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even when foreign directors ... borrow stuff from hollywood , they invariably shake up the formula and make it more interesting . | 3 | positive |
never again swings between false sentiment and unfunny madcap comedy and , along the way , expects the audience to invest in the central relationship as some kind of marriage of true minds . | 1 | negative |
if this is the resurrection of the halloween franchise , it would have been better off dead . | 0 | very negative |
too leisurely paced and visually drab for its own good , it succeeds in being only sporadically amusing . | 2 | neutral |
it 's a brave attempt to tap into the heartbeat of the world , a salute to the universal language of rhythm and a zippy sampling of sounds . | 4 | very positive |
this cheery , down-to-earth film is warm with the cozy feeling of relaxing around old friends . | 4 | very positive |
it 's solid and affecting and exactly as thought-provoking as it should be . | 4 | very positive |
for anyone who remembers the '60s or is interested in one man 's response to stroke , ram dass : fierce grace is worth seeking out . | 4 | very positive |
a free-for-all of half-baked thoughts , clumsily used visual tricks and self-indulgent actor moments . | 0 | very negative |
the acting by the over-25s lacks spark , with csokas particularly unconnected . | 1 | negative |
it 's the kind of movie that ends up festooning u.s. art house screens for no reason other than the fact that it 's in french -lrb- well , mostly -rrb- with english subtitles and is magically ` significant ' because of that . | 1 | negative |
a pleasant enough comedy that should have found a summer place . | 3 | positive |
i complain all the time about seeing the same ideas repeated in films over and over again , but the bourne identity proves that a fresh take is always possible . | 4 | very positive |
the premise is in extremely bad taste , and the film 's supposed insights are so poorly thought-out and substance-free that even a high school senior taking his or her first psychology class could dismiss them . | 0 | very negative |
ultimately , the message of trouble every day seems to be that all sexual desire disrupts life 's stasis . | 2 | neutral |
so what is the point ? | 0 | very negative |
if it 's possible for a sequel to outshine the original , then sl2 does just that . | 4 | very positive |
eight crazy nights is a showcase for sandler 's many talents . | 4 | very positive |
a real story about real people living their lives concerned about the future of an elderly , mentally handicapped family member . | 3 | positive |
a well acted and well intentioned snoozer . | 1 | negative |
the sum of all fears is almost impossible to follow -- and there 's something cringe-inducing about seeing an american football stadium nuked as pop entertainment . | 0 | very negative |
reinforces the often forgotten fact of the world 's remarkably varying human population and mindset , and its capacity to heal using creative , natural and ancient antidotes . | 3 | positive |
hardly makes the kind of points egoyan wanted to make , nor does it exist as the kind of monument he wanted to build , to victims whose voices have never gained the ears of the world . | 2 | neutral |
this is one of the most visually stunning and thematically moving epics in recent memory , and in spite of numerous minor flaws , scorsese 's best in more than a decade . | 4 | very positive |
both awful and appealing . | 2 | neutral |
marisa tomei is good , but just a kiss is just a mess . | 0 | very negative |
a harmless and mildly amusing family comedy . | 3 | positive |
had the film boasted a clearer , more memorable , the creepiness would have gotten under the skin . | 2 | neutral |
enjoy it for what it is ; you can hate yourself later . | 2 | neutral |
a pleasant romantic comedy . | 3 | positive |
a boring , formulaic mix of serial killers and stalk 'n' slash . | 0 | very negative |
... if you 're in a mind set for goofy comedy , the troopers will entertain with their gross outs , bawdy comedy and head games . | 4 | very positive |
with youthful high spirits , tautou remains captivating throughout michele 's religious and romantic quests , and she is backed by a likable cast . | 3 | positive |
recalls quiet freak-outs like l'avventura and repulsion . | 2 | neutral |
`` its successes are also tempered with elements which prove the direct antithesis of what it gets right . '' | 2 | neutral |
a dreary , incoherent , self-indulgent mess of a movie in which a bunch of pompous windbags drone on inanely for two hours ... a cacophony of pretentious , meaningless prattle . | 0 | very negative |
ferrara directs the entire film with the kind of detachment that makes any given frame look like a family 's custom-made christmas card . | 2 | neutral |
a tough go , but leigh 's depth and rigor , and his skill at inspiring accomplished portrayals that are all the more impressive for their lack of showiness , offsets to a notable degree the film 's often-mined and despairing milieu . | 3 | positive |
a remarkable 179-minute meditation on the nature of revolution . | 4 | very positive |
abandons all pretense of creating historical context and waltzes off into a hectic soap about the ups and downs of the heavy breathing between the two artists . | 0 | very negative |
the latest installment in the pokemon canon , pokemon 4ever is surprising less moldy and trite than the last two , likely because much of the japanese anime is set in a scenic forest where pokemon graze in peace . | 3 | positive |
largely a for-fans artifact . | 2 | neutral |
the movie quickly drags on becoming boring and predictable . | 1 | negative |
sorry , charlie | 1 | negative |
the wwii drama is well plotted , visually striking and filled with enjoyably complex characters who are never what they first appear . | 4 | very positive |
secret ballot is too contemplative to be really funny . | 2 | neutral |
their film falters , however , in its adherence to the disney philosophy of required poignancy , a salute that i 'd hoped the movie would avoid . | 1 | negative |
the noble tradition of men in drag hits an all-time low in sorority boys , whose makers apparently believe that women 's clothing can cover up any deficiency in acting , writing or direction . | 1 | negative |
this is really just another genre picture . | 2 | neutral |
it 's endearing to hear madame d. refer to her husband as ` jackie ' -- and he does make for excellent company , not least as a self-conscious performer . | 3 | positive |
for a shoot - 'em - up , ballistic is oddly lifeless . | 1 | negative |
only two words will tell you what you know when deciding to see it : anthony . | 2 | neutral |
a recent favourite at sundance , this white-trash satire will inspire the affection of even those unlucky people who never owned a cassette of def leppard 's pyromania . | 3 | positive |
it 's all very cute , though not terribly funny if you 're more than six years old . | 3 | positive |
there 's enough science to make it count as educational , and enough beauty to make it unforgettable . | 3 | positive |
like a south-of-the-border melrose place . | 1 | negative |
the issue of faith is not explored very deeply | 1 | negative |
extremely boring . | 0 | very negative |
an afterschool special without the courage of its convictions . | 1 | negative |
i admired it , particularly that unexpected downer of an ending . | 3 | positive |
a cinematic sleeping pill of impressive potency . | 2 | neutral |
a monster combat thriller as impersonal in its relentlessness as the videogame series that inspired it . | 1 | negative |
think of it as a sort of comfort food for the mind . | 4 | very positive |
an unbelievably fun film just a leading man away from perfection . | 3 | positive |
hopkins . | 2 | neutral |
a fast-moving and remarkable film that appears destined to become a landmark in japanese animation . | 4 | very positive |
full frontal is the antidote for soderbergh fans who think he 's gone too commercial since his two oscar nominated films in 2000 | 4 | very positive |
it 's also stupider . | 1 | negative |
an overblown clunker full of bad jokes , howling cliches and by-the-numbers action sequences . | 0 | very negative |
anyway , for one reason or another , crush turns into a dire drama partway through . | 2 | neutral |
the 3d images only enhance the film 's otherworldly quality , giving it a strange combo of you-are-there closeness with the disorienting unreality of the seemingly broken-down fourth wall of the movie screen . | 4 | very positive |
spielberg is the rare director who does not want to invite viewers to gawk at or applaud his special effects . | 2 | neutral |
tim story 's not there yet - but ` barbershop ' shows he 's on his way . | 3 | positive |
kinnear gives a tremendous performance . | 4 | very positive |
a silly , self-indulgent film about a silly , self-indulgent filmmaker . | 1 | negative |
smith 's approach is never to tease , except gently and in that way that makes us consider our own eccentricities and how they are expressed through our homes . | 3 | positive |
the movie 's ripe , enrapturing beauty will tempt those willing to probe its inscrutable mysteries . | 3 | positive |
this is a great subject for a movie , but hollywood has squandered the opportunity , using it as a prop for warmed-over melodrama and the kind of choreographed mayhem that director john woo has built his career on . | 1 | negative |
a pleasant ramble through the sort of idoosyncratic terrain that errol morris has often dealt with ... it does possess a loose , lackadaisical charm . | 3 | positive |
the film is directed by wally wolodarsky from a script by joe jarvis and greg coolidge . | 2 | neutral |
the best movie of its kind since ` brazil . ' | 4 | very positive |
beers , who , when she 's given the right lines , can charm the paint off the wall ... -lrb- but -rrb- the script goes wrong at several key junctures . | 2 | neutral |
parker holds true to wilde 's own vision of a pure comedy with absolutely no meaning , and no desire to be anything but a polished , sophisticated entertainment that is in love with its own cleverness . | 4 | very positive |
i wonder why . | 2 | neutral |
the second chapter of the harry potter series is even more magical than the first and simply the best family film of the year . | 4 | very positive |
it 's obviously struck a responsive chord with many south koreans , and should work its magic in other parts of the world . | 4 | very positive |
denzel washington 's efforts are sunk by all the sanctimony . | 0 | very negative |
consists of a plot and jokes done too often by people far more talented than ali g | 1 | negative |
a model of what films like this should be like . | 4 | very positive |
you 'll be more entertained getting hit by a bus . | 0 | very negative |
hmm . | 2 | neutral |
the recording session is the only part of the film that is enlightening -- and how appreciative you are of this depends on your level of fandom . | 2 | neutral |
despite a powerful portrayal by binoche , it 's a period romance that suffers from an overly deliberate pace and uneven narrative momentum . | 1 | negative |
here 's a self-congratulatory 3d imax rah-rah . | 1 | negative |
a solidly seaworthy chiller . | 3 | positive |
sensitive though not quite revelatory documentary . | 2 | neutral |
john leguizamo may be a dramatic actor -- just not in this movie . | 0 | very negative |
-lrb- sen 's -rrb- soap opera-ish approach undermines his good intentions . | 1 | negative |
shadyac shoots his film like an m. night shyamalan movie , and he frequently maintains the same snail 's pace ; he just forgot to add any genuine tension . | 0 | very negative |
some actors steal scenes . | 2 | neutral |
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