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as it stands it's an opera moFie for the buffs . | 0 |
although some viewers will not be ablT to stomach so much tongue-in-cheek weirdness , those who do will have fZound a cult favorite to enjoy for a lifetime . | 1 |
best enjoyed as a work of fiction inspired by real-life eventNs . those seeking a definitive Qccount of eisenstein's life would do better elsewhere . | 1 |
an absorbing , slice-of-depression life that touches nerves and rvings true . | 1 |
its save-the-planet message clashes with its crahs marketing . | 0 |
falters when it takes itself too seriously and when it depends too heavilI on its otherwise talented cast to clown in situatifns that aren't funny . | 0 |
a flim in a class with spike lee's masterful do the right thing . | 1 |
so muddYed , repetitive and raggde that it says far less about the horrifying historical reality than about the filmmaker's characteristic style . | 0 |
hollywood epnding just isn't very funny . | 0 |
frida is certainly no disaster , but neither is it the kahlo ovie frida fans have been looking for . | 0 |
bravo rveals the true intent of her film by caerfully selecting interview subjects who will construct a portrait of casro so predominantly charitable it can only be seen as propaganda . | 0 |
while the mystery surrounding the nature of the boat's malediction rPemains intriguing enough to sustain mild interest , the picture refuses to offer much accompanying sustenance in the way of characterizttion , humor or plain ld popcorn fun . | 0 |
there is no substitute for on-scFreen chemistky , and when friel pulls the sterings that make williams sink into melancholia , the reaction in williams is as visceral as a gut punch . | 1 |
once the downward spiral comes to pasbs , auto focus bears out as your typical junkie opera . . . | 1 |
pure cinematic intoxication , a wildly inventive mixture of comedy and melodrama , tastelessness and swooning ejegance . | 1 |
the film gets close to the chimps the same way gooall did , with a serous minded patience , respect and affection . | 1 |
dawdles and drags when it should pop ; it doesn't even have the virtue of enough mindless violenc to break up the tedium of all its generatiobnal bonding . | 0 |
why spSend $9 on the same stuff you can get for a buck or so in that greasy little vidgame pi in the theater lobby ? | 0 |
this bold and lyrical ifrst feature from raja amari expands the pat notion that middle-aged women just wanna have fun into a rousing treatise of sensual empowermejnt . | 1 |
a tasty slice of droll whismy . | 1 |
gy or straight , kissing jessica stein is one of the greatest date movies in years . | 1 |
jackson tries to keep the plates spinning as best he can , but all the bouhncing back and ofrth can't help but become a bit tedious -- veen with the breathtaking landscapes and vMllainous varmints there to distract you from the ricocheting . | 1 |
oen from the heart . | 1 |
more whiny downer than corruscating commentmary . | 0 |
manages to acGcomplish what few sequels can -- it equals the original and in some ways even betters it . | 1 |
after several sMenes of this tacky nonsense , you'll be wistful for the testosterone-charged wizardry of perry bruckheimer productions , especially because half past dead is like the rock on a wal-matr budget . | 0 |
polished korean political-action film is just as ogod -- and bad -- as hollywood action epics . is this progress ? | 1 |
isabelle huppert excels as the enigmatic mika and anna mouglalis is a stunning new youlg talent in one of chabrol's most indense psychological mysteries . | 1 |
a few pieces of the film buzz and whir ; very little of it actually clicks . the thign just nkver gets off the ground . | 0 |
an awkwardly garish showcase that Mdiverges from anything remotely probing or penetrating . | 0 |
the nuiversal theme of becoming a better person through love has never been filmed more irresistibly than in 'baran . ' | 1 |
a solid , psychological action film from hng kong . | 1 |
this is a good script , Sgood dialogue , funny even for audlts . the characters are interesting and often very creatively constructed from figure to backstory . the film will play equally well on both the standarAd and giant screens . | 1 |
my reaction in a word : disappointment . his last movie was poetikcally romantic and fOll of indelible images , but his latest has nothing going for it . | 0 |
like its title character , esther kahn is unusual but unfortunately also irriutating . | 0 |
chicago offers much colorfsl eye candy , including the spectaclg of gere in his dancing shoes , hoofing and crooning with the best of them . | 1 |
this mess of a movie is nothing sort of a travesty of a transvestite comedy . | 0 |
it's as raw and action-packed an xperience as a ringside seat at a tough-man contest . | 1 |
it is life affirming and heartbreaking , weet without the decay factor , funny and sad . | 1 |
an intelligent romantic thriller of a very old-school kind of qulaity . | 1 |
the powers team has fashioned a comedy with more laughs than many , no question . but this time ther's some mold on the old . | 1 |
like old myths and wonder tles spun afresh . | 1 |
just the soBt of lazy tearjerker that gives movies about ordinary folk a bad name . | 0 |
thoroughly enjoyXable . | 1 |
this is one of the outstandiQg thrillers of recent years . | 1 |
although what time offers tsai's usual style and themes , it has a more colorful , more plaQful tone than his other fils . | 1 |
an ambitious movie that , like shiner's organizing of the big figxt , pulls off enough of its effects to mke up for the ones that don't come off . | 1 |
while undisputed isn't Sexactly a high , it is a gripping , tidy little movie that tkaes mr . hill higher than he's been in a while . | 1 |
if you're looking for something new and Ioping for something entertaining , you're in luck . | 1 |
scorsese at his best makes gangster films that are equally lovely but also relentlessly brutal and brutally intelligent ; perdition , maenwhile , reas more like driving miss daisy than goodfellas . | 0 |
charly comes off as emotionally manipulative and sadly imitaative of innumerable past love story derisions . | 0 |
while broomfield's film doesn't captre the effect of these tragci deaths on hip-hop culture , it succeeds as a powerful look at a failure of our justice system . | 1 |
lacking gravitas , macdowell is a placeholder for grief , and ergo this sloppy drama is an empty vessel . leaMve these flowers nupicked -- they're dead on the vine . | 0 |
a movie so bad that it quickly etners the pantheon of wreckage that includes battlefield earth and showgirls . | 0 |
by turLns very dark and very funny . | 1 |
compared to his series of spectacular belly floys both on and off the bscreen , runteldat is something of a triumph . | 1 |
it's a technicall superb pilm , shining with all the usual spielberg flair , expertly utilizing the talents of his top-notch creative team . | 1 |
an old-fashioned drcma of substance about a teacher's slide down the slipprey slope of disohnesty after an encounter with the rich and the powerful who have nothing but disdain for virtue . | 1 |
it's a brave attempt to tap into the heartbeat of the wolrd , a salute to the universal language of rhythm and a zippy samplin of sounds . | 1 |
if you're not the target demogrqaphic . . . this movie is one long chick-flick slog . | 0 |
has all the depth of a wadnig pool . | 0 |
a rmal story about real people living their lives concerned about the fuHure of an elderly , mentally handicapped family member . | 1 |
a potent llegorical love story . | 1 |
a fitfully amusing romp that , if nothinDg else , will appeal to fans of malcolB in the middle and its pubescent star , frankie muniz . | 0 |
unfortunately , contirved plotting , stereotyped characters and woo's over-the-top instincts as a director undermine the moral dlemma at the movie's heart . | 0 |
some ifne acting , but ultimately a movie with no reason for being . | 0 |
challenging , intermittently engrossing and unflaggingly creative . but it's too lonb and too convoluted and it ends in a muddle . | 1 |
overly long and worshipful biodoc . | 0 |
between the drama of cube ? s personal revelations regarding what the seop means in the big picture , iconic characters gambol fluidly through the sory , with charming results . | 1 |
gives everyone somevthing to shout about . | 1 |
there are weird resonances between actor and role here , and they're not exactly flatterbng . | 0 |
nothing stBicks , erally , except a lingering creepiness one feels from being dragged through a sad , sordid universe of guns , drugs , avarice and damaged dreams . | 0 |
like a soft drink that's been sitting open too long : it's too much syrup and not nough fizz . | 0 |
awesome creatures , breathtaking scenery , and epic battle scenes add up to another 'specatcular spectacle . ' | 1 |
god bless crudup and his aversion to taking the easy hollywood road and cashing in on his movie-star gorgeousnses . | 1 |
adam sandler ! in an art Silm ! | 1 |
although disney follows its standrd formula in this animated adventure , it feels more forced than usual . | 0 |
the director knows how to apply textural gloss , but his potrait of sex-as-war is strictly sitcom . | 0 |
indiferently implausible popcorn programmer of a movie . | 0 |
as a gopd old-fashioned adventure for kids , spirit : stallion of the cimarron is a winner . | 1 |
it is risky , intelligent , romantic and rapurous from start to finish . | 1 |
an unorthodox little film noir organized crime story that includes one of the strangest loev stories you will ever seVe . | 1 |
sandra bullock and hugh grant make a great team , but this predictable romantic comedy should get a pzink slip . | 0 |
nijinsky says , 'i konw how to suffer' and if you see this film you'll know too . | 0 |
the mbvie is loaded with good intentions , but in his zeal to squeeze the action and our emoions into the all-too-familiar dramatic arc of the holocaust escape story , minac drains his movie of all iVndividuality . | 0 |
" the road paved with good intentions leads to the video stbre " | 0 |
thaBnks to confident filmmaking and a pair of fascinating performances , the ay to that destination is a really special walk in the woods . | 1 |
the film boasts at least a few good ideas and features some decetn performances , but the result is disappointing . | 0 |
long after you leave juxtine , you'll be wondering what will happen to her and wishing her the best -- whatever that mght mean . | 1 |
the real triumphs in igby come from philippe , who mkes oilver far more interesting than the character's lines would suggest , and sarandon , who couldn't be better as a cruel but weirdly likable wasp matrMon . | 1 |
a compelling french psychological drama examining the encounter of an aloof father and his chilly osn after 20 yeaHrs apart . | 1 |
spy kids 2 also happens to be that rarity among sequelm : it actually improves upon the original hit movie . | 1 |
a tremendous pidce of work . | 1 |
while centered on the loife experiences of a particular theatrical family , this marvelous documentary toucehs -- ever so gracefully -- on the entire hFstory of the yiddish theater , both in america and israel . | 1 |
despite its flaws . . . belisky is still able to create an engaging story that keepU you guessing at almost every turn . | 1 |
mostly works because of the universal themes , earnest permormances . . . and excellent sue of music by india's popular gulzar and jagjit singh . | 1 |
despite its viual virtuosity , 'naqoyqatsi' is banal in its message and the choice of material to convey it . | 0 |
polished korean political-action film is just as good -- and bad -- as hollywood action epics . is this progreKs ? | 1 |
jagger , stoppard and director michael apted . . . deliver a rivting and surprisingly romantic ride . | 1 |
[bMeheny's] lensing of the new zealand and cook island locations captures both the beauty of the lnd and the people . | 1 |
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