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399 | a beguiling , slow-moving parable about the collision of past and present on a remote seacoast in iran . | 1 |
266 | a very funny romantic comedy about two skittish new york middle-agers who stumble into a relationship and then struggle furiously with their fears and foibles . | 1 |
4,229 | a slow-moving police-procedural thriller that takes its title all too literally . | 0 |
4,384 | an unbelievably stupid film , though occasionally fun enough to make you forget its absurdity . | 0 |
556 | as lively an account as seinfeld is deadpan . | 1 |
2,513 | an artful , intelligent film that stays within the confines of a well-established genre . | 1 |
6,633 | [janey] forgets about her other obligations , leading to a tragedy which is somehow guessable from the first few minutes , maybe because it echoes the by now intolerable morbidity of so many recent movies . | 0 |
37 | skins has a desolate air , but eyre , a native american raised by white parents , manages to infuse the rocky path to sibling reconciliation with flashes of warmth and gentle humor . | 1 |
4,762 | it's the funniest american comedy since graffiti bridge . | 0 |
6,151 | even film silliness needs a little gravity , beyond good hair and humping . | 0 |
1,780 | a movie that will touch the hearts of both children and adults , as well as bring audiences to the edge of their seats . | 1 |
1,478 | offers an interesting look at the rapidly changing face of beijing . | 1 |
5,382 | given the fact that virtually no one is bound to show up at theatres for it , the project should have been made for the tube . | 0 |
3,410 | it will delight newcomers to the story and those who know it from bygone days . | 1 |
3,552 | an odd drama set in the world of lingerie models and bar dancers in the midwest that held my interest precisely because it didn't try to . | 1 |
1,235 | familiar but utterly delightful . | 1 |
6,550 | a sincere but dramatically conflicted gay coming-of-age tale . | 0 |
3,979 | there is no psychology here , and no real narrative logic -- just a series of carefully choreographed atrocities , which become strangely impersonal and abstract . | 0 |
1,166 | an inspiring and heart-affecting film about the desperate attempts of vietnamese refugees living in u . s . relocation camps to keep their hopes alive in 1975 . | 1 |
5,623 | despite a powerful portrayal by binoche , it's a period romance that suffers from an overly deliberate pace and uneven narrative momentum . | 0 |
6,481 | the script isn't very good ; not even someone as gifted as hoffman ( the actor ) can make it work . | 0 |
307 | to get at the root psychology of this film would require many sessions on the couch of dr . freud . | 1 |
77 | mazel tov to a film about a family's joyous life acting on the yiddish stage . | 1 |
4,638 | welles groupie/scholar peter bogdanovich took a long time to do it , but he's finally provided his own broadside at publishing giant william randolph hearst . | 0 |
2,538 | great character interaction . | 1 |
855 | a uniquely sensual metaphorical dramatization of sexual obsession that spends a bit too much time on its fairly ludicrous plot . | 1 |
2,260 | a very good film sits in the place where a masterpiece should be . | 1 |
5,048 | it's like an all-star salute to disney's cheesy commercialism . | 0 |
6,931 | with spy kids 2 : the island of lost dreams writer/director/producer robert rodriguez has cobbled together a film that feels like a sugar high gone awry . | 0 |
4,161 | what happens when something goes bump in the night and nobody cares ? | 0 |
5,911 | it's a film that hinges on its casting , and glover really doesn't fit the part . | 0 |
638 | whether kiss is a future cult classic or destined to be completely forgotten is open to question , but the risk-takers in the crowd should check it out and form their own opinion . | 1 |
3,153 | a compelling motion picture that illustrates an american tragedy . | 1 |
5,263 | the master of disguise is awful . it's pauly shore awful . don't say you weren't warned . | 0 |
3,540 | it may seem long at 110 minutes if you're not a fan , because it includes segments of 12 songs at a reunion concert . | 1 |
1,536 | maid in manhattan might not look so appealing on third or fourth viewing down the road . . . but as a high concept vehicle for two bright stars of the moment who can rise to fans' lofty expectations , the movie passes inspection . | 1 |
6,799 | is there a group of more self-absorbed women than the mother and daughters featured in this film ? i don't think so . nothing wrong with performances here , but the whiney characters bugged me . | 0 |
541 | it's a refreshing change from the self-interest and paranoia that shape most american representations of castro . | 1 |
5,791 | solaris " is a shapeless inconsequential move relying on the viewer to do most of the work . | 0 |
6,514 | a wannabe comedy of manners about a brainy prep-school kid with a mrs . robinson complex founders on its own preciousness -- and squanders its beautiful women . | 0 |
1,804 | 'tobey maguire is a poster boy for the geek generation . ' | 1 |
4,805 | sadly , 'garth' hasn't progressed as nicely as 'wayne . ' | 0 |
7,055 | high crimes miscasts nearly every leading character . | 0 |
4,599 | its juxtaposition of overwrought existentialism and stomach-churning gore will have you forever on the verge of either cracking up or throwing up . | 0 |
2,420 | by the time it ends in a rush of sequins , flashbulbs , blaring brass and back-stabbing babes , it has said plenty about how show business has infiltrated every corner of society -- and not always for the better . | 1 |
4,345 | kapur's contradictory feelings about his material result in a movie that works against itself . | 0 |
1,595 | its engaging simplicity is driven by appealing leads . | 1 |
2,894 | nakata's technique is to imply terror by suggestion , rather than the overuse of special effects . | 1 |
5,621 | the new faces are interesting , but the old story isn't , especially when it starts to seem more improvised than scripted . | 0 |
845 | this is a superior horror flick . | 1 |
3,089 | . . . rogers's mouth never stops shut about the war between the sexes and how to win the battle . | 1 |
3,708 | i'm sure the filmmakers found this a remarkable and novel concept , but anybody who has ever seen an independent film can report that it is instead a cheap cliché . | 0 |
2,549 | a modestly surprising movie . | 1 |
3,426 | this is a visually stunning rumination on love , memory , history and the war between art and commerce . | 1 |
3,057 | the writing is clever and the cast is appealing . | 1 |
4,010 | for a movie about the power of poetry and passion , there is precious little of either . | 0 |
3,724 | when 'science fiction' takes advantage of the fact that its intended audience hasn't yet had much science , it does a disservice to the audience and to the genre . | 0 |
434 | 300 years of russian history and culture compressed into an evanescent , seamless and sumptuous stream of consciousness . | 1 |
2,673 | a classic fairy tale that perfectly captures the wonders and worries of childhood in a way that few movies have ever approached . | 1 |
3,452 | the performances are strong , though the subject matter demands acting that borders on hammy at times . | 1 |
5,413 | yes , spirited away is a triumph of imagination , but it's also a failure of storytelling . | 0 |
2,540 | the chateau belongs to rudd , whose portrait of a therapy-dependent flakeball spouting french malapropisms . . . is a nonstop hoot . | 1 |
1,210 | [d]espite its familiar subject matter , ice age is consistently amusing and engrossing . . . | 1 |
4,703 | the actors pull out all the stops in nearly every scene , but to diminishing effect . the characters never change . | 0 |
1,809 | most impressive , though , is the film's open-ended finale that refuses to entirely close its characters' emotional wounds . | 1 |
6,956 | chelsea walls is a case of too many chefs fussing over too weak a recipe . | 0 |
3,451 | cube's charisma and chemistry compensate for corniness and cliche . | 1 |
2,281 | drawing on an irresistible , languid romanticism , byler reveals the ways in which a sultry evening or a beer-fueled afternoon in the sun can inspire even the most retiring heart to venture forth . | 1 |
5,795 | beautifully filmed and well acted . . . but admittedly problematic in its narrative specifics . | 0 |
2,432 | this fascinating look at israel in ferment feels as immediate as the latest news footage from gaza and , because of its heightened , well-shaped dramas , twice as powerful . | 1 |
4,236 | there's too much falseness to the second half , and what began as an intriguing look at youth fizzles into a dull , ridiculous attempt at heart-tugging . | 0 |
4,265 | behind the glitz , hollywood is sordid and disgusting . quelle surprise ! | 0 |
4,005 | the good girl is a film in which the talent is undeniable but the results are underwhelming . | 0 |
1,727 | hawke draws out the best from his large cast in beautifully articulated portrayals that are subtle and so expressive they can sustain the poetic flights in burdette's dialogue . | 1 |
6,157 | friday after next has the same problem that next friday did -- it's called where's chris tucker when you need him ? | 0 |
3,515 | steers has an unexpectedly adamant streak of warm-blooded empathy for all his disparate manhattan denizens--especially the a * * holes . | 1 |
6,706 | let's hope -- shall we ? -- that the 'true story' by which all the queen's men is allegedly " inspired " was a lot funnier and more deftly enacted than what's been cobbled together onscreen . | 0 |
6,743 | it has all the excitement of eating oatmeal . | 0 |
2,607 | nohe's documentary about the event is sympathetic without being gullible : he isn't blind to the silliness , but also captures moments of spontaneous creativity and authentic co-operative interaction . | 1 |
2,527 | better than the tepid star trek : insurrection ; falls short of first contact because the villain couldn't pick the lint off borg queen alice krige's cape ; and finishes half a parsec ( a nose ) ahead of generations . | 1 |
5,227 | what's surprising about this traditional thriller , moderately successful but not completely satisfying , is exactly how genteel and unsurprising the execution turns out to be . | 0 |
6,875 | rice is too pedestrian a filmmaker to bring any edge or personality to the rising place that would set it apart from other deep south stories . | 0 |
6,283 | " men in black ii , " has all the earmarks of a sequel . the story is less vibrant , the jokes are a little lukewarm , but will anyone really care ? | 0 |
1,908 | legendary irish writer brendan behan's memoir , borstal boy , has been given a loving screen transferral . | 1 |
6,828 | those who are only mildly curious , i fear , will be put to sleep or bewildered by the artsy and often pointless visuals . | 0 |
3,748 | . . . about as exciting to watch as two last-place basketball teams playing one another on the final day of the season . | 0 |
4,860 | a negligible british comedy . | 0 |
7,082 | too many improbabilities and rose-colored situations temper what could've been an impacting film . | 0 |
1,318 | . . . a haunting vision , with images that seem more like disturbing hallucinations . | 1 |
3,611 | the kind of movie that leaves vague impressions and a nasty aftertaste but little clear memory of its operational mechanics . | 0 |
1,750 | a fantastic premise anchors this movie , but what it needs is either a more rigid , blair witch-style commitment to its mockumentary format , or a more straightforward , dramatic treatment , with all the grandiosity that that implies . | 1 |
2,535 | taken outside the context of the current political climate ( see : terrorists are more evil than ever ! ) , the sum of all fears is simply a well-made and satisfying thriller . | 1 |
1,193 | lovingly photographed in the manner of a golden book sprung to life , stuart little 2 manages sweetness largely without stickiness . | 1 |
6,450 | can be classified as one of those 'alternate reality' movies . . . except that it would have worked so much better dealing in only one reality . | 0 |
4,087 | largely , this is a movie that also does it by the numbers . | 0 |
5,695 | it's almost as if it's an elaborate dare more than a full-blooded film . | 0 |
1,022 | on this tricky topic , tadpole is very much a step in the right direction , with its blend of frankness , civility and compassion . | 1 |
5,195 | all too familiar . . . basically the sort of cautionary tale that was old when 'angels with dirty faces' appeared in 1938 . | 0 |
1,627 | this is one of the year's best films . | 1 |
618 | for movie lovers as well as opera lovers , tosca is a real treat . | 1 |
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