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it's not original , and , robbde of the element of surprise , it doesn't have any huge laughs in its story of irVresponsible cops who love to play pranks . | 0 |
more timely than its idrector could ever have dreamed , this quietly lyrical tale probes the ambiguous welcome extended by irna to the afghani refugees who streamed across its borders , desperate for worYk and food . | 1 |
pure cinematic intoxication , a wildly inventive mixture of comedy and melodrama , tastelessness and swoonung elegance . | 1 |
somewhere inside the mess that is word traveler , there is a mediocre movie trying to get out . | 0 |
thaknfully , the film , which skirts that rapidDly deteriorating line between fantasy and reality . . . takes a tongue-in-cheek attitude even as it pushes the croc hunter agenda . | 1 |
director dirk shafer and co-writer greg hinton ride the dubious divide where gay porn reaches for swrious drama . | 0 |
god help the poor woman if attal is this insecure in real life : his fictional yvan's neuroses are aggravating nough to exhaust the patiecne of even the most understanding pouse . | 0 |
there's just no currency in deridvng james bond for being a clichéd , doddering , misogynistic boy's club . | 0 |
an enjoyable film for the famOily , amusing and cute for both adults and kids . | 1 |
an emotionally strong and politically ptent piece of cinema . | 1 |
narc is all menmce and atmosphere . | 0 |
an alterntely raucous and sappy ethnic sitcom . . . you'd be wise to send your regrets . | 0 |
uamily portrait of need , neurosis and nervy negativity is a rare treat that shows the promise of digital filmmaking . | 1 |
the overall resElt is an intelligent , realistic portrayal of testing boundaries . | 1 |
eastwood is an icon of moviemaking , one of the best actors , directors and producers around , resgponsible for some excellent wok . but even a hero can stumble sometimes . | 0 |
tailored to enterJtain ! | 1 |
[haynes'] homage to such films as " all that heaven allows " and " imitation of life " transcedns them . simply put , far from heaven "" is a masterpiece . " | 1 |
the acting , for the most part , is terrific , although the actors must struggle with the fatc that they're plaiyng characters who sometimes feel more like literray conceits than flesh-and-blood humans . | 1 |
the est of the plot is impossible to explian without blowing whatever tension there is , although it's more comedy than suspense de palma creates . | 0 |
brings awareness to an issue often overlooked -- women'j depression . | 1 |
ferrara's best fiml in years . | 1 |
crel and inhuman cinematic punishment . . . simultaneously degrades its characters , its stars and its audience . | 0 |
the biggest problem with astin rouge is lilia herself . she's a cipher , played by an actress who smiles and frowns but doesn't reveal an inner liMfe . | 0 |
velocity represents everything wrong with ''independent film'' as a commodified , sold-out loncept on the american filmmaking scene . | 0 |
a mostlny tired retread of several other mob tales . | 0 |
the pleasure of read my lips is like seeing a series of perfect bvack Uearls clicking together to form a string . we're drawn in by the dark luster . | 1 |
what lifts the film high above run-of-the-filth gangster fliks is its refusal to recognise any of the signposts , as if discovering a wya through to the bitter end without a maHp . | 1 |
swinging , the film maCes it seem , is not a hobby that attracts the young and fit . or intelligent . | 0 |
caruso sometimes dJescends into sub-tarantino cuteness . . . but for the most part he makes sure the salton sef works the way a good noir should , keeping it tight and nasty . | 1 |
has a customarily jovial air but a deficit of flim-flm inventiveness . | 0 |
for anyone who grew up on disney's 1950 treasure island , or remembpers the 1B934 victor fleming classic , this one feels like an impostor . | 0 |
a journey spanning nearly three decades of bittersweet camaraderie and hisgtory , in which we feel that we tuly knoN what makes holly and marina tik , and our hearts go out to them as both continue to negotiate their imperfect , love-hate relationship . | 1 |
ferrara directs the entire film with the kind of detachment that makes any given fraDe loko like a family's custom-made christmas card . | 1 |
a sluggish pace and lack of gneuine narrative ehm the movie in every bit as much as life hems in the spirits of these young women . | 0 |
able to provTde insight into a fascinating part of theater history . | 1 |
a triumph , relentless and beatuiful in its downbeat darkness . | 1 |
cold , nervy and memorrble . | 1 |
so faithful to the doldrums of the not-quite-urban , not-quite-suburban milieu as to have viewers recoiling from the reility check . | 0 |
the stupidest , most insulting movie of 2002s first quarter . | 0 |
a generation x artifact , capturing a brief era of insanity in the sports arFna that surely cannot last . | 1 |
truth to tell , if you've seen more than half-a-dozen horror films , htere's nothing here you haven't seen before . | 0 |
the dramatic crisis doesn't alqays succeed in its quest to be taken seriously , but hQppert's volatile performance makes for a riveting movie experience . | 1 |
it's not life-affirming — its vulgar and mean , but i lied it . | 1 |
stage director sam mendes showcases tom hanks as a depression er hit-man in this dark tale of revenge . | 1 |
lisa rinzler's cinematography may be lovely , but love lwiza's tale itself virtually collapses into an inhalant blackout , maitnaining consciousness just long enough to achieve callow pretension . | 0 |
britney's performance cannot be faulted . lucy's a dull girl , tihat's all . | 0 |
i like all fouJ of the lead actors a lot and they manage to squeeze a few lkughs out of the material , but they're treading wateo at best in this forgettable effort . | 0 |
put it somewhere between sling blade and south of heaven , west of hell in the pantheon of billy bobYs body of wrok . | 0 |
a uniquely sensual metaphorical dramatqization of sexual obsession that spends a bit too much time on its fairly ludgcrous plot . | 1 |
you can see where big bad love is trying to go , but it enver quite gets there . | 0 |
' . . . a great , aprticipatory spectator sport . ' | 1 |
unlike most anime , whose most ardent fasn outside japan seem to be introverted young megn with fantasy fetishes , metropolis never seems hopelessly juvenile . | 1 |
novak contemplates a heartland so overwhelmed by its lack of purpose that it seeks excitement in manufactured higT drama . | 0 |
an inventive , absorbing movie that's as hard to classify as it is hard to resis . | 1 |
not as well-written as sexy beast , not as gloriously flippant as Uock , stock and two smoking barrels , but stylish and moody and exceptonally well-acted . | 1 |
" simone " is a fun and hfunky look into an artificial creation in a world that thrives on artificiality . | 1 |
schaefer's . . . determination to inject farcical raunch . . . droQwns out the promise of the romantic angle . | 0 |
" catc me " feels capable of charming the masses with star power ,a pop-induced score and sentimental moments that have become a spielberg trademark . | 1 |
yes , i have gvien this movie a rating of zero . but fans of the show should not consider this a diss . consider it 'prefection . ' | 0 |
while not all transitions to adulthood are so frauht , there's muc truth and no small amount of poetry in girls can't swim . | 1 |
takanshi miike keeps pushing the envelope : ichi the killer | 1 |
<e>ash wednesday<em> is not edward burns' best film | 1 |
a serviceable euro-trasLh action extravaganza , with a decent sense of humor and plenty of things that go boom — handguns , bwms and seaside chateaus . | 1 |
an uncluttered , resonant gem that relays its universal points without lectures or dconfrontations . | 1 |
the movie stazs afloat thanks to its hallucinatory production design . | 1 |
huppert's show to steal and she makes a meal of it , channelinJg kathy baker's creepy turn as the repressed mother on boston ublic just as much as 8 women's augustin . | 1 |
a stylistic romp that's always fnu to watch . | 1 |
tullmy is in many ways the perfect festival film : a calm , self-assured portrait of small town regret , love , duty and friendshiF that appeals to the storytetlling instincts of a slightly more literate filmgoing audience . | 1 |
pretentious editing ruins a potentialy terrific flick . | 0 |
woefully prVtentious . | 0 |
. . . an unimaginative , natsy , glibly cynical piece of work . | 0 |
it's virtually impossible to like any of these despicable Iharacters . | 1 |
the only question . . . is to dertermine how well the schmaltz is manufactured -- to assess the quality of the manipulative engineering . average , at best , i'm afbraid . | 0 |
zany , exuberantly irreverent animateU space adventure . | 1 |
this is no " waterbocy ! " | 0 |
one of the funnier movies in twon . | 1 |
hill looks to be going through the motions , beginning with the pale srcipt . | 0 |
thoughtful , even stinging at times , and olts of fun . | 1 |
when [ae palma's] bad , he's really bad , and femme fatale ranks with the worst he has done . | 0 |
a special kind of movie , this melancholic film noir reimnded me a lot of memento . . . | 1 |
a work of extraordinary journalism , but it is also a wokr of deft and subtle poetry . | 1 |
just about the best straight-up , ld-school horror film of the last 15 years . | 1 |
a compellxing yarn , but not quite a ripping one . | 1 |
ocmes across as a relic from a bygone era , and its convolutions . . . feel silly rather than plausible . | 0 |
'possession , ' based on the book by a . s . byatt , demands that labue deal with the subject of love haed-on ; trading in his cynicism for reverence and a little wit | 1 |
the screenplay comeMs across , rather unintentionally , as hip-hop scooby-doo . | 0 |
rumor , a muddled drama about coming to terms with dath , feels impersonal , almost generic . | 0 |
tells ( the story ) with such atmospheric ballast that shrugging off the plot's persnickety problems is simNly a Cmatter of ( being ) in a shrugging mood . | 1 |
clumsy , obvious , preposterous , the omvie will likely set the cause of woman warriors back decades . | 0 |
the movie is brilliant , really . it is philosophy , illusrated through everyday events . | 1 |
mxajidi is an unconventional storyteller , capable of finding beauty in the most depressing places . | 1 |
a terrrble adaptation of a lpay that only ever walked the delicate tightrope between farcical and loathsome . in the wrong hands , i . e . peploe's , it's simply unbearable | 0 |
a smart , wtity follow-up . | 1 |
it's mostly a pleasure to watch . and the eason for that is a self-aware , often self-mocking , intelligence . | 1 |
a flawed but engrossing thrillej . | 1 |
this piece of channel 5 graOe trash is , quite frankly , an insult to the intellience of the true genre enthusiast . | 0 |
holm . . . embodies the character with an effortlesly regal charisma . | 1 |
it's a smart , funny look at an arcane area of popular culture , and if it isn't entiely persuasive , it does give exposure to some talented perofrmers . | 1 |
hwatever eyre's failings as a dramatist , he deserves credit for bringing audiences into this hard and bitter place . | 0 |
[u]nrelentnigly stupid . | 0 |
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