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it 's a boom-box of a movie that might have been titled 'the loud and the ludicrous ' . . . the pandering to a moviegoing audience dominated by young males is all too calculated . | 0 |
a perfectly pleasant if slightly pokey comedy . | 1 |
the piano teacher is not an easy film . it forces you to watch people doing unpleasant things to each other and themselves , and it maintains a cool distance from its material that is deliberately unsettling . | 1 |
triple x is a double agent , and he 's one bad dude . when you 've got the wildly popular vin diesel in the equation , it adds up to big box office bucks all but guaranteed . | 1 |
in the end , the film feels homogenized and a bit contrived , as if we 're looking back at a tattered and ugly past with rose-tinted glasses . | 0 |
allen se atreve a atacar , a atacarse y nos ofrece gags que van de la sonrisa a la risa de larga duraciM-sn | 1 |
these are textbook lives of quiet desperation . | 0 |
imagine ( if possible ) a pasolini film without passion or politics , or an almodovar movie without beauty or humor , and you have some idea of the glum , numb experience of watching o fantasma . | 0 |
steers , in his feature film debut , has created a brilliant motion picture . | 1 |
but tongue-in-cheek preposterousness has always been part of for the most part wilde 's droll whimsy helps `` being earnest `` overcome its weaknesses and parker 's creative interference . . . | 1 |
in the end , the film is less the cheap thriller you 'd expect than it is a fairly revealing study of its two main characters M-^W damaged-goods people whose orbits will inevitably and dangerously collide . | 1 |
an extremely funny , ultimately heartbreaking look at life in contemporary china . | 1 |
astonishing . . . [ frames ] profound ethical and philosophical questions in the form of dazzling pop entertainment . | 1 |
director chris eyre is going through the paces again with his usual high melodramatic style of filmmaking . | 0 |
entertains by providing good , lively company . | 1 |
the second coming of harry potter is a film far superior to its predecessor . a movie that successfully crushes a best selling novel into a timeframe that mandates that you avoid the godzilla sized soda . | 1 |
imagine the james woods character from videodrome making a home movie of audrey rose and showing it to the kid from the sixth sense and you 've imagined the ring . | 0 |
the modern remake of dumas 's story is long on narrative and ( too ) short on action . | 1 |
although it 's a bit smug and repetitive , this documentary engages your brain in a way few current films do . | 1 |
when the screenwriter responsible for one of the worst movies of one year directs an equally miserable film the following year , you 'd have a hard time believing it was just coincidence . | 0 |
what ultimately makes windtalkers a disappointment is the superficial way it deals with its story . | 0 |
more sophisticated and literate than such pictures usually are . . . an amusing little catch . | 1 |
in this film we at least see a study in contrasts ; the wide range of one actor , and the limited range of a comedian . | 0 |
the basic premise is intriguing but quickly becomes distasteful and downright creepy . | 0 |
bartleby is a one-joke movie , and a bad joke at that . | 0 |
i was hoping that it would be sleazy and fun , but it was neither . | 0 |
that the real antwone fisher was able to overcome his personal obstacles and become a good man is a wonderful thing ; that he has been able to share his story so compellingly with us is a minor miracle . | 1 |
a jewish ww ii doc that is n't trying simply to out-shock , out-outrage or out-depress its potential audience ! who knew . . . | 1 |
a thriller whose style , structure and rhythms are so integrated with the story , you can not separate them . | 1 |
one big blustery movie where nothing really happens . when it comes out on video , then it 's the perfect cure for insomnia . | 0 |
as hugh grant says repeatedly throughout the movie , 'lovely ! brilliant ! ' | 1 |
its engaging simplicity is driven by appealing leads . | 1 |
stephen earnhart 's homespun documentary mule skinner blues has nothing but love for its posse of trailer park denizens . | 1 |
impresses you with its open-endedness and surprises . | 1 |
if religious films are n't your bailiwick , stay away . otherwise , this could be a passable date film . | 0 |
imagine a really bad community theater production of west side story without the songs . | 0 |
the film will appeal to discovery channel fans and will surely widen the perspective of those of us who see the continent through rose-colored glasses . | 1 |
allen shows he can outgag any of those young whippersnappers making moving pictures today . | 1 |
jaunty fun , with its celeb-strewn backdrop well used . | 1 |
adaptation is simply brilliant . | 1 |
the problem is not that it 's all derivative , because plenty of funny movies recycle old tropes . the problem is that van wilder does little that is actually funny with the material . | 0 |
it suggests the wide-ranging effects of media manipulation , from the kind of reporting that is done by the supposedly liberal media . . . to the intimate and ultimately tragic heartache of maverick individuals like hatfield and hicks . | 1 |
diggs and lathan are among the chief reasons brown sugar is such a sweet and sexy film . | 1 |
this version of h . g . wells ' time machine was directed by h . g . wells ' great-grandson . they should have found orson welles ' great-grandson . | 0 |
a behind the scenes look at the training and dedication that goes into becoming a world-class fencer and the champion that 's made a difference to nyc inner-city youth . | 1 |
the cold and dreary weather is a perfect metaphor for the movie itself , which contains few laughs and not much drama . | 0 |
this is n't a `` friday `` worth waiting for . | 0 |
australian actor/director john polson and award-winning english cinematographer giles nuttgens make a terrific effort at disguising the obvious with energy and innovation . | 1 |
if you 're not totally weirded- out by the notion of cinema as community-therapy spectacle , quitting hits home with disorienting force . | 1 |
. . . one of the most entertaining monster movies in ages . . . | 1 |
a film that presents an interesting , even sexy premise then ruins itself with too many contrivances and goofy situations . | 0 |
spend your benjamins on a matinee . | 1 |
although i did n't hate this one , it 's not very good either . it can be safely recommended as a video/dvd babysitter . | 1 |
a sudsy cautionary tale . | 0 |
a very pretty after-school special . it 's an effort to watch this movie , but it eventually pays off and is effective if you stick with it . | 1 |
will you go ape over this movie ? well , it probably wo n't have you swinging from the trees hooting it 's praises , but it 's definitely worth taking a look . | 1 |
no big whoop , nothing new to see , zero thrills , too many flashbacks and a choppy ending make for a bad film . | 0 |
well-meaning but inert . | 0 |
i 'm sure there 's a teenage boy out there somewhere who 's dying for this kind of entertainment . | 0 |
the problem , amazingly enough , is the screenplay . | 0 |
some of the most ravaging , gut-wrenching , frightening war scenes since `` saving private ryan `` have been recreated by john woo in this little-known story of native americans and their role in the second great war . | 1 |
fans of critics ' darling band wilco will marvel at the sometimes murky , always brooding look of i am trying to break your heart . | 1 |
desta vez , columbus capturou o pomo de ouro . | 1 |
parts seem like they were lifted from terry gilliam 's subconscious , pressed through kafka 's meat grinder and into buM-quel 's casings | 1 |
spider-man is about growing strange hairs , getting a more mature body , and finding it necessary to hide new secretions from the parental units . | 1 |
by applying definition to both sides of the man , the picture realizes a fullness that does not negate the subject . | 1 |
not quite as miraculous as its dreamworks makers would have you believe , but it more than adequately fills the eyes and stirs the emotions . | 1 |
for dance completists only . | 0 |
a sad and rote exercise in milking a played-out idea -- a straight guy has to dress up in drag -- that shockingly manages to be even worse than its title would imply . | 0 |
it would n't matter so much that this arrogant richard pryor wannabe 's routine is offensive , puerile and unimaginatively foul-mouthed if it was at least funny . | 0 |
both garcia and jagger turn in perfectly executed and wonderfully sympathetic characters , who are alternately touching and funny . | 1 |
exudes the fizz of a busby berkeley musical and the visceral excitement of a sports extravaganza . | 1 |
delivers the same old same old , tarted up with latin flava and turned out by hollywood playas . | 0 |
an uplifting drama . . . what antwone fisher is n't , however , is original . | 0 |
this miserable excuse of a movie runs on empty , believing flatbush machismo will get it through . | 0 |
an effective portrait of a life in stasis -- of the power of inertia to arrest development in a dead-end existence . | 1 |
much has been written about those years when the psychedelic '60s grooved over into the gay '70s , but words do n't really do the era justice . you have to see it . | 1 |
monte cristo smartly emphasizes the well-wrought story and omits needless chase scenes and swordfights as the revenge unfolds . | 1 |
beautifully shot against the frozen winter landscapes of grenoble and geneva , the film unfolds with all the mounting tension of an expert thriller , until the tragedy beneath it all gradually reveals itself . | 1 |
the film is ultimately about as inspiring as a hallmark card . | 0 |
the young stars are too cute ; the story and ensuing complications are too manipulative ; the message is too blatant ; the resolutions are too convenient . | 0 |
. . . there 's enough cool fun here to warm the hearts of animation enthusiasts of all ages . | 1 |
amid the clichM-i and foreshadowing , cage manages a degree of casual realism . . . that is routinely dynamited by blethyn . | 0 |
the only thing to fear about `` fear dot com `` is hitting your head on the theater seat in front of you when you doze off thirty minutes into the film . | 0 |
i would have preferred a transfer down the hall to mr . holland 's class for the music , or to robin williams 's lecture so i could listen to a teacher with humor , passion , and verve . | 0 |
an often watchable , though goofy and lurid , blast of a costume drama set in the late 15th century . | 1 |
late marriage is an in-your-face family drama and black comedy that is filled with raw emotions conveying despair and love . | 1 |
to some eyes this will seem like a recycling of clichM-is , an assassin 's greatest hits . to others , it will remind them that hong kong action cinema is still alive and kicking . | 1 |
quitting offers piercing domestic drama with spikes of sly humor . | 1 |
while undercover brother is definitely one for the masses , it 's also full of sharp , smart satire . | 1 |
while the stoically delivered hokum of hart 's war is never fun , it 's still a worthy addition to the growing canon of post-saving private ryan tributes to the greatest generation . | 1 |
how much you are moved by the emotional tumult of [ franM-gois and michM-hle 's ] relationship depends a lot on how interesting and likable you find them . | 0 |
it 's the sweet cinderella story that `` pretty woman `` wanted to be . | 1 |
the title , alone , should scare any sane person away . | 0 |
directed without the expected flair or imagination by hong kong master john woo , windtalkers airs just about every cliche in the war movie compendium across its indulgent two-hour-and-fifteen-minute length . | 0 |
paid in full is remarkably engaging despite being noticeably derivative of goodfellas and at least a half dozen other trouble-in-the-ghetto flicks . | 1 |
disappointingly , the characters are too strange and dysfunctional , tom included , to ever get under the skin , but this is compensated in large part by the off-the-wall dialogue , visual playfulness and the outlandishness of the idea itself . | 1 |
has all the poignancy of a hallmark card and all the comedy of a gallagher stand-up act . | 0 |
it tries too hard , and overreaches the logic of its own world . | 0 |
a family film that contains some hefty thematic material on time , death , eternity , and what is needed to live a rich and full life . | 1 |
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