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Even\|a\|hardened\|voyeur\|would\|require\|the\|patience\|of\|Job\|to\|get\|through\|this\|interminable\|,\|shapeless\|documentary\|about\|the\|swinging\|subculture\|.
The\|film\|'s\|hero\|is\|a\|bore\|and\|his\|innocence\|soon\|becomes\|a\|questionable\|kind\|of\|inexcusable\|dumb\|innocence\|.
A\|singularly\|off-putting\|romantic\|comedy\|.
This\|is\|an\|exercise\|not\|in\|biography\|but\|in\|hero\|worship\|.
It\|all\|comes\|down\|to\|whether\|you\|can\|tolerate\|Leon\|Barlow\|.
I\|ca\|n't\|.
In\|the\|spirit\|of\|the\|season\|,\|I\|assign\|one\|bright\|shining\|star\|to\|Roberto\|Benigni\|'s\|Pinocchio\|--\|but\|I\|guarantee\|that\|no\|wise\|men\|will\|be\|following\|after\|it\|.
Check\|your\|brain\|and\|your\|secret\|agent\|decoder\|ring\|at\|the\|door\|because\|you\|do\|n't\|want\|to\|think\|too\|much\|about\|what\|'s\|going\|on\|.
The\|movie\|does\|has\|some\|entertainment\|value\|-\|how\|much\|depends\|on\|how\|well\|you\|like\|Chris\|Rock\|.
A\|movie\|that\|seems\|motivated\|more\|by\|a\|desire\|to\|match\|mortarboards\|with\|Dead\|Poets\|Society\|and\|Good\|Will\|Hunting\|than\|by\|its\|own\|story\|.
A\|culture\|clash\|comedy\|only\|half\|as\|clever\|as\|it\|thinks\|it\|is\|.
The\|logic\|of\|it\|all\|will\|be\|Greek\|to\|anyone\|not\|predisposed\|to\|the\|movie\|'s\|rude\|and\|crude\|humor\|.
As\|self-aware\|movies\|go\|,\|Who\|is\|Cletis\|Tout\|?
is\|clever\|enough\|,\|though\|thin\|writing\|proves\|its\|undoing\|.
Starts\|out\|strongly\|before\|quickly\|losing\|its\|focus\|,\|point\|and\|purpose\|in\|a\|mess\|of\|mixed\|messages\|,\|over-blown\|drama\|and\|Bruce\|Willis\|with\|a\|scar\|.
...\|a\|fascinating\|curiosity\|piece\|--\|fascinating\|,\|that\|is\|,\|for\|about\|ten\|minutes\|.
After\|that\|it\|becomes\|long\|and\|tedious\|like\|a\|classroom\|play\|in\|a\|college\|history\|course\|.
Director\|Jay\|Russell\|weighs\|down\|his\|capricious\|fairy-tale\|with\|heavy\|sentiment\|and\|lightweight\|meaning\|.
There\|are\|many\|things\|that\|solid\|acting\|can\|do\|for\|a\|movie\|,\|but\|crafting\|something\|promising\|from\|a\|mediocre\|screenplay\|is\|not\|one\|of\|them\|.
Its\|screenplay\|serves\|as\|auto-critique\|,\|and\|its\|clumsiness\|as\|its\|own\|most\|damning\|censure\|.
At\|times\|,\|it\|actually\|hurts\|to\|watch\|.
Nemesis\|suffers\|from\|a\|paunchy\|midsection\|,\|several\|plodding\|action\|sequences\|and\|a\|wickedly\|undramatic\|central\|theme\|.
The\|jokes\|are\|telegraphed\|so\|far\|in\|advance\|they\|must\|have\|been\|lost\|in\|the\|mail\|.
(\|Tries\|)\|to\|parody\|a\|genre\|that\|'s\|already\|a\|joke\|in\|the\|United\|States\|.
The\|movie\|is\|the\|equivalent\|of\|French\|hip-hop\|,\|which\|also\|seems\|to\|play\|on\|a\|10-year\|delay\|.
A\|beyond-lame\|satire\|,\|Teddy\|Bears\|'\|Picnic\|ranks\|among\|the\|most\|pitiful\|directing\|debuts\|by\|an\|esteemed\|writer-actor\|.
I\|'ve\|never\|seen\|(\|a\|remake\|)\|do\|anything\|as\|stomach-turning\|as\|the\|way\|Adam\|Sandler\|'s\|new\|movie\|rapes\|,\|pillages\|and\|incinerates\|Frank\|Capra\|'s\|classic\|...
Hollywood\|'s\|answer\|to\|an\|air\|ball\|.
And\|people\|make\|fun\|of\|me\|for\|liking\|Showgirls\|.
Such\|a\|wildly\|uneven\|hit-and-miss\|enterprise\|,\|you\|ca\|n't\|help\|suspecting\|that\|it\|was\|improvised\|on\|a\|day-to-day\|basis\|during\|production\|.
A\|weird\|little\|movie\|that\|'s\|amusing\|enough\|while\|you\|watch\|it\|,\|offering\|fine\|acting\|moments\|and\|pungent\|insights\|into\|modern\|L.A.\|'s\|show-biz\|and\|media\|subcultures\|.
But\|it\|does\|n't\|leave\|you\|with\|much\|.
I\|'m\|convinced\|I\|could\|keep\|a\|family\|of\|five\|blind\|,\|crippled\|,\|Amish\|people\|alive\|in\|this\|situation\|better\|than\|these\|British\|soldiers\|do\|at\|keeping\|themselves\|kicking\|.
Like\|Mike\|is\|a\|slight\|and\|uninventive\|movie\|:\|Like\|the\|exalted\|Michael\|Jordan\|referred\|to\|in\|the\|title\|,\|many\|can\|aspire\|but\|none\|can\|equal\|.
There\|is\|nothing\|funny\|in\|this\|every-joke-has\|-\|been-told-a\|-\|thousand-times\|-\|before\|movie\|.
Always\|destined\|to\|be\|measured\|against\|Anthony\|Asquith\|'s\|acclaimed\|1952\|screen\|adaptation\|.
This\|is\|standard\|crime\|drama\|fare\|...\|instantly\|forgettable\|and\|thoroughly\|dull\|.
There\|'s\|some\|outrageously\|creative\|action\|in\|The\|Transporter\|...\|(\|b\|)\|ut\|by\|the\|time\|Frank\|parachutes\|down\|onto\|a\|moving\|truck\|,\|it\|'s\|just\|another\|cartoon\|with\|an\|unstoppable\|superman\|.
One\|of\|those\|based-on-truth\|stories\|that\|persuades\|you\|,\|with\|every\|scene\|,\|that\|it\|could\|never\|really\|have\|happened\|this\|way\|.
From\|its\|nauseating\|spinning\|credits\|sequence\|to\|a\|very\|talented\|but\|underutilized\|supporting\|cast\|,\|Bartleby\|squanders\|as\|much\|as\|it\|gives\|out\|.
Yet\|another\|genre\|exercise\|,\|Gangster\|No.\|1\|is\|as\|generic\|as\|its\|title\|.
Despite\|the\|holes\|in\|the\|story\|and\|the\|somewhat\|predictable\|plot\|,\|moments\|of\|the\|movie\|caused\|me\|to\|jump\|in\|my\|chair\|...
There\|'s\|an\|admirable\|rigor\|to\|Jimmy\|'s\|relentless\|anger\|,\|and\|to\|the\|script\|'s\|refusal\|of\|a\|happy\|ending\|,\|but\|as\|those\|monologues\|stretch\|on\|and\|on\|,\|you\|realize\|there\|'s\|no\|place\|for\|this\|story\|to\|go\|but\|down\|.
Once\|again\|,\|the\|intelligence\|of\|gay\|audiences\|has\|been\|grossly\|underestimated\|,\|and\|a\|meaty\|plot\|and\|well-developed\|characters\|have\|been\|sacrificed\|for\|skin\|and\|flash\|that\|barely\|fizzle\|.
A\|lightweight\|,\|uneven\|action\|comedy\|that\|freely\|mingles\|French\|,\|Japanese\|and\|Hollywood\|cultures\|.
Such\|a\|fine\|idea\|for\|a\|film\|,\|and\|such\|a\|stultifying\|,\|lifeless\|execution\|.
(\|Allen\|'s\|)\|best\|works\|understand\|why\|snobbery\|is\|a\|better\|satiric\|target\|than\|middle-America\|diversions\|could\|ever\|be\|.
This\|overlong\|infomercial\|,\|due\|out\|on\|video\|before\|month\|'s\|end\|,\|is\|tepid\|and\|tedious\|.
An\|ambitious\|,\|guilt-suffused\|melodrama\|crippled\|by\|poor\|casting\|.
Rarely\|has\|sex\|on\|screen\|been\|so\|aggressively\|anti-erotic\|.
A\|dull\|,\|inconsistent\|,\|dishonest\|female\|bonding\|picture\|.
So\|much\|about\|the\|film\|is\|loopy\|and\|ludicrous\|...\|that\|it\|could\|have\|been\|a\|hoot\|in\|a\|bad-movie\|way\|if\|the\|laborious\|pacing\|and\|endless\|exposition\|had\|been\|tightened\|.
A\|disappointment\|for\|a\|movie\|that\|should\|have\|been\|the\|ultimate\|IMAX\|trip\|.
Does\|little\|to\|elaborate\|the\|conceit\|of\|setting\|this\|blood-soaked\|tragedy\|of\|murderous\|ambition\|in\|the\|era\|of\|Richard\|Nixon\|.
This\|Sade\|is\|hardly\|a\|perverse\|,\|dangerous\|libertine\|and\|agitator\|--\|which\|would\|have\|made\|for\|better\|drama\|.
He\|'s\|just\|a\|sad\|aristocrat\|in\|tattered\|finery\|,\|and\|the\|film\|seems\|as\|deflated\|as\|he\|does\|.
The\|film\|'s\|needlessly\|opaque\|intro\|takes\|its\|doe-eyed\|Crudup\|out\|of\|pre-9\|\/\|11\|New\|York\|and\|onto\|a\|cross-country\|road\|trip\|of\|the\|Homeric\|kind\|.
It\|'s\|as\|if\|a\|bored\|Cage\|spent\|the\|duration\|of\|the\|film\|'s\|shooting\|schedule\|waiting\|to\|scream\|:\|``\|Got\|AIDS\|yet\|?\|''
In\|a\|strange\|way\|,\|Egoyan\|has\|done\|too\|much\|.
He\|'s\|worked\|too\|hard\|on\|this\|movie\|.
The\|film\|has\|the\|thrown-together\|feel\|of\|a\|summer-camp\|talent\|show\|:\|hastily\|written\|,\|underrehearsed\|,\|arbitrarily\|plotted\|and\|filled\|with\|crude\|humor\|and\|vulgar\|innuendo\|.
The\|last\|three\|narcissists\|left\|on\|earth\|compete\|for\|each\|others\|'\|affections\|.
A\|clash\|between\|the\|artificial\|structure\|of\|the\|story\|and\|the\|more\|contemporary\|,\|naturalistic\|tone\|of\|the\|film\|...
The\|movie\|'s\|messages\|are\|quite\|admirable\|,\|but\|the\|story\|is\|just\|too\|clichéd\|and\|too\|often\|strains\|credulity\|.
What\|we\|have\|here\|is\|n't\|a\|disaster\|,\|exactly\|,\|but\|a\|very\|handsomely\|produced\|let-down\|.
The\|script\|was\|reportedly\|rewritten\|a\|dozen\|times\|--\|either\|11\|times\|too\|many\|or\|else\|too\|few\|.
A\|shoddy\|male\|hip\|hop\|fantasy\|filled\|with\|guns\|,\|expensive\|cars\|,\|lots\|of\|naked\|women\|and\|Rocawear\|clothing\|.
To\|the\|filmmakers\|,\|Ivan\|is\|a\|prince\|of\|a\|fellow\|,\|but\|he\|comes\|across\|as\|shallow\|and\|glib\|though\|not\|mean-spirited\|,\|and\|there\|'s\|no\|indication\|that\|he\|'s\|been\|responsible\|for\|putting\|together\|any\|movies\|of\|particular\|value\|or\|merit\|.
This\|is\|a\|movie\|filled\|with\|unlikable\|,\|spiteful\|idiots\|;\|whether\|or\|not\|their\|friendship\|is\|salvaged\|makes\|no\|difference\|in\|the\|least\|.
It\|'s\|as\|if\|Allen\|,\|at\|66\|,\|has\|stopped\|challenging\|himself\|.
Scotland\|,\|PA\|is\|entirely\|too\|straight-faced\|to\|transcend\|its\|clever\|concept\|.
A\|movie\|that\|the\|less\|charitable\|might\|describe\|as\|a\|castrated\|cross\|between\|Highlander\|and\|Lolita\|.
Not\|only\|does\|LeBlanc\|make\|one\|spectacularly\|ugly-looking\|broad\|,\|but\|he\|appears\|miserable\|throughout\|as\|he\|swaggers\|through\|his\|scenes\|.
There\|'s\|little\|to\|recommend\|Snow\|Dogs\|,\|unless\|one\|considers\|cliched\|dialogue\|and\|perverse\|escapism\|a\|source\|of\|high\|hilarity\|.
It\|'s\|deep-sixed\|by\|a\|compulsion\|to\|catalog\|every\|bodily\|fluids\|gag\|in\|There\|'s\|Something\|About\|Mary\|and\|devise\|a\|parallel\|clone-gag\|.
The\|film\|rehashes\|several\|old\|themes\|and\|is\|capped\|with\|pointless\|extremes\|--\|it\|'s\|insanely\|violent\|and\|very\|graphic\|.
Sorority\|Boys\|,\|which\|is\|as\|bad\|at\|it\|is\|cruel\|,\|takes\|every\|potential\|laugh\|and\|stiletto-stomps\|the\|life\|out\|of\|it\|.
Here\|the\|love\|scenes\|all\|end\|in\|someone\|screaming\|.
Maybe\|there\|'s\|a\|metaphor\|here\|,\|but\|figuring\|it\|out\|would\|n't\|make\|Trouble\|Every\|Day\|any\|better\|.
This\|is\|the\|first\|film\|I\|'ve\|ever\|seen\|that\|had\|no\|obvious\|directing\|involved\|.
Fans\|of\|so-bad-they\|'re\|-\|good\|cinema\|may\|find\|some\|fun\|in\|this\|jumbled\|mess\|.
Weiss\|and\|Speck\|never\|make\|a\|convincing\|case\|for\|the\|relevance\|of\|these\|two\|20th-century\|footnotes\|.
Sheridan\|is\|painfully\|bad\|,\|a\|fourth-rate\|Jim\|Carrey\|who\|does\|n't\|understand\|the\|difference\|between\|dumb\|fun\|and\|just\|plain\|dumb\|.
Presents\|nothing\|special\|and\|,\|until\|the\|final\|act\|,\|nothing\|overtly\|disagreeable\|.
The\|most\|excruciating\|86\|minutes\|one\|might\|sit\|through\|this\|summer\|that\|do\|not\|involve\|a\|dentist\|drill\|.
Was\|that\|movie\|nothing\|more\|than\|a\|tepid\|exercise\|in\|trotting\|out\|a\|formula\|that\|worked\|five\|years\|ago\|but\|has\|since\|lost\|its\|fizz\|?
It\|goes\|on\|for\|too\|long\|and\|bogs\|down\|in\|a\|surfeit\|of\|characters\|and\|unnecessary\|subplots\|.
It\|'s\|absolutely\|amazing\|how\|first-time\|director\|Kevin\|Donovan\|managed\|to\|find\|something\|new\|to\|add\|to\|the\|canon\|of\|Chan\|.
Make\|Chan\|'s\|action\|sequences\|boring\|.
You\|...\|get\|a\|sense\|of\|good\|intentions\|derailed\|by\|a\|failure\|to\|seek\|and\|strike\|just\|the\|right\|tone\|.
`\|In\|this\|poor\|remake\|of\|such\|a\|well\|loved\|classic\|,\|Parker\|exposes\|the\|limitations\|of\|his\|skill\|and\|the\|basic\|flaws\|in\|his\|vision\|.\|'
It\|'s\|the\|movie\|equivalent\|of\|a\|sweaty\|old\|guy\|in\|a\|rain\|coat\|shopping\|for\|cheap\|porn\|.
The\|film\|'s\|final\|hour\|,\|where\|nearly\|all\|the\|previous\|unseen\|material\|resides\|,\|is\|unconvincing\|soap\|opera\|that\|Tornatore\|was\|right\|to\|cut\|.
The\|movie\|does\|such\|an\|excellent\|job\|of\|critiquing\|itself\|at\|every\|faltering\|half-step\|of\|its\|development\|that\|criticizing\|feels\|more\|like\|commiserating\|.
I\|found\|it\|slow\|,\|predictable\|and\|not\|very\|amusing\|.
Director\|Yu\|seems\|far\|more\|interested\|in\|gross-out\|humor\|than\|in\|showing\|us\|well-thought\|stunts\|or\|a\|car\|chase\|that\|we\|have\|n't\|seen\|10,000\|times\|.
Viewers\|will\|need\|all\|the\|luck\|they\|can\|muster\|just\|figuring\|out\|who\|'s\|who\|in\|this\|pretentious\|mess\|.
A\|pint-sized\|`\|Goodfellas\|'\|designed\|to\|appeal\|to\|the\|younger\|set\|,\|it\|'s\|not\|a\|very\|good\|movie\|in\|any\|objective\|sense\|,\|but\|it\|does\|mostly\|hold\|one\|'s\|interest\|.
Get\|out\|your\|pooper-scoopers\|.
While\|the\|material\|is\|slight\|,\|the\|movie\|is\|better\|than\|you\|might\|think\|.

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