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it's not a particularly good film , but neither is it a monsterous one .
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3,570
slackers' jokey approach to college education is disappointingly simplistic -- the film's biggest problem -- and there are no unforgettably stupid stunts or uproariously rude lines of dialogue to remember it by .
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6,330
everything is off .
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6,012
after an hour and a half of wondering -- sometimes amusedly , sometimes impatiently -- just what this strenuously unconventional movie is supposed to be , you discover that the answer is as conventional as can be .
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4,804
it would be hard to think of a recent movie that has worked this hard to achieve this little fun .
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1,095
boasts a handful of virtuosic set pieces and offers a fair amount of trashy , kinky fun .
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pretentious editing ruins a potentially terrific flick .
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6,692
bad in such a bizarre way that it's almost worth seeing , if only to witness the crazy confluence of purpose and taste .
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. . . while dark water isn't a complete wash ( no pun intended ) , watched side-by-side with ringu , it ultimately comes off as a pale successor .
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chokes on its own depiction of upper-crust decorum .
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3,219
doesn't do more than expand a tv show to movie length . however , it's pleasant enough and its ecological , pro-wildlife sentiments are certainly welcome .
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1,378
the laser-projected paintings provide a spell-casting beauty , while russell and dreyfus are a romantic pairing of hearts , preciously exposed as history corners them .
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4,082
delivers the same old same old , tarted up with latin flava and turned out by hollywood playas .
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6,665
it's hard to imagine any recent film , independent or otherwise , that makes as much of a mess as this one .
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3,571
director brian levant , who never strays far from his sitcom roots , skates blithely from one implausible situation to another , pausing only to tie up loose ends with more bows than you'll find on a french poodle .
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3,340
constantly touching , surprisingly funny , semi-surrealist exploration of the creative act .
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1,364
made-up lampoons the moviemaking process itself , while shining a not particularly flattering spotlight on america's skin-deep notions of pulchritude .
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7,067
more busy than exciting , more frantic than involving , more chaotic than entertaining .
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6,404
a baffling misfire , and possibly the weakest movie [woody allen] has made in the last twenty years .
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3,859
the plot is paper-thin and the characters aren't interesting enough to watch them go about their daily activities for two whole hours .
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3,502
gondry's direction is adequate . . . but what gives human nature its unique feel is kaufman's script .
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evokes the 19th century with a subtlety that is an object lesson in period filmmaking .
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4,688
rather than real figures , elling and kjell bjarne become symbolic characters whose actions are supposed to relate something about the naïf's encounter with the world .
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2,936
elling builds gradually until you feel fully embraced by this gentle comedy .
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753
the far future may be awesome to consider , but from period detail to matters of the heart , this film is most transporting when it stays put in the past .
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1,411
the movie is not as terrible as the synergistic impulse that created it .
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5,419
it's such a mechanical endeavor [that] it never bothers to question why somebody might devote time to see it .
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2,624
highly recommended as an engrossing story about a horrifying historical event and the elements which contributed to it .
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3,381
in my opinion , analyze that is not as funny or entertaining as analyze this , but it is a respectable sequel .
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2,053
the film is often filled with a sense of pure wonderment and excitement not often seen in today's cinema du sarcasm
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6,581
less a study in madness or love than a study in schoolgirl obsession .
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6,905
a frantic search for laughs , with a hit-to-miss ratio that doesn't exactly favour the audience .
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2,452
anyone who welcomes a dash of the avant-garde fused with their humor should take pleasure in this crazed , joyous romp of a film .
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4,156
a ragbag of promising ideas and failed narrative , of good acting and plain old bad filmmaking .
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1,392
a gripping movie , played with performances that are all understated and touching .
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7,102
. . . grows decidedly flimsier with its many out-sized , out of character and logically porous action set pieces .
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the movie stays afloat thanks to its hallucinatory production design .
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1,361
. . . the gentle melding of drama and comedy makes " what time is it there ? " something the true film buff will enjoy .
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2,704
if you're willing to have fun with it , you won't feel cheated by the high infidelity of unfaithful .
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this is an exercise in chilling style , and twohy films the sub , inside and out , with an eye on preserving a sense of mystery .
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one problem with the movie , directed by joel schumacher , is that it jams too many prefabricated story elements into the running time .
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strip it of all its excess debris , and you'd have a 90-minute , four-star movie . as it is , it's too long and unfocused .
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a spunky , original take on a theme that will resonate with singles of many ages .
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3,425
while most films these days are about nothing , this film seems to be about everything that's plaguing the human spirit in a relentlessly globalizing world .
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proves a lovely trifle that , unfortunately , is a little too in love with its own cuteness .
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the movie is silly beyond comprehension , and even if it weren't silly , it would still be beyond comprehension .
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2,765
thurman and lewis are hilarious throughout .
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2,854
beneath the film's obvious determination to shock at any cost lies considerable skill and determination , backed by sheer nerve .
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es triste tener que decirles que lo único grato de la cinta es el cuerpo desnudo de la heather . . .
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for a film that's being advertised as a comedy , sweet home alabama isn't as funny as you'd hoped . for a film that's being advertised as a comedy , sweet home alabama isn't as funny as you'd hoped .
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death might be a release .
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a dashing and absorbing outing with one of france's most inventive directors .
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looks awfully like one long tourist spot for a mississippi that may never have existed outside of a scriptwriter's imagination .
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a sexy , surprising romance . . . idemoto and kim make a gorgeous pair . . . their scenes brim with sexual possibility and emotional danger .
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it's like rocky and bullwinkle on speed , but that's neither completely enlightening , nor does it catch the intensity of the movie's strangeness .
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2,754
miller tells this very compelling tale with little fuss or noise , expertly plucking tension from quiet .
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patchy combination of soap opera , low-tech magic realism and , at times , ploddingly sociological commentary .
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the film has a nearly terminal case of the cutes , and it's neither as funny nor as charming as it thinks it is .
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a tv style murder mystery with a few big screen moments ( including one that seems to be made for a different film altogether ) .
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absolutely ( and unintentionally ) terrifying .
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though only 60 minutes long , the film is packed with information and impressions .
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an engrossing portrait of uncompromising artists trying to create something original against the backdrop of a corporate music industry that only seems to care about the bottom line .
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if you love motown music , you'll love this documentary .
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the spaniel-eyed jean reno infuses hubert with a mixture of deadpan cool , wry humor and just the measure of tenderness required to give this comic slugfest some heart .
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it's amazingly perceptive in its subtle , supportive but unsentimental look at the marks family .
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this sade is hardly a perverse , dangerous libertine and agitator -- which would have made for better drama . he's just a sad aristocrat in tattered finery , and the film seems as deflated as he does .
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a restrained ribisi convinces as an italian , though if ever a movie needed one of the actor's whiny jags to pump it up , this has to be among the rare ones .
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a romantic comedy that operates by the rules of its own self-contained universe .
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having never been a huge fan of dickens' 800-page novel , it surprised me how much pleasure i had watching mcgrath's version .
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an undistinguished attempt to make a classic theater piece cinematic .
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the story and the friendship proceeds in such a way that you're watching a soap opera rather than a chronicle of the ups and downs that accompany lifelong friendships .
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presents a good case while failing to provide a reason for us to care beyond the very basic dictums of human decency .
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" my god , i'm behaving like an idiot ! " yes , you are , ben kingsley .
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if you're not into the pokemon franchise , this fourth animated movie in four years won't convert you -- or even keep your eyes open . but fans should have fun meeting a brand-new pokemon called celebi .
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will grab your children by the imagination and amaze them and amuse them .
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almost everyone growing up believes their family must look like " the addams family " to everyone looking in . . . " my big fat greek wedding " comes from the heart . . .
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4,028
none of these characters resembles anyone you've ever met in real life , unless you happen to know annoyingly self-involved people who speak in glib sentences that could have only come from the pen of a screenwriter .
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sex ironically has little to do with the story , which becomes something about how lame it is to try and evade your responsibilities and that you should never , ever , leave a large dog alone with a toddler . but never mind all that ; the boobs are fantasti
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one of the oddest and most inexplicable sequels in movie history .
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the best thing i can say about this film is that i can't wait to see what the director does next .
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what's most striking about this largely celebratory film . . . is the sense of isolation that permeates these bastions of individuality in an ikea world .
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heavy-handed exercise in time-vaulting literary pretension .
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the problem is that rather than dramatizing this premise , mr . desplechin is content to state it .
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the disjointed mess flows as naturally as jolie's hideous yellow 'do .
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the end result is like cold porridge with only the odd enjoyably chewy lump .
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the story has some nice twists but the ending and some of the back-story is a little tired . the performances are all solid ; it merely lacks originality to make it a great movie .
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that neither protagonist has a distinguishable condition hardly matters because both are just actory concoctions , defined by childlike dimness and a handful of quirks .
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shocking only in that it reveals the filmmaker's bottomless pit of self-absorption .
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i would have preferred a transfer down the hall to mr . holland's class for the music , or to robin williams's lecture so i could listen to a teacher with humor , passion , and verve .
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1,307
a fascinating glimpse into an insular world that gives the lie to many clichés and showcases a group of dedicated artists .
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2,642
day is not a great bond movie , but it is a good bond movie , which still makes it much better than your typical bond knock-offs .
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an unflinching , complex portrait of a modern israel that is rarely seen on-screen .
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2,467
those with an interest in new or singular sorts of film experiences will find what time is it there ? well worth the time .
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1,486
broomfield reveals an ironic manifestation of institutionalized slavery that ties a black-owned record label with a white-empowered police force .
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fierce , glaring and unforgettable .
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. . . with the candy-like taste of it fading faster than 25-cent bubble gum , i realized this is a throwaway movie that won't stand the test of time . it's a trifle .
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1,001
this story still seems timely and important . and there's an element of heartbreak to watching it now , with older and wiser eyes , because we know what will happen after greene's story ends .
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the overall vibe is druggy and self-indulgent , like a spring-break orgy for pretentious arts majors .
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at the very least , if you don't know anything about derrida when you walk into the theater , you won't know much more when you leave .
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beneath the uncanny , inevitable and seemingly shrewd facade of movie-biz farce . . . lies a plot cobbled together from largely flat and uncreative moments .
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