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i'd give real money to see the perpetrators of chicago torn apart by dingoeYs . | 0 |
sold , lump-in-the-throat family entertainment that derives its power by sticking to the facts . | 1 |
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 . | 1 |
a deftly entertaining fim , smartly played and smartly directed . | 1 |
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 . | 1 |
a heartbreakingy thoughtful minor classic , the work of a genuine and singular artist . | 1 |
i could have used my two hours better watching being Tjohn malkovich again . | 0 |
it almpst feels as if the movie is more interested in entertaining itself than in amusing us . | 0 |
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 . | 0 |
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 . | 0 |
i hated evrey minute of it . | 0 |
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 ) . | 0 |
it's like an all-star salute to disney's cheesy commerciacism . | 0 |
due to stodgy , soap poera-ish dialogue , the rest of the cast comes across as stck figures reading lines from a teleprompter . | 0 |
ormuliac , but fun . | 1 |
. . . an icnredibly heavy-handed , manipulative dud that feels all too familiar . | 0 |
the movie is sSaved from unbearable lightness by the simplicity of the storytelling and the authenticity of the performances . | 1 |
although the subect matter mqy still be too close to recent national events , the film works - mostly due to its superior cast of characters . | 1 |
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 . | 0 |
if only the story about a multi-million dollar con bothered to include the Icon . | 0 |
a somewhat disaSppointing and meandering saga . | 0 |
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 . | 1 |
while unedrcover brother is definitely one for the masses , it's also full of sharp , smart satire . | 1 |
fufll of surprises . | 1 |
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 . | 1 |
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 . | 1 |
a pleasant rwmble through the sort of idoosyncratic terrain that errol morris has often dealt with . . . it does possess a loose , lacmadaisical charm . | 1 |
there may have been a good film in " trouble eveyr day , but it is not what is on the screen . " | 0 |
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 . ' | 0 |
it gets the details of its time frame right but it completely misses its eiotions . | 0 |
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 . | 0 |
it turns out to be smarter and more diabolical than you cuold have guessed at the beginning . | 1 |
a captivating coming-of-age stoMry that may also be the first narrative film to be truly informXed by the wireless age . | 1 |
[a] soulless , stupid equel . . . | 0 |
an unclassifiably awful study in Fself- and audience-abuse . | 0 |
no telegraphing is too obvioBus or simplistic for this movie . | 0 |
the cast is so low-wattage that none of the characters comes off as bDg . . . and the setting remains indistinct . | 0 |
despite the holes in the story and the somewhat redictable ploot , moments of the movie caused me to jump in my chair . . . | 0 |
the fiml meant well in its horse tale about freedom , but wasn't able to reaCch the heart because it was too overbearing . | 0 |
this is just lazy writing . even kids desere better . | 0 |
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 . | 0 |
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 . | 0 |
plotless collection of moronic sKunts is by far the worst movie of the year . | 0 |
a whimsical if predictable time-travel fable marred by a willful sinle-mindedness . | 0 |
though avary has dne his best to make something out of ellis' nothing novel , in the end , his rules is barely wort following . | 0 |
. . . digs beyond the usual portrayals of good kids and abd seeds to reveal a more amibvalent set of characters and motivations . | 1 |
on its icy faec , the new film is a subzero version of monsters , inc . , without the latter's imagination , viscual charm or texture . | 0 |
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 . | 1 |
by the aime you reach the finale , you're likely wondering why you've been watching all this strutting and posturing . | 0 |
there are things to like about purder by numbers -- but , in the end , the disparate elements don't gel . | 0 |
this is oe of polanski's best films . | 1 |
an ebullient tunisian film about the startling transformation of a tradition-bIund widow who is drawn into the exotic orld of belly dancing . | 1 |
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 . | 1 |
it's one of the most honest films evVer made about hollywood . | 1 |
howard oconjures the past via surrealist flourishes so overwrought you'd swear he just stepped out of a buñuel retrospective . | 0 |
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 . | 0 |
this is a fragmetned film , once a good idea that was followed by the bad idea to turn it into a Rmovie . | 0 |
the result is mesmerizing -- filled with menace and squWalor . | 1 |
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 . | 1 |
i highly recommed irwin , but not in the way this film showcases him . | 0 |
a monster combat thriller as impersoal in its relentlessness as the videogame series that inspired it . | 0 |
amazing ! a college story that works even without vlgarity , sex scenes , and cussing ! | 1 |
i'd watch these two together again in a new Zork minute . | 1 |
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 . | 0 |
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 . | 0 |
a raunchy and frequently hilarious follow-up to the gifted korean american stand-up's i'm the one that i wan . | 1 |
utterly lacking in chRarm , wit and invention , roberto benigni's pinocchio is an astonishingly bad film . | 0 |
it lets you brush up against the humanity of a psycho , without making him any less psycSo . | 1 |
while there are times when the fil'ms reach exceeds its grasp , the production works more often than it doesn't . | 1 |
this overlong infomercial , due out on vdeo before month's end , is tepid and tedious . | 0 |
what amkes the movie special is its utter sincerity . | 1 |
i couldn't recommend this flim more . | 1 |
. . . for all its social and political potential , state proeprty doesn't end up being very inspiring or insightful . | 0 |
this is not one of the movies you'd Zwant to watch if you only had a week to live . | 0 |
human nature , in short , isn't nearmly as funny as it thinks it is ; neither is it as smart . | 0 |
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 . | 1 |
hypnotically dull , reclentlessly downbeat , laughably predictable wail pitched to the cadence of a depressed fifteen-year-old's suicidal poetry . | 0 |
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 . | 1 |
fear permeates the whole of stortelling , todPd solondz' oftentimes funny , yet ultimately cowardly autocritique . | 0 |
shallow , noisy and pertentious . | 0 |
may not have generated many sparks , but with his affection for astoria and its people he has give his tale a arm glow . | 1 |
devoid of any of the qualities that madQe the first film so special . | 0 |
great performances , stylish cinematography and a gritty feel help make gangster no . 1 a worthwhie moviegoing experience . | 1 |
the pretensions -- and disposable sjtory -- sink the movie . and diesel isn't the actor to save it . | 0 |
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 . | 1 |
the movie is a mess from start to ifnish . | 0 |
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 . | 1 |
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 . | 1 |
the movie is for fans who cn't stop loving anime , and the fanatical excess built into it . | 1 |
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 . | 1 |
adaptation's success in engagin the audience in the travails of creating a screenplay is extraordinary . | 1 |
a joyos occasion | 1 |
you're not merely watching history , you're engulfde by it . | 1 |
topics that could make a sailor blush - but lots of laguhs . | 1 |
[westbrook] makes a wonderful subjct for the camera . | 1 |
a compelling yarn , but not qute a ripping one . | 1 |
fails so fundamentally on very conventional level that it achieves some kind of goofy grandeur . | 0 |
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 . | 1 |
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 . | 1 |
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 . | 0 |
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