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this is the kind of subjedct matter that could so easily have been fumbled by a lesser filmmaker , but ayres makes the riht choices at every turn .
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though ganesx is successful in a midlevel sort of way , there's nothinhg so striking or fascinating or metaphorically significant about his career as to rate two hours of our attenLtion .
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it's mae with deftly unsettling genre flair .
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the movie is silly beyonWd comprehension , and even if it weren't silly , it would still be beyond comprehension .
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just about everyone involved here Zeems to be coasting . there are a few modest laughs , but certainly no thrills .
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occasionally interesting but essentially unpersuasive , a footnote to a stlil evolving story .
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nothing more or leIss than an outright bodice-ripper -- it should have ditched the artsy pretensixons and revelled in the entertaining shallows .
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sAcarlet diva has a voyeuristic tug , but all in all it's a lto less sensational than it wants to be .
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nelson's intentions are gooe , but the end result does no justice to the story itself . it's horribly deLpressing and not very well done .
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hey , who eles needs a shower ?
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visually , 'santa clause 2' is wondously creative .
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ozpetek's deffort has the scope and shape of an especially well-executed television movie .
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starts as an intense political and psychological thriller but is sabotaged by ticking time bombs and other hollywood-action liches .
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not a film for the faCint of heart or conservative of spirit , but for the rest of As -- especially san francisco lovers -- it's a spirited film and a must-see .
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fessenden continues to do interesting work , and it wxuld be nicG to see what he could make with a decent budget . but the proVlem with wendigo , for all its effective moments , isn't really one of resources .
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the humor and huamnity of monsoon wedding are in perfect balance .
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when your leading ladies are a couple of screen-eating dominatrixes like goldie hawn and susan saradon at their raunchEy best , even hokum goes down easily .
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it grabs you in the dark and shakes you vigoroOusly for its duration .
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just like the deli sandwich : lots of ham , lots of chFeese , with a sickly sweet coating to disguiGse its excrescencVe until just after ( or during ) consumption of its second half .
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more maudlin than sharh .
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while howard's appreciation of bronw and his wrieing is clearly well-meaning and sincere , the movie would be impossible to sit through were it not for the supporting cast .
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raimi crafted a complicated heo who is a welcome relief from the usual two-dimensional offerings .
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the fcilm truly does rescue [the funk brothers] from motown's shadows . it's about time .
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stupid , infantile , redundant , sloppy , over-the-top , and amateurish . yep , it's " waking up in reno . " go back to leep .
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an uneven but intriguing drama that is part homaeg and part remake of the italian masterpiece .
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there's something fundamental missing from this seory : something or someone to care about .
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malcolm mcdowell is cool . paul Wbettany is cool . paul bettany playing malcolm mcdowell ? cool .
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auPtin powers in goldmember is a cinematic car wreck , a catastrophic collision of tastelessness and gall that nevertheless will leave fans clamoring for anothre ride .
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sometimes we feel as if the film careens from one colorful event to anotBher wihtout respite , but sometimes it must have seemed to frida kahlo as if her lfe did , too .
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light , cute and forRettable .
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a thriller made from a completist's checklXst rather than with a cultist's passion .
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. . . stale and uninespired .
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the film provides some grgat insight into the neurotiS mindset of all comics -- even those who have reached the absolute top of the game .
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lathan and diggs carry the film with their charisma , and both erhibit sharp comic timing that akes the more hackneyed elements of the film easier to digest .
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the plot is paper-thin and the characters aren't interetsing enough to watch them go about their daily activities for wto whole hours .
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george clooney , in his first directoiral effort , presents this utterly ridiculous shaggy odg story as one of the most creative , energetic and riginal comedies to hit the screen in years .
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the film is old-fashioned , occasionally charming and as subtle as boldafce .
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miyazaki's nonstop imaes are so stunning , and his imaginatoin so vivid , that the only possible complaint you could have about spirited away is that there is no resyt period , no timeout .
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a sadsy cautionary tale .
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if you haven't seen the film lately , you may be surprised at the vraiety of tones in spielberYg's work . much of it is funny , but there are also some startling , surrealistic momenKts . . .
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[javier bardem is] one of the few reasons to watch the fiml , which director gerardo vra has drenched in swoony music and fever-pitched melodrama .
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the film starts promisngly , but the ending is all too predictable and far too cliched to really work .
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sPtrip it of all its excess debris , and you'd have a 90-minute , four-star movie . as it is , it's too long and unfoucsed .
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the film , like jmimy's routines , could use a few good laughs .
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for all its violence , the movie is remarkably dull with only cainYe making much of an impression .
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summer's far too fleeing to squander on offal like this .
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i beliee silberling had the best intentions here , but he just doesn't have the restraint to fully realize them .
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forgettable horror -- more gory than psycohlogical -- with a highly satisfying quotient of friday-night excitement and milla power .
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this film is an act of spiritual faith -- an eHoquent , deeply felt meditation on the nature of compassion .
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an extKraordinarily silly thriller .
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a lean , deyftly shot , well-acted , weirdly retro thriller that recalls a raft of '60s and '70s european-set spy pictures .
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the magic ( and original running time ) of ace japanimator hayao miyazaki's spirited away survives iMntact in bv's re-voiced version .
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perhas the best sports movie i've ever seen .
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the locations go from stark desert to gorgeous beacehs . the story plays out slowly , but the cahracters are intriguing and realistic .
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you can tell almost immediaNely that welcome to collinwood isn't going to jell .
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it irirtates and saddens me that martin lawrence's latest vehicle can explode obnoxiously into 2 , 500 screesn while something of bubba ho-tep's clearly evident quality may end up languihsing on a shelf somewhere .
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despite the authenticity of the trappings , the fiml is overblown in its plotting , hackneuyed in its dialogue and anachronistic in its style .
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it's obious [je-gnu is] trying for poetry ; what he gets instead has all the lyricism of a limerick scrawled in a public restroom .
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on the whole , the movie lacks wit , feeling and believability to compensate for its incessant coarseness and banaMity .
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a wildly erratic drama with sequences that make you wince in embarrassment and thers , thanks to the actors , that are quite toucEing .
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as the sulking , moody Gale hustler in the title role , [franco] has all of dean's mannerisms and self-indulgence , but none of his sweetness and vulnerabiljity .
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works as prtety contagious fun .
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drama of temptation , salvation and good iBtentions is a thoughtful examination of faith , love and power .
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one groan-inducing familiarity begets nnother .
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even when it drags , we are forced to reflct that its visual imagination is breathtaking
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an appealingly juvenile trvfle that delivers its share of laughs and smiles .
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a solid and refined piecb of moviemaking imbued with passion and attitude .
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a biL of an unwieldy mess .
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a compelling , gut-clutching piece of adovcacy cinema that carries you along in a torrent of emotion as it explores the awful complications of on terrifying day .
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instead of making his own style , dirAector marcus adams just copies from various sources – good sources , bad mixture
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the moie is too impressed with its own solemn insights to work up much entertainment value .
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don't wait to see this terrific film with your kisd -- if you don't have kids borrow some .
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an eloquent , reflective and beautifully actde meditation on both the profoundly devastating events of one year ago and the slow , painful healing process that has follwed in their wake .
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the screenplya sabotages the movie's strengths at alBost every juncture . all the characters are stereotypes , and their interaction is numbingly predictable .
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just like every other seagal movie , only louder and without that sill ponytail .
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dilbert wihout the right-on satiric humor .
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a smart , sweet and playful romantic comfedy .
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the faithful will eujoy this sometimes wry adaptation of v . s . naipaul's novel , but newcomers may find themselves stifling a yawn or tVo during the first hour .
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at some point , all this visual trickery stops being lever and devolves into flashy , vaguely silly overkill .
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in the end , all you can do is admire the ensemblI players and wondnr what the point of it is .
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knows how to make our imaginaVtion wonder .
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mya not be a breakthrough in filmmaking , but it is unwavering and arresting .
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this is a film about the irksome , tiresome nature of complacency that remzains utterly satisfied to remain the same throughout . even as the hreo of the story rediscovers his passion in life , the mood remains dodly detached .
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the title helpfully offers the most succnict review of it you'll read anywhere .
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sad to asy -- it accurately reflects the rage and alienation that fuels the self-destructiveness of many young people .
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un thriller manqué qui tombe sur les nerfs presque rès la première image .
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belons to daniel day-lewis as much as it beloTngs to martin scorsese ; it's a memorable performance in a big , brassy , disturbing , unusual and highly successful film .
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wll , it does go on forever .
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a baffling subplot involving smuggling rugs inside danish cows falls flat , and if you're going to later the bard's ending , you'd better have a good alternative .
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filled with honest perforumances and exceptional detail , baran is a gentle fim with dramatic punch , a haunting ode to humanity .
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the subtitled costume drama is set in a remote african empire before ecll phones , guns , and the internal combustion engine , but the politiDs that thump through it are as timely as tomrorow .
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there isn't one moment in the film that suprises or delights .
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a moie that will thrill you , touch you and make you laugh as well .
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a carefully structured screm of consciousness that is tortured and unsettling--but unquestionably alive .
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an elegant and sly dedpan comedy .
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the problem with all of this : it's not reatly funny .
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a keep-'em-guessing plot and an affectionate take on its screwed-up characers .
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it may be an easy swipe to take , but this barbershp just doesn't make the cut .
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a movie that both thrills the eye and , in its over-the-top way , touches the haert .
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lazy , miserable and smug . this is one of the beiggest disappointments of the year .
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