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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 .
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[ director ] byler may yet have a great movie in him , but charlotte sometimes is only half of one .
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verbinski implements every hack-artist trick to give us the ooky-spookies .
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' [ 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 . ``
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has a lot of the virtues of eastwood at his best .
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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 .
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even through its flaws , revolution # 9 proves to be a compelling , interestingly told film .
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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 .
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. . . 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 .
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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
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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as expected , sayles ' smart wordplay and clever plot contrivances are as sharp as ever , though they may be overshadowed by some strong performances .
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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 .
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shallow .
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M-^Ean adorably whimsical comedy that deserves more than a passing twinkle .
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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 ) .
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heavy with flabby rolls of typical toback machinations .
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what little atmosphere is generated by the shadowy lighting , macabre sets , and endless rain is offset by the sheer ugliness of everything else .
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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 .
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there 's a thin line between likably old-fashioned and fuddy-duddy , and the count of monte cristo . . . never quite settles on either side .
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many shallower movies these days seem too long , but this one is egregiously short .
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great character interaction .
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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 .
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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 .
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i admire it and yet can not recommend it , because it overstays its natural running time .
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although the subject matter may still be too close to recent national events , the film works - mostly due to its superior cast of characters .
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angel presents events partly from the perspective of aurelie and christelle , and infuses the film with the sensibility of a particularly nightmarish fairytale .
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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 .
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half submarine flick , half ghost story , all in one criminally neglected film
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serving sara does n't serve up a whole lot of laughs .
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the mushy finale turns john q into a movie-of-the-week tearjerker .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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awkward but sincere and , ultimately , it wins you over .
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master of disguise runs for only 71 minutes and feels like three hours .
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alternates between deadpan comedy and heartbreaking loneliness and is n't afraid to provoke introspection in both its characters and its audience .
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arteta directs one of the best ensemble casts of the year
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it 's a grab bag of genres that do n't add up to a whole lot of sense .
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although huppert 's intensity and focus has a raw exhilaration about it , the piano teacher is anything but fun .
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its almost too-spectacular coastal setting distracts slightly from an eccentric and good-naturedly aimless story .
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washington overcomes the script 's flaws and envelops the audience in his character 's anguish , anger and frustration .
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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 .
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[ 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 .
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this is a heartfelt story . . . it just is n't a very involving one .
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majidi is an unconventional storyteller , capable of finding beauty in the most depressing places .
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once the 50 year old benigni appears as the title character , we find ourselves longing for the block of wood to come back .
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sometimes makes less sense than the bruckheimeresque american action flicks it emulates .
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director jay russell stomps in hobnail boots over natalie babbitt 's gentle , endearing 1975 children 's novel .
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the movie is genial but never inspired , and little about it will stay with you .
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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 .
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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 .
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the result is more depressing than liberating , but it 's never boring .
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psychologically revealing .
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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 .
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a chick flick for guys .
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works on the whodunit level as its larger themes get lost in the murk of its own making
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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a film made with as little wit , interest , and professionalism as artistically possible for a slummy hollywood caper flick .
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fincher takes no apparent joy in making movies , and he gives none to the audience .
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one of the most incoherent features in recent memory .
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triumph of love is a very silly movie , but the silliness has a pedigree .
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this concoction , so bizarre to the adult mind , is actually a charming triumph where its intended under-12 audience is concerned .
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'aunque recurre a ciertos clichM-is del gM-inero , la poderosa actuaciM-sn de robin williams perdona las fallas del guiM-sn . '
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everything 's serious , poetic , earnest and -- sadly -- dull .
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the film desperately sinks further and further into comedy futility .
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when not wallowing in its characters ' frustrations , the movie is busy contriving false , sitcom-worthy solutions to their problems .
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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 .
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fear dot com is so rambling and disconnected it never builds any suspense .
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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 .
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due to some script weaknesses and the casting of the director 's brother , the film trails off into inconsequentiality .
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this delicately observed story , deeply felt and masterfully stylized , is a triumph for its maverick director .
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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 .
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thurman and lewis are hilarious throughout .
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even fans of ismail merchant 's work , i suspect , would have a hard time sitting through this one .
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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 .
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yet another movie which presumes that high school social groups are at war , let alone conscious of each other 's existence .
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this flat run at a hip-hop tootsie is so poorly paced you could fit all of pootie tang in between its punchlines .
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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 .
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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 .
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very well-written and very well-acted .
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rather quickly , the film falls into a soothing formula of brotherly conflict and reconciliation .
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uses sharp humor and insight into human nature to examine class conflict , adolescent yearning , the roots of friendship and sexual identity .
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it 's best to avoid imprisonment with the dull , nerdy folks that inhabit cherish .
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ah-nuld 's action hero days might be over .
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bears about as much resemblance to the experiences of most battered women as spider-man does to the experiences of most teenagers .
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no number of fantastic sets , extras , costumes and spectacular locales can disguise the emptiness at the center of the story .
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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 .
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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 .
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never inspires more than an interested detachment .
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opens at a funeral , ends on the protagonist 's death bed and does n't get much livelier in the three hours in between .
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never engaging , utterly predictable and completely void of anything remotely interesting or suspenseful .
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a conventional , but well-crafted film about a historic legal battle in ireland over a man 's right to raise his own children .
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