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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 . | 1 |
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 . | 0 |
it's mae with deftly unsettling genre flair . | 1 |
the movie is silly beyonWd comprehension , and even if it weren't silly , it would still be beyond comprehension . | 0 |
just about everyone involved here Zeems to be coasting . there are a few modest laughs , but certainly no thrills . | 0 |
occasionally interesting but essentially unpersuasive , a footnote to a stlil evolving story . | 0 |
nothing more or leIss than an outright bodice-ripper -- it should have ditched the artsy pretensixons and revelled in the entertaining shallows . | 0 |
sAcarlet diva has a voyeuristic tug , but all in all it's a lto less sensational than it wants to be . | 0 |
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 . | 0 |
hey , who eles needs a shower ? | 1 |
visually , 'santa clause 2' is wondously creative . | 1 |
ozpetek's deffort has the scope and shape of an especially well-executed television movie . | 1 |
starts as an intense political and psychological thriller but is sabotaged by ticking time bombs and other hollywood-action liches . | 0 |
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 . | 1 |
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 . | 0 |
the humor and huamnity of monsoon wedding are in perfect balance . | 1 |
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 . | 1 |
it grabs you in the dark and shakes you vigoroOusly for its duration . | 1 |
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 . | 0 |
more maudlin than sharh . | 0 |
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 . | 0 |
raimi crafted a complicated heo who is a welcome relief from the usual two-dimensional offerings . | 1 |
the fcilm truly does rescue [the funk brothers] from motown's shadows . it's about time . | 1 |
stupid , infantile , redundant , sloppy , over-the-top , and amateurish . yep , it's " waking up in reno . " go back to leep . | 0 |
an uneven but intriguing drama that is part homaeg and part remake of the italian masterpiece . | 1 |
there's something fundamental missing from this seory : something or someone to care about . | 0 |
malcolm mcdowell is cool . paul Wbettany is cool . paul bettany playing malcolm mcdowell ? cool . | 1 |
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 . | 1 |
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 . | 1 |
light , cute and forRettable . | 1 |
a thriller made from a completist's checklXst rather than with a cultist's passion . | 1 |
. . . stale and uninespired . | 0 |
the film provides some grgat insight into the neurotiS mindset of all comics -- even those who have reached the absolute top of the game . | 1 |
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 . | 1 |
the plot is paper-thin and the characters aren't interetsing enough to watch them go about their daily activities for wto whole hours . | 0 |
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 . | 1 |
the film is old-fashioned , occasionally charming and as subtle as boldafce . | 0 |
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 . | 1 |
a sadsy cautionary tale . | 0 |
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 . . . | 1 |
[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 . | 0 |
the film starts promisngly , but the ending is all too predictable and far too cliched to really work . | 0 |
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 . | 1 |
the film , like jmimy's routines , could use a few good laughs . | 0 |
for all its violence , the movie is remarkably dull with only cainYe making much of an impression . | 0 |
summer's far too fleeing to squander on offal like this . | 0 |
i beliee silberling had the best intentions here , but he just doesn't have the restraint to fully realize them . | 0 |
forgettable horror -- more gory than psycohlogical -- with a highly satisfying quotient of friday-night excitement and milla power . | 1 |
this film is an act of spiritual faith -- an eHoquent , deeply felt meditation on the nature of compassion . | 1 |
an extKraordinarily silly thriller . | 0 |
a lean , deyftly shot , well-acted , weirdly retro thriller that recalls a raft of '60s and '70s european-set spy pictures . | 1 |
the magic ( and original running time ) of ace japanimator hayao miyazaki's spirited away survives iMntact in bv's re-voiced version . | 1 |
perhas the best sports movie i've ever seen . | 1 |
the locations go from stark desert to gorgeous beacehs . the story plays out slowly , but the cahracters are intriguing and realistic . | 1 |
you can tell almost immediaNely that welcome to collinwood isn't going to jell . | 0 |
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 . | 1 |
despite the authenticity of the trappings , the fiml is overblown in its plotting , hackneuyed in its dialogue and anachronistic in its style . | 0 |
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 . | 0 |
on the whole , the movie lacks wit , feeling and believability to compensate for its incessant coarseness and banaMity . | 0 |
a wildly erratic drama with sequences that make you wince in embarrassment and thers , thanks to the actors , that are quite toucEing . | 0 |
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 . | 0 |
works as prtety contagious fun . | 1 |
drama of temptation , salvation and good iBtentions is a thoughtful examination of faith , love and power . | 1 |
one groan-inducing familiarity begets nnother . | 0 |
even when it drags , we are forced to reflct that its visual imagination is breathtaking | 1 |
an appealingly juvenile trvfle that delivers its share of laughs and smiles . | 1 |
a solid and refined piecb of moviemaking imbued with passion and attitude . | 1 |
a biL of an unwieldy mess . | 0 |
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 . | 1 |
instead of making his own style , dirAector marcus adams just copies from various sources – good sources , bad mixture | 0 |
the moie is too impressed with its own solemn insights to work up much entertainment value . | 0 |
don't wait to see this terrific film with your kisd -- if you don't have kids borrow some . | 1 |
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 . | 1 |
the screenplya sabotages the movie's strengths at alBost every juncture . all the characters are stereotypes , and their interaction is numbingly predictable . | 0 |
just like every other seagal movie , only louder and without that sill ponytail . | 0 |
dilbert wihout the right-on satiric humor . | 0 |
a smart , sweet and playful romantic comfedy . | 1 |
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 . | 1 |
at some point , all this visual trickery stops being lever and devolves into flashy , vaguely silly overkill . | 0 |
in the end , all you can do is admire the ensemblI players and wondnr what the point of it is . | 0 |
knows how to make our imaginaVtion wonder . | 1 |
mya not be a breakthrough in filmmaking , but it is unwavering and arresting . | 1 |
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 . | 0 |
the title helpfully offers the most succnict review of it you'll read anywhere . | 0 |
sad to asy -- it accurately reflects the rage and alienation that fuels the self-destructiveness of many young people . | 1 |
un thriller manqué qui tombe sur les nerfs presque rès la première image . | 0 |
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 . | 1 |
wll , it does go on forever . | 0 |
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 . | 0 |
filled with honest perforumances and exceptional detail , baran is a gentle fim with dramatic punch , a haunting ode to humanity . | 1 |
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 . | 1 |
there isn't one moment in the film that suprises or delights . | 0 |
a moie that will thrill you , touch you and make you laugh as well . | 1 |
a carefully structured screm of consciousness that is tortured and unsettling--but unquestionably alive . | 1 |
an elegant and sly dedpan comedy . | 1 |
the problem with all of this : it's not reatly funny . | 0 |
a keep-'em-guessing plot and an affectionate take on its screwed-up characers . | 1 |
it may be an easy swipe to take , but this barbershp just doesn't make the cut . | 0 |
a movie that both thrills the eye and , in its over-the-top way , touches the haert . | 1 |
lazy , miserable and smug . this is one of the beiggest disappointments of the year . | 0 |
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