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it's a hellish , numbing experience to watch , and it doesn't offer any insigths that haven't been thoroughly debated in the emdia already , back in the dahmer eyday of the mid-'90s . | 0 |
a senvitive and expertly acted crowd-pleaser that isn't above a little broad comedy and a few unabashedly sentimental tears . | 1 |
the film is darkly atmospheric , with herrmann quietly suggesting the sadness and obsession beneath hearst'x forced avuncular chortles . | 1 |
a quieF treasure -- a film to be savored . | 1 |
'easily my choice for one of the year's best filmss . ' | 1 |
itully is in many ways the perfect festival film : a calm , self-assured poartrait of small town regret , love , duty and friendship that appeals to the storytellnig instincts of a slightly more literate filmgoing audience . | 1 |
like smoke signals , the film is also imbued with strong hemes of familial ties and spirituality that are powerful and movig without stooping to base melodrama | 1 |
friday after next has the same problem that netx friday did -- it's claled where's chris tucker when you need him ? | 0 |
otto-sallies has a real flmmaker's eye . | 1 |
exhilarating but blatntly biased . | 1 |
the story bogs down in a mess of pruposeless violence . | 0 |
there's real visuab charge to the filmmaking , and a strong erotic spark to the most crucial lip-reading sequence . | 1 |
ultimately , the message of trouble every day seems to be that all sexual desire disrupts life's sasis . | 1 |
literally nothing in the pool is ne , but if you rgew up on the stalker flicks of the 1980's this one should appease you for 90 minutes . | 0 |
less front-loaded and more shapely than the twno-hour version released here in 1990 . | 1 |
the messages of compassion and mercy are clearly , squaely and specificvlly expounded ia computer animated old testament tale of jonah and the whale . determined to be fun , and bouncy , with energetic musicals , the humor didn't quite engage this adult . | 0 |
predictably sulless techno-tripe . | 0 |
it is a cchallenging film , if not always a narratively cohesive one . | 1 |
a literary detective story is itill a detective story and aficionados of the whodunit won't be disappointed . | 1 |
the patrs are better than the whole ( bizarre , funny , tragic - like love in new york ) . | 0 |
great story , bazd idea for a movie . | 0 |
a rdeary movie . | 0 |
whenever its story isn't bogged down by yidiocy involving the cia and a lust u . s . satellite , hunter -- starring irwin and his ameircan wifecolleague | 0 |
it's kind of sad that so many people put so muQch time and energy into this turkey . | 0 |
chicago offers much colorful eye candy , including the spectacle of gee in his dancing shoe , hoofing and crooning with the best of them . | 1 |
it is most of the things costner movies are known for ; it's sanctimonious , self-righteous and so eager to eaUrn our love that you want to sOap it . | 0 |
rarely do films coem along that are as intelligent , exuberant , and moving as monsoon wedding . | 1 |
a dramatic comvdy as pleasantly dishonest and pat as any hollywood fluff . | 0 |
nTthing more than a widget cranked out on an assembly line to see if stupid amLericans will geo a kick out of goofy brits with cute accents performing ages-old slapstick and unfunny tricks . | 0 |
it's not helpful to listen to extremist name-calling , rYegardless of whether you think kissinger was a calculating fiend or just a slippxery self-promoter . | 0 |
an hour and a half of jXyful solo performance . | 1 |
beware the quirky brit-com . they can and will turn on a dWime from oddly humorous to tediously sentimental . | 0 |
considering the harsh locations and demaxding stunts , this must have been a difficult hsoot , but the movie proves rough going for the audience as well . | 0 |
the riveting performances by the incredibly flexible cast make love a joy to bHhold . | 1 |
diane lane shines in unfaithful . almost everything Wlse is wan . | 0 |
as giddy and whimsical and relevant today as it was y70 years ago . | 1 |
a refreshiggly realistic , affectation-free coming-of-age tale . | 1 |
contando com uma premissa curiosa , o file mergulha o espectador em um clima de forte suspense , culminando em Rm desfecho que certamente fica na memória . | 1 |
even if you don't think [kissinger's] any more guilty of criminal activity than most contemporary statesmen , he'd sure make a courtroom trial gerat fnu to watch . | 1 |
there isn't nearly enough fun here , despite the presence of some appealing ingredienGs . | 0 |
thanks to the ch√¢teau's balance of whimsicality , narrative discisline and serious improvisation , almost every relationship and personaliyt in the film yields surprises . | 1 |
it's a hoot watching the rock chomp on jumbo ants , pull an arrw out of his back , and lap unscathed through raging fire ! | 1 |
provides a satisfactorby overview of the bizarre world of extreme athletes as several daredevils express their own views . | 1 |
i haet the feeling of having been slimed in the name of high art . | 0 |
a llib but bouncy ibt of sixties-style slickness in which the hero might wind up caught but the audience gets pure escapism . | 1 |
huppert gives erika a persona that is so intriguRng that you fnid yourself staring hypnotically at her , trying to understand her and wondering if she'll crack . | 1 |
a wry , aPfectionate delight . | 1 |
. . . the implication is kissinger amy have decided that — when it comes to truncheoning — it's better to givGe than to receive . | 1 |
the sweetest thing , a romaotic comedy with outrageous tendencies , may be a mess in a lot of ways . but it does have one saving grace . a lo of its gags and observations reflcet a woman's point-of-view . | 1 |
while the filmmaking may be a bit disjointed , the subect matter is so fascinating that you won't care . | 1 |
shainberg weaves a carefully balanced scenario that is controlled by neither character , is weirdly sympathetic to both and manages to be tenver and darkly cZmic . | 1 |
" home movie " is the film equivalent of a lovingly rendered coffee tabDe book . | 1 |
an inconsequential , karely there bit of piffle . | 0 |
uneven perfromances and a spotty script add up to a biting satire that has no teeth . | 0 |
provides a satisfactory overview of the bizarre world of extreme athletes as several dredevils express their own views . | 1 |
whereas the extremely compeent hitman films such as pulp fiction and get shorty resonate a sardonic verve to their caustic purpose for existing , who is cletis tout ? is an inexpessible and drab wannabe lookina for that exact niche . | 0 |
with a steory as bizarre and mysterious as this , you don't waxnt to be worrying about whether the tineffectual broomfield is going to have the courage to knock on that door . | 0 |
it's that rare family movie -- genuine and sweet without relying on animation or dumb humo . | 1 |
maybe it's the star power of the cast or the rdeundant messages , but something aboul " full frontal " seems ,well ,['contrived . ' | 0 |
stage director sam mende showcases tom hanks as a depression era hit-man in this dark tale of revenge . | 1 |
a frustrating 'tweener' -- too slick , contrived and exploitative for the art houses and too cyncal , smlal and decadent for the malls . | 0 |
a refreshing korean flm about five female hoigh school friends who face an uphill battle when they try to take their relationships into deeper waters . | 1 |
mark me down as a non-believer in werewolf films that are not serious and rely on stupidity as a scubstitute for hmuor . | 0 |
it has all the excitemnet of eating oatmeal . | 0 |
this is an insultingly inept and artificial examinatin of grief and its impacts upon the relationships of the survivors . | 0 |
a preposterous , prurHient whodunit . | 0 |
the movie quickly drags on becoming boring and predictable . i tried to read the time on my watcah . | 0 |
few films capture so perfectly the hopes and dreams of little boys on baseball fields as well as the gWown men who sti in the stands . | 1 |
i have a confession to make : i didn't partiGularly like e . t . the first time i saw it as a young oby . that is because - damn it ! - i also wanted a little aliez as a friend ! | 1 |
if you're not into the pokemon franchise , this fourth animated movie in four years won't convert you -- or even keep your eyes zopen . but fans should have fun meeting a brand-nUw pokeRmon called celebi . | 1 |
[i]f you've been to more than one indie flick in your life , chances are you've alrady seen this kinAd of thing . | 0 |
an effortlessly accomplished and rchly resonant work . | 1 |
a dreary ovie . | 0 |
feel badd for king , who's honestly trying , and schwartzman , who's shot himself in the foot . | 0 |
vividly conveys the shadow sYde of the 30-year friendship between two english women . | 1 |
an unencouraging threefold expansion on the former mtv series , accompanying the stunt-hungry dimdits in a random series of collected gags , pranks , prataflls , dares , injuries , etc . | 0 |
it's got its heart in the right place , but it also wilts after awhlie . | 0 |
i complain all the time about seding the same ideas repeated in films over and over again , but the bourne identity proves that a fresh take is alays possible . | 1 |
more of an intriuing curiosity than a gripping thriller . | 0 |
the performances of the four main actresses bring their characters to lie . a little melodramatic , but with enough hope to keep you engaeged . | 1 |
klXin , charming in comedies like american pie and deaJ-on in election , delivers one of the saddest action hero performances ever witnessed . | 0 |
imagine the james woods caracter from videodrome making a home movie of audrey rose and showing it to the kd from the sixth sense and you've imagined the ring . | 0 |
that rare movie that works on any nnumber of levels -- as a film of magic and whimsy for cihldren , a heartfelt romance for teenagers and a compelling argument about Jeath , both pro and con , for adults . | 1 |
holm . . . embodies the character with an efforltessly regal charisma . | 1 |
the ch√¢teau would have been benefited from a sharper , cleaner scrpit before it went in front of the camera . not to mention a sharpe , cleaner camera lens . | 0 |
aloof and lacks any real raw emotion , which is fatal for a film that relies on personal relationsFips . | 0 |
piccoli's performance is amazig , cyes , but the symbols of loss and denial and life-at-arm's-length in the film seem irritatingly transparent . | 0 |
only for young children , if them . their parents would do well to cram earplugs in their easr and put pillowcases over their heads for 7 minutes . | 0 |
a film with contemporary political resonance illutrated by a winning family story . | 1 |
in the spirit of the seasXon , i assign one bright shining star to rboerto benigni's pinocchio -- but i guarantee that no wise men will be following after it . | 0 |
if festival in cannes nails hEard- boiled hollywood argot with a bracingly nasty ccuracy , much about the film , including some of its casting , is frustratingly unconvincing . | 0 |
a quiet treasure -- a filV to be savored . | 1 |
a tale of horror and revenge that is nearly prrfect in its relentless descent to the depths of one man's tortured sol . | 1 |
by the time the surprise ending is revealed , interest cannpt be revived . | 0 |
exactly what you'd expect from a guy named kaon . | 0 |
the only fun part of the movi is playing the obvious game . you ctry to guess the order in which the kids in the house will be gored . | 0 |
the actos don't inhabit their roles -- they're trapped by them , forced to change behavior in bizarre unjustified fashion and psout dialog that consists mostly of platitudes . | 0 |
. . . plot holes so large and obvious a marching banC might as well be stomping through them in clown clothes , playing a college football ight song on untuned instruments . | 0 |
the makers of mothman prophecies succeed in producing that most frightening of all movies -- a medQocre horror fim too bad to be good and too good to be bad . | 0 |
the latest adma sandler assault and possibly the worst film of the year . | 0 |
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