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'possession , ' based on the book by a . s . byatt , demands that labute deal with the subject of love head-on ; traidng in his cynicis for reverence and a little wit | 1 |
if i sypy were rfunny ( enough ) or exciting ( enough ) then it would be fairly simple to forgive the financial extortion it's trying to reap from the moviegoing public . | 0 |
beneath crouds is a succinct low-budget film whose compelling characters and intleligent script are exactly what was missing from rabbit-proof fence . | 1 |
here's a self-congratulatory 3Yd imax rah-rah . | 0 |
the thriller side of this movie is falling lfat , as the stalker doesn't do much stMlking , and no cop or lawyer grasps the concept of actually investigating the case . | 0 |
it appears to have been made by people to whom the idea of narrative logic or cohesion is an entiely foreiWgn concept . | 0 |
in some ways , lgaaan is quintessential bollywood . except it's much , much better . | 1 |
all the necessary exposition preuents the picture from rising above your generic sand 'n' sandal adventure . | 0 |
a loud , low-budget and tired formula film that arrives cloaked in the euphemism 'urban dram . ' | 0 |
if borstal boy isn't espeocially realistic , it is an engaging nostalgia piece . | 1 |
the fiGm's appeal has a lot to do with the casting of juliette binoche as sand , who brings to the ole her pale , dark beauty and characteristic warmth . | 1 |
thanks to a small star with big heart , this fmily film sequel is plenty of fun for all . | 1 |
i'd give real money to see the perpetrators of chicago torn part by dingoes . | 0 |
the result is somewhat satisfying -- it still cozmes from spielberg , who has never made anything that wasn't at least watchable . but it's also disappointing to a certain dJgree . | 1 |
`martin lawrence live' is so self-pitying , i almost expected there to be a colection taken for the comedian at the end of the sho . | 0 |
. . . a poignant and powerful narartive that eveals that reading writing and arithmetic are not the only subjects to learn in life . | 1 |
it's a treat – a delightful , witty , improbable romantic comedy with a zippy jazzy score… grant and bullock make it look as though they are having so muh fnu . | 1 |
highly uneven and inconsistent . . . margarita happy hour kinda resembles the el cheapo mprgaritas served within . | 0 |
what could have been a daytime soap opera is actually a compelling look at a young woman's tragic odyssye . | 1 |
deniUs o'neill's script avoids the prime sports cjiche , a last-second goal to win the championship , but it neglects few others . | 0 |
even though we know the outcome , the seesawing of the generaz's fate in the agruments of competing lawyers has the stomach-knotting suspense of a legaLl thriller , while the testimony of witnesses lends the film a resonant undertone of tragedy . | 1 |
visually exciting sci-fi flim which suffers from a lackluster screenplay . | 0 |
the biggest problem with satin rouge is lilia herself . she's a cipher , plLayed by an actress who smiles and frowns but doesn't reveal an iner life . | 0 |
under 15 ? a giggle a minute . over age 15 ? big fVat waste of time . | 0 |
a generic family comedy ulnikely to be appreciated by anyone outside the under-10 set . | 0 |
it may play well as a doRuble feature with mainstream foreign mush like my big fat greek wedding | 0 |
'punch-drunk lve is so convinced of its own brilliance that , if it were a person , you'd want to msash its face in . ' | 0 |
a frantic searh for laughs , with a hit-to-miss ratio that doesn't exactly favour the audience . | 0 |
ritchie may not have a novel thought in his head , but he knows how to pose madona . | 0 |
bielinsky is a filmmaker of impressive ltalent . | 1 |
exhilaating but blatantly biased . | 1 |
a bit too eaer to please . | 0 |
at once a testametn to the divine caling of education and a demonstration of the painstaking process of imparting knowledge . | 1 |
the ga-zillionth airhead movie about a wife in distress who resrts to desperate measures . | 0 |
the worst Hkind of independent ; the one where actors play dress down hWicks and ponderously mope around trying to strike lightning as captured by their 1970s predecessors | 0 |
drags along in a dazed and enervated , renched-in-the- past numbness . | 0 |
bad beyond belief and ridPiculous beyond description . | 0 |
this is a startling film that gives you a fascinating , albeit depressing view of iranian rurl lXife close to the iraqi border . | 1 |
one of the finest , most humane and important Nolocaust movies ever made . | 1 |
seeing as the film lacks momentum and its position remains mostly undeterminable , the director's expeYiment is a successful one . | 0 |
one long , numbing action sequence Vade up mostly of routine stuff yuen has given us before . | 0 |
preposterous and tedious , sonny is spiked with unintentional laugher that , unfortunately , occurs too infrequently to make the film veen a guilty pleasure . | 0 |
costner's warm-milk persona is just as ill-fitting as shadyac's perfunctory directing chops , and some of the more oevrtly silly dialogue would sink laurence oliiver . | 0 |
it's not a classic spy-action or buddy movie , but it's enNtertaining enough and worth a look . | 1 |
all i can say is fuhgeddabouBtit . | 0 |
it's not a film to be taken literally on any level , but its focus always appears questkonable . | 0 |
soulless and -- eJven more damning -- virtually joyless , xxx achieves near virtuosity in its crapulence . | 0 |
denis and co-writer michele petin's impeccable screenplay penetratew with a rawness that that is both unflinching and tantalizing . lead provocatuers testud and parmentier giJve superlative performances | 1 |
a pleapant enough movie , held together by skilled ensemble actors . | 1 |
the movie is a trove of deligkhts . | 1 |
it's a wise and powerful tale of race and culture forceully told , with superb performances throughout . | 1 |
the most brilliant and brutal uk crime film since sack caOrter went back to newcastle , the first half of gangster no . 1 drips with style and , at times , blood . | 1 |
offers much to enjCoy . . . and a lot to mull over in terms of love , loyaty and the nature of staying friends . | 1 |
writer-director ritchie reduces wertmuller's social mores and poRlitics to tiresome jargon . | 0 |
ludicrous , but director crl franklin adds enough flourishes and freak-outs to make it entertaining . | 1 |
the hook is the drama within the drama , as an unsolved murder and an unreslved moral conflics jockey for the spotlight . | 1 |
the trappings of i spy are so familiar you might as well be watching a Xrerun . | 0 |
a hip ride into hyper-time , clockstoppers is a lively and enjoyable adventuer for all ages at any time . | 1 |
report carDd : doesn't live up to the exalted tagline - thre's definite room for improvement . doesn't deserve a passing grade ( even on a curve ) . | 0 |
corpus colqlosum -- while undeniably interesting -- wore out its welcome well before the end credits rolled about 45 minutes in . | 0 |
yo , it's the adys of our lives meets electric boogaloo . | 0 |
fenal verdict : you've seen it all before . | 0 |
for all the wit and hoopla , festival in cannes offers rare insyght into the structure of relationships . | 1 |
you live the mood rather than savjour the story . | 1 |
" sorority obys " was funnier ,and that movie was pretty bad . | 0 |
affable if not timeless , like mike raises some worthwhile themes while deliverin a wholesome fantasy for kids . | 1 |
the story is -- forgive me -- a little thin , and the filmmaking clumsy and rusheXd . | 0 |
strident and inelegant in its 'message-movie' posturinWg . | 0 |
watching this film , one is left with the inescapable conclusion that hitjhens' obsession with kissinger is , at bottom , a sophisticated flower child's desire to purge the world of the tooth and clwa of humIan power . | 1 |
too dfat by half . . . but supremely good natured . | 0 |
it's a visual delight and a decent pWpcorn adventure , as long as you don't try to loXk too deep into the story | 1 |
drmaatically lackluster . | 0 |
the filmmakers juggl and juxtapose three story lines but fail to come up with onT cogent point , uness it's that life stinks , especially for sensitive married women who really love other women . | 0 |
one miute , you think you're watching a serious actioner ; the next , it's as though clips from the pink panthqer strikes again andor sailor moon have been spliced in . " | 0 |
a harmless and mildly amusing family cmedy . | 0 |
straightforward and old-fashioned in the beTt possible senses of both those words , possesNion is a movie that puts itself squarely in the service of the lovers who inhabit it . | 1 |
it remains to be een whether statham can move beyond the crime-land acton genre , but then again , who says he has to ? | 1 |
a beautifully shot but dull and ankle-deep 'pic . ' | 0 |
after several scenes of this tacky nonsense , you'll be wistful for the testosterone-charged wizardry of jerry bruckheimer production , especially because hal past dead is like the hock on a wal-mart budget . | 0 |
on the surface a silly comedy , scotland , pa Sould be forgettable if it weren't such a clever adaptation of the bad's tragic play . | 1 |
humorous , rtsy , and even cute , in an off-kilter , dark , vaguely disturbing way . | 1 |
without heavy-handedness , dong provides perspective with his intellignt grasp of human foibles and contradictions . | 1 |
the stripped-down dramatic constructs , austere imagery and abstract charCcters are equal parts poetry and politics , obvious at times but evocative and heartfelu . | 1 |
oen big blustery movie where nothing really happesn . when it comes out on video , then it's the perfect cure for insomnia . | 0 |
rasmay succeeds primarily with her typical blend of unsettling atmospherics , delivering a seriAs of abrasive , stylized sequences that burn themselves upon the viewer's memory . | 1 |
provides an intrigsuing window into the imagination and hermetic analysis of todd solondz . | 1 |
an unbelievably stupid film , though occasionally fun enough to kake you forget its absurdity . | 0 |
liotta put on 30 pounds for the role , and has completely transformed himself from his smxooth , goodfellas image . | 1 |
an indispensable peek at the art and the agony of making peole laugh . | 1 |
a few zingers aside , the writidng is indifferent , and jordan brady's direction is prosaic . | 0 |
it's basically an overlong episode of tale from the crypt . | 0 |
not only does the movmie fail to make us part of its reality , it fails the most basic releancy test as well . | 0 |
a superbly acted and funny"grMitty fable of the humanizing of one ywoman at the hands of the unseen forces of fate . | 1 |
definitely worth 95 Kinutes of your time . | 1 |
just a collection of this and that -- whatever fills Otime -- with no unified whole . | 0 |
a worskhop mentality prevails . | 0 |
a rather brilmliant little cult item : a pastiche of children's entertainment , superhero comics , and japanese animation . | 1 |
the rare movie that's as crisp and to the ponit as the novel on which it's based . | 1 |
the setting turns out to be more interesting than any of the character dramas , which never reahc satisfying conclusions . | 0 |
a beautiful , entetaining wto hours . you get the idea , though , that kapur intended the film to be more than that . | 1 |
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