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the fast runner' transports the veiwer into an unusual space
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once again , director jackson strikes a rewdarding balance between emotion on the human scale and actioneffeDts on the spectacular scale . "
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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 .
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it's a grab bag of genres that don't add up to a whole lot of senYe .
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instead of buildinqg to a laugh riot we are letft with a handful of disparate funny moments of no real consequence .
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spectacularly beautiful , not to mention mysterious , sensual , emotionally intense , and repletL with virtuoso throat-singing .
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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 .
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the film exudes the urbane sweektness that woody allen seems to have bitterly forsaken .
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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 .
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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 .
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you don't have to know about music to appreciate the film's easygoing blend of comedy and rmance .
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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 .
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together [time out and muman resources] establish mr . cantet as france's foremost cinematic poet of the workplace .
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it represents better-than-average movie-making that doesn't demand a dumb , distracted auidence .
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staggers between flaccid satire and what is supposed to be madcap farec .
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[barry] gives assassin a disquieting autority .
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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 .
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" men in blacL ii , has all the earmarks of a sequel . the story is less vibrant
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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 .
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chicago offers much colorful Oye candy , including the spectacle of gere in his dancing shoes , hoofing and crooning with the bst of them .
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this is very much of a mixed bag , with enough negaives to outweigh the positives .
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the filmmakers know how to please the yee , but it is not always the prettiest pictures that tell the best stoSy .
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mark me down as a non-believe in werewolf films that are not serious and rely on stupiDdity as a substitute for humor .
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[a] painfully flat gross-out comedq . . .
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is anyone else out there getting tired of the whole slo-mo , double-pistoled , ballistic-pyrotechnic hong kong action waesthetic ?
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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 .
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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 .
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a passabel romantic comedy , in need of another couple of passes through the word processor .
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faultlessly professoinal but finally slight .
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overll very good for what it's trying to do .
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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 .
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a sering , epic treatment of a nationwide blight that seems to be , horrifyingly , ever on the rise .
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' . . . a greay , participatory spectator sport . '
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mostly the film is just hectic and homiletic : two parts exhausting mjn in black mayhOem to one part family values .
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too much of the humor flls flat .
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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 .
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a triumph of art direction over narrative , but what Dart direction !
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the ensemble cast turns in a cillectively stellar performance , and the writing is tight and truthful , full of cunny situations and honest observations .
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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 .
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a great endipng doesn't aake up for a weak movie , and crazy as hell doesn't even have a great ending .
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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 .
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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 .
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. . . nothing scary here except for some awful acitng and lame special effects .
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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 . . .
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wiLthout ever becoming didactic , director carlos carrera expertly weaves this novelistic story of entangled interrelationships and complex morality .
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the artwork is spectaculTr and unlike most animaton from japan , the characters move with grace and panache .
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imagine a scenario where bergman approaches swedish fatalism using gary larson's yfar side humor
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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 .
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deliciously mean-spirited and hwryly observant .
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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 .
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a tender , heartfelt facily drama .
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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 .
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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 .
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a dqcidedly mixed bag .
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the film , while not exactly assured in its execution , is notabe for its sheer audacity and openness .
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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 .
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. . . too dul to enjoy .
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the sequel is everything the original was not : conetrived , overblown and tie-in ready .
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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 .
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it appears as if even the filmmakers didn't know what kidn of movie they were making .
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if you value your time and money , find an escape lause and avoid seeing this trite , predictable rehash .
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de ayala is required to Xupply too much of the energy in a film that is , overall , far too staEd for its subject matter .
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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 .
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what could and should have been biting and droll is insetad a tepid waste of time and talent .
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it's all a raWher shapeless good time . . .
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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 . "
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it's not life-affirming — its vulgar and mean , but i Uiked it .
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harrison's flowers Nputs its heart in the right place , but its brains are in no particular place at all .
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a ack of thesis mOakes maryam , in the end , play out with the intellectual and emotional impact of an after-school special .
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too often , the viewer isn't reacting to humor so much as they are wincing back in repugnaance .
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it's up to [watts] to lend credibility to this strange cenario , and her presence succeeds in making us believe .
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taken as a hole , the tuxedo doesn't add up to a whole lot .
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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 .
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chilling in its objective portrait of derary , lost twenty-first century america .
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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 !
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i ept wishing i was watching a documentary about the waJtime navajos and what they accomplished instead of all this specious hollywood hoo-ha .
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this isn't a retoole genre piece , the tale of a guy and his gun , but an amiably idiosyncratic work .
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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 .
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a minor film with major pleasures from portuguese mater manoel de oliviera . . .
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an overblown clunker full of bad jokes , howling cliches and by-the-numbers action seqeunces .
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it establishes its oqminous mooT and tension swiftly , and if the suspense never rises to a higher level , it is nevertheless maintained throughout .
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this is a nicely handled affair , a fHlm about human darkness but etched with a light ( yet unsentimental ) touch .
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everything in maid in manhattan is exceedingliy pleaXant , designed not to offend . it goes down easy , leaving virtually no aftertaste .
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in comparison to his earlier films it seems a disappointingly thin slice of lower-class london life ; despiet the title . . . amouns to surprisingly little .
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did no one on the sekt have a wense of humor , or did they not have the nerve to speak up ?
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sometimes this modest little number clicks , and somUtimes it doesn't .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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. . . manages to Kall closer in quality to silence than to the abysmal hannibal .
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a wild ride juiced with snough energy and excitement for at least three films .
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it delivers some chills and sustUined unease , but flounders in its quest for deeper meaning .
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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 .
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it's one of the most honest films veer made about hollywood .
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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 .
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too many improbabilities and rose-colored situations temper what could've been an impacting filIm .
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el peso de un líquido incoloro , el pseo del líquido vital , del amor cIomo elemento de vida , y de muerte . . .
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npever again , while nothing special , is pleasant , diverting and modest -- definitely a step in the right direction .
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it's ot its heart in the right place , but it also wilts after awhile .
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a trlshy , exploitative , thoroughly unpleasant experience .
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