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. . . an enjoyably frothy 'date movie' . . . | 1pos |
the genius of the work speaks volumes , offering up a hallucinatory dreamscape that frustrates and captivates . | 1pos |
two weeks notice has appeal beyond being a sandra bullock vehicle or a standard romantic comedy . | 1pos |
the movie's seams may show . . . but pellington gives " mothman " an irresistibly uncanny ambience that goes a long way toward keeping the picture compelling . | 1pos |
if mostly martha is mostly unsurprising , it's still a sweet , even delectable diversion . | 1pos |
a wild comedy that could only spring from the demented mind of the writer of being john malkovich . | 1pos |
schnitzler does a fine job contrasting the sleekness of the film's present with the playful paranoia of the film's past . | 1pos |
'a fresh-faced , big-hearted and frequently funny thrill ride for the kiddies , with enough eye candy and cheeky wit to keep parents away from the concession stand . ' | 1pos |
mana gives us compelling , damaged characters who we want to help -- or hurt . | 1pos |
the sentimental script has problems , but the actors pick up the slack . | 1pos |
a good documentary can make interesting a subject you thought would leave you cold . a case in point : doug pray's scratch . | 1pos |
abderrahmane sissako's heremakono ( waiting for happiness ) is an elegiac portrait of a transit city on the west african coast struggling against foreign influences . | 1pos |
in xxx , diesel is that rare creature -- an action hero with table manners , and one who proves that elegance is more than tattoo deep . | 1pos |
an engrossing and grim portrait of hookers : what they think of themselves and their clients . | 1pos |
it all plays out . . . like a high-end john hughes comedy , a kind of elder bueller's time out . | 1pos |
the film is enriched by an imaginatively mixed cast of antic spirits , headed by christopher plummer as the subtlest and most complexly evil uncle ralph i've ever seen in the many film and stage adaptations of the work . | 1pos |
this is one of the rarest kinds of films : a family-oriented non-disney film that is actually funny without hitting below the belt . | 1pos |
it is refreshingly undogmatic about its characters . | 1pos |
a moving and important film . | 1pos |
deep intelligence and a warm , enveloping affection breathe out of every frame . | 1pos |
famuyiwa's feature deals with its subject matter in a tasteful , intelligent manner , rather than forcing us to endure every plot contrivance that the cliché-riddled genre can offer . | 1pos |
showtime is a fine-looking film with a bouncy score and a clutch of lively songs for deft punctuation . | 1pos |
sweet home alabama isn't going to win any academy awards , but this date-night diversion will definitely win some hearts . | 1pos |
a cruelly funny twist on teen comedy packed with inventive cinematic tricks and an ironically killer soundtrack | 1pos |
a gracious , eloquent film that by its end offers a ray of hope to the refugees able to look ahead and resist living in a past forever lost . | 1pos |
even though many of these guys are less than adorable ( their lamentations are pretty much self-centered ) , there's something vital about the movie . | 1pos |
a tour de force drama about the astonishingly pivotal role of imagination in the soulful development of two rowdy teenagers . | 1pos |
it is a strength of a documentary to disregard available bias , especially as temptingly easy as it would have been with this premise . | 1pos |
when twentysomething hotsies make movies about their lives , hard-driving narcissism is a given , but what a world we'd live in if argento's hollywood counterparts . . . had this much imagination and nerve . | 1pos |
maryam is more timely now than ever . | 1pos |
an eloquent , reflective and beautifully acted meditation on both the profoundly devastating events of one year ago and the slow , painful healing process that has followed in their wake . | 1pos |
piccoli gives a superb performance full of deep feeling . | 1pos |
what a concept , what an idea , what a thrill ride . this is a more fascinating look at the future than " bladerunner " and one of the most high-concept sci fi adventures attempted for the screen . | 1pos |
the rare movie that's as crisp and to the point as the novel on which it's based . | 1pos |
a film of epic scale with an intimate feeling , a saga of the ups and downs of friendships . | 1pos |
sayles has an eye for the ways people of different ethnicities talk to and about others outside the group . | 1pos |
" nicholas nickleby " is a perfect family film to take everyone to since there's no new " a christmas carol " out in the theaters this year . charlie hunnam has the twinkling eyes , repressed smile and determined face needed to carry out a dickensian hero . | 1pos |
niccol the filmmaker merges his collaborators' symbolic images with his words , insinuating , for example , that in hollywood , only god speaks to the press | 1pos |
khouri manages , with terrific flair , to keep the extremes of screwball farce and blood-curdling family intensity on one continuum . | 1pos |
impresses as a skillfully assembled , highly polished and professional adaptation . . . just about as chilling and unsettling as 'manhunter' was . | 1pos |
it's a solid movie about people whose lives are anything but . | 1pos |
though a touch too arthouse 101 in its poetic symbolism , heaven proves to be a good match of the sensibilities of two directors . | 1pos |
i simply can't recommend it enough . | 1pos |
wiseman reveals the victims of domestic abuse in all of their pity and terror . | 1pos |
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 . | 1pos |
we want the funk - and this movie's got it . | 1pos |
wow , so who knew charles dickens could be so light-hearted ? | 1pos |
many went to see the attraction for the sole reason that it was hot outside and there was air conditioning inside , and i don't think that a . c . will help this movie one bit . | 1pos |
sem se preocupar em criar momentos melodramáticos para arrancar lágrimas do espectador , o pianista é um filme triste sem que , para isso , precise ser emocionante . | 1pos |
the storylines are woven together skilfully , the magnificent swooping aerial shots are breathtaking , and the overall experience is awesome . | 1pos |
a miraculous movie , i'm going home is so slight , yet overflows with wisdom and emotion . | 1pos |
baran is shockingly devoid of your typical majid majidi shoe-loving , crippled children . | 1pos |
an ambitious 'what if ? ' that works . | 1pos |
every moment crackles with tension , and by the end of the flick , you're on the edge of your seat . | 1pos |
a fine , rousing , g-rated family film , aimed mainly at little kids but with plenty of entertainment value to keep grown-ups from squirming in their seats . | 1pos |
the series' message about making the right choice in the face of tempting alternatives remains prominent , as do the girls' amusing personalities . | 1pos |
richly entertaining and suggestive of any number of metaphorical readings . | 1pos |
a compelling allegory about the last days of germany's democratic weimar republic . | 1pos |
offers a guilt-free trip into feel-good territory . | 1pos |
a b-movie you can sit through , enjoy on a certain level and then forget . | 1pos |
devos delivers a perfect performance that captures the innocence and budding demons within a wallflower . | 1pos |
disappointingly , the characters are too strange and dysfunctional , tom included , to ever get under the skin , but this is compensated in large part by the off-the-wall dialogue , visual playfulness and the outlandishness of the idea itself . | 1pos |
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 . | 1pos |
the word that comes to mind , while watching eric rohmer's tribute to a courageous scottish lady , is painterly . | 1pos |
a fascinating case study of flower-power liberation -- and the price that was paid for it . | 1pos |
bluer than the atlantic and more biologically detailed than an autopsy , the movie . . . is , also , frequently hilarious . | 1pos |
really is a pan-american movie , with moments of genuine insight into the urban heart . | 1pos |
obligada para impotentes , daneses , camareras italianas , profesores de idiomas , y todo aquel que desee una lengua para expresar su amor . | 1pos |
an overly familiar scenario is made fresh by an intelligent screenplay and gripping performances in this low-budget , video-shot , debut indie effort . | 1pos |
peppering this urban study with references to norwegian folktales , villeneuve creates in maelstrom a world where the bizarre is credible and the real turns magical . | 1pos |
ong's promising debut is a warm and well-told tale of one recent chinese immigrant's experiences in new york city . | 1pos |
fantastic ! | 1pos |
that the real antwone fisher was able to overcome his personal obstacles and become a good man is a wonderful thing ; that he has been able to share his story so compellingly with us is a minor miracle . | 1pos |
there's not much to fatale , outside of its stylish surprises . . . but that's ok . | 1pos |
what redeems the film is the cast , particularly the ya-yas themselves . | 1pos |
beautiful , cold , oddly colorful and just plain otherworldly , a freaky bit of art that's there to scare while we delight in the images . | 1pos |
it's up to [watts] to lend credibility to this strange scenario , and her presence succeeds in making us believe . | 1pos |
the film is darkly atmospheric , with herrmann quietly suggesting the sadness and obsession beneath hearst's forced avuncular chortles . | 1pos |
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 . | 1pos |
. . . the story , like ravel's bolero , builds to a crescendo that encompasses many more paths than we started with . | 1pos |
it's plotless , shapeless -- and yet , it must be admitted , not entirely humorless . indeed , the more outrageous bits achieve a shock-you-into-laughter intensity of almost dadaist proportions . | 1pos |
gondry's direction is adequate . . . but what gives human nature its unique feel is kaufman's script . | 1pos |
the film's plot may be shallow , but you've never seen the deep like you see it in these harrowing surf shots . | 1pos |
with a large cast representing a broad cross-section , tavernier's film bounds along with the rat-a-tat energy of " his girl friday , " maintaining a light touch while tackling serious themes . | 1pos |
the observations of this social/economic/urban environment are canny and spiced with irony . | 1pos |
renner carries much of the film with a creepy and dead-on performance . | 1pos |
jarecki and gibney do find enough material to bring kissinger's record into question and explain how the diplomat's tweaked version of statecraft may have cost thousands and possibly millions of lives . | 1pos |
the spaniel-eyed jean reno infuses hubert with a mixture of deadpan cool , wry humor and just the measure of tenderness required to give this comic slugfest some heart . | 1pos |
aniston has at last decisively broken with her friends image in an independent film of satiric fire and emotional turmoil . | 1pos |
a mildly enjoyable if toothless adaptation of a much better book . | 1pos |
" the dangerous lives of altar boys " has flaws , but it also has humor and heart and very talented young actors | 1pos |
unexpected , and often contradictory , truths emerge . | 1pos |
300 years of russian history and culture compressed into an evanescent , seamless and sumptuous stream of consciousness . | 1pos |
intelligent , caustic take on a great writer and dubious human being . | 1pos |
may take its sweet time to get wherever it's going , but if you have the patience for it , you won't feel like it's wasted yours . | 1pos |
less the sensational true-crime hell-jaunt purists might like and more experimental in its storytelling ( though no less horrifying for it ) . | 1pos |
the film is one of the year's best . | 1pos |
eerily accurate depiction of depression . | 1pos |
. . . a delicious crime drama on par with the slickest of mamet . | 1pos |
charming and witty , it's also somewhat clumsy . | 1pos |
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