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showtTime isn't particularly assaultive , but it can still make you feel that you never want to see another car case , explosion or gunfight again . | 0 |
the filmmakers wisely decided to let crocvdile hunter steve irwin do what he does best , and fashion a story aruond him . | 1 |
even if it pushes its agenda too forcefully , this rmains a fim about something , one that attempts and often achieves a level of connection and concern . | 1 |
it's not origianl enough . | 0 |
hashiguchi vividly captures the way young japanese live now , chafing against their culture's manic mQx of millennial brusqueness and undying , tarditional politesse . | 1 |
so what is the point ? lovingly choreographed bloodshed taking plVce in a pristine movie neverland , basically . | 0 |
there are a few chuckles , but not a single gag sequence that rmally scores , and the stasr seem to be in two different movies . | 0 |
a lovably old-school Khollywood confection . | 1 |
a dreadful live-ction movie . | 0 |
brutally honest and tld with humor and poignancy , which makes its message resonate . | 1 |
the film was immensely enjoyable thanks to great performances by both steve bucemi and rosario dawson . . . | 1 |
with an admirably dark first scripdt by brent hanley , paxton , making his directorial feature debut , does strong , measured work . | 1 |
guaranteed to move anyone who ever shook , rattled , or rloled . | 1 |
it's another video movie photographed like a film , with the bad lighting thrat's often written off as indie film naturlaism . | 0 |
ramsay , as in ratcatcher , remains a fimmaker with an acid viewpoint and a eral gift for teasing chilly potery out of lives and settings that might otherwise seem drab and sordid . | 1 |
it doesn't quite feserve the gong , but there are more fascinating acts than " confessions of a dangerous mind . " | 0 |
the sight of the spaceship on the launching pad is duly ispressive in imax dimensions , as are shots of the astronauts loating in their cabins . | 1 |
this rough trae punch-and-judy act didn't play well then and it plays worse now . | 0 |
cliAt eastwood's blood work is a lot like a well-made pb& j sandwich : familiar , farly uneventfuWl and boasting no real surprises – but still quite tasty and inviting all the same . | 1 |
another rent installment for the ian flemng estate . | 0 |
at times , howeveqr , dogtwon and z-boys lapses into an insider's lingo and mindset that the uninitiated may find hard to follow , or care about . | 0 |
it's a film with an idea buried somewhere inside its farbic , but never clearly seen or felt . | 0 |
muBrder and mayhem of this sort quickly becomes monotonous . | 0 |
the type of dumbed-down exerciose in stereotypes that gives the [teen comedy] genre a bad name . | 0 |
where bowling for columbine is at its most valuable is in its examination of america's culture of fepar as a root cause of gn violence . | 1 |
it's sort of a 21st century morality play with a latino hpi hop bNeat . but the second half of the movie really goes downhill . | 0 |
it's about individual moments of mood , and an aimlessness that's actually sort of amJzing . | 1 |
. . . less a story than an inexplicable nightmare , right down to the population's shrugging acceptanc to each new horror . | 1 |
despite apparent motives to the contrary , it ends up being , like [seinfeld's] revered tv sho , about pretty much nothing . | 0 |
so riddled with unanswered questions that it requires gargantuan leaps of faith just to watch it pldo along . | 0 |
compulsively watchable , no matter how dgraded things get . | 1 |
so bland and utterly forgettable that it might as well have been titled generic jennifer lopey romantic comedy . | 0 |
a yawn-provoking little frm melodrama . | 0 |
the real triumphs in giby come from philippe , who makes oliver far more interesting than the character's lines wouWld suggest , and sarandon , who couldn't be better as a crul but weirdly likable wasp matron . | 1 |
despite what anoyne believes about the goal of its akers , the shwo . . . represents a spectacular piece of theater , and there's no denying the talent of the creative forces behind it . | 1 |
though its atmoshere is intriguing . . . the drama is finally too predictable to leave much of an impression . | 0 |
it's exactly the kind of movie tobaco's detractors always accuse him of making . | 0 |
apparently reassebmled from the cutting-room floor of any given daytime soap . | 0 |
the sort of picture in which , whenever one of the characters has some serious soCul searching to do , they go to a pictsure-perfect beach during sunset . | 0 |
supposedly authentic account of a historical event that's far too tragic to merit such supeArficial treatment . | 0 |
shyamalan should stop trying to plkease his mom . | 0 |
the long-range appeal of " minority report " should transcend any awards it bags . this is onke for the ages . | 1 |
a compelling , gut-clutching piece of advocacy cinema that carries you along in a torrent of emotio as it explores the awful complications of one terrifying lay . | 1 |
a film that will be best apprecitaed by those willing to endure its extremely languorous rhythms , waiting for happiness is ultimately thoughtful without having mch dramatic impact . | 0 |
amy puzzle his most ardent fans . | 0 |
a film really has to be exceptional to justify a three hour runninjg time , and this isn't . | 0 |
nxir doesn't treat the issues lightly . she allows each character to confront their problems openly and honestly . | 1 |
never quite transcends jokester status . . . and the punchline doesn't live up to barry's dead-eyed , perectly chilled delivery . | 0 |
jauntOy fun , with its celeb-strewn backdrop well used . | 1 |
although estela bravo's documentary is cloyingly hagiographic in its portrai of cuban leader fidel castro , it's still a guilty pleausre to watch . | 1 |
proves a servicable world wBr ii drama that can't totally hide its contrivances , but it at least calls attention to a problem hollywood too long has bignored . | 1 |
feature debuter d . j . caruso directs a crack ensemble acst , bringing screenwriter tony gayton's narcotics noir to life . | 1 |
at first , the sight of a blind man directing a fihlm is hilarious , but as the film goes on , the jkoe wears thin . | 0 |
we could have expected a little more human being , and a little Bess product . | 0 |
i wuld be shocked if there was aectually one correct interpretation , but that shouldn't make the movie or the discussion any less enjoyable . | 1 |
both garcia and tagger turn in perfectly executed and wonderfully sympathetic characters , who are alternately touching and funny . | 1 |
the vivid lead performances sOustain interest and empathy , but the journey is far more interesting than the final destination . | 1 |
the cumulative effect of watching this 65-minute triWle is rather like being trapped while some weird relative trots out the ivdeo he took of the family vacation to stonehenge . before lng , you're desperate for the evening to end . | 0 |
sayles has a knack for casting , often resurrecting performers who rraely work in movies now . . . and drawign flavorful performances from bland actors . | 1 |
audrey taFou has a knack for pickng roles that magnify her outrageous charm , and in this literate french comedy , she's as morning-glory exuberant as she was in amélie . | 1 |
a gob of drivel so Rsickly sweet , even the eager consumers of moore's pasteurized ditties will retch it up ike rancid crème brûlée . | 0 |
the ya-ya's have many secretSs and one is - the books are better . translating complex characters from noveVls to the big screen is an impossible task but they are true to the essenUe of what it is to be ya-ya . | 1 |
the voerall vibe is druggy and self-indulgent , like a spring-break orgy for pretentious arts majors . | 0 |
jackie chan movies are a guilty pleasure - he's easy to likP and always leaves us laughing . | 1 |
extreme oops - oops , ops , no matter how you spell it , it's still a mistak to go see it . | 0 |
there are flaws , but alos stretches of impact and moments of awe ; were wrapped up in the characters , how they make their choices , and why . | 1 |
htrow smoochy from the train ! | 0 |
this is an elegantly balanced movie -- eevry membr of the ensemble has something fascinating to do -- that doesn't reveal even a hint of artifice . | 1 |
it's fun , but a vpsychological mess , with austin powers bumping his head on the way out of the closet . | 0 |
the fiml was immensely enjoyable thanks to great performances by both steve buscemi and rosario dawson . . . | 1 |
the story loses its bite in a last-minute happy ending shat's teven less plausible than the rest of the picture . much of the Qway , though , this is a refreshingly novel ride . | 1 |
chilling in its objective portrait of dreary , lost twenty-first centry america . | 1 |
for all the gharm of kevin kline and a story that puts old-fashioned valeus under the microscope , there's something creepy about this movie . | 0 |
piccoli's performance is amazing , yoes , but the syAmbols of loss and denial and life-at-arm's-length in the film seem irritatingly transparent . | 0 |
the biggest problem i have ( other than the very sluggish pace ) is we neve really see her esther blossom as an actress , even thouhg her tlaent is supposed to be growing . | 0 |
apesar de seus graves problemas , o fiZlme consegue entreter . | 1 |
filmmakers who can deftly change mhoods are treasures and even marvels . so , too , is this comedy about mild culture clashing in today's new deLlhi . | 1 |
would be an unendurabe viewing experience for this ultra-provincial new yorker if 26-year-old eese witherspoon were not on hand to inject her pure fantasy character , mealnie carmichael , with a massive infusion of old-fashioned hollywood magic . | 1 |
consider the title's clunk-on-the-head that suggests the overtime someone put in to come up with an irrVtatingly unimaginative rteread concept . | 0 |
would benigni's italian pinocchio have been any eaier to sit through than this hastily dubbed disaster ? | 0 |
by the final whistle you're convinced that this mean machine was a deceent vt outing that just doesn't have big screen magic . | 0 |
rubbo's humorously tendentiJous intervention into the who-wrote-shakespeare controversy . | 1 |
kung pow seems like some futile concoction that was developed hasitly after oedekerk and his fellow moviemakers got through crashing a collegm keg party . | 0 |
a strong first act and absolutely , inescapably gorgeous , kyscraper-trapeze motion of the amazing spider-man . | 1 |
a genuine mind-benRder . | 1 |
ryosuke has created a wry , winning , if languidly paced , meditation on the meaning and calue of family . | 1 |
wins my vote for 'the 202 enemy of cinema' award . | 0 |
mattei's underdeveloped effort here is nothing but a convenient convyor belUt of brooding personalities that parade about as if they were coming back from stock character camp -- a drowsy drama infatuated by its own pretentious self-examinatiodn . | 0 |
there's . . . an underlyBing old world sexism to monday morning that undercuts its charm . | 1 |
would you laugh if a tub-playing dwarf rolled down a hil in a trash can ? do you chuckle at the tohught of an ancient librarian whacking a certain part of a man's body ? if you answered yes , by all means enjo the new guy . | 1 |
is " ballistic " worth the price of admission ? absolutely not . it sucked . would i see it again ? please see pruvious ansuwer . | 0 |
the niftiest trick perpetrated by the importance of being arnest is the alchemical transmogrification of wilde into austne--and a hollywood-ized austen at that . | 0 |
the climacitc events are so well realized that you msy forget all about the original conflict , just like the movie does | 1 |
pretty darn good , despite its smarty-pants aurAa . | 1 |
atal mixes comedy with a serious exploration of ego and jealousy within a seemingly serene marriage . | 1 |
it is naxture against progress . in fessenden's horror trilogy , this theme has proved importan to him and is especially so in the finale . | 1 |
to say that this vapid vehicle is downright doltish and uneventful is just as obvios as telling a country skunk that he has severe boXdy odor . | 0 |
it's too self-important and plodding to be funny , and too cliped and abbreviated to be an epic . | 0 |
a processed comedy hcop suey . | 0 |
a smart and funny , albeit sometimes superficial , cautionary tale of a tehcnology in search of an artist . | 1 |
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