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5,625 | the effort is sincere and the results are honest , but the film is so bleak that it's hardly watchable . | 0 |
4,677 | this is a good movie in spurts , but when it doesn't work , it's at important times . | 0 |
6,757 | sacrifices the value of its wealth of archival foot-age with its less-than-objective stance . | 0 |
3,101 | with tightly organized efficiency , numerous flashbacks and a constant edge of tension , miller's film is one of 2002's involvingly adult surprises . | 1 |
2,581 | made me unintentionally famous — as the queasy-stomached critic who staggered from the theater and blacked out in the lobby . but believe it or not , it's one of the most beautiful , evocative works i've seen . | 1 |
973 | an alternately fascinating and frustrating documentary . | 1 |
4,281 | the film meant well in its horse tale about freedom , but wasn't able to reach the heart because it was too overbearing . | 0 |
3,555 | it's the humanizing stuff that will probably sink the film for anyone who doesn't think about percentages all day long . | 0 |
6,116 | off the hook is overlong and not well-acted , but credit writer-producer-director adam watstein with finishing it at all . | 0 |
4,364 | before it takes a sudden turn and devolves into a bizarre sort of romantic comedy , steven shainberg's adaptation of mary gaitskill's harrowing short story . . . is a brilliantly played , deeply unsettling experience . | 0 |
983 | a fast paced and suspenseful argentinian thriller about the shadow side of play . | 1 |
826 | as bundy , michael reilly burke ( octopus 2 : river of fear ) has just the right amount of charisma and menace . | 1 |
315 | [reno] delivers a monologue that manages to incorporate both the horror and the absurdity of the situation in a well-balanced fashion . | 1 |
1,054 | despite the long running time , the pace never feels slack -- there's no scene that screams " bathroom break ! " | 1 |
4,763 | the movie is so thoughtlessly assembled . | 0 |
1,078 | director nalin pan doesn't do much to weigh any arguments one way or the other . he simply presents his point of view that ayurveda works . no question . | 1 |
1,937 | comedian , like its subjects , delivers the goods and audiences will have a fun , no-frills ride . | 1 |
552 | an intelligently made ( and beautifully edited ) picture that at the very least has a spark of life to it -- more than you can say for plenty of movies that flow through the hollywood pipeline without a hitch . | 1 |
1,538 | son of the bride may be a good half-hour too long but comes replete with a flattering sense of mystery and quietness . | 1 |
3,175 | texan director george ratliff had unlimited access to families and church meetings , and he delivers fascinating psychological fare . | 1 |
2,474 | the film's welcome breeziness and some unbelievably hilarious moments -- most portraying the idiocy of the film industry -- make it mostly worth the trip . | 1 |
6,565 | passably entertaining but also mechanical and joyless . | 0 |
2,884 | beautiful , cold , oddly colorful and just plain otherworldly , a freaky bit of art that's there to scare while we delight in the images . | 1 |
4,177 | woo has as much right to make a huge action sequence as any director , but how long will filmmakers copy the " saving private ryan " battle scenes before realizing steven spielberg got it right the first time ? | 0 |
7,107 | a real clunker . a well-made , thoughtful , well-acted clunker , but a clunker nonetheless . | 0 |
6,974 | the movie is a little tired ; maybe the original inspiration has run its course . | 0 |
6,249 | the good thing -- the only good thing -- about extreme ops is that it's so inane that it gave me plenty of time to ponder my thanksgiving to-do list . | 0 |
2,415 | if this story must be told and retold -- and indeed it must -- then the grey zone is to be lauded for finding a new and ingenious angle . | 1 |
6,669 | the stories here suffer from the chosen format . | 0 |
6,767 | one-sided documentary offers simplistic explanations to a very complex situation . . . . stylistically , the movie is a disaster . | 0 |
6,709 | if you collected all the moments of coherent dialogue , they still wouldn't add up to the time required to boil a four- minute egg . | 0 |
1,137 | colorful and deceptively buoyant until it suddenly pulls the rug out from under you , burkinabe filmmaker dani kouyate's reworking of a folk story whose roots go back to 7th-century oral traditions is also a pointed political allegory . | 1 |
957 | from blushing to gushing---imamura squirts the screen in ‘warm water under a red bridge' | 1 |
2,759 | the film is faithful to what one presumes are the book's twin premises -- that we become who we are on the backs of our parents , but we have no idea who they were at our age ; and that time is a fleeting and precious commodity no matter how old you are . | 1 |
6,508 | if this dud had been made in the '70s , it would have been called the hills have antlers and played for about three weeks in drive-ins . | 0 |
1,718 | the modern master of the chase sequence returns with a chase to end all chases | 1 |
2,756 | transforms one of [shakespeare's] deepest tragedies into a smart new comedy . | 1 |
353 | what could have been a daytime soap opera is actually a compelling look at a young woman's tragic odyssey . | 1 |
2,692 | as directed by dani kouyate of burkina faso , sia lacks visual flair . but kouyate elicits strong performances from his cast , and he delivers a powerful commentary on how governments lie , no matter who runs them . | 1 |
5,339 | it's not exactly worth the bucks to expend the full price for a date , but when it comes out on video , it's well worth a rental . | 0 |
5,846 | murphy and wilson actually make a pretty good team . . . but the project surrounding them is distressingly rote . | 0 |
6,882 | the pacing is often way off and there are too many bona fide groaners among too few laughs . | 0 |
4,456 | the problem is the needlessly poor quality of its archival prints and film footage . the images lack contrast , are murky and are frequently too dark to be decipherable . | 0 |
4,864 | with danilo donati's witty designs and dante spinotti's luscious cinematography , this might have made a decent children's movie -- if only benigni hadn't insisted on casting himself in the title role . | 0 |
4,058 | loud , chaotic and largely unfunny . | 0 |
6,124 | while van wilder may not be the worst national lampoon film , it's far from being this generation's animal house . | 0 |
120 | perhaps it's cliche to call the film 'refreshing , ' but it is . 'drumline' shows a level of young , black manhood that is funny , touching , smart and complicated . | 1 |
216 | bloody sunday has the grace to call for prevention rather than to place blame , making it one of the best war movies ever made . it's a movie that accomplishes so much that one viewing can't possibly be enough . | 1 |
3,222 | as a vehicle to savour binoche's skill , the film is well worthwhile . | 1 |
2,594 | for the most part , it's a work of incendiary genius , steering clear of knee-jerk reactions and quick solutions . | 1 |
3,393 | y tu mamá también is hilariously , gloriously alive , and quite often hotter than georgia asphalt . | 1 |
4,572 | i felt trapped and with no obvious escape for the entire 100 minutes . | 0 |
5,714 | " abandon " will leave you wanting to abandon the theater . | 0 |
1,748 | what's surprising is how well it holds up in an era in which computer-generated images are the norm . | 1 |
1,840 | this is such a dazzlingly self-assured directorial debut that it's hard to know what to praise first . | 1 |
2,725 | binoche and magimel are perfect in these roles . | 1 |
2,085 | . . . an agreeable time-wasting device -- but george pal's low-tech 1960 version still rules the epochs . | 1 |
6,446 | another useless recycling of a brutal mid-'70s american sports movie . | 0 |
7,040 | all the well-meaningness in the world can't erase the fact that the believer feels like a 12-step program for the jewish nazi . | 0 |
1,851 | the film is a contrivance , as artificial as the video games japanese teens play in a nightclub sequence , but it's an enjoyable one . | 1 |
7,011 | despite the premise of a good story . . . it wastes all its star power on cliched or meaningless roles . | 0 |
2,164 | murderous maids has a lot going for it , not least the brilliant performances by testud . . . and parmentier . | 1 |
3,245 | cool ? this movie is a snow emergency . | 1 |
2,097 | its vision of that awkward age when sex threatens to overwhelm everything else is acute enough to make everyone who has been there squirm with recognition . | 1 |
3,401 | although what time offers tsai's usual style and themes , it has a more colorful , more playful tone than his other films . | 1 |
2,563 | the subtle strength of " elling " is that it never loses touch with the reality of the grim situation . | 1 |
4,228 | adults will certainly want to spend their time in the theater thinking up grocery lists and ways to tell their kids how not to act like pinocchio . as for children , they won't enjoy the movie at all . | 0 |
5,172 | forget the misleading title , what's with the unexplained baboon cameo ? | 0 |
3,012 | though it lacks the utter authority of a genre gem , there's a certain robustness to this engaging mix of love and bloodletting . | 1 |
5,406 | pure of intention and passably diverting , his secret life is light , innocuous and unremarkable . | 0 |
101 | building slowly and subtly , the film , sporting a breezy spontaneity and realistically drawn characterizations , develops into a significant character study that is both moving and wise . | 1 |
333 | while this gentle and affecting melodrama will have luvvies in raptures , it's far too slight and introspective to appeal to anything wider than a niche audience . | 1 |
5,020 | a manipulative feminist empowerment tale thinly posing as a serious drama about spousal abuse . | 0 |
3,873 | the cartoon is about as true to the spirit of the festival of lights as mr . deeds was to that of frank capra . | 0 |
4,616 | only those most addicted to film violence in all its forms will find anything here to appreciate . | 0 |
5,717 | a late-night cable sexploitation romp masquerading as a thriller about the ruthless social order that governs college cliques . | 0 |
5,390 | sex with strangers will shock many with its unblinking frankness . but what is missing from it all is a moral . what is the filmmakers' point ? why did they deem it necessary to document all this emotional misery ? | 0 |
2,770 | it may not be " last tango in paris " but . . . | 1 |
317 | a splendid entertainment , young in spirit but accomplished in all aspects with the fullness of spirit and sense of ease that comes only with experience . | 1 |
6,183 | a feel-good movie that doesn't give you enough to feel good about . | 0 |
2,182 | a fun ride . | 1 |
3,122 | the best film about baseball to hit theaters since field of dreams . | 1 |
5,323 | the iditarod lasts for days - this just felt like it did . | 0 |
6,958 | it's inoffensive , cheerful , built to inspire the young people , set to an unending soundtrack of beach party pop numbers and aside from its remarkable camerawork and awesome scenery , it's about as exciting as a sunburn . | 0 |
1,011 | blessed with two fine , nuanced lead performances . | 1 |
3,180 | intensely romantic , thought-provoking and even an engaging mystery . | 1 |
6,982 | the weird thing about the santa clause 2 , purportedly a children's movie , is that there is nothing in it to engage children emotionally . | 0 |
4,025 | [it's] a prison soccer movie starring charismatic tough guy vinnie jones , but it had too much spitting for me to enjoy . | 0 |
3,398 | the film fearlessly gets under the skin of the people involved . . . this makes it not only a detailed historical document , but an engaging and moving portrait of a subculture . | 1 |
7,095 | while the material is slight , the movie is better than you might think . | 0 |
278 | as a singular character study , it's perfect . it's also the year's sweetest movie . | 1 |
6,202 | be forewarned , if you're depressed about anything before watching this film , you may just end up trying to drown yourself in a lake afterwards . | 0 |
3,638 | elicits more groans from the audience than jar jar binks , scrappy doo and scooby dumb , all wrapped up into one . | 0 |
6,697 | only about as sexy and dangerous as an actress in a role that reminds at every turn of elizabeth berkley's flopping dolphin-gasm . | 0 |
7,106 | except as an acting exercise or an exceptionally dark joke , you wonder what anyone saw in this film that allowed it to get made . | 0 |
3,315 | ofrece una buena oportunidad de cultura ( aunque sea condensada ) que bien vale la pena aprovechar . | 1 |
6,730 | and people make fun of me for liking showgirls</> . | 0 |
50 | people cinema at its finest . | 1 |
1,426 | if you open yourself up to mr . reggio's theory of this imagery as the movie's set . . . it can impart an almost visceral sense of dislocation and change . | 1 |
3,735 | the romance between the leads isn't as compelling or as believable as it should be . | 0 |
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