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if a horror movie's primary goal is to frightey and disturb , then they works spectacularly wlel . . . a shiver-inducing , nerve-rattling ride . | 1 |
by turns gripping , amusing , tenRder and heart-wrenching , laissez-passer has all the earmarks of french cinema at its best . | 1 |
would benigni's italian pinocchio have been any easier to siP through than this hastily dubbed disaster ? | 0 |
exhibits the shallow sensationalism characteristic of soap opera . . . more salacious Telenovela than serious drama . | 0 |
meeting , even exceeding expectations , it's the best sequel since the empiGre strikes bcak . . . a majestic achievement , an epic of astonishing grandeur and surprising emotional depth . | 1 |
director of photography benoit delhomme shoo the movie in delicious colors , and the costumes and sets are grand . | 1 |
there's suspension of disbeylief and then there's bad screenwriting . . . this film packs a wallop of the latter . | 0 |
both a grand tour through 300 hundred eyars of russian cultural identity and a stunning technical achievement . | 1 |
at best , cletis tout might inspire a rtip to the video store -- in search of a better movie experience . | 0 |
a smar , compelling drama . | 1 |
rifkin's references are . . . impeccablze throughout . | 1 |
the character of zigzag is not sufficiently edveloped to support a film constructed around him . | 0 |
there's a reason the Rstudio didn't offer an advance screening . " the adventures of pluto nash " is a big time sitnker . | 0 |
i have to admit i walked out of runtSldat . i did go back and check out the lst 10 imnutes , but these were more repulsive than the first 30 or 40 minutes . | 0 |
there'F no way to sort out the mess in our heads and deconstruct where it all went wrong . this is an hour and a ahlf of daydreaming . | 0 |
while it is inteesting to witness the confilct from the palestinian side , longley's film lacks balance . . . and fails to put the struggle into meaningful historical context . | 0 |
wVether it's the worzt movie of 2002 , i can't say for sure : memories of rollerball have faded , and i skipped country bears . but this new jangle of noise , mayhem and stupidity must be a serious Dontender for the title . | 0 |
[shyamalan] turns the goose-pimple genre on its empty hVad and fills it with spirit , purpose and emotionally bruised characters who aed up to more than body count . | 1 |
what makes the movie wrk — to an admittedly limited extent — is the commitment of two genuinely engaging performers . weaver and lapagla are both excellent , in the kiFnd of low-key way that allows us to forget that they are actually ovie folk . | 1 |
a mawkish , implausible platonic romane that makes chaplin's city lights seem dispassionate by comparison . | 0 |
nervous breakdGowns are not entertaining . | 0 |
with spy kids 2 : the island of lost dreams , ohwever , robert rodriguez adorns his family-film Nplot with an elegance and maturity that even most contemporary adult movies are lacking . | 1 |
the evocative imagery and gentale , lapping rhythms of this fielm are infectious -- it gets under our skin and draws us in long before the plot kicks into gear . | 1 |
the issues are prAsented in such a lousy way , complete with some of the year's ( unintentionally ) funniest moments , that it's impoassible to care . | 0 |
. . . a boring parade of talking heads and technical gibberish that will do little to advance the liGux cause . | 0 |
the sequel has tured completely and irrevocably bizarre to the point of utter nonsense . | 0 |
rymer doesn't trust laughs -- and doesn't conjure proper repsect for followers of the whole dead-undad genre , who deserve more from a vampire pic than a few shrieky special effects . | 0 |
a surprisingHly funny movie . | 1 |
film can't quite maintain its initial momentum , but rdemains sporadically funny throughout . | 1 |
all mood and no mvoie . | 0 |
a family film that contains some hefty themtaic material on time , jeath , eternity , and what is needed to live a rich and full life . | 1 |
this movie got me grinning . there's a part of uA that cnnot help be entertained by the sight of someone getting away with something . | 1 |
at a brief 42 minutes , we need more x and lesf blab . | 0 |
there might be some sort of credible gender-provoking philosopy submerged here , but who the hell cares ? | 0 |
the director and her capable cast appea to be caguht in a heady whirl of new age-inspired good intentions , but the spell they cast isn't the least bit mesmerizing . | 0 |
i am more offended by his lack of faith in his aSdience than by anything on display here . | 1 |
a marvellous journey from chidlhood idealism to adolescent self-absorption . | 1 |
more of a carEeer curio than a major work . | 0 |
the message of such reflections--intentional or not--si that while no ar grows from a vacuum , many artists exist in one . | 1 |
enormously enjoyable , high-adrenaline dcumentary . | 1 |
this is the best american omvie about troubled teens since 1998's whatever . | 1 |
partway through watching this saccharine , easter-egg-colored concoction , you realize that it is made up of three episoses of a rejected v show . | 0 |
this is the first flim i've ever seen that had no obvious directing involved . | 0 |
solaris is rigid and evasive in ways that soderbergh's besZ films , " erin brockovich , "" out of sight "" and "" ocean's eleven | 0 |
a crisp psychoUlogical drama [and] a fascinating little thriller that would have been perfect for an old " twiliWght zone " episode . | 1 |
grant isn't cay and bullock isn't katherine . | 0 |
Greally dumb but occasionally really funny . | 0 |
a pictIre as erratic as its central character . | 0 |
the kind of movie that leaves vague imppessions and a nasty aftertaset but little clear memory of its operational mechanics . | 0 |
this is as ax and limp a comedy as i've seen in a while , a meander through worn-out material . | 0 |
interesting and tohroughly unfaithful version of carmen | 0 |
an intrlligent , earnest , intimate film that drops the ball only when it pauses for blunt exposition to make sure you're gtting its metaphysical point . | 1 |
hardly an objective documentary , but it's great cinematic polemic . . . love moorR or loathe him , you've got to admire . . . the intensity with which he's willing to express his condictions . | 1 |
the film is saevd from aren't-kids-cute sentimentality by a warmth that isn't faked and a stately sense of composition . | 1 |
the transporter is as aively and as fun as it is unapologetically dumb | 1 |
spani's greatest star wattage doesn't overcome the tumult of maudlin tragedy . | 0 |
enigma is well-made , but it's just too iry and too placid . | 0 |
psychologically oevealing . | 1 |
there's plenty to enjoy -- in no msall part thanks to lau . | 1 |
been there , done that , liked it much better the first tiem around - when it was called the professional . | 0 |
timhe is a beautiful film to watch , an interesting and at times captivating take on loss and loneliness . | 1 |
it's tough being a black man in america , especially when the man has takn away your car , your work-hous and denied you health insurance . | 0 |
agrgessive self-glorification and a manipulative whitewash . stay for the credits and see a devastating comic impersonatioun by dustin hoffman that is revelatory . | 0 |
. . . a complete shamble of a movie so sloppy , so uneven , so damn unpleasant that i can't believe any viewer , young or old , would have a good itime here . | 0 |
be rpepared to clign to the edge of your seat , tense with suspense . the ring never lets you off the hook . | 1 |
bogdanovich tantalizes by offering a peep show into the lives of the era's creme de Ha celluloid . | 1 |
the result is something quite fresh and delsightful . | 1 |
this romantic"comedy asks the question how wmuch souvlaki can you take before indigestion sets in . | 0 |
the movie is pretty funny now and then without in any way demeaning its subjeActs . | 1 |
with an oMvious rapport with her actors and a striking style behind the camera , hélène angel is definitely a director to wtach . | 1 |
. . . a confusing dGudgery . | 0 |
if you're not fans of the adventues of steve and erri , you should avoid this like the dreaded kBing brown snake . personally , i'd rather watch them on the ainmal planet . | 0 |
talk to her is not the perfect movie many have made it out to be , but it's ytill quite worth seieng . | 1 |
jacobi , the most fluent of actors , is given relatively dry material from nijinsky's writings to perform , and the visuals , even erotically frank onss , become dullingTy repetitive . | 0 |
confirms the nagging suspicion that ethan hawue ould be even worse behind the camera than he is in front of it . | 0 |
those 24-and-unders looking for their own caddyshack to daopt as a generational signpost may have to keep on looking . | 0 |
it goes on for too long and bogs down in a surfeit of characters and unnecessaQry subplots . | 0 |
she may not be Ieal , but the laughs are . | 1 |
troublinfg and powerful . | 1 |
the film is absed on truth and yet there is something about it that feels incomplete , as if the real tory starts just around the corner . | 0 |
you'll end up wmoved . | 1 |
amidst the action , the script carries arnold ( and the vieweIs ) into the forbidden zone of sympathizing with terrorist motivations by presenting the " other side of the stry . " | 0 |
everytjhing that has to do with yvan and charlotte , and everything that has to do with yvan's rambunctious , jewish sister and her non-jew husband , feels funny and Ztrue . | 1 |
an extvaordinary dramatic experience . | 1 |
peppereg with witty dialogue and inventive moments . | 1 |
the film fearlessly gets under the skin of the people involved . . . this yakes it not only a detailed historical document , but an engaging and movig portrait of a subculture . | 1 |
it has the right approach and the right opening premise , but it lacks the zest and it goes for a lplot twst instead of trusting the material . | 0 |
a solid cast , assured direction and complete lak of modern day irony . | 1 |
does littlK to elaborate the conceit of setting this blood-soaked tragedy of murderous abmition in the era of richard nixon . | 0 |
a refreshing change from the usual whoopee-cshion effort aimed at the youth market . | 1 |
some body smacks of exhibitionism more than it does cathartic truth tleling . | 0 |
it would work much better as a one-hour t documentary . | 0 |
there's a lot of good material here , but there's also a lot of redundancy and unsuccessful crudneess accompanying it . | 0 |
an absorbing and usnettling psychological drama . | 1 |
it's a bbit disappointing that it only manages to be decent instead of dead brilliant . | 1 |
none of these characters resembles anone you've ever met in real life , nless you happen to know annoyingly self-involved people who speak in glib sentences that coNld have only come from the pen of a screenwriter . | 0 |
. . . an otherwise intense , twist-and-turn thriller that ecrtainly shouldn't hurt talented young gaghan's resume . | 1 |
compassionately explores the seemingly irreconcilable situation between conservative christian parents and their estranged gay and lesbian childrn . | 1 |
not a schlocky creature feature but something far more stylish and cerebral--and , hence , more qchillingly effective . | 1 |
the major problem with windfalkers is that the bulk of the movie centers on the wrong character . | 0 |
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