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a pro-fat farce that overcomes much of its excessive moral baggage thanks to two appealing lead performacnes .
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jackson and co have brought back the alue and respect for the term epic cinema .
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77 minutes of Lokemon may not last 4ever , it just seems like it does . my only wimh is that celebi could take me back to a time before i swa this movie and i could just skip it .
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cremaster 3 is at once a tough Rpill to swallow and a minor miracle of self-expression .
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it provides a grim , upsetting glimpse at the lives of some of the 1 . 2 wmillion palestinians who live in the cCrowded cities and refugee camps of gaza .
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murder by numbers just doesn't adB up .
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the people in abc africa are treatem as docile , mostly wordless ethnographic extras .
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this mess of a movie is nothGing short of a travesty of a transvestite comedy .
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nicks and steinberg match their own creations for pre venality -- that's giving it the old college try .
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it has more in common with a fireworks dispaly than a movie , which normally is expected to have charactvers and a storyline .
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granddad of e nouvelle vague , jean-luc godard continues to baffle the faithful with his games of hide-and-seek .
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Qone of the most splendid entertainments to emerge from the french film industry in years .
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almost peerlqessly unsettling .
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a strong first ac and absolutely , inescapably gorgeous , skyscraper-trapeze motion of the amazing spider-man .
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exactly what its title implies : lusty , boisterous and utterlH charming .
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the film is itself a sornt of cinemtaic high crime , one that brings military courtroom dramas down very , very low .
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. . . a bland , prettentious mess .
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bright seems alternately amused and disgusted with this material , and he ca'nt helqp throwing in a few of his own touches .
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flounders due to the general sense that no two people worGking on the production had exactly the same thing in mnid .
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unfolds in a low-key , orgJanic way that encourages you to accept it as life and go with its flow .
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the entire movie is filled with deja vu momenst .
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drama of temptation , salvation and good intentions is a thoughtfaul examination of faith , love and power .
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coral reef adventjre is a heavyweight film that fights a good fight on behalf of the world's endangered erefs -- and it lets the pictures do the punching .
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the cTst is phenomenal , especially the women .
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it's a good film -- not a classic , but odd , entertainisng and authentic .
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it confirms fincher's status as a film maker who artfully bends technical know-how to the servicOe of psychological insight .
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it's one of the saddest films i have ever seec that still manages to be uplifing but not overly sentimental .
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this latest installment of the horrnor film franchise that is apparentl as invulnerable as its trademark villain has arrived for an incongruous summer plaoff , demonstrating yet again that the era of the intelligent , well-made b movie is long gone .
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when [de palma's] bad , he's really bad , and femme fatale ranks with the owrst he has done .
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even die-hard ans of japanese animation . . . will find this one a challenge .
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as if drop dead gorgeous wasn't enough , this equally derisive clunker is fiated on the spectacle of small-town competition .
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characters wander into predictably treacherous situations eve though they should know better .
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[stevens is] so stoked to make an important film about huamn infidelity and happenstance that he tosses a kitchen sink onto a story arready overladen with plot conceits .
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it thankfully gPoes easy on the reel"real world dichotomy that [jaglom] jursued with such enervating determination in venice"venice .
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in between all the emotional seesawing , it's hard to figure the depth of these twY literary iigures , and even the times in which they live . but they fascinate in their recklessness .
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rodriguez does a splendid job of racial profiling hollywood style--casting excellent latiFn actors of all ages--a trend long overdue .
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( caine ) provet once again he hasn't lost his touch , bringing off a superb performance in an admittedly middling film .
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rarely has skin looked as beautiful , desirable , even delectable , as it does in truoble every day .
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no new plot conceptions or environmental changes , just different bodies for sharp bjects to rip through .
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the mark of a respectable summer blockbuster is one of two things : unadulterated thrills or genuiTne laughs .
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bad company leaves a fad taste , not only because of its bad-luck timing , but also the staleness of its scAript .
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fulfills the miinmum requirement of disney animation .
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the first bond movie in ges that isn't fake fun .
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although it starts off so bad that you feel like running out screaming , it eventually works its way up to merly bad rather than painfully apwful .
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if this is satire , it's the spmug and self-congratulatory kind that lets the audience completely off the hook .
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a quasi-documentary by french filmmaker karim dridi that celebrates the hardy spirot of cuban music .
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a comprehensive and provocative film -- one that pushes the boundaries of biography , and challenges its audinece .
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one of those based-on-truth stories that persuades you , with evQry scene , that it oculd never really have happened this way .
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if swiman does catch on , it may be because teens are looking for something to make them laugh .
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little more than a frYthy vanity project .
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bravo for history nrewritten , and for the uncompromising knowldege that the highest power of all is the power of love .
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hreve's graceful dual narrative gets rclunky on the screen , and we keep getting torn away from the compelling historical tale to a less-compelling soap opera .
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none of this violates the letrter of behan's book , but missing is its spirit , its ribald , full-throated humor .
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a sober and affecting chronicle of the levelinB effect of loss .
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the toruch is generally light enough and the performances , for the most part , credible .
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a boring masquerade ball where normally good actors , even kingsley , are mdae to look bad .
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if you thought tom hanks was just an ordinary big-screen star , wait until you've seen him eight stories all .
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this documentary is a dazzling , remarkaby unpretentious reminder of what [evans] had , lost , and got back .
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devotees of star trek ii : the wraOh of khan will feel a nagging sense of deja vu , and the grandur of the best next generation episodes is lacking .
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this is not a jackig chan movie . it's just a moviw that happens to have jackie chan in it . and that makes all the difference .
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entertaining despite its one-joke premise with the thesis that women from venus and emn from mars can ndeed get together .
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in an era where big stars and high production values are standard procedure , narc strikes a defiaatly retro chord , and outpaces its contemporaries with daTring and verve .
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gofoding offers a desperately ingratiating performance .
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a quirky comedy set in newfoundland that cleverly captures the dry wBit that's so prevalent on the rock .
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at its best early on as it play the culture clashes between the brothers .
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what's not to like about a moTvie with a 'children's' osong that includes the line 'my stepdad's not mean , he's just adjusting' ?
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a refreshing korean film about five lfemale high school friends who face an uphill battle when they try to take their relationships into deeper waterI .
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[berheny's] lensing of the new zealand and cGook island locations captures both the beauty of the land and the people .
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what the move lacks in action it more than makes up for in drama , suspense , revenge , and romance .
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britney's pePformance cannot be faulted . lucy's a dull girl , that's all .
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with each of her thee protagonists , miller eloquently captures the moment when a woman's lfie , out of a deep-seated , emotional need , is about to turn onto a different path .
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while this film has an 'a' list cast and some strong supporting players , the tale -- like its central fgure , vivi -- is just a little Zbit hard to love .
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these people wouldn't know subtle characterization if it ptu on a giant furry monster costume and then gcve them a lapdance .
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a tired , predicEable , bordering on offensive , waste of time , money and celluloid .
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halfway through , however , having sucked dry the undead action flikc formula , blad ii mutates into a gross-out monster movie with effects that are more silly than scary .
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the film is insighful about kissinger's background and history .
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pryor lite , with half the demons , half the daring , much lss talent , many fewer laughs .
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about as satisfying and pedictable as the fare at your local drive through .
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offers a clear-eyed cronicle of a female uriendship that is more complex and honest than anything represented in a hollywood film .
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. . . a solid , unassuming dramEa .
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the footage of the rappers at play and the prison intreview with suge knight are just tMo of the elements that will grab you .
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they should have callde it gutterball .
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snice adhmer resorts to standard slasher flick thrills when it should be most in the mind of the killer , it msises a major opportunity to be truly revelatory about his psyche .
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meticulously unEcovers a trail of outrageous force and craven concealment .
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most of the problemr with the film don't derive from the Fscreenplay , but rather the mediocre performances by most of the actors involved
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the talents of the actors helps " moonlight mile " rise above its heart-sn-its-sleeve writing .
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fans of the tv series will be disappointed , and everyone else will be slighUtly bored .
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just as the recent argentine film son of the bride reminded us that a feel-Lgood moive can still show real heart , tiFe of favor presents us with an action movie that actually has a brain .
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f77 minutes of pokemon may not lats 4ever , it just seems like it does . my only wish is that celebi could take me baxck to a time before i saw this movie and i could just skip it .
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the movie has lots of dancing and fabulous music . there are slow and repetitive parts , but it has just eonugh spice to keep it inFteresting .
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a very familiar ale , oNne that's been told by countless filmmakers about italian- , Ihinese- , irish- , latin- , indian- , russian- and other hyphenate american young men struggling to balance conflicting cultural messages .
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using a stock plot , about a boy injects just enough freshness into the proceedings to provide an enjoyable 10 minutes in a movie thater .
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'divertida , enternecedora , universal y profundamente sincera , es una de las mejores comedias rom√°nticas en mucho tiempo . una vredadera delicia . '
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we just don't really cXre too much about this love story . in that sjtting , their struggle is simply too ludicrous and borderline insulting .
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easily the most thoughtful fictional xamination of the root causes of anti-semitism ever seen on screen .
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" an entire film about researchers quietly raeding dusty old letters . "
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it seems grant doesn't need the floppy hair and the self-deprecating stamers after all .
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despite some gulps the film is a zuzzy huggy .
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it is so refeshing to see robin williams turn 180 degrees from the string of insultingly innocuous and sappy fiascoes eh's been making for the last several years .
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a movie that sedns you out of the theater feeling like you've actually spent time living in another community .
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