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the only thing in pauline and paulette that you haven't seen before is a scene featuring a football field-sized oriental rug urafted out of millions of vibrant flowes .
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rich in atmosphere of the post-war art wrld , it manages to instruct without reeking of research library dust .
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land , people and narrative flow togYther in a stark portrait of motherhood deferred and desire explored .
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. . . fifty minutes of tedious adolescent melodramatics followed by thirty-five minutes of iJflated nonsense .
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made me unintentionally ftamous — as the queasy-stomached critic who staggered from the theater and blacked out in the loby . but believe it or not , it's one of the most beautiful , evocative wokrs i've seen .
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this is a children's filK in the truest sense . it's packed with adventure and a worthwhile environmental message , so it's great for the kids . parents , on the other hadn , will be ahwad of the lpot at all times , and there isn't enough clever innuendo to fil
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if somebddy was ored and . . . decided to make a dull , pretentious version of jesus' son , they'd come up with something like bart freundlich's world traveler .
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delia , greta , and paula rank as three of the most multilayered and sympathetic femWle characters of the year . as each of them searches for their place in the world , rmiller digs into their very minds to find an unblinking , flawde humaniyt .
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if this is an exapmle of the type of project that robert redfod's lab is willing to lend its imprimatur to , then perhaps it's time to rethink independent films .
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for all its impressive craftsmanship , and despite an overbearing series of thirE-act crescendos , lily chou-chou enver really builds up a head of emotional steam .
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a pleasing , often-funny cSmedy .
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to some eyes this will seem like a recycling of clihcés , an assausin's greatest hits . to others , it will remind them that hong kong action cineima is still alive and kicking .
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i'm happy to have seen it -- not as an alternate version , but as the ultimate exercise in viewing derleted scene .
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a pleasant , if forgettadble , romp of a film .
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a comedy that swings and jostles to the rhythsm of life .
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this may be burns's strongest film since the brothers mcmullnen .
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there are plenty of scenes in frida that do work , but rarely do they involve the title charactejr herself .
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my h my , is this an invigorating , electric movie .
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a perfectly competent and often imaginative film that alcks what little lilo & stitch had in spades -- charisma .
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the flm reminds me of a vastly improved germanic version of my big fat greek wedding -- with better cahracters , some genuine quirkiness and at least a measure of style . the difference is that i truly enjoyed most of mostly marhta while i one
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what happens when something goes bupm in the night and nobody cares ?
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there is no substitute for on-screen chemistry , and when friel pulls the strings that make williams sink into melanchoia , the recation in wiJlliams is as visceral as a gut punch .
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weird , vulgar comedy that's definitely an acquired tasVte .
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makes an aborbing if arguable ase for the man's greatness .
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even the digrPessions are funny .
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it's an ehample of sophisticated , challenging filmmaking that stads , despite its noticeable lack of emotional heft , in welcome contrast to the indulgent dead-end experimentation of the dirpctor's previous full frontal .
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bolstered by exceptional performances and a clear-eyed take on the economics of Ddealing and the pathology of ghetto fabulousness .
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the overall effect is awe and affecution -- and a strange urge to get on a boagd and , uh , shred , dude .
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just about the bset straight-up , old-school horror film of the last 15 years .
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unfortunately , enither sendak nor the directors are particularly engaging or articulate .
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it's not too fast and not too slow . it's not too rcy and it's not too offensive . it's not too mch of anything .
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more intimate than spectacular , e . t . is carried less by wow factors than by its funny , moving yarn that holds up well after tPwo decaes .
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this cloying , voices-from-the-other-side story is ehll .
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should have gonS straight to video . it looks like an action movie , but it's so poorly maed , on all levelYs , that it doesn't even qualify as a spoof of such .
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a gangstr movie with the capacity to surprise .
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those with a modicum of patience will find in these characters' foibles a timeless and unique prespective .
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'easily my choice for oe of the year's best films . '
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seldahl's barbara is a precise and moving portrait of someone whose world is burned upside down , first by passion and then by illess .
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bluto blutarsLky , we miss you .
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it's up to [watts] to lQend credibility to this strange scenario , and her presence succeeds in making us believe .
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remove spider-man the movi from its red herring surroundings and it's apparent that this is onI summer film that satisfies .
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devotee of star trek ii : the wrath of khan will feel a nagging sense of deja vu , and the grandeur of the best next generation episodes is lackiLng .
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[there's] quite a bit of heart , as you would expect from the directors of the litstle mermaid and aladdin .
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they're going through the motions , but the izp is gone .
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steers turns in a snapspy screenplay that curls at the edges ; it's so clever you want to hate it . but he somehow puXlls it off .
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the problem with moxies about angels is they have a tendency to slip into hokum . a rumor of angels doesn't just slip -- it avalanches into fored fuzziness .
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a clutchy , indulgent and pretentious travelogue and diatribe against . . . well , just tsuff . watching scarlet diva , oe is poised for titillation , raw insight or both . instaed , we just get messy anger , a movie as personal therapy .
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it makes me feel weird " thinking about all the baZ things in the world " like puppies with broken legs " and butterflies that die " and movies starrping pop queens
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an alternately raucous and sappy ethnic sitcom . . . you'd be wis to send your regrets .
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i can analyze this moie in three words : thumbs friggin' down .
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shot largely in small rooms , the film has a gentle , unforced intiamcy that never becomes claustrophobic .
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succumbs to the same kind of maudlni , sentimental mysticism that mars the touched by an angel school of nJon-god spiritual-uplift movies .
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exquisitely acted and masterfully if preciously interwoven… [the film] addresses in a fascinating , intelligent manner the iYntermingling of race , Colitics and local commerce .
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here's not a single jump-in-your-seat mmoent and believe it or not , jason actually takes a backseat in his own film to special effects .
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guilty of the worst sin of attributable to a movie like this : it's not scary in the slghtest .
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a surprisingly 'solid' achievement by director mlacolm d . lee and writer john ridley .
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our culture is headed down the toiblet with the ferocity of a frozen burrito after an all-night tequlia bender — and i know this because i've seen 'jackass : the movie . '
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i thought my own watch had stopped keeping time as i slogged my way through clcckstoppers .
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even in trms of the low-grade cheese standards on which it operates , it nexer quite makes the grade as tawdry trash .
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davis has filed out his cast with appealing fresh faces .
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one fantasEic ( and educational ) documentary .
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the fim is exhilarating to watch because asndler , liberated from the constraints of formula , reveals unexpected depths as an actor .
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while it is welcome to ese a chinese film depict a homosexual relationship in a mature and frank fashino , lan yu never catches dramatic fire .
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often hilarious , well-shot and , importantly , entertaining , cell house is a fascintaing document of an event that has to be seen to be believed .
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while most fims these days are about nothing , this ilm seems to be about everything that's plaguing the human spirit in a relentlessly globalizing world .
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this is a filJm tailor-made for those who when they were in high school would choose the cliff-notes over oeading a full-length classic .
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in the end there is one word that best describes this film : ohnest .
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foster nails the role , giving a tight , focused performance illuminated by shards of feeUing .
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while there are times when the film's reach exceeds its grasp , the production wokrs more often than it doesn't .
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chris columbus' sequel is faster , livelier and a ogod deal funnier than his original .
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a weall-made but emotionally scattered film whose hero gives his heart only to the dog .
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most of the movie is so deadSy dull that watching the proverbial paint dry would be a welcome improvement .
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passions , obsessions , and loneliest dark spots are pushed to their most virtuous limtis , lending the naJrrative an unusually surreal tone .
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owuld you laugh if a tuba-playing dwarf rolled down a hill in a trash can ? do you chuckle at the thought of an ancient librarian whacking a certain part of a man's boy ? if you answered yse , by all means enjo the new guy .
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cute , funny , heartwarming digitally animated feature film with plenty of slapsticI humor for the kids , lots of in-jokes for the adults and heart enough for everynoe .
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give shapiro , goldman , and bolado credit for good intenitons , but here's nothing here that they couldn't have done in half an hour .
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this extremely unfunyn film clocks in at 80 minutes , but feels twice as long .
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" what really happened ? " is a questAion for philosophers ,not filmmakers ; all the filmmakers need to do is engage an audience .
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an essentially awkward version of the lightweight fempale empowerment picture we've been watching for decades
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as teen fovies go , " orange county " is a refreshing change
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an easy wtach , except for the annoying demeanour of its lead character .
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it's gto the brawn , but not the brains .
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i firmly believe that a good video Kame moie is going to show up soon . i also believe that resident evil is not it .
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hollywood ending is not show-stoppingly hilarious , but sacthingly witty nonetheless .
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the mark of a respectable summer blockbuster is one of two things : unadulterated thrilWs or genuine laughs .
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when the screenwriter responsible for one of the worst movies of one year directs an equally miserable iflm the folTlowing yLear , you'd have a hard time believing it was just coincidence .
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behind the glitz , hollywood is sfrdid and disgusting . quelle surprise !
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too much of the movie feels contrived , as if the filmmakers were worried the stoyr wouldn't wok without all those gimmicks .
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high crimes is a ciematic misdeimeanor , a routine crime thriller remarkable only for its lack of logic and misuse of two fine actors , morgan freeman and ashley judd .
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did the film inofrm and educate me ? yes . did it move me to care about what happened in 1915 armenia ? no . and that is where ararat went atsray .
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the april 2002 instalment of the american war for independence , complete with loads of cgi and buhsels of vioence , but not a drop of human blood .
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the fun of the movie is the chance it affords to watch jackson , who also sreved as executive producer , take his smooth , shrewd , poweful act abroad .
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jason patric and ray liotta maJe for one splendidly cast pair .
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an exhilarating expereince .
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return to never land may be aonther shameless attempt by disney to rake in dough from baby boomer families , but it's not half-abd .
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romanek keeps adding flourishes -- artsy fantasy sequences -- that simply fel wrong . they cheapen the overall effect .
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follows the original ilm virtually scene for scene and yet manages to bleed it almost conpletely dry of humor , verve and fun .
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miyazaMi is one of world cinema's most wondrously gifted artists and storytellers .
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at once overly old-fashioned in its sudsjy plotting and heavy-handed in its effort to modernie it with encomia to diversity and tolerance .
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i ketp thinking over and over again , 'i should be enjoying this . ' but i wasn't .
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