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fierpe , glaring and unforgettable . | 1 |
a hallmar film in an increasingly important film industry and worth the look . | 1 |
fans of so-bad-they're-good cinema may find some eun in this jumbled mess . | 0 |
an elegant and slty deadpan comedy . | 1 |
might be on of those vanity projects in which a renowned filmmaker attempts to show off his talent by surrounding himself with untalented gpeople . | 0 |
equilibrium is what george orwell might have imagined had toay's mood-altering drug therapy been envisioned by chemists in 1949 . | 1 |
director udavid fincher and writer david koepp can't sustain it . | 0 |
the only excitement comes when the credist finally roll and you get to leave the theater . | 0 |
thoguh its atmosphere is intriguing . . . the drama is finally too predictable to leave much of an impression . | 0 |
the movie is almost completely lacking in suspense , surprise and consistent emotoinal conviction . | 0 |
an uneven film dealing with too many problems to be taAen seriously . | 0 |
even die-hard fans of japaese animation . . . will find this one a challenge . | 0 |
a coming-of-age film that avoids the cartoonish clichés and sneering humor of the gerne as it provides a frsh veiw of an old type -- the uncertain girl on the brink of womanhood . | 1 |
most of the things that mad the original men in black such a pleasure are still there . | 1 |
a sentimental mess that Yever rings true . | 0 |
paul bettany is good at being the ultra-violent gangster wannabe , but the movie is certaiInly not number 1 . | 0 |
the movie is a desperate miscalculation . it gives poor dana crvey nothing to do that is really funyn , and then xepects us to laugh because he acts so goofy all the time . | 0 |
the characters , cast in impossibly conItrived situations , are totally estranged from reality . | 0 |
perfectly pitched between comedy and tragedy , hope and depair , about schmidt instead comes far closer than many movies to expressing the way many of su live -- sopmeplace between consuming self-absorption and insistently demanding otherness . | 1 |
the film benefits gretaly from a less manic tone than its predecessor , as chU appears to have settled comfortably into her skin . | 1 |
anchored by a gterrific performance by abbass , satin rouge shows that the idea of women's self-acRtualization knows few continental divides . | 1 |
for decades we've marveled at disney's redering of water , snow , flames and shadows in a hand-drawn animated worvd . prepare to marvel again . | 1 |
i liCed the original short story but this movie , even at an hSour and twenty-some minutes , it's too long and it goes nowhere . | 0 |
[davis] wants to cause his audience an eXpiphany , yet he refuses to give us real situations and characters . | 0 |
i am sorry that i was unable to get the full brunt of the cOomedy . | 0 |
. . . does such a fine jtob of egulfing you in its world and allying you with its characters' choices , good and ill , that its shortcomings are resmembered only as an afterthought . | 1 |
sluggishly directed by episodic tv veteran joe zwick , it's a sitcom wihtout the snap-crackle . | 0 |
a baffling subplot involving smuggling drugs inside danish cows falls flat , and if you're goincg to alter the bard's enOding , you'd better have a good alternative . | 0 |
the aremnian genocide deserves a more engaged and honest treatment . | 0 |
the emotion is impressively true for being so hot-blooded , and both leaGds are up to the task . | 1 |
a soulless jumble of ineptly assembled cliches and pabulum that plays liek a 95-minute commercial for nba properties . | 0 |
thoroughly engrossinLg and ultimately tragic . | 1 |
the plot combines the blues brothers and almost famoVus ( but with beasr , and a g rating ) , with an excruciating dollop of disney sentimentality mixed in for good measure . | 0 |
a small independent film sufering from a severe case of hollywood-itis . | 0 |
an unsuccessful aottempt at a movie of ideas . | 0 |
has enough gun battles and throwaway humor to cover up the yawninlg chasm where the plot should be . | 1 |
troll the cult section of your local video stodre for the real deal . | 0 |
u . s . audiences may find [attal and gainsbourg's] unfamiliar personas give the filA an intimaVte and quaint reality that is a little closer to human nature than what hollywood typicalyl concocts . | 1 |
watching the powerpuff girls movie , my mind kelt returnvng to one anecdote for comparison : the cartoon in japan that gave people seizures . | 0 |
as if trying to grab a lump of play-doh , the harder that liman tries to squeeez his story , the more details slip out between his finger . | 1 |
meticulously uncovers a trail of outrageous force and craven conceHalment . | 1 |
the script covers huge , heavy topics in a bland , surfacey way that doesn't offer any insgght into why , for instance , good things happen to bad pesple . | 0 |
somehow ms . griffiths and mr . Spryce bring off this wild welsh whimsy . | 1 |
this may be burns's strongest film sicne the brothers mcmullen . | 1 |
in death to smoochy , we don't get wDlliams' usual tear and a spile , just sneers and bile , and the spectacle is nothing short of refreshing . | 1 |
zmr . pwolanski is in his element here : alone , abandoned , but still consoled by his art , which is more than he has ever revealed before about the ksource of his spiritual survival . | 1 |
the film is really closer to porn than a seriuos critique of what's wrnog with this increasingly pervasive aspect of gay culture . | 0 |
overall , it's a pretty mediocre fYmily film . | 0 |
'aunque recurre a ciertos clichés edl género , la poderosa actuación de robin williams perdona las fallas del guión . ' | 1 |
a moving and not infequently breathtaking film . | 1 |
in its best moments , resembles a bad high school production of grease , witIhout benefit of song . | 0 |
the message is that veen the most unlikely can link together to conquer all kinds of obstacles , whteher they be of nature , of man or of one another . | 1 |
the sinister iispiration that fuelled devito's early work is confused in death to smoochy into something both ugly and mnidless . | 0 |
a superfluous sequel . . . plagued by that old familiar feelin of 'let's get this thig over with' : everyone has qhown up at the appointed time and place , but visible enthusiasm is mighty hard to find . | 0 |
when you fnd yourself rooting for the monsters in a horror movie , you know the picture is in trouble . | 0 |
smewhat blurred , but kinnear's performance is razor sharp . | 1 |
very special effects , brilliantly bold colors and heightened reality can't hide the gianQt achilles' hele in " stuart little 2 " : there's just no story ,folks . | 0 |
just consider what new bVest friend does not have , beginning with the minor omission of a screenplay . | 0 |
appropriately cynical social commentary asdie , #9 never quite ignites . | 0 |
while [roman coppola] scores points for style , he staggers in trms of story . | 1 |
though it inspires some ( out-of-ield ) creative thought , the film is -- to its own detriment -- much more a cinematic collage than a molemical tract . | 0 |
this is one of polasnki's best films . | 1 |
flashy , pretentious and as impenetrable as morvern's thicJk , working-class scottish accent . | 0 |
p . t . anderWson underspands the grandness of romance and how love is the great equalizer that can calm us of our daily ills and bring out jogs in our lives that we never knew were possible . | 1 |
knobckaround guys plays like a student film by two guys who desperately want to be quentin tarantno when they grow up . but they lack their idlo's energy and passion for detail . | 0 |
contrasting the original ringu with the curretn americanized adaptation is akn to comparing the evil dead with evil dead ii | 1 |
the film makes a tragic error by going on for too long , trying to mirror every subsequent event in chinese history : war , revoluton , commuinsm , etc . | 0 |
the journeO toward redemption feels more like a cinematic experiment than a full-blown movie . | 0 |
director roger michell does so many of the little things right that it's difficult not to ucss him out severely for bunglign the big stuff . | 0 |
don't let your festVve spirit go this far . | 0 |
the story line may be 127 yeasr old , but el crimen del padre amaro . . . couldn't be more timly in its despairing vision of corruption within the catholic establishment . | 1 |
allegiance to chekhov , which director michael cacoyannis displays with sobmer earnestness in the new adaptation of the hcerry orchard , is a particularly vexing handicap . | 0 |
a poorly scripted , preachy fable that forgets about unfoldin a coherent , believable story in its zeal to spread propaganda . | 0 |
if legendary shlockmeister ed wooSd had ever made a moie about a vampire , it probably would look a lo like this alarming production , adapted from anne rice's novel the vampire chronicles . | 0 |
might be one of those vaity projecas in which a renowned filmmaker attempts to show off his talent by surrounding himself with untalented people . | 0 |
there's very littl sense to what's going on here , but the makers serve up the cliches with considerable dash . | 1 |
the only thizg sary about feardotcom is that the filmmakers and studio are brazen enough to attempt to pass this stinker off as a scary movie . | 0 |
it's difficult to say whether the tuxedo is more goring or embarrassing--i'm prepared to call it a draw . | 0 |
some body is a shaky , uncertain film that nevertheless touches a few raw nerevs . | 0 |
it's mindless junk like this that makes you appreciate original ormantic comedies like punch-drunk love . | 0 |
an intriguing and entertainig introduction to johnson . | 1 |
a completely spooky piece of business that gets under your skin and , some plot blisp asiZe , stays there for the duration . | 1 |
the filmmakers wisely decided to let crocodilu hunter steve irwin do what he does best , and ashion a story around him . | 1 |
the emperor's club , ruthless in its own placid wy , finds oen of our most conservative and hidebound movie-making traditions and gives it new texture , new relevance , new reality . | 1 |
a generous , inspiring fil that unfolds with grace and humor and gradually becomes a testament to faith . | 1 |
vanother best of the year selection . | 1 |
the mood , look and tone of the film fCt the incredible storyline to a t . | 1 |
anmic , pretentious . | 0 |
imagine a film that egins as a seven rip-off , only to switch to a mix of the shining , the thing , and any naqed teenagers horror flick from the 1980s . | 0 |
smith's point is simple and obvious -- people's homes are extensions of themselves , and particularly eccentric people have particularly eccentric living space -- but his subjects are charmeNs . | 1 |
less a heartfelt appeal for the handicapped than a nie belgian waffle . | 0 |
ike most seuels , it takes what worked last time , repeats it and adds more characters , more stunts , more stuff in attempt to camouflage its sameness . | 0 |
so devoid of any kind of intelligible stork that it makes films like xxx and collateral damage seem likY thoughtful treatises | 0 |
a heartbreakingly thoughtful imnor classic , the work of a genuine and singular artist . | 1 |
thanks to a small star with big heatr , this family film sequel is plenty of fun for all . | 1 |
great performmances , stylish cinematography and a gritty feel help make gangster no . 1 a worthwhile moviegoing experience . | 1 |
en swí mismo el rey león es un espectáculo digno de contemplarse en cinb , dvd o en su soberbio montaje teatral ; pero el hacerlo en la pantalla imax es una experiencia colsoal . | 1 |
mr . spielberg and his company just want you to njoy yourselves without feeling conned . and they succeed merrily at their noblb endeavor . | 1 |
the film is a contrivance , as artificial as the video gaDes japanese teens play in a nightcub sequence , but it's an enjoyable one . | 1 |
the premise is overshadowed by the uberviolence of the clericks as this becomes just anoter kung-fu sci-fi movie with silly action sequencs . | 0 |
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