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. . . a story , an old and scary one , about the monsters we make , and the vengeance they take . | 1 |
real women have curves does n't offer any easy answers . | 1 |
by the end of no such thing the audience , like beatrice , has a watchful affection for the monster . | 1 |
the intent is almost exactly the same [ as the full monty ] . all that 's missing is the spontaneity , originality and delight . | 0 |
adaptation 's success in engaging the audience in the travails of creating a screenplay is extraordinary . | 1 |
by the end of the movie , you 're definitely convinced that these women are spectacular . | 1 |
an incredibly thoughtful , deeply meditative picture that neatly and effectively captures the debilitating grief felt in the immediate aftermath of the terrorist attacks . | 1 |
this is a movie where the most notable observation is how long you 've been sitting still . | 0 |
a bigger holiday downer than your end-of-year 401 ( k ) statement . | 0 |
aggravating and tedious . | 0 |
this painfully unfunny farce traffics in tired stereotypes and encumbers itself with complications . . . that have no bearing on the story . | 0 |
montias . . . pumps a lot of energy into his nicely nuanced narrative and surrounds himself with a cast of quirky -- but not stereotyped -- street characters . | 1 |
all-in-all , the film is an enjoyable and frankly told tale of a people who live among us , but not necessarily with us . | 1 |
at times auto focus feels so distant you might as well be watching it through a telescope . yet in its own aloof , unreachable way it 's so fascinating you wo n't be able to look away for a second . | 1 |
it proves quite compelling as an intense , brooding character study . | 1 |
the rare imax movie that you 'll wish was longer than an hour . | 1 |
my thoughts were focused on the characters . that is a compliment to kuras and miller . if i had been thinking about the visual medium , they would have been doing something wrong . | 1 |
pipe dream does have its charms . the leads are natural and lovely , the pace is serene , the humor wry and sprightly . | 1 |
a dull , dumb and derivative horror film . | 0 |
make like the title and dodge this one . | 0 |
a sober and affecting chronicle of the leveling effect of loss . | 1 |
while the humor is recognizably plympton , he has actually bothered to construct a real story this time . | 1 |
it 's soulful and unslick , and that 's apparently just what [ aniston ] has always needed to grow into a movie career . | 1 |
city by the sea is a gritty police thriller with all the dysfunctional family dynamics one could wish for . but how it washed out despite all of that is the project 's prime mystery . | 0 |
[ haynes ' ] homage to such films as `` all that heaven allows `` and `` imitation of life `` transcends them . simply put , `` far from heaven `` is a masterpiece . | 1 |
when compared to the usual , more somber festival entries , davis ' highly personal brand of romantic comedy is a tart , smart breath of fresh air that stands out from the pack even if the picture itself is somewhat problematic . | 1 |
for all its failed connections , divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood is nurturing , in a gauzy , dithering way . | 1 |
it 's an 88-minute highlight reel that 's 86 minutes too long . | 0 |
oscar caliber cast does n't live up to material | 0 |
the story , like life , refuses to be simple , and the result is a compelling slice of awkward emotions . | 1 |
inventive , fun , intoxicatingly sexy , violent , self-indulgent and maddening . | 1 |
a compelling film . | 1 |
indifferently implausible popcorn programmer of a movie . | 0 |
the film does a solid job of slowly , steadily building up to the climactic burst of violence . | 1 |
. . . irritating soul-searching garbage . | 0 |
it 's a movie that ends with truckzilla , for cryin ' out loud . if that does n't clue you in that something 's horribly wrong , nothing will . | 0 |
the film never rises above a conventional , two dimension tale | 0 |
my big fat greek wedding uses stereotypes in a delightful blend of sweet romance and lovingly dished out humor . | 1 |
i can analyze this movie in three words : thumbs friggin ' down . | 0 |
rarely does a film so graceless and devoid of merit as this one come along . | 0 |
a surprisingly funny movie . | 1 |
the movie feels like it 's going to be great , and it carries on feeling that way for a long time , but takeoff just never happens . | 0 |
it gives devastating testimony to both people 's capacity for evil and their heroic capacity for good . | 1 |
samuel beckett applied to the iranian voting process . | 1 |
the script feels as if it started to explore the obvious voyeuristic potential of 'hypertime ' but then backed off when the producers saw the grosses for spy kids . | 0 |
the film 's images give a backbone to the company and provide an emotional edge to its ultimate demise . | 1 |
the way home is an ode to unconditional love and compassion garnered from years of seeing it all , a condition only the old are privy to , and . . . often misconstrued as weakness . | 1 |
wins my vote for 'the 2002 enemy of cinema ' award . | 0 |
if you 're a crocodile hunter fan , you 'll enjoy at least the `` real `` portions of the film . if you 're looking for a story , do n't bother . | 0 |
no one can doubt the filmmakers ' motives , but the guys still feels counterproductive . | 0 |
full of surprises . | 1 |
unless there are zoning ordinances to protect your community from the dullest science fiction , impostor is opening today at a theater near you . | 0 |
some actors steal scenes . tom green just gives them a bad odor . this self-infatuated goofball is far from the only thing wrong with the clumsy comedy stealing harvard , but he 's the most obvious one . | 0 |
no telegraphing is too obvious or simplistic for this movie . | 0 |
its initial excitement settles into a warmed over pastiche . | 0 |
one of those films that seems tailor made to air on pay cable to offer some modest amusements when one has nothing else to watch . | 0 |
this 10th film in the series looks and feels tired . | 0 |
an unabashedly schmaltzy and thoroughly enjoyable true story . | 1 |
a decent-enough nail-biter that stands a good chance of being the big hit franklin needs to stay afloat in hollywood . | 1 |
viewers are asked so often to suspend belief that were it not for holm 's performance , the film would be a total washout . | 0 |
there is nothing funny in this every-joke-has- been-told-a- thousand-times- before movie . | 0 |
too much of the humor falls flat . | 0 |
i cry for i spy -- or i would if this latest and laziest imaginable of all vintage-tv spinoffs were capable of engendering an emotional response of any kind . | 0 |
smith profiles five extraordinary american homes , and because the owners seem fully aware of the uses and abuses of fame , it 's a pleasure to enjoy their eccentricities . | 1 |
aptly named , this shimmering , beautifully costumed and filmed production does n't work for me . | 0 |
totally overwrought , deeply biased , and wholly designed to make you feel guilty about ignoring what the filmmakers clearly believe are the greatest musicians of all time . | 0 |
rarely have i seen a film so willing to champion the fallibility of the human heart . | 1 |
this dreadfully earnest inversion of the concubine love triangle eschews the previous film 's historical panorama and roiling pathos for bug-eyed mugging and gay-niche condescension . | 0 |
you may feel compelled to watch the film twice or pick up a book on the subject . | 1 |
grant carries the day with impeccable comic timing , raffish charm and piercing intellect . | 1 |
although disney follows its standard formula in this animated adventure , it feels more forced than usual . | 0 |
given how heavy-handed and portent-heavy it is , this could be the worst thing soderbergh has ever done . | 0 |
innocuous enough to make even jean-claude van damme look good . | 0 |
a quasi-documentary by french filmmaker karim dridi that celebrates the hardy spirit of cuban music . | 1 |
the latest vapid actor 's exercise to appropriate the structure of arthur schnitzler 's reigen . | 0 |
schepisi , aided by a cast that seems to include every top-notch british actor who did not appear in gosford park ( as well as one , ms . mirren , who did ) , has succeeded beyond all expectation . | 1 |
a worthy tribute to a great humanitarian and her vibrant 'co-stars . ' | 1 |
director todd solondz has made a movie about critical reaction to his two previous movies , and about his responsibility to the characters that he creates . | 1 |
full of witless jokes , dealing in broad stereotypes and outrageously unbelievable scenarios , and saddled with a general air of misogyny | 0 |
the story is a rather simplistic one : grief drives her , love drives him , and a second chance to find love in the most unlikely place - it struck a chord in me . | 1 |
a serious movie with serious ideas . but seriously , folks , it does n't work . | 0 |
the cast delivers without sham the raw-nerved story . | 1 |
an uncomfortable experience , but one as brave and challenging as you could possibly expect these days from american cinema . | 1 |
leave it to john sayles to take on developers , the chamber of commerce , tourism , historical pageants , and commercialism all in the same movie . . . without neglecting character development for even one minute . | 1 |
the wild thornberrys movie is pleasant enough and the message of our close ties with animals can certainly not be emphasized enough . | 1 |
the worst kind of independent ; the one where actors play dress down hicks and ponderously mope around trying to strike lightning as captured by their 1970s predecessors | 0 |
day is not a great bond movie , but it is a good bond movie , which still makes it much better than your typical bond knock-offs . | 1 |
parents beware ; this is downright movie penance . | 0 |
very stupid and annoying . | 0 |
like its title character , this nicholas nickleby finds itself in reduced circumstances -- and , also like its hero , it remains brightly optimistic , coming through in the end . | 1 |
the screenplay never lets us forget that bourne was once an amoral assassin just like the ones who are pursuing him . . . there is never really a true `` us `` versus `` them `` . | 1 |
an inelegant combination of two unrelated shorts that falls far short of the director 's previous work in terms of both thematic content and narrative strength . | 0 |
there 's a little violence and lots of sex in a bid to hold our attention , but it grows monotonous after a while , as do joan and philip 's repetitive arguments , schemes and treachery . | 0 |
the gifted crudup has the perfect face to play a handsome blank yearning to find himself , and his cipherlike personality and bad behavior would play fine if the movie knew what to do with him . | 0 |
the messages of compassion and mercy are clearly , squarely and specifically expounded via computer animated old testament tale of jonah and the whale . determined to be fun , and bouncy , with energetic musicals , the humor did n't quite engage this adult . | 0 |
often messy and frustrating , but very pleasing at its best moments , it 's very much like life itself . | 1 |
a film without surprise geared toward maximum comfort and familiarity . | 0 |
scott delivers a terrific performance in this fascinating portrait of a modern lothario . | 1 |
an intriguing look at the french film industry during the german occupation ; its most delightful moments come when various characters express their quirky inner selves . | 1 |
george clooney proves he 's quite a talented director and sam rockwell shows us he 's a world-class actor with confessions of a dangerous mind . | 1 |
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