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in the affable maid in manhattan , jennifer lopez 's most aggressive and most sincere attempt to take movies by storm , the diva shrewdly surrounds herself with a company of strictly a-list players .
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some body will take you places you have n't been , and also places you have .
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one of the best silly horror movies of recent memory , with some real shocks in store for unwary viewers .
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sayles has an eye for the ways people of different ethnicities talk to and about others outside the group .
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an empty shell of an epic rather than the real deal .
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the film does give a pretty good overall picture of the situation in laramie following the murder of matthew shepard .
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performances are potent , and the women 's stories are ably intercut and involving .
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like edward norton in american history x , ryan gosling ( murder by numbers ) delivers a magnetic performance .
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with a completely predictable plot , you 'll swear that you 've seen it all before , even if you 've never come within a mile of the longest yard .
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a minor film with major pleasures from portuguese master manoel de oliviera . . .
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worth seeing once , but its charm quickly fades .
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the star who helped give a spark to `` chasing amy `` and `` changing lanes `` falls flat as thinking man cia agent jack ryan in this summer 's new action film , `` the sum of all fears . ``
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delivers roughly equal amounts of beautiful movement and inside information .
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i 'm not generally a fan of vegetables but this batch is pretty cute .
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there are plenty of scenes in frida that do work , but rarely do they involve the title character herself .
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writer-director walter hill and co-writer david giler try to create characters out of the obvious cliches , but wind up using them as punching bags .
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. . . there is enough originality in 'life ' to distance it from the pack of paint-by-number romantic comedies that so often end up on cinema screens .
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this overlong infomercial , due out on video before month 's end , is tepid and tedious .
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jam-packed with literally bruising jokes . every five minutes or so , someone gets clocked .
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the solid filmmaking and convincing characters makes this a high water mark for this genre .
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the film is all over the place , really . it dabbles all around , never gaining much momentum .
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while certainly more naturalistic than its australian counterpart , amari 's film falls short in building the drama of lilia 's journey .
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the lack of opposing viewpoints soon grows tiresome -- the film feels more like a series of toasts at a testimonial dinner than a documentary .
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coughs and sputters on its own postmodern conceit .
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even when it drags , we are forced to reflect that its visual imagination is breathtaking
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children may not understand everything that happens -- i 'm not sure even miyazaki himself does -- but they will almost certainly be fascinated , and undoubtedly delighted .
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it 's a nicely detailed world of pawns , bishops and kings , of wagers in dingy backrooms or pristine forests .
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cq 's reflection of artists and the love of cinema-and-self suggests nothing less than a new voice that deserves to be considered as a possible successor to the best european directors .
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unfortunately , contrived plotting , stereotyped characters and woo 's over-the-top instincts as a director undermine the moral dilemma at the movie 's heart .
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it 's funny , touching , dramatically forceful , and beautifully shot .
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an uncomfortable movie , suffocating and sometimes almost senseless , the grey zone does have a center , though a morbid one .
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full of profound , real-life moments that anyone can relate to , it deserves a wide audience .
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but this is lohman 's film . her performance moves between heartbreak and rebellion as she continually tries to accommodate to fit in and gain the unconditional love she seeks .
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a winning piece of work filled with love for the movies of the 1960s .
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a well-made but emotionally scattered film whose hero gives his heart only to the dog .
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a solid examination of the male midlife crisis .
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there must be an audience that enjoys the friday series , but i would n't be interested in knowing any of them personally .
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one of those so-so films that could have been much better .
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i just loved every minute of this film .
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in his role of observer of the scene , lawrence sounds whiny and defensive , as if his life-altering experiences made him bitter and less mature .
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nasty , ugly , pointless and depressing , even if you hate clowns .
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about as original as a gangster sweating bullets while worrying about a contract on his life .
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the truth about charlie is that it 's a brazenly misguided project .
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it 's usually a bad sign when directors abandon their scripts and go where the moment takes them , but olympia , wash . , based filmmakers anne de marcken and marilyn freeman did just that and it 's what makes their project so interesting .
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it aimlessly and unsuccessfully attempts to fuse at least three dull plots into one good one .
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an often unfunny romp .
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sillier , cuter , and shorter than the first ( as best i remember ) , but still a very good time at the cinema .
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displays the potential for a better movie than what bailly manages to deliver
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instead of making his own style , director marcus adams just copies from various sources M-^V good sources , bad mixture
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the most audacious , outrageous , sexually explicit , psychologically probing , pure libido film of the year has arrived from portugal .
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i 'm all for the mentally challenged getting their fair shot in the movie business , but surely it does n't have to be as a collection of keening and self-mutilating sideshow geeks .
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it 's rare to find a film to which the adjective 'gentle ' applies , but the word perfectly describes pauline & paulette .
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a fleet-footed and pleasingly upbeat family diversion .
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the strong subject matter continues to shock throughout the film . not everyone will play the dark , challenging tune taught by the piano teacher .
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while the frequent allusions to gurus and doshas will strike some westerners as verging on mumbo-jumbo . . . broad streaks of common sense emerge with unimpeachable clarity .
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a triumph , a film that hews out a world and carries us effortlessly from darkness to light .
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this is human comedy at its most amusing , interesting and confirming .
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in his debut as a director , washington has a sure hand . his work with actors is particularly impressive .
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the irwins emerge unscathed , but the fictional footage is unconvincing and criminally badly acted .
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a time machine , a journey back to your childhood , when cares melted away in the dark theater , and films had the ability to mesmerize , astonish and entertain .
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it 's so devoid of joy and energy it makes even jason x . . . look positively shakesperean by comparison .
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there are weird resonances between actor and role here , and they 're not exactly flattering .
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some stunning visuals -- and some staggeringly boring cinema .
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. curiously , super troopers suffers because it does n't have enough vices to merit its 103-minute length .
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rich in shadowy metaphor and as sharp as a samurai sword , jiang wen 's devils on the doorstep is a wartime farce in the alternately comic and gut-wrenching style of joseph heller or kurt vonnegut .
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after collateral damage , you might imagine that most every aggrieved father clichM-i has been unturned . but no .
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. . . while each moment of this broken character study is rich in emotional texture , the journey does n't really go anywhere .
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clooney directs this film always keeping the balance between the fantastic and the believable . . .
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there are a few chuckles , but not a single gag sequence that really scores , and the stars seem to be in two different movies .
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priggish , lethargically paced parable of renewal .
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the pleasures of super troopers may be fleeting , but they 'll register strongly with anybody who still retains a soft spot for precollegiate humor .
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sleek and arty .
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one ca n't shake the feeling that crossroads is nothing more than an hour-and-a-half-long commercial for britney 's latest album .
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something has been lost in the translation . . . another routine hollywood frightfest in which the slack execution italicizes the absurdity of the premise .
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she 's all-powerful , a voice for a pop-cyber culture that feeds on her bjorkness .
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the increasingly diverse french director has created a film that one can honestly describe as looking , sounding and simply feeling like no other film in recent history .
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though its rather routine script is loaded with familiar situations , the movie has a cinematic fluidity and sense of intelligence that makes it work more than it probably should .
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this kind of hands-on storytelling is ultimately what makes shanghai ghetto move beyond a good , dry , reliable textbook and what allows it to rank with its worthy predecessors .
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exposing the ways we fool ourselves is one hour photo 's real strength .
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pryor lite , with half the demons , half the daring , much less talent , many fewer laughs .
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`` 13 conversations `` holds its goodwill close , but is relatively slow to come to the point .
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mendes still does n't quite know how to fill a frame . like the hanks character , he 's a slow study : the action is stilted and the tabloid energy embalmed .
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serving sara is little more than a mall movie designed to kill time .
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a worthy addition to the cinematic canon , which , at last count , numbered 52 different versions .
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does point the way for adventurous indian filmmakers toward a crossover into nonethnic markets .
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will assuredly rank as one of the cleverest , most deceptively amusing comedies of the year .
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by candidly detailing the politics involved in the creation of an extraordinary piece of music , [ jones ] calls our attention to the inherent conflict between commerce and creativity .
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the result is solemn and horrifying , yet strangely detached .
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as is most commonly case with projects such noble and lofty ambitions , the film is less poetic than simply pretentious .
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mM-as sarcM-astica , divertida y demencial que su predecesora , es un buen ejemplo de lo que es el cine de entretenimiento puro y sin complejos .
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sex with strangers will shock many with its unblinking frankness . but what is missing from it all is a moral . what is the filmmakers ' point ? why did they deem it necessary to document all this emotional misery ?
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it 's got all the familiar bruckheimer elements , and schumacher does probably as good a job as anyone at bringing off the hopkins/rock collision of acting styles and onscreen personas .
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a spunky , original take on a theme that will resonate with singles of many ages .
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in all fairness , i must report that the children of varying ages in my audience never coughed , fidgeted or romped up and down the aisles for bathroom breaks .
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a forceful drama of an alienated executive who re-invents himself .
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i 'm happy to have seen it -- not as an alternate version , but as the ultimate exercise in viewing deleted scenes .
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the fact that the rookie is a nearly impeccable cinematic experience -- and a wonderful all-ages triumph besides -- is a miracle akin to the story the film portrays .
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it would be hard to think of a recent movie that has worked this hard to achieve this little fun .
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it 's rather like a lifetime special -- pleasant , sweet and forgettable .
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in the spirit of the season , i assign one bright shining star to roberto benigni 's pinocchio -- but i guarantee that no wise men will be following after it .
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