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while puerile men dominate the story , the women shine . | 1pos |
unlike lots of hollywood fluff , this has layered , well-developed characters and some surprises . | 1pos |
for a film that's being advertised as a comedy , sweet home alabama isn't as funny as you'd hoped . for a film that's being advertised as a comedy , sweet home alabama isn't as funny as you'd hoped . | 1pos |
vera has created a provocative , absorbing drama that reveals the curse of a self-hatred instilled by rigid social mores . | 1pos |
a french film with a more down-home flavor . | 1pos |
a fun ride . | 1pos |
depending upon your reaction to this movie , you may never again be able to look at a red felt sharpie pen without disgust , a thrill , or the giggles . | 1pos |
while bollywood/hollywood will undoubtedly provide its keenest pleasures to those familiar with bombay musicals , it also has plenty for those ( like me ) who aren't . | 1pos |
there are times when you wish that the movie had worked a little harder to conceal its contrivances , but brown sugar turns out to be a sweet and enjoyable fantasy . | 1pos |
fontaine masterfully creates a portrait of two strong men in conflict , inextricably entwined through family history , each seeing himself in the other , neither liking what he sees . | 1pos |
one fantastic ( and educational ) documentary . | 1pos |
as janice , eileen walsh , an engaging , wide-eyed actress whose teeth are a little too big for her mouth , infuses the movie with much of its slender , glinting charm . | 1pos |
sure , it's contrived and predictable , but its performances are so well tuned that the film comes off winningly , even though it's never as solid as you want it to be . | 1pos |
dong shows how intolerance has the power to deform families , then tear them apart . | 1pos |
the chateau belongs to rudd , whose portrait of a therapy-dependent flakeball spouting french malapropisms . . . is a nonstop hoot . | 1pos |
the cast , collectively a successful example of the lovable-loser protagonist , shows deft comic timing . | 1pos |
it trusts the story it sets out to tell . | 1pos |
i couldn't recommend this film more . | 1pos |
as a good old-fashioned adventure for kids , spirit : stallion of the cimarron is a winner . | 1pos |
an effective portrait of a life in stasis -- of the power of inertia to arrest development in a dead-end existence . | 1pos |
succeeds as a well-made evocation of a subculture . | 1pos |
. . . an interesting slice of history . | 1pos |
me no lika da accents so good , but i thoroughly enjoyed the love story . scott baio is turning in some delightful work on indie projects . | 1pos |
it's an experience in understanding a unique culture that is presented with universal appeal . | 1pos |
what's surprising is how well it holds up in an era in which computer-generated images are the norm . | 1pos |
brings together some of the biggest names in japanese anime , with impressive results . | 1pos |
wonder , hope and magic can never escape the heart of the boy when the right movie comes along , especially if it begins with the name of star wars | 1pos |
a flick about our infantilized culture that isn't entirely infantile . | 1pos |
an exceptionally acted , quietly affecting cop drama . | 1pos |
sensual , funny and , in the end , very touching . | 1pos |
angel presents events partly from the perspective of aurelie and christelle , and infuses the film with the sensibility of a particularly nightmarish fairytale . | 1pos |
who needs mind-bending drugs when they can see this , the final part of the 'qatsi' trilogy , directed by godfrey reggio , with music by philip glass ? | 1pos |
[a] smarter and much funnier version of the old police academy flicks . | 1pos |
proof once again that if the filmmakers just follow the books , they can't go wrong . better effects , better acting and a hilarious kenneth branagh . an excellent sequel . | 1pos |
both a grand tour through 300 hundred years of russian cultural identity and a stunning technical achievement . | 1pos |
just how these families interact may surprise you . | 1pos |
allen se atreve a atacar , a atacarse y nos ofrece gags que van de la sonrisa a la risa de larga duración | 1pos |
proves that some movie formulas don't need messing with -- like the big-bug movie . | 1pos |
a surprisingly funny movie . | 1pos |
this new movie version of the alexandre dumas classic is the stuff of high romance , brought off with considerable wit . | 1pos |
like all of egoyan's work , ararat is fiercely intelligent and uncommonly ambitious . | 1pos |
if a big musical number like 'praise the lord , he's the god of second chances' doesn't put you off , this will be an enjoyable choice for younger kids . | 1pos |
. . . fuses the events of her life with the imagery in her paintings so vividly that the artist's work may take on a striking new significance for anyone who sees the film . | 1pos |
[clooney's] debut can be accused of being a bit undisciplined , but it has a tremendous , offbeat sense of style and humor that suggests he was influenced by some of the filmmakers who have directed him , especially the coen brothers and steven soderbergh . | 1pos |
although made on a shoestring and unevenly acted , conjures a lynch-like vision of the rotting underbelly of middle america . | 1pos |
a piquant meditation on the things that prevent people from reaching happiness . | 1pos |
a timely look back at civil disobedience , anti-war movements and the power of strong voices . | 1pos |
rifkin's references are . . . impeccable throughout . | 1pos |
i'd be lying if i said my ribcage didn't ache by the end of kung pow . | 1pos |
more than their unique residences , home movie is about the people who live in them , who have carved their own comfortable niche in the world and have been kind enough to share it . | 1pos |
the movie is ingenious fun . see it . | 1pos |
the combination of lightness and strictness in this instance gives italian for beginners an amiable aimlessness that keeps it from seeming predictably formulaic . | 1pos |
una película oscura , precisa , por momentos grandiosa y casi siempre conmovedora . | 1pos |
the script is smart and dark - hallelujah for small favors . | 1pos |
an intelligent , multi-layered and profoundly humanist ( not to mention gently political ) meditation on the values of knowledge , education , and the affects of cultural and geographical displacement . | 1pos |
mr . polanski is in his element here : alone , abandoned , but still consoled by his art , which is more than he has ever revealed before about the source of his spiritual survival . | 1pos |
spectacular in every sense of the word , even if you don' t know an orc from a uruk-hai . | 1pos |
this isn't exactly profound cinema , but it's good-natured and sometimes quite funny . | 1pos |
this is a finely written , superbly acted offbeat thriller . | 1pos |
tres greek writer and star nia vardalos has crafted here a worldly-wise and very funny script . | 1pos |
os problemas têm início a partir do momento em que saímos do cinema e começamos a pensar sobre o que acabamos de ver . É então que sinais realmente desaponta . | 1pos |
a tasty appetizer that leaves you wanting more . | 1pos |
it gives devastating testimony to both people's capacity for evil and their heroic capacity for good . | 1pos |
the film reminds me of a vastly improved germanic version of my big fat greek wedding -- with better characters , some genuine quirkiness and at least a measure of style . the difference is that i truly enjoyed most of mostly martha while i ne | 1pos |
morton deserves an oscar nomination . | 1pos |
a colorful , vibrant introduction to a universal human impulse , lushly photographed and beautifully recorded . | 1pos |
the screenplay never lets us forget that bourne was once an amoral assassin just like the ones who are pursuing him . . . there is never really a true " us " versus " them " . | 1pos |
the history is fascinating ; the action is dazzling . they just don't work in concert . | 1pos |
for those in search of something different , wendigo is a genuinely bone-chilling tale . | 1pos |
a lovely film for the holiday season . | 1pos |
it remains to be seen whether statham can move beyond the crime-land action genre , but then again , who says he has to ? | 1pos |
a hypnotic cyber hymn and a cruel story of youth culture . | 1pos |
it's a fairy tale that comes from a renowned indian film culture that allows americans to finally revel in its splendor . | 1pos |
at once subtle and visceral , the film never succumbs to the trap of the maudlin or tearful , offering instead with its unflinching gaze a measure of faith in the future . | 1pos |
the performances of the children , untrained in acting , have an honesty and dignity that breaks your heart . | 1pos |
despite its lavish formalism and intellectual austerity , the film manages to keep you at the edge of your seat with its shape-shifting perils , political intrigue and brushes with calamity . | 1pos |
this rush to profits has created a predictably efficient piece of business notable largely for its overwhelming creepiness , for an eagerness to create images you wish you hadn't seen , which , in this day and age , is of course the point . | 1pos |
adams , with four scriptwriters , takes care with the characters , who are so believable that you feel what they feel . | 1pos |
a completely spooky piece of business that gets under your skin and , some plot blips aside , stays there for the duration . | 1pos |
superbly photographed and staged by mendes with a series of riveting set pieces the likes of which mainstream audiences have rarely seen . | 1pos |
the ensemble cast turns in a collectively stellar performance , and the writing is tight and truthful , full of funny situations and honest observations . | 1pos |
not quite as miraculous as its dreamworks makers would have you believe , but it more than adequately fills the eyes and stirs the emotions . | 1pos |
a properly spooky film about the power of spirits to influence us whether we believe in them or not . | 1pos |
the lightest , most breezy movie steven spielberg has made in more than a decade . and the positive change in tone here seems to have recharged him . | 1pos |
like edward norton in american history x , ryan gosling ( murder by numbers ) delivers a magnetic performance . | 1pos |
this is a very funny , heartwarming film . it has fun with the quirks of family life , but it also treats the subject with fondness and respect . | 1pos |
rarely , indeed almost never , is such high-wattage brainpower coupled with pitch-perfect acting and an exquisite , unfakable sense of cinema . | 1pos |
the leanest and meanest of solondz's misanthropic comedies . | 1pos |
a dark , quirky road movie that constantly defies expectation . | 1pos |
there are some movies that hit you from the first scene and you know it's going to be a trip . igby goes down is one of those movies . | 1pos |
often messy and frustrating , but very pleasing at its best moments , it's very much like life itself . | 1pos |
a burst of color , music , and dance that only the most practiced curmudgeon could fail to crack a smile at . | 1pos |
an energetic , violent movie with a momentum that never lets up . | 1pos |
lasker's canny , meditative script distances sex and love , as byron and luther . . . realize they can't get no satisfaction without the latter . | 1pos |
it turns out to be smarter and more diabolical than you could have guessed at the beginning . | 1pos |
cage makes an unusual but pleasantly haunting debut behind the camera . | 1pos |
noyce has worked wonders with the material . | 1pos |
it's mostly a pleasure to watch . and the reason for that is a self-aware , often self-mocking , intelligence . | 1pos |
the chateau is a risky venture that never quite goes where you expect and often surprises you with unexpected comedy . | 1pos |
a very well-meaning movie , and it will stand in future years as an eloquent memorial to the world trade center tragedy . | 1pos |
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