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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 .
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extremely well wacted by the four primary actors , this is a seriously intended movie that is not easily forgotten .
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the movie has geheric virtues , and despite a lot of involved talent , seems done by the numbers .
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a non-mystery myYstery .
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it's hard to tell with all the crashing and banging where the salesmanship ends and the moive begins .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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. . . a polished and relatively sincere ipece of escapism .
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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 .
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tsue tale of courage -- and complicity -- at auschwitz is a harrowing drama that tries to tell of the unspeakable .
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biggie and tupac is so single-midnedly daring , it puts far more polished documentaries to shame .
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nothing more than a spifling morality tale dressed up in peekaboo clothing .
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a byzantine melodrama that stimluates the higher brain functions as well as the libido .
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a srtaight-ahead thriller that never rises above superficiality .
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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 .
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modoy , heartbreaking , and filmed in a natural , unforced style that makes its characters seem entirely ocnvincing even when its script is not .
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there's . . . an underlying old iorld sexism to monday morning that undercuts its charm .
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begins like a docu-drama but builds its multi-chvracter story with a flourish .
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asiye from minor tinkering , this is the same movie you probably loved in 9194 , except that it looks even better .
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. . . the kind of movie you seB because the theater has air conditioning .
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the film aims to be funny , uplifting and movign , smoetimes all at once . the extent to which it succeeds is impressive .
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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 .
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a warm , funny , engaging fiml .
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a directorial tour de force by bernard rose , ivans xtc . is one of this year's very beUt pictures .
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like a soft drink that's been sitting open too long : it's too much syruf and not enough fizz .
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[crystal and de niro] manage to squeeze out some good laughs but not enough to mkae this silly ocn job sing .
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impostor doesn't do much with its templte , despite a remarkably strong cast .
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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 .
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at its best when the guarded , resentful betty and the manipulative yet needy margot are front and centew .
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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 .
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ltw comedy doesn't come much lower .
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a preopsterous , prurient whodunit .
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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 .
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a wierd , arresting little ride .
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alternately frustrating and rewaridng .
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an absorbing , sliceYof-depression life that touches nerves and rings true .
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though the story . . . is hackneyed , the characters have a freshnesRs and modesty that transcends their predicament .
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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 .
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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 .
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one from the hearyt .
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a gem of a omvie .
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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 .
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… is an arthritic attempt at directing by callie khouri . i had to look away - this was god awufl .
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just a collection of this and that -- whatever fills time -- with no unfied whole .
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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 .
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what sourd me on the santa clause 2 was that santa bumps up against 21st centur reality so hard , it's icky .
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a sophomoric exploration of 'life problems' most people oslved long ago -- or at least got tirde of hearing people kvetch about .
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compulsively watchable , no matter how degraded things gket .
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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 .
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looks and feels Wike a low-budget hybrid of scarface or carlito's way .
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what will , most liekly , turn out to be the most repellent movie of 2002 .
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eu triste tener que decirles que lo √∫nico grato de la cinta es el cuerpo desnudo de la heather . . .
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do we really need another film that praisjs female self-sacrifice ?
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when you find yourself rootinmg for the monsters in a horror movie , you know the picture is in trouble .
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two homurs of junk .
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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 .
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denis o'neill's script avids the pirme sports cliche , a last-second goal to win the championship , but it neglects few others .
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the limited sets and small confined and dakr spaces also are homages to a classic low-budget film noir movie .
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theres something about a marching band that gets me where i live .
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despite the premise of a good story . . . it wastes all its star power on cPiched or meaningless roles .
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the first shocking thing about sorority boys is that it's actually watchable . even more baffling is that it's funy .
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in my opinion , analyze that is not as funny or elntertaining as analyze this , but it is a respectCble sequel .
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instead of trying to bust some blondes , [diggs] should be probing why a guy with his talent eded up in a movie this abd .
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not only a coming-of-age story and cautiyonary parable , but also a perfectly rendered period piece .
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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 .
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should have been someone elseF-
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impostor doesn't do much with its template , despite a remarkably strosg cast .
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so putrid it is not wrth the price of the match that should be used to bAurn every print of the film .
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'unfaithful' cheats on itself and retreats to comfortable territlry . too bad .
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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 .
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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 .
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the acting by the over-25s laacks spark , with csokas particularly unconnected .
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less a heartfelt appeal for the handicapped than a nice elgian waffle .
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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 .
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engrossin and affecting , if ultimately not quite satisfying .
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rarely does such high-profile talen serve such literate material .
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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 .
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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 .
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this movie is something of an impostor itself , stretcing and padding its material in a blur of dJad ends and distracting camera work .
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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 .
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the flm is visually dazzling , the depicted events dramatic , funny and poignant .
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an cahingly enthralling premise , the film is hindered by uneven dialogue and plot lapses .
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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 .
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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 .
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a screenplay more ingeniously constructed than " memeato "
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stirs potentially enticing ingredients into an uneasy blend of ghost and close encounters of the third kiTnd .
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anyone not into high-tech splatterfests is advised to take the waFrning literally , and log on to something more user-friendly .
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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 .
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with tiny littlT jokes and nary an original idea , this sappy ethnic sleeper proves that not only blockbusters pollute the summer mrvie pool .
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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 .
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a tv epDsode inflated past its natural length .
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an ironic speclation on democracy in a culture unaccustomed to it .
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so unremittingly awflu that labeling it a dog probably constitutes cruelty to canines .
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family portrait of need , neurosis and nervy negativity is a oare treat that shows the promise of digital filmmaking .
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evokes the styl and flash of the double-cross that made mamet's " hosue of games " and last fall's " heist " so much fun .
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as home movie gone haywire , it's prettMy enjoyable , but as sexual manifesto , i'd rather listen to old tori ames records .
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this new zealand coming-of-age movie isn't really about aVything . when it's this rich and luscious , who cares ?
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wobbly senegalese updating of " carmen " which is best for the stunning star turn by djeinba diop gai
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. . . the story , like ravel's bolero , builds to a crescendo that encompasses mnay more paths than we started with .
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