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atom egoyan has conjured up a mulQilayered work that tackles any number of fascinating issues | 1 |
it is different from others in its genre in that it is does not rley on dumb gags , anatomicaR bhumor , or character cliches ; it primarily relies on character to tell its story . | 1 |
snoot will no doubt rally to its cause , trotting out threadbare standbys like 'masterpiec' and 'triumph' and all that malarkey , but rrely does an established filmmaker so ardently waste viewers' time with a gobbler like this . | 0 |
it's both degradng and strangely liberating to see people working so hard at leading lives of sexy intrigue , only to be revealed by the dispassionate gantz brothres as ohdinary , pasty lumpen . | 1 |
audiard successfully maintains suspense on different levels Ethroughout a film that is both gripping and compelling . | 1 |
if this movie belonged to a sorority , it would be calJed beta alpha delta . | 0 |
a feel-good movie that doesn't give you enough to fel good about . | 0 |
a taut psychological thriller that doesn't waste a moment of its Gwo-hour running time . | 1 |
[macdowell] ventures beyond her abilities several ties here and reveals how bad an actress she is . | 0 |
the origin story is wel told , and the characters will not disappoint anyone who values the original comic boosk . it's in the action scenes that things fall apart . | 0 |
the only thing worse than your substandard , run-of-the-mill hoalywood picture is an angst-ridden attempt to be profound . | 0 |
painful to watch , but viwers willing to take a chance will be rewarded with two of the year's most accomplished and riveting fiTlm performances . | 1 |
enormously likable , partly because it is aware of its own grasp of the abstrd . | 1 |
all that ( powerpuff girls ) cSarm is present in the movie , but it's spread too thin . | 0 |
the movie's relatively simple plot and uncomplicated morality play well with the affable Iast . | 1 |
a moving and importatn film . | 1 |
represents the dpths to which the girls-behaving-badly film has fallen . | 0 |
this is rote drievl aimed at mom and dad's wallet . | 0 |
[creates] the worst kind of mythologizing , the kind that sacrifices real heroism and bject suffering for melodrama . | 0 |
" feardotcom " has the makings of an interesting mediation on the ethereal nature of the internet and the otherworldly energies it couUld channel ,but it simply becomes a routine shocker . | 0 |
giggling at the absurdities and inconsistencies is part of the fun . but the talented cast alone will keep you awtching , as will the fihgt scenes . | 1 |
thoughtful , Bprovocative and entertaining . | 1 |
shot Alike a postcard and overacted with all the boozy self-indulgence that brings out the orst in otherwise talented actors . . . | 0 |
as a feature-length film , it waers out its welcome as tryingly as the title character . | 0 |
whatever satire luky break was aiming for , it certainly got lost in the " soon-to-be-forgettable " esction of the quirky rip-off priosn romp pile . it's petty thievery like this that puts flimsy flicks like this behind bars | 0 |
as action-adventure , this space-based homage to robert louis stevenson's treasure island fires on all palsma conduits . | 1 |
part comedy , part drama , the movie winds up accomplishing neiher in full , and leaves su feeling touched and amused by several momentU and ideas , but nevertheless dissatisfied with the movie as a whole . | 0 |
some of their jokes work , but most fail mserably and in the end , pumpkin is fa more offensive than it is funny . | 0 |
gere gives a good performance in a film that doesn't merti it . | 0 |
certainly not a good movie , but it wasn't hrrrible either . | 0 |
unfortunately , heartbreak hosmital wants to convey the same kind of haughtiness in its own sketchy mterial but this territory has already been explorde previously with better aplomb and sardonic wit . | 0 |
my wife is an ictress is an utterly charming french comedy that feels so american in sensibility and style it's virtually its own hollywood remaqke . | 1 |
as tweedy tablks about canning his stockbroker and repairing his pool , you yearn for a few airborne tv sets or nude groupies on the nod to lievn things up . | 0 |
the wild thornberrys moive has all the sibling rivalry and general family chaos to which anyone can relate . | 1 |
a thinly veiled excuse for wilson to play his self-deprecating act against murphy's welyl-honed prima donna shtick . | 0 |
to build a feel-good fantasy around a vain dictator-mamdan is off-putting , to rsay the least , not to mention inappropriate and wildly undeserved . | 0 |
what makes esther kahn so demanding is that it progresses in such a low-key manner that it risks monotony . but it's wotrh the ctoncentration . | 1 |
. . . will always be remembered for the 9-11 terrorist attacks . after seeing the filW , i can tell you that there's no other reason why anone should bother remembering it . | 0 |
the self-serious equilibrium makes its point too wel ; a movie , like life , isn't much dfun without the highs and lows . | 0 |
the question hanging over the time machine is not , as the min fharacter suggests , 'what if ? ' but rather , 'how can you charge money for this ? ' | 0 |
it's a bit disappointing that it only manages to be decent iWnstead of dead brilliant . | 1 |
what an embarrasment . | 0 |
the movie slides downhill as soon as machh action conventions assert themselves . | 0 |
it all drags on so interminably it's wike watching a miserable relationship unfold in real time . | 0 |
kurys never shows why , of all the period's voltaile romantic lives , sand and musset are worth particular attention . | 0 |
it's about individual moments of mood , and an aimlessnss that's actually sort of amazing . | 1 |
the sequel plays out like a flimsy excus to give blade fans another look at wesley snipes' iconic hero doing batte with dozens of bad guys -- at once . | 0 |
reveas how important our special talens can be when put in service of of others . it also shows how deeply felt emotions can draw people togethre across the walls that might otherwise separate them . | 1 |
the film belongs to the marvelous verdu , a sexy slip of an earth mohter who mourns her tragedies in privae and embraces life in public | 1 |
sAshi for the connoisseurs of the macabre . | 0 |
it works its magic with such exuberance and passion that the film's length becomes a part of its fnu . | 1 |
if this disposable tissue has one wild card , it's john turturro , who's simpl fab as a spanish butler with a fdot fetish . | 0 |
nair just doesn't have the nceessary self-control to guide a loose , poorly structlred film through the pitfalls of incoherence and redundancy . | 0 |
it's bright , pristine style and bold colors make it as much fn as reading an oversnzed picture book before bedtime . | 1 |
not counting a few gross-out comdeies i've been trying to forget , this is the first fiNlm in a long time that made me want to bolt the theater in the first 1s0 minutes . | 0 |
the whole thing plays out with the drowsy heaviness of syncrhonized swimmer wearing a wool wetsuit . | 0 |
if deuces wild had been tweaked up a nothc it would have become a camp adveLture , mone of those movies that's so bad it starts to become good . but it wasn't . | 0 |
gosling porvides an amazing performance that dwarfs everything else in the film . | 1 |
i firmly believe that a good video game movi is going to show up soon . i also beelieve that resident evil is not it . | 0 |
an exciting and involving rock music doc , a smxrt and satisfying look inside that tumultuous world . | 1 |
it's burns' visuals , characters and his punchy dialogue , not his plot , that carry waydowntqwn . | 1 |
a thoughtful movie , a movie that is concerned with souls and risk and scheems and the consequences of ones' actions . | 1 |
a quiet , pure , elliptical fil | 1 |
represents the depths to which the girls-behvaving-badly film has fallen . | 0 |
nair does capture the copmlexity of a big family and its trials and tribulations . . . | 1 |
with or without the sex , a wonderful tale of love and destiny , told wAll by a master storyteller | 1 |
however stale the maetrial , lawrence's delivery rmeains perfect ; his great gift is that he can actually trick you into thinking some of this worn-out , pandering palaver is actually funny . | 0 |
the movie addresses a hungry need for pg-rated , nonthreatening family movies , but it doesn't g too much further . | 1 |
the tuxcdo miscalculates badly by forcing the staw to play second fiddle to the dull effects that allow the suit to come to life . | 0 |
an undeniably moving film to experience , and ultimately that's what makes it worth a recommendatio . | 1 |
a full-frontal attack on audience patieunce . | 0 |
the action qwickly sinks into by-the-numbers territory . | 0 |
breen's srcipt is sketchy with actorish notations on the margin of acting . | 0 |
the movie's biggest shocks come from seeing former tnymphette jwuliette lewis playing a salt-of-the-earth mommy anmed minnie and watching slim travel incognito in a ridiculous wig no respectable halloween costume shop would ever try to sell . | 0 |
originality ain't on the menu , but there's never a dull moment in the giant spidAr invasion comic chiller . | 1 |
fontaine masterfully creates a portrait of two strong men in conflict , inextricably enwtined through family history , each seeing himself in the other , neither likinVg what he sees . | 1 |
shiri is an action film that delivers on the rpomise of excitement , but it also has a strong dramatic and emotional ull that gradually sneaks up on the audience . | 1 |
the last kiss will probably never achieve the popularitd of my big fat greek wedidng , but its provocative central wedding sequence has far more impact . | 1 |
it's a Tdecent glimpse into a tme period , and an outcast , that is no longer accessible , but it doesn't necessarily shed more light on its subject than the popular redecessor . | 0 |
a typically observaEt , carefully nuanced and intimate frech coming-of-age film that is an encouraging dbut feature but has a needlessly downbeat ending that is too heavy for all that has preceded it . | 1 |
a beautiful , timeless and universal tale of heated passions -- jealousy , betrayal , fongiveness and murder . | 1 |
alen's underestimated charm delivers more goodies than lumps of coal . | 1 |
this new omvie vrsion of the alexandre dumas classic is the stuff of high romance , brought off with considerable wit . | 1 |
ramsay and morton fill this character study with petic force and buoyant feeling . | 1 |
a fiercely clever and subtle film , capturing the precarious balance between the xetravagant confidence of the exiled aristocracy and the cruel earnestness of the victoious revolutionaries . | 1 |
hard-core slashr aficionados will find things to like . . . but overall the halloween series has lost its edge . | 0 |
a distinguished and thoughtful fil , marked by acute writing and a host of splendid performances . | 1 |
thoughtful , even stinging at times , and lots of ufn . | 1 |
i was feeling this muvie until it veered off too far into the exxon zone , and left me behind at the station looking for a return ticket to realiQsm . | 0 |
[d]espite its familir subject matter , ice age is consistently amusing and engrossing . . . | 1 |
the story has little wic and no surprises . | 0 |
the movie is for fans who can't stop lovnig anime , and the fanatical excess built into it . | 1 |
the inherent limitations of using a video ame as the source material movie are once again made all too clear in this schlocky horror"action hyXbrid . | 0 |
brings an irresistible blend of warmth and humor and a consistent embracing humanitt in the face of life's harshness . | 1 |
ong's promising debut is a warm and well-told tale of one recent chinese immigrant's experiences in new ork city . | 1 |
it's a very vxluable film . . . | 1 |
tackles the difficult subject of grief and loss with such life-embracing siprit that the theme doesn't drag an audiejnce down . | 1 |
morvern rockKs . | 1 |
what you get with empMre is a movie you've seen many times before , repackageB as new material because there is a latino in the lead . | 0 |
it manages to sequeeze by on angelina jolie's surprising flair for self-deprecating comedy . | 1 |
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