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the director , mark pellington , does a terrific job conjuring up a sinister , menacing atmosphere though unfortunately all the story gives us is flashing red lights , a rattling noise , and a bump on the head .
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in all the annals of the movies , few films have been this odd , inexplicable and unpleasant .
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4,915
there isn't one moment in the film that surprises or delights .
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3,957
affleck merely creates an outline for a role he still needs to grow into , a role that ford effortlessly filled with authority .
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6,135
ihops don't pile on this much syrup .
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5,367
. . . too gory to be a comedy and too silly to be an effective horror film .
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2,721
another trumpet blast that there may be a new mexican cinema a-bornin' .
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altogether , this is successful as a film , while at the same time being a most touching reconsideration of the familiar masterpiece .
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3,806
on the whole , the movie lacks wit , feeling and believability to compensate for its incessant coarseness and banality .
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4,866
it's drab . it's uninteresting . it squanders chan's uniqueness ; it could even be said to squander jennifer love hewitt !
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1,557
though filmed partly in canada , paid in full has clever ways of capturing inner-city life during the reagan years .
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1,278
it looks closely , insightfully at fragile , complex relationships .
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4,055
shamelessly sappy and , worse , runs away from its own provocative theme .
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7,017
shot like a postcard and overacted with all the boozy self-indulgence that brings out the worst in otherwise talented actors . . .
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4,530
the obligatory break-ups and hook-ups don't seem to have much emotional impact on the characters .
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3,015
this submarine drama earns the right to be favorably compared to das boot .
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no aspirations to social import inform the movie version . this is a shameless sham , calculated to cash in on the popularity of its stars .
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2,909
robert harmon's less-is-more approach delivers real bump-in -the-night chills -- his greatest triumph is keeping the creepy crawlies hidden in the film's thick shadows .
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5,560
will be far more interesting to the soderbergh faithful than it will be to the casual moviegoer who might be lured in by julia roberts . . .
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an inelegant combination of two unrelated shorts that falls far short of the director's previous work in terms of both thematic content and narrative strength .
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116
it's a diverting enough hour-and-a-half for the family audience .
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6,668
there is something in full frontal , i guess , about artifice and acting and how it distorts reality for people who make movies and watch them , but like most movie riddles , it works only if you have an interest in the characters you see .
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5,739
a movie in which laughter and self-exploitation merge into jolly soft-porn 'empowerment . '
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it strikes hardest… when it reminds you how pertinent its dynamics remain . fifty years after the fact , the world's political situation seems little different , and [director phillip] noyce brings out the allegory with remarkable skill .
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hollywood ending just isn't very funny .
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denver should not get the first and last look at one of the most triumphant performances of vanessa redgrave's career . it deserves to be seen everywhere .
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3,642
city by the sea is the cinematic equivalent of defensive driving : it's careful , conscientious and makes no major mistakes . but what saves lives on the freeway does not necessarily make for persuasive viewing .
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4,822
it's hard to tell with all the crashing and banging where the salesmanship ends and the movie begins .
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it's an unusual , thoughtful bio-drama with a rich subject and some fantastic moments and scenes .
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1,402
a film that's flawed and brilliant in equal measure .
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1,585
claude miller airs out a tight plot with an easy pace and a focus on character drama over crime-film complications .
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5,855
sticky sweet sentimentality , clumsy plotting and a rosily myopic view of life in the wwii-era mississippi delta undermine this adaptation .
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2,715
an engrossing and infectiously enthusiastic documentary .
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2,915
brown sugar signals director rick famuyiwa's emergence as an articulate , grown-up voice in african-american cinema .
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2,258
the piano teacher is not an easy film . it forces you to watch people doing unpleasant things to each other and themselves , and it maintains a cool distance from its material that is deliberately unsettling .
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4,783
the connected stories of breitbart and hanussen are actually fascinating , but the filmmaking in invincible is such that the movie does not do them justice .
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you'll just have your head in your hands wondering why lee's character didn't just go to a bank manager and save everyone the misery .
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3,548
i just loved every minute of this film .
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a deeply felt and vividly detailed story about newcomers in a strange new world .
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2,832
it is a challenging film , if not always a narratively cohesive one .
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glib , satirical documentary that fudges facts , makes facile points and engages in the cinematic equivalent of tabloid journalism .
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a grating , emaciated flick .
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high crimes carries almost no organic intrigue as a government/ marine/legal mystery , and that's because the movie serves up all of that stuff , nearly subliminally , as the old-hat province of male intrigue .
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4,454
they were afraid to show this movie to reviewers before its opening , afraid of the bad reviews they thought they'd earn . they were right .
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5,481
if you liked the 1982 film then , you'll still like it now .
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4,425
paxton's uneven directorial debut fails to unlock the full potential of what is in many ways a fresh and dramatically substantial spin on the genre .
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don't judge this one too soon - it's a dark , gritty story but it takes off in totally unexpected directions and keeps on going .
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no amount of blood and disintegrating vampire cadavers can obscure this movie's lack of ideas .
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intriguing and downright intoxicating .
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5,817
rarely has sex on screen been so aggressively anti-erotic .
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2,780
another love story in 2002's remarkable procession of sweeping pictures that have reinvigorated the romance genre .
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2,988
the funny thing is , i didn't mind all this contrived nonsense a bit .
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a chilling tale of one of the great crimes of 20th century france : the murder of two rich women by their servants in 1933 .
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scooby dooby doo / and shaggy too / you both look and sound great . / but daphne , you're too buff / fred thinks he's tough / and velma - wow , you've lost weight !
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i found myself liking the film , though in this case one man's treasure could prove to be another man's garbage .
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the cinematic equivalent of patronizing a bar favored by pretentious , untalented artistes who enjoy moaning about their cruel fate .
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it makes compelling , provocative and prescient viewing .
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6,352
its simplicity puts an exclamation point on the fact that this isn't something to be taken seriously , but it also wrecks any chance of the movie rising above similar fare .
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the perfect film for those who like sick comedies that can be snide .
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throws in enough clever and unexpected twists to make the formula feel fresh .
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the humor isn't as sharp , the effects not as innovative , nor the story as imaginative as in the original . but it could have been worse .
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even in this less-than-magic kingdom , reese rules .
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liman , of swingers and go , makes his big-budget action film debut something of a clunker as he delivers a long , low-heat chase , interrupted by a middling car chase .
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5,925
hope keeps arising that the movie will live up to the apparent skills of its makers and the talents of its actors , but it doesn't .
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[lee] treats his audience the same way that jim brown treats his women -- as dumb , credulous , unassuming , subordinate subjects . and lee seems just as expectant of an adoring , wide-smiling reception .
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theology aside , why put someone who ultimately doesn't learn at the center of a kids' story ?
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5,292
the acting is stiff , the story lacks all trace of wit , the sets look like they were borrowed from gilligan's island -- and the cgi scooby might well be the worst special-effects creation of the year .
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even in its most tedious scenes , russian ark is mesmerizing .
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maryam is more timely now than ever .
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an edifying glimpse into the wit and revolutionary spirit of these performers and their era .
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the minor figures surrounding [bobby] . . . form a gritty urban mosaic .
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super troopers is an odd amalgam of comedy genres , existing somewhere between the often literal riffs of early zucker brothers/abrahams films , and the decidedly foul stylings of their post-modern contemporaries , the farrelly brothers .
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lookin' for sin , american-style ? try hell house , which documents the cautionary christian spook-a-rama of the same name .
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6,778
done in mostly by a weak script that can't support the epic treatment .
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2,201
paid in full is remarkably engaging despite being noticeably derivative of goodfellas and at least a half dozen other trouble-in-the-ghetto flicks .
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6,411
the actors are forced to grapple with hazy motivations that never come into focus .
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2,063
part of the charm of satin rouge is that it avoids the obvious with humour and lightness .
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1,096
the beauty of the piece is that it counts heart as important as humor .
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3,001
a triumph of pure craft and passionate heart .
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2,023
this is not chabrol's best , but even his lesser works outshine the best some directors can offer .
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. . . there's a choppy , surface-effect feeling to the whole enterprise .
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phoned-in business as usual .
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allen shows he can outgag any of those young whippersnappers making moving pictures today .
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when you think you've figured out bielinsky's great game , that's when you're in the most trouble : he's the con , and you're just the mark .
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make no mistake , ivans xtc . is a mess .
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may be spoofing an easy target -- those old '50's giant creature features -- but . . . it acknowledges and celebrates their cheesiness as the reason why people get a kick out of watching them today .
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methodical , measured , and gently tedious in its comedy , secret ballot is a purposefully reductive movie -- which may be why it's so successful at lodging itself in the brain .
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. . . either you're willing to go with this claustrophobic concept or you're not .
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as dumb and cheesy as they may be , the cartoons look almost shakespearean -- both in depth and breadth -- after watching this digital-effects-heavy , supposed family-friendly comedy .
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3,818
a few pieces of the film buzz and whir ; very little of it actually clicks . the thing just never gets off the ground .
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if you're down for a silly hack-and-slash flick , you can do no wrong with jason x .
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6,593
this is a film tailor-made for those who when they were in high school would choose the cliff-notes over reading a full-length classic .
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3,215
" cremaster 3 " should come with the warning " for serious film buffs only ! "
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2,943
based on a devilishly witty script by heather mcgowan and niels mueller , the film gets great laughs , but never at the expense of its characters
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1,665
the magic ( and original running time ) of ace japanimator hayao miyazaki's spirited away survives intact in bv's re-voiced version .
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barry convinces us he's a dangerous , secretly unhinged guy who could easily have killed a president because it made him feel powerful .
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you'll trudge out of the theater feeling as though you rode the zipper after eating a corn dog and an extra-large cotton candy .
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1,229
a beguiling splash of pastel colors and prankish comedy from disney .
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1,951
sandra nettelbeck beautifully orchestrates the transformation of the chilly , neurotic , and self-absorbed martha as her heart begins to open .
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the whole thing comes off like a particularly amateurish episode of bewitched that takes place during spring break .
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