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a true-blue delight .
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4,563
it's a loathsome movie , it really is and it makes absolutely no sense .
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4,626
another rent installment for the ian fleming estate .
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3,379
rich in shadowy metaphor and as sharp as a samurai sword , jiang wen's devils on the doorstep is a wartime farce in the alternately comic and gut-wrenching style of joseph heller or kurt vonnegut .
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2,876
" home movie " is a sweet treasure and something well worth your time .
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225
a reminder that beyond all the hype and recent digital glitz , spielberg knows how to tell us about people .
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6,744
imagine the james woods character from videodrome making a home movie of audrey rose and showing it to the kid from the sixth sense and you've imagined the ring .
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5,928
god is great , the movie's not .
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1,344
tends to pile too many " serious issues " on its plate at times , yet remains fairly light , always entertaining , and smartly written .
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4,505
even horror fans will most likely not find what they're seeking with trouble every day ; the movie lacks both thrills and humor .
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4,527
drumline is -- the mere suggestion , albeit a visually compelling one , of a fully realized story .
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5,067
this tale has been told and retold ; the races and rackets change , but the song remains the same .
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3,923
the film's tone and pacing are off almost from the get-go .
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3,285
fantastic !
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4,889
the ending is a cop-out . what happens to john q ? i don't have an i am sam clue .
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5,881
stay away . far away .
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4,450
whether this is art imitating life or life imitating art , it's an unhappy situation all around .
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4,790
a prolonged extrusion of psychopathic pulp .
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3,763
. . . expands the horizons of boredom to the point of collapse , turning into a black hole of dullness , from which no interesting concept can escape .
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1,219
one of those exceedingly rare films in which the talk alone is enough to keep us involved .
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2,421
a truly moving experience , and a perfect example of how art -- when done right -- can help heal , clarify , and comfort .
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5,341
this is a fragmented film , once a good idea that was followed by the bad idea to turn it into a movie .
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4,771
the result is good gossip , entertainingly delivered , yet with a distinctly musty odour , its expiry date long gone .
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smith finds amusing juxtapositions that justify his exercise .
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5,742
call me a cynic , but there's something awfully deadly about any movie with a life-affirming message .
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5,240
lazy , miserable and smug . this is one of the biggest disappointments of the year .
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5,753
looks and feels like a project better suited for the small screen .
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4,117
falters when it takes itself too seriously and when it depends too heavily on its otherwise talented cast to clown in situations that aren't funny .
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6,445
this sort of cute and cloying material is far from zhang's forte and it shows .
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isn't quite the equal of woo's best earlier work , but it's easily his finest american film . . . comes close to recapturing the brilliance of his hong kong films .
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6,125
needless to say , the dramatics that follow are utter hooey .
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5,480
a movie so bad that it quickly enters the pantheon of wreckage that includes battlefield earth and showgirls .
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585
dark , resonant , inventively detailed and packed with fleet turns of plot and a feast of visual amazement .
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the paradiso's rusted-out ruin and ultimate collapse during the film's final ( restored ) third…emotionally belittle a cinema classic . sometimes shorter is better .
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4,431
lucky break is perfectly inoffensive and harmless , but it's also drab and inert .
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4,775
such a premise is ripe for all manner of lunacy , but kaufman and gondry rarely seem sure of where it should go .
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6,270
an excruciating demonstration of the unsalvageability of a movie saddled with an amateurish screenplay .
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3,306
as a girl-meets-girl romantic comedy , kissing jessica steinis quirky , charming and often hilarious . yet it's not quite the genre-busting film it's been hyped to be because it plays everything too safe .
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7,008
quick : who wants to see a comedy about shoddy airport security ?
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4,819
i know we're not supposed to take it seriously , but i can't shake the thought that undercover brother missed an opportunity to strongly present some profound social commentary .
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5,996
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 .
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do we really need a 77-minute film to tell us exactly why a romantic relationship between a 15-year-old boy and a 40-year-old woman doesn't work ?
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2,257
me without you has a bracing truth that's refreshing after the phoniness of female-bonding pictures like divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood .
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hardly a film that comes along every day .
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4,524
despite the pyrotechnics , narc is strictly by the book .
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the story of trouble every day . . . is so sketchy it amounts to little more than preliminary notes for a science-fiction horror film , and the movie's fragmentary narrative style makes piecing the story together frustrating difficult .
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but this is not a movie about an inhuman monster ; it's about a very human one .
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4,742
an already thin story boils down to surviving invaders seeking an existent anti-virus . if only there were one for this kind of movie .
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4,313
portentous and pretentious , the weight of water is appropriately titled , given the heavy-handedness of it drama .
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1,098
atom egoyan has conjured up a multilayered work that tackles any number of fascinating issues
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far-fetched premise , convoluted plot , and thematic mumbo jumbo about destiny and redemptive love .
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tim allen is great in his role but never hogs the scenes from his fellow cast , as there are plenty of laughs and good lines for everyone in this comedy .
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6,942
like the chelsea's denizens . . . burdette's collage-form scenario tends to over-romanticize the spiritual desolation of the struggling artiste .
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2,978
workmanlike , maybe , but still a film with all the elements that made the other three great , scary times at the movies .
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1,010
. . . digs beyond the usual portrayals of good kids and bad seeds to reveal a more ambivalent set of characters and motivations .
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4,423
a 93-minute condensation of a 26-episode tv series , with all of the pitfalls of such you'd expect .
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plummer steals the show without resorting to camp as nicholas' wounded and wounding uncle ralph . it's a great performance and a reminder of dickens' grandeur .
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[a] rare , beautiful film .
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doesn't add up to much .
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2,052
enticing and often funny documentary .
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i don't feel the least bit ashamed in admitting that my enjoyment came at the expense of seeing justice served , even if it's a dish that's best served cold .
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4,655
violent , vulgar and forgettably entertaining .
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1,779
. . . plenty of warmth to go around , with music and laughter and the love of family .
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1,601
who is the audience for cletis tout ? anybody who enjoys quirky , fun , popcorn movies with a touch of silliness and a little bloodshed .
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what we have here isn't a disaster , exactly , but a very handsomely produced let-down .
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fast , frantic and fun , but also soon forgotten
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you know that ten bucks you'd spend on a ticket ? just send it to cranky . we don't get paid enough to sit through crap like this .
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who are 'they' ? well , they're 'they' . they're the unnamed , easily substitutable forces that serve as whatever terror the heroes of horror movies try to avoid . they exist for hushed lines like " they're back ! " , " they're out there ! " and " they're coming ! "
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the plot grinds on with yawn-provoking dullness .
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2,043
steve irwin's method is ernest hemmingway at accelerated speed and volume .
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watchable up until the point where the situations and the dialogue spin hopelessly out of control -- that is to say , when carol kane appears on the screen .
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2,254
an exhilarating futuristic thriller-noir , minority report twists the best of technology around a gripping story , delivering a riveting , pulse intensifying escapist adventure of the first order
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there's no reason to miss interview with the assassin
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4,274
it's sort of a 21st century morality play with a latino hip hop beat . but the second half of the movie really goes downhill .
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5,586
the film has a few cute ideas and several modest chuckles but it isn't exactly kiddie-friendly… alas , santa is more ho-hum than ho-ho-ho and the snowman ( who never gets to play that flute ) has all the charm of a meltdown .
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3,513
a worthwhile documentary , whether you're into rap or not , even if it may still leave you wanting more answers as the credits roll .
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3,577
it wants to be thought of as a subversive little indie film , but it has all the qualities of a modern situation comedy .
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2,852
gently humorous and touching .
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this goofy gangster yarn never really elevates itself from being yet another earnestly generic crime-busting comic vehicle -- a well-intentioned remake that shows some spunk and promise but fails to register as anything distinctive or daring
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4,933
a static and sugary little half-hour , after-school special about interfaith understanding , stretched out to 90 minutes .
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3,183
as relationships shift , director robert j . siegel allows the characters to inhabit their world without cleaving to a narrative arc .
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2,071
the actors are so terrific at conveying their young angst , we do indeed feel for them .
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6,561
though this rude and crude film does deliver a few gut-busting laughs , its digs at modern society are all things we've seen before .
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4,393
the problematic characters and overly convenient plot twists foul up shum's good intentions .
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it's a fine , focused piece of work that reopens an interesting controversy and never succumbs to sensationalism .
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6,538
a bit too derivative to stand on its own as the psychological thriller it purports to be .
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6,043
. . . what a banal bore the preachy circuit turns out to be
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3,658
to me , it sounds like a cruel deception carried out by men of marginal intelligence , with reactionary ideas about women and a total lack of empathy .
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it's a talking head documentary , but a great one .
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[shyamalan] turns the goose-pimple genre on its empty head and fills it with spirit , purpose and emotionally bruised characters who add up to more than body count .
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2,851
the acting in pauline and paulette is good all round , but what really sets the film apart is debrauwer's refusal to push the easy emotional buttons .
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katz uses archival footage , horrifying documents of lynchings , still photographs and charming old reel-to-reel recordings of meeropol entertaining his children to create his song history , but most powerful of all is the song itself
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5,587
j . lo will earn her share of the holiday box office pie , although this movie makes one thing perfectly clear : she's a pretty woman , but she's no working girl .
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schneidermeister . . . makin' a fool of himself . . . losin' his fan base . . .
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reminiscent of alfred hitchcock's thrillers , most of the scary parts in 'signs' occur while waiting for things to happen .
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the large-format film is well suited to capture these musicians in full regalia and the incredible imax sound system lets you feel the beat down to your toes .
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2,711
a highly watchable , giggly little story with a sweet edge to it .
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4,490
sweet home alabama is one dumb movie , but its stupidity is so relentlessly harmless that it almost wins you over in the end .
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wasabi is slight fare indeed , with the entire project having the feel of something tossed off quickly ( like one of hubert's punches ) , but it should go down smoothly enough with popcorn .
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4,175
blessed with immense physical prowess he may well be , but ahola is simply not an actor . and in truth , cruel as it may sound , he makes arnold schwarzenegger look like spencer tracy .
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