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838 | you won't believe much of it , but you will laugh at the audacity , at the who's who casting and the sheer insanity of it all . | 1 |
3,115 | a dream cast of solid female talent who build a seamless ensemble . there isn't a weak or careless performance amongst them . | 1 |
1,902 | a canny , derivative , wildly gruesome portrait of a london sociopath who's the scariest of sadists . | 1 |
4,707 | after several scenes of this tacky nonsense , you'll be wistful for the testosterone-charged wizardry of jerry bruckheimer productions , especially because half past dead is like the rock on a wal-mart budget . | 0 |
6,986 | as with too many studio pics , plot mechanics get in the way of what should be the lighter-than-air adventure . | 0 |
4,323 | works on the whodunit level as its larger themes get lost in the murk of its own making | 0 |
1,393 | how i killed my father would be a rarity in hollywood . it's an actor's showcase that accomplishes its primary goal without the use of special effects , but rather by emphasizing the characters -- including the supporting ones . | 1 |
4,550 | a sermonizing and lifeless paean to teenage dullards . | 0 |
1,736 | hugely entertaining from start to finish , featuring a fall from grace that still leaves shockwaves , it will gratify anyone who has ever suspected hollywood of being overrun by corrupt and hedonistic weasels . | 1 |
7,065 | mild , meandering teen flick . | 0 |
3,211 | the visuals alone make metropolis worth seeing . | 1 |
5,758 | mostly , shafer and co-writer gregory hinton lack a strong-minded viewpoint , or a sense of humor . | 0 |
2,069 | as the movie traces mr . brown's athletic exploits , it is impossible not to be awed by the power and grace of one of the greatest natural sportsmen of modern times . | 1 |
6,840 | there isn't nearly enough fun here , despite the presence of some appealing ingredients . | 0 |
6,891 | a hideous , confusing spectacle , one that may well put the nail in the coffin of any future rice adaptations . | 0 |
5,448 | well-meant but unoriginal . | 0 |
1,829 | ultimately engages less for its story of actorly existential despair than for its boundary-hopping formal innovations and glimpse into another kind of chinese 'cultural revolution . ' | 1 |
6,035 | with virtually no interesting elements for an audience to focus on , chelsea walls is a triple-espresso endurance challenge . | 0 |
2,595 | a rigorously structured and exquisitely filmed drama about a father and son connection that is a brief shooting star of love . | 1 |
5,946 | a zippy 96 minutes of mediocre special effects , hoary dialogue , fluxing accents , and -- worst of all -- silly-looking morlocks . | 0 |
1,882 | a rock-solid gangster movie with a fair amount of suspense , intriguing characters and bizarre bank robberies , plus a heavy dose of father-and-son dynamics . | 1 |
1,746 | the film has an infectious enthusiasm and we're touched by the film's conviction that all life centered on that place , that time and that sport . | 1 |
5,542 | loud , silly , stupid and pointless . | 0 |
2,256 | an incredibly thoughtful , deeply meditative picture that neatly and effectively captures the debilitating grief felt in the immediate aftermath of the terrorist attacks . | 1 |
906 | by not averting his eyes , solondz forces us to consider the unthinkable , the unacceptable , the unmentionable . | 1 |
1,352 | all leather pants & augmented boobs , hawn is hilarious as she tries to resuscitate the fun-loving libertine lost somewhere inside the conservative , handbag-clutching sarandon . | 1 |
332 | this is mostly well-constructed fluff , which is all it seems intended to be . | 1 |
2,510 | goes a long way on hedonistic gusto . | 1 |
3,095 | a mess , but it's a sincere mess . | 1 |
1,227 | there has been much puzzlement among critics about what the election symbolizes . i believe the message is in the messenger : the agent is a woman . | 1 |
5,900 | unless there are zoning ordinances to protect your community from the dullest science fiction , impostor is opening today at a theater near you . | 0 |
4,301 | hey arnold ! is now stretched to barely feature length , with a little more attention paid to the animation . still , the updated dickensian sensibility of writer craig bartlett's story is appealing . | 0 |
2,096 | george lucas returns as a visionary with a tale full of nuance and character dimension . | 1 |
1,720 | both deeply weird and charmingly dear . | 1 |
894 | his work transcends the boy-meets-girl posturing of typical love stories . | 1 |
1,040 | it's this memory-as-identity obviation that gives secret life its intermittent unease , reaffirming that long-held illusions are indeed reality , and that erasing them recasts the self . | 1 |
456 | this is a stunning film , a one-of-a-kind tour de force . | 1 |
1,853 | the appearance of treebeard and gollum's expanded role will either have you loving what you're seeing , or rolling your eyes . i loved it ! gollum's 'performance' is incredible ! | 1 |
3,004 | the film proves unrelentingly grim -- and equally engrossing . | 1 |
373 | this sensitive , smart , savvy , compelling coming-of-age drama delves into the passive-aggressive psychology of co-dependence and the struggle for self-esteem . | 1 |
336 | a good documentary can make interesting a subject you thought would leave you cold . a case in point : doug pray's scratch . | 1 |
4,307 | well-nigh unendurable . . . though the picture strains to become cinematic poetry , it remains depressingly prosaic and dull . | 0 |
412 | . . . a good , if not entirely fresh , look at war . | 1 |
3,801 | nicks and steinberg match their own creations for pure venality -- that's giving it the old college try . | 0 |
2,266 | majidi's poetic love story is a ravishing consciousness-raiser , if a bit draggy at times . | 1 |
6,210 | whereas the extremely competent hitman films such as pulp fiction and get shorty resonate a sardonic verve to their caustic purpose for existing , who is cletis tout ? is an inexpressible and drab wannabe looking for that exact niche . | 0 |
1,493 | this kind of hands-on storytelling is ultimately what makes shanghai ghetto move beyond a good , dry , reliable textbook and what allows it to rank with its worthy predecessors . | 1 |
5,397 | . . . hokey art house pretension . | 0 |
6,976 | demme finally succeeds in diminishing his stature from oscar-winning master to lowly studio hack . | 0 |
4,610 | sometimes , fond memories should stay in the past : a lesson this film teaches all too well . | 0 |
372 | other than the slightly flawed ( and fairly unbelievable ) finale , everything else is top shelf . | 1 |
397 | hard , endearing , caring , warm . bring tissues . | 1 |
6,944 | with little visible talent and no energy , colin hanks is in bad need of major acting lessons and maybe a little coffee . | 0 |
6,403 | " the road paved with good intentions leads to the video store " | 0 |
3,444 | it trusts the story it sets out to tell . | 1 |
6,335 | this one aims for the toilet and scores a direct hit . | 0 |
5,328 | if you believe any of this , i can make you a real deal on leftover enron stock that will double in value a week from friday . | 0 |
2,163 | <em>ash wednesday</em> is not edward burns' best film , but it is a good and ambitious film . and it marks him as one of the most interesting writer/directors working today . | 1 |
6,110 | wendigo wants to be a monster movie for the art-house crowd , but it falls into the trap of pretention almost every time . | 0 |
318 | in addition to hoffman's powerful acting clinic , this is that rare drama that offers a thoughtful and rewarding glimpse into the sort of heartache everyone has felt , or will feel someday . | 1 |
1,628 | in imax in short , it's just as wonderful on the big screen . | 1 |
5,336 | expect to be reminded of other , better films , especially seven , which director william malone slavishly copies . | 0 |
252 | on the surface a silly comedy , scotland , pa would be forgettable if it weren't such a clever adaptation of the bard's tragic play . | 1 |
4,328 | . . . an hour-and-a-half of inoffensive , unmemorable filler . | 0 |
131 | we want the funk - and this movie's got it . | 1 |
3,775 | entertains not so much because of its music or comic antics , but through the perverse pleasure of watching disney scrape the bottom of its own cracker barrel . | 0 |
4,831 | exactly what you'd expect from a guy named kaos . | 0 |
4,525 | no new plot conceptions or environmental changes , just different bodies for sharp objects to rip through . | 0 |
933 | there's not much to fatale , outside of its stylish surprises . . . but that's ok . | 1 |
4,145 | meandering and glacially paced , and often just plain dull . | 0 |
5,055 | astonishing isn't the word -- neither is incompetent , incoherent or just plain crap . indeed , none of these words really gets at the very special type of badness that is deuces wild . | 0 |
4,205 | the christ allegory doesn't work because there is no foundation for it | 0 |
6,340 | this mild-mannered farce , directed by one of its writers , john c . walsh , is corny in a way that bespeaks an expiration date passed a long time ago . | 0 |
2,733 | almost every scene in this film is a gem that could stand alone , a perfectly realized observation of mood , behavior and intent . | 1 |
1,313 | a worthy addition to the cinematic canon , which , at last count , numbered 52 different versions . | 1 |
3,834 | instead of panoramic sweep , kapur gives us episodic choppiness , undermining the story's emotional thrust . | 0 |
6,833 | writer-director stephen gaghan has made the near-fatal mistake of being what the english call 'too clever by half . ' | 0 |
6,704 | it's sweet , harmless , dumb , occasionally funny and about as compelling as a fishing show . | 0 |
1,312 | that rare film whose real-life basis is , in fact , so interesting that no embellishment is needed . | 1 |
4,020 | [hell is] looking down at your watch and realizing serving sara isn't even halfway through . | 0 |
1,687 | the message is that even the most unlikely can link together to conquer all kinds of obstacles , whether they be of nature , of man or of one another . | 1 |
1,862 | good movie . good actress . but if you expect light romantic comedy , good gosh , will you be shocked . | 1 |
3,243 | think of it as gidget , only with muscles and a lot more smarts , but just as endearing and easy to watch . | 1 |
6,024 | children of the century , though well dressed and well made , ultimately falls prey to the contradiction that afflicts so many movies about writers . | 0 |
5,386 | more of an intriguing curiosity than a gripping thriller . | 0 |
2,653 | good actors have a radar for juicy roles -- there's a plethora of characters in this picture , and not one of them is flat . | 1 |
1,843 | as a thoughtful and unflinching examination of an alternative lifestyle , sex with strangers is a success . | 1 |
899 | has it ever been possible to say that williams has truly inhabited a character ? it is now . | 1 |
787 | secretary is just too original to be ignored . | 1 |
6,813 | after sitting through this sloppy , made-for-movie comedy special , it makes me wonder if lawrence hates criticism so much that he refuses to evaluate his own work . | 0 |
2,766 | . . . begins with promise , but runs aground after being snared in its own tangled plot . | 1 |
1,740 | works because , for the most part , it avoids the stupid cliches and formulaic potholes that befall its brethren . | 1 |
4,679 | its characters are thinner than cardboard -- or even comic-book paper . | 0 |
5,514 | philosophically , intellectually and logistically a mess . | 0 |
5,294 | despite the evocative aesthetics evincing the hollow state of modern love life , the film never percolates beyond a monotonous whine . | 0 |
6,612 | you come away wishing , though , that the movie spent a lot less time trying to make a credible case for reports from the afterlife and a lot more time on the romantic urgency that's at the center of the story . | 0 |
2,010 | ultimately , the message of trouble every day seems to be that all sexual desire disrupts life's stasis . | 1 |
460 | scotland looks wonderful , the fans are often funny fanatics , the showdown sure beats a bad day of golf . | 1 |
6,911 | the film has too many spots where it's on slippery footing , but is acceptable entertainment for the entire family and one that's especially fit for the kiddies . | 0 |
3,883 | dreary tale of middle-class angst | 0 |
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