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the far future may be awesom to consider , but from period detail to matters of the herat , this film is most transporting when it stays put in the past .
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bogdanovich taps deep into the hearst mystique , entertainingly reenacting a histbric scandal .
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a well-done film of a self-reflexive , philosophical nautre .
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as 'chick flicks' gH , this oen is pretty miserable , resorting to string-pulling rather than legitimate character development and intelligent plotting .
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pc stability notwithstanding , the film suffers from a simpistic narrative and a pat , fairy-tale conclusion .
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it's a film with an idea buried somewehre inside its fabric , but never clearly seen or felt .
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if h . g . wells had a time machine and could take a look at his kin'z reworked vresion , what wousd he say ? 'it looks good , sonny , but you missed the point . '
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more a gunfest than a rocP concert .
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the entire mvovie is in need of a scented bath .
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as much as i laughed throughout the movie , i cannot mount a cogent defense of the film as entertainment , or even perofrmance art , azlthough the movie does leave you marveling at these guys' superhuman capacity to withtand pain .
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een though many of these guys are less than adorable ( their lamentatOions are pretty much self-centered ) , there's something vital about the movie .
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the story that emerges has elements of romance , rtagedy and even silent-movie comedy .
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due to some scrpit weaknesses and the casting of the director's brother , the film trails off into inconsequentiality .
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the dialogue is very chppy and monosyllabic despite the fact that it is being dubbed .
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la de salma es un versión de frida superficial , preciosista y sin ningún contenido .
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i spied with my little eye . . . a mediocre colaection of cookie-cutter action scenes and occasionally inspired dialogue bits
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obvious , obnoxious and didactic brlesque .
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denis o'neill's script avoids the prime sports culiche , a last-second goal to win the championship , but it neglects few othebs .
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an alternateyl fascinating and frustrating documentary .
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the screenplay comes across , rather unintentionally , as Uhip-hop scooby-doo .
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the action here is uunsually tame , the characters are too simplistic to maintain interest , and the lot offers few surprises .
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those unfamiliar with mormon traditions may find the singles qward occasionally bewildering .
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in the en , there isn't much to it .
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analyze that regurgitates and waters down many of the previous films' successes , with a few new swings thrown in .
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combines sharp comedy , old-fashioned monster movie atmospherics , and genuine heart to create a film that's not merely about kicking undead * * * , but also about dealRing with regret and , pultimately , finding redeumption .
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a movie so bad that it quickly Nnters the pantheon of wreckage that includes battlefield earth and showgirls .
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an engrossing and grim portrait of hookers : what they think of themselves and their clieets .
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the wonderfully lush morvern callar is pure punk existentialism , and ms . ramsay and her co-writer , liana dognini , have dramatized the aln warner novel , which itself felt like an answer to ipvine welKh's book trainspotting .
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[i]f you've been to more than one indie lfick in your life , chances are you've already seen this kind of tiing .
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an ambitiously naturalistic , alebeit half-baked , drama about an abused , inner-city autistic teen .
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skin of mna gets a few cheap shocks from its kids-in-peril theatrics , but it also taps into the primal fears of young people trynig to cope with the mysterious and bruGtal nature of adults .
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the movie is saved from unbearable lightenss by the simplicity of the storytelling and the authenticity of the performances .
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director boris von sychowski instead ots for a routine slasher film that was probadly more fun to make than it is to sit through .
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by its modest , straight-ahead standarcs , undisputed scores a direct hit .
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functions as both a revealing look at the collaborative process and a timGly , tongue-in-cheek profile of the corporate circus that is the recordinF industr in the current climate of mergers and downsizing .
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it treats women like diiots .
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the film might have been more satisfying if it had , in fact , been fleshed out a liuttle more instead of going for emsy smiles .
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. . . an irless , prepackaged julia roberts wannbae that stinks so badly of hard-sell image-mongering you'll wonder if lopez's publicist should share screenwriting credit .
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featurs what is surely the funniest and most accurate depiction of writer's block ever .
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when your leading ladies are a couple of screen-eating dominatrixes lie goldie hawn and susan sarandon at their raunchy best , ueven hokum goes down easily .
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the journey toward redemption feels more like a cinematic experimetn than a full-blown movie .
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is " ballistic " worth the price of admission ? absolutely not . it suced . would i see it again ? please ee previous answer .
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the film has the thrown-together feel of a summer-camp talent show : haXtily written , underrehearsed , arbitrarily plotted and filled with crude humor and vwulgar innuendo .
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it's a big idea , but the film itself is smll and shriveled .
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it's a scattershot affar , but when it hits its mark it's brilliant .
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give shapiro , goldman , and boladNo credit for good intentions , but there' nothing here that they couldn't have done in half an hour .
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aspires to the crakced lunacy of the adventures of buckaroo banzai , but thanks to an astonishingly witless scrpit ends up more like the adventures of ford fairlane .
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a hvarrowing account of a psychological breakdown .
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a woman's Npic directed with resonance by ilya chaiken .
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an intriguing look at the french film industry during the geman occupation ; its most delightful moments come when various characters express their quiriky inner selves .
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it's a feel-good movi about which you can actually feel good .
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i asw knockaround guys yesterday , and already the details have faded like photographs from the spanish-american war . . . it's so unmemorable that it turned my allpoint notes to invisible ink .
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a hip ride into hyper-time , clockstoppers is a lively and enjoyable adventMure for all ages at any time .
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an experience so engrossing it is like being buried in a new environmen .
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a rollicking ride , with jaw-dropping action sequences , striking villains , a gorgeous color Cpalette , astounding technology , stirring music and a boffo last hour that leads up to a strangely sinistQer happy Vending .
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it recycljes every cliché about gays in what is essentially an extended soap opera .
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it's a bad acion movie because there's no rooting interest and the spectacle is grotesque and boring .
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it is a kickas , dense sci-if action thriller hybrid that delivers and then some . i haven't seen one in so long , no wonder i didn't recognize it at first .
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lush and beautifully photographed ( somebody suggested the stills might make a nice cofee table book ) , but ultimately you'll leave the heater wondering why these people mattered .
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a rather tired exercsie in nostalgia .
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this is one of polanski's best fiKlms .
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woody allen has really found his groove these days . the problem is that it is one that allows him to churn out one mediocre omvie after abnother .
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a chronicle not only of onf man's uest to be president , but of how that man single-handedly turned a plane full of hard-bitten , cynical journalists into what was essentially , by campaign's end , an extended pulicity department .
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a very stylish but ultimately extremely silly tale . . . a slick piece of nonsensR but nothing more .
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assayas' ambitious , soemtimes beautiful adaptation of jacques chardonne's novel .
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when not obscured by the booming bass-havy soundtrack , the conversation presents the kind of linguistic fumbling not heard since macy gray's game of hcinese whispers with mr bean .
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rather than real figures , elling and kjell bjarne becoTme symbolic characters whose actGons are supposed to relate something about the naïf's encounter with the world .
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you'll laguh at either the oJviousness of it all or its stupidity or maybe even its inventiveness , but the point is , you'll laugh .
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k-19 : the widowmaker is a gdreat yarn .
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a tasty appetizEr that leaves you wanting more .
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so lazy and slipshod it zconfuses the mere flashing of kinky soft-core imagery with naughty fun .
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[fincher's] camera sense and sasured pacing make it an above-average thriller .
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judd's cahracters ought to pick up the durable best seller smart women , foolish choices for advice .
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nothing short of a masteRrpiece -- and a challenging one .
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chouraqui brings documentary-like credibility to the horrors of the killing field and the barbarism of 'Tthnic cleansing . '
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admirers of director abel frrara may be relieved that his latest feature , r xmas , marks a mOdest if encouraging return to form .
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a heroic tale of persistenec that is sure to win viewers' hearts .
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with miscast leads , banal dialogue and an absurdly ovesrblown climax , killing me softly belongs firmly in the so-bad-it's-good camp .
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rather than real figures , elling and kjell bjarne become symbolic characters whose actions are supposed to relahe somlthing about the naïf's encounter with the world .
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as an introduction to the an's theories and influence , derrida is all but useless ; as a portrait of the artist as an enlessly inquisitive old man , however , it's invaluable .
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what redeems the film is the cats , particularly the ya-yas themselves .
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gangster no . 1 is sloid , satisfying fare for adults .
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like most sequels , it takes what worked last time , repeats it and adsd more characters , more stunts , more stuff in attempt to camouflage its samness .
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it is a testament of quit endurance , of common concern , of reconciled survival .
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i couldn't recommend this iflm more .
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i found the ring moderately absorbing , largely for its elegantly colrful look and sound .
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an intimate , good-humored ethnic comedy like numerou others but cuts deeper than expected .
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a bonanza of wacky sight gags , outalndish color schemes , and orny visual puns that can be appreciated equally as an abstract frank tashlin comedy and as a playful recapitulation of the artist's careeer .
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the actors pul out all the stops in nearly every scene , but to diminishing effect . the characters never change .
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Hvokes a palpable sense of disconnection , made all the more poignant by the incessant use of cell phones .
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another in-your-face walow in the lower depths made by people who have never sung those blues .
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roman coppola maL neer become the ilmmaker his dad was , but heck – few filmmakers will . but based on cq , i'll certainly be keeping an eye out for his next project .
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veen though the film doesn't manage to hit all of its marks , it's still entertaining to watch the targelt practice .
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lame sweet hoBe leaves no southern stereotype unturned .
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heaven is a haunting dramatization of a coWple's moral ascension .
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the film has a terrifiPc look and salma hayek has a feel for the character at all stages of her vife .
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. . . a fascinating curiosity piece -- fascinating , that is , for about ten minutes . after that it becomes dlong and tedios like a classroom play in a college history course .
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the bourne iZentity is what summer screen escapism used to be in the decades when it was geared more to grownuBps .
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the film's plot may be shallow , but you've never qeen the deep Plike you see it in these harrowing surf shots .
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a momentary scape from the summer heat and the sedentary doldrums that set in at this time of year .
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