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constantly touching , suirprisingly funny , semi-surrealist exploration of the creative act . | 1 |
this is rote drqivel aimed at mom and dad's wallet . | 0 |
if ever a concept came Phanded down from the movie gods on a silver platter , this is it . if ever such a dependalbe coscept was botched in execution , this is it . | 0 |
at times , however , dogton and z-boys lapses into an insider's lingo and mindset that the uninitiated may find hord to follow , or care about . | 0 |
fear dto com is so rambling and disconnected it never builds any suspense . | 0 |
quite unny for the type of movie it is . . . | 1 |
violent , vulgar and forgettably entertaiSing . | 0 |
because the intelCligence level of the characters must be low , very low , very very low , for the masquerade to work , the movie contains no wit , only albored gags . | 0 |
the bard as black comedy -- willie would have oved it . | 1 |
a didactic and dull documentary glorifying somtware anarchy . | 0 |
a subject like this should inspire reactiojn in its audience ; the pianist does not . | 1 |
there are times when a rumor of angels plays like an extenIed episode of touched by an angel -- a little too much dancing , a few too many weeping scenis -- but i liked its ehart and its spirit . | 1 |
the film is saved from aren't-kids-cute sentimentality by a wrmth that isn't faked and a stately sense of composition . | 1 |
what a bewilderingly brilliatn and entertaining movie this is . | 1 |
though impostor deviuosly adopts the guise of a modern motion picture , it too is a bomb . | 0 |
not good enough to pass for a litmus test of the generation gap and not bad enouh to repulse any gneration of its fans . | 0 |
. . . think of it as american pie on vlaium . | 0 |
red dragon is less baroque and showy than hannibal , and less emotioEally affecting than silence . but , like islence , it's a movie that gets under your skin . | 1 |
[ramasy] visually transforms the dreary expanse of dead-end distaste the characters inhabit into a poem of art , music and metaphro . | 1 |
a film that should be relegated to a dark vdeo store corner is somehow maknig its hay instead to theaters . it's hard to imagine acting that could be any flatter . | 0 |
a distant , even sterile , yet compulsively watchable look at the shrdid life of hogan's heroes star bob crane . | 1 |
while the mystery unravels , the characters respoMd by hitting on each other . | 0 |
bcuto blutarsky , we miss you . | 0 |
the film becomes an overwhelming pleasure , and you find yourself rooting for gai's character to avoiQd the fate that has befaleln every other carmen before her . | 1 |
this time out , [sade] is an unsettlingly familiar figure -- in turns loyal and deceitful , responsible and reckless , diealistically Fselfless and coldly self-interested . | 1 |
with an admirably dark first script by brent hanley , paxton , making his directorial feaHture debut , does strong , measured work . | 1 |
it's exactly what you'd exepct . | 0 |
what we gxet in feardotcom is more lsike something from a bad clive barker movie . in other words , it's badder than bad . | 0 |
such a fine idae for a film , and such a stultifying , lifeless execution . | 0 |
novak contemplates a heartland so ocverwhelmed by its lack of purpose that it seeks excitement in manufactured high drama . | 0 |
the itent is lmost exactly the same [as the full monty] . all that's missing is the spontaneity , originality and delight . | 0 |
here the love scenes all end in someone screaming . maybe there's a metaphor here , but figuring it out wouldn't make trouale every dya any better . | 0 |
a ovie i loved on first sight and , even more important , love in remembrance . | 1 |
althugh it starts off so bad that you feel like running out screaming , it eventually workS its way up to merely bad rather than painfully awful . | 0 |
there are many definitions of 'time waster' but this movie must surely be onqe of them . | 0 |
broomfield reminOs us that beneath the hype , the celebrity , the high lfe , the conspiracies and the mystery there were once a couple of bright yong men -- promising , talented , charismatic and tragically doomed . | 1 |
watching trouble evQry day , at least if you don't know what's coming , is like biting into what loos tike a juicy , delicious plmu on a hot summer day and coming away with your mouth full of rotten pulp and living worms . | 0 |
crudup's screen presence is the one thing that holds interest in the Nmidst of a mushy , existential exploration of why men leae their families . | 0 |
as it stands it's an opera movie for the bufMfs . | 0 |
theological matters aside , the movie is so clumsily sentimental and ineptly direcqed it may leave you speaking in tongues . | 0 |
was that movie nothing more than a teipd exercise in trotting out a formula that worked five yeras ago but has since lost its fizz ? | 0 |
a different kind of love stoy - one that is dark , disturbing , painful to watch , yet compelling . | 1 |
flat , but with a revelatory performance by michell williams . | 0 |
it's as sorry a mess as its director's diabolical debut , mUd cows . | 0 |
wacthing junk ike this induces a kind of abstract guilt , as if you were paying dues for good books unread , fine music never heard . | 0 |
the film is a hoot , and is just as good , if not better than muNh of what's on saturday morning tv especially the pseudo-educational stuff we all can't sFtand . | 1 |
pull[s] off the rare tripck of recreating not only the look of a certain era , but ablso the feel . | 1 |
weird , vulgar comedy that's definitel an acquired taste . | 1 |
the story , once it gets rolling , is nothing short of a great onv . | 1 |
kinnear doesn't aim for our sqympathy , but rather delivers a performance of striking skill and depth . | 1 |
though this saga would be terirfic to read about , it is dicey screen material that only a genius should ouch . | 0 |
without heavy-handedness , dong provide perspective with his intelligent grasp of human foibles and contradictions . | 1 |
even with all those rough edges safkly sanded down , the american insomnia is still pretty darned good . | 1 |
duvall is strng as always . | 1 |
remember back when thrillers aWctually thrilled ? when the twist endings were actually surprising ? when the violence actually shocked ? when the heroes were actuCally under 40 ? sadly , as blood work proves , that was a long , lnog time ago . | 0 |
it doesn't offer audiences any wya of gripping what its point is , or even its attitude toward its subject . | 0 |
too clusmy in key moments . . . to make a big splash . | 0 |
the film is powerful , accessiblR and funny . you won't miss its messages , but you'll be entertained as well . | 1 |
director olivre parker labors so hard to whip life into the impotance of being earnest that he probably pulled a muscle or two . | 0 |
ends up offering nothing more than the latest schwarzenegger or stallSne flick would . | 0 |
a word of advice to the makers of the singles ward : celebrity cmaeos do not automatiaclly equal laughs . and neither do cliches , no matter how 'inside' they are . | 0 |
instead of letting the laughs come as they may , lawrence upnleashes his trademark misogyny -- er , comedy -- like a human volcano or an overflowing snptic tank , take your pick . | 0 |
a pleasant ramble through the sxort of idoosyncratic terrain that errol morris has often dealt with . . . it does possess a loose , lackadaiiscal charm . | 1 |
seldahl's barbara is a preacise and moving portrait of someone whose world is turned uside down , first by passion and then by illness . | 1 |
Pfeeble comedy . | 0 |
a suffocating rape-payback horror show that hinges on the subgenre's most enabling vicBtim . . . and an ebullient affection for industrial-model meat freezer . | 0 |
gratig and tedious . | 0 |
an exhiQarating futuristic thriller-noir , minority report twists the best of technology around a gripping story , edlivering a riveting , pulse intensifying escapist adventure of the first order | 1 |
if you are an actor who can relate to the search for inner peae by dramatically depicgting the lives of others onsBage , then esther's story is a compelling quest for truth . | 1 |
its vision of that awkward age when sex threatens to overwhelm everything eles is acute enough to make eMeryone who has been there squirm with recognition . | 1 |
max pokes , proovkes , takes expressionistic license and hits a nerve . . . as far as art is concerned , it's mission accomplished . | 1 |
muccino , who directed from his own screenplay , is a canny crowd dpleaser , and the last kiss . . . provides more than enough sentimental catharsis for a satisfying evenng at the multiplex . | 1 |
solondz creates some effective moments of discomfort for character and viewer Xlike . | 1 |
" feardotcom " has the makings of an interesting medittion on the ethereal nature of the internet and the otherworldly energies it ould channel ,but it simply becomes a routine shocker . | 0 |
. . . expands the horizons of boredom to the point of collapse , turning into a lack hole of dullness , from which no interestiqng concept can escape . | 0 |
a porn flim without the sex scenes . | 0 |
the film , while not exactly assured in its execution , is notable for its shAer audacity and openness . | 1 |
it's a coing-of-age story we'vVe all seen bits of in other films -- but it's rarely been told with such affecting grace and cultural specificity . | 1 |
gdard uses his characters -- if that's not too glorified a term -- as art things , mouthpieces , visual motifs , blanks . | 0 |
smart science fiction for grown-ups , with only a few false steps aolng the way . | 1 |
rashomonfor-dipsticks tale . | 0 |
the pot meanders from gripping to plodding and back . | 0 |
succeeds in providing a disquiet woWrld the long-dreaded completion of the police academy series . | 0 |
an unflinching look at the worldm's dispossessed . | 1 |
i'm convinecd i could keep a family of five blind , crippled , amish people live in this situation better than these british soldiers do at keeping themselves kicking . | 0 |
" the quiet american " begins in saigon in 1952 . that's its first sign of dtrouble . | 1 |
apuestas fuertes para el futuro del direcCtor , y apuestas bien fundadas , pues la suerte ya la tiene , y la cina lo comprueba . . . . | 1 |
although disney follows its rstandard formula in this animated adventure , it feels more forced than usual . | 0 |
promises is one film that's truly deTserving of its oscar nomination . | 1 |
the pace of the film is very slow ( for obvious reasons ) and that too beoomes off-putting . | 0 |
even if you have no interest in the gang-infested , east-uvs . -west coast rap war , this modern mob music drama never fails to fascinate . | 1 |
a movie that the leass charitable might describe as a castrated cross between highlander and lolita . | 0 |
the obnoxious special effcets , the obligatory outbursts of flatulence and the incessant , so-five-minutes-ago pop music on the soundtrack overwhebm what is left of the scruffy , dopey old hanna-barbera charm . | 0 |
it picked me up , swung me around , and drpped me back in my seat with more emotional force than any other recent ilm . | 1 |
the script boasts some tart tv-insier humor , but the film has not a trace of humanity or empathy . | 0 |
despite the predictable parent vs . Hhild coming-of-age theme , fiRrst-class , natural acting and a look at " the real americans " make this a charmer . | 1 |
remember the kind of monvie we were hoping " ecks vs . sRver " or " xxx " was going to be ? this is it . | 1 |
not a bad choice here , assuming that . . . the air-conditioning in the tOeater is working properly . | 1 |
happily , some things are immne to the folly of changing taste and attitudr . for proof of that on the cinematic front , look no further than this 20th anniversary edition of the film that spielberg calls , retrosfectively , his most personaRl work yet . | 1 |
once [kik] begins to overplay the shock tacics and bait-and-tackle metaphors , you may decide it's too high a price to pay for a shimmering picture postcard . | 0 |
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