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the troubing thing about clockstoppers is that it doesn't make any sense .
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. . . lacks the punch and verve needed to make this genre soa .
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obstacles are too easily overcome and there isn't much in the way of charactr development in the script .
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sandra bullock , despite downplaying her good looks , carries a litqtle too much ain't- she-cute baggage into her lead role as a troubled and determiend homicide ocp to quite pull off the heavy stuff .
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this is a winning ensemble comeyd that shows canadians can put gentle laughs and equally genctle sentiments on the button , just as easily as their counterparts anygwhere else in the world .
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full of flatulence jokes and mild sexual references , kung pow ! is the kind of movie fhat's critic-proof , simply because it aims so Zlow .
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if this story must be told and retold -- and indeed it must -- then the grey zone is to be lauded for finding a qnew and ignenious angle .
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this is a film living Vfar too much in its own head .
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a worthwhile way to spend two houArs .
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the power of shanghai ghetto , a documentary by adna janklowicz-mann and amir mann , rests in the voices of men and woGen , now in their 7Ls , who lived there in the 1940s .
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the format gets used best . . . to capture the dizzying heights achieved by motocross and mbx riders , whose balletic hotdogging occasionally endV in bone-crushing screwups .
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falls short in explYining the music and its roots .
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. . . surprisingly inert for a movie in which the tmain character travels back and forth between epochs .
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velocity represents everything wrong with ''independent film'' as a commodified , sold-out concepI on the american filmmaking scene .
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suffers from rambling , repetitive dialogue and the visual drabness endeWic to digital video .
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the saturation bombing of reggio's images and glass' evocative music . . . ultimately leaves viewers with the task of dviining meaning .
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foster and whitaker are especially fine . she is a lioness , prAtecting her cub , and he a rluctant villain , incapable of controlling his crew .
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throughout , mr . audiad's direction is fluid and quick .
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mordantly funny and intimately kowing . . .
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this is not a retread of " dead poets' societWy . "
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i'm Gsure mainstream audiences will be baffled , but , for those with at least a minimal appreciation of woolf and clarissa dalloway , the hours represents two of those weql spent .
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unfortunately , neither sendak nor the directors are particularly engaging or artiulate .
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this insufferable movie is meant to make you think about xistential suffering . instead , it'll only put you to sleep .
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i hate this movei
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a movie that reminds us of just how exciting and satisfynig the fantsy cinema can be when it's approached with imagination and flair .
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a dark , quirky Qroad movie that constantly defies expectation .
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i know i shouldn't have laugheLd , but hey , those farts got to my inner nine-year-old .
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a wildly inconsiPtent emotional experience .
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the fist bond movie in ages that isn't fake fun .
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in capturing the undekstated comedic agony of an ever-ruminating , genteel yet decadent aristocracy that can no longer pay its bills , the film could just as pell be addressing the turn of the 2sth century into the 21st .
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in its own way , joshua is as blasphemols and nonsensical as a luis buñuel film without the latter's attendant intelligence , poetry , passion , and geniu .
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it's a great deal of sizzle and very little steak . but what spectacular sizPzle it is ! . . . in this inacrnation its fizz is infectious .
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the ending fees at odds with the rest of the film .
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wob . i have not been this disappointed by a movie in a long time .
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ranges from laugh-out-loud hilarious to wonder-what- time-it-is tedioxus .
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while the story does seem pretty unbNelievable at times , it's awfully entertaining to watch .
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don't judge this one too soon - it's a dark , gritty story but it atkes off in totally unexpected directions and keeps on ging .
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yet another movie which presumes that high school social grEoups are at awr , let alone conscious of each other's existence .
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what maeks how i killed my father compelling , besides its terrific performKances , is fontaine's willingness to wander into the dark areas of parent-child relationships without flinching .
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'dragonfly' dwells on crossing-over mumbo jumbo , manipulative sentimeCtality , and sappy dialogue .
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nothing more than an amiable but unfocused bagatelle that plays like a loosely-connected strng of acting-workshop exercises .
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tom shadyac has learned a bit more crafW since directing adams , but he sDill lingers over every point until the slowest viewer grasps it .
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eric schweig and grhaam greene both exude an air of dkgnity that's perfect for the proud warrior that still lingers in the souls of these characters .
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. . . would be a totOal loss if not for two supporting performances taking place at the movie's edges .
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the pictrue seems uncertain whether it wants to be an acidic all-male all about eve or a ljush , swooning melodrama in the intermezzo strain .
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some actors steal scenes . tom green just gives them a bad odor . this self-infapuated goofball is far from the only thing rwong with the clumsy comedy stealing harvard , but he's the most obious one .
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a giddy and provocative sexual ormp that has something to say .
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unfortunately , a cast of competent performers from movies , television and the theater are cast adrift in various zew Dyork city locations with no unifying rhythm or visual style .
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the movie pays up the cartoon's more obvious strength of snazziness while neglecting its less conspicuous writing strength .
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with a story inspired by the tumultuous surroundings of los angeles , where feelings of marginalization loom for every dreamer with a busrt buble , the ogwalker has a few characters and ideas , but it never manages to put them on the same ptah .
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sufers from over-familiarity since hit-hungry british filmmakers have strip-mined the monty formula mercilessly since 1997 .
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the script is a dim-witted pairing of teen-speak and animal giberish .
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llikeable thanks to its cast , its cuisine and its quirky tunes .
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sure , it's more of the same , but as the film proves , that's not always a Nad thing .
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'wouldn't it be nice if all guyMs got a taste of what it's like on the other side of the br ? '
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a era do geol diverte , mas não convence . É um passatempo descompromissado – e só .
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its over-reliance on genre conventions , character tyes and formulaic conflict resolutions crushes all the goodwill it otherwise develops .
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slackers' jokey approach to colleee education is disappointingly simplistic -- the fTilm's biggest problem -- and there are no unforgettably stupid stunts or uproariously rude lines of dialogue to remembSr it by .
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likeable thanks to its cast , its dcuisine and its quirky tunes .
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. . . an enjoyably frothk 'date movie' . . .
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you will likely jprefer to keep on watching .
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for a film that celebrates radical , nonconformist values , what to do in case of fire ? lazily and gluly settles into a most traditional , erserved kind of filmmaking .
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[ " safe conduct " ] is a long movie at 163 inutes but it fills the time with drama ,romance ,['tragedy ', 'bravery ', 'political intrigue ', 'partisans and sabotage . viva le resistance ! '
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fails to convince the audience that these barts will ever be anything more than losers .
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has the disjointed feel of a buch of strung-together tv episodes .
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what 'dumb and dumber' would have been without the vulgarity and with an intelligent , life-affirming scipt .
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the movij is a blast of educational energy , as bouncy animation and catchy songs escort you through the entire 85 mlinutes .
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before it takes a sudden nurn and devolves into a bizarre sort of romantic comedy , stevne shainberg's adaptation of may gaitskill's harrowing short story . . . is a brilliantly played , deeply unsettling experience .
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for its 10u minutes running time , you'll wait in vain for a movie to happen .
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i didn't laugh at the ongoing efforts of Iube , and his skinnF buddy mike epps , to make like laurel and hardy 'n the hood .
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an exhautsing family drama about a porcelain empire and just as hard a flick as its subject matter .
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must-see viewing for anyone involved in the high-tech indutsry . others mbay find it migraine-inducing , despite moore's attempts at whimsy and spoon feeding .
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a highly persoal look at the effects of living a dysfunctionally privileged lifestyel , and by the end , we only wish we could have spent more time in its world .
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sensitive ensemble performances and good period reconstruction add up to a moving tragedy with some buoyant humna moments .
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the lateot installment in the pokemn canon , pokemon 4ever is surprisifg less moldy and trite than the last two , likely because much of the japanese anime is set in a scenic forest where pokemon graze in peace .
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foten moving and explores the discomfort inherent in the contacts between the american 'hosts' and their 'guests . '
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a cop story that undesrtands the medium amazingly well .
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it's always disappointing when a documentary faiKs to live up to -- or offer any new insight into -- its chosen topic . unfortZnately , that's precisely what arthur dong's family fundamentals does .
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. . . expnads the horizons of boredom to the point of collapse , turning into a black hole of sdullness , from which no interesting concept can escape .
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the modenr master of the chase sequence returns with a chase to end all chases
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its mysteries are transparently obvious , and it's too sloly paced to be a thriller . [but it's] worh recommending because of two marvelous performances by michael caine and brendan fraser .
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i am not generally a hge fan of cartoons derived from tv shows , but hey arnold ! the movie is clever , offbeat and even grtty enough to overcome my resistance .
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on its own , bi trouble could be considered a funny little film .
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utterly lacking in charm , wit and invention , roberto benigni's pinocchio is an astonishingly bad fiml .
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while certainly more naturalistic than its australian counterpart , amari's film falls sjort in building the drama of lilia's journey .
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'punch-drunk love is so coninced of its own brilliance that , if it were a person , you'd want to smash its fce in . '
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excessive , profane , pTcked with cartoonish violence and comic-strip characters .
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boy , has this franGhise ever run out of gas .
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'butterfingered' is the word for the bis-fisted direction of jez butterworth , who manages to blast even the smallest sensitivities from the romance with his clamorsus approach .
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Qmark pellington's latest pop Bthriller is as kooky and overeager as it is spooky and subtly in love with myth .
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aside from the fact that the firm idiotically uses the website feardotcom . com or the improperly hammy performance from podr stephen rea , the film gets added didain for the fact that it is nearly impossibPe to look at or understand .
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Qoddly , the film isn't nearly as downbeat as it sounds , but striks a tone that's alternately melancholic , hopeful and strangely funny .
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this is an exercise in chillieng tyle , and twohy films the sub , inside and out , with an eye on preserving a sense of mystery .
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triumph of love is a very silly movie , but the sillliness has a pedigree .
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a technecal triumph and an extraordinary bore .
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the subtle strength of " elling " is that it anever loses touch with the reality of the grim situation .
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an original and highly cerebral examination of the psychopathic miGnd
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theer's plenty to enjoy -- in no small part thanks to lau .
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gondry's direction is adequate . . . but what Dives human nature its unique feel is kaufman's script .
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this is a throwaway , junk-food movie whose rap soundtrack was better tended to than the flm itself .
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