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2,310 | it may not be as cutting , as witty or as true as back in the glory days of weekend and two or three things i know about her , but who else engaged in filmmaking today is so cognizant of the cultural and moral issues involved in the process ? | 1 |
4,069 | competently directed but terminally cute drama . | 0 |
4,472 | deliberately and devotedly constructed , far from heaven is too picture postcard perfect , too neat and new pin-like , too obviously a recreation to resonate . | 0 |
3,743 | predictable and cloying , though brown sugar is so earnest in its yearning for the days before rap went nihilistic that it summons more spirit and bite than your average formulaic romantic quadrangle . | 0 |
1,003 | has the capability of effecting change and inspiring hope . | 1 |
4,340 | . curiously , super troopers suffers because it doesn't have enough vices to merit its 103-minute length . | 0 |
4,034 | the superior plotline isn't quite enough to drag along the dead ( water ) weight of the other . | 0 |
6,112 | even in the summertime , the most restless young audience deserves the dignity of an action hero motivated by something more than franchise possibilities . | 0 |
3,887 | a modest and messy metaphysical thriller offering more questions than answers . | 0 |
757 | she's all-powerful , a voice for a pop-cyber culture that feeds on her bjorkness . | 1 |
3,227 | time out is existential drama without any of the pretension associated with the term . | 1 |
5,569 | i can't recommend it . but it's surprisingly harmless . | 0 |
262 | the draw [for " big bad love " ] is a solid performance by arliss howard . | 1 |
337 | fairy-tale formula , serves as a paper skeleton for some very good acting , dialogue , comedy , direction and especially charm . | 1 |
5,983 | sade achieves the near-impossible : it turns the marquis de sade into a dullard . | 0 |
6,997 | the satire is just too easy to be genuinely satisfying . | 0 |
4,202 | if the movie succeeds in instilling a wary sense of 'there but for the grace of god , ' it is far too self-conscious to draw you deeply into its world . | 0 |
2,707 | sean penn , you owe nicolas cage an apology . | 1 |
853 | when it really counts . . . bloody sunday connects on a visceral level that transcends language . | 1 |
5,650 | the april 2002 instalment of the american war for independence , complete with loads of cgi and bushels of violence , but not a drop of human blood . | 0 |
5,728 | all this turns out to be neither funny nor provocative - only dull . | 0 |
3,535 | smith examines the intimate , unguarded moments of folks who live in unusual homes -- which pop up in nearly every corner of the country . | 1 |
3,524 | standing in the shadows of motown is the best kind of documentary , one that makes a depleted yesterday feel very much like a brand-new tomorrow . | 1 |
4,216 | scores no points for originality , wit , or intelligence . it's a cookie-cutter movie , a cut-and-paste job . | 0 |
3,218 | mixes likeable personalities , inventive photography and cutting , and wall-to-wall toe-tapping music to paint a picture of a subculture that is at once exhilarating , silly , perverse , hopeful and always fun . | 1 |
6,896 | each story is built on a potentially interesting idea , but the first two are ruined by amateurish writing and acting , while the third feels limited by its short running time . | 0 |
6,361 | the attempt is courageous , even if the result is wildly uneven . | 0 |
2,220 | can be viewed as pure composition and form -- film as music | 1 |
2,965 | the filmmaker's heart is in the right place . . . | 1 |
1,217 | this odd , poetic road movie , spiked by jolts of pop music , pretty much takes place in morton's ever-watchful gaze -- and it's a tribute to the actress , and to her inventive director , that the journey is such a mesmerizing one . | 1 |
6,874 | a zombie movie in every sense of the word--mindless , lifeless , meandering , loud , painful , obnoxious . | 0 |
2,472 | affirms the gifts of all involved , starting with spielberg and going right through the ranks of the players -- on-camera and off -- that he brings together . | 1 |
534 | it's a rollicking adventure for you and all your mateys , regardless of their ages . | 1 |
5,282 | rob schneider's infantile cross-dressing routines fill the hot chick , the latest gimmick from this unimaginative comedian . | 0 |
3,263 | without resorting to hyperbole , i can state that kissing jessica stein may be the best same-sex romance i have seen . | 1 |
6,695 | i have no problem with " difficult " movies , or movies that ask the audience to meet them halfway and connect the dots instead of having things all spelled out . but first , you have to give the audience a reason to <b>want</b> to put for that effort , and " i | 0 |
3,483 | a winning piece of work filled with love for the movies of the 1960s . | 1 |
4,097 | every nanosecond of the the new guy reminds you that you could be doing something else far more pleasurable . something like scrubbing the toilet . or emptying rat traps . or doing last year's taxes with your ex-wife . | 0 |
2,008 | a chilling movie without oppressive gore . | 1 |
5,427 | just a bunch of good actors flailing around in a caper that's neither original nor terribly funny . | 0 |
2,402 | knows how to make our imagination wonder . | 1 |
3,362 | with spy kids 2 : the island of lost dreams , however , robert rodriguez adorns his family-film plot with an elegance and maturity that even most contemporary adult movies are lacking . | 1 |
6,350 | the film's trailer also looked like crap , so crap is what i was expecting . | 0 |
4,684 | it's so tedious that it makes you forgive every fake , dishonest , entertaining and , ultimately , more perceptive moment in bridget jones's diary . | 0 |
2,866 | exactly what its title implies : lusty , boisterous and utterly charming . | 1 |
5,505 | it's a documentary that says that the alternate sexuality meant to set you free may require so much relationship maintenance that celibacy can start looking good . | 0 |
5,158 | the stripped-down approach does give the film a certain timeless quality , but the measured pace and lack of dramatic inflection can also seem tedious . | 0 |
4,529 | an encouraging effort from mccrudden | 0 |
2,545 | this is a dark , gritty , sometimes funny little gem . | 1 |
1,223 | a poignant and gently humorous parable that loves its characters and communicates something rather beautiful about human nature . | 1 |
3,984 | somewhere in the middle , the film compels , as demme experiments he harvests a few movie moment gems , but the field of roughage dominates . | 0 |
1,107 | a powerful and telling story that examines forbidden love , racial tension , and other issues that are as valid today as they were in the 1950s . | 1 |
6,651 | typical animé , with cheapo animation ( like saturday morning tv in the '60s ) , a complex sword-and-sorcery plot and characters who all have big round eyes and japanese names . | 0 |
4,929 | . . . has virtually no script at all . . . | 0 |
1,988 | it moves quickly , adroitly , and without fuss ; it doesn't give you time to reflect on the inanity -- and the cold war datedness -- of its premise . | 1 |
766 | its direction , its script , and weaver's performance as a vaguely discontented woman of substance make for a mildly entertaining 77 minutes , if that's what you're in the mood for . | 1 |
687 | grant carries the day with impeccable comic timing , raffish charm and piercing intellect . | 1 |
436 | beautifully shot , delicately scored and powered by a set of heartfelt performances , it's a lyrical endeavour . | 1 |
1,212 | this version moves beyond the original's nostalgia for the communal film experiences of yesteryear to a deeper realization of cinema's inability to stand in for true , lived experience . | 1 |
2,772 | occasionally amateurishly made but a winsome cast and nice dialogue keeps it going . | 1 |
5,638 | flashy , pretentious and as impenetrable as morvern's thick , working-class scottish accent . | 0 |
6,109 | a mix of velocity and idiocy , this ruinous remake lacks the brawn -- and the brains -- of the 1970s original . | 0 |
7,096 | screenwriters scott abbott and michael petroni have turned rice's complex akasha into a cartoon monster . | 0 |
5,528 | outside of burger's desire to make some kind of film , it's really unclear why this project was undertaken | 0 |
4,467 | [t]his slop doesn't even have potential as a cult film , as it's too loud to shout insults at the screen . | 0 |
3,071 | unlike most anime , whose most ardent fans outside japan seem to be introverted young men with fantasy fetishes , metropolis never seems hopelessly juvenile . | 1 |
4,585 | extremely bad . | 0 |
3,318 | true tale of courage -- and complicity -- at auschwitz is a harrowing drama that tries to tell of the unspeakable . | 1 |
3,060 | [an] absorbing documentary . | 1 |
5,956 | the venezuelans say things like " si , pretty much " and " por favor , go home " when talking to americans . that's muy loco , but no more ridiculous than most of the rest of " dragonfly . " | 0 |
5,572 | propelled not by characters but by caricatures . | 0 |
4,772 | this 90-minute dud could pass for mike tyson's e ! true hollywood story . | 0 |
4,883 | once one experiences mr . haneke's own sadistic tendencies toward his audience , one is left with a sour taste in one's mouth , and little else . | 0 |
1,477 | changing lanes is an anomaly for a hollywood movie ; it's a well-written and occasionally challenging social drama that actually has something interesting to say . | 1 |
2,848 | an extraordinary dramatic experience . | 1 |
720 | if it seems like a minor miracle that its septuagenarian star is young enough to be the nonagenarian filmmaker's son , more incredible still are the clear-eyed boldness and quiet irony with which actor and director take on life's urgent questions . | 1 |
6,414 | too slick and manufactured to claim street credibility . | 0 |
6,079 | at every opportunity to do something clever , the film goes right over the edge and kills every sense of believability . . . all you have left is a no-surprise series of explosions and violence while banderas looks like he's not trying to laugh at how bad it | 0 |
6,625 | aimed squarely at the least demanding of demographic groups : very small children who will be delighted simply to spend more time with familiar cartoon characters . | 0 |
532 | a hard look at one man's occupational angst and its subsequent reinvention , a terrifying study of bourgeois desperation worthy of claude chabrol . | 1 |
4,516 | with an unusual protagonist ( a kilt-wearing jackson ) and subject matter , the improbable " formula 51 " is somewhat entertaining , but it could have been much stronger . | 0 |
3,558 | its and pieces of the hot chick are so hilarious , and schneider's performance is so fine , it's a real shame that so much of the movie -- again , as in the animal -- is a slapdash mess . | 0 |
130 | works as pretty contagious fun . | 1 |
3,365 | claude chabrol's camera has a way of gently swaying back and forth as it cradles its characters , veiling tension beneath otherwise tender movements . | 1 |
4,853 | by the end , i was looking for something hard with which to bludgeon myself unconscious . | 0 |
1,658 | it's a scattershot affair , but when it hits its mark it's brilliant . | 1 |
3,514 | if s&m seems like a strange route to true love , maybe it is , but it's to this film's ( and its makers' ) credit that we believe that that's exactly what these two people need to find each other -- and themselves . | 1 |
2,080 | stevens' vibrant creative instincts are the difference between this and countless other flicks about guys and dolls . | 1 |
968 | that storytelling has value cannot be denied . not even solondz's thirst for controversy , sketchy characters and immature provocations can fully succeed at cheapening it . | 1 |
197 | 'possession , ' based on the book by a . s . byatt , demands that labute deal with the subject of love head-on ; trading in his cynicism for reverence and a little wit | 1 |
1,231 | williams creates a stunning , taxi driver-esque portrayal of a man teetering on the edge of sanity . | 1 |
6,718 | there is simply not enough of interest onscreen to sustain its seventy-minute running time . | 0 |
2,348 | when the movie mixes the cornpone and the cosa nostra , it finds a nice rhythm . | 1 |
6,886 | the script is a tired one , with few moments of joy rising above the stale material . | 0 |
5,546 | two badly interlocked stories drowned by all too clever complexity . | 0 |
2,498 | adaptation is intricately constructed and in a strange way nails all of orlean's themes without being a true adaptation of her book . | 1 |
6,914 | new best friend's playboy-mansion presentation of college life is laugh-out-loud ludicrous . | 0 |
912 | a bilingual charmer , just like the woman who inspired it | 1 |
5,193 | star trek : nemesis meekly goes where nearly every star trek movie has gone before . wince-inducing dialogue , thrift-shop costumes , prosthetic makeup by silly putty and kmart blue-light-special effects all conspire to test trekkie loyalty . | 0 |
5,738 | strong filmmaking requires a clear sense of purpose , and in that oh-so-important category , the four feathers comes up short . | 0 |
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