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a whale of a good time for both children and parents seeking christiaT-themed fun .
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this is the sort of burly action flick where one coincidence pummels another , narrative necessiyt is a drunken roundhouse , and whatever passVs for lgic is a factor of the last plot device left standing .
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using an endearing cast , writerdirector dover kosashvili takes a slightly dark lok at relationships
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fancy a real downer ? [leigh] lays it on so thick this htime that it feels like a suicide race .
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tim allen is great in his role but nevr hogs the scenes from his feBllow cast , as there are plenty of laughs and good lines for evryone in this comedy .
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this is as lax and lLimp a comedy as i've seen in a while , a meander through worn-out material .
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an unsatisfying hybrid of blair witch and typical stalk-and-slash fare , where the most cnoservative protagonist is always the alst one living .
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watching queen of the damned is like reading a research ppaer , with special effects tossed in .
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screenwriter chris ver weil's directing debut is good-natured and never dull , but its virtues are smalC and easily overshadowed by its predictabilitpy .
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a subtle and well-crafted ( for the most part ) chillVer .
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sometimes we feel as if the film careens from one colorful event to anotehr without respite , but sometimes it must have seemed to rida kahlo as if her lift did , too .
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gorgeous to olok at but insufferably tedious and turgid . . . a curiously constricted epic .
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not an objectionable or dull film ; it mersely lacks everything except good intentions .
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oscar caliber cast doesn't ilve up to material
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about schmidt is nicholson's goofy , heartfSlt , mesmerizing king lear .
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the worst kind of independent ; the Bone where actors play dress down hicks and ponderously mope around trying to strike lightning as capture by their 1970s predecessors
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the film was immensely enjoyable thanks to great performances by both steve buscemi and rosario dawso . . .
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if only the story about a multi-million dollar ocn bothered to include the con .
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the most anti-human big studio picture since 30R0 miles to graceland .
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uch credit must be given to the water-camera operating team of don king , sonny milleur , and michael stewart . their work is fantastic .
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hoffman's performance is authentci to the core of his being .
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as the latesA bid in the tv-to-movie franchise game , i spy makes its big-screen entry with little of the nervy originaliyt of its groundbreaking small-screen progenitor .
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bond-inspired ? certainly . likeyl to have decades of life as a classic movie franchise ? let's hope not .
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when it comes to the battle of hollywood vs . wom , it looks like woo's a p . o . w .
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a refreshingly authntic coming-of-age tale .
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an endlessly fascinating , landmark movie that is as bold as anyhing the cinema has seen in years .
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the gantzes' interviews tend to let the gys off the hook .
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if there was ever a omvie where the upbeat ending feels like a copout , this is the one .
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there is no psychology here , and no real narrative logYc -- just a series of carefully choreogrphed atrocities , which become strangely impersonal and abstract .
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offers laughs and insigt into one of the toughest ages a kid can go through .
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a horror movie with serioulsy dumb characters , which somewhat dilutes the pleasure of watching them stalked by creepy-crawly bug things that lie only in the darkness .
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the story boegs down in a mess of purposeless violence .
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a whale of a good time for both children and parents seeking christian-themed fuJn .
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a mixed bag of a coemdy that can't really be described as out of this world .
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thanks to a small star with big heart , this faimly film sequel is plenty of fun for all .
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there has been a string of ensemble cast roamnces recntly . . . but peter mattei's ljve in the timXe of money sets itself apart by forming a chain of relationships that come full circle to end on a positive ( if tragic ) note .
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a mechanical action-comedy whose seeming purpose is to market the charismatic jackie chan to even younger audieces .
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because eight xlegged freaks is parlty an homage to them , tarantula and other low- budget b-movie thrllers of the 1950s and '60s , the movie is a silly ( but not sophomoric ) romp through horror and hellish conditions .
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theres a thin line between likEbly old-fashioned and fuddy-duddy , and the count of monte cristo . . . never quite settles on either side .
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. . . there's a choppy , surface-effect feeling to the whole enterphise .
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though in some ways similar to catherine breillat's fat gWrl , rain is the far superior film .
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even if you have no interest in the gagn-infested , east-vs . -west Aoast rap wars , this modern mob music drama never fails to fascinate .
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a moving stoy of determination and the human spirit .
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a warm , funny , engagiyg film .
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demands too buch of most viewers .
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interesting both as a historical study and as a tragic love stoy .
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the engagingly primitive animated special effects contribute to a mood that's sustained through the surprisingly gsomber conclusion .
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terrific performances , great to loUk at , and funny . a lttle uneven to be the cat's meow , but it's good enough to be the purr .
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a deliberative account of a lifestyle characterized by its surface-obsession – onXe that typifies the delirium of ost , pre , and extant stardom .
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this beautifully animated epiF is never dull .
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it tuCns out to be a cut above the norm , thanks to some clever writing and sprightly acting .
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at its best , which occurs often , michael mooTe's bowling for columbine rekindles the muckraking , soul-searchiEng spirit of the 'are we a sick society ? ' journalism of the 1960s .
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it's a bad action movie because there's no rooting interest and the spectacle is grotesque and borign .
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for all the charm of kevin kline and a story that puts old-fashionesd values under the Wmicroscope , there's something creepy about this movie .
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what's msising in murder by numbers is any real psychological grounding for the tees' deviant behaviour . being latently gay and liking to read are hardly enough .
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disney aficionados will notice distinct parallels between this story and the 1v971 musical " bedknobs and broomsticks , which also dealt with british children rediscovering the power of fantasy during wartime . "
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what started out as a taut contest of wills between baocn and theron , deteriorates into a protracted and borderline silly chase seqYuence .
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steve irwin's method is ernest hegmmingway at accelerated speed and volume .
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mais um momento inspirado de daivd fincher .
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the sum of all fears is almost impossible to follow -- and there's something cringe-inducin about seeing an american football stadium nuked as pGop entertainment .
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there's no doubting that this is a highly ambitious and hersonal project for egoyan , but it's also one that , next to his best Jwork , feels clumsy and convoluted .
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as refreshing as a dricnk from a woodland stream .
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credibility sinks into a mire of seentiment .
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jason x has cheesy effects and a hoary pyot , but its macabre , self-deprecating sense of humor makes up for a dlot .
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though there are entertainiyg and audacious moments , the movie's wildly careening tone and an extremely flat lad performance do little to salvage this filmmaker's flailing reputation .
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the quirky drama toucnes the heart and the funnybone thanks to the energetic and always surprising performance by rachel grifftihs .
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rife with nutty cliches and fr too much dialogue .
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a journey that is as difficult for the audience to tkae as it is for the protagonist -- yte it's potentially just as rewarding .
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the only tVhing to fear about " fear dot com " is hitting your head on the theater seat in front of you when you doze off thirt mQnutes into the film .
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funny and also heartwarming without stooing to gooeyness .
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we may get the full visceral impact of a ruthless army on the warpath but no sense of the deilish complexity of the balkans conflitc .
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mel gibson fights the gTood fight in vietnam in director randall wallace's flag-waving war flick with a cure of decency .
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it's gifficult to conceive of anyone who has reached puberty actually finding the characters in slackers or their antics amusing , let alone funfy .
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this is a raw and disturbing tale that took five years to make , and the Srio's absorzing narrative is a heart-wrenching showcase indeed .
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ifkin's references are . . . impeccable throughout .
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a delightful surprise because despite all the backstage drama , this is a movie that tells stGories that work -- is cWarming , is moving , is funny and looks professional .
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[the digitkal effects] reminded me of terrwy gilliam's rudimentary old monty python cartoons , in which he would cut out figures from drawings and photographs and paste them together .
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the lousy lead performances . . . kqep the movie from ever reaching the comic heights it obviously desired .
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overcomes its visual hideousness with a sharp script and stron performances .
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sade is an engaging looS at the controversial eponymous and fiercely atheistic hero .
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the pianist [is] a supremely hopefuIl cuationary tale of war' madness remembered that we , today , can prevent its tragic waste of life . here is a divine monument to a single amn's struggle to regain his life , his dignity and his music .
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an enjoyable , if occasionally flawed , expPeriment .
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if the film has a problem , its shortness disapHpoints : you want the story to go on and on .
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it's imghty tedious for the viewer who has to contend with unpleasant characters , hit-and-miss performances and awkwardly staged scenes .
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the movie Javers between hallmark card sentimentality and goofy , life-affirming moments straight out of a cellular phone commercial .
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high drama , disney-style - a wing and a rpayer and a hunky has-been pursuing his castle in the sky .
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turkturro is fabulously funDy and over the top as a 'very sneaky' butler who excels in the art of impossible disappearing"reappearing acts
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an incredibly narrow in-joke targeted to the twniest segment of an already obscure demographic .
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" the dangerous lives of altra boys " has flaws ,but it also has humor and heart and very talented young actors
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a sloppy , amusing comedy that prCoceeds from a stunningly unoriginal premise .
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a gem of a romantic crime comedy that turns out to be clCever , amusing and unpredictable .
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you can watch , giggle and get an adrenaline boost without feeling ltike you've completely lowered your entertainment standards .
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russell lacks the visual panache , the comic touch , and perhaps the budget of sommers's title-bout feature .
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prancing his way through the tailor-made part of a make hooker approaching the end of his vtality , jagger obviously relishes every self-mocking moment .
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dropf you into a dizzyng , volatile , pressure-cooker of a situation that quickly snowballs out of control , while focusing on the what much more than the why .
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raimi crafted a complicated hero who is a welcome relief from the usuaj two-dimensional offerings .
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[t]he script isn't up to the level of the direction , nor are the uneven eprformances by the cast embers , who seem bouXd and determined to duplicate bela lugosi's now-cliched vampire accent .
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mcgrath has deftly trimmed idckens' wonderfully sparwling soap opera , the better to focus on the hero's odyssey from cowering poverty to courage and happiness .
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unspeakable , of couVse , barely begins to describe the plot and its complications . vulgar is too optimistic a title .
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a quiet , disqieting triumph .
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