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the master of disguise is funny--not " ha ha " funny , " dead circus performer " funny . and for all the wrong reasons besides .
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a zippy 96 minutes of mediocre special effects , hoary dialogue , fluxing accents , and -- worst of all -- silly-looking morlocks .
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a 75-minute sample of puerile rubbish that is listless , witless , and devoid of anything resembling humor .
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you leave feeling like you've endured a long workout without your pulse ever racing .
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the waterlogged script plumbs uncharted depths of stupidity , incoherence and sub-sophomoric sexual banter .
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with mcconaughey in an entirely irony-free zone and bale reduced mainly to batting his sensitive eyelids , there's not enough intelligence , wit or innovation on the screen to attract and sustain an older crowd .
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it's the type of stunt the academy loves : a powerful political message stuffed into an otherwise mediocre film .
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in theory , a middle-aged romance pairing clayburgh and tambor sounds promising , but in practice it's something else altogether -- clownish and offensive and nothing at all like real life .
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so mind-numbingly awful that you hope britney won't do it one more time , as far as movies are concerned .
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the images are usually abbreviated in favor of mushy obviousness and telegraphed pathos , particularly where whitaker's misfit artist is concerned .
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if welles was unhappy at the prospect of the human race splitting in two , he probably wouldn't be too crazy with his great-grandson's movie splitting up in pretty much the same way .
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sets animation back 30 years , musicals back 40 years and judaism back at least 50 .
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weirdly , broomfield has compelling new material but he doesn't unveil it until the end , after endless scenes of him wheedling reluctant witnesses and pointing his camera through the smeared windshield of his rental car .
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might best be enjoyed as a daytime soaper .
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eventually arrives at its heart , as simple self-reflection meditation .
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a showcase for both the scenic splendor of the mountains and for legendary actor michel serrault , the film is less successful on other levels .
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boy oh boy , it's a howler .
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a few pieces of the film buzz and whir ; very little of it actually clicks . the thing just never gets off the ground .
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. . . contains very few laughs and even less surprises .
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the actors must indeed be good to recite some of this laughable dialogue with a straight face .
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most of the storylines feel like time fillers between surf shots . the movie isn't horrible , but you can see mediocre cresting on the next wave .
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however stale the material , lawrence's delivery remains perfect ; his great gift is that he can actually trick you into thinking some of this worn-out , pandering palaver is actually funny .
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there's nothing remotely topical or sexy here .
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the tuxedo wasn't just bad ; it was , as my friend david cross would call it , 'hungry-man portions of bad' .
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blue crush is so prolonged and boring it isn't even close to being the barn-burningly bad movie it promised it would be .
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the sequel plays out like a flimsy excuse to give blade fans another look at wesley snipes' iconic hero doing battle with dozens of bad guys -- at once .
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while van wilder may not be the worst national lampoon film , it's far from being this generation's animal house .
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so devoid of pleasure or sensuality that it cannot even be dubbed hedonistic .
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reeks of rot and hack work from start to finish .
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an exhausting family drama about a porcelain empire and just as hard a flick as its subject matter .
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woody allen has really found his groove these days . the problem is that it is one that allows him to churn out one mediocre movie after another .
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the bland outweighs the nifty , and cletis tout never becomes the clever crime comedy it thinks it is .
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it's such a mechanical endeavor [that] it never bothers to question why somebody might devote time to see it .
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the art direction is often exquisite , and the anthropomorphic animal characters are beautifully realized through clever makeup design , leaving one to hope that the eventual dvd release will offer subtitles and the original italian-language soundtrack .
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if the predictability of bland comfort food appeals to you , then the film is a pleasant enough dish .
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ultimately , in the history of the academy , people may be wondering what all that jazz was about " chicago " in 2002 . zellweger's whiny pouty-lipped poof faced and spindly attempt at playing an ingenue makes her nomination as best actress even more of a an a
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a seriously bad film with seriously warped logic by writer-director kurt wimmer at the screenplay level .
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a pleasant and engaging enough sit , but in trying to have the best of both worlds it ends up falling short as a whole .
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its plot and animation offer daytime tv serviceability , but little more .
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a tired , unimaginative and derivative variation of that already-shallow genre .
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human nature , in short , isn't nearly as funny as it thinks it is ; neither is it as smart .
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a film with a great premise but only a great premise .
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instead of building to a laugh riot we are left with a handful of disparate funny moments of no real consequence .
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kirshner and monroe seem to be in a contest to see who can out-bad-act the other . ( kirshner wins , but it's close . )
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a lame romantic comedy about an unsympathetic character and someone who would not likely be so stupid as to get involved with her .
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what started out as a taut contest of wills between bacon and theron , deteriorates into a protracted and borderline silly chase sequence .
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[sam's] self-flagellation is more depressing than entertaining .
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an ugly , pointless , stupid movie .
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simply put , there should have been a more compelling excuse to pair susan sarandon and goldie hawn .
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the master of disguise represents adam sandler's latest attempt to dumb down the universe .
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this is an ungainly movie , ill-fitting , with its elbows sticking out where the knees should be .
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too silly to take seriously .
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obvious
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the inevitable double- and triple-crosses arise , but the only drama is in waiting to hear how john malkovich's reedy consigliere will pronounce his next line .
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everything's serious , poetic , earnest and -- sadly -- dull .
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i like it . no , i hate it . no , i love it . . . hell , i dunno .
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this mess of a movie is nothing short of a travesty of a transvestite comedy .
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it's clotted with heavy-handed symbolism , dime-store psychology and endless scenic shots that make 105 minutes seem twice as long .
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a fifty car pileup of cliches .
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it's a stale , overused cocktail using the same olives since 1962 as garnish . not only is entry number twenty the worst of the brosnan bunch , it's one of the worst of the entire franchise .
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what ultimately makes windtalkers a disappointment is the superficial way it deals with its story .
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as an actor's showcase , hart's war has much to recommend it , even if the top-billed willis is not the most impressive player . as a story of dramatic enlightenment , the screenplay by billy ray and terry george leaves something to be desired .
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a non-britney person might survive a screening with little harm done , except maybe for the last 15 minutes , which are as maudlin as any after-school special you can imagine .
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it's not hateful . it's simply stupid , irrelevant and deeply , truly , bottomlessly cynical .
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possibly not since grumpy old men have i heard a film so solidly connect with one demographic while striking out with another .
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the drama was so uninspiring that even a story immersed in love , lust , and sin couldn't keep my attention .
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a rather tired exercise in nostalgia .
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the misery of these people becomes just another voyeuristic spectacle , to be consumed and forgotten .
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some body often looks like an episode of the tv show blind date , only less technically proficient and without the pop-up comments .
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bad company has one of the most moronic screenplays of the year , full of holes that will be obvious even to those who aren't looking for them .
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predecessors the mummy and the mummy returns stand as intellectual masterpieces next to the scorpion king .
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a markedly inactive film , city is conversational bordering on confessional .
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while kids will probably eat the whole thing up , most adults will be way ahead of the plot .
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its one-sidedness . . . flirts with propaganda .
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despite an impressive roster of stars and direction from kathryn bigelow , the weight of water is oppressively heavy .
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we've liked klein's other work but rollerball left us cold .
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they were afraid to show this movie to reviewers before its opening , afraid of the bad reviews they thought they'd earn . they were right .
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it would be churlish to begrudge anyone for receiving whatever consolation that can be found in dragonfly , yet it is impossible to find the film anything but appalling , shamelessly manipulative and contrived , and totally lacking in conviction .
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offers no new insight on the matter , nor do its characters exactly spring to life .
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nohe has made a decent 'intro' documentary , but he feels like a spectator and not a participant .
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apparently designed as a reverie about memory and regret , but the only thing you'll regret is remembering the experience of sitting through it .
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a 94-minute travesty of unparalleled proportions , writer-director parker seems to go out of his way to turn the legendary wit's classic mistaken identity farce into brutally labored and unfunny hokum .
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guy gets girl , guy loses girl , audience falls asleep .
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too ordinary to restore [harmon] to prominence , despite some creepy scenes that evoke childish night terrors , and a praiseworthy attempt to generate suspense rather than gross out the audience .
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stirs potentially enticing ingredients into an uneasy blend of ghost and close encounters of the third kind .
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the weird thing about the santa clause 2 , purportedly a children's movie , is that there is nothing in it to engage children emotionally .
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it's pretentious in a way that verges on the amateurish .
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contains the humor , characterization , poignancy , and intelligence of a bad sitcom .
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it doesn't matter that the film is less than 90 minutes . it still feels like a prison stretch .
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partly a schmaltzy , by-the-numbers romantic comedy , partly a shallow rumination on the emptiness of success -- and entirely soulless .
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ong chooses to present ah na's life as a slight , weightless fairy tale , whose most unpleasant details seem to melt away in the face of the character's blank-faced optimism .
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the overall feel is not unlike watching a glorified episode of " 7th heaven . "
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just a kiss is a just a waste .
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. . . this isn't even a movie we can enjoy as mild escapism ; it is one in which fear and frustration are provoked to intolerable levels .
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frankly , it's kind of insulting , both to men and women . and it's not that funny -- which is just generally insulting .
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as if drop dead gorgeous wasn't enough , this equally derisive clunker is fixated on the spectacle of small-town competition .
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a wretched movie that reduces the second world war to one man's quest to find an old flame .
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this is a remake by the numbers , linking a halfwit plot to a series of standup routines in which wilson and murphy show how funny they could have been in a more ambitious movie .
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it's better than mid-range steven seagal , but not as sharp as jet li on rollerblades .
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no dia em que aceitou dirigir esta continuação , harold ramis deve ter saído da cama com o pé esquerdo . e aqueles que decidiram assistir a este filme também .
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