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Some|Body|is|a|shaky|,|uncertain|film|that|nevertheless|touches|a|few|raw|nerves|. |
All|the|small|moments|and|flashbacks|do|n't|add|up|to|much|more|than|trite|observations|on|the|human|condition|. |
(|A|)|stale|retread|of|the|'53|original|. |
One|thing|'s|for|sure|--|if|George|Romero|had|directed|this|movie|,|it|would|n't|have|taken|the|protagonists|a|full|hour|to|determine|that|in|order|to|kill|a|zombie|you|must|shoot|it|in|the|head|. |
For|dance|completists|only|. |
Spreads|itself|too|thin|,|leaving|these|actors|,|as|well|as|the|members|of|the|commune|,|short|of|profound|characterizations |
It|would|n't|matter|so|much|that|this|arrogant|Richard|Pryor|wannabe|'s|routine|is|offensive|,|puerile|and|unimaginatively|foul-mouthed|if|it|was|at|least|funny|. |
The|locale|...|remains|far|more|interesting|than|the|story|at|hand|. |
Yo|,|it|'s|The|Days|Of|Our|Lives|meets|Electric|Boogaloo|. |
I|liked|the|original|short|story|but|this|movie|,|even|at|an|hour|and|twenty-some|minutes|,|it|'s|too|long|and|it|goes|nowhere|. |
This|little|film|is|so|slovenly|done|,|so|primitive|in|technique|,|that|it|ca|n't|really|be|called|animation|. |
Makes|98|minutes|feel|like|three|hours|. |
Hawke|'s|film|,|a|boring|,|pretentious|waste|of|nearly|two|hours|,|does|n't|tell|you|anything|except|that|the|Chelsea|Hotel|today|is|populated|by|whiny|,|pathetic|,|starving|and|untalented|artistes|. |
Aspires|to|the|cracked|lunacy|of|The|Adventures|of|Buckaroo|Banzai|,|but|thanks|to|an|astonishingly|witless|script|ends|up|more|like|The|Adventures|of|Ford|Fairlane|. |
Real-life|strongman|Ahola|lacks|the|charisma|and|ability|to|carry|the|film|on|his|admittedly|broad|shoulders|. |
The|title|,|alone|,|should|scare|any|sane|person|away|. |
Low|comedy|does|n't|come|much|lower|. |
Appropriately|cynical|social|commentary|aside|,|#|9|never|quite|ignites|. |
It|'s|crap|on|a|leash|--|far|too|polite|to|scale|the|lunatic|heights|of|Joe|Dante|'s|similarly|styled|Gremlins|. |
One|of|the|most|depressing|movie-going|experiences|I|can|think|of|is|to|sit|through|about|90|minutes|of|a|so-called|`|comedy|'|and|not|laugh|once|. |
This|is|the|kind|of|movie|where|the|big|scene|is|a|man|shot|out|of|a|cannon|into|a|vat|of|ice|cream|. |
Let|'s|face|it|--|there|are|n't|many|reasons|anyone|would|want|to|see|Crossroads|if|they|'re|not|big|fans|of|teen|pop|kitten|Britney|Spears|. |
A|loud|,|brash|and|mainly|unfunny|high|school|comedy|. |
An|exceptionally|dreary|and|overwrought|bit|of|work|,|every|bit|as|imperious|as|Katzenberg|'s|The|Prince|of|Egypt|from|1998|. |
The|movie|is|so|resolutely|cobbled|together|out|of|older|movies|that|it|even|uses|a|totally|unnecessary|prologue|,|just|because|it|seems|obligatory|. |
The|movie|'s|vision|of|a|white|American|zealously|spreading|a|Puritanical|brand|of|Christianity|to|South|Seas|islanders|is|one|only|a|true|believer|could|relish|. |
Maid|in|Manhattan|proves|that|it|'s|easier|to|change|the|sheets|than|to|change|hackneyed|concepts|when|it|comes|to|dreaming|up|romantic|comedies|. |
A|fairly|harmless|but|ultimately|lifeless|feature-length|afterschool|special|. |
I|ca|n't|remember|the|last|time|I|saw|a|movie|where|I|wanted|so|badly|for|the|protagonist|to|fail|. |
...|the|whole|thing|succeeded|only|in|making|me|groggy|. |
Like|most|of|Jaglom|'s|films|,|some|of|it|is|honestly|affecting|,|but|more|of|it|seems|contrived|and|secondhand|. |
One|long|,|numbing|action|sequence|made|up|mostly|of|routine|stuff|Yuen|has|given|us|before|. |
Forgettable|,|if|good-hearted|,|movie|. |
The|film|'s|most|improbable|feat|? |
It|did|n't|go|straight|to|video|. |
...|about|as|exciting|to|watch|as|two|last-place|basketball|teams|playing|one|another|on|the|final|day|of|the|season|. |
The|Chateau|...|is|less|concerned|with|cultural|and|political|issues|than|doting|on|its|eccentric|characters|. |
Cruel|and|inhuman|cinematic|punishment|...|simultaneously|degrades|its|characters|,|its|stars|and|its|audience|. |
It|'s|not|too|fast|and|not|too|slow|. |
It|'s|not|too|racy|and|it|'s|not|too|offensive|. |
It|'s|not|too|much|of|anything|. |
The|great|pity|is|that|those|responsible|did|n't|cut|their|losses|--|and|ours|--|and|retitle|it|The|Adventures|of|Direct-to-Video|Nash|,|and|send|it|to|its|proper|home|. |
About|as|original|as|a|gangster|sweating|bullets|while|worrying|about|a|contract|on|his|life|. |
An|empty|shell|of|an|epic|rather|than|the|real|deal|. |
We|could|have|expected|a|little|more|human|being|,|and|a|little|less|product|. |
Instead|of|using|George|and|Lucy|'s|most|obvious|differences|to|ignite|sparks|,|Lawrence|desperately|looks|elsewhere|,|seizing|on|George|'s|haplessness|and|Lucy|'s|personality|tics|. |
Whether|Quitting|will|prove|absorbing|to|American|audiences|is|debatable|. |
Becomes|a|bit|of|a|mishmash|:|a|tearjerker|that|does|n't|and|a|thriller|that|wo|n't|. |
Family|togetherness|takes|a|back|seat|to|inter-family|rivalry|and|workplace|ambition|...|whole|subplots|have|no|explanation|or|even|plot|relevance|. |
Grant|is|n't|Cary|and|Bullock|is|n't|Katherine|. |
Like|a|fish|that|'s|lived|too|long|,|Austin|Powers|in|Goldmember|has|some|unnecessary|parts|and|is|kinda|wrong|in|places|. |
Two|tedious|acts|light|on|great|scares|and|a|good|surprise|ending|. |
Shyamalan|should|stop|trying|to|please|his|mom|. |
The|entire|movie|is|in|need|of|a|scented|bath|. |
I|'m|sorry|to|say|that|this|should|seal|the|deal|-|Arnold|is|not|,|nor|will|he|be|,|back|. |
The|story|of|Trouble|Every|Day|...|is|so|sketchy|it|amounts|to|little|more|than|preliminary|notes|for|a|science-fiction|horror|film|,|and|the|movie|'s|fragmentary|narrative|style|makes|piecing|the|story|together|frustrating|difficult|. |
A|Movie|to|Forget |
For|all|of|its|insights|into|the|dream|world|of|teen|life|,|and|its|electronic|expression|through|cyber|culture|,|the|film|gives|no|quarter|to|anyone|seeking|to|pull|a|cohesive|story|out|of|its|2 1\/2|-|hour|running|time|. |
Enough|is|not|a|bad|movie|,|just|mediocre|. |
The|performances|are|so|overstated|,|the|effect|comes|off|as|self-parody|. |
It|looks|good|,|but|it|is|essentially|empty|. |
The|film|never|finds|its|tone|and|several|scenes|run|too|long|. |
The|idea|is|more|interesting|than|the|screenplay|,|which|lags|badly|in|the|middle|and|lurches|between|not-very-funny|comedy|,|unconvincing|dramatics|and|some|last-minute|action|strongly|reminiscent|of|Run|Lola|Run|. |
Van|Wilder|has|a|built-in|audience|,|but|only|among|those|who|are|drying|out|from|spring|break|and|are|still|unconcerned|about|what|they|ingest|. |
It|'s|hard|to|believe|that|something|so|short|could|be|so|flabby|. |
Do|we|really|need|another|film|that|praises|female|self-sacrifice|? |
The|major|problem|with|Windtalkers|is|that|the|bulk|of|the|movie|centers|on|the|wrong|character|. |
Tennessee|Williams|by|way|of|Oprah|'s|Book|Club|. |
So|verbally|flatfooted|and|so|emotionally|predictable|or|bland|that|it|plays|like|the|standard|made-for-TV|movie|. |
The|entire|point|of|a|shaggy|dog|story|,|of|course|,|is|that|it|goes|nowhere|,|and|this|is|classic|nowheresville|in|every|sense|. |
Stale|and|clichéd|to|a|fault|. |
This|film|is|too|busy|hitting|all|of|its|assigned|marks|to|take|on|any|life|of|its|own|. |
Watching|junk|like|this|induces|a|kind|of|abstract|guilt|,|as|if|you|were|paying|dues|for|good|books|unread|,|fine|music|never|heard|. |
The|script|feels|as|if|it|started|to|explore|the|obvious|voyeuristic|potential|of|`|hypertime|'|but|then|backed|off|when|the|producers|saw|the|grosses|for|Spy|Kids|. |
Starts|off|witty|and|sophisticated|and|you|want|to|love|it|--|but|filmmaker|Yvan|Attal|quickly|writes|himself|into|a|corner|. |
Some|Like|It|Hot|on|the|Hardwood|proves|once|again|that|a|man|in|drag|is|not|in|and|of|himself|funny|. |
Unfortunately|,|contrived|plotting|,|stereotyped|characters|and|Woo|'s|over-the-top|instincts|as|a|director|undermine|the|moral|dilemma|at|the|movie|'s|heart|. |
Witless|and|utterly|pointless|. |
When|`|science|fiction|'|takes|advantage|of|the|fact|that|its|intended|audience|has|n't|yet|had|much|science|,|it|does|a|disservice|to|the|audience|and|to|the|genre|. |
Show|me|the|mugging|. |
Represents|something|very|close|to|the|nadir|of|the|thriller\/horror|genre|. |
Visually|sumptuous|but|intellectually|stultifying|. |
As|a|feature-length|film|,|it|wears|out|its|welcome|as|tryingly|as|the|title|character|. |
A|guilty|pleasure|at|best|,|and|not|worth|seeing|unless|you|want|to|laugh|at|it|. |
A|sleep-inducing|thriller|with|a|single|twist|that|everyone|except|the|characters|in|it|can|see|coming|a|mile|away|. |
With|a|``|Spy|Kids|''|sequel|opening|next|week|,|why|bother|with|a|contemptible|imitator|starring|a|``|SNL|''|has-been|acting|like|an|8-year-old|channeling|Roberto|Benigni|? |
It|'s|just|rather|leaden|and|dull|. |
Lacks|the|visual|flair|and|bouncing|bravado|that|characterizes|better|hip-hop|clips|and|is|content|to|recycle|images|and|characters|that|were|already|tired|10|years|ago|. |
Statham|employs|an|accent|that|I|think|is|supposed|to|be|an|attempt|at|hardass|American|but|sometimes|just|lapses|into|unhidden|British|. |
Instead|of|trying|to|bust|some|blondes|,|(|Diggs|)|should|be|probing|why|a|guy|with|his|talent|ended|up|in|a|movie|this|bad|. |
Initial|strangeness|inexorably|gives|way|to|rote|sentimentality|and|mystical|tenderness|becomes|narrative|expedience|. |
De|Ayala|is|required|to|supply|too|much|of|the|energy|in|a|film|that|is|,|overall|,|far|too|staid|for|its|subject|matter|. |
Dismally|dull|sci-fi|comedy|. |
There|'s|surely|something|wrong|with|a|comedy|where|the|only|belly|laughs|come|from|the|selection|of|outtakes|tacked|onto|the|end|credits|. |
When|one|hears|Harry|Shearer|is|going|to|make|his|debut|as|a|film|director|,|one|would|hope|for|the|best |
The|leads|we|are|given|here|are|simply|too|bland|to|be|interesting|. |
(|Toback|'s|)|fondness|for|fancy|split-screen|,|stuttering|editing|and|pompous|references|to|Wittgenstein|and|Kirkegaard|...|blends|uneasily|with|the|titillating|material|. |
Adam|Sandler|'s|8|Crazy|Nights|is|75|wasted|minutes|of|Sandler|as|the|voice-over|hero|in|Columbia|Pictures|'|perverse|idea|of|an|animated|holiday|movie|. |
essentially|``|Fatal|Attraction|''|remade|for|viewers|who|were|in|diapers|when|the|original|was|released|in|1987|. |
...|this|story|gets|sillier|,|not|scarier|,|as|it|goes|along|... |
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