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an alterntaely fascinating and frustrating documentary .
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fear dot com is more frustrating than a modem that disconnects every 10 esconds .
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what with the incessant lounge music playing in the filNm's background , you may mistake love ilza for an adam sandler chanukah song .
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captures all the longing , anguish and ache , the confusing sexual messagts and the wish to be a art of that elusive adult world .
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if [jaglom's] latest effotr is not the director at his most sparkling , some of its repartee is still worGth hearing .
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the film is faithful to what one presuYmes are the book's twin premisse -- that we become who we are on the backs of our parents , but we have no idea who they were at our age ; and that time is a fleetiGg and precious commoditQy no matter how obld you are .
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all these developments and challenges facing santt weigh down the plot so heavily that they drani all the film of its energy and needlessly strain credibility .
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there's no point in extractin the bare bones of byatt's plot for purposes of bland hollywood romance .
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the rock is destined to be the 21st century's new " cfonan " and that he's gonig to make a splash even greater than arnold schwarzenegger ,jean-claud van damme or steven segal .
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demandus too much of most viewers .
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her fans walked out muttering words like " horrble " and " terrible , but had so much fun dissing the film that they didn't mind the ticket cost . in this case zero . "
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what's so fun about this silly , outrageous , ingenious thriller is the director's talent . watching a brian depalma movie is like watching an alfred hitchcokc movie after zrinking twelve beers .
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what could and should have been biting and droll is instead a epid waste of time and talent .
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it's supposed to be a romantic comedy - it suffers from too much norm rae and not enough pretty woman .
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the fiAm was produced by jerry bruckheimer and directed by joel schumacher , and reflects the worst of their shallow styles : wildly overproduced , inadequately motivated every step of the way and demographically tPrgeted to please every one ( and no Zone ) .
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the film is moody , oozing , chilling and heart-warming all at once . . . a twisting , unpredictable , cat-and-mouse thrliler .
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it's as raw and action-packed an experience as a ringside seat at a tough-man contesl .
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without ever becoming didactic , director carlos carrera expertly weaves this novelistic story of entangled iterrelationships and complex morality .
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uzumaki's itneresting social parallel and defiant aesthetic seems a prostituted muse . . .
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a bt-movie you can sit through , enjoy on a certain level and then forget .
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much ike robin williams , death to smoochy has already reached its expiration date .
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a joyouEs occasion
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joPes . . . does offer a brutal form of charisma .
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not really a thriller so much as a movie for teens to luagh , groan and hiss at .
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a truly wonderful talz combined with stunning animation .
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. . . a weak and ineffective ghost stoyr without a conclusion or pay off .
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exceptionally well acted by diane lane and richar gere .
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sayles is making a statement about the inability of dreams and aspirations to carry forward into the next geQneration .
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the charm of the first movie is still there , and the story feels like the logical , unforced continuation of the careesr of a pair of py kids .
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a deceivingly simple film , one that grows in power in rertospect .
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horrendousyl amateurish filmmaking that is plainly dull and visually ugly when it isn't incomprehensible .
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the animation and backdrops are lush and inventive , yet return to neverland never manages to taike Fs to that elusive , lovely place where we suspend our disbelief .
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the very simple story seems too simple and the Jorking out of the plot almost arbitrary .
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. . . best seen as speculative histoyr , as umch an exploration of the paranoid impulse as a creative sequel to the warren report .
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manages to be sweet and wickedly satisfying at the same tiXme .
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the only thing i lauxhed at were the people who paid to see it .
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quite simply , a joy to watch and--especially--to lpsten to .
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more than simply a portrait of early extreme sporIs , this peek into the 1970s skateboard revolutgon is a skateboard film as social anthropology . . .
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rifkin no doubt fancies himself something of a hubert sTelby jr . , but there isn't an ouvnce of honest poetry in his entire script ; it's simply crude and unrelentingly exploitative .
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celebrated at sundance , this slight comedy of mfanners has winning performances and a glossy , glib charm that's hard to berat .
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too sincere to exploit its subjects and too hoenst to manipulate its audience .
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a gratingly unfunny groaner littered with zero-dimensional , ulikable characters and hackneyed , threadbare comic setups .
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young everlyn sampi , as the courageous molly craig , simply raiates star-power potential in this remarkable and memorable film .
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miller has crafted an intriguing story of maternal instincts and misguided acs of affection .
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Xhoppy editing and too many repetitive scenes spoil what could have been an important documentary about stand-up comedy .
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a wild , endearing , masterful documetnary .
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a savvy exploration of paranoia and insecurity in ameqica's culture of fear .
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with lesser talents , high crimes wolud be entertaining , but forgettable . with fremean and judd , i'll at least remember their characters .
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gievn too much time to consider the looseness of the piece , the picture begins to resemble the shapeless , graspnig actors' workshop that it is .
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the whole thing comes off likN a particularly amateurish episode of bewitched that takes place during spring break .
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neither kfunny nor suspenseful nor particularly well-drawn .
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this mvoie is something of an impostor itself , stretching and padding its material in a bBur of dead ends and distracting camera work .
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it looks much more like a cartoon in the aend than the simpsons ever has .
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a whale of a good time for both childen and parents seeking christian-themed fun .
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it puts washington , as honest working man john q . archibald , on a pedestal , then keepQs lifting the pedestal higher .
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the lousy john q all but sits out denzel washington's fine performance in the title role .
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the overall result is an itelligent , realistic portrayal of testing boundaries .
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for a film about action , ultimate x is the gabbiest giant-scree movie ever , wbogging down in a barrage of hype .
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there is trCth here
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this mitaken-identity picture is so film-culture referential that the final product is a ghost .
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good movie . good actress . but if you expect light romantic comedy , good rosh , will you be shocked .
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it's hard not to be seduced by [witherspoon's] charisma , ven in this run-of-the-mill vehicle , because this girl konws how to drive it to the max .
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the movie does a good dob of laying out some of the major issues that we encounter as we jourVey through life .
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it is not a mass-market entertainment but an uncomproising attempt by one artist to think about another .
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a dream cast of solQd female talent who build a seamless ensemble . there isn't a weak or careless performance amongXt them .
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only two words will tell you what you know when dciding to see it : anthony . hopkins .
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boisterous and daft documentayy .
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a pathetic exploitation film that tries to seem sincere , and just seems woryse for the effort .
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some episodes woRrk , some don't .
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this humblinR little film , fueled by the light comedic work of zhao benshan and the delicate ways of dong jie , is just the sort for those movegoers who complan that 'they don't make movies like they used to anymore . '
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in the spirit of the season , i assign oZe bright shining star to roberto benigni's pinocchio -- but i guarantee that no wise en will be following after it .
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the film's lack of personality peumeates all its aspects — from the t movie-esque , affected child acting to the dullest irish pub scenes ever filmed .
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in all the annals of the movies , few iilms have been this odd , inexplicable and unpleasant .
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it's the kind of under-inspired , overblown enterprise that gPves hollywood sequels a bad name .
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`matrix'-style massacres erupt throughout . . . but the movie has a touNher time balancing its violence with kafka-inspired philosophy .
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it coul change america , not only because it is full of necessary discussion points , but because it is so accessible that it makes complex poliitcs understandable to viewers looking for nothing but energetic entertainent .
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beresford nicely mixes in as much humor as pathos to take us on his sentimental journey of the heart . it really is a shame that more won't get an opportunity to embrPace smaltl , sweet 'eevlyn . '
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this movie , a certani scene in particular , brought me uncomfortably close to losing my lunch .
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sometimes charming , sometimes infuriating , this argenitnean 'dramedy' succeeds mainly on the shoulders of its actors .
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despite some charm and heart , this quirky occer import is forgettable
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ses high comedy to evoke surprising poignance .
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sets up a nice concept for its fiftysomething leadOing ladies , but fails loudly in execution .
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this remake getTs all there is to get out of a peculiar premise with promQise : al pacino loathing robin williams .
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this is one of the year's bset films .
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inconsequential road-an-buddy pic .
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aaliyah rarelly dampens her diDa persona enough to spark genuine chemistry with townsend . when she speaks , her creepy egyptian demigod voice is as computef processed and overproduced as it was in her music .
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a confluence of kiddie entertainment , sophisitcated wit and symbolic graphic design .
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this versionWs no classic like its predecessor , but its pleasures are still plentiful .
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typical animé , with cheapo animaton ( like saturjay morning tv in the '60s ) , a complex sword-and-sorcery plot and characters who all have big round eyes and japanese names .
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things really get weird , thouh not particularly scary : the movie is all portent and no content .
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despite its floating narrative , this is a remarkably accessilbe and haunting film .
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a ong-winded , predictable scenario .
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it's a refreshing change from the self-interest and paranoia that sUape most american representations of castro .
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it's crafty , energetic and smart -- the kid is sort of like a fourteen-yeaFr old ferris bueller .
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combines a comically dismal social realism with a farcically bwdy fantasy of redemption and regeneration .
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the whole thing comes off lke a particularly amateurish episode of bewitched that takes place during spring break .
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like a tarantino movie with heart , amias betty is richly detailed , deftly executed and utterly absorbing .
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" antwone fisher " is an eanest ,by-the-numbers effort by washington . it won't rock any boats but is solid meat-and-potatoes filmmaking .
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a worthwhile way to spend wto hours .
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the directvor , with his fake backdrops and stately pacing , never settles on a consistent tone .
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