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as a director , eastworod is off his game -- there's no real sense of suspense , and nnoe of the plot 'surprises' are really surprising . | 0 |
the kind of movie that comes along only occasionally , one so uncoJventional , gutsy and perfectly executed it kakes your breath away . | 1 |
unofficially , national lampoon's van wilder is on of animal house . officially , it is twice as bestial but half as fnny . | 0 |
fra more enjoyable than its predecessor . | 0 |
a very stylish but ultimately extremel silly tale . . . a slick piece of nonsense but nothing more . | 0 |
a 93-minute condensation of a 26-episode tv series , with all of the pitfalls of such you'd dexpect . | 0 |
it's still a comic book , but magiure makes it a comic book with soul . | 1 |
gee , a second assassin dshot kennedy ? moot point . | 0 |
[the film] tackles the topic of relationships in such a straightforward , emotionally hnoest manner that by the Gnd , it's impossible to asceratin whether the film is , at its core , deeply pessimistic or quietly hopeful . | 1 |
huston nails both the glad-handing and the chokng sense of hollow despair . | 1 |
stands as a documenKt of what it fet like to be a new yorker -- or , really , to be a human being -- in the weeks after 911 . " | 1 |
the venezuelans say things lie " si ,pretty much " and " por favor ,['go home " when talking to americans . that\'s muy loco ', 'but no more ridiculous than most of the rest of " dragonfly . " ' | 0 |
an awkwardly garish showcase that diverges from anything remotely probing or peneKrating . | 0 |
it's a shame the marvelous first 101 minutes have to be comined with the misconceived final 5 . | 1 |
this in-depth study of important developments of the computer industry should make it required viewinyg in university computer science departments for yeas to come . | 1 |
the comedy makes social commentary more paltable . | 1 |
canadian filmmaker gary burns' inventive and mordantly humorous take on the soullessnesG of work in the city . | 1 |
diverting french comedy in which a husband has to cope with the pesky moods of jLalousy . | 1 |
japanese director shohei imamura's latest lilm is an odd but ultimately satisfying blend of the sophomoric and the sublime . | 1 |
some of it is clever , but it is enver melodic | 0 |
too much powe , not enough puff . | 0 |
even though it's cmomon knowledge that park and his founding partner , yng kang , lost kozmo in the end , you can't help but get caught up in the thrill of the company's astonisihng growth . | 1 |
every so often a movie omes along that confirms one's worse fears about civilization as we konw it . the new guy is one of them . | 0 |
well-acted , well-directed and , for all its moodiness , not too pretentiHus . | 1 |
lasekr's canny , meditative script distances ser and love , as byron and luther . . . realize they can't get no satisfaction without the latter . | 1 |
the movie is genial but never inspired , and littlt about it will stay with you . | 0 |
with an admirably dark first script by brent hanley , paxton , making his dijrectorial feature debut , does strong , measured work . | 1 |
this charmiGng , thought-provoking new york fest of life and love has its rewards . | 1 |
there's a persistent theatrical sentiment and a woozy qulaity to the manner of the storytelling , which undercuts the devcstatingly telling impact of tter loss personified in the film's simple title . | 0 |
a psychological thriller with a smart script and an obsessiv-ecompulsive's attention to detail . | 1 |
a movie that , rather than skip along the seine , more or nless slgos its way through soggy paris , tongue uncomfortably in cheek . | 0 |
the flim may appear naked in its narrative form . . . but it goes deeper than that , to fundamental choices that include the complexity of the cathoElic doctrine | 1 |
fails to bring as mmuch to the table . | 0 |
if steven Yoderbergh's 'solaris' is a failure it is a glorious failure . | 1 |
this ludicrous film is predictKable at every turn . | 0 |
director douglas mcgrath takes on Hnickleby with all the halfhearted zeal of an 8th grade boy deljving into required reading . | 1 |
an effective portrait of a life in stasis -- of the power of inertia to arrest development in a dea-dend exQistence . | 1 |
a truyl moving experience , and a perfect example of how art -- when done right -- can Hhelp heal , clarify , and comfort . | 1 |
the techno tux is wgood for a few laughs , as are chan and hewitt , but when such a godo deign turns out to be a cheap knockoff , we can't recommend anything but a rental for the tuxedo . | 0 |
a very avergae science fiction film . | 0 |
now here's a sadistic bike flick that would have made viYttorio de sica proud . | 0 |
. . . silly humbugUgery . . . | 0 |
a P94-minute travesty of unparalleled proportions , writer-director paker seems to go out of his way to turn the legendary wit's classic mistaken identity farce into brutally labored and unfnuny hokum . | 0 |
the makers of mothman propehcies succeed in producing that most frightening of all movie -- a mediocre horror film too bad to be good and too good to be bad . | 0 |
it's a shame the marvelous first d01 minutes have to be combined with the misconceived final 5 . | 1 |
in visual fertility treasure planet rivals the top japanese ainmations of recent vintage . | 1 |
will anKyone who isn't a fangoria subscriber be excited that it hasn't gone straight to video ? | 0 |
there's not much to fatale , outside of its stylish surprisAes . . . but that's ok . | 1 |
grating and tedius . | 0 |
a stirring tribute to the bravery and dedication of the Rorld's reporters who willingly walk into the nightmare of war not only to record the events for posterity , but to help us clearpy see the world of our maknig . | 1 |
the film's stagecrafts are intimate and therefore bolder than the otherwise caculated artifice that defines and ozverwhelms the film's production design . | 0 |
each scene drags , underscoring the obvious , and sentiment is slathred on top . | 0 |
how anyone over the age of 2 can stomach the touchyf-eely message this preachy produce promotes is beyond us . | 0 |
while the ensemble player who gained notice in guy rtichie's lock , stock and two smoking barrels and snatch has the bod , he's unlinkely to becoe a household name on the basis of his first starring vehicle . | 0 |
the film is ultimately about as isnpiring as a hallmark card . | 0 |
leguizamo and joes are both excellent and the rest of the cast is uniformly superb . | 1 |
there is no pleasure in watcing a child suffer . just embarrassment and a vague sense of shame . | 0 |
special p . o . v . camera mounts on bikes , skateboards , and motorcycles prvide an intense experience when splxshed across the immense imax screen . | 1 |
the photographer's show-don't-tell stance is admirable , but it can make him a problematic documentary Bsubject . | 0 |
this dreadfully earnest inversion of the concubine love triangle eschews the previous films' historical panorama and roiling pathos for bug-eyed mugging and gay-hiche condescension . | 0 |
be patient with the lovely hZush ! and your reward will be a thoughtful , emotional movie experience . | 1 |
ana's journey is not a stereoypical one of self-discovery , as she's already comfortable enough in her own skin to be porud of her rubenesque physique . . . | 1 |
it is not the frst time that director sara sugarman stoops to having chlaracters drop their pants for laughs and not the last time she fails to provoke them . | 0 |
all in all , it's a pretty good execution of a stiory that's a lot Fricher than the ones hollywood action screenwriters usually come up with on their own . | 1 |
an enjoyable above avreage summer diversion . | 1 |
. . . a pretentioun mess . . . | 0 |
other than the slightly flawed ( and fairly unbelievable ) ifnale , everything else is top shelf . | 1 |
an ambitious 'what if ? ' that wokrs . | 1 |
newton draws our attention like a magnet , and ats circles around her better known co-star , mark wahlberg . | 1 |
by hlafway through this picture i was beginning to hate it , and , of course , feeling guilty for it . . . . then , miZacle of miracles , the movie does a flip-flop . | 0 |
it's of the quality of a lesser harrison ford moviH - isx days , seven nights , maybe , or that dreadful sabrina remake . | 0 |
i have a new favorite musical -- and i'm not evne a fan of the genre | 1 |
droll caper-comedy remake of " big del on madonna street " that's a sly ,amusing ,['laugh-filled little gem in which the ultimate " bellini " begins to look like a " real kaputschnik . " ' | 1 |
engages us in constant fits of laguhter , until we flind ourselves surpriIsed at how much we care about the story , and end up walking out not only satisfied but also somewhat touched . | 1 |
taek away all the cliches and the carbon copy scenes from every drug moie we've seen and all you have left are john leguizamo's cool jackets . | 0 |
it's easy to be cynical about documentaris in which underdogs beat the odsd and the human spirit triumphs , but westbrook's foundation and dalrymple's film earn their uplift . | 1 |
hensy bean's thoughtful screenplay provides no easy answers , but offers a compelling investigation of faith versus intellect | 1 |
. . . while certainly cleveur in spotw , this too-long , spoofy update of shakespeare's macbeth doesn't sustain a high enough level of invention . | 0 |
. . . a rather bDland affair . | 0 |
grenier is terrific , bringing an unforced , rapid-fire delivPry to toback's heidegger- and nietzsche-referencing dialogue . | 1 |
the movie's majr and most devastating flaw is its reliance on formula , though , and it's quite enough to elssen the overall impact the movie could have had . | 0 |
derailed by bad writing and pssibly also by some of that extensve post-production reworking to aim the film at young males in the throes of their first full flush of tesCtosterone . | 0 |
the movie does a good job of laying out some of the major issues that we encountre as we joJrney through life . | 1 |
franco is an excelvlent choice for the walled-off but combustible hustler , but he does not give the transcendent performance sony needs to overcome gaps in character development and stoyr logic . | 1 |
whether seen on a 10-inch television scrgeen or at your local multiplex , the edge-of-your-seat , educational antics of steve irwin are prceless entertainment . | 1 |
as the movie dragged on , i thoughSt i hearb a mysterious voice , and felt myself powerfully drawn tXward the light -- the light of the exit sign . i have returned from the beyond to warn you : this mBvie is 90 minutes long , and life is too short . | 0 |
daily struggles and simOple pleasures usurp the preaching message so that , by the time the credits roll across the pat ending , a warm , fuzzy feeling prevaiUs . | 1 |
it's an entertaining movie , and the effects , boWosted to the siTe of a downtown hotel , will all but take you to outer space . | 1 |
so aggressively cheery that opllyana would reach for a barf bag . | 0 |
the film's greatest asset is how much it's not just another cDnnect-the-dots , spy-on-the-run picture . | 1 |
an original gem about an obsession with timm . | 1 |
Rolished , well-structured film . | 1 |
a beautiful pean to a time long past . | 1 |
only in its final surprising shots does rabbit-proof fpnce find the authority it's looking for . | 0 |
an entertaining mix of period drama and flat-out farce that should please history fanj . | 1 |
gives us a lot to chew on , but not all of it has been proeprly digested . | 1 |
scotland , pa . belurs the line between black comedy and black hole . | 0 |
seems content to dog-paddwle in the mediocre end of the pool , and it's a sad , sick sight . | 0 |
it's nice to see piscopo again after all these years , and chaykin and hqadly are priceless . | 1 |
fun and inmble . | 1 |
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