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dazzles with its fully-written characters , its determined stylishness ( which always relates to characters and story ) and johnny dankworth 's best soundtrack in years .
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the diversity of the artists represented , both in terms of style and ethnicity , prevents the proceedings from feeling repetitious , as does the appropriately brief 40-minute running time .
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a pleasant enough comedy that should have found a summer place .
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made me unintentionally famous as the queasy-stomached critic who staggered from the theater and blacked out in the lobby . but believe it or not , it 's one of the most beautiful , evocative works i 've seen .
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possession is in the end an honorable , interesting failure . it falls far short of poetry , but it 's not bad prose .
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the actors must indeed be good to recite some of this laughable dialogue with a straight face .
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unspeakable , of course , barely begins to describe the plot and its complications . vulgar is too optimistic a title .
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a polished and vastly entertaining caper film that puts the sting back into the con .
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movies like high crimes flog the dead horse of surprise as if it were an obligation . how about surprising us by trying something new ?
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a cutesy romantic tale with a twist .
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if you like quirky , odd movies and/or the ironic , here 's a fun one .
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it 's rare for any movie to be as subtle and touching as the son 's room .
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it should be doing a lot of things , but does n't .
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if you dig on david mamet 's mind tricks . . . rent this movie and enjoy !
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the movie 's biggest offense is its complete and utter lack of tension .
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a wannabe comedy of manners about a brainy prep-school kid with a mrs . robinson complex founders on its own preciousness -- and squanders its beautiful women .
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it 's the cute frissons of discovery and humor between chaplin and kidman that keep this nicely wound clock not just ticking , but humming .
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old-form moviemaking at its best .
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the film never finds its tone and several scenes run too long .
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the camera soars above the globe in dazzling panoramic shots that make the most of the large-screen format , before swooping down on a string of exotic locales , scooping the whole world up in a joyous communal festival of rhythm .
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flaccid drama and exasperatingly slow journey .
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it 's impossible to even categorize this as a smutty guilty pleasure .
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i know i should n't have laughed , but hey , those farts got to my inner nine-year-old .
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an enthralling , playful film that constantly frustrates our desire to know the 'truth ' about this man , while deconstructing the very format of the biography in a manner that derrida would doubtless give his blessing to .
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. . . built on the premise that middle-class arkansas consists of monster truck-loving good ol ' boys and peroxide blond honeys whose worldly knowledge comes from tv reruns and supermarket tabloids .
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thanks to haynes ' absolute control of the film 's mood , and buoyed by three terrific performances , far from heaven actually pulls off this stylistic juggling act .
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yes , i have given this movie a rating of zero . but fans of the show should not consider this a diss . consider it 'perfection . '
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an exciting and involving rock music doc , a smart and satisfying look inside that tumultuous world .
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what with all the blanket statements and dime-store ruminations on vanity , the worries of the rich and sudden wisdom , the film becomes a sermon for most of its running time .
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clockstoppers is one of those crazy , mixed-up films that does n't know what it wants to be when it grows up .
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the story itself is actually quite vapid .
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a lot more dimensional and complex than its sunny disposition would lead you to believe .
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if you are an actor who can relate to the search for inner peace by dramatically depicting the lives of others onstage , then esther 's story is a compelling quest for truth .
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the film is like a series of beginnings and middles that never take off .
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a thoroughly enjoyable , heartfelt coming-of-age comedy .
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as a vehicle to savour binoche 's skill , the film is well worthwhile .
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a reality-snubbing hodgepodge .
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an unintentional parody of every teen movie made in the last five years .
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as written by michael berg and michael j . wilson from a story by wilson , this relentless , all-wise-guys-all-the-time approach tries way too hard and gets tiring in no time at all .
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its impressive images of crematorium chimney fires and stacks of dead bodies are undermined by the movie 's presentation , which is way too stagy .
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the filmmakers want nothing else than to show us a good time , and in their cheap , b movie way , they succeed .
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a terrific insider look at the star-making machinery of tinseltown .
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i 've heard that the fans of the first men in black have come away hating the second one . i wonder why . they felt like the same movie to me .
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. . . a gleefully grungy , hilariously wicked black comedy . . .
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it 's super- violent , super-serious and super-stupid .
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a must for fans of british cinema , if only because so many titans of the industry are along for the ride .
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true to its title , it traps audiences in a series of relentlessly nasty situations that we would pay a considerable ransom not to be looking at .
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plays like an unbalanced mixture of graphic combat footage and almost saccharine domestic interludes that are pure hollywood .
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this is not a retread of `` dead poets ' society . ``
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viveka seldahl and sven wollter will touch you to the core in a film you will never forget -- that you should never forget .
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sit through this one , and you wo n't need a magic watch to stop time ; your dvd player will do it for you .
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an entertaining , if somewhat standardized , action movie .
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what 's at stake in this film is nothing more than an obsolete , if irritating , notion of class .
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made by jackasses for jackasses .
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art-house to the core , read my lips is a genre-curling crime story that revives the free-wheeling noir spirit of old french cinema .
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pull [ s ] off the rare trick of recreating not only the look of a certain era , but also the feel .
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katz uses archival footage , horrifying documents of lynchings , still photographs and charming old reel-to-reel recordings of meeropol entertaining his children to create his song history , but most powerful of all is the song itself
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it 's a good film -- not a classic , but odd , entertaining and authentic .
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puts on airs of a hal hartley wannabe film -- without the vital comic ingredient of the hilarious writer-director himself .
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cho 's fans are sure to be entertained ; it 's only fair in the interest of full disclosure to say that -- on the basis of this film alone -- i 'm not one of them .
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this movie is so bad , that it 's almost worth seeing because it 's so bad .
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in terms of execution this movie is careless and unfocused .
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the kind of primal storytelling that george lucas can only dream of .
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gee , a second assassin shot kennedy ? moot point .
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it makes me feel weird / thinking about all the bad things in the world / like puppies with broken legs / and butterflies that die / and movies starring pop queens
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high crimes is a cinematic misdemeanor , a routine crime thriller remarkable only for its lack of logic and misuse of two fine actors , morgan freeman and ashley judd .
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flat , misguided comedy .
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speaks eloquently about the symbiotic relationship between art and life .
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apart from dazzling cinematography , we 've seen just about everything in blue crush in one form or the other .
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the idea is more interesting than the screenplay , which lags badly in the middle and lurches between not-very-funny comedy , unconvincing dramatics and some last-minute action strongly reminiscent of run lola run .
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gangster no . 1 is solid , satisfying fare for adults .
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the film has too many spots where it 's on slippery footing , but is acceptable entertainment for the entire family and one that 's especially fit for the kiddies .
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the story really has no place to go since simone is not realM-^Wshe ca n't provide any conflict .
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the trick when watching godard is to catch the pitch of his poetics , savor the pleasure of his sounds and images , and ponder the historical , philosophical , and ethical issues that intersect with them .
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there 's a wickedly subversive bent to the best parts of birthday girl .
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this familiar rise-and-fall tale is long on glamour and short on larger moralistic consequences , though it 's told with sharp ears and eyes for the tenor of the times .
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like the tuck family themselves , this movie just goes on and on and on and on
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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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cho 's fearless in picking apart human foibles , not afraid to lay her life bare in front of an audience . her delivery and timing are flawless .
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would n't it be funny if a bunch of allied soldiers went undercover as women in a german factory during world war ii ? um , no . but here 's a movie about it anyway .
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largely , this is a movie that also does it by the numbers .
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a fine documentary can be distinguished from a mediocre one by the better film 's ability to make its subject interesting to those who are n't part of its supposed target audience . judging by those standards , 'scratch ' is a pretty decent little documentary .
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steadfastly uncinematic but powerfully dramatic .
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the production values are up there . the use of cgi and digital ink-and-paint make the thing look really slick . the voices are fine as well . the problem , it is with most of these things , is the script .
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a perverse little truffle , dainty psychological terror on the outside with a creamy filling of familial jealousy and unrepentant domestic psychopathy .
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not since tom cruise in risky business has an actor made such a strong impression in his underwear .
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. . . contains very few laughs and even less surprises .
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may reawaken discussion of the kennedy assassination but this fictional film looks made for cable rather than for the big screen .
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a canny , derivative , wildly gruesome portrait of a london sociopath who 's the scariest of sadists .
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you wo n't look at religious fanatics -- or backyard sheds -- the same way again .
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for its 100 minutes running time , you 'll wait in vain for a movie to happen .
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charles ' entertaining film chronicles seinfeld 's return to stand-up comedy after the wrap of his legendary sitcom , alongside wannabe comic adams ' attempts to get his shot at the big time .
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a powerful , inflammatory film about religion that dares to question an ancient faith , and about hatred that offers no easy , comfortable resolution .
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the fluid motion is astounding on any number of levels -- including the physical demands made on bM-|ttner -- and it implies in its wake the intractable , irreversible flow of history .
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film ca n't quite maintain its initial momentum , but remains sporadically funny throughout .
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extremely bad .
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drama of temptation , salvation and good intentions is a thoughtful examination of faith , love and power .
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whether it 's the worst movie of 2002 , i ca n't say for sure : memories of rollerball have faded , and i skipped country bears . but this new jangle of noise , mayhem and stupidity must be a serious contender for the title .
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. . . too dull to enjoy .
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with an unusual protagonist ( a kilt-wearing jackson ) and subject matter , the improbable `` formula 51 `` is somewhat entertaining , but it could have been much stronger .
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