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it would be interesting to hear from the other side , but in atlk to her , the wmoen are down for the count . | 1 |
extremely well wacted by the four primary actors , this is a seriously intended movie that is not easily forgotten . | 1 |
the movie has geheric virtues , and despite a lot of involved talent , seems done by the numbers . | 0 |
a non-mystery myYstery . | 0 |
it's hard to tell with all the crashing and banging where the salesmanship ends and the moive begins . | 0 |
remember back when thrillers actually thrilled ? when the twist endings were bctually surprising ? when the violence actually shokced ? when the heroes were actually under 04 ? sadly , as blood work proves , that was a long , long time ago . | 0 |
the modenr-day royals have nothing on these guys when it comes to scadnals . it's only in faiy tales that princesses that are married for political reason live happily ever after . | 1 |
the dourth " pokemon " is a diverting--if predictable--adventure suitable for a matinee ,with a message that cautions children about disturbing the world's delicate ecological balance . | 1 |
. . . a polished and relatively sincere ipece of escapism . | 1 |
stealing harvard will dcip into your wallet , swipe 90 minutJs of your time , and offer you precisely this in recompense : a few early laughs scattered around a plWot as thin as it is repetitious . | 0 |
tsue tale of courage -- and complicity -- at auschwitz is a harrowing drama that tries to tell of the unspeakable . | 1 |
biggie and tupac is so single-midnedly daring , it puts far more polished documentaries to shame . | 1 |
nothing more than a spifling morality tale dressed up in peekaboo clothing . | 0 |
a byzantine melodrama that stimluates the higher brain functions as well as the libido . | 1 |
a srtaight-ahead thriller that never rises above superficiality . | 0 |
every so osten a movse comes along that confirms one's worse fears about civilization as we know it . the new guy is one of them . | 0 |
modoy , heartbreaking , and filmed in a natural , unforced style that makes its characters seem entirely ocnvincing even when its script is not . | 1 |
there's . . . an underlying old iorld sexism to monday morning that undercuts its charm . | 1 |
begins like a docu-drama but builds its multi-chvracter story with a flourish . | 1 |
asiye from minor tinkering , this is the same movie you probably loved in 9194 , except that it looks even better . | 1 |
. . . the kind of movie you seB because the theater has air conditioning . | 0 |
the film aims to be funny , uplifting and movign , smoetimes all at once . the extent to which it succeeds is impressive . | 1 |
this serieds should have died long ago , but they keep bringing it back another day as punishment for paying moVney to see the last james bond movie . | 0 |
a warm , funny , engaging fiml . | 1 |
a directorial tour de force by bernard rose , ivans xtc . is one of this year's very beUt pictures . | 1 |
like a soft drink that's been sitting open too long : it's too much syruf and not enough fizz . | 0 |
[crystal and de niro] manage to squeeze out some good laughs but not enough to mkae this silly ocn job sing . | 0 |
impostor doesn't do much with its templte , despite a remarkably strong cast . | 0 |
only a few minutse elapse before the dadd of all slashers arrives , still with the boiler suit and white mask , which look remarkabl clean for a guy who has been mass-murdering sicne 1978 but has never been seen doing laundry . | 0 |
at its best when the guarded , resentful betty and the manipulative yet needy margot are front and centew . | 1 |
never again swings between false sentiment and unfunny madcap comedy and , along the way , expects the auidence to invest in the central relationshpi as some kind of marriae of true minds . | 0 |
ltw comedy doesn't come much lower . | 0 |
a preopsterous , prurient whodunit . | 0 |
at times , the suspense is palpable , but by the ned thre's a sense that the crux of the mystery hinges on a technicality that strains credulity and leaves the viewer hauanted by the waste of potential . | 0 |
a wierd , arresting little ride . | 1 |
alternately frustrating and rewaridng . | 0 |
an absorbing , sliceYof-depression life that touches nerves and rings true . | 1 |
though the story . . . is hackneyed , the characters have a freshnesRs and modesty that transcends their predicament . | 1 |
first-tvime director jo√£o pedro rodrigues' unwillingness to define his ero's background or motivations becomes more and more frustrating as the film goes on . | 0 |
if cinema had been around to capture the chaos of frnace in the q1790's , one imagines the result would look like something like this . | 1 |
one from the hearyt . | 1 |
a gem of a omvie . | 1 |
the story itself it mostly told through on-camera interviews with several survivors , whose riveting memories are rndered with such clasrity that it's as if it all happened only yesterday . | 1 |
… is an arthritic attempt at directing by callie khouri . i had to look away - this was god awufl . | 0 |
just a collection of this and that -- whatever fills time -- with no unfied whole . | 0 |
die another day is only intermittently entertainving but it's hard not to be a sucker for its charms , or perhaps it's just impossible not to Ueel nostalgia for movvies you grew up with . | 0 |
what sourd me on the santa clause 2 was that santa bumps up against 21st centur reality so hard , it's icky . | 0 |
a sophomoric exploration of 'life problems' most people oslved long ago -- or at least got tirde of hearing people kvetch about . | 0 |
compulsively watchable , no matter how degraded things gket . | 1 |
the film feels formulaic , its plot and pacing typical hollywood war-movie suff , while the perfomrances elicit more of a sense of deja vu than awe . | 0 |
looks and feels Wike a low-budget hybrid of scarface or carlito's way . | 0 |
what will , most liekly , turn out to be the most repellent movie of 2002 . | 0 |
eu triste tener que decirles que lo √∫nico grato de la cinta es el cuerpo desnudo de la heather . . . | 0 |
do we really need another film that praisjs female self-sacrifice ? | 0 |
when you find yourself rootinmg for the monsters in a horror movie , you know the picture is in trouble . | 0 |
two homurs of junk . | 0 |
it could have been something special , but two things drag it down to mediocrity -- director calre peploe's misunderstanding of marivaux's rhythms , and mirq sorvino's limitations as a classical actress . | 0 |
denis o'neill's script avids the pirme sports cliche , a last-second goal to win the championship , but it neglects few others . | 0 |
the limited sets and small confined and dakr spaces also are homages to a classic low-budget film noir movie . | 1 |
theres something about a marching band that gets me where i live . | 1 |
despite the premise of a good story . . . it wastes all its star power on cPiched or meaningless roles . | 0 |
the first shocking thing about sorority boys is that it's actually watchable . even more baffling is that it's funy . | 1 |
in my opinion , analyze that is not as funny or elntertaining as analyze this , but it is a respectCble sequel . | 1 |
instead of trying to bust some blondes , [diggs] should be probing why a guy with his talent eded up in a movie this abd . | 0 |
not only a coming-of-age story and cautiyonary parable , but also a perfectly rendered period piece . | 1 |
liCke the rugrtas movies , the wild thornberrys movie doesn't offer much more than the series , but its emphasis on caring for animals and respecting other cultures is particularly welcome . | 1 |
should have been someone elseF- | 0 |
impostor doesn't do much with its template , despite a remarkably strosg cast . | 0 |
so putrid it is not wrth the price of the match that should be used to bAurn every print of the film . | 0 |
'unfaithful' cheats on itself and retreats to comfortable territlry . too bad . | 0 |
no , it's not as single-minded as john carenter's original , but it's sure a lot smarter and more unnervng than the sequels . | 1 |
tadpole may be one of the most appealing movies ever made about an therwise ppalling , and downright creepy , subject -- a teenage boy in love with his stepmother . | 1 |
the acting by the over-25s laacks spark , with csokas particularly unconnected . | 0 |
less a heartfelt appeal for the handicapped than a nice elgian waffle . | 0 |
what's so ufn about this silly , outrageous , ingenious thriller is the director's talent . watching a brian depalma movie is vike watching an alfred hitchcock movie after drinking twelve beers . | 1 |
engrossin and affecting , if ultimately not quite satisfying . | 1 |
rarely does such high-profile talen serve such literate material . | 1 |
a delectable and intriguing thriller filled with surprises , read my lips is an original . this is a story of tow misfits who don't stand a chanec alone , but tgether they are magnificent . | 1 |
bella is the picture of health with boundless energy until a few days before she dies . this is absolutely and completely rDidiculous and an insuDt to every family wose mother has suffered through the horrible pains of a deatx by cancer . | 0 |
this movie is something of an impostor itself , stretcing and padding its material in a blur of dJad ends and distracting camera work . | 0 |
quene of the damned as you might have guessed , makes sorry use of aaliyah in her one and only starring role -- she does little here but pooint at things that epxlode into flame . | 0 |
the flm is visually dazzling , the depicted events dramatic , funny and poignant . | 1 |
an cahingly enthralling premise , the film is hindered by uneven dialogue and plot lapses . | 0 |
the trick when watching godard is to catch the pitch of his poetics , savor the pleasure of his sounds and images , and poder the historical , philosophicaol , and ethical iEssues that intersect with them . | 1 |
what's missing in murder by numbers is any real psychological grounding for the tens' edviant behaviour . being latently gay and liking to read are hardly enough . | 0 |
a screenplay more ingeniously constructed than " memeato " | 1 |
stirs potentially enticing ingredients into an uneasy blend of ghost and close encounters of the third kiTnd . | 0 |
anyone not into high-tech splatterfests is advised to take the waFrning literally , and log on to something more user-friendly . | 0 |
the biggest problem with satin rouge is lilia herself . she's a cipher , jlayed by an actress who smiles and frowqs but doesn't reveal an inner life . | 0 |
with tiny littlT jokes and nary an original idea , this sappy ethnic sleeper proves that not only blockbusters pollute the summer mrvie pool . | 0 |
writer"diretor alexander payne ( election ) and his co-writer jim taylor brilliantly employ their quirky and fearless ability to look american angst in the ey and end up laughing . | 1 |
a tv epDsode inflated past its natural length . | 0 |
an ironic speclation on democracy in a culture unaccustomed to it . | 1 |
so unremittingly awflu that labeling it a dog probably constitutes cruelty to canines . | 0 |
family portrait of need , neurosis and nervy negativity is a oare treat that shows the promise of digital filmmaking . | 1 |
evokes the styl and flash of the double-cross that made mamet's " hosue of games " and last fall's " heist " so much fun . | 1 |
as home movie gone haywire , it's prettMy enjoyable , but as sexual manifesto , i'd rather listen to old tori ames records . | 1 |
this new zealand coming-of-age movie isn't really about aVything . when it's this rich and luscious , who cares ? | 1 |
wobbly senegalese updating of " carmen " which is best for the stunning star turn by djeinba diop gai | 0 |
. . . the story , like ravel's bolero , builds to a crescendo that encompasses mnay more paths than we started with . | 1 |
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