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for anyone who grew up on disney's 1950 treasure island , or remembers the 1934 victor fleming classic , this one feels like an impostor . | 0neg |
a clutchy , indulgent and pretentious travelogue and diatribe against . . . well , just stuff . watching scarlet diva , one is poised for titillation , raw insight or both . instead , we just get messy anger , a movie as personal therapy . | 0neg |
meandering , sub-aquatic mess : it's so bad it's good , but only if you slide in on a freebie . | 0neg |
the ending is a cop-out . what happens to john q ? i don't have an i am sam clue . | 0neg |
has the feel of an unedited personal journal . | 0neg |
remember when bond had more glamour than clamor ? no more . | 0neg |
cry havoc and let slip the dogs of cheese , indeed . | 0neg |
this charmless nonsense ensues amid clanging film references that make jay and silent bob's excellent adventure seem understated . | 0neg |
it doesn't quite deserve the gong , but there are more fascinating acts than " confessions of a dangerous mind . " | 0neg |
the subject of swinging still seems ripe for a documentary -- just not this one . | 0neg |
. . . hudlin is stuck trying to light a fire with soggy leaves . | 0neg |
unlike his directorial efforts , la femme nikita and the professional , the transporter lacks besson's perspective as a storyteller . | 0neg |
the overall effect is so completely inane that one would have to be mighty bored to even think of staying with this for more than , say , ten . . . make that three minutes . | 0neg |
lacks depth . | 0neg |
most of the supporting characters in eastwood films are weak , as are most of the subplots . this one's weaker than most . | 0neg |
there's no real reason to see it , and no real reason not to . | 0neg |
audiences will find no mention of political prisoners or persecutions that might paint the castro regime in less than saintly tones . | 0neg |
under-rehearsed and lifeless | 0neg |
the film takes too long getting to the good stuff , then takes too long figuring out what to do next . | 0neg |
you can practically smell the patchouli oil . | 0neg |
to say analyze that is de niro's best film since meet the parents sums up the sad state of his recent career . | 0neg |
the actors don't inhabit their roles -- they're trapped by them , forced to change behavior in bizarre unjustified fashion and spout dialog that consists mostly of platitudes . | 0neg |
an often-deadly boring , strange reading of a classic whose witty dialogue is treated with a baffling casual approach | 0neg |
this film was made to get laughs from the slowest person in the audience -- just pure slapstick with lots of inane , inoffensive screaming and exaggerated facial expressions . | 0neg |
consists of a plot and jokes done too often by people far more talented than ali g | 0neg |
another week , another gross-out college comedy--ugh . | 0neg |
laughably , irredeemably awful . | 0neg |
moderately involving despite bargain-basement photography and hackneyed romance . | 0neg |
there is no insight into the anguish of heidi's life -- only a depiction of pain , today's version of greek tragedy , the talk-show guest decrying her fate . | 0neg |
the editing is chaotic , the photography grainy and badly focused , the writing unintentionally hilarious , the direction unfocused , the performances as wooden . | 0neg |
when [de palma's] bad , he's really bad , and femme fatale ranks with the worst he has done . | 0neg |
tadpole is emblematic of the witless ageism afflicting films : young is cool , and too young is too cool . | 0neg |
i doubt anyone will remember the picture by the time christmas really rolls around , but maybe it'll be on video by then . | 0neg |
uncertain in tone . . . a garbled exercise in sexual politics , a junior varsity short cuts by way of very bad things . | 0neg |
all's well that ends well , and rest assured , the consciousness-raising lessons are cloaked in gross-out gags . | 0neg |
the only thing worse than your substandard , run-of-the-mill hollywood picture is an angst-ridden attempt to be profound . | 0neg |
if you think that jennifer lopez has shown poor judgment in planning to marry ben affleck , wait till you see maid in manhattan . | 0neg |
stars matthew perry and elizabeth hurley illicit more than a chuckle , and more jokes land than crash , but ultimately serving sara doesn't distinguish itself from the herd . | 0neg |
it's best to avoid imprisonment with the dull , nerdy folks that inhabit cherish . | 0neg |
culkin exudes none of the charm or charisma that might keep a more general audience even vaguely interested in his bratty character . | 0neg |
in the end , ted bundy's only justification is the director's common but unexplored fascination with the frustrated maniac ; there's no larger point , and little social context . | 0neg |
. . . ( like ) channel surfing between the discovery channel and a late-night made-for-cable action movie . | 0neg |
a movie that , rather than skip along the seine , more or less slogs its way through soggy paris , tongue uncomfortably in cheek . | 0neg |
shot perhaps 'artistically' with handheld cameras and apparently no movie lights by joaquin baca-asay , the low-budget production swings annoyingly between vertigo and opacity . | 0neg |
imagine a really bad community theater production of west side story without the songs . | 0neg |
soul is what's lacking in every character in this movie and , subsequently , the movie itself . | 0neg |
a one-trick pony whose few t&a bits still can't save itself from being unoriginal , unfunny and unrecommendable . | 0neg |
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 | 0neg |
it may be a prize winner , but teacher is a bomb . | 0neg |
the production values are up there . the use of cgi and digital ink-and-paint make the thing look really slick . the voices are fine as well . the problem , it is with most of these things , is the script . | 0neg |
it's got its heart in the right place , but it also wilts after awhile . | 0neg |
proves that a movie about goodness is not the same thing as a good movie . | 0neg |
well , it does go on forever . | 0neg |
this overproduced and generally disappointing effort isn't likely to rouse the rush hour crowd . | 0neg |
topkapi this is not . | 0neg |
if shayamalan wanted to tell a story about a man who loses his faith , why didn't he just do it , instead of using bad sci-fi as window dressing ? | 0neg |
ethan hawke has always fancied himself the bastard child of the beatnik generation and it's all over his chelsea walls . | 0neg |
equal parts bodice-ripper and plodding costume drama . | 0neg |
i'm not suggesting that you actually see it , unless you're the kind of person who has seen every wim wenders film of the '70s . | 0neg |
while the film misfires at every level , the biggest downside is the paucity of laughter in what's supposed to be a comedy . | 0neg |
if you liked the 1982 film then , you'll still like it now . | 0neg |
a 93-minute condensation of a 26-episode tv series , with all of the pitfalls of such you'd expect . | 0neg |
guillen rarely gets beneath the surface of things . she lists ingredients , but never mixes and stirs . | 0neg |
audiences can be expected to suspend their disbelief only so far -- and that does not include the 5 o'clock shadow on the tall wooden kid as he skips off to school . | 0neg |
to imagine the life of harry potter as a martial arts adventure told by a lobotomized woody allen is to have some idea of the fate that lies in store for moviegoers lured to the mediocrity that is kung pow : enter the fist . | 0neg |
it delivers some chills and sustained unease , but flounders in its quest for deeper meaning . | 0neg |
credibility levels are low and character development a non-starter . | 0neg |
i would have preferred a transfer down the hall to mr . holland's class for the music , or to robin williams's lecture so i could listen to a teacher with humor , passion , and verve . | 0neg |
for the most part , the ingredients are there . but an unwillingness to explore beyond the surfaces of her characters prevents nettelbeck's film from coming together . | 0neg |
an earnest , heartrending look at the divide between religious fundamentalists and their gay relatives . it's also heavy-handed and devotes too much time to bigoted views . | 0neg |
a mawkish , implausible platonic romance that makes chaplin's city lights seem dispassionate by comparison . | 0neg |
yes , one enjoys seeing joan grow from awkward young woman to strong , determined monarch , but her love for the philandering philip only diminishes her stature . | 0neg |
it's a film that hinges on its casting , and glover really doesn't fit the part . | 0neg |
this is a throwaway , junk-food movie whose rap soundtrack was better tended to than the film itself . | 0neg |
. . . with the candy-like taste of it fading faster than 25-cent bubble gum , i realized this is a throwaway movie that won't stand the test of time . it's a trifle . | 0neg |
literally nothing in the pool is new , but if you grew up on the stalker flicks of the 1980's this one should appease you for 90 minutes . | 0neg |
arguably the year's silliest and most incoherent movie . | 0neg |
anyway , for one reason or another , crush turns into a dire drama partway through . after that , it just gets stupid and maudlin . too bad , but thanks to some lovely comedic moments and several fine performances , it's not a total loss . | 0neg |
chao was chen kaige's assistant for years in china . he has not learnt that storytelling is what the movies are about . | 0neg |
a mixed bag of a comedy that can't really be described as out of this world . | 0neg |
unwieldy contraption . | 0neg |
the film is a travesty of the genre and even as spoof takes itself too seriously . | 0neg |
marries the amateurishness of the blair witch project with the illogic of series 7 : the contenders to create a completely crass and forgettable movie . | 0neg |
the piano teacher is the sort of movie that discourages american audiences from ever wanting to see another foreign film . | 0neg |
if it's another regurgitated action movie you're after , there's no better film than half past dead . | 0neg |
so what is the point ? lovingly choreographed bloodshed taking place in a pristine movie neverland , basically . | 0neg |
this is junk food cinema at its greasiest . | 0neg |
when it's all wet , blue crush is highly enjoyable . when it's on dry land , though , this surfer-girl melodrama starts gasping like a beached grouper . | 0neg |
most new movies have a bright sheen . some , like ballistic , arrive stillborn . . . looking like the beaten , well-worn video box cover of seven years into the future . | 0neg |
the story is naturally poignant , but first-time screenwriter paul pender overloads it with sugary bits of business . | 0neg |
you see robert de niro singing - and dancing to - west side story show tunes . choose your reaction : a . ) that sure is funny ! b . ) that sure is pathetic ! | 0neg |
a sermonizing and lifeless paean to teenage dullards . | 0neg |
this dramatically shaky contest of wills only reiterates the old hollywood saw : evil is interesting and good is boring . | 0neg |
before long , the film starts playing like general hospital crossed with a saturday night live spoof of dog day afternoon . | 0neg |
the charms of willful eccentricity , at least as evidenced by this latest cinematic essay , are beginning to wear a bit thin . | 0neg |
instead of accurately accounting a terrible true story , the film's more determined to become the next texas chainsaw massacre . but what about the countless other people who'd merely like to watch a solid tale about a universally interesting soul ? | 0neg |
a silly , self-indulgent film about a silly , self-indulgent filmmaker . | 0neg |
scarlet diva has a voyeuristic tug , but all in all it's a lot less sensational than it wants to be . | 0neg |
the character is too forced and overwritten to be funny or believable much of the time , and clayburgh doesn't always improve the over-the-top mix . | 0neg |
flashy , pretentious and as impenetrable as morvern's thick , working-class scottish accent . | 0neg |
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