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430,492 | 1,173,088 | 205,000 | 6 | Poor crude sexual humor with very sporadic laughs | Deuce Bigalow is a fish tank cleaner who agrees to stay at a European gigalow's house while he's away on business . However after he trashes the man's apartment he has only one option : to pose as the European and start selling his body for money so that he can pay for the damage done to the house . Rob Schneider would... |
430,286 | 1,173,088 | 408,345 | 6 | Entertaining : nothing less , nothing more . | Firewall is good old-fashioned entertainment . It's nothing more . It doesn't attempt to become the next master-thriller ; nor does it try and achieve some type of infallible status , which is interesting since so many people here on the IMDb message boards have taken it upon themselves to dissect the plot to lengthy... |
429,185 | 1,173,088 | 196,229 | 6 | What happened , Ben ? | I think Ben Stiller is usually quite funny , especially in Meet the Parents ( update as of : his shtick is now growing weary ) , but Zoolander is one of his worst . There are few funny moments that I actually laughed at . Even though Owen Wilson and Ben Stiller are best buds and frequently work together in films , it d... |
430,616 | 1,173,088 | 131,325 | 6 | The Con is On - And a Funny Con it is ! | Bowfinger PLOT SPOILERS ( If you don't want to know the plot BASIS , do not read ; however , there are no spoilers per say ) . . . ' Bowfinger ' starts out with Bobby Bowfinger ( Steve Martin ) , an unsuccessful movie director who has oddly enough , at his ripe old age of forty-five , never directed a movie . Every w... |
430,799 | 1,173,088 | 119,360 | 6 | Entertaining . | In & Out is an instantly forgettable but entertaining comedy about a high school drama teacher ( Kevin Kline ) whose ex-student ( Matt Dillon ) , now a huge Hollywood star , wins a Best Actor Academy Award and " outs " his teacher live on television . The problem is that his teacher isn't gay - - in fact he's engaged... |
430,471 | 1,173,088 | 261,392 | 6 | Childish ? Yes , but it's entertaining - and at times pretty funny , too . | Kevin Smith's career has been something of a downward spiral since " Clerks " came out in 1994 over ten years ago , but " Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back " - his fifth entry in the View Askew " Trilogy " - is at the very least an entertaining and clever film . Packed with star-studded cameos - George Carlin , Will Ferre... |
431,027 | 1,173,088 | 119,695 | 6 | Entertaining but hardly worthwhile | The only thing that can be said for " Money Talks " is that it held my interest . No , it's not a great film , but then again few comedies of this sort are . For what it is , the film entertained me enough to recommend it . Tucker and Sheen have rather good chemistry together , albeit it in a less-than-spectacular way ... |
430,822 | 1,173,088 | 486,767 | 6 | Funny , but not very funny | Will Ferrell and Molly Shannon were like two peas in a pod on " Saturday Night Live . " They had good chemistry and when they combined forces they could induce plenty of laughs . Of course , Will Ferrell is equally funny without Molly Shannon . " The Best of Molly Shannon " proves it is exactly the opposite for her . Y... |
431,108 | 1,173,088 | 265,632 | 6 | Pretty amusing and entertaining . . . . | Amusing and entertaining big-screen adaptation of the cult Saturday morning cartoon show featuring a band of school kids whose recesses seem to last hours and hours . A TV show entirely based around school recess may seem silly , but the movie is just as strangely entertaining as the show . James Woods and Andrew Lawre... |
431,115 | 1,173,088 | 234,354 | 6 | Decent black comedy | I hesitate to call " Novocaine " a film noir , for those knowledgeable cinema buffs out there may harass me and tell me film noir is usually set in the forties , and so on and so forth . But the core of film noir is really the essential idea of the Everyman thrust into incomprehensible situations , not aware of what is... |
429,682 | 1,173,088 | 369,672 | 6 | Wait , wait , wait . John Travolta giving a good performance ? | I saw this film on a trans-Atlantic flight from the UK to the States . Being a long trip , I didn't want something entirely boring , so I started watching this , hoping it would at least be entertaining . Well , I hadn't heard much about it , but I was pleasantly surprised by the performances , even if the film itself ... |
429,618 | 1,173,088 | 119,807 | 6 | An entertaining comedy with good performances . | An average every-day Joe ( Tim Robbins ) arrives home from work one day to find his wife in bed with his boss . Shocked and upset , he travels to a local ghetto - where a thug ( Martin Lawrence ) tries to carjack him . However , he no longer has any concern for his own well being and calls the carjacker's bluff - trave... |
430,171 | 1,173,088 | 119,567 | 6 | Read the book . . . | The first Jurassic Park was very good , as was the book , and while THE LOST WORLD novel isn't as good as the first , the film's even farther off . Jeff Goldblum's character has done a complete 180 degree turn into some " Know it all preacher . " I hate the scene where he says something like " Ooh , yeah , that's how i... |
429,287 | 1,173,088 | 104,431 | 6 | Even Though it's Almost Exactly the Same As the Original , it's Still Worth Seeing . . . | Home Alone 2 ? Some Minor SpoilersHe's up past his bedtime in the city that never sleeps . After the tragic events of the first ' Home Alone ' film , a now ten-years-old Kevin McCallister is having a bit of a problem . He's been left by his family . Again . Only this time , he's not at home . He's home alone ? in New Y... |
431,151 | 1,173,088 | 315,733 | 6 | The nonlinear storytelling is unnecessary and the film as a whole is just so-so | I loved " Memento . " The nonlinear storytelling was key to the story itself and as a result complimented the overall nature of the film ; however , " 21 Grams " features the same style of nonlinear narrative without having an actual point . This movie could just have easily been told in chronological order and it woul... |
430,879 | 1,173,088 | 183,505 | 6 | The Farrelly Brothers ' Worst . . . | Me , Myself and Irene is the Farrelly Brothers ' painfully unfunny and inconsistent follow-up to their smash hit " There's Something About Mary . " They seemed to be on a roll - - " Dumb and Dumber " was a hoot , " Kingpin " was a blast , and " Mary " was outrageous . Now they've sunk into what they so marginally avo... |
430,918 | 1,173,088 | 96,454 | 6 | Pretty amusing spin on the tale | This movie proposes that Sherlock Holmes is in fact a drunken idiot and Watson , his humble detective , is the real mastermind behind the investigations . " Without a Clue " isn't a great film but it works mainly due to its refreshing twist on the tale . Ben Kingsley plays Watson very well . He's not really the funnyma... |
429,897 | 1,173,088 | 109,635 | 6 | Not as good as the book , but watchable | Michael Crichton is a very good author - he appeals to the masses without dumbing down his material and making it simplistic like John Grisham ( no offense to Grisham , his books are usually somewhat entertaining ) . " Disclosure " was a book Crichton wrote that differed from many of his other manuscripts insofar as th... |
430,915 | 1,173,088 | 106,246 | 6 | Starts off well but runs out of steam | This movie is based on the alleged true story of a plane that crash-landed high in the Andes , and the crew of passengers who began to starve to death - until they realized that , in order to stay alive , they'd have to begin to eat their buried . The summary may sound gruesome but the main problem with this movie is t... |
429,226 | 1,173,088 | 467,406 | 6 | Don't get caught up in the hype and you may be able to enjoy it . | I'm not one of those high-and-mighty indie kids who scoffs at any film or artist as soon as they reach mainstream success ( see : Andrew Bird , Animal Collective , Feist , Cat Power , The Strokes for recent examples ) . I do get annoyed , however , when people follow trends they aren't really a part of . You know , lik... |
430,681 | 1,173,088 | 101,912 | 6 | A sweet-natured film with good performances | Frankie ( Michelle Pfeiffer ) is a down-on-her-luck waitress in New York City . She lives with a gay roommate ( Nathan Lane ) who has a partner , but she still can't manage to find anyone . Johnny ( Al Pacino ) has just been released from prison and lands a job at a small diner in NYC . The same diner where Frankie wor... |
430,401 | 1,173,088 | 119,664 | 6 | In its entirety , just a fun movie | Brief Spoiler It's a breath of fresh air when an action movie these days simply resorts to the typical clichés and doesn't try to impress the viewer too much . Twenty years ago this would have been bad . Now , with each and every movie trying to surpass the last entry into the genre and , for the most part , ending up ... |
431,040 | 1,173,088 | 120,888 | 6 | I recommend you sit down some night , grab a tub of popcorn , and just enjoy this movie for what it is : an instantly forgettable comedy that serves its purpose : a nice night in . | The Wedding Singer is a mix between just about any romantic comedy from the eighties that you can find , and an Adam Sandler film . I think that's really enough said . But if you want more detailed details , here ya go . . . Adam Sandler plays Robbie Hart , a failing wedding singer who has just been dumped by his fia... |
430,409 | 1,173,088 | 92,798 | 6 | Richard Pryor makes it better than it should be | This rather mediocre comedy from 1987 was produced at the height of Richard Pryor's ( somewhat unfortunate ) lapse into brain dead motion picture comedies . However , like most of his films , Pryor made standard , silly concepts - - in this case , a man mistaken for a doctor forced into pretending to be on - - amusing ... |
429,142 | 1,173,088 | 120,836 | 6 | If " There's Something About Mary " was the best of the sitcom comedies , " Lost & Found " is at the bottom of the barrel . | There seems to be some confusion about what is funny nowadays . Let me give filmmakers a clue . Funny Men Who Will Always Be Funny : Steve Martin , Bill Murray , John Candy , Bob Hope , Jack Lemmon , Walter Matthau , et al . People Who Are Not and Never Will Be Funny : David Spade . Now that we have that out of the way... |
430,604 | 1,173,088 | 99,700 | 6 | Disappointing , But Still Worth Seeing . . . | Gremlins ( 1984 ) is one of my favorite comedies . It is so delightfully comical and campy , like a B horror movie , yet delightfully witty and scary . The sequel , " Gremlins 2 , " goes for more laughs than anything else , and comes off simply as an average , one-or-two-time-viewable summer flick . Billy ( Zach Gall... |
429,318 | 1,173,088 | 211,915 | 6 | Not as good as I'd heard it was , but still interesting and original ! | I really recommend this film to you . While I wouldn't put it in my top 250 films ever , it's very interesting and original , and reading subtitles for a change is very fun . The cinematography is very nice-it is mainly what is so original about this film other than some other tidbits . It's really the definition of be... |
430,164 | 1,173,088 | 120,863 | 6 | A good war film , some fine moments , I rate it a " 4 " of 5 . . . | Fine war film with a top-notch cast , including Sean Penn and John Travolta in a small role . Essentially another war film that came out around the same time as " Saving Private Ryan , " it's a fine war film that actually seems fresher than Kubrick's " Full Metal Jacket , " which I think is a total rip-off of " Platoon... |
430,089 | 1,173,088 | 359,203 | 6 | Nothing of actual substance , but moderately entertaining | The withering latter-end of 1960s cinema gave birth to a short-lived area of mainstream artistic vision - the 1970s was a decade wherein " the director was the star of the movie . " I've never thought of it this way , but as the documentary points out , it's a valid and poignant summary of the time period . This docume... |
430,190 | 1,173,088 | 478,311 | 6 | I can see what people admire and praise about it - but I think some are going too far . | Knocked Up is a well-made , enjoyable comedy about the consequences of an unprotected one-night stand . It has dual lessons for its lead characters : Seth Rogen has to learn to grow up and accept responsibility and Katherine Heigl has to choose between a professional life as a television interviewer or a possibly les... |
429,916 | 1,173,088 | 101,761 | 6 | A mixed bag . | The Doors is one of my all-time favorite bands , I love just about every one of their songs , most of all " Light My Fire , " " Break On Through , " " Peace Frog , " " The End , " " L . A . Woman , " " Roadhouse Blues " and so on and so forth . This movie doesn't do the band justice . It's all about Jim Morrison , pl... |
429,554 | 1,173,088 | 158,811 | 6 | I liked it | I saw " Muppets from Space " when it first came out and thought it was a lot of fun . It's silly , good-natured and has some clever adult humor that kids won't pick up on - as well as featuring zany stuff that the kids will love . Since then I've seen it numerous times on TV and it always entertains . The story is fair... |
429,836 | 1,173,088 | 103,428 | 6 | This was a different show | I used to watch reruns of this TV show because I enjoyed " A Goofy Movie , " of which this is a spin-off . Farmer returns to the voice of Goofy and essentially this show was just about him and his son Max ( who was also in " A Goofy Movie " ) . The humor is not going to appeal to adults as much as children , although t... |
430,281 | 1,173,088 | 389,860 | 6 | Not great comedy - but a fun , lightweight movie that serves its purpose and is thoroughly entertaining | Instantly reminiscent of " It's a Wonderful Life " and " Bruce Almighty , " " Click " is a simplistic and lightweight comedy that serves its purpose as distracting entertainment . It's a typical summer comedy - nothing very deep or meaningful , but humorous with an obvious ( yet admirable ) message behind it . It's ano... |
429,837 | 1,173,088 | 163,187 | 6 | Pretty Woman II | I remember when this came out there was a lot of hype built up around the fact that it was a reunion for Richard Gere and Julia Roberts . Everyone was raving about how great it would be to see them on screen together again , etc . Unfortunately it took a little while for people to notice , " Hey , this kinda sucks . " ... |
429,447 | 1,173,088 | 95,159 | 6 | Overrated , But Still Funny . Kevin Kline Steals the Show . . . | John Cleese leads an all-star cast in this funny , but overrated crime comedy . Crooks Wanda ( Jamie Lee Curtis ) and her lover Otto ( Kevin Kline ) have successfully stolen millions of dollars worth of diamonds from a bank in London , England , along with George and a stuttering animal-lover , Ken ( Michael Palin ) . ... |
430,990 | 1,173,088 | 118,842 | 6 | Lacks a point . | Kevin Smith isn't typically known for mature work ? the majority of his films are funny , but crude . " Chasing Amy , " his follow-up to the 1995 box office failure " Mallrats , " is certainly the most adult film he has made , in terms of general context . Overall , however , I was left with mixed feelings . Holden ( B... |
430,881 | 1,173,088 | 242,423 | 6 | Dude , Where's My Brain ? | Ashton Kutcher , of TV's " That 70's Show " and Sean William Scott of " American Pie " stature , have teamed together for what some would say a " Bill and Ted " comedy , but I would have to say a " Dumb and Dumber " trip in itself , without half the laughs . First off , let me say I think in a way , this film is underr... |
430,048 | 1,173,088 | 185,937 | 6 | Interesting , but far from being very scary at all . . . | Some of the best horror movies are those that imply rather than explode , hint at rather than expose . Fear is scarier than scariness itself - - scary is just scary . Fear is fear . And fear induces all else that follows . Fear gets you on the edge of your seat ; fear makes the hairs on your neck stand up . The scare c... |
429,431 | 1,173,088 | 99,726 | 6 | A bit slow , to be honest | The most popular version of " Hamlet " seems to be Kenneth Branagh's 1996 adaptation , which many critics and audiences consider to be the finest modern Shakespeare film . However , before Branaugh had his go at it , Franco Zeffirelli ( " Romeo and Juliet , " " The Taming of the Shrew " ) took a stab once again at dire... |
429,880 | 1,173,088 | 86,373 | 6 | Before Wayne and Garth , there was Bob and Dog McKenzie . | Strange Brew is a spin-off of the Bob and Doug McKenzie shorts on Canada's export " SCTV " ( which started in the early ' 80s on US television and won some awards ) . This movie is very much low budget and doesn't concern itself with continuity or much of a plot either - - it's a retread of " Hamlet " ( that's right ... |
430,623 | 1,173,088 | 259,711 | 6 | Better than expected , still doesn't hold a candle to the original though | Vanilla Sky suffers from a bit of mainstream Americanalization . ( Is that a word ? I don't think so , but oh well . ) It's the US taking a popular and successful foreign film ( the Spanish " Obres Los Ojos , " a . k . a . " Open Your Eyes " ) and re-working it with . . . Tom Cruise in the lead ? " Vanilla Sky " is ,... |
429,414 | 1,173,088 | 105,481 | 6 | A fine comedy with a good performance by James Woods . I rate it a solid " 3 " out of 5 . | Dolly Parton leaves the country and heads out to the Big Apple , finding work at a radio station , much to the chagrin of James Woods ' co-worker . A cheesy romance story ( " I know the saying ' take your work to bed , ' but I didn't think it was so literal ! " ) , some OK jokes and a few fun performances make this fil... |
429,542 | 1,173,088 | 227,005 | 6 | Those who compare it to " Swingers " are missing the point - but it's still just an above-average flick | Made is nothing special . If it were graded as a separate film it would probably have gotten better reviews . However , because it draws immediate comparisons to the hit indie film " Swingers " from 1996 , the general consensus drops even lower . However , those comparing the two are missing the point of " Made . " I... |
429,699 | 1,173,088 | 119,174 | 6 | Hitchcock Would Be Proud - - If it Didn't Have So Many Darn Plot Holes . . . | Conspiracies . Films tend to be made about conspiracies and mysteries . Everyone has conspiracy theories that they put in movies ( " JFK , " " Conspiracy Theory " ) . " The Game " is a different kind of conspiracy . It is about an entire organization holding something against one man . Only a few people know about this... |
429,760 | 1,173,088 | 86,154 | 6 | Norman is back ! | Psycho II starts where the last left off . It's twenty-two years later . Norman has been released from prison on account of being cured from his madness . He goes back home to the Bates Motel , which is now run-down and not-so-pretty . It's not been taken care of by the state , nor by any helpful neighbors . Norman d... |
429,965 | 1,173,088 | 329,028 | 6 | Not nearly as bad as I was expecting it to be - but then again , not nearly as good as it could have been , either . | Want to hear something funny ? I laughed at " Dumb and Dumberer : When Harry Met Lloyd . " In fact , at about four scenes I was rolling over in laughter . And not just me - - people in front of and behind me were roaring in laughter , too . It's not a good movie . But I have seen far worse . Yes , the movie is filmed i... |
430,113 | 1,173,088 | 88,128 | 6 | Ah , the ' 80s . | It's odd to see John Hughes commenting on high school through the eyes of a teenaged girl - one might think he is more apt to model himself onto another male , but it's a strength to his writing skills that he can just as effectively convey the trials and tribulations of a young woman . ( Rather than just a man such as... |
430,850 | 1,173,088 | 363,771 | 6 | A very faithful adaptation of the book , but I wasn't overly impressed | I left " Narnia " feeling kind of cold . I loved the books as a child , and most specifically " The Lion , the Witch and the Wardrobe , " which I read numerous times when I was young . . . but no matter how faithful the adaptation is - story-wise - some elements don't fit into place . I think it's one of those books th... |
429,550 | 1,173,088 | 325,980 | 6 | A fun movie with a great performance by Depp | ( Note : this review is from 2003 . ) In its fullest , " Pirates of the Caribbean : The Curse of the Black Curl " succeeds as entertainment . It is one of the great adventure films of this year , jam-packed with chills and thrills . It's a rousing swashbuckler with a great cast and a great story . But , ranking in at 1... |
431,109 | 1,173,088 | 46,414 | 6 | A decent enough Bogart film ; sort of boring at times , but a good one to own on DVD like I do . . . | Rare essential cult comedy starring Humphrey Bogart as a smuggler working for a band of criminals who meet up with a pair of traveling newly-weds who are off to Africa in search of diamonds . There are some plot twists , but the film takes its time a bit too much . A good film to watch just for appreciation , although ... |
429,894 | 1,173,088 | 181,865 | 6 | Overrated . | I hate the word " overrated " when it's used to describe anything in general ( particularly films ) , but it's the first thing that comes to mind when I think of " Traffic . " I've never been very impressed by Steven Soderbergh and this film continues my disappointment . It starts off brilliant - a rough , gritty , Eur... |
429,895 | 1,173,088 | 88,011 | 7 | A fun , " Indiana Jones " - style adventure movie | Robert Zemeckis managed to find investors for " Back to the Future " due to the success of " Romancing the Stone " in 1984 . In fact , he turned down an offer to direct the sequel ( 1985's disappointing " Jewel of the Nile " ) so that he could instead film " . . . Future . " On the BttF DVD , he seems to speak quite hi... |
430,414 | 1,173,088 | 102,926 | 7 | Inferior to " Se7en " but a good movie - just overrated ! | Hannibal . The very name sparks fear , discomfort , and ultimately recognition . He is one of the most popular screen characters of all time , the incarnation of evil , and yet strangely likable despite his distasteful savoring of human flesh . " I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice bottle of chianti , " he ... |
429,844 | 1,173,088 | 99,088 | 7 | I was expecting a grand finale trilogy ending . A great closing of the back to the future movies . . . I expected wrong . . . | Before I get into everything let me say this . I don't hate this movie . I just thought it was a great disappointment to the rest of the trilogy . This movie's more like western mixed with comedy , then a back to the future movie . If you've read my comments on the first two back to the future movies , you can realize ... |
430,007 | 1,173,088 | 281,686 | 7 | Hail to the king , baby ! | Elvis never died . JFK wasn't assassinated . They both live in a retirement home in East Texas . Elvis is seventy years old with a cancerous growth on his penis , and JFK's body has been dyed black . If this sounds odd to you , that's probably because it is . " Bubba Ho-tep " is , quite frankly , the most insanely uniq... |
430,270 | 1,173,088 | 110,632 | 7 | You'll love it or hate it . | I remember " Natural Born Killers " making a huge fuss when it was released because the media and conservative families were in an outrage over the level of " glorified violence " in the film . To some extent they were right - - the violence isn't glorified but much of it is unnecessary . The movie could still be a bri... |
429,426 | 1,173,088 | 177,789 | 7 | Stars - A Nice Satirical Family Comedy With More Hits Than Misses | Galaxy Quest is a bit of a mix between " Star Trek " and . . . well . . . " Star Trek . " It stars Tim Allen , Sigourney Weaver ( in a blonde wig ) and Alan Rickman as the crew of an ex - " Star Trek " - type show , who are contacted by real aliens who picked up the television show in space , thinking it was real . A... |
430,027 | 1,173,088 | 101,329 | 7 | Better than the original | I enjoyed the original " American Tail " movie because of its appeal towards adults as well as children ( it uses mice and cats as a metaphor for the Jews and Germans during WWII , with immigrants fleeing to the US ) . However the dark edge of the movie was a bit too much for me and I felt as a children's tale it was p... |
429,739 | 1,173,088 | 330,373 | 7 | The darkest , deepest and most emotionally involving film of the series so far . | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is not only the most technologically advanced of the Potter films thus far , but also the most entertaining . Director Mike Newell ( Four Weddings and a Funeral , Donnie Brasco ) is careful with the structure of his film , and keeps the pace moving steadily along . He balances CGI an... |
430,955 | 1,173,088 | 493,430 | 7 | Johnny Knoxville has lost his mind | Johnny Knoxville has gone insane . In the first Jackass he delighted in practical jokes more so than the physical stuff ? his opening car rental gag and the later bit involving an air horn on a golf course were more akin to some type of extreme Candid Camera ? but in Jackass : Number Two he's really off his rocker . Be... |
430,631 | 1,173,088 | 337,921 | 7 | Surprisingly entertaining | I'd heard many bad things about CELLULAR so I hadn't expected much from it , however it held my interest . As luck would have it this really was just a way of passing time as I was stuck without transport and decided to enter a nearby free cinema to help make the time pass quicker . I expected the film to be fairly ent... |
429,935 | 1,173,088 | 95,497 | 7 | Not imperfect but entertaining nonetheless | I grew up in a Christian household and " The Last Temptation of Christ " was considered sacrilege . It was not until I began a fascination with Martin Scorsese's movies that I stayed up late to watch this one night on television , to see if the controversy surrounding it was appropriate or not . If you've read " The Da... |
430,565 | 1,173,088 | 106,977 | 7 | Run Harrison Run . | Imagine a time , if you will , when fugitive movies were not released ten times a year , a time when Tommy Lee Jones actually appeared in fugitive movies simply because he liked the script and not because he was revisiting the role that made him famous again , a time when the fugitive movies were about much more than s... |
430,710 | 1,173,088 | 258,153 | 7 | I think that ' Simone ' did deliver on many levels . Yes , leaving the audience guessing isn't its strongest trait , but I still enjoyed it . Sometimes you've just got to sit back , relax , and enjoy the ride . I did | ' S1m0ne''S1m0ne ' is based around a failing Hollywood director , who creates a digital star ; the star , named ' Simone , ' ( Simulation One ) becomes an overnight sensation . She is admired by women and wanted by men . She is everywhere . She wins Oscars , awards of all kinds . There's only one problem . The more att... |
429,873 | 1,173,088 | 462,403 | 7 | Monumental | I won't say this is worthy of a higher rating than " 7 " because many of the artists / performers , etc . , were not to my liking . That said , a lot of them were great . Pink Floyd made a historic return to the stage and stole the show . Roger's voice may not be at its best , but in terms of pure presence , they were ... |
431,135 | 1,173,088 | 112,697 | 7 | Clever spin on Austen's story with good satire and performances | Cher ( Alicia Silverstone ) is a popular ditz at her local high school in Beverly Hills . She's a spoiled , pampered little princess with all the right social connections and endless wealth . However she has yet to find a man in her life - all the Baldwins ( as she and her clique of friends call guys they like ) have b... |
430,218 | 1,173,088 | 83,944 | 7 | Much smarter and better than it's given credit for | I won't lie , " First Blood " is no " Deer Hunter . " It doesn't successfully evaluate the post-Vietnam after-effects on the human psyche . But it isn't the human bloodbath people think it is , either . If you want to know a scary statistic , John Rambo ( Sylvester Stallone ) kills one , maybe two people in this film -... |
430,991 | 1,173,088 | 433,537 | 7 | A nice tie-in to the film | This animated short , included on the tenth anniversary " Clerks X " DVD set , is a deleted scene ( so to speak ) that was excluded from the original shooting script of the film ; in other words , it was written but never actually filmed . Using the " Clerks " TV show animators , Kevin Smith got the original crew back ... |
429,323 | 1,173,088 | 122,689 | 7 | Stones fans will dig it . | Filmed live in 1968 as an intended television special but kept from the public eye due to the Rolling Stones ' own dissatisfaction with their performance over a span of two nights , " Rock N ' Roll Circus " showcases the Stones at the height of their game . Although I admit they have performed better in terms of musica... |
430,275 | 1,173,088 | 120,789 | 7 | Clever social satire | Pleasantville , the town , is a metaphor . " Pleasantville , " the movie , is an analysis . Tobey Maguire and Reese Witherspoon star as two American teenagers who magically enter the black-and-white world of Pleasantville through their television set , where they are trapped in a 1950s era of living . The social satire... |
431,167 | 1,173,088 | 240,772 | 7 | great serious crime comedy . | For some reason , by the commercials jokes , I thought OCEAN'S ELEVEN would be a bit more slapstick , but it's not . It's barely comedy at all . It's superly filmed , with a great cast , and script . So , are you in or out ? stars . STARRING-GEORGE CLOONEY , MATT DAMON , BRAD PITT , ANDY GARCIA , JULIA ROBERTS , CARL R... |
430,700 | 1,173,088 | 113,101 | 7 | Two rooms are horrible , two are very good . . . | I made a blind buy on this one . Why ? I like Tarantino . I like Rodriguez . I enjoy their films . I thought , Why not ? I hadn't heard good things about it , but it looked like it might be good or really bad . The first forty minutes didn't help my initial fears . The first sequence is awful . It's called " The Missin... |
429,847 | 1,173,088 | 126,029 | 7 | HILARIOUS ! ! A MUST SEE ! ! ! | This movie was funny from the beggining , it has great character voices , nicely done smooth graphics , and tons of laughs . I'm not gonna give you the whole plot , but i'll tell you it's definately a must see . ( By the way , the rumors of Chris Farley doing the voice of Shrek - they're true , he had signed on to the ... |
430,977 | 1,173,088 | 97,368 | 7 | I Enjoyed it - a Good B Horror Movie Reminiscent of Those From the Fifties . . . Perfect for a Friday Night ! | The Fly II As I write this review , I have never seen the remake of " The Fly " with Ian Malcolm - err , Jeff Goldblum - and Geena Davis . So I really have no basis to compare this sequel to . Therefore , I will continue with this review in light that I have not seen the original remake . . . The film opens with a Ge... |
430,584 | 1,173,088 | 116,367 | 7 | Bizarrely entertaining - loud , trashy , vulgar . . . fun . Not great , though . | Coming into this I knew it would be action over content - after all it was directed by Robert Rodriguez . The fact that the script was written by Tarantino didn't really mean anything since I had gathered from various sources that this was Tarantino's homage to the " splatstick " genre ( of Evil Dead , etc . ) and as a... |
429,312 | 1,173,088 | 120,755 | 7 | Better than the first . . . ( spoilers ) | M : I2 brings back star Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt , returning to his role from the first film Cruise seems a bit more confident this time around , and the direction of John Woo might help a bit . This time the plot involves a deadly virus that is going to be sold on th black market . Hunt and his team must hunt down the... |
430,284 | 1,173,088 | 277,027 | 7 | A great performance by Sean Penn in a good movie | I Am Sam is a film with a main performance stronger than the movie itself . Sean Penn was Oscar-nominated for his role as Sam , a mentally retarded father who hires a savvy lawyer ( Michelle Pfeiffer ) to represent him in a custody trial involving his daughter ( Dakota Fanning ) . The courts think Sam isn't fit to be... |
429,719 | 1,173,088 | 120,689 | 7 | Mouse Hunt | ' The Green Mile'I have found many prison movies overrated . ' The Shawshank Redemption ' was good , perhaps great , but not the best movie ever ( according to the average IMDb . com user , the film is number two on the list of the best movies ever ) . It was actually quite a rip-off of ' Escape From Alcatraz , ' but t... |
429,319 | 1,173,088 | 271,237 | 7 | Really dumb and pointless | The beginning at least was interesting , but once out at sea the film took a turn for the worst , here's why : ACTING : Horrible , save a few small parts ( isn't that how it always is ? ) DIRECTION : It's all crazy , and we wonder " what WAS the director trying to show ? " But you learn you can't figure it out when the... |
429,498 | 1,173,088 | 348,150 | 7 | Good - not great . | Like he did with most movie buffs , Bryan Singer first attracted my attention with " The Usual Suspects . " The film had some directorial flaws that some of its die-hard fans occasionally tend to overlook - but it revealed true promise in its director . " X-Men " was the next step forward - the comeback ( or revolution... |
429,558 | 1,173,088 | 76,059 | 7 | A fun , enjoyable family movie albeit far from perfect . | Fun with Dick and Jane is a solid , well-made family movie , although it goes without saying that it's not perfect . Dick ( George Segal ) is a successful upper-class businessman who suddenly loses his job when his boss ( Ed McMahon ) fires him . His wife , Jane ( Jane Fonda ) , soon finds her world turned upside-dow... |
429,671 | 1,173,088 | 93,640 | 7 | A pretty good government thriller with some nice twists . . . | Having lived around the outskirts of Washington , D . C . myself , it's always a nice treat to watch a film that literally takes place right where I have stood , at one time or another . It's just very fun to know that a famous movie was shot where you once walked . ( Although I now regret visiting the set of " 101 Dal... |
429,712 | 1,173,088 | 120,601 | 7 | The director and actors of " Being John Malkovich " are having this dream , and to them it makes sense , but to the audience , it doesn't , because we are watching the dream from the outside - and that i | Being John MalkovichSome films released nowadays strive to be essentially original and in no way interesting . While " Being John Malkovich " is both original and interesting - to a certain degree - it is in no way a great movie . John Cusack plays a puppeteer named Craig , whom is married to a frizzle-haired woman nam... |
429,557 | 1,173,088 | 91,474 | 7 | About on par with " Silence of the Lambs " in my opinion | Manhunter was the first actual Hannibal Lector movie , although his name is " Lecktor " in this version . It was based off of the Thomas Harris novel " Red Dragon , " which writer-director Michael Mann adapted himself and transformed into a very different kind of film . It was remade in 2002 as " Red Dragon " starrin... |
430,072 | 1,173,088 | 147,800 | 7 | Pretty good overall | Based on Shakespeare's " Taming of the Shrew , " " 10 Things I Hate About You " offers a refreshing revival of the " good " teen films , as compared to the " typical " teen films . It's based on Shakespeare's story somewhat loosely . It's about a teenaged girl whose father will not allow her to date . Finally he comes ... |
431,057 | 1,173,088 | 120,623 | 7 | Pixar's Worst , But One of Animation's Finest in Recent Years . . . | Toy Story was rooted in the fundamentals of childhood memories . All of us as children just KNEW our toys were alive . That they could talk . In turn , we played with them as if they were real . But soon it hit us that they were just pieces of plastic with limbs , and tossed them out . That's what " Toy Story " did -... |
431,134 | 1,173,088 | 252,866 | 7 | Why does everyone hate this so much ? | I'll be first to admit that I hate teen comedies in general and typically frown upon most of them - I didn't even like " There's Something About Mary " too much , although I'm not sure it's really a " teen " film . I own all three " American Pie " films on DVD because they are one of the few teen series whose character... |
429,412 | 1,173,088 | 62,622 | 7 | I admire its theatrical scope but it has not aged well at all | As a critic , a lot of times it's hard to successfully evaluate a movie of classic stature . It's always a bit daunting and intimidating sitting down to watch a milestone classic for the first time . If you don't like it , what then ? I bought Stanley Kubrick's " 2001 " on DVD along with the ( far superior ) " Clockwor... |
430,100 | 1,173,088 | 120,004 | 7 | Actually quite fun - stupid B-movie , but that's the point | The cliches are all in place : - Hero and heroine - Lots of victims - Weird genetical mutation hybrid let loose in a confined area - All hell breaks looseIt might sound like ALIEN and I think that's the point . Tom Sizmore , as always , is great . The special effects at the end are rather shoddy , but it retains the fe... |
429,555 | 1,173,088 | 272,606 | 7 | Good for the kiddies and manages to be one of the better Disney original movies . . . | This is a fun , well-made family's movie with good intentions . It's based off of the once-popular Disney Channel series " The Famous Jett Jackson , " which I used to catch on TV once in a while . I always considered it the best of the Disney Channel TV shows ( the rest are all mostly lame and unfunny and repetitive ) ... |
430,055 | 1,173,088 | 104,694 | 7 | An interesting and entertaining study of women's baseball | I've seen this numerous times on cable over the years . While it isn't a perfect film , it is a nice little enjoyable flick for a Sunday afternoon - you could do worse . When the men were shipped off to fight in World War II , there wasn't anyone left to play baseball . Fearing financial losses , women were hired to fi... |
429,688 | 1,173,088 | 119,978 | 7 | A good film with great performances | This was one of Matt Damon's early performances that really helped separate him from Affleck in the acting department . He plays Rudy Baylor , a law school student who ( with the help of Danny DeVito's character ) tries to take on the bad guys of conglomerate America . I read the novel by John Grisham , a writer who ha... |
429,656 | 1,173,088 | 757,027 | 7 | South Park without the South Park | This episode was a stroke of genius by Trey and Matt . At the end of Season One they put a cliffhanger - who is Cartman's real father ? - and told viewers to tune in next season to find out . But then at the beginning of Season Two they aired a full episode of Terrence and Phillip instead ! Apparently they received man... |
430,201 | 1,173,088 | 315,327 | 7 | Almighty Then | Bruce Almighty is a lot like Jim Carrey's other projects . Which isn't to say it isn't funny , but it is quite recycled and doesn't pun some of the things it could and should have . Now don't get me wrong , it is anything but boring , and anything but unfunny . . . but it is a lot like his other projects . A funny do... |
430,024 | 1,173,088 | 93,886 | 7 | Very Steve Martin-ish . | If you're familiar with Steve Martin's stand-up , you'll know he opts for an odd mix of satire and excess . Cinematically his self-written " Roxanne " and " L . A . Story " capture his sense of humor the most prominently - Martin's always good in any role but these two films in particular best represent his sense of hu... |
429,427 | 1,173,088 | 276,751 | 7 | Good , But Took Quite a While to Get to Where it Was Going . . . | About a Boy Hugh Grant has been considered for the next James Bond according to a certain film magazine . Well , I for one forsee the downfall of James Bond as we know it . The considerations are a black actor , Hugh Grant , Christian Bale , and Jude Law , not to mention another black actor : Will Smith . Yes , you r... |
430,018 | 1,173,088 | 181,041 | 7 | I like ' dem french fried pertaters ! | This short spoof is a parody of the movies " Swingers " and " Sling Blade , " both independent films released in 1996 through Miramax Pictures . " Swing Blade " is about Karl Childers , the lovable retard from " Sling Blade , " and his attempts to pick up chicks on the " Swingers " scene . In one very funny part - a sp... |
430,952 | 1,173,088 | 427,944 | 7 | A witty satire that doesn't take sides on the smoking controversy . | A clever satire of the spin-world ( thanks largely to its cast and a witty script by Jason Reitman ) , Thank You For Smoking comes on like Wag the Dog via The Insider ? it's a painfully honest insight into the tobacco industry , led by the narration of Nick Naylor ( Aaron Eckhart ) , the Big Tobacco corporation's chief... |
430,763 | 1,173,088 | 111,333 | 7 | Whimsical children's tale , good animation and storytelling | It's been a little while since I had seen " The Swan Princess , " but I could distinctly recall many scenes from it . I'd always enjoyed it before , so I decided to watch it again - for the most part , it still holds up . Of course , it's a children's tale , so some slack must be given ; it's not going to be as well-ro... |
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