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the movie strains to stay on the light , comic side of the issue , despite the difficulty of doing so when dealing with the destruction of property and , potentially , of life itself . | 0 |
like a veteran head cutter , barbershop is tuned in to its community . | 1 |
an undistinguished attempt to make a classic theater piece cinematic . | 0 |
no reason for anyone to invest their hard-earned bucks into a movie which obviously did n't invest much into itself either . | 0 |
williams absolutely nails sy 's queasy infatuation and overall strangeness . | 1 |
this is the kind of movie where the big scene is a man shot out of a cannon into a vat of ice cream . | 0 |
if you saw benigni 's pinocchio at a public park , you 'd grab your kids and run and then probably call the police . | 0 |
this film is so different from the apple and so striking that it can only encourage us to see samira makhmalbaf as a very distinctive sensibility , working to develop her own film language with conspicuous success . | 1 |
an ugly-duckling tale so hideously and clumsily told it feels accidental . | 0 |
ends up being mostly about ravishing costumes , eye-filling , wide-screen production design and joan 's wacky decision to stand by her man , no matter how many times he demonstrates that he 's a disloyal satyr . | 0 |
polished , well-structured film . | 1 |
colorful and deceptively buoyant until it suddenly pulls the rug out from under you , burkinabe filmmaker dani kouyate 's reworking of a folk story whose roots go back to 7th-century oral traditions is also a pointed political allegory . | 1 |
a celebration of quirkiness , eccentricity , and certain individuals ' tendency to let it all hang out , and damn the consequences . | 1 |
we started to wonder if some unpaid intern had just typed 'chris rock , ' 'anthony hopkins ' and 'terrorists ' into some univac-like script machine . | 0 |
with nary a glimmer of self-knowledge , [ crane ] becomes more specimen than character -- and auto focus remains a chilly , clinical lab report . | 0 |
do not , under any circumstances , consider taking a child younger than middle school age to this wallow in crude humor . | 0 |
absorbing and disturbing -- perhaps more disturbing than originally intended -- but a little clarity would have gone a long way . | 1 |
seldahl 's barbara is a precise and moving portrait of someone whose world is turned upside down , first by passion and then by illness . | 1 |
ms . fulford-wierzbicki is almost spooky in her sulky , calculating lolita turn . | 1 |
it 's as if allen , at 66 , has stopped challenging himself . | 0 |
an engrossing portrait of uncompromising artists trying to create something original against the backdrop of a corporate music industry that only seems to care about the bottom line . | 1 |
it 's really yet another anemic and formulaic lethal weapon-derived buddy-cop movie , trying to pass off its lack of imagination as hip knowingness . | 0 |
a decided lack of spontaneity in its execution and a dearth of real poignancy in its epiphanies . | 1 |
anemic , pretentious . | 0 |
a directorial tour de force by bernard rose , ivans xtc . is one of this year 's very best pictures . | 1 |
you really have to salute writer-director haneke ( he adapted elfriede jelinek 's novel ) for making a film that is n't nearly as graphic but much more powerful , brutally shocking and difficult to watch . | 1 |
credibility levels are low and character development a non-starter . | 0 |
maryam is more timely now than ever . | 1 |
it 's not a bad premise , just a bad movie . | 0 |
there 's no conversion effort , much of the writing is genuinely witty and both stars are appealing enough to probably have a good shot at a hollywood career , if they want one . | 1 |
go for la salle 's performance , and make do as best you can with a stuttering script . | 0 |
the creative animation work may not look as fully 'rendered ' as pixar 's industry standard , but it uses lighting effects and innovative backgrounds to an equally impressive degree . | 1 |
another love story in 2002 's remarkable procession of sweeping pictures that have reinvigorated the romance genre . | 1 |
well-meant but unoriginal . | 0 |
insufferably naive . | 0 |
hartley adds enough quirky and satirical touches in the screenplay to keep the film entertaining . | 1 |
the corpse count ultimately overrides what little we learn along the way about vicarious redemption . | 0 |
campbell scott finds the ideal outlet for his flick-knife diction in the role of roger swanson . | 1 |
on its own , it 's not very interesting . as a remake , it 's a pale imitation . | 0 |
it 's a sometimes interesting remake that does n't compare to the brilliant original . | 0 |
it 's hard to understand why anyone in his right mind would even think to make the attraction a movie . and it 's harder still to believe that anyone in his right mind would want to see the it . | 0 |
assured , glossy and shot through with brittle desperation . | 1 |
a portrait of hell so shattering it 's impossible to shake . | 1 |
despite the pyrotechnics , narc is strictly by the book . | 0 |
a plodding look at the french revolution through the eyes of aristocrats . | 0 |
a rich tale of our times , very well told with an appropriate minimum of means . | 1 |
worth catching for griffiths ' warm and winning central performance . | 1 |
a tone of rueful compassion . . . reverberates throughout this film , whose meaning and impact is sadly heightened by current world events . | 1 |
a beautifully observed character piece . | 1 |
comes off more like a misdemeanor , a flat , unconvincing drama that never catches fire . | 0 |
it never rises to its clever what-if concept . | 0 |
does n't get the job done , running off the limited chemistry created by ralph fiennes and jennifer lopez . | 0 |
a huge box-office hit in korea , shiri is a must for genre fans . | 1 |
the lower your expectations , the more you 'll enjoy it . | 0 |
all mood and no movie . | 0 |
carrying off a spot-on scottish burr , duvall ( also a producer ) peels layers from this character that may well not have existed on paper . | 1 |
mediocre fable from burkina faso . | 0 |
. . . although this idea is `` new `` the results are tired . | 0 |
it 's an example of sophisticated , challenging filmmaking that stands , despite its noticeable lack of emotional heft , in welcome contrast to the indulgent dead-end experimentation of the director 's previous full frontal . | 1 |
it 's clotted with heavy-handed symbolism , dime-store psychology and endless scenic shots that make 105 minutes seem twice as long . | 0 |
the new film of anton chekhov 's the cherry orchard puts the 'ick ' in 'classic . ' | 0 |
whether or not you buy mr . broomfield 's findings , the film acquires an undeniable entertainment value as the slight , pale mr . broomfield continues to force himself on people and into situations that would make lesser men run for cover . | 1 |
'abandon all hope , ye who enter here ' . . . you should definitely let dante 's gloomy words be your guide . | 0 |
taylor appears to have blown his entire budget on soundtrack rights and had nothing left over for jokes . | 0 |
it 's not only dull because we 've seen [ eddie ] murphy do the genial-rogue shtick to death , but because the plot is equally hackneyed . | 0 |
an intriguing cinematic omnibus and round-robin that occasionally is more interesting in concept than in execution . | 1 |
like old myths and wonder tales spun afresh . | 1 |
de oliveira creates an emotionally rich , poetically plump and visually fulsome , but never showy , film whose bittersweet themes are reinforced and brilliantly personified by michel piccoli . | 1 |
basically a static series of semi-improvised ( and semi-coherent ) raps between the stars . | 0 |
coral reef adventure is a heavyweight film that fights a good fight on behalf of the world 's endangered reefs -- and it lets the pictures do the punching . | 1 |
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 . | 1 |
there is something that is so meditative and lyrical about babak payami 's boldly quirky iranian drama secret ballot . . . a charming and evoking little ditty that manages to show the gentle and humane side of middle eastern world politics | 1 |
none of these characters resembles anyone you 've ever met in real life , unless you happen to know annoyingly self-involved people who speak in glib sentences that could have only come from the pen of a screenwriter . | 0 |
it follows the basic plot trajectory of nearly every schwarzenegger film : someone crosses arnie . arnie blows things up . | 0 |
a very depressing movie of many missed opportunities . | 0 |
acting , particularly by tambor , almost makes `` never again `` worthwhile , but [ writer/director ] schaeffer should follow his titular advice | 0 |
visually , 'santa clause 2 ' is wondrously creative . | 1 |
it 's so full of wrong choices that all you can do is shake your head in disbelief -- and worry about what classic oliver parker intends to mangle next time . | 0 |
a mediocre exercise in target demographics , unaware that it 's the butt of its own joke . | 0 |
by no means a great movie , but it is a refreshingly forthright one . | 1 |
a film so tedious that it is impossible to care whether that boast is true or not . | 0 |
just as the lousy tarantino imitations have subsided , here comes the first lousy guy ritchie imitation . | 0 |
i 'm not sure which is worse : the poor acting by the ensemble cast , the flat dialogue by vincent r . nebrida or the gutless direction by laurice guillen . | 0 |
a sensual performance from abbass buoys the flimsy story , but her inner journey is largely unexplored and we 're left wondering about this exotic-looking woman whose emotional depths are only hinted at . | 0 |
it 's . . . worth the extra effort to see an artist , still committed to growth in his ninth decade , change while remaining true to his principles with a film whose very subject is , quite pointedly , about the peril of such efforts . | 1 |
`` bad `` is the operative word for `` bad company , `` and i do n't mean that in a good way . | 0 |
we get light showers of emotion a couple of times , but then -- strangely -- these wane to an inconsistent and ultimately unsatisfying drizzle . | 0 |
for its seriousness , high literary aspirations and stunning acting , the film can only be applauded . | 1 |
i could just feel the screenwriter at every moment 'tap , tap , tap , tap , tapping away ' on this screenplay . | 0 |
britney spears ' phoniness is nothing compared to the movie 's contrived , lame screenplay and listless direction . | 0 |
a remarkably insightful look at the backstage angst of the stand-up comic . | 1 |
. . . is there a deeper , more direct connection between these women , one that spans time and reveals meaning ? you bet there is and it 's what makes this rather convoluted journey worth taking . | 1 |
. . . a lesson in prehistoric hilarity . | 1 |
it 's better suited for the history or biography channel , but there 's no arguing the tone of the movie - it leaves a bad taste in your mouth and questions on your mind . | 0 |
so refreshingly incisive is grant that for the first time he 'll probably appeal more to guys than to their girlfriends who drag them to this movie for the hugh factor . | 1 |
even if you do n't understand what on earth is going on , this is a movie that will stimulate hours of post viewing discussion , if only to be reminded of who did what to whom and why . | 1 |
throughout , mr . audiard 's direction is fluid and quick . | 1 |
harris commands the screen , using his frailty to suggest the ravages of a life of corruption and ruthlessness . | 1 |
what 's so striking about jolie 's performance is that she never lets her character become a caricature -- not even with that radioactive hair . | 1 |
a genuinely moving and wisely unsentimental drama . | 1 |
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