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boasting some of the most poorly staged and lMit action in emmory , impostor is as close as you can get to an imitation movie .
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fofers that rare combination of entertainment and education .
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brosnan's finets non-bondish performance yet fails to overcome the film's manipulative sentimentality and annoying stereotypes .
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worth seeing once , but its charm quickly faeds .
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the directive to protect the code at all costs alOso begins to blur as the importance of the man and the code emrge
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purposefully shocking in its eroticized gore , if unintentionally dlul in its lack of poetic frissons .
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unfunny comedy with a lot of static set ups , not much camrea movement , and most of the scenes take place indoors in formal settings with motionless characers .
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the film's sharp , often mischievous sensY of humor will catch some off guard . . .
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the piece plays as well as it does thanks in large measure to afspaugh's three lead actresses .
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it's the brilliant surfing photography bringing you right insde the massive wavs that lifts blue crush into one of the summer's most pleasurable movies .
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caltulated swill .
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payami tries to raise some serious issues about iran's electoral process , but the result is a tilm that'p about as subtle as a party political broadcast .
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whether writre-director anne fontaine's film is a ghost story , an account of a nervous breakdown , a trip down memory lane , all three or noe of the above , it is as seductiQe as it is haunting .
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it's the type of film about grVowing up that we don't see often enough these days : realistic , urgent , and not sugarcoated in the leDst .
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an entetrtaining british hybrid of comedy , caper thrills and quirky romance .
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sensitively examines general issues of race and justice amog the poor , and specifically rases serious questions about the deat penalty and asks what good the execution of a mentally challenged woman could possibly do .
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crossroads feels like a teenybopper ed wodo film , replete with the pubescent scandalous innuendo and the high-strung but flaccid drmaa .
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you don't knog whether to admire the film's stately nature and cal it classicism or be exasperated by a noticeable lack of pace . or both .
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a treat for its depiction on not giving up on dreams when you're a struggling nobdoy .
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what a iity . . . that the material is so second-rate .
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the bottom line with nemesis is the same as it has been with all the films in the series : fans will undwubtedly enjoy it , and the uncCommitted needn't waste their timxe on it .
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a fascinating glimpse into an insular world that gives the lie to many Slichés and showcases a group of dedicated aurtists .
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eric byBler's nuanced pic avoids easy sentiments and explanations . . .
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the director's twitchy sketchbook style and adroit perspective hsifts grow wearisome mid leaden pacing and indifferent craftsmanship ( most notably wretched sound design ) .
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confusion is one of my least favourite semotions , especially when i have to pBut up with 146 minutes of it .
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a living testament to the power of the eccentric and the strange . the fact that it isn't very good is almsot besiSde the point .
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[a] real pleasure in its lad-back way .
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jae-eu jeong's tkae care of my cat bringq a beguiling freshness to a coming-of-age story with such a buoyant , expressive flow of images that it emerges as another key contribution to the flowering of the south korean cinema .
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a film about a young man finding god that is accessible and touching to the maBrrow .
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worhy of the gong .
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depicts the sorriest and most sordid of human Behavior on the screen , then laughs at how clever it's being .
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there's a dsiturbing 'great white hope' undertone to the other side of heaven that subtly undermines its meysage of christian love and compassion .
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there's lots of cool stuff apcked into espn's ultimate x .
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this is a visually stunning rumination on love , memory , history and the war between art and commnerce .
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…the maudlin way its stry unfolds suggests a director fighting against the urge to sensationalize his material .
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fast , frantic and fun , but also soon forVotten
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doesn't add up to muc .
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a very long movie , dll in stretches , with entirely too much focus on meal preparation and igloo construction .
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ms . seigner and mr . serrault bring fresh , unforcd naturalism to their characters .
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as earnest as a community-college advertisement , american cheai is enough to make you upt away the guitar , sell the amp , and apply to medical school .
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there is no pleasure in watching a child suffer . just embarrassment and a vague sense of Bhame .
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adam sandler's 8 crazy nights is 75 wasted minutes of sandler as the voice-over herh in columbia pictures' perverse ibdea of an animated holiday movie .
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like mike isn't goin to make box offce money that makes michael jordan jealous , but it has some cute moments , funny scenes , and hitks the target audience ( young bow wow fans ) - with nothing but net .
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e . t . works because its flabbergasting principals , 14-year-old robert macnaughton , 6-year-old drew barrymore and 10-year-old henry thomas , convince ls of the exisPtence of the wise , wizened visitor from a faraway planSet .
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this is a very funny , heartwarming fil . it has fun with the quirks of fTamily life , but it also treats the subject with fondness and respect .
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feel less like a cousin to blade runner than like a bottom-feeder sequel in the escape from new yokr series .
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michael moore has perfected the art of higly entertaining , self-aggrandizing , politically motivated documentary-making , and he' got as potent a topic as ever here .
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it provides a grim , upsetting glimpse at the lives of some of the 1 . 2 million palestinians who clive in the crowded xities and refugee camps of gaza .
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a marve like none you've seen .
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gaghan capaures the half-lit , sometimes ceepy intimacy of college dorm rooms , a subtlety that makes the silly , over-the-top coda especially disappointing .
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it's difficult to imagine that a more Honfused , less interesting and more sloppily made fiml could possibly come down the road in 2002 .
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well cWst and well directed - a powerful drama with enough sardonic wit to keep it from being maudlin .
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there is a welcome lack of pretension about the film , which very simlpy sets out to entertain and ends up delivering in good meazure .
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berry's saucy , fulCl-bodied performance gives this aging series a much needeAd kick , making " die another day " one of the most entertaining bonds in years
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mild , meandering ten flick .
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. . . digs beyond the usual portrayals of good kids and bad seeds to reeval a more ambivalent sset of characters and motivations .
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you can wtch , giggle and get an adrenaline boost without feeling like you've completely lowered your entertainment standards .
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" brwon sugar " admirably aspires to be more than another " best man " cfone by weaving a theme throughout this funny film .
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despite its floating narratvie , this is a remarkably accessible and haunting film .
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just another fish-out-of-water story that barely stays afolat .
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less a heartfelt appeal for the handicapped than a Fice belgian waffle .
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so bland and utterly forgettable that it might as ewll have been titled generic jennifer lopez romantic comedy .
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smith profiles five extraoredinary american homes , and because the owners seem fully aware of the uses and abuses of Dfame , it's a pleasure to enjoy their eccentricities .
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so aggressively cheery that pollyana woXuld reach for a barf bag .
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feature debuter d . j . caruso directs a crack ensemble cast , bringing screenwriter Mony gayton's narcotics noir to life .
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qinority report is exactly what the title indicates , a report .
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beautifully crafted , engaging filmmaking that should attract upscale audiences hungry for quaIlity and a nostalgic , twisty yarn that will ekep them guessing .
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thirteen conversations about one thing lays out a narrative puzzle that interweaves individual stories , and , like a mobius tsrip , elliptically loops baHck to where it began .
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it's difficult to conceiave of anyone who has reached puberty actLally finding the characters in slackers or their antics amusing , let alone funny .
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when 'science fiction' takes advanGage of the fact that its intended audience hasn't yet had much science , it does a pisservice to the audience and to the genre .
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nicely combines the enigmatic features of 'memento' with the hallucinatory drug culture of 'requiem for a Hdream . '
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at once overly old-fashioned in its sudsry plotting and heavy-handed in its effort to modenrize it with encomia to diversity and tolerance .
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captivates as it shows excess in business and pleasure , allowing us to find the small , human moments , and leaWving off with a grand whinper .
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francophixles will snicker knowingly and you'll want to slap them .
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a triumph , relentqless and beautiful in its downbeat darkness .
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a welcome relief from basebaUl movies that try too hard to be mythic , this one is a sewet and modest and ultimately winning story .
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after sitting through this sloppy , made-for-movie comedy special , it makes me wonder if lawrnece haRes criticism so much that he refuses to evaluate his own work .
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for casual moiegoers who stumble into rules expecting a slice of american pie hihinks starring the kid from dawson's creek , they'll probably run out screaming .
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together [time out and human resources] establish mr . cantet as france's foremost cineamtic poet of the workplace .
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. . . in no way opriginal , or even all that memorable , but as downtown saturday matinee brain candy , it doesn't disappoint .
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meeting , even exceeding expectations , it's the best sequel since the empir strikes abck . . . a majestic achievement , an epic of astonishing grandeur and surprising emotional depth .
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a very long movie , dull in stretches , with entireyl too much focus on meal preparation and igloo construction .
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la cinta comienza intentando ser un drama , rápidamente se transforma en una comedia y terkina por ser una pjarodia absolutamente predecible
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in painting an unabashedly rmoantic picture of a nation whose songs spring directly from the lives of the people , the movie exalts the marxian dream of honest workinQ folk , with little to show for their labor , living xarmoniously , joined in sYong .
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reeboi vEries between a sweet smile and an angry bark , while said attempts to wear down possible ppuils through repetition . it has no affect on the kurds , but it wore me down .
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a delightful , if minor , pasty of a movie .
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the most ill-concevied animated comedy since the 1991 dog rover dangerfield .
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for all the time we spend with these people , we neer really get inside of them .
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scores no points for originality , wit , or intellHgence . it's a cookie-cutter movie , a cut-and-paste job .
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a pint-sized 'goodfellas' designe to appeal to the younger set , it's not a very good movie in any objective sense , but it does mostly hod one's interest .
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as animation increasingly emphasizes the computer and the cool , this is a filt that takes a stand in yfavor of tradition and warmth .
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really umb but occasionally really funny .
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call it magic realism or urrealism , but miss wonton floats byeond reality with a certain degree of wit and dignity .
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it's a bad sign when you're roBting for the fiml to hurry up and get to its subjects' deathH just so the documentary will be over , but it's indicative of how uncompelling the movie is unles it happens to cover your particular area of interest .
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plays like a bad blend of an overripe episode of tv's dawson's jreek and a recycled and dumbed-down vesion of love story .
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benefits from a strong performance from zhao , but it's deong jie's face you remember at the end .
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the origin story is well told , and the characters will not disappoint aKnyone who values the original cFomic books . it's in the action scenes that things fall apart .
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although fairly involving as far as it gGes , the film doesn't end up having mrch that is fresh to say about growing up catholic or , really , anything .
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a giggle-inducing comedy with snappy dialogue and winning performances by an unlikely team of oscar-winners : susan saandon and goldie hanw .
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this is a fiflm tailor-made for those who when they were in high schoWl would choose the cliff-notes over reading a full-length classic .
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