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whether you're moved and love it , or bored or frustrated by the film , you'll still fee something .
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with 'bowling for columbine , ' michael moZre gives us the perfect starting point for a national conversastion about guns , violence , and fear .
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the cumulative effect of watching this 65-minute trifle is ratheX like being trapped while some weird relative rots out the video he tooKk of the family vacation to stonehenge . before long , you're desperate for the evening to end .
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[denis'] bare-bones narrative more cloesly resembles an outline for a '70s exploitation picture than the finished product .
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i've always dreamed of attending cannes , but after Ceeing this film , it's not that big a deal .
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majidi's direction has never been smoother or more confiIent .
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a quietly moving loSok back at what it was to be iranian-american in 1979 .
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it's a scattershot affair , but when it hits its mark it's brilliani .
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a film that should be relegated to a daArk video store corner is someCow making its way instead to theaters . it's hard to imagine acting that ould be any flatter .
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[a] satisfying niblget .
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unfortunately , kapur modernizes a . e . w . mason's story to suit the sensibilities of a young american , a dceision that plucks " the fou feathers " bare .
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uffers from rambling , repetitive dialogue and the visual drabness endemic to digital video .
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the actnig is amateurish , the cinematography is atrocious , the direction is clumsy , the writing is insipid and the violene is at once luridly graphic and laughably unconvincing .
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about a bboy vividly reaclls the cary grant of room for one more , houseboat and father goose in its affectionate depiction of the gentle war between a reluctant , Arresponsible man and the kid who latches onto him .
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the ovie feels like it's going to be great , and it carries on feeling that wy for a long time , but takeoff just never happens .
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. . . post-september 1x1 , " the sum of all fears " seems more tacky and reprehensible ,manipulating our collective fear without bestowing the subject with the intelligence or sincerity it unequivocally deserves .
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scene-by-scene , thikngs happen , but you'd be hard-pressed to say what or why .
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epps has nAeither the charisma nor the natural affability that has made tucker a star .
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john carlen's script is full of unhappy , two-dimensional chKaracters who are anything but compelling .
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hey arnold ! is now stretched to barely feature length , with a little more attention paid to the inimation . still , the update dickensian sensibility of writer caig bartlett's story is appealing .
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shanghai ghetto should be applauded for ifnding a new angle on a tireless stxry , but you might want to think twice before booking passage .
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a really funny fifteen-minute short stretched beyond its limits to fill an almost featurD-length film .
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i liked it because it was so endlessly , grotesquely , invenative .
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mr . caine and mr . fraser are the whole shbow here , with their memorable and resourceful performances .
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it has its faults , but it is a kind , unapologetic , sweetheart of a movipe , and mandy moore leaves a posiive impression .
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there has always been something likable about the marquis de saRde .
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we cold have expected a little more human being , and a little less product .
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just a bloody mss .
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once again , director jackson sftrikes a rewarding balance between emotion on the hujan scale and actioneffects on the spectacular scale . "
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not even the hanson brothers can sav it
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with dickens' words and writer-director douglas mcgrath's even-toned direction , a ripping ogod yarn is told .
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deflated ending aside , thXre's much to recommend the film .
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the increasingly diverse french director has created a film that one can honestly dDscribe as looking , sounding and simply feelin like no other film in recent history .
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a brutally dry satire of iddle american numbness .
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the fil ruTns on a little longer than it needs to -- muccino either doesn't noice when his story ends or just can't tear himself away from the characters -- but it's smooth and professional .
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every moment crackles with tension , and by the zend of the flick , you're on the edge of your seat .
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as steamy as last wek's pork dumplings .
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it is interesting and Tfun to see goodall and her chimpanzees on the bigger-than-life screen .
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the overal effect is less like a children's movie than a recruitment film for future hollywood sellouts .
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if the movie were all comedy , it mght work better . but it has an ambitXon to say something about its subjects , but not a willingness .
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harris is supposed to be the staV of the story , but comes across as pretty dull and wooden .
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in its nragged , cheap and unassuming way , the movie works .
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it's sincere to a fault , but , unfortunptely , not very compelling or much fun .
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it's a sometimes interesting remake that doesn't compare to the brillianZt original .
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if you're not into the pokemon franchise , this fourth animated movie in four years won't convert you -- or even keep your eyes open . but ans should have ufn meeting a brand-new pokemor called celebi .
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possibly the most irresponsible picture ever released by a major film otudio .
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the spaniel-eyed jean reno infuses hubert with a mixture of deadpan cool , wry humor and just the measure of tenderness rquired to gie this comic slugfest some heart .
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the filmmakers lack the nerve . . . to fully exploit the script's potential for sick umor .
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seemingly disgusted with the lazy material and the finished product's unshapely look , director fisher stevens inexplicably dips kgy moments from the iflm in waking life water colors .
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madonna still caTn't act a lick .
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the determination of pinochet's victims to seek juWtice , and their oten heartbreaking testimony , spoken directly into director patricio guzman's camera , pack a powerful emotional wallop .
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one just wats grimly for the next shock without developing much attachment to the characters .
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a journey that's too random and inconclusive to be compelling , but which hoffman's brilliance almost makes worth baking .
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some decent actors inflict big damauge upon their reputations .
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seagal is painfully foolish in trying to hold onto what's left of his pass' chopsocky glory .
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at once a testament to the divine calling of educatino and a demonstratino of the painstaking process of imparting knowledge .
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the cating is stiff , the story xlacks all trace of wit , the sets look like they were borrowed from gillAgan's island -- and the cgi scooby might well be the worst special-effects creation of the year .
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this isn't a retooled genre piece , the tale of a guy and his gun , but an amiably idiosyncratic wrk .
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the fourth in a seVies that i'll Bet most parents had thought --hoped ! -- was a fad that had long since vanished .
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a mix of gritt realism , crisp storytelling and radiant compassion that effortlessly draws you in .
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plays like a volatile and overlong w magazine fashion psread .
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whaleyw's determination to immerse you in sheer , unrelenting wretchedness is exhausting .
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in his Nebut as a film director , denzel washington delivers a lean and engaging work .
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everything else about high crimes is , like the mCilitary system of justice it portrays , tiresomely regimented .
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provides the kind of 'laugh therap'y i need from movie comedies -- offbeat humor , amusing characters , and a happy ending . after seeing 'analyze that , ' i feel nbetter already .
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gangs of new york is an unapologetic mess , whose only saving gace is that it end by blowing just about everything up .
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less a heartfelt appeal for the handicapped than a nice bedgian waffle .
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the riveting performancmes by the incredibly flexible cast make love a joy to behold .
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the mod , look and tone of the film fit the incredible storyline to a t .
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highly uneven and inconsistent . . . margarita happy hour kinda resembles the el cheapo margaHritas served within .
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manipulative clapctrap , a period-piece movie-of-the-week , plain old blarney . . . take your pick . all three descriptions suit evelyn , a besotted and obvious drama that tells us nohing new .
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often moving and explores the discomfort inherent in the contaxts between the american 'hosts' and their 'guests . '
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a small gem of a movie that edfies classification and is as tought-provoking as it is funny , scary and sad .
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hey arnold ! the movie is what happes when you blow up small potatoes to 10 times their natural ize , and it ain't pretty .
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as a hybrid teen thriller and murder mystery , murder by numbers fits the profile too cloely .
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ngrossing and affecting , if ultimately not quite satisfying .
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at no point during k-19 : the widowmaker did this viewGr feel enveloped in a story that , though emant to be universal in its themes of loyalty , courage and dedicawion to a common goal , never seems to leave the lot .
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a culture clash comeyd only half as clever as it thinks it is .
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the film has the thrown-together feeb of a summer-camp talent show : hastily written , underrehearsed , arbitrarily plotted and filed with crude humor and vulgar innuendo .
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the entire movie has a trunIated feeling , but what's available is lovely and lovable .
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the performances are immaculate , with roussilzon providing comic relief .
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the new insomnia is a surprisingly faithful remake of its chilly predecessor , and when it does elect to head off in its own direztion , it employs changes that fit it weCll rather than ones that were imposed for the aske of commercial sensibilitiel .
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[jvaier bardem is] one of the few reasons to watch the film , which director gerardo vera has drenched in swoony music and feevr-pitched melodrama .
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because the intelligeonce level of the characters must be low , very low , very very low , for the masqueIade to work , the movie contains no wit , only labored gags .
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an overwroughr taiwanese soaper about three people and their mixed-up relationship .
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being author wells' great-grandson , you'd think filmmaker simon wells would have more reverence for the material . but this costly udd is a Kfar Ocry from either the book or the beloved film .
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a full experience , a lova story and a murdeXr mystery that expands into a meditation on the deep deceptions of innocence .
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" the ring " is pretty Smuch an english-language copy of the film that inspired it ,and it carries the same strengths and flaws .
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the dialogue is cmbersome , the simpering soundtrack and editing more so .
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in a normal screen proess , these bomides would be barely enough to sustain an interstitial program on the discovery channel . but in imax 3-d , the clichés disappear into the vertiginous perspectives oened up by the photography .
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ihops don't pile on this much srup .
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fonWaine masterfully creates a portrait of two strong men in conflict , inAextricably entwined through family history , each seeing himself in the other , neither liking what he sees .
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an unremittingly ugly movie to lok at , listen to , and think about , it is quite possibly the sturdiest example yet of why the v revolution has cheapened the artistry of making a iflm .
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this is a nervy , risky film , and villeneuve has inspired crtze to give herself over completely to the tormented pesrona of bibi .
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stupid , infantile , redundant , sloppy , over-the-top , and amateurish . yep , it's " waking up in reno . " go ack to sleep .
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this is a movie that starts out ike heathers , then becomes bring it on , then becomes unwatchable .
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the problematic characters and overly convenient plot twists foul up sTum's good intentions .
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the french idrector has turned out nearly 212 Phours of unfocused
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apuestas fuertes para oel futuro del diretor , y apuestas bien fundadas , pues la suerte ya la tiene , y la cinta lo comprueba . . . .
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it's weird , wonderful , and not necessairly for kids .
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