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the new guy does have a heart . now , if it only had a brain .
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1,821
at once emotional and richly analytical , the cosby-seinfeld encounter alone confirms the serious weight behind this superficially loose , larky documentary .
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3,829
my own minority report is that it stinks .
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3,824
as it abruptly crosscuts among the five friends , it fails to lend the characters' individual stories enough dramatic resonance to make us care about them .
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4,820
what the director can&#8217 ; t do is make either of val kilmer&#8217 ; s two personas interesting or worth caring about .
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6,553
[crystal and de niro] manage to squeeze out some good laughs but not enough to make this silly con job sing .
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836
with a large cast representing a broad cross-section , tavernier's film bounds along with the rat-a-tat energy of " his girl friday , " maintaining a light touch while tackling serious themes .
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3,910
serving sara should be served an eviction notice at every theater stuck with it .
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679
perhaps the grossest movie ever made . funny , though .
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6,597
the fetid underbelly of fame has never looked uglier .
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1,612
a movie where story is almost an afterthought amidst a swirl of colors and inexplicable events .
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1,876
simultaneously heartbreakingly beautiful and exquisitely sad .
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30
take care is nicely performed by a quintet of actresses , but nonetheless it drags during its 112-minute length .
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1,417
witty , vibrant , and intelligent .
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155
wickedly funny , visually engrossing , never boring , this movie challenges us to think about the ways we consume pop culture .
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5,459
what happened with pluto nash ? how did it ever get made ?
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5,948
a sloppy slapstick throwback to long gone bottom-of-the-bill fare like the ghost and mr . chicken .
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5,232
overall , it's a pretty mediocre family film .
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4,354
shunji iwai's all about lily chou chou is a beautifully shot , but ultimately flawed film about growing up in japan .
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4,947
it's just hard to believe that a life like this can sound so dull .
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3,380
spider-man is in the same category as x-men - occasionally brilliant but mostly average , showing signs of potential for the sequels , but not giving us much this time around .
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3,201
a wild ride juiced with enough energy and excitement for at least three films .
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2,946
pratfalls aside , barbershop gets its greatest play from the timeless spectacle of people really talking to each other .
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4,648
drags along in a dazed and enervated , drenched-in-the- past numbness .
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3,234
' . . . mafia , rap stars and hood rats butt their ugly heads in a regurgitation of cinematic violence that gives brutal birth to an unlikely , but likable , hero . '
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4,609
less-than-compelling documentary of a yiddish theater clan .
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1,497
kudos to the most enchanting film of the year .
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5,607
rollerball is as bad as you think , and worse than you can imagine .
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5,662
earnest and tentative even when it aims to shock .
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6,749
a series of escapades demonstrating the adage that what is good for the goose is also good for the gander , some of which occasionally amuses but none of which amounts to much of a story .
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6,320
both overstuffed and undernourished . . . the film can't be called a solid success , although there's plenty of evidence here to indicate clooney might have better luck next time .
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3,368
the format gets used best . . . to capture the dizzying heights achieved by motocross and bmx riders , whose balletic hotdogging occasionally ends in bone-crushing screwups .
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1,605
frida's artistic brilliance is undeniable -- it's among the most breathtakingly designed films i've ever seen .
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4,462
payami tries to raise some serious issues about iran's electoral process , but the result is a film that's about as subtle as a party political broadcast .
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6,314
the director's many dodges and turns add up to little more than a screenful of gamesmanship that's low on both suspense and payoff .
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5,491
the movie is like a year late for tapping into our reality tv obsession , and even tardier for exploiting the novelty of the " webcast . "
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3,684
big fat liar is little more than home alone raised to a new , self-deprecating level .
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6,466
a well-made but emotionally scattered film whose hero gives his heart only to the dog .
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5,076
that frenetic spectacle [on the tv show] has usually been leavened by a charm that's conspicuously missing from the girls' big-screen blowout .
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1,920
even if you have no interest in the gang-infested , east-vs . -west coast rap wars , this modern mob music drama never fails to fascinate .
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6,322
make like the title and dodge this one .
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4,166
the plot is straight off the shelf , the performances are television- caliber and the message of providing solace through deception is a little creepy .
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5,573
de ayala is required to supply too much of the energy in a film that is , overall , far too staid for its subject matter .
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985
with " ichi the killer " , takashi miike , japan's wildest filmmaker gives us a crime fighter carrying more emotional baggage than batman . . .
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1,251
painful to watch , but viewers willing to take a chance will be rewarded with two of the year's most accomplished and riveting film performances .
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4,226
crummy
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1,941
measured against practically any like-themed film other than its oscar-sweeping franchise predecessor the silence of the lambs , red dragon rates as an exceptional thriller .
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4,499
putting the primitive murderer inside a high-tech space station unleashes a pandora's box of special effects that run the gamut from cheesy to cheesier to cheesiest .
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1,464
those of you who don't believe in santa claus probably also think that sequels can never capture the magic of the original . well , this movie proves you wrong on both counts .
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406
a well paced and satisfying little drama that deserved better than a ‘direct-to-video' release .
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6,447
the low-budget full frontal was one of the year's murkiest , intentionally obscure and self-indulgent pictures , and solaris is its big-budget brother .
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4,922
pascale bailly's rom-com provides amélie's audrey tautou with another fabuleux destin -- i . e . , a banal spiritual quest .
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6,199
it's a shame that the storyline and its underlying themes . . . finally seem so impersonal or even shallow .
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6,036
i guess it just goes to show that if you give a filmmaker an unlimited amount of phony blood , nothing good can happen .
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729
douglas mcgrath's nicholas nickleby does dickens as it should be done cinematically .
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6,234
reyes' directorial debut has good things to offer , but ultimately it's undone by a sloppy script
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this warm and gentle romantic comedy has enough interesting characters to fill several movies , and its ample charms should win over the most hard-hearted cynics .
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4,960
the screenplay , co-written by director imogen kimmel , lacks the wit necessary to fully exploit the comic elements of the premise , making the proceedings more bizarre than actually amusing .
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1,723
. . . could easily be called the best korean film of 2002 .
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3,541
the banter between calvin and his fellow barbers feels like a streetwise mclaughlin group . . . and never fails to entertain .
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2,575
poignant and moving , a walk to remember is an inspirational love story , capturing the innocence and idealism of that first encounter .
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2,003
a subject like this should inspire reaction in its audience ; the pianist does not .
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2,992
secretary is not a movie about fetishism . it is a movie about passion .
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3,053
[a] satisfying niblet .
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6,964
truly terrible .
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a frisky and fresh romantic comedy exporing sexual politics and the challenges of friendships between women .
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6,712
sets animation back 30 years , musicals back 40 years and judaism back at least 50 .
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6,229
apparently kissing leads to suicide attempts and tragic deaths . marisa tomei is good , but just a kiss is just a mess .
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2,899
. . . once the true impact of the day unfolds , the power of this movie is undeniable .
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6,732
episode ii-- attack of the clones is a technological exercise that lacks juice and delight .
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4,697
deep down , i realized the harsh reality of my situation : i would leave the theater with a lower i . q . than when i had entered .
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6,010
demeo is not without talent ; he just needs better material .
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1,539
it's neither as romantic nor as thrilling as it should be . but it offers plenty to ponder and chew on as its unusual relationship slowly unfolds .
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3,077
makmalbaf follows a resolutely realistic path in this uncompromising insight into the harsh existence of the kurdish refugees of iran's borderlands .
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5,112
cruel and inhuman cinematic punishment . . . simultaneously degrades its characters , its stars and its audience .
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5,810
de niro looks bored , murphy recycles murphy , and you mentally add showtime to the pile of hollywood dreck that represents nothing more than the art of the deal .
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2,729
writer-director's mehta's effort has tons of charm and the whimsy is in the mixture , the intoxicating masala , of cultures and film genres .
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4,231
even a hardened voyeur would require the patience of job to get through this interminable , shapeless documentary about the swinging subculture .
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although german cooking does not come readily to mind when considering the world's best cuisine , mostly martha could make deutchland a popular destination for hungry tourists .
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1,151
as commander-in-chief of this film , bigelow demonstrates a breadth of vision and an attention to detail that propels her into the upper echelons of the directing world .
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6,022
cold , pretentious , thoroughly dislikable study in sociopathy .
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4,346
a minor-league soccer remake of the longest yard .
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2,744
quite funny for the type of movie it is . . .
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4,668
doesn't get the job done , running off the limited chemistry created by ralph fiennes and jennifer lopez .
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3,484
those who want to be jolted out of their gourd should drop everything and run to ichi .
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852
spielberg has managed to marry science fiction with film noir and action flicks with philosophical inquiry .
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2,485
it took 19 predecessors to get this ?
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4,581
it's rare to see a movie that takes such a speedy swan dive from " promising " to " interesting " to " familiar " before landing squarely on " stupid " .
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5,040
the director seems to take an unseemly pleasure in [the characters'] misery and at the same time to congratulate himself for having the guts to confront it .
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peppering this urban study with references to norwegian folktales , villeneuve creates in maelstrom a world where the bizarre is credible and the real turns magical .
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4,554
black-and-white and unrealistic .
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178
buy is an accomplished actress , and this is a big , juicy role .
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3,854
instead of trying to bust some blondes , [diggs] should be probing why a guy with his talent ended up in a movie this bad .
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5,228
. . . watching this film nearly provoked me to take my own life . and if the hours wins 'best picture' i just might .
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6,923
the filmmakers needed more emphasis on the storytelling and less on the glamorous machine that thrusts the audience into a future they won't much care about .
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6,502
anyone who suffers through this film deserves , at the very least , a big box of consolation candy .
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3,661
if only it were , well , funnier .
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4,374
enigma is well-made , but it's just too dry and too placid .
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1,660
the film jolts the laughs from the audience--as if by cattle prod .
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2,496
" what really happened ? " is a question for philosophers , not filmmakers ; all the filmmakers need to do is engage an audience .
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