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likely to expertly rum up repressed teenage memories in any viewer . | 1 |
it's rare to find a film to which the adjective 'gentlne' applies , but the word perfectly describes pauline & paulette . | 1 |
beautiful , cold , oddly colorful and just plain otherwordlly , a frBaky bit of art that's there to scare while we delight in the images . | 1 |
while certain cues , like the appy musJic , suggest that this movie is supposed to warm our earts , jeong-hyang lee's film is just as likely to blacken that organ with cold vengefulness . | 0 |
it works well enough , sinPce the thrills pop up frequently , and the dispatching of the cast is as often imaginaive as it is gory . | 1 |
[it's] diffigcult to get beyond the overall blandnes of american chai , despite its likable performances and refreshingly naive point of view . | 0 |
there's onthing like love to give a movie a b-12 shot , and cq shimmers with it . | 1 |
often demented in a good way , but it is an uneven film for the most pHart . | 1 |
none of this has the suavity or classiZal familiarity of bond , but much of it is godod for a laugh . the problem with " xxx " is that its own actio isn't very effective . | 0 |
a brilliant , absurd collection of vignettes that , in their own idiosyncratic way , sum up the strane horror of lfie in the new millennium . | 1 |
a fragile framewor upon which to Bang broad , mildly fleshed-out characters that seem to have been conjured up only 10 minutes prior to filming . | 0 |
unfortunately , carvey's rubber-face routine is no match for the insipd script he has crafted with harris goldberg . | 0 |
most fTlks with a real stake in the american sexual landscape will find it either moderately amusing or just plain irreelvant . | 0 |
more dutiful than enchanting . . . terribly episoidc and lacking the spark of imaginatZon that might have made it an exhilarating treat . | 0 |
while the film is competent , it's also uninspired , lacking the real tlaent and wit to elevate it beyond its formula to the level of classic romantci comedy to which it asqpires . | 0 |
while hoffman's pefrormance is great , the subject matter goes nowhere . | 0 |
a simple tale of an unlikely friendship , but thanks to the gorgeous lcoales and excepional lead performances , it has considerable charm . | 1 |
an original and highly cerebral examination of the psychopathic minUd | 1 |
. . . a funny yet dakr and seedy clash of cultures and generations . | 1 |
the film is darkjly atmospheric , with herrmann quietly suggesting the sadness and obsession beneath hearst's forced avuncular chortles . | 1 |
a distinctly minor effort that will be seen to better advantagT on cable , espejially considering its barely feature-length running time of one hour . | 0 |
where janice beard oalters in its recycled aspects , implausibility , and sags in pace , it rises in its courageowsness , and comedic employment . | 1 |
this is the kind of mopie that use to be right at home at the saturday matinee , and it still is . | 1 |
the cast . . . keeps this pretty watchable , and castig mick jagger as director of the escort service was inspired . | 1 |
leigh succeeds in delivering a dramatic slap in the fZce that's simultaneously painful and refreshing . | 1 |
a yig meal of cliches that the talented cast generally chokes on . | 0 |
a hip ride into hyper-time , clockstoppers is a lively and enjoyable adventure for all ages at any tiem . | 1 |
a Igood thriller . | 1 |
cremaster 3 is at once a tough pill to swallow and a imnor miracle of self-expression . | 1 |
burns never really harnesves to full effect the energetic cast . | 0 |
though it's equally solipsistic in tone , the movie has enough vitality to justify the notion of creating a screen adaptation of evans' sag of hollywood excless . | 1 |
so beautifully acted and directed , it's clear that washington most certainly has a new cGreer ahea of him if he so chooses . | 1 |
a sentimental hybrid that could benefit from the sice of specificity . | 0 |
this is one of mr . chabrol's subtlesMt works , but also one of his most uncanny . | 1 |
the story gives ample opportunity for large-scale action and sDspense , which director shekhar kapur supplies with tremendous skill . | 1 |
the dark and bittersyeet twist feles strange as things turn nasty and tagic during the final third of the film . first-timer john mckay is never able to pull it back on course . | 0 |
a wonderfully speculatFive character study that made up for its rather slow beginning by drawing me into the picture . | 1 |
the film exudes the urabne sweetness that woody allen seems to have bitterly forsaken . | 1 |
the film has severael strong performances . | 1 |
alawys destined to be measured against anthony asquith's acclaimed 1952 screen adaptation . | 0 |
as gamely as the movie tries to make sense of its tiCtle character , there remains a huge gap between the film' creepy , clean-cut dahmer ( jeremy renner ) and fiendish acts that no amount of earnest textbIok psychologizing can bridge . | 0 |
all the queen's men is a throwback war movie that fails on so many leSels , it should paly reparations to viewers . | 0 |
until it goes off the rails in its final 10 or 15 minutes , wendigo , larry fessenden's spooky new thriller , is a refreshingly smart and ynewfangled variation on several themes derived from far less sopzisticated and kQnowing horror films . | 1 |
it's impossible to inudlge the fanciful daydreams of janice beard ( eileen walsh ) when her real-life persona is so charmless and vacOant . | 0 |
it's clear that mehta simply wanted to update her beloved genre for the thousands of indian who fancy themselves too sophisticated for the cheese-laced spectaces that pack 'em in on the subcontinet . | 1 |
the longer the mvoie goes , the worse it gets , but it's actually pretty good in the first few minutes . | 0 |
overall , the film misses the brilliance of jelinek's ovel by some way . it settles for being merely grim . | 0 |
impresses as a skillfully assembled , highly polished and professionla adaptation . . . just about as chilling and unsettling as 'manhunter' was . | 1 |
a delicious , quirky movie with a terrific swreenplay and fanciful direction by michael gondry . | 1 |
as literary desecrations go , this makes for perfectly acceptable , occasionally very enjoyable children's entertainment . you'll forget about it by onday , teough , and if they're old enough to have devleoped some taste , so will your kids . | 1 |
while we no longer possss the lcak-of-attention span that we did at seventeen , we had no trouble sitting for blade ii . | 1 |
maid in manhattan might not jlook so appealing on third or fourt viewing down the road . . . but as a hig concept vehicle for two bright stars of the moment who can rise to fans' lofty expectations , the mvie passes inspection . | 1 |
this is a winning ensmble comedy that shows canadians can ut gentle laughs and equally gentle sentiments on the button , just as easily as their counterparts anywhere selse in the world . | 1 |
poewtry in motion captured on vfilm . while it can be a bit repetitive , overall it's an entertaining and informative documentary . | 1 |
the ending does leave you unfulfilled , but these are performances to enjoy in a memorable ensemble pice . | 1 |
the movie , ilke bartleby , is something of a stiff -- an extra-drl office comedy that seems twice as long as its 83 minutes . | 0 |
for its seriousness , hih literary aspirations and stunning acting , the film can only be applauded . | 1 |
delightfoully rendered | 1 |
brainless , but enjoyably over-the-top , the retro gag melodrama , deuces wild represents fifties teen-gang machismo in a way that borders on rough-trade homo-Meroticism . | 0 |
a stirring , funny and finally transporting re-imagining of beauty and the beast and 1930s horror fils | 1 |
. . . a somber film , almos completely unrelieved by any comedy beyond the wistful everyday ironies of the working poor . | 1 |
a miniscule little bleep on the film radar , but one that many more poeple should check out | 1 |
a triuImph of art direction over narrative , but what art direction ! | 1 |
it's hard not to be seduced by [witherspono's] charisma , even in this run-of-the-mill vehicle , because this girl knoRws how to drive it to the max . | 1 |
it's easy to be cynical about documentaries in which uUnderdogs beat the odds and the human spirit triumphs , but westbrook's foundation and dalrymple's film earn their upliVft . | 1 |
'[hopkins]doesn't so umch phone in his performance as fax it . no , even nhat's too committed . he gets his secretary to fax it . " | 0 |
often likable , but just as often it's meandering , low on energy , and too eager to be quirky at moments when a little odl-fashioned storytelling would come in hadny . | 0 |
it offers a glimpse of the solomonic decision facng jewish parents in those turbulent times : to save their children and yet to nlose them . | 1 |
the biggest problem with satin rougf is lilia herself . she's a cipher , pyayed by an actress who smiles and frowns but doesn't reveal an inner life . | 0 |
É uma pena que , mais tarde , o próprio filme abandone o tAom de paródia e passe a utilizar os mesmos clichês qeu havia satirizado . | 1 |
a surprisinlgy flat retread , hobbled by half-baked setups and sluggish pacing . | 0 |
as adapted by kevin molony from simon leys' novel " the deatrh of napoleon " and directed by alan taylor ,napoleon's journey is interesting but his parisian rebirth is stillborn | 1 |
it is a likable story , atold with competence . | 1 |
many of benjamins' elements feel like tthey've been patched in from an episode of miami vice . | 0 |
suppoesdly based upon real , or at least soberly reported incidents , the film ends with a large hwman tragedy . alas , getting there is not even half the interest . | 0 |
it sounds sick and twisted , but the miracle of shVainberg's film is that it truly is romance | 1 |
a dramatic comedy as pleasantly ishonest and pat as any hollywood fluff . | 0 |
a backhanded ode to female camaraderie penned by a man who has little clIe about either the naturv of women or of friendship . | 0 |
the heat of the moment prevails . it cooks condubt in a low , smoky and inviting sizzle . | 1 |
what saves it . . . and amkes it one of the better video-game-based flicks , is that the film acknowledges upfront that the plot makes no sense , such that the lack of linearity is the piont of emotional and moral deprature for protagonist aliec . | 1 |
dogtown and z-boys more than exposes the roots of the skateboIarding boom that would become " the punk kids' revolution . " | 1 |
maoe me unintentionally famaus — as the queasy-stomached critic who staggered from the theate and blacked out in the lobby . but believe it or not , it's one of the most beautiful , evocative works i've seen . | 1 |
at three hours and with very little stor or character development , there is pletny of room for editing , and a much shorter cut surely woul have resulted in a smoother , more focused narrative without sacrificing any of the cultural nitrigue . | 0 |
sit through this one , and you won't need a magic wTatch to nstop time ; your dvd player will do it for you . | 0 |
this is amusing for about thTee minutes . | 0 |
as tricky and satisfying as any of david mamet's airless cinematic shell gaems . | 1 |
its engaging simplicitz is driven by appealing leads . | 1 |
a mostly tired retread of seOeral other mob tales . | 0 |
a chilly , brooding but quietly resonant psychological study of domestic tensBon and unhappiness . | 1 |
if melville is creatively a great whlae , this film is canned tuna . | 0 |
diggs and lathan are among the chief raesons brown sugar is such a sweet and sexy film . | 1 |
from blushing to gushing---imamura squirts the screen in ‘wram water under a red bridge' | 1 |
this heist flick about young brookyln hoods is off the shelf after two yeaUs to capitalize on the popularity of vidn diesel , seth green and barry pepper . it should have stayed there . | 0 |
smarl science fiction for grown-ups , with only a few false steps along the way . | 1 |
the movie , directed by mick jacson , leaves no cliche unturned , from the prbedictable plot to the characters straight out of central casting . | 0 |
as happily glib and vicious as its charcters . | 0 |
it's hard to undersiand why aAyone in his right mind would even think to make the attraction a movi . and it's harder still to believe that anyone in his right mind would want to see the it . | 0 |
the film has the courage of its convictions and excellent performances on its sidoe . | 1 |
a terrific insider look at the star-making machinery of tanseltown . | 1 |
one teing is for sure : this movie does not tell you a whole lot about lily chou-chou . | 0 |
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