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430,573 | 1,173,088 | 77,402 | 5 | A fairly good horror film with a few considerable flaws . Not one of my favorites . | When there is no more room in hell , the dead will walk the earth . Sometimes movies attain cult classic stature for puzzling reasons . I've never understood the success of " Dawn of the Dead " ( 1978 ) . At least not as far as to call it one of the best horror films ever made . It's a good movie , with some fine mom... |
430,439 | 1,173,088 | 103,776 | 5 | Too over-the-top , but it has its moments . | There's a certain something about ' Batman Returns ' that doesn't quite fit . Perhaps it's the mix of film noir with superhero-after all , isn't film noir the opposite of the notion of a superhero ? Film noirs are about an Everyman in an odd situation , thrust into something he can't possibly stop ; comic book superher... |
431,137 | 1,173,088 | 172,156 | 5 | Just ugly , loud , trashy and not very funny at all . | I've never liked the original " Bad Boys " from 1995 despite its reputation as one of the " better " cop-buddy movies out there . In my opinion it's all style over substance and director Michael Bay's annoying use of the sun-drenched , hard-hitting , always-moving camera distracts from the reality of the friendship bet... |
429,614 | 1,173,088 | 396,269 | 5 | I was very disappointed . | So these two sex-crazy guys decide to crash weddings . They get laid a lot , really easily , and keep doing it . ( Pun intended . ) So eventually one of them actually falls in love with a girl , and meanwhile a nutcase harasses his best buddy . Cue some crude sex gags , a couple of cameos and all the other obvious stuf... |
430,784 | 1,173,088 | 93,010 | 5 | Not prescient anymore | Fatal Attraction was a cultural phenomenon when it came out back in 1987 and spawned a whole sub-genre of films like " Swimf @ n " : mainly movies that dealt with psycho killers taking revenge on their loved ones who have dumped them . Glenn Close is the psycho in this film . She has an affair with ' 80s yuppie Micha... |
429,308 | 1,173,088 | 103,759 | 5 | Sorry , it's also a bad movie . | Harvey Keitel is the titular " Bad Lieutenant , " a nameless character whose moral self-degradation becomes the focus of Abel Ferrara's controversial 1992 motion picture . In one scene the Bad Lieutenant pulls over two teenaged girls who have " borrowed " their father's car . He promises not to arrest them if they do s... |
429,298 | 1,173,088 | 145,653 | 5 | OK but overlong and seriously flawed | Having a great amount of potential I had looked forward to this project with anticipation but after finally seeing it in 2000 I was severely disappointed ! I felt the movie wandered around quite a bit without ever focusing on anything in particular , it had a very disturbing undercurrent that seemed to betray some of t... |
430,210 | 1,173,088 | 94,963 | 5 | Dirty Harry enters " The Jungle " . . . | The Dead Pool was the fifth ( and apparently final ) " Dirty Harry " film , a series that began prosperously in 1971 and , by now , was rather out of steam . To be fair , it starts out entertainingly enough ? the opening sequence may be far-fetched but it is skillfully executed , and the following scenes provide the ... |
430,755 | 1,173,088 | 112,462 | 5 | Batman Temporarily . . . | It's sad to see a series wither away . First there was " Batman , " a fun film with a good director at the helm who portrayed Gotham City with just the right tone of darkness , ignoring the camp qualities of the aptly named television show of the 1960s that starred Adam West , and had also betrayed the comic's tone to ... |
429,176 | 1,173,088 | 116,830 | 5 | Boring and unimpressive action fare . | Walter Hill used to be a great action director - before he started making crap . " Last Man Standing " is one of those poor 1990s Bruce Willis action movies where nothing really sticks together . It doesn't have the flair and comedy of " The Last Boy Scout " or " Die Hard , " nor is it as well-developed as " Pulp Ficti... |
429,607 | 1,173,088 | 70,666 | 5 | Beardface | Review edited for IMDb due to word limit . See wiredonmovies . com for full review . " Serpico , " its many flaws notwithstanding , is far from being a terribly exciting motion picture . Granted , it is based on the true story of an incorruptible Italian-American cop named Frank Serpico who brought down an entire polic... |
429,694 | 1,173,088 | 77,766 | 5 | This Time it's Kind of Personal ! | A film like " Jaws 2 " proves that we can , indeed , get too much of a good thing . Action and shark over substance and character development . Somewhere along the way " Jaws " went from being about deep , intelligent characters in intense situations to shallow teenagers in B-monster-movie moments . " Jaws 2 , " or " J... |
429,329 | 1,173,088 | 162,661 | 6 | A bizarre retelling of the story that , for my tastes , is a bit too outlandish at times - but still features a great performance by Depp | Tim Burton is very much a " cult " director in the sense that he has a huge circle of fans - a lot of them having emerged onto the Internet over the years - and outside of these fans there are a lot of critics who despise him for some reason . I lean towards the circle but I'd never say I'm a fan of his , and " Sleepy ... |
430,030 | 1,173,088 | 88,024 | 6 | Gloriously stupid , but also entertaining | This film was listed in my television guide one night and it failed to mention what it was about , who starred in it , nor who directed it . If I had known all of the above ahead of time , I surely would have made sure to see the entire film ; instead , I happened to turn it on after twenty minutes had already been air... |
429,270 | 1,173,088 | 233,469 | 6 | More of a summary of WHY we should ENJOY this film and not take it so seriously , than a comment . ( SOME SPOILERS ! ! ) | First , it really isn't fair to look at this movie in the light of . ' Collateral Damage ' was shot before so it is hard to look at the film without having hard feelings , but the movie for me brought back the ' Die Hard ' feel , of just pure fun and entertainment . You can't watch a movie like this and take it too ser... |
430,808 | 1,173,088 | 109,040 | 6 | Okay . . . Not Carrey's best , but okay . | Ace Ventura does have some laughs . The acting is a little over the top sometimes , but in a way it makes the movie work . Just watching Carrey walk is so overacted . He purposely throws his legs into the air . And while things like this may seem stupid , it kind of fits the Ventura character . I enjoyed this movie eno... |
430,587 | 1,173,088 | 112,851 | 6 | Fun - nothing else | With a cast consisting of Quentin Tarantino , Cheech Marin , Steve Buscemi et al it seems like DESPERADO is the Q . T . Generation Get-Together - Rodriguez would direct Q . T . again next year in the cult " classic " FROM DUSK TILL DAWN and they'd be joined again by Salma Hayek . . . et al . . . the list goes on . Rodr... |
430,760 | 1,173,088 | 118,604 | 6 | I enjoyed it | I think people took this film waaay too seriously . At first I was like , " Oh no , some lame European boys ' travel film with T & A jokes . " But the interesting thing about " An American Werewolf in Paris " is that it begins to satirize the clichés of the genre - - even going so far as to criticize the original film ... |
430,892 | 1,173,088 | 238,948 | 6 | Better than I expected | I caught this during a weekend afternoon on Comedy Central and was pleasantly surprised . I expected an insulting and stupid buddy movie , but found myself somewhat entertained . I guess that's the point , anyway - it's not high art ; just an amusing , OK film that has a few good jokes and amiable enough performances .... |
430,181 | 1,173,088 | 295,178 | 6 | Grrrrovy fun baby , yeah ! | A REVIEW of the FILM : AUSTIN POWERS in GOLDMEMBER by JOHN ULMER ( sk8boarder1088 @ aol . com ) AUSTIN POWERS IN GOLDMEMBERStarring Mike Myers ( x4 ) Michael Caine Beyonce Knowles Robert Wagner Seth Green Mindy Sterling And Verne J . Troyer as Mini-meAustin Powers is back , in Austin Powers in Goldmember . This time , ... |
430,802 | 1,173,088 | 118,571 | 6 | Very nice action flick ! | Although it is very unrealistic , AIR FORCE ONE is just pure , 100 % fun at the movies . Anyone who takes this serious has a problem . It's not meant to be , it's just supposed to be an entertaining , fun , action packed thrill ride . Action haters beware ! The acting was great-as usual with any Harrison Ford film - th... |
431,064 | 1,173,088 | 268,677 | 6 | A Fine Cast ; A Decent Family Film . . . | Jonathan Taylor Thomas , Howie Mandel , David Hyde Pierce , Jenna Elfman , Marlon Wayans and Tom Bosley make up the cast of " The Tangerine Bear , " a decent family film that features a fine cast and " okay " animation . Tangy is a teddy bear who has tragically been created with an upside-down smile . In this film he b... |
429,822 | 1,173,088 | 407,304 | 6 | A good movie , but Spielberg's version of Wells ' ending leaves a bad aftertaste . | Nobody makes a summer blockbuster better than Steven Spielberg . With " War of the Worlds " he attempts to show the other boys ( namely Roland Emmerich and Michael Bay ) how it's done ? and for about seventy minutes , he succeeds . Whereas " The Day After Tomorrow " relied solely on special effects , and " Armageddon "... |
429,173 | 1,173,088 | 271,027 | 6 | Entertaining if not particularly memorable | So many Hong Kong style films that are released nowadays are complete crap , so it's good and somewhat refreshing to find an unpretentious , old-fashioned martial arts film in the vein of Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee . Jet Li stars as an agent in Paris who finds himself entangled in a murder conspiracy , framed for anothe... |
429,792 | 1,173,088 | 204,626 | 6 | Missed Opportunities | You know when a movie boasts " and Keanu Reeves " you're in pretty big trouble . Sometimes I go with the general flow when I put down actors . For example , Adam Sandler doesn't really bother me . He was perfect for " Happy Gilmore " ( which I think is a great mindless comedy ) . But Keanu Reeves is one actor that I , ... |
429,887 | 1,173,088 | 167,261 | 6 | Good movie ; incredibly overrated | Lord of the Rings continues to disappoint . The entire trilogy has never had any real effect on me ; when I saw " The Return of the King " in the cinema it was the closest I came to loving the series - - the last hour was really gripping stuff . . . then the conclusion went overboard and I couldn't wait for it to end... |
429,904 | 1,173,088 | 167,260 | 6 | The hype kills it . The best of the series , but not a great movie , and not in the league with the likes of " The Godfather " - - how cliched a statement is that ? It's true . | Before I review this good movie , I have to get something that's been bothering me off my chest . I went with eight people to see " The Lord of the Rings : The Return of the King . " All eight of them found it " good " at best . We all thought it was too long , with too many passages of dialogue explaining what was goi... |
430,824 | 1,173,088 | 103,128 | 6 | Better than you might expect | Watching " True Identity , " I was somehow reminded of an old " Saturday Night Live " Eddie Murphy skit where he disguised himself as a white man , then walked around New York City in makeup , realizing that when no black people are around , white people like to get funky . At first I thought it was just a basic idea t... |
429,823 | 1,173,088 | 186,566 | 6 | Watchable , slightly entertaining , but overall nothing memorable | I originally saw " Space Cowboys " when it was released in 2000 and really didn't like it at all . It bored me to death and although I watched the whole thing , I often felt the urge to switch on something else . Well , I watched it again last week and found myself more entertained ( perhaps because I was expecting too... |
430,442 | 1,173,088 | 91,203 | 6 | Nothing more than a passable sword-and-sorcery popcorn flick . . . | I'm glad that the sword-and-sorcery flicks aren't made anymore . The craze died out before they got to be as miserable as some other genres . In case you need a reminder of just how bad most of them were , think back a few years . Films such as " Red Sonja " and " The Blade Master " are ill memories best left forgotten... |
430,451 | 1,173,088 | 237,534 | 6 | Interestingly eccentric blend of horror , period piece and martial arts - but it loses a lot of steam towards the end | The Beast of Gevaudan roamed the region for three years in the mid-18th century , killing 80 - 100 people in this time range and prompting the king to call upon numerous hunters to track the beast and kill it . To this day , the Beast is an unsolved mystery . Some claim it was a deranged wolf with a blood lust ( since ... |
430,476 | 1,173,088 | 93,493 | 6 | I finally found it | I saw this movie years ago in England and it's been stuck in my mind ever since . I was a lot younger then and didn't really understand all of what was going on . I finally found the film again recently by doing a plot search and I have to say , it hasn't exactly held up . McCarthy is kind of a weak leading man . Kim C... |
430,552 | 1,173,088 | 338,348 | 6 | Fun ride in IMAX - wouldn't necessarily want to see it again though | The Polar Express is an odd little hybrid of computer animation and live action - professional cast was assorted ( including Tom Hanks , Michael Jeter and Steven Tyler ) , they acted out their parts with motion sensor captures recording their movements , and then did voice-overs . Hanks plays about four different cha... |
429,178 | 1,173,088 | 113,097 | 6 | Not great , but good for what it is : an entertaining romantic comedy . | This movie is interesting and unique , in the sense that it focuses on love AFTER marriage , and not before . Billy Crystal plays a basketball referee who travels to Paris in order to bury his recently-deceased father . However alone the way the casket is lost and he's stuck in Paris , where he meets another single wom... |
430,523 | 1,173,088 | 285,823 | 6 | I'm glad Rodriguez took Tarantino's advice ( he suggested the title ) . . . | The story behind the title of " Once Upon a Time in America " has almost become infamous by now , but I'll explain it to those readers who may not know already . Robert Rodriguez , who rose to fame with " El Mariachi , " was trying to think of an appropriate title for the final installment in his Mariachi trilogy . Que... |
429,467 | 1,173,088 | 162,360 | 6 | Entertaining enough , nothing great | Happy , Texas is an entertaining enough comedy about a couple of crooks who escape jail and find themselves inadvertently stuck in Happy , Texas - where they must pose as two gay men in order to divert attention from their true identities . This sounds like a rude and raunchy comedy but it's well-delivered and surpri... |
429,737 | 1,173,088 | 240,890 | 6 | A sweet and likable romantic comedy . | A certain someone I know considers " Serendipity " her favorite movie , and although it's not one of my favorites it is far better than I ever expected , thanks mostly to its strong cast : John Cusack , Kate Beckinsale and a very funny small turn by Eugene Levy . Pretty much a story of fate and how Cusack's character g... |
429,652 | 1,173,088 | 818,823 | 6 | I admire the effort and enjoyed it more the second time , but I still have some reservations . | I submitted an unfair review of this film about a week ago to IMDb . The movie's director , Aaron Howland , actually contacted me about it . I made some allegations about " false voting " because the movie's rating was about ( or something in that region ) and featured two 10-star reviews by authors who hadn't been act... |
430,070 | 1,173,088 | 162,346 | 6 | Good but certainly not without its flaws | Ghost World is a funny comedy from Terry Zwigoff about two teenaged girls in a small middle-America town and their unique outlook on life . Scarlett Johansson and Thora Birch are the leads , but Birch in particular is a stand-out and co-star Steve Buscemi ( " Fargo " ) is wonderful as always and a real scene-stealer ... |
430,026 | 1,173,088 | 113,041 | 6 | Entertaining , but the premise has been worn thin - - it's sweet , but unnecessary . | The original " Father of the Bride " with Spencer Tracey is a really good comedy , the remake starring Steve Martin is a good sweet-natured , amiable enough comedy - and I don't really think a sequel was necessary at all . I mean the whole premise is basically the same - before George Banks ( Martin ) had to grasp the ... |
430,899 | 1,173,088 | 120,764 | 6 | Well , entertaining - especially for kids - even if it's not particularly worthwhile | Out of the sky it came , like a spaceship itself . I remember the ads for it . I remembering thinking it had a great cast and great potential in this time of lousy Disney films . And then it landed on earth in the form of a movie . " My Favorite Martian " . I waited till it came out on video , rented it , and watched i... |
430,747 | 1,173,088 | 113,028 | 6 | A good , clean family film . . . | Far from Home - The Adventures of Yellow DogDespite a rather ridiculous title ( " The Adventures of Yellow Dog " ? ) , this winning tale of a 14-year-old boy's bond with a yellow lab will warm your heart . Okay , I'm lying - - but it will entertain the kiddies . It's a children's version of " Cast Away " after Jesse Br... |
429,385 | 1,173,088 | 83,866 | 6 | Extremely Overrated Mediocrity . . . | Surprisingly overrated Steven Spielberg film about an alien from outer space who stumbles upon a typical Steven Spielberg 80s urban family : The kids know everything and the adults are the bad guys , because they know nothing and aren't in touch with their " feelings . " This kids-are-smarter technique worked in a Spie... |
430,459 | 1,173,088 | 120,654 | 6 | It works better than most of the " SNL " comedies because it's a knowing and sarcastic film that hates itself . | Whereas his contemporary , Adam Sandler , had made a career out of enjoying himself in stupid comedies like this , Norm MacDonald approaches his film debut - " Dirty Work " - with a dry sense of irony and self-awareness : he knows the film sucks . He knows the plot is nonsense . He knows the love interest is a throwawa... |
429,556 | 1,173,088 | 305,711 | 6 | Recycled and not very funny , but entertaining enough if you're in the right mood | I had low hopes for this film . It's directed by Shawn Levy , one of the worst directors of all time . It stars Ashton Kutcher and Brittany Murphy , both of whom can't really act and are only in films now because of their social / celebrity status . Nevertheless I was surprised because despite some really hideous revie... |
429,870 | 1,173,088 | 338,188 | 6 | Okay western - better than I expected it would be | This is an entertaining film , and it was a lot better than I expected it to be , given the negative reviews and poor box office returns . Taking place during the 1800s , a woman ( Cate Blanchett ) finds her boyfriend murdered and her children gone - presumably kidnapped by Indians . She enlists the help of her estrang... |
430,805 | 1,173,088 | 123,964 | 6 | A very nice surprise | I recently saw LIFE on tv for the first time and I must say I was impressed and most of all SURPRISED . I expected a very rude , crude kind of humor from such " bad boy " actors like Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence-famous for their constant foul mouthing . But LIFE was more of a comedy-drama , that had some very nice ... |
430,706 | 1,173,088 | 89,839 | 6 | Entertaining sex comedy - it is what it is . Plus , take in Johnny Depp before he was famous . | I knew nothing of this film before I saw it . It was a free " On Demand " film from Comcast . I didn't even know Johnny Depp was in it . I thought the plot description ( which was vague ) sounded like every other girl-crazy sex comedy released after " Animal House , " and I got what I expected . To be fair this is ente... |
430,628 | 1,173,088 | 375,063 | 6 | One of the larger disappointments of 2004 . | I'm not going to slam " Sideways " like some of the so-called " trolls " of this site have ( particularly on the message board ) . I understand the point of this film and I " get it . " Unfortunately , I found it fairly disappointing for a number of reasons . I'll try to explain my thoughts reasonably without resorting... |
430,626 | 1,173,088 | 120,681 | 6 | Interesting spin on the tale , if not particularly memorable | From Hell is an interesting spin on the familiar Jack the Ripper tale , using the iconic cultural image of the cloaked man with the top hat as the source for a spin-off not of history , but of a graphic novel . The lead performance by Johnny Depp as Inspector Abberline ( who really existed in 1888 at the time of the ... |
430,475 | 1,173,088 | 266,452 | 6 | Good potential and you may enjoy it if you appreciate dark humor , but some of it is simply too childish | Some of " Death Smoochy " actually falls victim to its own parody - the realm of children's entertainment . As painfully obvious parallels for Barney the Dinosaur , Rainbow " Randolph " ( Robin Williams ) and Smoochy ( Edward Norton ) both appear to be larger-than-life caricatures living in a fantasy world of absurdist... |
429,537 | 1,173,088 | 132,512 | 6 | Awakenings Redux | I saw this film on AMC and part way through it , I felt as if I had seen it before . Then I realized I was thinking of the 1990 Penny Marshall film " Awakenings , " starring Robin Williams and Robert De Niro . " At First Sight " is a true story about a blind man who temporarily regains his sight , then goes blind again... |
430,615 | 1,173,088 | 120,596 | 6 | At its heart lies a refreshingly fun comedy with a disclaimer : ' Please detach brains before viewing . ' ) | SOME MINOR SPOILERS ( REGARDING THE PLOT - NOT WHAT HAPPENS ) ! " The Bachelor " Chris O'Donnell stars with Renee Zellweger in the 1999 remake ' The Bachelor , ' a film about ' the true meaning of love . ' Jimmie Shannon ( O'Donnell ) is your average 29-year-old bachelor : he doesn't want to let the good times come to ... |
430,013 | 1,173,088 | 118,460 | 6 | Not as good as the original , but watchable and more faithful to King's story ) | I had originally approached this miniseries with caution as Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of Stephen King's novel , " The Shining , " is one of my very favorite horror films - expertly crafted , and really suspenseful despite the fact that it never really SHOWS much of anything . It's now popular knowledge among film bu... |
430,588 | 1,173,088 | 357,413 | 6 | Funny but inconsistent with only a few memorable segments | Being a big fan of Will Ferrell and " SNL " humor in general I made a blind buy with the " Anchorman " DVD . I had heard it was supposed to be very funny , and to some extent it is - there are a few scenes that are hilarious , and a few clever / subtle jokes that you might miss on first viewing . However , I was overal... |
429,620 | 1,173,088 | 368,891 | 6 | As basic entertainment it works - just don't go in expecting anything deep or memorable | National Treasure was a surprise hit for Disney and seemed to make quite a splash at the box office , which I didn't expect when I saw ads for it . Out of pure interest - and a few good things I had heard from friends - I figured I might as well check it out , since I'm a bit of a Nicolas Cage fan to begin with . The... |
431,153 | 1,173,088 | 105,323 | 6 | Overrated and tedious | Al Pacino won his first and only Oscar for " Scent of a Woman " in 1992 and he deserved it far more for " Glengarry Glen Ross , " released the same year . Although he yells a lot in both pictures , the over-the-top screaming was justified by the character in " Glengarry Glen Ross " ; in " Scent of a Woman , " his Lt . ... |
430,897 | 1,173,088 | 112,896 | 6 | Not perfect , but entertaining | Let me introduce you to the humor associated with " Dracula : Dead and Loving it ! " : A doctor gives a class of medical students a lecture while he cuts open a body and takes various organs out . One by one the students faint , until there is one left standing , unharmed by the gore . The doctor , frustrated , removes... |
430,282 | 1,173,088 | 340,163 | 6 | Excellent beginning , but it really falls apart after the half-hour mark | The first half-hour of " Hostage " is excellent - it's innovative , stylish , gritty and fun . But then it just gets kind of stupid . The plot is typical : cop fails on the job , blames himself for a child's death ; changes his profession to avoid unsettling memories , but then gets unwillingly drawn back into a simila... |
430,633 | 1,173,088 | 97,500 | 6 | Fairly amusing " comedy-thriller " but sort of lame at the same time | Tom Selleck is the titular character , " her alibi , " who provides a beautiful murder suspect with a false alibi because he believes she is innocent . However , once he brings her back to his house , he begins to believe perhaps he was wrong - and now she is trying to murder him so that he cannot go back on his word .... |
431,128 | 1,173,088 | 399,146 | 6 | Cronenberg's most commercial film - - and very disappointing | This should have been better . Cronenberg knows how to make a movie . He also knows satire . Unfortunately , he's still struggling with aspects of regular narration , and that is ultimately where " A History of Violence " fails . The point of the movie : violence has an impact , whether immediately or in the long run .... |
430,954 | 1,173,088 | 449,089 | 6 | It's actually a lot , lot more entertaining than I ever thought it would be | RV is not a great film but when I read the plot synopsis last year , saw the trailer and realized it was another Robin Williams family movie , I'd be lying if I said I wasn't disgusted . It looked like another " Daddy Day Care " - a once-hilarious and provocative comedian grows up , loses his youthful rawness and sta... |
429,585 | 1,173,088 | 87,469 | 6 | Temple of dissapointment | Despite the attempts to make this film a great sequel , they ended up with a tragic try to make another Indiana Jones movie . Let me tell some of the problems I had with this film . SOME SPOILERS AHEADSPOILERS 1 . - The opening scene-it was okay until Indy jumped out the window , into the car which is being drived by T... |
430,051 | 1,173,088 | 102,510 | 6 | Still crackin ' | The first " Naked Gun " movie is one of the best spoofs of all time . I'm not a huge fan of the genre but even I think it's incredibly , side-splittingly outrageous - this last time I saw it I laughed so hard I cried . The sequels of course were intended to cash in on the surprise success of the original ( which was ba... |
430,551 | 1,173,088 | 93,822 | 6 | It's just not very funny | Although many people consider " Raising Arizona " to be one of the funniest films of all time I find it an extremely overrated motion picture . The Coen Brothers are certainly unique filmmakers and as a duo they are one of my favorites - but the problem is that sometimes they try to be so bizarre and over-the-top that ... |
430,525 | 1,173,088 | 111,161 | 6 | Escape from Shawshank | It is the most basic of all principles of film-making : A story of redemption . This time the story is set inside Shawshank Prison , where successful banker Andy Dufresne ( Tim Robbins ) is sent to during the 40s , after being falsely accused of murdering his wife and her lover . The jail veteran , Red ( Morgan Freeman... |
430,131 | 1,173,088 | 56,869 | 6 | The Birds has always been one of my lesser favorites from Hitchcock | I've been watching " The Birds " since I was too young to even remember , and when I was moving across countries once I even caught the sequel on television ( which is just gruesome and lacking the suspense of this ) . However " The Birds " has always seemed slightly uneven to me , as if the premise itself is so absurd... |
430,823 | 1,173,088 | 215,129 | 6 | One of the better teen-film " homages " in recent memory | Hollywood likes road trip movies . Ever since films such as " Planes , Trains and Automobiles " and " Midnight Run " hit theaters back in the 80s , Hollywood has liked to bombard us with films about people on road trips doing funny things and getting caught in odd situations . Kevin Smith even paid his homage to John H... |
430,629 | 1,173,088 | 290,002 | 6 | Amusing , watchable , a few laugh-out-loud moments , and Hoffman and Streisand are a humorous addition - - but overall not as good as the original | Meet the Fockers had a lot of potential but I think its downfall is that it never really goes anywhere . Clocking in at an hour and fifty-five minutes , it is not only longer than its predecessor , but repeats itself too often . In typical Jay Roach style , the director once again basically remakes his original film ... |
430,337 | 1,173,088 | 119,896 | 6 | If you're a fan of the actors , it's reasonable to say you'll find something to enjoy here . | I only saw this film because of Kevin Bacon and Jennifer Aniston both being in it . Not a huge fan of either of them , but nevertheless I thought it might be interesting to see Aniston ( during the peak of " Friends ' " popularity ) crossing over into mainstream film . For the most part , it works . She's basically pla... |
429,405 | 1,173,088 | 160,127 | 6 | Delivers What it Promises . . . | Charlie's Angels has been taking a lot of heat for being stupid , ridiculous , immature , etc . . . and while it's definitely not a great film , I can't help but half-enjoy it . Cameron Diaz , Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu fill in the shoes of the Angels , from the hit TV show " Charlie's Angels " - - remember that sho... |
429,886 | 1,173,088 | 364,725 | 6 | A good silly movie that is everything " Anchorman " should have been . | When I heard of " Anchorman , " I thought the premise was inspired , and with its cast I was sure it would be a great stupid , silly comedy . Unfortunately it turned out to be a major disappointment and the companion piece of the year - - " Dodgeball " ( another hopelessly silly comedy ) - - turned out to be the better... |
430,137 | 1,173,088 | 382,077 | 6 | Just something to help pass the time - nothing special , but much better than " Godsend . " | Hide and Seek is yet another supposed psychological thriller that deals with something I can't mention , since doing so would ruin the end of the film ( not that you won't have guessed the ending waaay ahead of time ) . Most surprising of all is that the finale has become such a cliché in Hollywood that they're no lo... |
429,250 | 1,173,088 | 187,078 | 6 | A Surprisingly Good Car Flick . . . | With other films like " The Fast and the Furious " coming out around the same time " Gone in Sixty Seconds " did , I expected " Sixty Seconds " to be another forgettable car chase movie hyped up on testosterone . I was wrong . " Gone in Sixty Seconds " turned out to be a surprisingly good car flick with a good car chas... |
429,321 | 1,173,088 | 85,333 | 6 | A savage statement on how possessors become the possessed , or merely another stupid horror-thriller ? You decide . | This film , based on a novel by Stephen King , focuses on a nerdy teenage boy in high school who comes into possession of a bright red 1958 Plymouth Fury - a car which , at first , he is merely impressed by , but which soon begins to overtake every aspect of his life , ultimately making itself the owner of him and alte... |
430,283 | 1,173,088 | 351,283 | 6 | Acceptable family entertainment , but it disheartens me to hear a sequel is already underway | DreamWorks Animation division is not exactly the best when it comes to animated motion pictures - from their early days of CGI productions they have repeatedly tried to mimic the success of Pixar . Of course , sometimes it was entirely coincidental ( " Antz " was already gearing up for production when " A Bug's Life " ... |
431,150 | 1,173,088 | 117,887 | 6 | Easy to watch but definitely heavy on the sentimentality | Tom Hanks directed this film and that was probably the only reason I felt any urge to see it when it was released in 1996 . To this day I don't believe Tom Hanks is the next Martin Scorsese , but to be fair he does an apt job here and his cheesy , breezy vibe that he lends to the film suits it very well . Essentially a... |
430,662 | 1,173,088 | 290,095 | 6 | Overall , Worth Seeing , Despite Some Flaws . . . | A Review On the Film ' The Tuxedo ' by John UlmerJackie Chan's newest film , ' The Tuxedo , ' attempts to spoof the spy / secret agent genre . It doesn't completely achieve its goal . Chan is Jimmy Chang , a NY cab driver with mad driving skills . Jimmy transports a mysterious woman one day , who ends up recruiting him... |
429,327 | 1,173,088 | 74,512 | 6 | A sour note for Hitchcock to depart upon | I am under the firm belief that Alfred Hitchcock never made a single bad film . Some , of course , were lesser than others - but even his worst ( such as the romantic comedy " Mr . and Mrs . Smith " ) are above average films . Unfortunately , after the delight of 1972's violent and macabre " Frenzy , " which was a retu... |
430,831 | 1,173,088 | 320,691 | 6 | Interesting racial undertones evoking the Civil War era , some good special effects , and some OK fight sequences make " Underworld " a decent Friday night matinee . . . | It was only a matter of time before a film like this was made . Unfortunately , the end result isn't quite as amazing as everyone had hoped it would be . Nevertheless , if you like werewolves and vampires , then " Underworld " will probably wet your teeth . For the most part , I found the film an enjoyable enough exper... |
429,497 | 1,173,088 | 85,470 | 6 | Rodney's fans will like it | This was really the first true Rodney Dangerfield vehicle . It was clearly written with Rodney in mind , or at least edited to fit him after he signed on . As a result , a lot of scenes go nowhere and seem completely random - they're just showcases for some of that famous Rodney Humor . If another actor were cast in th... |
430,084 | 1,173,088 | 117,979 | 6 | An enjoyable lightweight romantic comedy | Abby is a vet with her own radio talk show who answers call-in questions related to animals . When Brian ( Ben Chaplin ) rings with a query about his dog , they both begin to flirt . Soon after the radio broadcast he calls her private line and asks what she looks like . She claims she's a tall six-foot blonde beauty ( ... |
430,519 | 1,173,088 | 243,585 | 6 | Overall , ' Stuart Little 2 ' is better than the original ; I'll give it stars ? | Stuart Little 2 ' Stuart Little 2 ' it the follow-up to the 1999 hit ' Stuart Little , ' which had , at the time , made the most money for a non-Disney computer-animated film . Well , ' Stuart Little , ' based on the good children's book by E . B . White , was unfortunately nothing good or great ? at all . M . Night ... |
429,395 | 1,173,088 | 117,894 | 6 | Stupid , but strangely entertaining . . . | Stephen King's Thinner is about an obese man who starts to lose weight at the rate of three pounds a day . He loses so much weight , in fact , that he starts to become too thin . " I'm being erased ! " he yells , saying it just right so that they can slap it on the trailer for the film ( which I would not be surprise... |
429,171 | 1,173,088 | 188,453 | 6 | A good premise , but the overall film is just so-so . . . | John ( Ben Chaplin ) is a hapless bachelor in St . Albans , looking for love in all the wrong places . So he goes online and orders a Russian mail-order bride . She arrives in the form of Nicole Kidman . Although her background is questionable and her English is fragmented , she's great in bed , so he has no complaints... |
430,175 | 1,173,088 | 128,853 | 6 | Basically a remake of Sleepless in Seattle with a new plot . | If you liked Sleepless in Seattle , you'll probably like YOU'VE GOT MAIL . Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan are back in a new romantic comedy with a new plot , but basically it's Sleepless in Seattle all over again . So again , if you liked SLEEPLESS you'll probably like MAIL . stars-JOHN ULMER |
431,099 | 1,173,088 | 109,067 | 6 | OK but hardly memorable | Kevin Bacon stars in " The Air Up There , " a family " comedy " that is nothing more than a few familiar faces and half-hearted laughs . It's another feel-good underdog story of which is not particularly memorable . Kudos to Bacon for turning a pretty routine script into a watchable , even amusing movie with some OK mo... |
430,361 | 1,173,088 | 83,232 | 6 | Not as good as it could have been | Los Angeles , 1948 . Robert De Niro is a Catholic priest whose brother ( Robert Duvall ) , a seedy cop , has been assigned to the case of a brutally murdered young prostitute . Through a matter of irony the girl is linked to the priest , who was present in a car with her prior to her death , and soon controversy flairs... |
430,279 | 1,173,088 | 86,927 | 6 | Works as an amusing time-passer thanks to a likable debut performance by Tom Hanks | Bachelor Party is very much like other films of its genre except that it is one of Tom Hanks ' very early efforts and , as a result , is more fondly remembered than it probably would be without Hanks . Yes , before Hanks turned into Forrest Gump and an Oscar-winning heavyweight actor , he desperately starred in a 198... |
431,124 | 1,173,088 | 90,305 | 6 | Weird is right | This is a very strange film . On one hand it's perfectly entertaining , but it's so bizarre and - to be blunt - utterly far-fetched and beyond-ridiculous that it actually kind of distracts from the entertainment value at times . The plot is so dumb - and the way it's handled - that suspension of disbelief is pretty har... |
429,534 | 1,173,088 | 283,111 | 6 | Fun and entertaining - just remember to disengage your brain | I generally hate these teen sex comedies and I approached " Van Wilder " with hesitation , but I actually found it to be quite entertaining and humorous ( if you're in the right mood , I suppose ) . Ryan Reynolds ( doing a great Chevy Chase impersonation ) is a guy in his late 20s who has been at college for eight year... |
430,781 | 1,173,088 | 376,006 | 6 | Entertaining character study , but a flawed one . | First things first . So far this film has about an average vote of stars on IMDb , which I think is kind of surprising , because it's not that bad . I expected about a 5 or 6 rating . Yes , it's muddled and kind of pointless at times , and the ending is pretentiously ambiguous . But as a character study - - despite it'... |
430,352 | 1,173,088 | 117,509 | 6 | Vibrant and cool ; also sort of mediocre . . . | An entertaining , if seriously flawed , re-telling of Shakespeare's classic tale of young love starring Leonardi DiCaprio and Claire Danes as the infamous duo who sacrificed themselves over true love . Top-notch cast and some crazy modern-day direction by Baz Luhrman ( " Moulin Rouge ! " ) certainly makes for one of th... |
429,849 | 1,173,088 | 209,163 | 6 | This Was a GREAT movie ! ! ! ! | I went to go see this movie , thinking it might be as good as the first mummy movie , and I was wrong . IT WAS BETTER ! ! There is loads of Indiana Jones style action in this movie , along with lots of laughs . This movie is the best flick I've seen all year . It had really good graphics , and unlike other movies , it ... |
430,958 | 1,173,088 | 110,066 | 6 | Phil Hartman actually gives it some amount of levity | By no means a great comedy , " Houseguest " actually comes across as being fairly entertaining thanks largely to the presence of the late , great Phil Hartman . Hartman's deadpan , ironic delivery always cracked me up on " SNL , " and although his film career never really took off prior to his death , he had some good ... |
429,865 | 1,173,088 | 339,135 | 6 | One of the rare GOOD Van Damme movies | Call me a cynical person but I think all Jean-Claude Van Damme movies suck . I don't watch them . I don't find staring at a semi-muscular man kickbox people and promote mindpower over violence , then turn around and kill fifty men with the strike of a single finger , particularly entertaining . However in 2003 Van Damm... |
430,527 | 1,173,088 | 119,528 | 6 | One of Carrey's finest - - it doesn't try to be anything it isn't . Would I lie ? | My dad is a liar , a small child says . " You mean a lawyer , " his teacher responds . He shrugs his shoulders . They're both the same , aren't they ? Jim Carrey is a liar in " Liar Liar " ( 1997 ) , which successfully uses Jim Carrey - - the king of annoyance - - to its full advantage . Jim Carrey has , given time ,... |
430,786 | 1,173,088 | 96,764 | 6 | A good old-fashioned fantasy , typically Gilliam , but the visuals overwhelm the plot at times . | If you've seen any other Terry Gilliam movie , you'll instantly realize " The Adventures of Baron Manchausen " represents his artistic vision at its most prominent - over-the-top sets , wacky larger-than-life characters , an absurd fantasy plot line rooted in children's tales ( like the upcoming Gilliam film " The Brot... |
430,456 | 1,173,088 | 414,993 | 6 | Beautifully haunting and wonderfully bizarre , but its ambitions weigh it down , along with its clinical and distant approach to the characters | Visually stimulating but frustratingly disconnected from its viewers , The Fountain establishes director Darren Aronofsky as one of our most daring and adventurous directors ? but his ambitions are ultimately what cause The Fountain to sink beneath its own heavy-handed pretensions . Aronofsky has a way of making the mo... |
430,056 | 1,173,088 | 109,830 | 6 | I used to love this movie . | Momma used to say if you haven't seen this movie , skip the second paragraph , ' cause it's got some of ' dem magic spoilers Maybe my inner cynic finally got to me . I've seen " Forrest Gump " about seven or eight times altogether , and these last few viewing experiences left me with a bitter taste in my mouth . A few ... |
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