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what begins as a film in the tradition of the graduate quickly switches into something more recyclable than significant . | 1 |
while obviously an extremely personal work , it remains inextricably stuck in an emotionally unavailable rut . | 0 |
it 's a bad sign in a thriller when you instantly know whodunit . | 0 |
kenneth branagh 's energetic sweet-and-sour performance as a curmudgeonly british playwright grounds this overstuffed , erratic dramedy in which he and his improbably forbearing wife contend with craziness and child-rearing in los angeles . | 0 |
the film tunes into a grief that could lead a man across centuries . | 1 |
the komediant is a tale worth catching . | 1 |
'the chM-bteau is never quite able to overcome the cultural moat surrounding its ludicrous and contrived plot . ' | 0 |
while [ roman coppola ] scores points for style , he staggers in terms of story . | 1 |
the mantra behind the project seems to have been 'it 's just a kids ' flick . ' translation : 'we do n't need to try very hard . ' | 0 |
sparkles in its deft portrait of tinseltown 's seasoned veterans of gossip , wealth , paranoia , and celebrityhood . | 1 |
while some will object to the idea of a vietnam picture with such a rah-rah , patriotic tone , soldiers ultimately achieves its main strategic objective : dramatizing the human cost of the conflict that came to define a generation . | 1 |
the emotions are raw and will strike a nerve with anyone who 's ever had family trauma . | 1 |
intriguing and beautiful film , but those of you who read the book are likely to be disappointed . | 1 |
a sham construct based on theory , sleight-of-hand , and ill-wrought hypothesis . | 0 |
a witty , trenchant , wildly unsentimental but flawed look at the ins and outs of modern moviemaking . | 1 |
as the story moves inexorably through its seven day timeframe , the picture becomes increasingly mesmerizing . | 1 |
an uplifting , largely bogus story . | 0 |
every joke is repeated at least four times . every joke is repeated at least four times . every joke is repeated at least -- annoying , is n't it ? | 0 |
a frustrating 'tweener ' -- too slick , contrived and exploitative for the art houses and too cynical , small and decadent for the malls . | 0 |
though moonlight mile is replete with acclaimed actors and actresses and tackles a subject that 's potentially moving , the movie is too predictable and too self-conscious to reach a level of high drama . | 0 |
elling really is about a couple of crazy guys , and it 's therapeutic to laugh along with them . | 1 |
the densest distillation of roberts ' movies ever made . | 0 |
not only does the thoroughly formulaic film represent totally exemplify middle-of-the-road mainstream , it also represents glossy hollywood at its laziest . | 0 |
in the end , all you can do is admire the ensemble players and wonder what the point of it is . | 0 |
let 's cut to the consumer-advice bottom line : stay home . | 0 |
one well-timed explosion in a movie can be a knockout , but a hundred of them can be numbing . proof of this is ballistic : ecks vs . sever . | 0 |
a different kind of love story - one that is dark , disturbing , painful to watch , yet compelling . | 1 |
de niro cries . you 'll cry for your money back . | 0 |
director nalin pan does n't do much to weigh any arguments one way or the other . he simply presents his point of view that ayurveda works . no question . | 1 |
newton draws our attention like a magnet , and acts circles around her better known co-star , mark wahlberg . | 1 |
it 's sobering , particularly if anyone still thinks this conflict can be resolved easily , or soon . | 1 |
a singularly off-putting romantic comedy . | 0 |
it 's a day at the beach -- with air conditioning and popcorn . | 1 |
in some ways , lagaan is quintessential bollywood . except it 's much , much better . | 1 |
for all the charm of kevin kline and a story that puts old-fashioned values under the microscope , there 's something creepy about this movie . | 0 |
the very simple story seems too simple and the working out of the plot almost arbitrary . | 0 |
a movie to forget | 0 |
haynes has so fanatically fetishized every bizarre old-movie idiosyncrasy with such monastic devotion you 're not sure if you should applaud or look into having him committed . | 1 |
nothing but one relentlessly depressing situation after another for its entire running time , something that you could easily be dealing with right now in your lives . | 0 |
4 friends , 2 couples , 2000 miles , and all the pabst blue ribbon beer they can drink - it 's the ultimate redneck road-trip . | 1 |
he 's the scariest guy you 'll see all summer . | 1 |
the kind of nervous film that will either give you a mild headache or exhilarate you . | 1 |
a strong first quarter , slightly less so second quarter , and average second half . | 0 |
great story , bad idea for a movie . | 0 |
lawrence should stick to his day job . he 's a better actor than a standup comedian . | 0 |
not once does it come close to being exciting . | 0 |
an average b-movie with no aspirations to be anything more . | 0 |
defies logic , the laws of physics and almost anyone 's willingness to believe in it . but darned if it does n't also keep us riveted to our seats . | 1 |
that it 'll probably be the best and most mature comedy of the 2002 summer season speaks more of the season than the picture | 1 |
[ a ] stale retread of the '53 original . | 0 |
how can such a cold movie claim to express warmth and longing ? in truth , it has all the heart of a porno flick ( but none of the sheer lust ) . | 0 |
mr . deeds is , as comedy goes , very silly -- and in the best way . | 1 |
at best this is a film for the under-7 crowd . but it would be better to wait for the video . and a very rainy day . | 0 |
the beauty of the piece is that it counts heart as important as humor . | 1 |
a `` home alone `` film that is staged like `` rosemary 's baby , `` but is not as well-conceived as either of those films . | 0 |
it 's no surprise that as a director washington demands and receives excellent performances , from himself and from newcomer derek luke . | 1 |
just about the best straight-up , old-school horror film of the last 15 years . | 1 |
rubbo 's humorously tendentious intervention into the who-wrote-shakespeare controversy . | 1 |
without non-stop techno or the existential overtones of a kieslowski morality tale , maelstrM-vm is just another winter sleepers . | 0 |
mild , meandering teen flick . | 0 |
the elements were all there but lack of a pyschological center knocks it flat . | 0 |
in the end , we are left with something like two ships passing in the night rather than any insights into gay love , chinese society or the price one pays for being dishonest . | 0 |
as antonia is assimilated into this newfangled community , the film settles in and becomes compulsively watchable in a guilty-pleasure , daytime-drama sort of fashion . | 1 |
new best friend 's playboy-mansion presentation of college life is laugh-out-loud ludicrous . | 0 |
belongs to daniel day-lewis as much as it belongs to martin scorsese ; it 's a memorable performance in a big , brassy , disturbing , unusual and highly successful film . | 1 |
. . . wallace is smart to vary the pitch of his movie , balancing deafening battle scenes with quieter domestic scenes of women back home receiving war department telegrams . | 1 |
visually exciting sci-fi film which suffers from a lackluster screenplay . | 0 |
reminiscent of alfred hitchcock 's thrillers , most of the scary parts in 'signs ' occur while waiting for things to happen . | 1 |
a lovely film for the holiday season . | 1 |
is it a comedy ? a drama ? a romance ? a cartoon ? | 0 |
good-looking but relentlessly lowbrow outing plays like clueless does south fork . | 0 |
the ya-ya 's have many secrets and one is - the books are better . translating complex characters from novels to the big screen is an impossible task but they are true to the essence of what it is to be ya-ya . | 1 |
it turns out to be smarter and more diabolical than you could have guessed at the beginning . | 1 |
in the director 's cut , the film is not only a love song to the movies but it also is more fully an example of the kind of lush , all-enveloping movie experience it rhapsodizes . | 1 |
hatfield and hicks make the oddest of couples , and in this sense the movie becomes a study of the gambles of the publishing world , offering a case study that exists apart from all the movie 's political ramifications . | 1 |
if this is an example of the type of project that robert redford 's lab is willing to lend its imprimatur to , then perhaps it 's time to rethink independent films . | 0 |
quick : who wants to see a comedy about shoddy airport security ? | 0 |
this is no `` waterboy ! `` | 0 |
gibney and jarecki just want to string the bastard up . | 0 |
myers never knows when to let a gag die ; thus , we 're subjected to one mind-numbingly lengthy riff on poo and pee jokes after another . | 0 |
deadeningly dull , mired in convoluted melodrama , nonsensical jargon and stiff-upper-lip laboriousness . | 0 |
summer 's far too fleeting to squander on offal like this . | 0 |
assayas ' ambitious , sometimes beautiful adaptation of jacques chardonne 's novel . | 1 |
nicholson 's understated performance is wonderful . as warren he stumbles in search of all the emotions and life experiences he 's neglected over the years . | 1 |
fierce , glaring and unforgettable . | 1 |
a period story about a catholic boy who tries to help a jewish friend get into heaven by sending the audience straight to hell . | 0 |
obviously , a lot of people wasted a lot of their time ( including mine ) on something very inconsequential . | 0 |
it 's an earnest debut full of heartfelt performances , but is ultimately let down by a story that is all too predictable . | 0 |
as a director , mr . ratliff wisely rejects the temptation to make fun of his subjects . | 1 |
texan director george ratliff had unlimited access to families and church meetings , and he delivers fascinating psychological fare . | 1 |
jonah is only so-so . . . the addition of a biblical message will either improve the film for you , or it will lessen it . | 0 |
an impressive if flawed effort that indicates real talent . | 1 |
the strength of the film lies in its two central performances by sven wollter as the stricken composer and viveka seldahl as his desperate violinist wife . | 1 |
generally , clockstoppers will fulfill your wildest fantasies about being a different kind of time traveler , while happily killing 94 minutes . | 1 |
feels as if the inmates have actually taken over the asylum . | 0 |
as crimes go , writer-director michael kalesniko 's how to kill your neighbor 's dog is slight but unendurable . | 0 |
a pure participatory event that malnourished intellectuals will gulp down in a frenzy . | 1 |
there 's no reason to miss interview with the assassin | 1 |
it would n't be my preferred way of spending 100 minutes or $ 7 . 00 . | 0 |
it 's a very valuable film . . . | 1 |
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