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cletis is playful but highly studied and dependent for its success on a patient viewer . | 1 |
occasionally , in the course of reviewing art-house obscurities and slam-bam action flicks , a jaded critic smacks into something truly new . | 1 |
if you 're not a prepubescent girl , you 'll be laughing at britney spears ' movie-starring debut whenever it does n't have you impatiently squinting at your watch . | 0 |
a very well-meaning movie , and it will stand in future years as an eloquent memorial to the world trade center tragedy . | 1 |
extreme oops - oops , ops , no matter how you spell it , it 's still a mistake to go see it . | 0 |
trivial where it should be profound , and hyper-cliched where it should be sincere . | 0 |
has the feel of an unedited personal journal . | 0 |
it 's fitting that a movie as artificial and soulless as the country bears owes its genesis to an animatronic display at disneyland . | 0 |
rates an 'e ' for effort -- and a 'b ' for boring . | 0 |
runs on the pure adrenalin of pacino 's performance . | 1 |
polished korean political-action film is just as good -- and bad -- as hollywood action epics . is this progress ? | 1 |
muddled , trashy and incompetent | 0 |
the biggest problem with this movie is that it 's not nearly long enough . | 1 |
a depressing confirmation of everything those of us who do n't object to the description `` unelected `` have suspected all along : george w . bush is an incurious , uncharismatic , overgrown frat boy with a mean streak a mile wide . | 1 |
too timid to bring a sense of closure to an ugly chapter of the twentieth century . | 0 |
starts slowly , but adrien brody M-^V in the title role M-^V helps make the film 's conclusion powerful and satisfying . | 1 |
becomes a bit of a mishmash : a tearjerker that does n't and a thriller that wo n't . | 0 |
this goofy gangster yarn never really elevates itself from being yet another earnestly generic crime-busting comic vehicle -- a well-intentioned remake that shows some spunk and promise but fails to register as anything distinctive or daring | 0 |
a live-wire film that never loses its ability to shock and amaze . | 1 |
so putrid it is not worth the price of the match that should be used to burn every print of the film . | 0 |
like the chelsea 's denizens . . . burdette 's collage-form scenario tends to over-romanticize the spiritual desolation of the struggling artiste . | 0 |
like a bad improvisation exercise , the superficially written characters ramble on tediously about their lives , loves and the art they 're struggling to create . | 0 |
the essential problem in orange county is that , having created an unusually vivid set of characters worthy of its strong cast , the film flounders when it comes to giving them something to do . | 0 |
earnest and heartfelt but undernourished and plodding . | 0 |
pretty darn good , despite its smarty-pants aura . | 1 |
the only way this supernatural snore-fest could give anyone a case of the frights is if they were put to sleep by the movie and had a nightmare . | 0 |
nearly surreal , dabbling in french , this is no simple movie , and you 'll be taking a risk if you choose to see it . i enjoyed the ride ( bumps and all ) , creamy depth , and ultimate theme . | 1 |
more of an intriguing curiosity than a gripping thriller . | 0 |
skillful as he is , mr . shyamalan is undone by his pretensions . | 0 |
what happens when something goes bump in the night and nobody cares ? | 0 |
a comedy that swings and jostles to the rhythms of life . | 1 |
every moment crackles with tension , and by the end of the flick , you 're on the edge of your seat . | 1 |
astonishingly skillful and moving . . . it could become a historically significant work as well as a masterfully made one . | 1 |
a model of what films like this should be like . | 1 |
despite the long running time , the pace never feels slack -- there 's no scene that screams `` bathroom break ! `` | 1 |
when it 's all wet , blue crush is highly enjoyable . when it 's on dry land , though , this surfer-girl melodrama starts gasping like a beached grouper . | 0 |
by turns very dark and very funny . | 1 |
one regards reign of fire with awe . what a vast enterprise has been marshaled in the service of such a minute idea . | 0 |
this is one of the rarest kinds of films : a family-oriented non-disney film that is actually funny without hitting below the belt . | 1 |
its director 's most substantial feature for some time . | 1 |
director andrew niccol . . . demonstrates a wry understanding of the quirks of fame . his healthy sense of satire is light and fun . . . . | 1 |
a cross between blow and boyz n the hood , this movie strives to be more , but does n't quite get there . good performances keep it from being a total rehash . | 0 |
the film has a laundry list of minor shortcomings , but the numerous scenes of gory mayhem are worth the price of admission . . . if `` gory mayhem `` is your idea of a good time . | 1 |
does not go far enough in its humor or stock ideas to stand out as particularly memorable or even all that funny . | 0 |
a delightful stimulus for the optic nerves , so much that it 's forgivable that the plot feels like every other tale of a totalitarian tomorrow . | 1 |
all the movie 's narrative gymnastics ca n't disguise the fact that it 's inauthentic at its core and that its story just is n't worth telling . | 0 |
as it turns out , you can go home again . | 1 |
it winds up moving in many directions as it searches ( vainly , i think ) for something fresh to say . | 0 |
[ sen 's ] soap opera-ish approach undermines his good intentions . | 0 |
why make a documentary about these marginal historical figures ? would n't one about their famous dad , author of death in venice , etc . , be more valuable ? | 0 |
fast and funny , an action cartoon that 's suspenseful enough for older kids but not too scary for the school-age crowd . | 1 |
a cheap scam put together by some cynical creeps at revolution studios and imagine entertainment to make the suckers out there surrender $ 9 and 93 minutes of unrecoverable life . | 0 |
has all the right elements but completely fails to gel together . | 0 |
[ a ] devastatingly powerful and astonishingly vivid holocaust drama . | 1 |
beautifully shot , delicately scored and powered by a set of heartfelt performances , it 's a lyrical endeavour . | 1 |
one ca n't deny its seriousness and quality . | 1 |
`` the road paved with good intentions leads to the video store `` | 0 |
i walked away from this new version of e . t . just as i hoped i would -- with moist eyes . | 1 |
the film 's real appeal wo n't be to clooney fans or adventure buffs , but to moviegoers who enjoy thinking about compelling questions with no easy answers . | 1 |
the magic of the film lies not in the mysterious spring but in the richness of its performances . | 1 |
narc can only remind us of brilliant crime dramas without becoming one itself . | 0 |
passions , obsessions , and loneliest dark spots are pushed to their most virtuous limits , lending the narrative an unusually surreal tone . | 1 |
. . . tackling a low-budget movie in which inexperienced children play the two main characters might not be the best way to cut your teeth in the film industry . | 0 |
anyone who suffers through this film deserves , at the very least , a big box of consolation candy . | 0 |
if we 're to slap protagonist genevieve leplouff because she 's french , do we have that same option to slap her creators because they 're clueless and inept ? | 0 |
drumline ably captures the complicated relationships in a marching band . | 1 |
demands too much of most viewers . | 0 |
the structure is simple , but in its own way , rabbit-proof fence is a quest story as grand as the lord of the rings . | 1 |
earnest but heavy-handed . | 0 |
terrible . | 0 |
the film does n't show enough of the creative process or even of what was created for the non-fan to figure out what makes wilco a big deal . | 0 |
ian holm conquers france as an earthy napoleon | 1 |
the humor is n't as sharp , the effects not as innovative , nor the story as imaginative as in the original . but it could have been worse . | 0 |
the more kevin costner rests on his pretty-boy laurels , the public is , regrettably , going to have tepid films like dragonfly tossed at them . | 0 |
a well-made and often lovely depiction of the mysteries of friendship . | 1 |
trying to figure out the rules of the country bear universe -- when are bears bears and when are they like humans , only hairier -- would tax einstein 's brain . | 0 |
offers a clear-eyed chronicle of a female friendship that is more complex and honest than anything represented in a hollywood film . | 1 |
choppy editing and too many repetitive scenes spoil what could have been an important documentary about stand-up comedy . | 0 |
hey arnold ! the movie could have been made 40 years ago , and parents ' appreciation of it may depend on whether they consider that a good thing . | 0 |
it 's no lie -- big fat liar is a real charmer . | 1 |
low rent from frame one . | 0 |
[ chaiken 's ] talent lies in an evocative , accurate observation of a distinctive milieu and in the lively , convincing dialogue she creates for her characters . | 1 |
[ i ] t 's certainly laudable that the movie deals with hot-button issues in a comedic context , but barbershop is n't as funny as it should be . | 0 |
a gob of drivel so sickly sweet , even the eager consumers of moore 's pasteurized ditties will retch it up like rancid crM-hme brM- { lM-ie . | 0 |
[ p ] artnering murphy with robert de niro for the tv-cops comedy showtime would seem to be surefire casting . the catch is that they 're stuck with a script that prevents them from firing on all cylinders . | 0 |
. . . a rich and intelligent film that uses its pulpy core conceit to probe questions of attraction and interdependence and how the heart accomodates practical needs . it is an unstinting look at a collaboration between damaged people that may or may not qual | 1 |
even if invincible is not quite the career peak that the pianist is for roman polanski , it demonstrates that werner herzog can still leave us with a sense of wonder at the diverse , marvelously twisted shapes history has taken . | 1 |
merchant has n't directed this movie so much as produced it -- like sausage . | 0 |
when [ de palma 's ] bad , he 's really bad , and femme fatale ranks with the worst he has done . | 0 |
[ e ] ventually , every idea in this film is flushed down the latrine of heroism . | 0 |
what makes the movie a comedy is the way it avoids the more serious emotions involved . | 1 |
a classy item by a legend who may have nothing left to prove but still has the chops and drive to show how its done . | 1 |
'all in all , reign of fire will be a good ( successful ) rental . ' | 0 |
with little visible talent and no energy , colin hanks is in bad need of major acting lessons and maybe a little coffee . | 0 |
the characters are so generic and the plot so bland that even as rogue cia assassins working for chris cooper 's agency boss close in on the resourceful amnesiac , we do n't feel much for damon/bourne or his predicament . | 0 |
an exhilarating serving of movie fluff . | 1 |
it 's a bad sign when you 're rooting for the film to hurry up and get to its subjects ' deaths just so the documentary will be over , but it 's indicative of how uncompelling the movie is unless it happens to cover your particular area of interest . | 0 |
the problem is n't that the movie hits so close to home so much as that it hits close to home while engaging in such silliness as that snake-down-the-throat business and the inevitable shot of schwarzenegger outrunning a fireball . | 0 |
any movie this boring should be required to have ushers in the theater that hand you a cup of coffee every few minutes . like a marathon runner trying to finish a race , you need a constant influx of liquid just to get through it . | 0 |
every so often a movie comes along that confirms one 's worse fears about civilization as we know it . the new guy is one of them . | 0 |
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