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like mike is a winner for kids , and no doubt a winner for lil bow wow , who can now add movies to the list of things he does well .
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a lot of the credit for the film's winning tone must go to grant , who hasn't lost a bit of the dry humor that first made audiences on both sides of the atlantic love him .
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3,996
just the sort of lazy tearjerker that gives movies about ordinary folk a bad name .
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4,466
harvard man is a semi-throwback , a reminiscence without nostalgia or sentimentality .
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2,941
travels a fascinating arc from hope and euphoria to reality and disillusionment .
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1,165
talk to her is so darned assured , we have absolutely no idea who the main characters are until the film is well under way -- and yet it's hard to stop watching .
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2,494
a pleasurably jacked-up piece of action moviemaking .
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4,696
the gifted crudup has the perfect face to play a handsome blank yearning to find himself , and his cipherlike personality and bad behavior would play fine if the movie knew what to do with him .
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7,104
it's one pussy-ass world when even killer-thrillers revolve around group therapy sessions .
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1,172
it cuts to the core of what it actually means to face your fears , to be a girl in a world of boys , to be a boy truly in love with a girl , and to ride the big metaphorical wave that is life -- wherever it takes you .
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6,649
when your subject is illusion versus reality , shouldn't the reality seem at least passably real ?
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4,564
bang ! zoom ! it's actually pretty funny , but in all the wrong places .
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5,926
belongs in the too-hot-for-tv direct-to-video/dvd category , and this is why i have given it a one-star rating .
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1,916
the pianist is a fine valedictory work for polanski , made richer by his own experiences , making his other movies somehow richer in the bargain .
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1,767
even though it's common knowledge that park and his founding partner , yong kang , lost kozmo in the end , you can't help but get caught up in the thrill of the company's astonishing growth .
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1,279
satin rouge is not a new , or inventive , journey , but it's encouraging to see a three-dimensional , average , middle-aged woman's experience of self-discovery handled with such sensitivity .
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1,663
ranging from funny to shattering and featuring some of the year's best acting , personal velocity gathers plenty of dramatic momentum .
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a film of quiet power .
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2,657
it's one of the most honest films ever made about hollywood .
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2,682
if the message seems more facile than the earlier films , the images have such a terrible beauty you may not care .
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3,495
it's a fine , old-fashioned-movie movie , which is to say it's unburdened by pretensions to great artistic significance .
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2,878
although it lacks the detail of the book , the film does pack some serious suspense .
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6,610
shankman . . . and screenwriter karen janszen bungle their way through the narrative as if it were a series of bible parables and not an actual story .
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3,125
exhilarating , funny and fun .
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5,995
the story really has no place to go since simone is not real—she can't provide any conflict .
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5,779
ultimately the , yes , snail-like pacing and lack of thematic resonance make the film more silly than scary , like some sort of martha stewart decorating program run amok .
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4,784
hoffman waits too long to turn his movie in an unexpected direction , and even then his tone retains a genteel , prep-school quality that feels dusty and leatherbound .
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3,995
ultimately , the film never recovers from the clumsy cliché of the ugly american abroad , and the too-frosty exterior ms . paltrow employs to authenticate her british persona is another liability .
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6,393
a dreary indulgence .
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4,824
. . . too dull to enjoy .
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5,217
it's just too bad the screenwriters eventually shoot themselves in the feet with cop flick cliches like an oily arms dealer , squad car pile-ups and the requisite screaming captain .
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campbell scott finds the ideal outlet for his flick-knife diction in the role of roger swanson .
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4,389
there's surely something wrong with a comedy where the only belly laughs come from the selection of outtakes tacked onto the end credits .
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1,856
jeong-hyang lee's film is deceptively simple , deeply satisfying .
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6,101
she's not yet an actress , not quite a singer . . .
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1,692
andersson creates a world that's at once surreal and disturbingly familiar ; absurd , yet tremendously sad .
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3,718
it's a decent glimpse into a time period , and an outcast , that is no longer accessible , but it doesn't necessarily shed more light on its subject than the popular predecessor .
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a frustrating combination of strained humor and heavy-handed sentimentality .
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feels familiar and tired .
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while not all transitions to adulthood are so fraught , there's much truth and no small amount of poetry in girls can't swim .
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not even steven spielberg has dreamed up such blatant and sickening product placement in a movie .
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3,038
what's most refreshing about real women have curves is its unforced comedy-drama and its relaxed , natural-seeming actors .
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2,128
a tale of horror and revenge that is nearly perfect in its relentless descent to the depths of one man's tortured soul .
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5,108
with the exception of mccoist , the players don't have a clue on the park . the acting isn't much better .
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5,564
much-anticipated and ultimately lackluster movie .
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4,754
frustratingly , dridi tells us nothing about el gallo other than what emerges through his music .
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5,566
the impulses that produced this project . . . are commendable , but the results are uneven .
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2,658
as underwater ghost stories go , below casts its spooky net out into the atlantic ocean and spits it back , grizzled and charred , somewhere northwest of the bermuda triangle .
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5,655
that the chuck norris " grenade gag " occurs about 7 times during windtalkers is a good indication of how serious-minded the film is .
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3,719
the pace of the film is very slow ( for obvious reasons ) and that too becomes off-putting .
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will no doubt delight plympton's legion of fans ; others may find 80 minutes of these shenanigans exhausting .
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4,862
a cinematic sleeping pill of impressive potency .
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the exclamation point seems to be the only bit of glee you'll find in this dreary mess .
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despite these annoyances , the capable clayburgh and tambor really do a great job of anchoring the characters in the emotional realities of middle age .
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the adventure doesn't contain half the excitement of balto , or quarter the fun of toy story 2 .
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an unpredictable blend of gal-pal smart talk , romantic comedy and dark tragedy that bites off considerably more than writer/director john mckay can swallow .
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it's hard to imagine that even very small children will be impressed by this tired retread .
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the weight of the piece , the unerring professionalism of the chilly production , and the fascination embedded in the lurid topic prove recommendation enough .
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4,669
a processed comedy chop suey .
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it's disappointing when filmmakers throw a few big-name actors and cameos at a hokey script .
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3,348
it's made with deftly unsettling genre flair .
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if you're looking for comedy to be served up , better look elsewhere .
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chan's stunts are limited and so embellished by editing that there's really not much of a sense of action or even action-comedy .
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an important movie , a reminder of the power of film to move us and to make us examine our values .
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5,052
even those of a single digit age will be able to recognize that this story is too goofy . . . even for disney .
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3,274
not for everyone , but for those with whom it will connect , it's a nice departure from standard moviegoing fare .
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comes off like a rejected abc afterschool special , freshened up by the dunce of a screenwriting 101 class . . . . designed to provide a mix of smiles and tears , " crossroads " instead provokes a handful of unintentional howlers and numerous yawns .
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some of the most inventive silliness you are likely to witness in a movie theatre for some time .
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2,709
some actors have so much charisma that you'd be happy to listen to them reading the phone book . hugh grant and sandra bullock are two such likeable actors .
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2,121
what's so striking about jolie's performance is that she never lets her character become a caricature -- not even with that radioactive hair .
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just entertaining enough not to hate , too mediocre to love .
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a cop story that understands the medium amazingly well .
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perry's good and his is an interesting character , but " serving sara " hasn't much more to serve than silly fluff . nor is it a romantic comedy .
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all comedy is subversive , but this unrelenting bleak insistence on opting out of any opportunity for finding meaning in relationships or work just becomes sad .
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1,120
a gorgeous , high-spirited musical from india that exquisitely blends music , dance , song , and high drama .
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2,841
the mark of a respectable summer blockbuster is one of two things : unadulterated thrills or genuine laughs .
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2,203
the film overcomes the regular minefield of coming-of-age cliches with potent doses of honesty and sensitivity .
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6,721
leaks treacle from every pore .
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[plays] in broad outline as pandering middle-age buddy-comedy .
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a weird little movie that's amusing enough while you watch it , offering fine acting moments and pungent insights into modern l . a . 's show-biz and media subcultures . but it doesn't leave you with much .
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1,901
a smart and funny , albeit sometimes superficial , cautionary tale of a technology in search of an artist .
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it's hampered by a lifetime-channel kind of plot and a lead actress who is out of her depth .
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2,546
exquisitely acted and masterfully if preciously interwoven… [the film] addresses in a fascinating , intelligent manner the intermingling of race , politics and local commerce .
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5,129
narc can only remind us of brilliant crime dramas without becoming one itself .
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cinematic pyrotechnics aside , the only thing avary seems to care about are mean giggles and pulchritude . it makes sense that he went back to school to check out the girls -- his film is a frat boy's idea of a good time .
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5,183
in theory , a middle-aged romance pairing clayburgh and tambor sounds promising , but in practice it's something else altogether -- clownish and offensive and nothing at all like real life .
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collateral damage offers formula payback and the big payoff , but the explosions tend to simply hit their marks , pyro-correctly .
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3,989
it wraps up a classic mother/daughter struggle in recycled paper with a shiny new bow and while the audience can tell it's not all new , at least it looks pretty .
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it confirms fincher's status as a film maker who artfully bends technical know-how to the service of psychological insight .
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a distinguished and thoughtful film , marked by acute writing and a host of splendid performances .
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it made me realize that we really haven't had a good cheesy b-movie playing in theaters since . . . well . . . since last week's reign of fire .
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what's at stake in this film is nothing more than an obsolete , if irritating , notion of class .
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one of the funnier movies in town .
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has an unmistakable , easy joie de vivre .
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3,898
do not , under any circumstances , consider taking a child younger than middle school age to this wallow in crude humor .
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3,762
it's a trifle of a movie , with a few laughs surrounding an unremarkable soft center .
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5,704
its message has merit and , in the hands of a brutally honest individual like prophet jack , might have made a point or two regarding life .
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6,020
an empty , purposeless exercise .
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feels haphazard , as if the writers mistakenly thought they could achieve an air of frantic spontaneity by simply tossing in lots of characters doing silly stuff and stirring the pot .
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2,461
audacious-impossible yet compelling . . .
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