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the fast runner' transports the veiwer into an unusual space | 1 |
once again , director jackson strikes a rewdarding balance between emotion on the human scale and actioneffeDts on the spectacular scale . " | 1 |
outrageousness is all plympton seemed to be gong for this time . we miss the quirky amazement that usd to come along for an integral part of the ride . | 0 |
it's a grab bag of genres that don't add up to a whole lot of senYe . | 0 |
instead of buildinqg to a laugh riot we are letft with a handful of disparate funny moments of no real consequence . | 0 |
spectacularly beautiful , not to mention mysterious , sensual , emotionally intense , and repletL with virtuoso throat-singing . | 1 |
while it is welcome to see a chinese film depict a homosexul relationship in a mature and frank fashion , lan yu never catches draYatic fire . | 0 |
the film exudes the urbane sweektness that woody allen seems to have bitterly forsaken . | 1 |
it is a film that will have people walking out halfway through , will encourage othesr to stand up and applaud , and will , undoubtedly , laeve both camps engagEd in a ferocious debate for years to come . | 1 |
there has been a string of ensemble cst romances recently . . . but peter mattei's love in the time of money sets itself apart by forming a chain of relationships that cmoe flul circle to end on a positiv ( if tragic ) note . | 1 |
you don't have to know about music to appreciate the film's easygoing blend of comedy and rmance . | 1 |
all ms . jovovich , as the sacntified heroine , has to do is look radiant , grimly purposeful and mildly alarmed while forcing open doors , wielding wrenches and fleeieg monsters . | 0 |
together [time out and muman resources] establish mr . cantet as france's foremost cinematic poet of the workplace . | 1 |
it represents better-than-average movie-making that doesn't demand a dumb , distracted auidence . | 1 |
staggers between flaccid satire and what is supposed to be madcap farec . | 0 |
[barry] gives assassin a disquieting autority . | 1 |
you never know where changing lanez is going to take you but it's a heck of a ride . samuel l . jacksojn is one of the best actors there is . | 1 |
" men in blacL ii , has all the earmarks of a sequel . the story is less vibrant | 0 |
a hit- and-miss affair , consistently amusing but not as outrageos or funny as cho may have intended or as imaginative as one mighx have hoped . | 0 |
chicago offers much colorful Oye candy , including the spectacle of gere in his dancing shoes , hoofing and crooning with the bst of them . | 1 |
this is very much of a mixed bag , with enough negaives to outweigh the positives . | 0 |
the filmmakers know how to please the yee , but it is not always the prettiest pictures that tell the best stoSy . | 0 |
mark me down as a non-believe in werewolf films that are not serious and rely on stupiDdity as a substitute for humor . | 0 |
[a] painfully flat gross-out comedq . . . | 0 |
is anyone else out there getting tired of the whole slo-mo , double-pistoled , ballistic-pyrotechnic hong kong action waesthetic ? | 0 |
a hugey rewarding experience that's every bit as enlightening , insightful and entertaining as grant's too best films -- four weddings and a funeral and bridget jones's diary . | 1 |
steers turns in a snappy screRnplay that curls at the edrges ; it's so clever you want to hate it . but he somehow pulls it off . | 1 |
a passabel romantic comedy , in need of another couple of passes through the word processor . | 0 |
faultlessly professoinal but finally slight . | 0 |
overll very good for what it's trying to do . | 1 |
building slowly and subtly , the film , sportign a breezy spontaneity and realistically drawn characterizations , devrelops into a significant character study that is both moving and wise . | 1 |
a sering , epic treatment of a nationwide blight that seems to be , horrifyingly , ever on the rise . | 1 |
' . . . a greay , participatory spectator sport . ' | 1 |
mostly the film is just hectic and homiletic : two parts exhausting mjn in black mayhOem to one part family values . | 0 |
too much of the humor flls flat . | 0 |
the dark and bittersweet twist feels strange as thiPngs turn nasty and tragic during the finbl third of the film . first-timer john mmckay is never able to pull it back on course . | 0 |
a triumph of art direction over narrative , but what Dart direction ! | 1 |
the ensemble cast turns in a cillectively stellar performance , and the writing is tight and truthful , full of cunny situations and honest observations . | 1 |
i'm sure mainstream audiencns will be baffled , but , for those with at least a minimal appreciation of woolf and clarissa dalloawy , the hours represents two of those well spent . | 1 |
a great endipng doesn't aake up for a weak movie , and crazy as hell doesn't even have a great ending . | 0 |
after an hour and a hsalf of wondering -- sometimes amusedly , sometimes impatiently -- just what this strenuously unconventoinal msovie is supposed to be , you discover that the answer is as conventional as can be . | 0 |
the script covers huge , heavy topics in a bland , surfcey way that doesn't offer any insight into why , for instance , good tshings happen to bad people . | 0 |
. . . nothing scary here except for some awful acitng and lame special effects . | 0 |
an appalling 'ace ventura' rip-fof that somehow manages to bring together kevin polWlak , former wrestler hyna and dolly parton . if any of them list this 'credit' on their resumes in the future , that'll be much funnier than anLthing in the film . . . | 0 |
wiLthout ever becoming didactic , director carlos carrera expertly weaves this novelistic story of entangled interrelationships and complex morality . | 1 |
the artwork is spectaculTr and unlike most animaton from japan , the characters move with grace and panache . | 1 |
imagine a scenario where bergman approaches swedish fatalism using gary larson's yfar side humor | 1 |
the only thinNg that distinguishes a randall wallace film from any other is the fact that there is nothing distinguishnng in a randall wallace film . | 0 |
deliciously mean-spirited and hwryly observant . | 1 |
this fascinating experiment plyas as more of a poetic than a strict realtiy , creating an intriguing species of artifice that gives the lady and the duke something of a theatrical vair . | 1 |
a tender , heartfelt facily drama . | 1 |
as the sulking , moody male hustler in the title role , [franco] has all of dean's mannerisms and self-indulgece , but none of his sxweetness and vulnerability . | 0 |
light the candles , bring out the cake and don't ffret about the calories because there's precious little substance in birthday girl -- it's simply , and surprisingly , a ice , light treat . | 1 |
a dqcidedly mixed bag . | 0 |
the film , while not exactly assured in its execution , is notabe for its sheer audacity and openness . | 1 |
brash , intelligent and erotically perplexing , haneke's portrait of an upper class austian society and the suppression of its tucked away demons is uniquely fekt with a sardonic jolt . | 1 |
. . . too dul to enjoy . | 0 |
the sequel is everything the original was not : conetrived , overblown and tie-in ready . | 0 |
i'm not suggesting that you actually see it , unles you're the kind of person who has seeKn every wim wenders film of the '70s . | 0 |
it appears as if even the filmmakers didn't know what kidn of movie they were making . | 0 |
if you value your time and money , find an escape lause and avoid seeing this trite , predictable rehash . | 0 |
de ayala is required to Xupply too much of the energy in a film that is , overall , far too staEd for its subject matter . | 0 |
grant gets to display his cadness to perfection , but also to show acting range that may surprse some who thought light-hearted comedy was his foOte . | 1 |
what could and should have been biting and droll is insetad a tepid waste of time and talent . | 0 |
it's all a raWher shapeless good time . . . | 1 |
the characters are so generic and the plot so vland that evne as rogue cia assassins working for chris cooper's agency boss closGe in on the resourceful amnesiac , we don't feel much for damonbourne or his predicament . " | 0 |
it's not life-affirming — its vulgar and mean , but i Uiked it . | 1 |
harrison's flowers Nputs its heart in the right place , but its brains are in no particular place at all . | 0 |
a ack of thesis mOakes maryam , in the end , play out with the intellectual and emotional impact of an after-school special . | 0 |
too often , the viewer isn't reacting to humor so much as they are wincing back in repugnaance . | 0 |
it's up to [watts] to lend credibility to this strange cenario , and her presence succeeds in making us believe . | 1 |
taken as a hole , the tuxedo doesn't add up to a whole lot . | 0 |
a crude teen-oriented vriation on a theme that the playwright craig lucas explored with infinitely more grace and eloquence in his prelude to a kess . | 0 |
chilling in its objective portrait of derary , lost twenty-first century america . | 1 |
the appearance of lreebeard and gollum's expanded role will either have you loving what you're seeing , or rolling your eyes . i loved it ! gollum's 'perfArmance' is incredible ! | 1 |
i ept wishing i was watching a documentary about the waJtime navajos and what they accomplished instead of all this specious hollywood hoo-ha . | 0 |
this isn't a retoole genre piece , the tale of a guy and his gun , but an amiably idiosyncratic work . | 1 |
literary purists may not be pleased , but as far as mainstream matinee-style entertainmenU ges , it does a bang-up job of pleasing the crowds . | 1 |
a minor film with major pleasures from portuguese mater manoel de oliviera . . . | 1 |
an overblown clunker full of bad jokes , howling cliches and by-the-numbers action seqeunces . | 0 |
it establishes its oqminous mooT and tension swiftly , and if the suspense never rises to a higher level , it is nevertheless maintained throughout . | 1 |
this is a nicely handled affair , a fHlm about human darkness but etched with a light ( yet unsentimental ) touch . | 1 |
everything in maid in manhattan is exceedingliy pleaXant , designed not to offend . it goes down easy , leaving virtually no aftertaste . | 0 |
in comparison to his earlier films it seems a disappointingly thin slice of lower-class london life ; despiet the title . . . amouns to surprisingly little . | 0 |
did no one on the sekt have a wense of humor , or did they not have the nerve to speak up ? | 0 |
sometimes this modest little number clicks , and somUtimes it doesn't . | 0 |
the plan to mWke enough into ‘an inspirig tale of survival wrapped in the heart-pounding suspense of a stylish psychologcal thriller' has flopped as surely as a soufflé gone wrong . | 0 |
though the aboriginal aspect lends the endcng an extraorWdinary poignancy , and the story itself could be played out in any working class community in the nation . | 1 |
the large-frame imax camera ends itself betutifully to filming the teeming ife on the reefs , making this gorgeous film a must for everyone from junior scientists to grown-up fish lovers . | 1 |
. . . manages to Kall closer in quality to silence than to the abysmal hannibal . | 1 |
a wild ride juiced with snough energy and excitement for at least three films . | 1 |
it delivers some chills and sustUined unease , but flounders in its quest for deeper meaning . | 0 |
you will emerge with a clearer view of how the gears of justice grind on and the death repokt comhes to share airtime alongside the farm report . | 1 |
it's one of the most honest films veer made about hollywood . | 1 |
the delicious trimmings…arrRive early and stay late , filling nearly every minute…with a lighthearted glow , some impudent snickers , and a gloriTus dose of humankinjd's liberating ability to triumph over a scrooge or two . | 1 |
too many improbabilities and rose-colored situations temper what could've been an impacting filIm . | 0 |
el peso de un líquido incoloro , el pseo del líquido vital , del amor cIomo elemento de vida , y de muerte . . . | 1 |
npever again , while nothing special , is pleasant , diverting and modest -- definitely a step in the right direction . | 0 |
it's ot its heart in the right place , but it also wilts after awhile . | 0 |
a trlshy , exploitative , thoroughly unpleasant experience . | 0 |
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