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thumbs up to paxton for not falling into the hollywood trap and making a vanity project with nothing new to offer .
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an involving true story of a chinese actor who takes up drugs and winds up in an institution -- acted mostly by the actual people involved .
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the pain , loneliness and insecurity of the screenwriting process are vividly and painfully brought to slovenly life in this self-deprecating , biting and witty feature written by charlie kaufman and his twin brother , donald , and directed by spike jonze .
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most thrillers send audiences out talking about specific scary scenes or startling moments ; `` frailty `` leaves us with the terrifying message that the real horror may be waiting for us at home .
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blade ii has a brilliant director and charismatic star , but it suffers from rampant vampire devaluation .
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an original little film about one young woman 's education .
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we 're left with a story that tries to grab us , only to keep letting go at all the wrong moments .
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a tired , predictable , bordering on offensive , waste of time , money and celluloid .
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it 's fun , but the code-talk will fly right over everyone 's head
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the bottom line is the piece works brilliantly .
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amy and matthew have a bit of a phony relationship , but the film works in spite of it .
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there are moments of real pleasure to be found in sara sugarman 's whimsical comedy very annie-mary but not enough to sustain the film .
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the best drug addition movies are usually depressing but rewarding . quitting , however , manages just to be depressing , as the lead actor phones in his autobiographical performance .
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too stupid to be satire , too obviously hateful to be classified otherwise , frank novak 's irritating slice of lumpen life is as reliably soul-killing as its title is nearly meaningless .
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this mild-mannered farce , directed by one of its writers , john c . walsh , is corny in a way that bespeaks an expiration date passed a long time ago .
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strange it is , but delightfully so .
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several uninteresting , unlikeable people do bad things to and with each other in `` unfaithful . `` why anyone who is not a character in this movie should care is beyond me .
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where bowling for columbine is at its most valuable is in its examination of america 's culture of fear as a root cause of gun violence .
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a quaint , romanticized rendering .
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the script is a tired one , with few moments of joy rising above the stale material .
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efteriades gives the neighborhood -- scenery , vibe and all -- the cinematic equivalent of a big , tender hug .
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one thing is for sure : this movie does not tell you a whole lot about lily chou-chou .
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the kids often appear to be reading the lines and are incapable of conveying any emotion .
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waiting for godard can be fruitful : 'in praise of love ' is the director 's epitaph for himself .
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it is refreshingly undogmatic about its characters .
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leaves us wondering less about its ideas and more about its characterization of hitler and the contrived nature of its provocative conclusion .
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what saves this deeply affecting film from being merely a collection of wrenching cases is corcuera 's attention to detail .
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the acting in pauline and paulette is good all round , but what really sets the film apart is debrauwer 's refusal to push the easy emotional buttons .
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an affable but undernourished romantic comedy that fails to match the freshness of the actress-producer and writer 's previous collaboration , miss congeniality .
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cute , funny , heartwarming digitally animated feature film with plenty of slapstick humor for the kids , lots of in-jokes for the adults and heart enough for everyone .
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the first half bursts with a goofy energy previous disney films only used for a few minutes here and there .
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a pleasant romantic comedy .
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a solid , spooky entertainment worthy of the price of a ticket .
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what could have been a pointed little chiller about the frightening seductiveness of new technology loses faith in its own viability and succumbs to joyless special-effects excess .
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with or without ballast tanks , k-19 sinks to a harrison ford low .
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the passions aroused by the discord between old and new cultures are set against the strange , stark beauty of the mideast desert , so lovingly and perceptively filmed that you can almost taste the desiccated air .
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it 's full of cheesy dialogue , but great trashy fun that finally returns de palma to his pulpy thrillers of the early '80s .
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with its jerky hand-held camera and documentary feel , bloody sunday is a sobering recount of a very bleak day in derry .
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a minor picture with a major identity crisis -- it 's sort of true and it 's sort of bogus and it 's ho-hum all the way through .
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equilibrium is what george orwell might have imagined had today 's mood-altering drug therapy been envisioned by chemists in 1949 .
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bittersweet comedy/drama full of life , hand gestures , and some really adorable italian guys .
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a complex psychological drama about a father who returns to his son 's home after decades away .
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one key problem with these ardently christian storylines is that there is never any question of how things will turn out .
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this is mostly well-constructed fluff , which is all it seems intended to be .
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lazily directed by charles stone iii . . . from a leaden script by matthew cirulnick and novelist thulani davis .
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laced with liberal doses of dark humor , gorgeous exterior photography , and a stable-full of solid performances , no such thing is a fascinating little tale .
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dignified ceo 's meet at a rustic retreat and pee against a tree . can you bear the laughter ?
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a very witty take on change , risk and romance , and the film uses humour to make its points about acceptance and growth .
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the film affords us intriguing glimpses of the insights gleaned from a lifetime of spiritual inquiry , but ram dass : fierce grace does n't organize it with any particular insight .
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this is an elegantly balanced movie -- every member of the ensemble has something fascinating to do -- that does n't reveal even a hint of artifice .
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my big fat greek wedding is not only the best date movie of the year , it 's also a -- dare i say it twice -- delightfully charming -- and totally american , i might add -- slice of comedic bliss .
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rarely has leukemia looked so shimmering and benign .
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this wretchedly unfunny wannabe comedy is inane and awful - no doubt , it 's the worst movie i 've seen this summer .
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like coming into a long-running , well-written television series where you 've missed the first half-dozen episodes and probably wo n't see the next six .
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consists of a plot and jokes done too often by people far more talented than ali g
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mr . caine and mr . fraser are the whole show here , with their memorable and resourceful performances .
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anemic chronicle of money grubbing new yorkers and their serial loveless hook ups .
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a journey through memory , a celebration of living , and a sobering rumination on fatality , classism , and ignorance .
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do n't wait to see this terrific film with your kids -- if you do n't have kids borrow some .
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the movie 's blatant derivativeness is one reason it 's so lackluster .
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the animation and game phenomenon that peaked about three years ago is actually dying a slow death , if the poor quality of pokemon 4 ever is any indication .
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an ideal love story for those intolerant of the more common saccharine genre .
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weighty and ponderous but every bit as filling as the treat of the title .
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crammed with incident , and bristles with passion and energy .
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it is n't that the picture is unfamiliar , but that it manages to find new avenues of discourse on old problems .
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it 's a bad action movie because there 's no rooting interest and the spectacle is grotesque and boring .
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walsh ca n't quite negotiate the many inconsistencies in janice 's behavior or compensate for them by sheer force of charm .
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there may have been a good film in `` trouble every day , `` but it is not what is on the screen .
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a knowing look at female friendship , spiked with raw urban humor .
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screenwriter chris ver weil 's directing debut is good-natured and never dull , but its virtues are small and easily overshadowed by its predictability .
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not exactly the bees knees
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sad to say -- it accurately reflects the rage and alienation that fuels the self-destructiveness of many young people .
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greg kinnear gives a mesmerizing performance as a full-fledged sex addict who is in complete denial about his obsessive behavior .
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exists then as an occasionally insightful acting exercise .
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just dreadful . i do n't blame eddie murphy but should n't owen wilson know a movie must have a story and a script ?
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parker can not sustain the buoyant energy level of the film 's city beginnings into its country conclusion
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quite frankly , i ca n't see why any actor of talent would ever work in a mcculloch production again if they looked at how this movie turned out .
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marries the amateurishness of the blair witch project with the illogic of series 7 : the contenders to create a completely crass and forgettable movie .
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in the real world , an actor this uncharismatically beautiful would have a rM-isumM-i loaded with credits like `` girl in bar # 3 . ``
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the actors are simply too good , and the story too intriguing , for technical flaws to get in the way .
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`` i blame all men for war , `` [ the warden 's daughter ] tells her father . the movie is about as deep as that sentiment .
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it 's absolutely spooky how lillard channels the shagster right down to the original casey kasem-furnished voice .
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the actors are so terrific at conveying their young angst , we do indeed feel for them .
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even if the ride 's a little bumpy , with a final lap that 's all too suspiciously smooth , you got ta give director roger michell , best known for the superfluous notting hill , credit for trying .
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just a kiss wants desperately to come off as a fanciful film about the typical problems of average people . but it is set in a world that is very , very far from the one most of us inhabit .
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beautifully crafted and cooly unsettling . . . recreates the atmosphere of the crime expertly .
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it treats ana 's journey with honesty that is tragically rare in the depiction of young women in film .
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all in all , the count of monte cristo is okay , but it is surely no classic , like the novel upon which it is based .
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surprisingly powerful and universal .
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just a collection of this and that -- whatever fills time -- with no unified whole .
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chicago pode atM-i ser um filme divertido e cativante ( como M-i ) , mas acaba representando um passo que vai na direM-gM-co contrM-aria M-` evoluM-gM-co dos musicais .
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there 's not a comedic moment in this romantic comedy .
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an overly melodramatic but somewhat insightful french coming-of-age film . . .
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unfolds in a low-key , organic way that encourages you to accept it as life and go with its flow .
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set in a 1986 harlem that does n't look much like anywhere in new york .
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it extends the writings of jean genet and john rechy , the films of fassbinder , perhaps even the nocturnal works of goya .
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in the process of trimming the movie to an expeditious 84 minutes , director roger kumble seems to have dumped a whole lot of plot in favor of . . . outrageous gags .
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one of the most important and exhilarating forms of animated filmmaking since old walt doodled steamboat willie .
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. . . with the candy-like taste of it fading faster than 25-cent bubble gum , i realized this is a throwaway movie that wo n't stand the test of time . it 's a trifle .
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a modest and messy metaphysical thriller offering more questions than answers .
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