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there aren't many conclusive answers in the film , but there is an interesting story of pointed personalities , courage , tragedy and the little guys vs . the big guys . | 1pos |
vividly demonstrates that the director of such hollywood blockbusters as patriot games can still turn out a small , personal film with an emotional wallop . | 1pos |
a four star performance from kevin kline who unfortunately works with a two star script . | 1pos |
dogtown & z-boys evokes the blithe rebel fantasy with the kind of insouciance embedded in the sexy demise of james dean . | 1pos |
if you don't flee , you might be seduced . if you don't laugh , flee . | 1pos |
payne constructs a hilarious ode to middle america and middle age with this unlikely odyssey , featuring a pathetic , endearing hero who is all too human . | 1pos |
koury frighteningly and honestly exposes one teenager's uncomfortable class resentment and , in turn , his self-inflicted retaliation . | 1pos |
the santa clause 2 proves itself a more streamlined and thought out encounter than the original could ever have hoped to be . | 1pos |
now as a former gong show addict , i'll admit it , my only complaint is that we didn't get more re-creations of all those famous moments from the show . | 1pos |
succeeds where its recent predecessor miserably fails because it demands that you suffer the dreadfulness of war from both sides . | 1pos |
the first bond movie in ages that isn't fake fun . | 1pos |
this odd , poetic road movie , spiked by jolts of pop music , pretty much takes place in morton's ever-watchful gaze -- and it's a tribute to the actress , and to her inventive director , that the journey is such a mesmerizing one . | 1pos |
a film centering on a traditional indian wedding in contemporary new delhi may not sound like specialized fare , but mira nair's film is an absolute delight for all audiences . | 1pos |
a weird and wonderful comedy . | 1pos |
the movie should jolt you out of your seat a couple of times , give you a few laughs , and leave you feeling like it was worth your seven bucks , even though it does turn out to be a bit of a cheat in the end . | 1pos |
has the capability of effecting change and inspiring hope . | 1pos |
a first-class , thoroughly involving b movie that effectively combines two surefire , beloved genres -- the prison flick and the fight film . | 1pos |
labute's careful handling makes the material seem genuine rather than pandering . | 1pos |
in between all the emotional seesawing , it's hard to figure the depth of these two literary figures , and even the times in which they lived . but they fascinate in their recklessness . | 1pos |
death to smoochy is often very funny , but what's even more remarkable is the integrity of devito's misanthropic vision . | 1pos |
a beautiful , entertaining two hours . you get the idea , though , that kapur intended the film to be more than that . | 1pos |
a wonderful , ghastly film . | 1pos |
amid the new populist comedies that underscore the importance of family tradition and familial community , one would be hard-pressed to find a movie with a bigger , fatter heart than barbershop . | 1pos |
parris' performance is credible and remarkably mature . | 1pos |
'enigma' is the kind of engaging historical drama that hollywood appears to have given up on in favor of sentimental war movies in the vein of 'we were soldiers . ' | 1pos |
munch's screenplay is tenderly observant of his characters . he watches them as they float within the seas of their personalities . his scenes are short and often unexpected . | 1pos |
it grabs you in the dark and shakes you vigorously for its duration . | 1pos |
leigh's daring here is that without once denying the hardscrabble lives of people on the economic fringes of margaret thatcher's ruinous legacy , he insists on the importance of those moments when people can connect and express their love for each other . | 1pos |
hashiguchi vividly captures the way young japanese live now , chafing against their culture's manic mix of millennial brusqueness and undying , traditional politesse . | 1pos |
uneven but a lot of fun . | 1pos |
i know that i'll never listen to marvin gaye or the supremes the same way again | 1pos |
the two leads , nearly perfect in their roles , bring a heart and reality that buoy the film , and at times , elevate it to a superior crime movie . | 1pos |
not as good as the full monty , but a really strong second effort . | 1pos |
whenever it threatens to get bogged down in earnest dramaturgy , a stirring visual sequence like a surge through swirling rapids or a leap from pinnacle to pinnacle rouses us . if horses could fly , this is surely what they'd look like . | 1pos |
unfolds as one of the most politically audacious films of recent decades from any country , but especially from france . | 1pos |
this real-life hollywood fairy-tale is more engaging than the usual fantasies hollywood produces . | 1pos |
the graphic carnage and re-creation of war-torn croatia is uncomfortably timely , relevant , and sickeningly real . | 1pos |
left me with the visceral sensation of longing , lasting traces of charlotte's web of desire and desperation . | 1pos |
the characters are more deeply thought through than in most 'right-thinking' films . | 1pos |
crammed with incident , and bristles with passion and energy . | 1pos |
it's fun , splashy and entertainingly nasty . | 1pos |
a simple tale of an unlikely friendship , but thanks to the gorgeous locales and exceptional lead performances , it has considerable charm . | 1pos |
it might be 'easier' to watch on video at home , but that shouldn't stop die-hard french film connoisseurs from going out and enjoying the big-screen experience . | 1pos |
there's very little sense to what's going on here , but the makers serve up the cliches with considerable dash . | 1pos |
witty , contemplative , and sublimely beautiful . | 1pos |
a surprisingly 'solid' achievement by director malcolm d . lee and writer john ridley . | 1pos |
woven together handsomely , recalling sixties' rockumentary milestones from lonely boy to don't look back . | 1pos |
this is pure , exciting moviemaking . you won't exactly know what's happening but you'll be blissfully exhausted . | 1pos |
the 1960s rebellion was misdirected : you can't fight your culture . | 1pos |
works because reno doesn't become smug or sanctimonious towards the audience . | 1pos |
nettelbeck . . . has a pleasing way with a metaphor . | 1pos |
a pure participatory event that malnourished intellectuals will gulp down in a frenzy . | 1pos |
the cast delivers without sham the raw-nerved story . | 1pos |
steven soderbergh's digital video experiment is a clever and cutting , quick and dirty look at modern living and movie life . | 1pos |
the film's highlight is definitely its screenplay , both for the rhapsodic dialogue that jumps off the page , and for the memorable character creations . | 1pos |
it lets you brush up against the humanity of a psycho , without making him any less psycho . | 1pos |
sillier , cuter , and shorter than the first ( as best i remember ) , but still a very good time at the cinema . | 1pos |
the film is bright and flashy in all the right ways . | 1pos |
elegant and eloquent [meditation] on death and that most elusive of passions , love . | 1pos |
cut through the layers of soap-opera emotion and you find a scathing portrayal of a powerful entity strangling the life out of the people who want to believe in it the most . | 1pos |
filmmaker tian zhuangzhuang triumphantly returns to narrative filmmaking with a visually masterful work of quiet power . | 1pos |
it excels because , unlike so many other hollywood movies of its ilk , it offers hope . | 1pos |
shot in rich , shadowy black-and-white , devils chronicles , with increasingly amused irony , the relationship between reluctant captors and befuddled captives . | 1pos |
there's no clear picture of who killed bob crane . but here's a glimpse at his life . | 1pos |
spectacularly beautiful , not to mention mysterious , sensual , emotionally intense , and replete with virtuoso throat-singing . | 1pos |
weird . rewarding . | 1pos |
a summer entertainment adults can see without feeling embarrassed , but it could have been more . | 1pos |
sparse but oddly compelling . | 1pos |
a stirring , funny and finally transporting re-imagining of beauty and the beast and 1930s horror films | 1pos |
the pinochet case is a searing album of remembrance from those who , having survived , suffered most . | 1pos |
a sweet-tempered comedy that forgoes the knee-jerk misogyny that passes for humor in so many teenage comedies . | 1pos |
argento , at only 26 , brings a youthful , out-to-change-the-world aggressiveness to the project , as if she's cut open a vein and bled the raw film stock . | 1pos |
sleek and arty . | 1pos |
with so many bad romances out there , this is the kind of movie that deserves a chance to shine . | 1pos |
brash , intelligent and erotically perplexing , haneke's portrait of an upper class austrian society and the suppression of its tucked away demons is uniquely felt with a sardonic jolt . | 1pos |
though jackson doesn't always succeed in integrating the characters in the foreground into the extraordinarily rich landscape , it must be said that he is an imaginative filmmaker who can see the forest for the trees . | 1pos |
" the quiet american " begins in saigon in 1952 . that's its first sign of trouble . | 1pos |
a dazzling thing to behold -- as long as you're wearing the somewhat cumbersome 3d goggles the theater provides . | 1pos |
be patient with the lovely hush ! and your reward will be a thoughtful , emotional movie experience . | 1pos |
the large-format film is well suited to capture these musicians in full regalia and the incredible imax sound system lets you feel the beat down to your toes . | 1pos |
godard has never made a more sheerly beautiful film than this unexpectedly moving meditation on love , history , memory , resistance and artistic transcendence . | 1pos |
the kind of movie that comes along only occasionally , one so unconventional , gutsy and perfectly executed it takes your breath away . | 1pos |
unlike most surf movies , blue crush thrillingly uses modern technology to take the viewer inside the wave . by the end you can't help but feel 'stoked . ' | 1pos |
the off-center humor is a constant , and the ensemble gives it a buoyant delivery . | 1pos |
a tasty slice of droll whimsy . | 1pos |
mike leigh populates his movie with a wonderful ensemble cast of characters that bring the routine day to day struggles of the working class to life | 1pos |
awesome work : ineffable , elusive , yet inexplicably powerful | 1pos |
sparkling , often hilarious romantic jealousy comedy . . . attal looks so much like a young robert deniro that it seems the film should instead be called 'my husband is travis bickle' . | 1pos |
even if you're an agnostic carnivore , you can enjoy much of jonah simply , and gratefully , as laugh-out-loud lunacy with a pronounced monty pythonesque flavor . | 1pos |
where bowling for columbine is at its most valuable is in its examination of america's culture of fear as a root cause of gun violence . | 1pos |
the result is somewhat satisfying -- it still comes from spielberg , who has never made anything that wasn't at least watchable . but it's also disappointing to a certain degree . | 1pos |
the all-french cast is marveilleux . | 1pos |
there's a lot to recommend read my lips . | 1pos |
a minor film with major pleasures from portuguese master manoel de oliviera . . . | 1pos |
brosnan gives a portrayal as solid and as perfect as his outstanding performance as bond in die another day . | 1pos |
audiences are advised to sit near the back and squint to avoid noticing some truly egregious lip-non-synching , but otherwise the production is suitably elegant . | 1pos |
the movie is . . . very funny as you peek at it through the fingers in front of your eyes . | 1pos |
nicks sustains the level of exaggerated , stylized humor throughout by taking your expectations and twisting them just a bit . | 1pos |
a refreshing change from the usual whoopee-cushion effort aimed at the youth market . | 1pos |
it finds its moviegoing pleasures in the tiny events that could make a person who has lived her life half-asleep suddenly wake up and take notice . | 1pos |
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