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2hide new secretions from the parental units 0
3contains no wit , only labored gags 0
4that loves its characters and communicates something rather beautiful about human nature 1
5remains utterly satisfied to remain the same throughout 0
6on the worst revenge-of-the-nerds clichés the filmmakers could dredge up 0
7that 's far too tragic to merit such superficial treatment 0
8demonstrates that the director of such hollywood blockbusters as patriot games can still turn out a small , personal film with an emotional wallop . 1
9of saucy 1
10a depressed fifteen-year-old 's suicidal poetry 0
11are more deeply thought through than in most ` right-thinking ' films 1
12goes to absurd lengths 0
13for those moviegoers who complain that ` they do n't make movies like they used to anymore 0
14the part where nothing 's happening , 0
15saw how bad this movie was 0
16lend some dignity to a dumb story 0
17the greatest musicians 1
18cold movie 0
19with his usual intelligence and subtlety 1
20redundant concept 0
21swimming is above all about a young woman 's face , and by casting an actress whose face projects that woman 's doubts and yearnings , it succeeds . 1
22equals the original and in some ways even betters it 1
23if anything , see it for karen black , who camps up a storm as a fringe feminist conspiracy theorist named dirty dick . 1
24a smile on your face 1
25comes from the brave , uninhibited performances 1
26excruciatingly unfunny and pitifully unromantic 0
27enriched by an imaginatively mixed cast of antic spirits 1
28which half of dragonfly is worse : the part where nothing 's happening , or the part where something 's happening 0
29in world cinema 1
30very good viewing alternative 1
31the plot is nothing but boilerplate clichés from start to finish , 0
32the action is stilted 0
33on all cylinders 1
34will find little of interest in this film , which is often preachy and poorly acted 0
35by far the worst movie of the year 0
36sit through , 0
37more than another `` best man '' clone by weaving a theme throughout this funny film 1
38it 's about issues most adults have to face in marriage and i think that 's what i liked about it -- the real issues tucked between the silly and crude storyline 1
39heroes 1
40oblivious to the existence of this film 0
41sharply 1
42the entire point of a shaggy dog story , of course , is that it goes nowhere , and this is classic nowheresville in every sense . 0
43sometimes dry 0
44as they come , already having been recycled more times than i 'd care to count 0
45covers this territory with wit and originality , suggesting that with his fourth feature 1
46a $ 40 million version of a game 0
47gorgeous and deceptively minimalist 1
48cross swords with the best of them and 1
49as a fringe feminist conspiracy theorist 0
50proves once again he has n't lost his touch , bringing off a superb performance in an admittedly middling film . 1
51disappointments 0
52the horrors 0
53a muddle splashed with bloody beauty as vivid as any scorsese has ever given us . 1
54many pointless 0
55a beautifully 1
56contrived , well-worn situations 0
57a doa 0
58poor ben bratt could n't find stardom if mapquest emailed him point-to-point driving directions . 0
59to be as subtle and touching as the son 's room 1
60starts with a legend 1
61far less sophisticated and 0
62rich veins of funny stuff in this movie 1
63no apparent joy 0
64shot on ugly digital video 0
65... a sour little movie at its core ; an exploration of the emptiness that underlay the relentless gaiety of the 1920 's ... the film 's ending has a `` what was it all for ? '' 0
66though ford and neeson capably hold our interest , but its just not a thrilling movie 0
67is pretty damned funny . 1
68we never feel anything for these characters 0
69's a lousy one at that 0
70the corporate circus that is the recording industry in the current climate of mergers and downsizing 0
71the storylines are woven together skilfully , the magnificent swooping aerial shots are breathtaking , and the overall experience is awesome . 1
72of the most highly-praised disappointments i 0
73sounds like a cruel deception carried out by men of marginal intelligence , with reactionary ideas about women and a total lack of empathy . 0
74seem fresh 1
75to the dustbin of history 0
76as a director , eastwood is off his game 0
77pays earnest homage to turntablists 1
78weak and 0
79skip this dreck , 0
80contains very few laughs and even less surprises 0
81film to affirm love 's power to help people endure almost unimaginable horror 1
82are an absolute joy 1
83generates 1
84, like life , is n't much fun without the highs and lows 1
85based on a true and historically significant story 1
86well-rounded tribute 1
87, though many of the actors throw off a spark or two when they first appear , they ca n't generate enough heat in this cold vacuum of a comedy to start a reaction . 0
88so much like a young robert deniro 1
89khouri manages , with terrific flair , to keep the extremes of screwball farce and blood-curdling family intensity on one continuum . 1
90fashioning an engrossing entertainment out 1
91spiffy animated feature 1
92that 's so sloppily written and cast that you can not believe anyone more central to the creation of bugsy than the caterer 0
93alternating between facetious comic parody and pulp melodrama , this smart-aleck movie ... tosses around some intriguing questions about the difference between human and android life 1
94strung-together moments 0
95, generous and subversive artworks 1
96it does n't follow the stale , standard , connect-the-dots storyline which has become commonplace in movies that explore the seamy underbelly of the criminal world 1
97funny yet 1
98overbearing and over-the-top 0
99it 's robert duvall ! 1
100rich and sudden wisdom 1
101acted and directed , it 's clear that washington most certainly has a new career ahead of him 1
102in memory 1
103respectable new one 1
104yet this grating showcase 0
105hate to tear your eyes away from the images long enough to read the subtitles 1
106addition to sporting one of the worst titles in recent cinematic history 0
107, this gender-bending comedy is generally quite funny . 1
108build some robots , haul 'em to the theater with you for the late show , and put on your own mystery science theatre 3000 tribute to what is almost certainly going to go down as the worst -- and only -- killer website movie of this or any other year 0
109do n't work in concert 0
110the direction has a fluid , no-nonsense authority , and the performances by harris , phifer and cam ` ron seal the deal . 1
111would have liked it more if it had just gone that one step further 1
112it 's too harsh to work as a piece of storytelling , 0
113hawaiian shirt 1
114takes a classic story , casts attractive and talented actors and uses a magnificent landscape to create a feature film that is wickedly fun to watch . 1
115provide its keenest pleasures 1
116altogether too slight to be called any kind of masterpiece 0
117grievous but 0
118after you laugh once ( maybe twice ) , you will have completely forgotten the movie by the time you get back to your car in the parking lot . 0
119hopeless 0
120unpretentious , charming , quirky , original 1
121nicks and steinberg match their own creations for pure venality -- that 's giving it the old college try . 0
122very well-written and very well-acted . 1
123are n't many conclusive answers in the film 0
124clumsy dialogue , heavy-handed phoney-feeling sentiment , 0
125proves a lovely trifle that , unfortunately , is a little too in love with its own cuteness . 0
126bring tissues . 1
127the film 's mid-to-low budget is betrayed by the surprisingly shoddy makeup work . 0
128brings the proper conviction to his role as ( jason bourne ) . 1
129as a young woman of great charm , generosity and diplomacy 1
130there 's something poignant about an artist of 90-plus years taking the effort to share his impressions of life and loss and time and art with us . 1
131just too silly 0
132cinematic bon bons 1
133it is supremely unfunny and unentertaining to watch middle-age and 0
134a lively and engaging examination of how similar obsessions can dominate a family . 1
135irritates and 0
136collapse 0
137so many of the challenges it poses for itself that one can forgive the film its flaws 1
138, it serves as a workable primer for the region 's recent history , and would make a terrific 10th-grade learning tool . 1
139wide-awake all the way through 1
140( vainly , i think ) 0
141is one big excuse to play one lewd scene after another . 0
142is effective if you stick with it 1
143that underscore the importance of family tradition and familial community 1
144delivers what it promises : a look at the `` wild ride '' that ensues when brash young men set out to conquer the online world with laptops , cell phones and sketchy business plans 1
145watching this digital-effects-heavy , supposed family-friendly comedy 0
146absolutely and completely ridiculous and 0
147's a very tasteful rock and roll movie . 1
148the movie is almost completely lacking in suspense , surprise and consistent emotional conviction . 0
149realistic portrayal 1
150as if trying to grab a lump of play-doh , the harder that liman tries to squeeze his story 0
151well-thought stunts or 1
152reveals how important our special talents can be when put in service of of others . 1
153no lika da 0
154a welcome relief 1
155the promise of digital filmmaking 1
156just one that could easily wait for your pay per view dollar 0
157justify a theatrical simulation of the death camp of auschwitz ii-birkenau 0
158extraordinary faith 1
159have i seen a film so willing to champion the fallibility of the human heart 1
160, sometimes beautiful adaptation 1
161about as interesting 0
162caruso sometimes descends into sub-tarantino cuteness ... but for the most part he makes sure the salton sea works the way a good noir should , keeping it tight and nasty . 1
163overlong , and bombastic 0
164derivative and hammily 0
165most audacious , outrageous , 1
166at its best moments 1
167disney again ransacks its archives for a quick-buck sequel . 0
168that final , beautiful scene 1
169some movies suck you in despite their flaws , 1
170eats , meddles , argues , laughs , kibbitzes and fights 1
171the problem with the film is whether these ambitions , laudable in themselves , justify a theatrical simulation of the death camp of auschwitz ii-birkenau . 0
172, compelling 1
173infectiously 1
174the picture runs a mere 84 minutes , but it 's no glance . 1
175think of this dog of a movie 0
176's remarkable procession of sweeping pictures that have reinvigorated the romance genre . 1
177those so-so films that could have been much better 0
178a passable date film 1
179imax in short 1
180i hate it . 0
181's pleasant enough -- and oozing with attractive men 1
182no one involved , save dash , shows the slightest aptitude for acting 0
183in this wildly uneven movie 0
184pokes , provokes , takes expressionistic license 1
185like one of ( spears ' ) music videos in content -- except that it goes on for at least 90 more minutes and , worse , that you have to pay if you want to see it 0
186with color and depth , and rather a good time 1
187silly , outrageous , ingenious 1
188being able to hit on a 15-year old when you 're over 100 0
189the story of trouble every day ... is so sketchy it amounts to little more than preliminary notes for a science-fiction horror film , and the movie 's fragmentary narrative style makes piecing the story together frustrating difficult . 0
190the year 's best and most unpredictable comedy 1
191starts off so bad that you feel like running out screaming 0
192men in black ii achieves ultimate insignificance -- it 's the sci-fi comedy spectacle as whiffle-ball epic . 0
193elvira fans could hardly ask for more . 1
194a good one 1
195, plodding picture 0
196the character dramas , which never reach satisfying conclusions 0
197lost in the translation this time 0
198speak for it while it forces you to ponder anew what a movie can be 1
199enables shafer to navigate spaces both large ... and small ... with considerable aplomb 1
200a plot cobbled together from largely flat and uncreative moments 0
201inane and awful 0
202told in scattered fashion 0
203takes chances that are bold by studio standards 1
204believe it or not , jason actually takes a backseat in his own film to special effects 0
205only thing to fear about `` fear dot com '' 0
206whole mess 0
207manages to infuse the rocky path to sibling reconciliation with flashes of warmth and gentle humor 1
208working from a surprisingly sensitive script co-written by gianni romoli ... ozpetek avoids most of the pitfalls you 'd expect in such a potentially sudsy set-up . 1
209a résumé loaded with credits like `` girl in bar # 3 0
210enjoy the ride 1
211very little to add beyond the dark visions already relayed by superb recent predecessors 0
212the , yes , snail-like pacing 0
213an extremely unpleasant film . 0
214if it is n't entirely persuasive , it does give exposure to some talented performers 1
215the whole affair , true story or not , feels incredibly hokey ... 0
216are all things we 've seen before 0
217poignant and leavened 1
218breathless anticipation 1
219significantly better 1
220as predictable as the tides 0
221bewilderingly brilliant and entertaining 1
222it 's smooth and professional 1
223, unassuming , subordinate 0
224the horror 0
225a technically superb film 1
226the positive change in tone here seems to have recharged him . 1
227pays earnest homage to turntablists and beat jugglers , old schoolers and current innovators 1
228a dim 0
229, vicious and absurd 0
230because he acts so goofy all the time 0
231to a kinetic life so teeming that even cranky adults may rediscover the quivering kid inside 1
232's at once laughable and compulsively watchable , 1
233merit its 103-minute length 1
234the value and respect for the term epic cinema 1
235as a dentist 's waiting room 0
236showing honest emotions 1
237amazingly lame . 0
238confessions may not be a straightforward bio 0
239seems a disappointingly thin slice of lower-class london life ; despite the title ... amounts to surprisingly little 0
240the story is bogus and 0
241this comic gem is as delightful as it is derivative . 1
242to spare wildlife 1
243ugly as the shabby digital photography 0
244understand the difference between dumb fun and just plain dumb 0
245traditionally structured 1
246frida is n't that much different from many a hollywood romance . 0
247does point the way for adventurous indian filmmakers toward a crossover into nonethnic markets . 1
248are worth the price of admission ... if `` gory mayhem '' is your idea of a good time 1
249was produced by jerry bruckheimer and directed by joel schumacher , and reflects the worst of their shallow styles : wildly overproduced , inadequately motivated every step of the way and demographically targeted to please every one ( and no one ) 0
250carnage and 0
251degraded , handheld blair witch video-cam footage 0
252second fiddle 0
253about the folly of superficiality that is itself 0
254serves as auto-critique , and its clumsiness as its own most damning censure . 0
255tedious norwegian offering which somehow snagged an oscar nomination . 0
256, esther kahn is unusual but unfortunately also irritating . 0
257a stylish exercise 1
258halfway through this picture i was beginning to hate it 0
259a setup so easy it borders on facile 0
260a thoroughly awful movie 0
261takes hold and grips hard 1
262look smeary and blurry , to the point of distraction 0
263the picture 's fascinating byways 1
264guns , cheatfully filmed martial arts , disintegrating bloodsucker computer effects and jagged camera moves 0
265breezy , distracted rhythms 0
266than this mess 0
267evanescent , seamless and sumptuous stream 1
268slick and manufactured to claim street credibility . 1
269take care is nicely performed by a quintet of actresses , 1
270valuable messages 1
271in no small part thanks to lau 1
272two guys who desperately want to be quentin tarantino when they grow up 0
273no new plot conceptions 0
274essentially a collection of bits -- 0
275does n't bode well for the rest of it 0
276elevated by it -- the kind of movie 1
277usual worst 0
278hugh grant , who has a good line in charm 1
279arrive early and stay late 1
280is a pan-american movie , with moments of genuine insight into the urban heart . 1
281i could have used my two hours better watching being john malkovich again . 0
282shot in artful , watery tones of blue , green and brown 1
283an unorthodox little film noir organized crime story that includes one of the strangest 1
284considerable aplomb 1
285acted by diane lane and richard gere . 1
286scant 0
287an admittedly middling film 1
288too ludicrous 0
289the rock 's fighting skills are more in line with steven seagal 1
290rich and full 1
291warm water under a red bridge is a celebration of feminine energy , a tribute to the power of women to heal . 1
292that uses a sensational , real-life 19th-century crime as a metaphor for 1
293, home movie will leave you wanting more , not to mention leaving you with some laughs and a smile on your face . 1
294, the film retains ambiguities that make it well worth watching . 1
295ultra-cheesy dialogue 0
296added depth and resonance 1
297the sensational 1
298huge-screen format to make an old-fashioned nature film that educates viewers with words and pictures while entertaining them 1
299handsome but unfulfilling suspense drama 0
300's not very good either . 0
301in her most charmless 0
302makes an unusual but pleasantly haunting debut behind the camera . 1
303a fine , rousing , g-rated family film , aimed mainly at little kids but with plenty of entertainment value to keep grown-ups from squirming in their seats . 1
304everything about girls ca n't swim , even its passages of sensitive observation , feels secondhand , familiar -- and not in a good way . 0
305the cast is spot on and 1
306ugly digital video 0
307can only love the players it brings to the fore for the gifted but no-nonsense human beings they are and for the still-inestimable contribution they have made to our shared history 1
308rather choppy 0
309becomes one more dumb high school comedy about sex gags and prom dates 0
310demands and receives excellent performances 1
311xxx is a blast of adrenalin , 1
312pure escapism 1
313create a film that 's not merely about kicking undead *** 1
314about love and culture 1
315is worse : 0
316horrifying 0
317mourns her tragedies in private 0
318the action scenes are poorly delivered 0
319it 's so bad 0
320so bad 0
321, 84 minutes is short 1
322dabbles all around , never gaining much momentum 0
323a masterpiece 1
324a lot to do with the casting of juliette binoche as sand , who brings to the role her pale , dark beauty and characteristic warmth 1
325does n't leave you with much . 0
326good acting 1
327like most of jaglom 's films , some of it is honestly affecting 1
328marivaux 's rhythms , and mira sorvino 's limitations as a classical actress 0
329is less successful on other levels 0
330's still quite worth seeing 1
331intelligent and moving . 1
332he appears miserable throughout as he swaggers through his scenes 0
333men 1
334accomplish what few sequels can 1
335a clunky tv-movie approach to detailing a chapter in the life of the celebrated irish playwright , poet and drinker 0
336i 'm not sure which half of dragonfly is worse : the part where nothing 's happening , or the part where something 's happening 0
337exhilarating , funny and fun . 1
338bound to appeal to women looking for a howlingly trashy time 1
339, it never quite makes the grade as tawdry trash . 0
340has the right stuff for silly summer entertainment and has enough laughs to sustain interest to the end . 1
341endearing , caring 1
342seagal , who looks more like danny aiello these days 1
343enactments , however fascinating they may be as history , are too crude to serve the work especially well . 0
344not everything in this ambitious comic escapade works , but coppola , along with his sister , sofia , is a real filmmaker 1
345the dehumanizing and ego-destroying process 0
346taboo subject matter 0
347see this 1
348utterly incompetent conclusion 0
349has always been part of for the most part wilde 's droll whimsy helps `` being earnest '' overcome its weaknesses and parker 's creative interference ... 1
350you find yourself rooting for gai 's character to avoid the fate that has befallen every other carmen before her 1
351run for cover 0
352low budget 0
353a deceptively casual ode 1
354walked out muttering words like `` horrible '' and `` terrible , '' 0
355help chicago make the transition from stage to screen with considerable appeal intact 1
356you have ellen pompeo sitting next to you for the ride 1
357a giant step backward 0
358true fans 1
359just copies 0
360quite rich and exciting 1
361luminous interviews and amazingly evocative film from three decades ago 1
362from lynch , jeunet , and von trier while failing to find a spark of its own 0
363, you ca n't help but get caught up in the thrill of the company 's astonishing growth . 1
364this frozen tundra soap opera 0
365a showdown 1
366is simply too overdone 0
367greatly 1
368free 1
369intriguing species 1
370try and evade 0
371scherfig , who has had a successful career in tv 1
372watching it leaves you giddy 1
373beautifully acted and directed , it 's clear that washington most certainly has a new career ahead of him if he so chooses . 1
374far tamer 0
375outrageously creative action 1
376the most purely enjoyable and satisfying evenings 1
377is never any question of how things will turn out 0
378only open new wounds 0
379despite suffering a sense-of-humour failure 0
380for a story 1
381in addition to hoffman 's powerful acting clinic 1
382right stuff 1
383the wonderful cinematography and naturalistic acting 1
384high-concept films 1
385sleepwalk through vulgarities in a sequel you can refuse 0
386with no reason for being 0
387just about all of the film is confusing on one level or another , making ararat far more demanding than it needs to be . 0
388invigorating , surreal , and resonant 1
389the chateau , a sense of light-heartedness , that makes it attractive throughout 1
390have a passion for the material 1
391maybe it is formula filmmaking , but there 's nothing wrong with that if the film is well-crafted and this one is . 1
392a movie that ca n't get sufficient distance from leroy 's 0
393romanticized rendering 1
394is terrific as rachel 1
395of special effects that run the gamut from cheesy to cheesier to cheesiest 0
396the worst film a man has made about women since valley of the dolls 0
397come , already having been recycled more times than i 'd care to count 0
398with awe 1
399joyous romp of a film . 1
400a nonstop hoot 1
401, partisans and sabotage 0
402gory as the scenes of torture and self-mutilation 0
403just as the recent argentine film son of the bride reminded us that a feel-good movie can still show real heart 1
404ub equally spoofs and celebrates the more outre aspects of ` black culture ' and the dorkier aspects of ` white culture , ' even as it points out how inseparable the two are . 1
405the package in which this fascinating -- and timely -- content comes wrapped is disappointingly generic . 0
406this obscenely bad dark comedy , so crass 0
407naomi watts is terrific as rachel ; her petite frame and vulnerable persona emphasising her plight and isolation 1
408exciting and 1
409schticky 0
410and in the best way 1
411of our most flamboyant female comics 1
412squareness that would make it the darling of many a kids-and-family-oriented cable channel 1
413( less a movie than ) an appalling , odoriferous thing ... so 0
414this film special 1
415of the amazing spider-man 1
416the stomach-turning violence 0
417could use a little more humanity 0
418not everything 0
419acquires an undeniable entertainment value as the slight , pale mr. broomfield continues to force himself on people and into situations that would make lesser men run for cover . 1
420a slow-moving police-procedural thriller 0
421a bad idea from frame one 0
422terrific , sweaty-palmed fun 1
423very funny joke 1
424volletta wallace 's maternal fury 0
425complex story 1
426atop wooden dialogue 0
427that it progresses in such a low-key manner that it risks monotony 0
428be burns 's strongest film since the brothers mcmullen 1
429ca n't miss it 1
430dover kosashvili 's outstanding feature debut so potent 1
431of the best short story writing 1
432it seeks excitement in manufactured high drama 0
433feeble comedy . 0
434an insult to every family 0
435it is essentially empty 0
436of the film 's problems 0
437makes my big fat greek wedding look like an apartheid drama 0
438is not even half the interest . 0
439never achieve the popularity of my big fat greek wedding 0
440`` auto focus '' works as an unusual biopic and document of male swingers in the playboy era 1
441right now , they 're merely signposts marking the slow , lingering death of imagination . 0
442appealing character quirks to forgive that still serious problem 1
443often lingers just as long on the irrelevant as on the engaging , which gradually turns what time is it there ? 0
444the energy it takes to describe how bad it is 0
445wait to see it then . 0
446could easily be called the best korean film of 2002 1
447largest-ever historical canvas 1
448a solid cast , assured direction and complete lack of modern day irony . 1
449comatose ballerinas 0
450oh-so-important 1
451of the road , where the thematic ironies are too obvious and the sexual politics too smug 0
452formulaic equations 0
453's a work that , with humor , warmth , and intelligence , captures a life interestingly lived 1
454deserve a passing grade 1
455you 're gon na like this movie . 1
456simply stupid , irrelevant 0
457weaves both the elements of the plot and a powerfully evocative mood combining heated sexuality with a haunting sense of malaise . 1
458a heavy-handed indictment of parental failings and 0
459felt performances across the board . 1
460seem weird and distanced 0
461has finally made a movie that is n't just offensive 1
462casual and fun 1
463plodding mess 0
464the weird thing about the santa clause 2 , purportedly a children 's movie , is that there is nothing in it to engage children emotionally . 0
465the film 's intimate camera work 1
466you 'll find yourself wishing that you and they were in another movie . 0
467of dishonesty 0
468as bestial 0
469as it is a loose collection of not-so-funny gags , scattered moments of lazy humor 0
470, they prove more distressing than suspenseful . 0
471crackles 1
472a fairly revealing study of its two main characters 1
473high drama , disney-style 1
474may be more genial than ingenious , but it gets the job done . 1
475, good action , good acting , good dialogue , good pace , good cinematography . 1
476her bully of a husband 0
477gaghan ... has thrown every suspenseful cliché in the book at this nonsensical story . 0
478the darker elements of misogyny and unprovoked violence suffocate the illumination created by the two daughters 0
479oozing , chilling and heart-warming 1
480stale retread 0
481filming the teeming life on the reefs 1
482an already thin story boils down to surviving invaders seeking an existent anti-virus . 0
483quite endearing . 1
484with fewer gags to break the tedium 0
485overbearing and 0
486deep deceptions 0
487things will turn out okay 1
488the paranoid claustrophobia of a submarine movie with the unsettling spookiness of the supernatural 1
489grand 1
490good-natured fun found in films like tremors 1
491betters it 1
492transfixes the audience 1
493moving and important 1
494dope 1
495an avid interest 1
496blessed with two fine , nuanced lead performances 1
497true star 1
498hampered -- no , paralyzed -- by a self-indulgent script ... 0
499is expressly for idiots who do n't care what kind of sewage they shovel into their mental gullets to simulate sustenance . 0
500is haunting ... ( it 's ) what punk rock music used to be , and what the video medium could use more of : spirit , perception , conviction 1
501which nurses plot holes gaping enough to pilot an entire olympic swim team through 0
502that 's both charming and well acted 1
503a bad blend 0
504the guy-in-a-dress genre 1
505director claude chabrol has become the master of innuendo . 1
506riveting and 1
507excruciatingly unfunny and pitifully unromantic . 0
508war movies 0
509an inuit masterpiece 1
510oscar 1
511the cliché-laden screenplay 0
512girlfriends are bad , wives are worse 0
513provide much more insight 1
514, and as easy to be bored by as your abc 's , 0
515what you wish for 1
516fluid and mesmerizing 1
517... a vivid , thoughtful , unapologetically raw coming-of-age tale full of sex , drugs and rock 'n' roll . 1
518it 's a testament to the film 's considerable charm that it succeeds in entertaining , despite playing out like a feature-length sitcom replete with stereotypical familial quandaries . 1
519ransacks 0
520lacks the charisma and ability to carry the film on his admittedly broad shoulders . 0
521book report 0
522leave the theater 0
523spousal abuse 0
524the director , with his fake backdrops and stately pacing , 0
525a diverse and astonishingly articulate cast of palestinian and israeli children . 1
526anyone who suffers through this film 0
527one carried by a strong sense of humanism 1
528for all its brilliant touches , dragon loses its fire midway , nearly flickering out by its perfunctory conclusion . 0
529another entertaining romp from robert rodriguez . 1
530directed with purpose and finesse by england 's roger mitchell , who handily makes the move from pleasing , relatively lightweight commercial fare such as notting hill to commercial fare with real thematic heft . 1
531it 'll probably be in video stores by christmas 0
532funny , triumphant , 1
533underachiever 0
534a film of ideas and wry comic mayhem 1
535of moviegoers for real characters and compelling plots 1
536dime-store ruminations 0
537worth a 1
538, reality shows -- reality shows for god 's sake ! 0
539whatever the movie 's sentimental , hypocritical lessons about sexism , its true colors come out in various wet t-shirt and shower scenes . 0
540'll cry for your money back 0
541enthralling 1
542is worse : the part where nothing 's happening , or the part where something 's happening 0
543like max rothman 's future , does not work . 0
544of quirky characters and an engaging story 1
545has the thrown-together feel of a summer-camp talent show : hastily written , underrehearsed , arbitrarily plotted and 0
546making kahlo 's art a living , 1
547bad run 0
548may just end up trying to drown yourself in a lake afterwards . 0
549many pleasures 1
550is worth searching out 1
551at this time , with this cast , this movie is hopeless 0
552time bombs 0
553balances both traditional or modern stories together in a manner that one never overwhelms the other . 1
554the surface histrionics failing to compensate for the paper-thin characterizations and facile situations 0
555plumbs uncharted depths of stupidity , incoherence and sub-sophomoric sexual banter . 0
556a sour taste in one 's mouth 0
557decent performance 1
558... familiar and predictable , and 4/5ths of it might as well have come from a xerox machine rather than ( writer-director ) franc . 0
559a headline-fresh thriller set among orthodox jews on the west bank , joseph cedar 's time of favor manages not only to find a compelling dramatic means of addressing a complex situation , it does so without compromising that complexity . 1
560responsible for one of the worst movies of one year 0
561appalling , shamelessly manipulative and contrived 0
562movie love 1
563human darkness 0
564understand that the idea of exploiting molestation for laughs is funny , not actually exploiting it yourself 0
565it 's too loud to shout insults at the screen 0
566's a long way from orwell 's dark , intelligent warning cry ( 1984 ) 0
567a coming-of-age film that avoids the cartoonish clichés and sneering humor of the genre as it provides a fresh view of an old type -- 1
568the perfect movie 1
569ardently waste viewers ' time with a gobbler like this 0
570oscar-sweeping franchise predecessor 1
571it sets out with no pretensions and delivers big time 1
572see how many times they can work the words `` radical '' or `` suck '' into a sentence 0
573give you enough to feel good about 1
574unexpectedly insightful 1
575allen 's romantic comedies so pertinent and enduring 1
576is an extraordinary film , not least 1
577a doubt 0
578maudlin or 0
579with the the wisdom and humor of its subjects 1
580a party-hearty teen flick that scalds like acid . 0
581the wan , thinly sketched story 0
582provide the funniest moments in this oddly sweet comedy about jokester highway patrolmen 1
583this romantic/comedy asks the question how much souvlaki can you take before indigestion sets in . 0
584again dazzle and delight us 1
585that beneath the familiar , funny surface is a far bigger , far more meaningful story than one in which little green men come to earth for harvesting purposes 1
586aspires to be more than another `` best man '' clone by weaving a theme throughout this funny film 1
587impresses as a skillfully assembled , highly polished and professional adaptation ... just about as chilling and unsettling as ` manhunter ' was . 1
588failure to construct a story with even a trace of dramatic interest 0
589but it also comes with the laziness and arrogance of a thing that already knows it 's won . 0
590it 's a frightful vanity film that , no doubt , pays off what debt miramax felt they owed to benigni . 0
591laughed at 1
592, future lizard endeavors will need to adhere more closely to the laws of laughter 0
593a philosophical void 0
594unlikable characters and a self-conscious sense 0
595intelligence or invention 1
596hot on the hardwood proves once again that a man in drag is not in and of himself funny . 0
597hopelessly juvenile 0
598shakespearean -- both in depth and breadth -- 1
599unique directing style 1
600required to give this comic slugfest some heart 0
601feel more like a non-stop cry for attention 0
602hip hop beat 1
603feel more like literary conceits than flesh-and-blood humans 0
604no explanation 0
605funniest and 1
606a chilly , remote , emotionally distant piece ... so dull that its tagline should be 0
607starts off witty and sophisticated and you 1
608a bargain-basement european pickup 0
609, but what really sets the film apart is debrauwer 's refusal to push the easy emotional buttons 1
610shines on all the characters , as the direction is intelligently accomplished 1
611taps into the primal fears of young people trying to cope with the mysterious and brutal nature of adults 1
612lead a group of talented friends astray 1
613it 's just weirdness for the sake of weirdness , and where human nature should be ingratiating , it 's just grating . 0
614this gentle , mesmerizing portrait 1
615genial is the conceit , this is one of those rare pictures that you root for throughout , 1
616draws the audience into the unexplainable pain and eccentricities that are attached to the concept of loss 1
617spliced together bits and pieces of midnight run and 48 hours ( and , for that matter , shrek ) 0
618is so busy making reference to other films and trying to be other films that it fails to have a heart , mind or humor of its own 0
619it lacks the compassion , good-natured humor and the level of insight that made ( eyre 's ) first film something of a sleeper success . 0
620handles it in the most unexpected way 1
621those eternally devoted to the insanity of black will have an intermittently good time . 1
622obscenely bad 0
623devastatingly 0
624i do n't see the point 0
625comes off like a bad imitation of the bard 0
626that excites the imagination and tickles the funny bone 1
627one of its strengths 1
628of masterpiece 1
629into this dream hispanic role with a teeth-clenching gusto 1
630stiff or just plain bad 0
631makes these lives count 1
632jolts the laughs from the audience -- 1
633a delightful stimulus 1
634has no point 0
635of isolation and frustration 0
636winning shot 1
637of its music or comic antics , but through the perverse pleasure of watching disney scrape the bottom of its own cracker barrel 0
638feeling guilty for it ... then , miracle of miracles , the movie does a flip-flop . 1
639lewis 1
640that there 's no other reason why anyone should bother remembering it 0
641bogdanovich puts history in perspective and , via kirsten dunst 's remarkable performance , he showcases davies as a young woman of great charm , generosity and diplomacy . 1
642father cliché 0
643domestic tension and unhappiness 0
644the effort is sincere and the results are honest , but the film is so bleak that it 's hardly watchable 0
645called the best korean film of 2002 1
646one of the best rock 1
647it forces you to watch people doing unpleasant things to each other and themselves 1
648of the holiday box office pie 1
649inexpressible and drab wannabe 0
650the hail of bullets , none of which ever seem to hit 0
651like an extended , open-ended poem than a traditionally structured story 1
652's about as convincing as any other arnie musclefest , but has a little too much resonance with real world events and 0
653to hate 0
654to be mesmerised 1
655the people who loved the 1989 paradiso will prefer this new version 1
656a lot of energy 1
657for its success on a patient viewer 1
658while tattoo borrows heavily from both seven and the silence of the lambs , it manages to maintain both a level of sophisticated intrigue and human-scale characters that suck the audience in . 1
659this may be burns 's strongest film since the brothers mcmullen . 1
660turned down 0
661timely , tongue-in-cheek 1
662undramatic 0
663the pile of useless actioners 0
664morton deserves an oscar nomination . 1
665weirdly engaging and unpredictable character pieces 1
666efficiency and an affection for the period 1
667manages to accomplish what few sequels can -- it equals the original and in some ways even betters it 1
668does not work . 0
669it is n't merely offensive 0
670tell a story about the vietnam war before the pathology set in 1
671it irrigates our souls . 1
672a hint of humor 1
673with a big heart 1
674a rollicking adventure for you and all your mateys , regardless of their ages 1
675its most immediate and most obvious pleasure 1
676there are laughs aplenty , and , as a bonus , viewers do n't have to worry about being subjected to farts , urine , feces , semen , or any of the other foul substances that have overrun modern-day comedies 1
677one of those rare films that seems as though it was written for no one , but somehow manages to convince almost everyone that it was put on the screen , just for them . 1
678made a decent ` intro ' documentary 1
679makes us see familiar issues , like racism and homophobia , in a fresh way . 1
680the film goes right over the edge and kills every sense of believability 0
681a beyond-lame satire , teddy bears ' picnic ranks among the most pitiful directing debuts by an esteemed writer-actor . 0
682emotional seesawing 0
683movies with the courage to go over the top and movies that do n't care about being stupid 1
684target audience has n't graduated from junior high school 0
685this intricately structured and well-realized drama 1
686embracing 1
687the film a celluloid litmus test for the intellectual and emotional pedigree of your date and a giant step backward for a director i admire 0
688a meditation on faith and madness , frailty is blood-curdling stuff . 1
689a pretty listless collection 0
690other than its oscar-sweeping franchise predecessor 1
691almost everyone growing up believes their family must look like `` the addams family '' to everyone looking in 1
692have been called freddy gets molested by a dog 0
693moody male hustler 0
694uselessly redundant and shamelessly money-grubbing than most third-rate horror sequels 0
695the film is filled with humorous observations about the general absurdity of modern life as seen through the eyes outsiders , but deftly manages to avoid many of the condescending stereotypes that so often plague films dealing with the mentally ill 1
696which is mostly a bore 0
697an entertaining mix of period drama and flat-out farce that should please history fans 1
698suspect that you 'll be as bored watching morvern callar as the characters are in it . 0
699the problems and characters it reveals are universal and involving , and the film itself -- as well its delightful cast -- is so breezy , pretty and gifted , it really won my heart . 1
700love this movie 1
701... the efforts of its star , kline , to lend some dignity to a dumb story are for naught . 0
702flat as the scruffy sands of its titular community 0
703liberal doses of dark humor , gorgeous exterior photography , and a stable-full of solid performances 1
704is badly edited , often awkwardly directed and suffers from the addition of a wholly unnecessary pre-credit sequence designed to give some of the characters a ` back story 0
705works smoothly 1
706with a creepy and dead-on performance 1
707might want to take a reality check before you pay the full ticket price to see `` simone , '' and consider a dvd rental instead . 0
708placed in the pantheon of the best of the swashbucklers 1
709a satisfyingly unsettling ride 1
710good a job as anyone 1
711, smart and complicated 1
712the intimate , unguarded moments of folks who live in unusual homes -- 0
713are pretty valuable these days 1
714( i ) t 's certainly laudable that the movie deals with hot-button issues in a comedic context , but barbershop is n't as funny as it should be . 0
715that the only rip off that we were aware of 0
716beautiful to watch and 1
717accentuating 1
718no quarter to anyone seeking to pull a cohesive story out of its 2 1/2 - hour running time 0
719a wonderful ensemble cast 1
720endear 1
721the truly funny bits 1
722's that painful . 0
723american beauty reeks 0
724clotted with heavy-handed symbolism , dime-store psychology and endless scenic shots that make 105 minutes seem twice as long 0
725without any of its sense of fun or energy 0
726be the cat 's meow 1
727's simply stupid , irrelevant and deeply 0
728wonderland adventure , a stalker thriller , and 1
729be part of 1
730cinema history as the only movie ever 1
731comes from a renowned indian film culture that allows americans to finally revel in its splendor 1
732accomplished oscar winners 1
733of those underrated professionals who deserve but rarely receive it 1
734we find ourselves surprised at how much we care about the story 1
735an all-time low 0
736enjoyed it just 1
737reacting to it - feeling a part of its grand locations , 1
738delivered with such conviction that it 's hard not to be carried away 1
739colorful , vibrant introduction 1
740the slow parade of human frailty fascinates you 1
741famuyiwa 's feature deals with its subject matter in a tasteful , intelligent manner , rather than forcing us to endure every plot contrivance that the cliché-riddled genre can offer . 1
742a laugh between them 1
743that gradually sneaks up on the audience 1
744photographic marvel 1
745is shockingly bad and absolutely unnecessary . 0
746gets vivid performances from her cast and pulls off some deft ally mcbeal-style fantasy sequences . 1
747the result , however well-intentioned , is ironically just the sort of disposable , kitchen-sink homage that illustrates why the whole is so often less than the sum of its parts in today 's hollywood . 0
748while not for every taste , this often very funny collegiate gross-out comedy goes a long way toward restoring the luster of the national lampoon film franchise , too long reduced to direct-to-video irrelevancy . 1
749wow ' factor 1
750hashiguchi covers this territory with wit and originality , suggesting that with his fourth feature -- the first to be released in the u.s. -- a major director is emerging in world cinema . 1
751brazil-like , hyper-real satire 1
752low on both suspense and payoff 0
753find a scathing portrayal of a powerful entity strangling the life out of the people who want to believe in it the most 1
754an absolute delight for all audiences 1
755would tax einstein 's brain . 0
756's its first sign of trouble 0
757ca n't believe anyone would really buy this stuff 0
758moonlight mile should strike a nerve in many . 1
759if ever such a dependable concept was botched in execution 0
760wedding feels a bit anachronistic . 0
761been lost in the translation this time 0
762revelatory performance 1
763the pianist like a surgeon mends a broken heart ; very meticulously but without any passion 0
764remains oddly detached 0
765that is more complex and honest than anything represented in a hollywood film 1
766nifty premise 1
767vein 1
768the wonderfully lush morvern callar is pure punk existentialism , and 1
769go down with a ship as leaky 0
770earnest movie 1
771effective enough 1
772showing us well-thought stunts or a car chase that we have n't seen 10,000 times 1
773make the film more silly than scary , like some sort of martha stewart decorating program run amok 0
774going at a rapid pace , 1
775still fun and enjoyable and 1
776a lazy exercise in bad filmmaking 0
777this thing is virtually unwatchable . 0
778's also undeniably exceedingly clever 1
779would ever work in a mcculloch production again if they looked at how this movie turned out 0
780an entertainment destination for the general public 1
781i have ever seen , constantly pulling the rug from underneath us , seeing things from new sides , plunging deeper , getting more intense . 1
782england 's roger mitchell , who handily makes the move from pleasing 1
783to the enduring strengths of women 1
784surprisingly faithful 1
785the numerous scenes 1
786exaggerated and 0
787takes a really long , slow and dreary time 0
788improved upon the first 1
789that might have made it an exhilarating 1
790k-19 : the widowmaker is a great yarn . 1
791humorless 0
792thank 1
793just because a walk to remember 1
794bite 0
795amounts to little more than punishment . 0
796the humor is recognizably plympton 1
797likeable thanks to its cast , its cuisine and its quirky tunes . 1
798makes piecing the story together frustrating difficult 0
799a fascinating , compelling story 1
800the film 's hero is a bore and his innocence soon becomes a questionable kind of inexcusable dumb innocence 0
801a fascinating , dark thriller that keeps you hooked on the delicious pulpiness of its lurid fiction . 1
802whimsical and relevant today 1
803see the it 1
804tackles the difficult subject of grief and loss 1
805grotesque narcissism 0
806funny and sad 1
807is , arguably , the most accomplished work to date from hong kong 's versatile stanley kwan . 1
808it wore me down 0
809be so stupid 0
810as refreshing 1
811what we get in feardotcom is more like something from a bad clive barker movie . 0
812has created a brilliant motion picture . 1
813from the clumsy cliché of the ugly american 0
814a beautiful food entrée 1
815us a slice of life that 's very different from our own and yet instantly recognizable 1
816the passive-aggressive psychology of co-dependence 0
817his story ends or just ca n't tear himself away from the characters 1
818does not live up to its style 0
819scenes of cinematic perfection 1
820love liza 's tale 1
821the type of film about growing up that we do n't see often enough these days : realistic , urgent 1
822first , for a movie that tries to be smart , it 's kinda dumb . 0
823go see this delightful comedy . 1
824worst sense 0
825propelled by the acting 1
826presents us with an action movie that actually has a brain . 1
827human nature is a goofball movie , in the way that malkovich was , but it tries too hard 0
828overplayed 0
829should be poignant 0
830'' feels capable of charming the masses with star power , a pop-induced score and sentimental moments that have become a spielberg trademark . 1
831visceral and dangerously honest revelations about the men and machines behind the curtains of our planet 1
832kirshner and monroe seem to be in a contest to see who can out-bad-act the other . 0
833mug shots 0
834the barbarism of ` ethnic cleansing 0
835another masterpiece 1
836an incredibly layered and stylistic film 1
837a classic story 1
838daring 1
839wo n't feel cheated by the high infidelity of unfaithful . 1
840haute 0
841convey a strong sense of the girls ' environment . 1
842ugly and 0
843a journey spanning nearly three decades of bittersweet camaraderie and history , in which we feel that we truly know what makes holly and marina tick 1
844any insight 1
845a well-intentioned effort that 's still too burdened by the actor 's offbeat sensibilities for the earnest emotional core to emerge with any degree of accessibility . 0
846passionate , tumultuous affair 1
847the kind of under-inspired , overblown enterprise that gives hollywood sequels a bad name 0
848an enjoyable experience . 1
849've had more interesting -- and , dare i say , thematically complex -- bowel movements than this long-on-the-shelf , point-and-shoot exercise in gimmicky crime drama . 0
850is a greater attention to the parents -- and particularly the fateful fathers -- in the emotional evolution of the two bewitched adolescents . 1
851well to cram earplugs 0
852who is simply tired 0
853it 's the little nuances that perhaps had to escape from director mark romanek 's self-conscious scrutiny to happen , that finally get under your skin 0
854both convincing and radiant 1
855smart and dark - 1
856emaciated flick 0
857jim brown treats his women -- as dumb , credulous , unassuming , subordinate subjects 0
858point at things that explode into flame 0
859jolts the laughs from the audience 1
860heralds something special 1
861has n't escaped the rut dug by the last one 0
862a perfect performance 1
863this cinema verite speculation on the assassination of john f. kennedy may have been inspired by blair witch , but it takes its techniques into such fresh territory that the film never feels derivative 1
864an unsuccessful attempt at a movie 0
865sometimes confusing 0
866superlative 1
867buy the soundtrack 1
868's sharply comic and surprisingly touching , 1
869a soap-opera quality twist in the last 20 minutes ... almost puts the kibosh on what is otherwise a sumptuous work of b-movie imagination . 0
870to change hackneyed concepts when it comes to dreaming up romantic comedies 0
871the folly of superficiality that is itself 0
872lumbering load 0
873a 95-minute commercial for nba properties 0
874though many of these guys are less than adorable 0
875peels layers from this character that may well not have existed on paper . 1
876is deadly dull 0
877inferior 0
878big-hearted and frequently 1
879striking deep chords of sadness 1
880laughs aplenty 1
881schaeffer is n't in this film , which may be why it works as well as it does . 1
882loud , ugly , irritating movie 0
883is impressive for the sights and sounds of the wondrous beats the world has to offer 1
884the scorpion king more than ably 1
885make a pretty good team 1
886lags badly in the middle and lurches between not-very-funny comedy , unconvincing dramatics and some last-minute action strongly reminiscent of run lola run 0
887does a great combination act as narrator , jewish grandmother and subject -- taking us through a film that is part biography , part entertainment and part history . 1
888bill plympton , the animation master 1
889impossible task 0
890that in a good way 1
891a watch that makes time go faster rather than 1
892very best pictures 1
893lack their idol 's energy and passion for detail 0
894and church meetings 1
895than in creating an emotionally complex , dramatically satisfying heroine 1
896compassionate 1
897will find in these characters ' foibles a timeless and unique perspective 1
898hugely entertaining from start to finish , featuring a fall from grace that still leaves shockwaves 1
899an ebullient affection 1
900somehow snagged an oscar nomination 0
901manages to show the gentle and humane side of middle eastern world politics 1
902` realistic ' 1
903nicely done 1
904a summer of good stuff 1
905the satire is just too easy to be genuinely satisfying . 0
906sustains 1
907neither is it as smart 0
908fare , with enough creative energy and wit to entertain all ages 1
909the movie is powerful and provocative . 1
910time literally stops on a dime in the tries-so-hard-to-be-cool `` clockstoppers , '' but that does n't mean it still wo n't feel like the longest 90 minutes of your movie-going life 0
911sharp edges and a deep vein of sadness 1
912those who do n't entirely ` get ' godard 's distinctive discourse will still come away with a sense of his reserved but existential poignancy . 1
913not only are the film 's sopranos gags incredibly dated and unfunny , they also demonstrate how desperate the makers of this ` we 're - doing-it-for - the-cash ' sequel were . 0
914'n safe as to often play like a milquetoast movie of the week blown up for the big screen 0
915like to skip but film buffs should get to know 1
916narrative discipline 1
917samuel l. jackson 1
918is this films reason for being . 1
919the old saying goes , because it 's true 1
920take any 12-year-old boy to see this picture 1
921aims for poetry and ends up sounding like satire 0
922come close to the level of intelligence and visual splendor that can be seen in other films 0
923embracing than monty 1
924is it hokey 0
925as assaults on america 's knee-jerk moral sanctimony 0
926that 's hardly any fun to watch 0
927get caught up in the thrill of the company 's astonishing growth 1
928it 's on par with the first one 1
929is moody , oozing , chilling and heart-warming all at once 1
930is an accuracy of observation in the work of the director , frank novak , that keeps the film grounded in an undeniable social realism 1
931is in the right place , his plea for democracy and civic action laudable 1
932above most of its ilk 1
933with spy kids 2 : the island of lost dreams , however , robert rodriguez adorns his family-film plot with an elegance and maturity that even most contemporary adult movies are lacking . 1
934from kevin kline who unfortunately works with a two star script 0
935change watching such a character , especially when rendered in as flat and 0
936i do n't think so . 0
937devotees of star trek ii : the wrath of khan will feel a nagging sense of deja vu , and the grandeur of the best next generation episodes is lacking 0
938is always a joy to watch , even when her material is not first-rate 1
939great to see this turd squashed under a truck , preferably a semi 0
940bile , and irony 0
941a faulty premise , 0
942haphazardness 0
943the plot grows thin soon , 0
944beloved-major 1
945by no means a great movie , but it is a refreshingly forthright one . 1
946crossing-over mumbo jumbo 0
947virtually unwatchable 0
948its premise is smart , but 1
949was amused and entertained by the unfolding of bielinsky 's cleverly constructed scenario , and greatly impressed by the skill of the actors involved in the enterprise . 1
950who seem bound and determined to duplicate bela lugosi 's now-cliched vampire accent 0
951light-hearted 1
952heavy with flabby rolls of typical toback machinations . 0
953to show us a good time 1
954pitiful , slapdash disaster . 0
955is one of the year 's best 1
956even witty 1
957a fierce dance 1
958crippled 0
959this piece of crap 0
960... the lady and the duke surprisingly manages never to grow boring ... which proves that rohmer still has a sense of his audience . 1
961the most wondrous love story in years , it is a great film . 1
962its story about a young chinese woman , ah na , who has come to new york city to replace past tragedy with the american dream 1
963particularly impressive 1
964in the process comes out looking like something wholly original 1
965submerging 1
966nearly as fresh or enjoyable 1
967miserable and smug 0
968my great pleasure 1
969it all unfolds predictably , and the adventures that happen along the way seem repetitive and designed to fill time , providing no real sense of suspense . 0
970fascinating , dark thriller 1
971more of the same from taiwanese auteur tsai ming-liang , which is good news to anyone who 's fallen under the sweet , melancholy spell of this unique director 's previous films . 1
972down the reality drain 0
973the only way to tolerate this insipid , brutally clueless film might be with a large dose of painkillers . 0
974a historic scandal 0
975that 's steeped in mystery and a ravishing , baroque beauty 1
976cool stuff packed into espn 's ultimate x. 1
977idea ( of middle-aged romance ) is not handled well and , except for the fine star performances 0
978their lamentations are pretty much self-centered 0
979a pretty decent kid-pleasing , 1
980of classic romantic comedy to which it aspires 1
981, bigelow demonstrates a breadth of vision and an attention to detail that propels her into the upper echelons of the directing world . 1
982is the refreshingly unhibited enthusiasm that the people , in spite of clearly evident poverty and hardship , bring to their music 1
983would n't have taken the protagonists a full hour to determine that in order to kill a zombie you must shoot it in the head 0
984give a pretty good overall picture of the situation in laramie following the murder of matthew shepard 1
985the fine line between cheese and earnestness remarkably well 1
986a documentary fails to live up to -- or offer any new insight into -- its chosen topic 0
987serious movie-goers embarking upon this journey 1
988insistent and repetitive 0
989nausea 0
990of survival wrapped in the heart-pounding suspense of a stylish psychological thriller 1
991no art 0
992seems to exist only for its climactic setpiece 0
993more silly than scary 0
994's funny . 1
995its execution and skill 1
996's coherent , well shot , and tartly 1
997you wish you were at home watching that movie instead of in the theater watching this one 0
998's no point in extracting the bare bones of byatt 's plot for purposes of bland hollywood romance 0
999underdeveloped 0
1000the jokes are flat 0
1001a heartening tale of small victories 1
1002suspense , intriguing characters and bizarre bank robberies , 1
1003a gritty police thriller with all the dysfunctional family dynamics one could wish for 1
1004with a wonderful ensemble cast of characters that bring the routine day to day struggles of the working class to life 1
1005nonetheless appreciates the art and reveals a music scene that transcends culture and race . 1
1006do we really need the tiger beat version ? 0
1007the disadvantage of also looking cheap 0
1008churn out one mediocre movie after another 0
1009once folks started hanging out at the barbershop , they never wanted to leave . 1
1010this 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 . 0
1011cheapo animation ( like saturday morning tv in the '60s ) , a complex sword-and-sorcery plot and characters who all have big round eyes and japanese names 0
1012sexual and romantic 1
1013what begins brightly 1
1014then just fell apart 0
1015despite its dry wit and compassion , the film suffers from a philosophical emptiness and maddeningly sedate pacing . 0
1016every top-notch british actor 1
1017is awful . 0
1018a deft sense of humor about itself , a playful spirit and a game cast 1
1019will nevertheless find moving 1
1020great 1
1021like `` horrible '' and `` terrible 0
1022provide an intense experience 1
1023is off-putting 0
1024gets bogged down over 140 minutes . 0
1025, this nicholas nickleby finds itself in reduced circumstances -- and , also like its hero , it remains brightly optimistic , coming through in the end . 1
1026a pack of dogs who are smarter than him 0
1027this is a very funny , heartwarming film . 1
1028with such provocative material 1
1029this film biggest problem ? 0
1030with all the dysfunctional family dynamics one could wish for 1
1031stylish and 1
1032it 's lost the politics and the social observation and become just another situation romance about a couple of saps stuck in an inarticulate screenplay . 0
1033measured against practically any like-themed film other than its oscar-sweeping franchise predecessor 1
1034are the uneven performances by the cast members , who seem bound and determined to duplicate bela lugosi 's now-cliched vampire accent 0
1035it plainly has no business going 0
1036a larger-than-life figure , 1
1037is truly gorgeous to behold 1
1038devos and cassel have tremendous chemistry -- 1
1039the most affecting depictions of a love affair 1
1040stereotypical caretakers 0
1041be surprised at the variety of tones in spielberg 's work 1
1042made eddie murphy a movie star and the man has n't aged a day . 1
1043yet permits laughter 1
1044marked by acute writing and a host of splendid performances . 1
1045some serious suspense 1
1046waster ' 0
1047an eerily suspenseful , deeply absorbing piece that works as a treatise on spirituality as well as a solid sci-fi thriller 1
1048salton sea surprisingly engrossing 1
1049no place for this story to go but down 0
1050can open the door to liberation . 1
1051are credited with the cliché-laden screenplay 0
1052another best of the year selection . 1
1053flat , 0
1054exceptional lead performances 1
1055positive impression 1
1056much of what 's on saturday morning tv especially the pseudo-educational stuff we all ca n't stand 0
1057that heralds something special 1
1058muddled , simplistic and more than a little pretentious . 0
1059dreamy 1
1060the animated sequences are well done and perfectly constructed to convey a sense of childhood imagination 1
1061the qualities 1
1062than losers 0
1063comedy that takes an astonishingly condescending attitude toward women 0
1064flashy , overlong soap 0
1065get the impression that writer and director burr steers knows the territory 1
1066's good to see michael caine whipping out the dirty words and punching people in the stomach again . 1
1067sweetheart 1
1068by no means a slam-dunk and sure to ultimately disappoint the action fans who will be moved to the edge of their seats by the dynamic first act 0
1069it still works . 1
1070some writer dude , i think his name was , uh , michael zaidan , was supposed to have like written the screenplay or something , but , dude 1
1071a well paced and satisfying little drama 1
1072begin to tell you how tedious , how resolutely unamusing , how thoroughly unrewarding all of this is , and what a reckless squandering of four fine acting talents 0
1073loves 1
1074, dopey old 0
1075because it was so endlessly , grotesquely , inventive 1
1076wrenching performances 1
1077kids , spirit 1
1078the star who helped give a spark to `` chasing amy '' and `` changing lanes '' falls flat as thinking man cia agent jack ryan in this summer 's new action film , `` the sum of all fears 0
1079escapes the precious trappings of most romantic comedies , infusing into the story very real 1
1080trouble every day is a success in some sense , but it 's hard to like a film so cold and dead 0
1081quickly becomes a tiresome cliché 0
1082unlike so many other hollywood movies of its ilk 1
1083a perceptive , good-natured movie 1
1084keep the movie slaloming through its hackneyed elements with enjoyable ease 1
1085be completely forgettable 0
1086it 's nice to see piscopo again after all these years 1
1087low-brow humor , gratuitous violence 0
1088the best of a growing strain of daring films 1
1089gripping portrait 1
1090it 's actually watchable 1
1091an ebullient tunisian film about the startling transformation of a tradition-bound widow who is drawn into the exotic world of belly dancing . 1
1092a bland animated sequel 0
1093his films 1
1094a stab at soccer hooliganism , a double-barreled rip-off of quentin tarantino 's climactic shootout -- and 0
1095festival 1
1096trouble every day is a plodding mess . 0
1097to be consumed and forgotten 0
1098, the screenplay by billy ray and terry george leaves something to be desired . 0
1099its one-sidedness 0
1100, thought-provoking film 1
1101uneven film 0
1102is n't heated properly , so that it ends up 0
1103takes off in totally unexpected directions and 1
1104tried as a war criminal 0
1105is a genre-curling crime story that revives the free-wheeling noir spirit of old french cinema . 1
1106can only point the way -- but thank goodness for this signpost 1
1107to make such a worthless film 0
1108a celebrated wonder in the spotlight 1
1109devoid of any of the qualities that made the first film so special . 0
1110a technically superb film , 1
1111a waterlogged version of ` fatal attraction ' for the teeny-bopper set ... 0
1112to maintain both a level of sophisticated intrigue and human-scale characters that suck the audience in 1
1113what a reckless squandering 0
1114assured , glossy and shot through with brittle desperation 1
1115off-beat and fanciful 1
1116its exquisite acting , inventive screenplay , mesmerizing music , and 1
1117like one long , meandering sketch inspired by the works of john waters and todd solondz , rather than a fully developed story 0
1118by the ensemble cast , the flat dialogue by vincent r. nebrida or the gutless direction by laurice guillen 0
1119time-consuming 0
1120charlotte sometimes is a gem . 1
1121is n't nearly surprising or clever enough to sustain a reasonable degree of suspense on its own 0
1122so skeeved out that they 'd need a shower 1
1123can outgag any of those young whippersnappers making moving pictures today 1
1124a little too ponderous to work as shallow entertainment , not remotely incisive enough to qualify as drama , monsoon wedding serves mostly to whet one 's appetite for the bollywood films . 0
1125epic treatment of a nationwide blight 1
1126fresh-faced 1
1127the profoundly devastating events of one year ago and the slow , painful healing process that has followed in their wake 0
1128mr. nelson has made a film that is an undeniably worthy and devastating experience . 1
1129the film 's desire to be liked sometimes undermines the possibility for an exploration of the thornier aspects of the nature/nurture argument in regards to homosexuality . 0
1130worth a recommendation 1
1131bigger 1
1132our best achievements and other times 1
1133sandra bullock and hugh grant make a great team , 1
1134everything 's serious , poetic , earnest and -- sadly -- dull . 0
1135in private 1
1136has a caffeinated , sloppy brilliance , sparkling with ideas you wish had been developed with more care , but 1
1137of anti-semitism ever seen on screen 0
1138ends with a story that is so far-fetched it would be impossible to believe if it were n't true 0
1139makes the banger sisters a fascinating character study with laughs to spare 1
1140invigorating about 1
1141's mildly entertaining , 1
1142it 's about family 1
1143life and love 1
1144questionable 0
1145a twist 1
1146with leonine power 1
1147quiet , patient and tenacious as mr. lopez himself 1
1148gaps in their relationships 0
1149we 've seen the hippie-turned-yuppie plot before , but 0
1150it 's supposed to be a romantic comedy - it suffers from too much norma rae and not enough pretty woman . 0
1151badly edited 0
1152run out of clever ideas and visual gags about halfway through 0
1153i am baffled by jason x. 0
1154to set and shoot a movie at the cannes film festival 1
1155a smoother , more focused 1
1156is not first-rate 0
1157are relegated to the background -- a welcome step forward from the sally jesse raphael atmosphere of films like philadelphia and american beauty . 1
1158zealand coming-of-age movie 1
1159dramatize life 's messiness from inside out , in all its strange quirks 1
1160p.t. anderson understands the grandness of romance and how love is the great equalizer that can calm us of our daily ills and bring out joys in our lives that we never knew were possible 1
1161rises above superficiality . 1
1162a sort of geriatric dirty harry , which will please eastwood 's loyal fans -- and suits the story , wherein our hero must ride roughshod over incompetent cops to get his man 1
1163comes across as a fairly weak retooling . 0
1164masterful british actor ian holm 1
1165the hearts and minds 1
1166conventional -- lots of boring talking heads , etc. -- to do the subject matter justice 0
1167deemed important enough to make a film in which someone has to be hired to portray richard dawson 1
1168blab 0
1169is standard crime drama fare ... instantly forgettable and thoroughly dull . 0
1170-- that you should never forget 1
1171has little to do with the story , which becomes something about how lame it is to try and evade your responsibilities and that you should never , ever , leave a large dog alone with a toddler 0
1172more than ably 1
1173and a terrible story 0
1174's that painful 0
1175is a monumental achievement 1
1176a zippy 96 minutes of mediocre special effects , hoary dialogue , fluxing accents , and -- worst of all -- silly-looking morlocks . 0
1177comedic writing 1
1178humorous and touching . 1
1179of logic and misuse of two fine actors , morgan freeman and ashley judd 0
1180it 's easy to love robin tunney 1
1181i like that smith , he 's not making fun of these people , he 's not laughing at them . 1
1182a guilty-pleasure , daytime-drama sort 1
1183, the grey zone attempts to be grandiloquent , but ends up merely pretentious -- in a grisly sort of way . 0
1184what little atmosphere is generated by the shadowy lighting , macabre sets , and endless rain is offset by the sheer ugliness of everything else . 0
1185more graceful way 1
1186an uninspired preachy and clichéd war film . 0
1187will turn out 1
1188it 's the worst movie i 've seen this summer 0
1189perfect material 1
1190one of the most frantic , virulent and foul-natured christmas season pics ever delivered by a hollywood studio 0
1191( seagal 's ) strenuous attempt at a change in expression 0
1192gooding is the energetic frontman , and it 's hard to resist his enthusiasm , even if the filmmakers come up with nothing original in the way of slapstick sequences . 1
1193promisingly but disintegrates into a dreary , humorless soap opera . 0
1194offbeat humor , amusing characters , and a happy ending 1
1195in a grisly sort of way 0
1196nothing going for it other than its exploitive array of obligatory cheap 0
1197more frustrating 0
1198lacks both a purpose and a strong pulse 0
1199there are laughs aplenty , and 1
1200lifted from terry gilliam 's subconscious , pressed through kafka 's meat grinder and into buñuel 's casings 1
1201of sleaziness 0
1202this too-long , spoofy update 0
1203shoddy male hip hop fantasy 0
1204, cynical 0
1205like puppies with broken legs 0
1206that should attract upscale audiences hungry for quality and a nostalgic , twisty yarn that will keep them guessing 1
1207knock back a beer with but they 're simply not funny performers 0
1208excited about on this dvd 1
1209just is n't as weird as it ought to be . 0
1210should have a stirring time at this beautifully drawn movie 1
1211as the remarkable ensemble cast brings them to life 1
1212many of the things that made the first one charming 1
1213as if by cattle prod 0
1214struggling 0
1215beautiful paean 1
1216entertaining and , ultimately , more perceptive 1
1217all about the benjamins evokes the bottom tier of blaxploitation flicks from the 1970s . 0
1218begins like a docu-drama but builds its multi-character story with a flourish . 1
1219dickens ' wonderfully sprawling soap opera , the better 1
1220dreadfulness 0
1221it 's not very interesting . 0
1222the film is , arguably , the most accomplished work to date from hong kong 's versatile stanley kwan . 1
1223a treatise on spirituality as well as a solid sci-fi thriller 1
1224out 0
1225it does n't take a rocket scientist to figure out that this is a mormon family movie , and a sappy , preachy one at that . 0
1226an all-around good time at the movies 1
1227humor in i spy is so anemic . 0
1228the by now intolerable morbidity 0
1229touched by the film 's conviction 1
1230a spoof comedy 1
1231it would fit chan like a $ 99 bargain-basement special . 0
1232seem tired and , 0
1233one of the saddest action hero performances ever witnessed 0
1234pointed , often tender , examination 1
1235touching reflection 1
1236a smartly directed , grown-up film 1
1237help overcome the problematic script . 0
1238show-stoppingly hilarious , but scathingly witty 1
1239this fascinating portrait of a modern lothario 1
1240put together a bold biographical fantasia 1
1241slow and ponderous , but rohmer 's drama builds to an intense indoor drama about compassion , sacrifice , and christian love in the face of political corruption . 1
1242as underwater ghost stories go , below casts its spooky net out into the atlantic ocean and spits it back , grizzled and charred , somewhere northwest of the bermuda triangle . 0
1243drowned me 0
1244a movie character more unattractive or odorous ( than leon ) 0
1245haneke 's script ( from elfriede jelinek 's novel ) is contrived , unmotivated , and psychologically unpersuasive , with an inconclusive ending . 0
1246though the film is well-intentioned , one could rent the original and get the same love story and parable . 1
1247, scoob and shag do n't eat enough during the film . ' 0
1248a screwed-up man 0
1249rumblings 0
1250an incredibly thoughtful , deeply meditative picture 1
1251sharp comedy , old-fashioned monster movie atmospherics , and genuine heart 1
1252lightweight filmmaking 0
1253and satirical touches 1
1254is depressing , ruthlessly pained and depraved , the movie equivalent of staring into an open wound . 0
1255a bracing truth that 's refreshing after the phoniness of female-bonding pictures like divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood 1
1256hackneyed concepts 0
1257a heartbreakingly thoughtful minor classic , the work of a genuine and singular artist . 1
1258remarkably fuddled about motives and context , which drains it of the dramatic substance that would shake us in our boots ( or cinema seats ) 0
1259a powerful sequel and one of the best films of the year . 1
1260as well-written as sexy beast , not as gloriously flippant as lock , stock and two smoking barrels , but stylish and moody and 1
1261wickedly undramatic 0
1262a legendary professor 1
1263is magnetic as graham 1
1264has a bracing truth that 's refreshing after the phoniness of female-bonding pictures like divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood . 1
1265deserves a place of honor next to nanook as a landmark in film history . 1
1266to watch too many barney videos 1
1267be able to look away for a second 1
1268heartfelt performances 1
1269a legacy 1
1270an evil , monstrous lunatic 0
1271smoky and inviting 1
1272the wisdom and humor 1
1273saw the potential success inherent in the mixture of bullock bubble and hugh goo 1
1274excruciatingly tedious 0
1275beyond redemption 0
1276the intoxicating fumes and emotional ghosts of a freshly painted rembrandt 1
1277sleep-inducing 0
1278coen brothers 1
1279never rises above mediocrity 0
1280no doubt intended the film to affirm love 's power to help people endure almost unimaginable horror 1
1281well , it probably wo n't have you swinging from the trees hooting it 's praises , but it 's definitely worth taking a look . 1
1282farts 0
1283a wonderful tale of love and destiny 1
1284the fourth `` pokemon '' is a diverting -- if predictable -- adventure suitable for a matinee , with a message that cautions children about disturbing the world 's delicate ecological balance . 1
1285've seen the hippie-turned-yuppie plot before 0
1286patchy combination of soap opera , low-tech magic realism and , at times , ploddingly sociological commentary . 0
1287hackneyed and meanspirited 0
1288makes a meal of it 1
1289the film does n't have enough innovation or pizazz to attract teenagers , and 0
1290mckay seems embarrassed by his own invention and tries to rush through the intermediary passages , apparently hoping that the audience will not notice the glaring triteness of the plot device he has put in service . 0
1291the unacceptable 0
1292violent , vulgar and forgettably entertaining . 0
1293shockingly bad 0
1294run of the mill 0
1295is n't a very 0
1296most amazing super-sized dosage 1
1297is cruel , misanthropic stuff with only weak claims to surrealism and black comedy . 0
1298spies 0
12994ever has the same sledgehammer appeal as pokemon videos , 0
1300laugh-a-minute crowd pleaser 1
1301the opulent lushness 1
1302( allen ) manages to breathe life into this somewhat tired premise . 1
1303the writing and direction to the soggy performances 0
1304went back 1
1305unfunny 0
1306good film 1
1307a simplistic narrative and 1
1308plodding , peevish and gimmicky . 0
1309finely written 1
1310attentive 1
1311a canny crowd pleaser , 1
1312real and amusing 1
1313a dependable concept 1
1314straight from the saturday morning cartoons 0
1315least 0
1316very light 1
1317thoughtful dialogue elbowed aside by one-liners , and a visual style that incorporates rotoscope animation for no apparent reason except 0
1318dying a slow death 0
1319some good material in their story about a retail clerk wanting more out of life 1
1320lack contrast , are murky and are frequently too dark to be decipherable . 0
1321under the skin of a man we only know as an evil , monstrous lunatic 0
1322transporting is that it 's also one of the smartest 1
1323reminiscent of gong li and a vivid personality 1
1324to convince almost everyone that it was put on the screen , just for them 1
1325downright intoxicating 1
1326with ` bowling for columbine , ' michael moore gives us the perfect starting point for a national conversation about guns , violence , and fear . 1
1327especially the pseudo-educational stuff we all ca n't stand 0
1328vaporize from your memory minutes 0
1329energetic 1
1330's the inimitable diaz , holding it all together . 1
1331decrepit 0
1332two guys yelling in your face for two hours 0
1333bloody beauty as vivid 1
1334cold , sterile and lacking any color or warmth 0
1335is not handled well 0
1336long and eventful 1
1337, after only three films , director/co-writer jacques audiard , though little known in this country , belongs in the very top rank of french filmmakers 1
1338suffocating 0
1339has considerable charm 1
1340for its extraordinary intelligence and originality 1
1341stink 0
1342good-bad that makes eight legged freaks a perfectly entertaining summer diversion 1
1343the milieu is wholly unconvincing ... and the histrionics reach a truly annoying pitch 0
1344kids will love its fantasy and adventure 1
1345( or role , or edit , or score , or anything , really 0
1346, to my great pleasure , 1
1347one of the most entertaining bonds in years 1
1348in a standard plot 0
1349the moral shrapnel and mental shellshock will linger long after this film has ended . 1
1350been written so well , that even a simple `` goddammit 1
1351b movies 0
1352to address his own world war ii experience in his signature style 1
1353from others in its genre in that it is does not rely on dumb gags , anatomical humor , or character cliches 1
1354draws on an elegant visual sense and a talent 1
1355be one of those movies barely registering a blip on the radar screen of 2002 0
1356for pretentious arts majors 0
1357see a movie with its heart 1
1358reek of a script 0
1359bottom tier 0
1360delivers a powerful commentary on how governments lie , no matter who runs them 1
1361an admirable reconstruction of terrible events 1
1362's a tribute to the actress , and to her inventive director 1
1363as john ritter 's glory days 1
1364fights a good fight 1
1365is god 1
1366floating narrative 1
1367stand in future years as an eloquent memorial to the world trade center tragedy 1
1368a screenplay that forces them into bizarre , implausible behavior 0
1369of this dog of a movie 0
1370too bad kramer could n't make a guest appearance to liven things up . 0
1371plays like a bad blend of an overripe episode of tv 's dawson 's creek and a recycled and dumbed-down version of love story . 0
1372yet depressing film 0
1373does pack some serious suspense . 1
1374descends into such message-mongering moralism 0
1375gripping humanity 1
1376fall fast asleep 0
1377virtually no aftertaste 0
1378inane and unimaginative 0
1379's no surprise that as a director washington demands and receives excellent performances , 1
1380bound 1
1381self-absorbed 0
1382see the forest for the trees 1
1383's a feel-good movie about which you can actually feel good 1
1384intolerable company 0
1385talky , artificial and opaque 0
1386for one splendidly cast pair 1
1387underneath such a mountain of clichés and borrowed images 0
1388falsehoods pile up , undermining the movie 's reality and stifling its creator 's comic voice . 0
1389convincing as this bland blank of a man with unimaginable demons 0
1390are ... impeccable throughout . 1
1391driven by a fantastic dual performance from ian holm ... the film is funny , insightfully human and a delightful lark for history buffs 1
1392horror/action hybrid 1
1393of the finest films of the year 1
1394lives up to the stories and faces and music of the men who are its subject . 1
1395that at the very least has a spark of life to it -- more than you can say for plenty of movies that flow through the hollywood pipeline without a hitch 1
1396director paul cox 's unorthodox , abstract approach to visualizing nijinsky 's diaries is both stimulating and demanding . 1
1397is too long with too little going on 0
1398much needed 1
1399jones and snipes are enthralling 1
1400that this is a serious work by an important director who has something new to say about how , in the flip-flop of courtship , we often reel in when we should be playing out 1
1401participation 1
1402you can smell the grease on the plot 0
1403such master screenwriting comes courtesy of john pogue , the yale grad who previously gave us `` the skulls '' and 1
1404human impulses that grew hideously twisted 0
1405still fun and enjoyable 1
1406this is a movie filled with unlikable , spiteful idiots ; whether or not their friendship is salvaged 0
1407a completely spooky piece of business that gets under your skin and , some plot blips aside , 1
1408often overwritten 0
1409to please audiences who like movies that demand four hankies 1
1410nearly impossible 0
1411down-to-earth bullock 1
1412is an accuracy of observation in the work of the director , frank novak , that keeps the film grounded in an undeniable social realism . 1
1413proves once again he has n't lost his touch , bringing off a superb performance in an admittedly middling film 1
1414one-hour mark 1
1415the first bond movie in ages that is n't fake fun 1
1416not constant bloodshed 1
1417offers no new insight on the matter 0
1418you can take the grandkids or the grandparents and never worry about anyone being bored 1
1419overwhelmingly 1
1420spanning nearly three decades of bittersweet camaraderie and history , in which we feel that we truly know what makes holly and marina tick 1
1421tastelessness and gall 0
1422bad action-movie line 0
1423grows 1
1424as it does because ( the leads ) are such a companionable couple 1
1425contrived , unmotivated , and psychologically unpersuasive 0
1426the film is way too full of itself ; it 's stuffy and pretentious in a give-me-an-oscar kind of way 0
1427any true emotional connection or identification frustratingly 0
1428caliber 1
1429balanced film 1
1430of run-of-the-mill profanity 0
1431feel like three hours . 0
1432excites the imagination and tickles the funny bone 1
1433is built on a potentially interesting idea 1
1434is confusing on one level or another , making ararat far more demanding than it needs to be 0
1435laughably 0
1436been kind enough to share it 1
1437of bland hotels , highways , parking lots 0
1438with a large dose of painkillers 0
1439liked a lot of the smaller scenes 1
1440wastes 0
1441continues to cut a swathe through mainstream hollywood , while retaining an integrity and refusing to compromise his vision . 1
1442, mind-numbingly , indescribably bad 0
1443there 's real visual charge to the filmmaking , 1
1444a river of sadness that pours into every frame 1
1445menacing 0
1446incessantly 0
1447bears about as much resemblance to the experiences of most battered women as spider-man does to the experiences of most teenagers . 0
1448that you 've spent the past 20 minutes looking at your watch 0
1449at existing photos 1
1450helmer hudlin tries to make a hip comedy , 0
1451as funny nor 0
1452gangs excels in spectacle and pacing . 1
1453we want the funk - and this movie 's got it 1
1454creates a fluid and mesmerizing sequence of images to match the words of nijinsky 's diaries . 1
1455devos and cassel have tremendous chemistry -- their sexual and romantic tension , while never really vocalized , is palpable . 1
1456lacks balance 0
1457hard pressed to succumb to the call of the wild 0
1458revelatory nor truly edgy -- merely crassly flamboyant and comedically labored . 0
1459tv 1
1460an entertaining british hybrid of comedy , caper thrills and quirky romance . 1
1461demonstrating vividly 1
1462it 's sweet and fluffy at the time , 1
1463marks an encouraging new direction for la salle . 1
1464a powerful , inflammatory film 1
1465favor of tradition and warmth 1
1466begins on a high note and 1
1467has much to recommend it 1
1468a vibrant , colorful , semimusical rendition 1
1469a simple tale 1
1470despicable characters 0
1471` it 's like having an old friend for dinner ' . 1
1472, 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 . 0
1473this amiable picture 1
1474that keeps dickens evergreen : the exuberant openness with which he expresses our most basic emotions 1
1475a markedly inactive film 0
1476saves this deeply affecting film 1
1477cold , nervy and memorable 1
1478exercise in sham actor workshops and an affected malaise 0
1479the gratuitous cinematic distractions 0
1480manages to nail the spirit-crushing ennui of denuded urban living without giving in to it . 1
1481the interviews that follow , with the practitioners of this ancient indian practice , are as subtle and as enigmatic 1
1482insanely hilarious 1
1483does n't work because there is no foundation for it 0
1484surprise us 1
1485relative modesty 1
1486coppola , along with his sister , sofia , is a real filmmaker 1
1487remove spider-man the movie from its red herring surroundings and it 's apparent that this is one summer film that satisfies . 1
1488, if good-hearted , movie . 1
1489makes even elizabeth hurley seem graceless and ugly . 0
1490inhale this gutter romancer 's secondhand material 0
1491no pastry is violated 1
1492is very difficult 0
1493i 'll buy the soundtrack . 1
1494hardly an objective documentary , but it 's great cinematic polemic 1
1495is virtually without context -- journalistic or historical 0
1496to the genre and another first-rate performance 1
1497an adventurous young talent 1
1498predictable in the reassuring manner of a beautifully sung holiday carol 1
1499intricate plot 1
1500, 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 . 0
1501to it -- as if the director is trying to dupe the viewer into taking it all as very important simply because the movie is ugly to look at and not a hollywood product 0
1502will strike some westerners as verging on mumbo-jumbo 0
1503as i laughed throughout the movie 1
1504impossibly contrived situations 0
1505fails to fulfill its own ambitious goals 0
1506a moral tale with a twisted sense of humor 1
1507is the best ` old neighborhood ' project 1
1508others will find their humor-seeking dollars best spent elsewhere . 0
1509make italian for beginners worth the journey 1
1510most good-hearted 1
1511a chilling tale of one of the great crimes of 20th century france 1
1512a competent , unpretentious entertainment destined to fill the after-school slot at shopping mall theaters across the country . 1
1513poignant and funny 1
1514thanks to a small star with big heart 1
1515impersonal and abstract 0
1516it 's a glorious spectacle like those d.w. griffith made in the early days of silent film . 1
1517-- the real issues tucked between the silly and crude storyline 0
1518if you 're a fan of the series you 'll love it and probably want to see it twice . 1
1519it misses a major opportunity to be truly revelatory about his psyche . 0
1520the nonstop artifice ultimately proves tiresome , with the surface histrionics failing to compensate for the paper-thin characterizations and facile situations . 0
1521too many chefs fussing over too weak a recipe 0
1522accents so good 1
1523a classy , sprightly spin on film 1
1524an original 1
1525a thing that already knows it 's won 1
1526as punching bags 1
1527nothing to sneeze at these days 1
1528ms. paltrow employs to authenticate her british persona 0
1529good-natured 1
1530star to play second fiddle to the dull effects that allow the suit to come to life 0
1531's both degrading and strangely liberating to see people working so hard at leading lives of sexy intrigue , only to be revealed by the dispassionate gantz brothers as ordinary , pasty lumpen 1
1532brought to life on the big screen 1
1533an entertaining movie 1
1534is a very funny , heartwarming film . 1
1535more than a widget cranked out on an assembly line to see if stupid americans will get a kick out of goofy brits with cute accents performing ages-old slapstick and unfunny tricks 0
1536encounter in a place where war has savaged the lives and liberties of the poor and the dispossessed . 0
1537that gets under your skin 1
1538be half as entertaining as it is 1
1539turn out to be a bit of a cheat in the end 0
1540a rote exercise in both animation and storytelling . 0
1541a rollicking adventure for you 1
1542that even its target audience talked all the way through it 0
1543prickly indie comedy 0
1544halfway through this picture i was beginning to hate it , and , of course 0
1545ethics 1
1546that rare animal known as ' a perfect family film 1
1547other feel-good fiascos like antwone fisher or the emperor 's club any time 1
1548and crude film 0
1549could n't find stardom if mapquest emailed him point-to-point driving directions . 0
1550with real world events 1
1551it is depressing , ruthlessly pained and depraved , the movie equivalent of staring into an open wound . 0
1552mcgrath has deftly trimmed dickens ' wonderfully sprawling soap opera , the better to focus on the hero 's odyssey from cowering poverty to courage and happiness . 1
1553sanctimonious , self-righteous and 0
1554it 's got all the familiar bruckheimer elements , and schumacher does probably as good a job as anyone at bringing off the hopkins/rock collision of acting styles and onscreen personas 1
1555acceptable , occasionally very enjoyable 1
1556one of those crass , contrived sequels that not only fails on its own , but makes you second-guess your affection for the original 0
1557the spy kids franchise establishes itself as a durable part of the movie landscape : a james bond series for kids . 1
1558is why anybody picked it up . 0
1559vibrantly colored and beautifully designed , metropolis is a feast for the eyes . 1
1560like some sort of martha stewart decorating program run amok 0
1561seems to have been ` it 's just a kids ' flick 0
1562that takes itself all too seriously 0
1563with a deft sense of humor about itself , a playful spirit and a game cast 1
1564has a dashing and resourceful hero ; a lisping , reptilian villain ; big fights ; big hair ; lavish period scenery ; and a story just complicated enough to let you bask in your own cleverness as you figure it out . 1
1565even slightly wised-up kids would quickly change the channel 0
1566through their consistently sensitive and often exciting treatment of an ignored people 1
1567the picture uses humor and a heartfelt conviction to tell a story about discovering your destination in life , but also acknowledging the places , and the people , from whence you came . 1
1568's remarkable procession of sweeping pictures that have reinvigorated the romance genre 1
1569the piano teacher is not an easy film . 0
1570manages the rare trick of seeming at once both refreshingly different and reassuringly familiar 1
1571daft by half ... but supremely good natured 1
1572much power 1
1573of carnage 0
1574this picture 1
1575increasingly diverse french director 1
1576muddled , simplistic and more than a little pretentious 0
1577features nonsensical and laughable plotting 0
1578served by the movie 's sophomoric blend of shenanigans and slapstick 0
1579's plenty to offend everyone 0
1580reduces the complexities to bromides and slogans 0
1581save their children 1
1582that 's old-fashioned in all the best possible ways 1
1583surprisingly touching 1
1584come along that turns me into that annoying specimen of humanity that i usually dread encountering the most - the fanboy 1
1585worked five years ago but has since lost its fizz 0
1586's one of the worst of the entire franchise . 0
1587, the rest of us will be lulled into a coma . 0
1588an obvious rapport with her actors 1
1589a cinematic disaster so inadvertently sidesplitting it 's worth the price of admission for the ridicule factor alone . 0
1590existential exploration 1
1591road movie , coming-of-age story and political satire 1
1592commercialism all in the same movie ... without neglecting character development for even one minute 1
1593may not be cutting-edge indie filmmaking 0
1594inspire anything more than a visit to mcdonald 's , let alone 0
1595both shrill and soporific , and because everything 0
1596sinister 0
1597than a modem that disconnects every 10 seconds 0
1598aground 0
1599amazing 1
1600have an opportunity to triumphantly sermonize 1
1601for that comes through all too painfully in the execution 0
1602open-ended questions 1
1603like brosnan 's performance 1
1604counting a few gross-out comedies i 've been trying to forget 0
1605sense is a movie that deserves recommendation 1
1606the road 1
1607phrase ` life affirming ' 1
1608an airless , prepackaged julia roberts wannabe 0
1609little more than a well-mounted history lesson . 0
1610to the film 's music 1
1611and dog lovers 1
1612moving tale 1
1613no surprises 0
1614crawls along 0
1615sure mainstream audiences will be baffled 0
1616begins to resemble the shapeless , grasping actors ' workshop that it is . 0
1617oddly humorous to tediously sentimental 1
1618grabs you in the dark and shakes you vigorously for its duration . 1
1619lonely 0
1620it 's the type of film about growing up that we do n't see often enough these days : realistic , urgent 1
1621there is a certain sense of experimentation and improvisation to this film that may not always work , but 0
1622has been 1
1623, cry and realize , 0
1624does its best to work us over , with second helpings of love , romance , tragedy , false dawns , real dawns , comic relief , two separate crises during marriage ceremonies , and the lush scenery of the cotswolds . 1
1625told well by a master 1
1626from a ploddingly melodramatic structure 0
1627a show forged in still-raw emotions 1
1628to seem as long as the two year affair which is its subject 0
1629of those crass , contrived sequels that not only fails on its own , but makes you second-guess your affection for the original 0
1630captivates 1
1631much of the cast is stiff or just plain bad . 0
1632drag along the dead ( water ) weight of the other 0
1633you could fit all of pootie tang in between its punchlines 0
1634the filling 1
1635it 's mildly interesting to ponder the peculiar american style of justice that plays out here , but 1
1636angelina jolie 's surprising flair for self-deprecating comedy 1
1637queasy-stomached 0
1638the ` ick ' in ` classic 0
1639very choppy and monosyllabic 0
1640psychedelic devices , special effects and backgrounds , 1
1641fails so fundamentally on every conventional level that it achieves some kind of goofy grandeur 0
1642a film really has to be exceptional to justify a three hour running time , and 1
1643welcome with audiences 1
1644everything in maid in manhattan is exceedingly pleasant , designed not to offend . 1
1645the gorgeous locales and exceptional lead performances 1
1646startling story 1
1647do with imagination 1
1648rage 0
1649dumplings 1
1650more interesting -- and , dare i say , 1
1651exactly assured in its execution 1
1652'll keep watching the skies for his next project 1
1653as tiresome as 9 0
1654plot , characters , 1
1655does not work 0
1656that prevents them from firing on all cylinders 0
1657seem self-consciously poetic and 1
1658back to a time when movies had more to do with imagination than market research . 1
1659has the stomach-knotting suspense of a legal thriller , while the testimony of witnesses lends the film a resonant undertone of tragedy 1
1660authentic account of a historical event that 's far too tragic to merit such superficial treatment 0
1661satisfying 1
1662revolutionary spirit 1
1663a crowd-pleaser , but then , 1
1664anemic , 0
1665a rather simplistic one : grief drives her , love drives him , and a second chance to find love in the most unlikely place 1
1666spielberg 's first real masterpiece 1
1667the plot ( other than its one good idea ) and the movie 's inescapable air of sleaziness 0
1668the obstacles of a predictable outcome and a screenplay that glosses over rafael 's evolution 0
1669is a confusing melange of tones and styles , one moment a romantic trifle and the next a turgid drama . 0
1670while peppering the pages with memorable zingers 1
1671falls short on tension , eloquence , spiritual challenge -- things that have made the original new testament stories so compelling for 20 centuries . 0
1672, truths emerge . 1
1673those words 1
1674the film has a terrific look and salma hayek has a feel for the character at all stages of her life . 1
1675by cliches , painful improbability and murky points 0
1676generous , inspiring film 1
1677tossed off 0
1678this shocking testament to anti-semitism and neo-fascism 0
1679of more appealing holiday-season product 1
1680sloppy , made-for-movie comedy special 0
1681a thoughtful and unflinching examination of an alternative lifestyle 1
1682like a giant commercial for universal studios , where much of the action takes place 0
1683dialogue and sharp 1
1684the stunt work is top-notch ; the dialogue and drama often food-spittingly funny . 1
1685graduated 1
1686nohe 's documentary about the event is sympathetic without being gullible 1
1687enriched 1
1688to take an entirely stale concept and push it through the audience 's meat grinder one more time 0
1689a pretty decent kid-pleasing 1
1690unrecoverable 0
1691that manages to invest real humor 1
1692articulate , grown-up voice 1
1693commercialism all in the same movie 0
1694nifty 1
1695's an exhilarating place to visit , this laboratory of laughter . 1
1696a thoughtful movie , a movie that is concerned with souls and risk and schemes and the consequences of one 's actions . 1
1697some delightful work on indie projects 1
1698making up for any flaws that come later 1
1699terrific effort 1
1700the courage to go over the top and movies that do n't care about being stupid 1
1701xmas 1
1702, it does give exposure to some talented performers 1
1703a cheap scam 0
1704once one experiences mr. haneke 's own sadistic tendencies toward his audience , one is left with a sour taste in one 's mouth , and little else . 0
1705does all of this , and more , while remaining one of the most savagely hilarious social critics this side of jonathan swift . 1
1706falling into the hollywood trap and making a vanity project with nothing new to offer 0
1707paints a grand picture of an era and 1
1708of a balanced film that explains the zeitgeist that is the x games 1
1709the film runs on a little longer than it needs to -- muccino either does n't notice when his story ends or just ca n't tear himself away from the characters -- 0
1710it is a likable story , told with competence . 1
1711originality is sorely lacking . 0
1712especially because half past dead is like the rock on a wal-mart budget 0
1713the emotional overload of female angst irreparably drags the film down . 0
1714balanced by a rich visual clarity and deeply 1
1715along the way -- myriad signs , if you will -- that beneath the familiar , funny surface is a far bigger , far more meaningful story than one in which little green men come to earth for harvesting purposes 1
1716no-nonsense authority 1
1717idiocy 0
1718moviegoers for real characters and compelling plots 1
1719, visually graceful 1
1720sappiness 0
1721the picture uses humor and a heartfelt conviction to tell a story about discovering your destination in life , but also acknowledging the places , and the people , from whence you came 1
1722loose 0
1723looking and stylish 1
1724the three leads produce adequate performances , but 1
1725drug abuse , infidelity and death are n't usually comedy fare , but turpin 's film allows us to chuckle through the angst 1
1726a beautiful film to watch 1
1727writer-director david jacobson 1
1728's on saturday morning tv especially the pseudo-educational stuff we all ca n't stand 0
1729neither romantic nor comedic 0
1730the movie dawdle 0
1731with fewer deliberate laughs , more inadvertent ones and stunningly trite songs 0
1732good-natured and sometimes quite funny 1
1733a complete waste of time 0
1734largely devoid 0
1735to cheesier to cheesiest 0
1736piece , a model of menacing atmosphere 1
1737of last summer 's bloated effects 0
1738a low-budget series on a uhf channel 0
1739satisfyingly scarifying , fresh and old-fashioned at the same time . 1
1740proved too difficult a text to ` lick , ' despite the efforts of a first-rate cast 0
1741use a few good laughs 1
1742someone made off with your wallet 0
1743's a smartly directed , grown-up film of ideas . 1
1744dodge this one 0
1745this low-rent -- and even lower-wit -- rip-off of the farrelly brothers ' oeuvre 0
1746played game of absurd plot twists , idiotic court maneuvers and stupid characters that even freeman ca n't save it . 0
1747this does not really make the case the kissinger should be tried as a war criminal . 0
1748benefit enormously from the cockettes ' camera craziness 1
1749in its sparkling beauty 1
1750`` brown sugar '' admirably aspires to be more than another `` best man '' clone by weaving a theme throughout this funny film . 1
1751features one of the most affecting depictions of a love affair ever committed to film . 1
1752( gulpilil ) is a commanding screen presence 1
1753lively 1
1754it seem fresh again 1
1755tends to pile too many `` serious issues '' on its plate at times , yet 0
1756good guys and 1
1757the movie is silly beyond comprehension , and 0
1758the dialogue and drama often food-spittingly funny 1
1759clumsily staged violence overshadows everything , including most of the actors . 0
1760cannibal lust above the ordinary 1
1761spinning a web of dazzling entertainment may be overstating it 1
1762will remind them that hong kong action cinema is still alive and kicking . 1
1763feels secondhand , familiar -- and not in a good way 0
1764spectacularly 1
1765construct a story with even a trace of dramatic interest 0
1766conjures up the intoxicating fumes and emotional ghosts of a freshly painted rembrandt 1
1767to break the tedium 0
1768the ridiculousness 0
1769well-done film 1
1770's not that funny 0
1771inhuman cinematic punishment 0
1772of its epic scope 1
1773pretends to be passionate and truthful but is really frustratingly timid and soggy 0
1774of heartfelt performances 1
1775fans of gosford park have come to assume is just another day of brit cinema 0
1776poetic road movie 1
1777play like a milquetoast movie of the week blown up for the big screen 0
1778there 's nothing like love to give a movie a b-12 shot , and cq shimmers with it . 1
1779you 've figured out late marriage 1
1780one of those rare films that come by once in a while with flawless amounts of acting , direction , story and pace . 1
1781teddy bears ' picnic ranks 1
1782dismissed heroes would be a film that is n't this painfully forced , false and fabricated 0
1783right place 1
1784oddly sweet 1
1785a recycled and dumbed-down version of love story 0
1786pacino and williams seem to keep upping the ante on each other , just as their characters do in the film . 1
1787so second-rate 0
1788an old-fashioned but emotionally stirring adventure tale of the kind they 1
1789a frustrating patchwork : an uneasy marriage of louis begley 's source novel ( about schmidt ) and an old payne screenplay 0
1790engaging characters 1
1791, twisted , brilliant and macabre 1
1792a heavy-handed indictment of parental failings and the indifference of spanish social workers and legal system towards child abuse 0
1793tootsie knockoff . 0
1794need movies like tim mccann 's revolution no. 9 . 1
1795britney spears ' phoniness is nothing compared to the movie 's contrived , lame screenplay and listless direction . 0
1796unfortunately , that 's precisely what arthur dong 's family fundamentals does . 0
1797than what 's been cobbled together onscreen 0
1798deftly captures the wise-beyond-her-years teen 1
1799a wild comedy that could only spring from the demented mind 1
1800expresses our most basic emotions 1
1801for the most part , the weight of water comes off as a two-way time-switching myopic mystery that stalls in its lackluster gear of emotional blandness . 0
1802huge gap 0
1803a very moving and revelatory footnote 1
1804a non-mystery mystery . 0
1805fascinating -- and timely -- content 1
1806loneliness and the chilly anonymity of the environments where so many of us spend so much of our time 0
1807a smart and funny , albeit sometimes superficial , cautionary tale of a technology in search of an artist 1
1808gut-clutching piece 1
1809becomes just another voyeuristic spectacle , to be consumed and forgotten . 0
1810subjugate truth 1
1811the shallow sensationalism characteristic of soap opera 0
1812with the lazy material and the finished product 's unshapely look 0
1813to remember 1
1814is a real filmmaker 1
1815a great film noir 1
1816this film , which is often preachy and poorly acted 0
1817disappointing in comparison to other recent war movies 0
1818is that it does n't make any sense 0
1819a talky bore 0
1820bristles with passion and energy 1
1821a successful career 1
1822is a genial romance that maintains a surprisingly buoyant tone throughout , notwithstanding some of the writers ' sporadic dips into pop freudianism . 1
1823as brave and challenging 1
1824above pat inspirational status 1
1825beautifully filmed 1
1826moving , and adventurous 1
1827somewhat cumbersome 0
1828place and personal identity 1
1829with plenty of entertainment value 1
1830a dazzling dream of a documentary 1
1831* corpus and its amiable jerking 0
1832serious subject matter and dark , funny humor 1
1833is unusual , food-for-thought cinema that 's as entertaining as it is instructive 1
1834bland murder-on-campus 0
1835tear your eyes away 0
1836the sort of low-grade dreck that usually goes straight to video -- with a lousy script , inept direction , pathetic acting , poorly dubbed dialogue and murky cinematography , complete with visible boom mikes 0
1837dickens ' words 1
1838satisfying destination 1
1839arguably the best script that besson has written in years . 1
1840its rough-around-the-edges , low-budget constraints 0
1841many went to see the attraction for the sole reason that it was hot outside and there was air conditioning inside , and 0
1842fun one 1
1843to no particularly memorable effect 0
1844ignoring what the filmmakers clearly believe 0
1845highly predictable narrative 0
1846translating complex characters from novels to the big screen is an impossible task but they are true to the essence of what it is to be ya-ya 1
1847, you realize there 's no place for this story to go but down 0
1848none-too-original 0
1849romp that has something to say . 1
1850zone '' episode 1
1851a stultifyingly obvious one 0
1852, you 'll like promises . 1
1853it 's kind of sad that so many people put so much time and energy into this turkey . 0
1854turntablism 1
1855is well worth seeing 1
1856the strain is all too evident 0
1857unlike 0
1858upon which to hang broad , mildly fleshed-out characters that seem to have been conjured up only 10 minutes prior to filming 0
1859bother if you 're going to subjugate truth to the tear-jerking demands of soap opera 0
1860documented the cruelty and suffering he has found with an devastating , eloquent clarity 1
1861with which it tries to pump life into overworked elements from eastwood 's dirty harry period 0
1862painful and 0
1863dismiss -- moody 0
1864sorry use of aaliyah in her one and only starring role 0
1865the fetid underbelly of fame 0
1866, i would go back and choose to skip it . 0
1867worked 1
1868expected 0
1869anybody who enjoys quirky , fun , popcorn movies with a touch of silliness and a little 1
1870of war-torn croatia 0
1871terrific as nadia , a russian mail-order bride who comes to america speaking not a word of english 1
1872director randall wallace 's flag-waving war flick with a core of decency 1
1873humor , warmth , and 1
1874that few will bother thinking it all through 0
1875want my money back . 0
1876dong never pushes for insights beyond the superficial tensions of the dynamic he 's dissecting 0
1877are of the highest and the performances attractive without being memorable . 1
1878that holds interest in the midst of a mushy , existential exploration of why men leave their families 1
1879is off . 0
1880eyre is on his way to becoming the american indian spike lee . 1
1881incessant 0
1882when all is said and done , she loves them to pieces -- and so , i trust , will you . 1
1883talk to her is not the perfect movie many have made it out to be 0
1884witless and utterly pointless . 0
1885aims to be funny , uplifting and moving , sometimes 1
1886loose , poorly structured 0
1887of good-natured fun found in films like tremors 1
1888examine , the interior lives of the characters in his film , much less 0
1889is one of those rare docs that paints a grand picture of an era and makes the journey feel like a party 1
1890just does n't add up . 0
1891a powerful and telling story 1
1892that freshly considers arguments the bard 's immortal plays 1
1893pomposity 0
1894the cast delivers without sham the raw-nerved story . 1
1895a winning family story 1
1896never catches fire 0
1897much of it comes from the brave , uninhibited performances by its lead actors . 1
1898missing from the girls ' big-screen blowout 1
1899from charismatic rising star jake gyllenhaal but also from accomplished oscar winners susan sarandon , dustin hoffman and holly hunter , yet newcomer ellen pompeo pulls off the feat with aplomb 1
1900the paradiso 's rusted-out ruin and ultimate collapse during the film 's final ( restored ) third ... 0
1901much fun 1
1902in recompense : a few early laughs scattered around a plot 1
1903of a poetic 1
1904the most entertaining moments here are unintentional . 1
1905great director 1
1906and , thanks to the presence of ` the king , ' it also rocks . 1
1907his martial artistry 1
1908a little-remembered world 1
1909an authentic feel 1
1910`` sweet home alabama '' is what it is -- a nice , harmless date film ... 1
1911all of dean 's mannerisms and self-indulgence , but none of his sweetness and vulnerability 0
1912not quite as miraculous as its dreamworks makers would have you believe , but it more than adequately fills the eyes and stirs the emotions 1
1913the smarter offerings 1
1914as the long-faced sad sack 0
1915all the more poignant by the incessant use of cell phones 0
1916playful but highly studied and dependent for its success on a patient viewer 1
1917director m. night shyamalan can weave an eerie spell 1
1918negativity 0
1919does a great combination act as narrator , jewish grandmother and subject -- 1
1920brian tufano 's handsome widescreen photography and paul grabowsky 's excellent music 1
1921's too much forced drama in this wildly uneven movie , about a young man 's battle with his inescapable past and uncertain future in a very shapable but largely unfulfilling present 0
1922steven spielberg has dreamed up such blatant and sickening product placement in a movie . 0
1923and it 's not that funny -- which is just generally insulting . 0
1924jostling against farce , thoughtful dialogue elbowed aside by one-liners , and a visual style that incorporates rotoscope animation for no apparent reason except , 0
1925a late-inning twist that just does n't make sense 0
1926is without doubt an artist of uncompromising vision , but that vision is beginning to feel , if not morally bankrupt , at least terribly monotonous 0
1927to shine through the gloomy film noir veil 0
1928of the year 's most enjoyable releases 1
1929a bittersweet drama about the limbo of grief and how truth-telling can open the door to liberation . 1
1930a delightful , if minor , pastry 1
1931the latest gimmick from this unimaginative comedian 0
1932the film lacks momentum and its position remains mostly undeterminable 0
1933vulgar , sexist , racist humor 0
1934offbeat humor 1
1935finds warmth in the coldest environment and makes each crumb of emotional comfort 1
1936viewers do n't have to worry about being subjected to farts , urine , feces , semen , or any of the other foul substances that have overrun modern-day comedies 1
1937in the director 's cut , the film is not only a love song to the movies but it also is more fully an example of the kind of lush , all-enveloping movie experience it rhapsodizes . 1
1938enough to give you brain strain 0
1939this bad 0
1940in sham actor workshops and an affected malaise 0
1941ca n't remember the last time i saw worse stunt editing or cheaper action movie production values than in extreme ops 0
1942downplays the raunch in favor of gags that rely on the strength of their own cleverness as opposed to the extent of their outrageousness 1
1943a couple hours of summertime 1
1944to confident filmmaking and a pair of fascinating performances 1
1945pleasingly 1
1946a complete mess 0
1947so perfect 1
1948's impossible to care 0
1949cutting hollywood satire 1
1950directors abandon their scripts and go where the moment takes them 1
1951this wretchedly unfunny wannabe comedy is inane and awful - 0
1952terms of the low-grade cheese standards on which it operates 0
1953sometimes improbable story 0
1954sitting open too long 0
1955the fact that the film idiotically uses the website feardotcom.com or the improperly hammy performance from poor stephen rea 0
1956a peculiar malaise 0
1957a step further , richer and 1
1958freshman 1
1959welles groupie/scholar peter bogdanovich took a long time to do it , but he 's finally provided his own broadside at publishing giant william randolph hearst 1
1960an actress 1
1961its cheesy screenplay 0
1962a tricky tightrope between being wickedly funny and just plain wicked 1
1963never really busts out of its comfy little cell 0
1964is hollow , self-indulgent , and - worst of all - boring 0
1965sustain the buoyant energy level of the film 's city beginnings 1
1966are tops 1
1967a pointed , often tender , examination of the pros and cons of unconditional 1
1968create and sustain a mood 1
1969as a real movie 1
1970of seeing justice served 1
1971entertaining enough , but nothing new 0
1972leaden and 0
1973that most every aggrieved father cliché has been unturned 0
1974americans to finally revel in its splendor 1
1975delicious pulpiness 1
1976notwithstanding some of the writers ' sporadic dips 0
1977it 's better than one might expect when you look at the list of movies starring ice-t in a major role . 1
1978ellen pompeo sitting next to you for the ride 1
1979a ` girls gone wild ' video for the boho art-house crowd , the burning sensation is n't a definitive counter-cultural document 0
1980useful in telling the story , which is paper-thin and decidedly unoriginal 0
1981is its utter sincerity 1
1982the ticket you need 1
1983the kind of ` laugh therapy ' 1
1984passes for sex in the movies look like cheap hysterics 0
1985of his character 1
1986enough to give the film the substance it so desperately needs 0
1987blue hilarity 1
1988a laughable -- or rather 0
1989but unless you 're an absolute raving star wars junkie , it is n't much fun . 0
1990burdened by the actor 0
1991sympathy and intelligence 1
1992the best script 1
1993astonishing voice cast 1
1994an unchanged dullard 0
1995is right at home in this french shocker playing his usual bad boy weirdo role 1
1996has warmth , wit and interesting characters compassionately portrayed . 1
1997when there 's nothing else happening 0
1998on cable 0
1999it with ring , 1
2000far from a groundbreaking endeavor 0
2001that these women are spectacular 1
2002it can seem tiresomely simpleminded . 0
2003revelled in the entertaining shallows 1
2004good music documentary 1
2005wewannour money back , actually . 0
2006makes up for it with a pleasing verisimilitude 1
2007animation back 30 years , musicals back 40 years and 0
2008mysterious , sensual , emotionally intense , and replete 1
2009a good-hearted ensemble comedy with a variety of quirky characters and an engaging story 1
2010can take credit for most of the movie 's success . 1
2011still , the updated dickensian sensibility of writer craig bartlett 's story is appealing . 1
2012a satisfying well-made romantic comedy 1
2013crammed with scenes and vistas and pretty moments 1
2014impressive performances 1
2015a great one 1
2016proves unrelentingly grim -- and equally engrossing . 1
2017of cerebral and cinemantic flair 1
2018oodles of charm 1
2019one whose view of america , history and the awkwardness of human life is generous and deep 1
2020in xxx , diesel is that rare creature -- an action hero with table manners , and one who proves that elegance is more than tattoo deep . 1
2021exactly endearing 1
2022churns up not one but two flagrantly fake thunderstorms to underscore the action 0
2023constantly flows forwards and back , weaving themes among three strands which allow us to view events as if through a prism 1
2024kline 's ) utterly convincing -- and deeply appealing -- as a noble teacher who embraces a strict moral code 1
2025delivers a magnetic performance . 1
2026a sumptuous work 1
2027are innocent , childlike and inherently funny 1
2028're stuck with a script that prevents them from firing on all cylinders 0
2029likeable thanks to its cast , its cuisine and its quirky tunes 1
2030of ` black culture ' and the dorkier aspects 0
2031the crap 0
2032consumed by lust and love and crushed by betrayal that it conjures up the intoxicating fumes and emotional ghosts of a freshly painted rembrandt 1
2033sodden and glum 0
2034frequently hilarious 1
2035because panic room is interested in nothing more than sucking you in ... and making you sweat 1
2036i did n't laugh . 0
2037glued 1
2038it has its faults 0
2039nice twists 1
2040were already tired 0
2041rooting for the film 1
2042dumb , sweet , and intermittently hilarious 1
2043refreshingly forthright one 1
2044does somehow manage to get you under its spell 1
2045salient points 1
2046cruel story 0
2047defuses this provocative theme by submerging it in a hoary love triangle . 1
2048pretentious mess 0
2049campanella 's competent direction and his excellent cast overcome the obstacles of a predictable outcome and a screenplay that glosses over rafael 's evolution . 1
2050ca n't accuse kung pow for misfiring , since it is exactly what it wants to be : an atrociously , mind-numbingly , indescribably bad movie 0
2051derivative , overlong , and bombastic 0
2052the high infidelity 0
2053admirable energy , full-bodied characterizations and narrative urgency 1
2054a culture-clash comedy that , in addition to being very funny , 1
2055, and yet at the end 1
2056actually means to face your fears 1
2057not a word of english 0
2058well-intentioned 1
2059wickedly sick and twisted humor 1
2060african american professionals 1
2061tipped this film into the `` a '' range , as is 1
2062of those reputedly `` unfilmable '' novels that has bucked the odds to emerge as an exquisite motion picture in its own right 1
2063emotionally and narratively complex 1
2064consider it ` perfection . ' 1
2065, structure and rhythms 1
2066just too silly and 0
2067impressive and yet lacking about everything 0
2068starving and untalented 0
2069gets clunky on the screen 0
2070has none of the crackle of `` fatal attraction '' , `` 9 1/2 weeks '' , or even `` indecent proposal '' , and feels more like lyne 's stolid remake of `` lolita '' . 0
2071personality 1
2072to bleed it almost completely dry of humor , verve and fun 0
2073fails to rise above its disgusting source material 0
2074jolly , fun-for-fun 's - sake communal spirit goes to the essence of broadway 1
2075an intriguing look at the french film industry during the german occupation ; its most delightful moments come when various characters express their quirky inner selves 1
2076so many distracting special effects and visual party tricks 0
2077disappoints 0
2078a time machine , a journey back to your childhood , when cares melted away in the dark theater , and films had the ability to mesmerize , astonish and entertain . 1
2079difficult for the audience 0
2080utterly misplaced 0
2081a spirited film 1
2082the makers of this ` we 're - doing-it-for - the-cash ' sequel were 0
2083awakening and ripening 1
2084is rote work and predictable , but with a philosophical visual coming right at the end that extravagantly redeems it 1
2085complex 1
2086been conjured up only 10 minutes prior to filming 0
2087bears a grievous but obscure complaint against fathers , 0
2088is an insultingly inept and artificial examination of grief and its impacts upon the relationships of the survivors 0
2089were watching monkeys flinging their feces at you . 0
2090a visually flashy but narratively opaque and emotionally vapid exercise in style and mystification . 0
2091` blade ii ' just does n't cut it 0
2092seem like they were lifted from terry gilliam 's subconscious , pressed through kafka 's meat grinder and into buñuel 's casings 0
2093) taste for `` shock humor '' will wear thin on all 0
2094soul-stirring documentary 1
2095a matter of plumbing arrangements and mind games , of no erotic or sensuous charge 0
2096uncanny ability to right itself precisely when you think it 's in danger of going wrong 1
2097an appealing couple -- 1
2098juwanna mann 1
2099that 's conspicuously missing from the girls ' big-screen blowout 0
2100an extended , open-ended poem 1
2101and self-conscious seams 0
2102the weird thing 0
2103the filmmaker 's extraordinary access to massoud , whose charm , cultivation and devotion to his people are readily apparent 1
2104damn funny stuff 1
2105, the film ( at 80 minutes ) is actually quite entertaining . 1
2106despite its visual virtuosity , ` naqoyqatsi ' is banal in its message and the choice of material to convey it . 0
2107so low in a poorly 0
2108is unconvincing soap opera that tornatore was right to cut 0
2109we do n't get paid enough to sit through crap like this . 0
2110this version is raised a few notches above kiddie fantasy pablum by allen 's astringent wit . 1
2111godfrey reggio 's career shines like a lonely beacon . 1
2112because it overstays its natural running time 0
2113are clinically depressed and have abandoned their slim hopes and dreams 0
2114, compelling story 1
2115turns fanciful , grisly and engagingly quixotic . 1
2116a finale that is impenetrable and dull 0
2117a text to ` lick , 0
2118like an extended dialogue exercise in retard 101 0
2119introducing an intriguing and alluring premise 1
2120charm , cultivation and devotion 1
2121as though you rode the zipper after eating a corn dog and an extra-large cotton candy 0
2122feels like three hours 0
2123very well-written 1
2124parents beware ; this is downright movie penance 0
2125very choppy and monosyllabic despite the fact 0
2126potential success 1
2127pale xerox of other , better crime movies 0
2128reflective and beautifully 1
2129leaving the theater with a smile on your face 1
2130is blazingly alive and admirable on many levels . 1
2131one baaaaaaaaad movie 0
2132unfunny 0
2133we get the comedy we settle for . 0
2134hoary 0
2135be ( assayas ' ) homage to the gallic ` tradition of quality , 1
2136'll be as bored watching morvern callar as the characters are in it 0
2137, as blood work proves , that was a long , long time ago . 0
2138an american 1
2139an unimaginative screenwriter 's 0
2140i liked the original short story but this movie , even at an hour and twenty-some minutes 0
2141even when it drags , we are forced to reflect that its visual imagination is breathtaking 1
2142stylishly 1
2143a mess as this one 0
2144essentially ruined -- or , rather , 0
2145a work of extraordinary journalism , but it is also a work of deft and subtle poetry 1
2146a promise nor a threat so much as wishful thinking 0
2147fessenden has nurtured his metaphors at the expense of his narrative , 0
2148... a hokey piece of nonsense that tries too hard to be emotional . 0
2149the rope snaps 0
2150the tuxedo miscalculates badly by forcing the star to play second fiddle to the dull effects that allow the suit to come to life . 0
2151fanciful drama 1
2152that delivers on the promise of excitement 1
2153deeply moving french drama 1
2154big-hearted and 1
2155, longley 's film lacks balance ... and fails to put the struggle into meaningful historical context . 0
2156sad ending 0
2157tsai has a well-deserved reputation as one of the cinema world 's great visual stylists , and in this film , every shot enhances the excellent performances . 1
2158adorable italian guys 1
2159critical 0
2160no doubt the star and everyone else involved had their hearts in the right place . 1
2161with exquisite craftsmanship 1
2162here is how so many talented people were convinced to waste their time 0
2163tens 1
2164maybe you 'll be lucky , and there 'll be a power outage during your screening so you can get your money back . 0
2165what they 're doing is a matter of plumbing arrangements and mind games , of no erotic or sensuous charge . 0
2166... silly humbuggery ... 0
2167may prove to be ( tsai 's ) masterpiece 1
2168typed ` chris rock , ' ` anthony hopkins ' and ` terrorists ' into some univac-like script machine 0
2169might just be the movie you 're looking for 1
2170an affection 1
2171love to come from an american director in years 1
2172most resonant film since the killer . 1
2173works out 1
2174in the name of an allegedly inspiring and easily marketable flick , the emperor 's club turns a blind eye to the very history it pretends to teach . 0
2175the widowmaker is derivative , overlong , and bombastic -- yet surprisingly entertaining . 1
2176, ash wednesday is essentially devoid of interesting characters or even a halfway intriguing plot . 0
2177is great 1
2178spirit 's visual imagination reminds you of why animation is such a perfect medium for children , because of the way it allows the mind to enter and accept another world . 1
2179judging by those standards , ` scratch ' is a pretty decent little documentary . 1
2180engaging , surprisingly touching british comedy 1
2181, energy and geniality to please not only the fanatical adherents on either side , but also people who know nothing about the subject and think they 're not interested . 1
2182confident filmmaking and a pair of fascinating performances 1
2183avoid the ghetto of sentimental chick-flicks by treating female follies with a satirical style 0
2184in one scene , we get a stab at soccer hooliganism , a double-barreled rip-off of quentin tarantino 's climactic shootout -- and meat loaf explodes . 0
2185a sugar-coated rocky whose valuable messages are forgotten 10 minutes after the last trombone honks . 0
2186death , especially 0
2187by the dynamic first act 1
2188fails so fundamentally on every conventional level 0
2189too daft by half ... but supremely good natured . 1
2190the worst sin of attributable to a movie like this 0
2191i have always appreciated a smartly written motion picture , and , whatever flaws igby goes down may possess , it is undeniably that . 1
2192the film 's plot may be shallow 0
2193rotten in almost every single facet of production that you 'll want to crawl up your own *** in embarrassment . 0
2194` epic 1
2195easy to like 1
2196steers , in his feature film debut , has created a brilliant motion picture . 1
2197an inelegant combination of two unrelated shorts that falls far short of the director 's previous work 0
2198it 's rare to find a film to which the adjective ` gentle ' applies , 1
2199a director beginning to resemble someone 's crazy french grandfather 0
2200`` frailty '' has been written so well , that even a simple `` goddammit ! '' 1
2201are uncomfortably strained . 0
2202make the film more silly than scary , 0
2203what makes it worth watching 1
2204has one of the most moronic screenplays of the year , full of holes that will be obvious even to those who are n't looking for them . 0
2205huge disappointment coming 0
2206deliver a riveting and surprisingly romantic ride 1
2207the rest of the cast comes across as stick figures reading lines from a teleprompter . 0
2208that the typical hollywood disregard for historical truth and realism is at work here 0
2209you ca n't help but feel ` stoked . ' 1
2210wonderful , imaginative script 1
2211entirely witless 0
2212is akin to a reader 's digest condensed version of the source material 0
2213fun or 1
2214ponderous to work as shallow entertainment , not remotely incisive enough to qualify as drama , monsoon 0
2215shows its indie tatters and self-conscious seams in places , 0
2216unfolds with all the mounting tension of an expert thriller 1
2217a film that 's rarely as entertaining as it could have been 0
2218obscenity 0
2219stitched together from stock situations and characters from other movies 0
2220can be viewed as pure composition and form -- 1
2221look at that clever angle ! 1
2222of the best films of the year with its exquisite acting , inventive screenplay , mesmerizing music , and many inimitable scenes 1
2223the surprisingly somber conclusion 1
2224not only learning but inventing a remarkable new trick . 1
2225tepid 0
2226's something to be said for a studio-produced film that never bothers to hand viewers a suitcase full of easy answers . 1
2227the low-grade cheese standards on which it operates 0
2228give each other the willies 0
2229( lee ) treats his audience the same way that jim brown treats his women -- as dumb , credulous , unassuming , subordinate subjects . 0
2230is credible and remarkably mature 1
2231highlighted by a gritty style and an excellent cast , it 's better than one might expect when you look at the list of movies starring ice-t in a major role . 1
2232of the unsung heroes of 20th century 1
2233that 's actually sort of amazing 1
2234that rare movie that works on any number of levels -- as a film of magic and whimsy for children , a heartfelt romance for teenagers and a compelling argument about death , both pro and con , for adults 1
2235the young stars are too cute ; the story and ensuing complications are too manipulative ; the message is too blatant 0
2236a streetwise mclaughlin group 1
2237funny and well-contructed 1
2238's mired in a shabby script that piles layer upon layer of action man cliché atop wooden dialogue and a shifting tone that falls far short of the peculiarly moral amorality of ( woo 's ) best work 0
2239oversimplification , superficiality and silliness 0
2240overproduced 0
2241if it had been only half-an-hour long or a tv special , the humor would have been fast and furious -- at ninety minutes , it drags 0
2242though he only scratches the surface 0
2243awash in self-consciously flashy camera effects , droning house music and flat , flat dialogue 0
2244visual splendor 1
2245lingering questions about what the film is really getting at 0
2246an ` action film ' mired in stasis 0
2247dragon 1
2248most intense 1
2249this is a visually stunning rumination on love , memory , history and the war between art and commerce . 1
2250's about as convincing as any other arnie musclefest , but has a little too much resonance with real world events and ultimately comes off as insultingly simplistic . 0
2251carried out by men of marginal intelligence , 0
2252dialogue that cuts to the chase of the modern girl 's dilemma 1
2253that the plot makes no sense 0
2254too bad none of it is funny . 0
2255can seem tiresomely simpleminded . 0
2256combines improbable melodrama ( gored bullfighters , comatose ballerinas ) with subtly kinky bedside vigils and sensational denouements , and yet at the end 0
2257twohy 's a good yarn-spinner , and ultimately the story compels 1
2258well-meant 1
2259bad need of major acting lessons and maybe a little coffee 0
2260america 's thirst for violence 0
2261so horrendously confusing 0
2262avarice 0
2263when you 're a struggling nobody 0
2264talkiness 0
2265`` ballistic : ecks vs. sever '' seems as safe as a children 's film . 0
2266ignore the reputation , and ignore the film . 0
2267manage to be spectacularly outrageous 1
2268cookie-cutter action scenes 0
2269of the best since the last waltz 1
2270to lawrence 's over-indulgent tirade 0
2271a pale imitation 0
2272withered 0
2273pass for a thirteen-year-old 's book report 0
2274a wind-tunnel and a simply astounding cor-blimey-luv-a-duck cockney accent 1
2275writing , skewed characters , 0
2276to provoke them 1
2277remarkable skill 1
2278is the stuff that disney movies are made of . 1
2279enough sentimental 1
2280crawl up your own *** 0
2281there 's not enough intelligence , wit or innovation on the screen to attract and sustain an older crowd . 0
2282that sends you out of the theater feeling 1
2283a sun-drenched masterpiece , part parlor game , part psychological case study 1
2284engaging comedy 1
2285certainly an entertaining ride , despite many talky , slow scenes 1
2286strong performances 1
2287is a smorgasbord of soliloquies about nothing delivered by the former mr. drew barrymore . 0
2288folds under its own thinness . 0
2289itself virtually collapses into an inhalant blackout , maintaining consciousness just long enough to achieve callow pretension 0
2290conceptual feat 1
2291, sitting through dahmer 's two hours amounts to little more than punishment . 0
2292genuine rather than pandering 1
2293randolph 1
2294great to knock back a beer with but they 're simply not funny performers 0
2295did i miss something ? 0
2296a porno flick 0
2297this is a gorgeous film - vivid with color , music and life . 1
2298simply by accident 0
2299nothing special 0
2300never bothers to question why somebody might devote time to see it 0
2301this movie 's lack of ideas 0
2302cynicism 0
2303take an entirely stale concept and 0
2304, wit and interesting characters 1
2305is an all-time low for kevin costner 0
2306a stylish but steady , and ultimately very satisfying , piece of character-driven storytelling 1
2307it is an interesting exercise by talented writer/director anderson 1
2308surprising flair 1
2309i liked it just enough . 1
2310an uneasy mix of run-of-the-mill raunchy humor and seemingly sincere personal reflection . 0
2311a grand fart coming from a director beginning to resemble someone 's crazy french grandfather . 0
2312some of the back-story is a little tired 0
2313nothing of the audience other than to sit back and enjoy a couple of great actors hamming it up 1
2314huppert ... is magnificent 1
2315puzzle whose pieces do not fit 0
2316sorority boys , which is as bad at it is cruel , 0
2317-- and long -- for its own good 0
2318of empty , fetishistic violence in which murder is casual and fun 0
2319intrigue 1
2320its characters ' decisions only unsatisfactorily 0
2321is a powerful , naturally dramatic piece of low-budget filmmaking . 1
2322perhaps it 's cliche to call the film ` refreshing 1
2323kid-empowerment 1
2324a fascinating , unnerving examination 1
2325could as easily have been called ` under siege 3 : in alcatraz ' ... a cinematic corpse that never springs to life . 0
2326odoriferous thing 0
2327brilliantly written and well-acted 1
2328to gravity and plummets 0
2329it 's a smart , funny look at an arcane area of popular culture , and 1
2330joy 1
2331is wickedly fun to watch 1
2332the imagined glory of their own pasts 0
2333deft 1
2334a low-budget affair , tadpole was shot on digital video , and the images often look smeary and blurry , to the point of distraction . 0
2335does n't have a passion for the material . 0
2336but that they are doing it is thought-provoking . 1
2337a climax 1
2338, scarily funny , sorrowfully sympathetic to the damage it surveys 1
2339neil burger 's impressive fake documentary 1
2340in looking at the comic effects of jealousy 1
2341is tenderly observant of his characters . 1
2342its dark , delicate treatment 1
2343has no idea of it is serious 0
2344brutal and 0
2345he 's just a sad aristocrat in tattered finery , 0
2346it 's excessively quirky and a little underconfident in its delivery , but otherwise this is the best ` old neighborhood ' project since christopher walken kinda romanced cyndi lauper in the opportunists . 1
2347classify as it is hard to resist 1
2348, undisputed scores a direct hit . 1
2349of menacing atmosphere 1
2350painful , horrifying and oppressively tragic 0
2351perfect for the proud warrior that still lingers in the souls of these characters 1
2352in luminous interviews and amazingly evocative film from three decades ago 1
2353usual bumbling , tongue-tied screen persona 0
2354easy jokes and insults 0
2355quitting , however , manages just to be depressing , as the lead actor phones in his autobiographical performance . 0
2356a sincerely crafted picture 1
2357what might have been readily dismissed as the tiresome rant of an aging filmmaker still thumbing his nose at convention takes a surprising , subtle turn at the midway point . 0
2358long gone 0
2359the movie is remarkably dull with only caine making much of an impression . 0
2360is a visually stunning rumination on love , memory , history and the war between art and commerce 1
2361an excuse to get to the closing bout ... by which time it 's impossible to care who wins 0
2362by a script that takes few chances and manages to insult the intelligence of everyone in the audience 0
2363about how good it all was , and started doing nothing but reacting to it - feeling a part of its grand locations , thinking urgently as the protagonists struggled , feeling at the mercy of its inventiveness , gasping at its visual delights 1
2364soderbergh , like kubrick before him , may not touch the planet 's skin , but understands the workings of its spirit . 1
2365spontaneity in its execution 1
2366feels as immediate as the latest news footage from gaza and , because of its heightened , well-shaped dramas , twice as powerful . 1
2367spiderman rocks 1
2368low-brow humor , gratuitous violence and 0
2369was n't one of the film 's virtues . 0
2370style adventure that plays like a bad soap opera , with passable performances from everyone in the cast 0
2371stirs us as well . 1
2372a non-britney person might survive a screening with little harm done , except maybe for the last 15 minutes , which are as maudlin as any after-school special you can imagine . 0
2373your 20th outing shows off a lot of stamina and vitality , and get this , madonna 's cameo does n't suck ! 1
2374an uneven film for the most part 0
2375, the movie sinks into an abyss of clichés , depression and bad alternative music . 0
2376miracles 1
2377his storytelling skills have eroded 0
2378`` shakes the clown '' , a much funnier film with a similar theme 1
2379, others will find their humor-seeking dollars best spent elsewhere . 0
2380the film is just a corny examination of a young actress trying to find her way . 0
2381, madonna is one helluva singer . 1
2382hoary dialogue , fluxing accents , and 0
2383will probably find it fascinating 1
2384good ear 1
2385undistinguished rhythm 0
2386have no idea what in creation is going on 0
2387fascinating but flawed look 1
2388spend years trying to comprehend it 0
2389is both a snore and utter tripe 0
2390to treat its characters , weak and strong , as fallible human beings , not caricatures , and 1
2391though it goes further than both , anyone who has seen the hunger or cat people will find little new here , but a tasty performance from vincent gallo lifts this tale of cannibal lust above the ordinary . 1
2392the gloss 1
2393we hate ( madonna ) within the film 's first five minutes , and she lacks the skill or presence to regain any ground 0
2394bitter italian comedy 0
2395banal dialogue 0
2396of the smarter offerings the horror genre 1
2397it rarely stoops to cheap manipulation or corny conventions to do it 1
2398optimism 1
2399but in terms of its style , the movie is in a class by itself 1
2400as a tarantula , helga 0
2401like a high-end john hughes comedy , a kind of elder bueller 's time out 1
2402been quashed by whatever obscenity is at hand 0
2403wannabe comedy 0
2404afraid to provoke introspection in both its characters and its audience 0
2405the better video-game-based flicks , 1
2406little action , almost no suspense or believable tension 0
2407blasphemous bad 0
2408woozy quality 0
2409nothing interesting in unfaithful 0
2410sheds light 1
2411work as well as a remarkably faithful one 1
2412want to watch if you only had a week to live 1
2413one-dimensional buffoons 0
2414without a conclusion or pay off 0
2415is a tired one 0
2416we 've seen the hippie-turned-yuppie plot before 0
2417if a big musical number like ` praise the lord , he 's the god of second chances ' does n't put you off 0
2418terror by suggestion , rather than the overuse of special effects 1
2419patient and tenacious 1
2420the most horrific movie experience i 've had since `` ca n't stop the music . '' 0
2421too obviously 0
2422watch on video at home 0
2423the movie is loaded with good intentions 1
2424for occasional smiles 1
2425of all ages 1
2426bland , surfacey way 0
2427this nicholas nickleby finds itself in reduced circumstances -- and 0
2428it 's fitting that a movie as artificial and soulless as the country bears owes its genesis to an animatronic display at disneyland . 0
2429begins with the everyday lives of naval personnel in san diego and ends with scenes so true and heartbreaking that tears welled up in my eyes both times i 1
2430's fitting that a movie as artificial and soulless as the country bears owes its genesis to an animatronic display at disneyland 0
2431leave it to john sayles to take on developers , the chamber of commerce , tourism , historical pageants , and commercialism all in the same movie ... without neglecting character development for even one minute 1
2432frightening war scenes 0
2433tremendous piece 1
2434must have been astronomically bad 0
2435the movie 's fragmentary narrative style makes piecing the story together frustrating difficult 0
2436goes by quickly 1
2437and that makes all the difference . 1
2438the filmmakers found this a remarkable and novel concept 1
2439at three hours and with very little story or character development , there is plenty of room for editing , and a much shorter cut surely would have resulted in a smoother , more focused narrative without sacrificing any of the cultural intrigue . 0
2440spotty 0
2441amid the new populist comedies that underscore the importance of family tradition and familial community , one would be hard-pressed to find a movie with a bigger , fatter heart than barbershop . 1
2442while the performances are often engaging 1
2443you 've seen a movie instead of an endless trailer 1
2444solid filmmaking 1
2445his outstanding performance 1
2446's super - violent , super-serious and super-stupid . 0
2447a gorgeously strange movie , heaven is deeply concerned with morality , but it refuses to spell things out for viewers 1
2448perfect example 1
2449elaborate futuristic sets to no particularly memorable effect 0
2450than an autopsy , the movie 0
2451exploitative and 0
2452offering fine acting moments and 1
2453a wacky , screwball comedy 1
2454solid , satisfying fare 1
2455-- a nice , harmless date film 1
2456overall , it 's a very entertaining , thought-provoking film with a simple message : god is love . 1
2457of 2-day old coke 0
2458combines the enigmatic features of ` memento ' 1
2459have all but ruined his career 0
2460worldly-wise and very funny 1
2461has you study them 1
2462get for a buck or so in that greasy little vidgame pit in the theater lobby 0
2463is n't just offensive 0
2464pop up in nearly every corner of the country 1
2465worth yet another visit 1
2466friendly 1
2467a deadly bore 0
2468would go back and choose to skip it 0
2469bravery 1
2470an energetic and engaging film that never pretends to be something it is n't . 1
2471too many clever things 0
2472a festival film that would have been better off staying on the festival circuit 0
2473come from seeing former nymphette juliette lewis playing a salt-of-the-earth mommy named minnie and watching slim travel incognito in a ridiculous wig no respectable halloween costume shop would ever try to sell . 0
2474allowing us to find the small , human moments , 1
2475desert 0
2476spontaneous creativity and authentic co-operative interaction 1
2477miyazaki has created such a vibrant , colorful world , it 's almost impossible not to be swept away by the sheer beauty of his images . 1
2478a well-written and occasionally challenging social drama 1
2479as a thoughtful and unflinching examination of an alternative lifestyle 1
2480to be liberating 1
2481the movie wavers between hallmark card sentimentality and goofy , life-affirming moments straight out of a cellular phone commercial . 0
2482gorgeous color palette 1
2483starting with spielberg and going right through the ranks of the players -- on-camera and off -- that he brings together 1
2484, ballistic : ecks vs. sever also features terrible , banal dialogue ; convenient , hole-ridden plotting ; superficial characters and a rather dull , unimaginative car chase . 0
2485an older cad instructs a younger lad in zen and the art of getting laid in this prickly indie comedy of manners and misanthropy . 1
2486a mostly believable , refreshingly low-key and quietly inspirational little sports 1
2487, still manages at least a decent attempt at meaningful cinema 1
2488, but i believe a movie can be mindless without being the peak of all things insipid 0
2489for the rest of us , sitting through dahmer 's two hours amounts to little more than punishment . 0
2490gaunt , silver-haired and leonine , ( harris ) brings a tragic dimension and savage full-bodied wit and cunning to the aging sandeman . 1
2491distorts reality for people who make movies and watch them 0
2492luridly graphic and 0
2493, clumsily staged violence overshadows everything , including most of the actors . 0
2494that should be thrown back in the river 0
2495drab 0
2496is almost 0
2497mike white 's deft combination of serious subject matter and dark , funny humor make `` the good girl '' a film worth watching . 1
2498still fun and enjoyable and so aggressively silly 1
2499display an original talent 1
2500but mostly it 's a work that , with humor , warmth , and intelligence , captures a life interestingly lived . 1
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