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the overall vibe is druggy and self-indulgent , like a spring-break orgy for pretentious arts majors . | 0 |
i doubt anyone will remember the picture by the time christmas really rolls around , but maybe it 'll be on video by then . | 0 |
it 's harmless , diverting fluff . but it 's hard to imagine a more generic effort in the genre . | 0 |
as a director , paxton is surprisingly brilliant , deftly sewing together what could have been a confusing and horrifying vision into an intense and engrossing head-trip . | 1 |
i have n't seen such self-amused trash since freddy got fingered . | 0 |
goldmember is funny enough to justify the embarrassment of bringing a barf bag to the moviehouse . | 1 |
in its own way , joshua is as blasphemous and nonsensical as a luis buM-quel film without the latter 's attendant intelligence , poetry , passion , and genius . | 0 |
like watching a dress rehearsal the week before the show goes up : everything 's in place but something 's just a little off-kilter . | 0 |
generic thriller junk . teens only . | 0 |
the film has the uncanny ability to right itself precisely when you think it 's in danger of going wrong . | 1 |
a pretentious mess . | 0 |
often overwrought and at times positively irritating , the film turns into an engrossing thriller almost in spite of itself . | 1 |
if damon and affleck attempt another project greenlight , next time out they might try paying less attention to the miniseries and more attention to the film it is about . | 0 |
this film 's relationship to actual tension is the same as what christmas-tree flocking in a spray can is to actual snow : a poor -- if durable -- imitation . | 0 |
feels like the grittiest movie that was ever made for the lifetime cable television network . | 0 |
not only is undercover brother as funny , if not more so , than both austin powers films , but it 's also one of the smarter , savvier spoofs to come along in some time . | 1 |
this ill-conceived and expensive project winds up looking like a bunch of talented thesps slumming it . | 0 |
a film that will enthrall the whole family . | 1 |
at a brief 42 minutes , we need more x and less blab . | 0 |
it was only a matter of time before some savvy producer saw the potential success inherent in the mixture of bullock bubble and hugh goo . | 1 |
although largely a heavy-handed indictment of parental failings and the indifference of spanish social workers and legal system towards child abuse , the film retains ambiguities that make it well worth watching . | 1 |
a tender , witty , captivating film about friendship , love , memory , trust and loyalty . | 1 |
a colorful , vibrant introduction to a universal human impulse , lushly photographed and beautifully recorded . | 1 |
a film that will probably please people already fascinated by behan but leave everyone else yawning with admiration . | 0 |
halloween : resurrection is n't exactly quality cinema , but it is n't nearly as terrible as it cold have been . | 1 |
human nature is a goofball movie , in the way that malkovich was , but it tries too hard . | 0 |
its audacious ambitions sabotaged by pomposity , steven soderbergh 's space opera emerges as a numbingly dull experience . | 0 |
slackers ' jokey approach to college education is disappointingly simplistic -- the film 's biggest problem -- and there are no unforgettably stupid stunts or uproariously rude lines of dialogue to remember it by . | 0 |
if a horror movie 's primary goal is to frighten and disturb , then they works spectacularly well . . . a shiver-inducing , nerve-rattling ride . | 1 |
you can thank me for this . i saw juwanna mann so you do n't have to . | 0 |
those with a modicum of patience will find in these characters ' foibles a timeless and unique perspective . | 1 |
may offend viewers not amused by the sick sense of humor . | 0 |
davis . . . is so enamored of her own creation that she ca n't see how insufferable the character is . | 0 |
hoffman 's performance is authentic to the core of his being . | 1 |
the concept behind kung pow : enter the fist is hilarious . it 's too bad nothing else is . | 0 |
whether or not ram dass proves as clear and reliable an authority on that as he was about inner consciousness , fierce grace reassures us that he will once again be an honest and loving one . | 1 |
barely goes beyond comic book status . | 0 |
it 's a rare window on an artistic collaboration . | 1 |
an opportunity missed . | 0 |
suspend your disbelief here and now , or you 'll be shaking your head all the way to the credits . | 1 |
it 's a strange film , one that was hard for me to warm up to . | 1 |
[ davis ] has a bright , chipper style that keeps things moving , while never quite managing to connect her wish-fulfilling characters to the human race . | 0 |
the premise is overshadowed by the uberviolence of the clericks as this becomes just another kung-fu sci-fi movie with silly action sequences . | 0 |
blade ii merges bits and pieces from fighting games , wire fu , horror movies , mystery , james bond , wrestling , sci-fi and anime into one big bloody stew . | 1 |
simply does n't have sufficient heft to justify its two-hour running time . | 0 |
an off-beat and fanciful film about the human need for monsters to blame for all that is amiss in the world . | 1 |
a sermonizing and lifeless paean to teenage dullards . | 0 |
the whole thing plays like a tired tyco ad . | 0 |
if this disposable tissue has one wild card , it 's john turturro , who 's simply fab as a spanish butler with a foot fetish . | 0 |
a charming romantic comedy that is by far the lightest dogme film and among the most enjoyable . | 1 |
intelligent , caustic take on a great writer and dubious human being . | 1 |
this riveting world war ii moral suspense story deals with the shadow side of american culture : racial prejudice in its ugly and diverse forms . | 1 |
most new movies have a bright sheen . some , like ballistic , arrive stillborn . . . looking like the beaten , well-worn video box cover of seven years into the future . | 0 |
cuts right through the b . s . giving a big middle-fingered `` shut up `` to those who talk up what is nothing more than two guys beating the hell outta one another . | 1 |
its cast full of caffeinated comedy performances more than make up for its logical loopholes , which fly by so fast there 's no time to think about them anyway . | 1 |
it appears to have been made by people to whom the idea of narrative logic or cohesion is an entirely foreign concept . | 0 |
grown-up quibbles are beside the point here . the little girls understand , and mccracken knows that 's all that matters . | 1 |
a beguiling splash of pastel colors and prankish comedy from disney . | 1 |
imagine susan sontag falling in love with howard stern . | 0 |
`` the dangerous lives of altar boys `` has flaws , but it also has humor and heart and very talented young actors | 1 |
bloody sunday has the grace to call for prevention rather than to place blame , making it one of the best war movies ever made . it 's a movie that accomplishes so much that one viewing ca n't possibly be enough . | 1 |
an earnest , heartrending look at the divide between religious fundamentalists and their gay relatives . it 's also heavy-handed and devotes too much time to bigoted views . | 0 |
the movie succumbs to being nothing more than a formulaic chase in the dark . | 0 |
here 's a case of two actors who do everything humanly possible to create characters who are sweet and believable , and are defeated by a screenplay that forces them into bizarre , implausible behavior . | 0 |
the inherent limitations of using a video game as the source material movie are once again made all too clear in this schlocky horror/action hybrid . | 0 |
the dialogue is cumbersome , the simpering soundtrack and editing more so . | 0 |
definitely funny stuff , but it 's more of the 'laughing at ' variety than the 'laughing with . ' | 1 |
a dreary movie . | 0 |
it may not be as cutting , as witty or as true as back in the glory days of weekend and two or three things i know about her , but who else engaged in filmmaking today is so cognizant of the cultural and moral issues involved in the process ? | 1 |
. . . manages to fall closer in quality to silence than to the abysmal hannibal . | 1 |
not a movie but a live-action agitprop cartoon so shameless and coarse , it 's almost funny . | 0 |
as much as i laughed throughout the movie , i can not mount a cogent defense of the film as entertainment , or even performance art , although the movie does leave you marveling at these guys ' superhuman capacity to withstand pain . | 0 |
a relentless , bombastic and ultimately empty world war ii action flick . | 0 |
turturro is fabulously funny and over the top as a 'very sneaky ' butler who excels in the art of impossible disappearing/reappearing acts | 1 |
a bodice-ripper for intellectuals . | 1 |
exploring value choices is a worthwhile topic for a film -- but here the choices are as contrived and artificial as kerrigan 's platinum-blonde hair . | 0 |
the film has a few cute ideas and several modest chuckles but it is n't exactly kiddie-friendly alas , santa is more ho-hum than ho-ho-ho and the snowman ( who never gets to play that flute ) has all the charm of a meltdown . | 0 |
is it really an advantage to invest such subtlety and warmth in an animatronic bear when the humans are acting like puppets ? | 0 |
by taking entertainment tonight subject matter and giving it humor and poignancy , auto focus becomes both gut-bustingly funny and crushingly depressing . | 1 |
charly comes off as emotionally manipulative and sadly imitative of innumerable past love story derisions . | 0 |
crush is so warm and fuzzy you might be able to forgive its mean-spirited second half . | 1 |
would you laugh if a tuba-playing dwarf rolled down a hill in a trash can ? do you chuckle at the thought of an ancient librarian whacking a certain part of a man 's body ? if you answered yes , by all means enjoy the new guy . | 1 |
kirshner and monroe seem to be in a contest to see who can out-bad-act the other . ( kirshner wins , but it 's close . ) | 0 |
could the country bears really be as bad as its trailers ? in a word -- yes . | 0 |
it 's coherent , well shot , and tartly acted , but it wears you down like a dinner guest showing off his doctorate . | 0 |
a very good film sits in the place where a masterpiece should be . | 1 |
lacks the visual flair and bouncing bravado that characterizes better hip-hop clips and is content to recycle images and characters that were already tired 10 years ago . | 0 |
jacobi , the most fluent of actors , is given relatively dry material from nijinsky 's writings to perform , and the visuals , even erotically frank ones , become dullingly repetitive . | 0 |
neither as scary-funny as tremors nor demented-funny as starship troopers , the movie is n't tough to take as long as you 've paid a matinee price . | 0 |
to be influenced chiefly by humanity 's greatest shame , reality shows -- reality shows for god 's sake ! -- is a crime that should be punishable by chainsaw . | 0 |
this kind of dark comedy requires a delicate , surgical touch . but director danny devito and screenwriter adam resnick ( remember cabin boy ? ) just pound away . | 0 |
novak manages to capture a cruelly hilarious vein of black comedy in the situation with his cast of non-actors and a gritty , no-budget approach . | 1 |
fans of so-bad-they're-good cinema may find some fun in this jumbled mess . | 0 |
damon brings the proper conviction to his role as [ jason bourne ] . | 1 |
it gets onto the screen just about as much of the novella as one could reasonably expect , and is engrossing and moving in its own right . | 1 |
much of what is meant to be 'inspirational ' and 'uplifting ' is simply distasteful to audiences not already sharing [ the movie 's ] mindset . | 0 |
there 's not much to fatale , outside of its stylish surprises . . . but that 's ok . | 1 |
with jump cuts , fast editing and lots of pyrotechnics , yu clearly hopes to camouflage how bad his movie is . he fails . | 0 |
the acting is amateurish , the cinematography is atrocious , the direction is clumsy , the writing is insipid and the violence is at once luridly graphic and laughably unconvincing . | 0 |
nothing in waking up in reno ever inspired me to think of its inhabitants as anything more than markers in a screenplay . | 0 |
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