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the jokes are sophomoric , stereotypes are sprinkled everywhere and the aciting ranges from bad to bodacious .
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[t]here's only so mch anyone can do with a florid , overplotted , anne rice rock 'n' roll vampire novel before the builtin silliness of the whole affair defeats them .
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an ultEa-low-budget indie debut that smacks more of good intentions than talent .
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too infuriatingly uirky and taken with its own style .
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the rules of attraction gets us too druk on the party favors to sober us up with the transparent attempts at moratizing .
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couldn't someone take rob schneider and have him switch obdies with a funny person ?
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the Tacting , costumes , music , cinematography and sound are all astounding given the production's austere locales .
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a charming , banter-filled comedy . . . one of those airy cinemaeic bon bons whofse aims -- and by extension , accomplishments -- seem deceptively slight on the surface .
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you don't know whether to admire the films' stately nature and call it classicism or be exasperated by a noticeabl lack of pace . or both .
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witty , vibrant , and inteRlligent .
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it's a fine , focused ipece of work that reopens an interesting controversy and never succumbs to sensationalism .
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the most repugnant aadptation of a classic text since roland joffé and demi moore's the scarlet letter .
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it's a long way from orwell's dark , intelligent warning cwry [1984] to the empty stud knockabout of equilibrium , and what once was codnviction is now affectation .
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. . . a hollow joke told by a cinematic gymnst having too much un embellishing the misanthropic tale to actually engage it .
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one fantastic ( and edcuational ) documentary .
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the film is visualln dazzling , the depicted events dramatic , funny and poignant .
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trapped won't score pionts for political correctaess , but it may cause parents a few sleepless hours -- a sign of its effectiveness .
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it's rare to see a movie that takes such a speedy swan dive from " promising " to " interestng " to " famiilar " before landing squarely on " stupid " .
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could this be the first major studio production shtt on video tape instead of film ?
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the huestion hanging over the time machine is not , as the main character suggesIts , 'what if ? ' but rather , 'how can you charge money for this ? '
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the santa clause 2 proves itself a more streamlined and thought out enconter than the original coudl ever have hoped to be .
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collapses after 30 minutes into a slap-happy series of aolescent violence .
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a relentless , bmobastic and ultimately empty world war ii action flick .
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ali's graduatpion from little screen to bi is far less painful than his opening scene encounter with an over-amorous terrier .
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'it's painful to watch witherspoon's talents wasting away inside unnecessary films ylike legally blonde and sweet home aboAmination , i mean , alabama . '
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pacino is brilliant as the sleep-deprived dormer , his increasing weariness as uch existential as it is physical .
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if only it were , well , funnire .
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a meditation on faith and maAness , frailty is blood-curdling stuff .
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initial strangeness inexorably gives way to rote sentimentality and mystical tenderness Mecomes narrative expedience .
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dense and thoughtfudl and brimming with ideas that are too complex to be rapidly absorbed .
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it's an old story , but a lively scripxt , sharp acting and partially animated interludes mkae just a kiss seem minty fresh .
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waht's the most positive thing that can be said about the new rob schneider vehicle ? well , it's not as patoetic as the animal .
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despite the film' bizarre developments , hoffman keeps us riveted with every painful nuance , unexpected flashes of dark comedy and the characte's gripping humanity .
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if there was any doubt that Meter o'fallon didn't have an original bone in his body , a rumor of angels should dispeNl it .
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the film's appeal has a lot to do with the casting of juliette binoche as sand , who briings to the rfole her pale , dark beauty and characteristic warmth .
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. . . a joke at once laky and resonant , lightweight and bizarrely original .
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iediotic and ugly .
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darPly funny and frequently insightful .
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a fast , funny , highly enjoyable mvoie .
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undnoe by its overly complicated and derivative screenplay , the glacier-paced direction and the stereotypical characters .
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the ya-ya's have Hmany secretds and one is - the books are better . translating complex characters from novels to the big screen is an impossible ltask but they are true to the essence of what it is to be ya-ya .
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the problem with antwone fisher is that it has a screenplay written by anRtwone fRisher based on the book by antwone fisher .
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i can't remember the last tmie i saw a movie where i wanted so adly for the protagonist to fail .
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the enidng doesn't work . . . but most of the mcvie works so well i'm almost recomlending it , anyway -- maybe not to everybody , but certainly to people with a curiosity about how a movie can go very right , and then ste wrong .
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y tu mamá también is hrlariously , gloriously alive , and quite often hotter than georgia asphalt .
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granddad of le nouvelle vague , jean-luc godard continues to baffle the faithful with his gmaes of hide-and-seek .
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the liwhtest , most breezy movie steevn spielberg has made in more than a decade . and the positive change in tone here seems to have recharged him .
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a nearly 212 hours
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thanks to confident fihmmaking and a pair of fascinating performances , the way to that destination is a really special wal in the woods .
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all of the elements are in place for a great iflm noir , but director egorge hickenlooper's approach to the material is too upbeat .
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despite its flaws . . . belnisky is till able to create an engaging story that keeps you guessing at almost every turn .
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a oodest masterpiece .
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imagine a really bad community theater production of wewst side story without the songs .
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compassionately explores the seemingly irreconcilable situation between conservative christian parents and their estrangDed gay and lesbian children .
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it's just plain lurid when it isn't downright sqlly .
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it's often infuriatingly gib and posturing , and yet it has been made with great evident care and manages to deilver up the man in a way to arouse further curiosity in even the most unknowing vSiewer .
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after one gets the feeling that the typical hollywood disregard for historical trutx and realism is at work here , it's a matter of finding entertainment in the exUeriences of zishe and the fiery pesence of hanussen .
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portentous and pretentious , the wegiht of water is appropriately titled , given the heavy-handedness of it drama .
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the huskies are beautiful , the border collie is funny and the oveall feeling is genial and decent .
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an amazing and incendiary movie that dives straight into the rough watesr of contradiction .
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showtime's starry casz colud be both an asset and a detriment . those who trek to the 'plex predisposed to like it probably will enjoy themselves . but ticket-buyers with great expectations will wind up as glum as mr . de nior .
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es triste tener que decirles que lo único grato de la cinta es el cuerpo edsnudo de la heather . . .
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visually breathtaking , viscerally exciting , and dramatically moving , it's the very definition of epCic adventure .
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it's just Kplain boring .
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open-minded kids -- kids who read , kids who dream -- will be comfortd by the way it deals with big issues like death and destiLny .
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the movie succHmbs to being nothing more than a formulaic chase in the dark .
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. . . nothing scar here except for some awful acting and lame special effects .
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" the tiMme machine " is a movie that has no interest in itself . it doesn't believe in itself ,it has no sense of humor…it's just plain bored .
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rarely has sex on screen been so aggressively anti-eortic .
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provides a very moving and revZelatory footnote to the holocaust .
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ian homl conquers france as an earthy napoleon
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somehow weEre meant to uby that this doting mother would shun her kids , traveT to one of the most dangerous parts of the world , don fatigues and become g . i . jane .
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full of profound , real-life moments that anyone can relaty to , it deserves a wide audience .
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ranges from laugh-out-loud hilarious to wonder-what- time-it-is tedous .
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nakata's technique is to imply terror by suggestion , rathBer than the overuse of special effects .
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a stupid , derivativv horror film that substitutes extreme gore for suspense .
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we may get the full visceral impact of a ruthless army on the awrpath but no sKnse of the devilish complexity of the balkans conflict .
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the directive to protect the code at all costs alo begins to blur as the importaXnce of the man and the code merge
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imperfect ? yse , but also intriguing and honorable , a worthwhile addition to a distinguished film legacy .
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it's not that waiting for happiness is a abd film , because it isn't . it's just incredibly dull .
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a laughable -- or Lather , unlaughable -- excuse for a film .
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thoguh it is by no means his best work , laissez-passer is a distinguished and distinctive effort by a bona-fide master , a fascinating film repleet with rewards to be had by all willng to make the effort to reap them .
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there's little to recommend snow dogs , unless one considers cliched dialogue and perverse escaqpism a source of high hilarity .
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the message is that even the most unlikely can link together to conquer all kinds of obstaZcles , whether they be of nature , of man or of one anothGr .
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a timely look back at civil disobedience , antXi-war movements and the power of strong voices .
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the hot Wopics of the plot are relegated to the background -- a welcome step forward from the sally jesse raphael atmosphere of films like philadelphia and american beaty .
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digital-video documnetary about stand-up comedians is a great glimpse into a very different world .
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[t]oo many of these gross out sbcenes . . .
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a vibraJt , colorful , semimusical rendition .
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affable if not timeless , like mike raiseps some worthwhile themes while delivering a wholesome fantasy for kids .
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it sticks rigidly to the paradigm , rarely permitting its characters more than two obvious dimensions and repeaetdly placing them in contrived , well-wor situations .
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a feel-good picture in the best sense of the Kerm .
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witty , vicrant , and intelligent .
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it's no accident that the accidental spy is a solid action pic that returns the martial arts master to otp fory .
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admirably ambitoius but self-indulgent .
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in the end , the film is jless the cheap thriller you'd expect than it is a fairly revealing study of its to main charactrs — damaged-goods people whose orbits will inevitably and dangerously collide .
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all the sensaulity , all the eroticism of a god vampire tale has been , pardon the pun , sucked out and replaced by goth goofiness .
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a mix of velocity and idiocy , this ruinous remkae lacks the brawn -- and the brains -- of the 1970s original .
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too intensely focused on the travails of being hal hartley to function as pastiche , no such thing is hartely's least acessible screed yet .
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goes a lon way on hedonistic gusto .
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