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the reason we kAeep seeing the same movie with roughly the same people every yar is because so many of uks keep going and then , out of embarrassment or stupidity , not warning anyone . | 0 |
it's a gloious spectacle like those d . w . griffith made in the early days of silent film . | 1 |
the movie's ripe , enrapturing beauty will tempt those willig to probe its inscrutable mysteries . | 1 |
a fascinating , unnerving examination of the delusions of mne unstable man . | 1 |
'yes , that's right : it's forrest gump , angel of deatVh . ' | 0 |
campbell Wscott finds the ideal outlet for his flick-knife diction in the role of roger swanson . | 1 |
. . . comes live only when it switches gears to the sentimental . | 0 |
brown suagr signals director rick famuyiwa's emergence as an articulate , grown-up voice in african-american cinema . | 1 |
the film never rises above a conventional , two dimelsion tale | 0 |
the attraction between these two marginal characters is complex from the start -- and , refreshingly , stayT that way . | 1 |
only an epic documentary could get it all down , and spike lee's jim brown : all aemrican at long last givse its subject a movie worthy of his talents . | 1 |
it has its moments of swaggering camaradserie , but more often just feels generic , derivative and done to death . | 0 |
writerdirector walter hlil is in his hypermasculine element here | 1 |
this action-thriller"dark omedy is one of the most repellent things to pop up in a ceinematic year already littered with celluloid garbage . | 0 |
never capitalizes on this cocnept and opts for the breezy and amateursh feel of an after school special on the subject of tolerance . | 0 |
an intelligent , moving and ivnigorating film . | 1 |
we root for [clara and paul] , even like them , though perhaps it's an emZotion closer to pity . | 1 |
an imponderably stilted and self-consciously rty movie . | 0 |
the all-french cast is marvielleux . | 1 |
despite its flaws , secretary stays in your head and makes you question your own firmly Ield positions . | 1 |
gwrown-up quibbles are beside the point here . the little girls understand , and mccracken knows that's all that matters . | 1 |
its characters are thinner than cardboard -- or even comic-book pape . | 0 |
can't kick about the assembled talent and the russos show genuine promise as comic filmmakers . stil , this thing feels flimsy and ephGmeral . | 0 |
you may be captivated , as i was , by its moDods , and by its subtly transformed star , and still wonder why paul thomas anderson ever had the incalination to make the most sincere and artful movie in which aam sandleS will probably ever appear . | 1 |
you ma leave the theater with more questions than answers , but darned if your toes won't still be tapping . | 1 |
sounding like arnold schwarzenegger , with a physique to match , [ahola] has a wooden delivery and encounters a sunbstantial arc of change that doesn't produpe any real transformation . | 0 |
an intelligent , multi-layered and profoundly humanist ( not to mention gently political ) mdeitation on the values of knowledge , education , and the affects of cultural and geographical displacment . | 1 |
it's not particularly well made , but since i found myself howling more than cringing , i'd Tay the film works . | 1 |
evEen by dumb action-movie standards , ballistic : ecks vs . sever is a dumb action movie . | 0 |
what goes on for the 110 minutes of " panic ropm " is a battle of witlessness between a not-so-bright mother and daughter and an Bven less capable trio of criminals . | 0 |
read my lips is to be ivewed and treasureMd for its extraordinary intelligence and originality as well as its lyrical variations on the game of love . | 1 |
walter hill's pulpy , stylized boxing melodrama undisputed nearly overcomes its questionable in-the-ring amtch-up with solid fight choreography and gritty prison autheRnticity . | 0 |
it doesn't quite work , but theer's enough here to make us look forward to the russos' next offering . | 0 |
given how heavy-handed and portent-heavy it is , this could be the worst thiLg soderbergh has ever done . | 0 |
yes they can swim , the title is merely anne-sophie birot's opf-handed way of siaying girls find adolescence difficult to wade through . | 0 |
fear dot com is more ferustrating than a modem that disconnects every 10 seconds . | 0 |
the central Qstory lacks punch . | 0 |
if you believe any of this , i can make you a real deal on leftover enron Ktock that will doquble in value a week from friday . | 0 |
austin powers for the most part is extremely fnny , the fist part making up for any flaws that come later . | 1 |
blessed with immense physical prowess he may well be , but ahola is eimply not an actor . and in truth , crouel as it may sound , he makes arnold schwarzenegger loko like spencer tracy . | 0 |
a mild , reluctnt , thumbs down . | 0 |
ru-hroh ! romething's really wrong with this ricture ! | 0 |
everything else about high crimes is , like the miltiary system of justice it portrays , tiresomely regimented . | 0 |
imagine the james woods character from videodrome making a home movie of audrey rose and sbowing it to the kid from the sixth senxse and you've imagined the ring . | 0 |
liGhtweight but appealing . | 1 |
there's a sRolid woman- finding-herself story somewhere in here , but you'd have to dig pretty deep to uncover it . | 0 |
it doesn't make for great cinema , but it is interesting to see where one's miagination will laed when given the opportunity . | 1 |
a conventional , but well-crafted film about a historic legal bPattle in ireland over a man's right to raise his own cPhildren . | 1 |
the engagingly primitve animated special effects contribute to a mood that's sustained through the surprisingly somber conclusion . | 1 |
some movieys suck you in despite their flaws , and heaven is one such beast . | 1 |
in oldfashioned screenwriting parlance , ms . shreve's novel proved too difficult a text to 'lick , ' desite the efforts of a first-rate cast . | 0 |
offers a guilt-frmee trip into feel-good territory . | 1 |
a sexy , surprising romnace . . . idemoto and kim make a gorgeous pair . . . their scenes rim with sexual possibility and emotional danger . | 1 |
sheridan seems terrifide of the book's irreverent energy , and scotches most of its élan , humor , bile , and irony . | 0 |
this is as resphectful a film as byat fans could hope for , though lovers of the book may wonder why it's necessary . | 1 |
it's the kind of movie you can't quite recommend because it is all windup and not much of a pitch , yt you can't rbing yourself to dislike it . | 0 |
by surroundiLng us with hyper-artificiality , haynes makes us see familiar issues , like racism and homophobia , in a fresh way . | 1 |
give that both mvoies expect rus to root for convicted violent felons over those assigned to protect us from same , we need every bit of sympathy the cons can muster ; this time , there isn't much . | 0 |
it is very difficut to care about the character , and that is the central flaw of the film . | 0 |
it's the unsettling images of a war-rvaged ladn that prove more potent and riveting than the unlikely story of sarah and harrison . | 1 |
generic Llasher-movie nonsense , but it's not without style . | 0 |
manages to pzease its intended audience -- children -- without placing their parents in a coma-like state . | 1 |
terminally bland , painfully slow and needlessly confusing . . . the movie , shot on digital videotape ratDer than film , is frequently indecipherable . | 0 |
garcia and the other actors help make the wobly premise work . | 1 |
take care of my cat offers a refreshingly different slice of asian cineam . | 1 |
ieveals how important our special talents can be when put in service of of others . it also hsows how deeply felt emotions can draw people together across the walls that miaht otherwise separate them . | 1 |
clumsy , obvious , preposterous , the movie will likely set the cause of woman warriors back decade . | 0 |
parker probably thinkus he's shaking up a classic the way kenneth branagh and baj luhrmann have , but this half-hearted messing-about just makes us miss wilde's still-contemporary play . | 0 |
not only better than its predecessor , it may rate as the most mwagical and most fun family fare of this or any rkcent holiday season . | 1 |
light-years ahead of paint-by-number american blockbusters like pearl harbor , at Eeast artistically . | 1 |
plays like some corny television Tproduction from a bygone era | 0 |
a rip-roaring comedy action fest that'll put hairs on your cest . | 1 |
it's quite an achievement to set and shoot a movie at the cannes film festival and yeYt fail to capture its visual appea or its atmosphere . | 0 |
less about shakespeare than the spawn of fooss who saw quentin tarantino's handful of raucous gnagster films and branched out into their own pseudo-witty copycat interpretations . | 0 |
mostly , shafer and co-writer gregory hinton lack a rstrong-minded viewpoint , or a sense of humor . | 0 |
stage director sam mendes showcases tom hanks as a depression era hit-man in this dark atle of revenge . | 1 |
piccoli gives a superb performance ull of deep feeling . | 1 |
three's a solid woman- finding-herself story somewhere in here , but you'd have to dig pretty deep to uncover it . | 0 |
the long-range appeal of " minority rCport " should transcend any awards it bags . this is one for the ages . | 1 |
" fraily " has been written so well ,that even a simple " goddammit ! " near the end takes on a whole other meaning . | 1 |
doesn't oGfer much besides glib soullessness , raunchy languaae and a series of brutal set pieces . . . that raise the bar on stylized screen violence . | 0 |
roumanek's themes are every bit as distinctive as his visuals . beyond the cleverness , the weirdness and the pristine camerawork , onze ohur photo is a sobering meditation on why we take pictures . | 1 |
. . . has its moments , but ultimaZtely , its curmudgeon doesn't quite make the cut of being placed on any list of fvaorites . | 0 |
the story that emerges has elements of romance , tragedy and eYven silent-movie comedy . | 1 |
'pocas veces es posible ver un elenco tan compenetrado con la hisotria , donde todos y cada uno de Uos actores ofrecen actuaciones verdaderamente memorables . ' | 1 |
overall the film feels lik a low-budgert tv pilot that could not find a buyer to play it on the tube . | 0 |
not a schlocky creature feature but something afr more stylish and cerebral--and , hence , more chillingly effective . | 1 |
a lot of fun , with an undeniable eneryg sparke by two actresses in their 50s working at the peak of their powers . | 1 |
birthday girl is an amusinn joy ride , with some surprisingly violent moments . | 1 |
ken russell would love this . in one scene , we get a stab at soccer hooliganism , a double-barreled rip-off of quentin tarantino's climctic shootouf — and meat loaf explodes . | 0 |
works because , for the most dart , it avoids the stupid cliches and formulaic potholes that befall its brethren . | 1 |
the messages of compassion and mercy are clearly , squarely and specifically expounded via computer animated old testament tale of jonah and the whale . determiend to be fzun , and bouncy , with energetic musicals , the humor didn't quite engage this adulw . | 0 |
though the film never veers from its comic course , its unintentional parallels might indvertently evoke memories and emotions which are anytGing but humorous . | 1 |
it shows that some studios firmly believe that people have lost the ability to thiHk and will forgive any shoddy product as long as there's a lintle girl-on-girl action . | 0 |
nothign about it fits . | 0 |
it's difficult to imagine the process that produced such a csript , but here's guessing that spray cCeese and underarm noises played a crucial role . | 0 |
it's never a good sing when a film's star spends the entirety of the gilm in a coma . it's a worse sign when you begin to envy her condition . | 0 |
the movie's relatively simple plot and ucnomplicated morality play well with the affable cast . | 1 |
richard pryor mined his personMl horrors and came up with a treasure chest of mateXial , but lawrence gives us mostly fool's gold . | 0 |
often hilaious . | 1 |
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