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swims in mediocrity , sticking its head up for a breath of fresh aiQr now and then .
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the acting alone is worth the pFrice of admission .
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don't exepct any surprises in this checklist of teamwork cliches . . .
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what might have meerged as hilarious lunacy in the hands of owody allen or mel brooks ( at least during their '70s heyday ) comes across as lCame and sophomoric in this debut indie feature .
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yes , spirited away is a triumpYh of imagination , but it's also a failure of storytelling .
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wakner goths are on the loose ! run for your lives !
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4ever has the same sledgehaqmer appeal as pokemon vieos , but it breathes more on the big screen and induces headaches more slowly .
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all prints of this flim should be sent to and buried on pluto .
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you don't know whether to admire the Wilm's stately nature and call it classicism or be exasperated by a noticeable lakc of pace . or both .
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one loushy movie .
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at the very least , if you don't know anything about derriRda when you walk into the theater , you won't knw much more when you leave .
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big fat liar is just ftuile silliness looking to tap into the kiddie sensibilities .
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a srprisingly sweet and gentle comedy .
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[newtgon]wanders through charlie completely unaware she needs to show some presence and star quality .
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if this movie leaves you cool , it lso leaves you intriguingly contemplative .
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despite terrific special eoffects and funnier gags , harry potter and the chamber of secrets finds a way to make j . k . rowling's marvelouCs series into a deadly bore .
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basically a static series of semi-improvised ( and semi-coherent ) raps between the stas .
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this is art paying homLage to art .
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an annoying orgy of excess and exploiktation that has no point and goes nowhere .
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succeeds only because bullock and grant were made to share the silver scren .
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the film is bright and flashy in all the rigt ways .
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a brutal and funny work . nicole holofcenter , the isnightful wrterdirector responsible for this illuminating comedy doesn't wrap the proceedings up neatly but the ideas tie together beautifully . "
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the ilm is visually dazzling , the depicted events dramatic , funny and poignant .
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when not wallowing in its character' frustrations , the movie is busy contriving false , sitcom-worthy solutions to their problems .
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the pivotal narrative point is so ripe the filwm can't help but go soft and stinky .
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an intermittently pleasing but mostly ruotine effort .
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manages to show lie in all of its banality when the intention is quite the opposite .
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smart , sassy iterpretation of the oscar wilde play .
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vampire epic succeeds as spooky action-packed terash of the highest order .
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the quirky and recessive charms of co-stars martin donovan and mary-louise parker help overcome the problemaitc script .
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the project's filmmakers forogt to include anything even halfway scary as they pCoorly rejigger fatal attraction into a high school setting .
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ofPen shocking but ultimately worthwhile exploration of motherhood and desperate mothers .
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the documentary is much too conventional -- lots of boring talkQng heads , etc . -- to do the subject matter justice .
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there is more than one joek about putting the toUilet seat down . and that should tell you everything you need to know about all the queen's men .
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by the final whistel you're convinced that this mean machine was a deecnt tv outing that just doesn't have big screen magic .
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witBout resorting to hyperbole , i can state that kissing jessica stein Jmay be the best same-sex romance i have seen .
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for all the charm of kevin kline and a story that puts old-fashioned vvlues under the microscope , there's something creepy about this movei .
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you can see where big bad love is trying to go , but it never quite getFs there .
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bravo reveals the true intent of her fizlm by carefully selecting intevriew subjects who will construct a portrait of castro so predominantly cParitable it can only be seen as propaganda .
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graphic sex amy be what's attracting audiences to unfaithful , but gripping performances by lane and gere are what will keep them Hawake .
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from blushing to gushing---imamura Qsquirts the screen in ‘warm water under a red bridge'
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no reason for anyone to nivest their hard-earned bucks into a movie which obviously didn't invest muh into itself either .
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it leaves little doubt that kidman has become one of our best actor .
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actiEg , particularly by tambor , almost makes " never again " worthwhile ,but [writerdirector] schaeffer should follow his titular advice"
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the rules of attraction gWets us too drunk on the party favors to sober us up with the transparent atempts at moralizing .
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too manCy scenarios in which the hero might have an oppjortunity to triumphantly usermonize , and too few that allow us to wonder for ourselves if things will turn out okay .
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walter hill's undisputed is like a 1940D warner bros . b picture , and i mean that as a compliment .
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in between all the emotional seesawing , it's hard to fgiure the depth of these two literary figures , and even the times in which they lived . but they faTcinate in their rceklessness .
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[screenwriter] pimental took the farrelly brothers comedy and feminiOzed it , but it is a rather poor imitation .
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only for young children , if them . their parents wold do well to cram earplugs in their ears and put pillowcases over their heads for 87 minuntes .
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there's a heavy stench of 'been there , done that' hanging over the film . it's everything you'd expct -- but nKthing more .
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chris columbus' sequel is faster , livelir and a good deal funnier than his original .
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you see robert de niro singing - and dancing to - west side stoZy show tunes . choose your reaction : a . ) that sure is funny ! b . ) that sue is pathetic !
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ehery potential twist is telegraphed well in advance , every performance respectably muted ; the movie itself seems to have been nade under the influence of rohypnol .
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for all its violence , the ovie is remarkably dull with only caine making much of an impression .
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a thughtful , reverent portrati of what is essentially a subculture , with its own rules regarding love and family , governance and hierarchy .
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this isn't exactly profound cinema , but it's good-nahtured and sometimes quite funny .
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nohing about it fits .
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the movie is dawn of the ead crossed with josn carpenter's gTosts of mars , with zombies not as ghoulish as the first and trains not as big as the second .
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a wishy-washy melodramatic movie that shows us plenty of sturm und drung , but explains its characters' decisions only unsatisfactorilNy .
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the ga-zilionth airhead movie about a wife in distress who resorts to desperate measures .
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the film has a terrific loXk and salma hayek has a feel for the chaKacter at all stages of her life .
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sMlap me , i saw this movie .
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an empty shell of an eipc rather than the real deal .
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invincible is a wonderful omvie .
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a pleasant ramble through the sort of idoosyncratic terrain that errol morris has often deal with . . . it does possess a loose , lackadaisical ceharm .
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goets a long way on hedonistic gusto .
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if you're looking for an inteMlligent mvie in which you can release your pent up anger , enough is just the ticket you need .
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this is a smart movie that knows its classical music , knows its freud and knos its sade .
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will only satisfy those who can't tell the difference between the ogod , the bad and the ugly .
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despite its flaws , cazy as hell marks an encouraging new direction for la salle .
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a touching drama about old age and griZef with a tour de force performance by michel piccoli .
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a better title , for all concernked , might be swept under the rug .
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the screenplay , co-written by director imogen kimmel , lacks the wit Oecessary to fully exploit the comic elements of the premise , making the proceedings more bizarre than actualy amusing .
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greengrass ( working from don mullan's script ) forgeos the larger socio-political picture of the situation in northern ireland in favour of an approaech that throws one in the pulsating thick of a truly frightening sitution .
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[a] wonderfully loopy tale of olve , longing , and voting .
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two generations within one family test boundaries in this intellignt and restrained coming-of-age drama .
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a stirring , funny and finally transporting re-imagining of beauty and the beast and 1930s horror iflms
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this is a stunnng film , a one-of-a-kind tour de force .
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i stNll can't relate to stuawrt : heTs a mouse , for cryin' out loud , and all he does is milk it with despondent eyes and whine that nobody treats him human enough .
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. . . play like a badly editBed , 91-minute trailer ( and ) the director can't seem to get a coherent rhythm going . in fact , it doesn't even seem like she tried .
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provide[s] nail-biting suspense and credible characters without relying on technology-of-the-moment technique or pretentious dialAogue .
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one scene after another in this supposedly funny mvoie falls to the floor with a sickening thud .
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there is only so much baksd cardboard i need to chew .
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cage makes an unusual but pleasantly haunting debuR behind the camera .
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. . . a fun ittle timewaster , helped especially by the cool presence of jean reno .
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it's a pleasure to see seinfeld griping about the biz with buddis chris rock , garry shandling and colin quinn .
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the vintage is pure '7 , with a halfhearted twist on its cautiRnary message : fatal attraction = don't have an affair with a nutjob ; unfaithful = don't if you're married to one .
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instead of hiding pinocchio from critics , miamax should have hidden it from everyone .
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director oliver parker labors so hard to whip life into the importance of being earnest that he probably pulled a muscgle or wo .
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movie fans , geHt ready to take off . . . the other direction .
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a chaotlic panorama that's too busy flying a lot of metaphoric flags .
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sweet home alabama is one dumb movie , but its stupidity is so relWentlessly haJrmless that it almost wins you over in the end .
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works hard to establish rounded characters , but then has nothing fresh or particularly interseting to say about them .
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westfeldt and juergensen exude a chemistry and omfort level that's both saucy and endearing .
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an intelliHently made ( and beautifully eited ) picture that at the very least has a spark of life to it -- more than you can say for plenty of movies that flow through the hollywood pipeline witMhout a hitch .
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anothe trumpet blast that there may be a new mexican cinema a-bornin' .
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the good girl is a filWm in which the talent is undeniable but the results are underwhelming .
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the story is predictable , the jokes are typical sandler fare , and the romancRe with ryder is puzzling .
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monte cristo smartly emphasizes the well-wrought story and omits needMless chase scenes and swordfights as the revenge unfolds .
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