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...|this|is|n't|even|a|movie|we|can|enjoy|as|mild|escapism|;|it|is|one|in|which|fear|and|frustration|are|provoked|to|intolerable|levels|. |
Frankly|,|it|'s|kind|of|insulting|,|both|to|men|and|women|. |
And|it|'s|not|that|funny|--|which|is|just|generally|insulting|. |
As|if|Drop|Dead|Gorgeous|was|n't|enough|,|this|equally|derisive|clunker|is|fixated|on|the|spectacle|of|small-town|competition|. |
A|wretched|movie|that|reduces|the|Second|World|War|to|one|man|'s|quest|to|find|an|old|flame|. |
This|is|a|remake|by|the|numbers|,|linking|a|halfwit|plot|to|a|series|of|standup|routines|in|which|Wilson|and|Murphy|show|how|funny|they|could|have|been|in|a|more|ambitious|movie|. |
It|'s|better|than|mid-range|Steven|Seagal|,|but|not|as|sharp|as|Jet|Li|on|rollerblades|. |
There|'s|a|reason|why|halftime|is|only|fifteen|minutes|long|. |
The|talk-heavy|film|plays|like|one|of|Robert|Altman|'s|lesser|works|. |
As|happily|glib|and|vicious|as|its|characters|. |
One|of|those|films|that|started|with|a|great|premise|and|then|just|fell|apart|. |
No|better|or|worse|than|`|Truth|or|Consequences|,|N.M.|'|or|any|other|interchangeable|actioner|with|imbecilic|Mafia|toolbags|botching|a|routine|assignment|in|a|Western|backwater|. |
(|MacDowell|)|ventures|beyond|her|abilities|several|times|here|and|reveals|how|bad|an|actress|she|is|. |
I|can|imagine|this|movie|as|a|b|&|w|British|comedy|,|circa|1960|,|with|Peter|Sellers|,|Kenneth|Williams|,|et|al.|,|but|at|this|time|,|with|this|cast|,|this|movie|is|hopeless|. |
Talky|,|artificial|and|opaque|...|an|interesting|technical|exercise|,|but|a|tedious|picture|. |
Kurys|never|shows|why|,|of|all|the|period|'s|volatile|romantic|lives|,|Sand|and|Musset|are|worth|particular|attention|. |
Almost|nothing|else|--|raunchy|and|graphic|as|it|may|be|in|presentation|--|is|one-sided|,|outwardly|sexist|or|mean-spirited|. |
And|in|a|sense|,|that|'s|a|liability|. |
It|'s|easy|to|love|Robin|Tunney|--|she|'s|pretty|and|she|can|act|--|but|it|gets|harder|and|harder|to|understand|her|choices|. |
If|you|'ve|got|a|house|full|of|tots|--|do|n't|worry|,|this|will|be|on|video|long|before|they|grow|up|and|you|can|wait|till|then|. |
The|new|film|of|Anton|Chekhov|'s|The|Cherry|Orchard|puts|the|`|ick|'|in|`|classic|.|' |
Has|an|uppity|musical|beat|that|you|can|dance|to|,|but|its|energy|ca|n't|compare|to|the|wit|,|humor|and|snappy|dialogue|of|the|original|. |
If|I|want|music|,|I|'ll|buy|the|soundtrack|. |
If|I|want|a|real|movie|,|I|'ll|buy|the|Criterion|DVD|. |
An|unremarkable|,|modern|action\/comedy|buddy|movie|whose|only|nod|to|nostalgia|is|in|the|title|. |
Has|all|the|right|elements|but|completely|fails|to|gel|together|. |
Writer-director|Stephen|Gaghan|has|made|the|near-fatal|mistake|of|being|what|the|English|call|`|too|clever|by|half|.|' |
Seagal|ran|out|of|movies|years|ago|,|and|this|is|just|the|proof|. |
The|movie|is|so|contrived|,|nonsensical|and|formulaic|that|,|come|to|think|of|it|,|the|day-old|shelf|would|be|a|more|appropriate|location|to|store|it|. |
An|awkwardly|garish|showcase|that|diverges|from|anything|remotely|probing|or|penetrating|. |
The|name|says|it|all|. |
Jackass|is|a|vulgar|and|cheap-looking|version|of|Candid|Camera|staged|for|the|Marquis|de|Sade|set|. |
Children|,|Christian|or|otherwise|,|deserve|to|hear|the|full|story|of|Jonah|'s|despair|--|in|all|its|agonizing|,|Catch-22|glory|--|even|if|they|spend|years|trying|to|comprehend|it|. |
Pleasant|but|not|more|than|recycled|jock|piffle|. |
...|the|kind|of|movie|you|see|because|the|theater|has|air|conditioning|. |
With|Zoe|Clarke-Williams|'s|lackluster|thriller|``|New|Best|Friend|''|,|who|needs|enemies|? |
Just|another|generic|drama|that|has|nothing|going|for|it|other|than|its|exploitive|array|of|obligatory|cheap|thrills|. |
Hip-hop|prison|thriller|of|stupefying|absurdity|. |
An|uneven|mix|of|dark|satire|and|childhood|awakening|. |
aside|from|showing|us|in|explicit|detail|how|difficult|it|is|to|win|over|the|two-drink-minimum|crowd|,|there|'s|little|to|be|learned|from|watching|`|Comedian|' |
A|perfectly|acceptable|,|perfectly|bland|,|competently|acted|but|by|no|means|scary|horror|movie|. |
The|film|would|have|been|more|enjoyable|had|the|balance|shifted|in|favor|of|water-bound|action|over|the|land-based|`|drama|,|'|but|the|emphasis|on|the|latter|leaves|Blue|Crush|waterlogged|. |
The|problem|is|the|needlessly|poor|quality|of|its|archival|prints|and|film|footage|. |
The|images|lack|contrast|,|are|murky|and|are|frequently|too|dark|to|be|decipherable|. |
Like|a|soft|drink|that|'s|been|sitting|open|too|long|:|it|'s|too|much|syrup|and|not|enough|fizz|. |
As|the|movie|dragged|on|,|I|thought|I|heard|a|mysterious|voice|,|and|felt|myself|powerfully|drawn|toward|the|light|--|the|light|of|the|exit|sign|. |
I|have|returned|from|the|beyond|to|warn|you|:|this|movie|is|90|minutes|long|,|and|life|is|too|short|. |
There|are|some|fairly|unsettling|scenes|,|but|they|never|succeed|in|really|rattling|the|viewer|. |
The|Emperor|'s|Club|is|one|of|those|films|that|possesses|all|the|good|intentions|in|the|world|,|but|... |
In|the|end|,|The|Weight|of|Water|comes|to|resemble|the|kind|of|soft-core|twaddle|you|'d|expect|to|see|on|Showtime|'s|`|Red|Shoe|Diaries|.|' |
A|straight-ahead|thriller|that|never|rises|above|superficiality|. |
Glizty|but|formulaic|and|silly|...|Cagney|'s|`|top|of|the|world|'|has|been|replaced|by|the|bottom|of|the|barrel|. |
The|re|-|enactments|,|however|fascinating|they|may|be|as|history|,|are|too|crude|to|serve|the|work|especially|well|. |
Is|anyone|else|out|there|getting|tired|of|the|whole|slo-mo|,|double-pistoled|,|ballistic-pyrotechnic|Hong|Kong|action|aesthetic|? |
Once|again|,|director|Chris|Columbus|takes|a|hat-in-hand|approach|to|Rowling|that|stifles|creativity|and|allows|the|film|to|drag|on|for|nearly|three|hours|. |
Serving|Sara|is|little|more|than|a|mall|movie|designed|to|kill|time|. |
Too|smart|to|ignore|but|a|little|too|smugly|superior|to|like|,|this|could|be|a|movie|that|ends|up|slapping|its|target|audience|in|the|face|by|shooting|itself|in|the|foot|. |
A|well-made|but|emotionally|scattered|film|whose|hero|gives|his|heart|only|to|the|dog|. |
The|most|repugnant|adaptation|of|a|classic|text|since|Roland|Joffé|and|Demi|Moore|'s|The|Scarlet|Letter|. |
The|isolated|moments|of|creative|insanity|finally|are|lost|in|the|thin|soup|of|canned|humor|. |
As|a|movie|,|it|never|seems|fresh|and|vital|. |
It|never|plays|as|dramatic|even|when|dramatic|things|happen|to|people|. |
It|labours|as|storytelling|. |
The|Adventures|of|Pluto|Nash|is|a|whole|lot|of|nada|. |
A|really|good|premise|is|frittered|away|in|middle-of-the-road|blandness|. |
Lawrence|should|stick|to|his|day|job|. |
He|'s|a|better|actor|than|a|standup|comedian|. |
Despite|the|fact|that|this|film|was|n't|as|bad|as|I|thought|it|was|going|to|be|,|it|'s|still|not|a|good|movie |
A|well|made|indieflick|in|need|of|some|trims|and|a|more|chemistry|between|its|stars|. |
I|never|thought|I|'d|say|this|,|but|I|'d|much|rather|watch|teens|poking|their|genitals|into|fruit|pies|! |
A|film|neither|bitter|nor|sweet|,|neither|romantic|nor|comedic|,|neither|warm|nor|fuzzy|. |
Tiresomely|derivative|and|hammily|acted|. |
We|never|truly|come|to|care|about|the|main|characters|and|whether|or|not|they|'ll|wind|up|together|,|and|Michele|'s|spiritual|quest|is|neither|amusing|nor|dramatic|enough|to|sustain|interest|. |
The|plot|grows|thin|soon|,|and|you|find|yourself|praying|for|a|quick|resolution|. |
Too|bad|Maggio|could|n't|come|up|with|a|better|script|. |
Much|of|the|cast|is|stiff|or|just|plain|bad|. |
Rice|is|too|pedestrian|a|filmmaker|to|bring|any|edge|or|personality|to|The|Rising|Place|that|would|set|it|apart|from|other|Deep|South|stories|. |
At|best|,|Cletis|Tout|might|inspire|a|trip|to|the|video|store|--|in|search|of|a|better|movie|experience|. |
Witless|,|pointless|,|tasteless|and|idiotic|. |
Not|really|a|thriller|so|much|as|a|movie|for|teens|to|laugh|,|groan|and|hiss|at|. |
As|plain|and|pedestrian|as|catsup|-- |
An|improvement|on|the|feeble|examples|of|big-screen|Poke-mania|that|have|preceded|it|. |
I|know|we|'re|not|supposed|to|take|it|seriously|,|but|I|ca|n't|shake|the|thought|that|Undercover|Brother|missed|an|opportunity|to|strongly|present|some|profound|social|commentary|. |
Your|stomach|for|Heaven|depends|largely|on|your|appetite|for|canned|corn|. |
A|picture|as|erratic|as|its|central|character|. |
Whatever|satire|Lucky|Break|was|aiming|for|,|it|certainly|got|lost|in|the|``|soon-to-be-forgettable|''|section|of|the|quirky|rip-off|prison|romp|pile|. |
It|'s|petty|thievery|like|this|that|puts|flimsy|flicks|like|this|behind|bars |
The|package|in|which|this|fascinating|--|and|timely|--|content|comes|wrapped|is|disappointingly|generic|. |
Guys|say|mean|things|and|shoot|a|lot|of|bullets|. |
Some|of|the|characters|die|and|others|do|n't|,|and|the|film|pretends|that|those|living|have|learned|some|sort|of|lesson|,|and|,|really|,|nobody|in|the|viewing|audience|cares|. |
Wildly|incompetent|but|brilliantly|named|Half|Past|Dead|--|or|for|Seagal|pessimists|:|Totally|Past|His|Prime|. |
Just|another|combination|of|bad|animation|and|mindless|violence|...|lacking|the|slightest|bit|of|wit|or|charm|. |
All|the|movie|'s|narrative|gymnastics|ca|n't|disguise|the|fact|that|it|'s|inauthentic|at|its|core|and|that|its|story|just|is|n't|worth|telling|. |
Much|like|its|easily|dismissive|take|on|the|upscale|lifestyle|,|there|is|n't|much|there|here|. |
The|film|ultimately|offers|nothing|more|than|people|in|an|urban|jungle|needing|other|people|to|survive|... |
For|all|its|shoot-outs|,|fistfights|,|and|car|chases|,|this|movie|is|a|phlegmatic|bore|,|so|tedious|it|makes|the|silly|spy|vs.|spy|film|The|Sum|of|All|Fears|,|starring|Ben|Affleck|,|seem|downright|Hitchcockian|. |
This|mild-mannered|farce|,|directed|by|one|of|its|writers|,|John|C.|Walsh|,|is|corny|in|a|way|that|bespeaks|an|expiration|date|passed|a|long|time|ago|. |
A|bit|too|eager|to|please|. |
You|'d|be|hard|put|to|find|a|movie|character|more|unattractive|or|odorous|(|than|Leon|)|. |
Kapur|'s|contradictory|feelings|about|his|material|result|in|a|movie|that|works|against|itself|. |
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