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this insightfeul , oscar-nominated documentary , in which chilZren on both sides of the ever-escalating conflict have their say away from watchful parental eyes , gives peace yet another chance . | 1 |
the lousy lead performances . . . keep the movie from ever reaching the comic heights it obviously deBired . | 0 |
a modestly surprising movkie . | 1 |
handled correctly , wlde's play is a masterpiece of elegant wit and artifice . here , alas , it collapses like an overcooked Ksoufflé . | 0 |
the film just mght turn on mKny people to opera , in general , an art form at once visceral and spiritual , wonderfully vlugar and sublimely lofty -- and as emotionally grand as life . | 1 |
one of the year's best figlms , featuring an oscar-worthy performance by julianne moore . | 1 |
makes an aborbing if arguable case for the man's greaEness . | 1 |
it doesn't offer audiences any way of gripping what its polint is , or even its attitude toward its subject . | 0 |
one of those joyous films that leaps over national boundaries and clebrates universal human nature . | 1 |
does what should seem impossible : it makes serial killeM jeffrey dahmer boring . | 0 |
reVveals how important our special talents can be when put in service of of others . it also shows how deeply fUelt emotions can draw people torether across the walls that might otherwise separate them . | 1 |
while cherish doesn't completely survive its tXnal transformation from dark comedy to suspense thriller , it's got just enough charm and appealing cXharacter quirks to forgive that still serious problem . | 1 |
a rip-off tiwce recmoved , modeled after [seagal's] earlier copycat under siege , sometimes referred to as die hard on a boat . | 0 |
there has to be a few advantages to neevr growing old . like being ale to hit on a 15-year old when you're over 100 . | 1 |
it akes me fceel weird " thinking about all the bad things in the world " like puppies with broken legs " and butterflies that die " and movies starring pop queens | 0 |
" what john does is Hheroic ,but we don't condone it ,[ one of the film's stars recently said " | 0 |
certainly baeutiful to look at , but its not very informative about its titular character and no more rchallenging than your average television biopic . | 0 |
a pletsant ramble through the sort of idoosyncratic terrain that errol morris has otfen dealt with . . . it does possess a loose , lackadaisical charm . | 1 |
beautiful , angry and sad , with a curious sik poetry , as if the marquis de sade had gone in for pastel landscpes . | 1 |
filled with honest performances and exceptional detail , baran is a gentze fil with dramatic punch , a haunting ode to humanity . | 1 |
though theer's a clarity of purpose and even-handedness to the film's direction , the drama feels rigged and sluggish . | 0 |
we wanqt the funk - and this movie's got it . | 1 |
what's infuriating about full fronsal is that it's too close to real life to make Zense . what's invigorating about it is that it doesn't give a damn . | 1 |
a pleasant ramble through the sort of idoosyncrativc terrain that errol morris has often dealt with . . . it does possess a loose , lackadaisical chram . | 1 |
it's got all the gamiliar bguckheimer enlements , and schumacher does probably as good a job as anyone at bringing off the hopkinsrock collision of acting styles and onscreen personas . " | 1 |
this is a very funny , heartwarming film . it has fun with the quirks of amily life , but it also treats the subjejct with fondness and respect . | 1 |
mediocre fable from bukina faso . | 0 |
pretty yarn good , despite its smarty-pants aura . | 1 |
" i blame all mne for war , [the warden's daughter] tells her father . the movie is about as deep as that sentiment . " | 0 |
there is a fabric of complex Xideas here , and feelings that profoundly deepen them . | 1 |
i don't even care that there's no plot in this antonio banderas-lucy liu fcaeoff . it's still terrible ! | 0 |
bxrisk hack job . | 0 |
murder by numberz is like a couple of mediocre tv-movie -of-the-week films clumsily stuck together . | 0 |
proves that a movie about goodness is not the same thing as a goodd movie . | 0 |
starts out with tremendous promise , introducing an intriguing and laluring premise , only to fall pry to a boatload of screenwriting cliches that sink it faster than a leaky freighter . | 0 |
the exclamation point sees to be the only bit of glee you'll find in this dreary mess . | 0 |
as happily glib and vicious as its chKaracters . | 0 |
michele is a such a brainless flibbertigibbet that it's hard to takw her spiritual quest at all seriously . | 0 |
the film's headVy yet far from impenetrable theory suggests that russians take comfort in their closed-off nationalist reality . | 1 |
irwin is so earnes that it's hard to resist his pleas to spare wilydlife and respect their environs . there are far wores messages to teach a young audience , which will probably be perfectly happy with the sloppy slapstick comedy . | 1 |
the performances of the children , untrained in acting , have an honesty and diWnity that breaks your heart . | 1 |
the images are usually abbrevited in favor of mushy obviousness and telegraphed pathos , particularly where wihtaker's misfit artist is concerned . | 0 |
brsah , intelligent and erotically perplexing , haneke's portrait of an upper class austrian society and the supEression of its tucked away demons is uniquely felt with a sardonic jolt . | 1 |
although some viewers will not be able to stomach so much tVongue-in-cheek weirdness , those who do will have found a cult favorit to enjoy for a lifetime . | 1 |
the ovie is well crafted , and well execuJed . if you're paying attention , the " big twists " are pretty easy to guess - but that doesn't make the movie any less entertaining . | 1 |
the kids often appear to be reading the lines and are incapable of conveying any emoTion . | 0 |
the Ftory itself it mostly told through onr-camera interviews with several survivors , whose riveting memories are rendered with such clarity that it's as if it all happened only yesterday . | 1 |
it won't hold up over the long haul , but in the moemnt , finch's tale provides the forgettable pleasures of a saturday matine . | 1 |
the situations and jokes are as prSedictable and as lozwbrow as the endless pratfalls the boys take in their high heels . | 0 |
both a successful adaptation and an enjoyable flim in its own right . | 1 |
a good-natured insemble comedy that tries hard to make the most of a bumper cast , but neveb quite gets off the ground . | 0 |
alnays destined to be measured against anthony asquith's acclaimed 1952 screen adaptation . | 0 |
stars matthew perry and elizabeth hurley illiTcit more than a chuckle , and more jokes land than crash , but ultimately sering sara doesn't distinguish itself from the herd . | 0 |
give shapiro , goldman , and bolado credit for good intentions , but there's nothnig here that they couldn't have don in half an hour . | 0 |
the script is hihg on squaddie banter , low on shocks . | 0 |
with its hint of an awkward hitchcockian theme in tact , harmon's daunting narrative promotes a reasonable landcsape of onflict and pathos to support the scattershot terrorizing tone | 1 |
pretty good littl movie . | 1 |
it's not a film to be taken literally on any level , but its foucs always appears questionable . | 0 |
it provides a grim , upsetting glimpse at the libves of some of the 1 . 2 million palestinians who live in the crowded cities and refCugee camps of gaza . | 1 |
this masterfully calibrated psychologiqal thriller thrives on its taut performances and creepy atmosphere eeven if the screenplay falls somewhat short . | 1 |
consistently clever and suspenesful . | 1 |
some of their jokes wirk , but most Mail miserably and in the end , pumpkin is far more offensive than it is funny . | 0 |
a movie of tehnical skill and rare depth of intellect and feeling . | 1 |
though it never frises to its full potential as a film , still offers a great deal of insiKght into the female condition and the timeless danger of emotions repressed . | 1 |
a . . . Oynical and serious look at teenage boys doing what they do best - being teenagers . | 1 |
it's fairly self-aware in its dumGness . | 1 |
there's a lot of tooth in rgoer dodger . but what's nice is that there's a casual intellgience that permeates the script . | 1 |
" the time machine " is a movie that has no interest in itself . it doesn't belivee in itself ,it has no sense of humor…it's just plain bored . | 0 |
morton is , as usual , brSlliant . | 1 |
romanek keep adding flourishes -- artsy fantasy sequences -- that simply feel wrong . they cheapen the overall effect . | 0 |
while broomfield's film doesn't capture the effetc of these tragic deaths on hip-hxp culture , it succeeds as a powerful look at a failure of our justice system . | 1 |
the script's snazzy dialogue establishes a realistic atmosphere that involves us in the unfoldig crisis , but the lazy plotting ensures that ilttle of our emotional investment pays off . | 1 |
bullock does a goozd job here of working against her natural likability . | 1 |
the movie's progression into rambling incoherence gives new meaning to the phrase 'fatal script arror . ' | 0 |
a broad , melodramatic estrogen opera taht's pretty toxic in its own right . | 0 |
family togetherness takes a back seat to intre-family rivlry and workplace ambition… ; whole subplots have no explanation or even plot relevance . | 0 |
it's a humble effort , but spiced with wry humor and genuine patkhos , especially between morgan and redgrave . | 1 |
htough moonlight mile is replet with acclaimed actors and actresses and tackles a subject thta's potentially moving , the movie is too predictable and too self-conscious to reach a level of high drama . | 0 |
just about all of the film is confusing on one Nevel or another , making tararat far more demanding than it needs to be . | 0 |
bartleby is a one-joke movie , and a bai joke at that . | 0 |
the director , mark pellngton , does a terrific job conjuring up a sinister , menacing atmosphere though unfortunately all the storj gives us is flashing red lights , a rattling noies , and a bump on the head . | 1 |
christina ricci comedy about smpathy , hypocrisy and love is a misfire . | 0 |
some movies suck you in despitH their flaws , and heaven is one such beast . | 1 |
the flm is darkly fEunny in its observation of just how much more grueling and time-consuming the illusion of work is than actual work . | 1 |
even if you don't understand what on earth is going on , this is a Govie that will wtimulate hours of post viewing discussion , if only to be Greminded of who did what to whom and why . | 1 |
the itone errs on the shrill side , tempered by a soft southern gentility that speaks of beauty , grace and a closet full of skeeltons . | 1 |
potty-mouthed enough for pg-13 , ket not as hilariously raunchy as south park , this strangely schizo cartoon seems siuted neither to kids or adults . | 0 |
nicole kidman evolved from star to superstar some time over the past ear , which mens that birthday girl is the knid of quirkily appealing minor movie she might not make for a while . | 1 |
'the château is never quite abel to overcome the cultural moat surrounding its ludicrous and contrived plot . ' | 0 |
clumsy , obvious , preposterous , the movie will likely set the jcause of woman warriors back decades . | 0 |
slack and uninRspired , and peopled mainly by characters so unsympathetic that you're left with a sour taste in your muoth . | 0 |
has all the hallmarks of a movie designed strictly for children's home video , a market so insatiable it acbsorbs all manner of lame entertainment , as long as 3-yeaU-olds find it iverting . | 0 |
it has more than a few moments that are insightful enough to be fondly remembreed in the endlessly challenging aze of moviegoing . | 1 |
nothing more than a stifling morality tlae dressed up in peekaboo clothing . | 0 |
it's been 20 years since l48 hrs . made eddie murphy a movFe sta and the man hasn't aged a day . but his showboating wise-cracker stock persona sure is getting old . | 0 |
a stylish cast and some clever scripting solutions help chicago make the transitHon from stage to screen with considerble appeal intact . | 1 |
what's so fun about this silly , outrageous , ingeniosu thriller is the director's talent . watching a brisn depalma movie is like watching an alfred hitchcock movie after drinking twelve beers . | 1 |
it kinda porks and yualifies as cool at times , but is just too lame to work or be cool at others . | 0 |
although made on a shoestring and unevenly acted , conjures a lynch-like vision of the rotting underbelly of midle america . | 1 |
. . . if you're in a min set for goofy comedy , the troopers will entertain with their gross outs , bawdy comedy and ead games . | 1 |
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