self-absorbed women than the mother and daughters featured in this film ? I do n't think so .",0 231402,"has a tremendous , offbeat sense of style and humor that suggests he was influenced by some of the filmmakers who have directed him , especially the Coen brothers and Steven Soderbergh",1 122778,"imbecilic",0 79058,"enlivens",1 1172,"hearts",1 216307,"thinking not only that Kate is n't very bright , but that she has n't been worth caring about and that maybe she , Janine and Molly -- an all-woman dysfunctional family -- deserve one another",0 218439,"veers like a drunken driver through heavy traffic",0 162187,"inflated past its natural length",0 193265,"around this movie directionless",0 178035,"when he moves his setting to the past , and relies on a historical text , he loses the richness of characterization that makes his films so memorable",0 190689,"a great missed opportunity",0 203310,"is painfully bad",0 186281,"National Lampoon 's Van Wilder is Son of Animal House . Officially",1 56944,"should win the band a few new converts , too",1 149225,"The audience when I saw this one was chuckling at all the wrong times , and",0 140576,"would seem to be surefire casting . The catch is that they 're stuck with a script that prevents them from firing on all cylinders",0 134336,"that greasy little vidgame pit in the theater lobby",0 157915,"doze off thirty minutes into the film",0 7323,"if somebody was bored and ... decided to make a dull , pretentious version of jesus ' son",0 180470,", XXX is as conventional as a Nike ad and as rebellious as spring break .",1 93309,"spider invasion comic chiller",1 12618,"ultimate",1 21115,"it is still ultimately very satisfying .",1 212525,"starving and untalented",0 180002,"'s superficial and unrealized",0 62009,", it 's goofy ( if not entirely wholesome ) fun",1 97269,"they do in this marvelous film",1 214327,"the comic elements of the premise",1 96046,"the lively intelligence of the artists and their perceptiveness about their own situations",1 234953,"placed in the pantheon of the best of the swashbucklers but it is a whole lot of fun and you get to see the one of the world 's best actors , Daniel Auteuil ,",1 79053,"enjoyed the love story",1 230620,"ever a concept came handed down from the movie gods on a silver platter",1 69379,"The Woodman seems to have directly influenced this girl-meets-girl love story , but even more reassuring is how its makers actually seem to understand what made Allen 's romantic comedies so pertinent and enduring .",1 195348,"can be a knockout",1 226003,"Suffers from the lack of a compelling or comprehensible narrative .",0 229153,"be as tiresome as 9 seconds of Jesse Helms ' anti- Castro",0 203319,"is perfectly inoffensive and harmless",1 237639,"through its tidal wave of imagery",1 61002,"'s depression",0 162112,"include the 5 o'clock shadow on the tall wooden kid as he skips off to school",0 40737,"A worthy tribute to a great humanitarian and her vibrant ` co-stars .",1 32627,"homage to art",1 60646,"'' A Walk to Remember '' succeeds through sincerity .",1 112029,"a good and ambitious film",1 120076,"films crammed with movie references",0 170739,"seriously dumb",0 93695,"stylish surprises",1 72521,"a startling story that works both as a detailed personal portrait and as a rather frightening examination of modern times",1 206785,"naked teenagers horror flick",0 39745,"utterly convincing",1 185006,"It 's a big idea , but the film itself is small and shriveled .",0 163065,"is n't as flippant or slick as it thinks it is",0 169730,"real downer",0 186514,"Often lingers just as long on the irrelevant as on the engaging , which gradually turns What Time Is It There ? into How Long Is This Movie ?",0 48986,"an original that pleases almost everyone who sees it",1 45593,"I stopped thinking about how good it all was , and started doing nothing but reacting to it - feeling a part of its grand locations , thinking urgently as the protagonists struggled , feeling at the mercy of its inventiveness , gasping at its visual delights .",1 199944,"given by the capable cast",1 182536,"Appropriately cynical social commentary aside",1 219243,"which are neither original nor are presented in convincing way",0 187543,"Starts off witty and sophisticated and you want to love it -- but filmmaker Yvan Attal quickly writes himself into a corner .",0 31964,"funny and at other times candidly revealing",1 168963,"please a crowd",1 209837,"proves that a nightmare is a wish a studio 's wallet makes .",0 195397,"can only be described as sci-fi generic .",0 215535,"the same mistake",0 230377,"does too much meandering , Norton has to recite bland police procedural details , Fiennes wanders around in an attempt to seem weird and distanced , Hopkins looks like a drag queen",0 237516,"this distinguished actor would stoop so low",0 212225,"sometimes inadequate",0 71719,"a game supporting cast",1 235466,"says ` I 'm telling you , this is f \*\*\* ed",0 204693,"large shadows and wide-angle shots taken from a distance to hide the liberal use of a body double",0 80993,"gets under your skin and , some plot blips",0 29202,"as it is in depicting child abuse",0 173281,"that will probably rank as one of Murphy 's better performances in one of his lesser-praised movies",1 229875,"collapses when Mr. Taylor tries to shift the tone to a thriller 's rush",0 70620,"Vibrantly colored and beautifully designed",1 144120,"Benigni 's Pinocchio becoming a Christmas perennial . Coal is n't as easy to come by as it used to be",0 141389,"'s just incredibly dull .",0 142577,", this opera is n't a favorite",0 110605,"Though overall an overwhelmingly positive portrayal , the film does n't ignore the more problematic aspects of Brown 's life .",1 120275,"flourishes and",1 34509,"miraculously able to entertain anyway",1 152394,"a script ( by Paul Pender ) made of wood",0 170080,"retch it up",0 85529,"judicious editing",1 96918,"the true wonder of Rintarô 's Metropolis",1 28476,"and a fascinating documentary",1 218190,"unhappy situation",0 23561,", contemplative film",1 116521,"ca n't wait to see what the director does next",1 285,"a thought-provoking , haunting",1 51055,"dynamic first act",1 154125,"as anything distinctive or daring",1 62909,"A dazzling dream of a documentary",1 136745,"there are enough high points to keep this from being a complete waste of time",1 216378,"this film 's impressive performances and",1 183765,"Every conceivable mistake",0 80556,"frighteningly fascinating",1 93511,"still comes from Spielberg , who has never made anything that was n't at least watchable",1 71164,"Young Everlyn Sampi , as the courageous Molly Craig ,",1 157422,"died long ago",0 221612,", the world 's political situation seems little different , and ( director Phillip ) Noyce brings out the allegory with remarkable skill .",1 151194,"` Abandon all hope , ye who enter here '",0 201622,"ill-advised and poorly",0 213742,"that just does n't work",0 39373,"together with an engaging and warm performance",1 142368,", noisy and pretentious",0 160437,"had a nightmare like this",0 129065,"of the most exciting action films",1 23272,"( the film ) addresses in a fascinating , intelligent manner the intermingling of race , politics and local commerce .",1 62279,", the film manages to keep you at the edge of your seat with its shape-shifting perils , political intrigue and brushes with calamity .",1 144504,"City by the Sea is the cinematic equivalent of defensive driving : It 's careful , conscientious and makes no major mistakes .",1 64576,"By surrounding us with hyper-artificiality , Haynes makes us see familiar issues , like racism and homophobia , in a fresh way .",1 108865,"Several uninteresting , unlikeable people",0 144150,"Big Fat Liar is just futile silliness looking to tap into the kiddie sensibilities .",0 118547,"does n't mean it 's good enough for our girls",0 54730,"might make the award-winning Coen brothers envious",1 63108,"A headline-fresh thriller set among orthodox Jews on the West Bank , Joseph Cedar 's Time Of Favor manages not only to find a compelling dramatic means of addressing a complex situation , it does so without compromising that complexity .",1 63874,"An engrossing and grim portrait of hookers : what they think of themselves and their clients .",1 33940,"kids will go happily along for the ride .",1 189681,"While Howard 's appreciation of Brown and his writing is clearly well-meaning and sincere , the movie would be impossible to sit through",0 202290,"instead of shaping the material to fit the story",0 40114,"will encourage others to stand up and applaud , and will , undoubtedly , leave both camps engaged in a ferocious debate for years to come .",1 47354,"This documentary is a dazzling , remarkably unpretentious reminder of what ( Evans ) had , lost , and got back .",1 142512,", the old MIB label stands for Milder Is n't Better",0 7019,"haunts us precisely",1 71286,"a better person",1 165830,"meekly goes where nearly every Star Trek movie has gone before",0 123845,"is a unique , well-crafted psychological study of grief",1 153896,"are n't funny",0 231610,"have you swinging from the trees hooting it 's praises",1 172599,"tedious sex farce",0 37314,"steeped in an ambiguity that lends its conflicts a symbolic resonance",1 231189,"give a spark to `` Chasing Amy '' and `` Changing Lanes '' falls flat as thinking man CIA agent Jack Ryan in this summer 's new action film , `` The Sum of All Fears",0 141127,"'s a humorless , disjointed mess .",0 187663,"TUCK EVERLASTING is about . So",1 218028,"typical problems",0 202862,"is devoid of wit and humor",0 216994,"to embody the worst excesses of nouvelle vague without any of its sense of fun or energy",0 218535,"viewers out in the cold",0 49819,"breezy romantic comedy",1 76532,"celebrated wonder",1 38867,"there is a decent moral trying to get out",1 82576,"hyper-realistic images",1 97018,"the way tiny acts of kindness make ordinary life survivable",1 159218,"flat in just",0 231983,"in a shabby script",0 47036,"The film 's intimate camera work and searing performances pull us deep into the girls ' confusion and pain as they struggle tragically to comprehend the chasm of knowledge that 's opened between them .",1 162979,"is just too slim",0 119909,"feels labored , with a hint of the writing exercise about it .",0 178998,"wrong with this increasingly pervasive aspect of gay culture",0 34595,"more than compensated for by its wryly subversive tone",1 188609,"The rest runs from mildly unimpressive to despairingly awful",0 60893,"'s about as convincing as any other Arnie musclefest ,",0 212115,"some good material",1 23710,", it 's perfect . It 's also the year 's sweetest movie .",1 115973,"big ending surprise",1 218036,"ugly exercise",0 203313,"is painfully bad , a fourth-rate Jim Carrey who does n't understand the difference between dumb fun and just plain dumb .",0 122101,"heartwarming , nonjudgmental kind",1 60457,"wonderfully loopy tale",1 77872,"deft comic timing",1 63171,"A meditation on faith and madness , Frailty is blood-curdling stuff .",1 98643,"transcends culture and race",1 97432,"this is a movie that tells stories that work -- is charming , is moving",1 51494,"fake stimulation",0 151380,"a bit of a patchwork in script and production",0 56167,"presents a fascinating but flawed look at the near future",1 186456,"Not that any of us",0 237148,"the pitiful Insurrection",0 118886,"eats up the screen",1 36265,"quench the thirst of an audience that misses the summer blockbusters",1 72827,"a wildly inventive mixture",1 86607,"make us share their enthusiasm",1 118518,"does n't capture the effect of these tragic deaths on hip-hop culture",0 64328,"Best Man '' clone by weaving a theme throughout this funny film",1 63896,"An extraordinary dramatic experience .",1 32667,"how exciting and satisfying",1 197657,"ear-pleasing songs",1 20377,"detail",1 111870,"a fascinating , riveting story",1 219654,"with a few four letter words thrown in that are generally not heard on television",0 84679,"is surprisingly brilliant",1 46372,"Noyce has tailored an epic tale into a lean , economical movie .",1 230434,"dud from frame one .",0 164870,"like Max Rothman 's future , does not work .",0 190896,"a lower I . Q .",0 191174,"a real danger less sophisticated audiences will mistake it for an endorsement of the very things that Bean abhors",0 1538,"keeps you guessing at almost every turn",1 73952,"an unflinching look",1 68948,"Spielberg knows how to tell us about people .",1 70304,"This ready-made midnight movie probably wo n't stand the cold light of day",0 86387,"loved one",1 211490,"should dispel it",0 39172,"to display his cadness to perfection , but also to show acting range that may surprise some who thought light-hearted comedy was his forte",1 68655,"Scratch is great fun , full of the kind of energy it 's documenting .",1 123917,"is an object lesson in period filmmaking",1 162607,"is a form of bravery . For this reason and this reason only -- the power of its own steadfast , hoity-toity convictions -- Chelsea Walls deserves a medal",1 123042,"in looking at the comic effects of jealousy",1 11997,"the vehicle to adore the star",1 166186,"more grating",0 145609,"Godard can no longer handle the rigors of filmmaking",0 211601,"silly , stupid and pointless",0 58970,"this Hollywood contrivance",0 179537,"'s a hellish , numbing experience to watch",0 61426,"( F ) rom the performances and the cinematography to the outstanding soundtrack and unconventional narrative",1 2488,"than it will be to the casual moviegoer who might be lured in by julia roberts",1 56711,"savage full-bodied wit",1 209642,"predictable at every turn",0 94830,"that rare creature --",1 33738,"its ample charms",1 233578,"loved it !",1 5179,"blandness",0 189239,"Too long , and larded with exposition",0 19853,"and its stirring epilogue in post-Soviet Russia",1 45646,"Imperfect",0 69164,"Tense , terrific , sweaty-palmed fun .",1 218121,"undercuts the devastatingly telling impact of utter loss personified in the film 's simple title",0 232609,"is never quite able",0 99146,"unusual , food-for-thought cinema that 's as entertaining as it is instructive",1 166008,"misconceived enterprise",0 123763,"is a genuine love story , full of traditional layers of awakening and ripening and separation and recovery .",1 232070,"in truth , cruel as it may sound , he makes Arnold Schwarzenegger look like Spencer Tracy .",0 137325,"to The Road Warrior",1 228118,"a remarkable piece of filmmaking",1 103536,"A domestic melodrama with weak dialogue and biopic cliches .",0 166317,"most legendary",1 121933,"have come to learn -- as many times as we have fingers to count on -- Jason is a killer who does n't know the meaning of the word ` quit . '",0 104349,"An intimate contemplation of two marvelously messy lives .",1 59414,"to ultimately disappoint the action",0 123985,"is deliberately unsettling",0 58255,"the endlessly challenging maze of moviegoing",1 194513,"below its abstract surface",1 110264,"The wonderfully lush Morvern Callar is pure punk existentialism , and",1 73953,"an unhappy , repressed and twisted personal life",0 190518,"a fast-moving and cheerfully simplistic 88 minutes of exaggerated action",1 50081,"cause Tom Green a grimace : still",0 48325,"a refusal",0 183748,"Even fans of Ismail Merchant 's work , I suspect , would have a hard time sitting through this one .",0 167785,"of the film that shows a stationary camera on a subject that could be mistaken for giving a public oration , rather than contributing to a film 's narrative",0 25314,"Fisher has bared his soul and confronted his own shortcomings here in a way",1 63838,"An awfully good , achingly human picture",1 235439,"satisfies -- from its ripe recipe , inspiring ingredients , certified",1 113283,"achieves a level of connection and concern",1 84580,"is right at home in this French shocker playing his usual bad boy weirdo role",1 122857,"in Lovely and Amazing",1 74340,"are frequently more fascinating than the results . Last Dance , whatever its flaws , fulfills one facet of its mission in making me want to find out whether , in this case , that 's true .",1 137170,"thoughtful , reverent portrait",1 63120,"A hypnotic portrait of this sad , compulsive life .",1 109982,"The movie 's captivating details",1 73672,"an amazing slapstick instrument",1 182802,"Big Trouble remains a loosely tied series of vignettes which only prove that ` zany ' does n't necessarily mean ` funny . '",0 238045,"tonally uneven",0 51214,"engrossing and moving in its own right",1 181790,"A long , dull procession of despair , set to cello music culled from a minimalist funeral .",0 7929,"it does have one saving grace .",1 112095,"a heady whirl",1 225736,"Serious and thoughtful",1 190872,"a lot of flavor and spice",1 115791,"begins as a conventional thriller evolves into a gorgeously atmospheric meditation on life-changing chance encounters .",1 37754,"that I could n't help being captivated by it",1 57862,"that pokes fun at the democratic exercise while also examining its significance for those who take part",1 48279,"a pleasant enough thing ,",1 104615,"Bad Company has one of the most moronic screenplays of the year , full of holes that will be obvious even to those who are n't looking for them .",0 109726,"The early and middle passages",1 124565,"is something of a stiff -- an extra-dry office comedy that seems twice as long as its 83 minutes .",0 51855,"forget about it",0 115990,"big-budget\/all-star movie",1 197519,"dreaminess",1 189070,"This painfully unfunny farce traffics in tired stereotypes and encumbers itself with complications ... that have no bearing on the story .",0 205569,"made a great Saturday Night Live sketch , but a great movie it is not",0 12409,"to pull together easily accessible stories that resonate with profundity",1 127408,"most audacious , outrageous",1 26938,"There 's ... tremendous energy from the cast , a sense of playfulness and excitement that seems appropriate .",1 169686,"ravishing costumes , eye-filling",1 61265,"'s something of the ultimate Scorsese film , with all the stomach-turning violence , colorful New York gang lore and other hallmarks of his personal cinema painted on their largest-ever historical canvas",1 226349,"The movie 's seams may show ... but Pellington gives `` Mothman '' an irresistibly uncanny ambience that goes a long way toward keeping the picture compelling",1 78955,"endearing , masterful",1 159897,"gasbag",0 176736,"tosses around sex toys and offers",0 95213,"the big summer movies",1 48464,"a verbal duel",0 91139,"raunchy and frequently hilarious follow-up",1 230952,"for the tube",0 160649,"has been",1 3394,"( de niro )",1 138742,"unnerving suspense",1 91813,"rousing , G-rated family film",1 42082,"her inexperience and",1 173286,"that would be me : fighting off the urge to doze",0 219225,"whet one 's appetite for the Bollywood films",1 2783,"their hearts in the right place .",1 201203,"his maudlin ending might not have gotten him into film school in the first place",0 109666,"The color sense of Stuart Little 2 is its most immediate and most obvious pleasure ,",1 168278,"only because the cast is so engagingly messing around like Slob City reductions of Damon Runyon crooks",0 147622,"National Lampoon 's Van Wilder could be the worst thing to come out of National Lampoon since Class Reunion",0 60204,"wifty Southern charm has anchored lighter affairs",1 125184,"its botches",0 162484,"invite some genuine spontaneity into the film by having the evil aliens ' laser guns actually hit something for once ?",0 138006,"to watch Huppert scheming , with her small , intelligent eyes as steady as any noir villain , and",1 23986,", while Russell and Dreyfus are a romantic pairing of hearts , preciously exposed as history corners them .",1 69436,"The charm of the first movie is still there ,",1 37654,"tell a simple story , perhaps the simplest story of all , in a way that seems compelling and even original",1 214395,"the dangers of ouija boards",0 82927,"in delivering a dramatic slap in the face that 's simultaneously painful and refreshing",1 226345,"The movie 's messages are quite admirable ,",1 198484,"falls flat as a spoof .",0 51921,"from baseball movies that try too hard to be mythic",0 232684,"is one of the best actors there is .",1 71373,"a chance to revitalize what is and always has been remarkable about clung-to traditions",1 210429,"repetitively stretched out to feature length , awash in self-consciously flashy camera effects , droning house music and flat , flat dialogue .",0 58258,"the energetic and always surprising performance",1 122218,"high-minded",1 221994,"A fast paced and suspenseful Argentinian thriller",1 117461,"constructed to convey a sense of childhood imagination",1 61611,", Festival In Cannes offers rare insight into the structure of relationships .",1 100533,"with its excellent use of New York locales and sharp writing",1 210145,"reading lines",0 76011,"bubbles up",1 95440,"the delicate forcefulness of Greene 's prose",1 163640,"it 's easy to imagine that a new software program spit out the screenplay",0 110670,"To show these characters in the act and give them no feelings of remorse",0 158061,"dunce",0 63724,"Allen se atreve a atacar , a atacarse y nos ofrece gags que van de la sonrisa a la risa de larga duración",1 116727,"carries the day with impeccable comic timing , raffish charm and piercing intellect",1 169211,"preprogrammed feel",0 226674,"This kind of dark comedy",1 211851,"smash 'em -",1 69741,"The movie is amateurish , but",0 20334,"damn good",1 102729,", moving , and adventurous directorial debut",1 55324,"of corruption and ruthlessness",0 230303,"do n't mind crappy movies as much as adults , provided there 's lots of cute animals and clumsy people",0 110305,"There 's no denying that Burns is a filmmaker with a bright future ahead of him .",1 211351,"shakes the oppressive , morally superior good-for-you quality that almost automatically accompanies didactic entertainment",1 37119,"solutions",1 192393,"amours",1 203522,"is that its protagonist , after being an object of intense scrutiny for 104 minutes , remains a complete blank",0 216015,"their lack of chemistry makes Eddie Murphy and Robert DeNiro in Showtime look like old , familiar vaudeville partners",0 43745,", this film is most transporting when it stays put in the past",1 160953,"he 's making Dog Day Afternoon with a cause",1 180804,", mass drug-induced bowel evacuations , and none-too-funny commentary on the cultural distinctions between Americans and Brits .",0 13157,"with murderous rage in 2002",1 62357,", this retooled Machine is ultimately effective enough at achieving the modest , crowd-pleasing goals it sets for itself .",1 109413,"The Country Bears has no scenes that will upset or frighten young viewers",1 190492,"a dungpile",0 41384,"While not all transitions to adulthood are so fraught , there 's much truth and no small amount of poetry in Girls Ca n't Swim",1 104743,"Bigelow offers some flashy twists and turns that occasionally fortify this turgid fable . But for the most part , The Weight of Water comes off as a two-way time-switching myopic mystery that stalls in its lackluster gear of emotional blandness",0 133163,"spread propaganda",0 229090,"awful snooze .",0 31483,"far from the worst , thanks to the topical issues it raises , the performances of Stewart and Hardy",1 54815,"more compelling",1 141101,"'s a bizarre curiosity memorable mainly for the way it fritters away its potentially interesting subject matter via a banal script , unimpressive acting and indifferent direction",0 178655,"with swaggering machismo and over-the-top lunacy",0 80307,"for many of us , that 's good enough",1 194445,"begins as a Seven rip-off , only to switch to a mix of The Shining , The Thing , and any naked teenagers horror flick from the 1980s",0 16035,"his intelligent grasp of human foibles and contradictions",1 127914,"nevertheless will leave fans clamoring for another ride",1 30789,"dingy",0 88747,"of magic and whimsy for children , a heartfelt romance for teenagers and a compelling argument about death , both pro and con , for adults",1 16397,"its shocking start",1 219942,"wonder what anyone saw in this film that allowed it to get made .",0 75287,"be like trying to eat Brussels sprouts",0 86588,"make the stones weep --",1 24445,"A rewarding work",1 88672,"of impact and moments",1 184210,"Gorgeous to look at but",1 130688,"profanity and violence",0 137060,"this superficially loose , larky documentary",0 69181,"Terry is a sort of geriatric Dirty Harry , which will please Eastwood 's loyal fans -- and suits the story , wherein our hero must ride roughshod over incompetent cops to get his man .",1 213180,"tanks .",0 224846,"Moving and vibrant",1 53319,"is a rare treat that shows the promise of digital filmmaking .",1 202883,"is entertainment opportunism at its most glaring .",0 210795,"save Oleander 's uninspired story",0 22275,"the film is designed to make viewers of all ages",1 61284,"'s stylishly directed with verve ...",1 114566,"are both overplayed and exaggerated",0 129396,"on hammy at times",1 23901,", the film , sporting a breezy spontaneity and realistically drawn characterizations , develops into a significant character study that is both moving and wise",1 190162,"a better celebration",1 78502,"doing something of a public service -- shedding light on a group of extremely talented musicians who might otherwise go unnoticed and underappreciated by music fans",1 16287,"is the ` urban comedy ' that even attempts the insight and honesty of this disarming indie .",1 58574,"the perfect star vehicle",1 191897,"acting , but ultimately a movie with no reason for being",0 65112,"Disappointingly , the characters are too strange and dysfunctional , Tom included , to ever get under the skin ,",0 219339,"who enjoy moaning about their cruel fate",0 86903,"may cause parents a few sleepless hours -- a sign of its effectiveness",1 76504,"cat-and-mouse , three-dimensional characters and believable performances",1 209249,"philosophical emptiness and maddeningly sedate pacing",0 151960,"a level of high drama",1 77913,"delightful entree",1 179178,"you walk out of the theater not feeling",0 37728,"that 's a big part of why we go to the movies",1 112755,"a spectator",1 38324,"the humor and humanity that root it in feeling",1 206449,"more shots of children smiling for the camera than typical documentary footage which hurts the overall impact of the film",0 13675,", yet just as determined",1 170385,"saw a theater full of people constantly checking their watches",0 45777,"It confirms Fincher 's status as a film maker who artfully bends technical know-how to the service of psychological insight .",1 48552,"about guys and dolls",1 147386,"Maybe it 's asking too much",0 50049,"captures an Italian immigrant family on the brink of major changes .",1 196703,"delete key",0 156078,"cast , but beautifully",1 78568,"drama , conflict , tears and surprise",1 137195,"thriller form to examine the labyrinthine ways in which people 's lives cross and change",1 189843,"Worthless , from its pseudo-rock-video opening to the idiocy of its last frames",0 41213,"Sound the trumpets : For the first time since Desperately Seeking Susan , Madonna does n't suck as an actress",1 149003,"Take away all the cliches and the carbon copy scenes from every drug movie we 've seen and",0 48384,"a solid pedigree",1 209960,"putrid writing , direction and timing with a smile that says , ` If I stay positive , maybe I can channel one of my greatest pictures , Drunken Master . '",0 219405,"wholly unnecessary pre-credit sequence",0 165365,"lower depths",0 56704,"satisfyingly",1 129270,"offer some modest amusements",1 127999,"no good answer",0 75956,"bring something new into the mix",1 33623,"it appears that ( Jackie ) Chan 's US influence is starting to show in his Hong Kong films .",1 180154,"( I ) t 's certainly laudable that the movie deals with hot-button issues in a comedic context , but Barbershop is n't as funny as it should be",0 106836,"It 's an entertaining movie",1 127795,"near-hypnotic physical beauty",1 173963,"the finest chef",1 135069,"the cruelty and suffering",0 103412,"A beautiful paean",1 184100,"Gaping plot holes sink this ` sub ' -",0 220283,"you feel like you 're watching an iceberg melt -- only",0 15740,"far more thoughtful",1 215585,"the sentimental oh-those-wacky-Brits genre",1 54350,"look as good or better than in the original ,",1 181992,"A sleep-inducingly slow-paced crime drama with clumsy dialogue , heavy-handed phoney-feeling sentiment , and an overly-familiar set",0 56761,"searing performances",1 9102,"nonchalantly freaky and uncommonly pleasurable , warm water",1 174819,"the story and ensuing complications are too manipulative",0 7384,"implausible platonic romance",0 205781,"manages for but a few seconds",0 161182,"high-energy action stylings",1 157253,"delivers some chills and sustained unease , but flounders in its quest for Deeper Meaning",0 220943,"'s petty thievery like this that puts flimsy flicks like this behind bars",0 161061,"heavy-handed moralistic",0 141984,", I Spy was an amusing lark that will probably rank as one of Murphy 's better performances in one of his lesser-praised movies .",1 42100,"honesty and",1 14691,"a cast that includes some of the top actors working in independent film",1 45568,"I encourage young and old alike to go see this unique and entertaining twist on the classic whale 's tale -- you wo n't be sorry",1 20639,"genuine insight",1 235751,"simple , sweet and romantic",1 83260,"increase the gravitational pull",1 208583,"one eventually resents having to inhale this gutter romancer 's secondhand material",0 150309,"This self-infatuated goofball is far from the only thing wrong with the clumsy comedy Stealing Harvard",0 142606,", untidy , condescending and mild",0 87328,"more smarts , but just as endearing and easy to watch",1 152536,"a strong script and energetic acting",1 162778,"is appropriately titled , given the heavy-handedness of it drama .",0 109922,"The kind of sense of humor that derives from a workman 's grasp of pun and entendre and its attendant",1 179680,"'s compelling",1 46420,"One of the best silly horror movies of recent memory",1 40727,"A very witty take on change , risk and romance ,",1 24638,"An incredibly clever and superbly paced caper filled with scams within scams within scams .",1 31345,"exhausted than the athletes onscreen",0 103361,"90-plus years taking the effort to share his impressions of life and loss and time and art with us",1 185916,"Lush and beautifully photographed ( somebody suggested the stills might make a nice coffee table book ) , but",1 173214,"that takes some rather unexpected ( even , at times , preposterous ) turns",0 135003,"the cheap , graceless , hackneyed sci-fi serials of the '30s and '40s",0 752,"dancing",1 56956,"showmanship",1 8319,"know where all the buttons are , and how to push them",0 181678,"A film of empty , fetishistic violence in which murder is casual and fun",0 33045,"infecting",1 10589,"sold-out",1 100767,"won",1 1152,"has little else to offer",0 181293,"... a rather bland affair .",0 191561,"a tragedy which is somehow guessable from the first few minutes , maybe because it echoes the by now intolerable morbidity of so many recent movies",0 30225,"cloying or preachy",0 155636,"but no tension or surprise",0 152928,"actually shows may put you off the idea forever .",0 222655,"Boring and meandering",0 114233,"and dog lovers",1 92895,"smarter offerings",1 45058,"Despite the film 's shortcomings , the stories are quietly moving .",1 232879,"is what comes from taking John Carpenter 's Ghosts of Mars and eliminating the beheadings .",0 168872,"picture that does not move",0 37032,"slump for director Sam Mendes , who segues from Oscar winner to Oscar-winning potential with a smooth sleight of hand .",1 213447,"than to rush to the theatre for this one",0 71936,"a low-key , organic way",1 75941,"brilliant gag",1 23922,", thematically instructive and thoroughly delightful",1 51,"'s notably better acted -- and far less crass - than some other recent efforts in the burgeoning genre of films about black urban professionals",1 94011,"sweaty-palmed fun",1 197477,"drag it down to mediocrity --",0 238235,"unless you 're an absolute raving Star Wars junkie , it is n't much fun .",0 43980,"A buoyant romantic comedy about friendship , love , and the truth",1 46979,"The Ya-Ya 's have many secrets and one is - the books are better . Translating complex characters from novels to the big screen is an impossible task but they are true to the essence of what it is to be Ya-Ya .",1 227715,"`` wild ride ''",1 121298,"good and ambitious film",1 77296,"contemplative , and",1 50795,"despite its virtues",0 159942,"generous cast",1 94932,"that turns me into that annoying specimen of humanity that I usually dread encountering the most",0 154849,"be with a large dose of painkillers",0 79011,"engrossing and grim",1 95110,"the affable Maid in Manhattan , Jennifer Lopez 's most aggressive and most sincere attempt to take movies by storm",1 110029,"The name says it all . Jackass is a vulgar and cheap-looking version of Candid Camera staged for the Marquis de Sade set .",0 146146,"I wish I could say '' Thank God It 's Friday ''",0 134800,"the action and special effects",1 181015,", the potency wanes dramatically",0 144142,"Bibi 's generic angst",0 118368,"display greatness",1 180061,"'s trying to set the women 's liberation movement back 20 years",0 207989,"of smart jokes",1 110248,"The waterlogged script plumbs uncharted depths of stupidity , incoherence and sub-sophomoric sexual banter .",0 171104,"simplistic as a Hollywood production",0 188647,"The script is too mainstream and the psychology too textbook to intrigue",0 160105,"gives Nachtwey for self-analysis",1 132291,"shining a not particularly flattering spotlight",0 236852,"the execution is a flop with the exception of about six gags that really work .",0 224949,"Mr. Parker has brilliantly updated his source and grasped its essence , composing a sorrowful and hilarious tone poem about alienated labor , or an absurdist workplace sitcom .",1 109806,"The film is an earnest try at beachcombing verismo",1 137900,"to tell you how tedious , how resolutely unamusing , how thoroughly unrewarding all of this is , and what a reckless squandering of four fine acting talents",0 70628,"Villeneuve creates in Maelstrom a world where the bizarre is credible and the real turns magical .",1 181802,"A loud , ugly , irritating movie",0 195415,"can tell what it is supposed to be",0 236622,"the CIA and a lost U.S. satellite",0 15372,"capture the complexity of a big family and its trials and tribulations",1 233172,"its spry 2001 predecessor -- but it 's a rushed , slapdash , sequel-for-the-sake - of-a-sequel with less than half the plot and ingenuity",0 199940,"given a pedestrian spin",1 108630,"Rifkin no doubt fancies himself something of a Hubert Selby Jr . ,",1 129816,"outside the context of the current political climate ( see : terrorists are more evil than ever ! )",0 177235,"unoriginal , unfunny and unrecommendable",0 186788,"Problem is , we have no idea what in creation is going on .",0 73329,"aging , suffering and the prospect of death",0 158755,"fails to generate much suspense",0 40956,"I complain all the time about seeing the same ideas repeated in films over and over again , but The Bourne Identity proves that a fresh take is always possible",1 50237,"collision",0 46920,"The Lion King",1 86381,"love to have their kids",1 895,"enjoy the movie",1 220978,"'s super - violent , super-serious and super-stupid",0 233279,"lacks focus",0 51738,"flick that scalds like acid",0 158021,"dull , costumey feel",0 102160,"( and fairly unbelievable ) finale",0 149640,"The new faces are interesting , but the old story is n't , especially when it starts to seem more improvised than scripted",0 45661,"In the disturbingly involving family dysfunctional drama How I Killed My Father , French director Anne Fontaine delivers an inspired portrait of male-ridden angst and the emotional blockage that accompanies this human condition",1 215109,"the movie 's sophomoric blend",0 220498,"'' is a shapeless inconsequential move relying on the viewer to do most of the work .",0 236376,"that Hollywood is n't laughing with us , folks",0 135544,"the immediate aftermath",1 76444,"career-best",1 143756,"An overstuffed compendium",0 113206,"about the passions that sometimes fuel our best achievements and other times",1 201530,"if good-hearted",1 226379,"The movie makes absolutely no sense .",0 144002,"Bad '' is the operative word for '' Bad Company , '' and I do n't mean that in a good way",0 192221,"all the heart of a porno flick ( but none of the sheer lust )",0 32822,"in a long , long time",1 70440,"Trades run-of-the-mill revulsion for extreme unease",0 122549,"how inseparable the two are",1 125361,"its sensitive handling",1 14005,"Enormously likable",1 29516,"begins to look like a '' real Kaputschnik",1 230031,"create a film that 's not merely about kicking undead \*\*\* ,",1 33700,"it pulls us into its world , gives us a hero whose suffering and triumphs we can share , surrounds him with interesting characters and sends us out of the theater feeling",1 236121,"such a mountain of clichés and borrowed images",0 28791,"and simply the best family film of the year",1 136759,"there is no sense .",0 9547,"our deepest , media-soaked fears",0 34853,"nearly so sinister as the biennial Disney girl movie",0 118123,"designed as a reverie about memory and regret , but the only thing you 'll regret is remembering the experience of sitting through it .",0 86412,"loyal fans",1 10294,"schmaltzy and clumsily",0 102984,", uncompromising",0 3791,"a fine-looking",1 222856,"Byler is too savvy a filmmaker to let this morph into a typical romantic triangle .",1 231328,"gushing -- Imamura squirts the screen in ` Warm Water Under a Red Bridge '",1 19530,"a metaphorical visual style",1 179754,"'s fitfully funny but never really takes off",0 227419,"`` Auto Focus '' works as an unusual biopic and document of male swingers in the Playboy era",1 165964,"mildly amusing lines",1 205353,"looked like crap , so crap is what I was expecting",0 157415,"did n't reserve enough for his second",0 16640,"need stories so much",1 81187,"going at a rapid pace",1 87588,"much colorful eye candy , including the spectacle of Gere in his dancing shoes ,",1 229193,"be in a contest to see who can out-bad-act the other",0 211863,"smear",0 110488,"This is a very ambitious project for a fairly inexperienced filmmaker",1 44933,"Claude Chabrol has here a thriller without thrills",0 66788,"It wo n't hold up over the long haul , but in the moment , Finch 's tale provides the forgettable pleasures of a Saturday matinee .",1 189423,"Wait for pay per view or rental but",0 104988,"Captures all the longing , anguish and ache , the confusing sexual messages and the wish",1 202649,"is a step down",0 151948,"a less-compelling soap opera",0 38773,"the weaknesses of both genres , more",0 227581,"`` Shakes The Clown '' , a much funnier film with a similar theme and",1 33677,"it is surely no classic , like the novel upon which it is based .",0 177375,"utterly predictable",0 213513,"that Calvin Jr . 's Barbershop represents some sort of beacon of hope in the middle of Chicago 's South Side",1 188034,"The cinematic equivalent",1 150050,"There 's no emotional pulse to Solaris . With an emotional sterility to match its outer space setting",0 48492,"a well-made PB & J sandwich",1 203962,"it makes even Jason X ... look positively Shakesperean by comparison",0 175329,"this English trifle",0 130109,"people have lost the ability to think",0 181788,"A long , dull procession of despair ,",0 210364,"remain the same throughout .",0 165236,"looking like the beaten , well-worn video box cover of seven years into the future",0 59453,"too restrained",0 90613,"prejudices",0 3145,"whimsy and spoon",1 11234,"the chaotic",0 31859,"friendly",1 110451,"This harrowing journey into combat hell",0 13006,"where the drumming and the marching are so excellent",1 64609,"Canada",1 57861,"that pleases almost everyone who sees it",1 175271,"think , hmmmmm . You see the movie and you think , zzzzzzzzz",0 194195,"be seen as propaganda",0 118039,"delivers the original magic",1 155854,"ca n't make a hotdog into anything more than a hotdog",0 73559,"am highly amused by the idea that we have come to a point in society where it has been deemed important enough to make a film in which someone has to be hired to portray Richard Dawson .",0 157762,"does n't give us a character worth giving a damn about",0 146329,"Instead of accurately accounting a terrible true story",0 164137,"its rather lopsided conception",0 26479,"Rohmer fashions the sort of delicate , articulate character - and - relationship study he 's favored for decades .",1 198989,"fit for the kiddies",1 23939,", this second go-round",1 220351,"you will probably have a reasonably good time with The Salton Sea .",1 67243,"Like Vardalos and Corbett , who play their roles with vibrant charm , the film , directed by Joel Zwick , is heartfelt and hilarious in ways you ca n't fake .",1 21004,"is allowed to build an uncommonly human character , an almost real-live girl complete with trouble and hope .",1 126650,"make watching such a graphic treatment of the crimes bearable",1 158036,"dull thriller",0 55395,"of human frailty fascinates",1 86589,"make the stones weep -- as shameful",1 221583,", the film never recovers from the clumsy cliché of the ugly American abroad , and the too-frosty exterior Ms. Paltrow employs to authenticate her British persona is another liability .",0 165798,"meandering , inarticulate",0 27698,"a narrative film about September 11th",1 159365,"for a movie this delibrately obtuse and unapproachable .",0 116083,"bogs down in genre cliches here .",0 182389,"An empty shell",0 12543,"transcends",1 27443,"a compelling journey ... and '' His Best Friend Remembers '' is up there with the finest of specials .",1 17938,"unpretentious way to spend ninety minutes .",1 9497,"one of those movies that catches you up in something bigger than yourself ,",1 117761,"crystallize key plot moments into minutely detailed wonders of dreamlike ecstasy .",1 224867,"Mr. Caine and Mr. Fraser are the whole show here , with their memorable and resourceful performances .",1 151091,"Yes , Ballistic is silly . Unfortunately",0 166012,"miserable",0 79729,"favor of tradition and warmth",1 152193,"a one-trick pony that , hampered by an undeveloped script , ultimately pulls up lame",0 32281,"has always been part of For the most part Wilde 's droll whimsy helps '' Being Earnest '' overcome its weaknesses and Parker 's creative interference",1 227381,"` The War of the Roses , ' trailer-trash style .",0 187671,"TV skit-com material fervently deposited on the big screen .",0 63623,"About One Thing is a small gem .",1 152871,"act a lick",0 10103,"rendered with such clarity that it 's as if it all happened only yesterday",1 183822,"Exploring value choices is a worthwhile topic for a film",1 190868,"a lot more bluster than bite",0 211285,"serves up all of that stuff , nearly subliminally ,",1 99080,"unmistakable , easy",1 156889,"could n't pass an entrance exam",0 173481,"the arrogant '' if we put together a wry white man and a chatty black man and give them guns , the movie",0 229056,"at the absurdities and inconsistencies",0 237413,"there 's the inimitable Diaz , holding it all together .",1 226560,"There 's Something About Mary and both American Pie movies",1 220248,"you 're watching an iceberg melt -- only",0 174846,"the sum of the parts equals largely a confused mediocrity .",0 96086,"the manner in which it addresses current terrorism anxieties and sidesteps them at the same time",1 182935,"Brosnan 's finest non-Bondish performance",1 49327,"as the direction is intelligently accomplished",1 194730,"bloated effects",0 141241,"'s as lumpy as two-day old porridge ... the filmmakers ' paws , sad to say , were all over this",0 130321,"plenty of funny movies recycle old tropes",1 187138,"Schneider 's performance is so fine",1 226563,"There 's a sheer unbridled delight in the way",1 149681,"The original was n't a good movie",0 197362,"does n't so much phone in his performance as fax it . No , even that 's too committed . He gets his secretary to fax it .",0 66675,"It 's the cute frissons of discovery and humor between Chaplin and Kidman that keep this nicely wound clock not just ticking , but humming .",1 198163,"every bit as imperious as Katzenberg 's The Prince of Egypt from 1998 .",1 155311,"blooper reel",1 109019,"Snow White",1 164595,"last year 's exemplary Sexy Beast",1 113048,"a working over . The cast is spot on and the mood is laid back",1 56232,"proves to be sensational",1 78901,"emotional intelligence",1 5776,"courageousness",1 181035,", then this should keep you reasonably entertained .",1 110913,"Wal-Mart checkout line",0 42571,"romantic innocence and",1 187644,"Sweet Home Alabama is one dumb movie , but its stupidity is so relentlessly harmless that it almost wins you over in the end",0 134423,"that it feels less like bad cinema than like being stuck in a dark pit having a nightmare about bad cinema",0 154264,"as the most offensive action",0 82847,"in a downward narcotized spiral",0 5184,"blessed with a searing lead performance",1 231490,"has the outdated swagger of a shameless ` 70s blaxploitation shuck-and-jive sitcom",0 199235,"for frequently pandering to fans of the gross-out comedy",0 210792,"satisfying movie experience",1 139797,"who understands how to create and sustain a mood",1 9168,"novel",1 134404,"that it 's hardly over before it begins to fade from memory",0 207648,"of casual realism",1 147052,"Lacking gravitas , MacDowell is a placeholder for grief , and ergo this sloppy drama is an empty vessel . Leave these Flowers unpicked",0 233287,"ladles on the local flavour with a hugely enjoyable film about changing times , clashing cultures and the pleasures of a well-made pizza",1 83297,"ineffable , elusive , yet inexplicably powerful",1 190913,"a marquee , especially when the payoff is an unschooled comedy like Stealing Harvard , which fails to keep 80 minutes from seeming like 800",0 70639,"Visually engrossing , seldom hammy , honorably Mexican and burns its Kahlories with conviction .",1 185917,"Lush and beautifully photographed ( somebody suggested the stills might make a nice coffee table book ) , but ultimately you 'll leave the theater wondering why these people mattered",1 73852,"an inhuman monster",0 176233,"to leave the theater",0 33529,"is to show us not only what that mind looks like , but how the creative process itself operates .",1 85385,"its shape-shifting perils , political intrigue",1 228491,"altogether darker side",0 82507,"how to win the battle",1 199653,"frustrating patchwork",0 75267,"be found a tough beauty",1 234068,"need n't be steeped in '50s sociology , pop culture or movie lore to appreciate the emotional depth of Haynes ' work .",1 112301,"a masterpiece -- and",1 208956,"overwhelm what is left of the scruffy , dopey old Hanna-Barbera charm .",0 84655,"is still quite good-natured and",1 173867,"the feel of an unedited personal journal",0 61811,", but on the inspired performance of Tim Allen",1 160654,"has been lost in the translation to the screen",0 79950,"find greatness",1 113808,"ambitious , eager first-time filmmakers",1 193322,"as I Know What You Did Last Winter",1 127412,"most audacious , outrageous , sexually explicit , psychologically probing",1 230566,"enticing prospect",1 60852,"'s a shame the marvelous first 101 minutes have to be combined with the misconceived final 5 .",0 126703,"makes the heart soar . Yes , soar",1 4244,"a triumph , however , it",1 178568,"with entirely too much focus on meal preparation and igloo construction",0 187350,"Slap me , I saw this movie .",0 25933,"Lawrence bounces ) all over the stage , dancing , running , sweating , mopping his face and generally displaying the wacky talent that brought him fame in the first place .",1 59867,"victimized",0 162803,"is believable",1 126778,"many a moon about the passions that sometimes fuel our best achievements and other times",1 180863,", organic character work",1 23570,", credit for trying",1 7079,"heavy on religious symbols but",0 227177,"Wishy-washy .",0 133028,"sordid to function as comedy",0 102192,"( the film ) works , due mostly to the tongue-in-cheek attitude of the screenplay .",1 200353,"had their hearts in the right place",1 78447,"does n't follow the stale , standard , connect-the-dots storyline which has become commonplace in movies that explore the seamy underbelly of the criminal world",1 230666,"exhilaratingly tasteless",0 99218,"us to see Samira Makhmalbaf as a very distinctive sensibility , working to develop her own film language with conspicuous success",1 82172,"highest power",1 226730,"Those who trek to the ` plex predisposed to like it probably will enjoy themselves .",1 200227,"greedy talent agents",0 102781,", poorly written , murky and weakly acted , the picture feels as if everyone making it lost their movie mojo .",0 108912,"Sheridan had a wonderful account to work from , but , curiously , he waters it down , turning grit and vulnerability into light reading .",0 197486,"drags the film down",0 55360,"of finding beauty in the most depressing places",1 95754,"the folks who prepare",1 66742,"It looks closely , insightfully at fragile , complex relationships .",1 46310,"New York 's finest",1 155486,"brilliantly bold colors",1 166018,"misfires",0 138141,"too pessimistic",0 124456,"is pushed into the margins by predictable plotting and tiresome histrionics .",0 204562,"killer CGI effects",1 90569,"powerful emotions",1 67365,"Maintains your sympathy for this otherwise challenging soul by letting you share her one-room world for a while .",1 219867,"with zero-dimensional , unlikable characters and hackneyed , threadbare comic setups",0 105828,"For all its brilliant touches",1 151427,"a bunch of talented thesps",1 117739,"cross swords with the best of them and",1 109047,"Some Body often looks like an episode of the TV show Blind Date , only less technically proficient and without the pop-up comments .",0 145945,"I 'm guessing the director is a magician .",1 150617,"Van Wilder brings a whole new meaning to the phrase ` comedy gag . ' At least one scene is so disgusting that viewers may be hard pressed to retain their lunch .",0 187719,"Tennessee Williams by way of Oprah 's Book Club",0 198658,"feel like running out screaming",0 215586,"the sentimental oh-those-wacky-Brits genre that was ushered in by The Full Monty and is still straining to produce another smash",0 64750,"Cold , nervy and memorable",1 101934,"'s such a mechanical endeavor ( that ) it never bothers to question why somebody might devote time to see it .",0 73481,"allows a gawky actor like Spall -- who could too easily become comic relief in any other film --",1 221451,", it would n't have taken the protagonists a full hour to determine that in order to kill a zombie you must shoot it in the head",0 202656,"is a subzero version of Monsters , Inc . , without the latter 's imagination , visual charm or texture .",0 202495,"is ) looking down at your watch and realizing Serving Sara is n't even halfway through .",0 138149,"too sappy for its own good .",0 10958,"takes big bloody chomps out",0 99874,"what is kind of special",1 31121,"enjoyably complex characters",1 106042,"Goofy , nutty , consistently funny . And educational !",1 23372,", an eye-opening tour of modern Beijing culture in a journey of rebellion ,",1 32632,"honest and unaffected",1 27072,"Too sincere to exploit its subjects",1 220193,"yet another tired old vision",0 110438,"This fascinating look at Israel in ferment feels as immediate as the latest news footage from Gaza and , because of its heightened , well-shaped dramas , twice as powerful .",1 140106,"with an original idea for a teen movie",1 225302,"One look at a girl in tight pants and big tits and you turn stupid ?",0 237395,"then this first film to use a watercolor background since `` Dumbo '' certainly ranks as the most original in years .",1 129892,"overused cocktail",0 69259,"The Bourne Identity should n't be half as entertaining as it is",1 142045,", The Ring makes its stupidity more than obvious .",0 69217,"That rare film whose real-life basis is , in fact , so interesting that no embellishment is",1 233514,"long on the irrelevant as on the engaging , which gradually turns What Time",0 119074,"energetic and sweetly",1 30450,"course stultifyingly contrived",0 235185,"rated EEE for excitement",1 103119,"-- they live together -- the film has a lot of charm .",1 134602,"that they 're playing characters who sometimes feel more like literary conceits than flesh-and-blood humans",0 102655,", it is also elevated by it -- the kind of movie that you enjoy more because you 're one of the lucky few who sought it out .",1 10024,"real",1 169614,"rambling , repetitive",0 165965,"mildly amusing performances",1 159729,"from its remarkable camerawork and awesome scenery",1 100710,"without bludgeoning the audience over the head",1 212578,"still seems endless",0 90410,"plenty of warmth to go around , with music and laughter and the love of family",1 213519,"that Hitler 's destiny was shaped by the most random of chances",0 91086,"rapt spell",1 227592,"`` Sorority Boys '' was funnier , and that movie was pretty bad",0 113988,"an emotional level , funnier",1 62019,", it 's thanks to Huston 's revelatory performance .",1 65987,"Highly recommended as an engrossing story about a horrifying historical event and the elements which contributed to it .",1 179559,"'s a persistent theatrical sentiment and a woozy quality to the manner of the storytelling , which undercuts the devastatingly telling impact of utter loss personified in the film 's simple title .",0 106272,"Hollywood expects people to pay to see it",0 52519,"he has n't lost his touch , bringing off a superb performance in an admittedly middling film",1 118028,"delivers a powerful commentary",1 208798,"original story",1 82707,"immensely ambitious , different than anything that 's been done before and amazingly successful in terms of what it 's trying to do",1 11883,"the slightest difficulty accepting him in the role",0 135116,"the dorkier aspects",0 6366,"eye-catching",1 225344,"Or some damn thing .",0 75451,"been able to share his story so compellingly with us is a minor miracle",1 122639,"humorous and tender",1 196774,"depraved , incoherent , instantly disposable",0 223626,"Heartwarming here relies less on forced air than on Petter Næss ' delicate , clever direction ... and a wonderful , imaginative script by Axel Hellstenius .",1 61987,", is a treat .",1 198844,"filled with more holes than Clyde Barrow 's car",0 86106,"like you 've seen a movie instead of an endless trailer",1 36680,"says repeatedly throughout the movie",0 12499,"too long and unfocused",0 78879,"emerges a radiant character portrait .",1 1097,"goofily endearing",1 139165,"wannabe film",0 27842,"a solid mixture",1 23987,", while at the same time being a most touching reconsideration of the familiar masterpiece",1 38589,"the result is a compelling slice of awkward emotions",1 169485,"pure slapstick",1 40331,"wonderful portrait",1 180056,"'s tough being a black man in America , especially when the Man has taken away your car , your work-hours and denied you health insurance .",0 143991,"B-film",0 34943,"nonstop parade",1 203656,"is unusual but unfortunately also irritating .",0 205402,"loosely connected characters and",0 188869,"There are deeply religious and spiritual people in this world who would argue that entering a church , synagogue or temple does n't mean you have to check your brain at the door .",1 52160,"gloriously",1 92385,"sexism to Monday Morning that undercuts its charm",0 28356,"an exceedingly clever piece of cinema . another great ` what you do n't see ' is much more terrifying than what you do",1 145939,"I 'm actually having a hard time believing people were paid to make it",0 166349,"most succinct review",1 63539,"A very capable nailbiter .",1 124394,"is one helluva singer",1 190698,"a great story , terrifically told by the man who wrote it",1 104756,"Bisset delivers a game performance ,",1 232765,"is tenderly observant of his characters .",1 222479,"As written by Michael Berg and Michael J. Wilson from a story by Wilson , this relentless , all-wise-guys-all-the-time approach tries way too hard and gets tiring in no time at all .",0 7142,"highly recommended viewing for its courage , ideas , technical proficiency and great acting .",1 233612,"major waste",0 184744,"I was trying to decide what annoyed me most about God is Great ... I 'm Not , and then I realized that I just did n't care",0 77181,"confirms Tezuka 's status as both the primary visual influence",1 199722,"gag two or three times",0 149765,"The problem is n't that the movie hits so close to home so much as that it hits close to home while engaging in such silliness as that snake-down-the-throat business and the inevitable shot of Schwarzenegger outrunning a fireball .",0 114994,"as mushy as peas",0 126409,"lousy Guy Ritchie imitation",0 184099,"Gaping plot holes sink this ` sub '",0 94303,"tenderly observant of his characters . He watches them as they float within the seas of their personalities . His scenes are short and often unexpected",1 78059,"despite the gratuitous cinematic distractions impressed upon it , is still good fun .",1 18371,", but Bishop and Stevenson are standouts .",1 44074,"A first-class road movie that proves you can run away from home , but your ego",1 124687,"is the one thing that holds interest in the midst of a mushy , existential exploration of why men leave their families",1 62092,", memorable cinematic experience",1 27665,"a masterful piece of artistry right here",1 175393,"this film teaches all too well",1 28512,"and applaud",1 219773,"with lots of sloppiness",0 108442,"Pokemon 4Ever practically assures that the pocket monster movie franchise is nearly ready to keel over",0 4305,"a well-made thriller with a certain level of intelligence and non-reactionary morality .",1 169290,"prime sports cliche",0 183576,"Donovan ... squanders his main asset , Jackie Chan",0 117845,"dangerously collide",0 10982,"technical proficiency",1 154119,"as an occasionally insightful acting exercise .",1 216388,"this forgettable effort",0 16373,"its deceptive grimness",0 225148,"No , it 's the repetition of said behavior , and so Children of the Century is more mindless love than mad , more grating and boring than anything else .",0 44112,"A gorgeous , witty , seductive movie .",1 86039,"like a docu-drama but builds its multi-character story with a flourish .",1 21131,"its ambitions are equally -- and admirably -- uncommercial .",1 142220,", however ambitious and well-intentioned ,",1 134964,"the capable Clayburgh and Tambor really do a great job of anchoring the characters in the emotional realities of middle age .",1 94912,"that the shocking conclusion is too much of a plunge",0 149299,"The director , with his fake backdrops and stately pacing ,",0 139929,"will live up to the apparent skills of its makers and the talents of its actors",1 200282,"guilt-suffused melodrama",0 4355,"about this love story",1 214153,"the assumption that its '' dead wife communicating from beyond the grave '' framework is even remotely new or interesting",0 62437,", you 'll like it .",1 189345,"Unfortunately , One Hour Photo lives down to its title . Thanks largely to Williams , all the interesting developments are processed in 60 minutes --",0 191305,"a serious contender",1 223676,"Hollywood is n't laughing with us , folks",0 58820,"the very least for its spasms of absurdist",0 163919,"it skirts around any scenes that might have required genuine acting from Ms . Spears",0 92995,"so unabashedly Canadian , not afraid to risk American scorn or",1 41498,"absolutely no meaning ,",0 183092,"Christ",0 141964,", Dogma films can produce the same sleep-inducing effects as watching your neighbor 's home videos .",0 173917,"the film is so mired in juvenile and near-xenophobic pedagogy that it 's enough to make one pine for the day when Godard can no longer handle the rigors of filmmaking .",0 83920,"is a very silly movie",1 38030,"the best kind : informative , revealing and richly entertaining",1 193632,"as those monologues stretch on and on , you realize there 's no place for this story to go but down",0 158043,"dullness",0 204420,"jumps around with little logic or continuity , presenting backstage bytes of information that never amount to a satisfying complete picture of this particular , anciently demanding métier",0 116598,"can impart an almost visceral sense of dislocation and change",1 158366,"equally lovely but also",1 137494,"to comparing The Evil Dead with Evil Dead II",0 22574,"top notch",1 211751,"skunk",0 81917,"have received such a sophisticated and unsentimental treatment on the big screen as they do in this marvelous film .",1 211871,"smiling for the camera than typical documentary footage which hurts the overall impact of the film",0 66347,"In a summer of clones , Harvard Man is something rare and riveting : a wild ride that relies on more than special effects .",1 167062,"numbingly predictable",0 78140,"difficult for the audience",0 106175,"Has nothing",0 158587,"exasperatingly",0 171881,"stale candy , something from a Halloween that died",0 119897,"feels as immediate as the latest news footage from Gaza and , because of its heightened , well-shaped dramas , twice as powerful",1 134590,"that the rampantly designed Equilibrium becomes a concept doofus",0 212735,"stunningly trite",0 13202,"without passion or politics",0 74480,"around some flawed but rather unexceptional women , emerging with a fine character study that 's short on plot but rich in the tiny revelations of real life",1 20680,"grandeur and scale to satisfy as grown-up escapism",1 89999,"packed with inventive cinematic tricks and an ironically killer soundtrack",1 171457,"so much money",0 227737,"a Xerox machine rather than ( writer-director ) Franc",0 63437,"A subtle , humorous , illuminating study",1 235912,"some unpaid intern",0 39964,"what movies are supposed to be",1 84070,"is boldly , confidently orchestrated , aesthetically and sexually",1 39978,"what you do n't see",0 146456,"It 's been 13 months and 295 preview screenings since I last walked out on a movie , but",0 123870,"is actually dying a slow death , if the poor quality of Pokemon 4 Ever is any indication .",0 80342,"for taking the sometimes improbable story and making it",1 187109,"Sarah 's dedication to finding her husband seems more psychotic than romantic , and",0 235544,"seem to be in a contest to see who can out-bad-act the other",0 73369,"alive and",1 71808,"a heartfelt romance for teenagers",1 17947,"us because it is so incisive , so bleakly amusing about how we go about our lives",1 113505,"against governmental odds",0 71347,"a canny crowd pleaser",1 136161,"the right stuff for silly summer entertainment",1 26304,"Only an epic documentary",1 170018,"required poignancy ,",0 221194,", Ms. Shreve 's novel proved too difficult a text to ` lick , ' despite the efforts of a first-rate cast .",0 11629,"the most high-concept sci",1 170329,"same teenage American road-trip drek",0 120474,"for purposes of bland Hollywood romance",0 131300,"remains surprisingly idealistic",1 102705,", like me , think an action film disguised as a war tribute is disgusting to begin with",0 199676,"fumbles the vital action sequences",0 178419,"wincing back in repugnance",0 149190,"The acting is stiff , the story lacks all trace of wit , the sets look like they were borrowed from Gilligan 's Island -- and the CGI Scooby might well be the worst special-effects creation of the year",0 193376,"as a numbingly dull experience",0 228031,"a movie like Ballistic : Ecks Vs. Sever is more of an ordeal than an amusement .",0 84650,"is still able to create an engaging story that keeps you guessing at almost every turn .",1 7385,"implausible platonic romance that makes chaplin 's city lights",1 40063,"who think and talk about their goals , and are working on hard decisions",1 26464,"Rich in detail , gorgeously shot and beautifully acted",1 144122,"Benigni ( who stars and co-wrote ) seems to be having a wonderful time",1 123904,"is an accomplished actress",1 121890,"hateful",0 113507,"against humanity",0 48843,"amazing job",1 167179,"of Christian love and compassion",1 222508,"Audacious-impossible yet compelling ...",1 16412,"keenly observed",1 62462,"- kids-cute sentimentality by a warmth that is n't faked",1 37415,"stylish and energetic one-shot",1 139377,"we can enjoy as mild escapism",1 141693,"'s trying to reap from the moviegoing public",0 21050,"is predictable",0 206677,"much more like a cartoon in the end",0 5382,"by the end , you just do n't care whether that cold-hearted snake petrovich ( that would be reno ) gets his comeuppance . just bring on the battle bots , please !",0 18274,"'s a vastness implied in Metropolis that is just breathtaking",1 177056,"ultimately does n't learn at the center of a kids ' story",0 48650,"acting is the heart and soul of cinema . He allows his cast members to make creative contributions to the story and dialogue .",1 119488,"excruciating",0 132363,"should not get the first and last look at one of the most triumphant performances of Vanessa Redgrave 's career .",1 77468,"coupled with pitch-perfect acting",1 145192,"Ever see one of those comedies that just seem like a bad idea from frame one ?",0 81977,"he allows a gawky actor like Spall -- who could too easily become comic relief in any other film -- to reveal his impressively delicate range",1 191142,"a prince of a fellow",1 156923,"covering all the drama",1 59864,"via Kirsten Dunst 's remarkable performance",1 37064,"so amusingly contrived and outlandish",1 154321,"assess the quality of the manipulative engineering . Average , at best , I 'm afraid",0 233950,"more than satisfactory",1 144587,"Conforms itself with creating a game of ` who 's who ' ... where the characters ' moves are often more predictable than their consequences .",0 211054,"seem to have much emotional impact on the characters",1 23140,"'s neither as romantic nor as thrilling as it should be .",0 179715,"'s dull , spiritless , silly and monotonous : an ultra-loud blast of pointless mayhem , going nowhere fast",0 195645,"cheesy backdrops ,",0 4671,"an intelligent romantic thriller of a very old-school kind of quality .",1 77924,"delightfully charming -- and",1 115744,"been readily dismissed as the tiresome rant of an aging filmmaker still thumbing his nose at convention",0 198332,"expect from the guy-in-a-dress genre",0 69853,"The quirky and recessive charms",1 223754,"I became mad that I wasted 123 minutes and $ 9.50 on this 21st century",0 69523,"The film 's messages of tolerance and diversity are n't particularly original , but one ca n't help but be drawn in by the sympathetic characters .",1 13591,", if not very imaginative ,",0 65193,"Drug abuse , infidelity and",0 137477,"to care about the character",1 74182,"any stylish sizzle",1 79014,"engrossing and infectiously enthusiastic documentary",1 165636,"manages just to be depressing , as the lead actor phones in his autobiographical performance",0 94770,"that makes Michael Jordan jealous",0 4806,"are so excellent",1 217251,"to play Hannibal Lecter again , even though Harris has no immediate inclination to provide a fourth book",0 133781,"sympathy really belongs with any viewer forced to watch him try out so many complicated facial expressions",0 138560,"uncanny tale",1 53439,"is cool . Paul Bettany playing Malcolm McDowell ? Cool",1 91355,"refreshing and",1 126157,"liked by the people who can still give him work",1 146103,"I once had a nightmare like this ,",0 20095,"because we would expect nothing less from this bunch",1 90193,"perfect performance",1 165584,"makes its stupidity",0 37213,"spectacular scale",1 6831,"good guys and",1 201577,"if the filmmakers were worried the story would n't work without all those gimmicks",0 7263,"i 'm giving it thumbs down due to the endlessly repetitive scenes of embarrassment .",0 174390,"the nervy originality",1 79245,"even if it may still leave you wanting more answers as the credits",0 79683,"fare with real thematic heft",1 47686,"Writer and director Otar Iosseliani 's pleasant tale",1 184953,"Instead of using George and Lucy 's most obvious differences to ignite sparks , Lawrence desperately looks elsewhere , seizing on George 's haplessness and Lucy 's personality tics .",0 182635,"At every opportunity to do something clever , the film goes right over the edge and kills every sense of believability ...",0 222296,"An enjoyable comedy of lingual and cultural differences ... The Château is a film -- full of life and small delights -- that has all the wiggling energy of young kitten .",1 115530,"be lulled into a coma",0 58866,"the writing , acting and character development are a lot better",1 217933,"turning into a black hole of dullness",0 90647,"pretty decent",1 162731,"is almost impossible to follow",0 157837,"doing last year 's taxes with your ex-wife",0 59670,"uneasy",0 27777,"a reject",0 46599,"Reaches",0 183307,"DeMeo is not without talent : he just needs better material",1 31417,"exuberantly",1 104372,"An ugly-duckling tale so hideously and clumsily told it feels accidental .",0 110469,"This is a gorgeous film - vivid with color , music and life . Delight your senses and crash this wedding !",1 122012,"having a nightmare about bad cinema",0 224359,"It makes me say the obvious : Abandon all hope of a good movie ye who enter here .",0 2195,"satisfies our lust for fast-paced action",1 210628,"romanticized rendering",1 116243,"brings to the role her pale , dark beauty and characteristic warmth",1 191120,"a porno flick ( but none of the sheer lust )",0 211743,"skip the film and pick up the soundtrack",0 45284,"Forgettable",0 3677,"a comedy that swings and jostles to the rhythms of life",1 219827,"with the emphasis on self-empowering schmaltz and big-wave surfing that gives pic its title an afterthought",0 114496,"appeals to you",1 78691,"dynamic decades",1 5810,"crude",0 230527,"engaging fantasy",1 7439,"in its deft portrait of tinseltown",1 214471,"the efforts of its star , Kline , to lend some dignity to a dumb story",0 147390,"Maybe it 's asking too much , but if a movie is truly going to inspire me , I want a little more than this .",0 20711,"hard to know what to praise first",1 163631,"it 's at least watchable",0 162301,"intelligence and wit",1 5994,"dishonorable",0 26478,"Rohmer , now 82 , to find a way to bend current technique to the service of a vision of the past that is faithful to both architectural glories and commanding open spaces of the city as it was more than two centuries ago",1 52929,"in gratuitous sexualization",1 93926,"surprisingly ` solid ' achievement",1 20655,"gives a tremendous performance .",1 155413,"both sitcomishly predictable and cloying",0 190641,"a give-me-an-Oscar kind",1 141402,"'s kinda dumb . And second , what 's with all the shooting ?",0 40057,"who put themselves out there because they love what they do",1 235266,"reduce the chances that the appeal of Hey Arnold !",0 99516,"vulgarity , sex scenes , and cussing",0 44902,"Chilling , well-acted , and finely directed : David Jacobson 's Dahmer",1 77014,"coming-of-age film",1 170132,"ridiculous shoot",0 103862,"A sentimental mess that never rings true",0 208305,"offers an AIDS subtext , skims over the realities of gay sex , and presents yet another tired old vision of the gay community as an all-inclusive world where uptight , middle class bores like Antonia can feel good about themselves",0 104003,"A vivid , spicy footnote to history , and a movie that grips and holds you in rapt attention from",1 181163,", you wonder what anyone saw in this film that allowed it to get made .",0 37337,"still feel director Denis Villeneuve 's beating heart and the fondness he has for his characters",1 180604,", director Fisher Stevens inexplicably dips key moments from the film in Waking Life water colors .",0 19420,"While this film is not in the least surprising , it is still ultimately very satisfying . Think of it as a sort of comfort food for the mind .",1 179282,"' is banal in its message and the choice of material to convey it .",0 181527,"A beyond-lame satire ,",0 217462,"to the phrase ` fatal script error",0 160284,"got a headache watching this meaningless downer",0 145372,"Flashy",1 236538,"that stretches the running time about 10 minutes",0 48592,"absorbing movie that 's as hard to classify as it is hard to resist",1 51617,"few will argue that it ranks with the best of Herzog 's works",1 26754,"The acting alone is worth the price of admission .",1 170368,"satisfying entertainment",1 125764,"last 15 minutes",1 76555,"certainly raises the film above anything Sandler 's been attached to before .",1 108427,"Plunges you into a reality that is , more often then not , difficult and sad , and then , without sentimentalizing it or denying its brutality , transforms that reality into a lyrical and celebratory vision .",1 208841,"our moviemakers",1 199744,"gaping enough to pilot",1 117164,"combine into one terrific story with lots of laughs",1 204295,"its proper home",1 168778,"people who could n't pass an entrance exam",0 198140,"eventually works its way up to merely bad rather than painfully awful .",0 6802,"gives it that extra little something that makes it worth checking out at theaters , especially if you 're in the mood for something more comfortable than challenging",1 146586,"It 's often faintly amusing , but the problems of the characters never become important to us , and the story never takes hold",0 11161,"the abiding impression , despite the mild hallucinogenic buzz , is of overwhelming waste",0 190943,"a mildly funny , sometimes tedious , ultimately insignificant",0 160146,"glib soullessness",0 29659,"bold as anything the cinema",1 7605,"into everyman 's romance comedy",1 60922,"'s also a -- dare I say it twice -- delightfully charming -- and totally American , I might add -- slice of comedic bliss",1 146563,"It 's not original , and , robbed of the element of surprise , it does n't have any huge laughs in its story of irresponsible cops who love to play pranks .",0 130462,"positive ( if tragic ) note",1 235231,"really need a remake of `` Charade",1 117091,"clobbering the audience",0 134367,"that interest Attal and Gainsbourg",1 206893,"neglects to add the magic that made it all work",0 653,"but it works under the direction of kevin reynolds",1 228861,"are very expressive .",1 138790,"unusual , thoughtful",1 24267,"A big , gorgeous , sprawling swashbuckler that delivers its diversions in grand , uncomplicated fashion .",1 207302,"numbingly dull",0 61448,"( Hayek ) throws herself into this dream Hispanic role with a teeth-clenching gusto",1 32010,"genre storytelling , which gets under our skin simply by crossing the nuclear line .",1 233590,"ludicrous and contrived",0 142829,"... will always be remembered for the 9-11 terrorist attacks . After seeing the film , I can tell you that there 's no other reason why anyone should bother remembering it .",0 229997,"could have turned this into an Argentine retread of `` Iris '' or `` American Beauty , '' but instead pulls a little from each film and creates something more beautiful than either of those films .",1 13967,"Digital-video documentary about stand-up comedians is a great glimpse into a very different world .",1 139996,"winds up moving in many directions as it searches ( vainly , I think ) for something fresh to say",0 145828,"Historical dramas fused with love triangle is a well worn conceit . But this films lacks the passion required to sell the material",0 9805,"powerful direction",1 19371,"Though of particular interest to students and enthusiast of international dance and world music , the film is designed to make viewers of all ages",1 84421,"is n't a retooled genre piece , the tale of a guy and his gun , but an amiably idiosyncratic work .",1 25742,"It 's as close as we 'll ever come to looking through a photographer 's viewfinder as he works .",1 94163,"takes on Nickleby with all the halfhearted zeal of an 8th grade boy delving",1 29143,"as a clever , charming tale",1 14906,"admirable",1 35620,"on a visceral level that transcends language",1 105378,"Denver should not get the first and last look at one of the most triumphant performances of Vanessa Redgrave 's career . It deserves to be seen everywhere .",1 22906,"you ca n't put down",1 234985,"plods along methodically , somehow under the assumption that its `` dead wife communicating from beyond the grave '' framework is even remotely new or interesting .",0 200774,"have been richer and more observant if it were less densely plotted",0 33239,"is a marvel of reality versus sappy sentiment",1 23076,"'s a worthy companion to the many fine , focused films emerging from that most surprising of nations",1 49836,"bring fresh",1 118242,"digs beyond the usual portrayals of good kids and bad seeds to reveal a more ambivalent set of characters and motivations",1 154466,"authentically vague , but ultimately purposeless",0 64966,"Death to Smoochy is often very funny , but what 's even more remarkable is the integrity of DeVito 's misanthropic vision",1 112084,"a half dozen other trouble-in-the-ghetto flicks",0 49436,"award-winning",1 49462,"bad sign",0 72625,"a tale full of nuance and character dimension",1 143257,"A pathetic exploitation film",0 143067,"A disappointment",0 216118,"there 's something awfully deadly about any movie with a life-affirming message",0 33095,"intelligent , romantic and rapturous",1 13511,", a fascinating film replete with rewards to be had by all willing to make the effort to reap them",1 67905,"Not quite as miraculous as its DreamWorks makers would have you believe",0 166665,"never add up to as much as they promise .",0 185756,"Like a bad improvisation exercise , the superficially written characters ramble on tediously about their lives , loves and the art",0 160559,"hard to tell with all the crashing and banging where the salesmanship ends",0 145500,"Friday After Next has the same problem that Next Friday did",0 18067,"will tempt those willing to probe its inscrutable mysteries .",1 70136,"There is a freedom to watching stunts that are this crude , this fast-paced and this insane .",1 1410,"is that rare animal known as ' a perfect family film , ' because it 's about family",1 144652,"Credibility levels are low and character development a non-starter .",0 20272,"committed performances",1 141235,"'s as flat as an open can of pop left sitting in the sun .",0 206582,"mount a cogent defense of the film as entertainment , or even performance art , although the movie does leave you marveling at these guys ' superhuman capacity to withstand pain",0 104096,"Affable if not timeless",1 46168,"Meyjes ' provocative film",1 143175,"A long-winded ,",0 104129,"All movie",1 129078,"of the movie 's success",1 152047,"a meltdown",0 32316,"has made before , like Beau Travil and Nenette et Boni , could prepare us for this gory , perverted , sex-soaked riff on the cannibal genre .",0 77888,"dehumanizing",0 110462,"This is a dark , gritty , sometimes funny little gem .",1 81512,"hallelujah for small favors",1 172751,"than fitfully entertaining",1 117274,"comic parody and pulp melodrama , this smart-aleck movie ... tosses around some intriguing questions about the difference between human and android life",1 221262,", and totally disorientated",0 104964,"Cagney 's ` top of the world '",1 91152,"re-assess the basis for our lives and evaluate what is truly ours in a world of meaningless activity",1 7438,"in its courageousness , and comedic employment",1 217878,"try to create characters out of the obvious cliches ,",0 4499,"all the writhing and wailing",0 91145,"raw-nerved story",1 48687,"admire ... the intensity with which he 's willing to express his convictions",1 84621,"is so different from The Apple and so striking that it can only encourage us to see Samira Makhmalbaf as a very distinctive sensibility , working to develop her own film language with conspicuous success",1 113901,"an admirable reconstruction of terrible events , and a fitting",1 234932,"photographed with colour and depth , and rather a good time .",1 226339,"The most repugnant adaptation of a classic text since Roland Joffé and Demi Moore",0 68642,"Scotland looks wonderful , the fans are often funny fanatics , the showdown sure beats a bad day of golf",1 46057,"MIB II '' succeeds due to its rapid-fire delivery and enough inspired levity that it ca n't be dismissed as mindless .",1 120353,"for a director I admire",1 19478,"a dazzlingly self-assured directorial debut",1 136736,"there 's no plot in this Antonio Banderas-Lucy Liu faceoff . It 's still terrible",0 29811,"but his script and direction hums",1 28663,"and in that way that makes us consider our own eccentricities and how they are expressed through our homes",1 43222,"'s better",1 162692,"is a truly , truly bad movie .",0 235039,"predictably finds it difficult to sustain interest in his profession after the family tragedy",0 47462,"Trademark American triteness and simplicity are tossed out the window with the intelligent French drama that deftly explores the difficult relationship between a father and son .",1 80591,"from a stunningly unoriginal premise",0 182096,"A weird little movie that 's amusing enough while you watch it , offering fine acting moments and pungent insights into modern L . A . 's show-biz and media subcultures . But it does n't leave you with much",1 159693,"from a bad case of arrested development",0 74048,"and powerful documentary",1 83727,"is Leguizamo 's best movie work so far , a subtle and richly internalized performance .",1 58718,"the situation in a well-balanced fashion",1 118244,"digs into their very minds",1 157037,"crude '70s throwback",0 142196,", he loses the richness of characterization that makes his films so memorable",0 94341,"terrifying film",1 66795,"It zips along with B-movie verve while adding the rich details and go-for-broke acting that heralds something special .",1 9597,"pandering",0 229251,"because the movie is ugly to look at and not a Hollywood product",0 60999,"'s definitely worth",1 69795,"The otherwise good-naturedness of Mr . Deeds , with its embrace of sheer goofiness and cameos",1 183145,"Cold , Sterile And Lacking",0 105897,"French filmmaker Karim Dridi that celebrates the hardy spirit of Cuban music",1 27114,"Uses sharp humor and insight into human nature to examine class conflict",1 46361,"Not since Tom Cruise in Risky Business has an actor made such a strong impression in his underwear .",1 44758,"Both flawed and delayed",0 154128,"as anything much more",1 223303,"Execrable .",0 18147,"yet -- unlike Quills -- deftly shows us the temper of the times",1 106327,"How to Kill Your Neighbor 's Dog is slight but unendurable",0 94598,"that contains some hefty thematic material on time , death , eternity , and what",1 220844,"'s horribly wrong",0 214303,"the cinematic equivalent of high humidity",0 87427,"most good-hearted yet sensual",1 58195,"the delicate performances",1 15642,"enjoyable , Conan-esque claptrap",1 229258,"become a classic , but forgive me if I 've come to expect more from this studio than some 79-minute after-school `` cartoon ''",0 226503,"The story really has no place to go since Simone is not real",0 146416,"It 's a grab bag of genres that do n't add up to a whole lot of sense .",0 51516,"fanciful direction",1 185751,"Like Mike is a slight and uninventive movie :",0 212304,"speculative effort",1 128159,"nothing compared to the movie 's contrived , lame screenplay and listless direction",0 151272,"a Chinese film depict a homosexual relationship in a mature and frank fashion",1 162653,"is a paper bag to wear over his head when he goes out into public , to avoid being recognized as the man who bilked unsuspecting moviegoers .",0 109533,"The acting is fine but",1 55083,"no one would notice -- but it 's a pleasurable trifle .",1 154740,"be funny , and",1 152501,"a statement and issue worthy",1 114718,"are worth particular attention",1 140454,"works on the whodunit level as its larger themes get lost in the murk of its own making",0 51576,"feel genuinely good",1 26442,"Reign of Fire looks as if it was made without much thought -- and is best watched that way .",1 109087,"Sometimes we feel as if the film careens from one colorful event to another without respite , but sometimes it must have seemed to Frida Kahlo as if her life did , too",1 215399,"the power of their surroundings",1 85994,"lifts Blue Crush into one of the summer 's most pleasurable movies",1 63008,"A film that will enthrall the whole family .",1 174229,"the low-grade cheese standards",0 31452,"familial jealousy",0 182421,"An incredibly irritating comedy",0 109741,"The end result is like cold porridge with only the odd enjoyably chewy lump .",0 183580,"Donovan ... squanders his main asset , Jackie Chan , and fumbles the vital action sequences .",0 122586,"huge box-office",1 218970,"wears out its welcome as tryingly as the title character",0 224557,"Lacks the inspiration of the original and",0 71039,"Wonder , hope and magic",1 70151,"These characters are so well established that the gang feels comfortable with taking insane liberties and doing the goofiest stuff out of left field ,",1 215027,"the mere suggestion of serial killers",1 172811,"than this oddly cheerful -- but not particularly funny -- body-switching farce",0 209418,"plenty of time to ponder my Thanksgiving to-do list",0 144518,"Clayburgh and Tambor are charming performers :",1 54195,"left well enough alone and just",0 212866,"sucks , but has a funny moment or two",0 178227,"who inject far more good-natured spirit and talent into this project than it deserves",0 143636,"All this turns out to be neither funny nor provocative - only dull .",0 72402,"a sincerely crafted picture that deserves to emerge from the traffic jam of holiday movies",1 188520,"The pacing is deadly , the narration helps little and Naipaul , a juicy writer , is negated .",0 23277,") all over the stage , dancing , running , sweating , mopping his face and generally displaying the wacky talent that brought him fame in the first place",1 160955,"he 's shaking up a classic the way Kenneth Branagh and Baz Luhrmann have",1 198898,"find an enthusiastic audience",1 230659,"except for the annoying demeanour of its lead character .",0 202978,"is hardly a perverse , dangerous libertine and agitator -- which would have made for better drama . He 's just a sad aristocrat in tattered finery",0 227649,"`` appalling ''",0 230625,"every bit as distinctive",1 3233,"you love him",1 180520,", around the halfway mark it takes an abrupt turn into glucose sentimentality and laughable contrivance .",0 103208,"... continue to impress",1 18719,"Behan himself knew how to spin a tale and one",1 140770,"you laugh",1 71957,"a masterpiece of nuance and characterization ,",1 108068,"Not really a thriller so much as a movie for teens to laugh , groan and hiss at .",0 236107,"subtle humour from Bebe Neuwirth",1 84743,"is the performance of Gedeck , who makes Martha enormously endearing",1 225206,"Not so much a movie as a picture book for the big screen .",0 205596,"made me want to pack raw dough in my ears",0 57763,"that deals with first love sweetly but also seriously .",1 69465,"The direction has a fluid , no-nonsense authority , and",1 232107,"insanely funny",1 225673,"Sad nonsense ,",0 40878,"Earns its laughs",1 136879,"this Nicholas Nickleby finds itself in reduced circumstances -- and , also like its hero , it remains brightly optimistic , coming through in the end .",1 184648,"I did n't smile .",0 198283,"excited about on this DVD",1 83313,"infamy",0 146570,"It 's not the ultimate Depression-era gangster movie .",0 28006,"about a father and son connection that is a brief shooting star of love",1 52255,"great impression",1 31081,"empty and unsatisfying",0 115137,"astounds .",1 202972,"is grossly contradictory in conveying its social message , if indeed there is one .",0 224068,"Instead of simply handling conventional material in a conventional way , Secretary takes the most unexpected material and handles it in the most unexpected way .",1 216819,"to add the magic that made it all work",1 41340,"This romantic thriller is steeped in the atmosphere of wartime England ,",1 83401,"inside the wave",1 110529,"This misty-eyed Southern nostalgia piece , in treading the line between sappy and sanguine",1 95729,"the first part making up for any flaws that come later",1 52359,"hard-to-predict and absolutely essential",1 183583,"Dreary tale of middle-class angst",0 177652,"was glad",1 15034,"and good lines for everyone in this comedy",1 773,"decent",1 22802,"will impress even those viewers who have little patience for Euro-film pretension",1 3897,"a juicy writer",1 201907,"in its crapulence",0 193540,"as often it 's meandering , low on energy , and too eager to be quirky at moments when a little old-fashioned storytelling would come in handy",0 69054,"Superbly",1 23906,", the film is a refreshingly serious look at young women .",1 155083,"being trapped at a perpetual frat party ... How can something so gross be so boring ?",0 195229,"by the sick sense of humor",0 233563,"love Cinema Paradiso , whether the original version or new Director 's Cut",1 191928,"action-oriented World War II adventure",1 53299,"is a jolly surprise .",1 183970,"For a movie about the power of poetry and passion , there is precious little of either .",0 232158,"into ` an inspiring tale of survival wrapped in the heart-pounding suspense of a stylish psychological thriller '",1 132812,"so-called satire",0 198228,"everything that 's good",1 143386,"A synthesis of cliches and absurdities that seems positively decadent in its cinematic flash and emptiness .",0 189025,"This is rote spookiness , with nary an original idea ( or role , or edit , or score , or anything , really ) in sight , and the whole of the proceedings beg the question ` Why ? '",0 208793,"original inspiration",1 40149,"winsome cast",1 102269,", I ca n't see why any actor of talent would ever work in a McCulloch production again if they looked at how this movie turned out .",0 17593,"the most fun you 'll ever have with a documentary",1 146199,"If somebody was bored and ... decided to make a dull , pretentious version of Jesus ' Son",0 139263,"was n't just bad",0 177381,"vacant",0 164194,"itself is uninteresting ,",0 95664,"the film is well under way -- and yet it 's hard to stop watching",1 121229,"go down with a ship as leaky",0 70556,"Unexpected moments of authentically impulsive humor",1 233068,"it marks him as one of the most interesting writer\/directors working today .",1 214853,"the insanity",0 214733,"the gloomy film noir veil",0 215916,"the worst comedy",0 171074,"silly , self-indulgent",0 226364,"The movie is hardly a masterpiece , but it does mark Ms. Bullock 's best work in some time .",1 126839,"masterpiece . It is , however , a completely honest , open-hearted",1 195836,"clumsy dialogue , heavy-handed phoney-feeling sentiment , and",0 19124,"Münch 's genuine insight makes the film 's occasional overindulgence forgivable .",1 101722,"'s just impossible not to feel nostalgia for movies you grew up with",1 208532,"on ugly digital video",0 170456,"scorns",0 115911,"better films",0 100899,"worthwhile moviegoing experience",1 195451,"care about the truth",1 99313,"vengeance",0 234508,"of sustained intelligence from Stanford and another of subtle humour from Bebe Neuwirth",1 232786,"is that it progresses in such a low-key manner that it risks monotony",0 178403,"will stomp away in disgust",0 202572,"is a fragmented film",0 213965,"that you and they were in another movie",0 206377,"more engaged and honest",1 50986,"dogged good will of the parents and ` vain ' Jia 's defoliation of ego , make the film touching despite some doldrums",1 228231,"a turkey",0 57364,"stock plot",0 171189,"skates blithely from one implausible situation to another , pausing only to tie up loose ends with more bows than you 'll find on a French poodle",0 152127,"a movie that is n't really good enough to be in theaters",0 81365,"great help",1 157648,"do n't fit well together",0 54908,"moved to the edge of their seats",1 18277,"'s a world-class actor with Confessions of a Dangerous Mind .",1 205757,"making reference to other films and trying to be other films",0 63825,"An affectionately goofy satire that 's unafraid to throw elbows when necessary ...",1 155104,"believing people were paid to make it",0 198278,"excessively tiresome",0 30026,"captivating cross-cultural comedy",1 79152,"environmental pollution",0 83602,"intolerance has the power to deform families , then tear them apart",0 111618,"a charming and evoking little ditty",1 119076,"energizing",1 84787,"is ultimately",1 131689,"runs out of ideas",0 12450,"to watch witherspoon 's talents wasting away inside unnecessary films like legally blonde and sweet home abomination , i mean , alabama",0 46341,"No screen fantasy-adventure in recent memory has the showmanship of Clones ' last 45 minutes .",1 129793,"our respect",1 169654,"rather clumsy original",0 162857,"is difficult to connect with on any deeper level",0 69418,"The case is a convincing one , and should give anyone with a conscience reason to pause .",1 105,"` get in the car , bitch , '",0 36590,"risky",0 37315,"steeped in the atmosphere of wartime England",1 145834,"Hit and miss as far as the comedy goes and a big ole ' miss in the way of story",0 20852,"if you 're in a mind set for goofy comedy , the troopers will entertain with their gross outs , bawdy comedy and head games .",1 183455,"Director Shekhar Kapur and screenwriters Michael Schiffer and Hossein Amini have tried hard to modernize and reconceptualize things ,",1 117523,"cop flick cliches",0 217570,"too burdened by the actor",0 94560,"that as a director Washington demands and receives excellent performances",1 235142,"puzzle whose pieces do not fit",0 29733,"breathes surprising new life into the familiar by amalgamating genres and adding true human complexity to its not-so-stock characters .",1 123925,"is an unsettling picture of childhood innocence combined with indoctrinated prejudice .",1 191215,"a retread story , bad writing , and",0 56657,"rounded and revealing",1 21280,"makes complex politics understandable to viewers looking for nothing but energetic entertainment",1 21550,"of style and substance",1 125999,"light-hearted profile",1 106171,"Has its moments -- and almost as many subplots",1 53788,"it carries the same strengths and flaws",0 181636,"A dull , simple-minded and stereotypical tale",0 77240,"considered career-best performances",1 207296,"numbing . Proof of this is Ballistic : Ecks vs . Sever",0 151815,"a good ear for dialogue ,",1 227141,"Who , exactly , is fighting whom here",0 63112,"A heartbreakingly thoughtful minor classic , the work of a genuine and singular artist .",1 18473,", the kind of movie that invites you to pick apart its faults even as you have to admit that somehow it hit you where you live",1 178795,"worked this hard to achieve this little fun",0 211041,"seem so impersonal or even shallow",0 38602,"the roots of friendship and sexual identity",1 152643,"a very complex situation",1 206207,"minus the twisted humor and eye-popping visuals",1 48686,"admire ...",1 70652,"Volletta Wallace 's maternal fury , her fearlessness",1 157765,"does n't go far enough .",0 87879,"nicely wound clock not just ticking , but humming",1 65355,"Even bigger and more ambitious than the first installment",1 36025,"plan on the perfect ending",1 142030,", Roberto Benigni 's Pinocchio is an astonishingly bad film .",0 77945,"delivering in good measure",1 180463,", Walt Becker 's film pushes all the demographically appropriate comic buttons .",1 104678,"Believes so fervently in humanity that it feels almost anachronistic",1 24417,"A pro-fat farce that overcomes much of its excessive moral baggage thanks to two appealing lead performances .",1 200498,"has all the trappings of an energetic , extreme-sports adventure , but ends up more of a creaky '' Pretty Woman '' retread , with the emphasis on self-empowering schmaltz and big-wave surfing that gives pic its title an afterthought .",0 67471,"Mastering its formidable arithmetic of cameras and souls , Group articulates a flood of emotion .",1 36566,"richly",1 854,"dream",1 44255,"A smart , steamy mix of road movie , coming-of-age story and political satire .",1 56350,"quirky cast",1 48195,"a memorable performance",1 101647,"'s better than one might expect when you look at the list of movies starring Ice-T in a major role .",1 91433,"remains prominent , as do the girls ' amusing personalities",1 192250,"all the values of a straight-to-video movie",0 63952,"An undeniably gorgeous , terminally smitten document of a troubadour , his acolytes , and the triumph of his band .",1 118738,"drooling idiots",0 43468,", I must report that the children of varying ages in my audience never coughed , fidgeted or romped up and down the aisles for bathroom breaks .",1 18387,", but then fizzles like a wet stick of dynamite at the very end .",0 64780,"Conduct in a low , smoky and inviting sizzle",1 101981,"'s unlikely to become a household name on the basis of his first starring vehicle .",0 120983,"generate the belly laughs of lowbrow comedy without sacrificing its high-minded appeal",1 202980,"is honestly",1 216163,"there surrender $ 9 and",0 88600,"of genuine insight into the urban heart",1 196706,"delight Plympton 's legion of fans",1 216628,"thriller remarkable only for its lack of logic and misuse of two fine actors , Morgan Freeman and Ashley Judd",0 208393,"on a 10-year delay",1 181990,"A sleep-inducing thriller with a single twist that everyone except the characters in it can see coming a mile away .",0 136715,"then the film is a pleasant enough dish .",1 62628,"112-minute",1 139282,"wasted in this crass , low-wattage endeavor",0 81122,"gives us the perfect starting point for a national conversation about guns , violence , and fear",1 143442,"A woozy , roisterous , exhausting mess ,",0 214292,"the chatter",1 27749,"a profound way",1 40902,"Finds a way to tell a simple story , perhaps the simplest story of all , in a way that seems compelling and even original",1 200752,"have been a painless time-killer becomes instead a grating endurance test",0 153522,"an unsettling sight , and indicative of his , if you will , out-of-kilter character , who rambles aimlessly through ill-conceived action pieces",0 181650,"A fake street drama that keeps telling you things instead of showing them .",0 112025,"a glorified sitcom , and a long , unfunny one at that",0 161892,"in its attempts",1 214053,"the Internet",1 204242,"its mind -- maybe too much",0 197514,"dreadfully short",0 12156,"this is n't exactly profound cinema ,",0 144472,"Choppy editing",0 227796,"a bright , light modern day family parable that wears its heart on its sleeve for all to see",1 211343,"shake the feeling that it was intended to be a different kind of film",0 223116,"Despite bearing the Paramount imprint , it 's a bargain-basement European pickup .",0 24676,"And that 's a big part of why we go to the movies",1 66464,"It 's a beautiful film , full of elaborate and twisted characters -",1 194922,"bravura performance",1 61132,"'s much to recommend the film .",1 221646,", this opera is n't a favorite , so it 's a long time before the fat lady sings .",0 179444,"'re left with a sour taste in your mouth",0 86410,"low-key romantic comedy",1 170414,"scary enough",1 171362,"smothered in the excesses of writer-director Roger Avary",0 88913,"of sulky teen drama and overcoming-obstacles sports-movie triumph",1 4648,"an equally beautiful , self-satisfied 18-year-old",1 133668,"surely read The Catcher in the Rye but clearly suffers from dyslexia",0 53726,"it 's an eye-opener .",1 42859,"the slapstick antics and",1 169822,"recommend Big Bad Love",1 121965,"have made a remarkable film that explores the monster 's psychology not in order to excuse him but rather to demonstrate that his pathology evolved from human impulses that grew hideously twisted .",1 105166,"Combines a comically dismal social realism with a farcically bawdy fantasy of redemption and regeneration .",1 38442,"the most navel-gazing film ever",0 44105,"A good piece",1 49034,"and compelling story",1 68454,"Rises )",1 236928,"the first movie based on J.K. Rowling 's phenomenal fantasy best sellers",1 9625,"passable enough for a shoot-out in the o . k . court house of life type of flick .",1 190649,"a gobbler like this",1 57373,"stopped thinking about how good it all was , and started doing nothing but reacting to it - feeling a part of its grand locations , thinking urgently as the protagonists struggled , feeling at the mercy of its inventiveness , gasping at its visual delights",1 203133,"is murder by numbers , and as easy to be bored by as your ABC 's ,",0 51486,"fairly uneventful",0 200148,"gore for suspense .",0 101555,"'s a very tasteful rock and roll movie .",1 133169,"spy film The Sum",1 141022,"'m not sure these words have ever been together in the same sentence",0 96947,"the unsettled tenor of that post 9-11 period far better",1 62768,"A Song For Martin is made infinitely more wrenching by the performances of real-life spouses Seldahl and Wollter",1 179820,"'s left of his passe ' chopsocky glory",0 228122,"a riot",1 187922,"The acting is just fine , but there 's not enough substance here to sustain interest for the full 90 minutes , especially with the weak payoff .",0 181664,"A feel-good movie",1 133104,"spend $ 9 on the same stuff you can get for a buck or so in that greasy little vidgame pit in the theater lobby",0 157667,"do n't really seem all that profound , at least by way of what can be gleaned from this three-hour endurance test built around an hour 's worth of actual material",0 31958,"fun to entertain the preschool set while embracing a wholesome attitude",1 19659,"abuses",0 50313,"commercial yet inventive",1 48835,"also refreshingly literary",1 116437,"by predictable plotting and tiresome histrionics",0 213310,"terms of authenticity",1 149202,"The actors are forced to grapple with hazy motivations that never come into focus .",0 135435,"the funniest film",1 68091,"Pan Nalin 's exposition is beautiful and mysterious , and the interviews that follow , with the practitioners of this ancient Indian practice , are as subtle and as enigmatic .",1 84163,"is enriched by an imaginatively mixed cast of antic spirits , headed by Christopher Plummer as the subtlest and most complexly evil Uncle Ralph I 've ever seen in the many film and stage adaptations of the work",1 1007,"for a new hal hartley movie",0 172613,"telegraphed episodes smell of old soap opera",0 60151,"who can relate to the search for inner peace by dramatically depicting the lives of others onstage",0 158760,"fails to live up to the sum of its parts",0 63699,"All in all , a great party .",1 102079,"( Davis ) wants to cause his audience an epiphany , yet he refuses to give us real situations and characters .",0 60451,"wonderful tale",1 200125,"good things to offer",1 22002,"so lovingly and perceptively filmed that you can almost taste the desiccated air",1 59441,"told with sharp ears and eyes for the tenor of the times",1 28854,"and the preteen girls who worship Lil ' Bow Wow",1 126927,"maybe twice )",1 115196,"at such a furiously funny pace",1 96016,"the leads ) are such a companionable couple",1 102556,", he staggers in terms of story .",0 215884,"the week blown up for the big screen",0 7088,"helps make the film 's conclusion powerful and satisfying",1 136030,"the poor quality of Pokemon 4",0 161557,"if De Palma spent an hour setting a fancy table and then served up Kraft Macaroni and Cheese",0 9637,"past a child 's interest and an adult 's patience",0 150813,"What John does is heroic",1 60335,"with an unforgettable visual panache",1 198137,"eventually goes overboard with a loony melodramatic denouement in which a high school swimming pool substitutes for a bathtub .",0 14103,"I loved it ! Gollum 's ` performance ' is incredible !",1 66375,"In some ways , Lagaan is quintessential Bollywood . Except it 's much , much better .",1 11053,"that covers our deepest , media-soaked fears",0 236065,"story to suit the sensibilities of a young American , a decision that plucks `` The Four Feathers ''",1 47836,"a bit exploitative but also nicely done , morally alert and street-smart",1 126871,"may ... work as a jaunt down memory lane for teens and young adults who grew up on televised Scooby-Doo shows or reruns .",1 160522,"haphazard script",0 150382,"To Be Really Awful",0 86350,"love , memory , history and",1 221054,"( City ) reminds us how realistically nuanced a Robert De Niro performance can be when he is not more lucratively engaged in the shameless self-caricature of ` Analyze This ' ( 1999 ) and ` Analyze That , ' promised ( or threatened ) for later this year .",1 193481,"as if it were an obligation .",0 25576,"Home Alabama",1 37298,"starts out as competent but unremarkable ... and gradually grows into something of considerable power",1 8726,"may prove too convoluted for fun-seeking summer audiences",0 30570,"dancing , running , sweating , mopping his face and generally displaying the wacky talent that brought him fame in the first place",1 173126,"that makes you want to like it",1 139694,"whimsical comedy",1 133959,"tell you how tedious",0 154777,"be more entertained getting hit by a bus",0 93980,"suspense , intriguing characters and bizarre bank robberies",1 125225,"its delightful cast",1 103576,"A film neither bitter nor sweet , neither romantic nor comedic , neither warm nor fuzzy .",1 80762,"fun and funny in the middle ,",1 32865,"in grand , uncomplicated fashion",1 213255,"telegraphs every discovery and layers on the gloss of convenience .",0 126946,"mean-spirited lashing",0 131127,"reassures us that he will once again be an honest and loving one",1 47253,"The solid filmmaking and",1 17633,"the reputation of the most famous author who ever lived",1 205491,"low-brow",0 138603,"underdeveloped effort",0 21710,"percolating",1 70962,"Willie would have loved it",1 146849,"Jason X is positively anti-Darwinian : nine sequels and 400 years later , the teens are none the wiser and Jason still kills on auto-pilot",0 184714,"I still want my money back",0 64206,"Ayres makes the right choices at every turn",1 157309,"deserve better than Pokemon 4Ever",0 66801,"Its almost too-spectacular coastal setting distracts slightly from an eccentric and good-naturedly aimless story .",1 137943,"to the highest degree",1 211534,"shout insults at the screen",0 203784,"it 's not scary in the slightest .",0 152622,"a train wreck of an action film --",0 123583,"into the 21st",1 72585,"a stunningly unoriginal premise",0 213110,"take us to that elusive , lovely place",1 171960,"steals wholesale from that 1982 's Tootsie , forgetting only to retain a single laugh",0 235645,"sham truths and",0 164720,"left with a superficial snapshot",0 26729,"The Hours is what movies are supposed to be",1 126507,"lyrical and celebratory vision",1 225268,"Odd and weird .",0 56034,"pitted against shimmering cinematography that lends the setting the ethereal beauty of an Asian landscape painting",1 21228,"like the new footage and still love the old stuff .",1 84933,"it 's potentially just as rewarding",1 164505,"labeling it a dog probably constitutes cruelty to canines",0 151381,"a bit of thematic meat on the bones of Queen of the Damned",1 119127,"enjoy this movie",1 226625,"This Sade is hardly a perverse , dangerous libertine and agitator -- which would have made for better drama .",0 40725,"A truly moving experience , and",1 178884,"would have been called The Hills Have Antlers and played for about three weeks in drive-ins",0 121163,"given passionate , if somewhat flawed , treatment",1 121088,"gets the job done .",1 164556,"lame horror flicks go",0 181932,"A puzzle whose pieces do not fit . Some are fascinating and others are not , and in the end , it is almost a good movie .",1 54909,"moved to the edge of their seats by the dynamic first act",1 199183,"for a reasonably intelligent person to get through The Country Bears",0 166914,"none of the excellent cast are given air to breathe",0 95995,"the knee-jerk misogyny that passes for humor in so many teenage comedies",0 43636,", it is impossible not to be awed by the power and grace of one of the greatest natural sportsmen of modern times .",1 1683,"makes a joke out of car chases for an hour and then",0 61915,", funny , rather chaotic",1 23833,", quirky charm",1 69804,"The overall result is an intelligent , realistic portrayal of testing boundaries .",1 38029,"the best kind",1 201127,"his ( Nelson 's ) screenplay",1 212746,"stupid and",0 18315,"( Anderson ) uses a hit-or-miss aesthetic that hits often enough to keep the film entertaining even if none of it makes a lick of sense .",1 103940,"A thoughtful , reverent portrait",1 198443,"fails on so many levels",0 52313,"guts and energy",1 2357,"some serious soul",1 103509,"A cutesy romantic tale with a twist",1 69645,"The huskies are beautiful , the border collie is funny and the overall feeling is genial and decent",1 44655,"Barrie good time",1 60491,"would notice -- but it 's a pleasurable trifle .",1 22024,"somewhat weakened by a miscast leading lady",0 33301,"is always possible",1 176525,"to tie up loose ends with more bows than you 'll find on a French poodle",0 67956,"Offers an interesting look at the rapidly changing face of Beijing",1 8527,"lively songs",1 87718,"natural and",1 151251,"` wow ' factor",1 62133,", only with muscles and a lot more smarts , but just as endearing and easy to watch",1 23174,"'s the chemistry between the women and the droll scene-stealing wit and wolfish pessimism of Anna Chancellor that makes this '' Two Weddings and a Funeral '' fun",1 47169,"The movie has an infectious exuberance that will engage anyone with a passing interest in the skate\/surf culture , the L . A . beach scene and the imaginative ( and sometimes illegal ) ways kids can make a playground out of the refuse of adults .",1 146083,"I kept thinking over and over again , ' I should be enjoying this . ' But",0 31199,"errant",0 24645,"An inspiring and heart-affecting film about the desperate attempts of Vietnamese refugees",1 142526,", the sight of a blind man directing a film is hilarious",1 158065,"durable obsessions",1 197322,"does n't have the necessary self-control to guide a loose , poorly structured film through the pitfalls of incoherence and redundancy",0 87058,"merges bits and pieces from fighting games , wire fu , horror movies , mystery , James Bond , wrestling , sci-fi and anime into one big bloody stew",1 175485,"this movie is likely to disappear as quickly as an ice cube thrown into a pot of boiling water .",0 166960,"not much else",0 117442,"considerable skill and determination , backed by sheer nerve",1 114455,"anyone can relate",1 15780,"finesse",1 78930,"emphasizes the well-wrought story and",1 193577,"as stiff , ponderous and charmless as a mechanical apparatus",0 189321,"Ultimate X is the gabbiest giant-screen movie ever , bogging down in a barrage of hype .",0 101251,"your mind is being blown",1 121771,"has infiltrated every corner of society -- and not always for the better",0 146317,"In the process of trimming the movie to an expeditious 84 minutes , director Roger Kumble seems to have dumped a whole lot of plot in favor of ... outrageous gags .",0 41395,"You Should Pay Nine Bucks for This :",1 7930,"it does n't have you impatiently squinting at your watch",1 145247,"Extremely confusing",0 180260,"( as well as rank frustration from those in the know about Rubbo 's dumbed-down tactics )",0 142558,", this clunker has somehow managed to pose as an actual feature movie , the kind that charges full admission and gets hyped on TV and purports to amuse small children and ostensible adults .",0 179732,"'s exactly the kind of movie Toback 's detractors always accuse him of making",0 83542,"into an intricate , intimate and intelligent journey",1 95182,"the best date movie",1 135605,"the kind of obnoxious",0 216770,"to Americans . That 's muy loco , but no more ridiculous than most of",0 58275,"the exoticism of its seas of sand to the fierce grandeur of its sweeping battle scenes",1 120888,"funny work",1 186830,"Queen of the Damned is too long with too little going on .",0 3906,"a light , fun",1 133149,"spoofs and celebrates the more outre aspects of ` black culture ' and the dorkier aspects of ` white culture , ' even as it points out how inseparable the two are .",1 175162,"there 's no fizz",0 51609,"fest that 'll put hairs on your chest .",1 182432,"An occasionally interesting but mostly repetitive",0 220505,"'' is far funnier than it would seem to have any right to be .",1 121304,"good indication",1 218627,"walked away not really know who '' they '' were , what '' they '' looked like . Why '' they '' were here and what '' they '' wanted and quite honestly , I did n't care",0 143370,"A standard police-oriented drama that , were it not for De Niro 's participation , would have likely wound up a TNT Original .",0 113889,"an actress she is",1 4434,"afraid to pitch into farce , yet only half-hearted in its spy mechanics ,",0 30301,"compelling slice",1 130928,"quirky rip-off prison",0 152773,"about pretty much nothing",0 183702,"Entertains not so much",0 31573,"female orgasm",1 139655,"which it fails to get",0 108197,"One of those movies that catches you up in something bigger than yourself",1 43258,"'s great escapist fun that recreates a place and time that will never happen again",1 193219,"are the uneven performances by the cast members , who seem bound and determined to duplicate Bela Lugosi 's now-cliched vampire accent .",0 75144,"balances both Traditional or Modern stories",1 99054,"uniquely felt with a sardonic jolt",1 13630,", sharp acting and partially animated interludes",1 125512,"just offensive",0 45736,"It 's hard to imagine Alan Arkin being better than he is in this performance .",1 127976,"no amount of imagination , no creature , no fantasy story and no incredibly outlandish scenery",0 15988,"have you loving what you 're seeing , or rolling your eyes",1 195977,"comes off as emotionally manipulative and sadly imitative of innumerable past Love Story derisions .",0 185012,"It 's a brilliant , honest performance by Nicholson , but the film is an agonizing bore except when the fantastic Kathy Bates turns up . Bravado Kathy !",1 222727,"But an unwillingness to explore beyond the surfaces of her characters prevents Nettelbeck 's film from coming together .",0 80712,"fulfilling",1 108596,"Reno does what he can in a thankless situation , the film ricochets from humor to violence and back again ,",1 134569,"that stifles creativity and allows the film to drag on for nearly three hours",0 175902,"to be a comedy and too silly to be an effective horror film",0 202993,"is in bad need of major acting lessons and maybe a little coffee",0 228408,"against his oppressive , right-wing , propriety-obsessed family",0 193132,"are n't likely to leave a lasting impression",0 95146,"the astute direction of Cardoso",1 185092,"It 's crap on a leash -- far too polite to scale the lunatic heights of Joe Dante 's similarly styled Gremlins .",0 108585,"Remarkable for its intelligence and intensity",1 35197,"of considerable appeal .",1 161374,"ho-hum than ho-ho-ho",0 27365,"a bad thing",0 162280,"insubstantial",0 109369,"Terminally brain dead production",0 98031,"to entertain on a guilty-pleasure , so-bad-it 's - funny level",1 19810,"and beautiful film",1 195626,"cheap porn",0 66477,"It 's a film that 's destined to win a wide summer audience through word-of-mouth reviews and , not far down the line , to find a place among the studio 's animated classics .",1 19952,"are likely to be disappointed .",0 58685,"the search for inner peace",1 163634,"it 's called Where 's Chris Tucker When You Need Him",1 26924,"The warm presence",1 43855,"... begins on a high note and sustains it beautifully .",1 100313,"will win you over , in a big way",1 17841,"to the big screen safe and sound",1 72705,"a treat watching Shaw , a British stage icon , melting under the heat of Phocion 's attentions",1 123740,"is a fascinating film because there is no clear-cut hero and no all-out villain .",1 152289,"a prop for warmed-over melodrama",0 115998,"bilingual charmer",1 152584,"a tepid waste of time and talent",0 237807,"to expect more from this studio than some 79-minute after-school `` cartoon ''",0 231003,"from Mel Gibson and a brutal 90-minute battle sequence that does everything but issue you a dog-tag and an M-16",1 161469,"how heavy-handed and portent-heavy it is",0 186964,"Rob Schneider 's infantile cross-dressing routines",0 28594,"and even original",1 128085,"not , difficult and sad",0 64712,"Christian love",1 204252,"its not very informative about its titular character and",0 12643,"undeniably worthy",1 6822,"goes to absurd lengths to duck the very issues it raises",0 6683,"from a renowned indian film culture that allows americans to finally revel in its splendor",1 180394,", I guess a space station in the year 2455 can be crossed off the list of ideas for the inevitable future sequels ( hey , do n't shoot the messenger ) .",0 210295,"refers incessantly to old movies , when you could just rent those movies instead , let alone seek out a respectable new one",0 12971,"what remains is a variant of the nincompoop benigni persona ,",0 125863,"leave feeling like you 've endured a long workout without your pulse ever racing .",0 28537,"and charming",1 180387,", I can not mount a cogent defense of the film as entertainment , or even performance art , although the movie does leave you marveling at these guys ' superhuman capacity to withstand pain .",1 26868,"The movie is n't always easy to look at . But if it is indeed a duty of art to reflect life , than Leigh has created a masterful piece of artistry right here .",1 199417,"forgettable effort",0 63434,"A stylish but steady , and ultimately very satisfying , piece",1 165968,"mildly engaging central romance",1 44927,"Cinema Paradiso will find the new scenes interesting",1 163609,"it 's a piece of dreck disguised as comedy .",0 202682,"is about as humorous as watching your favorite pet get buried alive .",0 56019,"phony",0 73878,"an interesting story",1 23247,"( T ) his beguiling Belgian fable , very much its own droll and delicate little film ,",1 171640,"something about it that feels incomplete , as if the real story starts just around the corner",0 184263,"Halfway through the movie , the humor dwindles . It 's replaced by some dramatic scenes that are jarring and deeply out of place in what could",0 54335,"long for a greater sense of urgency in the here and now of The Two",0 65923,"Harvard Man is something rare and riveting : a wild ride that relies on more than special effects .",1 135469,"the good intentions",1 219615,"wish you were at home watching that movie instead of in the theater watching this one",0 877,"emotionally bruised characters",0 109798,"The film has a laundry list of minor shortcomings ,",0 216623,"thriller and murder mystery",1 26692,"Tadpole is very much a step in the right direction , with its blend of frankness , civility and compassion .",1 138989,"very hollowness",0 137673,"to imagine acting that could be any flatter",0 206269,"moaning about their cruel fate",0 23413,", and its ample charms should win over the most hard-hearted cynics .",1 178684,"with this film is that it 's forced to make its characters idiots in order to advance the plot .",0 152588,"a testimonial dinner than a documentary",0 76247,"ca n't help but be drawn in by the sympathetic characters",1 161532,"humourless and dull",0 89920,"overcome his personal obstacles and become a good man",1 225197,"Not just unlikable .",0 215817,"the ultimate IMAX trip",1 226696,"This overproduced piece of dreck",0 155654,"but why did it have to seem like it took another thousand to tell it to us ?",0 82076,"help increase an average student 's self-esteem",1 81894,"have managed to pack it with enough action to satisfy the boom-bam crowd without a huge sacrifice of character and mood",1 130208,"physically and emotionally disintegrating over the course of the movie has a certain poignancy in light of his recent death",1 134445,"that leaks suspension",1 60254,"will probably make you angry",0 182622,"Aside from the fact that the film idiotically uses the website feardotcom . com or the improperly hammy performance from poor Stephen Rea , the film gets added disdain for the fact that it is nearly impossible to look at or understand .",0 152860,"achieve the kind of dramatic unity that transports you",1 163109,"is n't that funny",0 143905,"As inept",0 239164,"you have to admit it 's semi-amusing to watch Robert DeNiro belt out `` When you 're a Jet",1 108958,"Simone '' is a fun and",1 192018,"adventure and song",1 74716,"as it is Schmidt 's , no matter if it 's viewed as a self-reflection or cautionary tale",1 9474,"once again that if the filmmakers just follow the books , they ca n't go wrong .",1 111021,"What begins as a conventional thriller evolves into a gorgeously atmospheric meditation on life-changing chance encounters .",1 229549,"by Avary 's failure to construct a story with even a trace of dramatic interest",0 79517,"extraordinary journalism",1 118787,"dumb gags , anatomical humor , or",0 151900,"a home movie",0 180998,", the movie is better than you might think .",1 152809,"above the level of embarrassment",0 111787,"a detailed historical document , but an engaging and moving portrait of a subculture",1 35834,"out to be a cut above the norm , thanks to some clever writing and sprightly acting",1 64429,"Borg",0 74256,"appropriate ferocity and thoughtfulness",1 57908,"that try too hard to be mythic",0 44113,"A graceful , moving tribute",1 223920,"If only it had the story to match .",0 200117,"good laughs",1 12988,"when the first few villians are introduced as '' spider '' and '' snake ''",0 188310,"The laughs are as rare as snake foo yung .",0 165752,"may find themselves wishing they could roll over and take a nap",0 131490,"returns with a chase to end all chases",1 52058,"gentle but insistent sincerity",1 236453,"that if the filmmakers just follow the books",0 84509,"is one of the outstanding thrillers of recent years .",1 220060,"would be better to wait for the video . And a very rainy day",0 48689,"admire its conception and",1 159868,"futile silliness looking to tap into the kiddie sensibilities",0 126603,"make J . K . Rowling 's marvelous series into a deadly bore",0 194385,"been saved if the director , Tom Dey , had spliced together bits and pieces of Midnight Run and 48 Hours ( and , for that matter , Shrek )",0 104990,"Captures all the longing , anguish and ache , the confusing sexual messages and the wish to be a part of that elusive adult world .",1 172337,"sure if you 're a Hartley fan , you might enjoy yourself",1 57644,"tells this very compelling tale",1 202712,"is also eminently forgettable .",0 37745,"that ( Jackie ) Chan 's US influence is starting to show in his Hong Kong films",1 49353,"ascension",1 121843,"has something serious to say about the ways in which extravagant chance can distort our perspective and throw us off the path of good sense .",1 93632,"strong and confident work",1 7365,"imagine ( if possible ) a pasolini film without passion or politics , or an almodovar movie without beauty or humor ,",0 64778,"Compulsively watchable , no matter how degraded things get .",1 173499,"the audience with Spanish inquisitions about her '' madness '' so much that I became mad that I wasted 123 minutes and $ 9 .",0 79008,"engaging the audience in the travails of creating a screenplay",1 64625,"Captivates as it",1 127693,"must struggle with the fact that they 're playing characters who sometimes feel more like literary conceits than flesh-and-blood humans",0 34579,"more like disturbing hallucinations",0 35120,"of Ramsay 's portrait of grief",0 163970,"it would have been groundbreaking .",1 54510,"make creative contributions to the story and dialogue",1 232813,"is the opposite of a truly magical movie .",0 22682,"very cliched drum",0 200381,"hampered by its predictable plot and paper-thin supporting characters",0 199475,"frantic than involving , more chaotic than entertaining",0 25942,"Lee Jeong-Hyang tells it so lovingly and films it so beautifully that I could n't help being captivated by it .",1 73173,"actually has something interesting to say",1 170421,"scattered over the course of 80 minutes .",0 85939,"lesser talents",0 122902,"in a movie that works against itself",0 15018,"and darkly funny fable",1 132897,"some of the year 's ( unintentionally ) funniest moments , that it 's impossible to care",0 31226,"evangelical",1 158290,"enjoying this film is by lowering your expectations .",0 143251,"A one-trick pony whose few T&A bits still ca n't save itself from being unoriginal , unfunny and unrecommendable .",0 24960,"Chan 's US influence is starting to show in his Hong Kong films",1 95365,"the condescending stereotypes that so often plague films dealing with the mentally ill",0 75687,"big-hearted",1 129521,"one colorful event to another",1 225926,"Spinning a web of dazzling entertainment may be overstating it",1 230433,"dud from frame one",0 51004,"downward",0 176474,"to the doldrums of the not-quite-urban",0 116142,"both the scenic splendor of the mountains",1 83714,"is DiCaprio 's best performance in anything ever , and easily the most watchable film of the year",1 12192,"this romantic\/comedy asks the question how much souvlaki can you take before indigestion sets in",0 118664,"doze off during this one",0 220985,"'s the Russian word for Wow !? '",1 117943,"deep , uncompromising",1 71825,"a hilarious ode to middle America",1 122886,"in a dark pit having a nightmare about bad cinema",0 223097,"Delirious fun .",1 145216,"Evil is interesting and good",1 163511,"is too bad",0 200818,"have gone into recruiting the right bands for the playlist and the costuming of the stars than into the script , which has a handful of smart jokes and not much else",0 189706,"While there 's likely very little crossover appeal to those without much interest in the Elizabethans ( as well as rank frustration from those in the know about Rubbo 's dumbed-down tactics ) , Much Ado About Something is an amicable endeavor .",1 214750,"the growing , moldering pile",0 171646,"something else far more pleasurable . Something like scrubbing the toilet .",0 50377,"confident filmmaking and a pair of fascinating performances",1 94491,"that 's short on plot but rich in the tiny revelations of real life",1 4105,"a situation that quickly snowballs out of",0 32777,"important in life",1 42434,"paced to be a thriller .",1 66808,"Its engaging simplicity is driven by appealing leads .",1 156420,"clumsily manufactured exploitation flick",0 104281,"An energetic and engaging film that never pretends to be something",1 59720,"unlike many romantic comedies , it does not alienate either gender in the audience",1 234278,"of John C. Walsh 's Pipe Dream",0 232939,"it 's equally distasteful to watch him sing the lyrics to `` Tonight . ''",0 47241,"The result is more depressing than liberating ,",0 123900,"is amusing for about three minutes",0 80094,"flawed but rather unexceptional",0 171285,"slightly bored",0 903,"enough melodrama in this magnolia primavera",0 220315,"you really want to understand what this story is really all about",1 139541,"what allows it to rank with its worthy predecessors",1 91756,"rock-solid gangster movie",1 138244,"tragedy , bravery , political intrigue",1 102463,", courage and dedication",1 66195,"I predict there will be plenty of female audience members drooling over Michael Idemoto as Michael",1 166746,"nice vomit bath",0 28440,"and Eisenberg 's sweet nephew",1 111929,"a filmmaker with a bright future ahead of him",1 160569,"hard-sell image-mongering",0 163090,"is n't much to laugh at",0 104972,"Campanella 's competent direction",1 210345,"relentlessly nasty situations",0 175495,"this obscenely bad dark comedy",0 160793,"have a lock on the title of ugliest movie of the year",0 4438,"afraid you wo n't get through this frankly fantastical by-the-numbers b-flick with just a suspension of disbelief . rather",0 173288,"that would have made Vittorio De Sica proud",1 164758,"less of Mr . Eyre 's uninspired dramatics and more of his sense of observation and outrage",0 71546,"a delightful romantic comedy with plenty of bite . It 's far from a frothy piece , and the characters are complex , laden with plenty of baggage and tinged with tragic undertones",1 62408,", we have absolutely no idea who the main characters are until the film is well under way -- and yet it 's hard to stop watching .",1 91213,"realism , crisp storytelling and",1 35024,"now add movies to the list of things he does well",1 38809,"their emotional nakedness",0 188026,"The characters seem one-dimensional",0 14477,"Tender yet lacerating and darkly funny fable",1 47265,"The story and structure are well-honed .",1 73973,"an unusual but pleasantly haunting debut",1 63878,"An engrossing portrait of a man whose engaging manner and flamboyant style made him a truly larger-than-life character",1 114116,"an ode to unconditional love and compassion garnered from years of seeing it all , a condition only the old are privy to , and ... often misconstrued as weakness",1 81243,"good romance",1 135987,"the performances of Pacino , Williams , and Swank keep the viewer wide-awake all the way through",1 92947,"so horrendously confusing",0 123567,"into every clichéd white-trash situation imaginable",0 224206,"It 's more enjoyable than I expected , though ,",1 46448,"Oscar Wilde 's masterpiece",1 25338,"For the first two-thirds of this sparklingly inventive and artful , always fast and furious tale",1 71554,"a detailed personal portrait",1 132360,"should not be missed .",1 31418,"exuberantly irreverent animated space adventure",1 52106,"gets onto the screen just about as much of the novella as one could reasonably expect , and is engrossing and moving in its own right .",1 105841,"For all the dolorous trim , Secretary is a genial romance that maintains a surprisingly buoyant tone throughout , notwithstanding some of the writers ' sporadic dips into pop Freudianism .",1 214444,"the dog from Snatch )",0 112014,"a giant step backward for a director I admire",0 150185,"This film , starring Anthony Hopkins and Chris Rock , is your typical ` fish out of water ' story . You 've seen them a million times . Just one problem : Fish out of water usually die .",0 174508,"the paucity of laughter in what 's supposed to be a comedy",0 82900,"in an intriguing bit of storytelling",1 227421,"`` Bad '' is the operative word for `` Bad Company",0 70550,"Uneven but a lot of fun",1 50015,"can make undemanding action movies with all the alacrity of their Hollywood counterparts .",1 235322,"remind us of how very bad a motion picture can truly be",0 239020,"would have liked it more if it had just gone that one step further",1 103850,"A rollicking ride , with jaw-dropping action sequences , striking villains , a gorgeous color palette , astounding technology , stirring music and a boffo last hour that leads up to a strangely sinister happy ending .",1 93755,"succeeds as spooky action-packed trash of the highest order",1 183834,"Fails in making this character understandable , in getting under her skin , in exploring motivation ... Well before the end",0 16267,"is interesting and fun to see Goodall and her chimpanzees on the bigger-than-life screen .",1 20002,"as lively",1 7560,"instantly forgettable",0 4247,"a true and historically significant story",1 235315,"remains utterly satisfied to remain the same throughout",0 203505,"is that , by the end , no one in the audience or the film seems to really care",0 92193,"seen the deep like you see it in these harrowing surf shots",1 24740,"At a time when half the so-called real movies are little more than live-action cartoons , it 's refreshing to see a cartoon that knows what it is , and knows the form 's history .",1 103047,", you 're desperate for the evening to end",0 15510,"dedicated",1 44974,"Crackerjack entertainment --",1 36523,"resonate with singles of many ages",1 43300,"'s one heck of a character study -- not of Hearst or Davies but of the unique relationship between them .",1 139913,"will forgive the flaws and love the film .",1 146618,"It 's so mediocre , despite the dynamic duo on the marquee , that we just ca n't get no satisfaction .",0 151699,"a few cute ideas and",1 148203,"Puportedly '' Based on True Events , '' a convolution of language that suggests it 's impossible to claim that it is '' Based on a True Story '' with a straight face .",0 24081,"-- though unhappily for his subjects --",0 60859,"'s a smart , solid , kinetically-charged spy flick worthy of a couple hours of summertime and a bucket of popcorn . Nothing overly original , mind you , but solidly entertaining",1 77259,"conspicuous",0 89400,"on grandstanding , emotional , Rocky-like moments",1 235532,"seeing a series of perfect black pearls clicking together to form a string",1 194917,"brand name",1 17867,"too-tepid",0 235431,"said , except : Film overboard !",0 11971,"the thing about guys like evans is this : you 're never quite sure where self-promotion ends and the truth begins . but as you watch the movie , you 're too interested to care",1 158964,"feels like an impostor .",0 209766,"produce adequate performances",1 192186,"all portent and no content",0 150049,"There 's no denying the elaborateness of the artist 's conceptions , nor his ability to depict them with outrageous elan , but really the whole series is so much pretentious nonsense , lavishly praised by those who equate obscurity with profundity .",0 89721,"opened it up for all of us",1 151082,"Xerox of other , better crime movies",1 191578,"a useless movie",0 22488,"to be having so much fun with the slapstick antics and silly street patois , tossing around obscure expressions like Bellini and Mullinski , that the compact 86 minutes breezes by",1 185539,"Just about all of the film is confusing on one level or another , making Ararat far more demanding than it needs to be .",0 44297,"A tender , heartfelt family drama",1 151169,"Zaidan 's script has barely enough plot to string the stunts together and not quite enough characterization to keep the faces straight .",0 181760,"A laughable -- or rather , unlaughable -- excuse for a film .",0 219695,"with an avid interest in the subject",1 225241,"Noyce brings out the allegory with remarkable skill",1 22179,"that grows in power in retrospect",1 193016,"arbitrarily plotted",0 147634,"Neither funny nor suspenseful nor particularly well-drawn",0 232594,"is n't scary .",0 50626,"daring if overlong",1 209759,"problematic characters",0 199026,"flat and uncreative",0 94003,"sustains the level of exaggerated , stylized humor throughout by taking your expectations and twisting them just a bit .",1 77806,"decided to let Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin do what he does best , and fashion a story around him .",1 210636,"rooting for the monsters in a horror movie",0 133461,"stuffed into an otherwise mediocre film",0 169264,"pretty miserable ,",0 25213,"Elmer",1 149886,"The streets , shot by cinematographer Michael Ballhaus , may be as authentic as they are mean ,",1 138945,"verges on the amateurish",0 212600,"stomps in hobnail boots over Natalie Babbitt 's gentle , endearing 1975 children 's novel .",0 162171,"inert sci-fi action thriller .",0 73962,"an unnatural calm that 's occasionally shaken by ...",1 57236,"sparkling",1 41625,"be left with the sensation of having just witnessed a great performance and",1 46119,"May be far from the best of the series , but it 's assured , wonderfully respectful of its past and thrilling enough to make it abundantly clear that this movie phenomenon has once again reinvented itself for a new generation",1 25721,"It 's a beautifully accomplished lyrical meditation on a bunch of despondent and vulnerable characters living in the renown Chelsea Hotel ...",1 40810,"Chalk it up to my adoration for both De Niro and Murphy ,",1 213283,"temperamental",0 49063,"anonymous chiller",1 174290,"the most cinema-besotted critic",0 63163,"A lovely film for the holiday season .",1 173958,"the filmmaking clumsy and rushed",0 152980,"affirming the same damn moldy values the material has always held dear",0 84319,"is in the same category as X-Men - occasionally brilliant but mostly average , showing signs of potential for the sequels , but not giving us much this time around",1 219467,"wildly uneven hit-and-miss enterprise",0 129170,"of those crazy , mixed-up films that does n't know what it wants to be when it grows up",0 203140,"is n't a '' Friday '' worth waiting for .",0 189902,"Yet another entry in the sentimental oh-those-wacky-Brits genre that was ushered in by The Full Monty and is still straining to produce another smash hit .",0 200150,"got Ten Little Indians meets Friday the 13th by way of Clean and Sober , filmed on the set of Carpenter 's The Thing and loaded with actors you 're most likely to find on the next inevitable incarnation of The Love Boat",0 2935,"to like",1 226877,"Unless you are in dire need of a Diesel fix , there is no real reason to see it .",0 109686,"The cumulative effect of watching this 65-minute trifle",0 93488,"steal your heart away",1 196529,"cut their losses -- and ours -- and retitle it The Adventures of Direct-to-Video Nash , and send it to its proper home",0 983,"find a film that dazzles the eye , challenges the brain , and satisfies our lust for fast-paced action",1 77608,"crosses the finish line winded but still game",1 166044,"missed opportunity and trifle",0 179880,"'s not a single jump-in-your-seat moment",0 126448,"love to come from an American director in years",1 59794,"uses Grant 's own twist of acidity to prevent itself from succumbing to its own bathos",1 210973,"sedate",0 159573,"forgettably",0 187204,"Seriously , rent the Disney version .",0 127831,"need of some trims",0 112087,"a handful",1 100525,"with impressive results",1 54558,"makes for perfectly acceptable , occasionally very enjoyable children 's entertainment . You 'll forget about it by Monday , though , and if they 're old enough to have developed some taste",1 143285,"A real clunker",0 180894,", remains a complete blank",1 178481,"with a baffling casual approach",0 87874,"nice twists",1 68925,"Sparse but oddly compelling .",1 50943,"does full honor",1 22964,"'' Take Care of My Cat '' )",0 62972,"A fascinating , unnerving examination of the delusions",1 170547,"see this turd squashed",0 129756,"others in the genre",1 56846,"sensual delights and simmering",1 111760,"a dashing and resourceful hero : a lisping , reptilian villain : big fights : big hair : lavish period scenery : and",1 191834,"absurd plot twists , idiotic court maneuvers",0 151862,"a handful of mildly amusing lines",0 101912,"'s something to be said for a studio-produced film that never bothers to hand viewers a suitcase full of easy answers",1 65566,"Fontaine 's direction , especially her agreeably startling use of close-ups and her grace with a moving camera ,",1 53341,"is a sweet and modest and ultimately winning story .",1 39116,"to an unlikely , but likable , hero",1 119098,"engaging enough",1 62941,"A devastating indictment of unbridled greed and materalism .",0 169040,"politics and drama , an admirable ambition .",1 93617,"striking deep chords of sadness",1 38720,"the tragedies of its setting with a good deal of warmth and humor",1 38146,"the edge-of-your-seat , educational antics",1 220807,"'s endearing to hear Madame D. refer to her husband as ` Jackie ' -- and he does make for excellent company , not least as a self-conscious performer .",1 226858,"Ultimately , in the history of the Academy , people may be wondering what all that jazz was about `` Chicago '' in 2002 .",0 164887,"like a bad idea from frame one",0 219261,"which is somehow guessable from the first few minutes , maybe because it echoes the by now intolerable morbidity of so many recent movies",0 4304,"a well-made thriller with a certain level of intelligence and non-reactionary morality",1 181638,"A dull , simple-minded and stereotypical tale of drugs ,",0 55940,"pass up",0 119412,"everybody else is in the background",1 84036,"is as difficult for the audience to take as it",0 66395,"Inherently caustic and oddly whimsical , the film chimes in on the grieving process and strangely draws the audience into the unexplainable pain and eccentricities that are attached to the concept of loss .",1 175903,"to be a directing license , so that Ed Burns can have his revoked",0 150080,"There 's suspension of disbelief and then there 's bad screenwriting ... this film packs a wallop of the latter .",0 64014,"Anyone who welcomes a dash of the avant-garde fused with their humor should take pleasure in this crazed , joyous romp of a film .",1 188517,"The pacing is deadly , the narration helps little",0 143094,"A film so tedious that it is impossible to care whether that boast is true or not .",0 185088,"It 's coherent , well shot , and tartly acted ,",1 201957,"in rhetoric and cliché",0 30407,"conveys both the pitfalls and the pleasures of over-the-top love",1 1640,"love",1 73692,"an astounding performance that deftly , gradually reveals a real human soul buried beneath a spellbinding serpent 's smirk .",1 146215,"If this is the Danish idea of a good time",0 19649,"about this largely celebratory film",1 211042,"seem sure of where it should go",1 67450,"Marvelously entertaining",1 142794,"... just a big mess of a movie , full of images and events , but no tension or surprise .",0 22533,"to my adoration",1 201099,"highly predictable narrative",0 124165,"is it a charming , funny and beautifully crafted import , it uses very little dialogue , making it relatively effortless to read and follow the action at the same time .",1 95930,"the incredible IMAX sound system lets you feel the beat down to your toes",1 183020,"Carvey 's considerable talents",1 197344,"does n't offer much in terms of plot or acting",0 175974,"to be the most repellent movie of 2002",0 103696,"A marvelous performance by Allison Lohman",1 47946,"a delightful blend",1 196921,"did n't move me one way or the other",0 58451,"the little nuances that perhaps had to escape from director Mark Romanek 's self-conscious scrutiny to happen ,",0 165583,"makes its big-screen entry with little of the nervy originality of its groundbreaking small-screen progenitor .",0 194386,"been sent back to the tailor for some major alterations",0 97064,"the world 's greatest teacher",1 133545,"succeeds with its dark , delicate treatment of these characters and its unerring respect for them",1 19350,"There are a few stabs at absurdist comedy ... but mostly the humor is of the sweet , gentle and occasionally cloying kind that has become an Iranian specialty .",1 131529,"rich and sudden",1 130733,"prove more potent and riveting than the unlikely story of Sarah and Harrison",1 120737,"from others in its genre in that it is does not rely on dumb gags , anatomical humor , or character cliches",1 146449,"It 's as flat as an open can of pop left sitting in the sun .",0 142509,", the movie turns out to be not much more than a shaggy human tale .",0 86421,"lurks just below the proceedings and",0 116173,"bravery and dedication",1 47789,"` refreshing",1 44508,"An infectious cultural fable with a tasty balance of family drama and frenetic comedy",1 38915,"this '' Two Weddings and a Funeral '' fun",1 213201,"tattered",0 94651,"that expands into a meditation on the deep deceptions of innocence",1 232604,"is n't trying simply to out-shock , out-outrage or out-depress its potential audience",1 126440,"love it , too",1 30476,"creates a world that 's at once surreal and disturbingly familiar : absurd , yet tremendously sad",1 151659,"a dull , ridiculous attempt at heart-tugging",0 231926,"impressive as its American counterpart",1 46389,"Old-form moviemaking at its best",1 118569,"does n't wrap the proceedings up neatly",0 229315,"been written using Mad-libs",0 28522,"and beautifully",1 105843,"For almost the first two-thirds of Martin Scorsese 's 168-minute Gangs of New York , I was entranced .",1 130352,"plummets into a comedy graveyard before Janice comes racing to the rescue in the final reel .",1 182048,"A technically well-made suspenser",1 199725,"gaining much momentum",1 62340,", this is a film that takes a stand in favor of tradition and warmth .",1 84274,"is hard to conceive anyone else in their roles .",1 108178,"One of the oddest and most inexplicable sequels",0 47366,"This is a movie you can trust .",1 198074,"even at 85 minutes it feels a bit long",0 224042,"In the wrong hands , i.e. Peploe 's , it 's simply unbearable",0 113102,"about 25 minutes of decent material",0 161701,"impossible to ignore",1 49248,"as a filmmaker of considerable potential",1 51392,"excel",1 33607,"it 's still a worthy addition to the growing canon of post-Saving Private Ryan tributes to the greatest generation .",1 228684,"another great ` what you do n't see ' is much more terrifying than what you do see thriller , coupled with some arresting effects , incandescent tones and stupendous performances",1 200111,"good for the goose",1 104181,"Although Estela Bravo 's documentary is cloyingly hagiographic in its portrait of Cuban leader Fidel Castro",0 122148,"her character become a caricature -- not even with that radioactive hair",0 85380,"its screwed-up characters",0 87845,"new sequel",1 41705,"charming old reel-to-reel recordings of Meeropol",1 30609,"dead-end experimentation",0 160134,"giving the whole thing a dirty , tasteless feel",0 17005,"provides some great insight into the neurotic mindset of all comics -- even those who have reached the absolute top of the game .",1 209281,"pilot episode",1 74652,"as claustrophic , suffocating and chilly as the attics to which they were inevitably consigned",0 87611,"much panache",1 165361,"low-tech magic realism and , at times ,",0 225384,"Painfully padded .",0 65034,"Despite the predictable parent vs . child coming-of-age theme , first-class , natural acting and a look at '' the real Americans '' make this a charmer .",1 174192,"the last time I saw a theater full of people constantly checking their watches",0 19440,"Wollter 's sterling performances",1 82838,"in a big way",1 43580,", for the most part , credible",1 38957,"this level",1 20067,"based on CQ , I 'll certainly be keeping an eye out for his next project .",1 12415,"to say about reign of fire . great dragons",1 158665,"exploit them",0 174455,"the only thing that 's worth watching in Birthday Girl , a film by the stage-trained Jez Butterworth ( Mojo ) that serves as yet another example of the sad decline of British comedies in the post-Full Monty world",0 194000,"barely camouflaging grotesque narcissism",0 227021,"Wewannour money",0 162560,"is Oedekerk 's realization of his childhood dream to be in a martial-arts flick , and proves that sometimes the dreams of youth should remain just that",0 108926,"Showtime 's uninspired send-up of TV cop show cliches",0 182902,"Brazil-like , hyper-real satire",1 115117,"assembles a fascinating profile of a deeply humanistic artist who , in spite of all that he 's witnessed , remains surprisingly idealistic , and retains an extraordinary faith in the ability of images to communicate the truth of the world around him",1 79265,"even the corniest and most hackneyed",0 16410,"just because this past year has seen the release of some of the worst film comedies in decades",0 164315,"just get messy anger , a movie as personal therapy",0 44778,"Brian Tufano 's handsome widescreen photography and Paul Grabowsky 's excellent music",1 131014,"rash",0 120718,"from her own screenplay , jumps to the head of the class of women 's films that manage to avoid the ghetto of sentimental chick-flicks by treating female follies with a satirical style",1 20667,"good Bond movie",1 140096,"with all the mounting tension of an expert thriller",1 75416,"become a historically significant work",1 214185,"the best , most",1 131106,"really funny movie",1 10750,"stiff and schmaltzy and clumsily directed",0 174734,"the set design",0 22032,"soulful",1 225518,"Proof once again that if the filmmakers just follow the books",0 237858,"to it -- as if the director is trying to dupe the viewer into taking it all as Very Important simply because the movie is ugly to look at and not a Hollywood product",0 203949,"it is thought-provoking",1 96338,"the passive-aggressive psychology of co-dependence",0 238825,"wise and elegiac ...",1 193960,"bad-movie way",0 70791,"What 's surprising is how well it holds up in an era in which computer-generated images are the norm .",1 151617,"a dirty old man",0 187276,"Shows moments of promise but ultimately succumbs to cliches and pat storytelling",0 72979,"about the astonishingly pivotal role of imagination in the soulful development of two rowdy teenagers",1 212967,"surely would have resulted in a smoother , more focused narrative without sacrificing any of the cultural intrigue",0 228887,"as I may , I ca n't think of a single good reason to see this movie , even though everyone in my group extemporaneously shouted , ` Thank you",0 111521,"a bad premise , just",0 142767,"... a bland , pretentious mess .",0 116205,"bright young men -- promising , talented , charismatic and tragically",1 158576,"exactly the same ( as The Full Monty )",0 110373,"There is a real subject here , and",1 211484,"should be themselves",1 234131,"no idea who they were at our age : and that time is a fleeting and precious commodity no matter how old you are",1 119120,"enjoy its slightly humorous and tender story",1 57480,"such affecting grace and",1 225315,"One regards Reign of Fire with awe .",1 140826,"you wrong on both counts",0 13380,"young is cool , and too young is too cool",1 191397,"a stiflingly unfunny and unoriginal mess this",0 124436,"is overlong and not well-acted , but credit writer-producer-director",0 83828,"is a nonstop hoot",1 77107,"complex and honest",1 121344,"gorgeous animation and a lame story ( like , say , Treasure Planet )",0 219461,"wildly careening tone",0 200667,"has the odd distinction of being playful without being fun , too",0 182081,"A wannabe comedy of manners about a brainy prep-school kid with a Mrs . Robinson complex founders on its own preciousness -- and squanders its beautiful women .",0 128118,"not quite",0 186532,"One Hour Photo lives",1 158328,"entertained by",1 71633,"a few nifty twists that are so crucial to the genre and another first-rate performance by top-billed star Bruce Willis",1 216852,"to be a collection taken for the comedian at the end of the show",0 116468,"by the time it 's done with us , Mira Nair 's new movie has its audience giddy with the delight of discovery , of having been immersed in a foreign culture only to find that human nature is pretty much the same all over .",1 124619,"is that it 's funny",1 163328,"is so consistently unimaginative that probably the only way to have saved the film is with the aid of those wisecracking Mystery Science Theater 3000 guys",0 21065,"is such a high-energy movie where the drumming and the marching are so excellent , who cares if the story 's a little weak .",1 38394,"the majesty",1 65968,"Heaven is one such beast",1 18737,"Bishop and Stevenson are standouts",1 206663,"much emotional impact",1 142218,", however , Kilmer seems to be posing , rather than acting . And that leaves a hole in the center of The Salton Sea .",0 215130,"the movie equivalent of a sweaty old guy in a rain coat shopping for cheap porn",0 215717,"the superficial tensions",0 24353,"A graceful , contemplative film that gradually and artfully draws us into a world where the personal and the political get",1 235358,"retread , with the emphasis on self-empowering schmaltz and big-wave surfing that gives pic its title an afterthought",0 202641,"is a semi-throwback , a reminiscence without nostalgia or sentimentality",0 69423,"The cast , collectively a successful example of the lovable-loser protagonist , shows deft comic timing .",1 141614,"'s something fundamental missing from this story :",0 72261,"a remarkably accessible and haunting film",1 84819,"is well-crafted",1 81714,"has filmed the opera exactly as the libretto directs , ideally capturing the opera 's drama and lyricism",1 109760,"The farcical elements seemed too pat and familiar to hold my interest , yet its diverting grim message is a good one",1 148934,"Suggests puns about ingredients and soup and somebody being off their noodle , but let 's just say the ingredients do n't quite add up to a meal .",0 197988,"equals the sum of its pretensions",0 213305,"tepid and tedious",0 21801,"randy film",1 106155,"Has a solid emotional impact",1 44331,"A very well-made , funny and entertaining picture",1 165475,"mainstream audiences will find little of interest in this film , which is often preachy and poorly acted",0 53376,"is also beautifully acted",1 214658,"the finished product 's unshapely look",0 6335,"experience that finds warmth in the coldest environment and makes each crumb of emotional comfort",1 238189,"uncompelling",0 108920,"Should have gone straight to video",0 127380,"more traditionally plotted popcorn thriller",1 216781,"to Jimmy 's relentless anger , and to the script 's refusal of a happy ending",0 197348,"does n't quite get there",0 204206,"its hackneyed and meanspirited storyline",0 160406,"guaranteed to drive anyone much over age 4 screaming from the theater",0 61056,"'s funny and human and really pretty damned wonderful , all at once",1 30658,"delectable and intriguing thriller",1 151907,"a humorless , disjointed mess",0 117936,"decides",1 29971,"called Celebi .",0 145971,"I 'm sure the filmmaker would disagree , but , honestly , I do n't see the point . It 's a visual Rorschach test",0 38711,"the thinnest of margins",0 140292,"with unimpeachable clarity",1 177777,"we 've been here , done that",0 6118,"earnest yet curiously tepid and choppy recycling in which predictability",0 197000,"directed this movie so much as produced it -- like sausage",0 134392,"that is the central flaw of the film",0 198930,"finding the characters in Slackers or their antics amusing , let alone funny",1 107619,"Mark Pellington 's latest pop thriller is as kooky and overeager as it is spooky and subtly in love with myth .",1 130221,"piece , a model of menacing atmosphere",1 19007,"It uses an old-time formula , it 's not terribly original and it 's rather messy -- but you just have to love the big , dumb , happy movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding .",1 158792,"falls flat in just",0 44691,"Bennett 's naturalistic performance speaks volumes more truth than any ` reality ' show",1 139911,"will forgive any shoddy product as long as there 's a little girl-on-girl action",0 63503,"A thriller",1 39530,"two young men in the prime of their talent",1 116496,"ca n't begin to tell you how tedious , how resolutely unamusing , how thoroughly unrewarding all of this is , and what a reckless squandering of four fine acting talents ...",0 152134,"a movie where the most notable observation is how long you 've been sitting still",0 11359,"the farrelly bros . -- peter and bobby -- and their brand of screen comedy are wheezing to an end , along with green 's half-hearted movie career",0 97503,"this rather convoluted journey worth taking",1 153614,"angst-ridden , affluent slacker characters",0 76174,"by his lack of self-awareness",0 129282,"offers all the pleasure of a handsome and well-made entertainment .",1 81948,"have you at the edge of your seat for long stretches",1 115576,"be smarter than any 50 other filmmakers still",0 170884,"shocked laughter",1 224732,"Marinated in clichés and mawkish dialogue .",0 14942,"also so jarring that it 's hard to get back into the boys ' story",0 166855,"no pleasure in watching a child suffer . Just embarrassment and a vague sense",0 196112,"confusing melange",0 123638,"introducing your kids to films which will cause loads of irreparable damage that years and years of costly analysis could never fix",0 13757,"A classy item",1 203764,"it 's hilarious",1 49124,"arch and rather cold-blooded comedy",0 138153,"too shallow for an older one .",0 48938,"an exquisite motion picture",1 31979,"futile",0 43783,", we long for a greater sense of urgency in the here and now of The Two Towers .",1 41239,"That rara avis : the intelligent romantic comedy with actual ideas on its mind",1 221739,"-- but certainly hard to hate .",1 86683,"makes you realize that deep inside righteousness can be found a tough beauty .",1 223285,"Every joke is repeated at least -- annoying , is n't it ?",0 204154,"its clumsiness as its own most damning censure",0 37402,"stunning acting",1 135145,"the emotional arc of its raw blues soundtrack",1 34808,"n't quite fit",0 215647,"the sort of bitter old crank who sits behind his light meter and harangues the supposed injustices of the artistic world-at-large",0 85236,"its emotional power and moments of revelation",1 127287,"more compelling excuse to pair Susan Sarandon and Goldie Hawn",0 71610,"a fascinating study of the relationship between mothers",1 90738,"prominent",1 51015,"dramatic snapshot",1 40538,"'m not",1 30698,"delivers warm , genuine characters who lie not through dishonesty , but because they genuinely believe it 's the only way to bring happiness to their loved ones",1 14508,"The seaside splendor",1 65735,"Gedeck",1 79849,"fiercely intelligent and",1 45200,"Executed with such gentle but insistent sincerity",1 77270,"constantly pulling the rug from underneath us ,",1 104137,"All of the elements are in place for a great film noir , but director George Hickenlooper 's approach to the material is too upbeat .",0 94521,"that I 'll never listen to Marvin Gaye or the Supremes the same way again",1 15351,"by sticking to the facts",1 88060,"notice the 129-minute running time",0 139014,"very stylish and beautifully photographed , but far more",1 221342,", for one reason or another , Crush turns into a dire drama partway through .",0 193344,"as a block of snow",0 15200,"be fascinated",1 77593,"crisper and",1 131114,"really sets the film apart is Debrauwer 's refusal to push the easy emotional buttons",1 59184,"to be kind of heartwarming , nonetheless",1 53409,"is as seductive as it is haunting .",1 62077,", like its subjects , delivers the goods and audiences will have a fun , no-frills ride .",1 70617,"Vibrantly",1 123911,"is an engaging nostalgia piece .",1 169054,"poo",0 197875,"ends with a large human tragedy . Alas , getting there is not even half the interest .",0 219973,"work that lacks both a purpose and a strong pulse",0 182733,"Because the intelligence level of the characters must be low , very low , very very low , for the masquerade to work",0 27966,"a winsome cast and nice dialogue",1 208298,"offering fine acting moments and",1 168804,"performs is shot from behind , as if it could fool us into thinking that we 're not watching a double",0 200472,"has a film 's title served such dire warning",0 218093,"und drung , but explains its characters ' decisions only unsatisfactorily",0 59325,"to remind the First World that HIV\/AIDS is far from being yesterday 's news",0 146924,"Jones helps breathe some life into the insubstantial plot , but even he is overwhelmed by predictability",0 53271,"is a decent moral",1 144671,"Cry havoc and",0 109682,"The criticism never rises above easy , cynical potshots at morally bankrupt characters ...",0 226554,"Their contrast is neither dramatic nor comic -- it 's just a weird fizzle .",0 212821,"succumbs to joyless special-effects excess",0 73534,"alternately fascinating and frustrating",1 33476,"is saved from unbearable lightness by the simplicity of the storytelling and the authenticity of the performances .",1 158998,"feminism while gifting the most sympathetic male of the piece with a nice vomit bath at his wedding",0 71283,"a beautifully sung holiday carol",1 102424,", but director Carl Franklin adds enough flourishes and freak-outs to make it entertaining .",1 98647,"transfixes the audience",1 200124,"good surprise ending",1 141482,"'s not scary , not smart and not engaging",0 158443,"even queasy",0 216827,"to an aimless hodgepodge",0 188946,"This Sade is hardly a perverse , dangerous libertine and agitator -- which would have made for better drama . He 's just a sad aristocrat in tattered finery",0 99848,"what 's on Saturday morning TV especially the pseudo-educational stuff we all ca n't stand",0 191391,"a step down",0 232456,"is essentially an extended soap opera",0 109797,"The film has a laundry list of minor shortcomings",0 238104,"treasures and even",1 107458,"Like a soft drink that 's been sitting open too long :",0 113512,"against the frozen winter landscapes of Grenoble and Geneva",1 198166,"every bodily fluids gag",0 177530,"visually unattractive , unbearably loud and utterly silly",0 102920,", there 's little to be learned from watching ` Comedian '",0 25763,"It 's refreshing to see a girl-power movie that does n't feel it has to prove anything .",1 197379,"does no justice to the story itself",0 229761,"cast of solid female talent who build a seamless ensemble",1 117948,"deeply authentic",1 11018,"than a half-hearted fluke",0 61443,"( Has ) an immediacy",1 201507,"idiotically",0 6449,"feeling they 've watched nothing but a pale imitation of the real deal",0 84531,"is part of the fun",1 171758,"spark ,",1 204036,"it thumbs down",0 83928,"is a welcome and heartwarming addition to the romantic comedy genre .",1 140180,"with mainstream foreign mush like My Big Fat Greek Wedding",0 125646,"knows , and very likely",1 13126,"with action that 's exciting on the field and a story you",1 43793,", with some real shocks in store for unwary viewers .",1 93810,"such that we 'll keep watching the skies for his next project",1 132325,"short of wonderful with its ten-year-old female protagonist and its steadfast refusal to set up a dualistic battle between good and evil .",1 51518,"fans who ca n't stop loving anime",1 9566,"overwhelming",0 105927,"Full of the kind of obnoxious chitchat that only self-aware neurotics engage in .",0 61339,"'s unique or memorable .",1 7007,"has proved important to him and is especially so in the finale",1 108295,"Part of the film 's cheeky charm",1 140985,"'ll ever see and dissolves into a routine courtroom drama , better suited for a movie titled '' Glory : A Soldier 's Story",0 53276,"is a fascinating little tale",1 24422,"A psychologically rich and suspenseful moral thriller",1 227754,"a `` true story ''",1 238562,"went over my head or -- considering just how low brow it is",0 19459,"a David and Goliath story that 's still very much playing itself out",1 93428,"star Bruce Willis",1 159099,"film lapses",0 113517,"aggrandizing",1 116926,"cheese-laced spectacles",0 50354,"compliment",1 124339,"is not a stereotypical one of self-discovery ,",1 40160,"with a brand new name in southern Tennessee",1 71221,"a British cast",1 238453,"was reading the minds of the audience",1 156446,"coarseness and banality",0 79984,"fine , focused",1 142514,", the only thing Avary seems to care about are mean giggles and pulchritude . It makes sense that he went back to school to check out the girls -- his film is a frat boy 's idea of a good time .",0 219919,"wo n't be remembered as one of ( Witherspoon 's ) better films",0 48338,"a respectable summer blockbuster",1 31339,"exciting and involving",1 116863,"charismatic Jackie Chan",1 224699,"Maggie G. makes an amazing breakthrough in her first starring role and eats up the screen .",1 175370,"this dud had been made in the '70s",0 189939,"You try to guess the order in which the kids in the house will be gored .",0 42961,"wacky and",1 226017,"Swimming gets the details right , from its promenade of barely clad bodies in Myrtle Beach , S.C. , to the adrenaline jolt of a sudden lunch rush at the diner .",1 91075,"raises the film above anything Sandler 's been attached to before .",1 146104,"I realized this is a throwaway movie that wo n't stand the test of time .",0 178598,"with legitimate funny",1 204795,"learns her place as a girl , softens up and loses some of the intensity that made her an interesting character to begin with .",0 24700,"Antwone Fisher '' is an earnest , by-the-numbers effort by Washington . It wo n't rock any boats but is solid meat-and-potatoes filmmaking .",1 56612,"richly handsome locations",1 119065,"ends with a story that is so far-fetched it would be impossible to believe if it were n't true",0 33477,"is serviceable",1 98768,"turn Bill Paxton into an A-list director",1 188499,"The only upside to all of this unpleasantness",0 112288,"a man in pain",0 61288,"'s surprisingly decent ,",1 134950,"the breezy and amateurish feel",0 142020,", Mr . Montias is n't nearly as good to his crew as he is as a director or actor .",0 227287,"You feel good , you feel sad",1 67098,"LaBute masterfully",1 75573,"benefits from having a real writer plot out all of the characters ' moves and overlapping story",1 121092,"gets too cloying thanks to the actors ' perfect comic timing and sweet , genuine chemistry",1 177701,"waste the talents of Robert Forster , Anne Meara , Eugene Levy , and Reginald VelJohnson all in the same movie",0 67494,"Maybe it is formula filmmaking , but there 's nothing wrong with that if the film is well-crafted and this one is .",1 194392,"been such a bad day",0 177799,"we keep getting torn away from the compelling historical tale to a less-compelling soap opera",0 13664,", though , this is a refreshingly novel ride",1 193126,"are moved by the emotional tumult of ( François and Michèle 's ) relationship",1 127447,"most interesting",1 36735,"seduced by ( Witherspoon 's ) charisma , even",1 235857,"so many flaws it would be easy for critics to shred it",0 156686,"confident enough to handle subtlety",1 207004,"no bearing on the story",0 117565,"could easily be dealing with right now in your lives",1 66237,"If Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood suffers from a ploddingly melodramatic structure",0 151893,"a hokey piece of nonsense that tries too hard to be emotional",0 18665,"An incendiary , deeply thought-provoking look at one of the most peculiar ( and peculiarly venomous ) bigotries in our increasingly frightening theocracy",1 130514,"powerful moments",1 132200,"several cliched movie structures : the road movie ,",0 42201,"is nurturing",1 120721,"from its comic course",1 62855,"A colorful , vibrant introduction to a universal human impulse , lushly photographed and beautifully recorded .",1 204032,"it takes chances that are bold by studio standards",1 143715,"An authentically vague , but ultimately purposeless , study in total pandemonium .",0 179541,"'s a long way from Orwell 's dark , intelligent warning cry ( 1984 ) to the empty stud knockabout of Equilibrium",0 20752,"have the same magical quality as the beginning of the story",1 156794,"contrived sequels that not only fails on its own , but makes you second-guess your affection for the original",0 140555,"would imagine , as searching for a quarter in a giant pile of elephant feces ... positively dreadful",0 126873,"may ask , why should you buy the movie milk when the TV cow is free ?",0 219093,"what 's worse , routine",0 204802,"leave the theater with a lower I . Q . than when I had entered",0 36704,"scream",0 165645,"managing to connect her wish-fulfilling characters to the human race",1 104830,"Both exuberantly romantic and serenely melancholy , What Time Is It There ? may prove to be ( Tsai 's ) masterpiece .",1 63403,"A solid , psychological action film from Hong Kong",1 143634,"All these developments and challenges facing Santa weigh down the plot so heavily that they drain all the film of its energy and needlessly strain credibility .",0 63110,"A heartbreakingly thoughtful minor classic ,",1 118480,"do with the casting of Juliette Binoche as Sand , who brings to the role her pale , dark beauty and characteristic warmth",1 55506,"of solid performances",1 140869,"your senses are as mushy as peas",0 210921,"scratching your head in amazement over the fact that so many talented people could participate in such an",0 203543,"is the alchemical transmogrification of Wilde into Austen -- and a Hollywood-ized Austen at that",0 49181,"are quietly moving",1 69422,"The cast , collectively a successful example of the lovable-loser protagonist ,",1 233854,"might be tempting to regard Mr. Andrew and his collaborators as oddballs",0 28562,"and darkly comic",1 161394,"hollow joke",0 168623,"painful to watch Witherspoon 's talents wasting away inside unnecessary films like Legally Blonde and Sweet Home Abomination , I mean , Alabama",0 106914,"It 's nice to see Piscopo again after all these years , and",1 160468,"half the excitement of Balto",0 173773,"the dunce of a Screenwriting 101 class",0 189572,"What begins brightly gets bogged down over 140 minutes .",0 171455,"so much bad as bland",0 228597,"an interesting story of pointed personalities , courage , tragedy and the little guys",1 122783,"immature and",0 108615,"Return to Never Land may be another shameless attempt by Disney to rake in dough from baby boomer families ,",0 110689,"Todd Solondz ' oftentimes funny , yet ultimately cowardly autocritique",0 52439,"has the punch of a good sitcom , while offering exceptionally well-detailed characters .",1 61997,", it 's Kidman who holds the film together with a supremely kittenish performance that gradually accumulates more layers .",1 102613,", it 's a pale imitation",0 194024,"bastards , more power to it .",1 223291,"Every visual joke is milked , every set-up obvious and lengthy , every punchline predictable",0 184918,"In the wrong hands",0 92253,"self-indulgent and maddening",0 224306,"It has fun with the quirks of family life , but",1 8304,"king",1 10462,"signs is a good film , and it is",1 59263,"to hope that Nolan is poised to embark a major career as a commercial yet inventive filmmaker",1 212333,"spiffy bluescreen technique and",1 39659,"unmentioned victims",0 51148,"emotional depth",1 132685,"smoothly sinister Freddie",1 19872,"and powerful narrative",1 71977,"a mess in a lot of ways .",0 152615,"a tough time",0 117574,"could have used some informed , adult hindsight",0 8512,"literally bruising jokes .",0 198367,"exploitation piece",0 30478,"creates an emotionally rich , poetically plump and visually fulsome , but never showy , film whose bittersweet themes are reinforced",1 143315,"A sensual performance from Abbass",1 156767,"contains Jesse Ventura 's best work since the XFL .",1 220183,"yeah",1 235282,"rehash old",0 31270,"even the softest moments in the angry revolt of his wit",1 225132,"Nicole Holofcenter , the insightful writer\/director responsible for this illuminating comedy does n't wrap the proceedings up neatly",1 76363,"can rise to fans ' lofty expectations",1 2034,"pg-rated , nonthreatening family",1 23590,", easily rivaling Blair Witch or The Others",1 162374,"into a hectic soap about the ups and downs of the heavy breathing between the two artists",0 145255,"Eyre 's failings as a dramatist",0 155378,"bore .",0 72057,"a neat trick",1 2599,"the film 's lamer instincts are in the saddle",0 81996,"he is always sympathetic",1 28590,"and engaging",1 12086,"there 's likely very little crossover appeal to those without much interest in the elizabethans ( as well as rank frustration from those in the know about rubbo 's dumbed-down tactics )",0 154502,"awful and",0 35231,"of everything those of us who do n't object to the description '' unelected '' have suspected all along : George W . Bush",1 211029,"seem great to knock back a beer with but they 're simply not funny performers .",0 196386,"crassly",0 47929,"a dazzling , remarkably unpretentious reminder of what ( Evans ) had , lost , and got back",1 120322,"foolish and shallow",0 70077,"There 's no conversion effort , much of the writing is genuinely witty and",1 143113,"A gimmick in search of a movie : how to get Carvey into as many silly costumes and deliver as many silly voices as possible",0 101032,"yet overflows with wisdom and emotion .",1 104375,"An uneven mix of dark satire and childhood awakening .",0 185098,"It 's definitely not made for kids or their parents , for that matter , and I think even fans of Sandler 's comic taste may find it uninteresting",0 15232,"been delivered to the big screen safe and sound , the way we like our 20-year-old superstar girls to travel on the fame freeway",1 226536,"The very definition of what critics have come to term an `` ambitious failure .",0 39747,"vaguely discontented woman",0 26943,"There 's not much more to this adaptation of the Nick Hornby novel than charm -- effortless , pleasurable , featherweight charm .",1 218740,"was ever a movie where the upbeat ending feels like a copout",0 89378,"on a traditional Indian wedding in contemporary New Delhi",1 54738,"might want to take a reality check before you pay the full ticket price to see '' Simone , '' and consider a DVD rental instead .",0 81613,"has a kind of hard , cold effect",0 103475,"A classic fairy tale that perfectly captures the wonders and worries of childhood in a way that few movies have ever approached .",1 89376,"on a string of exotic locales",1 61597,", Crazy as Hell marks an encouraging new direction for La Salle .",1 29861,"but the code-talk will fly right over everyone 's head",0 203730,"it 's a sad , sick sight",0 143553,"Again swings between false sentiment and unfunny madcap comedy and , along the way , expects the audience to invest in the central relationship as some kind of marriage of true minds .",0 10721,"steadfast",1 228624,"an uppity musical",1 21248,"look at a painful incident that made headlines in 1995",0 118755,"dry , reliable textbook",0 192593,"an insultingly inept and artificial examination of grief",0 176604,"too contemplative",0 88927,"of that delicate canon",1 110440,"This film biggest problem ? No laughs",0 137046,"this sensuous and spirited tale of a prim widow who finds an unlikely release in belly-dancing clubs",1 20173,"but in Talk to Her , the women are down for the count .",0 20160,"but Kinnear 's performance is razor sharp .",1 15718,"expectations . Good fun , good action , good acting , good dialogue , good pace",1 72433,"a smart , nuanced look",1 149971,"The verdict : Two bodies and hardly a laugh between them .",0 189624,"When ( Reno ) lets her radical flag fly , taking angry potshots at George W . Bush , Henry Kissinger , Larry King , et al . , Reno devolves into a laugh-free lecture .",0 217171,"to live up to -- or offer any new insight into -- its chosen topic",0 6911,"had all its vital essence scooped",0 25050,"Cute , funny",1 70208,"This is SO De Palma . If you love him , you 'll like it . If you do n't ... well , skip to another review",1 221853,"... with `` The Bourne Identity '' we return to the more traditional action genre .",1 42485,"professes his love",1 115315,"back with the astonishing revelation",1 60587,"you to enjoy yourselves without feeling conned .",1 115851,"believe that people have lost the ability to think and will forgive any shoddy product as long as there 's a little girl-on-girl action",0 54325,"loneliness",0 178803,"works and qualifies as cool at times",1 239024,"would know what to make of this Italian freakshow .",0 9847,"profundity",1 5920,"despite her relentless vim and winsome facial symmetry",1 139908,"will find that The Road to Perdition leads to a satisfying destination .",1 205409,"lose their luster",0 102365,", acerbic laughs",1 186202,"Movie .",1 197329,"does n't know it 's a comedy",0 11721,"the performances are immaculate , with roussillon providing comic relief",1 222348,"And as with most late-night bull sessions , eventually the content is n't nearly as captivating as the rowdy participants think it is .",0 101819,"'s not very good",0 114315,"animation back 30 years",0 42125,"inspiring and",1 221393,", it 'll probably be in video stores by Christmas , and it might just be better suited to a night in the living room than a night at the movies .",0 86880,"may also be the best sex comedy about environmental pollution ever made",1 60889,"'s a wonderful , sobering , heart-felt drama .",1 12486,"too cool",1 234353,"of a classic text since Roland Joffé and Demi Moore",1 233565,"love it ... hell , I dunno .",1 182757,"Behan 's memoir is great material for a film -- rowdy , brawny and lyrical in the best Irish sense --",1 236213,"sweet and romantic",1 168917,"play that flute",1 206715,"mumbles his way through the movie .",0 91944,"say for plenty of movies",1 150769,"Well-nigh unendurable",0 207086,"no psychology",0 63036,"A first-class , thoroughly involving B movie that effectively combines two surefire , beloved genres -- the prison flick and the fight film",1 225267,"Odd and weird",0 233360,"less of a trifle if Ms. Sugarman followed through on her defiance of the saccharine",0 77912,"delightful , if minor , pastry",1 71723,"a genuine and singular artist",1 218224,"unlikable , uninteresting , unfunny , and",0 188267,"The high-concept scenario soon proves preposterous , the acting is robotically italicized , and",0 83121,"in the mood for a melodrama narrated by talking fish",0 146261,"Imagine a really bad community theater production of West Side Story without the songs .",0 63161,"A lovely film ... elegant , witty and beneath a prim exterior unabashedly romantic ... hugely enjoyable in its own right though not really faithful to its source 's complexity .",1 221795,"... bibbidy-bobbidi-bland .",0 73142,"acting horribly",0 61654,", Metropolis never seems hopelessly juvenile .",1 42686,"starts out as competent but unremarkable ...",0 237898,"to our dismay",0 164156,"its star , its attitude and its obliviousness",0 90665,"previous Disney films",1 149167,"The Truth About Charlie gets increasingly tiresome",0 155535,"brutally clueless",0 84246,"is going to be something really good",1 223599,"Hashiguchi covers this territory with wit and originality , suggesting that with his fourth feature -- the first to be released in the U.S.",1 188407,"The movie , shot on digital videotape rather than film , is frequently indecipherable",0 84348,"is less about a superficial midlife crisis",0 58341,"the funnybone thanks",1 53324,"is a refreshing departure from the now more prevalent technique of the docu-makers being a visible part of their work",1 100684,"with unexpected comedy",1 224056,"Infidelity",0 44348,"A witty , whimsical feature debut .",1 124839,"it 's impossible to care who wins",0 156945,"crass and forgettable",0 64683,"Charming and",1 71368,"a certain robustness",1 101482,"'s Lovely and Amazing , from her own screenplay , jumps to the head of the class of women 's films that manage to avoid the ghetto of sentimental chick-flicks by treating female follies with a satirical style .",1 146481,"It 's dumb , but",0 225481,"Pokémon 4ever is terrifying",0 22469,"tight , focused",1 14173,"It is intensely personal and yet -- unlike Quills -- deftly shows us the temper of the times .",1 77203,"conjures up the intoxicating fumes and emotional ghosts of a freshly painted Rembrandt",1 104322,"An eye-boggling blend of psychedelic devices , special effects and backgrounds , ` Spy Kids 2 ' is a visual treat for all audiences .",1 144719,"De Niro and McDormand give solid performances",1 49265,"as cool and crowd-pleasing as a documentary can get",1 203484,"is superficial and",0 191263,"a sappy , preachy one at that",0 74736,"as more of a poetic than a strict reality , creating an intriguing species of artifice that gives The Lady and the Duke something of a theatrical air",1 121295,"good actors , good poetry and good music help sustain it",1 169250,"pretty cool characters",1 62150,", perversely undercuts the joie de vivre even as he creates it , giving the movie a mournful undercurrent that places the good-time shenanigans in welcome perspective .",1 34991,"not once , but three times in this animated sweet film",1 174291,"the most committed Pokemon fan",1 179738,"'s fairly lame",0 163351,"is so much pretentious nonsense , lavishly praised by those who equate obscurity with profundity",0 190368,"a copout",0 111777,"a delightfully unpredictable , hilarious comedy with wonderful performances that tug at your heart in ways that utterly transcend gender labels .",1 53377,"is also beautifully acted .",1 187110,"Sarah 's dedication to finding her husband seems more psychotic than romantic , and nothing in the movie makes a convincing case that one woman 's broken heart outweighs all the loss we witness",0 48341,"a rich visual clarity and deeply",1 229281,"becomes more and more frustrating as the film goes on .",0 110806,"UB equally spoofs and celebrates the more outre aspects of ` black culture ' and the dorkier aspects of ` white culture , ' even as it points out how inseparable the two are .",1 156532,"come perilously close to being Amoses and Andys for a new generation",0 206401,"more inexplicable",0 214597,"the film grows as dull as its characters , about whose fate it is hard to care .",0 184335,"Has none of the crackle of '' Fatal Attraction '' , '' 9 1/2 Weeks '' , or even '' Indecent Proposal ''",0 94860,"that should n't stop die-hard French film connoisseurs from going out and enjoying the big-screen experience",1 180043,"'s too bad nothing else is .",0 758,"david mamet 's airless cinematic shell",0 222724,"But Mr. Polanski creates images even more haunting than those in Mr. Spielberg 's 1993 classic .",1 158294,"enlightening and inviting",1 147810,"Nothing debases a concept comedy quite like the grinding of bad ideas , and",0 39854,"warmth and humor",1 105964,"Generates",1 122616,"humanly funny film",1 63846,"An effective portrait of a life in stasis",1 183044,"Chalk it up as the worst kind of hubristic folly .",0 54577,"makes up for in compassion , as Corcuera manages to find the seeds of hope in the form of collective action .",1 101417,"'m giving it a strong thumbs up",1 224746,"Maybe I found the proceedings a little bit too conventional .",0 8610,"make a great one",1 75252,"be delightfully compatible",1 228117,"a remarkable piece",1 238756,"will be delighted with the fast , funny , and even touching story",1 153542,"and Elizabeth Hurley",1 47816,"a beautiful madness",1 225385,"Pair that with really poor comedic writing",0 65430,"Expect no major discoveries , nor any stylish sizzle ,",0 202361,"intermittently good time . Feel free to go get popcorn whenever he 's not onscreen",1 23777,", mopping his face and generally displaying the wacky talent that brought him fame in the first place",1 230656,"excels in breaking glass and marking off the `` Miami Vice '' checklist of power boats , Latin music and dog tracks",1 36965,"simple and heart-warming",1 156769,"contains no good jokes , no good scenes , barely a moment when Carvey 's Saturday Night Live-honed mimicry rises above the level of embarrassment",0 85349,"its performances are so well tuned that the film comes off winningly , even though it 's never as solid as you want it to be",1 96672,"the sheer beauty",1 17896,"turns the idea of the documentary on its head , making it rousing , invigorating fun lacking any MTV puffery",1 137036,"this romantic comedy",1 223773,"I could say `` Thank God It 's Friday ''",0 11941,"the sweetest thing",1 170372,"save itself from being unoriginal , unfunny and unrecommendable",0 119150,"enough gun battles and",0 188819,"There 's an admirable rigor to Jimmy 's relentless anger , and to the script 's refusal of a happy ending , but as those monologues stretch on and on , you realize there 's no place for this story to go but down .",0 33619,"it all down",0 146428,"It 's a very sincere work",1 53678,"is to be lauded for finding a new and ingenious angle .",1 43206,"'s an offbeat treat that pokes fun at the democratic exercise while also examining its significance for those who take part .",1 85453,"its unhurried narrative",1 228652,"and more entertaining , too .",1 53648,"is that rare drama that offers a thoughtful and rewarding glimpse into the sort of heartache everyone has felt , or will feel someday .",1 228675,"annoying , is n't it",0 139339,"waters it down ,",0 42684,"staring hypnotically at her , trying to understand her",1 220911,"'s no way you wo n't be talking about the film once you exit the theater .",1 48070,"a good charitable enterprise",1 186369,"No big whoop",0 185168,"It 's not helpful to listen to extremist name-calling , regardless of whether you think Kissinger was a calculating fiend or just a slippery self-promoter .",0 108067,"Not only is it a charming , funny and beautifully crafted import , it uses very little dialogue , making it relatively effortless to read and follow the action at the same time .",1 33046,"infecting the entire crowd as the film rolls on",1 168422,"ought to be a joyful or at least fascinating subject",0 125029,"it is one in which fear and frustration are provoked to intolerable levels",0 74260,"arcane area",0 213373,"than bland",0 141050,"'re not the target demographic",0 78692,"dysfunction",0 63396,"A smart little indie .",1 169289,"prima donna",0 189015,"This is not a Jackie Chan movie . It 's just a movie that happens to have Jackie Chan in it . And that makes all the difference .",0 53470,"is for fans who ca n't stop loving anime , and the fanatical excess built into it .",1 118335,"disguise the fact that it 's inauthentic at its core and that its story just is n't worth telling",0 232283,"is a film that defies categorisation",1 225581,"Really quite funny",1 141782,"( It 's ) difficult to get beyond the overall blandness of American Chai ,",0 53699,"is warmly affecting and so is this adroitly minimalist movie",1 186082,"Memorable for a peculiar malaise that renders its tension flaccid",0 146284,"In Full is so stale , in fact , that its most vibrant scene is one that uses clips from Brian De Palma 's Scarface . That 's a cheat .",0 76905,"comatose ballerinas",0 141963,", Die Another Day suggests that the Bond franchise has run into a creative wall that 007 can not fly over , tunnel under or barrel through .",0 154355,"at arm 's length . Guided more by intellect than heart , his story flattens instead of sharpens",0 106742,"Insomnia does not become one of those rare remakes to eclipse the original , but",1 108890,"Shanghai Ghetto , much stranger than any fiction , brings this unknown slice of history affectingly to life .",1 49276,"as good or",1 180047,"'s too long",0 57875,"that recreates a place and time that will never happen again",1 122856,"in Laramie following the murder of Matthew Shepard",0 29565,"best selling novel",1 29322,"at times imaginatively overwhelming",1 89962,"owes enormous debts",0 54707,"memorable film",1 102680,", it succeeds as a powerful look at a failure of our justice system .",1 137090,"this wo n't seem like such a bore",0 108945,"Signs is a good film , and it is",1 228175,"a spirit that can not be denied",1 126542,"made indieflick in need of some trims and a more chemistry between its stars",0 38232,"the film together with an engaging and warm performance",1 146452,"It 's badly acted , blandly directed , and could have been scripted by someone who just graduated from elementary school .",0 136415,"the timeless spectacle of people",1 193634,"as though you rode the Zipper after eating a corn dog and an extra-large cotton candy",0 135286,"the film 's crisp , unaffected style",1 68023,"One of those exceedingly rare films in which the talk alone is enough to keep us involved .",1 34222,"lost soul",0 100601,"with results that are sometimes bracing , sometimes baffling and quite often , and in unexpected ways , touching",1 15275,"boasts a huge charm factor and smacks of originality",1 66094,"I 'd watch these two together again in a New York minute .",1 137031,"this region and",1 17901,"two such likeable actors",1 36083,"portraying the idiocy of the film industry",0 139915,"will grab you",1 229903,"come with the warning ``",0 223901,"If I want music , I 'll buy the soundtrack .",0 167287,"of a film that 's rarely as entertaining as it could have been",0 94335,"terrifically",1 195511,"casting call",0 32569,"his passion and class consciousness",1 68436,"Rick",1 54441,"luminary",1 83482,"interesting and accessible",1 135611,"the kind of soft-core twaddle you 'd expect to see on Showtime 's ` Red Shoe Diaries",0 194223,"be utterly entranced by its subject and",1 199898,"gets us too drunk on the party favors to sober us up with the transparent attempts at moralizing .",0 94882,"that successfully recreates both the physical setting and emotional tensions of the Papin sisters",1 101549,"'s a spirited film and a must-see",1 46623,"Remember the kind of movie we were hoping '' Ecks vs . Sever '' or '' xXx '' was going to be ? This is it .",1 12688,"unrecoverable life",0 23430,", and that saves his pathos from drippiness",1 170333,"same-old , lame-old slasher nonsense",0 156054,"cares passionately about its subject",1 16099,"imaginatively fans the embers of a dormant national grief and curiosity that has calcified into chronic cynicism and fear .",1 125328,"its own making",1 154788,"be part of an insider clique , which tends to breed formulaic films rather than fresh ones",0 60980,"'s bright",1 130516,"powerful rather than cloying",1 222100,"A thoroughly awful movie --",0 3786,"a film that proposes as epic tragedy the plight of a callow rich boy who is forced to choose between his beautiful , self-satisfied 22-year-old girlfriend and an equally beautiful , self-satisfied 18-year-old mistress",1 52476,"have bitterly forsaken",0 26619,"Sound the trumpets",1 39829,"wall-to-wall toe-tapping music to paint a picture of a subculture that is at once exhilarating , silly , perverse , hopeful and always fun",1 11694,"the new film is much more eye-catching than its blood-drenched stephen norrington-directed predecessor",1 221788,"... a sour little movie at its core : an exploration of the emptiness that underlay the relentless gaiety of the 1920 's ... The film 's ending has a `` What was it all for ?",0 34208,"looks as if it was made without much thought -- and is best watched that way",0 190371,"a corn dog",0 160900,"have set new standards for thrills , suspense , and",1 29808,"but cuts deeper than expected",0 71387,"a cheat in the end",0 26847,"The level of maturity displayed by this 33-year-old first-time feature director",1 59648,"underestimated",1 112626,"a rich subject and some fantastic moments and scenes",1 58707,"the sheer , selfish , wound-licking , bar-scrapping doggedness of Leon 's struggle to face and transmute his demons that makes the movie a spirited and touching occasion , despite its patchy construction",1 196872,"detract from the athleticism",0 30855,"disturbing little movie",0 123127,"in the best possible senses of both those words",1 222812,"But the nerve-raked acting , the crackle of lines , the impressive stagings of hardware , make for some robust and scary entertainment .",1 161706,"impressive cast list",1 80910,"gentle and biting",1 228265,"ability to pull together easily accessible stories that resonate with profundity",1 69563,"The film is filled with humorous observations about the general absurdity of modern life as seen through the eyes outsiders , but",1 227652,"`` big twists ''",1 96513,"the ranks",1 142751,". Schaeffer",1 121582,"hand viewers a suitcase full of easy answers",0 208117,"of the obvious cliches",0 47360,"This flick is about as cool and crowd-pleasing as a documentary can get .",1 160672,"has its merits",1 84287,"is hindered by a central plot that 's peppered with false starts and populated by characters who are nearly impossible to care about .",0 131122,"reason to go",1 109527,"The acting , for the most part",1 203171,"is n't going to jell",0 110170,"The soundtrack alone is worth the price of admission .",1 6097,"dubious",0 213543,"that Pollyana would reach for a barf bag .",0 120853,"funny , smart ,",1 132799,"so tedious it makes the silly spy vs .",0 88265,"of Russian cultural identity and a stunning technical achievement",1 73176,"actually seem to understand what made Allen 's romantic comedies so pertinent and enduring",1 67220,"Light the candles , bring out the cake and do n't fret about the calories because there 's precious little substance in Birthday Girl -- it 's simply , and surprisingly , a nice , light treat",1 144797,"Despite apparent motives to the contrary , it ends up being , like ( Seinfeld 's ) revered TV show , about pretty much nothing .",0 102474,", dark beauty",1 42337,"makes the film a fuller experience",1 76242,"ca n't deny its seriousness and quality",1 102840,", sorrow , laugther , and tears",1 237775,"to cling to the edge of your seat , tense with suspense",1 40767,"An original gem about an obsession",1 214281,"the characters inhabit that special annex of hell where adults behave like kids , children behave like adults and everyone",0 225806,"Sitting in the third row of the IMAX cinema at Sydney 's Darling Harbour , but I sometimes felt as though I was in the tiny two seater plane that carried the giant camera around Australia , sweeping and gliding , banking and",1 153627,"another Austin Powers movie",0 149325,"The editing is chaotic , the photography grainy and badly focused , the writing unintentionally hilarious , the direction unfocused , the performances as wooden .",0 124207,"is like cold porridge with only the odd enjoyably chewy lump",0 67160,"Leave it",0 83485,"interesting controversy",1 134006,"terrific to read about",1 96420,"the plot and a powerfully evocative mood",1 235969,"spent the duration of the film 's shooting schedule waiting to scream : ``",0 195026,"business plans",1 224177,"It 's getting harder and harder to ignore the fact that Hollywood is n't laughing with us , folks .",0 43757,", this version is raised a few notches above kiddie fantasy pablum by Allen 's astringent wit .",1 209655,"predominantly charitable it can only be seen as propaganda",0 70095,"There 's nothing more satisfying during a summer of event movies than a spy thriller like The Bourne Identity that 's packed with just as much intelligence as action .",1 37356,"stinging at times , and lots of fun .",1 186360,"No Such Thing is sort of a minimalist Beauty and the Beast , but in this case the Beast should definitely get top billing . Robert John Burke as The Monster horns in and steals the show .",1 17487,"the best film",1 111774,"a delightfully quirky movie to be made from curling",1 129006,"of the current political climate",0 123836,"is a tart , smart breath of fresh air",1 81689,"has created a provocative , absorbing drama that reveals the curse of a self-hatred instilled by rigid social mores",1 43166,"'s a pleasurable trifle",1 90170,"people who are enthusiastic about something and then",1 149500,"The kind of spectacularly",1 147561,"Murder By Numbers is like a couple of mediocre TV-movie",0 164111,"its own sketchy material",0 127400,"most adults will be way ahead of the plot .",0 176301,"to pass this stinker off as a scary movie",0 43202,"'s an entertaining and informative documentary .",1 217671,"too straight-faced",0 45549,"I 've got a creepy feeling that the film is closer to the mark than I want to believe",1 40740,"Absorbing and",1 149353,"The essential problem in Orange County is that , having created an unusually vivid set of characters worthy of its strong cast , the film flounders when it comes to giving them something to do .",0 117147,"colorful , joyous celebration",1 4584,"an 88-minute highlight reel",1 81235,"good news",1 124493,"is simply no doubt that this film asks the right questions at the right time in the history of our country .",1 42552,"resonate far",1 138192,"topnotch",1 228093,"a popcorn film , not a must-own , or even a must-see",0 138531,"unaccountable direction",0 231141,"get top billing",1 236900,"the film never recovers from the clumsy cliché of the ugly American abroad",0 58726,"the slow parade of human frailty fascinates you",1 188127,"The film 's ) taste for '' shock humor '' will wear thin on all",0 50066,"cast , bringing screenwriter Tony Gayton 's narcotics noir to life",1 71660,"a film you will never forget",1 13561,", but viewers willing to take a chance will be rewarded with two of the year 's most accomplished and riveting film performances .",1 147378,"Maudlin and melodramatic we expected . Boring we",0 57037,"skillfully through the plot 's hot brine -- until it 's undone by the sogginess of its contemporary characters , and actors",0 232148,"intimate and the dialogue is realistic and greatly moving .",1 143305,"A retread of material already thoroughly plumbed by Martin Scorsese .",0 150429,"Too bland and fustily tasteful to be truly prurient .",0 163236,"is played with exasperating blandness by Laura Regan",0 45566,"I encourage young and old alike to go see this unique and entertaining twist on the classic whale 's tale",1 103465,"A charming , banter-filled comedy",1 179460,"'re over 25",1 196328,"could possibly be more contemptuous of the single female population",0 163348,"is so low-wattage that none of the characters comes off as big",0 40109,"will catch some off guard",1 26340,"Paxton has tapped something in himself as an actor that provides Frailty with its dark soul .",1 180031,"'s the kind of under-inspired , overblown enterprise that gives Hollywood sequels a bad name .",0 157590,"dissatisfied with the movie as a whole",0 205265,"living under a rock",0 181468,"98",1 101535,"'s a riot to see Rob Schneider in a young woman 's clothes",1 19015,"Its scenes and sensibility are all more than familiar , but it exudes a kind of nostalgic spy-movie charm and , at the same time , is so fresh and free of the usual thriller nonsense that it all seems to be happening for the first time .",1 2163,"revelatory",1 165445,"made movie that is no more than mildly amusing .",0 141605,"'s so unmemorable that it turned my ballpoint notes to invisible ink",0 184057,"Friday the 13th",1 69086,"Sweetly",1 63354,"A sexy , surprising romance ... Idemoto and Kim make a gorgeous pair ... their scenes brim with sexual possibility and emotional danger",1 37580,"takes a very open-minded approach to this sensitive material , showing impressive control , both visually and in the writing",1 79109,"entertain all ages",1 175543,"this sloppy drama is an empty vessel .",0 154280,"as though Jay Roach directed the film from the back of a taxicab",0 41577,"are as sharp as ever ,",1 43756,", this quietly lyrical tale probes the ambiguous welcome extended by Iran to the Afghani refugees who streamed across its borders , desperate for work and food .",1 67269,"Like its predecessor , it 's no classic ,",0 177152,"undeveloped narrative",0 19804,"and an unnerving , heartbeat-like score",1 150853,"What would Jesus do if He was a film director ? He 'd create a movie better than this .",0 44218,"A real winner -- smart , funny , subtle , and resonant .",1 40628,"4 friends , 2 couples",1 54633,"mark Ms . Bullock 's best work in some time",1 225196,"Not exaggerated enough to be a parody of gross-out flicks , college flicks , or even flicks in general .",0 88610,"of grief and loss",0 39035,"three great , scary times",1 64905,"Daily struggles and simple pleasures usurp the preaching message so that , by the time the credits roll across the pat ending , a warm , fuzzy feeling prevails",1 146475,"It 's drained of life in an attempt to be sober and educational ,",0 137273,"timid and soggy",0 120586,"formulaic , its plot and pacing typical Hollywood war-movie stuff",0 175823,"to Parker 's ill-advised meddling with the timeless source material",0 160616,"has a raw exhilaration about it",1 50495,"could have used a little trimming -- 10 or 15 minutes could be cut and no one would notice -- but it 's a pleasurable trifle . The only pain you 'll feel as the credits roll is your stomach grumbling for some tasty grub .",1 225145,"No , it 's the repetition of said behavior , and",0 186589,"One well-timed explosion in a movie",1 71408,"a clever",1 101080,"you 've seen the remake first . Many of the effective horror elements are dampened through familiarity , ( yet )",0 10888,"sweetheart",1 94474,"that 's been done before",0 184174,"Go for La Salle 's performance ,",1 120936,"garnered from years of seeing it all , a condition only the old are privy to , and ...",1 44660,"Based on a devilishly witty script by Heather McGowan and Niels Mueller",1 84082,"is bright and flashy in all the right ways .",1 52226,"got to admire ... the intensity with which he 's willing to express his convictions",1 59421,"to which it succeeds",1 70827,"What makes the movie special",1 43526,", baroque beauty",1 48375,"a slam-dunk",1 237345,"the world 's best actors , Daniel Auteuil ,",1 217666,"too simplistic to maintain interest",0 86422,"lurks just below the proceedings and adds an almost constant mindset of suspense",1 235506,"see Recoing 's bizzarre reaction to his unemployment",0 123479,"intelligent movie",1 95381,"the corporate circus that is the recording industry in the current climate of mergers and downsizing",0 237713,"to a story that needs to be heard in the sea of Holocaust movies",1 95687,"the film turns into an engrossing thriller almost in spite of itself .",1 94528,"that Mel Gibson can gasp , shudder and even tremble without losing his machismo",1 84882,"it 's better than that eponymous 1980 biopic that used soap in the places where the mysteries lingered",1 79055,"enjoying himself immensely",1 224715,"Mandel Holland 's direction is uninspired , and his scripting unsurprising , but the performances by Phifer and Black are ultimately winning",1 221580,", the film is well worthwhile .",1 52507,"having fun",1 211332,"sexploitation",0 104666,"Before it collapses into exactly the kind of buddy cop comedy it set out to lampoon , anyway",0 91218,"realistic , urgent",1 153369,"an egotistical endeavor from the daughter of horror director Dario Argento ( a producer here )",0 53527,"is most remarkable not because of its epic scope , but because of the startling intimacy it achieves despite that breadth",1 201998,"in the best Irish sense",1 91853,"s face is chillingly unemotive ,",1 181328,"... one resurrection too many .",0 129412,"on other levels",1 142279,", it 's slow and unwieldy and takes a long time to reach its destination .",0 28220,"allegorical",1 93196,"sometimes tedious --",0 236034,"starts to become good",1 135351,"the film itself -- as well its delightful cast -- is so breezy",1 165255,"looks made for cable rather than for the big screen .",0 182514,"Any reasonably creative eighth-grader",0 216386,"this filmmaker 's flailing reputation",0 4912,"as with most late-night bull sessions , eventually the content is n't nearly as captivating as the rowdy participants think it is",0 199180,"for a plot twist instead of trusting the material",0 213576,"that bears more than a whiff of exploitation , despite Iwai 's vaunted empathy",0 223889,"Idiotic and ugly",0 202587,"is a lame kiddie flick",0 117224,"comes along to remind us of how very bad a motion picture can truly be . Frank McKlusky C . I",0 122887,"in a dark room with something cool",1 60836,"'s a minor treat",1 33541,"is up there with the finest of specials .",1 111871,"a fascinating character 's",1 168926,"played with exasperating blandness by Laura Regan",0 197415,"done , so primitive in technique",0 41096,"Narc may not get an ` A ' for originality , but it wears its B-movie heritage like a badge of honor",1 230697,"face frightening late fees",0 195426,"can you charge money for this ?",0 18019,"what it does with a dedicated and good-hearted professionalism",1 163746,"it confuses the mere flashing of kinky soft-core imagery with naughty fun .",0 66427,"Invigorating , surreal , and resonant with a rainbow",1 12856,"was immensely enjoyable thanks to great performances",1 177320,"urban comedy",1 224755,"Me no lika da accents so good",0 16372,"its boasts a huge charm factor and smacks of originality .",1 201828,"in as flat",0 43707,", still manages at least a decent attempt at meaningful cinema",1 58425,"the intensity of the film high",1 11041,"that are this crude , this fast-paced and this insane",0 224187,"It 's hard to quibble with a flick boasting this many genuine cackles , but Notorious C.H.O. still feels like a promising work-in-progress .",1 50506,"counter-cultural",1 82702,"immensely ambitious",1 200565,"has its heart ( and its palate ) in the right place",1 100709,"without being shrill",1 205276,"log a minimal number of hits",1 63748,"Although What Time offers Tsai 's usual style and themes , it has a more colorful , more playful tone than his other films .",1 98533,"toothless",0 43993,"A cartoon that 's truly cinematic in scope , and",1 47090,"The film sparkles with the the wisdom and humor of its subjects .",1 139901,"will embrace this engaging and literate psychodrama",1 78729,"easy film",1 181537,"A bittersweet contemporary comedy about benevolent deception , which , while it may not rival the filmmaker 's period pieces , is still very much worth seeing",1 162991,"is leaning forward while wearing low-cut gowns , not making snappy comebacks .",0 859,"dumbest",0 115021,"as sharp as the original",1 122774,"imagine acting that could be any flatter",0 7366,"imagine ( if possible ) a pasolini film without passion or politics , or an almodovar movie without beauty or humor , and",0 178041,"when it came time to get to the heart of the movie",0 170913,"shot , expertly cast , paced with crisp professionalism",1 178079,"when you doze off thirty minutes into the film",0 221011,"'s too harsh to work as a piece of storytelling",0 20144,"brilliantly updated his source and grasped its essence , composing a sorrowful and hilarious tone poem about alienated labor , or an absurdist workplace sitcom",1 189885,"Written , flatly , by David Kendall and directed , barely , by There",0 16997,"progress . In Fessenden 's horror trilogy , this theme has proved important to him and is especially so in the finale",1 26296,"One of the best films of the year with its exploration of the obstacles to happiness faced by five contemporary individuals ... a psychological masterpiece .",1 78409,"does a solid job of slowly , steadily building up to the climactic burst of violence",1 8452,"like an after-school special gussied up with some fancy special effects",0 178957,"wretched sound design",0 225586,"Red Dragon satisfies -- from its ripe recipe , inspiring ingredients , certified cuisine and palatable presentation .",1 218668,"wanted so badly for the protagonist",1 200852,"have no bearing on the story",0 61904,", food-for-thought cinema",1 151407,"a boring , sad man being boring and sad",0 33254,"is a refreshing absence of cynicism in Stuart Little 2 -- quite a rarity , even in the family film market . Eventually , it wins you over .",1 157869,"done with noticeably less energy and imagination",0 37445,"such a terrible beauty",1 232536,"is little else to recommend `` Never Again .",0 975,"fills it with spirit , purpose and emotionally bruised characters who add up to more than body count",1 37343,"still plentiful",1 103508,"A cutesy romantic tale",1 33462,"is popular and powerful in this high-tech age , speaking its truths with spellbinding imagery and the entrancing music of Philip Glass",1 171638,"something aboul '' Full Frontal '' seems , well , contrived",0 102898,", the movie is rather choppy .",0 37758,"that The Rookie is a nearly impeccable cinematic experience -- and a wonderful all-ages triumph besides --",1 152007,"a low-budget TV pilot that could not find a buyer to play it on the tube",0 221621,", there 's no saving the movie",0 119198,"entertaining to watch the target practice",1 44081,"A full world has been presented onscreen , not",0 208092,"of the intriguing premise",1 41300,"There 's a disreputable air about the whole thing , and that 's what makes it irresistible",1 229459,"bravery and integrity",1 68258,"Prejudice",0 48184,"a manga-like heroine who fights back at her abusers",1 146147,"I wish I could say '' Thank God It 's Friday '' ,",0 220721,"'s a sheer unbridled delight in the way",1 217074,"to guide a loose , poorly structured film through the pitfalls of incoherence and redundancy",0 146406,"It 's a decent glimpse into a time period , and an outcast , that is no longer accessible , but it does n't necessarily shed more light on its subject than the popular predecessor .",1 103577,"A film of delicate interpersonal dances . Caine",1 221998,"A faster paced family flick .",1 85266,"its floating narrative",1 108356,"Performances are potent",1 220682,"'s a cool event for the whole family .",1 93819,"sucks you in and dares you not to believe it",1 19417,"While not all transitions to adulthood are so fraught , there 's much truth",1 106277,"Hollywood has crafted a solid formula for successful animated movies , and Ice Age only improves on it , with terrific computer graphics , inventive action sequences and a droll sense of humor",1 102893,", the most restless young audience deserves the dignity of an action hero motivated by something more than franchise possibilities .",0 70100,"There 's very little sense to what 's going on here ,",0 238068,"too many films that can be as simultaneously funny , offbeat and heartwarming ( without a thick shmear of the goo , at least )",1 65139,"Does point the way for adventurous Indian filmmakers toward a crossover into nonethnic markets .",1 189178,"To Blandly Go Where We Went 8 Movies Ago ...",0 50607,"cutting-edge",1 59633,"uncluttered",1 66127,"I Killed My Father compelling",1 37924,"that will touch the hearts of both children and adults , as well as bring audiences to the edge of their seats .",1 153477,"an outrageous dark satire",1 57828,"that keeps you",1 40262,"with such affecting grace and cultural specificity",1 202691,"is advised to take the warning literally , and log on to something more user-friendly",0 63529,"A triumph of pure craft and passionate heart",1 63053,"A frustrating yet deeply watchable melodrama",1 14859,"a welcome pinch of tartness",1 52219,"gorgeous exterior photography",1 64948,"Davis is funny , charming and quirky in her feature film acting debut as Amy .",1 80823,"funny look",1 158743,"failed to capture me .",0 187107,"Sarah 's dedication to finding her husband seems more psychotic than romantic",0 190897,"a lower I . Q . than when I had entered",0 96915,"the triumph",1 58583,"the pitiful",0 118640,"doubting",0 10539,"smartly",1 90104,"passionate , tumultuous affair",1 45971,"L . A . beach scene",1 5998,"distract",0 113002,"a waste of De Niro , McDormand and the other good actors in the cast",0 127601,"moving , and adventurous directorial debut",1 175281,"think of band camp as a geeky or nerdy thing",0 211810,"sloughs one 's way",0 9544,"originality",1 214338,"the compassion , good-natured humor and the level of insight that made ( Eyre 's ) first film something of a sleeper success",1 219322,"who are either too goodly , wise and knowing or downright comically evil",0 140072,"with a rich subject and some fantastic moments and scenes",1 14722,"a few points for doing what it does with a dedicated and good-hearted professionalism",1 198092,"even less capable",0 197672,"easily and , in the end , not well enough",0 75180,"based rage and sisterly obsession a razor-sided tuning fork that rings with cultural , sexual and social discord",1 118530,"does n't exactly reveal what makes Vincent tick , but perhaps any definitive explanation for it would have felt like a cheat",1 32889,"in its ugly and diverse forms",0 120623,"fragmentary",0 142286,", it becomes everything that the rather clumsy original was railing against",0 20169,"but energetic entertainment",1 47074,"The film is powerful , accessible and funny . You wo n't miss its messages , but you 'll be entertained as well",1 148770,"Soul is what 's lacking in every character in this movie and , subsequently , the movie itself .",0 209985,"questionable kind",0 118236,"difficult to tell who the other actors in the movie are",0 33870,"its unusual relationship slowly unfolds",1 52551,"help us return to a sane regimen of eating , sleeping and stress-reducing contemplation",1 176539,"to watch Witherspoon 's talents wasting away inside unnecessary films like Legally Blonde and Sweet Home Abomination , I mean , Alabama",0 239089,"you 'll be taking a risk if you choose to see it",0 222826,"But this time , the old MIB label stands for Milder Is n't Better .",0 207480,"of The Fugitive , Blade Runner , and Total Recall , only without much energy or tension",0 39019,"those who like sick comedies that can be snide",1 230576,"escape the shackles of its own clichés to be the best espionage picture to come out in weeks",1 237540,"this little $ 1.8 million charmer",1 57745,"that at its best does n't just make the most out of its characters ' flaws but insists on the virtue of imperfection .",1 194552,"betrayed by the surprisingly shoddy makeup work",0 23791,", no-budget approach",1 111673,"a comedy , a romance , a fairy tale ,",1 199522,"fringe feminist conspiracy theorist",0 108069,"Not so much farcical as sour .",0 113294,"achingly honest and delightfully cheeky",1 169227,"pretended not to see it",0 101242,"your first instinct",1 70793,"What ( Denis ) accomplishes in his chilling , unnerving film",1 21819,"real people would n't",0 67488,"May take its sweet time to get wherever it 's going , but if you have the patience for it , you wo n't feel like it 's wasted yours",1 104937,"By the time the surprise ending is revealed , interest can not be revived .",0 58854,"the wise , wizened visitor",1 163244,"is practically over before it begins",0 77907,"delicious dialogue",1 15504,"deals with a real subject in an always surprising way",1 7546,"insightfully written",1 97477,"this much imagination and",1 117426,"conjures the past via surrealist flourishes so overwrought you 'd swear he just stepped out of a Buñuel retrospective .",1 209951,"put together with the preteen boy in mind",0 133422,"strong and unforced supporting cast",1 228753,"arduous journey",0 6234,"entirely wholesome",1 17588,"the modern B-scene : neither as funny nor as clever",0 137760,"to overcome gaps in character development and story logic",0 130395,"political Blair Witch ,",0 163326,"is so completely inane that one would have to be mighty bored to even think of staying with this for more than , say , ten ... make that three minutes .",0 68769,"Shot in rich , shadowy black-and-white , Devils chronicles",1 99798,"well worth your time",1 81612,"has a good bark , far from being a bow-wow .",1 101273,"your toes wo n't still be tapping",1 16426,"landmark",1 166798,"no good jokes ,",0 126473,"lowbrow",0 61605,", Eileen Walsh , an engaging , wide-eyed actress whose teeth are a little too big for her mouth , infuses the movie with much of its slender , glinting charm .",1 170260,"runs the gamut from stale parody",0 151003,"With a story inspired by the tumultuous surroundings of Los Angeles , where feelings of marginalization loom for every dreamer with a burst bubble , The Dogwalker has a few characters and ideas , but it never manages to put them on the same path .",0 125261,"its great credit",1 149104,"The Iditarod lasts for days - this just felt like it did .",0 197186,"do n't add up to much more than trite observations on the human condition",0 10909,"swoony lyricism and violent",0 67188,"Leigh succeeds in delivering a dramatic slap in the face that 's simultaneously painful and refreshing .",1 71031,"Witty and often surprising",1 103653,"A highly personal look at the effects of living a dysfunctionally privileged lifestyle , and by the end , we only wish we could have spent more time in its world",1 90729,"profound and thoughtfully delivered",1 178919,"would probably be duking it out with The Queen of the Damned for the honor .",0 109125,"Spielberg 's realization of a near-future America is masterful . This makes Minority Report necessary viewing for sci-fi fans , as the film has some of the best special effects ever .",1 62065,", its shortness disappoints",0 140864,"your own cleverness",1 225282,"Often silly -- and gross -- but it 's rarely as moronic as some campus gross-out films .",0 87201,"moments of spontaneous creativity and authentic co-operative interaction",1 162271,"instead opts for a routine slasher film that was probably more fun to make than it is to sit through .",0 203763,"it 's harder still to believe that anyone in his right mind would want to see the it",0 77042,"communal spirit",1 198665,"feel like you were n't invited to the party",0 60686,"'d live in if Argento 's Hollywood counterparts ... had this much imagination and nerve",1 83592,"into this dream Hispanic role with a teeth-clenching gusto",1 201950,"in practically every facet of inept filmmaking",0 9060,"night shyamalan 's ability to pull together easily accessible stories that resonate with profundity is undeniable",1 151460,"a character in the movie with a shred of plausibility , not an event that is believable , not a confrontation that is not staged , not a moment that is not false",0 109664,"The color sense of Stuart Little 2",1 47277,"The vistas are sweeping",1 151744,"a florid turn",0 111943,"a formula comedy redeemed by its stars ,",1 75690,"big-screen experience",1 121028,"genuinely funny jokes",1 202347,"interesting matters",1 141765,"( Director ) Byler may yet have a great movie in him , but Charlotte Sometimes is only half of one .",0 71023,"Without You '' is a probing examination of a female friendship set against a few dynamic decades",1 81418,"grow boring",0 211793,"slip into the modern rut of narrative banality",0 229353,"belly laugh",1 183190,"Content merely",1 48691,"admire the way it accumulates power and depth",1 142138,", deeply unsettling experience",0 122183,"heroic deserves a look",1 179511,"'s a clarity of purpose and even-handedness",1 220830,"'s hard to imagine a more generic effort in the genre .",0 11078,"that is an undeniably worthy and devastating experience",1 61357,"'s virtually impossible to like any of these despicable characters",0 35972,"perfectly realized observation",1 138425,"turn in perfectly executed and wonderfully sympathetic characters , who are alternately touching and funny .",1 12247,"though impostor deviously adopts the guise of a modern motion picture , it too is a bomb",0 73931,"an out of place metaphor",0 60803,"'s a fairy tale that comes from a renowned Indian film culture that allows Americans to finally revel in its splendor",1 124220,"is listless , witless , and devoid of anything",0 23767,", making his first opera-to-film translation with Tosca ,",1 109948,"The makers of Mothman Prophecies succeed in producing that most frightening of all movies -- a mediocre horror film too bad to be good and too good to be bad .",0 149970,"The verdict : Two bodies and hardly a laugh between them",0 1451,"it 's rare to see a movie that takes such a speedy swan dive from '' promising '' to '' interesting '' to '' familiar '' before landing squarely on '' stupid '' .",0 103455,"A brutal and funny work . Nicole Holofcenter , the insightful writer\/director responsible for this illuminating comedy does n't wrap the proceedings up neatly but the ideas tie together beautifully",1 170565,"seem all that profound , at least by way of what can be gleaned from this three-hour endurance test built around an hour 's worth of actual material",0 81749,"has plenty for those ( like me ) who are n't .",1 157160,"debases a concept comedy quite like the grinding of bad ideas",0 99628,"was n't at least watchable",0 107248,"Just another combination of bad animation and mindless violence ... lacking the slightest bit of wit or charm",0 28593,"and even if it 's nonsense , its claws dig surprisingly deep .",1 198876,"filmmakers and performers of this calibre",1 4237,"a trashy , exploitative , thoroughly unpleasant experience .",0 203663,"is very much of a mixed bag , with enough negatives to outweigh the positives .",0 205540,"lush , swooning melodrama",1 62098,", more playful tone",1 232149,"intimate and universal cinema",1 225568,"Ranges from laugh-out-loud hilarious to wonder-what -",1 35769,"or even keep your eyes open",0 194904,"bowser",1 230331,"does `` Lilo & Stitch '' reach the emotion or timelessness of Disney 's great past , or even that of more recent successes such as `` Mulan '' or `` Tarzan .",1 4287,"a visual style that incorporates rotoscope animation for no apparent reason except",0 21701,"peculiarly venomous )",0 222657,"Boring we did n't .",0 66646,"It 's pretty linear and only makeup-deep , but Bogdanovich ties it together with efficiency and an affection for the period .",1 68090,"Pan Nalin 's exposition is beautiful and mysterious , and the interviews that follow , with the practitioners of this ancient Indian practice , are as subtle and as enigmatic",1 77017,"coming-of-age portrait",1 182345,"An allegory concerning the chronically mixed signals African American professionals get about overachieving could be intriguing",1 11731,"the philosophical musings of the dialogue jar against the tawdry soap opera antics",0 44076,"A first-class road movie that proves you can run away from home , but your ego and all your problems go with you",1 59842,"very best pictures",1 224688,"Madame D. refer to her husband as ` Jackie ' -- and he does make for excellent company",1 69270,"The Chateau belongs to Rudd , whose portrait of a therapy-dependent flakeball spouting French malapropisms",1 34847,"nearly impeccable cinematic experience",1 150403,"Todd Solondzian satire and callow student film",0 43567,", effective",1 157823,"does the absolute last thing we need Hollywood doing to us",0 34575,"more interesting in concept",0 132780,"so prolonged and boring",0 138807,"up not one but two flagrantly fake thunderstorms",0 7975,"it treats ana 's journey with honesty that is tragically rare in the depiction of young women in film",1 12806,"volatile",0 193429,"as compelling or as believable",1 226733,"Though it runs 163 minutes , Safe Conduct is anything but languorous .",1 231014,"from a talent as outstanding as director Bruce McCulloch",1 177233,"unnecessary and clumsy",0 221665,", unholy hokum .",0 71351,"a canny crowd pleaser , and The Last Kiss ...",1 236462,"that is slow to those of us in middle age",0 48432,"a terrible strength",1 202161,"inconceivable",0 5441,"captures the chaotic insanity and personal tragedies that are all too abundant when human hatred spews forth unchecked",1 48573,"about this silly , outrageous , ingenious thriller",1 125870,"leave you feeling a little sticky and unsatisfied",0 214427,"the direction is clumsy",0 138645,"uneasy blend",0 169898,"rekindled by the Kathleen Soliah trial and the upcoming trial of SLA members Emily and William Harris , not to mention Sept . 11 , its difficult these days to appreciate Fire 's bright side .",0 190263,"a cast of competent performers from movies , television and the theater",1 10239,"saddled with an unwieldy cast of characters and angles , but the payoff is powerful and revelatory",1 163671,"it 's not nearly as good as any of its influences .",0 164596,"last year 's exemplary Sexy Beast seemed to revitalize the British gangster movie",1 79544,"fabulousness",1 53455,"is engrossing and moving in its own right",1 126067,"like a recycling of clichés , an assassin 's greatest hits",0 221757,"-- toward the end , you can feel your veins cringing from the workout .",1 32230,"gut-bustingly funny and crushingly depressing",1 85012,"it does n't give a damn",0 176908,"truly heinous crime",0 37259,"sprightly acting",1 8052,"its gags",0 107817,"Most of the problems with the film",0 5185,"blessed with a searing lead performance by ryan gosling ( murder by numbers )",1 195764,"clever ideas and",1 182419,"An inconsequential",0 183001,"Can be classified as one of those ` alternate reality ' movies ... except that it would have worked so much better dealing in only one reality",0 193404,"as assaults on America 's knee-jerk moral sanctimony",0 121265,"goes straight to video -- with a lousy script , inept direction , pathetic acting , poorly dubbed dialogue and murky cinematography",0 96282,"the ol' ball-and-chain",0 163208,"is one of the hapless victims of the arrogant '' if we put together a wry white man and a chatty black man and give them guns , the movie will be funny '' syndrome .",0 6604,"for no apparent reason except",0 113135,"about bad cinema",0 209842,"proves tiresome , with the surface histrionics failing to compensate for the paper-thin characterizations and facile situations",0 44106,"A good piece of",1 165591,"makes previous vehicles look smart and sassy",0 36763,"seems like a minor miracle that its septuagenarian star is young enough to be the nonagenarian filmmaker 's son , more incredible",1 238051,"too clichéd and",0 185552,"Just send it to Cranky . We do n't get paid enough to sit through crap like this",0 43353,"'s thoroughly winning tone",1 46665,"S1M0NE 's satire is not subtle , but it is effective .",1 25413,"Gibson , stepping in for Bruce Willis , is the perfect actor to take us on the trip",1 54314,"loathing",0 6471,"few american films",1 187131,"Schaefer 's ... determination to inject farcical raunch ... drowns out the promise of the romantic angle .",0 20375,"despite the long running time , the pace never feels slack",1 71066,"Worth a look as a curiosity .",1 189142,"Though there 's a clarity of purpose and even-handedness to the film 's direction",1 171463,"so much that I became mad that I wasted 123 minutes and $ 9 .",0 140938,"'' is the one hour and thirty-three minutes spent watching this waste of time .",0 224151,"It 's also stupider .",0 198544,"far less endearing",0 46403,"On the Granger Movie Gauge of 1 to 10 , The Powerpuff Girls is a fast , frenetic , funny , even punny 6 -- aimed specifically at a grade-school audience .",1 172541,"talented and clever Robert Rodriguez",1 68921,"Sparkling , often hilarious romantic jealousy comedy ... Attal looks so much like a young Robert DeNiro that it seems the film should instead be called ` My Husband Is Travis Bickle '",1 17283,"sophisticated",1 231407,"has all the heart of a porno flick ( but none of the sheer lust ) .",0 103515,"A delicious and delicately funny look",1 152036,"a marketable product",1 48521,"a youthful and good-looking diva",1 217797,"tries to pump life into overworked elements from Eastwood 's Dirty Harry period",0 226108,"The Good Girl '' a film worth watching",1 131660,"royally screwed",0 235378,"rigid and evasive in ways",0 109188,"Steven Soderbergh 's earlier films",1 218657,"want to pack raw dough in my ears",0 23019,"'re presented with a wry dark humor",1 110335,"There 's something to be said for a studio-produced film that never bothers to hand viewers a suitcase full of easy answers .",1 122979,"in entertaining",1 589,"being rewarded by a script that assumes you are n't very bright",0 87465,"most refreshing about Real Women Have Curves",1 229647,"can be just as frightening and disturbing -- even punishing .",0 87892,"no denying the power of Polanski 's film",1 47254,"The solid filmmaking and convincing characters",1 178667,"with the dull , nerdy folks that inhabit Cherish",0 66597,"It 's not a classic spy-action or buddy movie ,",1 204108,"its Labor Day weekend upload",1 238826,"wish I could say `` Thank God It 's Friday ''",0 6370,"facetious comic parody",1 22210,"the American Insomnia is still pretty darned good .",1 10758,"stirring experience that finds warmth in the coldest environment and makes each crumb of emotional comfort",1 38193,"the fascinating connections between women , water , nature , and sexuality",1 15701,"evocative",1 216619,"thrilled",1 31209,"especially those who are n't aware of",1 47747,"Young Hanks and Fisk , who vaguely resemble their celebrity parents , bring fresh good looks and an ease in front of the camera to the work .",1 72292,"a ride , basically",1 112354,"a mostly boring affair with a confusing sudden finale that 's likely to irk viewers .",0 35062,"occasionally ends in bone-crushing screwups",0 74432,"are the lively intelligence of the artists and their perceptiveness about their own situations .",1 212370,"splendid-looking as this particular film",1 97217,"there to give them a good time",1 104170,"Almost nothing else -- raunchy and graphic as it may be in presentation -- is one-sided , outwardly sexist or mean-spirited . And in a sense , that 's a liability",0 121413,"great job",1 22824,"with a great meet-cute gimmick .",1 23903,", the film delivers a solid mixture of sweetness and laughs .",1 196640,"decent gags",1 221244,", `` They 're out there ! ''",1 78397,"does Spider-Man deliver , but I suspect it might deliver again and again .",1 197101,"dismissed heroes would be a film that is n't this painfully forced , false and fabricated .",0 19446,"You might not buy the ideas . But you 'll definitely want the T-shirt .",1 106827,"It 's about issues most adults have to face in marriage and I think that 's what I liked about it -- the real issues tucked between the silly and crude storyline .",1 70567,"Unfolds with such a wallop of you-are-there immediacy",1 54581,"makes you believe the cast and crew thoroughly enjoyed themselves and believed in their small-budget film .",1 71096,"Yellow Asphalt is an uncompromising film .",1 97370,"this colorful bio-pic",1 191934,"actor to lead a group of talented friends astray",0 9565,"overly sentimental",0 27000,"This is the kind of movie that used to be right at home at the Saturday matinee , and it still is .",1 115351,"badly edited , 91-minute trailer",0 196498,"crusty",0 78682,"during the long build-up of expository material",0 207962,"of saying that piffle is all that the airhead movie business deserves from him right now",0 41467,"a plot full of twists upon knots ... and",1 204645,"lackluster at best",0 27902,"a time travel back to what it felt like during those unforgettably uncertain days .",1 152065,"a miserable relationship unfold in real time",0 70342,"Those with a modicum of patience will find in these characters ' foibles a timeless and unique perspective .",1 117951,"deeply humanistic",1 60736,"'re content with a clever pseudo-bio that manages to have a good time as it doles out pieces of the famous director 's life",1 87477,"most sincere and artful",1 48289,"a potent metaphor for a country still dealing with its fascist past",1 66509,"It 's a talking head documentary , but a great one .",1 237495,"thirsty , consuming passion which drives this movie",1 223411,"For this reason and this reason only -- the power of its own steadfast , hoity-toity convictions -- Chelsea Walls deserves a medal .",1 124293,"is n't much of a mystery , unfortunately .",0 179609,"'s all surprisingly predictable .",0 124102,"is hard to tell who is chasing who or why",0 236017,"stand-up magic",1 21236,"literally and figuratively )",1 88460,"of businesses",1 104145,"All the more disquieting for its relatively gore-free allusions to the serial murders , but it falls down in its attempts to humanize its subject .",0 181092,", unimaginative",0 132961,"something provocative ,",1 41013,"It dares to be a little different , and",1 207333,"obvious ( Je-Gyu is ) trying for poetry",1 173265,"that viewers are likely to lose interest before Sandrine",0 239044,"would stoop so low",0 210805,"saved this film",1 64093,"As if trying to grab a lump of Play-Doh , the harder that Liman tries to squeeze his story",0 149729,"The pivotal narrative point is so ripe the film ca n't help but go soft and stinky .",0 190668,"a good vampire tale",1 34352,"manages to deliver up the man in a way to arouse further curiosity in even the most unknowing viewer",1 77093,"complete wash",0 162796,"is barely worth following .",0 189780,"With a tighter editorial process and firmer direction this material could work , especially since the actresses in the lead roles are all more than competent , but as is , Personal Velocity seems to be idling in neutral .",0 41336,"This may not have the dramatic gut-wrenching impact of other Holocaust films , but it 's a compelling story , mainly because of the way it 's told by the people who were there",1 23938,", this reconfigured tale asks disturbing questions about those things we expect from military epics .",0 8788,"might have been titled ` the loud and the ludicrous '",0 98316,"to stand tall with Pryor , Carlin and Murphy",1 133368,"stranded",0 191280,"a screenplay that forces them into bizarre , implausible behavior",0 15031,"and fun",1 154847,"be very sweet indeed",1 204766,"lead a group of talented friends astray",1 225501,"Precocious smarter-than-thou wayward teen",1 180753,", it should pay reparations to viewers .",0 165381,"lured to the mediocrity that is Kung Pow : Enter the Fist",0 152513,"a story as bizarre",0 163802,"it grows tedious",0 160074,"gifting the most sympathetic male of the piece",1 54579,"makes us think twice about immigrants we see around us every day .",1 68048,"Oscar-caliber performances",1 102763,", paralyzed",0 212549,"stereotyped characters",0 84100,"is clever and funny , is amused by its special effects , and",1 97706,"through sincerity",1 76238,"by weaving a theme throughout this funny film",1 9419,"off too far",0 84097,"is clever and funny ,",1 190130,"a bad improvisation exercise ,",0 47308,"There 's no reason to miss Interview with the Assassin",1 25244,"Es divertida , visualmente espectacular y muy entretenida",1 174827,"the story never takes hold",0 27447,"a compelling portrait of moral emptiness",1 109869,"The formula is familiar but enjoyable .",1 119775,"far short",0 201902,"in insignificance",0 207574,"of a summer-camp talent show : hastily written",0 70837,"What the movie lacks in action it more than makes up for in drama , suspense , revenge , and romance .",1 118166,"devastated by war , famine and poverty and documented the cruelty and suffering he has found with an devastating , eloquent clarity",1 63355,"A sexy , surprising romance ... Idemoto and Kim make a gorgeous pair ... their scenes brim with sexual possibility and emotional danger .",1 44617,"Audrey Tatou has a knack for picking roles that magnify her outrageous charm , and in this literate French comedy , she 's as morning-glory exuberant as she was in Amélie",1 77936,"delivered in low-key style",1 24383,"A marvellous journey from childhood idealism to adolescent self-absorption .",1 92561,"should catch this IMAX offering",1 83255,"inconsistencies is part of the fun . But",1 44770,"Brian De Palma is utterly mad",0 102802,", right-wing , propriety-obsessed family .",0 118971,"else who may , for whatever reason , be thinking about going to see this movie is hereby given fair warning",0 115652,"beautiful paean",1 157810,"does nothing new with the old story",0 52076,"genuinely spooky",1 71932,"a lovely , eerie film that casts an odd , rapt spell",1 153320,"an ambitious adaptation and elaborate production",1 22798,"will enjoy",1 30807,"director Denis Villeneuve 's beating heart and the fondness he has for his characters",1 69437,"The charm of the first movie is still there , and",1 106963,"It 's sweet . It 's funny . It wears its heart on the sleeve of its gaudy Hawaiian shirt . And",1 232346,"is a remarkable piece of filmmaking ... because you get it",1 47844,"a brutal 90-minute battle sequence",1 26767,"The best revenge",1 192450,"an action movie with an action icon who 's been all but decommissioned",0 97957,"to big box office bucks all but guaranteed",1 208267,"off-putting romantic comedy .",0 203889,"it evaporates like so much crypt mist in the brain",0 40733,"A work of intricate elegance ,",1 173187,"that she ca n't see how insufferable the character is",0 213946,"that will be seen to better advantage on cable , especially considering its barely",0 92161,"seems the film should instead be called ` My Husband Is Travis Bickle '",0 199901,"gets way too mushy -- and in a relatively short amount of time .",0 36308,"quite satisfying",1 149806,"The screenplay sabotages the movie 's strengths at almost every juncture . All the characters are stereotypes ,",0 65082,"Director Douglas McGrath takes on Nickleby with all the halfhearted zeal of an 8th grade boy delving into required reading .",0 147658,"Never quite transcends jokester status ... and",0 128608,"of deja vu",0 59225,"to empathize with others",1 114541,"are all in the performances , from Foreman 's barking-mad Taylor to Thewlis 's smoothly sinister Freddie and Bettany\/McDowell 's hard-eyed gangster .",1 103110,"-- reality shows for God 's sake ! --",0 116711,"career - kids = misery )",0 189042,"This latest installment of the horror film franchise that is apparently as invulnerable as its trademark villain has arrived for an incongruous summer playoff , demonstrating yet again that the era of the intelligent , well-made B movie is long gone .",0 134337,"that grips and holds you in rapt attention from",1 86491,"magic and whimsy for children , a heartfelt romance for teenagers and a compelling argument about death ,",1 62964,"A family film that contains some hefty thematic material on time , death , eternity , and what is needed to live a rich and full life .",1 11764,"the problem is the needlessly poor quality of its archival prints and film footage .",0 70213,"This is a more fascinating look at the future than '' Bladerunner '' and one",1 93530,"stirring ,",1 131468,"retains an extraordinary faith in the ability of images to communicate the truth of the world around him",1 11853,"the saddest films i have ever seen that still manages to be uplifting but not overly sentimental",1 196045,"compassion , good-natured humor",1 178563,"with dumb characters",0 87576,"moving tragedy",1 236999,"the insightful writer\/director responsible for this illuminating comedy",1 48969,"an intriguing what-if premise",1 108169,"One of the most important and exhilarating forms of animated filmmaking since old Walt doodled Steamboat Willie .",1 81283,"gorgeous companion",1 94729,"that is warm , inviting , and surprising",1 210300,"refused to gel",0 187619,"Such a wildly uneven hit-and-miss enterprise , you ca n't help suspecting that it was improvised on a day-to-day basis during production .",0 22406,"there 's nothing fresh about Wannabes , which was written by Mr . DeMeo , who produced and directed the film with Charles A . Addessi , much of the time",0 130977,"raises some worthwhile themes while delivering a wholesome fantasy for kids",1 143849,"Apallingly",0 177356,"uses water as a metaphor for subconscious desire",1 196533,"cute animals and",1 42263,"keeps the film constantly taut ...",1 92915,"smug or sanctimonious",0 160928,"have to wonder how on earth anyone , anywhere could have thought they 'd make audiences guffaw with a script as utterly diabolical as this",0 161111,"her most charmless",0 91890,"sanctimonious",0 38351,"the interests of doing them good",1 162708,"is above Academy standards",1 146631,"It 's too self-important and plodding to be funny , and too clipped and abbreviated to be an epic .",0 69942,"The story is a rather simplistic one : grief drives her , love drives him , and a second chance to find love in the most unlikely place - it struck a chord in me",1 8378,"leave",0 158044,"dumb .",0 160153,"glorified Nike ad",0 30040,"carefully structured",1 13333,"you 'll be entertained as well",1 124832,"it 's good enough for our girls",1 233687,"makes me say the obvious : Abandon all hope of a good movie ye who enter here .",0 98990,"understands the grandness of romance",1 28360,"an eye-opening tour",1 79673,"far more impact",1 217656,"too placid",0 147819,"Nothing more than a mediocre trifle",0 136305,"the spectacular",1 46524,"Plays out with a dogged and eventually winning squareness that would make it the darling of many a kids-and-family-oriented cable channel .",1 153642,"another example of the sad decline of British comedies",0 99088,"unnoticed and underappreciated",0 93785,"such a sophisticated and unsentimental treatment on the big screen",1 232858,"is truly gorgeous to behold .",1 6786,"give",1 110937,"Watching Austin Powers in Goldmember is like binging on cotton candy .",1 72385,"a show forged in still-raw emotions",1 22875,"worth seeking out",1 41754,"cried , not once",1 23797,", nothing satisfies like old-fashioned swashbuckling . And in this regard , On Guard delivers .",1 136977,"this is the best ` old neighborhood ' project since Christopher Walken kinda romanced Cyndi Lauper in The Opportunists",1 141548,"'s really bad",0 60792,"'s a big , comforting jar of Marmite ,",1 44,"'s low-cal woody at best",0 199038,"flattening its momentum",0 139009,"very stylish",1 191247,"a ruffle in what is already an erratic career",0 34636,"most honest",1 93287,"spectacular ,",1 112721,"a slow death",0 160156,"glossy , rich green , environment",1 38795,"the year 's best acting",1 15425,"clarify , and comfort .",1 113039,"a wonderous accomplishment of veracity and narrative grace",1 201710,"in 1958 Brooklyn",1 64963,"Death to Smoochy is often very funny",1 17338,"struggles",0 69777,"The observations of this social\/economic\/urban environment are canny and spiced with irony .",1 103767,"A penetrating glimpse into the tissue-thin ego of the stand-up comic",1 234806,"our reality tv obsession , and even",0 1441,"it 's like a poem",1 213979,"the , yes , snail-like pacing and lack of thematic resonance make the film more silly than scary , like some sort of Martha Stewart decorating program run amok .",0 155864,"ca n't save itself from being unoriginal , unfunny and unrecommendable .",0 121967,"have marked an emerging Indian American cinema",1 125445,"jaw-dropping action sequences",1 176973,"turned it instead into a somber chamber drama",0 9942,"quality",1 128771,"of lingerie models and bar dancers",1 109640,"The cameo-packed , M : I-2-spoofing title sequence is the funniest 5 minutes to date in this spy comedy franchise ... Then Mike Myers shows up and ruins everything",0 192222,"all the interesting developments",1 161330,"his story flattens",0 131896,"seductively stylish",1 12150,"this is a film living far too much in its own head .",0 230565,"enthusiastic charm",1 57449,"stylish and",1 232518,"is just too slim .",0 51498,"fame . His healthy sense of satire is light and fun",1 109292,"Swept Away ' sinks .",0 3900,"a kind of political blair witch , a monstrous murk that haunts us precisely because it can never be seen",1 217082,"to have been picked not for their acting chops , but for their looks and appeal to the pre-teen crowd",0 196891,"devoid of joy and energy",0 115405,"bargain-basement special",0 45801,"It haunts , horrifies , startles and fascinates : it is impossible to look away . Ah yes , and then",1 77939,"delivered with such conviction",1 95967,"the journey is such a mesmerizing one",1 4159,"a strong script , powerful direction and splendid production design allows us to be transported into the life of wladyslaw szpilman , who is not only a pianist , but a good human being",1 110574,"Thoroughly engrossing and",1 101042,"you 'll cheer . Otherwise , maybe .",1 46102,"Martin Scorcese 's Gangs of New York still emerges as his most vital work since GoodFellas .",1 165730,"may be a prize winner",1 58267,"the erotics of intimacy in a way that makes most American love stories look downright unfree",1 32086,"giving it humor and poignancy",1 177673,"was one of the year 's murkiest , intentionally obscure and self-indulgent pictures",0 114048,"an extraordinary poignancy",1 138705,"uninspired",0 208969,"owed to Benigni",0 166939,"not as innovative , nor the story as imaginative as in the original .",0 29345,"aunque sea condensada )",1 127722,"my uncles are all aliens , too . '' Congrats Disney on a job well done , I enjoyed it just as much",1 37673,"terrific flick",1 231433,"has done the nearly impossible",1 218103,"under my seat trying to sneak out of the theater",0 3970,"a memorable",1 192210,"all the demographically appropriate comic buttons",1 37517,"surreal Gilliam-esque film",1 122892,"in a good way",1 181093,", unlikable characters",0 149276,"The charms of willful eccentricity , at least as evidenced by this latest cinematic essay",1 182483,"Another boorish movie from the I-heard-a-joke",0 59082,"threatening and",0 177025,"two personas interesting or worth caring about",1 25840,"Japan 's premier stylist",1 204721,"lasting impression",1 87575,"moving story",1 230379,"dogs who are smarter than him",0 205945,"may look classy in a '60s - homage pokepie hat , but as a character he 's dry , dry , dry .",0 20748,"have fun into a rousing treatise of sensual empowerment",1 123963,"is certainly worth seeing at least once",1 30467,"crafts quite moving scenes throughout his resolutely dramatic variation on the novel .",1 105371,"Demonstrates a vivid imagination and an impressive style that result in some terrific setpieces",1 195052,"but it never quite adds up",0 29089,"are up to the task",1 125083,"it remains brightly optimistic , coming through in the end",1 141232,"'s another video movie photographed like a film , with the bad lighting that 's often written off as indie film naturalism .",0 124226,"is little more than a mall movie designed to kill time .",0 142287,", it contains Jesse Ventura 's best work since the XFL .",1 196588,"dark-as-pitch",0 55947,"pat storylines",0 148745,"Some of their jokes work , but most fail miserably and in the end , Pumpkin is far more offensive than it is funny",0 164002,"its cautionary message",1 12544,"transcends them",1 175048,"the worse it gets",0 176382,"to see the last James Bond movie",1 60933,"'s an ambitious film",1 117112,"clotted with heavy-handed symbolism , dime-store psychology and endless scenic shots that make 105 minutes seem twice as long",0 184061,"Friday the 13th by way of Clean and Sober ,",0 159379,"for a weak movie",0 166624,"needed one of the actor 's whiny jags to pump it up",0 3729,"a dim-witted",0 216981,"to drag along the dead ( water ) weight of the other",0 214344,"the conceit of setting this blood-soaked tragedy of murderous ambition in the era of Richard Nixon",0 155553,"buggy",0 54562,"makes it interesting as a character study is the fact that the story is told from Paul 's perspective",1 102608,", is something of a stiff -- an extra-dry office comedy that seems twice as long as its 83 minutes .",0 81674,"has been remarkable about clung-to traditions",1 38300,"the haphazard administration of it and public misperception of how the whole thing works",0 218963,"wear thin with repetition",0 202652,"is a subzero version of Monsters , Inc . ,",0 80766,"fun family fare",1 138316,"trial for crimes against humanity",0 169413,"providing a disquiet world",0 129496,"once again dazzle and delight us",1 43499,", The Wild Thornberrys Movie makes for a surprisingly cinematic experience .",1 112395,"a mushy , existential exploration of why men leave their families",0 179979,"'s so downbeat and nearly humorless",0 133810,"take heart",1 23966,", very watchable",1 6964,"hardly enough",0 59062,"those visual in-jokes , as in the film 's verbal pokes at everything from the likes of Miramax chief",1 146072,"I hated every minute of it .",0 177550,"wait till you see Maid in Manhattan",1 226309,"The images lack contrast , are murky and are frequently too dark to be decipherable .",0 37720,"than what Shyamalan has given us in his past two movies",1 121912,"have an idea of the film 's creepy , scary effectiveness",1 141751,"( Ahola ) has a wooden delivery and encounters a substantial arc of change that does n't produce any real transformation .",0 103655,"A highly watchable , giggly little story",1 72708,"a treatise on spirituality as well as",1 43073,"'' MIB II '' succeeds due to its rapid-fire delivery and enough inspired levity that it ca n't be dismissed as mindless .",1 217597,"too great",1 154200,"as it presents friendship between women as pathetic , dysfunctional and destructive",0 150052,"There 's no excuse for following up a delightful , well-crafted family film with a computer-generated cold fish .",0 237947,"to see who can out-bad-act the other",0 79523,"extravaganza",1 24423,"A psychologically rich and suspenseful moral thriller with a stellar performance by Al Pacino",1 101531,"'s a reason the studio did n't offer an advance screening . '' The Adventures of Pluto Nash '' is a big time stinker",0 184654,"I even caught the gum stuck under my seat trying to sneak out of the theater",0 41736,"contemplative and",1 34149,"little more than another platter of reheated Aliens",0 180583,", cliched and clunky",0 44037,"A delightful stimulus for the optic nerves",1 101937,"'s sweet , funny , charming , and completely delightful",1 228977,"as simultaneously funny",1 202305,"insults",0 230046,"credulous , unassuming , subordinate",0 204433,"just another situation romance",0 223293,"Everything is off .",0 21252,"looks to be having so much fun with the slapstick antics and silly street patois , tossing around obscure expressions like Bellini and Mullinski , that the compact 86 minutes breezes by",1 6440,"feel fully",1 96476,"the problematic script",0 118527,"does n't even qualify as a spoof of such",0 178436,"winds up affirming the same damn moldy values the material has always held dear",0 60317,"with a pertinent ( cinematically unique ) message",1 207550,"of a mixed bag , with enough negatives",0 90953,"puts a human face on Derrida , and makes one of the great minds of our times interesting and accessible",1 59050,"thoroughly enjoyed themselves and believed in their small-budget film",1 96364,"the percussion rhythm , the brass soul and",1 80907,"gentle , touching story",1 13171,"with talent",1 65378,"Even when it drags , we are forced to reflect that its visual imagination is breathtaking",1 123249,"in which a sultry evening or a beer-fueled afternoon in the sun can inspire even the most retiring heart to venture forth",1 230505,"empty theatres",0 20975,"invite viewers to gawk at or applaud his special effects",1 28782,"and screamingly neurotic",0 43976,"A brutally honest documentary",1 161911,"in its vision of nascent industrialized world politics as a new art form , but far too clunky , didactic and saddled with scenes that seem simply an ill fit for this movie",0 76317,"can be distinguished from a mediocre one by the better film 's ability to make its subject interesting to those who are n't part of its supposed target audience . Judging by those standards , ` Scratch ' is a pretty decent little documentary",1 99376,"very ugly",0 18347,", aggressive and alive",1 33338,"is beautifully mounted",1 38900,"they were tales that had been handed down since the beginning of time",1 55409,"of its epic scope",1 80709,"frustrating yet deeply watchable melodrama",1 194876,"both overstuffed and undernourished ... The film ca n't be called a solid success , although there 's plenty of evidence here to indicate Clooney might have better luck next time",0 73435,"all the enjoyable randomness",1 49815,"breakdown",0 142781,"... fifty minutes of tedious adolescent melodramatics followed by thirty-five minutes of inflated nonsense .",0 134592,"that the rich promise of the script will be realized on the screen .",1 118881,"easy to take this film at face value and enjoy its slightly humorous and tender story",1 30498,"creeped me out just fine",1 215368,"the plot ` surprises",1 65312,"Enjoyably dumb , sweet , and intermittently hilarious",1 198599,"fast-moving and cheerfully",1 203132,"is much too conventional -- lots of boring talking heads , etc . -- to do the subject matter justice .",0 98939,"undeniably exceedingly clever",1 97435,"this is a serious work by an important director who has something new to say about how , in the flip-flop of courtship , we often reel in when we should be playing out",1 158862,"far superior Nurse Betty",1 41674,"brutal and",0 132343,"should come a-knocking",1 167437,"of drivel so sickly sweet , even the eager consumers of Moore 's pasteurized ditties",0 188352,"The milieu is wholly unconvincing ... and",0 173624,"the chemistry or lack thereof between Newton and Wahlberg could turn an Imax theater into a 9 '' black and white portable TV",0 190588,"a fireworks",1 8257,"just one long drag",0 80735,"full potential",1 49303,"as morning-glory exuberant",1 83306,"inevitably consigned",0 61582,", Ararat is fiercely intelligent and uncommonly ambitious .",1 26845,"The laser-projected paintings provide a spell-casting beauty , while Russell and Dreyfus are a romantic pairing of hearts , preciously exposed as history corners them .",1 53909,"its deft portrait of Tinseltown 's seasoned veterans",1 153599,"and unfunny madcap comedy",0 216631,"thrillers actually thrilled",1 131481,"retread action twaddle",0 52609,"highly spirited , imaginative kid 's movie",1 47654,"With a romantic comedy plotline straight from the ages , this Cinderella story does n't have a single surprise up its sleeve . But it does somehow manage to get you under its spell .",1 136403,"the thornier aspects",0 41434,"a gem . His characters are engaging , intimate and the dialogue is realistic and greatly moving . The scope of the Silberstein family is large and",1 181920,"A prolonged extrusion of psychopathic pulp .",0 37938,"the Bedroom",1 85644,"keeps throwing fastballs",1 181716,"A good-looking but ultimately pointless political thriller",0 112969,"a very compelling , sensitive , intelligent and almost cohesive piece of film entertainment",1 131060,"real and amusing",1 129073,"of the most slyly exquisite anti-adult movies",1 178263,"whole lot scarier",1 2417,"stupid",0 62485,"-- ever so gracefully --",1 106135,"Happy !",1 150894,"When the plot kicks in , the film loses credibility .",0 195355,"can be fertile sources of humor",1 43367,"'s virtually its own Hollywood remake",1 231116,"genuinely engaging performers",1 6161,"elegant wit and",1 161821,"in an emotionally unavailable rut",0 32113,"goes down easily",1 237709,"to a new scene , which also appears to be the end",0 177961,"what could 've been an impacting film",0 54585,"making this gorgeous film a must for everyone from junior scientists to grown-up fish lovers",1 5279,"brimming with gentle humor , bittersweet pathos , and lyric moments",1 4482,"all its excess debris",0 194208,"be the target of something deeper and more engaging . Oh , and more entertaining",0 141919,") revered TV show , about pretty much nothing",0 79888,"film lately , you may be surprised at the variety of tones in Spielberg 's work .",1 237409,"there 's nothing very attractive about this movie",0 113010,"a weak and ineffective ghost story without a conclusion or pay off .",0 238180,"ultimately defeated the film ... It was the unfulfilling , incongruous , `` wait a second",0 110423,"This amiable picture",1 180711,", it 's a conundrum not worth solving .",0 194678,"bitter Italian comedy",0 195329,"cameos do not automatically equal laughs . And",0 72107,"a perceptive study",1 198832,"fill The Hot Chick , the latest gimmick from this unimaginative comedian",0 113702,"allows it to rank with its worthy predecessors",1 214832,"the imagined glory of their own pasts",0 154507,"awfully derivative story",0 211712,"sits there like a side dish no one ordered .",0 59428,"told and retold",0 180451,", State Property does n't end up being very inspiring or insightful .",0 60726,"'m all for that",1 84057,"is awe and affection -- and a strange urge to get on a board and , uh , shred , dude .",1 52294,"gritty urban mosaic",1 112093,"a hazy high",1 33604,"it 's rarely been told with such affecting grace and cultural specificity .",1 84879,"it 's as good as you remember . In fact , even better .",1 119462,"excellent 90-minute film",1 167449,"of enjoying this film is by lowering your expectations .",0 111120,"While the filmmaking may be a bit disjointed , the subject matter is so fascinating that you wo n't care .",1 158681,"explored very deeply",1 183855,"Fans of Plympton 's shorts may marginally enjoy the film",1 76925,"come from the script 's insistence on providing deep emotional motivation for each and every one of Abagnale 's antics",1 35482,"of the movie 's charm",1 229288,"been a good film in `` Trouble Every Day",1 101540,"'s a scorcher .",1 22918,"you have to watch them because you ca n't wait to see what they do next .",1 156893,"could only be made by African-Americans because of its broad racial insensitivity towards African-Americans",0 160637,"has all the excitement of eating oatmeal",0 63652,"Affirms",1 47606,"Whenever you think you 've figured out Late Marriage , it throws you for a loop .",1 184647,"I did n't laugh . I did n't smile . I survived .",0 215876,"the way Adam Sandler 's new movie rapes",0 35971,"perfectly realized",1 4273,"a very old-school kind of quality",1 217590,"too fleeting",0 139730,"who ca n't quite distinguish one sci-fi work from another",0 217159,"to lend some dignity to a dumb story",0 237150,"the pleasures of a well-made pizza",1 30912,"does n't do much to weigh any arguments one way or the other . He simply presents his point of view that Ayurveda works . No question .",0 196469,"crossing-over mumbo jumbo",0 68252,"Praise",1 15472,"constantly frustrates our desire to know the ` truth ' about this man , while deconstructing the very format of the biography in a manner that Derrida would doubtless give his blessing to",1 179624,"'s an epic",1 194159,"be low , very low , very very low ,",0 235336,"replaced by some dramatic scenes that are jarring and deeply out of place in what could have ( and probably should have ) been a lighthearted comedy",0 90721,"professional",1 203602,"is to skip the film and pick up the soundtrack",0 17889,"truly excellent",1 66026,"Hollywood fluff",0 169850,"reduces this domestic tragedy",0 87111,"might want to leave your date behind for this one",0 158676,"exploits the hot-button issue of domestic abuse for cheap",0 181315,"... is less concerned with cultural and political issues than doting on its eccentric characters .",0 131069,"real situations and characters",1 208081,"of the goth-vampire , tortured woe-is-me lifestyle",0 204755,"lax",0 26984,"This is a story of two misfits who do n't stand a chance alone",1 211355,"shallow and glib",0 160312,"grasping the coolness vibes when in fact the film is n't as flippant or slick as it thinks it is",0 191316,"a severe case of Hollywood-itis",0 176339,"to really stay afloat for its just under ninety minute running time",0 157824,"does the field no favors",0 223348,"Feeble",0 119142,"enormously entertaining movie",1 97387,"this engaging film",1 40409,"you 'll love this documentary .",1 18914,"Has it ever been possible to say that Williams has truly inhabited a character ? It is now .",1 20387,"disappointed",0 220224,"you 'll wait in vain for a movie to happen .",0 110576,"Thoroughly engrossing and ultimately tragic .",0 65514,"Ferrara 's strongest and most touching movie of recent years .",1 231541,"have a whale of a good time .",1 220100,"would love this .",1 127644,"much-needed levity",1 224163,"It 's as if Solondz had two ideas for two movies , could n't really figure out how to flesh either out , so he just slopped ` em together here .",0 181278,". You try to guess the order in which the kids in the house will be gored .",0 164557,"lame special effects",0 179012,"yammering",0 156541,"come up with something even quasi-original , when you can pillage from Shirley Jackson , Richard Matheson ... and puke up something like ROSE RED",0 213025,"sustain a reasonable degree of suspense on its own",1 208747,"opportunity to make absurdist observations",1 192660,"an unrewarding collar",0 47329,"There is nothing outstanding about this film , but it is good enough and will likely be appreciated most by sailors and folks who know their way around a submarine .",1 130466,"possess the lack-of-attention span that we did at seventeen",0 145619,"Going to the website may be just as fun ( and scary ) as going to the film .",0 19654,"absorbing",1 34224,"lots of fun",1 177185,"unfunny ,",0 193937,"bad blend",0 99778,"welcome perspective",1 176761,"tough sit",0 85218,"its crack cast",1 133448,"struggling to give themselves a better lot in life than the ones",1 42208,"is ridiculous",0 65662,"Fresh and raw like a blown-out vein",0 228801,"are incredibly captivating and insanely funny ,",1 189582,"What if ?",1 57324,"stays close to the ground in a spare and simple manner and does n't pummel us with phony imagery or music",1 161107,"her love",1 142460,", tedium for thrills .",0 162406,"into sham truths and routine '' indie '' filmmaking",0 74392,"are put to perfect use in the breathtakingly beautiful outer-space documentary Space Station 3D",1 4568,"american art house audiences",1 10831,"suffocated",0 37131,"some ingenious plot devices and some lavishly built settings .",1 212702,"strongly reminiscent",0 16897,"overcomes the regular minefield of coming-of-age cliches with potent doses of honesty and sensitivity .",1 91502,"reopens an interesting controversy and",1 63263,"A poignant comedy that offers food for thought .",1 191676,"about 90 minutes of a so-called ` comedy ' and not laugh",0 113973,"an avalanche of more appealing holiday-season product",1 131642,"rooted in a sincere performance",1 166217,"more predictable than their consequences",0 180413,", Jeong-Hyang Lee 's film is just as likely to blacken that organ with cold vengefulness .",0 104934,"By the time it ends in a rush of sequins , flashbulbs , blaring brass and back-stabbing babes",0 143326,"A sequence of ridiculous shoot - 'em - up scenes .",0 79217,"estrogen-free",0 73170,"acts with the feral intensity of the young Bette Davis",1 188299,"The kids in the audience at the preview screening seemed bored , cheering the pratfalls but little else : their parents , wise folks that they are , read books",0 235517,"see a movie that takes such a speedy swan dive from `` promising '' to `` interesting '' to `` familiar '' before landing squarely on `` stupid ''",0 43268,"'s just brilliant in this",1 98551,"tortured and self-conscious material",0 202971,"is grossly contradictory in conveying its social message , if indeed there is one",0 121905,"have a good time with this one too",1 175660,"threatened by a terrorist bomb",0 27233,"Wilde 's droll whimsy helps '' Being Earnest ''",1 117341,"competent , unpretentious entertainment",1 30487,"creative interference",1 134038,"than a funny and weird meditation on Hollywood , success , artistic integrity and intellectual bankruptcy",1 23124,"'s fearless in picking apart human foibles , not afraid to lay her life bare in front of an audience .",1 137676,"to induce sleep than fright",0 185175,"It 's not the worst comedy of the year , but it certainly wo n't win any honors",0 212608,"stories drowned by all too clever complexity",0 101970,"'s too much syrup and not enough fizz",0 149811,"The script boasts some tart TV-insider humor ,",1 37094,"sober and affecting",1 46004,"Legged Freaks",0 65681,"From its invitingly upbeat overture to its pathos-filled but ultimately life-affirming finale",1 178167,"while cleverly worked out",1 62810,"A breezy blend of art , history , esoteric musings and philosophy .",1 69313,"The Lady and the Duke represents the filmmaker 's lifelong concern with formalist experimentation in cinematic art .",1 239111,"you 're looking for a tale of Brits behaving badly",0 125103,"it still cuts all the way down to broken bone .",0 94831,"that rare creature -- an action hero with table manners , and one who proves that elegance is more than tattoo deep",1 73094,"achieve a shock-you-into-laughter intensity of almost Dadaist proportions",1 220032,"worst titles",0 164536,"lacks punch .",0 86560,"make interesting",1 124929,"it can comfortably hold",1 6481,"film buffs",1 15889,"glued",1 85929,"less psycho",1 142717,"-- to assess the quality of the manipulative engineering . Average , at best , I 'm afraid",0 197554,"drown yourself",0 6806,"giving it thumbs down due to the endlessly repetitive scenes of embarrassment",0 222438,"As a story of dramatic enlightenment",1 189380,"Vaguely interesting",1 136521,"the very special type of badness that is Deuces Wild",0 26463,"Rich in detail , gorgeously shot and beautifully",1 3884,"a hollow",0 77430,"could have easily become a cold , calculated exercise in postmodern pastiche winds up a powerful and deeply moving example of melodramatic moviemaking .",1 199642,"from the writing and direction to the soggy performances --",0 157936,"dramatic potential",1 13497,", Laissez-Passer is a distinguished and distinctive effort by a bona-fide master , a fascinating film replete with rewards to be had by all willing to make the effort to reap them .",1 4195,"a technological exercise that lacks juice and delight",0 21711,"percolating magic",1 195865,"coke . If you 're looking for a tale of Brits behaving badly , watch Snatch again . It 's 51 times better than this",0 33664,"it is a good stepping stone for director Sprecher .",1 121584,"hand-held camera and documentary feel",1 191224,"a ridiculous wig no respectable Halloween costume shop would ever try to sell",0 70664,"Walk to Remember ''",1 196409,"creates a drama with such a well-defined sense of place and age -- as in , 15 years old --",1 24045,"-- as pleasantly in its own way as its self-dramatizing characters",1 115570,"be sealed in a jar and left on a remote shelf indefinitely",0 203907,"it goes nowhere",0 108564,"Recoing 's fantastic performance",1 144752,"Deconstructionist theorizing",0 163463,"is the kind of movie that gets a quick release before real contenders arrive in September",0 33756,"its clunky dialogue and lapses in logic",0 121630,"hardly distinguish it from the next teen comedy",0 206002,"meant to make you think about existential suffering . Instead",0 194898,"bouncing bravado",1 38944,"this girl knows how to drive it to the max",1 12659,"unease",0 11497,"the horrors",0 175872,"to an end , along with Green 's half-hearted movie career",0 85707,"knows how to tell us about people .",1 103942,"A thoughtful , reverent portrait of what is essentially a subculture , with its own rules regarding love and family , governance and hierarchy .",1 126090,"like bad cinema",0 22151,"thankfully manages to outshine the role and successfully plays the foil to Willis 's world-weary colonel .",1 110105,"The problems and characters it reveals",0 159836,"funny !",1 107058,"It seems impossible that an epic four-hour Indian musical about a cricket game could be this good , but it is",1 82636,"if the filmmakers come up with nothing original in the way of slapstick sequences",0 112116,"a heroine as feisty and",1 20693,"gross outs , bawdy comedy and head games",0 126023,"like Kubrick before him , may not touch the planet 's skin , but understands the workings of its spirit .",1 179616,"'s also drab and inert",0 171535,"soggy Paris ,",0 209222,"personable , amusing",1 185071,"It 's as sorry a mess as its director 's diabolical debut , Mad Cows .",0 158200,"enable them to discern flimsy screenplays",0 184238,"Green is ) the comedy equivalent of Saddam Hussein , and I 'm just about ready to go to the U . N . and ask permission for a preemptive strike .",0 238938,"witty updatings ( Silver 's parrot has been replaced with Morph , a cute alien creature who mimics everyone and everything around )",1 191722,"about as exciting to watch as two last-place basketball teams playing one another on the final day of the season",0 207800,"of inexcusable dumb innocence",0 163467,"is the one hour and thirty-three minutes spent watching this waste of time .",0 161927,"in milking a played-out idea -- a straight guy has to dress up in drag -- that shockingly manages to be even worse than its title",0 213906,"that they did n't mind the ticket cost .",1 46060,"MacDowell , whose wifty Southern charm has anchored lighter affairs",1 96406,"the pitch-perfect Forster",1 99847,"what 's happening but you 'll be blissfully exhausted",1 146774,"It would be great to see this turd squashed under a truck , preferably a semi .",0 82416,"honesty and respect",1 155286,"blah characters",0 187180,"Seeing as the film lacks momentum and its position remains mostly undeterminable , the director 's experiment is a successful one .",1 62899,"A culture-clash comedy that , in addition to being very funny ,",1 2186,"sad to say --",0 94427,"than much of what 's on Saturday morning TV especially the pseudo-educational stuff we all ca n't stand",0 12126,"this fast-paced",1 45243,"Filled with honest performances and exceptional detail",1 46533,"Poignant and delicately complex .",1 180795,", luridly coloured ,",0 231147,"gets old",0 178580,"with half the demons , half the daring , much less talent , many fewer laughs .",0 115451,"be a total washout",0 183752,"Even if it made its original release date last fall , it would 've reeked of a been-there , done-that sameness .",0 10640,"sort the bad guys from the good , which is its essential problem",0 115974,"big fat pain .",0 54993,"nails all of Orlean 's themes",1 99851,"what I like about Men With Brooms and what is kind of special is how the film knows what 's unique and quirky about Canadians",1 37936,"the B . S . giving a big middle-fingered '' shut up '' to those who talk up what is nothing more than two guys beating the hell outta one another",0 174225,"the long-dreaded completion of the Police Academy series",0 149974,"The very definition of what critics have come to term an '' ambitious failure . ''",0 169862,"refreshingly naive",1 194471,"being attempted here that stubbornly refused to gel",0 27975,"a worthwhile tutorial",1 48234,"a nervous breakdown ,",0 112641,"a satisfying destination",1 86812,"marks an encouraging new direction for La Salle .",1 162492,"involvement , and , if you 'll excuse a little critical heresy , too intellectually ambitious",0 29043,"are good sparring partners .",1 155942,"can disguise the emptiness at the center of the story",0 49499,"be an unendurable viewing experience for this ultra-provincial New Yorker if 26-year-old Reese Witherspoon were not on hand to inject her pure fantasy character , Melanie Carmichael , with a massive infusion of old-fashioned Hollywood magic",1 49001,"an unflinching and objective look",1 158754,"fails the most basic relevancy test as well .",0 201707,"improvised on a day-to-day basis during production",0 220728,"'s a stale , overused cocktail using the same olives since 1962 as garnish .",0 28517,"and at other times candidly revealing",1 95195,"the best rock documentaries ever . Wilco",1 69449,"The culmination of everyone 's efforts",1 220291,"you have a case of masochism and an hour and a half to blow",0 134642,"that would set it apart from other Deep South stories",1 238437,"was influenced by some of the filmmakers who have directed him , especially the Coen brothers and Steven Soderbergh",1 13479,"'s the best film of the year so far , the benchmark against which all other Best Picture contenders should be measured .",1 92105,"see this , the final part of the ` qatsi ' trilogy , directed by Godfrey Reggio , with music",1 74763,"as sexual manifesto , I 'd rather listen to old Tori Amos records",0 180087,"'ve looked like as a low-budget series on a UHF channel .",0 138511,"ultimately offers nothing more than people in an urban jungle needing other people to survive",0 210745,"salvage this filmmaker 's flailing reputation",0 102730,", murky and weakly acted",0 53033,"in this literate French comedy , she 's as morning-glory exuberant as she was in Amélie",1 10428,"should come with the warning '' for serious",0 104051,"About Schmidt is Nicholson 's goofy , heartfelt , mesmerizing King Lear .",1 27575,"a happy throwback to the time when cartoons were cinema 's most idiosyncratic form instead of one of its most predictable",1 155498,"bring yourself to dislike it",0 83717,"is Fontaine 's willingness to wander into the dark areas of parent-child relationships without flinching .",1 52196,"good humor",1 229,"a picture-perfect",1 33566,"it 's a bit smug and repetitive",0 166864,"no real reason to see it",0 179489,"'s TV sitcom material at best",1 46988,"The bodily function jokes are about what you 'd expect , but there are rich veins of funny stuff in this movie",1 61714,", XXX is a blast of adrenalin ,",1 108167,"One of the most exciting action films to come out of China in recent years .",1 46054,"MIB II '' succeeds due to its rapid-fire delivery",1 153645,"another kung-fu sci-fi movie",0 71707,"a fun adventure movie",1 18657,"An enchanting spectacular for Potter fans anxious to ride the Hogwarts Express toward a new year of magic and mischief .",1 76470,"carry the movie because they are believable as people -- flawed , assured of the wrong things , and scared to admit how much they may really need the company of others",1 57695,"than the pitiful",0 117583,"could n't come up with a better script .",0 120847,"funniest film",1 192672,"an utterly incompetent conclusion",0 160652,"has been honored as best it can",1 199773,"generates little narrative momentum , and",0 73872,"an interesting look",1 223782,"I did n't particularly like E.T. the first time I saw it as a young boy",0 88047,"noteworthy",1 90228,"personal loss",0 212888,"suffocation",0 224028,"In other words , about as bad a film you 're likely to see all year .",0 159418,"for faith , hope and charity",1 207097,"no real sense of suspense",0 31853,"fresh , quirky charm",1 362,"all pretty",1 145771,"Heartbreak Hospital wants to convey the same kind of haughtiness in its own sketchy material",0 69661,"The kind of movie that comes along only occasionally , one so unconventional , gutsy and perfectly executed it takes your breath away .",1 40546,"'s a compelling story",1 16532,"makes a joke a joke",1 98218,"to overcome my resistance",1 50291,"comforted by the way it deals with big issues like death and destiny",1 214057,"the Kahlo movie Frida fans have been looking for",1 132861,"some clever scripting solutions",1 236112,"succeed merrily at their noble endeavor .",1 148721,"Some actors steal scenes . Tom Green just gives them a bad odor . This self-infatuated goofball is far from the only thing wrong with the clumsy comedy Stealing Harvard ,",0 237689,"to Hate",0 115010,"as rude and profane",0 107096,"Its compelling mix of trial movie , escape movie and unexpected fable",1 160986,"he is overwhelmed by predictability",0 114977,"as many good ideas as bad is the cold comfort that Chin 's film serves up with style and empathy",1 231994,"in clichés and mawkish dialogue",0 185304,"It just goes to show , an intelligent person is n't necessarily an admirable storyteller .",0 214668,"the first half of Sorority Boys",1 118567,"does n't work as either",0 201820,"in amusing us",1 25427,"Good Housekeeping 's unsavory characters and WWF mentality",0 110370,"There is a general air of exuberance in All About The Benjamins that 's hard to resist .",1 14320,"My goodness , Queen Latifah has a lot to offer and she seemed to have no problem flaunting her natural gifts .",1 170915,"shot Kennedy ? Moot point .",0 127677,"music videos",1 71188,"` Anyone with a passion for cinema , and indeed sex , should see it as soon as possible . '",1 27687,"a movie as a picture book for the big screen . This is n't my favorite in the series , still",0 78834,"elevates the experience",1 120,"a brilliant ,",1 27498,"a fascinating document",1 63905,"An ingenious and often harrowing",1 146458,"It 's been 13 months and 295 preview screenings since I last walked out on a movie , but Resident Evil really earned my indignant , preemptive departure .",0 176616,"too formulaic",0 95823,"the globe in dazzling panoramic shots that make the most of the large-screen format , before swooping down on a string of exotic locales , scooping the whole world up in a joyous communal festival of rhythm",1 112935,"a trend",0 236216,"swill .",0 84830,"is working properly .",1 192458,"an addictive guilty pleasure",1 223286,"Every nanosecond of the The New Guy reminds you that you could be doing something else far more pleasurable .",0 125452,"jaw-dropping action sequences , striking villains , a gorgeous color palette , astounding technology ,",1 184674,"I imagined a movie ever could be",1 235280,"regret and , ultimately ,",0 101387,"'ll be too busy cursing the film 's strategically placed white sheets .",0 213764,"that maybe she , Janine and Molly -- an all-woman dysfunctional family -- deserve one another",0 91590,"retelling a historically significant , and personal , episode detailing how one international city welcomed tens of thousands of German Jewish refugees while the world 's democracie",1 171652,"something fundamental missing from this story",0 91900,"sassy interpretation",1 2510,"that it ca n't help but engage an audience",1 193034,"are actually fascinating",1 100843,"works beautifully as a movie without sacrificing the integrity of the opera .",1 18952,"I had a pretty good time with this movie - despite its myriad flaws",1 78355,"do n't know if Frailty will turn Bill Paxton into an A-list director",0 43588,", generosity and diplomacy",1 185836,"Lisa Rinzler 's cinematography may be lovely , but Love Liza 's tale itself virtually collapses into an inhalant blackout , maintaining consciousness just long enough to achieve callow pretension .",0 124466,"is remarkably dull with only Caine",0 86104,"like you 've actually spent time living in another community",1 238082,"toss it",0 213854,"that such a talented director as Chen Kaige",1 214068,"the Q in Quirky",1 129277,"offers a desperately ingratiating performance .",1 116531,"call it classicism or be exasperated by a noticeable lack of pace . Or both",0 64646,"Caviezel embodies the transformation of his character completely .",1 131113,"really rattling the viewer",0 5576,"clarity",1 18429,", it is still ultimately very satisfying . Think of it as a sort of comfort food for the mind .",1 173045,"that is believable , not a confrontation that is not staged",1 193645,"as we",1 226145,"The Next Great Thing",1 61573,", '' A Walk to Remember '' succeeds through sincerity .",1 31972,"furious",0 125883,"leaving the character of Critical Jim two-dimensional and pointless",0 4802,"are painfully aware of their not-being",0 44103,"A good film with a solid pedigree both in front of and , more specifically , behind the camera",1 191978,"addresses interesting matters of identity and heritage",1 16139,"in which children on both sides of the ever-escalating conflict have their say away from watchful parental eyes ,",1 115400,"barely shocking , barely interesting and most of all , barely",0 132287,"shines like a lonely beacon",1 145376,"Flat , but with a revelatory performance",1 45719,"It 's a satisfying summer blockbuster and worth a look .",1 58398,"the humor and intelligence of the script",1 11885,"the so-bad-it",0 146257,"Illiterate",0 125715,"laconic pace",0 226427,"The plot is nothing but boilerplate clichés from start to finish",0 725,"confident",1 183590,"Dull , a road-trip movie that 's surprisingly short of both adventure and song .",0 82967,"in integrating the characters in the foreground into the extraordinarily rich landscape",1 118523,"does n't deserve the energy it takes to describe how bad it is",0 107347,"Koury 's",1 139886,"will be realized on the screen .",1 106887,"It 's just too bad the screenwriters eventually shoot themselves in the feet with cop flick cliches like an oily arms dealer , squad car pile-ups and the requisite screaming captain .",0 185710,"Leaks treacle from every pore .",0 122137,"her Rubenesque physique",1 157304,"descends into unsophisticated scare tactics and B-film thuggery",0 165618,"makes you wonder about changing the director and writer 's diapers",0 47383,"This movie may not have the highest production values you 've ever seen , but it 's the work of an artist , one whose view of America , history and the awkwardness of human life is generous and deep",1 173882,"the film 's often-mined and despairing milieu",0 93414,"stand in future years as an eloquent memorial",1 3304,"'s the gift of the magi relocated to the scuzzy underbelly of nyc 's drug scene . merry friggin ' christmas",0 115260,"attracts the young and fit",1 88738,"of lo mein and General Tso 's chicken barely give a thought to the folks who prepare and deliver it",0 140074,"with a screenplay to die for",1 124813,"it 's also not very good . Especially compared with the television series that inspired the movie .",0 88663,"of how well-meaning patronizing masked a social injustice , at least as represented by this case",0 235342,"repugnant",0 16359,"it wears its B-movie heritage like a badge of honor",1 15355,"by the rules of its own self-contained universe",1 143015,"A boring , formulaic mix of serial killers and stalk 'n'",0 27281,"Writer\/director Joe Carnahan 's grimy crime drama is a manual of precinct cliches , but it moves fast enough to cover its clunky dialogue and lapses in logic .",1 83634,"introverted young men with fantasy fetishes",0 202360,"intermittently good time . Feel free to go get",1 27671,"a memorable ensemble piece",1 237493,"thinly sketched story",0 67611,"More intimate",1 223201,"Drumline ' shows a level of young , Black manhood that is funny , touching , smart and complicated .",1 167826,"of the road , where the thematic ironies are too obvious and the sexual politics too smug",0 137924,"to the core",1 61844,", contemplative , and sublimely beautiful .",1 116910,"cheapo animation ( like Saturday morning TV in the '60s )",0 122001,"have to pay if you want to see it",1 53684,"is truth",1 11239,"the charisma",1 10557,"so graceless and",0 201347,"horrible movie",0 187769,"The Christ allegory does n't work because there is no foundation for it",0 107314,"Kind",1 193885,"avoiding eye contact and walking slowly away",0 91936,"saw the potential success inherent in the mixture of Bullock Bubble and Hugh Goo",1 13458,"'s going to make a splash even greater than Arnold Schwarzenegger , Jean-Claud Van Damme or Steven Segal",1 37979,"the ` they do n't make 'em like that anymore ' department",1 167514,"of his sweetness and vulnerability",1 168455,"outrageous dark",0 44448,"Among the year 's most intriguing explorations of alientation",1 176859,"tries too hard to be emotional",0 59678,"uneventful",0 28129,"adolescent self-absorption",0 28715,"and moving",1 224349,"It looks good , Sonny , but you missed the point",0 154370,"at its greasiest",0 52262,"great power , yet some members of the audience",1 217228,"to often play like a milquetoast movie of the week blown up for the big screen",0 49692,"betrayals",0 119189,"entertaining , if somewhat standardized , action",1 54884,"most likeable",1 182725,"Bean drops the ball too many times ... hoping the nifty premise will create enough interest to make up for an unfocused screenplay",0 5285,"bringing off a superb performance in an admittedly middling film",1 63486,"A terrifically entertaining specimen of Spielbergian",1 71297,"a big musical number like ` Praise the Lord , He 's the God of Second Chances '",1 212415,"squeeze a few laughs out of the material",1 8996,"nasty , ugly , pointless and depressing ,",0 189256,"Traffic scribe Gaghan",1 182542,"Aptly",1 202718,"is amazing , yes",1 141137,"'s a pedestrian , flat drama that screams out ` amateur ' in almost every frame",0 220012,"worn by Lai 's villainous father to the endless action sequences",0 227363,"` Film aficionados can not help but love Cinema Paradiso , whether the original version or new Director 's Cut . '",1 17897,"turns the idea of the documentary on its head , making it rousing , invigorating fun lacking any MTV puffery .",1 65063,"Diesel 's XXX flex-a-thon",0 150307,"This re-do is so dumb and so exploitative in its violence that , ironically , it becomes everything that the rather clumsy original was railing against .",0 229974,"cool visual backmasking",1 41129,"Offers that rare combination of entertainment and education",1 172848,"that 's where the film ultimately fails",0 34091,"like a serious read , filled with heavy doses of always enticing Sayles dialogue",1 410,"angel",1 233230,"just slopped ` em together here",0 199861,"gets a bit heavy handed with his message at times , and",0 178014,"when Bond had more glamour than clamor ? No more",0 145822,"His last movie was poetically romantic and full",1 5301,"bronx",1 48153,"a lot better if it stuck to Betty Fisher and left out the other stories",0 215900,"the wit",1 43350,"'s the perfect star vehicle for Grant , allowing him to finally move away from his usual bumbling , tongue-tied screen persona .",1 67270,"Like its predecessor , it 's no classic , but",0 10528,"small potatoes",0 124814,"it 's also one of the smartest",1 22976,"'' holds its goodwill close",1 146668,"It does n't quite work ,",0 31867,"frighteningly capable",1 131976,"seem smart and well-crafted in comparison",1 99899,"what punk rock music",1 106959,"It 's still terrible",0 108264,"Ozpetek avoids most of the pitfalls you 'd expect in such a potentially sudsy set-up",1 126790,"many inconsistencies",0 131505,"reverie",1 66692,"It 's weird , wonderful , and not necessarily for kids .",1 155632,"but lapses quite casually into the absurd",0 114820,"as a matinee",0 230809,"film buzz and whir",1 47017,"The fact is that the screen is most alive when it seems most likely that Broomfield 's interviewees , or even himself , will not be for much longer .",1 66287,"If you can swallow its absurdities and crudities",0 68122,"Parts seem like they were lifted from Terry Gilliam 's subconscious , pressed through Kafka 's meat grinder and into Buñuel 's casings",1 16216,"is a deftly wrought suspense yarn whose richer shadings work as coloring rather than substance",1 112781,"a stereotypical one",0 60453,"wonderfully creepy mood",1 200841,"have much emotional impact on the characters",1 186304,"Nelson 's intentions are good , but the end result does no justice to the story itself .",0 174138,"the irrepressible eccentric of River 's Edge , Dead Man and Back to the Future",1 61736,", although in reality they are not enough .",0 106199,"He thinks the film is just as much a document about him as it is about the subject .",0 96917,"the true wonder",1 228614,"an unexpectedly adamant streak of warm-blooded empathy for all his disparate Manhattan denizens -- especially the a \*\* holes",1 228477,"also is n't embarrassed to make you reach for the tissues",1 210856,"scant place",0 78068,"detailed story about newcomers in a strange new world",1 150500,"Tries so hard to be quirky and funny that the strain is all too evident .",0 160967,"he delivers a long , low-heat chase",1 116903,"cheap shocks",0 127454,"most mornings . I still like Moonlight Mile , better judgment be damned",1 127626,"much of the action takes place",1 103487,"A colorful , joyous celebration of life :",1 125833,"leaden as the movie sputters",0 62931,"A delightful entree in the tradition of food movies",1 155273,"bizarre curiosity",1 193951,"bad on purpose is never clear .",0 195904,"come as they may , Lawrence unleashes his trademark misogyny -- er , comedy -- like a human volcano or an overflowing septic tank , take your pick .",0 33588,"it 's definitely -- defiantly -- ya ya , what with all of those terrific songs and spirited performances",1 156215,"checking their watches",0 41270,"The film is painfully authentic , and the performances of the young players are utterly convincing",1 68003,"One of the finest",1 189456,"Watchable up",1 179664,"'s brilliant `",1 61550,"( the leads ) are such a companionable couple",1 28147,"adventurous adults in specialty venues",1 190497,"a failure of storytelling",0 42531,"refreshing ,",1 53086,"injects just enough freshness",1 44100,"A giggle-inducing comedy with snappy dialogue and winning performances by an unlikely team of Oscar-winners : Susan Sarandon and Goldie Hawn",1 141037,"'re better off staying home and watching The X-Files .",0 99577,"warm , fuzzy feeling",1 108556,"Ray Liotta",1 36422,"refreshing , disarming , and just outright enjoyable",1 188388,"The movie 's major and most devastating flaw is its reliance on formula , though , and",0 170742,"seriously dumb characters , which somewhat dilutes the pleasure of watching them",0 72073,"a no-bull throwback",1 107965,"Neither the funniest film that Eddie Murphy nor Robert De Niro has ever made",0 190566,"a film about the irksome , tiresome nature of complacency",0 234723,"one more collection of penis , breast and flatulence gags in search of a story .",0 86135,"lingering terror punctuated by sudden shocks and not constant bloodshed",1 223052,"Damage ''",0 232384,"is an agonizing bore except when the fantastic Kathy Bates turns up",0 230144,"delivers what it promises : A look at the `` wild ride '' that ensues when brash young men set out to conquer the online world with laptops , cell phones and sketchy business plans .",1 181128,", with enough negatives",0 97651,"thoughtfully delivered",1 81769,"has some of the funniest jokes of any movie",1 117390,"compromised and",1 139425,"wears its heart on the sleeve of its gaudy Hawaiian shirt",1 186878,"Reign of Fire never comes close to recovering from its demented premise , but it does sustain an enjoyable level of ridiculousness .",0 189362,"Unless Bob Crane is someone of particular interest to you , this film 's impressive performances and adept direction are n't likely to leave a lasting impression .",0 113115,"about Sorority Boys",0 148213,"Queen is campy fun like the Vincent Price horror classics of the '60s . At its worst , it implodes in a series of very bad special effects .",0 72892,"able to share his story so compellingly with us is a minor miracle",1 153034,"albeit a visually compelling one",1 155536,"brutally intelligent",1 70292,"This odd , poetic road movie ,",1 151153,"Young is cool , and",1 129875,"overlong and not well-acted , but",0 53823,"it is a glorious failure .",0 134875,"the banality and hypocrisy",0 196914,"did n't have an original bone in his body",0 230013,"covers the same period as Kaufmann 's `` Quills '' with more unsettlingly realistic results",1 105145,"Clint Eastwood 's efficiently minimalist style finally has failed him",0 52608,"highly spirited",1 109914,"The jokes are flat",0 149746,"The plot is very clever",1 117740,"cross swords with the best of them and helm a more traditionally plotted popcorn thriller while surrendering little of his intellectual rigor or creative composure",1 118492,"does .",1 56284,"pulse intensifying escapist adventure",1 66511,"It 's a treat watching Shaw , a British stage icon , melting under the heat of Phocion 's attentions .",1 167976,"often feels unsure .",0 230696,"f \*\*\* ed",0 7961,"it looks neat",1 46212,"More concerned with Sade 's ideas than with his actions . The movie achieves as great an impact by keeping these thoughts hidden as ... ( Quills ) did by showing them .",1 194006,"barely register",0 153750,"appealing ingredients",1 181914,"A prison comedy that never really busts out of its comfy little cell",0 68400,"Resurrection",1 64304,"Because the genre is well established , what makes the movie fresh",1 76161,"by characters who are nearly impossible to care about",0 88843,"of quirkily appealing minor movie she might not make for a while",1 228905,"as a classic movie franchise",1 55974,"pee-related sight gags that might even cause Tom Green a grimace : still , Myer 's energy and the silliness of it all eventually prevail",1 178816,"works so well I 'm almost recommending it , anyway -- maybe not to everybody , but certainly to people with a curiosity about how a movie can go very right , and then step wrong",1 139021,"very valuable film",1 178582,"with hazy motivations that never come into focus",0 50731,"delightfully against the grain",1 129007,"of the current political climate ( see : terrorists are more evil than ever ! )",0 162707,"is about the art of ripping people off without ever letting them consciously know you have done so",0 203578,"is the word for the big-fisted direction of Jez Butterworth , who manages to blast even the smallest sensitivities from the romance with his clamorous approach",0 71826,"a hilarious ode to middle America and",1 151660,"a dumb action movie",0 33531,"is turned upside down , first by passion and then by illness",1 226789,"Too bad .",0 131865,"scrutinize",0 21631,"one of Latin America 's most oppressive regimes",0 92828,"slightly sunbaked and summery mind , Sex and",1 43454,", Auto Focus bears out as your typical junkie opera ...",0 162461,"introducing an intriguing and alluring premise",1 152297,"a psychological mess",0 202637,"is a real danger less sophisticated audiences will mistake it for an endorsement of the very things that Bean abhors .",0 29753,"bring happiness to their loved ones",1 182088,"A waterlogged version of ` Fatal Attraction ' for the teeny-bopper set ... a sad , soggy potboiler that wastes the talents of its attractive young leads",0 219683,"with absurdly inappropriate ` comedy ' scenes",0 70488,"Trying to Break Your Heart an attraction it desperately needed",1 199712,"futuristic sets",1 160588,"has , in his first film , set himself a task he is not nearly up to",0 150887,"When the fire burns out , we 've only come face-to-face with a couple dragons and that 's where the film ultimately fails",0 88975,"of the big summer movies",1 221989,"A dreary movie .",0 12682,"unoriginality and",0 96097,"the marvelous Verdu",1 205290,"long . Nevertheless , it still seems endless",0 77249,"consistently funny , in an irresistible junior-high way ,",1 125085,"it reveals",1 198624,"fearing that his film is molto superficiale",0 121340,"gorgeous and finely detailed",1 238223,"uninspired .",0 3316,"'s an enjoyable one",1 186274,"Nair just does n't have the necessary self-control to guide a loose , poorly structured film through the pitfalls of incoherence and redundancy .",0 224293,"It falls far short of poetry ,",0 150924,"While the Resident Evil games may have set new standards for thrills , suspense , and gore for video games , the movie really only succeeds in the third of these .",0 156653,"composed of snappy patter and pseudo-sophisticated cultural observations",1 39057,"through the expected hoops with style and even some depth",1 124876,"it 's still tainted by cliches , painful improbability and murky points .",0 104828,"Both damning and damned compelling .",1 99875,"what is surely the funniest and most accurate depiction of writer",1 228623,"an unwillingness to explore beyond the surfaces of her characters prevents Nettelbeck 's film from coming together .",0 109261,"Suffers from over-familiarity since hit-hungry British filmmakers",0 46680,"Same song , second verse",0 32178,"great adventure",1 230562,"entertaining on an inferior level",0 191444,"a superficial way , while never sure",0 181944,"A rehash",0 230350,"does n't clue you in that something 's horribly wrong",0 15855,"funny and true",1 130736,"proven that no amount of imagination , no creature , no fantasy story and no incredibly outlandish scenery",0 102664,", it may just scare the pants off you .",1 208901,"over-blown drama",0 40726,"A truly moving experience , and a perfect example of how art -- when done right -- can help heal",1 99767,"weirded",0 102663,", it manages to instruct without reeking of research library dust .",1 225029,"Ms. Paltrow employs to authenticate her British persona",0 67235,"Like Mike stands out for its only partly synthetic decency .",1 160646,"has become even weaker",0 196911,"did n't cut their losses -- and ours -- and retitle it The Adventures of Direct-to-Video Nash , and send it to its proper home",0 197088,"disintegrates",0 194103,"be complaining when a film clocks in around 90 minutes these days",0 183186,"Conrad L . Hall 's cinematography will likely be nominated for an Oscar next year --",1 14890,"absolute top",1 147947,"Opens at a funeral , ends on the protagonist 's death bed and does n't get much livelier in the three hours in between .",0 188182,"The film has ( its ) moments , but they are few and far between",0 68206,"Photographed with melancholy richness and",1 81778,"has something interesting to say",1 46845,"Strip it of all its excess debris , and you 'd have a 90-minute , four-star movie .",1 218402,"value cash above credibility .",0 193023,"are The Greatest Musicians of All Time .",1 121780,"has little clue",0 162285,"insufficiently",0 21037,"is more like it",1 18269,"'s a humble effort , but spiced with wry humor and genuine pathos , especially between Morgan and Redgrave .",1 181561,"A chilly , remote , emotionally distant piece ... so dull",0 84296,"is how the film knows what 's unique and quirky about Canadians",1 133504,"sub-sophomoric",0 217017,"to feel anything much while watching this movie , beyond mild disturbance or detached pleasure at the acting",0 178935,"would work much better as a video installation in a museum , where viewers would be free to leave . Immediately .",0 71870,"a larger-than-life figure , an artist who has been awarded mythic status in contemporary culture",1 98826,"two bright stars",1 113374,"actually pulling it off",1 214680,"the first two films ' loose-jointed structure",0 48175,"a majestic achievement , an epic of astonishing grandeur and surprising emotional depth",1 220022,"worst cinematic tragedies",0 150176,"This extremely unfunny film",0 25956,"Leon",1 111798,"a director who understands how to create and sustain a mood",1 110195,"The symbols float like butterflies and the spinning styx sting like bees . I wanted more .",1 236456,"that is a cliche",0 67231,"Like Mike is n't going to make box office money that makes Michael Jordan jealous , but it has some cute moments , funny scenes , and hits the target audience ( young Bow Wow fans ) - with nothing but net",1 69983,"The subtitled costume drama is set in a remote African empire before cell phones , guns , and the internal combustion engine , but the politics that thump through it are as timely as tomorrow .",1 239002,"would do better elsewhere .",0 163645,"it 's full of throwaway one-liners , not-quite jokes , and a determined TV amiability that Allen personifies .",0 2334,"so mired in juvenile and near-xenophobic pedagogy",0 32529,"his broad , handsome shoulders",1 180089,"'ve never seen ( a remake ) do anything as stomach-turning as the way Adam Sandler 's new movie rapes , pillages and incinerates Frank Capra 's classic",0 27633,"a little too much dancing",0 226381,"The movie occasionally threatens to become didactic , but it 's too grounded in the reality of its characters to go over the edge",1 112451,"a painful lie",0 99120,"unsettling , memorable cinematic experience",1 30633,"deeply appealing",1 87928,"no solace here",0 115016,"as rude and profane as ever , always hilarious and , most of the time , absolutely",1 226547,"The wonderfully lush Morvern Callar is pure punk existentialism , and Ms. Ramsay and her co-writer , Liana Dognini , have dramatized the Alan Warner novel , which itself felt like an answer to Irvine Welsh 's book Trainspotting .",1 2751,"the strange horror",0 188941,"Third time 's the charm ... yeah , baby !",1 191155,"a question comes to mind : So why is this so boring ?",0 66162,"I have always appreciated a smartly written motion picture , and , whatever flaws Igby Goes Down may possess , it is undeniably that",1 12087,"there 's no denying the physically spectacular qualities of the film ... or the emotional integrity of the performances",1 114241,"and finely cut diamond",1 43808,"-- 10 or 15 minutes could be cut and no one would notice -- but it 's a pleasurable trifle .",1 189157,"Thriller directorial debut for Traffic scribe Gaghan has all the right parts , but the pieces do n't quite fit together",0 139106,"void",0 144319,"By getting myself wrapped up in the visuals and eccentricities of many of the characters , I found myself confused when it came time to get to the heart of the movie .",0 199648,"from too much Norma Rae and not enough Pretty Woman",0 234498,"of soliloquies about nothing delivered by the former Mr. Drew Barrymore",0 31011,"educational antics",1 12863,"wasting away inside unnecessary films",0 10043,"recycling",1 118503,"does feel like a short stretched out to feature length .",0 203419,"is so convinced of its own brilliance that , if it were a person , you 'd want to smash its face in",0 53824,"it is a gripping , tidy little movie that takes Mr . Hill higher than he 's been in a while .",1 48888,"an almost sure-fire prescription",1 123694,"is ... determined to treat its characters , weak and strong , as fallible human beings , not caricatures , and to carefully delineate the cost of the inevitable conflicts between human urges and an institution concerned with self-preservation .",1 29803,"but at the heart of more universal concerns",0 61937,", he insists on the importance of those moments when people can connect and express their love for each other",1 93779,"such a good job",1 218644,"wanna watch a movie in which a guy dressed as a children 's party clown gets violently gang-raped ?",0 191107,"a pointed little chiller",1 178063,"when she obviously belongs in something lighter and sunnier",0 68011,"One of the greatest films",1 182994,"Call me a cynic , but there 's something awfully deadly about any movie with a life-affirming message .",0 43653,", love , memory , trust and loyalty",1 192435,"an absurd finale",0 48214,"a movie that will stimulate hours of post viewing discussion , if only to be reminded of who did what to whom and why",1 42025,"grab your children by the imagination and amaze them",1 232775,"is that it 's actually watchable .",1 60842,"'s a perfectly acceptable widget",1 144710,"Dawdles and drags when it should pop : it does n't even have the virtue of enough mindless violence to break up the tedium of all its generational bonding",0 78064,"detailed down to the signs on the kiosks",1 233537,"looks genuinely pretty .",1 226446,"The problem with `` XXX ''",0 13461,"'s hard to get back into the boys ' story",0 185910,"Lurid and less than lucid work .",0 10836,"suffocated at conception by its munchausen-by-proxy mum . punish the vehicle to adore the star .",0 54246,"like a typical Bible killer story",0 48163,"a lot smarter and more unnerving than the sequels",1 189245,"Too much power , not enough puff",0 200574,"has little insight into the historical period and its artists",0 105643,"Entertaining",1 227426,"`` Bad '' is the operative word for `` Bad Company , '' and I do n't mean that in a good way .",0 96154,"the more influential works",1 163882,"it now seems pedestrian",0 133850,"takes off in totally unexpected directions",1 890,"engaging , imaginative",1 124266,"is n't a new plot -- in fact Toback himself used it in Black and White .",0 6581,"for all the writhing and wailing , tears , rage and opium overdoses , there",0 233775,"may go down in cinema history as the only movie ever in which the rest of the cast was outshined by LL Cool J.",0 219521,"will indeed sit open-mouthed before the screen , not screaming but yawning",0 69682,"The lightest , most breezy movie Steven Spielberg has made in more than a decade . And the positive change in tone here seems to have recharged him .",1 54503,"make a courtroom trial great fun to watch",1 223686,"Home Alone goes Hollywood , a funny premise until the kids start pulling off stunts not even Steven Spielberg would know how to do .",0 173022,"that has no interest in itself",0 189774,"With a completely predictable plot , you 'll swear that you 've seen it all before , even if you 've never come within a mile of The Longest Yard .",0 172834,"that 's just the problem with it",0 101527,"'s a pleasure to have a film like The Hours as an alternative",1 119937,"feels uncomfortably real ,",1 61866,", directors Dean Deblois and Chris Sanders valiantly keep punching up the mix .",1 176916,"try hard but",0 222571,"Behind the glitz , Hollywood is sordid and disgusting .",0 58236,"the down-to-earth Bullock and the nonchalant Grant",1 81676,"has claws enough to get inside you and stay there for a couple of hours",1 57208,"sometimes illegal",0 33273,"is a terrific character study , a probe into the life of a complex man",1 198314,"exhaustion , from watching a movie that is dark ( dark green , to be exact ) , sour , bloody and mean",0 234893,"passion , and genius",1 187149,"Scoob",1 97049,"the women shine .",1 220297,"you just do n't care whether that cold-hearted snake Petrovich ( that would be Reno ) gets his comeuppance . Just bring on the Battle Bots , please !",0 127507,"mostly believable , refreshingly low-key and quietly inspirational",1 149780,"The production values are up there .",1 171291,"slightly noxious",0 232977,"it 's time for an absurd finale of twisted metal , fireballs and revenge",0 234572,"of the world 's best actors , Daniel Auteuil ,",1 67574,"Mira Nair 's film is an absolute delight for all audiences",1 47196,"The overall fabric is hypnotic , and Mr . Mattei fosters moments of spontaneous intimacy",1 219999,"works its way up to merely bad rather than painfully awful",0 172768,"than jerking the audience 's chain",0 164284,"just a dumb excuse",0 30108,"charismatic Roger",1 111239,"Woody Allen can write and deliver a one liner as well as anybody . But",1 100499,"with flashes of warmth and gentle humor",1 99392,"vibrant charm",1 190029,"` masterpiece ' and ` triumph ' and all that malarkey",0 54848,"more truth than any ` reality ' show",1 141572,"'s silliest and most incoherent movie .",0 132552,"sitting through this one",0 115891,"best possible",1 99168,"updating works surprisingly well",1 159585,"forgot to add any genuine tension",0 109057,"Some of the computer animation is handsome",1 31122,"enjoyably complex characters who are never what they first appear",1 144090,"Before it takes a sudden turn and devolves into a bizarre sort of romantic comedy , Steven Shainberg 's adaptation of Mary Gaitskill 's harrowing short story ... is a brilliantly played , deeply unsettling experience .",1 34887,"never loses touch with the reality of the grim situation",1 11847,"the running time about 10 minutes past a child 's interest and an adult 's patience",0 176946,"turd squashed",0 33134,"into ambiguity and creating mood",1 175273,"think filmmaker Simon Wells would have more reverence for the material . But this costly dud is a far cry from either the book or the beloved film",0 108111,"Offers no new insight on the matter ,",0 178171,"while gifting the most sympathetic male of the piece with a nice vomit bath at his wedding",0 20535,"feel emotionally cheated by the film 's tart , sugar-free wit",0 212661,"strenuously unfunny Showtime deserves the hook .",0 139646,"which director Shekhar Kapur supplies with tremendous skill",1 81156,"gluing you to the edge of your seat",1 70794,"What ( Denis ) accomplishes in his chilling , unnerving film is a double portrait of two young women whose lives were as claustrophic , suffocating and chilly as the attics to which they were inevitably consigned .",1 188503,"The only young people who possibly will enjoy it are infants ... who might be distracted by the movie 's quick movements and sounds .",0 61740,", amusing and unsettling",1 215922,"the worst excesses of nouvelle",0 14856,"a vicarious voyage to the last frontier",1 20672,"good-natured spunk",1 198334,"expect more from director Michael Apted ( Enigma ) and screenwriter Nicholas Kazan ( Reversal of Fortune ) than this cliche pileup",0 19507,"a good job here of working against her natural likability",1 39546,"ugly heads",0 179492,"'s The Prince of Egypt from 1998 .",1 227378,"` The Château is never quite able to overcome the cultural moat surrounding its ludicrous and contrived plot . '",0 132602,"slight , weightless fairy tale",0 30663,"delicate balance",1 44465,"An edgy thriller that delivers a surprising",1 71800,"a haunting sense of malaise",0 67017,"Kids five and up will be delighted with the fast , funny , and even touching story . Parents may even find that it goes by quickly , because it has some of the funniest jokes of any movie this year , including those intended for adults .",1 158793,"falls flat in just about every conceivable area",0 113711,"almost anachronistic",0 18051,"why people get a kick out of watching them today",1 216642,"through Dahmer 's two hours amounts to little more than punishment",0 235976,"spiritual film taps into the meaning and consolation in afterlife communications .",1 113898,"an admirable reconstruction of terrible events",1 197306,"does n't figure in the present Hollywood program",0 216128,"there are entertaining and audacious moments",1 101788,"'s not a bad premise , just a bad movie .",0 27367,"a beautifully accomplished lyrical meditation on a bunch of despondent and vulnerable characters living in the renown Chelsea Hotel",1 81349,"gravitational",1 228788,"are every bit as distinctive as his visuals .",1 39910,"weaves a carefully balanced scenario that is controlled by neither character , is weirdly sympathetic to both and manages to be tender and darkly comic .",1 168707,"pass off its lack of imagination",0 160425,"hack Nick Davies",0 74735,"as miraculous as its DreamWorks makers",1 21141,"its intricate intellectual gamesmanship",1 197201,"do n't even like their characters",0 171711,"soppy",0 28918,"and wondering if she 'll crack",0 42578,"saucy and",1 14540,"This may not have the dramatic gut-wrenching impact of other Holocaust films , but it 's a compelling story , mainly because of the way it 's told by the people who were there .",1 58658,"the right film",1 133272,"step backward",0 180491,", almost generic",0 103237,"... quite good at providing some good old fashioned spooks .",1 145795,"Hey Arnold ! The Movie could have been made 40 years ago",0 195138,"by an esteemed writer-actor",1 47284,"The vivid lead performances",1 27576,"a haunting literary detective story",1 85467,"itself , a playful spirit",1 78164,"directed with verve",1 63232,"A penetrating , potent exploration",1 196945,"difficult to wade through",0 222065,"A noble failure .",0 106275,"Hollywood has crafted a solid formula for successful animated movies ,",1 162089,"in which special effects overpower cogent story-telling and visual clarity during the big action sequences",1 153116,"all the comedy",1 214429,"the director 's experiment is a successful one .",1 99660,"watch for that sense of openness , the little surprises",1 121233,"go from stark desert to gorgeous beaches .",1 220250,"you 've never come within a mile of The Longest Yard",0 221836,"... spiced with humor ( ' I speak fluent flatula , ' advises Denlopp after a rather , er , bubbly exchange with an alien deckhand )",1 68616,"Schepisi , aided by a cast that seems to include every top-notch British actor who did not appear in Gosford Park ( as well as one , Ms . Mirren , who did ) , has succeeded beyond all expectation .",1 143083,"A dumb movie with dumb characters doing dumb things and",0 63032,"A fine production with splendid singing by Angela Gheorghiu , Ruggero Raimondi , and Roberto Alagna .",1 26195,"No .",0 70452,"Transforms one of ( Shakespeare 's ) deepest tragedies into a smart new comedy",1 228339,"accuse Kung Pow for misfiring , since it is exactly what it wants to be : an atrociously , mind-numbingly , indescribably bad movie",0 143943,"At first , the sight of a blind man directing a film is hilarious , but as the film goes on , the joke wears thin",0 151274,"a Christmas perennial . Coal",0 174911,"the title 's clunk-on-the-head that suggests the overtime someone put in to come up with an irritatingly unimaginative retread concept",0 201651,"imagine that even very small children will be impressed by this tired retread",0 37540,"swashbuckling classic",1 184904,"In spite of featuring a script credited to no fewer than five writers , apparently nobody here bothered to check it twice .",0 164528,"lacks all",0 55984,"perfectly entertaining",1 138793,"unusually crafty and intelligent",1 191854,"acceptable entertainment for the entire family and one that 's especially fit for the kiddies",1 45223,"Far From Heaven is a dazzling conceptual feat , but more than that , it 's a work of enthralling drama .",1 224063,"Instead , he shows them the respect they are due .",1 125278,"its intimacy and precision",1 21048,"is one of Polanski 's best films",1 85575,"just plain awful",0 27472,"a daring work",1 189490,"We never feel anything for these characters",0 205303,"longer exposition sequences between them",0 104973,"Campanella 's competent direction and",1 47740,"You wo n't miss its messages",1 4142,"a standard",1 103596,"A fresh , entertaining comedy that looks at relationships minus traditional gender roles .",1 209020,"painfully slow",0 63906,"An ingenious and often harrowing look at damaged people and how families can offer either despair or consolation .",1 60098,"when the now computerized Yoda finally reveals his martial artistry , the film ascends to a kinetic life so teeming that even cranky adults may rediscover the quivering kid inside .",1 19354,"Think of it as a sort of comfort food for the mind .",1 158889,"fear dot com is so rambling and disconnected it never builds any suspense .",0 30313,"complications",0 184782,"If Festival in Cannes nails hard - boiled Hollywood argot with a bracingly nasty accuracy , much about the film , including some of its casting , is frustratingly unconvincing .",0 209957,"putrid writing , direction and timing",0 178456,"wishy-washy",0 82124,"her passionate , tumultuous affair with Musset",1 105272,"Crudup 's screen presence is the one thing that holds interest in the midst of a mushy , existential exploration of why men leave their families .",1 213141,"takes every potential laugh and stiletto-stomps the life out of it .",0 28875,"and to Have",1 45708,"It 's a demented kitsch mess ( although the smeary digital video does match the muddled narrative ) ,",0 63460,"A surprisingly ` solid ' achievement by director Malcolm D . Lee and writer John Ridley",1 198363,"exploit his anger",1 24725,"As if to prove a female director can make a movie with no soft edges , Kathryn Bigelow offers no sugar-coating or interludes of lightness . Her film is unrelentingly claustrophobic and unpleasant .",0 68813,"Skins ' ) faults are easy to forgive because the intentions are lofty",1 192592,"an insultingly inept and artificial examination",0 81151,"gloriously goofy way",1 195112,"by Ryan Gosling ( Murder by Numbers ) , the movie is powerful and provocative",1 94649,"that excites the imagination and tickles the funny bone",1 187512,"Spreads itself too thin , leaving these actors , as well as the members of the commune",0 150824,"What could have been a neat little story about believing in yourself",0 168695,"particularly toxic little bonbon",0 203179,"is n't nearly surprising or clever enough to sustain a reasonable degree of suspense on its own .",0 50981,"does the trick of making us care about its protagonist and celebrate his victories",1 2363,"soul-stirring",1 30822,"directs and edits around his screenplay 's sappier elements ... and sustains Off the Hook 's buildup with remarkable assuredness for a first-timer .",1 103032,", worse",0 47187,"The next generation of mob movie",1 227499,"`` Goddammit",0 143308,"A sad and rote exercise",0 207396,"of Bible parables and not an actual story",0 9449,"on par with the first one",1 168226,"one of the most repellent things",0 130741,"proves that he can cross swords with the best of them and helm a more traditionally plotted popcorn thriller while surrendering little of his intellectual rigor or creative composure",1 53300,"is a kind , unapologetic , sweetheart of a movie",1 177751,"watching this film nearly provoked me to take my own life . And if The Hours wins ` Best Picture ' I just might .",0 216811,"to a tragedy which is somehow guessable from the first few minutes , maybe because it echoes the by now intolerable morbidity of so many recent movies",0 58177,"the crowded cities and refugee camps of Gaza",0 233676,"makes for one of the most purely enjoyable and satisfying evenings at the movies I 've had in a while .",1 124783,"issue a moratorium , effective immediately , on treacly films about inspirational prep-school professors and the children they so heartwarmingly motivate",0 111904,"a film about something , one that attempts and often achieves a level of connection and concern",1 218932,"we have a bad , bad , bad movie",0 237234,"the sports arena that surely can not last",0 77978,"demonstrates that Werner Herzog can still leave us with a sense of wonder at the diverse , marvelously twisted shapes history has taken",1 130372,"pointing his camera through the smeared windshield of his rental car",0 180826,", more frantic than involving , more chaotic than entertaining .",0 76793,"clear-eyed chronicle",1 27487,"a distinct flair .",1 16169,"insistently humanizing",1 212628,"straining to get by on humor that is not even as daring as John Ritter 's glory days on Three 's Company",0 10933,"take before indigestion sets",0 53567,"is one of this year 's very best pictures",1 160650,"has been co-opted so frequently that it now seems pedestrian",0 170640,"seems worse for the effort",0 165,"a film to rival to live , but a fine little amuse-bouche to keep your appetite",1 37723,"thanks to its hallucinatory production design",1 92542,"shorter than the first ( as best I remember ) , but still a very good time at the cinema",1 181814,"A low-budget affair , Tadpole was shot on digital video , and the images often look smeary and blurry , to the point of distraction . Then again , in a better movie",0 205057,"like as a low-budget series on a UHF channel",0 64471,"Brilliantly written",1 23994,", who takes the superstitious curse on chain letters and actually applies it",1 103403,"A baffling mixed platter of gritty realism and magic realism with a hard-to-swallow premise",0 163257,"is quite like calling a dog stupid",0 87722,"natural-seeming actors",1 205490,"low rate Annie",0 214904,"the kind that sacrifices real heroism and abject suffering for melodrama",1 187990,"The bottom line with Nemesis is the same as it has been with all the films in the series : Fans will undoubtedly enjoy it , and the uncommitted need n't waste their time on it",0 23074,"'s a work of incendiary genius , steering clear of knee-jerk reactions and quick solutions .",1 126175,"limp biscuit",0 131835,"scores a direct hit .",1 51539,"fascinating , dark thriller",1 23424,", and sexuality",0 113876,"an achievement",1 139171,"want to bang your head on the seat in front of you , at its cluelessness , at its idiocy , at its utterly misplaced earnestness",0 56397,"ravishing , baroque beauty",1 38796,"the year 's sweetest movie",1 196984,"directed action sequences and some of the worst dialogue in recent memory",0 160929,"have to wonder how on earth anyone , anywhere could have thought they 'd make audiences guffaw with a script as utterly diabolical as this .",0 143730,"An eccentric little comic\/thriller deeply in love with its own quirky personality .",1 42497,"purest and",1 45999,"Lawrence plumbs personal tragedy and also the human comedy .",1 179457,"'re not interested in discretion in your entertainment choices",0 200689,"has too many spots where it 's on slippery footing , but is acceptable entertainment for the entire family and one that 's especially fit for the kiddies .",1 42644,"slapstick humor for the kids , lots of in-jokes for the adults",1 67774,"Naomi Watts is terrific as Rachel : her petite frame and vulnerable persona emphasising her plight and isolation .",1 27537,"a fresh take",1 90433,"poetry and politics ,",1 235874,"so smart",1 53469,"is for fans who ca n't stop loving anime , and the fanatical excess built into it",1 40054,"who loves horses",1 101927,"'s still tainted by cliches , painful improbability and murky points",0 20769,"heart-on-its-sleeve writing",1 94033,"sweetly conspiratorial",1 20361,"demonstrate the virtues of the IMAX format",1 152006,"a low-budget TV pilot",0 44511,"An intense and effective film about loneliness and the chilly anonymity of the environments where so many of us spend so much of our time .",1 134355,"that hews out a world and carries us effortlessly from darkness to light",1 23878,", surrounds him with interesting characters and sends us out of the theater feeling",1 61461,"( Kline 's ) utterly convincing -- and deeply appealing -- as a noble teacher who embraces a strict moral code",1 70749,"Well-done supernatural thriller with keen insights into parapsychological phenomena and the soulful nuances of the grieving process",1 106854,"It 's drab . It 's uninteresting .",0 118535,"does n't have some fairly pretty pictures",0 168264,"only Benigni had n't insisted on casting himself in the title role",0 159555,"forced to endure three terminally depressed , mostly inarticulate , hyper dysfunctional families for the price of one",0 22091,"succeeded",1 195237,"by this tired retread",0 90860,"puerile men dominate the story",0 180150,"( Hopkins ) does n't so much phone in his performance as fax it . No , even that 's too committed . He gets his secretary to fax it . ''",0 217326,"to shake and shiver about in ` The Ring",1 173646,"the coffin of any future Rice adaptations",0 32531,"his cadness to perfection",1 172814,"than what 's been cobbled together onscreen",0 95141,"the astonishingly pivotal role",1 188768,"The whole thing 's fairly lame , making it par for the course for Disney sequels .",0 201528,"if even the filmmakers did n't know what kind of movie they were making",0 164750,"less like a children 's movie than a recruitment film for future Hollywood sellouts",0 171380,"snazzy-looking digital effects that do little to disguise the fact that the characters barely move",0 73599,"amused by its special effects",1 223572,"Happily for Mr. Chin",1 223985,"If you love reading and\/or poetry",1 203501,"is tedious though Ford and Neeson capably hold our interest , but its just not a thrilling movie .",0 86950,"may take on a striking new significance for anyone who sees the film",1 229840,"clever angle",1 201585,"if they 're not big fans of teen pop kitten Britney Spears",0 189096,"This thing is virtually unwatchable .",0 87162,"misogynist evil",0 61554,"( their lamentations are pretty much self-centered ) , there 's something vital about the movie .",1 84101,"is clever and funny , is amused by its special effects , and leaves you feeling like you 've seen a movie instead of an endless trailer",1 21705,"people under stress",0 207222,"not very amusing",0 181981,"A shame that Stealing Harvard is too busy getting in its own way to be anything but frustrating , boring , and forgettable .",0 160476,"half-baked and overheated .",0 55985,"perfectly entertaining summer diversion",1 145973,"I 'm sure the filmmaker would disagree , but , honestly , I do n't see the point . It 's a visual Rorschach test and I must have failed",0 103806,"A pretty funny movie",1 15229,"because this past year has seen the release of some of the worst film comedies in decades",0 116429,"by its smallness",0 69734,"The movie has no respect for laws , political correctness or common decency , but",0 68154,"Payne has created a beautiful canvas , and",1 141535,"'s painful to watch Witherspoon 's talents wasting away inside unnecessary films like Legally Blonde and Sweet Home Abomination , I mean , Alabama",0 54566,"makes most American love stories look downright unfree",1 131183,"rediscovering the power of fantasy",1 57529,"surreal as a dream and",1 85221,"its defining philosophical conscience",1 66606,"It 's not going to be everyone 's bag of popcorn , but it definitely gives you something to chew on .",1 181227,"-- which would have made for better drama .",0 67407,"Many a parent and their teen ( or preteen ) kid could bond while watching A Walk To Remember .",1 67977,"Olivier Assayas has fashioned an absorbing look at provincial bourgeois French society .",1 235213,"realize , much to our dismay",0 61961,", if uneven ,",0 59110,"through the plot 's hot brine",0 197493,"drama that takes itself all too seriously",0 97510,"this script",1 219748,"with his brawny frame and cool , composed delivery",1 54539,"make you feel like a sucker",0 51249,"enough originality in ` Life ' to distance it from the pack of paint-by-number romantic comedies",1 89450,"on subtle ironies and visual devices",1 23016,"'re not into the Pokemon franchise , this fourth animated movie in four years wo n't convert you -- or even keep your eyes open .",0 216129,"there are many tense scenes in Trapped",1 134088,"than its sunny disposition",1 235159,"quite endearing .",1 18977,"Irish writer Brendan Behan 's memoir , Borstal Boy , has been given a loving screen transferral .",1 190582,"a film that relies on personal relationships",1 47343,"This beautifully animated epic is never dull .",1 49985,"cable channel",0 197952,"entertainingly presented",1 108992,"Skin Of Man gets a few cheap shocks from its kids-in-peril theatrics , but it also taps into the primal fears of young people trying to cope with the mysterious and brutal nature of adults .",1 16201,"involves us because it is so incisive , so bleakly amusing about how we go about our lives",1 170019,"required poignancy , a salute that I 'd hoped the movie would avoid",0 45612,"If the first Men in Black was money , the second is small change . But it still jingles in the pocket .",1 32261,"happy throwback",1 29099,"aristocratic , luminous yet careworn in Jane Hamilton 's exemplary costumes",1 155971,"can produce the same sleep-inducing effects as watching your neighbor 's home videos .",0 103460,"A captivating and intimate study",1 211546,"show up soon .",1 112050,"a gorgeously atmospheric meditation on life-changing chance encounters",1 131056,"ready to hate one character",0 224145,"It 's absolutely amazing how first-time director Kevin Donovan managed to find something new to add to the canon of Chan .",1 40271,"with the finest of specials",1 1260,"if you love him",1 183927,"Filled with low-brow humor , gratuitous violence and a disturbing disregard",0 221993,"A fascinating glimpse into an insular world that gives the lie to many clichés and showcases a group of dedicated artists .",1 104417,"Another in a long line of ultra-violent war movies , this one is not quite what it could have been as a film ,",0 190650,"a good , hard yank",1 70573,"Unlike lots of Hollywood fluff , this has layered , well-developed characters and some surprises .",1 25188,"Effectively feeds our senses with the chilling sights and sounds from within the camp to create a completely numbing experience .",1 148120,"Plays like one long , meandering sketch inspired by the works of John Waters and Todd Solondz , rather than a fully developed story .",0 150007,"The young stars are too cute : the story and ensuing complications are too manipulative :",0 192274,"all-woman",1 125817,"layer upon layer",1 43014,"will encourage others to stand up and applaud , and",1 53309,"is a movie you can trust",1 166019,"misfires at every level",0 144827,"Dialogue-heavy and too cerebral for its own good -- or , at any rate , too cerebral for its racy subject matter",0 32061,"give in to the urge to get on your feet and shake it",1 126097,"like done-to-death material",0 114615,"are littered with trenchant satirical jabs at the peculiar egocentricities of the acting breed .",0 138675,"unfolds with all the mounting tension of an expert thriller ,",1 86587,"make the stones weep",1 231674,"helps `` Moonlight Mile '' rise above its heart-on-its-sleeve writing",1 37584,"takes the beauty of baseball and melds it",1 57785,"that exquisitely blends music , dance",1 53302,"is a lot like a well-made PB & J sandwich : familiar , fairly uneventful and boasting no real surprises -- but still quite tasty and inviting all the same",1 46834,"Strange it is , but delightfully so .",1 162282,"insufferable",0 150567,"Undone",0 13962,"Derrida is an undeniably fascinating and playful fellow .",1 44926,"Cineasts will revel in those visual in-jokes , as in the film 's verbal pokes at everything from the likes of Miramax chief Harvey Weinstein 's bluff personal style to the stylistic rigors of Denmark 's Dogma movement .",1 217023,"to figure out that this is a Mormon family movie , and a sappy , preachy one at that",0 131203,"redundant and inauthentic",0 210328,"relatively effective",1 234115,"nicely mixes in as much humor as pathos to take us on his sentimental journey of the heart .",1 170281,"sad and rote exercise",0 42339,"makes up for as loosey-goosey , experimental entertainment .",1 99811,"well-executed",1 109429,"The Good Girl is a film in which the talent is undeniable",1 68224,"Playfully profound ... and crazier than Michael Jackson on the top floor of a skyscraper",1 77036,"committed to film",1 119347,"even more indistinct than it is were it not for the striking , quietly vulnerable personality of Ms . Ambrose",1 114194,"anchor the film in a very real and amusing give-and-take .",1 118084,"derivative elements into something that is often quite rich and exciting , and",1 180513,", and to the script 's refusal of a happy ending",0 211916,"so completely loses himself to the film 's circular structure to ever offer any insightful discourse on , well , Love in the Time of Money .",0 234542,"of the filmmakers who have directed him , especially the Coen brothers and Steven Soderbergh",1 63194,"A movie I loved on first sight and , even more important , love in remembrance .",1 129513,"one appreciate Silence of the Lambs",1 10520,"slowtime",0 8470,"like legally blonde and sweet home abomination , i mean , alabama",0 177752,"watching this meaningless downer",0 13269,"wrecks any chance of the movie rising above similar fare",0 221831,"... really horrible drek .",0 219220,"where the upbeat ending feels like a copout",0 19994,"as grown-up escapism",1 1649,"lovingly photographed in the manner of a golden book sprung to life , stuart little 2",1 115342,"bad sitcom",0 27183,"Westfeldt and Juergensen exude a chemistry and comfort level that 's both saucy and endearing .",1 223118,"Despite its title , Punch-Drunk Love is never heavy-handed .",1 198179,"every gag two or three times",0 91069,"raise audience 's spirits",1 22610,"truly unique",1 162694,"is a well worn conceit .",1 3036,"very jaundiced",0 32003,"generally speaking , adored by the movie-going public",1 205292,"long gone",0 24369,"A lighthearted , feel-good film that embraces the time-honored truth that the most powerful thing in life is love .",1 100073,"who comes to America speaking not a word of English",0 147053,"Lacking gravitas , MacDowell is a placeholder for grief , and ergo this sloppy drama is an empty vessel . Leave these Flowers unpicked --",0 162610,"is a fuzzy huggy",1 171352,"smiles and",1 181689,"A film that presents an interesting , even sexy premise",1 136634,"the yawning chasm where the plot should be",0 41411,"You would n't call The Good Girl a date movie ( an anti-date movie is more like it ) , but",0 128040,"no signs of life",0 73912,"an old and scary one",0 55336,"of disconnection",0 132712,"so bleak",0 111013,"What 's most memorable about Circuit is that it 's shot on digital video , whose tiny camera enables Shafer to navigate spaces both large ... and small ... with considerable aplomb .",1 219948,"wooden performances",0 237070,"the most multilayered and sympathetic female characters of the year",1 200186,"grandeur ' shots",1 47903,"a contrivance , as artificial as the video games Japanese teens play in a nightclub sequence",0 62292,", the magnificent swooping aerial shots are breathtaking ,",1 2228,"seems based on ugly ideas instead of ugly behavior ,",0 80727,"full of funny situations and honest observations",1 214638,"the filmmakers were worried",0 135814,"the movie is too heady for children , and too preachy for adults .",0 207503,"of a 20-car pileup",0 141896,"( the characters ' ) misery",0 172166,"stupid Americans will get a kick out of goofy Brits with cute accents performing ages-old slapstick and unfunny tricks",0 141563,"'s sanctimonious , self-righteous and so eager",0 85031,"it goes by quickly , because it has some of the funniest jokes of any movie this year , including those intended for adults",1 161419,"hopes to camouflage how bad his movie is",0 83338,"infuses Hubert with a mixture of deadpan cool , wry humor and just the measure of tenderness required to give this comic slugfest some heart",1 108438,"Poignant if familiar story of a young person suspended between two cultures .",1 201923,"in making me groggy",0 112034,"a good film that must have baffled the folks in the marketing department .",1 155952,"can make it more than fitfully entertaining",1 29888,"but you will quickly recognize him . And that 's a big part of why we go to the movies .",1 219573,"will take longer to heal : the welt on Johnny Knoxville 's stomach from a riot-control projectile or my own tortured psyche",0 158641,"exotic-looking woman",1 238473,"watch it , offering fine acting moments and pungent insights into modern L.A. 's show-biz and media",1 173618,"the characters tend to be cliches whose lives are never fully explored",0 203708,"is wrong in its sequel",0 137342,"to a mood that 's sustained through the surprisingly somber conclusion",1 60523,"yet there 's no denying the potency of Miller 's strange , fleeting brew of hopeful perseverance and hopeless closure .",1 18350,", and keeps you guessing from first frame to last",1 23792,", nonthreatening family movies",1 91154,"re-creation",0 55052,"new avenues",1 56511,"remains a filmmaker with an acid viewpoint and a real gift for teasing chilly poetry out of lives and settings that might otherwise seem drab and sordid",1 111523,"a bad sitcom",0 236239,"takes on a whole other meaning .",1 93597,"strays",0 76389,"canny , meditative",1 99817,"well-paced and",1 221286,", but it works under the direction of Kevin Reynolds .",1 97494,"this peek into the 1970s skateboard revolution",1 220820,"'s genuinely cool to hear characters talk about early rap records ( Sugar Hill Gang , etc. )",1 43992,"A cartoon that 's truly cinematic in scope ,",1 230218,"difficult to sustain interest in his profession after the family tragedy",0 86403,"low-budget , video-shot",0 235794,"sitting through Dahmer 's two hours amounts to little more than punishment .",0 80570,"from Kevin Kline who unfortunately works with a two star script",0 192416,"an ( emotionally at least ) adolescent audience demanding regular shocks and bouts of barely defensible sexual violence to keep it interested",0 127487,"most positive",1 151277,"a City of ruins",0 66343,"In XXX , Diesel is that rare creature -- an action hero with table manners , and one who proves that elegance is more than tattoo deep .",1 193159,"are particularly engaging or articulate .",1 146702,"It is just too bad the film 's story does not live up to its style .",0 54875,"most gloriously unsubtle and adrenalized extreme",1 212966,"sure which will take longer to heal : the welt on Johnny Knoxville 's stomach from a riot-control projectile or my own tortured psyche",0 15417,"cinematic milestone",1 76671,"chilling and fascinating as Philippe Mora 's modern Hitler-study",1 2216,"see a movie that takes such a speedy swan dive from ''",0 122420,"historical truth and realism",1 168527,"overemphatic",0 129755,"others in its genre in that it is does not rely on dumb gags , anatomical humor , or character cliches",0 238978,"works as an unusual biopic and document of male swingers in the Playboy era",1 185791,"Like most of Jaglom 's films , some of it is honestly affecting , but more of it seems contrived and secondhand",0 203387,"is seriously compromised by that",0 196852,"despite some first-rate performances",1 41099,"Nearly surreal , dabbling in French , this is no simple movie ,",1 62101,", mournfully brittle delivery",0 235948,"soulless techno-tripe",0 123075,"in producing that most frightening of all movies -- a mediocre horror film too bad to be good and too good to be bad",0 129777,"our best achievements and other times",1 196892,"devoid of wit and humor",0 57250,"speaks volumes more truth than any ` reality ' show",1 30981,"eagerly and easily",1 54471,"made such a strong impression",1 14306,"Ms . Fulford-Wierzbicki is almost spooky in her sulky , calculating Lolita turn .",1 136860,"thinly-conceived",0 93762,"succeeds primarily with her typical blend of unsettling atmospherics ,",1 218263,"unsuccessfully",0 218587,"visually atrocious , and often downright creepy",0 756,"david mamet 's airless",0 50585,"cruel but weirdly likable",1 79892,"film school brat",0 118214,"did n't sell many records but",0 143068,"A disappointment for those who love alternate versions of the Bard , particularly ones that involve deep fryers and hamburgers",0 152657,"a visual style that is willfully overwrought",0 61930,", having survived ,",1 96488,"the profoundly devastating events of one year ago",0 1191,"high",1 120880,"funny no-brainer",1 149776,"The problem with this film is that it lacks focus . I sympathize with the plight of these families , but",0 11432,"the final result makes for adequate entertainment , i suppose , but anyone who has seen chicago on stage will leave the theater feeling they 've watched nothing but a pale imitation of the real deal .",0 201247,"his storytelling skills have eroded",0 3710,"a cutesy romantic tale",1 172456,"tactfully",1 199868,"gets added disdain for the fact",0 63085,"A gorgeously strange movie , Heaven is deeply concerned with morality ,",1 58790,"the unacceptable",0 217040,"to flat characters",0 151282,"a Down video",1 222244,"All the characters are stereotypes , and their interaction is numbingly predictable .",0 36116,"prankish comedy",1 200796,"have cared much about any aspect of it , from its cheesy screenplay to the grayish quality of its lighting to its last-minute , haphazard theatrical release",0 48452,"a trip",1 33937,"kiddie-flick sentimentality",0 138321,"trial movie , escape movie and unexpected fable",1 139947,"will remind them that Hong Kong action cinema is still alive and kicking .",1 69913,"The spaniel-eyed Jean Reno infuses Hubert with a mixture of deadpan cool , wry humor and just the measure of tenderness required to give this comic slugfest some heart .",1 77877,"deftly entertaining film",1 90958,"puts enough salt",1 103159,". Sever",1 182053,"A terrible movie that some people",0 46756,"Soldiers ultimately achieves its main strategic objective : dramatizing the human cost of the conflict that came to define a generation .",1 60540,"you 've ever seen",1 99588,"warm and winning",1 127066,"might have been readily dismissed as the tiresome rant of an aging filmmaker still thumbing his nose at convention",0 20219,"ca n't pronounce '' gyro '' correctly",0 29599,"big , gorgeous , mind-blowing , breath-taking mess",1 43854,"... an often intense character study about fathers and sons , loyalty and duty .",1 194168,"be more like hell",0 106782,"Is n't as sharp as the original",0 140631,"yawner .",0 37181,"soul adventure",1 15859,"gambol fluidly through the story , with charming results",1 239135,"you can do something fun tonight .",1 184636,"I could just feel the screenwriter at every moment ` Tap , tap , tap , tap , tapping away ' on this screenplay .",0 147796,"Not only unfunny , but downright repellent .",0 237827,"to give the audience a reason to want to put for that effort",1 102616,", it 's an adventure story and history lesson all in one .",1 94189,"talented cast",1 1701,"masochism",0 24746,"At times funny and at other times candidly revealing , it 's an intriguing look at two performers who put themselves out there because they love what they do .",1 162166,"inept and",0 150574,"Unfaithful ' cheats on itself and retreats to comfortable territory . Too bad .",0 218331,"us plenty of sturm",1 232085,"incredibly captivating",1 203906,"it goes for a plot twist instead of trusting the material",0 204615,"kooky which should appeal to women",1 11902,"the story 's pathetic",0 5329,"bull",0 122292,"his craft",1 147413,"Melville is creatively a great whale",1 28200,"all of those terrific songs and spirited performances",1 193436,"as deflated as he does",0 35878,"own life",1 1164,"have a stirring time at this beautifully drawn movie",1 59780,"us right into the center of that world",1 57369,"stoops to cheap manipulation or corny conventions",0 222282,"An awful snooze .",0 228664,"and uninspired .",0 152500,"a staple of exploitation theater programming",0 71829,"a hip-hop fan to appreciate Scratch",1 155398,"boring slug",0 138063,"too bleak , too pessimistic and too unflinching",0 212791,"subplots involving the various Silbersteins that it feels more like the pilot episode of a TV series than a feature film",0 177711,"watch Witherspoon 's talents wasting away inside unnecessary films like Legally Blonde and Sweet Home Abomination , I mean ,",0 40144,"winning combination",1 73570,"amazingly successful",1 205859,"mas não convence . É um passatempo descompromissado",0 30397,"convenient",1 58582,"the piece , the unerring professionalism of the chilly production , and the fascination embedded in the lurid topic",1 54293,"little fuss or noise",0 69025,"Streamlined to a tight , brisk 85-minute screwball thriller , '' Big Trouble '' is funny , harmless and as substantial as a tub of popcorn with extra butter .",1 106335,"However stale the material , Lawrence 's delivery remains perfect :",1 196243,"copyof",0 47694,"Writer-director 's Mehta 's effort has tons of charm and the whimsy is in the mixture , the intoxicating masala , of cultures and film genres",1 75787,"bold choices",1 29114,"artful Large Format filmmaking you are likely to see anytime soon",1 133001,"somewhat shallow and art-conscious",0 137361,"to add beyond the dark visions already relayed by superb",1 234125,"no disguising this as one of the worst films of the summer",0 82522,"huge sacrifice",0 86739,"manages the rare trick of seeming at once both refreshingly different and reassuringly familiar .",1 223399,"For proof of that on the cinematic front , look no further than this 20th anniversary edition of the film that Spielberg calls",1 133657,"supposedly funny",0 225189,"Not completely loveable -- but what underdog movie since The Bad News Bears has been ?",0 78108,"dialogue and sharp",1 101597,"'s also not very good . Especially compared with the television series that inspired the movie",0 106604,"If the predictability of bland comfort food appeals to you",0 138980,"very few laughs and even less surprises",0 90026,"painting an unabashedly romantic picture of a nation whose songs spring directly from the lives of the people",1 13300,"writhing under dialogue like ` you 're from two different worlds ' and ` tonight the maid is a lie and this , this is who you are ,",0 22849,"with wry humor and genuine pathos , especially between Morgan and Redgrave",1 102067,"( Carvey 's ) characters are both overplayed and exaggerated",0 120103,"find it diverting",0 106518,"I suppose it 's lovely that Cal works out his issues with his dad and comes to terms with his picture-perfect life --",1 183875,"Far-fetched premise",0 154521,"awkwardly staged scenes",0 230801,"filling nearly every minute ...",1 75843,"both for the rhapsodic dialogue that jumps off the page , and for the memorable character creations",1 116434,"by movie 's end , we accept the characters and the film , flaws and all",1 218334,"use a few good laughs",1 191325,"a silly , Nickelodeon-esque kiddie flick",0 94327,"terrific as Pauline",1 167124,"occasionally annoying",0 47398,"This tenth feature is a big deal , indeed -- at least the third-best , and maybe even a notch above the previous runner-up , Nicholas Meyer 's Star Trek VI : The Undiscovered Country .",1 87550,"moviemaking for a larger-than-life figure , an artist who has been awarded mythic status in contemporary culture",1 182520,"Anyone who suffers through this film",0 102506,", even after the most awful acts are committed , is an overwhelming sadness that feels as if it has made its way into your very bloodstream .",1 134943,"the bravery and dedication",1 168520,"overblown in its plotting , hackneyed in its dialogue and anachronistic in its style",0 218775,"was produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and directed by Joel Schumacher , and reflects the worst of their shallow styles",0 188202,"The film is undone by anachronistic quick edits and occasional jarring glimpses of a modern theater audience watching the events unfold .",0 186476,"Nothing happens , and it happens to flat characters",0 195039,"but disintegrates into a dreary , humorless soap opera .",0 72671,"a tiny sense of hope",1 85158,"it will be ,",1 73402,"all its flaws",0 231807,"how it washed out despite all of that is the project 's prime mystery .",0 164,"a film that dazzles the eye , challenges the brain , and satisfies our lust for fast-paced action",1 221257,", and funny",1 195828,"clumsily mugging their way through Snow Dogs",0 192383,"among a culture of people who sadly are at hostile odds with one another through recklessness and retaliation",0 34275,"made but a winsome cast and nice dialogue keeps it going .",1 139034,"victim to sloppy plotting",0 179675,"'s coherent , well shot",1 204812,"leaves a bitter taste .",0 77964,"delving",1 72985,"about the general absurdity of modern life",1 21056,"is so accessible that it makes complex politics understandable to viewers looking for nothing but energetic entertainment",1 12511,"too much about this love story . in that setting",0 77341,"conventional but heartwarming tale",1 97318,"think it 's a tougher picture than it is .",0 197476,"drag it down to mediocrity",0 119732,"family and community",1 13974,"Disney",1 41184,"Scores a few points",1 138894,"usually goes straight to video -- with a lousy script , inept direction , pathetic acting , poorly dubbed dialogue and murky cinematography",0 210129,"reach the emotion or timelessness of Disney 's great past , or even that of more recent successes such as '' Mulan '' or '' Tarzan . ''",1 96768,"the story 's undeniably hard to follow",0 210923,"scrawled",0 108157,"One of the best of a growing strain of daring films ...",1 201905,"in its combination of entertainment and evangelical",1 164599,"last-second goal to win the championship",1 178064,"when such a good design turns out to be a cheap knockoff",0 13614,", making it rousing , invigorating fun lacking any MTV puffery",1 17831,"to some truly excellent sequences",1 38403,"the many fine",1 59286,"to make its way past my crappola radar and find a small place in my heart",1 209459,"poetically states at one point in this movie that we '' do n't care about the truth . ''",1 139569,"what was otherwise a fascinating , riveting story",1 58853,"the wisdom and humor",1 225076,"My only wish is that Celebi could take me back to a time before I saw this movie and",0 149872,"The story is familiar from its many predecessors : like them , it eventually culminates in the not-exactly - stunning insight that crime does n't pay .",0 182242,"All the sensuality , all the eroticism of a good vampire tale has been , pardon the pun , sucked out and replaced by goth goofiness .",0 100543,"with its unflinching gaze a measure of faith in the future",1 122274,"his aversion",0 185662,"Lacks the spirit of the previous two",0 142719,"-- when are bears bears and when are they like humans , only hairier -- would tax Einstein 's brain .",0 176170,"to have been conjured up only 10 minutes prior to filming",0 87625,"multi-layered",1 100579,"with overall feelings , broader ideas , and open-ended questions than concrete story and definitive answers",1 39407,"touch the hearts of both children and adults , as well as bring audiences to the edge of their seats",1 238470,"watch a movie in which a guy dressed as a children 's party clown gets violently gang-raped",0 32796,"in Dallas that assembles an elaborate haunted house each year to scare",1 211801,"slopped 'em together here",0 71486,"a cruel story",0 217899,"trying to laugh at how bad",0 188305,"The last three narcissists",0 76046,"burns",0 53869,"it the darling of many a kids-and-family-oriented cable channel",1 72133,"a place in your heart",1 164131,"its quirky excesses",0 177407,"velocity and idiocy",0 72146,"a poem of art , music and metaphor",1 36492,"remind us of the devastating horror suffered by an entire people",0 30360,"considerably more",1 142375,", one is left with a sour taste in one 's mouth , and little else .",0 45763,"It 's tough to watch , but it 's a fantastic movie",1 80725,"full of deep feeling",1 181003,", the movie makes two hours feel like four .",0 216668,"through this interminable , shapeless documentary about the swinging subculture",0 103441,"A breathtaking adventure",1 93788,"such a wallop of you-are-there immediacy",1 83844,"is a probing examination of a female friendship set against a few dynamic decades",1 157249,"delivered with a hammer . Thumbs down",0 60355,"with it",1 13173,"with the breathtaking landscapes and villainous varmints",1 188575,"The problem with all of this",0 54599,"manages to find new avenues of discourse on old problems",1 50996,"done any better in bringing the story of Spider-Man to the big screen",1 85378,"its rough-around-the-edges , low-budget constraints",0 162321,"interested in jerking off in all its Byzantine incarnations to bother pleasuring its audience",0 118058,"denying that Burns is a filmmaker with a bright future ahead of him",1 124368,"is nothing but a convenient conveyor belt of brooding personalities that parade about as if they were coming back from Stock Character camp -- a drowsy drama infatuated by its own pretentious self-examination .",0 210180,"realized that no matter how fantastic Reign of Fire looked , its story was making no sense at all .",0 221042,"'ve seen the hippie-turned-yuppie plot before",0 45734,"It 's good , hard-edged stuff , violent and a bit exploitative but also nicely done , morally alert and street-smart .",1 195037,"but certainly not without merit",1 212609,"stories require the full emotional involvement",1 64508,"Broomfield is energized by Volletta Wallace 's maternal fury , her fearlessness , and because of that , his film crackles",1 62473,"-- and especially Williams , an American actress who becomes fully English --",1 199307,"for that comes through all too painfully in the execution",0 58323,"the filmmakers ' post-camp comprehension of what made old-time B movies good-bad that makes Eight Legged Freaks a perfectly entertaining summer diversion",1 121822,"has one strike against it",0 219553,"will only satisfy the most emotionally malleable of filmgoers",0 66687,"It 's up to ( Watts ) to lend credibility to this strange scenario , and",1 144203,"Bond 's tired formula of guns , girls and gadgets",0 143060,"A cumbersome and cliche-ridden movie",0 167868,"of thorn and vinegar",0 26648,"Still , I thought it could have been more .",0 149868,"The story is -- forgive me -- a little thin , and the filmmaking clumsy and rushed .",0 222291,"An enchanting film that presents an audacious tour of the past and takes within its warm",1 80944,"get inside you",1 34289,"make Metropolis worth seeing",1 138458,"twitchy acting",0 77435,"could have turned this into an Argentine retread of '' Iris '' or '' American Beauty ,",0 231190,"give credit to Affleck .",1 185583,"Katzenberg",1 50744,"delivers a surprising",1 60824,"'s a head-turner -- thoughtfully written , beautifully read and , finally , deeply humanizing .",1 48594,"abusers",0 159552,"forced and heavy-handed , and occasionally simply unpleasant",0 3857,"a great",1 17922,"understands the medium",1 35953,"people 's homes are extensions of themselves , and particularly eccentric people have particularly eccentric living spaces -- but his subjects are charmers .",1 183952,"Flashy gadgets and whirling fight sequences may look cool , but they ca n't distract from the flawed support structure holding Equilibrium up",0 210411,"renting this you 're not interested in discretion in your entertainment choices",0 126061,"like a party",1 64152,"At once a testament to the divine calling of education and a demonstration of the painstaking process of imparting knowledge .",1 197438,"dopey old",0 218817,"wasted like DeNiro 's once promising career and the once grand Long Beach boardwalk",0 174572,"the presence of some appealing ingredients",1 217660,"too racy",0 100277,"will linger long after this film has ended",1 66037,"Holm does his sly , intricate magic , and Iben Hjelje is entirely appealing as Pumpkin",1 206827,"near miss",0 73551,"always hilarious",1 219944,"wondering -- sometimes amusedly , sometimes impatiently -- just what this strenuously unconventional movie is supposed to be",0 118707,"dramedy '",1 227018,"Well-meant but unoriginal",0 127067,"might have fun in this cinematic sandbox",1 198471,"fairly weak",0 192765,"and quirky comedy",1 55254,"of a couple 's moral ascension",1 4064,"a ragbag of cliches",0 171492,"so tedious that it is impossible to care whether that boast is true or not",0 94639,"that ends with a whimper",0 35730,"only superficially understands his characters",0 22773,"which still makes it much better than your typical Bond knock-offs",1 56827,"self-importance",1 146436,"It 's all pretty cynical and condescending , too .",0 123287,"incoherence and sub-sophomoric",0 61851,", cynical",0 83971,"is also a work of deft and subtle poetry",1 178255,"who wants to see a comedy about shoddy airport security",0 12725,"uses a magnificent landscape to create a feature film that is wickedly fun to watch",1 31183,"epic struggle",1 232449,"is dudsville .",0 105778,"Far more successful , if considerably less ambitious , than last year 's Kubrick-meets-Spielberg exercise",1 92033,"seal the deal",1 158045,"dumb action movie",0 167678,"of run-of-the-mill profanity",0 126375,"losers",0 93257,"sparkling with ideas",1 2544,"the book 's irreverent energy ,",1 162992,"is left slightly unfulfilled",0 155403,"botched",0 149725,"The picture is a primer on what happens when lack of know-how mixes with lack of give-a-damn .",0 215950,"the writing and direction to the soggy performances",0 89231,"off the page , and for the memorable character creations",1 235923,"something about how lame it is to try and evade your responsibilities",0 142364,", nasty , glibly cynical",0 70608,"Vera has created a provocative , absorbing drama that reveals the curse of a self-hatred instilled by rigid social mores .",1 22725,"watch as it is enlightening to listen to new sides of a previous reality , and to visit with some of the people who were able to make an impact in the theater world",1 36244,"pushing sound stages of Hollywood",1 181922,"A puppy dog so desperate for attention it nearly breaks its little neck trying to perform entertaining tricks",0 124572,"is spot",1 107095,"Its compelling mix",1 197325,"does n't improve upon the experience of staring at a blank screen",0 140994,"'ll mute your kids for nearly 80 minutes",1 38648,"the sort of delicate , articulate character",1 230515,"ends up festooning U.S. art house screens for no reason other than the fact that it 's in French ( well , mostly ) with English subtitles and is magically ` significant ' because of that",0 23527,", but these are performances to enjoy in a memorable ensemble piece .",1 22445,"this slight comedy of manners",1 62083,", love .",1 186366,"No amount of good intentions is able to overcome the triviality of the story .",0 80889,"generic scripts that seek to remake Sleepless in Seattle again and again",0 30941,"down-to-earth",1 79664,"far from being a bow-wow",1 27298,"You experience it as you watch .",1 10828,"suckers",0 206912,"nervous gags",0 21265,"made richer by his own experiences , making his other movies somehow richer in the bargain .",1 47556,"Warm in its loving yet unforgivingly inconsistent depiction of everyday people , relaxed in its perfect quiet pace and proud in its message . I loved this film .",1 221533,", some things are immune to the folly of changing taste and attitude .",0 62029,", it does give exposure to some talented performers",1 177423,"very bad feeling",0 175941,"to be funny , and too clipped and abbreviated to be an epic",0 107386,"Late Marriage is an in-your-face family drama and black comedy that is filled with raw emotions conveying despair and love .",1 189384,"Van Wilder has a built-in audience , but only among those who are drying out from spring break and are still unconcerned about what they ingest .",0 227071,"What we get in FearDotCom is more like something from a bad Clive Barker movie .",0 49516,"be fondly remembered in the endlessly challenging maze of moviegoing",1 70075,"There 's no conversion effort ,",0 137037,"this romantic comedy explores the friendship between five Filipino-Americans and their frantic efforts to find love .",1 184171,"Go , girls , right down the reality drain .",0 66344,"In a movie full of surprises",1 32125,"good cheer",1 85293,"its keenest pleasures",1 85021,"it drags during its 112-minute length",0 216142,"there are zoning ordinances to protect your community from the dullest science fiction",0 238543,"well , just stuff",0 139162,"waltzed itself into the art film pantheon",1 124577,"is still fun and enjoyable and so aggressively silly",1 155835,"ca n't break through the stupor",0 234205,"not without cheesy fun factor .",1 122791,"immersed",1 25651,"If it seems like a minor miracle that its septuagenarian star is young enough to be the nonagenarian filmmaker 's son , more incredible",1 42742,"takes place in Pasadena , '' a city where people still read .",1 2761,"the west to savor whenever the film 's lamer instincts are in the saddle",0 151243,"` terrible filmmaking '",0 159798,"full of heartfelt performances",1 68298,"Puts a refreshing and comical spin on the all-too-familiar saga of the contemporary single woman .",1 13815,"A thunderous ride at first , quiet cadences of pure finesse",1 44232,"A sensitive , modest comic tragedy that works as both character study and symbolic examination",1 133939,"teetering on the edge of sanity",0 228014,"a moldy-oldie , not-nearly - as-nasty - as-it",0 60560,"you can practically see the Hollywood ` suits ' trying to put together the cast and filmmaking team for the all-too - inevitable American remake",1 206066,"merely serves up a predictable , maudlin story that swipes heavily from Bambi and The Lion King , yet lacks the emotional resonance of either of those movies",0 74355,"are lacking",0 160641,"has already been explored previously with better aplomb and sardonic wit",0 177545,"vulgarities in a sequel you can refuse",0 92329,"serves as a workable primer for the region 's recent history",1 101640,"'s become one of the movies ' creepiest conventions , in which the developmentally disabled",1 122246,"him eight stories tall",1 176544,"to wear a bit thin",0 181286,"... What Antwone Fisher is n't , however , is original .",0 59556,"trust and loyalty",1 84786,"is turning in some delightful work on indie projects .",1 119935,"feels somewhat unfinished .",0 106743,"Insomnia does not become one of those rare remakes to eclipse the original , but it does n't disgrace it , either",1 28242,"also full of sharp , smart satire",1 205792,"manages to sustain a good simmer for most of its running time",1 103430,"A bodice-ripper for intellectuals .",1 33195,"irreverent animated space adventure",1 43055,"you 're not into the Pokemon franchise , this fourth animated movie in four years wo n't convert you -- or even keep your eyes open . But",0 185999,"Many shallower movies these days seem too long",0 165292,"lost in the translation to the screen",0 164493,"knows when to let a gag die",1 218064,"una parodia absolutamente predecible",1 73877,"an interesting slice of history .",1 228485,"also think that sequels can never capture the magic of the original .",0 153561,"and delightful performance",1 114391,"any art-house moviegoer",1 17432,"that has calcified into chronic cynicism and fear",0 25319,"Flawed",0 127689,"must indeed",1 36130,"precision",1 137021,"this overheated melodrama plays like a student film .",0 69283,"The Emperor 's Club , ruthless in its own placid way ,",0 181605,"A derivative collection of horror and sci-fi",0 182515,"Any reasonably creative eighth-grader could have written a more credible script , though with the same number of continuity errors .",0 156571,"comes up shorter than Britney 's cutoffs",0 188988,"This is a picture that Maik , the firebrand turned savvy ad man , would be envious of :",1 191122,"a possible Argentine American Beauty reeks",0 28119,"addresses a hungry need for PG-rated , nonthreatening family movies",1 96703,"the sizzle of old news",0 82676,"illuminates what it means sometimes to be inside looking out , and at other times outside looking in .",1 98642,"transcendence",1 1395,"is so bloodless",0 184893,"In his role of observer of the scene , Lawrence sounds whiny and defensive , as if his life-altering experiences made him bitter and less mature .",0 85756,"large-format",1 29856,"but rather delivers a performance of striking skill and depth",1 59383,"to the fierce grandeur of its sweeping battle scenes",1 56780,"see this unique and entertaining twist on the classic whale 's tale",1 79125,"enthrall",1 98578,"touching , raucously amusing , uncomfortable , and",1 81988,"he forgets to make it entertaining",0 121310,"good laugh",1 147182,"Like those to Rome , all roads in The Banger Sisters inevitably lead to a joke about Hawn 's breasts , which constantly threaten to upstage the woman sporting them .",0 89924,"overcoming-obstacles sports-movie triumph",1 83693,"is , at bottom , a sophisticated flower child 's desire to purge the world of the tooth and claw of human power",1 72758,"a very lively dream",1 43018,"winning performances and",1 94004,"swallow its absurdities and crudities",0 149429,"The film makes a fatal mistake : It asks us to care about a young man whose only apparent virtue is that he is not quite as unpleasant as some of the people in his life",0 193447,"as entertaining as the final hour",1 173477,"the antiseptic , preprogrammed feel of an after-school special",0 48906,"an ease",1 103817,"A quasi-documentary by French filmmaker Karim Dridi that celebrates the hardy spirit of Cuban music",1 18328,", All or Nothing becomes an emotional , though still positive , wrench of a sit",1 220034,"worth cheering as a breakthrough",1 179034,"yet it 's so devoid of realism that its lack of whistles and bells just makes it obnoxious and stiff",0 1851,"not a good movie ,",0 143628,"All the necessary exposition prevents the picture from rising above your generic sand 'n' sandal adventure .",0 51649,"film a must for everyone",1 211300,"set the women 's liberation movement back 20 years",0 54897,"most thoughtful fictional examination",1 158023,"dull , lifeless",0 13737,"3-D",0 194530,"best dramatic performance to date ( is )",1 239076,"yet , it still works .",1 25418,"Glass ' evocative music",1 94061,"symbiotic relationship",1 131533,"rich subject",1 142533,", the tricks alone are not enough to salvage this lifeless boxing film .",0 43747,", this is a seriously intended movie that is not easily forgotten .",1 74597,"as a landmark in film history",1 28552,"and consistently odd",0 31553,"feeds our senses with the chilling sights and sounds from within the camp to create a completely numbing experience .",1 26022,"Maggie Gyllenhaal",1 47378,"This method almost never fails him",1 108568,"Red Dragon '' never cuts corners .",1 123710,"is a big time stinker",0 128801,"of more appealing holiday-season product",1 6748,"gentle humor",1 57103,"so good",1 97174,"them , who have carved their own comfortable niche in the world",1 86561,"make interesting a subject you thought would leave you cold . A case in point : Doug Pray 's Scratch",1 74670,"as do the girls ' amusing personalities",1 187429,"Some movies can get by without being funny simply by structuring the scenes as if they were jokes",1 37804,"that gradually and artfully draws us into a world where the personal and the political get",1 128691,"of her Rubenesque physique",1 81607,"has a fluid , no-nonsense authority",1 39756,"venerable",1 147902,"Once the 50 year old Benigni appears as the title character , we find ourselves longing for the block of wood to come back .",0 44512,"An interesting look",1 61263,"'s something of the ultimate Scorsese film",1 19413,"What 's most striking about this largely celebratory film",1 47734,"You 'll get the enjoyable basic minimum . But not a whit more .",0 130749,"provide the funniest moments in this oddly sweet comedy about jokester highway patrolmen",1 230374,"does somehow manage to get you under its spell .",1 90985,"questions cinema 's capability for recording truth",0 92537,"short on plot but rich in the tiny revelations of real life",1 235945,"soulful , scathing and",1 68282,"Provides a satisfactory overview of the bizarre world of extreme athletes as several daredevils express their own views .",1 82722,"impair your ability to ever again maintain a straight face while speaking to a highway patrolman .",1 150461,"Too much of this well-acted but dangerously slow thriller feels like a preamble to a bigger , more complicated story , one that never materializes .",0 34549,"mopping his face and generally displaying the wacky talent that brought him fame in the first place",1 168534,"overlong episode",0 53526,"is most remarkable not because of its epic scope , but because of the startling intimacy",1 133170,"spy film The Sum of All Fears",1 196382,"crass , jaded movie types and",0 101054,"you 're engulfed by it .",1 29778,"busy on the basketball court because that 's when he really scores",1 147391,"Maybe it 's the star power of the cast or the redundant messages",0 117275,"comic scenes fly",1 61006,"'s easy to like and",1 199281,"for people who take as many drugs as the film 's characters",0 208925,"overinflated mythology",0 188713,"The story is lacking any real emotional impact , and",0 153129,"all the good stuff",1 60442,"wo n't make much of a splash when it 's released",0 217607,"too loud ,",0 72137,"a playful recapitulation",1 32820,"in a literal and spiritual torpor",0 173223,"that the director and cinematographer Stephen Kazmierski shoot on grungy video , giving the whole thing a dirty , tasteless feel",0 121322,"good the execution of a mentally challenged woman could possibly do",1 37454,"suck",0 194777,"bogs down in insignificance",0 109817,"The film makes strong arguments regarding the social status of America 's indigenous people",1 110712,"Too much of Storytelling",0 171376,"snaps under the strain of its plot contrivances and its need to reassure",0 151336,"a bad idea from frame one",0 93105,"some nice twists but the ending and some of the back-story is a little tired .",0 215663,"the spirits of these young women",1 80948,"get no satisfaction",0 29320,"at times , and lots of fun",1 197664,"early laughs",1 111199,"With flashbulb editing as cover for the absence of narrative continuity , Undisputed is nearly incoherent , an excuse to get to the closing bout ... by which time it 's impossible to care who wins .",0 28063,"abundance",1 73663,"an affection",1 87612,"much panache , but with material this rich it does n't need it",1 22899,"you 'll definitely want the T-shirt",1 208399,"on a dime in the tries-so-hard-to-be-cool '' Clockstoppers",0 176035,"to change behavior in bizarre unjustified fashion",0 94741,"that it has none of the pushiness and decibel volume of most contemporary comedies",1 157952,"dread or",0 81701,"has enough moments to keep it entertaining",1 216501,"this summer 's new action film , ''",1 217881,"try to create characters out of the obvious cliches , but wind up using them as punching bags .",0 208621,"one of the worst",0 53719,"it 's a lyrical endeavour .",1 124882,"it 's this rich and luscious",1 142804,"... routine , harmless diversion and little else .",1 232629,"is no earthly reason other than money why this distinguished actor would stoop so low",0 125791,"laugh for not quite and hour and a half",1 121170,"given this movie a rating of zero",0 174336,"the movie does n't do a very good job conveying the issue at hand",0 138163,"too violent",0 177679,"was perplexed to watch it unfold with an astonishing lack of passion or uniqueness .",0 230114,"deep to sink this low",0 90378,"plays up the cartoon 's more obvious strength of snazziness while neglecting its less conspicuous writing strength",0 127205,"modernized",1 218310,"updating of '' Carmen '' which is best for the stunning star",1 170573,"seem more improvised",0 5892,"demonstrate that his pathology evolved from human impulses that grew hideously twisted",0 48591,"absorbing movie",1 186036,"Mattei so completely loses himself to the film 's circular structure to ever offer any insightful discourse on , well , Love in the Time of Money .",0 35592,"ol'",1 228051,"a new scene",1 60645,"'' 13 Conversations About One Thing '' is an intelligent flick that examines many different ideas from happiness to guilt in an intriguing bit of storytelling .",1 14791,"a nice departure",1 222739,"But even while his characters are acting horribly , he is always sympathetic .",1 127476,"most of the work",1 43725,", the rest of the world will enjoy a fast-paced comedy with quirks that might make the award-winning Coen brothers envious .",1 3379,"'s the russian word for wow !",1 171246,"sledgehammers",0 44765,"Both heartbreaking and heartwarming ... just a simple fable done in an artless sytle , but it 's tremendously moving .",1 148945,"Super Troopers suffers from a bad case of arrested development .",0 169509,"put in to come up with an irritatingly unimaginative retread concept",0 85792,"laugh at either the obviousness of it all or its stupidity or maybe even its inventiveness",1 219515,"will have been discovered , indulged in and rejected as boring before I see this piece of crap again",0 217793,"tries to force its quirkiness upon the audience .",0 161058,"heavy-handed film",0 238043,"tolerate Leon Barlow",0 38866,"there , for everybody who wants to be a kid again , or show it to their own kids",1 234856,"pack your knitting needles",0 59096,"three-hour cinema master class .",1 185399,"Its premise is smart , but",1 83965,"is all the more remarkable because it",1 185178,"It 's not too fast and",1 126481,"luckiest viewers",1 235889,"solid storytelling .",1 177875,"well acted and well intentioned",1 124108,"is heartfelt and achingly real .",1 180080,"'ve ever seen that had no obvious directing involved",0 4421,"adore the star",1 37420,"su",0 45926,"Kafka",1 184331,"Has its moments , but",1 205191,"little action , almost no suspense or believable tension ,",0 32634,"honest and unaffected ( and gentle ) way",1 153445,"an intriguing and alluring premise",1 29570,"bet .",1 233316,"laughs -- sometimes a chuckle , sometimes a guffaw and , to my great pleasure , the occasional belly laugh",1 215021,"the mediocre end",0 217137,"to justify a film",1 66250,"If cinema had been around to capture the chaos of France in the 1790 's , one imagines the result would look like something like this .",1 202349,"interesting meditation",1 28337,"an engaging and warm performance",1 102617,", it 's an observant , unfussily poetic meditation about identity and alienation",1 61739,", amusing , sad and reflective",1 51136,"embodies the character with an effortlessly regal charisma .",1 175436,"this is n't worth sitting through",0 115745,"been recycled more times than I 'd care to count",0 11698,"the nincompoop",0 9185,"nudity , profanity and violence",0 211245,"septic tank",0 64364,"Bill Plympton , the animation master ,",1 213931,"that was ushered in by The Full Monty and is still straining to produce another smash",0 158738,"fail to generate any interest in an unsympathetic hero caught up in an intricate plot that while cleverly worked out , can not overcome blah characters",0 101105,"you come to believe that Nachtwey hates the wars he shows and empathizes with the victims he reveals .",1 43778,", uplifting and moving",1 55429,"of knucklehead swill",0 231597,"have to admit I walked out of Runteldat",0 38676,"the story congeals",0 88015,"not on its own self-referential hot air , but on the inspired performance of Tim Allen",1 97551,"thoroughly enjoyable , heartfelt",1 133073,"spare dialogue and acute expressiveness",1 127988,"no doubt the filmmaker is having fun with it all",1 25460,"Griffin 's smartly nuanced performance and enthusiasm",1 183506,"Distinctly sub-par ...",0 88957,"of the amazing Spider-Man",1 75570,"benefit enormously from the Cockettes ' camera craziness --",1 150576,"Unfaithful . Almost everything else",0 129100,"of the previous film 's successes",1 12385,"to listen to extremist name-calling , regardless of whether you think kissinger was a calculating fiend or just a slippery self-promoter",0 140518,"would be a total washout .",0 189972,"` In this poor remake of such a well loved classic , Parker exposes the limitations of his skill and the basic flaws in his vision . '",0 181067,", this movie strives to be more , but does n't quite get there .",0 38435,"the most honest films ever made about Hollywood",1 95786,"the funny bone",1 62269,", the film acquires an undeniable entertainment value as the slight",1 100279,"will love its fantasy and adventure",1 110367,"There has been a string of ensemble cast romances recently ... but Peter Mattei 's Love in the Time of Money sets itself apart by forming a chain of relationships that come full circle to end on a positive ( if tragic ) note .",1 232189,"invigorating about",1 219685,"with acting , tone and pace very obviously mark him as a video helmer making his feature debut",1 98923,"uncomfortably timely , relevant",1 3787,"a film to which the adjective ` gentle ' applies",1 212197,"something fishy",1 185578,"Kate is n't very bright",0 144830,"Diane Lane shines in Unfaithful . Almost everything else",1 44018,"A compelling yarn , but not quite a ripping one",1 234598,"of warmth , colour and cringe",1 77074,"compelling dramatic",1 185077,"It 's been 20 years since 48 Hrs . made Eddie Murphy a movie star and the man has n't aged a day . But his showboating wise-cracker stock persona sure is getting old",0 74993,"at the peak of their powers",1 114600,"are instantly recognizable , allowing the film to paradoxically feel familiar and foreign at the same time .",1 87392,"most brilliant and brutal UK crime film",1 157182,"decidedly foul",0 97228,"these days are about nothing",0 5432,"cantet perfectly captures the hotel lobbies , two-lane highways , and roadside cafes that permeate vincent 's days",1 146280,"Impostor has a handful of thrilling moments and a couple of good performances , but the movie does n't quite fly . For starters , the story is just too slim .",0 23728,", it successfully showcases the passions of both the director and novelist Byatt .",1 211500,"should have been a painless time-killer becomes instead a grating endurance test",0 152863,"achieved but loses its way in rhetorical excess and blatant sentimentality",0 52326,"had so much fun",1 68373,"Reef",1 158104,"earns it a place alongside those other two recent Dumas botch-jobs , The Man in the Iron Mask and The Musketeer .",0 68408,"Return to Never Land is reliable , standard Disney animated fare , with enough creative energy and wit to entertain all ages .",1 152494,"a spell over you",1 119640,"failings",0 67165,"Leave it to John Sayles to take on developers , the Chamber of Commerce , tourism , historical pageants , and commercialism all in the same movie ... without neglecting character development for even one minute .",1 2786,"their heroic capacity",1 78931,"emphasizes the well-wrought story and omits needless chase scenes and swordfights as the revenge unfolds",1 102907,", the seesawing of the general 's fate in the arguments of competing lawyers has the stomach-knotting suspense of a legal thriller , while the testimony of witnesses lends the film a resonant undertone of tragedy .",1 235277,"regards Reign of Fire with awe",1 173017,"that hand you a cup of coffee every few minutes . Like a marathon runner trying to finish a race , you need a constant influx of liquid just to get through it",0 160116,"gives poor Dana Carvey nothing to do that is really funny",0 152033,"a manipulative whitewash",0 66753,"It may not be a great piece of filmmaking , but its power comes from its soul 's - eye view of how well-meaning patronizing masked a social injustice , at least as represented by this case",0 167002,"not to feel you 've just watched a feature-length video game with some really heavy back story",0 48105,"a haunting ode to humanity",1 30045,"carries the film on his broad , handsome shoulders",1 235648,"shameless ` 70s blaxploitation shuck-and-jive sitcom",0 231534,"have a distinct flair .",1 79113,"entertaining enough and worth",1 80544,"freshness , imagination and insight",1 9844,"proficiency",1 229676,"can never capture the magic of the original",0 236014,"stagy and stilted",0 193786,"at once laughable",0 110538,"This overproduced piece of dreck is shockingly bad and absolutely unnecessary . Hmmm ... might I suggest that the wayward wooden one end it all by stuffing himself into an electric pencil sharpener ?",0 152631,"a trifle of a movie",0 201394,"how first-time director Kevin Donovan managed to find something new to add to the canon of Chan . Make Chan 's action sequences boring",0 76150,"by an important director who has something new to say about how , in the flip-flop of courtship , we often reel in when we should be playing out",1 188584,"The problem with the mayhem in Formula 51 is not that it 's offensive , but that it 's boring .",0 12590,"turgid",0 105501,"Does n't do more than expand a TV show to movie length . However , it 's pleasant enough and",1 214608,"the film is never dull",1 32046,"getting under your skin",0 55096,"no-holds-barred cinematic",1 150883,"When the film ended , I felt tired and drained and wanted to lie on my own deathbed for a while .",0 234665,"on a dime in the tries-so-hard-to-be-cool `` Clockstoppers",0 235013,"portrays their cartoon counterparts well ... but quite",1 63061,"A funny and touching film that is gorgeously",1 131016,"rather brilliant",1 232561,"is mostly admirable",1 113997,"an engaging nostalgia piece",1 126536,"made from a completist 's checklist rather than with a cultist 's passion",0 70177,"This charming , thought-provoking New York fest of life and love",1 188770,"The whole thing feels like a ruse , a tactic to cover up the fact that the picture is constructed around a core of flimsy -- or , worse yet , nonexistent -- ideas .",0 89907,"over-dramatic at times",0 49527,"be kind of heartwarming , nonetheless",1 233649,"make underneath such a mountain of clichés and borrowed images",0 133192,"staggers in terms of story",0 195830,"clumsily staged violence overshadows everything , including most of the actors .",0 170982,"should offer a free ticket ( second prize , of course , two free tickets ) to anyone who can locate a genuinely honest moment in their movie",0 201939,"in one forum or another",1 165565,"makes absolutely no sense . Its underlying mythology is a hodgepodge of inconsistencies that pose the question : Since when did dumb entertainment have to be this dumb ?",0 179099,"you ca n't figure out just where the other characters , including Ana 's father and grandfather , come down on the issue of Ana 's future",0 114332,"annoying and artificial",0 183449,"Director Kevin Bray excels in breaking glass and marking off the ''",1 46316,"New Zealand whose boozy , languid air is balanced by a rich visual clarity and deeply",1 79463,"experiences he 's neglected over the years",1 103996,"A vivid , sometimes surreal",1 106333,"However stale the material",0 187592,"Strictly a ` guy 's film ' in the worst sense of the expression .",0 125352,"its recovery of an historical episode that , in the simple telling , proves simultaneously harrowing and uplifting",1 115618,"be viewed and treasured for its extraordinary intelligence and originality as well as its lyrical variations on the game of love",1 70423,"Tony Gayton 's script does n't give us anything we have n't seen before , but director D . J . Caruso 's grimy visual veneer and Kilmer 's absorbing performance increase the gravitational pull considerably .",1 239022,"would have preferred a transfer down the hall to Mr. Holland 's class for the music , or to Robin Williams 's lecture so I could listen to a teacher with humor , passion , and verve .",0 239098,"you 'll still have a good time . ''",1 15274,"boasts a huge charm factor",1 178675,"with the most emotional resonance",1 229392,"between farcical and loathsome",0 204084,"it will probably be a talky bore .",0 72148,"a poetic",1 99576,"warm , fuzzy",1 93920,"surprised at the variety of tones in Spielberg 's work",1 51237,"enjoyable basic minimum",1 166632,"needs a little gravity ,",0 188515,"The pacing is deadly",0 215618,"the simplistic Heaven will quite likely be more like hell .",0 85874,"leaves you intriguingly contemplative .",1 100987,"writing , skewed characters ,",0 234169,"nonsensical story",0 208857,"out on video before month 's end",0 122203,"hideously and clumsily",0 96172,"the most entertaining Bonds",1 172444,"sympathizing with terrorist motivations",0 119608,"extremely unpleasant",0 202917,"is far from Zhang 's forte",0 115966,"beyond redemption",0 203508,"is that for the most part , the film is deadly dull .",0 47271,"The touch is generally light enough and",1 234824,"over this `` un-bear-able '' project",0 95097,"the abysmal Hannibal",0 166594,"nearly impossible",0 194359,"been leavened by a charm that 's conspicuously missing from the Girls ' big-screen blowout",0 235394,"romanticization",1 48486,"a welcome step",1 222744,"But hard-to-believe plot twists force the movie off track in its final half hour .",0 34687,"moves quickly , adroitly , and without fuss : it does n't give you time to reflect on the inanity -- and the Cold War datedness -- of its premise",0 87814,"never rises to a higher level",0 57880,"that should bolster director and co-writer",1 14536,"This is simply the most fun you 'll ever have with a documentary !",1 155109,"beloved film",1 165738,"may be subtler than Norman Jewison 's 1975 ultraviolent futuristic corporate-sports saga . It 's also stupider .",0 188789,"Theological matters aside , the movie is so clumsily sentimental and ineptly directed it may leave you speaking in tongues .",0 177501,"violence and comic-strip characters",0 190174,"a big box of consolation candy",0 215418,"the princess seem smug and cartoonish",0 216757,"tiresome jokes",0 216352,"this bitter Italian comedy",0 93527,"stimulating and",1 234621,"offbeat humor , amusing characters ,",1 122229,"highly cerebral",1 60354,"with interesting conflicted characters",1 43449,", ( Jones ) calls our attention to the inherent conflict between commerce and creativity .",1 49980,"ca n't wait for the sequel",1 90264,"photographed and staged by Mendes with a series of riveting set pieces the likes of which mainstream audiences have rarely seen .",1 50576,"crowd pleaser",1 121192,"gives his best screen performance with an oddly winning portrayal of one of life 's ultimate losers .",1 82739,"implosion",0 143248,"A moving picture that does not move .",0 124057,"is frittered away in middle-of-the-road blandness",0 110442,"This film is an act of spiritual faith -- an eloquent , deeply felt meditation on the nature of compassion .",1 49302,"as monumental ` picture shows",1 160265,"good performances",1 207432,"of Guy Ritchie",1 194411,"been written as assembled , Frankenstein-like , out of other , marginally better shoot-em-ups",0 74532,"artistic transcendence",1 130739,"proves simultaneously harrowing and uplifting",1 168068,"on cliched or meaningless roles",0 176088,"to do virtually everything wrong",0 26953,"There has been much puzzlement among critics about what the election symbolizes .",0 18572,"A charming yet poignant tale of the irrevocable",1 185198,"It 's rare that a movie can be as intelligent as this one is in every regard except its storyline",0 53577,"is packed with information and impressions",1 92733,"sit through , enjoy on a certain level",1 188192,"The film is all over the place , really .",0 203557,"is the gabbiest giant-screen movie ever , bogging down in a barrage of hype .",0 148135,"Poor editing , bad bluescreen ,",0 142486,", the film misses the brilliance of Jelinek 's novel by some way . It settles for being merely grim .",0 111599,"a catastrophic collision",0 18887,"Full",1 13529,", and introduces some intriguing ambiguity",1 12502,"too ludicrous and borderline insulting",0 74574,"as a clever exercise in neo-Hitchcockianism",1 140370,"wonderful combination",1 163690,"it 's sort of bogus and",0 124417,"is one word that best describes this film : honest .",1 39308,"to tap into the heartbeat of the world , a salute to the universal language of rhythm and a zippy sampling of sounds",1 100743,"wittier",1 207258,"nothing more than an hour-and-a-half-long commercial for Britney 's latest album",0 98586,"touching love story",1 61679,", Safe Conduct is anything but languorous . It 's packed to bursting with incident , and with scores of characters , some fictional , some from history .",1 211428,"shock humor '' will wear thin on all",0 10957,"takes big bloody chomps",0 195457,"care what kind of sewage they shovel into their mental gullets to simulate sustenance",0 51970,"frustrations",0 119178,"ensures the film never feels draggy .",1 229296,"been done before but never so vividly",1 24136,"... an otherwise intense , twist-and-turn thriller that certainly should n't hurt talented young Gaghan 's resume .",1 194875,"both overstuffed and undernourished ...",0 154893,"because the cast is so engagingly messing around like Slob City reductions of Damon Runyon crooks",0 10211,"roussillon providing comic relief",1 148723,"Some actors steal scenes . Tom Green just gives them a bad odor . This self-infatuated goofball is far from the only thing wrong with the clumsy comedy Stealing Harvard , but he 's the most obvious one",0 68987,"Stanley Kwan has directed not only one of the best gay love stories ever made , but one of the best love stories of any stripe",1 136965,"this is n't even a movie we can enjoy as mild escapism",0 94841,"that really tells the tale",1 141091,"'s a bad sign in a thriller when you instantly know whodunit .",0 51391,"exceeding expectations",1 44319,"A touching , small-scale story of family responsibility and care in the community",1 200265,"grows monotonous",0 118913,"efficiently",1 110182,"The story itself it mostly told through on-camera interviews with several survivors , whose riveting memories are rendered with such clarity that it 's as if it all happened only yesterday",1 157760,"does n't fully satisfy either the die-hard Jason fans or those who can take a good joke .",0 122177,"here is nothing but a convenient conveyor belt of brooding personalities that parade about as if they were coming back from Stock Character camp -- a drowsy drama infatuated by its own pretentious self-examination .",0 126510,"maddeningly insistent and repetitive piano score",0 207165,"nor truly edgy -- merely crassly flamboyant and comedically labored",0 199942,"given audiences",1 36530,"respectful of its past",1 159711,"from between the badly dated cutesy-pie mystery scenario and the newfangled Hollywood post-production effects",0 6135,"editing and pompous references",0 158532,"every other Seagal movie ,",1 226790,"Too bad the former Murphy Brown does n't pop Reese back .",0 2724,"the smeary",0 23443,", and will , undoubtedly , leave both camps engaged in a ferocious debate for years to come .",1 138886,"usual fluttering and stammering",0 82635,"if the film is well-crafted and this one is",1 189703,"While the transgressive trappings ( especially the frank sex scenes ) ensure that the film is never dull",1 30521,"cruel",0 192774,"and some staggeringly boring cinema",0 144940,"Does n't offer much besides glib soullessness , raunchy language and a series of brutal set pieces ...",0 154500,"awesome scenery",1 126218,"little else of consequence",0 100306,"will touch you to the core in a film you will never forget -- that you should never forget",1 74235,"appetizer that leaves you wanting more .",1 38544,"the plot is predictable",0 44665,"Beautiful spread",1 163259,"is rather like an overlong visit from a large group of your relatives . As your relatives swap one mundane story after another",0 199839,"get paid enough to sit through crap like this",0 227572,"`` Sade '' covers the same period as Kaufmann 's `` Quills '' with more unsettlingly realistic results .",1 30212,"clearly , great fun",1 82517,"howlingly trashy time",1 163669,"it 's no surprise to see a world-class filmmaker like Zhang Yimou behind the camera for a yarn that 's ultimately rather inconsequential",0 159104,"film silliness",0 48652,"acting is the heart and soul of cinema . He allows his cast members to make creative contributions to the story and dialogue . This method almost never fails him ,",1 41728,"compelling `",1 208004,"of static set ups , not much camera movement , and most of the scenes",0 133624,"sumptuous work",1 232871,"is way too muddled to be an effectively chilling guilty pleasure .",0 96637,"the scope and shape of an especially well-executed television movie",1 212194,"something clever",1 237564,"this opera is n't a favorite ,",0 15246,"beloved kids ' books",1 172168,"stupider",0 121880,"has you study them",1 118415,"dizzy",0 25273,"Exquisitely nuanced in mood tics and dialogue , this chamber drama is superbly acted by the deeply appealing veteran Bouquet and the chilling but quite human Berling .",1 79798,"female audience members drooling over Michael Idemoto as Michael",1 78766,"effecting change and inspiring hope",1 75918,"breathes extraordinary life",1 57651,"tender ,",1 237423,"there is no earthly reason other than money why this distinguished actor would stoop so low",0 229520,"but never less than pure wankery .",0 69857,"The rare movie that 's as crisp and to the point",1 82753,"impossible , irrevocable choices",1 48886,"an all-around good time at the movies",1 215912,"the working out of the plot almost arbitrary",0 84485,"is not first-rate",0 25673,"Impresses you with its open-endedness and surprises .",1 138330,"tries its best",1 124205,"is like binging on cotton candy",1 86361,"love and bloodletting",1 185591,"Ken Russell would love this . In one scene , we get a stab at soccer hooliganism , a double-barreled rip-off of Quentin Tarantino 's climactic shootout -- and Meat Loaf explodes .",1 209423,"plodding soap opera",0 226210,"The best way to hope for any chance of enjoying this film",0 185878,"Loud , silly , stupid and pointless .",0 122219,"high-minded appeal",1 16167,"insightful , Oscar-nominated documentary",1 79198,"especially terrific as Pauline",1 127114,"mind-numbingly",0 180090,"'ve never seen ( a remake ) do anything as stomach-turning as the way Adam Sandler 's new movie rapes , pillages and incinerates Frank Capra 's classic ...",0 50155,"children 's ' song",1 9710,"piece of unwatchable drivel",0 4865,"as epic tragedy",0 211740,"skims over the realities of gay sex",0 222285,"An earnest , heartrending look at the divide between religious fundamentalists and their gay relatives .",1 8827,"model",1 211318,"seventy-minute running time",1 83333,"infuse the rocky path to sibling reconciliation with flashes of warmth and gentle humor",1 46636,"Richard Gere and Diane Lane put in fine performances as does French actor Oliver Martinez .",1 136155,"the ridiculous Bolero",0 185777,"Like its script , which nurses plot holes gaping enough to pilot an entire Olympic swim team through , the characters in Swimfan seem motivated by nothing short of dull , brain-deadening hangover .",0 8631,"makes for a pretty unpleasant viewing experience",0 210169,"realistic '",1 224356,"It made me feel unclean , and I 'm the guy who liked There 's Something About Mary and both American Pie movies",0 170042,"resembles anyone you 've ever met in real life , unless you happen to know annoyingly self-involved people who speak in glib sentences that could have only come from the pen of a screenwriter",0 165278,"loses its overall sense of mystery",0 17141,"sardonic , completely joyful",1 133132,"splendid actors",1 165342,"lovely pictures",1 81821,"hate to tear your eyes away from the images long enough to read the subtitles",1 209813,"proper home",1 6718,"fun-seeking",1 14727,"a flattering sense",1 80542,"fresh-faced , big-hearted and frequently funny thrill",1 16962,"playful film that constantly frustrates our desire to know the ` truth ' about this man , while deconstructing the very format of the biography in a manner that Derrida would doubtless give his blessing to .",1 214220,"the bottom of the pool with an utterly incompetent conclusion",0 53122,"inspired levity that it ca n't be dismissed as mindless",1 204435,"just another teen movie ,",0 139028,"vicious and",0 234854,"paced at a speed that is slow to those of us in middle age and deathly slow to any teen",0 212349,"spirals downward , and",0 205405,"loosely tied series",0 184277,"Handled correctly , Wilde 's play is a masterpiece of elegant wit and artifice",1 87198,"moments of hilarity to be had",1 42864,"the stupid cliches and",0 168221,"one of the best actors , directors and producers",1 29873,"but those who loved Cool as Ice have at last found a worthy follow-up .",1 229409,"bites hard .",0 73682,"an arcane area of popular culture",1 19794,"and a third-act plot development is somewhat melodramatic",0 32233,"had the good sense to cast actors who are , generally speaking , adored by the movie-going public",1 128056,"nobody in the viewing audience cares",0 37018,"sleep-deprived Dormer",0 113754,"already-shallow",0 122379,"his penchant for tearing up on cue -- things that seem so real in small doses",1 195508,"cast the magnificent Jackie Chan in a movie full of stunt doubles and special effects",1 42532,"refreshing , disarming",1 134153,"that 's neither completely enlightening ,",0 10192,"romantics",1 29430,"be seen by anyone with even a passing interest in the events shaping the world beyond their own horizons",1 169873,"regrettably",0 6815,"go hand in hand with talent",1 230418,"dreary movie .",0 47854,"a captivating drama",1 56526,"remind us",1 146443,"It 's also heavy-handed and devotes too much time to bigoted views .",0 79403,"excellent companion piece",1 149362,"The fetid underbelly of fame has never looked uglier .",0 229661,"can feel your veins cringing from the workout",0 68407,"Return to Never Land is reliable",1 11385,"the film delivers not just the full assault of reno 's immense wit and insight , but a time travel back to what it felt like during those unforgettably uncertain days .",1 222332,"An uplifting , near-masterpiece",1 181723,"A grand fart coming from a director beginning to resemble someone 's crazy French grandfather",0 43437,"( and better )",1 229604,"by which All the Queen 's Men is allegedly `` inspired '' was a lot funnier and more deftly enacted than what 's been cobbled together onscreen",0 139764,"who is chasing who",1 82164,"high-concept sci fi adventures",1 96183,"the most original fantasy film ever made",1 81834,"have a freshness and modesty that transcends their predicament",1 127852,"negotiate the many inconsistencies in Janice 's behavior or",0 108109,"Offers no new insight",0 197711,"effort to disguise it as an unimaginative screenwriter 's invention",0 163249,"is pretty miserable , resorting to string-pulling rather than legitimate character development and intelligent plotting",0 51693,"find Morrison 's iconoclastic uses of technology",1 53216,"inventive , consistently intelligent and",1 176255,"to make his mark by serving up the usual chaotic nonsense",0 198483,"falls flat as a spoof",0 223940,"If you 're a comic fan , you ca n't miss it .",1 27722,"a performance that could not be improved upon",1 96413,"the players it brings to the fore for the gifted but no-nonsense human beings they are and for the still-inestimable contribution they have made to our shared history",1 139262,"was n't enough",0 126823,"marred beyond redemption",0 119041,"encouraging thought . Better still , he does all of this ,",1 207595,"of admission ? Absolutely not . It sucked .",0 892,"engaging , imaginative filmmaking in its nearly 2 1/2",1 217874,"try for the greatness that Happy Together shoots for ( and misses )",0 164940,"like biting into what looks like a juicy , delicious plum on a hot summer day and coming away with your mouth full of rotten pulp and living worms",0 158588,"exasperatingly slow",0 99745,"wear you out",0 34586,"more satisfying",1 84095,"is clever , offbeat and even gritty enough to overcome my resistance",1 146232,"If you 're not a prepubescent girl , you 'll be laughing at Britney Spears ' movie-starring debut whenever it does n't have you impatiently squinting at your watch .",0 2805,"then ends",0 155,"a dream image of the west to savor whenever the film 's lamer instincts are in the saddle",0 30019,"capacity to heal using creative , natural and ancient antidotes",1 79099,"enter",1 223292,"Every visual joke is milked , every set-up obvious and lengthy , every punchline predictable .",0 89536,"once playful and haunting , an in-depth portrait of an iconoclastic artist who was fundamentally unknowable even to his closest friends",1 131153,"recommended --",1 160630,"has all the charm of a meltdown",0 141186,"'s all bad .",0 30649,"definitely has something on his mind",1 144246,"Brainless , but enjoyably over-the-top , the retro gang melodrama",1 143185,"A lousy movie that",0 72067,"a nice cool glass of iced tea",1 114046,"an extraordinary faith",1 162386,"into an elegiacally soggy Saving Private Ryanovich",0 13278,"writer \/ director m . night shyamalan 's ability to pull together easily accessible stories that resonate with profundity is undeniable .",1 212965,"sure which is worse",0 69528,"The film 's plot may be shallow ,",0 53874,"it ultimately delivers",1 14539,"This may not have the dramatic gut-wrenching impact of other Holocaust films",0 16251,"is destined to be the 21st Century 's new '' Conan '' and that he 's going to make a splash even greater than Arnold Schwarzenegger , Jean-Claud Van Damme or Steven Segal",1 232634,"is nonetheless -- and likely inadvertently -- a timely and invaluable implicit reminder of the role",0 206080,"messy , murky , unsatisfying",0 24710,"As a belated nod to some neglected all-stars , Standing in the Shadows of Motown is cultural history of the best kind : informative , revealing and richly entertaining .",1 144158,"Binks",1 187953,"The attempt to build up a pressure cooker of horrified awe",0 27608,"a kid again",1 33714,"it special",1 5901,"depressing",0 170906,"short on the thrills",0 43310,"'s propelled by the acting",1 46575,"Quitting delivers a sucker-punch , and its impact is all the greater beause director Zhang 's last film , the cuddly Shower , was a non-threatening multi-character piece centered around a public bath house",1 44338,"A welcome relief from baseball movies that try too hard to be mythic",1 218057,"ultimately you 'll leave the theater wondering why these people mattered",0 7547,"insightfully written ,",1 138437,"turns a blind eye to the very history it pretends to teach",0 151049,"Works hard to establish rounded characters , but then has nothing fresh or particularly interesting to say about them .",0 27870,"a stunning lyrical work of considerable force and truth",1 73348,"aided by a cast that seems to include every top-notch British actor who did not appear in Gosford Park ( as well as one , Ms . Mirren , who did )",1 223149,"Director Juan Jose Campanella could have turned this into an Argentine retread of `` Iris '' or `` American Beauty , '' but instead pulls a little from each film and creates something more beautiful than either of those films .",1 128548,"of badness",0 196763,"dependable concept",1 99166,"updating White 's dry wit to a new age",1 141608,"'s something deeply creepy about Never",0 90905,"pure , exciting moviemaking",1 162652,"is a paper bag to wear over his head when he goes out into public , to avoid being recognized as the man who bilked unsuspecting moviegoers",0 36953,"shy of overkill",0 222061,"A movie that 's held captive by mediocrity .",0 23156,"'s perfect . It 's also the year 's sweetest movie",1 229832,"classic text",1 223467,"García Bernal and Talancón are an immensely appealing couple , and even though their story is predictable , you 'll want things to work out",1 11142,"that were once amusing",0 93978,"suspense , intriguing characters",1 163708,"it 's too high a price to pay for a shimmering picture postcard",0 227530,"`` Looking For Leonard '' just seems to kinda sit in neutral , hoping for a stiff wind to blow it uphill or something .",0 174160,"the kaleidoscope of big , colorful characters",1 51477,"fairly effective one",1 157094,"damn moldy",0 222543,"Banal and predictable",0 13636,", still photographs and charming old reel-to-reel recordings of Meeropol entertaining his children to create his song history , but most powerful of all",1 93110,"some of the biggest names in Japanese anime , with impressive results",1 157924,"drags on becoming boring and predictable",0 16731,"of death",0 196558,"cynicism every bit",0 115589,"be steeped in '50s sociology , pop culture or movie lore to appreciate the emotional depth of Haynes ' work . Though Haynes ' style apes films from the period",1 204508,"keep it up",1 172196,"subjecting its audience and characters to action that feels not only manufactured , but also so false you can see the filmmakers ' puppet strings",0 174334,"the movie dawdle in classic disaffected-indie-film mode",0 2747,"the story is virtually impossible to follow here , but",0 193524,"as lax and limp a comedy as I 've seen in a while , a meander through worn-out material",0 104488,"As exciting as all this exoticism might sound to the typical Pax viewer , the rest of us will be lulled into a coma .",0 38793,"the worst , thanks to the topical issues it raises , the performances of Stewart and Hardy",0 115895,"best spent elsewhere",0 35408,"of special anime magic",1 82099,"her feature film",1 7279,"i have ever seen that still manages to be uplifting but not overly sentimental",1 229073,"attempts to be grandiloquent , but",0 62599,"... portrays young Brendan with his usual intelligence and subtlety , not to mention a convincing brogue .",1 156187,"charming performers",1 63546,"A very well-meaning movie , and it",1 60070,"what on earth is going on",0 84987,"it borders on facile",0 71787,"a hallucinatory dreamscape",1 198553,"far more often than the warfare itself --",1 179185,"you wo n't get through this frankly fantastical by-the-numbers B-flick with just a suspension of disbelief . Rather",0 7673,"is a treat",1 95820,"the giggles",1 5673,"compelling as it is exotic",1 4102,"a sickly sweet coating",0 209429,"plods along methodically , somehow under the assumption that its '' dead wife communicating from beyond the grave '' framework is even remotely new or interesting .",0 147219,"Live-honed mimicry",0 116604,"can keep your eyes open amid all the blood and gore",0 31792,"for the best",1 5429,"can you take before indigestion sets in",0 235360,"retrospectively , his most personal work yet .",1 203317,"is paper-thin and decidedly unoriginal",0 184399,"Hey Arnold ! is now stretched to barely feature length , with a little more attention paid to the animation . Still , the updated Dickensian sensibility of writer Craig Bartlett 's story is appealing .",1 238510,"we do n't avert our eyes for a moment .",1 227049,"What goes on for the 110 minutes of `` Panic Room ''",0 233922,"more effective on stage",0 61329,"'s truly awful and heartbreaking subject matter , but one whose lessons are well worth revisiting as many times as possible .",1 137324,"to The Rising Place that would set it apart from other Deep South stories",1 184791,"If I stay positive , maybe I can channel one of my greatest pictures , Drunken Master",1 62812,"A bright , inventive , thoroughly winning flight of revisionist fancy .",1 190794,"a knockout of a closing line",1 221161,", I hate it .",0 186119,"Michele is a such a brainless flibbertigibbet that it 's hard to take her spiritual quest at all seriously .",0 192658,"an unlimited amount of phony blood",0 65623,"France 's most inventive directors",1 93141,"some very funny sequences",1 29082,"are the special effects and narrative flow much improved , and Daniel Radcliffe more emotionally assertive this time around as Harry",1 144013,"Bad Company leaves a bad taste , not only because of its bad-luck timing , but also the staleness of its script .",0 6076,"dramatic tension",1 70765,"Wendigo is a genuinely bone-chilling tale .",1 225319,"One thing 's for sure -- if George Romero had directed this movie , it would n't have taken the protagonists a full hour to determine that in order to kill a zombie you must shoot it in the head .",0 75129,"bad ideas and awkwardness",0 102245,", Fierce Grace reassures us that he will once again be an honest and loving one .",1 101633,"'s awfully entertaining",1 63168,"A manically generous Christmas vaudeville .",1 196416,"creative action",1 148571,"Showtime is one of the hapless victims of the arrogant '' if we put together a wry white man and a chatty black man and give them guns , the movie will be funny '' syndrome .",0 79993,"fine-looking film",1 222586,"Ben Stiller 's Zoolander , which I thought was rather clever",1 159621,"found the proceedings a little bit too conventional",0 151854,"a half beat off",0 203604,"is to substitute plot for personality . It does n't really know or care about the characters , and uses them as markers for a series of preordained events",0 225938,"Stale ,",0 44537,"An unforgettable",1 80632,"from movie comedies -- offbeat humor , amusing characters , and a happy ending",1 49979,"ca n't stop loving anime",1 166655,"neither of them deserves Eric Schaeffer",0 127199,"modern master",1 117494,"contorting itself into an idea of expectation",0 94616,"that deserves recommendation",1 118384,"distinct parallels between this story and the 1971 musical '' Bedknobs and Broomsticks , '' which also dealt with British children rediscovering the power of fantasy during wartime",1 31511,"fashions the sort of delicate , articulate character - and - relationship study he 's favored for decades",1 169478,"punishment for paying money to see the last James Bond movie",0 179268,"' ( Hopkins ) does n't so much phone in his performance as fax it . No , even that 's too committed . He gets his secretary to fax it . ''",0 221215,", The Grey Zone attempts to be grandiloquent , but ends up merely pretentious -- in a grisly sort of way .",0 83758,"is a convincing one , and",1 155261,"biting into what looks like a juicy , delicious plum on a hot summer day",1 218350,"useless actioners",0 52344,"happened already",0 15157,"as many misses as hits , but ultimately",0 71948,"a marching band that gets me where I live",1 65097,"Director Peter Kosminsky gives these women a forum to demonstrate their acting ` chops ' and they take full advantage .",1 198439,"failing , ultimately , to make something bigger out of its scrapbook of oddballs",0 223595,"Has none of the crackle of `` Fatal Attraction '' , `` 9 1\/2 Weeks '' , or even `` Indecent Proposal '' ,",0 63877,"An engrossing portrait",1 208322,"often downright creepy",0 63390,"A smart , provocative drama that does the nearly impossible :",1 151303,"a Monty Python sketch gone horribly wrong",0 139866,"will amuse or entertain them",1 91201,"real vitality",1 238158,"twinkling",1 189603,"What starts off as a possible Argentine American Beauty reeks like a room stacked with pungent flowers .",0 4218,"a thriller",1 12182,"this ready-made midnight movie probably wo n't stand the cold light of day",0 31314,"evokes shame among all who are party to it and even promotes understanding",1 44119,"A gripping movie",1 162265,"instead into a somber chamber drama",0 112063,"a great job of anchoring the characters in the emotional realities of middle age",1 207501,"of ` should have been a sketch on Saturday Night Live",0 188426,"The movie is about as humorous as watching your favorite pet get buried alive .",0 187229,"Shakespearean -- both in depth and breadth --",1 178587,"with humor , passion , and verve",1 111350,"You have to see it .",1 64460,"Bravo for history rewritten , and for the uncompromising knowledge that the highest power of all is the power of love .",1 41612,"at once flaky and resonant ,",0 21700,"peculiarly venomous",0 1357,"irwin is so earnest that it 's hard to resist his pleas to spare wildlife and respect their environs . there are far worse messages to teach a young audience , which will probably be perfectly happy with the sloppy slapstick comedy .",1 210372,"remains a silent , lumpish cipher",0 165453,"made up of three episodes of a rejected TV show",0 109887,"The hook is the drama within the drama , as an unsolved murder and an unresolved moral conflict jockey for the spotlight .",1 207186,"not being able to enjoy a mindless action movie",0 126553,"made the first film so special",1 87478,"most sincere and artful movie",1 72325,"a sardonic jolt",1 123791,"is a much better mother-daughter tale than last summer 's ` Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood , ' but that 's not saying much",0 85284,"its impact is deeply and rightly disturbing",1 6589,"for everyone",1 225816,"Sleek and arty .",1 136717,"then you 're in for a painful ride .",0 231206,"gives a performance that could not be improved upon . '",1 187858,"The Santa Clause 2 is a barely adequate babysitter for older kids , but I 've got to give it thumbs down",0 29796,"but accomplished in all aspects with the fullness",1 13299,"writhing under dialogue like ` you 're from two different worlds ' and ` tonight the maid is a lie and this , this is who you are",0 119529,"expected flair",1 148541,"She lists ingredients , but never mixes and stirs .",0 234869,"parody .",1 211624,"simple-minded and stereotypical",0 110140,"The script 's snazzy dialogue establishes a realistic atmosphere that involves us in the unfolding crisis",1 220597,"'ll probably love it .",1 7768,"is painfully formulaic and stilted",0 144946,"Dogma films can produce the same sleep-inducing effects as watching your neighbor 's home videos .",0 33581,"it 's approached with imagination and flair",1 159858,"funny than the original , Killers",1 97820,"to Fatale , outside of its stylish surprises",1 163397,"is stuck trying to light a fire with soggy leaves",0 41560,"applaud or",1 227075,"Whatever satire Lucky Break was aiming for , it certainly got lost in the `` soon-to-be-forgettable '' section of the quirky rip-off prison romp pile .",0 146670,"It does n't quite work , but there 's enough here to make us look forward to the Russos ' next offering",1 73757,"an enjoyable choice",1 220579,"'ll feel as the credits roll",1 154992,"been sitting naked on an igloo",0 141283,"'s creepy and effective",1 204675,"lags badly in the middle and lurches between not-very-funny comedy , unconvincing dramatics and some last-minute action strongly reminiscent of Run Lola Run",0 139575,"what would he say ?",1 25497,"Having had the good sense to cast actors who are , generally speaking , adored by the movie-going public , Khouri then gets terrific performances from them all .",1 84690,"is terrific as Rachel : her petite frame and vulnerable persona emphasising her plight and isolation",1 156681,"condensation",1 118009,"delightfully unpredictable , hilarious",1 23301,", Haynes gets just about everything right .",1 157914,"doze off thirty minutes",0 146624,"It 's the kind of movie you ca n't quite recommend because it is all windup and not much of a pitch ,",0 221945,"A bland , obnoxious 88-minute",0 101076,"you 've never seen the deep like you see it in these harrowing surf shots",1 27848,"a spectacular piece of theater",1 87672,"my ribcage",1 85623,"keep watching the skies for his next project",1 69426,"The cast is top-notch",1 15317,"but gripping , questing look at a person",1 130745,"provide an intense experience",1 155542,"bubbly romantic comedy becomes a cliche-drenched melodrama by mid-film and , by film 's end , a feminist action fantasy .",0 120315,"follows its standard formula in this animated adventure",1 204042,"it tries to pump life into overworked elements from Eastwood 's Dirty Harry period",0 75621,"better video-game-based",1 194786,"bohemian boorishness",0 57715,"that 's truly cinematic in scope",1 101842,"'s old-fashioned in all the best possible ways",1 147759,"Norman Jewison 's 1975 ultraviolent futuristic corporate-sports",1 210766,"sane and healthy",1 184618,"I ca n't remember the last time I saw an audience laugh so much during a movie , but",1 151963,"a life like this can sound so dull",0 84533,"is particularly impressive",1 18955,"I like the new footage and still love the old stuff .",1 111374,"Zealand coming-of-age movie",1 18965,"If you liked such movies as Notting Hill , Four Weddings And A Funeral , Bridget Jones ' Diary or High Fidelity , then you wo n't want to miss About A Boy .",1 44047,"A directorial tour de force",1 197271,"does an established filmmaker",1 50327,"compelling as an intense , brooding character study",1 90876,"pulls off enough",1 200915,"he appears miserable throughout as he swaggers through his scenes",0 87065,"mesmerizing one",1 79543,"fabulously funny and over the top as a ` very sneaky ' butler who excels in the art of impossible disappearing\/reappearing acts",1 23747,", led by Josef Bierbichler as Brecht and Monica Bleibtreu as Helene Weigel , his wife",0 223864,"I walked away not really know who `` they '' were , what `` they '' looked like .",0 169241,"pretentiously",0 10767,"strength",1 29377,"balletic explosion",1 42563,"ride the Hogwarts Express",1 232490,"is hilariously , gloriously alive , and quite often hotter than Georgia asphalt .",1 117772,"cultural differences",1 67889,"Not as well-written as Sexy Beast , not as gloriously flippant as Lock , Stock and Two Smoking Barrels , but stylish and moody and exceptionally well-acted .",1 79090,"enough vitality to justify the notion of creating a screen adaptation of Evans ' saga of Hollywood excess",1 132823,"soars every bit as high",1 224035,"In the end , Punch-Drunk Love is one of those films that I wanted to like much more than I actually did .",0 199547,"from a bad Clive Barker movie",0 60042,"were made to share the silver screen",1 53971,"its relentless , polished wit",1 106422,"I ca n't remember the last time I saw worse stunt editing or cheaper action movie production values than in Extreme Ops .",0 236059,"still works .",1 106108,"Guys say mean things and shoot a lot of bullets . Some of the characters die and others do n't , and the film pretends that those living have learned some sort of lesson , and , really , nobody in the viewing audience cares .",0 187474,"Sorvino makes the princess seem smug and cartoonish",0 150112,"There is no entry portal in The Rules of Attraction , and I spent most of the movie feeling depressed by the shallow , selfish , greedy characters .",0 98191,"to make sense . What 's invigorating about it is that it does n't give a damn",1 135072,"the culture clash comedies",1 191064,"a particularly amateurish episode of Bewitched that takes place during Spring Break",0 200947,"he portrays himself in a one-note performance",0 62809,"A breezy blend of art , history , esoteric musings and philosophy",1 39645,"unknowable",0 71964,"a measure of faith in the future",1 89954,"overused",0 33430,"is never fun",0 81651,"has all the enjoyable randomness of a very lively dream and",1 234978,"pleasure .",1 76806,"clever and cutting , quick and dirty look",1 174876,"the theater feeling they 've watched nothing but a pale imitation of the real deal",0 112880,"a terrific role for someone like Judd , who really ought to be playing villains",1 183480,"Dismally dull sci-fi comedy",0 178109,"where the hero is stoic",1 80604,"from charismatic rising star Jake Gyllenhaal",1 117521,"coolness",1 211038,"seem one-dimensional",0 135146,"the emotional depth",1 94268,"teeth-clenching gusto",1 83578,"into the passive-aggressive psychology of co-dependence and the struggle for self-esteem",1 154257,"as the film diffuses every opportunity for a breakthrough",0 68985,"Stanley Kwan has directed not only one of the best gay love stories ever made ,",1 71121,"You 're not merely watching history",1 31813,"for those who like sick comedies that can be snide",1 202879,"is enough to make you put away the guitar , sell the amp , and apply to medical school .",0 124275,"is n't even a movie",0 234991,"poetry , passion , and genius",1 238516,"we had to endure last summer ,",0 110655,"To better understand why this did n't connect with me would require another viewing , and I wo n't be sitting through this one again",0 190431,"a dearth of vitality and a story that 's shapeless and uninflected",0 81558,"hard for me",0 100396,"with a curiously stylized , quasi-Shakespearean portrait of pure misogynist evil",1 17709,"there are plenty of laughs and good lines for everyone in this comedy",1 50711,"defies categorisation . It haunts , horrifies , startles and fascinates : it is impossible to look away . Ah yes , and then there 's the music",1 42889,"this gutsy and at times exhilarating movie",1 61916,", funny and touching",1 33643,"it does possess a loose , lackadaisical charm .",1 108778,"Sayles has a knack for casting , often resurrecting performers who rarely work in movies now ... and drawing flavorful performances from bland actors .",1 91157,"re-imagining of Beauty and",1 131299,"remains perfect",1 38966,"this movie phenomenon has once again reinvented itself for a new generation",1 181214,"-- not everyone thinks poo-poo jokes are ` edgy . '",0 198345,"expects something special but",0 210556,"rife with miscalculations",0 95235,"the border collie is funny",1 205704,"makes all the difference",1 102164,"( and not-so-hot",0 169666,"rather precious",1 107049,"It never plays as dramatic even when dramatic things happen to people . It labours as storytelling .",0 41457,"a metaphorical visual style and",1 24788,"Barbershop '",1 172117,"stripped away its inspirations there",0 142956,": who wants to see a comedy about shoddy airport security ?",0 40943,"Hilarious , acidic Brit comedy",1 141987,", I can tell you that there 's no other reason why anyone should bother remembering it",0 199017,"flash that barely fizzle",0 205538,"luridly graphic and laughably unconvincing",0 145661,"Guillen rarely gets beneath the surface of things . She lists ingredients , but never mixes and stirs .",0 122820,"impressive roster",1 127381,"more unattractive or odorous",0 34755,"music , suspense and action",1 134428,"that it is one that allows him to churn out one mediocre movie after another",0 215375,"the plot so bland that even as rogue CIA assassins working for Chris Cooper 's agency boss close in on the resourceful amnesiac , we do n't feel much for Damon/Bourne or his predicament",0 44419,"Amari has dressed up this little parable in a fairly irresistible package full of privileged moments and memorable performances .",1 177335,"us to laugh because he acts so goofy all the time",1 83907,"is a tale worth catching .",1 51717,"first great film",1 104716,"Bettany strut his stuff",1 62576,"... flat-out amusing , sometimes endearing and often fabulous , with a solid cast , noteworthy characters , delicious dialogue and a wide supply of effective sight gags .",1 62838,"A chilling movie",1 18692,"As Bundy , Michael Reilly Burke ( Octopus 2 : River of Fear ) has just the right amount of charisma and menace .",1 110658,"To better understand why this did n't connect with me would require another viewing , and I wo n't be sitting through this one again ... that in itself is commentary enough .",0 32893,"in many ways , an admirable achievement",1 148650,"Slow , dry",0 202589,"is a little scattered -- ditsy ,",0 179811,"'s just tediously bad , something to be fully forgotten",0 53315,"is a purposefully reductive movie -- which may be why it 's so successful at lodging itself in the brain .",1 125953,"lies ...",0 83985,"is an elegiac portrait of a transit city on the West African coast struggling against foreign influences",1 30929,"doing them good",1 114186,"an unusual , thoughtful bio-drama with a rich subject and some fantastic moments and scenes",1 109496,"The Sum of All Fears is simply a well-made and satisfying thriller .",1 96072,"the lustrous polished visuals rich in color and creativity",1 172124,"strolls through this mess with a smug grin , inexplicably wearing a kilt and carrying a bag of golf clubs over one shoulder .",0 76591,"characteristically complex Tom Clancy thriller",1 231427,"has bucked the odds to emerge as an exquisite motion picture in its own right",1 119212,"entirely irony-free zone",1 169673,"rather than skip along the Seine , more or less slogs its way through soggy Paris , tongue uncomfortably in cheek .",0 94645,"that everyone , especially movie musical fans , has been hoping for",1 194987,"brought to life",1 28973,"any more gay",0 205173,"listless and",0 104630,"Barbershop . It 's a funny little movie with clever dialogue and likeable characters",1 107608,"Manages to accomplish what few sequels can",1 221157,", I do n't see the point",0 101870,"'s really just another Major League .",0 187013,"Roman Polanski directs The Pianist like a surgeon mends a broken heart : very meticulously but without any passion .",0 130032,"passionately",1 185814,"Limps along on a squirm-inducing fish-out-of-water formula that goes nowhere and goes there very , very slowly",0 197380,"does no justice to the story itself .",0 99362,"very pleasing at its best moments",1 150255,"This is the sort of burly action flick where one coincidence pummels another , narrative necessity is a drunken roundhouse , and whatever passes for logic is a factor of the last plot device left standing",0 73311,"again and quite cheered at just that",1 195837,"clumsy dialogue , heavy-handed phoney-feeling sentiment , and an overly-familiar set",0 81847,"have always appreciated a smartly written motion picture",1 229853,"clichés and sneering humor",0 53161,"interesting look",1 195584,"change watching such a character , especially when rendered in as flat",0 73880,"an interesting topic",1 187332,"Slack and uninspired , and peopled mainly by characters so unsympathetic that you 're left with a sour taste in your mouth",0 52052,"generous and",1 20609,"fresh dialogue",1 222230,"All Ms. Jovovich , as the sanctified heroine",1 202977,"is hard to care",0 152621,"a train wreck of an action film",0 51152,"emotionally and narratively complex filmmaking",1 212916,"summons more spirit and bite than your average formulaic romantic quadrangle",1 54415,"loved every minute of this film .",1 103463,"A chance to see three splendid actors",1 196618,"death and mind-numbing indifference",0 134854,"the auditorium feeling dizzy ,",1 227344,"\/ But Daphne , you 're too Buff \/ Fred thinks he 's tough \/ And Velma - wow , you 've lost weight !",0 128298,"of Candid Camera",1 136960,"this is a must !",1 23191,"'s witty and inventive , too",1 150915,"While it 's nice to watch a movie that has n't been focus-grouped into tedium",1 9152,"notable for its stylistic austerity and forcefulness",1 32543,"his distinctive ` blundering ' style",0 123776,"is a little like a chocolate milk moustache",1 57465,"succeed merrily at their noble endeavor",1 5679,"competent , unpretentious",1 125647,"knows , and very likely is",1 121173,"gives a mesmerizing performance as a full-fledged sex addict who is in complete denial about his obsessive behavior",1 181972,"A selection of scenes in search of a movie .",0 44745,"Bogdanovich puts history in perspective and , via Kirsten Dunst 's remarkable performance , he showcases Davies as a young woman of great charm , generosity and diplomacy",1 76812,"clever pseudo-bio",1 169972,"reminded of other , better films , especially Seven , which director William Malone slavishly copies",0 17095,"resolutely realistic path",1 42776,"that is tortured and unsettling --",0 179148,"you may decide it 's too high a price to pay for a shimmering picture postcard .",0 84156,"is elevated by Michael Caine 's performance as a weary journalist in a changing world .",1 180052,"'s too much forced drama in this wildly uneven movie , about a young man 's battle with his inescapable past and uncertain future in a very shapable but largely unfulfilling present .",0 158207,"enchanting ... terribly episodic and lacking the spark of imagination that might have made it an exhilarating",0 113633,"all the blanket statements and dime-store ruminations on vanity",0 129047,"of the joyous , turbulent self-discovery",1 122123,"held my interest precisely",1 156317,"clanging film references that make Jay and Silent Bob 's Excellent Adventure seem understated",0 129589,"one strike against it",0 34192,"long-range appeal",1 203513,"is that it 's a crime movie made by someone who obviously knows nothing about crime .",0 153852,"are incoherent .",0 130120,"perceptive , good-natured",1 223110,"Depressingly thin and exhaustingly contrived .",0 208561,"one among a multitude of simple-minded",0 59590,"twisted , brilliant and macabre",1 65850,"Great",1 86522,"major pleasures",1 136811,"they spend years trying to comprehend it",0 146088,"I last walked out on a movie",0 68559,"Saddled with an unwieldy cast of characters and angles",0 102501,", energetic and sweetly whimsical",1 58002,"the adrenaline jolt",1 100034,"whimsicality ,",1 60067,"what made old-time B movies good-bad that makes Eight Legged Freaks a perfectly entertaining summer diversion",1 105456,"Director Roger Kumble offers just enough sweet and traditional romantic comedy to counter the crudity . And there 's the inimitable Diaz , holding it all together",1 177194,"unfunny when it tries to makes us laugh and desperately unsuspenseful when it tries to make us jump out of our seats",0 124122,"is hollow , self-indulgent , and - worst of all - boring .",0 211946,"so impersonal or even shallow",0 183122,"Cliffhanger",1 105213,"Constantly touching ,",1 173549,"the biggest downside",0 58632,"the reality of its characters to go over the edge . A touch of humor",1 215642,"the soggy performances",0 96120,"the men and machines behind the curtains of our planet",1 28286,"among the most breathtakingly designed films I 've ever seen",1 95420,"the cute frissons of discovery and humor between Chaplin and Kidman that keep this nicely wound clock not just ticking , but humming",1 63079,"A good documentary",1 27536,"a fresh , quirky charm to the formula",1 32397,"he 's been stirred by the powerful work of his co-stars",1 139113,"vulgar dialogue and",0 218228,"unlikable , uninteresting , unfunny , and completely , utterly inept .",0 232832,"is this bad on purpose",0 113431,"adrenaline boost",1 65319,"Enticing and",1 59229,"to escape from director Mark Romanek 's self-conscious scrutiny",0 4427,"adventures",1 101926,"'s still quite worth seeing",1 118607,"dominant",1 122759,"ill-timed",0 147033,"Kmart blue-light-special effects",0 120991,"genial romance",1 141837,"( a ) strained comedy",0 210469,"resembles an outline for a '70s exploitation picture than the finished product",0 53400,"is an utterly charming French comedy that feels so American in sensibility and style",1 188658,"The self-serious Equilibrium",0 152427,"a shimmering picture postcard",1 14734,"a good half-hour too long",0 200212,"great missed opportunity",0 36562,"rewarding work",1 129214,"of virtuosic set pieces",1 121744,"has done the nearly impossible . He has improved upon the first and taken it a step further , richer and deeper .",1 77019,"coming-of-age theme",1 126644,"make this surprisingly decent flick worth a summertime look-see",1 129811,"outpaces its contemporaries with daring and verve",1 54556,"makes for a surprisingly cinematic experience .",1 162847,"is courageous , even if the result is wildly uneven",1 68228,"Playing a role of almost Bergmanesque intensity",1 181012,", the payoff for the audience , as well as the characters , is messy , murky , unsatisfying .",0 234252,"of ( Woo 's ) best work",1 69170,"Terrific casting and solid execution",1 196944,"difficult to imagine that a more confused , less interesting and more sloppily made film could possibly come down the road in 2002",0 160825,"have been just another bad movie . Now it 's a bad , embarrassing movie",0 111291,"Ya-Yas everywhere will forgive the flaws and love the film .",1 202800,"is beyond playing fair with the audience . Are we dealing with dreams , visions or being told what actually happened as if it were the third ending of Clue ?",0 198,"a moody ,",0 167152,"of 2-day old Coke",0 88306,"of a certain outré sexual practice",1 61220,"'s probably worth catching solely on its visual merits . If only it had the story to match",1 153085,"all of the pitfalls of such",0 30965,"dropped from their record label , proving that one man 's ruin may be another 's fortune",1 235810,"slip into hokum",0 146960,"Just like Hearst 's enormous yacht , it 's slow and unwieldy and takes a long time to reach its destination .",0 41633,"be the most comprehensive of these films and",1 48548,"about friendship , love , and the truth",1 222284,"An earnest , heartrending look at the divide between religious fundamentalists and their gay relatives",1 204593,"know how to please the eye",1 80718,"full advantage",1 202055,"in the theater thinking up grocery lists and ways to tell their kids how not to act like Pinocchio . As for children",1 151073,"Writhing under dialogue like ` You 're from two different worlds ' and ` Tonight the maid is a lie and this",0 98344,"to the French to truly capture the terrifying angst of the modern working man without turning the film into a cheap thriller , a dumb comedy or a sappy melodrama",1 80497,"found its sweet spot",1 206540,"most poorly staged and lit action",0 6269,"ethnic",1 67885,"Not all of the stories work and the ones that do are thin and scattered , but",0 128672,"of gently swaying back and forth as it cradles its characters , veiling tension beneath otherwise tender movements",1 198723,"feels homogenized and a bit contrived",0 58619,"the promise of digital filmmaking",1 17268,"some very welcome wit",1 19632,"a world-class actor with Confessions of a Dangerous Mind",1 91332,"red lights , a rattling noise",0 176630,"too intellectually ambitious",0 196619,"death and mind-numbing indifference on the inner-city streets",0 47607,"Whether writer-director Anne Fontaine 's film is a ghost story , an account of a nervous breakdown , a trip down memory lane , all three or none of the above",0 178111,"where the most notable observation is how long you 've been sitting still",0 63744,"Although Frailty fits into a classic genre , in its script and execution it is a remarkably original work .",1 10125,"resourceful and",1 132138,"serious-minded the film",1 183906,"Feels more like a rejected X-Files episode than a credible account of a puzzling real-life happening .",0 41148,"Only an epic documentary could get it all down , and Spike Lee 's Jim Brown : All American at long last gives its subject a movie worthy of his talents",1 177033,"typical ` fish out",0 144689,"Danilo Donati 's witty designs and Dante Spinotti 's luscious cinematography",1 54154,"latest effort is not the director at his most sparkling",0 113371,"actually improves upon the original hit movie",1 232764,"is tenderly observant of his characters",1 141159,"'s a sometimes interesting remake that does n't compare to the brilliant original",0 158029,"dull a person as this film makes him out to be",0 185377,"Its and pieces of The Hot Chick are so hilarious , and Schneider 's performance is so fine",1 143074,"A dreary , incoherent , self-indulgent mess of a movie in which a bunch of pompous windbags drone on inanely for two hours ...",0 81189,"going at a rapid pace , occasionally",1 171101,"simple-minded",0 2302,"skip",0 231289,"got me grinning .",1 107832,"Move over Bond : this girl deserves a sequel",1 64751,"Cold , nervy and memorable .",1 201695,"improperly hammy performance",0 86732,"manages a neat trick , bundling the flowers of perversity , comedy and romance into a strangely tempting bouquet of a movie .",1 179536,"'s a hellish ,",0 11960,"the teens",1 6394,"falters in its recycled aspects , implausibility , and sags in pace",0 126576,"maintain a sense of urgency and suspense",1 230184,"devoid of pleasure or sensuality",0 121349,"gorgeous epic",1 160895,"have really hit the skids",0 164010,"its cinematic flash",1 150114,"There is no pleasure in watching a child suffer . Just embarrassment and a vague sense of shame .",0 67339,"Lynne Ramsay as an important , original talent in international cinema",1 142499,", the jokes are a little lukewarm ,",0 1025,"for pg-rated , nonthreatening family movies",1 195004,"bump in the night and nobody",0 229239,"beautiful , entertaining two hours",1 221686,", yes , ` It 's like having an old friend for dinner ' .",1 230075,"cynicism to cut through the sugar coating",0 66147,"I do n't think most of the people who loved the 1989 Paradiso will prefer this new version . But I do",1 24730,"As teen movies go , '' Orange County '' is a refreshing change",1 203101,"is messy , murky , unsatisfying .",0 63830,"An ambitious movie that , like Shiner 's organizing of the big fight , pulls off enough of its effects to make up for the ones that do n't come off",1 125147,"it will warm your heart , and",1 153476,"an outline for a role he still needs to grow into , a role that Ford effortlessly filled with authority",1 48660,"action-filled",1 40372,"worthy entry",1 19536,"a morbid appeal that 's tough to shake",1 216061,"thematic resonance",1 30460,"crafted",1 100230,"will attach a human face to all those little steaming cartons .",1 147829,"Now it 's a bad , embarrassing movie",0 218814,"wasted a lot of their time ( including mine ) on something very inconsequential",0 141141,"'s a piece of dreck disguised as comedy",0 168775,"people laugh",1 107101,"Its spirit of iconoclastic abandon",0 63115,"A heroic tale of persistence that is sure to win viewers ' hearts .",1 15222,"beautiful to look at",1 174929,"the true creativity",1 19011,"Italian superstar",1 9210,"of a callow rich boy who is forced to choose between his beautiful , self-satisfied 22-year-old girlfriend and an equally beautiful , self-satisfied 18-year-old mistress",1 146254,"Iles",1 194388,"been so aggressively anti-erotic",0 157707,"doddering , misogynistic boy",0 27098,"U . S . audiences may find ( Attal and Gainsbourg 's ) unfamiliar personas give the film an intimate and quaint reality that is a little closer to human nature than what Hollywood typically concocts .",1 32016,"genuine characters",1 226988,"We can tell what it is supposed to be , but ca n't really call it a work of art .",0 87988,"not a bad way to spend an hour or two",1 153270,"an Angel school",1 84034,"is as adult as you can get",1 126911,"may not touch the planet 's skin , but understands the workings of its spirit",1 151354,"a bad thing when a movie has about as much substance as its end credits blooper reel",0 227215,"Woo 's fights have a distinct flair .",1 20470,"enough grandeur and scale to satisfy as grown-up escapism",1 171295,"slipshod",0 23803,", old-fashioned entertainment",1 38727,"the trio 's absorbing narrative is a heart-wrenching showcase indeed .",1 125550,"keen eye , sweet spirit and",1 8217,"jostling against farce , thoughtful dialogue elbowed aside by one-liners , and a visual style that incorporates rotoscope animation for no apparent reason except , maybe , that it looks neat",0 24285,"A candid and often fascinating documentary about a Pentecostal church in Dallas that assembles an elaborate haunted house each year to scare",1 229231,"be used as analgesic balm for overstimulated minds",1 160482,"half-hearted in its spy mechanics",0 178120,"where this dumbed-down concoction is going",0 49332,"as the protagonists struggled",0 214845,"the incomprehensible Anne Rice novel",0 173453,"the acting ranges from bad to bodacious",0 144653,"Credibility sinks into a mire of sentiment .",0 46499,"Perfectly pitched between comedy and tragedy , hope and despair , About Schmidt instead comes far closer than many movies to expressing the way many of us live -- someplace between consuming self-absorption and insistently demanding otherness .",1 44033,"A delicious , quirky movie with a terrific screenplay and fanciful direction by Michael Gondry",1 79409,"excellent work",1 63073,"A giddy and provocative sexual romp that has something to say .",1 124658,"is the best ` old neighborhood ' project since Christopher Walken kinda romanced Cyndi Lauper in The Opportunists",1 138420,"turn a larky chase movie into an emotionally satisfying exploration of the very human need to be somebody , and to belong to somebody",1 146032,"I cry for I Spy -- or",0 126984,"meditative and",1 148615,"Sit through this one",1 27462,"a cruelly hilarious vein of black comedy",1 106347,"Hugh Grant , who has a good line in charm , has never been more charming than in About a Boy .",1 233680,"makes it seem",1 146537,"It 's loud and boring : watching it is like being trapped at a bad rock concert",0 74765,"as shameful",0 196862,"desultory",0 26753,"The acting , costumes , music , cinematography and sound are all astounding given the production 's austere locales .",1 123747,"is a filmmaker of impressive talent .",1 190154,"a been-there , done-that sameness",0 154567,"bad soap opera",0 164983,"like scrubbing the toilet",0 28134,"adorned with some awesome action photography and surfing",1 203581,"is this bad on purpose is never clear .",0 188052,"The crap continues .",0 81216,"gonna like this movie",1 172996,"that even an ambitious adaptation and elaborate production",1 88040,"not to mention mysterious , sensual , emotionally intense , and replete with virtuoso throat-singing .",1 132808,"so vivid",1 210786,"satisfied customers",1 24283,"A byzantine melodrama that stimulates the higher brain functions as well as the libido .",1 200779,"have been saved if the director , Tom Dey , had spliced together bits and pieces of Midnight Run and 48 Hours ( and , for that matter , Shrek )",0 97678,"thriller with enough unexpected twists to keep our interest",1 98437,"to wander into the dark areas of parent-child relationships without flinching",1 69007,"Still , the pulse never disappears entirely ,",1 136375,"the surprise ending is revealed",1 212005,"so sketchy it amounts to little more than preliminary notes for a science-fiction horror film",0 98085,"to give them credit for : The message of the movie",1 74297,"are at least interesting .",1 80657,"from the characters",1 27364,"a bad journey at all .",0 131013,"rarely work in movies now",0 227100,"Whenever its story is n't bogged down by idiocy involving the CIA and a lost U.S. satellite",0 30859,"disturbingly familiar",0 213327,"terrific as both men",1 169849,"reduces it to an almost comic embarrassment .",0 139985,"wince in embarrassment and others , thanks to the actors",0 165886,"microwaves dull leftover romantic motifs basted in faux-contemporary gravy",0 166881,"no tension or surprise",0 157552,"disconnected it never builds any suspense",0 233487,"little melodramatic , but with",0 142402,", profane and exploitative as the most offensive action flick you 've ever seen .",0 195243,"by way of a valentine sealed with a kiss",1 205735,"makes you feel like you 're watching an iceberg melt -- only",0 231500,"has the twinkling eyes , repressed smile and determined face needed to carry out a Dickensian hero .",1 115650,"beaten to a pulp in his Dangerous Game",0 106900,"It 's mildly interesting to ponder the peculiar American style of justice that plays out here ,",1 189344,"Unfortunately , One Hour Photo lives down to its title . Thanks largely to Williams , all the interesting developments are processed in 60 minutes",0 197700,"edgy camera work",1 224064,"Instead , it 'll only put you to sleep .",0 1873,"occasionally funny",1 41767,"dedicated and",1 82737,"implies in its wake the intractable , irreversible flow of history",1 222658,"Both deserve better .",0 230135,"delightfully rendered",1 197373,"does n't understand that the idea of exploiting molestation for laughs is funny , not actually exploiting it yourself .",0 226361,"The movie is a dud .",0 209722,"pretty dull and wooden",0 39295,"to slap them",0 179755,"'s fitfully funny but never really takes off .",0 107858,"Mr . Soderbergh 's direction and",1 233763,"may be a mess in a lot of ways .",0 64489,"Brings awareness to an issue often overlooked --",1 80404,"for violence",0 161992,"in the characters you see",1 21627,"once you get through the accents , All or Nothing becomes an emotional , though still positive , wrench of a sit",1 151925,"a knot in your stomach",0 147705,"No , it 's not nearly as good as any of its influences .",0 4867,"as exciting as gazing at an egg timer for 93 minutes",0 112728,"a smart comedy would come along to rescue me from a summer of teen-driven , toilet-humor codswallop",1 25373,"Full Frontal is the antidote for Soderbergh fans who think he 's gone too commercial since his two Oscar nominated films in 2000",1 168578,"own deathbed",0 4152,"a strangely stirring experience that finds warmth in the coldest environment and makes each crumb of emotional comfort feel like a 10-course banquet .",1 157673,"do n't settle for this Imposter .",0 224059,"Insanely hilarious",1 114753,"art house pretension .",0 147811,"Nothing debases a concept comedy quite like the grinding of bad ideas , and Showtime is crammed full of them",0 73537,"alternative housing options",1 155579,"buried , drowned",0 159668,"friendship between women as pathetic , dysfunctional and destructive",0 110145,"The script becomes lifeless and falls apart like a cheap lawn chair .",0 105640,"Enriched",1 70718,"We do get the distinct impression that this franchise is drawing to a close .",0 19738,"an arousing good time",1 132915,"some very good acting , dialogue ,",1 213997,"the American sexual landscape",1 52061,"gentle laughs",1 20946,"intelligent fiction",1 76373,"can still leave us with a sense of wonder at the diverse , marvelously twisted shapes history has taken",1 56178,"pretty damned funny",1 229639,"can I think of a very good reason to rush right out and see it",1 162528,"is , quite frankly , an insult to the intelligence of the true genre enthusiast",0 964,"fast-paced action",1 207639,"of boring talking heads , etc .",0 133455,"stuck in a dark pit having a nightmare about bad cinema",0 12166,"this is such a high-energy movie where the drumming and the marching are so excellent , who cares if the story 's a little weak .",1 6109,"e . t . just as i hoped i would",1 52852,"important movie",1 105742,"Expands the limits of what a film can be , taking us into the lives of women to whom we might not give a second look if we passed them on the street .",1 169226,"pretended",0 107833,"Move over Bond : this girl deserves a sequel .",1 65978,"Henry Bean 's thoughtful screenplay provides no easy answers , but offers a compelling investigation of faith versus intellect",1 175352,"this clunker",0 181551,"A cellophane-pop remake of the punk classic Ladies and Gentlemen , The Fabulous Stains ...",0 103093,"-- however canned --",0 24419,"A provocative movie about loss , anger , greed , jealousy , sickness and love .",1 43405,"( Grant 's ) bumbling magic takes over the film , and",1 61780,", assuming that ... the air-conditioning in the theater is working properly .",0 141699,"'s used so extensively that good bits are hopelessly overshadowed",0 208137,"of the same old crap",0 72432,"a smart , funny look at an arcane area of popular culture",1 99265,"usurp the preaching message so that , by the time the credits roll across the pat ending , a warm , fuzzy feeling prevails",1 3486,"... while the humor aspects of ` jason x ' were far more entertaining than i had expected , everything else about the film tanks",0 164707,"left a few crucial things out",0 113383,"add much-needed levity",1 232860,"is ugly to look at and not a Hollywood product",0 99336,"very distinctive sensibility",1 127054,"might I suggest that the wayward wooden one end it all by stuffing himself into an electric pencil sharpener ?",0 143982,"Automatically pegs itself for the straight-to-video sci-fi rental shelf .",0 15403,"charming results",1 23935,", this is a coming-of-age story with a twist",1 170272,"sabotaged by the story 's inability to create interest",0 13748,": Strap on a pair of 3-D goggles , shut out the real world , and take a vicarious voyage to the last frontier --",1 40711,"A splendid entertainment , young in spirit but accomplished in all aspects with the fullness of spirit and sense of ease that comes only with experience",1 26493,"Rumor",0 191297,"a septuagenarian",1 138755,"unrealized",0 69361,"The Sweetest Thing , a romantic comedy with outrageous tendencies , may be a mess in a lot of ways . But it does have one saving grace . A lot of its gags",1 225297,"On the evidence before us , the answer is clear : Not easily and , in the end , not well enough .",0 165901,"might as well be stomping through them in clown clothes , playing a college football fight song on untuned instruments",0 145306,"Feel bad for King , who 's honestly trying , and Schwartzman , who 's shot himself in the foot .",0 222088,"A serviceable Euro-trash action extravaganza , with a decent sense of humor and plenty of things that go boom --",1 151010,"With its hints of a greater intelligence lurking somewhere , The Ring makes its stupidity more than obvious .",0 80593,"from accomplished Oscar winners Susan Sarandon , Dustin Hoffman and Holly Hunter , yet newcomer Ellen Pompeo pulls off the feat with aplomb",1 139867,"will appeal to Discovery Channel fans",1 4076,"a remarkable film",1 73321,"agenda to deliver awe-inspiring , at times sublime , visuals",1 188393,"The movie 's progression",1 159390,"for any chance of enjoying this film is by lowering your expectations .",0 45637,"If you enjoy more thoughtful comedies with interesting conflicted characters : this one is for you .",1 164277,"junk-calorie suspense tropes",0 235878,"so that the human story is pushed to one side",0 158162,"embarrassing",0 191075,"a paunchy midsection , several plodding action sequences and a wickedly undramatic central theme",0 231374,"happened with Pluto Nash ?",0 31032,"elaborate haunted house",1 31807,"for the superfluous Notting Hill",0 76909,"combined with stunning animation .",1 187993,"The camera twirls ! Oh , look at that clever angle ! Wow , a jump cut !",1 117784,"cunning that even the most jaded cinema audiences will leave the auditorium feeling dizzy , confused , and totally disorientated . Not to mention absolutely refreshed .",1 195043,"but dull and ankle-deep ` epic",0 165799,"meandering , inarticulate and",0 169572,"quirky traits lifted from a screenwriter 's outline and thrown at actors charged with the impossible task of making them jell",0 217197,"to make the most out of the intriguing premise",1 20180,"but not overly sentimental",1 67217,"Light the candles , bring out the cake and",1 110087,"The plot grows thin soon ,",0 18423,", inventive and impressive",1 134565,"that sometimes falls",0 239072,"yet , it must be admitted",0 94047,"swooning elegance",1 215774,"the thrown-together feel of a summer-camp talent show : hastily written",0 193205,"are sweet and believable ,",1 221803,"... hits every cliche we 've come to expect , including the assumption that `` crazy '' people are innocent , childlike and inherently funny .",0 181314,"... is a man who uses the damage of war -- far more often than the warfare itself -- to create the kind of art shots that fill gallery shows",1 142423,", sentimental",1 139227,"was , as my friend David Cross would call it , ` Hungry-Man portions of bad '",0 70530,"Ultimately too repellent to fully endear itself to American art house audiences , but it is notable for its stylistic austerity and forcefulness .",0 18594,"A thoughtful",1 76140,"by a soft southern gentility that speaks of beauty , grace and a closet full of skeletons",1 132683,"smirk uneasily",0 26302,"One scarcely needs the subtitles to enjoy this colorful action farce .",1 52946,"in its over-the-top way",1 156253,"choke",0 45281,"For most of the distance the picture provides a satisfyingly unsettling ride into the dark places of our national psyche .",1 72701,"a tragic love story",1 173198,"that someone other than the director got into the editing room and tried to improve things by making the movie go faster",0 43331,"'s still a good yarn -- which is nothing to sneeze at these days",1 52375,"has a movie so closely matched the spirit of a man and his work .",1 192091,"aimless , arduous ,",0 91303,"recommend it for its originality",1 163165,"is not nearly up to",0 71956,"a masterpiece of nuance and characterization",1 51218,"enhances the quality of Neil Burger 's impressive fake documentary",1 148679,"So routine , familiar and predictable , it raises the possibility that it wrote itself as a newly automated Final Draft computer program .",0 66179,"I like it . There is a freedom to watching stunts that are this crude , this fast-paced and this insane .",1 127732,"mystic",1 154581,"badly made",0 146998,"Kaufman 's imagination has failed him .",0 14101,"I enjoyed Time of Favor while I was watching it",1 55478,"of political correctness",1 30297,"compelling or comprehensible narrative",1 72828,"a wildly inventive mixture of comedy and melodrama",1 143676,"Amber is such a joke",0 99711,"we 're wrapped up in the characters , how they make their choices , and why",1 72546,"a strangely tempting bouquet",1 2430,"such aching beauty and truth",1 169829,"recommending it",1 149743,"The plot is so predictable and sentimental that viewers are likely to lose interest before Sandrine and her goats walk off into the sunset .",0 143515,"Adam Sandler assault",0 70378,"Thought-provoking and stylish , if also somewhat hermetic .",1 36179,"produces new joys",1 189252,"Totally overwrought ,",0 51895,"fresh to say about growing up Catholic or , really , anything",0 149897,"The structure the film takes may find Matt Damon and Ben Affleck once again looking for residuals as this officially completes a Good Will Hunting trilogy that was never planned .",1 136761,"there is nothing in it to engage children emotionally",0 135306,"the film ) works",1 118893,"ecological",1 128251,"odd enjoyably",1 165540,"make this genre soar",1 52218,"gorgeous , witty , seductive movie",1 203325,"is pleasant , diverting and modest -- definitely a step in the right direction .",1 35190,"of comedy and romance",1 128220,"observant , unfussily poetic meditation",1 71545,"a delightful romantic comedy with plenty of bite . It 's far from a frothy piece , and",1 2976,"too smart",1 138926,"veered off too far into the Exxon zone , and",0 72839,"a wonderful ensemble cast of characters that bring the routine day to day struggles of the working class to life",1 50496,"could n't be better as a cruel but weirdly likable WASP matron",1 194353,"been edited at all",0 62007,", it 's contrived and predictable",0 151817,"a good ear for dialogue , and the characters sound like real people",1 128750,"of its provocative conclusion",1 60153,"who could n't be better as a cruel but weirdly likable WASP matron",1 226539,"The voices are fine as well .",1 177703,"wasted 123 minutes and $ 9",0 29465,"because that 's when he really scores",1 178518,"with a sour cliche",0 195869,"cold-hearted curmudgeon",0 43252,"'s funniest and most likeable movie in years",1 174797,"the spontaneity , originality and delight",1 133121,"spiritual anomie",1 149953,"The twist that ends the movie is the one with the most emotional resonance , but twists are getting irritating",0 228009,"a matter of plumbing arrangements and mind games , of no erotic or sensuous charge",0 80986,"gets the tone just right -- funny in the middle of sad in the middle of hopeful",1 208426,"on both suspense and payoff",1 155462,"break through the stupor",1 27834,"a smart script",1 234451,"of laughs in this simple , sweet and romantic comedy",1 179907,"'s not too much of anything",0 168871,"picture strains",0 203046,"is just too easy to be genuinely satisfying",1 143938,"At a time when we 've learned the hard way just how complex international terrorism is , Collateral Damage paints an absurdly simplistic picture .",0 194890,"bottom tier",0 154494,"avoid them in the future",0 183188,"Contains all the substance of a Twinkie -- easy to swallow , but scarcely nourishing .",0 187111,"Sarah 's dedication to finding her husband seems more psychotic than romantic , and nothing in the movie makes a convincing case that one woman 's broken heart outweighs all the loss we witness .",0 16494,"lovable",1 61408,"( Allen ) manages to breathe life into this somewhat tired premise .",1 209175,"people sit and stare and turn away from one another instead of talking and it 's all about the silences and if you 're into that , have at it",0 190781,"a hunky has-been",0 238188,"uncomfortable movie",0 206294,"moldering",0 160024,"gets increasingly tiresome",0 129719,"original and highly cerebral examination",1 187231,"Shame",0 106384,"I 'm not a fan of the phrase ` life affirming ' because it usually means ` schmaltzy , '",0 166443,"much falseness",0 159063,"fifty minutes of tedious adolescent melodramatics followed by thirty-five minutes of inflated nonsense .",0 183568,"Dong never pushes for insights beyond the superficial tensions of the dynamic he 's dissecting ,",0 116592,"can go home again",1 65700,"Functions as both a revealing look at the collaborative process and a timely , tongue-in-cheek profile of the corporate circus that is the recording industry in the current climate of mergers and downsizing .",1 125796,"laughable dialogue",0 31267,"even the most cynical curmudgeon with find himself or herself smiling at one time or another",1 133913,"technical accomplishments",1 197553,"drown a viewer in boredom than to send any shivers down his spine",0 162452,"intriguing and alluring premise",1 187919,"The acting is just fine ,",1 128505,"of advocacy cinema that carries you along in a torrent of emotion as it explores the awful complications of one terrifying day",1 224404,"It would be disingenuous to call Reno a great film",0 34867,"need his shticks",0 95508,"the economic fringes",0 141994,", I found myself confused when it came time to get to the heart of the movie .",0 147913,"One of the more glaring signs of this movie 's servitude to its superstar is the way it skirts around any scenes that might have required genuine acting from Ms . Spears .",0 32588,"his smart , edgy voice and waddling profile ( emphasized here ) accent the humor of Wilson 's plight , and that saves his pathos from drippiness .",1 111794,"a direct hit",1 24428,"A quietly reflective and melancholy New Zealand film about an eventful summer in a 13-year-old girl",1 146674,"It feels like a community theater production of a great Broadway play :",0 167988,"often sophomoric",0 192438,"an abyss",0 138389,"truly good stuff",1 174345,"the movie is a disaster",0 149504,"The lack of opposing viewpoints soon grows tiresome --",0 216673,"through torture",0 112446,"a one-of-a-kind work",1 16502,"loved it ! Gollum 's ` performance ' is incredible !",1 129403,"on human interaction rather than battle and action sequences",1 7144,"hilarious",1 228996,"as though I was in the tiny two seater plane that carried the giant camera around Australia , sweeping and gliding , banking",1 205266,"loaded with actors you 're most likely to find on the next inevitable incarnation of The Love Boat",0 20355,"definitely want the T-shirt",1 71510,"a dash of the avant-garde fused with their humor",1 64979,"Definitely worth 95 minutes",1 166652,"neither is well told",0 63515,"A time machine , a journey back to your childhood , when cares melted away in the dark theater ,",1 160249,"good bits are hopelessly overshadowed",0 145068,"Elegantly crafted but emotionally cold , a puzzle whose intricate construction one can admire but is difficult to connect with on any deeper level .",0 144598,"Consists of a plot and jokes done too often by people far more talented than Ali G",0 167302,"of a movie : how to get Carvey into as many silly costumes and deliver as many silly voices",0 137168,"thought-provoking and even an engaging mystery",1 116185,"breathes more",1 135165,"the end an honorable , interesting failure .",0 49826,"brilliant in this",1 233285,"lacks the passion required to sell the material .",0 17163,"seen the release of some of the worst film comedies in decades",0 40209,"with heavy doses of always enticing Sayles dialogue",1 761,"daytime",1 71310,"a bit too enigmatic",0 187413,"Solondz may be convinced that he has something significant to say , but he is n't talking a talk that appeals to me",0 4570,"americans to finally revel in its splendor",1 102884,", the film makes it seem , is not a hobby that attracts the young and fit . Or intelligent .",0 177806,"we still do n't feel enough of an attachment to these guys to care one way or another",0 24747,"Atom",1 73327,"aging , suffering",0 225589,"Refreshing .",1 32842,"in balletic explosion that implies an underlying order throughout the chaos",1 197333,"does n't leave you with much",0 230313,"do n't work in concert .",0 82205,"hip-hop fan to appreciate Scratch",1 188115,"The exploitative , clumsily staged violence overshadows everything , including most of the actors .",1 36173,"pro-fat",1 144660,"Criminal",0 16060,"host to some truly excellent sequences",1 129910,"own brightly colored dreams",1 182031,"A sugar-coated Rocky whose valuable messages are forgotten 10 minutes after the last trombone honks .",0 100568,"with music and laughter",1 131241,"relationships in such a straightforward , emotionally honest manner that by the end",1 171956,"staying home and watching The X-Files",1 217128,"to its proper home",1 80365,"for the memorable character creations",1 72523,"a stately sense",1 127079,"might not be the best way to cut your teeth in the film industry",0 19053,"Long",0 134863,"the awful complications",0 42775,"that is enlightening -- and",1 11713,"the pacing is deadly , the narration helps little and",0 44566,"Arnold and his buddy Gerald bounce off a quirky cast of characters",1 123844,"is a tribute not only to his craft , but to his legend",1 237192,"the robust middle of this picture",1 82562,"humorous and touching",1 181656,"A fan film that for the uninitiated plays better on video with the sound turned down .",0 117814,"cuts corners",0 87085,"might actually want to watch",1 68689,"Seeing Seinfeld at home as he watches his own appearance on Letterman with a clinical eye",1 105622,"Encounters",1 90197,"perfected",1 85722,"lacks Fellowship 's heart",0 237082,"the movie is ugly to look at and not a Hollywood product",0 127923,"new favorite musical",1 38858,"then the game is even more rigged than it was two centuries ago .",0 6320,"exciting and well-paced",1 156953,"creaking , rusty ship",0 21327,"might not be as palatable as intended .",0 112544,"a promise nor",1 89732,"opportunity to use that term as often as possible .",1 139623,"where no man has gone before , but several movies have - take heart .",1 180187,"( Screenwriter ) Pimental took the Farrelly Brothers comedy and feminized it ,",1 110203,"The thing about guys like Evans is this : You 're never quite sure where self-promotion ends and the truth begins . But as you watch the movie , you 're too interested to care .",1 53107,"insightful , empathetic performances",1 77213,"connect in a neat way",1 221478,", nothing satisfies like old-fashioned swashbuckling .",1 180005,"'s supposed to be a romantic comedy",0 218781,"was put through torture for an hour and a half",0 52233,"grade-school audience",0 213982,"the 110 minutes of '' Panic Room",1 71345,"a calm , self-assured portrait of small town regret , love , duty and friendship that appeals to the storytelling instincts of a slightly more literate filmgoing audience",1 230259,"disguising the obvious with energy and innovation",1 80724,"full of cheesy dialogue , but great trashy fun that finally returns De Palma to his pulpy thrillers of the early '80s",1 18378,", but entertaining enough at ` face value ' to recommend to anyone looking for something different .",1 124989,"it has an ambition to say something about its subjects , but not a willingness",0 62996,"A film centering on a traditional Indian wedding in contemporary New Delhi may not sound like specialized fare , but Mira Nair 's film is an absolute delight for all audiences",1 33296,"is almost unsurpassed",1 218908,"way too much indulgence of scene-chewing , teeth-gnashing actorliness",0 100412,"with a mixture of deadpan cool , wry humor and just the measure",1 67980,"On its own , Big Trouble could be considered a funny little film .",1 102883,", the film maintains a beguiling serenity and poise that make it accessible for a non-narrative feature .",1 71067,"Worth a salute just for trying to be more complex than your average film .",1 61511,"( and beautifully edited",1 108874,"Sex and Lucia is so alluring",1 61651,", Martin is a masterfully conducted work .",1 41763,"daring , inventive",1 154009,"around any scenes that might have required genuine acting from Ms . Spears",0 204947,"lightweight female empowerment",0 214467,"the effect comes off as self-parody",0 15835,"frighteningly evocative",1 30662,"delicate , articulate character",1 6752,"gentle humor , bittersweet pathos , and",1 80909,"gentle and affecting melodrama",1 86536,"make Personal Velocity into an intricate , intimate and intelligent journey",1 139252,"was kind of terrific once",1 150270,"This may be the dumbest , sketchiest movie on record about an aspiring writer 's coming-of-age .",0 86544,"make a gorgeous pair ... their scenes brim with sexual possibility and emotional danger",1 116585,"can easily worm its way into your heart . '",1 119099,"engaging mystery",1 200494,"has all the trappings of an energetic , extreme-sports adventure",1 39864,"was his forte",1 130222,"piece , a model of menacing atmosphere .",1 109560,"The animation and game phenomenon that peaked about three years ago is actually dying a slow death , if the poor quality of Pokemon 4 Ever is any indication .",0 218168,"uneven action comedy",0 40015,"while embracing a wholesome attitude",1 192310,"almost immediately that Welcome to Collinwood is n't going to jell",0 30395,"controversial eponymous and fiercely atheistic",1 9542,"ordinary melodrama that is heavy on religious symbols but wafer-thin on dramatic substance",0 210791,"satisfying kids flck",1 133214,"standard formula",0 751,"curious about each other against all odds",1 162799,"is because so many of us keep going and then , out of embarrassment or stupidity",0 52103,"gets onto the screen just about as much of the novella as one could reasonably expect ,",1 170964,"should have called it Gutterball .",0 232197,"irredeemably awful",0 217582,"too dry and",0 10074,"relatively slow to come to the point",0 115159,"at delivering genuine , acerbic laughs",1 201295,"hole-ridden plotting",0 117483,"continue to impress",1 228134,"a screenplay more ingeniously constructed than `` Memento ''",1 32032,"gets just about everything right",1 40481,"young adult life in urban South Korea",1 52057,"gentle but insistent",1 77931,"deliver awe-inspiring , at times sublime , visuals",1 169787,"really unclear",0 149392,"The film does n't have enough innovation or pizazz to attract teenagers",0 236846,"the entertaining elements of the original and , instead , rehash old jokes",0 38100,"the courage",1 233005,"it collapses into exactly the kind of buddy cop comedy",0 109603,"The best movie in many a moon about the passions that sometimes fuel our best achievements and other times",1 10216,"rubbo 's dumbed-down tactics",0 47396,"This story still seems timely and important . And there 's an element of heartbreak to watching it now , with older and wiser eyes , because we know what will happen after Greene 's story ends .",1 35085,"of Cox 's work",1 191495,"a tendency to slip into hokum . A Rumor of Angels does n't just slip",0 147997,"PG-13-rated piffle",0 227133,"While this film is not in the least surprising , it is still ultimately very satisfying .",1 95903,"the humor wry and sprightly",1 129795,"ourselves surprised at how much we care about the story",1 174971,"the video game is a lot more fun than the film",0 203642,"is unconvincing soap opera that Tornatore was right to cut",0 10090,"remains is a variant of the nincompoop benigni persona",0 11143,"that wo n't make much of a splash when it 's released , and will not be remembered long afterwards",0 38754,"the utter cuteness of Stuart and Margolo . Their computer-animated faces are very expressive",1 138062,"too bleak , too pessimistic and",0 87098,"might go down as one of the all-time great apocalypse movies .",1 187024,"Rosenthal ( Halloween II )",0 200649,"has such an irrepressible passion for sappy situations and dialogue",0 221866,"11 , an antique , in the end",0 192992,"appears jagged , as if filmed directly from a television monitor , while the extensive use of stock footage quickly becomes a tiresome cliché .",0 40750,"An absorbing trip into the minds and motivations of people under stress as well as a keen , unsentimental look at variations on the theme of motherhood",1 10628,"something must have been lost in the translation .",0 221228,", ` It 's like having an old friend for dinner ' .",1 159548,"forced and",0 144915,"Do n't even bother to rent this on video .",0 177723,"watched the brainless insanity of No Such Thing",0 94835,"that rare quality",1 112421,"a nice girl-buddy movie",1 126659,"makes Minority Report necessary viewing for sci-fi fans",1 62839,"A chilling movie without oppressive",1 18882,"Frailty '' has been written so well , that even a simple '' Goddammit ! '' near the end takes on a whole other meaning .",1 65242,"Easily one of the best and most exciting movies",1 103479,"A clever script and skilled actors bring new energy to the familiar topic of office politics .",1 179771,"'s hard to imagine that even very small children will be impressed by this tired retread",0 3937,"a lousy movie that 's not merely unwatchable , but also",0 156356,"cliche-drenched",0 104921,"Buy is an accomplished actress , and this is a big , juicy role",1 130990,"rank as three of the most multilayered and sympathetic female characters of the year . As each of them searches for their place in the world , Miller digs into their very minds to find an unblinking , flawed humanity .",1 140690,"you 're looking for an intelligent movie in which you can release your pent up anger",1 190586,"a finale that is impenetrable and dull",0 215728,"the surprisingly shoddy makeup work",0 69198,"That 's fun for kids of any age",1 236800,"the cultural moat surrounding its ludicrous and contrived plot",0 27565,"a great adventure",1 156400,"clocks in at 80 minutes , but feels twice as long .",0 194036,"be Greek to anyone not predisposed to the movie 's rude and crude humor",0 20409,"does n't deserve to leave the building until everyone is aware of it",1 48243,"a nicely understated expression of the grief",1 16925,"paved with good intentions",1 137624,"to give to the mystic genres of cinema : Unbreakable and Signs",1 108046,"Not a film for the faint of heart or conservative of spirit , but for the rest of us -- especially San Francisco lovers",1 210650,"routine action and jokes like this",0 202339,"interesting , even sexy",1 130045,"pathetic acting , poorly dubbed dialogue and murky cinematography",0 201979,"in telling the story , which is paper-thin and decidedly unoriginal",0 151245,"` terrible filmmaking ' bad , but more like",0 110719,"Too slow for a younger crowd , too shallow for an older one .",0 111177,"Wise and deadpan",1 69446,"The concert footage is stirring",1 55611,"of the startling intimacy",1 121734,"has created a wry , winning , if languidly paced , meditation on the meaning and value of family",1 7485,"in the long , dishonorable history of quickie teen-pop exploitation , like mike",0 148238,"Rambles",0 99280,"valiant",1 74258,"aquel que desee una lengua para expresar su amor",1 86224,"long , intricate , star-studded",1 237163,"the problem is he has no character , loveable or otherwise .",0 179877,"'s not a comedic moment in this romantic comedy .",0 237261,"the thing look really slick",1 127360,"more than a worthwhile effort",1 197278,"does have a long way to go before it reaches the level of crudity in the latest Austin Powers extravaganza",0 59882,"violent and a bit exploitative but also nicely done , morally alert and street-smart",1 191795,"about their budding amours",1 198577,"fart jokes , masturbation jokes ,",0 234040,"naiveté and sophistication",1 59434,"told in earnest strides",1 111802,"a discreet moan",0 62798,"A bittersweet drama about the limbo of grief and how truth-telling",1 30944,"draggy",0 109972,"The most consistently funny of the Austin Powers films .",1 138966,"very compelling , sensitive ,",1 102945,", this is a must !",1 162581,"is a cop-out . What happens to John Q ?",0 94580,"that burn themselves upon the viewer 's memory",1 110821,"Undisputed scores a direct hit .",1 210270,"redemptive",1 207031,"no energy",0 153986,"are up there",1 126657,"makes Maryam , in the end , play out with the intellectual and emotional impact of an after-school special",0 76991,"comfort in familiarity",1 159600,"fortified sweet tooth",0 161500,"however , manages just to be depressing , as the lead actor phones in his autobiographical performance .",0 169076,"popped up with more mindless drivel",0 141716,"'ve already seen Heartbreak if you 've watched the far superior Nurse Betty or Sunset Boulevard . Even the unwatchable Soapdish is more original .",0 178742,"wo n't know much more when you leave",0 205799,"manipulation , an exploitation piece doing its usual worst to guilt-trip parents",0 65120,"Discursive but oddly riveting documentary .",1 143881,"As A Rumor of Angels reveals itself to be a sudsy tub of supernatural hokum , not even Ms . Redgrave 's noblest efforts can redeem it from hopeless sentimentality .",0 144987,"Dripping with cliche and",0 230281,"dizzily gorgeous",1 64343,"Between them , De Niro and Murphy make Showtime the most savory and hilarious guilty pleasure of many a recent movie season .",1 215952,"the writing is indifferent ,",0 41970,"gentle and",1 32450,"heartwarming digitally animated feature film with plenty of slapstick humor for the kids , lots of in-jokes for the adults and heart enough for everyone",1 60133,"while the movie is slightly less successful than the first",0 155712,"by a made-for-TV look , rigid performances and an asinine ` twist ' that brazenly rips off The Sixth Sense",0 94740,"that it goes by quickly , because it has some of the funniest jokes of any movie this year , including those intended for adults",1 25315,"Fisher has bared his soul and confronted his own shortcomings here in a way ... that feels very human and very true to life .",1 214572,"the film 's mid-to-low budget is betrayed by the surprisingly shoddy makeup work .",0 23048,"'s a disreputable air about the whole thing",0 178091,"where feelings of marginalization loom for every dreamer with a burst bubble , The Dogwalker has a few characters and ideas , but it never manages to put them on the same path",0 72344,"a second chance to find love in the most unlikely place",1 67158,"Leaping from one arresting image to another",1 3920,"a little too familiar",0 205543,"lushness",1 120029,"filled with shootings , beatings , and more cussing than you could shake a stick at",0 155631,"but it offers few surprises and finds its stars slumming in territory",0 139478,"well-made and satisfying thriller",1 119949,"felt like an answer to Irvine Welsh 's book Trainspotting",1 125903,"legendary actor Michel Serrault",1 93881,"superb performances throughout",1 188165,"The film boasts at least a few good ideas and features some decent performances , but the result is disappointing .",1 56999,"simple , but gritty and well-acted",1 124857,"it 's not very good either .",0 53766,"it 's the equal of some of its predecessors",1 194308,"becomes increasingly implausible as it races",0 200008,"glumly mishandle the story 's promising premise of a physician who needs to heal himself .",0 121211,"glides gracefully from male persona to female without missing a beat . Ben Kingsley is truly funny ,",1 137334,"to a film about a family 's joyous life",1 15898,"good acting , good dialogue , good pace",1 231412,"has always been part of For the most part Wilde 's droll whimsy helps `` Being Earnest '' overcome its weaknesses and Parker 's creative interference ...",1 53582,"is pretty damned funny .",1 29781,"but Abbas infuses the role with an unimpeachable core of emotional truth .",1 96076,"the magnificent swooping aerial shots",1 26882,"The perfect film for those who like sick comedies that can be snide .",1 32546,"his documentary To Be and to Have , easily one of the best films of the year",1 221634,", this flick is fun , and host to some truly excellent sequences .",1 78621,"dreadfulness",0 163120,"is neither ... excessively strained",0 70388,"Thumbs up",1 209755,"probably will enjoy themselves",1 53561,"is one of 2002 's involvingly adult surprises",1 221241,", `` Real Women Have Curves '' is a sweet , honest , and enjoyable comedy-drama about a young woman who wants many things in life , but fears she 'll become her mother before she gets to fulfill her dreams .",1 66365,"In its understanding , often funny way , it tells a story whose restatement is validated by the changing composition of the nation .",1 163089,"is n't much in the way of character development in the script",0 212573,"still eludes Madonna and , playing a charmless witch",0 94783,"that memorable ,",1 5069,"beauty or humor",1 110126,"The respective charms of Sandra Bullock and Hugh Grant",1 142769,"... a cinematic disaster so inadvertently sidesplitting it 's worth the price of admission for the ridicule factor alone .",0 160913,"have the virtue of enough mindless violence to break up the tedium of all its generational bonding",0 154058,"as Roman Coppola 's brief pretentious period",0 111530,"a basic , credible compassion",1 228689,"another iteration of what 's become one of the movies ' creepiest conventions , in which the developmentally disabled are portrayed with almost supernatural powers to humble , teach and ultimately redeem their mentally `` superior '' friends , family ...",0 138606,"underdone potato",0 203526,"is that there is never any question of how things will turn out",0 124291,"is n't much of a mystery ,",0 140567,"would not likely be so stupid as to get",0 111172,"Wilson and Murphy show how funny they could have been in a more ambitious movie",1 167714,"of stale gags",0 178253,"who take turns hurting each other",0 36927,"should have fun meeting",1 222981,"Combines sharp comedy , old-fashioned monster movie atmospherics , and genuine heart",1 58904,"then you 're at the right film .",1 140816,"you want it to be better and more successful than it is",0 74311,"are crisp and purposeful without overdoing it",1 231338,"had a serious urge to grab the old lady at the end of my aisle 's walker and toss it at the screen in frustration",0 76914,"combining heated sexuality with a haunting sense of malaise",1 152178,"a non-believer in werewolf films that are not serious",0 81225,"good documentarian",1 77478,"courtroom movies , a few nifty twists that are so crucial to the genre and another first-rate performance by top-billed star Bruce Willis",1 214304,"the cinematography is atrocious",0 82934,"in engaging the audience in the travails of creating a screenplay",1 17191,"shortage",0 66362,"In its treatment of the dehumanizing and ego-destroying process of unemployment",0 114840,"as a tragic figure",0 23988,", while happily killing 94 minutes",1 37583,"takes place in Pasadena , '' a city where people still read . ''",1 101445,"'re just in the mood for a fun -- but bad -- movie",0 147930,"One suspects that Craven endorses They simply because this movie makes his own look much better by comparison .",0 42185,"is miraculously able",1 159235,"fleshed-out enough to build any interest",1 75744,"blissfully",1 75224,"be as lonely and needy",0 61595,", Changing Lanes is also a film of freshness , imagination and insight .",1 203173,"is n't just a poor fit with Kieslowski 's lyrical pessimism",0 191428,"a subtlety that makes the silly , over-the-top coda especially disappointing",0 205142,"limited and so embellished by editing that there 's really not much of a sense of action",0 103641,"A heady , biting , be-bop",1 193749,"at its laziest",0 67682,"Mr . Schnitzler proves himself a deft pace master and stylist .",1 139551,"what it 's trying to say and",1 226222,"The characters never change .",0 4741,"antwone fisher",1 107294,"Kidman has become one of our best actors",1 71618,"a feature debut that is fully formed and remarkably assured",1 153467,"an original talent",1 116342,"but thoroughly satisfying entertainment",1 115897,"best-foreign-film",1 13000,"where janice beard falters in its recycled aspects , implausibility , and sags in pace",0 162606,"is a flop with the exception of about six gags that really work",0 180614,", dumb and derivative horror",0 224072,"Intelligent and",1 82083,"helps make great marching bands half the fun of college football games",1 231924,"impossible to look away",1 168110,"on the awkward interplay and utter lack of chemistry between Chan and Hewitt",0 43276,"'s made with deftly unsettling genre flair .",1 90552,"poverty",0 47491,"Two hours fly by -- opera 's a pleasure when you do n't have to endure intermissions --",1 108085,"Nothing short of wonderful with its ten-year-old female protagonist and its steadfast refusal to set up a dualistic battle between good and evil .",1 199284,"for political courage",1 69574,"The film is saved from are n't - kids-cute sentimentality by a warmth that is n't faked and a stately sense of composition .",1 62302,", the movie passes inspection",1 57857,"that omnibus tradition called marriage",0 62851,"A college story that works even without vulgarity , sex scenes , and cussing",1 89058,"of the most ravaging , gut-wrenching , frightening war scenes since '' Saving Private Ryan ''",1 85359,"its power comes from its soul 's - eye view of how well-meaning patronizing masked a social injustice , at least as represented by this case",1 139215,"warm nor fuzzy",0 124372,"is nothing in it to engage children emotionally",0 63094,"A great cast and a wonderful but sometimes confusing flashback",1 14524,"There are as many misses as hits , but ultimately , it finds humor in the foibles of human behavior , and it 's a welcome return to the roots of a genre that should depend on surprises .",1 23173,"'s surprising about Full Frontal",0 47029,"The fascination comes in the power of the Huston performance , which seems so larger than life and yet so fragile , and in the way the Ivan character accepts the news of his illness so quickly but still finds himself unable to react .",1 20669,"good job",1 16097,"imaginative comedy\/thriller .",1 57431,"struggled",0 205642,"make a classic theater piece",1 10694,"squinting at your watch",0 192981,"appeal to women",1 125067,"it offers large rewards",1 238334,"viewer to doze off for a few minutes or make several runs to the concession stand and\/or restroom and not feel as if he or she has missed anything",0 122466,"holds you in rapt attention from",1 124381,"is off-putting ,",0 232102,"ingenue",1 180388,", I could feel my eyelids ... getting ... very ... heavy ...",0 40820,"Clever ,",1 137845,"to send your regrets",0 67326,"Loved",1 68748,"Shindler",1 61692,", Spirit 's visual imagination reminds you of why animation is such a perfect medium for children , because of the way it allows the mind to enter and accept another world .",1 185984,"Mandel Holland 's direction is uninspired , and his scripting unsurprising",0 215677,"the stories and faces and music of the men who are its subject",1 61738,", amusing",1 140720,"you bask in your own cleverness as you figure it out",1 176381,"to see if stupid Americans will get a kick out of goofy Brits with cute accents performing ages-old slapstick and unfunny tricks",0 237134,"the pantheon of the best of the swashbucklers",1 200776,"have been sacrificed for skin",0 63300,"A quiet family drama with a little bit of romance and a dose of darkness",1 38831,"their seats",1 219667,"with a loony melodramatic denouement in which a high school swimming pool substitutes for a bathtub",0 27611,"a landmark",1 65479,"Fast-paced and wonderfully edited , the film is extremely thorough .",1 26940,"There 's a disreputable air about the whole thing , and that 's what makes it irresistible .",1 197352,"does n't really believe in it ,",0 60132,"while the Oscar-winning sound and James Horner 's rousing score make good use of the hefty audio system",1 157396,"did dumb entertainment",0 119899,"feels at odds with the rest of the film",0 229297,"been done before but never so vividly or",1 144786,"Despite Auteuil 's performance",0 133080,"sparkling beauty",1 238838,"with Morph , a cute alien creature who mimics everyone and everything around",1 132589,"skullduggery and",0 143464,"Abandon all hope , ye who enter here '",0 30836,"dismiss the film",0 148579,"Shreve 's graceful dual narrative gets clunky on the screen , and we keep getting torn away from the compelling historical tale to a less-compelling soap opera .",0 93752,"succeeded beyond all expectation",1 200696,"has-been acting",0 69743,"The movie is amateurish , but it 's a minor treat .",1 8519,"little crossover appeal to those without much interest in the elizabethans ( as well as rank frustration from those in the know about rubbo 's dumbed-down tactics )",0 221923,"A DOA dud from frame one .",0 187427,"Some motion pictures portray ultimate passion : others create ultimate thrills . Men in Black II achieves ultimate insignificance -- it 's the sci-fi comedy spectacle as Whiffle-Ball epic",0 142443,", soporific , visually dank",0 21706,"perceptive",1 26216,"Not as distinctive or even as humorous",0 124641,"is that she never lets her character become a caricature -- not even with that radioactive hair",1 56597,"revelatory and narcissistic",0 84633,"is something of a triumph",1 200638,"has some entertainment value - how much depends on how well you like Chris Rock",1 154138,"as big-screen remakes of The Avengers and The Wild Wild West",0 65376,"Even through its flaws , Revolution # 9 proves to be a compelling , interestingly told film .",1 67703,"Much of The Lady and the Duke is about quiet , decisive moments between members of the cultural elite as they determine how to proceed as the world implodes .",1 94721,"that is n't nearly as graphic but much more powerful , brutally shocking and difficult to watch",1 181115,", we need more X and less blab .",0 103831,"A real audience-pleaser that will strike a chord with anyone who 's ever",1 184458,"Hollywood has taken quite a nosedive from Alfred Hitchcock 's imaginative flight to Shyamalan 's self-important summer fluff .",0 50594,"cultural and personal self-discovery and a picaresque view",1 175874,"to an ugly chapter of the twentieth century",0 228566,"an engaging storyline , which also is n't embarrassed to make you reach for the tissues",1 122076,"heady yet far from impenetrable theory",1 5528,"cheesy coincidences and voluptuous cheap effects",0 207662,"of college dorm rooms , a subtlety that makes the silly , over-the-top coda especially disappointing",0 57832,"that magnify her outrageous charm",1 71672,"a fine job of updating White 's dry wit to a new age",1 7881,"it 's on par with the first one",1 11672,"the movie is undone by a filmmaking methodology that 's just experimental enough to alienate the mainstream audience while ringing cliched to hardened indie-heads",0 203462,"is sorely lacking",0 80630,"from its unsettling prognosis",0 220749,"'s also disappointing to a certain degree .",0 71000,"With few respites , Marshall keeps the energy humming , and his edits , unlike those in Moulin Rouge , are crisp and purposeful without overdoing it .",1 214797,"the horrible pains",0 112375,"a movie that defies classification and is as thought-provoking as it",1 193116,"are many tense scenes in Trapped",1 108154,"One of the best looking and stylish animated movies in quite a while",1 138122,"too many '' serious issues '' on its plate",0 42852,"the ride ( bumps and all ) , creamy depth",1 112177,"a kingdom",1 34895,"never-ending confusion and hatred",0 75202,"be a great piece of filmmaking",1 73540,"although in reality they are not enough .",0 33248,"is a quirky and poignant Japanese film that explores the fascinating connections between women , water , nature , and sexuality",1 191411,"a strong-minded viewpoint , or",1 106166,"Has enough wit , energy and geniality to please not only the fanatical adherents on either side , but also people who know nothing about the subject and think they 're not interested .",1 226464,"The result is somewhat satisfying -- it still comes from Spielberg , who has never made anything that was n't at least watchable",1 141988,", I did n't care for it",0 151197,"` Abandon all hope , ye who enter here ' ... you should definitely let Dante 's gloomy words be your guide .",0 222122,"A well paced and satisfying little drama that deserved better than a ` direct-to-video ' release",1 205037,"like a rejected X-Files episode than a credible account of a puzzling real-life happening .",0 329,"add up to a biting satire that has no teeth",0 232439,"is degraded , handheld Blair Witch video-cam footage",0 82343,"his usual intelligence and subtlety",1 100945,"would take a complete moron to foul up a screen adaptation of Oscar Wilde 's classic satire",0 149384,"The film 's tone and pacing are off almost from the get-go .",0 212238,"somewhat predictable plot",0 183023,"Case of Fire ? lazily and glumly",0 79332,"every once in a while a film",1 77550,"creates something more beautiful than either of those films",1 51332,"ethereal beauty",1 231210,"gives the lie to many clichés and showcases a group of dedicated artists",1 143723,"An earnest , heartrending look at the divide between religious fundamentalists and their gay relatives . It 's also heavy-handed and devotes too much time to bigoted views .",0 143360,"A sophomoric exploration",0 217777,"treats us",1 70973,"With Dickens ' words and writer-director Douglas McGrath 's even-toned direction",1 233043,"it is exactly what it wants to be : an atrociously , mind-numbingly , indescribably bad movie",0 126941,"mean-spirited",0 216042,"their surroundings",1 29838,"but it jumps through the expected hoops with style and even some depth .",1 36423,"refreshing , disarming , and just outright enjoyable despite its ridiculousness",1 152173,"a nightmare like this",0 178,"a good chance",1 117420,"confusing sexual messages",0 14453,"Stephen Earnhart 's homespun documentary Mule Skinner Blues has nothing but love for its posse of trailer park denizens .",1 234836,"overproduced piece",0 91297,"recognizable and true that , as in real life , we 're never sure how things will work out",1 208616,"one of the biggest disappointments of the year",0 65015,"Deserves a place of honor",1 113823,"amid the bland animation and simplistic story",0 18440,", moving",1 33775,"its excessive moral baggage thanks to two appealing lead performances",1 212571,"stiletto-stomps the life out",0 34036,"less than the characters , although the filmmakers supply enough complications , close calls and double-crosses to satisfy us",1 57631,"technically superb film",1 153337,"an asinine ` twist ' that brazenly rips off The Sixth Sense",0 176638,"too many characters and events , all intertwined and far too complicated to keep track of",0 3684,"a compelling",1 117328,"compelling enough",1 42214,"is so accessible",1 179262,"! Zoom !",1 42519,"realistic and",1 223117,"Despite its Hawaiian setting , the science-fiction trimmings and some moments of rowdy slapstick , the basic plot of `` Lilo '' could have been pulled from a tear-stained vintage Shirley Temple script .",0 134478,"that most frightening of all movies",1 84740,"is the movie for you",1 165115,"little to offer",0 219946,"wondering why these people mattered",0 56937,"should inspire reaction in its audience",1 61862,", despite the gratuitous cinematic distractions impressed upon it , is still good fun .",1 103085,"-- bowel movements than this long-on-the-shelf , point-and-shoot exercise in gimmicky crime drama",0 7699,"is deadly",0 152623,"a train wreck of an action film -- a stupefying attempt by the filmmakers to force-feed James Bond into the mindless XXX mold and throw 40 years of cinematic history down the toilet in favor of bright flashes and loud bangs",0 129695,"or Monsters , Inc",0 143358,"A sometimes tedious film",0 37594,"takes within its warm embrace the bounties of cultural artifacts inside St . Petersburg",1 141416,"'s mighty tedious for the viewer who has to contend with unpleasant characters , hit-and-miss performances and awkwardly staged scenes",0 219568,"will quite likely be more like hell .",0 48296,"a preordained '' big moment '' will occur",1 218988,"weighs down the tale with bogus profundities .",0 81059,"give them credit for : The message of the movie",1 61168,"'s not going to be everyone 's bag of popcorn",0 11100,"that makes it worth checking out at theaters",1 205232,"little narrative momentum",0 194443,"begins as a Seven rip-off ,",0 77023,"commands attention",1 49290,"as it does thanks in large measure to Anspaugh 's three lead actresses",1 40321,"wo n't rock any boats",0 145037,"Easy",1 48622,"achieving some honest insight into relationships",1 70115,"There are laughs aplenty , and , as a bonus , viewers do n't have to worry about being subjected to farts , urine , feces , semen , or any of the other foul substances that have overrun modern-day comedies .",1 957,"far less crass",1 157715,"does go on forever",0 180678,", i . e . Peploe 's , it 's simply unbearable",0 144901,"Disturbingly superficial in its approach to the material .",0 69267,"The Cat 's Meow marks a return to form for director Peter Bogdanovich ...",1 125518,"just plain bad",0 136025,"the pocket monster movie franchise is nearly ready to keel over",0 69484,"The enjoyable Undercover Brother",1 235546,"seem to keep upping the ante on each other , just as their characters do in the film",1 144995,"Driving",1 153887,"are more involving than this mess",0 33152,"into something of considerable power",1 102451,", colorful , semimusical",1 66812,"Its metaphors",1 218614,"wafer-thin movie",0 56063,"please fans of Chris Fuhrman 's posthumously published cult novel",1 365,"all that and a whole lot",1 182216,"Aimed squarely",1 197705,"editorial process",1 156756,"constructed a film so labyrinthine that it defeats his larger purpose",0 190628,"a full-blooded film",1 21994,"small amount",0 72829,"a winning , heartwarming yarn",1 180066,"'s unfortunate that Wallace , who wrote Gibson 's Braveheart as well as the recent Pearl Harbor , has such an irrepressible passion for sappy situations and dialogue .",0 82137,"her tragedies",0 42815,"the greatest family-oriented ,",1 161372,"ho-hum all the way",0 111222,"Without a fresh infusion of creativity",0 208578,"one decent performance",1 75325,"be swept away by the sheer beauty of his images",1 36154,"presents his point of view that Ayurveda works .",1 226477,"The script kicks in , and Mr. Hartley 's distended pace and foot-dragging rhythms follow .",0 37160,"something strangely diverting",1 217533,"today 's hottest and",1 237929,"to ride the big metaphorical wave that is life -- wherever it takes you",1 39251,"to perfection",1 215465,"the relationship between Yosuke and Saeko is worth watching as it develops",1 37778,"that could lead a man across centuries",1 156186,"charming moments",1 204591,"know about Rubbo 's dumbed-down tactics",0 164659,"leaden pacing and indifferent craftsmanship ( most notably wretched sound design )",0 229845,"cliched dialogue rip",0 194874,"both overstuffed and undernourished",0 130350,"plummets into a comedy graveyard",0 159424,"for grasping the coolness vibes when in fact the film is n't as flippant or slick as it thinks it is",0 122145,"her bully of a husband",0 144911,"Do n't be fooled by the impressive cast list -",0 135551,"the increasingly far-fetched events",0 153312,"an airless , prepackaged Julia Roberts wannabe that stinks so badly of hard-sell image-mongering you",0 161373,"ho-hum all the way through",0 78585,"dramatic impact",1 59323,"to remarkable performances",1 151000,"With a story as bizarre and mysterious as this",1 179244,"your silly childhood nostalgia slumber unmolested",1 27761,"a rare gift for unflinching impartiality",1 15110,"anthropologically detailed",1 226813,"Triple X is a double agent , and he 's one bad dude .",1 52098,"gets great laughs",1 222848,"By and large this is Mr. Kilmer 's movie , and it 's his strongest performance since The Doors .",1 71309,"a bit of the dry humor that first made audiences on both sides of the Atlantic love him",1 113937,"an already obscure demographic",0 157097,"damned in Queen of the Damned",0 43247,"'s far from fresh-squeezed",0 210468,"resembles an outline for a '70s exploitation picture",0 39446,"tremendous energy from the cast",1 204249,"its nauseating spinning credits sequence",0 12754,"veered off too far into the exxon zone , and left me behind at the station looking for a return ticket to realism",0 155929,"can be made on the cheap .",0 120203,"flabby",0 179631,"'s an unhappy situation all around",0 212209,"something more user-friendly",0 193167,"are quite funny",1 222382,"And there 's the inimitable Diaz , holding it all together .",1 189569,"What a stiflingly unfunny and unoriginal mess this is !",0 65683,"From the dull",0 207244,"nothing about crime",0 222391,"Anemic , pretentious .",0 47732,"You 'll gasp appalled and laugh outraged and",1 128879,"of romance , dancing , singing , and unforgettable characters",1 43556,", clarity and emotional",1 197075,"discovered , indulged in and rejected as boring before I see this piece of crap again",0 148091,"Philip K . Dick must be turning in his grave , along with my stomach .",0 187536,"Starts as a tart little lemon drop of a movie and ends up as a bitter pill .",0 225363,"Overall , the film misses the brilliance of Jelinek 's novel by some way .",0 55418,"of its seas of sand to the fierce grandeur of its sweeping battle scenes",1 110232,"The unexplored story opportunities of '' Punch-Drunk Love '' may have worked against the maker 's minimalist intent",0 197450,"doubtful this listless feature will win him any new viewers",0 94576,"that breaks your heart",0 110324,"There 's nothing interesting in Unfaithful whatsoever .",0 28080,"achieves a mesmerizing poetry .",1 106839,"It 's an entertaining movie , and the effects , boosted to the size of a downtown hotel , will all but take you to outer space",1 64094,"As if trying to grab a lump of Play-Doh , the harder that Liman tries to squeeze his story , the more details slip out between his fingers .",0 135422,"the front ranks of China 's now numerous , world-renowned filmmakers",1 28884,"and ultimately touching",1 231672,"helped give a spark to `` Chasing Amy '' and `` Changing Lanes '' falls flat as thinking man CIA agent Jack Ryan in this summer 's new action film , `` The Sum of All Fears",0 103472,"A classic fairy tale",1 209388,"plays like an extended dialogue exercise in Retard 101",0 48625,"achingly sad",0 109432,"The Good Girl is a film in which the talent is undeniable but the results are underwhelming .",0 163017,"is maddening .",0 5384,"by the incredibly flexible cast",1 84695,"is that Secret Ballot is a comedy , both gentle and biting .",1 60340,"with each other",1 204021,"it starts off so bad that you feel like running out screaming",0 86844,"marvelously",1 126060,"like a mere excuse for the wan , thinly sketched story . Killing time , that 's all that 's going on here",0 63234,"A penetrating , potent exploration of sanctimony , self-awareness , self-hatred and self-determination .",1 203696,"is why film criticism can be considered work",0 133553,"such a bore",0 74252,"approach to the workplace romantic comedy",1 161049,"heaviest , most joyless movie",0 212867,"sucks , but has a funny moment or two .",0 13862,"Arnold Schwarzenegger",0 89189,"of visual flair",1 223000,"Contradicts everything we 've come to expect from movies nowadays .",1 585,"before long , the film starts playing like general hospital crossed with a Saturday night live spoof of dog day afternoon .",0 206883,"needlessly confusing",0 212497,"start looking good",1 109131,"Splendidly illustrates the ability of the human spirit to overcome adversity .",1 39202,"to happiness",1 146783,"Its generic villains lack any intrigue ( other than their funny accents ) and",0 201547,"if it pared down its plots and characters to a few rather than dozens ... or if it were subtler ... or if it had a sense of humor",0 164183,"its vision of nascent industrialized world politics as a new art form , but far too clunky , didactic and saddled with scenes that seem simply an ill fit for this movie",0 219719,"with complications",1 61025,"'s fairly solid -- not to mention well edited so that it certainly does n't feel like a film that strays past the two and a half mark .",1 109385,"That is even lazier and far less enjoyable .",0 101299,"zips along with B-movie verve while adding the rich details and go-for-broke acting that heralds something special .",1 60244,"will likely be appreciated most by sailors and folks who know their way around a submarine",1 17003,"provides perspective with his intelligent grasp of human foibles and contradictions .",1 207140,"none of the crackle of '' Fatal Attraction ''",0 147732,"No way",0 88960,"of the audience other than to sit back and enjoy a couple of great actors hamming it up",1 125105,"it still manages to get a few punches in",1 193672,"ascends , literally , to the Olympus of the art world",1 97469,"this movie 's got it",1 25487,"Has a lot of the virtues of Eastwood at his best .",1 188472,"The narrator and the other characters try to convince us that acting transfigures Esther , but she 's never seen speaking on stage : one feels cheated , and Esther seems to remain an unchanged dullard",0 68266,"Probes in a light-hearted way the romantic problems",1 165718,"mature and",1 211137,"seems uncertain",0 47830,"a bit disappointing",0 211313,"settles into clichés",0 30267,"comes close to recapturing the brilliance of his Hong Kong films",1 149461,"The humor is n't as sharp , the effects not as innovative , nor the story as imaginative as in the original .",0 196372,"crappy movies",0 177055,"ultimately disappoints",0 100637,"with the characters , who are so believable that you feel what they feel",1 52728,"hopes and dreams",1 188511,"The pace of the film is very slow ( for obvious reasons )",0 176189,"to his swaggering affectation of seriousness",0 41066,"Life Is Beautiful and",1 146173,"If High Crimes were any more generic it would have a universal product code instead of a title .",0 108689,"Rose 's film , true to its source material",1 18662,"An impressive debut for first-time writer-director Mark Romanek , especially considering his background is in music video .",1 218645,"wannabe comedy",0 203629,"is twice as bestial but half as funny",0 105720,"Evil Dead II",1 104763,"Bittersweet comedy\/drama full of life , hand gestures , and some really adorable Italian guys .",1 42645,"slapstick humor for the kids , lots of in-jokes for the adults and",1 33497,"is stunning as Frida and ... a star-making project",1 211886,"snail-like",0 77099,"completely transfixes the audience .",1 20455,"energetic music",1 37926,"that you find yourself staring hypnotically at her , trying to understand her and wondering if she 'll crack",1 18650,"An absorbing trip into the minds and motivations of people under stress",1 61338,"'s unique or memorable",1 35196,"of considerable appeal",1 130556,"preposterous moments",0 105543,"Drowning 's too good for this sucker .",0 106216,"Here , common sense flies out the window , along with the hail of bullets , none of which ever seem to hit Sascha .",0 2238,"self-destructiveness",0 95486,"the divine calling",1 177199,"unimaginative , nasty , glibly cynical",0 151994,"a long time to reach its destination",0 214106,"the actresses in the lead roles are all more than competent",1 201953,"in recompense : A few early laughs scattered around a plot",1 121351,"gorgeously atmospheric meditation",1 215913,"the world 's most generic rock star",0 186621,"Oscar caliber cast",1 3547,"` what 's the russian word for wow ! ?",1 7819,"is too tenuous to anchor the emotional connections that purport to span a 125-year divide",0 197531,"dredge",0 103466,"A charming , banter-filled comedy ...",1 133531,"succeed in alienating most viewers",0 89228,"off more than it can chew by linking the massacre",0 61424,"( Dong ) makes a valiant effort to understand everyone 's point of view , and he does such a good job of it that Family Fundamentals gets you riled up .",1 115419,"based on theory , sleight-of-hand , and ill-wrought hypothesis",1 216450,"this nasty comedy",0 20406,"does have a heart . Now , if it only had a brain",0 161591,"if the concept is a poor one",0 235943,"soulful ,",1 156862,"could be the worst thing Soderbergh has ever done",0 206295,"moldering pile",0 86677,"makes us see familiar issues , like racism and homophobia , in a fresh way .",1 62797,"A bittersweet drama",1 178629,"with pages missing",0 14394,"Ray Liotta and Jason Patric do some of their best work in their underwritten roles , but do n't be fooled",1 109012,"Smothered",1 55957,"pay the full ticket price to see '' Simone",1 22974,"'' fun",1 146033,"I cry for I Spy -- or I would if this latest and laziest imaginable of all vintage-TV spinoffs were capable of engendering an emotional response of any kind",0 202377,"intimidated by both her subject matter and the period trappings of this debut venture into the heritage business",0 180788,", loud , bang-the-drum",1 224445,"Jackass is a vulgar and cheap-looking version of Candid Camera staged for the Marquis de Sade set",0 53912,"its dying",0 126468,"low-grade dreck that usually goes straight to video -- with a lousy script , inept direction , pathetic acting , poorly dubbed dialogue and murky cinematography ,",0 161483,"how on earth anyone , anywhere could have thought they 'd make audiences guffaw with a script as utterly diabolical as this",0 10618,"some weird masterpiece",1 175587,"this wretched work",0 227850,"a creaky `` Pretty Woman '' retread , with the emphasis on self-empowering schmaltz and big-wave surfing that gives pic its title an afterthought",0 74826,"as well as one , Ms . Mirren , who did )",1 174354,"the movie is the one with the most emotional resonance",1 231400,"has a great cast and a great idea .",1 31261,"even sterile , yet compulsively watchable",1 22726,"watch them because you ca n't wait to see what they do next",1 165331,"loveable",1 234094,"never plays as dramatic even when dramatic things happen to people .",0 59162,"to a kinetic life so teeming that even cranky adults may rediscover the quivering kid inside",1 176590,"too boring , and occasionally annoying .",0 28858,"and the sometimes bad choices",0 122069,"headed down the toilet with the ferocity of a frozen burrito",0 37991,"the affection of even those unlucky people who never owned a cassette of Def Leppard 's Pyromania",1 39679,"unsurpassed",1 202668,"is a triumph of imagination",1 22038,"spectacular for Potter fans",1 187604,"Strong filmmaking requires a clear sense of purpose , and in that oh-so-important category , The Four Feathers comes up short .",0 138858,"us love it , too .",1 77770,"deadpan cool , wry humor and",1 138745,"unparalleled proportions",1 186547,"One key problem with these ardently Christian storylines",0 103394,"A 94-minute travesty",0 170234,"run out of gas",0 106892,"It 's like Rocky and Bullwinkle on Speed , but that 's neither completely enlightening , nor does it catch the intensity of the movie 's strangeness .",0 105631,"Engages us in constant fits of laughter , until we find ourselves surprised at how much we care about the story",1 74836,"as with all ambitious films , it has some problems .",0 146801,"Its well of thorn and vinegar",0 122485,"honest and loving one",1 233599,"made a film so unabashedly hopeful that it actually makes the heart soar",1 163571,"is what 's lacking in every character in this movie and , subsequently , the movie itself",0 153215,"also has a good ear for dialogue , and the characters sound like real people .",1 146380,"Is there a group of more self-absorbed women than the mother and daughters featured in this film ? I do n't think so . Nothing wrong with performances here , but the whiney characters bugged me .",0 172964,"that could have lent the film a bit more depth",0 160886,"have never been more appropriate .",1 226719,"This would-be ` James Bond for the Extreme Generation ' pic is one big , dumb action movie .",0 126963,"means scary horror movie",0 211656,"sing the lyrics to '' Tonight",1 141438,"'s no better film than Half Past Dead .",0 114047,"an extraordinary faith in the ability of images",1 141901,"( which might have been called Freddy Gets Molested by a Dog )",0 155383,"bored to even think of staying with this for more than , say , ten ... make that three minutes",0 8925,"much more eye-catching",1 138337,"tries to cram too many ingredients into one small pot .",0 380,"although the smeary digital video does match the muddled narrative",0 203,"a moody , multi-dimensional love story and sci-fi mystery , solaris is a thought-provoking , haunting film that allows the seeds of the imagination to germinate .",1 199446,"foul-natured",0 18232,"to be a thriller . ( But it 's ) worth recommending because of two marvelous performances by Michael Caine and Brendan Fraser",1 134344,"that has something a little more special behind it : music that did n't sell many records but helped change a nation",1 73078,"accomplished and richly resonant work",1 236901,"the film never recovers from the clumsy cliché of the ugly American abroad ,",0 60883,"'s a tribute to the actress , and to her inventive director , that the journey is such a mesmerizing one",1 224071,"Insufferably naive .",0 113249,"absorbs all manner of lame entertainment",1 117655,"cram too many ingredients",0 36045,"plenty of dramatic momentum",1 130839,"pushed into the margins by predictable plotting and tiresome histrionics",0 148167,"Professional",1 62119,", numa triste constatação da realidade histórica",1 226153,"The Paradiso 's rusted-out ruin and ultimate collapse during the film 's final ( restored ) third ... emotionally belittle a cinema classic .",0 232916,"it 's a bargain-basement European pickup .",0 194002,"barely defensible sexual violence to keep it interested",0 106951,"It 's so laddish and juvenile",0 21014,"is balanced , reflective and reasonable",1 12951,"what a concept , what an idea , what a thrill ride . this is a more fascinating look at the future than '' bladerunner '' and one of the most high-concept sci fi adventures attempted for the screen",1 126630,"make such a worthless film",0 32826,"in a regurgitation",0 237081,"the movie is powerful and provocative .",1 125907,"legs",1 8335,"lacks in originality",0 48830,"also are homages to a classic low-budget film noir movie .",1 173024,"that have all but ruined his career",0 103135,". He 's one of the few ` cool ' actors who never seems aware of his own coolness .",1 181086,", uncertain film",0 112996,"a war tribute is disgusting to begin with",0 159566,"forged in the fires of Chick Flick Hell",0 146978,"K-19 may not hold a lot of water as a submarine epic ,",0 41362,"Viewed on its own terms , Treasure Planet is better-than-average family entertainment ,",1 205228,"little more than a screenful of gamesmanship that 's low on both suspense and payoff",0 95893,"the huge-screen format to make an old-fashioned nature film that educates viewers with words and pictures while entertaining them",1 89592,"one of his most daring , and complicated , performances",1 227162,"Wilde 's play is a masterpiece of elegant wit and artifice .",1 21165,"just a leading man away from perfection .",1 192313,"almost no organic intrigue as a government / Marine/legal mystery",0 79415,"excels in the art of impossible disappearing\/reappearing acts",1 141638,"'s sweet , harmless , dumb , occasionally funny and about as compelling as a fishing show .",0 87489,"most undeserving victim",0 192055,"afterlife and",0 14803,"a perfect example of how art -- when done right -- can help heal ,",1 131601,"robust and scary",1 136442,"the trademark of several of his performances",1 108581,"Reggio and Glass so rhapsodize cynicism , with repetition and languorous slo-mo sequences , that Glass 's dirgelike score becomes a fang-baring lullaby .",0 184241,"Green ruins every single scene he 's in , and",0 100845,"works because of the ideal casting of the masterful British actor Ian Holm as the aged Napoleon",1 49355,"asks disturbing questions",0 69688,"The main problem being that it 's only a peek",0 207827,"of its sense of fun or energy",1 193932,"bad action movie",0 231253,"goes unindicted here , which is probably for the best .",0 22572,"too , thanks to strong , credible performances from the whole cast",1 180341,", American Chai is enough to make you put away the guitar , sell the amp , and apply to medical school .",0 100214,"wild , endearing , masterful",1 7401,"in a coma",0 1313,"inexpressible",1 7865,"it 's hard to care about a film that proposes as epic tragedy the plight of a callow rich boy who is forced to choose between his beautiful , self-satisfied 22-year-old girlfriend and an equally beautiful , self-satisfied 18-year-old mistress",0 123048,"in marriage",1 18298,"'s one of the saddest films I have ever seen that still manages to be uplifting but not overly sentimental",1 230564,"entertainment .",1 36454,"relates to characters and story",1 54012,"jabs",0 74896,"asylum material",0 70371,"Though the story ... is hackneyed",0 191309,"a serious exploration of nuclear terrorism",1 133053,"sounds promising",1 37082,"so refreshing to see Robin Williams turn 180 degrees from the string of insultingly innocuous",1 167346,"of an action film",0 184341,"Has not so much been written as assembled , Frankenstein-like , out of other , marginally better shoot-em-ups",0 192642,"an ultra-loud blast",1 20677,"grab your children by the imagination",1 113006,"a way that verges on the amateurish",0 236366,"that 's good enough .",1 170419,"scattered about , but not enough to make this anything more than another big-budget bust",0 82036,"heart and unsettling subject matter",1 164535,"lacks punch",0 63212,"A moving and weighty depiction of one family 's attempts to heal after the death of a child .",1 109332,"Takes one character we do n't like and another we do n't believe , and puts them into a battle of wills that is impossible to care about and is n't very funny",0 61133,"'s neglected over the years",0 78604,"drawing wrenching performances",1 221381,", insensitive",0 58001,"the acting is far from painful",1 84343,"is just too original to be ignored .",1 95606,"the film 's considered approach to its subject",1 236106,"subtle humour",1 219542,"will nevertheless find moving .",1 194824,"bored Cage",0 77237,"considerable wit",1 32031,"gets fine performances from his two leads who originated the characters on stage",1 36463,"releasing",1 238663,"which becomes something about how lame it is to try and evade your responsibilities",0 141424,"'s more like entertainment for trolls",0 86312,"looks wonderful",1 52662,"his smooth , Goodfellas image",1 24480,"A stunning piece of visual poetry that will , hopefully , be remembered as one of the most important stories to be told in Australia 's film history .",1 166245,"more stunts , more stuff in attempt to camouflage its sameness",0 213047,"swept up in Invincible",1 52470,"have been a melodramatic , Lifetime Channel-style anthology",0 210755,"same illogical things",0 23541,", but you will laugh at the audacity , at the who 's who casting and the sheer insanity of it all .",1 86630,"makes for a terrifying film",1 162765,"is an icon of moviemaking , one of the best actors , directors and producers around , responsible for some excellent work .",1 212398,"spreading",1 86097,"like this movie",1 96248,"the need to stay in touch with your own skin , at 18 or 80",1 3794,"a fine-looking film with a bouncy score and",1 166497,"music video show-off Higuchinsky",0 16211,"is a better film than his earlier English-language movie , the overpraised Elizabeth",1 80814,"funny bone",1 181033,", then becomes Bring it On , then becomes unwatchable",0 236033,"starts off as a wild hoot and then sucks the blood out",0 173031,"that he tosses a kitchen sink onto a story already overladen with plot conceits",0 198710,"feels as if the movie is more interested in entertaining itself than in amusing us .",0 145268,"Famous",1 202480,"irreparably drags the film down .",0 203273,"is offensive , puerile and unimaginatively foul-mouthed if it was at least funny",0 91357,"refreshing and comical spin",1 164669,"leaning forward while wearing low-cut gowns , not making snappy comebacks",0 33494,"is still memorable for some great one-liners .",1 189751,"Wimps",0 232869,"is virtually without context -- journalistic or historical",0 134901,"the best Star Trek movie in a long time",1 86483,"made up for its rather slow beginning",1 23783,", moving film that respects its audience and its source material .",1 230221,"digs into their very minds to find an unblinking , flawed humanity .",1 25685,"In the end , Punch-Drunk Love is one of those films that I wanted to like much more than I actually did . Sometimes , that 's enough .",1 22016,"some truly unique character studies",1 160240,"gone-to-pot Asbury Park , New Jersey",0 166201,"more mindless",0 201025,"her good looks",1 2455,"sweet , harmless , dumb , occasionally funny and",1 84086,"is brilliant , really .",1 148240,"Rambles on in a disjointed , substandard fashion from one poorly executed action sequence to the next .",0 21604,"often lovely",1 72167,"a powerfully evocative mood",1 159047,"fidget through ten pseudo-serious minutes",0 144720,"De Niro and McDormand give solid performances ,",1 22582,"touching nostalgia",1 191262,"a sappy , preachy one",0 151516,"a comedy ? A drama ? A romance ?",0 185547,"Just dreadful . I do n't blame Eddie Murphy but should n't Owen Wilson know a movie must have a story and a script ?",0 73764,"an epic , but also a tragedy , the record of a tenacious , humane fighter who was also the prisoner ( and ultimately the victim ) of history",1 87160,"miserably",0 84234,"is funny and pithy ,",1 928,"expects people to pay to see it",0 217609,"too loud , too goofy and",0 184432,"Hip-hop rarely comes alive as its own fire-breathing entity in this picture .",0 208138,"of the same old garbage",0 230203,"did n't find much fascination in the swinging",0 126642,"make this delicate coming-of-age tale a treat",1 146014,"I can only imagine one thing worse than Kevin Spacey trying on an Irish accent ,",0 23312,", Kaufman 's script is still memorable for some great one-liners .",1 66426,"Invigorating , surreal , and resonant",1 199886,"gets over its own investment in conventional arrangements ,",1 47226,"The production has been made with an enormous amount of affection , so we believe these characters love each other .",1 197389,"does such an excellent job of critiquing itself at every faltering half-step of its development that criticizing feels more like commiserating .",0 240,"a rather sad story",0 16530,"make it unforgettable",1 146297,"In comparison to his earlier films it seems a disappointingly thin slice of lower-class London life : despite the title ... amounts to surprisingly little .",0 232583,"is n't heated properly , so that it ends up",0 73261,"adventurous young talent",1 25813,"Its gross-out gags",0 82987,"in its poetic symbolism",1 113054,"a world-class fencer",1 196158,"contains no wit , only labored gags .",0 232403,"is as blasphemous and nonsensical as a Luis Buñuel film without the latter 's attendant intelligence , poetry , passion , and genius .",0 131200,"redundancy and unsuccessful crudeness",0 232468,"is faithful to what one presumes are the book 's twin premises -- that we become who we are on the backs of our parents",1 83746,"is a career-defining revelation",1 176951,"turkey-on-rolls ,",0 881,"empty",0 80896,"genial and",1 29472,"because this film , unlike other Dumas adaptations , is far more likened to a treasure than a lengthy jail sentence",1 196962,"diminishing his stature from Oscar-winning master to lowly studio hack",0 106158,"Has all the hallmarks of a movie designed strictly for children 's home video , a market so insatiable it absorbs all manner of lame entertainment , as long as 3-year-olds find it diverting",0 46050,"Lovely and poignant . Puts a human face on a land most Westerners are unfamiliar with .",1 173058,"that is revelatory",1 13470,"'s obviously struck a responsive chord with many South Koreans , and should work its magic in other parts of the world .",1 4839,"as a tolerable diversion , the film suffices ; a triumph , however , it is not",0 119032,"enactments , however fascinating they may be as history , are too crude to serve the work especially well",0 6080,"dreamlike",1 183552,"Does not go far enough in its humor or stock ideas to stand out as particularly memorable or even all that funny .",0 14026,"Fans of Behan 's work and of Irish movies in general will be rewarded by Borstal Boy .",1 154722,"be enjoyed , even on the level that one enjoys a bad slasher flick , primarily because it is dull . Yes , dull",0 26039,"Mamet enthusiast",1 27946,"a way that intrigues and even fascinates us",1 14016,"Everything that has to do with Yvan and Charlotte , and everything that has to do with Yvan 's rambunctious , Jewish sister and her non-Jew husband , feels funny and true .",1 13773,"A few artsy flourishes aside",1 110552,"This seductive tease of a thriller gets the job done . It 's a scorcher .",1 114117,"an off-kilter , dark , vaguely disturbing way",0 209719,"pretty bad",0 149552,"The messages of compassion and mercy are clearly , squarely and specifically expounded via computer animated Old Testament tale of Jonah and the Whale . Determined to be fun , and",1 108288,"Parents beware : this is downright movie penance .",0 237572,"this second go-round possesses a quite pleasing , headlong thrust and a likably delinquent attitude .",1 157281,"depends too heavily",0 131879,"searching for a quarter in a giant pile of elephant feces",0 163003,"is like being trapped at a bad rock concert",0 155841,"ca n't disguise the fact that , really , we 've been here , done that .",0 125878,"leaves something to be desired",0 162966,"is just futile silliness looking to tap into the kiddie sensibilities",0 199291,"for reverence and a little wit",1 47626,"While not for every taste , this often very funny collegiate gross-out comedy goes a long way toward restoring the luster of the National Lampoon film franchise , too long reduced to direct-to-video irrelevancy .",1 177846,"weighs it down with too many characters and events , all intertwined and far too complicated to keep track of",0 35007,"not-so-stock",1 82082,"helps create a complex , unpredictable character .",1 125628,"know a star",1 123544,"into a gorgeously atmospheric meditation on life-changing chance encounters",1 131744,"satisfies with its moving story",1 166434,"much besides glib soullessness , raunchy language and a series of brutal set pieces",0 55709,"old-time B movies good-bad that makes Eight Legged Freaks a perfectly entertaining summer diversion",1 17486,"the best American movie about troubled teens since 1998 's Whatever",1 202926,"is fascinating , though ,",1 154204,"as its end credits blooper reel",0 187631,"Sunk",0 4172,"a suffocating rape-payback horror",0 96945,"the unsettled tenor",0 187908,"The acting is amateurish",0 88808,"of paint-by-number American blockbusters like Pearl Harbor , at least",0 31903,"from stock redneck ` types '",1 162081,"in which a bunch of pompous windbags drone on inanely for two hours",0 142051,", Windtalkers is nothing but a sticky-sweet soap .",0 137141,"those who like explosions , sadism and seeing people beat each other to a pulp",0 32806,"in Stuart Little 2 -- quite a rarity , even in the family film market . Eventually , it wins you over",1 173535,"the best advice is : ` Scooby ' do n't .",0 84277,"is haunting ... ( It 's ) what punk rock music used to be , and what the video medium could use more of : spirit , perception , conviction",1 151204,"` Dragonfly ' is a movie about a bus wreck that turns into a film wreck .",0 2248,"settled comfortably into her skin",1 38994,"this unusual comedy from choking on its own conceit",0 54280,"limited sets",0 196395,"create characters",1 66775,"It sends you away a believer again and quite cheered at just that .",1 4828,"as a collection of keening and self-mutilating sideshow geeks",0 147593,"My reaction in a word : disappointment .",0 124938,"it collapses into exactly the kind of buddy cop comedy it set out to lampoon , anyway",0 167221,"of Malcolm in the Middle and its pubescent star , Frankie Muniz",0 190746,"a heavy stench of ` been there , done that ' hanging over the film",0 78192,"director Hoffman , with great help from Kevin Kline ,",1 110784,"Tunney , brimming with coltish , neurotic energy , holds the screen like a true star .",1 24260,"A beautiful and haunting examination",1 7915,"it ca n't escape its past",0 76878,"collectively stellar performance",1 101822,"'s not very interesting .",0 226165,"The Ring never lets you off the hook .",1 30968,"dry",0 229044,"at heart is a sweet little girl",1 193407,"as bad as",0 194677,"bitten off more than he or anyone else could chew",0 52871,"in Heaven",1 28169,"agreeable",1 109724,"The dramatic crisis does n't always succeed in its quest to be taken seriously , but Huppert 's volatile performance makes for a riveting movie experience",1 111250,"Works as pretty contagious fun",1 104545,"Assured , vital",1 201519,"if MapQuest emailed him point-to-point driving directions",1 106257,"Hoffman waits too long to turn his movie in an unexpected direction , and even then his tone retains a genteel , prep-school quality that feels dusty and leatherbound .",0 10160,"ridiculous",0 5611,"clunkiness",0 116883,"charming than in About a Boy",1 16443,"less plausible",0 49637,"beguiling freshness",1 9154,"nothing delivered by the former mr",0 180107,"( A ) stale retread of the '53 original .",0 11589,"the lovely hush",1 237111,"the old MIB label stands for Milder Is n't Better .",0 88368,"of a story that 's a lot richer than the ones Hollywood action screenwriters usually come up with on their own",1 178459,"wit and invention",1 175890,"to avoid them in the future",0 111670,"a comedy , a romance",1 164274,"junk food cinema",0 186322,"New Testament stories",1 139451,"welcome with audiences",1 55752,"on the button",1 106724,"In theory , a middle-aged romance pairing Clayburgh and Tambor sounds promising ,",1 182875,"Borrows from other movies like it in the most ordinary and obvious fashion .",0 24374,"A love for films",1 79741,"feel absolutely",1 238025,"to wear down possible pupils through repetition",0 226985,"We 've seen the hippie-turned-yuppie plot before , but there 's an enthusiastic charm in Fire that makes the formula fresh again .",1 158912,"feel more like a non-stop cry for attention",0 27450,"a completely numbing experience",0 139941,"will probably be in wedgie heaven . Anyone else who may , for whatever reason , be thinking about going to see this movie is hereby given fair warning .",0 130501,"powder blues",1 69488,"The enjoyable Undercover Brother , a zany mix of Saturday Night Live-style parody , '70s Blaxploitation films and goofball action comedy gone wild , dishes out a ton of laughs that everyone can enjoy .",1 81408,"gritty enough",1 167100,"obscurity",0 58073,"the best silly horror movies",1 132705,"snow-and-stuntwork extravaganza",1 172713,"than a glorified Nike ad",0 56278,"pulls us into its world , gives us a hero whose suffering and triumphs we can share",1 41043,"Its mysteries are transparently obvious , and it 's too slowly paced to be a thriller . ( But it 's ) worth recommending because of two marvelous performances by Michael Caine and Brendan Fraser",1 202623,"is a no-surprise series of explosions and violence while Banderas looks like he 's not trying to laugh at how bad it",0 89652,"one truth ( the Ford administration 's complicity in tearing ` orphans ' from their mothers",0 174125,"the insubstantial plot",0 162210,"initially succeeds by allowing itself to go crazy , but ultimately fails by spinning out of control",0 49306,"as moving , uplifting and funny as ever .",1 218233,"unlikely to inspire anything more than a visit to McDonald 's , let alone some savvy street activism",0 92913,"smoothly",1 231602,"have to dig deep to sink this low .",0 60111,"where Bergman approaches Swedish fatalism using Gary Larson 's Far Side humor",1 106086,"Gussied up",1 60429,"witty , captivating film about friendship , love , memory , trust and loyalty",1 17396,"tell its story",1 43543,", but it is a refreshingly forthright one",1 157739,"does n't add up",0 95543,"the enigmatic Mika and Anna Mouglalis",1 39807,"visually polished , a little funnier , and a little more",1 73283,"affectionately goofy",1 222603,"Best enjoyed as a work of fiction inspired by real-life events .",1 94675,"that goes a long way toward keeping the picture compelling",1 236637,"the French-produced `` Read My Lips '' is a movie that understands characters must come first .",1 80756,"fun , with an undeniable energy",1 141591,"'s so full of wrong choices that all you can do is shake your head in disbelief -- and worry about what classic Oliver Parker intends to mangle next time",0 9337,"of quickie teen-pop exploitation",0 63930,"An intriguing look at the French film industry during the German occupation : its most delightful moments come when various characters express their quirky inner selves .",1 111227,"Witless ,",0 63796,"American musical comedy as we know it would n't exist without the precedent of Yiddish theater , whose jolly , fun-for-fun 's - sake communal spirit goes to the essence of Broadway .",1 132123,"serial murders",1 147127,"Less dizzying than just dizzy , the jaunt is practically over before it begins .",0 124127,"is icily brilliant .",1 31816,"for unflinching impartiality",1 109059,"Some of the computer animation is handsome , and",1 48088,"a greater knowledge",1 8808,"miscast leads , banal dialogue and",0 207148,"none of the plot ` surprises ' are really surprising",0 144379,"Carvey 's Saturday Night Live-honed mimicry",0 213612,"that even Freeman ca n't save it",0 75641,"between passion and pretence",1 123846,"is a variant of the nincompoop Benigni persona",0 45115,"Easily my choice",1 55629,"of this grandiloquent quartet lolling in pretty Irish settings",1 194436,"begging for attention ,",0 51282,"entirely believable",1 104740,"Bigelow handles the nuclear crisis sequences evenly but milks drama when she should be building suspense , and drags out too many scenes toward the end that should move quickly .",0 227026,"What 's hard to understand is why anybody picked it up .",0 211725,"situates it all in a plot as musty as one of the Golden Eagle 's carpets",0 214612,"the film is whether these ambitions , laudable in themselves , justify a theatrical simulation of the death camp of Auschwitz II-Birkenau",0 183972,"For a story set at sea , Ghost Ship is pretty landbound , with its leaden acting , dull exposition and telegraphed ` surprises . '",0 190378,"a couple of aborted attempts",0 162644,"is a movie that has no interest in itself",0 174923,"the trash",0 123704,"is One Hour Photo 's real strength",1 191023,"a mystery how the movie could be released in this condition",0 56177,"pretty amazing accomplishment",1 212063,"solid acting and",1 50656,"dead brilliant",1 200901,"having sucked dry the undead action flick formula",0 175272,"think I laughed out loud once . And when you 're talking about a slapstick comedy , that 's a pretty big problem",0 28216,"all-American girl",1 190801,"a lame kiddie flick",0 44639,"B movie",0 226409,"The overall feel is not unlike watching a glorified episode of `` 7th Heaven . ''",0 168990,"plot mechanics be damned",0 132983,"sometimes exceptional film",1 32508,"himself or herself smiling at one time or another",1 221263,", another gross-out college comedy -- ugh .",0 173113,"that life stinks",0 164836,"lifted from a screenwriter 's outline and thrown at actors charged with the impossible task of making them jell",0 173102,"that just seem like a bad idea from frame one",0 60612,"your kids",1 103916,"A stirring tribute to the bravery and dedication of the world 's reporters who willingly walk into the nightmare of war not only to record the events for posterity , but to help us clearly see the world of our making .",1 22706,"volumes about the ability of the human spirit to find solace in events that could easily crush it forever",1 128765,"of lazy humor",1 186387,"No new plot conceptions",0 74492,"arrives from the margin that gives viewers a chance to learn , to grow , to travel",1 187567,"Steve Martin",1 196106,"confines himself to shtick and sentimentality",0 79911,"filmed more irresistibly than in ` Baran",1 158683,"exploring her process of turning pain into art would have made this a superior movie",0 90572,"powerful success",1 44388,"Alan Arkin being better than he is in this performance",1 77500,"crafted here a worldly-wise and very funny script",1 112581,"a real documentary",1 1387,"is more worshipful than your random e ! true hollywood story",1 63075,"A gift to anyone who loves both dance and cinema",1 176244,"to lose interest before Sandrine",0 205094,"like some sort of Martha Stewart decorating program run amok",0 54766,"mixes in as much humor as pathos to take us on his sentimental journey of the heart . It really is a shame that more wo n't get an opportunity to embrace small , sweet ` Evelyn . '",1 21132,"its athletic heart",1 79906,"film to watch",1 34634,"most hard-hearted cynics",0 60396,"with the best of Herzog 's works",1 189027,"This is surely one of the most frantic , virulent and foul-natured Christmas season pics ever delivered by a Hollywood studio .",0 81681,"has considerable charm .",1 157531,"disagree",1 217615,"too many contrivances and goofy situations",0 49823,"brilliant and macabre",1 100865,"works spectacularly well",1 158423,"even as spoof takes itself too seriously",0 98112,"to his pulpy thrillers",1 226920,"Viva le Resistance !",1 193813,"at the same easy targets as other rowdy raunch-fests -- farts , boobs , unmentionables --",0 149921,"The thrill is ( long ) gone .",0 86476,"made the film more cohesive",1 172182,"style-free",0 13320,"yet another self-consciously overwritten story about a rag-tag bunch of would-be characters that team up for a ca n't -",0 177325,"us a romantic scenario that is just as simplistic as a Hollywood production",0 91569,"restrictive",0 143702,"Amy 's Orgasm is not a porno , though it is as tedious as one .",0 211885,"snagged an Oscar nomination",1 105955,"Gangster No . 1 is solid , satisfying fare for adults .",1 74686,"as good ,",1 135203,"the excitement",1 116901,"cheap cliché",0 214356,"the conventional science-fiction elements of bug-eyed monsters",0 135737,"the more hackneyed elements of the film easier to digest",0 160289,"got its heart",1 116632,"can take credit for most of the movie 's success",1 37896,"that should charm all but the most cynical",1 210465,"rescue Brown Sugar from the curse of blandness",0 101507,"'s a good yarn-spinner",1 174063,"the hapless facilitator of an extended cheap",0 18470,", the Cockettes were n't as much about gender , sexual preference or political agitprop as they were simply a triumph of the indomitable human will to rebel , connect and create .",1 213590,"that could have been much better",0 195506,"cast in impossibly contrived situations",0 229971,"convert you -- or even keep your eyes open",0 234715,"one big excuse to play one lewd scene after another",0 117703,"creative act",1 220030,"worst sense",0 99521,"wacky sight gags , outlandish color schemes",0 62240,", stylized humor throughout",1 105548,"Dull and mechanical , kinda",0 19396,"Vardalos ' humor , which transcends ethnic boundaries",1 30538,"cultural history of the best kind : informative , revealing and richly entertaining",1 118709,"draw attention to itself",1 217883,"try to guess the order in which the kids in the house will be gored",0 224113,"It 's a bad sign when you 're rooting for the film to hurry up and get to its subjects ' deaths just so the documentary will be over , but",0 191008,"a movie this bad",0 184132,"George and Lucy 's most obvious differences to ignite sparks",1 103519,"A deliciously nonsensical comedy about a city",1 211262,"serve no other purpose",0 133967,"tells its poignant and uplifting story in a stunning fusion of music and images .",1 115370,"banality",0 134287,"that did n't sell many records but helped change a nation",1 24656,"An intriguing cinematic omnibus and round-robin",1 222113,"A vibrant whirlwind of love , family and all that",1 44123,"A heartening tale",1 176844,"tries , and fails ,",0 13210,"witless",0 191243,"a routine crime",0 27579,"a haunting vision , with images that seem more like disturbing hallucinations .",0 134848,"the audience can tell it 's not all new",1 62854,"A colorful , vibrant introduction to a universal human impulse",1 191054,"a numbingly dull experience",0 225902,"Sometimes is a brilliant movie .",1 21675,"over saucer-eyed , downy-cheeked moppets and their empathetic caretakers",0 87120,"mildly pleasant",1 197947,"entertaining and audacious moments",1 167068,"nutjob",0 11664,"the movie , despite its rough edges and a tendency to sag in certain places , is wry and engrossing .",1 38179,"the experience is profound . The Hours is what movies are supposed to be",1 235024,"pouty-lipped poof",0 234447,"of its spry 2001 predecessor -- but it 's a rushed , slapdash , sequel-for-the-sake - of-a-sequel with less than half the plot and ingenuity",0 16460,"like this make it human",1 41635,"be the most navel-gazing film",1 225998,"Such master screenwriting comes courtesy of John Pogue , the Yale grad who previously gave us `` The Skulls '' and",1 21109,"it is a good Bond movie , which still makes it much better than your typical Bond knock-offs .",1 141697,"'s unfortunate for the viewer",0 169455,"pulled under by the pacing and lack of creativity",0 42376,"most visually stunning and",1 197768,"emerges as a numbingly dull experience",0 194544,"best-sustained",1 175755,"time low",0 197517,"dreamed up such blatant and sickening product placement",0 50750,"delivers more goodies",1 205927,"may find 80 minutes of these shenanigans exhausting",0 163727,"it also wilts after awhile",0 201339,"hopes Mr . Plympton will find room for one more member of his little band , a professional screenwriter",0 201904,"in its ` message-movie ' posturing",0 13538,", and undoubtedly delighted",1 150043,"There 's just no story , folks",0 178515,"with a shred of plausibility",0 50050,"captures the combustible mixture of a chafing inner loneliness and desperate grandiosity that tend to characterize puberty",1 45293,"Frailty '' starts out like a typical Bible killer story",0 58347,"the great Daniel Auteuil",1 91843,"runs through a remarkable amount of material in the film 's short 90 minutes",1 5395,"ca n't go wrong",1 145297,"Fatal Attraction look like a classic by comparison",0 117864,"dark , vaguely disturbing way",0 22494,"to build an uncommonly human character , an almost real-live girl complete with trouble and hope",1 183392,"Despite the surface attractions",0 32292,"has cheesy effects and a hoary plot",0 200575,"has little insight into the historical period and its artists ,",0 173203,"that stinks so badly of hard-sell image-mongering you",0 159940,"generically , forgettably pleasant from start to finish",0 125988,"lifeless rumblings",0 8949,"murderous rage",0 229249,"because it was particularly funny",1 146183,"If Oscar had a category called Best Bad Film You Thought Was Going To Be Really Awful But Was n't",1 51177,"end up laughing",1 47865,"a certain sense of experimentation and improvisation",1 130761,"provides an invaluable service by sparking debate and encouraging thought . Better still , he does all of this , and more , while remaining one of the most savagely hilarious social critics this side of Jonathan Swift .",1 29634,"blind good will",1 185914,"Lush and beautifully photographed ( somebody suggested the stills might make a nice coffee table book )",1 131551,"ridiculously inappropriate",0 55551,"of the best silly horror movies",1 56981,"significantly different ( and better ) than most films",1 238316,"very bad Scouse accents",0 85421,"its subsequent reinvention , a terrifying study of bourgeois",0 225112,"Never once predictable .",1 215165,"the movie will likely set the cause of woman warriors back decades .",0 108794,"Scherfig , the writer-director",1 236123,"such a wise \*\*\* .",0 134168,"that ( Jaglom ) pursued with such enervating determination in Venice\/Venice",1 49461,"bad movies make and is determined not to make them",0 23241,"( Næs ) directed the stage version of Elling , and gets fine performances from his two leads who originated the characters on stage .",1 100095,"who has never made anything that was n't at least watchable",0 98566,"touch you to the core in a film you will never forget -- that you should never forget",1 221618,", then this first film to use a watercolor background since `` Dumbo '' certainly ranks as the most original in years .",1 215396,"the potency wanes dramatically",0 214828,"the images often look smeary and blurry , to the point of distraction . Then again , in a better movie",0 93346,"spooky action-packed trash of the highest order",0 160621,"has a voyeuristic tug",1 197522,"dreaming up romantic comedies",1 207949,"of relentlessly nasty situations",0 71317,"a bold biographical fantasia",1 76633,"cheeky",1 53181,"into a lean , economical movie",1 197970,"entirely witless",0 41776,"delivers not just",1 116667,"captivating and intimate study",1 21732,"polished",1 79513,"extraordinarily rich landscape",1 87809,"never lets you off the hook .",1 226917,"Visually captivating .",1 167425,"of decent acting , writing , and direction",1 137240,"thrusts the inchoate but already eldritch Christian Right propaganda machine",0 124346,"is not easily dismissed or forgotten .",1 200838,"have made for better drama",0 150641,"Very special effects ,",1 166055,"misses too many opportunities",0 19313,"The kooky yet shadowy vision Clooney sustains throughout is daring , inventive and impressive .",1 172067,"straight-to-video sci-fi rental shelf",0 7883,"it 's one of the saddest films i have ever seen that still manages to be uplifting but not overly sentimental .",1 173182,"that seems to have no goal and no urgency . It 's just filler",0 44089,"A gently funny , sweetly adventurous film that makes you feel genuinely good ,",1 124729,"is too pedestrian a filmmaker to bring any edge or personality to The Rising Place that would set it apart from other Deep South stories .",0 82908,"in anything ever , and easily the most watchable film of the year",1 121510,"ha ha '' funny , ''",1 203849,"it ca n't really be called animation",0 70854,"When you 've got the wildly popular Vin Diesel in the equation",1 222679,"Brisk hack job",0 101869,"'s really just another Major League",0 74052,"and revolutionary spirit",1 104268,"An awkwardly garish showcase that diverges from anything remotely probing or penetrating .",0 138774,"unspeakably , unbearably dull",0 78264,"disgust , a thrill , or",1 43762,", to the adrenaline jolt of a sudden lunch rush at the diner",1 122424,"hit .",1 101591,"'s also nice to see a movie with its heart",1 211981,"so much that he refuses to evaluate his own work",0 4786,"are hardly enough",0 202897,"is even remotely new or interesting",0 222112,"A vibrant whirlwind",1 75139,"balance pointed , often incisive satire and unabashed sweetness",1 14518,"The values that have held the Enterprise crew together through previous adventures and perils do so again-courage , self-sacrifice and patience under pressure .",1 177896,"well-meaning , beautifully produced film",1 208538,"once a good idea that was followed by the bad idea to turn it into a movie",0 85369,"its real emotional business",1 137785,"to question why somebody might devote time to see it",0 179243,"your silly childhood nostalgia slumber",0 80053,"flamboyant female comics",1 73706,"an auspicious feature debut for Chaiken",1 238806,"will wish there had been more of the `` Queen '' and less of the `` Damned .",0 192261,"all unfolds predictably",0 133603,"suffers from a simplistic narrative and a pat , fairy-tale conclusion",0 24659,"An ironic speculation on democracy in a culture",1 230825,"find millions of eager fans",1 93691,"stylish but steady , and ultimately very satisfying , piece",1 31935,"fulfill",1 75229,"be blissfully exhausted",1 175380,"this exotic-looking woman whose emotional depths are only hinted at",1 66619,"It 's not like having a real film of Nijinsky ,",0 123069,"in place for a great film noir",1 64744,"Close enough in spirit to its freewheeling trash-cinema roots to be a breath of fresh air .",1 99159,"up on Scooby -- you 'll love this movie .",1 117067,"cleverly constructed scenario",1 58458,"the love",1 13368,"you hate clowns",0 200876,"have shaped the story to show us why it 's compelling",1 196423,"credited to director Abdul Malik Abbott and Ernest ` Tron ' Anderson",1 26999,"This is the kind of movie that used to be right at home at the Saturday matinee",1 101062,"you 're looking for a smart , nuanced look at de Sade and what might have happened at Picpus",1 81231,"good little movie",1 113607,"all movies",1 70959,"Williams plays Sy , another of his open-faced , smiling madmen , like the killer in Insomnia . He does this so well you do n't have the slightest difficulty accepting him in the role .",1 3386,"'ve watched nothing but a pale imitation of the real deal",0 123401,"innovative backgrounds",1 107046,"It may not be particularly innovative , but the film 's crisp , unaffected style and air of gentle longing make it unexpectedly rewarding",1 85077,"it is wise",1 149686,"The overall effect is so completely inane that one would have to be mighty bored to even think of staying with this for more than , say , ten ... make that three minutes .",0 195661,"childlike smile",1 57018,"sincere passion",1 212438,"stages his gags as assaults on America 's knee-jerk moral sanctimony",0 42156,"is a small treasure",1 169875,"regurgitated action movie",0 3785,"a film that is an undeniably worthy and devastating experience",1 104152,"All the pieces fall together without much surprise , but little moments give it a boost",1 225756,"Shattering , devastating documentary on two maladjusted teens in a downward narcotized spiral .",1 145026,"Earnest but earthbound ... a slow , soggy , soporific , visually dank crime melodrama\/character study that would be more at home on the small screen but for its stellar cast",0 166387,"movie brainless",0 160115,"gives poor Dana Carvey nothing",0 15563,"do n't walk , to see this barbed and bracing comedy on the big screen",1 205210,"little farm melodrama .",0 62974,"A fascinating , unnerving examination of the delusions of one unstable man .",1 202806,"is broken by frequent outbursts of violence and noise .",0 235441,"satisfies -- from its ripe recipe , inspiring ingredients , certified cuisine and palatable presentation .",1 199618,"from the Tinseltown assembly line",0 217484,"to think of any film more challenging or depressing than The Grey Zone",0 112508,"a powerful sequel and one of the best films of the year .",1 57583,"take you down a familiar road with a few twists",1 63388,"A smart , provocative drama",1 93199,"somewhat cumbersome",0 89600,"one of the best",1 176100,"to endure instead of enjoy",0 5598,"cliches that shoplifts shamelessly from farewell-to-innocence movies like the wanderers and a bronx tale without cribbing any of their intelligence",0 47887,"a compelling quest",1 21977,"skillful little horror film .",1 181301,"... better described as a ghost story gone badly awry .",0 107525,"Loses its sense of humor in a vat of failed jokes , twitchy acting , and general boorishness",0 151425,"a bunch of pompous windbags",0 79158,"equal amounts of beautiful movement and inside information .",1 105306,"Daring and",1 238119,"tries too hard to be hip",0 178096,"where it almost stops the blood flow to your brain",0 94620,"that director M . Night Shyamalan can weave an eerie spell and that Mel Gibson can gasp , shudder and even tremble without losing his machismo",1 49737,"bit of fluff stuffed with enjoyable performances and",1 181482,"? Um , no .",0 199815,"get a sense of good intentions derailed by a failure to seek and strike just the right tone .",0 107085,"It would be churlish to begrudge anyone for receiving whatever consolation that can be found in Dragonfly , yet it is impossible to find the film anything but appalling , shamelessly manipulative and contrived , and totally lacking in conviction .",0 73425,"all plays out ... like a high-end John Hughes comedy , a kind of Elder Bueller 's Time Out .",1 80984,"gets the tone just right",1 27826,"a sinner",0 52796,"if it stuck to Betty Fisher and left out the other stories",0 232619,"is nevertheless efficiently amusing for a good while .",1 141807,"( Plays ) in broad outline as pandering middle-age buddy-comedy .",0 149189,"The acting is stiff , the story lacks all trace of wit , the sets look like they were borrowed from Gilligan 's Island -- and",0 38491,"the often futile lifestyle of young people in modern Japan",0 152404,"a self-congratulatory 3D IMAX rah-rah",0 63452,"A sun-drenched masterpiece , part parlor game , part psychological case study , part droll social satire",1 12244,"though impostor deviously adopts the guise of a modern motion picture ,",0 38233,"the film tunes into a grief that could lead a man across centuries .",1 76488,"casts its spooky net",1 130151,"perfectly rendered",1 34720,"much in the mold of feel-good movies",1 10112,"repellent",0 151739,"a flop with the exception of about six gags",0 1019,"for engaging , imaginative filmmaking in its nearly 2 1/2",1 95329,"the cliché-riddled genre can offer",0 146625,"It 's the kind of movie you ca n't quite recommend because it is all windup and not much of a pitch , yet",0 160384,"ground that has long passed the point of being fertile",0 7136,"highlight",1 33651,"it has been made with great evident care and manages to deliver up the man in a way to arouse further curiosity in even the most unknowing viewer",1 155894,"called Best Bad Film You Thought Was Going To Be Really Awful But",0 30034,"capturou o pomo de ouro",1 219911,"witlessness between a not-so-bright mother and daughter and",0 150716,"Waste of Time .",0 54232,"lighter",1 117338,"compensate for the movie 's failings",0 215634,"the small moments",1 157537,"disappointingly moves the story into the realm of an improbable thriller",0 147394,"Maybe it 's the star power of the cast or the redundant messages , but something aboul '' Full Frontal '' seems , well , contrived",1 559,"be the dumbest , sketchiest movie on record about an aspiring writer 's coming-of-age",0 71942,"a major director",1 211828,"sluggish pace and lack",0 194144,"be his way of saying that piffle is all that the airhead movie business deserves from him right now",0 209716,"prettiest",1 18796,"Compelling",1 18154,"you 'll still feel something .",1 47449,"Too damn weird",0 217969,"twice removed",1 72373,"a shame the marvelous first 101 minutes have to be combined with the misconceived final 5",0 143123,"A graceless",0 98576,"touching , raucously amusing , uncomfortable",1 215190,"the needs of moviegoers for real characters and compelling plots",0 91435,"remains sporadically funny",1 3989,"a monstrous",0 169825,"recommend anything but a rental for The Tuxedo",0 218147,"understand why anyone in his right mind would even think to make the attraction a movie .",0 75869,"bouncy score",1 29653,"bogus",0 79514,"extraordinarily talented",1 121665,"has a lot to do with the casting of Juliette Binoche as Sand , who brings to the role her pale , dark beauty and characteristic warmth",1 100690,"with virtuoso throat-singing",1 77573,"creepy and dead-on",1 33259,"is a refreshingly serious look at young women .",1 141786,"( Leigh ) lays it on so thick this time that it feels like a suicide race",0 2250,"several decent",1 164679,"least accessible",0 209865,"pseudo-philosophic twaddle",0 225655,"Romething 's really wrong with this ricture !",0 108997,"Skip the film and buy the Philip Glass soundtrack CD",0 89494,"on the success of Bollywood",1 228527,"an addictive guilty pleasure but the material",1 32295,"has constructed this motion picture in such a way that even the most cynical curmudgeon with find himself or herself smiling at one time or another .",1 161677,"impeccable acting ... and",1 54557,"makes for perfectly acceptable , occasionally very enjoyable children 's entertainment .",1 210561,"right at home as a nifty plot line in Steven Soderbergh 's Traffic fails to arrive at any satisfying destination",0 171575,"some great human truths , when , in reality , it 's churning ground that has long passed the point of being fertile",0 151805,"a glossy , rich green , environment almost makes the picture work .",1 91617,"reveals itself slowly , intelligently ,",1 69352,"The Santa Clause 2 proves itself a more streamlined and thought out encounter than the original could ever have hoped to be .",1 235870,"so sit back , relax and have a few laughs while the little ones get a fuzzy treat . '",1 118347,"dislocation",0 232397,"is another liability",0 199187,"for a sketchy work-in-progress that was inexplicably rushed to the megaplexes before its time",0 33487,"is someone you want to see again",1 216059,"thematic mumbo jumbo",0 769,"dazzles the eye , challenges the brain , and satisfies our lust for fast-paced action",1 156218,"cheerful , built to inspire the young people",1 183403,"Devolves into the derivative",0 141520,"'s one thing this world needs less of",0 109278,"Sure , I hated myself in the morning .",0 40996,"It 's not exactly a gourmet meal but the fare is fair , even coming from the drive-thru",1 11011,"terrible",0 162109,"incessant coarseness and banality",0 157584,"disposable tissue",0 57506,"sumptuous",1 74510,"artful , watery tones",1 177508,"virtually no",0 133602,"suffers from a laconic pace and a lack of traditional action .",0 77706,"dare I say , entertaining",1 191489,"a teenybopper Ed Wood film , replete with the pubescent scandalous innuendo and",0 40173,"with a smart script and an obsessive-compulsive 's attention to detail .",1 103939,"A surprisingly sweet and gentle comedy .",1 169257,"pretty good . Of course , by more objective measurements",1 122556,"how resolutely unamusing , how thoroughly unrewarding all of this is",0 99654,"watch Jackson , who also served as executive producer , take his smooth , shrewd , powerful act abroad",1 162935,"is immaculately produced",1 71071,"Worth seeing just for Weaver and LaPaglia .",1 101625,"'s as fresh-faced as its young-guns cast",1 125063,"it never bothers to question why somebody might devote time to see it",0 57549,"sweeping battle scenes",1 51711,"fine film",1 68913,"Sorvino is delightful in the central role . She nearly glows with enthusiasm , sensuality and a conniving wit .",1 54086,"kiddie fantasy pablum",0 140805,"you sweat",1 170800,"shaggy human tale",0 60214,"will argue that it ranks with the best of Herzog 's works",1 226561,"There 's a part of us that can not help be entertained by the sight of someone getting away with something .",1 190763,"a hole in your head",0 198077,"even dies .",0 41348,"This warm and gentle romantic comedy has enough interesting characters to fill several movies , and its ample charms should win over the most hard-hearted cynics",1 238411,"war 's",0 131925,"see something that did n't talk down to them",1 105924,"Full of detail about the man and his country , and is well worth seeing",1 100669,"with the terrifying message",0 136817,"they will have a showdown",1 204507,"keep it interested",1 119228,"epic adventure",1 225454,"Petter Næss ' delicate , clever direction ... and",1 149029,"Taylor appears to have blown his entire budget on soundtrack rights and had nothing left over for jokes .",0 75376,"beautifully read and , finally , deeply humanizing",1 184642,"I did n't find much fascination in the swinging . What they 're doing is a matter of plumbing arrangements and mind games , of no erotic or sensuous charge . But",0 46419,"One of the best silly horror movies",1 86734,"manages never to grow boring ... which proves that Rohmer still has a sense of his audience",1 189918,"You 'll just have your head in your hands wondering why Lee 's character did n't just go to a bank manager and save everyone the misery .",0 213751,"that made her an interesting character to begin with",1 77081,"compellingly tap into a spiritual aspect of their characters ' suffering",1 49585,"because its flabbergasting principals , 14-year-old Robert MacNaughton , 6-year-old Drew Barrymore and 10-year-old Henry Thomas , convince us of the existence of the wise , wizened visitor from a faraway planet",1 231808,"how lame",0 53599,"is raised a few notches above kiddie fantasy pablum by Allen 's astringent wit .",1 1594,"letdown",0 215946,"the worst sin of attributable to a movie like this",0 94448,"than this unexpectedly moving meditation on love , history , memory , resistance and artistic transcendence",1 122687,"if downbeat ,",0 53955,"its otherwise comic narrative",1 151554,"a cookie-cutter movie ,",0 146133,"I want a little more than this",0 171038,"shrewd feminist fairy tale",0 126140,"like the work of someone",1 176375,"to see a Chinese film depict a homosexual relationship in a mature and frank fashion",1 12861,"wasting",0 7871,"it 's never a good sign when a film 's star spends the entirety of the film in a coma . it",0 33255,"is a refreshing change",1 73253,"advances",1 188940,"Third time 's the charm ... yeah , baby",1 109845,"The film truly does rescue ( the Funk Brothers ) from Motown 's shadows . It 's about time .",1 213091,"take for granted in most films are mishandled here .",0 59001,"this is a movie that will stimulate hours of post viewing discussion , if only to be reminded of who did what to whom and why .",1 172445,"sympathizing with terrorist motivations by presenting the '' other side of the story",0 168477,"over a late-inning twist that just does n't make sense",0 112200,"a life interestingly",1 232558,"is more than a movie",1 160124,"gives us episodic choppiness , undermining the story 's emotional thrust .",0 78936,"empowerment movie",1 14122,"If you sometimes like to go to the movies to have fun",1 216555,"those responsible did n't cut their losses -- and ours -- and retitle it The Adventures of Direct-to-Video Nash , and send it to its proper home",0 40277,"with the sensation of having just witnessed a great performance",1 143458,"AIDS and Africa",0 229627,"called `` Jar-Jar Binks : The Movie",0 237305,"the unnamed , easily substitutable forces",0 48222,"a multilayered work that tackles any number of fascinating issues",1 79282,"even with the two-wrongs-make-a-right chemistry between Jolie and Burns",1 154683,"be an outrageous dark satire on fraternity life",1 144058,"Basically a static series of semi-improvised ( and semi-coherent ) raps between the stars .",0 145820,"His comedy premises are often hackneyed or just plain crude , calculated to provoke shocked laughter , without following up on a deeper level .",0 60929,"'s also undeniably exceedingly clever",1 40431,"you can hate yourself later",0 35821,"out as a clever , charming tale -- as pleasantly in its own way as its self-dramatizing characters",1 216540,"those based-on-truth stories that persuades you , with every scene , that it could never really have happened this way",0 120491,"for teens to laugh , groan and hiss",1 224583,"Leading a double life in an American film only comes to no good , but not here",1 211047,"seem tiresomely simpleminded",0 152452,"a slapstick comedy , that 's a pretty big problem",0 66403,"Insomnia is one of the year 's best films and",1 225846,"Soderbergh 's best films",1 50438,"contradictory",0 130886,"queasy",0 125112,"it takes to describe how bad it is",0 78343,"do in this marvelous film",1 8285,"keening and self-mutilating",0 89360,"on Scooby -- you 'll love this movie .",1 221411,", it 's not half-bad .",1 206504,"most excruciating",0 120458,"for nearly three hours",1 134349,"that he can actually trick you into thinking some of this worn-out , pandering palaver is actually funny",0 44592,"As satisfyingly odd and intriguing a tale as it was a century and a half ago ... has a delightfully dour , deadpan tone and stylistic consistency .",1 220232,"you 're dying to see the same old thing in a tired old setting",0 87589,"much colorful eye candy , including the spectacle of Gere in his dancing shoes , hoofing and crooning with the best of them",1 140092,"with actorish notations on the margin of acting",0 52722,"hope that Nolan is poised to embark a major career as a commercial yet inventive filmmaker",1 99812,"well-formed",1 17756,"those old '50 's giant creature features --",1 181633,"A dull , dumb and derivative horror film .",0 52711,"honest performances and exceptional detail",1 144935,"Does n't amount to much of anything .",0 225141,"No , I love it ... hell , I dunno .",1 233878,"mind ugly",0 36156,"presuppose religious bigotry",0 46113,"Maud and Roland 's search for an unknowable past makes for a haunting literary detective story ,",1 37047,"smart script",1 78673,"during a summer of event movies than a spy thriller like The Bourne Identity that 's packed with just as much intelligence as action",1 104270,"An ebullient Tunisian film about the startling transformation of a tradition-bound widow who is drawn into the exotic world of belly dancing",1 172497,"takes a sudden turn and devolves",0 20153,"build an uncommonly human character , an almost real-live girl complete with trouble and hope",1 42847,"the physically spectacular qualities of the film ...",1 18609,"A whole lot foul , freaky and funny .",1 69319,"The Last Kiss will probably never achieve the popularity of My Big Fat Greek Wedding",0 83390,"insane comic undertaking",1 42308,"loved about it",1 135259,"the feel of a summer popcorn movie . Nothing too deep or substantial . Explosions , jokes , and sexual innuendoes abound",1 159619,"found the movie as divided against itself as the dysfunctional family it portrays",0 124723,"is too heady for children , and too preachy for adults",0 227690,"`` serious issues ''",0 51222,"enjoy it",1 174071,"the heaviest , most joyless movie",0 147527,"Mr . Eyre 's uninspired dramatics",0 150668,"Visually rather stunning , but ultimately a handsome-looking bore , the true creativity would have been to hide Treasure Planet entirely and completely reimagine it .",0 132957,"something original",1 34297,"make in the interests of doing them good",1 182637,"At every opportunity to do something clever , the film goes right over the edge and kills every sense of believability ... all you have left is a no-surprise series of explosions and violence while Banderas looks like he 's not trying to laugh at how bad it",0 135861,"the nearly impossible . He has improved upon the first and taken it a step further , richer and deeper .",1 150285,"This one is certainly well-meaning ,",1 43861,"... does full honor to Miyazaki 's teeming and often unsettling landscape , and to the conflicted complexity of his characters .",1 59044,"this version is raised a few notches above kiddie fantasy pablum by Allen 's astringent wit .",1 239190,"you there is no sense",0 98148,"to keep our interest",1 150619,"Van Wilder does n't bring anything new to the proverbial table ,",0 236096,"stumbles in search of all the emotions and life experiences",0 98110,"to her inventive director",1 60218,"will be comforted by the way it deals with big issues like death and destiny .",1 119086,"engage and even touch us",1 164170,"its technical virtuosity",1 1943,"on its empty head",0 179401,"'m convinced I could keep a family of five blind , crippled , Amish people alive in this situation better than these British soldiers do at keeping themselves kicking .",0 155391,"boring , wincingly cute and",0 95318,"the city 's old-world charm",1 223075,"Death to Smoochy tells a moldy-oldie , not-nearly - as-nasty - as-it - thinks-it-is joke .",0 130946,"quite rich and exciting",1 105229,"Cool gadgets and creatures keep this fresh . Not as good as the original ,",1 174633,"the remainder ... would be more at home on a daytime television serial",0 98038,"to expect from movies nowadays . Instead of simply handling conventional material in a conventional way",1 71734,"a good bark",1 83445,"integrity in advancing this vision can hardly be underestimated",1 123945,"is as thought-provoking",1 180349,", Big Trouble remains a loosely tied series of vignettes which only prove that ` zany ' does n't necessarily mean ` funny . '",0 203129,"is much more eye-catching than its blood-drenched Stephen Norrington-directed predecessor",1 89672,"ones that were imposed for the sake of commercial sensibilities",0 170480,"script and uptight characters",0 141503,"'s nothing provocative about this film save for the ways in which it studiously avoids provoking thought .",0 57249,"speaks more of the season than the picture",0 138836,"upsets",0 110838,"Uplifting , funny and wise",1 221085,"( The film 's ) taste for `` shock humor '' will wear thin on all but",0 86396,"loves both dance and cinema",1 19844,"and horrid",0 94818,"that portrays the frank humanity of ... emotional recovery",1 19364,"This is one of Polanski 's best films .",1 228775,"are both excellent ,",1 191846,"accents thick as mud",0 162746,"is an arthritic attempt at directing by Callie Khouri .",0 23636,", funny",1 232745,"is so stale , in fact , that its most vibrant scene is one that uses clips from Brian De Palma 's Scarface",0 25452,"Greene delivers a typically solid performance in a role that is a bit of a departure from the noble characters he has played in the past , and he is matched by Schweig , who carries the film on his broad , handsome shoulders .",1 74191,"anyone who loves both dance and cinema",1 180152,"( I ) t 's certainly laudable that the movie deals with hot-button issues in a comedic context ,",1 69403,"The best",1 24315,"A delectable and intriguing thriller",1 74704,"as if by cattle prod",0 40330,"wonderful movie",1 41809,"divide its audience",0 116141,"both the scenic splendor",1 233340,"least favourite emotions",0 99818,"well-paced and ultimately",1 109627,"The boys ' sparring ,",1 105179,"Conceptually brilliant ... Plays like a living-room War Of The Worlds , gaining most of its unsettling force from the suggested and the unknown .",1 21199,"largely celebratory",1 111622,"a cheap , ludicrous attempt",0 113089,"able to forgive its mean-spirited second half",1 183684,"Enigma looks great , has solid acting and a neat premise . Yet why it fails is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma .",1 225849,"Soderbergh 's best films , `` Erin Brockovich",1 37747,"that , it 's the tension that keeps you in your seat",1 187948,"The animation is competent , and some of the gags are quite funny , but Jonah ... never shakes the oppressive , morally superior good-for-you quality that almost automatically accompanies didactic entertainment",1 76250,"ca n't help but feel ` stoked . '",1 216364,"this digital-effects-heavy , supposed family-friendly comedy",0 169551,"quick-cut editing and a blaring heavy metal much of the time",0 48989,"an otherwise excellent film . A powerful performance from Mel Gibson",1 218397,"valentine",1 20587,"for the mind",1 93122,"some real vitality and",1 121670,"has a rather unique approach to documentary",1 143576,"Alcatraz ' ... a cinematic corpse",0 81293,"got as potent a topic as ever here",1 143230,"A mostly tired",0 88467,"of cerebral and cinemantic flair",1 23323,", Personal Velocity gathers plenty of dramatic momentum .",1 157034,"crowd , people who enjoy mindless action without the benefit of decent acting , writing , and direction",0 179587,"'s a wonder that he could n't have brought something fresher to the proceedings simply by accident",0 191267,"a satisfying kids flck becomes increasingly implausible as it races through contrived plot points",0 25122,"Director Benoit Jacquot",1 124964,"it equals the original and in some ways even betters it",1 165337,"lovely costumes",1 13468,"'s obviously struck a responsive chord with many South Koreans",1 67266,"Like its bizarre heroine , it irrigates our souls .",1 195357,"can be forgiven for realizing that you 've spent the past 20 minutes looking at your watch and waiting for Frida to just die already",0 187327,"Skip this turd and",0 231078,"fun-for-fun 's",1 117169,"combines the enigmatic features of ` Memento '",1 71843,"a host of splendid performances",1 42819,"the heartbeat of the world , a salute to the universal language of rhythm",1 120036,"fills the time with drama , romance , tragedy , bravery , political intrigue , partisans and sabotage . Viva le Resistance",1 109653,"The characters are based on stock clichés , and the attempt to complicate the story only defies credibility .",0 94834,"that rare family movie -- genuine and sweet",1 132511,"simply stupid , irrelevant",0 221648,", this sad-sack waste of a movie is a City of ruins .",0 22703,"vivid , vibrant",1 169044,"pompous professor",0 142461,", that would be me : fighting off the urge to doze",0 159994,"get more depressed",0 97525,"this somewhat tired premise",0 5099,"being bored",0 81328,"grand as The Lord of the Rings",1 190771,"a huge disappointment coming , as it does",0 28859,"and the trio 's absorbing narrative is a heart-wrenching showcase indeed .",1 135767,"the most moronic screenplays of the year",0 80597,"from an honored screen veteran and a sparkling newcomer who instantly transform themselves into a believable mother\/daughter pair",1 107830,"Move over Bond",1 81982,"he creates",1 225362,"Over and over again .",0 32760,"illness",0 179810,"'s just tediously bad ,",0 175236,"they drain all the film of its energy",0 63528,"A tremendous piece of work .",1 158668,"exploitation theater programming",0 47362,"This illuminating documentary transcends our preconceived vision of the Holy Land and its inhabitants , revealing the human complexities beneath .",1 40222,"with intrigue",1 176162,"to grapple with hazy motivations that never come into focus",0 60447,"wonder .",1 7850,"it 's a charming and often affecting journey .",1 191891,"across as shallow and glib though not mean-spirited",0 163493,"is the type of movie best enjoyed by frat boys and college kids while sucking on the bong and downing one alcoholic beverage after another .",0 71698,"a freshly painted Rembrandt",1 29754,"brings a group of people together in a sweet and charming way , if a little convenient",1 219709,"with boundless energy",1 10134,"resurrection is n't exactly quality cinema ,",0 133100,"spectator",1 69293,"The Full Monty , but",1 119325,"even close to being the barn-burningly bad movie it promised it would be",0 13471,"'s possible for a sequel to outshine the original",1 50036,"captivating coming-of-age story",1 6549,"follows into melodrama and silliness",0 134164,"that 's suitable for all ages -- a movie that will make you laugh",1 188588,"The problematic characters and overly convenient plot twists foul up Shum 's good intentions .",0 1059,"gangs , despite the gravity of its subject matter , is often as fun to watch as a good spaghetti western",1 85382,"its seriousness and quality",1 139151,"walks with a slow , deliberate gait",0 163280,"is riddled with plot holes big enough for its titular hero to drive his sleek black BMW through",0 56701,"satisfying summer",1 205212,"little imagination",0 43729,", the sight of this grandiloquent quartet lolling in pretty Irish settings is a pleasant enough thing , ` tis",1 235996,"spy flick worthy",1 85231,"its effectiveness",1 150088,"There are just too many characters saying too many clever things and getting into too many pointless situations . Where 's the movie here ?",0 4958,"audience is a sea of constant smiles and frequent laughter",1 62082,", love , duty and friendship",1 173402,"the Police Academy series",0 233971,"most purely enjoyable",1 131411,"reserved but existential",1 159958,"genuine spontaneity",1 51703,"find the new scenes interesting",1 41979,"gets even better in hindsight ,",1 157836,"doing last year 's taxes",0 115288,"awakening and",1 101219,"young talent",1 180748,", it makes me wonder if Lawrence hates criticism so much that he refuses to evaluate his own work .",0 226572,"There are a couple of things that elevate `` Glory '' above most of its ilk , most notably the mere presence of Duvall .",1 232369,"is a whole lot of fun",1 212781,"subjugate truth",1 179389,"'ll only put you to sleep",0 40550,"'s a hoot and a half , and a great way for the American people",1 234912,"perfectly acceptable , occasionally very enjoyable",1 55258,"of a filmmaker who has secrets buried at the heart of his story and knows how to take time revealing them . Strange occurrences",1 124323,"is nevertheless efficiently amusing",1 6667,"fresh , unforced naturalism",1 31280,"ever find of why art matters , and how it can resonate far beyond museum walls and through to the most painfully marginal lives",1 57495,"suggests nothing less than a new voice that deserves to be considered as a possible successor to the best European directors",1 218135,"undermined by the movie 's presentation , which is way too stagy",0 61399,"'ve told a nice little story in the process",1 79326,"every frame of this stylish film that is able to visualize schizophrenia but is still confident enough to step back and look at the sick character with a sane eye",1 40924,"Got Her Groove",1 225594,"Remember back when thrillers actually thrilled ?",0 75666,"big , comforting jar",1 213120,"taken quite a nosedive from Alfred Hitchcock 's imaginative flight to Shyamalan 's self-important summer fluff",0 234192,"not for the striking , quietly vulnerable personality of Ms. Ambrose",1 190298,"a cinematic fluidity and sense of intelligence that makes it work more than it probably should",1 95568,"the extraordinarily rich landscape",1 46711,"Seldom has a movie so closely matched the spirit of a man and his work .",1 63597,"A worthwhile documentary , whether you 're into rap or not , even if it may still leave you wanting more answers as the credits",1 182005,"A small fortune in salaries and stunt cars might have been saved if the director , Tom Dey , had spliced together bits and pieces of Midnight Run and 48 Hours ( and , for that matter , Shrek ) .",0 182966,"By the end , you just do n't care whether that cold-hearted snake Petrovich ( that would be Reno ) gets his comeuppance . Just bring on the Battle Bots , please !",0 16797,"of the top actors working in independent film",1 193761,"at least four times . Every joke is repeated at least",0 84627,"is so intimate and sensual and funny and psychologically self-revealing",1 180888,", purposeless",0 225638,"Robert John Burke as The Monster horns in and steals the show .",1 5649,"comes across as clinical , detached , uninvolving",0 216259,"they wo n't much care about",0 168475,"outtakes in which most of the characters forget their lines and just utter ` uhhh , ' which is better than most of the writing in the movie",0 24000,", with a final lap that 's all too suspiciously smooth",0 22728,"way to demonstrate the virtues of the IMAX format",1 8998,"nasty , ugly , pointless and depressing , even if you hate clowns .",0 48924,"an enjoyable and frankly told tale of a people who live among us , but not necessarily with us",1 798,"despite its flaws ... belinsky is still able to create an engaging story that keeps you guessing at almost every turn",1 136083,"the proud warrior that still lingers in the souls of these characters",1 210960,"search of purpose or even a plot",0 39799,"visual amazement",1 154811,"be served an eviction notice at every theater stuck with it",0 68901,"Sometimes this ` Blood ' seems as tired as its protagonist ... Still , the pulse never disappears entirely , and the picture crosses the finish line winded but still game",1 178873,"would be to underestimate just how dangerous entertainments like it can be",0 145370,"Flaccid drama and exasperatingly slow journey",0 193163,"are presented in convincing way",1 50133,"charged music to the ears of Cho 's fans .",1 75849,"both people 's capacity",1 105866,"Forget the misleading title , what 's with the unexplained baboon cameo ?",0 159610,"found myself confused when it came time to get to the heart of the movie .",0 229179,"be exploring the idea of why human beings long for what they do n't have , and how this gets us in trouble",1 138054,"too . '' Congrats Disney on a job well done",1 108184,"One of the year 's best films , featuring an Oscar-worthy performance by Julianne Moore .",1 39473,"true story '' and you 're likely to have one helluva time at the movies",1 186801,"Pryor wannabe",0 61732,", almost every relationship and personality in the film yields surprises .",1 17735,"this gutsy and at times exhilarating movie a great yarn",1 29283,"at its finest",1 44226,"A rip-roaring comedy action fest that 'll put hairs on your chest .",1 46930,"The Pianist does not",0 117487,"continues to cut a swathe through mainstream Hollywood , while retaining an integrity and refusing to compromise his vision",1 87904,"no lie",1 4891,"as social expos , skins has its heart in the right place",1 116845,"characteristically startling visual style and",1 10487,"sits uneasily as a horror picture ... but finds surprising depth in its look at the binds of a small family",1 17598,"the movie works .",1 175456,"this leaky script barely stays afloat",0 38148,"the edge-of-your-seat , educational antics of Steve Irwin are priceless entertainment .",1 57096,"snowballs out of control",0 15804,"follows a resolutely realistic path in this uncompromising insight into the harsh existence of the Kurdish refugees of Iran 's borderlands",1 101650,"'s both charming and well",1 86555,"make for a winning , heartwarming yarn",1 183634,"Eddie Murphy and Owen Wilson have a cute partnership in I Spy ,",1 43807,"- the books are better .",0 147382,"May cause you to bite your tongue to keep from laughing at the ridiculous dialog or the oh-so convenient plot twists .",0 149865,"The story is -- forgive me -- a little thin ,",0 175202,"these ops are just not extreme enough",0 50275,"comes far closer than many movies",1 42345,"manages to outshine the role and",1 218049,"ultimately lifeless",0 3648,"a cinematic gymnast",1 179980,"'s so downbeat and nearly humorless that it becomes a chore to sit through -- despite some first-rate performances by its lead",0 174481,"the overall blandness of American Chai",0 225645,"Roger Michell ( '' Notting Hill `` ) directs a morality thriller . ''",1 234907,"people are innocent , childlike and inherently funny",1 203323,"is pleasant , diverting and modest",1 34229,"love .",1 6995,"has its moments of swaggering camaraderie ,",1 111443,"` ke Burstein",1 131526,"rich , bittersweet Israeli documentary",1 185792,"Like most of Jaglom 's films , some of it is honestly affecting , but more of it seems contrived and secondhand .",0 70135,"There is a beautiful , aching sadness to it all . Paul Cox needed to show it . It is up to you to decide if you need to see it .",1 99273,"utterly distracting",0 229651,"can be numbing",0 80429,"forcing us to endure every plot contrivance that the cliché-riddled genre can offer",0 117368,"complex from the start -- and , refreshingly , stays that way",1 224956,"Mr. Polanski is in his element here : alone , abandoned , but still consoled by his art , which is more than he has ever revealed before about the source of his spiritual survival",1 175522,"this quirky soccer import is forgettable",0 133718,"survive a screening with little harm done , except maybe for the last 15 minutes , which are as maudlin as any after-school special you can imagine",0 201316,"honest working man John Q . Archibald",1 235200,"real clunker .",0 218466,"very funny joke",1 51402,"exceptional performances",1 180953,", the air leaks out of the movie , flattening its momentum with about an hour to go .",0 187627,"Suffers from unlikable characters and a self-conscious sense of its own quirky hipness .",0 226909,"Very bad .",0 218078,"uncomfortably strained",0 154088,"as a pompous professor",0 23633,", for the most part , it avoids the stupid cliches and formulaic potholes that befall its brethren .",1 133377,"strangely funny",1 100706,"without any more substance ...",0 211544,"show more of the dilemma , rather than have his characters stage shouting",0 6999,"has made a film that is an undeniably worthy and devastating experience",1 171993,"still do n't feel enough of an attachment to these guys to care one way or another",0 175068,"the year 's silliest and most incoherent movie .",0 31557,"feel the heat that ignites this gripping tale , and the humor and humanity that root it in feeling",1 85101,"it might deliver again and again",1 122297,"his determination to remain true to the original text leads him to adopt a somewhat mannered tone ... that ultimately dulls the human tragedy at the story 's core",0 121757,"has found the perfect material with which to address his own World War II experience in his signature style",1 208044,"of the best-sustained ideas I have ever seen on the screen",1 63007,"A film that 's flawed and brilliant in equal measure .",1 175954,"to be no clear path as to where the story 's going , or how long it 's going to take to get there",0 43333,"'s still a rollicking good time for the most part",1 13571,", deeply felt and masterfully stylized ,",1 162817,"is campy fun like the Vincent Price horror classics of the '60s . At its worst , it implodes in a series of very bad special effects .",0 198926,"finding a new angle",1 3259,"'' 13 conversations '' holds its goodwill close , but is relatively slow to come to the point",0 22786,"who takes up drugs and winds up in an institution",0 136853,"thinking the only reason to make the movie is because present standards allow for plenty of nudity",0 86433,"lusty ,",1 53274,"is a fabric of complex ideas here , and feelings that profoundly deepen them .",1 180541,", barely begins to describe the plot and its complications .",0 205335,"look ill at ease sharing the same scene",0 161190,"highly annoying",0 181110,", we get a cinematic postcard that 's superficial and unrealized .",0 125637,"know what it wants to be when it grows up",1 19258,"Spielberg is the rare director who does not want to invite viewers to gawk at or applaud his special effects . He just wants them to be part of the action , the wallpaper of his chosen reality . Here , thankfully",1 108501,"Pull ( s ) off the rare trick of recreating not only the look of a certain era , but also the feel",1 142579,", this quirky soccer import is forgettable",0 31251,"even more magical",1 104722,"Bette Davis , cast as Joan ,",1 233635,"make it a great piece to watch with kids and use to introduce video as art",1 89624,"one of the summer 's most pleasurable movies",1 68022,"One of those exceedingly rare films in which the talk alone is enough to keep us",1 112700,"a side of contemporary Chinese life that many outsiders will be surprised to know",1 28761,"and realistically drawn characterizations",1 211834,"smacks of exhibitionism",0 59002,"this is a seriously intended movie that is not easily forgotten .",1 228536,"an appalling ,",0 179379,"'ll find in this dreary mess",0 166009,"misconceived enterprise that only a sophisticated cinephile could have perpetrated",0 191835,"absurd plot twists , idiotic court maneuvers and",0 198786,"few early laughs",1 100050,"white-knuckled and unable to look away",1 227281,"You can taste it ,",1 205016,"like a dinner guest showing off his doctorate",0 83961,"is akin to a Reader 's Digest condensed version of the source material .",0 194296,"become wearisome",0 26599,"Smith 's point",1 230628,"every cliché about gays in what is essentially an extended soap opera",0 41375,"We can see the wheels turning , and we might resent it sometimes ,",1 159251,"flimsy story",0 1985,"out",0 33534,"is uniformly excellent",1 68415,"Returning director Rob Minkoff ... and screenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin ... have done a fine job of updating White 's dry wit to a new age .",1 80543,"freshly painted Rembrandt",1 55690,"offers instead an unflinching and objective look at a decidedly perverse pathology",1 6026,"does manage to make a few points about modern man and his problematic quest for human connection",1 166817,"no larger point , and little social context",1 163785,"it eventually culminates in the not-exactly - stunning insight that crime does n't pay",0 38715,"the time-honored truth",1 147379,"Maudlin and melodramatic we expected . Boring we did n't .",0 171946,"stay amused at the kaleidoscope of big , colorful characters",1 138660,"unexpectedly giddy viewing",1 114776,"as All or Nothing is , however , the film comes perilously close to being too bleak , too pessimistic and too unflinching for its own good .",0 129320,"often-hilarious",1 99687,"watching intelligent people making a movie",1 219424,"whose pervasive quiet",1 45582,"I just loved every minute of this film .",1 72534,"a story , an old and scary one , about the monsters we make , and the vengeance they take .",1 61131,"'s much to recommend the film",1 13436,"'s a great deal of sizzle and very little steak",0 228936,"as blasphemous and nonsensical",0 135224,"the extra effort to see an artist , still committed to growth in his ninth decade , change while remaining true to his principles",1 203658,"is very , very far",0 10059,"regardless of whether you think kissinger was a calculating fiend or just a slippery self-promoter",0 90188,"perfect family film",1 108411,"Please , someone , stop Eric Schaeffer before he makes another film .",0 64738,"Clever and unflinching",1 156892,"could not find a buyer to play it on the tube",0 138066,"too clever",1 160466,"half the demons",0 52371,"has a huge heart",1 68851,"Snide and",0 92809,"slight but sweet",1 165007,"like them , it eventually culminates in the not-exactly - stunning insight that crime does n't pay",0 224050,"Incoherence reigns .",0 149002,"Take away all the cliches and the carbon copy scenes from every drug movie we 've seen",0 21734,"polished and relatively sincere",1 134811,"the age",1 113814,"ambitious and moving but bleak",0 64226,"Balk , who 's finally been given a part worthy of her considerable talents",1 114512,"appreciate the emotional depth of Haynes ' work",1 16901,"overstated",0 113325,"acting to compensate for the movie 's failings",0 8449,"like a grinning jack o ' lantern , its apparent glee is derived from a lobotomy , having had all its vital essence scooped out and discarded .",0 200583,"has merit and",1 153869,"are little more than collections of quirky traits lifted from a screenwriter 's outline and thrown at actors charged with the impossible task of making them jell .",0 114699,"are too immature and unappealing to care about",0 64908,"Damon brings the proper conviction to his role as ( Jason Bourne ) .",1 218438,"veers like a drunken driver",0 108783,"Schaeffer 's film never settles into the light-footed enchantment the material needs , and",0 90250,"philosophical visual coming right",1 158434,"even its target audience talked all the way through it",0 103468,"A charming , banter-filled comedy ... one of those airy cinematic bon bons whose aims -- and by extension , accomplishments -- seem deceptively slight on the surface .",1 198907,"find it fascinating",1 61686,", Snide and Prejudice .",0 53012,"in the power of the Huston performance , which seems so larger than life and yet so fragile",1 139387,"we do n't get Williams ' usual tear and a smile , just sneers and bile , and the spectacle is nothing short of refreshing .",0 80607,"from cheap-shot mediocrity",0 196906,"dictums",1 213837,"that so much of the movie -- again , as in The Animal -- is a slapdash mess",0 184557,"I 'll bet most parents had thought",1 70990,"With amazing finesse , the film shadows Heidi 's trip back to Vietnam and the city where her mother , Mai Thi Kim , still lives .",1 121944,"have felt like a cheat",0 27547,"a gem that could stand alone",1 65543,"Filmmakers David Weissman and Bill Weber benefit enormously from the Cockettes ' camera craziness -- not only did they film performances , but",1 89393,"on different levels",1 6516,"first and foremost ... the reason to go see '' blue crush '' is",1 148469,"Screenwriting 101 class",0 238918,"with the subject of love head-on",1 189176,"Tinseltown assembly line",0 167626,"of one 's patience to get to the good stuff",0 208780,"ordinary and obvious",0 208955,"overwhelm what is left of the scruffy , dopey old Hanna-Barbera charm",0 198580,"farts , boobs",0 120382,"for all ages -- a movie that will make you laugh",1 225310,"One of the best rock",1 146743,"It sticks rigidly to the paradigm , rarely permitting its characters more than two obvious dimensions and repeatedly placing them in contrived , well-worn situations .",0 102344,", The Wild Thornberrys Movie does n't offer much more than the series",0 214093,"the abyss",0 162595,"is a factor of the last plot device left standing",0 73535,"alternately fascinating and frustrating documentary",1 93804,"such life-embracing spirit",1 211453,"short stretched beyond its limits to fill an almost feature-length film .",0 192507,"an avid interest",1 85142,"it the most",1 63425,"A strong first act and",1 52455,"have a 90-minute , four-star movie",1 228968,"as moronic as some campus gross-out films",0 216466,"this poor remake of such a well loved classic",0 102637,", it 's still entertaining to watch the target practice .",1 17691,"their best work in their underwritten roles",1 84625,"is so intent on hammering home his message that he forgets to make it entertaining",0 5844,"david weissman and bill weber benefit enormously from the cockettes ' camera craziness",1 206175,"mind crappy movies as much as adults",0 184185,"Godard 's ode to tackling life 's wonderment is a rambling and incoherent manifesto about the vagueness of topical excess ... In Praise of Love remains a ponderous and pretentious endeavor that 's unfocused and tediously exasperating",0 16194,"introduces a promising , unusual kind of psychological horror .",1 52190,"good , hard-edged stuff",1 86755,"manages to keep you at the edge of your seat with its shape-shifting perils , political intrigue and brushes with calamity .",1 66979,"K-19 will not go down in the annals of cinema as one of the great submarine stories , but it is an engaging and exciting narrative of Man confronting the Demons of his own fear and paranoia",1 21335,"miss About A Boy",0 47091,"The film will play equally well on both the standard and giant screens .",1 121769,"has in fact come closer than anyone could desire to the cheap , graceless , hackneyed sci-fi serials of the '30s and '40s",0 205124,"like you were n't invited to the party",0 73239,"admitting that my enjoyment came at the expense of seeing justice served , even if it 's a dish that 's best served cold",1 101710,"'s impossible to even categorize this as a smutty guilty pleasure .",0 686,"certainly not a good movie , but it",0 54996,"naiveté , passion and talent",1 93716,"sublimely beautiful",1 194586,"better vehicle",1 130477,"post-Tarantino",1 30834,"disgusted with this material",0 37344,"still pretty tasty",1 110071,"The performances are immaculate , with Roussillon providing comic relief .",1 229511,"but it 's a rushed , slapdash , sequel-for-the-sake - of-a-sequel with less than half",0 217773,"treated as docile , mostly wordless ethnographic extras",1 127747,"namely , an archetypal desire to enjoy good trash every now and then .",1 76593,"characterizations to be mildly amusing",1 71991,"a modicum of patience",1 70430,"Topics that could make a sailor blush - but lots of laughs .",1 84637,"is somewhat satisfying",1 103092,"-- every member of the ensemble has something fascinating to do --",1 137537,"to do with imagination than market research",0 10411,"shoplifts",0 28692,"and laugh outraged",1 76769,"class resentment",0 15017,"and curiosity",1 106998,"It does n't matter that the film is less than 90 minutes . It still feels like a prison stretch .",0 12386,"to live out and carry on their parents ' anguish",0 39782,"very watchable",1 196931,"did they not have the nerve to speak up",0 63258,"A plethora of engaging diatribes on the meaning of ` home , ' delivered in grand passion by the members of the various households .",1 14500,"The invincible Werner Herzog is alive and well and living in LA",1 198715,"feels contrived",0 60939,"'s an interesting effort ( particularly for JFK conspiracy nuts )",1 187143,"Schnieder bounces around with limp wrists , wearing tight tummy tops and hip huggers , twirling his hair on his finger and assuming that 's enough to sustain laughs ...",0 120553,"forced funniness",0 94674,"that gives viewers a chance to learn , to grow , to travel",1 18239,"'' Frailty '' has been written so well , that even a simple '' Goddammit ! '' near the end takes on a whole other meaning .",1 92732,"sit through ,",0 30683,"delivered an undoubted stylistic tour-de-force",1 151266,"a Bond movie is quite like calling a dog stupid",0 96107,"the material seem genuine rather than pandering",1 166518,"my fingernails instinctively crawled towards my long-suffering eyeballs",0 41471,"a simple and heart-warming story ,",1 150830,"What is 100 % missing here is a script of even the most elemental literacy , an inkling of genuine wit , and anything resembling acting .",0 230650,"exasperated by a noticeable lack of pace",0 59258,"to have fun with it",1 65689,"Fudges fact and fancy with such confidence that we feel as if we 're seeing something purer than the real thing",1 45567,"I encourage young and old alike to go see this unique and entertaining twist on the classic whale 's tale --",1 185397,"Its premise is smart",1 68737,"She is a lioness , protecting her cub , and he a reluctant villain , incapable of controlling his crew .",1 86640,"makes it a failure as straight drama . '",0 121749,"has enough laughs to sustain interest to the end",1 224235,"It 's rare to see a movie that takes such a speedy swan dive from `` promising '' to `` interesting '' to `` familiar '' before landing squarely on `` stupid '' .",0 14254,"Makmalbaf follows a resolutely realistic path in this uncompromising insight into the harsh existence of the Kurdish refugees of Iran 's borderlands .",1 143139,"A grim , flat and boring werewolf movie that refuses to develop an energy level .",0 69163,"Tense , terrific , sweaty-palmed fun",1 222448,"As are its star , its attitude and its obliviousness .",0 174660,"the road , where the thematic ironies are too obvious and the sexual politics too smug",0 43283,"'s no denying the fun of watching De Niro and Crystal having fun",1 67778,"Narc takes a walking-dead , cop-flick subgenre and beats new life into it .",1 73525,"also leaves you intriguingly contemplative .",1 20079,"be having so much fun with the slapstick antics and silly street patois",1 140232,"with strong themes of familial ties and spirituality that are powerful and moving without stooping to base melodrama",1 139389,"we feel as if the film careens from one colorful event to another without respite",1 116009,"bitter end",0 230149,"demonstrate the emotional clout to sweep U.S. viewers off their feet",1 234628,"offers chills much like those that you get when sitting around a campfire around midnight , telling creepy stories to give each other the willies",1 237995,"to the film 's considerable charm",1 199870,"gets added disdain for the fact that it is nearly impossible to look at or understand .",0 76391,"canny and",1 97338,"this '60s caper film is a riveting , brisk delight .",1 225113,"Nevertheless , it still seems endless .",0 48037,"a film that defies categorisation . It haunts , horrifies , startles and fascinates : it is impossible to look away . Ah yes , and then there 's the music",1 119295,"establishes itself as a durable part of the movie landscape :",1 102082,"( Ferrera )",0 182211,"Ah-nuld 's",0 45948,"Kidman",1 69314,"The Lady and the Duke something of a theatrical air",1 124750,"is utterly fearless as the tortured husband",1 120105,"find it with Ring , an indisputably spooky film : with a screenplay to die for",1 229382,"better than the fiction",1 36714,"screen-eating dominatrixes like Goldie Hawn",0 11326,"the endless action",1 32229,"gut-bustingly funny",1 14753,"a hoot and a half , and a great way for the American people to see what a candidate is like when he 's not giving the same 15-cent stump speech",1 164519,"lacking in every character in this movie and , subsequently , the movie itself",0 132822,"soars above the material realm",1 206254,"mistake it for a sketchy work-in-progress that was inexplicably rushed to the megaplexes before its time",0 7937,"it feels like an after-school special gussied up with some fancy special effects , and",0 49259,"as an exquisite motion picture in its own right",1 12752,"veered off too far into the exxon zone ,",0 90935,"pushiness and decibel volume",0 34125,"likeable personalities , inventive photography and cutting , and wall-to-wall toe-tapping music to paint a picture of a subculture that is at once exhilarating , silly , perverse , hopeful and always fun .",1 183063,"Charly comes off as emotionally manipulative and sadly imitative of innumerable past Love Story derisions .",0 171677,"sometimes inexpressive",0 22291,"the indomitable human will",1 190570,"a film school undergrad",0 238338,"vile enough",0 45699,"It 's a beautiful madness",1 203884,"it does n't work .",0 209638,"predictable , manipulative stinker",0 6790,"give a backbone to the company and provide an emotional edge to its ultimate demise",0 45792,"It has the ability to offend and put off everyone ,",0 31101,"engaging film",1 104030,"A wry , affectionate delight",1 6053,"dog soldiers does n't transcend genre -- it embraces it , energizes it and takes big bloody chomps out of it .",1 222121,"A well paced and satisfying little drama",1 232843,"is too bad that this likable movie is n't more accomplished .",1 191284,"a scummy ripoff of David Cronenberg 's brilliant ` Videodrome",0 162433,"into too many pointless situations",0 225582,"Really quite funny .",1 93963,"survive its tonal transformation from dark comedy to suspense thriller",1 208978,"own cuteness",1 188196,"The film is like sitting in a downtown café , overhearing a bunch of typical late-twenty-somethings natter on about nothing , and desperately wishing you could change tables .",0 119307,"even Jean-Claude Van Damme look good",1 233942,"more than a movie",1 228875,"arrive early and stay late",1 25116,"Deutchland a popular destination for hungry tourists",1 175176,"there are a lot of shots of her gazing out windows )",0 127107,"millions of eager fans",1 226085,"That is a compliment to Kuras and Miller .",1 118656,"downright Hitchcockian",1 104922,"Buy is an accomplished actress , and this is a big , juicy role .",1 53742,"it 's cliche to call the film ` refreshing , ' but it is . ` Drumline ' shows a level of young , Black manhood that is funny , touching , smart and complicated",1 99563,"wanted to leave",0 194880,"bother with a contemptible imitator",0 160947,"hazy motivations that never come into focus",0 105559,"Duvall 's throbbing sincerity and his elderly propensity for patting people while he talks",1 171152,"sinks into a mire of sentiment .",0 40905,"Fisher has bared his soul and confronted his own shortcomings here in a way ...",1 74062,"and surehanded direction",1 141970,", Frei 's control loosens in direct proportion to the amount of screen time he gives Nachtwey for self-analysis .",0 13609,", it would be a page-turner",1 231172,"getting there is not even half the interest .",0 33804,"its most tedious scenes",0 146194,"If looking for a thrilling sci-fi cinematic ride , do n't settle for this Imposter .",0 106019,"Godfrey Reggio 's career shines like a lonely beacon .",1 171404,"so dumb",0 108246,"Oscar-worthy performance",1 101962,"'s the very definition of epic adventure .",1 120102,"find humor . Like blended shades of lipstick",1 235090,"proves that even in sorrow you can find humor",1 12718,"upper west sidey exercise in narcissism and self-congratulation disguised as a tribute .",0 226861,"Um , no.",0 59214,"to creepiness",0 157600,"distinguish itself from the herd",1 116914,"cheapo animation ( like Saturday morning TV in the '60s ) , a complex sword-and-sorcery plot and characters who all have big round eyes and Japanese names",0 157705,"documentary which is emotionally diluted by focusing on the story 's least interesting subject",0 73061,"accents so good",1 129632,"only drama",0 28381,"an invigorating , electric movie",1 50992,"doldrums",0 227553,"`` Orange County '' is a refreshing change",1 136433,"the topic of relationships in such a straightforward , emotionally honest manner that by the end",1 128659,"of film entertainment",1 8099,"its own steadfast , hoity-toity convictions",0 136683,"their outrageousness",1 206707,"muddy psychological thriller",0 80475,"format to make an old-fashioned nature film that educates viewers with words and pictures while entertaining them",1 56894,"sharp , overmanipulative Hollywood practices",0 195639,"cheering",1 66688,"It 's up to ( Watts ) to lend credibility to this strange scenario , and her presence succeeds in making us believe",1 56174,"pretentious .",0 7919,"it can be a bit repetitive",0 219131,"what kind of sewage they shovel into their mental gullets to simulate sustenance",0 98190,"to make its subject interesting to those who are n't part of its supposed target audience . Judging by those standards , ` Scratch ' is a pretty decent little documentary",1 56719,"say that I liked Homeboy",1 221184,", Mr. Audiard 's direction is fluid and quick .",1 211240,"sentimentality and annoying",0 223518,"Goofy , nutty , consistently funny .",1 126707,"makes the silly original cartoon seem smart and well-crafted in comparison .",0 148287,"Ridiculous",0 46774,"Sparkles in its deft portrait of Tinseltown 's seasoned veterans",1 124664,"is the cold comfort that Chin 's film serves up with style and empathy",1 187537,"Starts off witty and sophisticated",1 200271,"guess it just goes to show that if you give a filmmaker an unlimited amount of phony blood , nothing good can happen",0 13615,", neurotic , and self-absorbed Martha as her heart begins to open",1 27880,"a superior cast playing smart people amid a compelling plot",1 84169,"is essentially a ''",1 1435,"it 's enough to make one pine for the day when godard can no longer handle the rigors of filmmaking",0 114584,"are front and center",1 109996,"The movie is gorgeously made ,",1 36113,"powerful enough to leave the screen sizzling with intrigue",1 132022,"seems to go out of his way to turn the legendary wit 's classic mistaken identity farce into brutally labored and unfunny hokum",0 110590,"Those who do n't entirely ` get ' Godard 's distinctive discourse will still come away with a sense of his reserved but existential poignancy .",1 72280,"a revealing look at the collaborative process",1 56361,"quite the memorable experience",1 216246,"they prove more distressing than suspenseful .",0 85242,"its exquisite acting",1 202401,"into a warmed over pastiche",0 94248,"technical flaws to get in the way",0 54182,"learn a lot about dying coral and see a lot of life on the reef .",1 208675,"only a fleeting grasp of how to develop them",0 175997,"to bodacious",1 147756,"Normally , Rohmer 's talky films fascinate me , but when he moves his setting to the past , and relies on a historical text , he loses the richness of characterization that makes his films so memorable .",0 71585,"a dull moment",0 229956,"consistently funny .",1 187544,"Starts out ballsy and stylish but fails to keep it up and settles into clichés .",0 121887,"hated",0 128695,"of him wheedling reluctant witnesses and pointing his camera through the smeared windshield of his rental car",0 207137,"none can equal",1 138445,"turns very dark and very funny",1 77819,"deep inside righteousness",1 195906,"come away thinking not only that Kate is n't very bright , but that she has n't been worth caring about and that maybe she , Janine and Molly -- an all-woman dysfunctional family -- deserve one another .",0 64415,"Boasts enough funny dialogue and sharp characterizations to be mildly amusing .",1 29135,"as Ken",0 79114,"entertaining enough and worth a look",1 233844,"might as well have been Problem Child IV",0 190005,"` best part ' of the movie",1 28672,"and invigorating",1 233657,"makes Minority Report necessary viewing for sci-fi fans , as the film has some of the best special effects ever .",1 19259,"Spielberg is the rare director who does not want to invite viewers to gawk at or applaud his special effects . He just wants them to be part of the action , the wallpaper of his chosen reality . Here , thankfully , they are .",1 149239,"The best way to hope for any chance of enjoying this film is by lowering your expectations . Then lower them a bit more .",0 2024,"perfectly happy",1 45286,"Forgettable horror --",0 112164,"a joint promotion",1 29254,"asks you to take these great leaps of faith and pays off",1 45861,"Jacquot 's strategy allows his cast the benefit of being able to give full performances ... while demonstrating vividly that the beauty and power of the opera reside primarily in the music itself .",1 232887,"is where Ararat went astray .",0 138428,"turn the legendary wit 's classic mistaken identity farce into brutally labored and unfunny hokum",0 105665,"Estela Bravo 's documentary is cloyingly hagiographic in its portrait of Cuban leader Fidel Castro",1 103773,"A perfectly competent and often imaginative film",1 53774,"it 's undone by the sogginess of its contemporary characters , and actors",0 5260,"bouncy",1 187564,"Sterile And",0 120017,"fights the good fight in Vietnam in director Randall Wallace 's flag-waving war flick with a core of decency .",1 221562,", the L.A. beach scene and the imaginative ( and sometimes illegal ) ways kids can make a playground out of the refuse of adults .",1 52423,"has several strong performances",1 103915,"A stirring tribute to the bravery and dedication of the world 's reporters who willingly walk into the nightmare of war not only to record the events for posterity , but to help us",1 198486,"falls flat as thinking man CIA agent Jack Ryan in this summer 's new action film , '' The Sum of All Fears .",0 138725,"universal in its themes of loyalty , courage and dedication",1 2915,"to both people 's capacity for evil and their heroic capacity for good",1 19978,"as Dahmer",0 236454,"that if the video is n't back at Blockbuster before midnight , you 're going to face frightening late fees",0 204002,"it promises , just not well enough to recommend it",0 212153,"some outrageously creative action in The Transporter ...",1 49715,"bewilderingly",0 238151,"turns hurting each other .",0 137499,"to consider the looseness of the piece",0 57175,"some nice chills along the way",1 149770,"The problem with this film",0 191611,"a weird fizzle",0 158984,"felt like the same movie to me",0 175075,"the young actors , not very experienced ,",1 229067,"at times too many",0 64272,"Beautiful , angry and sad ,",1 39967,"what really makes it special is that it pulls us into its world , gives us a hero whose suffering and triumphs we can share , surrounds him with interesting characters and sends us out of the theater feeling we 've shared a great adventure .",1 78903,"emotional motivation",1 36383,"really peeved at it",0 39104,"to Rohmer , now 82 , to find a way to bend current technique to the service of a vision of the past that is faithful to both architectural glories and commanding open spaces of the city as it was more than two centuries ago",1 205237,"little room for engaging , imaginative filmmaking in its nearly 2 1/2",0 18813,"Dark and disturbing , but also surprisingly funny",1 51050,"dying and",0 116829,"chaotic insanity",0 177196,"ungainly , comedy-deficient , B-movie",0 126357,"looks like an action movie , but it 's so poorly made , on all levels , that it does n't even qualify as a spoof of such .",0 63250,"A pleasing ,",1 201803,"in a series of relentlessly nasty situations",0 129529,"one in which fear and frustration are provoked to intolerable levels",0 11343,"the exxon zone",0 20444,"emotionally cheated",0 192508,"an avid interest in the subject",1 141002,"'ll still like it now",1 106840,"It 's an entertaining movie , and the effects , boosted to the size of a downtown hotel , will all but take you to outer space .",1 125003,"it is a unique , well-crafted psychological study of grief",1 61012,"'s enough cool fun here to warm the hearts of animation enthusiasts of all ages",1 85727,"lacks in eye-popping visuals",0 203517,"is that it 's so inane that it gave me plenty of time to ponder my Thanksgiving to-do list .",0 161428,"horribly wrong",0 3997,"a more graceful way of portraying the devastation of this disease",1 36051,"plotted , visually striking",1 35386,"of resembling a stage play",1 83483,"interesting and at times",1 107726,"Metaphors abound , but it is easy to take this film at face value and enjoy its slightly humorous and tender story",1 63400,"A sobering and powerful documentary about the most severe kind of personal loss : rejection by one 's mother",1 86392,"lovely , sad dance",1 223408,"For the most part Wilde 's droll whimsy helps `` Being Earnest '' overcome its weaknesses and Parker 's creative interference",1 170646,"seen Heartbreak if you 've watched the far superior Nurse Betty or Sunset Boulevard . Even the unwatchable Soapdish is more original",0 183369,"Despite Juliet Stevenon 's attempt to bring cohesion to Pamela 's emotional roller coaster life , it is not enough to give the film the substance it so desperately needs .",0 178136,"which contains few laughs and not much drama",0 17118,"rips off many of its ideas",0 124501,"is slow to those of us in middle age and deathly slow to any teen . With a cast of A-list Brit actors",0 102205,") gorgeous",1 131790,"says it all . Jackass is a vulgar and cheap-looking version of Candid Camera staged for the Marquis de Sade set .",0 107026,"It just does n't have much else ... especially",0 84727,"is the chance it affords to watch Jackson , who also served as executive producer , take his smooth , shrewd , powerful act abroad .",1 94487,"that 's peppered with false starts and populated by characters who are nearly impossible to care about",0 221067,"( Haynes ' ) homage to such films as `` All That Heaven Allows '' and `` Imitation of Life",1 76383,"candy and cheeky wit to keep parents away from the concession stand",1 92472,"she has the stuff to stand tall with Pryor , Carlin and Murphy",1 28281,"among cinema 's finest this year .",1 187808,"The Importance of Being Earnest offers opportunities for occasional smiles and chuckles",1 137010,"this movie worth seeing",1 42117,"informative , revealing and",1 138599,"underachiever",0 16580,"minty fresh",1 49898,"bumpy but satisfying journey",1 134601,"that there is nothing in it to engage children emotionally",0 28240,"also , clearly , great fun",1 28790,"and show-tunes plot",1 189942,"Your nightmares , on the other hand",0 27907,"a tour de force",1 57507,"sumptuous ocean visuals",1 223913,"If any of them list this ` credit ' on their resumes in the future , that 'll be much funnier than anything in the film ...",0 223299,"Exciting and well-paced .",1 75870,"bound",1 33919,"just the inherent immorality",0 127340,"more of an impish divertissement of themes that interest Attal and Gainsbourg -- they live together -- the film has a lot of charm .",1 208712,"only unsatisfactorily",0 44475,"An entertaining British hybrid of comedy , caper thrills and quirky romance",1 197575,"dry wit and compassion",1 168764,"pegs itself for the straight-to-video sci-fi rental shelf",0 184445,"Holland lets things peter out midway , but it 's notably better acted -- and far less crass - than some other recent efforts in the burgeoning genre of films about black urban professionals .",1 116209,"brilhantismo",1 107061,"It shows that some studios firmly believe that people have lost the ability to think and will forgive any shoddy product as long as there 's a little girl-on-girl action .",0 232464,"is f \*\*\* ed",0 180933,", spiteful idiots",0 43510,", amusing study",1 233716,"maladjusted teens in a downward narcotized spiral .",0 185629,"Knockaround Guys plays like a student film by two guys who desperately want to be Quentin Tarantino when they grow up .",0 38594,"the ride 's a little bumpy , with a final lap that 's all too suspiciously smooth",0 211010,"seeing former nymphette Juliette Lewis playing a salt-of-the-earth mommy named Minnie and watching Slim travel incognito in a ridiculous wig no respectable Halloween costume shop would ever try to sell",0 221311,", cruel as it may sound , he makes Arnold Schwarzenegger look like Spencer Tracy .",0 226075,"That 's not vintage Spielberg and that , finally , is minimally satisfying",1 27718,"a perfectly realized observation",1 97150,"their recklessness",0 200313,"hackneyed , threadbare comic setups",0 25667,"If your taste runs to ` difficult ' films you absolutely ca n't miss it .",1 64275,"Beautiful , cold , oddly colorful and just plain otherworldly , a freaky bit of art that 's there to scare while we delight in the images",1 196793,"derivative horror film",0 205724,"makes piecing the story together frustrating difficult",0 68787,"Sillier",0 68786,"Signs is a tribute to Shyamalan 's gifts , which are such that we 'll keep watching the skies for his next project .",1 170678,"self-glorification and a manipulative whitewash",0 227828,"a column of words can not adequately describe co-writer\/director Peter Jackson 's expanded vision of J.R.R. Tolkien 's Middle-earth",1 177504,"virtually absent",0 228787,"are every bit as distinctive as his visuals",1 190350,"a confusing melange of tones and styles , one moment a romantic trifle",0 179844,"'s mildly sentimental , unabashedly consumerist ... studiously inoffensive and completely disposable .",0 203314,"is painfully foolish in trying to hold onto what 's left of his passe ' chopsocky glory",0 138205,"torturing each other psychologically and",0 124288,"is n't much better",0 152197,"a paper party hat",0 74199,"anything ever , and easily the most watchable film of the year",1 145291,"Fatal",0 113043,"a work that , with humor , warmth , and intelligence , captures a life interestingly lived",1 5138,"between swoony lyricism and violent catastrophe",0 132359,"should not be missed",1 22207,"that you can almost taste the desiccated air",1 142,"a decent popcorn",1 142119,", children deserve better than Pokemon 4Ever .",0 44001,"A chilling tale of one of the great crimes of 20th Century France",1 194005,"barely gets by on its artistic merits",0 59223,"to embrace small , sweet ` Evelyn",1 94473,"that 's as entertaining as it is instructive",1 178398,"will retch it up like rancid crème brûlée",0 186562,"One of the most plain , unimaginative romantic comedies I 've ever seen .",0 48470,"a very original artist in his medium",1 138644,"undistinguished rhythm",0 153908,"are not entertaining .",0 21567,"of the ones that vex nearly everyone",0 50948,"does justice",1 199101,"follow the same blueprint from hundreds of other films ,",0 37849,"that made the other three great , scary times at the movies",1 207303,"numbingly dull experience",0 146479,"It 's dumb",0 139132,"waited three years with breathless anticipation for a new Hal Hartley movie",1 187931,"The actors improvise and scream their way around this movie directionless , lacking any of the rollicking dark humor so necessary to make this kind of idea work on screen .",0 135749,"the most awful acts are committed",0 111751,"a dashing and resourceful hero :",1 117141,"cold porridge with only the odd enjoyably chewy lump",0 101096,"you can enjoy much of Jonah simply , and gratefully , as laugh-out-loud lunacy with a pronounced Monty Pythonesque flavor .",1 193508,"as it is interminable",0 34211,"looks there is something worth seeing",1 187726,"Terminally bland , painfully slow and needlessly confusing ... The movie , shot on digital videotape rather than film , is frequently indecipherable .",0 118178,"devoid of interesting characters or even a halfway intriguing plot",0 6168,"eloquent",1 81693,"has directed not only one of the best gay love stories ever made",1 74410,"are so crucial to the genre and another first-rate performance",1 89242,"offer any easy answers",1 148522,"Shadyac shoots his film like an M . Night Shyamalan movie , and he frequently maintains the same snail 's pace : he just forgot to add any genuine tension",0 206068,"merely very bad",0 53903,"its characters all the more touching for refusing to pity or memorialize themselves .",1 44893,"Charlotte Sometimes is a brilliant movie . It is about irrational , unexplainable life and it seems so real because it does not attempt to filter out the complexity .",1 109983,"The movie 's captivating details are all in the performances , from Foreman 's barking-mad Taylor to Thewlis 's smoothly sinister Freddie and Bettany\/McDowell 's hard-eyed gangster .",1 222837,"But what spectacular sizzle it is !",1 14827,"a screenplay more ingeniously constructed than '' Memento ''",1 134639,"that would have been better off staying on the festival circuit",0 107050,"It offers a glimpse of the Solomonic decision facing Jewish parents in those turbulent times : to save their children and yet to lose them .",1 33350,"is contemplative and mournfully reflective",1 94659,"that final , beautiful scene",1 141619,"'s something not entirely convincing about The Quiet American .",0 115849,"believe that people have lost the ability to think",0 224634,"Like blended shades of lipstick , these components combine into one terrific story with lots of laughs .",1 139314,"watchable . Even more baffling is that it 's funny",1 105140,"Cletis Tout might inspire a trip to the video store -- in search of a better movie experience .",0 218385,"utterly incompetent",0 126957,"meaning and value",1 183378,"Despite its sincere acting",0 126943,"mean-spirited and wryly",0 189644,"When you 're a Jet",1 93137,"some things are immune to the folly of changing taste and attitude . For",0 52416,"has rewards ,",1 150361,"Though it goes further than both , anyone who has seen The Hunger or Cat People will find little new here ,",0 150010,"The young stars are too cute : the story and ensuing complications are too manipulative : the message is too blatant : the resolutions are too convenient",0 82892,"in all the right ways",1 171721,"sorry use of Aaliyah in her one",0 110698,"Tommy 's job to clean the peep booths surrounding her",1 52248,"great charm , generosity and diplomacy",1 218381,"utter loss personified in the film 's simple title",0 197336,"does n't make any sense",0 14947,"amazing",1 210964,"second fiddle",0 111078,"When all is said and done , she loves them to pieces -- and",1 176799,"trapped at a bad rock concert",0 119245,"equally derisive clunker",0 182656,"Attal 's hang-ups surrounding infidelity are so old-fashioned and , dare I say ,",0 27359,"a Triumph , however , it is not .",0 222645,"Blue Crush has all the trappings of an energetic , extreme-sports adventure , but ends up more of a creaky `` Pretty Woman '' retread , with the emphasis on self-empowering schmaltz and big-wave surfing that gives pic its title an afterthought .",0 72468,"a solid movie about people whose lives are anything but",1 100775,"wonderful , ghastly film",1 189564,"What a great shame that such a talented director as Chen Kaige has chosen to make his English-language debut with a film",0 112186,"a laconic pace and",0 162923,"is highly enjoyable",1 87980,"normally could n't care less",0 32829,"in a spunky , spirited fashion",1 80310,"for nice evening out",1 222110,"A very bad sign .",0 197639,"dying for this kind of entertainment",1 89619,"one of the outstanding thrillers of recent years",1 124881,"it 's the worst movie I 've seen this summer",0 141594,"'s so mediocre",0 78882,"emerges with yet another remarkable yet shockingly little-known perspective .",1 145765,"He has a great cast and a great idea",1 141941,", Anderson 's movie is essentially a one-trick pony that , hampered by an undeveloped script , ultimately pulls up lame .",0 229278,"becomes long and tedious like a classroom play in a college history course .",0 179963,"'s refreshing",1 180727,", it actually hurts to watch .",0 19971,"aroused by the discord between old and new cultures",1 2818,"there is nothing funny in this every-joke-has - been-told-a - thousand-times - before movie .",0 44416,"Although fairly involving as far as it goes , the film does n't end up having much that is fresh to say about growing up Catholic or , really , anything .",0 209762,"proceeds to flop",0 35868,"overwhelmingly",1 105362,"Deliciously",1 220298,"you know the picture is in trouble .",0 15382,"casts mostly little-known performers in key roles , and introduces some intriguing ambiguity",1 74335,"are familiar with , and makes you care about music you may not have heard before .",1 109424,"The French director has turned out nearly 21\/2 hours of unfocused , excruciatingly tedious cinema that , half an hour in , starts making water torture seem appealing .",0 164891,"like a bunch of talented thesps slumming it",0 76177,"by its funny , moving yarn that holds up well after two decades",1 188675,"The skills of a calculus major at M . I . T . are required to balance all the formulaic equations in the long-winded heist comedy Who Is Cletis Tout ?",0 135349,"the film is well-intentioned",1 56975,"sickeningly savage",0 116222,"bring new energy to the familiar topic of office politics",1 74827,"as well-written as Sexy Beast",1 171081,"silly childhood nostalgia slumber",0 148807,"Splashes its drama all over the screen , subjecting its audience and characters to action that feels not only manufactured , but also so false you can see the filmmakers ' puppet strings .",0 142014,", Love is just too , too precious in the end .",1 83878,"is a smart movie that knows its classical music , knows its Freud and knows its Sade",1 193872,"avarice and damaged dreams",0 177377,"utterly predictable and completely void",0 166188,"more ho-hum than ho-ho-ho",1 188924,"They presume their audience wo n't sit still for a sociology lesson",0 57510,"superb performance",1 212399,"spreading a Puritanical brand of Christianity",0 23276,") addresses in a fascinating , intelligent manner the intermingling of race , politics and local commerce",1 219537,"will need all the luck they can muster just figuring out who 's who in this pretentious mess",0 68681,"See it for his performance if nothing else .",1 26613,"Some movies are like a tasty hors-d'oeuvre : this one is a feast .",1 91425,"remains a disquieting and thought-provoking film",1 51588,"feels acting is the heart and soul of cinema . He allows his cast members to make creative contributions to the story and dialogue . This method almost never fails him , and it works superbly here",1 193411,"as bad as you think , and",0 107063,"It still feels like a prison stretch .",0 3953,"a manner that one never overwhelms the other . something for everyone",1 200413,"haphazard theatrical release",0 189227,"Too bad Kramer could n't make a guest appearance to liven things up .",0 152102,"a movie : how to get Carvey into as many silly costumes and deliver as many silly voices",0 21241,"lively and enjoyable adventure",1 148021,"Parker probably thinks he 's shaking up a classic the way Kenneth Branagh and Baz Luhrmann have , but this half-hearted messing-about just makes us miss Wilde 's still-contemporary play",0 91228,"really , really , really good things can come in enormous packages",1 171523,"sodden melodrama ,",0 184784,"If Hill is n't quite his generation 's Don Siegel ( or Robert Aldrich ) , it 's because there 's no discernible feeling beneath the chest hair",0 66302,"If you have n't seen the film lately , you may be surprised at the variety of tones in Spielberg 's work . Much of it is funny",1 32302,"has drawn excellent performances from his cast",1 110352,"There are some fairly unsettling scenes",0 138345,"trimmed Dickens ' wonderfully sprawling soap opera , the better to focus on the hero 's odyssey from cowering poverty to courage and happiness",1 152512,"a story already overladen with plot conceits",0 167955,"offers little beyond the momentary joys of pretty and weightless intellectual entertainment .",0 42271,"lay her life",1 75895,"boxes these women 's souls right open for us .",1 20553,"filmed that you can almost taste the desiccated air",1 81380,"greatest films",1 163887,"it on so thick this time that it feels like a suicide race",0 147176,"Like most sequels , it takes what worked last time , repeats it and adds more characters , more stunts , more stuff in attempt to camouflage its sameness .",0 144110,"Believability",1 193150,"are nowhere near as vivid as the 19th-century ones",0 166475,"much too big",0 103896,"A soap-opera quality twist in the last 20 minutes ... almost puts the kibosh on what is otherwise a sumptuous work of B-movie imagination .",0 155589,"burly action flick",1 226152,"The Paradiso 's rusted-out ruin and ultimate collapse during the film 's final ( restored ) third ...",0 120443,"for its true-to-life characters , its sensitive acting , its unadorned view of rural life and the subtle direction of first-timer Hilary Birmingham",1 169894,"rekindle the magic of the first film",1 144639,"Coupling disgracefully written dialogue with flailing bodily movements",0 25967,"Liar",0 138730,"unlike most animaton from Japan , the characters move with grace and panache",1 128454,"of a man with unimaginable demons",1 190275,"a character faced with the possibility that her life is meaningless , vapid and devoid of substance , in a movie that is definitely meaningless , vapid and devoid of substance .",0 105184,"Confuses its message",0 63374,"A slight but sweet film",1 60527,"you 'll love it and probably want to see it twice",1 178373,"will find little of interest in this film , which is often preachy and poorly acted",0 70870,"While Bollywood\/Hollywood will undoubtedly provide its keenest pleasures to those familiar with Bombay musicals , it also has plenty for those ( like me ) who are n't .",1 157992,"drone on inanely for two hours",0 48350,"a romantic crime comedy that turns out to be clever , amusing and unpredictable",1 80347,"for that reason it may be the most oddly honest Hollywood document of all",1 126321,"look more like stereotypical caretakers and moral teachers , instead of serious athletes",0 141492,"'s not the ultimate Depression-era gangster movie",0 96522,"the rat-a-tat energy",1 17733,"this flick is fun ,",1 187236,"Shanghai Ghetto should be applauded for finding a new angle on a tireless story ,",1 113480,"after the clever credits roll",1 109022,"So beautifully acted and directed , it 's clear that Washington most certainly has a new career ahead of him if he so chooses .",1 70829,"What makes this film special",1 8365,"laughing at britney spears ' movie-starring debut",0 69889,"The script by David Koepp is perfectly serviceable and because he gives the story some soul ... he elevates the experience to a more mythic level",1 172836,"that 's much too big for its britches",0 62295,", the movie completely transfixes the audience .",1 84496,"is nothing short of a great one",1 215836,"the updated Dickensian sensibility of writer Craig Bartlett 's story is appealing .",1 162627,"is a lot more fun than the film",0 17280,"somewhat heavy-handed ,",0 103478,"A clever script and skilled actors",1 155460,"brazenly rips off The Sixth Sense",0 53359,"is about as cool and crowd-pleasing as a documentary can get .",1 8055,"its gasp-inducing",1 187961,"The bad sound",0 201287,"hold our interest , but its just not a thrilling movie",0 25524,"Her delivery and timing are flawless .",1 24007,", wonderfully respectful of its past and thrilling enough to make it abundantly clear that this movie phenomenon has once again reinvented itself for a new generation",1 112467,"a pastiche of children 's entertainment , superhero comics , and Japanese animation",1 112105,"a heck of a ride .",1 128533,"of an underdone potato",0 203401,"is small and shriveled",0 62175,", really , really good things can come in enormous packages",1 69151,"Tashlin comedy",0 165189,"long-winded and stagy",0 65414,"Evokes the frustration , the awkwardness and the euphoria of growing up , without relying on the usual tropes",1 29419,"be living well because this film , unlike other Dumas adaptations , is far more likened to a treasure than a lengthy jail sentence",1 80750,"fumbled",0 204733,"laugh at how bad",0 57454,"stylized Swedish fillm",1 137147,"though Bette Davis , cast as Joan , would have killed him",0 70214,"This is a more fascinating look at the future than '' Bladerunner '' and one of the most high-concept sci fi adventures attempted for the screen",1 6048,"does this so well",1 69581,"The film reminds me of a vastly improved Germanic version of My Big Fat Greek Wedding",1 73985,"anchoring",1 226690,"This new Time Machine is hardly perfect ... yet it proves surprisingly serviceable",1 26249,"Noyce 's film",1 196448,"crisp framing , edgy camera work ,",1 68840,"Smart and fun",1 85508,"jolts the laughs from the audience -- as if by cattle prod",1 4819,"artificial as the video games japanese teens play in a nightclub sequence",0 175980,"to be truly prurient",0 222675,"Brilliant !",1 34068,"lighthearted , feel-good film",1 59296,"to move us and",1 66163,"I have always appreciated a smartly written motion picture , and , whatever flaws Igby Goes Down may possess , it is undeniably that .",1 59690,"unfilmable ''",0 44034,"A delicious , quirky movie with a terrific screenplay and fanciful direction by Michael Gondry .",1 143195,"A mess . The screenplay does too much meandering , Norton has to recite bland police procedural details , Fiennes wanders around in an attempt to seem weird and distanced",0 202613,"is a monumental achievement in practically every facet of inept filmmaking : joyless , idiotic , annoying , heavy-handed , visually atrocious , and often downright creepy",0 57181,"some of the major issues",0 50738,"deliriously funny , fast and loose , accessible to the uninitiated , and full of surprises",1 129864,"overcomes the script 's flaws and envelops the audience in his character 's anguish , anger and frustration .",0 124427,"is only mildly amusing when it could have been so much more",0 50337,"completely deadpan",0 188345,"The metaphors are provocative ,",1 57392,"strain",0 36750,"seem fully aware of the uses and abuses of fame",1 147550,"Muccino 's characters are less worthy of Puccini than they are of daytime television",0 142184,", get ready to take off ... the other direction .",0 152217,"a perpetual frat party ... How can something so gross be so boring ?",0 177039,"ugliest",0 200732,"have a tendency to slip into hokum . A Rumor of Angels does n't just slip",0 10967,"tank",0 86480,"made the original Men in Black such a pleasure",1 145076,"Ellis ' nothing novel",0 4388,"actually engage",1 36105,"potential",1 90045,"parapsychological",1 200685,"has too many spots where it 's on slippery footing",0 209314,"plagued by that old familiar feeling of ` let 's get this thing over with '",0 192122,"albeit one made by the smartest kids in class .",1 36854,"sexual passion",1 163323,"is so cliched and contrived that it makes your least favorite James Bond movie seem as cleverly plotted as The Usual Suspects",0 144011,"Bad . Very bad . Stultifyingly , dumbfoundingly , mind-numbingly bad",0 166790,"no goal and no urgency",0 82566,"humour and",1 41257,"The film delivers not just the full assault of Reno 's immense wit and insight ,",1 173625,"the chemistry or lack thereof between Newton and Wahlberg could turn an Imax theater into a 9 '' black and white portable TV .",0 37171,"sometimes side-splittingly",1 233916,"more and more frustrating",0 223435,"From the choppy editing to the annoying score to ` special effects ' by way of replacing objects in a character 's hands below the camera line , `` Besotted '' is misbegotten",0 81253,"good-naturedness",1 76350,"can only encourage us to see Samira Makhmalbaf as a very distinctive sensibility , working to develop her own film language with conspicuous success",1 2585,"the dumbest , sketchiest movie",0 86285,"look so appealing on third or fourth viewing",1 154263,"as the man who bilked unsuspecting moviegoers",0 35648,"on several levels , openly questioning social mores while ensnaring the audience with its emotional pull",1 202381,"into Romeo and Juliet/West Side Story territory , where it plainly has no business going",0 56851,"sensuality , and sympathy into a story about two adolescent boys",1 26032,"Makes",1 98263,"to remind one of a really solid Woody Allen film , with its excellent use of New York locales and sharp writing",1 97914,"to be delightfully compatible here",1 205710,"makes for some glacial pacing",0 131175,"redeem their mentally '' superior",1 77251,"consistently funny , in an irresistible junior-high way , and consistently free",1 117277,"comically dismal social realism",0 183546,"Does n't live up to the exalted tagline - there 's definite room for improvement .",0 123785,"is a movie so insecure about its capacity to excite that it churns up not one but two flagrantly fake thunderstorms to underscore the action",0 57622,"tear-stained",0 12253,"thoughtful dialogue",1 189049,"This ludicrous film is predictable at every turn .",0 228841,"are selling the old European candor , the old wink of ` bold ' revelation .",1 135905,"the one-sided theme",0 73805,"an honored screen veteran and a sparkling newcomer who instantly transform themselves into a believable mother\/daughter pair",1 204961,"like '' si , pretty much '' and '' por favor , go home '' when talking to Americans . That 's muy loco , but no more ridiculous than most of",0 20319,"crowd-pleaser",1 163546,"is unable to project either Esther 's initial anomie or her eventual awakening",0 185925,"Lyne 's latest , the erotic thriller Unfaithful , further demonstrates just how far his storytelling skills have eroded .",0 197523,"dreams ,",1 212260,"sound effects",1 51580,"feel optimistic that there 's hope for popular cinema yet .",1 43873,"... with '' The Bourne Identity '' we return to the more traditional action genre .",1 159378,"for a waterlogged equivalent of a haunted-house movie",0 58882,"their noble endeavor",1 197328,"does n't know if it wants to be a retro-refitting exercise in campy recall for older fans or a silly , Nickelodeon-esque kiddie flick .",0 10496,"slap",0 107974,"Never lets go your emotions , taking them to surprising highs , sorrowful lows and hidden impulsive niches ... gorgeous , passionate , and at times uncommonly moving .",1 82692,"imaginatively mixed cast",1 104566,"At its worst , the movie is pretty diverting",0 178321,"why this project was undertaken",0 200177,"grab your kids and run and then",0 91884,"salute writer-director Haneke ( he adapted Elfriede Jelinek 's novel ) for making a film that is n't nearly as graphic but much more powerful , brutally shocking and difficult to watch",1 131343,"remotely triumphant about this motion picture",1 71516,"a deeper , more direct connection",1 85840,"learns that believing in something does matter",1 66148,"I do n't think most of the people who loved the 1989 Paradiso will prefer this new version . But I do .",1 34705,"movies to come along in a long , long time",1 169372,"promising material",1 198210,"every-joke-has - been-told-a",0 235554,"seems just as expectant of an adoring , wide-smiling reception .",1 188903,"These guys seem great to knock back a beer with but they 're simply not funny performers .",0 182892,"Braveheart as well as",1 182013,"A sometimes incisive and sensitive portrait",1 162984,"is kind of enjoyable thanks mainly to Belushi 's easy-going likableness .",1 177243,"unpleasantly",0 193171,"are quite funny , but Jonah ...",1 21164,"just a leading man away from perfection",1 147760,"Norton has to recite bland police procedural details",0 144657,"Creepy but ultimately",1 81430,"grows on you . And",1 122677,"if '' gory mayhem '' is your idea of a good time",0 57909,"that turns out to be clever , amusing and unpredictable",1 84205,"is first-rate , especially Sorvino",1 4769,"aptly",1 174653,"the ridiculous dialog or",0 107144,"Jacquot preserves Tosca 's intoxicating ardor through his use of the camera .",1 95943,"the inspired performance of Tim Allen",1 224906,"Mr. Earnhart 's quizzical , charming movie allows us to see them , finally , as artists",1 182420,"An inconsequential , barely there bit of piffle .",0 16453,"like a badge of honor",1 9673,"perfectly captures the hotel lobbies , two-lane highways , and roadside cafes",1 92671,"simple pleasures",1 87483,"most thoughtful films",1 111804,"a diss",0 103234,"... one of the most entertaining monster movies in ages",1 119186,"entertain or inspire its viewers",1 187447,"Some writer dude , I think his name was , uh , Michael Zaidan , was supposed to have like written the screenplay or something , but , dude",1 21001,"is a wonderful film with a bravura lead performance by Bruce Campbell that does n't deserve to leave the building until everyone is aware of it",1 205603,"made to transplant a Hollywood star into Newfoundland 's wild soil",1 126959,"meaningful historical context",1 150577,"Unfaithful =",0 112170,"a key strength in its willingness to explore its principal characters with honesty , insight and humor",1 51621,"fica na memória",1 72235,"a really strong second effort",1 206889,"needs some serious re-working to show more of the dilemma , rather than have his characters stage shouting",0 2588,"the extremely competent hitman",1 152328,"a ready-made Eurotrash cult object .",0 111941,"a formula comedy",0 204377,"itself is just SOOOOO tired . Pair that with really poor comedic writing",0 13067,"wholesome",1 17115,"ripe , enrapturing",1 234222,"nuanced a Robert De Niro performance can be when he is not more lucratively engaged in the shameless self-caricature of ` Analyze This ' ( 1999 ) and ` Analyze That , ' promised ( or threatened ) for later this year",0 65614,"Foster and Whitaker are especially fine . She is a lioness , protecting her cub , and he a reluctant villain , incapable of controlling his crew .",1 105527,"Dragonfly",1 124861,"it 's one tough rock .",1 85198,"its best moments",1 91451,"remarkable procession of sweeping pictures that have reinvigorated the romance genre",1 2657,"the most offensive thing",0 36231,"pumps a lot of energy into his nicely nuanced narrative and surrounds himself with a cast of quirky -- but not stereotyped -- street characters",1 114810,"as a durable part of the movie landscape",1 215919,"the worst elements",0 31544,"featherweight charm",1 72764,"a vibrant and intoxicating fashion",1 117168,"combines psychological drama , sociological reflection , and high-octane thriller .",1 105103,"Christian-themed fun",1 109900,"The inevitable double - and triple-crosses arise , but the only drama is in waiting to hear how John Malkovich 's reedy consigliere will pronounce his next line",0 73828,"an important political documentary",1 64359,"Biggie and Tupac is undeniably subversive and involving in its bold presentation .",1 135470,"the grandeur",1 186417,"None of this sounds promising and ,",0 218276,"unusual but unfortunately also",0 65857,"Great over-the-top moviemaking if you 're in a slap-happy mood .",1 78373,"do well to check this one out",1 225387,"Pair that with really poor comedic writing ... and",0 146934,"Julia is played with exasperating blandness by Laura Regan .",0 143042,"A clumsily manufactured exploitation flick ,",0 11976,"the thousands of americans who die hideously",0 2645,"the messy emotions raging throughout this three-hour effort are instantly recognizable , allowing the film to paradoxically feel familiar and foreign at the same time .",0 222515,"Avary 's failure to construct a story with even a trace of dramatic interest",0 64556,"But in terms of its style , the movie is in a class by itself",1 2193,"satisfies",1 208113,"of the movie is playing the obvious game",0 86148,"listen to Marvin Gaye or the Supremes the same way again",1 184729,"I wanted so badly for the protagonist to fail",0 65426,"Exhilarating",1 100555,"with melancholy richness",1 168436,"ourselves longing for the block of wood to come back",0 213694,"that it 's far too sentimental",0 160475,"half-baked and overheated",0 227017,"Well-meant but",0 228760,"are a few modest laughs ,",1 152323,"a re-hash of the other seven films",0 171256,"sleep-inducing effects",0 85686,"know as an evil , monstrous lunatic",0 29177,"as close as anyone has dared to come",1 115651,"beatings",1 166712,"new inspiration in it",1 113753,"already thin story",0 150645,"Very special effects , brilliantly bold colors and heightened reality ca n't hide the giant Achilles ' heel in '' Stuart Little 2 ''",0 188857,"There 's something fishy about a seasonal holiday kids ' movie ... that derives its moment of most convincing emotional gravity from a scene where Santa gives gifts to grownups .",0 192280,"allow the suit to come to life",1 202138,"incidents",1 177136,"undermined by Ahola 's inadequate performance",0 150172,"This dubious product of a college-spawned ( Colgate U . ) comedy ensemble known as Broken Lizard",0 30321,"comradeship",1 232161,"into a routine courtroom drama , better suited for a movie titled `` Glory : A Soldier 's Story",0 142409,", really , we 've been here , done that",0 104351,"An invaluable historical document thanks to the filmmaker 's extraordinary access to Massoud , whose charm , cultivation and devotion to his people are readily apparent",1 121785,"has made a film that is an undeniably worthy and devastating experience .",1 100134,"who the main characters are until the film is well under way -- and yet it 's hard to stop watching",1 216879,"to be genuinely satisfying",1 28887,"and underwritten",0 228571,"an exceedingly clever piece of cinema",1 203648,"is unfocused",0 224500,"Just one more collection of penis , breast and flatulence gags in search of a story .",0 68777,"Shrek",1 18339,", Ram Dass : Fierce Grace is worth seeking out .",1 147725,"No one but a convict guilty of some truly heinous crime should have to sit through The Master of Disguise .",0 115211,"at the residents of a Copenhagen neighborhood coping with the befuddling complications life",1 167844,"of the witless ageism",0 62961,"A fairly enjoyable mixture of Longest Yard ... and the 1999 Guy Ritchie caper Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels .",1 149112,"The Island of Lost Dreams writer\/director\/producer Robert Rodriguez has cobbled together a film that feels like a sugar high gone awry .",0 62907,"A dashing and absorbing outing with one of France 's most inventive directors .",1 46828,"Strange , funny , twisted , brilliant and macabre",1 17382,"takes its time to tell its story , casts mostly little-known performers in key roles , and introduces some intriguing ambiguity",1 120516,"for the perspective it offers",1 180868,", overblown and tie-in",0 185548,"Just entertaining",1 82177,"highly entertaining , self-aggrandizing , politically motivated documentary-making",1 122893,"in a heady whirl of New Age-inspired good intentions",1 216274,"things so nice",1 7656,"is a jolly surprise",1 75329,"be the end of the world",1 137736,"to mention dragged down by a leaden closing act",0 27647,"a lot of the virtues of Eastwood at his best .",1 148450,"Scorsese at his best",1 184745,"I was trying to decide what annoyed me most about God is Great ... I 'm Not , and then I realized that I just did n't care .",0 184810,"If that does n't clue you in that something 's horribly wrong , nothing will",0 67857,"None of his actors stand out , but",0 119779,"far the worst movie of the year",0 185489,"John Carpenter 's stylish tracking shots",1 35262,"of grandeur and scale that 's been decades",1 123547,"into a mostly magnificent directorial career",1 127451,"most jaded",1 192486,"an artist who is simply tired --",0 233882,"mind-bender .",1 35569,"offering a peep show into the lives of the era 's creme de la celluloid",1 45232,"Featuring a dangerously seductive performance",1 157943,"dramatized PBS program",0 36138,"predictably heartwarming",1 85805,"launch",1 191276,"a scorchingly plotted dramatic scenario",1 36839,"set on a truly grand scale",1 53910,"its director could ever have dreamed",1 74374,"are n't many conclusive answers in the film",0 744,"crippled",0 32786,"improved",1 217168,"to little more than a screenful of gamesmanship that 's low on both suspense and payoff",0 61940,", heart-felt drama",1 185950,"Magnifique",1 26593,"Smart science",1 49263,"as artificial as the video games Japanese teens play",0 24654,"An intimate , good-humored ethnic comedy like numerous others but cuts deeper than expected .",1 84908,"it 's in danger of going wrong",0 131326,"remembering this refreshing visit",1 71697,"a fresh way",1 215925,"the worst films of 2002",0 123644,"invaluable service",1 2970,"to watch as a good spaghetti western",1 84406,"is more timely now than ever",1 226803,"Translating complex characters from novels to the big screen is an impossible task but they are true to the essence of what it is to be Ya-Ya .",1 13485,"'s too slowly paced to be a thriller . -LRB- But it 's -RRB- worth recommending because of two marvelous performances by Michael Caine and Brendan Fraser",1 189844,"Worthless , from its pseudo-rock-video opening to the idiocy of its last frames .",0 87073,"messy and frustrating , but very pleasing at its best moments",1 230426,"drives this movie",1 6572,"for all its surface frenzy , high crimes should be charged with loitering -- so much on view , so little to offer",0 2429,"such aching beauty and",1 94816,"that places the good-time shenanigans in welcome perspective",1 223367,"Filmmakers who can deftly change moods",1 15918,"great glimpse",1 175922,"to be both repulsively sadistic and mundane .",0 82589,"ideally",1 70363,"Though it lacks the utter authority of a genre gem",0 165957,"migraine-inducing , despite Moore 's attempts at whimsy and spoon feeding",0 239033,"would n't make Trouble Every Day any better .",0 93502,"stereotypes in good fun , while adding a bit of heart and unsettling subject matter",1 90355,"playful and haunting",1 91065,"rail against the ongoing - and unprecedented - construction project going on over our heads .",0 7820,"is top-notch",1 60810,"'s a feel-good movie about which you can actually feel good .",1 81732,"has managed to marry science fiction with film noir and action flicks with philosophical inquiry",1 63345,"A sensitive , cultivated treatment",1 134472,"that matters",1 203610,"is too busy getting in its own way to be anything but frustrating , boring , and forgettable",0 94041,"swinging from the trees hooting it 's praises , but it 's definitely worth taking a look",1 17360,"surely have called this gutsy and at times exhilarating movie a great yarn",1 153381,"an engrossing",1 237066,"the most beautiful , evocative works I 've seen",1 38739,"the ultimate '' Bellini '' begins to look like a '' real Kaputschnik",1 16447,"lifts the film firmly above the level of other coming-of-age films",1 103239,"... something appears to have been lost in the translation this time . The Importance of Being Earnest movie seems to be missing a great deal of the acerbic repartee of the play . ''",0 138417,"turgid fable",0 44064,"A fascinating , dark thriller",1 85642,"keeps the energy humming",1 215197,"the new film is much more eye-catching than its blood-drenched Stephen Norrington-directed predecessor",1 187353,"Slim travel incognito in a ridiculous wig no respectable Halloween costume shop would ever try to sell",0 38139,"the dizzying heights achieved by motocross and BMX riders , whose balletic hotdogging occasionally ends in bone-crushing screwups",1 6068,"draggin '",0 234143,"no plot in this Antonio Banderas-Lucy Liu faceoff",0 111319,"You 'll laugh for not quite and hour and a half",1 223460,"Gangster No. 1 drips",0 201964,"in showing us well-thought stunts or a car chase that we have n't seen 10",0 227923,"a gamble and last orders are to be embraced",1 175842,"to a chase flick that detracts from its ending",0 123575,"into one of the toughest ages a kid can go through",0 222194,"Adrien Brody -- in the title role -- helps make the film 's conclusion powerful and satisfying",1 85162,"it will gratify anyone who has ever suspected Hollywood of being overrun by corrupt and hedonistic weasels .",1 1767,"most importantly",1 2564,"the contemporary music business",1 109672,"The complex , politically charged tapestry",1 143146,"A hideous , confusing spectacle ,",0 229250,"because relatively nothing happens",0 44323,"A touching , sophisticated film that almost seems like a documentary in the way it captures an Italian immigrant family on the brink of major changes .",1 209524,"poorly structured",0 73633,"an Argentine retread",0 151064,"Writer\/director John McKay ignites some charming chemistry between Kate and Jed",1 197205,"do n't get paid enough to sit through crap like this",0 151350,"a bad taste , not only because of its bad-luck timing",0 143611,"All that 's missing is the spontaneity , originality and delight",0 73452,"all the stomach-turning violence , colorful New York gang lore and other hallmarks of his personal cinema painted on their largest-ever historical canvas",1 130755,"provides a tenacious demonstration of death as the great equalizer",1 165019,"like watching a miserable relationship unfold in real time",0 113004,"a way that bespeaks an expiration date passed a long time ago",0 150298,"This pep-talk for faith , hope and charity does little to offend , but if saccharine earnestness were a crime , the film 's producers would be in the clink for life .",0 50169,"chronicles Seinfeld 's return to stand-up comedy after the wrap of his legendary sitcom , alongside wannabe comic Adams ' attempts to get his shot at the big time",1 228086,"a plotline that 's as lumpy as two-day old porridge ... the filmmakers ' paws , sad to say , were all over this `` un-bear-able '' project !",0 186758,"Predictable and cloying ,",0 85958,"letting you share her one-room world for a while",1 27497,"a fascinating , intelligent manner",1 237075,"the most ravaging , gut-wrenching , frightening war scenes since `` Saving Private Ryan ''",1 160675,"has its share of high points",1 177709,"watch Witherspoon 's talents",1 212561,"stiff , ponderous and charmless",0 124925,"it begins to fade from memory",0 145955,"I 'm not sure these words have ever been together in the same sentence : This erotic cannibal movie is boring",0 100625,"with such provocative material",1 47318,"There is a certain sense of experimentation and improvisation to this film that may not always work",0 3526,"93 minutes of unrecoverable life",0 128309,"of De Niro , McDormand and the other good actors",1 65227,"E . T . is still a cinematic touchstone .",1 126334,"looking , sounding and simply feeling like no other film in recent history",1 213609,"that ends with Truckzilla , for cryin ' out loud . If that does n't clue you in that something 's horribly wrong , nothing will",0 219602,"winning actresses ( and one Academy Award winning actor ) succumb to appearing in this junk that 's TV sitcom material at best",0 186350,"Ninety minutes of Viva Castro ! can be as tiresome as 9 seconds of Jesse Helms ' anti- Castro rhetoric , which are included",0 72019,"a more straightforward , dramatic treatment , with all the grandiosity",1 83937,"is a wonderful thing : that he has been able to share his story so compellingly with us is a minor miracle",1 128418,"of a Hubert Selby Jr .",1 219603,"wins you over in the end",1 65144,"Dogtown and Z-Boys has a compelling story to tell .",1 99844,"what 's even more remarkable",1 159007,"fervently scorns , creating a meandering , inarticulate and ultimately disappointing film",0 189994,"` Sophisticated ' viewers",1 93173,"something really good",1 145608,"God help us , but Capra and Cooper are rolling over in their graves . '",0 151339,"a bad movie appearing on behalf of a good cause",0 93074,"some difficult relationships",0 78092,"develop her own film language with conspicuous success",1 222473,"As the movie dragged on , I thought I heard a mysterious voice , and felt myself powerfully drawn toward the light -- the light of the exit sign .",0 84671,"is sure to raise audience 's spirits and leave them singing long after the credits roll",1 98600,"tough pill to swallow",0 184231,"Grant is n't Cary and Bullock is n't Katherine",0 176805,"trapped by them , forced to change behavior in bizarre unjustified fashion and spout dialog that consists mostly of platitudes",0 46374,"Offers much to enjoy ...",1 27468,"a cute and sometimes side-splittingly funny blend of Legally Blonde and Drop Dead Gorgeous",1 63248,"A pleasant piece of escapist entertainment .",1 40280,"with the task of divining meaning",1 174496,"the painted backdrops in a movie are more alive than its characters",0 62609,"... there 's enough cool fun here to warm the hearts of animation enthusiasts of all ages .",1 83359,"inhuman monster",0 6403,"fantastic",1 23751,", lightweight and bizarrely original",1 104884,"Broomfield reminds us that beneath the hype , the celebrity , the high life , the conspiracies and the mystery there were once a couple of bright young men -- promising , talented , charismatic and tragically doomed .",1 237575,"this sneaky feel to it -- as if the director is trying to dupe the viewer into taking it all as Very Important simply because the movie is ugly to look at and not a Hollywood product",0 76085,"but no-nonsense human beings they are and",1 25905,"Kissing Jessica Stein may be the best same-sex romance I have seen",1 83662,"involving in its bold presentation",1 142778,"... but at least this time there 's some centered storytelling to go along with all the weird stuff .",1 161040,"heartrending look",1 214649,"the final product is a ghost",1 225291,"Olympia , Wash. , based filmmakers Anne de Marcken and Marilyn Freeman did just that and it 's what makes their project so interesting",1 174497,"the pantheon of great monster\/science fiction flicks",1 123125,"in the arguments of competing lawyers",1 189216,"Tom Shadyac has learned a bit more craft since directing Adams ,",1 180793,", lumpish cipher",0 217009,"to express warmth",1 124365,"is not unlike watching a glorified episode of '' 7th Heaven . ''",0 219689,"with all of this",1 144619,"Coughs",0 144344,"Ca n't kick about the assembled talent and the Russos show genuine promise as comic filmmakers . Still , this thing feels flimsy and ephemeral .",0 31350,"exists for its soccer action and its fine acting",1 111482,"a Harrison Ford low",0 103743,"A muddle",0 116136,"both shallow and dim-witted",0 99384,"vibrance",1 22937,"! Brilliant ! '",1 220944,"'s plenty to impress about E.T.",1 181666,"A feel-good movie that does n't give you enough to feel good about .",0 53387,"is an amusing joy ride , with some surprisingly violent moments .",1 66468,"It 's a compelling and horrifying story",1 74555,"as Patriot Games can still turn out a small , personal film with an emotional wallop",1 171887,"stalk 'n'",0 13568,", completely joyful",1 22276,"the film uses humour to make its points about acceptance and growth",1 9207,"of ` ethnic cleansing",0 5915,"describing badness",0 185807,"Lillard and Cardellini earn their Scooby Snacks ,",1 108837,"Secretary '' is owned by its costars , Spader and Gyllenhaal . Maggie G . makes an amazing breakthrough in her first starring role and eats up the screen .",1 20627,"fun into a rousing treatise of sensual empowerment",1 187965,"The bad sound , the lack of climax and , worst of all , watching Seinfeld ( who is also one of the film 's producers ) do everything he can to look like a good guy",0 196128,"consistent emotional conviction",1 127901,"never rises above easy , cynical potshots at morally bankrupt characters ...",0 188744,"The three leads produce adequate performances , but what 's missing from this material is any depth of feeling .",0 68077,"Pacino and Williams seem to keep upping the ante on each other , just as their characters do in the film . What results is the best performance from either in years .",1 137627,"to give you brain strain",0 229510,"but fun .",1 177345,"used so extensively that good bits are hopelessly overshadowed",0 124034,"is familiar but enjoyable",1 93310,"spiffy",1 7344,"if you 're not a prepubescent girl ,",0 27817,"a significant character study",1 132954,"something of a stiff",0 1561,"lack the kind of genuine depth that would make them redeemable",0 109366,"Tends to pile too many '' serious issues '' on its plate at times , yet remains fairly light , always entertaining , and smartly written .",1 49474,"barely stops moving , portraying both the turmoil of the time and giving Conduct a perpetual sense of urgency , which , for a film that takes nearly three hours to unspool , is both funny and irritating .",1 26797,"The film 's performances are thrilling .",1 106659,"Imagine ( if possible ) a Pasolini film without passion or politics ,",0 198714,"feels conceived and shot on the fly -- like between lunch breaks for Shearer 's radio show and his Simpson voice-overs .",0 9487,"one of the most high-concept sci fi adventures attempted for the screen",1 22876,"worthy of David Mamet",1 75498,"begins in Saigon in 1952 . That 's its first sign of trouble",0 184019,"Frank Capra 's classic",1 174569,"the predictable plot to the characters straight out of central casting",0 174505,"the patience of even the most cinema-besotted critic -- and this was one of them",0 115166,"at how much we care about the story",1 4280,"a victim of none -- i can testify to the comparative accuracy of ms",1 157923,"drags on",0 124756,"is very difficult to care about the character",0 46666,"S1M0NE 's satire is not subtle , but it is effective . It 's a quirky , off-beat project ...",1 80887,"generally sustains a higher plateau with Bullock 's memorable first interrogation of Gosling",1 124028,"is even more suggestive of a 65th class reunion mixer where only eight surviving members show up",0 32844,"in between the most impossibly dry account of Kahlo 's life imaginable",0 184675,"I just did n't care",0 63173,"A mesmerizing cinematic poem from the first frame to the last",1 220941,"'s perfect",1 170999,"show a fair amount of intelligence and wit",1 166512,"muted and routine",0 35994,"perverse",0 171605,"some really heavy back story",0 182655,"Attal 's hang-ups surrounding infidelity are so old-fashioned and , dare I say",1 42055,"have in our hearts for acceptance",1 165817,"meanwhile , reads more like Driving Miss Daisy than GoodFellas",0 94121,"take pleasure",1 61834,", comforting jar",1 180615,", educational , but at other times as bland as a block of snow .",0 134183,"that , with humor , warmth , and intelligence , captures a life interestingly lived",1 93718,"submarine movie",1 195744,"classified as a movie-industry satire",0 38529,"the personal and the political",1 92553,"should be commended for illustrating the merits of fighting hard for something that really matters .",1 74649,"as brave and challenging",1 210232,"reasonably intelligent",1 27047,"Thurman",1 81774,"has some problems .",0 193864,"autistic",0 71656,"a film that is part biography , part entertainment and part history",1 106746,"Insomnia loses points when it surrenders to a formulaic bang-bang , shoot-em-up scene at the conclusion . But",0 187154,"Scooby-Doo does n't know if it wants to be a retro-refitting exercise in campy recall for older fans or a silly , Nickelodeon-esque kiddie flick .",0 39777,"very open-minded approach",1 72144,"a ploddingly melodramatic structure",1 178986,"written by people who ca n't come up with legitimate funny",0 220061,"would be easy for critics to shred it",0 99482,"vivid , convincing",1 154529,"bad ,",0 88873,"of self-discovery handled with such sensitivity",1 150557,"Uncommonly stylish but equally silly ... the picture fails to generate much suspense , nor does it ask searching enough questions to justify its pretensions .",0 24775,"Ayurveda works .",1 117884,"dating comedy with ` issues ' to simplify",0 182854,"Blue Crush is as predictable as the tides ... The movie feels stitched together from stock situations and characters from other movies .",0 156337,"clear the filmmakers were n't sure where they wanted their story to go , and even more clear that they lack the skills to get us to this undetermined destination",0 6747,"gentle",1 164143,"its remarkable camerawork and",1 50907,"distinguished film legacy",1 192731,"and dreary piece",0 139285,"watch , giggle and get",1 177826,"wears out",0 210979,"see Crossroads if they 're not big fans of teen pop kitten Britney Spears",0 157549,"disconcertingly",0 234089,"never cuts corners .",1 167544,"of interest",1 47089,"The film sounds like the stuff of lurid melodrama , but what makes it interesting as a character study is the fact that the story is told from Paul 's perspective .",1 136477,"the ultimate exercise in viewing deleted scenes",1 56916,"shines on all the characters , as the direction is intelligently accomplished .",1 23867,", sometimes gross and surprisingly appealing animated film",1 182094,"A weird little movie that 's amusing enough while you watch it , offering fine acting moments and pungent insights into modern L . A . 's show-biz and media subcultures .",1 72931,"about compassion , sacrifice , and Christian love",1 40005,"which always relates to characters and story )",1 178388,"will most likely not find what they 're seeking with Trouble Every Day",0 152167,"a nice concept for its fiftysomething leading ladies",1 92623,"showy than Hannibal",0 144785,"Desperately unfunny when it tries to makes us laugh and desperately unsuspenseful when it tries to make us jump out of our seats .",0 178594,"with its own quirky personality",1 92328,"serves as a painful elegy and sobering cautionary tale",1 175218,"they 're not exactly flattering",0 53162,"interesting real people",1 69390,"The all-French cast is marveilleux .",1 8755,"melodramatic bodice-ripper",0 151221,"` The Loud and the Ludicrous '",0 15907,"good pace",1 167286,"of a comedy that ca n't really be described as out",0 159825,"fun like the Vincent Price horror classics of the '60s .",1 224844,"Moving",1 107201,"John Malkovich 's reedy consigliere will pronounce his next line",1 190316,"a clunky TV-movie approach to detailing a chapter in the life of the celebrated Irish playwright , poet and drinker",0 93050,"solid movie",1 200178,"grab your kids and run and then probably call the police",0 73096,"achieves its emotional power and moments of revelation",1 221837,"... spiced with humor ( ' I speak fluent flatula , ' advises Denlopp after a rather , er , bubbly exchange with an alien deckhand ) and",1 130520,"practically every expectation either a longtime Tolkien fan or a movie-going neophyte",1 139305,"watch the film , which director Gerardo Vera has drenched in swoony music and fever-pitched melodrama",1 198871,"filmed on the set of Carpenter 's The Thing and loaded with actors you 're most likely to find on the next inevitable incarnation of The Love Boat",0 167205,"of Hollywood dreck",0 149965,"The unceasing sadism is so graphically excessive , the director just ends up exposing his own obsession .",0 6501,"finds surprising depth",1 134611,"that tug at your heart in ways that utterly transcend gender",1 115924,"better than mid-range Steven Seagal ,",1 28241,"also a troubling interpretation of Ecclesiastes . A rewarding work of art for only the most patient and challenge-hungry moviegoers",1 219908,"witless script",0 54315,"loathing Robin Williams",0 16088,"if overly talky documentary .",0 234127,"no earthly reason",0 214815,"the hurried , badly cobbled look",0 79397,"exalts the Marxian dream of honest working folk , with little to show for their labor , living harmoniously , joined in song .",1 70335,"Those prone to indignation need not apply : those susceptible to blue hilarity , step right up",1 108583,"Remarkable for its excellent storytelling , its economical , compressed characterisations and for its profound humanity",1 1029,"for this gory , perverted , sex-soaked riff on the cannibal genre",0 212999,"surrounded by 86 minutes of overly-familiar and poorly-constructed comedy .",0 144078,"Because of an unnecessary and clumsy last scene , ` Swimfan ' left me with a very bad feeling .",0 107457,"Like a soft drink that 's been sitting open too long",0 171869,"staged with your green plastic army men were more exciting and",0 77892,"del",1 37803,"that gets even better in hindsight , as you mull over its every nuance in your mind",1 220963,"'s semi-amusing to watch Robert DeNiro belt out `` When you 're a Jet",1 175618,"those who love alternate versions of the Bard , particularly",1 227384,"` Unfaithful ' cheats on itself and retreats to comfortable territory .",0 155625,"but it also does the absolute last thing we need Hollywood doing to us",0 65705,"Funny , though",1 174821,"the story compelling",1 165602,"makes the kind of points Egoyan wanted to make",1 59455,"top-notch creative team",1 37037,"small ' movie",0 200209,"great hook",1 114684,"are struggling to give themselves a better lot in life than the ones",1 144973,"Dragonfly ' is a movie about a bus wreck that turns into a film wreck .",0 185972,"Makes the same mistake as the music industry it criticizes , becoming so slick and watered-down it almost loses what made you love it in the first place .",0 141128,"'s a loathsome movie",0 8397,"legally blonde and sweet home abomination",0 184226,"Grant and Bullock 's characters are made for each other . But",1 236745,"the better film 's ability to make its subject interesting to those who are n't part of its supposed target audience",1 123518,"interesting to witness the conflict from the Palestinian side",1 81352,"great actors",1 106611,"If we sometimes need comforting fantasies about mental illness , we also need movies like Tim McCann 's Revolution No . 9 .",1 179873,"'s no rooting interest",0 81950,"have you swinging from the trees hooting it 's praises , but it 's definitely worth taking a look",1 172534,"taking place",1 211962,"so many people put so much time and energy into this turkey",0 231774,"hooting it 's praises",1 8395,"legally blonde and sweet",1 193304,"artsy fantasy sequences --",1 43170,"'s a rare window on an artistic collaboration",1 71204,"` Si bien no logra desarrollarse como un gran drama , tampoco es tan superficial como muchas cintas que pecan de pretenciosas y que resultan totalmente banales . '",1 169168,"precious little left",0 30137,"cheery , down-to-earth film",1 5753,"cool , and",1 210446,"represents some sort of beacon of hope in the middle of Chicago 's South Side",1 159709,"from being unoriginal , unfunny and unrecommendable",0 120058,"film that loses sight of its own story .",0 24631,"An extraordinary Swedish film about the soul adventure of marriage",1 43544,", but it is a refreshingly forthright one .",1 18475,", the pace never feels slack",1 91135,"raucously amusing",1 65684,"From the dull , surreal ache of mortal awareness emerges a radiant character portrait .",1 179499,"'s a barely tolerable slog over well-trod ground .",0 6523,"fisher has bared his soul and confronted his own shortcomings here in a way ... that feels very human and very true to life .",1 190780,"a hundred of them can be numbing . Proof of this is Ballistic : Ecks vs . Sever",0 111785,"a detailed historical document ,",1 44823,"By the standards of knucklehead swill",0 11794,"the quiet american is n't a bad film , it 's just one that could easily wait for your pay per view dollar .",0 217323,"to set and shoot a movie at the Cannes Film Festival",1 111228,"Witless , pointless , tasteless and idiotic",0 146977,"K-19 may not hold a lot of water as a submarine epic",0 220238,"you 're left with a sour taste in your mouth",0 69708,"The most brilliant and brutal UK crime film",1 36145,"preposterousness",0 13709,". Good fun , good action ,",1 453,"artfully lighted",1 233199,"jazzy score",1 146708,"It is too bad that this likable movie is n't more accomplished . The actors try hard but come off too amateurish and awkward .",0 111843,"a fair bit",1 50242,"colorful look",1 111596,"a cast of A-list Brit actors",1 129287,"offers copious hints along the way -- myriad signs , if you will -- that beneath the familiar , funny surface is a far bigger , far more meaningful story than one in which little green men come to Earth for harvesting purposes",1 220572,"'ll definitely want the T-shirt .",1 203981,"it never finds a consistent tone and lacks bite , degenerating into a pious , preachy soap opera",0 235314,"remains as guarded as a virgin with a chastity belt",0 143850,"Apallingly absurd",0 183582,"Dreary tale",0 236512,"that one enjoys a bad slasher flick",0 111099,"While Broomfield 's film does n't capture the effect of these tragic deaths on hip-hop culture",0 35045,"oblivion",0 119045,"end all chases",1 233727,"manic and energetic",1 14834,"a solid , if somewhat heavy-handed , account of the near-disaster ... done up by Howard with a steady , if not very imaginative , hand",1 236088,"struts about with `` courage '' pinned to its huckster lapel while a yellow streak a mile wide decorates its back .",0 114881,"as clear and reliable an authority on that",1 33412,"is more enjoyable than the original",1 190145,"a barely tolerable slog over well-trod ground",0 13169,"with stunning animation",1 112560,"a question for philosophers , not filmmakers",0 165244,"looks like it was produced in 1954",0 103694,"A marvel of production design .",1 66700,"It cooks Conduct in a low , smoky and inviting sizzle .",1 49987,"call the film ` refreshing",1 218349,"useful in telling the story , which is paper-thin and decidedly unoriginal",0 36336,"rare in Hollywood 's hastier productions",1 184116,"Gentlemen",1 95449,"the desperation of a very insecure man",0 236603,"the ' 70 's were your idea of a good time at the movies",0 213300,"tension , eloquence , spiritual challenge --",1 143466,"Abandons all pretense of creating historical context and waltzes off into a hectic soap about the ups and downs of the heavy breathing between the two artists",0 67364,"Maintains your sympathy for this otherwise challenging soul by letting you share her one-room world for a while",1 38740,"the ultimate mysteries",1 15956,"has been delivered to the big screen safe and sound , the way we like our 20-year-old superstar girls to travel on the fame freeway",1 120882,"funny or entertaining",1 28706,"and meaningful",1 69203,"That , in itself , is extraordinary .",1 200654,"has taken quite a nosedive from Alfred Hitchcock 's imaginative flight to Shyamalan 's self-important summer fluff",0 193325,"as John Ritter 's glory days",1 65356,"Even bigger and more ambitious than the first installment , Spy Kids 2 looks as if it were made by a highly gifted 12-year-old instead of a grown man .",0 199831,"get into heaven",1 40418,"you 're not fully aware is being examined ,",1 230282,"dizzy , confused , and totally disorientated",0 79822,"festival",1 50402,"confrontations",0 117036,"clean-cut Dahmer",0 202018,"in the last few cloying moments",0 59656,"underrated Campbell Scott gives a star performance that is nothing short of mesmerizing .",1 204619,"labored gags",0 112413,"a new favorite musical",1 30774,"died a matter of weeks before the movie 's release",0 1530,"juvenile and near-xenophobic pedagogy",0 62500,"-- thoughtfully written",1 103513,"A damn fine and a truly distinctive and a deeply pertinent film",0 208722,"onto the end credits",1 124578,"is still fun and enjoyable and so aggressively silly that it 's more than a worthwhile effort",1 213480,"that 's far too tragic to merit such superficial treatment",0 189410,"Violent , vulgar and forgettably entertaining .",0 200435,"hard to imagine another director ever making his wife look so bad in a major movie",0 200526,"has been trying to pass off as acceptable teen entertainment for some time now .",0 87685,"mystical",1 190501,"a family of five blind , crippled , Amish people alive in this situation",0 90452,"polished and vastly entertaining",1 95437,"the dehumanizing and ego-destroying process",0 209399,"pleasant , designed",1 59031,"this slick and sprightly CGI feature",1 192583,"an incredibly heavy-handed , manipulative dud",0 222758,"But it 's ) worth recommending because of two marvelous performances by Michael Caine and Brendan Fraser .",1 105046,"Charlotte Sometimes",1 197092,"disintegrating bloodsucker computer effects and jagged camera moves",0 8489,"like they 've been patched in from an episode of miami vice",0 178617,"with no aspirations",0 38199,"the female orgasm",1 96280,"the off-the-wall dialogue , visual playfulness and",1 202736,"is an insultingly inept and artificial examination of grief and its impacts upon the relationships of the survivors",0 47281,"The vitality",1 212786,"submerged here ,",1 22832,"with elements which prove the direct antithesis of what it gets right",0 153863,"are left with a superficial snapshot that , however engaging , is insufficiently enlightening and inviting",0 149419,"The film is itself a sort of cinematic high crime , one that brings military courtroom dramas down very , very low .",0 27304,"You will emerge with a clearer view of how the gears of justice grind on and the death report comes to share airtime alongside the farm report .",1 122388,"his rental car",1 77242,"consigned to the dustbin of history",0 93431,"star performance",1 231549,"have been a painless time-killer",1 69359,"The Sweetest Thing , a romantic comedy with outrageous tendencies",1 186064,"McTiernan 's remake may be lighter on its feet -- the sober-minded original was as graceful as a tap-dancing rhino -- but it is just as boring and as obvious .",0 176209,"to invest their hard-earned bucks into a movie which obviously did n't invest much into itself either",0 172127,"strong , unified showing",1 126460,"loves them",1 24296,"A charming romantic comedy that",1 29524,"being a different kind of time traveler",1 118509,"does hold up pretty well",1 159990,"get me down .",0 227302,"You never know where Changing Lanes is going to take you but it 's a heck of a ride",1 201280,"hold dear about cinema",1 100996,"written and directed with brutal honesty and respect for its audience .",1 207637,"of boredom to the point of collapse , turning into a black hole of dullness , from which no interesting concept can escape",0 234685,"on sophisticated , discerning taste",1 82211,"his Indian Love Call to Jeanette MacDonald has there been a movie so unabashedly Canadian , not afraid to risk American scorn or disinterest",1 11352,"the fantastical aspects",1 96067,"the lovely Hush ! and",1 225184,"Not ` terrible filmmaking ' bad , but more like , ' I once had a nightmare like this , and it 's now coming true ' bad .",0 81072,"given a part worthy of her considerable talents",1 200354,"had their hearts in the right place .",1 75969,"brings a youthful , out-to-change-the-world aggressiveness to the project , as if she 's cut open a vein and bled the raw film stock .",1 87609,"much of the writing is genuinely witty",1 198447,"fails to give his audience a single character worth rooting for ( or worth rooting against , for that matter ) .",0 185220,"It 's surprisingly bland despite the heavy doses of weird performances and direction .",0 229105,"bad mannered",0 13138,"with its own solemn insights",1 15924,"greatest",1 124748,"is uncompromising , difficult and unbearably beautiful .",1 103481,"A cleverly crafted but ultimately hollow mockumentary .",0 195845,"co-writers Lisa Bazadona and Grace Woodard",1 83539,"into an engrossing thriller almost in spite of itself",1 141398,"'s just the problem with it",0 94887,"that takes full , chilling advantage of its rough-around-the-edges , low-budget constraints",1 44667,"Beautifully shot ,",1 202928,"is fascinating , though , even if the movie itself does n't stand a ghost of a chance .",0 127669,"mushy , existential exploration",0 107025,"It is very difficult to care about the character , and that is the central flaw of the film .",0 48506,"a wonderful tale",1 36215,"provocative movie",1 28231,"along for the ride",1 40312,"witty and inventive",1 230926,"for its spasms of absurdist humor",1 53640,"is strong as always .",1 21405,"natural likability",1 121792,"has made the near-fatal mistake of being what the English call ` too clever by half . '",0 145857,"Hollywood is n't laughing with us , folks . It 's laughing at us",0 194659,"bile , and irony",0 189897,"Yes , Spirited Away is a triumph of imagination , but it 's also a failure of storytelling",0 175428,"this interesting time and",1 72769,"a visionary with a tale full of nuance and character dimension",1 170120,"rich green , environment",1 6332,"expect light romantic comedy , good gosh ,",1 83327,"influential",1 174219,"the line between black comedy and black hole",0 238784,"will keep coming",1 42722,"surviving footage of Burstein and his family performing , historical archives ,",1 216103,"there 's no place for this story to go but down",0 177266,"unsuspenseful when it tries to make us jump out of our seats",0 191890,"across as shallow and glib though",0 37898,"that stands , despite its noticeable lack of emotional heft , in welcome contrast to the indulgent dead-end experimentation of the director 's previous Full Frontal",1 188051,"The crap",0 3612,"a brilliant , honest performance by nicholson",1 185350,"It sounds like another clever if pointless excursion into the abyss , and that 's more or less how it plays out",0 50873,"directs this intricately structured and well-realized drama that presents a fascinating glimpse of urban life and the class warfare that embroils two young men",1 148498,"Serving Sara does n't distinguish itself from the herd",0 102105,"( Jeff 's ) gorgeous , fluid compositions",1 79333,"every once in a while a film arrives from the margin that gives viewers a chance to learn , to grow , to travel .",1 154737,"be frightening , too stolid to be funny",0 70957,"William James once called ` the gift of tears",1 65473,"Fast and funny ,",1 52010,"funny , subtle , and resonant",1 222596,"Berry 's saucy ,",1 194535,"best intentions",1 98542,"tormented by his heritage",0 73550,"always has been remarkable about clung-to traditions",1 220999,"'s the sweet Cinderella story",1 226657,"This is historical filmmaking without the balm of right-thinking ideology , either liberal or conservative .",1 33435,"is not a mass-market entertainment but an uncompromising attempt by one artist to think about another",1 111265,"Worth a look",1 43487,", Secret Ballot is a purposefully reductive movie -- which may be why it 's so successful at lodging itself in the brain .",1 23642,", gives us a hero whose suffering and triumphs we can share , surrounds him with interesting characters and sends us out of the theater feeling",1 22737,"well , that even a simple '' Goddammit ! ''",0 112807,"a strong erotic spark to the most crucial lip-reading sequence",1 212088,"some decent performances",1 216679,"throw each other out windows",0 161318,"his shortest , The Hole , which makes many of the points that this film does but feels less repetitive",0 90380,"playwriting",1 236766,"the cast portrays their cartoon counterparts well ... but quite frankly",1 150658,"Vile and tacky",0 206783,"nails hard - boiled Hollywood argot with a bracingly nasty accuracy",1 74747,"as one of the great submarine stories",1 14759,"a last-minute happy ending",1 53972,"its relentless , polished wit can withstand not only inept school productions , but even Oliver Parker 's movie adaptation",1 37044,"smart people",1 10002,"rarely does a film so graceless and devoid of merit as this one come along .",0 27672,"a mesmerizing poetry",1 184269,"Hallmark card sentimentality",0 219806,"with really poor comedic writing",0 19835,"and grasped its essence , composing a sorrowful and hilarious tone poem about alienated labor , or an absurdist workplace sitcom",1 146175,"If I Spy were funny ( enough ) or exciting ( enough ) then it would be fairly simple to forgive the financial extortion",0 89193,"of warmth to go around , with music and laughter and the love of family",1 44027,"A decided lack of spontaneity in its execution and a dearth of real poignancy in its epiphanies .",0 123135,"in the ease with which it integrates thoughtfulness and pasta-fagioli comedy",1 155042,"begins to overplay the shock tactics and bait-and-tackle metaphors",0 207171,"nosedive",0 12336,"to create a feature film that is wickedly fun to watch",1 81776,"has some special qualities and the soulful gravity of Crudup 's anchoring performance",1 210857,"scant place for the viewer",0 226915,"Vincent Price horror classics",1 67845,"Nohe 's documentary about the event is sympathetic without being gullible",1 109877,"The gags , and the script , are a mixed bag .",0 134551,"that segment of the populace that made A Walk to Remember a niche hit",1 71673,"a finely written",1 153343,"an astonishing voice cast ( excepting Love Hewitt ) ,",1 69008,"Still , the pulse never disappears entirely , and",1 218470,"very handsomely produced let-down",0 140259,"with the ferocity of a frozen burrito",0 114668,"are served with a hack script .",0 45179,"Even if you do n't understand what on earth is going on , this is a movie that will stimulate hours of post viewing discussion , if only to be reminded of who did what to whom and why .",1 47402,"This time , the hype is quieter , and while the movie is slightly less successful than the first , it 's still a rollicking good time for the most part",1 172581,"teaches all",1 143788,"An unsatisfying hybrid of Blair Witch and typical stalk-and-slash fare , where the most conservative protagonist is always the last one living .",0 121139,"give herself over completely to the tormented persona of Bibi",1 210811,"saw Juwanna Mann so you do n't have to",0 189554,"What Antwone Fisher is n't , however , is original",0 84715,"is that the whole damned thing did n't get our moral hackles up .",0 20117,"better-than-average movie-making that does n't demand a dumb , distracted audience",1 137934,"to the failure of the third Revenge of the Nerds sequel",0 188284,"The idea is more interesting than the screenplay , which lags badly in the middle and lurches between not-very-funny comedy , unconvincing dramatics and some last-minute action strongly reminiscent of Run Lola Run .",0 148768,"Sorry",0 108294,"Parker updates the setting in an attempt to make the film relevant today , without fully understanding what it was that made the story relevant in the first place .",0 189046,"This low-rent -- and even lower-wit -- rip-off of the Farrelly brothers ' oeuvre",0 136867,"this ) meandering and pointless French coming-of-age import from writer-director Anne-Sophie Birot",0 200257,"grow impatient",0 47124,"The inspirational screenplay by Mike Rich",1 99599,"warmth to go around , with music and laughter and the love of family",1 31303,"everyone 's",1 6867,"graceless",0 216360,"this cliche pileup",0 193423,"as boring before I see this piece of crap again",0 220054,"would be a toss-up between presiding over the end of cinema as we know it and another night of delightful hand shadows",0 112098,"a heartwarming , nonjudgmental kind of way",1 231046,"from the movie gods",1 41158,"Provide ( s ) nail-biting suspense and credible characters",1 151822,"a good performance in a film that does n't merit it",0 11907,"the story , like ravel 's bolero",1 185664,"Lacks the spirit of the previous two , and",0 132385,"shoving them into every clichéd white-trash situation imaginable",0 74305,"are canny and spiced with irony",1 79437,"exhilarating new interpretation",1 185085,"It 's better suited for the history or biography channel , but there 's no arguing the tone of the movie - it leaves a bad taste in your mouth and questions on your mind .",0 8398,"legally blonde and sweet home abomination ,",0 70542,"Undoubtedly",1 166023,"misguided , and ill-informed ,",0 178840,"worth the effort",1 49429,"authentic and dark .",1 7389,"important to him",1 121061,"get to the closing bout ... by which time it 's impossible to care who wins",0 97329,"think you have figured out the con and the players in this debut film by Argentine director Fabian Bielinsky , but while you were thinking someone made off with your wallet",0 47688,"Writer and director Otar Iosseliani 's pleasant tale about a factory worker who escapes for a holiday in Venice reveals how we all need a playful respite from the grind to refresh our souls .",1 17354,"suffering Afghan refugees on the news",0 85713,"knows its classical music , knows its Freud and",1 111833,"a dumb , fun , curiously adolescent movie this",1 214203,"the biggest disappointments",0 24027,"- with honest performances and realistic interaction between the characters , this is a coming-of-age story with a twist .",1 157723,"does it ask searching enough questions to justify its pretensions",0 164848,"likable movie",1 89064,"of the painstaking",0 102485,", difficult and sad",0 158404,"ethnic sleeper",1 234441,"of insulting , both to men and women",0 230978,"found myself struggling to put my finger on that elusive `` missing thing .",0 162916,"is good for a few laughs , as are Chan and Hewitt",1 97440,"this is more appetizing than a side dish of asparagus . If you 're not a fan , it might be like trying to eat Brussels sprouts .",0 102658,", it is more likely to induce sleep than fright .",0 210426,"repetitively",0 8303,"killing me",0 72569,"a strong message about never giving up on a loved one",1 160638,"has all the excitement of eating oatmeal .",0 119506,"exhilarating place",1 33711,"it something any true film addict will want to check",1 74823,"as well as a masterfully made one",1 210991,"see it again",1 119236,"epilogue that leaks suspension of disbelief like a sieve ,",0 195327,"came up with a treasure chest of material",1 150739,"We hate ( Madonna ) within the film 's first five minutes",0 146444,"It 's also stupider",0 28587,"and endearing",1 95575,"the exuberant openness",1 85867,"leaves us laughing",1 175803,"to Barry 's dead-eyed , perfectly chilled delivery",1 140081,"with a smile on your face",1 84675,"is surely everything its fans are hoping it will be , and in that sense is a movie that deserves recommendation .",1 181109,", we do n't feel much for Damon/Bourne or his predicament",0 116945,"children 's entertainment , superhero comics ,",1 137664,"to hit cable",1 120178,"fistfights , and car chases , this movie is a phlegmatic bore , so tedious it makes the silly spy vs . spy film The Sum of All Fears , starring Ben Affleck",0 180500,", and better",1 81649,"has actually bothered to construct a real story this time .",1 209338,"play fine",1 232714,"is put in an impossible spot because his character 's deceptions ultimately undo him and the believability of the entire scenario .",0 32079,"gives this coming-of-age story restraint as well as warmth",1 163292,"is sabotaged by ticking time bombs and other Hollywood-action cliches .",0 188319,"The logic",1 5271,"bravado",1 72257,"a remarkable ability to document both sides of this emotional car-wreck",1 183383,"Despite slick production values and director Roger Michell 's tick-tock pacing , the final effect is like having two guys yelling in your face for two hours .",0 185800,"Like the world of his film , Hartley created a monster but did n't know how to handle it .",0 170668,"self - and audience-abuse",0 100469,"with big heart",1 147871,"Offers very little genuine romance and even fewer laughs ... a sad sitcom of a movie , largely devoid of charm",0 124954,"it does . My only wish is that Celebi could take me back to a time before I saw this movie and I could just skip it",0 186828,"Qualities that were once amusing are becoming irritating .",0 133440,"struck me as unusually and unimpressively fussy and",0 24311,"A comprehensive and provocative film",1 115822,"being about nothing is sometimes funnier than being about something",1 43085,"'' starts out like a typical Bible killer story",0 68680,"See it for his performance if nothing else",1 179117,"you could n't smell this turkey rotting from miles away",0 146111,"I saw Knockaround Guys yesterday , and already the details have faded like photographs from the Spanish-American War ...",0 217665,"too simple and the working out of the plot almost arbitrary",0 63776,"Amazing ! A college story that works even without vulgarity , sex scenes , and cussing !",1 229537,"butterflies that die",0 186235,"Muddled ,",0 178288,"whose makers apparently believe that women 's clothing can cover up any deficiency in acting , writing or direction",0 111234,"Wonder of wonders -- a teen movie with a humanistic message",1 53009,"in the nicest possible way",1 118469,"do the genial-rogue shtick to death",0 196778,"depressed fifteen-year-old 's",0 139585,"when commercialism has squeezed the life out of whatever idealism American moviemaking ever had",0 134572,"that takes its sweet time building to a climax that 's scarcely a surprise by the time",0 146940,"Just a string",1 119141,"enormously entertaining",1 121483,"guarantees",1 58303,"the film ascends to a kinetic life so teeming that even cranky adults may rediscover the quivering kid inside .",1 26447,"Reinforces the often forgotten fact of the world 's remarkably varying human population and mindset , and its capacity to heal using creative , natural and ancient antidotes .",1 109357,"Tchaikovsky soundtrack",1 51466,"face and transmute his demons",1 171667,"something of an impostor itself",0 99180,"upping the ante",1 90067,"part of being a good documentarian",1 72674,"a ton of laughs that everyone can enjoy",1 6361,"exudes a kind of nostalgic spy-movie charm and ,",1 160976,"he gives Nachtwey for self-analysis",0 218067,"unaware that it 's the butt of its own joke",0 128670,"of gags that rely on the strength of their own cleverness",1 119165,"enough throwaway references to faith and rainbows to plant smile-button faces on that segment of the populace that made A Walk to Remember a niche hit",1 182102,"A well-intentioned effort that 's still too burdened by the actor 's offbeat sensibilities for the earnest emotional core to emerge with any degree of accessibility .",0 61169,"'s not just a feel-good movie",1 181624,"A distinctly mixed bag , the occasional bursts of sharp writing alternating with lots of sloppiness",0 212977,"surprising ? When the violence actually shocked ?",0 195084,"but unfortunately also",0 168009,"old popcorn fun",1 171467,"so poorly thought-out and substance-free that even a high school senior taking his or her first psychology class could dismiss them",0 61021,"'s face is ) an amazing slapstick instrument ,",1 164253,"juggle and juxtapose three story lines but fail to come up with one cogent point , unless it 's that life stinks , especially for sensitive married women who really love other women .",0 152252,"a powerful portrayal",1 98195,"to make up for the ones that do n't come off",1 16864,"originality . It does succeed by following a feel-good formula with a winning style",1 76627,"cheap-shot mediocrity",0 108282,"Panic Room is interested in nothing more than sucking you in ... and making you sweat",1 96431,"the politics that thump through it are as timely as tomorrow",1 202802,"is both a snore and utter tripe",0 235824,"slow .",0 86583,"make the most of the large-screen format , before swooping down on a string of exotic locales , scooping the whole world up in a joyous communal festival of rhythm",1 64195,"Auteil 's less dramatic but equally incisive performance",1 62139,", original talent",1 72595,"a submarine movie with the unsettling spookiness of the supernatural",1 75135,"bad way",0 229657,"can drown out the tinny self-righteousness of his voice",0 77922,"delightfully charming",1 45054,"Despite its title , Punch-Drunk Love is never heavy-handed . The jabs it employs are short , carefully placed and dead-center .",1 117342,"competent direction",1 134652,"that you wo n't care",0 61256,"'s smooth and professional",1 115705,"becomes just another voyeuristic spectacle ,",0 52750,"how good",1 40719,"A tender and touching drama ,",1 151633,"a documentary -- just",1 221351,", getting there is not even half the interest .",0 90865,"pulling on heartstrings",1 235805,"slapdash disaster .",0 106919,"It 's not a film to be taken literally on any level ,",0 40749,"An absorbing trip into the minds and motivations of people under stress as well as",1 221338,", first-class , natural acting and a look at `` the real Americans '' make this a charmer .",1 145651,"Green might want to hang onto that ski mask , as robbery may be the only way to pay for his next project .",0 51660,"film touching",1 30288,"companion",1 73839,"an in-depth portrait of an iconoclastic artist who was fundamentally unknowable even to his closest friends",1 28046,"about the withering effects of jealousy in the life of a young monarch whose sexual passion for her husband becomes an obsession .",1 48863,"an Alfred Hitchcock movie",1 220490,"'' is a big time stinker .",0 83487,"interesting psychological game",1 83794,"is a great film .",1 81935,"have to give them credit for : The message of the movie",1 231122,"get another phone call warning you that if the video is n't back at Blockbuster before midnight , you 're going to face frightening late fees",0 113835,"amuse or entertain",1 62764,"A Jewish WW II doc that is n't trying simply to out-shock , out-outrage or out-depress its potential audience ! Who knew ...",1 49693,"better ,",1 163329,"is so consistently unimaginative that probably the only way to have saved the film is with the aid of those wisecracking Mystery Science Theater 3000 guys .",0 6383,"fairly disposable yet",0 127776,"naturally charming",1 153011,"aggravating enough to exhaust the patience of even the most understanding spouse",0 216136,"there are no unforgettably stupid stunts or uproariously rude lines of dialogue to remember it by",0 214864,"the intelligence of gay audiences has been grossly underestimated , and a meaty plot and well-developed characters have been sacrificed for skin and flash that barely fizzle",0 5353,"by casting an actress whose face projects that woman 's doubts and yearnings",1 112874,"a temporal inquiry",1 59901,"volumes more truth than any ` reality ' show",1 56935,"should be seen at the very least for its spasms of absurdist humor",1 119481,"excite",1 220519,"'' manages to do all three quite well , making it one of the year 's most enjoyable releases",1 219793,"with only weak claims to surrealism and black comedy",0 213944,"that what we have here is a load of clams left in the broiling sun for a good three days",0 129928,"own skin to be proud of her Rubenesque physique",1 143725,"An earnest racial-issues picture that might have gotten respectful critical praise in a different era",1 110842,"Upsetting and thought-provoking",1 161580,"if not devoid of wit",0 25782,"It has the charm of the original American road movies , feasting on the gorgeous , ramshackle landscape of the filmmaker 's motherland .",1 39770,"very lucky filmmaker",1 143514,"Adam Sandler 's cartoon about Hanukkah is numbingly bad , Little Nicky bad , 10 Worst List bad .",0 83456,"intelligent flick",1 1380,"is far more appealing",1 66445,"Is an Actress works as well as it does because ( the leads ) are such a companionable couple",1 99150,"unusual power",1 211469,"should avoid this like the dreaded King Brown snake . Personally",0 185274,"It drowns in sap .",0 80740,"full-bodied performance gives this aging series a much needed kick",1 112937,"a tribute to the power of women to heal",1 125069,"it other than its exploitive array of obligatory cheap",0 231384,"hard to say who might enjoy this",0 205854,"marveling",1 157671,"do n't see the point .",0 177394,"vaporize from your memory minutes",0 238010,"to triumph over a Scrooge or two",1 206710,"mugging their way through Snow Dogs",0 185230,"It 's the kind of under-inspired , overblown enterprise that gives Hollywood sequels a bad name .",0 117349,"complete shambles",0 9140,"not just unlikable . disturbing . disgusting . without any redeeming value whatsoever",0 83739,"is Serry 's ability to take what is essentially a contained family conflict and put it into a much larger historical context .",1 838,"does n't",0 63916,"An intelligent romantic thriller of a very old-school kind",1 162961,"is just a plain old monster",0 177032,"two-day old porridge ... the filmmakers ' paws , sad to say , were all over this",0 70037,"The work of an artist tormented by his heritage , using his storytelling ability to honor the many faceless victims .",1 157925,"drags on so interminably it 's like watching a miserable relationship unfold in real time",0 165999,"mired in juvenile and near-xenophobic pedagogy",0 44516,"An interesting story with a pertinent ( cinematically unique ) message",1 180593,", daydreams , memories and one fantastic visual trope",1 145716,"Harrison 's Flowers puts its heart in the right place",1 132666,"smart-aleck movie",1 183172,"Columbia Pictures ' perverse idea of an animated holiday movie",0 173295,"that you actually see it , unless you 're the kind of person who has seen every Wim Wenders film of the '70s",0 18922,"Hey , who else needs a shower ?",0 75364,"beautiful scene",1 39150,"to bring happiness to their loved ones",1 10859,"surprising depth",1 92573,"should jolt you out of your seat a couple of times , give you a few laughs , and leave you feeling like it was worth your seven bucks , even though it does turn out to be a bit of a cheat in the end .",1 107222,"Jones has tackled a meaty subject and drawn engaging characters while peppering the pages with memorable zingers .",1 16896,"overcomes the regular minefield of coming-of-age cliches with potent doses of honesty and sensitivity",1 165951,"might well be the worst special-effects creation of the year",0 10813,"succeeds as a well-made evocation of a subculture .",1 205015,"like a cruel deception carried out by men of marginal intelligence , with reactionary ideas about women and a total lack of empathy",0 123542,"into a genre that has been overexposed , redolent of a thousand cliches , and yet remains uniquely itself , vibrant with originality",1 6111,"e . t . just as i hoped i would -- with moist eyes",1 51954,"from the exoticism of its seas of sand to the fierce grandeur of its sweeping battle scenes",1 106606,"If the real-life story is genuinely inspirational",1 23390,", and both leads are up to the task .",1 60328,"with an appropriate minimum of means",1 173190,"that shows some spunk and promise but fails to register as anything distinctive or daring",0 103721,"A mostly believable , refreshingly low-key and quietly inspirational little sports",1 11900,"the stereotypical characters",0 202912,"is extremely straight and mind-numbingly stilted ,",0 47582,"What 's really so appealing about the characters is their resemblance to everyday children .",1 222814,"But the problem with Wendigo , for all its effective moments , is n't really one of resources .",0 148693,"Soderbergh 's spectacular swing",1 191344,"a slapdash mess",0 182410,"An exercise in cynicism every bit as ugly as the shabby digital photography and muddy sound",0 160575,"hardly seems worth the effort .",0 212812,"succeeds in diminishing his stature from Oscar-winning master to lowly studio hack",0 105913,"From both a great and a terrible story , Mr . Nelson has made a film that is an undeniably worthy and devastating experience .",1 171573,"some great human truths",1 66605,"It 's not going to be everyone 's bag of popcorn , but it definitely gives you something to chew on",1 121282,"gone straight to video",0 227087,"When it 's not wallowing in hormonal melodrama",0 216102,"there 's no indication that he 's been responsible for putting together any movies of particular value or merit",0 58315,"the film operates nicely off the element of surprise",1 60914,"'s all stitched together with energy , intelligence and verve , enhanced by a surplus of vintage archive footage",1 115843,"believable story",1 80371,"for the quirky",1 68069,"P . T . Anderson understands the grandness of romance",1 48218,"a movie you can trust",1 192648,"an unbalanced mixture of graphic combat footage and",0 216568,"though her performance is more interesting ( and funnier ) than his",1 107813,"More sophisticated and literate than such pictures usually are ... an amusing little catch",1 33666,"it is also refreshing , disarming , and just outright enjoyable despite its ridiculousness .",1 192253,"all things insipid",0 231065,"full of teenagers fixating on its body humour and reinforcement of stereotypes",0 137808,"to restore ( Harmon ) to prominence , despite some creepy scenes that evoke childish night terrors , and a praiseworthy attempt to generate suspense rather than gross out the audience",1 50351,"complexity . Nothing",0 210812,"saw Juwanna Mann so you do n't have to .",0 236983,"the human story is pushed to one side",0 96555,"the recording sessions are intriguing , and -- on the way to striking a blow for artistic integrity -- this quality band may pick up new admirers",1 233695,"makes the movie work -- to an admittedly limited extent -- is the commitment of two genuinely engaging performers .",1 40720,"A tender and touching drama , based on the true story of a troubled African-American 's quest to come to terms with his origins",1 213174,"talented people",1 69753,"The movie is well crafted , and well executed . If you 're paying attention , the '' big twists '' are pretty easy to guess -",1 160540,"haranguing the wife in bad stage dialogue",0 10065,"reign of fire may be little more than another platter of reheated aliens , but it 's still pretty tasty",1 219934,"woefully hackneyed",0 217989,"two cinematic icons with chemistry galore",1 108066,"Not only is entry number twenty the worst of the Brosnan bunch",0 54600,"manages to find the seeds of hope in the form of collective action",1 217858,"trumped-up street credibility",1 1192,"high crimes",0 135409,"the formula feel fresh",1 93217,"sort of amazing",1 17964,"very strong",1 181799,"A loud , brash and mainly unfunny",0 132660,"smart and entirely charming",1 54468,"made me want to get made-up and go see this movie with my sisters",1 183728,"Evelyn , a besotted and obvious drama that tells us nothing new .",0 183487,"Disney again ransacks its archives for a quick-buck sequel .",0 15006,"and best of all",1 228687,"another gross-out college comedy -- ugh",0 175435,"this is lame .",0 164174,"its total promise",1 212868,"suffered through the horrible pains of a death",0 67397,"Manhattan , Jennifer Lopez 's most aggressive and most sincere attempt",1 23148,"'s not that , it 's the tension that keeps you in your seat",1 46407,"On the surface a silly comedy , Scotland , PA would be forgettable if it were n't such a clever adaptation of the bard 's tragic play .",1 32463,"held my interest from start to finish",1 117329,"compelling mix",1 171510,"sober and educational",1 235694,"should give `` Scratch '' a second look",1 37319,"stellar performance",1 130145,"perfectly executed and wonderfully sympathetic",1 189248,"Tootsie knockoff .",0 161834,"in broad stereotypes and outrageously unbelievable scenarios",0 227392,"` laugh therapy '",1 94954,"that will enthrall the whole family",1 236847,"the enticing prospect",1 104908,"Bui chooses to produce something that is ultimately suspiciously familiar .",0 122748,"if you go in knowing that , you might have fun in this cinematic sandbox",1 40723,"A triumph of art direction",1 63991,"Angelina Jolie 's surprising flair for self-deprecating comedy",1 150432,"Too clunky",0 39323,"to the greatest generation",1 70484,"Try as you might to resist , if you 've got a place in your heart for Smokey Robinson",1 6719,"fun-seeking summer",1 48496,"a wickedly subversive bent to the best parts of Birthday Girl",1 193472,"as if Solondz had two ideas for two movies , could n't really figure out how to flesh either out",0 227334,"\* Corpus and its amiable jerking and reshaping of physical time and space",1 19159,"One Hour Photo is an intriguing snapshot of one man and his delusions",1 84135,"is delivered with such conviction that it 's hard not to be carried away",1 228645,"and funky look",1 195133,"by accents thick as mud",0 185367,"It would n't matter so much that this arrogant Richard Pryor wannabe 's routine is offensive , puerile and unimaginatively foul-mouthed if it was at least funny .",0 174415,"the novel charm",1 45922,"Just about the surest bet for an all-around good time at the movies this summer .",1 40304,"without even a hint of that typical kiddie-flick sentimentality",1 220227,"you 're almost dozing",0 10355,"self-indulgent and just plain",0 46509,"Philippe , who makes Oliver far more interesting than the character 's lines would suggest",1 140375,"wonderful performances that tug at your heart in ways that utterly transcend gender",1 208603,"one more dumb high school comedy",0 17634,"the reputation of the most famous author who ever lived comes into question",0 222026,"A highly intriguing thriller , coupled with some ingenious plot devices and some lavishly built settings . .",1 87514,"mournfully brittle delivery",0 186475,"Nothing happens , and",0 112432,"a not particularly flattering spotlight",0 121543,"had no trouble sitting for Blade II .",1 230874,"flopped as surely as a soufflé gone wrong",0 172464,"take an 85-minute brush-up course with the documentary Derrida .",1 111355,"You need n't be steeped in '50s sociology , pop culture or movie lore to appreciate the emotional depth of Haynes ' work . Though Haynes ' style apes films from the period ...",1 114959,"as it sounds , but strikes a tone that 's alternately melancholic , hopeful and strangely funny",1 207152,"none of which amounts to much of a story",0 69381,"The actors are simply too good ,",1 127721,"my uncles are all aliens , too . '' Congrats Disney on a job well done",1 38034,"the best same-sex romance I have seen",1 389,"an aspiring writer 's",1 75405,"because of the way it allows the mind to enter and accept another world",1 225521,"Provides the kind of ` laugh therapy ' I need from movie comedies -- offbeat humor , amusing characters , and a happy ending",1 159397,"for bringing audiences into this hard and bitter place",0 195831,"clumsiness",0 2434,"such as pulp fiction and get shorty resonate a sardonic verve to their caustic purpose for existing , who is cletis tout",0 169669,"rather than a chronicle of the ups and downs that accompany lifelong friendships",0 195346,"can analyze this movie in three words : Thumbs Friggin ' Down .",0 124965,"it eventually pays off and is effective if you stick with it",1 94064,"sympathetic characters",1 10068,"reinforces the talents of screenwriter charlie kaufman , creator of adaptation",1 102235,", Collateral Damage presents Schwarzenegger as a tragic figure",0 153347,"an astonishing voice cast ( excepting Love Hewitt ) , an interesting racial tension , and a storyline",1 225576,"Rather less than the sum of its underventilated père-fils confrontations",0 134521,"that puts another notch",0 178177,"while undeniably interesting",1 176848,"tries to be thrilling , touching or , yikes , uproarious",0 124370,"is nothing compared to the movie 's contrived , lame screenplay and listless direction .",0 186773,"Pretend it 's a werewolf itself by avoiding eye contact and walking slowly away . It 's fun , but",0 145783,"Here 's a self-congratulatory 3D IMAX rah-rah .",0 101836,"'s nothing to gain from watching They",0 217623,"too many story lines",0 120140,"finely detailed",1 236358,"that 's amusing enough while you watch it , offering fine acting moments and pungent insights into modern L.A. 's show-biz and media",1 148564,"Shot perhaps ` artistically ' with handheld cameras and apparently no movie lights by Joaquin Baca-Asay , the low-budget production swings annoyingly between vertigo and opacity .",0 16298,"it ! Gollum 's ` performance ' is incredible",1 101707,"'s impossible to care",0 175146,"then do n't rent it",0 48386,"a solid performance",1 72036,"a movie that deserves recommendation",1 90327,"placing their parents",1 24801,"Beautifully",1 7130,"hideously",0 228926,"as an older woman who seduces Oscar , the film founders on its lack of empathy for the social milieu - rich New York intelligentsia - and its off",0 129881,"overproduced piece of dreck is shockingly bad and absolutely unnecessary .",0 125042,"it just seems manufactured to me and artificial",0 61451,"( Hayek ) throws herself into this dream Hispanic role with a teeth-clenching gusto , she strikes a potent chemistry with Molina and",1 80225,"for a strong education and good teachers being more valuable in the way they help increase an average student 's self-esteem",1 163036,"is more frustrating than a modem that disconnects every 10 seconds .",0 103529,"A different kind of love story - one that is dark , disturbing , painful to watch , yet compelling",1 238670,"which may not be cutting-edge indie filmmaking",0 99347,"very funny sequences",1 170354,"satanic",0 219563,"will probably please people",1 34148,"little gem",1 136738,"there 's not enough substance in the story to actually give them life",0 82029,"heady jumble",0 75914,"breathe life into this somewhat tired premise",1 208640,"one spectacularly ugly-looking broad",0 135105,"the director ca n't seem to get a coherent rhythm going .",0 124302,"is n't one true ` Chan moment ' .",0 182866,"Boll uses a lot of quick cutting and blurry step-printing to goose things up",1 2472,"technically",1 36822,"septuagenarian star",1 157627,"do for a set . Reign of Fire has the disadvantage of also looking cheap",0 123892,"is also elevated by it -- the kind of movie that you enjoy more because you 're one of the lucky few who sought it out .",1 78442,"does n't disappoint .",1 117499,"contribute to a mood that 's sustained through the surprisingly somber conclusion .",1 102443,", character and comedy bits",1 204370,"itself all too seriously",0 69226,"That the film opens with maggots crawling on a dead dog is not an out of place metaphor .",0 117175,"come , already having been recycled more times than I 'd care to count",0 102606,", is often as fun to watch as a good spaghetti western .",1 208217,"of two fine actors , Morgan Freeman and Ashley Judd",1 139537,"what a reckless squandering",0 166003,"mirthless Todd Solondzian satire and callow student film",0 189570,"What a vast enterprise has been marshaled in the service of such a minute idea",0 139224,"warped logic by writer-director Kurt Wimmer at the screenplay level",0 124817,"it 's an observant , unfussily poetic meditation about identity and alienation",1 149937,"The title Trapped turns out to be a pretty fair description of how you feel while you 're watching this ultra-manipulative thriller .",0 104414,"Another Day is as stimulating & heart-rate-raising as any James Bond thriller",1 2823,"these self-styled athletes have banged their brains into the ground so frequently",0 217520,"to wear down possible pupils through repetition . It has no affect on the Kurds",0 93714,"sublime music",1 62894,"A cultural wildcard experience : wacky , different , unusual , even nutty .",1 102822,", should have been a lot nastier",0 188696,"The story 's pathetic and the gags are puerile",0 27139,"W . Bush",1 150547,"Ultimately the project comes across as clinical , detached , uninvolving , possibly prompting audience members to wonder , ` What 's the point ? '",0 86615,"makes Martha enormously endearing",1 5478,"certainly the performances are worthwhile",1 140503,"worthwhile themes",1 120168,"first shocking thing",0 190149,"a battle of witlessness between a not-so-bright mother and daughter and an even less capable trio of criminals",0 19969,"around on itself in the kind of elegant symmetry that 's rare in film today",1 106088,"Gussied up with so many distracting special effects and visual party tricks that it 's not clear whether we 're supposed to shriek",0 227914,"a fresh view of an old type",1 158343,"entirely too much",0 173074,"that it comes across rather too plainly as allegory",0 105538,"Driver and Goodfellas",1 5019,"be a bit repetitive",0 180995,", the movie contains no wit , only labored gags .",0 157918,"drabness endemic to digital video",0 112290,"a man who has little clue about either the nature of women or of friendship",0 99850,"what I like about Men With Brooms and what is kind of special",1 228718,"any redeeming value whatsoever",0 149541,"The makers have forsaken the entertaining elements of the original and ,",0 124267,"is n't a product of its cinematic predecessors so much as an MTV , sugar hysteria , and PlayStation cocktail",0 192263,"all will be Greek to anyone not predisposed to the movie 's rude and crude humor .",0 142901,"30 seconds of plot",0 54026,"jolting",1 50042,"capture so perfectly",1 4695,"an ungainly movie ,",0 70820,"What makes Barbershop so likable , with all its flaws , is that it has none of the pushiness and decibel volume of most contemporary comedies .",1 54609,"manipulation or corny conventions",0 17107,"rewards to be had by all willing to make the effort to reap them",1 25230,"Enormously entertaining for moviegoers of any age .",1 50727,"delightful blend",1 13097,"williams plays sy , another of his open-faced , smiling madmen , like the killer in insomnia . he does this so well",1 32509,"himself with a cast of quirky -- but not stereotyped -- street characters",1 20178,"but mostly the humor is of the sweet , gentle and occasionally cloying kind that has become an Iranian specialty",1 169702,"reach the heart",1 138300,"treasured",1 176968,"turned Rice 's complex Akasha into a cartoon monster",0 140615,"writing exercise",1 15857,"funny fable",1 153901,"are n't your bailiwick",0 209047,"parable about honesty and good sportsmanship",1 19345,"The unique tug-of-war with viewer expectations is undeniable , if not a pleasure in its own right .",1 34102,"like life",1 225128,"Nicholson 's understated performance is wonderful .",1 217957,"turns the stomach",0 108418,"Plotless collection",0 148269,"Remember when Bond had more glamour than clamor ? No more",0 6688,"from both a great and a terrible story , mr . nelson has made a film that is an undeniably worthy and devastating experience",1 70186,"This cinema verite speculation on the assassination of John F . Kennedy may have been inspired by Blair Witch , but it takes its techniques into such fresh territory that the film never feels derivative",1 115047,"as the movie sputters",0 8210,"jose campanella delivers a loosely autobiographical story brushed with sentimentality but brimming with gentle humor , bittersweet pathos , and lyric moments that linger like snapshots of memory .",1 211202,"self-pitying",0 215805,"the triviality",0 168791,"perfectly chilled",1 77080,"compellingly",1 26927,"The way",1 136748,"there are great rewards here .",1 134845,"the attempt to complicate the story only defies credibility",0 92957,"so intimate and sensual and funny and psychologically self-revealing",1 76959,"comes along every day",1 82776,"impressively true for being so hot-blooded",1 124700,"is the sort of low-grade dreck that usually goes straight to video -- with a lousy script , inept direction , pathetic acting , poorly dubbed dialogue and murky cinematography , complete with visible boom mikes .",0 164689,"leaves a bad taste , not only because of its bad-luck timing , but also the staleness of its script",0 56201,"privileged moments and",1 224281,"It does n't believe in itself , it has no sense of humor ... it 's just plain bored",0 115984,"big stars and high production values",1 149204,"The actors do n't inhabit their roles --",0 181160,", you should be able to find better entertainment .",0 81702,"has enough moments to keep it entertaining .",1 140213,"with sensitivity and skill",1 10535,"smarter",1 22537,"to please anyone in search of a Jules and Jim for the new millennium",1 26574,"Shinya Tsukamoto 's Iron Man",1 208581,"one decent performance from the cast and not one clever line of dialogue",0 72836,"a wonderful , sobering , heart-felt drama",1 67784,"Nazi politics and aesthetics",0 92127,"seeing things from new sides , plunging deeper , getting more intense",1 222598,"Berry 's saucy , full-bodied performance gives this aging series a much needed kick , making `` Die Another Day '' one of the most entertaining Bonds in years",1 146463,"It 's better than The Phantom Menace . But unless you 're an absolute raving Star Wars junkie , it is n't much fun .",0 29656,"boisterous comedy",1 107664,"May not be a breakthrough in filmmaking , but it is unwavering and arresting .",1 196974,"dips key moments from the film in Waking Life water colors",1 199548,"from a college comedy that 's target audience has n't graduated from junior high school",0 14050,"Gloriously goofy -LRB- and gory -RRB- midnight movie stuff .",1 25692,"Insomnia is involving . Still , I thought it could have been more .",0 234061,"nearly provoked me to take my own life",0 19873,"and pulled ( literally and figuratively ) by desire",1 72366,"a serious work by an important director who has something new to say about how , in the flip-flop of courtship , we often reel in when we should be playing out",1 153519,"an unsettling sight , and",0 45720,"It 's a scathing portrayal",0 51640,"figures prominently in this movie , and helps keep the proceedings as funny for grown-ups as for rugrats",1 98589,"touching reflection",1 22616,"turn his life into art",1 206441,"more recent successes",1 7797,"is that for the most part , the film is deadly dull",0 217548,"told us",1 146523,"It 's just filler",0 139968,"willing to go with this claustrophobic concept",0 50270,"comedy to evoke surprising poignance",1 119232,"epic treatment of a nationwide blight",1 91113,"rather chaotic",0 141956,", Circuit is the awkwardly paced soap opera-ish story .",0 19915,"anxious to ride the Hogwarts Express toward a new year of magic and mischief .",1 499,"as respectful a film as byatt fans could hope for",1 35353,"of one of San Francisco 's most vital , if least widely recognized , creative fountainheads .",1 33382,"is giddily entertaining",1 128626,"of dreck",0 227593,"`` Sorority Boys '' was funnier , and that movie was pretty bad .",0 33422,"is n't always easy to look at .",0 7159,"his co-writers keep the story subtle and us in suspense",1 195516,"casual filmgoers",1 72798,"a warmth that is n't faked",1 193934,"bad alternative music",0 22821,"with a bang , but then fizzles like a wet stick of dynamite at the very end .",0 227403,"`` ... something appears to have been lost in the translation this time .",0 71414,"a clever pseudo-bio that manages to have a good time as it doles out pieces of the famous director 's life",1 51140,"emerge as an exquisite motion picture in its own right",1 27527,"a fine documentary does best",1 205865,"masquerade ball where normally good actors , even Kingsley , are made to look bad",0 68530,"RunTelDat is something of a triumph .",1 39539,"typical romantic lead",0 33185,"inventively detailed and packed with fleet turns of plot and a feast of visual amazement",1 68453,"Rises",1 133185,"squeezed the life out of whatever idealism American moviemaking ever had",0 13672,", while deconstructing the very format of the biography in a manner that Derrida would doubtless give his blessing to",1 72883,"ability to right itself precisely when you think it 's in danger of going wrong",1 91271,"recapitulation",1 121016,"gentle and engrossing character",1 131150,"recognize that there are few things in this world more complex -- and , as it turns out , more fragile",1 161472,"how it winds up affirming the same damn moldy values the material has always held dear",0 165619,"makes your least favorite James Bond movie seem as cleverly plotted as The Usual Suspects",0 238297,"ushers in the theater that hand you a cup of coffee every few minutes",0 84014,"is an intelligent flick that examines many different ideas from happiness to guilt in an intriguing bit of storytelling",1 75467,"been held hostage by generic scripts that seek to remake Sleepless in Seattle again and again",0 216966,"to discern if this is a crazy work of disturbed genius or merely 90 minutes of post-adolescent Electra rebellion",0 230833,"finds its humour",1 233574,"love the robust middle of this picture .",1 7069,"hearts of gold",1 170804,"shake your head in disbelief",0 102895,", the movie is certainly easy to watch .",1 62354,", this melancholic film noir reminded me a lot of Memento ...",1 8709,"masterpiece",1 9290,"of its gags and observations",0 6838,"good movie . good actress . but if you expect light romantic comedy , good gosh , will you be shocked",1 148613,"Sir Anthony Hopkins saying ` Get in the car , bitch , ' this Jerry Bruckheimer production has little else to offer",0 67864,"None of this is meaningful or memorable ,",0 96907,"the trap of the maudlin or tearful",0 21013,"is back in a major way .",1 197452,"down badly as we",0 15977,"have had enough of plucky British eccentrics with hearts of gold",0 197885,"engaging . Oh",1 171580,"some jolly country",1 79539,"eye-rolling moments",0 142116,", can charm the paint off the wall ...",1 50318,"compelling , provocative and prescient",1 203780,"it 's not a very good movie in any objective sense",0 147160,"Like a can of 2-day old Coke",0 167660,"of puffery with a sour cliche and heavy doses of mean-spiritedness",0 23167,"'s refreshing to see a girl-power movie that does n't feel it has to prove anything .",1 182852,"Blue Crush is as predictable as the tides ...",0 46117,"May be far from the best of the series ,",0 220185,"yeah , baby",1 51675,"filmmaker who has secrets buried at the heart of his story and knows how to take time revealing them .",1 219194,"where Human Nature should be ingratiating",0 228812,"are just that damn good",1 174975,"the viewer is n't reacting to humor so much as they are wincing back in repugnance .",0 211140,"seen ( a remake ) do anything as stomach-turning as the way Adam Sandler 's new movie rapes , pillages and incinerates Frank Capra 's classic",0 189017,"This is one baaaaaaaaad movie .",0 22322,"the old stuff",0 150713,"Wasabi is slight fare indeed , with the entire project having the feel of something tossed off quickly ( like one of Hubert 's punches ) , but it should go down smoothly enough with popcorn .",1 177582,"wanders through CHARLIE completely unaware she needs to show some presence and star quality .",0 102702,", like Kubrick before him , may not touch the planet 's skin , but understands the workings of its spirit .",1 72003,"a more fascinating look at the future than '' Bladerunner",1 114630,"are never more than sketches ... which leaves any true emotional connection or identification frustratingly out of reach",0 188553,"The premise itself is just SOOOOO tired . Pair that with really poor comedic writing ... and you 've got a huge mess",0 146242,"If you liked the 1982 film then , you 'll still like it now .",1 13016,"whether you think kissinger was a calculating fiend or just a slippery self-promoter",0 117454,"constant need to suddenly transpose himself into another character",0 198594,"fashion a Brazil-like , hyper-real satire",1 34308,"make you very happy",1 47890,"a compliment to Kuras",1 206447,"more salacious telenovela than serious drama",0 18586,"A remarkable 179-minute meditation on the nature of revolution .",1 212518,"starts off so bad that you feel like running out screaming",0 19486,"a figurative port-of-call",1 226792,"Too predictably , in fact .",0 56892,"shared by the nation at their sacrifice .",1 179934,"'s only one way to kill Michael Myers for good : stop buying tickets to these movies",0 76659,"children , a heartfelt romance for teenagers",1 202202,"inept and artificial",0 45709,"It 's a demented kitsch mess ( although the smeary digital video does match the muddled narrative ) , but",0 31536,"fear-inducing ( not fear-reducing ) film from Japanese director Hideo Nakata , who takes the superstitious curse on chain letters and actually applies it",1 218184,"unfortunately , outnumber the hits by three-to-one .",0 184906,"In terms of execution this movie is careless and unfocused .",0 12186,"this ready-made midnight movie probably wo n't stand the cold light of day , but under the right conditions , it 's goofy ( if not entirely wholesome ) fun .",1 33370,"is faithful to both architectural glories and commanding open spaces of the city as it was more than two centuries ago",1 127885,"never growing old . Like being able to hit on a 15-year old when you 're over 100",1 233961,"most every aggrieved father cliché",0 98927,"uncommonly ambitious",1 227921,"a fun one",1 58083,"the blacklight crowd , way cheaper ( and better )",1 186672,"Perhaps the most annoying thing",0 103604,"A fun family movie that 's suitable for all ages -- a movie that will make you laugh , cry and realize , ` It 's never too late to believe in your dreams . '",1 23661,", high literary aspirations and stunning acting",1 24912,"But some unexpected zigs and zags help .",1 164947,"like every other Seagal movie , only louder and without that silly ponytail",0 25553,"His Best Friend Remembers",1 188224,"The filmmaker ascends , literally , to the Olympus of the art world , but he would have done well to end this flawed , dazzling series with the raising of something other than his own cremaster",0 26564,"Shainberg weaves a carefully balanced scenario that is controlled by neither character , is weirdly sympathetic to both and manages to be tender and darkly comic .",1 42565,"rips off",0 45517,"Hollywood remake",0 95618,"the film 's reach exceeds its grasp",1 86557,"make for completely empty entertainment",0 31736,"for a new generation",1 21864,"reveals the yearning we all have in our hearts for acceptance within the family circle",1 232263,"is a decomposition of healthy eccentric inspiration and ambition -- wearing a cloak of unsentimental , straightforward text -- when it 's really an exercise in gross romanticization of the delusional personality type",0 83414,"insists on the importance of those moments when people can connect and express their love for each other",1 63823,"An affectionately goofy satire",1 232758,"is supposed to be , but ca n't really call it a work of art",0 171268,"slickness and sophistication",1 5602,"clinical , detached",0 159883,"gal-pal smart talk , romantic comedy and",1 3438,"( the kid 's ) just too bratty for sympathy , and as the film grows to its finale , his little changes",0 31100,"engaging characterizations in Imamura 's lively and enjoyable cultural mix",1 152687,"a wonderful time",1 102925,", there is a really cool bit -- the movie 's conception of a future-world holographic librarian ( Orlando Jones ) who knows everything and answers all questions , is visually smart , cleverly written , and nicely realized .",1 177572,"wallowing in Bibi 's generic angst",0 202178,"incredibly irritating comedy",0 232837,"is to be cherished .",1 84664,"is such a perfect medium for children ,",1 237509,"this chiaroscuro of madness and light",1 179752,"'s fitfully funny but",1 42037,"gut-bustingly funny and",1 6744,"generic ,",0 334,"admirably",1 46994,"The casting of von Sydow ... is itself Intacto 's luckiest stroke .",1 44777,"Brian Tufano 's handsome widescreen photography and",1 48152,"a lot better",1 29363,"awkward",0 138329,"tries and tries hard",1 83129,"in the place where a masterpiece should be",1 14262,"May be spoofing an easy target -- those old '50 's giant creature features -- but",1 28851,"and the performances of the young players are utterly convincing .",1 62580,"... has a pleasing way with a metaphor .",1 111614,"a chain of relationships that come full circle to end on a positive ( if tragic ) note",1 52696,"hits the bullseye",1 74255,"approaches the endeavor with a shocking lack of irony",0 182487,"Another wholly unnecessary addition",0 30179,"cinema at its finest .",1 188845,"There 's nothing exactly wrong here , but there 's not nearly enough that 's right .",0 228007,"a matter of plumbing arrangements and mind games",0 214731,"the glamorous machine that thrusts the audience into a future they wo n't much care about",0 152128,"a movie that might have been titled ` The Loud and the Ludicrous '",0 1870,"obvious political insights",1 237677,"tiresome ugliness",0 22199,"that screams '' bathroom break",0 87295,"more of a poetic than a strict reality ,",1 124487,"is significantly less charming than listening to a four-year-old with a taste for exaggeration recount",0 227034,"What 's the Russian word for Wow !? '",1 60955,"'s as good as you remember .",1 7622,"introduces",1 24367,"A lighthearted , feel-good film",1 91470,"remembrance",1 214908,"the laborious pacing and",0 193551,"as other rowdy raunch-fests -- farts , boobs , unmentionables --",0 168955,"plays like somebody spliced random moments of a Chris Rock routine into what is otherwise a cliche-riddled but self-serious spy thriller .",0 191176,"a real movie",1 23385,", and an increasingly unsettling sense of foreboding",0 237510,"this choppy and sloppy affair",0 176197,"to imagine that a new software program spit out the screenplay",0 123516,"interesting than any of the character dramas , which never reach satisfying conclusions",1 203706,"is worth seeing",1 56793,"seemingly opaque",0 11852,"the saddest films",1 122713,"if somewhat standardized ,",1 158246,"ends up exposing his own obsession",1 178069,"when the narrator stops yammering",0 70905,"While the humor is recognizably Plympton",1 85189,"its affectionate depiction",1 108187,"One of these days Hollywood will come up with an original idea for a teen movie ,",0 142805,"... stumbles over every cheap trick in the book trying to make the outrage come even easier .",0 58437,"the large cast is solid",1 19587,"a sorrowful and hilarious tone poem",1 29073,"are slow and repetitive parts",0 227251,"Yet another iteration of what 's become one of the movies ' creepiest conventions , in which the developmentally disabled are portrayed with almost supernatural powers to humble , teach and ultimately redeem their mentally `` superior '' friends , family ...",0 89097,"of the universal themes , earnest performances",1 233105,"it were any more of a turkey",0 217875,"try paying less attention to the miniseries and more attention to the film it is about",0 116628,"can still be smarter than any 50 other filmmakers still at work",1 165033,"limp ,",0 166043,"missed opportunities .",0 12999,"where few american films dare to delve",1 212769,"suavity",1 234180,"not all that good",0 14817,"a resolutely realistic path",1 139881,"will be on video long before they grow up and you can wait till then",0 70206,"This is SO De Palma . If you love him , you 'll like it . If you do n't",1 157478,"directed by Wally Wolodarsky from a script by Joe Jarvis and Greg Coolidge . These are names to remember ,",1 110623,"Throws in enough clever and unexpected",1 105832,"For all its shoot-outs",1 85615,"keep them guessing",1 52999,"in the lively , convincing dialogue she creates for her characters",1 134234,"that already-shallow",0 160520,"haphazard , as if the writers mistakenly thought they could achieve an air of frantic spontaneity by simply tossing in lots of characters doing silly stuff and stirring the pot",0 110249,"The weird thing",0 2159,"retelling",0 131058,"real '' portions of the film",1 22857,"wonderful character-based comedy .",1 115338,"bad premise",0 94260,"teen-pop exploitation",0 23990,", who can now add movies to the list of things he does well",1 64740,"Clever and unflinching in its comic barbs , Slap Her is a small but rewarding comedy that takes aim at contemporary southern adolescence and never lets up .",1 90651,"pretty enjoyable",1 121682,"has about 25 minutes of decent material .",1 198470,"fairly lame",0 163093,"is n't nearly as good to his crew as he is as a director or actor .",0 97209,"there are times when the film 's reach exceeds its grasp",0 48005,"a fascinating arc from hope and euphoria",1 46762,"Some movies blend together as they become distant memories . Mention '' Solaris '' five years from now and I 'm sure those who saw it will have an opinion to share .",1 152479,"a soulless hunk",0 174588,"the problems of the characters never become important to us , and",0 176730,"toss them at the screen",0 55167,"occasionally flawed ,",0 119646,"fails to provide much more insight than the inside column of a torn book jacket",0 112541,"a prolific director",1 100721,"without neglecting character development for even one minute",1 54679,"may not mark Mr . Twohy 's emergence into the mainstream",0 120224,"flashy twists",1 81330,"grand tour",1 156884,"could have stopped watching long ago",0 190774,"a huge mess",0 71344,"a calm , self-assured portrait of small town regret , love , duty and friendship",1 42932,"turns the idea of the documentary on its head ,",1 127426,"most effective",1 133961,"tell you how tedious , how resolutely unamusing , how thoroughly unrewarding all of this is , and what a reckless squandering of four fine acting talents",0 45652,"In addition to Hoffman 's powerful acting clinic",1 74755,"as pure composition and form --",1 57132,"soaringly",1 8314,"know about rubbo 's dumbed-down tactics",0 21828,"recommend that everyone see this movie -- for its historical significance alone",1 183328,"Deep down , I realized the harsh reality of my situation : I would leave the theater with a lower I . Q . than when I had entered",0 16570,"mild headache",0 145052,"Egoyan 's movie is too complicated to sustain involvement , and , if you 'll excuse a little critical heresy , too intellectually ambitious .",0 33217,"is a fascinating document of an event that has to be seen to be believed .",1 129310,"often achieves a level of connection and concern",1 88517,"of denial",0 120852,"funny , smart",1 171906,"stands for Milder Is n't Better",0 207436,"of High Art",1 48106,"a heartfelt conviction",1 237356,"the writer-director of this little $ 1.8 million charmer , which may not be cutting-edge indie filmmaking",0 82438,"hopeful or optimistic",1 155043,"begins to vaporize from your memory minutes after it ends",0 23131,"'s hard not to be seduced by ( Witherspoon 's ) charisma , even in this run-of-the-mill vehicle , because this girl knows how to drive it to the max",1 53360,"is about grief",0 238271,"uppity",0 219176,"when something goes bump in the night and nobody cares",0 168450,"out-sized",0 188013,"The characters ... are paper-thin , and their personalities undergo radical changes when it suits the script .",0 232150,"intimate than spectacular",1 118459,"do n't like",0 66196,"I recommend it for its originality alone",1 121224,"glosses over Rafael 's evolution",0 219593,"winds up feeling like a great missed opportunity .",0 215168,"the movies you 'd want to watch if you only had a week to live",1 173586,"the built-in silliness of the whole affair",0 101204,"you wo n't be able to look away for a second",1 90740,"promotes a reasonable landscape of conflict",1 153801,"are as predictable and as lowbrow",0 55913,"packed with information and impressions",1 12785,"view nor a compelling reason",0 101621,"'s apparently been forced by his kids to watch too many Barney videos",0 222748,"But here 's a movie about it anyway .",0 9883,"proving once again ego does n't always go hand in hand with talent",0 159843,"funny , sometimes inspiring ,",1 175105,"their lack of showiness",1 197857,"ends up as a bitter pill",0 64288,"Beautifully crafted and cooly unsettling ... recreates the atmosphere of the crime expertly .",1 208845,"ourselves and",1 211927,"so downbeat",0 227708,"`` un-bear-able '' project",0 25918,"LaPaglia 's",1 168652,"paper thin",0 167673,"of ridiculous sourness",0 141290,"'s difficult to imagine the process that produced such a script , but here 's guessing that spray cheese and underarm noises played a crucial role",0 42340,"makes up for its mawkish posing by offering rousing spates of genuine feeling",1 150278,"This movie is so bad , that it 's almost worth seeing because it 's so bad .",0 71924,"a love affair",1 230208,"did n't particularly like E.T. the first time I saw it as a young boy",0 141811,"( Sen 's ) soap opera-ish approach undermines his good intentions .",0 31409,"extraordinarily",1 164733,"legitimate funny",1 170904,"short of its Ideal predecessor",0 120910,"gaining most of its unsettling force from the suggested and the unknown",1 194044,"be a different kind of film",1 101147,"you love the music",1 82685,"illustrating the merits of fighting hard for something that really matters",1 169879,"rehash old jokes and leave any life at the doorstep .",0 1685,"makes a joke out of car chases for an hour and then gives us half an hour of car chases .",0 4870,"as i hoped i would",1 21075,"is unforgettable , deeply absorbing",1 77569,"creeps into your heart",1 213639,"that gives movies about ordinary folk a bad name",0 3566,"a 90-minute , four-star movie",1 238093,"trading in his cynicism for reverence and a little wit",1 70912,"While the plot follows a predictable connect-the-dots course ... director John Schultz colors the picture in some evocative shades .",1 46924,"The Lion King was a roaring success when it was released eight years ago ,",1 83814,"is a masterfully conducted work",1 157875,"dopey plot",0 209255,"phony baloney movie biz",0 57309,"star power ,",1 160831,"have been scripted by someone who just graduated from elementary school",0 75147,"balances both Traditional or Modern stories together in a manner that one never overwhelms the other . Something for everyone .",1 145942,"I 'm afraid you wo n't get through this frankly fantastical by-the-numbers B-flick with just a suspension of disbelief . Rather , you 'll have to wrestle disbelief to the ground and then apply the chloroform-soaked handkerchief .",0 56720,"say that it 's the equal of some of its predecessors",1 22254,"the crew wonder if they 're ghosts imagining themselves as alive . It 's a sly wink to The Others without becoming a postmodern joke",1 113536,"aiming for , it certainly got lost in the '' soon-to-be-forgettable '' section of the quirky rip-off prison romp pile . It 's petty thievery like this that puts flimsy flicks like this behind bars",0 226328,"The messages of compassion and mercy are clearly , squarely and specifically expounded via computer animated Old Testament tale of Jonah and the Whale",1 212142,"some of the magic we saw in Glitter here in Wisegirls",1 216639,"thrills and extreme",1 51935,"from hope and euphoria",1 160511,"handle the mix of verbal jokes and",1 166147,"more by intellect than heart , his story flattens instead of sharpens",0 191520,"a therapy session",0 150067,"There 's something not entirely convincing about The Quiet American . And",0 102253,", Hard Copy should come a-knocking",0 226566,"There 's lots of cool stuff packed into ESPN 's Ultimate X.",1 92206,"seen through the right eyes , with the right actors and with the kind of visual flair that shows what great cinema can really do .",1 124259,"is more likely to induce sleep than fright .",0 30848,"disreputable air",0 88970,"of the best rock documentaries ever . Wilco",1 221661,", ugly and destructive little \*\*\*\*",0 210658,"rude and crude humor",0 85082,"it lacks the utter authority of a genre gem",0 195968,"comes down to whether you can tolerate Leon Barlow . I ca n't",0 199837,"get more out of the latter experience",1 15760,"feels funny and true .",1 69168,"Terrific casting",1 99438,"violence and whimsy do n't combine easily -- '' Cherish '' certainly is n't dull",1 70248,"This is n't exactly profound cinema , but it 's good-natured and sometimes quite funny .",1 130719,"proper respect",1 238620,"whatever you thought of the first production -- pro or con -- you 'll likely think of this one",0 222374,"And that is where Ararat went astray .",0 196708,"delighted simply to spend more time with familiar cartoon characters",1 11668,"the movie is a little tired ; maybe the original inspiration has run its course",0 222022,"A high-minded snoozer .",0 73892,"an invaluable record",1 67382,"Mamet 's airless cinematic shell games .",1 70744,"Well , it probably wo n't have you swinging from the trees hooting it 's praises , but it 's definitely worth taking a look .",1 143249,"A one-trick pony",0 134160,"that 's right",1 173092,"that it seems to be on auto-pilot",0 189560,"What Madonna does here ca n't properly be called acting -- more accurately , it 's moving and it 's talking and it 's occasionally gesturing , sometimes all at once .",0 1576,"laughingly",1 84356,"is lightweight filmmaking , to be sure",0 207806,"of involved talent",1 76007,"brutal honesty and respect",1 198068,"even after 90 minutes of playing opposite each other Bullock and Grant still look ill at ease sharing the same scene . What should have been a painless time-killer becomes instead a grating endurance test .",0 25482,"Harsh , effective documentary",1 160758,"has to recite bland police procedural details",0 106623,"If you 're the kind of parent who enjoys intentionally introducing your kids to films which will cause loads of irreparable damage that years and years of costly analysis could never fix , I have just one word for you - -- Decasia",0 3328,"'s hard to care about a film that proposes as epic tragedy the plight of a callow rich boy who is forced to choose between his beautiful , self-satisfied 22-year-old girlfriend and an equally beautiful , self-satisfied 18-year-old mistress",0 219894,"without much success",0 187174,"Seagal , who looks more like Danny Aiello these days , mumbles his way through the movie .",0 71556,"a determined woman 's courage to find her husband in a war zone",1 64774,"Compared to his series of spectacular belly flops both on and off the screen",0 126532,"made all too clear in this schlocky horror\/action hybrid",0 40632,"4 friends , 2 couples , 2000 miles , and",1 30178,"cinema at its finest",1 61593,", Burkinabe filmmaker Dani Kouyate 's reworking of a folk story whose roots go back to 7th-century oral traditions is also a pointed political allegory .",1 26543,"Secretary stays in your head and makes you question your own firmly held positions .",1 64376,"Blade II is as estrogen-free as movies get , so",0 145607,"God help us , but Capra and Cooper are rolling over in their graves .",0 3905,"a light ,",1 24466,"A splendid entertainment",1 119416,"everyday sex-in-the-city misadventures",0 43082,"'' is a bright , light modern day family parable that wears its heart on its sleeve",1 90954,"puts a human face on Derrida , and makes one of the great minds of our times interesting and accessible to people who normally could n't care less",1 27669,"a mean streak",0 202657,"is a success in some sense",1 69304,"The IMAX screen enhances the personal touch of manual animation .",1 236236,"takes a really long , slow and dreary time to dope out what TUCK EVERLASTING is about .",0 233276,"lack their idol 's energy and passion for detail .",0 43548,", but not necessarily with us",0 52073,"genuinely moving and",1 163932,"it tough for them to really care",0 146234,"If you 're not the target demographic ... this movie is one long chick-flick slog .",0 175173,"there 's something cringe-inducing about seeing an American football stadium nuked as pop entertainment",0 72559,"a strong , character-oriented piece",1 218643,"wanes dramatically",0 212874,"suffers from a paunchy midsection , several plodding action sequences and a wickedly undramatic central theme",0 121006,"genteel and unsurprising",0 145003,"Dull , lifeless , and amateurishly",0 44629,"Awesome creatures",1 136245,"the setting in an attempt to make the film relevant today , without fully understanding what it was that made the story relevant in the first place",0 212141,"some of the intensity that made her an interesting character to begin with",1 66038,"Holm does his sly , intricate magic , and Iben Hjelje is entirely appealing as Pumpkin .",1 15705,"exceeds",1 112703,"a sight to behold",1 156109,"celebrates the human spirit with such unrelenting Dickensian decency that it turned me ( horrors ! ) into Scrooge .",1 184816,"If there ai n't none , you have a problem",0 175056,"the worthy EMI recording that serves as the soundtrack ,",1 217791,"tries to be ethereal , but ends up seeming goofy .",0 195743,"classical familiarity",1 165243,"looks like a juicy , delicious plum on a hot summer day",1 192862,"another silly Hollywood action film , one among a multitude of simple-minded",1 186655,"Paul Bettany is good at being the ultra-violent gangster wannabe ,",1 136120,"the real-life story is genuinely inspirational",1 197497,"dramatic nor comic",0 170743,"sermonizing",0 155032,"begin to wonder if they are ever going to depart",0 107602,"Making such a tragedy the backdrop to a love story risks trivializing it , though Chouraqui no doubt intended the film to affirm love 's power to help people endure almost unimaginable horror .",1 198862,"film that leaves you scratching your head in amazement over the fact that so many talented people could participate in such an ill-advised and poorly",0 158946,"feels generic",0 47950,"a delightfully dour , deadpan tone",1 27371,"a big , gorgeous , mind-blowing , breath-taking mess",1 72865,"a young artist 's thoughtful consideration",1 203346,"is rather pretentious",0 180553,", but I believe a movie can be mindless without being the peak of all things insipid",0 189807,"With the Assassin is structured less as a documentary and more as a found relic",0 189666,"Whether it 's the worst movie of 2002 , I ca n't say for sure : Memories of Rollerball have faded , and I skipped Country Bears . But this new jangle of noise , mayhem and stupidity must be a serious contender for the title",0 61898,", fat , dumb",0 72426,"a slightly naughty , just-above-average off - Broadway play",1 43161,"'s a glorious spectacle like those D . W . Griffith made in the early days of silent film",1 94652,"that explore the seamy underbelly of the criminal world",1 177224,"unless you happen to know annoyingly self-involved people who speak in glib sentences that could have only come from the pen of a screenwriter",0 74061,"and sumptuous stream",1 191769,"about starting with a more original story instead of just slapping extreme humor and gross-out gags on top of the same old crap",0 133117,"spirit triumphs",1 141729,"'ve come to expect more from this studio than some 79-minute after-school '' cartoon ''",0 18993,"It 's almost impossible not to be moved by the movie 's depiction of sacrifice and its stirring epilogue in post-Soviet Russia .",1 112035,"a good indication",1 156713,"connected to this movie",1 202973,"is grotesque and boring",0 94916,"that this bold move works",1 97640,"thoughtful , unapologetically raw",1 77921,"delightful work",1 189756,"Wimps out by going for that PG-13 rating , so the more graphic violence is mostly off-screen and",0 116732,"carries us effortlessly from darkness to light",1 141761,"( Director ) Byler may yet have a great movie in him",1 149060,"That chirpy songbird Britney Spears has popped up with more mindless drivel",0 180221,"( The film 's ) taste for '' shock humor '' will wear thin on all but those weaned on the comedy of Tom Green and the Farrelly Brothers",0 27544,"a fuzzy treat",1 78002,"depicts this relationship with economical grace ,",1 18335,", I 'll certainly be keeping an eye out for his next project",1 157996,"drowns out the lousy dialogue .",0 73817,"an imaginative teacher of emotional intelligence in this engaging film about two men who discover what William James once called ` the gift of tears",1 127823,"need a good laugh ,",1 50405,"confusion and pain",0 50138,"charming and often affecting journey",1 159817,"full-throated humor",1 186266,"My advice is to skip the film and pick up the soundtrack .",0 199228,"for easy , seductive pacing",1 166322,"most notably wretched sound design",0 214236,"the by now intolerable morbidity",0 79310,"ever seen , constantly pulling the rug from underneath us , seeing things from new sides , plunging deeper , getting more intense",1 150070,"There 's something with potential here",1 190947,"a milquetoast movie of the week blown up for the big screen",0 76515,"catch this IMAX offering",1 233544,"loses its bite in a last-minute happy ending that 's even less plausible than the rest of the picture",0 229687,"can not disguise the slack complacency of ( Godard 's ) vision , any more than the gorgeous piano and strings on the soundtrack can drown out the tinny self-righteousness of his voice .",0 168216,"one mundane story",0 83979,"is amused by its special effects",1 48221,"a multilayered work",1 103499,"A compelling story",1 197286,"does n't add up to a whole lot .",0 135730,"the mood for an intelligent weepy",1 48039,"a film that deftly balances action and reflection as it lets you grasp and feel the passion others have for their work .",1 183714,"Equilibrium the movie , as opposed to the manifesto , is really , really stupid .",0 74718,"as it is flawed",0 110050,"The only surprise is that heavyweights Joel Silver and Robert Zemeckis agreed to produce this : I assume the director has pictures of them cavorting in ladies ' underwear .",0 31331,"excellent performances",1 172205,"substance and soul",1 223497,"Given the fact that virtually no one is bound to show up at theatres for it , the project should have been made for the tube .",0 59612,"ultimately delivers",1 67911,"Not since Ghostbusters has a film used Manhattan 's architecture in such a gloriously goofy way .",1 97927,"to be mildly amusing",1 133688,"surprisingly buoyant",1 148991,"TV-style",0 90691,"probably the most good-hearted yet sensual entertainment I 'm likely to see all year",1 206843,"nearly surprising or clever enough to sustain a reasonable degree of suspense on its own",0 42399,"neither as funny nor",0 114002,"an entertaining ride",1 228210,"a tendency to slip into hokum",0 26153,"Nalin",1 60387,"with such a rah-rah , patriotic tone",0 112012,"a giant pile of elephant feces",0 24997,"Claude",1 209677,"preposterously melodramatic paean",0 127716,"my mind kept returning to one anecdote for comparison : the cartoon in Japan that gave people seizures .",0 119291,"establish Mr . Cantet as France 's foremost cinematic poet of the workplace .",1 166863,"no real plot , no real conflict , no real point",0 122153,"her complicated characters be unruly , confusing and , through it all , human",1 146562,"It 's not original , and , robbed of the element of surprise , it does n't have any huge laughs in its story of irresponsible cops who love to play pranks",0 205100,"like the imaginary sport it projects onto the screen -- loud , violent and mindless .",0 193148,"are not at all entertaining",0 74651,"as claustrophic , suffocating and chilly",0 2427,"such aching",0 130203,"phrase ` life affirming '",1 199327,"for the entire family and one",1 101615,"'s an excellent 90-minute film here",1 103216,"... even if you 've never heard of Chaplin , you 'll still be glued to the screen .",1 238771,"will engage anyone with a passing interest in the skate\/surf culture",1 15373,"captures the hotel lobbies , two-lane highways , and roadside cafes that permeate Vincent 's days",1 204583,"knock-off",0 4132,"a spark of its own",1 23450,", as Cho appears to have settled comfortably into her skin",1 185336,"It shares the first two films ' loose-jointed structure ,",0 218555,"virtually collapses into an inhalant blackout , maintaining consciousness just long enough to achieve callow pretension",0 57419,"string together enough charming moments",1 69281,"The Emperor 's Club ,",1 153985,"are unusual . But they do n't fit well together and neither is well told .",0 13843,"An enthralling",1 18066,"will tempt those willing to probe its inscrutable mysteries",1 206549,"most unpleasant",0 7694,"is as much fun as it must have been for them to make it",1 145467,"Formulaic to the 51st power , more like .",0 215611,"the silly , over-the-top coda especially disappointing",0 185258,"It collapses when Mr . Taylor tries to shift the tone to a thriller 's rush .",0 37163,"something worth",1 164516,"lacking in charm , wit and invention",0 61209,"'s plenty to impress about E . T",1 62278,", the film makes up for it with a pleasing verisimilitude .",1 35270,"of his richest roles",1 153838,"are getting irritating",0 71817,"a high-end John Hughes comedy , a kind of Elder Bueller 's Time Out",1 124629,"is that it has a screenplay written by Antwone Fisher based on the book by Antwone Fisher .",1 91457,"remarkably assured",1 168165,"once had a nightmare like this",0 83635,"invaluable record",1 43149,"'s a clear-eyed portrait of an intensely lived time , filled with nervous energy , moral ambiguity and great uncertainties",1 229849,"clichéd to a fault",0 135586,"the intimate , unguarded moments of folks who live in unusual homes -- which pop up in nearly every corner of the country",1 215996,"their caustic purpose for existing",0 232307,"is a harmlessly naïve slice of b-ball fantasy , fit for filling in during the real NBA 's off-season .",1 61310,"'s the brilliant surfing photography bringing you right inside the massive waves that lifts Blue Crush into one of the summer 's most pleasurable movies",1 40234,"with lovely performances by Buy and Accorsi",1 224324,"It is , by conventional standards , a fairly terrible movie ... but",0 142358,", much less talent",0 180976,", the film is deadly dull",0 27501,"a fascinating portrait",1 198241,"exaggerated action",0 51578,"feel like the movie 's various victimized audience members after a while",0 83281,"indie tatters and self-conscious seams",0 101127,"you find comfort in familiarity",1 10040,"recommended",1 101056,"you 're gonna like this movie",1 110678,"To those who have not read the book , the film is a much better mother-daughter tale than last summer 's ` Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood , ' but that 's not saying much .",1 147570,"Murder by Numbers just does n't add up .",0 63210,"A moving and weighty depiction",1 204980,"like Hollywood Ending . Now",0 9148,"not the least",0 157623,"do a very good job conveying the issue at hand",1 15644,"enjoyed",1 231585,"have no affinity for most of the characters",0 14714,"a far more thoughtful film",1 194312,"becomes long and tedious",0 204612,"knows how to make a point with poetic imagery",1 89928,"overflows with wisdom and emotion",1 57202,"something auspicious , and daring ,",1 70313,"This rush to profits has created a predictably efficient piece of business notable largely for its overwhelming creepiness , for an eagerness to create images you wish you had n't seen , which , in this day and age , is of course the point .",1 234245,"odd movies",0 235269,"reek of a script rewrite designed to garner the film a `` cooler '' PG-13 rating",0 77504,"crafty",1 221090,"( `` Laissez-passer '' )",0 111440,"` ick '",0 100889,"worth catching",1 144406,"Channel 5 grade trash",0 39266,"to recommend",1 108445,"Polanski has found the perfect material with which to address his own World War II experience in his signature style .",1 150226,"This is an egotistical endeavor from the daughter of horror director Dario Argento ( a producer here )",0 185859,"Long on twinkly-eyed close-ups and short on shame",0 122595,"hugely imaginative and successful casting to its great credit",1 14529,"This delicately observed story , deeply felt and masterfully stylized ,",1 20966,"intricate intellectual gamesmanship",1 125493,"just about more stately than any contemporary movie this year ... a true study , a film with a questioning heart",1 211061,"seemed wasted like DeNiro 's once promising career and the once grand Long Beach boardwalk",0 133509,"subject as monstrous",0 175142,"then apply the chloroform-soaked handkerchief",0 233620,"make `` The Good Girl '' a film worth watching .",1 197595,"dull as its characters , about whose fate it is hard to care",0 12691,"unrelentingly claustrophobic and",0 46253,"Mr . Spielberg and his company just want you to enjoy yourselves without feeling conned . And they succeed merrily at their noble endeavor",1 103245,"... the movie is too heady for children , and too preachy for adults .",0 228771,"are among cinema 's finest this year",1 141205,"'s also cold , grey , antiseptic and emotionally desiccated .",0 101923,"'s still entertaining to watch the target practice .",1 228587,"an infomercial for Ram Dass 's latest book",0 215732,"the symbols",1 49142,"are charming and",1 118696,"dramatic enlightenment , the screenplay by Billy Ray and Terry George",1 32289,"has been much puzzlement among critics about what the election symbolizes .",0 224242,"It 's sort of in-between , and it works .",1 181188,"-- and not in a good way",0 95931,"the incredible storyline",1 150317,"This thing works on no level whatsoever for me .",0 49023,"and '' Imitation of Life '' transcends them .",1 125977,"life affirming and heartbreaking ,",1 13150,"with miscast leads , banal dialogue and an absurdly overblown climax , killing me softly belongs firmly in the so-bad-it 's - good camp .",0 38657,"the special effects and narrative flow much improved",1 190960,"a mix of The Shining , The Thing , and any naked teenagers horror flick",0 235068,"probably wo n't have you swinging from the trees hooting it 's praises",0 156768,"contains few laughs and not much drama",0 130515,"powerful political message",1 39772,"very much in the mold of feel-good movies",1 157021,"crock",0 9714,"pile too many '' serious issues ''",0 31797,"for the kids",1 10803,"stylistic",1 74562,"as Sexy Beast",1 194004,"barely fizzle",0 167924,"of-the-week",1 153940,"are so heavy-handed that they instead pummel the audience .",0 156278,"churning ground that has long passed the point of being fertile",0 76468,"carry forward into the next generation",1 230554,"enough laughs to sustain interest to the end",1 187626,"Suffers from unlikable characters and a self-conscious sense of its own quirky hipness",0 21,"'s a certain style and wit to the dialogue",1 123146,"in the face of the character 's blank-faced optimism",1 72846,"a work of deft and subtle poetry",1 198495,"falls victim to that everlasting conundrum experienced by every human who ever lived : too much to do , too little time to do it in .",0 196707,"delighted simply",1 120723,"from its material that is deliberately unsettling",0 218810,"waste their time",0 189648,"When your subject is illusion versus reality , should n't the reality seem at least passably real ?",0 70812,"What elevates the movie above the run-of-the-mill singles blender",1 192097,"aimless for much of its running time , until late in the film when a tidal wave of plot arrives",0 88630,"of high romance , brought off with considerable wit",1 226545,"The whole mess boils down to a transparently hypocritical work that feels as though it 's trying to set the women 's liberation movement back 20 years . '",0 135406,"the food is enticing",1 156189,"charmless and",0 218010,"two ideas",1 196784,"depressing to see how far Herzog has fallen",0 185242,"It all unfolds predictably",0 195290,"cable sexploitation",0 164799,"let the subtitles fool you",0 163274,"is really the only thing that 's worth watching in Birthday Girl , a film by the stage-trained Jez Butterworth ( Mojo ) that serves as yet another example of the sad decline of British comedies in the post-Full Monty world",0 222462,"As literary desecrations go , this makes for perfectly acceptable , occasionally very enjoyable children 's entertainment .",1 63078,"A glib but bouncy bit of sixties-style slickness in which the hero might wind up caught but the audience gets pure escapism .",1 80278,"for illustrating the merits of fighting hard for something that really matters",1 152667,"a watch",1 170625,"seems to be posing , rather than acting .",0 10761,"stomach-churning",0 236887,"the film does not make this statement in an easily accessible way , and -- unless prewarned --",0 131072,"real visual charge to the filmmaking",1 180363,", Crocodile Hunter has the hurried , badly cobbled look of the 1959 Godzilla , which combined scenes of a Japanese monster flick with canned shots of Raymond Burr commenting on the monster 's path of destruction .",0 238364,"walked away from this new version of E.T.",0 132798,"so tedious it makes the silly spy vs",0 26865,"The movie is beautiful to behold and engages one in a sense of epic struggle -- inner and outer -- that 's all too rare in Hollywood 's hastier productions .",1 220684,"'s a dull girl , that 's all .",0 91057,"radiates star-power potential in this remarkable and memorable film",1 209720,"pretty but",1 10338,"seemingly a vehicle to showcase the canadian 's inane ramblings , stealing harvard is a smorgasbord of soliloquies about nothing delivered by the former mr . drew barrymore .",0 117899,"de su reparto o lo interesante que pudo haber resultado su premisa , pues el resultado es francamente aburrido y",1 29426,"be savored",1 232767,"is terrific , bringing an unforced , rapid-fire delivery to Toback 's Heidegger - and Nietzsche-referencing dialogue .",1 221340,", flee .",0 111446,"` naturalistic ' rather than",1 85875,"leaves you with a few lingering animated thoughts",1 6522,"fisher has bared his soul and confronted his own shortcomings here in a way ... that feels very human and very true to life",1 225780,"Shrewd",0 57827,"that keeps the film grounded in an undeniable social realism",1 182495,"Antwone Fisher manages the dubious feat of turning one man 's triumph of will into everyman 's romance comedy .",1 36036,"pleasant romantic comedy .",1 125896,"left us cold",0 200847,"have n't seen such self-amused trash since Freddy Got Fingered .",0 69758,"The movie itself is far from disappointing , offering an original take on courtroom movies , a few nifty twists that are so crucial to the genre and another first-rate performance by top-billed star Bruce Willis .",1 234058,"nearly every cliché",0 161363,"hitting your head on the theater seat in front of you when you doze off thirty minutes into the film",0 56224,"prove recommendation",1 118861,"earns the right to be favorably compared to Das Boot .",1 66702,"It does give you a peek . The main problem being that it 's only a peek .",0 181986,"A sleek advert for youthful anomie",1 76863,"cold , oddly colorful and just plain otherworldly , a freaky bit of art that 's there to scare while we delight in the images",1 108737,"Salton Sea surprisingly engrossing",1 157355,"determination to immerse you in sheer , unrelenting wretchedness",0 101118,"you feel alive - which is what they did",1 198464,"fairly harmless",1 125489,"just a waste",0 19638,"about acceptance and growth",1 148512,"Sewer rats could watch this movie and be so skeeved out that they 'd need a shower .",0 171870,"staged with your green plastic army men were more exciting and almost certainly made more sense",0 92258,"self-referential hot air",0 44299,"A tender , witty , captivating film about friendship , love , memory , trust and loyalty .",1 121376,"grace and panache",1 89697,"only the most practiced curmudgeon could fail to crack a smile at",1 48858,"amusing and unpredictable",1 10879,"swaggering camaraderie",1 172008,"stinks so badly of hard-sell image-mongering you",0 36889,"sharp humor and insight",1 222568,"Before it collapses into exactly the kind of buddy cop comedy",0 80606,"from charismatic rising star Jake Gyllenhaal but also from accomplished Oscar winners Susan Sarandon , Dustin Hoffman and Holly Hunter , yet newcomer Ellen Pompeo pulls off the feat with aplomb",1 27845,"a sort of filmic epiphany that revels in the true potential of the medium .",1 65852,"Great fun",1 152502,"a statement and issue worthy of a much more thoughtfulness and insight than a melodramatic and wholly predictable thriller",0 73832,"an impressive achievement in spite of a river of sadness that pours into every frame",1 78431,"does n't always jell with Sean Penn 's monotone narration",0 130988,"rank as one of the cleverest , most deceptively amusing comedies of the year .",1 224771,"Men in Black II achieves ultimate insignificance --",0 33629,"it bags . This is one for the ages",1 230458,"dupe the viewer into taking it all as Very Important simply because the movie is ugly to look at and not a Hollywood product",0 101785,"'s no question that Epps scores once or twice",1 96968,"the variety of tones in Spielberg 's work",1 167972,"often appear to be reading the lines and are incapable of conveying any emotion .",0 81355,"great artistic significance",1 182488,"Another wholly unnecessary addition to the growing , moldering pile of , well , extreme stunt",0 23370,", amusing and cute",1 154420,"at times , but lapses quite casually into the absurd",0 142011,", Kilmer seems to be posing , rather than acting . And that leaves a hole in the center of The Salton Sea .",0 139433,"weaves us into a complex web .",1 17739,"this is a refreshingly novel ride",1 57621,"tear their eyes away from the screen",1 152016,"a lump of run-of-the-mill profanity sprinkled with a few remarks so geared toward engendering audience sympathy that you might think he was running for office -- or trying to win over a probation officer",0 152827,"absurdly sentimental",0 145008,"Dylan Kidd",1 208107,"of the most frantic , virulent and foul-natured Christmas season pics ever delivered by a Hollywood studio",0 48251,"a pair of fascinating performances",1 222200,"After all , it 'll probably be in video stores by Christmas , and it might just be better suited to a night in the living room than a night at the movies .",0 23672,", if a bit draggy at times",0 9924,"put together a wry white man and a chatty black man and",1 160399,"grows decidedly flimsier with its many out-sized , out of character and logically porous action set pieces",0 200464,"has a built-in audience , but only among those who are drying out from spring break",0 5697,"conflict with itself",0 134544,"that run the gamut from cheesy to cheesier to cheesiest",0 221229,", ` Scratch ' is a pretty decent little documentary .",1 86139,"link together",1 60768,"'s ) a clever thriller with enough unexpected twists to keep our interest .",1 58913,"there 's no denying the potency of Miller 's strange , fleeting brew of hopeful perseverance and hopeless closure .",1 142069,", all intertwined and far too complicated to keep track of",0 72882,"ability to make its subject interesting to those who are n't part of its supposed target audience . Judging by those standards , ` Scratch ' is a pretty decent little documentary",1 150943,"Why did they deem it necessary to document all this emotional misery",0 134146,"that 's better than its predecessor",1 188550,"The premise itself is just SOOOOO tired . Pair that with really poor comedic writing",0 9483,"one never",0 229422,"blend politics and drama , an admirable ambition",1 53390,"is an enjoyable Big Movie primarily because Australia is a weirdly beautiful place",1 239092,"you 'll enjoy at least the `` real '' portions of the film .",1 1239,"human resources was a good , straightforward tale ,",1 76815,"cliché-riddled",0 233964,"most horrific movie experience",0 71882,"a lifetime",1 103783,"A piece of mildly entertaining , inoffensive fluff that drifts aimlessly for 90 minutes before lodging in the cracks of that ever-growing category : unembarrassing but unmemorable .",0 41884,"expectations . Good fun",1 191662,"abhorrent to you",0 100614,"with spikes of sly humor",1 14686,"a buoyant , darkly funny dance",1 13100,"win",1 62550,"... Wallace is smart to vary the pitch of his movie , balancing deafening battle scenes with quieter domestic scenes of women back home receiving War Department telegrams .",1 92508,"shiver-inducing",1 27109,"Unlike the nauseating fictions peddled by such ` Have-yourself-a-happy-little-Holocaust ' movies as Life Is Beautiful and Jakob the Liar",1 220568,"'ll buy the soundtrack .",1 22010,"solace in events that could easily crush it forever",0 52119,"ghost imagery that shows just enough to keep us on our toes",1 18808,"Daring",1 206440,"more racist portraits",0 166802,"no good jokes , no good scenes , barely a moment when Carvey 's Saturday Night Live-honed mimicry rises above the level of embarrassment",0 51545,"fascinating glimpse",1 154437,"attempt by the filmmakers to force-feed James Bond",0 19091,"Minority Report delivers all that and a whole lot more .",1 67197,"Less front-loaded",1 96732,"the soulful development",1 224186,"It 's hard to quibble with a flick boasting this many genuine cackles , but Notorious C.H.O. still feels like a promising work-in-progress",1 51212,"engrossing and different",1 149258,"The cast is uniformly excellent ... but the film itself is merely mildly charming",1 24355,"A great comedy filmmaker",1 118090,"derive from the screenplay , but rather the mediocre performances by most of the actors involved",0 57915,"that will appeal to a mainstream American audience",1 64737,"Clever and",1 162570,"is a bad movie appearing on behalf of a good cause .",0 164350,"just too bad the film 's story does not live up to its style",0 164634,"laughter and self-exploitation merge into jolly soft-porn 'em powerment",1 200817,"have given it a one-star rating",0 37499,"surely no classic , like the novel upon which it is based",0 74519,"arthouse . The power of this script , and the performances that come with it",1 18992,"It 's a terrific American sports movie and Dennis Quaid is its athletic heart .",1 136411,"the ticket you need",1 116143,"both thematic content and narrative strength",1 212653,"street gangs and turf wars in 1958 Brooklyn -- stale cliches , gratuitous violence , or",0 98667,"trash-cinema",0 178691,"with tremendous promise",1 197413,"doltish and uneventful",0 28481,"and a gritty , no-budget approach",0 68735,"She 's all-powerful , a voice for a pop-cyber culture that feeds on her Bjorkness .",1 37433,"subtly , the film , sporting a breezy spontaneity and realistically drawn characterizations , develops into a significant character study that is both moving and wise",1 64348,"Bielinsky 's great game",1 62895,"A culture-clash comedy",1 118678,"dragged down by a leaden closing act",0 137594,"to find that real natural , even-flowing tone that few movies are able to accomplish",1 11978,"the titillating material",1 52441,"has the showmanship of Clones ' last 45 minutes .",1 170767,"set to an unending soundtrack of beach party pop numbers",0 140161,"with imbecilic Mafia",0 35674,"once again reinvented itself for a new generation",1 107,"` get in the car , bitch , ' this jerry bruckheimer production has little else to offer",0 21446,"not only because it is full of necessary discussion points , but because it is so accessible that it makes complex politics understandable to viewers looking for nothing but energetic entertainment",1 186239,"Muddled , trashy",0 70997,"With exquisite craftsmanship",1 35333,"of mock-Tarantino scuzbag types",0 37427,"subtle strength",1 236043,"steals the show without resorting to camp as Nicholas ' wounded and wounding Uncle Ralph",1 161618,"if you took Orwell , Bradbury , Kafka , George Lucas and the Wachowski Brothers and threw them into a blender . But that 's just the problem with it",0 133773,"swoony music and fever-pitched melodrama",1 33059,"inherent strength",1 38469,"the narcotizing bland ( sinister , though not nearly so sinister as the biennial Disney girl movie ) machinations",0 163552,"is undone by a filmmaking methodology that 's just experimental enough to alienate the mainstream audience while ringing cliched to hardened indie-heads .",0 140163,"with intelligence and care",1 44152,"A lyrical metaphor for cultural and personal self-discovery and a picaresque view of a little-remembered world",1 96441,"the power of love",1 84575,"is reliable",1 113790,"altogether too slight to be called any kind of masterpiece . It is , however , a completely honest , open-hearted",1 101883,"'s simply crude and unrelentingly exploitative",0 164629,"laughs are lacking",0 194988,"brought to life on the big screen",1 185767,"Like a three-ring circus , there are side stories aplenty -- none of them memorable .",0 148401,"Scarlet Diva",1 177837,"weigh down the plot so heavily that they drain all the film of its energy and",0 84360,"is like a progressive bull in a china shop , a provocateur crashing into ideas and special-interest groups as he slaps together his own brand of liberalism . '",1 28617,"and fresh romantic comedy",1 117230,"comes closer to the failure of the third Revenge of the Nerds sequel",0 214627,"the film suffers from a philosophical emptiness and maddeningly sedate pacing .",0 18276,"'s a world-class actor with Confessions of a Dangerous Mind",1 121213,"glides gracefully from male persona to female without missing a beat . Ben Kingsley is truly funny , playing a kind of Ghandi gone bad .",1 112282,"a major-league leading lady",1 159197,"fit well together",1 67707,"Much of what we see is horrible",0 84247,"is going to be something really good .",1 116937,"childhood imagination",1 211924,"so devoid of artifice and purpose",0 50091,"celebrates the group 's playful spark of nonconformity , glancing vividly back at what Hibiscus grandly called his ` angels of light .",1 6146,"efficient , suitably anonymous chiller",1 42306,"love the big , dumb , happy movie",1 163027,"is meant to be ` inspirational ' and ` uplifting '",1 72328,"a satisfactory overview of the bizarre world of extreme athletes as several daredevils express their own views .",1 103640,"A harrowing account of a psychological breakdown .",1 164090,"its obliviousness",0 3987,"a modest pleasure that accomplishes its goals with ease and confidence .",1 59935,"warmly extend your arms and",1 32587,"his smart , edgy voice and waddling profile ( emphasized here ) accent the humor of Wilson 's plight , and that saves his pathos from drippiness",1 89259,"offers a great deal of insight into the female condition and the timeless danger of emotions repressed .",1 83152,"in the travails of creating a screenplay",0 102099,"( It ) has the feel of a summer popcorn movie . Nothing too deep or substantial . Explosions , jokes , and sexual innuendoes abound .",1 126209,"little attempt",0 187269,"Show me the mugging",1 121412,"great gift",1 168040,"on a daytime television serial",0 158907,"feel like a parody of the mellow , peace-and-love side of the '60s counterculture",0 218612,"wade through",0 175530,"this ruinous remake",0 130314,"please not only the fanatical adherents on either side , but also people who know nothing about the subject",1 182456,"An unsophisticated",0 228643,"and even touching",1 52992,"in the endlessly inventive , fiercely competitive world of hip-hop DJs",1 104587,"Austin Powers in Goldmember is a cinematic car wreck , a catastrophic collision of tastelessness and gall that nevertheless will leave fans clamoring for another ride .",0 152552,"a sudden turn and devolves",0 224988,"Mr. Spielberg and his company just want you to enjoy yourselves without feeling conned .",1 104943,"By turns very dark and very funny .",1 102064,"( Breheny 's ) lensing",1 141518,"'s one pussy-ass world when even killer-thrillers revolve around group therapy sessions",0 127972,"no amount of imagination",0 157535,"disappointed as each overwrought new sequence",0 48320,"a really special walk",1 114483,"appalling , shamelessly manipulative and contrived , and totally lacking in conviction",0 140691,"you 're not",0 225262,"Occasionally funny , always very colorful and enjoyably overblown in the traditional Almodóvar style",1 108870,"Several uninteresting , unlikeable people do bad things to and with each other in '' Unfaithful . '' Why anyone who is not a character in this movie should care is beyond me .",0 216564,"though Ford and Neeson capably hold our interest , but its just not a thrilling movie",0 61462,"( Kline 's ) utterly convincing -- and deeply appealing -- as a noble teacher who embraces a strict moral code ,",1 39333,"to the narcotizing bland ( sinister , though not nearly so sinister as the biennial Disney girl movie ) machinations of the biennial Disney boy movie",0 170514,"see Maid in Manhattan",1 231389,"hardest",1 35770,"or even keep your eyes open .",0 55675,"offend and put off everyone",0 124795,"it 's a heck of a ride . Samuel L . Jackson is one of the best actors there is",1 237725,"to avoid",0 69376,"The Woodman seems to have directly influenced this girl-meets-girl love story ,",1 26949,"There are slow and repetitive parts",0 157670,"do n't see the point",0 195121,"by a bravura performance",1 76861,"cold , oddly colorful and just plain otherworldly",1 73613,"an 83 minute document of a project which started in a muddle ,",0 110879,"Viewers are asked so often to suspend belief that were it not for Holm 's performance , the film would be a total washout .",0 106246,"Hitchcockian suspense",1 23296,", Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood is nurturing , in a gauzy , dithering way .",1 24059,"-- except with an outrageous central gimmick that could have been a reject from Monty Python 's Meaning of Life .",0 65050,"DiCaprio 's best performance in anything ever , and easily the most watchable film of the year",1 62259,", the biggest is that Secret Ballot is a comedy , both gentle and biting .",1 162926,"is hinged on the belief that knees in the crotch , elbows in the face and spit in the eye are inherently funny .",0 173902,"the film falls back on the same old formula of teen sex , outrageous pranks and scenes designed to push the envelope of bad taste for laughs .",0 60126,"which seems so larger than life and yet so fragile",1 168182,"one big laugh",1 206731,"must have been lost in the mail",0 161046,"heat up only",1 196304,"could have written a more credible script , though with the same number of continuity errors .",0 48489,"a well-deserved reputation as one",1 76151,"by an inexplicable , utterly distracting blunder at the very end",0 201911,"in its lack of poetic frissons",0 209211,"period-piece movie-of-the-week , plain old blarney",0 31060,"emotional heft",0 206616,"movie-biz",0 134124,"than to employ Hollywood kids and people who owe",1 236703,"the `` soon-to-be-forgettable '' section",0 78617,"draws us in long",1 47815,"a beautiful city viewed through the eyes of a character who , in spite of tragic loss and increasing decrepitude , knows in his bones that he is one of the luckiest men alive",1 136028,"the poor and the dispossessed",0 133518,"substantive",1 4166,"a succession of cheesy coincidences and voluptuous cheap effects",0 52951,"in its place a sweetness , clarity and emotional openness that recalls the classics of early Italian neorealism",1 52594,"high water mark",1 221214,", Tavernier 's film bounds along with the rat-a-tat energy of `` His Girl Friday , '' maintaining a light touch while tackling serious themes .",1 64807,"Contrived as this may sound",0 179865,"'s no disguising this as one of the worst films of the summer . Or for the year , for that matter",0 46527,"Poetry in motion captured on film . While it can be a bit repetitive , overall it 's an entertaining and informative documentary .",1 70690,"Washington demands and receives excellent performances",1 218333,"us too drunk on the party favors to sober us up with the transparent attempts at moralizing",0 132015,"seems so similar to the 1953 Disney classic that it makes one long for a geriatric Peter",0 177906,"went back",1 216593,"three hours and with very little story or character development",0 214556,"the feeling of having been slimed in the name of High Art",0 74529,"artistic abandon",1 220583,"'ll get a sock-you-in-the-eye flick that is a visual tour-de-force and a story that is unlike any you will likely see anywhere else",1 59627,"unadulterated thrills",1 187303,"Signs is just another unoriginal run of the mill sci-fi film with a flimsy ending and lots of hype .",0 41823,"done up by Howard",1 68986,"Stanley Kwan has directed not only one of the best gay love stories ever made , but",1 107651,"Max pokes , provokes , takes expressionistic license and hits a nerve ...",1 106423,"I ca n't see why any actor of talent would ever work in a McCulloch production again if they looked at how this movie turned out .",0 86662,"makes this rather convoluted journey worth taking",1 78810,"elegant and sly deadpan",1 40833,"Dark , resonant",0 145957,"I 'm not sure which half of Dragonfly is worse : The part where nothing 's happening , or the part where something 's happening",0