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wildly incompetent but brilliantly named half past dead -- or for seagal pessimists : totally past his prime .
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the subtitled costume drama is set in a remote african empire before cell phones , guns , and the internal combustion engine , but the politics that thump through it are as timely as tomorrow .
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3,256
another best of the year selection .
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2,390
where janice beard falters in its recycled aspects , implausibility , and sags in pace , it rises in its courageousness , and comedic employment .
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2,748
will certainly appeal to asian cult cinema fans and asiaphiles interested to see what all the fuss is about .
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4,869
a sequence of ridiculous shoot-'em-up scenes .
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6,808
one of the most highly-praised disappointments i've had the misfortune to watch in quite some time .
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3,592
every good actor needs to do his or her own hamlet . for benigni it wasn't shakespeare whom he wanted to define his career with but pinocchio . it might as well have been problem child iv .
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manages to transcend the sex , drugs and show-tunes plot into something far richer .
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7,029
the entire movie is filled with deja vu moments .
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6,699
due to stodgy , soap opera-ish dialogue , the rest of the cast comes across as stick figures reading lines from a teleprompter .
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4,663
the movie barely makes sense , with its unbelievable naïveté and arbitrary flashbacks .
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6,383
sitting through the last reel ( spoiler alert ! ) is significantly less charming than listening to a four-year-old with a taste for exaggeration recount his halloween trip to the haunted house .
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2,110
there has to be a few advantages to never growing old . like being able to hit on a 15-year old when you're over 100 .
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395
this is a good script , good dialogue , funny even for adults . the characters are interesting and often very creatively constructed from figure to backstory . the film will play equally well on both the standard and giant screens .
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5,018
all movie long , city by the sea swings from one approach to the other , but in the end , it stays in formula -- which is a waste of de niro , mcdormand and the other good actors in the cast .
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1,437
a rarity among recent iranian films : it's a comedy full of gentle humor that chides the absurdity of its protagonist's plight .
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5,761
this is amusing for about three minutes .
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3,962
eccentric enough to stave off doldrums , caruso's self-conscious debut is also eminently forgettable .
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3,546
this movie has a strong message about never giving up on a loved one , but it's not an easy movie to watch and will probably disturb many who see it .
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6,166
like leafing through an album of photos accompanied by the sketchiest of captions .
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3,932
hopelessly inane , humorless and under-inspired .
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3,966
" an entire film about researchers quietly reading dusty old letters . "
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2,286
greengrass has delivered an undoubted stylistic tour-de-force , and has managed elements such as sound and cinematography with skill
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4,622
madonna still can't act a lick .
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2,152
this is historical filmmaking without the balm of right-thinking ideology , either liberal or conservative . mr . scorsese's bravery and integrity in advancing this vision can hardly be underestimated .
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5,453
the film makes a tragic error by going on for too long , trying to mirror every subsequent event in chinese history : war , revolution , communism , etc .
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6,191
all in all , road to perdition is more in love with strangeness than excellence .
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irwin is so earnest that it's hard to resist his pleas to spare wildlife and respect their environs . there are far worse messages to teach a young audience , which will probably be perfectly happy with the sloppy slapstick comedy .
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between the drama of cube ? s personal revelations regarding what the shop means in the big picture , iconic characters gambol fluidly through the story , with charming results .
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5,540
lame , haphazard teen comedy .
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an exercise in cynicism every bit as ugly as the shabby digital photography and muddy sound .
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2,995
sayles has an eye for the ways people of different ethnicities talk to and about others outside the group .
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earns its laughs from stock redneck 'types' and from the many , many moments when we recognize even without the elizabethan prose , the play behind the thing .
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4,659
chao was chen kaige's assistant for years in china . he has not learnt that storytelling is what the movies are about .
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like its parade of predecessors , this halloween is a gory slash-fest . it can't escape its past , and it doesn't want to .
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trades run-of-the-mill revulsion for extreme unease .
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2,613
what jackson has accomplished here is amazing on a technical level .
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it has its faults , but it is a kind , unapologetic , sweetheart of a movie , and mandy moore leaves a positive impression .
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1,281
throughout , mr . audiard's direction is fluid and quick .
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2,524
if you can read the subtitles ( the opera is sung in italian ) and you like 'masterpiece theatre' type costumes , you'll enjoy this movie .
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the storylines are woven together skilfully , the magnificent swooping aerial shots are breathtaking , and the overall experience is awesome .
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4,316
suffocated at conception by its munchausen-by-proxy mum . punish the vehicle to adore the star .
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5,433
check your brain and your secret agent decoder ring at the door because you don't want to think too much about what's going on . the movie does has some entertainment value - how much depends on how well you like chris rock .
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6,605
kicks off with an inauspicious premise , mopes through a dreary tract of virtually plotless meanderings and then ends with a whimper .
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thankfully , the film , which skirts that rapidly deteriorating line between fantasy and reality . . . takes a tongue-in-cheek attitude even as it pushes the croc hunter agenda .
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take away the controversy , and it's not much more watchable than a mexican soap opera .
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6,878
the piquant story needs more dramatic meat on its bones .
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sensitively examines general issues of race and justice among the poor , and specifically raises serious questions about the death penalty and asks what good the execution of a mentally challenged woman could possibly do .
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daughter from danang is a film that should be seen by all , especially those who aren't aware of , or have forgotten about the unmentioned victims of war .
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6,257
a fast-paced , glitzy but extremely silly piece .
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2,382
efteriades gives the neighborhood -- scenery , vibe and all -- the cinematic equivalent of a big , tender hug .
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3,470
the saturation bombing of reggio's images and glass' evocative music . . . ultimately leaves viewers with the task of divining meaning .
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2,614
an intriguing and entertaining introduction to johnson .
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4,545
the irwins emerge unscathed , but the fictional footage is unconvincing and criminally badly acted .
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rather less than the sum of its underventilated père-fils confrontations .
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1,910
there are some movies that hit you from the first scene and you know it's going to be a trip . igby goes down is one of those movies .
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cut through the layers of soap-opera emotion and you find a scathing portrayal of a powerful entity strangling the life out of the people who want to believe in it the most .
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2,512
'alice's adventure through the looking glass and into zombie-land' is filled with strange and wonderful creatures .
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1,194
sum " is jack ryan's " do-over . " give credit to everyone from robinson down to the key grip that this bold move works . especially give credit to affleck .
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2,645
while the story does seem pretty unbelievable at times , it's awfully entertaining to watch .
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1,357
while it regards 1967 as the key turning point of the 20th century , and returns again and again to images of dissidents in the streets , it's alarmingly current .
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2,940
jacquot's tosca is a treat .
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it's endlessly inventive , consistently intelligent and sickeningly savage .
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the film is powerful , accessible and funny . you won't miss its messages , but you'll be entertained as well .
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grant isn't cary and bullock isn't katherine .
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the kind of trifle that date nights were invented for .
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jolie gives it that extra little something that makes it worth checking out at theaters , especially if you're in the mood for something more comfortable than challenging .
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skin of man gets a few cheap shocks from its kids-in-peril theatrics , but it also taps into the primal fears of young people trying to cope with the mysterious and brutal nature of adults .
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1,089
very predictable but still entertaining
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the movie , like bartleby , is something of a stiff -- an extra-dry office comedy that seems twice as long as its 83 minutes .
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a remarkable 179-minute meditation on the nature of revolution .
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although trying to balance self-referential humor and a normal ol' slasher plot seemed like a decent endeavor , the result doesn't fully satisfy either the die-hard jason fans or those who can take a good joke .
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underachieves only in not taking the shakespeare parallels quite far enough .
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the most opaque , self-indulgent and just plain goofy an excuse for a movie as you can imagine .
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1,380
10 minutes into the film you'll be white-knuckled and unable to look away .
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2,196
. . . best seen as speculative history , as much an exploration of the paranoid impulse as a creative sequel to the warren report .
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a lousy movie that's not merely unwatchable , but also unlistenable .
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even before it builds up to its insanely staged ballroom scene , in which 3000 actors appear in full regalia , it's waltzed itself into the art film pantheon .
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there's something fundamental missing from this story : something or someone to care about .
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6,395
sluggish , tonally uneven .
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the problem with concept films is that if the concept is a poor one , there's no saving the movie . sorry , charlie
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family portrait of need , neurosis and nervy negativity is a rare treat that shows the promise of digital filmmaking .
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the lousy john q all but spits out denzel washington's fine performance in the title role .
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6,015
. . . little more than a well-acted television melodrama shot for the big screen .
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i suspect that you'll be as bored watching morvern callar as the characters are in it . if you go , pack your knitting needles .
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top-notch action powers this romantic drama .
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could the whole plan here have been to produce something that makes fatal attraction look like a classic by comparison ? that's the only sane rationale i can think of for swimfan's existence .
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a pathetically inane and unimaginative cross between xxx and vertical limit .
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entirely suspenseful , extremely well-paced and ultimately . . . dare i say , entertaining !
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how about starting with a more original story instead of just slapping extreme humor and gross-out gags on top of the same old crap ?
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2,775
this charming , thought-provoking new york fest of life and love has its rewards .
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credibility levels are low and character development a non-starter .
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1,092
this is a gorgeous film - vivid with color , music and life . delight your senses and crash this wedding !
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give shapiro , goldman , and bolado credit for good intentions , but there's nothing here that they couldn't have done in half an hour .
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although largely a heavy-handed indictment of parental failings and the indifference of spanish social workers and legal system towards child abuse , the film retains ambiguities that make it well worth watching .
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vividly demonstrates that the director of such hollywood blockbusters as patriot games can still turn out a small , personal film with an emotional wallop .
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a modestly made but profoundly moving documentary .
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6,357
often lingers just as long on the irrelevant as on the engaging , which gradually turns what time is it there ? into how long is this movie ?
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a " black austin powers ? " i prefer to think of it as " pootie tang with a budget . " sa da tay !
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