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a horror movie with seriously dumb characters , which somewhat dilutes the pleasure of watching them stalked by creepy-crawly bug things that live only in the darkness .
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5,245
exhibits the shallow sensationalism characteristic of soap opera . . . more salacious telenovela than serious drama .
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2,339
a deliciously nonsensical comedy about a city coming apart at its seams .
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1,111
it picked me up , swung me around , and dropped me back in my seat with more emotional force than any other recent film .
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756
brosnan gives a portrayal as solid and as perfect as his outstanding performance as bond in die another day .
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2,107
no wonder they're talking about " talk to her . " it's astonishing .
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1,787
a witty , low-key romantic comedy .
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3,078
a piquant meditation on the things that prevent people from reaching happiness .
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7,086
lacking gravitas , macdowell is a placeholder for grief , and ergo this sloppy drama is an empty vessel . leave these flowers unpicked -- they're dead on the vine .
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5,187
the problem is that the movie has no idea of it is serious or not .
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4,817
despite juliet stevenon's attempt to bring cohesion to pamela's emotional roller coaster life , it is not enough to give the film the substance it so desperately needs .
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2,490
a drama of great power , yet some members of the audience will leave the theater believing they have seen a comedy .
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4,232
a depraved , incoherent , instantly disposable piece of hackery .
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530
not only a reminder of how they used to make movies , but also how they sometimes still can be made .
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5,719
shaky close-ups of turkey-on-rolls , stubbly chins , liver spots , red noses and the filmmakers new bobbed do draw easy chuckles but lead nowhere .
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304
it may not be particularly innovative , but the film's crisp , unaffected style and air of gentle longing make it unexpectedly rewarding .
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4,970
a sour attempt at making a farrelly brothers-style , down-and-dirty laugher for the female set .
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6,037
well-shot but badly written tale set in a future ravaged by dragons .
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6,716
this would-be 'james bond for the extreme generation' pic is one big , dumb action movie . stress 'dumb . '
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512
nicely serves as an examination of a society in transition .
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5,890
so much about the film is loopy and ludicrous . . . that it could have been a hoot in a bad-movie way if the laborious pacing and endless exposition had been tightened .
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1,950
morvern rocks .
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4,283
further sad evidence that tom tykwer , director of the resonant and sense-spinning run lola run , has turned out to be a one-trick pony -- a maker of softheaded metaphysical claptrap .
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3,111
a heartening tale of small victories and enduring hope .
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5,004
blue crush has all the trappings of an energetic , extreme-sports adventure , but ends up more of a creaky " pretty woman " retread , with the emphasis on self-empowering schmaltz and big-wave surfing that gives pic its title an afterthought .
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5,400
comes . . . uncomfortably close to coasting in the treads of the bicycle thief .
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5,443
imagine the cleanflicks version of 'love story , ' with ali macgraw's profanities replaced by romance-novel platitudes .
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4,517
needs more impressionistic cinematography and exhilarating point-of-view shots and fewer slow-motion 'grandeur' shots and quick-cut edits that often detract from the athleticism .
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4,033
a story which fails to rise above its disgusting source material .
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5,517
it's hard to like a film about a guy who is utterly unlikeable , and shiner , starring michael caine as an aging british boxing promoter desperate for a taste of fame and fortune , is certainly that .
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5,993
it's hard to believe that a relationship like holly and marina's could survive the hothouse emotions of teendom , and its longevity gets more inexplicable as the characterizations turn more crassly reductive .
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an elegant , exquisitely modulated psychological thriller .
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3,525
faithful without being forceful , sad without being shrill , " a walk to remember " succeeds through sincerity .
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2,815
i admired this work a lot .
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5,591
the kids often appear to be reading the lines and are incapable of conveying any emotion .
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6,078
this miserable excuse of a movie runs on empty , believing flatbush machismo will get it through .
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3,028
one fantastic ( and educational ) documentary .
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3,389
whatever one makes of its political edge , this is beautiful filmmaking from one of french cinema's master craftsmen .
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4,326
obvious politics and rudimentary animation reduce the chances that the appeal of hey arnold ! the movie will reach far beyond its core demographic .
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6,759
i'm sure there's a teenage boy out there somewhere who's dying for this kind of entertainment .
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4,479
real-life strongman ahola lacks the charisma and ability to carry the film on his admittedly broad shoulders .
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3,338
singer/composer bryan adams contributes a slew of songs — a few potential hits , a few more simply intrusive to the story — but the whole package certainly captures the intended , er , spirit of the piece .
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5,106
this is as lax and limp a comedy as i've seen in a while , a meander through worn-out material .
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6,989
the niftiest trick perpetrated by the importance of being earnest is the alchemical transmogrification of wilde into austen--and a hollywood-ized austen at that .
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what enlivens this film , beyond the astute direction of cardoso and beautifully detailed performances by all of the actors , is a note of defiance over social dictates .
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4,014
it's hard to pity the 'plain' girl who becomes a ravishing waif after applying a smear of lip-gloss . rather , pity anyone who sees this mishmash .
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253
this film is so different from the apple and so striking that it can only encourage us to see samira makhmalbaf as a very distinctive sensibility , working to develop her own film language with conspicuous success .
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6,315
reeks of rot and hack work from start to finish .
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1,697
if the real-life story is genuinely inspirational , the movie stirs us as well .
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2,874
i know i shouldn't have laughed , but hey , those farts got to my inner nine-year-old .
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6,615
devoid of any of the qualities that made the first film so special .
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4,000
. . . perhaps the heaviest , most joyless movie ever made about giant dragons taking over the world .
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2,520
we admire this film for its harsh objectivity and refusal to seek our tears , our sympathies .
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1,620
cool gadgets and creatures keep this fresh . not as good as the original , but what is . . .
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6,085
it's slow -- very , very slow . it's not the ultimate depression-era gangster movie . that's pure pr hype .
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5,445
the acting is amateurish , the cinematography is atrocious , the direction is clumsy , the writing is insipid and the violence is at once luridly graphic and laughably unconvincing .
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505
the sentimental cliches mar an otherwise excellent film . a powerful performance from mel gibson and a brutal 90-minute battle sequence that does everything but issue you a dog-tag and an m-16 .
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7,019
the film was produced by jerry bruckheimer and directed by joel schumacher , and reflects the worst of their shallow styles : wildly overproduced , inadequately motivated every step of the way and demographically targeted to please every one ( and no one ) .
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2,534
stephen rea , aidan quinn , and alan bates play desmond's legal eagles , and when joined by brosnan , the sight of this grandiloquent quartet lolling in pretty irish settings is a pleasant enough thing , 'tis .
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2,632
' . . . a great , participatory spectator sport . '
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6,039
the element of surprise might be the only thing femme fatale has going for it .
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5,743
an enigmatic film that's too clever for its own good , it's a conundrum not worth solving .
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481
watching this film , one is left with the inescapable conclusion that hitchens' obsession with kissinger is , at bottom , a sophisticated flower child's desire to purge the world of the tooth and claw of human power .
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2,776
if this movie leaves you cool , it also leaves you intriguingly contemplative .
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6,219
the overall feel is not unlike watching a glorified episode of " 7th heaven . "
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5,563
although the sequel has all the outward elements of the original , the first film's lovely flakiness is gone , replaced by the forced funniness found in the dullest kiddie flicks .
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1,505
it's mostly a pleasure to watch . and the reason for that is a self-aware , often self-mocking , intelligence .
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4,994
as it stands it's an opera movie for the buffs .
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5,047
calling this movie brainless would be paying it a compliment : it's more like entertainment for trolls .
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3,480
what eric schaeffer has accomplished with never again may not , strictly speaking , qualify as revolutionary . but it's defiantly and delightfully against the grain .
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this is a smart movie that knows its classical music , knows its freud and knows its sade .
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1,786
caruso sometimes descends into sub-tarantino cuteness . . . but for the most part he makes sure the salton sea works the way a good noir should , keeping it tight and nasty .
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431
stands as one of the year's most intriguing movie experiences , letting its imagery speak for it while it forces you to ponder anew what a movie can be .
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6,423
oft-described as the antidote to american pie-type sex comedies , it actually has a bundle in common with them , as the film diffuses every opportunity for a breakthrough
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5,135
although it tries to be much more , it's really just another major league .
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1,069
there's real visual charge to the filmmaking , and a strong erotic spark to the most crucial lip-reading sequence .
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6,991
the film's center will not hold .
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3,093
in the director's cut , the film is not only a love song to the movies but it also is more fully an example of the kind of lush , all-enveloping movie experience it rhapsodizes .
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5,084
the whole damn thing is ripe for the jerry springer crowd . it's all pretty cynical and condescending , too .
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4,123
a bland , obnoxious 88-minute infomercial for universal studios and its ancillary products .
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6,232
american chai encourages rueful laughter at stereotypes only an indian-american would recognize . and the lesson , in the end , is nothing new .
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6,244
like a medium-grade network sitcom--mostly inoffensive , fitfully amusing , but ultimately so weightless that a decent draft in the auditorium might blow it off the screen .
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1,721
the movie understands like few others how the depth and breadth of emotional intimacy give the physical act all of its meaning and most of its pleasure .
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3,705
pompous and garbled .
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1,733
you really have to salute writer-director haneke ( he adapted elfriede jelinek's novel ) for making a film that isn't nearly as graphic but much more powerful , brutally shocking and difficult to watch .
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4,584
even as i valiantly struggled to remain interested , or at least conscious , i could feel my eyelids . . . getting . . . very . . . heavy . . .
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6,887
twenty-three movies into a mostly magnificent directorial career , clint eastwood's efficiently minimalist style finally has failed him . big time .
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2,865
that dogged good will of the parents and 'vain' jia's defoliation of ego , make the film touching despite some doldrums .
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1,211
[it] has the feel of a summer popcorn movie . nothing too deep or substantial . explosions , jokes , and sexual innuendoes abound .
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4,225
too often , the viewer isn't reacting to humor so much as they are wincing back in repugnance .
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4,416
i hate the feeling of having been slimed in the name of high art .
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3,715
in the end , tuck everlasting falls victim to that everlasting conundrum experienced by every human who ever lived : too much to do , too little time to do it in .
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4,424
it feels like very light errol morris , focusing on eccentricity but failing , ultimately , to make something bigger out of its scrapbook of oddballs .
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5,054
if it's another regurgitated action movie you're after , there's no better film than half past dead .
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3,185
morton is , as usual , brilliant .
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a bracing , unblinking work that serves as a painful elegy and sobering cautionary tale .
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6,456
[nelson's] movie about morally compromised figures leaves viewers feeling compromised , unable to find their way out of the fog and the ashes .
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3,213
it's sweet , funny , charming , and completely delightful .
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6,790
really does feel like a short stretched out to feature length .
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makes an aborbing if arguable case for the man's greatness .
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