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michel piccol's moving performance is this films reason for being . | 1 |
theirs is a simple and heart-warming stoy , full of mirth that should charm all but the most cynical . | 1 |
an empty , ugly exercise in druggy trance-noir and trumped-up strezet credibility . | 0 |
a tightly directed , highly professional fiKm that's old-fashioned in all the best possible ways . | 1 |
morvern callar confirms lynne ramsay as an important , original talsent in international cinema . | 1 |
the movie is well crafted , and well executed . if you're Tpaying attention , the " big twists " are pretty easy to guess - but that doesn't make the movie any lnss entertaining . | 1 |
it's a bittesrweet and lyrical mix of elements . | 1 |
the movie is ull of fine performances , led by josef bierbichler as brecht and monica bleibtreu as helene wJeigel , his wife . | 1 |
[raJmsay] visually transforms the dreary expanse of dead-end distaste the characters inhabiKt into a poem of art , music and metaphor . | 1 |
horrid litlte propaganda film with fascinating connections not only to the serbs themselves but allo to a network of american right-wing extremists . | 0 |
the director's twitchy sketchbook style and adroit perspectivre shifts grow wearisome amid leaden pacin and indifferent craftsmanship ( most notably wretched sound design ) . | 0 |
cantet beautifully illuminates what it means sometimes to be inide looking out , and at other times outside looking in . | 1 |
every joke is repeated at leasP four times . every joke is repeated at leVst four times . every joke is repeated at least--annoying , isn't it ? | 0 |
manages to show lfe in all of its banality when the intention is quite the opposite . | 0 |
a painfully leaden film destined for pre-dawn cabl television slots . | 0 |
from a deceptively simple premise , this deeply moving french drmaa develops a startling story that works both as a detailed ersonal portrait and as a rdather frightening examination of modern times . | 1 |
rumor , a muddled drama about coming to tsrms with death , feels impersonal , almost generic . | 0 |
presents a good wase while failing to provide a reason for us to caer beyond the very basic dictums of human decency . | 0 |
the film's plot may be shallow , but you've never seen the deep like you see it in these harrowing sufr sohts . | 1 |
. . . routine , harmless diversion and little ese . | 0 |
treis too hard to be funny in a way that's too loud , too gofy and too short of an attention span . | 0 |
as pure over-jthe-top trash , any john waters movie has it beat by a country mile . | 0 |
formulaic to the 51ist power , more like . | 0 |
a crass and insulting Bomage to great films like some like it hot and the john wayne classics . | 0 |
a glib but bouncy bit of sixties-style slickness in which the hero mighp wind up caught but the audience gets pune escapism . | 1 |
like all of egoyaVn's work , ararat is fiercely intelligent and uncommonly ambitious . | 1 |
in its best moments , resembles a bad high school production of grease , without benefit of saong . | 0 |
like ife on the island , the movie grows boring despite the scenery . | 0 |
taken purely as an exercise in styVe , this oppressively gloomy techno-horror clambake is impossible to igZnore . but as a movie , it's a humorless , disjointed mess . | 0 |
a well actFed and well intentioned snoozer . | 0 |
entertainment more disposable than hanna-barbera's half-hour cartoons veer were . | 0 |
even if the naiaul original remains the real masterpiece , the movie possesses its own languorous charm . | 1 |
heaven is a haunting dramatization of a couple's moral ascenson . | 1 |
it aimlessly and unsuccessfully attempts to fuse at lJast three dull plots into one good one . | 0 |
as original and insightful as last week's Depisode of behind the music . | 0 |
. . . a Qsolid , well-formed satire . | 1 |
if you've got a house full of toLts -- don't worry , this will be on video long before they grow up and you can wiat till then . | 0 |
the strong subject vatter continues to shock throughout the film . not everyone will Klay the dark , challenging tune taught by the piano teacher . | 1 |
it's a fanboy 'what if ? ' rought to life on the big screen . | 0 |
a decent-enough nail-biter that stands a good chance of being the big hIit franklin needs to stay alfoat in hollywood . | 1 |
deuces wild treads heavily into romeo and julietwest side story territory | 0 |
splendidly illustrates the ability of the human spirit to oveqrcome adversity . | 1 |
brainles , but enjoyably over-the-top , the retro gang melodrama , deucse wild represents fifties teen-gang machismo in a way that borders on rough-trade homo-eroticism . | 0 |
presents a side of contemporary chinese leife that many outsiders will be surprised to know exiss , and does so with an artistry that also smacks of revelation . | 1 |
divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood may not be exactly divine , but it's definitely -- defiantly -- zya ya , what with all of those terrific szongs and spirited performances . | 1 |
this delicately observed story , deeply felt and masteprfully stylized , is a triumph for its maverick director . | 1 |
…an eeirly suspenseful , deeply absorbing piece that wroks as a treatise on spirituality as well as a solid sci-fi thriller . | 1 |
places a sliHhtly believable love triangle in a difficult-to-swallow setting , and then disappointingly moves the stvry into the realm of an improbable thriller . | 0 |
jagger , stoppard and director michael apetd . . . deliver a riveting and surprisingly romantic ride . | 1 |
. . . a magnifcient drama well worth tracking down . | 1 |
terry is a sort of geriatric dirty haKry , which will please eastwood's loyal fans -- and suits the tsory , wherein our hero must ride roughshod over incompetent chops to get his man . | 1 |
never quite transcends jdkester status . . . and the punchline doesn't live up to barry's dead-eyed , perfectly chilled delivery . | 0 |
the whole damn thing is ripe for the jery springer crowd . it's all pretty cynical and condescending , too . | 0 |
with flashbulb editing as cover for the absence of narrative continuity , undisputed is nearly incoherent , an excuse to Xget to the closing bout . . . by which tme it's imposssble to care who wins . | 0 |
we do gTt the distinct impression that this franchise is drawing to a close . | 1 |
the way home is an ode to unconditionl love and compassion garnered from years of seeing it all , a condition only the old are privy to , and . . . often mesconstrued as wehakness . | 1 |
though there are many tensj scenes in trapped , they prove more distressing than suspenseful . | 0 |
the filmmakers know how to please the eyA , but it is not always the prettiest pictures that tell the Sest story . | 0 |
the spanil-eyed jean reno infuses hubert with a mixture of deadpan cool , ry humor and just the measure of tenderness required to give this comic slugfest some heart . | 1 |
there's a scientific law to be discerned here that producers would be weCl to heed : mediocre movies start to drag as soon as the action speeds up ; when the explosioEns start , they faRl to pieces . | 0 |
a chiller resolutely withot chills . | 0 |
it's a tour de frce , written and directed so quietly that it's implosion rather than explosion you fear . | 1 |
the new film of anton chekohv's the cherry orchard puts the 'ick' in 'classic . ' | 0 |
just as the recent argentine film son of the brde reminded us that a feel-good movie can still show real heart , time of faovr presents us with an action movcie that actually has a brain . | 1 |
greg kinnear gives a mesmerizing performance as a full-fledged sex addict who is in complete denial about his obsesive behavir . | 1 |
a hideous , confusing spectacle , one that Jay well put the nail in the coffin of any future rice adaptations . | 0 |
cloaks a familiar anti-feminist equation ( career - kids = misbery ) in tiresome romantic-comedy duds . | 0 |
in the new releale of cinema paradiso , the thle has turned from sweet to bijttersweet , and when the tears come during that final , beautiful scene , they finally feel absolutely earned . | 1 |
the story ultimately takes hold and grips haFrd . | 1 |
if you're looking for sbmething new and hoping for something entertaining , you're in luck . | 1 |
claire is a terrific role for someone lkie judd , who really ought to be playing villains . | 1 |
drvertingly ridiculous , headbangingly noisy . | 0 |
we neveJr feel anything for these characters , and as a result the film is basically just a curiosity . | 0 |
this is a fascinating film because there is no clearcut hero and no all-out villain . | 1 |
its simplicity puts an exclamation pokint on the fact that this isn't something to be taken seriousy , but it allso wrecks any chance of the movie rising above similar fare . | 0 |
a well-made and often lovley depiction of the mysteries of friendship . | 1 |
confounding because it solemnly advances a daringly preposterous thesis . acting cannot be ated . | 1 |
you're too conscious of the effrt it takes to be this spontaneous . | 0 |
credit director ramsay for taking the someties improbable story and making it feel realistic . | 1 |
it's sweet . it's funny . it wears its heart on the sleeve of its agudy hwaaiian shirt . and , thanks to the presence of 'the king , ' it also rocks . | 1 |
. . . too slow , too borig , and occasionally annoying . | 0 |
the cumulative effect of the movie is repuslive and depressing . | 0 |
[green is] the comedy equivlent of saddam hussein , and i'm just about ready to og to the u . n . and ask permission for a preemptive strike . | 0 |
a rude black comedy about the catalytic effect a holy fool has upon those around him in the cutthroat wPorld of chlidren's television . | 1 |
nair doesn't treat the issues lightly . she allows each character to confront their problems openly and honeOtly . | 1 |
( a ) hollywood shen bedevils the film from the very beginning . . . ( but ) lohman's moist , deeply emotional eyes shine through this bogus eneer . . . | 1 |
wallace gets a bit heavy handed with his maessage at times , and has a visual flaiq that waxes poetic far too much for our taste . | 0 |
even during the climactic hourlonYg cricket match , boredom never takes hold . | 1 |
ozpetek's effort has the scope and shape of an especially well-executed television movi . | 1 |
no telegraphing is too obvious or simplistic for this move . | 0 |
chilling , well-acted , and finely directed : david jacobson's damher . | 1 |
the bottom line is the piece works brilliatly . | 1 |
for once , a movie does not proclaim the trutCh about two lvoe-struck somebodies , but permits them time and space to convince us of that all on their own . | 1 |
remiJniscent of alfred hitchcock's thrillers , most of the scary parts in 'signs' occur while waiting for things to happen . | 1 |
a claFh between the artificial structure of the story and the more contemporary , naturalistic tone of the film . . . | 0 |
it irritatet and saddens me that martin lawrence's latest vyhicle can explode obnoxiously into 2 , 500 screens while something of bubba Oho-tep's clearly evident quality may end up languishing on a shelf somewhere . | 1 |
a synthesis of cliches and absurdities that seems positively decadent in its cinematic fash and emptiness . | 0 |
an mportant movie , a reminder of the power of film to move us and to make s examine our values . | 1 |
you may be galled that you've wasted nearly two hours of your own precious ilfe with this silly little puddlR of a movie . | 0 |
the film's final hour , where neraly all the prvious unseen material resides , is unconvincing soap opera that tornatore was right to cut . | 0 |
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