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[ h ] ad i suffered and bled on the hard ground of ia drang , i 'd want something a bit more complex than we were soldiers to be remembered by . | 0 |
[ director ] byler may yet have a great movie in him , but charlotte sometimes is only half of one . | 0 |
verbinski implements every hack-artist trick to give us the ooky-spookies . | 0 |
' [ hopkins ] does n't so much phone in his performance as fax it . no , even that 's too committed . he gets his secretary to fax it . `` | 0 |
has a lot of the virtues of eastwood at his best . | 1 |
what 's most offensive is n't the waste of a good cast , but the film 's denial of sincere grief and mourning in favor of bogus spiritualism . | 0 |
even through its flaws , revolution # 9 proves to be a compelling , interestingly told film . | 1 |
it 's all gratuitous before long , as if schwentke were fulfilling a gross-out quota for an anticipated audience demographic instead of shaping the material to fit the story . | 0 |
. . . as the story congeals you feel the pieces of the star wars saga falling into place in a way that makes your spine tingle with revelation and excitement . | 1 |
as adapted by kevin molony from simon leys ' novel `` the death of napoleon `` and directed by alan taylor , napoleon 's journey is interesting but his parisian rebirth is stillborn | 1 |
the premise is in extremely bad taste , and the film 's supposed insights are so poorly thought-out and substance-free that even a high school senior taking his or her first psychology class could dismiss them . | 0 |
gran historia sobre el amor , la familia , la lealtad y la traiciM-sn que seguramente se convertirM-a en un nuevo clM-asico del gM-inero . | 1 |
this horror-comedy does n't go for the usual obvious laughs at the expense of cheap-looking monsters -- unless you count elvira 's hooters . | 1 |
a little too ponderous to work as shallow entertainment , not remotely incisive enough to qualify as drama , monsoon wedding serves mostly to whet one 's appetite for the bollywood films . | 0 |
others , more attuned to the anarchist maxim that 'the urge to destroy is also a creative urge ' , or more willing to see with their own eyes , will find morrison 's iconoclastic uses of technology to be liberating . | 1 |
as expected , sayles ' smart wordplay and clever plot contrivances are as sharp as ever , though they may be overshadowed by some strong performances . | 1 |
this one is a few bits funnier than malle 's dud , if only because the cast is so engagingly messing around like slob city reductions of damon runyon crooks . | 0 |
shallow . | 0 |
M-^Ean adorably whimsical comedy that deserves more than a passing twinkle . | 1 |
the film was produced by jerry bruckheimer and directed by joel schumacher , and reflects the worst of their shallow styles : wildly overproduced , inadequately motivated every step of the way and demographically targeted to please every one ( and no one ) . | 0 |
heavy with flabby rolls of typical toback machinations . | 0 |
what little atmosphere is generated by the shadowy lighting , macabre sets , and endless rain is offset by the sheer ugliness of everything else . | 0 |
if this is the danish idea of a good time , prospective tourists might want to consider a different destination -- some jolly country embroiled in a bloody civil war , perhaps . | 0 |
there 's a thin line between likably old-fashioned and fuddy-duddy , and the count of monte cristo . . . never quite settles on either side . | 0 |
many shallower movies these days seem too long , but this one is egregiously short . | 0 |
great character interaction . | 1 |
the film 's needlessly opaque intro takes its doe-eyed crudup out of pre-9/11 new york and onto a cross-country road trip of the homeric kind . | 0 |
ultimately , the film never recovers from the clumsy clichM-i of the ugly american abroad , and the too-frosty exterior ms . paltrow employs to authenticate her british persona is another liability . | 0 |
i admire it and yet can not recommend it , because it overstays its natural running time . | 0 |
although the subject matter may still be too close to recent national events , the film works - mostly due to its superior cast of characters . | 1 |
angel presents events partly from the perspective of aurelie and christelle , and infuses the film with the sensibility of a particularly nightmarish fairytale . | 1 |
reno himself can take credit for most of the movie 's success . he 's one of the few 'cool ' actors who never seems aware of his own coolness . | 1 |
half submarine flick , half ghost story , all in one criminally neglected film | 1 |
serving sara does n't serve up a whole lot of laughs . | 0 |
the mushy finale turns john q into a movie-of-the-week tearjerker . | 0 |
maybe it 's just because this past year has seen the release of some of the worst film comedies in decades . . . but honestly , analyze that really is n't all that bad . | 1 |
in gleefully , thumpingly hyperbolic terms , it covers just about every cliche in the compendium about crass , jaded movie types and the phony baloney movie biz . | 0 |
this is a remake by the numbers , linking a halfwit plot to a series of standup routines in which wilson and murphy show how funny they could have been in a more ambitious movie . | 0 |
anyone who ever fantasized about space travel but ca n't afford the $ 20 million ticket to ride a russian rocket should catch this imax offering . | 1 |
awkward but sincere and , ultimately , it wins you over . | 1 |
master of disguise runs for only 71 minutes and feels like three hours . | 0 |
alternates between deadpan comedy and heartbreaking loneliness and is n't afraid to provoke introspection in both its characters and its audience . | 1 |
arteta directs one of the best ensemble casts of the year | 1 |
it 's a grab bag of genres that do n't add up to a whole lot of sense . | 0 |
although huppert 's intensity and focus has a raw exhilaration about it , the piano teacher is anything but fun . | 0 |
its almost too-spectacular coastal setting distracts slightly from an eccentric and good-naturedly aimless story . | 1 |
washington overcomes the script 's flaws and envelops the audience in his character 's anguish , anger and frustration . | 1 |
imamura has said that warm water under a red bridge is a poem to the enduring strengths of women . it may also be the best sex comedy about environmental pollution ever made . | 1 |
[ director ] o'fallon manages to put some lovely pictures up on the big screen , but his skill at telling a story -- he also contributed to the screenplay -- falls short . | 0 |
this is a heartfelt story . . . it just is n't a very involving one . | 0 |
majidi is an unconventional storyteller , capable of finding beauty in the most depressing places . | 1 |
once the 50 year old benigni appears as the title character , we find ourselves longing for the block of wood to come back . | 0 |
sometimes makes less sense than the bruckheimeresque american action flicks it emulates . | 0 |
director jay russell stomps in hobnail boots over natalie babbitt 's gentle , endearing 1975 children 's novel . | 0 |
the movie is genial but never inspired , and little about it will stay with you . | 0 |
proof that a thriller can be sleekly shot , expertly cast , paced with crisp professionalism . . . and still be a letdown if its twists and turns hold no more surprise than yesterday 's weather report . | 0 |
armed with a game supporting cast , from the pitch-perfect forster to the always hilarious meara and levy , like mike shoots and scores , doing its namesake proud . | 1 |
the result is more depressing than liberating , but it 's never boring . | 1 |
psychologically revealing . | 1 |
makes the case for a strong education and good teachers being more valuable in the way they help increase an average student 's self-esteem , and not strictly in the knowledge imparted . | 1 |
a chick flick for guys . | 1 |
works on the whodunit level as its larger themes get lost in the murk of its own making | 0 |
i 'm giving it thumbs down due to the endlessly repetitive scenes of embarrassment . there 's got to be a more graceful way of portraying the devastation of this disease . | 0 |
one thing you have to give them credit for : the message of the movie is consistent with the messages espoused in the company 's previous video work . | 1 |
with recent tensions rekindled by the kathleen soliah trial and the upcoming trial of sla members emily and william harris , not to mention sept . 11 , its difficult these days to appreciate fire 's bright side . | 0 |
a film made with as little wit , interest , and professionalism as artistically possible for a slummy hollywood caper flick . | 0 |
fincher takes no apparent joy in making movies , and he gives none to the audience . | 0 |
one of the most incoherent features in recent memory . | 0 |
triumph of love is a very silly movie , but the silliness has a pedigree . | 1 |
this concoction , so bizarre to the adult mind , is actually a charming triumph where its intended under-12 audience is concerned . | 1 |
'aunque recurre a ciertos clichM-is del gM-inero , la poderosa actuaciM-sn de robin williams perdona las fallas del guiM-sn . ' | 1 |
everything 's serious , poetic , earnest and -- sadly -- dull . | 0 |
the film desperately sinks further and further into comedy futility . | 0 |
when not wallowing in its characters ' frustrations , the movie is busy contriving false , sitcom-worthy solutions to their problems . | 0 |
both overstuffed and undernourished . . . the film ca n't be called a solid success , although there 's plenty of evidence here to indicate clooney might have better luck next time . | 0 |
fear dot com is so rambling and disconnected it never builds any suspense . | 0 |
if you liked such movies as notting hill , four weddings and a funeral , bridget jones ' diary or high fidelity , then you wo n't want to miss about a boy . | 1 |
due to some script weaknesses and the casting of the director 's brother , the film trails off into inconsequentiality . | 0 |
this delicately observed story , deeply felt and masterfully stylized , is a triumph for its maverick director . | 1 |
i 'm afraid you wo n't get through this frankly fantastical by-the-numbers b-flick with just a suspension of disbelief . rather , you 'll have to wrestle disbelief to the ground and then apply the chloroform-soaked handkerchief . | 0 |
thurman and lewis are hilarious throughout . | 1 |
even fans of ismail merchant 's work , i suspect , would have a hard time sitting through this one . | 0 |
kim ki-deok seems to have in mind an ( emotionally at least ) adolescent audience demanding regular shocks and bouts of barely defensible sexual violence to keep it interested . | 0 |
yet another movie which presumes that high school social groups are at war , let alone conscious of each other 's existence . | 0 |
this flat run at a hip-hop tootsie is so poorly paced you could fit all of pootie tang in between its punchlines . | 0 |
if the count of monte cristo does n't transform caviezel into a movie star , then the game is even more rigged than it was two centuries ago . | 1 |
secretary `` is owned by its costars , spader and gyllenhaal . maggie g . makes an amazing breakthrough in her first starring role and eats up the screen . | 1 |
very well-written and very well-acted . | 1 |
rather quickly , the film falls into a soothing formula of brotherly conflict and reconciliation . | 0 |
uses sharp humor and insight into human nature to examine class conflict , adolescent yearning , the roots of friendship and sexual identity . | 1 |
it 's best to avoid imprisonment with the dull , nerdy folks that inhabit cherish . | 0 |
ah-nuld 's action hero days might be over . | 0 |
bears about as much resemblance to the experiences of most battered women as spider-man does to the experiences of most teenagers . | 0 |
no number of fantastic sets , extras , costumes and spectacular locales can disguise the emptiness at the center of the story . | 0 |
though it flirts with bathos and pathos and the further oprahfication of the world as we know it , it still cuts all the way down to broken bone . | 1 |
wallace gets a bit heavy handed with his message at times , and has a visual flair that waxes poetic far too much for our taste . | 0 |
never inspires more than an interested detachment . | 0 |
opens at a funeral , ends on the protagonist 's death bed and does n't get much livelier in the three hours in between . | 0 |
never engaging , utterly predictable and completely void of anything remotely interesting or suspenseful . | 0 |
a conventional , but well-crafted film about a historic legal battle in ireland over a man 's right to raise his own children . | 1 |
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