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its maker , steven spielberg , has n't had so much fun in two decades , since he was schlepping indiana jones around the globe in search of a giant misplaced ashtray . | 1 |
if you can read the subtitles ( the opera is sung in italian ) and you like 'masterpiece theatre ' type costumes , you 'll enjoy this movie . | 1 |
i 'd have to say the star and director are the big problems here . | 0 |
the master of disguise represents adam sandler 's latest attempt to dumb down the universe . | 0 |
be prepared to cling to the edge of your seat , tense with suspense . the ring never lets you off the hook . | 1 |
secretary is not a movie about fetishism . it is a movie about passion . | 1 |
the script boasts some tart tv-insider humor , but the film has not a trace of humanity or empathy . | 0 |
this slow-moving swedish film offers not even a hint of joy , preferring to focus on the humiliation of martin as he defecates in bed and urinates on the plants at his own birthday party . | 0 |
if you 're looking for comedy to be served up , better look elsewhere . | 0 |
s1m0ne 's satire is not subtle , but it is effective . it 's a quirky , off-beat project . . . . | 1 |
[ macdowell ] ventures beyond her abilities several times here and reveals how bad an actress she is . | 0 |
i 'm sorry to say that this should seal the deal - arnold is not , nor will he be , back . | 0 |
a poignant and gently humorous parable that loves its characters and communicates something rather beautiful about human nature . | 1 |
boasts eye-catching art direction but has a forcefully quirky tone that quickly wears out its limited welcome . | 0 |
although jackson is doubtless reserving the darkest hours for the return of the king , we long for a greater sense of urgency in the here and now of the two towers . | 1 |
mr . polanski is in his element here : alone , abandoned , but still consoled by his art , which is more than he has ever revealed before about the source of his spiritual survival . | 1 |
upper west sidey exercise in narcissism and self-congratulation disguised as a tribute . | 0 |
one of the most original american productions this year , you 'll find yourself remembering this refreshing visit to a sunshine state . | 1 |
the movie , despite its rough edges and a tendency to sag in certain places , is wry and engrossing . | 1 |
[ lawrence bounces ] all over the stage , dancing , running , sweating , mopping his face and generally displaying the wacky talent that brought him fame in the first place . | 1 |
it 's been 20 years since 48 hrs . made eddie murphy a movie star and the man has n't aged a day . but his showboating wise-cracker stock persona sure is getting old . | 0 |
kids who are into this thornberry stuff will probably be in wedgie heaven . anyone else who may , for whatever reason , be thinking about going to see this movie is hereby given fair warning . | 0 |
. . . while certainly clever in spots , this too-long , spoofy update of shakespeare 's macbeth does n't sustain a high enough level of invention . | 0 |
i am more offended by his lack of faith in his audience than by anything on display here . | 1 |
a loving little film of considerable appeal . | 1 |
it takes this never-ending confusion and hatred , puts a human face on it , evokes shame among all who are party to it and even promotes understanding . | 1 |
like all great films about a life you never knew existed , it offers much to absorb and even more to think about after the final frame . | 1 |
for movie lovers as well as opera lovers , tosca is a real treat . | 1 |
writer/director alexander payne ( election ) and his co-writer jim taylor brilliantly employ their quirky and fearless ability to look american angst in the eye and end up laughing . | 1 |
the film would work much better as a video installation in a museum , where viewers would be free to leave . immediately . | 0 |
exciting and well-paced . | 1 |
what 's surprising is how well it holds up in an era in which computer-generated images are the norm . | 1 |
sparse but oddly compelling . | 1 |
a solid film . . . but more conscientious than it is truly stirring . | 0 |
davis has energy , but she does n't bother to make her heroine 's book sound convincing , the gender-war ideas original , or the comic scenes fly . | 0 |
a gem of a romantic crime comedy that turns out to be clever , amusing and unpredictable . | 1 |
lee 's achievement extends to his supple understanding of the role that brown played in american culture as an athlete , a movie star , and an image of black indomitability . | 1 |
there 's not enough here to justify the almost two hours . | 0 |
`` an entire film about researchers quietly reading dusty old letters . `` | 0 |
an unsatisfying hybrid of blair witch and typical stalk-and-slash fare , where the most conservative protagonist is always the last one living . | 0 |
the plot is nothing but boilerplate clichM-is from start to finish , and the script assumes that not only would subtlety be lost on the target audience , but that it 's also too stupid to realize that they 've already seen this exact same movie a hundred times | 0 |
there 's something poignant about an artist of 90-plus years taking the effort to share his impressions of life and loss and time and art with us . | 1 |
a very capable nailbiter . | 1 |
if you collected all the moments of coherent dialogue , they still would n't add up to the time required to boil a four- minute egg . | 0 |
enormously likable , partly because it is aware of its own grasp of the absurd . | 1 |
before it takes a sudden turn and devolves into a bizarre sort of romantic comedy , steven shainberg 's adaptation of mary gaitskill 's harrowing short story . . . is a brilliantly played , deeply unsettling experience . | 0 |
for those for whom the name woody allen was once a guarantee of something fresh , sometimes funny , and usually genuinely worthwhile , hollywood ending is a depressing experience | 0 |
cineasts will revel in those visual in-jokes , as in the film 's verbal pokes at everything from the likes of miramax chief harvey weinstein 's bluff personal style to the stylistic rigors of denmark 's dogma movement . | 1 |
if anything , the film is doing something of a public service -- shedding light on a group of extremely talented musicians who might otherwise go unnoticed and underappreciated by music fans . | 1 |
a mixed bag of a comedy that ca n't really be described as out of this world . | 0 |
an awkward and indigestible movie . | 0 |
i 've always dreamed of attending cannes , but after seeing this film , it 's not that big a deal . | 0 |
this is nothing but familiar territory . | 0 |
beneath clouds is a succinct low-budget film whose compelling characters and intelligent script are exactly what was missing from rabbit-proof fence . | 1 |
made to be jaglomized is the cannes film festival , the annual riviera spree of flesh , buzz , blab and money . the charming result is festival in cannes . | 1 |
a cellophane-pop remake of the punk classic ladies and gentlemen , the fabulous stains . . . crossroads is never much worse than bland or better than inconsequential . | 0 |
an undeniably moving film to experience , and ultimately that 's what makes it worth a recommendation . | 1 |
this is a harrowing movie about how parents know where all the buttons are , and how to push them . | 1 |
if cinema had been around to capture the chaos of france in the 1790 's , one imagines the result would look like something like this . | 1 |
a subtle variation on i spit on your grave in which our purported heroine pathologically avenges a hatred for men . | 0 |
chamber of secrets will find millions of eager fans . but if the essence of magic is its make-believe promise of life that soars above the material realm , this is the opposite of a truly magical movie . | 0 |
a swashbuckling tale of love , betrayal , revenge and above all , faith . | 1 |
the tenderness of the piece is still intact . | 1 |
not the best herzog perhaps , but unmistakably herzog . | 1 |
murder by numbers is like a couple of mediocre tv-movie -of-the-week films clumsily stuck together . | 0 |
another big , dumb action movie in the vein of xxx , the transporter is riddled with plot holes big enough for its titular hero to drive his sleek black bmw through . | 0 |
a preposterous , prurient whodunit . | 0 |
entertaining enough , but nothing new | 0 |
the picture emerges as a surprisingly anemic disappointment . | 0 |
highlighted by a gritty style and an excellent cast , it 's better than one might expect when you look at the list of movies starring ice-t in a major role . | 1 |
vividly conveys the shadow side of the 30-year friendship between two english women . | 1 |
though frodo 's quest remains unfulfilled , a hardy group of determined new zealanders has proved its creative mettle . | 1 |
a meatballs for the bare-midriff generation . | 0 |
enough trivializes an important crisis , reduces it to an almost comic embarrassment . | 0 |
almost nothing else -- raunchy and graphic as it may be in presentation -- is one-sided , outwardly sexist or mean-spirited . and in a sense , that 's a liability . | 0 |
a smart , arch and rather cold-blooded comedy . | 1 |
a moving essay about the specter of death , especially suicide . | 1 |
arguably the year 's silliest and most incoherent movie . | 0 |
remove spider-man the movie from its red herring surroundings and it 's apparent that this is one summer film that satisfies . | 1 |
'possession , ' based on the book by a . s . byatt , demands that labute deal with the subject of love head-on ; trading in his cynicism for reverence and a little wit | 1 |
at its best , it 's black hawk down with more heart . at its worst , it 's rambo- meets-john ford . | 0 |
the entire movie is filled with deja vu moments . | 0 |
what starts off as a possible argentine american beauty reeks like a room stacked with pungent flowers . | 0 |
deserves a place of honor next to nanook as a landmark in film history . | 1 |
if you can tolerate the redneck-versus-blueblood cliches that the film trades in , sweet home alabama is diverting in the manner of jeff foxworthy 's stand-up act . | 1 |
this may be the first cartoon ever to look as if it were being shown on the projection television screen of a sports bar . | 0 |
one groan-inducing familiarity begets another . | 0 |
really quite funny . | 1 |
it was a dark and stormy night . . . | 0 |
i wo n't argue with anyone who calls 'slackers ' dumb , insulting , or childish . . . but i laughed so much that i did n't mind . | 1 |
a surprisingly 'solid ' achievement by director malcolm d . lee and writer john ridley . | 1 |
shanghai ghetto may not be as dramatic as roman polanski 's the pianist , but its compassionate spirit soars every bit as high . | 1 |
the modern-day royals have nothing on these guys when it comes to scandals . it 's only in fairy tales that princesses that are married for political reason live happily ever after . | 1 |
knows how to make our imagination wonder . | 1 |
nonsensical , dull `` cyber-horror `` flick is a grim , hollow exercise in flat scares and bad acting . | 0 |
forced , familiar and thoroughly condescending . | 0 |
part of the film 's cheeky charm comes from its vintage schmaltz . | 1 |
grant is certainly amusing , but the very hollowness of the character he plays keeps him at arms length | 1 |
whenever its story is n't bogged down by idiocy involving the cia and a lost u . s . satellite , hunter -- starring irwin and his american wife/colleague , terri -- is a movie children should enjoy . | 0 |
despite terrific special effects and funnier gags , harry potter and the chamber of secrets finds a way to make j . k . rowling 's marvelous series into a deadly bore . | 0 |
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