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happy times maintains an appealing veneer without becoming too cute about it . | 1 |
a dreary , incoherent , self-indulgent mess of a movie in which a bunch of pompous windbags drone on inanely for two hours . . . a cacophony of pretentious , meaningless prattle . | 0 |
the ethos of the chelsea hotel may shape hawke 's artistic aspirations , but he has n't yet coordinated his own dv poetry with the beat he hears in his soul . | 0 |
a small independent film suffering from a severe case of hollywood-itis . | 0 |
with a romantic comedy plotline straight from the ages , this cinderella story does n't have a single surprise up its sleeve . but it does somehow manage to get you under its spell . | 1 |
a fast-moving and remarkable film that appears destined to become a landmark in japanese animation . | 1 |
newcomer helmer kevin donovan is hamstrung by a badly handled screenplay of what is really an amusing concept M-^V a high-tech tux that transforms its wearer into a superman . | 0 |
there 's a bit of thematic meat on the bones of queen of the damned , as its origins in an anne rice novel dictate , but generally , it 's a movie that emphasizes style over character and substance . | 0 |
devotees of star trek ii : the wrath of khan will feel a nagging sense of deja vu , and the grandeur of the best next generation episodes is lacking . | 1 |
a macabre and very stylized swedish fillm about a modern city where all the religious and civic virtues that hold society in place are in tatters . | 1 |
watching the powerpuff girls movie , my mind kept returning to one anecdote for comparison : the cartoon in japan that gave people seizures . | 0 |
i 'm not sure which half of dragonfly is worse : the part where nothing 's happening , or the part where something 's happening , but it 's stupid . | 0 |
more a gunfest than a rock concert . | 0 |
el tM-mtulo no engaM-qa : la pelM-mcula narra una historia donde una mujer enfrentarM-a cierta realidad , y donde el sexo es . . . | 1 |
as conceived by mr . schaeffer , christopher and grace are little more than collections of quirky traits lifted from a screenwriter 's outline and thrown at actors charged with the impossible task of making them jell . | 0 |
[ reynolds ] takes a classic story , casts attractive and talented actors and uses a magnificent landscape to create a feature film that is wickedly fun to watch . | 1 |
if this silly little cartoon can inspire a few kids not to grow up to be greedy bastards , more power to it . | 0 |
movie fans , get ready to take off . . . the other direction . | 0 |
the film is so busy making reference to other films and trying to be other films that it fails to have a heart , mind or humor of its own . | 0 |
dogtown and z-boys more than exposes the roots of the skateboarding boom that would become `` the punk kids ' revolution . `` | 1 |
[ two ] fairly dull -- contrasting and interlocking stories about miserable scandinavian settlers in 18th-century canada , and yuppie sailboaters in the here and now . | 0 |
while the now 72-year-old robert evans been slowed down by a stroke , he has at least one more story to tell : his own . | 1 |
`` on guard ! `` wo n't be placed in the pantheon of the best of the swashbucklers but it is a whole lot of fun and you get to see the one of the world 's best actors , daniel auteuil , have a whale of a good time . | 1 |
the result is a gaudy bag of stale candy , something from a halloween that died . | 0 |
the sequel is everything the original was not : contrived , overblown and tie-in ready . | 0 |
reinforces the often forgotten fact of the world 's remarkably varying human population and mindset , and its capacity to heal using creative , natural and ancient antidotes . | 1 |
i never thought i 'd say this , but i 'd much rather watch teens poking their genitals into fruit pies ! | 0 |
obstacles are too easily overcome and there is n't much in the way of character development in the script . | 0 |
flashy , pretentious and as impenetrable as morvern 's thick , working-class scottish accent . | 0 |
almost peerlessly unsettling . | 1 |
a story which fails to rise above its disgusting source material . | 0 |
one of [ herzog 's ] least inspired works . | 1 |
vaguely interesting , but it 's just too too much . | 0 |
once the audience figure out what 's being said , the filmmaker 's relative passivity will make it tough for them to really care . | 0 |
even in terms of the low-grade cheese standards on which it operates , it never quite makes the grade as tawdry trash . | 0 |
wildly incompetent but brilliantly named half past dead -- or for seagal pessimists : totally past his prime . | 0 |
the story . . . is moldy and obvious . | 0 |
a by-the-numbers effort that wo n't do much to enhance the franchise . | 0 |
while the plot follows a predictable connect-the-dots course . . . director john schultz colors the picture in some evocative shades . | 1 |
it 's difficult to feel anything much while watching this movie , beyond mild disturbance or detached pleasure at the acting . | 0 |
the film has [ its ] moments , but they are few and far between . | 0 |
skip this dreck , rent animal house and go back to the source . | 0 |
fans of the animated wildlife adventure show will be in warthog heaven ; others need not necessarily apply . | 1 |
slow , silly and unintentionally hilarious . | 0 |
the script is n't very good ; not even someone as gifted as hoffman ( the actor ) can make it work . | 0 |
a fun ride . | 1 |
[ the kid 's ] just too bratty for sympathy , and as the film grows to its finale , his little changes ring hollow . | 0 |
a poignant and compelling story about relationships , food of love takes us on a bumpy but satisfying journey of the heart . | 1 |
famuyiwa 's feature deals with its subject matter in a tasteful , intelligent manner , rather than forcing us to endure every plot contrivance that the clichM-i-riddled genre can offer . | 1 |
a loud , low-budget and tired formula film that arrives cloaked in the euphemism 'urban drama . ' | 0 |
this is christmas future for a lot of baby boomers . | 1 |
an absorbing and unsettling psychological drama . | 1 |
is office work really as alienating as 'bartleby ' so effectively makes it ? | 1 |
all leather pants & augmented boobs , hawn is hilarious as she tries to resuscitate the fun-loving libertine lost somewhere inside the conservative , handbag-clutching sarandon . | 1 |
just because it really happened to you , honey , does n't mean that it 's interesting to anyone else . | 0 |
a fine , rousing , g-rated family film , aimed mainly at little kids but with plenty of entertainment value to keep grown-ups from squirming in their seats . | 1 |
it will come as no surprise that the movie is n't scary . but here 's the real damn : it is n't funny , either . | 0 |
the film did n't convince me that calvin jr . 's barbershop represents some sort of beacon of hope in the middle of chicago 's south side . | 0 |
a gushy episode of `` m * a * s * h `` only this time from an asian perspective . | 0 |
a sly dissection of the inanities of the contemporary music business and a rather sad story of the difficulties of artistic collaboration . | 1 |
a compelling allegory about the last days of germany 's democratic weimar republic . | 1 |
the only reason you should see this movie is if you have a case of masochism and an hour and a half to blow . | 0 |
i 'm not a fan of the phrase 'life affirming ' because it usually means 'schmaltzy , ' but real women have curves truly is life affirming . | 1 |
this is surely one of the most frantic , virulent and foul-natured christmas season pics ever delivered by a hollywood studio . | 0 |
overcomes its visual hideousness with a sharp script and strong performances . | 1 |
a funny and touching film that is gorgeously acted by a british cast to rival gosford park 's . | 1 |
interacting eyeball-to-eyeball and toe-to-toe , hopkins and norton are a winning combination -- but fiennes steals 'red dragon ' right from under their noses . | 1 |
starts out with tremendous promise , introducing an intriguing and alluring premise , only to fall prey to a boatload of screenwriting cliches that sink it faster than a leaky freighter . | 0 |
the film 's hackneyed message is not helped by the thin characterizations , nonexistent plot and pretentious visual style . | 0 |
two weeks notice has appeal beyond being a sandra bullock vehicle or a standard romantic comedy . | 1 |
it 's better than mid-range steven seagal , but not as sharp as jet li on rollerblades . | 0 |
sex ironically has little to do with the story , which becomes something about how lame it is to try and evade your responsibilities and that you should never , ever , leave a large dog alone with a toddler . but never mind all that ; the boobs are fantasti | 0 |
what a great way to spend 4 units of your day . | 1 |
i prefer soderbergh 's concentration on his two lovers over tarkovsky 's mostly male , mostly patriarchal debating societies . | 1 |
ultimately the project comes across as clinical , detached , uninvolving , possibly prompting audience members to wonder , 'what 's the point ? ' | 0 |
an emotionally strong and politically potent piece of cinema . | 1 |
all in all , brown sugar is a satisfying well-made romantic comedy that 's both charming and well acted . it will guarantee to have you leaving the theater with a smile on your face . | 1 |
the story 's scope and pageantry are mesmerizing , and mr . day-lewis roars with leonine power . | 1 |
the story suffers a severe case of oversimplification , superficiality and silliness . | 0 |
rymer does n't trust laughs -- and does n't conjure proper respect for followers of the whole dead-undead genre , who deserve more from a vampire pic than a few shrieky special effects . | 0 |
in the new release of cinema paradiso , the tale has turned from sweet to bittersweet , and when the tears come during that final , beautiful scene , they finally feel absolutely earned . | 1 |
a superlative b movie -- funny , sexy , and rousing . | 1 |
what makes the movie special is its utter sincerity . | 1 |
. . . the first 2/3 of the film are incredibly captivating and insanely funny , thanks in part to interesting cinematic devices ( cool visual backmasking ) , a solid cast , and some wickedly sick and twisted humor . . . | 1 |
a moving , if uneven , success . | 1 |
measured against practically any like-themed film other than its oscar-sweeping franchise predecessor the silence of the lambs , red dragon rates as an exceptional thriller . | 1 |
about one in three gags in white 's intermittently wise script hits its mark ; the rest are padding unashamedly appropriated from the teen-exploitation playbook . | 0 |
the lousy lead performances . . . keep the movie from ever reaching the comic heights it obviously desired . | 0 |
the problem with all of this : it 's not really funny . | 0 |
a stirring road movie . | 1 |
an intelligent romantic thriller of a very old-school kind of quality . | 1 |
it 's a sharp movie about otherwise dull subjects . | 1 |
kitschy , flashy , overlong soap opera . | 0 |
what is captured during the conceptual process does n't add up to a sufficient explanation of what the final dance work , the selection , became in its final form . | 0 |
falsehoods pile up , undermining the movie 's reality and stifling its creator 's comic voice . | 0 |
there is greatness here . | 1 |
spreads itself too thin , leaving these actors , as well as the members of the commune , short of profound characterizations | 0 |
an amusing , breezily apolitical documentary about life on the campaign trail . | 1 |
technically and artistically inept . | 0 |
the appeal of the vulgar , sexist , racist humour went over my head or -- considering just how low brow it is -- perhaps it snuck under my feet . | 0 |
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