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singer/composer bryan adams contributes a slew of songs M-^W a few potential hits , a few more simply intrusive to the story M-^W but the whole package certainly captures the intended , er , spirit of the piece . | 1 |
an inexperienced director , mehta has much to learn . | 0 |
nobody seems to have cared much about any aspect of it , from its cheesy screenplay to the grayish quality of its lighting to its last-minute , haphazard theatrical release . | 0 |
make no mistake , ivans xtc . is a mess . | 0 |
herzog is obviously looking for a moral to his fable , but the notion that a strong , unified showing among germany and eastern european jews might have changed 20th-century history is undermined by ahola 's inadequate performance . | 0 |
there are many definitions of 'time waster ' but this movie must surely be one of them . | 0 |
. . . if it had been only half-an-hour long or a tv special , the humor would have been fast and furious -- at ninety minutes , it drags . | 0 |
a smart , sassy and exceptionally charming romantic comedy . | 1 |
a big-budget/all-star movie as unblinkingly pure as the hours is a distinct rarity , and an event . | 1 |
both an admirable reconstruction of terrible events , and a fitting memorial to the dead of that day , and of the thousands thereafter . | 1 |
for his first attempt at film noir , spielberg presents a fascinating but flawed look at the near future . | 1 |
that rare movie that works on any number of levels -- as a film of magic and whimsy for children , a heartfelt romance for teenagers and a compelling argument about death , both pro and con , for adults . | 1 |
a kilted jackson is an unsettling sight , and indicative of his , if you will , out-of-kilter character , who rambles aimlessly through ill-conceived action pieces . | 0 |
there 's a lot of good material here , but there 's also a lot of redundancy and unsuccessful crudeness accompanying it . | 0 |
cho 's timing is priceless . | 1 |
a domestic melodrama with weak dialogue and biopic cliches . | 0 |
what was once original has been co-opted so frequently that it now seems pedestrian . | 0 |
the sweetest thing , a romantic comedy with outrageous tendencies , may be a mess in a lot of ways . but it does have one saving grace . a lot of its gags and observations reflect a woman 's point-of-view . | 1 |
plays less like a coming-of-age romance than an infomercial . | 0 |
horrendously amateurish filmmaking that is plainly dull and visually ugly when it is n't incomprehensible . | 0 |
an ultra-low-budget indie debut that smacks more of good intentions than talent . | 0 |
woo 's fights have a distinct flair . his warriors collide in balletic explosion that implies an underlying order throughout the chaos . | 1 |
whether seen on a 10-inch television screen or at your local multiplex , the edge-of-your-seat , educational antics of steve irwin are priceless entertainment . | 1 |
with a story as bizarre and mysterious as this , you do n't want to be worrying about whether the ineffectual broomfield is going to have the courage to knock on that door . | 0 |
sometimes there are very , very good reasons for certain movies to be sealed in a jar and left on a remote shelf indefinitely . | 0 |
a movie that the less charitable might describe as a castrated cross between highlander and lolita . | 0 |
the visuals alone make metropolis worth seeing . | 1 |
too sincere to exploit its subjects and too honest to manipulate its audience . | 1 |
rubbo runs through a remarkable amount of material in the film 's short 90 minutes . | 1 |
got some good , organic character work , lots of obvious political insights and little room for engaging , imaginative filmmaking in its nearly 2 1/2-hour , dissipated length . | 0 |
de ayala is required to supply too much of the energy in a film that is , overall , far too staid for its subject matter . | 0 |
to call this one an eventual cult classic would be an understatement , and woe is the horror fan who opts to overlook this goofily endearing and well-lensed gorefest . | 1 |
illuminating if overly talky documentary . | 1 |
( rises ) above its oh-so-hollywood rejiggering and its conventional direction to give the film a soul and an unabashed sense of good old-fashioned escapism . | 1 |
a solid , psychological action film from hong kong . | 1 |
leave it to rohmer , now 82 , to find a way to bend current technique to the service of a vision of the past that is faithful to both architectural glories and commanding open spaces of the city as it was more than two centuries ago . | 1 |
energetic and boldly provocative . | 1 |
it 's disappointing when filmmakers throw a few big-name actors and cameos at a hokey script . | 0 |
nair 's attention to detail creates an impeccable sense of place , while thurman and lewis give what can easily be considered career-best performances . | 1 |
eight legged freaks wo n't join the pantheon of great monster/science fiction flicks that we have come to love . . . | 0 |
the chateau is a risky venture that never quite goes where you expect and often surprises you with unexpected comedy . | 1 |
a live-action cartoon , a fast-moving and cheerfully simplistic 88 minutes of exaggerated action put together with the preteen boy in mind . | 0 |
an overblown clunker full of bad jokes , howling cliches and by-the-numbers action sequences . | 0 |
arnold 's jump from little screen to big will leave frowns on more than a few faces . | 0 |
for most of its footage , the new thriller proves that director m . night shyamalan can weave an eerie spell and that mel gibson can gasp , shudder and even tremble without losing his machismo . | 1 |
the problems and characters it reveals are universal and involving , and the film itself -- as well its delightful cast -- is so breezy , pretty and gifted , it really won my heart . | 1 |
entirely suspenseful , extremely well-paced and ultimately . . . dare i say , entertaining ! | 1 |
saved from being merely way-cool by a basic , credible compassion . | 1 |
as a belated nod to some neglected all-stars , standing in the shadows of motown is cultural history of the best kind : informative , revealing and richly entertaining . | 1 |
imagine if you will a tony hawk skating video interspliced with footage from behind enemy lines and set to jersey shore techno . | 0 |
godawful boring slug of a movie . | 0 |
a beguiling , slow-moving parable about the collision of past and present on a remote seacoast in iran . | 1 |
over the years , hollywood has crafted a solid formula for successful animated movies , and ice age only improves on it , with terrific computer graphics , inventive action sequences and a droll sense of humor . | 1 |
a moving and solidly entertaining comedy/drama that should bolster director and co-writer juan josM-i campanella 's reputation in the united states . | 1 |
there 's no disguising this as one of the worst films of the summer . or for the year , for that matter . | 0 |
one of those staggeringly well-produced , joylessly extravagant pictures that keep whooshing you from one visual marvel to the next , hastily , emptily . | 0 |
the performances are remarkable . | 1 |
blessed with two fine , nuanced lead performances . | 1 |
what makes barbershop so likable , with all its flaws , is that it has none of the pushiness and decibel volume of most contemporary comedies . | 1 |
. . . an otherwise intense , twist-and-turn thriller that certainly should n't hurt talented young gaghan 's resume . | 1 |
a monster combat thriller as impersonal in its relentlessness as the videogame series that inspired it . | 0 |
neil burger here succeeded in . . . making the mystery of four decades back the springboard for a more immediate mystery in the present . | 1 |
the story loses its bite in a last-minute happy ending that 's even less plausible than the rest of the picture . much of the way , though , this is a refreshingly novel ride . | 1 |
more honest about alzheimer 's disease , i think , than iris . | 1 |
it 's at once laughable and compulsively watchable , in its committed dumbness . | 0 |
an edifying glimpse into the wit and revolutionary spirit of these performers and their era . | 1 |
by halfway through this picture i was beginning to hate it , and , of course , feeling guilty for it . . . . then , miracle of miracles , the movie does a flip-flop . | 0 |
'the war of the roses , ' trailer-trash style . entertaining but like shooting fish in a barrel . | 0 |
the kind of film that leaves you scratching your head in amazement over the fact that so many talented people could participate in such an ill-advised and poorly executed idea . | 0 |
[ breheny 's ] lensing of the new zealand and cook island locations captures both the beauty of the land and the people . | 1 |
even if you have no interest in the gang-infested , east-vs . -west coast rap wars , this modern mob music drama never fails to fascinate . | 1 |
most of the storylines feel like time fillers between surf shots . the movie is n't horrible , but you can see mediocre cresting on the next wave . | 0 |
family togetherness takes a back seat to inter-family rivalry and workplace ambition & # 133 ; whole subplots have no explanation or even plot relevance . | 0 |
while this film has an 'a ' list cast and some strong supporting players , the tale -- like its central figure , vivi -- is just a little bit hard to love . | 0 |
walter hill 's undisputed is like a 1940s warner bros . b picture , and i mean that as a compliment . | 1 |
it 's sweet . . . but just a little bit too precious at the start and a little too familiar at the end . | 0 |
daughter from danang sticks with its subjects a little longer and tells a deeper story | 1 |
the setting turns out to be more interesting than any of the character dramas , which never reach satisfying conclusions . | 0 |
kids should have a stirring time at this beautifully drawn movie . and adults will at least have a dream image of the west to savor whenever the film 's lamer instincts are in the saddle . | 1 |
a party-hearty teen flick that scalds like acid . | 1 |
with more character development this might have been an eerie thriller ; with better payoffs , it could have been a thinking man 's monster movie . | 0 |
definitely worth 95 minutes of your time . | 1 |
nohe has made a decent 'intro ' documentary , but he feels like a spectator and not a participant . | 0 |
trouble every day is a success in some sense , but it 's hard to like a film so cold and dead . | 0 |
[ taylor ] takes us on a ride that 's consistently surprising , easy to watch -- but , oh , so dumb . | 0 |
a boring masquerade ball where normally good actors , even kingsley , are made to look bad . | 0 |
the pianist lacks the quick emotional connections of steven spielberg 's schindler 's list . but mr . polanski creates images even more haunting than those in mr . spielberg 's 1993 classic . | 1 |
it has its faults , but it is a kind , unapologetic , sweetheart of a movie , and mandy moore leaves a positive impression . | 1 |
most impressive , though , is the film 's open-ended finale that refuses to entirely close its characters ' emotional wounds . | 1 |
lan yu is a genuine love story , full of traditional layers of awakening and ripening and separation and recovery . | 1 |
culkin turns his character into what is basically an anti-harry potter -- right down to the gryffindor scarf . | 0 |
what begins as a conventional thriller evolves into a gorgeously atmospheric meditation on life-changing chance encounters . | 1 |
if you 're part of her targeted audience , you 'll cheer . otherwise , maybe . | 1 |
a different movie -- sometimes tedious -- by a director many viewers would like to skip but film buffs should get to know . | 1 |
certain to be distasteful to children and adults alike , eight crazy nights is a total misfire . | 0 |
a great idea becomes a not-great movie . | 0 |
it delivers some chills and sustained unease , but flounders in its quest for deeper meaning . | 0 |
outside of burger 's desire to make some kind of film , it 's really unclear why this project was undertaken | 0 |
simplistic , silly and tedious . | 0 |
the country bears wastes an exceptionally good idea . but the movie that does n't really deliver for country music fans or for family audiences | 0 |
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