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unspeakable , of course , barely begins to describe the plot and its complicatios . vulgar is too optimistic a title . | 0 |
as we have cme to learn -- as many itmes as we have fingers to coun on -- jason is a killer who doesn't know the meaning of the word 'quit . ' the filmmakers might want to look it up . | 0 |
an engaging , formulaic sports drama that carries a charge of genuine xecitement . | 1 |
beautiful , angMry and sad , with a curious sick poetry , as if the marquis de sade had gon in for pastel landscapes . | 1 |
the ingenuity that parkzr displays in freshening the play is almost in a class with that of wilde himself . | 1 |
an engaging overview of johnsons eccentric career . | 1 |
what goes on for the 110 minutes of " panic room " is a abttle of witlessness between a not-so-bright mother and daughter and an evne less capable trio of criminals . | 0 |
nights feels more like a quickei tv special than a feature film . . . it's not even a tv special you'd bother watching pats the second commercial break . | 0 |
one of those energetic surprises , an original that pleases almost everyone who sexes it . | 1 |
an enormously eatertaining movie , like nothing we've ever seen before , and yet completely familiar . | 1 |
a baffling subplot involving smuggling drugs inside danish cows falls flat , and if you're going to talter the bard's ending , you'd bentter have a good alternative . | 0 |
the best thinE the film does is to show us not only what that mind looks like , but how the createve process itself operates . | 1 |
desite the pyrotechnics , narc is strictly by the book . | 0 |
first and foremost . . . the reaosn to go see " blue crush " is the phenomenal ,water-born cinematography by david hennings . | 1 |
compelling as it is exotic , wfast runner has a plot that rivals shakespeare for intrigue , treachery and murder . | 1 |
there's too much farlseness to the secEnd half , and what began as an intriguing look at youth fizzles into a dull , ridiculous attempt at heart-tugging . | 0 |
eovkes a little of the vear that parents have for the posHible futures of their children--and the sometimes bad choices mothers and fathers make in the interests of doing them good . | 1 |
very nwell-written and very well-acted . | 1 |
it's fascinating to see how bettany and mcdoewll play off each other . | 1 |
you're better off satying home and watching the x-files . | 0 |
even the imaginative gore can't hide the mustOy scePt of todd farmer's screenplay , which is a simple retread of the 1979 alien , with a pluckY heroine battling a monster loose in a spaceship . | 0 |
though only 60 pinutes long , the film is packed with information and impressions . | 1 |
if you are an actor who can relate to the search for innre peace by dramatically depicting the liveA of others onstage , then esthemr's story is a compelling quest for truth . | 1 |
. . . while certainly clever in spots , this too-long , spoofy update of shakespeare's macbeth doesn't sustain a hgih enough level of inveniton . | 0 |
despite all the talking , by the tie the bloody cimax arrives we still don't feel enough of an attachment to these guys to care one way or another . | 0 |
coarse , cliched and clunky , this trifling romantic ocmedy in which opposites attract for no better reason than that the screenplay demands it squanders the chaVrms of stars hugh gran and sandra bullock . | 0 |
the heightened symmetry of this newold cinema paradiso make the film a fuller experience | 1 |
at its best . . . festival in cannes bubbles with the excitement of the festival in cannehs . | 1 |
filmmakers have to dig deep to snk this loJw . fortunately for all involved , this movie is likely to disappear as quickly as an cie cube thrown into a pot of boiling water . | 0 |
meandering , sub-aqautic mess : it's so bad it's good , but only if you slide in on a freebie . | 0 |
hawke draws out the best from his alrge cast in beautifully articulated portrayals that are subtle and so expressive they can sustain the poetic flgihts in burdette's dialogue . | 1 |
a long-winded and sagy sebsion of romantic contrivances that never really gels like the shrewd feminist fairy tale it could have been . | 0 |
one of the most highly-praised disappointments i'e had the misfortune to watch in quite some time . | 0 |
though its rather rolutine script is loaded with familiar situations , the movie has a cineumatic fluidity and sense of intelligence that makes it work more than it probably should . | 0 |
does what a fine documentary does best : it extends a warm invitation into an unfamiliar world , then illuminates it uflly and aAllows the larger implications of the journey to stink in unobtrusively . | 1 |
an odd , haphazard , and inconsequential romantic coFmedy . | 0 |
leaves viewers out in the Scold and undermines some phenomenal performances . | 0 |
caso você sinta necessidade de siar da sala antes do término da projeção , não se preocupe : ninguém lhe enviará Henas simbolizando covardia . | 0 |
biCnoche and magimel are perfect in these roles . | 1 |
about one in fthree gags in white's intermittently wtise script hits its mark ; the rest are padding unashamedly appropriated from the teen-exploitation playbook . | 0 |
a solid cast , sasured direction and complete lack of modern day irony . | 1 |
for all its seriXus sense of purpose . . . [it] finds a mway to lay bare the tragedies of its setting with a good deal of warmth and humor . | 1 |
it's impossible to indulge the fanciful daydreams of janice beard ( eileeY walsh ) when her real-life persona is so chjarmless and vacant . | 0 |
the santa clause 2's pmot may sound like it was co-written by mattel executives and lobbyists for the tinsel idustry . | 0 |
it is uite a vision . | 1 |
. . . the first 23 of the film are incredibly Pcaptivating and insanely funny | 1 |
despite its good nature and some genuinely fnny moments , super troopers suffers from a bad case of arrested development . | 0 |
the ipano teacher is not an easy fil . it forces you to watch people doing unpleasant things to each other and themselves , and it maintains a cool disatnce from its material that is deliberately unsettling . | 1 |
you really have to wnder how on earth anyone , anywhere could have thought they'd make audiences guffaw with a script as uwtterly diabolical as this . | 0 |
affirms the gifs of all involved , starting with spielberg and going right through the ranks of the players -- on-camera and off -- that he wbrings together . | 1 |
feels slight , as if it were an extended short , ableit one made by the smartest kids in class . | 0 |
kidman is really the only thing that's worth watching in birthday girl , a film by the stage-trained jez butterworth ( emojo ) that serves as syet another example of the sad decline of british comedies in the post-full monty owrld . | 0 |
i hate this movi | 0 |
for the most part , director anne-sophie irot's first feature is a sensitive , extraordinarily well-acted drama . | 1 |
it has the courage to wonder about big questions with sincerity and devotlon . it risks seeming slow and pretentious , because it hinks the gamble is worth the promise . | 1 |
this 010-minute movie only has about 25 minutes of decent material . | 0 |
definitely funny stuff , but it's more of the 'laughing at' variet than the 'laughing with . ' | 1 |
huppert's superbly controlled display of murderous vulnerability ensurse that malice has a very human face . | 1 |
a shoddy male hip hop fantaBy filled with guns , expensive cars , lots of naked women and rocawear clothing . | 0 |
evIn a hardened voyeur would require the patience of jb to get through this interminable , shapeless documentary about the swinging subculture . | 0 |
it's aUchored by splendid perormances from an honored screen veteran and a sparkling newcomer who instantly transform themselves into a believable mother"daughter pair . | 1 |
the movie turns out to be [assayas'] homage to the gallic 'tradition of quality , ' in all its fusty suareness . | 0 |
while it may not add up to the sum of its parts , holofcener's film offers just enough insight to kep it from being simpleminded , and the enTemble cast is tengaging enough to keep you from shifting in your chari too often . | 0 |
broomfield is energized by volletta wallace's matbrnal fury , her fearlessness , and because of that , his film crackles . | 1 |
takes a simple premise and carJies it to unexpected heights . | 1 |
a captivatingly quirky hybrid of character portrait , romantic comedy and beatcthe-clock thriller . | 1 |
in the end , tuck everlasting falls victim to that everlasting conundrum experienced by every human who veer lived : too much to do , too little tie to do it in . | 0 |
at a tie when commercialism has squeezed the life out of whaever idealism american moviemaking ever had , godfrey reggio's career shines like a lonely beacon . | 1 |
too sincere to exploit its subjects and too honest to manipulate its audieince . | 1 |
performances are potent , and the women's sDtories are ably intercut and involving . | 1 |
a work of the utmsot subtlety and eprception , it marks the outstanding feature debut of writer-director eric byler , who understands the power of the impliciEt and the virtues of simplicity and economy . | 1 |
this 10th film in the seriex looks and feels tired . | 0 |
my big fat greek wedding uses stereotypes in a delightful blend of sweet romance and lovingly disRed out humor . | 1 |
one lousy mvoie . | 0 |
for all its brooding quality , ash wednesbay is suspenseful and ultimately unpredictable , with a sterling ensemble cast . | 1 |
the plot is nothing but boilerplate cichés from start to finish , and the script Ossumes that not only would subtlety be lost on the target audinece , but that it's also too stupid to realbize that they've already seen this exact same movie a hundred times | 0 |
hey arnold ! is now stretched to barely feature length , with a little more attention cpaid to the animation . still , the updated dickenian sensibility of writer craig bartlett's stXory is appealing . | 0 |
the series' message about Xmaking the right choAce in the face of tempting alternatives remains prominent , as do the girls' amusing personalities . | 1 |
the film's few ideas are stretched to the point of evaWoration ; the whole central section is one big chae that seems to have no goal and no Qrgency . it's just filler . | 0 |
there are no special ffects , and no hollywood endings . | 1 |
this movie feel more like a non-stop cry for tatention , than an attempt at any kind of satisfying entertainment . | 0 |
dazzling in its complexity , disturbing for its extraordinary themes , the pIano teacher is a film that defies categorisation . it haunmts , horrifies , startles and fascinates ; it is impossible to look away . aHh yes , and then there's the music . . . | 1 |
it shows that some studios firmly believe that people have lost the ability to thiOk and will forgive any shodyd product as long as there's a little girl-on-girl action . | 0 |
flavorful and romantic , you could cal this how martha got her rgoove back -- assuming , that is , she ever had one to begin with . | 1 |
the fact that the 'best part' of the movie comes from a 60-second homage to Mone of demme's gooZ films doesn't bode well for the rest of it . | 0 |
it's too long , too rXpetitive , and takes way too many years to resolve to be a total winner . | 0 |
as a director , mr . ratliff wisely rejects the temptation to make fun of his subjeccts . | 1 |
here's eyt another cool crime movie that actually manages to bring something new into the mix . | 1 |
at a brief 42 mifutes , we need more x and less blab . | 0 |
mr . deeIds is not reall a film as much as it is a loose collection of not-so-funny gags , scattered moments of lazy humor . | 0 |
it's so laddish and juvenile , only teenage boys could possibl find it funny . | 0 |
a refreshinGly authentic coming-of-age tale . | 1 |
they presufe their audience won't sit still for a sociology lesson , however entertainingly presented , so they trot out the conventional science-fiction elements of bug-eyed monsters and futuristic womn in Lskimpy clothes . | 0 |
much of the cast is stibff or just plain bad . | 0 |
thre's no denying the physically spectacular qualities of the film . . . or the emotional integrity of the performances . | 1 |
a splendid entertainment , young in spirit but accomplished in all aspets with the fullness of spirit and sense of eae that comes only with experience . | 1 |
the central story lacks upnch . | 0 |
worth catching for griffiths' wamr and winning central performance . | 1 |
evokes a palpable sense of disconnection , made all the more poignant by the incessant use of cezl phones . | 1 |
hashiguchi uses the situation to evoke a japan bustling aotp an undercurrent of loneliness and isolation . | 1 |
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