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absurdities and clichM-is accumulate like lint in a fat man 's navel . | 0 |
the director explores all three sides of his story with a sensitivity and an inquisitiveness reminiscent of truffaut . | 1 |
an appealingly juvenile trifle that delivers its share of laughs and smiles . | 1 |
a film that takes you inside the rhythms of its subject : you experience it as you watch . | 1 |
it has all the excitement of eating oatmeal . | 0 |
lilia 's transformation from strict mother to sensual siren is superficially preposterous , but abbas infuses the role with an unimpeachable core of emotional truth . | 1 |
a rehash of every gangster movie from the past decade . | 0 |
i like this movie a lot . i like that smith , he 's not making fun of these people , he 's not laughing at them . | 1 |
a little objectivity could have gone a long way . | 0 |
aan opportunity wasted . | 0 |
it 's a drawling , slobbering , lovable run-on sentence of a film , a southern gothic with the emotional arc of its raw blues soundtrack . | 1 |
it 's so crammed with scenes and vistas and pretty moments that it 's left a few crucial things out , like character development and coherence . | 0 |
this feature is about as necessary as a hole in the head | 0 |
the rare movie that 's as crisp and to the point as the novel on which it 's based . | 1 |
the sort of picture in which , whenever one of the characters has some serious soul searching to do , they go to a picture-perfect beach during sunset . | 0 |
superior genre storytelling , which gets under our skin simply by crossing the nuclear line . | 1 |
one of the best films of the year with its exploration of the obstacles to happiness faced by five contemporary individuals . . . a psychological masterpiece . | 1 |
a timid , soggy near miss . | 0 |
shyamalan takes a potentially trite and overused concept ( aliens come to earth ) and infuses it into a rustic , realistic , and altogether creepy tale of hidden invasion . | 1 |
the hypnotic imagery and fragmentary tale explore the connections between place and personal identity . | 1 |
as earnest as a community-college advertisement , american chai is enough to make you put away the guitar , sell the amp , and apply to medical school . | 0 |
feels like a cold old man going through the motions . | 0 |
highbrow self-appointed guardians of culture need not apply , but those who loved cool as ice have at last found a worthy follow-up . | 1 |
bravo for history rewritten , and for the uncompromising knowledge that the highest power of all is the power of love . | 1 |
as animation increasingly emphasizes the computer and the cool , this is a film that takes a stand in favor of tradition and warmth . | 1 |
a superbly acted and funny/gritty fable of the humanizing of one woman at the hands of the unseen forces of fate . | 1 |
. . little action , almost no suspense or believable tension , one-dimensional characters up the wazoo and sets that can only be described as sci-fi generic . | 0 |
effective in all its aspects , margarita happy hour represents an auspicious feature debut for chaiken . | 1 |
statham employs an accent that i think is supposed to be an attempt at hardass american but sometimes just lapses into unhidden british . | 0 |
the movie starts with a legend and ends with a story that is so far-fetched it would be impossible to believe if it were n't true . this is the stuff that disney movies are made of . | 1 |
while holm is terrific as both men and hjejle quite appealing , the film fails to make the most out of the intriguing premise . | 0 |
coarse , cliched and clunky , this trifling romantic comedy in which opposites attract for no better reason than that the screenplay demands it squanders the charms of stars hugh grant and sandra bullock . | 0 |
[ a ] painfully flat gross-out comedy . . . | 0 |
it ultimately stands forth as an important chronicle of the abuses of one of latin america 's most oppressive regimes . | 1 |
personal velocity ought to be exploring these women 's inner lives , but it never moves beyond their surfaces . | 0 |
while not quite a comedy , the film tackles its relatively serious subject with an open mind and considerable good cheer , and is never less than engaging . | 1 |
charming and witty , it 's also somewhat clumsy . | 1 |
the good is very , very good . . . the rest runs from mildly unimpressive to despairingly awful . | 0 |
there 's a solid woman- finding-herself story somewhere in here , but you 'd have to dig pretty deep to uncover it . | 0 |
the noble tradition of men in drag hits an all-time low in sorority boys , whose makers apparently believe that women 's clothing can cover up any deficiency in acting , writing or direction . | 0 |
it ca n't decide if it wants to be a mystery/thriller , a romance or a comedy . | 0 |
nothing more than four or five mild chuckles surrounded by 86 minutes of overly-familiar and poorly-constructed comedy . | 0 |
those unfamiliar with mormon traditions may find the singles ward occasionally bewildering . | 0 |
a deceivingly simple film , one that grows in power in retrospect . | 1 |
one of those unassuming films that sneaks up on you and stays with you long after you have left the theatre . | 1 |
. . . the efforts of its star , kline , to lend some dignity to a dumb story are for naught . | 0 |
rife with nutty cliches and far too much dialogue . | 0 |
paid in full is so stale , in fact , that its most vibrant scene is one that uses clips from brian de palma 's scarface . that 's a cheat . | 0 |
if you liked the 1982 film then , you 'll still like it now . | 0 |
the story 's so preposterous that i did n't believe it for a second , despite the best efforts of everyone involved . | 0 |
with rabbit-proof fence , noyce has tailored an epic tale into a lean , economical movie . | 1 |
highly irritating at first , mr . koury 's passive technique eventually begins to yield some interesting results . | 1 |
a deftly entertaining film , smartly played and smartly directed . | 1 |
no , it 's not nearly as good as any of its influences . | 0 |
poignant and funny . | 1 |
a quietly reflective and melancholy new zealand film about an eventful summer in a 13-year-old girl 's life . | 1 |
everytime you think undercover brother has run out of steam , it finds a new way to surprise and amuse . | 1 |
when your subject is illusion versus reality , should n't the reality seem at least passably real ? | 0 |
it 's not particularly subtle . . . however , it still manages to build to a terrifying , if obvious , conclusion . | 1 |
atom egoyan has conjured up a multilayered work that tackles any number of fascinating issues | 1 |
a pale xerox of other , better crime movies . | 0 |
it 's not that waiting for happiness is a bad film , because it is n't . it 's just incredibly dull . | 0 |
about as cutting-edge as pet rock : the movie . | 0 |
a tremendous piece of work . | 1 |
the episodic film makes valid points about the depersonalization of modern life . but the characters tend to be cliches whose lives are never fully explored . | 0 |
its juxtaposition of overwrought existentialism and stomach-churning gore will have you forever on the verge of either cracking up or throwing up . | 0 |
. . . bright , intelligent , and humanly funny film . | 1 |
divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood may not be exactly divine , but it 's definitely -- defiantly -- ya ya , what with all of those terrific songs and spirited performances . | 1 |
a quirky comedy set in newfoundland that cleverly captures the dry wit that 's so prevalent on the rock . | 1 |
with its lackadaisical plotting and mindless action , all about the benjamins evokes the bottom tier of blaxploitation flicks from the 1970s . | 0 |
there 's not a spark of new inspiration in it , just more of the same , done with noticeably less energy and imagination . | 0 |
stay away . far away . | 0 |
though this rude and crude film does deliver a few gut-busting laughs , its digs at modern society are all things we 've seen before . | 0 |
sheds light on a subject few are familiar with , and makes you care about music you may not have heard before . | 1 |
' . . . a great , participatory spectator sport . ' | 1 |
you 've already seen city by the sea under a variety of titles , but it 's worth yet another visit . | 1 |
much like its easily dismissive take on the upscale lifestyle , there is n't much there here . | 0 |
the whole film has this sneaky feel to it as if the director is trying to dupe the viewer into taking it all as very important simply because the movie is ugly to look at and not a hollywood product . | 0 |
kinnear gives a tremendous performance . | 1 |
for all its highfalutin title and corkscrew narrative , the movie turns out to be not much more than a shaggy human tale . | 0 |
as tricky and satisfying as any of david mamet 's airless cinematic shell games . | 1 |
light the candles , bring out the cake and do n't fret about the calories because there 's precious little substance in birthday girl -- it 's simply , and surprisingly , a nice , light treat . | 1 |
enjoyably dumb , sweet , and intermittently hilarious -- if you 've a taste for the quirky , steal a glimpse . | 1 |
as comedic spotlights go , notorious c . h . o . hits all the verbal marks it should . | 1 |
the plot grinds on with yawn-provoking dullness . | 0 |
gaunt , silver-haired and leonine , [ harris ] brings a tragic dimension and savage full-bodied wit and cunning to the aging sandeman . | 1 |
there 's something about a marching band that gets me where i live . | 1 |
the year 's greatest adventure , and jackson 's limited but enthusiastic adaptation has made literature literal without killing its soul -- a feat any thinking person is bound to appreciate . | 1 |
believability was n't one of the film 's virtues . | 0 |
disney again ransacks its archives for a quick-buck sequel . | 0 |
you leave feeling like you 've endured a long workout without your pulse ever racing . | 0 |
eddie murphy and owen wilson have a cute partnership in i spy , but the movie around them is so often nearly nothing that their charm does n't do a load of good . | 0 |
the cartoon is about as true to the spirit of the festival of lights as mr . deeds was to that of frank capra . | 0 |
not a bad choice here , assuming that . . . the air-conditioning in the theater is working properly . | 1 |
it 's a satisfying summer blockbuster and worth a look . | 1 |
'it 's painful to watch witherspoon 's talents wasting away inside unnecessary films like legally blonde and sweet home abomination , i mean , alabama . ' | 0 |
everyone connected to this movie seems to be part of an insider clique , which tends to breed formulaic films rather than fresh ones . | 0 |
while the film is not entirely successful , it still manages to string together enough charming moments to work . | 1 |
i loved looking at this movie . i just did n't care as much for the story . | 0 |
more than makes up for its mawkish posing by offering rousing spates of genuine feeling . | 1 |
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