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if you like blood , guts and crazy beasts stalking men with guns though . . . you will likely enjoy this monster . | 1 |
with very little to add beyond the dark visions already relayed by superb recent predecessors like swimming with sharks and the player , this latest skewering . . . may put off insiders and outsiders alike . | 0 |
an alternately raucous and sappy ethnic sitcom . . . you 'd be wise to send your regrets . | 0 |
despite the fact that this film was n't as bad as i thought it was going to be , it 's still not a good movie | 0 |
what the movie lacks in action it more than makes up for in drama , suspense , revenge , and romance . | 1 |
this new time machine is hardly perfectM-^E yet it proves surprisingly serviceable . even at its worst , it 's not half-bad . | 1 |
even if it pushes its agenda too forcefully , this remains a film about something , one that attempts and often achieves a level of connection and concern . | 1 |
it 's not so much enjoyable to watch as it is enlightening to listen to new sides of a previous reality , and to visit with some of the people who were able to make an impact in the theater world . | 1 |
it is a film that will have people walking out halfway through , will encourage others to stand up and applaud , and will , undoubtedly , leave both camps engaged in a ferocious debate for years to come . | 1 |
its and pieces of the hot chick are so hilarious , and schneider 's performance is so fine , it 's a real shame that so much of the movie -- again , as in the animal -- is a slapdash mess . | 0 |
davis . . . gets vivid performances from her cast and pulls off some deft ally mcbeal-style fantasy sequences . | 1 |
sheridan . . . smoothes over sources of conflict that could have lent the film a bit more depth . | 0 |
with youthful high spirits , tautou remains captivating throughout michele 's religious and romantic quests , and she is backed by a likable cast . | 1 |
from spiritual rebirth to bruising defeat , vincent 's odyssey resonates in a profound way , comparable to the classic films of jean renoir . | 1 |
a pleasant piece of escapist entertainment . | 1 |
this starts off with a 1950 's doris day feel and it gets very ugly , very fast . the first five minutes will have you talking 'til the end of the year ! | 1 |
frustratingly , dridi tells us nothing about el gallo other than what emerges through his music . | 0 |
without resorting to hyperbole , i can state that kissing jessica stein may be the best same-sex romance i have seen . | 1 |
death to smoochy tells a moldy-oldie , not-nearly -as-nasty -as-it- thinks-it-is joke . over and over again . | 0 |
the cast has a high time , but de broca has little enthusiasm for such antique pulp . | 0 |
this is such a dazzlingly self-assured directorial debut that it 's hard to know what to praise first . | 1 |
the volatile dynamics of female friendship is the subject of this unhurried , low-key film that is so off-hollywood that it seems positively french in its rhythms and resonance . | 1 |
an impeccable study in perversity . | 1 |
the story is lacking any real emotional impact , and the plot is both contrived and cliched . | 0 |
decent but dull . | 0 |
skip the film and buy the philip glass soundtrack cd . | 0 |
even if you do n't think [ kissinger 's ] any more guilty of criminal activity than most contemporary statesmen , he 'd sure make a courtroom trial great fun to watch . | 1 |
the film is a confusing melange of tones and styles , one moment a romantic trifle and the next a turgid drama . | 0 |
though impostor deviously adopts the guise of a modern motion picture , it too is a bomb . | 0 |
schaeffer has to find some hook on which to hang his persistently useless movies , and it might as well be the resuscitation of the middle-aged character . | 0 |
it is one more celluloid testimonial to the cruelties experienced by southern blacks as distilled through a caucasian perspective . | 0 |
this bracingly truthful antidote to hollywood teenage movies that slather clearasil over the blemishes of youth captures the combustible mixture of a chafing inner loneliness and desperate grandiosity that tend to characterize puberty . | 1 |
so vivid a portrait of a woman consumed by lust and love and crushed by betrayal that it conjures up the intoxicating fumes and emotional ghosts of a freshly painted rembrandt . | 1 |
the overall feel of the film is pretty cheesy , but there 's still a real sense that the star trek tradition has been honored as best it can , given the embarrassing script and weak direction . | 0 |
the skills of a calculus major at m . i . t . are required to balance all the formulaic equations in the long-winded heist comedy who is cletis tout ? | 0 |
nothing plot-wise is worth e-mailing home about . | 0 |
comedy troupe broken lizard 's first movie is very funny but too concerned with giving us a plot . | 0 |
the country bears has no scenes that will upset or frighten young viewers . unfortunately , there is almost nothing in this flat effort that will amuse or entertain them , either . | 0 |
you expect more from director michael apted ( enigma ) and screenwriter nicholas kazan ( reversal of fortune ) than this cliche pileup . | 0 |
the problem is the needlessly poor quality of its archival prints and film footage . the images lack contrast , are murky and are frequently too dark to be decipherable . | 0 |
'de niro . . . is a veritable source of sincere passion that this hollywood contrivance orbits around . ' | 1 |
at times the guys taps into some powerful emotions , but this kind of material is more effective on stage . it 's not a motion picture ; it 's an utterly static picture . | 1 |
there 's only one way to kill michael myers for good : stop buying tickets to these movies . | 0 |
too close to phantom menace for comfort . | 0 |
slack and uninspired , and peopled mainly by characters so unsympathetic that you 're left with a sour taste in your mouth . | 0 |
it 's drab . it 's uninteresting . it squanders chan 's uniqueness ; it could even be said to squander jennifer love hewitt ! | 0 |
it 's a hoot and a half , and a great way for the american people to see what a candidate is like when he 's not giving the same 15-cent stump speech . | 1 |
schrader examines crane 's decline with unblinking candor . | 1 |
splendidly illustrates the ability of the human spirit to overcome adversity . | 1 |
bigelow handles the nuclear crisis sequences evenly but milks drama when she should be building suspense , and drags out too many scenes toward the end that should move quickly . | 0 |
while the script starts promisingly , it loses steam towards the middle and never really develops beyond attacking obvious target . | 0 |
the only time 8 crazy nights comes close to hitting a comedic or satirical target is during the offbeat musical numbers . | 0 |
in the end , ted bundy 's only justification is the director 's common but unexplored fascination with the frustrated maniac ; there 's no larger point , and little social context . | 0 |
this amiable picture talks tough , but it 's all bluster -- in the end it 's as sweet as greenfingers . . . | 1 |
dong shows how intolerance has the power to deform families , then tear them apart . | 1 |
mckay deflates his piece of puffery with a sour cliche and heavy doses of mean-spiritedness | 0 |
quando tiros em columbine acerta o alvo ( com o perdM-co do trocadilho ) , nM-co hM-a como negar o brilhantismo da argumentaM-gM-co de seu diretor . | 1 |
here 's yet another studio horror franchise mucking up its storyline with glitches casual fans could correct in their sleep . but taken as a stylish and energetic one-shot , the queen of the damned can not be said to suck . | 1 |
read my lips is to be viewed and treasured for its extraordinary intelligence and originality as well as its lyrical variations on the game of love . | 1 |
blessed with immense physical prowess he may well be , but ahola is simply not an actor . and in truth , cruel as it may sound , he makes arnold schwarzenegger look like spencer tracy . | 0 |
there 's no denying the physically spectacular qualities of the film . . . or the emotional integrity of the performances . | 1 |
call it magic realism or surrealism , but miss wonton floats beyond reality with a certain degree of wit and dignity . | 1 |
a wonderful , ghastly film . | 1 |
'butterfingered ' is the word for the big-fisted direction of jez butterworth , who manages to blast even the smallest sensitivities from the romance with his clamorous approach . | 0 |
nair does capture the complexity of a big family and its trials and tribulations . . . | 1 |
supposedly , pokemon ca n't be killed , but pokemon 4ever practically assures that the pocket monster movie franchise is nearly ready to keel over . | 0 |
warm and exotic . | 1 |
though the book runs only about 300 pages , it is so densely packed . . . that even an ambitious adaptation and elaborate production like mr . schepisi 's seems skimpy and unclear . | 0 |
sad nonsense , this . but not without cheesy fun factor . | 0 |
the premise of jason x is silly but strangely believable . | 1 |
excruciatingly unfunny and pitifully unromantic . | 0 |
o fantasma is boldly , confidently orchestrated , aesthetically and sexually , and its impact is deeply and rightly disturbing . | 1 |
so unremittingly awful that labeling it a dog probably constitutes cruelty to canines . | 0 |
the movie generates plot points with a degree of randomness usually achieved only by lottery drawing . | 0 |
a literate presentation that wonderfully weaves a murderous event in 1873 with murderous rage in 2002 . | 1 |
a bowel-curdling , heart-stopping recipe for terror . | 1 |
most consumers of lo mein and general tso 's chicken barely give a thought to the folks who prepare and deliver it , so , hopefully , this film will attach a human face to all those little steaming cartons . | 1 |
for casual moviegoers who stumble into rules expecting a slice of american pie hijinks starring the kid from dawson 's creek , they 'll probably run out screaming . | 0 |
i found the ring moderately absorbing , largely for its elegantly colorful look and sound . | 1 |
clever but not especially compelling . | 0 |
less-than-compelling documentary of a yiddish theater clan . | 0 |
bM-iart and berling are both superb , while huppert . . . is magnificent . | 1 |
a touching drama about old age and grief with a tour de force performance by michel piccoli . | 1 |
mostly , [ goldbacher ] just lets her complicated characters be unruly , confusing and , through it all , human . | 1 |
fessenden continues to do interesting work , and it would be nice to see what he could make with a decent budget . but the problem with wendigo , for all its effective moments , is n't really one of resources . | 0 |
smith is careful not to make fun of these curious owners of architectural oddities . instead , he shows them the respect they are due . | 1 |
narc may not get an 'a ' for originality , but it wears its b-movie heritage like a badge of honor . | 1 |
an absorbing , slice-of-depression life that touches nerves and rings true . | 1 |
the santa clause 2 is a barely adequate babysitter for older kids , but i 've got to give it thumbs down . | 0 |
so much facile technique , such cute ideas , so little movie . | 0 |
for every cheesy scene , though , there is a really cool bit -- the movie 's conception of a future-world holographic librarian ( orlando jones ) who knows everything and answers all questions , is visually smart , cleverly written , and nicely realized . | 1 |
while it would be easy to give crush the new title of two weddings and a funeral , it 's a far more thoughtful film than any slice of hugh grant whimsy . | 1 |
men in black ii has sequel-itis something fierce . an ungainly , comedy-deficient , b-movie rush job . . . | 0 |
starts as an intense political and psychological thriller but is sabotaged by ticking time bombs and other hollywood-action cliches . | 0 |
the wild thornberrys movie is a jolly surprise . | 1 |
a ponderous meditation on love that feels significantly longer than its relatively scant 97 minutes . | 0 |
el crimen del padre amaro would likely be most effective if used as a tool to rally anti-catholic protestors . | 0 |
i loved the look of this film . | 1 |
it is quite a vision . | 1 |
the movie is dawn of the dead crossed with john carpenter 's ghosts of mars , with zombies not as ghoulish as the first and trains not as big as the second . | 0 |
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