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it 's so downbeat and nearly humorless that it becomes a chore to sit through -- despite some first-rate performances by its lead . | 0 |
a dim-witted and lazy spin-off of the animal planet documentary series , crocodile hunter is entertainment opportunism at its most glaring . | 0 |
gooding and coburn are both oscar winners , a fact which , as you watch them clumsily mugging their way through snow dogs , seems inconceivable . | 0 |
murder by numbers just does n't add up . | 0 |
lacks the inspiration of the original and has a bloated plot that stretches the running time about 10 minutes past a child 's interest and an adult 's patience . but it also has many of the things that made the first one charming . | 1 |
. . . a light , yet engrossing piece . lux , now in her eighties , does a great combination act as narrator , jewish grandmother and subject M-^V taking us through a film that is part biography , part entertainment and part history . | 1 |
while surprisingly sincere , this average little story is adorned with some awesome action photography and surfing . | 1 |
. . . is funny in the way that makes you ache with sadness ( the way chekhov is funny ) , profound without ever being self-important , warm without ever succumbing to sentimentality . | 1 |
what i saw , i enjoyed . | 1 |
you can practically smell the patchouli oil . | 0 |
you get the impression that writer and director burr steers knows the territory . . . but his sense of humor has yet to lose the smug self-satisfaction usually associated with the better private schools . | 0 |
sure , it 's more of the same , but as the film proves , that 's not always a bad thing . | 1 |
some of seagal 's action pictures are guilty pleasures , but this one is so formulaic that it seems to be on auto-pilot . | 0 |
ultimately , jane learns her place as a girl , softens up and loses some of the intensity that made her an interesting character to begin with . | 0 |
a high-minded snoozer . | 0 |
the ending does leave you unfulfilled , but these are performances to enjoy in a memorable ensemble piece . | 1 |
no matter how firmly director john stainton has his tongue in his cheek , the fact remains that a wacky concept does not a movie make . | 0 |
the film makes a tragic error by going on for too long , trying to mirror every subsequent event in chinese history : war , revolution , communism , etc . | 0 |
windtalkers is shapelessly gratifying , the kind of movie that invites you to pick apart its faults even as you have to admit that somehow it hit you where you live . | 1 |
[ leigh ] has a true talent for drawing wrenching performances from his actors ( improvised over many months ) and for conveying the way tiny acts of kindness make ordinary life survivable . | 1 |
the film fits into a genre that has been overexposed , redolent of a thousand cliches , and yet remains uniquely itself , vibrant with originality . | 1 |
skillfully weaves both the elements of the plot and a powerfully evocative mood combining heated sexuality with a haunting sense of malaise . | 1 |
liotta put on 30 pounds for the role , and has completely transformed himself from his smooth , goodfellas image . | 1 |
girlfriends are bad , wives are worse and babies are the kiss of death in this bitter italian comedy . | 0 |
a perceptive , good-natured movie . | 1 |
twenty years later , reggio still knows how to make a point with poetic imagery , but his ability to startle has been stifled by the very prevalence of the fast-forward technology that he so stringently takes to task . | 0 |
[ a ] n utterly charming and hilarious film that reminded me of the best of the disney comedies from the 60s . | 1 |
while locals will get a kick out of spotting cleveland sites , the rest of the world will enjoy a fast-paced comedy with quirks that might make the award-winning coen brothers envious . | 1 |
the moviegoing equivalent of going to a dinner party and being forced to watch the host and hostess 's home video of their baby 's birth . | 0 |
perfectly enjoyable , instantly forgettable , nothing to write home about . | 0 |
potty-mouthed enough for pg-13 , yet not as hilariously raunchy as south park , this strangely schizo cartoon seems suited neither to kids or adults . | 0 |
without heavy-handedness , dong provides perspective with his intelligent grasp of human foibles and contradictions . | 1 |
staggers between flaccid satire and what is supposed to be madcap farce . | 0 |
candid and comfortable ; a film that deftly balances action and reflection as it lets you grasp and feel the passion others have for their work . | 1 |
the moral shrapnel and mental shellshock will linger long after this film has ended . | 1 |
ferrara 's strongest and most touching movie of recent years . | 1 |
the title not only describes its main characters , but the lazy people behind the camera as well . | 0 |
it wo n't hold up over the long haul , but in the moment , finch 's tale provides the forgettable pleasures of a saturday matinee . | 1 |
has all the scenic appeal of a cesspool . | 0 |
mildly entertaining . | 0 |
you could nap for an hour and not miss a thing . | 0 |
for all its technical virtuosity , the film is so mired in juvenile and near-xenophobic pedagogy that it 's enough to make one pine for the day when godard can no longer handle the rigors of filmmaking . | 0 |
despite what anyone believes about the goal of its makers , the show . . . represents a spectacular piece of theater , and there 's no denying the talent of the creative forces behind it . | 1 |
not too far below the gloss you can still feel director denis villeneuve 's beating heart and the fondness he has for his characters . | 1 |
a warm but realistic meditation on friendship , family and affection . | 1 |
if you 're a fan of the series you 'll love it and probably want to see it twice . i will be . | 1 |
plays like one of those conversations that comic book guy on `` the simpsons `` has . | 0 |
two hours fly by -- opera 's a pleasure when you do n't have to endure intermissions -- and even a novice to the form comes away exhilarated . | 1 |
. . . lacks the punch and verve needed to make this genre soar . | 0 |
it 's not thirsty , consuming passion which drives this movie . no , it 's the repetition of said behavior , and so children of the century is more mindless love than mad , more grating and boring than anything else . | 0 |
why , you may ask , why should you buy the movie milk when the tv cow is free ? there 's no good answer to that one . | 0 |
there 's a vastness implied in metropolis that is just breathtaking . | 1 |
the character is too forced and overwritten to be funny or believable much of the time , and clayburgh does n't always improve the over-the-top mix . | 0 |
the movie has a soft , percolating magic , a deadpan suspense . | 1 |
the only thing in pauline and paulette that you have n't seen before is a scene featuring a football field-sized oriental rug crafted out of millions of vibrant flowers . | 0 |
lucky break is perfectly inoffensive and harmless , but it 's also drab and inert . | 0 |
though harris is affecting at times , he can not overcome the sense that pumpkin is a mere plot pawn for two directors with far less endearing disabilities . | 0 |
the ending is a cop-out . what happens to john q ? i do n't have an i am sam clue . | 0 |
despite an overwrought ending , the film works as well as it does because of the performances . | 1 |
this remake of lina wertmuller 's 1975 eroti-comedy might just be the biggest husband-and-wife disaster since john and bo derek made the ridiculous bolero . | 0 |
this quiet , introspective and entertaining independent is worth seeking . | 1 |
if the movie were all comedy , it might work better . but it has an ambition to say something about its subjects , but not a willingness . | 0 |
must be seen to be believed . | 1 |
the filmmakers skillfully evoke the sense of menace that nature holds for many urban dwellers . | 1 |
rock 's stand-up magic wanes . hopkins , squarely fills the screen . action - mechanical . | 0 |
superb production values & christian bale 's charisma make up for a derivative plot . | 1 |
a great ensemble cast ca n't lift this heartfelt enterprise out of the familiar . | 0 |
the immersive powers of the giant screen and its hyper-realistic images are put to perfect use in the breathtakingly beautiful outer-space documentary space station 3d . | 1 |
there is a subversive element to this disney cartoon , providing unexpected fizzability . | 1 |
this is really just another genre picture . | 0 |
if mostly martha is mostly unsurprising , it 's still a sweet , even delectable diversion . | 1 |
largely a for-fans artifact . | 0 |
an engrossing iranian film about two itinerant teachers and some lost and desolate people they encounter in a place where war has savaged the lives and liberties of the poor and the dispossessed . | 1 |
rashomon-for-dipsticks tale . | 0 |
there are plot holes big enough for shamu the killer whale to swim through . | 0 |
. . . gripping and handsome execution , ( but ) there is n't much about k-19 that 's unique or memorable . | 1 |
essentially , the film is weak on detail and strong on personality | 0 |
shame on writer/director vicente aranda for making a florid biopic about mad queens , obsessive relationships , and rampant adultery so dull . | 0 |
bad beyond belief and ridiculous beyond description . | 0 |
it 's a wonderful , sobering , heart-felt drama . | 1 |
a stylistic romp that 's always fun to watch . | 1 |
if you 're not fans of the adventues of steve and terri , you should avoid this like the dreaded king brown snake . personally , i 'd rather watch them on the animal planet . | 0 |
the son of the bride 's humour is born out of an engaging storyline , which also is n't embarrassed to make you reach for the tissues . this movie is to be cherished . | 1 |
predictable storyline and by-the-book scripting is all but washed away by sumptuous ocean visuals and the cinematic stylings of director john stockwell . | 1 |
all movie long , city by the sea swings from one approach to the other , but in the end , it stays in formula -- which is a waste of de niro , mcdormand and the other good actors in the cast . | 0 |
ice cube is n't quite out of ripe screwball ideas , but friday after next spreads them pretty thin . | 0 |
the movie is well crafted , and well executed . if you 're paying attention , the `` big twists `` are pretty easy to guess - but that does n't make the movie any less entertaining . | 1 |
uncertain in tone . . . a garbled exercise in sexual politics , a junior varsity short cuts by way of very bad things . | 0 |
mindless and boring martial arts and gunplay with too little excitement and zero compelling storyline . | 0 |
fudges fact and fancy with such confidence that we feel as if we 're seeing something purer than the real thing . | 1 |
serry does a fine job of capturing the climate of the times and , perhaps unwittingly , relating it to what is happening in america in 2002 . but hard-to-believe plot twists force the movie off track in its final half hour . | 0 |
director george hickenlooper has had some success with documentaries , but here his sense of story and his juvenile camera movements smack of a film school undergrad , and his maudlin ending might not have gotten him into film school in the first place . | 0 |
the only type of lives this glossy comedy-drama resembles are ones in formulaic mainstream movies . | 0 |
overall very good for what it 's trying to do . | 1 |
beyond a handful of mildly amusing lines . . . there just is n't much to laugh at . | 0 |
it almost feels as if the movie is more interested in entertaining itself than in amusing us . | 0 |
a lean , deftly shot , well-acted , weirdly retro thriller that recalls a raft of '60s and '70s european-set spy pictures . | 1 |
it 's mostly a pleasure to watch . and the reason for that is a self-aware , often self-mocking , intelligence . | 1 |
a serviceable euro-trash action extravaganza , with a decent sense of humor and plenty of things that go boom M-^W handguns , bmws and seaside chateaus . | 1 |
the phone rings and a voice tells you you 've got seven days left to live . then you get another phone call warning you that if the video is n't back at blockbuster before midnight , you 're going to face frightening late fees . o . k . , not really . | 0 |
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