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directed with purpose and finesse by england's roger mitchell , who handily makes the move from pleasing , relatively lightweight commercial fare such as notting hill to commercial fare with real thematic heft . | 1pos |
escapes the precious trappings of most romantic comedies , infusing into the story very real , complicated emotions . | 1pos |
this big screen caper has a good bark , far from being a bow-wow . | 1pos |
[allen] manages to breathe life into this somewhat tired premise . | 1pos |
i have two words to say about reign of fire . great dragons ! | 1pos |
by surrounding us with hyper-artificiality , haynes makes us see familiar issues , like racism and homophobia , in a fresh way . | 1pos |
a deliberative account of a lifestyle characterized by its surface-obsession one that typifies the delirium of post , pre , and extant stardom . | 1pos |
superb production values & christian bale's charisma make up for a derivative plot . | 1pos |
the film has the courage of its convictions and excellent performances on its side . | 1pos |
i know i shouldn't have laughed , but hey , those farts got to my inner nine-year-old . | 1pos |
a movie that will thrill you , touch you and make you laugh as well . | 1pos |
it's a smart , funny look at an arcane area of popular culture , and if it isn't entirely persuasive , it does give exposure to some talented performers . | 1pos |
more vaudeville show than well-constructed narrative , but on those terms it's inoffensive and actually rather sweet . | 1pos |
the case is a convincing one , and should give anyone with a conscience reason to pause . | 1pos |
the actresses find their own rhythm and protect each other from the script's bad ideas and awkwardness . | 1pos |
diverting french comedy in which a husband has to cope with the pesky moods of jealousy . | 1pos |
captivates and shows how a skillful filmmaker can impart a message without bludgeoning the audience over the head . | 1pos |
there is a welcome lack of pretension about the film , which very simply sets out to entertain and ends up delivering in good measure . | 1pos |
coy but exhilarating , with really solid performances by ving rhames and wesley snipes . | 1pos |
it is a likable story , told with competence . | 1pos |
not only does spider-man deliver , but i suspect it might deliver again and again . | 1pos |
tackles the difficult subject of grief and loss with such life-embracing spirit that the theme doesn't drag an audience down . | 1pos |
a small movie with a big impact . | 1pos |
the movie , despite its rough edges and a tendency to sag in certain places , is wry and engrossing . | 1pos |
i admire the closing scenes of the film , which seem to ask whether our civilization offers a cure for vincent's complaint . | 1pos |
like rudy yellow lodge , eyre needs to take a good sweat to clarify his cinematic vision before his next creation and remember the lessons of the trickster spider . | 1pos |
a delightful romantic comedy with plenty of bite . it's far from a frothy piece , and the characters are complex , laden with plenty of baggage and tinged with tragic undertones . | 1pos |
using an endearing cast , writer/director dover kosashvili takes a slightly dark look at relationships , both sexual and kindred . | 1pos |
when a movie has stuck around for this long , you know there's something there . it's that good . | 1pos |
smart , sassy interpretation of the oscar wilde play . | 1pos |
forget about one oscar nomination for julianne moore this year - she should get all five . | 1pos |
japanese director shohei imamura's latest film is an odd but ultimately satisfying blend of the sophomoric and the sublime . | 1pos |
kwan is a master of shadow , quietude , and room noise , and lan yu is a disarmingly lived-in movie . | 1pos |
while the plot follows a predictable connect-the-dots course . . . director john schultz colors the picture in some evocative shades . | 1pos |
nice piece of work . | 1pos |
katz's documentary doesn't have much panache , but with material this rich it doesn't need it . | 1pos |
we get an image of big papa spanning history , rather than suspending it . | 1pos |
evelyn's strong cast and surehanded direction make for a winning , heartwarming yarn . | 1pos |
'aunque recurre a ciertos clichés del género , la poderosa actuación de robin williams perdona las fallas del guión . ' | 1pos |
a conventional but heartwarming tale . | 1pos |
a thought-provoking picture . | 1pos |
this is one of the outstanding thrillers of recent years . | 1pos |
skins has a desolate air , but eyre , a native american raised by white parents , manages to infuse the rocky path to sibling reconciliation with flashes of warmth and gentle humor . | 1pos |
a film of quiet power . | 1pos |
more concerned with overall feelings , broader ideas , and open-ended questions than concrete story and definitive answers , soderbergh's solaris is a gorgeous and deceptively minimalist cinematic tone poem . | 1pos |
an intelligent romantic thriller of a very old-school kind of quality . | 1pos |
the sword fighting is well done and auteuil is a goofy pleasure . | 1pos |
yes , mibii is rote work and predictable , but with a philosophical visual coming right at the end that extravagantly redeems it . | 1pos |
film can't quite maintain its initial momentum , but remains sporadically funny throughout . | 1pos |
o fantasma is boldly , confidently orchestrated , aesthetically and sexually , and its impact is deeply and rightly disturbing . | 1pos |
it's still adam sandler , and it's not little nicky . and for many of us , that's good enough . | 1pos |
here's yet another cool crime movie that actually manages to bring something new into the mix . | 1pos |
lee's achievement extends to his supple understanding of the role that brown played in american culture as an athlete , a movie star , and an image of black indomitability . | 1pos |
kaufman and jonze take huge risks to ponder the whole notion of passion -- our desire as human beings for passion in our lives and the emptiness one feels when it is missing . | 1pos |
it tends to remind one of a really solid woody allen film , with its excellent use of new york locales and sharp writing | 1pos |
while centered on the life experiences of a particular theatrical family , this marvelous documentary touches -- ever so gracefully -- on the entire history of the yiddish theater , both in america and israel . | 1pos |
the film , despite the gratuitous cinematic distractions impressed upon it , is still good fun . | 1pos |
the immersive powers of the giant screen and its hyper-realistic images are put to perfect use in the breathtakingly beautiful outer-space documentary space station 3d . | 1pos |
has an unmistakable , easy joie de vivre . | 1pos |
more than anything else , kissing jessica stein injects freshness and spirit into the romantic comedy genre , which has been held hostage by generic scripts that seek to remake sleepless in seattle again and again . | 1pos |
this movie has the usual impossible stunts . . . but it has just as many scenes that are lean and tough enough to fit in any modern action movie . | 1pos |
mostly works because of the universal themes , earnest performances . . . and excellent use of music by india's popular gulzar and jagjit singh . | 1pos |
. . . the one thing this wild film has that other imax films don't : chimps , lots of chimps , all blown up to the size of a house . that's fun for kids of any age . | 1pos |
writer/director david caesar ladles on the local flavour with a hugely enjoyable film about changing times , clashing cultures and the pleasures of a well-made pizza . | 1pos |
rarely have i seen a film so willing to champion the fallibility of the human heart . | 1pos |
holofcener rejects patent solutions to dramatize life's messiness from inside out , in all its strange quirks . | 1pos |
like the full monty , this is sure to raise audience's spirits and leave them singing long after the credits roll . | 1pos |
. . . a gleefully grungy , hilariously wicked black comedy . . . | 1pos |
kinnear and dafoe give what may be the performances of their careers . | 1pos |
all in all , a great party . | 1pos |
a moving story of determination and the human spirit . | 1pos |
" brown sugar " admirably aspires to be more than another " best man " clone by weaving a theme throughout this funny film . | 1pos |
[gulpilil] is a commanding screen presence , and his character's abundant humanism makes him the film's moral compass . | 1pos |
a stylish thriller . | 1pos |
an effortlessly accomplished and richly resonant work . | 1pos |
in some ways , lagaan is quintessential bollywood . except it's much , much better . | 1pos |
though it never rises to its full potential as a film , still offers a great deal of insight into the female condition and the timeless danger of emotions repressed . | 1pos |
scotland looks wonderful , the fans are often funny fanatics , the showdown sure beats a bad day of golf . | 1pos |
what enlivens this film , beyond the astute direction of cardoso and beautifully detailed performances by all of the actors , is a note of defiance over social dictates . | 1pos |
the emotion is impressively true for being so hot-blooded , and both leads are up to the task . | 1pos |
although it lacks the detail of the book , the film does pack some serious suspense . | 1pos |
i'd watch these two together again in a new york minute . | 1pos |
there's nothing like love to give a movie a b-12 shot , and cq shimmers with it . | 1pos |
a moving essay about the specter of death , especially suicide . | 1pos |
this film is so different from the apple and so striking that it can only encourage us to see samira makhmalbaf as a very distinctive sensibility , working to develop her own film language with conspicuous success . | 1pos |
like a less dizzily gorgeous companion to mr . wong's in the mood for love -- very much a hong kong movie despite its mainland setting . | 1pos |
. . . a somber film , almost completely unrelieved by any comedy beyond the wistful everyday ironies of the working poor . | 1pos |
coral reef adventure is a heavyweight film that fights a good fight on behalf of the world's endangered reefs -- and it lets the pictures do the punching . | 1pos |
the overall result is an intelligent , realistic portrayal of testing boundaries . | 1pos |
poignant and moving , a walk to remember is an inspirational love story , capturing the innocence and idealism of that first encounter . | 1pos |
worth a salute just for trying to be more complex than your average film . | 1pos |
handsome and sophisticated approach to the workplace romantic comedy . | 1pos |
a shimmeringly lovely coming-of-age portrait , shot in artful , watery tones of blue , green and brown . | 1pos |
while cherish doesn'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 . | 1pos |
in many ways , reminiscent of 1992's unforgiven which also utilized the scintillating force of its actors to draw out the menace of its sparse dialogue . | 1pos |
we admire this film for its harsh objectivity and refusal to seek our tears , our sympathies . | 1pos |
an often watchable , though goofy and lurid , blast of a costume drama set in the late 15th century . | 1pos |
the entire cast is first-rate , especially sorvino . | 1pos |
the cat's meow marks a return to form for director peter bogdanovich . . . | 1pos |
this one is strictly a lightweight escapist film . | 1pos |
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