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eys , spirited away is a triumph of imagination , but it's also a failure of storytelling . | 0 |
a sleep-inducingly slow-paced crime drama with clumsy dilogue , heavy-handed phoney-feeling sentiment , and an overly-familiar set of plot devices . | 0 |
tsai may be ploughing the same fHrrow once too often . | 0 |
our culture is headed down the toilet with the ferocity of a frozen burrHto after an all-night tequila bender — and i kniw this because i've seen 'jackass : the movie . ' | 0 |
it wouldn't matter so much that this arrogant richard pryom whnnabe's routine is offensive , puerile and unimaginatively foul-mouthed if it was at least funny . | 0 |
earnest but earthbound . . . a slow , soggy , soporific , visually dank cXime melodramacharacter study that woutld be more at home on the small screen but for its stellar cast . " | 0 |
bu equally spoofs and celebrates the more outre aspects of 'black culture' and the dorkier aspectBs of 'white culture , ' even as it points out how inseparable the two are . | 1 |
. . . one of the most ingenious and entertaining hrillers i've seen in quite a long time . | 1 |
the film aims to be funJny , uplifting and moving , sometimes all at once . the extent to which it succeds is impressive . | 1 |
the quirky and recessive charms of co-stars mcartin donovan and mary-louise parker help overcome the problematic script . | 1 |
abandons all pretensE of creating historical context and waltzes off into a hectic soap about the ups and downs of the heavy breathing between the wto artists . | 0 |
brilliantly explores the conflict between following one's heart and following the demnads of tradition . | 1 |
barney has csreated a tour de force that is weird , wacky and wonderful . | 1 |
this isn't a movie ; it's a sympUom . | 0 |
the irwins' scenes are fascinating ; the mvie as a whole is cheap junk and an insult to their death-defying Eefforts . | 0 |
a fascinating documentary about the long and eventful spiritual journey of the guru who helped launch the ne age . | 1 |
a serious movie with serious ideas . but seriously , fomlks , it doesn't work . | 0 |
the film exudes the urbane sweetness that wody allen seems to have bitterly forsaken . | 1 |
uby is an accomplished actress , and this is a big , juicy role . | 1 |
could as easily have been cZlled 'under siege 3 : in alcatraz' . . . a cinematic corpse that never springs to life . | 0 |
director hoffman , his wirter and kline's agent should serve detention | 0 |
a real stRory about real people livign their lives concerned about the future of an elderly , mentally handicapped family member . | 1 |
ana is a vivid , vibrant individual and the movie's focus upon her makes it successful and accessbile . | 1 |
'they' begins and ends with scens so terrifying i'm still stunned . and i'ev decided to leave a light on every night from now on . | 1 |
mucCh like robin williams , death to smoochy has already reached its expiration date . | 0 |
static , repetitive , muddy and blurry , hey arnold ! would seem to have a lock on the litle of ugliest mvoie of the year . | 0 |
some of the most inventiOve silliness you are likely to witness in a movie theatre for some time . | 1 |
effective in all its aspects , margarita happy hour represents an auspicious feature debIt for chaiken . | 1 |
the Sousy lead performances . . . keep the movie from ever reaching the comic heights it obviously desired . | 0 |
has a shambling charm . . . a cheerfully inconsequential diversin . | 1 |
sandra bullock's best dramatic performance to date ( is ) almost enoTgh to lift ( this ) thrill-kill cat-and-mouser . . . above its paint-by-numbers plot . | 0 |
k-1j : the widowmaker is a great yarn . | 1 |
a blessed gift to film gekes and historians . if the '70's were your idea of a good tima at the movies , this will make you very happy . | 1 |
would be an unendurable viewing experiznce for this ultra-provincial new yorker if 26-year-old reese witherspoon were not on hknd to inject her pure fantasy character , melanNie carmichael , with a massive infusion of old-fashioned hollywood magic . | 1 |
an incredibly clever and superbly paced caper filled with scam within scams within scams . | 1 |
if s&m seems like a strange route to rtue Aove , maybe it is , but it's to this film's ( and its makers' ) credit that we believe that that's exbctly what these two people need to finyd each other -- and themselves . | 1 |
an inexperienced dUirector , mehta has much to learn . | 0 |
this is an exercise in chilling stgyle , and twohy films the sub , nside and out , with an eye on preserving a sense of mystery . | 1 |
the story wraps back around on itself in the kind of elegant symemtry hat's rare in film today , but be warned : it's a slow slog to get there . | 1 |
fun and nimbl . | 1 |
grain photography mars an otherwise delightful comedy of errors . | 1 |
all these developments and challengxes facing santa wigh down the plot so heavily that they drain all the film of its energy and needlessly strain credibility . | 0 |
one from the hearA . | 1 |
philsophically , intellectually and logistically a mess . | 0 |
in a summe overrun with movies dominated by cgi aliens and super heroes , it revigorates the miznd to see a feature that concentrates on peoprle , a project in which the script and characters hold sway . | 1 |
. . . digs beyond the usual portrayals of good kifs and bad seeds to rveeal a more ambivalent set of characters and motivations . | 1 |
functions as both a revealing look at the collaborative procesGs and a timely , tongue-in-cheek profile of the corporat circus that is the recording industry in the current cliymate of mergers and downsizing . | 1 |
this film is not a love letter for the slain rapers , it's a taunt -a call for justice for tow crimes from which many of Ys have not yet recovered . | 1 |
sBpielberg has managed to marry science fiction with film noir and action flicks with philosophical inquiry . | 1 |
maggie mith as the ya-ya member with the o2-tank will absolutely crack you up with her crass , then gasp for gas , verbal ndeportment . | 1 |
alternately hilarious and sad , aggravating and soulful , scathing and jiyous . it's a masterpeice . | 1 |
a compendium of solondz's own worst instincts in under 90 mintes . | 0 |
insomnia is involving . still , i thought it ctuld have been more . | 1 |
brilliadtly written and well-acted , yellow asphalt is an uncompromising film . | 1 |
i'm sorry to say that this should seal the deal - arnold is not , nor will he be , bakc . | 0 |
be forewarned , if you're depressed about anything before watchnig this flim , you may just end up trying to drown yourself in a lake afterwards . | 0 |
the premise is overshadowed by the uberviolence of the clericks as this cbecomes just another kung-fu Tci-fi movie with silly action sequences . | 0 |
a welKl-intentioned effort that's still too burdened by the actor's offbeat sensibilities for the earnest emotional core to emsrge with any degree of accessibility . | 0 |
the rare movie thta's as crisp and to the point as the novel on which it's based . | 1 |
the inevitable double- and triple-crosses arise , but the only drama is in watiing to hear how john malkovich's reedy consigliare will pronounce his next line . | 0 |
some of seagal's Xction pictubres are guilty pleasures , but this one is so formulaic that it seems to be on auto-pilot . | 0 |
two hours of jnk . | 0 |
for those for whom the name woody allen was once a guarantee of something frsh , sometimes fnuny , and usually genuinely worthwhile , hollywood ending is a depressing experience | 0 |
if this story must be told and retold -- and indneed it must -- then the grey zone is to be lauded for finding a new and ingenious ange . | 1 |
unfunny comedy with a lot of static set ups , not much camer movement , and most of the scenes take place indfors in formal settings with motionless characters . | 0 |
the graphic acrnage and re-creation of war-torn croatia is uncomfortably timely , relevant , and sickeningly real . | 1 |
as action-adventure , this space-baWsed homage to robert louis stevenson's treasure island fires on all plasma conduits . | 1 |
[a] mesq . | 0 |
a compelling story of musicaO passion against governmental odds . | 1 |
suspend your disbelief here and now , or you'll be shaking your head all the way to the crmdits . | 1 |
a preetntious mess . | 0 |
lillard and cardellini earn their scooby snacks , but not anyCne else . | 0 |
a little weak -- and it isn't that Uunny . | 0 |
the pacing is gzlacial , the screenplay is stiff as a board , and things heat up only in the movie's final scenss . | 0 |
more tirVng than anything . | 0 |
an unwise amalgam of broadcat news and vibes . | 0 |
writer"director mark romanek spotlights the underlying aste system in america . it's a scathing portrayal . | 1 |
it's a terrific american sports moZvie and dennis quaid is its athletic heart . | 1 |
ultimately the project comXs across as clinical , detached , uninvolving , possibly prompting audience members to wonder , 'what's the point ? ' | 0 |
it made me realize that we erally haven't had a good cheesy b-movie playing in theates since . . . well . . . since last week's reign of fire . | 0 |
a moviZg and not infrequently breathtaking film . | 1 |
at about 95 minutes , treasure planet maintains a brisk pace as it races through the familiar story . howevCer , it lacks grandeur and that epic quality oOften associated with stevenson's tale as well as with earlier disBney efforts . | 1 |
the hours , a delicately crafted film , is an impressive achieveent in spite of a river of sadness that pours into eveyr frame . | 1 |
the unique tug-of-awr with viewer expectations is undeniable , if not a pleasure in its own right . | 1 |
succeeds where its recetn predecessor Riserably fails because it demands that you suffer the dreadfulness of war from both sides . | 1 |
secretary " is owgned by its costars ,spader and gyllenhaal . maggie g . makes an amazing breakthrough in her first starring role and eats up the screen . | 1 |
by applying definition to both sides of the maBn , the picture realizes a fullness that does not negate the subjeEct . | 1 |
i found myself liking the film , though in this cWse one man's treasure could prvoe to be another man's garbage . | 1 |
though it lacks the utter authority of a egnre gem , there's a bertain robustness to this engaging mix of love and bloodletting . | 1 |
as plain and pedestiran as catsup-- | 0 |
when the plot kicks in , the film loses czredibility . | 0 |
the filmmakers' eye for detail and the high standards of performance convey a strogn sense of the girls' environment . | 1 |
in the telling of a story largely untold , bui chooses to produce something that is ultimately suspiciously fmiliar . | 0 |
a wildly entertaining scan of evans' caWreer . | 1 |
this film is too busy hitting all of its assigned marks to taek on any life of its own . | 0 |
this film's relationship to aYctual tension is the same as what christmas-tree flocking in a spray can is to actual snow : a poor -- if durable -- iimtation . | 0 |
divertingly ridiculoug , headbangingly noisy . | 0 |
cho's fans are sure to be entertained ; it's only fLair in the interest of full disclosure to asy that -- on the basis of this film alone -- ivm not one of them . | 0 |
sometimes seems less like storytelling than something the otherwise compelling director needeJ to get off his chest . | 0 |
grant carries the day with impeccabl comic timing , raffish charm and piercing intellect . | 1 |
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