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es divertida , visualmente espectacular y muy entretenida . simple y sencillamente te sorprenderá .
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[allen] manages to breathe life into this somewhat tired premise .
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5,083
a jumbled fantasy comedy that did not figure out a coherent game plan at scripting , shooting or post-production stages .
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165
the second chapter of the harry potter series is even more magical than the first and simply the best family film of the year .
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1,243
tsai has managed to create an underplayed melodrama about family dynamics and dysfunction that harks back to the spare , unchecked heartache of yasujiro ozu .
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3,105
a poignant lyricism runs through balzac and the little chinese seamstress that transforms this story about love and culture into a cinematic poem .
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313
broomfield is energized by volletta wallace's maternal fury , her fearlessness , and because of that , his film crackles .
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6,063
this is a children's film in the truest sense . it's packed with adventure and a worthwhile environmental message , so it's great for the kids . parents , on the other hand , will be ahead of the plot at all times , and there isn't enough clever innuendo to fil
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4,849
the film takes too long getting to the good stuff , then takes too long figuring out what to do next .
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6,852
the script falls back on too many tried-and-true shenanigans that hardly distinguish it from the next teen comedy .
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3,100
its sheer dynamism is infectious .
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6,381
decent but dull .
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3,269
it's a charming and often affecting journey .
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3,687
these are textbook lives of quiet desperation .
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4,170
it shares the first two films' loose-jointed structure , but laugh-out-loud bits are few and far between .
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158
impresses you with its open-endedness and surprises .
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1,678
this cuddly sequel to the 1999 hit is a little more visually polished , a little funnier , and a little more madcap .
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5,944
one groan-inducing familiarity begets another .
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6,839
an essentially awkward version of the lightweight female empowerment picture we've been watching for decades
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1,269
skip work to see it at the first opportunity .
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3,649
totally overwrought , deeply biased , and wholly designed to make you feel guilty about ignoring what the filmmakers clearly believe are the greatest musicians of all time .
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4,587
little is done to support the premise other than fling gags at it to see which ones shtick .
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578
koury frighteningly and honestly exposes one teenager's uncomfortable class resentment and , in turn , his self-inflicted retaliation .
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1,488
although i didn't hate this one , it's not very good either . it can be safely recommended as a video/dvd babysitter .
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1,783
the riveting performances by the incredibly flexible cast make love a joy to behold .
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4,403
bears is even worse than i imagined a movie ever could be .
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1,541
the film is a hoot , and is just as good , if not better than much of what's on saturday morning tv especially the pseudo-educational stuff we all can't stand .
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5,615
you can practically smell the patchouli oil .
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3,565
. . . the film suffers from a lack of humor ( something needed to balance out the violence ) . . .
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4,484
the campy results make mel brooks' borscht belt schtick look sophisticated .
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610
the performances are remarkable .
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6,223
do we really need another film that praises female self-sacrifice ?
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6,580
the very definition of what critics have come to term an " ambitious failure . "
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6,103
a long-winded and stagy session of romantic contrivances that never really gels like the shrewd feminist fairy tale it could have been .
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2,903
it's a glorious groove that leaves you wanting more .
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1,837
the film , while not exactly assured in its execution , is notable for its sheer audacity and openness .
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1,590
post 9/11 the philosophical message of " personal freedom first " might not be as palatable as intended .
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5,697
there are things to like about murder by numbers -- but , in the end , the disparate elements don't gel .
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3,257
a gangster movie with the capacity to surprise .
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one of the very best movies ever made about the life of moviemaking .
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1,171
ub equally spoofs and celebrates the more outre aspects of 'black culture' and the dorkier aspects of 'white culture , ' even as it points out how inseparable the two are .
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6,064
unfortunately , a cast of competent performers from movies , television and the theater are cast adrift in various new york city locations with no unifying rhythm or visual style .
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4,979
there are a few chuckles , but not a single gag sequence that really scores , and the stars seem to be in two different movies .
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good car chases , great fight scenes , and a distinctive blend of european , american and asian influences .
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1,584
the film is enriched by an imaginatively mixed cast of antic spirits , headed by christopher plummer as the subtlest and most complexly evil uncle ralph i've ever seen in the many film and stage adaptations of the work .
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5,894
a sustained fest of self-congratulation between actor and director that leaves scant place for the viewer .
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1,077
lead actress gaï , she of the impossibly long limbs and sweetly conspiratorial smile , is a towering siren .
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4,541
will probably stay in the shadow of its two older , more accessible qatsi siblings .
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5,262
a dull , inconsistent , dishonest female bonding picture .
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3,475
a moving essay about the specter of death , especially suicide .
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2,075
the second coming of harry potter is a film far superior to its predecessor . a movie that successfully crushes a best selling novel into a timeframe that mandates that you avoid the godzilla sized soda .
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1,561
boldly engineering a collision between tawdry b-movie flamboyance and grandiose spiritual anomie , rose's film , true to its source material , provides a tenacious demonstration of death as the great equalizer .
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2,738
pacino is the best he's been in years and keener is marvelous .
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like shrek , spirit's visual imagination reminds you of why animation is such a perfect medium for children , because of the way it allows the mind to enter and accept another world .
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5,430
it tries too hard , and overreaches the logic of its own world .
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1,294
an emotionally and spiritually compelling journey seen through the right eyes , with the right actors and with the kind of visual flair that shows what great cinema can really do .
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3,319
a tender , witty , captivating film about friendship , love , memory , trust and loyalty .
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1,600
as literary desecrations go , this makes for perfectly acceptable , occasionally very enjoyable children's entertainment . you'll forget about it by monday , though , and if they're old enough to have developed some taste , so will your kids .
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4,359
there are few things more frustrating to a film buff than seeing an otherwise good movie marred beyond redemption by a disastrous ending .
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lan yu is a genuine love story , full of traditional layers of awakening and ripening and separation and recovery .
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6,702
a thinly veiled excuse for wilson to play his self-deprecating act against murphy's well-honed prima donna shtick .
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5,418
from beginning to end , this overheated melodrama plays like a student film .
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1,913
a sweet , tender sermon about a 12-year-old welsh boy more curious about god than girls , who learns that believing in something does matter .
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5,667
the script by vincent r . nebrida . . . tries to cram too many ingredients into one small pot .
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not everything in this ambitious comic escapade works , but coppola , along with his sister , sofia , is a real filmmaker . it must be in the genes .
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6,948
though the film is well-intentioned , one could rent the original and get the same love story and parable .
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3,208
. . . there's enough cool fun here to warm the hearts of animation enthusiasts of all ages .
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it's difficult to conceive of anyone who has reached puberty actually finding the characters in slackers or their antics amusing , let alone funny .
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4,898
this idea has lost its originality . . . and neither star appears very excited at rehashing what was basically a one-joke picture .
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for all its brooding quality , ash wednesday is suspenseful and ultimately unpredictable , with a sterling ensemble cast .
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2,024
at once a testament to the divine calling of education and a demonstration of the painstaking process of imparting knowledge .
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aside from minor tinkering , this is the same movie you probably loved in 1994 , except that it looks even better .
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5,699
a blair witch- style adventure that plays like a bad soap opera , with passable performances from everyone in the cast .
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6,729
la cinta comienza intentando ser un drama , rápidamente se transforma en una comedia y termina por ser una parodia absolutamente predecible
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3,794
[sam's] self-flagellation is more depressing than entertaining .
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3,978
i can easily imagine benigni's pinocchio becoming a christmas perennial . coal isn't as easy to come by as it used to be and this would be a worthy substitute for naughty children's stockings .
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in addition to gluing you to the edge of your seat , changing lanes is also a film of freshness , imagination and insight .
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these are lives worth watching , paths worth following .
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the acting , for the most part , is terrific , although the actors must struggle with the fact that they're playing characters who sometimes feel more like literary conceits than flesh-and-blood humans .
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5,854
a crass and insulting homage to great films like some like it hot and the john wayne classics .
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2,187
a charming , quirky and leisurely paced scottish comedy -- except with an outrageous central gimmick that could have been a reject from monty python's meaning of life .
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6,861
the only reason you should see this movie is if you have a case of masochism and an hour and a half to blow .
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4,201
essentially , the film is weak on detail and strong on personality
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2,358
as expected , sayles' smart wordplay and clever plot contrivances are as sharp as ever , though they may be overshadowed by some strong performances .
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6,523
watching junk like this induces a kind of abstract guilt , as if you were paying dues for good books unread , fine music never heard .
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3,392
one of the best films of the year with its exploration of the obstacles to happiness faced by five contemporary individuals . . . a psychological masterpiece .
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7,005
this wretchedly unfunny wannabe comedy is inane and awful - no doubt , it's the worst movie i've seen this summer .
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an annoying orgy of excess and exploitation that has no point and goes nowhere .
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1,382
more than makes up for its mawkish posing by offering rousing spates of genuine feeling .
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3,778
another week , another gross-out college comedy--ugh .
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the affectionate loopiness that once seemed congenital to demme's perspective has a tough time emerging from between the badly dated cutesy-pie mystery scenario and the newfangled hollywood post-production effects .
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2,679
photographed with melancholy richness and eloquently performed yet also decidedly uncinematic .
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the sword fighting is well done and auteuil is a goofy pleasure .
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1,726
if there's a way to effectively teach kids about the dangers of drugs , i think it's in projects like the ( unfortunately r-rated ) paid .
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4,167
the movie feels like it's going to be great , and it carries on feeling that way for a long time , but takeoff just never happens .
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3,721
the movie straddles the fence between escapism and social commentary , and on both sides it falls short .
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5,479
what begins as a seemingly brainless , bubbly romantic comedy becomes a cliche-drenched melodrama by mid-film and , by film's end , a feminist action fantasy .
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it's something of the ultimate scorsese film , with all the stomach-turning violence , colorful new york gang lore and other hallmarks of his personal cinema painted on their largest-ever historical canvas .
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3,773
you can see where big bad love is trying to go , but it never quite gets there .
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1,535
. . . by the time it's done with us , mira nair's new movie has its audience giddy with the delight of discovery , of having been immersed in a foreign culture only to find that human nature is pretty much the same all over .
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