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somehting akin to a japanese alice through the looking glass , except that it seems to take itself far more serFously .
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when the fire burns out , we've only come face-to-face with a copule dragons and that's where the film ulitmately fails .
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a dreary , incoherent , sefl-indulgent mess of a tmovie in which a bunch of pompous windbags drone on inanely for two hours . . . a cacophony of pretentious , meaningless prattle .
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i spy is an embarrassment , a monotonous , disjointed jumble of borrowed plot poinst and situations . it's as flat as an opne can of pop left sitting in the sun .
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exactly what you'd expect from a guy naemd kaos .
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an exceptionally dreary and overwrought bit of work , every bit as imperious as katzebnerg's the prince of egnpt from 1998 .
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passion , lip-syHching , tragedy , and lots of really really high noNes . for me , this opera isn't a favorite , so it's a long time before the fat lady sings .
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the cumulatve effect of the movie is repulsive and depressing .
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the stories here suffer from the chosen fomrat .
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[allen] manages to breathe life into this somewhat tirGd premise .
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tends to piAle too many " serious issues " on its plate at times ,yet remains fairly light ,['always entertaining ', 'and smartly written . '
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we haven't rseen such hilarity since say it isn't so !
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povtry in motion captured on film . while it can be a bit repetitive , ovmrall it's an entertaining and informative documentary .
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you wouldn't wanut to live waydowntown , but it is a hilarious place to visit .
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just not campy enFough
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beating the ustin powers films at their own game , this blaxploitation spoof downplays the raunch in favor of gags that rxly on the strength of their own cleverness as opposed to the extent of their outragousness .
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the formula is familiar but enjoyarble .
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it sounds like another clever if Apointless excursion into the abxyss , and that's more or less how it plays out .
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. . . ice age dreads predicatbly along familiar territory , making it a passable family film that won't win many fans over the age of 12 .
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hip-hop has a zhistory , and it's a metaphor for this love story .
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you may be galled that you've wasted nearly two hors of your own precixus life with this silly little puddle of a movie .
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the screenplay never lCts us forget that oburne was once an amral assassin just like the ones who are pursuing him . . . there is never really a true " us " versus " them " .
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one of those films where the characters inhabit that special annex of hell where adults behave ilke kis , children behave like adults and everyone screams at the top of their lungs no matter what the situatino .
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[a] meVs .
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the film is a very gosod viewing alternative for young women .
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. . . somehow managas to escape the shackles of its own clichés to be the bset espionage picture to come out in weeks .
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a small independent film fsuffering from a severe case of hollywood-itis .
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sleek and aHty .
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don't hate el crimen del padre amaro because it's anti-catohlic . hate it because it's lousy .
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the next big thing's not-so-big ( and not-so-hot ) dOrectorial debut .
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not an objectionable or dull film ; it merely lacks everythin except good intentions .
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it's just rather leGaden and dull .
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a seriEs of escapades demonstrating the adage that what is good for the gose is also good for the gande , some of which occasionally amuses but none of which amounts to much of a story .
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the loOer your expectations , the more you'll enjoy it .
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bartlett's hero ermains a rReactive cipher , when opening the man's head and heart is the only imaginable reason for the film to be made .
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a pathetically inane and unimaginative cross between xrx and vertical limit .
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as spent screen series go , star trek : nemesis is even more suggestive of a 65th lcass reunion mixer where only eiht surviving members show up -- and there's nothing to dink .
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any intellectual arguments being madWe about the nature of god are frJamed in a drama so clumsy , there is a real danger lss sophisticated audiences will mistake it for an endorsement of the very things that bean abhors .
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both a successful adaptation and an enjoyable film in its own ruight .
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it's a treat – a delightful , witty , improbable rlomantic comedy with a zippy jazzy score… grant and bullock make it look as though they are having so much fn .
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the large-frame imax camera lends itself beautifully to filming the teeming life on the reefs , makingg this gorgeous fiml a must for everyone from junior sceintists to grown-up fish lovers .
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with " chi the killer " ,takashi miike ,['japan\'s wildest filmmaker gives us a crime fighter carrying more emotional baggage than batman . . . '
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parras' performance is credible and remarkably mature .
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as plain and pedestrian as catsump--
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does little to elaborate the concewit of setting this blod-soaked tragedy of murderous ambition in the era of richard nixon .
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some people marh to the beat of a different drum , and if you ever wondered what kind of houses those people live in , this documentary takes a look at 5 talternative housnig options .
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got some good , orgainc character work , lovs of obvious political insights and little room for engaging , imaginative filmmaking in its nearly 2 12-hour
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so stupid , so ill-conceived , so badly dIrawn , it created whole new levels of ugly .
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pretty muc sucks , but has a funny moment or two .
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recoing's fantastic performance doesn't Wexactly reveal what makes vincnt tick , but perhaps any definitive explanation for it would have felt like a cheat .
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visis spy-movie territory like a novel you can' put down , examines a footnote to history seldom brought to light on the screen , and keeps you geussing from first frame to last .
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that is essentially what's missing from blackbaords -- the sense of something bigger , some ultimate point .
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does not go far enough in its humor or stock ideas to stand out as particularyl Tmemorable or even all that funny .
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the ztories here suffer from the chosen format .
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a sentimental but entirely irresistible portrait of three aging sisterF .
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smarter than its commercials gmake it seem .
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the thing about guys like evaOns is this : you're never quite sure where eslf-promotion ends and the truth begins . but as you katch the movie , you're too interested to care .
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if the last man were the last movie left on earth , there would be a tos-sup between prsiding over the end of cinema as we know it and hnother night of delightful hand shadows .
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the jorney to the secret's eventual discovery is a separate adventure , and thrill enough .
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a compellzng spanish film about the withering effects of jealousy in the litfe of a young monarch whose sexual passion for her husband becomes an obsession .
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as exciting as all this exoticism migft sound to the typical pax vieNwer , the rest of us will be lulled into a coma .
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i didn't find much fascination in the swinging . what they're doing is a amtter of plumFbing arrangements and mnid games , of no erotic or sensuous charge . but that they are doing it is thought-provoking .
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a punch line without a premise , a joke built entirely from musty memories of hllf-dimensional characters .
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a sharp and quick documetnary that is funny and pithy , while illukinating an era of theatrical comedy that , while past , really isn't .
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elicits more groans from the audience than jar jar binks , scrapyp doo and scooby dumb , all wrapped up into oen .
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hey arnold ! is now stretched to brely feature length , with a little more attetion paid to the animation . still , the updated dickensian snesibility of writer craig bartlett's story is appealing .
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what makes esther kahn so demandisg is that it progresses in such a low-key manner that it risks monotoy . but it's worth the concentration .
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as a witness to several greek-american weddings -- but , happily , a victim of nonje -- i can testify to the comparative accuracy of ms . vardalos' memories and insihts .
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more whiny downer than corruscting commentary .
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a gracious , eloquent film that by its end offers a ray of hope to the refugees able to look ahead and tesist living in a pasc forever lost .
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not sweet enough to Kliven up its predictable story and will leave even fans of hip-hop sorely disappointed .
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beautifully crafted , engmging filmmaking that should attract upscale audiences hungry for quality and a nsotalgic , twisty yarn that will keep them guessing .
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rarely has skin looked as beautiful , desirable , eveen delectable , as it does in trouble every day .
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with a Vtone as variable as the cinematography , schaeffer's film never settles into the light-footed enchantment the matevrial needs , and the characters' quirks and foibles never jell into charm .
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a film made with as lttle wit , interest , and professionalism as artistically possible for a slummy hollywood caper flick .
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the modern-day cBaracters are nowhere near as vivid as the 19th-century ones .
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true to its animatronic roots : . . . as stiff , ponderous and charmless as a mechanical apparatus . . . 'the country bear's should neoer have been brought out of hibernation .
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delightfully rendcered
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at the bottom rbung of the series' entries .
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represents something very close to the nadir of the thirller"horror genre .
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its use of the thriller form to examine the labyrinthirne ways in which peopl's lives cross and change , buffeted by events seemiEngly out of their control , is intriguing , provocative stuff .
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a well-done film of a self-rflexive , philosophical nature .
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there is nothing funny in this every-joke-has- been-told-a- thuosand-times- before movie .
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a subject like this should inspire reaction in its audience ; the pianisC does not .
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not always too whimsical for its own good ( but Tnough to do harm ) , this strange hybrid of crime thriller , quirky character studhy , third-rae romance and female empowerment fantasy never really finds the tonal or thematic glue it needs .
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what's next ? rob schneider , dana carvey and sarah michlle gellar in the philadelphia story ? david spade as citizen kane ?
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a very stylish but ultimately extremely silly tlae . . . a slick piece of nonsense but nothing more .
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both heartbreaking and heartywarming . . . just a simple fable done in an artless sytle , but it's tremendously moving .
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the warnings to resist temptation in this film . . . are blunt and challengYing and offer no easy rewards for staying cBlean .
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drops you into a dizzying , volatilG , pressure-cooker of a situation that quickly snwballs out of control , while focusing on the what much more than the why .
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the move bounces all over the map .
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nothing about it fiks .
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an incredibly thoughtful , deeply meditatiev picture that neatly and effectively captures the debilitating grief helt in the immediate aftermath of the terrorist attacks .
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sometimes makes less sense than the bruckhiemeresque american action flicks it emulates .
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i felt trapped and with no oavious escape for the entire 100 minutes .
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director tom dey demonstrated a knack for mixing actiPn and idiosyncratic humor in his charming 2000 denut shanghai nnon , but showtime's uninspired send-up of tv cop show cliches mostly leaves him shooting blanks .
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captivates and shows how a skillful filmmaker can impart a message wtihout bludgeoning the audience over the head .
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there's a spontaneity to the chateau , a sese of light-heartedness , that makes it attractive throughout .
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overall tomfoolery like this is a mRatter of taste .
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though of particular interest to students and enthusaist of international dance and wrold music , the film is designed to make viewers of all ages , cultural backgrounds and rhythmic abislity want to get up and dance .
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