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alex nohe 's documentary plays like a travelogue for what mostly resembles a real-life , big-budget nc-17 version of tank girl . | 0 |
the movie is a little tired ; maybe the original inspiration has run its course . | 0 |
say this for the soundtrack , it drowns out the lousy dialogue . | 0 |
a full world has been presented onscreen , not some series of carefully structured plot points building to a pat resolution . | 1 |
superbly photographed and staged by mendes with a series of riveting set pieces the likes of which mainstream audiences have rarely seen . | 1 |
a fast paced and suspenseful argentinian thriller about the shadow side of play . | 1 |
a refreshing change from the usual whoopee-cushion effort aimed at the youth market . | 1 |
adaptation is intricately constructed and in a strange way nails all of orlean 's themes without being a true adaptation of her book . | 1 |
a wry , affectionate delight . | 1 |
jolting into charleston rhythms , the story has the sizzle of old news that has finally found the right vent ( accurate ? who cares ? ) . | 1 |
a mostly intelligent , engrossing and psychologically resonant suspenser . | 1 |
this time , the hype is quieter , and while the movie is slightly less successful than the first , it 's still a rollicking good time for the most part . | 1 |
kapur 's contradictory feelings about his material result in a movie that works against itself . | 0 |
the film did n't move me one way or the other , but it was an honest effort and if you want to see a flick about telemarketers this one will due . | 0 |
there are just enough twists in the tale to make it far more satisfying than almost any horror film in recent memory . | 1 |
carrying this wafer-thin movie on his nimble shoulders , chan wades through putrid writing , direction and timing with a smile that says , 'if i stay positive , maybe i can channel one of my greatest pictures , drunken master . ' | 0 |
a less-than-thrilling thriller . | 0 |
a tender and touching drama , based on the true story of a troubled african-american 's quest to come to terms with his origins , reveals the yearning we all have in our hearts for acceptance within the family circle . | 1 |
a synthesis of cliches and absurdities that seems positively decadent in its cinematic flash and emptiness . | 0 |
a sly female empowerment movie , although not in a way anyone would expect . | 1 |
pc stability notwithstanding , the film suffers from a simplistic narrative and a pat , fairy-tale conclusion . | 0 |
connoisseurs of chinese film will be pleased to discover that tian 's meticulous talent has not withered during his enforced hiatus . | 1 |
a full experience , a love story and a murder mystery that expands into a meditation on the deep deceptions of innocence . | 1 |
the performances of the four main actresses bring their characters to life . a little melodramatic , but with enough hope to keep you engaged . | 1 |
watchable up until the point where the situations and the dialogue spin hopelessly out of control -- that is to say , when carol kane appears on the screen . | 0 |
one of the smartest takes on singles culture i 've seen in a long time . | 1 |
lawrence preaches strictly to the converted . | 0 |
it 's all arty and jazzy and people sit and stare and turn away from one another instead of talking and it 's all about the silences and if you 're into that , have at it . | 0 |
fulfills the minimum requirement of disney animation . | 1 |
as an introduction to the man 's theories and influence , derrida is all but useless ; as a portrait of the artist as an endlessly inquisitive old man , however , it 's invaluable . | 1 |
russian ark is a new treasure of the hermitage . | 1 |
without september 11 , collateral damage would have been just another bad movie . now it 's a bad , embarrassing movie . | 0 |
about nowhere kids who appropriated turfs as they found them and become self-made celebrity athletes -- a low-down version of the american dream . | 1 |
despite some gulps the film is a fuzzy huggy . | 0 |
the hours , a delicately crafted film , is an impressive achievement in spite of a river of sadness that pours into every frame . | 1 |
by getting myself wrapped up in the visuals and eccentricities of many of the characters , i found myself confused when it came time to get to the heart of the movie . | 0 |
execrable . | 0 |
the movie straddles the fence between escapism and social commentary , and on both sides it falls short . | 0 |
a different and emotionally reserved type of survival story -- a film less about refracting all of world war ii through the specific conditions of one man , and more about that man lost in its midst . | 1 |
we have n't seen such hilarity since say it is n't so ! | 0 |
makes 98 minutes feel like three hours . | 0 |
chaiken ably balances real-time rhythms with propulsive incident . | 1 |
the skirmishes for power waged among victims and predators settle into an undistinguished rhythm of artificial suspense . | 0 |
de niro and mcdormand give solid performances , but their screen time is sabotaged by the story 's inability to create interest . | 0 |
the weight of water uses water as a metaphor for subconscious desire , but this leaky script barely stays afloat . | 0 |
. . . hypnotically dull . | 0 |
without [ de niro ] , city by the sea would slip under the waves . he drags it back , single-handed . | 1 |
deliriously funny , fast and loose , accessible to the uninitiated , and full of surprises | 1 |
a fan film that for the uninitiated plays better on video with the sound turned down . | 0 |
what sets this romantic comedy apart from most hollywood romantic comedies is its low-key way of tackling what seems like done-to-death material . | 1 |
it 's badly acted , blandly directed , and could have been scripted by someone who just graduated from elementary school . | 0 |
narc is all menace and atmosphere . | 0 |
stinks from start to finish , like a wet burlap sack of gloom . | 0 |
a sequel that 's much too big for its britches . | 0 |
it is intensely personal and yet -- unlike quills -- deftly shows us the temper of the times . | 1 |
lohman adapts to the changes required of her , but the actress and director peter kosminsky never get the audience to break through the wall her character erects | 1 |
some of their jokes work , but most fail miserably and in the end , pumpkin is far more offensive than it is funny . | 0 |
on the heels of the ring comes a similarly morose and humorless horror movie that , although flawed , is to be commended for its straight-ahead approach to creepiness . | 1 |
it all drags on so interminably it 's like watching a miserable relationship unfold in real time . | 0 |
writer/director mark romanek spotlights the underlying caste system in america . it 's a scathing portrayal . | 1 |
coy but exhilarating , with really solid performances by ving rhames and wesley snipes . | 1 |
this limp gender-bender-baller from a first-time director and rookie screenwriter steals wholesale from that 1982 's tootsie , forgetting only to retain a single laugh . | 0 |
very special effects , brilliantly bold colors and heightened reality ca n't hide the giant achilles ' heel in `` stuart little 2 `` : there 's just no story , folks . | 0 |
borstal boy represents the worst kind of filmmaking , the kind that pretends to be passionate and truthful but is really frustratingly timid and soggy . | 0 |
missteps take what was otherwise a fascinating , riveting story and send it down the path of the mundane . | 1 |
a compendium of solondz 's own worst instincts in under 90 minutes . | 0 |
a dazzling dream of a documentary . | 1 |
if the plot seems a bit on the skinny side , that 's because panic room is interested in nothing more than sucking you inM-^Eand making you sweat . | 1 |
it 's a scattershot affair , but when it hits its mark it 's brilliant . | 1 |
lacks the spirit of the previous two , and makes all those jokes about hos and even more unmentionable subjects seem like mere splashing around in the muck . | 0 |
the film has just enough of everything -- re-enactments , archival footage , talking-head interviews -- and the music is simply sublime . | 1 |
brilliantly written and well-acted , yellow asphalt is an uncompromising film . | 1 |
the story , once it gets rolling , is nothing short of a great one . | 1 |
as if to prove a female director can make a movie with no soft edges , kathryn bigelow offers no sugar-coating or interludes of lightness . her film is unrelentingly claustrophobic and unpleasant . | 1 |
it 's a fairy tale that comes from a renowned indian film culture that allows americans to finally revel in its splendor . | 1 |
earnest falls short of its ideal predecessor largely due to parker 's ill-advised meddling with the timeless source material . | 0 |
if you can keep your eyes open amid all the blood and gore , you 'll see del toro has brought unexpected gravity to blade ii . | 1 |
i have to admit i walked out of runteldat . i did go back and check out the last 10 minutes , but these were more repulsive than the first 30 or 40 minutes . | 0 |
labute 's careful handling makes the material seem genuine rather than pandering . | 1 |
we need [ moore 's ] noisy , cocky energy , his passion and class consciousness ; we need his shticks , we need his stones . | 1 |
oft-described as the antidote to american pie-type sex comedies , it actually has a bundle in common with them , as the film diffuses every opportunity for a breakthrough | 0 |
an immensely entertaining look at some of the unsung heroes of 20th century pop music . | 1 |
beating the austin powers films at their own game , this blaxploitation spoof downplays the raunch in favor of gags that rely on the strength of their own cleverness as opposed to the extent of their outrageousness . | 1 |
the cast . . . keeps this pretty watchable , and casting mick jagger as director of the escort service was inspired . | 1 |
kapur fails to give his audience a single character worth rooting for ( or worth rooting against , for that matter ) . | 0 |
to the civilized mind , a movie like ballistic : ecks vs . sever is more of an ordeal than an amusement . | 0 |
this engrossing , characteristically complex tom clancy thriller is shifty in the manner in which it addresses current terrorism anxieties and sidesteps them at the same time . | 1 |
like mike is a slight and uninventive movie : like the exalted michael jordan referred to in the title , many can aspire but none can equal . | 0 |
one of the funnier movies in town . | 1 |
an ill-conceived jumble that 's not scary , not smart and not engaging . | 0 |
looks and feels like a low-budget hybrid of scarface or carlito 's way . | 0 |
comes across as a relic from a bygone era , and its convolutions . . . feel silly rather than plausible . | 0 |
clare peploe 's airless movie adaptation could use a little american pie-like irreverence . | 0 |
a splendid entertainment , young in spirit but accomplished in all aspects with the fullness of spirit and sense of ease that comes only with experience . | 1 |
a moving tale of love and destruction in unexpected places , unexamined lives . | 1 |
ultimately , in the history of the academy , people may be wondering what all that jazz was about `` chicago `` in 2002 . zellweger 's whiny pouty-lipped poof faced and spindly attempt at playing an ingenue makes her nomination as best actress even more of a an a | 0 |
sayles is making a statement about the inability of dreams and aspirations to carry forward into the next generation . | 1 |
there 's so much to look at in metropolis you hate to tear your eyes away from the images long enough to read the subtitles . | 1 |
a good music documentary , probably one of the best since the last waltz . | 1 |
this ill-fitting tuxedo is strictly off-the-rack . | 0 |
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