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tale will be all too familiar for anyone who 's seen george roy hill 's 1973 film , `` the sting . `` | 0 |
this is not an easy film . but it could be , by its art and heart , a necessary one . | 1 |
hailed as a clever exercise in neo-hitchcockianism , this clever and very satisfying picture is more accurately chabrolian . | 1 |
the film 's desire to be liked sometimes undermines the possibility for an exploration of the thornier aspects of the nature/nurture argument in regards to homosexuality . | 1 |
a wild comedy that could only spring from the demented mind of the writer of being john malkovich . | 1 |
fans of the modern day hong kong action film finally have the worthy successor to a better tomorrow and the killer which they have been patiently waiting for . | 1 |
analyze that regurgitates and waters down many of the previous film 's successes , with a few new swings thrown in . | 0 |
martyr gets royally screwed and comes back for more . | 1 |
laggard drama wending its way to an uninspired philosophical epiphany . | 0 |
the large-frame imax camera lends itself beautifully to filming the teeming life on the reefs , making this gorgeous film a must for everyone from junior scientists to grown-up fish lovers . | 1 |
easier to respect than enthuse over , andersson 's rigorous personal vision is not only distanced but distancing . | 1 |
despite a performance of sustained intelligence from stanford and another of subtle humour from bebe neuwirth , as an older woman who seduces oscar , the film founders on its lack of empathy for the social milieu - rich new york intelligentsia - and its off | 0 |
the thriller side of this movie is falling flat , as the stalker does n't do much stalking , and no cop or lawyer grasps the concept of actually investigating the case . | 0 |
marshall puts a suspenseful spin on standard horror flick formula . | 1 |
[ morgan ] , judd and franklin ca n't save the script , rooted in a novel by joseph finder , from some opportunism . | 0 |
the master of disguise is funny -- not `` ha ha `` funny , `` dead circus performer `` funny . and for all the wrong reasons besides . | 0 |
the amazing film work is so convincing that by movies ' end you 'll swear you are wet in some places and feel sand creeping in others . | 1 |
is n't quite the equal of woo 's best earlier work , but it 's easily his finest american film . . . comes close to recapturing the brilliance of his hong kong films . | 1 |
it all comes down to whether you can tolerate leon barlow . i ca n't . | 0 |
features fincher 's characteristically startling visual style and an almost palpable sense of intensity . | 1 |
it helps that lil bow wow . . . tones down his pint-sized gangsta act to play someone who resembles a real kid . | 1 |
though it 's equally solipsistic in tone , the movie has enough vitality to justify the notion of creating a screen adaptation of evans ' saga of hollywood excess . | 1 |
rifkin no doubt fancies himself something of a hubert selby jr . , but there is n't an ounce of honest poetry in his entire script ; it 's simply crude and unrelentingly exploitative . | 0 |
does n't really add up to much . | 0 |
an achingly enthralling premise , the film is hindered by uneven dialogue and plot lapses . | 0 |
using a stock plot , about a boy injects just enough freshness into the proceedings to provide an enjoyable 100 minutes in a movie theater . | 1 |
first-time writer-director dylan kidd also has a good ear for dialogue , and the characters sound like real people . | 0 |
she may not be real , but the laughs are . | 1 |
kinnear and dafoe give what may be the performances of their careers . | 1 |
examines its explosive subject matter as nonjudgmentally as wiseman 's previous studies of inner-city high schools , hospitals , courts and welfare centers . | 1 |
after sitting through this sloppy , made-for-movie comedy special , it makes me wonder if lawrence hates criticism so much that he refuses to evaluate his own work . | 0 |
highly recommended viewing for its courage , ideas , technical proficiency and great acting . | 1 |
a bore that tends to hammer home every one of its points . | 0 |
eckstraordinarily lame and severely boring . | 0 |
the dramatic crisis does n't always succeed in its quest to be taken seriously , but huppert 's volatile performance makes for a riveting movie experience . | 1 |
content merely to lionize its title character and exploit his anger - all for easy sanctimony , formulaic thrills and a ham-fisted sermon on the need for national health insurance . | 0 |
an enjoyable experience . | 1 |
a good thriller . | 1 |
a summary of the plot does n't quite do justice to the awfulness of the movie , for that comes through all too painfully in the execution . | 0 |
brings to a spectacular completion one of the most complex , generous and subversive artworks of the last decade . | 1 |
it 's a smart , solid , kinetically-charged spy flick worthy of a couple hours of summertime and a bucket of popcorn . nothing overly original , mind you , but solidly entertaining . | 1 |
the first bond movie in ages that is n't fake fun . | 1 |
a gimmick in search of a movie : how to get carvey into as many silly costumes and deliver as many silly voices as possible , plot mechanics be damned . | 0 |
phoned-in business as usual . | 0 |
a confluence of kiddie entertainment , sophisticated wit and symbolic graphic design . | 1 |
there are enough throwaway references to faith and rainbows to plant smile-button faces on that segment of the populace that made a walk to remember a niche hit . | 0 |
high crimes steals so freely from other movies and combines enough disparate types of films that it ca n't help but engage an audience . | 1 |
a keep-'em-guessing plot and an affectionate take on its screwed-up characters . | 1 |
. . . feels as if ( there 's ) a choke leash around your neck so director nick cassavetes can give it a good , hard yank whenever he wants you to feel something . | 0 |
. . . del toro maintains a dark mood that makes the film seem like something to endure instead of enjoy . | 0 |
more trifle than triumph . | 0 |
ao sair do cinema , eu estava feliz e com saudades de um tempo em que , para mim , a existM-jncia de papai noel era um fato inquestionM-avel . | 1 |
a delightful coming-of-age story . | 1 |
the lady and the duke is a smart , romantic drama that dares to depict the french revolution from the aristocrats ' perspective . | 1 |
too leisurely paced and visually drab for its own good , it succeeds in being only sporadically amusing . | 0 |
quitting delivers a sucker-punch , and its impact is all the greater beause director zhang 's last film , the cuddly shower , was a non-threatening multi-character piece centered around a public bath house . | 1 |
a well-put-together piece of urban satire . | 1 |
the photographer 's show-don't-tell stance is admirable , but it can make him a problematic documentary subject . | 0 |
. . . ( like ) channel surfing between the discovery channel and a late-night made-for-cable action movie . | 0 |
the acting alone is worth the price of admission . | 1 |
the gentle comic treatment of adolescent sturm und drang should please fans of chris fuhrman 's posthumously published cult novel . | 1 |
we never really feel involved with the story , as all of its ideas remain just that : abstract ideas . | 0 |
seagal is painfully foolish in trying to hold onto what 's left of his passe ' chopsocky glory . | 0 |
an uneven mix of dark satire and childhood awakening . | 0 |
even if you 're an agnostic carnivore , you can enjoy much of jonah simply , and gratefully , as laugh-out-loud lunacy with a pronounced monty pythonesque flavor . | 1 |
such a fine idea for a film , and such a stultifying , lifeless execution . | 0 |
both a detective story and a romance spiced with the intrigue of academic skullduggery and politics . | 1 |
the most wondrous love story in years , it is a great film . | 1 |
the movie is as far as you can get from racy , to the point where it almost stops the blood flow to your brain ; it has a dull , costumey feel . | 0 |
it 's difficult to imagine the process that produced such a script , but here 's guessing that spray cheese and underarm noises played a crucial role . | 0 |
my own minority report is that it stinks . | 0 |
truth to tell , if you 've seen more than half-a-dozen horror films , there 's nothing here you have n't seen before . | 0 |
assured , vital and well wrought , the film is , arguably , the most accomplished work to date from hong kong 's versatile stanley kwan . | 1 |
my wife is an actress has its moments in looking at the comic effects of jealousy . in the end , though , it is only mildly amusing when it could have been so much more . | 1 |
evelyn 's strong cast and surehanded direction make for a winning , heartwarming yarn . | 1 |
an imponderably stilted and self-consciously arty movie . | 0 |
a brutal and funny work . nicole holofcenter , the insightful writer/director responsible for this illuminating comedy does n't wrap the proceedings up neatly but the ideas tie together beautifully . | 1 |
schnieder bounces around with limp wrists , wearing tight tummy tops and hip huggers , twirling his hair on his finger and assuming that 's enough to sustain laughs . . . | 0 |
a superfluous sequel . . . plagued by that old familiar feeling of 'let 's get this thing over with ' : everyone has shown up at the appointed time and place , but visible enthusiasm is mighty hard to find . | 0 |
i hope the movie is widely seen and debated with appropriate ferocity and thoughtfulness . | 1 |
top-notch action powers this romantic drama . | 1 |
. . . instead go rent `` shakes the clown `` , a much funnier film with a similar theme and an equally great robin williams performance . | 0 |
majidi gets uniformly engaging performances from his largely amateur cast . | 1 |
the footage of the rappers at play and the prison interview with suge knight are just two of the elements that will grab you . | 1 |
could the whole plan here have been to produce something that makes fatal attraction look like a classic by comparison ? that 's the only sane rationale i can think of for swimfan 's existence . | 0 |
rich in atmosphere of the post-war art world , it manages to instruct without reeking of research library dust . | 1 |
a smart , sweet and playful romantic comedy . | 1 |
not sweet enough to liven up its predictable story and will leave even fans of hip-hop sorely disappointed . | 0 |
it takes you somewhere you 're not likely to have seen before , but beneath the exotic surface ( and exotic dancing ) it 's surprisingly old-fashioned . | 0 |
andersson creates a world that 's at once surreal and disturbingly familiar ; absurd , yet tremendously sad . | 1 |
an odd drama set in the world of lingerie models and bar dancers in the midwest that held my interest precisely because it did n't try to . | 1 |
this is dicaprio 's best performance in anything ever , and easily the most watchable film of the year . | 1 |
there ai n't a lot more painful than an unfunny movie that thinks it 's hilarious . | 0 |
slap me , i saw this movie . | 0 |
even though the film does n't manage to hit all of its marks , it 's still entertaining to watch the target practice . | 1 |
this is the kind of movie that used to be right at home at the saturday matinee , and it still is . | 1 |
hope keeps arising that the movie will live up to the apparent skills of its makers and the talents of its actors , but it does n't . | 0 |
if oscar had a category called best bad film you thought was going to be really awful but was n't , guys would probably be duking it out with the queen of the damned for the honor . | 0 |
feels strangely hollow at its emotional core . | 0 |
it tells more than it shows . | 0 |
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