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ninety minutes of viva castro ! can be as tiresome as 9 seconds of jesse helms' anti- castro rhetoric , which are included
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assayas' ambitious , sometimes beautiful adaptation of jacques chardonne's novel .
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2,831
hey , happy ! is many things -- stoner midnight flick , sci-fi deconstruction , gay fantasia -- but above all it's a love story as sanguine as its title .
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6,842
ends up offering nothing more than the latest schwarzenegger or stallone flick would .
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4,607
the kind of film that leaves you scratching your head in amazement over the fact that so many talented people could participate in such an ill-advised and poorly executed idea .
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1,834
it's refreshing to see a romance this smart .
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2,930
the director , steven shainberg , has succeeded by focusing intently on his characters , making them quirky individuals rather than figures of fun .
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i don't know precisely what to make of steven soderbergh's full frontal , though that didn't stop me from enjoying much of it .
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2,861
the bai brothers have taken an small slice of history and opened it up for all of us to understand , and they've told a nice little story in the process .
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this is one of those war movies that focuses on human interaction rather than battle and action sequences . . . and it's all the stronger because of it .
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6,409
everything in maid in manhattan is exceedingly pleasant , designed not to offend . it goes down easy , leaving virtually no aftertaste .
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3,812
this story of unrequited love doesn't sustain interest beyond the first half-hour .
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1,097
quietly engaging .
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5,021
the film didn't move me one way or the other , but it was an honest effort and if you want to see a flick about telemarketers this one will due .
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2,990
there is a certain sense of experimentation and improvisation to this film that may not always work , but it is nevertheless compelling .
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3,790
it's never a good sign when a film's star spends the entirety of the film in a coma . it's a worse sign when you begin to envy her condition .
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solaris is rigid and evasive in ways that soderbergh's best films , " erin brockovich , " " out of sight " and " ocean's eleven , " never were .
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steven soderbergh's digital video experiment is a clever and cutting , quick and dirty look at modern living and movie life .
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as a director , mr . ratliff wisely rejects the temptation to make fun of his subjects .
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6,885
overburdened with complicated plotting and banal dialogue
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1,729
otto-sallies has a real filmmaker's eye .
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2,198
sometimes we feel as if the film careens from one colorful event to another without respite , but sometimes it must have seemed to frida kahlo as if her life did , too .
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it's a testament to de niro and director michael caton-jones that by movie's end , we accept the characters and the film , flaws and all .
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it was filled with shootings , beatings , and more cussing than you could shake a stick at .
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3,759
this 10th film in the series looks and feels tired .
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though of particular interest to students and enthusiast of international dance and world music , the film is designed to make viewers of all ages , cultural backgrounds and rhythmic ability want to get up and dance .
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apesar de seus graves problemas , o filme consegue entreter .
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5,557
as spent screen series go , star trek : nemesis is even more suggestive of a 65th class reunion mixer where only eight surviving members show up -- and there's nothing to drink .
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a new film from bill plympton , the animation master , is always welcome .
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nemesis suffers from a paunchy midsection , several plodding action sequences and a wickedly undramatic central theme .
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it's rare to find a film that dazzles the eye , challenges the brain , and satisfies our lust for fast-paced action , but minority report delivers all that and a whole lot more .
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though the plot is predictable , the movie never feels formulaic , because the attention is on the nuances of the emotional development of the delicate characters .
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the film's stagecrafts are intimate and therefore bolder than the otherwise calculated artifice that defines and overwhelms the film's production design .
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a hugely rewarding experience that's every bit as enlightening , insightful and entertaining as grant's two best films -- four weddings and a funeral and bridget jones's diary .
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two-bit potboiler .
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austin powers in goldmember is a cinematic car wreck , a catastrophic collision of tastelessness and gall that nevertheless will leave fans clamoring for another ride .
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5,074
stuffy , full of itself , morally ambiguous and nothing to shout about .
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3,086
rarely have i seen a film so willing to champion the fallibility of the human heart .
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2,696
a different movie -- sometimes tedious -- by a director many viewers would like to skip but film buffs should get to know .
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while centered on the life experiences of a particular theatrical family , this marvelous documentary touches -- ever so gracefully -- on the entire history of the yiddish theater , both in america and israel .
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by the time the surprise ending is revealed , interest cannot be revived .
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just one more collection of penis , breast and flatulence gags in search of a story . or a profit . or some damn thing .
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there's nothing interesting in unfaithful whatsoever .
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any movie this boring should be required to have ushers in the theater that hand you a cup of coffee every few minutes . like a marathon runner trying to finish a race , you need a constant influx of liquid just to get through it .
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6,793
it's young guns meets goodfellas in this easily skippable hayseeds-vs . -greaseballs mob action-comedy .
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1,936
a thoughtful , provocative , insistently humanizing film .
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barry sonnenfeld owes frank the pug big time
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might best be enjoyed as a daytime soaper .
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nettelbeck has crafted an engaging fantasy of flavours and emotions , one part romance novel , one part recipe book .
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payne constructs a hilarious ode to middle america and middle age with this unlikely odyssey , featuring a pathetic , endearing hero who is all too human .
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for a guy who has waited three years with breathless anticipation for a new hal hartley movie to pore over , no such thing is a big letdown .
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exciting documentary .
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2,357
one feels the dimming of a certain ambition , but in its place a sweetness , clarity and emotional openness that recalls the classics of early italian neorealism .
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5,267
the movie's plot is almost entirely witless and inane , carrying every gag two or three times beyond its limit to sustain a laugh .
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goofy , nutty , consistently funny . and educational !
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one of the finest , most humane and important holocaust movies ever made .
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wanker goths are on the loose ! run for your lives !
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we could have expected a little more human being , and a little less product .
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so fiendishly cunning that even the most jaded cinema audiences will leave the auditorium feeling dizzy , confused , and totally disorientated . not to mention absolutely refreshed .
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uneven performances and a spotty script add up to a biting satire that has no teeth .
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there are deeply religious and spiritual people in this world who would argue that entering a church , synagogue or temple doesn't mean you have to check your brain at the door . the same should go for movie theaters .
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though its story is only surface deep , the visuals and enveloping sounds of blue crush make this surprisingly decent flick worth a summertime look-see .
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enjoyably fast-moving , hard-hitting documentary .
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strictly a 'guy's film' in the worst sense of the expression .
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why would anyone cast the magnificent jackie chan in a movie full of stunt doubles and special effects ?
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this re-do is so dumb and so exploitative in its violence that , ironically , it becomes everything that the rather clumsy original was railing against .
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the furious coherence that [deniro] brings to this part only underscores the fuzzy sentimentality of the movie itself , which feels , as it plods toward the end , less like a movie than like the filmed reading of a script in need of polishing .
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if melville is creatively a great whale , this film is canned tuna .
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brosnan is more feral in this film than i've seen him before and halle berry does her best to keep up with him .
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caso você sinta necessidade de sair da sala antes do término da projeção , não se preocupe : ninguém lhe enviará penas simbolizando covardia .
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a provocative movie about loss , anger , greed , jealousy , sickness and love .
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a marvel like none you've seen .
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if your taste runs to 'difficult' films you absolutely can't miss it .
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lisa rinzler's cinematography may be lovely , but love liza's tale itself virtually collapses into an inhalant blackout , maintaining consciousness just long enough to achieve callow pretension .
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fails to convince the audience that these brats will ever be anything more than losers .
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although jackson is doubtless reserving the darkest hours for the return of the king , we long for a greater sense of urgency in the here and now of the two towers .
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cho's latest comic set isn't as sharp or as fresh as i'm the one that i want . . . but it's still damn funny stuff .
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as if trying to grab a lump of play-doh , the harder that liman tries to squeeze his story , the more details slip out between his fingers .
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lástima por schwarzenegger , pero es hora de que deje la estafeta a las nuevas generaciones .
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all prints of this film should be sent to and buried on pluto .
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this comic gem is as delightful as it is derivative .
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in all , this is a watchable movie that's not quite the memorable experience it might have been .
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maybe it's asking too much , but if a movie is truly going to inspire me , i want a little more than this .
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a bowel-curdling , heart-stopping recipe for terror .
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this one is certainly well-meaning , but it's also simple-minded and contrived .
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you will emerge with a clearer view of how the gears of justice grind on and the death report comes to share airtime alongside the farm report .
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perfectly pitched between comedy and tragedy , hope and despair , about schmidt instead comes far closer than many movies to expressing the way many of us live -- someplace between consuming self-absorption and insistently demanding otherness .
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though frida is easier to swallow than julie taymor's preposterous titus , the eye candy here lacks considerable brio .
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the vivid lead performances sustain interest and empathy , but the journey is far more interesting than the final destination .
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it's difficult to say whether the tuxedo is more boring or embarrassing--i'm prepared to call it a draw .
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a funny , triumphant , and moving documentary .
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watching haneke's film is , aptly enough , a challenge and a punishment . but watching huppert , a great actress tearing into a landmark role , is riveting .
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an uncomfortable experience , but one as brave and challenging as you could possibly expect these days from american cinema .
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the movie is brilliant , really . it is philosophy , illustrated through everyday events .
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even after 90 minutes of playing opposite each other bullock and grant still look ill at ease sharing the same scene . what should have been a painless time-killer becomes instead a grating endurance test .
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while guzmán frustratingly refuses to give pinochet's crimes a political context , his distance from the material is mostly admirable .
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the script manages the rare trick of seeming at once both refreshingly different and reassuringly familiar .
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like coming into a long-running , well-written television series where you've missed the first half-dozen episodes and probably won't see the next six .
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the kind of sense of humor that derives from a workman's grasp of pun and entendre and its attendant need to constantly draw attention to itself .
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it's not a film to be taken literally on any level , but its focus always appears questionable .
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