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an ambitious , serious film that manages to do virtually everything wrong ; sitting through it is something akin to an act of cinematic penance .
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4,868
very stupid and annoying .
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1,330
even when it drags , we are forced to reflect that its visual imagination is breathtaking
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6,751
blue crush is so prolonged and boring it isn't even close to being the barn-burningly bad movie it promised it would be .
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3,055
in other words , it's just another sports drama/character study . yet this one makes up for in heart what it lacks in outright newness . plus , like i already mentioned . . . it's robert duvall ! c'mon !
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3,781
an alternately raucous and sappy ethnic sitcom . . . you'd be wise to send your regrets .
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3,129
old-fashioned but thoroughly satisfying entertainment .
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4,111
behan's memoir is great material for a film -- rowdy , brawny and lyrical in the best irish sense -- but sheridan has settled for a lugubrious romance .
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3,750
william shatner , as a pompous professor , is the sole bright spot . . .
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4,661
in the end , the weight of water comes to resemble the kind of soft-core twaddle you'd expect to see on showtime's 'red shoe diaries . '
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2,605
inside the film's conflict-powered plot there is a decent moral trying to get out , but it's not that , it's the tension that keeps you in your seat . affleck and jackson are good sparring partners .
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4,856
merely ( and literally ) tosses around sex toys and offers half-hearted paeans to empowerment that are repeatedly undercut by the brutality of the jokes , most at women's expense .
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4,543
don't hate el crimen del padre amaro because it's anti-catholic . hate it because it's lousy .
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6,391
a chilly , remote , emotionally distant piece . . . so dull that its tagline should be : 'in space , no one can hear you snore . '
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3,945
this may be the dumbest , sketchiest movie on record about an aspiring writer's coming-of-age .
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6,264
there's no question that epps scores once or twice , but it's telling that his funniest moment comes when he falls about ten feet onto his head .
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5,645
in the era of the sopranos , it feels painfully redundant and inauthentic .
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3,657
parents beware ; this is downright movie penance .
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105
it's not a great monster movie . but if you've paid a matinee price and bought a big tub of popcorn , there's guilty fun to be had here . chomp chomp !
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3,138
it's fairly solid--not to mention well edited so that it certainly doesn't feel like a film that strays past the two and a half mark .
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1,167
though it runs 163 minutes , safe conduct is anything but languorous . it's packed to bursting with incident , and with scores of characters , some fictional , some from history .
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5,744
as tweedy talks about canning his stockbroker and repairing his pool , you yearn for a few airborne tv sets or nude groupies on the nod to liven things up .
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6,841
director ferzan ozpetek creates an interesting dynamic with the members of this group , who live in the same apartment building . but he loses his focus when he concentrates on any single person .
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4,039
despite its good nature and some genuinely funny moments , super troopers suffers from a bad case of arrested development .
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6,691
something must have been lost in the translation .
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5,985
the only thing scary about feardotcom is that the filmmakers and studio are brazen enough to attempt to pass this stinker off as a scary movie .
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5,132
a nightmare date with a half-formed wit done a great disservice by a lack of critical distance and a sad trust in liberal arts college bumper sticker platitudes .
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2,020
who knows what exactly godard is on about in this film , but his words and images don't have to add up to mesmerize you .
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5,610
is it possible for a documentary to be utterly entranced by its subject and still show virtually no understanding of it ?
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5,030
it's a movie that ends with truckzilla , for cryin' out loud . if that doesn't clue you in that something's horribly wrong , nothing will .
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3,209
williams absolutely nails sy's queasy infatuation and overall strangeness .
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6,613
a sluggish pace and lack of genuine narrative hem the movie in every bit as much as life hems in the spirits of these young women .
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5,686
you would be better off investing in the worthy emi recording that serves as the soundtrack , or the home video of the 1992 malfitano-domingo production .
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1,613
a well-executed spy-thriller .
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a wonderful , ghastly film .
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5,727
bravo reveals the true intent of her film by carefully selecting interview subjects who will construct a portrait of castro so predominantly charitable it can only be seen as propaganda .
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1,413
ramsay succeeds primarily with her typical blend of unsettling atmospherics , delivering a series of abrasive , stylized sequences that burn themselves upon the viewer's memory .
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4,135
this slender plot feels especially thin stretched over the nearly 80-minute running time .
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1,675
the film has a laundry list of minor shortcomings , but the numerous scenes of gory mayhem are worth the price of admission . . . if " gory mayhem " is your idea of a good time .
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4,561
the verdict : two bodies and hardly a laugh between them .
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5,585
a dark , dull thriller with a parting shot that misfires .
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3,149
. it's a testament to the film's considerable charm that it succeeds in entertaining , despite playing out like a feature-length sitcom replete with stereotypical familial quandaries . there's a sheer unbridled delight in the way the story unfurls . . .
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2,262
i can't say that i liked homeboy ; it'd be more accurate to say that i found it intriguing , bizarre , dogma-like in spots - and quite truthful , in its way .
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3,141
it's a glorious spectacle like those d . w . griffith made in the early days of silent film .
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4,213
shows moments of promise but ultimately succumbs to cliches and pat storytelling .
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like the english patient and the unbearable lightness of being , the hours is one of those reputedly " unfilmable " novels that has bucked the odds to emerge as an exquisite motion picture in its own right .
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5,617
starts out strongly before quickly losing its focus , point and purpose in a mess of mixed messages , over-blown drama and bruce willis with a scar .
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1,028
the soundtrack alone is worth the price of admission .
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6,375
the film is surprisingly well-directed by brett ratner , who keeps things moving well -- at least until the problematic third act .
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2,881
[reaches] wholly believable and heart-wrenching depths of despair .
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4,544
a film of empty , fetishistic violence in which murder is casual and fun .
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2,993
this is the kind of subject matter that could so easily have been fumbled by a lesser filmmaker , but ayres makes the right choices at every turn .
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3,833
a little more intensity and a little less charm would have saved this film a world of hurt .
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lan yu is certainly a serviceable melodrama , but it doesn't even try for the greatness that happy together shoots for ( and misses ) .
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5,473
almost nothing else -- raunchy and graphic as it may be in presentation -- is one-sided , outwardly sexist or mean-spirited . and in a sense , that's a liability .
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6,206
attal's hang-ups surrounding infidelity are so old-fashioned and , dare i say , outdated , it's a wonder that he couldn't have brought something fresher to the proceedings simply by accident .
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915
it's a brave attempt to tap into the heartbeat of the world , a salute to the universal language of rhythm and a zippy sampling of sounds .
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really is a pan-american movie , with moments of genuine insight into the urban heart .
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2,589
a thoroughly engaging , surprisingly touching british comedy .
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2,103
enriched by a strong and unforced supporting cast .
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3,909
without the dark spookiness of crystal lake camp , the horror concept completely loses its creepy menace .
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1,331
( rises ) above its oh-so-hollywood rejiggering and its conventional direction to give the film a soul and an unabashed sense of good old-fashioned escapism .
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5,724
i kept thinking over and over again , 'i should be enjoying this . ' but i wasn't .
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2,274
jason x has cheesy effects and a hoary plot , but its macabre , self-deprecating sense of humor makes up for a lot .
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6,388
what started out as a taut contest of wills between bacon and theron , deteriorates into a protracted and borderline silly chase sequence .
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1,630
daughter from danang sticks with its subjects a little longer and tells a deeper story
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2,864
a poignant comedy that offers food for thought .
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an exquisitely crafted and acted tale .
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4,235
the documentary does little , apart from raising the topic , to further stoke the conversation .
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2,954
just as the recent argentine film son of the bride reminded us that a feel-good movie can still show real heart , time of favor presents us with an action movie that actually has a brain .
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4,143
there's not enough to sustain the comedy .
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1,088
the movie has an infectious exuberance that will engage anyone with a passing interest in the skate/surf culture , the l . a . beach scene and the imaginative ( and sometimes illegal ) ways kids can make a playground out of the refuse of adults .
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1,582
that rare movie that works on any number of levels -- as a film of magic and whimsy for children , a heartfelt romance for teenagers and a compelling argument about death , both pro and con , for adults .
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4,974
a film that presents an interesting , even sexy premise then ruins itself with too many contrivances and goofy situations .
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5,487
has a customarily jovial air but a deficit of flim-flam inventiveness .
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4,646
. . . a bland murder-on-campus yawner .
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6,068
a well-intentioned effort that's still too burdened by the actor's offbeat sensibilities for the earnest emotional core to emerge with any degree of accessibility .
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6,000
so what is the point ? lovingly choreographed bloodshed taking place in a pristine movie neverland , basically .
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3,293
an intriguing cinematic omnibus and round-robin that occasionally is more interesting in concept than in execution .
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5,715
a preposterous , prurient whodunit .
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3,203
an entertaining , if ultimately minor , thriller .
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2,840
so original in its base concept that you cannot help but get caught up .
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4,463
a rote exercise in both animation and storytelling .
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6,428
succumbs to the same kind of maudlin , sentimental mysticism that mars the touched by an angel school of non-god spiritual-uplift movies .
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2,550
the best way to describe it is as a cross between paul thomas anderson's magnolia and david lynch's mulholland dr .
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2,953
effectively feeds our senses with the chilling sights and sounds from within the camp to create a completely numbing experience .
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2,146
i whole-heartedly recommend that everyone see this movie-- for its historical significance alone .
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4,745
the santa clause 2's plot may sound like it was co-written by mattel executives and lobbyists for the tinsel industry .
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2,294
meyjes' provocative film might be called an example of the haphazardness of evil .
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4,855
the film is weighed down by supporting characters who are either too goodly , wise and knowing or downright comically evil .
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4,260
so genial is the conceit , this is one of those rare pictures that you root for throughout , dearly hoping that the rich promise of the script will be realized on the screen . it never is , not fully .
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825
swimming is above all about a young woman's face , and by casting an actress whose face projects that woman's doubts and yearnings , it succeeds .
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5,806
the film never finds its tone and several scenes run too long .
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4,830
lurid and less than lucid work .
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5,675
the director knows how to apply textural gloss , but his portrait of sex-as-war is strictly sitcom .
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6,498
when it comes to entertainment , children deserve better than pokemon 4ever .
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2,048
ramsay and morton fill this character study with poetic force and buoyant feeling .
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3,430
the hot topics of the plot are relegated to the background -- a welcome step forward from the sally jesse raphael atmosphere of films like philadelphia and american beauty .
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4,306
a loud , ugly , irritating movie without any of its satirical salvos hitting a discernible target .
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the pianist is polanski's best film .
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