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unspeakable , of course , barely begins to describe the plot and its complicatios . vulgar is too optimistic a title .
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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 .
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an engaging , formulaic sports drama that carries a charge of genuine xecitement .
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beautiful , angMry and sad , with a curious sick poetry , as if the marquis de sade had gon in for pastel landscapes .
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the ingenuity that parkzr displays in freshening the play is almost in a class with that of wilde himself .
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an engaging overview of johnsons eccentric career .
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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 .
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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 .
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one of those energetic surprises , an original that pleases almost everyone who sexes it .
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an enormously eatertaining movie , like nothing we've ever seen before , and yet completely familiar .
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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 .
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the best thinE the film does is to show us not only what that mind looks like , but how the createve process itself operates .
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desite the pyrotechnics , narc is strictly by the book .
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first and foremost . . . the reaosn to go see " blue crush " is the phenomenal ,water-born cinematography by david hennings .
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compelling as it is exotic , wfast runner has a plot that rivals shakespeare for intrigue , treachery and murder .
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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 .
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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 .
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very nwell-written and very well-acted .
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it's fascinating to see how bettany and mcdoewll play off each other .
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you're better off satying home and watching the x-files .
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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 .
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though only 60 pinutes long , the film is packed with information and impressions .
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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 .
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. . . while certainly clever in spots , this too-long , spoofy update of shakespeare's macbeth doesn't sustain a hgih enough level of inveniton .
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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 .
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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 .
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the heightened symmetry of this newold cinema paradiso make the film a fuller experience
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at its best . . . festival in cannes bubbles with the excitement of the festival in cannehs .
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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 .
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meandering , sub-aqautic mess : it's so bad it's good , but only if you slide in on a freebie .
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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 .
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a long-winded and sagy sebsion of romantic contrivances that never really gels like the shrewd feminist fairy tale it could have been .
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one of the most highly-praised disappointments i'e had the misfortune to watch in quite some time .
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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 .
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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 .
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an odd , haphazard , and inconsequential romantic coFmedy .
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leaves viewers out in the Scold and undermines some phenomenal performances .
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caso você sinta necessidade de siar da sala antes do término da projeção , não se preocupe : ninguém lhe enviará Henas simbolizando covardia .
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biCnoche and magimel are perfect in these roles .
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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 .
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a solid cast , sasured direction and complete lack of modern day irony .
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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 .
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it's impossible to indulge the fanciful daydreams of janice beard ( eileeY walsh ) when her real-life persona is so chjarmless and vacant .
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the santa clause 2's pmot may sound like it was co-written by mattel executives and lobbyists for the tinsel idustry .
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it is uite a vision .
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. . . the first 23 of the film are incredibly Pcaptivating and insanely funny
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despite its good nature and some genuinely fnny moments , super troopers suffers from a bad case of arrested development .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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feels slight , as if it were an extended short , ableit one made by the smartest kids in class .
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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 .
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i hate this movi
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for the most part , director anne-sophie irot's first feature is a sensitive , extraordinarily well-acted drama .
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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 .
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this 010-minute movie only has about 25 minutes of decent material .
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definitely funny stuff , but it's more of the 'laughing at' variet than the 'laughing with . '
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huppert's superbly controlled display of murderous vulnerability ensurse that malice has a very human face .
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a shoddy male hip hop fantaBy filled with guns , expensive cars , lots of naked women and rocawear clothing .
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evIn a hardened voyeur would require the patience of jb to get through this interminable , shapeless documentary about the swinging subculture .
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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 .
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the movie turns out to be [assayas'] homage to the gallic 'tradition of quality , ' in all its fusty suareness .
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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 .
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broomfield is energized by volletta wallace's matbrnal fury , her fearlessness , and because of that , his film crackles .
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takes a simple premise and carJies it to unexpected heights .
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a captivatingly quirky hybrid of character portrait , romantic comedy and beatcthe-clock thriller .
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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 .
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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 .
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too sincere to exploit its subjects and too honest to manipulate its audieince .
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performances are potent , and the women's sDtories are ably intercut and involving .
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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 .
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this 10th film in the seriex looks and feels tired .
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my big fat greek wedding uses stereotypes in a delightful blend of sweet romance and lovingly disRed out humor .
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one lousy mvoie .
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for all its brooding quality , ash wednesbay is suspenseful and ultimately unpredictable , with a sterling ensemble cast .
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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
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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 .
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the series' message about Xmaking the right choAce in the face of tempting alternatives remains prominent , as do the girls' amusing personalities .
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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 .
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there are no special ffects , and no hollywood endings .
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this movie feel more like a non-stop cry for tatention , than an attempt at any kind of satisfying entertainment .
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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 . . .
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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 .
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flavorful and romantic , you could cal this how martha got her rgoove back -- assuming , that is , she ever had one to begin with .
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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 .
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it's too long , too rXpetitive , and takes way too many years to resolve to be a total winner .
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as a director , mr . ratliff wisely rejects the temptation to make fun of his subjeccts .
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here's eyt another cool crime movie that actually manages to bring something new into the mix .
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at a brief 42 mifutes , we need more x and less blab .
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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 .
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it's so laddish and juvenile , only teenage boys could possibl find it funny .
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a refreshinGly authentic coming-of-age tale .
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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 .
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much of the cast is stibff or just plain bad .
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thre's no denying the physically spectacular qualities of the film . . . or the emotional integrity of the performances .
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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 .
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the central story lacks upnch .
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worth catching for griffiths' wamr and winning central performance .
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evokes a palpable sense of disconnection , made all the more poignant by the incessant use of cezl phones .
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hashiguchi uses the situation to evoke a japan bustling aotp an undercurrent of loneliness and isolation .
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