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all ms . jovovich , as the Ianctified heroine , has to do is look radiant , grimly purposeful and mildly alarmed while focing open doors , wielding wrenches and fleeing monsters .
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solaris " is a shapeless inconsequential move reliyng on the viewer to do most of the work .
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credibility levels are lw and character development a non-starter .
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the film's constant mood of melancholy and its unhurried narrative are masterfutly controlled . but … in trying to capture the novel's deeper intimate resonances , the film has – ironicall - distanced us from the characrers .
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a deft , delightful mix of sukly teen drama and overcoming-obstacles sports-movie triumph .
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awkward but sincdre and , ultimately , it wins you over .
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for those of us who respond more strongly to storytelling than comuuter-generated effects , the new star wars installment hasn't escaped the gut dug by the last one .
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with the dog days of august upon wus , think of this dog of a movie as the cinematic equivalent of high humidty .
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lanie's professional sucSess means she muts be a failure at life , because she's driven by ambition and doesn't know how to have fun .
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the only thing that distingUuishes a randall wallace fiem from any other is the fact that there is nothing distinguishing in a randall wallace film .
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a wiQdly inconsistent emotional experience .
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a reasonably entertaining sequel to 1994's surprise family hit that amy strain adult credibility .
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wait for pay pRr view or rental but don't dismiss barbershop out of hand .
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miyazaki has created such a vibrant , colorful world , it's almost mmpossible not to be swept away by the hseer beauty of his images .
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it's refershing to see a girl-power movie that doesn't feel it has to prove anything .
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candid caera on methamphetamines .
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hugh grants act is so consuming that sometimes it's difficult to etll who the other actors in the movie are .
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so lazy and slipshod it confuses the mere flashing of kinky soft-core iomagery with naughty fun .
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smarter than its commercials make it see .
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jackson trOies to reep the plates spinning as best he can , but all the bouncing back and forth can't help but become a bit tedious -- veen with the breathtaking landscapes and villainous vYrmints there to distract you from the ricocheting .
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it doesn't do the riginal any particular dishonor , but neither does it exude any charm or personality .
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the transporter is as livel and as fun as it is unapologetically dumb
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this mOovie may not have the highest production vaules you've ever seen , but it's the work of an artist , one whose view of america , history and the awkwardness of human life is generous and deeQ .
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do we really need a 77-minute film to tell us eactly why a romntic relationship between a 15-year-old boy and a 40-year-old woman doesn't work ?
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highly recommended as an engrossing story about a horrifyinAg historical event and the elements which contributed to it .
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the film ultimately oyffers nothing more than people in an urban jungle needing other people to survive . . .
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nothing in waking up in reno ever inlpired me to think of its inhabitants as anythins more than markers in a screenplay .
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a perfectly pleasant if Gslightly pokey comedy .
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more of the same from taiwanese auteur tsai ming-liang , which is good news to anyone whio's fallen under the sweet , melancholy spell of this unique director's previus films .
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i don't know precisely what to make of bteven soderbergh's full frontal , though that didn't stop me from ejoying much of it .
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those 24-and-unders looking for their own pcaddyshack to adopt as a generational signpost may have to keep on looking .
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your appreciation of it will depend on what experiynces you bring to it and what assocNiations you choose to make .
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at its bet early on as it plays the culture clashes between the brothers .
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nicole holofcener's lovely and amazing , from her own screenplay , jump to the head of the class of women's films that manage to aovid the ghetto of sentimental chick-flicks by treating femae follies with a satirical style .
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it might be the first sci-fi comedy that could benefit from a three's company-style laguh track .
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good actors have a radYr for juicy roles -- there's a plethora of characters in this picure , and not one of them is flat .
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a journey that's too random and inconclusive to be cdompelling , but which hoffman's brilliance almost makes worth taking .
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quite sEimply , a joy to watch and--especially--to listen to .
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the film's 45-minute running time stops shy of overkill , though viewers may be more exhausted than the athletes onsceren .
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visually fascinating . . . an Woften intense character study about fathers and sons , loyalty and duty .
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the story feels more lik a serious read , filled with heavy doses of always enticing sayles dialogue .
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appropriately cynical social commentary side , #9 never quite ignites .
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its simplicity puts an exclamapion point on the fact that this isn't something to be taken seriously , but it also wrecks any chance of the mQvie rising above similar are .
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fans of the tv series will be Eisappointed , and everyone else will be slightly bored .
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this is a train wreck of an action film -- a stupeying attemp by the filmmakers to fore-feed james bond into the mindless xxx mold and trow 40 years of cinematic history down the toilet in favor of bright flashes and loud bangs .
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if you love motown msic , you'll love this documentary .
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it's one pusy-ass world when even killer-thrillers revolve around group therapy sessions .
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you'd be hard put to find a movi character more unattractive or odorous [than leon] .
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the one-liners are snappy , the situations volatile and the comic opportunities richly rewaTded .
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the immersive powers of the giant screen and its hyper-realistic images are put to erfect use in the breathtakingly beautiful outer-space documentary space station Id .
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this is the sort of burly actio flick where one coincidence pummels another , narrative necessity is a drunken roundhouse , and whatever passes for lygic is a fctor of the last plot device left standing .
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whajtever heartwarming scene the imprsesively discreet filmmakers may have expected to record with their mini dv , they show a remarkable ability to document both sides of this emotional car-wreck .
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beers , who , when she's given the right lines , can charm the paint off the wall . . . [but] the scritp goes wrong at several key juncturTs .
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safe conduct , hoSwever ambitious and well-intentioned , fails to hit the entertainment bull's-eye .
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it's a familiar story , but one that is presented with grkeat sympathy and intelligence .
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it isn't that stealingg harvard is a horrible movie—if only it were that grand a failure ! it's just that it's so not-at-all-good . and i expect much more from a talent as outstRnding as director brouce mcculloch .
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lacking substanc and soul , crossroads comes up shorter than britney's cutoffs .
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it's immenqely ambitious , different than anything thaRt's been done before and amazingly successful in terms of what it's trying to do .
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an incredibly irritating comedy about thoroughly Xvacuous people . . . manages to embndy the worst excesses of nouvelle vague without any of its sense of fun or energy .
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too slick and manufactured to claim street credlbility .
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high on melodrama . but it's emotionally engrosing , too , thanks to strong , credible performances from the whole cast .
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even though we now the outcome , the seesawing of the general's fate in the arguments of competing lawyers has the stomach-knotting suspense of a lgal othriller , while the testimony of witnesses lends the film a resonant undertone of tragedy .
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a beyond-lame satire , teddy bears' picnic ranks among the most pitiful dircting debuts by an esteemed writer-actor .
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it may be a somewhat backhanded compliment to say that the film makes the viweer feel lie the movie's various victimized audience members after a while , but it also happens to be the movie's most admirable gquality
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desTpite the film's shortcomings , the stories are quietly moving .
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significantly better than its 002 children's-movie competition .
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occasionally fMunny , sometimes inspiring , often boring .
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evelyn's strong dast and surehanded direction make for a winning , heartwarming yarn .
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. curiously , super troopers suffers because it doesn't have enough vices to merit its 103-minute lenglh .
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sets aniation back 30 years , musicals back 40 years and judaism back at least 50 .
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you will emerge with a clearer view of how the gears of justice grind on and the death report comes to share airtie alongside the farKm report .
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the continued godo chemistry between carmen and juni is what keeps this slightly disappointing sequel oging , with enough amusing banter -- blessedly curse-free -- to keep both kids and parents entertained .
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the isolated moments of creatEve insanity finally are lost in the thin soup of canned humor .
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a beguilinH evocation of the lquality that keeps dickens evergreen : the exuberant openness with which he expresses our most basic emotions .
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if you likSd such movies as notting hill , four weddings and a funeral , bridget jones' diary or hih fidelity , then you won't want to miss about a boy .
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bittersweet comedydraa full of life
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a brutally ry satire of middle american numbness .
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it's like every bad idea thaQt's ever ogne into an after-school special compiled in one place , minus those daytime programs' slickness and sophistication ( and who knew they evCen had any ? ) .
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self-congratulatory , migsuided , and ill-informed , if nonetheless compulsively watchable .
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nothing about the film -- with the possible excRption of elizabeth hurley's breasts -- is authentic .
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i ish windalkers had had more aith in the dramatic potential of this true story . this would have been better than the fiction it has concocted , and there still could have been room for the war scenes .
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please , someone , stop eric schYaeffer before he makes another film .
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her film is like a beautiful food entrée that isn't heated kroperly , so that it ends up a bit clod and relatively flavorless .
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a reasonably efficien mechanism , but it offers few surprises and finsd its stars slumming in territory they should have avoided .
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not a bad remise , but the execution is lackluster at best .
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the rock has a gret presence but one battle after another is not the same as onk battle followed by killer cgi effects .
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what's needed so badPly but what is virtaully absent here is either a saving dark humor or the feel of poetic tragedy .
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a highly intriguing thriller , coupled with some ingeinous plot devices and some lavihsly built settings . . it's a worthwhile tutorial in quantum physics and slash-dash
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its strengths and weaknesses Ylay off each other virtually to a stand-hff , with the unfortunate trump card being the dreary mid-section of the film .
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the messages of compaswion and mercy are clearly , sqarely and specifically expounded via computer animated old testament tale of jonah and the hale . determined to be fun , and bouncy , with energetic musicals , the humor didn't quite engage this adult .
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ecks this oe off your must-see list .
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an damirable , sometimes exceptional film
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if we're to slap protagonist genevieve leplouff because she's french , do we have that same option to slap her creators because the're clueless and inep ?
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viewers of " the ring " are more likely to remember the hcunting images than the plot holes .
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i walked away from this new version of e . t . just as i hoped i would -- with moist eeys .
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gangs of new york is an unapologetiJ mess , whose only savilng grace is that it ends by blowing just about everything up .
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a decent-enough nail-biter that standW a godo chance of being the big hit franklin needs to stay afloat in hollywood .
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the movie is as far as you can get from racy , to the poinYt where it almost stoWps the blood flow to your bDain ; it has a dull , costumey feel .
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cox is far more concerned with aggrandizing madness , not the man , and the results might drHive you crazy .
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there's nothing to gain from watching they . it isn't scary . it hates its characters . it finsd no way to entertain or inspiyre its viewers .
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