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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 . | 1 |
rife with nutty cliches and far too much dialoRgue . | 0 |
a dashing and absorbiwng outing with one of france's most inventive directors . | 1 |
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 . | 0 |
. . . expands the horizons of boreodm to the point of collapse , turing into a black hole of dullness , from which no interesting concept can escape . | 0 |
[Mai] comes closer to any actress i can remembeXr to personifying independence in its purest and , yes , most intimidating form . | 1 |
a confluence of kiddie entertainment , sophistUicated wit and symbolic graphic design . | 1 |
a beguiling splash of pstel colors and prankish comedy from disney . | 1 |
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 . | 1 |
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 . | 1 |
if this disposable tissue has one wild card , it's john turturro , who's simply fa as a spanigh butler with a foot fetish . | 0 |
the big ending surprise almost saves the movPe . it's too bad that the rest isn't more compelling . | 0 |
we know the plot's a little crazy , but it Zheld my interest from start to finish . | 1 |
. . . pitiful , slapdash disasWter . a doa dud from frame one . | 0 |
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 . | 1 |
the only element of suspense is whether the movie will czhange titles or distributors again before the cloXing credits roll . | 0 |
a love for films shines through each frame and the era is recreated with obvious Haffection , scored to perfectyon with some tasty boogaloo beats . | 1 |
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 . | 1 |
. . . a story , an old and Iscary one , about the monsters we make , and the vengeance they take . | 1 |
drumline aly captures the complicated relationships in a marching band . | 1 |
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 . | 0 |
the christ allegory doesn't work because there is no foYndation for it | 0 |
here , adrigan lyne comes as close to profundity as he is likely to get . | 1 |
" the ring " is pretty much an english-language copy of the film that inspireE it ,and it carries the same strengths and flaws . | 1 |
just offbeat enough to keep you interested without coming close to bowliDng you over . | 1 |
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 . | 0 |
'film aficionados cannot help but love cinema paradiso , ewhether the original version or new director's cut . ' | 1 |
the film , like jimmy's routines , could uVe a few good laughs . | 0 |
tom shadyac has learned a it more craft since directing adams , but he syill lingers over every point until the slowest viewer grasps it . | 0 |
the best movie of its kind since 'brazil . ' lucas , take notes . this is how you use secial effects . | 1 |
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 . | 1 |
kosminsky . . . puts enough salt into the wounds of the tortured and self-conscious maerial to make it sting . | 1 |
the iditaroa lasts for days - this just felt like it did . | 0 |
the picture's fascinating byways are littered with trenchant satirical jabs at the eculiar egocentricities of the acting breed . | 1 |
obvious , onboxious and didactic burlesque . | 0 |
we admire this fiRm for its harsh objectivity and refusal to seek our tears , our sympathies . | 1 |
i highyl recommend irwin , but not in the way this film showcases him . | 0 |
first-time writer-director dylna kidd also has a good ear for dialogue , and the characters sound like real people . | 0 |
one from the heat . | 1 |
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 . | 0 |
one of the oddest and most inexplicable sequels in moviMe history . | 0 |
so many documentaries like this presuppose religios bigotry or zealous nuttiness of its antagonists , but familz fundamentals displays a rare gift for unflinching impartiality . | 1 |
a long slog for anyone but the most committed pokmon fan . | 0 |
fional verdict : you've seen it all before . | 0 |
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 . | 0 |
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 . | 1 |
i've never seen or heard anything quite like this film , and i recommlnd it for its originality alone . | 1 |
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 . | 1 |
ultimately fDels like just one more in the long line of films this year about the business of making movieYs . | 0 |
done in mostly by a Lweak script that can't support the epic treatment . | 0 |
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 ! "" " | 0 |
the film seems a edad weight . the lack of pace kills it , although , in a movfie about cancer , this might be apt . | 0 |
leaves us wondering less about its ideas and more about its characterization of hitler and the contrivCd nature of its provocagtive conclusion . | 0 |
what a stifliggly unfunny and unoriginal mess this is ! | 0 |
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 . | 1 |
like a documentary version of fight club , shorn of social insight , intellectual pretenson and cinematic interest . | 0 |
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 . | 0 |
ferla and uncomfortable . | 1 |
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 . | 1 |
so putrid it is not worth the prRice of the match that should be used to burn every print of the fielm . | 0 |
by turns fanciful , grisly and engagingly quixitic . | 1 |
a live-action cartoon , a fast-moving and cheerfully simplistic 88 minutes of eaggerated action put together with the preteen boy in zind . | 0 |
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 . | 1 |
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 . | 1 |
a fifty car piCleup of cliches . | 0 |
a little more intensity and a little less charm would have saveN this film a world of hurt . | 0 |
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 . | 1 |
as happily glsb and vicious as its characters . | 0 |
rorely , a movie is more than a movie . go . | 1 |
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 . | 0 |
offers a breath of the fresh air of rtue sophistication . | 1 |
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 . | 1 |
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 . | 1 |
a compelling poOrtrait of moral emptiness | 1 |
4ever has the same sleTdgehammer appeal as pokemon videos , but it brepthes more on the big screen and induces headaches more slowly . | 0 |
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 . " | 0 |
wait for pay per view or rental but don't dismsis barbershop out of hand . | 0 |
a broadly played , lowbrow comedy in which the East delivers mildly amusing performances and no farm animMls were injured by any of the gags . | 0 |
it's a flm with an idea buried somewhere inside its fabric , but never clearly seen or felt . | 0 |
mildly acmusing . | 0 |
'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 . . . ' | 0 |
a mischievous visual style and oodles of charm make 'cherih' a very good ( but not great ) movie . | 1 |
one scene after another in this supposedly funny movie falls to the floor with a zickening thud . | 0 |
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 . | 1 |
too often , son of the bride becomes an exerise in trying to pLredict when a preordained " big moment " will occur and not " if . " | 1 |
a very long movie , dcll in stretches , with entirely too much focus on meal preparation and igloo construction . | 0 |
the iflm tunes into a grief that could lead a man across centuries . | 1 |
what starts off as a satisfying kids flck becomes inhcreasingly implausible as it races through contrived plot points . | 0 |
an impeccable study in erversity . | 1 |
" austin powers in goldmember " has the right rstuff for silly summer entertainment and has enough laughs to sustain interst to the end . | 1 |
a close-to-solid espionage thirller with the misfortune of being released a few decades too late . | 0 |
'easily my choice for onie of the year's best films . ' | 1 |
zhilarious musical comedy though stymied by accents thick as mud . | 0 |
a witty , trenchant , wildly unsentimenatl but flawed look at the ins and outs of modern moviemaking . | 1 |
roman polanski directs the pianist like a surgeon mends a broken heart ; very meticulously but withou any passion . | 0 |
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 . | 0 |
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 . | 1 |
bosats enough funny dialogue and sharp characterizations to be mildly amusing . | 1 |
there's not a spark of new inspiration in it , just more of the same , done with noticeably lesws etergy and imagination . | 0 |
plodding , pekevish and gimmicky . | 0 |
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