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although the subject matter may still be too close to recent national events , the film works - mostly due to its superior cast of characters . | 1pos |
it's not going to be everyone's bag of popcorn , but it definitely gives you something to chew on . | 1pos |
huppert and girardot give performances of exceptional honesty . | 1pos |
it has that rare quality of being able to creep the living hell out of you . . . | 1pos |
a cautionary tale about the grandiosity of a college student who sees himself as impervious to a fall . | 1pos |
an infinitely wittier version of the home alone formula . | 1pos |
feardotcom's thrills are all cheap , but they mostly work . | 1pos |
[hayek] throws herself into this dream hispanic role with a teeth-clenching gusto , she strikes a potent chemistry with molina and she gradually makes us believe she is kahlo . | 1pos |
mr . deeds is , as comedy goes , very silly -- and in the best way . | 1pos |
you could love safe conduct ( laissez passer ) for being a subtitled french movie that is 170 minutes long . you could hate it for the same reason . | 1pos |
with we were soldiers , hollywood makes a valiant attempt to tell a story about the vietnam war before the pathology set in . | 1pos |
'moore is like a progressive bull in a china shop , a provocateur crashing into ideas and special-interest groups as he slaps together his own brand of liberalism . ' | 1pos |
broomfield reveals an ironic manifestation of institutionalized slavery that ties a black-owned record label with a white-empowered police force . | 1pos |
at just over an hour , home movie will leave you wanting more , not to mention leaving you with some laughs and a smile on your face . | 1pos |
stuart's poor-me persona needs a whole bunch of snowball's cynicism to cut through the sugar coating . but once the falcon arrives in the skies above manhattan , the adventure is on red alert . | 1pos |
there is greatness here . | 1pos |
boasts enough funny dialogue and sharp characterizations to be mildly amusing . | 1pos |
director juan jose campanella could have turned this into an argentine retread of " iris " or " american beauty , " but instead pulls a little from each film and creates something more beautiful than either of those films . | 1pos |
if you love the music , and i do , its hard to imagine having more fun watching a documentary . . . | 1pos |
nakata's technique is to imply terror by suggestion , rather than the overuse of special effects . | 1pos |
" 13 conversations about one thing " is an intelligent flick that examines many different ideas from happiness to guilt in an intriguing bit of storytelling . | 1pos |
satin rouge is not a new , or inventive , journey , but it's encouraging to see a three-dimensional , average , middle-aged woman's experience of self-discovery handled with such sensitivity . | 1pos |
though an important political documentary , this does not really make the case the kissinger should be tried as a war criminal . | 1pos |
cannon's confidence and laid-back good spirits are , with the drumming routines , among the film's saving graces . | 1pos |
in its understanding , often funny way , it tells a story whose restatement is validated by the changing composition of the nation . | 1pos |
she may not be real , but the laughs are . | 1pos |
a fiercely clever and subtle film , capturing the precarious balance between the extravagant confidence of the exiled aristocracy and the cruel earnestness of the victorious revolutionaries . | 1pos |
ok arthouse . the power of this script , and the performances that come with it , is that the whole damned thing didn't get our moral hackles up . | 1pos |
the movie itself is far from disappointing , offering an original take on courtroom movies , a few nifty twists that are so crucial to the genre and another first-rate performance by top-billed star bruce willis . | 1pos |
about schmidt is undoubtedly one of the finest films of the year . if you're not deeply touched by this movie , check your pulse . | 1pos |
the charm of revolution os is rather the way it introduces you to new , fervently held ideas and fanciful thinkers . | 1pos |
until its final minutes this is a perceptive study of two families in crisis -- and of two girls whose friendship is severely tested by bad luck and their own immaturity . | 1pos |
offers the flash of rock videos fused with solid performances and eerie atmosphere . | 1pos |
filmmakers dana janklowicz-mann and amir mann area headed east , far east , in retelling a historically significant , and personal , episode detailing how one international city welcomed tens of thousands of german jewish refugees while the world's democracie | 1pos |
for all its problems . . . the lady and the duke surprisingly manages never to grow boring . . . which proves that rohmer still has a sense of his audience . | 1pos |
an edifying glimpse into the wit and revolutionary spirit of these performers and their era . | 1pos |
craig bartlett and director tuck tucker should be commended for illustrating the merits of fighting hard for something that really matters . | 1pos |
the film is saved from aren't-kids-cute sentimentality by a warmth that isn't faked and a stately sense of composition . | 1pos |
this is one of the year's best films . | 1pos |
a fleet-footed and pleasingly upbeat family diversion . | 1pos |
sorvino is delightful in the central role . she nearly glows with enthusiasm , sensuality and a conniving wit . | 1pos |
it's immensely ambitious , different than anything that's been done before and amazingly successful in terms of what it's trying to do . | 1pos |
the story , once it gets rolling , is nothing short of a great one . | 1pos |
great performances , stylish cinematography and a gritty feel help make gangster no . 1 a worthwhile moviegoing experience . | 1pos |
" mr . deeds " is suitable summer entertainment that offers escapism without requiring a great deal of thought . | 1pos |
it's an ambitious film , and as with all ambitious films , it has some problems . but on the whole , you're gonna like this movie . | 1pos |
chaiken ably balances real-time rhythms with propulsive incident . | 1pos |
this is an extraordinary film , not least because it is japanese and yet feels universal . | 1pos |
in a summer overrun with movies dominated by cgi aliens and super heroes , it revigorates the mind to see a feature that concentrates on people , a project in which the script and characters hold sway . | 1pos |
there's just something about watching a squad of psychopathic underdogs whale the tar out of unsuspecting lawmen that reaches across time and distance . | 1pos |
a funny and touching film that is gorgeously acted by a british cast to rival gosford park's . | 1pos |
there's nothing more satisfying during a summer of event movies than a spy thriller like the bourne identity that's packed with just as much intelligence as action . | 1pos |
i'm not generally a fan of vegetables but this batch is pretty cute . | 1pos |
qutting may be a flawed film , but it is nothing if not sincere . | 1pos |
beautifully crafted , engaging filmmaking that should attract upscale audiences hungry for quality and a nostalgic , twisty yarn that will keep them guessing . | 1pos |
a thoughtful and surprisingly affecting portrait of a screwed-up man who dared to mess with some powerful people , seen through the eyes of the idealistic kid who chooses to champion his ultimately losing cause . | 1pos |
a cultural wildcard experience : wacky , different , unusual , even nutty . | 1pos |
daughter from danang reveals that efforts toward closure only open new wounds . it doesn't flinch from its unsettling prognosis , namely , that the legacy of war is a kind of perpetual pain . | 1pos |
for most of its footage , the new thriller proves that director m . night shyamalan can weave an eerie spell and that mel gibson can gasp , shudder and even tremble without losing his machismo . | 1pos |
this is not an easy film . but it could be , by its art and heart , a necessary one . | 1pos |
a very good film sits in the place where a masterpiece should be . | 1pos |
. . . spellbinding fun and deliciously exploitative . | 1pos |
it's jagger's bone-dry , mournfully brittle delivery that gives the film its bittersweet bite . | 1pos |
impossible as it may sound , this film's heart is even more embracing than monty , if only because it accepts nasty behavior and severe flaws as part of the human condition . | 1pos |
despite the predictable parent vs . child coming-of-age theme , first-class , natural acting and a look at " the real americans " make this a charmer . | 1pos |
one of the smarter offerings the horror genre has produced in recent memory , even if it's far tamer than advertised . | 1pos |
one of recent memory's most thoughtful films about art , ethics , and the cost of moral compromise . | 1pos |
the film doesn't sustain its initial promise with a jarring , new-agey tone creeping into the second half | 1pos |
blade ii is as estrogen-free as movies get , so you might want to leave your date behind for this one , or she's gonna make you feel like you owe her big-time . | 1pos |
the message is that even the most unlikely can link together to conquer all kinds of obstacles , whether they be of nature , of man or of one another . | 1pos |
many a parent and their teen ( or preteen ) kid could bond while watching a walk to remember . so could young romantics out on a date . | 1pos |
all leather pants & augmented boobs , hawn is hilarious as she tries to resuscitate the fun-loving libertine lost somewhere inside the conservative , handbag-clutching sarandon . | 1pos |
the members manage to pronounce kok exactly as you think they might , thus giving the cast ample opportunity to use that term as often as possible . it's very beavis and butthead , yet always seems to elicit a chuckle . | 1pos |
while this gentle and affecting melodrama will have luvvies in raptures , it's far too slight and introspective to appeal to anything wider than a niche audience . | 1pos |
chicago offers much colorful eye candy , including the spectacle of gere in his dancing shoes , hoofing and crooning with the best of them . | 1pos |
a difficult but worthy film that bites off more than it can chew by linking the massacre of armenians in 1915 with some difficult relationships in the present . | 1pos |
by and large this is mr . kilmer's movie , and it's his strongest performance since the doors . | 1pos |
some of the most ravaging , gut-wrenching , frightening war scenes since " saving private ryan " have been recreated by john woo in this little-known story of native americans and their role in the second great war . | 1pos |
a charming but slight comedy . | 1pos |
henry bean's thoughtful screenplay provides no easy answers , but offers a compelling investigation of faith versus intellect | 1pos |
a great cast and a wonderful but sometimes confusing flashback movie about growing up in a dysfunctional family . | 1pos |
playing a role of almost bergmanesque intensity . . . bisset is both convincing and radiant . | 1pos |
a smart , provocative drama that does the nearly impossible : it gets under the skin of a man we only know as an evil , monstrous lunatic . | 1pos |
an alternately fascinating and frustrating documentary . | 1pos |
griffin & co . manage to be spectacularly outrageous . | 1pos |
nair's cast is so large it's altman-esque , but she deftly spins the multiple stories in a vibrant and intoxicating fashion . | 1pos |
the movie plays up the cartoon's more obvious strength of snazziness while neglecting its less conspicuous writing strength . | 1pos |
poignant japanese epic about adolescent anomie and heartbreak . | 1pos |
we've seen it all before in one form or another , but director hoffman , with great help from kevin kline , makes us care about this latest reincarnation of the world's greatest teacher . | 1pos |
secretary is not a movie about fetishism . it is a movie about passion . | 1pos |
even though it's common knowledge that park and his founding partner , yong kang , lost kozmo in the end , you can't help but get caught up in the thrill of the company's astonishing growth . | 1pos |
although some viewers will not be able to stomach so much tongue-in-cheek weirdness , those who do will have found a cult favorite to enjoy for a lifetime . | 1pos |
what could have easily become a cold , calculated exercise in postmodern pastiche winds up a powerful and deeply moving example of melodramatic moviemaking . | 1pos |
a delightful surprise because despite all the backstage drama , this is a movie that tells stories that work -- is charming , is moving , is funny and looks professional . | 1pos |
the imax screen enhances the personal touch of manual animation . | 1pos |
does an impressive job of relating the complicated history of the war and of filling in the background . | 1pos |
it's all about anakin . . . and the lustrous polished visuals rich in color and creativity and , of course , special effect . | 1pos |
lacks the inspiration of the original and has a bloated plot that stretches the running time about 10 minutes past a child's interest and an adult's patience . but it also has many of the things that made the first one charming . | 1pos |
it's funny , touching , dramatically forceful , and beautifully shot . | 1pos |
its rawness and vitality give it considerable punch . | 1pos |
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