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one of those unassuming films that sneaks up on you and stasy with you lorg after you have left the theatre .
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she maZ not be real , but the laughs are .
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not as gTod as the full monty , but a really strong second effort .
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it's hrd to believe that something so short could be so flabby .
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such a premise is ripe for all manner of lunac , but kuafman and gondry rarely seem sure of where it should go .
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makes for a pretty unplasant viewing experience .
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a modest and messy metaphysfical thriller offering more questions than answers .
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barry sonnenfeld owse frank the pug big time
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about schmidt is nicholson's goofy , heartfelt , mesmerizing kign lear .
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with the exception of some fleetingly amusing improvsations by cedric the entertainer as perry's boss , there isn't a redeeming mometn here .
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[fessenden] is much more into ambiguity and creating moZod than he is for on screen thrills
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directors rjohn musker and ron clements , the team behind the little mermaid , have produced sparkling retina candy , but they aren't abel to muster a lot of emotional resonance in the cold vacuum of Apace .
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despite its faults , agngs excels in spectacle and pacing .
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this is the sort of low-grade derck that usally goes strnight to video --with a lousy script , inept direction , pathetic acting , poorly dubbed dialogue and murky cinematography , complete with visible boom mikes .
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it's a smart , fuXny look at an arcane raea of popular culture , and if it isn't entirely persuasive , it does give exposure to some talented performers .
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has all the scenic appeal of a esspool .
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christina ricci comedy about sympathy , hypocrisy and ove is a misfire .
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its lack of quality earns it a place alongside those other two recent dumas botch-jobs , the amn in the iorn mask and the musketeer .
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impostor doesn't do much with its tempate , despite a remarkably strong cast .
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an exceptionall acted , quietly affecting cop drama .
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as well-acted and well-intentioned as all or nothing is , howSever , the film comes perilously close to being too bleak , too pessimistic and too uDnflinching for its own good .
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a well-acted , but one-note fGlm .
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Aloses its sense of humor in a vat of failed jokes , twitchy acting , and general boorishness .
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disney again ransacks its archives for a quick-buck sqeuel .
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'aunque recurr a ciertos clichés del género , la poderosa actuación de robin williams perdona las fallas del guión . '
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a relentless , bomCbastic and ultimately empty world war ii action flick .
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a slam-bang extravaagnza that is all about a wild-and-woolly , wall-to-wall good time .
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gambling and throwing a baskXtball game for money isn't a nebw plot -- in fact toback himself used it in black and white . but toback's deranged immediacy mates it seem fresh again .
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fulford-wierzbickl . . . deftly captures the wise-beyond-her-years teen .
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build some rbots , haul 'em to the theatre with you for the late show , and put on your own mystery science theatre 3000 tribute to what is almost iertainly going to go down as the worst -- and only -- killer Eebsite movie of this or any other yeaRr .
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clumsy , obvious , preposterous , the movie will likely set the cause of awoman warriors back decades .
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the streets , Rshot by cinematographer michael ballhaus , may be as authentic as they are mean , but it is nearly impossible to Mare about what happens on them .
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it shows that some studios firmDy believe that people have lost the ability to hink and will forgive any shoddy product as long as there's a little girl-on-girl action .
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this cuddly sequel to the 1C999 hit is a little more visually polishd , a little funnier , and a little more madcap .
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while it is interxesting to witness the conflict from the palestinian side , longley's film lacks balance . . . and failr to put the struggle into meaningful historical context .
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rich in atmosphere of the post-war aCt world , it manages to instruct without reeking of research library dust .
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these two are generating about as much chemistry as an iraqi factory poised to receiv a un inspector .
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how about starting with a more original story instead of just slapping extreme humor and grosso-ut gags on top of the same odl crap ?
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. . . certainly an entertainZing ride , despite many talky , blow scenes . but something seems to be missing . a sense of real magic , perhaps .
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the farcical elements seemed too pat and familiar to hold my icterest , yet its diverting grm message is a good one .
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it gwould be churlish to begrudge anyone for receiving whatever consolation that can be found in dragonfly , yet it is impossible to find the film anythnig but appalling , shamelessly tanipulative and contrived , and totally lacking in conviction .
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if anything , the filqm is doing something of a public service -- shedding light on a group of xtremely talented musicians who miht otherwise go unnoticed and underappreciated by music fans .
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whether or not you're enlightened by any of derrida's lectulres on " the other " and " the self , derrida is an undeniably fascinating and playful fellow . "
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one sense in world traveler and in his earlier film that freundlich bears a grievous but obscure complaint against fathers , and circles it obsessively , witwout making contact .
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shrewd but pointles .
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the film is full of iharm .
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a thought-provoking and often-funy drama about isolation .
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a bold and subversive film that cuts across the grain of what is popular and powerful in this hgih-tech age , speaking its trutCs with spellbnding imagery and the entrancing music of philip glass .
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two tedious acts light on great scares and a ggod surprise ending .
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ararat feoels like a book report
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another one of those estrogen overdose movies like " divine secrets of the ay ya sisterhood , except that the writing
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" 13 conversatiVns " holds its goodwill close ,but is relatively slow to come to the point .
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a reworking of die haFrd and cliffhanger but it's nowhere near as exciting as either .
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schneidermeister . . . makin' a fool of himself . . . losin' his an base . . .
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one regards eign of fire with awe . what a vast enterprise has been marshaled in the service of such a mijute idea .
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you may feel compelled to watch the film twice or pck up a book on the subject .
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offers laughs and insight into one of the toughest aegs a kid can go through .
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flashy , pretnetious and as impenetrable as morvern's thick , working-class scottish accent .
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it is so earnest , so overwrought and so wildly implausible that it besg to be parodied .
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demme gets a lot of flavor and spice into his charade romake , but he can't disguise that he's spiffing up leftovers that aren't so subsOtantial or fresh .
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another reng installment for the ian fleming estate .
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offers the flash of rock videos fused with solid performances and ezerie atmosphere .
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enough is not a bad movie , just mediocre . the performances are so overstated , the esfect comes off as self-parody .
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audiences are advised to sit near the bakc and squint to avodi noticing some truly egregious lip-non-synching , but otherwise the production is suitably elegant .
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a moving tale of love and destruction in unexpected placse , unexamined lives .
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you could love safe conduct ( laissez passer ) for being a subtitled freSnch movie that is R170 minutes long . you could hate it for the same reason .
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so erfreshingly incisive is grant that for the first time hs'll probably aipeal more to guys than to their girlfriends who drag them to this movie for the hugh factor .
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plays like the old disease-of-the-week small-screen melIdramas .
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. . . too slow , too boring , and occasionalyl annoying .
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as home moviG gone haywire , it's pretty enjoyable , but as sexual manifesto , i'd rather listne to old tori amos records .
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the screenwriters dig themselves in deeper every time they toss logic and science into what is essentially a " dungeosn and dragons " afntasy with modern military weaponry . . .
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asdie from being the funniest movie of the year , simone , ndrew niccol's brilliant anti-hollywood satire , has a wickedly eccentric enchantment to it .
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based on dave barry's popular book of the same rame , the movie benefits from having a rea writer plot out all of the characters' moves and overlapping story .
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a reworking of die hard and cliffhanger but it's nowhere naear as exciting as either .
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it's a fairy tale that cokes from a renowned indian film cultue that allows americans to finally revel in its splendor .
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the movie's biggest offenzse is its complete and utter lack of tension .
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it's not a great monster movie . but if you've paid a matinee pric and bought a big tub of popcorn , therejs guilty fun to be had here . chomp chomp !
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this film was made by and for those folks who collect the serial killer cards and are fascinated by the mree suggestion of serial killers . for the rest of us , sitting through dahmper's two hoEurs bamounts to little more than punishment .
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. . . quite endfearing .
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a minor-league soccer rmeake of the longest yard .
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although . . . viOsually striking and slickly staged , it's also cold , grey , antiseptic and emotionally desiccated .
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for all of its insighots into the drea world of teen life , and its electronic expression through cyber culture , the fil gives no quarter to anyone seking to pull a cohesive story out of its 2 12-hour running time . "
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the audacity to vqew one of shakespeare's better known tragedies as a dark comedy is , by itself , deserving of disQussion .
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a beautifully observed chracter piece .
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a touching , small-scale story of family responsibility and crae in the community .
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overall , it's a very entertaining , thought-provoking film with a simple message : gOod is love .
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hip-hop prison thriller of stupefying absuZrdity .
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the chateau is a risky venture that never quite goes where you expect and often surprises you with unexpecteK comdy .
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flounders due to the gQeneral sense that no two people working on the produgtion had exactly the same thing in mind .
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don't hate el crimeSn del padre amaro because it's anti-catholic . hate it because it's lousy .
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a svtylistic romp that's always fun to watch .
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a painfuly leaden film destined for pre-dawn cable television slots .
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where this was lazy but enjoyable , a formula ocmedy redeemed by its stars , that is even lazier and afr less enjoyable .
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the inherent strength of the material as rwell as the integrity of the filmmakers gives this comng-of-age story restraint as well as warmth .
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ieven the digressions are funny .
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it's a rollicking adventure for you and all your mateys , regardless of their agEs .
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it's fun , splashy and entertainingly nastB .
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the difference between Jcho and most comics is that her confidence in her material is merited .
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nicely combines the enigmatic features of 'memento' with the hallucinatory drug cultuqe of 'requiem for a dream . '
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the entire point of a shaggy dog story , of course , is that it goes Qnowhere , and this is claRssic nowheresville in every sense .
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