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poetic , heartbreaking . | 1 |
van wilder brings a whole new meaning to the phrase 'comedy gag . ' at least one scene is so disgusting that viewers may be hard pressed to retain their lunch . | 0 |
it might be tempting to regard mr . andrew and his collaborators as oddballs , but mr . earnhart 's quizzical , charming movie allows us to see them , finally , as artists . | 1 |
boyd 's screenplay ( co-written with guardian hack nick davies ) has a florid turn of phrase that owes more to guy ritchie than the bard of avon . | 0 |
it arrives with an impeccable pedigree , mongrel pep , and almost indecipherable plot complications . | 1 |
this is a startling film that gives you a fascinating , albeit depressing view of iranian rural life close to the iraqi border . | 1 |
mattei 's underdeveloped effort here is nothing but a convenient conveyor belt of brooding personalities that parade about as if they were coming back from stock character camp -- a drowsy drama infatuated by its own pretentious self-examination . | 0 |
by turns gripping , amusing , tender and heart-wrenching , laissez-passer has all the earmarks of french cinema at its best . | 1 |
bread , my sweet has so many flaws it would be easy for critics to shred it . it may even fall into the category of films you love to hate . i admit it , i hate to like it . | 0 |
digital-video documentary about stand-up comedians is a great glimpse into a very different world . | 1 |
there 's not much more to this adaptation of the nick hornby novel than charm -- effortless , pleasurable , featherweight charm . | 1 |
with the same sort of good-natured fun found in films like tremors , eight legged freaks is prime escapist fare . | 1 |
egoyan 's work often elegantly considers various levels of reality and uses shifting points of view , but here he has constructed a film so labyrinthine that it defeats his larger purpose . | 0 |
my wife is an actress works as well as it does because [ the leads ] are such a companionable couple . | 1 |
an unflinching , complex portrait of a modern israel that is rarely seen on-screen . | 1 |
it will make you think twice about what might be going on inside each trailer park you drive past -- even if it chiefly inspires you to drive a little faster . | 1 |
happily for mr . chin -- though unhappily for his subjects -- the invisible hand of the marketplace wrote a script that no human screenwriter could have hoped to match . | 1 |
birthday girl does n't try to surprise us with plot twists , but rather seems to enjoy its own transparency . | 1 |
the best part about `` gangs `` was daniel day-lewis . | 1 |
an escapist confection that 's pure entertainment . | 1 |
best enjoyed as a work of fiction inspired by real-life events . those seeking a definitive account of eisenstein 's life would do better elsewhere . | 1 |
for the most part , it 's a work of incendiary genius , steering clear of knee-jerk reactions and quick solutions . | 1 |
a little better than sorcerer 's stone . | 1 |
entertainment more disposable than hanna-barbera 's half-hour cartoons ever were . | 0 |
the film fearlessly gets under the skin of the people involved . . . this makes it not only a detailed historical document , but an engaging and moving portrait of a subculture . | 1 |
parker updates the setting in an attempt to make the film relevant today , without fully understanding what it was that made the story relevant in the first place . | 0 |
directed by kevin bray , whose crisp framing , edgy camera work , and wholesale ineptitude with acting , tone and pace very obviously mark him as a video helmer making his feature debut . | 0 |
ambitious , unsettling psychodrama that takes full , chilling advantage of its rough-around-the-edges , low-budget constraints . | 1 |
nicely combines the enigmatic features of 'memento ' with the hallucinatory drug culture of 'requiem for a dream . ' | 1 |
the movie is hardly a masterpiece , but it does mark ms . bullock 's best work in some time . | 1 |
attal mixes comedy with a serious exploration of ego and jealousy within a seemingly serene marriage . | 1 |
the obnoxious special effects , the obligatory outbursts of flatulence and the incessant , so-five-minutes-ago pop music on the soundtrack overwhelm what is left of the scruffy , dopey old hanna-barbera charm . | 0 |
a realistically terrifying movie that puts another notch in the belt of the long list of renegade-cop tales . | 1 |
old-fashioned but thoroughly satisfying entertainment . | 1 |
clint eastwood 's blood work is a lot like a well-made pb & j sandwich : familiar , fairly uneventful and boasting no real surprises but still quite tasty and inviting all the same . | 1 |
[ an ] absorbing documentary . | 1 |
fine acting but there is no sense of connecting the dots , just dots . | 1 |
falters when it takes itself too seriously and when it depends too heavily on its otherwise talented cast to clown in situations that are n't funny . | 0 |
may not have generated many sparks , but with his affection for astoria and its people he has given his tale a warm glow . | 1 |
i encourage young and old alike to go see this unique and entertaining twist on the classic whale 's tale -- you wo n't be sorry ! | 1 |
sandra bullock and hugh grant make a great team , but this predictable romantic comedy should get a pink slip . | 0 |
take away all the cliches and the carbon copy scenes from every drug movie we 've seen and all you have left are john leguizamo 's cool jackets . | 0 |
a beautiful , entertaining two hours . you get the idea , though , that kapur intended the film to be more than that . | 1 |
the movie should be credited with remembering his victims . | 1 |
a fast-paced , glitzy but extremely silly piece . | 0 |
crossroads feels like a teenybopper ed wood film , replete with the pubescent scandalous innuendo and the high-strung but flaccid drama . | 0 |
the more you think about the movie , the more you will probably like it . | 1 |
seemingly disgusted with the lazy material and the finished product 's unshapely look , director fisher stevens inexplicably dips key moments from the film in waking life water colors . | 0 |
the movie , while beautiful , feels labored , with a hint of the writing exercise about it . | 0 |
it has more than a few moments that are insightful enough to be fondly remembered in the endlessly challenging maze of moviegoing . | 1 |
an experience so engrossing it is like being buried in a new environment . | 1 |
impostor does n't do much with its template , despite a remarkably strong cast . | 0 |
a tale of horror and revenge that is nearly perfect in its relentless descent to the depths of one man 's tortured soul . | 1 |
what makes the film special is the refreshingly unhibited enthusiasm that the people , in spite of clearly evident poverty and hardship , bring to their music . | 1 |
there 's no mistaking the fact that this hybrid misses the impact of the disney classic , and even that of the excellent 1934 mgm version . | 0 |
it 's mighty tedious for the viewer who has to contend with unpleasant characters , hit-and-miss performances and awkwardly staged scenes . | 0 |
the film is a very good viewing alternative for young women . | 1 |
it 's a brilliant , honest performance by nicholson , but the film is an agonizing bore except when the fantastic kathy bates turns up . bravado kathy ! | 0 |
oliveira seems to pursue silent film representation with every mournful composition . | 1 |
a real audience-pleaser that will strike a chord with anyone who 's ever waited in a doctor 's office , emergency room , hospital bed or insurance company office . | 1 |
the story alone could force you to scratch a hole in your head . | 0 |
tedious norwegian offering which somehow snagged an oscar nomination . | 0 |
i know we 're not supposed to take it seriously , but i ca n't shake the thought that undercover brother missed an opportunity to strongly present some profound social commentary . | 0 |
the character of zigzag is not sufficiently developed to support a film constructed around him . | 0 |
chan 's stunts are limited and so embellished by editing that there 's really not much of a sense of action or even action-comedy . | 0 |
i think it was plato who said , 'i think , therefore i know better than to rush to the theatre for this one . ' | 0 |
not only does leblanc make one spectacularly ugly-looking broad , but he appears miserable throughout as he swaggers through his scenes . | 0 |
an operatic , sprawling picture that 's entertainingly acted , magnificently shot and gripping enough to sustain most of its 170-minute length . | 1 |
at least it 's a fairly impressive debut from the director , charles stone iii . | 0 |
a well made indieflick in need of some trims and a more chemistry between its stars . | 0 |
super troopers is an odd amalgam of comedy genres , existing somewhere between the often literal riffs of early zucker brothers/abrahams films , and the decidedly foul stylings of their post-modern contemporaries , the farrelly brothers . | 0 |
equal parts bodice-ripper and plodding costume drama . | 0 |
there 's something fundamental missing from this story : something or someone to care about . | 0 |
hilarious , touching and wonderfully dyspeptic . | 1 |
a good-looking but ultimately pointless political thriller with plenty of action and almost no substance . | 0 |
dripping with cliche and bypassing no opportunity to trivialize the material . | 0 |
more vaudeville show than well-constructed narrative , but on those terms it 's inoffensive and actually rather sweet . | 1 |
benigni presents himself as the boy puppet pinocchio , complete with receding hairline , weathered countenance and american breckin meyer 's ridiculously inappropriate valley boy voice . | 0 |
the concert footage is stirring , the recording sessions are intriguing , and -- on the way to striking a blow for artistic integrity -- this quality band may pick up new admirers . | 1 |
while the performances are often engaging , this loose collection of largely improvised numbers would probably have worked better as a one-hour tv documentary . | 0 |
while somewhat less than it might have been , the film is a good one , and you 've got to hand it to director george clooney for biting off such a big job the first time out . | 1 |
there 's really only one good idea in this movie , but the director runs with it and presents it with an unforgettable visual panache . | 1 |
remember back when thrillers actually thrilled ? when the twist endings were actually surprising ? when the violence actually shocked ? when the heroes were actually under 40 ? sadly , as blood work proves , that was a long , long time ago . | 0 |
dull and mechanical , kinda like a very goofy museum exhibit | 0 |
i wish windtalkers had had more faith in the dramatic potential of this true story . this would have been better than the fiction it has concocted , and there still could have been room for the war scenes . | 0 |
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 . | 1 |
unfortunately , carvey 's rubber-face routine is no match for the insipid script he has crafted with harris goldberg . | 0 |
. . . standard guns versus martial arts cliche with little new added . | 0 |
bogdanovich taps deep into the hearst mystique , entertainingly reenacting a historic scandal . | 1 |
basically , it 's pretty but dumb . | 0 |
if director michael dowse only superficially understands his characters , he does n't hold them in contempt . | 1 |
highlights are the terrific performances by christopher plummer , as the prime villain , and nathan lane as vincent crummles , the eccentric theater company manager . | 1 |
clayburgh and tambor are charming performers ; neither of them deserves eric schaeffer . | 0 |
wait for it to hit cable . | 0 |
though the film is static , its writer-director 's heart is in the right place , his plea for democracy and civic action laudable . | 1 |
some may choose to interpret the film 's end as hopeful or optimistic but i think payne is after something darker . | 1 |
a captivating new film . | 1 |
it never fails to engage us . | 1 |
a bittersweet contemporary comedy about benevolent deception , which , while it may not rival the filmmaker 's period pieces , is still very much worth seeing . | 1 |
all right , so it 's not a brilliant piece of filmmaking , but it is a funny ( sometimes hilarious ) comedy with a deft sense of humor about itself , a playful spirit and a game cast . | 1 |
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