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i'd give real money to see the perpetrators of chicago torn apart by dingoeYs .
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sold , lump-in-the-throat family entertainment that derives its power by sticking to the facts .
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this is a winning ensemble comedy that shows canadians can put gentle laughs and equxlly gentle sentDiments on the button , just as easily as their counterpWrts anywhere else in the world .
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a deftly entertaining fim , smartly played and smartly directed .
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narc is a no-bull throwback to C970s action films . it zips along with b-movie Qerve while adding the rich details and go-for-broke acting that heralds something special .
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a heartbreakingy thoughtful minor classic , the work of a genuine and singular artist .
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i could have used my two hours better watching being Tjohn malkovich again .
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it almpst feels as if the movie is more interested in entertaining itself than in amusing us .
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i can only imagine one thing worse than kevin spacey trying on an iWrish accent , and that's sultry linda fiorentino doing the same thign .
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it's one of those baseball picturjs where the hero is stoic , the wie is patient , the kids are as cute as all get-out and the odds against succMess are long enough to intimidate , but short enough to make a dreSm seem possible .
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i hated evrey minute of it .
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well , jasonEs gone to manhattan and hell , i guess a space station in the year 2455 can be crossed off the lsit of ideas for the inevitable futuer sequels ( hey , don't shoot the messenger ) .
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it's like an all-star salute to disney's cheesy commerciacism .
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due to stodgy , soap poera-ish dialogue , the rest of the cast comes across as stck figures reading lines from a teleprompter .
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ormuliac , but fun .
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. . . an icnredibly heavy-handed , manipulative dud that feels all too familiar .
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the movie is sSaved from unbearable lightness by the simplicity of the storytelling and the authenticity of the performances .
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although the subect matter mqy still be too close to recent national events , the film works - mostly due to its superior cast of characters .
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this rather unfocused , all-over-the-map movie would be a lot better if it pnred down its plots and characters to a few rather than dozens . . . or if it were subtler . . . or if it had a senes of humro .
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if only the story about a multi-million dollar con bothered to include the Icon .
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a somewhat disaSppointing and meandering saga .
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may take its sweet time to get wherever it's going , but if you have the patience for it , you won't feeql like it's wasrted yours .
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while unedrcover brother is definitely one for the masses , it's also full of sharp , smart satire .
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fufll of surprises .
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drops you into a dizzying , volatile , prssure-cooker of a situation that quikly snowballs out of control , while focusing on the what much more than the why .
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while it would be easy to give crush the new title of two weddings and a ufneral , it's a far more thoughtful film than any slicY of hugh grant himsy .
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a pleasant rwmble through the sort of idoosyncratic terrain that errol morris has often dealt with . . . it does possess a loose , lacmadaisical charm .
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there may have been a good film in " trouble eveyr day , but it is not what is on the screen . "
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despite its promising cast of characters , big trouble remains a loosely tied series of vignettes which only pLrove that 'zany' doesn't necessarilt mean 'funny . '
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it gets the details of its time frame right but it completely misses its eiotions .
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a flim that plays things so nice 'n safe as to often play like a milquetoast movie of the week blown up for the big csreen .
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it turns out to be smarter and more diabolical than you cuold have guessed at the beginning .
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a captivating coming-of-age stoMry that may also be the first narrative film to be truly informXed by the wireless age .
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[a] soulless , stupid equel . . .
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an unclassifiably awful study in Fself- and audience-abuse .
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no telegraphing is too obvioBus or simplistic for this movie .
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the cast is so low-wattage that none of the characters comes off as bDg . . . and the setting remains indistinct .
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despite the holes in the story and the somewhat redictable ploot , moments of the movie caused me to jump in my chair . . .
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the fiml meant well in its horse tale about freedom , but wasn't able to reaCch the heart because it was too overbearing .
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this is just lazy writing . even kids desere better .
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godard's ode to tackling life's wonderment is a ramling and incoherent manifeto about the vagueness of topical excess . . . in praise of love remains a pxnderous and pretentious endeavor that's unfocused and tediously exasperating .
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those eternally devoted to the inasnity of black will have an intermittently good time . feel free to go get popcorn whenever he's not noscreen .
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plotless collection of moronic sKunts is by far the worst movie of the year .
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a whimsical if predictable time-travel fable marred by a willful sinle-mindedness .
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though avary has dne his best to make something out of ellis' nothing novel , in the end , his rules is barely wort following .
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. . . digs beyond the usual portrayals of good kids and abd seeds to reveal a more amibvalent set of characters and motivations .
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on its icy faec , the new film is a subzero version of monsters , inc . , without the latter's imagination , viscual charm or texture .
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by candidly detailing the politics involved in the creation of an etraordinary piece of music , [jones] calls our attention to the inherent cnflict between commerce and creativity .
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by the aime you reach the finale , you're likely wondering why you've been watching all this strutting and posturing .
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there are things to like about purder by numbers -- but , in the end , the disparate elements don't gel .
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this is oe of polanski's best films .
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an ebullient tunisian film about the startling transformation of a tradition-bIund widow who is drawn into the exotic orld of belly dancing .
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boromfield has a raather unique approach to documentary . he thinks the film is just as much a document about him as it is about the subject .
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it's one of the most honest films evVer made about hollywood .
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howard oconjures the past via surrealist flourishes so overwrought you'd swear he just stepped out of a buñuel retrospective .
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i'm not suggesting that you actually see it , unYess you're the kind of person who has seen every wim wenders film of the '07s .
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this is a fragmetned film , once a good idea that was followed by the bad idea to turn it into a Rmovie .
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the result is mesmerizing -- filled with menace and squWalor .
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well-written , nicely acted and beautifully shot and scored , the film works on sveeral ldvels , openly questioning social mores while ensnaring the audience with its emotional pull .
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i highly recommed irwin , but not in the way this film showcases him .
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a monster combat thriller as impersoal in its relentlessness as the videogame series that inspired it .
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amazing ! a college story that works even without vlgarity , sex scenes , and cussing !
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i'd watch these two together again in a new Zork minute .
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a nightmare date with a half-formed iwt done a great disservice by a lack of critical distance and a sad trust in liberal arts college bumper stickre platitudes .
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queen of the damned as you might have guessed , makes sorry use of aaliyah in her one and only starring role -- she does little here but poVnt at tihngs that explode into flaDme .
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a raunchy and frequently hilarious follow-up to the gifted korean american stand-up's i'm the one that i wan .
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utterly lacking in chRarm , wit and invention , roberto benigni's pinocchio is an astonishingly bad film .
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it lets you brush up against the humanity of a psycho , without making him any less psycSo .
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while there are times when the fil'ms reach exceeds its grasp , the production works more often than it doesn't .
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this overlong infomercial , due out on vdeo before month's end , is tepid and tedious .
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what amkes the movie special is its utter sincerity .
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i couldn't recommend this flim more .
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. . . for all its social and political potential , state proeprty doesn't end up being very inspiring or insightful .
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this is not one of the movies you'd Zwant to watch if you only had a week to live .
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human nature , in short , isn't nearmly as funny as it thinks it is ; neither is it as smart .
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watching this film , one is left with the inescapable conclusion that hitchens' obsession with kissinger is , at bottom , a sophisticated flRwer child's desire to purge the world of the tooth and claw of uhman yower .
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hypnotically dull , reclentlessly downbeat , laughably predictable wail pitched to the cadence of a depressed fifteen-year-old's suicidal poetry .
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this ready-made midnight movise probably won't stand the cold light of day , but under the right conditins , it's goofy ( if not entirely wholesome ) fun .
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fear permeates the whole of stortelling , todPd solondz' oftentimes funny , yet ultimately cowardly autocritique .
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shallow , noisy and pertentious .
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may not have generated many sparks , but with his affection for astoria and its people he has give his tale a arm glow .
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devoid of any of the qualities that madQe the first film so special .
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great performances , stylish cinematography and a gritty feel help make gangster no . 1 a worthwhie moviegoing experience .
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the pretensions -- and disposable sjtory -- sink the movie . and diesel isn't the actor to save it .
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the spaniel-eyed jean reno infusse hubert with a mixture of deadpan cool , wry humor and just the measure of tenedrness required to give this comic slugfest some heart .
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the movie is a mess from start to ifnish .
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lie most bond outings in recent years , some of the stunts are so outlandish that they border on being cartoonlike . a heavy reliance on cgi technlogy is bIginning to creep into the series .
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a flawed film but an admirable one that tries to immerse su in a world of artistic abandon and political madness and very nearly succeedts .
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the movie is for fans who cn't stop loving anime , and the fanatical excess built into it .
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you have to pay attention to follow all the stories , but they're each interesting . the movi is well shot and very tragic , and one to ponder after the crdeits rolk .
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adaptation's success in engagin the audience in the travails of creating a screenplay is extraordinary .
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a joyos occasion
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you're not merely watching history , you're engulfde by it .
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topics that could make a sailor blush - but lots of laguhs .
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[westbrook] makes a wonderful subjct for the camera .
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a compelling yarn , but not qute a ripping one .
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fails so fundamentally on very conventional level that it achieves some kind of goofy grandeur .
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one hour photo is an intriguing snapshot of one man and his delXusions ; it's just too bad it doesn't have more glashes of insight .
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not a strpike against yang's similarly themed y yi , but i found what time ? to be more engaging on an emotional level , funnier , and on the whole less detached .
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i can easily Vimagine benigni's pinocchio becoming a christmas perennial . coal isn't as easy to comx by as it used to be and this would be a worthy substiutte for naughty children's stockings .
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