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the movie is n't painfully bad , something to be 'fully experienced ' ; it 's just tediously bad , something to be fully forgotten . | 0 |
chalk it up to my adoration for both de niro and murphy , but i had a pretty good time with this movie - despite its myriad flaws . | 1 |
it 's the best film of the year so far , the benchmark against which all other best picture contenders should be measured . | 1 |
using an endearing cast , writer/director dover kosashvili takes a slightly dark look at relationships , both sexual and kindred . | 1 |
franco is an excellent choice for the walled-off but combustible hustler , but he does not give the transcendent performance sonny needs to overcome gaps in character development and story logic . | 1 |
the simplicity of the way home has few equals this side of aesop | 1 |
ihops do n't pile on this much syrup . | 0 |
more than simply a portrait of early extreme sports , this peek into the 1970s skateboard revolution is a skateboard film as social anthropology . . . | 1 |
although it lacks the detail of the book , the film does pack some serious suspense . | 1 |
the angst-ridden , affluent slacker characters are more grating than engaging . | 0 |
deliberately and devotedly constructed , far from heaven is too picture postcard perfect , too neat and new pin-like , too obviously a recreation to resonate . | 0 |
for anyone who remembers the '60s or is interested in one man 's response to stroke , ram dass : fierce grace is worth seeking out . | 1 |
probably the best case for christianity since chesterton and lewis . | 1 |
what 's most memorable about circuit is that it 's shot on digital video , whose tiny camera enables shafer to navigate spaces both large . . . and small . . . with considerable aplomb . | 1 |
directed in a paint-by-numbers manner . | 0 |
90 punitive minutes of eardrum-dicing gunplay , screeching-metal smashups , and flaccid odd-couple sniping . | 0 |
ecks this one off your must-see list . | 0 |
all comedy is subversive , but this unrelenting bleak insistence on opting out of any opportunity for finding meaning in relationships or work just becomes sad . | 1 |
a damn fine and a truly distinctive and a deeply pertinent film . | 1 |
the year 2002 has conjured up more coming-of-age stories than seem possible , but take care of my cat emerges as the very best of them . | 1 |
halfway through the movie , the humor dwindles . it 's replaced by some dramatic scenes that are jarring and deeply out of place in what could have ( and probably should have ) been a lighthearted comedy . | 0 |
a workshop mentality prevails . | 0 |
the film is directed by wally wolodarsky from a script by joe jarvis and greg coolidge . these are names to remember , in order to avoid them in the future . | 0 |
beautifully crafted and brutally honest , promises offers an unexpected window into the complexities of the middle east struggle and into the humanity of its people . | 1 |
the re-release of ron howard 's apollo 13 in the imax format proves absolutely that really , really , really good things can come in enormous packages . | 1 |
the film 's trailer also looked like crap , so crap is what i was expecting . | 0 |
long after you leave justine , you 'll be wondering what will happen to her and wishing her the best -- whatever that might mean . | 1 |
grainy photography mars an otherwise delightful comedy of errors . | 1 |
the ring is worth a look , if you do n't demand much more than a few cheap thrills from your halloween entertainment . | 1 |
an ugly , revolting movie . | 0 |
a slick , engrossing melodrama . | 1 |
this gorgeous epic is guaranteed to lift the spirits of the whole family . | 1 |
'the film is stark , straightforward and deadly . . . an unnatural calm that 's occasionally shaken by . . . blasts of rage , and later , violent jealousy . ' | 1 |
some like it hot on the hardwood proves once again that a man in drag is not in and of himself funny . | 0 |
in adobo , ethnicity is not just the spice , but at the heart of more universal concerns . | 1 |
the last 20 minutes are somewhat redeeming , but most of the movie is the same teenage american road-trip drek we 've seen before - only this time you have to read the fart jokes | 0 |
la de salma es una versiM-sn de frida superficial , preciosista y sin ningM-zn contenido . | 0 |
deliciously mean-spirited and wryly observant . | 1 |
the film was immensely enjoyable thanks to great performances by both steve buscemi and rosario dawson . . . | 1 |
a warm , funny , engaging film . | 1 |
it 's difficult to conceive of anyone who has reached puberty actually finding the characters in slackers or their antics amusing , let alone funny . | 0 |
in the telling of a story largely untold , bui chooses to produce something that is ultimately suspiciously familiar . | 0 |
bears is even worse than i imagined a movie ever could be . | 0 |
u . s . audiences may find [ attal and gainsbourg 's ] unfamiliar personas give the film an intimate and quaint reality that is a little closer to human nature than what hollywood typically concocts . | 1 |
though lan yu lacks a sense of dramatic urgency , the film makes up for it with a pleasing verisimilitude . | 1 |
not only a reminder of how they used to make movies , but also how they sometimes still can be made . | 1 |
adolescents will be adequately served by the movie 's sophomoric blend of shenanigans and slapstick , although the more lascivious-minded might be disappointed in the relative modesty of a movie that sports a 'topless tutorial service . ' | 0 |
at 90 minutes this movie is short , but it feels much longer . | 0 |
recalls quiet freak-outs like l'avventura and repulsion . | 1 |
it 's secondary to american psycho but still has claws enough to get inside you and stay there for a couple of hours . | 1 |
baran is shockingly devoid of your typical majid majidi shoe-loving , crippled children . | 1 |
offers a breath of the fresh air of true sophistication . | 1 |
[ anderson ] uses a hit-or-miss aesthetic that hits often enough to keep the film entertaining even if none of it makes a lick of sense . | 1 |
here , common sense flies out the window , along with the hail of bullets , none of which ever seem to hit sascha . | 0 |
you can take the grandkids or the grandparents and never worry about anyone being bored . . . audience is a sea of constant smiles and frequent laughter . | 1 |
none of this sounds promising and , indeed , the first half of sorority boys is as appalling as any 'comedy ' to ever spill from a projector 's lens . | 0 |
the april 2002 instalment of the american war for independence , complete with loads of cgi and bushels of violence , but not a drop of human blood . | 0 |
one can only assume that the jury who bestowed star hoffman 's brother gordy with the waldo salt screenwriting award at 2002 's sundance festival were honoring an attempt to do something different over actually pulling it off | 0 |
barney throws away the goodwill the first half of his movie generates by orchestrating a finale that is impenetrable and dull . | 0 |
none of the characters or plot-lines are fleshed-out enough to build any interest . | 0 |
soulless and -- even more damning -- virtually joyless , xxx achieves near virtuosity in its crapulence . | 0 |
much-anticipated and ultimately lackluster movie . | 0 |
a perfectly respectable , perfectly inoffensive , easily forgettable film . | 1 |
enriched by a strong and unforced supporting cast . | 1 |
director kapur is a filmmaker with a real flair for epic landscapes and adventure , and this is a better film than his earlier english-language movie , the overpraised elizabeth . | 1 |
even die-hard fans of japanese animation . . . will find this one a challenge . | 0 |
those moviegoers who would automatically bypass a hip-hop documentary should give `` scratch `` a second look . | 1 |
i ca n't remember the last time i saw an audience laugh so much during a movie , but there 's only one problemM-^Eit 's supposed to be a drama . | 0 |
fessenden 's narrative is just as much about the ownership and redefinition of myth as it is about a domestic unit finding their way to joy . | 1 |
painful to watch , but viewers willing to take a chance will be rewarded with two of the year 's most accomplished and riveting film performances . | 1 |
jacquot has filmed the opera exactly as the libretto directs , ideally capturing the opera 's drama and lyricism . | 1 |
parker should be commended for taking a fresh approach to familiar material , but his determination to remain true to the original text leads him to adopt a somewhat mannered tone . . . that ultimately dulls the human tragedy at the story 's core . | 0 |
a sharp satire of desperation and cinematic deception . | 1 |
neither quite a comedy nor a romance , more of an impish divertissement of themes that interest attal and gainsbourg -- they live together -- the film has a lot of charm . | 1 |
a movie that falls victim to frazzled wackiness and frayed satire . | 0 |
in death to smoochy , we do n't get williams ' usual tear and a smile , just sneers and bile , and the spectacle is nothing short of refreshing . | 1 |
a true pleasure . | 1 |
twist open the ouzo ! it 's time to let your hair down greek style . a vibrant whirlwind of love , family and all that goes with it , my big fat greek wedding is a non-stop funny feast of warmth , colour and cringe . | 1 |
filmmakers david weissman and bill weber benefit enormously from the cockettes ' camera craziness -- not only did they film performances , but they did the same at home . | 1 |
like being invited to a classy dinner soiree and not knowing anyone . you leave the same way you came -- a few tasty morsels under your belt , but no new friends . | 0 |
a sentimental mess that never rings true . | 0 |
call this the full monty on ice , the underdog sports team formula redux . | 1 |
if this movie leaves you cool , it also leaves you intriguingly contemplative . | 1 |
the transporter bombards the viewer with so many explosions and side snap kicks that it ends up being surprisingly dull . | 0 |
a flick about our infantilized culture that is n't entirely infantile . | 1 |
the people in jessica are so recognizable and true that , as in real life , we 're never sure how things will work out . | 1 |
the terrific and bewilderingly underrated campbell scott gives a star performance that is nothing short of mesmerizing . | 1 |
supposedly based upon real , or at least soberly reported incidents , the film ends with a large human tragedy . alas , getting there is not even half the interest . | 0 |
i found it slow , predictable and not very amusing . | 0 |
the movie does its best to work us over , with second helpings of love , romance , tragedy , false dawns , real dawns , comic relief , two separate crises during marriage ceremonies , and the lush scenery of the cotswolds . | 1 |
the story of trouble every day . . . is so sketchy it amounts to little more than preliminary notes for a science-fiction horror film , and the movie 's fragmentary narrative style makes piecing the story together frustrating difficult . | 0 |
robert harmon 's less-is-more approach delivers real bump-in -the-night chills -- his greatest triumph is keeping the creepy crawlies hidden in the film 's thick shadows . | 1 |
a lot of talent is wasted in this crass , low-wattage endeavor . | 0 |
the chM-bteau would have been benefited from a sharper , cleaner script before it went in front of the camera . not to mention a sharper , cleaner camera lens . | 0 |
it 's clear why deuces wild , which was shot two years ago , has been gathering dust on mgm 's shelf . | 0 |
a tightly directed , highly professional film that 's old-fashioned in all the best possible ways . | 1 |
while tattoo borrows heavily from both seven and the silence of the lambs , it manages to maintain both a level of sophisticated intrigue and human-scale characters that suck the audience in . | 1 |
it ai n't art , by a long shot , but unlike last year 's lame musketeer , this dumas adaptation entertains . | 1 |
a work that lacks both a purpose and a strong pulse . | 0 |
it may scream low budget , but this charmer has a spirit that can not be denied . | 1 |
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