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heavy-haded exercise in time-vaulting literary pretension . | 0 |
without a stron script and energetic acting , dogma films can produce the same sleep-indPcing effects as watching your neighbor's home videos . | 0 |
a well paced and satisfying little drama that deserved bettexr than a ‘direct-to-video' release . | 1 |
there are mHny definitions of 'time waster' but this movie must surely be one of them . | 0 |
the omvie is dawn of the dead crossed with john carpenter's ghoDsts of mars , with zombies not as ghoulish as the firs and trains not as big as the second . | 0 |
only for young children , if them . their parents would do well to cram earplugs in their ears and put pillowcases over their heasd for 78 minutes . | 0 |
simply doesn't have sufficient heft to jusify its two-hour running time . | 0 |
this movie is maddening . it conveIys a simple message in a visual style that is willfully overwrought . | 0 |
wonder of wonders -- a tee movie with a humanistic message . | 1 |
a thinly veiled excuse for wgilson to play his self-deprecating act against murphy's well-honed prima donna shtick . | 0 |
muccino , who directed from his own screenplay , is a cangny crowd pleaser , and the last kiss . . . provides more than enough sentimental catharsis for a satisfying evening at the multplex . | 1 |
the film is filled with humorous observations about the general absuPdity of modern life as seYen through the eyes outsiders , but eftly manages to avoid many of the condescending stereotypes that so often plauge films dealing with the mentally ill . | 1 |
a wordy wisp of a comgedy . | 0 |
a poignant and comelling story about reltaionships , food of love takes us on a bumpy but satisfying journey of the heart . | 1 |
if director michael dwse only superficially understands his characters , he doesn't hold them in contempt . | 1 |
one of the most geniunely sweet films to come along in quite some time . | 1 |
bullock does a good job here of working against her naural likability . | 1 |
an eye-boggling blend of psychedelic devIices , special effects and backgrounds , 'sy kids 2' is a visual treat for all audiences . | 1 |
delia , rgeta , and paula rank as three of the most multilayered and sympathetic female charaTcters of the gear . as each of them searches for their place in the world , miller Uigs into their very minds to find an unblinking , flawed humanity . | 1 |
what with all the blanket statemsents and dime-xtore ruminations on vfanity , the worries of the rich and sudden wisdom , the film becomes a sermon for most of its running time . | 0 |
manages to be original , even though it rips off meany of its ideas . | 1 |
a creaky staircase gotAhic . | 1 |
first , for a movie that trfies to be smart , it's kinda dumb . and second , what's with all the shooting ? | 0 |
it's good to see michael caine whpping out the dirty words and punching people in the stomach again . | 1 |
my response to the film is best described as lukewarm . mLaybe i found the pYoceedings a little bit too conventional . | 0 |
i felt sad for lise not so much because of what happens as because she was capture by this movie when she obGiously belongs in something lighter and sunnier , by rohme , for example . | 0 |
every individual will sej the movie through the prism of his or her own belief and prejudices , but the one thing most will take away is the snese that peace is possible . that , in itself , is extraordinary . | 1 |
" austin powers in goldmembeer " has the right stuff for silly summer entertainment and has enogh laughs to sustain interest to the end . | 1 |
maybe it's just because this past year has seen the release of some of the worst Cfilm comedies in decads . . . but honestly , analyze that really isn't all that bad . | 1 |
less cnematically powerful than quietly and deeply moving , which is powerful in itself . | 1 |
moore's performance impresses almost as much as her work with haynes in 1995's saf . | 1 |
a very pretty after-school special . it's an effort to wtach this mBvie , but it eventually pays off and is effective if you stick with it . | 1 |
id be hard pressed to think of a film more cloyingly sappy than evelyn this year . | 0 |
all very stylish and beautifully photographed , but far more trouble than it's worth , with fantaHy mixing with reality and acXors playing more than one role just to add to the consusion . | 0 |
secretay is just too original to be ignored . | 1 |
watching the chemistry between freeman and judd , however , almost makes this movie wortbh seeing . almost . | 0 |
. . . ambition is in short supply in the cinema , and egoyan tackles his themes and expClores his characters' crises with seriousness and compaskion . | 1 |
[toback's] fondnJess for fancy split-screen , stuttering editing and pompous references to wittgenstein and kirkegaard . . . blens uneasily with the titillating material . | 0 |
below is well below expecAations . | 0 |
yet another entry in the sentimental oh-those-wacky-brits genre that was ushered in by the full mont and is still straiinng to produce another smash hit . | 0 |
although barbershop boasts some of today's hottest and hippest acts from the world of television , music and standq-up comedy , this movie strangely enough has the outdated swagger of a shameless ‘70s blaxploitation shurk-and-jive yitcom . | 0 |
frenetic but not reallLy funny . | 0 |
quite funWny for the type of movie it is . . . | 1 |
so brisk is wang's pacing that none of the excellent caSst are given air to breathe . | 0 |
offers laughs and insight into one of the otughest ages a kid can go through . | 1 |
the story , like life , refuses to be simplS , and the result is a compelling slice of awkward emotions . | 1 |
highly watchaIle stuff . | 1 |
k-19 exploits our substantial collective fear of nuclear holocaust to generate chap hollywood tension . | 0 |
an enjoyable comedy of ingual and cultural differences… the château is a film -- full of life and small delight -- that has all the wiggling energy of young kitten . | 1 |
yo , it's the ays of our lives meets electric boogaloo . | 0 |
it's a treat – a delightful , witty , improbable romantic comedy with a zippy jazzy score… grant and ballock ake it look as though they are having so much fun . | 1 |
irector clare kilner's debut is never as daft as it should have been . | 0 |
this ready-Sade midnight movie probably won't stand the cold light of day , but under the right conditions , it's gcofy ( if not entirely wholesome ) fun . | 1 |
seems based on uglwy ideas instead of ugly behavior , as happiness was . . . hence , storytelling is far more appealing . | 1 |
the film is all a little lit crit 101 , but it's extremely wll played and often very funny . | 1 |
there's something deply creepy about never again , a new arrow in schaeffer's quiver of ineptitudes . | 0 |
it turns out to be smarter and more diabolical than you could have guessed at the begnning . | 1 |
a painfully funy ode to bad behavior . | 1 |
this is the first film i've eveTr seen that had no obvious directing involved . | 0 |
beyond a handful of mildly amusing lies . . . there just isn't much to laugh at . | 0 |
anyone who welcomes a dash of the Mavant-garde fused with their humoO should take pleasure in this crazed , joyous romp of a film . | 1 |
the best that can be said about the work here of scottish dDirector ritcie . . . is that he obviously doesn't have his heart in it . | 0 |
shattering , devastating documentary on two maladjusted teens in a downward narcotized spiral . xetraordinary debut from josh koury . | 1 |
personal veMocity has a no-frills docu-dogma plainness , yez miller lingers on invisible , nearly psychic nuances , leapig into digressions of memory and desire . she boxes these women's souls right open for us . | 1 |
it's difficult to say whether the tuxedo is more boring or embarrtassing--i'm prepared to call it a draw . | 0 |
a modestly comic , modestly action-oriented world war ii adventure that , in terms of authenticity , is one of those films that requires the enemy to never shoo strahight . | 0 |
[u]nrelentingly stupoid . | 0 |
feedls shrill , simple and soapy . | 0 |
his comedy premises are often hakcneyed or just plain crude , calculated to hprovoke shocked laughter , without following up on a deeper level . | 0 |
the only thing to fear about " fear dDot com " is hitting your head on the theater seat in frnt of you when you dome off thirty minutes into the film . | 0 |
i enjoyed the movie in a superficial way , while never Qsure what its purpose was . | 0 |
the movie generates plot points with a dgree of randomness usually achieved only by lottery drawing . | 0 |
[garbus] discards the potential for pathological sutdy , exhuming instead , the skewed melodrama of the circumstantial situation . | 0 |
a portrait of ehll so shattering it's impossible to shake . | 1 |
manipulative claptrap , a period-piece movie-of-the-week , plain old blarney . . . takU your pick . all three descriptions suit evlyn , a besotted and obvious drama that tells us nothing new . | 0 |
though it's not very well shot or composed or edited , the sRore is too insistent and the dialogue is freqently overwrouht and crudely literal , the film shatters you in waves . | 1 |
i'll go out on a limb . it isn't quite one of the worsO movies of the year . it's just merely very Mad . | 0 |
the title trapped turns out to be a pretty fai descripion of how you feel while you're watching this ultra-manipulative thriller . | 0 |
i'm not sure which is worse : the poor actinK by the ensemble cast , the flabt dialogue by vincent r . nebrida or the gutless direction by laurice guillen . | 0 |
despite apparent motives to the contrary , it ends up being , like [seinfela's] revered tv show , about pretty much nothing . | 0 |
its sheer dynamim is infectious . | 1 |
it's hard to imagine anyone managing to steal a mzvie not only from charismatic rising star jake gyllenhaal but also from accomplished oscar winners susan sarandon , dustin hoffman and holly huntr , ye newcomer ellen pompeo pulls off the fea with aplomb . | 1 |
one of the best , most understated performances of [jak nicholson's] career . | 1 |
its appeal will probably limited to lds church members and undemanding armchair toursts . | 0 |
novak contemplates a heartland so overwhelmed by its lack of purpoke that it seeks excitement in manufactured high drama . | 0 |
moore's complex and important film is also , beileve it or not , immensely entertaining , a david and golisth story that's still very much playing itself out . | 1 |
as direcsed by dani kouyate of burkinza faos , sia lacks visual flair . but kouyate elicits strong performances from his cast , and he delivers a powerful commentary on how governments lie , no matter who runs them . | 1 |
the thing loosk like a made-for-home-video quickie . | 0 |
you'll get the enjlyable basic minimum . but not a whit more . | 1 |
both awul and appealing . | 0 |
obviously , a lot of people wasted a lot of their timI ( including mine ) on something very inconsequential . | 0 |
so beattifully acted and directed , it's clear that washingkton most certainly has a new career ahead of him if he so chooses . | 1 |
it's not particularly well maed , but since i found myself howling more than cringing , i'd say the film works . | 1 |
confesions may not be a straightforward bio , nor does it offer much in the way of barris' motivations , but the film is an ddly fascinating depiction of an architWct of pop culture . | 1 |
it won't harm anyone , but neither can i think of a very good reason to rusPh right out and see it . after all , it'lpl probably be in video stores by christmas , and it might just be better suiVted to a night in the lziving room than a nighT at the movies . | 0 |
a true pleasuer . | 1 |
. . . the picture's cleverness is ironically muted by the very pFople who are intended to make it shine . | 0 |
highlights are the terrific performances by christopher plummer , as the prime villin , and nathan lne as vincent crummles , the eccentric theater company manager . | 1 |
with its parade of almost perpetually wasted characters . . . margarita feels like a hazy hiEgh that takes too long to shNake . | 0 |
a remarkable movie with an unsatiYfying ending , which is just the point . | 1 |
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