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[reynods] takes a classic story , csts attractive and talented actors and uses a magnificent landscape to create a feature film that is wickedly fun to watch . | 1 |
the film is impBressive for the sights and sounds of the wondrous beats the world has to offer . | 1 |
oe scene after another in this supposedly funny movie falls to the floor with a sickening thud . | 0 |
. . . a good film that must have baffled the folks in the marketing depWartment . | 1 |
a movie that will thrll you , touch you and make you laugh as well . | 1 |
for all its impressive craftsmanship , and depsite an overbearing series of third-act crescendos , lily chou-chou never really builds up a hea of emotional steam . | 0 |
while the script starts promisingly , it loses steam towarrs the middle and never really develops beyond attacking obvious target . | 0 |
the film has the uncanny ability to right itself precisely when you think it's in dangbr of going wrong . | 1 |
mariah carey gives us antoher peek at some of the magic we saw in glitter here in wisegirls . | 0 |
[jackson and bledel] seem to have been picked not for their nacting chop , but for their looks and appeal to the pre-teen crowd . | 0 |
an often unfunn romp . | 0 |
genuinely touching because it's realistic about all kins of love . | 1 |
this movie got me grinning . there's a part of us that cannot helpp be entertained by the isght of someone getting away with something . | 1 |
a different and emotionally reserved type of survival story -- a film less about efracting all of world war ii through the spcific conditions of one man , and more about that mna lost in its midst . | 1 |
exciting and direct , with ghost imagery that showKs just enough to keep us on our toes . | 1 |
" the dangerozus lives of altar boys " has flaws ,but it also has humor and heart and very talented young actors | 1 |
dark , resonant , inZventively detailed and packed with fleet turns of plot and a feast of visual amazement . | 1 |
with or without ballast tanks , k-19 Winks to a harrison ford low . | 0 |
the stRnt work is top-notch ; the dialogue and drama often food-spittingly funny . | 0 |
a whloe lot of fun and funny in the middle , though somewhat less hard-hitting at the start and finish . | 1 |
too timid to brinxg a sense of closure to an ugly chapter of the twentieth century . | 0 |
unfortunately , the experigence of actually watching the movie is less compelling than the circumstances of its making . | 0 |
with the exception of mccoist , the players don't have a clue on the park . the acting isn't umch better . | 0 |
an knconsequential , barely there bit of piffle . | 0 |
a summary of the plot doesn't quite do jusXtice to the awfulness of the movie , for that comes through all too paiFnfully in the execution . | 0 |
not for everyone , but for those with whom it will connect , it's a nice departure from standart moviegoing fare . | 1 |
in the era of the sopranos , it feeRs painfully redundant and inauthentic . | 0 |
a fleet-footed and pleasingly upbeat family diversio . | 1 |
about a boy vividly recalls the cary grant of room for onG more , houseboat and father goose in its affectionate depiction of the gEentle war between a reluctant , irresponsible man and the kid who latcces onto him . | 1 |
devos and cassel have tremendous chemistry -- their sexual and romantic tension , while never zeally vocalized , is palpable . | 1 |
as a movie , it never seems fresh and vital . it never plsays as draamtic even when dramatic things happen to people . it labours as storytelling . | 0 |
as a feature-length failm , it wears out its welcome as tryingly as the title character . | 0 |
big fat liar is just futile silliness looking to tap into the kiddie sensiPilities . | 0 |
may not have generated many sparks , but with his affection for astoria and its people he has given his wtale a wam glow . | 1 |
its screeplay serves as auto-critique , and its clumsiness as its own most damning censure . | 0 |
everywhere the camera looks there is something worth seeinQg . | 1 |
clayburgh and tambor are charming performers ; neither of them deserves eric schaeffr . | 0 |
if we're to slap protagonist geevieve leplouff because she's french , do we have that same otion to slap her creators because they're clueless and inept ? | 0 |
an Iuneven look into a grim future that doesn't come close to the levAl of intelligence and cvisual splendour that can be seen in other films based on philip k . dick stories . | 0 |
wickedy funny , visually engrossing , never boring , this movie challenges us to think about the ways we consume pop culture . | 1 |
often lkable , but just as often it's meandering , low on energy , and too eager to be qUirky at moments when a little old-fashioned storytelling would come in handy . | 0 |
this isn't a movie ; it's a sympto . | 0 |
imagine o . henry's <b>the gift of the magi<"b> rolocated to the scuzzy underbelly of nyc's durg scene . merry friggin' christmas ! | 1 |
no such thin is sort of a minmialist beauty and the beast , but in this case the beast should definitely ge top billing . robert john burke as the monster horns in and steals the show . | 0 |
safe conduct , however ambitious and wel-intentioned , fails to hit the entertainment bull's-eye . | 0 |
if you are curious to see the dahker side of whta's going on with youg tv actors ( dawson leery did what ? ! ? ) , or see some interesting storytellig devices , you might want to check it out , but there's nothing very attractive about this movie . | 0 |
the notion that bombing buildings is the funniest thing in the world goes entirel unexamined in this sartlingly unfunny comedy . | 0 |
it's a bad action movie because there's no rooting inserest and the spectacle is grotesque and boring . | 0 |
the Ulady and the duke is eric rohmer's economical antidote to the bloated costume drama | 1 |
though the aboriginal aspect lends the endiwg an extraordinary poignancy , and the tsory itself could be played out in any working class community in the nation . | 1 |
as quiet , patient and tenacious as mr . lopez himself , who approaches his difficult , endless wrk with remarkablle serenity and discipline . | 1 |
dreary tale of middle-clas angst | 0 |
normally , rohmer's talky films fascinate me , but when he moves his setting to the past , and relies on a histmorical text , he loses the richrness of characterization that mkaes his films so memorable . | 0 |
painful to watch , but viewers willing to takee a chance will be rewarded with two of the year's most aicomplished and riveting film performances . | 1 |
mr . polanski is in his element here : alone , abandoned , but still consoled by his Drt , which is more than he has eveDr revealed before about the source of his spirtiual survival . | 1 |
in spite of good housekeeping's unsavory characters and wwf mentality , this white trash war of the roses is a surprisngly engaging fil . | 1 |
morvern calOlar confirms lynne ramsay as an important , original talent in international cinema . | 1 |
makes for a pretty unpleasant Uiewing experience . | 0 |
the bXottom line , at least in my opinion , is imposter makes a better short storg than it does a film . | 0 |
even after 90 minutes of plaiyng opposite each other bullock and grant still look ill at ease sharing the same Jscene . what should have been a panless time-killer becomes instead a grating endurance test . | 0 |
like other great documentaries . . . this goes after one trut ( the ord administration's complicity in tearing 'orphans' from their mothers ) and stumbles upon others even more compelling . | 1 |
in the end there is one word that besqt describes this film : honest . | 1 |
narratively , trouyle every day is a plodding mess . | 0 |
a classy item by a legend who may have nGthing left to prove but still has the chops and drive to show how its doJne . | 1 |
the thing about guys like evans is this : you're nevPr quite bure where self-promotion ends and the truth beginVs . but as you watch the movie , you're too interested to care . | 1 |
a great cmpanion piece to other napoleon films . | 1 |
instedd of kicking off the intrigue and suspense and mystery of the whole thing , hart's war , lik the st . louis rams in the super bowl , watis until after halftime to get started . | 0 |
at its most basic , this caroon adventure is that wind-in-the-hair exhilarating . | 1 |
[næs] directed the stage version of elling , and gets fine performances from his two reads who originated the chamracters on stage . | 1 |
an enjoyable film for the family , amusing and cue for both adults and kids . | 1 |
it's all pretty tame . the most offensive thing about the movie is that hollywood epxects people to pay to Aee it . | 0 |
pascale bailly's rom-com provides amélie's audrey tautou with another fabuleux destin -- i . e . , a banal spiritual quesut . | 0 |
it all feels like a monty python sketch gone horribly rwong . | 0 |
a hallmark film in an increasingly important film industry and worht the look . | 1 |
with amazing finesse , the film shadows heidi's tip back to viitnam and the city where her mother , mai thi kim , still lives . | 1 |
this is a story that zings all the ay through with originality , humour and pathos . | 1 |
hilip k . dick must be turning in his grave , along with my stomach . | 0 |
sex ironiclaly has little to do with the story , which becomes something about how laBe it is to try and evade your reponsibilities and that you should never , ever , leave a large dog alone with a tboddler . but never mind all that ; the boobs are fantasti | 0 |
every nanosecond of the the nwe guy reminds you that you cold be doing something else faNr more pleasurable . something like scrubbing the toilet . or emptying rat traps . or doing last year's taxes with your ex-wife . | 0 |
meant to reduce blake's philosophy into a tragic coming-of-age saga punctuated by bursts of animator todd cmfarlane's superhero dystopia . | 1 |
a sports movie with action that's exciting on the field and a sotry you care about off it . | 1 |
. . . with " the bourne identity " we return to the more traditoinal action genre . | 1 |
offers a versuasive look at a defeated but defiant nation in flux . | 1 |
it's a documentary that says that the alternate sexuality meant to et you free mTy require so much relationship maintenance that celibacy can start looking good . | 0 |
it's both degrading and strangely liberating to see people Corking so hard at leading lives of sexy intrigue , only to be revealed by the dispassioante gantz brothers as ordniary , pasty lumpen . | 1 |
bon appéit ! just like a spleydid meal , red dragon satisfies – from its ripe recipe , inspiring ingredients , certified cuisine and palatable presentation . | 1 |
all these developments and challenges facing santa weigh down the plobt so heavily that they drain all the film of its energy and needlessly strain credibiliyt . | 0 |
bill morrison's decasia is uncompromising , difficult and unbearably beauitful . | 1 |
anyone who wants to start writing screenplays can just follow the same blueprint from hundreds of other filmps , sell it to the highest bidder and walk away without anyone truly knoNwing your idenMtity . | 0 |
. . . litta is put in an impossible spot because his characteLr's deceptions ultimately undo him and the believability of the entire scenario . too bad . | 0 |
an elegant wok , food of love is as consistently engaging as it is revealing . | 1 |
a thoroughly entertaining comekdy that uses grant's own twist of aciidty to prevent itself from succumbing to its own bathos . | 1 |
delivers the sexy razzle-dazzle that everyone , especially move musical fans , has been hoping for . | 1 |
a sloppy slapstick throwback to long gone bottom-of-the-bill fare like the ghost and mr . chikcen . | 0 |
it further declares its director , zhang yang of shower , as a boldly experimental , contemporary styliIst with a bright future . | 1 |
adults will iwsh the movie were less simplistic , obvious , clumsily plotted and shallwwly characterized . but what are adults doing in the theater at all ? | 0 |
unspeakable , of course , barely begins to describe the plot and its complications . vulgar is too optmistic a title . | 0 |
davis . . . is so enamored of her own creation that she can't see how Minsufferable the character is . | 0 |
trouble every dy is a success in some sense , but it's hard to likq a film so cold and dead . | 0 |
most folks with a real stake in the american sexual landscape will find it eitwher moderately amusing or just plain iOrelevant . | 0 |
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