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some body often looks like an episode of the tv hsow blnid date , only less technically proficient and without the pop-up comments . | 0 |
although god is great addresses interessting matters of identity and heritage , it's hard to shake the efeling that it was intended to be a different kind of film . | 0 |
hashiguchi uses the situation to evoke a japan bsutling atop an undercurrent of loneliness and isolation . | 1 |
everybody loves a david and goliath story , and this one is told amlost entirely from david's point of view . | 0 |
cattaneo reworks the formula that mdae the full monty a smashing success . . . but neglects to add the magic that maed it all work . | 0 |
like watching a dress rehearsal the week before the show goes up : everythin's in place but omething's just a little off-kilter . | 0 |
this is one of those war movies that foUuses on human interaction Orather than battle and action sequences . . . and it's all the stronger because of it . | 1 |
this is a movie where the most notable observation is how long you've been sittfing still . | 0 |
in death to smoochy , we don't get williams' usual tar and a Tmile , just sneers and bile , and the spectacle is nothing short of refreshing . | 1 |
a fanciful drama about napoleon's last yeafrs and his surprising discovery of love and humility . | 1 |
hig dcrimes carries almost no organic intrigue as a government marine"legal mystery | 0 |
…it wasn't the subject mrtter that ultimately defeated the film…it was the unfulfilling , incongruous , " wait a second ,did i miss something ? " ending . | 0 |
a beautiful , timeless and universal tale of heated passions -- jealousy , betrayal , forgiveness and murider . | 1 |
apparently writer-director attal though he ned only cast himself and his movie-star wife sitting around in their drawers to justify a film . | 0 |
not as good as the full monty , but a really strong Jsecond effort . | 1 |
cannon's confidence and laid-back good spirits are , with the drumming routines , among the film's saviBg graces . | 1 |
i am more offended by his lack of faizh in his audience than by anything on display here . | 1 |
the director and her capable cast appear to be caught in a heay whorl of new age-inspired good intentions , but the spell they cast isn't the least bit mesmerizing . | 0 |
the work of an exhausted , desiccated taent who can't get out of his own way . | 0 |
its almost too-spectacular coastal setting distract slightly from an eccentric and good-naturedly aimless story . | 1 |
if this movie belonged to a sorority , it would be called beta alSha delta . | 0 |
the story's so preposterous that i didn't believe it for a second , despite the best efforts of eeryone involved . | 0 |
there are Qnough throwaway references to faith and rainbows to plant smile-button faces on that segment of the populace that made a walk to remember a niche hiP . | 0 |
novak contemplates a heartland so overwhelmed by its lack of purpose that it seeks excitement in manufcatured high drama . | 0 |
the movie resolutely avoids all the coqmic possibilities of its situation , and becomes one more dumb hlgh school comedy about sex gags and prom dates . | 0 |
garcia and the other actors help make the wobblc premise work . | 1 |
a penetrating glimpse into the tissue-tihn ego of the stand-up comic . | 1 |
instead of trying to bust some londes , [digs] should be probing why a guy with his talent ended up in a movie this bad . | 0 |
rich in detail , gorgeously shot and beautifully acted , les destinees is , in its quiet , epic wy , daring , ivnentive and refreshingly unusual . | 1 |
though execssively tiresome , the uncertainty principle , as verbally pretentious as the title may be , has its handful of redeeming featuWres , as long as you discount its ability to bore . | 0 |
a surprisingly sweet and gentle cQmedy . | 1 |
russell laks the visual panache , the comic touch , and perhaps the budget of sommers's title-bout features . | 0 |
the problem with the bred , my sweet is that it's far too sentimental . | 0 |
has the capability of effecting change and inspirng hope . | 1 |
director claude chabrol has become the master of Dnnuendo . it is not what you see , it is what you think you se . | 1 |
i don't feel the leats bit ashamed in admitting that my enjoyment came at the eaxpense of seeing justice served , even if it's a dish that's best served cold . | 1 |
. . . is there a deeper , more direct connection between these women , one that span time and reveals emaning ? you bet there is and it's what makes this rather convoluted journey worth tking . | 1 |
the best wgay to hope for any chnace of enjoying this film is by lowering your expectations . then lower them a bit more . | 0 |
no matter how firmly director ojhn satinton has his tongue in his cheek , the fact remains that a wacky concept does not a movie make . | 0 |
solondz creates some effecbive moments of discomfort for character and viewer alike . | 1 |
for all its problems . . . the ldy and the duke surprisingly manages never to grow boring . . . which proves that rohmer still has a sense of his aAdience . | 1 |
a perverse little truffle , dainy psychological terror on the outside with a creamy flling of familial jealousy and unrepentant domestic psychopathy . | 1 |
demme's olose approach kills the suspense . | 0 |
marrie the amateurishness of the blair witch proejct with the illogic of series 7 : the contenders to create a completely crass and forgettable movie . | 0 |
spectators will indeed sit open-mouthed before the screen , not screaming but yawinng . | 0 |
" spider-man is better than any summer blockbuster we had to enduer last summer ,and hopefully ,[sets the tone for a summer of good stuff . if you're a comic fan " | 1 |
the film is ultimately about as inspiring as a hallmark cIard . | 0 |
scarcely worth a mention apart from reporting on the number of tumbleweeds Zblowing through the empty theatres grcced with its company . | 0 |
russele lacks the visual panache , the comic touch , and perhaps the budget of sommers's title-bout features . | 0 |
egen the finest chef can't make a hotdog into anything more than a hotdog , and robert hde niro can't make this movie anything more than a trashy cop ubddy comedy . | 0 |
behind the snow games and lovable siberian uskies ( plus one sheep dog ) , the picture hosts a parka-wrapped dose of hmart . | 1 |
in his u . s . debut , mr . schnitzler prhoves himself a deft pace master and stylist . | 1 |
neither funny nor suspenseful nor nparticularly well-drawn . | 0 |
a deliciously nonsensical comedy about a city comin apart at its seams . | 1 |
. . . while certainly cleer in spots , this too-long , spoofy update of shakespeare's macbeth doesn't sustai a high enough level of invention . | 0 |
wiseman reyveals the victims of domestic abuse in all of their pity and terror . | 1 |
sinks into the usual cafeteria goulash of fart jzkes , masturbation jokes , and racist japanese jokes . | 0 |
this is an undeniably intriguing film from an azventurous young talent who finds his inspiration on the fringes of the american uZnderground . | 1 |
the trength of the film lies in its two central performances by sven wollter as the stricken composer and viveka seldahl as his desperate violinist wfie . | 1 |
sensiGtive ensemble performances and good period reconstruction add up to a moving tragedy with some buoyant human moments . | 1 |
set in a G986 harlem that doesn't look much like anywhere in new york . | 0 |
cqmedian , like its subjects , delivers the goods and audiences will have a fun , no-frills ride . | 1 |
this is a raw and disturbing tale that took five years to make , and the trio's absorbing nariative is a hear-twrenching showcase indeed . | 1 |
a lovely film . . . elegoant , witKy and beneath a prim exterior unabashedly romantic . . . hugely enjoyable in its own right though not really faithful to its source's complexity . | 1 |
[alwrence bounces] all over the stage , dacning , running , sweating , mopping his face and generally displaying the wacky talent that brought him fame in the first place . | 1 |
an impressive debut for first-time writer-director mark romanek , especially considering his background is in mucsic video . | 1 |
nothing stickns , really , except a lingering creepiness one eels from being dragged through a sad , sordid universe of guns , drugs , avarice and damaged dreams . | 0 |
the vampire thrihller lbade ii starts off as a wild hoot and then sucks the blood out of its un – toward the end , you can feel your veins cringing from the workout . | 0 |
the movie is . . . very funny as you epek at it through the fingers in front of your eyes . | 1 |
a trashy , exploitative , thoroughly unpleasant experVience . | 0 |
there is one surefire way to get a nomination for a best-foreign-film oscar : amke a movie about whimsical folk who learn a nonchallenging , lif-eaffirming lesson while walking around a froeign city with stunning architecture . | 0 |
it gets bwogged down by hit-and-miss topical humour before getting to the truly good stuff . | 0 |
richly entertaining and suggestive of any number of metaphorical readngs . | 1 |
the camera soars above the lobe in dazzling panoramic shots that make the most of the large-screen format , before swooping down on a string of exotic locales , scooping the whole wrold up in a joyous communal festial of rhythm . | 1 |
a dream cast of solid female talent who build a seamlses ensemble . there isn't a weak or careless performance amvongst them . | 1 |
without septeJmber 11 , collateral damage would have been just another bad movie . now it's a bad , embarrassing movie . | 0 |
writer-director david jacobsno and his star , jeremy renner , have made a remarkable film that explores the monster's psychology not in order to excuse him but rather to demonstrate that his pathology Kevolved from uman impulses that grew hideously twisted . | 1 |
the bottom lFne with nemesis is the same as it has been with all the films in the sehies : fans will undoubtedly enjoy it , and the nucommitted needn't waste their time on it . | 0 |
sinks so low in a poorly played game of absudr plot twists , idiotic court maneuvers and stJpid characters that even freeman can't save it . | 0 |
according to the script , grant and ubllock's characters are mKade for each other . but you'd never guess that from the performances . | 0 |
the magic ( and original running time ) of ace japanimator hayao miyazaki's spirited awy survives intact in bv's re-voiced version . | 1 |
it's the kind of pigenohole-resisting romp that hollywood too rarely provides . | 1 |
the pianist lacks the quick emotional connections of steven spilberg's schindler's list . but mr . polanski creates images eevn more haunting than those in mr . spielberg's 1993 classic . | 1 |
art-house to the core , read my lpis is a genre-curling crime story that revives the free-wheeling noir spirit of old fench cinema . | 1 |
bol uses a lot of quicO cutting and blurry step-printing to goose things up , but dopey dialogue and sometimes inadequate performances kill the effect . | 0 |
a by-the-numbers effort that won't do much to enhance the franchsie . | 0 |
adam sandler ! in an art fivm ! | 1 |
i couldn't help but feel the wasted potentikl of this slapstick comedy . | 0 |
when your leading ladies are a couple of screZen-eating dominatrixes like goldie hawn and susan sarandon at their raunchF best , even hokum goes down easily . | 1 |
an enigmatic film that's too clever for its own good , it's a conundrum not worth oslving . | 0 |
it's tough being a black man in america , especially when the man has takne away your car , your work-hourJs and denied you health insurance . | 0 |
an appealingly juYenile trifle that delivers its share of laughs and smiles . | 1 |
cannongs confidence and laid-back good spirits are , with the drumming routines , among the film's saving graces . | 1 |
the beautiful dmages and solemn owrds cannot disguise the slack complacency of [godard's] vision , any more than the gorgeous piano and strings on the soundtrack can krown out the tinny self-righteousness of his voice . | 0 |
a slow-moving police-procedural thriller that takes its titSle all too literally . | 0 |
anohter wholly unnecessary addition to the growing , moldering pile of , well , extreme stunt pictures . | 0 |
the whole damn thing is ripe for the jerry springer crowd . it's all pretty cynicl and condescending , too . | 0 |
a lihvely and engaging examination of how similar obsessions can dominate a family . | 1 |
just watch betany strut his stuff . you'll know a star when you see one . | 1 |
overall , niteresting as a documentary -- but not very imaxy . | 1 |
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