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you wo n't like roger , but you will quickly recognize him . and that 's a big part of why we go to the movies . | 1 |
although god is great addresses interesting matters of identity and heritage , it 's hard to shake the feeling that it was intended to be a different kind of film . | 0 |
a brutally honest documentary about a much anticipated family reunion that goes wrong thanks to culture shock and a refusal to empathize with others . | 1 |
an unintentionally surreal kid 's picture . . . in which actors in bad bear suits enact a sort of inter-species parody of a vh1 behind the music episode . | 0 |
it 's funny and human and really pretty damned wonderful , all at once . | 1 |
while dutifully pulling on heartstrings , directors dean deblois and chris sanders valiantly keep punching up the mix . | 1 |
a deviant topical comedy which is funny from start to finish . | 1 |
muccino , who directed from his own screenplay , is a canny crowd pleaser , and the last kiss . . . provides more than enough sentimental catharsis for a satisfying evening at the multiplex . | 1 |
at times , it actually hurts to watch . | 0 |
freundlich 's made [ crudup ] a suburban architect , and a cipher . | 0 |
what makes esther kahn so demanding is that it progresses in such a low-key manner that it risks monotony . but it 's worth the concentration . | 1 |
un thriller manquM-i qui tombe sur les nerfs presque dM-hs la premiM-hre image . | 0 |
we get an image of big papa spanning history , rather than suspending it . | 1 |
it 's a 100-year old mystery that is constantly being interrupted by elizabeth hurley in a bathing suit . | 0 |
the film feels formulaic , its plot and pacing typical hollywood war-movie stuff , while the performances elicit more of a sense of deja vu than awe . | 0 |
dense and enigmatic . . . elusive . . . stagy and stilted | 0 |
epps has neither the charisma nor the natural affability that has made tucker a star . | 0 |
strangely comes off as a kingdom more mild than wild . | 0 |
murderous maids has a lot going for it , not least the brilliant performances by testud . . . and parmentier . | 1 |
i guess it just goes to show that if you give a filmmaker an unlimited amount of phony blood , nothing good can happen . | 0 |
mcgrath has deftly trimmed dickens ' wonderfully sprawling soap opera , the better to focus on the hero 's odyssey from cowering poverty to courage and happiness . | 1 |
the movie is gorgeously made , but it is also somewhat shallow and art-conscious . | 0 |
an ambitious movie that , like shiner 's organizing of the big fight , pulls off enough of its effects to make up for the ones that do n't come off . | 1 |
when cowering and begging at the feet a scruffy giannini , madonna gives her best performance since abel ferrara had her beaten to a pulp in his dangerous game . | 0 |
what begins brightly gets bogged down over 140 minutes . | 0 |
a great cast and a wonderful but sometimes confusing flashback movie about growing up in a dysfunctional family . | 1 |
the film 's strength is n't in its details , but in the larger picture it paints - of a culture in conflict with itself , with the thin veneer of nationalism that covers our deepest , media-soaked fears . | 1 |
nervy and sensitive , it taps into genuine artistic befuddlement , and at the same time presents a scathing indictment of what drives hollywood . | 1 |
wise and deadpan humorous . | 1 |
a distant , even sterile , yet compulsively watchable look at the sordid life of hogan 's heroes star bob crane . | 1 |
claude chabrol has here a thriller without thrills , but that 's okay . | 1 |
though this film can be clumsy , its ambitions are equally -- and admirably -- uncommercial . | 1 |
brings an irresistible blend of warmth and humor and a consistent embracing humanity in the face of life 's harshness . | 1 |
they ought to be a whole lot scarier than they are in this tepid genre offering . | 0 |
sorvino is delightful in the central role . she nearly glows with enthusiasm , sensuality and a conniving wit . | 1 |
it is supremely unfunny and unentertaining to watch middle-age and older men drink to excess , piss on trees , b . s . one another and put on a show in drag . | 0 |
a zombie movie in every sense of the word -- mindless , lifeless , meandering , loud , painful , obnoxious . | 0 |
insightfully written , delicately performed | 1 |
sadly , 'garth ' has n't progressed as nicely as 'wayne . ' | 0 |
while cherish does n't completely survive its tonal transformation from dark comedy to suspense thriller , it 's got just enough charm and appealing character quirks to forgive that still serious problem . | 1 |
symbolically , warm water under a red bridge is a celebration of feminine energy , a tribute to the power of women to heal . | 1 |
it 's really just another silly hollywood action film , one among a multitude of simple-minded , yahoo-ing death shows . | 0 |
the most brilliant and brutal uk crime film since jack carter went back to newcastle , the first half of gangster no . 1 drips with style and , at times , blood . | 1 |
cold , pretentious , thoroughly dislikable study in sociopathy . | 0 |
at once subtle and visceral , the film never succumbs to the trap of the maudlin or tearful , offering instead with its unflinching gaze a measure of faith in the future . | 1 |
those who managed to avoid the deconstructionist theorizing of french philosopher jacques derrida in college can now take an 85-minute brush-up course with the documentary derrida . or , you can do something fun tonight . | 0 |
fails to satisfactorily exploit its gender politics , genre thrills or inherent humor . | 0 |
you 'll trudge out of the theater feeling as though you rode the zipper after eating a corn dog and an extra-large cotton candy . | 0 |
o M-stimo esforM-go do diretor acaba sendo frustrado pelo roteiro , que , depois de levar um bom tempo para colocar a trama em andamento , perde-se de vez a partir do instante em que os estranhos acontecimentos sM-co explicados . | 0 |
stevens has a flair for dialogue comedy , the film operates nicely off the element of surprise , and the large cast is solid . | 1 |
graphic sex may be what 's attracting audiences to unfaithful , but gripping performances by lane and gere are what will keep them awake . | 1 |
ray liotta and jason patric do some of their best work in their underwritten roles , but do n't be fooled : nobody deserves any prizes here . | 1 |
unpretentious , charming , quirky , original | 1 |
the drama discloses almost nothing . | 0 |
about a manga-like heroine who fights back at her abusers , it 's energetic and satisfying if not deep and psychological . | 1 |
a dopey movie clothed in excess layers of hipness . | 0 |
a minor-league soccer remake of the longest yard . | 0 |
what it lacks in originality it makes up for in intelligence and b-grade stylishness . | 1 |
the power of shanghai ghetto , a documentary by dana janklowicz-mann and amir mann , rests in the voices of men and women , now in their 70s , who lived there in the 1940s . | 1 |
blisteringly rude , scarily funny , sorrowfully sympathetic to the damage it surveys , the film has in kieran culkin a pitch-perfect holden . | 1 |
behind the glitz , hollywood is sordid and disgusting . quelle surprise ! | 0 |
michael moore 's latest documentary about america 's thirst for violence is his best film yet . . . | 1 |
its scenes and sensibility are all more than familiar , but it exudes a kind of nostalgic spy-movie charm and , at the same time , is so fresh and free of the usual thriller nonsense that it all seems to be happening for the first time . | 1 |
the entire movie is so formulaic and forgettable that it 's hardly over before it begins to fade from memory . | 0 |
renner 's performance as dahmer is unforgettable , deeply absorbing . | 1 |
with or without the sex , a wonderful tale of love and destiny , told well by a master storyteller | 1 |
there 's enough science to make it count as educational , and enough beauty to make it unforgettable . | 1 |
a movie that reminds us of just how exciting and satisfying the fantasy cinema can be when it 's approached with imagination and flair . | 1 |
[ grant 's ] bumbling magic takes over the film , and it turns out to be another winning star vehicle . | 1 |
eccentric enough to stave off doldrums , caruso 's self-conscious debut is also eminently forgettable . | 0 |
a prolonged extrusion of psychopathic pulp . | 0 |
bow 's best moments are when he 's getting busy on the basketball court because that 's when he really scores . | 1 |
uneven performances and a spotty script add up to a biting satire that has no teeth . | 0 |
the film is really closer to porn than a serious critique of what 's wrong with this increasingly pervasive aspect of gay culture . | 0 |
imagine a scenario where bergman approaches swedish fatalism using gary larson 's far side humor | 1 |
the graphic carnage and re-creation of war-torn croatia is uncomfortably timely , relevant , and sickeningly real . | 1 |
the observations of this social/economic/urban environment are canny and spiced with irony . | 1 |
there might be some sort of credible gender-provoking philosophy submerged here , but who the hell cares ? | 0 |
this clever caper movie has twists worthy of david mamet and is enormous fun for thinking audiences . | 1 |
once folks started hanging out at the barbershop , they never wanted to leave . chances are you wo n't , either . | 1 |
if hill is n't quite his generation 's don siegel ( or robert aldrich ) , it 's because there 's no discernible feeling beneath the chest hair ; it 's all bluster and clichM-i . | 0 |
like showgirls and glitter , the most entertaining moments here are unintentional . | 0 |
the plot grows thin soon , and you find yourself praying for a quick resolution . | 0 |
[ a ] rare movie that makes us re-assess the basis for our lives and evaluate what is truly ours in a world of meaningless activity . | 1 |
the picture does n't know it 's a comedy . | 0 |
writer-director ritchie reduces wertmuller 's social mores and politics to tiresome jargon . | 0 |
this is a film living far too much in its own head . | 0 |
since dahmer resorts to standard slasher flick thrills when it should be most in the mind of the killer , it misses a major opportunity to be truly revelatory about his psyche . | 0 |
finely crafted , finely written , exquisitely performed | 1 |
a shame that stealing harvard is too busy getting in its own way to be anything but frustrating , boring , and forgettable . | 0 |
who knows what exactly godard is on about in this film , but his words and images do n't have to add up to mesmerize you . | 1 |
scarlet diva has a voyeuristic tug , but all in all it 's a lot less sensational than it wants to be . | 0 |
be patient with the lovely hush ! and your reward will be a thoughtful , emotional movie experience . | 1 |
although it starts off so bad that you feel like running out screaming , it eventually works its way up to merely bad rather than painfully awful . | 0 |
[ nM-fs ] directed the stage version of elling , and gets fine performances from his two leads who originated the characters on stage . | 1 |
far-fetched premise , convoluted plot , and thematic mumbo jumbo about destiny and redemptive love . | 0 |
a moody horror/thriller elevated by deft staging and the director 's well-known narrative gamesmanship . | 1 |
drops you into a dizzying , volatile , pressure-cooker of a situation that quickly snowballs out of control , while focusing on the what much more than the why . | 1 |
sunshine state lacks the kind of dynamic that limbo offers , and in some ways is a rather indulgent piece . | 0 |
scotland looks wonderful , the fans are often funny fanatics , the showdown sure beats a bad day of golf . | 1 |
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