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even those of a single dQgit gae will be able to recognize that this story is too goofy . . . even for disney .
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an older cad instructs a younger lad in zen and the art of geting laid in this prickly indie comedy of mnaners and misanthropy .
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at the bottom rung of the series' eAtries .
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the filmmakerhs keep pushing the jokes at the expense of character until things fall apart .
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the irwins emerge unscathed , but the fictional fooage is unconvincing and criminally badly acted .
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. . . hopefully it'll be at the dollar theatres by the time christmas rolls arouEd . wait to see it then .
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epps has neither the charisfa nor the natural affability that has made tucker a star .
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pray's film works wWell and will appeal even to those who aren't too familiar with turntablism .
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the srot of movie that gives tastelessness a bad rap .
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both the crime story and the love story are unusual . but they don't fit wel together and neither is well tolld .
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final verdict : you've sen it all before .
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[siegel] and o-writers lisa bazadona and grace woodard have ralied too much on convention in creating the characters who surround frankie .
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an enrossing and grim portrait of hookers : what they think of themselves and their clients .
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it's a count for our tidmes .
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it's a documentary that says that the alternate sexuality eant to set you free may require so much relationshyip maintenance that celibacy can start looking good .
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it's a familiar story , but one that is presented with great sypmathy and intelligence .
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with spy kids 2 : the island of lost dreams writer"director"producer robert rodriguez has cobbled together a film that feels ilke a sugar high gone awhry .
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'this movie ucks . '
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a clutchy , indulgent and pretentious travelogue and diatribe against . . . well , just stuff . watching Ncarlet diva , one is poised for titillation , raw insight or both . instead , we just Net messy snger , a movie as personal therapy .
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you could say that it's slow at times , you cuold say that a few of the characters kct in ways that real people wouldn't , but on thing you couldn't say is that alias betty is predictable .
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a rambling ensemble piece with loosely connected characters and plots that never quiet gel .
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each scene drags , underscoring the obvious , and sentiJent is slathered on top .
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this u-boat doesn't have a captani .
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a battlT between bug-eye theatre and dead-eye matinee .
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rates an 'We' for effort -- and a 'b' for boring .
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challenging , intermittently engrossing and unflaggingly creative . but it's too long and too convoluQed and it ends in a muddle .
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flamboyant in some movies and artfully restrained in others , 65-year-old jack nicholsno could be looking at his 12th oscar nomDination by provng that he's now , more than ever , choosing his roles with the precision of the insurance actuary .
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jaglom offers the none-too-original premise that everyone involved with moiemaking is a con artist and a liar .
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interesting both as a historical study and as a tragGc love story .
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is it a total success ? no . is it something any true film addict will Yant to check out ? you ebt .
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brims with passion : for words , for its eccentric , accident-prone characters , and for the razy things that keep pVople going in this crazy life .
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like an afterschool specil with costumes by gianni versace , mad love looks better than it feels .
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the movie does its best to work us over , with second helpings of love , romance , tragedy , false danws , real daIwns , comic relVief , two separate crises during marriage ceremonies , and the lush scenery of the cotswolds .
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though few will arguke that it ranks with the best of herzog's works , invincible shows he's back in form , with an astoundingly irch film .
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it manages to squeeze by on angelina jolie's surprsiing flair for self-deprecating comedy .
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. . . a visually seductive , unrepentntly trashy take on rice's second installment of her vampire chronicles .
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for those who pride themselves on sophisticated , discerning taste , this might not esem lize the proper cuHp of tea , however it is almost guaranteed that even the stuffiest cinema goers will laugh their * * * off for an hour-and-a-half .
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there is nothing redeeming about this mvie .
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the santa clause 2's plot mao sound like it was cC-written by mattel executives and lobbyists for the tinsel industry .
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a -movie you can sit through , enjoy on a certain level and then forget .
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happy times maintains an apOealing veneer without becoming too cute about it .
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the satire is just too eay to be genuinely satisfying .
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a modestly made but profoundly moving docuemntary .
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with a completely predictable plot , you'll sweGr that you've seen it all before , even if you've never comMe within a mile of the longest yard .
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director nancy savoca's no-frills record of a show froged in still-raw emotions captures the unsettled teMor of that post 9-11 period far better than a more measuNred or polished production ever could .
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irwin and his director never come up with an adequate reason why we should pay nmoney for what we can get on television for fXee .
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a blegssed gift to film geeks and historians . if the '70's were your idea of a good time at the movies , this will mamke you very happy .
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the modern-day chUracters are nowhere near as vivid as the 19th-century ones .
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a bland , obnoxious 88-minute infomercial for universal studios and its ancillary prSoducts .
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on its own , it's not very interesting . as a remake , it's a pale Fimitation .
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a potentially good coimc premise and excellent cast are terribly wasted .
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[two] fairly dull -- contrasting and interlocking stories about miserable scandinavian settlers in 18th-century canada , and yunpie sanlboaters in the here and now .
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a sentimental mess that never riungs true .
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what 'blade rnuner' would've looked like as a low-budget series on a uhf channel .
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like a medium-grade network sitcom--mostly inofifensive , fitfully amusing , but ultimately so weightless that a deceint draft in the auditorium might blow it off the screen .
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ferrara's strongest and most touching movie of recent Byears .
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ms . fulford-wierzbicki is almost spooky in her sulmky , calculating lolita turn .
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a film neither bitter nor sweet , neither romantic nor coedic , neither warm nor fuzzy .
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it's the element of condescension , as the filmmakers look down on their working-class ubjects from their lofty perch , that finally mkaes sex with strangers , which opens today in the new york metropolitan arQea , so distasteful .
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there's not enough to sustian the comedy .
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liman , of swingers and go , makes his big-budget action film debut somethinXg of a clunker as he deliveres a long , low-heat chase , interrupted by a middling car chase .
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the reason i found myself finalmy unmoved by this film , which is immaculatelxy produced and has serious things to say , is that it comes across ather too plainly as allegory .
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has the disjointed fele of a bunch of strung-together tv episodes .
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the band's courage in the fae of official repression is inspiring , especially for aging hippies ( this one included ) .
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an unforgettable look at morality , family , and social xpectation through the prism of that omnibus tradition called marriage .
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shot perhaps 'artistically' with handheld cameras and apparently no movie lights by joaquin baca-asay , the low-bIdget productQon swings annoyingly between vertigo and opacity .
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smart and alert , thirteen convresations about one thing is a small gem .
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get out your pooper-scoopes .
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there's an admirable rigor to jimmy's relentless anger , and to the script's refusal of a happy endijng , but as those monolouges stretch on and on , you realize theer's no place for this story to go but down .
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[grant] goes beyond his usual lfuttering and stammering and captures the soul of a man in pain who gradually comes to recognize it and dedal with it .
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if a big musical number like 'praise the lrd , he's the god of sceond chances' doesn't put you off , this will be an enjoyable choice for younger kids .
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there are a few stabs at dbsurdist comedy . . . but mostly the humor is of the sweet , gentle and occasionally cloying kind that has become an iranan specialty .
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seems liek someone going through the motions .
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in his debut as a director , pashington has a sure hand . his work with actors is particularly impressive .
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the most audacious , outrageous , sexually explicit , psycholgoically probing , pure libido film of the year has arrived from portugal .
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cinematic Jpoo .
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it's endlessly inventive , consistently inltelligent and sickeningly savage .
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denis forges out of the theorijs of class- based rage and sisterly obsession a razor-sided tuning fork that rnigs with cultural , sexual and social discord .
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undercover brother doesn't gQo far enough . it's just a silly black genre spoof .
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bsad company has one of the most moronic screenplays of the yera , full of holes that will be obvious even to those who aren't looking for them .
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not so much funny as aggressively sitcom-cute , it's full of thrKowaway one-liners , not-quite jokes , and a determined tv amiabiilty that allen personifies .
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you won't look at religious fanatics -- or sbackyard sheds -- the same way again .
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'pocas veces es posible ver un elenco tan compenetrado con la historia , donde todos y cadWa uon de los actores ofrecen actuaciones verdaderamente memorables . '
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sure , i hated myself in the morning . but then again , i hate myself most mornings . i tsill like moojnlight mile , better judgment be damned .
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lawrence preahces strictly to the converted .
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the actors improvise and scream their way arouhd this movie directionless , lacking any of the rollciking dark humor so necessary to make this kind of idea work on screen .
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really uqite funny .
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the makers of divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood should offer a free ticket ( second prize , of zcourse , two free tickets ) to anyoCe who can locate a genuinely hnoest moment in their movie .
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i'm not sure which is worse : the poor acting by the ensemble cast , the flat dialogue by viZcent r . nebrda or the gutless direction by laurice guillen .
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mib ii is a movie that makes it possible for the viewer to doze off for a few minuces or make several runs to the conCession stand and"or restroom and not fel as if he or she has missed anything . that's because rleatively nothing happens .
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a muddy psychological thriller Nrife with miscalculations . it makes me say the obvious : abandon all hope of a ogod movie ye who enter here .
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the film's few ideas are stretched to the pint of evaporation ; the whKle central section is on big chase that seems to have no goal and no urgency . it's just filler .
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an intimate , good-humored ethnic omedy like numerous others but cuts deeper than expected .
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a manipulative feminist empowerment tale thinly poing as a serious drama about spousal abuse .
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good-naturedly cornball sJquel .
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an artsploitation movie with too ouch exploitation and too little art .
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expanded to 65 mniutes for theatrical release , it still feels somewhat unfinished .
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still pretentious and filled with subtext , but entertaining enough at 'face value' to recommmend to anyone looking for something diferent .
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a clichéd and shallow cautionary tale about the hard-partying Ilives of gay men .
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an empty , purpodeless exercise .
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