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corpus collosum -- while undeniably interesting -- wore out its welcome well before the end credits rolled about 45 minutes in .
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will probably stay in the shadow of its two older , more accessible qatsi siblings .
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an engaging criminal romp that will have viewers guessing just who 's being conned right up to the finale .
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it is too bad that this likable movie is n't more accomplished . the actors try hard but come off too amateurish and awkward .
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bears is bad . not 'terrible filmmaking ' bad , but more like , 'i once had a nightmare like this , and it 's now coming true ' bad .
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a movie that will thrill you , touch you and make you laugh as well .
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there is an almost poignant dimension to the way that every major stunt seagal 's character . . . performs is shot from behind , as if it could fool us into thinking that we 're not watching a double .
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in a way , the film feels like a breath of fresh air , but only to those that allow it in .
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about amy 's cuteness , amy 's career success ( she 's a best-selling writer of self-help books who ca n't help herself ) , and amy 's neuroses when it comes to men .
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one scarcely needs the subtitles to enjoy this colorful action farce .
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a typically observant , carefully nuanced and intimate french coming-of-age film that is an encouraging debut feature but has a needlessly downbeat ending that is too heavy for all that has preceded it .
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what an embarrassment .
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. . . has freaky scenes where the crew wonder if they 're ghosts imagining themselves as alive . it 's a sly wink to the others without becoming a postmodern joke , made creepy by its `` men in a sardine can `` warped logic .
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thriller directorial debut for traffic scribe gaghan has all the right parts , but the pieces do n't quite fit together .
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bolstered by an astonishing voice cast ( excepting love hewitt ) , an interesting racial tension , and a storyline that i have n't encountered since at least pete 's dragon .
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[ t ] here 's only so much anyone can do with a florid , overplotted , anne rice rock 'n ' roll vampire novel before the built-in silliness of the whole affair defeats them .
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a clutchy , indulgent and pretentious travelogue and diatribe against . . . well , just stuff . watching scarlet diva , one is poised for titillation , raw insight or both . instead , we just get messy anger , a movie as personal therapy .
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despite hoffman 's best efforts , wilson remains a silent , lumpish cipher ; his encounters reveal nothing about who he is or who he was before .
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love liza is a festival film that would have been better off staying on the festival circuit .
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the film seems a dead weight . the lack of pace kills it , although , in a movie about cancer , this might be apt .
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that 'alabama ' manages to be pleasant in spite of its predictability and occasional slowness is due primarily to the perkiness of witherspoon ( who is always a joy to watch , even when her material is not first-rate ) . . .
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needed a little less bling-bling and a lot more romance .
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even by the intentionally low standards of frat-boy humor , sorority boys is a bowser .
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. . . too slow , too boring , and occasionally annoying .
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pretension , in its own way , is a form of bravery . for this reason and this reason only -- the power of its own steadfast , hoity-toity convictions -- chelsea walls deserves a medal .
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while not all transitions to adulthood are so fraught , there 's much truth and no small amount of poetry in girls ca n't swim .
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there 's a heavy stench of 'been there , done that ' hanging over the film . it 's everything you 'd expect -- but nothing more .
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two hours of melodramatic musical married to two hours of underdog sports intrigue , if the picture also shares the weaknesses of both genres , more 's the pity .
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not as well-written as sexy beast , not as gloriously flippant as lock , stock and two smoking barrels , but stylish and moody and exceptionally well-acted .
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so brisk is wang 's pacing that none of the excellent cast are given air to breathe .
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vile and tacky are the two best adjectives to describe ghost ship .
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rarely does such high-profile talent serve such literate material .
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if you go into the theater expecting a scary , action-packed chiller , you might soon be looking for a sign . an exit sign , that is .
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incoherence reigns .
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[ shyamalan ] continues to cut a swathe through mainstream hollywood , while retaining an integrity and refusing to compromise his vision .
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dawdles and drags when it should pop ; it does n't even have the virtue of enough mindless violence to break up the tedium of all its generational bonding .
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all i can say is fuhgeddaboutit .
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a photographic marvel of sorts , and it 's certainly an invaluable record of that special fishy community .
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the editing is chaotic , the photography grainy and badly focused , the writing unintentionally hilarious , the direction unfocused , the performances as wooden .
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kaufman creates an eerie sense of not only being there at the time of these events but the very night matthew was killed .
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'film aficionados can not help but love cinema paradiso , whether the original version or new director 's cut . '
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the name says it all . jackass is a vulgar and cheap-looking version of candid camera staged for the marquis de sade set .
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the saturation bombing of reggio 's images and glass ' evocative music . . . ultimately leaves viewers with the task of divining meaning .
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this series should have died long ago , but they keep bringing it back another day as punishment for paying money to see the last james bond movie .
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for a debut film , skin of man , heart of beast feels unusually assured .
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the actresses find their own rhythm and protect each other from the script 's bad ideas and awkwardness .
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the man from elysian fields is a cold , bliss-less work that groans along thinking itself some important comment on how life throws us some beguiling curves .
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morton is a great actress portraying a complex character , but morvern callar grows less compelling the farther it meanders from its shocking start .
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a distinguished and thoughtful film , marked by acute writing and a host of splendid performances .
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with each of her three protagonists , miller eloquently captures the moment when a woman 's life , out of a deep-seated , emotional need , is about to turn onto a different path .
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beautifully produced .
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beresford nicely mixes in as much humor as pathos to take us on his sentimental journey of the heart . it really is a shame that more wo n't get an opportunity to embrace small , sweet 'evelyn . '
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for a guy who has waited three years with breathless anticipation for a new hal hartley movie to pore over , no such thing is a big letdown .
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secret ballot is a funny , puzzling movie ambiguous enough to be engaging and oddly moving .
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the ensemble cast turns in a collectively stellar performance , and the writing is tight and truthful , full of funny situations and honest observations .
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credibility sinks into a mire of sentiment .
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painful , horrifying and oppressively tragic , this film should not be missed .
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behind the snow games and lovable siberian huskies ( plus one sheep dog ) , the picture hosts a parka-wrapped dose of heart .
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good ol ' urban legend stuff .
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despite all evidence to the contrary , this clunker has somehow managed to pose as an actual feature movie , the kind that charges full admission and gets hyped on tv and purports to amuse small children and ostensible adults .
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a pleasing , often-funny comedy .
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it 's basically an overlong episode of tales from the crypt .
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although it bangs a very cliched drum at times , this crowd-pleaser 's fresh dialogue , energetic music , and good-natured spunk are often infectious .
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another boorish movie from the i-heard-a-joke- at-a-frat-party school of screenwriting .
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the best didacticism is one carried by a strong sense of humanism , and bertrand tavernier 's oft-brilliant safe conduct ( `` laissez-passer `` ) wears its heart on its sleeve .
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the charms of willful eccentricity , at least as evidenced by this latest cinematic essay , are beginning to wear a bit thin .
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if it 's another regurgitated action movie you 're after , there 's no better film than half past dead .
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the film grows on you . and how .
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toward the end sum of all fears morphs into a mundane '70s disaster flick .
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it would be disingenuous to call reno a great film , but you can say that about most of the flicks moving in and out of the multiplex . this is a movie that is what it is : a pleasant distraction , a friday night diversion , an excuse to eat popcorn .
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we just do n't really care too much about this love story . in that setting , their struggle is simply too ludicrous and borderline insulting .
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the big ending surprise almost saves the movie . it 's too bad that the rest is n't more compelling .
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in execution , this clever idea is far less funny than the original , killers from space .
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there are n't many laughs in this interesting study of the cultural mores of georgian jews in tel aviv .
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. . . an interesting slice of history .
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[ lee ] treats his audience the same way that jim brown treats his women -- as dumb , credulous , unassuming , subordinate subjects . and lee seems just as expectant of an adoring , wide-smiling reception .
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leave it to the french to truly capture the terrifying angst of the modern working man without turning the film into a cheap thriller , a dumb comedy or a sappy melodrama .
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if not a home run , then at least a solid base hit .
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after several scenes of this tacky nonsense , you 'll be wistful for the testosterone-charged wizardry of jerry bruckheimer productions , especially because half past dead is like the rock on a wal-mart budget .
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an unclassifiably awful study in self- and audience-abuse .
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a generic bloodbath that often becomes laughably unbearable when it is n't merely offensive .
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tim allen is great in his role but never hogs the scenes from his fellow cast , as there are plenty of laughs and good lines for everyone in this comedy .
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could use a little more humanity , but it never lacks in eye-popping visuals .
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the trouble is , its filmmakers run out of clever ideas and visual gags about halfway through .
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. . . a trashy little bit of fluff stuffed with enjoyable performances and a bewildering sense of self-importance
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the 1960s rebellion was misdirected : you ca n't fight your culture .
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it 's a perfect show of respect to just one of those underrated professionals who deserve but rarely receive it .
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birthday girl walks a tricky tightrope between being wickedly funny and just plain wicked .
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better than the tepid star trek : insurrection ; falls short of first contact because the villain could n't pick the lint off borg queen alice krige 's cape ; and finishes half a parsec ( a nose ) ahead of generations .
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the disjointed mess flows as naturally as jolie 's hideous yellow 'do .
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with exquisite craftsmanship . . . olivier assayas has fashioned an absorbing look at provincial bourgeois french society .
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even the imaginative gore ca n't hide the musty scent of todd farmer 's screenplay , which is a simple retread of the 1979 alien , with a plucky heroine battling a monster loose in a spaceship .
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like a fish that 's lived too long , austin powers in goldmember has some unnecessary parts and is kinda wrong in places .
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debut effort by `` project greenlight `` winner is sappy and amateurish .
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philosophically , intellectually and logistically a mess .
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rife with the rueful , wry humor springing out of yiddish culture and language .
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the action scenes have all the suspense of a 20-car pileup , while the plot holes are big enough for a train car to drive through -- if kaos had n't blown them all up .
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an unholy mess , driven by the pathetic idea that if you shoot something on crummy-looking videotape , it must be labelled 'hip ' , 'innovative ' and 'realistic ' .
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simultaneously heart-breaking and very funny , the last kiss is really all about performances .
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a melancholy , emotional film .
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