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. . . think of it as american pie on valium .
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it's hard not to be seduced by [witherspoon's] charisma , even in this run-of-the-mill vehicle , because this girl knows how to drive it to the max .
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3,711
not at all clear what it's trying to say and even if it were – i doubt it would be all that interesting .
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1,710
a stirring tribute to the bravery and dedication of the world's reporters who willingly walk into the nightmare of war not only to record the events for posterity , but to help us clearly see the world of our making .
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6,587
plods along , minus the twisted humor and eye-popping visuals that have made miike . . . a cult hero .
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5,085
why come up with something even quasi-original , when you can pillage from shirley jackson , richard matheson . . . and puke up something like rose red ?
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1,139
tailored to entertain !
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596
flawed , but worth seeing for ambrose's performance .
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5,647
some body is a shaky , uncertain film that nevertheless touches a few raw nerves .
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7,041
i didn't believe for a moment in these villains or their plot .
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6,929
. . . stale and uninspired .
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2,559
contando com uma premissa curiosa , o filme mergulha o espectador em um clima de forte suspense , culminando em um desfecho que certamente fica na memória .
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5,117
according to wendigo , 'nature' loves the members of the upper class almost as much as they love themselves .
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2,651
jacquot's strategy allows his cast the benefit of being able to give full performances . . . while demonstrating vividly that the beauty and power of the opera reside primarily in the music itself .
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3,895
the movie is undone by a filmmaking methodology that's just experimental enough to alienate the mainstream audience while ringing cliched to hardened indie-heads .
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5,373
we're left with a story that tries to grab us , only to keep letting go at all the wrong moments .
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4,407
the only time 8 crazy nights comes close to hitting a comedic or satirical target is during the offbeat musical numbers .
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2,781
one of those movies that catches you up in something bigger than yourself , namely , an archetypal desire to enjoy good trash every now and then .
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anemic , pretentious .
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4,671
the 70-year-old godard has become , to judge from in praise of love , the sort of bitter old crank who sits behind his light meter and harangues the supposed injustices of the artistic world-at-large without doing all that much to correct them .
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383
i complain all the time about seeing the same ideas repeated in films over and over again , but the bourne identity proves that a fresh take is always possible .
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6,033
if this disposable tissue has one wild card , it's john turturro , who's simply fab as a spanish butler with a foot fetish .
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3,117
the movie sticks much closer to hornby's drop-dead confessional tone than the film version of high fidelity did .
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1,811
a witty , trenchant , wildly unsentimental but flawed look at the ins and outs of modern moviemaking .
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430
nine queens is not only than a frighteningly capable debut and genre piece , but also a snapshot of a dangerous political situation on the verge of coming to a head .
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a clever script and skilled actors bring new energy to the familiar topic of office politics .
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5,080
whatever about warning kids about the dangers of ouija boards , someone should dispense the same advice to film directors .
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5,936
despite its promising cast of characters , big trouble remains a loosely tied series of vignettes which only prove that 'zany' doesn't necessarily mean 'funny . '
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1,591
a deftly entertaining film , smartly played and smartly directed .
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an experience so engrossing it is like being buried in a new environment .
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537
gosling provides an amazing performance that dwarfs everything else in the film .
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3,943
jones helps breathe some life into the insubstantial plot , but even he is overwhelmed by predictability .
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3,841
derailed by bad writing and possibly also by some of that extensive post-production reworking to aim the film at young males in the throes of their first full flush of testosterone .
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high crimes steals so freely from other movies and combines enough disparate types of films that it can't help but engage an audience .
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1,657
thanks to haynes' absolute control of the film's mood , and buoyed by three terrific performances , far from heaven actually pulls off this stylistic juggling act .
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6,099
everything -- even life on an aircraft carrier -- is sentimentalized .
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5,565
not only is it hokey , manipulative and as bland as wonder bread dipped in milk , but it also does the absolute last thing we need hollywood doing to us : it preaches .
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6,693
isn't it a bit early in his career for director barry sonnenfeld to do a homage to himself ? and it's a lousy one at that .
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the performances of the children , untrained in acting , have an honesty and dignity that breaks your heart .
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1,808
leave it to the french to truly capture the terrifying angst of the modern working man without turning the film into a cheap thriller , a dumb comedy or a sappy melodrama .
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3,116
it suggests the wide-ranging effects of media manipulation , from the kind of reporting that is done by the supposedly liberal media . . . to the intimate and ultimately tragic heartache of maverick individuals like hatfield and hicks .
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3,559
a bold ( and lovely ) experiment that will almost certainly bore most audiences into their own brightly colored dreams .
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2,021
a wild comedy that could only spring from the demented mind of the writer of being john malkovich .
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2,308
i've never bought from telemarketers , but i bought this movie .
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4,885
soul is what's lacking in every character in this movie and , subsequently , the movie itself .
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4,449
not only does the thoroughly formulaic film represent totally exemplify middle-of-the-road mainstream , it also represents glossy hollywood at its laziest .
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4,670
thin period piece .
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4,464
when the plot kicks in , the film loses credibility .
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850
one of the most original american productions this year , you'll find yourself remembering this refreshing visit to a sunshine state .
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hardly a masterpiece , but it introduces viewers to a good charitable enterprise and some interesting real people .
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first good , then bothersome . excellent acting and direction .
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a beautifully tooled action thriller about love and terrorism in korea .
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an indispensable peek at the art and the agony of making people laugh .
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like vardalos and corbett , who play their roles with vibrant charm , the film , directed by joel zwick , is heartfelt and hilarious in ways you can't fake .
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[ " safe conduct " ] is a long movie at 163 minutes but it fills the time with drama , romance , tragedy , bravery , political intrigue , partisans and sabotage . viva le resistance !
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[director] byler may yet have a great movie in him , but charlotte sometimes is only half of one .
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6,376
it desperately wants to be a wacky , screwball comedy , but the most screwy thing here is how so many talented people were convinced to waste their time .
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somehow ms . griffiths and mr . pryce bring off this wild welsh whimsy .
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6,131
well-meaning to a fault , antwone fisher manages the dubious feat of turning one man's triumph of will into everyman's romance comedy .
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3,576
the experience of going to a film festival is a rewarding one ; the experiencing of sampling one through this movie is not .
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most of the action setups are incoherent .
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3,779
i don't even care that there's no plot in this antonio banderas-lucy liu faceoff . it's still terrible !
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4,558
the characters are so generic and the plot so bland that even as rogue cia assassins working for chris cooper's agency boss close in on the resourceful amnesiac , we don't feel much for damon/bourne or his predicament .
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highlights are the terrific performances by christopher plummer , as the prime villain , and nathan lane as vincent crummles , the eccentric theater company manager .
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in gleefully , thumpingly hyperbolic terms , it covers just about every cliche in the compendium about crass , jaded movie types and the phony baloney movie biz .
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2,406
wilco fans will have a great time , and the movie should win the band a few new converts , too .
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the level of acting elevates the material above pat inspirational status and gives it a sturdiness and solidity that we've long associated with washington the actor .
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so exaggerated and broad that it comes off as annoying rather than charming .
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5,994
may offend viewers not amused by the sick sense of humor .
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3,709
there is not an ounce of honesty in the entire production .
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the film contains no good jokes , no good scenes , barely a moment when carvey's saturday night live-honed mimicry rises above the level of embarrassment .
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it further declares its director , zhang yang of shower , as a boldly experimental , contemporary stylist with a bright future .
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a predictable and stereotypical little b-movie .
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. . . instead go rent " shakes the clown " , a much funnier film with a similar theme and an equally great robin williams performance .
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2,426
return to never land is reliable , standard disney animated fare , with enough creative energy and wit to entertain all ages .
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2,268
an incendiary , deeply thought-provoking look at one of the most peculiar ( and peculiarly venomous ) bigotries in our increasingly frightening theocracy
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while the transgressive trappings ( especially the frank sex scenes ) ensure that the film is never dull , rodrigues's beast-within metaphor is ultimately rather silly and overwrought , making the ambiguous ending seem goofy rather than provocative .
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3,382
this clever caper movie has twists worthy of david mamet and is enormous fun for thinking audiences .
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here , common sense flies out the window , along with the hail of bullets , none of which ever seem to hit sascha .
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4,813
it's a road-trip drama with too many wrong turns .
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4,455
the kids in the audience at the preview screening seemed bored , cheering the pratfalls but little else ; their parents , wise folks that they are , read books .
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4,279
it's hard to imagine another director ever making his wife look so bad in a major movie .
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3,604
has all the right elements but completely fails to gel together .
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it's a fun adventure movie for kids ( of all ages ) that like adventure .
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3,469
while the glass slipper doesn't quite fit , pumpkin is definitely a unique modern fairytale .
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. . . understands that a generation defines its music as much as the music defines a generation .
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demands too much of most viewers .
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it made me want to wrench my eyes out of my head and toss them at the screen .
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4,003
the plot's contrivances are uncomfortably strained .
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5,634
the character is too forced and overwritten to be funny or believable much of the time , and clayburgh doesn't always improve the over-the-top mix .
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2,664
it is intensely personal and yet -- unlike quills -- deftly shows us the temper of the times .
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2,015
a zinger-filled crowd-pleaser that open-minded elvis fans ( but by no means all ) will have fun with .
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3,865
little more than a well-mounted history lesson .
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6,254
this film's relationship to actual tension is the same as what christmas-tree flocking in a spray can is to actual snow : a poor -- if durable -- imitation .
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6,072
it's a bad thing when a movie has about as much substance as its end credits blooper reel .
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films about loss , grief and recovery are pretty valuable these days . seen in that light , moonlight mile should strike a nerve in many .
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5,070
it stars schticky chris rock and stolid anthony hopkins , who seem barely in the same movie . their contrast is neither dramatic nor comic -- it's just a weird fizzle .
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a perfect example of rancid , well-intentioned , but shamelessly manipulative movie making .
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3,615
you wonder why enough wasn't just a music video rather than a full-length movie .
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6,689
there's no excuse for following up a delightful , well-crafted family film with a computer-generated cold fish .
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