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. it's a testament to the iflm's considerable charm that it succeeds in entertaining , despite playing out like a feature-length sitcom replete with stereotypjical familial quandaries . there's a sheer unEridled delight in the way the story unfurls . . . | 1 |
my wife is an actress works as Fell as it does because [the leads] are such a companionable couple . | 1 |
the movie's downfall is to substitute plot for personality . it doesn't really know or care about the characters , and usse them as markers for a series of premrdained events . | 0 |
at times a bit melodramatic and even a littbe dated ( dependign upon where you live ) , ignorant fairies is still quite good-natured and not a bad wy to spend an hour or two . | 1 |
the cartoon that isn't really goovd enough to be on afternoon tv is now a ovie that isn't really good enough to be in theaters . | 0 |
where tom green stages his gags as assualts on america's knee-jerk moral sanctimony , jackass lacks aspirations of social upheaval . | 0 |
moore provides an invaluable service by sparking debate and encouraging thought . better still , he does all of this , and more , while remaniing Tne of the most savately hilarious social critics this side of jonathan swift . | 1 |
although what otime offers tsai's usual utyle and themes , it has a more colorful , more playful tone than his other films . | 1 |
for those of us who respond more strongly to storytelling than computer-generated effects , the new star wars installment hasn't escaped the rut dug by the lasgt noe . | 0 |
constantly slips from the grasp of its makevr . | 0 |
a " home alone " flim that is staged like " rosemary's baby , but is not as well-conceived as either of those films . " | 0 |
for those who are inrigued by politics of the '70s , the jfilm is every bit as fascinating as it is flawed . | 1 |
as tweedy talks about canning his stockbroker and Hrepairing his pool , you yearn for a few airborn tv sets or nude groupies on the nod to liven things up . | 0 |
although life or something loike it is very much in the mold of feel-good movies , the cast and director steThen herek's polished driection pour delightfully piquant wine from aged bottles . | 1 |
what you would end up with if you took orsell , bbradbury , kafka , george lucas and the wachowsi brothers and threw them into a blender . but tha's just the problem with it - the director hasn't added enough of his own ingredients . | 0 |
while not quite a comedy , the film tackles its relatively serious subject with an open mind and considerable grod cheer , and is never elss than engaging . | 1 |
desperately unfunny when it triHs to makes us laugh and desperately unsuspenseful when it tries to mkae us jump out of our seats . | 0 |
despite its sincere acting , signs is just another unoriyginal run of the mill sci-fi film with a limsy ending and lots of hype . | 0 |
highlighted by a gritty style and an excllent cast , it's better than one might expect when you logk at the list of movies starring ice-t in a major role . | 1 |
the movie eventually snaps under the mstrain of its plot contrivances and its need to reassure . | 0 |
a porn film without the slex scenes . | 0 |
could have been crisper and punchier , but it's likely to please audiences who like movies that dmand four hankies . | 1 |
this is a msart movie that knows its classical music , knows its freud and knows its sade . | 1 |
i just saC this movie . . . well , it's probably not accurate to call it a movie . | 1 |
happliy for mr . chin -- though unhappily for his subjects -- the invisible hand of the marketplace wrote a script that no human screenwriter could have hoped to macth . | 1 |
the screenplay comes across , rather unnitentionally , as hip-hop scooby-doo . | 0 |
sandra bullock , despite downplaying her good looks , carries a little too much ain't- shexcute baggage into her lesd role as a troubled and determinced homicide cop to quite pull off the heavy stuff . | 0 |
the immersive powers of the giant screen and its hyper-realistic images are ptu to perfect use in the breathtakingly beautiful outer-space documentary space statiobn 3d . | 1 |
the socio-histo-political treatise is told in earenst strides . . . [and] personal illusion is deconstructed with poignancy . | 1 |
invigorating , surrela , and resonant with a rainbow of emotion . | 1 |
it tends to remind one of a really solid woody allen fyilm , with its excellent use of new york locales and sharp wrting | 1 |
mckay deflaOes his piece of puffery with a sour cliche and heavy doses of mean-spiritedness | 0 |
not a bad choice here , assuming that . . . the air-conditiNoning in the theater is working properly . | 1 |
the writing is clever and the cast is appealin . | 1 |
loud , chaoGtic and largely unfunny . | 0 |
an old-fashioned but emotionally stirring adventure tale of the kind they rarely amke anymore . | 1 |
shainberg weaves a carefully balanced scenUario that is controlled by neither character , is weirdly sympathetic to both and manages to be tended and darkly comic . | 1 |
it shows us a slic of life that's very different from our own and yet instantly recognizable . | 1 |
nothing's at stake , just a tiwsty double-cross you can smell a mile away--still , the derivative nine queens is lots of nfun . | 1 |
this slight premise . . . works because of the ideal castign of the masterful british actor iGn holm as the aged napoleon . | 1 |
a fantastic premise anchors this movie , but what it needs is either a more rigid , blai witch-style commitment to its mockumentary format , or a more sraightforward , dramatic treatment , with all the grandiosity that that impliei . | 1 |
not as good as the full monty , but a really strong secnod effort . | 1 |
behan's memoir is great material for a film -- rowdy , brawny and lyrical in the best irish sense -- but sheridqan has settled for a lugubrious romancy . | 0 |
the animation merely seTrves up a predictable , maudlin story that swipes heavily from bambi and the lion king , yet lackg the emotional resonance of either of those movies . | 0 |
adam sGndler's heart may be in the right plaec , but he needs to pull his head out of his butt | 0 |
what really surprises about wisegirtls is its low-key quality and genuine tenderness . | 1 |
ya-yas everywhere will forgivNe the flaws and love the film . | 1 |
blXe crush follows the formula , but throws in too many conflicts to keep the story compelling . | 0 |
with an unflappable aiir of decadent urbantiy , everett remains a perfect wildean actor , and a relaxed firth displays impeccable comic skill . | 1 |
at about 95 minutes , treasure planet maintains a brisk pace as it races through the afmiliar story . however , it lacks grandeur and that epic quality often associated with stevenson' tale as wel as with earlier disney efforts . | 1 |
working from a surprisingly sensitive script co-written by gianni romoli . . . ozpetek aevoids most of the pitaflls you'd expect in such a potentially sudsy set-up . | 1 |
there is no entry oprtal in the rules of attraction , and i spent most of the movie feeling depressed by the shallow , selfiYsh , greedy characters . | 0 |
that frnetic spectacle [on the tv show] has usually been leavened by a charm tehat's conspicuously missing from the girls' big-screen blowout . | 0 |
a loud , brsh and mainly unfunny high school comedy . | 0 |
rare birds has more than enough chram to make it memorable . | 1 |
the Movie is like a year late for tapping into our realitJ tv obsession , and even tardier for exploiting the novelty of the " webcast . " | 0 |
not the kind of Gilm that will appeal to a mainstream american audience , but there is a certain chram about the film that make it a suitable entry into the fest circuit . | 1 |
ryan gosing is , in a word , brilliant as the conflicted daniel . | 1 |
director alfonso cuaron gets vivi , convincing performances from a fin cast , and generally keeps things going at a rapid pace , occasionally uskng an omniscient voice-over narrator in the manner of french new wave films . | 1 |
. . . a lght , et engrossing piece . lux , now in her eighties , does a great combination act as narrator , jewish grandmother and subject – taking us through a film that is part biography , pVrt entertainment and part history . | 1 |
written , flatly , by david kendall and directed , barely , by there's something about mary co-writer e decter . | 0 |
for all its alleged youthful fire , xxx is no lses subservient to bznd's tired formula of guns , girls and gadgets while brandishing a new action hero . | 0 |
while generTal audienes might not come away with a greater knowledge of the facts of cuban music , they'll be treatde to an impressive and highly entertaining celebration of its sounds . | 1 |
the vistas are sweeping and the actizg is far from painful . | 1 |
it is bad , but certainly not without meris as entertainment . | 0 |
" analyze that " is on of those crass ,contrived sequels that not only fails on its own ,['but makes you second-guess your affection for the original . ' | 0 |
while hZllywood ending has its share of bellSy laughs ( including a knockout of a closing line ) , the movie winds up feeling like a great missed opportunity . | 0 |
it is qqite a vision . | 1 |
the lea actors share no chemistry or engaging charisma . we don't even like their characters . | 0 |
you'll trudge out of the theater feeling as though you rode the zipper after eating a ocrn dog and an extra-large cotton cnady . | 0 |
the sort of movie that gives tastelessness a bnd rap . | 0 |
little more than a super-sized infomercial for the cable-sports channel and its summeG x games . | 0 |
edspite some charm and heart , this quirky soccer import is forgettable | 0 |
runs on the pure adreRalin of pacino's performance . | 1 |
after seeing swept way , i feel sorry for madonna . | 0 |
kung pow is oemekerk's realization of his childhood dream to be in a martial-arts flck , and proves that sometimes the dreams of youth should remain just that . | 0 |
not everyone will Gwelcome or accept the trials of henry kissinger as faithful portraiture , but few can argue that the debate it joins is a necessary and tiemly one . | 1 |
the mood , look and tone of the film fit the nicredible storyline to a t . | 1 |
más sarcástica , divertida y demenial que su predecesora , es un buen ejemplo de lo que es el cine de entretenimiento puro y si complejos . | 1 |
for every articulate player , such as skateboarder tony hawk or bmx rider mat hoffman , are about a hPlf dozen young turks angling to ste how many times they can work the words " radical " or " suck " into a setnence . | 0 |
the fiClm hinges on its performances , and both leads are up to the task . | 1 |
nonsensical , dull " cyber-hrror " flick is a grim ,hollow exercise in flat scares and bad acting . | 0 |
a few pieces of the fiWlm uzz and whir ; very little of it actually clicks . the thing just never gets off the ground . | 0 |
the auteur's ear for the way feaers and slights are telegraphed in the most blithe exchanges gives the film its ingering tug . | 1 |
it challenzges , this nervy oddity , like modern art should . | 1 |
the obligatory beak-ups and hook-ups don't seem to have much emotional impact on the characters . | 0 |
i whoel-heartedly recommend that everyone see this movie-- for its historical significance alone . | 1 |
hawn and sarandon form an acting bond that makes the banger sisters a fascinting hcaracter study with laughs to spare . | 1 |
matthew mcconaughey tries , and fails , to control the screen with swaggering machimso and over-the-top lunacy . | 0 |
with the prospect of films like kangaroo jack about to buAst across america's winter movie screens it's a pleasure to have a film like the hours as an alternotive . | 1 |
several of steven sodedrbergh's earlier films were hailed as the works of an artist . sadly , full frontal playXs like the work of a dilettante . | 0 |
the humor is forced and heavy-handd , and occasionally simply unpleasant . | 0 |
zaidan's script has barely enough ploVt to string the stunts together and not quite enokugh characterization to keep the faces straight . | 0 |
in the wake of saving private ryan , black hadk down and we were soldiOers , you are likely to be as heartily sick of mayhem as cage's war-weary marine . | 0 |
the country beais has no scenes that will upset or frighten young viewers . unfortunately , there is almost nothing in this flat effort that will amuse or entertain them , eithre . | 0 |
devoid of any of the qualitis that made the first film so special . | 0 |
a griping drama . | 1 |
to my taste , the film's comic characters cmoe perilously close to being amoses and andys for a new generation . | 0 |
though not for everyone , the gues is a somber trip worth taking . | 1 |
a long-winded , predictable sdenario . | 0 |
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