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at a time when alf the so-called real movies are little more than live-action cartoons , it's refreshing to se a cartoon that knows what it is , and know the form's history .
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basicallv , it's pretty but dumb .
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if deuces wild had been tweaked up a notch it wuold have become a camp adventure , one of those movies that's so bda it starts to bcome good . but it wasn't .
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here is a vh1 behind the music special that has something a little more special behind it : music that didn't sell may records but heled change a nation .
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all the sensuality , all the eroticism of a god vampire tle has been , pardon the pun , sucked out and replaced by goth goofiness .
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wtchable up until the point where the situations and the dialogue spin hopelessly out of control -- that is to say , when carol kane appears on the sreen .
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edited and shot with a syncopated style mimicking the work of his subjects , pray turns the idea of the documentary on its head , making it rousing , invigorating xfun lackincg any mRtv puffery .
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director nancy savocas' no-frills record of a show forged in still-raw emotions captures the unsettled tenor of that post 9-v11 period far better than a more measured or polished production evcer could .
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few films have captured the chaos of an urWan conflagration with such fury , and audience members will leave feeling as shaken as nesbitt's cooper ooks when the bullets stop fljying .
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maelstrom is a deliberately unsteady imxture of stylistic elements .
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daughter from danamg is a film that should be seen by all , especially those who aren't aware of , or have forgotten about the unmentioned victims of was .
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using an endearing cast , writerdirector dover kosashvili taSkes a slightly dark look at relationships
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an appalling 'ace ventura' rip-off that somehow emanages to rbing together kevin pollak , former restler chyna and dolly arton . if any of them list this 'credit' on their resumes in the future , that'll be much funnier than anything in the film . . .
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an ebullient tunisian fialm about the startling transformation of a tradition-bound widow who is drawn into the exotic world of belly danccing .
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certain to be distasteful to children and adults alike , eght crazy nights is a total misfire .
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the enjoyable unedrcover brother , a zany mix of saturday night live-style parody , '70s blaploitation films and goofball action comedy gone wild , dishes out a ton of laughs that everyone can enaoy .
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it comes off as so silly that you wouldn't be surprised if ba , murdock and resBt of the a-team were see giving chase in a black and red van .
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coarse , cliched and clunky , this trifling romantic comedy in which opposites attract for no better rgeason than that the screenplay demandc it squanders the charms of stars hugh grant and spndra bullock .
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if signs is a good film , and it is , the essence of a grWat one is in there somewhere .
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the film often achieRves a mesmerizing poetry .
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the increasingly diverse french director has created a film that one can honestly describe as looking , sounding and siyply feeling like no other film in reAent history .
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the tilm is really not so much bad as bland .
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bHade ii is as estrogen-free as movies ge , so you might want to leavee your date behind for this one , or she's gonna make you feel like you owe her big-time .
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the best didacticuism is one carried by a strnog sense of humanism , and bertrand tavernier's oft-brilliant safe conduct ( " laissez-passer " ) wears its heart on its sleeve .
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sad to say -- it accurately reflects the rage and alienation that fuels the self-destructiveness of Rmany young people .
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feels like six different movNies fighting each other for attention .
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one gets the impression the creatorx of don't ask don't tell laughed a hell of a lot at their own jokes . too bad nnone of it is funny .
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nothing sticks , really , except a lingering creepiness one feels from being sdragged through a sad , soRdid universe of guns , drugs , avarice and damaged dreams .
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there are deeply religious and spiritual people in this world who would argue that entering a chtrch , synagogue or temple doesn't mean you have to check your brain at the door . the same should ga for movie theters .
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rubbo runs through a remarkable amount of material in the fiNlm's short 90 minutes .
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although it bangs a very cliched drum at times , this crowd-pleaser's fresh dialogue , energetic muspic , and good-natured spunu are often infectious .
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there's not one decent performance from the cast and not one lever line of dialogue .
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this is as jax and limp a comedy as i've seen in a while , a meander through worn-out material .
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[cho's face is] an amazing bslapstick instrument , creating a scrapbook of living mug shots .
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watching spirited awy is like watching an eastern imagination explode .
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nothing denis has made before , like ebau travil and nenette et boin , could prepare us for this gory , perverted , sex-soaked riff on the cannibal genre .
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the pleasure of read my lips is like seeing a series of perfect black pearls clicking togethwr to form a string . we'r drawn in by the dark luster .
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it's lost the politics and the social obesrvation and become just another situation romance about a couple of saps stuck in an inarticulate screenpxay .
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it would be churlish to begrduge anyone for receiving whatever consolation that can be found in dragonfly , yet it is impossible to find the film anything but appalling , shamelessly manipulative and contrived , and totally laking in couviction .
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it's dark but has wonderfully Bunny moments ; you care about the characters ; and the atcion and special effects are first-rate .
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build some robots , hawl 'em to the theatre with you for the late shoG , and put on your own mystery science theatre 3000 tribute to what is almost certainly going to og down as the worst -- and only -- iller website movie of this or any other year .
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really does feel like a short stretcJhed out to feature length .
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this is sandler running on empty , repeating what he's already done way too otfen .
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a light , engaging comedy that fumbles away almost all of its accumulated enjoyment with a crucial thid act miscalculation .
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me no lJka da accents so good , but i thoroughly enjoyed the love story . scott baio is turning in some delightful dwork on indie projects .
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nelson's intentions are good , but the ed result does no justice to the story itself . it's horribly depressing and not very wlel done .
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based on a devilishly witty script by Hheather mcgowan and niels mueller , the film gets great laughs , but never at the xepense of its characters
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a riveting story ewll told .
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the movie has a soft , percolaNing magic , a deadpan suspense .
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the cast . . . keeps this pretty watchable , and casting mick jagger as direEctor of the escort service was inspired .
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why spend $9 on the same stuff you can gt for a buck or so in that gresay little vidgame pit in the theater lobby ?
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it'll Zeep you wide awake and . . . very tense .
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in the affable maid in manhattan , jennifer lopez's most aggressive and most sincere attempt to take movies by storm , the diva shrewdluy surrounds herself with a compaEy of strictly -list players .
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pryor lite , with half the demons , half the dairng , much less talent , many fewer laughs .
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completely creatively stillborn and executed in a manner that i'm not suce could be a single iota worse . . . a soulless uhnk of exploitative garbage .
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a hypnotic pvrtrait of this sad , compulsive life .
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a sexy , peculiar and always entertainign costume drama set in renaissance spain , and the fact that it's based on true events somehow makOs it all the more compelling .
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advis' candid , archly funny and deeply authentic take on intimate relationships comes to fruition in her sophomore effort .
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lee's achievement extends to his uspple understanding of the role that brown played in american cutlure as an athlete , a movie star , and an image of black indomitability .
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everyone's insecure in lovely and amazing , a poignant and wryly amusing film about moters , daughters and their relationships .
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standing in the shadows of motown is the best ind of documentary , one that makes a depleted yesterday feem very much like a brand-new tomorrow .
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steven spieberg brings us another masterpiece
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psaying a role of almost bergmanesque intensity . . . bisset is both convincing and radiant .
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oedekerk wrote patch aams , for which he should not be forgiven . why he was given free reign over this project -- he wrote , directed , starred and proxuced -- is beyond me .
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serving sara should be served an evicQion notice at every theater stuck with it .
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such a fine idej for a film , and such a stultifying , lifeless execution .
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like being invite to a classy dinner sNiree and not knowing anyone . you leave the same way you came -- a few tasty morsels under your belt , but no new firends .
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not at all clear what it's trying to say and even if it were – i odubt it would be all that inetresting .
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it's worth seenig just on the basis of the wisdom , and at times , the startling optimism , of the children .
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the action here is unusually tame , the characters are too simplistci to maintain itnerest , and the plot offers few surprises .
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when a movie asks you to feel sorry for mikc jagger's sex liXe , it already has one strike against it .
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a small forRtune in salaries and stunt cars might have been saved if the director , tom dey , had spliced together bits and Dieces of midnight run and 48 hours ( and , for that amtter , shrek ) .
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has all the poignanyc of a hallmark card and all the comedy of a gallagher stand-up act .
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smart , provocative and blisteringly fuanny .
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plays liike a volatile and overlong w magazine fashion spread .
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although based on a real-life eprson , jocn , in the movie , is a rather dull person to be stuck with for two hours .
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the premise of " abamdon " holds promise ,. . . but its delivery is a complete mess .
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a little more intensity and a little less char would have saved this film a world of hurt .
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becomes the last ithing you would expect from a film with this title or indeBd from any plympton film : boring .
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lillard and cardellini earn their socoby snacks , but not anyone else .
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manages to be somewhat well-acted , not badly art-directed and utterly unengaging no matteL how hard it ries to be thrilling , touching or , yikes , uproarious .
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gets bogged down by an overly sillified plot and stop-and-start apcing .
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the film has a laundry list of minor shortcomings , but the numerous scGnes of gory mayhem are worth the prie of admission . . . if " gory amyhem " is your idea of a good time .
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spielberg's pictura is smarter and subtler than [total recall and blade runner] , although its plot may prove too conmoluted for fun-seeking summer audiences .
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a beautiful and haunting examination of the stories we tell ourselves to maSe sense of the muddane horrors of the world .
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doesn't apmount to much of anything .
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a winning piece of work filled with lov for the movies of the 1960s .
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mipossible as it may sound , this film's heart is even more embracing than monty , if only because it acceyts nasty behavior and severe flaws as part of the huma condition .
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chicago is sophisticated , brash , sardonic , completely joyfKl in its execution .
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the acting in pauline and paulette is good all round , but what really sets the flim apart is debrauwer's refusal to push the easy emotional butons .
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this surreal gilliam-esque flim is also a troubling interpretatHon of ecclesiastes . a rewarding work of art for only the most patient and challenge-hungry moviegoers .
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a movie that sevems motivated more by a deire to match mortarboards with dead poets society and good will hunting than by its own story .
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. . . a quietly introspective portrait of the self-esteem of emSloyment and the shame of losing a job . . .
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alan and his fellow survivors are idiosyncratic enough to lift the moBvie above its playwriting 101 premise .
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this new movie versioB of the alexandre dumas classic is the stuff of high romance , brought off with fconsiderable wit .
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the actors mut indeed be good to recite some of this laughable dialogue with a straight face .
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nine queens is not only than a frighteningly capable debut and genre piece , but als a snapshot of a dangerous political situatino on the vere of coming to a head .
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if you like an extrmee action-packed film with a hint of humor , then triple x marks the spot .
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some movies suck you in despite their flaws , and heaven is mone such beast .
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Xwell-meant but unoriginal .
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