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think of it as gidget , only with muscles and a lot more smarts , but just as endearing and easy to watch . | 1 |
the movie is so resolutely cobbled together out of older movies that it even uses a totally unnecessary prologue , just because it seems obligatory . | 0 |
big fat liar is little more than home alone raised to a new , self-deprecating level . | 0 |
it believes it 's revealing some great human truths , when , in reality , it 's churning ground that has long passed the point of being fertile . | 0 |
it appears to have been modeled on the worst revenge-of-the-nerds clichM-is the filmmakers could dredge up . | 0 |
this documentary is a dazzling , remarkably unpretentious reminder of what [ evans ] had , lost , and got back . | 1 |
theological matters aside , the movie is so clumsily sentimental and ineptly directed it may leave you speaking in tongues . | 0 |
more concerned with sade 's ideas than with his actions . the movie achieves as great an impact by keeping these thoughts hidden as . . . [ quills ] did by showing them . | 1 |
if only merchant paid more attention the story . | 0 |
witty , vibrant , and intelligent . | 1 |
one minute , you think you 're watching a serious actioner ; the next , it 's as though clips from the pink panther strikes again and/or sailor moon have been spliced in . | 0 |
a collage of clichM-is and a dim echo of allusions to other films . | 0 |
a coming-of-age movie that hollywood would n't have the guts to make . | 1 |
the whole thing comes off like a particularly amateurish episode of bewitched that takes place during spring break . | 0 |
feature debuter d . j . caruso directs a crack ensemble cast , bringing screenwriter tony gayton 's narcotics noir to life . | 1 |
what should have been a cutting hollywood satire is instead about as fresh as last week 's issue of variety . | 0 |
it excels because , unlike so many other hollywood movies of its ilk , it offers hope . | 1 |
that haynes can both maintain and dismantle the facades that his genre and his character construct is a wonderous accomplishment of veracity and narrative grace . | 1 |
with zoe clarke-williams 's lackluster thriller `` new best friend `` , who needs enemies ? just another generic drama that has nothing going for it other than its exploitive array of obligatory cheap thrills . | 0 |
you wonder why enough was n't just a music video rather than a full-length movie . | 0 |
check your brain and your secret agent decoder ring at the door because you do n't want to think too much about what 's going on . the movie does has some entertainment value - how much depends on how well you like chris rock . | 0 |
as tweedy talks about canning his stockbroker and repairing his pool , you yearn for a few airborne tv sets or nude groupies on the nod to liven things up . | 0 |
this is the first film i 've ever seen that had no obvious directing involved . | 0 |
after you laugh once ( maybe twice ) , you will have completely forgotten the movie by the time you get back to your car in the parking lot . | 0 |
what makes it worth watching is quaid 's performance . | 1 |
sheridan seems terrified of the book 's irreverent energy , and scotches most of its M-ilan , humor , bile , and irony . | 0 |
full of flatulence jokes and mild sexual references , kung pow ! is the kind of movie that 's critic-proof , simply because it aims so low . | 0 |
another wholly unnecessary addition to the growing , moldering pile of , well , extreme stunt pictures . | 0 |
the sight of the spaceship on the launching pad is duly impressive in imax dimensions , as are shots of the astronauts floating in their cabins . | 1 |
dreary , highly annoying . . . 'some body ' will appeal to no one . | 0 |
the most hopelessly monotonous film of the year , noteworthy only for the gimmick of being filmed as a single unbroken 87-minute take . | 0 |
the inevitable double- and triple-crosses arise , but the only drama is in waiting to hear how john malkovich 's reedy consigliere will pronounce his next line . | 0 |
it 's almost as if it 's an elaborate dare more than a full-blooded film . | 0 |
. . . in no way original , or even all that memorable , but as downtown saturday matinee brain candy , it does n't disappoint . | 1 |
nice piece of work . | 1 |
a miniscule little bleep on the film radar , but one that many more people should check out | 1 |
i am sorry that i was unable to get the full brunt of the comedy . | 0 |
wow . i have not been this disappointed by a movie in a long time . | 0 |
a modest pleasure that accomplishes its goals with ease and confidence . | 1 |
a special kind of movie , this melancholic film noir reminded me a lot of memento . . . | 1 |
the filmmakers wisely decided to let crocodile hunter steve irwin do what he does best , and fashion a story around him . | 1 |
the film itself is about something very interesting and odd that would probably work better as a real documentary without the insinuation of mediocre acting or a fairly trite narrative . | 0 |
i do n't feel the least bit ashamed in admitting that my enjoyment came at the expense of seeing justice served , even if it 's a dish that 's best served cold . | 1 |
all three women deliver remarkable performances . | 1 |
there is no denying the power of polanski 's film . . . | 1 |
an utterly compelling 'who wrote it ' in which the reputation of the most famous author who ever lived comes into question . | 1 |
much as we might be interested in gratuitous sexualization , haneke has a different objective in mind -- namely the implications of our craving for fake stimulation . | 1 |
not for everyone , but for those with whom it will connect , it 's a nice departure from standard moviegoing fare . | 1 |
[ nelson 's ] movie about morally compromised figures leaves viewers feeling compromised , unable to find their way out of the fog and the ashes . | 0 |
this rough trade punch-and-judy act did n't play well then and it plays worse now . | 0 |
the problem with concept films is that if the concept is a poor one , there 's no saving the movie . sorry , charlie | 0 |
moody , heartbreaking , and filmed in a natural , unforced style that makes its characters seem entirely convincing even when its script is not . | 1 |
the movie does n't generate a lot of energy . it is dark , brooding and slow , and takes its central idea way too seriously . | 0 |
the film never gets over its own investment in conventional arrangements , in terms of love , age , gender , race , and class . | 0 |
a lightweight , uneven action comedy that freely mingles french , japanese and hollywood cultures . | 0 |
'opening up ' the play more has partly closed it down . | 0 |
the wanton slipperiness of * corpus and its amiable jerking and reshaping of physical time and space would make it a great piece to watch with kids and use to introduce video as art . | 1 |
something akin to a japanese alice through the looking glass , except that it seems to take itself far more seriously . | 0 |
excessive , profane , packed with cartoonish violence and comic-strip characters . | 0 |
the whole mildly pleasant outing -- the r rating is for brief nudity and a grisly corpse -- remains aloft not on its own self-referential hot air , but on the inspired performance of tim allen . | 1 |
once you get into its rhythm . . . the movie becomes a heady experience . | 1 |
the stripped-down dramatic constructs , austere imagery and abstract characters are equal parts poetry and politics , obvious at times but evocative and heartfelt . | 1 |
the premise for this kegger comedy probably sounded brilliant four six-packs and a pitcher of margaritas in , but the film must have been written . . . in the thrall of a vicious hangover . | 0 |
undercover brother does n't go far enough . it 's just a silly black genre spoof . | 0 |
this orange has some juice , but it 's far from fresh-squeezed . | 1 |
if you open yourself up to mr . reggio 's theory of this imagery as the movie 's set . . . it can impart an almost visceral sense of dislocation and change . | 1 |
the film brilliantly shines on all the characters , as the direction is intelligently accomplished . | 1 |
what distinguishes time of favor from countless other thrillers is its underlying concern with the consequences of words and with the complicated emotions fueling terrorist acts . | 1 |
birthday girl lucks out with chaplin and kidman , who are capable of anteing up some movie star charisma when they need it to sell us on this twisted love story , but who can also negotiate the movie 's darker turns . | 1 |
a sensitive , modest comic tragedy that works as both character study and symbolic examination of the huge economic changes sweeping modern china . | 1 |
it 's clear the filmmakers were n't sure where they wanted their story to go , and even more clear that they lack the skills to get us to this undetermined destination . | 0 |
the inhospitability of the land emphasizes the spare precision of the narratives and helps to give them an atavistic power , as if they were tales that had been handed down since the beginning of time . | 1 |
working from a surprisingly sensitive script co-written by gianni romoli . . . ozpetek avoids most of the pitfalls you 'd expect in such a potentially sudsy set-up . | 1 |
does n't amount to much of anything . | 0 |
a coda in every sense , the pinochet case splits time between a minute-by-minute account of the british court 's extradition chess game and the regime 's talking-head survivors . | 1 |
the final result makes for adequate entertainment , i suppose , but anyone who has seen chicago on stage will leave the theater feeling they 've watched nothing but a pale imitation of the real deal . | 0 |
time out is as serious as a pink slip . and more than that , it 's an observant , unfussily poetic meditation about identity and alienation . | 1 |
this chicago has hugely imaginative and successful casting to its great credit , as well as one terrific score and attitude to spare . | 1 |
rodriguez . . . was unable to reproduce the special spark between the characters that made the first film such a delight . | 0 |
a film of quiet power . | 1 |
that rare film whose real-life basis is , in fact , so interesting that no embellishment is needed . | 1 |
a poignant lyricism runs through balzac and the little chinese seamstress that transforms this story about love and culture into a cinematic poem . | 1 |
weaves a spell over you , with its disturbingly close-up look at damaged psyches and its subtle undercurrents of danger . but its awkward structure keeps breaking the spell . | 0 |
. . . too sappy for its own good . | 0 |
great performances , stylish cinematography and a gritty feel help make gangster no . 1 a worthwhile moviegoing experience . | 1 |
the movie 's thesis -- elegant technology for the masses -- is surprisingly refreshing . | 1 |
it 's never a good sign when a film 's star spends the entirety of the film in a coma . it 's a worse sign when you begin to envy her condition . | 0 |
a charming , banter-filled comedy . . . one of those airy cinematic bon bons whose aims -- and by extension , accomplishments -- seem deceptively slight on the surface . | 1 |
the movie is a lumbering load of hokum but . . . it 's at least watchable . | 0 |
`` the kid stays in the picture `` is a great story , terrifically told by the man who wrote it but this cliff notes edition is a cheat . | 0 |
writer/director joe carnahan 's grimy crime drama is a manual of precinct cliches , but it moves fast enough to cover its clunky dialogue and lapses in logic . | 1 |
opens as promising as any war/adventure film you 'll ever see and dissolves into a routine courtroom drama , better suited for a movie titled `` glory : a soldier 's story . `` | 0 |
too much of the movie feels contrived , as if the filmmakers were worried the story would n't work without all those gimmicks . | 0 |
an old-fashioned drama of substance about a teacher 's slide down the slippery slope of dishonesty after an encounter with the rich and the powerful who have nothing but disdain for virtue . | 1 |
the film presents visceral and dangerously honest revelations about the men and machines behind the curtains of our planet . | 1 |
this seductive tease of a thriller gets the job done . it 's a scorcher . | 1 |
written , flatly , by david kendall and directed , barely , by there 's something about mary co-writer ed decter . | 0 |
national lampoon 's van wilder could be the worst thing to come out of national lampoon since class reunion | 0 |
the faithful will enjoy this sometimes wry adaptation of v . s . naipaul 's novel , but newcomers may find themselves stifling a yawn or two during the first hour . | 1 |
mixes likeable personalities , inventive photography and cutting , and wall-to-wall toe-tapping music to paint a picture of a subculture that is at once exhilarating , silly , perverse , hopeful and always fun . | 1 |
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