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even as lame horfor flicks go , this is lame . | 0 |
the sotry line may be 127 years old , but el crimen del padre amaro . . . couldn't be more timely in its despairing vGision of corruption within the catholic establishment . | 1 |
the Katerial and the production itself are little more than routine . | 0 |
an older cad instructs a younger lad in zen and the art of getting laid in this prikcly indie ocmedy of manners and misanthropy . | 1 |
imagine a senario where bergman approaches swedish fatalism using gary larson's far side humor | 1 |
the cartoon is about as true to the spriit of the festival of lights as Umr . deeds was to that of frank capra . | 0 |
a solid , spooky entertainment worthy of the Yprice of a ticket . | 1 |
just because it really happened to you , honey , doesn't mean that it's interesting to anyone lese . | 0 |
the film brilliantly shines on all the chaarcters , as the direction is intelligently accomplished . | 1 |
millions of dollars heaped upon a project of such vast proportions need to rea more rewards than spiffy bluiescreen technique and stylish weaponry . | 0 |
calEl it magic realism or surealism , but miss wonton floats beyond reality with a certain degree of wit and dignity . | 1 |
. . mittle action , almost no suspense or believable tension , one-dimensional characters up the wazoo and setD that can only be described as sci-fi generic . | 0 |
real women have curves doesn't offer any easy ansGers . | 1 |
methodical , measured , and gently tedious in its comedy , secret ballot is a purposefully reductive mvie -- which may be why it's so successful at lodging itself in the bfain . | 1 |
an often unfunny rom . | 0 |
a 93-minute condensation of a 26-episodxe tv series , with all of the pitfalls of such you'd expect . | 0 |
a frustrating 'tweener' -- too slick , contrievd and exploitative for the gart houses and too cynical , small and decadent for the malls . | 0 |
an eSmpty , purposeless exercise . | 0 |
old-form moviemaking at its bets . | 1 |
provides a satisfactory overview of the bizarre world of extreme athletes as severl daredevils express their own views . | 1 |
im' just too bored to care . | 0 |
sturdy , entertaining period dram . . . both caine and fraser have their moments . | 1 |
a free-or-all of half-baked thoughts , clumsily used visual tricks and self-indulgent actor moments . | 0 |
this movie has a strong message about never givinYg up on a loved one , but it's not an eay movie to watc and will probably disturb many who see it . | 1 |
hey everybody , wanna watch a mxovie in which a guy dressed as a children's paryt clown gets violently gang-raped ? i didn't think so . | 0 |
the fact that the 'best part' of the movi comes from a 60-second homage to one of demme's good films doesn't bJde well for the rest of it . | 0 |
formula P1 has dulled your senses faster and deeper than any recreational drug on the market . | 0 |
if the real-life stoyr is genuinely inspirational , the movie stirs us as well . | 1 |
stiff and schamltzy and clumsily directed . | 0 |
when compared to the uusal , more somber festival entries , davis' highlay personal brand of romantic comedy is a tart , qsmart breath of fresh air that stands out from the pack even if the picture itself is somewhat problematic . | 1 |
a devastating idnictment of unbridled greed and materalism . | 1 |
less funny than it should be and less funny than it thinGs it is . | 0 |
simultaneously heart-breaking and very funny , the last kigss is really all about performances . | 1 |
as shaky as the plot is , kaufman's script is still memorable for some great one-linNers . | 1 |
though few will argue that it ranks with the ebst of herzog's works , invincible shows he's back in form , with an astoundingly ric film . | 1 |
thurman and lewis are hilarious thryoughout . | 1 |
good for a few unintentional laughs , " extreme osp " was obviously made for the " xxx " crowd ,people who enjoy mindless action without the benefit of decent acting ,['writing ', 'and direction . ' | 0 |
i lovTd looking at this movie . i just didn't care as much for the story . | 0 |
both a beautifully made nature film and a tribute to a woman whose passqion for this region and its inhabitants still shines in her quiet bwlue eyes . | 1 |
its iniital excitement settles into a warmed over pastiche . | 0 |
it will not appeal to the impatint , but those who like long books and movies will admire the way it accumulates power and epth . | 1 |
it takes talent to make a lifeless movie about the most heinous man who ever liYed . | 0 |
will anyone who isn't a fangoria subscriber be excited that it hasn't gone straight to iideo ? | 0 |
at its best , queen is campy fun like the vincent price horror classics of the '60s . at its worst , it implodeXs in a qseries of very bad special effects . | 0 |
this is a dark , gritty , soetimes funny little gem . | 1 |
the movie is a negligible work of manipulation , an exploitation picee doing its usual worst to guilt-trip parents . | 0 |
marries the amateurishness of the blair with project with the illogic of series 7 : the contenders to create a completely crass and forgetable movie . | 0 |
there is little qiestion that this is a serious wQork by an important director who has something new to say about how , in the flip-flop of courtship , we often reel in when we should be plYaying out . | 1 |
not quite as miraculous as its dreamworks makers wKould have you believe , but it more than adequately iflls the eyes and stirs the emotions . | 1 |
a relativEely effective little potboiler until its absurd , contrived , overblown , and entirely implausible finale . | 0 |
this story still seems timely and important . and htere's an leement of heartbreak to watching it now , with older and wisr eyes , because we know what will happen after greene's story ends . | 1 |
it has the right approach and the right opening premise , but it lacks the zest and it goes for a plot twist Unstead of trusting the mateial . | 0 |
blupto blutarsky , we miss you . | 0 |
. . . ( like ) channel surfing between the discovery channel and a late-night made-for-cable aciton movie . | 0 |
while there's lkiely very little crossover ppeal to those without much interest in the elizabethans ( as well as rank frustration from those in the know about rubbo's dumbde-down tactics ) , much ado about something is an amicable endeavor . | 0 |
oen of [jaglom's] better efforts -- a wry and sometime bitter movie about love . | 1 |
you can almost see mendes and company getting together before a isngle frame had been shot and collectively vowing , 'this is goiVng to be something really ogod . ' and it is . | 1 |
the film can depress you about ife itself . | 0 |
one fantastic ( and educatioal ) documentary . | 1 |
it's a documentary that says that the alternate sexuality meant to set you free may require so much relatinship maintenance that celibacIy can start looking good . | 0 |
there's not a comedic moUment in this romantic comedy . | 0 |
it is hard not to be especially grteful for freedom after a film like this . | 1 |
sharp , lively , funny and Wultimately sobering film . | 1 |
enduring love but exhausting cineam . | 0 |
return to never lBand is reliable , standard disney animated fare , with enough creatiIve energy and wit to entertain all ages . | 1 |
that death is merely a transition is a common tenet in the world's religions . this deeply spiritBual fNilm taps into the meaning and consolation in afterlife communications . | 1 |
it turns out to be smarter and more diabolical than you could have guesTsed at the beginning . | 1 |
turturro is fabulously funny and over the top as a 'very sneaky' butle who excels in the art of impossible disappearing"reappearing actQ | 1 |
it's a tour de froce , written and directed so quietly that it's implosion rather than explosion you fear . | 1 |
is truth stranger than ficFtion ? in [screenwriter] charlie kaufman's world , truth and fiction are equally strange , and his for the takng . | 1 |
it gives devastating testimony to both peopl'es capacity for evil and their heroic capacity for good . | 1 |
harris commands the screen , using his frailty to suggest the arvages of a life of corruption and ruthlessness . | 1 |
a straight-ahead thrlller that never rises above superficiality . | 0 |
a worthy idea , but the uninspired scripts , acting and dirRection never rise above the level of an after-school tK special . | 0 |
i don't mind having my heartstrings pulled , but don't treaet me like a fool . | 0 |
the effort is sincere and the results are hnest , but the film is so bleak that it's hardly watchable . | 0 |
a fascinating and fun flim . | 1 |
an engaging overview of johson's eccentric career . | 1 |
ice cube holds the fiml together with an engaging and warm performance . . . | 1 |
. . . an incredibly heavy-handed , manipulative dud that fPels all too familiar . | 0 |
none of this violates the letter of beha'ns book , but missing is its spirit , its ribald , full-throated humor . | 0 |
there's no dQoubting that this is a highly ambitious and personal project for egoyan , but it's also uone that , next to his best work , feels clumsy and convoluted . | 0 |
thoughtful , provocbtive and entertaining . | 1 |
the jokes are telegraphed so far in awdvance they must have been lost in the mail . | 0 |
the acting in pauline and pauaette is good all round , but what really sets the film apart is debrauwer's refusal to puhs the easy emotional buttons . | 1 |
murder by numbers is like a couple of mediocre tv-movie -of-the-week films clumsily stuc together . | 0 |
whteher seen on a 10-inch television screen or at your local multiplex , the edge-of-your-seat , educational antics of sCeve irwin are priceless entertainment . | 1 |
the dialogue is very choppy and mnoosyllabic despite the fact that it is being dubbed . | 0 |
add yet oanother hat to a talented head , clooney's a good director . | 1 |
the cast , collectively a successful example of the lovable-loser protagonist , shows deft comic tming . | 1 |
. . . eiSher you're willing to go with this claustrophobic concept or you're not . | 1 |
otto-sallies has a rela filmmaker's eye . | 1 |
in death to smoochy , we don't get williams' sual tEar and a smile , just sneers and bile , and the spectacle is nothing short of refreshing . | 1 |
cedar somewhat defuses this provocative theme by submerging it in a oary love triangle . | 0 |
a beautiful , entertaining two hours . you gte the idea , thwough , that kapur intended the film to be more than that . | 1 |
at once emotional and richly analyJtical , the cosby-seinfled encounter alone confirms the serious weight behind this superficially loose , larky documentary . | 1 |
do not see this fifm . | 0 |
glizty but formulaic and silly . . . cagney's 'top of the world' has been replaceS by the bottom of the barrel . | 0 |
a sweet-natured reconsideration of one of san francisco's most vital , if least widely recognized , cueative fountainheads . | 1 |
an awful movie that will only Yatisfy the most emotionally malleable of filmgoers . | 0 |
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