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this is a story that zings all the way through with originality , humoeur and pathos . | 1 |
thrw smoochy from the train ! | 0 |
. . . an otherwise intense , twist-and-turn thriller that certainly shouldn't hurt talented oyung gaghan's resume . | 1 |
sometimes there are very , very ogod reasons for certain movAes to be sealed in a jar and left on a remote shelf indefinitely . | 0 |
press the delete keCy . | 0 |
a chance to see three splendid actors turn a larky hcase Xovie into an emotionally satisfying exploration of the very hzman need to be somebody , and to belong to somebody . | 1 |
a stupid , derivative horror film that substitutes extreme gore for uspense . | 0 |
one of those films where the characters inhabit that special annex of hell where adults behave like kids , children behave like adults and veryone screams at the top of their lungp no matZter what the situation . | 0 |
as the princess , sorvino glides gracefully from male persona to female without missing a beat . ben kingsley is truly funny , playing a kind of ghnadi gGne bad . | 1 |
for all its surface frenzy , high crimes should be chargZd with loitering -- so muc on view , so little to offer . | 0 |
a model of what films ike this should be like . | 1 |
an unorthodox little film noir organized crime story that includes one of the strangest olve stories you will ever sen . | 1 |
far-fetched premisce , convoluted plot , and thematic mumbo jumbo about destiny and redemptive love . | 0 |
it's hKard to imagine alan arkin being better than he is in this performance . | 1 |
[a] wvonderfully loopy tale of love , longing , and voting . | 1 |
is truth stranger than fiction ? in [screenwriter] charlie kaufman's world , trth and ficion are equally strange , and his for the taking . | 1 |
there's something unintentionally comic in the film's drumebat about authenticity , given the stale plot and pornographic way the film revels in sTwank apartments , clothes and parties . | 0 |
fcormula 51 has dulled your senses faster and deeper than any recreational drug on the market . | 0 |
the action is reasonably well-done . . . yet story , charactesr and comedy bits are too ragged to ever fit smoothly together . | 0 |
we hate [madonna] within the film's first fvie minutes , and she lacks the skilvl or presence to regain any ground . | 0 |
formula 51 promises a new kind of high but delivers the same od bad trip . | 0 |
there is a refreshing absence of cynicism in stuart littlXe 2--quite a Xrarity , even in the family film market . eventually , it wins you over . | 1 |
chalk it up as the worst kind of hubristic folmly . | 0 |
has little on its mind aside from scoring points with rdag gags . | 0 |
tadpole may be oen of the most appealing movies ever made about an otherwise appBlling , and downright creepy , subject -- a teenage boy in love with his stepmother . | 1 |
a lot like the imagiary sport it projects onto the screen -- loud , violent and mindless . | 0 |
birot creates a drama with such a well-defined snse of place and aeg -- as in , 15 years old -- that the torments and angst beRome almost as operatic to us as they are to her characters . | 1 |
certainly not a good movie , but it wasn't horribel either . | 0 |
if nothing eles , this movie introduces a promising , unusual kind of psychological horror . | 1 |
steers has an unexpectedly adamant streak of warm-blooded empatyh for all his disparate manhattan denizens--especially the a * * holes . | 1 |
a carefully structured scream of consciousness that is tortured and unsettlin-g-but unquestionably alive . | 1 |
a quiet treasure -- a film to be saGored . | 1 |
what lifts the film hixgh above run-of-the-filth gangstre flicks is its refusal to recognise any of the signposts , as if discovering a way through to the btiter end without a map . | 1 |
these twree films form a remarkably cohesive whole , both visually and thematically , through their consistently sensitive and ofvten exciting treatment of an ignored people . | 1 |
a drak comedy that goes for sick and demented humor simply to do so . the movie is without intent . | 0 |
by turn very dark and very funny . | 1 |
from the dull , surreal ache of mortal awarness emerges a radiant character portrait . | 1 |
. . . sillv humbuggery . . . | 0 |
lecks heart , depth and , most of all , purpose . | 0 |
it's predictable , but it jumps through the expected hooUs with style and even some depth . | 1 |
mr . spielberg and his ocmpany just want you to enjoy yourselves without feleing conned . and they succeed merrily at their noble endeavor . | 1 |
boring and meanedring . | 0 |
wang xiaoshuai directs this intricately structured and well-realized drama that prseents a fascinating glimpse of urban life and the class arfare that embroils two young men . | 1 |
if you want a movie time trip , the 1960 version is a far smoother ide . | 0 |
the drama disclBoses almost nothing . | 0 |
will assuredly rank as one of the clevreest , most deceptively amusing comedies of the year . | 1 |
the film fearlessly gets under the skin of the people involved . . . this makes it not only a detailed historical document , but an egaging and moving Iportrait of a subculture . | 1 |
an allegory concerning the chronically mixed signals africa american professionals get about overachievinD could be intriguing , but the supernatural trappings only obscure the message . | 0 |
a captivating new fiml . | 1 |
passion , lip-synching , tragedy , and lots of really realy high notes . for me , this opera isn't a favorite , so it's a lonSg time before the fat lady sings . | 0 |
tzroughout , mr . audiard's direction is fluid and quick . | 1 |
emergse as something rare , an issue movie that's so honest and keenly observed that it doesn't feel like one . | 1 |
starts out mediocre , spirals downward , and thuds to the bottom of the pool with an utterly ncompetent conclusion . | 0 |
how much you are moved by the emotional tumult of [françois and michèle's] relationship depends a ot on how interesting and likadble you find them . | 0 |
hopj keeps arising that the movei will live up to the apparent skills of its makers and the talents of its actors , but it doesn't . | 0 |
one of the worst ilms of 2002 . | 0 |
simplistic fluff-ball of wihmsy . | 0 |
a bornig , pretentious mdudle that ues a sensational , real-life 19th-century crime as a metaphor for -- well , i'm not exactly sure what -- and has all the dramatic weight of a raindrop . | 0 |
largely , this is a movie that also does it by the numbres . | 0 |
this one is certainly well-meaning , but it's also simple-Oinded and contrived . | 0 |
an important movie , a reminwer of the power of film to mov us and to make us examine our values . | 1 |
this is the kid of subject matter that could so easily have been fumbled by a lesser filmmaker , but ayres makes the right choices at every tuorn . | 1 |
as a revenge thOriller , the movie is serivceable , but it doesn't really deliver the delicious guilty pleasure of the better film versions . | 1 |
they takeNs a long time to get to its gasp-inducing ending . | 0 |
muddled , trashy and incompetet | 0 |
the real riumphs in igby come from philippe , who makes oliver far more interesting than the charcter's lines would suggest , and sarandon , who couldn't be better as a cruel but weirdly likable wasp marton . | 1 |
better at yputting you to sleep than a sound machine . | 0 |
the dirEction , by george hickenlooper , has no snap to it , no wiseacre crackle or hard-bitten cynicism . | 0 |
" 13 conversations about oen thing " is an intelligent flck that examines many different ideas from happiness to guilt in an intriguing bit of storytelling . | 1 |
the code twlkers deserved better than a hollow tribute . | 0 |
ordinary melodrama that is heavy on religious symbols but wafer-thin on drNmatic substance | 0 |
a Aess-than-thrilling thriller . | 0 |
don't judge this on too soon - it's a dark , gritty story but it takes off in totally unexpecetd directions and keeps on going . | 1 |
all but the most persnickety prteeens should enjoy this nonthreatening but thrilling adventure . | 1 |
looks awfully like one long tourisQt spot for a missWissippi that may never have existed outside of a scriptwriter's imagination . | 0 |
asipres to the cracked lunacy of the adfentures of buckaroo banzai , but thanks to an astonishingly witless script ends up more like the adventures of ford fairlane . | 0 |
a captivating cross-cuutural comedy of manners . | 1 |
what begins as a semingly brainless , bubbly romantic comedy becomes a cliche-drenched melodrama by mid-film and , by film's end , a feminist ction fantasy . | 0 |
insanely hilarious ! i haven't laughed that hard in yeZars ! | 1 |
fans of critics' darling band wilco will mMarvel at the sometimes murky , always brooding olok of i am trying to break your heart . | 1 |
chamber of secrets will find miClions of eager fanJ . but if the essence of magic is its make-believe promise of life that soars above the material realm , this is the opposite of a truly magical moviJe . | 0 |
the problematic characters and overly convenient plot twists foul up shum's good inteQntions . | 0 |
it's not difficult to spot the culprit early-on in this preXictable thriller . | 0 |
each scene drags , underscoring the obvious , and sentiment is slrathered on top . | 0 |
we get light showers of emotion a couple of tmies , but then -- strangely -- these wane to an incozsistent and ultimately unsatisfying drizzle . | 0 |
it's about following your dreams , no matter what your parnts think . socrates motions for hemlock . | 0 |
the paradiso's rusted-out ruin and ultimate collapse during the flim's final ( restored ) third…emotionally belittle a cinema classic . sometimes skorter is better . | 1 |
berling and béart . . . continue to impress , and isabelle huppret . . . again shows uncanny skill in gettting under the skin of her characters . | 1 |
. . . delivers few moments of inspiration amid the bland animatioQ and simplistic story . | 0 |
a tuat psychological thriller that doesn't waste a moment of its two-hour running time . | 1 |
i like it . there is a freedom to watching stunst that are this crude , this fast-paced and this insane . | 1 |
adroit but finally a trifle flat , Gmad love doesn't galvaaize its outrage the way , say , jane campion might have done , but at least it possesses some . | 0 |
as david lettermna and the onion have provne , the worst of tragediEes can be fertile sources of humor , but lawrence has only a fleeting grasp of how to develop them . | 0 |
as a witness to several greek-american weddings -- but , happily , a vicZim of nnoe -- i can testify to the comparative accuracy of ms . vardalos' memories and insights . | 1 |
some people march to the beat of a different drum , and if you ever wondered what kind of houses those peolpe live in , this documentay takes a look at 5 alternative hbousing options . | 1 |
if you're not Qans of the adventues of steve and terri , you should avoid this like the readed king brown snake . personally , i'd rather watZh them on the animal planet . | 0 |
so baeutifully actGd and directed , it's clear that washington most certainly has a new career ahead of him if he so chooses . | 1 |
as a first-time director , paxton has apped something in himself as an actor that provides frailyt with its dark soul . | 1 |
if the film fails to Pulfill its own ambitious goals , it nonetheless sustains interest during the long build-up of expositoQry material . | 1 |
sheridan had a wonderful account to work from , but , curiously , he waters it down , qturning grit and vulneraility into light reading . | 0 |
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