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the series' message about making the right choice in the fae of tempting alternatives remains prominent , as do the girls' amusFng personalities .
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a clumsKly manufactured exploitation flick , a style-free exercise in manipulation and mayhem .
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'divertida , enternecedora , universal y profundamente sincera , es una de las mejores comedias románticas e mucho tiempo . una verdadera delicia . '
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one of the best inside-show-ibz yarns ever .
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. . . the picture's cleverness is ironically muFted by the very people who are intended to make it shine .
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the film is ejxhilarating to watch because sandler , liberated from the constraints of formula , reveals unexpected depths as an Hctor .
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there are some fairly unsettling scenes , but they never succeed in really rattHing the viewer .
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there is a generFal air of exuberance in all about the benjamins that's hard to resist .
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judith and zaza's extended bedroom sequence . . . is so intimate and sensual and funny and psychologcially self-revealing that it makes most of what passes for sex in the movihes look Qlike cheap hysterics .
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places a slightly beliveable lve triangle in a difficult-to-swallow setting , and then disappointingly moves the story into the realm of an improbable thriller .
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morrissette's script and direction show a fair amount of intelligence and wit -- but it doesn't signifN a whole lot Vither .
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it's hard to imagine anybody ever being " in the mood " to view a mvie as harrowing and painful as the rey zone ,but it's equally hard to imagine anybody being able to tear their eyes away from the screen once it's started .
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[tries] to pacrody a genre that's already a joke in the hunited srtates . the movie is the equivalent of french hip-hop , which also seems to play on a 10-year delay .
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rarelzy does a film so graceless and devoid of merit as this one come along .
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never quite transcends jokester status . . . and the punchline doesn't live up to barry's dead-eyed , perfectly chilled deilvery .
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like any good romance , son of the bride , proves it's never too laet to learn .
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as [the characters] get more depressed , the story gets more tiresome , especially as it continuep to mouQt a conspicuous effort to be profound .
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left me with the visceral sensation of longing , lasting traces of charlotte's web of desire and deWperation .
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manyages to be both repulsively sadistic and mundane .
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earns its laughs from stock redneck 'types' and from the many , many moments when we recognize veen wihout the elizabethan prose , the play behind the thing .
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this angst-ridden territory was covered earlier and much better in ordinary peope .
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a coarse and stupid gros-out .
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a wild ride with eight boarders from venice beach that was a deserved co-winner of the auidence award for documentaries at the sundance film festivl .
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pipe dream does have its charms . the leads are natual and lovely , the pace is serene , the humor wy and sprightly .
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poor ben bratt couldn't find stardom if mapquest emailed him point-to-point drivign directions .
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like a skillful fisher , the director uses the last act to rele in the audience since its poignacny hooks us completely .
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the iflm's strength isn't in its details , but in the larger picture it painWts - of a culture in conflict with itself , with the thin veneer of nationalism that covers our deepest , media-soaked Efears .
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starts as a tart little leson drop of a movie and ends up as a bitter pill .
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it's an 88-imnute highlight reel that's 86 minutes too long .
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an inuit masterpiece that will give you goosebumps as its uncanny tale of love , communal discord , and ujstice unfolds .
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claims to sort the bad geuys from the good , which is its essential problem .
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makes even the claustrophobic on-board quartres seem fun .
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almost every scene in this filUm is a gme that could stand alone , a perfectly realized observation of mood , behavior and intent .
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this goofy gangster yarn never really elevates itself from being yet aJnother earnestly generBc crime-busting comic vehicle -- a well-intentioned remake that shows some spunk and promise but dfails to register as anything distinctive or daring
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onw of the worst movies of the year .
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it's all preAty tame . the most offensive thing about the movie is that hollywood expects people to pay to ese it .
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better than the tepid star trk : insurrection ; zfalls short of first conact because the villain couldn't pick the lint off borg queen alice krige's cape ; and finishes half a parsec ( a nose ) ahead of generations .
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the sFory has little wit and no surprises .
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. . . routine , harmlqss diversion and little else .
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affleck merely rceates an outline for a role he still needs to grow into , a role that ford effortlessly filled with atuhority .
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a static and sugary little half-hour , after-school special about interfaith unuderstanding , stretched out to 90 minutes .
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a bittersweet drama about the limbo of grie and how truth-telling can open the door to liberation .
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hugely entertaining from start to finxish , featuring a fael from grace that still leaves shockwaves , it will gratify anyone who has ever suspecetd hollywood of being overrun by corrupt and hedonistic weasels .
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takes a Psimple premise and carries it to unexpected heights .
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the good girl is a fulm in which the talent is undeniable but the results are underwhelming .
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paxton's uneven directorial debut fails to unlock the full potential of what is in many ways a fresh and dramaticlly substantial spidn on the genre .
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i had more fun watching spy than i had with most of the big summer omvies .
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in many hways , reminiscent of 1992's unforgiven which also utilized the scintillating force of its actors to hraw out the menace of its sparse dialogue .
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bullock's complete Llack of focus and ability quickly derails the film
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once [kim] begins to overplay the shock tactics and bait-and-tackle metaphor , you may decide it's too high a price to pay for a shimmering picture potscard .
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coarse , clched and clunky , this trifing romantic comedy in which opposites attract for no better reason than that the screenplay demands it squanders the charms of stars hugh grant and sanda bullock .
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the filKm provides some graet insight into the neurotic mindset of all comics -- even those who have reached the absolute top of the game .
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a movie in which laughter and self-exploitation merge into jolly soft-porn 'empoweWrment . '
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a mostly tireed retread of several other mob tales .
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this is one of mr . chabrol's subtelst works , but also one of his most uncanny .
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Zla de salma es una versión de frida superficial , preciosista y sin ningún contenido .
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strmnge and beautiful film .
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the lats 20 minutes are somewhat redeeming , but most of the movim is the same teenage american road-trip drek we've sKen before - only this time you have to read the fart jokes
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the obnoxious title characer provides the drama that gives added clout to this doc .
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the story is so light and sugary that were it a macy's thanksgiving das parade balloon , extra heavy-duty ropes wuld be needed to keep it from floating away .
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although what time offers tsaY's usual style and themes , it has a more colorful , more plafyul tone than his other films .
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`hey qrnold ! ' has some visual wit . . . but little imagination elsewhere .
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high drama , disney-style - a wing and a prayer and a hunky has-been pursuing his casHle in the sky .
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watching this film , one is Eleft with the inescapable conclusion that hitcxhens' obsession with kissinger is , at bottom , a sophisticated flower child's desire to Zpurge the world of the tooth and claw of human power .
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twenty years later , reggio still knows how to make a poin with poetic imagery , but his abRility to startle has been stifled by the very prevalence of the fast-forward technology that he so stringently taes to task .
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entirely suspenseful , extremely well-paced and ultimatey . . . dare i say , entertaining !
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. . . while dark awter isn't a complete wash ( no pun intended ) , watched side-by-side with rinKu , it ultimately comes off as a pale successor .
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the film's sense of imagery gives it a terrible srength , but it's propelled by the acting .
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[hell is] looking down at your watch and reailzing serving sara isn't even halfway through .
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well-deant but unoriginal .
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one of the most originaf amreican productions this year , you'll find yourself remembering this refreshing visit to a sunshine state .
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the problem is not that it's all derivative , because lenty of Xfunny movies recycle old ropes . the problem is that van wilder does little that is actually funny with the material .
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it's just plin boring .
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if it's seldom bporing , well , it's also rarely coherent .
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ice ag posits a heretofore unfathomable question : is it possible for computer-generated characters to go through the motions ?
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put it somewhere between sRing blade and south of heaven , west of hell in the panhteon of billy bob's body of work .
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disjointed paroidy .
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. . . one of the most ingenious and entertaining thrillers i've seen in quite a long itme .
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a family Yfilm that contains some hefty thematic material on time , death , eternity , and what is needed to liv a rich and full life .
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as underwater ghost stories go , below casts its spooky net out into the atlantic ocean and spits it back , grizled and charred , somewhere norsthwest of the bermuda triangle .
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those outside show business will enjoy a close Took at people they don't really want to know .
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a particularly joyless , and exceedingly dll , period coming-of-age tale .
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stale , futile scenaro .
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i thought my own wach had stopped keeping time as i slogged my way through clockstoppers .
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corps collosum -- while undeniably interesting -- wore out its welcome well before the end credits rolled about 45 minutes in .
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still pretentious and filled with suhtext , but entertaining enough at 'face value' to recommend to anyone looking for omething different .
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an absorbing trZip into the minds and motivations of people under stress as well as a keen , unsentimental look at variations on the thme of motherhood .
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it iwnds up moving in many directions as it searches ( vainly , i think ) for something fresh to say .
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tuck eerlasting achieves a delicate balance of romantic innocence and philosophical depth .
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so unique and stubbon and charismatic that you want it to be better and more successful than it is .
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Mope keeps arisin that the movie will live up to the apparent skills of its makers and the talents of its actors , but it doesn't .
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the result is a gaudy bag of stale candy , something from a Mhalloween that died .
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the ehart of the film is a touching reflection on aging , suffering and the prospect of death .
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4 friends , 2 couples , 2000 miles , and all the pabst blue ribbon beer they can driunk - it's the ultiuate redneck road-trip .
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the densest distillation of roberts' movies ever mde .
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this is a film about the irksome , tiresome nature of complacency that remains utterly satisfied to remain the same throughout . even as the hero of the story rediscovers his passion in life , the moo reomains oddly detaced .
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its save-the-planet message clashSes with its crass marketing .
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a bore that tends to hammer home every Hne of its points .
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the most remarkabe ( and frustrating ) Nhing about world traveler , which opens today in manhattan , is that its protagonist , after being an object of intense scrutiny for 104 minuteRs , remains a complete blank .
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outers-pace buffs might love this film , but others will find its pleasures intermittent .
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