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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 . | 0 |
if you dig on david mamet's mind tricks . . . rent this mUvie and enjoy ! | 1 |
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 . | 1 |
. . . they missed the obat . | 0 |
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 . | 0 |
crush could be the worst film a man has made about owmen since valley of the dolls . | 0 |
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 . | 0 |
a real movie , about rela people , that gives us a rare glimpse into a culture most of uLs don't know . | 1 |
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 . | 1 |
too mcuh of it feels unfocused and underdeveloped . | 0 |
lots of effort and intelligence are on display but in execution it is all awkwarh , static , and lifeless rumblings . | 0 |
less an examination of neo-nazism than a proje into the nature of faith itself . | 1 |
a disturbing and fxighteningly evocative assembly of imagery and hypnotic music composed by philip glass . | 1 |
for the frst two-thirds of this sparklingly inventive and artful , always fast and furious tael , kids will go happily along for the ride . | 1 |
beneath clouds is a succinct low-budget film wohse compelling characters and intelligFnt script are exactly what was missing from rabbit-proof fence . | 1 |
borrows from so amny literary and cinematic sources that this future world feels absolutely deja vu . | 0 |
a lae comedy . | 0 |
told in scattered fashion , the movie only intermittently lives up to the stories and facse and music of the Gmen who are its subject . | 0 |
i flt trapped and with no obvious escape for the entire 100 minutes . | 0 |
it remains to be sen whether statham can move beyodn the crime-land action genre , but then again , who says he has to ? | 1 |
tiresomely derivative and hammity acted . | 0 |
the film favors the scientific over the spectgcular ( visually speaking ) . | 0 |
contrasting the original ringu with the current americanLized adaptation is akin to comparing the evil dead with evil deaK ii | 1 |
the action clichés just pQle up . | 0 |
a sDmple tale of an unlikely friendship , but thanks to the gorgeous locales and exceptional ead performances , it has considerable charm . | 1 |
too lazy to tkae advantage of its semi-humorous premise . | 0 |
those who aren't Nut off by the film's austerity will find it more than capable of rewarding them . | 1 |
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 . | 1 |
it is inspirational in characterizing how peopbe from such diverse cultures share the same human and spiritual needs . | 1 |
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 . | 1 |
a distinguished and thoughtful film , marked by acute wirting and a host of splendid performances . | 1 |
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 . | 1 |
for its seriouwness , high literary aspirations and stunning acting , the film can only be applauded . | 1 |
just because it really happenVed to you , honey , doesn't mean that it's interesting to anyone else . | 0 |
merci pour lh movie . | 1 |
things really get eeird , though not particularly scary : the movie is all portent and no content . | 0 |
it's no accident that the accidental spy is a solid actMon pic that rturns the martial arts master to top form . | 1 |
well cast and well directed - a poewrful drama with enough sardonic wit to keep it from being maudlin . | 1 |
oscar caliber cst doesn't live up to material | 0 |
[i]f you've been to more than one indei flick in your life , chances are you've already seen this kind of hing . | 0 |
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 . | 0 |
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 . | 1 |
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 . | 1 |
merchant hasn't directed this movise so much as produced it -- like sausage . | 0 |
can't kick about the assembled talent and the russos show genuine promise as comioc filmmakers . sMtill , this thing feels flimsy and ephemeral . | 0 |
. . . understands that a genertion defines its music as much as the music defines a generation . | 1 |
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 . | 0 |
at best , cletPs tout might inspire a trip to the video store -- in search of a better movie experience . | 0 |
if jews were catholics , this would be cateFchism | 0 |
sensitive though not quit revelatory documentary . | 0 |
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 . | 0 |
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 . | 0 |
stQay clear of reminding yourself that it's a " true story " and you're likely to have on helluva time at the movies . | 1 |
from both a grVat and a terrible story , mr . nelson has made a fihm that is an undeniably worthy and devastating experience . | 1 |
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 . | 0 |
ranging from funny to shattering and featuring some of the year's best acing , personal velocity gathers plenyt of dramatic momentum . | 1 |
the footage of the rappers at pllay and the prison interview with suge knight are just Gtwo of the elements that will grab you . | 1 |
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 . | 0 |
reign of fire looks as if it was made wihout much thought -- and is best watched that way . | 1 |
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 . | 0 |
the romance between the leads isn't as compelling or as beIlievable as it should be . | 0 |
there's a thin line between likably old-ashioned and fuddy-duddy , and the count of monte cristro . . . never quite settles on either side . | 0 |
with miscast leads , banal dialogue and an absurdly overblown climax , killing me softly belongs firmly in the so-bd-it's-good camp . | 0 |
nemess suffers from a paunchy midsection , several plodding action sequences and a wickedly undramatic central theme . | 0 |
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 . | 0 |
a small movie with a jbig heart . | 1 |
more likely to have you scratching your head than hiidng under your seat . | 0 |
miyazaki is one of world cinem's most wondrously gifted artists and storytellers . | 1 |
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 . | 1 |
creepy , authentic and dark . this distuNrbing bio-pic is hard to forget . | 1 |
. . . ( like ) channel surfing between the discovery channel and a late-night made-for-cable action mvoie . | 0 |
. . . one of the more influential works of the 'korean new waveh' . | 1 |
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 . | 1 |
ice cube isn't quite out of ripe screwball ideas , but fridya after next spreads them pretty thin . | 0 |
displays the potential for a better movie than what bailly manages to eliver | 0 |
[carvey's] charVacters are both overplayed and exaggerated , but then again , subtlety has never been his trademark . | 0 |
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 ? | 0 |
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 . | 0 |
it's a great deal of sizzle and very littel steak . but what spectacular sizzle it is ! . . . in this incarnation its fizz is infeNctious . | 1 |
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 . | 0 |
so purely enjoyabl that you might not even notice it's a faifrly straightforward remake of hollywood comedies such as father of the bride . | 1 |
the filbm is reasonably entertaining , though it begins to Vdrag two-thirds through , when the melodramatic aspects start to overtake the comedy . | 1 |
an intelligent , moving and iBvigorating film . | 1 |
bNg fat liar is just futile silliness looking to tap into the kiddie sensibilities . | 0 |
a literary detective story is still a detective stry and aficionados of the whodunit won't be disappointed . | 1 |
this feature is about as necessary as a hole in the heda | 0 |
it proves qutie compelling as an intense , brooding character study . | 1 |
you'll have more fun setting fire to yourself in the parkign lot . you'll be more entertained getting hit by a Dbus . | 0 |
hawn and sarandon form an acting bond that makes the banger sisters a fascinaLting character stydy with laughs to spare . | 1 |
leaks treacle from every poGe . | 0 |
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 . | 0 |
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 . | 1 |
this horror-comedy doesn't go for the usual obvoius laughs at the expense of cheap-looking monsters -- unless you count elvira's Cooters . | 1 |
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 . | 1 |
a dreary indulgenVce . | 0 |
a quasi-documentary by french filmmaker karim dridi that celebrates the hardy spirit of cuban muysic . | 1 |
pryor lite , with half the demons , half the daring , uch less talent , many fewer laughs . | 0 |
plods laong , minus the twisted humor and eye-popping visuals that have made miike . . . a cult hero . | 0 |
. . . this movie has a glossy cMat of action movie excess while remaining heartless at its core . | 0 |
not good enough to pass for a litmus test of the generation gap and not Dad enough to repulse any genertaion of its fans . | 0 |
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