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5,935 | a gimmick in search of a movie : how to get carvey into as many silly costumes and deliver as many silly voices as possible , plot mechanics be damned . | 0 |
3,926 | every now and again , a movie comes along to remind us of how very bad a motion picture can truly be . frank mcklusky c . i . is that movie ! | 0 |
1,644 | as a witness to several greek-american weddings -- but , happily , a victim of none -- i can testify to the comparative accuracy of ms . vardalos' memories and insights . | 1 |
2,029 | gangster no . 1 is solid , satisfying fare for adults . | 1 |
3,551 | an offbeat , sometimes gross and surprisingly appealing animated film about the true meaning of the holidays . | 1 |
5,644 | life or something like it has its share of high points , but it misses too many opportunities . | 0 |
3,003 | what sets this romantic comedy apart from most hollywood romantic comedies is its low-key way of tackling what seems like done-to-death material . | 1 |
6,895 | all ends well , sort of , but the frenzied comic moments never click . | 0 |
4,838 | an exceptionally dreary and overwrought bit of work , every bit as imperious as katzenberg's the prince of egypt from 1998 . | 0 |
6,522 | the only camouflage carvey should now be considering is a paper bag to wear over his head when he goes out into public , to avoid being recognized as the man who bilked unsuspecting moviegoers . | 0 |
4,656 | director david fincher and writer david koepp can't sustain it . | 0 |
2,702 | energetic and boldly provocative . | 1 |
5,677 | the film is flat . | 0 |
4,567 | despite a blue-chip cast and a provocative title , writer-director peter mattei's first feature microwaves dull leftover romantic motifs basted in faux-contemporary gravy . | 0 |
1,708 | . . . a rich and intelligent film that uses its pulpy core conceit to probe questions of attraction and interdependence and how the heart accomodates practical needs . it is an unstinting look at a collaboration between damaged people that may or may not qual | 1 |
3,474 | director alfonso cuaron gets vivid , convincing performances from a fine cast , and generally keeps things going at a rapid pace , occasionally using an omniscient voice-over narrator in the manner of french new wave films . | 1 |
952 | the emperor's club , ruthless in its own placid way , finds one of our most conservative and hidebound movie-making traditions and gives it new texture , new relevance , new reality . | 1 |
6,578 | what ultimately makes windtalkers a disappointment is the superficial way it deals with its story . | 0 |
6,683 | low rent from frame one . | 0 |
2,361 | it's an often-cute film but either needs more substance to fill the time or some judicious editing . | 1 |
3,447 | whether seen on a 10-inch television screen or at your local multiplex , the edge-of-your-seat , educational antics of steve irwin are priceless entertainment . | 1 |
5,988 | in between the icy stunts , the actors spout hilarious dialogue about following your dream and 'just letting the mountain tell you what to do . ' | 0 |
3,738 | it's mighty tedious for the viewer who has to contend with unpleasant characters , hit-and-miss performances and awkwardly staged scenes . | 0 |
2,218 | . . . a vivid , thoughtful , unapologetically raw coming-of-age tale full of sex , drugs and rock 'n' roll . | 1 |
2,836 | showtime is a fine-looking film with a bouncy score and a clutch of lively songs for deft punctuation . | 1 |
6,777 | an amalgam of the fugitive , blade runner , and total recall , only without much energy or tension . | 0 |
3,061 | elling really is about a couple of crazy guys , and it's therapeutic to laugh along with them . | 1 |
3,163 | you might not buy the ideas . but you'll definitely want the t-shirt . | 1 |
6,216 | ben affleck as jack ryan , tom clancy's intrepid hero ? ridiculous . what's next ? d . j . qualls as indiana jones ? or tom green as han solo ? | 0 |
1,087 | aside from rohmer's bold choices regarding point of view , the lady and the duke represents the filmmaker's lifelong concern with formalist experimentation in cinematic art . | 1 |
721 | ultimate x is a ride , basically the kind of greatest-hits reel that might come with a subscription to espn the magazine . | 1 |
4,526 | the film . . . presents classic moral-condundrum drama : what would you have done to survive ? the problem with the film is whether these ambitions , laudable in themselves , justify a theatrical simulation of the death camp of auschwitz ii-birkenau . | 0 |
1,651 | a solid examination of the male midlife crisis . | 1 |
1,147 | gaunt , silver-haired and leonine , [harris] brings a tragic dimension and savage full-bodied wit and cunning to the aging sandeman . | 1 |
5,899 | the film's final hour , where nearly all the previous unseen material resides , is unconvincing soap opera that tornatore was right to cut . | 0 |
4,285 | it wouldn't be my preferred way of spending 100 minutes or $7 . 00 . | 0 |
5,937 | several uninteresting , unlikeable people do bad things to and with each other in " unfaithful . " why anyone who is not a character in this movie should care is beyond me . | 0 |
1,376 | if director michael dowse only superficially understands his characters , he doesn't hold them in contempt . | 1 |
3,230 | it's a hoot watching the rock chomp on jumbo ants , pull an arrow out of his back , and leap unscathed through raging fire ! | 1 |
5,713 | the period -- swinging london in the time of the mods and the rockers -- gets the once-over once again in gangster no . 1 , but falls apart long before the end . | 0 |
2,779 | the beauty of alexander payne's ode to the everyman is in the details . | 1 |
2,435 | handsome and sophisticated approach to the workplace romantic comedy . | 1 |
3,505 | if you're part of her targeted audience , you'll cheer . otherwise , maybe . | 1 |
3,119 | it ain't art , by a long shot , but unlike last year's lame musketeer , this dumas adaptation entertains . | 1 |
5,991 | a tedious parable about honesty and good sportsmanship . | 0 |
551 | a triumph of art direction over narrative , but what art direction ! | 1 |
4,483 | i walked away not really know who " they " were , what " they " looked like . why " they " were here and what " they " wanted and quite honestly , i didn't care . | 0 |
1,106 | spider-man is about growing strange hairs , getting a more mature body , and finding it necessary to hide new secretions from the parental units . | 1 |
942 | goldmember is funny enough to justify the embarrassment of bringing a barf bag to the moviehouse . | 1 |
3,915 | journalistically dubious , inept and often lethally dull . | 0 |
3,156 | its mysteries are transparently obvious , and it's too slowly paced to be a thriller . [but it's] worth recommending because of two marvelous performances by michael caine and brendan fraser . | 1 |
112 | to honestly address the flaws inherent in how medical aid is made available to american workers , a more balanced or fair portrayal of both sides will be needed . | 1 |
2,918 | . . . a fun little timewaster , helped especially by the cool presence of jean reno . | 1 |
1,463 | a lovably old-school hollywood confection . | 1 |
1,839 | " on guard ! " won't be placed in the pantheon of the best of the swashbucklers but it is a whole lot of fun and you get to see the one of the world's best actors , daniel auteuil , have a whale of a good time . | 1 |
1,400 | waiting for godard can be fruitful : 'in praise of love' is the director's epitaph for himself . | 1 |
2,567 | tony gayton's script doesn't give us anything we haven't seen before , but director d . j . caruso's grimy visual veneer and kilmer's absorbing performance increase the gravitational pull considerably . | 1 |
363 | it is an indelible epic american story about two families , one black and one white , facing change in both their inner and outer lives . | 1 |
2,462 | the film offers an intriguing what-if premise . | 1 |
5,521 | meanders between its powerful moments . | 0 |
5,723 | the movie quickly drags on becoming boring and predictable . i tried to read the time on my watch . | 0 |
6,217 | one just waits grimly for the next shock without developing much attachment to the characters . | 0 |
1,558 | [dong] makes a valiant effort to understand everyone's point of view , and he does such a good job of it that family fundamentals gets you riled up . | 1 |
6,448 | not only does leblanc make one spectacularly ugly-looking broad , but he appears miserable throughout as he swaggers through his scenes . | 0 |
2,572 | but tongue-in-cheek preposterousness has always been part of for the most part wilde's droll whimsy helps " being earnest " overcome its weaknesses and parker's creative interference . . . | 1 |
726 | a mildly enjoyable if toothless adaptation of a much better book . | 1 |
3,696 | this u-boat doesn't have a captain . | 0 |
5,220 | by turns numbingly dull-witted and disquietingly creepy . | 0 |
788 | a perfectly competent and often imaginative film that lacks what little lilo & stitch had in spades -- charisma . | 1 |
82 | though intrepid in exploring an attraction that crosses sexual identity , ozpetek falls short in showing us antonia's true emotions . . . but at the very least , his secret life will leave you thinking . | 1 |
2,481 | everyone's insecure in lovely and amazing , a poignant and wryly amusing film about mothers , daughters and their relationships . | 1 |
3,733 | one can't shake the feeling that crossroads is nothing more than an hour-and-a-half-long commercial for britney's latest album . | 0 |
4,612 | nothing more than a widget cranked out on an assembly line to see if stupid americans will get a kick out of goofy brits with cute accents performing ages-old slapstick and unfunny tricks . | 0 |
6,018 | adam sandler's eight crazy nights grows on you -- like a rash . | 0 |
3,917 | the movie is concocted and carried out by folks worthy of scorn , and the nicest thing i can say is that i can't remember a single name responsible for it . | 0 |
4,547 | fairly run-of-the-mill . | 0 |
6,652 | ararat feels like a book report | 0 |
3,622 | an instantly forgettable snow-and-stuntwork extravaganza that likely will be upstaged by an avalanche of more appealing holiday-season product . | 0 |
4,076 | aan opportunity wasted . | 0 |
3,059 | if you want to see a train wreck that you can't look away from , then look no further , because here it is . | 1 |
5,309 | what starts off as a potentially incredibly twisting mystery becomes simply a monster chase film . | 0 |
2,641 | not as well-written as sexy beast , not as gloriously flippant as lock , stock and two smoking barrels , but stylish and moody and exceptionally well-acted . | 1 |
737 | takashi miike keeps pushing the envelope : ichi the killer | 1 |
449 | this is as respectful a film as byatt fans could hope for , though lovers of the book may wonder why it's necessary . | 1 |
733 | the picture uses humor and a heartfelt conviction to tell a story about discovering your destination in life , but also acknowledging the places , and the people , from whence you came . | 1 |
4,091 | nonsensical , dull " cyber-horror " flick is a grim , hollow exercise in flat scares and bad acting . | 0 |
3,047 | moore's performance impresses almost as much as her work with haynes in 1995's safe . | 1 |
1,346 | a portrait of an artist . | 1 |
2,367 | the movie is pretty funny now and then without in any way demeaning its subjects . | 1 |
6,988 | i've never seen ( a remake ) do anything as stomach-turning as the way adam sandler's new movie rapes , pillages and incinerates frank capra's classic . . . | 0 |
3,556 | a so-so , made-for-tv something posing as a real movie . | 0 |
1,427 | this is a movie full of grace and , ultimately , hope . | 1 |
4,044 | about as original as a gangster sweating bullets while worrying about a contract on his life . | 0 |
5,003 | disappointing in comparison to other recent war movies…or any other john woo flick for that matter . | 0 |
6,541 | a domestic melodrama with weak dialogue and biopic cliches . | 0 |
2,752 | peter jackson has done the nearly impossible . he has improved upon the first and taken it a step further , richer and deeper . what jackson has done is proven that no amount of imagination , no creature , no fantasy story and no incredibly outlandish scenery | 1 |
5,484 | this is standard crime drama fare . . . instantly forgettable and thoroughly dull . | 0 |
3,202 | nicole kidman makes it a party worth attending . | 1 |
2,636 | waydowntown is by no means a perfect film , but its boasts a huge charm factor and smacks of originality . | 1 |
971 | an intimate , good-humored ethnic comedy like numerous others but cuts deeper than expected . | 1 |
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