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a worthy idea , but the uninspired scripts , acting and direction never rise above the level of an after-school tv special .
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a wild , endearing , masterful documentary .
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we can see the wheels turning , and we might resent it sometimes , but this is still a nice little picture , made by bright and friendly souls with a lot of good cheer .
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6,915
all mood and no movie .
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mais um momento inspirado de david fincher .
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some people want the ol' ball-and-chain and then there are those who just want the ball and chain .
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2,148
'divertida , enternecedora , universal y profundamente sincera , es una de las mejores comedias románticas en mucho tiempo . una verdadera delicia . '
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3,223
red dragon makes one appreciate silence of the lambs .
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2,783
a fantastically vital movie that manages to invest real humor , sensuality , and sympathy into a story about two adolescent boys .
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5,025
truth to tell , if you've seen more than half-a-dozen horror films , there's nothing here you haven't seen before .
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4,315
the following things are not at all entertaining : the bad sound , the lack of climax and , worst of all , watching seinfeld ( who is also one of the film's producers ) do everything he can to look like a good guy .
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4,903
martin scorsese cria um espetáculo visual que não possui alma - um filme esteticamente belo , mas emocionalmente frio .
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5,233
frida is certainly no disaster , but neither is it the kahlo movie frida fans have been looking for .
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5,326
handsome and sincere but slightly awkward in its combination of entertainment and evangelical boosterism .
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1,447
offers enough playful fun to entertain the preschool set while embracing a wholesome attitude .
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1,115
with a romantic comedy plotline straight from the ages , this cinderella story doesn't have a single surprise up its sleeve . but it does somehow manage to get you under its spell .
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2,253
even through its flaws , revolution #9 proves to be a compelling , interestingly told film .
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6,369
when you find yourself rooting for the monsters in a horror movie , you know the picture is in trouble .
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4,318
directed by kevin bray , whose crisp framing , edgy camera work , and wholesale ineptitude with acting , tone and pace very obviously mark him as a video helmer making his feature debut .
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1,093
although it bangs a very cliched drum at times , this crowd-pleaser's fresh dialogue , energetic music , and good-natured spunk are often infectious .
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5,461
the question hanging over the time machine is not , as the main character suggests , 'what if ? ' but rather , 'how can you charge money for this ? '
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5,209
birot's directorial debut ( she co-wrote the script with christophe honoré ) isn't so much bad as it is bland .
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5,119
the plot is nothing but boilerplate clichés from start to finish , and the script assumes that not only would subtlety be lost on the target audience , but that it's also too stupid to realize that they've already seen this exact same movie a hundred times
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less the sensational true-crime hell-jaunt purists might like and more experimental in its storytelling ( though no less horrifying for it ) .
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harsh , effective documentary on life in the israeli-occupied palestinian territories .
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a rare and lightly entertaining look behind the curtain that separates comics from the people laughing in the crowd .
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mib ii is a movie that makes it possible for the viewer to doze off for a few minutes or make several runs to the concession stand and/or restroom and not feel as if he or she has missed anything . that's because relatively nothing happens .
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2,654
director douglas mcgrath takes on nickleby with all the halfhearted zeal of an 8th grade boy delving into required reading .
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5,635
all the amped-up tony hawk-style stunts and thrashing rap-metal can't disguise the fact that , really , we've been here , done that .
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4,893
filled with low-brow humor , gratuitous violence and a disturbing disregard for life .
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instead of a hyperbolic beat-charged urban western , it's an unpretentious , sociologically pointed slice of life .
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asks what truth can be discerned from non-firsthand experience , and specifically questions cinema's capability for recording truth .
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5,111
the movie is a negligible work of manipulation , an exploitation piece doing its usual worst to guilt-trip parents .
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desta vez , columbus capturou o pomo de ouro .
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even with harris's strong effort , the script gives him little to effectively probe lear's soul-stripping breakdown .
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schepisi , aided by a cast that seems to include every top-notch british actor who did not appear in gosford park ( as well as one , ms . mirren , who did ) , has succeeded beyond all expectation .
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the movie is almost completely lacking in suspense , surprise and consistent emotional conviction .
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clumsy , obvious , preposterous , the movie will likely set the cause of woman warriors back decades .
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this harrowing journey into combat hell vividly captures the chaotic insanity and personal tragedies that are all too abundant when human hatred spews forth unchecked .
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a tasty masala .
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if oscar had a category called best bad film you thought was going to be really awful but wasn't , guys would probably be duking it out with the queen of the damned for the honor .
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5,568
all of the filmmakers' calculations can't rescue brown sugar from the curse of blandness .
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provides the kind of 'laugh therapy' i need from movie comedies -- offbeat humor , amusing characters , and a happy ending . after seeing 'analyze that , ' i feel better already .
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5,626
resembles a soft porn brian de palma pastiche .
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6,243
the boys' sparring , like the succession of blows dumped on guei , wears down the story's more cerebral , and likable , plot elements .
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a dazzling thing to behold -- as long as you're wearing the somewhat cumbersome 3d goggles the theater provides .
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5,425
a sugar-coated rocky whose valuable messages are forgotten 10 minutes after the last trombone honks .
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huppert's show to steal and she makes a meal of it , channeling kathy baker's creepy turn as the repressed mother on boston public just as much as 8 women's augustine .
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watching spirited away is like watching an eastern imagination explode .
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6,756
most of the information has already appeared in one forum or another and , no matter how broomfield dresses it up , it tends to speculation , conspiracy theories or , at best , circumstantial evidence .
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5,270
the movie certainly has its share of clever moments and biting dialogue , but there's just not much lurking below its abstract surface .
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one scene after another in this supposedly funny movie falls to the floor with a sickening thud .
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it made me want to get made-up and go see this movie with my sisters . i thought the relationships were wonderful , the comedy was funny , and the love 'real' .
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a moving and important film .
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oscar wilde's masterpiece , the importance of being earnest , may be the best play of the 19th century . it's so good that its relentless , polished wit can withstand not only inept school productions , but even oliver parker's movie adaptation .
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the film is . . . determined to treat its characters , weak and strong , as fallible human beings , not caricatures , and to carefully delineate the cost of the inevitable conflicts between human urges and an institution concerned with self-preservation .
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for a long time the film succeeds with its dark , delicate treatment of these characters and its unerring respect for them .
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charlotte sometimes is a brilliant movie . it is about irrational , unexplainable life and it seems so real because it does not attempt to filter out the complexity .
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it's a great american adventure and a wonderful film to bring to imax .
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6,023
scherfig , who has had a successful career in tv , tackles more than she can handle .
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feels untidily honest .
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certainly not a good movie , but it wasn't horrible either .
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overall , cletis tout is a winning comedy that excites the imagination and tickles the funny bone .
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if you ever wondered what it would be like to be smack in the middle of a war zone armed with nothing but a camera , this oscar-nominated documentary takes you there .
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6,951
the angst-ridden , affluent slacker characters are more grating than engaging .
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while broomfield's film doesn't capture the effect of these tragic deaths on hip-hop culture , it succeeds as a powerful look at a failure of our justice system .
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a very charming and funny movie .
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miyazaki's nonstop images are so stunning , and his imagination so vivid , that the only possible complaint you could have about spirited away is that there is no rest period , no timeout .
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often likable , but just as often it's meandering , low on energy , and too eager to be quirky at moments when a little old-fashioned storytelling would come in handy .
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divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood may not be exactly divine , but it's definitely -- defiantly -- ya ya , what with all of those terrific songs and spirited performances .
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twenty years after its first release , e . t . remains the most wondrous of all hollywood fantasies -- and the apex of steven spielberg's misunderstood career .
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a winning and wildly fascinating work .
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so-so entertainment .
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. . . strips bible stores of the potential for sanctimoniousness , making them meaningful for both kids and church-wary adults .
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a movie far more cynical and lazy than anything a fictitious charlie kaufman might object to .
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a well-acted movie that simply doesn't gel .
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the whole mildly pleasant outing -- the r rating is for brief nudity and a grisly corpse -- remains aloft not on its own self-referential hot air , but on the inspired performance of tim allen .
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a riveting profile of law enforcement , and a visceral , nasty journey into an urban hades .
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a loving little film of considerable appeal .
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it's a movie -- and an album -- you won't want to miss .
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this is one of the rarest kinds of films : a family-oriented non-disney film that is actually funny without hitting below the belt .
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cedar takes a very open-minded approach to this sensitive material , showing impressive control , both visually and in the writing .
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3,056
fans of the animated wildlife adventure show will be in warthog heaven ; others need not necessarily apply .
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too close to phantom menace for comfort .
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just an average comedic dateflick but not a waste of time .
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the success of undercover brother is found in its ability to spoof both black and white stereotypes equally .
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snipes relies too much on a scorchingly plotted dramatic scenario for its own good .
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woven together handsomely , recalling sixties' rockumentary milestones from lonely boy to don't look back .
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3,856
where the film falters is in its tone .
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you're better off staying home and watching the x-files .
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nearly all the fundamentals you take for granted in most films are mishandled here .
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what 'dumb and dumber' would have been without the vulgarity and with an intelligent , life-affirming script .
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4,022
though jones and snipes are enthralling , the movie bogs down in rhetoric and cliché .
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director todd solondz has made a movie about critical reaction to his two previous movies , and about his responsibility to the characters that he creates .
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accuracy and realism are terrific , but if your film becomes boring , and your dialogue isn't smart , then you need to use more poetic license .
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hard as this may be to believe , here on earth , a surprisingly similar teen drama , was a better film .
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demonstrates the unusual power of thoughtful , subjective filmmaking .
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2,552
with spy kids 2 : the island of lost dreams , the spy kids franchise establishes itself as a durable part of the movie landscape : a james bond series for kids .
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full frontal had no effect and elicited no sympathies for any of the characters . by that measure , it is a failure .
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there's an admirable rigor to jimmy's relentless anger , and to the script's refusal of a happy ending , but as those monologues stretch on and on , you realize there's no place for this story to go but down .
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