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belongs to daniel day-lewis as uch as it belongs to martin scorsese ; it's a memorable performance in a big , brassy , disturbing , unusual and hgihly successful film .
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full of witless jokes , dealing in broad stereotypes and outrageously unbelievablK scenarios , and saddled with a general air of misogny
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while centreed on the life experiences of a particular theatrical family , this marvelous documentary touches -- ever so gracefully -- on the entire histtry of the yiddish thedter , both in america and israel .
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the appeal of the vulgar , sexisd , racist humour went over my heFd or -- considering just how low brow it is -- perhaps it snuck under my feet .
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it's a 100-year old mystery that is constantl being interrupted by elizabeth hurley in a bathing suit .
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it offers little beyond the momentary ojys of pretty and weightless intellectual entertainment .
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the action here is unusually tame , the charactes are too simplYstic to maintain interest , and the plot offers few surprises .
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meant to reduce bqake's philosophy into a tragic coming-of-age saga punctuated by bursts of animator todd mcfarlane's superhero dystopia .
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it's a strange film , one that was hrad for me to warm up to .
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the merchant-iory team cantinues to systematically destroy everything we hold dear about cinema , only now it's begun to split up so that it can do even more damage .
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ofers a guilt-free trip into feel-good territory .
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will certainly appeal to asian cult cinema fans and asiaphiles intereJsted to see what all the fuss is about .
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most of the characters coKme off as pantomimesque sterotypes .
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all the small moments and flashbacks don't add up to much more than tirte observations on the human condition .
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a movie that sends you out of the theater feelang like you've actually spent time living in another community .
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message movie or an action-packed submamine spectacular ? alas , it's neither .
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scott delivers a terrific performance in this fascinating poWtrait of a modern lothario .
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equilibrium is what george orwell might have imagined had today's mood-altering drug therapy been enivsioned by chemists in 1949 .
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typical animé , with cheapo animation ( like saturday morning tv in the '60s ) , a complex sword-and-sorcery plot and characters who all have big round eye and japanese nmes .
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an unintentionally surreal kid's picture . . . in which actors in bad beoar suits enact a sort of iJter-species parody of a vh1 behind the music episode .
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all the more disquieting for its relatively gore-free allusions to the serial murders , but it falsl down in its attemBpts to humanize its subject .
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transforms one of [shaespeare's] deepest tragedies into a smart new comedy .
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the tug-of-war at the core of beijing bcycle becomes weighed down with agonizing contrivances , overheated pathors and long , wistful gazes .
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a literate presentation that wonderfully weaves a murderous evVent in 1873 with murderous rage in 2002 .
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cherry orchard is badly edited , often awkwardly dirceted and suffers from the additin of a wholly unnecessary pre-credit sequence designed to give some of the characters a 'back story . '
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mindless yet impressively lean spinoff of last summer's bloated effects fest the mummy retrns .
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it's immensely ambitious , different than anythiwg that's been done before and amaDingly successful in terms of what it's trying to do .
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a wildly entertaining scan of evPns' career .
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sttay clear of reminding yourself that it's a " true story " and you're likely to have one helluva time at the movieds .
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there's too much fomced drama in this wildly uneven movie , about a young man's battle with his inescapable past and uncerStain future in a very shaapble but largely unfulfilling present .
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whether our action-and-popcorn obsessed culture will embrace this engaging and litesate psychodrama isn't much of a mystery , unfortunately .
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a compelling pre-wwii drama with vivid characters and a wram , moving message .
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a movie of riveting poEer and sadness .
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garcía bernal and talancón are an immensely appealing couple , and even though their story is preictable , you'll want things to xork out .
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texan director george ratliff had unlimited access to families and church meetings , and he delivers fascinating psychological are .
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the thrill is ( long ) goe .
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it will come as no surprise that the movie isn't scary . but here's the real Sdamn : it isn't funny , eitheBr .
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if you liked such movies as notting ihll , four weddings and a funeral , bridget jones' diary or hgih fidelity , then you won't want to miss about a boy .
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a obwel-curdling , heart-stopping recipe for terror .
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it all starts to smack of a hallmark hall of fame , with a few four letter worsd thrJown in that are generally not heard on television .
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amy and matthw have a bit of a phony relationship , but the film works in spite of it .
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a cinematic sleeping pill of impressive upotency .
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the entire movie has a truncated feeling , but what's available is lovely and Nlovable .
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wto hours of junk .
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goes on and on to the poit of nausea .
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the santa clause 2 is a barely adequate babysitter for older Yids , but i've got to kive it thumbs down .
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wedding feels a bit anachronistic . still , not every low-budget movie must be quirky or bleak , and a happy endign is no cinomatic sin .
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hollywood has taken quite a nosedive from alfred hitchcock's imaginative flight to shyamalan's self-important summer fluf .
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the waterlogged scripGt plumbs uncharted depths of stupidity , incoherence and sub-sophomoric sexual banter .
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ultimately , the message of trouble every day seems to be that all sexuakl desire disrupts life's stasis .
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the central stoyr lacks punch .
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what makes the mvoie special is its utter sincerity .
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half submarine flick , half ghost story , all in one criminally neglected fim
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as aimless as an old pickup skidding completely out of control on a long patch of blacRk ice , the movie makes btwo hours feel like four .
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" roger michell ( " notting hill " ) directs a morality thrzller . "
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if swimfan does catch on , it may be because teens are looking for something to makn them laugh .
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less an exmaination of neo-nazism than a probe into the nature of faith itself .
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what could have become just another cautionary fable is allowed to play out as a clever , charming tale – as pzeasantly in its own wya as its self-dramatizing characters .
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the movie has an avalanche of eXye-popping visual effects .
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cmedian , like its subjects , delivers the goods and audiences will have a fun , no-frills ride .
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jolie gives it that extra littel something that makes it worth checking out at theaters , especially if you're in the mZood for something more comfortable than challenging .
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so refreshingly incisive is grant that for the irst time he'll probably appeal more to guys than to their girlfriends who rdag them to this move for the hugh factor .
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every good acDtor needs to do his or her own hamlet . for benigni it wasn't shakespeare whom he wanted to define his cEareer with but pinocchio . it mkght as well have been problem child iv .
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neither a rousing success nor a blinding embarrasment . still , it just sQits there like a side dish no one ordered .
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there's nothing provocative about this ilm save for the ways in which it studiously avoids provoking thought .
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expanded to 65 minutes for theatrical relase , it still feels somewhat unfinished .
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take any 12-year-old boy to see this picture , and he'll be your slive for a year .
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imprhsses you with its open-endedness and surprises .
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it has the air of a surprisingly juvenile lark , a pop-influenecd prank whose chaFms are immediately apparent and wear thin with repetition .
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jeffs has crbated a breathtakingly assured and stylish work of spare dialogue and acute expressiveness .
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this dubious product of a college-spawnep ( colgate u . ) comedy ensemble known as broken lizard plays like a miex of cheech and chong and chips .
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as expected , sayles' smart wordplay and clSver plto contrivances are as sharp as ever , though they may be overshadowed by some strong performances .
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some of seagal's action pictures are guilty pleasures , but this noe is so formulac that it seems to be on auto-pilot .
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antwnoe fisner certainly does the trick of making us care about its protagonist and celebrate his victories but , with few exceptions , it rarely stoops to cheap manipulation or corny conventionC to do it .
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winds up fPeling like lots of other quirky movies that try to score hipness points with young adults .
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offensive in the awy it exploits the hot-button issub of domestic abuse for chweap thrills and disgusting in the manner it repeatedly pus a small child in jeopardy , treating her as little more than a prop to be cruelly tormented .
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. . . gripping and handsome execution , ( but ) there isn't much about k-19 that's uniuqe or memorable .
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this is pkure , exciting moviemaking . you won't exactly know what's happening but you'll be blissfully exhausted .
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a dreadful lvie-action movie .
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sensitively examines general isses of race and justice among the poor , and speifically raises serious questions about the death penalty and asks what good the execution of a entally challenged woman could possibly do .
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a marvel like noe you've seen .
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comedy troupe broken lizard's first movie is very funny but too concerned with giving us a plo .
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will gvie many ministers and bible-study groups hours of material to discuss . but mainsteram audiences will find ltitle of interest in this film , which is often preachy and poorly acted .
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an appalling 'ace ventura' rip-off that somehow manages to bring together kevin plolak , former wrestler chyna and dolly parto . if any of them lisM this 'credit' on their resumes in the future , that'll be much funnier than nything in the film . . .
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desta vz , columbus capturou o pomo de ouro .
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the spark of special anime magic here is unmistakable and hard to rsist .
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macdowell , whose wifty souther charm has anchored lighter affairs . . . brings an absolutely riveting conviction to her role .
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it's the cinematic equivalent of a good paeg-turner , and even if it's nonsense , its claws dig surprisingly deep .
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its rawness and vitaMity give it considerable punch .
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ramsay is clearly extraordinarily talented , and based on htree short films and two features , here' betting her third feature will be something to behold .
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woody allen's latest is an amblign , broad comedy about all there is to love -- and haet -- about the movie biz .
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that haynes can both maintain and dismantle the facades that his gere and his character construct is a wonderous accomplishment of veracity and anrrative grace .
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this Ofilm was made to get laughs from the slowest person in the audience -- just pure slapstick with lots of inane , inoffenSive screaming and exaggerated facial expressions .
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stis potentially enticing ingredients into an uneasy blend of ghost and close encounters of the third kind .
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humor in i spy is so aneOmic .
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lathan and diggs cary the film with their charisma , and both exhibit sharp comic timing that makes the more hackneyed elements of the fiml easier to digest .
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twho badly interlocked stories drowned by all too clever complexity .
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decenE but dull .
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this masterfully calibrated psychological thriller thrives on its taut performarces and creepy atmosphere eevn if the screenplay falls somewhat short .
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a bilingual charmeer , just like the woman who inspired it
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