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gangs of new york is an unapologetic mess , whose only saving grace is that it ends by blowing just about everything up . | 0 |
what more can be expected from a college comedy that 's target audience has n't graduated from junior high school ? | 0 |
so original in its base concept that you can not help but get caught up . | 1 |
though in some ways similar to catherine breillat 's fat girl , rain is the far superior film . | 1 |
ultimately , it ponders the reasons we need stories so much . | 1 |
a chilling tale of one of the great crimes of 20th century france : the murder of two rich women by their servants in 1933 . | 1 |
this is a winning ensemble comedy that shows canadians can put gentle laughs and equally gentle sentiments on the button , just as easily as their counterparts anywhere else in the world . | 1 |
all too familiar . . . basically the sort of cautionary tale that was old when 'angels with dirty faces ' appeared in 1938 . | 0 |
celebrated at sundance , this slight comedy of manners has winning performances and a glossy , glib charm that 's hard to beat . | 1 |
on the surface , it 's a lovers-on-the-run crime flick , but it has a lot in common with piesiewicz 's and kieslowski 's earlier work , films like the double life of veronique . | 1 |
i can imagine this movie as a b & w british comedy , circa 1960 , with peter sellers , kenneth williams , et al . , but at this time , with this cast , this movie is hopeless . | 0 |
well before it 's over , beijing bicycle begins spinning its wheels . | 0 |
whatever complaints i might have , i 'd take [ its ] earnest errors and hard-won rewards over the bombastic self-glorification of other feel-good fiascos like antwone fisher or the emperor 's club any time . | 1 |
k-19 exploits our substantial collective fear of nuclear holocaust to generate cheap hollywood tension . | 0 |
halfway through , however , having sucked dry the undead action flick formula , blade ii mutates into a gross-out monster movie with effects that are more silly than scary . | 0 |
. . . a ho-hum affair , always watchable yet hardly memorable . | 0 |
road to perdition does display greatness , and it 's worth seeing . but it also comes with the laziness and arrogance of a thing that already knows it 's won . | 1 |
one of the most depressing movie-going experiences i can think of is to sit through about 90 minutes of a so-called 'comedy ' and not laugh once . | 0 |
it 's a barely tolerable slog over well-trod ground . | 0 |
it 's one of those baseball pictures where the hero is stoic , the wife is patient , the kids are as cute as all get-out and the odds against success are long enough to intimidate , but short enough to make a dream seem possible . | 0 |
too clunky and too busy ribbing itself to be truly entertaining . | 0 |
life or something like it has its share of high points , but it misses too many opportunities . | 0 |
a film about a young man finding god that is accessible and touching to the marrow . | 1 |
[ a ] slummer . | 0 |
an involving , inspirational drama that sometimes falls prey to its sob-story trappings . | 1 |
heartwarming and gently comic even as the film breaks your heart . | 1 |
the movie is a blast of educational energy , as bouncy animation and catchy songs escort you through the entire 85 minutes . | 1 |
witty , touching and well paced . | 1 |
disappointing in comparison to other recent war moviesM-^Eor any other john woo flick for that matter . | 0 |
an impenetrable and insufferable ball of pseudo-philosophic twaddle . | 0 |
the overall feel is not unlike watching a glorified episode of `` 7th heaven . `` | 0 |
as any creature-feature fan knows , when you cross toxic chemicals with a bunch of exotic creatures , you get a lot of running around , screaming and death . on that score , the film certainly does n't disappoint . | 1 |
like life on the island , the movie grows boring despite the scenery . | 0 |
this is cool , slick stuff , ready to quench the thirst of an audience that misses the summer blockbusters . | 1 |
the fast runner ' transports the viewer into an unusual space | 1 |
the most compelling performance of the year adds substantial depth to this shocking testament to anti-semitism and neo-fascism . | 1 |
earnest but earthbound . . . a slow , soggy , soporific , visually dank crime melodrama/character study that would be more at home on the small screen but for its stellar cast . | 0 |
outer-space buffs might love this film , but others will find its pleasures intermittent . | 0 |
borrows from other movies like it in the most ordinary and obvious fashion . | 0 |
few films this year have been as resolute in their emotional nakedness . | 1 |
so muddled , repetitive and ragged that it says far less about the horrifying historical reality than about the filmmaker 's characteristic style . | 0 |
reign of fire is hardly the most original fantasy film ever made -- beyond road warrior , it owes enormous debts to aliens and every previous dragon drama -- but that barely makes it any less entertaining . | 1 |
it 's a refreshing change from the self-interest and paranoia that shape most american representations of castro . | 1 |
a thinly veiled excuse for wilson to play his self-deprecating act against murphy 's well-honed prima donna shtick . | 0 |
a real clunker . a well-made , thoughtful , well-acted clunker , but a clunker nonetheless . | 0 |
it is messy , uncouth , incomprehensible , vicious and absurd . | 0 |
adrift , bentley and hudson stare and sniffle , respectively , as ledger attempts , in vain , to prove that movie-star intensity can overcome bad hair design . | 0 |
berry 's saucy , full-bodied performance gives this aging series a much needed kick , making `` die another day `` one of the most entertaining bonds in years | 1 |
even with all those rough edges safely sanded down , the american insomnia is still pretty darned good . | 1 |
nelson 's intentions are good , but the end result does no justice to the story itself . it 's horribly depressing and not very well done . | 0 |
sure , i hated myself in the morning . but then again , i hate myself most mornings . i still like moonlight mile , better judgment be damned . | 1 |
stephen earnhart 's documentary is a decomposition of healthy eccentric inspiration and ambition wearing a cloak of unsentimental , straightforward text M-^V when it 's really an exercise in gross romanticization of the delusional personality type . | 0 |
director-writer bille august . . . depicts this relationship with economical grace , letting his superb actors convey martin 's deterioration and barbara 's sadness -- and , occasionally , anger . | 1 |
it was n't the subject matter that ultimately defeated the filmit was the unfulfilling , incongruous , `` wait a second , did i miss something ? `` ending . | 0 |
sometimes it feels as if it might have been made in the '70s or '80s , and starred chevy chase and goldie hawn . | 0 |
the people in dogtown and z-boys are so funny , aggressive and alive , you have to watch them because you ca n't wait to see what they do next . | 1 |
a didactic and dull documentary glorifying software anarchy . | 0 |
hey , at least the title of this film lets you know exactly where it 's heading . | 0 |
renner ? s face is chillingly unemotive , yet he communicates a great deal in his performance . see it for his performance if nothing else . | 1 |
prancing his way through the tailor-made part of a male hooker approaching the end of his vitality , jagger obviously relishes every self-mocking moment . | 1 |
a harmless and mildly amusing family comedy . | 0 |
while it 's genuinely cool to hear characters talk about early rap records ( sugar hill gang , etc . ) , the constant referencing of hip-hop arcana can alienate even the savviest audiences . | 0 |
though an important political documentary , this does not really make the case the kissinger should be tried as a war criminal . | 1 |
no doubt the star and everyone else involved had their hearts in the right place . where their heads were is anyone 's guess . | 0 |
this misty-eyed southern nostalgia piece , in treading the line between sappy and sanguine , winds up mired in tear-drenched quicksand . | 0 |
k-19 : the widowmaker is a great yarn . | 1 |
for all the wit and hoopla , festival in cannes offers rare insight into the structure of relationships . | 1 |
australian filmmaker david flatman uses the huge-screen format to make an old-fashioned nature film that educates viewers with words and pictures while entertaining them . | 1 |
if reno is to the left of liberal on the political spectrum , her tough , funny , rather chaotic show is n't subversive so much as it is nit-picky about the hypocrisies of our time . | 1 |
the movie is undone by a filmmaking methodology that 's just experimental enough to alienate the mainstream audience while ringing cliched to hardened indie-heads . | 0 |
if the message seems more facile than the earlier films , the images have such a terrible beauty you may not care . | 1 |
return to never land may be another shameless attempt by disney to rake in dough from baby boomer families , but it 's not half-bad . | 1 |
cantet perfectly captures the hotel lobbies , two-lane highways , and roadside cafes that permeate vincent 's days | 1 |
director elie chouraqui , who co-wrote the script , catches the chaotic horror of war , but why bother if you 're going to subjugate truth to the tear-jerking demands of soap opera ? | 0 |
an incredibly narrow in-joke targeted to the tiniest segment of an already obscure demographic . | 0 |
. . . a visually seductive , unrepentantly trashy take on rice 's second installment of her vampire chronicles . | 1 |
just another combination of bad animation and mindless violence . . . lacking the slightest bit of wit or charm . | 0 |
a film that suffers because of its many excesses . | 0 |
this film seems thirsty for reflection , itself taking on adolescent qualities . | 1 |
could as easily have been called 'under siege 3 : in alcatraz ' . . . a cinematic corpse that never springs to life . | 0 |
`` punch-drunk love `` is a little like a chocolate milk moustache . . . | 1 |
in the end there is one word that best describes this film : honest . | 1 |
fessenden has nurtured his metaphors at the expense of his narrative , but he does display an original talent . | 0 |
bad company leaves a bad taste , not only because of its bad-luck timing , but also the staleness of its script . | 0 |
meeting , even exceeding expectations , it 's the best sequel since the empire strikes back . . . a majestic achievement , an epic of astonishing grandeur and surprising emotional depth . | 1 |
needs more impressionistic cinematography and exhilarating point-of-view shots and fewer slow-motion 'grandeur ' shots and quick-cut edits that often detract from the athleticism . | 0 |
too damn weird to pass up , and for the blacklight crowd , way cheaper ( and better ) than pink floyd tickets . | 1 |
it follows the blair witch formula for an hour , in which we 're told something creepy and vague is in the works , and then it goes awry in the final 30 minutes . | 0 |
the weight of the piece , the unerring professionalism of the chilly production , and the fascination embedded in the lurid topic prove recommendation enough . | 1 |
hopelessly inane , humorless and under-inspired . | 0 |
a beautiful paean to a time long past . | 1 |
bill morrison 's decasia is uncompromising , difficult and unbearably beautiful . | 1 |
despite its promising cast of characters , big trouble remains a loosely tied series of vignettes which only prove that 'zany ' does n't necessarily mean 'funny . ' | 0 |
director hoffman , his writer and kline 's agent should serve detention | 0 |
it is hard not to be especially grateful for freedom after a film like this . | 1 |
passable entertainment , but it 's the kind of motion picture that wo n't make much of a splash when it 's released , and will not be remembered long afterwards . | 1 |
a hamfisted romantic comedy that makes our girl the hapless facilitator of an extended cheap shot across the mason-dixon line . | 0 |
whether or not you 're enlightened by any of derrida 's lectures on `` the other `` and `` the self , `` derrida is an undeniably fascinating and playful fellow . | 1 |
if we sometimes need comforting fantasies about mental illness , we also need movies like tim mccann 's revolution no . 9 . | 1 |
this is one of mr . chabrol 's subtlest works , but also one of his most uncanny . | 1 |
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