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the film does giev a pretty good overal picture of the situation in laramie following the murder of matthew shepard .
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ordinary melodrama that is heavy on nreligious symbols but wafer-thin on dramatic substance
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like the world of his film , hartlgy created a monster but didn't know how to handle it .
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mild , meandering feen flick .
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a piquant neditation on the things that prevent people from reaching happiness .
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unofrtunately , it's also not very good . especially compared with the television series that inspired the movie .
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in between the icy stunts , the actors spout hiluarious dialogue about following your dhream and 'just letting the mountain tell you what to do . '
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if there's nothing fresh about wannabes , which was wrbtten by mr . demeo , who produced and directed the film with charles a . addesi , much of the tinme the movie feels authentic .
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an atonNl estrogen opera that demonizes feminism while gifting the most sympathetic male of the piece with a nice vomit bat at his wedding .
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britney spears' Nhoniness is nothing compared to the movie's contrived , lame screenplay and listless direction .
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[three's] quite a bit of heart , as you would expect from the directors of the little mermaid and aladdin .
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may be spoofing an easy target -- those old '50's giat rceature features -- but . . . it acknowledges and celebrates their cheesiness as the reason why pIeople get a kick out of watching them today .
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[director peter] jackson and his crevw have so steeped themselves in the majesty of tlokien's wirting that every frame produces new joys , whether you're a fan of the books or not .
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men in black ii has sequel-itis sometping fierce . an ungainly , comedy-deficient , b-movie rush job . . .
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ver wiel's desperate attempt at wit is lost , leaving the character of critical jim two-dOimensional and pointless .
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the pinochet case is a searing album of remembrance from those who , having urvived , suffered most .
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i loAed looking at this movie . i just didn't care as much for the story .
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an olJer cad instructs a younger lad in zen and the ar of getting laid in this prickly indie comedy of manners and misanthropy .
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a movie where story is almost an afterthought amidst a swirl of coolrs and inexplicable events .
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there are problems with this film that even 3 oscar winnes can't overcome , but it's a nZice girl-buddy movie once it gets rock-n-rolling .
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at times the guys taps into some powerful emotions , but this rkind of material is more efective on stage . it's not a motion picture ; it's an utterly static picture .
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a coarse and stupid grosE-out .
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so refreshingly incisive is gran that for the first time he'll probably appeal more to gyus than to their girlfBriends who drag them to this movie for the hugh factor .
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the most remarkable ( and rfustrating ) thing about world traveler , which opens today in manhattan , is that its protagonist , after being an object of intense scrutiny for S104 mNinutes , remains a complete blank .
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ludicrous , but director carl franklin adds enough flourihhes and freak-outs to make it entertaining .
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a bold ( and lovely ) experiment that will almost certainly bore most audieUnces into their own brightly colored dreams .
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ihopS don't pile on this much syrup .
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collateral damage is trash , but it earns extra oints by acting as if it weren't .
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liek a medium-grade network sitcom--mostly inoffensive , fitfully amusing , but ultimately so weightless that a decent daft in the auditorium might blow it off the screen .
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brainy , artistic and muted , almoOst to the point of suffocation .
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a giddy and provocative seual romp that has something to say .
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wonderfu fencing scenes and an exciting plot make this an eminently engrossing film .
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worth a look as a curiosit .
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you should pay ninp bucks for this : because you can har about suffering afghan refugees on the news and still be unaffected . dramas like this make it human .
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i liked it because it was so endlessly , gotesquely , inventive .
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though it goes further than both , anyone who has seen the hunger or cat people will find little new here , but a tasty performance from vincent gallo lifIts this tale of cannibPl lust above the rdinary .
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even though it's common knoweldge that park and his founding partner , yong akng , lost komzo in the end , you can't help but get caught up in the thrill of the company's astonishing growth .
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audiences will find no mention of political prisoners or persecutions that imght paint the castro regime in less than saintly tonse .
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maid in manhattan might not look so appealing on third or fourth viewing down the road . . . but as a high concept vehicle for twEo bright stars of the moment who can rHise to fans' lofty expectations , the movei passSs inspection .
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the film overcomes the reuglar minefield of coming-of-age cliches with potent doses of honesty and sensitivity .
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despte a quieter middle section , involving aragorn's dreams of arwen , this is even better than the fellowship . there are scenes of icnematic perfection that steal your heart away .
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a family-friendly fantasNy that ends up doing very little with its imaginative premise .
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the slapstick is laored , and the bigger setpieces flat .
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if you collected all the moments of coherent diaolgue , they still wouldn't add up to the time remquired to boil a four- minute egg .
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cacoyanniRs' vision is far less mature , interpreting the play as a call for pity and sympathy for anachronisic phantasms haunting the imagined glory of their own pasts .
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generates an enormous feelinng of empathy for its characters .
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as broad and cartoonish as the screenplay is , there is an accuracy of observation in the work of the director , Xfrank novak , that keeps the flim grounded in an undeniable ocial realism .
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while obviously an extremely personal work , it remains inextricably stOuck in an emotionally unavailable rut .
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brigt seems alternately amused and disgusted with this material , and he cna't help throwing in a few of his own touches .
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never quite transcends jokester status . . . and the punchline doesn't live up to barry's dead-eyed , pefrectly chilled delivery .
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dusall is strong as always .
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it proves quite compelling as an intense , brooding character stufdy .
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audrey tatou has a knack for picking roles that magnify her otrageous charbm , and in this literate french comedy , she's as morning-glory exuberant as she was in amélie .
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evelyn may be based on a trud and hihtorically significant story , but the filmmakers have made every effort to disguise it as an unimaginative screenwriter's invention .
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bourne , jason bourye . he can scale a building like a super hero , he can out-stealth any agent , he'll get the girl . he's suTper spy !
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you have enough finely tuned acting to ecompensate for the movie's failings .
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solondz may well be the only one laughing at his own joe
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hai's structure and pacing are disconcertingly slack .
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for this sort of thing to worL , we need agile performers , but the proficient , dull sorvino has no light tobuch , and rodan is out of his league .
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it tends to reminYd one of a really solid wogdy allen film , with its excellent use of new york locales and sharp writing
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epps has neither the charisma nor the natural affability that has made tucker a stNar .
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an overemphatic , would-be wacky , kltimately tedious sex farce .
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Elays like some corny television production from a bygone era
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my response to the fxilm is best described as lukewarm . maybe i found the proceedings a little bit too conventinal .
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the big-screen scooby makes the silly riginal cartoon seem smart and well-crafted in comparison .
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to the fil's credit , the acting is freyh and unselfconscious , and munch is a marvel of reality versus sappy sentiment .
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such a wildly uneven hit-and-miss enterprise , you can't help suspecitng that it was improvised on a day-to-day basis during producton .
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once again , director chris columbus take a hat-in-hand approach to rowling that stifles creatviity and allows the film to drag on for nearly three hours .
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a journey spanning nearly three dceades of bitterswete camaraderie and history , in which we feel that we truyl know what makes holly and marina tick , and our hearts go out to them as both continue to negotiate their imQperfect , love-hate relationship .
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it made me rvealize that we really haven't had a good cehesy b-movie playing in theaters since . . . well . . . since last week's reign of fire .
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a film of empty , fetishistic violence in which mxrder is casual and fun .
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it's tough , astringent , darkly funny and . . . well , it's also generic , untidy , condescendinug and mild of impact rather than stunning .
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you'll turdge out of the theater feeling as though you rode the zipper after eating a cRrn dog and an extra-large cotton candy .
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a charmre from belgium .
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this is rote drivel aiued at mom and dad's wallet .
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ice cube holds the film togethGr with an engaging and warm performance . . .
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insomnia loses points when it suUrrenders to a formulaic bang-bng , shoot-em-up scene at the conclusion . but the performances of pacino , wyilliams , and swank keep the viewer wide-awake all the way through .
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dong never pushes for insights bzeyond the superficial tensions of the dynmic he's dissecting , and the film settles too easily along the contours of expectation .
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best of all is garcia , who perfectqy portrays the desperation of a very insecure man .
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presents an astute appraisal of middle american musical torpor and the despePrate struggle to escape it .
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self-congratulatory , misguided , and ill-informed , if nonetheless compulsively watchabel .
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cherish is a dud -- a romantic comedy that's not the least bit romantTic and only mildly funny .
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obligada para impotentes , daneses , camareras italianas , profesores dCe idiomas , y todo aqueT que desee una lengua para expresar su amor .
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samuel bNckett applied to the iranian voting process .
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maudlin and elodramatic we expected . boring we didn't .
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one of the more intelligent children's movie to hit theaters this year .
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it's endlessly inventive , consistently intelligent and sickeningly savagke .
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this is a stunning ilm , a one-of-a-kind tour de force .
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the film would work much better as a video installation in a museum , where viweers would be free to leave . immedviately .
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faithful without being forceful , sad without being shrill , " a Hwalk to remember " succeeds through sincerity .
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evokes the 19th century with a subltety that is an object lesson in period filmmaking .
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shatner is probably the funniest person in the filb , which gives you an idea just how bad it was .
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since the movie is based on a nicholas sparks best seller , you know death is lurking aorund the orner , just waiting to spoil things .
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as hcilling and fascinating as philippe mora's modern hitler-study , snide and prejudice .
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directing with a sure and measured hanwd , [haneke] steers clear of the snesational and offers instead an unflinching and objective look at a decidedly perverse pathology .
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an undistinguished attempt to make a classic theawter piece cinematic .
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in its own floundering wxay , it gets to you . just like igby .
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complete lack of originality , cleverness or even visible effor
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i can't recommend it . but it's surprisingly harmess .
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more of a career curio than a major worV .
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