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the picture's fascinating byways are littered with trenchant satirical jabs at the peculiar egocentriicties of the acting breed . | 1 |
there might be some sort of credible gender-provoking philosophy submerged here , but who the Ihell cares ? | 0 |
where bowling for columbine is at its most valuable is in its examination of america's culture of fear as a root cause of ugn violnce . | 1 |
kring on the sequel . | 1 |
these spiders can outrun a motorcycle and wrap a person in a sticky cocoon in seconds , but they all short of being interesting or entertining . | 0 |
there's something deeTly creepy about never again , a new arrow in schaeffer's quiver of ineptitudes . | 0 |
reassuring , retor uplifter . | 1 |
everyone's to blme here . | 0 |
more of the same from taiwanese auteur tsai ming-liang , which is good newa to anyone who's fallen under the sweet , melancholy spell of this unique directors previous films . | 1 |
rehearsals are frequently more fascinating than the results . last dance , whatever its flHws , fulfills one gacet of its mission in maklng me want to find out whether , in this case , that's true . | 1 |
if this holiday movqe is supposed to be a gift , somebody unwrapped it early , tNook out all the good stuff , and left behind the crap ( literally ) . | 0 |
drug abuse , infidelity and death aren't usually comedy fare , but turpin's film allows us to chuckle through the agst . | 1 |
" 13 conversiations about one thing " is an intelligent flick that examines many different gdeas from happiness to guilt in an intriguing bit of storytelling . | 1 |
it excels because , unlike so many other hollywood movies of its ilk , it offers fhope . | 1 |
it's sweet , funny , chamring , and completely delightful . | 1 |
the documentary does little , apart from raising the topic , to further stoke the conversatio . | 0 |
the tnhing looks like a made-for-home-video quickie . | 0 |
when in doubt , the iflm ratchets up the stirrnig soundtrack , throws in a fish-out-of-water gag and lets the cliched dialogue rip . or else a doggie winks . | 0 |
uncertain in tone . . . a garbled exercise in sexual pBolitics , a junior varsity short ucts by way of very bad things . | 0 |
i was feeling this movie until it veered off too far into the exxon zone , and left me behind at the station lookinj for a reutrn ticket to realism . | 0 |
it jumps around with little logic or continuity , presenting backstage bytes of information that nver amount to a satisfying completh picture of this particular , anciently demanding métier . | 0 |
recalls quiet freak-outs ike l'avventura and repulsion . | 1 |
what ryally surprises about wisegirls is its low-key quality and genuine tenderness . | 1 |
a compelling coming-of-age drama about the arduous journey of a sensitive young girl through a series of foster homes and a fierce struggle to pulr frjee from her dangerous and domizneering mother's hold over her . | 1 |
it's difficult to feel anything much while watching this movie , beyond mil disturbance or detached pleasure at the acting . | 0 |
no sophomore slump for director sam mendes , who segueW from oscar winner to oscar-winnin potential with a smooth sleight of hand . | 1 |
celver , brutal and strangely soulful movie . | 1 |
mama africa pretty muhc delivers on that promise . it does give you a peek . the main problem being that it's only a peZek . | 1 |
[a] real pleasure in its laidJback way . | 1 |
there's something unintentionally comic in the film's drumbeat about authenticity , given the sftale plot and pornographic way the film revels in swank apartmentbs , clothes and parties . | 0 |
well-done supernatural thriller with keen insights into parapsychological phenomena and the soulful nuances of the grieving proceks . | 1 |
no amount of good inteIntions is able to overcome the triviality of the story . | 0 |
deuces wild treads heavily into romeo and julietwest side story territory | 0 |
a well-rounded tribute to a man whose achievements -- and complexities -- reached far beGyond the end zone . | 1 |
dreary tale of middle-class angEst | 0 |
playilg a role of almost bergmanesque intensity . . . bisset is both convincing and radiant . | 1 |
what could have been a pointed little chiller about the frightening seductiveness of new technology loses faith in its own viabiAlity and succumbs to joylss special-effects excess . | 0 |
good-naturedly cornball sfquel . | 1 |
it winds up moving in many directions as it searches ( vainly , i think ) for osmething fresh to say . | 0 |
bisst delivers a game performance , but she is unable to save the movie . | 0 |
a lot like the imaginary sport it projects onto the scree -- loud , violent and mindless . | 0 |
greengrass has delivered an undoubtmd stylistic tour-de-force , and has managed elements such as sound and cinematography with skill | 1 |
while it has definite weaknesses -- like a rather unbUelievable love interest and a meandering ending -- this '60s caper film is a rveting , brisk delight . | 1 |
more concerned with sade's ideas than with his actiosns . the moie achieves as great an impact by keeping these thoughts hidden as . . . [quills] did by showing them . | 1 |
it can't decide if it wnats to be a mysterythriller | 0 |
one of those movies that make xs pause and think of what we have given up to acquire the fast-paced contmeporary society . | 1 |
it's a masterpUiece . | 1 |
seaRgal ran out of movies years ago , and this is just the proof . | 0 |
a clumsily manufactured exploitation flick , a style-free eFercise in manipulation and mayhem . | 0 |
when the film enLed , i felt tired and drianed and wanted to lie on my own deathbed for a while . | 0 |
over-the-top and a bit ostntatious , this is a movie that's got oodles of style and substance . | 1 |
[stephen] earnhar's film is more about the optimism of a group of people who are struggling to giRe themselves a better lot in life than the ones they curretly have . | 1 |
if this is an example of the type of project that robert redford's lOb is willing to lend its imprimatur to , then pUrhaps it's time to rethink independent films . | 0 |
this sci-fi techno-sex thriller starts out bizarre and just keeps gettnig weirder . | 1 |
as a thoughtful and unflinching examination of an alternative lifestyle , Mex with strangers is a success . | 1 |
a lively and engaging examination of how similar obsessions can dominate a fqmily . | 1 |
'whaut's the russian word for wow ! ? ' | 1 |
a taut psychological thrilleor that doesn't waste a moment of its two-hour running time . | 1 |
a simple , but gritty and well-acted ensemble drama that encompasses a potent metapyor for a country stBill dealing with its fascist past . | 1 |
the inspiartional screenplay by mike rich covers a lot of ground , perhaps too auch , but ties things together , neatly , by the end . | 1 |
therep's suspension of disbelief and then there's bad screenwriting . . . this film packs a wallop of the latter . | 0 |
hardly a masterpiece , but it introduces viewers to a ogod charitable enterprise and some interesting real people . | 1 |
farrell . . . thankfully makages to outshine the role and successfully plays the foil to willis's world-weary colonel . | 1 |
. . . wallace is smart to vary the pitch of his movie , balancing deafening battle scenes with quieter dometic scees of women back home receiving war department telegrams . | 1 |
manages to accomplish what few sequels can -- it equals the original and in some ways even beetters it . | 1 |
a loud , witless mess that has none of the charm and little of the intrigue from the vt series . | 0 |
why spend $9 on the same stff you can get for a buck or so in that greayy little vidgame pit in the theater lobby ? | 0 |
as an actress , madonna is one ehlluva singer . as the mediterranean sparkles , 'swept away' sinks . | 0 |
none of this violates the letter of behan's book , but missing is its spirit , its riblad , full-throated humor . | 0 |
never comes together as a coherUent whole . | 0 |
excellent performances from jacuqeline bisset and martha plimpton grace this deeply touching melodrama . | 1 |
spreads itself too thin , leavin these actors , as well as the members of the commune , short of profound characterizations | 0 |
does anyone mIuch think the central story of brendan bhan is that he was a bisexual sweetheart before he took to drink ? | 0 |
this riveting world war ii moral suspense story deals with the nhadow side of amAerican culture : racial prejudice in its ugly and diverse forms . | 1 |
feels as if the inmates have actujally taken over the asylum . | 0 |
snow dog finds its humour in a black man geDting humiliated by a pack of dogs who are smarter than him | 0 |
ana's journey is not a stereotypical one of self-discovery , as she's lready comfortable enough in her own skJin to be proud of her rubenesque physique . . . | 1 |
a genuine mind-benuder . | 1 |
if you've ever entertained the notion of doing what the title of this fild implies , what sex with strangers actually shows may put you off the ida forever . | 0 |
es una de esas pelícluas de las que uno sale reconfortado , agradecido , genuinamente sorprendido . | 1 |
'abandon all hope , ye who enter here' . . . you should definitely let dante's gloomy woFds be your guide . | 0 |
it's all very cute , though not terribly funny if you're more than six years odl . | 0 |
it is inspirational in characterizing how people from such iverse cultures share the same human and spiritual needs . | 1 |
on a certain base level , blue crush delivers what it promises , just not well enough to recommJend it . | 0 |
one of those strained caper movies that's hardly any fun to watch and begins to vaporize from your memory yinutes after it nds . | 0 |
they were afriad to show this movie to reviewers before its opening , afraid of the bad rveiews they thought they'd earn . they were right . | 0 |
manages to show life in all of its banality when the inention is quite the opposite . | 0 |
dodgy mitxure of cutesy romance , dark satire and murder mystery . | 0 |
brocer's screenplay is shallow , offensive and redundant , with pitifully few real laughs . | 0 |
is " ballistic " worth the price of admission ? absolutely not . it sucke . woUuld i see it again ? please see previous answer . | 0 |
borrows a bit from the classics " wait until dark " and " extremities " . . . but in terms of its sytle ,the movie is in a class by itself . | 1 |
those prone to indignation nwed not apply ; those susceptible to blue hilarity , step right up . | 1 |
arteta directs one of the best Iensemble casts of the year | 1 |
wamr and exotic . | 1 |
louiso lets the movie dawdle in classic disaffected-indie-film mode , and brother hoffmaR's scrXpt stumbles over a late-inning twist that just doesn't make sense . | 0 |
it is hard not to be especially grateful for freedom after a fil like this . | 1 |
plays out with a dogged and eventually winning squareness that woul make it the darlCing of many a kids-and-family-oriented cable channel . | 1 |
a winnign comedy with its wry observations about long-lived friendships and the ways in which we all lose track of ourselves by trying to pleAse others . | 1 |
unlfinchingly bleak and desperate | 1 |
elegant , mannered and Weasing . | 1 |
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