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a documentary to make the stones weep -- as shameful as it is scary .
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as a hybrid teen thriller and murder mystery , murder by numbers fits the profile too closely .
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6,766
audiences can be expected to suspend their disbelief only so far -- and that does not include the 5 o'clock shadow on the tall wooden kid as he skips off to school .
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3,476
an energizing , intoxicating documentary charting the rise of hip-hop culture in general and the art of scratching ( or turntablism ) in particular .
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294
about a boy vividly recalls the cary grant of room for one more , houseboat and father goose in its affectionate depiction of the gentle war between a reluctant , irresponsible man and the kid who latches onto him .
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1,412
the solid filmmaking and convincing characters makes this a high water mark for this genre .
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6,547
unfortunately , neither sendak nor the directors are particularly engaging or articulate .
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the story is lacking any real emotional impact , and the plot is both contrived and cliched .
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2,495
there is nothing outstanding about this film , but it is good enough and will likely be appreciated most by sailors and folks who know their way around a submarine .
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6,863
high drama , disney-style - a wing and a prayer and a hunky has-been pursuing his castle in the sky .
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5,889
trite , banal , cliched , mostly inoffensive .
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3,018
the film presents visceral and dangerously honest revelations about the men and machines behind the curtains of our planet .
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all the small moments and flashbacks don't add up to much more than trite observations on the human condition .
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170
great fun both for sports aficionados and for ordinary louts whose idea of exercise is climbing the steps of a stadium-seat megaplex .
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1,868
george clooney proves he's quite a talented director and sam rockwell shows us he's a world-class actor with confessions of a dangerous mind .
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2,291
beautifully crafted , engaging filmmaking that should attract upscale audiences hungry for quality and a nostalgic , twisty yarn that will keep them guessing .
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4,215
ong chooses to present ah na's life as a slight , weightless fairy tale , whose most unpleasant details seem to melt away in the face of the character's blank-faced optimism .
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the performers are so spot on , it is hard to conceive anyone else in their roles .
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4,755
for all its brilliant touches , dragon loses its fire midway , nearly flickering out by its perfunctory conclusion .
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717
everything that has to do with yvan and charlotte , and everything that has to do with yvan's rambunctious , jewish sister and her non-jew husband , feels funny and true .
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6,462
for all the complications , it's all surprisingly predictable .
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2,123
whenever you think you've figured out late marriage , it throws you for a loop .
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3,689
i realized that no matter how fantastic reign of fire looked , its story was making no sense at all .
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4,297
this is the kind of movie where people who have never picked a lock do so easily after a few tries and become expert fighters after a few weeks .
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6,002
a fairly by-the-books blend of action and romance with sprinklings of intentional and unintentional comedy .
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2,877
it's a tour de force , written and directed so quietly that it's implosion rather than explosion you fear .
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1,379
a yarn that respects the marvel version without becoming ensnared by it .
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1,522
merci pour le movie .
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2,404
it works well enough , since the thrills pop up frequently , and the dispatching of the cast is as often imaginative as it is gory .
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4,434
ice cube isn't quite out of ripe screwball ideas , but friday after next spreads them pretty thin .
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3,035
a playful iranian parable about openness , particularly the need for people of diverse political perspectives to get along despite their ideological differences .
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3,281
jackie chan movies are a guilty pleasure - he's easy to like and always leaves us laughing .
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1,202
gloriously goofy ( and gory ) midnight movie stuff .
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3,580
for single digits kidlets stuart little 2 is still a no brainer . if you're looking to rekindle the magic of the first film , you'll need a stronger stomach than us .
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it's about issues most adults have to face in marriage and i think that's what i liked about it -- the real issues tucked between the silly and crude storyline .
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4,390
at its best , it's black hawk down with more heart . at its worst , it's rambo- meets-john ford .
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3,084
celebrated at sundance , this slight comedy of manners has winning performances and a glossy , glib charm that's hard to beat .
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those who aren't put off by the film's austerity will find it more than capable of rewarding them .
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4,821
what little atmosphere is generated by the shadowy lighting , macabre sets , and endless rain is offset by the sheer ugliness of everything else .
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the tonal shifts are jolting , and though wen's messages are profound and thoughtfully delivered , more thorough transitions would have made the film more cohesive .
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2,100
credit director ramsay for taking the sometimes improbable story and making it feel realistic .
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3,443
in capturing the understated comedic agony of an ever-ruminating , genteel yet decadent aristocracy that can no longer pay its bills , the film could just as well be addressing the turn of the 20th century into the 21st .
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one of these days hollywood will come up with an original idea for a teen movie , but until then there's always these rehashes to feed to the younger generations .
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labute can't avoid a fatal mistake in the modern era : he's changed the male academic from a lower-class brit to an american , a choice that upsets the novel's exquisite balance and shreds the fabric of the film .
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the film sometimes flags . . . but there is enough secondary action to keep things moving along at a brisk , amusing pace .
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the passions aroused by the discord between old and new cultures are set against the strange , stark beauty of the mideast desert , so lovingly and perceptively filmed that you can almost taste the desiccated air .
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5,102
. . . irritating soul-searching garbage .
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it's obvious [je-gyu is] trying for poetry ; what he gets instead has all the lyricism of a limerick scrawled in a public restroom .
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cold and scattered , minority report commands interest almost solely as an exercise in gorgeous visuals . that's not vintage spielberg and that , finally , is minimally satisfying .
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5,163
there's a whole heap of nothing at the core of this slight coming-of-age/coming-out tale .
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4,628
what more can be expected from a college comedy that's target audience hasn't graduated from junior high school ?
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the film's images give a backbone to the company and provide an emotional edge to its ultimate demise .
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[it's] a clever thriller with enough unexpected twists to keep our interest .
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nearly every attempt at humor here is doa .
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many shallower movies these days seem too long , but this one is egregiously short .
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1,700
all of it works smoothly under the direction of spielberg , who does a convincing impersonation here of a director enjoying himself immensely .
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diaz , applegate , blair and posey are suitably kooky which should appeal to women and they strip down often enough to keep men alert , if not amused .
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what doesn't this film have that an impressionable kid couldn't stand to hear ?
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a delightful romantic comedy with plenty of bite . it's far from a frothy piece , and the characters are complex , laden with plenty of baggage and tinged with tragic undertones .
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even though the film doesn't manage to hit all of its marks , it's still entertaining to watch the target practice .
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. . . an airless , prepackaged julia roberts wannabe that stinks so badly of hard-sell image-mongering you'll wonder if lopez's publicist should share screenwriting credit .
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it's one of those baseball pictures where the hero is stoic , the wife is patient , the kids are as cute as all get-out and the odds against success are long enough to intimidate , but short enough to make a dream seem possible .
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a gem , captured in the unhurried , low-key style favored by many directors of the iranian new wave .
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if myers decides to make another austin powers movie , maybe he should just stick with austin and dr evil .
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[raimi's] matured quite a bit with spider-man , even though it's one of the most plain white toast comic book films you'll ever see .
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even if britney spears is really cute , her movie is really bad .
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a thoughtful , moving piece that faces difficult issues with honesty and beauty .
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a one-trick pony whose few t&a bits still can't save itself from being unoriginal , unfunny and unrecommendable .
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jose campanella delivers a loosely autobiographical story brushed with sentimentality but brimming with gentle humor , bittersweet pathos , and lyric moments that linger like snapshots of memory .
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unfunny and lacking any sense of commitment to or affection for its characters , the reginald hudlin comedy relies on toilet humor , ethnic slurs .
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6,529
while serving sara does have a long way to go before it reaches the level of crudity in the latest austin powers extravaganza , there's nothing here to match that movie's intermittent moments of inspiration .
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4,640
the film would have been more enjoyable had the balance shifted in favor of water-bound action over the land-based 'drama , ' but the emphasis on the latter leaves blue crush waterlogged .
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what a dumb , fun , curiously adolescent movie this is .
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an asian neo-realist treasure .
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you have enough finely tuned acting to compensate for the movie's failings .
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dark and disturbing , yet compelling to watch .
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ranks among willams' best screen work .
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. . . too contrived to be as naturally charming as it needs to be .
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a densely constructed , highly referential film , and an audacious return to form that can comfortably sit among jean-luc godard's finest work .
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a mild , reluctant , thumbs down .
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no big whoop , nothing new to see , zero thrills , too many flashbacks and a choppy ending make for a bad film .
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suffers from its timid parsing of the barn-side target of sons trying to breach gaps in their relationships with their fathers .
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even with all those rough edges safely sanded down , the american insomnia is still pretty darned good .
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the château would have been benefited from a sharper , cleaner script before it went in front of the camera . not to mention a sharper , cleaner camera lens .
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the beautiful images and solemn words cannot disguise the slack complacency of [godard's] vision , any more than the gorgeous piano and strings on the soundtrack can drown out the tinny self-righteousness of his voice .
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like showgirls and glitter , the most entertaining moments here are unintentional .
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it's sincere to a fault , but , unfortunately , not very compelling or much fun .
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i liked about schmidt a lot , but i have a feeling that i would have liked it much more if harry & tonto never existed .
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a didactic and dull documentary glorifying software anarchy .
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a charming yet poignant tale of the irrevocable ties that bind .
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unexpected moments of authentically impulsive humor are the hallmark of this bittersweet , uncommonly sincere movie that portrays the frank humanity of…emotional recovery .
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adam sandler is to gary cooper what a gnat is to a racehorse .
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provides a satisfactory overview of the bizarre world of extreme athletes as several daredevils express their own views .
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the story alone could force you to scratch a hole in your head .
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5,034
imagine a film that begins as a seven rip-off , only to switch to a mix of the shining , the thing , and any naked teenagers horror flick from the 1980s .
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2,583
as chilling and fascinating as philippe mora's modern hitler-study , snide and prejudice .
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exposing the ways we fool ourselves is one hour photo's real strength .
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it's a sharp movie about otherwise dull subjects .
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ultimately , clarity matters , both in breaking codes and making movies . enigma lacks it .
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the story has its redundancies , and the young actors , not very experienced , are sometimes inexpressive .
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