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as simple and innocent a movie as you can imagine . this is a movie you can trust . | 1 |
a little weak -- and it is n't that funny . | 0 |
the rich performances by friel -- and especially williams , an american actress who becomes fully english -- round out the square edges . | 1 |
claude chabrol 's camera has a way of gently swaying back and forth as it cradles its characters , veiling tension beneath otherwise tender movements . | 1 |
ostensibly celebrates middle-aged girl power , even as it presents friendship between women as pathetic , dysfunctional and destructive . | 0 |
should have gone straight to video . it looks like an action movie , but it 's so poorly made , on all levels , that it does n't even qualify as a spoof of such . | 0 |
[ hayek ] throws herself into this dream hispanic role with a teeth-clenching gusto , she strikes a potent chemistry with molina and she gradually makes us believe she is kahlo . | 1 |
the movie barely makes sense , with its unbelievable naM-ovetM-i and arbitrary flashbacks . | 0 |
too much of nemesis has a tired , talky feel . | 0 |
in theory , a middle-aged romance pairing clayburgh and tambor sounds promising , but in practice it 's something else altogether -- clownish and offensive and nothing at all like real life . | 0 |
even if the enticing prospect of a lot of nubile young actors in a film about campus depravity did n't fade amid the deliberate , tiresome ugliness , it would be rendered tedious by avary 's failure to construct a story with even a trace of dramatic interest . | 0 |
there is so much plodding sensitivity . | 0 |
about the best thing you could say about narc is that it 's a rock-solid little genre picture . whether you like it or not is basically a matter of taste . | 1 |
. . . certainly an entertaining ride , despite many talky , slow scenes . but something seems to be missing . a sense of real magic , perhaps . | 1 |
by the time the surprise ending is revealed , interest can not be revived . | 0 |
as action-adventure , this space-based homage to robert louis stevenson 's treasure island fires on all plasma conduits . | 1 |
elvira fans could hardly ask for more . | 1 |
. . . one of the most ingenious and entertaining thrillers i 've seen in quite a long time . | 1 |
both shrill and soporific , and because everything is repeated five or six times , it can seem tiresomely simpleminded . | 0 |
passionate , irrational , long-suffering but cruel as a tarantula , helga figures prominently in this movie , and helps keep the proceedings as funny for grown-ups as for rugrats . | 1 |
. . . wise and elegiac . . . | 1 |
grenier is terrific , bringing an unforced , rapid-fire delivery to toback 's heidegger- and nietzsche-referencing dialogue . | 1 |
nettelbeck . . . has a pleasing way with a metaphor . | 1 |
his [ nelson 's ] screenplay needs some serious re-working to show more of the dilemma , rather than have his characters stage shouting matches about it . | 0 |
the characters are paper thin and the plot is so cliched and contrived that it makes your least favorite james bond movie seem as cleverly plotted as the usual suspects . | 0 |
goyer 's screenplay and direction are thankfully understated , and he has drawn excellent performances from his cast . | 1 |
dialogue-heavy and too cerebral for its own good -- or , at any rate , too cerebral for its racy subject matter . | 0 |
every once in a while , a movie will come along that turns me into that annoying specimen of humanity that i usually dread encountering the most - the fanboy | 1 |
the thrill is ( long ) gone . | 0 |
like the world of his film , hartley created a monster but did n't know how to handle it . | 0 |
miyazaki is one of world cinema 's most wondrously gifted artists and storytellers . | 1 |
although tender and touching , the movie would have benefited from a little more dramatic tension and some more editing . | 1 |
de niro may enjoy the same free ride from critics afforded to clint eastwood in the lazy bloodwork . but like bruce springsteen 's gone-to-pot asbury park , new jersey , this sad-sack waste of a movie is a city of ruins . | 0 |
there 's a disturbing 'great white hope ' undertone to the other side of heaven that subtly undermines its message of christian love and compassion . | 0 |
that is essentially what 's missing from blackboards -- the sense of something bigger , some ultimate point . | 0 |
historical dramas fused with love triangle is a well worn conceit . but this films lacks the passion required to sell the material . | 0 |
it 's a demented kitsch mess ( although the smeary digital video does match the muddled narrative ) , but it 's savvy about celebrity and has more guts and energy than much of what will open this year . | 1 |
begins like a docu-drama but builds its multi-character story with a flourish . | 1 |
often likable , but just as often it 's meandering , low on energy , and too eager to be quirky at moments when a little old-fashioned storytelling would come in handy . | 0 |
the early and middle passages are surprising in how much they engage and even touch us . this is not a classical dramatic animated feature , nor a hip , contemporary , in-jokey one . it 's sort of in-between , and it works . | 1 |
there are moments it can be heart-rending in an honest and unaffected ( and gentle ) way . | 1 |
very predictable but still entertaining | 1 |
waydowntown manages to nail the spirit-crushing ennui of denuded urban living without giving in to it . | 1 |
it 's a hoot watching the rock chomp on jumbo ants , pull an arrow out of his back , and leap unscathed through raging fire ! | 1 |
the acting by the over-25s lacks spark , with csokas particularly unconnected . | 0 |
a thoughtful and surprisingly affecting portrait of a screwed-up man who dared to mess with some powerful people , seen through the eyes of the idealistic kid who chooses to champion his ultimately losing cause . | 1 |
compared to his series of spectacular belly flops both on and off the screen , runteldat is something of a triumph . | 1 |
this directorial debut from music video show-off higuchinsky is all flash . | 0 |
this little film is so slovenly done , so primitive in technique , that it ca n't really be called animation . | 0 |
p . t . anderson understands the grandness of romance and how love is the great equalizer that can calm us of our daily ills and bring out joys in our lives that we never knew were possible . | 1 |
. . . pitiful , slapdash disaster . a doa dud from frame one . | 0 |
contains the humor , characterization , poignancy , and intelligence of a bad sitcom . | 0 |
the low-key direction is pleasingly emphatic in this properly intense , claustrophobic tale of obsessive love . | 1 |
this masterfully calibrated psychological thriller thrives on its taut performances and creepy atmosphere even if the screenplay falls somewhat short . | 1 |
they do a good job of painting this family dynamic for the audience but they tried to squeeze too many elements into the film . | 0 |
combines improbable melodrama ( gored bullfighters , comatose ballerinas ) with subtly kinky bedside vigils and sensational denouements , and yet at the end , we are undeniably touched . | 1 |
for those of an indulgent , slightly sunbaked and summery mind , sex and lucia may well prove diverting enough . | 1 |
without a fresh infusion of creativity , 4ever is neither a promise nor a threat so much as wishful thinking . | 0 |
this is unusual , food-for-thought cinema that 's as entertaining as it is instructive . | 1 |
all the queen 's men is a throwback war movie that fails on so many levels , it should pay reparations to viewers . | 0 |
a compassionate , moving portrait of an american ( and an america ) always reaching for something just outside his grasp . | 1 |
this is very much of a mixed bag , with enough negatives to outweigh the positives . | 0 |
rosenthal ( halloween ii ) seems to have forgotten everything he ever knew about generating suspense . | 0 |
like leafing through an album of photos accompanied by the sketchiest of captions . | 0 |
it 's got the brawn , but not the brains . | 0 |
it 's not original , and , robbed of the element of surprise , it does n't have any huge laughs in its story of irresponsible cops who love to play pranks . | 0 |
unlike the speedy wham-bam effect of most hollywood offerings , character development -- and more importantly , character empathy -- is at the heart of italian for beginners . | 1 |
you know that ten bucks you 'd spend on a ticket ? just send it to cranky . we do n't get paid enough to sit through crap like this . | 0 |
. . . a solid , unassuming drama . | 1 |
strip it of all its excess debris , and you 'd have a 90-minute , four-star movie . as it is , it 's too long and unfocused . | 1 |
there is a beautiful , aching sadness to it all . paul cox needed to show it . it is up to you to decide if you need to see it . | 1 |
. . . silly humbuggery . . . | 0 |
among the year 's most intriguing explorations of alientation . | 1 |
the screenplay comes across , rather unintentionally , as hip-hop scooby-doo . | 0 |
the whole damn thing is ripe for the jerry springer crowd . it 's all pretty cynical and condescending , too . | 0 |
an imaginative comedy/thriller . | 1 |
this is a sincerely crafted picture that deserves to emerge from the traffic jam of holiday movies . | 1 |
one of those based-on-truth stories that persuades you , with every scene , that it could never really have happened this way . | 0 |
a captivating and intimate study about dying and loving . . . | 1 |
a noble failure . | 0 |
in many ways , reminiscent of 1992 's unforgiven which also utilized the scintillating force of its actors to draw out the menace of its sparse dialogue . | 1 |
literally nothing in the pool is new , but if you grew up on the stalker flicks of the 1980 's this one should appease you for 90 minutes . | 0 |
moretti plays giovanni , a psychiatrist who predictably finds it difficult to sustain interest in his profession after the family tragedy . too predictably , in fact . | 0 |
it 's a decent glimpse into a time period , and an outcast , that is no longer accessible , but it does n't necessarily shed more light on its subject than the popular predecessor . | 0 |
a lovely film . . . elegant , witty and beneath a prim exterior unabashedly romantic . . . hugely enjoyable in its own right though not really faithful to its source 's complexity . | 1 |
cool ? this movie is a snow emergency . | 1 |
in the end , punch-drunk love is one of those films that i wanted to like much more than i actually did . sometimes , that 's enough . | 1 |
what started out as a taut contest of wills between bacon and theron , deteriorates into a protracted and borderline silly chase sequence . | 0 |
safe conduct , however ambitious and well-intentioned , fails to hit the entertainment bull's-eye . | 0 |
a true-blue delight . | 1 |
the movie is like a year late for tapping into our reality tv obsession , and even tardier for exploiting the novelty of the `` webcast . `` | 0 |
witless and utterly pointless . | 0 |
producer john penotti surveyed high school students . . . and came back with the astonishing revelation that `` they wanted to see something that did n't talk down to them . `` ignoring that , he made swimfan anyway | 0 |
the artwork is spectacular and unlike most animaton from japan , the characters move with grace and panache . | 1 |
the work of an exhausted , desiccated talent who ca n't get out of his own way . | 0 |
if you thought tom hanks was just an ordinary big-screen star , wait until you 've seen him eight stories tall . | 1 |
charming , if overly complicated . . . | 0 |
blue crush has all the trappings of an energetic , extreme-sports adventure , but ends up more of a creaky `` pretty woman `` retread , with the emphasis on self-empowering schmaltz and big-wave surfing that gives pic its title an afterthought . | 0 |
is this love or is it masochism ? binoche makes it interesting trying to find out . | 1 |
since the movie is based on a nicholas sparks best seller , you know death is lurking around the corner , just waiting to spoil things . | 0 |
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