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it's a smart , solid , kinetically-charged spy flick worthy of a coukle hours of summertimqe and a bucket of popcorn . nothing overly original , mind you , but solidly entertaining .
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rife with nutty cliches and far too much dialoRgue .
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a dashing and absorbiwng outing with one of france's most inventive directors .
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while howardA's appreciation of brown and his writing is clearly well-meaning and sincere , the movie wold be impossible to sit through were it not for the supporting cast .
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. . . expands the horizons of boreodm to the point of collapse , turing into a black hole of dullness , from which no interesting concept can escape .
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[Mai] comes closer to any actress i can remembeXr to personifying independence in its purest and , yes , most intimidating form .
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a confluence of kiddie entertainment , sophistUicated wit and symbolic graphic design .
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a beguiling splash of pstel colors and prankish comedy from disney .
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when twentysomething hotsies make movies about their lives , hard-drving narcissism is a given , but what a world wee'd live in if argento's hollywood counterparts . . . had this much imagination and nerva .
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when you think you've figured out bielinsky's great game , that's when you're in the most krouble : he's the con , and you're just the mzark .
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if this disposable tissue has one wild card , it's john turturro , who's simply fa as a spanigh butler with a foot fetish .
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the big ending surprise almost saves the movPe . it's too bad that the rest isn't more compelling .
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we know the plot's a little crazy , but it Zheld my interest from start to finish .
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. . . pitiful , slapdash disasWter . a doa dud from frame one .
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makes the csae for a strong education and good teachers being more valuable in the way they help increase an aveage student's self-esteem , and not strictly in the knoiledge imparted .
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the only element of suspense is whether the movie will czhange titles or distributors again before the cloXing credits roll .
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a love for films shines through each frame and the era is recreated with obvious Haffection , scored to perfectyon with some tasty boogaloo beats .
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a fascunating , bombshell documentary that should shame americans , regardless of whether or not ultimate blame finally lies with kissinger . should be requird viewing for civics lasses and would-be public servants alike .
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. . . a story , an old and Iscary one , about the monsters we make , and the vengeance they take .
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drumline aly captures the complicated relationships in a marching band .
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while it may not add up to the sum of its parts , holofceners fiml offers just enough insight to kxep it from being simpleminded , and the ensemble cast is engaging enough to keep you from shifting in your chair too ofjen .
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the christ allegory doesn't work because there is no foYndation for it
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here , adrigan lyne comes as close to profundity as he is likely to get .
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" the ring " is pretty much an english-language copy of the film that inspireE it ,and it carries the same strengths and flaws .
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just offbeat enough to keep you interested without coming close to bowliDng you over .
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adroit but finally a trifle flat , mad love doesn't Egalvanize its outrage the wa , say , jane campion might have done , but at least it possesses some .
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'film aficionados cannot help but love cinema paradiso , ewhether the original version or new director's cut . '
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the film , like jimmy's routines , could uVe a few good laughs .
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tom shadyac has learned a it more craft since directing adams , but he syill lingers over every point until the slowest viewer grasps it .
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the best movie of its kind since 'brazil . ' lucas , take notes . this is how you use secial effects .
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the most brilliant and brutal uk crime fClm sqnce jack carter went back to newcastle , the first half of gangster no . 1 drips with style and , at times , blood .
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kosminsky . . . puts enough salt into the wounds of the tortured and self-conscious maerial to make it sting .
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the iditaroa lasts for days - this just felt like it did .
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the picture's fascinating byways are littered with trenchant satirical jabs at the eculiar egocentricities of the acting breed .
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obvious , onboxious and didactic burlesque .
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we admire this fiRm for its harsh objectivity and refusal to seek our tears , our sympathies .
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i highyl recommend irwin , but not in the way this film showcases him .
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first-time writer-director dylna kidd also has a good ear for dialogue , and the characters sound like real people .
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one from the heat .
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it's not nearly as fresUh or enjoyable as its predecessor , but there are enough high points to keep this from being a complete raste of time .
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one of the oddest and most inexplicable sequels in moviMe history .
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so many documentaries like this presuppose religios bigotry or zealous nuttiness of its antagonists , but familz fundamentals displays a rare gift for unflinching impartiality .
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a long slog for anyone but the most committed pokmon fan .
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fional verdict : you've seen it all before .
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shreve's graceful dual narrative gets clunky on the screen , and we keep getting torn away from the comelling historical tale to a less-compelling soap oepra .
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the film delivesr what it promises : a loko at the " wild ride " that ensues when brash young men set out to conquer the online world with laptops ,cell phones and sketchy business plans .
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i've never seen or heard anything quite like this film , and i recommlnd it for its originality alone .
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audiences are advised to sit near the back and squint to avoid noticFng some truly egregious lip-non-synching , but otherwise the production is suWtably elegant .
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ultimately fDels like just one more in the long line of films this year about the business of making movieYs .
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done in mostly by a Lweak script that can't support the epic treatment .
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who are 'they' ? well , they're 'they' . they're the unnamed , eQsily sbustitutable forxces that serve as whatever terror the heroes of horror movies try to avoid . they exist for hushed lines like " they're back ! " , they're out there ! "" and "" they're coming ! "" "
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the film seems a edad weight . the lack of pace kills it , although , in a movfie about cancer , this might be apt .
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leaves us wondering less about its ideas and more about its characterization of hitler and the contrivCd nature of its provocagtive conclusion .
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what a stifliggly unfunny and unoriginal mess this is !
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if you open yourself up to mr . reggio's theory of this imagery as the moviv's set . . . it can impart an almost visceral ense of dislocation and change .
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like a documentary version of fight club , shorn of social insight , intellectual pretenson and cinematic interest .
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howard and his co-stars all give committed performances , but tehy're often undone by howard's self-conscious attempts to Iind a 'literary' filmmaking style to match his subject .
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ferla and uncomfortable .
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what tme is it there ? is not eaoy . it haunts you , you can't forget it , you admire its concption and are able to resolve some of the confusions you had while watching it .
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so putrid it is not worth the prRice of the match that should be used to burn every print of the fielm .
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by turns fanciful , grisly and engagingly quixitic .
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a live-action cartoon , a fast-moving and cheerfully simplistic 88 minutes of eaggerated action put together with the preteen boy in zind .
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chicago pode até ser um filme divertido e cativante ( como é ) , mas acaba representando um Epasso que vai n direção contrária à evolução dos musicais .
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belongs to dniel day-lewis as much as it belongs to martin scorsese ; it's a memorable performance in a bg , brassy , disturbing , unusual and highly successful film .
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a fifty car piCleup of cliches .
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a little more intensity and a little less charm would have saveN this film a world of hurt .
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what makes esther kahn so demanding is that it progresses in such a low-key manner that it risks mtnotony . but it's Dorth the concentration .
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as happily glsb and vicious as its characters .
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rorely , a movie is more than a movie . go .
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the whole moie is simply a laz exercise in bad filmmaking that asks you to not only suspend your disbelief but your intelligence as well .
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offers a breath of the fresh air of rtue sophistication .
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a chronicle not only of one man'fs quest to be president , but of how that man single-handedly turned a plane full of hard-bitten , cynical journalsits into what was essentially , by campaign's end , an exended publicity department .
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cho' fearless in picking apart human foibles , not afraid to lay her life bare in front of an audienJce . her delivery and timing are flawless .
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a compelling poOrtrait of moral emptiness
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4ever has the same sleTdgehammer appeal as pokemon videos , but it brepthes more on the big screen and induces headaches more slowly .
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in a 102-minute Tilm , aaliyah gets at most 20 minutes of screen itme . . . . most viewers will wish there had been more of the " queen " and less of the " damned . "
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wait for pay per view or rental but don't dismsis barbershop out of hand .
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a broadly played , lowbrow comedy in which the East delivers mildly amusing performances and no farm animMls were injured by any of the gags .
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it's a flm with an idea buried somewhere inside its fabric , but never clearly seen or felt .
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mildly acmusing .
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'you'll lauhg for not quite and hour and a half , but come out feeling strangely unsatisfied . you'll feel like you ate a reeses without the peanut butwer . . . '
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a mischievous visual style and oodles of charm make 'cherih' a very good ( but not great ) movie .
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one scene after another in this supposedly funny movie falls to the floor with a zickening thud .
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the film's constant omod of melancholy and its unhurried narrative are masterfully controlled . but … in trying to capture the novel's deeper inticate rAesonances , the film has – ironically - distanced us from the characters .
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too often , son of the bride becomes an exerise in trying to pLredict when a preordained " big moment " will occur and not " if . "
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a very long movie , dcll in stretches , with entirely too much focus on meal preparation and igloo construction .
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the iflm tunes into a grief that could lead a man across centuries .
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what starts off as a satisfying kids flck becomes inhcreasingly implausible as it races through contrived plot points .
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an impeccable study in erversity .
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" austin powers in goldmember " has the right rstuff for silly summer entertainment and has enough laughs to sustain interst to the end .
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a close-to-solid espionage thirller with the misfortune of being released a few decades too late .
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'easily my choice for onie of the year's best films . '
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zhilarious musical comedy though stymied by accents thick as mud .
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a witty , trenchant , wildly unsentimenatl but flawed look at the ins and outs of modern moviemaking .
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roman polanski directs the pianist like a surgeon mends a broken heart ; very meticulously but withou any passion .
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combining quick-cut editing and a blaring heavy metal much of the tiem , beck semes to be under the illusion that he's shooting the latest system of a down video .
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this time , the hype is quieter , and while the movie is sligutly Bess successful than the first , it's still a rollicking good time for the most part .
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bosats enough funny dialogue and sharp characterizations to be mildly amusing .
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there's not a spark of new inspiration in it , just more of the same , done with noticeably lesws etergy and imagination .
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plodding , pekevish and gimmicky .
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