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a coming-of-age tale from new zealand whose boozy , languid air is balanced by a rich visual clarity and deeply felt performances across the board .
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a thriller made from a completist's checklist rather than with a cultist's passion .
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1,970
. . . an inviting piece of film .
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6,740
our culture is headed down the toilet with the ferocity of a frozen burrito after an all-night tequila bender — and i know this because i've seen 'jackass : the movie . '
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352
a moving tale of love and destruction in unexpected places , unexamined lives .
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1,248
you won't look at religious fanatics -- or backyard sheds -- the same way again .
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885
this isn't a retooled genre piece , the tale of a guy and his gun , but an amiably idiosyncratic work .
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6,527
de niro and mcdormand give solid performances , but their screen time is sabotaged by the story's inability to create interest .
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779
. . . enthusiastically invokes the percussion rhythm , the brass soul and the sense of fierce competition that helps make great marching bands half the fun of college football games .
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7,027
murder and mayhem of this sort quickly becomes monotonous .
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889
a grimly competent and stolid and earnest military courtroom drama .
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6,149
in this film we at least see a study in contrasts ; the wide range of one actor , and the limited range of a comedian .
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4,750
what a stiflingly unfunny and unoriginal mess this is !
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7,081
supposedly , pokemon can't be killed , but pokemon 4ever practically assures that the pocket monster movie franchise is nearly ready to keel over .
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807
thrilling , provocative and darkly funny , this timely sci-fi mystery works on so many different levels that it not only invites , it demands repeated viewings .
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5,851
a frankenstein mishmash that careens from dark satire to cartoonish slapstick , bartleby performs neither one very well .
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just like hearst's enormous yacht , it's slow and unwieldy and takes a long time to reach its destination .
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2,331
morton uses her face and her body language to bring us morvern's soul , even though the character is almost completely deadpan .
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4,645
essentially a collection of bits -- and they're all naughty .
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866
often hilarious .
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1,442
vera's three actors -- mollà , gil and bardem -- excel in insightful , empathetic performances .
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421
reno himself can take credit for most of the movie's success . he's one of the few 'cool' actors who never seems aware of his own coolness .
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5,192
if you go into the theater expecting a scary , action-packed chiller , you might soon be looking for a sign . an exit sign , that is .
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542
liotta put on 30 pounds for the role , and has completely transformed himself from his smooth , goodfellas image .
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2,321
on the granger movie gauge of 1 to 10 , the powerpuff girls is a fast , frenetic , funny , even punny 6 -- aimed specifically at a grade-school audience .
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5,726
while this film has an 'a' list cast and some strong supporting players , the tale -- like its central figure , vivi -- is just a little bit hard to love .
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though a bit of a patchwork in script and production , a glossy , rich green , environment almost makes the picture work .
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2,558
what emerges is an unsettling picture of childhood innocence combined with indoctrinated prejudice . promises is a compelling piece that demonstrates just how well children can be trained to live out and carry on their parents' anguish .
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5,692
rodriguez . . . was unable to reproduce the special spark between the characters that made the first film such a delight .
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1,492
one of the most splendid entertainments to emerge from the french film industry in years .
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4,273
an unencouraging threefold expansion on the former mtv series , accompanying the stunt-hungry dimwits in a random series of collected gags , pranks , pratfalls , dares , injuries , etc .
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1,293
it uses some of the figures from the real-life story to portray themselves in the film . the result is a powerful , naturally dramatic piece of low-budget filmmaking .
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1,337
' . . . despite lagging near the finish line , the movie runs a good race , one that will have you at the edge of your seat for long stretches . '
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1,642
once folks started hanging out at the barbershop , they never wanted to leave . chances are you won't , either .
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4,492
the three leads produce adequate performances , but what's missing from this material is any depth of feeling .
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reign of fire looks as if it was made without much thought -- and is best watched that way .
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5,878
it takes you somewhere you're not likely to have seen before , but beneath the exotic surface ( and exotic dancing ) it's surprisingly old-fashioned .
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2,887
a sharp satire of desperation and cinematic deception .
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ver wiel's desperate attempt at wit is lost , leaving the character of critical jim two-dimensional and pointless .
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5,648
turns a potentially interesting idea into an excruciating film school experience that plays better only for the film's publicists or for people who take as many drugs as the film's characters
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i can't remember the last time i saw worse stunt editing or cheaper action movie production values than in extreme ops .
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if there's no art here , it's still a good yarn -- which is nothing to sneeze at these days .
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1,510
the dragons are the real stars of reign of fire and you won't be disappointed .
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you have no affinity for most of the characters . nothing about them is attractive . what they see in each other also is difficult to fathom .
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4,137
like a documentary version of fight club , shorn of social insight , intellectual pretension and cinematic interest .
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if you're the kind of parent who enjoys intentionally introducing your kids to films which will cause loads of irreparable damage that years and years of costly analysis could never fix , i have just one word for you -– decasia
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2,703
there has been a string of ensemble cast romances recently . . . but peter mattei's love in the time of money sets itself apart by forming a chain of relationships that come full circle to end on a positive ( if tragic ) note .
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if h . g . wells had a time machine and could take a look at his kin's reworked version , what would he say ? 'it looks good , sonny , but you missed the point . '
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for every cheesy scene , though , there is a really cool bit -- the movie's conception of a future-world holographic librarian ( orlando jones ) who knows everything and answers all questions , is visually smart , cleverly written , and nicely realized .
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throw smoochy from the train !
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5,670
lacks the visual flair and bouncing bravado that characterizes better hip-hop clips and is content to recycle images and characters that were already tired 10 years ago .
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i don't mind having my heartstrings pulled , but don't treat me like a fool .
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like the chilled breath of oral storytelling frozen onto film .
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6,464
i'm all for the mentally challenged getting their fair shot in the movie business , but surely it doesn't have to be as a collection of keening and self-mutilating sideshow geeks .
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ian holm conquers france as an earthy napoleon
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the whole thing plays like a tired tyco ad .
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4,611
i suspect this is the kind of production that would have been funnier if the director had released the outtakes theatrically and used the film as a bonus feature on the dvd .
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. . . overly melodramatic . . .
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3,670
it kinda works and qualifies as cool at times , but is just too lame to work or be cool at others .
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i don't think most of the people who loved the 1989 paradiso will prefer this new version . but i do .
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though it inspires some ( out-of-field ) creative thought , the film is -- to its own detriment -- much more a cinematic collage than a polemical tract .
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nair just doesn't have the necessary self-control to guide a loose , poorly structured film through the pitfalls of incoherence and redundancy .
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the movie is a lumbering load of hokum but . . . it's at least watchable .
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. . . plays like somebody spliced random moments of a chris rock routine into what is otherwise a cliche-riddled but self-serious spy thriller .
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this new zealand coming-of-age movie isn't really about anything . when it's this rich and luscious , who cares ?
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cox is far more concerned with aggrandizing madness , not the man , and the results might drive you crazy .
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this is the kind of movie that gets a quick release before real contenders arrive in september .
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but even with the two-wrongs-make-a-right chemistry between jolie and burns . . . this otherwise appealing picture loses its soul to screenwriting for dummies conformity .
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if " lilo & stitch " isn't the most edgy piece of disney animation to hit the silver screen , then this first film to use a watercolor background since " dumbo " certainly ranks as the most original in years .
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the obnoxious title character provides the drama that gives added clout to this doc .
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somewhere inside the mess that is world traveler , there is a mediocre movie trying to get out .
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if you've grown tired of going where no man has gone before , but several movies have - take heart . this is the best star trek movie in a long time .
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you can sip your vintage wines and watch your merchant ivory productions ; i'll settle for a nice cool glass of iced tea and a jerry bruckheimer flick any day of the week .
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beautifully produced .
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the film is all over the place , really . it dabbles all around , never gaining much momentum .
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lee jeong-hyang tells it so lovingly and films it so beautifully that i couldn't help being captivated by it .
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the movie is one of the best examples of artful large format filmmaking you are likely to see anytime soon .
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no way i can believe this load of junk .
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formuliac , but fun .
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the otherwise good-naturedness of mr . deeds , with its embrace of sheer goofiness and cameos of less- than-likely new york celebrities . . . certainly raises the film above anything sandler's been attached to before .
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if divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood suffers from a ploddingly melodramatic structure , it comes to life in the performances .
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a pleasing , often-funny comedy .
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the fourth in a series that i'll bet most parents had thought --hoped ! -- was a fad that had long since vanished .
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best of all is garcia , who perfectly portrays the desperation of a very insecure man .
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a solidly seaworthy chiller .
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it's not without its pleasures , but i'll stick with the tune .
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parker holds true to wilde's own vision of a pure comedy with absolutely no meaning , and no desire to be anything but a polished , sophisticated entertainment that is in love with its own cleverness .
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this is the kind of movie where the big scene is a man shot out of a cannon into a vat of ice cream .
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invincible is a wonderful movie .
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it has charm to spare , and unlike many romantic comedies , it does not alienate either gender in the audience .
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2,199
a fascinating literary mystery story with multiple strands about the controversy of who really wrote shakespeare's plays .
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if this silly little cartoon can inspire a few kids not to grow up to be greedy bastards , more power to it .
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halfway through the movie , the humor dwindles . it's replaced by some dramatic scenes that are jarring and deeply out of place in what could have ( and probably should have ) been a lighthearted comedy .
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1,083
the people in dogtown and z-boys are so funny , aggressive and alive , you have to watch them because you can't wait to see what they do next .
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plays like one long , meandering sketch inspired by the works of john waters and todd solondz , rather than a fully developed story .
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5,774
stars matthew perry and elizabeth hurley illicit more than a chuckle , and more jokes land than crash , but ultimately serving sara doesn't distinguish itself from the herd .
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4,551
'enigma' is a good name for a movie this delibrately obtuse and unapproachable . a waste of good performances .
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the inherent strength of the material as well as the integrity of the filmmakers gives this coming-of-age story restraint as well as warmth .
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kids five and up will be delighted with the fast , funny , and even touching story . parents may even find that it goes by quickly , because it has some of the funniest jokes of any movie this year , including those intended for adults .
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audiences will find no mention of political prisoners or persecutions that might paint the castro regime in less than saintly tones .
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