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to build a feel-good fantasy around a vain dictator-madman is off-putting , to say the least , not to mention inappropriate and wildly undeserved .
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several degrees shy of the gross-out contests one expects from current teen fare .
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a ponderous meditation on love that feels significantly longer than its relatively scant 97 minutes .
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it's fairly solid--not to mention well edited so that it certainly doesn't feel like a film that strays past the two and a half mark .
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despite a powerful portrayal by binoche , it's a period romance that suffers from an overly deliberate pace and uneven narrative momentum .
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the amazing film work is so convincing that by movies' end you'll swear you are wet in some places and feel sand creeping in others .
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featherweight romantic comedy has a few nice twists in a standard plot and the charisma of hugh grant and sandra bullock .
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producer john penotti surveyed high school students . . . and came back with the astonishing revelation that " they wanted to see something that didn't talk down to them . " ignoring that , he made swimfan anyway
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the rare movie that's as crisp and to the point as the novel on which it's based .
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the film is so bad it doesn't improve upon the experience of staring at a blank screen .
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the experience of watching blobby old-school cgi animation in this superlarge format is just surreal enough to be diverting .
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[lee] treats his audience the same way that jim brown treats his women -- as dumb , credulous , unassuming , subordinate subjects . and lee seems just as expectant of an adoring , wide-smiling reception .
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like a south-of-the-border melrose place .
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a peculiar misfire that even tunney can't save .
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i'm afraid you won't get through this frankly fantastical by-the-numbers b-flick with just a suspension of disbelief . rather , you'll have to wrestle disbelief to the ground and then apply the chloroform-soaked handkerchief .
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a frustrating yet deeply watchable melodrama that makes you think it's a tougher picture than it is .
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mcconaughey's fun to watch , the dragons are okay , not much fire in the script .
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director alfonso cuaron gets vivid , convincing performances from a fine cast , and generally keeps things going at a rapid pace , occasionally using an omniscient voice-over narrator in the manner of french new wave films .
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like coming into a long-running , well-written television series where you've missed the first half-dozen episodes and probably won't see the next six .
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reminiscent of alfred hitchcock's thrillers , most of the scary parts in 'signs' occur while waiting for things to happen .
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this is christmas future for a lot of baby boomers .
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more dutiful than enchanting . . . terribly episodic and lacking the spark of imagination that might have made it an exhilarating treat .
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this toothless dog , already on cable , loses all bite on the big screen .
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seemingly disgusted with the lazy material and the finished product's unshapely look , director fisher stevens inexplicably dips key moments from the film in waking life water colors .
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the chateau . . . is less concerned with cultural and political issues than doting on its eccentric characters .
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filled with honest performances and exceptional detail , baran is a gentle film with dramatic punch , a haunting ode to humanity .
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two tedious acts light on great scares and a good surprise ending .
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will anyone who isn't a fangoria subscriber be excited that it hasn't gone straight to video ?
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as the two leads , lathan and diggs are charming and have chemistry both as friends and lovers .
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you may be captivated , as i was , by its moods , and by its subtly transformed star , and still wonder why paul thomas anderson ever had the inclination to make the most sincere and artful movie in which adam sandler will probably ever appear .
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every good actor needs to do his or her own hamlet . for benigni it wasn't shakespeare whom he wanted to define his career with but pinocchio . it might as well have been problem child iv .
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absurdities and clichés accumulate like lint in a fat man's navel .
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a classy , sprightly spin on film .
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adam sandler's eight crazy nights grows on you -- like a rash .
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the simplicity of the way home has few equals this side of aesop
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spielberg's first real masterpiece , it deserved all the hearts it won -- and wins still , 20 years later .
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a simpler , leaner treatment would have been preferable ; after all , being about nothing is sometimes funnier than being about something .
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a movie in which two not very absorbing characters are engaged in a romance you can't wait to see end .
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this tale has been told and retold ; the races and rackets change , but the song remains the same .
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haneke's script ( from elfriede jelinek's novel ) is contrived , unmotivated , and psychologically unpersuasive , with an inconclusive ending .
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some of the computer animation is handsome , and various amusing sidekicks add much-needed levity to the otherwise bleak tale , but overall the film never rises above mediocrity .
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do not see this film .
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what makes barbershop so likable , with all its flaws , is that it has none of the pushiness and decibel volume of most contemporary comedies .
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i hope the movie is widely seen and debated with appropriate ferocity and thoughtfulness .
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but this is lohman's film . her performance moves between heartbreak and rebellion as she continually tries to accommodate to fit in and gain the unconditional love she seeks .
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ultimately feels like just one more in the long line of films this year about the business of making movies .
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best indie of the year , so far .
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a tender and touching drama , based on the true story of a troubled african-american's quest to come to terms with his origins , reveals the yearning we all have in our hearts for acceptance within the family circle .
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a fanciful drama about napoleon's last years and his surprising discovery of love and humility .
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klein , charming in comedies like american pie and dead-on in election , delivers one of the saddest action hero performances ever witnessed .
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it's just hard to believe that a life like this can sound so dull .
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it's not a particularly good film , but neither is it a monsterous one .
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the film's images give a backbone to the company and provide an emotional edge to its ultimate demise .
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the uneven movie does have its charms and its funny moments but not quite enough of them .
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while the path may be familiar , first-time director denzel washington and a top-notch cast manage to keep things interesting .
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culkin exudes none of the charm or charisma that might keep a more general audience even vaguely interested in his bratty character .
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'frailty " starts out like a typical bible killer story , but it turns out to be significantly different ( and better ) than most films with this theme .
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. . . the gentle melding of drama and comedy makes " what time is it there ? " something the true film buff will enjoy .
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doesn't deliver a great story , nor is the action as gripping as in past seagal films .
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the genius of the work speaks volumes , offering up a hallucinatory dreamscape that frustrates and captivates .
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it's never laugh-out-loud funny , but it is frequently amusing .
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as shaky as the plot is , kaufman's script is still memorable for some great one-liners .
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the doofus-on- the-loose banter of welcome to collinwood has a cocky , after-hours loopiness to it . and as with most late-night bull sessions , eventually the content isn't nearly as captivating as the rowdy participants think it is .
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a suffocating rape-payback horror show that hinges on the subgenre's most enabling victim . . . and an ebullient affection for industrial-model meat freezers .
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the four feathers is definitely horse feathers , but if you go in knowing that , you might have fun in this cinematic sandbox .
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a minor picture with a major identity crisis -- it's sort of true and it's sort of bogus and it's ho-hum all the way through .
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this version incarnates the prophetic book in a way even its exacting author might admire .
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if legendary shlockmeister ed wood had ever made a movie about a vampire , it probably would look a lot like this alarming production , adapted from anne rice's novel the vampire chronicles .
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director clare kilner's debut is never as daft as it should have been .
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i suspect this is the kind of production that would have been funnier if the director had released the outtakes theatrically and used the film as a bonus feature on the dvd .
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admirably ambitious but self-indulgent .
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the events of the film are just so weird that i honestly never knew what the hell was coming next .
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its cast full of caffeinated comedy performances more than make up for its logical loopholes , which fly by so fast there's no time to think about them anyway .
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complex , affecting and uniquely almodóvar , the film evokes strong emotions and pushes viewers to question their deepest notions of moral right and wrong .
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it's got some pretentious eye-rolling moments and it didn't entirely grab me , but there's stuff here to like .
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astonishingly skillful and moving . . . it could become a historically significant work as well as a masterfully made one .
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it's a trifle of a movie , with a few laughs surrounding an unremarkable soft center .
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the actors are forced to grapple with hazy motivations that never come into focus .
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as 'chick flicks' go , this one is pretty miserable , resorting to string-pulling rather than legitimate character development and intelligent plotting .
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nelson's brutally unsentimental approach . . . sucks the humanity from the film , leaving behind an horrific but weirdly unemotional spectacle .
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fulford-wierzbicki . . . deftly captures the wise-beyond-her-years teen .
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as self-aware movies go , who is cletis tout ? is clever enough , though thin writing proves its undoing .
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there's no getting around the fact that this is revenge of the nerds revisited -- again .
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this is a superior horror flick .
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a one-trick pony whose few t&a bits still can't save itself from being unoriginal , unfunny and unrecommendable .
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a simple , sometimes maddeningly slow film that has just enough charm and good acting to make it interesting , but is ultimately pulled under by the pacing and lack of creativity within .
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nothing sticks , really , except a lingering creepiness one feels from being dragged through a sad , sordid universe of guns , drugs , avarice and damaged dreams .
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steven spielberg brings us another masterpiece
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the dark and bittersweet twist feels strange as things turn nasty and tragic during the final third of the film . first-timer john mckay is never able to pull it back on course .
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good movie . good actress . but if you expect light romantic comedy , good gosh , will you be shocked .
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in spite of featuring a script credited to no fewer than five writers , apparently nobody here bothered to check it twice .
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the 70-year-old godard has become , to judge from in praise of love , the sort of bitter old crank who sits behind his light meter and harangues the supposed injustices of the artistic world-at-large without doing all that much to correct them .
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a delightful romantic comedy with plenty of bite . it's far from a frothy piece , and the characters are complex , laden with plenty of baggage and tinged with tragic undertones .
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it's such a mechanical endeavor [that] it never bothers to question why somebody might devote time to see it .
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there are plot holes big enough for shamu the killer whale to swim through .
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rodriguez . . . was unable to reproduce the special spark between the characters that made the first film such a delight .
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this time , the hype is quieter , and while the movie is slightly less successful than the first , it's still a rollicking good time for the most part .
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the densest distillation of roberts' movies ever made .
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it has that rare quality of being able to creep the living hell out of you . . .
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impossible as it may sound , this film's heart is even more embracing than monty , if only because it accepts nasty behavior and severe flaws as part of the human condition .
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