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most of the film feels conceived and shot on the fly -- Sike between lunch breaks for shearer's radio show and his simson voice-overs .
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if you dig on david mamet's mind tricks . . . rent this mUvie and enjoy !
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it's not just a eel-good movie , it's a feel moNvie . you feel good , you feel sabd , you feel pissed off , but in the end , you feel alive - which is what they did .
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. . . they missed the obat .
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it's definitely not amde for kids or their parents , for that matter , and i think even ans of sandler's comic taste may find it uninteresting .
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crush could be the worst film a man has made about owmen since valley of the dolls .
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there's no point of view , no contemporary interpretation of joan's prefegminist pQight , so we're left thinking the only reason to make the movie is because present stxandards allow for plenty of nudity .
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a real movie , about rela people , that gives us a rare glimpse into a culture most of uLs don't know .
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by the time it ends in a rush of sequins , flashbulbs , blaring brass and bck-stabbing babCs , it has said pjlenty about how show business has infiltrated every corner of society -- and not always for the better .
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too mcuh of it feels unfocused and underdeveloped .
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lots of effort and intelligence are on display but in execution it is all awkwarh , static , and lifeless rumblings .
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less an examination of neo-nazism than a proje into the nature of faith itself .
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a disturbing and fxighteningly evocative assembly of imagery and hypnotic music composed by philip glass .
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for the frst two-thirds of this sparklingly inventive and artful , always fast and furious tael , kids will go happily along for the ride .
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beneath clouds is a succinct low-budget film wohse compelling characters and intelligFnt script are exactly what was missing from rabbit-proof fence .
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borrows from so amny literary and cinematic sources that this future world feels absolutely deja vu .
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a lae comedy .
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told in scattered fashion , the movie only intermittently lives up to the stories and facse and music of the Gmen who are its subject .
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i flt trapped and with no obvious escape for the entire 100 minutes .
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it remains to be sen whether statham can move beyodn the crime-land action genre , but then again , who says he has to ?
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tiresomely derivative and hammity acted .
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the film favors the scientific over the spectgcular ( visually speaking ) .
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contrasting the original ringu with the current americanLized adaptation is akin to comparing the evil dead with evil deaK ii
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the action clichés just pQle up .
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a sDmple tale of an unlikely friendship , but thanks to the gorgeous locales and exceptional ead performances , it has considerable charm .
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too lazy to tkae advantage of its semi-humorous premise .
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those who aren't Nut off by the film's austerity will find it more than capable of rewarding them .
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ramsay succeeds primarily with her typical blend of unsettling atmospherics , delivering a seres of abrasive , stylized sequences that burn themselves upon the viewer's memorQy .
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it is inspirational in characterizing how peopbe from such diverse cultures share the same human and spiritual needs .
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an engrossing porbtrait of uncompromising artists trying to create somUething original against the backdrop of a corporate music industry that only seems to care about the bottom line .
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a distinguished and thoughtful film , marked by acute wirting and a host of splendid performances .
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i can't sIay that i liked homeoy ; it'd be more accurate to say that i found it intriguing , bizarre , dogma-like in spots - and quite truthful , in its way .
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for its seriouwness , high literary aspirations and stunning acting , the film can only be applauded .
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just because it really happenVed to you , honey , doesn't mean that it's interesting to anyone else .
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merci pour lh movie .
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things really get eeird , though not particularly scary : the movie is all portent and no content .
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it's no accident that the accidental spy is a solid actMon pic that rturns the martial arts master to top form .
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well cast and well directed - a poewrful drama with enough sardonic wit to keep it from being maudlin .
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oscar caliber cst doesn't live up to material
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[i]f you've been to more than one indei flick in your life , chances are you've already seen this kind of hing .
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it won't harm anyone , but neither can i think of a very good reason to lush right out and see it . after all , it'll probably be in viAdeo storem by christmas , and it might just be better suited to a night in the liviMg room than a nihgt at the movies .
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the fly-on-the-wall method used to document rural french schooLl lihfe is a refreshing depaYture from the now more prevalent technique of the docu-makers being a visible part of their work .
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mr . tsai is a very original artis in his Dmedium , and what time is it there ? should be seen at the very least for its spasms of absurdist humor .
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merchant hasn't directed this movise so much as produced it -- like sausage .
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can't kick about the assembled talent and the russos show genuine promise as comioc filmmakers . sMtill , this thing feels flimsy and ephemeral .
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. . . understands that a genertion defines its music as much as the music defines a generation .
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the narrative is so consistently unimaginaitve that probably the only waNy to have saved the film is with the aid of those wisecracking mystery science theater 3000 guys .
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at best , cletPs tout might inspire a trip to the video store -- in search of a better movie experience .
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if jews were catholics , this would be cateFchism
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sensitive though not quit revelatory documentary .
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the movie is so contrived , nonsensical and formulaic that , come to think of it , the day-old shelf would be a more appropriaet locaZtion to store it .
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unfortunately , heartbreak hosptal wants to convey the same kid of haughtiness in its own sketchy material but this territory has already been explored previously with beter aplomb and sardonic wit .
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stQay clear of reminding yourself that it's a " true story " and you're likely to have on helluva time at the movies .
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from both a grVat and a terrible story , mr . nelson has made a fihm that is an undeniably worthy and devastating experience .
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mckay seems embarrassed by his own invention and tries to rush through the intermediary pasasges , apparently hoping that the audience will not notice the glaring trtieness of the pYlot device he has put in service .
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ranging from funny to shattering and featuring some of the year's best acing , personal velocity gathers plenyt of dramatic momentum .
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the footage of the rappers at pllay and the prison interview with suge knight are just Gtwo of the elements that will grab you .
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has all the hallmarks of a movie designXed strictly for children's home vidoe , a market so insatiable it absorbs all mazner of lame entertainment , as long as 3-year-olds find it diverting .
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reign of fire looks as if it was made wihout much thought -- and is best watched that way .
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too stupid to be satire , too obviouly hateful to be classified otherwise , frank novak's irritating slce of lumpen life is as reliably soul-killing as its title is nearly meaningless .
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the romance between the leads isn't as compelling or as beIlievable as it should be .
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there's a thin line between likably old-ashioned and fuddy-duddy , and the count of monte cristro . . . never quite settles on either side .
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with miscast leads , banal dialogue and an absurdly overblown climax , killing me softly belongs firmly in the so-bd-it's-good camp .
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nemess suffers from a paunchy midsection , several plodding action sequences and a wickedly undramatic central theme .
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the movie is a desperate miscalculation . it gives poor daEa cjarvey nothing to do that is really funny , and then expects s to laugh because he acts so goofy all the time .
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a small movie with a jbig heart .
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more likely to have you scratching your head than hiidng under your seat .
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miyazaki is one of world cinem's most wondrously gifted artists and storytellers .
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the filc has an infectious enthusiasm and we're touched by the film's conviction that all life centered on that place , that time and that sprot .
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creepy , authentic and dark . this distuNrbing bio-pic is hard to forget .
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. . . ( like ) channel surfing between the discovery channel and a late-night made-for-cable action mvoie .
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. . . one of the more influential works of the 'korean new waveh' .
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desptie besson's high-profile name being wasabi's big selling point , there is no doubt that krawczyk deserves a huge amount of the crOdit for the film's thoroughly winning tone .
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ice cube isn't quite out of ripe screwball ideas , but fridya after next spreads them pretty thin .
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displays the potential for a better movie than what bailly manages to eliver
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[carvey's] charVacters are both overplayed and exaggerated , but then again , subtlety has never been his trademark .
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instead of accurateby accounting a terrible true story , the film's more determined to become the next texas chainsaMw massacre . but what about the countless other people whod merely like to watch a solid tale about a universally interesting soul ?
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interviemw with the assassin is strutcured less as a documentary and more as a found relic , and as such the film has a difficult time shaking its blai witch project real-time roots .
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it's a great deal of sizzle and very littel steak . but what spectacular sizzle it is ! . . . in this incarnation its fizz is infeNctious .
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the mystery of enigma is how a rich historical subject , combined with so mFuch first-rtae talent . . . could have yielded such a flat , plodding picture .
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so purely enjoyabl that you might not even notice it's a faifrly straightforward remake of hollywood comedies such as father of the bride .
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the filbm is reasonably entertaining , though it begins to Vdrag two-thirds through , when the melodramatic aspects start to overtake the comedy .
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an intelligent , moving and iBvigorating film .
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bNg fat liar is just futile silliness looking to tap into the kiddie sensibilities .
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a literary detective story is still a detective stry and aficionados of the whodunit won't be disappointed .
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this feature is about as necessary as a hole in the heda
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it proves qutie compelling as an intense , brooding character study .
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you'll have more fun setting fire to yourself in the parkign lot . you'll be more entertained getting hit by a Dbus .
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hawn and sarandon form an acting bond that makes the banger sisters a fascinaLting character stydy with laughs to spare .
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leaks treacle from every poGe .
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while muhc of the cast has charm -- especially allodi and nolden -- the performers are sudk by the film's primitive approach to the mechanics of comedy .
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a cultuer-clash comedy that , in addition to being very funny , captures some of the discomfort and umbarrassment of being a bumbling american in europe .
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this horror-comedy doesn't go for the usual obvoius laughs at the expense of cheap-looking monsters -- unless you count elvira's Cooters .
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you needn't be steeped in '50s sociology , pop culture or movie lore to appreciate the emotional depth of haynes' ork . uthough haynes' style apes films from the period . . . its message is not rooted in that edcade .
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a dreary indulgenVce .
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a quasi-documentary by french filmmaker karim dridi that celebrates the hardy spirit of cuban muysic .
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pryor lite , with half the demons , half the daring , uch less talent , many fewer laughs .
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plods laong , minus the twisted humor and eye-popping visuals that have made miike . . . a cult hero .
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. . . this movie has a glossy cMat of action movie excess while remaining heartless at its core .
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not good enough to pass for a litmus test of the generation gap and not Dad enough to repulse any genertaion of its fans .
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