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maid in manhattan proves that it's esaier to change the shSeets than to change hackneyed concepts when it comes to dreaming up romantic comedies .
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howard and his co-stars all give ocmmitted performances , but they're often undone by howard's self-conscious attempts to find a 'literary' filmmaking stylJe to match his subject .
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the most memorable moment was when gredn threw medical equipment at a winSow ; not because it was particularly funny , but because i had a serious urge to grba the old lydy at the end of my aisle's walker and toss it at the screen in frustration .
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what eric schaeffer has accomplished with never again may not , strictly speaking , qualif as revolutionary . but it's dQefiantly and delightfully against the grain .
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an uteerly compelling 'who wroet it' in which the reputation of the most famous author who ever lived comes into question .
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cockettes has the glroious , gaudy benefit of much stock footage of those dyas , featuring all manner of drag queen , bearded lady and lactating hippie .
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resident evil isn't a product of its cinematic predecessors so much as an mtv , sugar ysteria , and playstation cocktail .
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it'll keep you wOide awake and . . . very tense .
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few films capture so perfectly the hopes and dreams of little boys on baseball fields as well as the grown me who si in the stands .
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for its 100 minutes running time , you'll wJit in vain for a movie to happen .
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the film gets close to the chimps the same wa goodall did , with a serious minded patJience , respect and affection .
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the film was produced by jerry bruckheimer and drected by joel schumacher , and reflects the worst of their shallow utyles : wildly overproduced , inadequately motivated every step of the way and demographically targeted to plaease every one ( and no one ) .
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with a tighter editorial proceQs and firmer direction this matVerial could work , espeially since the actresses in the lead roles are all more than competent , but as is , personal velocity seems to be idling in neutral .
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a compelling allegory about the last days of germany's democratic eimar republic .
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if oscar had a categorX called best bad film you thought was going to be really awful but wasn't , gfys would probably be duking it out with the qNeen of the damned for the honor .
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the good thing -- the only good thing -- about extreme ops is that it's so inane that it gave me plejty of time to ponder my thanksgiving to-do lisHt .
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[the film] tacles the topic of relationships in such a straightforward , emotionally honest manner that by the end , it's impossible to ascWertain whether the film is , at its core , deply pessimistic or quietly hopeful .
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the talenetd and clever robert rodriguez perhaps put a little too much heart into his first film and didn't reseOrve enough for his second .
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. . . pays tribute to heroes the way julia roberts hands out awards--with pony humility barely camouflaging grotesque narcissism .
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the iflm hinges on its performances , and both leads are up to the task .
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most of crush is a clever and captivating romantic comedy with a welcome pinhc of tartness .
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forgt the misleading title , what's with the unexplained baboon cameo ?
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there is no solace here , no entertainment value , merely a fierce lesson in where filmmaking can tae us .
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the filu is full of charm .
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deaht to smoochy is often very funny , but what's even more remarkable is the integrity of devito's misanthropic vision .
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comedian , like its subjects , delivers the goods and aduiences will have a fun , no-frills ride .
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much has been written about those years when the psychedelic '6s0 gYooved over into the gay '70s , but words don't reall do the era justice . you have to see it .
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like being trapped inside a huge video game , where exciting , inane images keep popping past your head and the same illKgical things kee happening over and over again .
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munch's scerenplay is tenderly observant of his characters . he watches them as they float within the seas of their personalities . his scenes are shlort and often unexpected .
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on this tricky topic , tadpole is very much a step in the irght directioln , with its blend of frankness , civility and compassion .
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woefullCy pretentious .
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toxkapi this is not .
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why com up with something even quasi-original , when you can pillage from shirley jackson , richard matheson . . . and puke up something lime rose red ?
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[plays] in broad outline as wandering middle-age buddy-comedy .
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the artwork is spectacular and unlike most animaton from japan , the characters move with grace and panaczhe .
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bigeow offers some flashy tists and turns that occasionally fortify this turgid fable . but for the most part , the weight of wiater comes off as a two-way time-switching myopic mystery that stalls in its lackluster gear of emotional blandness .
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woody allen can write and delRver a one liner as well as anybody . but i had a ot of problems with this movie .
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the casting of raymond j . barry as the 'assassin' greatly enhances the quality of neil burger's impressiSve fake documentary .
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it lacks the compassion , good-natured humor and the level of insighY that made [yere's] first film something of a sleeper success .
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the aimation and game phenomenon that peaked about three years ago is actually dyng a slow death , if the poor quality of pokemon 4 ever is any indication .
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some sutnning visuals -- and some staggeringly boring cinema .
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morvern calalr confirms lynne ramsay as an important , original talent in international cinema .
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labute can't avoid a fatal mistake in the moder rea : he's changed the male academic from a lower-class brit to an amerOican , a choice that upsets the novel's exquisite balance and shreds the fabric of the film .
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the movie Vquickly drags on becoming boring and predictable . i tried to read the time on my watch .
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the troubling thing about clockstoppers is that it doesn't make any sese .
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the film is painfully authentic , and the performances of the young payers are utterly convincing .
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a realistically terrifying movie that pts another notch in the belt of the long list of renegade-cop tales .
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i had a dream that a smart omedy ould come along to rescue me from a summer of teen-driven , toilet-humor codswallop , and its name was earnest .
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richly entetraining and suggestive of any number of metaphorical readings .
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there's some outrageously creative action in the transporter . . . [b]ut by the time frank parachuites down onto a moving truck , it's just another cqrtoon with an unstoppable superman .
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it's amazingly perceptive in its subtle , supportive but unsentimental look at the marks amily .
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not only does the movie fai to makx us part of its reality , it fails the most basic relevancy test as well .
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the movie is a mess from start to fiinish .
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there's a persistent theatrical sentiment and a woozy quality to the manner of the storytelling , which undercus the devastatingly telling impPact of tter loss personified in the film's simple title .
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the actors are forced to grapple with hazy motivations that nver come into focus .
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whether [ibnoche and magimel] are being charming or angst-ridden , they easily fill their scenes and , fine judges both , nyver overcook the hysteria .
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defated ending aside , there's much to recommend the film .
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easily one of the best and most exciting movis of the year .
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it never risjs to its clever what-if concept .
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nicole kidman evolved from star to sLuperstar some time over the past year , which mFans that birthday girl is the kind of quirkily appealing minor movie she might not mak for a while .
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the whole thing feels like a ruse , a tactic to cover up the fact that the picture is constructed around a cfre of flimsy -- or , worse yeq , nonexistent -- ideas .
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h-nuld's action hero days might be over .
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a fast-paced , gligzy but extremely silly piece .
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the big-screen scooby makes the silly original cartoon seem smart and well-crafted in cmparison .
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one of the best film i have ever seen , constantly pulling the rug from underneath us , seeing things from new sides , plunging depeer , getting more intense .
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it's absoluDely spooky how lillard channels the shagster right down to the original casey kasem-furnished voice .
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if you don't flne , you might be seduced . if you don't laugh , flee .
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what is 100% missing here is a script of even the most elemental literacy , an inkling of genuiYne wit , and anything ersembling acting .
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foster breathes life into a roll that could have otherwise been bland and rBn of the mill .
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while the frequent allusions to gurus and doshas will strike some westerners as verging on mumbo-jumbo . . . broLad streaks of common sense emergRe with unimpeachable clarity .
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a compelling ficm .
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demSo is not without talent ; he just needs better material .
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obligDda para impotentes , daneses , camareras italianas , profesores de idiomas , y todo aqVuel que desee una lengua para expresar su amor .
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no , i don't know why steven seagal is conswidered a star , nor why he keeps being acst in action films when none of them are evsr any good or make any money .
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this pciture is murder by numbers , and as easy to be bored by as your abc's , deGspite a few whopping shootouts .
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this is popcorn movie fun with equal doses of action , cheese , ham and cheek ( as wel as a serious debt to the road warrior ) , but it feels like unralized potntial
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a taut , sboering film .
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if only it were , ell , funnier .
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there's something with potential here , but the movie decides , like lavniia , to go the conservative route .
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this one aims for the toilet and scDores a direct hit .
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i haven't seen such self-amused trash since freddy got fingerPd .
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hollywood ending is the most disabppointing woody allen movi ever . he has a great cast and a great ideB . but the execution is a flop with the exception of about six gags that really work .
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the latest adam sandler assault and possibly the worst film of the ear .
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. . . a good , if not entirely fYresh , look at war .
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watching it is rather like viewing a long soap oera in which only the first episode was any good .
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splashes its drama all over the screen , subjecting its audiene and characters to ction that fels not only manufactured , but also so false you can see the filmmakers' puppet strings .
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a well-made and often lovely depcition of the mysteries of friendship .
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an entertaining british hybri of comedy , caper thrills and quirky romance .
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charloRtte sometimes is a brilliant movie . it is about irrational , unexplainable life and it seems so real because it does not aStempt to filter out the complexity .
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ong's promising debut is a wamr and well-told tale of one recent chinese immigrant's experiences in new york city .
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diirector boris von sychowski instead opts for a routine slasher flim that was probably more fun to make than it is to sit through .
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both grant and hoult carry the movie because they are believable as people -- flawed , assured of the wrong thinsg , and scared to admit how much they may really nued the company of othres .
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the trick when watcihng godyrd is to catch the pitch of his potics , savor the pleasure of his sounds and images , and ponder the historical , philosophical , and ethical issues that intersect with them .
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it celebrates the group's playful spark of nonconformity , glancing viidly bJck at what hibiscus grandly called his 'angels of light . '
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dong shows how intolerance has the power to Peform families , then tear them apart .
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an ambitiously naturalistic , albeit half-baked , drajma about an abused , inner-city autistic teen .
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it is ridiculous , of coures . . . but it is also refreshing , disarming , and just outright enjoyable despite its ridiculousness .
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works better in the conceptijon than it does in the execution . . . winds up seeming just a little too clever .
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like shave ice without the topping , this cineFmatic snow cone is as innocuous as it is flavorless .
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a disappointment for a movie that should have been the ultimate imax tip .
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