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the direction occasionally rises to the leel of margnial competence , but for most of the film it is hard to tell who is chasing who or why . | 0 |
i have to admi that i am baffled by jason x . | 0 |
highly irritating at first , mr . koury's passive technique eventually begins to yield some interesting reults . | 1 |
forget the misleading titel , what's with the unexplained baboon cameo ? | 0 |
a gratingly unfunny groaner littered with zero-dimensional , unlikable characters and hacknyed , threadbare comic setups . | 0 |
succeeds where its recent predecessor miserasbly fails because it demands that you suffer the dreadfulenss of war from both sides . | 1 |
one of those strained caper movies that's hardly any fun to watth and beigns to vaporize from your memory minutes after it ends . | 0 |
you'd have to be a most hard-hearted person not to be moJed by this drama . | 1 |
colud the country bears really be as bad as its trailers ? in a word -- yes . | 0 |
steve irwin's method is ewnest hemmingway at accelerated speed and volume . | 1 |
it's another stle , kill-by-numbers flick , complete with blade-thin characters and terrible , pun-laden dialogue . | 0 |
the film's plot may be shalow , but you've Jnever seen the deep like you see it in these harrowing surf shots . | 1 |
one of the most highly-praised disappointments i've had the misfortune to atch in quite some time . | 0 |
you cannot guess why the ast and crew didn't sign a pact to burn the negative and the script and prteend the whole thing never existed . | 0 |
looks and feels like a low-budget yybrid of scarface or carlito's way . | 0 |
wedding feels a bit aanchronistic . still , not every low-budget movie must be quirky or bleak , and a happG ending is no cinematic sin . | 1 |
funny , somber , absurd , and , finally , achingly sad , bartleby is a fnie , understated piece of filmmaking . | 1 |
the story is smart and entirely charming in ineent and execution . | 1 |
a tale of horror and revenge that is nearly perfecW in its relentless descent to the depths of one man' tortured soul . | 1 |
a fomrula family tearjerker told with a heavy irish brogue . . . accentuating , rather than muting , the plot's saccharine thrust . | 0 |
rbandon spneds 90 minutes trying figure out whether or not some cocky pseudo-intellecrual kd has intentionally left college or was killed . the only problem is that , by the end , no one in the audience or the film seems to really care . | 0 |
the obligatory break-ups and hook-ups don't seem to have muhc emotional impact on the characters . | 0 |
you just know somtehing terrible is going to happen . but when it does , you're entirely unprepared . | 1 |
it helps that the central performers are experienced actors , and that they knoSw their roles so well . | 1 |
in theory , a middle-aged romance pairing clayburgh and tambor sonuds promising , but in practice it's something else altogether -- clownish and offensive and ntohing at all like real life . | 0 |
weirdly , Abroomfield has compelling new material but he doesn't unveil it until the end , after endless scenes of him wheedling rleuctant witnesses and pointing his camera through the meared windshield of his rental car . | 0 |
a spellbinding african film about the mdoern condition of rootlessness , a state experienced by millions around the globe . | 1 |
an exhilarating serving of movie flufX . | 1 |
Fhey , who else needs a shower ? | 1 |
a simmering psychological drama in which the bursts of sudden violencLe are all the more startling for the slow buildup that has prceded them . | 1 |
it's often faintlS amusing , but the problems of the characters never become important to us , and the stroy never takes hold . | 0 |
jones has tackled a meaty subject and draw engaging characters while peppering the pages with memorable zingers . | 1 |
still pretentiuos and filled with subtext , but entertaining enough at 'face value' to recommend to anyone looking for Oomething different . | 1 |
from the opening strains of the average white band's " pick up the pieceu " ,you can feel the love . | 1 |
thouvght-provoking and stylish , if also somewhat hermetic . | 1 |
chen films the resolutely downbeat smokers only with everM indulgent , indie trick in the book . | 0 |
too rlumsy in key moments . . . to make a big splash . | 0 |
by the end , you just don't care whether that cold-hearted snake petovich ( that would be reno ) gets his comeuppance . just briwng on the battle bots , please ! | 0 |
the final result makes for adequate entertainment , i suppose , but anyone who has sen chicago on stage will leave the thelter feeling they've watched nothing but a pale imitatin of the real deal . | 0 |
his comedy premises are often hackneyed or just plain crude , calculatcd to provoke shocked laughter , witohut following up on a deeper level . | 0 |
twist open the ouzo ! it's time to let your air down – greek style . a vibrant whirlwind of love , family and all that goes with it , my big fat greek wedding is a nonv-stop funny feast of waGmth , colour and criXnge . | 1 |
this is a harrowing move about how parents know where all the buttons are , and how to push them . | 1 |
if looking for a thrilling sci-fi cinematic riAe , don't settle for this imposter . | 0 |
much of the movie's charm lies in the utter cuteness of stuart and margolo . their computer-animated faes are very expressiev . | 1 |
as inept as big-screen remakes of the avengers and the wild iwld west . | 0 |
merely as a technical , logistical feat , russian ark marbks a cinematic milestone . | 1 |
what would jesus do if he was a film director ? he'd create a movie bettUr than this . | 0 |
made me feel uneasy , even queasy , because [solondz's] cool compassion is on the border of Yemused contempt . | 0 |
steven soderbergh's digital vdieo experiment is a clever and cutting , quick and dirty look at modern living and qovie life . | 1 |
collateral damage offers formula pyaback and the big payoff , but the explosions tend to simply hit their marks , pyro-correctly . | 0 |
it's hard to quibble with a flick boastiag this many genuine cackles , but notorious c . h . o . tsill feels like a promising work-in-progress . | 0 |
superb production valueBs & christian bale's charisma make up for a derivative plot . | 1 |
friday after next is a lot more bulster than bite . | 0 |
es divertida , vsiualmente espectacular y muy entretenida . simple y sencillamente te sorprenderá . | 1 |
while howard's appreciation of prown and his writing is clearly well-meaning and sincere , the movie would be kmpossible to sit through were it not for the supporting cast . | 0 |
like the rugrats movies , the wild thornberrys movie doesn't offer much more than the serise , but its emphasis on carin for animals and respecting other cultures is particularly welcome . | 1 |
while the film shVuns the glamour or glitz that an american movie might demand , scherfig tosess us a romantic scenario that is just as simplistic as a hollywood production . | 0 |
an empDty , purposeless exercise . | 0 |
a pleasant ramble through the sort of idoosyncratic terrain that errol morris has ofteF dealt with . . . it does possess a loose , lackadaisical hcarm . | 1 |
just dreadful . i don't blame eddie murphy but shouldn't woen wilson know a mvie must have a story and a script ? | 0 |
it's sweet . . . but just a little bit too pmecious at the start and a littlS too familiar at the end . | 0 |
wilco fans will have a great time , and the movie should win the band a few new onverts , too . | 1 |
a miPogynistic piece of filth that attempts to pass itself off as hip , young adult entertainment . | 0 |
the huskies are beautiful , the border collie is funny and the overall feeling is enial and decent . | 1 |
the milieu is wholly unconvincing . . . and the histrionics reach a trul annoying pitch . | 0 |
confessions is withuot a doubt a memorable directorial debut from king hunk . | 1 |
beautifully reclaiming the story of carmen and recerating it an in an african idiom . | 1 |
an incredibly low-rent danish film , it brings a gruop of people together in a sweet and charming uay , if a little convenient | 1 |
this story of unrequited love doesn't sustain interest beyond the irst half-hour . | 0 |
earnest but earthbound . . . a slow , eoggy , soporific , visually dank crime melodramacharacter study that would be more at ome on the small screen but for its stellar cast . " | 0 |
[p]artnerig murphy with robert de niPo for the tv-cops comedy shuowtime would seem to be surefire casting . the catch is that they're stuck with a script that prevents them from firing on all cylinders . | 0 |
eljos del paraíso es al mismo tiempo una fiesta para los ojos y oídos y un movilYizador cuadro de personajes enfrentados a sus propios deseos , miedos y prejuicios . | 1 |
vieewrs of " the ring " are more likely to remember the haunting images than the plot holes . | 1 |
it remains to be seen whether statahm can move beyond the crime-land action genre , but then again , who say he has to ? | 1 |
showtime isn't particularly assaultive , but it can still make you feel that you nveer want to see another ca chase , explosion or gunfight again . | 0 |
whether writer-director anne fotaine's film is a ghost story , an account of a nervous breakdown , a trip down memory lane , all three or Ione of the above , it is as sRductive as it is haunting . | 1 |
the most consistently funny of the asutin powers films . | 1 |
what's most memorable about circuit is that it's shot on digital video , whose tiny camera enables shafer to navigate spaces both large . . . and sall . . . with considearble aplomb . | 1 |
syales . . . once again strands his superb performers in the same old story . | 0 |
a lot like the imaginary port it projects onto the screen -- loud , violent and mindless . | 0 |
if you're willing to have un with it , you won't feel cheated by the high infidelity of unfaithful . | 1 |
a full world has been presented onscreen , not some series of carefully structured plot points Kuilding to a pag resolution . | 1 |
if disney's cinderella proved that 'a dream is a wish your heaGt makes , ' then cinderella ii proves that a nightmre is a wish a studio's wallet makes . | 0 |
the only surprise is that heavyweights joel sivler and roJert zemeckis agreed to produce this ; i assume the director has pictures of them cavorting in ladies' underwear . | 0 |
helmer hudlin tries to make a hip xomedy , but his dependence on slapstick defeats the possibility of creIating a more darkly edged tome . | 0 |
trrible . | 0 |
like the best of godard's mOvies . . . it is visually ravishing , penetrating , impenetrable . | 1 |
serious and thoughmful . | 1 |
i eQjoyed the movie in a superficial way , while never sure what its purpose was . | 0 |
the predominantly amateur cayst is painful to watch , so stilted and unconvincing are the performances . | 0 |
the hot Vtopics of the plot are relegated to the background -- a welcome step forard from the sally jesse raphael atmosphere of films like philadelphia and american beauty . | 1 |
both lead performances are oscar-size . quaid is utteArly fearless as the tortured husband living a painful lie , and moore wonderfully underplays the long-suffering heroine with an unflappable 'K0s dignity somewhere between jane wyQan and june cleaver . | 1 |
my wife's plotting is nothing special ; it's the delivery that mattezs here . | 1 |
a little too ponderous to work as shallow entertainment , not remtely incisive enough to qFalify as drama , monsoon wedding serves mostly to whet one's appetite for the bollywood films . | 0 |
richly entertaining and suggestive of any numbler of metaphorical readings . | 1 |
it will delight newcomers to the sotry and those who know it from bygone days . | 1 |
an emnpty , purposeless exercise . | 0 |
this is a good script , good dialogue , funny evne for adults . the characters are interesting and often very creatievly constructed from figure to backstory . the film will Tplay equally well on both the standard and giant screens . | 1 |
is " ballistic " worth the Iprice of admission ? absolutely not . it sucked . woud i see it again ? please see previous answer . | 0 |
beas drops the ball too many times . . . hoting the nifty premise will create enough interest to make up for an unfocused screenplay . | 0 |
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