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it 's hard to fairly judge a film like ringu when you 've seen the remake first . many of the effective horror elements are dampened through familiarity , [ yet ] are worthwhile . | 1 |
all the characters are clinically depressed and have abandoned their slim hopes and dreams . | 0 |
its sheer dynamism is infectious . | 1 |
frailty is n't as gory or explicit . but in its child-centered , claustrophobic context , it can be just as frightening and disturbing -- even punishing . | 1 |
never decides whether it wants to be a black comedy , drama , melodrama or some combination of the three . | 0 |
even as lame horror flicks go , this is lame . | 0 |
this is the kind of subject matter that could so easily have been fumbled by a lesser filmmaker , but ayres makes the right choices at every turn . | 1 |
for anyone unfamiliar with pentacostal practices in general and theatrical phenomenon of hell houses in particular , it 's an eye-opener . | 1 |
an impressive debut for first-time writer-director mark romanek , especially considering his background is in music video . | 1 |
with three excellent principal singers , a youthful and good-looking diva and tenor and richly handsome locations , it 's enough to make you wish jacquot had left well enough alone and just filmed the opera without all these distortions of perspective . | 1 |
two big things are missing -- anything approaching a visceral kick , and anything approaching even a vague reason to sit through it all . | 0 |
a bold and subversive film that cuts across the grain of what is popular and powerful in this high-tech age , speaking its truths with spellbinding imagery and the entrancing music of philip glass . | 1 |
ub equally spoofs and celebrates the more outre aspects of 'black culture ' and the dorkier aspects of 'white culture , ' even as it points out how inseparable the two are . | 1 |
there 's some outrageously creative action in the transporter . . . [ b ] ut by the time frank parachutes down onto a moving truck , it 's just another cartoon with an unstoppable superman . | 0 |
the action sequences are fun and reminiscent of combat scenes from the star wars series . | 1 |
to the filmmakers , ivan is a prince of a fellow , but he comes across as shallow and glib though not mean-spirited , and there 's no indication that he 's been responsible for putting together any movies of particular value or merit . | 0 |
because the intelligence level of the characters must be low , very low , very very low , for the masquerade to work , the movie contains no wit , only labored gags . | 0 |
good actors have a radar for juicy roles -- there 's a plethora of characters in this picture , and not one of them is flat . | 1 |
i 'm not saying that ice age does n't have some fairly pretty pictures , but there 's not enough substance in the story to actually give them life . | 0 |
moving and vibrant . | 1 |
the film is undone by anachronistic quick edits and occasional jarring glimpses of a modern theater audience watching the events unfold . | 0 |
is red dragon worthy of a place alongside the other hannibal movies ? as hannibal would say , yes , 'it 's like having an old friend for dinner ' . | 1 |
a captivatingly quirky hybrid of character portrait , romantic comedy and beat-the-clock thriller . | 1 |
frenetic but not really funny . | 0 |
the plot is very clever , but boyd weighs it down with too many characters and events , all intertwined and far too complicated to keep track of . | 0 |
the film boasts dry humor and jarring shocks , plus moments of breathtaking mystery . | 1 |
williams creates a stunning , taxi driver-esque portrayal of a man teetering on the edge of sanity . | 1 |
berling and bM-iart . . . continue to impress , and isabelle huppert . . . again shows uncanny skill in getting under the skin of her characters . | 1 |
ponderous , plodding soap opera disguised as a feature film . | 0 |
makes for some truly odd , at times confusing , kids entertainment . . . but at least this time there 's some centered storytelling to go along with all the weird stuff . | 0 |
despite the surface attractions -- conrad l . hall 's cinematography will likely be nominated for an oscar next year -- there 's something impressive and yet lacking about everything . | 0 |
does a good job of establishing a time and place , and of telling a fascinating character 's story . | 1 |
`` freaky friday , `` it 's not . | 0 |
will grab your children by the imagination and amaze them and amuse them . | 1 |
a weird , arresting little ride . | 1 |
flamboyant in some movies and artfully restrained in others , 65-year-old jack nicholson could be looking at his 12th oscar nomination by proving that he 's now , more than ever , choosing his roles with the precision of the insurance actuary . | 1 |
comes off like a bad imitation of the bard . | 0 |
an annoying orgy of excess and exploitation that has no point and goes nowhere . | 0 |
with a large cast representing a broad cross-section , tavernier 's film bounds along with the rat-a-tat energy of `` his girl friday , `` maintaining a light touch while tackling serious themes . | 1 |
it shows us a slice of life that 's very different from our own and yet instantly recognizable . | 1 |
occasionally funny and consistently odd , and it works reasonably well as a star vehicle for zhao . | 1 |
does n't do more than expand a tv show to movie length . however , it 's pleasant enough and its ecological , pro-wildlife sentiments are certainly welcome . | 1 |
one of the smarter offerings the horror genre has produced in recent memory , even if it 's far tamer than advertised . | 1 |
the only thing that could possibly make them less interesting than they already are is for them to get full montied into a scrappy , jovial team . | 0 |
george clooney , in his first directorial effort , presents this utterly ridiculous shaggy dog story as one of the most creative , energetic and original comedies to hit the screen in years . | 1 |
we get some truly unique character studies and a cross-section of americana that hollywood could n't possibly fictionalize and be believed . | 1 |
you should pay nine bucks for this : because you can hear about suffering afghan refugees on the news and still be unaffected . dramas like this make it human . | 1 |
as if drop dead gorgeous was n't enough , this equally derisive clunker is fixated on the spectacle of small-town competition . | 0 |
a delicious and delicately funny look at the residents of a copenhagen neighborhood coping with the befuddling complications life tosses at them . | 1 |
in between the icy stunts , the actors spout hilarious dialogue about following your dream and 'just letting the mountain tell you what to do . ' | 0 |
ultimately , sarah 's dedication to finding her husband seems more psychotic than romantic , and nothing in the movie makes a convincing case that one woman 's broken heart outweighs all the loss we witness . | 0 |
foster nails the role , giving a tight , focused performance illuminated by shards of feeling . | 1 |
a gracious , eloquent film that by its end offers a ray of hope to the refugees able to look ahead and resist living in a past forever lost . | 1 |
i did n't laugh at the ongoing efforts of cube , and his skinny buddy mike epps , to make like laurel and hardy 'n the hood . | 0 |
this is as lax and limp a comedy as i 've seen in a while , a meander through worn-out material . | 0 |
its save-the-planet message clashes with its crass marketing . | 0 |
a whimsical if predictable time-travel fable marred by a willful single-mindedness . | 0 |
mostly works because of the universal themes , earnest performances . . . and excellent use of music by india 's popular gulzar and jagjit singh . | 1 |
as pedestrian as they come . | 0 |
k-19 : the widowmaker is derivative , overlong , and bombastic -- yet surprisingly entertaining . | 1 |
. . . you can be forgiven for realizing that you 've spent the past 20 minutes looking at your watch and waiting for frida to just die already . | 0 |
interminably bleak , to say nothing of boring . | 0 |
it 's been 13 months and 295 preview screenings since i last walked out on a movie , but resident evil really earned my indignant , preemptive departure . | 0 |
an infinitely wittier version of the home alone formula . | 1 |
it 's tough to be startled when you 're almost dozing . | 0 |
everything about it from the bland songs to the colorful but flat drawings is completely serviceable and quickly forgettable . | 0 |
peter jackson and company once again dazzle and delight us , fulfilling practically every expectation either a longtime tolkien fan or a movie-going neophyte could want . | 1 |
the movie is concocted and carried out by folks worthy of scorn , and the nicest thing i can say is that i ca n't remember a single name responsible for it . | 0 |
preposterous and tedious , sonny is spiked with unintentional laughter that , unfortunately , occurs too infrequently to make the film even a guilty pleasure . | 0 |
fast , frantic and fun , but also soon forgotten | 1 |
a thoroughly engaging , surprisingly touching british comedy . | 1 |
a . . . cynical and serious look at teenage boys doing what they do best - being teenagers . | 1 |
it 's a smartly directed , grown-up film of ideas . | 1 |
except as an acting exercise or an exceptionally dark joke , you wonder what anyone saw in this film that allowed it to get made . | 0 |
ultimately this is a frustrating patchwork : an uneasy marriage of louis begley 's source novel ( about schmidt ) and an old payne screenplay . | 0 |
the plot convolutions ultimately add up to nothing more than jerking the audience 's chain . | 0 |
it 's an awfully derivative story . | 0 |
how about starting with a more original story instead of just slapping extreme humor and gross-out gags on top of the same old crap ? | 0 |
there is simply not enough of interest onscreen to sustain its seventy-minute running time . | 0 |
if there was ever a movie where the upbeat ending feels like a copout , this is the one . | 0 |
the film just might turn on many people to opera , in general , an art form at once visceral and spiritual , wonderfully vulgar and sublimely lofty -- and as emotionally grand as life . | 1 |
a potent allegorical love story . | 1 |
kurys never shows why , of all the period 's volatile romantic lives , sand and musset are worth particular attention . | 0 |
as giddy and whimsical and relevant today as it was 270 years ago . | 1 |
five screenwriters are credited with the clichM-i-laden screenplay ; it seems as if each watered down the version of the one before . | 0 |
secret ballot is too contemplative to be really funny . | 0 |
whether kiss is a future cult classic or destined to be completely forgotten is open to question , but the risk-takers in the crowd should check it out and form their own opinion . | 1 |
die another day is only intermittently entertaining but it 's hard not to be a sucker for its charms , or perhaps it 's just impossible not to feel nostalgia for movies you grew up with . | 0 |
a film that should be relegated to a dark video store corner is somehow making its way instead to theaters . it 's hard to imagine acting that could be any flatter . | 0 |
throwing it all away for the fleeting joys of love 's brief moment . | 1 |
terminally brain dead production . | 0 |
the best revenge may just be living well because this film , unlike other dumas adaptations , is far more likened to a treasure than a lengthy jail sentence . | 1 |
instead of a witty expose on the banality and hypocrisy of too much kid-vid , we get an ugly , mean-spirited lashing out by an adult who 's apparently been forced by his kids to watch too many barney videos . | 0 |
the film 's appeal has a lot to do with the casting of juliette binoche as sand , who brings to the role her pale , dark beauty and characteristic warmth . | 1 |
if you 're the kind of parent who enjoys intentionally introducing your kids to films which will cause loads of irreparable damage that years and years of costly analysis could never fix , i have just one word for you -M-^V decasia | 1 |
at about 95 minutes , treasure planet maintains a brisk pace as it races through the familiar story . however , it lacks grandeur and that epic quality often associated with stevenson 's tale as well as with earlier disney efforts . | 1 |
[ russell ] makes good b movies ( the mask , the blob ) , and the scorpion king more than ably meets those standards . | 1 |
the dramatic scenes are frequently unintentionally funny , and the action sequences -- clearly the main event -- are surprisingly uninvolving . | 0 |
sex is one of those films that aims to confuse . | 1 |
this remake gets all there is to get out of a peculiar premise with promise : al pacino loathing robin williams . | 1 |
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