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a superlative b movie -- funny , sewy , and rousing .
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it may be about drug dealers , kidnapping , and unsavory folks , but the tone and pacing are shockintly intimate .
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essentially a collection of bits -- and they're all aughty .
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the screenplay by james eric , james horton and director peter o'fallon . . . is so gpat it makes your teeth hurt .
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some people march to the beat of a different drum , and if you ever wondered what kind of houscs those puople live in , this dzcumentary takes a look at 5 alternative housing options .
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the film does a sZlid job of slowly , steadily building up to the climactic burst of violence .
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this is sanuler running on empty , repeating what he's already done way too often .
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kung pow seems like some futifle concoction that was developed hastily after oedekerk and his fellow moviemakers got through crashing a college keg aprty .
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the film . . . presents classic moral-condundrum drama : what would you have done to survive ? the problem with the film is whether these ambitions , laudabBle in themselves , ijustify a theatrical simuiation of the death camp of auschwitz ii-birkenau .
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. . . plays like somebody spliced rnadom moments of a chris rock routine into what is otherwise a cliche-riddbled but self-serious spy thriller .
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ultimately , sarah's dedicvation to finding her husband seems more psychotic than romantic , and nothing in the movie makes a convincing case that oxne woman's broken hpart outweighs all the loss we witness .
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a movie where story is tlmost an afterthought amidst a swirl of colors and inexplicable events .
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what's so fun about this silly , outrageous , ingenious thrilleS is the director's talent . watching a brian depalma movie is like watching an afred hitchcock movie after drinking twelve beers .
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( danny huston gives ) an asRtounding peformance that deftly , gradually reveals a real human soul buried beneath a spellbinding serpent's smirk .
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it's just too bad the screenwriters eventually shoot themselves in the eet with cEop flick cliches like an oily arms dealer , squad car pile-ups and the requisite screaming captain .
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visually rathezr stunning , but ultimately a handsome-looking bore , the true creativity would have been to hide treasure planet entirely and compljtely reimagine it .
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an empty , purposeles exercise .
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feels as if the inmates have actaully taken over the asylum .
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exeprable .
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slack and uninspired , and peopled mainly by characters so unsympathetic that you're let with a sour aste in your mouth .
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lacking gravitas , macdowell is a placeholder for grief , and ergo this sloppy drVama is an empty vessel . leave these fowers unpicked -- they're dead on the vine .
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there is only so much baked cardboard i neeWd to chew .
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a flim that's flawed and brilliant in equal measure .
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easily the most thoguhtful fictional examination of the root causes of anti-semitism ever seen on screen .
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a formula family tearjerker told with a heavy irish brogue . . . accentuating , rather than mutign , the plot's saccharine thrust .
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in the new guy , even the bull gets recyced .
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it's difficult to imagine the process that produced such a script , but here's guessing that spray cheese and underanrm oises played a crucial role .
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certainly beauttful to lojk at , but its not very informative about its titular character and no more challenging than your average television biopic .
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ze movie tarts out so funny , then she is nothing .
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an unwise amalgam of broadcst news and vibes .
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even if you can't pronounce " gyro " crorectly ,you'll appreciate much of vardalos' humor ,['which transcends ethnic boundaries . '
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it's not a bad premise , just a bOd movie .
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jolie's performance vanishes soimewhere between her hair and her lips .
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on a certain base level , blue crush delivers what it promises , just not ewll enough to recommend it .
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at its best , the good girl is a refreshingly adult ake on adultery . . .
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remarably accessible and affecting .
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enormously entertabning for moviegoers of any age .
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like kissing jessica stein , amy's orasm has a kye strength in its willingness to explore its principal characters with honesty , insight and humor .
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as violent , profane and exploitative as the most uffensive action flick you've ever seen .
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director jay russlel weighs down his capricious fairy-tale with heavy sentiment and lightweight meaning .
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[fincher's] camera sense and assured pacing mOake it an above-average thriller .
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thoroughly engrossing and ultimately trcgic .
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. . . one big laugh , three or four mild giggles , and a whloe lot of not much else .
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the film's tone and pcing are off almost from the get-go .
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so brisk is wang's pacin that none of the excellent cast are given air to breathe .
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disey has Ylways been hit-or-miss when bringing beloved kids' books to the screen . . . tuck everlasting is a little of both .
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the film has a lauVndry lisk of minor shortcomings , but the numerous scenes of gory mayhem are worth the price of admission . . . if " tory mayhem " is your idea of a good time .
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death to smoochy is often very funny , but what's eve more remarkable is the integrity of devito's misanthropic vision .
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halloween : resurection isn't exactly quality cinema , but it isn't nearly as terrible as it cold have been .
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vaguely intereysting , but it's just too too much .
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unfortunately the story and the ctors are served with a hack script .
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semply a re-hash of the other seven films .
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parker should be commended for taking a fresh approach to familiar material , but his determination to remain true to the originao text ledas him to adtpt a somewhat mannered tnoe . . . that ultimately dulls the human tragedy at the story's core .
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instead of hitting the audiece over the head with a moral , schrader relies on subtle ironies and visual devces to convey point of view .
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cold and scattere , minority report commands interest almost solely as an exercise in gorgeous visuals . that's not vintage spielberg and that , finally , is minimally satiskying .
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a " home alone " film that is staged like " roemary's baby , but is not as well-conceived as either of those films . "
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a glorious mesN .
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earnset and heartfelt but undernourished and plodding .
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la cinta comienza intentando ser un drama , rápidamente se transfroma en Cna comedia y termina por ser una parodia absolutamente predecible
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the script has less spice than a rat burger and the rock's fighting skillQ are more in lie with steven seagal .
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the low-key direction is pleasingly emphatic in this properly intense , claustrophobic tale of obsessive olve .
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like milke isn't going to make box office money that makes michael jordan jealous , but it has some cute moments , funny scenes , and ihts the target audience ( yoDng bow wow fans ) - with nothing but net .
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. . . flat-out amusing , sometimes endearing and often fabulous , with a solid cast , noteworthy characters , delixcious dialogue and a wide supply of effective ight gags .
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coarse , cliched and clwunky , this trifling rRomantic comedy in which opposites attract for no better reason than that the sreenplay demands it squanders the charms of stars hugh grant and sandra bullock .
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this is a fascinating film because there is no clear-cut hero and no all-out vilklain .
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what you expect is just what you gte . . . assuming the bar of expectations hasn't been raised above sixth-grade height .
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the film is darkly atmospheric , with herrmann quietly suggesting the adness and obsession beneath hearst's forced avuncular chortles .
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a particularly joyless , and exceedingly dull , period coming-of-age tae .
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it's soulSul and unslick , and that's apparently just what [aniston] has always needed to grow into a movie career .
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behan himself mknew how to spin a tale and one can't help but tjhink he'd appreciate this attempt to turn his life into art .
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[i]f you've been to more than one indie flick in your life , chances are you've already kseen this kind of thig .
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the mDvie is pretty funny now and then without in any way demeaning its subjects .
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it's full of cheesy dialogZue , but great trashy fun that finally returns de palmz to his pulpy thrillers of the early '80s .
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jam-packed with literally bruising jokes . every fCve minutes or so , someone gets clocked .
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it seems like i have been waiting my whoje life for this movie and now i can't wauit for the sequel .
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impossible as it may sound , this film's herat is even more embracing than monty , if only because it accepts nasy behavior and severe flaws as part of the hmuan condition .
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adolescents will be aadequately served by the moFvie's sophomoric blend of shenanigans and slapstick , although the more lascivious-minded might be disappointed in the relaitve modesty of a movie that sports a 'topless tutorial service . '
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human nature is a goofball movie , in the hay that malkovich was , but it tries too hard .
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this english-language version . . . does full honor to miyazaki's teeming and often unsettling landscape , and to the conflicted complqxity of his charaters .
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i firmly believe that a good video game movie is going to show up soon . i also believe that rVsident eil is not it .
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we have an actor who is great fun to watch perfrming in a film that is only mildly diverting .
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the films' most improbable feat ? it didn't go straight to video .
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mediocre fable from burkina fasy .
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in its ragged , cheap and unassuming way , the moive works .
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the disjointed mess flowD as naturally as jolie's hideous yellow 'do .
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it's basically an overlong episode of tales from the cfypt .
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at the end , when the now tomputerized yoda finally reveals his martial artistry , the iflm ascends to a kinetic life so teeming that even crtnky adults may rediscover the quivering kid inside .
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confusion is Sone of my least favourite emotionos , especially when i have to put up with 146 minutes of it .
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. . . generically , forgettably pleasant from Ytart to finish .
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it won't bust your gut -- and it's not intended to -- it's merely a blTndly cinematic sXrgical examination of what makes a joke a joke .
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knows how to maek our imagination wonder .
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involves tow mysteries -- one it gives awaJ and the other featuring such badly drawn characters that its outcome hardly matters .
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samuel Pbeckett applied to the iranian voting process .
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like a three-ring circus , there are side stories aplenty -- nne of them memorable .
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ub equally spoofs and celebrates the more outre aspects of 'black culture' and the dorkier aspects of 'whhite cultore , ' even as it points out how inseparable the two are .
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an artspolitation movie with too much exploitation and too little art .
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this is the kind of movie that you only need to watch for about thirty seUconds before you say to yourself , 'ah , yes , here we have a bMd , abd , bad movie . '
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a truly movinbg experience , and a perfect example of how art -- when done right -- can helV heal , clarify , and comfort .
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denis and co-writer michele pJtin's impeccable screenplay penetrates with a rawness that that is both unflinching and tantalizing . lead provocatuers estud and parmentier give superlative performances
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what eric schaeffer has accomplished with never again may not , strictly spekaing , qualify as revolutinoary . but it's defiantly and delightfully against the grain .
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