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4,807 | rifkin no doubt fancies himself something of a hubert selby jr . , but there isn't an ounce of honest poetry in his entire script ; it's simply crude and unrelentingly exploitative . | 0 |
3,777 | remember back when thrillers actually thrilled ? when the twist endings were actually surprising ? when the violence actually shocked ? when the heroes were actually under 40 ? sadly , as blood work proves , that was a long , long time ago . | 0 |
5,722 | after a while , hoffman's quirks and mannerisms , particularly his penchant for tearing up on cue -- things that seem so real in small doses -- become annoying and artificial . | 0 |
1,394 | much has been written about those years when the psychedelic '60s grooved over into the gay '70s , but words don't really do the era justice . you have to see it . | 1 |
2,778 | a fiercely clever and subtle film , capturing the precarious balance between the extravagant confidence of the exiled aristocracy and the cruel earnestness of the victorious revolutionaries . | 1 |
4 | some people march to the beat of a different drum , and if you ever wondered what kind of houses those people live in , this documentary takes a look at 5 alternative housing options . | 1 |
4,422 | something akin to a japanese alice through the looking glass , except that it seems to take itself far more seriously . | 0 |
6,313 | like an afterschool special with costumes by gianni versace , mad love looks better than it feels . | 0 |
6,987 | a meatballs for the bare-midriff generation . | 0 |
4,275 | the acting is fine but the script is about as interesting as a recording of conversations at the wal-mart checkout line . | 0 |
6,344 | lush and beautifully photographed ( somebody suggested the stills might make a nice coffee table book ) , but ultimately you'll leave the theater wondering why these people mattered . | 0 |
6,014 | the biggest problem i have ( other than the very sluggish pace ) is we never really see her esther blossom as an actress , even though her talent is supposed to be growing . | 0 |
5,858 | pretension , in its own way , is a form of bravery . for this reason and this reason only -- the power of its own steadfast , hoity-toity convictions -- chelsea walls deserves a medal . | 0 |
1,197 | a certain sexiness underlines even the dullest tangents . | 1 |
2,541 | continually challenges perceptions of guilt and innocence , of good guys and bad , and asks us whether a noble end can justify evil means . | 1 |
1,762 | a realistically terrifying movie that puts another notch in the belt of the long list of renegade-cop tales . | 1 |
6,671 | as pedestrian as they come . | 0 |
4,946 | 'this movie sucks . ' | 0 |
2,724 | despite besson's high-profile name being wasabi's big selling point , there is no doubt that krawczyk deserves a huge amount of the credit for the film's thoroughly winning tone . | 1 |
565 | though it flirts with bathos and pathos and the further oprahfication of the world as we know it , it still cuts all the way down to broken bone . | 1 |
1,124 | some of the most ravaging , gut-wrenching , frightening war scenes since " saving private ryan " have been recreated by john woo in this little-known story of native americans and their role in the second great war . | 1 |
5,387 | a serious movie with serious ideas . but seriously , folks , it doesn't work . | 0 |
4,162 | while holm is terrific as both men and hjejle quite appealing , the film fails to make the most out of the intriguing premise . | 0 |
3,370 | it's a compelling and horrifying story , and the laramie project is worthwhile for reminding us that this sort of thing does , in fact , still happen in america . | 1 |
719 | makes the case for a strong education and good teachers being more valuable in the way they help increase an average student's self-esteem , and not strictly in the knowledge imparted . | 1 |
5,966 | time stands still in more ways that one in clockstoppers , a sci-fi thriller as lazy as it is interminable . | 0 |
1,774 | highbrow self-appointed guardians of culture need not apply , but those who loved cool as ice have at last found a worthy follow-up . | 1 |
1,634 | spend your benjamins on a matinee . | 1 |
4,719 | eight legged freaks ? no big hairy deal . | 0 |
1,751 | münch's genuine insight makes the film's occasional overindulgence forgivable . | 1 |
2,215 | the touch is generally light enough and the performances , for the most part , credible . | 1 |
6,316 | it has its moments of swaggering camaraderie , but more often just feels generic , derivative and done to death . | 0 |
2,477 | like kubrick , soderbergh isn't afraid to try any genre and to do it his own way . | 1 |
6,040 | the country bears wastes an exceptionally good idea . but the movie that doesn't really deliver for country music fans or for family audiences | 0 |
5,687 | there ought to be a directing license , so that ed burns can have his revoked . | 0 |
2,393 | i'm happy to have seen it -- not as an alternate version , but as the ultimate exercise in viewing deleted scenes . | 1 |
539 | huppert gives erika a persona that is so intriguing that you find yourself staring hypnotically at her , trying to understand her and wondering if she'll crack . | 1 |
6,666 | an overwrought taiwanese soaper about three people and their mixed-up relationship . | 0 |
3,034 | this rush to profits has created a predictably efficient piece of business notable largely for its overwhelming creepiness , for an eagerness to create images you wish you hadn't seen , which , in this day and age , is of course the point . | 1 |
2,984 | a movie for 11-year-old boys with sports dreams of their own and the preteen girls who worship lil' bow wow . | 1 |
6,557 | there's something unintentionally comic in the film's drumbeat about authenticity , given the stale plot and pornographic way the film revels in swank apartments , clothes and parties . | 0 |
2,115 | an amused indictment of jaglom's own profession . | 1 |
2,102 | a conventional , but well-crafted film about a historic legal battle in ireland over a man's right to raise his own children . | 1 |
6,650 | like a tone-deaf singer at a benefit concert , john q . is a bad movie appearing on behalf of a good cause . | 0 |
1,533 | for devotees of french cinema , safe conduct is so rich with period minutiae it's like dying and going to celluloid heaven . | 1 |
1,439 | in the end , punch-drunk love is one of those films that i wanted to like much more than i actually did . sometimes , that's enough . | 1 |
2,680 | a stunning piece of visual poetry that will , hopefully , be remembered as one of the most important stories to be told in australia's film history . | 1 |
3,690 | it's been 20 years since 48 hrs . made eddie murphy a movie star and the man hasn't aged a day . but his showboating wise-cracker stock persona sure is getting old . | 0 |
2,118 | birthday girl doesn't try to surprise us with plot twists , but rather seems to enjoy its own transparency . | 1 |
100 | a film in a class with spike lee's masterful do the right thing . | 1 |
1,335 | a delicious , quirky movie with a terrific screenplay and fanciful direction by michael gondry . | 1 |
4,419 | naipaul fans may be disappointed . those who are not acquainted with the author's work , on the other hand , may fall fast asleep . | 0 |
5,148 | when in doubt , the film ratchets up the stirring soundtrack , throws in a fish-out-of-water gag and lets the cliched dialogue rip . or else a doggie winks . | 0 |
2,173 | chilling but uncommercial look into the mind of jeffrey dahmer , serial killer . | 1 |
980 | elling , portrayed with quiet fastidiousness by per christian ellefsen , is a truly singular character , one whose frailties are only slightly magnified versions of the ones that vex nearly everyone . | 1 |
1,894 | intriguing and beautiful film , but those of you who read the book are likely to be disappointed . | 1 |
214 | could this be the first major studio production shot on video tape instead of film ? | 1 |
6,698 | the result is an 'action film' mired in stasis . | 0 |
2,219 | an entertaining documentary that freshly considers arguments the bard's immortal plays were written by somebody else . | 1 |
6,435 | diane lane shines in unfaithful . almost everything else is wan . | 0 |
1,306 | a breezy , diverting , conventional , well-acted tale of two men locked in an ongoing game of cat-and-cat . | 1 |
5,895 | the plot convolutions ultimately add up to nothing more than jerking the audience's chain . | 0 |
1,467 | arteta paints a picture of lives lived in a state of quiet desperation . | 1 |
3,064 | feeling like a dope has rarely been more fun than it is in nine queens . | 1 |
2,422 | u . s . audiences may find [attal and gainsbourg's] unfamiliar personas give the film an intimate and quaint reality that is a little closer to human nature than what hollywood typically concocts . | 1 |
1,498 | contrived as this may sound , mr . rose's updating works surprisingly well . | 1 |
2,867 | a brutally dry satire of middle american numbness . | 1 |
2,475 | this is a very funny , heartwarming film . it has fun with the quirks of family life , but it also treats the subject with fondness and respect . | 1 |
2,700 | a journey through memory , a celebration of living , and a sobering rumination on fatality , classism , and ignorance . | 1 |
3,498 | if a big musical number like 'praise the lord , he's the god of second chances' doesn't put you off , this will be an enjoyable choice for younger kids . | 1 |
4,413 | slack and uninspired , and peopled mainly by characters so unsympathetic that you're left with a sour taste in your mouth . | 0 |
7,036 | the reason i found myself finally unmoved by this film , which is immaculately produced and has serious things to say , is that it comes across rather too plainly as allegory . | 0 |
2,807 | while maintaining the appearance of clinical objectivity , this sad , occasionally horrifying but often inspiring film is among wiseman's warmest . | 1 |
5,659 | the somber pacing and lack of dramatic fireworks make green dragon seem more like medicine than entertainment . | 0 |
5,395 | the action here is unusually tame , the characters are too simplistic to maintain interest , and the plot offers few surprises . | 0 |
1,061 | a gem of a movie . | 1 |
148 | that rare documentary that incorporates so much of human experience -- drama , conflict , tears and surprise -- that it transcends the normal divisions between fiction and nonfiction film . | 1 |
5,838 | . . . one resurrection too many . | 0 |
3,160 | although life or something like it is very much in the mold of feel-good movies , the cast and director stephen herek's polished direction pour delightfully piquant wine from aged bottles . | 1 |
3,178 | best indie of the year , so far . | 1 |
3,353 | subversive , meditative , clinical and poetic , the piano teacher is a daring work of genius . | 1 |
5,098 | written , flatly , by david kendall and directed , barely , by there's something about mary co-writer ed decter . | 0 |
6,338 | wouldn't it be funny if a bunch of allied soldiers went undercover as women in a german factory during world war ii ? um , no . but here's a movie about it anyway . | 0 |
1,581 | miller comes at film with bracing intelligence and a vision both painterly and literary . | 1 |
685 | though few will argue that it ranks with the best of herzog's works , invincible shows he's back in form , with an astoundingly rich film . | 1 |
643 | if cinema had been around to capture the chaos of france in the 1790's , one imagines the result would look like something like this . | 1 |
6,474 | in his determination to lighten the heavy subject matter , silberling also , to a certain extent , trivializes the movie with too many nervous gags and pratfalls . | 0 |
5,050 | the self-serious equilibrium makes its point too well ; a movie , like life , isn't much fun without the highs and lows . | 0 |
5,096 | the issue of faith is not explored very deeply | 0 |
3,044 | this examination of aquatic life off the shores of the baja california peninsula of mexico offers an engrossing way to demonstrate the virtues of the imax format . | 1 |
1,611 | the powerpuff girls arrive on the big screen with their super-powers , their super-simple animation and their super-dooper-adorability intact . | 1 |
1,456 | as the story moves inexorably through its seven day timeframe , the picture becomes increasingly mesmerizing . | 1 |
545 | poetic , heartbreaking . | 1 |
1,168 | a coming-of-age movie that hollywood wouldn't have the guts to make . | 1 |
1,184 | campanella's competent direction and his excellent cast overcome the obstacles of a predictable outcome and a screenplay that glosses over rafael's evolution . | 1 |
2,094 | for the most part stevens glides through on some solid performances and witty dialogue . | 1 |
69 | about schmidt is nicholson's goofy , heartfelt , mesmerizing king lear . | 1 |
4,863 | full of the kind of obnoxious chitchat that only self-aware neurotics engage in . | 0 |
4,488 | with a tone as variable as the cinematography , schaeffer's film never settles into the light-footed enchantment the material needs , and the characters' quirks and foibles never jell into charm . | 0 |
5,997 | i spy is an embarrassment , a monotonous , disjointed jumble of borrowed plot points and situations . it's as flat as an open can of pop left sitting in the sun . | 0 |
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